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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

We do not know of course how all of them feel about it, but the prospect of no special session of the Legisla- lure will be exceedingly pleasant to some of the members. They've had enough of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

President Taft, they tell us Is work ing to procure reduced tarin rates on the necessities of life. If this is true 1t Is very much to his credit, but 1t is to be feared that he will not have the success he ought. There are too many powerful interests on the other side. we fear. for even a President to suc- eeed against.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

Congressman Edwards. of Georgia. worried by newspaper 1olts and crit icisms, recently remarked that he had "rather De Balasn's ass than a Con- sressman." Well, there are men in Congress who are not much improve ment on that historic donkey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

And so poor Castro is politely told to go way back and sit down. and is not to play in Venezuelas back yard any more, They don't want the little man to have any fun at all whatever. He'd better come over and join chances with Colonel c, Snake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

The Washington correspondent of The Richmond Journal calls the Payne tarin bill "a sleep p-producer." All the same. some features of 1t will be like ly to be sleep-disturbers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

Straw hats and mint juleps are due about the same time in this part of the world. The straw hats are here. but.--Montgomery Advertiser. But what?-Coiumbus Ledger.
 But the mint ain't ripe, goosey!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
MIssosri Chivairy.

Last week, while on a visit at Hale. J. F. Harris was out reviewing the
 little city and stepped into one of the leading stores Among other things in the store is a model representing q young lady dressed in the height of fashion. On either side of this fair model Is a swinging mirror. Just as Uncle Joe was passing the glasses moved. . little and,. as. be supposed 1t he quickly faced about, tipped his hat and bowed so low that his friends fear he sprained his spinal column.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
syT0RN CALCULATION

The figures for February printed neiow represent the actual net eircuistfon' sh
 turns having been deducted. ,.
 The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees ns Advertisers {and makes 1t part or the con fion is larger than that of any mornins newsp1eef printed in AiAcana@-and tnss tss r. sunday edition has the largest encu.v e 9n of any edition of any newspaper prnseo !" Alabama without exception. ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

e T. Finigan, Circulation Manager of Tho Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- Glser's circulation for the month Of Feb ,ruary. 1908, is true and correct. and compiI- ed after all returns from news boyss news C. L FINIGAN.
 Circulation Managef. sworn to and subscribed before me this 'A - RIGA ALEXANDER, Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

During the coming financial year (July 1 to June Sol, London will ex- pend Sis,es0,s2B for elementary ana s4 T2s.el0 for higher education. a to- tai of s24.72O,435.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

Flour is continually rising. That's what the cook wants 1t to do. but not fin price. as it is doing these days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

On January Canada was shelter ing 3s.25s Ortsntala. including i7,2S9 Chinese, i5.Szs Japaneae and s.i71 In- dians Canada has made Bpitish sub- jects of 7,472 Orientals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

We saw . girl the other night who looked ike she had taken a daschund Instead of a rat and wrapped tuto the folds of her hair
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

Young man. if you must marry, mar ao that you can have q year to save up in for those fine feathers that make hne birds on Easier Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

"A cynie." says Life. "rs one who blondes" Any natural blondesT Suet let the fcynics come to Montgomery, the home of bIonde-angeIs, and fAey will quickly change their tnnes. here. fF%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

"Free corsets and Tree hats." demand the women of Atlanta. Who ever heard of free corsets? They are always so darn tight that you couldn't make a free movement in them if your life depended on 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

We hate to tell this. but 1t Is simply sfihiH siri Who s0 is Visiting Fer city cousin iS Montgomery in spirit of fun, began aying over the old speech 'RIch man. poor man, beggar man, thief" on the buttons on the town girls new Easter dress the other night Poor girl, there were 500 buttons and she fell over exhausted in a faint before she had gone half through.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

The noise of the peek-a- boom is once more heard in the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

An ape in the London zoo is declar- ed to be the most extraordinary ape In the world. He is baldheaded and displays almost human intelligence. America on featuring tour next sea- son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

