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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
wAat Made 'Rsp vani Wrinkle" Sue

The familiar drama of Rip Van Wrinkle" is a remarkable example not. onIy of the value of ignorance as heroic attribute but also of how. the sympa pathies of an audience may be won for an unworthy object by means of a meretricious but clever trick. Scores of persons tried, without success 70 drainatize Washington lrving's story, hut it was not until that most gifted of ali play-buildefs and stage-carpen- ters, Dion Boucieault, took the book in hand that an acting play was ere ated. Boucicauit saw at glance that something must be done to make this village drunkard acceptable to me wo- men in the audience and he did 1t by deliberately trading on the feminine fear of a thunder-stofm. If Rip had been put out of doors on a fair after noon, the piece would not have lasted week; but little bit of stage thun- oial respiration that bids fair to keep 1t alive for eternity. For every wo. o. man thanks her stars that she is not out on the mountain side in that dreadful storm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
The BritIsheIr Protestei.

The American in the corner of the non smoking first-class carriage in~ sisted on lighting his cigar. The in- dignant Britisher in the other corner protested, but in vain. At the next station he hailed the guard with hos- tile intent, but the placid American was too quick for him, says The Argo- naut.
 Guard he drawled, T think you'd find that this gentleman is travelling with a thIrd-class ticket on him"
 Investigation proved him to be right, and the indignant Britisher was eject ed. A spectator of the little scene asked the triumphant American how he knew about that ticket.
 Well" explained the imperturbaDIe stranger, "it was sticking out of his pocket, and I saw it was the same color as mine"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
Target Practice Under Sea.
Newport Dispatch to New York Time, The second submarine flotiIIa. consi

Newport Dispatch to New York Times.
 The second submarine flotilla, consisting of the Octopus. Tarantula. Viper and Cut tlefish, under command of Lieut. chaH D. Courtney, has been smashing target records from twenty to fifty feet under the sea in Gardiners' Bay. The new periscopea have been used to excellent advantage by the feIrsrnen. and the new aditlona, it is said. have advanced the value of subma- rines largely.
 Under the sea the supLhhrlnes nave oeen to i, 800 yards distance against targets made If woven nets about siXty-five feet long The submarines were run at full speed When the submarines become attach ed to Commander Marsh's training squad- ron more extensive drills, with both ntght and day attacks Will be held&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
Moral of the Unemployed.

As mills reopen and thousands go hack to their work many a man takes his place again .determined that at the next closing he shall not be left out in the cold.
 Nothing slfts and separates like a period of depression. In a boom all get work. Every man Is wanted Many grow careless. The laxer work Of the last boom wrote its grim record Tn accidents. in injuries, in deaths and In reduced prohta Many men, feeling secure, did as they pleased.
 Depression weeded such man out'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
Why rrsaeaer. Live I.onr.

The British statistics of mortality just published, show what we all knew before, that more clergymen live to old age than the members Of any other prefession What is the reason? Tn part that they are a little older than In almost any other bus mess. which. cuts out in the statistics, those that die before twenty-five. Next. they live q regular life, with no axcesses; else, while mostly protected against expos ure. Then something may be credited to the philosophy of religion. which tends to an equsble frame of mind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
HandsOme is as Handsome Does. MaEazine

Augustus Thomas, the playwright. told In a secent speech of hunting trip he had taken in the. South. They Fwere after 'coons and possunls, but which made them put their tails be- tween their legs and turn for home. Just what does a polecat look ltke?s guides.
 "A polecat, boss2 Why. a polecats
 somefif' like a kitten, only prettier. ten afr't 1t, gamg. he said, turning to another negro for rroboration. Sam did not seem so sure. He he's itated a moment.
 wool. Its always been nah contention dat handsome is as handsome does"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
No sail Seen for 7.SOO Miles.

