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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-16
BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE.

H. F. 15o Tighe-Reluting to the framing OF
ITS own charter for its government as city,
charter, already or hereafter framed and adopted
cy Gy er or nro2sons dsr t sscon ss
article of the constitution of Minnesota, az
amended in 1898 and Of any statutes enacted in
| H. f. 105, Committee on Military Afairs-Tc
provide for the erection of suitable monument
on the battlefield Of vicksburg in the state OF
| Mississippi in 1863 In the the national park set
az asrt re and under the act Of
II. F. 571 tsubstitute for H. F. 2ss)sTo
amend section s Of chapter 2ee, genraf laws Of
1907, as amended by chapter 205, genral laws OF
sl'tRg F. I t. 5udesIg shs ptnanf
village bonds in certain cases .s-.s,5 =
r. +. 533, Putnam Thy request)-To author.
! lie administrators, executors and guardians to
deposit moneys in their hands belonging to ab.
sent lcgotecs, heirs. wards and creators, with
the county treasurer and for the discharge OF
such administrators, executors and guardians in
efRefs 5Se ensSe Incorporated cities
and villages to vote aid in certain cases. -
II. e. SIe, Hawley--Legalizing the appointment
/ cases, ...- 80 .e.- 49,, .-s "
III e. LsmoRmIe s ssrprs,priste s, money to re-
in the contest Of his election as member of the
legislature Of the state Of Minnesota for tile
Il. F. ss1 putnam-To amend section 2 Of
chapter 1S6. general laws 1895, as amended by
| chapter l92, general laws 1897. entitled An
act to provide for special instruction, in the
| common branches In state high schools and t.
| appropriate money for the same"
| = II. F.. o43, Wells-To amend section LIZ OF
chapter 1 of the probate code Of Minnesota, pro
hibiting judges and clerks Of probate acting as
counsenors or attorneys at law in any proceeding
pending before them. !
| S. F. 90, Schain--To amend section 80 Of chap
ter 4. general laws Of 1893. entitled, ''An ACT
! to regulate elections"
| S. r. 21O. Dunn--To grant to religious cor
porations either jointly or severally the power
and privileges conferred by sections 1880, 3131
1882, 3133 and 3135, general statutes Minnesotl
1894 and all acts ainendatory thereof relating to
private cemeteries and to acquire cemetery lands
| and property Of cemetery associations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
A Superstition Embraced.
Chicago Record-Herald.

SuiCd&O fteCOTu-fteTdlQ.
 Number thirteen figured in every possi- ble way in the wedding ceremony of Miss Matilda Peterson and Walter J. Rawson of Chicago which took place in the cabin on board the steamship Eastland. As the boat left Chicago harbor yesterday al Il :13 the young people registered their VOWS be- fore Justice J. F. Boyer of Evanston Rawson Is a member of Sedgwick Court No 8, I. O. F.. and thirteen members of the social committee were in charge. Thirteen bouquets decorated the cabin; thirteen musicians played the wedding march; thirteen couples sat down to the wedding breakfast, which was served in the dining room of the steamer; thirteen colored walters attended table, A huge wedding cake, made by the bride, was decorated by thirteen ornaments, and the figure 13 was inscribed on the center of the cake, which was cut in thirteen pieces. The bridal party occupied room 13. and thirteen bags of rice were show cred over the couple; thirteen pairs of old shoes were thrown after them.
 After the ceremony the bridal couple were given places of honor on the pilot house with the boats captain. An invita- ton was extended to other couples to get married but none responded. Those wish ing divorces were asked to stand up. Thirty couples responded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Wrongly Interferred.
Hartford (Conn1 Times

