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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
WAR OR EMIGRATION.

There is compelled to be war with
 England unless arbitration interposes quickly and effectually. The head
 manipulator of London dancing academy thus speaks of the dancing of
 American women:
 It violates every principle of graceful
 motion. American ladies are especially
 ridiculous when they try to dance. Their
 vertical demonstrations are exaggerated not to say grotesque Their bodies sway
 about absurdly and they attempt to lead
 rather than follow their male companions It Is hardly to be supposed that the
 women of this country can put up with such an aspersion as that. and they should not. They should demand this
 mans scalp, and failing to get it'they should make 1t an international affair. And to make 1t worse, he compares the dancing of English women to ours, de- claring that his pupils In London E"preserve an easy rigidity of body,
 whatever that may be. True. we don't think any one with a merely American education knows what 'easy rigidity' Is. but probably 1t is some-  thing like Timber stiffness, or some | thing of the kind.
 But there is another view to he taken
 of this bumptious cockney's criticisms. He intimates that if American women
 wish to learn to dance they must go
 to England to get their education, and
 1t is natural to suppose that he expects to get pa.t of the job of teaching them. Consequently. American women will be forced to adopt one of two courses: they must demand this fellows execu-
 tion. if they think he has slandered them, or they. must join in a pilgrim age to London to learn how to dance.
 They cannot longer afford to remain
 "especialy ridiculous" as he charges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

nation that the grandfather clause might be regarded as a discrimination against negroes, the judge followed or coincided with the opinions of Hon. John B. Knox, President of the Ala bama Constitutional Convention. In his address of July 26. and the opinions of tho majority of that Convention's Committee on the Suffrage.
 Judge somerville did not. however, decide upon the constitutionality of the grandfather clause. He called atten- ton to the fact that the relator, Raynes, did not show to the court that he had suffered any injury resulting to him from the section of the con stitution against whose operation he had brought the complaint. To quote the decision:
 ReIato- makes special complaint against Section 5 of Article 197 as being discriminative against him: but he has cot alleged that any person whatever has registered under that Section, ana he has not, therefore, shown any injury to him therefrom. It may be that dis- erimination against him was intendeo under that Section. but intention Is in- sufficient to entitle him to relief in court of justice. The Supreme Court of the United States says. In Williams vs. Mississippi, ITO U. s.. 223: There is an allegation of the purpose Of the Convention to disfranch:se citizens Of the colored race, but with this We have no concern, unless the purpose Is exc cuted by the Constitution or laws, or oy those who administer them. If it is done in the latter way, how. or by what means. should be shown.
 If Section had been alleged to have been executed and that 1t had resulted in a discrimination against relator. then the allegation of discrimination In Section might have been consid- cred. for the purpose of the exception now being disposed of, as rendering Section null and void, and the per- sons registered therunder would not be deemed to have been registered. But this Is not a suit to strike the regis traitor list under Section with nuility for any reason whatever. nor Is 1t a suit to compel registration under that Section.
 It may we'll be that Section 5 is null and void, and that Sections 3 and are valid and binding, etc.
 Also further:
 Sections 3, 4 and do not "collectiveIy constitute one plan of suffrage qualification" Relator himself, in his petition. refers to "the said articles and the said sections. collectively and sep arately," etc. If Section 5, in itself, adopts "one unlawful and unconstitu- tional plan of suffrage qualification" 1t cannot in any manner affect sections and 4. And, as Relator alleges in his petition that he Is not qualified to reg ister under sections and 4; that he has neither the educational nor prop cry qualification. he. in effect, alleges that 1t Is not the ministerial duty of respondent to register him, and his pe- tltion discloses no cause of action for the issuance Of writ of mandamus.
 The exception of no cause of action Is sustained; the alternative writ issued herein is set aside, and this suit is dis missed at relator's cost.
 This leaves the principal question where 1t was originally, but serves the purpose of defining the validity of the sections and 4, irrespective of the fate of Section 5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
REFORM IN NEW YORK.

