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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
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Home Grown Fruit For Christmas n GulfnQRf.

Home Grown Fruit For Christmas ln
 GulfpaKf. Guifport Miss, Dec, 2l--(SpeciaIJ-- Home grown strawberries for cnrlst- mas dinner Is the tempting deiieacy which the Long Beach truckers promise to tickle the palates of local epicures.
 The berries are very fine and well shaped and are fast filling out with the luscious crimson nectar.
 This is. . Horticultural victory whien has seldom or never been achieved be- fore at any point above the frost line except under gIass and it's successful demonstration following the first ex- perimental planting of strawDerrIes in this sectiep %iii lead to greatly increased acreage for the coming year.
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 Give the old lady a pair of Woov FOoaWaFxaeEa. M2Iloeax Shoe "a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Negroes nlaminaea.

Give the old lady . pair of Woo FOotwaFHaera. nulIoek Shoe Co,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
The .'hit. oE the season in sales Holiday bags at manufacturers cost

F1OIludy DdgS al mdnuLaCtuI6ISC cost
 This immense display of shopping bags represents the entire sample line of Langeld Bros which purchased at greatly reduced prices and offer them in Hoi day Bargain Bazaar at manufacturers cost They come in all feathers and styles. Being the greatest bargain feature in our Holiday Bazaar This sale offers aft sysFs the most exceptional d oppoEtmtiesnot only to make the most appropriate and attractive gifts imaginable. but we do so at mmatchabIe low prices.
 Bags worth $2s0 to be sold In this sale in our Holiday Bazaar special low price OO
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Bi@ values in Ladies' Slippers ana Chilaren's shees oa bargain eOumter. BuIfork Shoe Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
YOU MUgw

call on I. Brsekmau q Co. for aR9f elnss liquors rasht @ow, after Deeen~ heR a1sS Pensacoias Fla.
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ONLY 4 FEW MORE DAYS tn wAach to buy your supPIy of Mnc hgW0rS from !. Brfckman A Co,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

YOU ARE RIGHT to wet your liquors at \. BFiekman q hCo. After January 1st wPite them to PensaeoIa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Rubbera for Men, yronien and Ckfl- aren. Big etock. Bullock shoe co.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
A HfRD TIMES TIP.
What Italians and Frenchmen DO
7cith Miniature Farms.

A good hard times lesson for the average
American is to be seen in the thrift and re-
sourcefuness Of some Of our new citizens, par
ticularly those from Italy and from France. in
getting living. with comforts that the rest of
might envy, despite the fact that they earn
very small wages as laborers- Anybody who
goes by way of Jerome avenue, either by trolley
or motor car for outing in Van Cortlandt
Park can look at a pleasing instance of this
readiness Of foreigners who come from among
the peasantry Of Southern Europe to take ad-
vantage Of every opportunity to get near to
nature even in the middle Of the bustling city,
which gets rid Of nature fast as possible 10
make room for more business.
Thousands Of Italians have been at work for
q dozen years upon the Jerome Park reservoir,
and a considerable colony has settled to the
eastward Of the excavation The families Of the
married men live in the old houses that stood
there when the reservoir work began. OF course
there are hundreds of young fellows in the col
o1ly. within which a large number Of the thou
sands Of laborers now busy in small building
operations in TIE Bronx also find their homes
The Italian. like the Frenchman, insists upon
good food He may not know much about the
delicacies scheduled among the Sunday and
weekday menus" in the housekeeping maga-
zines but centuries Of living in a natural way
close to mother earth have told him the whole
some things that good for the healthy appe-
tite and that he can get, for the most part, out
of the ground for himself. II always surprises
the average American to see the deftness. as
well as the genuine pleasure. with which the
Franchrlan or Italian who has come from the
T,easautry takes hold Of a little bit of ground
and gets out Of il enough salads, potatoes, onions
and other nutritious foods to make up satisfy
ing dinner with the addition Of little meat and
e little wine or maybe without them. if there Is
any reason for going without
Now if you viii climb little steep hill near
the pumping station with the big red tower, just
off Jerome avenue you viii get an impression OF
this You may have noticed the dozens Of little
garden patches fenced in with hedges OF brush
wood visible from the avenue. You cannot
realize what this squatter occupancy Of unused
land means however, until you get to the top
of the hill There you VIII overlook q stretch
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21

