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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
STREET SIGNS.

The newspapers in several of the larger cities are calling on the au- thorities for something better in the way of street signs and street num- bering than they now have. In both New York and Chicago it Is pointed out that residents must usually find their way around by their knowledge guide to pilot them through the maze of unlabelled streets"
 The condition of affairs thus set out by The Chicago Tribune is not at all creditable to the cities named and it is not to be wondered at that much com plaint is made. We of Montgomery. however. are not in condition to cast any reflections on New York or Chi cago, for the same cause of complaint exists here to a considerable degree. True. the lack of suitable signs and directions is not felt here as it is in the large cities named, but it certain ly exists to some extent here. The small signs which were once placed at the intersections of all the streets have in many instances been removed, while others have been defaced so that no one can read them. In either case a stranger, who knows from the city di- rectory what street and number 'he wants. must ask some one 70 point out the street to him before he can steer himself in the way he should go.
 It is a comparatively small and in- expensive job to have all the streets in a city like this so plainly designat- ed that "the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein," and 1t would not be a help to the visitors on- ly, for there are very few of the citi- zens who remember the location of all the streets in Montgomery. or can tell when they have made the right turn ing. While the great cities are sup plying the want of proper signs our own should not be behind in the need ed improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
MANY ARE LIKE HIM.

There is no small amount of human nature in Tom L. Johnson, the lately elected Mayor of Cleveland, particu- lnrly that kind of human nature that always looks out for number one. That. we believe. is predominant fea- ture in the makeup of, most men from his section. In his case it is thus briefed by a contemporary:
 He strongly advocates municipal owner ahip, but has made himself rich by his use of public franchises, especially in street car lines. He protests against a protective tariff. yet has made great sums Of money in protected industries.
 To this it should be added that he ts a strong advocate of Scent carfares on street railroads except on the. lines which he controls. In short, he Is one of that kind of philanthropists who are as parsimonious with the hand as they are liberal with the mouth. They preach liberality and practice stingi- ness, advocate concessions and embrace monopolles. There are many of his kind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

The Convention on yesterday daily stenogphic report proceedings thoughout hngs Mcoauley city for that purpose
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 The official verbatim upon the deliberations Of Every less affected by the every will down in cold country but also down tpossiy This make the proceedings dignfied. may cind be frothy will will be lessened the quality and value of 1t will improved
 Other advantages named abundant justify undertaking is progressive line with legislatures other
 In this publish this official morning of The Advertiser will be accurately satisfactorily frequently everything as well the officers Furthermore weigh carefully
 This doubtless the first time to print the official verbatim a body has made having
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 The Advertiser matter appreciated people Alabama fact it is already receiving appreciation the form of hundreds daily the value of this fully % thousand of the thinking patriotic their in read the official Convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
SOMETHING NEW IN TEACHING.

Late experiments in hypnotism have opened up some wonderful possibili- ,befs. which are thus alluded to by The rs-hicago Chronicle: - '# The success of Professor Coe of the Northwestern University last week in hypnotizing three members of his class opens up new prospect in the work of education. If impressions made during the hypnotic trance are lasting, what is to keep the professor from cramming a whole science into a subjects head be- fore he wakes him up?
 What. indeed. and where might 1t end. If one thing can be taught a pu- pill while he is. in this condition we see no reason why anything else may not. And if, as The Chronicle observes, the impressions thus imparted to the sub feet while he is unconscious remain with him after he returns to his nor nal condition. why not continue and extend the cramming?
 It is true that instead of-the worry and task of study falling on the pupil in such case all the work would de- volve on the teacher. who would be re- uuired to fill the head of the pupil with the knowledge and information which he had acquired by years of study and application. This would be hard on the teachers. but as they would be likely to get extra pay for it they would doubtless be willing to work harder for better wages.
 In addition to these reasons it is well known that there are youths of both sexes who seem unable to learn anything, and. there are others who can readily absorb certain branches Of education while they totally fail in others. In all these cases the new plan would doubtless work charmingly, for there would be nothing to do but hyp- notize these hard-headed or empty headed pupils and then proceed to load them up with whatever brand of edu- cation was considered most desirable or appropriate.
 And there would be one other advan- tage which we now think of, and which is no insignificant one, and that would be the ease with which special ties could be taught Under this sys- tenn it would not be really necessary to consult the tastes ,likeS or diSlikes oe a child to tell how he should be edu- cated. The parent would decide what the boy or girl was best fitted for, or what it was best for them to know, and the teacher would do the rest. He would put them into a receptive c0ndi- ton and proceed to pump their brain holders full of such knowledge as had been decided on. It might be taking an unfair advantage of the young folks. but they would have to put up with it..
 It may turn out to be great scheme for those unfortunate young people who are unable to decide what they want to learn. or, are unable to learn 1t when they have decided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Opinions of the Doctors.
Mohile Register.

