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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Evolution of Popular Saying.

At the last meeting of the Anthropo- logical Society An!sworth B. Spofford read an interesting paper on The Folk lore of Popular Sayings" Among other things MT. Spoford showed how a large number of wise saws and sayings at tributed to great men of the seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were utterd in somwhat different form by the great men of Greece and Rome and also He took as an example the expression Tn time of peace prepare for war" This he said, was attributed to George Wash ington. but what the father of his coun- war is the most effectual means of pre- serving peace"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Letters to the Editor.
Not Heavily Punished.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The Birmingham Age-Herald is not satisfied with the action of Judge Jones in punishing J. w. Pace more heavily than Judge Speer did three young men over in Georgia, and suggests the ignor- ance of MT. Pace as an excuse for his conduct
 As long ago as 1897. Mir Pace was in- dicted in the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa County for the same kind of conduct of and after the court had exhausted it's power to get him there he made his es- cape, and fled the county, or at any rate the city of Dadeville, to avoid a trial He subsequently,, by some means, not not known, escaped punishment, and has never abandoned the business, as has been evidenced by his pleas of guilty in eleven cases.
 Judge Jones has dealt mildly with MT Pace all along the line. Citizen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Chiffon and Jefferson.

Clayton Banner.
 Chiffon County, in one particular at least does more for the State of Ala bama than any one of the sixty-seven counties. Whether the State appreciates it Is another matter In this respect what Chiffon does is of doubtful quality and nQt much in quantity. Perhaps it is not fair to give Chiffon all the credit, as without the aid of Jefferson County it would not be possible for Chiffon to show up in the business. So we must make Jefferson particeps criminis.
 Of the few Republican newspapers in Alabama, Chiffon (with the aid of Jeff ferson) is responsible for three Not much cap be said of all three. In point of age The Birmingham Times takes the lead; its editor lives in Chiffon, and the ready-prnt concern in Birmingham does the rest Next is The Birmingham Ala bamian; its editor lives in Chilton and the ready-print concern in Birmingham does the rest. Last and least is The Clanton Union-its what-d ye-call-um ex- ists in Clanton and the ready-print con- cern in Birmingham does the rest What trio for Chiffon to answer for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
HAS A PECULIAR MALADY.
Man Dies Frequently, But Comes tc Life When the Undertaken Arrives.

Parkersburg, CW. va) dispatch.
 Clayton Westfall Is a victim of the dying habit. He dies, apparently: fools all the people who see him and then fools the undertaken who comes to pre- pare him for burial by waking up from a semi-conscious state and protesting against being made a witness to his own funeral from the inside of coffin.
 Westfall died last week for the seventh time. but revived again in time to pre- vent the funeral, although the grave had been dug and the, coffin ordered: He is worker in the oil fields near Jake's run and according to his own story has fre- quent attacks of unconsciousness. He had one of his attacks yesterday, the family made all the usual tests and he was pronounced dead. The grave vas prepared and the undertaken sent ct He arrived at night and was almost fright ened to death when the supposed corpse arose in bed and asked the undertaken what he was there for and what he was going to do Westfall found out in a short time that 1t was proposed to bury him and entered vigorous objection.
 Westfall says he has several times been
 in this condition and has narrowly es- one occasion. He has sometimes lain in trance for two or three days at time. During this period he has always had the most remarkable dreams. Nearly always he dreams he is in Heaven, but can give no accurate description of what the place IS nKe. At other times he dreams he has gone In the opposite di- rection. and when this happens he is always glad to be awakened. even by the undertaken. He is in excellent health and his experience never hurts him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

der the carpet-bag regime, Alabama, Arkansas. Flortda. Missouri. North and South Carolina and Tlennessee-to say nothing of several Northern and Eastern States which Roosevelt is not sure of. His party certainly have no hope or ex. pectation of carrying any of the seven Southern States named above. Roosevelt will probably be nominated and he may be elected, but, thank heaven. the day Is past when Southern States can be con- trolled by negroes and Federal bayonets as they were In 1868, by which means Grant was elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Swedish Tax on Heavy Weights.

bdlllUlOTe Sun.
 The Swedish Government is about to impose a tax at a fixed rate per pound on fat man, it is held. gets more than his equitable share of the good things of life and should pay for the extra space, air and edibles he consumes. This leads is inequtable to charge the same price for carrying a 100-pound passenger, occu- pying single-seat space, as for 3OO- pound individual requiring twice as much be fixed by the pound. Express weight of baggage is charged for: why not excess weight of passengers? The trunk is less
 important and requires less care than it's owner But the proposal has not been received with universal favor Tho jol- lity Of the corpuent man is entitled to recognition in rate-making serving as 1t does to lessen the grumbling caused by late trains or other defective service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
French Memorial to Pigeons.
York Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
 M Fremiet the French sculptor. has received a commission for a monument to be erected in Paris in memory of the pigeons which carried messages during the siege. At its commencement the in- stitution Of the pigeon post was of marked d service and thousands of letters and dis patches were sent out from Paris by this mfans. Writings were photographed and reduced to so minute a size that not a word could be read without tho aid of a very powerful magnifying glaGs, hence one bird could carry many mlssives. In one instance cage containing a couple or homipg pigeons was appended to a balloon with a notice offering a reward oi 100 francs to anyone who would send them back with the news of the outer world But the Prussians captured the balloon and sent back word by parlementaire that the pigeons were both welcome anu ten- der and had made a good pie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

