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The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The attorney general Of tho United
States ut Sioux City hes directed Deputy
Tracey to proceed against tho Great
Northern railroad for hauling prairie
chickens to that city when under the
ban. The action 10 to b brought undea
tho provisions OF the Lacey oct. Two
hundred and nix chickens were brought
from Montana and, it i understood,
wece to be transferred to tho Illinois
Central. This road refused to take them
and the Great Northern oold them to b,
G. Potter, Who We arrested and tried.
Tho jury made . remarkable finding,
that 206 chickens were only one, and
fined Potter accocdinRly.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

THE Fremont Herald says that r L.
Edgeetoa . day or % ego discovered .
remarkable curiosity in . chunk q high
priced coal he had fed into hiD stove.
On opening tho stove door tho chunk fell
apart and left . perfect specimen of some
kind Of antediluvisn moss, together with
what appeared to be . flower. He imme-
diately snatched the specimen from The
6rs and hes turned It over to his brother
Ffaak, principal OF science ut tho High
school, Who will preserve it . Q valuable
thing. Tho latter estimates It must b
1t least Thousands OF years old.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

Sr0CKMEN from the range country
around Bonesteel, 8. d., report that cat-
tie are perishing by hundreds. A Trip
county man lost over 800 steers. The
deep snow begins about fifty miles west
OF that place and the range for 100 miles
west OF that point 10 covered with snow
two feet deep, making it impossible for
stock to secure food.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The Philadelphia North American
observes that in proportion to mileage
covered, English railroads in 1901 carried
twice as many passengers as American
lines. Yet not q single passenger was
killed in England, while the death roll
in the United States was 249. This 10
one instance OF American supremacy
which is not creditable.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

PRICES, Is, 80, IS and s5c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
THINKS TT WILL BE HANNA.

The Indianapolis Sentinel is very decid. edly optimistic on the subject of next years Presidential contest. It seems to think that there Is almost a dead cer- tainty that Hanna will be nominated by the Republicans. but is far from looking on that as a cause for .uneasiness, but rather the reverse. saying that ''shorAd he succeed in securing the nomination, which he evidently will do, the Demo- crats will have lost none of the advantage they now hold and with Senator Hanna as the Republican standard-bearer and the conservative. clean-cut, conscientious man of integrity and unquestionable pat riotism whom the Democrats will name there can be but one possible result a Democratic victory that will leave bad ly defeated Republican candidate to con- sole himself with the thought that while the American people are long suffering and patient under the sting of insult and gross injustice at home as well as abroad, they still possess the will and the power to punish those who infringe on their right of suffrage and later question their intelligence" ........
 The Sentinel gives number of reasons for the faith that Is in it, and for it's be- lief that Hanna will be the Republican nominee. Among other things. 1t states that his reusal to accept the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee is evidence that he has no intention of help ing Roosevelt, but rather has decided to knock the chip of Roosevelt s sho oAlder'' in other words. he is going to begin a campaIgn for the nomination and let Ted dy go hang. Then The Sentinel takes up Hanna and shows all his weak poinLs, among them being the belief that he would not be Loyalty supported by thu strong friends and partisans of the Pres ident
 And so, taking 1t up one side and down the other, The Sentinel argues itself into nrm conviction that we are going to lick um next round. It is a very pleas ant belief. but much depends on the course and actions of the Democracy. If our party selects the conservative, cls san-cut, | conscientious man" described by The Sem tInei, and gives him platform to corre- spond, we believe that the chances are brlgnt for success. The Sentinel does not name any Democrat as its choice but 1t is evident that it looks to some sound East ern Democrat as the man upon whom oul party must unite. We believe the Demo. erats can defeat Roosevelt more easily than they can defeat Hanna, but on the other hand if they should fail, the coun' try would have a better President in the Ohio man. so it looks as if there is some good ahead. either way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
Talke Aeed Ye Newly Wed.

