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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
'Mongst ksleasant Persons
D 0. e RARTMTDGB.

The Merry nxadness of Thonaas Smile. our Thomas laughed in loud guffaws; And when one asked him what the TIe knew no reason why;
 %AaS iS siI still ! hePs f 1,d I.| thus blessed
 Liaes 0rafnamee.
 Having the street cars stop on the good crossfnRa Nef the streets comes mighty good these rainy days said a q oua RuAoaas in osar part of ths town there is oftsDtinies a great difference in the sidewalk crOsstngs. and we are very lusky s.s sS hays % gs s 1ood sss eUate Us for the motornian to ston the car only on the far side of the street. but the recent enactment of the Council gives the choose which I sidS hs shsii take, You that live down town where most of the streets are paved don't realize just hoy much crossi&nS & Teans. S,, [, is snn mese sas over into the roadway you might as well turn around and go back home and. dress all over. for you are in the mud almost to your waist
 Arc coaAlc susplements Cenaies
 @Ain I growing older. or are the Jokes growing oidsET" asked a cnrsory reader ef rewspapers ysstsrday. h.s As srSsnS fas ths ss co.nse sSsDisnsnt of q bis daily journal he was reading. You Saka that part he sad. "beoau.e ssoSt sss ant shs 0 kssp ss sis S 9s seStion sns'
 slgow I don't ind that comic supple matlt comic--At least. humorous---eny v was at what I regarded the height of It's excellence and popularity. two or lures were fRe first things that had y dnyy assse0n shset rsaiiy dnS0 think the coies arc rather back numbers as regards grown people. though, of course, chil- e Se amused m with anything that has more or less color In it. I think 1t is the Jokes and not myself that are grow ing old"
 Mfr. Halls Taylor. one of the most popular citizens of Montgomery. has safely undergone. 1t Is believed, an opefation that must have very strongly battle of Murfreesboro In 1863 a minnie ball shattered his thighbone and since then pieces, of the bone have gradually were removed in the operation. and fl is expected Mir. Taylor will now have relief from the pain which has inter mfttently worried him during the many years since he was wounded.
 Mir. Charles F. Stewart. Assistant General PassehRer Agent of the Sea- board Air Line, with headquarters in Savannah, is a guest in the city. MT Stewart ts one of the best known rail- road men in the South as well as ons of the most successful. HIS Montgom- cry friends extend him New Years greetings
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 Justice Of the Peace B. c. Young spent yesterday in Birmingham. He returned to the city last evening.
 -F +
 Dr. Leon Howard of Selma is visitor to Montgomery. Dr. Howard Is stop ping at the New Exchange Hotel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
Politics and Politicians

G. Edward Addieiks. who has been out of Delaware peiitics for some time, is out with the announcement that he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of the state next year
 During the next four or five weeks Secretary Taft will be heard in pub lie addresses at the annual dinner of the Ohio Society of Philadelphia and the annual Lincoln Day banquet in Grand Rapids. Mich.
 / It is expected that Governor Harris of Ohio and Governor Hughes of New York will speak at the annual banquet Is to be given early In February at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City.
 Governor Hughes of New York has accepted an invitation to speak at the Washington birth day celebration of the Union League cub In Chicago next month. It Is generally believed that on this occasion he will present his views on q few national problems
 Congressman Nicholas LonEworth of Ohio, son-in-iaw of President Roose- vslt. wifi deliver an address at the an nual banquet of the CreVe COuer club in Peoria next month. Admiral Cogh- Ian will also be a speaker at the ban quet.
 Theodore A. Bell. who was the Dem ocratic nominee for Governor of Cal ifornia. has announced his candidacy for the temporary chaifm&nshtp or the Democratic national convention at Den yer next July
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

It is announced from Washington that there is talk of Congress adjourn ing on the last of April. That will give it time to pass the appropria- tion bnis. and it is very little else except talk. It is rlainy a move to stave off any tarir or currency legis- Iation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

The Constitutional Convention of Michigan. now in sessioa. Is likely. 1t is announced, to put in a section pro- hibiting the manufacture or sale of cigarettes in that city. Is there no othsS absurdity they can think off
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

