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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
EneIIsh spertlng Ethsc..


 A European correspondent for sev- eral American newspapers feels very keenly the failure of some American tTsitIaes 1o5issImen to ,iP five up to the jolly old their offense either to ignorance of the rules of Bportsmanship or inexpe- rience in the hunting field. he cakes occasion to warn them in this wise: 'Americans visiting England should be exceedingly ehary about accepting in- vitations to shooting parties For nowhere. not even in the hunting field. Is the etiquette so strict and SO elab- ofate as at battue, which is the usual method adopted of dealing with game at all great sporting parties. especiai- ants are concerned. Any violation of the ethics entails as much disfaVor and III will on the part of ones host and of the other members of the house party as a breach of the most element ary rules of good manners, and is enough to give the stranger a social black eye" The offenses of the Amer lean invited to. shooting parties in England are indeed most serious. Sometimes he neglects to wear a feather in his hat. He has even been grounds in a sombrero and soft shirt when everybody in England knows that If one doesn't wear a high col lar and an Ascot tie he can't shoot correctly. Then there are also such things as sitting still and letting the bird come up and cock his eye into your gun barrel before you blow his head of. If some other fellows bird comes your way you must let him 20. for 1t would be- bad form to bring him down and thus imply by the ac- curacy of your aim that your friend was a bad shot These are bits of sporting ethics which 1t is not well to tTansgress when hunting in Engla nd for what one really does, you know, when he goes out with his gun Is to display his new shooting clothes and his manners to the best advantage. The English hunt birds in a slightly different manner from that to which every American lover of the open fields and the woods is accustomed. When one Is Invited to shoot he talk es his clothes and his gun and his man servant and goes. out to his battue or station" toward which the beat CTS are expected to drive the coveys of plump pheasants. This battue Is a sort of blind behind which the hunter sits with siphOn and Scotch on a table at one elbow, and his man servant at the other Presently the beaters drive up the birds-big, i'm duIgent looking pets that most likely the keepers wife has raised with her chickens. If the bird won't fly one of the beaters gets it to rise by throw ing a stick or stone at 1t. Then the hunter pops 1t before it can light on the muzzle of his gun. If he misses it is because of the siphoR and the Scotch, or because the man servant at his elbow couldn't reload fast enough. But 1t is all very exciting and exceedinEiy great sport.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
GeneraI Pickett,s Narrow Escape.

am reminded here of a. meeting with an old Federal soldier in 1898 .Rt the Peace Jubilee In Philadelphia
 writes La Salle CorbelI Pickett in January Lippincott's. On being intro duced to mo the veteran sa1d: i res.i in the paper that you were here and I came because I wanted to see you.t We entered Into pleasant Co n- verkation, in the course of which he told me this incident >
 T could have killed General Pickett at the battle of Gettysburg. I saw a man on horseback. not far from the stone wall. with the bullets Iailing the field as cooly as If he. had been on a quiet road enjoying the scenery. I took aim, thinking how easy it would be to shoot him down Then the feeling came to me that I could not Kill n man like that So I lowered my gun and turned back. Behind me were three men in the act of lowering their guns. We cant shoot a man as brave as that they said. I did not know who the officer was, but after ward learned that he was. General Piekett"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Hqs Teday'a Footprint.

New York Evening Telegraph.
 When the Eearl of Warwick leaves for England on the Oceanic Of the White Star Liner, he will take with him an outline drawing of the feet of President Roosevelt. which he receiy- ed from Washington. It was explain ed by the Earl that the drawing was not primarily intended as an ornament or as a curositys but that 1t would serve as a plan for the construction of the finest pair of hunting boots that can be made in England, for use on the Presidents African trip.
 Details and cost of equipment were discussed by the Earl during his vii sit to the White House. As one of the most experienced of hunters after big game his advice and inforrna- ton were of the gfeatest interest Co Mir. Roosevelt. In the matter of foot. gear he was sure nothing could be manufactured In this country that would prove SO satisfactory as the product of Landon. and he Insisted upon undertaking the commlssion.
 On his return the riEarl will make arrangements fer the entertainment of the President in England .He has tpld several friends In this city that the visitor will be entertained first at Warwick castle by himself and sas Countess. He expects to jotn Mir Roosevelt in Africa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
CIeveIan,J,n .4Tde.I..,,

