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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

F. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. vertfser's daily ejaculation for the month of November. is0fis 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 9th day of December. 1904.
 r. W. JACKSON,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Would Be Over Done.

UOtnan 6fILlnkS.
 Some of us could die and have grass growing over our graves before jus tice would be spoken by the world, and then the chances are that the job would be over done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Some men have |"money to burn" but the man who has cotton to burn 4s not likely to answer to his name at toll call.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

When Nan and Cassie get out of tho places?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Pay of various Armies

Kanrns CIV ' " |!
 It may stili Ne said of the solS of the army of the United Statf-' they are he best fed. the besSer the best sheltered and the G troops in the world. The Slf who is fighting to maintain - tige of the Czar in Manci7 ceiVes only IF cents a mol little Jap. who Is opposing FIJI ceives only So cents a month F pays her soldiers $1.74 a mol p many pays her soldiers $2 50 and England pays her soldid& But the American soldier gt
 month in time of peace. witIN d cent increase in time of war
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Oughs to Be Sued.

| We noticed in New York paper that a young lady was suing a man for | saying she was not pretty. We ] thought everybody knew that the pro- per thing to say to a girl is that she
 1 Is pretty. The man ought to be sued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

4CUV .NUI COlltCtcu.
 And the rate of homicide in the United States is higher than in Cana da. with a population of five millions, where there are only fifteen indict- ments annually for this offense.
 Nor is the high rate of homicide in the United States due to our democratic government, for in England, where in- dividual liberty is perhaps greater, they have fewer homicides.
 The fault is not inherent in our com mon law and jury system, for under a like system crime Is suppressed in Europe and Canada in a way we seem not to understand. The highest Euro- pean rate in our table Is in Belgium, has been commuted to life imprison- ment: and the lowest is in Canada, where seven eighths of those tried for murder were sentenced to death.
 It is automatic that the general be- liefs of every people determine their trend of ideas. create a sense of duty and become the source of their insipr- ing faith.
 It will also be conceded that in New England questions, affecting human conduct in its varied relations are more exactly determined and fixed in the minds of the people than in the Pacific States. where there is one homicide to 4.5o0. while In the former section the rate IS on to 21.S00"
 Judge Thomas reaches the conclusion from his own experience on the bench. and from careful study he has given to the problem, that prevailing condi- tions are due to leniency in the admin istration of the law and that the tolera- tion of crime is largely due to an inn patient desire for individual power and freedom from restraint which causes men to disregard their duty to the social compact
 We add table showing the relative rate of homicides in- different sections of the United States:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Seen just before Christmas.
Y ' ' . Y H . y v S y S .e v Y Y Is
 ' WHAT THE STATE PApE1S ' . ARE SAYING. ' U X ' . ' y N Y ' ys ss .S : ' U .S '

Was Hide Awake. Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Jimmy Britt slept late before the bout with Battling Nelson, but the latter gentleman Is in a position to tes- tify that Mir. Britt did not sleep any during the fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Mir. Smith Returns Home.

MT. f1Olldnu M. SmllHI SoI Ol I1oii' John " Smith, President of the Ala bama Railroed Commission, has re- turned from Washington. where he was recently appointed by President Roose- welt to a Second Lieutenancy in the United States Marine Corps. 1 Mir. Smith was introduced to MT. Roosevelt by Col. A. A. Wiley, Con- | srcssman from the Second District of 1 Alabama, and he said that Congress man Wiley was instrumental in se- curing his appointment. He said there ! was nothing that Colonel Wiley dld not do to secure this appointment, and that few Southern Congressmen have more influence with the President or the Secretary of War than the Mont ! gomery man.
 Mir. NJ Oppenheimer of Cincinnati, and MT. B. Oppenheimer of Memphis. are In Montomery to spend the holiday season with realtives.
 Mir. Ava Fitzpatrick Is out again af- ! ter a protracted illness at his home on South Perry Street.
 Judge E. Howard McCaleb of New Orleans, is in Montgomery on protes- sional business.
 Mir H. c. Reynolds of Montevallo. was 1 guest yesterday of the Imperial Ho- tel.
 Mir. w. E Cochran of Thomasville, was in the city last night.
 Hon. John B. Knox of Anniston. Is in Montgomery. pr. J. W. shoafr. D. D., late pastor of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Judge E. Howard McCaleb of New Orleans, is in Montgomery on protes sional business
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Mir. H. c. Reynolds of Montevallo. wa guest yesterday of the Imperial Ho tel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Mfr. w. E Cochran of Thomasville was in the city last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Mir. Ava Fitzpatrick Is out again af- ter a protracted illness at his home on South Perry Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
California. with only 1.50o. 900 people. has 42a

