The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-25
DRIFTWoOD

Tennessee seems to De dtsputtng Kentucky's right to the title of "ths dark and bloody"
 And now Uncle Joe Cannon says ne is in favor of a revision of the tartn. Andrew Carnegie has also intimatea a like desire; Menpe vel haxe to.
 It cost the Repubs over million and a half dollars to do 1t. but they did: Now Jets all pun for 1912.
 Politics in the mayorslty contest in Atlanta Is growing so hot that the Maddox supporters carried torches there the other night.
 The dear old vets will make the vel wSiNin in Mobile @ d today. z They T have met the city and she is theirs.
 Are you reading the Rockefeller "testimony.". of how he sof nis eAint-
 Today is the day when you quicker up your lips to eat Thanksgiving tur- key dinner tomorrow, ,O1T At'er t,Ii TSankis christmas. does itf To the kids who are waiting for the pres ants 1t seems an eternity, but to the grown folks who are paying for 'em 1t seems about week ,
 Strange, but there never was a doc: tor yet who could cure a bad case or swelled head. Even very young pny- sicians are affected with the com plafnt themselves when starting out to practice
 A fool and his rumor are soon part
 It seems that Taft wants cabinet made to 2rdsF. IRs t,srt IssaSg aSganaaitution saHe @
 In fact. nothing ready-made would nt Bill Taft.
 Mir. Carnegie's new spellsr elini- mates the "b" and spells 1t ''det." This is one way to shorten debt'
 Castro has fully made up hts n1ind to go to Europe to stand a surgical operation. Here's hoping the attend ing surgeon will cut out that mean disposition.
 All Is quet in the Balkans, the war cloud has now sped: it seems 1t was nothing but talkings to make fVeT deck head.
 1t IS Sald GNOOSGNBAL NNESNOtA his African hunt to two years-Houston
 He will also stretch acme of his sx. ploits; he'll have to for dollar q word.
 Mary had little dough. CTwas left her by her dad.1 And everywhere that Mary'd go. there went some busted cad.
 
 Probably because courtesy costs noth- ing Is the reason more people do not use 1t.
 Horticulturists have succeeded in growing a black rose in England. We would suggest 1t as a suitable mourning flower for a merry widow.
 Strange that the world should give Theodore Roosevelt the honor of coin ing the word "frazzle." That word was in common use by our grandfathers be. fore Teddy had ever been heard of.
 By the way. what has become of that moliycoddle game reformed football" thst was so much agitated last year7
 Do not envy a man because he beasts of his carriage and pair He may re- fer to his twins and their perambuia- tor.
 We'll bet there is an awful disturb ance on the high seas when an ocean grey mound runs luNo d CAb-oo@I
 
 Roses and Twilight and You. Roses and twilight and you. dear heart, When the Southern moon hangs low And the mOcking bird trying to do his
 Toward telling my love. you know. On the old front porch with your hand On this Indian summer night The kiss of your lips to my soul like 'Tiii it's steeped in a mad delight Roses and twilight and you, dear heart And the moonlight on your hair No painter Of old with all his art
 Could have painted scene more fair So I'll say goodbye to the quickened Au revoir to the soft twilight Just one little taste of heavens bliss
 Then the roses and you--good night.
 Fourteen inches of snow in Michigan, and the roses blooming in the sunshine in Montgomery. Well? When the world gives you the worst
 Be man for that's the test of it Don't you feel accursed of 1t
 Just you make the best of if that he Is master in his own house you ha ft srFFa f0