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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
The House of . Dead I.ove.

March Delfneator.
 Out in Indiana. Joseph Guernsey built Q house more than twenty-five years ago and furnished 1t as a home for himself and the girl who had promised to be his wife. Three days before the time appointed for the wed- ding Joseph Guernsey was stricken with a fatal malady and knew that he had but . few hours to live. He made his will. be. ausathing the house and all its contents to the girl who was to have been it's mistress. and providing that 1t should be closed just as 1t stood and never again opened.
 Of course such provision could not be legally binding upon Joseph Guernsey's heirs. whether by will or at law. But the wishes of tho dead were respected The girl did not hide hersIf away from lie be- cause the man of her first choice wae lost 10 her. Joseph Guernsey had made no such request. Tn due time she married another man, and has had her share. t may be still lives. But the house to which Joseph
 Guernsey planned to take her as a bride was locked and barred just as It stood, and never afterward entered by any who had Q right to be there.
 For twenty-five years it stood there beaten by storms without and silent and tenantless within, slowly decaying, Q mem oriaI to Joseph Guernsey's hope and disap- pointment and untimely death. year ago the house was burned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
A BILLION A YEAR.

The first Congress of the United States to reach billion dollars in ap- propriations during two years was the one presided over by Thomas B. Reed as Speaker. Half that amount was regarded with suspicion but when the enormous sum above namedA was reached the country was surprised be- yond expression. The only reply to the charge of being billion dollar Congress was that of Reed to the ef- feet that this was "a billion Collar country" The present Congress has far outstripped anything heretofore known or dreamed of in the matter of extravaganza. It is a two billion dol- lar, Congress or is likely to be when 1t sdjourns on the 4th of next March. It has appropriated for the year end- ing June 30. 1909. the sum of s1.oos.- 100000 which is equivalent to s2.7s1.- s44s day. There is an increase of s5o.oo0.ooo for the year 1910. The deficit this year will 1be s12.ooo.- 900. The deficit for 1910 win be about s1bo.ooo.ooG "The people should know" says Chairman Taw- ney. Of the Ways and Means Com mittee. ''that seventy cents in every dollar spent by the national govern ment so for wars which are expected, or for wars which have occurred. In other words. 70 per cent of the cost of government Is chargeabie. directly or indirectly. to destruction; to the army, to the navy, and to the payment of pensions. The Navy Department will spend s1s2.ooo.ooo this year; the War Department will spend ss5, ,0o0. .0oo and siss,ooo.oo0 will be paid out in pensions. Notifications. soldiers homes. the sinking fund. and interest on the public debt must be included in the total yearly cost of wars past and wars anticipated. We are . peace fov- ing nation. but our military burden Is simply enormous. Moreover. both the 6Etny au4 navy ucAu6nQ ARCAC6no0 uP~ propriations for next year."
 The appropriations for the year end- ing June 30. 1910, are to bo made by the present Congress and from present appearances will equal those for the current year. thus bringing this country face to face with an ex- penditure of one billion of dollars per annum. Chairman Tawney admits that more articles must be taxed in order to get the needed revenue and we may expect the stamp tax to be re- vived. The powers that be in legisla- ton seem never to think of imposing an income tax. It would hit hard too many men who contribute money to Republican campaign funds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
Vvealth an Farm Animals.

With awsomobiles selling at upward of &1,000 each, 100000 of them might be bought with the increase in the value of horses in the United States last year and still leave something over es.0o0, 900 foxf the maintenance and repGirss of the machiness says the Twentieth Century Farmer. The com parison shows fulfliment of the proph- eey that the automobile was to put fhe horse out of business is e lonG way, off and also gives a hint of the great wealth che country has in its farm an- imala.
 According to the report of the Eecre- tary of Agriculture. the horse popula- ton of the country Jan. l, 1909. was 90, 0AO, 900, valued ct Sl,0f4,0S2.000. an increase for the year of e4s.00o horses valued at e10esS2a.000. The figures show, too. that where automobiles are used most extensively. in cities like Chicago. New York and Boston. the horse population is constantly grow ing.
 The secrstary's report shows tSat mules in the country. valued at 3437,- 0s2.OO0. There were 2i.720.000 miich cows, valued at e7o2.s46.00o. and e5.- 0S4,0O0 sheep, valued at $19s,6S2, ,O0O. The swine numbered 64,147,000, valued at S354, ,7l5. 900. While the increase iD the number of horses, sheep and cows was large, the swine population show ed an increase of 1,ss7.Q00 from the pre- ceding year. The value of farm ani- mals of all classes on Jan. is placed at S4,63E, ,2Se, ,000, or enough to nay the interest bearing debt of the United States four times over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
DOGS IN THE STONE AGE

