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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Mary Rankin Cranston,
Sociological Engineer.

Beyond doubt the happiest times in this land were in the early days when every man was his own capitalist, and his own laborer. Profits were equally shared then We were mainly an agricultural nation and any man willing to work had plenty to eat and wear and was socially as good as anybody eise-if he behaved himself This is the ideal state
 We must return to that social state in a way modified to suit modern times.
 There are those who believe this ideal may be realized. To that end some of these golden dreamers organized the American Institute of Social Service. If they had said "socioiogicar' instead of social their selection of a name would have been happier, for the word social" has come to be connecrec only with fash ionable life and the life which apes it.
 When Mary Rankin Cranston, for in stance. is spoken of as a social engi- neer' one involuntarily thinks of her as one who is trying to engineer newly rich American women into the Four Hundred or into the court circles of Europe. As a matter of fact her business is as far removed from that as we'll may be. The American Institute of Social Service has for it's aim the "betterment of man." and Mrs. Cranston is its librarian. Though the institute was organized for the bet terment of man, woman works for 1t en- Enthusiastically. Sometimes the institute sends agents to study industrial condi- tions in other lands. Miss Helen Gould is a member of the institute, and in the mattef of sending secoldgists abroad to gather facts. one of the most valuable of themf
 Helen foots the bills.
 Others prominent in the institute and its good works are three college presi- dents. women every one--Dr. M. Carey Thohas of Bryn Mawr. Caroline Hazard of Wellesley and Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke.
 IT they only know it. it is the mission of the very rich to do what Miss Gould is doing-foot the bills, of sociological scieptists while they investigate the gen eral condition of this unhappy human race and suggest measures which will lift 1t to ashsn plano.
 'IEdoth not vet appear what we snail be," "Aeyen on this earth. A few of the 4 H
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

very rich have comprehended their mis- sion. and like Helen Gould, have gone to meet 1t. Robert Garrett of Baltimore Is member of the institute and warmly interested in its endavors for the bet Ierment of man. Not long ago he sent Mrs. Cranston, the institutions librarian and herself an eminent scciologiSt, to study the public playgrounds for children all over the United States. She made a thcroaghough examination of these and gave an exhaustive report. No sooner had she returned from ths tour however than another rich man who knows his business directed her to go to Europe and study there the status of cooperation in all it's phases, making report to him and suggesting those points wherein the system might be intellgently applied in the United States.
 The capitalist who this time sends Mrs. Cranston on a sociological quest is Stan- ley Mccormick of Chicago. MT. McCor- mick, too, belongs to the American Insti- tute of Social Service. Although its mem bers are scattered all over the Union, the headquarters of the organization are in f.ew IorK city at Ito Iwenty-second Street. It's President is Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong.
 Mrs Cranston is to be found at the New York office when not away on a quest She is a Southern woman. pos SeSSlnR the rare ldCl anu NlNdOlOuS dt- tractiveness of the daughters of the South On her it devolves to answer many of the thousands of letters of in- quiry that come to the society asking questions, wise and otherwise, on what the writers believe to be sociological mat ters. though the line cannot always be drawn just where intere.. in sociology ends and meddling with private affairs begins One of the most difficult ques- tions put to Mrs. Cranston was, How many of the United States Congressmen are Christians?
 We gave that up at once." says Mrs. Cranston.
 " Another query was. How much money is contributed for foreign missions every 1 Sunday in the United States and what proportion of it is given by women and what by men Queer notions some people have of the scope of a society formed for the betterment of man.
 Mrs. Cranston departed recently on her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

