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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

after hard days work in . stone quarry sat down to rest for moment His weart- ness overcame him and he slept. Time elapsed to an extent not recorded, and
 then Powell awcke to find close to him
 a large black snake In the attitude of att
 tack With great presence of mind the
 man remembered the power of the human
 eye over animals. and having nothing else to try, he tried that. He concen-
 trated all his will and looked the snake
 steadily in the eyes. The snake at once exhibited signs of uneasiness and evident ly tried to shake off the spell. Suddenly it--the snake--rose on end and stood rigid
 like a cane. Powell was amazed. He sprang to his feet and ran to the home Of farmer Snyder. who heard the tale with incredulity and an inclination to believe that the man had been drinking. Soon he was impressed with Powells sincerity and decided to Investigate. Accompanied by Powell he returned to the scene. The snake was found still standing on end in the road and as rigid as a cane. MT.
 Snyder struck the snake one blow with
 the stick which he carried and the snake
 broke into dozen pieces. One of the pieces struck Powell on the side of the head, knocking him down. Snyder col lected the pieces of the snake and took them to his home. where they are now on exhibition. That is a good snake story. At any rate. it promises well. and if its author perseveres he will go far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
WOMEN TO THE RESCUE.

The little town of Ashland. N. H., came near being the scene of disaster last Sunday which, according to local news destructive to life and property than was the disaster at Johnstown. Pa. some years ago. and the danger arose from the same cause. The town Is situated in a valley, and half mile above stone dam holds the waters of two lakes. which owing to the spring floods. were much fuller than usual. Early Sunday morn inf break was discovered in the dam and immediately the alarm was given and the people of all classes set resoluteiy to work to have the town. One incident of the affair is thus given by The Man. chester Union:
 When the town was in danger from flood last Sunday, in .-conseQuence of a broken dam, the women went to the scene of the trouble to see how the men were getting along with the repairs. They found few of them just thinking, so the women took their coats off, figuratively speaking and went to work. They shovelled sand. they wheeled wheelbar- GCHSs LII idCt they htul lO NOIh SO Vigirously that the husky men idling about were inspired with little of their energy and went to work themselves.
 A local report of the affair says that five ladies who belonged to the wealthiest and best society of the town. worked with shovels, picks and wheelbarrows as faithfully as any of the men did until the danger was over and great calamity averted. The Union prints portraits of these five ladies, who proved that they are fitted for something besides enter taining their friends, but the paper should also have given pictures of the men who were too lazy or indifferent to assist tho others in time of such danger. If the citizens had dumped them into the lakC perhaps the cold bath would have taugh them lesson. They certainly needed ooa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
Not a "commencement" German.

Editor The Advertiser:
 In your issue of today, after giving an account of the closing exercises of the Southern University commencement, unknown to mel after telling of other ex- eicises and the conferring Of honorary degrees says in the next sentence:
 "The annual commencement german was given at the Opera House at ?. m Thirty-five couples were present and the german etc.
 As all the remainder of the communi- cation is taken up with an account of the college exercises. that statement, foi- lowing in immediate connection and not being as explanatory as it should be, IS lisb to create much apprehension, and place in a false light an institution own ed and controlled entirely by Christian denomination which opposes for it's mem bers such gatherings as that mentioned: They do not claim to be the keepers or other peoples consciences. but they do say that they do not wish the impression to go abroad that their commence ments' and in german. or that a german has anything to do with those closing exercises.
 It is true that after the commence ment exerciseS are all oyer that some residents of the town of Greensboro. not connected with the college. and some visitors may get together and have sas they may have during any of the other ffty-one weeks of the year) such an en- tertainment as that mentioned. over m town, not about the college, but the m stitution and it's management have noth- ing whatever to do with 1t. In order tnal this matter may be clearly understood Dy all. and in behalf of the more than tfty thousand Methodists of the Alabama Con ference to which this institution belongs ask you to publish this.
 June 13, 1902. A Methoolst'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
NOTABLE sxTEAcTs 11oAj THE BIG DAILIEs oo1 sPoNDENTs S !;

