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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
A HANDSOME COSTUME
 FOR STREET WEAR.

The illustration shows a graceful and be- coming promenade dress. The skirt ex- hibits the redineote effect now so popular for morning wear in the street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
IL won't Be so Baa.

NusHSIt KtVsIatHts
 While politics in Alabama is rather interesting already. the situation at present IS nothing to compare to what 1t will probably be before the campaign is oYeTs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

tcontinued from Page Five.
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was a pure myth. of course the quest
for this greatly desired short cut to
Asia was abandoned in the light Of
subsequent discovery, but the. spirit Of
adventure and the determination to find
an open passage remained. In 1913
England renewed the search, this time
inspired by the laudable purpose Of
completing the geographical survey OF
tbs western continent. In the light Of
the present achievement of Captain
Amundsen it is interesting to note that
so astute navigator as Sir John Ross.
who passed four winters in-these frozen
waters, persisted in the belief that
there was no northwest. passage.
The loss of the Franklin expedition
and the efforts to clear up the mys-
FERROUS tragedy put a stop for nearly
half a century to all active effort to ex-
plore the great archipelago north OF
the American continent. Perhaps the
most noteworthy scientific result Of the
various search expeditions IN quest Of
franklin survivors was the discovery
of another northwest passage, not the
all water and more northern route. first
traversed by Amundsen and his party
but a more southern and less continu-
Gus Journey made by Sir Robert Mac
CI1ire in 1850. He entered the Arctic
ocean through Boring strait in the IN
vestfgator and Reached Banks Land,
where he was frozen in for two years.
Their supplies being nearly exhausted.
the searcheFs abandoned their ship and
took to dog sledging. After untold hard
ships they. reached the Phoenix, on the
eastern coast, and were taken to Eng
land. Their experience was such that
no subsequent explorer has found the
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who knew Amundsen and the Gjoa, but
it was relief when the authentic news
came
It has actually been known for some
time that the northwest passage was a
possibility Navigators from the east
ern waters of the Atlantic have located
certain islands in the arctic which have
also been described by those who have
approached them from the westward.
Up to the time of the i'll fated Frank
lin expedition there had been many at
tempts to make the passage. but the
direful ending of the talented Sir John
and his crew of 219 men. in 1857, put an
end to further enterprise in that di-
rection until recently. For many gen
erations the avowed purpose of these
undertakings was to find navigable
short route from Europe to Asia. Sc
bastian Cabot sailed up the eastern
American coast as far as he could in
the hope 81. finding the long talked OF
passage to China. He succeeded in
reaching 81. degrees 80 minutes north
latitude Sighting open water to the
northwestward, ne was very greatly
inclined to take his vessel right through
to China, but his crew was not of that
way of thinking and compelled him to
return to less hazardous waters
Another English navigator, William
Raf7n. had in view the discovery of
this northwest passage when he sailed
uD the west coast of Greenland as far
as smith sound He saw two broad
openings extending westward II Jones
sound. sobstructeds by ice, and Lancaster
sound. which ne explored cautiously
on his return to England he reported
that the story Of a northwest passage
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62'bo Has yNaUfgated the Northwest Passage

blubber. Amundsen took charge of
every detail in her fitting and as
final adjunct took on board the petro-
leum engine, which under favorable
conditions gives the stanch little craft
a speed Of four knots an hour The
chief reliance, however, was placed up
on the Gjoa's sailing ability and sea
worthiness. The whole cost of the ex-
petition, assuming that it would cover
a period of four years, was estimated at
1850, most of which came out of the
captains pocket.
