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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Theatre Business |. Dull.

You people," said the manager of a theatrical organization. who see SO many good amusements do not realize that this is one of the worst seasons the theatrical profession has ever had
 Good shows, he continued, "are go- ing to the wall every day, and some of the best entertainers in the business are out of work.
 The reason Is simple. There were never so many shows. Many men in the East have been seized with the idea that there are worlds of money in the show business. They have pulled the market, and some of them have put out highly meritorious organizations.
 Again, the public Is demanding more for its money. Managers who must sustain their good regulations are forced to send out companies of sixty and seventy persons. when thirty fiv e would do as we'll, This cuts down the earning capacity of the shows and un- less the theatres are crowded, the losses must be stopped early in its route.
 T daresay Montgomery has never before had as many good performances as 1t has seen this season and every other city in the country could make the same report. Few cities of the size of Montgomery accord the thea tres such good patronage"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
CONFEDERATE WAR VESSEL.
Tn First Tennessee Was Built at Selma

.
 The launching of the splendid modern cruiser Tennessee" has recalled to mind the fact that there was con, spicuous armor-clad warship called
 Tennessee" in the navy of the Confed- crate States, a navy which, though con structed under exceptional disadvant- ages. was marked by inventive ingenu- ity and advanced ideas that gave val
 uable pointers in the worlds naval de- velopment, The Philadelphia Public
 Ledger thus refers to the Confederate
 warship that bore the name of our
 State:
 Though an inland State. Tennessee claims as her son one of the greatest
 figures in Americas naval annais-Far-
 ragut AS Miss Frazier. daughter of
 wealth, broke the bottle of wine upon
 the bow of the moving ship and pro-
 ncunced the words which gave to 1t the
 name of Tennessee, a curious historical
 coincidence came into the conscious
 ness of more than one spectator of the
 stirring scene. It recalled the contrast
 between the 14.500-ton warship before
 them. with her twin screws, mighty
 speed and power, and modern guns and
 armor, and that other Tennessee-the most powerful ironclad built by the Southern Confederacy-the destruction of which was one of the proudest and
 gut. It was in Mobile Bay in August. 1884, that the great fenhessean. pass ing close under the guns of Fort Nor gan, uttered that famous phrase, Damn the torpedoes,' and led his wooden ship and monitors against Admiral Buchan- ans squadron. Here the formidable ram, the old Tennessee. tried to repeat the tactics of the MeFrimac in Hamp- ton Roads, but failed under the terrible onslaught of Farragut's ships.
 Tt Is interesting to recall that this 1 old Tennessee, which made a brave | fight in a losing cause, was built at Selma on the Alabama River. of South | ern yellow pine and was armored with | six-inch iron easement afmor, rolled at 1 Atlanta, this in turn backed by oak sheathing. She carried only six guns, and her engines. taken from river
 steamer, only drove her at speed of from six to eight knots.
 There were defNcts in design. also which contributed to her undoing. but | for all this she was the most formida- | ble floating enemy with which the 1 Union naval forces had to contend. In | the great battle of Mobile Bay not q
 single shot pierced the Tennessee's | casemate armor though the fight was in | narrow harbor and at close range so clos ethat the Confederate ship was
 rammed repeatedly In the forty years
 which have elapsed since that historic | light naval construction has been rev oiutionized and no more striking illus can be had than the specifications of these two fighting maehines-the old and the new Tennessee. When mod ern armored ship can be classed as | obsolete after ten years, what term 1 should be applied to an ironclad of 1884 In comparison with an armored cruiser
 or hattleship of i904f''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
address at the exercises celebrating the completion of a new public school.


