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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
CANALS OF MARS.
An Interesting Theory ON the Question
of the Evidences of Life ON
the Planet.
Manchester Guardian.

Manchester Guardian.
Mars and Its Canals" was the title
of lantern lecture delivered to the
members of the Manchester Astror1o-
mical Society in the Munic}pal school
or Technology, by E. Walter Maunder.
Of the Greenwich Observatory Mr..
Maunder propounded a theory to ac-
count for the, canals" which throws
an important light on the vexed ques-
ton OF the existence of intelligent life
on the planet. Having given a brief
account of the history of the observa- :
ton of Mars, he described the condl-
tons which scientific knowledge teaches
are nkeiy to exist upon its surface.
Mars had made possible an exact esti-
mate of the force Of gravity on the
planet compared with the force OF
gravity on the earth. We were led
to believe that on Mars currents of air
move very slowly; that water vanorizns
very quickly, and that the atnosphere
is extremely rare. Owing to its com
parative distance from the sun. Mars
receives about half the light and heat
tnat the earth receives. Coming to
the canals, Mr.. Maunder said that as
far back as 1852 long narrow streaks
were detected on the surface. and thew
were called by the first observer nv
a name which was equivalent to chan
neIs' unfortunately the : word
canals was afterward applied. and
this was to be deplored. because IL sue
gested that they were of artificial con-
struction-an idea outside the mind Of
the first observer. The total humber
OF these canals now registered was
over two hundred. The astronomar
who was responsible for the latest
theory as to the canals was an Anoeri-
can. Mr.. Lowell, who had observed
them under the most favorable condt-
tons from high altitude In Arizona
Mr. Lowelfs theory was that as there
was very little water on the planet
the inhabitants had to distribute the
water over Its surface by means Of a.
system OF canals. What we saw were
not the actual waterways but green
fertlle strips on either side of them
THESE canals. according to Mr.. Lowell
changed with the seasons Just as ala
the polar caps. Mr.. Maunder showed
lantern pictures of the canals Of MIRA
as drawn by Mr. Lowell, according 10
wnlch the canals are extremely synn-
metrical in appearance, consisfipg of
straight lines of the same breadtb nv
a series of railway metals ana r,aat
ing in functions which might he iatges
1t seemed. on the face of II bard 70
escape from Mr.. Lowell's conclrston
that the canals were due to tbo T1oSir
of intelligent beings. But In 1Se6 Mr.
Lowell took to examining the nIanat
Venus. and he found canals there aiso
a fact which rather threw doubt unoy
his earlier work on Mars. M Ma,D
der elaborated an interesting theorv
OF his own to account for the cnnais
1t was to the effect that there nre
upon the surface OF Mars various In.
distinct lines and markings which
when viewed from certain distance
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
MONDAY. JUNE Is. 1904
AN OLD ONE GONE.