 rope she will investigate women's em- ployment in all grades and see wherein we can learn from Europe or Europe can learn from us. One phase of the work ing woman's life in. England especially Is unknown to us here-that is the GUS tom among firms that employ large num- bers of young women of boarding and lodging these employees on the shop premises. In some of the largest depart- ment stores of London tine woman clerks are boarded on the upper floors of the store buildings and are consequently, un- der considerable restraint. This is called living in.' Is the plan a good one or not? Mrs. Cranston will find out.
 In the terminology of the Institute of Social Service a social secretary is not, as might be supposed from the name. one who is hire by a society woman to attend to her correspondence. It is per- son employed by greaE business and manufacturing houses to stay on the premises and look after the health, hap piness and improvement of their em- ployes The Institute of Social Service trains such secretaries. Mrs. CranstOn has been promoted to the next grade in sociology. which Is that of social en- 'gineer," a sociological expert capable of giving instruction in the matter of lm- proved conditions for the. raee.r
 Elizabeth Lee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Each thread Is made up of eighteen
 single strands. As single strand is hardiR perceptible to the naked eye. As to the relative strength of a real silk thread and this imitation, the real silk
 IS two thirds stronger. It is said to take
 coicring or dyeing readily. and when
 woven into pieces has the appearance of real silk, It Is impossible to get sam pies here. or Information as to the pro- cess of manufacturlng, excepting that no particular kind of wood is reauired
 and that the pulp undergoes q chemical process and is pressed through very fine
 tubes by hydraulic pressure. forming the single strands which go to make up the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES TO NEW YORK, BOSTON
 AMn THE EAST

The Central of Georgia Railway and itm connection now have on sale at all coupon ticket offices in the Southeast excursion tickets to New York, Boston and other Eastern cities and resorts via Savannah and Steamships of the Savannah Line. good returning until October S1st, 1903. Tickets include meals and berth aboard ship. Rates much less than all rail. 'rhe rail ride to Savannah Is quick and pleas- ,Ant, through sleeping cars. The ocean voyage Is smooth and refreshing. Nine new and magnificent ships. More fre- quent sailings than in previous years. Im- proved service aboard ship. Evening course dinners.
 For further particulars. apply to your aearecc agent or Fred B. White, Commercial Agent.
 No. Commerce St.,
 adv-tf. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Al sure Cure for Diarrhoea.

Coming as 1t does. in the busiest sea- sop. when a man can least afford to lose time. sure and quick cure for diarrhoea is very desirable Anyone who hhs given 1t trial will tell you that the quickest, surest and most pleasant remedyt h use for this disease is Chamberlain s dColfe. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no loss of time when 1t is used, as one or two doses of it will cure any or dinary attack. It never fails, not eVen in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by all druggists adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Letters From the Ocean.

Minneapolis. Minn., Aug 14-H. D. Me- Milan of this city has just received a letter from his daughter. Emily D. Mc- Milan, which was mailed thirty-one daya ago in mid-Atlantic by means of a bottle. in which 1t was enclosed and set afioat, The postmark shows that the bottle was picked up and taken to coast town of Portugal. A similar experiment was made by other passengers on the .Prin- cess Irene. which sailed from New York July
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
The Teacher's Lantern.

This incident affords a fine study in psychology, a science which has been apt ly called the science of human nature. A comparison and contrast of the leading chaEacters, Saul and David. will well H. lustrate the rise. progress and end of op- posite human traits. Brownings Saul is distinctly a psychological poem.
 The circumstance also opens and illus tratcs the field of ethics. It shows in what ideal moral manhood does and docs not consist. Two intelligent and free oe- ings, each with a conscience. pass and re- pass before us in the spirited narrative. One Is the most ardent selfst of history the other rises to the consideration of the supreme good as the ultimate ground of obligation.
 David suffered the pains and penalties of popularity. Among them is the quick ening of envy in the small souls which. so far from toying in the success of oth- CTS, can not so much as brook 1t.
 Success did not make David conceited. Nothing so quickly or effectively blocks the way to further achievement as con- ceit. Current history affords some re- markable illustrations.
 Praise has its utility; 1t also has its limits. It is a high art to know whom, how, when, and where to commend
 The staying of ten thousand, taken as a gauge of a great achievement, reveals that the age of David was still a coarse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON
Copyright, Davis VI oiark.)