The earliest domeSticated dog of which archaeologtsts find evidence dates back to the paleolithic or early stone age. It vas about as large as & German sheep dog. but ressmbled some what the Australian dtngo. according to The Cincinnati Commeroia Tribune. It was probably half wild. By crossing this dog with the ordinary wolf a breed resembling the Siberian '1AiIri'' seems to have been produced, and a cross with the dat-headed wolf resulted in the dog of the later stone age. from which the modern deeThound ts de- scended.
 In another line arose the sheap doas and the other hounds. the earliest evi- dence of whose existence comes from the bronze age. The boarhound group was probably obtained by crossing the larger bPeds. including some Inter- mixing with the high-akulled wolves This group did not appear until the glacial epoch, and it's representative in that age were the ancestors of the modern St. BeEnaTds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
TVvo aEmN.

It was q singular coinefdence. to cay the feast of if. through which the same day brought the centennials of two men 60 widely separated in every respect as Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin; separated not only by nationality but in almost every other way that men can differ. Lin coin was an uneducated American backwoodsrnan, practical and to @ great extent unromantic. His birth, his environment and his temperament led him to devote his time and ener- gies to the everyday work of a poor mans life. and left him little time or disposition to indulge in scientific or speculative work. He accomplished much through his strong mental en- dowment, his rugged physical strength. his honesty of purpose and his devo- ton to what he conceived to be the right. What he might have accom- plished in literature and scientific studies if he had been born under brighter conditions and we'll educated may only be surmised. He made the most of his limited opportunities and became one of the foremost figures in the national life of great country.
 Darwin, on the other hand, was al- most the exact opposite of Lincoln in environment and opportunities. Born of prominent and well-to-do parentR. thoroughly educated in the schools and colleges of England and Scotland. he was as thoroughly equipped for study and literary work as a man well can be. and he early turned his at- tention to study-and research along scientific and speculative lines. If he is not really the father of the theory of evolution, the origin of species and other lines of research and investiga- tion he certainly was the exploiter of the theories of which he wrote. That two men born on the same day should life and achieved fame in such widely different directions is somewhat un- usual. In our own country Lncoln's centennial was celebrated everywhere, but Darwin was hardly thought of by the majority of the people. So goes the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

Susan B. Anthony died at the age of eiEhty5six. Just year pefore her Keeping death. always before she '0"AS sSs asssT ran. MAiN:S ThSa Sa 'is is the testimony of all her friends and rela- tives. This wonderful woman took extreordinary care of her bodily health, spirit. She kept her mind yopng. To battle. Some one declares that a wo- man is s aS old as shs looks k,.s and man TSsa thing of looks" Is e matter of 'feel- young, no matter the flight of years with the ongoing of affairs cannot grow inf1rm either in mind or spirit.
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 Is it true-that in this age the Ss apOea Of Se casrn most sta9s WyO aeem to argue it. Tn the last analysis, the knowledge you can use Is all the Knowledge you've Woman is controlled by only, two love of sway-so says Pope.
 He who Is unwilling to make self sacrifice, whatever that is. can never know the depths of a real friendship.
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 Many a fellow has discovered that when a girls love setteled permnently on him 1t was already a shop-worn article.
 It would pay some of us to ponder over the thought of Carlyle: 'Tho greatest of faults is to be vonscious of none
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 If our makeup is normally human then in the presence of silent suffer- ing. our feeble passions release them selves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17

Not in JMany years." remarks The the United States so lost in popularity and the public confidence in the last few months of his administration as has President Roosevelt. And he has no one to blame but himself. The Roosevelt idolatry turned his head. He became imbued with the idea that he was a reincarnation of Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte. He will have long time in which to change his mind after March 4.'' All of us will see that when Roosevelt has no more favors to hand out adulation of him will fall below the freezing point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
Just Newspaper Talk.

