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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

fore, Special Agent Sanborn is unable to say. If the percentage Is the same as with those made at regular locomotive works one might put the gain at S6. thus raising the whole production of the coun- try to 4oo more than in 1890. or about 5000 In all.
 The average value of the factory made locomotive has increased in ten years from 6. POO to $s.T0. which Is due to the greater size and power of the modern railway engine. Heavier service is de- manded and performed today than de- cade ago. In fact, there has been an extensive reconstruction of railroads in the last few years. More capacious cars and more powerful locomotives are used, and better tracks and roadbeds and stronger bridges are required to accom- modate the new rolling stock
 Some light on the disposition which is made of these locomotives is shed by "Poor's Manual" The number of en- zines in service on American roads in lsSo, according to that authority. was a trifie under IS. 900 and In 1890 nearly 32.0Oo. These figures represent an annual in- crease of HOO The number in use in 1893 was 36,11S.
 Whether or not the railroad companies thought they had ordered and bought too many or not cannot be positively stated. However. for several years thereafter railway commerce suffered in sympathy with the prostration of other business. Even in 1899 the total number of loco motives running on roads in the United States was put by Poor at 37.24b. That this was an abnormally slow increase is evident from the figures for the period between 1880 and 1893. Under normal con- dttions there would seem to be growth in the railroad business of the country calling for 1,5oo or 1900 engines a year The exports in 1900 amounted to 5S. There would be left. then, from 700 to l.0oo year to be accounted for. and these doubtless replace those that had broken down completely or been discarded for other reasons. Perhaps the demand Tor this purpose between the years 1890 and 1s0o-the area ot reconstruction just refer red to-was two or three times as great as usual If so. one could the more readily understand why the total number of locomotives in service grew go slowly when from 2,5oo to 5000 were being built every twelve months
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Quotations in Debate.
London G.obe.


 The writer of an interesting article on Par liamentary Quotations'' in the current Mac milIan's Magazine. while bewailing the mod ern extinction of Latin, hints that the quota tions so common in the House years ago were not always noted for their point and he quotes Speaker Denisons entreaty to Dtsraeli to give up this oratorical grace. ''Why|' asked Dinaeli. Do you think members don't like it?" "Oh. no. the House rather likes 1t, replied the Speaker but you are making John Russell restless, and l am afraid Of his tax ing to it, too He gave us six or seven lines of virxi the other night, which had not the smallest connection with his speech, or with the subject
 The immediate turning of a quotation against the quoter is rightly descI ibed as a most effec tive incident of debate, and some good exam ples are given. When Geor ge Canning urged that the system of nomination boroughs formed part of the British Constitution and had grown with its growth and strengthened with It's strength" (Pope). Sir Francis Burnett jumped u pand pointed out that the right hon. orable gentleman had forgotten to quote the first line of the couplet:
 The young disease, which must subdue at
 length,
 Grows with our growth and strengthens with
 cur strength.
 There was no answer to this. and Canning had the good sense to enjoy his discontinue. It is significant that even the English quota tions brought forward in the article were mostly made many years ago. Mir. Bowles' s recent application of the famous lines on All exander SelkiIk to Lord Rosebery quoted for felicity now rare in the Houes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH
WHAT NORTHERN AND WEST ERIN MEN HAVE TO SAY.
Soil Which Can Be Made Profitable and the Finest Climate in the World Appeal to
 Farmers.

