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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
soME RonrNs.

Sometimes the man who furnishes ..rea, news" for the papers gets |, his story badly balled up in the making The following which we find in . con- temporary. is case in point:
 A news dispatch from Canton. ohio, half an hour before sunset that fortu- nate community was visited by what might be called s shower of robins. The sky suddenly became hlled with this veracious account, with digging for earthworms and insect larvae. Trees were so filled with the birds ss east Of the fown that ] they looksd s,S ton in iase. Notwith stan ndinE this ming of the trees, which the reporter appar. entiy forgot about as soon a. he had xround sa " when sns night night 'feii. and great focks, numb ering thousands. huddled together for the night. Early the fol lowing morning the air was nlied with no one ever heard q more delightful concert. After an hour of hard work In searching and digging tor food, the birds suddenly rose and started north, making a vast cloud as they neared the northern horizon. The dispatch states that the oldest inhabitants never saw anything like it. and that rart oa. o1 the may ss be sesepssS w o
 single robin actually digging for worms would be worth going long way to see. to say nothing of thou paon T, s p sS. n a Sos. not describe how the dug--whether they scratched with one foot, like a hen. or with both at once. as the fox sparrow Is wont to do.
 Now ws should be glad to know where that shower of birds. thousands of them. remember. came from. We were not aware that there was any section of these United Ftates where they were to be found in such large numbers as here indicated. Neither were we aware that they are such gregarious birds as this story would have us believe. And, like the paper be glad to know if anybody ever sees robins digging for worms like the do- mestic hen. We are not familiar with that breed. but maybe they have such up in Ohio. or wherever these origi- mated. Our contemporary Is also wor- ried because the writer of this won derful story never seemed quite sure whether his robins were on the ground. in the trees or in the air. There ap- peared 10 be a good deal of promis- cuousness, so to speak. in their move ments. so that the writer was not certain where to have them. However. 1t was a great story and lots of robins. in the trees or on the ground or in the beifry of the correspondents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
This Date in EIisfory
Aprsi az.

 17s0-General TarIeton, cornnaantTinn the .Britishs defeated American force under Colonel Huger on the head waters of the Cooper river. near Charleston, s. c. l1ss--General Washington received at MT. Vernon official notifica- tton of his election as first Presi- dent of the United States lSl2--Congress passed an act annexinx 10 Louisiara that part of Florida lying west of the Pearl river. 1SS2--Rangoon, the maritime capital of the Burmese empire. stormed and taken by the British under General Goodwin.
 1S65-President Lincoln assassinated in Ford.e Theatre, Washington. by ]. Wilkes Booth.
 19oS-Ex- President Cleveland spoke in New York in the interest of fn- dustriai education in the South. 1S0S--President Roosevelt sent d special message to Congress. aa- vocating the building of four battleships.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
This <, My' Ms,''si,s si,sth Birthday
Daniel K. Psarsens.

I pr. Daniel Kimbail Pearsons. the eminent philanthropist who has been seriously i'll at his winter home at Pasadena, was born April fl, 1920, at Bradford, Vt. He graduated in medi- cine from Dartmouth College, and for time practiced medicine in Chicopee Mass. after having taught school five years. Tn 1857 he decided to. go West. He became a farmer In Ogle county, Illinois, but after three years gave 1t up and went to Chicago. which city has been his home ever since. Tn recent years Dr.. Pearsons has distributed more than $6,00o,o0o among the small ed his wealth largely through Chicago real estate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
What fhs State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
seass.s Met Faver.Al..