New 1OTk Matts
 For solitude and monotony the trip of the Prince Line steamer. African Prince. which ended here. Is thought to have no equal in modern seafaFing.
 For tbirty-three dAys. during which she steamed 7.S00 miles over routes followed by deep waters craft, her navigators did not see vessel Of any kind
 A pool which the officers arranged to be given to the shipmate guessing the number of masts of the first ship sighted was turn ed back to the contributors when port was finally reached.
 The African Prince left Lorenzo Marquez South Africa with instructions to call at Port Eads below New Orleans for orders She arrived off the Mississippi jetties Mo- vember 20. and the pilot boat stationed there was the first ship seen by her mari ners during the thirty-three days.
 One of the under officers said T don't want an experience like that again. It was awful trying on ones nerves. Every night when we turned in 1t was with the words, well tomorrow will bring us the sight of A ship We got blue that we could have welcomed the coming of even a pirate craft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
The ..Rlue stochinr..s 2

Nov Orleans state.
 statee that in his day there were certain meetings held by ladies to afford them op- CT of these gatherings was Mr. Gtfiiing- fleet. who always wore blue eioc1<inss When away his absence was so felt that the remark became common. We can do nofh- ing without the blue stockings@ Hence. the meetings at which he figured began to be called Blue Stocking CIubs's and those who frequented them Blue StoekinEs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
PuhIlc Reportn.
Marengo Democrat.

MarenEo Democrat.
 What Is the matter that Governor Conner does not allow the publication of the state examiners reports on the various county ofilcials' books all over the state? While the law may not say plainly In so many words, We be- porte published as soon as received by the governor. He has no moral right to conceal news of so much pub lie interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The announcement from the White House that the President will not take any action, or interfere in the case of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, or even express an opinion on their sen tences, is in the nature of surprise. When before di3 he fail to butt in?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
A Missouri COurtshlp.

Memphis kAo.) DemoCrat.
 One of the budding young gallants called on a maiden a few nights ago and valiantly offered to brave the darkness of the back yard to bring e bucket of water. de reach ed the back yard and turned q crank vtgo- with failure and he returned to the house with the statement that the pump was out of fix On inspection 1t was found that he had set the bucket down by a washtub and had been busy turning the clothes WrinRer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Why should Charles P Taft be sent to the Senate?" asks The Colum- bus Ledger. Just so-and why should he not? Brother William will need some bracing up. perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

A Congressional committee is about to visit Panama, and contemporary hopes the visitors will do their best to hasten the completion of the canal We don't know exactly what the com nittee can do except to come back and report things. That will be the usual way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
GiIdInr WIth Gnlh.

Ft. Deposit Indicator.
 An exchange has discovered that a poor girl has to be awfully good look ing to be pretty, and a rich girl has to be awful homely to be ugly. It might be added that q poor man has to be awfully smart to be intelligent and a rich man almost a blockhead to be IEnorant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
ANOTHER WONDER.

Not much has been heard of late of Wizard Burbank" as he has won a right to be called Some months ago. 1t will be recalled, there was conBid- erabla talk about his alleged perfec- tion of a species of cactus without thorns. and much was expected of 1t. but that, also. had apparently been forgotten. and doubtless 1t was thought that he had given 1t up as a bad job. but that was mistake, as the following from The Nebraska State Journal will show:
 In a recent address before the stu dents of the University of California, Luther Burbank made comforting report of progress in his experiments with the new species of spineless cac- tus. On his own place at Santa Rosa he has demonstrated that ninety nine tons of cactus fruit can be grown on one acre of ground. This Is an aver age Of one full wheslharrow load to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

When some ohe asked Battling Nell son the question. Can you read Greek?" he modestly replied: 'I don't know; I have never tried" That was a good answer How is man to know he can't do anything till he tries?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The ancient city of Philadelphia must be getting envious and jealous of her sister of Pittsburg. The latter seems to be getting ahead of the former in general cussedness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
swnRN cIRcuLATlON.

