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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
ABOUT THE JAPANESE
FIST FIGHT GENERALLY pRD-
 FACES A DEATH STRUGGLE
Japan in winter-Colder in Houses of the Rich Than in Open Sun shine--A Spartan
 People.
Anna N. Benjamin in Ainsiee's Nigga.

Anna N. Benjamin in Ainsiee's Maga. zine:
 I suppose that the American people and the Russians are the only Western
 races that really keep warm in winter still those who dwell in other countries admit that they have the same ideal
 by their lnethclent effort to attain 1t. The Japanese winter is most trying on
 account of its continual dampness, but
 the Japanese are content to remain
 cold. They make almost no effort to
 overcome 1t. The old 'Bushida" (chiv-
 alrous) idea of the "samurar' (knights)
 was that .u was effeminate to feel
 cold. and such is their severe
 training that they do not really feel 1t
 as we do. The wearing of some extra
 'kimonos" and the use of "htbachr
 or brazier in which are few tiny
 sticks of lighted charcoal are the only
 concessions to winter weather. With
 the 'hibachP they never pretend to
 heat more tran their finger tips, which
 they hold over the coals; 1t Is used
 when the house is entirely open. The
 houses. as everyone knows. are built of thin. light wood, and the sliding pam els which serve for doors and windows have paper panes. They are as apt to be open as closed during the day. When took my first ''jinFikisha" ride through the streets of NaGasaki l for got my own sufferings in my sympathy fer this uahappy nation, which. as surely as the gold came, endured such misery fr8m it. fhe coolies wear thin blue cotton oiothes. and are aIwayai padding through the mud. The store- keepeUs sit out in their open booths and the women go bareheaded about the streets. In the houses of the rich the still cold behind the closed panels is often more intense than that out side in the sunshine. where the air ts stirring. The schools and public build- ings are equally frtg1d. It seemed to me that the only warm things in Japan were the babies. who looked uko bun. dles of gayiy oolored crepe. their round heads covered by knit caps. They slurn- ber painfully tucked down their moth CTS backs. The attempt to keep warm l in winter Is not entirely a modern m- though 1t goes with Vest | ern oiviAsetton. The Coreans dc 1t l very thoroughly. the Chinese to 6 cer- tain extent. The Japanese as race 1 continue to scorn 1t as they always | have done. and this is merely ono of 6 | examples which prove that the | Japanese are still true to their tra- ditions in their daily life. and as yet i little affected in the ordering of their homes by the ideas adopted from the West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Liphtninp Kills Four Men.

Brazil. Ind. June 2S-During a storm this evening, lightning killed four men who were at work in a wheat field on the J. c. Halbert farm near Lodi. The dead: Frank Bridgewater, Anderson Webster, John Wiggle, Samuel Stewart. Anderson Webster was a prominent farmer of that section, owning the farm adjoining the Halbert place. He was a man of a family. The other victims also leave large faGn4iies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

Miss A. who is a teacher of English in a school of high rank in her native State. Mississippi, and who, in spite of her vivacity in conversation, is perhaps, if anything, too fastidious in her choce of words. was spending the summer ct the New York ChautRuqua. Her How Of spirits made her the delight of the dining fable at which she was first seated. but at the end of a fortnight she was moved by her landlady to another place: lady from Boston who had been sitting opposite the Southerner expressed her re- are going to leave us," she said with warmth: i've have all enjoyed your dia- feet so nuch."-Harper's Magazine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
BIRDS NOT RELEASED.
Will Be Turned Loose Early This
 Morning.

Mir. w. M. Shoemaker, local agent of the Southern Express Company did not release the homing pigeons early yes terday morning as was expected. MT. Shoemaker says he had not received a letter of instructions from Newark. N. J. The letter came yesterday and if the weather is favorable the birds will be released at 4:45 o'clock this morn ing from the top of the Moses building. It is understood that many bets have been made by persons in New Jersey as to the time of the birds arriving at home after they are released in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Whv .0rope5 in DArknessP

Don't dc itI Go to headquarters (E. E. ForbeS). where you can have light shed on the piano problem. Where there are about twenty different makes of pianos, of different grades. you can make comparisons. You can't compare where theRe is nothing to compare with. Don't grope in darkness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Their Endurance,

have said that the Japanese are a Spartan race. Many things besides their resistance to cold prove it. The most of them live in simplicity. They can go a long time without food. The coolies perform marvellous feats o, strength and endurance; they draw "jinriktsha" all day or carry travellers over the steepest mountains. Every summer e colUqy of foreigners so to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Selma Service.

