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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
ACTOR KNIGHT SHOT
WE'LL KNOWN TENOR HURT AT
 ROME.
He Resented Attentions of several Young Men to the Ch0fus GtrAs and They Attacked

He Resented Attentions of Several
 Young Men to the Chorus Girls
 and They Attacked Him.
 News was received in Montgomery rriday of an attack made in Rome. Ba.. late Thursday night on L. O. knight the well known tenor who played a long engagement this summer in Montgomery. MT. Knight was shot through the arm and stabbed several times by a number of young men in Rome and his injuries are re- garded as very serious.
 Mir. Knight, with his wife, who sings under the name of Miss Benson. now heads the Majestic Opera Company. This company Is playing an engage ment in Rome with practically the same company which remained for several weeks in Montgomery. An account of the trouble relates that several young men of Rome. after the performance Thursday night followed the chorus girls as they went to their hotel. At the hotel 1t Is said Mir. Knight told them that their presence and attention were obnoxious and to ga about their business.
 He was seized by several of the young men and jerked in the street. Some of them used a knife and he was badly cut. One pistol shot was heard during the trouble and when 1t was all over 1t was discovered that Knight had been shot through the arm
 Roth MT. Knight and Miss BenSon are well known In Montgomery. They played a several weeks engagement at Electric Park and later they came into the city and under the name of the Majestic Opera Company played ct the Majestic Theatre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF FIRST MEETING

In the District Court of the United stateA For the Middle District of Alabama--ln Bankruptcy. Tn the matter of Jno, A. Oliver Bank- rupt. Post Office Montgomery. County Montgomery. Alabama
 The aforesaid party having been adiudged a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress ars- titled An Act to Establish a Uniform syn- tenn of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States" Approved July ist. 1898. meeting of the Creditors of said Bankrupt is called the United States Court House. MontRora- cry. Alabama. on the Eth day of October. next. at 10 o'clock 4. M.. to mako proof of debts and for the election of a Trustee. and such other matters as are necessary and required by the Act of Congress aforesaid.
 ASA ?. STANTON
 Retaree. Montgomery. Ala. Sept 1T. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
"NoRMA MARTINEZ.

Tho only 5-inch clear Havana Cuban handmade Cigar in the Unite l States for which the dealer pays $40.c0 per thousand, direct from the factory, and retails for 5c. Handling this character of goods is why our business is a success. Exchange Drug Store.
 Made by J. M. Martinez O..
 Tampa. tues-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

Might Services at Central PEesbyteFIan.
 pr. Neander L. Woods, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, ar- nounced Friday that Sunday night ser- vices will be resumed at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening, and that the regular morning services will continue to be- Gln at IL o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORSi
oF FIRST MEETING.

Tn the District Court of the United stmtez
 For the Middle District of Ainha3nm
 In Bankruptcy.
 Tn the matter of Jim Weaver. Bankrupt
 Post office Montgomery. County Mont.
 gomery. Alabama
 The afUresaid party having been sdtudx. ed a bankrupt. under the Act of C0nRreai entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughoua the United States" approved Juiy 1st, 1eeS. $ is called at the office of the undsFsigned Referee. in the United States Court H0uss, Montgomery. Alabama, on the{ bth day of October. next. at 10 o'ciock.f A. M, 10 make proof of debts and for the election of a Trustee. and such other matters aa ASA .. sTRATroN.
 Montgomery. Ala. Sept. IT. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
or YTRsr MEETING.

OF FIRST MEETING. In the District Court of the United Rtax.m For the Middle District of Alaharnn. In Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of will Grant Rank rupt, Post Office Montgomery, County Montgomery. Alabama.
 The aforesaid party having been adtudw- ea bankrupt under the Act of CongreSa entitled An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughouf tha United states." approved July list. 1888. . meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt Referee. in the United states Court H0nau. Montgomery. Alabama, on the sth day oj October, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M tc make proof of debtB and for the aiscsion af Trustee. and such other mattern as are necessary and reauired by the Act of
 ASA E. srRA1roN.
 Referee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

He said that when he went to Coz RresS twelve years aRo the farmers Of the South were interested in the fight against the bagEing trust. He found
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

No. PAS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

No. s447.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

He aisos said that statistieian had ascertained that the cost of living had very much increased in the last few years and that the price of labor had not gone up much He said the party today with Bryan at It's head was in condition to play an important part in the coming campaign. for conditions were favorable to rLs Democrats.
 '"The trusts are responsible for this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

No. a4as.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
FOR ~s,R WALTER
instance Of the Popularity Of Great
Scottish Author.