~The Nontgomery Advertiser ees ~ she tta advsrItsers tand makes II getss. @ cir. contracf when requested) that tts u@tis u@ssr,,,,. culation Is larger than that ok any .eaI i,., newspaper printed Tn AlansmAr-a1sEs. 1sEs.sssfnlte.o e.o sunday edition has the largest clIss.sd m .of any edition of any newspaper pa" Alapauah without exception. a ,,olos-
 The figures for November p.iNa alI re. represent the actual net circulalSHs
 turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Tt is all right to temper mercy with justice" remarks The Chattanooga Times You get the cart before the horse. "Temper justice with mercy" was what Milton wrote
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The Columbus Ledger thinks the town of Flushing will need flushing when the Hains trial is over. Seems more as if 1t might need disinfeeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Tn New Hampshire. as result of the November elections. there will be but twenty-five wet" towns out of total of 230 after May of next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
Nov alnnt Loeomotives.
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Pittsburg Dispatch to New York Times.
 The Pennsyivania Railroad has placed an order for fifteen giant locomotives. They are to be hurried from the Juniata shops in anticipation of a great revival of business in spite of the fact that the road has many locomotives Idle in the ahops It C
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The elimination of Theodore E. Bur ton appears to leave Myron T. Herrick'' of ohio, and Postmaster General Meyer inc most promising possibilities for the Treasury portfolio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The senatorial contests to be decided by the State Legislatures meeting In January have narrowed down to the ones in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecti- cut and Indiana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
neffer na f,nrefni

Gadsden Times-News. M
 The Montgomery Advertiser says Taft is having a corkinRD time in Au gusta- That's all right; but he mustn't do any uncoPking over in Georgia, or Seab Wright might get him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
Politics and Politicians

Speakers of national reputation will address the Lincoln Republican Club of St. Paul at It's annual banquet In February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The CIevernens of Polished Rogues.
 In his Comic Side of Crime. Harry Eurniss tells an Interesting story in The January Strand of how lightning like quickness of thought once saved a rogue from arrest Monsieur Claude, Chief of the Paris Police. was ordered on one occasion to arrest an escaped prisoner who had defrauded the Coy. ernment. At the time Paris was wild over the songs of Pierre Jean de Be- ranger, which were heard everywhre though the poet himself was little known. In his hunt after the convict Claude entered the famous Closerie des- Lilas, where he found his man surrounded by swarm of pretty girls, the bewitchlng danseuses of the Latin Quarter. The escaped prisoner saw him and turned pale. Quick as light ming, however, he put his lips to the ear of the girl nearest to him and whispered. 1t Is BSranger. In moment all the beauties surrounded Claude, hemming him in. They bowed to him and embraced him. and threw bouquets of flowers over him. The music stopped, the dancers joined the throng, and with one voice cried, Viva Befanger! Viva Berangerr The dee light at finding their song-writing hero in thetr midst intoxicated them, and poor Claude was powerlesg He was so embarrassed by their embraces, and the flowers and compliments showered on him, that he could neitfier move nor speak, and the convict managed to es- cape before the clever trick was dis- covered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Warren Garst the new Governor of Iowa, ist as native of Ohio. He began iits keep,ng, a general mercnanaise ss rali !, z banker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
calumhua Enfernr,ae

Phenix -Girard Journal l
 Our Georgia friends across the Chat tehoochee are working hard for Greater Columbus" and the outlook seems bright in that direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
MORNING THOUGHT
BY :. MARVIN NICHOLS.

| never pass young man on the streets without having come to me again the far-away vision--a face I of a beautiful young woman lowering over the form of her firat-bofn. And knew she was dreaming. toe--dream- ing of the far-on years when her have wondered all these years if it was only dream that came to that fair young mother
 We forget that a child has no power he is siaaesi an exact tn cspyist. Ths child raised in the frigid atmosphere of some homes will doubtless develop morbid and vicious manhood. The but he has to borrow his warp and woof from the grown.up folks about him. Every chud iI the unerring prophecy of the future. A nation can never De S5satsr t shan n sss sss sSs sSsone n df the past and the prophecy of the fu- ture. We are comirg more and more to see that the man who lnolds the chiidiife of this generation fashions the destiny, of the coming ages A child Is the marvel of the pact because in him is the hIghSt meaning of an corresponding futuse. The man or tomorrow are the children of today
 This is an age of unspeakabie in- gratitude. Conmercialtsn haunts us like a nIghtmayei its gaunt hand Is never lifted from our heads. Modern life llevtes enormous demands. Greed stretches us upon croes of gold at every turn. Amid the timult we have forgotten to be thankful. The matin song Is no longer heard. The vesper hymn Is long since hushed- We must needs walk again
 With our fellow creatures; note the
 hush
 And whisperings among them. Not
 q spring
 Or leaf but hath It's morning hymn: {:
 each bush
 And oak doth know I AM. Canst
 thou not sing?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