There has been considerable com
ment especially In New England, on
account OF the suspension OF The wor-
rester (Mass.) Spy. newspaper which
began its existence in ITO, and for 1874
years has been one OF the regulars of
New England journalism. 1t died of
too much conservatism. AS The Hart
ford Times expresses II:
For Rslong time they lived on their
prestige as q newspaper founded In the
eighteenth century, and their fidelity
90 the Republican Party. But the aver
ase newspaper reader in these days IL
not curious as to what century his
nswspaper began to be published in.
contains all the news. He wants a
twentieth century paper, not an eigti-
tenth century paper or a nineteenth
. hundred years behind the age, but
its owners neglected their opportunities
when they had 2 really fine field for
result which is chronicled today was
Inevitable.
The trouble with The Spy was that
II failed to appreciate and keep UP with
the changed conditions Of journalism
and the changed and changing demands
of the newspaper-readins public. It
was . mistake which other newspapers
have made. and which is pretty suro
to result disAstrously in the END We
do not mean that 1t is necessary for d
newspaper to adopt the yellow jour
nal" style in order to succeed. but that
1t must keep pace with the progressive
spirit of the time and govern itself
accordingly. The Spy was a conserva-
tive newspaper, after the old order Of
journalism, depending much on the
character of its editorials for patron
local news outside of the city That
was all right half century ago, but
win not succeed now.
Even twenty-five or thirty years ago
The Spy was considered valuable prop
erty. and IL 1t had not been for up-to-
date competition it might have gone
on and made money, but there was the
difficulty. When The Worcester Tele-
gram entered the field a quarter of a
century ago under the management of
a man who had what the Newspaper
folks call "a nose for news" the down
fall of The Spy was assured. The new
paper at once set to work to cover not
only the town. but the county of wor-
cester. and accomplished it's task so
thoroughly that it soon became daily
history of the entire community, and
the people were not long in appreciat-
ing the new plan. That was the doom
Of the old paper. and though it con-
tinued the struggle up to a few days
ago. it could never shake on the old
ways and take on the new, so it had to
pass out.
While there is a natural feeling OF
regret over the dissolution of one CT
these old-time newspapers. there is no
call for surprise at their fate IL they
persist in ignoring the changed condi-
tions obtaining in the world Of Journal
ism. The farmer might as well persist
in moving his grain with the old-ti
sickle as for a newspaper to expect to
flourish under the system which pre-
vailed haIf-a-century ago. Tastes and
customs change and the newspaper
must keep up with the procession or 10
TO the wall.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
INCREASED cosr or LIv1Nn.

Secretary Shaw. in his address to a
workingmen's club of Wilmington, Del,
professed to be able to forecast one
contention of Democratic orators dur
ing the campaign and this would be
that there had been great increase in
the cost of living. He promised to OF
set this by a showing. soon to be avail
able for the public. OF figures that would
prove wages had increased at a great
er rate than the price of food supplies
Chairman Cowherd promptly denounced
this statement as proving what had
been rumored for some time that a
large force OF clerks had been at work
in the Department of Commerce and
Labor, compiling figures for use by the
Republican Campaign Committee. The
Republicans reply that this investiga-
tion had been under way for a long
time, was not designed for use in a
partisan way and for aught they knew
the results might have turned out I'M
favorably rather than favorably to
them.
1t would be shameless, IL true. to ind
the party in power using the clerical
force of a department to work up fE-
ures in their own interest. 1t is not
likely. however. that the improperly
or this would shock the people pro-
toundly. After all every man will de-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

appeared to the eye In the form of
straight lines. In support OF this ex-
PLANTATION he showed drawings OF Mars
made by other prominent observers.
which were entirely free from the So
called canals. These were, indeed. due
to the running together by the eye Of
minut details, not straight or symme-
trical, but too small for the eye. even
under the best circumstances. to see
them very clearly. Mr.. Maunder
described an experiment he carried out
at Greenwich TO test this theory. Ac-
curate drawings of the surface Of Mars,
without the canals. were placed before
number Of schoolboys. and they were
set to copy them. The result was that
most OF the resulting drawings showed
canals similar to those OF Mr. Lowell.
owing, Mr.. Maunder contended. to the
natural running together of small spots
into lines when viewed at distance.
1T may be-" he said, disappointing to
have to give up the idea of there being
Intelligent neighbors OF ours across the
little gulf OF 100000 or b0,000,000
miles, who are industriousfy engaged in
digging Panama or suez canals, but 1t
10 better to be sure OF all we know,
or. in other words. 1T Is better not
to know so much than to know 80 many
things that are not so.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

