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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1904.
GrRMs AND PNEUMONIA.

A Sanitary Commission in New York Is Investigating the pneumonia epi- demic in that city. and they have prac- tically arrived at the conclusion that 1t is really a contagious or infectious disease. They go further and hold that the germs of the disease may ex- ist in street cars, public halls and other much-frequented places. and thus be communicated to those who frequent them.
 This is a new theory, but the lay mind may as well get accustomed to new and startling theories in connec- ton with the science of medicine. If some of them are untenable. 1t is no reason for assuming that all others are so. Some of the most wonderful discoveries in medicine and surgery have been regarded as dreams until time proved them to be correct. We all know that it was not till a few years ago that the world accepted the theory that consumption is really g. communicable disease. and though there are some who still deny it, the fact is now generally accepted ana medical men are dealing with 1t ao- cordingly.
 What is true of consumption may also be true of pneumonia and other diseases of the lungs. As all know who have in any degree kept up with modern events. the germ theory of dis ease is becoming almost universal, and the number of diseases to which 1t is applicable Is spreading until 1t bids fair to embrace all forms of sickness. Then the natural query will be-if consumption has germs which will communicate themselves from a sick person to a we'll one. why may not the game cause operate to transmit other pulmonary affections?
 And yet, when we come down to actual experience, people will want to know how it is that a member of family will have a serious or fatal at tack of this disease, no precautions ta- ken to prevent infection of others, no isolation of the patient, and no other member of the family will have 1t? All of us know instances of this na- ture. All of us know that when g. case of pneumonia occurs. no more thought is given to keeping others away from the sick bed than would be shown with any other disease. yet there Is usually no spread of it. There will be many things to explain, if medical men adopt the theory promul- gated by the New York investigators established is a question for the future and the doctors to settle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
VARIOUS KINDS OF MuRDrR.

The law makers will have to extend their definition of murder to fit some new crimes. The simple definition of the word as given by the books is Ito kill a human being with malice afore- thought" That is the short express sion, and all civilized countries have laws for the punishment of the crime. but there are crimes which do not ex- actly come under this meaning or ex- planation, but are hardly less heinous Among these we may mention the statement recently sent out that cer- tain manufacturers of life preseryers had weighted them with iron in order to bring them up to the required weight, thus making them really g. menace to human life instead of a preserver of 1t.
 That civilized men could be guilty of such villainy in order to make g. little extra profit seems hardly cred ible. but there Is no doubt that the charge is correct. It has not only been proven, but confessed. If people
 
 these loaded articles, would not the manufacturers have been murderersl There can hardly be a doubt of it We have no laws fitted to this particu- lar form of crime, which we suppose is due to the fact that legislators never imagined that human greed would de- scend to such infamous methods. The 
 manufacturers of these spurious things were murderers at heart, just as g. man would be who poisons a spring or we'll.
 investigations into the horrible Slo- cum disaster prove that gross care lessnes. negligence or design, one or all. had much to do with the appalling loss of life in that case. There, too. the life preservers and various other the vessel secure or to save the pas- sengers in case of accident were the merest shams. The blame has been pretty well located and some of the offending officials have been dis charged. We suppose that is about the extent oA the punishment that VIII be visited on any one, but there will have to be a stricter accounting in such eases, or life will not be safe in any case where men and women have to depend on the honesty of those whose duty 1t is to provide for the safety of travellers or other passengers on board ships. Murder will need g. broader and more extensive definition. and laws made to fit it. if such trihing with human life becomes common.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
.yorsN moRLEY.

MT. John Morley has come to the United States. and, like every distin- guished EngIishman who lands on our shores. he has hied himself away to Canada for short visit. The Arch bishop of Canterbury was hurried on q special train to Canada the moment he put foot on our soil. The conven- fences of ocean travel make it proper for them to take a boat for New York. but public opinion at home and in Canada requires the voyaging British subject, if eminent, must post away to Montreal or Ottawa and touc1 base, 50 . to speak, before undertaking any con siderable itinerary in the States" Having fulfilled the law, John Morley will drop back southward and renew his American studies that began thir- ty-five years ago, when he was a young man. He has somewhere said that it was the custom of Golden to urge upon his young friends in the Lib- eral party to make at least one visit to this country to be confirmed in their faith in popular government. Golden set the example and made two visits. He was followed by all distinguished Liberal statesmen of our time except Gladstone and John Bright. Prof. James Bryce. who Is now with us studying another Presidential election. has crossed the ocean ten or twelve times. spending months here in prose- cutting the studies and making the ob- servations that go to make up his ex7 cellent American Commonwealth" Mir. Morley has come to make the address on Founders Day in Pittsburg and Is doing honor to that indefatiga- bly, benevolent Scotchman Andrew Car negie. MT. Carnegie having extorted his, swollen millions from the Ameri- can people through the medium of an progressively high and outrageous sys- tenn of taxation. we have never. been able to look with entire complacency upon his numerous and great charities. | though resigned to seeing the money returned to the people from whom 1t was originally wrung. even if a cer1 tain ostentatious and vain-glorious light was shed by the benehcences round about the head of the cannily shrewd donor.
 It might we'll have been wished that so eminent and so good man as John Morley is. could have come to see us in another character than. as a hornblower for Carnegie, His type of mind and character. however, is so elevated. his culture so broad, his ex- perience so wide, that we may be thankful that he has been induced by any consideration to come over. His Pittsburg address will undoubtedly be one of the memorable utterances of our time. Morley,s noble austerity will certainly furnish a signifcant message to a generation of Americans far too deeply absorbed in the money getting chatter of the commercial world.
 He will go down to Washington the day after the election and pay a prom ised visit to President Roosevelt. He will take occasion, he has announced. at that time to extend his congratula- tions or condolences to the President on the result of the election then to be known. If we estimate John Mor- ley correctly, then in his heart of hearts, he longs that 1t shall prove condolences he must offer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