OeLfolL Free PreSS.
 Nothing is more. unfortunate or more detrimental to her happiness and peace of mind than for young and inexperl- ence dwOman to start married life with the firm conviction that she is going to manage everything connected with her new home-includinE her husband-accord ing to her own special ideas. .s"
 It Is generally such women who are conceited enough to think that they are quite competent to train up husband in the way he should go. and 1t comes as a great shock to them when they find that he prefers to go in quite S contrary direc- ton.
 A woman who starts out on her matri- monial career with the idea of managing her husband will, in nine cases out of ten come to the. conclusion in less than six idea is a failure. Out of pure love a man will sometimes humor the whims of his wife rather than cross her during the first few months of their married life. But not content with such concessions, a wife will often become more ana more exacting with the result that she quickly causes a little rift within the lute, and loses whatever influence she may have yielded over her husbands actions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16

Our highly esteemed contemporary, The Virginian-Pilct, tells us that "Mr. Bryan's hatterins reception abroad and the evil dent respect and admiration entertained for him by distinguished Englishmen is gall and Wormwood to those so-called Democrats in the States who have heaped abuse and ridlcule upon him in season and out"
 As The Advertiser has the honor to be one of those "so-cal.ed Democrats who have criticised the NebFaskan we beg to remind the V.-P. that 1t doesn't see the point at all. We are glad the English people admire him. The more attention they show him the better he will be pleased: the better he Is pleased the lcng- CT he will stay, and the longer he stays the better do we like it. It is a regular and logistic syllogism, and we are sur prised that MT. Bryans admirers fail to see why those who have opposed him should be pleased, even If we were not pleased, as Americans. that he should be well received and handsomely treated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16

ance had his particular name, sometimes opprobioua. Nowadays, we have ''joe" for Mr. Chamberlain. and Mir. Labouchere's name is generally abbreviated; but other wise the public is content to sueak of it's leaders by their proper names. Nor is 1t only in the political world that this is noticeable. Nicknames are dying out at the public schools. In the earlier books of school life very curious school .lifeJ the hero on his arrival at St. Asterisk . School Jr Blank College is immediately equipped with soubriquet by which the whole school will call him in future. The modern boy, for the most part, avoids this habit. Nicknames are resrved for those in authority. The lights of the flf- teen and eleven may possess hem, but the new boy who expects to be saddled with some cacophonous title will be agreeably disappointed. And even the members of the football and cricket teams referred to rarely receive genuine nicknames of the old style. We cannot help feeling that this is an improvement on the old system. Many a man has grown haggard in trTo ing to live down a school nickname.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
Richard olney.


 Next in importance to the question of Mir Olneys qualifications for the office. which even his opponents would not ques- ton, is to be considered his availability as a candidate. How would he run? He represents so completely the general line of ideas and policies for which MT. Clevc- land stands, and he possesses so entirely the confidence of the same conservative land again in the field, that 1t is safe tp say that every one who would vote for MT Cleveland would vote for MT. OineJ. It is also safe to say that Mir. OlucY be lost to MT. Cleveland. There are many to whom regularity-never having bolted the ticket-is a prime essential. Mir. Olney possesses 1t. We must remem- Der in the same connection that he couI6 doubtless hold the Bryan wings, avoiding serious split which the indications are MT. Cleveland would be unable to do. In which Mir. olney would be more likely to carry for the party than any other man. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island he has such ties, and Is so well known and highly respected, that the matter of local pride would be very sure to turn the balance.
 Should the convention in It's wisdom present the name of Richard Olney to the electorate. We may expect to evoke a wave of enthusiasm which will carry him Into the White House. Once there the country would be assured of careful TUT all dhN lH- terests, of rigid economy. and rugged honesty in the administration of the Gov ernment, of prompt, fearless and effective enforcement of the laws, and that In the world at large our flag would be re- spected and our rights maintained. MI. Olney's vigorous, forceful pc -sonality. his eminent ability and poise. his wide and fruitful experience, his proved executive tact and skill his sound judgment ani his unpretendlng patriotism, would lift any administration which he might come to be the head of from the. level of com monpiqce to the plane of high initiative and achievement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
EDUCATINo oYsTERs.

