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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
WE LIVE LONGER.
Commercial Activity Has Strength
 ened the Average Man.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
 The Census Bureau has issued bull letin in which 1t is shown conclusiVely that the average duration of human life in the United States is steadily and won- derfully increasing. In 1890, according to the bulletin. the average age at which Americans died was 3.1 years; in lsov the average lifetime was 35.4, gain of 4.3 years
 This statement might be questioned were 1t not for the fact that 1t IS simply corroborative of the results reached by life insurance mathematicians, the most experienced and skillful experts we nave in the line of vital statistics. It should be explained that the averages Of the Census Bureau are based exclusively on the death rate in cities of 5000 popula- ton and over. The reason for this Is that the information from cities or con. siderable size is more reliable than that which can be obtained from smaller com munities. This fact does not affect the main proposition in the least.
 It would be strange if the influence or modern sanitation were not made manl- fest in the prolongatiOn of human life. especially in cities. The causes to which the very satisfactory gain announced by the census bulletin may be attributed are numerous Among them are men tioned more liberal supplies of water, in- telligent systems of drainage. careful construction of houses. better sanitary conveniences in dwellings, places of bus tness etc. and the more ComprehenslVe knOWleuRe WHlCn iilulNluuaiS ho" PoS sess regarding the care which they should take of their own bodies.
 The bureau figures afford sufficient answer to the pessimistic assumption that the American people are working them selves to death in pursuit of the almighty dollar. Perhaps it is true that many or | them are, but it is also true that the great majority of them are not. The | strenuous life sdoes not seem either to | impair the public health or to increase | the mortality. | So far as figures can establish the fact, the commercial activity of the period has strengthened rather than weakened the average man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29

fusion. and replies to our statement ,a that sx Chattanooga rather liked that featuTs, py saving: No doubt the people of Chat tanoga were pleased with the .,nn,si m,away, .Ss confetti battles and all.' especially the 'aii, which was the part that the pest people of Montgomery objected to. There was to much of the all.
 Well. what in thunder did you go out to see it for? You didn't have to, we noga and that's why our 11r, good l, people tSse had allowed the "alr' our people wouldn't have known 1t for they wouldn't have gone about it. Our contemporary puts the people of Montgomery somewhat in the attitude of the old farmer near CnlcK- amauga Park did some of the women or his neighborhood when he complained 10 General Brooke about nude soldiers batn, ing in Chickamauga Creek. Why, salo General Brooke, its mile or more from the creek to any house and l am quite sure no one can be offended. be. cause they can't see" "Yes, they can. replied the hayseed, there's woman got a spy-glass in the neighborhood. The Advertiser ought to be good and pious. but then it oughtn't to bend too far back
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
states by tourists that should be brought

States by tourists that should be brought South
 The thoroughly organized industrial de- partment of the Southern Railway report that one of the greatest difficulties to interest the settlement of people and the concentration of money in the South is the wretched muddy condition of the roads in cities, and the muddy roads in rural localities. Thousands of farmers with their families, who are desirous of escaping the rigorous winters of the North, want to come South and settle upon the lands that can be bought at one-tenth of the price. but the muddy streets and the mud roads are the bar riers that drive them back to their old homesteads
 We believe this condition is changing. The Good Roads train through the in- fiuence of the press is bringing new era of development. When the people recognize the benefits of improved road ways. and these lessons are taught in the press and educational institutions and agricultural colleges, then will they be voiced by the people in the ballot box. Municipal, State and national legislators will join in the movement. and in few years the influence and work of this Good Roads train and the Good Roads conventions will be extended into the re- motest sections of the s ate and nsti2n. The common road is the basis of trans portation from which all other trans portation facilities must be reckoned. Railroads, rivers and harbors. the Nic- araguan canal and all other transporta- ton facilities are directly dependent upon this question.
 This Good Roads movement Is receivins the greatest encouragement at all points. and we sincerely hope that Montgomery will be filled next week with delegates coming from all counties, and that a live. energetic, positive State organization will be effected. It will be an opportunity for representatives who have been, or will be elected to tho Legislature, to get to- gether and take steps to prepare practical legislation that will be enacted into a law or laws in the next general session of the Legislature. No better work car
 be done than that which will result ir | improved highways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
QUICK CHARITY.

