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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

what is ola age2 is 8 question that is often asked. and which will be dif- ferently answered from different points of view. To the child of ten or under. tafty years seems old age. To the strong, healthy person of fifty seventy-lfve would be looked on as marking an old person. bat if one is hsmIthy at seveuty-fve what does that one consider old age? Recently out in Kansas a man who had just pessed the seventy-Gve mark was buried and those who stood around the grave passed the remark that the infirmitiss of old age had taken him from the earth. but they were interrupted by the remark from one of the mouruers that his age was not hurting him any. The spealEer was the dead mans fa- ther. ana had nearly reached the cen- tury mark. To him a man of seventy i've was not old, but to a boy he would have been regarded as a very old man indeed. And so run the views of those who look at the matter from the several points of view. And so. also, do the conditions and feelings of the different subjects Gnave much to do with the answer they would make to the question. It all depends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

90 ready to light and to die. if, need was While the sum mentioned by the Secretary as necessary to finish his lnonuzhsnt may seem a large one 1t ought to be appropriated and let the work be concluded as soon as pos sibie. Whether it will be given is quite another matter. consress is too busy with Roosevelt and the Philip pines and other smsil matters to waste time and money. as they regard it. on the remains and memory of ona of our neglected heroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Tkis Date tn EEsstory
Deesnnher 2n.

bay of st. Thomas. ." S''0
 tb1e--Thomas Gray, English noAt wae born. Died July 24. I'll. ''
 1776--The seat of the United statAa government was removed to Baltlrnore. IsmAel from the Turks. S'9
 1642-Bishop John Dubois of Nsw York died. Born August 2G, I7sG.
 ISe0--South Carolina seeded frapo the Union. "1''
 1SSl-PreSton B. Plum. United ststas Senator from Kansas. died in Wash . 1sO3-Frederic R. Coudsrt, eminent New York lawyer. died. Born in ies5
 l906--Abraham H. Hunmei Ner, York lawyer. was convicted of consnfr. @cy and sentenced to imprisonn1 snt Tar one year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
THE sCALr nARIk.
Montgomery aratron wants to Buy
 seme Trees.

Montgomery afatron wants to Buy
 sosne Trees.
 Marion Standard.
 The Standard takes the liberty of printing the following extract from a private letter from Mrs. Warren S. Reese. ST., one of Montgomery'e popu- lar matrons, after reading our recent article on the scaly-bark hickory nut
 II was much interested in your ar ticie relating to the Bcaly-bark have for many years wondered why this delicate nut was not only neglected but destroyed. have small farm and have tried far and near to get these trees for planting. Will be greatly obliged # you will put me ir comniu- nish them. I would ike so ID purchass M a dozen or more three years old, the trees guaranteed to have strong, dbrous roots. If the price Is reasonable may wish more; Having cut on timber there ts land ! wish to tree populate again. I would also like to buy q few bushels of the nuts. Please let me
 in the good old days of Aud Lang syne, my mother every fall purchased barrels of scalybarke, chestnufs and walnuts from the negroes, but now old things have passed away, all things have become new much to my sorrow
 Mrs. Reeses address is 21s Ho1connbe Street. Montgomery, and parties who can furnish thsse trees and the nuts might start the ball for many orders that would make the industry quite prof1table to supply the demand for these trees. As stated before in these columns there Is no superior nut on the market. and once they are known the trade will demand them regardiess of price,. .d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
\ MORNING THOUGHT
nY g. AEARvEN NlCMOLs.

OnIx They say love is death
 TireA less--and 1t Is patient. And the sacred writer says 1t is long that someb ody's love Is tired and weary In wonder she said:
 Forgive you? o. of course. dear,
 4 dozen times week. We women were created
 Forgiveness but to speak. You'd die before you'd hurt me But 1t Is not, 0 dearest,
 The thing you mean to do! It's what you do. minimizing,
 That makes the quick tear start; The tear may be forgotten,
 But the hurt stays in the heart. And though I may forgive you Yet each forgivenesS wears, dear
 A little love away
 And one day you'll be srievins.
 And Shiding me. no doubt. Because so much forgtStng
 Has wofn a Efeat Ievs out!
 ola age ought to be. bright. Mount Rockies; It Is a real glory: Withogt I1.sl wafti When IascuFe lay dying, he cried: Open the wtndowsg The pail of fathomless night was falling. 1t was growing 50 dark. In the same anxiety, Rousseau prayed for "a parting look st the orb of day" parting look! When Goethe the great Ger man author. came to the eclipse of More light! More lightr' May the very clouds Of your sunset days be painted with sapphire and gold.
 We are fast becoming race of gIobeEtrotters. We leave the solltudes of the Roekies-our Switzerland, the Hudson and the Columb iar--our Rine, 10 see reputed grandsurs In distant places. It's the fad we're chasing--not 4 country and ss glories.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
This b My 43rd Birthday
Cyrus Townsena Brady.

