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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Burglary Insurance.
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 Insurance against burglary is daily becoming more important feature of the insurance business, said MT. Law renee F. Smith of New York This Is shown in all cities of over 100000 pop ulation. Few people are aware of the fact that, according to records. burg laries exceed fires in the ratio of eight to one. Municipal statistics show this. All fire are reported, but many burg laries are not, so that the percentage here stated is too small rather than too large. When I first broached the idea of burglary insurance l was ridi- culed but a business reaching into the hundreds of thousands of dollars has abund: ntly demonstrated the soundness of the plan.''
 Mir. Smith was for many years and until recently the manager in New York of the burglary department of the United States Fidelity and Guar antee Company, and is now the special representative of the Aetna Indemnity Company of Hartford, Conn. He is here to consult with the local agent oi the Aetna. with a view of extending g the burglary insurance business in Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
- POPULATION OF TRANsVAAL.
The American Consul at Pretoria Re.
 ports April Census. United States Consul Proffit, Pretoria


 ports on April Census: United States Consul Proffit, Pretoria.
 TransVaal.
 A census was completed on the night of the 17th of April last, showing the follows: Whites, 2s9.S27; aborigina, natives. BALLADS; colored, other than ma tives. 23,S21; total. 1,26S,716.
 The census of Swazieland was taken at the same time: showing the follow, natives, s4.5s1; colored, other than na- lives, 55; total, s5.4S4.
 The population of the Orange River Colony was as follows: Whites, 143,- The most populous centers are the Rand Johannesburg and suburbs) and Pretoria showing populations as fol- lows:
 The Rand tincluding Johannesburg. dorp), 269, aSS persons. of whom 115.- 499 were white subjects, LII officers and soldiers, 129,361 colored aborigi- nals. and 14,357 colored, other than natives.
 In Pretoria and suburbs there were (including Pretoria district), 16i,46S persons. of whom 43.55l were whites. 74.710 aboriginal natives and 46.207 colored, other than natives.
 The white population of the princi- pal towns was as follows: Barberton. 1,205; Ermelo, 767; Heidelberg. 1898: Middleburg. 2,Ss5; Kierksdorp, 2.2o1: dPotchefstroom, s,S2l; s standerton sIS,sr ss3 s- The white populati"L os che princi- pal towns of the Orange River Colony is as follows: Bloemfontein. 11,429; Bethlehem. 1923: Jagersfontein, 1.2s4: KoyfOnten aSs sss TieRsSuSrs 9a Ladybrand, 2,sss; Parys. 1.27s: Win burg, 1,105.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
eUinra ABANDONING.

The Cumberland. (Md.) Courier gets or about the queerest argument in the following that we have seen lately:
 Many weeks ago this paper showed plainly why Sydney Johnson shouio not be hung for shooting two negroes in a saloon brawl, on Mill Street. Now others begin to see it in the same hgnt If the States licenses rendezvous TOT such business 1t has no right to hang those who get into trouble there: 1T the State sets a trap for US citiIehs, baits them and catches them. mas It u right to treat them like we do rats Is a man a rat? Do we want to lay traps for men that we may hang them by the neck till they are dead. we do not believe so.,
 Tn plain words, because the State licenses a saloon it has no right to punish any crime committed there. or. to go further, by issuing a license to sell liquors Sthe State becomes parti- ceps crfminis. if crime Is commit ted in the saloon, and should not punish the criminal. That is what the argument amounts to. at last. Would 1t not be better for The Courier to say in plain words that 1t does not think the man should be punished for shooting negroes?
 To talk about the State setting traps for its citizens. is rot, to put 1t plain ly. We do not imagine that the saloons of Cumberland are run under names which hide the business going on. We do not suppose any man. as this pris- oner evidently is goes into a saloon without knowing what is sold there. If they know what Is sold they know that there Is at least a chance that the place is not quiet place; consequently the man who goes in there voluntarily cannot claim that the State or the city set a trap for him. We have heard and read many arguments against the saloon. but this goes ahead of them all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
As n Defensive Measure.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
 MT. Hulrs bill to spend $1,O00,OOO of United States funds annually to pro mote rifle practicA among the men of military age Is one to Increase the real defensive power of the country. Nine ty years ago at New Orleans the un- drilled men of the West inflicted q crushing defeat on the best troops of Europe because they knew how to take aim, and as late as the Boer war the same power to shoot accurately was shown to balance immeRse odds in oth- CT respects The increase of range in the modern rifle has only increased the power of the man who can hit the tar get at long distances. Military train. ing in other respects is important. bur If the United States can induce all its young men to become experts with the latest military rifles and supplies q stock to arm all who may be needed in an emergency any invading army that could ever reach our coasts would be doomed to extermination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
FUTURE POLITICS.
There Is Need for Vigorous Opposition
 Parties.