years. from 1881 to 1885, fell below sioo.-
 .;The decline was then arrssted; con, con, tinusd Mi. Roberts sn% ,sao ths tns totap sssin resehed si1s00O,o0o. It kept on advancsng until 1890 when high water marx scs, wss touched at $s07 ooo. .o0o. The next year iyv, sb. owing to the war in South Africa, h', the total fell to SlJ5, ,O09. .00V, and WAS apou. Ine 2 same in 1901. It will probably be a ilttie more in 1902 owing to the increase m .ne s United St ates and other countries @ ns we cannot expect much of return troa' South Africa for SIX montns a rnmi But for the war the total this year Wou, have exceeded 1850 .a00, ,0o0. and expecs W .o see it surpass that tSure Tn a year ,, pI two. as soon as normal conditions eau ue !ss restored and the mines get to ruh'i'hs III full blast again.
 '.In 1890 the share of the United 70 S,ases ao in inc worlds output of gold was SSS,VW,. OO0. in 1891 it was SS0,0WNO. anu ! eApoo if will reach $s5,00o,00o this year II U uoss not surpass that figure. The output IT Australia is about the same. and the III. creaaed production there will be in apou' the same ratio. This increase IS not on.s caused by the discovery oi new oepus'ss s and the opening of new mines. put is largely duo to the invention oi new pre. re. cesses by which poor and refractory ores can be treated with profit It IS nov possible for many mining companies |. work over their old dumps. the refuse o' years which has bcen cast aside as u,, nrofttahle hecause it would not yielc enough to pay the expense of working it it science. however. has devised methods D! which the metal cal be extracted at cotn paratjyely small expense and the divi dends of mining companies are being ma terially increased by the successful trea. 'ment of what has been long consioer@e worthless ore. ..h.
 "in 1901" continued Mir. Roberts .tn' total amount of gold in use as money !, the entire world in round numbers I wa: od s5. GOO. GOO 900, an increase of I,GoUU"' during the past ten years. The increas, a,s, averaged about $150.000.000 year unti, tna south African war. and will be al Ieas s1Oe, ,0Oo. 900 year more as soon as wUrf p,. is resumed in the Transvaal mines; m m, m world is now using about $sS,oW.VW or soi. elry and other ornaments Ten years agt this total was not more than haif iroa a' much, but it has grown with the pros neritv of the people and will continue tt grow. but not so fast as the production.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
MEETING OF THE ALABAMA HIS.
 ToRICAL SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Alabama Historical Society will bc held today in the Senate Chamber at the State capitol While no elaborate program appears to have been prepared. the session will doubtless he an interestipg one. Ii should be well attended.
 The session will be held in room in the highest degree historic In the Senate Chamber was held the sessions of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, President Jefferson Davis was elected there and the Provisional Consti- tuition of the Confederate States was there adopted. At present the historic treasures of the Department of Archives and History are kept in the hall. and these will he op.n to visitors.
 The Historical Society is doing great and enduring work. It should have the zealous support of all patriotic and puiNic spirited citizens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
SATURDAY, JUNE A, 1909.
pounLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses eer' tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom wEich comes under its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol t01 denoting golden" which stands for high quality. and is thus explained
 advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with a single sym boE; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL t00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol l00] and is the only paper SO distinguished in this section of the South. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
WHY rosTpoME ACrIoNP

The Washington Post practically argues that 1t is useless to attempt to reform the tariff schedules now because the Demo- crats cannot possibly set control of all departments of the government before isos, even if they do then. Admitting the truth of the last proposition, t affords no excuse for the indifference or inaction of the Democrats. They might pdt themselves on record and force the Re- publicans to do the same, which. by the
 way. they are not at all anxious to do. !
 That the weiI-informcd among the Re- pubiicans see the danger Is beyond doubt, The Chicago Tribune. for example. is one of the most prominent Republican papers of the Northwest, but 1t has never been fully in accord with It's party on tho tariff question. There have been times. in fact. when 1t has been almost as out spoken against unnecessary and burden some duties as any Democratic paper could be, and 1t Is not at all satisfied
 with the prospect It thinks the majority in Congress has no intention of revising the existing law during the present Con- gress nor does 1t believe the Republican
 leaders ''are prepared to fix time when it shall positively be taken in hand" Then It adds:
 So the question bids fair to be on hand when the next Presidential campaign opens It will not be an agreeable aues- ton for the Republicans to encounter. There are admittedly duties which are unnecessarily high. In some cases that is matter of little or no consequence. In other cases the magnitude of the duty makes 1t easier for industrial combina- tions to exact excessive prices at home
 for their products. There are trusts wtich would not ask at home prices so much higher than the prices they ask abroad if it were not for duties no longer needed for the protection of dom estic in- dustry.
 And those very trusts bid fair to plague the Republican Party more than anything else, for, as The Tribune further says,
 ..the party that could have reiaced duties | which aid trusts, but which did not-do so, | vii lay itself open to annoying attacks
 and informs It's Republican friends that
 if they will scale down the burdensome
 duties which sustain the trusts they will deprive the Democrats of a strong argu- ment All these facts and arguments SC
 to show that Democrats should force the tariff issue on their opponents and force them to take stand or take water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
They are a Menace.

