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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
MAN WIrH A THEORY

We all remember the doleful predic- tions of one Maithus, probably a century ago, who figured out to his own complete satisfaction that the natural increase in the human family would in a compara- lively brief time fill the world so densely that no room would be left, and mankind
 would starve for lack of land upon which to grow provision. We laugh now at Malthus, but there has sprung up a new breed of statisti-
 cian who reasons from an entirely diff
 ferent standpoint. but arrives at a con-
 clusion scarcely less startling. His pre-
 diction of over population is not based
 on rapid increase of human life but upon
 its duration. He has discovered that va
 rious causes have combined to decrease
 the death rate. The discovery of the
 germ theory, improvements in sanitation
 and other causes working together have
 caused the death rate to fall about
 two and a half per cent. in the last ten
 years, anr he claims thatthis decrease
 will continue indefinitely.
 Now, any man who is good on figures
 has only to get out paper and pencil
 and show that after the expiration Of
 certain time. barring accidents and vio-
 Ience. people will entirely quit dying and
 then where will the world be? It Is not
 to be expected that births will cease. and
 if people keep coming into the world and
 none go out of 1t. why, it is as plain as a
 pike s.ag that in few centuries there'H not be roam in all creation to swing a cat, and people will have to sleep stand ing up, or take turns at going to bed. But wouldn't such state of affairs bring about some worrying complications? What is to become of the young people who insist on growing up? If the old peo- pie continue to cumber the earth, and re- | fuse to die and make room for the younger ones what will be done with the latter? Theren be but two ways open. as we look at it. One is to have a gen. | eral war every decade or so and compel all, male and female, to enlist and the other will be to fix an age limit and not | allow any one to pass it. Otherwise, un- | less there is something wrong ill the cal- | culations, the human family is in a fair l way to get unpleasantly numerous.
 l This fellow really beats Malthus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
INDIGNANT REPUBLICANS.

The Republican leaders of Alabama seem to have the same view of the move ment of General Shelley and "associ- ates" to organize an independent Demo- cratic Party in this State that The Ad- vertiser has expressed. The Republican leaders are giving indications that they regard it as a movement to reorganize the Republican Party and to push them off of the log.
 The Huntsville Tribune is the leading Republican paper of the State. It has been outspoken and consistent on Repub- lican lines for some years past. it showed its sincerity recently by supporting the movement for the new Constitution. It properly regarded that instrument as the only means to the end of making | per- manent Republican organization with any prospect of being a factor in State poli- tics. The Republican Party has been handicapped with the negro vote.
 Now that the way is clear for d decent white Republican organization in tiis State, it Is quite natural that tine ,.d leaders should resent any attempt 10 sup plant them. The Tribune voices this com plaint with great vigor. It has no sort of stomach for General Shelley and 'asso- ciates,' whoever they are, in their Flo- gram. Evidently The Tribune knows more than 1t reveals about the masked movement of General Shelley. It betrays considerable disgust at what 1t appears to know Is going on. It can't be resting it's judgment solely upon The Advertisers opinion of the true inwardness of the thing. It is to be hoped that The Trib- une's indignation will boil on to the de- gl ee of telling what 1t has probably seen of the inside of the scheme in North Ala bama.
 We must confess that We share The Tribune's disgust at the idea of General Shelley and associates undertaking at this late day to become apostles of bal lot-bo purity, and to hold up their hands in holy horror at election frauds. General Shelley and ex-Governor Johnston are the last men in the State to play that role No two men in the State are more re- sponsible for the adoption and dissemi- nation of Black Belt 'methods' than those two. General Shelley was the first Democrat to get into Congress from the old Fourth District, and ex-Governor Johnston, as a member of the Dallas County and Fourth District Committees contributed more, perhaps, in cunning and fertility of resource to General Shelley's success in getting and holding his seat in Congress for several terms than any oth- CT one man. It is too late for either of them to rail at their party for following their teachings.
 In the meantime the movement of Gen. e1al Shelley and "associates'' seems to be very quiet. It Is not soaring the Demo- crats as bad as the Republicans. It may amount to something in few counties, but not in the State as a whole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
SOME LOSERS
For the New Party of Opposition