The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady. the eminent author and clergyman. who reslgned recently from the reetorShip of Trinity Church in Toledo. O.. to be- come pastor of St. Georges Episcopal Church at Kansas City, Mo- was born in Allegheny. Pa, December 90. 1861. He entered the United States Naval Academy from PennsylYsnia and grad uated in 1883. He did not continue his career in the navy. however. but stud led for the ministry and was ordained nation he has held important rector ships with churches in Missouri. Colo rado. Kansas and Pennsylvania. Bet. ter even than as a minister he ts known 10 the world as the author of nearly thirty novels and other books and as a frequent contributor to current mag azines: Among his most recent books 4so5. The Conquest of the South west, Y published in the same ysar; Indian Fights and Fighters" published in 1904 and "A Little Traitor to the South." published in the same. year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
DoNALD eRANr slrrcHrLL.

To the older sensration of readers the announcement of the death of Donald c. Mitchell. the .Tk Marver. of other days. brings genuine regret. even, though he was an old man whose span of life had covered more than four-score years of the best as well as the stormiest days of American history. His life began. while James Monroe was President. for he was born in New Haven in Isz2, and through those long years he saw many changes and yieissitudss in the life of the great nation.
 Hes wrote and published quite number of works. but to most readers of half century and more ago he is best remembered as the author of "Reveries of a Bashsior' and ''Dream Life" which were given to the public almost three-score years ago. We do not think 1t speaking extravagantiy to say that few works of the imagina- ten gave more pleasure and satisfae. ton to the readers Of shat day than did these. It would not be express. ing t properly to speak of these as great books." as that term is applied to some of the works Of great au- thors. but in some respects they were something more than great books for they were of the kind of literature to appeal to the warriest and best feelings of our lives. We can wen say that no reader. old or young. was ever the worse from reading these books. but they afforded innocent de- light to thousands who read them in the days that are past The Hart ford Tines says of him:
 2 By the young folks of fftv-thre rec years ago-srandfathers and grand mSseers IoSs5 nsow--ns s1s M..w.s. wss knowh apd not many iFnaginatfve Anisrican sus eioF' and Dream Life" made a place sS were Aas ssa SSis sGsas ss sE tnsiT ss G sy nobody eEsr focK Rafsa s f fEcm fSns'SRen: thsIis; and they gave innocent delight to sSsTsands sssIvss q tFs Ts"y rs ss,l Sa ths these, years; tho young men and wo. men of this later sfa--the young men especially--would be the better for making their aeoueintance.
 And 50 he has gone to his rest. fol-. lowed by the tender regrets of thou sands. the gentle and kindly man who lived through moro than four-seore years of our nations life, and who leaves behind him none but the ten. der memories Of a gentle. lovable man and author. and one who will always have place among those whose work was of a kind to make humanity bet ter. We may not again see an "Ik Marver' among our writers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
TAe Phlloaophy of Proteetioa.

xy
 The Hon. Edgary Dean Crumpacker, representative In Congress from the Tsnth Indiana District and . member of the Ways and Means committee, Is q protectionist of the right kind, On Thursday he listened attentively to a witness who described from his own knowledge the shlfts and tricks of some persons In the wool trade that put cotton and sizing on the backs of those innocents who ask and pay for woolen clothes. The story of petty fraud moved Mir. CrumpaeEef. He
 aWhat's the difference if they (the huyers ot fake woolen goods). don't
 Here is the unanswerable argument of the high degree protectionist. Sometimes .the foreigner pays the tax" Sometimes an infant Industry needs pay. Sometimes a trade asking no favors has them forced on 1t that the contrast with others may not be too glaring. But at the bottom of all the true philosophy of the protective doctrine is: Whats the difference # they don't knowff Under banners bearing this inspirirg motto the milk ing of consumers is carried on iey-. ously and with great profit to the moderated until it's victims give posi- tive and uneQuivocal evidence that they do know and are determined that their exploitation shall cease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Bsvrare of the AEitatOr..