NSOHIJ
 Not long ago We took occa sion to cor rect an exaggerated statement as to di- vorces in Connecticut, and at the same time tried to show how nasty, unWise marriages tend to produce in many cases subsequent unhappiness so serious and ir- removable that legal separation is mere humanity, the correction of an evil which the State has contributed to create, and for which it is to that extent responsible.
 We recur to the subject merely to cor rect a misinterpretation by The Mont goinery tAla.) Advertiser of one passage which it quotes as follows: Tt is made So easy fo rhaSty action to place two peo- pie hi a position that becomes almost or quite intolerable that justice requires this part of tho case to be taken into account in forming an opinion to the other mat ter.' This our contemporary interprets as meaning that fin order to easily ob- taip divorce through the courts the peo- pie voluntarily make theInselves so dis agreeable to each other that they will have no difficulty in obtaining a legal SC eparation." Of course we had no such meaning. and we are still unable 10 see
 how The Advertiser succeeded in getting that interpretation. We spoke of ca ses
 in which from error at the outset a practically unbearable condition has de- Veloped. We have nut word to say for the plan our contemporary describes It l Is essentially a fraud on the law and a voluntary disregard of the foundation of marriage Those of whom We spoke are innocent and ignorant victims of circum- stances chiefly lack of better restraint on marriage-restraint both legal and social. We believe that the law and practice in this respect should be improved, and that until this has been done some tolerance must be shown which need not continue after the State and the family have taken
 better thought for the beginning of the married state.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
WARNED. BUT NOT CONVINCED.

The esteemed Montgomery Advertiser is warned that the New York Central Fad tons ordering" newspape not to IT nt its proceedings with reference to Walking Delegate Parks. to labor newspapers. Having no jurisdiction whatever over the metropolitan newspapers, the union would have made Itself supremelv rid cuious hy attempting to control their act. .on W tn any such imperial decree" That ony labor papers were referred to apps as also from the wording of the resolut on, which declares that if any newspaper does print It, hereafter the representa- tive t,,en9f.s of such newspaper be barrel fir m Central Federated unicn." We h1ve ye. to learn .nat anN of the big dailies rave representatives" in the Central Fe e.
 Well, The Advertiser is "warne1," but it Is neither silenced nor convinced The big dailies of New York did not take the view The Times does, as was eviden- ed by their scathing criticisms of the order. The order of the union was d'rec;e ed against "any newspaper" and the press of the city and elsewhere could net bu. | understand that they were pos lively or dered not to publish the reEoiuti-n re- ferred to. We can see nothing in the wording of the order to indicate th:t it was intended to apply only to labor pa- pers.
 The assumption of The Times that none of the big dailies have representatives at the meetings of the Central Federation Is not well grounded, as we view it. Taking the prohibitive resolution in its plain English, the word representative" could hardly mean anything else than re- porters, who are certainly the represen- tatives of thelr papers. Our on:empo- rary would hardly assume, We take 1t. that the enterprising dailies of the elt city fail to report the meetings of the labor organizations, and they c1ull on,y do this by having repre- thne. Unless we see better evidence to the con- trary we still hold that the order was against all newspapers. in New York and elsewhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Al pEArH-nrp coMpLAINr.

If there was ever a man who felt like taking to himself that line of Pope's: These riches are possessed, but not en- joyeo," 1t was probably Cornelius Van derbilt in his last days. T do not see," he Is reported as saying. alluding to his wealth, what good 1t does mel can't eat it; can't spend 1t: in fact, never saw 1t. I dress no better than my priva:e secretary, and cannot eat as much as my coachman. live in a big servants board- ing house. am bothered to death by beg gars, have dyspepsia, cannot drink cham pagne. and most of my money is in the hands of others, who use 1t mainly for their own benefit"
 There spoke a man who had amas ssed a great fortune at the expense of almost everything else He could take no pleas ure in eating or drinking, and was evi- dently incapable of enjoying himsef in any of the various methods by which ra- tional men, get some good out of th:s life. The stevedores who loaded his ships, the stablemen who cared for h's horses, the laborers who cultivated his gardens and flower beds. all were much better off than he. They could eat and enjoy their sim pie meals and when the days work was over they could rest and sleep.
 Vanderbilt could do none of these things. His wealth provided for him a place to sleep, when he could sleep, a shelter and warmth from the clements. and clothes to wear and that was about all, except the food that he could not eat in any degree of comfort. That same wealth had, in its accumulation, absorbed all his energies and sapped his vital ty, and in its possession 1t demanded Of him continued care and vigilance. lest he lose 1t. He was poorly paid and joyless ser want of his own wealth.
 Not that abject poverty is desirable or that wealth is always to be despised. Give me neither poverty nor riches" prayed Agur, the son of Jakeh, and his prayer was a reasonable one. Doubtless there are many wealthy men who. in their last hours, think as Vanderbilt d d. whether they express it or not. Alter life of toll and worry and struggle. they accumulated vast fortunes and then die and leave them with the full >consciors- ness that all their efforts have brought neither happiness nor contentment. And yet how very few of them will heed Van derbilt's plaint?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1908.
soME INTERESTING FIGURES.

