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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Soup Without a Spoon.


 Soup without a spoon seems even harder to negotiate than meat with out a fork, and we can sympathize with the complaint recorded in the diary of Felix Platter, a young Swiss, who went to Montpelier in 1852 in order to study medicine. He lodged in of the greatest doctors of his time, an ] yet writes Platter, i've were com: peiled to eat and stew in the usual french fashion-that Is to say, picking the meat out with our fingers and then drinking the broth. Tn vain we begged our hostess to let us have spoons, for not a single one was to be found in the house. the only imple- nrent on the table being large knife fastened with an iron chain. No one here seems to have ever heard of spoons. which we at home find so use- fui." Montaigne was astonished when he visited Switzerland in 1880, to find that "at all meals they put on the table as many spoons as there are people present"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
This Date in History
 July IF.

1744-Elbridge Gerry, signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in Marblehead, Mass. Died in Washington. D. C.. Nov. 23. 1874.
 igl2-Fort Michilimackinac. with a garrison of United States troops. oapitulated to the British and Indians.
 1824-Tench Coxe. the father of the cotton industry in the United States, died in Philadelphia. Born there May 22. 1755. 1654-The first party sent out under the auspices of the Massachu- setts Emigrant Aid Society left Boston for the territory of Kan sas.
 1856-Over thirty lives lost in the burning of the steamer Northern Indiana on Lake Erie. 1S62-The Confederates under Gen. Morgan captured Cynthiana. Kv. 1S9S-Three savings banks in Denver suspended. IE9S-rhe second military expedition to Manila arrived at Cavite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Senate is Lemon-SOalxed. Special to Philadelphia

Record.
 Plain. common, every day lemonade, made with simple hydrant water, non barbonated and uncolored by pink or other dyes, cost the United States Senate $401.S6 for the last twenty-four days of June and $8S.1S for the first eight days of July. If the lemonade had been pinked or fizzed the expense would have been much more.
 During Jupe the mixers used sixty four eases of lemons, costing from $3.50 to $5 a case. and containing from 300 to S60 lemons each. The value of the lemons were $27275. Seven barrels of sugar were mixed in to make the lemonade sweet. The seven barrels contained 2.512 pounds. and cost $12s.11. The total for June was S4O1.S6.
 Last year the Senate used lemona de made with charged" water and the expense was just double that of the same beverage made with plain water. The lemonade bills heretofore have nearly reached $1,000 a month.
 The first lemons bought for the Senate this year cost only $350 a casa. Within six weeks the price advanced to S750 per case, or more than double the first price. The rates have stead lily continued going up and the next batch of lemons will probably cost $9 case,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
GETTING TOO GOOD.
A Missouri Editor Hands Out a Chunk of
 Wisdom.

A Missouri Editor Hands Out Chunk of
 Wisdom.
 Editor Bodene who runs a country paper in Missouri hands out the following chunk of wisdom:
 Whatever you do. brother. don't get too good. There Is a piety that $ depressing and which immediately breai suspicion and distrust. Most every man has his faults and if our secret acts and thoughts, or even those things people know about us. but which we think they don't know about us were held up to the public. we would shrink cut to the quick, and tlee 70 hide our moral and spiritual nakedness Some of us get drunk and that's bad some of us are adul- terers, and that's bad; some of us lie like dogs, and that's worse; some peddle Vile talk, and that's worse and some of us love money better than we do truth. honor and goodness, and that's worse; some of us cheat steal and dodge our taxes. and that's "worser' still though among tho cleo: 1t Is sometimes considered a virtue But the crowning sin of all this is hard unloving heart and a soul without charity for the frailties of others, which reJoices when oth- CTS are crucified and which attempts to hide its secret joy with shifting and pious depre- cation Men dislike such people. and God despises them. No. whatever you do, don't get too good. Heaven is going to be the big surprise party to most of us."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

The withholding from the morning newspapers of Alabama by Governor Conner of his call for the extra ses- ston of the Legislature is peculiarly characteristic of the petty spite spirit of that official. He cannot separate the personalities of the Governor of a great State and of the individual In cumbent. In order to punish three newspaper opponents. he held back the news from the mass of people for twen- tv-f four hours. And yet Governor Co., mer wants the people 10 think him a. big enough man to be sent to the United States Senate. All the peo- ple can't be fooled all the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

The Dothan Home Journal delivers homiiy on present fashions in wo- mems dress, and wants 10 know 'who makes the styles" We have for gotten his name. but he lives in Gay Par-ee."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
FIoridn'. 7O-Foot Bamboo.

