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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
A NEW PLAN PROPOSED.

A resident of the State of Washing ton makes a somewhat unique sug- gestion with reference to the election of United States Senators. It is that when it becomes evident that the va cant seat is in effect to be disposed of by competitive bids of rich men, the State should step in and frankly auc- We don't know if that would be a strictly constitutional method of ill., ing these offices, but in some cases it would certainly be a good one for the State. The Manchester Union calls to mind that when Montana elected a Senator six years ago enough money was spent to have run the government two years.
 It is true that the Federal Consti- tuition provides. that Senators from each State shall be chosen by the Leg islature thereof but this Washington mans plan would not really be vio- lation of that provision, for after the successful bidder has bought the place the Legislature could elect him in the usual manner. If that body should elect some one else it would raise fog. however. n
 But Montana is not the only State in which such a plan would be a good revenue producer. Delaware would have been out of debt long since, and even New York and Pennsylvania might have added very materially to their bank accounts by such an opera name could reduce their taxes by this method of raising revenue. While it might not be altogether creditabIe to the State it would be no more discred- itable to the candidates themselves than are some of the methods now pur- sued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
INTERESTING INCIDENT.
A Man Once Indicted for Treason iD Court Over Which he Afterwards
 Presided.
nashville Banner.

Nashville Banner.
 The death of Judge F.. s. Hammond of the Federal Court of the Western District of the State, recalls the fact that this judge less than fifty years ago in the very court over which he presided, stood indicted for high trea- son.
 Judge Hammond was a Confederate soldier during the civil war, making Q gallant soldier for the cause of the South, and at the close of that strug- gle he. with forty-flve other promi- nent Southerners, was indicted by the Federal Court at Memphis for the part they had played in the Southern cause. This number included Governor lsham G. Harris, afterwards for years Uni ted States Senator of the State Gen Congress, and General Marcus J. Wright. now in charge of the Confed- crate records in the War Department.
 These cases were never called for trial. but in 1868 while Judge Connoi- ly F. Trigg was on the bench. the cases were thrown out of court. The following order being entered:
 This day came the District Attor- ney, who prosecutes on behalf of the United States and with the assent of the court enters a nolle prosequi in these several causes. It is therefore considered by the court that said de- fendants go hence, etc, and that the United States pay the costs of these prosecutors, properly chargeable there to, and that the clerk certify the same for payment"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
CITY AND COUNTRY LIFE.

Figures can be made to prove almost any proposition. The census experts have been at it and they tell us that men live longest in the cities-that whereas 100 years ago when the bulk of the population lived in the country the medium age of the population was less than sixteen years, 1t has now in creased in this epoch when everybody is Hooking to the cities. to more than twenty-two years" and on the strength of this showing they think they have established the fact that the average duration of human life is longer in the cities than in the country.
 Do these figures really prove the claim set up by the census people? Hardly, as we understand 1t. Hygienic and economic conditions are vastly different now from what they were a century ago, and the average of hu- man life is longer. Then, again. one hundred years ago what is called city life differed very materially from that of the present day. Then there were few large cities in the country and the conditions existing in them were not such as to ensure great longevity. Now, the entire country is dotted with cities. towns and villages. and in most of them. leaving out a few of the larg- est, conditions are really more favor able to health and long life than they are in the rural districts, taken as a whole. If all these are to be consid- cred as cities perhaps the census ex- perts are correct. but not otherwise. But to claim that it Is healthier in the badly congested large cities than it is in the country is going a step too far, we think.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Indiana Ed,tor Talk.

