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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
CLAUS P1NCHED
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His Little FrAeuan Testify to His Good charaefex Bnt he Has Hard

k Time in Court.
 A red-faoed old man with white whis- nsss wss arrssted yesterdsy Ts,y on 8, wars ths New York Board of Fire undsrwri- tsrs writes Wex Jones in the New Yerk American. The prisoner. wno which address proved on anquiry to be vacant lot, pleaded not guilty to the charges Of being yagrsnt end ,, Tks .PsssseutioP ssys evidence s,;s ,.s ss man was in the habit. of putting llght- ed candles on small trees in close
 sSsl snd so had haldshy yndssa been known to start blaze with his whiskers, So dangeroYs had he be- fuse payment for damages on account made the arrest testified that he had found candles of the kind mentioned | very large mask fnIi of misceiisn- 7 drums. trampsts and other deadly ws@4
 It developed also that the prisoner ties on q charge of fradulent use Of the mails. receiving at various ad- usually from the very young ana un- un1e of mall thst this year the Post master. General had to issue special order directing 1t to be sent to the dead letter offiee.
 The prisoner. who appeared much distressed by his arrest, had in court large number of children who testi- fled to theIr belief in him, and many of them also testified that they had writ ten the prisoner letters and had found In their ktQckings on Christmas morn ing exactly the presents they had ask
 The court held that the witnesses for the defense were too young for their testimony to have. any weight. and l9afing and leading an unproductive life instead of going to work like an honest man. In consideration Of the prisoners extreme ase however, the court would suspend the sentence on medtately. sss With tears running down his ruddy checks the prisoner agreed to do so, and expressed his fear thag he would soon be driven from the country also. The younger children. present in court also wept bitterly. and refused to leave the old vagrant until driven out by the court attendants
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
TRis b Ny Sand Birthday
 Eamuna A. EasIeE.

Edmund Arthur .Engler, president tute, was born in St. Louis, .Decenl- Der 2S, is66. He graduated from Washington University in 1878. Five yearb later he became professor ox remained there until 1901. From 1S9e to 1901 he served also as dean of the school of engineering of Washington ,IIniversity and in 1898 he headed a scientidc party sent by thes university to California for the purpose .of taktng observations ok a solar eclipse. Tn 1901 Dr. EngleE accepted the presi. dency of the Worcester Polytechnic at Worcester, Mass, He is e member of a number of scientific and learned societies and has contributed exten- sively to magazines on subjects or a scientific character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
'JaE'' Was worth ssoooo.

Chicago Dispatch to the IndianapoIis
 News. Sit0
 drunk" that ultimately netted It's owner in the rieighborhood os sso oeS was related in Judge Mack's court saturday, as part of the evidence r4. sulting in the court setting aside the VIII Of the late Joseph Willis, at the Willis
 Willis. 1t was related, while intoxi- cated. bought piece of West Side rsa- estate for $4,sOO some years ago
 When he became sober he reRretted the deal thinking some one had taken advantage of his condition. He inveg. tigated, however, and. to make the pest or what he considered a bad bar. gain' made sufficient Improvements ia pay taxes and a little profit, The property to-day is appraised at ss5 = 0oo. In setting aside the will J9d@e Mack found that the testator was eI unsound mind when the instrunnen nt was executed -''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
wm Have pone our putv.

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 If the present generation of Ala. bamians shall have lived up to their opportunities, if we do our best, if We leave to the coming generation rood roads, public schools of not less than nine months duration: if we so ed,,. cate all the people that the buying of mules in Missouri, hay In Indiana. meat In Kansas City, corn In Tennes- see. shall be looked back upon as the mistakes of the past, we can law deyvn our lives with the consciousness that we have acted well our part. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
wEDNEsDAY. DECEMBER ss. ls0s.

Ten thousand women. we are told are on trial in Spain on the charge of contempt of court, their offense heinz that they signed a petition pro- testing against the conviction and sentence to Imprisonment of girl who shot and killed a faithiess snitor' If it were possible to get all of them together there would be some jolly times-likewise a good deal of boil ing contempt on the part of the wo- men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
This Date in Iistory
DECEMBER a.