That genuine charity is not an unknown or unpractised virtue in our large cities IS shown by the following from The Kan sas City Journal:
 On Thursday a postman reported to The Journal a sad case of Restitution that had come under his notice. The husband and father was Ill with consumption, the wife was the mother of a newborn babe, and the family. including several other children, was in absolute want. having neither food nor fuel and only scant supply of clothing and bedding. On Fri day morning The Journal published the facts as related by the postman. By Fri day night the distressed family was in possession of more good things than 1t had room to store. Six tons of coal had been unloaded at the door, and three or four wagonloads of provisions and other necessaries had arrived. Enough was re- ceived in a few hours to keep the family in comfort for many weeks. This was the response of generous-hearted people to simple appeal for relief in genuine case of need.
 Such quick and generous response to an appeal for help. or rather, to the knowledge that help was neded, is highly creditable to the people of Kansas City. It is very often the case that people who are really kind and willing to give aid where 1t is needed do not realize the necessity of immediate action, but in this case the good people wasted no time in investigations. They appear to have acted on the theory that it would be better to give to an unworthy and undeserving case than 1t would to allow the really needy to suffer. and in this instance they were not imposed on.
 The fact that the charitably disposed people of the city were satisfied that this was "a genuine case of need" doubtless had a great deal to do with the prompt response of the people, for it is unfor- tunately true that in many cases good people are imposed on by interruptions and undeserving beggars, who find 1t easier to obtain a living by begging than by honest effort, and this has much to do with any seeming lack of charity In cities. It too often happens that good people have contributed freely to case of supposed need only to learn after wards that they have been imposed on by worthless dead-beats. Nevertheless, the readiness with which the Kansas City people contributed to the relief of g needy family. taking the newspaper ac' count as sufficient reason for prompt and active relief. shows that genuine Chris tian charity is not as rare as we arc sometimes led to believe, forming oul opinions on accounts of suffering which frequently reach us. That virtue which the Apostle declared was the greatest oi all yet lives and fiourishes in the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2s, 1901.
THE OLD INDIAN.

Referring to the recent death or the Dld Indian, Lottka. in Indian Territory! The Eufaula (Ala.) Times says:
 Undoubtedly this same Lottka has stood np on the blum of the Chattahoochee where Eufaula is now situated and he and his people loved the spot and carried the beloved name and transplanted it in the lands they were forced to go to. All ves- tige of the proud Indian tribes that once roamed our hills and vallies are gone ex- cept the names of rivers and creeks and the occasional finding of some implement The bluff was a favored spot fort In- dians and quite a village used to be here, but 1t only remains in the minds of some of the oldest inhabitants and their books have been closed. The record of old deeds in the Probate Office has the names of many old chiefs who held this land, but they, too, had to take up the long march for the strange land.
 There are three Eufaulas. or Yufalas. mentioned in the old accounts of the Creek Indians One was situated on Yu- fala Creek. about fifteen miles from its Junction with Coosa River. in the present county of Calhoun. There was another town of the same name in what is now TanapoosR county.e The Eufaula of Hawkins's day was on the east or Geor- gia side of the Chattahoochee. and Colo mel Hawkins says the town was situated '''on a pine flat" It was, according to his estimate, about 47 miles below where Columbus was afterwards built, but he also said that they had spread out their settlements down the river about eight miles. In speaking of this town and its inhabitants Colonel Hawkins adds that ''several of these Indians have negroes. taken during the Revolutionary War. and where they are there is more industry and better farms" This was about the close of the eighteenth century. and many of the Muskogee Indians owned slaves at that period. True to their na- ture the natives had little disposition to work, and those who owned slaves had better farms than did those who depend ed entirely on their squaws to do the farm work.
 retained it's name of it's Indian predeces- por. though not occupying the same site. The name Is of unknown signification. so far as we have been able to learn. The claim that it means High Bluff has no foundation as there was nothing in the location of the original town to bear out such a claim. nor can the name be thus translated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Buying and Selling Votes.

Pickens County News.
 It is well to observe the fact that under the new constitution buying and selling votes is positively prohibited. Right in the beginning all efforts should be made to purify our elections. The man who will so beittle himself in the future as to buy vote. deserves political defeat for his lowly aspirations as we'll as the severest penalty of the law. and the man who would sell his vote would be un- worthy of the registration certificate he holds, and under the new law would be deprived of the privilege of the electo- rate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
ROOSEVELT TO SULTAN.
Congratulations Extended on the
 Latter's Birthday.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Having received official notice from the Turkish Minister at Washington that yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of the Sultan, President Roosevelt sent that Monarch a personal telegram of congratulation. pliment paid him by the Sultan on the occasion of his birthday last month. The custom of messages of this kind was 1T sugurated a great many years ago, and is observed by most of the European rulers. The late Queen Victoria kept in formed in respect to the birthdays of American Presidents and always sent a personal telegram of congratulation. The compliment always was reciprocated on the anniversaries of her birth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
TAFT IS IMPROVING
He May Be Able to Visit the United
 States Before New Year

Cincinnati Nov. 2S.-Congressman Chas. P. Taft. publisher of The Times-Star and a brother of Governor General William H. Taft today received cablegram from Manila stating that Surgeons Stafford and Rhodes have successfully grafted the skin on Governor Tafts wound and he will probably be able to pay his pro tected visit to the United States at the end of December.
 A party of Cincinnatians headed by J. G. Schmidlap, the banker. had expected to leave this week on a tour around the world. their objective point being visit to Governor Taft at Manila. They have postponed their trip indefinitely on ad- vices from Manila and arrangements will be made to give Governor Taft a recep- ton here on his return.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
The Treaty.

