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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
A Versatile Statesman.

Limestone Democrat .
 Senator W. N. Hayes was a visitor to Athens last week. The gentleman from south Limestone doesn't usually permit court to pass by without coming up, and the present term saw no exception to the gentleman's long established cus- tom. Tn conversation with represent ative of The Democrat, Senator Hayes assured him. with every appearance of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that he was en- gagged in building a residence of some twelve or fifteen rooms, the timber for which had all been sawn by himself. the brick work done by his own hands and a large amount of the other work he assured this representative was done bv himself We have often heard of the politician who would so forth and tell Eve farmers "--as Charles P. Lane was wont to say-how he was one of them. but the Judge has gone them better. He can assert most positively that he is q farmer, a saw mill man. a miller, a brick mason. plasterer. a carpenter, and if it becomes necessary he can quote to the recalcitrant voter poetry legal lore, or tell him the effects of various and sundry medicines upon the human system.
 For versatility. the Senator Is in Class A. and up about the head at that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

Among the newspapers that have apparently attempted to discredit Poe we were surprised to find The Pitts burg Post. We do not know why that paper should speak unfavorably of the great poet. but it does. Poe may not have been a genius, but he certainly was original" 1t says. "Pos- sibIy his art as a poet was crude. '' 1t adds, and some more of the same kind. If 1t does The Post any good to damn with faint praise" such a genius as Poe we suppose there is no law to prevent, but we are curious to know why 1t should now endeavor, really to depreeate the man and de- tract from the merits of the poet. It was not nice thing to do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
Reot,s Elecslen.

New 1ork Evenink POSI- |, accompanied by no signs of enihusi- asrn. This Is partly because 1t has so long been certain. Political events thoroughly. .dIseounted. in advance, aSss sny tns.r assr iaisrssi msas is aosStfSa @
 Root had been chosen after a long and stubborn contest. the newspapers wouIo have rung with his triumph today .h six years ago, there would have been a great sensation. It might have been expected that New York would ceie- brate the present change. She IS un- Ss% SsSh'sss ssGss,5ls ssd aSss S sst For man sheer himseif upon good judges in wishing ton. both Americans and loreisrsIs, beyond any mansin public Iie. nrs ing, which the politicians resent ss "coidness." does no injury to MT. Root with the judicious. Yet the fact that he is not slap--you-o on the oack ssa'es ssr the lack of popular acclaim over his election to theN Senate. In addition, there Is the fact that his cnoice was imposed upon the Republican party or Taft had far more to do with It than Assembly or Senate at Albany Finally, to be entirely frank. there has been an uneasy feeling in this city and state that Mir. Root might have sat Tor the portrait which the President drew In his speech at Harvard, when he spoke e of eminent lawyers who put their greas abilities at the service of unprincipled s so far as i've E know, there Is nc proof that Mir. Root ever did this; but the fact of disquiet on that score cannot be denied. I alone would nave peen had there been q direct primary for the SeuatorshiD.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
That One Cent Nerdicf and
 The Thoughts # Inspired

wielded in defense Of common rights IS m the grasp of every citizen and will CTS.
 Yours sincerely.
 M Adam Glass.
 More HsIp oGered-
 Editors The Advertiser: The decision of yesterday in the Co., mer case has caused a great deal of re- ioicing in Birmingham The pubiica- uon shn s, maze by you was In the interest of pc called upon to bear the expense of the Judgment rendered: so neymif me to contribute the amount of said jndg- ment -. ''-.l
 Yours very friendly,
 Birmingham Business Man
 bg one Cent Damases.
 The Montgomery Advertiser has been innlcted in the sum of one cent for printing q libel stating thar Governor Conner had offered one Dickert money the Louisville and Nsshviiie Railroad. i T Although the libel was an advertise ment. and we understand. q part of SaIal,sasg camIalHsisn effort to defeat Mr. comer's choose to. construe 1t as q personal af- front and to hold the newspaper reg sponsible The trial judge charged iibeious nature of the publication, and the jury was so instructed, but as to the actual damage done, the jury de. clares 1t is adequately measured by the one-hundredth part of a dollar, or. in other words. that no damage was done at all The jury had to assess damages because of the judges instruction. but steered as close to nothing as 1t was possible for a Jury to do. ",
 We regard the verdict as equfvaienI to declaration on the part of the jury that the suit was frivolous. Possibly. the jury was influenced elso by the Lnought common to most citizens, that ne snould be prepared to stand knocks wnether hard or soft; and that 1t is better some injustice be done candi- concerning the qualities of those who with. 51 wv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
This Date in History
JANUARY ss.

