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The Washington times., 1905-03-27

| camp proved 10 be sort Of paradise
for the tired mothers and children of
the city and was ON the whole a most
profitable venture. OF the $1,000 spent
1923. or nearly one-half Of the sum ex-
pended. went into permanent euipment
IN the way of tents, cots, blankets, etc
Only the good things to eat and drink,
Of all the things bought including the
fresh milk of the three cows that made
up the Camp Good VIII herd, proved
to be in any way perIshable, However,
the committee believes that even the
money expended Cor these things have
had some permanent result. Many tents,
cuts, and other furnishings were donat-
ed by kind-hearted people SO that the
worth Of the permanent equipment
really amounts to over s1 200.
Ih1S camp was inaugurated May 80
and from June Is to September 10 tired
children and mothers were sent out
every Saturday for a full weeks out
ing
The total number of mothers and
children who were given this outing
was 464-46 mothers. 2men, and 4I6
children The. average age of the
children was eight. This year the
length Of stay will be extended so that
mother and child may stay two
weeks.
The Washington times., 1905-03-27
Camp Good Will.

Camp Good Will.
The saost important of last years ac-
tivities of the committee was the inau-
garation of Camp Good WILL" in Rock
Creek Park, near Brightwood. This
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
IS THERE A LIMITf

The horrible, oft-recurring mine dis asters of which we read almost every day, cause one to wonder If 1t is not possible to prevent them. The pail has not lifted from. the fearful catas- trophe in the Birmingham district, yet there have been several of similar na- ture in various portions of the coun- try. The latest to be recorded was re- ported yesterday from Benton, H., and though the casualties are not fully known. enough is known to add one more to the horrors which really ap- pear to have become epidemic. After the dead have been exhumed and buried, the injured attended to and tho widows and orphans have learned their loss we suppose there will be some kind of investigation, and somebody will be blamed and somebody else ex- onorated in the usual way.
 But what will the investigation ac- comp1ish? It will not restore the dead, give husbands to the widows or fathers to the orphans. It will not banIsh or ameliorate the anguish and suffering of the bereaved ones. give new limbs to the maimed or provide food for the families. After the Slo- cum disaster there was an investiga- tion which should have taken place before the steamer was burned. After each horrible fire in a theatre or other public building an inquiry is made in- to the cause of it, and the investiga- tors usually find out just what they might have learned before if they had taken the trouble. They usually have no difficulty about learning where the defects were, and how the fire and loss of life might have been prevented. That belated discovery restores no lives and relieves no suffering.
 Is there a cause for this loss of hu- man life, and a remedy? In the hurry and hustle and strife and contention of modern methods we seem to be los ing all regard for humanity, and neg lecting all precautions looking to hu- man safety. To accomplish the great est results in the shortest time and with the least expenditure of money 
 be accomplished. To secure those ob- jects we neglect the more important one of protecting life and limb and 'relegate to the background the vital necessity of providing against danger and disaster. It cannot be pleasant thought to the men who go down in the mines that there may be an explo- sion. a fire, a cave-in or some other accident which means death to scores of human beings. If they are to con- tinually labor under the very shadow of death will they not seek other em- pIoyment where 1t is possible7
 It really seems that there might be a remedy for most of these happen ings. The mine-owners and employers owe it to those who work for them to use all the precautions and safeguards which science and experience suggest to provide against the dangers which are always lurking in deep mines. The owners or lessees of large buildings used for public purposes owe 1t to their guests and visitors to provide for their safety as we'll as to furnish them with food and beds. In many of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
Frogs, Legs Defined.

