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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-02

Governor Mickey yesterday visited
Murderer William Rhea in the peni
teniary at the latters request.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-02

Good fishing is reported In the
,icinity Of Ewing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-02

The falling of platform on which
a ladder was standing precipitated
Wilson Lumpeck, a Beatrice painter.
a distance of fifteen foot, seriously
injuring him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

the project. all the little two by fouz
 editors of the country are posing as crit
 tcs of this grand old man, and are accus-
 ing him of all manner of selfish and jeal-
 ous motives, because he is trying to pre- vent the United States from having a
 repetition of the DeLessep scandal. They know more about the route and every thing connected with the whole question than does Senator Morgan. Their com ments are very amusing indeed if they were not so contemptible. They remind us of what an old farmer remarked when the Populists were at the top wave of popularity in this County. Some gentle men were talking of the money question and agreed that it was question that should take time and wise counsel to set- tie and were advising no nasty and radi- cal measures, when the old farmer spoke up and said: You are mistaken, gentle men. 1t is a very simple question, and if I were in Washington l could solve the whole problem in half an hour." Some of Morgans critics doubtless feel like this man. If left to them, they could set tie the whole question and have the canal in operation in six months. For our part we are willing to stand by Senator Mor- gan in whatever position he may take on this question, believing as we do. that he knows more about 1t than any other living man, and if Congress refuses to listen, We predict the time will come when they will wish they had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Mark Twain,s smartness.

"Once when l was Mississippi pilot" said Mark Twain, T got tired of work. This was through no fault of my own, hustle about and look for a new job.
 T talked to a number of captains, but none of them wanted a pilot. Finally, though, met a short. thick-set man who said there was vacancy on hts boat that I might fill if could qualify.
 He put me through a course of ques- uons. He asked me about my habits, my religion, my birth. my schooling and so on. Then he said:
 Now for the main thing. Do you know where the snags in the river are 1?
 No, captain. l said I don't
 He swore. Wants to be a pilot he muttered and don't know where the snags are.
 "I know where they're not, said I. But my smartness cost me the iob. !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
PASSES FOR STATE OFFICERS.
Missouri Legislature Adopts Resolu. tion for Constitutional Amend
 ment.
Jefferson City Mo.) Special.

Jefferson City (Mo) Special.
 Both Houses of the Legislature today adopted the Oliver resolution submitting an amendment 60 the constitution reQuir- ing all Missouri railroads to grant free transportatio to State officials ard leg islators. The penalty for non-compli- ance is the forfeiture of the charter
 The amendment provides Tn effect that every railroad or othcr transportation company doing business in Missouri shall grant free passes or transportation over It's lines in Missouri to the Governor, LieutenantG Governor, Secretary of State Attorney-General, State Auditor, State Treasurer. Superintendent of Public Schools. each of the Railroad Commits sioners, each Judge of the Supreme Court. each Judge of the St. Louis and Kansas City Court of Appeals, each Cir cult and Common Pleas Judge in the State, each member of the General As sembly, each sheriff and the President or Superintendent of each of the several public institutions supported by appro- priations made by the State for and dur fcers
 It will he submitted to the people for ratification at the next general election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
A SOUTHERN DREAM

The Louisville Herald, one of the few Republican papers of any prominence in the South. discusses at some length the acts and sentiments of the President, concluding its editorial with these words:
 Prasidsnt RooseVeit's heart, purpose and every effort are devoted to the union of the States. It is. for this very reason, that the hneal descendants of the Seces- the enemies his fidelity to the United States, from Minnesota to the Gulf, one and indivtsible, may make him. The President is the Chief Magistrate of the whole Republic. not of any faction or section, and its affairs he has adminis- tered, and will administer, in the inter est of the indestructible Union of States Rs 8 whole.
 The Herald is doubtless more familiar than The Advertiser is with the Presi- dents heart and purposes, and can speak ''as one having authority" or having full knowledge of what it is saying. We have no inside information and judge the Pres ident only by his acts and his words Certainly these do not indicate any in- ordinate desire to give peace and satisfac- ton to all sections of the Union. Even members of his own party lack very much of being unanimous in their opin- ions and comments. Some very severe things are said of him by prominent Republicans, and not all of them are '1ineal descendants of the Secession par ty."
 The sheer about "the descendants of the Secession party hating the President is about the kind of argument we might expect from a Southern organ of Roose- welt and his policy. The class he sneers at constitute a very large portion of the Southern people but they do not hate the President. They undoubtedly hate his continents, and if they should even feel contempt for them. and for some of his acts. nothing strange should be thought of 1t. He has had ample time and opportunity to inform himself rela- tive to the best sentiment of the South or for his administration by defying that sentiment. however much The Herald may love him for it.
 The special printed in The Advertiser yesterday is only one of the many indi- cations of the Presidents determination to ignore the best sentiment of the Southern whites. There are still Some Republicans in Alabama who cling to the coiored element for what they can get out of it, and the indications are that the administration will recognize this wing of the party. and that the white Republicans need expect neither recog- aition nor favor from Roosevelt He is kidding for the negro vote and cares not how much he outrages the feelings of the Southern peoples LtdAs politics with him, straight and practRtka. .l!S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Patient |.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 An eccentric old deacon in 'New Eng land town was approached some time ago by young man who sought his daugh- ter's hand in marriage
 You cant have my daughter" said the deacon.
 But I love her dearly and she loves me" pleaded the youth.
 "No matter; you cant have her"
 You know. sir. that l am amply able to support wife, and you know. also, that my reputation is without a blemish .
 "I could not ask for a more thrifty or a more upright man-hut for all that, you cant have. my daughter"
 Well. since you seem to find no fault with me please explain your objection to my marriage with your daughter7"
 Tt is simply that she has an ungovern- able temper
 But Sarah Is a devout Christian" pleaded the youth.
 That may he true" said the deacon But sec here. young man. you will come to know before you are as old a I am that the Lord can get along with many persons that you couldn't get along with"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Should Be Warned.