In the current number of the National Geographic Magazine there is an article on The Geographical Distribution of In- sanity" as shown by the census of 1880. which contains some interest ng figures. Not the least important Of these Is found in the fact that the percentage of insan- ity is much greater in the Northern sec tions of the Union than in the Southern. Taking a few localities as far ex amp es. we find that for each 1c0,0-0 inhatitants the number of insane Is, in round num- bers, as follows: Oklahoma and Ildi4 Il Territory, Il; New Mexico, 43; Arkansas, 70: Alabama, 97; Wisconsin, 2O3; New ork, 2s7; California, 39, and Neb, ,aska, 40).
 The writer, Dr. William A. White, states that he was "very much surprise d" at the facts revealed by his investiga- tions, and We suppose most readers will share his surprise. as well as his inability to give satisfactory explanations f,r l., other than climatic, for it is shown that as a general result, the highest ratio Of insanity Is in the colder leg ons of the country.
 Another notable fact shown by t.-e in- vestigations of pr. White is tha, the. e are about twice as many white ins.n. persons in the South as there are coIoIed, in proportion to popu.ation, but the rLt 0 of colored insane increases very rapiGl, as we leave the natural home of the ne gro For example, n Alabama, there is one insane person 10 1.56 or the color d population; m Wisconsin. one to SOO, and in Oregon. one to 3. and the proLo ton throughout the Union is practically the same. snowing that the coloreI leJp.e or the South are mucn less subject t. id- sanity than they are m the North anI West. Whethtr this Is due to climate, to habits O. to methods O. living, or 10 all these causes. We cannot learn lom Dr. White pape., and we doub. il any ex yla- nAtion Wall be found sausfact -rs. Al.o- gather, the article is quite interesting and la some respects astonishing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Says Women Are Poor Cooks.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
 The scientific dietetic experiments of Professor Wiley, chief chemist of the de- partment of agriculture, will get him into trouble unless he shows more considera- tion for the traditions of domestic life than he has in one recent case. It seems he needed cook for his experimental boarding house and discovered that the person who held the first place in the civil service list was a woman The professor thereupon declared that she wouldn't do as women do not make good cooks. He said he could not trust a woman to make the necessary exact measurements in fur fiishing the ingredients for his dishes; in short, that women do not appreciate the importance of accuracy in cooking. Well. suppose they don't. Isn't a home-cooked dinner by mother or wife incompara- bly, more palatable and digestible than the messes furnished by some chef at a big hotel? Scientific cooking may be all right for the unhappy victims of Profes- sor Wiley's experiments. but man would have to be mighty hard up to adopt 1t as a steady diet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Pharaoh Thothmes TVS Chariot.

The most interesting object found in the tomb of the Pharaoh Thothmes IV by Theodore Davies. who has been ex- cavating in the Valley of the Tombs at Thebes, is the chariot of the dead mon arch. The body of 1t alone Is preserved but In perfect condition. The wooden frame was first covered with papier mache made from papyrus, and this again with stucco. which had been carv- ed both inside and out into scenes from the battles fought by the Pharaoh in Syria. The art Is of high order. every detail being exquisitely finished and the faces of Syrians being clearly portraits taken from captives at Thebes. The chariot is in fact, one of the finest speci- mems of art that have come down to us from antiquity Along with the chariot was found the leather gauntlet with which the king protected his hand and wrist when using the bow or reins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS.