There is testimony to Sir Walter
SCOTS popularity with all classes in
the "Burford Papers," a chronicle of
former days and doings in England
and Scotland.
In 1881 Scott was invited to break
fast at an Edinburgh house. He was
SO pleased with the Yarmouth bloat.
ers that were served piping hot,
tina: one of the feminine guests went
to the market the next day to order
some for him, to be sent to Sussex
place, where he was staying.
Il don't send so far" said the fish
monger.
II am sorry" said the lady. ''1he
order was for Sir Walter Scott"
The rough fishmonger started back,
then pushed forward to the lady
through his piles of fish.
For Sir Walter Scott, did you say,
madam? Sir Walter Scott? Bless my
soul, he shall have them directly IL I
have to carry them myself! Sir Wal.
ter Scott! They shall be with him
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
VARIOUS RULES FOR LONGEVITY.
Prominent Frenchmen Have New
Ideas as to Best Methods.

Galipaux. the French actor, laughs
at the old precept of "early to bed
and early to RISE" How can man
do these things if he is an actor? And
as to the advice to avoid disagreeable
emotions, you might as we'll tell a
man who has dyspepsia that the best
way is to take no notice of it. Such
is Galipaux's opinion; nevertheless he
believes in certain regularity of life.
He has his table set for dinner at
seven o'clock. Even If he is not in
the house the dinner is served as
usual. He often finds the knowledge
that the meal will be served at that
hour without fail is an inducement to
him to hurry home, when otherwise
he would not trouble himself to do so.
Gen. Gallifet, who even as far back as
the carly sixties received fearful
wounds, from which it seemed hope
less to suppose that he would recover,
has still the same elegant figure and
the same dashing style as in youth.
His rules are absolute sobriety, never
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
WHEAT AND cHAFF.

How about storm windows?
The man who simply marks time
never gets anywhere.
It takes manhood as well as brains
and muscle to run a farm.
About now the farmers wife en-.
Joys good dry stove wood.
How about the wood lot? Are you
doing anything to preserve it?
What are your plans for a more at
tractive farm home next year?
There are still places in this coun-
try where straw stacks are burned.
The man who really likes his work
finds profitable amusement in it.
It's the country worker who gets the
benefit Of the beautiful fall weather.
The manure spreader feeds the land
more satisfactorily and economically.
Self confidence, not conceit, is the
most desirable element In the farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
1.-THE Sport Of Diabolo"-After IN Ola
Engraving.

the game all the way over. Into every
state it has gone, and now it rivals the
records made by ping pong and tiddle'
dewinks of blessed memory.
In England they have rugged uD
nets and courts and are playing dab
olo along the lines of tennis. Two
four, six or eight play it when So
liability is desired, but countless thor
sands make it game of solitaire
Parlor, back yard. pavement and open
field resound with the cries OF tho
players, and youth and age know NO
distinctions where the craze il con-
cerned. 1
1t is almost as superf1uous TO de-
scribe the method of play as it was to
describe the implements used, but for
the bepefit of those who are still loyal
to ping pong it may not be amiss to
shed ray of light upon the operatioa-
A lonely player merely delights him.
self by tossing the spinning bobbin in
the air and catching it on the string
again. He takes the sticks, one in
either hand, holding them a foot or
two apart, and placing the bobbin or
diabolo with its cleft on the string.
makes it revolve by moving the arms
up and down alternately. Having
worked the diabolo up to good, swift
spin, he losses it in the air and
catches it on the string again. Tho
players vigor, or the degree of fas-
cination, are factors in determining
how often he repeats the performance.
When more than one play the spin
ming bobbin is tossed from one side to
the other, over a net, like tennis. or
across any given space. I.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