MT. Louis Hoffman, a distinguished newspaper man of Indiana, spent yes terday afternoon in Montgomery, and left last night for Moultrie, Ga, to spend the holiday season with his mar ried daughter.
 As editor and proprietor of The Jef- fersonian. published at Shelbyville Ind. Mir. Hoffman is influential and a loyal Democrat He has served as President of the National Educational Association, which distinction Is now enjoyed by Major w. w. Screws of Montgomery. He and Major Screws are warm friends. an1 MT. Hoffman Is widely known in the newspaper pro fession.
 In my visits to the South" said Mir. ification the friendly relations existing between the white and black races The conditions are so different from those existing in my State that they are marked.
 'I regret to say that we have a large purchaseable vote in Indiana This condition has existed there since the campaign of 1880, when what was known as the blocks of five system was introduced-a system which divid- ed the voting population of certain sec tions into blocks and assigned the blocks to men who were detailed to buy the votes. With the 25,00O negro votes removed from Indiana, the State Is always doubtful. These negroes practically control the situation :"
 MT. Hoffman has visited Montgomery before and he expressed admiration of the growth and improvement In the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
A Reply to Alabama.
 Or Here We Rest"

A few years ago a boy from the north
 land. Came south just to see what was
 what. He stopped at a town, by name called
 Coosada
 Stretched his tent on a beautiful spot. He here studied Indian-saw the word
 Alabama.
 But thought 1t was simply jest, For the word when translated-in plain
 English language Meant just what it said-"Here we
 rest" If that's what it means, said the boy
 from the northland, I think I'll just try 1t whet For every one here is full paid up
 member >,.. Of the order called-"We Never
 Sweat" So let us rejoice in the Land Alabama : This place surely suits me the best, The one place on earth where the
 whole population Can everlastingly rest. These verses were written after read- ing the poem of Miss Dora Barron In the Christmas edition of The AdVer- tiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1904.
THE BELIEF IN GIANTS.

The belief in giants Is one that will not down. For some cause the world is anxious to believe not only that there have been giants but that they yet exist. Leaving out the men of large bulk mentioned in the Bible, and passing by the mythical or legend ary stories of the ancients, we find-that it has not yet been driven out of the human mind that in some part of the world there ara races of men who are far larger than any we are accustomed to meet.
 All of us who studied the old geog- raphies. or read the tales of the old voyagers, remember the firmly estab- lished fiction that Patagonia was in- habited by a race, of genuine giants Accounts differed as to the actual size of these savages. some putting them up to ten feet in height. but all agree ing that they were sure enough giants It Is well known now that these &C., counts, as Mark Twain remarked about the reports of his death, were very much exaggerated. The original Pata- gonians were a robust people. but their average stature was little, If any, above that of other savages.
 But now from almost the other end of the continent. the same kind of a story confronts us. This time it comes from Greenland, through a Philadelphia sea captain, who recently made a voy- age to a place he calls Ivigtut Bay. for a cargo of cryolite. We don't know where the bay is situated, or if there Is such a spot, but this captain asserts that Indian giants. seven. eight and even nine feet tall," visited the set clement while he was there. We have seen no confirmation of the story. but as Philadelphians are supposed to be truthful we suppose we must believe this one till he is discredited.
 It will be admitted, we think. that Greenland is about the last place one would go to pick up giants. As a gen eral proposition the people of all the extreme Northern regions are inclined to squattiness to put it plainly. The circumstances and conditions surround ing them In their frigid homes are not such as to encourage extreme height. and we are free to say that We are not ready to swallow these Arctic nine Hooters without more evidence. All the same. people insist on the be- lief in giants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Sidewalk PencilingS
Iunorauce of the War.

.erhat the events of the great war of 1ss1-65 are but little impressed on the minds of some of the present gem eration. was aptly demonstrated yes- terday," remarked a gentleman who has a position at the Capitol.
 "Yesterday l was on the north side of the Capitol near the Confederate Monument A gentleman and lady con nected with the theatrical company which played here Tuesday night were closely inspecting the shaft, and the statues and inscriptions. The gentle- man was not over 30 years of age, and the lady looked much younger. They asked me what the letters c. s. A. on the monument stood for, and when l told them Confederate States of Amer ica,' they did not seem to take in the fact that this monument was In mem ory of brave men who gave up their lives in a great war between the North ern and Southern States of this Union. They were both born long after peace was declared. and seemed to know but little even by reading of the bloody scenes that were enacted. Perhaps it is better that there are some who are ignorant about it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Go South, Young Man.

