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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Letters to The Editor.
Joy at Insane, Hospital.

Editor The Advertiser.
 The King of the civilized world who brings happiness to his juvenile suo}ecs has arrived at the Alabama Insane nos pitai. He travels incognito. Ills person ality is not to be known. He never man ifests himself but once year ana then 1t Is upon State occasion. lie uaveIs throuKh space, his itinerary takes nnn everywhere; he annihilate space ne ts waited as on angels wings to the aoooe of the opulent: to the cottage oi tne masses; to the shack of the improvideht- Ills advent Is always heraided' ne IS ai ways known by the things ne brings .o his little cherubs that awat ms con.hs taS and happy the unfortunate, simpler -mlno- ed adults of this institution To please these afflicted people he comes as an emissary from the author Of tneir neins in his royal yacht. magnificent m sh ,hs i,s appointments. She now lies ln' tne amusement dock of the home provoeo by the State of Alabama for these un. fortunae people. The ship was ladened with wares and products of the tropicA world Her way-bili shows ,,, ireisns s,ins to on the banks of the Black warrior. More than one thousand packages were oehv cred to those in waiting. This cargo "iaaened with happiness" was consisneo to Messrs Rodgers, ,stsars the nanxe.' Tn ana ths distance the ship presents the appearance of having sailed from, the Arctic arcn'. pelagoes, covered with sparkling Ice ana makes of snow. After unloading the snip of its precious and valuable cargo, His flowing with their effervescent spirits, led by the indefatigable "Gruoos with music suitable for the exercise of the light fantastic toe, which was enjoyed by participants and guests to late hour
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Train Kills Eighty-eight Steers.

Anaconda (Mon) Standard.
 F. W. Hurley of Missoula Is in receipt of a letter from A. E. Miller. a con- ductor on the Oregon Short Line, detail ing probably ths. greatest slaughter ot cattle that ever took place on a Western Railroad. Miller's engineer, Mfr. Chap. man. while rounding a curve with about thirty cars. ran directly into the band bridge behind and ons in front penned the cattle Into a limited area, and shut of all avsnue of escape. Chapman whistled for of brakes and decided tc blow his way through. This he sue cessfully did. as far as his train was con- cerned. for. except for a battered pilo, the loss of his headlight. and slightly smashed-in smokestack, his locomotive was not harmed and not a car left the track An inventory of the cattle killed showed that there were eighty eight steers dead and five more had to be killed on the ground. The slaughter oc- cured near Topaz. Idaho.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Two Good Examples.
Marion Standard.

The writer has In mind a white man
 who moved 10 this county in 1898. He had
 only his household goods and one horse,
 Rented d good farm. bought stock and supplies on credit. That man today owns 300 acres of as good land as there is in Alabama: has an excellent home. fur uished In modern style; a dozen or more head of mules and horses cows, sheep. Aogs and p.enty to feed them. and a good cank account Another instance Is where a farmer moved from the hill section to the prairies only few years ago almost penni.ess and today he owns one of the largest and best farms in Perry County, plenty of stock, with every convenience for comfort and pleasure: Is stockholder in TWO banks and loans personally from sl0,0Qo 10 S120o0 @ year. He is estimated 10 be worth about $35 600. It is the man who knows how 10 farm that grows rich In the black belt and he grows rich fast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Taking Care of Relics.

Washington IeleSram to &Miaoc'pnA<>
 Press.
 The Capitol is the repository for many Interesting relics. Old clocks. historic chairs and other mementoes Of bygone days and noted men are cared for in com mittee rooms and elsewhere. and now the refurnishing of the White House will send a new lot of relics to be taken care or. The nine huge glass chandeliers, two of which hung in the old East Room. are be- ing overhauled and will be hung at the Capitol in a few weeks. One is destined for the Vice Presidents room on the Senate side. two for the corridor imme- diately back of the hall of the House. one each for the Appropriations and Ways and Means Committee rooms of the House. and one for the District of Co., lumbia Committee room of the Senate. Each of these chandeliers cost about $1, 300. They will be fitted up with wires and electric lights.
 Several old historic bookcases have been removed from the White House to the Capitol and a number of beautiful old fashioned mantels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
CURE FOR sEAs1cKNEss.
Italian Ambassador Finds Remedy
 in Gazing Into a Mirror.

