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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER c, 1oO4.
TIPPING THE WAITER.

The proprietor of a large and popular restaurant in London has set to work to abolish the tipping nuisance. He has raised the wages of employees so that they will have no need to resort to the pockets of his customers for means to live. and has also posted notices all over his building asking his patrons not to pay the walters for their services. The plan has made his establishment 50 popular that other restaurants and hotels are con sidering the propriety of following suit: l-
 Certainly this is one nuisance that should be abolished. It is not that any eust and reasonable man would object to paying something extra for extra service; for that might be borne. but the evil has gone far beyond that point. 1t ig a noted fact that in many places q customer finds 1t dificult to get served unless he tips the waiter liberal ly. and when it becomes known in some hotels and restaurants that a certain customer refuses to be bied he finds 1t difhcult to get waited on at all.
 The rapacity of porters on sleeping cars has long been a joke, but it has long since passed the joking stage. if if we are to believe the almost uni versal testimony of travellers. If the imposition went no further 1t might be borne. bad as 1t Is, but 1t is getting as bad in many of the hotels and restau- rants as it is in the cars. As a con- temporary puts it:
 Hotels are now infested with tip grabbers- No sooner is a guest as- signed to a room before the bell boy expectancy depicted on his countenance, disturbs the traveller whether he is wanted or not. A dime will send him away. The obsequious waiter studies you from the corner of his eye, making fine mental calculations as to your financial standing and liberality of spirit To the metropolitan waiter who serves you at the table, anything less than 2B cents for one guest and double the amount for two would be an insult that would bring down upon the unfortunate guest whitening Senegam- bian scorn. If patron wishes to wash his hands without going to his room. he steps in to the public iavatory. No sooner are his hands in the water than q negro Is down on his knees dust ing bis shoes. Less than a dime to this wholly unwelcome and annoying pest will brand the guest penurious.
 Now. the question may we'll be asked, why should an employe in a restaurant or hotel be any more entitled to extra compensation than those of any other business7 If a clerk in a drygoods establishment. or any other mercantile house. should refuse to wait on custom CTS, or should give them unsatisfactory service. unless he or she first receives a liberal tip. how long would such estab- Iishment be patronized? And how long would such clerk be retained7 Why should the keeper or proprietor of one business allow his customers imposed on--robbed, in fact-and another not allow 1t? There is no difference in principle and should not be any in practice. The man who buys goods or groceries is not required to pay the proprietor for the goods and the clerk for selling them t6 him. and the same rule ought to apply everywhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
EefterS tc tbe Gdftcr
THE MOBILE REUNION.
Major Scott Says It Will bc Grandest
 Ever Held in Alabama.

Major Scott Says It Will bc Grandest
 Ever Held in Alabama.
 Mobile. Ala, Nov. 4, 1904. Editor The Advertiser:
 Through the courtesy of The Adver- tiser correspondent in Mobile, who is a member of the Committee. had the privilege of attending a meeting of night of End inst, and have never witnessed such determination to make the coming reunion of Confederate Veterans of Alabama Division, on 18th ports from the Chairmen of the diff ferent sub-committees and they are all ready to greet the ''boys who wore the grey" Mobile Is well known for her tsaaiy oH ts anS ocessien S De EsoS TsSSn mem @a Der of the Committee, which is com prised of the most prominent men of the city, is enthusiastic beyond expres- sion: and every detail is being looked and at home.
 A large sum has been raised and all ready in bank. ae reported by Chair will do itself proud on 18th and 16tl, November
 The Chairman of Music Commit ee reported i've irst-class white bands Bonnie Blue Flag" Dixie" and ''The Girl Left Behind Me" played by in- spring musicians.
 I predict this will be the grandest reunion ever held in Alabama and those who miss. 1t will be the loser. The Sons of Veterans, under Com Inander Thomas N. Owen will also at tend in force, and special provision is being made for them in the way of so- cial functions. I know the great cir culation of The Advertiser and write this that 1t may reach your many read CTS so that they may prepare to attend this coming reunion. The youngest of us is now long past the meridian of life and all will have soon passed over 'to rest under the shade of the trees. Let us attend while we can.
 D. M. Scott
 or AIahayna Star IT H Iy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
ANOTHER CHAMPION.

