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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Boston Expensively Governed

Baltimore Sun.
 New York is supposed to-be most ex- pensively governed, but Boston. 1t ap- pears. can give Gotham points in waste fulness. Boston's yearly expenditures per capita exceed New Yorks by IS l-2 per cent and exceed those of the average of debt charges be eliminated Boston ex- ceedR New York in operation and main tenance expenses by 10 per cent and the average of the ether ten cities by l45 per cent. The assessable basis grows but slowly, while expenditure advances by leaps and bounds. The excess of money spent Is found on examination to be got by loans. Thus Boston Is guilty of the greatest financial folly. It Is surprising has become so reckless and improvident. Boston, as the alleged center of culture. ought to set an example to mankind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Never uses a snickersnee.

A writer in The New Haven Register wants the roosters of that city suppressed because they disturb his nightly slum- bers, especially in the early morning. He speaks bittetly of ''some person who has five hens and a rooster (which never fails to crow from four o'clock in the morn- Ing till noon'). The grammar Is little faulty, but he evidently intends to con, vey the information that all the hens crow as well as the rooster. and we admit that he has kick coming to him. Being a Yankee. he ought to be able to invent a crowless rooster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

Some time ago the newspapers had no end of fun over railroad accident where a train struck a bull and the bull struck a hunter, and the hunters gun went off and killed two cows, with divers and sun dry other complications involved, all of which made a very interesting story. Now we have an account of an incident equally strange, but with more tragical ending which recently occurred in Mississippi. In this case fast train struck a COW, Knocking her high in the air. and she came down on the head of a farmer standing near the road, almost breaking him to pieces and instantly killing him. Is the railroad responsible for knocking the COW onto the man, or the owner re- sponsible for allowing the animal to get in the way? If the road is responsible. was not the man guilty of contributory negligence for standing in the way? If there should be a lawsuit about it. there are likely to be some Interesting points raised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
FITZPATRICK'S
 OPEN NIGHT AND DAY.
NEW SERIES!

At the Annual Meeting of the stockholders of The Home Building S. Loan Association held January 2l, 1902, the issue of a new series or stock. No. 15, was authorized. The book of subscription for same is now open at the office of the Association 24 Commerce Street.
 This Association is now entering its nineteenth year and has had un- paralleled success.
 Loans are made only on the stock of the Association and on Montgom- cry real estate. On the former Ws loan the full book value, on the lat ter as much as consistent with safety.
 Borrowers can repay loans at any time and stop interest.
 Investors can withdraw their stock at any time.
 We mature a series regularly ev- cry year.
 J. T. ROBERTS, E. E. SIMPSON,
 sect'y and Treas. President
 wed fri su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes of Some of Those
 in the Public Eve.

III Cue EuUllC GyS.
 J. Frederick Stein, the first German last week. He held the position for thirty-four years.
 Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri, is the dean of the Democratic side of the Senate and was the first native of his State to be honored with selection to that body.
 r. C. Farmer of Chelsea. Mass, has ing schooner William A. Grosier of Prov incetown, Mass. with the object of snap shotting' the capture of whales.
 Dr. Charles A. Eaton. pastor of the Cleveland Church which Rockefeller att tends when there. has decided on cam paign of street preaching to rouse the Cleveland people. who. he says. are sadly Iethargic regarding religious matters.
 Joe King, aged 2s. who has spent twelve years in jail, writes to The Anamosa Ua.) Prison Press that crime Is not profitable. The articles he stole had value of $67 and in his twelve years of Imprisonment he could have made $16.S00 at the trade of a printer
 Clarence A. Black. Detroit millionaire. has been setting a good example to other rich men bv serving for several days as juror in justice court where nearly all the cases are those of petty Quarrels be- tween individuals and the police. Many other capitalists have been called for such service but all escaped the duty on one plea or another Mir. Black made no eff fort to evade the task saying 1t Is the duty of all good citizens to take a turn in the jury box.
 The engagement of Princess Alice Mary of Albany to the Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar and Eisenach is reported from The Hague. Princess Alice is the daugh- ter of tbe Duke of Albany, Queen Vic toria's fourth son. She Is 1S years old. The Grand Duke Is one of the richest men in Europe. He derives an immense income from estates in Holland and Si- lesia and inherited fortune estimated at born in 1876.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
THEP MAY BOLT.
Beet Sugar Men Sore Over Action of
 Republican Caucus.