Call 1t by whatever name. Grover Cleveland showed. at times something Of the instinct of a seer" writes An drew F. West dean of the Graduate School Princeton, in the January Cen tury in his sympathetic appreciation of the late ex-President, entitled, Grover Cleveland: A Princeton Mem- ory." ''If we conce1e high fTnagina- ton to the man of science, brooding on the deep tilf some truth of nature emerges to his sight then it was 8 like breeding on the troubled flood of human society and government that enabled him to see and utter truths all had felt no doubt. and yet none but he had expressed so sure ly. It is true he did not care for the word. ideals: and did not keep his ground. Yet he said again and again that man or a community or q bus mess firm or a university or, most of all, a free people without standards of right beyond what they saw or did, without allegiance 70 something unseen above them, oil would soon sink below fheir oWn level"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Hard on chlneae nnrbsru.

One class of Chinese at least win sinoere- ly mourn the enperors death--the harbers. For 100 days after the proclamation of the death no one is allowed to shave the front part of the head. These people get q close shave aa soon as they hear of the death. In most parts of China blue Is the mourning color. The Emperor. in Chinese formal language is not allowed to "die'' like other people. He serashes" A prince is said to ''demlss.'' ministers of state to stop" officials to 'resiEn their dignities." [" Common people alone "die." The same love of euphenisIn shows itself In other ways. A coffin is spoken of as the timber of aGs' or longevity boarda" and when a man In-
 money. but himself Co graReeiothes and ''a charming retrset''--this is, a coffin. To the bRrbeFs as monFnsrs should ba added the actors. for the 100 days prohibition ss- tsnds te ths perfoEmers of plays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
TUESDAY,, DEcEMBER a2. 1908.
IS HE uNBALANcEDs

Is Theodore Roosevelt mentally un-
 balanced? is question which may we'll be asked by the American peo- pIe at this time. Those who have been won't to attribute his violent out breaks to impetuousness of temper must realize that the excuse or expla- nation has lost It's force. In all his public life he has shown an inability to control and restrain himself; a fault or falling especially to be de- plored or condemned in public men. but of late this failing has so i'm creased and magnifed that it is diff ncuIt to excuse it on any reasonable hypothesis.
 It Is almost impossible to think that , e man with a well balanced mind. oc- cupying the high position that RoOse- welt does. should be so thoroughly unable to control himself, and evince l such a total disregard for the rights and feelings of others. Utterly un- able to see that he so frequently gives serious grounds of offense to those as justly entitled to consideration as he himself is. he rants and foams, de-, lnounces and abuses those in both public and private life without stint. iwithout the slightest regard for de- ,cency and propriety. and at times with lalight regard for veracity.
 | It is fast becoming dihlcult, on the part of men of judicial mipds to re- EEard Roosevelt as a man of properly balanced intellect. His brain-storms Hre SD frequent. his outbursts so yio- lent. his departures from dignity and lpropriety so marked. that he can no longer be regarded as a safe man to be entrusted with power. It is fortu- nate for the country that his term of tofice ig so nearly at an end, but the harm that he may do in the mean He is fast becoming a regular Ber- lserlzer in his fits of rage and no one may foresee the evil he may do before lhe goes out of power. His efforts to xnuzzle the press of the country, for Hhat is what it amounts to, are among the latest Of his unreasoning perform ances. Trying 10 discipline Congress as another evidence of mental aberra- aion, and these are only specimens of what he is capable of. If some way eanot be found to compel him to curb himself he will have to be restrained by others. and the sooner the better. He is fast becoming ar menace to the country. and if he is not curbed and silenced he will not only make the government ridiculous but will bring shame and reproaeh on the whole American people.
 Will 1t yet become necessary to ap- point a commission to inquire into his sanity? We need hardly expect any thing of the kind from the present Congress, and perhaps he will be suf- fered to perform his unexpected and not at all creditable stunts until he as superseded by a better man, but it is not impossible that 1t may yet be deemed essential to have his mental condition investigated so that the country may know if he is really a safe man to hold high ohice We feel sure that an unprejudiced jury would even now pronounce him mem aally unbalanced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