~Ae6obN& SuEOulcles
 "ohl that's just newspaper talk" How often have you heard that expression. And, of course, always accepted 1t as an apt criticism of the ''unrelability of newspa- Ders" Perhaps you've made the same rs- mark, many times. yourself. Without ever stopping to think what you really meant when you said it.
 Perhaps, however. you are not quite as bad as J. H. Lloyd. a Tennesseean, who qualified as q juror in the cooper-carmaek this to say of this particular newspaper
 "J. II. Lloyd who qualified. never be- heved what he saw in a newspaper because once he read in one that a certain grocery sold thirteen pounds of sugar for a dollar. When he went to get the sugar the grocer said he did not believe anything in the durned papers,"
 In reality, there are many similar ones. The average newspaper man meets people ale most most every day who don't believe any better reason than given by Juror Lloyd. They saw something, once or twice maybe, printed in a newspaper that turned out to paper stories that were incorrect in some minor detail. And, at oncet they put all newspaper men down as liars.
 Suppose they should attempt to apply that yard-stick to every other business and pro- fessionR But 1t Is not necessary to go into in the best regulated families. @.
 But, with all that, the respectable, con- scientious newspaper is the most accurate. the most reliable product of the day wheil We take into consideration the conditions under which 1t is produced; the number of human agencies involved in its making hundreds in the course of every day; from the public that furnishes the news to the men who write 1t and set 1t up-the multi. plicity of chances for errors. Based on the law of averages. there is absolutely nothing to compare with the daily newspaper for reliability
 The next time you feel like saying you never believe anything you see in the # you could tell even a dozen stories a day without making more nlistakes In the tell Ing than the average newspaper makes ln telling ten or twenty times that number. You couldn't do it if you had all the 'facts' written out for you and these ''verified'-- and you know you couldn't.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
Letfers To fhe Edifsr
DIR. wyETH WRITES.
frss- ii. s...s Ts Protect It.

 Urges ths state TO Protect Its
 Waterwuys.
 New York City, Feb. IA. 1909 To tht Editor of The Montgomery Ad- vsrtiser Montgomery Ala
 desire to ask your attention. and through you. that of the people of my native state. to question of vast ig- pofsance pofs To to them hen, and to their descend It does not require any special abil- tfy or foresight to realize the great wealth with Which our State is bissssa While those that pertain to the soil are being developed tas shown In her in.. creased agricultural products). and immense and seemingly exhaustiess revenue. our people seem as yet slow in appreciating the value of her water This source of energy which. in my opinion. Is ultimately to be the most unfatling source of wealth within the State. should be clairsed as the prop arty not of flndividuals or of corpora ttons, but of the whole people of tho State. that is, the State itself. A
 To my mind, 1t is becoming evident that the National Government, in order to hold the railroads in check will he compelled by the people to undertake vast projects of improvement in our navigable streams. Free water navi- Katton will assure low railroad rates
  which may be placed on the statutes In the attempted regulation of inter state traffic.
 It seems to me it would be a wise so- 1ution of these great national probiems if the States and the Nation would co- operate in the general improvement and that the general government ID order to secure free and all-the-year- round navigation of our rivers. should pay one-half of the cost. the State to pay the other half and be the owner struction of these dams.
 From conversation with those who have made a special study of this suD- ject. am led to believe thatin the sin- gle inStance. of the Musical Shoals Falls of the Tennessee River. if this ar-. engagement could be brought about, the Federal government would open to nrv- igation forever the fifth river in the United States. and the State of Ala bama. in addition to tha benefits de- rived from freer trafiic, would ultimate ly reap a rich hnRncial reward from this investment.
 Yours sincerely.
 John A. Weyth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
This Date in History
 FEBRUARY IT.