delicate hint to the doomed" He
reads:
Have care of yourself! This is
thy warning. Remember death is on
you and your spouse and your Off
spring, born and unborn"
Pleasant reading for man with his
wedding day just ahead of him." snarls
the New Yorker. That's what makes
me as vindictive as they are"
DO you think with this in your
hand,' whispers Emory, impressively,
you should have wedding day. I've
heard such monstrous reports about
them from Perrier, the French detec-
tive, who went over these once"
mot until this is finished" inter.
jects Burton, with moan of disap-
pointment.
The detectives comment makes
even Barnes regular pulse beat slower.
We'll, what are your plans to meet
this?' asks the American criminolo-
gist.
my plans are very simple" says
Barnes, tersely. I'm going to get our
women In safe place and then-then
the hunted becomes the hunter!"
But how are We to get the women
safe? Someone may be potting 'em
while you're rounding up the others!
How are We going to fix that?''
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

Two minutes hurried conversation
and the English sailor says in quarter
deck directness: Il understand. No
one goes into that door except the doc.
tor and Enid. II anyone prowls around
here-lend me your revolver, Barnes.
You always carry one"
Yes, and you must from now on do
the same" answers the American as
he passes the weapon to the English.
man. He steps to his own room, and
gets another pistol from his valise,
muttering grimly: III have to shoot,
it will be to kill. Now, this makes it
necessary to see Elijah Emory at
once. Luckily I cabled him."
Making his way hurriedly to the
busy Cours Belzunce, Barnes steps
into the Hotel des Deux- Mondes, q
well-knOwn house of commercial en-
tertainment. A moments inquiry OF
the polite clerk and he steps into the
correspondence room of the hotel
After looking about a moment, he
places his hand on the shoulder of q
man engaged in writing.
Il saw you come in the door
Barnes!" says the man, continuing his
labor. "Glad to behold you. You,
wire from Ajaccio came last night
I've got all the information for you
missed you at the care, and reck
oned you'd gone on to Paris. Here's
what you wanted, finished" He passes
him the paper.
Barnes glances carefully about the
room-which is deserted.
There's no living thing here excep
flies" remarks Emory. Il took care
of that before I began to write my
confidential report for you. I'll keer
my eye on the door, so you can speal
freely"
Have you ever been over in Cor
sica?" whispers his client.
"Never!" says the detective. "AnG
l don't banker after going there. If q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
KEEP Up THE WHEAT LAi,i,.
Fertility Of the Soil Must 8. Kept Up
at Any Cost. ssa

The fertility of the wheat land must
be kept up at any cost, but we are
certain that in some parts of the west
the fertility Is surely declining. Only
q small per cent. of our farmers have
a. yet reversed the process. It is easy
enough to keep up the fertility Of the
wheat fields If the owner of the wheat
farm is willing to take the informa-
ton that has been collected from the
experiences of other men. Wheat land
cannot be kept up in fertility If the
process Of wheat raising every year is
followed.
Two things must be done-a rotar
ton must be established and some
fertilizer such as potash and phosphate
must be applied in some quantities
each year. Rotating so as to bring in
a leguminous crop every few years
will help keep up the supply Of nitro.
gen and will improve the physical tex
ture Of the soil. Potash and phos-
phorus can be applied in small Quanti-
ties each year at small cost per acre
and this must be done If the quality Of
the land is to be maintained. Rota-
ton IL q good thing, but it can never
bring in potash or phosphorus that
have been taken from the land or
which the land lacks. q
With proper handling our wheat
lands can be made to produce the
great crops they did 40 years ago.
In fact, it is possible to make them
produce more than they did in their
old condition, for in addition to put
ting back the fertilizer we can i'm
prove them by draining, many Of the
wheat fields being in need of this.
But this cannot all be done in day,
A little should be done each year III
the way of putting in the fertilizers
the crops must have. The benefits of
rotation cannot be gained in few
years, but the periodical turning under
of sod or the roots of leguminous
plants will be a constant method of
improving soil conditions.
In the middle west are millions of
acres OF land that are kept in wheat
year after year, but which are now
producing ten bushels less per acre
than they used to produce, says the
Farmers Review. The returns will
be still less in years to come, If steps
are taken to prevent further exhaus.
ton. It is not only the loss Of the
fertility that has to be considered
but the badness of the PHYSICAL con.
dition resulting from the loss Of fer.
tility. In fertile ground the roots
strike deep and spread out in all di.
rections. These roots rot and leave
the soil in good condition physically
But in poor soil the root systems are
weak and the soil gradually packs
down SO hard that the frosts even do
not go down far. There is no way in
which the farmer can make money
easier than by improving the fertility
of the land he has in wheat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

