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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
HAPPY NOW

was mounting q friends horse that he
had engaged to ride, that some of the
shot had been removed from the sad
dle-by the animals owner. as the
rider correctly guessed--in order that
when the rider came to weigh In
after the race he should not draw the
scale. and 80 would be disqualified.
What should he do? The saddle he
was seated in was seven-pound sad
die. He had ridden over to the race
course from q house at which he was
staying on a hunter that carried a
fourteen pound saddle. The animal was
in the paddock and still saddled. Sig
mailing the groom to come to him, he
hurriely ordered him, in q whisper, to
ride the hunter over to the farther
side of q clump Of trees behind which
the race horse had pass on the way
to the starting post, and to wait there
with the hunter ungirthed. Then, as
few minutes on his way to the start
ing post, he leaped of his horse
changed saddles with the hunter. and
was on again in a moment and con-
tinuing his way to the post as though
nothing had happened.
1t was fortunate that he should have
done this. for Weighing In. after win
ming the race, he only just turned the
scale, In spite of the heavy hunting
saddle. The owner of the animal, who
had arranged TO win over another
horse, and so intended that his own
animal, which was favorite, should be
disqualified. In consequence lost a large
sum of money.
The next incident" related to the
writer by this retired Yorkshire jockey
had to do with a military charger
which was winning a race by about
length, when the owner of the second
horse ordered a trumpeter to sound the
cali which means "Haitr The win
ming horse at once shut up and the
race was awarded to "a civilian animal
that didn't know bugle from band
stand
Out in India the jockey witnessed
several ramps OF one sort and an
other to do with horses. One of these
occurred in connection with wager
made by a man who declared that half
a dozen horses could not be ridden
down a certain steep and narrow de-
file in a given time. The race started,
and before long the riders found the
defile blocked by flock of sheep being
driven up it. A few hundred yards
further the defile was blocked hv
second flock of sheep; a little further
on by q flock of goats; little further
still by a great herd Of pigs. and so
on, until by the time the horses had
made their way through the various
distractions the time had expired and
the challenger had won his wager.
Though nobody ever proved that the
challenger had arranged for the var
ious Jocks to be driven up the defile at
the time the race was being run,
everybody knew that he had done so.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
mig TRADE WITH RRITAIN.
Ruasness Rotations Close Between Ana.
elkca and England.

Busaness Rotations Close Between Ana
e1kca and England.
washington. Dec. 24.-Nearly one
half OF the exports from the United
states go to British territory and near
" one-thiFd OF the imports come from
British territory. Almost one billion
dollars. according to the bureau of
sta tisties was the saiue OF the trade
between the United States and the
british empire during the ten months
Of the present year for which figures
are available. The total includes the
trade with United Kingdom. Canada,
India and other British colonies and
other dependencies in other parts or
the world. The total foreign COM
merce of the United States during the
same ten months amounted to $780,
100000.
The total value of merchandise ex-
ported from the United States to Brit
ish territory in the first ten months Of
1903 was 1924, 100000 while the total
amount imported from British terri
tory was 1852. 900. geo. In the trade
with British territory the United States
shows an excess of exports over i'm
ports to every political division except
the East and West Indies.
Canada. second to the United King
dom in order of magnitude in the
British territories as market for
products of the United States. shows
the largest growth. the value of the
exports thereto during the ten months
of 1909 having been $154.5O0.0O0 as
against $12s.00O. 900 in the correspond
ing period Of last year.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25


Timothy Cole In the January Century.
Full happy is the man who comes at
last
Into the safe completion of his year:
Weathered the perils of HIS spring.
that blast
How many blossoms promising and
And of his summer, with dread pas
sions fraughts
Ing corn.
Blight all with moching death and
leave distraught
waste forlorn.
But now, though autumn gave but
harvest slight
Oh. grateful is ne to the powers
above
For winters sunshine, and the length
ened night
BY hearth side genial with the
warmth of love.
Through silvered days Of vistas gold
and green r..4
Contentedly he glides away. serene.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Among many incidents of his wan
derings through Palestine. recounted
by Harry Franck in "Tramping In
Palestine" in the January Century"
is this:
"An American who was In Nazareth
long ago" he went on, told me a
strange story. did not believe him.
for 1t cannot be true. He said that in
America people buy dogsi'. and the
mere suggestion OF so ludicrous a
transaction set the assembled group
into paroxysms of laughter.
They do" l replied.
The pompous ex-mayor fell into such
commissions of increment that his ro-
tund face grew the color of FURNISHED
"Buy dogs?" roared his sons in a
chorus Of several languages. "But
what for?''
Never having settled that question
entirely to my own satisfaction, I par
ried 1t with another: How do you
get dog. If you want one?"
"W-w--w- why" answered the eld-
est son, wiping the tears from his
eyes, IF any one wants q dog. he tells
some one else, and they give him one.
But whoever wants dog"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

