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Amador ledger., 1902-12-26
His RoH,a Eufure.

"Are you educating you son for any
particular calling"
"YeS."
"What?'
"Well, he made his own selection,
and as near as can find out he is edu
eating himself to be the husband Of an
heiress."-Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-26
= Rad Scrane.

The Barber-Did you hear about the
bad scrape Jaggsby got into yesterday?
The Victim-No. Did you shave him7
Amador ledger., 1902-12-26

Best assortment of up-to-dato suits,
at Max Ladar's.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-26

Advertise in the Ledger,
Amador ledger., 1902-12-26

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
SETTLING THE RACE QUESTION

The Butte (Mont.) Inter Mountain is
also of the opinion that the Southern
race question is in process of settlement
by the shifting of the colored populations
and argues in this way:
If the figures of the recent census with
reference TO the colored population are
reliable, the negro problem Is in a fair
way to settle itself. The drift of negro
immigration is toward the North The
freedman Is leaving his early home at a
rate which indicates that the race ques-
ton will not long be formidable OBJ
stacle to Southern progress In the ten
years before 1900 the negroes increased
in the fourteen Southern States from
6,110,5S2 to 7,s35,073. In the rest of the
States of the Union the increase was
from 77S.094 to 997, 4O6 during the decade.
In the Southern States the figures show
the rate OF increase to be 1915 per cent,
and in the remainder of the country it
was 2S19 per cent. A variety of reasons
accounts for the transfer of State allie
glance on the part of the negro. One
cause of the immigration Is the fact that
the right to vote has been almost en-
tirely denied Southern negroes. The race
question may not long perplex the South.
and it is certainly not being transferred
to the North. Here the right of suf-
frage is not restricted and the colored
man is free in every sense of the word.
at must be so-Plato, thou reasonest
we'll" but all the same we must be per-
mitted to doubt If future events will jus
tify the reasoning of those Northern pa
pers which see, or think they see, col
ored hegira Northward. We wish their
predictions would come true to certain
extent, for. in our opinion the most de-
sirable class of negroes will remain at
their old homes in the South. and the
restless, worthless and undesirable ones
will be the ones who will emigrate North.
But even If we are mistaken in that view.
the race question would be but little
nearer a settlement than it now is. for If
the better class of negroes should migrate
Northward in any large numbers. they
would soon get enough of it and would
come back those who could do so. and
their last state would be infinitely wors,
than their first.
But the closing words of The Int!
Mountains article are rather amusing
when it declares that the colored man
free in every sense of the word" in tn
North. Those who have kept up wit
current events and have kept themselv.
informed on the treatment of the negro
most portions of the North. well knO,
that the kind of treatment he usually re
ceives up there is not the kind which viii
make of him either a useful or contented
citizen. When he finds that his Northern
white brother will give him almost anv.
thing he desires except chance to max.
a living he will wish himself back South
and will come if he can. He will not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

Csst iron blocks are to be used in paw
ing Huddersfeld tEngland tramways.
In the slums of London there are doc
tors who charge only Is cents for a con-
sultation, with medicine.
Opium Is produced in seven countries
India, Turkey, Persia, Algiers, North
America, Australia and China.
Hamburg imported 201 $40 tons of coal
less last year than in 1900, and British
consignments showed falling on OF
327 $40 tons.
A hat made of diamonds, valued at
f500OO0, perched on the top being ruby
Bahadur, the King Of Nepaufs Prime
Minister.
In England 1t Is possible to insure
nearly everything, from a long overdue
ship to the life of the King An extern
sive business is now being done insuring
against an attack of smallpox.
According to statistics, the number Of
per million of the population in Milan
to 1867 in Naples. Offenses against
property are reversed, Milan showing
1895 per million against 4.002 in Naples.
Andrew Carnegie puts himself on record
as strongly favoring the Panama in pref
erence to the Nicaragua route for an
isthmian canal. Mr.. Carnegie's judgment
should be good in such matter.-Buf-
falo IN. W Express.
Prussia has 200 meteorological stations
fully equipped, 1900 rain-gauge stations
and 400 stations that record storms and
unusual phenomena. The results of their
observations are reduced and published
for each week, for each month and for
each year.
DIR. Daniel c. Gilman, who is at the
head of the board in charge of the found
ing of the new Carnegie Institution in
Washington, occupies the unique distinc-
ton of having been the chief figure in
the founding of three universities-the
University. of California. Johns Hopkins
and the new Carnegie.
The Rev. Father Maghirian, the only
Armenian Catholic priest in America, is
making tour of the principal cities for
the purpose of administering to Armeni-
an Catholics having received a special
commission from the propaganda at
Rome. He barely escaped death three
times in Turkish massacres in Armenia
Surface electric lines are comparative
new thing in England. They are consid-
cred too American and not enough Eng
lish. and in London they are still wholly
without them. An electric street car sys-
tenn. however. has been in operation in
Liverpool for some years. Now a md&e-
ment has been started to do away with
1t. Petitions, signed by nearly all the in
fuential people of the city, have been
filed with the municipal authorities, ask
ing that the system be abolished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

