The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
9uhacient to Make a Gentleman.
His Tale of Woe.


 His Tale of Woe.
 Perhaps not few of the stragglers along the road of misfortune,' with no destiny wander into the streets of Mont gomery at night and take advantage of its quiet hooks and alleys for a few hour s repose.
 met one of these creatures of adver- sity the other night, and he seemed to be uneasy lest the mailpost would fall upon him. At any rate he was holding stead fastly to 1t, and I was reminded of one of the first paragraphs ever committed to memory:
 -tsee the man holding to the post.
 ''Is the post loosef
 ''No. the man Is tight" i,t.
 approached him and as approached he beckoned to me. -.--'' .'...#.'
 Say" he said, "can't you give a poor unfortunate fellow a tip? I'm needy"
 I often do things of which my salary and pocketbook do not approve, and my conscience would not let me except the rule this time, so made a charitable fn- stitution of myself and gave him quar- ter.
 His eyes which were already beaming beamed some more.
 "I'm sick. I'm hungry and I need sleep," he said. and as walked away. he called to me and said: "QIic) Old pard. but Chic) can you put me (hic) onto axood saloon (hic) nearby"
 sf Evidently Not Encouraging. :. The following is not intended to dis { rourage young men of Montgomery and Alabama who have political aspirations, i for politics is a manly game, Qnasmuch ns it is the nature of man to be wild and wiiy), however uncertain it may be. This is merely a true anecdote: There hwas a young man well known throughout This county and district, and after holding fKhe minor offices of the county, he was keIected State Senator.
 But even a seat in the Senate chamber kof his native State did not quench the fires of his ambition (another manly fcharacteristic), and he announced his kcandidacy for the United States Senate. We'll. politicians in those days, as well bns now, were supposed to go to Congress and usually to sit in the executive chair sof the state before doing things in the 1 Synffed States. But this fact was over I Booked by the willy and popular West kerner and he looked on such statements EAs absurd.
 His popularity thrilled him and before Che campaign was on he was confident of his victory over an experienced Sena- kor of gray hairs.
 l He knew that there were no surer evi- dences of his race and popularity as a 1 Senatorial candidate than in the com ments of the press. and he wrote to ] clipping bureau to send him all the news paper clippings about him for the next three months. Tn two weeks he wrote to the bureau to discontinue the service and was immediately informed that his con- tract was for three months.
 It was the truth that hurt him and in Ehe face of the truth he folded his tent and silently stole away in the night
 Journalism in the Philippines.
 Manila appears to be a pretty live news paper town. During the past winter some of the most prominent and discrlminat- ing dailies in the United States have quoted from The Sunday Sun which seems to be a sort of Life in the Philip hines, and now comes a special ainiver- eary edition of The Manila Daily Bull Yetin. dated February 15. celebrating the completion of the papers fourth year. The Bulletin is a clean six-column sheet, we'll printed. with good advertising pa tronage, and containing far less ''rot'' than the special issues common in the United States. It's proprietor is Carson Tayior and it's editor Frank N. West, If reflects the American life in the Philip pines, and has keen eye to the commer- rial needs, problems and development of the islands
 The Sunday Sun. according to notice sn fhis issue of The Bulletin is the lead ing topical paper in the Philippines, reach ing more English speaking readers than any other publication. It pays particu- lar attention to sports, and the satiricai verse and prose skits of its editor Ed ward F. OBrien, have given 1t an in diyiduality in the short time since he took editorial charge in November, 1902 ii is the only illustrated paper in the Philippines. and owing to inadequate mail facilities and the consequent diff acuitiy in circulating dailies to remote parts of the islands, it Is taken by many paAuznckal readers. Very little, general