It was real cruel to the cclunAbus brothrsh to make it illegal for them to step ever to 0irafd and set . drink.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
HARD TIMES.

railroad rates in this State were un-
 reasonable, or that the roads were overcapitaiixed. There have been
 aryss sny crsss ss ss:t sdsss msss s' % eamS
 speeches that rest upon very unsatis- factory evidence. It Is now claimed that the commission has never com. rates. Whether it has or not is mat:
 Ger of no consequence now. The point
 is whether the rates are to be reduced or whether the threat of rate reduc-
 There is no doubt that the expec- tation that there would be q radical
 reduction in rates has had the erect
 Of csschins ralroad a sn rniiroaS
 building. It is easy to see why It
 would have that effect. It is well
 known that the railroads are as con
 other State. In fact. it would be hard to find roads anywhere outside of the
 State that are capitalized nearer their Georgia roads are not such as to in-
 vite the building of new roads. The
 greater lines do not pay dividends on
 their capital stocks and only few of the lesser lines >pay them. Hence. there Is little encouragement to build
 new roads, particularly in the face of
 q threat of radical reduction in
 But even if the commission stir ad-
 hered to the announced policy of rate reduction, it W0ulont DC Wlse at tnis time to begin slashing rates, unless there was q desire to put the roads into the hands of receivers. We as- sune that the commission has no such desire as that With the railroads
 bankrupt and paying no dividends, or | interest on their bonds, the people | would be poor indeed, since the great l CT part of the securities of the roads, ] 1t fs fair to assume. are held in the | State--the securities that pay interest. 1 And much of those that do not pay dividends are owned by Georgians It 1 was thought when the majority of the ! that none of the third incomes of the ! Central was held in the State. The | litigation that has been started in re- spect to the dividends on these bonds | and inquiries show that a very big block of the bonds is held by Geor- gians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

what are bank depositsf" asks The Hartford courant. The query Is res pectfuily passed on to our frieRds the mii1lonaires.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
Chattanooaa

The chattanco9a News calls Georgia "ths dry persimmon on the Southern sres." We'll. let us hope that the usual order of nature win not be followed and dryness be followed by decay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

Well, the Powers case is over for the time being and now we are to have the Thaw business all gone over again. There's always some III in store for poor humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
SWORN CERcULATroN.

The Montgomesy Advertiser guarantses f<s adverfisern (hnd makes q . past Of tns eontract when requested) that it's daily GIT cuIaffon is larger than that of an. mofnins s. newspaper printed in Alabama-A-and that Ms Sunday edition has the largest circuiaticn 0l any newspaper printed in Alabama. withon' exception. s....
 The figures for November printed neiow rHpres9nt the actual net circuiaefons sh " &urnn having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
ws2t ' Fair chanee.

Charleston News and Courier.
 The distress of the company (the seaboara). should impress the fact upon our own and other State Legis- latures that the railroads are not ab- sorbtng all the profits of business. It Is to De remembered that there are other railroad companies in the South which are not insolvent. which are struggling to meet their obligations, which would like to continue as "go- ing concerns" and which ask and are entitled to receive at the hands of lawmakers the same fair chance that Is given to banks, cotton mills and other corporations. Were all condi- tons peculiarly favorable to the con- duet of the railroad business, were Nthe railroads enjoying the immense pros- perity that politicians say that they enjoy and were they actually grasp ing the giutton's share of profits they are accused of grasping, not even the Seaboard Air Line could have been forced to the wall.
 The wise policy for the Legislatures to pursue towards transportation conn panies is to adopt measures tending to encourage them and to make them improve their service. What we need. especially In the South. on the passen- ger side of transportation, Is greater safety, more comfort and more con- venience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
snARoAnD RECETvERsHIP.
Ana The Evil ysTects Of Railroad
 Az 6ltI0m.

