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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18

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 Pc repuised two of the decoits who were going upstairs. The leader fell. and for. a moment the others vacated the house. Tn few minutes six of them re-entered and hacked to death So Pc and the helpless women and children in the house. Then they Joined two comrades outside. and the whole of the eight men escaped to- gether.
 In the house lay dead five persons namely, Maung Pc, with sixteen cuts. one Of which nearly severed the head from the body. an old woman, his brother with seven cuts on the head: a baby. II months old Maung King. a child years of age, and Ma Tin, a child of s. Mas Ka U, wife of So Pc, was maIned for life. and five oth CT persons were wounded. including a child of years. who died subse- quently in a hospital from a cut on the head. which laid open the brain. making six deaths in all.
 A Pathan, named Nasrulla Khan. has been found murdered on the Chaman border. He was a Christian converted by the church missionary society nine years ago. and. had recently been in the Quetta Mission Hospital as a pa- tient
 A Kandahari fruit sellers, who was
 
 tan to accompany him to Chaman. It is believed that Nasrulla was mur- dered by his nephew. aided by six or seven other Pathans, who afterwards crossed into Afshanistan.
 From information received from across the border. 1t seems that the deceased was. commanded by his as- sailant to abjufe the Chritian faith by repeating the Kalamul or Moham" medan creed. On his refusal, he was Spenbaldak, an Afghan fort on the
 .urdered. Death was caused by a sword cut across his head but from marks on the body it was evident that he had been stoned as well. His pug gree, boots, and sum of money, sup posed to have been on his person. were missing.
 The alleged murderer was arrested and imprisoned by the commandant at Chaman frontier. and the British au- thorities have asked for his surren- der.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
BOOK ON GERMANY.
Herr RohPbach Causes Comment by
 haa Writing.


 his Writing.
 Berlin, Oct lT.--Herr Rohrbach, the welI-known writer on political ques- tions, has published a book on Ger rnany's position in the world. which is the occasion of a remark able article in 'pie Post"
 According to The Post, Germany at the present moment Is in the same state of ferment which characterized her iu the years from 1882 to lss4 those years, namely, when she acquir- ed her extensive colonial possessions. From the Garpnan nation .rlaes a yoica that the people are not satisfied with things as they are. This voice says that Germans are too many on a too limited area, and cries out for .oppor- tunitias of expansion; more elbow room.
 Germany is different from other Flu ropean powers. says this article. It. Is not satisfied to take up secondary position like Italy and AustriaHun- gary; it is not rotten financially like Russia; its population does not re- main dangerously stationary like that
 "'The sun of the future smiles on the three great Germanic nations. Great Britain, the United States and Germany; but to secure our promising position we must have a strong fleet. As Germany's fleet Is only in the building. and will require ten years be- fore 1t Is of use, it Is, of course. only prudent to avoid every conflict with other powers. It would almost appear as though in recent years Germany had become a sort of Cinderella among the other nations, or. like Schiller's poet, had arrived too late on the scene"
 The Post states that. according to Dr. Rohrbach, Germany's African pos sessions will only be able to support white population of 100000. but An atolia. Mesopotamia and Southern America still offer numerous possibil- ities. Something must be done if Ger manys population. which will shortly reach se.OoO.OoO is to be adequately cared for.
 Let us. however, be patient, advises The Post. Who thought of Schleswig- Holstsin and Alsace-Lorraine in 1880 who of African possessions embracing over 100000 square Kilometres in 1884? A nation with a history of 200c years. with an upward tendency. can wait until the ripe grapes fall at her feet Everything is ready. It is only necessary that German leaders keep their eyes open and miss no op- portunity of seizing the chance when the time comes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
PH1LADELPHIA IN LIMELIGHT.
How the City of BrOtheriy Love AHeee-
 a New York Writer. New York Press. Al.