spirit" of Christmas this year viii not be the same as that next year for it will be prohibition spirit then. Make hay while the sun shines.
 You can. tell a married man and a father by that outlandIsA and garish thing around his collar, called for courtesy's sake a ~1lecktie, which he wears on tife morning after Christmas Day.
 Also the birth rate is outnumhering the death rate right along in Magnin- cent old Montgomery to such an extent that we are Tn immediate danger of en- ing so rapidly.
 Here's to Miss Ellxins." says The Manchester Union, May she become the cans and trundle her babes in sthe se- cure knowledge or pure and mutually reciprocated conjugal love" Heres to the Duke of Abruzzi, May he got somo Italian Susie Stop wishing American money to usey When foreign Duke Is nothing but an
 .cwith Apologies to Drift Arm. strong. )-clayton Record. An Alabama newspaper sdesignatea Drift Armstrong as natural born poet. It is quite gratifying to his friends to ascertain from indisputable authority that Drift Is not an unnatural and m. born poet-Houston Post.
 stk Whats XouraR
 Alabama, here we rest. pumpKin pie, beneath. our vest.--Montgomery Adver- tiser. You're. wrong; it's potato pie; pump kin comin, bye and bye.--Andalusia News.
 Texas life is smooth as silk. pump kin pie and buttermilk. k.-Houston Post.
 Alabama 'possums are good and fat Teaxs milk atR't nethin' like that. Talk. about pumpkin and tater pie-thev air'f n n It with 'Dossum fry.-AndaluSia Ne"s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Lord RothehiIa.. cor..


 When we consider that the avera ge milk yield of the ordinary dairy cows of this county. is variousiy put at from 400 to 450 gallons a COW year and that 700 gallon COW Is a remarkabl bly, good one. it is interesting to know that in Tring herds belonging to Lord Rothchi1d there were four cows each of which gave considerably over 1000 ended with Afichaelmas 10-year- old Red Polled COW. Clarissa. gave 13,- SIT pounds of milk (roughly, 1850 gallons) during that period. and has further given an average of 12.233 pounds of milk a year for the three years she has been in the herd. The other, three cows were Shorthorns pounds of milk in the year. and has given an average of 10.00s pounds a year for eight years: Red Rose ILL gave 1.656 pounds of milk in the year and Burlington Duchess XX1SI 10.- OA7- hounds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
This Dale in History

DECEMBER 22. ls2o-LandinK of first settlers at Plymouth. Mass iss5-stephen Daye. who did the first work done in the colonies on a printing press. died in Cambridge, Mass Born in England in ls11.
 l1l9-The American Weekly Mercury. si the third newspaper in America made it's first appearance fn Philadeiphia. 1Ts9-Ann Haseltine Judson. first wofnan missionary, born fn Bradford. Mass Died october 24, Ys26. is23-Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Amer ican author. born in Cambridge, Mass. 1S3b-Principai Grant George Monfne5. whose writings first revealed to Che world the possibilities of the Cana dian Northwest, born in Nova Scotia Died in Kingston, Ont. May 1s 1902 1s91-Ierome l. Case. millionaire naantfae- turer and horse breeder. died at lsa- cine, Wis.
 1sS4-Captain DFeyfus found guilty and sen- fenced to Deyirs Island for life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

for Governor ia quite . number of states- He was elected by the votes of men who did not want to support him. but who preferred him to Mir. Bryan. There are enough men of in- dependent views. parfissns of no par ty, to change the result of Presiden- tisi electtors. The party which se- cures the votes Of this class of men wils be successful in national cleo tons Some may sneef and say they do not want the votes of such men. but they win go on to defeat until they get them. II is no dIscredit to Mfr. Cleveland or the Democratic party to say that he was the recipient of the good will of enough of these men in two of his campaigns to bring suc- cess. In view of the men who were really the balance of power, -he was better than his party And the same can be said of those who as a choice of evils this year. voted for the Re. publican candidate.
 The returns show that Taft received 7.sa7,s7s votes Bryan. s.ssS1ss: Debs. Socialist, 44s.4Ss: chsfin, prohibition ist. s4i.:ss; Hisgen. Indepsndence League. ,ss.lsss watson. Popuiist, ss.- s7i. and GiIhaus. Socialist labor. .i5,- 421. grand total of I4.ss2.2ss. Mir. Taft received but . fraction over fifty per cent of the total vote. Mir. Bryan received about forty.three per cent. If one-half the independent vote could have been induced to favor Mir. Bryan he would have been elected.
 The sreatest increase in vote in 1908 as compared with Is04 was that of the Democrats amounting to Il,s15.sIl. while Taft received only 14.1so more votes. than were cast for the RepubI. can candidate four years ago. Surely . party which can-bring out SO many more votes in, four wears can stand out boldly and, hopefully against a party which with the advantage of of ficial position and patronage could poll so small an increase.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
This s My 4Oth Birthday
soLoN H. BoRGLUNz.