Jasper Eagle
 derstand that if they return to Mont gomery in September and fail to provide tor the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek they may bid farewell to all future po- Ntcal aspirations in Alabama. The Home should be provided for and that at the earliest possible date. It is dis grace to Alabama and its people that any man who wore the gray should have t. spend day in a poor house, or in want During the first session of the Legisla- ture 1t was not deemed by the State press necessary that an Alabama Legislature should be urged to do It's duty towards the old soldiers. the heroes in gray; fl was not thought possible that there would ever be Legislature indifferent to theii wants and needs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1908.
DOUBLES GOLDEN SYMBOL.


 Tha American Newspaper Directory uses esr- tain signs to denote the relative standing and msrts of the whole neld of uswspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one of these s,xns h the mystic symbol dsnotins golden which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 "Advertisers value this pap~r more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number Of copies printsd.' sneh papers are sEsdited with a single gym Dol; but there is e higher grade. according tc this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL s~ to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol e0l and is the Oalg papss so distinguished in this section ot the koufh., ,5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
PAPER. FROM PINE.

The Advertiser a day or two ago hao | . brief reference to the experiments in making paper from pine shavings, and since then we find some further details in The Manufacturers Record. From this we learn that a paper mill at Orange, Texas, more than a month ago, turned out paper from yellow pine shavings. Mir. Goodell, President of the company, states that these shavings are worth one ton of paper. thus giving 8 as the cost of one ton of paper stock against $12.o as the cost of a ton of stock in the North. Mir. John H. Kirby, head of a great lumber company at Houston. adds these figures:
 The freshly sawed lumber will reduce Tn about the same proportion as do the shavings. Figuring the lumber worth all around 12 thousand feet, and that each i,oOo feet green and delivered at the pa per mill side weighs 1000 pounds, 1t is very easy to see with a very little fig uring that Mr. GoodelPs statement is correct. In using shavings as a basis we estlmate the cost at q a ton; in using yellow-pine lumber as a basis the cost or the raw material would thus be S6
 
 same proportion as would the yellow pine shavings, and, this being true, the raw material, if lumber be used instead or shavings-the lumber being figured at VIZ thousand feet-woIld cost SIS for product which Is commercially worth $70.
 This Is matter of more than usual in- terest, for 1t affects almost every citizen. It Is not alone the makers of books and newspapers who are interested in the price of white paper, but the readers are directly concerned. Cheap reading makes more readers and that leads to more gen. eral and universal information. It is not as universally known as 1t perhaps ought to be. that the rice of raw paper stock has very materially advanced within the past few years. The fact that good pa per can be made of something besides linen and cotton was an immense advance in the way of cheap printed matter. but along with that comes the other fact that the kinds of wood heretofore used for paper stock are becoming scarce and each year adds 10 that scarcity.
 If the predictions and figures given above are verified through further exper- iments 1t not only means cheaper paper but means profitable market for the immense waste of the mills and shops of the yellow pine regions all through the Southern States. Those who have been about one of our saw mills know that the merchantable lumber in a pine tree Is only a comparatively small propor- ton of the whole tree. The part left in the woods, and the part left at the mill in the form of slabs, dust and other waste, is much more than the portion sold as lumber. To a limited extent the same is true of the shops where the rough lumber is manufactured into sash, doors. blinds and other finished products, for here, also, there is much waste Whether all this can be utilized by the new process we do not know, but if it can it means many millions of dollars to the yellow pine regions of Alabama and other Southern States. It is really a matter of far-reaching interest and im- nortance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
A GOOD MOVEMENT.