Of these little FARMS" Individually only few
feet long and wide, but together covering a
square half mile The thrifty Italians have
spent their spare hours in the early morning and
after work before sundGwn and part of Sunday
laboriousy thatching together the hedges, then
breaking the soil and rendering 1t Ct for cult
vation- You that they have often car
ried rich top soil for blocks to make garden
better for salads.
Ingenuity is shown in the construction Of gates
to these tiny Enclosures. each with its paddock
Narrow lanes wind through the little farming
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21

the early morning every patch will have its
owner at work wedding. loosening the soil and
petting each plant 1t Is an exhibition of the
economical use of land. 1t Is not only here
where the Italians have started to do what the
Irish squatters did among the rocky hills Of
Harlem years ago Gor the larger shantes and
the herds of goats are not wanting). but all over
the city, wherever an Italian find a bit Of
black ground that the shines on he tills
the soil and makes it give him the best part of
his dinner. And not only that. it is likely that
much of the excellent green stuff that Italians
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21

district, between the gardens and walled in by
the tall hedges. When you overlook them from
the top of the rocky hill you see that many of
the fields have a roughly constructed hut in the
centre. or at the highest and most comfortable
point. The Italian laborer, living alone or with
some bachelor crony in one of these sees to it
that he has a shady place adjoining his hut
where he can play cards or sleep on hot summer
evenings and Sundays,
The South Europe genius for making the
earth bring forth deliciously is seen on every
hand The well titled soil is lined with rows Of
green. and every plant seems q perfect one, In
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21

sell to each other cheaply in Bleecker street,
or in the neighborhood of Mulberry Bend Park.
comes bit by bit from some of these little gar
dens.
The average American would starve prob
ably before he would think Of getting his living
in this way. However poor. he would probably
be too proud to let old neighbors see him doing
it. Living between his Job" and the grocery
store, IN Gat. he is helpless when work is so
scarce that he loses his weekly wages. He has
forgotten how TO use mis- hands,
II Is different with the Americans There
IS 2 little settlement called Newark-On-the Hill,
New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
A CLEAR FIELD

'I'd rather be good than great
Then you won't be annoyed by any serious
amount of competition" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Taking the Sting Out Of Work.

Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who is driving
a coach up and down England just for
the sport of the thing. might not find
in the job such unalloyed pleasure if
he had to curry his own horses and
wash the mud from the coach after q
rainy day.
Almost any kind of work may be
made as agreeable as kissing game
if the hard worker has q retinue of
servants to do the heavy lifting and
the puttering around.
Engaging in this kind of work to
secure living and doing it to make a
millionaires holiday are horses of two
different tints.
If he had to do the chores around the
stable after supper we fear that Mr..
Vanderbilt when he felt he was need
ing exercise would go back to his old
job Of cutting coupons. 1t is fine
way to pass life, isn't it, when man
has the money that opens up so many
possibilities to him?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Took Kindly to the Water.

They tell this story of the experience
of two Maine boys in trying to catch
a woodchuck:
They had tried quite a number of
times to capture the animal, but un-
successfully. At last they decided to
drown him out; so. procuring four
pals, each took two, and they carried
water for two solid hours and poured
1t into the hole in the ground in which
the said chuck had taken up his abode
Getting tired. they sat down. After
about half an hour the woodchuck
cautiously left the hole and deliberate
ly walked down to the brook and took
a long drink of water and then scooted.
much to the disgust Of the two boys.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Humor ans Philosophy
BY DUNCAN M. SMITH
THE BIG GAME.