back. There's only one way to settle
this affair." 81,
"How's that?"
"Squelch it," says Barnes, savagely,
by killing those who would murder
me and my kin
But. the French government" -
"The French government won't pre-.
vent my defending myself. In Corsica
itself France has practically never in
terfered in vendettas. As wired, you
have obtained as far as you can, a list
of all the relatives of Musso Danella."
Barnes looks over the paper Emory
has given him and observes: "All, ex-
cept Corregio Cipriano Danella, Mus
SOS half brother, are practically
French"
YES says Emory, except there's
a cousin-a kind of knock-about fel.
low, Enrico, who's Corsican also-I
didn't get him till the last. You'll find
his name at the bottom of the page"
Where is he?" asks Barnes.
''Oh, EnricO's about the Riviera
some place, reckon. They say he's
always near a gaming table when he's
got any money in his pocket. When
he hasn't, Enrico don't care what he
does to get more" answers the detec-
tive.
But, from your report, Corregio, the
brother, is now in Marseilles. Well
take this Corregio first. He has a
country estate near Sierra in the island
and spends the balance of his time
chiefly In southern France; is intense
ly Corsican," returns Barnes. Taking
from his pocketbook the fragments Of
the note Maud had given him-the one
that had produced Marina's nervous
stroke-he places them before the de.
tective, and asks: rs this Corregio
Danella's handwriting?"
Il can't tell, but I'll find out for
you,' answers Elijah, then his eyes
begin to roll, as he mutters: "Whew!
judging from the part of it l can read,
that's a nasty document
Eyes, though ! cont think we've got
the worst of it, il Is as crafty as it is
cruel. 1t was givea to the bride not
entirely recovered from the agitation
of that horrible wedding night to so
shock her delicate and already over
taxed nerves that we cannot move
away from here. Some devil in Mar
settles is trying to hold us here till
these bloodhounds arrive from Corsica
and have time to act. Here's another
note in the same handwriting that puts
me in," remarks Burton, modify. Il
received it at my hotel half an hour
ago. It's the COrsican custom to give
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

one day, and so the story goes, he was
initiated into its mysteries. He fell
under its subtle SPILL and the news
went forth that the king had in
dorsed the game WITH his own royal
hands.
This explains in part the query as
to the reason for the craze, so far az
England is concerned. for with his
majesty playing Diabolc all his en-
pire Joined in forthwith.
Across the North sea IL went next
and all over the continent. Bridging
the broad Atlantic at bound it land
ed on the shores of America, while
the great ships that brought tho
crowds home from the summe- rush
abroad carried thousands who played
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
CHAPTER II.

The Document in Barnes Pocketbook.
You have read this?" Barnes is
speaking while he is deciphering as
well as he can the mutilated note.
How could lin the carriage with
you and after that under mammals
awful eyes?"
where's the fourth-the other
yiece?' asked Burton, savagely.
II couldn't get the other-the peo-
pie were stamping about So" STAN
mers Maud. "She was tearing it up
when she keeled over"
Did Marina say anything?"
Yes, she sorter gasped: Don't tell
him. Then Edwin grabbed her. But
what's in it?' asks Maud, as Barnes
strives again to gain the full meaning
OF the three-quarter epistle.
Nothing that would interest little
girl"
But it would interest ma. Let me
tell ma. Then she'll let up on me-"
"Not word to anyone!" says Bur-
ton, sternly.
1.-TWO more boxes of marrons
glaces.'
Here, buy them!" The American
passed to Maud's eagerly outstretched
hand a couple of 2O-franc gold pieces,
But" Barnes demeanor has become
terrifying, IF you blab of this to Ed
win Anstruther, I'll tell your mother
that you kept this note from her."
Great Jones!" mutters Maud, shiy-
ering. Then she implores: But if l
keep dark, you'll beg me off for run.
ming away with y0u?"
Eyes, avoid your mothers eyes for
two hours and I'll probably put some.
thing in Lady Chartris' head that will
make her so happy she'll think you the
incest little chick out of its SHELF"
The American courteously leads thu.
'Chartris infant to her hotel, but even
as he bids the child adieu at the door
the clerk coming out, says: Monsieur
Barnes, note for you at the Office"
Burton has been compelled to regis
ter himself and party. He steps in,
tearing open an envelope addressed in
an unknown hand, reads what, stable.
minded as he is. gives him a shock.
This compels me to tell Edwin.
must post him little bit," he thinks
rapidly, and acting with equal prompt
ness, steps into the cafe. Not finding
Anstruther there, Barnes walks up the
stairs.
At the door of his wife's chamber,
the English naval officer is pacing the
corridor.
Marina is much better. She has
recovered her Senses" says Edwin,
elatedly. But Enid believes it best
for me not to see her Immediately, and
the French physician declares it is
madness at present to think of the
fatigue of long railway journey for
my wife,"
II had feared that" remarks Barnes.
1.-THE important thing is now to guard
her.
Guard her."
Eyes. 1t is now imperative that
tell you, Anstruther, something would
have kept from you"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
Il Won't Work.

