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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27

Almost every day we see something In the papers about the wrong of wearing big hats in church. Perhaps ii is wrong. and then perhaps women Eiil wear Just what they please. in church or elsewhere
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
wA~t Better cstte. Price. Mean.


 Cotton and Cotton OH News. Cotton at 15 cents per pound is not relatively higher than other conimod- ities.
 pense to produce cotton than to grow wheat, corn. oats, pork, beef, hay, etc., yet all these have advanced In price as much as cotton has and many. of them have had conaparatlveiy greater ad-
 Furthermore. the advance in grain and in all kinds of breadstufrs has been more uniform and of longer duration. No other agricultural product Is sub feet to such sudden and wide fuctua- lions in price as cotton. and none can compare with cotton In the countless vicissftudes to which 1t Is exposed in coming to maturity. Cotton today Is worth about 20 per cent. more than It Ali classes of grain have had quite as great e rise In price. Meat products have been steadily go- ing higher and higher for years till Q much as a pound of cotton. while the cost of production is at least one third less than that of cotton. Wool is nearly 50 per cent. higher in two ago, and so on through the whole list of life's necessities.
 Then why afi this outcry about the enhanced price of cotton? Cotton goods
  cent basis for the raw material and manufacturers have grown rich on their dividends.
 The tempting profits of cotton manu- facturs have attracted capital and the spindlage of the world has been large ly increased within the past twelve months.
 Why should Southern cotton grow CTS dig and delve to enrich those who spin and weave the fleecy product of their eeaseless labor without enjoying an equitable proportion of the bound less wealth they create? Present prices are but the normal adjustment of the equities of produc- ton and consumption in the worlds commercial activities.
 The low price levels of the past have cramped and embarrassed the South ern cotton grower and have kept him in financial bondage.
 He Is now only coming into his own :. Cotton will In the future sell occa- sionally for less than 1t commands to- day. but the day of 6 and I cents cot ton has passed, and it's passing means the redemption of the patient and long suffering cotton producer from finan- eial bondage. It means greater pros perity for him. for the manufacturer. the merchant and for all classes. It means the dawn of brighter day. bet ter agricultural methods. greater de- veIopment in all the industries and in stitutions of, the South. and an expand Ing commerce for the whole nation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
DRIFT WOOD

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 DRIFT WOOD
 Over the Tea Caps.
 Mrs. Crouch: "one person in every thiTsyssyen Mry CrouaR in hnglanSa gnashsiP Wives must have run accounts at dry goods stores too"
 "s .ishs Is ', ,a sad spirit medium
 "she fails to keep her spirits up.-
 t4s One Way. r There are schemes and schemes OK getting at Christmas money, but the The The Atchison Globe takes the cake. We wouldn't advise any Montgomery women to try 1t. however; x that fhis little tale may carry It's warning to erring wives. mothers and daughters who are seized annually at wrapping snss ping Ii things in tissue paper ana attaching Christmas cards: An Atchi- son man who Is known to carry con ssansl sr .ns sas hsa Rssas sR st as one pointed a gun st his head the oth- snt bis geeksas dsssa es dence as to the Identity of the women. mother and daughter. and went 10 their home with , 2 policemen, piss ,,,if,;1 Tnsy story that the man. upon receiving his money. decided to make no charge against them. They sa!d they had had hS opis a list Q Of over over twenty.fivs kin to ter raekins their brains day and they they hit upon the holdup as the cas- fest worked"
 sea-Weed.
 "Possum and Plenty in AIabamai !.
 speaking of that .RepublIcan, par ty.H what's the matter with Uncle Joe Cannon? Y
 Speaking of the sugar "trust." Par.s son Snowball says no merchant wtn "trust" him for any.
 ] william T. Jerome is writing for the magazines. Wm. IT. Is determineds to keep in the public eye. ss
 This beautiful mild weather is like feather under the chin of the ice trust.
 Missouri woman who thought the sex was slandered by Kipling's de- ssrPsipn ss Ssp as has declared p0hs that man is 'brag. q drone and . tank of air" | Seumas McManus. ths ceieorAteo | Irish author, tells this story or the
 SIong ago the bat and the crow went on a voyage together and were bat was chosen to watch during the night. and then he gathered together wood from the shipwreck. made 2 raft sssessd snS ss'ed siviinayion ana dstermned t take revenge on the bat. To this end the crow still flies up, and down the
 orlS s Sat from And daE tbs Sat is copsa se walt until dark before venturins forth"
 which is of interest. A farmer says:
 T have at least half a dozen flocks of quail on my farm and l have grown They Kin the bugs in my fields in the spring and summer, in that way pay ing for all the grain they may eat In ceiient friends who like to hunt and if has been hard to make up my mind between the bird friends ana my men friends"
 In the Dream Country.
 summer skies of blue. But in the sweet dream country I'm dreaming dreams of you.
 You with golden tresses and eyes of
 azure nue. <, [ IL %
 The frost Is on the pine trees, the wintry hreexee sigh, "a, But in the sweet dream country you'll be mine by and by. And our hearts shall beat in rapture while the golden hours fly! III.
 The snowflakes flutter downward to
 dress the world in white pare for Southern flight, But I long for that dream country and your sweetheart eyes so bright! st PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27

