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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
PuN1sHEp TOR MARRY1Na.
Penalties Imposed in Certain Circles
 on Men Who Wed.

Cnlca&o Record-Herald.
 Matrimony is considered a punishable onense in some communities. These cir cles of society are small, but their edicts are strong. The larger community, If it takes cognizance of a mans single state, usually imposes a fine for not getting married, as in Argentina, where bache- lorhood requires the payment of an ln- creasing tax to the Government.
 But in certain circles marriage is re- garded as an offense At Oxford Univer- sity, for instance, a fellow of All Soul s College forfeits his fellowship if he takes to himself a wife while he is supposed to be studying the classics
 He not only must pay his penalty, but he must present his college a memorial in the shape of a silver cup, on which is inscribed the words: "Descendit in mat rimonium"-'He backslided into matrt- mony.''
 The aristocratic Bachelors Club of Piccadilly, London, ostracises members who forget themselves so far as to marry. Instant expulsion Is the punishment for this offense. The backsliders must leave the company of the bachelors forever. As an act of grace they may pay fine of 500 and become honorary members of the club. but that Is their only salvation.
 Not only England has these anti-matri- mony clubs. Their formation in Chicago AAoo oSCLl ITCdtcu dS d JohCs oo it hoo HI other American cities. Bachelors in other countries have lent an air of seri- ousness to their endeavors.
 It is serious for a member of a certain Junggesseilen club in Germany to lapse Into matrimony. AS soon as his intention becomes known he is tried in the club court, with the president as judge. when he is allowed to plead in extenuation of his offense. On the skill of his pleading and his excuses depend his fine, from $lOO to $250.
 This fine is devoted to a dinner. at which all members apear in mourning garm. At its conclusion the president reads the sentence of expulsion, and the delinquent Is led from the premises to an accompaniment of groans and lament ations.
 Only last winter a recreant was con- demned to swim twice across the Seine at midnight, with the result that severe attack of rheumatic fever nearly hobbed him of the bride he had paid the heavy price to wed.
 While the bachelor sometimes has to pay dearly for 8 wife, in at least one country it scarcely pays to remain celi- bate. In Argentina the man who prefers single to duplicated bliss has to pay substantial and progressive tax. If he has not taken a wife by the time he has reached his 18th birthday, he must pay a fine of $5 a month to the exchequer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS.
The Southern Railway Will Try % In- duce Them to Locate in South.


 .P duce Them to Locate in South. Those interested in the development of the resources of the South are. to some extent at least, conversant with the methods employed by the Southern Rail- way Company in advancing the material growth of the country served by its lines. For several years past that com pany has made special effort to attract to the South desirable class of German immigrants. While this work is one that requires time, labor and patience. the re- suits have been fairly satisfactory. and several settlements of that class of peo- Sple have been established along the lines gef the Southern Railway.
 The success achieved by the company has convinced 1t of the wisdom of re- doubling it's efforts, and 1t has decided to wage an active campaign, having for its purpose the location of a larger s number of thrifty German farmers along the line. There is no better class of emil grant than the thrifty German farmer and such a settlement is always an im- portant factor in the growth and develop ment of the section of country in which 1t is located.
 The Southern Railway Company will soon publish an illustrated pamphlet in German, the object of which will be to give reliable information concerning each of the Southern States tributary to its lines to all Germans considering the question of change of location. This pamphlet will be followed by other pub hcations giving general information about this territory which 1t is thought will be the means of attracting the attention of thousands of Germans to the South.
 These publications, besides having a general distribution, will also be sent in answer to all inquiries which are now being received daily from Germans all nd in
 Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of the people of the South doing all they can to foster and promote this movement. Germans already located in the South can do much to promote this work. The Southern Rail- way will be glad to have from each Ger man located along it's line his tpdivid- ual opinion of the country in which he is located as a desirable field for this class of immigration. This information will be of special value in its negotiations with other Germans, and the result will be mutually beneficial. Undoubtedly there is abundant room in each county of the South for German farmers and it is hoped the Southern Railway will receive the earnest and active cooperation of the people located along its lines. This will result in producing a tide of emil grafton to the South of active and ener- getic Germans, and will cause thousands of that class of people to seek homes in this Southern cline.
 MT. M. ". Richards Washington, D. C., the land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway Company, will be glad to hear from those interested in the sub jeot. Write him and send him the names and addresses of your German friends and relatives in the North and Europe so that he can send them the literature referred to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
Louis Levine Disappears.