It appears not to be a matter of illfteracy. for California, Colorado and Nevada are lower in illiteracy and high CT In homicides than Alabama Louisia- na and Mississippi; while Virginia is higher in illiteracy and lower in homi- c1des than Delaware and Maryland. Massachusetts and Connecticut have fewer illiterates and more homicides than Vermont, and Rhode Island fewer flliterates and a higher rate of homi- eide than Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee or the Carolinas.
 That our government is new Is no ex- planation. The census, our most relia- ble guide, shows that for this country as whole crime Is increasing out of proportion to population.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

MT, NJ Oppenheimer of Cincinnati, and MT. B. Oppenheimer of Memphis. are In Montomery to spend the holiday season with realtives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Hon. John B. Knox of Anniston. Is ir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

pr. J. W. shOan. D. D.. late pastor of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
Stockholders Meefino

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Montgomery will be held at its banking rooms on Tues for the election of Board of Directors and for the transaction of any other busi- ness that may properly come before the meeting.
 sot Cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
SPECIAL SESSION AT NOON WAS
 BRIEF.
Aldermen Decided to Allow a Partial Payment to Hugger Brothers, Contractors, on the New
 School Buildings.

The City Council of Montgomery held a brief special meeting yesterday at noon to partially pay Hugger Broth CTS for their work in constructing the new school buildings at Highland Park and West End.
 This having been accomplished the Council adjourned. The contractors were paid $2,000 on each of tho build ings. $4, LOGO in all. Full settlement has not ben made with them yet for the buildings were not completed in time for the beginning of the school year. There is forfeiture clause to the con- tract which all the contractors have for the city, a clause which provides that all the school buildings were to be completed in time for the opening of the city schools in the fall. None of them was ready at that time. It is said no decision has been reached as to whether the city wll demand the forfeiture of the contractors
 The meeting of the Council yester- day was called by the school commit tee. This committee had under consid- eraton a petition from Hugger Broth 'ers saying that inasmuch as the build ings had been completed and accepted by the city they would like to get at least part payment for them.
 The School Committee unanimously recommended that the contractors be paid at this time $2.O00 on each of the buildings. The report of the commit tee was adopted and an ordinance making the necessary appropriation was passed.
 Vice-President A. G. Forbes presided over the Council meeting. The follow ing aldermen were present, Messrs. Teague. Jackson, Lobman. Strauss. Ryan, Coins and Griffith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28

