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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
A CHARMING BOOK
By Talented Young Alabama Lady

By a Talented Young Alabama Lady
 From the publishing house of R. H. Russell, New York. The Advertiser has received a copy of Plantation Songs, by Eli Shepherd which Is the pen name of Miss Martha Young of Greensboro, Ala.
 No poet or other writer, other tham one born and reared in the famous Black Belt, could so completely catch the spirit, the life and the language of the negro as Miss Young has done. Reading these songs one can almost see the colored man, woman and child. old and young, in all their various and changeful moods and we feel as If we were looking and listening to them as they work. frolic or worship. She catches all their tricks and expressions, and gives us such a pleasing variety of negro lore and negro song as we have not found elsewhere Certainly Miss Young knows her subject thoroughly, and has the charming art of making others know them.
 The book itself is beautifully printed on fine paper, but the pictures are one of the chief charms. Nowhere else have we seen such absolutely true to nature engravings as those which ornament this book. They typify all classes of the race, under all conditions. and it is worth the price of the volume to look al some of the faces which look from its pages. It Is both a charming and unique book.
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decrease of 27 in California, 2.6A in Ne-
 braska, 1O8 in Nevada, 7 in North Da- kota a in Oregon, 76 in South Dakota, I2 in Vermont and 346 in New Mexico. while and twenty-one States the greatest in-
 crease being, of course, In the South, Georgia leading with 176,1SS followed by Mississippi with 16s,Sn, Alabama. l4S, SIS;
 isiana, 91,611; Florida, 64.55O; Arkansas, 57, ,739 and Tennessee, 49,249. four of these
 Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Tex as--having suggestive manifestations Tn
 comparison with the increase of the white
 population. The rate of negro increase
 was greater than that of the white in
 Alabama. although the actual increase
 was 1S,6l6 less, Its rate was greater than than sippi, the actual increase of the negroes in the latter State being 65.322 more than
 that of the white. but in Texas the rate
 of the negro increase was much less than
 that of the white, where the actual in- crease of the whites was 6o.OOO more than is the total negro population in 1sCo;
 In 1890 three States-Louisiana, Missis-
 gro inhabitants than white. By 1900 Lou
 isiana had overcome that disproportion
 by gaining during the ten years IT, ,I7
 in white population. or Soo6 per cent. 1888 per cent Many of the Louisiana
 negroes went into Mississippi, but many
 others probably took part in the move ment through ATKanSdS anu eAdS oh poti
 whites and negroes into Oklahoma and
 Indian Territory, which increased in the former Territory the white population by 30S, ,69S or 524.7e per cent, and the negro population by 15,85S or 5S340 per cent, and in the latter the white population by l93, ,2S7, or 176SS per cent, and the , negro population by 1s.z7 or s775 per cent.
 "These manifestations. in connection | with the fact that the negro population ! of New Mexico fell off 17.63 per cent. point to a continuation of the movement | of the agricultural class of negroes to- ward the fresher lands of the Southwest, particularly In Oklahoma and Indian Ter l ritory. Arkansas and Texas being only i temporarily affected by the shifting pop | uiation. The rate of increase of the ne- | groes in Alabama is to be largely ac- | counted for by the attraction of mining | and manufacturing industries there, while the influx into Mississippi was
 undoubtedly increased by the advance | made in railroad building and the eX- | tension of the numbering industry.
 | "In the meanwhile there is another | movement most marked in what were | once known as the border States. of the | town negro to move to Northern cities. | The rate of increase of the negroes in
 Delaware was s.r per cent, in Mary | land S.99 per cent. in Virginia 4o3 per | cent, in Kentucky 620 per cent, In Missouri 7.36 per cent. all far below the birth rate, and in West Virginia 3S.lt
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per cent. The actual increase in those six States was but S5.S15, or 6S,003 less than that in Alabama alone. and, what is much more significant, 64, SO9 less than the combined increase in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
 The increase in New York, 2s14a. was 9,733 more than that in Maryland, and 3,570 more than that in Virginia.
 The increase in Pennsylvania, 49,E4s, was 2s.s42 more than that in Maryland and 3S, ,407 more than that in West Vir- ginia. Illinois increase, which nearly than twice that of Missouri and l,4l5 more than the 16,635 increase in Ken lucky, while Indianas increase, 2.29o, was 1 ,240 more than that Of Missouri.
 The figures of the increases i'll locaii- ties containing or contained in certain cities reveal the goal of much of the drift from the border States. In the ten years the negro population increased from 23,601 to 3s616 in New York county, New York; from Il 3o7 to 1S.367 in Kings county. New York; from 7,475 to SSSS Tn Camden county, New Jersey: from 6,9lo to l2,559 in Essex county, New Jersey; from Ss,S71 to 2.61S in Philadelphia. Pa; from 1850 to 17,04O in Pittsburg, Pa. |; from IA 757 to 1T,695 in Hamilton county. Ohio; from Il, ,11S to 17,536 in Marion coun- ty, Indiana, and from 14,910 to 3l.SSS in Cook county Illinois"
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INFANT DEATH RATE.
Is Lower-Due to Improved Sanitary
 Conditions.