There Is a club of young men in Boston who have lately taken to eat- ing dog meat. Cant say, however. whether they are practicing up for a polar expedition or are merely destr@ ous of change from the routine of pork and beans. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

A bullet shot upward from the earth goes up to apheleon with a retarding or decfeasing motion, but bullet a street corner and hit an, innocent pedestrian in the leg nine timas out of ten. s.sA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

A New York judge and jury wefe af
 ter a red-hearded murderer and se- lected a man with no beard at all, believing that he was the murderer wanted, and that in time his beard would of course grow. He was kept in prison nine years and, finally grew Q long. black beard. Is there any justice after all? .+. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

It looks as though the dimple in a pretty girls chin was put there for the sole purpose of causing poor Cupid to stumble. .ie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

By rubbing a cats back in the dark you will see electricity fly. By rub ping her fur the wrong way, however. you will see her claws 6y.ly'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
Concerning Women.

DR.. Spiro Sargentich, commissioner
of health at Tacoma, Wash, says tnat
army of amaZons has Dee"
trained to wage war on the Austriah
empire in Montenegro. He has :e,
Gently come from Montenegro anu
says the women are drilling every gay
and practice with their rifles ana re-
volvers. and when the war does conc
they will march side by side with ~
900 men.
1t is said that an. American woma"
hardly passes her first season III Aon
don until she can talk Of the turf any
politics, two subjects Of which she !.
comparatively ignorant in the unl.eN
States. This is due to her adap'a,
biliey. for. finding herself with those =
whom they, are interesting suD1e s.,'
she naturally seeks to become prons a,,
ent in knowledge. That is one reaso,,
of her success with Englishmen' W.
realize that she is not so deeply ~.
WINGED Of her own opinion upon '.le :.
binary subject OF life that she ~ 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
Australian Cattle Scarcity.

Consul John F. Jewell, of Melbourne,
in calling attention to the prices of
meat in Victoria. reports that the fat
tening of cattle for the market will re-
quire some changes in order to main
tain full supply.
Owing to recent drouth conditions in
the southern portion of Australia the
present prices of meat in Melbourne
are the highest ever known in the
State of Victoria, and are said to be in
excess of the prices ruling in London,
to which large exports are made from
here. Steak is now quoted at from
20 to 25 cents a pound, pork at 20 cents
and legs of mutton at 10 cents pound.
The chief inspector of stock for the
state expresses the opinion that if one
of the largest freezing companies here
had not stored $4,000 carcasses of
mutton and 1000 carcasses of beet
there would have been a meat famine
in Melbourne during the week of the
visit of the American fleet. The sup
ply of beef for Melbourne consumption
for some time past has only been
maintained by trucking bullocks by rail
some twelve hundred miles, from
Hergott and Oodnadatta, in the centre
of Australia. after they have been
driven long distances from the north
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

insist that he is unprotected. SO it is
with the militarist. No nation has ever
vet voted appropriations sufficient t"
quiet his uneasy heart. England's for
mula of naval strength has for some
time been: The British navy in capital
ships must equal the next two strong
est navies, plus 10 per cent. But not
withstanding the British navy is to-
day in battle ships and cruisers and
torpedo boats almost equal TO the next
three strongest navies, never has Eng
lands security been 50 precarious, ac-
ccrding to ner greatest military experts
as today. 1t has been discovered at
the eleventh hour that her mighty ma
w is no safeguard at all, unless backed
up by citizen army of at least 1.000.-
900 men. 1t was once the aim to pro-
tect England against probable comb
nations against her. The ambition now
is to protect her against all possible
combinations. In the words of high
authority in the British army, she must
protect herself against not only the
dangers she has any reason to expect,
but also against those WHICH nobody
eXpects.--March Atlantic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
WAKING UP A BEAR.
How a Trapper Put an End to Bruins
Winter Nap.