Although Captain Amundsen's chief
business was to locate the present
whereabouts Of the magnetic north
pole, it was his firm determination also
to attempt the northwest passage. The
Gjoa arrived at King william Land late
in the summer of 1903. and it was here
that Captain Amundsen. set up the self
registering Instruments for the purpose
of locating the magnetic pole. Then
the expedition set out on its long strug-
gle to reach the Pacific ocean. After
this no reliable word came from the
Gjoa until the recent news in the form
of d letter from Amundsen delivered bv
a trusty Eskimo to the captain of a
whaler, announcing his safe arrival in
winter quarters in the arctic whaling
field short time previous to this
report from Amundsen himself a re-
turning whaler, a Massac husetts sail
or named Cleveland. landed at Dundee
Scotland. with the report from Eskimo
sources that the plucky little Norwe-
giau vessel had been crushed in the ice
pack at the extreme northern end of the
North American continent. This mel
aneholy tale was not believed by those
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courage to follow in their rugged path.
Born in Christiania thirty-five years
ago, Captain Roald Amundsen is a
typical Norwegian viking. When he
was still boy he began his maritime
career, and he looks upon q. prolonged
stay on land as a punishment. He has
only such an education as clever
youngster acquires without close applf-
cation. but he is an exceedingly in
teIIigent and we'll informed man. He
first came into public notice as a mem
Der of the antarctic expedition of the
Belgica. which cruised in the south
polar seas in 1897 -99. On his return
to Norway Amundsen conceived the
idea of an expedition which should
have for its object the successful max
ing Of the northwest passage and the
exact location Of the magnetic pole
which was believed to have changed its
position since it was located By Sir
John Ross He mentioned the matter
to some of his Norwegian and German
friends. and they began to agitate the
project with such effect that it soon as
surned. definite shape.
Captain Anundsen selected as his
lieutenant on board the G5oa a sonnv
officer of the Danish navy named Han
sen. Every member of the crew Of
eight was known to him personally and
was endowed with some special fitness
for the stupendous undertaking.. Can
tain An1undsen will return soon to the
Gjoa and as early in the season as il
practicable viii sail westward to corn
plete the circle. Amundsen has mailed
the detailed report of his expedition 10
Nansens the explorer.
EBERT o. WOoDsON.
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Of the investigation is furnished by the
study of the relative educational equip
ment of the various classes. Among
those examined by the officers of the
bureau 2SO,SS2 could neither read nor
write and S,209 could read, but could
not write. Out of $1,000 Germans 2,S13
could neither read nor write and $50
could read, but not write. Among the
1856, $50 south Italians 95,497 were
wholly ilhterate and 81 could read, hut
not write. OF the 50.s65 English 1913
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This should be telling point in the
study of comparative increase among
these various alien races. Only 1898
Jews forty-fve years and over came
with the others, showing that even un-
der the unfavorable and depressing do
nestle conditions which prevail in Rus
STA and Cilicia the Jew at middle age is
slow to make a vital change of habita-
ton. The Germans. who came to the
number Of $3.50, brought 11.469 chill
dren under fourteen and in the group
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who came only 148 were unable to read.
The north italians were vastly better
equipped from an educational stand
point than their brethren from the foot
of the peninsula, only about one eighth
Of them being hopelessly illiterate.
The proportion of illiterates among
the arrivals from the Austrian empire
was very large. The Croatians and
Slovenians. numbering 35,1O4, mus
tered 1878 who could not read or
write. There were only 95 among the
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It is estimated that 17,847- of them had
$50 or over The south Italians brought
S3,1212O7. but there were a good many
of them to share in the division. The
English came over with S2.924.OSO. The
Jews were supplied with only s1,s24,-
617. The Irish had S1,421,6S2. The
Scandinavians came to the new world
with $1,604205. Among them all there
was none poorer than the emigrating
subject of old Franz Josef, be he
Croatian. Slovak Slovenian or Lithua-
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RACES OF IMMIGRANTS FISCAL YEAR 1905 at.

calculate with reasonable certainty on
the character of European immigration
for some time to come. The decrease
in arrivals from China, 2,209, although
it is a very considerable proportion of
the whole number of immigrants is
still insufficient to cause much alarm.
1t is only when the total annual influx
reaches formidable numbers that the
uneasiness which is confined almost
entirely to the Pacific coast becomes
manifest.