.sazys u 1t.11Fl Baltimore. Dec 24-(Special )ABeartng directly and favorably upon the rapidly enlarging immigration movement toward the South is the publication in the Janr ary issue of the Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore of letters from a number o1 representative farmers in Pennsylvania Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan Iowa and Nebraska, giving their imprS- sions of the South, based upon their eD- seryations as delegates to the NatoAaI Farmers Congress at Macon, Ga. Thtse letters are written with extreme frankiess and under the inspiration of perfect friendliness for the South and its people, and of the memories of Southern hos nitaIity and Southern soil and climate They are valuable as expressions in be- half of the South of opinions based tpon experiences in States where Amencan farming has been carried on under ftvor- able circumstances and according to the most approved methods. Not one or these letters is without it's suggestiSa, but 1t Is significant and worthy of seriols con- sideration on the part of Southern farm- .rs. that, while recognizing the many great natural advantages of the poutn' many of the letters criticize In kindly tone the neglect of these opportunities and nearly all of them commeat upon inc comparative scarcity of live SOCK and mon the advantages from many stand- points in giving more attentionto graz Ing. This suggestion is one pr many pointing to the profit for the South in greater, ,dlversification in agricultural pur- suits. Typical extracts from}a few or the letters follow:
 MT. B. F. Clayton of Indiatola, Iowa, a native of the South. contrasting the times before the war with ue present and referring to the progressmade since the war, writes, "The reSoration Of peace found the Southern fafner a fnan- cial wreck, not knowing hfw or where to begin Having faith In his fair land he reorganized the South He seized upon every natural resource He started on a new road of diversified farming
 Agr1cultNre, horticulture nd stock-rais- Ing. AiI fNle diversified blnding of these IndustriT became his ofupation. All kinds of Vegetables and ftits were plant ed and step by step he bEan again Now he raises cotton and pol and manu- factures them into clotl for the use of his own people. He resses the cotton seed and it's productj brings to him enormous wealth. H sells the hulls and they make splendf fodder He fur -Ishas New York wit the first melons
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
rHIRTY-oNE ARRESTS.
Large Harvest Yesterday of Police
 Department.

Large darVeSL 4cStSAuoy o%
 Department.
 The advance guard of those who celes brate Christmas too emphatically and too strenuously found their way to police headauarters last night. No less than thirty-one arrests were made up to ] o'clock this morning by the Montgomery police department.
 Many of the arrested ones secured their release on bond, and there Is ample room at police headquarters for any of today violators of the cty's laws. Those who were arrested last night and yesterday were not charged with serious offenses.. Drunk and disorderly was the charge docketsd against the majority of the thir- ty-one prisoners. A number of them were char ged with fighting. result Of too much imbibing of the fluid that both cheers and inebriates.
 Ten of the prisoners were accused or violating Section 106s of the City Code. which forbids the discharge of fireworks within the city limits. The police. in accordance with instructions arrested all who were caught in the act of firing crackers an droman candles in violation of the city law. The police are instruct ed to enforce this law today and a large number of arrests are expected. No extra policemen have been put on. The members of the force were kept busy yesterday and they expect to be still busier today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
---------------------------- CABLE LANDINGS CHOSEN.
The Line will Be. Laid Around Moro
 neep.

Honolulu, Dec. 1s. via San Francisco Dec. A-S. S. Dickinson, the specia agent of the Commercial Pacific Gable Company, returned today from Manila where he has chosen cable landing sitet at Midway Island. Guam and Manila H' also surveyed a route around Moro Deep a very deep hole in the ocean bed be tive ,n Guam and Midway. which was dis covered by he United States survey shiI Nero and reported to be the deepest oil of ocean in tho world.
 In surveying around the Deep, MT Dickinson says he went down to deptf of 450O fathoms, and the route choser went around 1t, being deemed impracd cable to lay a cable over it.
 The commissioners appointed to nego' tiate for a military post on the island ol oahu have sent answers to Washington by the steamer Coptic, leaving Honolulu today. They have chosen a tract knowr as the Kahuiki tract. consisting of 1914 acres, of which the right to about 1,20 acres has been secured. It Is Govern ment land, but is held until lease which the commission has arranged to purchase If Washington shall approve their rec concentrations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
The Copyright of Antiquity.

I ne Atneudeuul
 Geheimrath Karl Dz atzko of the Nottinge. University Library has been making a study of the question whether the book system ,f classical antiquity had any law for the pro lection of the rights of authorship. His reply. as was to be expected, is virtually in tho mega tive. That ia to say. neither of the two ways by which books came Into cirCulation-the book trade and the custom of private copying was barred by any law Anybody was free to copy parts the whole of book which came into his hands. whether for his own use or for presentation to friend even with the intention of commercial profit,
 Only in the case of the first edition of work is there the slightest shade of any legal pro tsetisn of literary property, To offer for sale original work without the sanction of the author made the intending trader liable to a suit of injuriarum Rctio. If however. a cer- tain work came into circulation through copies imparted to circle of friends before the au thor, he was able to protect himself known as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Clothes and the Man.

