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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
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presbyterian OF the S0uth.
The Attorney General OF Tennessee
replies In very dignifed manner to
the Interiors recent attack on the Su-
preme Court of Tennessee. and asserts
that The Interiors statement that he
had branded the decision Of that court
in the Cumberland Church case as
Outrageous" Is without foundation.
His demand for the authority for the
terror. but nothing is said about It.
The Attorney General goes on 20 show.
very quietly but with great force. that
1t is but q step from distrust of the
officer to contempt for the law. and
that no more insidious form of danger
threatens the security OF life, liberty.
and property. than hasty, ill-consider-
ed. and unwarranted attacks upon the
judiciary.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
Deeayine Newspaper FiIes.

w f-ObL.
Newspaper files are giving librarians
no little anxiety. For the last two
decades or so the daily journals have
all been printed on wood pulp paper,
which 10 not OF durable quality. In
course Of time the files become as brit
tie as dry. thin pine shavings. The
work Of students OF history will be cur
tailed when librarians are obliged to
make examination of old newspaper
files difficult, or an exceptional privi-
lege. II is suggested by some stu
dents and librarians that the greater
journals at least. print few copies
daily, after their regular editions are
"run on" on paper of the old-fashioned,
everlasting sort, keeping enough to in
sure the permanency Of their own files
and supplying other copies to the libra
ries of their home cities. For instance,
q New York paper might furnish these
extras to the public library and to
the several local colleges. Colleges and
libraries In other parts OF the country.
might, on application, be supplied with
the permanent edition. The extra cost
to the publishers should be covered by
q slight additional charge.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

In short while legislative oratory
will again be on tap at the Capitol. 1t
is to be hoped that some of the law
makers have new speeches. The brand
Of oratory that was uncorked at the
previous sessions of the Legislature led
the hearers to believe that made-over
speeches from the hastings and stumps
were made to do new service In the
so-called debates in the two Houses.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

The dencit in Georgia grows and
grows The farther the Legislature
gets into the treasury figures. the
deeper they find the state in the hole.
And strange to say. nobody knew any
thing about the deficrt until former
Governor Hoke Smith was out of office
and the new administration was in.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

The tears we (did not) shed over At
lanta's failure to be visited by Leon
Ling were premature, it seems, for one
of the papers of that city announces
that he has been seen there. Now
everything is lovely.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

The army officers at Fort Myer are
getting restless because the Wright
brothers do not fly. They believe that
when birds can fly but won't fly, they
ought to be made to fly.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

The Lineville Headlight opines that
"by all means yarns should be on the
free list Well. II one species of
'ayarns" were not free there would be
but little doing in Congress
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

Does Mrs. Gait wear a ratT asks
The Columbus Ledger. AS 1t seems to
be the natural thing for cat and a
rat to come together we Judge that she
does.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

Automobiles have some use after all.
A man was being robbed near Chicago
by three foot-pads when an approach
ing automobile honked and ran them
away.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
SUNDAY, JULY II, 1909.
orr IT'S NUT.

OEE- AAS
This 10 from that bumptious csntem-
porary, The Norfolk Landmark:
The Wilmington Star scores beauti-
fully on The Charlotte Chronicle. Rich
mond News-Leader, Montgomery Ad-
: veytiser. and others whose editors
soo ever q, N0sh % Se TSs
star says that these editors betray
their ages by drooling about publ
cation which has been out OF date SO
The Landmark has never talked
about the blue-back speuer ana never
saw a copy of it. What's more, we
spelled better than pevple spell now.
The old oaken bucket Is gone. too. A
modern razor-backed speller brought
throuxh a Whole herd Of those old
plue- backed spoilers and never turn
hair.
Perhaps the years that have elapsed
since these spelling-books were in use
may make the time seem long to kids
like those OF The Star and The Land
mark. who never saw real spelling
book, but we beg to inform them that
there are some Of US yet living to
whom those books were the only
-spellerS to be had and who learned
how to spell by studying them. When
we say LEARNED how to SPELL we mean
ii literally, for we did learn that es-
sentiai part of an education better than
il can be learned in any modern school
Of which we have knowledge. The
fact that The Landmark man never
saw one Of these books detracts moth
ing from their superiority, and its as
aertion that those educated-or taught
lin the modern methods can outspell
the "old blue-backers" shows that it
doesn't know what 1t is talking about.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
Things That Are Coming.