attempt to move the Missouri River a mile at Yankton, s. D. The river has backed away from Yankton for years until a sand bar a mile wide lies between the city and the river, which interferes with traffic crossing the river from Ne braska. United States Senator Robert J. Gamble of Yankton, induced the War De- partment to attempt to bring the river back to the town.
 The engineers will build series of par allel dikes perpendicular to the Nebraska bank, hoping that this will start the river to cutting the sand bar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
No Mirror in His Factory.

Torrington, (Conn) Telegram to The New
 York World.
 Superintendent Atkins, of the Turner X Seymour Manufacturing Company has an aversion to looking glasses. When the 200 girls employed by the concern report ed for duty this morning they saw that their mirrors had been removed. At first they suspected theft. but they were told by the foreman that orders had been given to destroy them all.
 much time is devoted bv the girls to tpe t6o study of their complexions. The girls threaten to strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Education in Oklahoma.

Dallas NeWs.
 Kansas City historians and statesmen are growing jealous over the erudition of an Oklahoma orator, who, employed ref erences to ancient history as follows:
 AS Aeschylus teaches us"
 Tn Cleanthus well-known hymn to Zeus-"
 AS Xenophon less positively states-'' AS Aristotle often declares"
 "As Plutarch, that grand priest of Apollo al Delphi. stoutly maintains" Cicero further says"
 Socrates points out"
 "Lucretius, too, often uses-'
 When 1t comes to using classics as a means of getting rid of the fieas, some of our Texas graduates might write with profit to this powerful man of Oklahoma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
DOES IT MEAN MOB LAVE
The Raleigh (N. O Post remarks:

No good citizen hears with pleasure of the hanging of men anywhere. but if news of the removal by such means of a dozen or more in Kentucky were to flash over the land we believe a long-drawn sigh of relief and satisfaction would es- cape the entire population.
 While The Post probably refers to legal hangings fair construction of the lan- guage used would take it as an encour- agement to violence, nor is The Post alone in this respect. In a number of our contemporaries, some of them as thoroughly conservative as any newspa- pers in the country we find an intimated. if not plainly expressed. wish that sum- mary punishment might fall on the law less element which is causing so much trouble in Kentucky. It is not safe counsel
 The Advertiser has made very little comment on the conditions exist ing in Kentucky especially in Breathitt County. It is sore subject to the good and aw-abiding citi- zens of Kentucky, and they feel 1t as good people everywhere feel the presence of lawlessness in their midst. It is a ter rible condition of affairs when officials and attorneys are murdered in cold blood and when witnesses and jurors are so ter- rorized that they fear to do their duty lest the assassin's bullet close their lips forever. If all who are participating in. or aiding and abetting the reign of terror now existing in portions of Kentucky could be legally tried and punished it would be a great relief to the State and the good citizens. but 1t really appears almost hopeless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Illiteracy Among Imr,,-..ats.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
 The educational test of immigrants shows iuteracy among the Scotch, Swedes and Norwegians to be 1 per cent; among the English, Films and Foravians, 2 per cent; German, Swiss and French. 1 per cent; Japanese. 5 per cent; Dutch. 6 per cent. The range of illtere cy among those coming from Southern Europe Is from l2 per cent among the Magyars to 40 per cent among the Italians. The widesnread impression that German schools are the most efficient seems to be groundless
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Finds a Perfect Pear.

Muscatine, Ia, Letter to The Chicago Chronicle.
 Since Bert Roby found a 5000 peail Tn the Mississippi River, the whole town end surrounding country has gone pearl era zy. Every clam and mussel shell s scru- tinized as though it contained fahuious wealth, and men, women and children are looking greedily for good for:ure.
 MT. Roby, the lucky man w.lo opened a mussel shell on the morning of June 5, and there dropped from 1t a perfectly formed pearl. later sold the precious gem to Frank Koeckerwitz, a well-known specimen to his private collection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Mo Comparison.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 President Roosevelt is strenuous hustler for the nopination for his own succession, and does not hesitate to ap- peal frankly to the Ohio Republicans for their support. besides giving every mani festation of personal eagerness for the office. With the lapse of time come changes in modes and manners But be- tween the dignifed god-lke Webster and the mercurial Roosevelt there should be no compar,son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
But Would He Bep
Centreville Press.