Just now New York City IS m the throes of one of her periodic and spas modic reforms" New York is great on reforms. the great and most i'm portant feature of them being that they always leave the city in worse condi- ton than they find it. That city and Philadelphia is each contending for the honor of being the worst governed city in the Union, with the odds in favor of New York. because 1t is larger and has more move in it.
 The present movement really gives some promise of good results. but ap- pearances may be deceptive. There seems to be no room for doubt that Chief of Police Devery Is thoroughly and unqualifiedly corrupt. This much any power In New York with the cour- age and honesty to deal with existing conditions as they should be dealt with there is a chance for improvement Both his personal and official honesty -or lack of honesty. are subjects of inquiry, and there is no room for doubt as to proving all the charges.
 That Devery is and has continually been in collusion with criminals is be- yond question. In one instance a list of fifty disorderly houses was furnished by reputable citizens as existing ip the precinct which he at that time raDraSaptad hIt ha prOmptlv raported that there were no houses of that kind in his precinct and that was the end of it. Instead of being punished he was promoted. and this is one of the numerous cases of which the proof seems to be irrefutable. Criminals of all kinds and keepers of all descrip- tions of disorderly houses pay him for immunity and are protected.
 That this IS discreditable state of affairs is plain enough, but the remedy is not 50 apparent. The trouble is that the Tammany organization, or the ring which controls Tammany, sup ports and controls Devery and his class. If all the clements in the city which are really in earnest in the desire for better government would unite they might sweep from power the ring which probably has no equal in the country, either in power or in muni- cipal misgovernment.
 It is thought that the antiTammany forces may unite on an independent Democrat and elect him. Speaking of the feeling now existing among the people, leading Democrat says:
 It pervades all classes. from the day laborer up to the most eminent men in the community. The terrible exposures have been made during the last ninety days have eXasperated them against Croker and his immediate henchmen. They do not wish to see Tammany utterly destroyedi but they desire to see these men driven from it so that it can be cleansed of the foulness that now exists there
 Tbat seems to be the prevailing feel ing. Democrats. especially. do not want to see the great Tammany organization totally destroyed for they know it's power in local. State and National campaigns, but they do desire that it shall receive such q shaking UT and rehabilitation as will rid them of present conditions. We have seen it stated that the police department of the city costs ten million dollars, and whether this is correct or not it Is certain that an enormous sum is an nu4lly expended and the result is a city government which has become a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
How Speculation Benefits Farmers

Pittsburg Post.
 A few years ago an attempt was
 made to have Congress enact law
 prohibiting dealing in grain and pro-
 vision futures; to stop speculating in
 wheat. corn. oats and hog products, all
 products of the farmer. Such law
 was enacted by the German Reichstag,
 but instead of being benefit was found | to be harmful to the farmer. and was
 repealed The contention of those who advocated the law in ths country was that spectators were robbing the far mer; that low prices were made by the dealers in futures at will and that the | farmer could never get rid of this old
 man of the speculative sea until he was legislated out of existence.
 The big speculators who operated for
 what is known as the Hong pull" bas-
 sng their operations on the possibilities
 of the future, said the advocates of the | law were wrong, but the Board of Trade raiders said they were interested
 parties and ruled them out of court.
 Now comes the commission created by | Congress to investigate industrial con- ditions, and in report on the diStri- button oi farm products it unqualified | ly takes the ground that grain specu- lators are friends of the farmer. In the report the Commission takes the position that the American system
 of distribution of farm products is es- | sentially a speculative one. from the farmer to the consumer. and that this very thing Is what benefits both pro- ducer and consumer. The commission | has discovered that somebody must take the speculative risk which arises | from changes In market values from 1 the time the crops are harvested until
 they are delivered to the consumer The farmer might store them, but this would require the expense of insurance and besides the cereals would be ex-
 posed to loss in various forms. The
 consumer cannot store food products and 1t would be absurd to ask him to
 do so.
 The consequence is that there has
 arisen a middle class of men whose bus-
 mess 1t Is to store crops and take the | chances of loss or gain. These experts are the collectors and distributors of ce-
 reals and they do the work on a much smaller margin than the farmer. Hence the farmer gets better prices promptly and the consumer gets much cheaper
 bread. The competitions between the ! tspeHuiators tends to reduce their own
 profits and brng the producer and con- shmer closer. Telegraph. telephone and mail facilities are now so complete that the farmer is enabled to be in daily touch with the market and at any time
 he chooses can turn his grain into cash while spectators will do the worrying about prices and distribution.
 The average man thinks a Board of
 Trade is regular den of thieves but If the finding or the Government Com
 mission is correct. quite a number oF people will have to change their opin-
 ionS. If such speculative institutions
 are useful to the farmer he should know
 and acknowledge it.
 In Strassburg and other German cities
 dentists have been officially appointed Tor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
The Columbus Enquirer Sun says

It is to he regretted that a paper that is so nearly always accurate as the Mont gomery Advertiser should get the name of Samson of old. he who slew the Phil listines and pulled down the pillars of the temple. mixed up with that of the Samp- son of latter days, he who was several miles away on a certain momentous event in our countrys history; and yet this is just what The Advertiser has done.
 The Advertiser also regrets that it should have mixed those babies up," but If an apology is due we must make 1t to the strenuous old Hebrew. The other fellow doesn't deserve any.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

The Birmingham Ledger is protesting against the issuing ot an expurgated oldcial report of the ConstitIaional Con- Nenuon. It thinks the people ought to have the true story oI what was said and uone, and that the value of the report will be much impaired If changes are made in it.-Mobiie Register.
 Tkere is no aoccasion for protesting about the matter. The stenographic report as made from day to day has alre ady been published, and there is no proposition about any further publica- tion in full or abbreviated. The Con- vention's contract with the stenogra- pher called for 1000 copies of the report each day. These were furnished the delegates, and each one received his allotted share after reserving a certain number for filing in State archives and public institutions. The Convention made arrangements for indexing the reports. but not for any additional publication.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
The Convention and sheriffs.