Saul next sought to achieve in the bou- doir what he had failed to accomplish aheld. He would fain use his own daugh- ter as bait to catch David with. Pater- nal feeling was so excelled by another passion that he regarded her feelings no more than the fisherman does the angle worm. Before he was through with 1t he had sacrificed the happiness of two daughters, reviled his own wife, and sought the happiness of a son as we'll as a son-in-iaw.
 With every failing expedient his jeal- ousy deepened He would fain have throust his hands within the sacred pre- cincts of the school of the prophets and taken the refugee thence. While life lasted the stubborn purpose to thwart the Divine will in the elevation of David to the throne changed not, except in the de- gree of it's intensity. History, profane nor sacred, contains a more awful in- stance of conscious inveterate assertion of human self-hood against a declared purpose of the Almighty. Thus, as ever. the hammer broke, the anvil remained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Fortify lthe body to resist malaria germs by putting the system in perfect order. Prickly Ash Bitters is a wonderfrI system regulator. adv--sti- wed fri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Accomplished an "ImpOssible Feat"

Accomplished an Impossible Feat" !"
 It has long been supposed impossible for 6 human being to climb to the summit Of Mount Rainier. in Washington, but pr. R. W. Betts, of New Orleans, and fl. M. Sarvant of Tacoma succeeded in accomplishing the feat last week. Before reaching the summit they were compelled to cut steps in the Ice surrounding declivities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

and cruel one. By their own age all the characters in this incident are to be meas ured. Some were larger and some smaller than their age.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Jealousy was the fools gold, ,--the iron pyrites hidden in Saul which soon turned all his fair exterior to corroding black ness, g
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

David learned the art of getting honey out of the eater. Saul's jealousy was u school for him. He learned that the arts of patience and caution which were most serviceable to him in his singularIy check cred career. E4Sfs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

The javeln was the Oriental scepter. When Saul hurled it at David he was un- consciously, but certainly. throwing away his scepter. He was parting. too, with the sceptered sign of self-command.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

A mother who manages her husband in ra 4Anner satisfactory to their daughter, IS hhusual.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Save for my daily range Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ, might despair. -Tennyson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Contentment is the philosophers stone It turns what 1t touches to gold. 1t is the fountain of perpetual youth. Saul never found the stone or the fountain. Any body can who takes a real quest. f,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Incidental light Is cast upon a point of textual criticism. The first live verses of this chapter de not appear in the Septu- agint manuscripts Qhe Old Testament versions In Greek.) These manuscripts are older than the oldest Hebrew text in existence. The verses appear only in the latter They may have been interpolated They give a little roughness to the mar rative, but do not introduce anything in- consistent. The circumstance is men, toned only to illustrate how the sacred Scripture may have been altered and sup plemented from other sources. without af- fecting its genuineness or authenticity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

The very reason John Baptist is great est of prophets is that he learned to pre- fer anothers promotion. when the su- preme good of the largest number was gained thereby. Seeing the case stood so, he said divinely, file must increase; I de- crease"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

Praise has its utility; 1t also has its limits. It is high art to know whom, how, when, and where to commend
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

The staying of ten thousand, taken as a gauge of a great achievement, reveals that the age of David was still a coarse
New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
NEK ABATTOIRS.

In most instances our local Health Depart
ment as now constituted acts wisely for the
public welfare It may perhaps be doubted,
however, whether its decision refusing to the
retail butchers permission to build big slaugh-
ter house at E1eventh-ave. and Fortieth-st. Is
the best possible in the circumstances. The re-
tail dealers wish to set up an effective competf-
ton against the members of the beef combina-
ton, which has raised the prices of meats to
unreasonable figures and therefore they have
the sympathy and good will Of consumers gen
orally.
The Health Departments refusal is defended
on the ground that it is not advisable to allow
the construction of more slaughter houses in the
Borough Of Manhattan, no matter who the pro-
iectors may be, and it is said further that a
recently submitted plan for abattoir on
this island, to be raised by one of the principal
firms in the so-called Beef Trust, was denied
by the health officers. It is plain enough, how
ever, that the two requests do not stand in the
same order Of merit. The great combination OF
firms who own so many stockyards and pack
ing houses now controls every abattoir Of much
size and Importance in this borough. The
Health Department ought not to grant this cor
poration any privileges beyond those it now
possesses But is it altogether certain that it is
the best policy for the benefit Of the community
to stihe competition in abattoir enterprise and
development by rejecting the application of the
retail dealers?
New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
Nep31ork Daily Gribn1ae
SATURDAY. MARCH IA.
THE NEWS THIS HORNIEG.