 Mr. Troy Halls. a student at Spring Hill College near Mobile, Is in Mont gomery to spend Christmas holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Halls.
 MT, Ernest Michel, while working on a wagon on Dexter Avenue yesterday afternoon, fell to the pavement and suf- fered a fractured arm. Rabbi A. J. Messing, Jr, has returned from Eufaula where he went to of- ficiate at the Lewy- -Katz wedding. MT. John Dudley of Nashville, Tenn. passed through Montgomery yesterday en route to Auburn. MT. w. H. Fay of Auburn. passed through Montgomery this morning en | route to Eufauia. MT. Samuel Foshee of Brewton. was In the city yesterday on business.
 State Senator D. D. Hall of Atmore, arrived in Montgomery last night.
 Hon. ". B. Bankhead of Huntsville, was in Montgomery yesterday
 MT. J. H. Chapman of Georgiana, spent yesterday In the city.
 MT. A. Nj. Sanders of Nashville. was in Montgomery yesterday.
 Judge William Cunninghame of Lin den, Is in Montgomery.
 Mir. R. A Weldon of Banner, Is vis- itor in Montgomery.
 Mir. E. R. Alexander of Tuskegee, is in Montgomery. pr. A. D. Steagail of Abbeville, Is at Clanceys.
 MT. B. R. Bryan of Elba' Is Tn Montgomery
 MT. F. G. Stickney of Tuscaloosa, is in the city. Mir. M. l.. Smith of Jasper, is in Montgomery.
 MT. E. Kirk May of Benton. Is in town.
 Hon. M. Sollie of Ozark. is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Praisea Artist Smith.

More power to Artist Smith of The Advertiser" said an interested specta- tor in the Recorders Court room yes terday afternoon who was following the trial of the gamblers arrested in the raid on the Merchants Hotel Sun day evening.
 T read what Gen. J. W. A. Sanford said about the influence of cartoons and I agree with him fully. The pie lures drawn by MT. Smith aroused Montgomery to the evil conditions of gaming and I believe the community Is now awake and sitting up. In other words I do not believe Montgomery is going to continue asleep while profes- sional gamblers flagrantly violate the law.
 The enterprise of The Advertiser in publishing cartoons to quicken public sentiment Is indeed commendable, and it's cartoons are as good as any of the metropolitan newspapers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

If General Miles become Adjutant- General of Massachusetts and is by that act restored to full pay as Lieu tenant General in the regular army, will not the joke be on the President? :? Or, did he know 1t and took this meth cd of making up for some of his mis- treatment of the General? Whatever may be the explanation, the job will be a good one for Miles. as 1t gives him an annual salary of about sl4,0Oo while playing soldier in Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Hair Tonic for Senators. Washington Correspondence Pittsburg


 A statement of the goods held in store by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate shows some inter- esting articles one would scarcely ex- pect to find among the necessities for running the national legislature. The public may indulge its imagination to the limit. Here is the list:
 Thirty-three bottles of cologne. sew enteen ice picks sixty-nine funeral regalias, seventeen bath-brushes. three gallons alcohol. two cakes shaving soap seventy nail-brushes, twelve bot ties hair tonic. one funnel, one half gallon copper measure. eight lemon squeezers and one hundred and eighty six glasses. There are many other things equally as odd.
 Glancink at the Senate in session from tha SaiIeries 1t requires no stretch of imasination to guess the need of hair tonic. The cologne, the nall brushes and the bath brushes are ae- counted for by the oficial barber shop in the Capitol, but the lemon-squeez- CTS. the ice picks. the funnel and the one hundred and eighty-six glasses are open to a slight suspicion at least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
FAIRBANKS AND 1908,
Has the Machinery Already Working

Has the Machinery Already Working. Washington Special to New York
 Herald.
 / Senator Fairbanks is already in the field for the Presidential nomination in 1908. There is Fairbanks literary bureau in Indianapolis. fully organized and hard at work. and the Senator has a program to make every speech he can. He will accept all invitations, and thus far has made a very fair record.
 Every speech of the Senator's is sent out in full from the Indianapolis head quarters, and otherwise his personality Is being exploited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
The New York Age (ooi) is opposed

The New York Age (ool.) Is opposed to reduction of Southern representation because 1t Is mo reasonable or ade- quate remedy for the gigantic evils which have grown out of and upon the adoption and workings of the Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendmants" What Fortune evidently desires Is that the Republican Party shall take the South up by the heels and shake it real hard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

If our esteemed Virginia and Caro- lima contemporaries have finished with the angel, the rabbits nose and Gains wife questions, perhaps they can tell us Why Is snow?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

A Chicago woman says Mrs. Chad wicRs great power consisted of "a smile. rustic and a bustle.' But didn't hustle have something to do with it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

The Chattanooga Times man inti- mates that he won't know what to eat for his Christmas dinner unless Dr, Wiley reports beforehand. We thought it was the drinkables that he was in- vestigating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
A Little Disgruntled.
Birmingham Ledger.