This is a great day for competition in all things. A man who can do more of anything than any one else can Is at once exploited in the newspapers in big type and flaring pictures. and Is a great man till somebody does more of some- thing else. It matters not what is done. so that one can out do all others. It may be punching a sand bag or trundling a hoop, provided he can ex- eel at 1t. In that case he is it.
 The latest record smasher and ohan- pion of the world bears the name of Tony wamser. and his great feat Is to eat more beef-stake at one sitting than any one else has ever done. at least in modern times. There is . record of one man having eaten 10 i-2 pounds at . time: but Tony has passed that mark and is now to be exploited as the cham piop beef eater. Just what he Is to gain. or how the human family is to be benefited. we are not able to say. At present prices of meat it looks like almost sin to encourage one man to eat as much as would make full meal for dozen good eaters. It would be more in accordance with good sense to teach people how little meat is neces- sary, not how much human python can hold. If cabbage-eating for the championship had been the stunt to be done we couldn't complain, but this modern Gargantua should be discour- aged. Possibly he may choke himself or dislocate his epigastrinm and thus an end of him, otherwise he threatens a famine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Labor Troubles fin China.

In China the male workers have trade unions or guilds of their own, as have also the employers. To these guilds are referred all disputed questions of amicably settled. Rarely, if ever, oce CUTS dispute over the hours of labor. the operatives seeming to Rake 1t for granted that their employers can prop erly claim every moment of their time rom early morning until night, unless about thirty minutes set apart for each meal of rice and vegetables be expect :. ed When the two guilds fail to arrive at satisfactory settlement of a dis pute, the employers simply close up the working ends of their shops and give their employees to understand that they must find quarters and work else where. This action does not. however. invariably bring victory to the em- ployer, for 1t is reported that the work people have won their light" in nine cases out of ten
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS.

Those who favor the election of Parker and Davis will on Tuesday next vote for the following gentlemen who are the Democratic candidates for Electors in Alabama:
 RICHMOND P. ROBSON, WILLIAM H SANFORD, EDWARD B. McCARTY, SAMUEL c. JENKINS, ERNEST l.. BLUE,
 w. B. BROWNE.
 J. W. OVERTON,
 w. C. DAVIS.
 JOSEPH R. ROBSON,
 WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD. G. w. DARDEN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
cnne. na il Marniner.
Galett Burgess. in Sunset Magazine.

Galett Burgess, in Sunset Magazine
 So. too. for one sensitive to certain sort of coffee intoxication. there IS a mental arabesque of quaint thoughts that is stirred into life. by the stimulus of the beverage. Coffee occasionally has the curious effect of magnifyinE common things and of making slight moods and incidents picturesque. In the coarser and grosser emotions or every day the finer, subtler essences Of life escape us. plotted out by occur rences of greater importance as the stars are plotted out by the sun And so in its own curious way does black coffee at times induce abnormal men tai states. finer and more elusive than the intoxication of alcohol. more near ly resembling tN tN-yrestless exaltation of physical fat ID
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

duction to be sold abroad cheaper than at home. These men have an uphiIi job to make the public believe such a contention, and they would far better adopt the more sensible attitude of Mr. Mccall, who has a clearer vision than has yet been vouchasafed to them. The truth of the matter Is that this condi- ton and the popular feeling about 1t have got to be met--not with qufbbles and excuses. but with positive and de- finite action. As a preparation for this action. the scheme of excusing and tustifying the condition Is unwise and thoroughly unsafe. Far better meet it with the frankness and the candor of Mir. Mccall. That will make the in- evitable struggle less difiicuit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
PASSING OF AN ORGAN.

It Is quite probable that one of the most unique newspapers in the United States is soon to go out of existence, what most of them do when they cease to exist. This is The Cherokee Advo- cate. published at Taleduah, Indian Ter ritory, as the organ of The Cherokee Indians. It is unique in that it is the only newspaper using the Indian alphabet and characters invented by Sequoyah. There arc newspapers in the Territory which are partly printed in some one of the various Indian lsn- guages. but this is the only one using the Indian characters in type, which diner from the English almost as much as Chinese does. It is said that there are but i've printers in the Nation who know how to set these type. About one-half The Advocate Is printed in English and the remainder in Cherokee
 The Advocate Is probably the oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi. hav- ing been established in 1894 by W. P Ross. whose widow is said to be yet living at Fort Gibson. The paper is really national institution being sup ported by The Cherokee Nation, the Council of which makes an appropria- ton each year for 1t and copies are distributed free to all Cherokees of full blood. As the tribal government of the Cherokees will soon cease to exist,  though 1t may be continued as a private enterprise. It will no longer be the organ of the Nation. however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Seventy Millions for MOrxan'. Friend.

New 1Ork W OrId.
 On March 3. 1897, just before the party of high prices took possession of the government, and when there was no steel trust, American steel rails were selling in this market at SIS to $20 per ton. Foreigners can still get them for that, but Americans have to pay the trust $2S--an Increase cf from 40 to 55 per cent. The trust las main tained the BPS rate for home custom CTS without variation slE~e 1t was or ganized, representing net increase normal amount for that time, and MT. Morgan enthusiastically stands pat for the retention in power of an ad- ministration that stands for so mucb prosperity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Indians and MiIa An,mnl.