4 [. .F t | s. q p, sssss.s nst Fsver.Ale. The .'snxkes editor of The Montgom- pyin snss ol1 @ 1a ao t.1s dsuas as an o snspectinE public.
 Fine sAswaAx.
 Ferry counfy ssnds 50 per cent. of her teachers to-sths state meeting of teachers now in session in Birmingham. Few counties viii s.ssi this showing. no.,. :. q: ,s ssss Pla.. Anyhow. We never get too old to learn but we will keep 1nsistins that these new snshiy tried out So we ali learn c Msss sssnea Lest.
 There will be no extra session of the need for it having passed with recent again when hop. seemed ioss. 1 o,.,,.. SMssa,;rs Mnls;,s. New ss., In That. man has gone crazy over base bail. Ws have seen huudreds of men in~that fix when their team was winning . hotly contested game.
 ' A-I . @ 7f t
 cxpeets . Resignatien. Birmingham Ledger.
 Jefferson might have three candi- dates in the race for Governor, but she pc another Governor from Jefferson. by. operation Of law before another Jefferson man De elected Governor
 The New orleans Decisioa. ., When siftsd down. the decision of the State can delegate its powers to the relroad commission. That is one point point % The other is that the lower rate confiscatory. That is yet to be ascertained. It will require time and courts to decide all the questions in- voived. -
 Railroad Development. opelika Morning Post.
 Every mile of railroadt constructed m the State means new territory de- yeIoped and more taxes paid into the done to encourage the building of rail- roads and there should be some way for the different State governments and the railroads 10 adjust their differ enees and get down to business with
 A Word For Brcyytox. Brewton Standard.
 How we wish Father Bailey of The to enioy Fos soud kdr;a. aays been with us zepnyr Tanned climate of Montgomery last Sunday. He might not have ac- taaliy turned green with envy but wouia nave had some emerald streaks The only trouble would have been ne never could have gotten any higher up than Brewton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
Has a Good chance.

For some time past, a promInent preacher of Macon City, la. has been denouncing the city administratton for Ifs failure to enforce the laws. Jew days ago there occurred 2 vacancy In the ofice of chief of police. epd the mayor has now invited the preSa >s that "a laws afe carried out to the' letter. Some citizens have offered to pay . bonus of s40 month to the salarv. if he wsli take the office. He Is said to have demurrad to the prooo- sttton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
A Poor Memory for Names.

The teacher was trying to explain the word "transfiguration," Don't you remember the trsnsnguration on the Mount?' she said. 'fwho was it who was transfigured and changed in ap- uearance on that occssionf" she asked hopefully. Alter a moment of thought fui silence. Barker hesitatingiy raised his hand
 'I can't just remember his name ne said. but he was up there hunting and he went to sleep and slept twenty yearRt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
Choice of Two Evils.

When ChaTIeN OudIeV Warner was the editor of The Hartford (Connl Press back in the sixties, says The cleveland Leader. arousing the pa triotism of the State by his vigorous appeals, one of the typesetters came in from the composing room and pianting himself before the editor said: Well. Mir. Warner, I've decided 10 enlist In the army
 With mingled sensations of pride ana responsibility. MT. Warner replied enconraEinEly that he was glad to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer wants to know why gas should be fifteen cents cheaper in Chicago than it Is In Lancaster. The brother for gets that Chicago Is natural gas sup plier. That city is famous for gassi- ness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

The Norfolk Landmark has fixed up designation for the inhabitants of Wyoming and wants - call 'em Wy ominglers. That is as good as could he expected of or from that source, but if our idea of Wyomites is not to be accepted we move that they be called Wyomingsters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
Her Trnnslated Dpci1.

Annie had a little duck which fol- lowed her everywhere and was a great pet. One morning she woke to find her duck dead. She shed many tears. re- fusing to be comforted, until her old 'maums." with the instincts of her race, offered deep sympathy in we'll timed words. Then Annie dried her tears and rushed to her mother voic- ing the consolation, "Mother, have little angel duck"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

We are waiting to hear from South Georgia to learn if the Easter cold snap knocked any holes in the peach crop. There's always danger till the crop Is ripe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

The Raleigh Evening Times. speak ing of Castro, says Tit begins to look as if he will have to go to the jungIes of Africa to find a refuge" Yes. and like as not butt up against Roosevelt. How much better off would he be then?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

"The honest working-man mopped the precipitation from his brow and the dishonest capitalist did the same." says paragrapher. describing a hot day That was evidently a case where the two classes were on equal terms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

From the dispatches in Tuesdays papers 1t seems that Roosevelt has not given up his old habit of denying everything that he doesn't wish to ad- init. He hardly waited to land on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

Castro is fast driving towards a condition where he win be mad with all creation and the rest of mankind They won't let him have a bit Of fun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
Treating the stenoEr.pher Lishsiy.