Orders for the delivery of The Ad- vertiser or complaints of non delivery will receive prompt attention if left at the Selma Bureau, s. E. corner Broad and Selma Streets.
 c. R. Foreman, If. Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Instinntivelv.

When the purchase of new piano is discussed, why is it that the conver- satlon turns at once upon E. E. Forbes? :? It is because he Is the recognized lead ing dealer, and handles the best pianos in the world. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
DIXIE MOSQUITO FRAMES AND

We have the only adjustable can- opy for any style wooden or iron bed. The frame handles the net, thereby saving the handling and soiling of same. For sale only by
 ELLIS 4 GAY. z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

man. and for years piled a craft, HiEs . common c0olie, up and down the Sam ida Raker. Then publisher, who rec ognized his talent. made a place of re- sponsibility for him in his establish ment,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

For Sale at Bargain-Ftve high, level lots, 5ox210, facing Pollak place and street car line, on South Jackson St. D. W. TROY.
 sun-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Individuality in Japan.

The Japanese have so long been called ''tmstators" that the term sounds trite. But 1t is one of those trite expressions of half truth. As d matter of fact, 1t is impossible for a race which has such a strong individuality to be merely imitetive. Its wonderful meta
 morphosis of the last thirty years can ple steaNnent. The Japanese initiate yes: but what they initiate becomes a part of them, and as 1t is absorbed it i3 adapted and changed. How else could the country through thousands of years have remained so absolutely different from every other country? Again and again 1t received impulses from Corea and China; its very shutting itself off from the West was an individ- ual act which showed strength. Its final frank admission that in many ways the West was ahead of 1t requir- ed quite as much. I think of a 'jin- rikisha" man in TolZio who talked learnedly with one of his passengers on the subject of history. literature, etc. Te man was much impressed and asked the coolie to leave his work and come to live in his house, where he might study. The coolie thought little while and then replied that he could not, because he would be obliged to give up his individuality. As 1t was nobody expected anything of him, and, therefore. he could live just as he liked. It was better so, know also of a talented artist who was trained in the exquisite art of block cutting for prints. When the revolution of 1868 took away his employment, he found that he could no longer pursue his calling, ac- cording to his old ideas. Rather than give these up he decided to be boat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

The flower of the family often makes poor bread.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

Mount Hei-eizan, near Kito. Their camp Is several miles up the steep mountain side. but early each. mern- ing the Japanese bring up the mail, fresh vegetables and milk, and women often carry trunks to the summit on their heads. In the upper classes the old "samurai" ideals inculcate endur- ance. courage and simplicity. A writer in a recent magazine comments upon the seven years training of the Japan ese officer. This Is the preparation of second lieutenant: but 1t is merely a continuation, under modern methods, of the old "samurai' requirements. The fact that the Japanese Is one of the best soldiers in the world and one of the toughest is not such a great cause for wonder, because 1t is not the out come of a Western military training of modernization-for the seeds of the Western methods were sown on long cultivated Spartan soil. The learning of new military tactics and the adopt ion of up-to-date weapons may be Dkened to placing new machinery in an old mill which depends for power on a
 great waterfall. The new machinery
 provides no power in itself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

