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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
ARlMSTR0NG,S

Go to church this morning and throw something more thsn q glance In inc contribution box.
 Life is . funnv nroTos,t,o,-.h. ,,,,,. boy gets the switch in youth and the little giri gets 1t later on in the form of hair ornament.
 If it wasn't for inc weather mos, people would make silence like deaf Hstty Green has returned te the sin- IS neither pleasure nor profit in put vdsd 0wa forcs p and m fsnnsyxina s ghtss aysr ss G bath-tub for the minister. Pending the decision, what is the parson eoing to do this hot weather7
 Even the crook often takes his whis- key straight.
 An Eastern paper has made the dis soysry that ,ts the stsst bathing skirt is skirts are not intended to be worn into the water any more-they're to promenade in.
 matter with the ssoo, o,o6o. .ooo lumber combine building its own9 ries usually come nearer working than he does. [ It never does any good to use the want column when self respect Is lost. What has become of the oId.fashion- ed man who always "blacked" his shoes Sunday moEning'
 A man and his hair are soon parted. Why does a woman go into dry goods store. make the oyerworked clerk shelf and then decide she will go else- where to purchase? .a on A o,S mans cSnt,s. idea of & comfort is to put a woman's Is to put on fine clothes and trek to some swell hotel where she doesn't know who in Sam Hiil made the biscuits,
 Did you eyer look inside of girls pocket-b -book2 No? Well, here's what you'll usually see: A piece of newspa- cent star1ps. a lock of hair and ana some CT times as much as 25 cents in real money.
 Where is the man
 With soul so dead
 Who's never by
 Some shark been bied'
 There have been thirteen divorces in the Vanderbilt family in the past twen- ty years Oh, wealth, where Is thy hsppiness7
 What are the wild waves saying
 As they dance against the beach.
 sEveryone at the seashore's paying
 And the hotel-biji's a peach. Taft has received honorary election a railroad presidents daughter" If, those things keeps up Taft is going to outdo Strenuous Teddy in the policy line.
 The Mayfyr.
 Sadie has gone % the mountains
 Doris Is down by the sea. MomIner's away
 With grafdmommer to stay
 And tomorrow they'll send away
 me.
 Maymie Is sailing for Europe
 Archie is going out West. But with worry and frown
 Poor Dad stays in town
 He puts up the dough for the rest. Say prtt.: corFs.D'nasnf'.
 Tell me why 6 man always hugs around the waist and q girl around the neck, and secondly, why a man always pulls up his trousers when he sits down2 Yours truly,
 @Brunette." City,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
The Passing. Of Grover Cleveland.

National Finance
 With the passing of Grover cleve- land all men. regardless of politics. will recognize that a great man has gone.
 The rugged figure of the only Dem cratic President in halt a century would have stood out in bold relief against any background of men and circum- stances. He was granite in the midst of shifting sands close about him. He was a landmark in a fog. an embodi- ment of the fixed. the unyteldinR, the thing which endures.
 It mattered not what his friends or his party thought; Grover Cleveland thought and acted for himself as he believed to be right. The reputation that he won as the veto Mayor of Buffalo he strengthened as President of the United States. He vetoed more hills in four years than all his prede- eessors had in the history of the Re- nubIic. Precedent had no terrors for him, He sent Federal troops into Chi- eago against the opposition of the Gov ernor He sent the British Ambassa- dor home in disgrace. He upheld the Monroe doctrine in Venezuela at the risk of war with England. He antag- onIzed labor by Federal interference: he antagcnized the military vote by vetoing pension bills; he antagonized public sentiment by planning to rec Store to her throne the Queen of Ha- waii; he dntagonized the North by try ing to restore Southern hattie flags: he antaEonlzed Congress by refusing to sign the Wilson bill; he antagonized his own party in countless ways. Tn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