pr. Cyrus Edson. in Saturday Evening
 Post
 The Government bulletin showing that the length of life in the United states Is materially increasing will be taken as matter of course by all observing per sons. It would be astonishing 1T It were otherwise. The great gain Is in the lower death rate among infants, among children under 5. The death rate among this class Is very much lower than 1t was before and by before l mean 25 years ago. The improvement within that period has been nothing short of marvellous. Chlluren under the age of 5 are peculiarly sus, re~tihle to bad sanitary conditions, ana 1t Is also along the line of sanitatlon that we have made the greatest improvement in the period I speak of. v
 Adults live longer now than they used to because the conditions all apout are constantly improving. The surrounolngs In every dwelling place are petter than they were and, what is quite as lthpor :, tant the opportunities for getLlng good food are very much better. There IS more money in circulation, people are more prosperous and they. are pnttlnfs af fo9 int9 their stomachs a higher grade oL 1000 %
 than was the case 25 years ago. me me question of diet has received very cIose attention and on all sides now anu nouI , < shing foods have been put on the iharhel
 Probably the most important item in this connection is the better unusr s'dIo- ing that mothers have regardlhs tlie @ car ana teedlnE or lnfanIS. AhSAo .-.Lo k. in the slums, hardly a woman ~no maS not within the past 10 years hao osiits'l s !s Into her better understanding or s tns handling of o'-''dren than was possesseu formerly by women in our more pretsn- tsi- tlous households. The revolutlon m tIlis l resnect can only be appreciated DE tnose ts who are brouPht in contact With the leh- ement- house dwelling. ,,-. ,oo.oo.od feature that has materially i, ueoI eflseu lSts the death rate is the more ratlotiai i, 'SSh SIS tenn of amusement that has come c m %itn- Hni,o in the last 15 or 20 years. ring regPin iisrd snG learned the danger of over-wortkSlngt tSn t,anaI anu under playing; they go more 70 the Ihea- ca tre and other places where they can d', I1 lay their minds They take ontbe ya9at,9ns tSey HG ring some part of the hot nnon'no, m ross;bis iI, live out of doors as much as posslpls. aoo. Golhng. bicycling and other out out-oi7u oduon sports have come in. to the greaat ga aoVah- tage both of our minds. and booies; to Cities large and small, nave iearnSu straato to keep their streets clean. ana elsan Slr have direct bearing on the oeatn nth rate, nt. In New York I have seen the aSl deatn rate t,te go up % and down. according to whether the streets were well or poorly cleaned; ao Towns of any considerable slze nave adopted fairly rational methods or sew age disposal. .,,-o will show, even
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which the Popes have ruled for so many centuries with scarcely an Interruption. and which was theirs but yesterday, Is in the last degree absurd and even cul- pable! This may be put down, of course. as a purely sentimental reason for the refusal of the Papacy to work with the present Government of Italy, put Is such sentiment to be utterly ignored in this case? Is 1t not rather a reason for treating the agsrieved party all the more delcatGly, car efully. and generously But this Is exactly what the Italian Government has refused to do In the case of the City of Rome. The feelings of the Pope and the Clerical Party with regard to the city which has been theirs for so many hundreds of years have been narrowed without stint, so much so that We may fairly conclude it has been the special object and desire of the present regime 10 humiliate and annoy
 the Vatican in every possible way. Churches have been torn down on the fimsiest excuses; papal escutcheons, oft en of fine workmanship and great his |torical interest, have been purposely de- stroyed or defaced; statue of Giordano Bruno has been erected in the Campa de Fiori, with an insulting inscription on its pedestal for all the country folks from the Campagna and the Hills to read; but of course in the eyes of Prot estant Europe all these are trifles, mere pinpricks of the ruling powers In Rome to vex tho over thrown priesthood. and therefore quite fair and excusable.
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DRIFTING TO THE NORTH
INTERESTING FIGURES ON THE
 NEGRO POPULATION;
Movement Tending Toward the Diff fusion of the Blacks Has Been Greatly Accelerated During
 the Past Ten Years.