BITn1IUR Hdu LeuBtT. Crumpacker says he has given up his fight on the Southern States. Crum- packer Is a little disgruntled. The Re- publicans decided to put old Keller in charge of the wickedne3s in the House This leaves Crumpacker out In the
 cold. It may actually make him bet ter man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

According to the dictum of a New Jersey Judge. 1t is no crime to beat" restaurant, but The Chattanooga Times intimates that it is an impossi- bility
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

suggests that that price was only for
 one large enough for Taft.

Some milk dealers in New York have been imprisoned for watering the lacteai fluid, but if they put something in 1t more hurtfnl than pure water, they are very good indeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
1 QUESTION AND ITS ANswER.. .~

pid U ever occur to you that nsws- papers stsndard Is gauged by its esreai.
 tioaf We do not boast of the 'sssss' snrs me m iarrest in the State of Aiabans. or a. asy other ststs or Territory of . corresponoinrSS population. That is why The Mcntsoma ard and makes 1t the most valuable medium for both the advertising and reading pup lie The following statement compneo anu anu tho actual net circulation of The Advert,sss for each day in the month or NoVem's' 1sol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Hay Memorial Burned.

Simsbury. Conn, Dec 21.--The Hay memorial chapel given to Westminster school by Secretary Hay. in memory of his son AdelbeFt g. Hay, was burned today. The loss Is $12,50o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
NOVEMBER, 1904.

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworia says, The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's daily Ejaculation for the month of November. 1s0f, Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. P. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Managek
 The Advertiser Company Sworn to and subscribed before me this sth day of December. 1904.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 ". P. Ex-O J, F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Those who go to Panama to work
 will do well to take supply of shirts along. as they are quoted at SIS each down there. though a contemporary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
The Stale Jokes,

Birmingham News.
 Those gentlemen who are working hard for MT. Depew's return to the Sen ate are more or less handicapped by the spectre of an avalanche of stale jokes which keeps looming up at the most inconvenient points in the game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Let the Republicans do as they please" says The Portsmouth Star. Well, we are willing, but they are afraid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Not of the Tribe.

Troy Messenger. A newspaper man in Tuscaloosa was
 held up and robbed. The robbers got the whole amount of cents. We thought anybody knew better than to
 rob a newspaper man. They are not of the tribe to carry cash.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Negroes Spending Money.

'The negroes of Montgomery" said a merchant yesterday, "are fast getting rid of what money they had coming to them from farm work and the sale of what cotton they made. Negroes were always liberal spenders.
 Tt is a matter of surprise that the country negroes have any money left. but the great throngs of them that one notices on the streets of Montgomery have some money. wherever 1t came from, and they are spending 1t rapid ly. I would judge by the number of country negores on the streets of the city that the plantations must be de- serted during the Christmas holidays. If these negroes have any money after Christmas Is over I will never under stand how 1t happened"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Taking the Russian Government in all its parts, there are sixty languages and dialects spoken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
BIG GAIN IN CHURCHES.
Ratio of Growth of Several Exceeds
 Increase In Population.

INtW I 1OFK -SpecIAI.
 Nearly all religious sects, as their figures of growth for last year are an nounced, show a larger percentage of increase then in previous years and in several denominations the ratio of growth exceeds the usual ratio of in- crease In population. This is notably the case in the Episcopal Church, which last year gained 8 per cent on its mem bership of the previous year. while the population growth is estimated at about ? per cent. In the Presbyterian Church the increase in membership was at the rate of 2.5 per cent. The Meth odist gain was IS per cent.
 It is stated in the Presbyterian hand book for 1905 that the religions of the Vided fo1lows. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
A Roman Senator.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 A gentleman named Otto Agricola is a candidate for Mayor of Gadsden. He may be Roman Senator in disguise, but there is no reason why he would not make a good Mayor for the capital of Etowah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

For Group use CH E. NEVIS E X p E CT O R. A N T.
 tu-tAu-sas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Almost EnOuwh.

