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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-09
Serges for Youths
From II to 20 Years.

Youths Suits military e ana sem"
Fancies Of brown and grey striped mixtures or
plain unfinished worsteds Of blue or black, plain
golden browns. Styles single or doubles breasted.
Suits Of SIS, SIG and $18 worth in every par
ticular, $1,000.
YOUTHS VARSITY AND COLLEGE SUITS
Stratford greys, nut browns, late developments of
plated and striped hard finished worsteds; many
are Of light homespun outing fabrics, single and
double-breasted styles whose real value is
$1,000, $3.50.
NEW GRIDIRON SHAPE STRAW HATS in
China straws 4Sc.
MILAN STRAW SAILORS for tots, high grade
hats, CSC to $500.
TOGO TANGs of washable white linen duck, 48c.
BLACK SILK Pixies and new crashes, blue serges
and fancies, 4Sc and 75c.
MOHAIR SHIRTS with double seams on collar
and cuffs, ST.. so.
COLoRED MADRAS SHIRTS Summit !, brand
& light grounds, CSC.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT

That was a good meeting held in the Council Chamber last Thursday even ins. It ought to put the men of Mont gomery to shame to think that the good women of the city had to take the ini- tiatlve in such a movement. They have started 1t off well and the oues- ton is. will interest die out and noth- ing be accomplished.
 While 1t is primarily the duty of the city administration to see that streets and sidewalks are kept clean and streets unobstructed, still individual effort can accomplish much. If the city will not furnish the proper recep- tacles for debris from private yards, then get up a sentiment that will prompt every householder to do so at his own expense. The little plats of ground between each sidewalk and the street can be made very beautiful, and if all would try to beautify his or her particular plat, the effect would be wonderful, pleasing.
 There is no need to wait for tho city to do everything. Let's back up the Civic Improvement League and unite in making the city. beautiful" the motto for Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
IMPORTANT MEETING.

The meeting of the Alabama Live Stock Association, which commences In this city on Tuesday next and con- tinues through the following day, ought to attract a large number of interested visitors. The program of discussion is an admirable one. Ex-Senator Harris of Kansas Is one of the best-informed men in the Union in stock raising In all It's phases, while MT. Joe Wing of The Breeders Gazette Is an authority, from whose judgment it Is not safe to ap- peal. Both these gentlemen will ad- dress the meeting. and 1t would be worth the while of every man in Ala bama interested in stock raising to come and hear them.
 It has been demonstrated around Montgomery. In North Alabama and in West Alabama, that cattle and horse and mule raising can be conducted safely and profitably. The more the business is engaged in the nearer will our people be to material independence. which frees them from thraldom to Western stock fields and corn-crihs and smoke houses.
 The Alabama Live Stock Association is an organization which should appeal to all our people. and we hope that the meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday will be largely attended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
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Advertisement for Bids for "Re. newaI Bonds of The State
 of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B aggregating. s7.4s7.soo, maturing July lst 1906; Glass c. aggregatlng ssss.oOo. maturing '~e Character @ as''; of Bond: Fifty year. gold bonds. in denominations of either $lOo. tSoo or si.ooo said bonds to be coupon or regis semi annually in Montgomery. Alabama, or New York City, State of New York. Bids s than sHf for sloO. are E Invited upon following
 l. Upon bonds bearing 3 per cent per an-
 ?. Upon bonds bearing sM per cent per
 certified check, payable to the order of the Governor of Alabama, for five per cent of the amount bid for must accompany each security, approved by the Governor. may % bs substituted for the certified cheek The cer- tified check accompanying rejected oids wiia be returned with notice of rejection. The Ser cent of each accepted bid w,ll. on fail- ure of bidder to comply with terms of his bid, be forfeited to the State. The entire amount of each accepted bid. or so much as may remain unpaid. must se paid in m lawful ,dn money money of the United of Alabama bonds which are being refund ed, sixty days before the maturity of the Se designated by the Governor. or in lieu of the above designated payment such
 5a gtsts as sRs W ' wP bidders, at any time after acceptance of bid. new for old bonds, credit being given the DlQuer lOE III lnteAests sO uesv of maturity of old bonds No bid offering less than par will be considered. The State an amount not exceeding s600,000 Bids will be received at the Governors Office at Montgomery until 12 o'clock M. April 1. i905 and will be opened immediately. No tfce of acceptance or rejection will be given each bidder by letter mailed n Montgnme5 moi later than April 19. 1905. Envelopes containing bids must be addressed to the Governor of Alabama, and have conspicG- ously written thereon "Bids for Renewal Honis State of Alabama" The Sta.e re- serves the right to reject any and all bidA For further Information. apply to sne S@~-s ernor of Alabama
 R. NJ. CUNNINGHAM.
 Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Mnn,s Absurd Clothes.