ID Gazlng Into @ Mirror.
 Washington Special to New York World,
 Gazing Into a mirror when the ship is being rocked by heavy waves is the cure for seasickness ascertained by Sgnor Des Planches. the Italian Ambassador. This discovery was made when the Ann bassador came over from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
 After being seized with seasickness the Ambassador found himself looking at his own reflection In a mirror. He at once began to feel better. Noticing the i'm proVement. he continued to gaze in the mirror and the longer he looked the bet ter he became. The observation was pro- longed until a cure was effected
 The explanation of seasickness Is that the constantly changing horizon, now high. now low, as the Inexperienced voyaGer looks out at the sea line, causes a feeling of vertigo By steadily gazing into a mirror the changing of horizons is reflected by surface equal in every plane, and the eye loses the conscious ness of the change.
 Ambassador Des Ranches is unable to say whether the mirror treatment will cure seasickness resulting from other causes than a changing horizon line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1902
nnra1.r GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The AYaeriea4 Ne Newsrsper Directory uses cer' sam t!xns to tenots the rcIativs standing and u,erit of the whole field or newspaperdorn Nhish coIn es under its notice. and one of these t!Eus Is the mystic symbol tG ] Genotna xaIdenH wish stands for high quality. an: thus explained:
 'Advar:iss4s value this paper more for taa class and cuRi.ty e,f its circulation than for the mere number of eopiss printed"
 Such papers are credited with a single sym bol: but there s higher grade. according to sA4s standatu authority. which have BOT QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require ths DOUBLE GOLDEN S4MBOL SSSI to describe adequately Ineir ssandIng.
 The AdVel User has been accorded thh double golden symbol 9Gl and b the oni, paper so dIs.l-s -isusu this sscuon of th' South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
The Blame for Child Labor.
Geneva Reaper.

Geneva Reaper.
 Is it not the fault of the operators that their will. The blame mainly lies with the parents of the children. These fathers force their offspring Into the mills In or der to shield themselves from honest la Dor: and while their little innocents trudge away, day by day. the father rev els in laziness. and. often. drunkenness. We have seen these heartless wretches stand at the factory gates and draw the pay of their children. and then we have seen them standing around the bar count CTS spending their pay fGr whiskey. This is the shame-the real shame; and legis- lation on the subject of child labor should not fail to note this phase of the situation when the question Is up for discussion. If these children are forced to work, their fathers should be made to know that they must hands of of their pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
A CHANGE OF TONE.

There was a time when the right of a State to withdraw from the Union was practically conceded by many of the best statesmen Of the North. even some of the prominent Republicans not denying h. When. however. secession became an ac- tuai fact and the dismemberment of the Unicn became a probable success 1t was found to be unfashionab1e to admit that any State could sever It's relations with the Federal government. After the war had ended disastrousiy for the Confed- eracy it was still unpopular among our Northern brethren to recognize the right of secession under any circumstances.
 It is noticeable that of late years some of the best thinkers in the North are b. ginning to admit that secession was not rebellion and that the citizens of the se- ceding States were neither rebels nor traitors. but were men who believed themselves clearly within their rights. Of this number is Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts. who recently made c speech in Charleston. He was discussing the political beliefs and conditions as they existed prior to the war between the States, and in the course of his remarks he said:
 In studying the history of that period. | we are again confronted by a condition ord and understand the real facts of that now forgotten social and political exist ence. in case of direct and insoiuble issue between sovereign State and sovereign I LAR- was not only free to decide, but had to decide for himself; and, whichever way he decided. he was right. The Constitu- ton gave him two masters. Both he could not serve: and the average man decided which to serve in the light of sentiment, tradition. and environment Of this feel as historically confident as l can feel of any fact not matter of absolute record or susceptible of demonstration.
 While. as is not unusual with this speaker. the language is somewhat in- volved there can be no dificuity about understanding his meaning. He very plainly admits. or rather asserts. that each citizen had the right to decide the question of secession for himself and that # hs decided in favor of 1t he was sus- tained by the Federal Constitution. In utheE WOAQns kh0tG Wd3 hOtHiHk Au LI1 Constitution Itself to prevent a State from seeding. and that the man who voted for it and stood with his State was no more a traitor than was the other man who believed that secession was wrong.
 What Mir. Adams thus comedies is no more and no less than what Eavis and Toomos and Yancey upheld It Is a sig nifcant concession from n New England statesman. but he is not entirely alone among his people of the North. Whether the States should have seeded is a ques- ton which need not be discussed. The policy or. impolicy of 1t is settled. but it is some satisfaction to find such senti- nents as we have quoted coming from | unexpected sources.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Army Chaplains Dislike New Uni
 forms.