CentreVlIIe fItSs.
 The Press believes that banishment for certain offenses against the law would be more beneficial than hard labor for the county For instance, a colored criminal becomes obectonable, he could be ban ished to Boston, where he would be well provided for in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
His Nose Plugged.

Fort Payne JournaI.
 Some years ago a Southern Congress- man. speaking of official corruption in Washington said the smell thereof was so rank that the man in the moon had to hold his nose when that luminary passed over the city. If that was true, then the lunar resident must have his nose permanently plugged by this time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Powerful to Hold.

Hanceville Hustler.
 Prejudict is powerful to hold Nothing makes men so rabid in their views as the thrusting upon them of prejudiced opinions smackng always of injustice. Nobody is helping the country to clamor so much for the third term and Grover Cleveland as the narrow-minded preju- diced editor who will not see that he is honored and esteemed by the whole peo- pie. and who thrusts blindy his own per sonal pangs Of prejudice into this settled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Race Prejudice.
Jasper Eagle

Jasper EdBIt.
 Race prejudice exists in the breast of every self-respecting white man. it mat know it is there but let the occasion oc- cur in his vicinity to arouse 1t. and be- hold, it springs up in his bosom and is the more fierce from having lain so long dormant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

The Hartford Courant strains point when it says that the name of U. s. Grant "is one that every American bows to-" There is little kowtowing down here to either the present or former bearer of the name
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
More Intolerant.
Birmingham LedgI

Birmingham Ledger.
 MT, Bryan grows more intolerant of other peoples suggestions as to Presi- dential candidate. That makes little bunch of new enemies for MT. Bryan every few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

As showing how big newspaper can blunder we note that The Boston Adver- tiser recently stated that the one-hun- dredth anniversary of the battle of Wa terloo passed without recognition by Eng land or Germany" Bearing in mind that the anniversary alluded to is yet d dozen years off we can understand what a slip ;he Boston paper made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Rapidly Collapsing.

Philadelphia Record.
 Last year New Jersey drew upward Of S00G00o of revenue from taxes on char ters of Trusts granted by that State Bu. from the r'lidity with which the Trust' are CollapSng New Jersey will soon have tO seek other sources of revenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

Suppose the Governor of Delaware makes an earnest, conscientious effort to have punished those who lynched the ne- gro Tn Wilmington and falls. will our es- teemed Northern brethren interpolate a line when they talk about the failure to punish mob leaders in the South?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
A sicklY Smile.
Philadelphia Record.

IIIIdUVI VIIId INtUUIU,
 Just say that you asked the Postmas- ter General about the matter of Tulloch's charges, and that he merely smiled" So spoke Postmaster General to the report CTS. By all accounts he is still smiling but 1t is a sickly sort of a smile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Hope to Move Big River.

Sioux City, la. Telegram 10 The ChI-
 Cago Chronicle.
 United States engineers under Capt. Engineers for the Missouri River, are launching the United States steamer Rob ert and fleet of towboats, to begin an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

The Indianapolis Sentinel is candid, to say the least of it. Referring to the re- peated adK'ice from Southern people that the North let the South alone. The senti mel says;
 We are quite willing to do so, so far as the South's part of the problem is con- ceRned, but we beg to remind MT. Howell that the North has contracted something of q negro problem of it's own. There are q number of points Tn the Notth a which the people are discussing. What iS the negro going to do with us?"
 That some sections of the North cannot continue to escape the troubles which are ever confronting us down here is beyond doubt, and it may be that Northern peo- pie will find the question harder to deal with than we do. It would be curious turn of the wheel if the time should come when the Northern people tell us to hands off the race question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

The Portland oregonian declares very positively that Roosevelt, like Grant
 will be triumphantly elected without New York" It may be well to remind The oregonian that in 1868 Grant carried. ln-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

It Is not to be wondered at that mem bers of the administration are getting away from Washington. They speak of 1t as a vacation but we suspect it is for disinfection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1903.
SUMMER TRIPS.

When you leave home this Summer. have The Advertiser follow you. Seat by mail to auy address, postage prGpaid. at the following ~l.es:
 One week. Daily and Sunday. .l5 One month, Daily end Sunday............ .65 Three months. Daily ana 3unday....-... L.s5 Foreign pcS1ags teach month) extra.... .6Q
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
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A Vital Question.
Marion Standard.

Marion Standard.
 It is now being asked If the Postofpce Department now being investigated and showing up corruption, will make an ex- hibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

It Is noted as a coincidence that each of the Nashville newspapers claims the largest circulation-and prove 1t by their own testimony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
Information for Advertisers.