Net Daily Average. September. isvs issa sSsIi Net Sunday AveraEe September. isss ~ <y Il Ftnlran. Circulation Manager oi ne Nontgomsry Advertiser. being duis
 fn. sor.~o,p. statement of The Adver- &ieerss cfrculation for the month of Sepes,ms s,s k<r* 1908. fs true snd correct ana eo"p nw. after all returns from news boy1 nns arents spoiied and left ever copies nave k<au deducted. ,s-..~
 c. IL FINIGAN. Circulation MAnase.s ss,.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me tnis 16th day of October, 1908. r.u.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Fuphe-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
over the Tea Cups.

Mrs. Crouch: 'One person in eysrg thirty-seven in England fs . panper
 MT. Crouch: T.Huh--thefr wivss must have run accounts at dry soods stores too"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
A sad ons
One Way

she Is sad spirit mediumE "she fails to keep her spirits up."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
Good and Healthy Living.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 The farmers are feasting on pump kins. fresh meat, collards. perstmnon beer, and other good things that fall the confines of the crowded cities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27

Jasper News.
 The average Alabama farmer consti. tutes the conservative element of the State. He is wise in his silence never foolish and will vote against the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
Better consuls Breeksie.

HuntsViIIe Mercury-Banner
 Judge Weakley denies the report that he will withdraw from the race for Governor. The Judge should not be too nasty. Governor Conner started out confidently proclaiming that a vote for the amendment Is an endorsement or my administration, and had to back water. The Judge should have a con- ference with Brooksie' before making any rash statements. g4J9f f.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27

Here is an item from the farm,
 "I have at least half dozen fiocks of quail on my farm and have grown to like the harmless little things. They kill the bugs in my fields in the spring and summer, in that way pay ing for all the grain they may eat in the winter. But also have some ex- ceiient friends who like to hunt and between the bird friends ana my men friends"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27

Remeinber, Brooks Lswrsssce safd when the Supreme Court said that your home was your castle and no man must invade 1t, that he and his crowd would find q way to get around that by put ting into your Constitution clause de- priving you of that sanctity Monday is the date they have set for this pur- pose. Freemen. will you allow 1t or sanction it by your voter
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