Republican Caucus.
 Washington Special to Chicago Chronicle
 William Alden Smith of Michigan, who has been one of the chiefs of the revolt against the leaders of the House, said that the action of the conference could not be held to bind the members who at- tended it. He asserted that every Re- publican was free to vote as he pleased and added that enough beet sugar men would take advantage of their freedom to prevent the passage of the rule which will be necessary to insure consideration to the Sibley bill.
 What viii the beet sugar men do if the majority call . caucus and ofiicially ratify tonight's vote?' MT. Smith was asked.
 'The beet sugar men will stay away from a caucus was the reply.
 Would they not feel bound by the action of the caucus in any event?"
 Not by any means"
 Mir Smiths views are held by many other insurgents and these are just as emphatic as the Michigan man in declar- ing that no bill for the relief of Cuba which contemplates reduction of tariff will pass the House.
 The leaders of the organization think otherwise. They are confident that the insurgents will abandon their opposition to the decision of the majority long be- fore the Ways and Means Committee is prepared to bring in . bill embodying the Sfbley proposition. In view of what
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Expenses in Fire Insurance.

Philadelphia Times.
 The real weakness of fire insurance in this country Is the extravagant scale of expenses. These are claimed to average 70 per cent of the premium income, though an official of the Board of Under writers was unable to account for more than 2S per cent. With all the lavish out lay of the fire insurance companies in drumming for business 30 per cent of the premium receipts is a liberal allowance for their expenses. A business that re- quires no great outlay to secure and yet is carried on at so large per centage of cost requires revision elsewhere than in its scale of charges. To tax it's profitable customers to pay the cost of corporate incapacity is an outrage that can be toll erated only under compulsion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
MT. Bryan as . Party Boss"

Chicago Chroncile.
 Recently MT. Bryan has been at New York and Washington, perhaps in other eastern political centers. At these places he has taken 1t on himself to declare that such Democrats as David B. Hiil and Arthur P. German, of national fame and honored as statesmen before he was . voter. must have no part in framing Democratic policies nor in the nomination of Democratic candidates this year or in the near future.
 The trouble with Mir. Bryan Is that ne thinks there was no Democratic party nor democrats previous to the time when he became the Populistic- Democratic cari- didate for President. It is not seemiy for MT. Bryan to say in New York whom the Democrats of that State shall nomi- nate for Governor or support for the Democratic Presidential nomination.. It is not seemly for him to proclaim at Washington that ex-Senator German. now reelected from Maryland to his old seat in the Senate, must not interfere In Democratic management during the com ing campaign.
 MT. Bryan has become very unimpor- tant factor In the management and desti- nies of the Democratic party. He should appreciate the fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

Did Frederick the Great send our Washington a sword? is a question now lgitating our Virginia friends.-Montgom- ary (Ala-) Advertiser. Not your Washington. For Booker T.
 Washington, he Had not then settled at Tuskegee.
 Norfolk Landmark. That's real cute, coming from The landmark. and we owe it one, but
 Booker T.
 Washington. he
 Never uses a snickersnee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

upon them without thought of fear or favor. He may be mistaken here or there, but his errors are his own-not the result of other mems importunities and machinstions. m What he says ts said by Moody. What he does no one but Moody conceives or executes. There will be no occult of evasive responsibility in his administration. Good or bad. wise or foolish. just or unjust, 1t will be Moody's administration. and ps one will have to guess or bufrow in search of its actuating motive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

A writer in The Atlantic Monthly. who has been gaining experience as editor of a weekly in one of the smaller Pennsyl- vania towns. has come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as liberty of the press" and that he cannot claim to be master of his own paper" We suspect that he is one of the unfortun- ates who set out by trying to please everybody and displease nobody and fell down in the attempt. He has evidently been used for the convenience and profit of all his neighbors with the result that he is naturally disgusted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
KING EDWARD SAFER AT HOME
To Be Congratulated on Deciding Not
 to visit France.