E9kfeF sE4 sKanF aseliT f73s--The Rhodef1I Island AsRenbly suppress
 ed private lotteries. l737--John Hancock, patriot and states
 man. born in quincy. Mass. Died there,
 Oct g. 17S3.
 1s2o-Duke of Kent. father of Queen Vic toria died. Born 1167. le22--Lord Exmouth, who with small
 British squadron reduced Algiers and
 liberated 5000 Christian slaves, died.
 Born April 1s. 17S7. 1s6l-The Georgia Representatives with
 drew from Congress. 1s75-The East River, New York. spanned
 by an ice bridge. 1ss4-The Hon John Jones Ross became
 premier of Quebec. 1sss-France announced the annexation oi
 Madagascar. . 1aOsAEdward A Mcdowell, composer. died
 at New York. Born there. Dec. IS
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
This h My 3sth Birthday
BENJAMIN E. EADs.

RentaInin Brindiev Eads. physician and educator, was born at Paris, Ky. January 23. 1870. He was educated in private schools in his native place and then began medical education he became resident sur geon at the Jefferson Hospital in Philadel- phia. In 1892 he removed to Chicago, where he became instructor of anatomy and physiology at the Rush Medical College.
 From 1894 to 1897 he was professor of anatomy at the Illinois Medical College, and since the latter year he has been professor of surgery and clinical surgery and dean ct the same institution. pr. Eads is a prom inent member of the American Medical As- soclation and has written extensively for the medical press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

A New York preacher declares that @good clothes are almost as necessary as brains Well. it seems to us that 1t depends somewhat on what a, thing is necessary for. If the object Is only to mix in society and hold proml- nent place among the high flyers he needs the good clothes. and can get along pretty glibly without brains. but when it comes to accomplishing the really good in life We insist brains are of greater necessity than fine clothes,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
How to Age a Painting. leveland Moffett in success Mage-

zine.
 Europe is full of artists who, as far as line and color go, can turn out admirable copies of anything; these copies are made on old can- vases mounted on a framework Of old wood, and, when the paint Is dry, the picture is put through an tngen. ious aging process. A certain kind of varnish gives a ripe golden tone, and deepening of shadows with sug- gestion of the soil of centuries is had by the smearing of Hcoriee juice. As for the cracked paint surface--sure sign of age--that Is obtained by bak- ing the picture carefully in an oven or by laying a plaque of metal on the.canvas and striking 1t gently with a Hammer. Wormholes in frame or panels are merely matter of nne shot fired in and afterward picked out. And fly-specks to deceive the flies themselves may be had by the judicious spatter of Indian ink.
 No doubt, to the sure connefsseur, there is something hard and cold about the copies, something vaguely unsatisfying; but no one can deny originals-so much like them that the great museums of Europe, all unsus- pecting, have hung their wells with these mellow masterpieces of yester- day. It is said, for instance, that Rembrandts portrait of Sobieski in the Louvre, Is not the original at all, but only copy. the original being in Russia. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
Are Plants LasyH Francis Wayland Glen in Louisiana

Planter.
 Are plants lazy? From my stand point of observation for sixty years, they are. They will seek the nearest food, regardless of consequences. In my garden, few years ago.. l had en morning observed that the wind had blown It over flat upon the ground. There were no projecting roots pro- truding from the northeast side Of side were curved around toward the southwest. With a spading fork lifted the earth upon the southwest side of the plant and discovered 8 forkful of decayed stable manure. The roots upon the northeast side curved to the southwest because 1t was the shortest route to food supply That death to the plant when the fall winds came was not considered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