The game of life is give and take,
a steady rough and tumble
The winner often puffed with pride,
The loser sore. but humble.
And there are many pitfalls on
The path the pilgrim chooses,
And many jolts along the way
And many cuffs and bruises.
Not every stroll Is through land
That flows with milk and honey,
With naught to do but gather flowers
And rake in easy money.
No; it's a foot race or fight,
With trouble always brewing,
And when he looks for his reward
The sign reads. Nothing Doing"
Not many things worth taking home
In books or food or raiment
Are freely handed to man
Without a thought of payment.
For every article he gets
Like mad he has to hustle.
Pull all the strings at his command
And exercise his muscle.
A strenuous and busy time
Man finds in just existing,
For there are many tangled skeins
And ends that need untwisting
And sometimes when, as from a tree,
He manages to view it
Ele almost gasps and wonders how
He ever does get through it,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
A STRANGE PAGEANT.
Annual March of Mohammedans to the
Tomb of Moses,

One of the strangest of all the pag-
eantS which are to be seen in JeruSa-
lem is the annual march of the Mo
them, as we'll as to Christians and
Jews, Moses is prophet of the high
est honor. But, rejecting the traditions
of the Hebrews. they refuse to believe
that he was buried in valley in the
land of Moab, as is described in the
last chapter of Deuteronomy. Instead
they assert that he was buried where
of Mount Nebo.
Therefore each year at the time of
the Greek Easter the faithful gather
by thousands in the early morning be.
fore the site of the temple of Solomon
in perfect silence waiting for day
break. Later the strange scene of quiet
is entirely transformed. fanatics dane
ing and preaching, hordes of dervishes
whirling about in mysterious sacred
dances and hundreds of eNhorters rous.
ing the enthusiasm of their fellows
The scene is gaudy with hundreds of
red and green banners. and the only
Semblance of order is in the semireg,l-
lar organizations of marchers.
At last the procession forms. with
the banners borne ahead an imam
bearing the yataghan of the prophet
short, straight edged sword used by
the armies of Northumberland after
them more dancers and marchers.
A large part of the population of Je-
rusalem gathers about the gate, out of
which the procession moves toward
the Mount of Olives. but few besides
the faithful endeavor to obtain place
in the ranks of marchers, since death
has often been the penalty of an at
t"mnt hv 4 non-M ohammedan to make
this march to "Nebi-Mouca," the tomb
of Moses"
Traders of many kinds invade the
camp, for the marchers remain at the
mosque five days, and all their sup
plies must be bought from the wan
dering merchants, who make bust
ness of looking after their needs. Aft
er the first excitement fanaticism
yields to good humor, and games and
banter fill the time for those who
have paid their duties at the tomb.
The mosque on Nebo is one of the
most sacred of Mohammedan shrines
and one of the most difficult for a
Christian to approach.
An English traveller who brought an
order from the porte was denied adj
mittance. and. although in recent years
1t has become possible to enter III is
too early yet to forget the experience
Of one traveller who came bearing ar
order of admittance from the sultan
himself
'EThis firman." the guardian priest
said. commands me to let you enter the
mosque. very well; you can enter.
But think we'll before you do so, for
/ find nothing written here about let
ting you out again"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
SANG HER VERY BEST.
Frederick the Great Was Posted and
Marie Frausch Was Wise.

There is a good story told of prima
in the time of Frederick the Great.
Whenever anything or anybody dis
pleased the naughty Frausch she, after
the manner of prima donnas in gener-
al, would suddenly become too hoarse
to sing. One evening there was to be
sung an opera in her repertory, and it
was expected that the king would at
tend.
At the appointed hour the manager
came forward and announced that
owing to sore throat. Fraulein
Erausch was unable to appear.
The people We're preparing to leave
the house, but his majesty rose and
commanded them to keep their seats
A few moments afterward an officer
and four dragons entered the capri
cious singers room.
"Fraulein," said the officer, ''the king
inquiries after your health"
1.-THE king is very good,' said
Frausch, with a pout, "but have a
sore throat"
"His majesty is aware of the fact
and has charged me to take you to the
| military hospital to be cured"
Fraulein, turning very pale, suggest
ed that they We're jesting, but was told
that Prussian officers never INDUCED
in persihage. Soon she found herself
in a coach with four men.
Il am little better now" Frausch
faltered, land will try to sing"
Back to the theater!" said the office,
| to the coachman.
The fraulein began to think she had
yielded too easily. 81 shall not be able
to sing my best" she interposed.
Pardon, fraulein," responded the Of
ficer, but think you WILL
''And why?"
Because two dragons in attend
ance behind the scenes have orders to
carry you off to the military hospital
| at the least cough"
Fraulein Frausch never sang better
than she did that ght-Chicago Rec
ord Herald
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Measuring a Spirit,

