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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

lO,0oO people; the United States 8 miles.
 The earliest railroads were designed to be toll-ways on which any man could run his own cars on his own schedule That didn't last
 There are exceptions, but most of our railroads are more conservativeIy man. aged than Great Britain's. The capita,.- zation per mile is in this country s6t. SsS In Great Britain over $2600O0. British railroads have added the cost of improve ments to capital until 1t is hard to pay dividends. The best English lines pay less than they did fifteen years ago. Ours pay more, yet there is a good deal of water" in the American lines also
 Freight pays the bils. This is more true of this country than of any other. Freight revenue is over a billion dollars a year, passenger receipts about Ss5o GOO. = OO0.. Our average passenger train carries only forty-two people English people take railroad trips four times, as often in proportion as Americans, but shorter ones.
 The "ton-mileage" of freight in 1901 was 147!07 .1S6.040-a number too vast to be conceived The average journey of a ton of freight is 12s miles.
 There is much talk every year about moving the crops' and freight-car fam ines in the granger region. Yet farm products are only one-ninth of the coun. trys freight. Mines furnish more than half. forests one-eighth. factories one seventh.
 There are 1ss,OOO miles of railway mail routes. Strange as it may seem,~ this mileage is considerably surpassed by the distance over which mails are carried on horseback or by wagon. The quantity of mall so carried, however, is comparative ly trifiing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
E MORPHINE E. Opium, Whiskey and
 all DTug Habits Cured without Pain at Your Home THE BEST OF sANAToRIUM
 FACILITIES IF DEs~~ED.

If you are addicted to these habits you can be cured and restored to your former health and vigor without pain or the loss of an hour from your business at mod crate cost The medicine builds up your health, restores your nervous system to it's normal condition; you feel like a diff fersnt person from the beginning of treet- ment. LEAVING OFF THE oPIATES AFTER THE FIRST DOSE. You will soon be convinced and fully satisfied in your own mind that you will be cured.
 Mir. T. M.l Brown. of MoQueen. Ark, says: lover seven years ago I was cured of the opium habit by your medicine, and have continued in the very best of health since"
 pr. w M. Tunstali of Lovingston. va., says: ''I am glad to say that I firmly be- lieve that l am entirely and permanently cured of the Drink Habit, as have never even so much. as wanted drink in any form since took your aradieator, now eighteen months ago.. It was the best dollars ever Invested"
 Mrs. Virginia Townsend, of Shreveport, La writes: No more opium. \ have taken no other remedy than yours, and I make no mistake when I say that my health is better now than 1t ever was in my life, and owe it to you and your remedy. It has been twelve years since was cured by your treatment"
 For his book and full particulars, ad- dress Dr. B. M Woolley. 203 Lowndez Bldg. Atlanta. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
sARn1NRs ARE SCARCE.
Unfavorab1e Reports Bota from the Maine Fisheries and the
 French Coant

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 Reports just received from all along the Mairs coast show that the email herring which we cure under the name of sar- dimes are unusually scarce. The factories say that not enough fish are caught daily to supply the immediate demands of the trade. Not a case of sardines has yet been put away for winter or spring sup plies.
 Similar reports are coming from the French coast The sardine fishermen of the coasts of Britanny and vendce. are in great distress and gay tl1at their in- dustry for this year is ruined.
 When the first news was sent through France on May 10 that the sardine fishery the Chamber of Commerce. of Bordeaux appointed a committee to Inquire into the condition of the industry. The committee has made q preliminary report, in which, while confessing it's inability to explain the scarcity Of sardlnes, it says that, in its opinion, the sad condition of the fishermen Is partly due to themselves.
 They have never adopted improved modern appliances for catching sardines, but have dlune to hntiquated methods and outfit If they had been up to the times would have been sufficient. at least, to avert the almost complete failure Of the seasons work. z.
 The committee suggests that better ap- puances be at once introduced and also that fishing be stopped on the banks that are favorite resorts of the sardine during the spawning season.
 The sardine fisheries. along the coasts of Spain and. Portugal are said to be yielding well. These sardines are re- garded as inferior to those of the French coast but they nave prove to be very useful this year in eiSing out the dimin- ished supply of the French and American fisheries. tse sFa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
FALB, EARTHQUAKE PROPHET.
Death of the Man Whose Predictions Alarmed Athens and Santiago,
 Chile.

