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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
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A Hint to the south.

Editor The Adertiser:
 In reading an editorial in The Daily Boston Post, on the subject of rice, and the statement being made that the sup ply by far exceeded the demand, the question is asked, and pertinently, too. why has the price of rice steadily ad- vanced two and three cents on the pound in the last few years.
 In fact. three years ago. the best quality was bought for seven cents per pound. today, 1t retails at ten cents. Is this the reason for the overstocked The bulk of Northern people will have to be educated up to flee; as the above mentioned article states, 1t is us- ed by us in the North more in the shape of buildings, in combination with sugar food, so prevalent throughout the South.
 The food value of rice need not be gone into, for almost everyone knows has been demonstrated fully in the Far East. by the viri1ity and endurance of our Oriental rice eating neighbors There are great possibilities in rice The suggestion of putting it into can ned form for export trade. is excellent. As 1t can be used for foundations for so many soups and delicious Creole dishes in which rice forms such a necessary part.
 But there are other ways in which
 
 the Northern consumer, to whom can ned goods do not always appeal, and these ways are numerous. in fact, tn as many ways and perhaps more pala- products which are put before the pub fast Foods" [ Rice flour, cannot be bought at the present time. that, at least, is the expe- rience of the writer, who has tried at various times to buy 1t In Boston or other large Eastern cities. In combi- nation with wheat flour 1t makes a de. licious bread. and should prove an ex- cellent selling feature in all large Nor thern bakeries.
 It can be put up in Self raising Pan- cake" form. Having tested the so-call- ed "Puffed rice" demonstrated and sold by a well known baking firm in Bos- believes), by a Western cereal food supply company. 1t would not take long to introduce 1t to an appreciative pub lie. as an already cooked breakfast ce- real"--Judging from its selling quali- ties at said demonstrations, where 1t is sold in plain form, and in candy spec ialties.
 tn the same principle as wheat Is used. could 1t not be utilized Tn mak- ing maccaroni or spaghetti? Rice starch should be as good if not better than corn starch for puddings. thick. enings for soup, gravies etc., and could not the refuse or washings be convert ed into superior laundry starch?
 Now, that the suggestion and the subject originated here In the North, will not the South wake up to the fact that they have the remedy of an over stocked rice market in their own hands.
 Northern capital and brains are al- ways ready for such enterprises and on the lookout for them. Let the South take the hint and act upon 1t.
 Cv.H. Norwall, Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

So Governor Vardaman is to oppose John Sharp Williams for the United States Senatorship in Alabama. This Pilot.
 Now, see here: you want to take put an insurance policy for the largest amount they'll trust you for, or crawl under your Natural Bridge, or some other safe place. We've put up with your iings at our noble Coosa; we've passed by your boasts of poets and pther products, and we've even borne Vouf assumacy about angels and rab- shall shunt vardaman of on Alabama. Not that he hasn't some good quail ties. but we don't need him and won't have him. p'xa minA khA&SnaSx3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Speaking of the prevalence o

Speaking of the prevalence of graft" in the land The Chattanooga Times thinks there are enough people not affected with the graft nialady to cure the disease if they would. but un- fortunately they have not yet learned how to go about it. In a great meas ure that is true. but it Is also true that there are so many who are not i'm mediately affected by the work of the grafters that they feel little interest in the matter. As long as their own pockets or interests are not directly touched they are indifferent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Railroad Pass Question.

Anniston Hot Blast.
 The practice yields nothing but scan dal and always invests everything the railroads seek to have done or not done by legislatures with suspicion -gener- ally unjustified except because of the free pass. There may be occasions when public officials may reasonably accept transportation from railroads. but they are rare. Certainly there is no moral or civil right that justifies a member of the legislature. for mulct- ing the State for "mileaRe" and then travelling free as guests" of the rail- road
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
CompuIsorx Education.
ichmond TImes-Dispatch,