Dothan Siftings.
 Almost enough money will be spent this week to pay the national debt, but we move that 1t be postponed till our
 next regular meetinga
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Mir. Ignatius Rosenberg, a former well known man of Montgomery, but now living in Knoxville, Penn, is in Montgomery to spend the holidays with relatives and friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Hon. I. W. Hill, State Superln tend from Mount Meigs, where he made an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
San Jose Scale on Trees.

Prof R. s. Mackintosh, Of Auburn, State Hortieulturist, has been spending day or two in Montgomery and vI- cinity. He has been examining fruit trees and found the San Jose scale in some places. He recommends for such trees spraying with q solution of thirty pounds lime, twenty pounds sulphur and fifteen pounds of salt. A letter to Professor Macintosh at Auburn will bring particulars to any enquirers about this enemy of the fruit trees and the remedies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
An Urgent Need.

MODIIe ReBiSter.
 We agree with the Secretary of the Treasury that there is an urgent need for more five dollar notes-and a few tens would not come amiss, especially at Christmas time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Messrs Speigner Wilcox. Robert Steiner and Michel Nierosi Montgom cry boys who are students at the Uni- versity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, reached the city last night to spend the Christmas holidays at home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Mir. Troy Halls. a student at Spring Hill College. near Mobile, Is in Mont gomery to spend Christmas holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Halls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Mir John Bragg. a former we'll known citizen of Montg emery. who has many friends here. spent yesterday in the city and Jeff last night for Fort De- posit where he will remain several days. He is now reqiding in Birmin gham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
, ' < < < ' < < < < <<<< WHAT THE STATE PAPERS . ARH eAYIN0. .

Hard to Tell. Greenville- Advocate,
 It is hard to tell which feels the worst about Governor Vardaman's dis pleasure, the President or the boil weevil. ,s-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

c,ty subscripfisns should bs paid = tns following authorized collsctcre o1lys < Tisnissn. weltsr |. Johnson. J. L. kspss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

MT. Ernest Michel, while working on a wagon on Dexter Avenue yesterday afternoon, fell to the pavement and suf- fered a fractured arm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

Nebraska is one State of the Union which practically has no grand juries. The World Herald of Omaha says:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07
A RAPID TRANSIT EPISODE.

This n ornlng about half past ten.
a tall lady with a half.sized husband,
boarded King street car. the lady
was wearing her husband on her right
hand, when they entered the husband
looked up, and said to his wife:
you're tall enough to reach q strap.
but what can hold" she said, III ]
was as short as You are. I'd hold my
tongue" SO he took hold OF his tongue.
the car started and he fell down,
whereuPon his dutiful spouse hol-
lored, whats the matter. can't you
stand up?" Said hubby. "They both
slipped" Both what" said the wife.
Both my feet and my tongue" said
the little husband, but let's get of the
car and &C and see Bath the plumber
and have a look at that new line Of
Douglass Patent Closets that have
Just arrived. His telephone 10 81
Main.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07
Lake,

Hilo, March Al. T. Lake and Mar
ion Bennett were married Wednesday
evening at the parsonage of the First
Foreign Church, Rev. Curtis +. Shields
officiating. The only guests present
were J. Mcintosh and Miss Fyfe, who
stood up with the bridal pair Mr.. and
Mrs. Lake will reside in Hilo. Mr..
Lake has resided in Hilo over two
years and is best known as Captain
Lake, late of the Hilo police force. The
bride has been in Hilo a shorter time.
During the absence of Miss Grub, she
had charge Of the Hilo hospital and
has many friends In Hawaii.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07
cHoNe CHAINS STATEMENT.