LOut4Vlito I1n0e- yeit'ss panic was beginning to set yell Into its stride. Hoke Smith. then Governor. of osorgia. did "his little his championship of a ,two-cent rate of fare on all railroads within the State the sum to be fixed by the Leg islRfure without regard to tlfe dam Operate under 1t. The raalroads were down and Governor Smiths voice grew raucous with its loud crying tRss ss the Ss Ss .a. ss6Sd os Of ss hs & RS to get good kick at them The Leg. isiature passed the Hoke Smith bIll as did the Legislature of North Car cline end Alabama the Glenn and
 in the year that has passed the Fed eral courts have hads something to say eoncerntng the confiseation of The Republican party. in it's national rtatfeln. deserted Mir Roosevelt In his role Of railroad batter and Mf. PropSy @sy oS SaTs sSinfns ToSa to the
 The railroads today are more se- cure, than they have eyer been againat ftssn,sgOslS tss,dsg outcEz ans p9GaIist,en tn afi, i, live has replaced the dementia Roose- near. st2tssFnah with a desirs to tass 2, whsck at the railroads to convince
 
 friend of the pee-puL The part that the railroads have played and must continue to play in the upbuildin@ Of the country Is everywhere recognized.
 The winds and tide have shifted and Holxe Smith with them. At the recent meeting of the Southern Com Ineroial Congress in Washington none other than Hoke Smith was clamor- ous for the introduction and adoption Of the following resolution:
 "'The construction of such adequate (railroad) facilities can be accom- plished only by assuring the holders Of capital that such enterprises will be safeguarded by conservative and constructiye legislation, and we urge upon our Southern legiBlators the wfs- dom of such a policy, and condemn trary."
 ne south's demagogues.. following the lead of the nations have come near to costing the South a pretty penny and settling back the hands Of progress a decade. The lesson will abe worth all 1t cost, if, in the future, the South will learn to distinguish it's Hoke Smiths by foresight rather than hindsight, bringing into play some measure of that conservatism which it now seems to reserve only for the purpose of remaining eternAlIy in a political minority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Letsers To fhe Editsr
pesnshfflon raecorA.

 | read with dssp interest your sd. itoriai on ssTime to Stop It.7 with quo- 'aSe ESerg rrH faa SRIns assdRIne esgss gsn and friend Of the south viii agree with sv- cry word you utter on that sunlecI .. I could but think while reading " what q splendid opportunity to y say phis wsfs aii in bar-rooni and the murder was a bar tender, crased witn drink. As remember it,' those wsrs 4T Tha saloon is the nursery of crime and ilauor is generally at the bottom of every murder in the Scuth. If all good men will join hands to enforce the prohibition laws Tn AIn AIns., barna after January !. @ our state s,a % sv.
 am rfatifed to hear mon from Montgofiiery. selma and even Mopiie say--tfe law E going to have Tar If you viii permit. would ike to cali special attention to the following comparative figures for the years lsv. and 1908 in Birmingham and that city !" no Ra.S me pos5ee oenrt pocket. The police court docket continues 70 show a powerful argument for the con- tfnuatfon Of pr0htbifion We give tns figures for the first ten months 0h i~vs Drunkennsss--lso7., 1907: 1908. 54s; decrease. 1,a6k.
 Assault and battery--feo7. 1.o4s: 1908, eO4; decrease, 44S
 Assault. to murder 1907. 30: 1908. 4s; decrease. 5S.
 Dfsorderiy conduct--1e07, 1855: lS0s' 7s1: decrease. B74.
 Wife beatsng--iso7. 18s: 1908. ss; de. crease. 49.
 Here is decrease of ?. fs5 arrests In ten months for only five offenses. It is probably true that the total decrease for all offenses would aggregate near. ly 4.00o.
 C9sy Health Report On nenshs.
 Here is another interesting table from the city health department show. ing 130 deaths in ten months ot lsvc from violent means as against 2s4 In ten. months of 1907. It will pay our readers to make careful study of thIa fahla:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