like to feel clean. and my great idea of clothes is that they should be clean and comfortable far such thing is pos sible in London This. of course. excluues starch. I couldn't a thing which, after having been made clean and sweet. Is then filled with pasty white mud, ironed Into a hard paste. and made altogether dis gusting. To put such a garment on my person. wear it. move in 1t. perspire in it-horrlble!
 The shiny white tubes the wrist, the shiny black cylinder on the head. the shiny white front to the shirt. the shiny black boot. the rain-plpe trouser leg. the ja- banned zinc sleeve-that Is your fashion ably dressed man. looking like a cold blaekleaded stove with asbestos fuel Tho great tragedy of the average mans life is that nature refuses to conform to the cylindrical ideal, and when the marks ol his knees and elbows begin to appear in his cylinders he is filled with shame
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1905.
THE PASSING OF JULES VERNE.

The death on Friday last of Jules Verne. In the 18th year of his age, will bring feeling of genuine sorrow to noyei-readers In this country. It is true that his works belong to a past generation, flor his most noted books were written thirty to forty years ago. but for all that they still retain their popularity among the lovers of enter taining and highly imaginative TO- nance. Since the days of Edgar Allan Poe, few novels have been written which obtained and retained stronger hold on the young than did vernes earlier books. They were novel in the truest sense of the word, for they struck out in a field which was as in- teresting as 1t was new and untrod- den.
 But there is another charm about these novels which should not be over looked, and that is in their scientific aspect. Almost every one contains a scientific thread running through 1t that Is interesting and often instructive. As The Kansas City Journal says.
 To him was granted the honor as d prophet of a dying century. It was Verne in whose alert and bold imagin- ation were conceived the motor car, the submarine boat and the dirigible ball loon long before these marvels of achievement had assumed tangible form. He wrote of them as realities. and although not an inventor himself it Is remarkable that some of the won ders of the present time are based upon his scientific explanations and expedi- ents. He lived to see the motor car an everyday actuality and the submarine boat an important factor in naval war fare. and witnessed the dawn of the era of practicable aerial navigation
 Who can tell how much modern science may really owe to the appa- rentiy Impossible descriptions and sug- gestions contained in some of the Verne novels? He described, as though they were actual facts. occurrences and performances which were supposed to be absurdly chimerical. if not impos- sible. yet within few years some of them have become so common as to hardly cause comment. He was in some respects a prophet as we'll as g novelist. and there will be many to re- gret the passing of such a brilliant write;.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