Garden Magazine.
 America grows in Arcadia. Fla. and Is about seventy feet high. The clump has a spread of fifty feet and ths The specimen Is only eight years old.
 This is the common bamboo of India, probably brought to south Florida from the West Indies. Tn Jamaica 1t iariy supposed to be indigenous.
 This bamboo makes an astonishing growth during our rainy season, the canes often attaining their full height in six weeks, after which they begin to put on leaves. The canes are from four to five inches in diameter at thetI base.
 Unfortunately this species cannot stand low temperatures and the speci' men in Arcadia has frequently beeA damaged by cold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Now we learn that the powers that be in New York have issued an order that women shall no longer wear liz
 ards on their hats. What next. we wonder. Are they not willing for the
 women to wear any sort of pretty things? And why put a ban on liz ards? We can appreciate efforts to prevent the destruction of birds to furnish ornaments, but are not aware of any benefit the lizards are to hu- manity; though we believe they do catch and feed on flies and other forms of insect life. At any rate they are to keep of women's hats in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

The Chattanooga Times tells us that "the only way to communicate with departed spirits is through the Fake roni route?" We don't know what that route is. unless it might be a blind tiger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

The Abbeville Times announces that prospects for a good corn and cotton crop were never better in that section than at present. That Is the kind of report we like to read.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Scu0olp Wnero ne Waa VloHu4t@A " t0s gre of a, an example of the sood rs- suits of adsptabiiity. persevsranss and determination. That graduation di- pioma was the beginning. and that II was worthily bestowed Is evidenced by the fact that few scholars of this os any other country had more degrees of honor conferred on them than he rs- ceived in this and various foreign coun- tries during the many years of his sci- entinc researches and publications, Professor Newcomb's favorite study was astronomy, and though he invest- igated and wrote of various other branches of science. the chief work of his life was the study of the heavens. and his writings on all astronomical matters won for him the highest re- spect and honor both in this -and for sign countries. Perhaps we cannot bet ter Illustrate this than by making the following extract from an article pub Iished . few years ago. written by Pro- lessor Loewy. then Director Of the Paris Observatory. He said;
 All Newcombs work followed up with rare perseverance has constantly tended to this ideal end: First. 10 ar rive at a more exact knowledge Of the magnitudes serving as points or ret- erence and then to establish the theory not only of all the planets but also or their satellites on system or con-
 as ord.r ss so masses of Neptune and Uranus and the clements of their satellites he made . series of observations of great value. M ephemerides inserted in all natutioal sl- F The Iabors which have absorbed the greatest psrt of Mewsomss s,s.,,si satiy,sy ms chanics. At the time when the great work of Leverrier had only reached the tables of Jupiter. Nemcomb pub planets furthest from us. Uranus and Neptune. These tables from the mo- | msnt of their appearance have been | used by astronomers of every country. Among the greatest triumphs of New combs career must be counted his many and fruitful researches on the
 motion of the moon. By all these in,
 ahe nstua sas theory Of the motion Of our satellite
 Only those scientific men who have
 given themselves up to analogous expenditure of physical and intellect
 uai energy which must have been nee- | essary to Newcomb in order to bring to a happy end the researches on the | four planets nearest the sun. Hence forth science will profit by the fruits of | this immense labor consisting of the | tables of the planets Mercury, Venua
 Mars and ths earth.
 i It would require colun1sas of space
 to give even g. moderate record of all
 that this great scientist accomplished.
 Old age, and the knowledge that the
 deadly cancer was preying on his vit-
 ais could not drive him from his
 life work, andihis latest book on "The
 Motions of the Moon" was completed
 only during the closing months of his
 life, when he knew that the end was very near.
 Thus has passed e''ay. r.
 and of honors Hf
 whole New W t' of whom the -.d l can truthfuly -t .."-s--- l fol him" Event .'r-. -'r tributions to scit l..~fr- .. .Yc | much space, for t r-. .a t- rpt-e e -.I in all respects s.ad full of years and .-, and both his own and his adopted country may
 well be proud of him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

If the President should undertake to visit all the cities that are inviting and proposing to invite him he will need an airship to travel in. Even then the route would be so full of curves and angles as to make his head swim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
sMoKx CIRCULATION.