Partte0.
 Washington Post.
 No man is gifted with enough pro- phetic talent to say what the future of the Democratic party may be, but judging the future by the past, we may be reasonably certain that the ol party will survive its latest and wor defeat, and that it may yet rule as ot yore,' said ex-Congressman Cornelius A. Pugsley of Westchester, N, Y., a' several reasons for such an assump tion. In the first place, two grea parties are a necessity in nation likf this; and, also. the fierce storms weath cred by the Democracy since 1860 show 1t to be of the toughest fiber. A party without a great deal of merit in its makeup would never have outliVed tn. defeats it has sustained.
 T take It that inc true policy or ths Democrats is to insist on making the issues as in the days of its power, ana particularly never to WaYer in the fight for a just and moderate tariff But there are some of the best princi pies of the party in by-gone years that have been appropriated by the Repub licans, and which the Democrats have made sad mistake in renouncing. l refer particularly to the doctrines of expansion and sound money. On both these they had always occupied the right ground until very late period. mistake. The worst rock I see ahead Is tho rock of radicalism. 1 do not mean that Democrats should not be aggressive and vigorous n their de- mands, but the danger is of going to such extremes as to alienate the sym pathy and support of the great body of Independent men who are patriots before they are partisans
 With it's enormous and unwieldy majority won in the late election there Is certain to be a reaction against the Republican party. All history points to such q lesson. and so if the minority Dursues q wise course, midway be- tween the timidity which begets inac- tion and the radicalism which fright ems the intelligent element of our citi- zenshp. there is hardly a doubt but that some man will come to the front to repeat the role of Grover Cleve- land."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Sidewalk PencilingS

"One of the most pitiful sights to an old-timer seen on the streets of Montgomery" said an old citizen yes terday, ''is to see the little children going home loaded down with school books. Instead of being taught at school by those who are paid to teach them. they take their books home and must study them at night when they should be at play or asleep. The parents and other relatives of the chill dren do more of the teaching than the teachers do. I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but I certainly do not consider the present way of teaching as good as the old.''
 ''There is another thing I complain of,' he continued, and that Is the kind of tasks imposed on the smaller pupils. Only few nights ago my 9-year-old grandson brought home q string of question written by his teacher on the subject of cotton. He was required to name the different varieties of cotton, where they all grow, how the land is prepared for planting, how 1t is cultivated, how the cotton is gathered and prepared for market and other details which no one but an expert in the business could supply. If there is a solitary glimmer of sense or reason In setting child to such tasks I am not able to discover it. or to understand It's object. And that was a sample of what is required of school children now. They are given tasks which I doubt if their teachers could do, instead of being in- structed in the useful branches, and In what a child can comprehend. If this Is advanced education l refuse to be a convert to 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
One of the Horrors of War.

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 Some things that one has witnessed and been part of will never more be out of mind. Old soldiers never clear their memory of certain sights they have seen and sounds they have heard Clara Barton testif1es that it is the cries of wounded horses that she re- members with most terror. In lS9S she wrote: I have often said as I am sure would be recalled by the friends who have heard me speak, that among the shocking and heart rending scenes of a batleheld. the screams of the wounded horses fingered more pain fully in my ears, if possible. than the means of the wounded mem think you are right in the statement that the veterinary in Germany. is commis- stoned to follow the army and put an end to the agonies of poor wounded an- imals, which, from their great ami nal vitality and strength, will live long to suffer. They die slow and hard if left to themselves, and my self have seen the vultures hoYering 2 and tearing at them while life yet re- mained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Other Offending Reporters.


 On previous occasion, when MT Roosevelt was Governor of New York U newspaper man misquoted him When the Governor asked him for an explanation of why he had violated the well known rule that the Governor was never to be quoted, the newspaper man defended himself and raised a point of veracity between himself and the Governor. MT. Roosevelt immedi- ately gave orders for the exclusion of Der.
 This is the first time an effort has ever been made by a President to ex- clude an offending newspaper from gathering departmental news. The President had a reporter withdrawn from Oyster Bay two years ago be- cause he wrote ridiculous stories about the Roosevelt children. He also had reporter withdrawn from the White House because he had drawn on his imagination in describing happen ings thera
 President Harrison had a correspon- dent of a New York newspaper with drawn from Washington because he bothered him with repeated questions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

ter of vital interest to faculties and trustees. Big football contests. which are practically massed prize fights, in- stead of contests between two pugi- lists. furnish the easiest means of se- curing these funds. If the gate re- ceipts could be abolished the incentive to these monster sluggish matches would be removed. The game could then be brought under reasonable regu- lation and made healthful and val uable means of physical development. If Harvard leads the way abolition of the gate receipts ought to be easy. Nothing else will curb the violence and brutality which is making football a disgrace both to the colleges and to the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

According to The Chattanooga Times: "One hundrad and twenty per cent. is what one of the loan companies doing business in this city. protected by the laws of the State and the city, charged an unfortunate man who was compell- ed, or rather who thought he was compelled to apply to 1t for assistance, the facts about which came to our knowledge yesterday" We agree with The Times that such occurrences are "a shame and disgrace to the boasted civilization of this day and time," but-what are you going to do about 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Looks Like Needless Expense.

