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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
A NEW PIE

Pie is said to be a typically American dish. Other nations and peoples make and cat them. but in no part of the world, so far as we are aware, are they such a regular article of diet as in the United States. It may be because we have such a variety of material. for there is hardly a, fruit or vegetable grown in any State of the Union which is not utilized by the pie-maker. And this re- minds us that the editor of The Ocala, (F1a.) Banner, has tried a new one and thus rhapsodizes over it:
 One of the latest creations of the culinary studio is called pineapple pie. You grate up the fruit, add sugar and lemon juice, and in some way or other you make the lower crust just right. It is necessary to use caution here. A sort of correct cream is applied for the top layer. The result is a dream, a TO- nance, a moonlight scene, a sonata, a welcome home, an embrace after long parting, a well in the desert, a watered garden.
 That pie must have been real good. or the editor was unusually hungry. It isn't every pie that will transform an ordinary prosaic editor into poet, but this one did We haven't eaten any pineapple pie, but suspect that it Is real inviting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
A CHEEKY CLAIM.

It seems hard for Republican speakers to state facts when they speak of Dem ocrats or of the Democratic Party. Sen ator Pritchard, for example. in his speech at Birmingham last Tuesday is thus re- ported:
 He laid stress on the fact that no mopay had been borrowed during the Republi- can administration and stated that the per capita amount in the Treasury re- serve was being forced upward again. while under the Democratic administra- tion it was forced down to $1.10 for each man. woman and child.
 This was one of those partial truths which can be so used as to do more harm and have a greater effect than down. right falsehood would. Senator Pritch- ard knows, and he would have so stated had he been disposed to be entirely fair. that the per capita circulation has been gradually rising for more than thirty wears. Whether that is entirely owing to the great and constantly increasing output of the precious metals, or wheth- CT that has worked in harmony with oth- er causes. is immaterial. Whatever the rauses may be it is sheer impotence for the Republicans to claim all the credit.
 In 1870, fo- example, the per capita cir rulation was only 50. Now it is s25 or a little over. but that rise has been going on during all these thirty-two wears. In 1SS6, it is true, it was forced down to $2l, 10, and had it not been for the heroic measures adopted by MT. Cleevland it might have gone lower. His prompt and fearless assumption of re- nponsibility and his decisive action not only maintained the reserve in the Treas ury. but saved the credit of the Government. But this is all somewhat ancient history, and we only allude to it because of the Senators insnuation that nothing but the Republican Party is entitled to any credit for the prosperity of the country, either present or post. Their faculty for claim ing everything is so well known that perhaps we shouldn't feel surprised. but it is not out of place to scotch their claims occasionally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
ANOTHER STATE TO TRY IT.

New Hampshire is making ready to hold Constitutio nal Convention and one of the objects to be attained is the re- duction of the number of members of the lower House of the Legislature. It Is inexplicable, by the way, why those small New England States should still cling to their large and unwieldy Legislatures. The Senates are not unusually large, but the House of Representatives of Con- necticut contain 252 members, Massachu- setts 240, New Hampshire 39S and Ner- mont 225.
 Such bodies are not only unwieldy, but they are expensive and useless. In New Hampshire. for example, the members get $200 per annum. which amounts to nearly sso,OOO a year. besides mileage. sta tionery and other expenses. For pop ulation of less than half a million any body knows that one hundred Represent atives would be ample. which would save about two-thirds of the cost. It will not be claimed, we imagine, that such large body can accomplish more or bet ter leRlSlatlOn tHdn Sihhiioi o'N ~ ' but the size of the House comes down from the early days when every town great or small. was allowed mcmper' and those people are so bound up ill tneir old habits and traditions that they ap- pear immovable.
 It will be remembered that only last year the State of Connecticut held Constitutional Convention lasting many long and weary months, and one Of the main obstacles the members had to con- tend with was the opposition of the dei- egates from the smaller towns They insisted on retaining the feature of town representation which is so unjust to the large towns and cities that when the new instrument was finally adopted and sub- mitted to the people they voted 1t down very promptly and decidedly.
 The same trouble will confront the New Hampshire Convention when it meets. and If the delegates from the small towns who will be likely to constitute a major ity, shall insist on the retention of that feature, we think it very likely that they will not get a new Constitution. They should drop at least two-thirds ot the lower House and if the remainder were paid a better salary it might be an advantage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Soufhern Northern