The following sworn detailed statement Of me circulation of The Daily and Sunday Ad- vertiser for the ponth of May, 1908. is pnb- Iished for the benefit of present and prospec- uve purchasers of space in its c9lume. Adver- tisers in this paper know both the quantity and the quality of the service they receive for their money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

A Kansas woman whose first husband was killed in 1862 has married and lost two husbands since and is now drawing a pension on account of the first one. Evidently her two latter ventures do not cut Sny ice. either with herself or the PsnsioP Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

The attention of The Birmingham Age Herald is especially directed to short communication signed Citizen, and pub lished on this page of today's Advertiser. After reading it, the Birmingham paper will perhaps, revise its opinion of the ignorance of Pace. for it will learn that this is not the first time he has been under fire for offences like the ones for which he was arraigned in the United States Court. The States experience in his case was unfortunate for If he had been brought to trial under State law by State judge and jury, the crime for which h. has been arraigned in Federal Court might then and theSe have been adequate ly punished. and similar law breakers brought to realizing sense of justice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

W. A. Scott Circulation Manager of Tha Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, s-ys The foregoing statement of The Adver- user,s daily circulation for the month of May. 1905. Is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 W. A. SCOTT Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of June. 1908. F. ". JACKSON,
 N F., Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

The Chicago striking walters have gone back to work and will proceed to collect tips as they have heretofore done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
SHALL DEMOCRATS MANeLEP

Speaking of the hes 1nplicated in the postal scandalSi '+he Chattanooga Times says:
 them. as he was pretty much the whole thing when they got their appointments. Still. if that machine gets badly smashed. it is going to leavewthe young President s chances badly mangled-that is. if the Democrats do not turn and perform the foolish evolktions of which they are usu- ally guilty on the heels of national cam paign and mangle their man worse. The Rspubicans-many of them, at least-have fallen into quite habu of de- claring that the Democratic party is without an issue for the coming cam paign. but it must be apparent to all fair-minded persons that the Postoftice Department is furnishing very live and robust issye. Turn the rascals out" has become somewhat hackDeyed expres- sion, but it really means something now. Whether the administration succeeds in exposing all the wrong doing and in pun ishing the guilty parties, or whether it fails, the party must certainly bear the odium of the acts comnitted by the party's appointees and of allowing this kind of vllainy to continue so long with out interference or exposure.
 But the intimation of The Times that the Democratic party may make a fool of itself and thus fail to reap the benefit of their enemies shortcomings is timely, There has been more than one occasion during the past thYee dozen years when the time seemed ripe. for a political rev. olution. and when the Republicans might and should have been swept from power. but for the fact that our party broke ranks in presence of the enemy and thus .courted defeat. The wisdom which is only learned by experience is often very costly, but it Is apt to stick, It may be that Democracy has not yet been suffi- cieptly chastened, and that it has not fully learned to profit by defeat caused in most cases by its own failure to grasp favorable circumstances.
 We believe 1t was General GIant to whom was attributed the remark: The Democratic party can always be depend ed on to make d5d fool of itself at the proper time" or words to that effect, and it sometimes seems as if his words were prophetic. The indications naw seem good for a reunited party on the princi- ples of sound Democracy. but who can certify that 1t will not be switched off again as was done in 1895 and sent head long down the chute of political defeat? We can hope that prudence and wisdom will prevail but we are not betting on it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27

City Subscriptions should be paid to the fol- lowing authorized collectors only: J. H. But ten. City Circulator: T. J. Higgs Collector; z. r. Eason. Collector. J. P. Glass. and at the Counting room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-27
trial, adding

Until the court announced its decision mington seem to have been contents to abide by the law and conduct themselves like civilized beings It is reasonable to suppose that 1T an early trial had been ordered they would have let the.law take its course. Their lawless action demands the sternest condemnation, but the re- sponsibility of the judge should not be overlooked.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-04-22

Gentlemen" said the speaker, ris-
ing 10 his fun height and almost car
ryiug his hearers OF their feet with
bis matchlc~s cloquence. "thc time
has come for us TO assert our indie
pendcnce. W. art free-born citi-
zens. God has given us as birth
right the privilege Of governing our
selves as we see fit. We bow our
knee 'o mo- kings and no princes.
We have only ourselves TO blame ~
we permit others TO deny the lib
erty that our fathers have be-
qucathed go uS the liberty made sa-
cred by their hallowcd blood I an
peal 20 you. my fellow citizens. to
ari-" bon your might. Let us exhibit
our manhood. let US teach the world
the great lesson OF independence.
Let MS"
SAY. gents" yelled the ianitor,
as he suddenly stepped out upon the
platform, I'm goin' to shut this hau
mp now. Clear out o. here I've been
mp three nights with the toothache.
and I'm goin' 10 bed carly. Git. be-
fore / turn out the lights on you"
One minute and seven seconds later
the doors were locked and the great
rally for liberty was one OF .ho
things that had beed.-Ch Chicago Rec
oJdIIcrald.