AndaIuSla STAT. .
Brewton Standard says the new rail.
road from Brewton 10 Andalusia is
coming" So Is a change of Governors
In Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

1t is to be hoped that zeppelin's pro-
posed flight to the pole will not end in
talk, as Wellman's has done.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

G. I Tinigan, Circuaat,on Manager OF The
Montsomsry Advertiser. being dsT s"esn'
Ths foregoing statement Of Ths Adysr-
kzsers cfrcuiation for the month OF May,
1905. 4 true and correct, and complied after
ali returns from news boye. news agents.
spelled and isft over copies have been de-
Circulation Manager.
sworn 70 and subscribed before me this
RIGA ALEXANDER.
Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
sWoRN CIRCULATION

SWORN Cx8CUA.AIAos. rsp-
rae figures for May printed e;,o ,.,n.
resent the actual net eirculstion' -
naytng been deducted. its
Advertisers land makes tt part o. ~, ~ .tyou.
tract when rsQussted) that It's osAy rninr
lafion e larger than that Of any ~ ~ - ~
newspaper printed IN Alabama-enesr sxiSrion
sunday edition has t-s larkss artnrsd In
OF any edition Of any newspapsx k
AlabAma, without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

Tariff bill on its last lap" Is the
heading of a newspaper article. Not
exactly. 1t will be in Taft's lap last.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

This is from that bumptious centem'
porary, The Norfolk Landmark:
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
Ex-Judge willis G. wood.

Fiorala News.
The above gentleman is one of the
Oldest lawyers in the State. He is 81
years old and at present an honored
citizen and eminent lawyer of Florala.
He can tell you all about the dark days
things that happened long years before
this time. He has been practicing law
ffty-five years, and was Probate Judge
OF Pike County In 1858. Florala is
proud to claim him as one of her citi-
Gems. 4.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
A Voice From Limestone.

some weeks ago a party Of prospec-
tors came into this community and be-
gan drilling at point about two miles
east from town. After going down
several hundred feet, they pulled up
and left but returned a few days ago
In greater. numbers and with more
Inch drill. which is being kept In con-
slant operation. Just what discoveries
have been made. If any. has not been
made pubic. But we learn that sew
arai tracts of land In the vicinity have
been purchased, and that number ot
options have been secured.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Don Carlos, the pretender to the
throne of Spain, is dead. His claim
was based on the old Salic law, which
forbade the royal succession through
female lines-a law which King Ferdl.
nand VII caused to be abrogated when
he failed Of male issue. Except for
that abrogation the grandfather of the
late pretender would have acceded to
the throne on King Ferdinand's death
In 1888. More than one attempt has
been made to overthrow the existing
regime by force of arms; and If Don
Carlos himself had not proudly refused
to consent to constitutional form Of
monarchy, he might have had the
crown forty years ago. His reaction
ary course at that time made his cause
hopeless. He leaves a son, Don Jaime.
who becomes in his turn the Spanish
pretender.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Mosquitoes Kill Cattle.

b. M. Foster and 7. A. Dees return
ed home from Cheniere au Tigre, an
island south Of Abbeville, a Houston
Posts Lake Charles (La.) correspond.
ent says. Great myriads of large mos.
quitoes caused the party to return
home at once. Mr.. Foster is authority
for the statement that many head OF
cattle are being killed by the pests
and that the people Of the island
would suffer like fate If they ven.
tured out. Day and night the inhab.
itants are compelled to fight constantly
against the little pests, and what small
farm work is done on the island has
been sadly neglected.
Mr.. Foster says that the cattle on
the island can usually be found In
herds of about 100 each. but the mos.
ouitoes have caused the animals to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

When the world is so wide and
there Is so much of rertile and unoc-
cupied territory, why does the popu-
lation Insist In budding in crowded
communities and into places of mis-
cry, shame, starvation and death?
Three hundred thousand Londoners
live In one-room tenements with three
or more occupants. The death rate Of
the London districts where a million
OF people are housed not so well as
horses, Is four times higher than nor
NAL In Scotland 23 per cent of the
families live in one room and in Glas-
gov one-third of the population are
families that have no more than one
room to huddle in. Conditions are no
better In the smaller cities. Thirty
i've per cent Of the families of Kill
marnock. having only $4,000 popula-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

flock together for protection, and he
saw one big herd with fully 10000 ami
mails punched and believing with
pain. The cattle, he says, keep NOV
Ing to the windward to keep the pests
off as much as possible. Occasionally
one will become exhausted and fall be
hind, or COW will stop to help Its
calf, only to meet hasty death. Some
animals Mr.. Foster saw have actuall,
been smothered to death by the grea,
swarms Of mosquitoes.
mo one who has not witnessed con
ditions on the island is able to form
any idea Of what the people and stocl
have suffered" concluded Mr.. Foster
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
PROPER TIME TO LAUGH.
Some Vaudeville JOkeIets Which
Age Cannot Wither.