cribing the improved conditions to Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of the Gov efnment While partisan credit might he implied. it was not expressly claim ed Mr Mckinley contented himself with asserting the fact without weak eaing its force " comment, }@t he aFailod himseif of the opportHat@ to utter some nlatitades with fe@al,31 to stricJ economy in national admin st T. tien and legislation IS essential t9 la permanence of our prosperity as a nation. He recommended liberal re- einrocal traGe arrar eements with other nations as Q means of further enlarg- ing our foreign markets, and dwelt at some length upon retrospect of the war with Spain, it's cause and the obligations it entailed upon us.
 The public awaited with greatest interest, perhaps, that part of the ad- dress which dealt with the Philippines and Cpba The President handled these subjects with tact He assumed full responsibility for the government of the Philipipnes as under the sane. tian of Congress, tho authority and a military force adequate to enforce if were given him without restriction. hnt he cleyerly slid out from under the Cuban nolicy While renewing the pledge made hv the resolution of Congress in April. 1898. that Cuba should ho free he adroitly returned to Congress the Cuhan Roland for tho Philippine Oliver, by declaring that Congress. in adopting the amend. ment to the army appropriation bill, put it's own construction on the resolu. tion of 1S9S and indicated "tbe policy which the legislative branch of the Government deems essential 10 the hest interste of CHba and the 1-nited States. "
 This point is brought out so clearly that there can be no doubt that while tho President assumes full rosnonsibi1. fly for tho Philippines. he shifts a like burden upon Congress in the mat ter of dealing with Cuba.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

J. w. Adams, Editor and Manager
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
4 STEEL COL,GslIs

Elsewhere in this mornings paper will be foana an editorial from the New York Times which gives excel lent advice to Nr. ! P. Morgan and the ether promoters of the United States Steel eompany which is being ah@aniaed w.th stock and t7ad oap- itaiization of s1ean.ea9.
 The builders of this hHee industrial structure aro warned that it's stability VII ldepend upon the policy tAey shall adopt The public must derive bene. its from the great corporation or not all the efforts of the multi-millionaires
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

foreign rivals if iron and steel and their products are put on the free list.
 Consequently the first thing Con- gross should do is to make almost a clean sweep of the duties set forth in the iron and steel schedule The duties on a few articles may be permitted to remain for the present but the bulk Q fthem should go. They are no longer needed. They have ceased to be beneficial and have become harm ful-Chicago Tribune RepD.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
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who are behind it can assure it a last ing life. To live it must produce cheaply and must use it's advantage to extend the market for it's products in foreign countries and to maintain low prices jo domestic consumers.
 The adoption of this course will be in paft new departure Hitherto it has beea the iadefensibe policy of the gerat steel manufacturers to sell more chea2ly to foreigners than to Ameri- cans, though the latter are their best customers. These manufacturers have felt that they could do this with safety because a tariff wall shelters them from the possibility of competition in the home market. Having the power to discriminate against their own countrymen, they have exercised it without the slightest hesitation.
 There has been much complaint of this practice. It has become more ve- hement as the size of the corporations
 A f'sNt which have been the chief offenders has increased. It is proposed now to call into being steel and iron cOIos- sus which shall be the master of these industries in this country. Men who have seen dangers in the estab- lShment of a corporation with q cap ltallzatlon of one or two hundred mil lion dollars will believe that corDor- atlen, with capitalization of more than billion dollars, having uncheck. ca control of great industry, must not be put up with, especially if if shall make use of that control to soll cheap to foreigners and dear to Amer jeans The only Justification for the existence of such a corporation will be lowering Of the price of it's pro. ducts, in which Americans, as well as foreigners. shall participate
 Wahtever may be the policy of the United States Steel Company, it is cer tain that it will not need the protec- tive duties of the iron and steel sched- ule of the Dingley law. It is admitted that the American man. lecturers of these products can undersell the world now and can do so indefinitely.
 Yet there are tariff mongers who say these duties should not be touch ea. They pretend to be disturbed about the so-ealled small producers This solieitude for the welfare of these small producers" would be wasted if genuine. It is not genuine or sincere Duties or no duties, the smaller man ufaetnHe5s Will have little chance in competitor with this colossus which E soon to heatfde tho country. The United tSates Steel Company. with it's capitalization of s1.1oo.ooo.ooo. will inaAf short work of domestic compet- l'ors when it pleases and will be abla U 'she care of itself in contests With
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
ED B. HOUSTON.