Lafayette Sun.
 There are individuals running at large who are a menace to the equilibrium of the average man. These rippers of cloth are none other than the idle gossipers who fill up space in towns of limited population. They wear out goods boxes and town chairs and counters rubbing their rear elevation assiduously against every place that looks inviting. They are the :eed-ticks of time. the pestiferous pimps of creation. the long-necked. loose tongued mosaics of mustiness whose pres ence is pail on the town. If some can not find time for good service as ditch diggers or hod-heavers, they deserve naught save the utter annihilation which came to St. Pierre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
HuMoR A BAR TO SUCCESS.

Why Is it that a reputation for wit Is always detrimental to man of real talent? for such Is the case. Away back several centuries before the Chris tian era, the Greeks laughed at Aristo- phanes, their greatest comic and satiric poet, and refused to regard him as any, thing but a joker, yet he was really one of the deepest and wisest observers of his day and might have been a great statesman if his countrymen could have been induced to take him seriously. Ills wit, his satire and his comic poetry weighted him down.
 Sidney Smith is another example of a man having too much wit He was really one of the most noted scholars and writers of the last century. but his repu- tation stood in the way of the prefer ment that he most desired. He wanted badly to be made bishop. and when the Whigs came into power he thought that certainly Lord Grey would give him the coveted place, and perhaps Grey thought to do so. There is little doubt that his reputation as a humorist kept him out of the position he was so anxious to hold. He was in many respects a great man but is chiefly. remembered as a writer of jokes. A reputation for wit is really a drawback. modern instance being J. J. Hooper, who was often heard to regret that he wrote and published simon Suggs," because in his estimation nobody regarded him as competent to write any thing better. Mark Twain, too, has done some really good work in the literary field. but no one thinks of him except as a humorist. If a man really wants to become a great man, or to be con- sidered one. he had better beware of too much humor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

Another editor robbed! Is there no end to the wickedness of the wicked? The Elba Clipper is the last victim. to the tune of $72 in cold cash. Everybody gone to dinner; doors open; thief only had to pry open the cash drawer and walk out with the contents. That is the state ment made by The Clipper. and we are led to wonder if all the men. women and children in and about Elba are. con sidered thoroughly honest. It is still greater wonder that any thief should think 1t worth his while to sneak into a newspaper office, but the success of this one will encourage others and no office will be safe. We sympathize with The Clipper, for six dozen dollars is quite an item in a country office, and its loss may cause the editor real inconvenience, But the occurrence will be warning both tC him and to others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
circulation Doubled in Three Years.

That the circulation of The Aose.td rstsd by st<adily climbing upward IS .c,sr,ent fhe drures riyen in the appended stetem...ss covering the actual daily issue Tor tns no''.'' of May. just passed. ,.- these From comparative point oi mrr. For 4Tures furnish much food for thought; ,,. Hstance. the average daily circulation .s aSers~e the past month has been l'Szu, as,naI net everase gain of this May over las. kso a,n0i: the Sunday average gain tr 10e1ve months = ., ,eoo
 A comparison of this May with May .osy sr ouIy three years ago. Is simply nme has fkat period the daily average increase nes &een 6.7s2: the Sunday average increasea;, q, ae 376. The percentages are relauvey ,,s:r, daily circulation has simply doupieo in 'h' pasi three years-and the end Is not yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS
Description by staunch Republican
 Paper.
philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North AmeTICaH'
 Two factions of the conscienceless Gtng which rules this State are lined up fer a test of strength. Each...s skilled in po- liticai trickery, devoid of hoaor. desper ate with lust of power. No sensible man would predict the result of a contest be- tween professional gamblers using mark ed cards and sleight of hand Similarly the issue in this fight cannot he known until the last intimidation Is practiced inc last corrupt deal made. Between the Quay gang and tho Elkin gang the scales of corruption turns not in the estimation of hair And vet the threat ened overthrow of the boss grown old in political sin will have one great good 1t will deliver Pennsylvania from the unique infamy of crownng a corrupt career with final triumph.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

Formerly when people were sailing over the vastly deep they would be on the look out for whales, sea-serpents and the like, but now it is islands. One captain has already reported that he saw two float ing islands. with Monkeys and parrots on them" It is inferred that they had been detached from their parent land by some of the recent convulsions. and are sailing around on their own hook waiting for A claimant. If that is the case it will not be long before some enterprising Yankee will stick a flagstaff on their highest points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

noted also that the impeaching resolu- tions passed the House. which was elect, ed by direct vote of the people, anu whose members were probably catering to the temporary passions of their constitu- ents. but the Senate refused to impeach the President.
 l think it well that the Senators pc elected as they are as they are in a cI eater measure free and untrammelied in the discharge of their duties.
 Respectfully, B. MoptgouGry June 12 1902,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

A contemporary says the triumph Of the British in South Africa was "a victory of endurance. rather than valor." Rather say they won by the power of superior numbers, just as the North won over the South. The Federals could have kept up the fight till not a Confederate was left alive, and the British could have done the same by the Boers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
Long Dissertations.
Bessemer Workman.