vaudeville is known as the laugh
trust" but not for the reason one
might think. 1t gets the phrase be-
cause there are certain definite num-
Der of devices in its category of acts
that control the laughs of its audi
/ ences. The same old things are always
good for laugh in vaudeville. Ac-
cording to the Bohemian, a new de-
vice, a new bit of business" a new
joke are all regarded as dangerous by
| the performers. The following table
! details some Of the times at which a
vaudeville audience regularly laughs:
When comedian walks with a
mincing step and speaks in falsetto
voice.
When German comedian opens his
coat and discloses a green waistcoat.
When comedy acrobat falls down
repeatedly
When a performer asks the orches-
ira leader if he is a married man.
When a black-face comedian says
something about chicken.
When performer starts to rise
from chair and the drummer pulls
a resined piece of cord so that the
performer thinks his clothes have
ripped.
When the drummer suddenly beats
the drum during a comedians song
and the latter stops and looks in his
direction.
When tramp comedian turns
around and discloses a purple patch
or several pearl buttons or a target
sewed on the seat of his trousers.
When the funny member of the
troupe of instrumentalists interrupts
the progress of melody by sounding
a discordant note on his trombone.
When clown of team of aero
bats poises himself to do a presuma-
bly, difficult feat and suddenly changes
his mind and walks away without do
Ing 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

tion dwell in single room tenements.
One-eighth Of the total population of
Scotland does not know the beauty of
a two roomed home. There seems to
be strange idea that number of pop
ulation dignity cities. A growing
town is a great boast, though as
matter Of fact the larger it grows the
more sin and misery it contains and
the more quality deteriorates 1t is
quality that counts. The most benefi-
cial world movement that could be in
augurated would be the scattering of
the populations of great cities.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Back Of the enforced restoration to
federal ownership of the lands that
Western corporations are now surren-
dering lies the deeper issue of wheth-
er there has been penitence for the de-
ceits practiced and the greed shown, or
is 1t simply a case Of might at last
getting on the side of the right, and
compelling surrender of the goods"
without any recognition by the officials
who have been caught that they have
been guilty Of anything save the elev-
enth commandment, which is, Thou
Shalt Not Be Found Out"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Indians Simplicity at Home.

Nowhere Is the Indians simple.
mindedness more apparent than in the
homes. They are either devoid of fur
niture or crowded with incumbrances
The occupants possess iron and brass
bedsteads or display as their chief
treasure highly polished elaborately
carved folding bed, never used. Roll.
ing themselves in blankets, they seek
repose on the floor.
One home boasts as It's principal
furniture four opera chairs of uphol-
stored leather, with movable seats
such as are to be found In any thea
ter.
A Spokane Indian was the proud
possessor Of a shining black hearse,
bearing four huge ornamental SABLE
plumes. Riding his cayuse into town
one day he encountered funeral. The
hearse caught his fancy; he followed
the procession, awestruck, to the cem-
etery. Nothing would do but that he
must have the grand chariot Cor his
own. Disposing Of some land, he pur-
chased the hearse and was wont to
take his wife and numerous children
out for drive sitting on the floor of
the hearse bouncing from glass side
to glass side as the road became rough,
trying to appear dignified and non
chalant, but grinning from ear to ear,
the brave on the box outside the proud.
est man in Observation-Disclosures.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

They demand 1t because of the competition with which
they meet from their sisters who not rich as
themselves They don't want these to equal them in
splendor and in elegance.
Those who will hold out longest in this mad chase
Will some day awaken to the fact that in spite of all
their resplendent they not really elegant
women, but limitations and And then they
Will take their money, which they waste almost
nconceivabe uxurles to adorn themselves outwardly
and will spend it in travel and in other things which
Will enrich their intellect and will make them
tractive as women and not mere lay figures.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

There is good story told of we'll known professor
examining three raw students He asked the first,
Does the earth round the or the sun 20 round
the earth?"
THE earth goes round the SUM- sir"
fou, said the professor quickly turning to the
second student.
20, the goes round the earth"
YOU demanded the professor of the third student
o. it's sometimes the way and sometimes the
other"
Our position then is this: We gather number of
carefully observed facts and then try to explain
them. We then look out for new facts and see If our
theory can explain these Also If it cannot we must be
willing to alter theory.
When we are quite satisfied that theory is correct
we then raise the theory to higher platform and call
IL law OF nature 1t is well to remember that with all
other knowledge these laws nature are of mans own
making. 1t is amusing how people think that
certain things happen because of these laws of na-
ture AS If the universe controlled by these
laws which man has constructed! The laws of nature
are only theories which be correct Thev are
not facts, but merely our views ideas of facts
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

The policy of barring gypsies, which
the new immigration commissioner at
Ellis Island is enforcing, is likely to
meet with general public approval.
There is no conceivable respect in
which they can be benefit to our So
ciety. While not likely to be charge
on our communities in the ordinary
sense, they are suspected of being SO
in another. They are hardly desirable
neighbors even for short time, and
1t has become the custom in most COM
munities to refuse them a place to fix
their camps. Picturesque, no doubt
they are, and reminders of certain
phases of the days of romance and
chivalry, but we measure our human
accretions these days by the standard
of utility, and according to that they
are invariably found wanting.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05