TT WAS ALL WRONG.


Do we know what the shape OF the
sarth L.? might be looked on as a fool
fshly superfiaous question. but 1t is not.
True. the Biographies for generations
have been telling us that it is shaped like
an apple, hattened at the poles, and have
even given US the exact polar and equat-
orical diameters. They have done this
with as much positively as though en-
gineers have gone round 1t in each direc-
tion with a measuring rod. We fondly
Imagined that 1t was all settled to a
demonstration, but here comes The Popu-
lar Science Monthly with this wet
blanket:
The exact share Of tho earth Ia a o,,e..
ton which cannot be settled without
fresh evidence from the Antarctic For
TINS purpose Two at ieast OF the expedi-
-,,tf,s. h., ro.s,,- Az m.a , penuuiu ~
time occupied by the swing OF the men,
dulum the distance Of the place of OBJ
servation from the sarth's center can be
49,. ..ns.s.,, - as'u ma ths south
nIane Of tbe en,Iator than doas tt,o -. IN
polar region; according to one estimate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

PRAYERS were offered up recently at
Kansas college for the success OF the
college baseball team next season. Ihey
evidently believe in practical prayer IN
Kansas.-Memphis (Tenn) Commercial
Appeal.
perhaps hereafter Mr.. Roosevelt will
be more conservative in tnculcating ms
ideas of strenuous life In the minds OF me-
own offspring. He may be CONVINCED tnat
possibly they may not all be built on
the sa%e cast r9n c P1sn IL ne Is
It would be an interesting. outcome II
the protest which various American wo-
men have lately made against the IN
quisitorial examination OF their personal
belongings by customs inspectors shoulo
prove more effective than all the other
arguments which have been printed on
the subject.-Philadelphi Bulletin.
| We have bought out the Danish pssses-
sions in American waters. proceeding
to which some people object. but this &C.
uuirement of territory by bargain ana
sale is part of the traditional policy OF
the United States. and the results have IN
all cases heretofore been highly Crafty
ing.-Louisville (Ky) Courier-Journal.
Cleveland gets $4,000 for electric street
railway franchises, to cover about sixty
miles, and the road is to be operated on
a 8 cent fare basis. John 3. Hoefgen OF
Brooklyn is the bidder and the expert
terest. Perhaps Mayor Tom Johonson
thinks there is a Presidential boom In
the jog.-Troy IN. W Press.
When Prince Henry arrives In the
United States courtesy and toadyism
ought not to be COMPOUNDED. His recep.
ton should be generous and kindly. but
those simpletons who would wrestle for
threads from the carpet trodden by the
high born feet or for bits OF the mirror
that had reflected the royal visage should
, be Observation-Disclosures %. c. Eve
ming STAR
There Is something radically wrong
with the young men of New York CITY,
IL Lewis Nixon, Cookers successor, Is
telling the truth He keeps on informing
the public that young men are writing
him letters by the bag full. expressing
a desire to become members of the Tam
many machine If the young men were
flocking to the standard of Seth Low 1t
would be a good sign. but when they
flock to the standard of the Tiger 1t is
bad sign, and no mistake.-Wilmington
(Del.) News.
Here is rather a good suggestion for
our Colorado Legislatures: The other day
a bill was introduced at Albany. the capi.
car companies to refund fares to pas
sengers who ask return of their money
when the cars which they have entered
or for which they have Deen waiting, are
delayed for ten minutes or more. Surely
this Is a judicious and equitable meas
ure, and the Denver Tramway Company
would doubtless cordially approve such
have the people mulcted Of money which
they had paid for fares. when they get
so satisfactory service for their outlay
Denver Cold Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
The Common Sense of Politics