When one makes a claim it may as well be for the whole thing as not. No use to be doing anything by halves. Here. for instance, is an item from a London newspaper saying that the Royal Scots Regiment claim that the body-g guard of Pontius Pilate was com posed of Caledonians, who were the original Scotchmen. We do not cer- tainly know that this is credit to the Scotch people. but 1t at least shows that they believe in going back some.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

haff Ares per thousand persons. The per capita loss by flames in It9ly is twelve cents yearly; in Germany, for ty-nine cents: ia thirty of the largest European cites. sixty-one cents; and In 252 American cites the per capita destruction averages e3.10.
 Boston. in many respects the most paily prosressive city in this country, has a yearly bill Of a million and a half dollars from loss by burning, :, along with one- tenth of that sacri- flee. Our debit side of the fire ledger sums up q heavier total than the combined losses of any other six civt- this side of the sun equals us for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
Taft and the South.

Cha arleston News and Courier.
 In an article recently published in Harper's Weekly. the view as to Fed eral appointments to office by Godkin In The NNsv York Evening Post was emphasized. That eminent man took the ground that any Federal appoint ment that was offensive practically to ucated portion of. the community. was a bad appointment. and this.is evident ly the thought in Mir. Taft's mind. and 1t is altogether creditable to his-sound common sense, and his high sense of honor. We, believe in him thoroughly. as far as he has gone, and praise him without stint for his good intentions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
nolllnR aoo nrra At once,

London dlo6e.
 If onS could ba familiar with sli the latest electrical novelties he must make tour ef the kitchen of a big Atlantic JlheF, The. aVtonislIe egg betJere, iiite thoses 6R the Aupltsnlh and Mauratania, are ahie to eoait 300 ssnhs,ns esh, the hsa,tst p9s sssntsiEnss tgis0msh shs egaa 70 hep cut of the water st any ethpE seyeIty ls saiSsdgTrplRE .eysssE s aIsSE s siSase the e cooker ts'iHH psaFs ita oeats5sfU 3ats N aeuR hIat6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
OFFERS HELP.
ATr. Glass. of Mehile, Has Had The

MF. 1tasns OI mSnhies AMs Ann AAS
 Experience.
 Mobile. Ala. Jan. 21. 1908. Mir. Frank Glass. Montgomery. Ala.
 Friend Glass:---My sympathies were deeply aroused when | read In this mornings papers of the enormous fine imposed on you and my good friend Screws in your little argument with Ills Mstssty. the King of the State,
 gument had several years ago with a members of the Mobile bar of attor- neys. in which my friend endeavored to bewftch from me the little sum of s1o0.000. but the community came to my rescue and decreed that I pay my friend the large sum of one cent. You was. and to, this day do not know what would have done had 1t not been fer the good services of our excellent postmaster. who was kind enough to give me two large pennies. This was one more than I needed, and after pay ing over to my friend the enormous sum of One Cent as decreed by the court. put the surplus kindly proyid- ed by my other friend aside and have kept 1t well guarded.
 It strikes me as particularly fin good keeping to supply you with this treas ure, which now enclose. and will al- low another Glass to keep from break ing, and at the same time add to the coffers of our puissant ruler the King of the State of Alabama.
 Both you and Screws have made a your side. and am well pleased with the outcome of your suit.
 Keep the good work up and when the common interests and truths need championship and defenders. strike fearlessiy and boldly. for that sword
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

wife is living in condition of in- voluntary servitude her husband is a constitution-buster, or words don't mean anything. And if the little, wo- man establishes her contention and gets divorce on such grounds. what husband Is safe. we should like to know. Even miliionaire's wife might set up the plea that she isn't a free woman, and thus sustain a. suit for divorce. There's danger ahead, mayhap.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
It Paya To Be An Early Bird.

WaCOnIa tMlnn.J PatrIOL
 Do not lie in bed in the mornings. The early bird catches the worm, and before him you may read your neigh- bor's papers before he comes down to take them from the step. Your gains will depend largely upon the but one cent day nets you SS.66 a year, except in leap year, when you will make a cent more. In follow ing out this plan. rem ember it Is not compatible with the obligRtions of good neighb orhaod to cut out Items which you think will interest your
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
where NOIse 10 saIable.