ishing marble. after the lapse Of more
than a generation. beside the greatest
American OF all"
These comments, coming from one
OF their own side. ought to make the
Grand Army men who have made
themselves conspicuous in mis- matter,
ashamed Of the petty spite ana malice
they are exhibiting. As The Journal
truly says, Lee was the greatest sol
der of one OF the greatest wars OF
modern times. and his statue well de-
serves to occupy . place beside that
of George Washington. His statue Is
there and II Congress adopts the mar
row sectional position Of refusing
such formal acceptance 90 may be APP
propriate the obioquy of such course
win rest on Congress. not on Lee. His
fame Is secure for all time. and not a
shadow can be cast on IL by sectional
or partisan intolerance.
<NhQ WihtC oh tho et0lttt VIC tntHh
It well and appropriate to copy an
editorial from New England con-
temporary, The New Haven Register.
We have more than once had occas-
ion to commend the marked contrast
between this paper and some OF its
brethren of the same section. for The
Registers broad sentiments are moth
ing less than rebuke to those of its
contemporaries who have apparently
not yet learned that the war ended
long ago. The Register says;
II there have been. as is reported,
protests from Grand Army posts and
government Of the statue Of Gems enc
Robert Der. p Lee as one of yirginia's
Washington, the names and reasons
Of those protests should be published.
The only reason assigned is that some
object to Confederate uniform in the
Hall Of Fame. It is most insuffi-
Client reason The character of Rob-
ert e. Lee has been so we'll establish
ed in the esteem OF the whole Ameri-
can people that 1t Is pretty late now
to be quibbling about the clothes he
But disregarding this pettiness, Ii
is impossible to believe that any such
protest expresses the majority senti-
ment of the people of the North. They
are slow--altogether too slow-in for
giving grievances more imaginary
than real. In turning again to do JUS
tice Perhaps they are ashamed to
acknowledge the forgiveness they are
so tardy in rendering. But 1t is time
for them, as they see themselves mis-
represented by the protests" of those
in whom hate dies hard. to protest
themselves against being so malign-
ed. 1t cannot be possible that objec-
tions from any source against grant
ing TO Virginia her right to honor
Robert e. Lee are more than spor.
adic. We must expect such occasional
outbreaks for some time yet, proba-
bly,, but we should pay no attention
to them. II the authorities with pow
err TO sanction the Lee statue hesitate
in the least to grant their sanction.
they will be doing great injustice to
the whole country. -
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
A FAMOUS JOCKEY ON
"THIEVISH TRICKS
No Limit to Ingenuity Some Men Dis
play Thinlxtng Out Tricks.
Tit-Bits.

Tit-Bits.
There would seem to be no limit to
the ingenuity some men display in
thinking out tricks of roguery where
horses are concerned. $3.50
A famous retired Jockey. who has In
his day won the Derby. the oaks and
the st. Leger. and who now lives near
Middleham, in Yorkshire, lately gave
the writer Instances of what he called
the "thievish tricks" that had come
within his own knowledge.
Perhaps the most rascally of these
was the "doctoring'' of saddle with
auicklime. Unbeknown to the owner of
the horse or the jockey, a quantity of
ouIcklime was placed between the pad
ding of a saddle and the thin outer lin
Ing that presses on to the horses back,
obviously with the intention of maxi
ing the horse buck. or run out OF the
course, or crash into a fence-the race
In which he ran was a steeplechase-
when his sweat should wet the lime
and make it burn. But the ruse failed,
for though the animal was severely
burned, and though the agony did make
him bolt, he took all his fences and
won. Many weeks elapsed, however,
before 1t was possible again to put a
saddle on his back
ON another occasion weli-known
gentleman rider discovered, Just az he
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
Rabbits In Diatrict OF Columbia.