Baltimore, Oct 26.-(Special )-Analyses published in this weeks issue of The Manufacturers Record of the figures of the white and of the negro populations in the census of 1900 show that the move ment tending toward the diffusion of the negro population more generally through out the country has been accelerated du- ring the past ten years, certain Northern cities having received large accesstons of that class of the population. and that the white population of the South has made an increase at a slightly greater rate than the white population in the rest of the country.
 'The figures show that the white popu- lation of the forty-f1ve States, four Ter rttories and one district within the limits of the United States increased from 6b, . O9S, 2e3 to 66,8t0,711, or Il. .423. equal to 1.25 per cent, while the increase of their negro population was from 7,4SS,676 to AS33, PIP or 1.344.536 equal to 17.95 per cent.
 The increase in the South, including the District of Columbia and the four teen States from Maryland to Texas south of Mason and Dixon's line. the Ohio 12, ,SS0 s33 to i5, ,699. 3O4 or 2,SlS471, equal to YSS per cent, and of negroes. from 6,710 5S2 to 7,S35, ,392 or 1.124S10. equal to 1876 per cent while in the rest of the country the increase was from 42. PIP 450 to 61, III, 407, or S.S9S 957, equal to 21,0S per cent. and of negroes from 77S, ,094 to 997, ,S20, or 219, T26 equal to 2S. g per cent.
 Three States in the North-New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania-had combined increase of whites of S.l92, 7S7. or 5I4,26s more than the whole increase of the same class in the South. where the greatest ac' tual increase. as well as the greatest per centage of increase. was in Texas The 6s0. .134 additional inhabitants of that State represent 24 per cent of the total South ern increase, and are but 193, ,101 less than the total increase in the six New Eng land States, where Massachusetts led with an increase of 554,3si, with Connecticu second with 15s9S6. the comparativel. small increases in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont making per centages of 4.99 9s9 and 2.42 respectively.
 ''Of the negro population there was {
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Rome and the Pope :.

WestmInster ReVIeW.
 'Leo %III.. even when more than a middleaged man, has known Rome as a papal city. and yet we are told that it is wrong and childish for him to cling to the dream of the temporal power! We see nothing foolish and unnatural in the desires and hopes of the French for the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine. lost to FrS;.ce almost ContemporaneouslS with the seizure of Rome by the ItaI- ians, though these provinces were only added piecemeai to modern France in the seventeenth C. ntury; but of course for the papal party-lnd 1t is party-to dare to hope for the recovery of Rome.
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a greater improvement, relatively. in the death rate than the past. We have learn ed rapidly, but are only at the begin ming. We have not yet begun to reap the full benefit of the knowledge we have al- ready absorbed. There Is reason to be- iieve that within a comparatively short time the great body of our people will live to be d hundred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
Weather Conditions.

IFor past tWeHIy-IuuF nuu,s'I
 A trough of low pressure central over Lake Superior, with outer lines of disturbance ex- tending southwestward over the Great Plains, has caused scattered showers from Iowa south westward to West Central Texas; another de- pression on the Pacific Coast is giving show CTS in Nevada and California, but area of high barometer over Middle Atlantic coast districts Is giving continued fair to partly cloudy weather over nearly all eastern and southern districts, with very decided tenn perature changes while area of compara- lively high barometer over the Dak0tas Is causing continued fair and somewhat cooler weather in the Middle West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
Al word to Travellers.

The excitement incident to travelling and change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, and for this reason no one should leave home without @ bottle of Chamberlains Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy. For sale by E. G. Tow Ter, Druggist. --adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
A PERFECT SHAPE
On Exhibition at 1o9 South Court
 Street.

