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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1904.
USES OF THE TELEPHONE.

One of the most wonderful, unexpect- ed and useful developments of electric triumph is shown. according to an ar ticie in a recent issue of Maxwelrs s Talisman, in the great spread of what is known as independent telephony. The running out of some of the telephone patents has resulted in the establish ment of cooperative telephones in the thickly settled regions of the Middle West for the benefit of farmers and other dwellers in the country. The avidity with which the farmers have seized this new convenience is wonder full It is estimated that at least half million telephones have been furnish ed the farmers of the Middle States and the Northwest during the past five years. In one county of 14,000 inhabi- tants In Ohio, there are now 1000 pa trons and so of other sections. The advantages to the country dwellers is shown by the following extract from the article in The Talisman:
 Buyers from the outside began to clean up the broom corn at $6O a ton, when a telephone manager called up the farmers on his system and told them the market was rapidly rising The result was that before the season end ed they got $40 ton for their crop. one farmer reports that in addition to getting nearly double the usual work out of his teams through their being saved futile trips to market, he has been able to do away with the hire of two men. as he could spend more time on his farm and save the 6sminished output of the hands at work in his ab- sence.
 Another farmer saved all his build lngs by being able to summon help quickly from nearby town and also from his netghbors, when a fire broke out. Still another, by getting a physi- elan promptly, saved the life of his / only son when a delay of half an hour would have been fatal.
 These are some of the advantages which show how the farmers are bene- fitted. and why they are willing to be taxed for 1t, but these are not all. By having telephone communication with the markets and towns. they are en- abled to save much of the time con sumed in making trips for doctor, or to learn the condition of the market at all times. and in various other ways the farmers more than save the money cost of the phones, besides the satis- faction derived from having power to communicate at any time with the out side world. A great convenience it certainly Is, and as Improvements are made and the cost of the system is re- duced, there is no doubt that 1t will spread. as the free delivery of mall is spreading, until the country dweller will no longer be practically cut off and isolated from the rest of-the world, but can talk to each other and to the townspeople without leaving their homes. There is really little limit to invention and the spread of knowledge these days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
POTATOES AS PRINTERS.
They're Not Pretty but. They Answer the Purpose Better Than Any
 thing Else.

Louisville Courter-J Journal.
 Homely, ugly, without beauty of any kind, yet serving purpose and serving that purpose so well that nc substitute can be found which will perform the same task ,as well, the Irish potato, that protector of the luugrJ and staud by of the poor, Is still better than any pen wiper that can be Iev Ssd by the ingenuity of man. It is used not only by the small country hotel, but also by the most fashionable and costly in the cities. It is simply plain potato, too, on all places. No attempt is made to disguise its appearance. In the 'ialt Houst and in Selbachs hotel the potato
 is the main reliance. The Louisville hotels all use them and the bill at the end of the year for potatoes for this purpose is not smalL
 Just who discovered that the Irish potato makes the best pen receiver which can be found is not known. The man remains unframed and his name is not written on the long list of Ameri- can inventors. But he deserves some- thing. Some historian, delving into the past and endeavoring to dig up lost events of the past which are impor- tant in the present, should find the name of the man who first jabbed a pen into potato and found that it would cleanse and preserve the pen without attaching to it small flores which would smear the ink If the pen was put to use.
 Louisville hotels have been using the Irish potato for years, and they still use 1t. On each desk in the office is the large potato and in it Is a bristlng array of penholders. the points stuck deep into the inky sides of the tuber. Many substitutes have been tried but al of them have been found wanting. and the potato rules supreme. At Seel- bach's Hotel recently. a new desk stand was bought. It had an arrangement for holding the pens, but a few days trial soon convinced the clerks that 1t was no good. The steward was called up, a potato was hurried to the front office and soon was occupying the place of it's aristocratic substitute.
 There is peculiar acid in the po- tato which neutralizes the ink on the pens and prevents them from rusting. explained H. M. Secor, of Seelbach's hotel, and that is one of the main reasons for using them. They keep the pens clean, too, and there is noth- ing hanging to tine pen when 1t is drawn out. It is the best thing we can find, and I suppose the potato will be used for a long time to come"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
A woRp ro ANpREw.