Ana Ths Evil 11ects Of Railroad Washington Post.
 The Seaboard Air Line has gone into the hands of receivers and there must be great rejoicing going on in certain sul ernatorial mansions Of the south.
 Flow on, ye foaming, bowls; flow wild and joy he dnconfined! For an head with a simple little rate law. one of .sSs. tnss Susf r sraspRs 5se Rs Ss pires' fangs to suck the peoples blood has been sfnitten. Give thanks, ye cotton planters all, and sing the praises weavers of cloth whose money and energy helped make North Carolina the second State in the Union in the man ufacture of cotton goods. For your and fire of industry as he carried your goods 0at to the world and brought you back your money. is laid low.
 It was a valorous Sesd' m truth; roads left in the South, and the good work must so on.
 For more thsa q score of years after trste @ and poor. There were not sum cieut railroads, and hence there were not sufllcisnt means for transporting the crops of the fertile soil nor for the connamodities n of the world. But capital went South and invested in railroads. It covered them with net work, and in less than 6 decade the Southern states entered upon an era of prosperity such as they had never before known, even m alavery's palnt- est days, and that era has run to this day. But now the railroads have be- come octopuses. They demand suffi- cient return for hauling freight and passengers to pay interest on the mon ey invested fin them. Therefore, they must be stamped out. Never mind If crops rot and mills lay Idle. while prosperity takes it's flight to other lands, The railroads are octopusea. and they must go.
 A~ftafaOn and ahe Seab0aRd.
 Savanna Morning News.
 If 1t he true, as stated in dispatch froh Atlanta to The Morning News that the railroad commission has de- cIded to abandon that part of its pro gram that includes the cutting of rsti- Toad rates Go the extent of S4.000.OOe ana the inaagurating of port rates na great surprise will be expressed. The | Seaboard Air Line, one of the largest \ of the railroad systems that operate | m the State. has been put Into the | hands of receivers, and it IS understood | that other roads are feeling severely | inc strain of loss of business.
 Is has never been shoWn that tht
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

The new Lick telescope can pick out a star so insignificant that 1t requires 90 900 of them put together to De Vasl- ble to the naked eye.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
UDucATrONAL CHANGES.

The Portland oresonian seems a lite tie sarcastic in speaking of the mod ern disposition to teach the useful as well as the ornamental fin the public sch ools. It says:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

EWU11ET HAFGfUWNs 2NWNOHE1NIN
  N g. Noble. Circulation Manager cf rae zrentgopaery Advertiser. being duly sworn. NAYa:
 The foregoing statement of The Adverti- aar,s circulation for the month of November aa07 fs true and correct and complied &fear ali returns from news e0ys. news agentA spoiled and lsft-over copies have been de- duoaed. E s. NOBLE. Circulation Aanager sworn to and subscribed before me this gan day of December. 1907.
 RMAIAl RIGA ALEXANDER
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07

our Thomas laughed in loud guffaws. And when one asked him what the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-30
wIRE-FENCE TIGHTENER.

sag and loop 1t is no longer attractive,
nor is it q sure means Of keeping
stock within bounds. Many devices
have been suggested and even patented
for stretching wire, but here Is q
simple little contrivance that anyone
can make In few minutes that will
do the work quickly and well. For
short spans 1t can be made Of wood,
although for heavy wires or for long
stretches 1t would be better to make it
out of iron. This little contrivance Is
about two feet long with two pins
about three inches apart at one end
Place the wire between these pins and
turn the stretcher around until the
wire is drawn tight. BY engaging the
pin at the other end Of the stretcher
the tension can be maintained while
the wire is being nailed fast With
an arrangement of this sort one man
can do rapid work alone and fix up
sagging fence in short order.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-30
Clover and Tim OfhY.

The Missouri station has conducted
very careful experiments in steer feed
ing. using different kinds Of roughage.
These experiments show that, as an
average result. bushel Of corn with
timothy hay produced 4.93 pounds Of
grain, while the same amount of corn
with clover hay produced eos pounds.
Rating the gain at the low price of five
cents per pound, the feeder gets some
thing more than eight cents per bushel
for his corn when he feeds it with
clover than when he feeds it with
timothy. Put the hay away having in
mind to feed the clover to the steers
and to all growing and all mich ami
mails, and TO sell the timothy. Good
real good-clover hay is as good for
work horses as timothy. If you don't
believe It, try it out. But the clover
must be cut early enough-when the
heads have just become real red-and
handled without much rain or dew,
and not be overcured-that means the
use of the best haying machinery. In
cidentally, the use of the best hayng
machinery means hay at less cost for
the making. Witness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-30
Fishing on Horseback.

