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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
They have started the ball rolling.

police authorities. This is the second
 or third event of the kind which has interior took his place, and all Russia is wondering. In the old days the Cossacks used to ride down the stu dents. killing and maiming many and imprisoning more. Now a simple ad- dress from a public official to the students sufhces to avoid trouble. Object lessons like these are sure to have vast influence in improving the condition of affairs in Russia. The theory of brutal. unreasoning force will lose many advocates and the hands of those who believe in intelligent and humane methods will be strengthened.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
AN INTERESTING COLUMN OF FIGURES
 And n Few Facts in Reiatiou to Them.

Circulation Is ordinarily hard to get .ho aa vertiser however, is not sufferer from this peculiar newspaper ailment we are growing and holding our own with the pest should continue to increase and hold it. The Advertiser is the vehicle in which the news from all over the world Is conseyeo dalIy into every part of Alabama and the adjoining States. and the people who depend upon it for the full account of what they not personally see or hear Ike u anu csated by the reading public. is attested oy the following statement compiled ana sworn to by our Circulation Manager, Of our ac- tuai net circulation for each day Tn the month of October, 1904
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
MIN nr. TALENT

The man Wno sets out to get up sta tistfcs with q certain object in view can generally accomplish 1t. however difficult the task may be. Here, for example. is one Gustave Michand, who task of proving that New England is the brain centre of the United States; the hub, so to speak, from which radi- ates all the talent and intelligence of the country. Taking the six New Eng land States and striking an average he finds that of every 100000 white births 54 are men of talent, whatever that may mean.
 But the strange thing about his dis cevery is that 1t is not Boston or even l Massachusetts that takes the lead, but rugged New Hampshire. which comes up with sixty-four good ones out of each 100000. This must be a severe jar to Boston, which has long looked on itself as the head center and nurs- cry of all the brains of the country. but Massachusetts takes second place in Michand's list. Speaking of this effort to boost New Hampshire, The New York Globe remarks
 Thus 1t Is demonstrated that New men of talent to each 100000 births, is the principal brain granary of the na- tion. Doubtless, If MT. Michaud were to pursue his investigations further he | would discover that the larger part of notable births elsewhere were out of New England percentage. Yet the horrible doubt will arise to sons of New England who have been at the making of directories of 'prominents," sometimes called vanity books. that all Mir Michaud has succeeded in demon strating by his laborious computations Is that men of New England birth are 'easier" than others about subscrib- ing.
 Doubtless The Globe has the correct idea of it. and we are the more con- hrmed In that belief by learning that MT. Michaud took as the basis of his inquiry the ''who's Who In America" and found that most of the men there in named were of New Hampshire de- scent. It never seemed to strike him that the men born in that State have more self-conceit than do those of any other portion of the Union. and thus a larger per centage of them got them selves written up in the book than the facts justify, and this doubtless applies to New England generally. As The Globe expresses 1t, they were 'easier" than those of the other States and sub scribed more liberally
 As might be expected of a man who would put New Hampshire at the head of all the states as brain producer when he gets down to this section of the Union he finds that very few men of talept have been born. To New Hamp- shires 64 he gives Alabama II, Geor- gla 10--which will ruffle Georgia's feathers--but then he gives Iowa but 5. and we suppose there will be some kicking up there. for that State is put on level with Utah. No doubt the Granite Staters are ready to set Mir Michaud down as a man of brilliant talents, whether born in that State or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
Says the York (Pa1 Dispatch:

The Dispatch's compliments to the venerable and esteemed Advertiser of Montgomery, Ala. It was a glorious election, brother; magnificent, sah, And while The Dispatch does not want to rub the salt in. nevertheless it would ask you if you recall the prediction this. newspaper made two years ago roosevelt will be nominated and elect. ed" The Dispatch extends to Tho Advertiser the assurance of its mosI distinguished consideration, and trusts that everything is lovely-like the wo. men of Alabama-around The Adver. tiser office.
 That is kind of mixed guying that we don't know whether to laugh ol swear at, but on the whole we ar, rather disposed to look pleasant. Al is lovely, and there's another day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

The New Bedford Standard warns its brother Republicans and the coming administration that important ques- tions are immediately coming to the front, and they can be treated in no stand-pat spirit" It advises them that the great majority is not to be taken as license that all responsibility is at an end. The Standard has level head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

The news which 'came from old Mis- souri. and all they way from Pike" as the old song has 1t, was not such as we had a right to expect, except as to Folk. It was jolt that was unlocked for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
Iurt Llke the Loan sharl.s.