We have reflected a good deal over Andrew Carnegde's unfortunate predica-
 ment, and have decided that a sugges- be amiss. His great dread, if we have got him down night. is that he will die
 rich. That. of course. means that he
 wants to get rid of his money, and If he does not do it pretty soon, he will die a disgraced man, for he says it is dis grace for a man to die rich. He IS
 man of many millions. who is verging
 into the sere and yellow leaf, and may
 not expect to live many years, even If he dies of old age. Consequently, he must find ways of getting rid of his
 money rapidly.
 Now, our suggestion is that he devote a large portion of his fortune to build ing railroad depots. We know he de-
 votes much money to building college and school buildings, and that is highly commendable, but 1t isn't all. We once heard a man remark that Bread may be the staff of life. but good whlskey is life Mself." and that's the way we feel about this business. The schools and the colleges are useful, but depots are more-they are necessities. We must have them. but sometimes they are hard to get. Railroad corporations. like other large bodies, move slowly. Every town or city through which a railroad runs wants a depot and thinks it cannot get along without it. but the railroads do not always take the hint, and when they do. they take their own time about it.
 spend a few millions each year build ing depots? There's no argument against 1t, and numerous ones for 1t. And, first, we want to come down with one for Birmingham, for two or three reasons. Birmingham not only wants one, and wants it bad, but needs 1t and ought to have 1t, but the various rail- roads running into the city can't seem to agree to an extent that will get them to go at the job, and the delay Is wear ing on the Birminghammers. Espe- cia1y is this true of our esteemed con- temporary The News. There must either be. depot or bust, and. we don't want The News to explode. Its faithful dogged perseverance de- serves to succeed. and if the railroads refuse or fail to build, then MT. Carne- gie can save the situation by turning loose a few hundred thousands where they will do most good. He may not only save the situation. but may save a good newspaper.
 Then there's Mobile, and Chat tanooga, and Dothan, and various other outlying municipalities that are longing for newer and better depots. AS the hart panteth after the water brooks" so do those towns pant for depots. In the words of Longfellow. There is a feeling of sadness and long, ing" always with them that nothing can drive away but new and commodi- ous depots. MT. Carnegie can save himself from the disgrace of dying rich and can accomplish infinite good by taking our advice--build depots!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Opposed to Unseatins Hefiin.

Hartford Courant.
 By that offensive Tuskegee speech of his, Hefiin of Alabama bracketed his name for all time with the names of Vardaman of Mississippi and Jeff Davis of Arkansas. It does not follow. though, that the Republican members Of the House of Representatives would be doing a wise thing in listening to the Alabama Republicans who urge his expulsion. We Incline to the opinion of The Washington Star that they would be doing an impolitic thing. Hehin would get an advertisement out of 1t that would be useful to him in his peculiar line of business. He would at once pose IS a martyr. and in all prob ability the Democrats of his District would re-elect him. Tt will be time enough to take some action," remarks ous level-headed Washington contem- porary, should MT. Hefiin address the House-which he is not likely to do after the fashion with which he rallies the groundlings at Possumtrot and Lickskillet in his own husky balli- wick"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
ANOTHER GERMAN ExrEarrNcr.

ANOTHER GERMAN EXPERIENCE.
 Some days ago The Advertiser had something to say about the tyranny. not to say brutality, of German mili- tary regulations. but that spirit seems 70 be displayed as fully in civil life, and a contemporary tells of an instance of it on the part of the Kaiser himself. It seems that he attended a theatrical performance and discovered that some of the ladies present were not attired in the regulation low-necked evening dress. He ordered them to correct the fault at once. and the account con- tinues:
 They found scissors and maids to use them, and the upper works were razed away. and the neck and shoulders barred way--while tears bedewed the silkcn clippings which fell to the floor.
 That account may be somewhat overdrawn, but we suppose there is no doubt of the main facts, and they show how some things are done in kingly dominions. If one could even imagine such thing happening in this country as the President ordering ladies to change their style of dress because he was not pleased. our imagination is not vivid enough to picture the result. If such an order were given under the same circumstances, the only change likely to be made would be in the Pres- idents face.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Lax Rules as to Decency. Kansas City Journel.

The rules and customs of polite so- ciety are varying, arbitrary and un- accountable What is allowed this year may be tabooed next. Today audiences, irrespective of age, sex and rank. regale their senses of sound and sight by per formances in theatres which would cra- ate offense If referred to plainly in gen eral conversation. Polite society tol- crates. in one form or another, as many outrages against decency and modesty as do the uncouth denizens of the woods, plains, and mountains. All classes of mankind err to an inexpli- cable degree in these particulars It is to be regretted that they do not display more consistency and practical common sense in their customs and prejudices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
GROSS AUTHORIZATIONS.