most. the public roads did not cross each other at right angles, but after they had been built on there was noth- ing to do but to lay on the streets to conform to the direction of the roads as they were found. Thus ii happens that the streets of town not only are frequently narrow ana crooked but they run in all directions without regard to symmetry or the point of the eompass.
 New Haven is one of the old towns of the country that now suffers from this accidental method of town -Buildine. Its older and principal streets," re- marks The New Haven Register, fol- low no cardinal point of the compass, and few Of them run exactly in the same direction for any considerable distance. Worse than that, there Is no uniformity of width. And worse still, many streets are not of the same width throughout their entire length. The width of the original street was adjusted to suit the whim or the eop- venience of the property owners. Later, when the street was extended. it oc- cured to some one to make it wider. and this was done. At the next extsn- sion, the new or the original width was followed, seemingly as came ho nAx fe ~I0 of building. sidewalk and street line which is not pleasant to sec"
 That is a condition that exists in great many of the old cities, and the misfortune about it Is that there is no remedy for such conditions. When additional territory is to be added of course there may be nothing to hinder 1t being laid out symmetrically and the streets not only made to conform to the points of the compass. but made Of any width and uniformity desired. This cannot be done with the older sec tiens, for 1t would not be possible to tear the old away and lay off a new one. Thus it Is that in many of our large cities the streets are narrow and crooked and point in every direction, so that stranger never can tell whence he came or whithsr he is go- ing. Even the resident can't always tell where he's at.
 Our own city of Montgomery is an example of the results of not laying off the streets and blocks fin advance. Nearly all the streets and avenues East of Court Street run East and West or North and South. but West of Court they are different and all of them run Northeast. Northwest. Southeast or Southwest. In addition to that, some of our streets are not the same width throughout their length. and others come to stop when they reach an- other, because the next block is built up with residences or business houses All this lack of harmony and unl- formity results from the failure of the original settlers of the place to fore see and provide for the building of big city in the future. If that had been possible, and the entire space now covered had been surveyed and ail the streets located before any building was done. there would now be none of the lack of symmetry that we see. There is no help for it now. but this and many other examples of the same kind might be useful in the future when a town is contemplated. The example of Washington was one that was well worth following. ss4sl,4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
nrran Needn ProtectIon.

Greensboro Watchman.
 J. Tom Hehin of Alabama seconding the nomination of Win. J. Bryan as the Democratic nominee for President, we cannot censure those hot and weary delegates at Denver from call- ing out for some one to throw the hooks into him and drag him offw A more absuTdly ridiculous tribute to a man was never thrown together than Mr. Hehin attempted to let loose on the convention. He made Mfr. Bryan to appear to be as great as all the wor- thies of past ages combined that he knew about--includlng such lesser lights as Thomas Jefferson. George Washington, Daniel Webster. Henry Clay, Daniel O'Connsll, Cicero. Demos themes, M9rabeau. Daniel of the Dem- ocratie Party, the intellectual giant of the United States, ct eetera and ct eet- era. Of course we all know Mir. Bry- an Is a great man, but he needs to be protected against such Blush as MT .' Hefiin dished out at DenYeR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
ls to the Proposed Rate Raise.

AS 70 tMe FFOp09e0 ksA4S An4Des Mobile Register.
 Governor Conner will oppose the inc crease of freight rates By Southern railroads operating in this State, on the ground that the raise will oppress producers and consumers. The rail- roads say that 1t is either to be a raise to get money or a cut to save money; that things cannot go on at the press ent rate. It seems to us that it is a condition, not a theory, that confronts us. as Cleveland once satd. If the ratl- roads are not allowed to raise the rates, who IS to prevent their cutting wages? There may follow strike, but strikes that prove of beneht to em- ployes are exceedingly few. while the actual lons to all Interests is neces- sariIy great If loss there must be. who is besr able to stand it7 The Governor, says that the railroads should cut down intereet on their watered stocks. Doss he know how. much of the stocks Is watered7l Or what stocks are in Innocent holders hands? Or hoy the railroads can borrow money in tight times and so roptinus in opera ttons unless they pay interest on what they owe? Furthermore, we ask, is there any way of making the railroads take his advice?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
A Timely Deliveraace.


 We reproduce elsewhere, from The Montgomery Advertiser. a timely de- liveranes on the duty of Democrats, and ask for 1t g careful perusal. That there are thousands of Democrats throughout the country who are ut- terly indifferent to the result of the Presidential election is we'll known Here in Sheffield are many Democrats of influence who are lukewarm-in fact, inclined to "balk" and stay away from the polls. They are afraid of Bryan. It is to these men, good and true, that Tbe Advertiser eloquently appeals, and The Standard trusts that the appeal may not be in vain It sets forth, clearly and succinctly, the reasons why every Democrat should do his duty. The Standard can add nothing to what The Advertiser has said.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
nfhern I.IIKe Him.