A man of St. Joseph. Mo-, relates a
story in connection with a spiritualistic
meeting once held in that town. A
man named Daniel Miller, who was
some six feet seven inches in height,
had died recently.
The spirit of Daniel was called for
by some one at the seance mentioned.
When it had appeared and announced
its readiness to reply to any question,
some one asked:
"Are you in heaven?"
"Yes," came from the shade of Dan
iel
care you an angel, Dan"
EYES,"
At this juncture the questioner
paused, having apparently exhausted
his fund of questions. But, to the
amusement of all, he suddenly added
"And what do you measure from tip tc
tip, Dan?'-St Louis Republic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
THE TALL SOLDIER.
Adventure of an English Military Off
Ger In Warsaw.


In "Tales of My Father Mr.. Falls
tells of an adventure experienced hy
him while visiting friend in Warsaw.
he had been walking With the prince
and had stepped into small cafe.
AT the next table sat tall Russian!
soldier with one or two companions.
The soldier took out a box of domlnos
game.
The prince said to my father:
Go ask him to play with you. l
know him. and he is an interesting man
to talk to-
My father crossed over to the table
with the prince, who said something
in Polish. The soldier Immediately in
vited my father to sit down and play.
At the end of game the soldier re-
marked;
My regiment is CHARTERED at st. Pc
tersburg. If you ever go there call at
the barracks and ask for Sergeant r."
''If YOU ever go to London call Il. the
life guards barracks and ask for Cap
tain H." returned my father.
nc IuSSlitu IOSe, say IuS IL WIS iot
for him to sit in the presence of his
superior officer, saluted and left the
cafe
whoever your friend is. he is tail
man" remarked my father.
My friend with whom you have
been talking and playing dominos is
the great czar-the Emperor Nicholas.
He has been here for a week. 1t is
his habit to go about disguised and to
mix among the people. Those who
know him would not lift a finger to
harm him. He trusts himself to us
and carries his life in his hand. He
is safer in these cafes than in the
gilded halls of the White palace at st.
Petersburg"
The next day my father saw the en-
peror leave Warsaw. followed by the
muttered curses of the people. With a
wonderful remembrance of faces. he
recognized my father in the crowd and
bowed to him cour.eously.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Saw Her Chance.

mo man shall ever kiss me except
my future husband" said the girl as
she was about to leave the gate.
Suppose agree to be your future
why, then, I'll kiss YOU" she said
eagerly. And she did.
Her mother was Informed that he
had proposed. and the old lady called
on him the next day to arrange mat
tiers, and before he knew it he was
eternalIy booked. 1t was very mean
advantage, but bird in the hand is
worth two on the garden gate.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Mexican Rapid Transit.