'P2rcentageS' are sometimes mlSlead- ing. That those first noted are signif- cant of actual and marked advance in the industry in this section is very clear ly shown in the figures of the table rep resenting the comparative consumption of the mills of the two sections, even if all the cotton taken by Northern mills is held to have been "consumed" in manufactures, The increase" in the con sumption of the Southern mills in the last decade was 1,194123 bales. The increase in the consumption of the Northern mills in the same time was 363, ,4SS bales. It will also be noted that the increase in the consumption of the Southern mills last year, 317 040 bales, was nearly as much as the increase of the Northern mills | for the decade. And, further, that in the last five years, or since 1898. the consump- tion of the Southern mills 'increased" | ,130 bales, while that of the Northern mills "decreased 16O, 966 bales. The Southern mills have steadily increased their consumption. year by year, sine lSS4, and have nearly trehled it in the | eight years. The Northern mills consum- ed about 900 fewer bale; last year than they consumed in 1895.
 Colonel Hesters table, The Record re- marks, bears out the optimistic view held by him regarding the future of the in- dustry in the South which is reinforced again by his figures relating to the in crease in the number of spindles. On Sep tember l, 1890, there were 336 mills in the South consuming cotton. On September 1.
 
 meantime the number of spindles, which had grown between 1880 and 1890 from 561, ,S60 to 1,S19291, had further multiplied to 7,512,9S
 There is still plenty of room, however, for further development. All the mills in the coul'"y taken together consume only a little more than a third of the cotton crop. The Record says:
 Yet, with the closA approach of South ern mills to Northern mills In annual con. sumption of bales, the healthy and nat ural limit for American mills, and espe- Cially for those of the South, has by 10 means been approached, for the Ameri can mills are using not quite 3S per cent. of the American crop of cotton. As long as America is shipping away nearly two-thirds of its raw material for the textile industry. and as long as the South is working up less than half of the num- Der of bales used in this country, mill building upon conservative lines will continue to be in order"
 The greatest development, of course. should. and doubtless will, take place in | the South. A glance at the table shows that the Southern mills came short of the consumption of the Northern mills last year by only 112,803 bales. It is not i'm probable that they will take the lead in the course of the current year-never to lose 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
A Populist Claim.

The Harmonzer states that in the re- cent Democratic primary there were 1 ,J11 votes polled and that the other 2.120 vot. CTS in the county can be counted on tn side of the people" and against the Democratic Party With just as much truthfuness The Star could claim that 169 voters participated in the Popuist mass meeting. and that the other 2.962 voters in the county would vote with the Dem ocrats in November.-Ozark Star.
 It has been the regular thing with a few papers 10 claim that all who failed to vote in the August primary were op- posed to Governor Jelks and to the nov Constitution. It is a thoroughly absurd argument, but 1t fits papers like The AIabamian and its few imitators. and we suppose the claims do no injury. It s abolt all the satisfaction left the disor- ganizers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Doesn't Touch Them.

The coal strike does not affect the peo. pie of this section seriously, for wood is plentiful and when coal gets too high there are plenty of chunks to throw on the fire and keep't bright.-Dothan Sift- ings.
 It is a great thing to be able to throw on a solid log of oak or hickory, or to chunk in a pine knot when the fire gets low, as we know from experience in the olden times. And if there are things moro cheering than a bright hardwood fire and fat lightwood 70 keep it lively we haven't mixed with 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
FOUND TT AGAIN.

Those scientists and others who have been worrying about the location of the Garden of Eden may take back seats, fo- the matter is settled. The men who claim to know things, and some who do not. have been clavering over this subject for years. It Is true that until recently the weight of opinion was that this prim- eval Paradise was in Asia, but all req l. CTS know that men of learning, especially in modern times, have disputed the As'- atic theory and have written learned dis quisitions to show their grounds and to give their reasons. The late 1gnatius Donnelly brought forward a mass of most was at the North Pole, while others ha e labored just as hard to convince the world that it was somewhere else.
 One of the latest locations. but not the latest, has put 1t in Australia. Ths author of that theory reasons from tha flora and the fauna of that island con- tinent, and from other and various data satisfactory to his own mind, that all animal and vegetable life began there and sprea1 over he rest of the worla But even he s not the latest, for he:e comes The Atta!la Mirror with a brall new exploitation as follows:
 spot in question was in the vicinity Of At.alla. In fact, evidences of the old fruit trees are to be found in profusi )n in the nearby forests. The writer has seen these thi ,gs with his own eyes. And strange as it may seem few monkeys can yet be found, chattering and sport ing in aboriginal contentedness and hilar- ity. This should be proof sufficient to establish Attalla'S claim of the early garden and end all this senseless con- trover5y.
 Now all the rest of the scientific fel- lows may as well go into retirement and allow Alabama and Etowah County to do a few stunts in the claiming busi- ness. We have long regarded Alabama as one of the choicest portions of earth's 5 domains, but were not prepared to learn that it contained the exact spot selected by Divine intelligence to begin the work of human life, and that our first parents told their tales of love meath the pines and chestnuts of Etowah, dabbled in the pellucid waters of Skirum Creek or caught tadpoles and perch from the purling waters of the Whippoorwill or the Yahahatchee. And when they wece evicted and through Eden took their solitary way" as Milton tells us. they probably wandered down into St. Clair and built their tepee alongside the Tus- kahatchie or the Egonajago.
 While The Mirror was about 1t, and in connection with its other evidences 1t ought to locate Noahs ark. We don't know whether all the peaks and tables of Sand Mountain have been examin cd or not, but it may be that if our contem- porary will have an exhaustive search made it will be able to show that the second as well as the first radiation of humanity began in Etowah. More evil dence is needed. Something more conclu- sive than chattering monkeys will be demanded by the scientists before they abandon their other Edenic theories for those of The Mirror. Our contemporary must get move on itself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