MT. William Frye Tebbetts, collector of the port of Mobile. guest of the New willard, is a northerner by birth and a kinsman of Senator Frye of Maine.
 NO young man could have been bet ter treated than I have been in my adopted home" said MT Tebbetts. In stead of going west I would advise the youth of the country to seek their for tunes in the south. for undoubtedly, this is the future garden spot of the nation. The southern people are grow ing stronger financially with each re- curing season, as can be readily seen when 1t is remembered that every new crop of cotton adds $500, ,O00. 900 to the cash resources of the cotton States. There Is one bank in the town of Bir- min gham that has $7.OO0.O 900 in depos- its. a total few of the big cities of the north can duplicate"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
PRESIDENTS WORD.
VIII Pay %26,OOO to Make
 Good One of His Promises.

Washington special to N Y. Herald.
 If will cost the United States Govern ment s26, ,OOo to make good one of Pres ident Roosevelt's prediction prom ises.
 Secretary Taft today directed that the manufacture of 65.000 pairs of soldiers trousers be distributed among seam stresses living near the Schuylkill Ar senal, Philadelphia. Bids invited last summer by the Quartermaster's Depart ment showed the work could be done better and $26O0O cheaper by contract As soon as 1t was decided to do the work by contract representatives of the Philadelphia seamstresses appeared at the White House.
 President Roosevelt was informed that the seamstresses were widows and orphans of civil war soldiers and that they would suffer if the work went to contractors. Tue President declared that he wanted the seamstresses to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
YOUNG STEWART.
Voted Twice for Mckinley and Once for
 Roosevelt.

Roosevelt.
 Richmond special to Baltimore Sun.
 The announcement from Washington that the President has nominateo J. F. B. stewart. Jr., Of Newp0rt ,ts5 Mew States Marshal for the Eastern District of this State, caused a decided sensation III the ranks of the off1ceholders here:
 Marshal Treat, ,nH wno i,Ses so at oe,ce wgSs by President Mckinley for term of four years beginning March 2S. 1902 HIS term would not have expired until l9Oo' The appointment of Captain stuart, therefore, meant a peremptory removal for Mr Treat This was unexpected, although it was not thought that Treat would be reappointed at the expiration of his term. He has been lifelong Republican and 1t Is suggested tnaI cause for his removal The President two days ago directed the Department of Justice to ask for MT. Treat resls- nation, having determined upon the ap- pointment of MT. stuart
 | E. B, stuart, Jr., is the son of the flashing Confederate cavalry omcer or that name who gave his lire Tn the ae fense of Richmond during the closing years of the Civil War.
 Captain Stuart was up TO IeW years ago connected with the Merchant Ma tional Bank in Richmond. Since then he has been engaged in business III Newport News. It Is understood that he twice voted for Mckinley and sup ported Roosevelt at the last election. He attained to the rank of captain Tn the Spanish American War and at thaI time met the President, then Colonel of the Rough Riders.
 The appointment came as a surprise to MT. Stuart. say dispatches from New port News tonight. MT. stuart maue a fight for the marshalship when Nor gan Treat was appointed. Since his defeat by MT. Treat he had given no further thought to the matter untll ne received today a telegram of congratu- ietIor and the announcement of his ap- pointment. Captain Stuart Is regarded as an adherent of the Slemp faction ana had announced himself as candldate for the office of Collector or customs In Newport News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24

he was anxious to be on time And those who have read Ben Hur." or any other account of the ancient char iot races are aware that in those old days speed was the main object. and safety not considered. We doubt, though. if any of those old whizzers were in it with one of our modern devil wagons" If Jehu had been the possessor of one of these new contri- vances the servant who announced his coming would have been more con- cerned in looking out for his own safe- ty than in watching the speed of the machine that was coming down on him like a cyclone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
whether the application of the lash

whether the application of the lash ><auld cure a wife-beater may be doubt ful, but would 1t not have a deterrent effect on others? The primary object of punishment Is not always vengeance or reformation, but partly, at least, 1t is intended as a warning and lesson to others. If a wife-beater is subject ed to the whipping post 1t might fail to cure him but 1t would serve notice on other brutss that they might ex- peet touch of the same If they gave cause for 1t. If the punishment failed to cure one criminal 1t might prevent another crime of the same stripe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Wants It All. nnfhan SiffinDs