The queerest mode of travel l saw
i'll all Mexico was that adopted by a
woman who was Oh her way to the
doctor, seated co,nplacently in chair
borne on the back Of man. Some
Mexican women are afraid even of the
mule cars. while they look upon the
rapidly spinning trolley with such
trembling Of knees they cannot be per
suaded to put foot upon it. Unable to
pay coach hire, they employ the human
carrier at a few cents for each trip
Travel Magazine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

The Grand Occasion.
Biff! Bang!
Hurrah!
Say,
What's the occasion
For joy and noise
Enough to fill
The whole air
And part Of
The cellar?
Listen and you can guess.
Yes.
That's right
The home team Won
A ball game
From their hated rivals.
Isn't that enough
To justify
A combination Fourth of July
And train wreck?
Should modesty prevent
Us
From letting the people of Mars
Know all about it?
The aforesaid
Hated rivals must
Bite the dust
While We bite pie.
Talk not
OF your victories won
BY G. Washington.
Triumphs
OF N. Bonaparte
And successful bouts
BY that celebrated scrapper
Alex the Great.
They are not in 1t
With the grand.
Moral,
Uplifting
Victory Of the home team.
Get out the megaphone,
The slapstick
And the tin horn
And let 'er go. Gallagher.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
His Idea Of a Wife.

what is your idea OF an ideal wife,"
Zone who will cook the meals, do the
washing, look after the furnace, make
her own clothes and-and'-
"And what?'
Keep herself looking as young and
as beautiful as an actress who pulls
down $4uO Il week in vaudeville. Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
A Smooth TONGUE.

mo. Mr.. Smith" she said gently, but
firmly. 81 can never be your wife"
Then he struggled to his feet and said
in broken tones: Are all my hopes to
be thus dashed to pieces? Am never
to be known as the husband Of the
beautiful Mrs. Smith," This was too
much, and she succumbed.--New Or
learns Times Democrat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Mater of Economy,

Don't you know that it is very un-
healthy to drink coffeey'
Maybe it is, but l have to do it,
"a slave to the habit?'
sNot exactly, but the price of my
meals is the same whether l drink it
or not, and l have to get away With
at least cup at each meal to get even
with the landlady.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Unclaimed.

81 met Dunkey today for the first
time in years. He hasn't changed
much
"Oh, lie hasn't changed at all, but he
doesn't seem to realize it."
GLOW do you mean?"
ooh, he's forever talking about what
a fool he used to be- Philadelphia
Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
A Panther.

"Now, Elsie" said the schoolteacher
'can you tell me what panther is?"
'Yetl. ma'am," lisped the little miss
HE 18th a man that makths panths."-
Kansas City Independent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
At the PLAY.

"Talk about realism." exclaimed Mr..
Housekeep.
"Well?"
''That house,naid making dabs at the
furniture and never hitting it looks
awful natural to me."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journai.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Couldn't Tell

"Now. just don't worry"
"Why not?"
"Er-er-w what did you say?"
81 said. Why not?"
'Why. you chuckle headed idiot
don't you know it is rank heresy to
ask such a question:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Hypocrisy is a hidden apology.

What claim to be good intentions
are nine times out of ten not real, but
fake intentions.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

Some men are so mean that they
would steal an umbrella from an
Easter girl on a wet Sunday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

Next to having some one with you
who is fond of you comes meeting oc-
casionally the person who hates the
same person you do.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
The Reason.

81 wonder why we never can get
fresh vegetables when we come to the
country for the summer"
thrift, my boy. thrift"
GAS how"
"They can them
"What for?'
"To nourish us when we come to the
country for fresh things next summer"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Couldn't Believe 1t.

"They are not married"
But happen to know that they
are"
"Impossible!"
"Why?"
"He is actually polite to her"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

Simplicity forms main ingredient in
noble nature. -Thucydides.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Quite Hopeful,
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Blessed are the known dispensers of
advice, for they shall not be dis
turbed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

Never suffer the prejudice of the eye
to determine the heart.-Zimmerman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
Hurnor ans Philosophy
BY DUNCAN M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

1t is foolish to worry, but if you
must do it get some one to pay you a
salary for it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
His Opinion.

"Is he man of good judgmentg
II don't know"
"What is your opinion?"
well. il he has good judgment
must have all fired bad luck"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03

If you find other people profiting by
your experience 1T is good business to
charge commission.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
What Tommy rhouaht.

"Mr. Brown is such funny man,
mamma"
"Why. Tommy?"
"'Tause he allus goes barefooted ON
the top Of his head"