Sometimes 1t helps and sometimes
1t hurts man in public life to ac-
quire a reputation as one who can
make others laugh. 1t depends large
ly upon what manner of man he is
and the way in which he starts the
laugh. If his associates and the pub
lie laugh at him rather than with him,
his usefulness in high station Is at an
end, and his prospects of advance
ment are blighted. But the public
man with a real senes of humor, along
with a proper appreciation of the pro-
portion of things, can often accom-
plish more In Congress or elsewhere
by quick retort or a bright story
than colleague can by an hour of
sound and solemn argument. Proctor
Knott OF Kentucky, Sunset" Cox Of
New York, Adam Bede of Minnesota.
Private" Allen Of Mississippi and
Mr.. Cushman of Washington, who
died no long ago, are recent instances
OF humorists In Congress whose wit
increased, rather than crippled, their
influence In that body. There Is much
virtue in the laugh which breaks the
tension of heated debate and clears
the atmosphere when men, in the ear
nestness Of their feeling, are in dan
ger Of losing their tempers. Lincoln
saved many trying situation by an
apt story. The late Speaker Reeds
keen wit pierced many a fallacy in
the argument of an opponent, al
though 1t is to be admitted that Its
caustic nature occasionally left a
sting behind which made it's victim
his enemy. The smile of President
Taft, which newspaper pictures have
made familiar to everybody in the
country, Is so infectious and so indi-
cative of boyish spirit and the whole
some joy Of living, that 1t has added
immeasurably to his popularity. AL
though the public likes to laugh and
likes to see the laughter-loving side
developed in men Of eminence, It has
small use for the buffoon and the
clown. The man who Is a comedian
and nothing more may be success
on the stump, but he will fail in pub
lie life. Unless the man who can
make others laugh can also make
them take him seriously, the only
sphere of public life in which he can
do well Is that which includes the cir.
Gus and the vaudeville stage,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Even If King Alfonso should lose
his present position his Uncle Ed could
undoubtedly find some kind of a Job
for him where he could get good
wages without doing much.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

A man who gave 100000 to the
church now has only 81 between him
and poverty. In casting your bread
upon the waters 1t is sometimes as
well to watch which way the current
goes
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

1t seems to have been all a mistake
about the japanese having become
civilized. They are sending large
numbers of grafters to pail.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Perhaps the West would get more
Of those $4,000 men that she wants to
help harvest the crops If she could
promise profitable occupation for
, them after the crops are harvested
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

"Your pas coming down on Satur-
day. / wonderful that would be a good
time to speak to him"
Yes When ma tells him what
she's spent down here he'll be glad to
get rid Of the lot OF us!"-Comic Cuts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

A financial expert has written a
magazine article on who Owns the
Wealth of the United States?" If he
had just finished stay with a sum-
mer resort keeper he would not have
any doubts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

principles is that womans attraction resides not so
much in her spiritual and intellectual qualities not in
her beauty, but in her elegance. And by elegance is
not meant the poteness and the harmony of bear
ing and manners, but simply the way in which she
appears" the manner in which she is dressed
To be beautiful in day and age longer means
to possess beautiful features Modern language and
modern logic have changed the meaning and notion Of
this Beauty to modern notions is a thing not in
ernal inherent God given, but external thing de-
pendent upon the purse, the tailor and the mner.
The artists who devote their lives to making new
fashions and styles for the beautiful are rackng
their brains now to make for which they
to charge $500, or hats for $780, They do not plan
such high priced because of their great Gu
pidity but because of their patrons extravaganza Their
best patrons demand such high priced gowns and hats
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

1t is only natural to think that
Spain ought by this time to be pretty
well cured of the habit of going to
war
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

We are not In favor of the present
method of killing umpires. 1t savors
too much Of butchery. An umpire
should be given start of at least 100
yards.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
FEMININE BEAUTY AS NOW INTERPRETED
By Marcel Provost,

Mrs. Howard Gould testified recently to the
effect that truly elegant woman ought not
to wear the same gown twice. no matter how
beautiful or expensive gown it may be. The
tendency towards almost inconceivable ex-
travagance in dress is not surprising in view
OF the fact that society lays so much stress
upon appearance rather than upon accom-
plishments. One of our first ultra-modern
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

The best way to put down the So
called white slave traffic is for every
mother to safeguard her daughters in
her home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Longfellow's bridge over the Charles
river has been declared unsafe. 1t is
dangerous to stand ION the bridge at
midnight" or any other hour.