I.On /To the stockholders of the Louisville a
 Nashville Railroad Company:
 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the fcSrd of Directors of the Louisville e SashviIle Railroad on the 18th day of Feb-' mary 1903, a meeting of the stockholders oS said Company is hereby called to De held at the Companys office, Main and Second Streets, in the City of Louisville. State of March 1905. at 10 o'clock a. n. on that day tn consider and. if approved to assent to the sxecuticn by said Company of Q mortgage on -.rtaln railroads trackase rlgnLs, IerIn.naI nroperties and bridges of said Company xwntch form d continuous line ot Railroad ex. tendirg from Cincinnati Ohio, by way of Enoxyille. Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia. and now known as the Atlanta, Knoxville & Cincinnati Division of said Railroad Com- Feed in the aggregate Fifty Million Dollars; and also to consider and. 1T approved, 70 assent to the purchase by the I.ousvilie Ss Nashville Railroad Cotnp,tny of all the ralI- Ioads. propes<ies. rights. privileges and franch chises of the South & North Alabama Railroad Company. in accordance with the terms and conditions of a proposition suo- mitted by the Board of Directors of that Company to the Louisville & Nashville Rail- road Company on January 21, 1905. and for the transaction of such other business may be brought before said meeting.
 The stock transfer books of the Company will be closed ou Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1905. at three clock p. m-. and reopened on Wednesday. the 2sth day oI March, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 J. Fl. ELLIS. # Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
A Delicate Question.
 Editor The Advertiser:


 Tuskegee. Ala. March 25, 1905. Your editorial in this mornings pa- per. under the heading, "A Delicate Question" in which you discuss the re; Mission Board to accept a contribution from the President of the Standard oil Company, will command the approval of thinking men everywhere. If the offer of money has been declined as Q rebuke to the Standard oil Company and specially to Its President. then 1t Is this thing are proclaiming as loudly as ever they can their own immaculate virtue, while at the same time they have assumed the role of judges, in which they can have no rightful place Whether these spotless gentlemen who handle only spotless peoples money have have been caught by the whirlwind of have been misled by clerical doctinaries tof whom that denomination can boast several more or less celebrated names) the publication of their superlative con play.
 hold no brief for the Standard oil Company, nor for any person connected with it. but no one can accuse 1t of declining MT. Rockefeller's money. have lined themselves up on one side of a financial struggle would no doubt have serious task on their hands. if they methods of their allies: and one need not be a prophet or the son of a prophet to foresee trouble in the Congrega- tional camp, if some of their own large givers were made the victims of their sudden and supersensative morality.
 Besides, as Is well pointed out in your editorial, the acceptance of MT. Rocke- feller's money is not an indorsement oi MT. Rockefeller's methods, even If these men believe all that is alleged against him. I have been told that they have a saying in new York that money doesn't smell" I am not sure that l under stand what that means, but in the face of the crying need for more money in every line of philanthropic endeavor, ] doubt whether a committee charged with any part of such work has a moral mate source whatever, Take an illus tration: In a certain church there was devout woman whose husband was a gambler. She contributed regularly and freely to all the church's work. Of course, the money was supplied by her husband; and on one occasion during his stay that gambler secured from his friends a handsome sum as a present. to his wlfe's pastor. Did the pastor in purse? In the face of his family's needs would he have done right to de- cline 1t?
 The committee that, as is alleged, de- clined MT. Rockefeller's money, repre- sents a vast amount of wealth. They really do not need any outside aid; and if this acceptance e a contribution is which the donor acquired 1t, they have made an appeal which will find re- sponse in many an unexpected quarter.
 c. M Provence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Town and Country.

It seems to us that these two agen- cies--more beautiful, pleasant and at- easy communication with the cities will do much to make the rural resi- dents better satisfied with their homes and less inclined to flock to the cities to swell their already oVercrowded pulation.-MontRomer Advertiser
 Undoubtedly the removal of increas- ing numbers of people from the farm regions to the cities has already be- come a serious. problem, both munich pal and agricultural, and one reason for this is, as our contemporary sug> gests, the lack of home attractions and transportation facilities between the cities and the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
STILL ANOTHER OuTHOusE PRO-
 POSED.