1747--The colonial house and rec ords of Boston destroyed by fire.
 I7s3--GeneraI Washington delivef- ed up his commission to Congress st
 isss--cival war in Mexico terminate
 isss-ExecptIon of rebels in Meat. real. 2.
 is5s-British Arctic vessel Reaolute found ana brought to New London,
 is5i-The Hoosac tunnel turned over to the State of Massachusetts by the builders.
 1sss-Lord Roberts left England for South Africa to take command of the British troops.
 is03-Sixty persons killed in. Bal- timore and Ohio train wreck at Laurel, Pa. f
 is05-Chicago Board of Education voted to bar tuberculosis pupils from the public schools, r:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
ReaIscssans of . BaeheIor.

when . woman. describes what lecture was ike 1t sounds as if she had been to the drsssmakers.
 There's nothing a woman admiros so much in a man as the way he can open c telegram without fainting.
 A man can growt over the Dill TOT matches unIsss the family burue electricity and they are used to light pipes and cigara.
 If d woman has the tenderst heart in the world 1t viii grow hard to somebody eIse's baby that people think ss pretty as hers. pg
 There's hardly anything 8 man can lie portant people who sat next to him at . dinner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Pointed Paragraphs.

Chicago News. ..
 It's always the open season for hunting trouble.
 The secret of success is a secret women never tell.
 The girl who smAeks Of freshness gets a good many smacks.
 Cleaning upsets house almost as badly as 1t does a watch. f
 woman cares not who saves the money if she is allowed to spend 1t.
 Talk Of spirits at q seancs is listened Co with rapped attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Cae Cen Ea& Hatpins. Reading Dispatch to The Philadelphia Ra-

At tha most unusual meeting os the sehuyikiii vaflsy Veterinary Associaticns here pr. Johh " Adams, of the Universty Of Penusylvansa, rave an interesting ae- count of cat which swallowed hatpins and dog that had niade . meal % poker alone ln the dog would not have hurt him. pr. Hoskins. secretary of the state Veteri.i nary Board, told of cet that corsumed patent black thread and needles.
 Dr. Noack, of Reading, state inspect or pounded another warning against bovine kubereuiesia, and insisted that all veterine- riaus should live right up to the best Ap~ proved pkecautlouary measures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

A correspondent of The Boston Traveller declares that Mir. Bryan is the only Democrat who can be elected President during the present genera tion. If that is true. this generation win not see a Democratic President, ana that's aII there is about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Evidently the German aiRahips en- thusiasts are In earnest about it, for we learn from Berlin dispatc hes that three airship routes have been laid out for travel, covering some twenty i've cities. It is easy enough, we sup- pose, to lay out a road through the air. but getting the machines to fol- low it is another and quite different anair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
CHEERS FOR QUEEN.
Interesting Announcement Made Dutch Chamber.

Interesting Announcement Made in Dutch Chamber.
 The Hague, Dec. 22.--It was ofncfal- ly announced today in the Chamber of Deputies that Queen wilhelmina was in an interesting condition. and the statement was greeted with joyful ''braR os" from practically the entire house. Only a handful of Socialists. amid the hoots and derision of their col leagues took exception to the loyal demonstration.
 Her MaJssty's physicians conclude the announcement with these words:
 we rejoice to be able to state that all signs are in .consonance with an absolutely perfect state of health"
 The event is expected early In ths spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

The New York Sun has something to say about the great flocks of gulls that hover above the city and almost shut out the sunshine. It does not, however, say anything of the flocks of human guIls that gather on the streets of that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Court for Family ouarreIs.

The Board of City Magistrates has bsen tional Alltances Legal Aid Bureau to com sider the advisability of creating a division of the city magistrates' court for the ex- nestle relations. In the letter to the board the law committee. of which Beniamin Tuska is chairman says that doubtless leg islation will be necessary to obtain sueh a specialized court as was necessary to Ret the night court and the chiidren's court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
BrIsobs Rsaa Solid noOks.