It is singular how even the fairest and most conservative newspapers in the North and East will suffer them their readers about affairs in the South. A few days ago The New York Times published some alleged facts and hg- ures on the subject of child labor in the South, which called forth a com munication from A. J. McKelway, the Assistant Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee of which the following extract is important:
 I am made to say that in South Caro- lima in 1880 there were 51,S7S children employed, and in 1900 there were 95,363. The fact is that in 1880 the total num- Der of cotton-mill operatives in the whole South. adults and children, was 16,741, increasing in the twenty years succeeding to 97,559. I am also made to say that Georgia employs 113,964 children-nearLy as many as the entire State of Pennsylvania" The fact again Is that there are 39,000 children in Pennsylvania under sixteen reported by the Factory Inspector, and this is prob ably more than there are in the whole South today.
 We suppose no well-informed person will deny that the evils of child labor have existed in the South to an unpar- donable extent, or that there is yet more of 1t than can be excused, but the extent quoted shows how these evils are exaggerated, and how the good name of the South suffers in conse- quence. A number of Southern States, including Alabama, have laws to sup press or regulate the labor of children in the mills and factories, and while these laws may in some cases be in- adequate. or may not be properly en- forced a full and fair statement of all the facts would show that this section is not the only or chief sinner in the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Reaction Against Easy Divorce.

NeW ' Ork GIObe.
 The country as a whole is experienc ing Q wholesale reaction against the free and easy divorce system which has brought so much reproach on America. so many instances have practically in vited the filing of petitions. Even South Dakota has heightened the time necessary to secure residence. Courts, responding to the general impulse. are being more careful against abusing the discretion lodged in them-are more vigilant against collusion-more in- sfstent that proof shall be complete. In social life there Is a tendency to go back to the old opinion which regarded divorce as disgrace and visited obloquy on the divorced. The pendu- lum which so long swung one way is now swinging the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Speaking of General stoessers dete

Speaking of General Stoessers deter imitation to hold out to the last extrem- ity The Washington Times remarks that ITO submit to conditions that he has striven vainly and bravely to over- come, would be proof of a more admir- able quality than could be demon strated by counting death." It is dim |. cult to understand what the Russian commander can hope to accomplish by what looks like murderous obstinacy. If he has prospects of final success, they are not apparent to others, and If he thinks to add to his reputation by hold ing out until all his men are killed or starved. we can only say that he has queer ideas about acquiring a reputa- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Opinion of a southern optimist.

NVW OTItdIIs IICydUHN.
 That these southern states of ours will become the seat of a grand ma- terial development and a splendid civil lizattor which will give them q politi- cal and material power loke, unto that which the south enjoyed in the first fifty years of the republics ex- istence. will be but a mere shadow og greatness is sure, But 1t must be borne in mind that wealth and power come not by supine indolence and waiting, but by seizing every oppor- unity and utilizing every resource to the utmost. Then only will the south realize the highest grandeur of its destinY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Russia Relying on Germany.

IldItloTu NCoHli'J Cpul dht'
 Russia in her pressing need of addi tional military strength in the Far East has stripped her western coasts and boundaries of ships and troops. Russia is as open today to an assault from the sea at the west as she would be if she never built a ship except for such pro- tection as might be given ito her by the German fleet at Kiei. Russian troops that have had their headquarters along the German frontier for fifty or a hum drcd years have been ordered to the Far East with the same indifference Russia has no habit of trusting her strong military neighbor on the west in this fashion-a trust that covers both the sea and the land-and one is therefore bound to believe that she stands under a special sense of secur- ity from Germany in order to do so now
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
When Woman Phones.

The man who came into the drug store glanced at the telephone. tells The New York Sun
 "1'll bet you cigar" he said to the druggist, "l can tell you the sex of the last person who used that phone"
 The druggist accepted.
 Tt was woman," said the man.
 Correct" replied the druggist. How did you know?
 See how the receiver is hanging. heavy end up?" asked the winner of the bet. Well, a woman hangs a re- ceiver up that way nine times out of ten, a man rarely"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

ca, South Africa, Liberia, Austrlia, New nesia and various small states have permanently adopted our mother tom que. and there Is evary reason to be- iieve that the 10,OO0.000 of Filipinos will be using it in the course of time. With tho construction of the Panama canal Central America also will prob- ably yield to it's influence to a large extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
What is Needed.

SduSuen JOuTHdl.
 New York is to have a bank open day and night so that no one who wants to. borrow need wait. If they will now provide an easy way to re- pay, the benefits to the borrower will be complete.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
The OnIy One.

HartfOrd Journal.
 Adam was the only man who breath ed the perfumed air of this world that didn't admire other women besides his wife. The poor old fellow didn't have a chance, which is the only reason St. Peter will accept.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Graft Expected

DIEiHIfIB fEtiIII IIGVBVTs@
 From the little rumors that get into the papers there will be the rankest of gratis in the Panama canal matter. It seems that every man who touches it ly. Tt may be for years and 1t may be forever"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

When young man shoots himself through the head because a woman refuses to marry him, the surprising thing Is that examination always shows that he possesses brains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
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Fair Judgment.
Mobile Item.

