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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-21
Daily average for April iI........ 10 80: nNnaay average for April. I4 20!

k J. Kelly Circulation Manager of the Momf9omerE Advertiser. being duly sworn. naYs. The foregoing statement of The Ad- xertisers daily circulation for the month of HxteF all returns from newsboys. news agents and leftover copies have been de- nucteu P. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1ath day of May. 1904. F. W. JACKSON,
 N. P, Ex. O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-21
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DOdging and Running.

know what Japan will do next How ever, Russia keeps on lodging and run ming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-21
Will Be Laughed At.

Birmingham Ledger.
 'Battleships will be laughed at ne Iron helmets and cross-bows are now
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
RwOOSEVELT'S TRIP.
Quiet Sunday After Hurricane
Rush Through Fair.
PRESIDENT HEADED a PROCESSION
Party ttend Second Presbyterian
Church, Guarded by Secret Serv-
ice Men and C~avaIry-Left For
Washington Last Night.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2S.-In sharp con-
trast with the strenuous experience of
Saturday. when a hurricane effort
was made to view the mammoth Lou
isiana Purchase exposition in nine
hours, President Roosevelt's Sunday
here was passed quietly and %unevent-
fully. Rest and recupeyation from the
fatigue of Saturday constituted almost
the sole idea Of the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt and their Immediate party.
After a late family breakfast at the
residence of William Ill. Thompson, the
treasurer of the Exposition company,
who entertained the president, Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt. Secre-
tary and Mrs. Loeb and DR.. p. NJ. Rix-
ey, the president and party attended
divine service at the Second Presby-
terrain church.
Careful precautions were taken by
the officers to insure the personal safe
ty of the president. Watchfulness was
not relaxed for an instant. The pres1-
dents carriage was surrounded by Sc
cret service officers. and two picked
~sergeants of the Eighth Emitted States
cavalry rode. one on each side of the
carriage. both going TO and returning
from the church. As the presidents
carriage stopped at the church en-
trance the crowd could restrain its
friendly feeling no longer, Hearty
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28

ognition? If not then the change is a
serious one for the State, and the leg.
islature shoHld make early provision
for replacing the exemption with
some other substantial incentive to
the volunteer irene EN-. Newark Ad.
vertisar.
The volunteer hremen of Salem, the
volunteer iremen of Perth Amhoy
and the volunteer firemen or Railway
have each and all requested of their
respective oilies that THY be paid SIS
q year, in lien of the tax exemption
which mas been abolished by decisions
of the supreme court and tile court of
errors and appeals. Railway has s75
iremen, and to comply with their re
quest, would cost the city "a, 1876 n
year. and this would go quite a dis
tance toward equipping the city with
q paid fire department. 1t is not i'm
probable that such a salary, small in
itself, but paid to u large number of
men, would be burdensome to the
other cities named, and MIGHT lead
them all to the organization of paid
departments. II this should result
from the abolition of tax exemptions,
all the larger cities at least would
reap considerable advantage, for they
would have reliable departments and
the men who did the work would get
the pay. In the towns too small TO
bear the expense OF a paid department
the firemen might be awarded a sum
equivalent to the local tax rate on
$500, and thus avoid the difficulty of
obtaining exemption. 1t is a proper
question to be left to the different To-
'calities. Let them pay or not pay as
seems best for their respective inter-
esis. -NewarksEvening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Governor.elect Stokes is said to be
averse to a gorgeous display for his
Inauguration, an d the ceremonies, no
doubt, will be vei y simple. There is
one thing, however, indicated by the
preparations throughout the State,
and that ia there will be one of the
biggest crowds of republicans in Tfen-
ton on that occasion tho State capital
has aver witnessed. Elizabeth Jour
nal.
Perth Amboy's firemen have joined
their Railway brethren in demanding
payment of a yearly salary of SIS each
in lien of the tax exemption of which
they have been deprived by the deci-
sion of the Court of Errors and APP
peals that such exemptions are uncon-
stitutional. There is merit i'll the de-
mand, and such an arrangement would
be much fairer than the old one,
which was of no benefit to the fire.
men who owned no property. The
firemen should be compensated for
the valuable service they render, and
the property owners who are the bene.
ficiaries of that service which they
personally decline to give, can make
no good objection to contributing
toward the payment of thoss who do
the work. Trenton Times. z
-. e. Nlat . wa "H II
The only compensation received by
volunteer firemen in suburban and
rural districts of the State for their
services was, until abolished by q
judicial decision, nj exemption from
taxes on $500 of assessed valuation
This amounted on an average to about
$40 per year for a volunteer fireman.
AS many of the members of the vol
unteer companies do not possess
enough property, real or personal, for
assessment, tie exemption has been
enjoyed by probably not more than 10
per cent, of the fIemen.
Ten dollars a year is merely nomi-
nal pay for the services rendered, and
volunteer iiremen have valued ii
chiefly because it gave them an ex-
ceptional privilege under the law.
TIE exemption was an incentive
which, with the abolition OF the ex-
ception, is now taken away. The
question occurs, will the fire service
in suburban and rural sections be as
efficient ms it has been? viii the men
serve just as well without pay or 7 |.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
MONDAY, NOVEMBER as, 1904.