Washington Post.
 The Canal Commission had its uses actual acquisition of the strip and the final selection of route. but now that the choice has been made, the estab- lishment perfected and the enterprise practically inaugurated, where Is the occasion for half a dozen officials oc- cupying an indefinite intermediate rela- ton and charged with no visible duty save that of drawing their salaries at Washington and now and then visiting the isthmus in semi-royal style? Mem bers of the Congressional Committee who have just returned from a tour of inspection in Panama and who seem to telligence and zeal are asking this question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

and why not? If we have oranges without seeds we see no reason why we should not also have apples with out them. Although 1t ia a late pro- duction there are said to be now fully 1000 of the trees growing. and that the number will. increase very rapidly is not to be doubted, for the many ad- vantages of such fruit must be ap- parent to all. and the cultivation sof them will develop rapidly. t will be a great thing for the cooks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
<. NO MORE JEFFERSON BIBLES.
First Edition Is Practically Exhausted
 and Congress Averse to Another.

WuSHIHBCOn POSt.
 Judged by tn edemand upon Senators and Representatives The Jefferson Bible" has proved to be one of the most popular books ever published by the government. The present edition of 10000 copies has been practically exhausted and its distribution seems merely to have whetted the appetites of the reading public. As stated yes terday in The Post. Senators and Members are flooded with requests for the book with which they are unable to comply.
 Resolutions for a second edition have been introduced in both the Senate and the House, but it is stated that owing to the expensive nature of the volume, 1t is doubtful whether this will be or dered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Pictures of Mrs. Chadwick.

Judging from her published photo graphs Mrs Chadwick is a handsome, young brunette with an ugly face and flaxen hair. She seems to be about l9 years of age and has the appearance of a woman of so. Her face Is fresh and youthful, crows feet giving her look of old age. She is tall and graceful with a dumpy. shapeless fig ure. Her smile is winsome and re- minds one of a grinning deaths head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

Did 1t ever occur to you that ne papers standard is Eauged by Its circain, '. uon7 We do not boast of the isrses' ,n = the world, but we do claim to nave tne largest in the State of Alabama. or any other State or Territory of corresponoinx population. That Is why The Montsomet,S ard and makes 1t the most valuable medium for both the advertising and reading pup lie. The following statement compheo anu sworn to by our Circulation Manager shows tho actual net circulation of The Aoveruses for each day in the month of Novemoe'' 1904
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Is a Great Pity.
Mobile Item.

Vardaman is to the South. considered as household, what the French call
 Ienfant terrible" He has no discre- ton and blurts out in public his de- hcient view of matters he Is not wholly able to understand It Is a great pity that such a man should be in position to assume to voice Southern sentiment. He is utterly without fnesse, tact or ties are required Tn Southern statesmen at the present crisis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
The Place for It.
Huntsu

Montgomery is making an earnest ehort to organize a Fair Association and have the State Fair held annually in that county. The object is a Si one. An annual State Fair should .e held at some point. and we believe 1t would be as successful at Montgomery as any other place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

That greedy little boy who declared that there ain't goin' to be no core to this apple" didn't know that the time would come when we would have apples without cores or seeds, just as We now have seedless oranges. Yet that is what we now seem assured of,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Out of Patience.

The President is said to be out of pa tlence with the rows in Republican cir cles in Alabama. and may dispense with any referees in future If the Pres!- dent takes from our home Republicans the right to squabble over Federal patronage, he takes from them all that makes life worth living.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
The Other side.

Chicago Tribune.
 "Is this Miss De Muir7'
 'Yes, sir. Pray be seated"
 Thank you Miss De Muir. I am MT. Hoppendyke. I wish to ask you what your intentions are in permitting my son to dance attendance upon you six evenings in the week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
This Peculiar Weather.