Chicago Journal.
 "I fell over the bulwarks.' said the sailor. and the shark came along and grabbed me by the leg"
 And what did you doT
 T let him have the les. never dis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

Among the evils following Roose- velt's election The Fort Gaines Recor- der notes that the price of cotton went down and "the boll-weevi1 jumped the Mississippi River" Truly we are sorely visited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

forever! he ID gone Don't be downcast. her friend urged He may come back. eSu
 No, no; shall never see him a1ain gave up the letters he had writer 10 me.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

your story. said the BillvilIe reader
 |. Maybe not now. said the author. but it will grow on you. "~'
 l hope not; I have three carbuncles now!-Atlanta Constitution
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

Judicial Prognostics-what kind of sentence did the judge give the weath-
 Fair, followed by clearing: hard la water toward evening; Sunday soun.w Buffalo Express.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

The Washington Post argues that "it is time for the South to think" But if all the thinks were put in print the papers might be denied the use of tha mails.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

They say that alcohol will clean sil- acquires facts. -oA' "h"
 It will, agreed the red d-nosed irdi. xidual. If cleaned up all my silver -. Philadelphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

From present indications 1t is going to be almost as hard to get Thanks giving turkey as to elect a Democratic President,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
Trying g New Plan In Russla.

ElllSDuEg EOSt
 Another demonstration of the Rus sian students has been quelled simply
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

The Mothers Club is to discuss an important question tomorrow after noon. A What is 1t?
 Is one justified in promising tba moon to 2 baby who cries for it?-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
orTOnER 19o4.
Daily Average for October, 1904 ~ II ,ss4
 Sunday Avcrage for October. 1904. .l5 ,29S

; ?. P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The Advertisers daily circulation for the month of October 1901, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 P J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager
 THE ADVERTISER COMPANY Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of November. 1904
 F. W. JACKSON
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
According to olrcum.tances.

Judge.
 T hear that your wife has run away from you?"
 Yes. I have offered a reward for her capture. dead or alive"
 How much?"
 Ten dollars alive and $1.0O0 dead"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

Money doesn't make the man. said
 No, answered Senator SorThum' it doesnt make the man. But sometimes 1T makes the candidate. e.---washington
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

Easily Done.-The Colonel-I don't see now you're able to stay drunk all of any kind. "o'N
 Uncle Balaam--Now, de idee ob vo, talkin' sech foolishness ez dat. Marse boo vii ieckshun only free weeks offI Louisville Courier Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

sheIYou impertinent man! Of course known you an hour!
 He-Well, how long must you know me before can kiss you?-Yonkers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15

Otherwise-And you actually ap- prove of gossiping women? o'
 Wise-Tes; for this reason: I have nyuceo tnat 8 woman who is always talking about her neighbors never s, = time t 70 complain of her husband De
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
WAITS AND SPRAYS.

a arg. r[suson-George. dear, how oo you uke my new hat?
 Mr. Ferguson--Do you want mv ra., opinion of 1t, Laura? my rea'
 Mrs. Ferguson-No, I don't. vou mean tnins.-Chioago Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
Machinery Lowers Cost.

At a recent convention representing
iron interests in Germany, Herr Macco
presented the results of a technical in
vestigation Of American and German
iron and coal production. He showed
that during the last II years the av-
erage productive capacity of American
mines, per man and per day. has in
creased more than % per cent, while
in Germany it has, If anything, dimin-
ished. SThis difference he attributed
to the increased use in America of
coal-cutting machinery. Although
wages are higher in America. coal is
cheaper. Iron ore is also cheaper in
America, partly as a result of the use
of more labor-saving machinery here.
Science and Industry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
uarbn rn -. Freifchie's Crave.