Mobile Register.
 Governor Oates's views upon the franchise clause to be adopted by the | Constitutional Convention have been printed in The Register. Briefly sum-
 marked, the former Governors opinion fayors a clause making intelligence and good character the qualification | for the exercise of the franchise. No | felon, no man of notoriously bad char acter, no man who has not paid his poll tax no man who has ever sold his own | or bought the vote of another, no man who cannot read intelligently or under
 stand when read to him any section of
 the constitution should be allowed to register as voter.
 Dr. Cunningham of Birmingham,
 who will take a prominent part in the
 work, says the qualifications should be honesty, patriotism, intelligence and personal interest. He. therefore. de- scribes those who should be allowed to vote as follows: All male citizens, twenty-one years of age who can read and write and who pay taxes upon $300 worth Of property.
 All who can read and write and who pay a poll tax of 8 per annum for two years next preceding an election. All honorabIy discharged American soldiers, regardless of their education or whether they possess property or not.
 All descendants of soldiers in the above wars who pay poll tax of B per annum for two years next preced- ing the election.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald con- tends that the intelligence clause will be open to grave abuses, and merely transfer the cheating from the polls kL~ s.k~ ofH o1s m poses Dr. Cunningham's fourth clause on the ground that 1t is the grand father clause" and probably unconsti- tutional. The Birmingham paper be- lieves that a poll tax will meet all the requirements of the day, and cites Mis- sissippi where the only effective bar against the participation of the un- worthy in elections is the clause re- quiring the payment of the poll tax as a qualification for voting.
 The Register believes that if the con- vention Is both wise and patriotic, and animated with the wish to settle for all time the vexed question of the fran chise. 1t will enact a clause requiring an educational test and surround the making of the test with such safe guards as will make cheating at the registration offices an improbable business. It follows that if such a clause is enacted Dr. Cunningham's third clause will also have to be taken, since the convention is pledged to pre- serve the franchise for every white man. The poll tax requirement should be also made a part of the law. The man who is not willing to pay three dollars a year to sustain the schools of the State does not deserve to have part in the selection of the officers who are to administer the States affairs. If he values three dollars more than he does the franchise he should have full opportunity to disfranchise himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
SUFFRAGE CHANGES
 IN THE SOUTH
They are Going to Work a Social as
 Well as Political Revolution.

Atlanta News.
 The Constitutional Convention now in session at Montgomery will almost certainly adopt an amendment that will qualify the suffrage in such a manner as to exclude the illiterate ne- gro voters from the body of electors. Whether there will be discrimination in favor of white illiterates, as in the cases of Louisiana and North Caroli- na. remains to be seen.
 The movement for the restriction of the suffrage has extended rapidly in the Southern States and seems likely to take them all in eventually. Already laws of this kind have been passed in Louisiana. Mississippi, South Carolina. North Carolina and Maryland, and there is little doubt that this year will see such enactments in Alabama and Virginia. Texas, Arkansas and Geor- gia may follow suit. The first effort to pass such measure in Georgia was overwhelmingly defeate l. but the cf- feet of the example in neighbor;ng States similarly situated is apparent, and there seems to De a sentiment growing in favor of such action
 We have heretofore expressed thi: opinion that in qualifying the right of suffrage discrimination in favor Of the white race is not likely to work out in its favor, because the tremen- dous stimulus put upon the negroes 10 educate their children, amounting al. most to compulsory education, if not put on the white race. will leave iIlit- eracy in certain u1progressive districts where even now the parents Gf a shiftless class seem to care little whether their children are educated or not.
 Some of the closest observers Tn this State. men who come in contact with the people, estimate that in certain districts S5 per cent of the white pop ulation Is indifferent to the education of children. preferring to drive them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
A NeWspaper's Assets.