sget Daily Average, Nevemhel 1S pssa Ss .1s% Net Sunday Average, NoVeAseo.s -.
 q I. FiuiNan. Circulation Mazsgsr os .,as xns Aront~anasry Advertiser bein8 dap sM1pAs srha eoraKoinx statement Of The AaSss- .t.srs Circulation for the month ox EosSiia1 Eosssi.1 Fer. 1908 is true and correce sna soNAna ,ssys arentn. spoiled and leftover eopiss been deducted ~.,~.!,.3,u,, AsanaRef
 c | FIN1cAN,. ciseuias,soas ssas.sa :. me this KtS day of December. 1908. r,,,n,,.l een sIcA ALEXANDER. Notary Puphsl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Taft plays golf, Roosevelt plays the - and Bryan Is playing politics. we don't know what the band will play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Representative James F. Burke. of Pittsburg, one of the prominent candl- dates for the seat of Senator Knox. is Al years old, a graduate of the Uni- verslty of Michigan and a lawyer by profession. H
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

This year 12.554 women registered in Boston to vote for school committee. Twenty-nine years ago, when the priv ilege of voting at these elections was first granted to women, only 300 reg istered. and for the following nine years the average was only 1000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Pittsburg, one of the prominent candl- dates for the seat of Senator Knox. is verslty of Michigan and lawyer by profession.
 This year 12.554 women registered in
 Boston to vote for school committee. Twenty.-nine. years ago. when the priv ilege of voting at these elections was first granted to women. only 300 reg istered. and for the following nine years the average was only 1000
 George W. Wickersham. who has been mentioned for the position of At torney General in the Taft cabinet is a prominent New York lawyer. His most recent connection of public inter- est was his work as counsel for the receivers of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
 The six Democrats of Indiana who Senator Hemenway are John W. Kern, late candidate for Vice. President; State Senator T, E. Black. of Franklin; {;
 fpFmer rSi.,r C;osgrtessman1 nat naa1 Ies Ihssnjamn F.
 of Terre Haute; Major c. V Menzies,
 nf Mount Vernon. and Edward c. Hoff-
 man. of Fort Wayne.
 While the terms of thlrty-one sena-
 tors. more than one-third of the en-
 tire body. will expire on March l. next, eighteen of this number already have heen elected again or assured of re- election, either by primary contests or by pledges of a majority of the mem bership of the several State Legisla- lures charged with the duty of elect ing Senators before the beginning of the next Congress. The election of Hon. Eugene Hales. l of Maine, as Republican leader of the i United States Senate. which carries l with 1t the charmanship of the Senate | Committee on Appropriations formerly | held by the late MT. Allison of Iowa. | recalls the fact that out of the forty one years that the Appropriations Committee has existed. the Chairman l ship has been held for thirty-two wears | by Senators from Maine and Iowa. The
 Maine predecessor of MT. Hale was l Senator Lot M. Morrill,, who served as | Chairman from 1889 to 1871 and from | 1873 to 1879.
 During the first two weeks in Janu- ary the State Legislatures will meet l in Wyoming, Wisconsin, Arkansas | California. Colorado, West VirRinia' I Washington, Connecticut, Delaware | Idaho. Utah. Texas, Tennessee. Illinois l Indiana, Iowa. South Dakota, South | Carolina. Rhode Island, Kansas, Maine
 Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota | Nebraska. New Jersey. North Carolina | North Dokato, oregon, Pennsvlvania | and New York. Later in the year the l legislative bodies will assemhae in Ari.
 zona, Florida, Oklahoma New Mexico l and Nevada
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

George w. Wlckersham. who has been mentioned for the position of At torney General in the Taft cabinet is 6 prominent New York lawyer. His most recent connection of public inter- est was his work as counsel for the receivers of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