1e21--The Plymouth colonists chose Miles Standish their captain.
 17es-Six negroes whipped by the English in Boston for drumming for the AsneFicang.
 Jetk Re&ce Detywesn the Unitad States and Great Britain asyziounoed
 1ee7--AlexnndAF Dailao 2aDhe, fox many years director of She United HtaeeA Coast Survey. dted Rt Newport. Ell Born in Philadelphia. July 1s,
 ises--Papai zoutves ieft Montreal,
 1S7o--AEississtppi re-admitted into the Union.
 1sss--Frances E. willard. famous temperance leader, died. Born Septem- Der 2e, 1883.
 isO3-Steamer Olive sunk iaear Nor folk. Va. with loss of eighteeh lives.
 1006-Parcels post treaty with Great Britain signed by the United States.
 1906-Wedding in the White House of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Represent ative Nicholas Longworth.
 190S-Turkish reserves called out and moved to Persian frontier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17

Of all those who have figured large ly in the history making of this coun- try few have left families which have kept up the name. There Is no one fin the public eye today with whom can be associated the name of Wash ington. A number of descendants of John Adams have occupied high posi- tons and have shown great capacity. More than one of them command at- tention today. Jefferson. Madison, Monroe and Andrew Jackson left no descendants who have impressed them selves upon the attention of the coun- try. when Robert Lincoln dies the only member of the family of Abraham Lincoln who reached distinction will pass out. The sons of General Grant who grew to manhood have figured more largely before the public than those of any of his day and time. Yet but for the name they bear in all probability none of them would have ranked in public estimation above medIocrity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
Some oompsasatioas.
OnSIAak

If ft ia true that our country suffers from social injustice and political wrong, it is also true that in no other country is the exposure of soeisl in- jastios and paaitaoal Wgong % certain; ih no other country 10 the Vdaitstaan Sof public condemnation so wpoedN in no 0thar country 10 the opportunity for correction 60 entirely in the hands of those who ere wTOnEed. Social In- justice Gnd political wrongs ere far worse In Russia than in America; but in Russia the oaly pemsdy is revolution in Ameriea the remedy iB ct hand in e free press, . free discussion, and c free ballet. What tR distinctive of d@noc. ITaoy is not social injustice and polita- oal WEongy that tB eouMaon to AIl gov. .sFuments. what 10 distinctive Of dO- rnOcgaSv lSiaes Saroe9U1d remedv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
You Never Can Ten.

what will happen For instance. there is a story of a man who determined to com init suicide. He went to the store and matches, a dose of arseuic. and revolver.
 He went down to the river and pushed the boat from the shore and waded to where with the coal oil, lighted a match and set fire to his clothing. took the dose of arse nie, put the muzzle of the revolver to nls temple pushed the boat from under him,
 and pulled the trigger. But the bullet glanced and cut the rope above him and he {eIl kerfIop Into the river; the water put the fire out and he got strangled apd cough cd up the arsenio. He rose and wedeo out and declared himself canqidate TOT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
The yyhins of Fsshlon.

ANSW Iork Tlhnee.
 From the long-waisted. f1ouncsd, and puffsd gowns of the Louis Xv, epoch. which are to be revived for woman'B weaE, according to the latest predictions of tho Partisan modistes veraeiously reported ln the MaroonI wireless dispatches of Tha Sunday Times, 1t win be an easy step to the huge crinoline and Puffs of an earlier epoch. Moralists who have lately been complAlutna that the woman has been mora in evidence than her dress will find consolation in the knowledge that because Of the huge saSa and queer shape of the gown it will s00n be difficult for the eye of the observer to locate its inhabitant.
 Already the sheath gown has been mode flied by an overskirt. When the gown It. self expands the coiffure wili grow upward PerDendicuiay structures will suDplant the low. spreading bungalow effects of the present styiea in hair. It will ail be very interesting. There is no more fascinating or bSwtlder1nK study than the fashions in women's dreas, dictated by hired men. in PaE4S exploited firnt by female parsons sv- srybody knows about but nobody kn0WR aAa ohediently adopted by the women of Che
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
New rnaustrz an cAAas

Vernacular papers are aglow over the starting of a new spinning and weaving industry at Tslngyuen. in thA Kwangtung province of China Some years ago a few gentlemen of Tsang- yuen dubbed together and sent forth youths to study the spinning end weey- ing industrAeg--preeun In JApA1-- that they might learn and hSocMo faua1aar with tta craft wA0ss 1uAe men hwving learned the work. sesAE1e0 to thsie native place. Tbe ge0erW headed by Chan Studying, then formed tharnseives into company 0lsa Sou8hs and obtaansd permission from thS Olsa- ials to start factories in Raen cl4y, They have already begun Werk on a smai scale. ana are @ble tQ weave wooden cloth, as well AB dFiklg and sundry oSiaer kinds or pefe0d materials worn by the Chinese. t is reported that the work IS weh done aaa snaS ,modEt1es in canOoa and Othoe viaoss .ins the 6s1ta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
This Ls My Sand Birthday
 JOSEPH HOwnLL.