Old trapperS often smile when | tell
them my husband killed d bear in mid
winter when the snow was 10 feet deep.
1t was along in the first days of Feb
ruary and we were thinking about
spring, though spring was long time
off yet.
The days We're beginning to get
warmer, the snow had all fallen from
the trees leaving them fresher green.
NV husband was building bear pens
against the time when the bears should
appear ir the spring. He had made sew
eral in different parts of the woods,
and on this morning took up his AK
and rifle and set out to the north of
the cabin. He ascended steep little
hill that lay nearest to the range and
prospected around a hugh fallen tree
with upturnad roots. The snow was
crusted quite hard and there was no
difficulty in walking upon it. AS he
rounded the end of the tree, his foot
broke into 4 cavity.
1t rested upon something soft. there
was a surprised grunt and hasty
scrambling upon the part of some ami
NAL that was very much alive. My
ili9Ddhu ioSt lillit lHiit III IuiiiiS us
leg out of the hole, and when he peer
ed down into the dark cavity his gaze
met that of {, pair of small beedy eyes.
In another instant the animal thrust
his head out of the hole and announc-
ed himself bear. the fist awake. I He
was making effective efforts at extr-
eating himself when my husband be-
thought himself of the rifle strapped to
his back
TO unsling the weapon and shoot the
bear was the work of but an instant
He proved to be n young male with
long. black fur that was glossy and
fine as silk The flesh. too. was fat and
made a welcome addition to our larder
which by that time was growing scant
Forest and Stream
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
ROAD BUILDING TO MUSIC.
How Maj. kennon Got Work Out of
FiIipinos.

Maj. L. W. V. Kennon, now COM
handing a battalion of the 10th Infau-
try at Fort Benjamin Harrison. in
building the famous Benguet road
through the mountains of northern
Luzon. Philippine Islands, accomplished
q feat called humanity impossible. II
TOOK music, money and a mOngrel army
of 1000 men to do it. but Benguet road
stands today one OF the remarkable
highways of the world.
Maj. kennon's army of 1000 road
builders rested only Sunday. For ten
hours of each day they forged ahead.
Sunday they rested in their quarters,
houses built of poles and grass. They
amused themselves with dances. cards
and games that appealed to the different
nationalities. Maj. Kennon introduced
music as one of the attractions along
his lonely highway He is known for
his resourcefulness, and he does not
deny that he used music to get better
work out of the pleasure loving
F'ilippinos and other orientals. They
did not like to work. and when they
did it was with slow, sluggish move
ment.
One day Maj. kennon decided to try
music as an impetus to zeal He as
sembled his band. made up of men
of all nations, and ordered it to move
quietly and secretly to a place where
several hundred Filipinos We're engaged
in drilling holes in the canon walls.
The band stole up behind the slow
going drillers and suddenly struck up a
favorite oriental air. Instantly the
Filipinos caught the spirit of the music
and began to beat their drills against
the rock in rhythm.
The result was more than surprise
to the resourceful Kennon. He kept
that band busy after that 1t followed
the Filipinos along the way and played
wherever they worked From laborers
worth about 10 cents a day he de-
veloped them into musical machines
that worked to drum beats. Maj.
Kennon insists that his band saved the
Philippine government thousands of
dollars.
A bet had been made between Maj
Kennon and his foreman on one side
and the members of the Philippine
commission on the other side that the
road would not be open by January 81
1905. The story of the bet was borne
from tongue to tongue along the road
Maj. kennon promised each man a
cigar if they won the bet. The effect
was good. The army OF 1000 bent tc
their work, there being a man to every
seven feet of the road on the last lar
into Baguio. January 80, two days be-
fore the expiration of the wager. Maj
KennOn rode into Baguio in a carriage
He was received there as a prince re-
turned. There was a great celebration
and all the men in the Kennon army
smoked good cigar marked 1.-THE
Kennon Special" each with a labe
bearing the ma or's Observation-Disclosures
polls News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