For the New Party or opposltion'
 Editor The Advertiser: | When the Registrars are through wiIn
 their work, what will be the complaint l of General shelley's Party against the new Constitution?
 Can the General go before the white counties and ask for another ConVentlon
 and new Constitution restoring nesro
 Can he got before the white counties where no white man is disfranchised ex, cept for non-payment Of 8 small DOT | tax between the ages of 21 and 4o and ask the tax payers to give the suffrage | to that class of non-school-tax payers; If the General cannot complain to the | white counties that the negro Is perma- | nently disfranchised nor complain to the
 sistently refuse to pay small scnoo tax, called poll tax, to Justfy them ln
 casting the ballot, then the distinguisheo
 gentleman can lay no complaint at al as the foundation of his party or oppo-
 True something is said about the inc quality of the basis of representation
 which counts the disfranchised negro as of population even after disfranchise- ment.
 | men, minors and negroes are all or pop.
 ulation, even if disfranchised all: Le, | us not be unjust to the white men oi the Black Belt whom we expect to deal l with a preponderating negro people wno
 draw equally per capita from the school | fund, who pay their debts to the same creditors who are tried by the same Ju, | ries and are yet negroes to be controilea
 as negroes not by the white counties ,I, Dut by the whites in the black counties. Ine whites are entitled to support oy oui | tract the four-fifths negroes there to the dignity and honor of Alabams ,..
 Our political system is State: Witn M | geographical divisions called counties | 5ur local government Is State govern
 ment wherein the white counties, for ex- ample, must protect the whites in the negro counties. and the safest, justes, | and most loeical State government oi | these counties, part white and part ne-
 gro. e1ro,'' as to preponderance of population, is to open the way to the whites in the negro counties to speak out with proper | weight in the party counsels ana the | state Government There is nothing less
 that the State may do in equity in the | premises Phllo Marcus'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
soMETHING ABOUT WINKs.

Lately We noticed that an observer of small things had been estimating or measuring the length of wink, which all must admit was getting time down to 6 very small unit. Quick as a wink" has always been set down as the ulu- mate limit of rapid action. and the in strument which will measure and record the exact time required for a healthy person to wink an eye must be set down as a paragon of accuracy. And speaking of winks we note that another man has gone the first scientist one better and proposes to estimate the value of a wink.
 This last fellow is reasonable, because he has something tangible to go on, for there are many who have tested it. The best place to learn the exact or approxi- mate value of a. wink is at a drugstore in a strictly dry town. All prohibition laws, so far as we have investigated them, have a stout string tied to them with a druggist at the other end. He is boss of the situation, in fact, for the | tightest prohibitory law always has proviso allowing a druggist to sell some l thing strong in certain emergencies which frequently occur. In fact, We have noticed that emergencies are much more plentiful in a dry town than in wet one. Drouth and emergencies fit in- to each other beautifully, and the drug gist who sells soda water and things al- ways keeps a sharp lookout for winks. He knows the value of them.
 Some druggists will not sell one drop of anything strong unless it is in case of snake-bite. and it Is singular how diff fere mt druggists are in this respect. Some are always looking out for man who looks as if he might have been bitten at some remote period of his life, and such a druggist only needs hint that you heard a snake hiss and his antidote bot tie is out before you have time to wink at him. There are others who are so obtuse that no hint has any effect on them, and you have to bring the snake with you and let it bite you before his eyes before he will get out something to save life. Such druggists are not pop ular.
 But in a strictly prohibition town a | druggist who is alive to his own inter
 ests cares nothing about snakes or their | bites, but he Is thoroughly up on winks
 and when one comes his way he will
 at once fix up a glass of plain soda that
 goes to the spot and makes the recipient
 feel as if he was best man at an old
 fashioned corn-shucking There is where
 a man learns the exact value of wink
 and he doesn't have to go to scientist
 to get an estimate. He gets it in | tumbler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

against all others" General Wilson is a Republican and a protectionist. but he describes himself as 'an American be- fore am Republican, and free trader inside of our sphere of interests" In time he would extend this sphere to the South American republics-or. if that is not practicable. he would seek basis of commercial relations with them broad CT and more philosophical than that of reciprocity"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

Some of our contemporaries are telling about ex-Governor Eaton of Colorado and his wonderful success as a farmer. It is stated that he owns 25OOl acres of farms and that his share of the proceeds from the crops produced run from $2OO,- coo to s5O0.OOO a year. That would mean that. If all his land is cultivated, his half of the crops run from $S to $2O per acre. which is not a very high average. per haps. but the aggregate shows up in big figures. That one man can manage such an enormous business shows that he Is a man of wonderful capacity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Amarican Diplomacy.