On the California coast they fish on
horseback. After q big blow enormous
numbers of squid. are sometimes seen
washing about among the pounding
breakers When such news comes to the
town every man or boy who can beg or
borrow a horse goes galloping down to
the beach armed with a 6-foot bamboo,
mt the end Of which is a strong steel
hook They dash into the surf, and.
driving the sharp steel into the squirm-
ing jellylike creatures, haul them ashore
one by one and leave them lying high
aud dry upon the beach, pumping ink
and water, and with their long sucker
trimmed arms coilinr about like snakes,
Their flesh is good for bait. the pen, a
long opal-tnted bone which extends
from the tip of the tail to the neck,
forms the cuttIehSh bone of commerce,
and the eyes, which when dried look like
large dull pears iud a ready sale among
the curio dealers.-Fry's Magazine.
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PrncRIcal Poultry Work,

To stop hens from eating eggs put a
little vinegar or something sour in their
food.
Drop a piece Of alum In the drinking
water every two or three weeks: il
will prevent throat and lung disease.
For all cuts. wounds and ulcers use
listerine Nothing IS better for comb
injured In fighting or for any raw sur
face.
If you have not already done so, Gull
out all surplus stock. DO not waste
feed on birds that are Of no value to
you.
Adopt the plan Of making the poultry
nests and roosts movable They are
then easily taken out and cleaned
when necessary.
Glover with an ounce Of lean meat
a day will soon compel hen to Law.
Another good prescription Is fresh
meat and bone cut up with bone cut
ter.
When the hens have plenty OF sour
milk to drink every day they do not
need much ground food. Nothing
makes eggs faster, nor more OF them,
than sour milk.
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Put Humus In the Soil.

If your soil needs humus, pillow under
all the coarse manure you can get this
fall. Every farmer realizes the neces-
Sity Of having more manure. and one
way to secure it is by providing an
abundant supply OF absorbing material.
Even if there appears TO be large pro-
portion of this material in the manure,
making 1t strawy and coarse, ii can be
powed under and will answer an ex-
cellent purpose. Every effort should be
made to secure all the manure that Is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost. This manure, properly APP
piled on the meadows. should Ike worth
81 per two-horse load in the extra
amount of hay that will thus be secur-
ed from its use
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Argentina Animal Statistics.

Consul General Alban G. Snyder
sends from Buenos Ayres tabulated
list from report just issued by the
minister of agriculture showing the
numbers OF live stock in Argentina
They total 1l4,S42,44O, divided as fol.
lows: Cattle, 25,Si4,S 500; sheep, H..
Isl, 100; horses. J,4G2, no: mules and
donkeys. 54J,S7o; goats, 2,5GG,SU pigs
2,S4l, 100.
The province of Buenos Ayres con.
tans ona-half Of the live stock Of the
republic. having 100000 cattle and
100000 sheep. Entire Rios province
has 0,00G,3oO animals, Corrientes 1911.
600, and Cordoba and Santa Fe each
nearly 100000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-30
To Advance Agriculture.

With the S15.OOO,UO the United
States Department of Agriculture has
available for this years use consider
able progress should be made in agri-
cultural advancement. While all lines
Of work are to be carried out as usual,
most attention will be given the for
estry service. Forestry is one of the
more important problems now before
the American people and 1t is but
proper that it should receive first at
tention. The Department Of Agri-
culture is doing good work There
are those who belittle its efforts and
claim the money given annually for its
support is wasted, but much of the
standing agriculture enjoys to-day is
due to this division Of the government.
Let the good work go on-Exchange.
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To Make q Good CiStcrn.

An absolutely water-tight cistern
may be made as follows:
In digging, the sides should be made
smooth and true perpendicularly. For
the bottom use five parts Of clean,
coarse, sharp sand (plasterers cali it
fine gravel to one part Of cement. It
only requires to be damp enough to
work well. 1t should be thoroughly
mixed, all at one time. and be lowered
into the cistern quickly and spread
more rapidly with shovel or hoe, and
should be beat down hard and smooth
Upon this bottom foundation the
Cistern should be walled up with brick
or stone in cement to at least 6 inches
above the top Of the ground, which will
ing the bottom use one part cement to
one part sand; this is thoroughly mix
ed while dry, and then water should be
added until it is like plasterins mortar.
Dump it on the bottom about 8 inches
thick and smooth with a trowel. 1t
will soon be hard as stone. For the
sides of the cistern, which should be
done before finishing the bottom, use
equal parts Of sand and cement and
apply quickly as you would plaster a
wall. 1t is not safe to use anything
but the best Portland cement, which
costs about So barrel.
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short SUKuesftonS.