When we hear about that ons- doliar-a-wcrd, job of Roosevelt's, and when we read the enormous sums now received by really good authors, we cannot help reflectins on poor old John Milton. whose Paradise Lost" was hawlked ebont in search of a pur- chaser and was finally sold for S2s. Only think of itl One of the finest competitions in the Enslish language sold For a sum that would not pay Roosevelt for more than two or three lines of thS stun that he will contri- bute to a magazine; a sum that some modern poets receive for a poem of perhaps hale a dozen stanzaS. surely the English people of three centuries ago. or less. were a stingy or an un- appreeiative set Of beings. We've no doubt that . man of our day who could write such an epic as Milton's masterpiece could command his own price and obtain a small fortune for 1t. Milton was born about two aud a half centuries too early--not for fame in after days but for remuneration in his own time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Judging by the amount of paint, powder. cosmetics and perfumery that @ to make up some women, men, snickering and saying there goes a human drus-stere lest you fcrget Iest you forget Have you you bought ALL your presents 4 woman can sit and moon over old love letters that would make c man To our shivering sxchanges in BIus- trey Buifalo,, MuTky Manhattan and Windy Washington. 70 rise to say on :a esi@ asss Ssask 4SsslS ss tRss sssosa Ts sTi Montgomery.
 oaly few more dollars til Christ Of course 1t gives feeling of satls- faction to know that your clothes 1t, sut sst,.ss Sas sa s.sis asyer be Iheppy Ent he 1 regard to his enYIronment.
 Here Is truth I've discovered And l think .,S h, t no haSSrdons st n,Ss guess; Whom have a fit OCT the it of her
 dress.
  In the land behind the hrelight There are pictures can see, Of old faces of old visions
 That forever come to me. I'm a boy again and happy,
 And I'm roaming fancy free Through the happy vale of childhood Listening to flies melody. Tn the land behind the ireltett. How the faces come and 20 There's the sainted face Of mother, With her kind eyes ali agI0w. And each dear one in the old home Seems to smile back at me there F en the face of ner, my lowed one, ' Ere she went away-sonewher In the land behind the freliRht forever sit and dream, WAen the wind outslde iN shriekinE, While the red e0al9 brightly gleana. And sometimes sit and wonder. Why I'm lonely and bAreft, But that ts only human, When dream is all that's Ieft Oh, the land behind the hrSIight. Often times I journey tker6 For the blue eyes seem to call ma Where they're framed in roiden hale But the lone heart that is caltoased Seems 10 seek but one deIighE And it's dreaming o'sr the pictures When the. Ire Is burnlng hgiGht
 -F. Fl. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
SAM DAVIS Tribute by Ella Wheeler Wiieox. in The Confederate Veteran
SAM DAVIS

when the Lord calls up earth's he-
 rosB
 To stand before his face, 0. many name unknown to fafae
 Shall ring from that high piaeel And out of a grave in the Southland, At the just Gods call and beck, Shall one man rise with fearless !. And s rope about his neck. For men have swung from gAiiows,
 Whose souls were white as snow, Not how they die nor where, Dut Is what uod's records show. And on that mighty ledger
 Is writ Sam Davis name For honof's sake he would not make ccmprorlise with shame The great world fay before him.
 For he was In his youth: With love of life young hearts gre But Setter he loved truth. He fought for his convictions;
 And when he etoo6 at bay. He would not finch or stir one ifcn From honor's narroE way. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

property owners to have these hand some buildlngs. Every substential public building adds to the value of
 Public buildings are really our test Of civilization If q city has them the State feels proud of it. for each ip matssT as n,ansa, of state interest Every piece hurt, to every other piece.
 :, Montgomery is growing and should have every necessity end convenience for her population. Her people did well to vote the bonds. because 1t wac a positive step in their own interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
The Feast Of DoIIn.

The feast of the dolls is the quaintest of all the little Japanese girls festiVala. In the storehouse. where are kept ali the family treasures. there are boxes filled with dolls which have como down from the grandmothers and great graudmothers. Each new bride brings her dolls when she comes to her father in-law's house. and she keeps the feast each year till her eldest daughter is old enough to take 1t up.--London Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Speaking of Roosevelt The colum- bus Ledger thinks it doubtful if Com gTsas "wiH havs the courage to clip his wings before he starts for Afrlca." Perhaps Congress fears it might do something that would delay his de- parture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

while Holland may possibly look on the capture of a venssuAlan vessel as q joke we rather think It is the kind of joke the little government would hot attempt to play on one Of the great powers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

The London Illustrated News refers to James S. Palmer, Vice President elect of the United States" but we do not know that James S. sherman has any kick coming to him. Palmer is good name in our country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
NEonfnomerH pla NVeII

Montgornerg has voted herself some new school hotIaes and hospital These things are for the permanent good of humanity. Montgomery Is mainly moving for better school houses rood city with q cultured population, and 1t is a matter of public pride and really for the material good of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
col: seha N. slaughter.
Open seaeen Fer CeaSidence Game. Chicago Record Herald.