How the City of BrOtherIy Love Aneess
 a New York Writer
 New York Press. .s.
 Let us not forget our neighbor-atnes citV of Brotherly Love. the quaker Sity Fillydelha-now rejoicing oyer fhs 225th anniversary Of her tounaA- tion and soon to be annexed to New York. The Indian name of tnlg VH- iage was "CoaquannoR. me@hlhs
 cfent city of Philadelphia in Turkey. bsd q sort of Chinese wall around t. which was built of the bones of Chris tisns killed in the Holy Wars Broth SrIv iove5" Surely. Old Ptolemv II ot E,SS,nt was called "Philadelphis" be cauas ba murdered all his brothers " ordsr 10 secure the throne. And our sister city has had troubles of her own with political thieves. sunday school superintendent. bank cashiers'
 hiiadelphia Is the home of the Dec laration of Independenee. the birth {. place of the Constitution of the United States; the city which brouGht forth the Biil of Rights; the city which Saxe as the American flag; the home Of WN- liam Bradford's "kalendarium Penn. sviVanlense; or, Americas Messsngeri i inc home of "Buttonwood Churchs home of Ben Franklin and his FOOT Richard Almanac" home of the tirsr American Tunto a club for mutna! iIl 2 provement (basis of the American Fhil- osophicai Society; home of the orie' Tan1manv Society; meeting place or fba First Continental Congress; seat oS the United States Government. first hot air balloon ascension in America : frst gas light In America. first United States custom house. etc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
AsTRoLoGER's HOAX.
Hoodwinked Sultan of Turkey With
 "FOrecasts.'

"Forecasts."
 Constantinople. Oct. 17-Astute man as he is. the Sultan. Abdul Hamid, was thoroughly hoodwinked by his as- trologer. Ed-ul- -Huda.
 The game played by the Ed Huda was a dangerous one. but the astrolo- ger succeeded in keeping up his repu- tation. thanks to the assistance of a friend and accomplice. a pasha. who was quite the biggest intriguer In the Palace CamRrilla.
 This worthy. who is said to be in London immediately communicated to the astroIoger all the telegrams re- ceived at the palace from the provin- cial governors and military command CTS. Eb-ul- Huda would then pay a visit to the Sultan and inform him of what occurred on the previous day in the most remote provinces of the em- pire. adding many details of his own invention and. intelligent scoundrel that he is, often making true fore casts.
 Several hours later closed telegrams relating to the same events were pre- scented to the Sultan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Talk Of Paris En. One Week
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ny A. M. L,AMOUREUX.

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 Paris, Oct. 17-Sone. newly hedged expert has suddenly discovered that the Louvre contains a spurious Turner. a view of the Pont NeufS given by an eccentric. collector, the late M. Camille Groult
 The story of the real or supposed Turner is n old and an amusing one. M. Grouft had many more or less doubtful or authentic Turner's in ms ,hne collection, which included many other masters. e was an autocratc gentleman. and quarreled both wlth the City of Paris and with the Louvre, To the latter he gave the douptlui Turner, fianked by two Sir Thomas Lawrences.
 The Louvre dared not refuse the Turner, hoping to benefit at M. Grouit g death under his will. M. Groult died. and was revenged on the Louvre Tor some real or fancied slight by De- oueathing it nothing at all.
 The alleged Turner remains now Tn the Louvre. But. as a matter of fact, no expert is certain whether 1t is not a real Turner after all. It is certain1 ly not one of his best. if 1t be his. but if it be not his 1t Is very fair imi- tation, and at all events. it Is plct- ure which has great qualities and good deal of charm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
HOW She Won HI,n.
Rystander.

Did you think any girl ever pro- poses in leap year. as they say. Jen- Not unless she Is obliged to-" an "H'm, I hadn't thought of that" he
 'But George" she said laying her hand affectlonately upon his arm and looking into his eyes. you. I am sure. will never force me 10 that humiliation.
 ''No-.er-that Is 10 say-of course
 The ice was broken. and three min utes later George was Jennie's ac- cepted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18

with the times when the largest num- Der of flies were captured at the ny catching station maintained by the As sociatIon. a pretty good indication that the flies were responsible for most of the trouble
 Incidentally. the examination of eighteen specimens of what are de- scribed as "swill- barrel nies' disclosed the fact that they carried the tidy number of 1Is,000,000 bacteria. or over 6. 900 900 to each fy. LoDgacre-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Eorwot EForuen at Show.