Brundidge News.
 The Constitutional Convention ap- pears to be afraid that the sherifts will combine to defeat the new Constltu- ton when submitted to the people. so have undone their work regarding inn peachment of those officers. and made them eligible to succeed themselves. What about their fears of the people who think they have some rights in the premises? There Is not single ten able argument why a sheriff should succeed himself. nor is there any req son on earth why the Governor should not have the power to suspend a sher- if pending impeachment proceedings. On the other hand, there are number less reasons why the Convention should have left theN matter as they had passed 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
It Does No Good.

Birmingham Ledger.
 It does no good to lecture com munity because some of its people commit acts of lawle Lectures should first be given to the being who commits the crime and afterward to the men who punish it unlawfully. The good people of the community do not deserve nor do they want lectures for other peoples faults.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
A statement has gone out to u

A statement has gone out to the country that four out of the five Con- federate Generals living in Virginia were members of the Republican Con- vention which met in Roanoke,". last Wednesday. General Fitzhugh Lee and General Eppa Hunton are still living. They are Democrats and were not present at the Republican Convention. No doubt there are others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
economy.

Apparently there is something in knowing how to raise potatoes" re- marks The New Bedford Standard. and we beg to assure our Bay State con- temporary that potatoes are not in a class by themselves in this respect. There is something in knowing how to raise children. as well as potatoes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
Conditions in Roanoke.
Randolph Leader.

Randolph Leader
 Our exchanges are full of complaints and suggestions on the servant prob lem. Conditions are far from satisfac- tory in this community. where we learn they have a secret organization for trying and boycotting any persons against whom they have spite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
Hasn't Read of It.

Union Springs Herald.
 If there was ever an administration of the United States Government under which there have heen more reports of defraudirg the Government and out right stealing of Government moneys, than under McKinleys administration, we haven't read the history of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

At its last meeting the Medical Ex- amining Board of Virginia turned loose an even hundred young men to go out and cure or kill their fellowmen. wo- men and children. It is well enough that new diseases are being discovered or some of the doctors would get little practice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
ALI JULY RECORDS BROKEN

The appended statement of the circula- tion of the Daily and Sunday Advertiser fer the month of July, 1901, shows an in- crease over the corresponding month last year equal to 37.69 per cent. and # further has guaranteed net paid circulation greater than the claimed issue of any ether two Alabama morning newspapers comhiped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

Atlanta has a one-armed man who operates a Mergenthaler and gets out as good copy and as much of it as some of those who have two hands to punch the keys with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

That Yankee who advertises for a wife with one wooden leg may think he will save money by having but one shoe to buy for her. but if she lets him in for the price of one occasional cork-leg he'll find himself short on ecnnomy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

The Norfolk Landmark speaks of Niagara Falls as "a successful fool killer" It may be successful ,as far as 1t goes, but so few of them give 1t a chance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

Couldn't it be so managed that Han- na, Roosevelt and Odell could all make the race for President? There would be lively times all over the country and money to burn among the faithful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
It is Undignifed.
1I ID O AHNNI k5 IF Dothan Home Journal.

Dothan Home Journal.
 The Advertisers press may or may not be as large as the press of The Birmingham Age Herald or the press of The Atlanta News. But however big and elaborate it may be, we hope The Advertiser will never drop its dignity and print any of its matter in red ink A variegated newspaper smacks so strongly of yellow journal ism that we do not enjoy it. It is un- 1ioni6ad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
Not Fit to Be a Citizen.
Mobile Herald.

MUDIIG FftTdIu.
 We are not proposing to rule out any body that the new Constitution does not rule out. We simply lay down the broad proposition that the man who does not care anything about the wei fare of Alabama is not fit to be a citi- gen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
SATURDAY, AUGUST a4, 1901.