O. B. Martin gets this Kind of a welcome from The Charleston News and Courier: The Hon. O. B. Martin. ator from South Carolina. We do not suppose that he thinks for a moment that he can be elected. There Is no reason why he should be. He is not 1t for the office. He has never done any thing to entitle him to this great dis ttnction. But he is running just the same"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

Some sympathizing friend sent The Enterprise Ledger fine "mushmillion" and the force had good times while 1t lasted. Feeding the hungry is a genu- inc Christian virtue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

It is announced that some one has invented a device which will prevent head-on collisions. If the invention proves effective they ought to attach one to the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

There is said to be an epidemic ot suicides in Pittsburg. Pa. Perhaps that is the only method some of the unfortu- nate citizens can flnd to get away from life in Pittsburg, -r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

Somebody has been doing something 10 The AbbeViiis Times man. "aener- ally speaking" he says, the more your do for a man the more likely he Is to stab you the first chance he gets" Thsn as a matter of sslf-pretsetion 1t weula be safest not to do anything for anybedy.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
BANKRUpT.

NOTICE SALE REAL ESTATE.
 Pursuant to an orier issued by the United States District Court, Middle District Of Alahama in Bankruptcy, as TrnstAe nE Abe Well. Bankrupt. will on Monday, July 27th est bidder for cash. subject to approval said Court, at tho United States Post Of. flee building, Montgo nsFy, Ala. lots IS and 1e, located in Moses Bros. sub-divisisn af the Wise Tract, north of the city ne Mont gomery, Alabama said lots being parric- ularly described in deeds from P. IF. E Warren and wife to Abe Well, dated Aug 8l. 1888, recorded ih Deed Book ls, page f0s, in Probate Onfice, Montgomery ca Ala. and deed from Abraham Bros fo Ahe Veil dated June IS, 1908 and recorded Book bs, pags 4b1, except lot toxs0 feet sold to Patience.
 GEORGE STUART, gIy 11-Se Trustee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Leasers sud Dog FenneI.

Loasers sud Dog FenneI. Attalla Mirror.
 Our crop of dog fennel is about ready town @ naS autheritisa @ nave s S or ioafers @ har. @ vest the crop at once.
 It's slander.
 Dr. Wiley says "wifey's poor bread has caused more divorces than any other one thing" Women, this puts it pretty squarely up to you. Better THays Place en the Ground. It Is said that in the next war that Is fought the advance column Will be Please put us in the rear guard.
 To Manage Man. It has been said by woman that she does not want to vote but wants. a voter and now comes along another and says she does not want a farm but a farmer.
 Needed Nc Telling. Lafayette Sun. Hearst says he is unaIterabiy op. record shows that he Is anything but a Democrat.
 So There wae in the Legislature. Hon. John A. LusiS will prove the greatest worker ever known in the Alabama Railroad Commission ofice. There will be something doing from now on.
 Better St0p It. Goodwater Enterprise.
 We notice from the news reports that clubs among the negroes of the North. Our advice would be to stop such work --Republfcans will be throwing mig. ger" at us the next thing we know.
 Jehn Temple Graves. Somebody said John Temple Graves would lose his identity when he went to New. York to editor for Mir. Hearst. been endorsed by the Independence League for second fiddle to Hearst? This may be just a common adyertis. ing scheme for Mir. Hearst.
 Work for the Fool Killer. A member of the Georgia Legislature has introduced a bill "to deprive wo- men of perfumes. paints. friils, furbe- feminine knicknaclxs of costume and toilet" Why do the people continue to elect jackasses to make their laws? The Georgia Legislature evidently needs
  The Pen Rather Than the Tongue. Dothan Slftings.
 William Jennings Bryan proposes to conduct his campaign through the press idea and if Little Joe" Brown of Geors gia, could win the Governorship of that. State adopting such methods. cer- tainly Bryan ought to win the Presl- dency of the United States.
 
 Getting Tony. Roanoke Leader.
 Sam Oliver, editor of The Lafayette Sun. is setting the pace for country editors. He has bought him an auto mobile, but while spinning around the square the pesky thing threw a wrench at him and mashed his mouth. Bet ter trade 1t off for a mule. Brother Oliver.
 As 1t Ought to Be. Mobile Register.
 Frank P. O'Brien is the unopposed candidate for Mayor of Birmingham. Frank is so persistent that the Birm- .. T.arl5o I, fRaq<
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
Signs of Returning Reason.