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more than a hundred
pages of tabulated statistics and nu-
merous maps seem rather formidable,
but the facts set forth concerning the
annual additions to Americas COM
posite population provide one of the
most engrossing features Of the yearly
record.
No one who reads the report even
specifically can fail to realize the
magnitude and gravity Of the prob
lens suggested by the rapid increase of
Americas alien population These
knotty questions have assumed such a
prominence in the consideration of the
future of the country that all other
matters relating to public economy. es-
pecially those involving abstract things
rather than human beings, fade into
comparative insigni1cance.
During 1905 So which embraced the
immigration season Of the previous
year, but is classed thus for convenience
-7SS,2l9 foreigners landed at New
York Only 2382SO came in at thirty
three other points of entrances 10Y
at Boston, 62,314 at Baltimore, %, 824 att
Philadelphia and smaller numbers at
thirty other places. Wilmington, Deli
had the distinction of being the port of
entry of a single venturesome new
conner. whose nationality is not given.
This total incoming tide, amounting
to 1925, 499 persons, was an increase Of
213,629 over the preceding year. This
increase was almost entirely at the four
great eastern ports Of New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore. There
was a very observable decrease on the
Pacific coast. This may be accounted
III
east and the lack Of welcome which is
manifested toward the orientals on the
Pacific coast.
In 1904 Italy contributed the largest
number Of prospective American citi-
zens. furnishing T8S. 296. mostly Sicil-
ians and Sardinians. Last year this
was increased to 221,479, but it was ex-
ceeded by Austria-H Hungary, with 275,-
as. The previous year only III 1855 of
Kaiser Franz Josefs subjects forsook
their allegiance and came to free
America. For several years the eff1ux
from the Austrian empire has been on
the increase, and the cause appears to
be found in Industrial depression at
home The constant and vociferous de-
mand for domestic servants which
arises from American households has
made its way to the most remote cor
ner of the empire, with the result that
thousands of the nondescript dwellers
in the Danubian provinces are prepar-
ing to move westward in quest of the
golden harvest.
The Russian empire lost 1882 per-
sons who were convinced that America
would prove to be cure for many evils
imposed by the cars highhanded gov
eminent. That was gain of 1886
over the previous year. The majority
Of these immigrants We're Firms and
jews. both races having just cause to
turn their backs on Russia. Italy's in
crease last year was 28.1S3. but it is
believed at the immigration bureau
that the outpour from that country has
reached its high water mark. since two
years ago her contribution was 23O,-
622. The United Kingdom also took a
decided step toward recovering its for
mer prestige as base of supply for
the immigration bureau, the increase
amounting to 1854. This is somewhat
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did not know the alphabet and go could
read little. Among the 129,910 He
brews 22,770 could read no language
and 807 could read Hebrew, but not
write. The Irish, numbering 54,266
We're not as illiterate as in some for
ner years, only LAS being unable to
read and write. The Firms were most
intelligent of all Among the 1902
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were $3.50. persons of forty-five and
over. The English, with a total of So
sos, had $685. children under fourteen
and 7,1S3 adults over forty-five. The
Irish, 54,266, mustered only $3.50
youngsters of the age already pre-
scribed and 1924 adults of the class re-
ferred to.
Perhaps the most instructive feature
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Another interesting question con
Germs the ages of the newcomers. OF
persons forty-five and over the south
Italians furnished the greatest num-
Der. 1915 out of a total immigration
Of 1S6,39O. There were 1925. children
under fourteen in this group. The
Hebrews, with a total of 129. $40.
brought 28.553 children under fourteen.
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Chinese who could not read and only
three who could not write The Japa-
nese were far less intelligent. About
half of the 11,021 who landed in the
United States could neither read nor
write.
From a financial point of view the
Germans were in the lead, bringing
with them an aggregate of $500, S45.
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offset by a decrease of 5.S06 from Ger
many, 754 from Switzerland and 1,172
from Sweden.