The most ridiculous decision of HIc most ridiculous question that eyer rose under the most ridiculous tariff that ever was has just been reached. It has taken a good while to reach the con- summation. but the board of appraisers has got there and never cracked u smile.
 A year ago an enterprislng New York firm imported lot of frogs legs How the framers of the Dingley law hap pened to overlook frgs' legs is mystery which may never be solved. We only know that they were guilty of the oversight. custom house ofncial, not finding frogs legs in any schedule and assuming, as usual. that everything Imported must be dutiable under some head unless 1t is expressly exempted. ordered that the frogs legs be classi- fled as turkey'and that as sucn they pc subjected to duty of cents pound.
 The imoprters failing to see why the hind quarters of batrachian should be classified as 1:rd. and one of the test and appealed to the board of ap- praisers. That learned body also as- stunned that frogs legs when imported must be taxed as something or other hut after a careful survey of the rela- tions of the various members of the animal Kingdom it solemnly decided that frogs legs were not turkey and therefore not dutiable as such at
 It also found a way to tax them without committing itself on any ques- tion in natural history. Running us things. it suddenly passed and and trinm- rum. phantly announced that frogs legs were a "nonessential unnanufactured article" and as such dutiable at the rate of per cent ad valorem.
 This is quite safe. Frogs legs may be essential to the happiness of the liv- ing frog, but they are certainly nones- sentiai as an article of food for the av- craze man. That they are an unmanu- factured article nobody can deny, un- less the process of severing them from the body and divesting them of the skin may be called a process Of mehufac- ture.
 Those who are engaged in the lam gushing domestic frogs legs industry may protest against the classihcation and maintain that the board did not do its full duty to an industry in in danger tition with pauper foreign frogs legs. They may insist that these limbs subjected to a duty of 45 per cent or such a matter. That would be an en- couragement to them,> much as duty of 8 cents a pound on raw cotton would be an encouragement to the growers of af
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
ALABAMA BONDS.

Alabama bonds are regarded as a desirable investment by monied peo- pie and institutions. That was dem- onstrated yesterday when the bids for new bonds to retire those due July 1, 1906. were opened at the Capitol by the Governor.
 The present rate on the great bulk of our bonds is per cent. The bids yesterday for the entire issue offered a premium for bonds bearing 1-2 per cent. The amount of bonds to be re- tired is $S,4o0,0O0 and the aggregate of bids yesterday amounted to about $1S,- 000.000 or more than double the amount of bonds to be refunded.
 What will be done with the bids Is a matter yet to be decided. One or more may be accepted or all may be reject ed, in the latter case, of course, on the supposition that still more advantage ous offers can be secured.
 This, if we mistake not, will be the lowest rate of interest yet obtained for a State loan of this amount by any Southern State and speaks volumes for the high estimate placed upon Ala bama's reliability. credit and resources.
 The interest paid on this amount of bonds bearing 1-2 per cent will be $126.OOO less per annum than is now paid at the 5 per cent rate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.

The hottest political fight known in Chicago in many years closed last night with a sweeping victory for Judge Dunne the Democratic nominee for Mayor. The usual political argu- ments as to differences between the two great parties were not referred to during the whole campaign.
 Judge Dunno and the Democrats de- cIared for absolute and immediate ownership of the street car franchises of the city. The Republicans pro- fessed to favor a policy of ownership but at some time in the future. On this issue the battle was fought and the city ownership side won a great victory
 There are peculiar conditions In Chi cago which do not exist elsewhere and which would lead many men not fa- vorable to government ownership of public utilities as rule to favor 1t in this instance. The city has been shamefully treated by the corporations which first secured the franchises and which are now claiming a virtually perpetual ownership of Chicagos s streets and subways.
 The people of that city are revolt ing against the manner of operating the roads, the lack of facilities and the general indifference to the comfort of the people. The franchises. according to Democratic contention. have ex- pired or are about to do so. The cor porations claim to have a still longer life and for their seeming to uphold this contention the Republicans have been soundly beaten.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
AN rxAMpLr ro AVOID.