Washington Telegram to Brooklyn Eagle.
 The army chaplains are not satisfied with the new style uniform which has been prescribed for them. They com plain that it does not have enough of the military air about 1t to suit their tastes. and they have appealed to the Army Uni form Board to change the regulation gov erning the official dress provided for chaplains.
 Some of the latter believe that the un- decorated black uniform renders them un- duly conspicuous and makes distinc- ton which Is against their personal ap. pearance as compared with that of com missioned officers of the line and other staff departments.
 The case has been presented Co the Board with all the arguments which the protesting chaplatns had introduced. II is not probable. however, that the desired changes will be made. as there is dis position among the members of the board to allow the regulations in regard to the chaplains' uniform to remain as they are,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

Mir. Bryan, we are informed. is going to advise the Mexican people as to what they should do on the financial question. Without any intention of being profane we respectfully advise him to follow the example of a hard-headed Eastern man and his son in the West. The young man wrote. his father about . brilliant money-making scheme he was going into, and after telling all about how he was going to work it he wound up by asking his fathers advice. The reply was short and pointed: Do as you d-d please! You will do that anywaym
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
No Longer a Theorizsr.

Chicago Post
 You seem to have lost interest in the mothers meetings" suggested the wo. man who aimed to make the world bet ter.
 "Oh, mo-" replied the young matron who had been a regular attendant for som time. T haven't lost interest in them. but I'm real and not merely a theoretical mother now. and haven't time to go."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

though the conditions may be extremely adverse. and any undue lack of zeal on the.r part should be promptly brought to the attention of this office for such action as the merits of the case require.
 Respectfully (Efgned.) W. A. Machen.
 General Superintendent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
THE ROADS AND RURAL FREE
 NAH, DELTVE7,s

One of the results and ultimate alvan- of Rural Free Delivery service will be the greatly improved condition of the public highways. This incidental benefit cannot be too highly estimated. The Post Ofice Department has very wisely made it a condition precedent to ths establishment of a rural free delivery route that the roads to be travelled by rural carriers shall be put in passable shape and kept so at all times so that the service can be regularly and punctually performed; otherwise the permanent withdrawal of the delivery will very likely result.
 Patrons of the Rural Free Delivery ser- vice, who are receiving its benefits. are expected and urged to exert their in- nuence with those officials who are re- sponsible for the condition of the high ways to the end that they may be kept opened and passable at all seasons of the year.
 Rural Free Delivery has been but re- gently been put in operation in Mont gomery County. The amount of mail col lected and delivered in the country is rapidly increasing. The service Is popu- lar and its popularity is increasing. So far little or no complaint has been made by rural carriers of bad roads. The reg ularity of the service has not been inter- rupted
 Appeal Is now made to the patrons of the service to resolve that it shall not be needlessly interrupted during the ap- preaching rainy season of the year.
 Attention of the public is respectfully invited to the following timely circular lettel.
 Postofyice Department, Odice Of General Superintendent Free De
 livery System.
 Division oi Rural Delivery System,
 Washington, b. C.. Lee, IT. ls02 Tie Postmaster:
 S.r:-The D. sparttnent looks to the pat TOTS cf the RIai Free Delivery servIce. wA9 Efe se, -.IiOg the benefits of the sey vice 10 use iF.t!r utmost De! soual eI.- Geavors and also to eSerE their influence with the rOAc Supervisors, or with those WhU are res po9sioie for the condition of the highways, 10 the end that the roads traveled by rural carriers ney be always kept OSNI ts4N i.t suEA ps@NSAp'S SLlaPS A44aN the service gan be regularly and punctu- ally performed.
 Should the regularity of the servics be needlessly destroyed as the result of in. attention and lack os care bestowed on the highways, the permanent withdrawal of the delivery will very likely result.
 Rural carriers are required to serve their routes regularly at all seasons of the year in every kind of weather when II can be done without seriously imperil- ing their lives or endangering their con veyance or the Cnithe States mail which is in their custody.
 Rural carriers are expected to energet- ically try to serve their routes even
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Visits The Advertiser.