evolve a merchant marine out of a protective tariff-not before.
 It is surely generally agreed that Roosevelt the man, is one of the lead ing Issues of this campaign, possibly the most conspicuous of all the issues. The excuse given for the appointment of MT. Cortelyou as the titular leader in the field, Is that the President re- fuses to be under any obligations to the veteran politicians of his party. and it Is also given out that Mir. Roosevelt has ordered Mir. Corteiyou to make no promises to any politician anywhere. If that be true, MT. Roose- sonal triumph and indemnity for his past errors and a license to commit fu- ture outrages. He will be the first of our Presidents elected in the paramount issue of his personality. He will be a most responsible ofice in the world. The big stick" will be bigger and there will be chip on both shoulders. Government by executive order will be ever the President thinks desirable and that is liable to be anything--will be legal.
 I know Republicans say that Con- gress will hold the President in check. hold him in check? He convened 1t in extraordinary session to pass q bill to which 1t was opposed and damned the legislation through both houses. It was in awe of his displeasure that neither house dared investigate the frauds with which the Postofice De- partment was feeking, and it was upon his order that Congress adjourned in April. though there was public business enough to last 1t till August. In the history of the English speaking peo- pies, since the reign of the Tudor princes in the Mother Country, there has been no more subservient legis- lature than the Fifty-eighth Congress of the United States of America.
 That was when Roosevelt was only a candidate--that was when his ambi- tion was in the bud. How will 1t be when he shall become triumphant when his ambition shall be in the frYit? He will be holy terror, bull in a china shop, and he will do exactly as he pleases. Is not that the mans char acter? When was 1t that Republican Congress rebelled against the policy of a Republican President? The Re- publican Party Is not made that way. As a political machine it is the most perfectly disciplined our country has ever known. As the soldier in the field, it obeys' orders, and If Roosevelt should be elected, and the Fifty-ninth Congress should have Republican ma jority, 1t will do in both houses what ever Roosevelt orders.
 Is this country ready for a kettle of fish like that? Savoyard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
Common sense About Wnr.

Eortland OreRantan.
 Persons observant and wise do not tab about abolition of war. The causes of war lie in the rivalries of nations and in the very nature of things. Russia presses upon Japan. Japan must resist. or die by strangu- lation. Other nations will not check Russia, by threat of war. or by actual war. if need be; so Japan must fight or die. So there is war. No peace tribunal can do anything with a situa- tion of this kind. Such and similar situa- tions continually arise. Every nation that has spirit in 1t Is going to fight when the menace comes; or. if it have not the spirit to fight, 1t will die.
 Contentious or controversies, of great moment cannot be anticipated, except on the field of battle. Russia was pressing Japan. The response of Ja> pan was war. It was the only pos sible appeal. It was an appeal by La- pan to the tribunal of Gods justice, for the right to live. Hague tribunals can do nothing with cases of this kind. No power will or can command Russia tS stop, and no power will or can com- mand Japan not to resist. Society ot government can control a little law~ suit between individuals; but all so- cieties and all governments together cannot decide for any natIon whether 1t will fight, or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
A NEW INDUSTRY NREpED. 1.