The query as to what good 1t can do a man to amass millions of dollars during more than an ordinary life time of continual struggle again comes up in connection with Russell Sage. He is now in his eighty ninth year, and has rever known anything that ap- pealed to him but money-grubbins. For almost fourscore years he has been engaged in a continuous, never-ceas- ing battle for wealth, most of the time in Wall Street. By his temperate. ab- stemious habits he has reached an age beyond the usual span of life, and has accumulated a fortune estimated at not less than one hundred millions, and 1t may be more. He is a wealthy man, at least.
 Now, at this great age, and after such a life, he proposes to go out of business and enjoy a life of leisure du- ring the. remainder of the time allot- ted him, but what can he reasonably expect? He has already lived nearly a score of years beyond the usually allotted span of life, and can hardly expect many more years at best. And 1t may be that the change of habit and thought and occupation-or want of occupation--may be fatal to him in a short while. When a man has travel led in certain rut continuously du- ring a long life, has centered his thoughts on one object and bent all his energies to the furtherance of one purpose, 1t is rare that a sudden and complete change of life does not result fatally in a short time. The very lack of an object Is generally the forerun- ner of mental or physical collapse.
 But suppose he should even live in the enjoyment of mental and physical health till he rounds out a century, what will he have gained? What great charity has he endowed, what great benefaction has he launched, what great useful work has he pro- noted? Has he used his wealth to make humanity happier or better? or has he not rather spread abroad les sons of se1fishness, of greed and of sordid avarice? He has given lessons  tional living, but even all these were 40 doubt praoticed because they would help him to carry out his schemes and keep him in better condition for money making. In other words, he has lived temperately in order that he might be better enabled to carry out his great financial designs and enterprises and live longer to add to his accumulated wealth.
 MT. Sage has been a rich man for many years. There has not been time within the past thirty or forty years that he might not have retired from business with a competency to make him easy and comfortable for the remainder of even very long life, If he could have gotten his consent to retire from all active business. At three-score years there was no occa- sion for him to strive to make money, so far as any good or practical use it could be to him. He might. if he had wished. began taking his rest and en- toying his wealth when there was be- fore him a reasonable prospect of many years of life. Now hls retirement, un- der the plea of resting, has very much the appearance of enforced cessation from the struggle of money making. We can see little in his career or its ending to benefit humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05

1t Is the only preparation in the world that contains every one of the fifty odd medicinal curative elements found in fresh cods' livers, and without one drop of useless oil, which characteriZes old fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions. It imparts in a natural manner strength and vigor to every organ of the body, aids digestion and makes rich, red blood.
 Vinol is not patent medicine, every thing is printed on the bottle; 1t con- tains iron, and in a highly concentrated form. all of the vitalizing properties contained in cod liver oil. It Is deli- cious, and the weakest stomach can re- tain it.
 We ask every run down. nervous, de- bilitated. aged or weak person in Mont gomery and every pefson suffering from stubborn colds. hapging-on coughs, bronchitis or incipient consumption to try Vinol on our guarantee. It costs nothing if 1t fails to give satisfaction E. c. Fowler, Druggist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
FELL 100 FEET.
Painter Probably Fatally Injured at
 Jacksonville.

Jacksonville, April 4.-(Special.)- Yesterday Barclay Muncher, a painter, fell from the water tower of a cotton mill here, a distance of 100 feet, and was badly, if not fatally, injured. He was suspended by a rope and narrow wooden platform on the outside of the tower when he lost his balance and fell. The superintendent of the mill had cautioned him to be careful awhile before the accident. Muncher lived in Chattanooga. He is said to be 19 years of age.
 The municipal election passed off quietly in Jacksonville although there was a vigorous contest both for Mayor and Councilmen. IT. l.. Stevenson was elected Mayor by eleven majority over S. R. Wilkerson, the present Mayor Both are good men and popular and the contest hinged on local issues rather than on the personal character ing gentlemen were elected Council men: George H. Rowan. J. D. Crow, John D. Hammond, James F. Crow. W. B. Arberry and A. l.. Stewart. Half of these gentlemen are of the old board and have been reelected As the same issues governed in this election as fin that for Mayor. it appears there has been an even break so far as Councilmen go. Inasmuch as under the charter of Jacksonville, the Mayor cannot vote in case of a tie in the Council. there is room for a deadlock now and then in Council proceedings, but the elected ones are good men and have the interest of the town at heart, and this fact it is hoped will work to prevent friction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
Cure for Fits on Trial

