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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
HOrne Exuresn for NaiIa.

Commenting on the recent irregular ity in the arrival of trains carrying mails to this city a prominent old time Montgomerian remarked:
 Probably few residents of this city know that in 1887, at about the same time that Montgomery received her city charter. the Postofice Department at Washington established horse ex- press to expedite the transmission of letters and newspaper slips. This horse express reduced the time between New York city and Montgomery from eight days to five days. Stands where the horses were stationed were about ten or twelve miles apart and only the best riders were employed while the horses were the finest that could be bought for the purpose.
 Mail before this time had been car rled by stage and when the express was established the rates of hostage were quadrupled, a single enclosure costing one dollar for every 400 miles, with an equal rate up to four enclos- ures, after which the rate went up $4 an ounce.
 During the first year Col. Ward Tay- on the Mobile line at $50, 900 a year, but for the same route the following year fe received $22,0O0. Hobert Harwell was the first contractor on the route to Columbus, Ga. He received $19.000 from the Government for these ser vices, but Levi Shackelford secured the contract the next year at $11,000.
 "The receipts were far below the heavy expenses and the. horse express was discontinued after a trial of two years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Lurrert Tunnel in the World.

The simplon tunel has met with no end of obstacles during its course of construction. It will be twelve and one-half miles long when finished, the longest tunnel in the world. It's alti- tude above the sea level (2,310 feet)
 is much lower than that of any other Alpine tunnel, which accounts for it's great length. The ARlberg is six and one-half miles long and 4.300 feet above the sea level. Work was started in August. 1898, simultaneously from the Swiss and Italian sides. All the workmen 100000. are Italians, 4000 beginning work at Brigue. switsrland
 and 5000 at Iselle on the Italian side
 It was believed that the rocks were composed of vertical strata, but they proved to be horizontal on the Italian side. Great streams of water were met. which 1t required much energy to turn aside. After this dificuIty has been overcome the engineers came upon a bed of moving sand, which threaten ed to fill the shaft already drilled. The rock through which the tunnel is be- ing driven is mostly granite. Work progresses at the rate of twenty feet or more a day. The cost eventually 900. ''s''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
1NJuRING THEIR CAUSE.

The assassination of Grand Duke Sergius Is but another demonstration of the impossibility of preventing such crimes by guarding the victim or by taking any of the ordinary precautions. In the old times when there were no such things as explosives and when knives and spears and bows and ar rows were the offensive weapons used, 1t was possible to "so hedge about a King" or other prominent persons that murder could practically be prevented by watchful guards. True, there have been murders and assasinations from the day of Cain and Abel, but the kill ing of a man who was we'll guarded was not so easy in the old days.
 In this day of long-range guns and l high explosives no mans life is abso- l lutely safe, it matters not how we'll he may be guarded or closely he may be attended, and this is especially true when the victims death has been de- creed by his enemies, and when the man selected to carry the plot into exc cution is reckless of his own life. We read every day of the numerous guards attending the President and of the pains taken to protect him, but they | are almost useless. or would be in any emergency. No care of guards or de- tectives can save him from a long range rifle or from the bomb of an Anarchist. As to that, Lincoln, Gar field and Mckinley were killed at close range. but if any man wanted to risk | or lose his own life killing Roosevelt
 he could do 1t in spite of all the guards and detectives on earth. Every right
 minded citizen of this country will heartily join in the hope that no such tragedy will ever occur, but if 1t is | determined on there can be no preven- ting 1t if he goes in public.
 In a country like Russia safeguard | ing a public man is attempted with much more thoroughness than it is here, partly because of their habits of militarism and partly because of the prevailing conditions. The whole coun- | try Is a seething mass of unrest and disqulet. Russia is the home of an- archy and the worst type of socialism | Through centuries of injustice and op- pression the people have become not only bitter but reckless. They have arrived at a point where they care little for their own lives if they can put some of their hated rulers out of the way. When the death of an ene- my is deereed the one selected to carry out the decree will not hesitate to sacrifice his own life if he can suc- ceed in no other way. The orders of the society or other secret organlza-
 tions must be carried out without re-
 gard to other consequences than the
 death of the victim. The recent deaths
 of Won Plehve and sergius show how
 the most rigid precautions may fail to
 save a marked man.
 Every well wisher of the Russian
 people must join in regretting this
 latest occurrence. They will regret 1t,
 partly from detestation of the crime
 itsels, and partly for the bad effect
 such methods will have on their own | cause. If this Grand Duke had died
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
PHYSICIANS EVERYWHERE
KnOw the value of Pyramid Pile Gu,