Last year we heard much about the
carbolic acid for the scale. The advice
was to paint the trunk of the tree
with carbolfc acid and let it soak
through the bark into the sap. Prof.
J. B. Smith of New Jersey has made
an investigation of this remedy, and
says the acid will kill such scale, "a
1t touches, but will not work into the
circulation and kill through the sap.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

But such possibility as is suggest
ed in our heading does not seem to
strike terror into the hearts of the
American public, rather does the lat
Ger court capture by this newest and
yet oldest of games, Diabolo, for it is
aot as one might suppose a game of
modern invention It dates back sew
eral centuries, when it was first intro
lucei into Europe from the orient,
where it had been popular pastime
'or nobody knows how long. And
vas ever so innocent and wholesome
game saddled with so ominous name
as has Diabolo? To the superstitious
or timid the name comes with a for
bidding sound. But familiarity breeds
contempt, and one forgets the name
in the fascination of learning the in
tricacies of the game, about the only
time that one is apt to think the name
at all appropriate being when the
ivory spool in spinning through the
air cracks ones head instead of light
ing upon the cord held out to re-
ceive it.
It is not certain just how Diabolo
came by its name. 1t may have been
expressive of the state of mind and
feelings of the first European who
tried to toss and catch the little double
top, or 1t may have been that the un-
certain motion of the spool through
the air was suggestive of the evil
spirit which is supposed to hover
around the unwary soul. At any rate,
Diabolo it was centuries ago when
Henri III. Of France was fascinated
by the toy, and Diabolo it is to-day as
it whirls to popular favor again.
Away back at the dawn of the last
century, to be exact, about 1872, when
America and Great Britain were war
ring on the seas, all France got the
Diabolo craze. Some benefactor of the
eternally bored had dug up out of
the files of the past a game he called
lie Diable'' 1t is said by some to
have been played in Europe 200 years
before that, and others who 60 back
still further find that it was known
in China even centuries before. At
uny rate it's absolute origin was not
considered important enough to call
for a monument to the inventor, so
history merely brands it as an an
cient pastime and let's it go at that.
The Frenchman who started the
1912 craze for lie Diable used two
sticks, bit of string connecting the
tin of each, and bobbin-like affair
which he spun and tossed on the
bridge of Irvine made taut by extend
ing the sticks which he held one in
each hand. France became so infatu
ated with the game that the craze in
spired articles in the papers and car
ICONS are to be found in museums at
Paris to this day.
According to C. B. Frey, the great
English cricketer, French engineer
M. Gustav Philappart, came across the
ancient implements for lie Diable" a
few months ago. He took the old-fash
toned bobbin and from it made a sort
of two-headed top, cut with geomet
rical care to make the game one OF
precision. Then he gave his discov'
cry to the country and to the world
called it "Diabolo," and the world to-
day is Diabolo mad.
From Paris the revival of the game
spread to London, and the British pub
lie, conservative in all things, looked
at it with interest. Then King Ed
ward saw some children playing it