termine this question for himself. He
| is not going to walt on a lot Of clerks
| In washington, to tell him whether
his family supplies have Increased in a
lesser ratio than his wages. His wife
can tell him how the matter stands
far better than a Government clerk In
the Department OF Commerce. She
knows to a penny how far a dollar will
20 In comparison with its purchasing
power ten years ago and she knows
how much the family fisc got by way
Of contribution. weekly or monthly.
then and now.
| Nothing IL so faliacious. as facts. ex-
lcept figures. is an old saying and Dem
ocrats need not fear cooked up stalls
tics. These do not deceive anybody.
In the actual contest. the Democrats
cannot afford to blink the facts Of daily
Experiences. II man is better on than
he has been, 1t is idle to deny there
will be an inclination on the part OF
the average voter to go with the ruiz
ing party. n the country continues to
move along in an even way, we shall
frankly recognize there 10 certain
amount of inertia to be overcome In
lpersuading the people that they have
brought this about and not the Repub-
lican Party. The Republicans leave
with their enormous pretensions very
little room for the play of Providence
and less room even for the steady In
dustry OF millions applying themselves
to the development of our great nat
III al resources. What do they promise
for the future? Nothing; just leave us
alone and all will be we'll. They need
not feel too secure. No one wants to
profit by national calanities. 1t would
be the last thing to be desired by ra-
into power in the face of a great COM
mercial calamity. Republicans like
Shaw who are chanting hymns of tri-
umph In advance would do we'll to look
around them. Seventy-hve thousand
railroad men have recently been dis
charged in the North; the New England
cotton mills have discharged more
thousands, strikes and lockouts are the
order of the day in the North and
West. The South happily is prosper
Gus. thanks not at all to Roosevelt or
the Republican Party. We are quite
willing to have Republican orators
prove by statistics in the doubtful
States that all is rosy sunshine. The
facts are known to the people there
and they can be trusted to Judge and
act according to their own knowledge.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
Port Arthur VIII Determine Russia'l
Fate.

Toronto Mail and Empire.
Japan is simply clearing the away to
Port Arthur where its supreme effort
will be put forth. The garrison, the
world is assured, is provided with ev-
erything that science can afford to
make its resistance effective. In the
judgment of Russian military experts,
who are not always we'll informed,
Port Arthur is impregnable. This view
will soon be put to test. We are on
the eve of one of the most remarkable
sieges in the worlds history At the
door of the Russian stronghold beset
by the sea and land, a japanese army ia
encamped. No further retreat is pos
sible for the Russians. Succor cannot
be obtained. and communication is cut
off. Port Arthur is left completely to
Its own resources. Its fate win deter
mine the fate of Russian rule in Man
churia.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
men ARE HELPLESS
AS CHILDREN


Big, strong man is as helpless infant
when he is suddenly Ill.
The sturdiest chap in town usuaIIv
loses his self control, and 4 ufteriv nm.
able to regard his condition WITH the
common sense that characterize Ria
everyday actions. =,
For example, He comes home t;red.
eats a heavy dinner and sits down ia
read and smoke away quiet evening.
Suddenly he notices a weight on his
stomach; then sharp pains around his
heart, and a feeling Of sufSocstjcp.
Thoughts Of "heart disease" rush Over
him, and in his agony he fears the worst.
The family doctor is summoned. ana
after q careful examination leaves mcdj-
cine that brings relief.
In day or two the man Is about his
business, weak and still uncovered from
the effects of the pain and the shock 10
his nervous system.
His trouble was acute iudiosstion.
brought on by overlooking his tired
stomach.
A couple of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets
would have given him instant relief
would have saved him hours Of suffering
and the cost,of a prescription.
A wise man should prepare for such
emergencies.
Garry package of Rexall Dyspcpsis
Tablets In your vest pocket or keep them
iiyour room. Take one after each heavy
meal, and indigestion can never bother
you.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets cure stom-
sch troubles by supplying the one eie-
ment, the absence of which in the gastric
juices, causes indigestion and dyspepsia.
They enable the stomach to digest an
kinds of food and to quickly convert 10
into rich, red blood.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsis Tab
let's are and what they viii do. We
guarantee them 30 cure indigestion and
dyspepsia.e6If they fail, we win refund
your money. a.
Price s5 cents per full package. said
only at our store or by mall
p n RAHRsR RM MMsaM n aAs6
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
We Decline to Smoke

OHpCtdW AuNOcnte.
Our first impulse was to jump astrad-
die of Old Grandma Advertiser for its
position on Bankhead and Hobson. but
when we learn that the good old lady
had just cause for MASKING Bank
head at least one squeeze, we stood
back and exclaimed. Hug him, Grand
ma" And now after sober second
thought The Advertiser is bound to ad-
init that Hobson stands no showing
whatever against Bankhead In the
Sixth District. and whether The Ad-
vertiser admits IT or not, 1t is true all
the same. Put that in your pipe and
smoke it, Grandma.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
THAT PARTRIDGE.