New York Times.
 Clothes may not make the man." said an obseryant lawyer the other day. but they have considerable effect upon the wearer.
 There Is a man whom I meet nearly every day on Ann Street at the noon hour. He usually wears a rusty brown suit and a derby that matches 1t in rusti- ness. and he slouches along. lodging right and left as if to avoid collision with better-dressed men.
 But often on bright, clear days, the man appears in a broadcloth, with pat ent feathers and a silk tile, walks firmly with head erect, and lets the others do the lodging as he keeps to the middle of the narrow Ann Street sidewalk.
 T have often seen him in his shabby garb step out into the street to let otn- CTS pass, but the other day. when he was dressed up. youth who got in his path, was waved aside with a pompous put not ill-humored:
 Let me pass, my lad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Frank Leslie's for January.

Commodore Robert E. Perry tells at some length of Hunting on the Great Ice in Leslie's Monthly for January. Ills remarkable photographs of the living and dead Polar animals give a unique interest to the article. There are eight short stories in the magazine. among them one by Robert Barr and another Glen garry story by Ralph Connor. An article called The Great American Barnyard' with the enormous poultry industry of the United States; there Is a study of Joseph Chamberlain by an irish member Of Parliament, and a sketch of the cele- brated Dr. Lorenz. The mystery of Anna Katherine Greens detective story is made clear in the last installment of that serial, which appears this month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
A Service Demanded .

New York Press.
 Instead of jollying passengers, railroad companies abuse them. consequently there is eternal friction. All of us like to know what is going on. A train stops; cause unknown to several hundred occu- pants. Conductor, engineer, fireman, guards-all are under orders to say noth- ing. Our ungratihed curiosity makes us rebellious. After a delay of half an hour we are heartily damning the manage ment How much better 1t would be if the company were to send man through the train to make A httle speech of en- ightsnment. on this order: Ladies and gentlemen: We ran into a two-horse wagon, killing the team, one man, two women and three children. The pilot picked up part of the wreck. We are now removing the debris. The delay will last fifteen minutes longer. The engine is not damaged"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
The Toilet of Little Ants.

Springfield Republican.
 A naturalist has been making observa- tions on the toilet of certain ants, and has discovered that each insect goes through the most elaborate ablutions. They arc not only performed by herself. but by another. who acts for the time as iady's maid. The assistant starts washing the face of her companion and then goes over the whole body. The at- titude of the ant that Is belng washed is one of intense satisfaction. She lies down with all of her limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls over on her stds. even her back. a perfect picture of ease, The pleasure the little insect shows in thus being combed and sponged Is really entoyable to the observer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES.
Steady Growth of Production at the
 Century's Close.

The inadequate supply of cars and rail-
 way locomotives which has hampered the
 freight traffic of the country for the last year or two lends special interest to the report of the Census Bureau on loco motive production. In the year lS9o there were 2.4O9 engines turned out at regular factories and in 1900 the number was raised to 2,774, gain of 965. In the last census year PIP locomotives were made at what are primarily repair shops of railroad companies. How great an ln- crease this Is upon the corresponding
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Tomato.
Notes and Queries.

N0tc6 ana kueTlba
 What is the earliest instance of the occur renee of this word in any European language The first have in my notebook is the refer ence to 'Amesicanorum tumatle.' made by Guillandinus in his De Papyro," common tary on parts of Plny 1872. p. 90 Later (p. al) he says: "Deniaue tunqatle ex The mistitan, recsntiores fere pomum aureum, e, ponnum amofts nuncupant," showing that both the Aztec name tomatle and the popular love apple were all sady in use. "ThemiEtitan.' l may add is probably a nisprint ,tor Thenus- titan--l e.. Tenochttlan. a synonyrns for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

President Palma of Cuba ought to know what It's constitution requires and when he says that the approval of the reciprocity treaty by the Senate will be sufficient. without the cooper ation of the House. he probably speaks ad- visedly As he lived In this country twenty years. there is no question as to his friend ship for the United States and his support of the p-o D. sed esty is un ioubt edly sincere. The indications are now good for its ratification, unless factional opposition arises.-IndianApolis Journal (Rep)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
WILL GO TO TUSKEGEE.
Andrew Carnegie to Pay Negro schoo
 Visit.