The inference to be drawn from these
figures is that the two chief sources of
future increases in immigration viii
be Russia and Austria Hungary, both
of which have abundant resources in
that line. This makes it possible to
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sli19tiilfi5tiIa HE recent navigation
@z7s@i of what had almost
* come to be regarded
as the fabulous north
e. west passage is in
...sssssz.s some respects the
E,liai',..','..' most remarkable
maritime feat of the
present age. Prodigious effort and
enormous treasure have been expended
on the quest Of the passage during the
last three centuries, but it remained for
a Norwegian skipper, Road Amundsen
in his little sloop of forty seven tons,
the Gjoa, manned by eight sailors and
propelled by a small petroleum engine,
to accomplish what all others had failed
to do.
Captain Amundsen and his sturdy
crew sailed away from Christiania
June 16, 1903. with the intention of re-
naming in the arctic four years unless
the object Of the expedition. the dis
covery of the present location of the
magnetic north pole should be accom-
plished in less time. The tidings that
Captain Amundsen has arrived at Eagle
City, Alaska, after a 700 mile land jour
ney, and that the Gjoa is now in win
ter quarters near the delta of the
Mackenzie river. and that Amundsen
reports that all is well. seem to estab-
fish the fact that he has accomplished
his purpose and that he is waiting for
the season to open so that he can pro-
.ceed on his voyage to Boring sea and
the Pacific ocean
The Gjoa is a stoutly built walrus
sloop such as the Norwegians use in
sheir voyages northward for ivory and
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He latest report of the
United States bureau
of immigration, which
includes the fiscal
year ended June 80,
1905, is both interest
ing and instructive.
At first glance the
7-,.-5-e5
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with her fleet and

whsn ENGLAND interviewed with her feet and
saved for Abdul Hanid both his capital ana
his throne More than this. other powers who
had never been regarded as particularly friendly
to Turkey. interviewed In her behalf. and at the
Congress Of Berlin. in 1878. deprived Russia OF
most of the fruits Of her victories. Time and
again has the Sultan been threatened b. the
powers with deposition. with the military DC
cupation Of his capital and Of his empire. and
with its partition among the great powers But
on each occasion when matters looked BLACKLIST
for him and the situation seemed most critf-
cal. something occurred suddenly to alter the
aspect Of affairs usually in the shape Of an OUT
break of jealousy between the governments
united against him. preventing concerted action
on their part To-day with Russia weakened
by the strain imposed her by her disastrous
war with Japan the Sultan is TO such
tent relieved from the haunting fear OF peril
from that source that he has actually ventured
within the last few months to arm all the forts
lining the DardanelIes with the heaviest kind OF
hrupp guns. in the face of the protests OF the
Muscovfte Ambassador at STEAMBOAT
In one word. fortune smiles more than
on that Abdul Hamid whom Gladstone denounced
as the Great Assassin and firmly convinced
that he Is born under a lucky star he has az
length succeeded in iInpressing this belief on his
co-religionists. and the world at large Des-
tined. according to his astroIogers to live to
the age OF seventy-fve. and to die not by vio-
fence. Ike most of his predecessors but from
a contagious ualady (Which accounts for his
progressive ideas on the subject of sanitation
ne Will henceforth be no longer known as Abdul
the Damned, but as Abdul the Blessed
EX-ATTACHE-
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.The Sketch

Innings appeared IN the clouds by which his
throne was overshadowed Lord Curzon. whom
he regards as his arch enemy and as the most
dangerous Of all his foes. has been reIegated to
private life and deprived. for a time at any
rate, OF the power to continue the campaign
which he instituted against his spiritual suprem-
acy as Caliph and his domination of the holy
cities. as well as of Arabia The Grand Shereet
who was friend of England has been gathered
TO MS fathers, and young prince, who for the
present at any rate is a creature of the Sublime
Porte, reigns at Mecca in his stead while the
coincidence Of the sudden demise of the late
Grand SheEeef and Of the fall of Lord Curzon
Is destined to arrest the anti-Turkish pro
English movement in Arabia, at any rate until
the railroad from Damascus to Mecca has been
completed Then there is the impression created
throughout the Moslem world by the marvellous
escape OF Abdul Hamid the occasion OF the
attempt made upon his life the other day at
Constantinople.