i'This has been d peculiar fall and winter in more respects than one,' re- marked an obscrvant citizen yesterday. "I am not an octogenarian. but a good many years stand to my credit, and in all those years I do not recall so long a spell of dry weather. It has not been broken yet for the few rains that have fallen since the first of July have not sufhced to raise the creeks and rivers.
 Tt will be noticed too that we have had several cold snaps, which followed perfectly clear dry days, while 1t is usual in the winter for heavy rains to precede real cold weather. I just don't know how to account for these meteorological surprises. As a citizen of Montgomery I naturally feel an in terest in all its affairs. and I want to say that the dry weather of the past few months did much injury to the county roads and the Board of Revenue will have it's hands full in repairing the roads. It need not surprise any body if that work interferes for time with building new ones.'
 Personal Mention.
 MT. J. S. Bordeaux, of Paducah, Ky, arrived in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT w. E. Wood. of Savannah, Ga, was in Montgomery yesterday
 Mir. Wallace Long, of New Orleans, was in Montgomery last night.
 MT. s. T. Young, of Birmingham was in Montgomery yesterday.
 Major W. Y. Lovelace. of Brewton, is in Montgomery.
 MT. S. G. woolf, of Demopolis, is a visitor in the city.
 MT. R. P. Williams, of Pensacola, Fla, Is at Clancey's.
 Mir. W. H. Barnes, of Prattville, is in Montgomery.
 MT. D. J. Meador. Jr., of Myrtlewood, is in the city.
 MT E. D. Ensign, of Maplesville Is in the city.
 MT. J. D. Arnold, of LaPine, is in Montgomery.
 Mir M B. Boyd. of Shorters, Is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Abolish the Gate Receipts.

Athletics are the college billboards.
 The colleges rely upon the physical prowess of their students to draw re- cruits rather than upon their intellec- tual achievements. The maintenance of athletics, therefore, becomes a mat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

That one Democratic Congressman who was elected in Nevada will feel mighty Lonesome when he takes his seat as we believe he was the only Democrat elected west of the Missls- sippi, north of Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

The York (Pa.) Dispatch, being a Republican newspaper is naturally in favor of the proposition to double Presidential and Congressional sala-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

The Huntsville Tribune Is one Re publican newspaper that supported the new Consultation faithfully and earn estly. It did so largely because it virtually abolishes negro suffrage. and 1t declares that for the same reasons 1t would do the same thing again. That's the talk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

The Americus Times Recorder calls her old Aunt Chadwick" That is "the most unkindest cut of all," and we are surprised that a good woman should so severely jar an erring sister.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
h Not Dead.
Russell Register.

 Those who think the Democratic par ty Is dead will have another think com Ing to them about three and half years from now. A fellow isn't dead every time he looks sick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

The Raleigh Post draws some conso- lation from the reflection that Demo- crats are not responsible for the fall in cotton. We don't know about that. Perhaps It's a punishment on Southern Democrats for not voting more unani- InonRAy-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
ro-uavc,t,on ,n E,rour.

Eighty-six foreign colleges and uni versailles admit women and men with out distinction: six admit women by courtesy to a portion of the lectures usually according to the individual disposition of the lecturer, as follows,
 Open to Admitted by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Sounds Emmy.
CoIumhianna Sentinel

Columbianna Sentinel.
 This sounds funny: For several years, naval officers have been allowed extra pay when at sea. Might as well allow wood chopper extra pay when chopping wood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17

It is we'll for Mrs. Chadwick that she didn't bunco some one out of 30 cents. That would have been crimi- nal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
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One Thing Lacking.

Huntsville Tribune.
 We farmers have enjoyed a splendid spell of weather to kill hogs. The only thing lacking to make success of it Is the hogs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
Sure Enough.

We are not here to get all we can," says young Rockefeller to his Bible class. Great heavens! What would they have got if they had really tried ?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
DIR. BUCHANAN. The Specialist. Does Net Use inc Knife or Send
 to lnfiFmariss.

He treats all of the diseases of wo- men. nervous. digestive. chronic, skin. kidney. bladder and liver diseases.
 Private diseases of men. piles, ulcers and fistulae.
 He mas all of the different electrical machines. from the X-ray and statio down. The woman nurse, who 10 c0n- sta.ntly at his office, is an expert when 1t comes to administering massage and wediSh treatment
 In conditions which have in the past caused patients to go to Hot Springs. he gives the same treatment that A given there.
 His treatment for piles, hstuiae and stricture does not require the knife mor does it cause loss. of time from busi- ness.
 He has devoted IS years of his life to this special line of work, and he has never considered time or money when he obtained information. instruments Jr assistance that would benefit hIs patients. Ills treatments are not pain ful, but are soothing. comforting and curative. He makes no calls. He does no practice by correspondence. He does office from 10:3O to 3:30. He does no work on Sunday. His office Is on the 2nd floor. lsh Dexter Ave-. Montgom-
 fades will please call between Io:sO and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
NOVEMBER. 1904.

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's daily Circulation for the month of November. 1904. Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boya hews agents and leftover copies have been deducted. F. J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of December. 1904.
 ?. W. JACKSON.
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.