has done in the city at large, As ae
from his charitable work, the extent
Of which he alone knows, he has been
an outspoken opponent of everything
TINT he has considered evil, particu-
larry the desecration of the Sabbath
Whether holding the same views with
him or not, everyone in tile city has
respected his ftarlessness in attacking
these. In his effort toward, Sunday
closing his fight with 'sss'aloons, his
opposition to Sundays at,,ebalI, both
in the pulpit and gut, tr. Ferris has
taken no middle e'rouns He believed
them wrong and sai( 20, doing all
within his power to accomplish what
h, believed to be right.
Mr.. Feiris goes 70 his new field Of
labor with the best wishes of every
citizen. The Baptists of this city will
not soon forget him for his works
live after him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
INSPECT THE HYORANrs.

Again events ave proven that the
Evening News is right in it's stand
that several paid men, II at each
fire house, is absolutely essential to
the safety of the city. Two years ago.
when the News first began the agita-
ton for a modern fire department, it
was state d that at least one man
should be employed at a regular salary
10 look after fire matters. Chief Moy-
Ian recently recommended that a
~salaried man be stationed in every
house. Then, as before. the News
pointed cut Of what use such a mar
could be. stating, among other things
that the city could be divided into
districts and the fire hydran 8 sys-
tsmatically Inspected. The need Of
such an inspection was evident Satur-
day when Washington Hose Company
connected with n plug and was ready
to play on the flames, but no water
came. Whose fault was this? Soms
put IL MP to the water department,
others to the street department, still
others to the fire department. Who
ever is to blame, the hydrant was out
Of order and refused to work when it
was badly needed, endangering valu-
able property. 1t is the duty of the
Board Of Aldermen to look into this.
II the water department was negli-
gent, let's know the reason why. If
no one is to blame, fix it so that some
one can To held responsible. A USE
less fire hydrant which is supposed to
be in working order, is a dangerous
thing.
Winter is 1howiH9approaching and
frozen MIGRANTS viii; be in order If
they bare not properly attended to. 1t
will be remembered that had the hyd-
rant at the Hotel Central corner been
N working order tie night of the
Hess block FIRE the result might have
been different. The hydrant was
frozen, however, and. as far as
known, no blame WAS fixed Is Perth
Amboy going to pass through another
winter with the same neglect? 1t
should not be So, and the city o
has plenty Of opportunity to prepare
for the cold weather.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
ROOSEVELT FOR GOVERNOR.

Golfers for November 96 makes a Mi
que aud Interesting recommendation to
the President. 1t says
Tho recurrent rumor that he is to be
President of Harvard seems to us less
suitable to the telegraphic sections of the
newspapers than to the humor column.
Harvard, like colleges generally at pr, sent
seeks advertisement, but would hardly go
so far as this step would imply. MIR.
Il. o 'evcit makes IN txce.l n. Pfesiden'
bf the United States, but for the Presid-
ency OF Harvard he has no obvious quail
ication except nntori ty. we have a
much better plan for him than that, al
hougll it will probably receive the az
prova' neither o! him nor, roughly spea :
ing, of aDybCd y else. Why should he moi
again DO Governor OF New York? .ohn
Quincy Adams did SO ne Of lis best work
II the House Of Representatives afser he
had been President. 1t is q cheap idea Of
dignity, and one peculiar unsuited to a
Republic, that approves the position that
an ex-Pr, sident is too lallowed an object
to be useful in a lower office. Mr.. Roose
velt, we believe, is going to m IKE spltn-
did record in hisssccond term. Thesweer-
ing victory which will probably injurc
his party will improve his OWN disposition
and point of view. After a high success
in his last term as President, it would be
An Inspiring, profoundly republican step,
for him to go on with public work. The
reason that Governor of New York is
What we should like to see him become
IS that his abilities as en- executive are
srs alter than his abilities as a Legislator.
In the Senate, or in a diplomatic post, he
would not be at his best. AS Governor Of
he Emp re State he would do an enor-
nous amount OF good.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
SCHENkE PIANO
$45 %TALkOPH0NE


THE EVENING NEWS has decided to make
Christmas presents to two Of its lady readers. The choice of per-
sons to whom these presents will be made is to be left to a vote OF
the readers of the Evening News. The only condition imposed is
that they viii be given to lady mombers of some society. We
leave the rest to our readers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
cheers We're given for tie president
which he acknowledged by raising bis