BeSSemer W0fKmdn.
 The editors of The Memphis Commer. cial-Appeal and The Birmingham Aga Herald have been giving their readers long dissertations on "A Deadlin," but what is it and where do you find 1t? Ger taiply these expert newspaper men do rot mean to say that "a dealin'' is a tract of timber that has been deadened," 10 they?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
Flavored with Good Sense.

Greene County Democrat.
 From indications sent out through newspaper channels the T'ilden Club meeting will he favored with good sense and consistency in the first course and remain without change. It is suggested the silverware be handled cautiously and not allowed to rattle too joyously as it might annoy, at least. a portion of the guests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

Bryanism in cold type. That Is how 1t came about that Mir. Bryan is way back. If he had proper sense or pr0pnety ne would sit down.
 There is little doubt that Governor Hill would prove far more formidable candl- date than Mir. Bryan. but as remarked, Roosevelt will have to fall down If FIJI Buren school of politician excellent school in that day. success being the test. but a mighty poor school these days, when the rnugwump is abroad in the land. film wilis write the platform. and ali the Philadelphia lawyers in Pennsylvania could not expound it in thousand years. Mir. Hill flas been one of the most con- spicuous public men in America for a score of years and a candidate for Presi- dent during that whole period. He was six years in the Senate and no man ever made 2 greater reputation in that body In when the tariff was paramount Mir Hill fianked 1t and all you could get out of him was. 'I am a Democrat" He hanked
 hs snt sysr ne Anu Question: ss Ea Hill is a dextrous political leader, strong man in the State of New York. and we
 will have warm time in 1904 if he be nominated.
 But there is plenty of time to XII on
 Hill He may lose New York this fall by a great last battle. That would pc con fan hack on Grover Cleveland. or ad-
 vance and rally around Tom Reed. One or tho other it would be forced to do. Where
 Hill failed it would be folly for Gorman to attempt and as for Olney as well eat the devil as to drink his broth. and so
 the the party would not knock at hi: door. but pass on to Growers. Meanwhile the inspiration of genius. or of despair, as vol, look at it, points to Reed. With Reed and Roosevelt the candidates of the two parties the campaign would be simply ma agnificent, surpassing that of lssS as a National Convention does ward PIT mary. The church. the college. the city, the crossroads. the art. the club, the
 saloon the temperance hall-wherever men and women congregate for virtue es for mischief, for business or TOT pleas ,,re-wo,Ild he full-chock full-of politics. There would be hot time in the oid country from nomination day to election day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
Hold Their Noses.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 The Al kansas Democrats do not point with pride" to the Kansas City platform. They hold their noses while they swal- low it. They say in effect: Drat the thing! We are sorry it exists and must put up with it until the next convention. We have got to endorse it. So here goes. We endorse it generally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
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Faith and Works.
Mobile Herald.

4HOUIIt IItTdIU
 Boston applaudcd when Bishop Derrick, a colored man, said that Booker Wash ington was wrong in teaching negroes to work and that they had a right to be governors and congressman and senators. Why does not Boston show it's faith by its works. and elect negro mayor?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

A St. Louis man asks The Post-Dis-
 patch a puzzling question when he in-
 quires where persons can go to wash themselves after bathing in the St. Louis water. The paper doesn't venture a
 reply.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

The Tax assessors of Tarrytown, where Mark Twain recently bought hand some home for s47.5OO have played prac- tical joke on the joker by assessing his property at $70,OOO. That is joke which Mark will hardly laugh at.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

permanent stratum of warm air 3S,oOO feet above the earth will not be much help in time of a coal famine. but 1t may be some consolation to know that it is there. Some Santos -Dumont may show us how to take advantage of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

The man who has just been nominated for sheriff of Blob County, Ga. has held the office continuously for twenty-five years. They can't do that way in Ala
 bama, for several reasons
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
Hard to Understand.
West Alahamian

west AIabamlan
 Just how those crying so loud for clean elections can oppose the new Constitu- ton which was designed and passed largely with that end in view Is hard to undt rstand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

Topeka paper says the Kansas anti | trust law 'has been pronounced good by | the courts That is the trouble They are so "good' that the trusts flourish under them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14
A Dog or a Nigger.
Lowndes Nws

LowndeS NWs.
 We are not all one people and we want
 it distinctly understood that we are Eng fish, quite we'll let you know, to the
 very core; and If we are not English,
 Scotch or Irish or French or Indian. we'd almost as soon be dog-or nigger!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

The late Chris Magee of Pennsylvania was a rich man and the doctor who failed to cure him wants the modest sum of s35o. 900 for his services. When we re- fleet that the failure of the physician
 put the heirs into possession of millions they shouldn't kick.