X some what compl.cd legal matter is likely to come up in North Carol.n ( town, according 10 an item We find in The Statesville Landma k. It seems that q Mir. Frost was out driving when a stray dog frightened the horse which ran away and killed the driver. Now 1t is intl- mated that the relatives Of the dead man propose to bring suit for damages against the owner of the dog, and here Is whe. e the complications may be expected. How far, or to what extent is a man responSi- ble for the actions O. his dog, especially fl the animal was at large without the knowledge or consent of the owner? If a dog parks at a horse and the horse takes fright and runs away, is the dogs owner responsible for damages done and sus- tained?
 If that question should be decided in the affirmative, it may cause a notable dim mutton in the dog census. Dogs will wander from home and they will bank, flor 'tis their nature to-" If the owners are to be held legally and strictly to ac- count for any and all damages caused by riotous and frolicsome canines, then the only safe plan is to kill the dogs or keep them vigorously locked up. Tie North Carolina incident may settle it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15

ing law in 1863 the national banks of the country have lost to their depositors $45,- 000,000 in round figures. That seems a stupendous sum. But 1t is almost nothing when compared to the money handled or to the money lost by trusting to others than bankers. A year ago the comptroli- CT of the Treasury showed that if tax of one-seventeenth of 1 per cent. had been levied on the average deposits of created a sum more than sufficient to pay every depositor of every failed national bank in full. Here are figures which bring the safety of banks home to us in a comprehensible manner. Only one seventeenth of 1 per cent. of all the money intrusted to national banks has been lost during the past forty years!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Britain,s Cartoon Campaign.

It is largely a campaign of cartoons in Great Britain. Chamberlain may plant and Balfour may water. but the cartoon ists promise to give the larger portion of the increase on one side or the other. Here is Punch holding up Balfour as a jumpingiack, with Chamberlain pulling the string, and another cartoon repre- sents statues of Sir Robert Peel and Chamberlain side by side, the former bearing on it's pedestal the words He gave the people cheap bread" and the latter "He gave the people cheap con- sols." This cartoon was circulated among the members of the stock ex- change, copies being pasted on the in terior walls of the house. Then here is Chamberlain organ with a picture of the British lion confined in a cage, the bars of which are labeled hostile tariffs" and against which the king of beasts chafes with impotent rage, while the American eagle the French poodle and the German dachshund run off with his food, labeled British home mar katS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
He Could Work It.

The batt'eship Texas. now berthed In ped with a fine 1 shower we bath for the of- ficers. Mir. Quimby. executive officer of the ship. took one of the blue jackets to acquisition. After a thorough explana- ton MT Quimby stepped under the show CT and moved both faucets. not knowing that the water connection had been made. He was soaked to the skin in moment can work 1t now, sir" MT. Quimoy looked at him sharply. but the man never cracked smile-until he had rejoined his meSsmates
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Must Pass the Box.

Speaking of the close watch which revenue officials keep on cigars. from their embryo condition in the tobacco warehouses to the time when they are lighted and between your teeth, Harper's Weekly says: Club stewards and super it appears, have lately re- ceived notice that they must not serve cigars on trays. bat always in the boxes in which they come. If the club mem Der does nos go to the cigar stand and pick out his own cigar, the box must be carried to him This new rule is pre- caution against the practice of retllling boxes which contained expensive cigars with cheaper ones"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
His Heart on Right Side.

Joseph Never A Milwaukee harness maker, who attracted a great deal of at tention from physicians some years. ago because of the unusual location or hls heart. died Monday. The heart talled to do its work at last, although until few hours before his death he appeared to be as well as ever Not only was his heart on the right side in the exact location where it should have been on the lett; but the positions of all of his internal organs were in just the opposite positions to which they are found in the average
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Only Wall Street is Scared.

St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 While most of the country's speculative properties have been falling, as measured by the prices on that bourse, the west is highly prosperous and is becoming more are thriving. The railroads have more business than they can handle readily There are not cars or locomotives enough on the big trunk lines to enable them to do all the work that is offered 70 them and the shops are not able to turn out rolling stock quick enough to meor the demands Wall Street may be shaky right
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15

tor Adams make such blun1ers as thisf The battle of Bunker, Hill was. fought seven or eight montts befcre Cornw is came to America. The Brit sa forces were led by Howe and Pigott. and the battle could hardly be called defeat for them, as they remained masters of the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
WANTS HIM REMOVED.