PhIIadeIphlh buIIttIh' ,.
 You know, of course" said a captured the African shoe trade mak- ing shoes that squeaked loudly The native considers the discomfort and tile if they don't squeak as he walks, like an iil-greased cart-wheel.
 we have now captured the Afri- can cheap watch trade by turning out d good dollar watch that ticks like a boiler factory. You could hear this tick through a feather mattress In fact natives wearing our watches tick audibly. As they swagger along. their American shoes squeaking and their American watches ticking, they give out as much noise as a brass band. .. d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

pr. Wiley. according to The Chicago Tribune. has been busily engaged lately in examining and analysing two dozen samples of whiskey. and has requested that he be not disturbed while engaged in this momentous task. We think that is real selfish In the doctor If the whiskey is a good article he might let some others analyze it little--on the side. as it were.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

The New Haven Register is as mild ly rejoicing about New York as 1t can we'll do. At last, after so long a time" 1t says, New York is to have a United states Senator. The merest decency restrains one from making the exuitation As, intense as 1t might justly be. New syorks may now turn with sight of relief from the grand eur that was Platt and the glory that was Depew to the real and sensible merit that Is Eiihu Root"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

A legislative freak in Oklahoma has introduced a bill fixing a road tax to be paid by the men within the voting age, with the proviso that the failure to pay this road tax deprives the de- linquent of the right to vote There are many ways and devices resorted to for the purposes of compelling men to pay taxes. but this is the queerest yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS.
 Successful Experiments In Sumter 

Successful Experiments In Sumter
 County.
 Livingston, Jan. 2z-(Special. )-Dr. J A. Beavers. of Cuba, is preparing an acre Of land ard will undertake the State contest for the largest yield of corn,
 Cuba people are pressing right to the front in this line of work. the truck work this year is supposed to be fine.
 David Jones. late of Texas. but now of Cuba, has started a chicken ranch at Cuba and will have about 5,oUo chickens shortly.
 This is . great help to the Cuba peo- pie. as 1t is just what they have needed for a long time there.
 W. c. McDaniel has just received sew erai thousand cabbage plants from Youngs Island. s. c. and will set them out at once as an experiment. Mir. McDaniel wants to be considered among the lucky Cuba trucksters and with these plants he can come up to the rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
What fhe State Papers
 Are Spying and Doing
. Befter Word.

A Better Word.
 Aiabamass --oniy woman lawyer is said to have caused ripple when she appeared in a. Montgomery court room Tuesday. A "ruffle" would have been more appropriate.
 upheidins the Law.
 We really don't believe there's a man ma In Dothan that hasn't violated i yet, we are . iaw-abiding people, too. as whole.
 Reversfng she order.
 Mir Taft dined on 'possym with the white folks of Atlanta, addressed the darkies on the subject of education and morals. A reversal would have
 .TAe sr.a mn.. Work. West Alabama Breeze,
 This Is unquestiohably one of the best spots on mother earth, but even here a man cannot always make a instesd & Of ss WSrkinse Even Eve the adTan. asss sss so ' the svfas msn s wso ssi sW not work. But, honest. we believe It comes just about as near doing that Jas any part of the globe.
 ,o,, n.,, syys $, ss l . !. .o Fasm. milk the cows, feed the horses. slop calves. catch the Colt and put him in the stable. cut some wood, split the kindlings, stir the cream. pump fresh water In the creamery after supper, fore he went to bed. Then he went to the farmers club to discuss the question How to keep the boys on the farm" -
 Ne More Days of Grace. Uniontown Herald. Under the statute enacted by the last Legislature of Alabama; no mSfs is,s State. Tn other words. any note. sight draft, or other instrument calling for the payment of money on stipulated time and the payer of any such instru- ment is not allowed the benefit Of three days of grace, as under the sd estoas aw on YGS tue. mnsS say agreed upon
 Ne. Faith In It.
 Roanoke Leader.
 The Supreme Court of Alabama has held that 1t Is unlawful, even for an arresting officer. to carry a pistol un- der twenty-four inches long. This writer has never had any patience with the law that prohibits ponce.
 