an exceptionally good season has been
exnerienced. An inspection of these
cattle proved them to be in as good
condition as though they had walked
TO market from ranches thirty or forty
miles away.
The impression in the trade is that
beef will be dear in Melbourne for an
indefinite period, and among the fac-
tors expected to maintain high prices
are the outlet for Queensland and
Northern Australian frozen meat in
foreign markets, and that in this state
grazing areas have rarely if ever
carried smaller herds, owing to the
fact that butter making and lamb rails
ing nav better than fattening cattle.
1t is being realized that the present
system in Australia of fattening cattle
entirely upon natural pastures. when
takes from four to five years, VIII re-
uuire modification in at least Inc
southern portion of the continent, In
the direction of the feeding methods
adopted in the United States and other
large beef producing countries The
grass fattening methods followed here
are the same as in the old days, when
enormous tracts of splendid grass lands
were available and the beef market
limited to local requirements. A large
export trade has now been Developed
and the best class of land formerly
used for grazing purposes is peinS
utilized in more profitable industries
and the necessity is therefore arising
for the adoption of the shorter process
OF using fodder in preparing cattle for
market=ConSular Report.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
JEWEL AS A MISSILE.
Romance Of Sea-Blue Topaz on Sale
in London.

A magnificent crystal. which. it is
claimed, is the largest blue topaz of
the last century. is offered for sale at
the price G200 at the Queensland gov
eminent office, in the Strand, where a
collection of antipodean products,
which were displayed at the Franco
British exhibition. is now on view.
The queen took a special interest in
the stone when her majesty visited
the exhibition, and observed to one of
the officials: what a beautiful thing
it is. 1t is like a drop of limpid sea
water" The stone is a true seabue
color
Maj. ]. Fl. Sankey. who is in charge
of the Strand exhibit. told the roman
tic history Of the stone.
at was discovered by Prof. Skertch-
ley. the eminent geologist," said Maj.
Sankey. 1.-The professor. while jour
neyins in North Queensland. happened
one day on 4 miners camp after a long
and weary tramp. Entering a hut for
rest and refreshment, while chatting
with his mining host. his eye fell on
the crystal where it lay, near to hand.
on chest
He remarked on it's beauty. and was
surprised when the miner told him that
the stone lay there to be used as a
missile in case dog should come in
after the meat.
Seeing that the professor thought
something of the stone, the miner
laughing told he could put it into his
pocket for all he cared. So Prof
Skertchley took the stone away to
brisbane. where ne had it cut down in
to the gem IS seen at present.
1.-THE miners missile once came very
near being the priced possession OF
the king, and perhaps of figuring
prominently among the crown Jewels
A little while before the date first fixed
for the coronation his majesty, hearing
of the professors blue topaz, appoint
ed day when he might inspect it
with a view to it's purchase.
But the kings sudden attack of i'll
ness, which postponed his coronation
also put off indefinitely the appoint
| mont his majesty had made, and 81
the seablue gem still reposes on it.
white silk cushion at the Queensland
office.-London Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
WORK FOR THE MAGNET.
How Its Lifting Powers Have Beer
Developed.

The magnet that boys of yesterday
used for a toy. today as men they are
employing as a useful instrument in
their workshops. Within the last few
years, particularly, as w. Frank Nc
Clure noints out, it is being adapted
to handle many shapes of metal, all
forms of iron and steel, from iron dust
to scraps, or small junk to weights of
10000 pounds. In fact, the worlds larg-
est magnet will lift as much as $4,000
pounds.
The magnet is employed to break up
imperfect castings. to hold sheets of
metal in position while they are being
rivited in the building of ships, to
lift 'sow and pigs" at the furnaces.
also as gigantic broom to sweep both
the large and small pieces of iron, and
in numerous other ways.
Half dozen kegs of nails may be
seen travelling through the air, held by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

Massachusetts newspapers are tax
ing the Old Home week idea this year
with a dash of cold water. 1t appears
though they do not say so-that the
real population of Massachusetts is
composed So largely of people whose
old homes are outside that state, and
many people whose old homes are IN
Massachusetts care so little about re-
turning to them. that the spirit of the
institution fails to manifest ltsell
among our self-satisfied neighbors on
the south. If our Bay State brethren
will possess their souls in patience for
q very few months. New Hampshire
will show them again what genuine
Old Home week reunion is like.-Man-
chester n. H., Union.
New Hampshire does it every sum-
mer, too. The Old Home Week idea has
waxed and waned in other states, but
it has never got beyond the waxing
point among the Granite hills Here IN
Maine we give the world each year an
eloquent demonstration of how not to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
Conoress in Special Session.