New York Sun.
 Professor Rudolf Falb of Vienna is dead He had remarkable career.
 He earned an enviable reputation In the scientific world as a meteorologist. He twrote on this subject with learning. care and authority. In his later years, how ever. he was largely discredited among scientific men because he became pos- sessed of the idea that he could foretell the occurrence of earthquakes. Some Of his guesses hit the mark, whichs. only added to the suffering he caused by er- roneous predictions.
 In 1893 he predicted that the island of Zante, off the west coast of Greece, was about to be shaken by severe earth quake The prediction came true; and so did his prophecy of an earthquake on the mainland of Greece early in 1894. It was natural, therefore, that when he said Athens would be terribly shaken on the approaching May 5. the people of that city should be thrown into great consternation. The Sun told long ago how thousands of them fled from the city, many taking refuge on ships at the ,Piraeus.
 Nobody slept in Athens the night be- fore the predicted earthquake, and thou sands spent the hours of darkness in open places around the city. May was beautiful day. and there was nothing to mar 1t except the distress and dis comfort caused by the earthquake pro- phet.
 In the following year Fab predicted an earthquake for a certain day in Chile, and the people of Santiago were thrown into great excitement Every rail- road car that could be mustered into service was busy for day or two car- rying refugees away from the city.
 There was no earthquake, but the misery and loss inflicted by Falbs pre- diction were considerable.
 Very little has been heard of Falb since that time. His seems to have been a case of a scientific man gone wrong After the fever of earthquake prophecy seized him he never added anything to the work that had given him a respecta- ble standing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
HALLOWEEN PROGRAM.
Planned For House Party on Long
 Island,
Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Halloween is October's special festival and while much of the witchery and charm formerly associated with the occa- sion has disappeared in this prosaic twen- Iieth century the eve Is yet observed, more particularly in the country, and many are the tests and tricks indulged in at merry house parties by those In- quisitive ones who seek to probe the sc- crets of the future
 The program for a Halloween house party to be given at Roslyn includes some unique features. Whether the disJointed record on old time worn paper is very ancient no one of the present generation seems to know, but the verses and for mula to be used were discovered last au- tumn and were put in shape for thIs years merrymaking.
 The directions are to make a witch cake and bake in a small milk pan; this should be large enough to make cuts for thirty guests The receipt for the cake is as follows: '-
 ssTake three-quarters of a pound of but ter, cream it by stirring until 1t is soft, add one pound of sugar; divide this and into one-haIf stir the beaten yolks of five eggs half a pound of flour and half a cup of milk With the other half of but ter and sugar are added the thoroughly beaten whites. half pound of flour, half a cup of milk, one teaspoon Of baking powder, put into each mixture at the last, and stirred in thoroughly; lemon juice to flavor the white portion, vanilla for the yellow, just enough to give a mild flavor. Grease the baking pan well, and put in alternate layers of white and yellow, drawing fork zigzag through the layers When baked take the cake from the pan carefully and before icing insert unbrokerl nuts, closing the aperture, so that the icing will not mar 1t. Into one slice may be put peanut and an English walnut, in others filberts and almonds. Some slices are to have no nuts, others may have two"
 It is well, before the icing is put on, to lightly mark the slices, or one can do so when iced. so that there are no marks for prying eyes.
 Wishbones. which have been gilded and silvered. are to be hung over doorways. or under central hanging lamDs- and to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
IE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER.

each male guest the hostess Is to give a small paper folded like a medicine now der. bidding him to read it. unobserved. It Is to contain this verse:
 Under the wirNi bone. this Is the charm Take a kiss. but don't sound an alarm. If you are caught reading this Then you forfeit the right to kiss.
 At a few minutes before 12 o'clock the hostess proposes to gather her guests about circular table in the middle of which Is the witch cake and a silver knife, with its point toward the cake and the handle outward. A ring is formed; the instructions say "a man then maid, all join hands and pass three times around the table" The hostess repeats: Circle three times round the circular cako. soberly. solemnly, each time wish you The fortunate maid who stops at the knife May cut the first slice and will first be
 a wife.
 Cut deep, and cut smooth, lift your slice
 with great care
 If you drop cen crumb, of your luck. No one must eat till the last slice is Then.-aii together the cake must be
 breaken.
 When each guest has his and her slice of cake the hostess further instructs: English walnut stands for comfort and And best of all. that crown of life. good
 health;
 A heart always loving, temper that's One comedy in person. and pleasantly
 neat. The almond! We'll. fortune is kind, She gives you man, with very fine The oracle says. he is sure to be great. Isn't that just the man you'd like for a
 mate?
 The peanut, Ha! Ha! Too bad! Oh my! He belongs, alas! to the very small fry, It isn't good taste, but let me suggest, Your second marriage will prove the best. For a tollfer fellow you never have met. And your life he will make sweeter than
 honey,
 Besides he is sure to have plenty of
 money.
 So you have only a plain piece of cakeg Never mind, don't let your heart ache, For welded life Is not all bliss And many thorns you are sure to miss.
 The old screed adds that though the verses seem to recognize only the fortune for maid their prophecy Is as applicable for a man, the nuts representing a wo- man as we'll as man"
 Early in the evening apples and chest nuts are to furnish entertainment in a variety of ways familiar in Halloween merrymaking.
 A last toast to future happiness Is to be drunk by each guest in wine glass of mildly salted water and if no other liquid passes the lips 1t Is claimed that the future lover will appear in the Halloween dream of the toast drinker. The favors are to be inorseshoes. wish bones, four leaved clovers and rabbit foot charms in the form of decorated name cards and trinkets. feature of the evening will be the dancing of old time dances to old time tunes. such as Money Musk' and i''Life Let Us Cherish Banjos and fid- ldles. with dusky players will provide the dance music, and to it will be danced the Virginia reel, fore and after. the High land fling and Irish jigs. Pumpkin lan- terms will be used in the big hall, where the guests dance and on the gate posts. The costumes are to be of the colonial period.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
Only One Objection of Real Weight.