Many good things for your table are
now obtainable at Hotel Coburn Mar
ket.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Clough have
been passing portion of the week in
Portland.
Mrs. E. E. Greenwood and Miss
S. Madeline Ward were sightseeing at
Augusta, yesterday.
Miss Julia Coburn of Concord,
Mass, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. T. Pooler.
Henry Forsythe of The Forks, a
well known guide of that plantation,
is in town for few days this week.
Mrs. W. II. Wildes went to Portland
last Monday and is the guest in that
city of her sister, Mrs. Walter Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Norton arrived
home last evening on the late train
from brief vacation trip to Massa-
chusetts.
Miss Henrietta E. Merrill of Gardi-
ner has been passing the week in
town as the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Emerson.
j. E. Downs, chairman of the
board of selectmen of the town of
Smithfield, was in Skowhegan on
business, Monday.
Walter B. Fletcher was called to
Wilton on Friday of last week to at
tend the funeral of his brother-in-
law, DIR. A. B. Adams.
Ernest A. Rowell went to Bruins
wick last week to visit his brother,
Harold, a member of the class of
1910 at Bowdoi College.
Mrs. Edward March returned to her
home in Bridgton last Friday after a
weeks visit here as the guest Of her
sister, Mrs. G. II. Chute.
Miss Bertha Thompson is passing
this week in Augusta as the guest of
her father, Frank Thompson, repre-
sentative from this town.
Among the items of freight received
at the Skowhegan station this, week
is one shipment of 300 tons of coal
for the Lewis Coal Company.
Mrs. George O. Smith arrived here
Pom Washington, D. c., last night
for weeks visit at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Helen S. Coburn.
There will be smoke talk and en-
tertainment at the rooms of the A. o.
U. W, given under their auspices,
Friday night, March 10, to which all
members are invited.
An unusual number of Somerset
county young women, students at the
Pennington Normal School, took the
train here Monday morning, after
passing brief vacations at their sever
al homes. Among them were Misses
Nina Buzzell, Margaret Fox and Belva
Bush of Athens, Nettie Pollard of
Cornville and Marcia Steel of North
Madison.
S. w. Philbrick of this place be-
comes an owner of an extensive tract
of Somerset county timberland, by a
transaction recently made public
The area in question is in the planta
ton of Dennistown and involves about
5000 acres constituting about one
third of the plantation named. The
conveyance was made by Mrs. Clyde
H. Smith.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

sp buckets and syrup cans, a COM
70 stock at Blunt Hardware Co.'S.
eautiful new colored postcards OF
municipal Building, at Bucknam's
e store.
'ompt service, ard quality guar
eeo' on everything you buy at
lpson's market.
r.. Moore continues the business
'elsh and carriage painting, Sec
moor of his repository, Water st.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18
..w ADVERTISEMENTS

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and and g. Cover
uinra-S. n. Dixon
r. Jewett
$ s%.scFaffec - y {: /. R.
IsosSnslts-W. P: Ordway
fT ~. o rr'sure-S. RusslkoH
klen,aJs.success Magazine
nl.ssunre,-E. +. Fair brother
suair sbnent f. A. Rollins
Pye Notwithstanding LORD
pdei ptarr,eessVPortland Pub. Co
fily-,,nt N otlces-J. e. Hewey
Pnki, fSotices-Nathan Fowler
fooaiEs ,nish-Blunt Hardware Co.
|ooI i,a 'ti A sso-Co'operative store
fow. 90 p ~ rrture Machine-E. Gallant
pvlnsr ixotice-Town OF Skowhegan
sss sS;ssT'iai sf Rafsr
Ptce - ,ar Rottles-Sampson d Avore
tta Ma opera House-strauss Co.
owhaeeE- ~ richardson Manufacturing Co.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

Beautiful new colored postcards of
the Municipal Building, at Bucknam's
drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

WANTED-SuCEss MAGAZINE requires the
service of a man in Skowhegan to look after
business by means of special methods unus-
ually effective; position permanent; prefer
one with experience, but would consider any
applicant with good natural qualifications;
salary S1.50 per day, with commission option.
Address with reference r.. {. Peacock, Room
1872, Success Magazine Bldg, New Iord.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

Life and Income Insurance in
the great Equitable Co. of n.
Y. strongest in the world)
Sold by
E. F. FAIRBROTHER, Agent
Skowhegan, Me. 3mosl1
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18
OVercOats

Matchless values in oyercoats for the
remainder of season. All wool beaver
Block Blue and Oxford. Keney's
Millions fancy browns and olive
shades. Our overcoat business is
built exclusively on its merits. No
greater bargains has ever been placed
before the clothing buyers of Somer-
set County.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18
$6 to SIS

"BOSTONETTE'' Raincoats are too well
known for Us to dwell at length on their his
story. Today they are better than ever
chock fun Of style and snap-cevely made
splendid patterns and OF a recognized merit
that required years and years e10 &1E
TO build, prices per garment PAO %A0
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

Astonishing Bargains in suits to close
Broken lots. We name low prices on
dependable men and young mems
suits. They are made from the best
material on the best machinery that
money can buy, by well paid work
people, and in clean and sanitary
work shops, under expert superin-
tendence. They are permanently
made and have many features that
are not found in ordinary ready to-
wear suits
The Somerset reporter., 1909-03-18