Barbara Freitchie sleeps in a little Gem.
etery walled in from the din of traffic.
and you are likely to become bewilder-
ed looking for it. Ere you find her
grave you must seek out a kind-faceo
sexton and, armed with a trusty key
must unlock the gates yourself and
hunt through the long grown grass for
the almost hidden stone. They have
locked Dame Barbara" in from the
outer world, though not from the sun.
light she loved so well. | found the
spo& at last and, pushing aside the
grass and velyet-leaved creepers, reat
her name and age-"only this anG
nothing more. Thomas c. Harbaugh
in rFour-Track News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06

The reckless p~rodigality with which
IN ancient Egypt the upper classes
~squandered away the labor and lives of
the people is perfectly startling. In this
respect, as the monuments yet remain
ing a~bundantly prove, they stand alone
and without a rival. We may form some
ldea OF the almost incredible waste when
we hear that 1000 men we're occupied
Tor three years in carrying a single
stone from Elephantine to Sais, that the
canal OF the Red sea alone cost the lives
10000 Egyptians, and that to build
one OF the pyramids required the labor
OF $4,000 men for 20 years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
BIBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Translation of the New Testament In
to Some of the Native
Dialects. .

During the past two years and a half
q number of Protestant missionaries in
the Philippines, mostly Presbyterian
and Methodist, have been engaged in
making translations of certain of the
New Testament gospels into the Taga-
gan and perhaps already the llocano
dialects. Their object is, of course, says
the outlook, a most laudable one, from
the standpoint Of every one who believes
In the education of the individual will
and judgment in religious as in all other
matters; it is to give to the Filipinos,
who are really without anything that
could fairly be called a religious litera-
ture, a chance to learn of Christ's life
and mission in their own everyday
tongues, in which most of the masses
can read at least a little. 1t is an enter
prise magnificent in scope; all the more
reason for expecting to make progress
slowly IN II.
1t is to be feared that the TRANSACTIONS,
hurried into shape at Manila and hurried
off the presses in this country, are
hardly such as could be desired tc. be
made of THE Book" However, Jealous
the missionaries must be given credit for
hehg-m acquiring a practical speaking
knowledge of the dialects of the natives
with whom they are at work, not one of
them is in any sense q scholarly linguist,
and there is all the more necessity for
careful, scholarly work in the half-de-
veloped, imperfect forms of written
speech, such as the various Malay dia-
lects are. To be sure, the American mis-
sionaries have had the assistance of
several natives of more or less preten-
sion, mostly less, to scholarship in their
own dialects. They are, however, at
least no better qualified for painstaking
work of this sort than their American
colleagues. and, in addition, know al
most nothing of the Bible, as is to be
said of every Filipino, ever the best
educated.
Under the circumstances, one is COM
PEELED to wonder just what sort Of an
impression of the Bible will be obtained
by those of the Filipino masses who
read these TRANSACTIONS. Occasionally
one hears a defender Of the friars prais-
ing their devotion in mastering the ma
tive dialects and their scholarship as
preachers and writers in these tongues,
AS a matter Of fact, the great majority
of friars, even after long residence in
the country, preached so atrociously in
the dialect that the better educated ma
tives used always to be laughing about
their sermons behind their sleeves. 1t
is scarcely probable that our Protestant
missionaries in the few years in which
they have been at work among the Fill
pinos are capable of doing better, if
as well.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
Nat To He uutdpue,

A well known Clergyman tells d
story Of. "a drowsy parishioner who.
waking up suddenly in church, heard
the clergyman say. Let us pray and
exclaimed in a loud voice, Certainly"
He also tells of a certain grave old gen
tleman who suspected his pastor o.
initiating other preachers aye
That's Sherlock he exclaimed, as
the minister finished a sentence. and
the preacher had not gone much far,
Their when the Cid man muttered.
"Tha}'s TillotSon!" The minister
paused Indignantly, but went on again
until the man beneath the pulpit broke
out with, That's Blair!" Then he
coult stand the interruption no LONGER,
and leaning over the pulpit, he wbiS-
pered to the man below, Fellow. Il you
DO LSt hold your tongue you shall be
turt'd out" That's his own.' came
trotA below.-Golden Penny.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
FRIVOLOUS FANNY.