Washington Post.
Anacostia and the southeastern sub
urbs Of the district are overrun BY rab-
bits, and unless the police department
overlooks some OF the police regula-
tions and gives the residents permits
sion to fire a few shots into the
swarms of animls II is feared the vege-
tattop will be DESTROYED.
Until November / the police game
regulations prohibited the eshooting of
rabbits and exposing them for sale
or having them in possession. thus
protecting the animals which have
caused so much havoc. Another police
regulation offers them additional pro-
The regulations stIpulate that no
gun or pistol can be fred In any sec
ton OF the district within 600 yards
OF the public road. school. church or
residence. In certain sections OF Con-
gress Heights only can location be
found that is 500 yards from. resi-
dence. AS the rabbits do not frequent
this section, but confine their habita-
ton to the more densely populated
quarters. the police cannot give per-
NIT to the residents 10 fire at the al
legged pests
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing
ON a Recent Letter,

ON a Recent Letter.
Gadsden Times-News.
that the late issue was ticker or no
ticker. and that Ticker won out.
The statistics are wreaE.
It Is said that the people of the civ
ilized world strike 100000 matches a
minute. - Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Must be some mistake we struck
that many last Thursday morning
while trying to make fir@
n
BETTER Diet.
Dothan Daily Journal.
One good lady who fv es on a route
out from Dothan is paying for the
same as money for we have to eat to
live and we see no reason why an ed
itor shouldn't eat turkey when he can
AFFORD 1t. We had much rather eat
turkey than crow.
Small Farms.
Florence Times. =
Down In Covington County 1t Is said
81 1000 acres of land are to be cut up
into small tracts to sell to farmers.
The same thing could be done with
much advantage in every county in
the state. The man would be a pub
lie benefaetor who would inaugurate
something of the kind in Landerdale.
County movement is so apparent as to
need no elaboration. It is apparent to
every thinking man in the county. The
point is. how to go about accomplish
ing the object.
Good Men Fer the Legislature.
Luverne Journal.
If there ever was a time when the
state needed great and g coed men men IN
is now. There has been so much rad
icaI legislation, hurtful to the pro-
gress and prosperity of the State. To
remedy this and remove the barriers
that prevent Alabama from being the
great state that IT should be. 1t will
take the wisdom OF great good and
patriotic men In the next Legislature.
II is TO be hoped that every county in
the state will send loyal patriotic sons
to the Legislature who will represent
the best interests of all the people.
The Sell and the Man Meet.
Tri-Cities Daily.
Rratulate George A. Lehnert. farm
err, residing near Tuscumbia. Not
only does 1T congratulate him upon
the success he is making in diversified
farming. but also in the fact that he
bility of Colbert County soil to the
profitable growth Of nearly all kinds
of farm products.
In the contest just concluded by
the state Department of Agriculture,
Mr.. I4ehnert was awarded $3.50 in
prizes for the best yields to the acre
of corn, potatoes and hay. He is the
only man In the State who won three
prizes. Mr.. Lehnert has proved that
cotton is not the only product which
should receive the attention Of farm
Colbert County soil is all right for
diversified crops. 1t needs only tick
ling Just as Mr.. Lehnert has tickled n
to produce highly profitable yields
for its owner.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Louisville Courier journal.
Z The State OF Texas, 1t Is said, fur
nishes one-half OF the pecans sold in
the United States. Growing pecans Is
an industry that has been making
Roadway in several Of the Southern
States. The Savannah News says there
are more than 10000 acres Of pecan
trees In Georgia. TT has been esti-
mated that a pecan orchard will net
5000 per acre year in its maturity
and its lifetime Is quite long. Pecan
trees will flourish in Kentucky as
they will In any soil that Is adapted
to the growth of hickory, oak and
walnut, The time has been when the
trees were fairly numerous In some
parts of the State. but the cultivation
Of the pecan does not seem to nave Eve
hickory, the walnut and the chestnut.
they have vanished from many To-
calfttes that once knew them. Tney
were. sacrificed 70. the ravenous De-
conservation movement was heard OF
in this country. The fact that Pc
can orchard will net $500 per acre
2 year is OF no pafticular interest," h 10 20
twenty years ago for matter of $40
an acre. II he has any spare time he
may figure out how much he lost on
the transaction, but the computation
will do nothing toward swelling his
bank account. 1t may lead him to the
belief that there Is something after
all in this conservation business. but
the movement has ZONE too late TO
bring back the pecan orchards. Like
wise the hickory and the chestnut and
the walnut orchards which nature at
one time SO plentifully supplied and
which the sawmills SO ruthlessly de-
There Is no particular rea-
son why Kentucky should not be do
ing a good business selling pecans ex-
cept that the fathers. wise no doubt
IN their day and generation. did not
recognize the necessity OF conserya-
tion and did not conserve. About all
that can be said at present is that pc
can growing presents good opportun-
ity for ambitious young Kentucktans
who own suitable land and who are
looking for some meanss of making
that land remunerative for the future.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Now It Is being charged that Dr.
Cook is insane. and that Is given as
an excuse for what they look ON as
false claims made by him. II may be
true. for all we know to the contra
~ Anything may be true in connec-
tion with the pole business. for that
matter. We are fast reaching a stage
where we could believe man who
would assert that there never was any
North Pole.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