DOthan SifttngS.
 With the bundle of Advertiser that come to this office, the paper coming to The Siftings. is always on top-we've been on the list so long-and bout half the time the top of that paper comes up missing, like a goat had made a meal off it. Sometimes we find the piece, at others we don't. We want all of it. for we think that 1t leaves the mail- ing room as a whole issue. The pack age just bumps up against something in transit that takes off little piece of the headlines. and we are forced to read the whole war story to get at It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Japs in Hawaii.


 In 1853 there was a population ot 7s13S in the Hawaiian Islands. OF this number 7O,O36 were fullblood Ha. waiians. 9S3 were part Hawaiian, Soe were Chinese and the 1,755 remaining were Europeans and Americans. To- day the population is 154,O01. of whom only 29.799 are fullblood Hawaitans. are composed of 1857 part Hawaiians. 21,746 Chinese, 56,230 Japanese and SS.- s69 Europeans and Americans. includ- ing a few negroes. In other words: per cent of the population. while the Japanese and Chinese constitute over one-half. or 56. Al per cent of It.
 The climatic conditions of Hawai- are similar to those of the most thick ly settled parts of Japan. Ire rates for ocean travel between the two arch- ipelagoes are cheap and as result steady stream of emigration has begun eastward aud is giving the Japs prer pouderance of numbers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Long and Short Days.

According to the calendar, the Fist of December is the shortest day of the year, and the first day of winter" re- marked a more or less weather wise man yesterday.
 "Ordinarily we have had great deal of cold weather before this. but it is correct this year to say that so far as temperature is concerned, winter has not yet set In here. It Is entirely diff ferent, however, in the East and West, where many severe snow storms have already ragged and unusually cold weather prevailed.
 If Montgomery had accommo odations for them. I believe hundreds of people would come to enjoy our pleasant win ters.
 Since the 21st the days have been growing longer at about the rate of a minute a day and this will continue until the Fist of June. next, which will be the longest day of the year 1905. It was less than ten hours between sunrise and sunset last Wednesday,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
The Socialist Vote.
Portland Oregonian.


 The heaviest pro rata vote for Debs. Socialist candidate for President, was cast by the Pacific Coast States. In California Debs received 29,535. which was about g per cent of the total, and in Montana the same proportion of the aggregate. Oregon follows closely with 7,s10, about 1-2 per cent of the aO,000 thrown here. and in Washing ton the 10, 900 for the Socialist electors is a little less than per cent. Idaho gave ' per cent of It's aggregate for the Debs electors. while Colorado will doubtless do as well or better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Trayelinx Not Educational.

Recently printed extracts from the diary of Adolf Pichiers show that that Tyrolean poet did not endorse the popular notion that traveltnR has an educational value Most tourists are. in his opinion. guided chiefly by the desire to get good things to eat in the hotels and to flirt with the foreign girls. and in the end they are surprised to find themselves as much bored as at home. Hs commends the sincerity of party of Ba- varians who played cards on top of a high peak to pass away the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
The Platt Bill.
nna1iLo N

OptIIKa NeWS
 Had the movement been one of a high moral nature, Platt would never have introduced the bill. It would not have borne his name. Some mem- Der who at least bears the reputation for personal purity and political in- tegrity would have been selected to lead the movement, and he would have gloried in the honor. No other man would have been so eternally fit for this work as Platt Is. He fits the position like a new shirt, and it would be libelous to say that his conscience will ever hurt him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
New Photographic Device.

