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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
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The State now has as visitors a body of statesmen from what was once consid-. cred ..the enemy's country" and who are here under somewhat peculiar circum- stances. We are accustomed to visitors as well as immigrants from all portions of the North and West, but this is the first time that ceputation or delegation of Republican Congressmen has visited Alabama on a tour of observation and information.
 These visitors are Republicans. Some of them may have been South before. and some of them may have been to Alabama, but under different circumstances.l son this occasion, they come on the invita- tion and as the guests of an Alabama Congressman. They come to see with their own eyes and to hear with their own ears matters about which their previous Knowledge was procured at sec ond hand. Much that they have heard and read has been false and misleading. often intentionally so. Now they have an opportunity to make their own observa- fions, draw their own conclusions. and satisfy their own senses.
 These gentlemen are welcome to Ala- bama. and we wish they could remain longer, so that they could extend their tour. Especially do we want them to see ths negro as he is. on the farm. in the home and in the school-room. We want them to see him in his natural environ rEepts. in his daily life and under nor nal conditions. We believe it will very much modify and broaden their ideas of thS life. the people and the conditions in fhs South. and will show them how much tna wherein they have been nisinformed. When they return to Washington or to tne3r homes. we are of the opinion that they will be prepared to admit that they have misundel stood our section and ou, people. dTl ssh they. like some other NrFthernefs who have recently visited the Euth, viii find it right and necessary to eiscard much that they have heretofore beEeved. and will lot be ashamed or afraid to acknowl sdge that they were formerly deceived. We are glad they gre in Alabama. and cordially commend Congressman Thompson for bringing them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes About Some
 Prominent People.

Prince Henry of Prussia. has just cele- brated at Kiel the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of his entry into the German navy
 The Rev. pr. Van de Water. formerly of Brooklyn. is mentioned as a possible coadiutor bishop, such aid having been asked by Bishop Erederic & d;ars.a Ran Hunting
 The late Frances Willards favorite room in Rest Cottage, near Evanston. H., death in 1SsS The cottage is the national headuuarters of the Womens Christian Temperance Union.
 r Mrs. Lily Braun. author of recent work on the condition of women in Ger many, has succeeded in getting sort of phaiansterv started near Berlin. CO., operative society will put up building for thirty families, with common kitch- en and dining room
 A Bohemian couple holds the record for procrastination. Fvanz Rosner 100 years of age, was married on his deathbed to Anna Renner. aged 9s, at Oberpolitz The groom died two days later. The two had been in love for seventy-five years, but had kept putting off the wedding day. intention to take a long rest from the stage and will sing during the Covent Garden season in London next June. It is understood that this is due to an eX- pressed wish by King Edward Vll couch- ed in such fiatterine terms that no sing CT could refuse.
 Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. has placed a window in Trinity Church, Newport, as a memorial to her husband. The window represents a Christian knight seated ana holding in hts right hand sword. the point of which rests on the ground. and In his left a shield upon which is a cross, resting on the left knee.
 Congressman Littleield of Maine. is quoted as saying: :'The newspapers are right. If 1t were not for the nswspa pers. ths johs which would go thfough' Coh1 sress Are terrible to coritempiateI IT there were no newspapers at all. don't be- iieye | would be willing to trust myself aione in the House of Representatives for dftaen minutes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Constitutional Convention of Con- necticut 'has taken down it's sign and gone out Of business" as one of the State papers disgustsdly expresses it. and we may add that it lacked a very great deal of covering itself with credit. As finally settled. the House of Representatives will consist of 254 members. which is an ab- surdity for such small State. but the apportionment is much more so As set sled, town of 1000 inhabitants or under gets ons Representative, over 2.oOo and under 5000 gets two. and town of over 50.eOO is entitled to three. Thus the town Of Marlborough with S22 inhabitants has one member and New Haven. with 10S 900. has three members If there is any de- fence for that apportionment, it must be deeply and darkly hidden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
PETTus D1ausTED,
He Has No Patience with Tillmaa oi
 South Carolina.
Nashville American,

NasnVliie AmeHicaH,
 A Washington correspondent. writing of recent scenes and incidents. not to say events, in the Senate, and the difference between the dignity and courtesy of the old Democratic Senators and the conduct of some of their younger colleagues, says: When Senator Vest sits in the Demo- cratic cloakroom and bewAils the deca- dence of the Democracy of which he was 90 prominent part, and tells cutting sto- ries about the young hounds who now bcfoul the traii," Senator Pettus occupies seat in the front row on the Demo- cratic side and listens with as much as- tonishment and disgust to the outbursts of his young colleagues as can any mem Der of the majority. The Senator. like a number of other Democrats with gray hair and grizzled beard. and halting step, knew something of the rigors and horrors of the rebellion. and feels too much for the soldier in arms to advise or eounte- nance lack of support at home as long as hostile bullets are directed against the men who wear our uniform and who fight for the maintenance of the national hon. or and the supremacy of our authority In the far East He was one of the first of the Democratic Senators to leave the Sen ate chamber when Senator Tillman,- on Wednesday last. rose to make his brutal
 
