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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
4 Great Legislature Needed.
SIX MEALS A DAY.
Final Luncheon Served at Il Oselech
 Fortiiies Nature for the LSng, Radiant Nfghti

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 we came to. know typical Norwegian households, with their wholesome. se- rene atmosphere" writes Caroline Thurber in a pleasant narrative of "A Motor Invasion of Norway" in the Christmas Century.
 Long evenings were spent among musicians. lovers of Grieg who inter- preted his strange music for us as only Norwegians can. We learned much of the intimate and personal side of Ibsen and Bjornson from their own friends. and were made familiar with the art ists who are making a name for the young northern school of painting.
 From the children in these homes we had glowing descriptions of the famed winter sports--ski- and coasting down the mountain side and through the forests about Christiania, under electric lights, when. at the hour for eating. the snow about the quaint log hotel at Holmenkolien is planted so close with skis stuck upright In the snow as to look like some new kind of colossal poreupine.
 Among the well-to-do in Norway the frequency of meals and lighter res treatments is something startling, d least to the average American-break> fast at g, dinner at 8, coffee at 3:30 regular tea with many dishes in Eng fish style at 4:30. supper at 2. and at II nature is finally fortified with fur ther nutriment for the long. radiant night.
 These long, radiant nights, by the way. are constant peril to Christiania- They encourage many worms of dissi- patton and immortality, much as the corresponding darkness of the long winter brings in its train a certain sordid Impressions. both mental and physical."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
M,lilner'. Cute Scheme.

New ! QTk sun.
 q doubt If any other milliner ever worked up a trade the way did" said the prosperous young woman. trimmed a dozen stunning hats and took them to first-class photographers said Many of your subjects no doubt wish to be photographed with hats on, The chances are that their own hats are not particularly be- coming. You may want to substitute something of your own. Please try my hats. They will make the plain est woman look like an angel, I do not want you to buy them I only want to leave them here, and then when your patrons ask where they can buy such lovely hats please send them to me.
 'The photographers agreed to do so, I had not overestimated my skill Every woman who was photographed none of my hats wanted to buy it Of course those hats were not for sale, but the photographers gave my name and address. ana I did the rest"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
GREATER BIRMINGHAM IN FACT


 Alabamians generally rejoice that Birmingham has passed her various troubles and Is now in fact Greater Birmingham The Advertiser congrat- ulates the citizens of fine public spir- It who made the fight and continued to make the fight for the greater city until victory had been achieved. Bir- mingham Is city in which the en- tire State feels a pride. and its ex- tension and development is a matter for congratulations by all citizens of Alabama.
 We trust that when the census is taken next year that Birmingham will show up as having the largest popu- lation of any Southern city with two possible exceptions. New Orleans and Louisville, Hopes for such high rank for the city are well founded and The Advertiser trusts that Greater Bir- mingham will show the full popula- tion claimed for, by her most san guine citizens.
 Montgomery in the midst of her growth and prosperity joins in the wishes for bigger and greater Birmingham. which will be in popu- lation not only the chief city of Ala ibama. but ultimately the chief city of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

ernor to constable. will be the slogan. There wiil be desperate attempt to capture the Democratic Party. Thou sands of anti-amenders. with the amenders. win stand out against their schemes. The situation is serious. The amenders cannot afford to surrender We must not become indifferent and allow desperate nens backed by the liquor power os the nation. to get con- troi of the State.
 Tt is no time now to quarrel over the old issue. Prohibitfonists should get together. regardless of how they voted in the late election. Men thor oughly committed to maintaining the prohibition laws should be selected for the Legislature. If needs be that the laws be toned down at any point, let the friends of the laws, not their ene- mics. do the toning down.
 "0ranting that the election every where was, perfectly fair. thing which many will not admit, the pro hibitionists can win In a strictly Dem- ocratic primary. The facts and ng- ures of the election abundantly prove this.
 .As the writer sees 1t. there is not the least cause for discourage msnt. if the prohibition Democrats
 w. B. Crumpton..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Alabama Veneer MnIs.