Editor Evening Bulletin:-I beg to
correct an error In your issue Of
March Attn, 1864, in your article en-
titled Says he Threatened" ! never
made the remark that | intended to
XII Young Pong. never said would
procure butcher knife and would kill
Luke Mong Wo and his son. | never
jumped behind the counter and began
to fight Luke Mon Wo in San Chun
Lung store. These are all lies and
intended to damage my reputation be-
fore the trial Of my case in court. My
trouble with Young Pong should be
tried in court and not in the newspa-
pers. / have been a resident in these
Islands for twenty-five years, worked
as a cook for many well known people
here, and never injured or intended tc
injure any one. Thanking you fol-
your space.
Yours respectfully,
CHONG CHAN.
Honolulu. March 5.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07
COUNTY and LEGISLATURE

Editor Evening Bulletin:-I have al.
ways understood that Count Mazunia"
Is the man who carries the bag" In
our legislative lobby. and eAcrts a
baneful influence there. II your CORE.
spOndent, "Mazuma". in a recent issue
IL the same person, hope that he will
stand absolutely alone by his plan to
hold up financial legislation with
county bill. IL an extra session Of the
Legislature should be called.
This 10 no time for fighting Xix,
Kilkenny cats. We are face to-fa -
with crisis which threatens our very
existence. The Territory will som be
unable to pay its debts, unless 3cne--
thing IL done: there is very little mon.
ey In circulation; eyerybody'3 income
has decreased by one.half. Or more:
and Eiaay persons are living Oh credit.
This condition prevails Throughout the
entire community, reaching from the
millionaire down to the hod carrier.
What the Territory needs at the
prcsent time Is not further distract.
Ing discussion and contention over
county government, but bread, bread,
bread! In sense, We are face to face
with the first clause In the Declaration
of Independence, namely, the right
to !ife".
II The Governor should call an extra
session of the Legislature, 1t should get
right down to "the kernel in the nut,
and re-adjust our finances along lines,
which he will recommend, as they will
doubtless be approved by the Treasur'
err. the Auditor. and our leading bank
ers. Their well-considered plan, in
volving figures, units and aggregates
of units, covering matters, which re
quire close figuring, could well be fol
lowed by the Legislature. and the SEES
sion could well end in thirty days.
freely admit, however, that the peo
pie have been disappointed In the mat
ter Of county legislation, and that the
Republican party is at a disadvantage
because of the failure of our county
system. II would be a good thing
therefore, il the Legislature would ap
point commission of three persons
to report to the next Legislature q
county bill, and scale of salaries ant
other expenditures for Territorial a.
well as county officials.
The Legislature should in joint ses
sion elect two of the commission and
the Governor should be empowered tC
appoint the third member. They should
be lawyers, and reasonable fec
should be allowed them. suggest
that the Legislature become response
BILE for the majority Of the commits
sion, because If their work should suf
fer at the hands of the Supreme Court
1t could not be charged that they were
appointed to draw defective bill.
My suggestion that they report Q
schedule Of salaries and other expend
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-07

laughed and danced gavots. She trod
the snow, and muffled in robes with
Nine. Ursule and the girls few over Il
in French train-a sliding box with
two or three horses hitchcd tandem.
Every evening sat by her side at the
fire while she made little coats and
trousers for me. Bus remembrance
never came into her eyes. The cloud
stood round about her as II did when |
first tried to penetrate 1t.
My own dim days were often in
mind. tried to recall sensations. But
had lived purely physical lie. Her
blundeis of judgment and deiusion OF
bodily shrinking were no part of my
experience. The thinking self in me
had been paralyzed, while the think
ling self in her was alive, in cloud.
Both Of us were memoryless. except
ing her recollection of Paul.
After March sent the ice out Of river
any bay spring came with rush as II
comes in the north. Perhaps many
days 1t was silently rising from tree
roots. In February we used to say,
fhis air Is like spring. But alter
such bold speech the arctic region de-
scended upon us again and we were
showed In to the ears. Yet when the
end OF March unlocked us It seemed
we must wait for the month OF May
to give us soft air ana blue water.
! Then suddenly 1t was spring, AMI
every living soul knew 1t. Lie revived
with passion. Longings when you had
forgotten came and took you by the
throat. saying: You shall no longer
be satisfied with negative peace. Rouse
and ltve." Then fitting, exquisite
purple flaws struck across milk opal
water In the bay. Fishing boats lifted
themselves In mirage. sailing lightly
above the water, and islands sat high
with a cushion of air undo: them.
! The girls manifested increasing In
terest In what they called the Pigeon
toose settlement affair. Nine. ursult
had no doubt told them wha. / said
They pitied my cloud mother and me