An Italian named Luciano Butti has per fected a photographic apparatus capable of registering the incredible number of two thousand photographic impressions per sec ond. The most minute and least rapid and casual movements of birds and insects on the wing. which have hitherto uefied sci- snce. can. 1t Is claimed. be registered with accuracy. thus opening a new world of nat ural observation 10 ornithologists. The films used cost $1O second for the two thousand impressions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
The Sweet Things.

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 It Is now charged that the Mormon Church not only practices polygamy, but owns a majority of the stock in the Idaho sugar manufactures. An exchange wants to know if the Nor mon Church is determined to monopo- lize all the sweet things? It looks that way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Tn tbe Rihle we find: And the

In the Bible we find: And the driv- ing is like the driving of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. for he driveth furious Iy." Things were happening about then, and we may well assume that Jehu didn't spare horse flesh, for inn portant events were transpiring and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
What Is Wanted.
Gadsdal1

Gadsden Journal.
 What we want is a government build ing and an open river and If neces- sary we can dispense with the inau- gural ball.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
Streets. with facial paralysis. His con- dition is not serious.

Streets, with facial paralyeis. His con- dition is not serious.
 Rev. D. P. Lee and Mrs. Lee, are the guests of Mrs. J. Spear, at 1k. East Jefferson Davis Avenue. MT. Lee was formerly pastor of the South Montgom- southside Church. He is now located at Carlowville. He will preach at the southside Baptist Church tomorrow. and his many friends in Montgomery will doubtless avail themselves of the privilege of hearing him preach again.
 MT. Ludlow Fillmore, who is residing in Pensacola, reached Montgomery yes terday evening to spend few days with his parents and friends.
 State Senator Hugh s. Morrow of Birmingham, was In Montgomery yes terday in attendance on the Supreme Court.
 Dr. A. L. Scott will leave today for Los Angeles, Cal, to spend the holidays with relatives. business man of Mobile. Is in the city.
 pr. A. S. Justice of Fillmore County. visited Montgomery yesterday.
 Judge Peyton Norvell of Jasper, spent yesterday in Montgomery. MT. L. R. Law of Tallassee, is a wis itor in the city.
 Dr. R. H. Duggar of Hale County, is In Montgomery.
 MT. L. P. Giddens of Greensboro, is in Montgomery.
 Mir. H. T. Jones of Birmingham. is in Montgomery.
 MT. M. J. Lee of Elba, was in the city yesterday.
 Mir. J. D. Haralson of Anniston, is in Montgomery.
 Mir R. G. River of Hope Hull, is in Montgomery.
 MT. w. A. Cunningham of Selma, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24

The Mormon idea of marrying a man to a dead woman looks to The Chatta- nooga Times like running matrimony into the ground" Well. if a man must have several wives it might be pleas anter for him if all but one were dead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
A QUESTION AND ITS ANSWER,

papers standard is gauged by its circuin
 tionf We do not boast of the largest .ha the world but we do claim to have the largest in the State of Alabama. or nnS other State or Territory of a corfespondins population. That is why The Montsomesy ard and makes it the most valuable meoium for both the advertising and reading puo lie. The following statement compheo anu sworn to by our Circulation Manager snows tho actual net circulation of The Advertiser for each day in the month of Novemoe'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
What is First.
what 1 Rirruin pharp Ape-IJ

Birmingham Age Herald
 Justice Brewer advises his country men to live as the old Puritans did. It will first be necessary to remove all those facilities for having a good time which were denied the Puritans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24

If, as census reports indicate, there are about two million more males than females in the United States wouldn't it be a good plan to reverse the Nor mon process of plural marriages?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24

The Richmond Times Dispatch doesn't propose to forget about chit lins' while discussing other good Christmas things And egg-nog?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
A PiOus Country.
Mohila Herald

MObfIe Herald.
 And even a United States judge Is to be impeached for grating. Dear, oh, dear, but this Is getting to be a pious country!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24

The Chattanooga News decides that Nan Patterson is dead game" She will have cause for thankfulness if she is not required to die game.