To Be Congratulated on Deciding Not
 to visit France. London Special cablesram to New York
 Times.
 King Edward may be congratulated on his decision not to visit France, says the Paris correspondent of The Times. In view of the approach of the general cleo. ton, the opposition parties are in a paroxysm of mad ambition. anc are ready to do anything to emharrass the govern ment.
 Remembering, says the correspondent, what occurred some years ago. when the King of Spain was insulted. 1t ts well to avoid all chance of disagreeable incl dent.
 The incident referred to in the foregc- ing occurred in September, 1884 King Al fonso XII, the father of the present King of Spain, had visited Germany in order to attend the unveiling ot statue of "German1a Keeping Her Watch on the Rhine," and had been commissioned Col onel of . Uhlan resfment by Emperor William I.
 King Alfonso returned home through Paris. and in that city a crowd gathered around his carriage. hissed him. and as- sailed him with cries of Down with the President orevy made suitable apol-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Ignorant and Ungrateful.

Mobile Register.
 MT Bryan has been heard from on the McAllister Mississippi resolutions. advo- eating commercial and political alliance between the South and the East; and he jumps to the conclusion that the men of the Mississippi Legislature who adopted the resolution are Palmer and Buckner- ites, or. as he phrases 1t, "the Democrats who betrayed the party" These Missis- sippi Democrats never betrayed the party They howled themselves hoarse for Bry- an in 1896. and voted for him solidly in 1900. They have seen light that is all. Either MT. Bryan does not know what he is talking about or he is ungrateful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Letters to The Editor.
Enlargement of Duties of Secretary
 of State.
Editor The Advertiser.


 of State. Editor The Advertiser.
 The present Constitution greatly en- larges the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of State and the people should understand the extent of this en- largement when they come to select from the candidates for the offices. Secretary of State takes fourth place in enumeration of State officers by Sec ton 116 following Governor. Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. He takes fifth place in the enumerating of State officers in Section 11s. the Auditor besides the three above mentioned pre- cedng him.
 By Section 124 the Secretary of State becomes a member of the Board of Par dons.
 By Section 12S the Secretary of State stands in succession to the Governor fifth in order after the Lieutenant Gov ernor under the contingencies named in the section.
 Under Section 173 the Secretary of State may be removed from office for intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics. , Under the revised system of taxation the Secretary of State becomes mem- Der of the Board of Assessment of taxes
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Break in May Wheat.

New York. March 2o.-Under violent liquidation, wheat prices broke to 79 3-s for May today, catching the heaviest ex- port trade in months. Upwards of 139 loads. or LIP, 900 bushels, were taken by exporters. including 49 loads at New York, 43 loads at outports. and AZ loads at Chicago for direct shipment. An en- couraging feature of the business was the engagements in New York of 60 loads ocean freight room, nearly all of it being for the continent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
The Boers' Best Friend.

Philadelphia North American.
 The British commander has not hest tated to give credit for every recent Boer success to the American mule and 1t Is rank ingratitude in the Boers to with hold recognition of the services rendered to their cause on many bloody field by their allies from Missouri. The Boer delegates should urge the United States Government to present a whole army corps of mules to the British.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Fear to Make a Decision.