 The parent is not under obligation to start his children in life with a for tune, but he is under obligation from every point of view to give them, as fas as he may be able, the means of fit ting themselves for the duties of ma ture life. and there is no such means comparable to that of good education. When the Governmen ent gives to the children the opportunity of acquiring such an education. surely the parent has no right to deprive his children of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

awful, but in the air it would be in-
 fnitely worse. A disabled air-ship
 would so tumbling to earth with Is freight of wounded or unhurt. A wounded man would go down thou sands of feet to certain death. Every feature of such a battle would be full of horror and we may we'll imagine that the experience or even the con- temptation of that mode of warfare might be so distasteful that civilized men would refuse to engage in war. In some such ways as we have outlined it might be that successful afr machines would put an end to fighting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

What is going to become of the senate?" disgustedly inquiries The Indianapolis Star, mad because that body refused to be dominated by Roosevelt. Well. if it had done noth- ing else but expose the Presidents con- structive recess fake, and block the mileage grab of the House 1t would be entitled to the thanks of the coun- try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Good Advice.
Mobile Item.

Let all the surplus fruits and vege- tables of this section be canned, if not at the homes of the people let 1t be done by combinations of families or by small canning factories established throughout the State. There are mill lions fin this proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
The Laws of Ranking.

BIThlln nam NeWB,
 An Oberlin. O., speaker declares mat a man may live 150 years If he ob- serves the laws of health He appar- entity might do we'll also to observe the laws of banking If he lives in Oberlin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

well known men of Elba, are in the city.
 Sheriff John Conner. of Macon Coun- ty. is in Montgomery.
 Mir. L. W. Young of Birmingham is in the city.
 MT. A. J. Sullivan of Birmingham is in Montgomery.
 MT. P. B. Jarman. of Livingston, is in the city.
 MT. Scott Roberts, of Opelika, Is in Montgomery.
 MT. W. K. Kenan Of Geneva Is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
wIfe Arree yyIth This View.

News.
 Buffalo Bill feels now that he should have avoided domestic life and confined himself solely to such safe and gentle pursuits as fighting redskins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
One Advantage.
Montgomery

Bryan and Watson have taken to Journalism with the Idea that in 1t they will find outlet for their thoughts. This has the advantage that the pub lie need not read if 1t does not care to. and can stop and leave the hall when 1t gets ready.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
His Fool Friends.

Blrmingham Ledger.
 Fool friends of MT. Roosevelt per- suaded him 1t would be dangerous for him to go to church. If MT. Roosevelt begins that Czar of Russia business he Is less wise than the people think
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Wbat State Papers lire $ayina
Feel Comfortable .

A Republican Federal Judge acquit- ted by a Republican Senate should cause no surprise. Senators Shoot and Mitchell doubtless feel very comforta-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
WIth nnen Arna.
Indlananolis News

Indianapolis News (Ind.)
 And while MT cortelyou is in Eu- rope, no doubt the czar will be grateful for q few tips as to how bring stren- uous campaign to triumphant issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Mighty Handy.
Dothan Siftinrs.

It is mighty handy to be worth a whole lot of votes to the Republican party, for the more votes a man is worth to the party, the bigger salary he will get from the job that awaits him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
MT. Ham in sIon,xomer,

Ham, the shoe man Is in Mont gomery.
 This is to say that Mir. Charles Ham, of Boston, Mass, one of the most suc- cessful retail dealers in shoes of the United States is here looking over his local interests and receiving the greet ings of his numerous Montgomery friends.
 Although Mir. Ham appears a well groomed. youthful business man, he confesses to thirty years in the shoe Is the history of a successful life.
 He operates large retail stores in Montgomery and Birmingham and he has just came from Mobile where he has been spending a few days with friends
 There is a great future for Ala bama." said Mir. Ham yesterday. This State Is attracting as much attention as any State of the Union. l visit Montgomery two or three times each year. and 1t gives me pleasure to note its steady advancement"
 Mir. Ham is a native of Mobile. For many years he lived in Montgomery, coming here from Mobile. He resided here until he found 1t advantageous to locate in Boston, the centre of the shoe manufacturing section of the country
 He will be in Montgomery today.
 Mayor Thomas H. Carr, who has been for the past few weeks in a sanitarium In Chicago undergoing treatment for d malady that has threatened his health during the last few months Is expected to arrive in Montgomery this morning or tonight; News received by his family and friends yesterday stated that the Mayor in company with his daughter. Miss Agnes Carr, left Chica- go yesterday.
 MT. w. G. sutlin, of The Savannah (Ga.) Press stopped over in Montgom- cry yesterday. He was returning home from New Orleans, where he enjoyed the Mardi Gras festivities. He left via the Central Railroad at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Rev. J. A. Rice, D. D., pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church has &C., cepted an invitation to deliver the com mencement sermon at the State Uni- versity, Tuscaloosa. on May 2S. Mesars B. s. Hall and G. H. Wise,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Test is Upou the Farmer.