From the Greensboro papers we learn that Hon. Charles E. Waller, one of the most enthusiastic growers of fine flow CTS in Alabama, Is at the, head of A movement to organize a Hale County Floral Association. ana it oughT to meet with the approval and assistance of the people of that section. Old Francis Ba- con. wise man and philosopher, said: And because the breath of flowers Is far sweeter in the air (where 1t comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand. therefore nothing is more 1t for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
 Why can We not have a Floral Asso- ciauon and a flower show in Montgomery? There is plenty of time yet to organize such an Association if some of the good women of Montgomery will take hold of It and make success of it. as they al- ways do when they unite in good cause. Then at the proper time We could have flower show, given in behalf of some charitable and worthy object, and 1t would be a success. The Auditorium would be good place for it, and a small admission fee might be charged. There might also be a street parade, and prizes for the finest floral display, all of which would add to the certainty of success.
 We make these general suggestions, without going into details, and hope the ladies of Montgomery and surrounding country will think of 1t and see if the scheme cannot be made a beautiful and fragrant success. If they go at it with their accustomed tact and determination there will be no failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
MORGAN BREAKS RECORD.
His Speech on Panama Canal Bill
 Immense.
From Washington to Chica
 Herald.


 From Washington to Chicago Record
 Herald.
 Senator Morgan's speech on the Panama Canal is published this morning and makes ninety-seven pages of the Con gressional Record. It will average 4,00O words to the page and make a total of about 3SS,00 words, which is equivalent to about three volumes of the ordinary 4OO-page novel, It would make a larger book than Grants memoirs or book about half as big as the Bible. This is one of the most remarks ble speeches ever deliver ed, not so much because of its contents, but because of the age of the man who delivered 1t. Mir. Morgan Is 79 years old, and although he Is in excel- lent health and has a vigorous constitu- ton, to speak four or five hours a day for five days is an ordeal which few men in the full vigor of early manhood could endure. It Is also remarkable because the Senator used very few notes. He made frequent references to published reports and other documents from which he quoted freely, but the speech was purely extemporaneous, and the Senator did not have even a skeleton of the top ics to guide him. No man living has given so mueh study to isthmian canals and, having remarkable memory, he Is able to discuss any point in the com plicated problem without reference to his authorities. He has probably read more than once every line that has ever been printed concerning a canal across the isthmus, but with all that informa tion within grasp very few men could have marshaled the facts and figures and argu- ments as he did or sustain such test of physical endurance.
 Ex-Senator Allen of Nebraska has held the record for long distance speaking until now. but he will have to surrender the belt to MT. Morgan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
DRINKING IN FRANCE.

As is we'll known, France has long been pointed out as country which showed the advantages of drinking light bev- erages in placs of the heavy beer and the strong liquor of other countries. While the French people confined their drinking to their native wines, which were cheap, light and comparatively harmless, they were a temperate people, and that was pointed out as an argu- ment against prohibition and as a de- fense of the use of wine as a prevention of drunkenness. If recent statistics are to be relied on the Province of Normandy. at least, can not lay any claim to temperance or to abstinence from strong drink. In fact, it is set out that the people of that re- zion seem to consider alcohol in some | form as a part of their regular diet, from infancy to old age. At one family dinner" where eleven persons were pres ent, they consumed a trife over twenty seven gallons of cider and five quarts of brandy. How ordinary human beings could drink such quantities of strong
  cation gives the following as the daily bill of fare for "a well-paid working man," as the paper has 1t:
 Three little glasses, 6 cents; coffee with brandy, Il cents; two absinthes. 10 cents; two bitters, 10 cents: Madeira, s cents; food (eggs. bread, cheese). Zz cents; co1ee with brandy, IS cents; two absinthes and two little glasses. "A cents-in all, S4 cents for drink to P for food.
 The little glasses alluded to were glasses of brandy, and looking over this oili of fare We are reminded of Prince Henry's comment on one of Falstaffs tap-room bills: "Oh. monstrous but one half-pennyworth of bread to this in tolerable deal of sack" This working man of the department of Eure was al most as bad as Jack Faistaff. And, as an additional evidence of the bibulous habits of these people one paper states that there is one saloon or other place where drinks are sold to every twenty-three in- habitants.
 This and other like statements indicate that alcoholism is largely on the increase in France. at least in some sections of the country. This large increase is no doubt owing to the fact that all liquor license was abolished in 1870 and since that time the consumption of alcoholic drinks has increased until nearly three times as much is consumed now as was done thirty years ago. And 1t is not sur prising to learn that crime has largely increased in this province or department of Eure. as an apparent result of in creased drinking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Tuskegee News

T UEhFgtt NEWS.
 ., No editor more loyalty supported Will liam Jennings Bryan when he was the party nominee than did We. But the him and his theories, And the judgment of the sound business interests of Amer lea is that our party can never win by allowing him to lead. or his policies to domlnate the Democracy. Nobody doubts his patriotism or his purity of character but his name has lost what charm it had. and as long as he persists in seeking to dictate who shall head our ticket SO long will We continue to founder in the slough of defeat.
 Now. let him. as a man who has been greatly honored and loved cruelty his inordinate vanity and step aside so that new men with conservative ideas may be placed in front
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
FOR THE HOME.