An exchange warns us not to shoot tne chauffeur. Unnecessary adrnonf. ton: he IS usually going so fast vol, how expert<you are on winRine . hi.a
 All you can do is take his number fl you can see it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

The average mans idea of Heaven fs place where he can sleep all the time and nobody call him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

Now that the Emperor of China has loop. the Night Riders are nn trtAi santa Claus has come and zone. and the Pennsyivania grafters have heas1 trled and convicted. we are ready to Lsce the New Year with a heart fuIl Of hope for the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29

A man doesn't have to take ont a game license to hunt trouble, ana it Is so plentiful that he doesn't even have to look for it as a rule
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21
Corporal Mooney, of Ft. Apache, Dies from Gun
 Shot Wound

While on a hunting pass with a party from Ft. Apache CorpOr- al Mooney of the 5th Cavalry belonging to the garrison of that post accidently shot himself with a shot gun on the 11th inst. at a point about nine miles north of Rice station. He was taken to the agency at Talkla1 near there for treatment which was the nearest place where medical aid could be had. The charge entered the right side of the neck making a wound that was from the first considered serious and from which the unfortunate young man died on the morning of the 18th inst. The remains will be taken to Ft. Apache where they will be inferred unless request IS made by relatives for the body to be sent elswhere. Lieut.. $. D. Smith of the 5th U. $. Cavalry, returning from furlough via Rice to Apache joined the hunting party about the time of the sad accident and remained with the wounded soldier who was a Cor poral in his troop, until his death, and IS in command of the detachment that is bringing the remains to Ft. Apache.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21
Death of Samuel Flake of
 Snowflake

Samuel Flake, a young man of about 23 years of age and the son of James M. Flake of Snow flake, died at that place on the 16tb inst. of chronic heart dis ease. The funeral was held on the 18th and the remains were fol- lowed to their last resting place by large cOncOurse of relatives and friends. Much sympathy is felt by all for the parents and rel atives in their sad bereavement.
 The deceased was a moral young man of exemplary conduct and his loss is keenly felt by his associates by whom he was held in much esteem.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

well attended and the musician, John Miller was kept busy until midnight,
 Otto Grein, a young man, a nephew of A. F. Witzel of the HOlbrook Mercantile Co.,, is here from Gallup for the purpose of assisting in the store of the above mentioned firm.
 H. Cesmat a sheep buyer from San Diego was here during the week and purchased 1900 head wethers and ewes which he is shipping to California.
 F. $. Meyerhoff was initiated into the Elks Lodge at Winslow during the week.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

T. s. Woolsey, Jr. who organ ized the new office of the Forest Supervisor at Showlow, came in from that place Sunday evening and will continue on to Albu- querque on business pertaining to the Forestry service.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21
Something New

A full line of all the popular magazines and periodicals will be found at the store of the Hol- brook Drug Go. on and after February 1st. Magazines pur- chased here may be exchanged, if not so1led, for others by pay ing a small amount additional.
 Why Colds Are Dangerous.
 If NOnld he immnne frOm di .
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Frank Buck has recently pur- chased the residence and butcher shop here formerly owned and occupied by R. D. Greer. MT Buck expects to keep meats on hand regularly in quantity and quality to suit the customer. It is a great convenience to the peo- pie of the town to have a regu- larly conducted meat market, and the only way to have 1t is to literally patronize the home shop so that 1t can do a sufficient amount of business to justify the handling of d line of meats to suit all classes of the trade.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Considering that only about two hours notice was given, the impromptu dance given at Wet zler's Hall Saturday evening was
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

County School Superintendent R. C. Smith has just returned from a visit to the various schools in the county. He re- ports that attendance is rather light just now in one or two dis tricts on account of sickness, but that otherwise the school work is progressing i'll very satisfac- tory manner.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Sheriff Woods returned Sunday morning from Ft. Wingate where he had been to deliver to the
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21
Why Suffer From Rheumatism?

Why Suffer From Rheumatism?
 Do you know that rheumatic pains can be relieved? If you doubt this just try one applica- tion of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It may not give you re- lief from pain but will make rest and sleep possible. and that certainly means a great deal to any one afflicted with rheumatism. For sale by Hol- brook Drug Store.