Gratitude alone prompts me to testi- fy to the efficacy of Pyramid Pile Cure Last March l bought a dollar package at the drug store, which cured me of bleeding piles, and I was a sufferer from them for eight years; but I had not been troubled with them since, un- til last September, when I gave birth to a baby girl and after that l had a very severe case of protruding piles, which a trained nurse said was the worst case she ever saw and my doctor told me to get Pyramid Pile Cure again which did and was completely cured In three days. I have not had piles of any kind since and 1t Is all owing to this won derful remedy. My nurse took a box. which was glad to be able to give her. for know she will be able to help lots of suffering people whom I could never see or know.
 T recommend Pyramids wherever I know of any one suffering as did. It gives me great pleasure to be able to say am entirely cured, which my doc mid Pile Cure" FT0m a former great sufferer, Mrs. F. Ancott. 1906 Unity St.. Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa
 This remedy, which is sold by drug glsts' generally, in fifty cent and dollar packages, is in a suppository form, Is applied directly to the parts affected and performs it's work quietly and pain lessly. It's value Is evidenced by tho testimony given above and we urge all sufferers to buy package now and give 1t a trial tonight, Accept no sub stitutes and remember that there is no remedy "just as good" A little book on the Cause and Cure of Piles is published by the Pyramid Drug Co.,, Marshall Mich, and will be sent free to any address
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

a natural death. or if he had been killed in battle. or had lost his life in any other fair way. there would have been little regret. He was one of the most cruel and oppressive of ialI the Russian noblemen. Besides. he was one of the bitterest opponents of all measures looking to the betterment of the people. He was not only an enemy to the common people but was an ene- my to Russia and to humanity. He well knew that he was an object of detestation. As Governor of Moscow he had made himself generally hated. and knew that he was a marked man. His shutting himself in what he com sidered an almost bomb-proof fortress or grounds was evidence that he knew just how he was regarded, and that his life was not safe. The result shows that he was but little safer than he would have been on the street.
 But we repeat that the affair ts regrettable because of the retarding effect 1t will have on popular senti- ment, and popular sympathy. In this enlightened age no cause can be ad- vanced or strenthened by assassination. The weapons ofithe assassin will not forward the work of human freedom. The common people of Russia have ample cause, past and present, to hate their rulers, but they must adopt a better method of warfare than that of the coward and the assassin if they axuaat ala oooorra erarna1k rx. .,x,s...x.. thy from the outside world. There is now real sympathy for them and for their condition and they chill or strengthen that feeling by their own course. That course does not lie in bomb- throwing.
 The despatches tell us that the mems bers of the royal family are almost in condition of panic, and we may reasonably believe that most of the nos bility are in like condition. We'll they may be, for their lives are in constant danger. The riots and dis- turbances of recent days are but the outward indications of the seethingl raging furnace underneath. They are ebullitious from that furnace They have been, stayed for a time or exchanged for the more deadly wea- pon of the anarchist. But we shall not be surprised to read of demon- stration next Thursday, If there is a public fureral, which will go beyond anything that has yet taken place The internal fires of Russian discontent forbode an eruption at any moment and when 1t does come in a generaIl form It will be a fearful eataclysm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Misdemeanants in shsckIes on Public
 Streets.


 Chattanooga Times.
 The esteemed Montgomery Adver- tiSer. commenting upon the strictures laid by The Chattanooga Times on the policy of employing shackled city con- victs on the frequented business wrong to the convicts to force them out in such weather, but we can see no other reason for being disturbed about it. If a man is ashamed to be seen working as a convict, he should refrain from the commission of crime. As for the effect of such an exhibition on the boys, is it not really a pretty good object lesson for them2'
 There is no complaint that the con- victs were hurt by being exposed to the weather, the authorities took good care that there should be no ill-effeots on that score. but there is another strong reason for being disturbed" at which we hinted. and we confess to character as The Advertiser should not have accepted 1t. We admit that the ground we took was high and we ex- pected to meet The Advertiser stand Ing right there. It Is singular that our neighbor should overlook the fact that "city convicts" are only misde- meanants and not criminals, and are, therefore, entitled to be protected against that very public shame" to which it refers. To put 1t so that 1t A of Montgomery, for instance, comes to Chattanooga, gets with some bibulous companions, becomes noisy and is ar rested by a policeman charged with drunk and disorderly.' He may or may not have the price to escape shoveling snow on Market Street In the presence, possibly, of some pass ing acquaintance; but whether he does or not, his offense is no greater than that of the poor devil who hasn't the price and who does have to work be- cause he was drunk One purchases immunity from shame" while the other must suffer because of his pover- ty. In other words it's only the poor | mans privilege to shovel" snow in your city convict that can't be wiped | away with coin"
 And then, too. 1t cheapens the pun | ishment of crime to parade a misde- meanant in shackles. Our friends will admit that thief or a burglar, a for ger or a bigamist are not in the same class with a drunk" Being a dis parity in the offense there should be a difference in the punishment. Shackles | and public shame in this day and time should only be for heinous offenders. l Public stocks went by the board with the Puritan laws and happily, they will never be countenanced again. As to the effect on ladies and innO- cent boys and girls this parading of | the seamy side before the public gaze l has-of course, that is largely a mat | ter of taste; in our judgment the less profert we make of ugliness the less we may know Of its existence. And we know that lot of poor devils working in Irons and under the whip of a boss isn't either a beautiful or an elevating sight to men. women or ehiI, dren.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