The influence of animal life on the red man has. curiously enough, been only slightly touched upon by wFiter.. and this Is the more astonishing when we reflect upon the role that the wild animal has played in the development of the Indian. Broadly speaking, 1t can be said that the beasts of the for ests and fields are the foundations up- on which rest the manners, GUS ms and characteristics of the North Amer lean Indian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

York Mail when 1t says that the ques- tion to be decided next Tuesday is whether the present policies are to be continued four years" That Is 1t, and if the American people are true to themselves the reply will be a thun- dering no.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
GRIP EPIDEMIC
 COMING.
Grip and Pneumonia Are Easily Es. caped If the System Is Kept in Con- dition with Duny's Pure
 Malt Whislxey.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE
 FOR IT.


 Last winter when grip and pneumo. monia were raging in New York City and hospitals were filled to overfiowing with sick and dying, thousands ot gases were cured by using nothing but Duny's Pure Malt Whiskey.
 The doctors issued a warning that 1T the sweep of these death-dealing diseases was to be successfully stem med, every man, woman and child on the first appearance of "grippy" symp- toms must at once take Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey as @ preventive. 1t checks the symptoms and strengthens and builds up the syatem so that 1t can successfully resist and throw off the
 If pneumonia and grip are not Whiskey,. consumption develops. One of New York's most celebrated physi. clans said he would rather have Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for the treatment of consumption than all other medi. cines combined. It replaces the affect- ed tissues. purifes the blood and strengthens the circulation so that the congested matter in the lungs lis promptly and thoroughly removed.
 It was decided at the Medical Con- vention last summer that the only sue- cessful treatment for lung troubles was to fight them right at home where they were contracted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
May Be Fooled

IdIIdu66d F6pUTIDT.
 After a solemn compact between The Reporter and The New York Herald in which the latter was to round up the North and Western States while The Reporter brought up the solid South. The Herald has gone back on us and Just like The Herald and The Sun. but The Reporter Is going to stick to fts contract any way. The Herald may be fooled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

The letter of Roosevelt shows that his tough epidermis has been per- forated. and his language shows that he is not above descending to the low level of the pot-house politician. The letter is discredit to the office he holds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

When General Grant was asked why he voted for Buchanan, Democrat, and a man whom he did not know. in pref erence to Fremont, Republican, his significant reply was: Because I do know Fremont" That same reason will cause many Republicans to vote for Parker. They know Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
The Balance Wheel.

Iallade89 Mountain Home.
 There is pronounced suspicion ip the public mind that Secretary Hay es. teems himself as the balance wheel of the Roosevelt machine when he gave the volunteer assufance that he would continue to serve in the cabinet, in the event of Roosevelt's election. Kind and considerate that!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

The New Bedford Standard. Republi- can thought 1t is, will not attempt to defend the inequality and injustice of a tariff which enables American made goods to be sold in Europe at a lower price than they are sold to our own people at home. Congressman Mccall, of Massaehusetts. also Republican. criticised that feature of the tarin. and The Standard thus endorses him:
 The Congressman. 1t will be observed, does not coincide with the line of req Eoning attempted by Secretary Shaw and others in their efforts to prove to the American people that it Is for their advantage to allow goods of home aSro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Parker's Telling Blows at the Tru.

EHrkers IeIIImg bIOWB at the Trusts.
 The effect of trusts has been to en- rich the few at the expense of the many"
 Upon these enormous capitaliza. tions the people, without knowing it. are contributing the money to pay in terest and dividends when they pur- The effect has been to in crease the cost of living more than one-sixth during the past four years"
 We must give up the idea of mak- that are closed and going to decay on stock issued without value behind
 Our opponents have Che effrontery to claim that they alone have shown
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

Some men fail to vote. making the plea that their votes are not needed Every Democratic vote in Alabama is needed this time as a protest against RooseVeltism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

There is pleasure in excellng at any, thing. and when the winner is in the right there is both pleasure and honor. If Alabama Democrats can poll reia- lively larger vote than those of another State 1t will be something to feel proud of. The incentive has rarely been greater, or the hoped-for reward more desirable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Lafent London. Fnd.

The latest fad in London is to hold paper chases in motor cars. One car is given a load of paper cut up into little pieces, and leaves a trail of paper as 1t whlrls through the country. The other ears follow the trail and try to catch the first car.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

It has long been a joke that our French wines are made in California, our Irish whiskies in Illinois or Ken lucky. and so of many other imported" articles of common use. In this con- nection we find this item in a recent contemporary:
 We export soo,ooO barrels of cotton seed oil annually. Two hundred thou sand barrels go to Marseilles (France) where it enters into the famous olive oil of commerce. A little peanut oil gives 1t that greenish tint.
 Great is the age of humbug and we Americans seem to enjoy it. How ever, If we are given nothing worse than cotton-seed or peanut oil we are in no danger of poisoning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Out of the Question

TIFTMIU.
 A chance to work at fair wages and to live at living prices are absolutely out of question for the workingmen of this country under a Roosevelt admin istration bolstered by the trusts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

Tuecumbia North Alabamian.
 Montgomery will spend s5,000 in ad- vertising that city. This example could be followed by other Alabarna cities to good advantage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Will Send for IL.