From time to time extraordinary sto- ries are told of the forgetfulness or absence of mind displayed by people and probably there are no more start ling and sometimes amusing evidences of strange lapses of memory or mat tentton to ones personal affairs than are to be found at the sales which anS nualIy take place at the railway ter mini, or in the lower Castle yard or lost articles discovered in trains trans and cabs.
 There are, of course, many apocry- nhal stories on the topic. but the con" dItIon of mind of the person or per- sons who exhibited three horses at the Duhlin Horse Show, and then disap- peared into space. leaving them be- hind, one at e railway station and two In livery stables. and since made m claim for them, Is difficult to fath- om. Such, however, is the extraor' dinary incident which has arisen in connection with the last show.
 By. some strange lapse of memory three horses have been toFgotteh since the end of August. and the Dn no' lin detectives are seeking 10 locate the owners, but so far without success. A bay polo pony has been kept silSs inc 2sth of August at the London ana North western premises. and two other horses are in a livery yard Tn Fem = hroke Street since the 27th Of August 0ne of the latter is 7-year-olo pay SsIdinr and the other Is 6-year-oid Sris animals are worth from S4Oo 10 ernn and if is remarkable that tns Owners do not appear to have mace o,',, effort to discover their wnere- abouts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Eccentric Rich Man Im- posed Spurious Picture on Louvre for Revenge
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to life or limb but the material dam age directly due to him amounts to nearly S35,000. and was inflicted on those least able to bear it.
 The peculiarly heartless criminal pleaded as his sole excuse that he was no worse than two other men.
 We used each to take turns in set- ting fire to the cottages" he said. But the other two men had, previously to his trial. been proved Innocent The incendiary listened unmoved while sentence of death was passed.
 Actor Reads own Obituary.
 Like Mark Twain. NJ. Jules Trufier. an actor of the Comedie, Franchise. has come across report about himself which Is greatly exaggerated. .,.5
 He opened copy of the Review Au- tographes." and read there in the fol- lowing entry: ''Trunier. Jules, socie- taire of the Comedy Franchise. born 1856. died lSss." It Is something of a shock to find that one has been killed off very prematurely twenty years ago. He had. however. con. solation. Lower down he read that the autographs of "the late Jules Truf- fer" fetch very fair prices in the spe- cial market with which the review in question deals.
 For the last six years the Jardin des Plantes. which is the Paris Zoo, has been without an ostrich. and the Paris children have been constantly clamoring for "one of the big birds which eat pebbles.
 There has been an ostrich here since Wednesday last, but only one. Three ostriches were brought from Daho- mey by the Colonial Administrator. M. Brot, for the Paris Zoo. but two or them died of sea sickness on the way. Which shows that against mal-de-mer even a good digestion is not always proof.
 From the Cote dor comes an odd story about the zeal of clever mon key, which was given to a farmer by soldier from Ubanghi. The animal is l<ent in a stable. and when the far. mer's wife is very busy 1t sets to work of It's own accord to milk the cows which it does to her entire satlstac- tion, and, may be presumed. to their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Cold Storage And The Worlds AR-
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New York Times.
 The dinner tables of the nation. It's fauna and It's flora. have been pro foundly affected by the application of the principles of cold storage. Whole states have been made over into kitch- ems gardens or ochards or pastures and ranges because of the invention or the refrigerator car. The first inter national congress of refrigerator in dusfries has met at the Cordonne, in Paris the members of which believe that the industries are susceptible Of vast future developments. A fleet or BOO refrigerator ships supplies Great Britain alone with cold-storage i'm ports valued at Slso 900. 900 in 1907, as Compared with imports of sl70oO.o0o ,aarce ,I' of inc United States amounts to s54o, 0o0, ,000. By new inventions and Economies that come of organized ef- fort these figures may soon pc aouoIed and trebIed.- The congress at Paris IS part of world wide gastronomic ana dietetic uplift.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
To auarrv Baaalt.