The figures for May printed es,o. ...swn. resent ths actual net cireuAAsioh sN
 having been dsductsd, .,.~. t1.
 The Aontsomery Advertiser guAs..s- s,nn- AAserttsers IAnd makas h part ok VI. ..tyc,s- tract when requested) that It's oAhI sninr laticn is large. than that Of any s ss m. pswspaper printed ii. Alabams-anver nverealssion of any sditlon of any newspApsr pfshsso 'A AIabama. wttnout exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Through the Mall Bag.

Montgomery, Ala. July IS, 1909. Mir driftwood Armstrong. City. Deer sur,
 Plees subscuse dis, onseemlv ex- trusion on yo pusonel affares butt wud lak ter no de werebouts uv Rev unt Snowfall. notices a lot nv wize things he sais In yo papur an wud lak ter no i'm.
 I is cullud lady an CT widder ooman. 1 aint ov yo bloc led blonds. but butifool blak fed broonet. hay dey maw. 1 has naimed de oles 1 Ma ria Jacksin an de secun 1 Salii Drif- wood Jacksin.
 plees tel Revunt Snowfall ter rite Mie adres iz 949 Bugerhomer.
 yos troolie
 Ada Jacksin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

The Columbia State remarks that "monkeying with the umpire Is not so safe as drawing to an inside straight. |" Now we wonder what 1t means by that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

eFie- ..e sycamOres Lean. nnePe the sycamoi es lean Above the pool. Where the breezes blow And 1t Is cool. I'd like to put Dull care away And hike back there Right now-today. Far out from town To let my soul Seep joy from the Old swimming hole. While the old jay With sassy cry Sends challenge to The cat bird nigh. Where the trout leap In air so high To catch the wary Passing fly. Where the stream glides Upon its way. And sings a song So blitbe and gay. Oh take me back And let me dream Beside that dear old Winding stream. Oh take me back And let me hear The old mills chatter Ever near. Just let me wander Once again With old companions Down the lane That leads to that Fair sylvian scene. Where the tall sycamores Would lean.
 -P. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

"This paper is in favor of allowing every county in the State to vote on the whiskey question" frankly an nounces The Headland Post. The es' teemed contemporary may now expect to find itself consigned to the regions of utter darkness for that sentiment Does it not know that the people are not to be trusted?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
One of the Proudest Boasts.

Greenville Living Truth.
 one of the proudest boasts of the average AIabamian Is the fact tha 1. among the states the Supreme Court ot the State of Alabama ranks very near deep under standlng and application of the law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Nee sundny Averase. Mhy. Isss 2. .ss.ses 2 c | Frn..an. c,rcu,at,on Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. osing duly swosn' says.
 t.ssrss Circulation for the month of May. 1eoG is true ana correct cpd compiled after all returns from news boys. news egenes' &urt~d e Il FINIGAN,
 Circulation 4anasee. Ewcrn to and subscribed before me thh RIGA ALEXANDER
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
The Democratic Platform.

GaUBugH EVBHIHB JUuI HaI' It seems now that two big Demo- cratic propositions are to be inaugur- ated during Republican administra- 1 tion, An income tax and the selection | of United States Senators by direct vote of the people are both Democratic | innovations and bid far at this time to become incorporated into the su-
 preme law of the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
sermon on Good Roads

Andalusia Star.
 It Is told at Andalusia that the Pike County Commissioners wanted to ex- tend one Of their good roads Into Golf fee County for distance of four miles and pay all of the costs. Why? Be- cause 1t would draw much trade to Pike County. That's a great sermon on good roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
A Temperanee View.