Here is the fairest offer ever made to sufferers with epilepsy or fits. Just deposit sI, ,5O with F. G. Fowler, druggist, and get a bottle of Elixir Kosine. If # does not help you and show that it's continued use will effect a complete and lasting cure get your money back.
 E. c. Fowler will take the FISK He Is wall known and reliable, and this offer he makes will be faithfully carried out Elixir Kosine will positively cure epileptic fits and ali similar nervous twitchings and spas naodic Affections no matter what the cause. If H does not, Mir. Fowler will refund the money IL is the only known cure for fits. and the only known remedy for this disease, and 1t costs vou nothing unless 1t cures Price sI. 50. Mall orders filled. The Kosine Co, Washington. D. C., or E. c. Fowler. 10 Dexter Ave. MontgomerN sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05

disasters chronicled in the newspapers criminal carelessness or negligence. If those whose duty 1t Is to provide against accidents fail or neglect that duty the law should do it for them. There ought to be @ remedy and 1t should be applied and enforced. else matters will go from bad to worse un- til the limit of human endurance and forbearance Is reached and worse things follow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
WEDNESDAY, APRIL s, 1905.
TWO DREAD DISEASES.

There are two special diseases for which prevention and cure have long been sought, apparently in vain, and for the cure of which all lovers of hu- manity earnestly pray. They are con- sumption and cancer. Man is subject to many and various diseases, and some of them are terrible in their fa- tality and discouraging because of the difficulty of curing them, but they are mostly diseases which speedily run their course and accomplish their end. They yield to treatment in some cases and, are fatal in others. but they do not finger.
 In most cases consumption is a slow and insidious ailment. It's seeds may lie dormant in the human system for years. It may be gradually obtaining a foothold in the hidden recesses of the body before the patient has knowledge of it, or is aware of its presence. Then it develops, sometimes rapidly, but off, ten 1t goes on for months, sapping the vitality, wearing away the strength and absorbing the forces until its rav- ages have passed beyond human aid. Then comes the long period of alter nation between hope and fears. the times when health seems returning, the relapse into or beyond the former condition. the final stage where hope is abandoned. then the end. A finger ing. living death ends in the grave.
 In some respects cancer Is even worse than consumption. It, also, works in the dark. It's seeds may turk in the system indefinitely, almost. It's roots are spreading. reaching out and fastening themselves on to the very life of the sufferer. Sometimes the knife will apparently remove it.. Some- times local applications will seem to kill it, but the roots are still there, and after time the plant again be- comes active and the end Is usually inevitable. It Is a horrible, excruciat- ing disease.
 For years and generations the -sci- entists and the medicos have sought and experimented in the effort to find @ cure for consumption. Much has been accomplished, both in prevention and relief, yet 1t is still classed among the fatal diseases. Almost daily we read of a sure cure for consump- tion." Continually we are being told of a newly discovered serum or some thing else that will rob the disease of its powers. That there have been ma terial advances made in the pathology . of the complaint is beyond doubt, and much more is promised for the future, yet the dread disease commits ravages in all countries and among all races. In spite of all that is done 1t counts its victims by the thousands and tens of thousands.
 From time to time we are assured that remedy for cancer has been found. Sometimes it is a new discov- cry from which great things are prom ised. Sometimes it is a revival of some long discarded theory which is brought forward with a great flourish of trumpets and an assurance that the disease has been conquered, but there is yet no sure cure for cancer. It still carries on Its dreadful work and adds its thousands to those who fall victims to human ills. A cure for con- sumption and cancer will be among the greatest boons humanity has received Will it ever be found?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
RUN DOWN AND NERVOUS.
vINOL COMPLETELY RESTORED
 MRS. BURNS HEALTH.
E. c. Fowler, Our Well Known Drur- gist, Agrees to Return Money
 if VinOI Fails.