A Syndic-te has been formed m Ens ,,na For the purpose of quarrying the coiumnar Basalt. on the north eoass s oS Antrim between Ballycasue ana portrush. It is understood tnat eotnoS trorn the ground landlords, Lord taat, Gatr,-,, and :dr Francis Masnaghten' tnnI,,des the famous Giants Causeway.
 columnar basalt. of which this coast 5,,ne ,s composed has proved to be ad- n,irably suitable for road making ana tbA building of sea walls. and the syn. dIcata will ind employment TOT ao0ut
 is intended to begin duarryipg naar Portrush, but before long there wiII be chain of quarrtes along the coast The promoters declare that they have no intention of interfering with the Causeway or with any of the wen known features of the coast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
nnarntion of Lana Act


 meeting held under the auspices of the United Irish League at Lisdoon- varna on Sunday, and. referring to the working of the Land Act. said tnat when Parliament met they would po challenged. and an appeal woulo oo made to them to advance the money necessary to make the act work more smoothly.
 The Land Act would never, have nassed through Parliament, only tnas the landlords representatives ana aA narties agreed that side by side with fine purchase of land the work or breaking up the untenanted lands should be carried out. Some peopis who had their cattle driven said tnaS' f. wac all robbery, confscation and Socialism. But these people should renember that the principle of break inr mn the untenanted lands was n the Land Act, which had been passed by Parliament. That principle was acs cented at the Land Conference ana was being taken acted upon in ps..ss of Ireland where untenanted lands nAa bear taken and small farms enlarge6
 The landlords and graziers of Clarg raed not be surprised if the peopt@ with small holdings or no holdings all were determined that the menu of inc Land Act should be carried ouS and that the grass rancnes snouI s,S that the people had been SO long pa tient He had no word Of blame TOT the men who drove the cattIe' S sa- as ha knew, these drives were the s..o,ts nsons action of an impatient neopie. ana, as far as he was con pper1ad he would never blame the .,o,nI men of Clare for any risk they look in order to secure the land. wnicn it was intended should pc aF.use a an,onr them. All he would say wAs that when work of that kind was on foot foot it should be directed on public srounds: that no spirit of private feel" ing should actuate any man. that evs erything should be done for the @ gooc of inc country: and if any cattle s,s we,S to be driven. let them De the cA''is of the ranchers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Right You Are.

Dothan Journal,
 If a man would use ne same patience with a baiky horse we have seen them using with automobiles there would be fewer balky horses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
rermn for Tenants.

The tenants on the estate of Lord Harlaoh. which Is situated In the als- trdct of RalltnaRlera. County Leitrim, have signed agreements to purchase their holdings. the erst-term tenants at an average price of l3 l-4 years
 purchase of their rents, and the second
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Only Two weeks More of It.

Now that the worlds series of baseball games is at an end we may expect to hear more of the political contest, the greatest In the history or America, now waRing and which, TOT the time being, had to take second place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Extemaive cattle privsng.

An Ennis telegram states that on last Saturday night while number of men were engaged In an extensive cattle drive near Lisdoonvarna, the police patrol came upon them. A collision took place and shots were fired at the constabulary. One man was arrested.
 At a special court at Ballyraen. North Clare, Thomas Scales was chagg- ed with being one. of a crowd of per. sons who on Sunday morning unlaw- fully knocked down fences and drove away cattle and-sheep. the property of Colonel Tottenham and others, to the number of 1so. cattle and lsS sheep
 Constable Burke stated that he saw a huge crowd of people, who were driving cattle and sheep of various farms He arrested the defendant. The crowd had the cattle before them and were very violent and threaten ing. They were discharging shots and striking sticks to frighten the police ana cattle They were also knocking down the walls and fences
 The witness was one of seven con- stabies who were there for the. pur- pose of preventing the cattle being driven. The defendant was ooundsYer. Other arrests are expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
me wexfor,l wnIr

 | A Wexford correspondent reports that. owing to the influence of certain Stnn Fein members on the commit tee, some remarkable innovations were made on the occasion of the recent show of Wexford Agricultural soci- etys t -~ tla s'
 Hitherto police and army pension. CTS had hasn On Red aR gatekeepers ana coifeckoRs of Tees. This year cer- tain. sifin' Feihers volunteered to do the work for nothing. with the result that the. pensioners received curt and belated notice that their services would not be required.
 It is stated, also. that when some of the local police presented thems selves at the show. grounds in uniform for the purpose of maintaining order. they were informed that they would only be admitted on payment of the ordinary entrance fec The result was that. not a single member of the police was seen in the grounds
 The Wexford Show is supported by all classes in the county. and, the in- cidents, for which the Sim Fein party Is responsible, are condemned by many.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Weeks News and Gossip of the Emerald Island. Pauperism is Increasing