VI SANth 1Vl ~ PtCclOCiAtf
which he acknowledged by raising bis
hat. e,
The service was conducted and the
sermon preached by the Rev. DR.. s. J..
Niccolls, pastor of~the church. the les
son being read by the assistant pastor.
The subject of DR.. Niecolls' discourse
was the glory of the Kingdom of God
and the progress il is making in the
world. No reference was made by the
pastor in his sermon to the president.
and only the usual supplication was
offered In his final prayer for the safe
ty and wise conduct of the president of
the United States. On his return trip
from q drive in the afternoon the
president was followed by II process
sion containing more than 200 vehi-
cles. President David Il. Francis of
the Exposition company. in company
with some of the party, visited the art
galleries on the exposition grounds.
Among President Francis guests on
this little trip We're Governor Van SAINT
of Minnesota and Mr.. and Mrs. Doug
las Robinson. the presidents brother
in-law and sister.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Roosevelt. Secretary and Mrs. Loeb,
DR.. Rixey and Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson
We're entertained af dinner at So'clock
by Mr.. and Mrs. Francis at their resi-
dence. After the dinner the president
and party returned TO the Thompson
residence. At 1915 o'clock they left in
carriages for the exposition grounds.
where their special train was held
ready for their departure for Washing
ron Wttt Mf4Nr Gag. N tfNHia.4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28

BlNGHAMTON. n. T., Nov. 2S.-
While attending the seventeenth ami
versary of .Minnehaha council, Daugh-
ters of Pocahontas. and a reception to
Mrs. Gere of Syracuse. the great Poca-
hontas of this state, here, Mrs. Clara A.
Everett of this city died from apo
plexy. She was a charter member OF
the council and was fifty years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28

Rev Pdcy Reed Ferris, yesterday,
ended his fourth year as pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city and
with it severed his ~connection with
the local congregation to accept the
call to Armenia, N. Y. The work
that Mr.. Ferris has done for his
church since coming to Perth Amboy
il we'll known and has been often told
IN Ihe columns of the local press.
A hig debt has been lifted, the church
property put in excellent condition
and the membership roll added to.
This would seem to be enough work
for any man to do.
Eut Mr.. FERRIS will be remembered
here equally as well for the work he
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY

These Instruments are on Exhibition at Olympia Musical
Aut0natOn Co.'S Store, $50 Smith Street
and will remain in their store for the remainder of the time until
delivered to the winners of this contest. The Piano is guaranteed
for s years by the Olympia Musical Automuton Co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. NoY. oS.-
While on their way to Sunday school
yesterday Harold G. Parks, aged
twelve; his brother, Howard 1. Parks
aged eight. and George Halverson, ten
years old, were drowned in Walnut
Hill reservoir, which they. attempted
to cross ON a thin coating Of ice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-28
Mlegins I'D cambridge springr.

OLEAN. n. r.. Nov. 2S.-Governor
Elect Higgins is at Cambridge Springs.
Pa. He will remain there two or three
days before returning to his home in
Olean. Mr.. Higgins health is excel
lent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
WEST AFRICAN CANNIBALs
They Cultivate Their Fields, but Plow
Fully Armed.

From the London Express.
An interesting story Is told by the COM
missioners who have been engaged for the
last eighteen months in fixing the Anglo
German frontiers in West Africa between
the town of Yola and Lake Tchad The re-
gion traversed Is little known, owing to the
hostility of the tribes. The Fulani villagers
were found quite friendly, but beyond Iau.
a large town on the Bernu, there lay a
mountainous region inhabited by pagans
were found to be most Industrious peo-
pie, who cultivated their fields with a good
deal of method, In most cases. says Reu-
ter. they were practically naked but were
always armed. Even when at work in the
fields blowing they carried a full kit of
spears. shields and poisoned arrows.
The arrows are much dreaded for thew
are tipped with a deadly poison extracted
from vegetables and from dead bodies This
Is carried In small bottles, and when fresh
1t proves fatal in a few minutes These
people are adopts at game stalking, and
disguise themselves as birds and animals in
order to approach their prey. They are
smaller than the Fulani, being often quite
dwarfish and they live in fimsy grass huts
perched in inaccessible hooks among the
mountains.
At Kuka the sheikh of British Bornu
rode out to greet Col. Jackson, at the head
of 800 horsemen and a large number of men
on foot. He was accompanied by a band
and dancing girls. His people carried enor-
nous spears, and some wore old armor,
while the horses were caparisoned with
housings like those of the Crusaders The
survey has proved that existing maps are
to a large extent inaccurate. and has placed
the boundary farther to the east, thus en-
larging the British sphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Southern Farmers.