Did you know that the New Orleans convention movement for better cotton prices Is being watched all over the continent eagerly?" asked farmer yesterday.
 All eyes are being turned to the two great tests of the campaign which are now right upon the growers.
 These are the reduction of acreage and retirement of two million bales of last years crop from the market. The curtailment test is imminent because the planting season Is now on and will be on for a few weeks yet. The pool test is upon the leaders as on Friday in New Orleans the Southern Holding and Commission Company, under the man. agement of W. P. Brown, will hold the long talked of meeting. The pool, it Is believed, will start right away. It has not been started earlier because 1t was wisely deemed better to wait until the planting season is well under way. Why? Because 1t is not reasonable to expect the majority of the planters to cut down acreage when prices jump high.
 The effectua1 retirement of two mill lion bales will certainly shoot the price up considerably. There is some leakage of distressed cotton on account of the delay in the pooling game, but 1t has been a wise move after all to postpone the plan.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
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Condition of the Fountain.

"Tell me- asked @ progressive citi- zen of Montgomery as he stood on Court Square yesterday afternoon and looked about him, ''why doesn't the CityCouncil have that fountain painted? It is disgrace and a shame to let that old dilapidated looking structure oc- cupy the principal point of interest and vantage in the eyes of Montgomerians and those who visit us and I, hold some one responsible for its condition.
 "A plan was suggested, you remem- the fountain and build handsome off, flee building of twelve stories. This plan was rejected, you will also recall, and several of our aldermen who have no unusual traces of sentiment in the lines that go to make up their smiling countenances stood on the floor of the City Council and denounced such a proposition as shameful and sacrilegi- ous. Tear down our beautiful foun- tain which recalls the earliest memo ries of our childhood they shouted in voices full of emotion and sentiment: No, a thousand times no. We love 1t and the children love 1t and one of the most historic landmarks of this beautiful city would be destroyed if we allowed the cruel and remorseless spirit of commercial progress to deface the beauty of Montgomery.
 That's how they talked. What has become or tnlS ODJeCt OI tn0lg eNorlabt- ing love? Have they taken any care of 1t? No; suppose they are too busy thinking up some sentimental flow of oratory for use in another emergency like that of the fountain.
 T think that if the city of Mont gomery can't afford to buy some paint and have the old fountain made to look decent. we might as well quit buying rydrants that are too short to conform to city ordinances and stop kicking obout some other things
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
JANUARY, 1905.

E. c. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn anys: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vsrtiser's daily circulation for the month of January, 1905, is true and correct ana complied after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted B. 8. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager.
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N. P. Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
A CAPIrAL mEA.

rho Montgomery Advertiser, the capital nsWDpaper of Alabama's capital city, pre- ssnts It's sworn detailed statement of Janu- ary circulation. And judging from tns amount of advertising in its columns. 1t CIT ouiatss mostly among those who nave cap etal to spend.
 The Advertiser is clean. high grade, progressive newspaper, and iy delivered m more Alabama homes every day than any other paper in the State.
 LOOK AT TTl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

Good Work at a Fair Price,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

Rev. J. A. Rice, D. D., pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church has &C., cepted an invitation to deliver the com mencement sermon at the State Uni versity, Tuscaloosa. on May 2S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

Messrs B s. Hall and G. H. Wise,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10

well known men of Elba, are in the cfty.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
Sweaters for Dogs