 ptacticed against the negroes of the South in the efforts to control at the polls in spite of black majorities.r Long aceus- toned to Senatorial dignity and courtesy, he was much provoked at the savage at- tack upon the Republican Senators and the unbridied license which Tillman ex- ercised in debate. He could hardly con tain himself as he passed into the marble room and saw an old South Carolina Dem. ocrat, with whom he was acquainted, and who was waiting for an answer to his card sent to the floor of the Senate. Look here." burst forth Senator Pet tus, what want to knowi is if there Is anything in the State constitution of South Carolina to prevent the sending of q gentleman to represent that State in the Senate?"
 He to whom the query was addressed looked abashed and thoughtful, and then. initiating the manner of Pettus. A.apped back
 Well, perhars there is nothing in the constitution against it. but that seems to be the common law"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
CUBAN BILL IN TROUBLE.
Its Supposed Friends Not Working
 For It.

From Washington to Chicago Chronicle.
 The Cuban reciprocity bill ls in a que eer condition. Whether 1t will pass the Sen ate or whether that body will adjourn without acting on it remalns to be seen. If its supposed friends were more ener,, getlc in their support, more determined to secure It's passage 1t would be easier to. conjecture what Is going to happen.
 Senator Aldrich, on whom has devolved the leadership of the administration from Washington most of the time since the bill reached the Senate. Persons who know Senator AIdrieh and his methods of dealing with legislation which he desires Ing that he never has betrayed the same indifference toward bills which he wanted to become laws as he has toward the Cu- ban reciprocity bill.
 1t will he recalled that during the last session of the fifty-sixth Congress. when the ship subsidy bill was under consid. eration. Aidrich was. opposed to it until the closing days of the session. He changed his position during the. closing hours and became a supporter of the bill nothing in the direction of procuring oth- CT support for it. That bill was defeat ed. or, rather. 1t was not permitted te pass. When the. amended ship subsidy bill was presented at the beginning of the present. session Aldrieh supported it ac. lively and energetically. The Repupli- cans who fought the original measure be, came friends of the pew bill. slargely De-
 Without the support of Aldrith the Gu, ban reciprocity bill cannot pass, It's op, poiRnts are tod numerous and too infiuer. tial to yield to any authority other thar that of the Rhode Island Senator.
 The President appreciates the situation He knows that the bill Is in most un- fortunate position, and 1t is largely on ac- count of that knowledge that he has Congress should adjourn without passing the reciprocity bill.
 The President himself has done little to aid the measure. He has repelied Sena- tors and Representatives rather than drawing them to him. In fact, he has aroused their opposition to such an ex.. tent that they are very much disposed to give him an opportunity to make good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
What She Would Say.

London Answers
 They were seated on the sofa in the parlor. His false, curling mustache was very near to the painted roses on her cheeks. He was doubtful. after all whether, notwithstanding the innumer- able vows of undying devotion that had passed between them, he really loved her with the twcnty-two caret, ten-ton power that he ought to, if he was to regard her as his future wife. and he wondered how he could break the news gently. So in a very low voice he said:
 What would you say darling, if should tell you that you can never be mine?"
 T should say, pet" she answered. that I've got nice bundle of yoor let ters that would help to make it expensive for you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
In Washington.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 sir" cried the disorderly individual who had refused to pay his fare. "do you know who l amT ..
 '.Send me your name and address by mail said the husky conductor as he hustled the struggling man down the aisle of the car. - ,,
 Pm United States Senator, sir! shrieked the disorderly one, You arAin- smiting and assauiting the majesty of the government. fellow!
 The conductor grimly smiled as he bal anced his victim on the lower step of the
 You're the twenty-third Senator I've had to eject today" he said as he let inc stranger gently slide onto the. pave. ment. And 1t strikes me that the old gag is a little overworked:
 Then with one had on the bell rope he poked his head into the car.
 Any more Senators to get of here?'' ha noiitely inquired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