What are we to do with Bob White
The scientists of the Agricultural De-
partment have been looking into his
habits and find he Is a great bug and
insect destroyer; that he loves a boil
weevil particularly well. subsists on
and pursues the boil weevil with a far
greater energy even than the pot hunt
er exerts In getting Mr.. Partridge him
self. There is no need to inquire where
the partridge learned the taste of boil
weevil The boil weevil Is a Texan In
50 far as he Is American, and the part
ridge gives place out there to the
prairie chicken. The Agricultural De-
partment entomolosists assure us that
Bob White spells death to the boil wee
VII and their word must be taken as
true. He thus becomes the true friend
of the farmer and will be treated by
the farmer as he deserves.
Who Is going to forecast the change
in Southern life that will be wrought
by this simple announcement from
Washington. We love quail on toast,
but we hate the boil weevil and his
ways. We love to hunt the quail We
love all the associations of quail hunt
ing; the friend or friends, the dog, the
furry of flight, or the quiet winging
of 1t down the hillside in its effort to
fool the creature with a gun. We love.
too. the conversation that goes with the
well cooked bird. There are birds with
a SAVIOR that is superior. but they some
how or other do not go so we'll with
talk, with the communings of the high
er selves. with soul talk, as a we'll
cooked partridge. Talk is indeed the
chief charm of this bird. He invites
talk, invokes 1t, incites 1t. He is bet
ter than wine, far better in ensender-
Ing ideas, far better In stimulating the
fancy in stirring the Imagination.
A fond good bye must be said to the
Bob White by every Southern man, If
we would look on him as a dear thing
to be hunted and a dear thing to be
eaten when killed. He has a nobler
ONCE He makes his own dinner on
boil weevils. This concludes discus
sion. He must be permitted to lead.
unframed by us. his busy but gentle
life. When his young ones start at
our feet and run away to squat on the
ground. indistinguishable from the
stubble or the leaves around them, we
shall caress them in mind as our friends
and leave them alone. When Bob
White mounts the fence in the corn
field or the cotton patch. near the will
low tree and calls and calls again, we
will take in the poetry of it all and
leave him unmolested. He is our allv.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

According to a London authority, Il
bakers shovel such as Is still in use
for putting bread into the oven was
discovered at the bottom of a recently
e2;cavated Roman well in the Saalburg
Similar instruments are represented on
Roman frescoes but this is the first one
that has been found. 1t is of beech
wood and Is made in one piece. A
silver coin of Antonious Plus, a bronze
coin of the Empress Faustina and a
we'll preserved leather shoe were among
the further contents OF the well.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
REcIpRocITY AND TRApE.
Commerce With Cuba shows Eject OF
Recent Treaty.

Recent Treaty.
Harper's Weekly.
Our new, reciprocity treaty witt. CUBA
has already had a highly stimulating
effect on our trade with that island. Ac-
cording to figures gathered by the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. our
ports from Cuba during the first
three months of the present year were
nearly double those for the same pc
riod of 1908, and our exports increased
nearly 25 per cent During the first
quarter of 1908 our imports were SILL
94S,597. and our exports $5,&1l ,06S.
During the first quarter of the pres
ent year our imports were S23,217.1S0.
and our exports $6,4S5.14e. This makes
an increase in total trade of nearly
~ per cent Our chief import is SUI
sar Our chief export Is wheat flour;
other important exports being lumber
furniture, cotton cloths. refined oil, 10
&C motives, sewing machines and leath-
err A modest but grateful ameliora-
ton Of the price of Cuban cigars is
one of the immediate results of the
now treaty. Several manufacturers
have put out new brands of "Recip-
re city" cigars, which are supposed to
demonstrate what the new treaty has
dcne &r the consumer of tobacco.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

The Knoxville Sentinel argues that
papers which denounced Bryan in 1895
and 1900 have no right to dictate his
course now" Per contra, the man who
has been repudiated by the Democrats
has no right to dictate to them-and
there you are
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
The True Democrats.