The Roanoke Leader makes a suggestion which Is worthy of general adoption, and we endorse 1t fully. It is, in short, that at each place where Confederate Memo rial services are held a collection be taken up. or other arrangement made to secure contributions for the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. Of course such contributions would be strictly vol untary but if the idea should meet with general favor. and 1t should be under sto d that all who wish can contribute any sum, however small, to aid in taking care Of the Veterans, there is no doubt but that a considerable addition can be made to the fund.
 Since the Legislature saw fit to ignore this deserving cause 1t devolves upon the people of Alabama to take 1t up. Ii is not creditable to us as a people that any old Confederate should be allowed to suffer, or that he should be forced to spend the last days of his life in poor house. The effort to provide A home for the needy has reached a stage where 1t must not be allowed to drop. All has been done so far by voluntary contribu- uons and by the unseldsh labor of the friends of the Veterans and of the cause for which they suffered. The Home can not support itself. The buildings cannot be completed or the inmates supported without money. and the people of Ala bama must supply the money. The sug-
 
 The Advertiser hopes the newspapers of the State will take it up and give 1t prominence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

That New York set-the 400 in fact Is evidently trying to work out the theory of evolution in practical manner. First they entertained a monkey, then a ne- gress' and we suppose they. will work up to the genuine Caucasian in time. It is somewhat amusing and a little dis gusting. but as The Chattanooga Times remarks, What are We going to do with a set that has nothing to do but kill timer" We suppose we must let them go on and amuse themselves with mon keys, coons and donkeys.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Wants a Democrat.

Clarke County Democrat.
 We want a Democrat elected on a Democratic platform, short platform, embodying the good old doctrine of tar if for revenue-a trust-killing tariff that will allow the masses of the people as well as the millonaires a chance in the race of life. If we elect a President, a Democratic Congress will soon follow and reforms must come.
 The country wants as a Presidential candidate next year an able, popular Democrat, from one of the leading States of the Union, to run on a platform of good old Democracy. It wants a Demo- crat,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

In the clipping from The Mobile Reg ister commenting on the Hobson- Bank head matter, which was published in The Advertiser yesterday. ra:er nee was made to MT. Lucien Julien Walker as Con- gressman Bankheads former Secretary" This was incorrect to the extent that Mir. Walker is still the Secretary of Col onel Bankhead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

According to The LaCrosse Republican, Roosevelt will get the vote of every colored man in the United States who is not an ingrate in 1904" The Republican sees. as anybody else with common sense can see, that the President is play ing his cards to that precise end, but there will, in our opinion, be both white and eolored %insrates," and quite num- Der of them, when voting time comes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
10 Guard the Capitol.
Greensboro Beacon.

It is reported that an extra watch has been set to guard the Capitol at Mont gomery lest some flying squadron from Birmingham, emboldened by Bro. Yerby's tai city, should slip in by night and move the historic pile to Jones Valley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

If MT. Bryan and Colonel Watterson would hire hall, with only themselves for an audience. and finish with their abuse of Mir. Cleveland it would be a great relief to the country. and probably to themselves
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

Kansas editor. at the behest of the Mayor of his town. waded in to help stop fight but one of the combatants turned and gave him a thrashing, where at he is very much disgusted. He inti- mates that the Mayor failed to protect him when he needed 1t and declares that he will look out for himself in future. Even an editor can sometimes learn some thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Doesn't Explain.

NHUCtdW AuVUCdlp.
 The Presidents explanation doesn't ex- plain. All of the excuses that he can manufacture will never convince right thinking people that his Southern policy is that of a man who desires to promote the interest, prosperity and harmony of this section. His strenuous methods are too blamed strenuous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

In view of all the testimony in the mat the Burdick scandal in Buffalo, good friends of Yale College can but blush for the declaration fin the last issue of the Yale Alumni weekly extolling him as a man to be proud of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Roosevelt as a Humorist.

TNlIdueIpIlIa HeCOrd.
 Some people say that Presidenet Roose- welt has no more sense of humor than had his illustrious Dutch ancestor, Wou- ter Von Twtlier, whose virtues are ex- tolled in Knickerbocker's veritabie his tory of New York. But what can these people say in presence of the presidents g keen stroke of humor in congratulating markable aehieYements7