of the days of Radisson, that most pie turesque adventurer,. whose life of dice throwing with fate, of quarrels. captivity. daring exploits, perilous explora tons. and reckless changes of allegiance. was crowned. so far as history is concerned. by his delivery of the empire of the North to England in stead of to France. Gamc- ster, adventurer. hero, Radfsson person. fies indomit table humanity opposed to the forces of nature in the vast frozen em- pire of the North and triumphing in the conflict With the clements. Of the strange and tender love romance that runs through the story the reader. may learn for himself "Heralds of Empire" shows that the author. who made so profound an impression with her first novel, has de- veloped added power: and with this book she becomes a conspicuous and important figure in contemporary fiction. Published by D. Appleton & Go. Cloth Sl.5O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Nashville American literally spread itself last Sunday with a 6S-page edition of excellent appearance. Whether it illus trated and told all that can be told about Nashville we cannot say. but it certainly went long way towards it. Not the least interesting part of this splendid edi- ton is a full history and description of the paper. those who make it and the place and manner of its making. as we'll as portraits and brief biographies of those who have been connected with The Amer
 lean during the sixty-seven years of it's
 existence. We certainly congratulate our contemporarY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Huntsville Tribune is having some fun at the expense of its neighbor. The Huntsville Herald. Week before last tho paper had al editorial warmly criticisins Mir. Bryan. Last week there was an edi- tcrial apoiogizing for the first and laud. ing the Nehraskan all over. The Tribune says:
 Next week the anti Bryan editor will have his turn at the bat again and he intends to beat poor Mir. Bryan into po- liticai doll rags. Thus 1t is our esteemed contemporary wags his anti-Isryan tall one week and his pro-Rryan tail the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
The Deceitful Man.

Oficial-I am greatly grieved. madam. to have to he the bearer of such sad in- telligence, but 1 am obliged to inform you, nevertheless, that your husband was killed on our railroad today.
 Madam-Good heavens. Is it possible?
 Off1ciai-It is too true madam He was killed Instantly, and his head and limbs sd badly laceratsd that all we could re- cover of him was his trunk L
 Madani-His trunk? Did he have his trunk with him? The treacherous villain. He deliberately told me he was only going away for the day. '. s-'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

We alluded some days ago to the killina of manby policeman in Leavenworth, and added that nothing would be done. as the victim was "cnly Rigger." To this The Times of that city takes exception ard says:
 There will be something done. The spo- lieeman has been arrested and will be tried for murder. and should he get his just deserts he will spend the rest of his days working for the State, for we do not hang in Kansas, even for murder.
 We'll, we'll see if he is convicted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
Haralds of Empire.

The brilliant author of Lords of the North'' has chos An a broader and also a Srssher field for her new romance, which enabodies tale of absorbing interest, told %ith marked power and distinction, The threads If her Romance connect The
 Boston of refugees and witches and the fondo, of Charles IT with the White Wilderness, of the North. She has written
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21


 before mamma got up to get breakfast2 If so you know the, benefit of using gas for cooking. Mamma can touch a match and she has fire enough to bake, broil or stew, and papa can take an extra nap, while breakfast under way. Of all modern conveniences, especially during the Sum i, mer months, there is nothing that the housewife appre- ciateS like a gas range or stove.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

the women, and we look for sosne sf the New York papers to refute the charge ef The Chronicle, though we must do that paper the justice to admit that It claims to have received it's information from . citizen of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
l soutberners Buying Gold Bricks. <
 l From Washinaton to Chicago Record

From letters received at the Treasury Depaftment. 1t is evident that an organ- ized gang Is working the gold brick game in various parts of the South. A great Director of the Mint. asking what the government was paying. for sold. Some of the letters say that the writers have able quantities of the yellow metal. which they will sell to the government for coin ing purposes. In many instances 1t was apparent to the treasury officials that the writers were victims ot the gold brick swint1le. and in the answers they have been advised to put Themselves in commit nication with the local iSheriff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Charleston 'Post argues that the people of that city have no fear of vol canoes or other disturbances of Ike kind because they have been subject to Till mans eruption for twelve years. Famil- iarity with such things does have a ten dency to ailay apprehension. E.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Chicago Chronicle charges that the very sweilest of New York's swell society women swear like troopers, however that may be- Our armies swore terribly in Flanders" said Uncle Toby in "Tristram Shandy," and unless The Chronicle has slandercd them. the New York society women can say "d-n it. as fiuently as any man among them. For the credit of It is bad enough for men to swear. but we always expect a better example from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Memphis Morning News was two weeks old last Sunday. and it is about the lustiest infant that comes to our ta- ble. 1t appears to have gotten a firm grip on success, and it looks very much as if 1t is going to hang on to it. Starting a new daily where the field is already ap-
 parently well filled is an undertaking which requires money. determination and capacity. and The News evidently pos- sesses all three. The Sunday issue was a
 fine one. and the new undertaking bids far to make itself popular and profitable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

Some ouragement.-"Well." said the
 magazine poet, 'I have one comforting
 thought left, anyway" Whats that?"
 his wife asked. My poetry hasn't been E gressmari to quote in a speech as yet r Chicago Record-H erald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

Mrs. Battles-How silly Martha acts about that baby of hers! Mrs. Waters- know it; it's. perfectly, disgusting. She couldn't think more C the thing if it were a dog.-Boston Trapscript. r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

rho Kansas City Journal Is burning holes in the atmosphere because a shoe drummer declares he sells more wonen's shoes No. 8. in that city than anywhere on his rounds, Seems to us that the wo- men should do the kicking-wtth those feet. vgts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
THOUSANDS PR0PosED TO LOG HUT HEIREss
A Matrimonial Advertisement Drove a Michigan Postmaster to Resign
 and Jailed Man and woman.

