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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
PARTIAL REPORT MADE.
Recommendations as to Public
 Lands.

Washington, March 7.-The commission appointed by the President on October 22, 1908, consisting of w. A. Richard, Com missioner of the General Land once; Clifford Pinchot, Chief Forester of the Department of Agriculture, and F. H., Newell, Chief Engineer of the Reclama- tion Service, to make suggestion regard ing the provisions of the laws relating to public lands. has made to the Presi- dent a partial report which was sent to Congress today. a3 ssst
 It recommends the repeal of the timber and stone act and the substitution of suitable provisions for selling. after ap-, praisal, of the timber on public lands which is needed in large or small quanti- ties for industrial purposes. The commit tee also recommends the repeal of the law permitting assignment of entries un- der the desert land law and urges the importance of a more careful administra- tion of the law. especially of those pro- visions relating to obtaining an adequate permanent water supply.
 It advocates the restricting of the com mutation clause of the homestead entry, where such entries are located within forest reserves or where the land Is chief ly valuable for timber. It suggests the outlines for law permitting homestead entries upon agricultural land within for est reservations and the survey and de. scription of such agricultural lands by metes and bounds rather than by the rectangular system. thus permitting the agricultural lands to be selected along the valleys and to embrace the good til- lable land without taking in extensive tracts of side hill .,z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
NEW PARTY IN PORTO RICO.
Federals Administrations Formed,
 Demanding Statehood.


 San Juan, Special maiD.-After ssteadi- ly fighting the American administration Tn Porto Rico since American occupancy the Federal party has gone out of ex- lstence, and an effort is being made to form new party, to be known as the Porto Rico Union. This new party has made the principal plank of its platform demand for independence or State- hood. One Republican membes of the Executive Council. Matienzo Cintron. whose term Is about to expire, has Joined the Union, but otherwise the Re pIhhcans have treated the movement The Federal party has been under the leadership of Munoz Rivera, of New ork. who has from that city dire ted Us acts and policy, while conducting an Eng1sh-Spanish weekly newspaper MT Rivera came here a few weeks ago af- ger an absence of three years to visit his followers and advised their disbandment as Federals and the formation of an- other party The Federals have no rem resentatlon in the executive council as the two named by President McKihley resigned. In the House of DeIegates they, have 10 members out of s5. renre- sentlng two of the seven election dis trlets Of the island "'
 Present indications are that the new party Will not be as powerful a factor in insular politics as was the old Fed eral party and that the Republicans will gam III strength by the movement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
SOME pLArN TALK.

The Muskogee q. n Phoenix Is a decid- ed Republican newspaper. but 1t deals out some straight talk to the negroes of the Territory in these words:
 The Phoenix has been progressively the friend of the negro. The Phoenix believes the best way to make of him a good citi- zen is to educate him, The Phoenix be- leves in treating him fair, in giving him se M hai Highest dSs possSs 1s tgpe 1 eras of e@
 That this is true, there is not negro in this city will attempt to deny, With this preface. The Phoenix desires to make a brief. blunt statement, and 1t is made fin the interest of the black man. The negro who attempts to array his people against the white man is not a friend to his race Tho negro who makes incendiary har- rangues to his people, trying to incite a The negro who says, We are superior to the white man. lies, and he knows 1t, and is unworthy of belief or influence among his people. The negro who invites a con- f1ict or incites the more ignorant to pre- cipitate it is an enemy to the negro. and every sensible man, black or white, knows it.
 That is putting the truth before them in a way they should understand and appre- ciate, and The Phoenix shows its friend ship for them by such plain talk. The negro population of Indian Territory is not large enough to offer any menace to the white people at large. but there may be communities where their numbers might make them seriously disturbing element. The blunt way adopted by The Phoenix ought to do good. as it comes from a Republican, and cannot be att tributed to Democratic intolerance or race hatred. We have no doubt but that the colored people will be benefited by giving heed to the words of friend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
INSANE NEGROES.

NS~ 1oEAI march D, lSOA Editor The Advertiser:
 If not asking too much of you, please answer:
 How many colored people are there in the State asylum for the insane?
 How many were there in 1870?
 If any marked increase in numbers, can you give any reason for it2
 At the date of the last annual report, there were Ess colored patients in the Alabama Insane Hospital. S72 being at Mount Vernon and 64 at Tuscaloosa. In lsu there were n colored insane cared for by the State. The increase is due to some extent to cares and vacations from which old-time negroes were free. but largely to the fact that the State has made such complete arrangement for the proper treatment of. these unfortunate people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
,Animals with Extra Eyes.