Ths American Newspaper Directory uses cer- aain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes ander its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol [01 denoting ..goiden." which stands for high quality. and h thus explained:
 '.Adyertisers 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 bol; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL eel to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol [0Gl and is the only uaper so distinguished in this section of the EzorIth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
INDIANA IN DOUBT.
Republicans May Have Difficulty in
 Carrying State.

Indianapolis Special to New Orleans
 Times Democrat.
 The Republican State Committee met here today. The Populist State Commit tee met at the same time. Both discussed plans for carrying on the State campaign.
 It was learned from Republican high in the party councils, that matters not of a reassuring nature were presented Chairman Goodrich and Secretary Whit taker have for several days urged the County Chairmen to report the result of the sixty-day poll in time for the meet ing.
 Less than half the counties have made returns. While some of them make the usual showing. it Is hinted that many are far behind expectations. This espe- cially is true of several counties in the Southern part of the State. where Demo- crats are strongest.
 The authority for the information that the poll does not make as good showing as was expected. declared that if the Republican t-home vote be half as large as 1t the last State cam paign and the r ,.'1 rats succeed in poll ing their full strength. the Republicans will have difficulty In carrying the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
A Compliment With a String.

Mobile Item.
 The Montgomery Advertiser announces that it has taken possession and is now "at home' in it's elegant new brilding
 We congratulate The Advertiser upon it's change, feeling assured that it will not be stuck up" just because it has new "fxins," but that it will be enabled, by it's advanced modern processes, to give the State an improved service with less worry and annoyance. We are a great admirer of The Advertiser as a news purveyor; it b the best morning paper in the State, barring some of its freaky tendencie= in politics, and has long ago deserved better quarters and now that 1t has got clear of the cobwebs of the old structure, may we not hope that its po- lticaI haziness has also been left behind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Let Her Go.

Maine has gone, as is her usual GUS tom on election days. Republican, by an overwhelming majority from Con- stable to Governor. Just let Ter go. There Is enough good in the rest of the nation to save old Maine.-Athens Courier.
 We don't care a button whether she is the Democrats have a slice of pie, at least once in half a century, is not worth saving, and we don't propose to waste any tears over it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

We think very great deal of ex-PreS- ident Cleveland but he is treating MT. Bryan real mean. so there. now! If he'd only say few words occasionally so that The Commoner could have new text 1t would releYe the editor of that dreary platitudinal publication very much, but he keeps on not saying any thing and Mir. Bryan has no resource but to keep on saying the same thing over. It's a sort of loop-the-loop per Sormance that is monotonous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
In the Johnson Circus.

Cincinnati Enquirer :... .--
 Envious newspapers are making sar- castle remarks about the color of the lemonade that may he sold in Mayor Johnsons tent. To head off further in- vidiOus remarks we desire to announce that there will be no concert after the main performance, and no 'gentlemdnIy agent will pass through the seats sell ing tickets and disturbing the audience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Will Not Need It.

A Northern paper says that the Re- publicans have ol of Alabama since the disfranchisemen of the coon. coon coon! In November the editor Of The Mirror is going to send that paper a marked copy. ."-Attalla Mirror.
 It will not be needed. The Democratic e majority will be big enough to impr ess itself on that paper without the neces- city of sending special notice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

The Chicago Record-Herald takes 8 fall out of the Alabama Republicans for cutting themselves loose from the col ored contingent. and declares that their action cannot be regarded in any other light than as a backward step, one to be deplored by all intelligent and fair minded students of the race problem in the South.''
 We doubt If the Alabama Republicans will worry themselves very much over the opinion of our Chicago contemporary. but we might remind it, by way of ar- gument, that those Intelligent and fair minded students of the race problem in the South" do not make their homes in Chicago, so far as we have kept LID with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
WITH A COMMENT OR TWO.
Only the Losers.