NIdIIUu bIdUWdTus
 The drastic laws. clothed in excess and fed on spite, have done their worst; it Is bad enough; but the conh- dence of the virile .Alabamian is great, and tt will not take long for a just, fair and progressive administration to restore ths worlds superb confidence in Alabama that existed when Cover nor Conner went into office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
As 1t ought to Be.

Frank P. O'Brien is the unopposed candidate for Mayor of Birmingham. Frank is so persistent that the Birm- ingham people think they may as well let him have it, He wifi make a good Mayor, too; so, everybody ought to be satisfied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

Go to church this morning and throw something more thsn q glance in the contribution box
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

Today stood by an open grave. and threw into 1t a spray of rose leaves, while the clay was falling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
woEI. fer .hs Fool KlIIer.

A member of the Georgia Legislature has introduced a bill "to deprive wo. men of perfumes. paints. frifls, furbe- lows, kaleidoseopic hosiery and all feminine knicknacis of costume and toilet" Why do the people continue to elect jackasses to make their laws? The Georgia Legislature evidently needs wedding out by the fool killer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
NEW YORK.

The first week of spring has seen an
expansion in retail trade and an enlarge
ment of operations in building lines, es-
pecially at the West. Conservative es-
Inmates of actual needs govern buying.
and replacement of broken stocks is the
chief source of jobbing and wholesale
demand. Trade in the primary branches
is therefore quiet, and operations in in
dustrial lines are below normal. Fall
trade is backward awaiting clearer view
of the future crop and price conditions.
Industrial conditions are still very irreg-
ular, and short or reduced time is prac-
tcally universal The iron and steel in
dustry does not show much increase in
activity outside of the seasonable lines.
The textile trade is still depressed, with
short time and wage reductions common
in cotton goods manufacture North and
South. Fear of coal strike has sub
sided and buying is less active in this
line. The leather and shoe trades are
irregular and unsettled Shipments of
shoes are 26 per cent below last year.
Business failures for the week ending
March % number in the United States
2S6, against 303 last week, 1876 in the
like week of 1907. 1859 in 1876, 227 in
1905 and 212 in 1904 Canadian failures
for the week number 40. as against 80
last week and p in this week a year
ago.-Bradstreet' Commercial Report
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

William r. Manning. who was cam
paign manager for Alton b. Parker in
1904. died of pneumonia in New York.
Parapregia. species of paralysis, is
interesting New York physicians. The pa
tent is Miss Mary Asche. who is said to
have become afflicted because of too much
dancing.
The death record Of New York City
for 1907. just issued by the department
of health Of that place shows a rate lower
than any of the other great cities in the
world-1s.4S.
Death Of Grace Seamans. an s-year-old
girl in New York, is directly attributable,
the doctors say, TO the terrifying effects
Of a 'black-hand" letter which she pick
ed up on the doorstep of her home some
time a-o.
The worlds congress of the young peo-
pies missionary movement opened IN
Pittsburg with $500 delegates present,
representing 100000 persons IN all
parts Of the world.
The Rev. A. e. Dixon, pastor OF the
Moody church. Chicago, is conducting a
successful revival campaign in Atlanta,
Ga. The tabernacle. the largest audito-
rum in the city, was packed at the open
ing meeting.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago, while
in San Francisco to deliver series of
addresses. said there the church was los
ing it's leadership because Of creedal is
sues. He said divorce was not s1nda-
mental evil, but only symptom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
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ago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to $50; hogs prime heavy, $500
to 500; sheep, fair tc choice, $500
to $6.75; wheat. No. ,, 92c to 93c;
corn, No. >, Gle to 65c; oats, standard,
52c TO 53c; rye. No. 2. TIC to ice; hay,
timothy $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs fresh, 14c to 1Gc potatoes,
per bushel, 63c TO Tic.
Indianapolis-Ca Cattle shipping, $500
TO $700 hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500: sheep, common to prime,
$500 TO $500: wheat, No. 2, 96c to
9Sc; corn. No. white. 63c to 64c; oats,
No. white, 52c to 53c.
st. Louis Cattle. $3.50 to 1925 hogs.
$500 to 500; sheep. $500 to $5.75;
wheat, No. >. 97c TO Csc; corn, No. ,,
G2c TO 63c: oats. No. ,. SOC to 51c; rye,
No. ., S3c to Sic.
Cincinnati-Catte. $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $400 to $6.10: sheep, $500 to
S5.2J: wheat. No. ,. 99c to S1.00; corn.
No. mixed. 63c to 66c; oats, No.
mixed, 52c to 53c; rye. No. 2, SIC to Soc.
Detroit-Cattle. 800 to $3.50; hogs,
500 to S4.6J; sheep, 500 to $500;
wheat. No. ., 95e TO 9Gc; corn, No 3
yellow &c to &c: oats No. 3 white,
dc to soc rye. No. >, Sac to SIC.
Milwaukee--Wheat. No. northern,
$1.O4 to S1.O6: corn. No. 3, &c to 63c
oats. standard. J3c TO 54c; rye, No. !,
7sc to 79c; barley. No. 2, SIC to $50;
pork. mess, Si3.13.
BuffaIo-Cattie, choice shipping steers,
SI00 to $3.50 hogs. fair TO choice, 500
to $3.50: shsp, common to good mixed.
$500 to $50 lambs, fair 10 choice,
$500 TO $3.50.
New York--Cattle. 800 to $7.10;
hogs. $3.50 to S6.05: sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. . red S1.G0 to $1.02
corn. No. ,. Csc to roc; oats, natural
white. sc to 60c: butter, creamery. DC
to 29c; eggs. western, he to 16c.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 95c to
96c: corn, No. mixed. &c 10 66c;
oats. No. 2 mixed. :13c to Doc; rye, No.
2. Sic to SIC; clover seed. prime, s13.35.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
eiLLETTE's LIFE TAKEN.
Slayer of Grace Brown Dies I'm
Electric Chair i'm Prison.