Every garment cleaned or dyed by Hoit's Dye Works is pressed into as per feet shape as when first bought They will take pleasure in showing their work to all who care to see it. -adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
Carnival in the North.

Arm in arm, their branches twined, Tall naples drink the mountain wind. Reach out with eagefness to seize Flagons of cool October breeze. Bravely decked in yellow and red. Naples stand at the bright throng' s
 head,
 And summon the frs to give their aid To make this forest masquerade Summon even the solemn frs To join the ranks of roisterers! Spruceland woodsmen, Pierre and Jean, Now with your gayest songs lead on! Toin In the revel the trees make he For woods will be sad for half a year: Riot a little,-Summer is spent, And all the Winter the woods keen
 Lenti
 Francis Sterne Palmer in The Atlantic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27
 NEW VELVET COLLARS
Are Put on overcoats by Holt's Dye
 WorkS

Get out your Overcoat before the cold weather compels you to put 1t on. and have 1t cleaned, pressed and new velvet collar put on 1t by Holt's Dye Works iO9 s. Court St. -adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

CONVALESCENCE after pneumonia. typhoid fever and the grip. is sometimes merely apparent. not real. To make 1t real and rapid. there is no other tonic so highly to be recommended as Hood S Sar- saparilla. Thousands so testify. Take
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THE WEATHER.

Daily Local Weather Report-DGlly
 River Bulletin. Q. s. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. Local observations. Central tine)
 MONTGOMERY. Ala. Oct, 2e.
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Cotton Region Bulletin.

U. g. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau, For the 24 houra ending at c. ul., TSth Me- rtdian time.
 MONTGOMERY. Ala, Oct. ee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

Steaks, Chops, Roast, Oysters. Poultry, Vegetables and Turkeys at Yelverton's Palace Market. Phone BAT. -3t.
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Remarks.

HemArks.
 Day temperatures much lower in east ern districts. with a corresponding fall in night temperatures and light to heavy frost in portions of the Carolinas and Western Ten nessee; sprinkles of rain in Texas. Arkanaas and in Oklahoma district.
 FRANK P CHAFFEE,
 Section Director. Weather Bureau,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

Indicates rIse. IndIcates faII.
 River Forecast. The Coosa and Alabama will remain nearly stationary during the next two days.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25
Buying of Cattle Feeds.

The prices for grain and feeding stuffs
which are now ruling are so high that it
behooves the buyer more than ever to
study the fitness of the sundry materials
offered for cattle feeding purposes.
Meals and feeds of all sorts are offered,
some good and some bad. Their market
prices often show no relationship what
ever to fitness hence the need Of look
ing beyond the mere matter of cost.
The state feeding stuff inspection of
the past two years has served to point
out more clearly to the retail dealer as
we'll as to the consumer the distinction
between good and bad feeds. The
Vermont experiment station is now
about to issue bulletin showing the
character of the goods on sale last
spring. The standard by-products were
found to run about as usual. The
guarantees made by the manufacturers
as to their quality were commonly up
held; but there were a few cases OF
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25

twenty-five years ago Carlos J.kings-
bury, living between Williamstown and
Chelsea, bought farm of one hundred
and twenty-five acres for Sl450. There
was one drawback on the place, namely,
the great number of granite bouldcrs.
One could stand in door of his house
and count ninety of them. But with the
coming of the granite business they be-
came valuable for quarrying and taking
to Williamstown to sell. His son, Archie
c., took hold of this work, and thousands
of feet have been sold at seventy-tive to
eighty-five cents per foot. One of two
of these boulders of granite was taken
that sold for $3.50 and $780, Among
these bOulders was one, a half of which
was good for monumental purposes. The
other half was very curious mixture of
rocks that spoiled 1t for sale there. Not
long ago man from the east side Of the
county wanted special stone to mark
the grave of a professional brother, and
went to Mr.. Kingsbury's farm for it. lie
was shown this strangely mixed stone
and was so pleased with 1t that he was
willing to give $50 for one-half of it, de.
llvered at a cemetery In his town, and
Mr.. Kingsbury took 1t.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25
A stowe Boys Good Fortune.