r. 10 quite easy to assert, as so
xnany are doing. that Dr. Cook never
.rsached the pole. but how does any
one know? It may be true that he
has not proven his claims. but can
they be certainly disprovsn? It is
difficult 10 prove a negative. and
while Il begins to look very much as
III Cook Is a faker we fail TO see how
this fact. II II Is fact. 10 to be es-
tablished. And by the same token.
has Peary made good his claims7
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
Manuscript. and Suggestions Solicited.

Conner w GCNlS-
Golfers for January % viii be
Southern Number. We take that means
to give emphatic setting and the
widest possible dissemination to the
idea that. the South Is the next West.
What has gone on in the West during
the past three decades will take place
in the South during the next three.
The lines of migration within the
United States. which for century
have flowed west and northwest, will
turn south and southeast. We wish our
Southern Number not only to devote
this idea of material expansion, but
to treat as adequately as possible of
the South's charm ana interest from
every point OF view. To that end we
shall be Indebted to all who win sub
nit to us either manuscripts or sug-
gestions. They should reach US not
later than January /
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

'swho ever heard OF an egg crop
failinsT' asks The Muskogee Times
Democrat. Well. we believe it is a
fact that the crop never entirely fails.
but like some other crops of the coun-
try the supply is not equal to the de-
mand. 1t may be that the hen does
her best. but plainly there are not
enough hens in business. especially
about this time of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Now that zelaya is an Eek" they
are figuring out the amount of his
savings. and we notice that one alleg-
ed authority places the amount as
high as fifty million dollars He could
do quite a whole lot of spturging in
this country with that pile. If our
7 geYernment would let him come. up
and be one Of us, but we suspect that
u he would much rather go to Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
SATURDAY, DECEMBER rs, 1909.

IN some OF the papers IT is made to
appear that the negro Clint Montsom-
cry. who was killed in the recent dis
turbance near Magnolia. was burned
by white mem The negro had already
killed young Lewis and had taken
refuge In house with other negroes.
and the whole party defied the law
officers and were firing upon them
from within the house. The posse of
citizens managed to set the house on
FIRE n order to disiodge the law de-
lfiers. and in this way the negro was
burned 70 death. The other negroes
escaped. but not until several mem
beers % the sherifrs posse had been
anot down. n was not case Of mob
hasnsus. ~ made cut by laird teie-
,srams to northern people.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25
ErsentinIn oil street Reconrtruction.
From Charles ". Elliot's "a Study Of
the New Plan of Chicago in the