The Bookkeeper.
 one Jay heard man, one of the banks wealthiest customers, expauat- ing on his trials. quite after the strain of a recent contributor to The BOOK keeper--"The ineficiency of these girls is sickenine. Cant trust 'em with a thing, Here I've tried dozen in the last year and not one of them worth the room she took up." and much more of the same sort. This interested me for, I am always on the lookout for slams" at my profession and It's fol- lowers. Therefore. feeling sure there was something rotten in Dc <iark" I sent a very efficient person, who was temporarily unemployed, to apply for the position. As suspected. her re- port was not only eniightening. but amusing.
 Tn the first place. this employer re- quired 6 well dressed. well educated. genteel young woman. who must be able not only to compose and write 6 perfect business letetr, but also super wise the general bookkeeping depart ment, keep e private set of books. and for months at a time. while the owner of the business was in Europe or Cal. at all times putting in a nine hour day. and often more. And for this wonder of business women. this man, noted in the Saginaw Valley for his wealth, had the superb nerve" to offer S3s 6 month. with one weeks vacation dur ing the year!, Needless to say the truly efficient person who applied laughed in his face and decided to wait until an opportunity offered to work for man who possessed not only more heart but more brains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

The bug -chasers are preparing to give the testive--and pestive-mosquito few doses when he gets here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

wiil Teddy carry a dark lantern while in Darkest Africa. or how about it7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

ecolumbus must have a new city hospital" declares The Ledger. On account of prohlbitiop'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14
sW0RN CIRCULATION

E SWORN CIRCuLATfUN. helow
 The figures for February prinseo .iI re- represent the actual net ctrcuiasio"' ~
 turns having been deducted. ~rantees fts advertisers land makes 1t par. .,, V circuia- tract when reauested) that its ens enx morning newspsper printed in Aiabama-and nis, una ,,on sunday edition has ths. lsrsess ,,rsntsd fn Of any edition of any rsWspapea
 Aiaharna without exceptloA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

When The Brownsville Herald de- clares that Hell is in Texas" we hope 1t excludes Heavenly Houston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

sse that the man felt the call of duty.
 Qh. 1t lsnt that" said the truth- fui eompcsftor, "but I'd rather be shot than to try to ret auy. more of your
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

.
 wene.'s cAans, for Rs.i vstine. The Delineator.
 The rottsnnsss tthsre is no other word) of rnany of the .shows" on the American stage today. particularly in New York City, affords an opportunity for the women of America to cast ef- fectfve votes. in fact decisive votes. on one great moral question without walt ing for permission from the legislative halls Of men.
 E New York City is to the United States what Paris is to the world. the play ground. Good people. people called good in their home towns, when seek ing something . little risque, just wee bit devilish. must needs visit New York Or. again. If other things bring them to New York New York times the result is the patronage of shows the reputation of which has been spread everywhere by newspapers that must seize upon and exploit everything in- moral or bordering thereon. And what New York has demanded travels In more or less varied form from end to end of this geAt country. And the are good, are today thoughtiessly yet most harmfully patronixing these very shows"
 Charles Burnham. president of the Association of Theater Managers. be- fore the Entertainment Club recently. speaking on his subject. gave utterance to . statement that. bald as it is. can not be but most unpalatable to every good woman. Yet 1t is true: He is reported to have said: "A manager to be successful must eater to the audi ence. Every qelf-respecting manager would like to be an Irving or q Daiy. but New York is town of sensation. It runs wild after reputation. Let but the word be passed that play is broad or indelicate, and the town runs wild about it. while some play of merit, bright and entertaining. is laid on the shelf Women are more to pc oiamec for this than men. No play gan e~iss that is not patronized by women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