According to The Richmond (Va.) News Leader 'it now developa that we can feed, fatten and stun oysters for the mar ket just as we do hogs and chickens" |" We do not know who developed 1t but if he has really done 1t he is a genuine pni- lanthropist and several other things. We are not SC thoroughly posted on oyster anatomy as the virginians are, and are not sure that we could distinguish fat one from a lean specimen, but reasoning from analogy we feel sure that the fat ones are best. But that Is not the whole thing. for The News-Leader continues:
 The educated oyster has long been the dream of animal trainers, and in the Iigat of this new discovery we do not know but what ne will come, after all. in advance of the flying machine. Judicial study of tAe brain food suitable to the oyster may easily result in stimulating his intellect to the point of recognizing simple numer- als and clicking ans Sers to questions with the points of his shell and ma-----s hlm. self a feature in the side shows.
 So it isn't a mere matter of feeding and fattening the popular bivalve. but oi training him so that he may give us a welcome change from the stock freaks in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
GIVES THE KEYNOTE.
Republican Leaders rr%.er a Striking
 Epigrau1.

Washington Special to Chicago Chronicle.
 Former Denntor John M. Thurston of Nebraska, terseiy and accurately epitona- ised the situation in the Republican Par ty when he said, speaking of the Presi- dent: "A man whom everybody is for. but whom nobody wants" Mir. Thurston was making an after-dinner speech to A mixed party of Republican politicians. newspaper correspondents and members and ex-members of Congress at the Ra- leigh Hotel J. Hampton Moore of Pnil- adeiphia, President of the National League of Republican Clubs, was the host.
 When the epiGram was uttered it was received with vociferous applause and laughter and later on Mr. Thurston re- peated it with appropriate changes. He felt that so appreciative an audience was entitled to an encore, nay, many encores. The epigram has been on the tongue of every visiting politician. every statesman. and indeed. everybody who has heard it, for twenry-four hours. The consensus of opinion IS that Mr. Thurston has made an Invaluable contribution to the litefa- sture of current politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
OUT IN OHIO.

A Big Republican Row is Possibas. Washington Special to New York Tribune.
 The situation in Ohio is the occasion oe some concern to the RopublicaD party leaders It need hardly be said that there is no fear that Ohio will not return . handsome Republican majority, but George Cox. Of Cincinnati, came to Waah- ingt0n and conferred with Senator Hanna and Representative Dick, with out even infofining Senator Foralzer of his presenoe in the city. As result there were rumors that the beginning of long fight intended to defeat Mir. Foraker's re-elec. ton to the Senate had been planned. and
 the prospect of internecine warfare in the State gave the leaders no little uneasiness.
 1t Is appreciated that such fight. begun at this early day, would have little sett- ous effected on the national election, pro- vided the President was able to avoid tak- ing sides; but. on the other hand, 1t is understood that. in view of Senator Fora. ker's loyalty to him, Mir. Roosevelt might find strictly neutral course difficult so pursue. t-< t' V
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
A NICE ouEsrToN ro sETTrE