The Geneva Reaper Is Mortified at
the action of the recent convention in
Montgomery and censures the Geneva
delegation very much. It also takes
shot at Mr.. Screws and pronounces
him bolter OF boilers. The Reaper
fails to note the fact that Democrats
all over the country are realizing the
mistake they made in following BRYAN.
and while in one sense the men who
supported Palmer and Buckner were
boilers, time has proven they were the
true Democrats.
CIT was a correspondent of The
Reaper, who was horrified.-Ed Adv
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
A setter.
Hartford Journal.

Hartford journal
DR.. Rivenbark gave his horse poult-
ry powders by mistake, thinking It was
stock powders. The horse has stratched
up its stall and is showing signs of
wanting TO set.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Naturally 1t is a German professor
who has discovered that the poison Of
rattlesnakes will cure leprosy. All that
IS needed. we presume. is for the leper
y provide himself with a robust snake
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

II the President should revise his
opinions OF his predecessors he can cas-
ilv show how he is far ahead of them
In one respect, and that is in accepting
favors from corporations.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Birmingham News.
Mr.. Knox will be transferred from
Attorney General to United States
Senator, but II will not be necessary
for the President to assure the trusts
that Mr.. Knox will continue to be care
full not to run amuck.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

The English war correspondent re.
Gently killed by the Chinese turns out
to have been an American. and we shall
expect to learn that he once lived in
Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Scottsboro Age.
Delaware dominates Judge Gray for
the Presidency---a Democrat eminently
fit and could beat Teddy. but another
Judge can beat him harder and the
champion Is by the name of Parker
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

The Baltimore Sun claims that Amer
lean girls can fare much better in a
nuptial way in America than they can
abroad. Well, they can marry more
frequently, at all events. and get out
OF IL easier.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
Too Busy Making Money.

tHAAdhSApAiio
The fact that few Americans become
chess experts has often caused wonder,
Tho American who Is capable of be-
coming a chess master is usually trying
to pile up a hundred million dollars at
aHsier work.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

II. as alleged, the union miners had
been instructed to get away from the
scene Of the recent dynamite explosion
in Colorado. so that none Of them would
be in danger, It shows that 1t was a
deliberately planned assassination and
that the unionists were responsible for
1t. The design was to kill only the
ncn-union men, OF course.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

DIT HIHBnAm LeuEer.
The President Is just too cute to lose
He has selected a colored orator from
Baltimore to second his nomination in
the Chicago convention. This is pre-
sumed to cinch the colored vote of
Maryland and the North
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Old Virginia. also, settles down COM
Ifortably In the Parker band-wagon. and
sends some strong men to talk and vote
for him.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
A Chair wanted.
Dothan Siftings.

Dothan Strings.
Some day a man will make his pile
by building a noiseless comfortable
chair. and one with service to it. Let
1t be one that knows not how to groan
and grumble, and that will turn over
backwards only when you are looking.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
Negroes and Pistols.

IuSkegee NEWS
Whenever a railroad gives a negro
picnic excursion to a community, there
should be law authorizing the call
ing out of military company to pro-
herd of the negro race can't stand
prosperity, picnics and booze.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Mobile Item.

MOUIIe Item.
Southern politician refers to
Roosevelt as a political boil weevil, but
1t will take more than a Guatemalan
ant to put him out OF business--it will
take a solid phalanx of Democrats to
do the work
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

and put him to work. II the bite kills
the patient the ieprosy viii disappear,
80 that It is bound to be effective in
some way.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
Better Keen Quiet.

Carbon HiII Enterprise.
| w. r. Hearst does not seem to he
gaining much Roadway with all his
| means of advertising. If a man has
| merchandise to sell 1t would pay him
to advertise it, but If he wants to be-
come President we would advise him
| to keep quiet.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13

Some paper says If Roosevelt and
Parker are the nominees it will be
contest between silence and sound
Well, we all know there Is a vast deal
more of silence than sound. 1t came be-
fore sound and will remain when sound
is gone forever.