CT rug. with it's niche representing the niche of the mosque. Every true be- liever spreads his rug on the ground at prayer time, points the niche to- ward the Mecca and with his head in the angle performs his devotions. Next comes the hammanlik or bath rug. pre- scented to the bride on her wedding day. The ojjaklik. or hearth rug, is very precious to the family, who al- ways spread 1t before the fire upon the arrival of a guest. The berdelfks are hangings. Most of the sllk fabrics belong to this class and are seldom used in the East as floor carpets. There are also sedjadehs. or floor COW erings: matkaliks, or runners, that is stair and hall rugs; hehbeiflxs or sad dle covers; and turbeliks or grave car pets The trade classification, how ever, is divided according to the prov inces or cities In which they were woven.
 As mathematics is the most exact of the sciences rug weaving is the most tnexact of the arts. A life long study alone makes an expert. There are few experts and fewer books on the sub ject. Since the old home marks are lost, volume could not tell of all the designs. Originally each weaver kept to his own locality. and formed his own patterns. But as communication spread they borrowed from each other, until outside of the geometrical Af- ghans and Bokharas. there are very few pure designs left. Genuine an- tloues h6wever. bear some distinctive marks. Daghestans show jewel and mosaic designs, and sort of angular nook is used as a connecting link. The chfordes present a dominant blue and the prayer rug niche is quite tall sehnas are known by their diamond FatANa and 1R small diaper patterns; while pear shaped figures cover the field of the pure serabenls. The latter is sup posed to represent the bend which the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-14

Lightning performs some queer stunts, but we think about the limit was reached in Indianapolis the ether day when it played on the piano. A young woman who had been practicing for hours however was uninjured. Still we hope 1t will serve as warn ing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12
Fire in M ars hfield.

Fire early Saturday morning destroyed
the Knights of Pythias and the Becky
buildings at Marshfield and slightly dam
aged the Universalist church building
The loss is estimated at about $l5, 900,
partly covered by insurance. The occu-
pants of the Becky building h I'd a mar
row escape and made their way into the
streets in their night clothes, after hav-
ing been awakened by Mrs. Cora Preston,
who occupied the lower floor, Miss
Clennie Little, telephone operator, lost
all of her belongings as did most of the
others in the building.
The post-office was in the Knights of
Pythias building but the government re-
ports were saved. A call for help was
sent to Montpelier and the fire depart.
ment of that place responded, arriving
on special train.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12
Charged with Assaulting Little
Girl

William Wilson of West Derby, and
Arthur Button of Batesville, are under
arrest, charged with assault on the
seven-year- old daughter of George Titan
of Stanstead, Que, near the home of the
girl The girl is in a precarious condi-
ton and probably will not recover.
The men fled from Canada to Vermont
end an armed posse searched all night
Friday in an effort to locate them, but
Deputy Sheriff E. j. Hill arrested them
Saturday on description given by the
girl. Button broke down and confessed
Wilson is married and about As years
old. Button is only Is years old. Cana
dian officers left Saturday night with the
prisoners and it is expected they will
get the full penalty of the Dominion
law. About 200 men were waiting for
the party and trouble was averted
through the clever manouvering of the
officers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12
NE Sell Eoerything the People Need
Sells Interest in Hotel Manage
meut

c. L. Smith has sold his interest IN
Hotel Chan plain at Maquam. to his son,
Chauncey Smith, who will take pos
session April /. MIR. Smith has man
aged the hotel for twenty years although
the son has really had the active man
agement of the house for the past three
years. Thirty years ago G. F. Smith
was running the old Central house in
SWanton. The Hotel Champlain is own
ed by the st. Johnsbury & Lake Cham
the house is TOO acre farm. Mr.. Smiths
interest was in the household property
and farming tools only.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12

Don't thinkthat piles cant be cured
Thousands of obstinate cases have beer
cured by Doans Ointment so cents al
any drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12

The constitution Of the national
grange distinctly says that no grange
can confer more than two degrees on
the same candidate at the same meet
ing. 1t is not within any state mas
ter's power to set aside or modify the
constitution. 1t is, however, perfectly
proper for n grange to call as pecial
session for the purpose Of comforting
degrees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12

In Carriages such we'll
X own makes as the
Babcock, Cortland, etc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12