In 1875 there died in England a
charming woman Of " years, known
to her friends as Fanny Allen. She
must have been one Of the cleyorest
and most entertaining of old ladies.
Her letters were full OF ]piquancy. and
one can imagine what an enchanting
girl she must have been. relates
Youths Companion,
There Is One humorous and delight
Iul story of her at the age of q. Cole
ridge, who was fond ID reading Wods-
worth's manuscripts poems. one day
asked Fanny;
DO you like poetry
Very much said she.
Then he sat down beside her On the
sofa, and began to read a poem which
was afterward published as "RegolP-
ton and Independence, ," hut which
Wadswortb mad first named. The
Leeghgatherer." There was one pas
sage in it averring that the Old mans
skin was so parChed and dry that the
lceches would not stick to It. and at this
Fanny, u"nreasonably tickled, began to
laugh.
The fact that she was laughing be-
fore so august a person, and at the
work Of another august person, fright
cned her. and she laughed the more
from the very hysteria OF mtrth. The
sofa, and Coleridge on II, shook with
her laughter, His brow lowered. He
was angry.
u will put away the poem" said he.
friGtdly, ITO a person of no genius 1t
might easily seem absurd
Fanny laughed no more, She half
expected 10 be turned ont of the room
by the rest Of the family, but her uncle
came to her rescue.
Well. Coleridge,' said he. mildly,
'you must confess il isn't quite the
subject for a poem
Fanny was not wholly forgiven for
days, and il the poet happened to be
reading aloud when she appeared, he
would sc~rupulously cease, But after
a time she did come into favor again,
and II was noticed that when the poem
was prepared for publication the al
fusion to the old mans skin was
omitted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
RUINS MADE TO D
People of Wealth Can Have Ances-
trail Estates Fixed Up to
Suit Their Ideas.

II there is one branch of horticulture
in which vast improvements have been
made of late years, it is landscape gar
dening. 1t is now possible to make
luxurious scenery out of a barren
waste, and transform a piece Of ground
which even a farmer would despise
into a yeritable garden of Eden, says
an English exchange.
However fiat and stony the ground
may be, the landscape maker will
soon change the aspect of affairs. His
first course is to obtain a plan of the
ground, in which he marks the position
every tree and shrub is to occupy,
If he wishes to make the area at his
disposal appear much larger than ii
really is, he will use only %diminutive
trees, but it is quite possible for him
to transplant giant oaks and elms
which have been growing for centuries
from the forest direct to the ground he
is c~ultivating.
Directly a tree has been selected TO:
transportation a square is marked
around it and the workmen dig to the
depth of ten or 20 feet, according to
the girth Of the tree. This being done,
a channel is made on either side of the
tree and two tunnels are bored through
its roots, in which powerful beams are
inserted.
Round these beams chains are placed
at each end, and the tree is lifted as it
stands on to a wagon, which is waiting
in readiness, and from thence trans
portated to its destination.
Forest oaks cost from five dollars to
800 apiece, so that an avenue of these
monsters can easily prove expensive.
An wen of cedars, however, is the
ambition of most garden lovers, and
their cost is enormous.
Quite recently a well known finan-
cier purchased 80 such trees at a cost
of s 1880 apiece, and had them con-
veyed bodily a distance of over 300
miles.
Rivers and lakes teeming with gold
fish or trout are comparatively easy to
make. If there is a stream in the
neigLborhood its curse can be divert
ed, and, by damming, a lake Of any
size can be formed within a few days.
The cost of an artificial lake, guaran-
teed not to dry up in summer, averages
$3.50.
But the beauty of the artificial gar
den is its ruins. However well the
ground may be laid out, with lakes and
fountains meeting the eye at every
turn, # lacks an ancient appearance
%tumble-down rains may be seen
amid the trees. ~
Artificial abbeys and churches can
be so built that ever an expert ma De
deceived, the blackened stones ana IVY
hung walls resembling those Oh NOR
origin.
The landscape gardener will supply
you with ancient abbeys in any nNmDeE
$3.50 to $4,000 apiece. Here>GLfI
there, too, the garden can be given a
venerable appearance with ne aid OF
ancient grotto or g,o. These grot-
are just bait of limestone, and
then sprayed with dirt and CRIME.
Quite a nice little grotto, apparently a
of centuries old, can be supplied
for $50.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06