Macon Telegraph.
 It is not impossible that the Democrats of New York and New. Jersey may put forward ex-President Cleveland's name in the nominating convention next year If that should be done and MT. Cleveiad should be nominated, the Democratic or ganization of the Southern States, to say notcmg of the Western and other States, would, Tn the opinion of a Georgia c"ll- temporary. be totally disrupted"
 The Telegraph is not disturbed by the fear ot any such cataclysm. Mir. Cleyo- land would probably poll as many votes in the doubtful States as any other Dem ocfat, and he would undoubtedly carry every Southern State. His nomination would displease a good many Southern men, but the Southern electoral vote would be his Any Democrat nominated win carry every one of the Southern States with the possible exception of West Virginia, and MT. Cieveland's s chances there would be as good as and perhaps better than that of any other possible nominee. Aside from the matter of the prejudice against third term, the only important question is whether Mir. Cleveland could carry New York. New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. liar per's Weekly is not far wrong in declar- ing that if he Is unable to carry those four States, there is no living Demo- crat who can."
 The trouble in connection with MT. Cleveland as the nominee is not the pos sibilityl of his loss of the eight electoral votes Of Colorado and Montana, not the fact that few Southern Bryanites would refuse to vote for him, but the deep-root- ed though irrational prejudice through out the country against a third term. That is the only objection of real weight. In spite of this prejudice, however, 1t would in our opinion be safer to defy Bryan with Cleveland than with German, and the wild ass of Nebraska is expected to kick out of the traces in either case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
Had Revolver and I.triol.

Chicago Oct. 6.-In the pockets of d robber who was killed last night near Aurora, after having taken part in the hold-up of an interurban car on the Riv- erview Park line. was found bottle con taining white vitriol and revolver. said to be of the magazine pattern similar to that supposed to have been used in the recent Carbin murder. Investigation by the Chicago police has revealed the fact that the vitriol was purchased In Chi cago drug store.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

New York Oct. s.-At a meeting of the Tin Plate Association which includes all the principal steel plate manufacturers, the price schedule has been discussed and it is understood that the Association de- force.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
AMERICAN PUBLIC TYPES.

The second anniversary of the murdered Presi-
dents death has renewed the study of his character
Partisan differences cast aside in any retro
spect dealing with Mr.. Mckinley as a man and as
President Unanimously he is accorded high place
among the Americans who have been honored with
the greatest dignity at the disposal of the country
During the last two years the Presidential chair
has been occupied by Theodore Roosevelt a man
to command admiration. who in any public or prl-
vate station would stand out as a leader whose
scholarly attainments would compel the respect of
the discerning few, whose bluff directness would
earn him full measure of popularity whose family
relations would defy the neighbors' gharp
tongues, whose upright living would be armor
against suspicion of corruption. The same phrases
with one exception, apply TO the life of William Nc
kinley Yet the two Presidential types are very
nearly opposites, personally and as officials
Roosevelt is indyiduast in action and in
thought. Mckinley was collectivist in action and
in thought Roosevelt is TO unusual degree in
dependent of advisers and advice in reaching de-
cisons and passing judgment. Mckinley seemed
ever endeavoring TO strike equilibrium with his
promptings, the counsels of his associates and
public opinion" meaning by that the substratum of
the peoples thought as distinguished from surface
fotsam and jetsam. Roosevets is an active and
aggressive mentality. McKinley's was panstak-
ing, meditatire mentality. Roosevelt is ha-fellow
well met. Mckinley. fguratiyely speaking put his
ear 10 the ground that he might hear the deeper
reyerberations of the general voice. Mckinley hay
Ing thoroughly yoked his personality, was consist
ent Roosevelt giving rein to impressions, often
is inconsistent. Imagiue speaking of Mckinley as
Billy; yet Roosevelt can be referred to as Teddy
and nobody seems surprised or shocked Therein is
implied the contrast between the two mep. un-
ydoubtedly the most striking in the entire range of
Presidential history; the more so since broadly
speaking. the is developing policies outlined by
the other.
In years past personality counted for much more
than now. Organizaton-socia business and poIiti-
cai-had not become such factor In national life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
RECENT COMMENT,
Foreign Exhibits at st. Louis.