Great Britain says The New York Times, has come to the conclusion that the canal is of greater importance to her commerce than the rights she valves would he to the prosecution of her impe- rial policies. It has long been evident to us that the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was of small concern to her-of no concern at all in comparison with the mainten- ance of peaceful relations with the United States and with the privileges of the protected waterway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
WILL SURRENDER LIzALDA
Mexican Government Acting in Har-
 mony with Border States

Phenix, Ariz., Nov. 2S.-Over month ago Governor Murphy issued a requisi- tion on Governor Ysabel of Sonora for the extradition of Guillermo Iizalda, wanted for the murder of woman at Alameda. The request was made under that Governors of Northern Mexican States might surrender fugitives without reference to the Federal government
 Ysabel. not desiring to act referred the matter to the Federal government Sher- if Livingston of Yuma, who went after Lizalda applied to the American Consul at Nogalez. who, in turn. carried the matter to the State Department. Ysabel was then instructed to surrender l4izalda:
 Governor Murphy has just received word from Governor Ysabel that he has been directed to surrender the prisoner, testifying by the act willingness to work in harmony with American border States, for the punishment of criminals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
SOLDIER STOLE A SHIRT.
As a Punishment He Will Go to "". Jail for a Year

Washington, Nov 2S-Brgadler Gen eral Randall, commanding the Depart ment of Columbia is making reputa- ton as severe prosecutor of soldiers guilty of small thefts. Alex Reese, of the 10th Field Battery. was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the ser vice Of the United States to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be confined at Alcatraz Island for one year for the larceny of a shirt.
 General Randall approved the sentence reluctantly because 1t imposed simple confinement when he thought 1t should have included hard labor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Makes the Editor Smile.

Canebrake Herald.
 The Birmingham Times. Alabama's s Republican paper. makes Il ssmile. It wants to call the ratificationists theAfro- Democrats. Why do you want to drop the afro from the Republican party? It is known that the negroes composed the bulk of Repubicanism in Alabama and by their vote that party existed Now comes The Times. and wants to shove off the afro" on Democracy. Go way back and sit down."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
BRYAN FOR GOVERNOR.
Senator Millard's Prediction for Next
 Nebraska State Campaign.
Washington Special to New Or
 FTt,...-

Washington Special to New Orleans
 Times Democrat.
 Senator Willard of Nebraska. said to- day that he thought w. J. Bryan would be offered the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nebraska next year and hat he would accept.
 The attempt to revive the old line De- mocracy in the State has failed" he said. "and the Democratic organization will be the Bryan organization. Bryan will depend upon his personal popularity to land him in the Governors chair, but 1 believe we will beat him"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Monarch of The Dailies.

Representation makes circuiAuoii.
 The Advertiser has the best TepresentA.,,on , If any daily newspaper in the state or Aia- sAma. Every city, town and village of conse- suenoe within fifteen hours of Montgomery ss rsnresented hy d courteous agent who VIII lefiver The naiiy Advertiser at regular raues. e, Prompt service and reliable news is responsio.s for the wonderful success ef our maknlncsrn. r eiroviat,on statement. October furnishes tns following figures that prove eonciusivey ,,en s,, ehan any other two morning papers in ths Efata of Alabama combined: .l-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Not ComplimentarY.

Union Springs Herald.
 For having complimented Lee County for going against the new constitution. The Opelika News is being given the candid opinions of the State press. and those opinions are rot complimentary to the opinion of The News editorial writer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
A Patriotic Lesson.

Birmingham Ledger.
 Mir. Chamberlain says that if his resig- nation would bring the Boer war to an end as England wants it to end. he would willingly resign. This is patriotic lesson for you. Some men have merely died for their country, but here is a hero who would resign for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
It is Improving.
Lafayette Sun.

IIdIdy tIIV 0UII
 The Advertiser has secured the ser vices of Milt Saul. formerly of The At lanta News. as city editor. A more versatile writer than Saul is hard to find. He is strictly original and when he gets hold of the news end of a paper he makes 1t hum. The Advertiser is inn proving and we expect better things from it vet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Entitled to Fun.
Roanoke Leader.