- Innoculating a man with rabbits brains to cure lock-jaw is the latest new thing we have read of. And the man died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

by word. Certainly the people of the
 rest of the country would rejoice to know that some means had been found to cleanse the metropolis of the Union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

The Nashville News. which learns nothing from history or current events thus prognosticates;
 The people will choose policy at the proper time. and the policy will not be any aba bandonment of Democratic princi- ples. nor will the leader be any half baked Democrat who has been training in tie Republican camp. He may not be Bryan. but he certainly will not be any patriot of the Cleveland. Whitney, Carlisle de- scription.
 We 80 The news one better and pre- dict that the next candidate for Presi- dent twill not be any half-b baked Democrat" who has been training with t4e Populists. If We had any hope that the candidate would be such a man as Cleveland, Whitney or Carlisle We should feel that the party would deserve success. if it failed to gain it. That the trend of political thought is is in that direction is at least encourag- ing to Democrats who have kept the faith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

A Tennessee paper tells of bolt of lightning which struck tree just as a
 man was riding by. It shattered the tree. killed the horse and broke bot tie in the mans saddle bags. but didn't hurt him. It is an interesting story, but leaves out the most important particular. What was in that bottle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
Victor H. Hanson. Manager of AdvT- Using Foreign and Local.

The Advertiser will be found on sale n the folio wing cities at the places named BIRMfNGHAM-Morris Hotel. Union De-
 pot Diningroom. Parker's Drug Store MOBILE-A A. Hall. Battle House. SELMA-Hotel Albert.
 ATL TLANTA-Ktmbal House News Stand. NEW YORK-Brentano's Union Square BUFFkLO-A a a m Exhibit, Fan
 Am, rican Exposition.
 WASHINGTON-Metr Hotel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

Northport Breeze.
 If the Eastern practice of divorce and the Western fad for woman suffrage should make their way into the South. we would get some of their worst evils and lose some of our best good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24

Tn strassburg and other German cities dentists have been officially appointed lor the public schools In some parts of Ba- varia 99 per cent. of school children were found to have carious teeth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-24
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 Some of Their Worst,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-06-14
Sin Eaters AGO iiireu-

A curious custom prevails at funerals
in some parts Of Wales. A poor per-
son is hired-"a long, lean, ugly, Ia
mentable rascal"-to perform the du-
ties of sin eater. Bread and beer are
passed to the man over the corpse or
laid on it. these he consumes, ana by
the process he is supposed to take on
him all the sins of the deceased and
free the person from walking after
death. When a sin eater is not EN-
ployed. glasses of wine and funeral
biscuits are given to each bearer across
the coffin. The people believe that
every drop Of wine drunk at funeral
is a sin committed by the deceased,
hut that by drinking the wine the soul
of the dead is released from the burGCn
CT the sin. in some places 1t Is the
custom to send to the friends OF a
family after death bag Of biscuits
with the card Of the deceased. TIL see
funeral biscuits, often small, round
sponge c. kes, were known as arvol
bread, atvel meaning ale.-C..!caso
Journal,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-06-14
Uses of Olive Oil.

No household where there are chill.
dren should be without olive oil, for it
is an invaluable medicine in certain
cases. For weakly or rickety child
or one who is recovering from typhoid
fever salad oil will sometimes work
wonders. The plan is to rub in the
oil over the whole Of the child's body,
especially about the upper part, TAX
ing few drops at time into the
palm of the hand. The nourishment
thus absorbed through the skin will be
Of immense service in building up the
child's strength. When a child is suf-
fering from severe cold it is a good
plan to omit the daily bath and to rub
the back and chest with olive oil. To
insure no further cold being caught
the child should be wrapped in blan-
ket and carefully screened from drafts
while the rubbing is being done. A
threatening of Group often will end in
a threatening only if the oil ard cam
phor be applied to the child's chest.
The method is to saturate a piece OF
flannel, sprinkle it with little pow
dered canphor and apply it to the
chest apS throat as warm as it can
he Ectae. Cover with a piece Of dry
flannel and change as soon as it gets
cold.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-06-14
"Get Busy

There is a whole sermon In the par
lance OF the day, get busy'-that is,
get to doing something; get to work;
be doer OF the word and not nearer
only. A dozen synonyms will suggest
themselves for the colloquialism, yet it
has, perhaps. a pregnancy OF meaning
Ind a rugged force which none OF them
quite duplicates, as is often the case
With the living speech OF the people.
as compared with the dead speech OF
he books
Get busy is the gospel OF to-day.
The man who does not get busy is dis
anced from the start. The stress OF
'AOmp> ttion, the eager pursuit OF wea tn
Ind advancement, leave no chance for
Nhe man who idleS his chances away.
Get busy at something; even il it is
not quite what you like, do the best you
an, and hope for better things. But
while you are hoping, do not stop
Norking. Get busy-keep busy.
Get busy for the good OF the commu-
nity. ii it isn't all it should be, try to
make it better. more prosperous, more
progressive. Don't sit like big frog,
croaking all the time, and never trying
10 do anything else. Get t:isy in a
hopeful. helpful, enterprising way. The
man who gets busy has no time to be
a busybody; his only interest in the
affairs OF others is to help where he
may.