Many animals possess more than two eyes, which do not act together. A leech, for example. has ten eyes on the top of it's head which do not work in concert. and q kind of marine worm has two eyes on the head and . row down each side of the body. Some lizards have on extra eye on the top of the head which does not act with the other two. A bee or wasp has two large compound eyes which pos sibly help each other and are used for near vision. and also three little simple eyes on the top of the head which are employed for seeing things long way off. ..- .=..> > --
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
NEBRAsKA MrRAors.
City of Tall Buildings Seen in the
 Ai.

Boston transcript.
 pr. Charles A. Oaks. of Seward, de- scribes a mirage he saw recently near Gresham, Neb. It was observable for fully a minute He says: Suddenly. while looking to the west, saw strange city rise up from the open plain and be- come stationary at the base of the hori- zon. It was a city I had never seen be- fore Or heard of. How large 1t was cannot say. but it covered an extensive tract of ground. Tn the central part there were immense brick buildings from six to ten stories high. The walls were pierced with many windows all of which had shutters attached to them. There was a park in the centre of the city. and saw people walking and driving abort. They were. dressed much as the people of all large oities are. At the outskirts of the city were located large and small residences. did not see any street cars or railway trains. This Is the second mirage I have seen and the most wonder full"
 The doctor Is of the opinion that the city he saw does not belong to the Uni
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Classical Example of ohaek.

Surely it will remain a classical exam pie of ''cheek'' that is described in che following story, told by The Country Gentleman: One of the English gener- als. during the Boer war, having secured a turkey, asked his friends to dinner. When the day came the bird had disap- peared It was traced to the quarter S of the naval brigade. and a young mid shirman owned to having ''pinched' 1t. The infuriated general exhausted his vo- cabulary in abuse of this delinquent, who replied: "Fm very sorry, sir! But you wouldn't have liked 1t. We tried to get our teeth through it, but it was so tough we had to throw it away. If I'd known you would have taken it so much to heart I'd have got the carpenter to make you another"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

The Advertiser is in receipt of the anni- versary and trade edition of The Wash ington County News. which is published at the ancient town of St. Stephens. Edl- tor Mosely is to be congratulated on his great success, and the people not only of the county, but of the State, are for tunate in having presented for their bene- it so much valuable historic and current information. The edition is in magazine form and this makes it easy of preserva- tion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Not Exaggerated.

MOUII0 ft6BISLbIs
 The extraordinary debates between Congressman Bankhead and Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson in the Sixth Congressional District, continue to bring out the "yells." tears" ''shrleks, !" misses and other emotional signs of the district voters, according to the staff correspondence of The Montgomerv Advertiser, and the rest of the State looks on with misgiving that by outside publication of the political proceedings in Walker, Fayette and other counties the intelligence of the State will receive a black eye,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Getting Back Stolen Property.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 That is a weak statement from Wash ington that, while the authorities know that some of the lands of this govern ment are now in the hands of thieves, they really do not know how they are to get them back, We'll. other people know, and the way is to take them back. Then let the thieves do the lawing to regain possession--not force the United States to do that. If the properties have really been stolen it ough to be an easy mat maps show where they are. And, having located the land, 1t is easy to put a marshal or troop in possession. We have grave doubts as to whether a man have the impudence to sue for his loot after it had been taken away from him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Headlone and Unsafe.

Sr. LOUIS fteIuDIICs
 Roosevelt's headlong characteristics un- doubtedly make him an unsafe man and undoubtedly the thinking voters through out the United States realize the fact Not a one of us at this minute but feels that, in tho hope of effecting a sensa- tional coup of some sort, the administra- tion under its present guidance may plunge us into an ugly imbroglio which might mean @ useless war with a Euro pean power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Fees for Nearly 3 Century.

oPIIhBHeId IMass.) Republican.
 Ever since the fall of Napoleon mo. mentous rivalry between England ant Russia has grown. Whether right ol wrong in her policy. England has never failed in q crisis to attack Russian ;,i terests, It was so in the group ol questions affecting Turkey and Russia7s desire to reach the. sea. by way of Con, stanpnople., And now that the slav ha. not seal up his commercial and naval ouf. let several months of the year, he con. fronts the same foe. Wherever he turns he meets England-in Turkey, in China In Thibet, in Persia. eYerYwhare
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
The Greatest Gathers.

bII IIIHB IIdII IGWS.
 The Gulf States will be perhaps the greatest gathers of all from the canal. It will mean the development of vast shipping interests to Alabama, and will crease of property valuations all along the coast in this State. Let the digging proceed" The work cannot be pushed too fast to suit Alabama and Alabama industrial and agricultural interestA Necessarily 1t will take several years to complete the canal, perhaps a decade. Meantime business men of foresight will be making preparations to profit by the new conditi6nS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
John Bull Proteotino Hinosal.