CoNGRESS-Most Of the Senate's tinle Mae va;
occupied by Senator Morgan In assaliGlLs Glor n,a
Panama Canal Company's title; senator "po'"ei
will reply to-day
roRETGN-A theological battle rageo IN ,t tIle
rys,..o - Cor-nons ever the Church Discipline
hill an attack on extreme rtualistlc pracsG,en ~,
in the Church Of England: though oproSseu ~ f
Prime Minister Balfour the secoho . Ieau'-e V- =
enc nui was passed by 13o to 81 votes: =, Z.
President-elect Bonla on the nlgnt OF a Nnea 80 ~
captured the fort and town OF Ceioa, ~ ,afd a +
- The first court Of the season was nelo az
9,c,-irstem Palace. several Americans being
among those presented to the King ano 49,, ~
Minister Squiers has returned 10 has 49,. aao
- FnIIr devs' visit to the Isle of Pines.
- Professor Barua, zoologist OF the bat % n1I vi
ToJI eTnedition, which has been engaged IN eA. =.
SSS,,trS fbirty miles north of Lake Baikai
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roosevelt Is consul cons1u-
erinC the advisabiiitv OF Gaining an On 80 10 g
6inary session of the LVliith (oheIeS - Nayv
not yet reached decision. g NJ, nc s-o1
Denartneut ordered Admiral Coghlan squI. qG - =
Of Warships to Honduras. TO proteet fil1 fe Of
fntereefs - Consul General Blttinser a.
11entreaI hes been asked to resign. because ne
discilssed the relations between tne Ciliteu NJ
states and Canada 100 freely. - me - "a
SITJon of Justice William R. Day was rePortTu
I.p4I,e - t-no-oyed - The will of Edwin L.
Burdick was admitted to propate: MIs' d.
dick objected TO the clause aPpoiI.,1s I.,6se Tur
dams for the three children - Juoee ~ -.
tor in the United States District court IN IN IN
cfnnati issued order restraining tne WINS
of the Union Pacific holdings OF soutne!n tto
A. STOCK until an application for an fn1unctlon
Is heard in Nashville Tenn; April was set as
the date for the hearing
CrTY.-stocks were dull and generally nr1l;
- Estimates for the cost OF munlcipatt
Ifgntine nIant were ordered by the Board OF
estimate and AppoFtionTnent upon the report
of Colonel r. G. Monroe that the city ls oelhs
overcharged for street lights. - Mayor Low
expressed HIS views on the rapid transit S1tua-
fior in a letter to Alexander e. Orr Dls-
trfct Attorney Jerome announced the oeginnlng
of an official examination Of the books OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company IN
spector McC1usky succeeded Inspector Brooks
IN command of the police detective service
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Increasing cloudiness. The temperature yester-
dav: Highest so degrees; lowest 50.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
sail to-day FOR Genoa and
PERSONAL NOTES.