Tn MT. Hays admirable exposition of American diplomacy at the Chamber of Commerce banquet says The New York Herald. there Is assurance for the fu- ture as we'll as congratulation for the past In outlining the foreign policy which President Mckinley pursued with so much advantage to the country the Secretary of State left no room for doubt that the same wise course would be fol- lowed under the administration of Pres ident Roosevelt. As Nr. Hay made clear, the guiding principle of that policy has been the cultivation of International good will and friendly foreign relations. It's aim has been peace and prosperity"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Opelka News. always against the best interests of the Democracy of Ala bama, rejoices that 1t can point with pride to the vote of Lee County against the new Constitution. The Marion Stand ard. whose editor Is thoroughly familiar with Lee County politics, thus comes back at The News:
 Pride indeed to which to pint" when a solid negro vote crushed in defeat such men as c neral Harrison, John T. Cor man. "Yetta'' Sanford and the entire in- tellectual force of your city and the State Agricultural College at Auburn. to say nothing of your villages and rural dis tricts. Shame on such "pints."
 We are very much of the opinion that The Standard made pint" in that com ment It will be no credit to the Demo crats of Lee County if they suffer them selves misled by The News Lee Count, has gained no laurels by turning down its best men by the help of political back numbers and negro votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
A Troublesome Question.

"It would not be surprising" says The New Orleans States. If during the win ter the tariff question caused serious split among the Republicans in Congress, as the arrivals in Washington show they are divided on it. while the delegates to most unanimous in the demand for reel procity legislation by the next Congress in order to extend the foreign trade of the country. A few months ago Senator Hanna who was much more potent at that time than he is now. predicted that there would be no tariff talk in Congress. but 1t is evident that the Ohio statesman was mistaken
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

General James II Wilson of Delaware
 in an address before the New England Free Trade League at Boston a few days ago. advocated a customs union between the United States, Canada and Cuba. Hawaii and Porto Rico already enjoy free trade with this country, and in due time, according to General Wilson. the Philippines must be granted the same privilege. As for Cuba, he says that 'ft is the highest duty of statesmanslhp to give the Cubans absolute and unrestrict- ed free trade in natural and manufacture ed products in exchange for the same privilege granted by them to us. under the protection of a common tariff, as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

district the string of opposition counties Sstie nine u,jtb Marion and ending with Cher okee. In the central part of the state one could walk in straight line, west to east, on ratification county soii rom Sumter to Russell. IA.
 The northern half of the State cast It's vote approximately 7,400 majority againssoL son ratification, and the southern haif s4'a" for ratification.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Victor H Hanson. Manager of Advertising Foreign and Local.
Monarch of The DAilies.

Representation makes circulation.
 The Advertiser has the best representauoh of any daily newspaper in the State oi & Ala bAma Every city. town and village ot conse- quence within fifteen hours of Montgonet,y is represented by c courteous agent wno VIII deliver The Daily Advertiser at regular rares. Prompt service and reliable news is responsaD, pst for the wonderful success Of our mesnihce,ht circulation statement. October furnishes tne following figures that prove conclusiveiy .,on an former claims of having larger circu.sutSS tS n State of Alabama combined:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Getting Ready to Come.

MODlle Item.
 If Governor Jelks will secure thoroughly honest registration in the State, he will knock all our opposition into pi. and, while we don't like to be downed. we will succumb and walk right straight up to the rack and write in our most legible hand well done thou good and faithful servant"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

We are extremely sorry The Adver- tiser failed to have the good influences of The Tribune. We had noticed for the last two weeks, that the old lady was wob- bling and about to go wrong, but we didn't know the cause of it before. We will see that she receives The Tribune regularly hereafter.-Huntsville Tribune
 'Wobble" le"-nothing! The Advertiser couldn't wobble if it tried. and doesn't need to. But don't hang back any more and create the impression that you don't want to exchange with the best daily in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
A Bad Showing for Henry.

ADDeVllle NeWS
 We heard a man say not many days ago that it was useless to indict mur- derers and thieves in this county, that if they had a little money to spend that they went almost scott free. and were shown every favor possible. We will not comment on his insinuations, but will let the public draw their own conclusions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Not Worrying Anybody.

Choctaw Advocate.
 The "antis' have issued call for meeting at Birmingham on the 18th inst, for what purpose none but the pure in heart" knows. The leaders are lot of old wind bags, and are not worrying anybody with their antics. It makes us tired to see a lot of sore headed back numbers trying to ''cut a rusty" when everybody knows their influence has dwindled to nit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Boston Commercial Bulletin. dis cussins the ind ference of the best citi- zens to the duty of voting refers to what is known as the Back Bay district of that city, which it says represents more than any other group the leaders of com merce, religion, literature, art, law and medicine" Yet these representative citi- zens were so indifferent that but little over one-half of them took the trouble to 20 to the polls. And we've no doubt that these same men will rail most loudly and persistently about city misgovern- ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Huntsville friends of General Jo. Wheeler should be enjoined from doing him an injury. The General has the least chance in the world of succeeding Senator Pettus-Mobile Register.
 It is very evident that none of the Huntsville friends of General Wheeler" had anything to do with proposing his candidacy for the United States Senate in opposition to General Pettus. That proposition has struck General Wheeler himself as something not contemplated by him. and his friends would not have made the suggestion without consulting him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
He Suppresses Them.