DallaS news.
 Ths idea of postponing the Cuban tar if question is not entirely new as mat ter of procedure. In fact. the political parties have never had hard nut to crack before them, but what they showed an inclination to postpone the cracking to a later day but the matter has to be met in the long run. If the Repuoncans could defer this embarrassing question till after the election they would feel much easier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

mined than ever to accomplish the bilrs downfall. Senator Frye's professed aim of drawing a bill which would disarm Re publican opposition, even at sacrifice of what he regarded as desirable. has ap- parently failed of Its purpose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Incapacity Among House Democrats

1ncapacity Among House Uemocrats' Philadelphia Times.
 Democratic statesmanship is conspicu- ous by its absence. Instead of assum- ing an advanced position as the cham pions of the Cuban people, and of the American people as well. and the advo- cates of commercial freedom. we find the Democrats in the House aiding the beet sugar lobby and joining in an idiotic de- liverance about the sugar trust and sub sidized newspapers" and other petty in ventions too foolish to be considered seriously except for the revelation thus made of political incapacity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

The Portland Oregonian is authority Tor the statement that there are 2,soO newspapers or ether journalistic pubiica- Mons in Paris, 7s of them being classed as rpolitical dailies.r That is a greater plumber than is published in the entire State of New York, though many of the Paris publications can hardly be classed as newspapers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Getting Rid of Pests.

New York Independent
 New Jersey begins well with an appro- priation of $10,000 to experiment on the suppression of it's most famous live pro- duct. the mosquito. Massachusetts has spent many times that amount to destroy the gypsy moth, a much less intolerable nuisance. We are learning that such in- fiictiors are nat to be endured. They are no joke, and We can conquer them and ought to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Saying Nice Thing.

Greenv1IIe AdVocate.
 The press and people are saying many nice things about Dr. R. NJ. Cunningham anent his cadidacy for Lieutenant-Gover- nor. Dr. Cunningham is high in the Ma sonic order, has a pleasing manner. Is we'll liked by the people generally and IS popular with the politicians. So far he has only one opponent in the race for the office he seeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

The Savannah Press thinks it possible that Bryan visited New York for the pur- pose of scotching the David B. FIin boom. We've known few instances where a nan has been run over by. the wagon he was irving to scotch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Can Give Information.

Bessemer weekly.
 Every newspaper is to a certain extent a purveyor of news, but not all of them are vehicles of information or of knowl- edge Nor is every editor walking cy- clopedia or perambulating bureau Of information. He doesn't know it all and the management of his newspaper IS sometimes an intricate problem; but. fortunately. every man, woman and child in the town can give him valuable in- formation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Desirable Berths for Dominies.

Minneapolis Times.
 A chaplain in the navy begins with g. 300 as sea pay and after five years receives g 500. The pay carries with 1t many per- quisities of lodging, cheapness of food and the like and it is far and away above the average that the individual would receive were he engaged in ordinary pas toral work. The duties are not onerous as a rule. and the fact that the positions are eagerly sought after Is proof positive that the emoluments are adequate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
They Don't Eat Meat.

GreenVille Truth.
 A subscriber writes to this paper ask ing that it publish series of articles advocating the killing of dogs and the raising of sheep. The subject has been worn threadbare. If a man wants to raise sheep and dogs bother him, poison is cheap and sheep don't eat meat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Palliation.
Indianapolis Nev

Indianapolis News.
 "Yes. they say that Gade's opera is very funny"
 'That Is strange; I thought it was a comic opera
 Tt is, but 1t is only his first"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Sometimes Preferable.
Mobile Herald.

M0blIe HeraId.
 The Chicago American, in an editorial, declares that wifes most important quality is intelligent questioning. May be so. but we have been given to un- derstand that absence of questioning is sometimes prefer ble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
England's Example in Paper Taxes.

Los Angeles (Cal.) Express.
 Care should be constantly exercised to make paper the cheapest of commodities Tn uriversnl use. Paper said Lord Lytton, in . speech delivered In the House of Lords advocating the repeal of paper duties, 'is the raw material of the most liberal of all ma alufactures-the manufac- ture of knowledge recorded and difused." That was true then; 1t is no less 90 now. The British Parliament repealed these du- ties; the Congress of the United States hitherto has refused to wipe them from fhe statute books. How long will this refusal be persisted in. Until the fear becomes less than it now is, that any crcvice In the wall of protection will lead to A wider breach!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN Wise Women Use The Great
 Spring Medicine PAINEs CELERY COMPOUND
It Is the Only Remedy That Can Provide for the Increase of Red Corpuscles in the
 Blood.