PIttsburg Post.
Bourke Cochran in his able speech at
the Brooklyn harmony dinner" indicat-
ed the true way to Il reunion of the
Democratic party. He said that:
The men who supported the Populist
4i.iance and those who rejected it, those
who voted for Palmer and Buckner and
wen for Mckinley, must turn their backs
on the questions now past and settled
concerning which the party was recently
divided, and set thei~ faces resolutely to
the great questions which confront them
and on which they are practically unani-
nous.
Mr.. Cochran adds that ii would be
worse than idle~to demand a recanta-
.ion of any mans Views on questions of
LC litics. Whatever parties or platforms
nay do, it is living questions that direct
he action of the people. few enthu-
lasts cannot change or divert this ever
mating principle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
GOOD ADVICE
Which is Applicable to Whites and
Blacks Alike.

Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Booker Washington, at the Tuskegee
Negro Conference yesterday. urged the
people of his race to buy homes. There
is an opportunity open in the South.
he said for ever black man to pur-
chase a farm and make an independ-
ent living upon that farm" This is the
best advice that can be given to the
southern blacks: and it may be added
that it Is excellent advice also for a
large class of Southern whites. There Is
an abundance of good land in the South
which can be acquired cheaply by indus
trious men, and on which any industrious
man can make a good living; while the
ownership of such homes is the surest
way of making respected and self-re-
spected citizens of a class. both white and
black, which is now irresponsible and
'shiftless"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

The New York Sun quits snarling long
enough to say a kindly word for the fid-
dler of the olden time-not violinist or
a musician. but fiddler. There are few
of them left and perhaps no new ones to
take their places. They were largely a
sept of their own. with inherent and I'M
taught ability for making music, such as
is not learned from books or teachers, but
1t was good and even very good. The old
fiddlers are passing, along with many
other olden delights which will come no
more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
A Level-headed Farmer.

Newton Harmonizer.
On last Monday morning Mr.. Jas. w.
Draughon, who lives about six miles be-
low Newton, brought a wagon load Of
meat to town. He sold 1t to Poyner
Bros, for Sl1651. Besides this sale. Mr..
Drau.hon has already shipped a lot of
hams to Montgomery. and sold some to
other parties. He now has on hand
about 1000 pounds Of good fresh cured
meat, and after selling part Of 1t. will
have plenty for use about his home and
farm. His proceeds derived from the
meat, not to say anything Of the lard.
Is worth consideration at the hands Of
progressive farmers. Mr.. Draughon Is
one of the most substantial and honor
able citizens of the County and makes
his hog ana hominy" at home, as shown
from the above. in addition to his cotton
crop. His idea of farming is practical.
common sense. and should be observed by
all who would profit on the farm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
TEE LAST SURVIVOR.