It is poor rule that does not work both ways. Each section should be judged by the same measure, and the judgment is certain to be fair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Growth of the English Tongue.

Kansas City Journal
 Today over 135. .000 people speak English. It has displaced French as the language of diplomacy and Is now making great headway as the univer- sar language of trSde. All North Ameri-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
A Pair of Them
Cullman Democrat.

NuIIman DemOcrat
 Tom Watsons Magazine and Bill Bryan's newspaper are to furnish fun to the boys during the four years of MT. Roosevelts reign. Look out for verbal torchlights and fireworks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

What does The Charleston News and Courier mean by the query. Do edi- tors really work?" Does it think any of them do nothing but play on a harp?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

The Memphis News says the fact that Kentucky distilleries are closing down looks favorable. Favorable for an emigration from Kentucky, you mean?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

Do the hens of the United States be- long to the infant industries" protect cd by the Dingley tariff? Tie Secre- tary of Agriculture says they lay enough eggs in a month to pay the in terest on the national debt, and if that is true. it must be because of the Re- publican tariff. What else can cause #?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

It is singular how the election im- proved secretay shaw's mental vision. He can now plainly see a treasury de- hcit where there was no sign of one before the votes were counted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
POSER IN AFRICAN BUD.
Capital Society in Dilemma Over In-
 troductiOn of Haitian Girl. Washin gton Special to Chicago Record

HeTaIQ.
 Social and diplomatic circles are somewhat embarrassed by the an nouncement made today that Haitian Minister and Madame Leger will intro duce the niece of the latter at a tea given the middle of this month The Legers are African extraction and while no distinction has been made against them in the diplomatic corps. they have never asked nor received purely social recognition. The pros- pective bud Is Miss Kathleen Burke, of almost pure African blood. She is highly accomplished and was educated at q French convent. Much interest is being shown in social circles over the predicament of the diplomatic corps,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

mits that some 5s,ooo men who voted for Mir. Bryan in 1900 failed to vote for Parker. but remarks that "the Demo- crats who took to the woods will be likely to be on hand when the next election day comes." That is true. and the fact that Roosevelt carried the State is no evidence that, a Republican will rerAat the performance in 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
OCTOBER. IsoA.

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of Tue Advertisers daily circulation for the month of October. 1904. is 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 10th day of November 1904.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
Same to You.
Sheffield Reaper.

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 We don't care what The Montgomery Advertiser gets in it's stocking-from old Santa Claus, of course--so it is something good. toothsome and diges- tible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06
IN INTERESTING COLUMN OF F kGOhES
 And a Few Facts in Relation to Tnem.

Circulation is ordinarily hard to Se. saH Aa. as a general rule harder to hold Tne aso An yertissr. however. is not sufferer rom this pecuiiar newspaper ailmene we .as1 growing and holding our own with sne o ws of them. There are many reasons Mny V, should continue to increase ana ot noto ,hs The Advertiser is the vehicle Tn waiuu nv.vsS news from all over the world is s Ina daily into every part of Alabama @ao and adjoining States. and the people wno oepsnu a, upon it for the full account Of what 'neS es can not personally see or hear nAe nrs- n a would not do without it. That It Is appre eiated by the reading public. Is attesteo py the following statement compiled ana s"otn M to by our Circulation Manager oh oaI sh. tual net circrEation for each day in the month of October, 1904.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

The Chicago Tribune is not as hope full that Missouri will be Republican in future aSaSome others are. It ad-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-06

The Chattanooga News spread itself to forty big pages last Saturday. with sOmsthing good on every one of them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-11-18

o. K. Thompson returned from St.
Louis Wednesday, the 10Th. 1t had
been his intention to visit Cuba and in
vest in stock land if the climate and
other conditions suited him.
He said: II have brother residing
in ST. Louis who holds tax title to a
large strip of stock land in Cuba and
hires man to care for his herds. His
hired man and my brother Swane, who
accompanied me to ST. Louis, went on
through to Cuba. | learned that the
land where wished to locate was uu-
surveyed, and, as the government en-
gineers are working that way rapidly,
/ decided to wait until could get clear
title before visiting the island. Tax
titles in that country carry clause
granting the original owner twenty
years in which to redeem the land and
the only way to secure land is to
squat" upon it. What I get | want to
pay for and know its MY own. | shall
visit the Queen OF the West Indias as
soon as the land is plated and expect
to invest in some of her soil. Wilbur
Sentinel.