A NICE QUESTION TO SETTLE. We are almost preparing to feel sorry for Massachusetts-some portions of 1t. at all events. Some days ago The Advertiser had sornething to say about the acton os the school authorities in one of the towns in separating the white, and negrp chil- dren in one of the schools Nwas natural that we should comment on that and al Jude tc it as an evidence Of returning sanity on the part of some at least of our brethren of New England. But this Shelf field case--that Is the name of the town- was . beautifully simple one compared with the one they now have in the nttie negro town of New Guinea. near Spring field. In the Shefiield case 1t was merely question of whether white and colored pupils should attend the same school, but the New Guinea case'is worse and more of tt. We And brief summary of the trouble in recent issue of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, as follows: 4 This settlement, as was stated at the time, Is made up of thriftiess negroes who refused to send their children to Echool 1t was finally decided to establish q school for the special benefit of the New Guinea negro children. and negro w?- Rat ,Se reSed to lr tbs school on the grounds that 1t was d.ss crimination to have separate school for their children. The school trustees were In doubt as to what course to pursue. but | finally decided to send white children a % to the New Guinea school. and 1t was or dered that all children of the school age in the neishSorhood should attend this school.
 That was nice solution of the matter, the authorities thought. but now they \ have an opportunity to think some more. but whether 1t will do them any good re- mains to be seen. The hitch in the pro- gram Is caused by the positive refusal of the white people to permit their children to attend a school taught by e colored teacher. This mixes things all up again and leaves the matter worse than if was before Naturally. when the negro chil-
 dren found that they were to have as fei- low pupils the children of their white neishbors they were perfectly willing 10 go to schooi. Their objection to going to . separate school tausht by a neEfess was founded on the idea that 1t wka a caste discrimination against them and they kicked at it. But the caste barrier
 would be removed when they could sit by the side of the whites and they were will ling. i ~ t w ada
 But these white people, even in the land of Plymouth Rock John Alden. Miles standish and various other historical characters. have some caste feeling themselves and drew the line at a negro teacher for their children. But there is
 another bump in the way of smooth sail-
 ing and we fail to see how they are going
 to get over 1t. School attendance is com pulsory in Massachusetts and the ques-
 ton with the white people at New Guinea
 is whether they wiil stife their pride of race and patronike the colored teacher or
 refuse to send their children and take
 chances with the law. Its nice question as 1t stands. and we beg to assure them of our earnest commiseration. But how do they like the race question?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
Concerning Insurance Ratesc.

Editor The Advertiser:
 MT. Fleming. the representative of the Southeastern Tariff Association, was in the city few days ago. AS far as I can learn he consulted with insurance agents only and interviewed no property owners. For years this city had no paid Fire Department. and the reason was ad- vanced as an argument to sustain the high fire insurance rates then prevailing. Now, we have paid Department. yet the rates are higher than in the days when we relied upon the volunteer fire men.
 When tho facts just related are pre- sented, the reply is given that Mont gomery has no standard buildings, hence the rates for fire insurance cannot be reduced.
 Will you kindly inform the public what standard buildings are?
 It Is rumoled that the Southeastern Tariff Association has a blank agreement to be filled in at their pleasure, signed by the insurance agents of this city. Do you not think 1t is time for our worthy Mayor and Council to take up the matter of fire insurance rates in Montgomery?
 J. D. Beale. MontRonery Decemher 1b
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
R.Ars 10 YouR HOLES.

The dat has gone forth that the rat Is an enemy of human kind. Formerly the little rodent was considered an enemy chiefly of the farmer and the careful housewife. but. now the ban has been ex- tended and he is considered the mortal foe of the entire human family, of all classes and of every age. 1t Is all be- cause of the microbes, for 1t has only lately been discovered that as germ-car- riers the rats gre away ahead of mosqui- toes. at least in the large and crowded cities. That the dreaded plague. or black death." is spread by them seems pretty we'll established. and in San Francisco. as we learn from The Sacramento Bee, 'relsntless war is waged on the rats of the Chinese quarters. and the health aur thorities there have recently extended the anti-plague campaign beyond the boun- daries of that district. It Is probable that the rat Is both the chief source of the introduction of the disease in any locality and likewise the principal cause of it's persistence there. And it is known that other maladies. such as influenza. have been spread by the rodent. which has no good qualities to commend it to consider ation."
 In this connection 1t is well to note that thers was recently held in the city of Brussels an International Congress of Hy- giene. in which the subject Of the plague and other contagious and infectious dis eases was discussed at length. During that discussion pr. A. Calmetto remarked that though plague can propagate itself from man to man 1t is well known that rats are, the principal agents of commit nication. through the medium of the aeas that infest them." and added these positive words:
 In this regard 1t was noted that rats show disposition to migrate when the pest appears among them. They board ships uioored to wharves in India, in ports where plague prevails, and are thence car ried to all parts of the world. Inc speak CT concluded that international means of prevention of the spread of plague must to keep out foreign rats and to destroy native rats, because mo serious epidemic focus can be created if the disease is not disseminated by these animals"
 From all this 1t is plain that MT. Rat is doomed. Humiliation Is his destined portion and he may as we'll make up his mind, if he has one. to submit to the in- evitable. That the Aeas are the main criminals will not help him any, for the decree will go out that if rats can't exist without fieas they must quit existing nYha+ .,,tII kh. rNhIna,nar aoo na.. For,,, an important part of their food supply and if that is entirely cut off they will run short of meat diet, but that will not be allowed to influence the action of gov ernments and health authorities. Any. thing which tends to lessen the prevail ence and spread of disease will be vel comed. even though it may cause tempo rary inconvenience. Rats to your holes!'' is the slogan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
WEDNESDAY,, DEC. ls. 1908.
THE UNION LEAGUE o1up.