Hartford (Conn.) Couriantv
 Great Britain has now comnIetad q treaty Of arbitration with Spain. The three principal Mediterranean povers~ Italy, France and Spain-are thus under speclaI agreement not to quarrel with suit If 1t can possibly be avoided. These three treaties of arbitration, if backed up by sympathetic diplomacy on the part or Great Brite in, as they undoubtedly VIII be- are likely to be strong clements Of peace in western and southern Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Improvements" on the White House

Albany (N. r J Afgus.
 Republican Senators, like Gallinger and Dryden. ridicule the Improvements to the White House, which have cost the nation $5O000 It Is true that that historic as the saying goes, but Senator Dryden Is quite right when he says that the architect should not be blamed. The present occupant of the White House has views on architecture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

Referring to the evident tendency among Republicans to suppress negro influence in their conventions. The Portsmouth Star puts 1t this way: ---
 Nobody Is objeeting to this suppression. Roosevelt and the negroes are silent. Neither one is expected to complain. Roosevelt is more likely to make dis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
The Brundidge News, referring to dele gates to the State Convention, says:

We presume that they, are to be elected by the people at the April primary. If the ruling of the Executive Committee on the point has been published, 1t has escaped our notice, and the, people have been so much absorbed in other matters and the interests of the various candi- dates, that they have given this very it- tie thought.
 The State Committee provided that County Committees could order election of delegates by primary on the 1lth of April, or if any conventions were or dered, they should be held on the 18th of April
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
The Best Thing.

C1anton Union Rep.)
 The best thing that could happen to the Republican party of Alabama as an organization would be to have a Demo cratic President for the next four years; that would weed out the Pap Hunters, and we would then have party united on principles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Mo neclina Thara.

Tuscaloosa Ttmes-GaZette.
 The Birmingham News deplores the de- cline of the joint debate in politics. That editorial must have been written before the Bankhead-Hobson debate began. That joint debate seems to be about as lively as anything that has ever hap pened and there are few marks of decline" about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

has less discretion. But even he would like to recall some of the strenuousness he put out to capture the negro vote. He doesn't wish to give Crum to Charles ton, now, with that same throb of the negrophile passion which he espoused several months ago He. too. is willing to Rtlnprnsa a little.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

Accuracy is a good thing, even in a military man, provided he doesn't overdo it. When Gen. pr. Wood says there are bat fifteen insurgents in Jolo. 1t leads us to inquire how he knows unless he has counted them. and if he was near enough for that. why didn't he catch them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

The demand for the nomination of a good Democrat at St. Louis has reached the, far West beyond doubt, when We find a Spokane paper declaring that "an signs point to CleveIand's nomination by accla- nation" Evidently Patrick Henry Win ston, editor of the paper referred to, knows some things and guesses pretty we'll at others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal makes a horrible suggestion when it ''supposes' that the Nebraska Democrats might select Bryan as delegate to St. Louis, and then instruct for Cleveland. We suppose there's no limit to newspaper impossibilI- ties, but We hardly think that even Ne braska Democrats could make such a break as that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Ticket Suggested.
Huntsville Mercury.

HunLSYlII0 MerCury.
 The Mercury respectfully, but seriously and earnestly submit for consideration to the Democracy of the nation the names of Grover Cleveland of New York, and Luke B. Wright of Tennessee, as a ticket upon which we all can unite and go before the people in confidence of victory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

We Americans have some fun out of the Russian and Japanese names. but a pos tai directory or atlas of the New Eng land States, where many Algonquin h. dian names prevail. will convince any one that We have little to boast of Some of those names are as thorough jaw breakers as the Russians can produce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

The Minneapolis Journal notes that MT, Cleveland can prove that he never dined a negro at the White House, and adds: How distressing 1t would be if he couldn'tY' No. there would be nothing distressing about'it, except to those who do not want to know the truth. His word would be sufficient for all fair-mind- ed people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Looks Hard.

Anniston Hot Blast.
 It looks hard that just about the time Colonel Bryan got up to the stage front with his moral issue and Kansas City platform dead duck, the war curtain fell and shut him out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

Many French officers. it is said, ara anxious to join the Russians, and from what we have been hearing of French officers these late years. we should think that France would come forward with a hasty consent.-Detroit Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
The Gordon Fund.