All the leading makes,
Studebaker, Au burn,
ETC., in Farm Wagons.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-23
FULL ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES
POETRY.
,fHE UNRETURNED

o the ships go out to the fafthesi
And the ships come home again;
me dew that dries on the morning
roso
Returns in a drop of rain
But the JOY Of day that smiled
I call to 1t in vaini
o the primrose hides. in a cup of rust,
Her gold on the winter lea;
and comes, her pilgrim stan abloom,
WITH the flowers that used to be-
But the golden smile of a little while
VIII never come back to me!
dawn,
And the stars are full and bright.
When the sun has turned his face away
And the world has need OF light
When the glad world beamed I dreamed
- dreamed:
And now the night-the night
o the birds forsake the colorlng wood
And the birds come home to sing:
The breath of the fallen rose returns
On the wind OF the sfallow's wing
But the harps ! know of the long ago
Lie mute in the Ooul OF spring.
o rose THAI blooms In a garden wild.
o bird In a lonely tree,
1 Know the gifts OF my heart lie deep
In your far-on mystery,
And bloom and sing In eternal spring
Though they never come back to mel
-Aloysius Coll. in January Appleton's.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-23
BROADWAY THEATER.
Miss Clara Turner.

Interest of the histrionic order will
center around Miss Clara Turner when
She begins a weeks engagement at
Broadway theater on Monday, Jan. 20,
under the management of Ira w. jack
son.
on the stage and elsewhere Miss
Turner attracts attention, and gets the
lions share. Women discuss her mod
ish costumes children cluster around
her plump pohies. and those who care
for neither talk about her plays. There
will be new ones to talk about during
the coming engagement, one in partic-
ular which kept all the tongues in Mis-
sourrs big cities busy. "A Modern
Lady Godiva" played in st. Louis to
packed houses by Amelia Bingham, I'M
til incapacitated by illness, is founded
on Lady Godiva's ride through the
streets of Coventry to relieve the In
habitants Of burdensome taxation,
which her husband, Earl Leofric lev
led, and who made this the condition
of the repeal. The curiosity to see this
play win doubtless be duplicated in
this section Of the country.
Besides "A Modern Lady Godiva,"
Miss Turner and her superior company
will appear in Sardou's "Divorcons,"
in which many distinguished actresses
acquired fame; Lillian Mortimer's new
romantic drama, Girls Best Friend; 4"
1.-The Military Maid Her Only
Chance Jane and the Teddy Bears"
why Men Tempt Women" THE Man
Hunt" from Bret Harte's well known
story. one of the best attractions at
Luna Park, COney Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-23
CALLS ON NATION
TO SAVE ITSELF.
CONTINUED from Page six.)

Resolved That Joint committee be
appointed by the chairman, to consist of
six members Of state conservation COM
missions and three members Of the ma
tional conservation commission, whose
duty 1t shall be to prepare and present to
the state and national commissions and
through them to the governors and the
president a plan for united action by all
organizations concerned with the con-
servation of natural resources. (On mo-
ton of Governor Noel Of Mississippi the
chairman and secretary of the conference
were added to and constituted part of
this committed
The second resolution of the joint
conference to which l refer calls upon
the congress to provide the means for
such cooperation The principle of the
community OF interest among all our
people in the great natural resources
runs through the report of the national
conservation commission and the pro
ceedings Of the joint conference. These
resources. which form the common ba-
sis of our welfare. can be wisely devel-
opedS rightly used and prudently con
served only by the common action of
all the people. acting through their rep
resentatives, in state and nation: hence
the fundamental necessity for co-opera-
ton. Without it we shall accomplish
but little, and that little badly. The
resolution follows:
We also especially urge on the congress
of the United States the high desirability
Of maintaining a national commission on
the conservation of the resources of the
country, empowered to cooperate with
state commissions to the end that every
sovereign commonwealth and every sec
ton of the country may attain the high
degree of prosperity and the sureness of
perpetuity naturally arising in the abun-
dant resources and the vigor, intelligence
and patriotism OF our people.
In this recommendation l most heart
lily concur. and l urge that an appro-
priation of at least $4,000 be made to
cover the expenses of the national con-
servatiOn commission for necessary
rent, assistance and travelling expenses.
This is very small sum. l know Of
no other way fl which the appropria-
ton of SO small a sum would result
in so large a benefit to the whole ma
ton. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, Jan. % 1909.