Yesterday The Advertiser commented on the proposition of the Capitol Com mission to erect separate building on the south side of Capitol Square. It seems that the idea Is abroad to build two separate buildings-worse and worse. The Birmingham Age-Heraid of yesterday says:
 | The purchase of the south end of of the appropriation for building pur- poses, and the State Capitol Commis- | sion has decided to erect on the south of the capso os an ths Court and for other official quarters. In the course sf time a similar building may be erected on the north sidsof the This plan will prove a satisfaction to the people Of Alabama, for there is a sentiment in all parts of the State sSrio capo any Te sassec sests commsson s proposes to leave it intact, applying twenty thousand dollars of the-state Ssnne n to Food essnd tion. The Capitol should be preserved days
 Tn the course of time a similar build- ing may be erected on the north side" This idea has not been given out by the Capitol Commission, so far as we have heard. But very probably there has been some discussion of such plan, and hence this suggestion from Bir- mingham. If the present decision is carried out, 1t is probably to be made the basis of a proposition to balance off with another two-by-four. or forty by-sixty. squatty affair on the left hand side. There is the danger of the bad beginning: 1t would lay the foundation for all sorts of a bad ending. Presently two more squatty outhouses would be contemplated for the two remaining corners of the commanding hill! The result would be the waste of several hundred thousand dollars for & series of architectural blunders, which would eventually be torn down to make a set- ting for an enlarged Capitol in a har- monious. beautiful whole.
 It will be observed that The Age Herald argues that the people of the State will approve of these absurd out. houses on the noble Capitol Square, because they don't want any material change in the present historic edifice. That is a good premise followed by an illogical conclusion. The present edi- flee can be preserved without any mate l rial change, and yet 1t can be extended and enlarged. That was done in the case of the National Capitol. and it can be done here, artistically. effectively, and economically. That is the only way of preserving the present edifice in a useful. acceptable and harmonious way. To build one, two, three four outhouses on that superb site would ruin the setting of the present edifce and doom all to eventual demolition. It would be a waste of money to start on such a scheme. waste of a splendid opportunity to preserve an admirable building, and a ruthless sacrifice of all aesthetic possibilities. ~t ....,.4- The people of Montgomery don't want any outhouses on Capitol Square. and we don't believe The Age-Herald has carefully considered the situation fin encouraging such an unreasonable, wasteful, ugly scheme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
The health of the County gener-

iuS. l Hc uedltH UT tHc SOunty ecucE . ally speaking, Is remarkably good. The people are generally well content ed and the moral tone Is excellent. We have prohibition in the town and County "by the voice of the people," Doubtless there is not a better tenn perance sentiment anywhere else in this land of ours.
 There are in the town seven churches. M. E. Church, South, M. D. Church, North, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episco- bi baidinrs Ths great M haHs sttrantion nfe oh hers are the tchautauaua exercises which have been held annually from near the beginning of the place. They are now. for this season. drawing nigh to a close. having opened on February T.. Will close April 1. Those who occupy the program are principally from the North. Some of the lectures and ser- mons have been extra good. Captain Richmond P. .Hobson is on the pro- gram for April l; subject, "America's Mighty Mission lin the World"
 L.. C[Calhoun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
London Pos

London Post.
 In all the published accounts of visits which European surgeons have made to the Japanese hospitals stress is laid on the immunity from the after effects of wounds which has resulted from the Japanese soldiers care of the body, within and without "The Ja- panese soldier" says one observer. has been taught how to treat his inside, and consequently his inside is now treating him with equal consideration" and in addition to this. fesh wounds. owing to the. national cleanliness. have healed very quickly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Observations on saThe RinR.v