Charles F. Ploof of Stowe will prob
ably become the recipient of large
fortune. The details of the affair are
unusually interesting. At the time of
his birth, the Ploof family was living
in small town near the Canadian bor-
der. Being good Catholics the child
was taken in due course of time to the
parish priest to be christened. For
some reason the good father took an
unusual interest in the little boy and
requested that he should be chrstened
Charles Fyles Ploof, promising that
the favor should sometime be remembered
in substantial form. The story of that
christening, with its attendant promise,
has been cherished as tradition in the
PlOof family, but lapse of years and
change of locality had caused it to lose
its Significance. But Father Fyles
Lever forgot the child he christened
nearly twenty-three years ago, and
when he died without kin, some three
months since, will was found leaving
his entire estate, valued at nearly $780,
600, to Charles Fvles Ploof, should he
then be living. There appears to be no
question In regard to Charles Ploof OF
Stowe being the person for whom the
property is intended.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25

serious adultcration, intentional or ac-
cidental. The Mayflower linseed meal
contained but little more than half
of the protein which this class of goods
should contain; few samples of mixed
wheat feed were found to be adulter-
ated; and there were several oat feeds
zone of which was boldly called "ground
oats'D which were of extremely low
grade. One brand of oat feed analyzed
at the station this fall contained even
less protein than does oat hulls. 1t
would appear that IN this case the great
feed adulterant itself had been adulter-
ated. Those interested in this matter
are invited to send to the experiment
station, Burlington, VT, for its stock
feeding publications, which will be
mailed free to any address. Their care
full perusal cannot help but aid those
who are in the dark concerning what tc
buV,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25
Readsborol is preparing to install al
electric lighting plant.
BRA,N-EoOp NONSENSE.

Another ridiculous food fad has been
branded by the most competent authori-
ties. They have dispelled the silly no.
ton that one kind of food is needed for
brain, another for muscles, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet will not
only nourish a particular part of the
body, but it will sustain every other
part. Yet, however good your food may
be, its nutriment is destroyed by indiges-
ton or dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their coming
by taking regular doses of Green's Aug
ust Flower, the favorite medicine of the
healthy millions. A few doses aids d.
gestion, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purifies the blood, and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get
DIR. G. G.. Green's reliable remedies at
DIR. ID. A. Bisbee's. Get Green's Special
Almanac.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25

The fifty-third annual meeting of the
Vermont Historical society was held in
the supreme court room at the state
house in Montpelier last week, the Hon.
Charles Dewey presiding 10 the absence
of the president. The following associate
members were elected: Clarence E.
Moulton and Edward NJ. GODDARD of Mont.
pelier, Col. B. B. Smalley, the Hon.
Robert Roberts, DR.. d. c. IIawley, and
the Hon. Seneca l.. Hazelton of Burling-
ton. d. S. Kellogg, NJ. D., of Platts-
burg, N. ", was elected corresponding
member and the Hon. j. w. Simpson of
New York an honorary member. Col
G.. G.. Benedict of Burlington was re.
elected president of the society and the
election of the rest of the officers was
postponed to an adjourned meeting to be
held Nov. 3. A memorial notice re-
garding the late Charles Marley lWllds
of Middlebury, who died Feb. - last
was read and voted to be spread upOr
the records OF the society. According tC
the reports of the secretary and treasurer
the society seems to be in tlourishine
condition. The amount of money in the
treasury now is 1919. G5.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-25
Work of Vermont Bible Society.

At the eighty-ninth annual meeting of
the Vermont Bible Society, held in Mont
pelier last week, the summary of the
years work was given aud is as follows
The total number of copies of the Scrip
lures furnished In the state during the
year ending April l, 1901, was 1920; total
value of books sold, Sll03.s0; same
donated, 156.40; same on hand, $lSlS, "a.
During the year colporteurs canvassed l6
towns, visiting 1912 families. OF these
120 Protestant and 1886 Catholics were
destitute of Bibles; l39 illiterate; 100
Protestant and 1876 Catholic families were
supplied. The expense of the canvass
besides the books donated was 1894.
Fifty per cent Of the Protestant popula-
ton of these 16 towns attended church
and %, one-half per cent Of the Roman
Catholics. The anniversary exercises of
the society will be held in the Winooski
avenue Congregational church in Bur-
lington, Sunday, Oct. 27. The Rev. DR..
John Fox of New York, secretary Of the
American Bible society, will be present
and render his annual report.