The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-13
Sidewalk PenCilingS :
B,shou of Alaska q Hero.

Bishop Rowe of Alaska IS olie o' the heroes of the Episcopal Church ID the missionary field" remarked ono who knew something of the great hearted Bishop, who passed through Montgomery yesterday en route I" Texas to assist In the consecration or Hev. Mir. Ayes as Missionary Blshop III Mexico.
 Bishop Rowe" continued his friend and admirer. "endures more hardship than ordinarily falls to the lot or rual. yet he bears it all with true Cnristiar spirit. In a recent address, telling or some of the hardships of the Alaskan
 missionaries, he mingled WIZ ana nu- nor, with his more serious utterances. Among other difficulties with whlch tne he said, Ifs canned goods-everythinG oo eat, nearly, comes from the tin re- ceptacles. When ph0nograph reach ca there, 1t was something beyond the comprehension of crowd which gath, cred to see it. Men walked around It ana looked at 1t and shook their heads m token of their ignorance of what It was Finally an Esquimaux. shrewd- CT than the rest. after hearing music and other contents rolled off from the sneets on the inside of the instrument. threw up his hands in triumph and said: We have it-canned white man.
 Bishop Rowe came from Alaska to attend the General Convention of the episcopal Church in Boston and has been very busy man ever since he reached the States. He Is on his way back to his faraway field of labor" Case of Circumstantial Evidence.
 The dusk of cold winter night was closing in as he hurried up South Court Street to his comfortable home where a warm welcome and warm dim ner awaited him. His overcoat was puttoned closely, but his right hand. instead of resting snugly in a pocket like it's fellow on the left, was hung out Of the coat in the cold.
 In the loose hand was a ladies' comb. one of those bits of coral that would drive man to drink in discovering its utillsg iWgv don't vo, mt that ,,,,r :. your pocket said companion who joined him.
 Not for me-" he answered. When l get in the house I want to meet my wl1e with this comb in my hand. Sup get IL, and my wife, in rummaging through my pockets should come across It. Of course l would be innocent but , would any woman in her position be- lleVe 1t. Circumstantial evidence Is strong, sometimes. There I would be. caught with the goods.
 No. sir; the first thing will do when I get home is to walk right up to my wife and ask her if she has lost a comb. I shall not take a chance"
 There is some complaint" said citizen. who is well posted about archi- lecture and the builders art, about what seems the delay in completing the work on the Government building, but these critics fail to con slider the char acter of the work being done. Not on- ly will the building, as a whole. be g. credit to Montgomery. for its general appearance, fitness and solidity, but the work itself is of the best quality.
 It IS easy to run-up a house in g. few weeks, but as a general thing the quality and durability of the work is Tn exact proportion to the time and at tention given 1t. l have heard a num- per or builders express wonder and ad- miration at the solidity of the old Ex- change. as shown by the labor required to tear 1t down, but that old building was fine example of good material and good work. It would have stood for centuries unless destroyed by fire or an earthquake.
 The men who are doing the work on the Government building are evil dently building for the future as well as the present. have been in 1t al most every day since the work began and can speak of my own knowledge of the good quality of material used and the faithful work that is being done. If there Is anything shoddy in either it is not apparent to the eye. and l predict that 1t will stand Sirm and unchanged till our childrens children have passed away. It may require several months more to complete 1t. but whAn it Is done 1t will be building to be proud of."