necessary to take as established facts thought transference and instinctive in- tuition or inner perception.
 Dr. Hooker announces his discovery in letter to The Lancet, in which he modestly admits that, although hIs statements may be received at first with smile of incredulity. they will sooner or later. become accepted facts.
 The conclusion al which Dr. Hooker arrives was due to experiments to show that the N rays were not merely heat vibrations. He convinced himself of this by passing the rays from his own hand through the forearm of a corpse, from which all the natural warmth had passed, to. a prepared screen, which at once showed increased luminosity. He argues that rays which were merely heat vibrations would have been stop ped by so peculiarly cold a stratum.
 Then he ,continued his experiments. and proved to his own satisfaction that the rays have a spectrum just as the ordinary rays of light have. and that the different shades of color which they emit are innumerable, but easily differentiated by those who can see a little further than most people into the world of attenuated matter.
 Dr. Hooker gave some further de- tails of his experiments, and showed that the emanations were given off, not only by the human body, but also by objects which had come in contact with it.
 q have indexed." he said. about 1000 letters from different people, and for three years I have experimented in such way as to prove that every hu- man being has an aura of certain col or, according to character, and that the N rays are radioactive.
 T picked up one of these letters. and 1t at once gave me an impression of dark blue. The next, perhaps, was dark red or pale pink, and so on. ] then grouped them together. and proved beyond doubt that from certain people of the same character the same colored rays emanate.
 T have obtained an impression from letter thirty years old, which proves that the rays are radioactive, and re- tain their power in the paper on which the writing was made. I am working on line beyond the ultraviolet rays for there is no reason why our senses should not become so refined as to de- tect the most refined hues.
 Man has been thousands of years evolving his present sense of color. There Is so Sqnkrit word which refers to color and xenophanes knew of only hhicc SoioiS LII tht Tdihbo"- we nave not yet reached the point of finality in rays"
 Something akin to Dr. Rockers theory is mentioned in Benjamin Lum- ley's "reminiscences of the opera. MT. Lumley was the impresario of Her Ma Jesty's Theatre in the earlier part of the last century. and wrote a book of interesting recollections of his manage ment. In 1t he mentions an individual in whom sound produced a conscious ness of color. While listening to the singers at the opera, he saw certain shades of color. which varied in purity and intensity with the quality of the voice which he was hearing.
 Mir. Lumley gives a list of the colors which the voices of certain singers pro- duced before the eyes of this person..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
YOUR NEW YEARS DINNER will not be complete without
 JeII-O

Americas most popular dessert. which re- ceived Highest Award, Gold Medal, at St. Louis Exposition. An artistic table decora- tion that also pieases the palate. Very easy to prepare, Six choice flavors- Lemon, Orange. Raspberry Strawberry. Chocolate and Cherry. Order package of each today from your grocer. 10c. When you make Ice Cream use Jell-O ICE CREAM all grocers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
Death of pr. John M. Clark.

Russellville Dec. 27-(Special. )-Dr. John NJ. Clark was buried here yester- day. He died at his home here from heart failure. He was IT years old, and was for many years the leading physi- clan of this section. He was born In the adjoining county of Lawrence. which county he represented for two terms in the Alabama Legislature. Sur viving pr. Clark are his wife. five sons, Drs. J. O. Clark of Tuscumbia, Nat G. Clark of Ensley, w. J. and J. NJ. Clark. Jr., of Russellville, and R. NJ. Clark of RusselNille; also one daughter. Mrs. Cure of Paris, Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
Surrendered to Mar.hals.

St. Louis, Dec. 27.-Thomas E. Barrett. former marshal of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. John P. Do- Ian. former Chairman of the Demo- cratic City Central Committee, and Po- liceman Frank Garrett. convicted of naturalization frauds. whose ten days of grace expired today. surrender|-- to United States Marshall Morsey and have been taken to the State peniten- tiary at Jefferson City to begin their sentences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
seaboard Air Line Issues Beautiful
 Calendars.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway has issued a beautiful historic calendar for 1905. It Is devided into four sections, neatly tied together with dainty ribbon. Each section bears a calendar for three months. The first sections shows the Improvements in the steel industry and gives a splendid picture of a steel fur mace at Birmingham, Ala. Section two pictures the discovery of Florida by the Spanish on Easter Sunday, 1512. Sec tion three shows the battle of Hobkirk Hill, April 25th. 17S1, the hill on which the famous Kirkwood Hotel now stands at Camden, s. c. Section four shows the battle of the Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1861.
 The calendar is quite a pretty one, and will be in general demand. The calendar can be obtained by sending 25c to MT. c. B. Ryan. General Passen- ger Agent. Portsmouth. Va.
 adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
cow HAD STOMACH ACHE.
It Was the Result of Eating Two Bush-
 els of Corn.