Tuskegee. Dec. 4.-(Special.) Ut has become known that Andrew Carnegie is to visit the Tuskegse Normal and Indus trial Institute sometime during the latter part of February or 1st of March to in- spect the new library building at the school for which he gave the money sometime ago. Several photographs of this new building have been sent to Mir. Carnegie and he has become very much interested in the building. especially in view of the fact that the plans were drawn by one of the instructors of the school and was practically built by the students of the school
 He is greatly interested in this school having given it library which was dedi- cated upon the occasion of the visit of the Ogden party last Anril.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

its author. he was able to protect himself against the premature competition of the book traders by announcing publicly that he had made changes in his text and that none of the copies in circulation authentic. After such an announcement to tn. book trade no more rolls of the earlier edition could be ie- gally sold.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

' The Advertiser is now deliv- ;
 [ cred and on sale in Mobile be- ; ' ginning at 8 a. m. z CIRCULATION BUREAU. j < Orders for delivery or com
 ' plaints of non-delivery may be E left at 116 N. Royal Street, cor. St. Louis Street, or telephone ' Bell, 4s7; Home, 3S6. Deliv- . ,s cred by carrier at 65 cents per i ' month. John K. Evans, < supt. Circulation. !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Death of Mrs. Lewes.

London. Dec. 3.-The death Is an- nounced of Mrs. Lewes. She was the widow of George Henry Lewes. who in 1854 formed union with George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Italy expects to have a surplus of over $2, 00O at the end of the present finan- cial year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

The authoritits of British Columbia have Os- tstllshed travaiing libraries for the benent of the numerous lumber and mining camps (. ,kAa TLIAAtA-a CAAAALaA AA~SsA~~~~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Last night near Semmes Station, on the
 Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City Rail-
 road. the passenger train en route to this city. came in contact with a waOon, pull ed by a horse, the wagon being occupied by two white men, Jesse Rester and Hen ry Dearborne. The men were driving or
 the railroad track and had just crossed cattle guard. The engine struck the wagon with sufficient force to kill the horse and break the wagon Both occu- pants were thrown out and badly injured.
 The two men were picked up and brought to this city and given medical attention
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Miss Rosa Mann left Tuesday Tor Jackson. Miss, to spend Christmas with her sister.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Tohn Wright, a negro who had been in the County jail for some time, held for grand larceny. was this morning ordered released by Judge Semmes of the City Court. Wright, through his attorney, sought release. the grand jury having failed to return an indictment against him. Wright was without question the happiest negro in Mobile today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Of all the Christmas trees in the city urnha.bIv the iolliest was that given to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Mrs. J. c. Calhoun of Houston Tex, arrived in the city last night to spend the Christmas holidays with her mother and sisters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

The Norwegian steamship Fort Gaines, from Bocas to Camers-McConnell Com pany, arrived this afternoon with large cargo of bananas.
 The Norwegian steamship Eshana ar rived from Puerto Cortez to John B. Ce- falu & Brother. with 5000 punches of ba- nanas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

At the card party given Tuesday even- ing by MT. and Mrs. Stewart Jones the prizes were won as follows: Miss Kitty Allen, a bronze statue MT. Alfred Staples military brushes; Miss Josephine Mickle consolation, silver pin tray; Mir Man. hing Spotswood, an ash holder.
The Washington times., 1902-12-19

ROOMS PApEBEU. Si15 up. house painting
lowest prices. CARLISLE BROS. l1U5 9th ST..
no.. phone East s1i-D. dsl--3
NDITE SOS gth ST. NV. Is constantly receiy-
inc the latest and most attractive designs in
WSD Papers. and papers rooms from 500 up
Call and investigate i0r yourself and Boz cOu
WINGED mii-tf
The Washington times., 1902-12-19
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Mails for South and Central America,
West Indies. Etc.

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