The present Sultan's reign has been one long
succession of such hidden turns Of fortune. II
was piece of altogether unexpected good luck
that brought him to the throne Tor which no
one believed him to be destined during the lie
tune or his uncle. Sultan Abdul Aziz who cor
olally disliked him The Russian army was
under the very walls of Constantinople In 1877
and the occupation Of the city was SO irnmi-
nsnt mat IT seemed a mere matter OF hours
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shereefs which contain the inspired Injunction
regarding the Caliphate
The new Grand Shereef will receive his IN
vestiture as such from the hands of the ennis
sares of the Sultan, which will naturally still
further tend to strengthen the Iatter's position
in the eyes of his co-relgonists. or course the
Grand Shereef might decline to accept the frn1an
Of investiture from the Sultan. the ground
that his lofty office comes to him by right OF
descent. and not by the grace OF the Turkish
Sultan But. / have pointed out above, the
prince, for such he styled when In Europe,
is the friendest of terms with the Padshah.
and likewise is probably reluctant to face the
danger of Abdul Hamid naming prince Of the
rival line of Ghalib in his stead Grand
Shereef. The new Grand Shereef belongs to the
Ibn' Aun line, and inasmuch as both houses
are descended from Mahomet's grandson. Has
san. the former Egyptian overlords Of Mecca
were wont to maintain their suzerainty over
the Holy City by playing off the one branch Of
the dynasty against the other. The Ibn' AUn is.
however the senior line. and has maintained
its hold on the hereditary dignity of Grand
Shereef of Mecca, to the exclusion of the Ghalib
line. for many generations past
1t will thus be that at the very moment
when the horizon must have appeared most
somhre to the Sultan. not one but several silver
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upon their possession rest both the foundation
of his throne temporal ruler of Turkey and
his pretensions to the spiritual supremacy over
the 200. 600 900 human beings who profess the
faith of Islam.
1t will probably require at least two years to
restore to the chieftains of that mysterious land
known as Happy Arabia" the confidence in
Great Brtain's friendship caused by the fall of
Lord Curzon. 1t will take that time before Lord
Mimic has managed to identify himself in their
eyes with the policy of his predecessor and
whereas the late Grand Shereef of Mecca was
a of mature age and of great sagacity and
dignity, his son and successor is young man.
who has visited Europe, and who has been
treated with so much hospitality and distinction
by the Sultan of Constantinople that he is more
likely to look toward him than to the English.
He has many friends at Stamboul, and finds
himself much more in sympathy with the ideas
that prevail on the shores of the Bosporus than
with those the banks of the Thames or of the
Gauges. For the English his succession to his
fathers office of Grand Shereef is a serious blow
to their plans and projects. To the Sultan 1t is
a great advantage, while ii remains to be
whether the Moslem world at large will derive
any benefit from having as it's highest ecclesias-
teal dignitary young man who has haunted
the Paris boulevards and frequented such places
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FLOATING ISLANDS.
Continued from fifth page.

Ayres, frost at night IS not unusual. hundreds
OF these tropical animals must have succurabed
TO the cold. and the snakes especially are found
IN serni-torptd condition
one OF the most curious passengers 70 arrive
was an Indian baby. the island on which fl vas
floating going ashore near Rosario. about a
hundred miles up the river from Buenos Ayres.
and though the baby was nearly dead from
hunger and exposure when found, by careful
nursing he was brought around How far he had
hoated or how he ever got on the island win
probably always be mystery. as there is little
probability that his parents viii be found
The Indian legends are fun OF stories OF the
escapes OF fugitives on the "camalotes." and
from the size Of the islands 1t Is easy to believe
that some OF them are founded on fact
Owing to their floating population there is no
disposition on the part OF any one to stop these
islands. and in a number Of Instances tugs have
been sent out to push them back into the cur
rent where they show tendency to ground
along the river bank. and as the wind has been
IN the right direction TO assist this the islands
are now sailing out to sea