+ @ A TemperaRee View. Tuscaloosa Times Gazette. .lN e1 r.
 There is to be noted that quite q dis pensary wave Is floating over the Sta6e and newspapers that formerly fought the dispensary as wildly as they now fight prohibition are beginning to think handle the liquor question. It was an admirable way to deal with liquor and
 there Is no better if liquor is to be handled at all, but the dispensary ts no no only that the realization is finally being arrived at that the open saloon Is gone
 forever and the fight Is to be mado to
 It is an old despised method that was formerly strongly condemned Time To Consider.
 The cartoons in Sundays Advertis ,r
 furnish a whole chapter of food for
 thought and reading between the lines
 we may ask whither are We. drifting ;
 boss whose administration of the States government has not been satis.
 factory. The spiritual leader and ad
 wiser of the prohibition forces who has made multi mistakes and brought rs. proach on the cause. The sins ot
 Georgia. who, like Alabama, has been lighting the developers of the State and commercial interests of the coun- ty, etc, etc, should cause us to halt. 
 The Cause of Good Roads. q. Centerville Press
 There is no trouble in securing can didates to run on the prohibition plat | form but we would like to see the | good roads question taken up. We | don't mean by scattering nand bills
 with one team pulling so many bales | of cotton. but a local campaign that will give the people better pubHs roads. As much as the country peopls | abuse the automobile, the owners ot | the machines are doing more than any one else to bring about system oI | good roads in the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Senator Aidrfch loves the consumers of the country "As the sea-dog dotes' On the small. sweet fog that around
 him floats" i ays'si.r't'a- 3fsi-. -f~'vts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

and would treat them abou, the sam. way.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03
HOME For HARVARD LAMP00N
will Be the Only College Publication
That Can Make Such Boast.

Will Be the Only College Publication
That Can Make Such Boast.
! Already distinguished as the oldest
comic paper in the United States, the
Harvard Lampoon is to have q hand
some building, giving it the honor OF
possessing the only one owned and oc-
cupied by a college publication and Of
being one of the few comic papers to
have homes Of their own.
Work has already begun on the
structure in Cambridge, Mass, so that
the handsome quarters will be ready
for '.Lampy" by next fall. An entire
block bounded by Bow, Mount Auburn
and Plympton streets will be utilized.
Edmund March Wheelwright, rs,
who was one of the founders of the
paper, now distinguished architect,
has drawn the plans in the style Of
Dutch renaissance. Nodded brick, null
Honed windows and tiled roof with
two towers give the building quaint
distinction from other college Struc-
lures. This striking clubhouse, which
lars, will, however, harmonic artis-
ttcally with its surroundings.
One Of the features will be the tow
er containing the ibis nest, an exclu-
sive apartment for the president Of
the board Of editors The ibis Is a
wise bird which interjects remarks in
the dialogue Of the by the Way" col
umn, which Is perennial feature Of
the Lampoon humor. Professor Bar
ret Wendell, II, when an editor of the
Lampoon. originated the ibis as fea-
ture Of the paper, the sagacious bird
being used as was the dog in the Eng
lish Punch.
The nest is In the western tower and
from balcony overlooks the big ban
quoting hall. Lampoon dinners will
undoubtedly Id the future be as IA
nous as those Of the past, because the
new building will have special kitch-
ems and halls for the purpose There
Is also to be a large hall for Lampoon
celebrations
That Mr.. WheelWright should be the
architect is especially fitting. since he
was not only on the first board of edi-
tors, but also designed the cover piece
for the original issue, which has be-
come a trademark
'sLampy" was born in the minds of
Ralph Wormeley Curtis, '76, and his
classmate. John T. Wheelwright, who
while attending course Of lectures on
the fine arts given by the late Charles
Eliot Norton conceived the idea of
producing college Punch" The first
number was issued Feb. 10, 1915.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03
Why the Hill Was Fiardsr.