MUDIIU fttBIblcTs
 During the year 1908 the veneer mills In Alabama produced 15.15O. GOO feet log scale of veneers. or this 472. 900 feet was imported mahog- any and ss2O0O feet imported Spanish cedar The other woods converted measurement; red gum 5.761.OO0. yell low pine 1900, 900. yellow poplar SSs.- GOO. white oak 247.o00. tupelo gum 5.94O,OOO, elm 114.ooo beech 6o.00O. red oak s4,0Oo, ash s6.Ooo.. magnolia 10000 The growth of this industry during 1908 has been rapid and its development logically follows the in- creasing cost and growing scarcity of timber Domestic woods supply nearly s95 per cent. of the woods con stunned in the industry in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

We don't know what effect 1t may have. but at least the newspapers of the South are doing their part in the way of advocating more attention on the part of the farmers to grain and meat production. The farmers are supposed to know their own business but sometimes the newspaper man knows more about outside conditions. and one thing we do really know is that meat and bread are higher than they should be in a country SO fav- ored as ours. We can't eat cotton seed. though we do have to eat the oil made from them, but we can eat and enjoy good corn-bread and hog meat. and we hope the farmers will take steps to bring these neeessaries of lise dowss few pegs. Can't they see the good of it7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

allowed to leave the country . free man he can so to some European country ana enjoy, his iii-gettsn sains. However he goes, and whatever may be his future. Nicaragua is wsli rid of him.
 In view of all the conditions and circumstances 1t may well bA asked if Nicaragua is likely to bs bsttsrsd by the substitution of another zelAya. 1t is not known at this writing who lis to succeed the retiring diotstor. It may be one of the same brand who will follow the footsteps of his prede- cessor. or It may be an upright, we'll meaning man who will endeavor to give the people good government but could he succeed7 It is one of the characteristics of most of these Gen. tral and South American countries that the people are not qualified for self government. The population is of such a mixed and inconsruous charac- ter that quiet, orderly government seems out of the question for any con- siderable time. Disorder and revoiu- tion are more to their taste. and there is always to be found some aspiring and ambitious character ready to lead a revolt. In any case. no one need feel surprise if matters are not im- proved.
 Whatever may be in the future ;or Nicaragua t Is not likely that zelaya will be q factor in it. Our govern ment may allow him to leave the country and have done with him. or it may decide to mold him responsible for the murder of American citizens. That is for the future to decide, but as for himself 1t is plain that he Is down and out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
No Political Masquerading.

The fact that the Anti-Saloon League will shortly start a daily pa- per in Birmingham Is proof positive that we may look for another fight in the near future along the same lines laid down bv the Anti-Saloon League in the fight just past and in which to be seen whether the nght they are now making will not be for the pur- pose of disrupting the Democratic Party and laying a foundation for or ganizing the Prohibition Party in AIabama. If this be so 1t will be well for the people to have their candidates declare themselves as to their politi- cal status. Let us have no masquer- ading in politics. If a candidate Is a cratic platform, let him say so, if he is not a Democrat and proposes to follow other party platforms let him be equally as candid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Land Prices.

Birmingham Ledger.
 In a Selma paper this week is an advertisement offering $40 acres of land in Marengo County on the river at S4.50 an acre, A few acres are cleared. with house on 1t. We quote the advertisement as an evidence of what The Birmingham Ledger has said of the land prices in Alabama. Here is an immense tract of timbered land immediately on the river offered at the price of five or six trees per acre. The Ledger has never seen this land. but even if it be a swamp with fairly good timber 1t Is worth three times the price asked for 1t. It Is q shame to sell any land with as much as ten good trees on an acre for $4.50. The trees are worth that.
 It takes time to drill the idea into our heads that land has any value, then it Is difficult to convince us that trees have any value. and even the combination of land with timber on 1t and a house, even a cabin. Is offered at price that is equivalent to giving away the land and house. The owner, with proper advertising. could get $10 an acre for the timber and have his land still in hand.
 No State can be called fully civiliz- ed while it's people offer to give away land and timber at $4.50 an acre. As they say over in Georgia, we'll have to come off that"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
win Use Insurgent Data.