See our new line of wash
goods, never SO pretty as this
season.
Our new suits are coming
in.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02

a clearing. We found ourselves at
the rear of a great sugar-cane planta-
ton, and skirting this We made our
way to Tree Sebas, where the Fiske
Company, of New York, have planted
the largest orange grove in the world.
Now we were on familiar ground, and
following the fence bounding the
grove we bore our burden until we
reached a cross country road which
took US through the guinea grass to
our own home, at which place, later
on, with aching shoulder and weary
feet but the lightest of light hearts,
We ioyfully entered the gateway and
rested from our labors.-Forest and
Stream.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
500 Reward. 800

The readers ofthis paper will be pleased tc
learn thai there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to curein al
its stages land that is Catarrh. Hall'sCatarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure nowknown to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
st1tutional disease requires 3 constitutional
treatment. Hall Cure is tax en- re
nally acting directly u pom theblood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution Il assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much faith
in its curative powers that they offer one
Hundred ollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list Of testimonials. Address
FL. CRENAYd Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Drusgis s, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
RUSSIAN VILLAGE FIRES.
Edict by Which a Governor Hoped
to End Loss of Life and PROPERTY,

| The present is the season of vii
lage contlagrations which annually de-
stroy thousands of the peasants
wooden houses. and besides running
whole communities involve no small
! loss of fire.
Given the intense heat which rem
ders tn wooden novels inflammable
as touch-wo3d at the end of the sum
mer ard the inevitable custom Of
every village that the ablebodied of
| both sexes spend all the hours Of
daylight in the fields gatherings in
the harvest, it would seem that moth
ing can be done to put an end to
this terrible scourge.
Children and the helpless aged are
locked up or locked out, as the case
may be, for the entire day. and are
left to shift for themselves. If one
howell takes fire nothing can save the
whole village. The zemstvos have
been fighting for a generation with
this danger by the rational method
of assisting peasants to roof their
novels with iron instead Of straw,
establish fire brigades, ETC., but the
process is a slow one.
Much amusement is being caused
by an administrative attempt to deal
with the evil in the good old way.
The. Governor of POltava has issued
fiat that any peasant leaving chill
dren without supervision shall be
fined ,e30 (Which is thrice the ave-
rage amount of annual taxation, col
lected with 50 much difficulty from
an impoverished classD or be i'm /
prisoned for three months.
The administrative ORDER" issued 7
under the provisions of martial law
is typical of much that is being done F
by incompetent provincial governors
without the sanction and too frequent
ly without the knowledge of their
central organs of government. AS is
pointed out, if no fire occurs not one
case in 10000 of children being left
alone at home will ever come to light,
and in any case the harvest must be
and can only be garnered
~ every ablebodieG man and woman
working sixteen and eighteen hours
| day in the fields, which may be any
hing from one mile to ten miles
WAY from their homes.-St. Peters
)urg correspondence London Stan.
lard
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
SOCIETY BELOW STAIRS.
Hotels Have to Provide for Several
Different Strata

In the furnishing and fitting of some
OF the new apartments and apart
ment hotels several interesting fea-
lures have been under discussion. In
other days, in the old class of such
buildings in this city, a dining room
for children and servants was con-
sidered sufficient for all requirements.
To-Day in building a hotel there
must be succession of dining rooms.
The ladies' maids and Wallets Of the
guests will not dine with the help
of the house, and the chambermaids,
according to etiquette of high life
below stairs, will not sit down with
the scrub woman, and in some places
will also decline to eat at the same
table as the bellboys.
The clerks, telephone girls and nu-
merous other members of the staff
form another set. At some of the
hotels the clerks are served in the
cafe, but it has been found that it
is better that the clerical force and
the housekeeper and the different
heads of departments have dining
room of their own
The chauffeur still remains an indie
finite proposition, says Town and
Country. Until lately he has declined |
in private houses to be classed as a !
servant and only last year there was
a protest about his wearing livery. /
1t is quite a Ia mode this season |
to register at resort hotel "Mr |
and Mrs. - and chauffeur" just /
as it has been maid or "manser-
want on the outgoing ships.
Another question is concerning the
size of bathtubs. Many people de-
light in large size tub and this
was one of the great attractions of
the old Windsor Hotel The tubs, al
though of the old style with wood and
metal, were at least three feet deep.
The new porcelain tubs are shallow,
Ind narrow and only the small sized
" average sized person can enjoy a
bath in one.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
TO REMOVE MOTHS FROM FURNI
TURE