Des Moines (Ia.) Special.
 Veterinary surgical science has scored a signal triumph in this State in an operation which involved the open ing of cows stomach. removing therefrom two bushels of corn and then closing the stomach without sacrificing the animals life.
 The COW, which was a fine Jersey got next to a bin of shelled Iowa corn. She loved the corn. not wisely but too well, and when the veterinary called to make the examination he was not long in diagnosing the case as conges- tion of the stomach. Few people would believe that the stomach of a small COW would hold two bushels of shelled corn. but the surgical opera tion proved the fact.
 The animal shows every indication of having fully recovered. She eats corn with a relish. An effort will be made to secure the animal for the stables at the Iowa College of Agriculture, at Ames.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
MIR. GAYS LOSS.
He Declined to Give Insurance on Burn
 ed Buildings.


 ed Buildings.
 John F. Gay, the owner of the four story brick building at 125 Commerce Street. occupied by J. c. Booth, which was almost completely gutted by fire and water at an early hour yesterday morning, said yesterday that he was not able to state how much insurance he had on the building.
 He said that he had not had an op- rortunity of looking at the burned building. and could make no estimate of the loss.
 It Is believed that as soon as the in- surance Is adjusted. the building inte- rior will be rebuilt. as the walls appear perfectly intact.
 The immense volume of water turn ed into the building by the fremen damaged the stocks of merchandise of R. B. Lowe & Co., at 123 Commerce Street. and MT. Katz. at 127 Commerce Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
Character Rend by Rays.

pr. J. Stenson Hooker of London has discovered. after three years of expert mental work. that every human being is surrounded by rays which vary In color with his character. The discov- cry is a development of Prof. Blond lots rays, which he christened after his own university of Nancy. and which, he says. are peculiar to men and women says The London Express.
 The following Is pr. Hooker's diag- nosis of character, and the symptoms which betray 1t:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
coum.rc,.I Tr,cber., Federatiou.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Five hundred del egates from all parts of the United States and Canada were in attendance at the opening session of the National Commercial Teachers Federation. Ad- dresses relating to the various branch es of commercial education were the features of todays program. The main address was given by President Robert c. Spencer of Milwaukee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
Tragedy Was Narrowly Averted on Mo
 hlIA Sfreef.


 Frank Underwood, a 15-year-oId ne- gro boy. is confined In the city prison on a charge of assault to murder, as the result of shooting Emmett Elston. another negro boy. at a late hour Mon day night, at the corner of Mobile and Day Streets.
 A number of boys were playing on the streets celebrating Christmas. and Underwood was fiourishing a 32-calibre pistol. It is said that he pointed the weapon at Elston and fired. The ball entered the fieshy part of the calf of the leg and made a painful but not a serious wound.
 Underwood was arrested on a war rant sworn out by Elston by Bicycle Patrolmen Carrigan and Evans at an early hour yesterday morning.
 When the case was called in the Re- corder's Court yesterday afternoon the prosecution decided not to go any fur ther with the case, saying that the shooting was accidental It was post poned until this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28

Good judgment should be used in selecting \ respopsibIe dealer to furnish high class if work We have just sold the above de- Iign to go to Chiffon Co.,. to parties in Gulf Port Miss. our stock to select from is large, and we have orders in for a load of marble. ,ar load of stone and nearly car lo@o or Write for or call and see our work and lesigns It will pay you.
 Phone l45. Mention The Advertiser when writing.
 cURBOW- W-CLAPP MARBLE C0., b0o-x11 Dexter Ave, McntgOmery, Ala.
 Phone 145.
 Mention The Advertiser when writing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