Secretary Shaw has made a dead set against gambling among the department clerks at Washington. He is going to break up the practice or know the req son why.-Greenville Advocate.
 As we understood the situation he only bounced one of his clerks for the of- fense of "losing at poker" He may think that a chronic loser will eventually get to b'I,ing chips with some of tnc!e Sam's reserve and possibly he is right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
They Will Not Quit.

The wearing of half inch tie with two and a half inch collar may be styl- ish, but isn't according to vogue, and, coming down to brass tacks: is de- cidedly tacky. Boys quit it right now Union Springs Herald.
 If 1t isn't according to vogue" how can 1t be stylish? But our contemporary may rest assured that as long as the habit alluded to is fashionable it will be followed, beyond a doubt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
He isn't the First.

Certain papers may rest easy. Tom Johnson has no issue other than be- ing Mayor of Cleveland. He has given out a positive statement that he wants to be neither President of the United States nor Governor of Oho.-Mobile Herald.
 But Tom will not be the first public man who, whispering, I will neer con- sent'-consented. They can always be persuaded to take something better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
INSCRIPTION SELECTED.
For the Battleship Alabama Silver Service by Miss Eoline Russell.

For the BattleSh1p Alabama Silver Service by Miss Eoline Russell. Mobile Register.
 Several days ago President Hamburger of the Alabama Battleship Commission, addressed letter to Miss Eoline Rus sell of this city, in behalf of the com mission. stating that it was the desire of the commission that some young lady of Mobile should select the inscription for the silver service for the battleship Alabama and requesting her to perform that service. Miss Russell graciously acceptedwthe compliment thus paid her, and in a letter to the President of the commission submitted the following in- scription, which has been forwarded to the manufacturers to be engraven upon the principal piece of the service: From the Loyal Hearts of the People of
 Alabama
 To the United States Battleship Alabama, Whose Officers and Men Protect the HOnoF
 of Our Country in Peace and War.
 Mobile, Bay. Alabama, 1902.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

ach. Two doctors were sent for who were preparing to cut into her stomach, when an attendant found the teeth un' der the bed. The woman was relieved, but the doctors were disgusted at tho loss of such a good job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
August Circulation Facts.

With newspapers. with all other lines or trade, August is regarded as the dullest or the . 0u1l Summer months In face Of this tact The Advertisers circulation for the month or Amxust, just passed, not only maintained all prNvious high water marks but made sratify- fng gains. Each month of the past year has seen a substantial increase in The Adver- .tiser's subscription output and all indications point to the l2. 900 mark for the daiiy and lo,0oo for the Sunday by January, lsoS.
 Here are the August figures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

A North Carolina contemporary, speak ing of one of the schools of Its town, says:
 The children, instead of loafing and loitering about town, are seen hurrying through the streets to get to their hom.s, where they apply themselves to .--eir les- sons for the next day.
 That may be a matter of congratu'a- ton to the writer but we do not envy him his idea of what is best for chill dren. The inference from the languas SC is that hurrying home from school for the purpose of applying themselves to their studies for next day is the prop thing to do. According to this plan or theory there is to be no time for play, rest or recreation of any kind. Doubt less it is not a good thing for children to be out in the streets too much, but we are equally sure that it is not good thing for them to be so confined to their studies that they get no rest or play at all. There is such a thing as too much study and the limit can easily be crossed when the pupil is little child.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Saloon as Lodging House.

Houston Post
 A visitor to Houston claims that he slept in q saloon fifteen minutes and lost $l60. This amounts to little over $lO60 a minute for his lodging. He must have dreamed that he was at the Wal dOrf- Astoria
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
Get Another Reputation

Nashville American.
 Senator James K. Jones says Bryan will dominate the next National Conven- tion The Senator has some reputation as a false prophet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
The Smell Was There.

Chicago Chronicle.
 There is now some reason to believe that the disagreeable odor which St. Louis attributes to Chicago sewera ge really emanated from the local Board of Aldermen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention has served to resurrect the Honorable George Fred Williams from ahe obscurity that has hidden him for two years past.-Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 Well, not exactly a resurrection. They merely turned him over in his grave and then proceeded to bury him deeper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
The Real Freedom.

John Stuart Mill.
 The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not at tempt to deprive others of theirs, or im- pede their efforts to obtain it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

"cbary, the American army visitors at inc German maneuvres this week. It IS honed the Americans handed some strong ta,Ints. jibes and bon mots right back al monarch to make merry at General Cor k;p'e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

In New Haven few days ago a wo- man thought she had swallowed her false teeth while asleep and immediately began to complain of pain in her ston-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

If all the heat that is being thrown out by the various volcanoes could be con- trolled 1t might help to neutralize the coa, famine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

The proposition to trade Panama hats for overcoats is a good one. but we doubt if it will work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
The Retort Corteous.

Kansas City Star.
 Emperor William. a Frankfort-on-the Oder dispatch says was inclined to