Joseph Howell, Representatives ,at- Large from Utah. was born In BOX fEl. der County. Utah. February IT. lSS7. After attending the common schools of years at the UntverEity of Utah. After leaving college his first employment was as a clerk in store at WelisYiIie affairs of hIs adopted city and in fhe course of time he was elected Mayor. This served as the beginning of his public career and led to his election to served three terms. After the adniis- sion of Utah to tho Union, Mir. Howell served one term in the State Senate. Tn 1908 he was the successful candi- date on the Republican ticket for Ken. resentative -Rt-Iarge in the National Congress and has been three times honored with reelection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
DRIFTWooD

Many a.prstty woman is plain spok- vov Wss pas so1s sS girls .s. ssz zsas ssSsy rs gl for sucker.
 Even a toothless ,has can indulge iu biting saroasm. Tae blind man rnaast hAye .a sympa- tiaetis heart as he feels for you.
 The ysrtebrae of winter stil sssmd Wonder if Mir. raft has gained many pounds since his eating itinerary The treasury deacit may amount Id about slOO, 0.Oo0 by the Ist of July3 But this fact will hardly lessen thss enthusiasm of the glorious fourth up East.
 A caterpillsr. lays 100000 eggs at a setting. but that isn't lowering thei price of hen eggs any. 1 Of receiving that comic valentine by now2
 Some men will try to beat everyS How we abuse the rich until we are4
  when everything is going bad You You feel ike calling up 2 hearss ] For the guy who says Tt might o1 ean aep pas s tSsiiiars kSasi Store SwitaOa ioOklng in.
 wasa sa. assssss .. yoSng @ss P .sst sss without taking nervous chill. and th4 sight of baby bugsy throws nsna an1 Monts somsry | Sosfoface is worked t9 death these days. We have faint susj picion that prohibition Is responsihlS orders go to the life saving station9 at Pensacola. Jacksonville. and otheH wet towns.
 ouIsSns SsfsnsS wo RoS ovsaioSk %SS Ssr bsdahs Betting. on horse races will soon be thing va s the RSss Ths the sasS sport Fs0S kings in the public favor. One Teasonl given is that in an automobile race there is always good rhns SnancS 0S ws:,sd sSsi seem that history repeats itself inso-l bioodthirsty as the ancient Eomansl of the gladiators who so .deft1y cleav-i cd each other open with axea
 A pigamiEt has been arrested in wives. The proper place for this nsan1 is the insane asylum ana nos q pfas%l on cell. if MT. Taft is made { Mason we seel1 sorry for the goat he has to ride.I that's au' When you live ,1 tn s,t small HtsSS. sS%s ySg sy erybody asking you if you are sOing1 away. sass Kansas paper e.S Say sus gGRs'F s psssaD ESa tsss Sss than the other kind. Professor O'Shea, of wisconsin, .saysi Some of them never outgrow t eitheFi but make their living that way.
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 How we love to abuse the einh and how we like to hobnob with tnem'Woeni Time will hsAl all tAinSAs ega4F Fwhsut you put your foot end heel Into M whols wss1ioSssS1 iss onsS GSSsSs @SS Bas sss Es Washingfon Is the land of Grakt.
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 A Western girl selling tickets foE1 Q church fair put three htghw&yKnenl to flight the other night when theyi met her in the road. CrestfaiIen andI defeated they realized they were not in it with his type of hold uD Narse.i They simply had to take in $heaP @gn.i
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 COOxaxG It's des little cooler an Mss 'sDSlnS'st
 c hesIta&tn' But de sleepy little Ri'Iets in dsW beds De buds is nearly bustsn' fo' to 0oms
 z out Oh dc treea,
 An I longs to smell de clover an to
 hear de buzztn' bees. Oh, Mister Winter. hurry up aH take
 yo' clothes an so. Fo' Tse pow'ful tired O fgeeaan' Gays
 an nights when cold winds hlow. Oh. ehiver meath de &tSeF to mY
 cabin fire l cling, Oh, fase tired c Mister Wautnr am rBa(
 pinin' fo' Mss Sprdng