The borrowing of novels is declining ell over England, baing not mere then 10 per cent, of the work dona by public libraries. fR the public libraries ef the United King dom there are t,e0o. 00e references and s.ooe.- 00o lending bookss 11o0e. .0e0 raferenee books receras and at least an equal number are taken from khe shelves and consulted with out being recorded. Every year so, eoc. goo henfrm ara lent for home reading Giving further detail the investigator ntates that .sthe .tnsie for history, biography. and trav- ai ia on the wene; readers are ell for scl- sncs ana eocioIogy and new books on ao-i .ciaIism are always in demand" sst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Statistics show that the city of New York had seventy-seven murders in i've months. Some more statistics show that London had ninety-two murders in i've years. Perhaps vari- ous explanations will show why such a bad comparison exists, but we are not trying to give one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
THE PASSING 74Ronc
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 Mir. Hal c Lamar. Ieadins citixsn and . farmer of Montgomery county Is ont in an interview in which he urges the selection of Mir. Walter Sistrunk for Commissioner of Agri- culture. Mir. sistrtnk is one of the most successful farmers of Middle Alabama. Of his qualifications for Commissioner of Agriculture Mir. La mar says:
 T see in The Advertiser that Hon. J. A. Wilkerson. the present conmts- sioner of Agrieultufs will vacate that office at the expiration of his present term and will aspire to become state Treasurer.
 All the people of Alabama and es- pecially the farmers Themselves show ed deep interest in this de- pertinent of the State Government. I have in my mind's eye. a man that is peculiarly fitted for this place.
 He is a man that would make q model Commissioner of Agriculture,
 "I refer to Walter sistrunk of Tal- lassee. Mir. sistrunk is thoroughly imhued with the Idea that intensive farming is the only solution for our Southern farmers He practices this theory upon his farm. He has d- ready made more than 100 bales of cots ton on 100 acres from old worn lauu. He tells me that next year he expects to make the effort of his life to make 2.500 bushels Of corn from thirty acres of land under the Williamson plan.
 Walter Sfstrnnk is man that does things and believe that he will not miss the proposition far on this corn question, and if he succeeds what an object lesson it will be to the debt ridden farmers. of the state who are now buying corn and meat in the West
 "Again Mir. EistFunls has the ability and qualifications necessary to make an ideal Comnlfssioner of Agriculture. He can speak, he can write, he can talk and he can put his theories into practical demonstration. I am sure that thousands Of people in Alabama who read these susgestions will agree that I have placed very modest es- citizen" Es#
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

4 man who is cowardly enough and brutal enough to kill a girl be- cause she refuses to marry him prob- ably does her a greater and more rnerciful favor than he would do by marrying her. In the first instance her troubles end at once but in the second she would likely endure living death for years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

We are real sorry for the Congress men from some of the States. Those from Alabama can enjoy the holidays in the good old way, but those from Georgia and some other States will have a dry old time at home-perhaps!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

It is suggested that the ex.Lillian Russell husbands and the ex-Nat Goodwin wives might form some sor, of q corporation for mutual benest We do not know which would have the majority but if one side is behind it can soen catch up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
HARp T1aEEa TN gTAoELAND.

Ten ThouAand Actors and Actresses Are
 Idle ia New YeRk. New York American.
 "I think there are fully 1eoOc actors and aetresses in New york today who are out oS work where there is one vacancy, there are 100 desirabIe applicants" wefl-known theatrical man made the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Our next President seems to be moving along fairly well in his job of cabinet making. Probably he wants to get the job off his hands so that he may enjoy his Christmas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

It is now conceded that the election of Enhu Root as Senator from New York will be effected with "unani. n1ousness." It will be a great inn provement on Tom Piatt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
GENERous To EllPLoYEs.
Chicago Stores wIn Close For Three

Chicago. Dec. 22.-An unprecedented generosity in the granting of holidays was announced today by four of the largest department stores in Chicago.
 Closing Christmas Eve, the stores will not reopen for business untl the following Monday morning. This de. cision was reached in recognition oS the uncomplaining attitude Of thous- ands of clerks in handling the holiday throngs.
 The wholesale as well as retail es' tabllshments of the firms concerned are affected. It is expected that their example will be followed by Q number of other establishments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