From Charles W. Elliot's "a Study of
the New Plan of Chicago" in the
January Century.
The principles which apply to the
reconstruction of Chicago In regard to
It's streets. avenues. and boulevards are
applicable to every growing Ameri-
can city, although Chicago has some
physical advantages in respect to the
layout of It's highways. because II is
situated on an immense plain. The
common requirements are convenient
and pleasant means of access to the
main business center and all the SUI
coordinate centers which are the work.
ing places by day. equally convenient
access TO the places Of recreation and
refreshment. and lastly, as much Hight
and air as possible for the dwellings,
cure these ends. the routes and levels
for steam railroads. street cars, wag-
ons. carriages, and pedestrians, must
all be studied and provided for. The
pavements, the sidewalks, and the
grass and trees in highways must be
carefully planned.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

So far as we have noticed there is
but little Improvement in that es-
lSeemed contemporary. The Congress
sfonal Record. 1t is just about as
duli and stupid as it has always been
though possibly it may print the
news.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Now we are told that there is to be
an effort to have an official inquiry
into the Increased cost of living. and
we notice that a number of cor4em-
poraries are arguing that the protec-
tive tariff is largely responsible for
such increase. If that is really fact.
what hope OF relief have we?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-25

Man runs into debt,
But he has to crawl out
~ sea-weed.
IF the women are to be credited,
every married woman finally dies of
Very r0 true, bnt il every ever m marrisd man
were credited at the store, THEY would
finally die Of a broken heart.
Now. hereafter let every explorer be
certain to carry plenty Of gum drops.
When a woman OF on visit to the
may mean that she Is merely keeping
them for comparison to catch him in
lie when she returns to the city.
everyone can do his best thing
easiest" says Emerson.
Also his best friend. we would add.
Golf is now called "the game OF
Presidents" Horse-racing Is the sport
OF kings" so all that Is left for the
plain American citizen, is baseball. !"
A New York woman has patented
counterfeit detector, but device for
detecting q would-be absconder Is as
yet undeveloped.
"Hot water sure cure for many
Ills says a headline, but few of US
care to get into II.
A travelling salesman stopped in The
Ellinwood Leader office the other day
and related the following story: He
said he had dream the other night
had been blown up at the same time.
but they all came down again at tne
same time. except the Missouri Pacific,
and that was three hours late.
If a blotter were as easy to ind as
fault, we never would have to sit and
wait for the ink to dry.
The first step towards winning q
wife in the summer time is the front
door step.
said a hefty Irish woman on crowd
ed South Lawrence Street car yester-
day. Just then she stepped on young
woman's toe. 7 Wish .aa YOU sn,S were as easy
on other peoples she said
Even the book-worn will turn--ths
But the "still-worm" will turn the
Just think your old New Years reso.
buttons. cleaned and pressed VIII DO
nicely for this time.
Chicago has just given a dance for
charity that Melted $4,000: This shows
Chicago not only has a big FOOT put
Texas woman wants a divorce be-
cause her husband is too tall. We
frequently hear of divorces because the
husband Is too short. but this Is about
the limit.
yersy was settled before Mr.. Roosevelt
had a say-so! Ach!
&t~ AIasi :
So Cook
Was crook!
New Days and New Ways
oh, the new days an the new ways or
the Glad New Yearl
But I'm thinkin' o. the old days while
I'm sittin' here;
The bells that ring the old year out
fill young folks hearts WIN gee,
But the old days an the ol9 ways "e'e
the best of all to mf'
BLOW the hfrns
An ring away
The other day"
-. A. oDOo folks laugh an, hollee
On tnc re Nax.r wears ushered in,
But / sit alone an p"e'
the noise an din, II, GO % aav.
The fire-falls low as br 81 ~
no more to be NAVE wara nast
Oh, the old days an ols
of all to me!
but let the cins,,
And bells rinA
We'll welcome vnar,
The 5iA1 ~ ARMSTRONG,
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The Houston Post meanly charges
that "there are women who would
rather shop from morning till mid
night than to spend half an hour
cooking a pan OF biscuits" but The
Post will not admit that any of them
live in Houston. Colonel Bailey is al
ways careful of his own skin.
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Cincinnati. Dec. 24.--An order for
the sale of the P. p. Mast Manufac-
turing Company plant at Springfield.
one OF the largest implement making
concerns IN the world, was issued to-
day by Judge Safer Ia the United
States District Court The price must
exceed a2as. 200