Thomas Moffat. the new consul II
Trinidad. distinguished himself while
consul TO La GuaJra by refusing t,
sign a local document declaring The
sanitary condition Of Ell GeIayrl to hi
perfect" The town at the time was
in the grip Of the. bubonic plague.
The local authorities were angr5
with me-" said Mr. Moffat reeentlr
for opposing their stupid and baneful
policy. They said it was d benefieent
policy. but / told them that it remind
ed me in its ignorant harmfulness OF
brakeman | once knew
1.-THE man was a novice. and on his
first run there was Il very steep grade
mount. The engineer always he'd
more or less trouble to get up this
grade, but this time be came ne:.r
sticking. He almost lost his heaG
Eventually, however, he reached tht
top.
AT the station that crossed the top
looking out of his cab, the engineer
saw the new brakeman and said. with
a sigh of relief:
II tell you what, my lad. we had !,
job to get up there. didn't we?'
We certainly did said tie ne"s
brakeman, and It hadn't put tic
brake on we'd have slipped back :"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03
SHRRIEFS SALE.
No. 1o,3o6-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana:

| No. 1o,3o6-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
Oscar Gartner vs.sp. c. Richardson.
BY virtue Of writ of feri faaias to
me issued in the above numbered and
entitled suit from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, I have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, for cash
according to law, during the legal hours
for sales, at the principal front door of
court house of Caddo Parish, La, on
SATURDAY, JUNE IL, 1909.
Lots Is 10 20 of block 2, lots 2S 2o 80
of block I, lots IS If II 18 10 20 of block
7, lots Is 10 20 24 rs of block 9, lots IL
10 20 of block IL, lots IS 10 20 of block
r6, Queensborough addition to the city
of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La, as per
map recorded in conveyance book Al.
page 385, of the recorders office OF Cad
do Parish, La also lot II block D of
the Colonial Hill subdivision of Caddo
Parish, La, as per map recorded in con-
veyance book IL, page 424, of the re-
cords of Caddo Parish, La, together
with all buildings and Improvements
thereon. Also northwest quarter and
IL I-2 acres off of north side of south
west quarter section I, township 10.
range 16, Caddo Parish, La, and frae-
tDnal south half of section FL, town.
ship 18, range IS, Caddo Parish, La.
The above property seized as belong
ing to the said defendant and to be sold
to satisfy the amount specified in the
said writ, say in the sum of $a,638.24,
with S per cent per annum interest
thereon from January 80, 1906, and all
costs of suit. J. P. FLOURNOY.
Caucasian, May 9. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03
BIG SHIPS UNKNOWN SPEED.

Mauretania's Skipper Says She Has
Never Been Tuned Up to Top Notch.
Captain Pritchard Of the Mauretania
which had lowered her western record
By thirteen minutes. was In fine humor
after the big ocean liner had locked
the other day at New York.
The Mauretania has kept up a
speed OF % knots and over for nine
consecutive trips. do not believe
that any one knows the speed that
she can develop Going home on
one occasion gave the order to let
her out. This was between Queens
town and Liverpool, and the great
speed she made astonished me. +
learned later that she was not exert,
ing her full power even at that time"
The steamship left quarantine a If
tie after 6 o'clock. making another
record By docking Garlic. than on any
other trip.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03
Where the Girls Couldn't Go.

My suffragefte sisters are intensely
interesting said Miss Eleanor Rob.
son, according to Young's Magazine.
but equal rights well, | don't know
It's as the western youth put it to the
religious worker who, during the
course of a talk to men, expressed
his conviction that no young man
should visit any place to which he
would not feel justified In taking his
own sister.
{ Is there any young man present
who thinks one may safely disregard
this wise ruler asked the speaker.
.Whereupon a youth in the rear of
the hall arose ard shouted in stenio-
rian tone:
Yes, sir: dol
And what. sir demanded the an
CRY and surprised speaker, is the
place which you yourself would think.
Of visiting e. which you could NOT
take your sister?
The barber shop! replied the
youth. New York Telegram.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-03

galfne cloth and trimmed with purple
velvet collars and large brass buttons,
are very smart for porch wear cool
evenings during the warm weather.
Piques are being shown in all colors
and several widths. The new piques
are not bulky, and as few skirts are
plated this year the material lends
itself admirably to the plain gored
tailored models.
The bathing suit sketched is shapely
and smart. It is of checked black and
white silk, trimmed with bands of
black taffeta. There is white shield,
pretti1y embroidered The straight,
small sleeves are fashionable and com
Portable. JUDO GHOLLET.
This May Manfon pattern is cut in sizes
from 81 to A6 inches bust measure Send
10 cents to this office, giving number
(e232l, and It will be promptly forwarded
to you by maiIA If hi haste send an addi-
sional two cent stamp for letter postage,
which insures more prompt delivery.