Mobile Item.
 The Advertiser will be endorsed in the above by every Southerner, and by many a patriot in the North who admired General Gordon and Southern chivalry. There will, no doubt, follow liberal con- tributions to this worthy cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

MODIIo heCOfueT.
 Some of the newspapers are advocat- ing clean money, and that is just what we want, but if we can't get clean money, we want money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

?. ]. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The ts .yssry Advertise being duly sworn says: The fuFe~oing atatement of The Adver. tiasr.s daily elrcuiation for the month of January, 1904. iE true and correct and com piled after all retufns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been de- dnetad. P. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this I2th day of February, Iso4
 F. W. JACKSON. fseaiI N. F., Ex-o. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
No Nervas There.

Heart disease and nervous prOstration are almost unknown among the Japanese. This immunity is attributed to the equan- imity and cheerfulness of the Japanese.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

That Baltimore man. who boasts that he cap talk ten hours at the rate of $500 words an hour should take the stump as a Presidential candidate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

The late South Carolina Legislature passed law to head off the money-lend- ing sharks. but We doubt the efficacy of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
Mrs. Buggins's New Shoes.

Modern Society.
 Mrs. Buggins-I don't feel at all com fortable iR these new shoes.
 Mir. Buggins-What's the matter? Don they hurt7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

Let not a third National Convention ask Democrats to march behind the hearse-or the Hearst, for that matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

Taking Dowie and Shoot as specimens, 1t Is evident that the prophet business has It's drawbacks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

They undoubtedly strengthen the position ef Great Britain in the Mediterranean
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08

It was hardly necessary for MT. Clevs- land to say, Let him go it." in referring to MT. Bryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
An Hxceiient Showing.

Tho following detailed staesnent of the net Enid eirculasion Of The Advertiser for the Mon<h nt January makes an. ex client show
 AE AIahama's oniy Enefropo nswRpAper ns The Advertiser is known the country eyer. is pardonahly proud of thls spisndid record. d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
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Holbrook argus., 1904-12-10
Comrades.

Bobby was 10 years old and an alarmingly light-hearted and careless young person. It was supposed, how ever, that he would be capable of es- corting his grandmother to the family Christmas dinner one block away from her home without mishap.
 He was tall for his age, and he of- fered his arm to his grandmother in a gallant and satisfactory manner as they started off together.
 "I hope he will remember that she is almost 90, and not try to hurry her. I'm sure I've cautioned him enough" said Bobby's mother, as she began to dress her younger children. But when she arrived at the family party it ap- peared that grandmother had turned her ankle and was lying on the lounge.
 Bobby" said the mother reproach- fully, "where were you wben grand ma slipped?"
 "Now wont have that boy blamed," said grandmother briskly, smiling up into Bobbys remorseful face. we came to fine ice slide, and he asked me if I thought we could do 1t, and told him I did. And 1 want you children to remember one thing; when you get to be 90, you'll count turned ankle small thing compared with having somebody forget you've out. lived everything but rheumatism and sitting still. Anybody that likes can rub this ankle minute or two with some linlment, but I want Bobby next me at dinner, mind"-Christian Intel- ligencer.'
Holbrook argus., 1904-12-10
THE oYPsIEs.
Something About the History of the
 Rowing Tribes.


 The word gypsy, of curious and in teresting origin, is at once illustrative of the tenacity of corruption and suggestive that the propensity of chil- dren for acquiring bad language is a racial trait The gypsies on their first appearance in England about the beginning of the sixteenth century were mistaken for Egyptians and so called by men of education, but the common people, finding some difficulty in mastering the name, rendered it "gypsies," and so the wandering peo- pie have ever since been called.
 During the reign of Henry VIII. in 1531 statute was enacted expelling the gypsies from that country under penalty of Imprisonment and forfeit ure of property. According to the Grey Friars' Chronicle the statute recited that many Outlandish people, calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft nor faict practice) of merchandise, have come into this realm and gone from shire to shire and place to place in great company and used great sub- tie and crafty means to deceive the people; bearing them in hand that they by palmistry could tell mems and women's fortunes, and so many times by craft and subtlety have deceived the people of their money, and alst have committed many and heinous fel- onies and robberies." Six years later Cromwell, in letter to the President of the Marches of Wales, accuses "the gipcians," as he calls them, of false hoods, felonies and treasons'' and or ders the execution of such as fail to leave at command.
 The gypsies had spread over the con- tinent of Europe several centuries be- fore their appearance in England, and an Austrian monk, writing of them in the twelfth century, calls them the progeny of the son of Hagar, or Ish- maelites. Modern historians, however, have, by the peculiarities of their lan- guage, traced their origin to India. Throughout the Orient and continental Europe they were known as meta; workers, and Sir John Lubbock attrib- utes to them the introduction of metal lurgy, especially of bronze, into Eu- rOpe.-New York Times.