{ snoaid be lectures on ths subject. and if the people have not sense enough to attend them, for the sake of the town. p&mphiets should be mailed to every hou1ehoider named in the city directory. ceiling how the disease and others can Do guarded against. With our splendid sanitary system there 10 no excuse for the presence of con- tagious disease here" 4szS ssr
 ". D. Kiliibrsw. former member of the state LeGislatnre, and at present assistant principal of the county high school of Geneva at Hartford. was in the city yesterday visiting the dapart- ment of education.
 Rev. IT. T. Johnson, appointed by the Greensboro Conference to the pastorate of the Dexter Avenue Meth odist Church spent yesterday in MontEomery preparatory to moving to this city with his family next week. MT. Johnson will take charge of his new church early in January.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
aWnRN CIRCULATION.

The Montxomsry Advertiser gueFasnt.shsss .hs 2 fts advertisers land makes 1t part oL a tne contracf when reauested) that it's oaaiy . Sak- cuiation Ia largee than that of a1y mos ans s neRspapeF printed 10 Alabama-An1 ls lAnt ..s Sss eunday edition hes the lafgeet elroalAsN,@ z, Of any edition of any newspaper Dsiasse N' Alabama without exeepttons .,.
 The figures for November prlntso yS.o " represent the actual net ctreui@ttoh @" " turns having been dsdueted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Gomez seems to have about as lit- tie regard for Castro's policies as Roosevelt has for McKinley's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Fsek Daily Avernxe, NevsmbeE, legS as.Ss4 as.ss Net Sunday AveER4es Nsvembers Asss Nv'se@
 e IL TYmiknn. Circulation MnEaHer Of Ine Montgomery Advertiser being duiy sWo1ns $f,. sona~usnr statansnt of The Adver- 4tazrrs eireainklon for the month ok Ngvenn- 6sF. 1908, a true and correct aad eomgns1 Sf9~r all rekvrna from news box1s nsWs aaenaa apoiled and leftover copass nave been 6e6weted .. mr..m..
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 swspn 4o and subBertneo ps1oFs H1s eAas gth day Of December. 1soe. ...
 RIGA ArExANpER. Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

And you may sometimes judge man by the company that doesn't keep him.
 Many e man has lost money on, a surs thing because he was afraid to taka chances. %- -- --f .s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

q hope, driver, you will not run away with ne?'s Bless yer, no murni I've got a wife and six kids at home al- ready!"--London Opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

i Woman's vanity Is a tame bird d compared with mans conceit.-Florida Times Union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
ohristnas ssamps.

OUEAIAEAAD ChAA1AEF1s
 The Christmas stanlp has broken out inc surface today here In Montgomery, with the promise that the glad intect- ion will spread within two days to sv~ cry section of the state. Tnls HorninS Ei,ras bodies tf Montgomery will receive tha first bulletin from the Alabama ked Cross Stamp Committee, which repre- senta the American Nationat Red Gruss in this State. ,,,
 erecting and a gift to the consumption wsr-fare-a and all for cent. Non5 Of this money goes to the National Aso Cross. The Red Crosss of which Presi- dent-elect ". H.. Tait is president. the stamps at the cost of printing ana shipping. Each state does the rest and spends the money in it's own way, pro- vided only that 1t goes to eliminate tu- berculosis. .-.a.,.. ...,
 pgrins tnis week y1esagg.. Rearly eiT,,s, eTsry patriotic orders. with other groups in fhe State will be selling those Ft3 nlps- or rather exchanging the stamps toF the cash which will be invested in Ala- banna's light agatnst tuberculogE, Any one who can help, any school Ir college which will help, ought to. write quick 1 lv 10: the Alabama Red Cross CIIistmas stamp Committee. Tuskegee. and state how many or the one ConS stS"bpS " sticlsers they can make use of
 Ten million have already neen dis- posed of in this country, less than l. | 0OO 00O being. taken in the South. 50 # is up to Alabama to do her share.
 "smallpox." said an insignificant and uninportant citizen yesterday, "is | rapidly being eradicated from the city. ! The health authorities tell me that II | has almost entirely been eliminated | here from the white people, the dis | ease being confined almost exclusively | to the uncleAnIy, lower order or ne- | groes. The health department Of the | city has grasped the situation with a | firm hand and Is choking the disease
 "But typhoid fever. which we all 1 thought was wiped out long ago, | seems to be still doing business, We | have but twelve cases, 1t Is true, which | la enooura ging compared to 7oO m l Boston 506 fn New York. and 100 ID | Atlanta but there is absolutely no ex. | cuse for 1t here. Our water IS the purest of any city in Amertea. there are few cities with better drains than | ours and there is no excuse whatever for the presence of typhoid
 "I understand there are 6. few cas9t of scarlet fever too, but as this disease l Is present alWays in every city 1t doe ! not matter. What should be done ls
 to educate the people more fully on the mode of lighting disease. There
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