From the Southern Farm Magazine.
The truth begins to dawn upon the minds
of the agricultural writers of the north
that the southern farmer is not such a
tbriftless fellow as he has heretofore been
represented to be.
The tendency to an improved agriculture
Among southern farmers is becoming very
marked within recent years. The fact is
admitted that a greater yield of crops, with
less labor, is the proper direction In which
to work. Less land is being abandoned and
more manure employed. Improved agricul-
tural implements are being introduced
everywhere On many farms where fifteen
to twenty hands were formerly employed,
the force has been reduced to five or six,
and this, too, without reducing the pronts
of the farm.
Indeed. this change has, with proper fer
tilization, increased the profits and bettered
the condition Of the soil. The soils which
were formerly under slave labor put In
cultivation every year are now rotated, rest
ed, covered and made to do duty once In
two or three years instead OF every year.
II is not to be disguised, however, that all
over the south are many quilted old fields
that will require years of patient labor to
restore to their original prOductlveness,
but every effort is pointing in the right direc-
ton Less land In cultivation and a greater
yield, less labor and more labor-savfng
machines employed, less clearing forests
and more manurial applications, less at
tention to large crops and more to the
profits OF the farm, better stock and bet
nels into which the best agricultural
thought of the south is drifting. and a
continuance in this direction will work
marvels Of success and prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
the Eiffel tower is capable of rendering 10
Fuss About Roger Williams.
rom the Boston Advertiser.


Since 1850, when the great and general
court declared Roger Williams to be unfit
for fellowship and banished him from the
state. there have been seven different petit
tons to have the edict revoked. All have
received the Endorsement of religious an
well as political leaders, yet there has
never been a sufficiently vigorous express
sion of public sentiment to bring II about.
The last petition before the legislature rep
resented all shades of religious feeling. IL
was signed by descendants OF those who
had been instrumental in driving Roger
Williams to Rhode Island nearly 800 years
ago. But tradition Is powerful, almost
sacred. and what has gone on the statute
books stays. The failure to repeal any
law that has long been useless Is exam
pie of the same kind.
In view of such facts. It is somewhat sur
prising that there is going now another
movement to have the name OF the apostle
cleared In spirit the people OF this state
respect the memory of Roger Williams as
deeply and sincerely the citizens Of
Rhode Island or of any other New England
commonwealth. The persons who de-
termined to have the ban removed appear
to be endowed with much of the unquench-
able enthusiasm Of Williams himself, which
enabled him to conquer In spite of all OBJ
stacles and persecution. The leaders of tho
new movement are now circulating petit
ton at all the watering places in New Eng
land, and after signatures have been OBJ
tanned here 1t will be sent to st. Louis for
the approval of all the New Englanders
who visit the worlds fair. and thence to
different sections in the west where Puri-
tan sentiment Is strong. 1t is hoped to
have the names Of 1,0OO men and women
of prominence in this state alone, and many
more names from Massachusetts, and New
England people in other parts of the
country.
However. the edict against Williams was
not peculiar to the times. Other fearless
thinkers in politics and theology were ban
ished. If we are going into the matter Of
erasing from our official records every
thing that reads unfavorably now, our
whole history will need to be remodeled,
revised and expurgated. The temperament
of Puritan times was cold. stern ana
bricky. Why try to make 1t appear 10 Dc
what ii was not?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
,e explosive effect in certain circumstances

the explosive effect IN certain circumstances
not perfectly known.
A very tall spruce, probably one hundred
feet high, was exploded from top to bot
tom into pieces the size Of the wood used
in making chairs. Every shred of bark was
stripped from them, and the wood looked
as If it had been shredded up for firing. A
similar instance occurred some years ago,
when an oak in the grove below the foot of
the White Lodge in Richmond Park ex-
ploded under lightning shock. The bark
flew off and simply disappeared in small
patches, and the rest OF the tree was SHAT
tered into white fragments
In these cases it is probable that the cur
rent sets UP such tremendous heat that
all the sap in the tree is converted into
superheated steam which eXplodeS. The
greater the heat the more of the cells IN
which moisture lies are exploded, and the
greater the destruction Of the tissues OF the
Tree AS there Is most moisture between
the bark and the trunk, the first and great
est explosion takes place there, instantly
driving the bark away into space. Frequent
ly the explosion only takes place at that
point.
AS Sir Hiram Maxim pointed out after the
great explosion of Mont Pelee, very SINH
lar method is now used by the American
manufa cturers of wood pulp. The logs OF
AR are placed in a strong chamber, and
there subjected to the action of superheated
steam until the water in every cell 10 con-
verified into explosive gas. The chamber Is
then opened, and the log explodes, con-
verting itself into wood powder.