Washington Special to N. Y. Herald.
 Republican 'fnsurgent" chickens are coming home to Foost. Developments of the tarifr session have led the Demo- crats to decide upon the preparation of a new campaign book. It win be made up largely of speeches made by Repub- licans during the consideration of the new tariff bill.
 paign book put in type at the expense of the Government. Some one is to make 8 speech and read into it copious extracts from speeches of Senator Dolli- yer, La Toilette. Cummings, Brtstows and others. not forgetting the ram pant tariff fighters in the House. This will be used in the attempt 10 make the House Democratic next fall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
THE SAXON AND THE LAND.
Let Hin co ssuth to Richer soiIs ant
 Better Climates,


 Let Hin co ssuth to Rscher soiIs sad
 Better Climates,
 Washington Post.
 Ours is an Anglo-saxon people. and we trace our line back to F1odden Field, to Bannockburn. to Crecy. to Poictfers to Agincourt-aye. to Hast ings. It is doubtful if any Southern State. even Virginia or Kentucky or Mississippi. is moro distinctly Anglo Saxon than Kansas.
 There the North and the south met in death grapple as early as 1851 Jim Lane proposed to have 1t settled by a duel, He, at the head of 100 jayhawk- CTS. was to meet Senator Atchison, at the, head Of 100 border rufiiens, and to fight 1t out on the lines of that conflict Sir Walter Scott tells us of in The Fair Maid of Perth" If the survivor of this battle royal was an abolition fist, then slavery was to be abolished. If. on the other hand, the victory was with Atchison. then the whole country was to be slave territory.
 And, after all. would not that have been the better way to settle 1t? Per haps not. History would not then have made acquaintance with Ulysses S Grant and Robert E. Lee. Maphap we should never have heard of Abraham Lincoln. As for Jefferson Davis ana William H. Seward. their fame was al- ready established.
 But to get back to Kansas. There that Anglo-Saxon Is selling his land for Si00 the acre. and he is going to other fields. where he can get the same land In fertility for s10 the acre. What cormorant he is. this Angio-Saxon' TOT land and for sea!
 Let him go south. where he'wiil ind In his white brother a true. Anglo Saxon. He will there find better cii- mate and as rich land as he left But that is not all. Every Northern man who goes South means the sending of at least one negro to the North.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

When the time comes that people will fly through the air promiscuous- ly as one might say. what is to be- come of the fowls which make their homes up there? It Is bad enough when men shoot them from the ground. but when it comes to chasing them through the atmosphere the poor winged creatures will have to look for other quarters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Deserters from The Army.

Chicago Tribune.
 For the fiscal year on which the adjutant general of the army has just made report the number of de- sertions is placed at the astonishing figure of 1898. or 4.sT per cent of the entire enlisted force. This is an in- crease of .3s per cent over the de- sertions of the year beaore.
 AS to the causes of this remarkable defection from the ranks. Adjutant General Ainsworth> assigns the aboli- tion of the canteen, the monotony of garrison life. the increased amount of work and study demand of the soldier, and the ease with which re- munerative employment can be oh- tained in civil life at the present time.
 All of these causes nave Deen at tributed before to army assertions. and undoubtedly each contributes to the dissatisfaction of the enlisted pri- vate. The restoration of the canteen would meet with strong opposition and it Is doubtful if efrorts in that di- rection would succeed ar the present time. One would think that the ad- ditionai work and study complained of would destroy the monotony of garri- son life. With the rewards which certainly await efficiency and intelli- gence even in the ranks. garrison monotony should be appreciably dimin- ished. Dull times in trade and busi- ness increase enlistmenus. and when prosperous seasons return to the coun- try the enlisted men naturally long for the freedom and opportunities of civil life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
pRoH1prr1oNrsTs URenp
Te stand Together in Next Year'i
 Campaign. Rirrn In aham Snectal

pr. W. B. Crumpton, President of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League. has issued the following appeal:
 The amendment speakers in the campaign, almost unanimously pre- dicted an attempt on the part of the opposition to repeal prohibition laws and enthrone the liquor traffic again in Alabama, if the amendment was de- feated. The opposition denied persist ently any such intention.
 we would be glad if all the pre- dictions of the arIienders failed; but, after the lapse of only ten days, un- mistakable signs point to their fulfill- msnt. Elect anti-anlonders from Gov
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Great old Man.