On the 10th of February, 1856, little
more than forty-six years ago. thirty.
three young men and boys in Philadel-
phia dincd together on the 22nd birthday
of Walter w. Bell, and then and there
pledged themselves to repeat the meeting
on the same day in each yesr until there
was but one left. At this first meeting d
bottle of wine was sealed and put away
to. be drunk by the last survivor. and on
last Sunday Bell solemnly broke the seal
and drank to the thirty-two who had
preceded him.
mind of this old man. now almost three
score. as he broke the seal Of the bottle
which had been sealed in the presence. of
those thirty-three young men, buoyant
with youth and hope, and each Of whom
probably felt that he might survive all
the others! No doubt he could see the
faces and again hear the voices of the
merry crowd who sat with him at table.
and could recall many of the jests and
songs with which they RECALLED each other
as they drank the health Of ''the last
man."
And his mind, no doubt. went back over
those vanished years. for, as Longfellow
says:
The leaves of memory seem to make
A mournful rustling in the dark,
and perhaps he will feel, with Eliza
Cook
How cruelty sweet the echoes that start
When memory plays an old tune in the
heart!
while he looks ct the bottle of wine which
is the sole link that binds him to that
birthday dinner and to those who par
took of 1t with him. 1t is less than half
a-century--Just a step in the life of a
nation. but what mighty changes the
years have brought! When that compact
was made, the United States were enjoy
ing peace, plenty and prosperity through
out their entire area. Franklin Pirece
was President. and, though there were
mutterings of sectional difference, there
were few who saw what was to come in
the near future. Looking backward, Mr..
Bell can see with his minds eye the
mighty events which were to follow each
other in quick succession. He sees the
then peaceful land plunged into such a
war as the continent had never witnessed.
He follows it to it's end, watches the
days of almost chaotic reconstruction,
watches the up-building of a mighty and
powerful nation, goes with it to Cuba
and the Orient, and, while he drinks the
last libation to a dead past and a re-
united country. rejoices that a mighty
and free people have won through the
dangers and difficulties which beset them
and are again prosperous.
And while all these changes have been
taking place. his comrades have been
falling by the wayside. and at each an
nual reunion there were more vacant
chairs to mark the place where once a
good friend sat and made merry with
him. Some died in a foreign land, some
fell in the four years of war, some filled
the measure of their days and died in the
natural course of events, but all are
gone.
Friends depart, and memory takes them
To. her caverns, pure and deep,
as Bayley puts it, and today of that
joyous thirty-three, Walter w. Bell is the
last man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
A Menacing Oligarchy.

Minneapolis Times.
The oligarchy in the United States Sem
ate is dangerous. That Messrs. Aldrich,
Allison and Plat and probably two more
Senators can thwart the will of the peo-
pie. can bid defiance to the President,
can absolutely control the House of Rep
resentatives Is recognized by all who live
in Washington and know the facts about
Congress. That these men should have
this power is more than unpleasant ITO
contemplate. NJ one of them is free
from the suspicion Of being Influenced.
upon various occasions. by self-interest,
No one of them. unless 1t may be ALI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Flattering to America.

'hiladeIphIa Ledger.
No more flattering tribute could be
aid to the energy and intelligence dis
--ayed by the people of the United States
nan the determination of the French
oVernment to esta blish schools in this
,untrl for the training of French youth.
is planning now TO establish two of
l"sc schools; one in PittsbIrg. for the
aiming of engineers. and one In New
nTk, to teach political science; while
hers are in contamination. If this new
cparture proves successful for France
Their foreign countries will he moved to
axe the same step. and thus the IDEAS.
methods and influence Of the United
States will be spread rapidly all over
he world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
The Treaty Makes for Peace.

MinneapO11S Irlbune.
1t Is natural for people to speculate
upon the possibility of war between Rus
STA and England growing out of the Brit
ish-Japanese treaty, but such a calamity
will be avoided by both nations as long
as possible. Viewed in one aspect the
alliance Is more liable to avert war, be-
cause 1t will impress upon Russia the
hopelessness of trying to make Roadway
against the British navy supplemented by
the actual and potential sea power of
JapaD =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Except When Caught.

Dothan Home Journal.
1t will take few first-class hangings
in Dale County to get things Strengthened
out.-Ozark Star.
We have heard 1t said that something
of that sort Is needed in some other
counties. One great difficulty In enforc-
ing the criminal law Is to make witnesses
tell what they know. In these days per-
jury IL regarded by many as a small
matter-except when one Is caught In 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

People who are accustomed to think of
Siberia as a small penal settlement win
be surprised to learn that its area covers
one-ninth part of the land surface of
the earth 1t is literally a great country,
In size at east.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

The Bureau of Ethnology has officially
proclaimed, so We are informed, that
hereafter the American Indians shall be
known and referred to as ''Amerindo. :"
The Bureau may use the word in its pub
lications, but We predict that the old
name which has attached to our aborig-
ines for more than four hundred years
will stick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

Dothan Siftings.