The career of the Right Rev. John Owen, tbs
Bishop OF St Dayids, who has taken MS seat Tor
the first time in the House OF Lords. Is one OF tHs
most interesting instances Of rapid promotion prob
ably in the history OF the Church OF England Hs
* \ ,ative of an obscure parish IN North Ea-nar-
vorshfre known ilanenEan, the son ~ weaver
who was CaJyinistic Methodist deacon. and was
brought up on the strictest NOnco1formlst princI-
Piles He entered the Church and was oT1alned IN
1879 served as curate in the North OF England for
a short time. ard subsequently, appointed pro-
fpssor Of Welsh St. Davids COLLEGE, I-iEnpeter
College where ne followed DR.. Edwards. the pres
cnt Bishop of s.. Asaph. Later ne was aPpoia5e1
hTn ht short time When he was in 1897 promoted
the premier seat Of his native ARG ne 5 - ora.-
CessOn to the House of Lords should be a eSunGt
has waited for that honor for moro than ye years.
and now takes the seat vacant oNIrs u '''S Ne@'A
OF the Bishop Of St Alhans-
Senator Pettus of Alabama the other day dis
proved the prevailing theory that all seats in tbs
United States Senate expensive. and that thaE
body is altogether a milionai-es ciuo- He sent 10
the Secretary of State OF Alabama the sum Of 81
his recent unanimous election This sum repre-
sers the fee Of the Secretary OF State for his SER
vices So ftr as known; TINS IS Z RECORD III tA7
minimum price for seats in the Senate
Minister Bowen, who is graduate Of Yale vis-
tied the university the other day to see his former
instructors and two nephews who are students
there He told some OF the college boys that there
is no chance for American students 70 make a Nv
ing in Venezuela
Harry A Garfield. who is suggested for the Re-
publican nomination for Mayor OF Cleveland was
born at Hiram Portage County, Ohio, on Octo7er
IL 1853 the son OF James A. Garfield. twentieth
President Of the United States. Mr.. Garfield was
graduated from Williams College in 1885. and dur
ing the ensuing year studied law at the law school
land, and Inns Court. London, but without HatElc
uaton at either place: He began the practice q
law In Cleveland in 1SS3 He IS aSSoc4dtVd WIN
his brother in the practice
New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
nm HEHsELF CREDIT.

A +ruckman was arrested yesterday ana
arraigned before a magistrate for naE"s
broken a lamppost by driving into the sd me-
On the face of it. while this was NOT
hideous accusation, 1t did reflect d1screot on
the prisoner, and seemed to enroll MIN IN the
too numerous class OF drivers VINO are uo'
AT for their responsibilities. But 10! when the
facts had been disclosed 1t appeared thaI
nubIic school had just been dismissed tnaI
the street was full Of children, that the truck-
man had lost control of his horses that II
he had failed to bring them in some way u
q sudden stop there would have been
slaughter of innocents, and that he therefore
determined, with admirable presence OF mlilu'
to stop them with convenient lanppost'
He was thrown to the ground, but not lhucn
hurt. while nobody else was scratched Oh
this clear statement of the case the magistrate
discharged the prisoner with a well deserved
compliment.
1t is possible that the tr1Ckman was 10 Diaihe
for letting his horses become unmahageaDe'
As we have said there are many incompetent
Jehus in this city. But that is remote con-
sideration The fact Of immediate interest IS
that the man didn't lose control OF nlmseh'
hut was exactly equal to sudden emergency.
Hinder the circumstances we think 1t ought TO
no known that his name is Christian Miller
and that the esteemed Borough or brooklyn
has the honor of being his place of residence.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
DANGER SIGNALS IN NEW7JERSEY.

A dozen years ago gang Of political freeDoot-
ers obtained control of the Democratic organlza-
tion in New-Jersey, and they Immediately nro-
ceeded to make legislation a matter or barter
and sale The Democrats We're in absolute c L
+roI of the State government and the DEGREES OF
the highwaymen were enforced by the legislat-
IRE. in spite of all that the Republican minority
could do by way of protest. Corporations hau
onIv TO make known their wants, and pay the
nrice and those that did not want anything were
Obliged to pay to be left alone 1t took just
three years of that wholesale and baretaceo de-
bauchery to bring about a political reVoiuton'
For the first few years after the Republlcans
were invested with power the major part OF
their duties consisted in undoing, to some e4-
tent, the evils created by their predecessors
Then came period Of reconstruct1ng and re-
arranging the State government on more sta
BILE and businesslike basis, and splendid results
are already showing themselves But there are
grafters in all parties, and the grafters afnated
with the Republican party in New-Jersey are
now beginning to assert themselves. Appar-
emily they do not value political power unless 1t
can be changed into coin OF the realm. They
fail to appreciate the philosophy Of being poor
but honest" especially when large wealth is in
sight, with nothing required to obtain it but the
use of their power and the destruction of other
mems regulations.
There are danger signals ahead in Trenton
lust now All the materials for a smashup and
an explosion are being gathered together denD-
erately and laboriously by persons who seem
ignorant and unconscious OF what the after er-
fects will be. Unless somebody turns on the
hose in time there is going to be noise to shake
little New-Jersey from top to bottom.