Moths can be exterminated or driv.
en- from upholstered work by sprink
ling it with benzine The benzine is
put in a small watering pot such as
used for sprinkling house plants. 1t
does not spot the most delicate silk
and the unpleasant odor passes off in
an hour or two in the air. Care must
be used not to carry On this work
near fire or fame. as the vapor of
benzine is very inffammable. 1t is
said that a little spirits of turpentfne
added to the water with which floors
are washed will prevent the ravages
of mothS.-Boston Pest
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM MAR
BILE

Mix together IL pound soda. 1-2
pound of soft soap and l pound whit
ing Boil them until they become as
thick as paste and let it cool. Before
it is quite cold spread it over the sur
face of the marble and leave it at
least a whole day. Use soft water
to wash it off and rub it we'll with
soft cloth. For black marble nothing
is better than spirits of turpentine.
Another paste answers the same pur-
pose: Take parts of soda. of pum-
ice stone and l of finely-powdered
chalk. Sift these through fine sieve
and mix them into paste with water
Rub this well all over the marble and
the stains will be removed. Then
wash with soap and water-Boston
Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
A WIRE CUPBOARD.

A very useful thing in the summer
and winter as Wells a wire cup
board. Have the doors covered with
wire netting to keep pies, jellies, etc.
from mice. flies, etc.
New. when apples. either canned or
evaDorated, are so tasteless. it is a
great Improvement in making pies,
cup sugar. white or brown. 1-3 cup
vinegar, boil to syrup and add, with
spice as desired.-Boston Pest
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
BUYING BEEF.

The meat question has been heav,
one. Now that cold weather is ap
preaching you may find this sugges
ton of value if you have large fam
lilies: Buy a rump of beef. Any re-
tail grocer will sell you one pretty
near cost. If you do not understand
cutting meat have the grocer cut off
several pounds of steak and 1 or
roasts. What is left will not be diff
cult for you to manage. All the odds
and ends use in stews. Thus you will
get the best Of beef at less than half
price.-Roston Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
RECIPES.

Maple Parfait.-Into - cup OF
maple syrup stir weH-beaten eggs
heat slowly until it thickens as much
as it will; when cold add ! cup Of
cream whipped stiff, and put into a
pound baking powder can: pack in
ice and salt 3 hours.
Corn Oysters.-Take I cup of can
ned corn. add 2 tablespoons Of cream,
1 weH-beaten egg. IA teaspoon of
salt. Is teaspoon of white pepper, IL
cup of -four; mix we'll, drop by small
spoonfuls into equal parts of hot lard
and butter. and fry slowly until nice
ly Drowned on both sides.
Beef Loaf.-One0 and one-half
pounds of hamburger steak, crack
ers rolled fine, egg. 1~teaspoonful
salt, 1 teaspoonful pepper, IA cup
boiling water, IL cup of milk, 2 tea
spoons sage Cook 1 IL hours.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
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MAMMY'S DUST CAP.

Buy a scent colored handkerchief,
tie knot in each corner, to make cap
shade. to fit the head When placed
on the head turn each corner in I'M
derneath and you will have a dust
cap easy made and easily washed, jusc
like nanny used to wear.-Boston
Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
TO CLEAN SIT YER

If silver be immersed over night in
sour milk and afterwards thoroughly
washed i'll clear cold water it viii
readily polish with the chamois skin.
thus saving the wear cf the silver by
securing and the time and strength
OF the cleaner. Were the silver wash
ed in suds at first it would be black
ened.-Boston Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02
A SIMPLE JOSS STICK HOLDER

If one becomes tired of holding the
useful joss sticks and desires cheap
holder. obtain cake of laundry soap,
insert the ends of the sticks into
same and convenient holder is east
ly made. This can be placed in diff
ferent places about piazza or ratings.
Boston Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02

Hicks Capudine Cures Women's
Monthly Pains, Backache, Nervousness
and Headache. It's Liquid Effects imme-
dlately. Prescribed by physicians with best
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-02

There's nothing that will help you
to lead Others more than being able
to look back over a right life your
self