Solon Hannibal Borglum. the sculptor of the General Sheridan statue recently un- Utah. December 22. 1s4s. After spending several years at the Cincinnati Art School he went to Paris and studied under the dt- rection of Louis .Rebisso and other famous masters. It was not long after his return to America before his work began to at tract tho favorable attention of the critics. living among the cowboys and the Indians.
 The exhibits of. several pieces of this stat uary were rewarded with medals at the Buff falo and St. Louis exposltions and at the Universal Exposition held in Paris in 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Nnteh annIr. ElIIer-

Leon Casse. the official viper killer in the forest of Fontainebleau, France Is now resting after an ardous season. Tn which he has killed nearly TOO snakes. His average Is 800 a year and he has been bitten. so often that he has become immune to the poison of the snakes bite. He Is known Rs the isfather of the vipers." he sleeps on a EaAktFasa made of Vipsrs' sktnA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Tho Republican. members of the H., linois delegation in the House have unanimously ,indorsed Joseph G Cam non for reelection as speaker.
 The recent admission of Senator Gore of Oklahoma to practice in the believed to be the first instance of the admission of 8 stghtless man to that Charles A. KorbIy of indianapolis. who defeated for Congress the we'll. known Jesse Oyerstreet in the Seventh district of Indiana. iss27 years old and nf the sixty-tirat congrese.
 United States Senator McLAurin of Marss Mssspp Thess i tern ter ann9aad wil expire election by ex Governor Vardman The nomination., which is equivalent to eiectipp. win be made in the primary Friends of Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Caroiinas believe that he may be- for Congress n the Fifth diSkricf two years hence. The Democratic nominee was defeated there this 9ears by John M. Morehead, Republican.
 Congressman Charles Landis, who. was defeated for reelection in the Ninth Indiana district has been se
 
 lector of revenue in the Terre Hsute district. V nich, next to Peoria. Is the largest in the country
 At it's recent tfeevs.--s-ss -s-'s S=ssIv shinaton the National Leakue of Democratic Clubs selected as temporary offcers Reprsssentat tive Iy <, sulzer of New York. York. secretary, and Cotter T. Bridge, of Washington, p. C. treasurer.
 
 ernor-elect ef csnnsectScut. wko has been called upon to answer charges of violating the election laws In distri- for Se eSpaiTn Ii pnrnosea aaOonsssPeIs hss hesn member of the national House of Rep resentatives since 1903. He is dfty years old an . native of Massachus- : The Democratie nomination for the United States senator in New York, year may bs made the che test To of leader. ts ship between Boss" Murphy of Tam many. Hall and Chairman Corners of candidate is Lewis Nixon. the ship builder while Chairman Connors fa- vors w s.afiey Ely. Buffalo traction srhstori nomiasfion last s1Hamsr. SS sD The entire country will watch with interest the proceedings of tbe Oregon tN8AoA4thuA C tFuSl At AttCSlB next lilO0lN to select a successor to United States Senator Fulton. The legislature Is all most unanimously Republican. Of the ninety9 members, fifty-one voluntary signed a pledge before election to elect-As United States senator the pop ular choice. The choice proved to be Governor Chamberlain, Democrat The question now is will the legfsia- tors stand by their pledge
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 peculiar situation, has developad in Missouri in regard to the United States senatorship. @Aator William J. Stone is the DeThocratic candidate for re-ei4cticn and his party has a present majority in the legislature of seven votes on joint ballot. The Re- publican slanagers have announced that ten contests will be filed when the legislature meets. If four of these contests are decided adversely to the Democrats the political complexion of the legislature will be changed and Lieutenant GovernA@. Mckinley. who carried the sefe. .ARg J primary. pro- babiy viii sue6s ro aator Stone. W
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