Rev. B. Stuart. who lives a few miles from Centreyille. was a visitor to our town last week. He was born fin North Carolina, in 1915. and in a few days will be 94 years old. and Is stiu hale and hearty. He has been a resident of Alabama for fifty-one years and his recollections of the his- tory of the past is very interesting
 His mind is clear as a young man and he Is an interesting conversationalist, He has been a regular subscribed to The Press for a number of years and has his subscription paid further in advance than any man on our books. tRIus in his old age setting an exam pie of punetuality and q desire to keep
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
DRIFT WOOD

Ought to He In style. "Holley's comet is said to have hood like frying pan.' kick because 1t isn't shaped like a beehive hat"
 Ain,t Its
 The funniest thing
 tJust make your choice) Is a little man ...,With a deep bass voice.
 Talking It over. First Kid-They say Santa. Claus will arrive this year in aeroplane. Second Kid-I don't care what he arrives in so he arrives in hurry.
 Dogs vs. Men. "A Michigan man claims that his wife loves her dog more than she does :, Maybe be. the t. dog dog sta stays ,s i! at home three
 sea-Weea.
 You can now see Holley's comet through a three-ineh telescope--if you After. reading the Presidents mes- sage the Senate took two days of. This sounds suspicious Now Is the time Of year the Kids and "mommer" become magicians enough to turn peppers cash into presents.
 Up in Wisconsin a town was saved from fire by the. use of butter milk. Thus 1t would appear that butter milk is of some use after all besides mak- ing a Fairbanks cock tail. Whats the matter? Have the edi- tors hung the hookworm on the hook? An Oklahoma man has had htp,snIf appointed guardian to 112 Indian chill whoop at once some morning before breakfast he'll wish he was in a nice quiet lunatic asylum next to the ''vio- lent ward"
 Good old Christmas Times. Oh, the good old Christmas times. An the jingle O the dimes, An the happy hearted shoppers, An the joy-bells set to rhymes. Oh, it's buy, buy, buy, From mornin' until night But the children all are happy, An their eyes are briEhtl
 II. Oh, the good old Christmas days, An the log-hre'g jolly blaze, An Ole Man Prosperity That's laughin' as he sways. Oh, it's buy, buy, buy, From mornin' until night. But when the kids are happy Everybody's heart Is lightl PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

We have seen 1t stated that there is to be way to extract fertilizer from the air. We do not yet know what the process Is to be but suggest that Philadelphia might be good place to establish the principal plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

The Roanoke Leader admits that it belongs to that large class of Ameri- can citizens who lodged the Presi- dents message. I've try to be pa- triotic," 1t says, but life Is short" If reading presidential messages is a test of patriotism we suspect that most of the American people are un- patriotic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Letsers to Ths Editoy
cerrsefien From Butler.

Cerreef1en From Butler, Editor The Advertiser:
 see in your paper there was q statsment of the difficulty between the act sf Miss o ufmsr H in rSsi Ssstins 'bs. be. tween them saved Bruister's life. This ts not corrsct as Ulmer had no weapons snd Drufstsr after cutting him with .. knife until he was help less. wac about to shoot him with a pistol, when his daughter stepped be- tween them and saved her fathers
 W. F. Glover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
All Hands Get Together.

LaTTUIIDU NIdVeITIIuI'
 All should join in the endeavor to unitedly whoop up the advantages nf the old State and make for peace and prosperity What we need Is united effort, the laying aside of little ami est States in the Union. and we want more capital invested here and more of the right kind of eettlek2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

We really believe The Charlotte ob- server is trying to be good. It has been several days since that contemp- orary has unloaded any North Caro- lima near-poetry on It's readers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

He calls MT. Taft "a puddledub Presi- dent" We suppose that's a little worse than being a mollycoddle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
The Unraltured Sex.