Wilcox Progressive Era.
 While in the Capital City We were shown through The Advertisers new grand No expense has been spared in any of the many departments to facin- tate the purpose of each. Both The Ad- ,-ertiser and the city of Montgomery should be proud of such plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
Got 'Em Mixed,

Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 In a recent editorial in The Courier. Journal Colonel Watterson declared that he was in favor of grabbing Canada, dropping the Monroe Doctrine and Ieav- ing the "riff-raff Launs" to shift for themselves. The Colonel must have got ten his mint and his coins mixed again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

Lynching a negro in Kansas and trying hilarities of the glad Christmas times. Other sections of the North are yet to hear from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

This immediate section has no cause to complain at the weather man for the Christmas day. It was much better than we expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
THE ADVERTISERS TELE-
 PHONES.
New Circulation Record.

The month of November. just Psssxxa xaSsrt sci to compile a statement of The AdveruHss', AdvsHs ,n circulation that breaks all previous So,h the point of numbers. The ave- age toI tnto a daily and Sunday editions has entetsu much new thousand mark-a point that mesny ssrs,,ty in to those interested in seeking cons p,hat inc Aiabama-and further demonstrates knas nas..,s, people of this State appreciate m sup nnhish way The Advertisers determination to p . live newspaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

attempts to relieve it. The rupture or the branches of the dentist nerve in tooth dra wing a.so causes agony 90 Intense that 1t has been stated that no human being could endure 1t for more than two seconds at a time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

Mir. Jones of Toledo declares that Roosevelt Ifs greater than the govern ment he represents" In that case would It not be well to get a President who is not too big for the counry7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

The Christmas dinners and things will furlough a number of our country con temporaries this week. Hope they vii get over 1t soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

If all the money that was spent for egg nog and the like on Christmas day-but what's the use of going onf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

According to the laws of Utah. as we learn from contemporary. drug stores are not allowed to sell more than five gallons of whiskey to a man at one time. but we suppose in case Of snake bite or other emergency he can go back In an hour or two for another drink
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

W. A Scott Circulation Manager or me Montgomery Advertiser being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Adysr' tisers daily circulation for the month or NO vember. 9o2 is true and correct, and com piled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been dedueteo-
 W A. SCOTT, Circulation Mgr Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4thg
 " F. W. JACKSON. fSeall N. P, Ex-o J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

Total. l............. .Sl%'ooA
 Daily Net Average for Nov. 12,o ,oIo Sunday Net Average for Nov. lo'ooo Daily average for November. iso2 2....., ooSSoo Daily average for November. tso&'.'''' " gee Net gain .......................'.,. ...'''' See Sunday average for November. i9o2..- S'VSSS Sunday average for November iSoi.''' O IO9 Net gain .......--..........."...... I'S'T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27

Now south Dakota 'HCres;l''a:. wants Congress t2 pass a .oH rae;l.Eg october 21, Iesa[ houlay. k being the day that Columbus discovered America That stateslna1 nd better go back and sit down In the Erst place. Congress has no right to establish a legal holiday for the country, and in the second place, we don't need anythirg of the kind to re mind us that America was discovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
couNsE111NG LYNCH LAW.