New York. Sept. 2S.-Inspector McClus- sxey was today informed that Louis Le- vine. a manufacturer of underwear in Ti1is city, indicted for alleged fraud in June, has disappeared, and general aiarra for his apprehension was sent 4hrouKhout the country. Levine had ar Establishment at Indianapolis Levine was charged with obtaining, by fraudu- lent statements, about s4.00O worth oi ksesa from three local firms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
The negro is with us and he Is going to
The Cost of Strikes,
Buffalo Express.


 The officers of the International Union of Machinists have. 1t is said Issued a circular letter to walking delegates ad- vising that much discretion be shown in the calling of strikes. There are more than 100 machinists' strikes in different parts of the country and additional strikes would severly tSx the union funds. This letter discloses an interesting phase of the union question. The main- tenance in idleness of men who fre- quently go on strike on the slightest pretext is one of the heavy burdens of the industrious and conservative trades unionists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
SeabOard Air Line Railway

Leave Arrive Daily. Montgomery Ala Daily. a.ooamI mIHurtsboro, Columbus, Ric6-I Hand, Albany. Arnericus
 1Cordele, Jacksonville Nal
 leon (via Cordele), Savannah
 and points East. z.6snr,
 IVia Western Railway
 and Atanta.l 6.A5amlFor Ralyeigh, Norfolk, Oldl a a.oo,r. Point Comfort, Petersburg N fRichmond, Washington, Bal
 ltimore Philadelphia. New
 York and all points East
 Pullman Sleepers Atlantal
 Ito Norfolk and New York
 Dining car service on noon I.3opml train from Atlanta. g o:oonn 6:sopmlUnion Springs. Ala. and
 Montgomery and Ft Davis,
 iSolid train for Unionl
 lSprings; change of carsl S1san -JeIigbtful Rau and Water trip to the Eas. ,.,a Norfolk or Savannah. Apply to q 6 Adams. $ P. A.: s. T. Suratt, U. T. A, Mont. omery Ala, for full information or CharIs. F Stewart, A. G.. P. A.. Savannah. Ga sDaily except Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
Iron Improves Eggs.

An Italian authority finds that when hens ara .i ch food containing a large percen.t e,. of iron the eggs reveal the presence of ron in the very digestible form of the albumina.. Suen .Rgs exert tonic effect on persons vh , eat them The case illustrates the fact that all eggs are aot alike D. any means. nd that. ac- co. 4,os to the food fed. they may vary greatly in dieue value and ena0k
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
HURTFUL AGITATION
And Southern People Should No
 Engage in It.

EuSHB5 III It.
 R. H. Edmonds in Manufacturers Record Of all persons Southern men should have no part in giving life to negro agi- tation The negro is in this country for good. We must meet this situation not with impracticable theories, supported by overdrawn pictures of danger from his presence. No reasonable man could with prophetic sight have viewed the influences exerted upon negroes for forty years without expecting even more trouble than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29

The women are to wear suspenders this win ter to keep their skirts and waists together and the badly need no longer fight for the pos session of the safety pin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29

we have had. Suddenly freed from the restraining power which had controll = and civilized them, taught by the most interruptions white scoundrels that ever cursed a land. as we'll as by misguided phifantfropasts from other sections, that they must demand social equality, who could expect aught but a generation of crimina Instincts. But this criminality is les than might have been anticipated. Upon the white people of the South rests the responsibility of being permitted to deal with infinite patience with a race. millions of which have proved that they could be honest virtuous, hard working and faithful to every trust. The demons in human shape whose horrible acts are followed by swift punishment, which, however severe, can never be severe enough to atone for the crime. saould not arouse resentment against the whole race. The mad dog is a terror, but the fact that some dogs go mad Is never taken as sufficient reason for driving every dog out of the country.
 The negro is with us and he Is going to stay with us How shall we get the best for him and for ourselves out Of the situation? Not by deportation. not by amalgamation, but by the same tireless work which the South has for forty years given to this question. freed. however, from the visionary theories Of outsiders, who know nothing about the conditions in the South. and the equally visionary theories of impracticable Southern men. With the marked increase of white tmrni- grafton to the South now under way, the tendency of the negroes to dispersion throughout the country, the enactment and enforcement of vagrancy laws, the establishment of country patrol systems, and the gradual elimination of the criminal classes in reproduction, the negro ques- ton will no longer afford profitable em- ployment for public speakers and maga- zine writers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29