The New York World learns that Judge Somerville of Alabama has been sllted for removal because of h.s recent cr.t- cisms of the Presidents negro pol cy. Judge Somerville, as most readers know. is Chairman of the Board of General Ap- praisers, a judicial position delling with custom house matters He is a Fedel al official, of whose character and capac ty The World speaks in very h'gh terms; that paper says:
 But it is the Presidents political atu- tude toward the Southern negro wrich Judge Somerville criticises as calcula ed to retard the solution of the race prob lem. This opinion may or may not be just. but can there be any rational doubt as to Judge Somervlle's inquest oned right to hold and to express it W out fear of official punishment? The Con = tuition prohibits Congress from passing any law w ., sabFidgins tFn the free dop of dent do by executive order what Con gress is forbidden to do by statute? Must the opinions of all Federal officials con form to those of the Executive under penalty of dismissal for presuming to differ or to criticise?
 Surely, The World doesn't need to be told that Roosevelt is a law unto himself wherever and whenever it is possible for him to carry out his desires. Judge Som erville is a man of character and much learning, but he is a Federal official and also a Democrat. That he should pre- sume to utter and publish unfavorable criticisms of the President and hs acts is an offence in the estimation of our present ruler which nothing but decapita- ton will satisfy. Our opinion, howe CT is that the Judge will not be choked or removed, however much the President may desire It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
One of satan's Chief Aids.

oHn FEanClsCO Bulletin.
 Dear, dear. dear!" said Dante as he viewed the scenes in the internal regions; II seems to me you have enlarged your esta nment considerably since I was We have said his Satanic majesty We got along very comfortsbIv milf they invented the telephone and then I found 1t necessary to build an annex"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Merely obeying Instructions.

Baltimore NeWs.
 stranger-Are the walters here attent- i've to you?
 Pretty Cashier-Sir-r-,
 Stranger-Oh, no offense, I assure VOL was only carrying out. the instructions as printed on the bill of fare, which says Please report any inattention of walters to cashier" And I thought if they are lnattentive to you I would report them that's all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Tornadoes None Too Particular

Nebraska State Journal
 In a recent tornado that wiped the vil- lage of St. Charles, Minn., out of exist ence the only saloon in town was crushed to atoms instantly and Its three occu- pants never knew what hit them. It has been maintained by unsanctifed statis- ticians that vfsitations of this kind usu- ally spare the public drinking joint and demohsh the house of worship, but we suspect. from careful observation, that a tornado naturally and without preiu- dice demolishes the buildings that hap pen to be in its way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15

We have never known a campaign in which betting chances were more pro- miscous than they now are in New York. If we may use profane expression, We will say of it, as Horseshoe Ned tele- graphed from the Baltimore Convention: "Everythings d-d onsartin."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15

The Dothan Home Journal, which is really and truly among the very best of Alabama weeklies, has been enlarged to twelve pages on account of deserved ad- yertising patronage. Our best wishes for the brethren, Baber and Powell. and their paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15

The Birmingham Age-Herald repub- fishes a poem by Grave Litchfieid entitled Goodbye" and starts 1t this way: aAfoecoocroi ;gCd Cda, r1o: 1o:asHRDLUUwF We say 1t for an hour or for years;
 For one, we emphatically deny the soft impeachment. We haven't said it, either for "an hour or for years" and we don't propose to say it. We can't.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
MT. wayback's Inartistic Eve.

4NtW IUTh WetkIN.
 Farmer Wayback-Wau of au durn fools that artist felier takes the cake
 Mrs. Wayback-What's he doin'?
 Farmer Wayback-He's down wonder palntn a picture of that old tumble-doWn behind him. s'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
Now Be Good.
MOhiIa Item


 The Birmingham Ledger complains at the money expended by the Government hills. has no fears in the event of trouble, because she IS out of range of any stray shots, and she knows that were foreign foe to even succeed in landing on the Southern coast it would be gobbled up by the citizen soldiery before it succeeded in penetrating as far into the woods as Birmingham. Coast defense is as essen- tial as any other arm designed for the protection of the nation.