Newspapers may be used TO pad the
ironing board just as well as an old
blanket or muslin.
Soap well applied to drawer slides
will keep the drawers in furniture and
closets from sticking
If you will yarnish your linoleum
about every three months ii will last
much longer than without the coats of
varnish
Discolored cups and dishes used for
baking can be made as new 10y rubbing
the brown stains with a flannel dipped
into whiting.
When washing floors or cleaning win
dows always put few drops of parann
In the water and this will keep away
flies, moths and other insects.
The skin from boiled ham will 30
more easily removed if as soon as be-
ing taken from the boiling liquor the
ham be plunged into cold water for a
moment.
Cheese may be kept from going mOldy
by wrapping it in a cloth dipped in
vinegar aid wrung nearly dry Cover
the cloth with wrapper Of paper and
keep in a cool place.
DO not throw away the old table
cloths. When too much worn 10 use ON
the table cut into convenient size, put
narrow hem on sides and one-inch hem
on ends and see what alec, soft towels
they will make.
For grease spots on mating make Il
very thin paste with water and fuller's
earth aud apply it literally to the soiled
place Cover with a cloth and let II
dry gradually In few days the dust
can be swept off and the spot viii be
rmOved
Use all small, undeveloped or green
potatoes in soups. or hash for the un-
developed potato will not cook well and
ii often has very fiat flavor When
boiled they make good frying potatoes.
though i Is almost impossible to cream
them or make them palatable unless
mixed with other vegetables or cooked
with meat
Before cooking canned goods place In
a colander and drain Off all Juice md
rinse with cold water The seasoning
must be supplied with good fresh but
ter, milk salt and pepper Leave no
canned goods in can that has been
opened remove at once. This may rob
the vegetables Of some food value, bnt
1t u safest AID best to do so.
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HEALTH AND INCOME
Roth Kept tp on scientific Foo'

Roth kept Up on scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps one a lot
TO make money
With the loss OF health ones income
is liable to shrink If not entirely dwin.
die away
When a young lady has to make her
own living. good health is her best as
set
IL am alone In the world" writes
Chicago girl. dependent on my own
efforts for my living am n clerk
and about two years ago through close
application 10 work and boardins
house diet. became nervous inva
lid, and got SO bad off il was almost
impossible for me to stay in the ortic,
u half day At time.
"A friend suggested to me- the idea
of trying Grape Nuts, which did
making this food a large part Of al
least two meals day
To-day | am free from brain tire
dyspepsia and all the Ills Of an over
worked and improperly nourished brain
and body TO Grape Nuts | owe the
recovery Of my health, and the ability
to retain nay position and Income.
There's q Reason
Name given by Postum Co, Rattl,
Greek, Mich. Read The Road TO Well
VILE III pkgs
Ever read the above letter?
new one appears from time TO time
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
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Canned Pears.

To every three pounds of fruit allow
one and one-half pounds of sugar and Il
half pint of water. Peel pears and lay
them in cold water to keep them from
turning dark. When syrup is boiling
put in pears and cook until they are
clear and a fork will go into them
easily. Have jars standing in pan Of
hot water, carefully fill them with the
fruit Pour syrup over them, filing to
top. Seal at once.
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acres of unoccupied habitable land.
What q slim reserve that Is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
of it was disposed Of In the following
year. We cannot add to our agri-
cultural areas except by irrigation and
drainage, but we may, by intelligent
selection of crops, " scientific cultiva-
ton and by careful treatment of land,
make it produce three or four times
az much as it does at present. And
this Is the direction in which our de-
velopment should proceed, for we must
find room within the next 80 years for
doubled population according to our
undlscerning ideas. The American
farmer of the future must be man Of
broad mind and technical knowledge.