If a Democratic newspaper, ana espe- cialiy a Southern one, should advocate lynching for any crime that paper might expect it's Northern Republican contem- poraries to commence throwing fits with out unnecessary delay. yet we find the Sacramento Bee advising 1t. That paper. discussing the scarcity of coal. says:
 If it be true, as the dealers say. that they cannot get coal because the specu- lators are holding 1t for a frightened mar ket then those incaFnate f1ends courte- ouslv known as tinanciers deserve to be lynched.
 And if they should be, no American jury could be found anywhere to con- vict those who would pull on the rope.
 Men who can and who do deliberately hold back coal when men and women and babies are perishing with cold. are as heilish devils as the negroes who have been burned at the stake in the South, and deserve no better fate.
 The Bee goes on to claim that it Is an advocate of law. but declares that 'ft is doubtful if men who might be driven to string up Baer and a few more psalm singing devils like him would be any deeper violators of the law of God at least than are the men who grasp a ne- cessity of earth and hold 1t locked up while even little babies are freezing in the great American metropolis"
 These be strenuous words to use about the coal barons and others who are charged with the crime of enriching themselves by causing others to suffer, and while we admit that such men should be made to feel the injustice and inhu- nanity of their alleged acts we must diff fer with The Bee in its assumption that Baer and his associates, even if guilty as charged are a devil!shly criminal as are the black brutes who sometimes drive Southern white men t7 desperation. But if The Advertiser should advocate lynch ing these brutes would not it's ears burn AS soon as its words reached its North ern readers? The barbatlsm O. the South" would be such a text as would s"t them all gotrg ard we Hhouldn't hear the last of i; l.. 2. rl,ts G'ae Be- sAJ2'i moderate
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-09-27

Miss Grace NARROW, a well known
young lady OF this place, the oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Mar
low. WAS united in marriage TO Mir.
John Teel, at Wallace, Thursday,
sept. Is. by Rev. II. NJ. Mobbs. the
Methodist minister of that place. They
will make their home in Wallace. The
marriage WAS "A surprise to many Of the
young lady's friends, bat they will all
wish her much happiness.
In this state both men and women
are allowed 10 vote, but each must reg
lister. one swearing that she is female
while the man takes oath that he is a
male citizen. Blank oaths are provid.
ed for this purpose. The other day
Fred shallis, the registrar for this pre-
Gin Ct, registered a male voter and made
him swear that he was female. Fred
discovered the error when it was too
late and the question is how the voter
will satisfy the judges Of election that
he is the female voter who signed the
oa th
Mrs. johnson, mother Of Fred John
sou, who lives a few miles up the lake,
died al her sons home Wednesday
night, from tuberculosis. She WAS G3
years OF age, and leaves a husband, son
and one daughter to mourn her loss.
She had been an invalid for about three
years aud made her home with her son.
Services viii be held at the home today
and the remains will be brought TO this
place on the steamer spokane for thur.
iai IN the Post cemetery. Rev. 7. G..
Hodgson will conduct the funeral ser
vice
There viii be services morning and
evening tomorrow in the Presbyterian
church. Ia the evening the pastor will
present a sketch of the work OF the
pioneer missionaries. Mr. Marcus
Whitman aud Rey. II II. SpAlding and
their wives. Miss Burrows will read
the famous poem written by Alice
Wellington Rollins. titled "whitman's
Hide. CORDIAL invitation Is extend
ed to everybody TO attend these meet
ings
The ladies of the Maccabees OF the
world will celebrate the tenth ami
versary Of the organization Of that
order. Wednesday, October /. al eight
O'Clock ia The evening. Every hive in
the United States and Canada, will
render a program in honor Of the
occasion. The ladies Of the local hive
have prepared a program and have
invited in their husbands and friends
TO help celebrate. This is their first
social and they are putting forth their
best efforts 10 make ii a success. Sir
knights and Ladies OF the Maccabees,
whether members of the local hive or
not, are cordially invited.