A newspaper Is principally a busi- ness enterprise. says The Fresno (Cal.) Republican. Its function is to gather and print news, and sell it to whom soever will buy. Yet a newspaper is universally regarded as having a res- possibility in the community that be- longs to no other business, when other business men are non-committal on a public question, for fear 1t will hurt this business to take sides, the news paper--whose business Is more respon- sive to the fluctuations of popularity than any other enterprise-must never theless take the first and largest res- possibility of utterance upon itself. If other business men do not keep their goods clean they lose custom, but do not particularly harm anybody but themselves. If a newspaper does not keep it's news clean 1t gains business, but corrupts the community, and is held responsible therefore. Whether the public takes its newspaper serious y or lightly, 1t always regards them as more than a business, as a forum whose opportunity for publicity may be used for good or evil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
whiskers and the Presidency.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Hanna has the advantage of Fair banks in another way. No man with cowcatcher whiskers was ever elected to be President of the United States. There have been Presidents with full boards and Presidents with smooth faces, and one President who shaved only his chin and another with a mustache. But the Fairbanks brand of whiskers is unprecedented in the White House. The Hanna shave comes near to the established Presi- dential model though it has some variations. which may be fatal. He lets little ribbons of hair grow down beside his ears in the fashion of an English butler. We have had some good Presidents and some indifferent ones. but we have not yet put a pair of serving man whiskers into the Executive Mansion. But we are in the habit of doing as we please about these matters, so it Is useless to make any prophecies. But for the consOla- tion of those who please themselves in shaving we may say that Bryan's smooth face. which conformed to Presi- dential precedent. was not enough to elect him. Life is more than lather and the wit than the whiskers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

the length of his wind. The most dar- ing and obtrusive octopus of them all couldn't wiggle a tentacle or snap a beak without bringing the champion from South Dakota to his feet. and when he talked the air trembled and monsters fled to their holes. As a de- nouncer. Richard was "it," and when he turned himself loose an eruption of Vesuvius stood no show.
 But things are changed and the voice of the champion is hushed. A lucky speculation made him a com- paratively wealthy man and his time henceforth is to be devoted to the pleasant task of adding to his pile. It Is even stated that he has accepted, or will accept, the presidency Of one of the octopus-controlled railroads at a salary of $1S.O0O per year, with free transportation. That settles 1t. From this on he is one of 'em, and all his talent will be employed in furthering the efforts of the money devil to swal- low everything in sight. He will as- sist in the swallowing and will absorb Q Seeal;' share Of the IaeTe. He vii, combine with the combiners. and will squeeze with the squeezers. His ann bition now and hereafter will be to get the better of his brethren of the temple and get himself into the sacred order of millionaires.
 Pettigrew as a statesman was a nui- sance. Pettigrew as component member of the octopus is a horrible example.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
To Mothers oi Large Families.