The Philippine islands have a gen.
eral coast line of about 11,44i statute
miles, or double that of the main part
of the United States, while the total
area is lis, 02G square miles, or less
than that of New Mexico. There is a
mile of coast line to every ten miles
of area, while in the United States the
proportion is one to 555. There are
nearly LOO islands having names, and
it is possible to count 1900 islands and
islets on the charts. Even the larger
land masses are so elongated in figure
that no point in any island is mole
than 60 miles distant from some part
of the constitutional Geographic
Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
HOW RADIUM WAS DISCOVERED


The Investigations which resulted in
the detection Of BecquereI rays began
soon after the discovery Of the X rays,
and were intimately connected with 1t.
In the early days of ROentgcn rays, there
v re many facts which suggested that
phosphOresCence had something to do
with the production Of these rays, writes
Ernest Merritt, in Century. 1t occurred
to several French physicists that X rays
might be produced If phosphorescent
substances were exposed to sunlight in
stead Of to the electrical action Of a
CroOkes tube. Prof. Henri Becquerel,
Of the University of Paris, undertook ex-
perIments to test this supposition as
early as 1896, only a few months after X
rays had been discovered. Among the
substances used in these experiments
was one containing the metal uranium.
This was placed upon a Photographic
plate, which had first been wrapped ir
black paper in order to protect it from
the light. After the plate had stood in
bright sunlight for several hours, it was
removed from its paper covering and
developed. A slight trace of photo
graphic action was found at those parts
of the plate directly beneath the uran-
ium, just as Becquerel had expected. 1t
was clear that rays Of some kind were
being produced that were capable of
passing through black paper. Since the
X rays were the only ones then known
to possess this power, it seemed as
though the problem of producing X rays
by sunlight was solved.
Then came the fortunate accident.
After several plates had been prepared
for exposure to sunlight, a storm came
up, and the experiments had to be post
poned for several days. When the work
was resumed, the plates had been lying
in the dark room so long that they might
easily have deteriorated in some way,
so that It seemed hardly safe to use
them. But, instead Of simply throwing
the plates away, BeCquerel fortunately
developed them, thinking that some ac-
tion might possibly have taken place in
the dark. The result was that he OBJ
tanned better pictures than eve before.
The exposure to sunlight, which had
been regarded as essential to the sue
cess of the former experiments, had
really had nothing at all to do with the
matter, The essential thing was the
presence Of uranium; and the photo
graphic effects were not due to X rays,
but to Becquerel rays. There were many
long and difficult steps to take before
even our present incomplete knowledge
of the subject could be reached; but this
fortunate accident was the beginning of
the long series of experiments which
already led to the discovery of the
new element radium, and which bid fair
to revolutionize some of the most funda-
conceptions of physics and
chemistry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06

The Medical Record draws a compare
ison between the present situation at
Hong-Kong and Manila with refer
ence to the value of preventive inocuIa-
ton. In both cities the plague exists,
and at both many intelligent efforts
have been made to suppress it, but not
with the same results. At Manila the
plague has subsidized very materially, and
will soon probably disappear, but it
seems that it cannot be suppressed at
Hong-Kong. The reason for this can
be found only in the fact that at Ma
uila preventive vaccination has been
compulsory, and on a large scale, in
GLIDING the &C, 900 Chinese residents.