The Graphic is authorized to an nounce MT Ed B. Houston as a can didate for City Treasurer at the en- suing municipal election. Mr. Hous- ton, as he states in his card published elsewhere in this issue, is one of Pine Bluffs oldest citizens, net in point of age, but in residence, having resided here continuously since 1858. During that time he has been prominently
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
herbey announce myself as a can

l herbey announce myself as can didate for Police Judge at the coming city election of Pine Bluff. have had a long experience in magisterial wofk, and feel fully competent to conduct the office as it should be I most cor dially solicit your vote for Police Judge. J. w OWEN.
 We are authorized to announce AIr. W. C. Steel as candidate for Police Judge at the ensuing municip- al election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL

President NcKinley's inaugura! was optimistic in tone and .iudicious in
 substance. says the Pennsylvania Grit | will not rank amone the great addresses delivered on like occasions. but il @ae conservative. lucid. and dig nitied In reviewing his past admins tartion the President justly eongrat- ulated the country upon the removal of all cause for anxiety with regard to our currency and credit, and com pared the condition of industrial de- pression when he was inducted into office in 1897 with the present activity in every avenue of production and the gratifying state of domestic and for. eign markets. With commendable taste, the President refrained from as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

identified with the interests oi s city, being in the vanguard or all f', lie enterprises, and during the 'iuis donations to secure our maghinNs Cotton Belt shops, he persefif''ia T. scrihed $500 for that purpose :, mention this fact simply to shos
 enterprising public spirit
 MT. Houston is one of Pine p.'. most highly respected citizens. 9a' 2. not a politician in the modern ', of the term, with but one eAesfr "a, having never before been ] cap'4 for public office. He is deseiN l's ,.. the honor he seeks and E Ai.s ..t the race for City Treasurer ss.. <. on his merits. We commend P'T1 . didacy to the earnest considers 0i the voters of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
For Alderman.

The Graphic is authorized u an nounce Mr. Frank o. McGehen as a candidate for Alderlr&n from the Third ward at the ensainG municipal election.
 We are authorized to announce MT. Theodore Wollerman as a candidate for reelection as Alderman from the Fourth ward at the ensuing munici- pal election.
 We are authorized to announce MT. Gabc Meyer as candidate for reelection as Alderman from the Second ward at the ensuing munic- ipal election.
 We are authorized to announce Mr. Nj M. Bruce as q candidate for Alder man from the Third Ward at the en- suing municipal election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
or Police Judue.

re authorized to announce Judge T. lite Brown as a candidate Tor reelection as Police Judge of the City ot Pine Bluff at the ensuing mu- nieipal election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
Rates for Announcements.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For M ayor.

he Graphic:
 n announce me as a candi-
 yor at the ensuing April
 the preacnt time Pine 7e 'ome one to take hef cut of the rut. haze done 50 before and think l can do so agaiu and start Ter on the highway to success.
 Ii KING WHITE We are authorized to announce Mir. D. c. Bell as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing municipal election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10
For City Treasurer,

We are authorized to announce Mir Hugh F Westbrook as candidate for reelection as City Treasurer at the ensuing municipal election.
 We are authorized to announce Mir Ed B. Houston as a candidate for City Treasurer at the ensuing municipal election
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

Miss Anna Can't came uF Grady Friday, where she is t5 school, to spend the Sabbath
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-10

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24
Embellishments.
THE RIGHT THING TO PUT ON.
lnansnn's Plaster Is Pains Masfarl

From the natural impulse to ''put some-
thing on" painful spot all applications
for the relief of pain have arisen.
The most successful have ever been poul-
tees or plasters, and the best of these is
Benson's Porous Plaster.
No other has anything like the same
power as curative agent; it is highly and
scientifically medicated, and its standard
is advanced year by year.
Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds,
chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neuralgia,
kidney trouble, lame back, and other all
ments that make Winter season of suffer-
ing and danger. 1t relieves and ours
quicker than any other remedy.
Do not accept Capsicum, Strengthening
or Belladonna plasters in place of Benson's,
as they possess none of its curative power.
Insist on having the genuine.
The people of every civilized land have
testified for years to the superlative merit
of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians
and druggists of this country have declared
them worthy of public confidence.
In official comparisons with others, Ben
sons Plasters have been honored with
ffty.fre highest awards.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any n4mber ordered in the
United States on the receipt of Use. each.
Accept no imitation or substitute.
Seabury d Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24
How to Keep Your Friends.