In the natural course of things the
6lst Congress would not have as
sembled for organization and business
until next December, but, in accord
ance with the promise made at the
Republican national convention at Chi
cago last June, q promise endorsed and
repe ated by President Taft, it has now
been assembled at once after his in
auguration, in special session for the
consideration of the tariff problem.
The present tariff has been in
operation since 1897 when it was
framed under the direction of that
master of American economic prob
lens, the late Nelson Dingley, Jr, OF
Maine.
Thee has been a growing feeling in
many sections for several years that
this tariff should be given an over
hauling and revision and this is the
work which Congress is called in spec
Isl session to accomplish. 1t is a prob
lem of no small proportions, for there
is much involved and many widely
varying opinions to be heard when it
comes to tinkerng' with the tariff, es-
prcially with a tariff under which the
country has enjoyed unprecedented
Just W hat Encouragement of the sched-
ules will be made. There will Ger
tainly be reduction of rates upon
some commodities and in all prcb-
ability a raising of the rates upon
others, and perhaps the placing upon
the tariff lists of some articles not
now to be found there. Ever present
in the problem of tariff revision is
not only the question of the protection
OF American industries, but also the
question of government revenue, for
in the natural course of things the eX-
pcnses of this great nation are in
creasing year by year and somehow
the money must be raised to meet
them.
1t is not likely that much else will
be done at this especial session except
the revision of the tariff. This is
understood to be the desire of Pres-
den; Taft and probably his wishes will
be respected. During the next few
weeks the papers will be full of tariff
discussions as the various schedules
are reported from the committee and
debated in Congress, first i'm the House
and then in the Senate. AS the tariff
bill will not reach the Senate before
the middle of April at the earliest
it remains to be seen how the upper
branch will pass the intervening
period Then. when the bill goes to
the Senate the House will find time
hanging heavy on it's hands for an
indefinite period.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16
Maine Gossip
In the Attic.

Here in the muSty attic air.
Where gray webs culver to and fro,
l slowly climb the creaking stair
l knew SO we'll in time ago.
And there beside the papered pane.
Where sunlight shifts its misty rays,
1 find an old friend once again,
The trunde bed of childhood days.
o trundle small. I hold so dear.
Half hidden in your nut brown wood;
The soft gray dust OF yesteryear
Has draped you in velvet hood.
The spiders toll with steady zeal,
And as they swiftly rise and fall
They link you with the spinning wheel
That rests beside the moldy wall.
O treasured friend of other days
What memories you now awake;
l watch lin dream) the suns last rays,
And figures weird the shadows make,
And once again I'm tucked away
A laughing. rompinS, quilted heap.
And hear once more through twilight
gray.
A dear voice singing me to sleep.
New York Sun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

About this time the Philadelphia
papers are saying things about Senator
Lafollctte of Wisconsin. 1t appears
that in the paper which he publishes
Senator Lafollcttc made the statement
that Pennsylvania has Il debt of Si9,-
600 900 and that its financial condition
is so bad that the sensible thing would
be to turn it over into the hands of
receivers. AS a matter of fact
Pennsylvania is wholly free from debt
and has not one cent of deficit No
state in the Union is in a better
financial condition. and naturally it
rescnts being slandered and held up
TO the country in a false light.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

Nevada gets into the newspapers
again. Little has been heard from it
since il wanted to go to war with
Japan. but now it gains new promin-
cnce ut the hands of William Jennings
Bryan. During the campaign Mr..
Bryan offered Il mule which somebody
had given him to the county showing
the largest Democratic percentage OF
gain over the 1904 election. 1t is now
announced that this gift will be be-
slowed upon Esmeralda county in
Nevada, which cast $50 votes for
Parker in 1904 and 2436 for Bryan in
1908, a gain or over 500 per cent. If
Esmeralda county is wise it will not
look this gift mule in the heels.