'In one of the cartoons of The Advertiser" remarked a well known travelling man. Machine politics was represented as driving capital and capitalists from Montgomery.
 T do not attribute such potency to the make up of a city government, as nearly all cities of over 5000 people are more or less dominated by what is have found that the outs generally dub the fms as the ring and such in all probability will continue to be the case.
 T have heard more criticism of the lack of loyalty on the part of Mont gomery men to their city than l have of machine politics. If Montgomery money had remained here instead of being invested in North Alabama and Birmingham, many millions of dollars would have been put in factories and public enterprises here that have been used elsewhere.
 "The way to build up a town is for its citizens to put their money at home and not run it off to other places. The money maker here and invester of it elsewhere is more harmful than a ma chine politician"
 pr. Thomas M. Owen. Director of the State Department of Archives and His tory, returned yesterday from Auburn where he gave an illustrated lecture on Alabama history to the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Mir S. R. Wood and Horod Erwin, of Prattville, were in Montgomery yes terday.
 MT. E. B. Williams. of Mobile, is a visitor to Montgomery
 MT. W. A. Porter. of Birmingham. is in Montgomery.
 MT. J. N. Austell. of New Decatur. is in the city.
 MT. George Wallace. of Anniston. is in the city.
 Mir. W. D. Hutchison, of Elba, is in the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
A Good Thing.
Talladeg

Talladega Reporter.
 It might be q good thing for Uncle Sam to suspend the Monroe Doctrine until France took little Venezuela out in the back yard and gave her a thor ough thrashing. Those countries must be taught that they must do right if the Monroe umbrella is to be held over them by this country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

The Charleston News and Courier is In doubt as to whether Colorado or Governor Mcdonald should feel most thoroughly ashamed. In our opinion. 1t might well be case of mutual nose holding.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

The Kansas City Journal insinuates that the prevalence of the swearing habit is due to "the great influx of the lower classes of foreigners with their lax morals" That explanation won't go. When it comes to- real scientific
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

uss of cuss words, no foreigner can lay over the plain American citizen. The foreigner has one or two oaths in his language. but the American not only has infinite. variety. but can invent a new one every day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

Henry Labouchere says if the Czar had gone to Manchuria instead of stay- ing at home and blessing the troops. "he would have stood higher today" Well. that depends. If he had gotten near the Japs. he would more probably be lying lower today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
A Pleasant Florida Town.

DeFuniak Springs, Fla, March 24.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 I have thought that something from this place might interest your readers and hence I write. This town had its beginning about twenty-three years ago. It is in Watson County, having a population of about 1,S00 and is grow ing rapidly; it is the County seat. The town is built around lake one mile in circumference which is almost per- fectly round, is supported by subter- ranean springs with no outlet appar- ent. is S4 feet deep and keeps perfectly clear. It contains fish. This little body Of water Is beautiful to look up on. It is said that before this town was established that there was not a dwelling house nearer than about six miles. It is on the P. & A. Railroad, eighty miles east of Pensacola.
 The land in the surrounding County for miles is very sandy and very poor, according to the usual opinion as to what is poor land. The land here. however, can be made to produce 500 gallons of the very best syrup. Here ! in West Florida the finest syrup that there is at all can be bought by the barrel at 20 cents per gallon. Land ts going up all over the country and the farming interests are largely increas-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Good Opinion.
lgton County News.

WdshIHBIOh OOunty NeWS.
 An exchange asks: How long should wife submit to be beaten by her husband?' While we do not pose as an authority on that subject we should say just long enough to get hold of a gun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Wbat State Papers
 Hre Saying
Well Defined.

Dothan Siftings.
 A common carrier Is a negro woman carrying a bucket of water on her head without spilling drop and without holding to it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

When the weather man learned that Vice-President Fairbanks was coming South, he forwarded slight breath of cold down here so that the v.-P. would not feel lonesome
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

According to the theory of a Jersey Judge, woman's tongue must be con sidered concealed weapon. At any rate, he fined one for "sassing" him in court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Ourht to Have Knowu.

Blrmln gham ABe-HeraIu.
 A New York man Is suing two wo- men for wagers which they lost. He ought to have known that a woman is never in earnest when she bets, except when she wins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Pnrt OF All.
RirminR

Birmingham Ledger.
 Russian peasants are cutting off their fingers rather than go to Manchuria as soldiers. The choice seems to be De- tween losing part of the body, or all of it..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

The Fort Gaines Recorder has learned that "the best hog can be made by talk ing most any old pig and crossing him with corn" Yes. but 1t should be home-raised corn to get the best re- sultA