Trains s7 and ss carry Pullman drav
 an5 New Orleans, with superb dii .iesninE . car New York and New 0@rle @ Ntianta and New Orleans Care SDse 0S;e A.hrosah coach Atlanta to New ore tEaOon ii a, m. and LaGrange 6:A6 p G. B. Tyler. c. A.. Montgomery. Al A. Atlanta, Ga; R. B. L9tS;
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
ADIAN NOJNTED
POLICEMAN

public pulse than yours. You can
not turn out. a government that does
wrong within four years. We can
turn ours out and fill it's places in for
ty-eight hours. AS compared to the
King Of England, your president Is an
autocrat in the prerogative he pos
sesses. Our judiciary and our public
officials are not dependent upon popu-
lar favor for their offices, and are
their Offices, and therefore in a
position to do their duty impartial
ly, and with better results than are
possible with the elective system. In
short we think we are going ahead
fast enough for our own good. We
have not as much to brag about as the
Americans, but we don't mind that.
Our ambition is simply to live peace
ably by the side of our neighbors and
ent Of Them"
That is what Mr.. Gosnell thinks
Of the situation. He is a fine type of
the Canadian and his utterances will
meet with the approval of his people.
The only criticism that will be Of
fered will be that che didn't give it
to the Yanks hard enough" The
Canadian is getting mighty big in the
chest these days. He talks back to
John Bull equally as much as he be-
rates Uncle Sam. The thing he has
up his sleeve is Independence. He
claims to be a compromise between
the radical conservatism of the Eng
lishman and the extreme progressive
ness of the American. He states that
he does not intend to be dictated to
by one or bulldozed by the other. It
is plain that he has made up his mind
to hoe his own row. Gosnell puts it
mildly. Bristles stand up on the
back Of the average Canadian as he
tells you what is coming to pass. It's
all right for him to get a gait on
himself, goodness knows it's thing
lie has put off long enough But it
seems he is inclined to sing rather
loud for a boy in knee trousers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

affairs, production was paralyzed. and
the demand for Canadian products
was exceptional. AS consequence,
Canada endeavoredl at various times
other on some modified basis Of re-
ciprocity, but without success, all her
advances being met, If not with re-
buff, at least in q very unresponsive
spirit. Finally Canada, tired Of play
ing the undignifed part of a sutton
problem of hewing out national
structure Of her own, independent of
the United States. =.
I Here it is pertinent to remark that
the mistake the statesmen of the
American republic made in dealing
ter's advances. That policy was die
tated by the idea that Canada, by be-
ing isolated and debarred from, the
benefits of free intercourse with the
United States, would be starved into
complete submission and would thus
be compelled to cut the ties that bound
her to Great Britain in order to COM
Blaine, the greatest exponent of this
doctrine, virtually told Canada that as
long as she was a political part Of
Great Britain she could not expect to
reap the benefits Of commercial union
with the United States. She must
was apparently good logic, but it was
short-sighted as the sequel proved.
Canada, by striking out for herself,
developing her own resources and
finding new avenues Of trade, has be-
come more prosperous than she ever
was at any other period Of her his
tory. Even if she could she would not
now accept what she then sued for in
vain. The time has passed when fu-
sion is possible. She has developed
interests In other directions to which
union with the United States would
be fatal. Had Canada remained COM
mercially allied with the United States,
her material interests would have be-
come more Identified with the Ameri-
leans until connee zion with the mother
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
TOWN IN CA NADA

identical; that sooner or later they, by
the Irresistible law of affinity, must
unite their forces and go down the
ages, for better or for worse, one and
indissoluble.. But believe voice the
sentiment Of the great body of Cana
dams when I say that the reasons
upon which such conclusions are
founded, when investigated, are not
so obviously sound as they may appear
on first blush. High-sounding cpl
grams are often dangerous guides to
political wisdom, and we. must not &C
cept incautiously what has been
promised in the present instance. @.%-a.
- "Between the years 1854 and 1866
Canada, which then consisted of four
distinct colonies-Ontario and Quebec,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island, with a popula-
ton of about 5oo,o0o-enjoyed rare
degree of prosperity under a treaty of
| reciprocity with the United States.
After the war the latter country abro-
gated the treaty, mainly on account
of the mistaken notion that Canada
had sympathized with the south dur
ing the civil war; but to some extent
also because it was thought that Can
ada had the best of the bargain. BY
the abrogation of the treaty Canada
| suffered from restricted markets, and
| a period of serious depression ensued.
Arguing that certain cause produces
a certain effect, a great many we'll
meaning persons in Canada, reason
| ing from the prosperity of those years,
attributed it to reciprocity without
reference to the conditions which ex-
listed in the United States at the time
In the same way the people of Great
Britain regard free trade as the elixir
of their commercial life, because dur
ing a period when the other nations
Of Europe had not started on a career
of Industrial expansion under systems
of protection, they enjoyed undisputed
| and indisputable commercial ascend
ancy.s 1t, was not taken into account
that in, the United States, owing to
the disturbed. and upturned state. of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