The Brahmins clock divides the day into sixty hours of twenty-four minutes each. called ghurees. Occasionally a twenty-four minute sandglass is used, but more commonly a copper bowl with very small hole in the bottem of it., this bowl being placed on the surface of the water and gradually filled. If the hole in the bottom Is correctly sized, the bowl sinks in twenty-four minutes; this registers the duration of the ghuree. An attendant .thereupon empties the basin and strikes the hour of the day or night on the gong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
sidewalk PeneiIinaS
sarprising piscourteuies.

n T believe that so much is being said of the one incident of a Southern bis cult refused by New York woman ithat the gratefulness of some North ern people is lost sight of" said a ISontharner yesterday.
 E talked a day or two ago with a Wtsconsinalady who told of her having | received d plate of the good old South Tern biscuits. But she had enough mag
 nanimity to receive them and ate them
 with relish. I was conversing with a 1 lady with soul, one who can appre- ciate the spirit in which generosity is extended. Not so with the over-con-
 ceited New York neighbor of the South ern woman.
 New York Is full of narrow beings. while the discussion is in mind. The Southern biscuit affair is very similar
 to an episode which occurred over a year ago when the coal famine was on in the tenement district of New
 York city. Mayor Seth Low, I am sorry r The city of Birmingham subscribed I to donation of several cars of coal 1 to the poor of New York. Mayor Dren- | lert of Birmingham solicited the aid
 and wired Mayor Low for instructions as to the disposition of the coal which was already on board the cars in the Birmingham district. After a discour- | teous delay the Mayor of New York sent back the curt reply that the peo- pie of New York were not so poverty stricken but that they could help them selves. Besides continued the dis graceful telegram, we could not make use of the soft coal
 The idea is absurd, of course, that the poor of New York, driven to the last cent. would choose between bitu- minous and anthracite coal when with out one it was an alternative of death. But Mayor Low was one of a very few. The ingratitude of the city's head soon spread to the charity organizations and the coal was shipped to the metropolis where 1t was distributed to great Chris tan advantage.
 "A day or two later the Mayors act was condemned by the press of the city"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

@Do animals reason? asks the Montgomery Advertiser. Nav! Not in Che columns of The Advertiser" perpe- trates The virsinian-Pllot. Most cer- tainly not. Down In the swamps and slushes of Norfolk, where the bull frogs bull and the mosquitoes trill, where the ,whip-poor-will whips and sand-piper pipes. is the only city hay ing a newspaper where animals think they are reasoning. as they fan the air with long ears and emit discordant notes which they call language, We will not specify lest we create envy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Missouri Republicans persist in re- fusing to elect Senator and The Kan- sas City Journal is properly disgasted. It evidently foresees that the dead-lock will continue and that Missouri win have no Republican Senator after all. It intimates very decidedly that Nied- ringhaus should take sneak and get out of the way, but there are no symp- toms of such method of settlement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Will Not Accept.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The Idaho legislature has passed a vote of confidence in the honesty of Senator Warren, who Is indicted by the grand jury. Some how the grand juries will not accept those votes of con fidence as acduittals. The Senators ought not to get indicted. The Senate will soon be without a quorum at the present rate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
WouId no AnythinE.
nnthan siffinra.

DVtHdH DIL NIAIB1'
 The fellow out in Texas who wanted to plant boil weevils all over the coun- try had an idea how to reduce the crop, but such a plan could not have origI- mated in the mind of anything but an outlaw of the deepest dye. We would regret to be forced to live in a State with such man. He would pull up young corn, drown young kittens, or most anything like that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

It requires seven Railroad Commits sioners to keep the roads straight iii New York, and we havn't heard that they are making a marked success at anything but drawing good salaries. They do that with commendable in- dustry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Occasionally, when not otherwise engaged, we find ourselves wondering how George Fred Williams manages to keep the lid on so long. His pain full silence Is ominous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Go On the Stage.