In this workaday world few women are so placed that physical exertion is not constantly demanded of them m their daily life.
 Mrs. Pinkham makes special appeal to mothers of large families whose work is never done, and many of whom suffer, and suffer for lack of intelligent aid.
 To women, young or old, rch or poor, Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, extends her invitation of free advice. Oh, women do not let your lives be sacrificed when word from Mrs. Pinkham, at the first approach of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

weakness, may i'll your future years with healthy joy.
 "When I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was not able to do my homework. sui fered terribly at time of menstruation. Several doctors told me they could do nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs Pink hams advice and medicine I am now we'll, and can do the work for eight in the family.
 II would recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all mothers with lar~e families. "-MRs. CARRIE BEI.LEviLLk, Ludington, Micp>
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

The Ledger intimates that Birming- hams auditorium can hold the LAC delegates to the Democratic State Con- vention in Virginia. Does The Ledger forget what happened to the ambitious boy who tried to reach too far at ta- ble?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Get Back to the Creed.
Mobile Register

NIUDIIG
 Senator Morgan says Democracy is a creed in the South, and there never will be chance for the formation of respectable Republican Party here. no matter what is done with the fran chise. The Senate; should not be posi- tive. There was a time when Whig- gerry was q creed in the South. but that sort of thing is dead so long that grown men know of 1t only as history.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Horrible Prospect.

Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 Up in Kentucky the whiskey trust has applied for an injunction against J. B. Wathen to restrain him from lending money to his sons to engage in the liquor business. Some day an American citizen will have to apply to the trusts for a marriage license.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

r,.mocracy has been a creed in the sonth. We doubt If 1t still Is 70. In fact. there is infidelity. apostacy and all sorts of bad things rife in the party. The party will have to get back to the cteed of the past. and be sharp about itS if 1t wishes to escape disin- te9rations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

A Savannah man threatens to chal- lenge Sam Jones to fight a duel, and if the latter decides to use the weapon with which Samson created such havoc among the Philistines the challenger had better drop the subject at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

Two dollars per day, for at least 15,- 900 extra men. is about the size of the Kansas bid for help in harvesting her present wheat crop. If the other wheat growing sections of the Union should do as well as Kansas is doing flour ought to be cheap next winter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

A contemporary has something to fsay of "a man named Roosevelt" and next thing we know somebody will be talking abo1t s'a7 fellow called Agui- naldo..' Fame is mighty short-winded in this age and time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Lentz's Record.

New York Sun.
 T want the Ohio Democrats to in dorse Lentz. He has made a splendid record. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland.
 Yes, with the jawbone of an ass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

General Fred Grant is the latest off, ficer to announce that the war in the Philippines is at an end. It was get ting high time for some one to say it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Victor Fl. Hanson. Manager of Advsr' u11nE, toDeien and local.

The Advertiser win be found on sale n the following cities at the places named; BIRMINuzzAM-Morris Hotel, Uutsn De-
 pot Dtntngreem and Parksrs Drug
 Btore. s
 GQ1ILD-C. Burke's Cigar Store. HELAfA-Hotei Albert.
 HILANTA-Kimball House News stand. NEW YORK-Brentane's. Union SQuare.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-31
AUSTRALIAN CALAMITIES.
Appalling Destruction by Bush Fires--A
Hurricane Leaves Trail Of Death
and Ruin.

Seattle, WASH, Jan. GA special
to the Times from Vancouver, b. C.,
says: The destruction by bush fires
in Australia, according to mail adj
vices by the steamship Aorangi, have
been appalling. While many people
are dropping dead from heat apoplexy,
the thermometer running up to liz
and 120 in the shade, hundreds upon
hundreds of families have been burned
out, some Of the country residences
destroyed being very costly struc-
lures. Many marvellous rescues were
made. One man in farmers wagon
drove 1863 persons from the fire circle
and sure death, three miles to a river
where they all remained immersed
with their mouths and noses above
water only until the terrific holo-
caust had passed over them. Scores
Of miles of grain have been destroyed
and great droves of sheep and cattle.
A terrible hurricane has spread
death and destruction in New Britain.
The force of the waves after the wind
subsidized was terrific. At Herbert
Shore, the white settlement, the whole
town was demolished. One hundred
and forty-eight boats, large and small,
were smashed to kindling wood. All
the wharves were wrecked. The trees
were uprooted and the banana fields
extending for miles laid waste. Al
most every attempt to save property
resulted in loss of life. The death
list among the natives was large. No
human being could live in the storm
and those who wished to save them
selves retreated to dense forests in
land
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