at an average price of IS Ia yeara' purchase.
 These terms mean for the first term tenants a reduction in their purchase annuities. as compared with thefr rents. of 50 per cent, and for the ssc~ ond term tenants a reduction of 70 per cent All rights of turbary and min- erals are to be vested in the tenants. who have agreed to pay interest at the rate of l-2 per cent on the purchase money pending the completion of the sale.
 In the negotiations which led 10 the settlement. the tenants were repre- sented by the Rev. Phillip King. F. Ps Ballinaglera and the landlord by Mr. Hatlow. the agent, The estate is an extensive one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
pnrtIiinn nf Lanan.


 Mir. Byrne. Land b-Commissioner. recently attended at the herds house on the estate of Colonel Fetherston- haugh at Killalagh. near Mullingnr. for the purpose of obtaining a list of claimants for the partition of the lands belonging to the estate which are about to be distributed.
 Mir. Ginnell. M. P, addressing those desirous of giving the commissiinsr their names, said that since the lana act of 1908 was passed rot a sod had been distributed until the anti-ranch- ing movement was started.
 He considered that the men who had the courage to recover the land and pay the penalty. as some of them had done. were the men eitltled to the land, not the sneaks and towards who had not the courage to run the risks and pay the penalties.
 The Commissioners were given a wide discretion. and he asked them to ex- ercise it and not to incur the respon- Hsibilty of keeping up disorder any longer in that part of the country. Tne land was for the men who deserved if, but if the sneaks and towards came forward they would make 1t as uncorn- fortable for them as they had made 1t for the bullocks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
To Put Down pisorder..

The Bishop of Fillmore (Dr. A. E Elliott) presided at the annual meet ing of the Fillmore Diocesan Synod In Cavan this week.
 Tn the course of his address. he re- ferred to the present disorders in Ireland, and said that the Church's temporal interests had been seriously affected by. changes In the economic conditions of the country. Their ranks were being weakened by an increased flow of emigration and their spiritual ity was being injured by the corrupt ing influences, which appealed to the worst motives.
 If the forces that were injuring and crippling them continued to work, they must result in the extinction of the Church of Ireland by violent pro. ceedinRs or by death from hamilton. Let them multiply their investments. add to their endowments. pile up their capital, re-arrange their parishes. Home Rulers might argue as they liked, but if was patent that foul conspiracy had spread itself over the land, opposed Snot only to the prin- ciples of Christianity and civilization hut to a common sense of justice and the dictates of humanity.
 , He called for a Joining of Protestant forces. including also loyal Roman Catholics. of whom there were prob ably million in Ireland. in defense of the Act of. Union and of the British Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Ireland at
 A Glance
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Dublin. Oct i7.-Accor3ing to the report of the local Government Board for Ireland for the year ending March last. pauperism is slightly on the de- crease n this country.
 At the same time there was some in- crease in the cost of n-maintenance. which Is attributed to the enhanced price of provisions. Notwithstanding the partial failure of the potato crop in some of the western unions. the total average of persons relieved. both in and outdoor. each day in 1s0T-0S was I0i.lSI. against l01.lS3 in the preceding year.
 The figures for both years are talk en to represent 1 in 43 of the popu- lation, or 23 per 1000 inhabitants. those relieved indoors being about ten and those outdoor thirteen per 1000. The expenditure on indoor and outdoor relief came to s5.242.325 against $5,- 2Os.l0o In the preceding year. In ad- dition. the boards expended various sums under the Medical Charities and other acts. bringing up the total to $6656.295 as against s6.6ll.36o. Their receipts from revenue came to s5.661.. $40 against $6.447.sS5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18

Although the open season for flies is almost at an end 1t is announced that the campaign against this house hold pest which has been waged by fine Merchants Association of this city under the direction of Edward Hatch.
 The scientist employed by the As sociation Is now summarizing the re- suits of his observations during the summer. These show that the height of the fly season was reached in July, and that the periods when the greatest number of deaths from diarrhoeal dis- eassa occurred corresponded closely