recent editorial in The Boston Transcript suggests the need of a new industry. Whenever the demand. for any article exceeds the supply. the, price1is pretty sure to go up. and then there is an effort to increase the out put. The law of supply and demand is one of almost universal application. and few have failed to come in con- tact with 1t at some period of their lives.
 Just now the article whose supply Is running short is human hair, and the demand is unusually great. The Transcript says: E
 The reason is that the price of all shades and styles of human hair is rapidly soaring upward. Ther. has class human hair of from 30 to 50 per cent within the last three months. The present indications are. judging from ported. DOT that there win be a stiff fur ther advance in prices during, the win ter months. One dealer said today that 1t Is almost impossible to supply the demand for frst-class gray hair. A wig of gray human hair of fine quail ity is worth its weight in silver, or perhaps even in gold.
 Here is~ the opportunity for some bright genius to get in his or her work and not only confer boon on human ity, but secure fame and fortune. by the operation. Not claiming any ex- pert knowledge of the science of hair raising. we feel no disposition to offer advice or instruction on the subject. We have heard and read of hair-rais- ing stories, but the crop was uncertain. The Indians, too, had quite a reputa- tion as raisers of hair. but their meth cd would hardly be popular with civ ilized people. except as last resort. Besides. the crop Is not only uncertain! but destructive. of the source of supply. What is wanted, and what is evident tly badly needed, is some method by which hair. especially the gray variety. can be grown with as much certainty as crab-grass. and in quantities sufficient to supply all reasonable demands. The main trouble may be in getting a crop of the gray variety, but with all the resources of chemical science there should be no great difficulty about it. Meanwhile. those who have surplus of that kind should cultivate 1t till it grows to the required length. and get a good price for it. remembering that hair Is money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
A LIVE DERELICT.

One of the greatest perils to naviga- tion is what is technically termed a. derelict, an abandoned vessel floating over the broad seas. most part of it submerged, never remaining in one place. and liable at any time to cross the path of a ship or steamer with dis astrous results. If we could imagine such a vessel somehow endowed witb propulsive power of great strength and speed, darting about the naviga- b1e waters as cratic as fish, we might conceive an infinitely more dan- gerons object than the practically in- ert derelict, menacing as that is.
 Somehow we can't help the feeling that the Russian Baltic squadron is g. sort of animated derelict, if that is an allowable term for expressing it's dangerous uncertainty. One newspa- per alludes to the squadron as "a dan gerous lunatic,' which Is not 0 bad way of describing 1t. for it appears to be without either safe or sane man. agement or control. Just what may be expected or feared from it is im- possible to say. It's encounter with g. fleet of harmless fishing boats Is merely one evidence of what 1t may do if left to itself. If it exhibits a few more evidences of lunacy the oth- CT nations will be under the necessity of coralling 1t in some safe place be- fore 1t does other and greater dam- age to innocent by-standers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
Persistent FaIseAood.

The assertion that the election of Grover Cleveland caused the industrial disaster of 1S93-4. repeated for ten by Candidate Fairbanks, have been so triumphantly refuted by The Record that they are no longer a matter of po- litical controversy. The only question is a psychological one as to the mental and moral consciousness of those who make these assertions in varied forms on the stump and in the newspaper press. Is 1t a general conspiracy to false in despite of the evidence? So strange a phenomenon has never been witnessed before in the political history of this or any other country. The Democrats cannot compete in such a field of controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
Al COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH IS 4
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise the foi- lowing statement for the nonth of septem- Der. 1904. has been compfHd and sworn 70 by our Circulation Managet
 To the many readers and friends wno are interested in our growth, 1t Is satis- faction to show. such a sturdy and perma- but the class and quality of 1t. of which we are so proui. M ,s The Advertiser is acknowledged the ieae- ing newspaper in the State and is tnofousn- ly up-to-dats in every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

The Hartford Times is jabbing MT. Carnegie for speaking of Roosevelt as the ruler of this country. We'll. we suppose Carnegie was speaking what Roosevelt really thinks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

No doubt the ducks are rejoicing that your Uncle Grover is using his gun on bigger game. When he gets through filling the G. o. P. elephant with grape and shrapne1. he may again turn his attention to the feathered tribe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

thS commotion caused pv the Judges direct method of dealing with. the questions at issue. and before he gets done. we suspect they will be too, sore to dance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
The Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Record remarks that Judge Parker has the whole Roosevelt cabinet dancing as If they were picking their way barefoot over pathway strewed with live eoals. That is a graphic way of describing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

One of the surest signs of prosperity in this country Is the number of young mules that are being sold to our farm, CTS. Several car loads have been sold in this market already this fall. Alp beville Times.
 Would it not be still better sign if some. at least, of those mules bore the Henry County brand. instead of being brought there by the car load? We only ask for information.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

Finding themselves outclassed and beaten in legitimate argument, the Re publicansF have fallen back on the bloody shirt. and are stirring up the race issue. It is good evidence of des- peration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

Douglas, the shoe man, may not be elected Governor of Massachusetts, but he seems to be warming the souls and kicking up dust among the Republi- cans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

If that Russian admiral makes g. few more attempts to explain, he will find 1t necessary to explain his expla- nations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