On one occasion a great public dim ner was given to Isaac Hull by the town of Boston and he was asked to sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart, the celebrated artist, who was a great braggart When, Hull visited his stu dio Stuart took great delight in enter talning him with anecdotes of his Eng fish success stories of the marquis of this and the baroness of that, which showed how elegant was the society to which he had been accustomed. Un- fortunately, In the midst of this gran deur. Mrs. Stuart, who did not know that there was a sitter. came in with apron on and her head tied up with some handkerchiefs. from the kitchen, and cried out: Do you mean t6 Nave that leg of mutton boiled or roasted'"' to which Stuart replied, with great presence of mind. Ask your mistress"
 It is stated in London that the steam CT Veronique. of 3,264 tons. purchased by Lord Fitzwilliam, has sailed from Southampton on an exploring expedi- ton in the Pacific, via the Straits of Magellan. Lord Fitzwilliam and party embarked in the steamer, which is un- der the command of Captain E. Morri- son, with a crew of fifty-eight hands. It Is said that the ships destination is the Solomon Islands. where coal mines are reported to have been discovered.
 It Is not every father who can see four of his children married on the same day. NJ Girard. a farmer of the village of Huguetiere. in the Vendee. on such an event occurring in his own family, determined to celebrate 1t in style. On the day of the wedding Hu guetiere gave himself up to rejoicing, as did numerous guests from the sur rounding countryside who had assem- bled to see the four couples and the inn posing procession which accompanied them. At midday a banquet was held. at which more than 400 guests sat down.
 The experiments with submerged coal, which commenced at Portsmouth about eighteen months ago. have been resumed. In May, 1908, five crates of coal. each holding two tons, were sunk in No. basin, and a similar quantity was placed at the coaling point In small heaps, covered with tarpaulins. Six months ago some of the submerged coal was raised and burnt, in conjunction with a similar quantity of that which had been kept on land. and the results showed that the submerged coal had greater calorific qualities. A similar test is to be made on the present occa- sion.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-17
CHEROKEE ANNEXATION.
Resolution Asking That the Territory
BE Made 4 Part Of Arkansas.

TahleQuah, |. T.-The following
is u full text Of the resolution
passed by the Cherokee National
Council in session at this place
recently, relating to the annex.
alton of the Cherokee Nation to
the state of Arkansas:
Whereas, 1t has been provided by
an act (of congress) making appropria-
ton for current and contingent expenses
and fulfilling treaty stipulations with
Indian tribes for fiscal year, Jnne 80
1894, and approved March B. 1893, that
negotiations should be entered into with
the Cherokee Nation, the Muskogee (or
Creek) Nation, the Chickasaw Nation
and the Seminole Nation for the OK
tinguishment Of the national or tribal
title to any lands within that Territory
now held by any and all such nations or
tribes; the allotment and division OF
lands In severalry being one Of the
methods provided by said act by which
snch extiuguishment OF title WAS to be
effected, with the consent Of such ma
tions or tribes 40 far as 1t lEsy be
necessary, TO enable the ultimate crea-
tion Of state or states OF the Union,
which embrace the lands within said
Indian Territory, and,
Whereas, the Cherokee people did
on the 7th day Of August. 1909, in com
pliance with the terms OF said act, duly
ratify and confirm the act Of congress
known and designated as the Cherokee
agreement providing for the allotment
and distribution OF their lands and
which vt this time is being administered
by the honorable commission TO the five
civilized tribes preparatory 10 the early
creation OF state Of the Union to em-
brace the Cherokee Nation, rs in con
temptation OF said act approved March
3, 1893, and above quoted. and,
Whereas, the constitution OF the
United States provides that no new state
shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction Of any other state nor any
state be formed by the junction Of two
or more states or parts OF states without
the consent OF the states concerned, NJ
well as OF the congress therefore,
BE 1t resolved by the national conn
ell OF the Cherokee Nation, That con
sent be, aud the same is hereby given,
that the Cherokee Nation, with the con-
sent Of the Legislature Of the State of
Arkansas, and the Congress OF the
United States, for the Cherokee Nation
TO be attached 10 aud become part OF
Arkansas and that the principal chief
be, and he Is hereby requested and d.
rected, at his earliest convenience, 70
transmit full and authenticated copies
OF this resolution both to the Legislature
Of the State OF Arkansas and the Con
gress of the United States, M the offer
and memorial OF the Cherokee Nation
relating to the subject, "