slayer of Grace Brown Dies fn
Electric Chair i'm Prison.
Chester f. Gillette Monday paid the
full penalty of the brutal murder of Grace
Brown. He went to his death in the cleo
trio chair at Auburn prison Auburn, y.
" without a sign of weakness and with
the same lack of emotion which has char
acterized him from thu day be was ar
rested charged with the crime. Gillette
appeared to have been fully reconciled TO
his fate, and in a statement given out by
his spiritual advisers Immediately after
the execution it is indicated that he had
made confession of his guilt The crime
for which Gillette forfeited his life was
committed at Big Moose lake in the Adir-
ondacks, July II, 1906. He was con-
sicted on circumstantial evidence after
trial in which his swe.theart's pathetic
letters of appeal to him We're read to the
jury. These letters have been pronounc-
ed classic in their simplicity. The trust
ing girl, who had prepared for her mar
riage to Gillette, was drowned in Big
Moose lake after a struggle. The con-
victed mans relatives vainly exhausted
every means to save him from the electric
chair
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of William l.. Day to be United
States Attorney for the northern district
of Ohio. Mr. Day is son of Associate
Justice Day of the United States Su-
preme Court.
The President announced the selection
of a referee board of prominent scientists
of the country, who are to aid the De-
parfment of agriculture in passing upon
the suits based upon the use of benzoate
of soda. sulphur and other preservatives
in the foods of the country
A bill to reorganize the consular SER
vice of the United States passed the SEN
ate. Mr.. Lodge stated that the net re-
suit of the measure is to close twenty
eight consuiates and to create seventeen
new ones.
On motion of Senator McEnerney, the
Senate passed bill appropriating $780,
600 TO provide a crypt in the chapel of
the Naval academy as a permanent rest
ing place for the body of John Paul
Jones.
A bill TO tax the sale and transfer of
stocks. at the rate of 30 cents per hum
dred shares, was introduced IN tne House
by Representative Hepburn of Iowa
The bin granting additional time to the
Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Co.
to file completed surveys by road sections,
was ordered fayorably reported without
amendment by the House committee
The Senate passed the resolution Of
fered BY Mr.. Tillman calling on the At
torney General for information in his pos
session concerning court proceedings in
1905 in the Indian territory affecting the
Choctaws.
The receivers of the jamestown tx
position CO.. with their attorneys, were
before the House committe. on naval at
fairs and advocated government purchase
of the $50 acres composing the exposition
site for naval and coaliDg station.