We are continually reading in con tsmpOraries from various portions of the country that prosperity smiles on us" but that isn't enough. We want the old lady to laugh right out loud.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

"Left the country for good" is a peculiarly appropriate expression when applied to Castro. for it Is doubt less for the country's good that he is gone. if he will stay away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

What We want to know is. how is Mir. Roosevelt going to endure it when he gets into the African jungles where he can't send messages or write let ters to anybody? We doubt if the senesambians would stand as mach as some Americans do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

The statement that "congressmen are planning to make money elastic" is not exactly plain. Does the expres- sion mean that the money win come back to one who spends it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Did the weather man have. some enmity against those who expected to begin their Christmas shopping Mon day? He certainly made that a bad day for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Pity some enterprising newspaper man can't get near enough the King of England to learn and publish the truth about his condition. One state meht goes out that he is seriously i'll and another assures the world that he Is in good health. Surely not even monarch can be in both conditions at the same time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

The Norfolk Landmark thinks the President is straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel when he knocks Pulitzer and coddles Hearst. That is his style.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
awnnN nrncuL.ATIoN.

The MontEomsry Adssrtiser guarantees contract when reQussted3 that it's daily eir- Iculation is larger than that of any mofnils lnewspaper printed tn Alabama--ana tnet ls Sunday edition has the largest ctrculaue1 fof any edition of any pewspaper printso IF bAlabamA without exaepfton. .
 The figures for NoHamber printed 2ot9w lrepresent the actual net cfrcuta1ion' eh " turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
AIentromerx Wants It.

AeNander JIty OutIO0k.
 The Columbus Ledger does not be- lieve that the people of Alexander City have any objection to giving their trade to Columbus. We do not sup pose they have. nor do we know any reason why they should. but all the same Montgomery ought to have their trade and can get it by going after it --Nontgomery Advertiser.
 New let Montgomery show that she wants our trade by making the proper effort 10 get 1t. We are nearer Mont gomery and skould naturally become q part of her territory, commercially speaking. A railroad will @do the bus tneSs. Let's have the railroad. It's up to Montgomery's Commercial Club. Such a movement will help the Capital City to achieve the much cherished de- sire. .'1e0 .000 in f910.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

Having Taft in her midst the an- cient city of Augusta is probably swelling with pride-or something else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Adana's Deaeiencies-

FIt umOnF J0UTuHI-
 Lust think. Adam had his Christmas Eve with him the whole year.--Drift Armstrong.
 Yes but he didn't have his egs-nog and Tom-snd- -Jerrx.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Good Old souff.=rn Corn Bread.

IdlIHutEa hepoffer.
 Some foreigner who has been fed on spoiled corn bread has discovered that the South raised a lot of lusty sons and daughters who were practically raised on it. There may be bad. but such charges are q islander to the good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
Plenty .Bu.tedv COmpasy :.

Mayor Tom Johnson. of Cleveland. Is busted. and honesty is given as the cause Well. he'll find plenty of conn pany as far as the "busted" part goes, but for the honesty clause. it's hard to say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
What fhe Stale Paoers
 Are Sayiny and Doing
Far.wen so aourh Riaer.

The country will breathe freer when Taft takes the reins of government in hts hands, and the Rough Rider steps down and out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

wonder if the fact that Alabama leads all Southern States In the value of mineral products for the year 190-, according to late statistics. will bring forth a paragraph from the fertile brain of George Bailey. of The Hous- ton Post9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22

EYSss Dally AyeSa@e, November, 1908 l5se68 lzfet Sunday Average, Novembex, 1D0B EsseS2 - c l. FInigan. Circulation Manager or The RTontgpmsry Advertiser. being duly sworn. The foregoing Statement of The Adyex- l4Haarss circulatfon for the month Of NoFena- Der. 1908 is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news ooxE. asN4 agents. spoiled and leftover copies nave been deducted.
 C FTNGAN. Circulation Manager.
 sworn to and subscribed before me this Eth day of December. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public.