Chicago Record Herald.
Evidences multiplying that the Worlds Fair to
be held in St Louis next will surpass
previous expositions the varied comprehensive
character of its European and Asiatic exhibits.
Before the opening Of the Fair deferred until
1904 the outlook for foreign participation exhibits
was discouraging. The postponement of the date
opening. however combined with aggressive and ener-
getc work the part enssaries Europe and Asia
has changed dubious prospect into a very promising
one The foreign exhibits, in fact, promise be the
most attractive feature of the great Exposition
John Barrett, formerly Minister to China who has
returned from his visit to Asia Commissioner Gen
eral of the Exposition, has issued a statement with
reference to foreign participation, which he shows
that forty five foreign lands will be miniature
at the Exposition. In the Introductory negotiatons
such important Governments Russia Austria Japan
and China declined TO participate. These have now
reconsidered their action and to take part
unprecedented scale Thirty-fve of the forty
odd independent countries world together with
ten of the great colonies of European nations, have
formally accepted the invitation take part The
appropriations made by foreign Governments for pa
yions and exhibits aggregate $61S0,0Oo.
With the main buildings much completion than
were those of the Columbian Exposition at the same
distance from the opening day. and with such gener-
GUS responses from foreign nations there every as
surance that St Louis will exhibit to the world the
greatest display of human progress in the history of
expostons.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21

The means for sounding the deeps of popular
thought were not at hand. The President with
his Cabinets-paror and ktchen-perforce solved
his own problems The President steered the Ship
of State in fact Personality cut vastly more i'm
portant figure in elections and in office Now con-
ditions changed. Press pulpit and formal ex-
pressons by organizations afford media for tapping
the undercurrent of popular thought. that under
current which more than anything else human fixes
destiny. 1t follows that the man elected upon IL
platform President of the United States, who as
nearly possible approaches personification of
the platform. is the true man of the people who
voted for him. He should lose himself in the
state though let ii he understood that party organ
Zatlon is not the state.
That is the modern and safer President. Per-
sOnality yet remains essential of social life and
there the original distinct individuality asserts it
self In public affairs this is the age of collectvism
rather than of individualism. The strenuOsity of
Roosevelt is superiuous and not little suggestive
of unretecting heedlessneSS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
GOOD LEGISLATION


Speaker Gazzolo repeats his assurances that pub
lie improvement measures will be passed promptly
by the House long he remains in control of
affairs in the lower branch of the Municipal As
sembly. AT the first meeting which Mr.. Gaz-
Zoo presided several bills of exceptional Importance
were passed, and at the second meeting many
tifty-one bills most of which public improve
ment measures. went through
This is good work. Speaker Gazzolo and every
Delegate who voted for the bills deserve congratu-
lation for their public spirit. If the House keeps
up this record there will be no cause for complaint
and it will ultimately come into better repute. The
activity of the House in dealing with public meas
ures favorably ought to be good omen. 1t prom
ises that the bill providing for the reconstruction of
Chestnut street, in the central section will soon be
reported and passed, that the railway tracks may
be removed and there may be at least one drive
way to the downtown district. 1t gives hope that
this House may support the administration On the
garbage problem and rapidly enact legislation for
municipal garbage-dsposal plant.
Thus far good record of progressive legislation
is TO Mr.. Gazzoios credit. Should the House hold
TO this standard it viii get the good will of the citi
zens 1t is more pleasant to give commendation
than TO criticse, satisfactory to have progress
than retrogression delay, and every respectable
citizen will be pleased to have the opportunity
praise the House Mr.. Gazzolo is making a good
start.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21


lence OF this weak sort of character. Unhapplly
they do contain many men who err in the opposite
direction
just how far the principle which Mfr. Clarkes
utterances illustrate should be carried is hard to
say All property interests are affected in one
way or another by legislation and the manner in
which they may be affected Is known. This far
the principle should be absolute: when an interest
is directly affected" the Interested legislator
should not vote-ths in accordance with the stand
ard or conduct which, Mr.. Clarke says, was famiL
lar half century ago-and if the interest Of
the legislator in given piece of legislation can be
SHOWN his vote should he nullified ipso factO.
10 say. however. that lawmakers shall possess
no stock In corporate and no business in
terests which may be affected by legislation is TO
impose an impossible requirement-uness we
should materially increase salaries and give life
careers SO that legislators might be justified in
foregoing all other pursuits and interests what
soever.