0GGH EG4A4& &4E4sa@4GLCE GNAA4Ns
 Chicago Record Herald.
 Judging from the daily reports, this is a particularly propitious season for the confidence men. The old tricks and swindl6s ard being worked. with now and then an artistic variation, and the victims of cupidity and their own gen erous hearts are so numerous as to suggest the utter futility of education and warning against the crooks and sfiarpers. Two items in the news Of a day tell of a rich cattle man who had the sT ,00e in his grip transformed into four beer bottles while he was generously eashing a check for chance acquaintance, and of the wealth rolling In on a gsnius who ad- vertises to tell everybody method of getting rich quick" for a fee of 50 cents, and to send twenty-five. use- ful articles in return for a quarter of a dollar. "Work flArd:' is the 50 cent answer, and twenty-five pins compose the useful articles received by those who forward the quarter. It Is said that the ''get rich quick" expert has violated no law and if he hasn't there will be no pity for his vlctlm8. We, may hold the sharper and all of his kind as undssirabIes but there is a feeling that their vIctims get what they deserve. Sympathy. on the other hand, goes out to the innocents whose suffering is not due to their own cup idity. But sympathy is tempered with some degree of disgust that the swind- les praetfcsd on them can be worked In this day of rural free delivery. whereby the baekwoods inhabitant iS enabled Co keep track of all the new schemes and is daily admontshed by recorded experience to beware of the oId ones The only solAce in the situa- ton comes when an occasional ap- parently innocent rugtic turns the tables and sells a blase city man who is looking for something easy gold brick or something equally valuable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

If real war should begin between venezueia and Holland will not Castro congratulate himself on being out of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Total =. ..I.. 3s.,21t 1dv
 The year 1908 from July to NoveIn- Der i includes the 10th and Ilth wards. an addition of at least f0,000 people. easily verified. The saving of 164 lives is ceftafnly worth while. That these were saved in ten months of prohibi- tlon ought 10 make profound impress sion on every thoughtful man.
 Someone said lately, prohibition is q beautiful dream" Do thnse figures look like q dream? M
 Yes. sir, Tt is time 10 stop it.". The whoiesale murder of negroes and whites, caused by the demon drink, has gone far enough and good citizens Should see that 1t is stopped.
 " B CrufnptCu,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

The announcement that 1t cest china four million dollars to plant Empress An in the cemetery cauaes us to wonder if she was really worth co
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
 The real panama scandal consisted in snatching the Isthmus from it's sovereign Colombia. through hocus. pocus Of United States naval assistance to trumped.up revolution, and the violation of the treaty between the CoI- ombia was Government and our own. Colombia was knocked down and ds. spoiled of her territory--all of which is easily proved. rs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Nee naA1x Average. 1sevsmbeEs 1908 A4s3Ss Net Sunday Average NOvembeKs Ae@s 1essse
 q | FauiRau Circulation ManaNer of The MoftNonefg Advertiser. being duly sworn. EagG:
 The forsmasnm asassnent Of Ths Adyer- sinsrs' ctreu1afion for the monfh c9 Noven- Der. 1e0s fs true and correeE anu cofnptleQ after all fsfuTn8 from ueWs octN 1sM- Akeatn. kpoi1od aad leEt-eFsf eopaes neNe bsan deducted. -
 e q YTtIdAN. circuiaaion Manager:
 uWoRn to and ssfbscrtoed oe9ors mo tnap Eth dav of December 1e09, At.
 sfcA ALEXANDER Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20


 They. offered life and freedom
 IT he would speak the word: As one who had not heard, They argued. pleaded. threatened-- It was but wasted breath. Aet come what must I keep my He said. and laughed ct death. He would not sell his nianhooa To purchase priceieas hon@. Where kings drag down a name ana crown, ~1e He diguifed a rope. Al graxsl where was your trf,sfnnhz An: death where was your sti5~y He showed you how q man could bnv To doom and stay king. And God. who loves che laval Because they are like him. 1oubt not yet that soul shalf se4 Among his cherubin1. Q Southland! bring your 1auraie. And add your wreath Q Norfe, Let glory claim the hero's r,Sy,,e And tell the world hIs worth.