The hobo had just finished dining. ''If you will excuse me- he said to the kind lady, q will now leave the table" And after his departure the kind lady discovered that the table was about all he had left.-Chicago News.
 
 "FTave you seen Minnie since she came back?" "Yaas." How did she look?' "rhs other way ."--Syracuse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

True wit is nature to advantage dressed. Pope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
nrr. nenaerson paeIs.

Mir. W. A. Henderson, is at home aft CT a twe-weeks' stay along the Gulf Coast from Gulfport to New Orleans. He Is astonished at the growth of that section of the South in the past few years.
 . q cah remember" he said Tuesday, "and It hasn't been very long either, when you could buy all the land you wanted for five dollars an acre. That same land is selling now from $35 to $40 an acre. They have brought down a lot of Northern and German truckers as well as a number of Southern farmers from other sections and they are engaged in truck farm ing. From all I could learn truck ing Is an. unqualified. Certainly the small white farmers along the Gulf Coast were prosperous don't know whether it Is due exclusively to the Panama canal or what, but certainly that section Is undergoing remark able changes"
 Mir. Henderson participated in sew eEal duck hunts along the coast and wound up his trip with a three-day's stay in New Orleans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

The same ire purifies gold and con-
 sunnes straw.--QermaIl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
CrImn of Crlckes.


 DO you know I was really horrf- fled" said an athlete yesterday "to learn that some public school authori~ ties in England, actually forbid the playing of tennis. One would not be so surprised to know that . college or a school has abolished football because they have the pretense of roughness. Certainly the indictment of roughness cannot hold la the case of tennis. Nor in my opiniop could any indietment be drawn succeAsfuily against this popu- lar and aighly beneficial game. tt Is a most fnvigorating sport. combining more than any other game 8 maximum of exercise with a minimum, of danger. q understand that the Oply Cbjee. tion they have to tennis Is that it will interfere with the growth of cricket. They seem to think Somehow or oth- CT Ia England that cricket is the only ,thine for children, to play. They may be innocent In such narrow attitude but that does not help the absurdlty of conditions. The honest critics in such papers as the Field in England condemn such fatal policieg in school authorities. They really place tennis at the top of health giving and hraln- developing athletics- But you cannot tell what lot of thick headed and cloistered men will do when they get control of Schools.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
wrsr ANp oTHERwTsE.

T shah tell the unvarnished truth in thIs investiga tion.' Well" answered Senator sorghum. T don't know as varnish is Important But how about whitewasf ?'-- Washington Star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Give Ua K,enm Days.

"As for me 1 am glad that the short itor yssterday. stI am daylight man. I don't mean by that either that I am an angel. What refer to ia the en- Joyment Of sun rays when they chine fongsSt. For one thing, I am 8 mem Der of the Country Club and these snort days have been disappointing to. me. l would run out for q bit of exercise, not being able to reach the Cup pc. my clothes before the sun was making a6o-goo eyes with the horizon. The result is that about the time you get stepped right Into the game darkness has ovortaken you Give me the long days. You can, always have plenty of time to sleep if that's what night 10 good for. But you can never tell when you have got enough of good old golf or tenuis." L..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Drift Armstrong speaks of the lend of the limit" He is advised that thera Is no end to the limit. San Antonio Express.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

.sTake the job: you're welconass" saya Castro to Gome1. and now TOT new Rovernlnent In Venezuela. N