From Allegdnf vMtch.J to No"
 The postmaster at Burnips Corner sent
 his resignation to Washington a month
 ago because so many letters came Tor
 one customer he could not handle them.
 This called Uncle sam's attention . ao 2
 edy. Now a man and woman are in
 jail and the mail has dropped to normal
 Mrs. Lizzie coney. living in 3 little log
 region in Michigan. advsrtised in matri-
 was a young widow with from $so.o0O to
 $se 900 in her own right and was heiress
 She gave, glowing descriptions of her
 personal ,ctiarms, using portraits Of Max.
 inc Elliott in standardization, and satd
 she wanted a nice. congeniai, g, ,go1a, & non, an., use her, property to good advantage. These advertisements were answered by thousands of men rom all parts ot the world. Letters came from every stase in the Union. There were letters from the Philippine Islands. letters from Europe. letters from South America, and even from far off frozen Alaska.t N
 Mountains of letters confronted the postmaster. who had to trahsport shs
 s,l sMiss M coffey,s,, husband, w. W. cof- fev. hired a man to bring in the mail. Lizzie Coffey says she is 3l years ola; | She looks older She is thin, listless and cunning She looks stnnted like the pines that grow in the sand about her home. 1 The house that sheltered this "helress I to a million is built of logs; It perches on a barren side hilf. unpaintea, srihi. and like a tomb. When the postmaster rebelled the post office authorities began an investigation | Tho woman heard of it. She eloped wl, wltn and hearthroken. The pair were arrested by postoffice inspectors at Fairmont Minr. Kipen was released. Comey was charped with violating the postal laws More than 1000 letters from amorous swains were seized in the, log house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

|" His Fault.-Haddock-f met poor old Ruyns creeping towards his office today. and he complained bitterly of being all run down this spring. Juddock (defen- sively)-Well confound him, he had no business getting in front of my automo- bile.-Harpers Bazaar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

Tn speaking of the Kansas mans steam blow yesterday morning. it was written that the machine ''carrtes Q gang of eight le-tnch blows" but our Mergenthaler thought 6l-ineh blows fitted the soil of Kansas better and 1t went that way A gang of eight blows, each turning a fur row more than five feet wide. would as- fonish even Kansas wheat grower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
The Record ef, Records.

V LII eiseulation hgures of The AdyeysisSs sfg mopth of Apyil, just psesed. lesHs svsg @9 k An Alabama morning AewsRapev- ~
 Ee4eg@s cf Ths Advertiser. evse. aye h,, esrH ssa M ep1 the figures presented pelog sni
 - quttas fnrcbiy the efteF-yersetea sny E lqnffadtcted assertion. The Monteomess A44{ya guaranteed net paid etfculettons n uo1G& fAan the claimed issua Of gay etnes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

The Rest Blank,-John-You say Silas
 lost his money in New York? Did he buy gold brick? Hiram-All Ee kin remem- Der buying was three whiskeys!-Puck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

It Sounds Better.-.'Is Cholly really looking for tob?'' "Oh. dear. no. He's looking for an opportunity to consent to accept a position. Chicago Evening Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN

''Yes. their friendship was cemented in town 'I see. Liquid cement "-Harvard Lampoon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

His Bad Break.-she-I had an uncle who was killed by lightning. He-How very shocking. Trolley car or electric ehair?-Chicago Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21

Ap1Q Daily Average. ......ll.ls %eA enn6ay Average. .lA,oeo
 COMPARISONS.
 Qally ayerage for April. le02p...Il iSx
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 t- 9eie : *$4 ky& 44M ss,sr,,,.,fs,.ss'.'tf,f't' esStr Sunday average for April. leo2.. 4sss
 Sunday average for April. 1901 l.eso
 Est s.,n ..,.... s,eso T Daily Avsrage Gain of. 80 .Oo A Sunday Average Gain of. .26. 53 ~---------~ w, ~ esatt, cireuletien Manager of The W6nfaSmefv A1vertiker. being dpiy yWofn. n&y1i Ths f9reGoing statement ef The Al s9f{lespe efrcuiStien for the month of ,Apsa. Apn tS04, is true and correct. and compiled aites eil fetnrns Iron nswsboys. news agents ana 1N<t-6vey copies hare been deducfsd. M w. IA SCOTT, Circulation Msr. ssr cs Hsx. ieoa. Y. W. JACKSON .fGnsii , N P, Ex-o. ,. '. wEDNEsDAY, MAY ei, 1902.