Many people right here in Montgom- cry are all run down, hardly able to drag about, don't know what ails them This condition Is probably caused by a cold, or cough, which is hard to cure, overwork or too close confinement to business. Such people need Vinol," said Mir. E. G. Fowler, and the follow ing letter is only one of many which we are constantly receiving showing what Vinol will do.
 Mrs. W. T. Burns of Memphis, Tenn, who is national press correspondent of the W. R. C., writes: Last winter I caught a severe cold which it seemed impossible for me to get rid of. I be- came much run down, lost my appe- tite and flesh and felt nervous and ir- ritable.- Vinol was recommended, and 1t certainly worked wonders for me; it increased my appetite, cured my in- cough and nervousness, and I sleep soundly. I consider vinol a wonderful remedy
 Vfnol cures such conditions because
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05

Colonel T. G. Bush at Birmingham. These two were the first to be made by any of the machines of the new company and bore the Coosa brand. The pipe are different from the ordi- nary make of soil pipe in that both the hubs and spigots are strengthened by 8 change that is so slight as to be hardly noticeable. MT. Campbell is the designer of this pipe and it will be in great demand by the skilled Workmen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
SUNDAY SELLING.
Huntsville Merchants Plead Guilty and
 Are Fined,

Huntsville Merchants Plead Guilty and
 Are Fined.
 Huntsville, April 4.-(Special )-Half dozen or more merchants have ap- peared in the county court and plead guilty to charges of selling goods on Sunday as charged in indictments found by the last grand jury. Nom- inal fines were assessed against the offenders. The action of the grand ju- ry has closed every store tight except bakeries and drug stores, a condition that has been unknown here for many years.
 It is rumored here that the proper ties of the Huntsville Railway and Light and Power Company, which is by T. c. duPont and John H. Waters. of Wilmington, Del. will soon pass into the hands of a corpora tion that contemplates extensive im- provements No names can be ob- tained at this time but it is stated that a belt line through the most pop. ulous section of the city will be con- structed shortly after the change in ownership.
 The members of the Madison County Medical Society met yesterday and heard a highly interesting paper on rheumatism, prepared by pr. J. J. Horton. The society decided to pre- pare for the enlarging the city hospi- tai which is too small to meet require ments and appointed a committee of five doctors to look after the work.
 News has been received here of the death of Miss Sue Shook from an over dose af laudanum taken to ease a toothache. Miss Shook was visiting near Limrock, and had been suffering from toothache and had a bottle of laudanum with her. She did not arise for breakfast and later in the day when at attempt was made to arouse her she was in a dying condition. Miss Shook was a sister-in-law of James W. Roberts. editor of The Huntsville Republican and recently Republican nominee for Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05

When we remember the fine weather we have had here. and then read that the railroads in some parts of Colorado have been compelled to use snow blows within the last few days to clear the tracks so trains could run we can see the various kinds of clI- mate we have in the country. There was a heavy snow storm In Colorado last Saturday and Sunday that almost stopped traffic entirely. The South Is better than Colorado
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
How Much Further.

Selma Journal.
 Thoughtful people are beginning 10 be alarmed when they realize that this republic Is absolutely governed accord ing to the will of one man; thaiu mo constitutional limitation seems to have the power to check him or turn him from a purpose. Surely there is limit somewhere to the usurpation of all the functions of government by the execu- tive. How much further has the presi- dent to go before he reaches that linn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
CHURCH CONFERENCE.
Dexter Avenue Congregation Present
 Good Reports.

Good Reports.
 The first quarterly conference of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church was held at s o'clock last night in the stewards room of the church and was attended by the pastor, Rev W. M. Cox, and nine stewards.
 Rev. M. H. Holt, Presiding Elder of the Montgomery District, conducted the meeting.
 the church work were read and were in each instance most favorable to the future welfare of the church. The congregation was shown to be stead fly increasing ans in finances the church Is in an excellent condition.
 All the members of the conference were pleased with the showing made in the progress of the Dexter Avenue Church.