DIT ETnIn BHAfn peW0. Johann Hoch might so on the stage when he gets his freedom. There is little doubt that man who won a few dozen wives with a smooth tongue would prove a drawing card for the
 matinee contingent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Double names for newspapers are not desirable. but Albany N. Y. has one calling itself the Press-Knickerbocker- Express. We hope that is the limit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
An Anrient Nrnrlre4

London possesses a curiosity in the Southwarkeel market. which is said to have been held regularly for over three hundred years. It Is little known ex- eept in. the neighborhood where 1t Is held.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

The Norfolk Landmark thinks our statement that George Ade is a million aire looks like an Ade fable" and wants us to explain. Explain what?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Not i'm That Town.
4NSN A4 AAAAA Tal1a HAOn nannwtAR

TaIIadega Reporter.
 A Pittsburg judge has decided that kissing ts not a crime."-Guess not. Our Talladega officials know their business. and the boys are still out of jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

A contemporary hopes Aguinaldo will stay lost. We'll, he doesn't seem to be more thoroughly lost than Fun ston is. Let them both stay lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Hon. Wilson L. Brown of Birmingham Is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

A wild-eyed contemporary tells us that Hearst came out ahead in the scrap with Sullivan. Yes. the last we heard of him he was a few laps ahead, and atill FanninE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Wbat State Papers
 lire Saying
Has More WiHen.
n Age-Herald.

BirmIngham Age-HeraId.
 Johann Hoch has no more wives than the Mormon apostles who are standing in with the Republican party in the Dingley and other rotten schemes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
There May Be.

Mobile Register. The directors of the Panama Rail- l road appear to receive very little more | compensation than an ordinary county
 commissioner. But there may be
 sidelineB.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Hon. Tom Watson has come out again. we are told but 1t must have happened on ground-hog day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

firmary. will be very encouraging to his host of friends in this city. The letter states that Mayor Carr is doing splen- didly and has had no fever since the operation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

E. & Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn says: . The foregoing statement of The Ad. vertisers daily circulation for the month or January. 1905. is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boyss news agents and leftover copies have been deoucted Fl. S. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser Company. gworn to and subscribed before me this a1th day of February, 1905.
 F. W, JACKSON,
 N. P. Ex-0. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Sixty HOuru in a Day.

Mr. A. M. Scott of Headland Is in the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Judge A J. Driver of Lafayette was in Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Mir. Ross Blackman of Anniston is ir Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21
Late-COmers at Theatres.

T wish it were possible" said a patron of the theatres, for our Mont gOmery playhouses to adopt a rule that no persons should be seated in the the- atres after the play had begun; that late-comers would have to walt In the Hobbies until the first act had been conn pleted.
 Tt seems to me that late arrivals at the theatres Is peculiar to Montgomery. l don't know that I have noticed 1t so much in other cities. The whole story few minutes of the first act and one loses the story almost completely when he must jump out of his seat to let the late-comers be seated. Again the noise of persons hurrying through the aisles drowns the voices of the players, no matter how perfect their enuncia- tion.
 custom unless the theatres would adopt the rule l have suggested"
 Alexander M. Garber of Talladega, and his nephew, MT. A. c. Garber of Demopolis. are among tRe visitors to Montgomery.
 Editor W. D. sowell of The Pine Belt News, published at Brewton, came in last night and will be in Montgomery today.
 Capt. Q. S. Adams. a prominent plant CT of MarengO County, is in Montgom- cry.
 
 Mir w. G. Coehrane. formerly Mayor of Tuscaloosa, is visiting Montgomery.
 MT. G. H. Shreve. a prominent citi- zen of Macon, Ga, is in the city
 letter received yesterday by MT . Dennis Carr from the bedside of his father, Mayor Thomas H. Carr, who was recently operated on in Chicago in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Mir. w. G. Coehrane. formerly Mayor of Tuscaloosa, is visiting Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

MT. G. H. Shreve. a prominent citi zen of Macon. Ga, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

A letter received yesterday by MT.
 Dennis Carr, from the bedside of his father, Mayor rhomas Fl, Carr, who was recently operated on in a Chicago in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Capt. Q. s. Adams. prominent plant CT of MarengO County, is in Montgom- cry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Editor W. D. Sowell of The Pine Belt News. published at Brewton, came in last night and will be in Montgomery today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-21

Alexander M. Garber of Talladega and his nephew, Mr. A. c. Garber of Demopolis, are among the visitors to Montgomery. N