Bfrmingham Ledger.
 Lord Macaulay said that it used to be dangerous for a number of parliament to misquote or even mispronounce Latin or Greek That was in "furrin parts" but we have Its counterpart here in Alabama. Editor J. Day Barron of The Advertiser promptly and accurately suppresses every man who gets an Indian word wrong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Open to Question

Fort Payne Journal.
 General Shelleys claim that the new party will soon gain control of the State Government is open to question. The people of the State are not likely to turn over the government to a party whose only claim is a fancied or real personal or political wrong. Kolb tried the scheme and it failed dismally. It is to be hoped the leaders of the new movement will be warned in time and reconsider their purposes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Hit 'Em Again.

Moulton Advertiser.
 The returns from the Black Belt coun- ties, so far, have a very rotten smell about them.-New Decatur Advertiser.
 This is the tail end of the big whine sent out by Johnston and Shelley, men who are famous for stuffing ballot boxes and who now only want a chance to do 1t again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Cannot Be Commended.


 A package of love letters carried in his inside coat pocket saved Connecti- cut mans life the other day by stopping a pistol ball. But the practice of carry ing love letters in a coat pocket can not be commended. When man thinks he is taking out bushes letter he some times displays handwriting that is not at all business like.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

A great deal can sometimes he said in a few words. For example. a Kansas paper says: Carrie Nation is at home. Her husband is visiting his friends" The plain meaning is that when she comes in at one door he goes out at another, or a window. if the case is urgent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

Wonder what has bitten The Greens boro Watchman? It breaks out as spite fully as a cat and says things about The Advertiser as If we had been spanking it. And we never touched it. 'pon our word.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Long May They Live.

WeekIy EhCbTpIISe
 Long may the Southern Confederacy live in the hearts of the people, and the valor, heroism and the history of their endurance be handed down from son to son, from generation to generation. Let the sons perpetuate the memory of their fathers for eyermore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Kansas City Journal insinuates that he kind of vaccine matter which brings Dn lockjaw should all be saved to vac- einate OsasressnIen with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Richmond papers are discussing a monument to Captain John Smith. the man who discovered Virginia But are they right sure there was ever such a nnan3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The Jackson CMiss.) News. says 'the New England conscience, like Lots wife. Is fearfully and wonderfully made" That's a new one on the poor woman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

Miss Mary E. Wilkins insists that the accounts of her marriage are very much exaggerated. because she hasn't been married at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

The United States Treasury. we are in formed, is troubled on account of the scarcity of small bills. Same here-aiso large ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
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 Empty Ones Most Dangerous.

SeIna MIrFor.
 A man ought never point gun in the direction of another empty or loaded. If this practice was stopped there would not be so many accidents. Too much carelessness in the handling of fire arms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

Here Is something ine.'' said the artist proudly. That is c rare picture 7" Rare 9" reiterated the visitor, queryingly. An! I see Not well done" And silence reigned about Moonlight on Niagara"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER a4, 1901.

"A Forecast of what the President VIII say to Congress is regular headline in all the big newspapers these days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24

W A. Scott, Circulation Manager of tne Montgomery Advertiser being duly sIoIn s says: The foregoing statement of The Ar AaSer- tiser's circulation for the month q oStoveI S.n looI Is true and correct, and comphsa aLle. all returns from newsboys. news agents anu leftover copies have been deducted .-orr Sworn to and substribed before me this 4th
 day of NovsnSRcr. 1901: -.~so~
 R WN F. W. JACKSON.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-19
The Hvoiene Of Old Aoe.

We look upon the aged with good
reason as having slender hold upon
life. one that may be loosened by q
slight shock Of injury or disease which,
in the young or middle-aged, would
serve only as stimulus to the repara-
tive vital powers This is conservative
belief. for 1t warns US to shield our
loved ones, who have fought the fight,
from all influences which might shorten
their stay with ua But we must not go
too far in our solicitude, for injury may
be inflicted and life shortened by cod
ding the old, almost as surely as by
coddling the young. The vital processes
in the aged are slow, but they are still
existent, and they may be kept active
by gentle opposition and stimulant, just
ae they may be increased in childhood
and youth by rough methods. DR.. Cald-
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digestion and acts gently upon the bow
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Tones up the entire system and pro-
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hasn't 1t we will mail sample free.
Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, III.