have been building up iron and steel
industries and pulp and paper manu-
features, mining industries, etc. United
States capital is being largely invested
in these. Canada is being heard of
as she never was before. The people
Of the United States have suddenly de-
velOped an interest in our welfare.
Your newspapers would have us be-
lieve it a very fine thing for us to
join hands with you. We hear much
Of common destiny and kindred in
StitutlOnS.' This is significant. "a
1--WE believe it would be- to Can
ada's interest to be on the best terms
with the United States. In great
many ways we regard the true Amer
lean as cousin of whom to be proud.
We admire him and welcome him to
visit u.s. We realize that the two
countries might form an alliance for
defensive purposes that would be to
the advantage of both, yet we believe
that it is to the true interests of
fed and believe we are better off as
Canadians than to lose our identity
by being merged into a mass Of TO-
100000 people. We do not envy you
your great population. Too much
stress has been laid on it's impor-
lance by both countries. If popula-
ton Is not of the right sort it may be
a great evil. It is the potentially
of the people and not their numerical
character that counts. We are con-
tent to go on as we are
e.
seWe like our political institutions.
We believe they are better than yours.
Even if they are not better, they are
more suited to us and are more in
harmony with all our traditions and
conditions. While nominally under
monarchial form of rule, our institu-
lions are as free and our need of lib
erty, private and public, as great as
exists anywhere under the stars and
stripes We believe we are even more
democratic in spirit than you are;
that our government is more repre-
sentative and IN closer touch with the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

uOl leel the least ike IL.
Our incredulity was vocalized in various
EXPLANATIONS and Ursula went on more en-
phatically: 1T probably did not strike
you that I appeared particularly glum
when l came in and I certainly hope not,
! for In that case my efforts would be
proved vain, for it was to offset my feel
lngs that 1 wore my new fall clothes in
stead of my old regimentals. Under the
| influence of WEAKNESS one is inclined to
doubt ones powers and that feeling really
reduces them. Now, the consciousness
that l am looking particularly we'll large
ly offsets that depression, which is the
principal element in the ''blues," and the
approving glances Of the people I meet
makes the remedy even more complete
and adequate. The feeling that I am we'll
dressed and good to look at fortifies me
so we'll against most Of the tri1ing an
noyances that the additional expenditure of
time and money involved is a good in
| vestment" -
This precipitated discussion of the
philosophy Of clothes in which we all
talked at once We were immensely in
terested in this bit of revelation, for. if
the truth were known, I think we have
been little inclined to regard Ursula as
rather vain and a little too fond of ad-
mira 1on, and also to criticise the extrava-
gance Of her wardrobe, which is always
well ordered, fashionable, and fastidiously
correct .r~. l. f--i
|
GRATED her theories for our benefit. IT
know you have noticed my wearing white
and light colors often, but you do not
know that 1t was to induce a buoyancy of
spirits that cannot always force success
fully without the~aid of the strong inf1u-
ence of color suggestions that for me at
least are cheerful and happy. like white
frocks and affect them for house wear be-
cause they suggest leisure, homeness and
all the things that are dear to wonanly.
woman. Even in trailing around nv box
of room in dainty trained white gown,
| with a flower in my hair and a sweet
| scented cUsage knot of one of my favor
lite foWers I can completely lose con-
seriousness for few hours that am a
working machine, valued chiefly for my
capacity for turning off with automatic
precision a certain stint
Il am not ashamed of being a working
woman and my indulgence of ray ferni-
\ nine fancies does not spoil me for nv
work; instead, it reinforces me for it.
Perhaps long business experience may
teach business women Spartan fortutude
and endurance and then they may be able
/ to keep up their courage without any
! such bolstering, but don't think shall
/! ever reach that point am so much the
! old fashioned woman that need cud-
i ding to keep me up to the mark and 7
know it, If no one else does. Having no
/ one to do it for me, ] do it for myslf by
indulging all my harmless fancies in
J dress, society and amusements Perhaps
4 can't always afford the things apparently
4 and really hate to spend the money that
way. but If it tides me over a hard place
i it perhaps let's me off cheaply for ner-
vous prostration, melancholy and other
Accomplishments of worry are expensive
Il alternates.''