Dothan Strings.
Our exchanges from the different parts
of the country tell us about oil existing
in their respective sections. From the
would think that this country Is literally
floating in Oil; and II he should go into
an imaginary mood he could see the
American continent a huge boat sailing
over a vast sea of pure oil with John D.
Rockefeller at the helm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

What will Prince Henry say at Chat
tanooga?' is a question asked by left
out contemporary. He will not say any
thing, perhaps except to ask, What did
we stop here for?" Now hear The Times
rage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

1t is somewhat consollng to remember
that February Is a short month, when we
think of the weather it has given us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

The man who thinks the Wheeler Incl
dent is closed forgets that the Wheeler
mouth is liable to fly open at any time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

Our exchanges come to us in many
shapes. but The Mobile Herald is the
only one to come rolled up as hard as a
stick We'd almost as lief try to skin
an eel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

If that grounding didn't know what
he was doing when he went back into his
hole, he is a success as a guesser. judg-
ing from the weather we have had since.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Comparing Figures.

The irst month OF the new year shows graft
1ylng figures for The Advertisers daily cir
0dsation. Comparing January with the same
uDonth last year shows o marked increase.
1hat 10 herewith presented for the beneht of
- advertising public and others who may
~ Interested: ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

Until plan is discovered by which eggs
can be preserved as certainly as any
other product. the hens will bull the
market every chance they have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

consider himself fit to settle the race
question. and win not try it for any
length of time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

If the ducks had a voice they would be
as severe on Mr.. Cleveland as some of
the so-called Democratic papers are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

W. A. Scott, Circulation Manager OF the
Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn,
says The foregoing statement OF The Adver-
Users circulation for the month of January
teo2. 10 true and correct. and compiled after
Ill returns from news boys. news agents and
left over copies have been deducted.
w. A. SCOTT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd
F. w. JACKSON
N. P, ECO. ]. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

Miss Stone might not take a prize at
beauty show. but no woman of modern
times has had her name in the papers
oftener.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Too Much Jobbery in It.

Philadelphia Ledger.
If the river and harbor bill could be
kept clear of jobbery the SOL, 00OO 900 to
which the Committee is trying to confine
its expenditure would probably be quite
sufficient. The trouble is that this bill
has become a favorite means of Con-
gressional logrolling. and the really mer-
itorious enterprises provided for in il arc
made to help along too many schemes
for downright plumber OF the treasury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
What They Found.

Piedmont Inquirer.
toric ruins near the city a few days
ago. which they proceeded to uncover.
After digging up some ashes burned
stones and half dozen ancient bricks they
decided it was the cite Of pre-Adamfte
sorghum boiler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
As q Private Citizen.

Huntsville Mercury.
There are 5000 Democrats In Alabama
who entertain a very kind feeling Tor
Captain Joseph Forney Johnston as q
private citizen, and who are ready and
willing to vote and work to keep him In
that station. Three terms as Governor
Is too much for man who IL popular
as a private citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

son. could ever have been elected Presi-
dent Of the United States BY popular
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

Government by Injunction has assumed
now terror. 4 Newark IN j. girl has made
pplication 10 the supreme court FOR an in
uuctinn tu restrain young man. who she
says promised 10 marry her, from marrying
another girl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Suggests a Question.

Birmingham News.
The actor in Missouri who was given
twenty-five years for holding mp one man
suggests the question what ought to De
done with companies that hold up entire
audiences?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Remedies for Grip.
Gurley Herald,

Gurley Herald.
The prevailing remedies for the grip
seem to he qtinine and whiskey, coal
oil and whiskey, mutton suit and whls-
key, mustard baths and whiskey, honey
and whiskey and whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

The total vote of Arizona at the last gen.
eral election was 1920. Of New Mexico 3d.
442 and of Oklahoma 70 367.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.


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The Price Of Poll Tax,
Alfalfa Mirror. sE 2,
The Saturday Evening Post says TINS -
the Era Of Burning Money. Gadzooks!
And here are people In Alabama VINO
ceuldn't raise the price of poll tax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23
Victor H. Hanson. Manager of Advertising.
Zorotgn and Local

ne Advertiser win be found on sale In tile
blowing cities At the places named:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Hotel. Union Depot
Diningroom, Parker.s Drug Store
AOBlLE-A. A. Hall, Battle House
eELMA-aotel Albert.
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