 In his speech before the good roads convention in Birmingham last week Governor Johnston intimated that there were other rough roads to travel in Ala bama besides the ones they were con- sidering. Johnston is a joker, in season and out of season He is entitled now to some fun out of his ridiculous fiasco- rest of us have already had "ourn.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29

Speaking of John Smith, The Richmond Dispatch thinks there must have been such a man by the number of great-great- great-grandsons of his to be found in Virginia and the other States of the I'nion"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.
Hurrying to Washington.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 The contributors to the valued Con- gressional Record are hurrying to Wash ington by every train well loaded with articles for that excellent journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29

A New England writer thinks no one can measure New York with a country yard stick" Guess not. You couldn't measure it with telegraph pole, if the object is to size up all its largeness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
He Was It.
Birmingham News.

Birmingham News.
 The Louisville man who predicted the end of the world and then committed suicide doubtless considered himself the whole thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29

W. A., Aott, Circulation Manager Of the MontGonery Advertiser, being dry sSv.rr says: The foregoing statement of The Aexxsr fissr's circulation for the naonth ot eS,s, leOJ i- true and correct. and compnee anh an retu. ns from newsboys, news esen's @ leftover copies have been deducted. .s~nrr wvern to and subscribed before me this H'n
 day of November. 1901; x.cvsoN
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
The Truly Good Times.

Chattanooga Times. Aa,,o-t;sor
 The esteemed Montgomery Advertlser NH1ssI was really serious about that aSa m al, business to which we r9centlS NA~~e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29
Socialists Force Adjournment.

Brussels Nov. zS-Amid scenes of vo- lent disorder. the Socialists today forced m adjournment of the Chamber of Dep uties owing to the refusal of the Gov ernment to consider a universal suffrage resolution. The Socialists also announced that they will continue their ohstructions indefinitely and prevent q vote on the Budget until their demands are granted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-29

A man who would try to stab a ghost would stick to nothing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-26

The answers to the questions as to
average length of years Of service OF
teachers, varied from to Is years. In
Wheeling the latter figure would DO
nearly correct The Harrisburg, Pa,
answer was Teachers never changed
unelss they resign. die or are fiat fall
ures" from Springfield, O., Some are
gray headed" Another answered that
it was too hot" to compute.
Wheeling has about $50 public school
teachers. Terre Haute, Ind, popula-
ton SO 900, has 1879 teachers.
One fact brought out in the answers
is that school boards generally adopt
the custom of advancing the salaries
of teachers during their service. The
general custom is to pay minimum
salary for the first year, and TO gradual
ly increase it until 1t reaches the maxi
mum for the grade in which the teacher
is employed. Some boards of educa-
ton increase the salary on on average
of $25 a year. In Parkersburg, the
minimum salary is paid during the irst
two years, then it is increased, and
after four years service the maximum
salary of the grade is paid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-26

dam. They viii give an average lift
of 60 feet.
New legislation is asked from Con-
gtess to provide for the removal of
under water distractions, sunkeu
wrecks. etc. For the general im-
provement Of the river there is an
available balance of s2so7260 Major
Bixby does not know how much will
be required to complete the work. but
he asks for 100000 for next year.
fhe coal shipments from pittsburs
during the year to Cincinnati and
Louisville were 2.557470 tons, while
the commerce passing Davis Island
dam was 2.693, 1874 tons.
Major Blxby estimates that II viii
cost $3,6o0.0OO to complete dams Noa
1, ., 3, A. and 5.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-26
WENT TO PICNIC
And Her Husband Bent Her FOt 1t.
James Harper Arrested.

And Her Husband Bent Her FOt 1t.
James Harper Arrested.
Yesterday James Harper, a colored
waiter, living in alley B, was asked by
his wife If she could attend the colorcd
X. of P. picnic on the Fair GROUNDS,
and was informed that she could not.
This, however did not stop her and
she went. but as she was leaving the
Penn street gate she met her husband.
He threatened her. and she fed. At
Fink street she caught street car. and
as she entered the car asked the con-
ductor to hurry and not let her hus>
band on. In this manner she escaped
but later her husband caught her at the
family home and beat her nnmercifuiiy.
The police were appealed to and Har-
per was placed under arrest and taken
to the city building, where he was
locked up. His hearing will occur this
morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-26

PITTSBURG. Pa. July 25.-The re-
port of Major w. b. Bixby on the i'm
provement on the Ohio river was made
public yesterday at Washington. A
general examination was made in Sep
TENDER of the bikes and dams between
Marietta and Pittsburg, and it was
found that nearly all needed some
thing done. From $4,000 to 100000
will be required for this work on the
whole river, and especially between
Pittsburg and Cincinnati. Beaver
calls for $4,000, Little Sewickly S.
900, and the same amount for Horse
tail.
The survey work from Marietta to
Pitteburg has been completed. Twen-
ty-one dams are provided for at a
cost Of s19.95O,OOO. or about $s50.0Oo a