From every section of the land. from Maine to California. strong and well at- tested reports of women, bloodless, rer- vous, dyspeptic, neuralgia, rheumatic, and run down. and in many eases 90 weak as to be bedridden, who have been enabled to resume their places in tho family and in social life. enjoying health. vigor, and true happiness. all through tho aid of that great blood purifier. blood maker. and health giver. Paine's Celery Compound.
 When Paine's Celery Compound is used, the rapid change in color. flesh, and ex- preston of the face Is 50 marked and observable, that repair of the wasted tis- sues might we'll be called renewal of life.
 Paine's Celery Compound is the only medicine that can effectively increase the proportion of red corpuscles in the blood: this is a source of power over all blood diseases. rheumatism. neuralgia, Kidney and liver troubles dyspepsia. indigestion. and general run down condition.
 Mrs. Martha P. Lunceford. a well- known and popular lady of Crawfords- vile, Ga, grateful for her cure by Pains's Celery Compound, sends the following let ter for the benefit of all suffering women:
 q think 1t is my duty to let you know about the wonderful work Paines Cele- ry Compound has done for me. have been sick for the past fifteen or twenty years with dyspepsia, heart and stomach trouble. and rheumatism, and 50 many diseases that can't mention them all.
 "As for sleep, didn't know what 1t was to have a good nights sleep. and would roll and tumble and sit up in bed half the night. The second night took Paine's Celery Compound. went to bed and slept all night. You don't know how much better felt in the morning. I have not lost . nights sleep since have been talk ing Paine's Celery Compound. don't know in what words to thank you for Paines Celery Compound. It is worth it's weight in gold.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

A Russian newspaper reporter-st Pe- tersburg, to be exact-describing an earthquake, wrote that ''the earth bulged up and then bulged down again." That Isn't an exactly scientific account of a .ejsmic disturbance, but it gets there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Too Full for Utterance.

UZark Star.
 4 few days since there appeared in The Montgomery Advertiser an editorial on Eye hominy." At that particular time we had a pot of 1t on hand and were too full for utterance. but now that we are getting hungry again. we just wish to endorse what The Advertiser said about 1t being a dish of such rare excelIence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
FRIDAY, MARCH e1, 1902.

The Richmond Dispatch somewhat mournfully remarks that the members of the convention seem to be marking time." That is an evidence that they are not actually hibernating. as some have charged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
"PrinCeSs Louisa. ''

If you have special prefer ence as to the size you can get it in this brand. Ask for the "Diplomatico, or ''Re- galia Imperial,'' regular fif- teen cents goods, or two for a quarter, but which you can have for ten cents each. Talk with your connoisseur friend about cigars. We carefully cater to critical customers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
What to Take.
Birmingham News.

INcWs-
 Young men who are encouraged to take part in politics should also take courage, take warning. and take advice. but not take too many drinks. And while they are taking they might leave little some thing for their constituents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21

Sold roushout the world POTTER Dare AND CaEM. CoRP Sole PropA Boston. Send for Skin ssers ss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Voted to Issue Bonds.

New York, March 2o.-At a meeting of the stockholders of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. the proposition to au- thorize an issue of $50 900 of bonds was ratified by a vote of 392,0o0 shares against 320 shares.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
Not Disturbing It.
Riiaacll IlAo

Russell Register.
 The reported diamond crisis in Europe is not disturbing us in the least. It will not affect us at all. In fact had we sh ould not have known anything about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-21
The Very Cream.

Somerville (Mass) Journal
 Friend-You had a very fashionable au- dience. didn't you?
 Pianist-Yes, at one time there was not a single person in the room who was list cning.