 making arrests from carrying. pistol in the manner most convenient and least conspicuous. Moreover, we have no faith Tn this two-foot pistol law by the last Legislature in vain en- deavor to lessen the prevalence Of pis- tol carrying.
 Old Time Ham Gravy. Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 The Montgomery Advertiser copies some talk from a Georgia editor about old-fashioned ham gravy. and goes on at a great rate about this old time standard article of diet. This editor when he. was young remem- bers with great delight the red gravy with rings and circles in that he used to make way with at an aston ishing rate when he could digest iron almost It has been some time. how ever, since he has seen any of the old-tirne red gravy. These packing house hams don't have the old-time gravy attachment. somehow Every Once in a while we hear of country ham, but 1t Is only hear-say;. we never see one. There are not nearly enough hams raised or cured in this country, anyway. Some carping critic might rise up and say that the editor Is get ting old and that the difference is in him and not In the ham gravy of the present day, but he doesn't believe 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

It is stated that some Minnesota Indians travelled two hundred miles to see game of football between a team of that State and team from the Carlisle Indian school. That was the sporting instinct for fair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
Our National Holocaust.

odIIUtI IIUpNIII5
 bOdys.
 We hear so much in this peaceful country. about GermRny's burden of militarism. Well our national bonnre my maintenance and leave Q surplus annually of twenty millions for nre- works fund wherewith to appease our oppressed by wars ana tho rumor of wars, how much more sorely Is the United States oppressed by Ire ana worst of 1t IS that this loss, In great part, Is needless and superfiuousi in- credihly and idiotically stupid and short sl ghted.
 Europe proves An much. No nation there but would be appalled, at Auch fire bill as ours. Tn the ferty-hlne principal cities of Europe there ls less than one ire annually tBa per cent to bs exaet), to every tbeusaHd Inhabitants. Tn this country we maln. tain a general average of four and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

Guess The Advertiser will now have to close up shop" predicts The Columbus Ledger. commenting on that one cent fine. We'll not just yet. We have made arrangements to keep her going a while longer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

One job that Taft will have on his hands-perhaps on his back--will be the canal project. Whether he can bring about any improvement in the work Is yet to be seen, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that he can't make 1t much worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
"A COMPARISON.

Sometimes comparisons do not flaw orably impress some of those who hear or read them. A recent article in Golfers compares Roosevelt. to Cicero, and seems to argue that the comparison is complimentary to both, but The Butte Inter- Mountain thinks it was more of knock than a boost, and adds:
 Ciceroi--the one weak figure In the Cicero !--hal the great est charlatan of his stature in human strongest .Sage the race. has known; anIlalss who thought ltfe-lpng for an Slisarchy under aa. the gq,lss Cf . rspSb- cause he. sought to retain republic Cicero!-whom even Cato mistrusted, the iron entered into his soul. whose vote was always to be bought for a word of flattery, who died without having satisfactorily aseertainsd his his whose sole claim to the recognition of posterity was his voice. diction and delfvery--a sort of gigantic .phono- ly in the senate upon the assassination of Caius Julius and regretted pub licIy that he had not been admitted about E those sDi grave faces. for who did not know that what Cicero knew the very hurrying winds might whisper? Cicero-the pitiably weak, half-souled, greedy, self-centered. groping absurd ity of the Augustan age, whom men repeat fin frenzy when school-boys and turn from in contempt upon the understanding that comes with the to draw a parallel here? Run away, Happy. and play with your tin train,
 Unfortunately we cannot hear from Cicero to learn if he Is pleased, and so far as we know Roosevelt has not expressed himself dee-lighted. which we may expect him to do if he looks on Cicero as a great man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

The New Haven Register speaks of Poe as the electric spark of genius, sweet interpreter of the hearts best desires" That is what we call put ting 1t nicely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

Pittsburg has baseball team named Pirates" and The Portsmouth Star suggests that the name should be changed to "Grafters." Good sug- gestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

President and Congress should both put on brakes says The Norfolk Landmark. We'll how can they? Roosevelt is too stubborn and Con gress cannot well stop at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

We are glad to have the assurance of a Wisconsin college professor that the world is growing better. Perhaps it is but when we read the daily papers we have some doubts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

"why not have a revival of the old sedition laws?' asks The Charleston News and Courier. We'll, isn't Roose- Yelt doing his best to revive them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23

The Oklahoma Capital doesn't re- member ever to have heard a good word spoken for the rat That. per haps, Is because cats can't talk.