"The less you exact of your friends the
more they will give you," writes Helen
Watterson Moody in Ladies' Home Jour
nal "For yourself, give es richly and as
nobly as you want to-of your love and
your confidence and your loyalty. Live
up to our highest ideal Of what friend
should be (and the higher you make that
ideal the finer woman you will be and
the more friends will flock to you), but
never exact of your friends that thay
shall give you more than they choose
easily to give.
III some one you love disappoints you,
and as many, many more will do in days
to come, do not hold up your ideal of
what they should be and do as a MIRROR
in which TO count their imperfections.
Let 1t pass, II you can, with little smile
that may be sad, but need not be at all
satirical. And never be jealous of a
friend If you want to keep one. II any
body you are fond OF forms other friend
ships or seems to be engrossed with other
friends, do not let 1t make you unhappy,
and above all, never offer comment upon
her all too evident neglect OF her old
friends for her new ones.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24
Old Home Week,

| meeting OF the State Old Home Week
association was held at Augusta Thurs
day. 1t was not so largely attended as
had been expected, but was marked
throughout with great deal of enthusi-
asm and very evident desire to perpetu-
ate the Old Home Week celebration.
| There were about sixty members of the
| association present.
1t was voted to hold the celebration this
year during the week of August 1917 in
elusive, and the matter of place to enter
tain on State day was left to the executive
board. This board will consider COM
munications from cities wishing to have
the State day celebration and the decision
will be announced later.
There seemed very general desire on
the part of the members OF the associa-
ton present at Thursdays meeting to have
the big celebration held in Augusta this
year, but President c. B. BurIeigh, OF the
local board of trade, stated that after
having made q very thorough canvass
among the business men of the city, he
was convinced that the citizens were not
in favor of entertaining the State cele-
bration next August.
The following officers were elected:
President, Hon. John F. Hill, Augusta;
vice president, Hon. F. NJ. Drew, Lewis
ton; secretary, s. w. Matthews, Augusta;
Hon. OramaDdel Smith, Litchfied
Vice. presidents, Charles B. Tenney, Houi-
ton; Col. F. E. Boothby, Portland; John
NJ. s. Hunter, Pennington; Hon. III. 4.
Hamlin, Ellsworth; Charles S. Hickborn,
Augusta; E. K. Gould, Rockland; r. T.
Rundlett, Wlscasset; George M. Atwood,
South Paris; Hon. Henry Lord, Bangor;
Willis E. Parsons, t'oxcroft; Edward c.
Plummer, Bath; Hon. Joseph o. Smith,
Skowhegan; II. w. c. Marshall, Belfast;
George A. Murchie, Calais; Hon. Charles
Ii. Prescott, Biddeford.
Executive board additional, Mrs. Helen
Frye White, lewiston; Mrs. w. c. Spauld-
ing, Caribou; Mrs. Adelaide Boothby,
Portland.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24
Retarding the Spread of the GOSPEL


1t is equally true that he who seeks
to retard the conquest of the world for
Christ affiliates and may be reckoned
among the adversaries who seek to de-
feat the object of His coming among
men. Why should any man dare to ex-
cuse himself from doing what Christ
positively requires, especially when
the decree has gone forth that every
knee shall bow to do Him homage?
Has not the Father given all to His
Son? Has He not said to the church
militant, ASK of Me. and l will give
thee the nations for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth
for thy possession" 1t may be said
this is the promise of the Father to the
Son, but whatever is given to the Son
is given to the church. for blessed are
they who put their trust In Him; and
to trust Him means that we implicitly
obey Him, and obedience brings vic
tory.-Philadelphia Methodist.