A few nights ago the Union League Club of New York adopted a resolution calling upon the administration and Congress to take measures 10 secure to the negroes of the South their political rights" The New York Evening Post. which can always be depended on to throw a brick at the South. says of the movement:
 It Is a national concern. It would be. even if the wrongs of the negro did not direct.y affect any exc spt residents 0t the the law anywhere in our country cannot but be of the deepest interest to all pa: Is of 1t. No one knows when or where the wdefsiE spirit may A spa5sS,aft apa%,ftsd m voe fne latiOn of justice, the conscience of no American should be allowed to sleep. But. of course. the suppression of the qualified negro vote in the South most intimately affects the North. It establishes a s ar ing inequity of representation in that common legislature where there should why an appeal lies directly to the House of Representatives. Its own fairness as Q representative body Is imperilled by the exclusion from the suffrase. in one sec under the local laws of the State. to vote. Under such circumstances, the Union League Club would have been false to It's ' In behalf of justice to the negro.
 On the same day The New York Times. which is as patriotic. at least. as The Post. had a column editorial condemning the action of the Union League, and pointing out the individuality and injus- tice of the course advised. It shows the efforts being made by the best people of the South to help the colored race, and adds:
 The policy of tho Union League would hinder. embarrass, and terd to defeat the efforts of this class. II would aid In put ting the South as a section under the iron rule of the demagogues who can and will terests. The infinite risks to the nation h this we know from the history of Pop- ulism in the South. An4 for all this con- fusion, Generalization and reaction there would be no compensation to any class, while to the negroes whose wrongs inspire the movement there could be only greater trouble, harder lot.
 The Times is right and The Post is wrong, as it generally contrives to be when discussing Southern affairs. The policy of the Southern people with regard to suffrage is settled, or in process of set- clement. Neither the administration nor the Congress can change that policy. Con- gress may enact laws giving universal suffrage to the negroes but they will nev- CT be enforced. The Post ought to see that the day for such things has passed and will not return. It is possible to cut down representation from the South in She House but that would not add one < negro to the electorate nor subtract one white vote. On the contrary the efrect as The Times points out, would be disastrous tos the negro. Not only would they not vote. but their real friends in the South would Nae hindered and embarrassed in their efrortsN to help the deserving coIored people. The Club would better try an easier job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16

the show business. "The. only talking oystes on sxhsbition." wceid fessa . catchy and astrs5tiys feature on q show poster. and the. company having such a freak would rake in the shekels like . faro bank. As is we'll known. the ex- precision. dumb as an oyster is sup posed to express the ultimate limit of re- ticence, but if one can be taught to speak. if only by clicking his shells to- ssther. 1t will be the most popular at- tra6tion any snowman can exploit. Let the talking oyster matcrialise.