The Independent
 In the educated classes the Ameri- can man is undeniably inferior to the American .woman in range of interests in refinement of taste. in manners and In conversational ability and his de- ficiencies can not bs altogether ac- counted for by his absorption in busi- ness They are due rather to men tai laziness and lack or ambition. That the American man prefers to hold his religion in his wife's name is an old joke He Is also content to turn over to his better half his htera- ture, his art and his music, and she is likely in the future to have mono poly of his science and political economy. Women are in the majority, not only in the churches, but also at the lectures, concerts, operas, theatres art galleries, libraries and study clubs: that is, in all forms of the collective pursuit of religions, inteliec- tual and artistic culture. This is part ly due to the greater gregariousness of women, but the humber of men who privately cultivate the hne srts is insignificant. The qualitative dis parity is greater than the quantitative The better the music or the pictures or the play the fewer the men. The lowest and worst concerts and operas are attended only by men. At those of moderate quality the audience is about half and half. And the music that requires the closest attention and the highest intelligence for its appre- citation has chiefly women for It's auditors
 The present trend in education in- creases this difference between the sexes. There are more women being ed ucated than men, and they are re- ceiving a wider culture. They arc in overwhelming majority in the gradu- ating classes on the high schools, and wherever they are allowed to. they predominate in the department of lib- eral arts of the universities. That is. the men are being more narrowly trained for their vacations. and the women are gaining a broader out look and cultivated esthetic taste.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

abrsasf with the the times. Ags has kinder dimmed his eye and made his step little feeble. but he. has never lost interest In the atfairs of state or State. The Prem hopes to meet him many more years to come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

The Boston Traveller tells of an old man and his wife who were found dead in their kitchen in that city, ad- ding, they had starved to death" Is not that a gruesome story to herald the near approach of Christmas?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

''The Montgomery Advertiser is again publishing the news," says The Columbus Ledger. Truly that con temporary makes us tired at times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

We like sausage. but oh you chit terlings!" enthuses a contemporary, evidently with a vivid recollection of old times in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
SATURDAY, DEcEMBER IS, 1909.
K0wALIGA.

Editor Advertiser.
 in Thursday's Advertiser speaking Of the negro school in Fillmore coun- N. the writer says. "Kowaliga IS corruption of the words Cow and Eii- fahs Will your Indian Editor tell us where that information came from?
 Inquirer.
 The ..Indian editor" doesn't know where the wrfser of tho story got such an Idea of the meaning of the name. but he was badly off. As far back at least as Col Ben Hawkins day, about the beginning of the last century. the Creek Indians had town which Hawkins. spells Kialigee, situ- sted on creek of the same name, in what is now Elmore county. The word means "quaiis roost." or "auaiis sitting down." and Is Muscogee or Creek Indian name which. like all kheir nAmss. had distinctive mean ing. though 1t is now difficult to get at the true meaning of some of their names. We are sure of the correct ness of our definition of Kowaliga. however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Pointed Paragraphs.

Fortunate is the man whose wife Is his chunn.
 But 1t isn't microbes that makes kissing dangerous.
 Money has no occasion to use megaphone when 1t talks. Being self-satisfied is what you would call conceit in others. Women derive a lot of pleasure in being able to pity some one. If you want women to take your advice give trading stamps with tt' It's better to know more than you tell than to tell more than you know If there's any stiffness in mans makeup, 8 pretty girl will bring 1t out.
 No true woman will stand for the way her husband arranges the rurni- ture in the room,
 young mans first love affair Is so seriously that he wonders afterward how he ever recovered so quickly. Chicago News@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

It's better to know more than you tell than to tell more than you know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

If there's any stiffness in a mans makeup, & pretty girl will bring It out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Women derive a lot of pleasure in being able to pity some one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

If you want women to take your advice give trading stamps with 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Being self-satisfied is what you would call conceit in others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Money has no occasion to use megaphone when 1t talks.