All humanity. at some stage, is sus- ceptible to humbuggery, and If 1t can handy, 1t will send away for 1t. a It ia trick of the people. A certain amount of foolery must be indulged in. and later in life, 1t can be called expe- rience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
WouId Rurx Hiua

6lrmln8nam News.
 If Corteiyon were to tell the people where he got his millions for the cam paign. they would rise in their wrath and bury Roosevelt so deep that hfa rough rider yell would never reach the surface of American politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Quite Substantial.

Birmin gham Age Herald.
 A Virginia court has decided that 9. kiss Is worth a stove. If a cooking range Is meant that would make the market value of kisses quite substan- tial in Virginia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH is
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise, the foi- lowing statement for the month Of septem- Der, 1904, has been compiled and sworn to by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and frends wno are interested in our growth. 1t is se.s- nent fncrease It as not only the quantity. but the class and quality of t. of which "e are % proud. ,a ing newspaper in the State and is thorough ty ur- to- date in every particular.
 Watch VJs Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
Big Cold Nugget.

One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in Colorado was recently picked up at the SnowStorm places, in Park County. between Alma and Fairplay. It weighs 120 ounces and has a market value of $2,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

James witeomb Riley speaks of ''the pathway through the rye" but we sus- pect he was thinking of the pathway 9ov the rye.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

P. ]. Kelly, Circulation Manager of The 2Eentgomary Advertiser, being duly sworn, eays: The foregoing statement of The Ad- verfisers daily circulation for the month of September, 1e04, Is true and correct. and complied after ail returns from news boys. news agents and left-over copies have been dednc4ed.
 P..J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager.
 The Advertiser Company. swern to and subscribed before me this 18th day of October. 1904.
 F w JACKSON,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06
THE GOOSE BONE MAN.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-28

whelmed by the size of the Cleveland
victory. and the Democrats scarcely
less surprised.
Republicans have always been fond
of charging that defeat TO the great
strike at Homestead. With the strike
of the packing house employees nov
on in all its virulent might, with
thousands upon thousands Of factory
operatives thrown oat BY the Ne"
England mills. with WOrkingmcn mum
herring into the hundreds OF thousands
DISCHARGED by the big railroads and
manufacturing establishments in the
northern states, il will be noticed
that the Reublican politicians do not
relish discussion o! present condi-
lions as compared with those which
preceded the Democratic landslide OF
twelve years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-28
SIMILARITY OF CAMPAIGN.

Democratic leaders profess TO see
great similarity in the conditions no"
prevailing and those which marked
the campa;en of 1902. / l9are is sood
reason for the comparison at TINS
stage of the proceedings. In 'S92 MI
Harrison had been renomlnated Oh
The first ballot, though not without
oDposition. There was very much tn
same sort of dissatisfaction with MN
in his own party that there is no"
with President Roosevelt, the ohiy
difference being that the dissatsfac.
tion in thar year manifested ltseh IN
the convention, Mr. Blaine and =Mf,
Mckinley being voted for, though
neither was a candidate.
The Republicans were. apparently
as strongly entrenched III power as
they are now. The big protected IN
forests were back of Mr. Harrison, as
they are back Of the Republican party
today: the big corporations con'flo-
fted literally to his campaign tuna;
there was every reason for the cohh-
Gence EXPRESSED by the Republican
managers and Republican organs.
Mr.. cleveland, the nominee OF the
Democrats, had received nut 100 eiec'
tora, votes to 233 for MIR. Harrison
four wears before, and by all rules Oh
poli,jcs the latter ought to have been
as strong and stronger. Inc lhoe-
pendent vote in New York and other
doubtful states was with Mr.. Cleve-
land, but this did not scare CHAIRMAN
Tom Carter and his associates. 1or,
as they pointed out, this same ele-
ment had supported the Democratic
nominee in 1883.
In 1892 it looked just as favorable
for the Republican ticket as the most
optimistic Republican is able to see
the outlook now. And yet when the
ballots were cast and counted in
November, Mr.. Cleveland had 271
electoral votes and Mr.. Harrison but
Jas. The Republican nominee re-
ceived fewer electoral votes than had
been given any nominee of the Repub-
lican party since John c. Fremont.
the party's first nominee, ran second
to James Buchanan. Indeed, he had
smaller vote than any other defeat
hor, ,l,<>
civil war. Hancock had 1856, Blaine
1872, Cleveland in 1883 had 1853, Bryan
in his first race 176 and in his second
race 155. The Republicans were over