According to reports we are soon to have a self!operatins typewriter. What the most of us really need Is a machine that will get busy and do It's own thinking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

You can't buy a nation" boisterous- ly exclaims The Chicago Post. Then how can the Republicans expect to get it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

We are all erring mortals," pipes Secretary Root. and then the President had a fit. He takes no stock in such doctrines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

Cleveland and Parker are warming things up in the East, and Bryan and Taggart in the West. with smaller lights between Things Is movin' |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30


 P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertissr's daily circulation for the month of September, 1a04, is true and correct, ana compiled after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been
 P J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager.
 -..z, The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of October, 1904. -.- N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

The Raleigh (N. CD Post. repeats its belief that Grover Cleveland Is the biggest man in the United States :" That is a self-evident proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
Light-headed.

Detroit Free Press.
 she--Miss F1ippant wears feaFfuliy heavy earrings. doesn't she?
 He-Yes. she has to--for ballast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

Do auctioneers lie?" asks a contem- porary. We'll, do ducks swim? Ask & hard one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

Dear Taft: Go down to Panama, Punch every fellow in the craw, Who won't observe the Treaty Law.
 That they and made on the sly; I am that nations natural pap. got Colombia in a trap. And she gave me the little chap,
 That looks like Uncle Sam and l.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30
JUNGLE SAM AND l."

I am the Big Stick uncrowned King Of Panama. sweet little thing Must not get sick and the clothes fling
 From off It's body bare, to die; Run down and give 1t castor oil Massage it's body. lance it's boil, But tell them we must work the soil,
 They sold to Uncle Sam and T. .s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

The Republican national platform contains this passage:
 ''We therefore favor Legislation which will encourage and build up the Ameri-' can merchant marine, and we cordially approve the legislation of the last Con-
Evening star., 1904-03-19
MAKING GIANT SOAP BUBBLES.
Beautifully Colored - They May Be
Larger Than Ones Head.

Blowing soap bubbles used to be moro
popular among the boys and girls than 1t
is in these days. but still there is plenty OF
amusement to be had by those skillful In
the art. These spheres are too frail to last
long, 1t is true. but there is a way OF maxi
ing them far tougher than is common-so
tough, indeed, that they will roll around
the carpet Of a room for some time before
bursting Into a pint Of warm water shave
a piece Of brown laundry soap about an
inch square, containing a good proportion
OF lye. When this Is thoroughly dissolved
add tablespoonful of gum arabic and stir
till melted. Then a teaspoonful of giycerin
Is necessary, and lastly a quart of cold
water.
II the bubble makers are not very little
people and know how to keep the water out
OF their mouths wonderfully colored bubbles
can be made by separating this mixture
INTO cups and adding a pinch Of different
diamond dyes to each. But for little people
strawberry or currant juice for pink bub-
bles and orange juice for yellow are per-
haps safer. The lye In the SOAP plus tho
glycerin, increases the brilliancy of the
bubbles and the gum gives them elasticity.
Hot water Is necessary to dissolve the varf-
GUS ingredients but unless cold water is
added they expand and break too rapidly
IN the blowing process. A curious pipe that
will blow several bubbles at one time can
be obtained from any kindergarten supply
house.
Evening star., 1904-03-19
Barry, the st. Bernard.


FROM Harpers Round Table
The hospitality and untiring humanity of
the monks of the convent of St. Bernard
have long been famous; and the fidelity and
sagacity of their well-known breed Of dogs
kept by them to assist them in their labors,
have long been equally celebrated.
The most noted Of all the dogs that have
lived and strtven and died In the service of
the monks was named Barry. This faith
ful creature served the hospital for the
period OF twelve years, and during that
time he saved the lives of no less than
forty persons. His zeal was unconquerable
1t was his custom. after a heavy fall of
snow. to set out by himself in search of lost
travellers. He would run along, barking at
the top Of his lungs, until he was entirely
out of breath, when he would often fall
over in the snow from sheer exhaustion.
No place was too perilous for him to ven-
ture into. and when he found. as he some
times did, that his own strength was in
sufficient to draw from the snow a traveller
benumbed by the cold, he would immedl-
ately hurry Off to the hospital to fetch the
monks.
One day Barry found a child frozen ap-
parently to death between the bridge Of
Dronaz and the Ice house of Balsora. He
began at once to lick him. and having sue
ceeded by this means In restoring anima-
ton. he induced the child to tie himself to
his body. In this way he managed to carry
the poor little wretch to the hospital
When he became too old to get about the
prior Of the convent, by way of reward
pensioned him at Berney, and after his
death his skin was stuffed and placed in
the museum Of that town, where 1t is still
preserved.
The little flask in which he carried brandy
for the relief of travellers whom he found
exhausted in the snow on the mountains is
still suspended from his neck.