Dog sweaters are the latest thing" In canine clothes, says the Phlladel- phia Press. They are not the old fash toned blankets made In the many diff ferent styles of the past dozen years, but knit sweaters made with as much care, apparently as those the athletic girl wears while skating.
 But these sweaters are Just now in- tended for the dog that goes riding with his mistress in an automobile For this purpose the aforesaid mis- tress discovered that the blanket, no matter how tightly It fitted dear Fido," was not sufficient to keep him warm In the cold air that whzzes past the occupants of an automobile as they dash along. So she had the sweater knit for him. and the question of how the dog was to be kept warm was solved.
 Only few of the new kind of dog clothes have been made as yet, but, as one fair automobilist expressed 1t, "the fashion is growing"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
RufhIesn Time.

 Time hath my lord. a wallet at his back Wherein he puts aims for oblivion. great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which
 are deyour'd As fast as they are made. forgot as soon As they are done; perseverance, dear my
 lord. Keeps honor bright; to have done is to
 hang Quite out of fashion. like rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take tn in-
 stant way; For honor travels in a straight so mar
 row, Where one but goes abreast; keep. then,
 the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue; if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forth
 right, Like to an enter'd tide. they all rush by And leave you hindmost; Or like gallant horse fallen in first
 rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject
 rear. Der run and trampled on. William Shakespeare.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
Thirty Years Ago.

News of the death of Tsai Shun, Emperor of China, reached London.
 The constitutional commission of Maine turned down a woman's suf- frage plank.
 Day and night were spent in the national House of Representatives in repeated roll calls in an effort to take action on the civil rights bill.
 A lockout in the coal mines of South Wales threw 10000 men out of work.
 An attempt to capture the James brothers at their home in Kearney, Mo-, resulted in the killing of their young brother and the maiming of their mother, Mrs. Samuels, by a bomb.
 The court declared his evidence ad- missible, and Theodore Triton told from the witness stand in New York his charges against Henry Ward Beecher.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
With hIs sturdy loYe of the home

With his sturdy love of the home and his abhorrence for the increasing looseness of the marriage bond Presi- dent Roosevelt may have unwittingly given strength to the growing impress sion that the American race Is threat ened with suicidal impulse. In his address before a committee of church. men the president spoke on the dimin- ishlng birth rate among the old native American families as one of the most unpleasant and dangerous features of the times. In spite of the decline of the large family the danger of race
 suicide may be easily exaggerated. It
 Is true that the last census returns show conclusiyely that the native American stock is decreasing In the New England States. In New Hamp
 shire the excess of deaths over births among the white population whose par ents were native born was 10.4 for every thousand inhabitants; In the New England group the percentage was 15. New York showed slight increase among the native Americans and combining New York with the New England States the rate of In crease among the native stock was but one-tenth what 1t was among the in- habitants of foreign percentage. But this tendency towards the elimination of the "old American families Is con fined to the northeastern States men | toned In the Western States and In the country at large there Is no partic- ular cause for anxiety over the future of the native American race. While 1t does not propagate at so rapid rate as the population of foreign born par
 entage yet 1t increases fully as fast as the changed economic conditions probably justify. In the country at large the rate of increase from births is greater than in any European na- ton. While the number of births per l thousand Is not quite so large as In Germany. Austria or Hungary. yet the number of deaths Is smaller, so that the proportion between the two gives America a higher rate of in- crease. The excess of births over deaths In this country is 17.I per thou sand of population. In Germany It is IA, in Austria IT., in England II. in Ireland 53. in France 0.S. If the native race Is dying out of some sec tions it Is natures way of saying that she has found a race more worthy to survive. In these matters nature has I her own way, and Is usually right. She sheds no tears over the annihilation If supposed pure breeds. If the "old American families are disappearing from the East they are lacking in the virility and elemental qualities without which a supertine culture cannot en- dure through many generations.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20

Are we eating too good and too ex- citing food? That is the latest propo- sition with well-known English clergy men, who see In the menus of the day the secret of much immortality. It is but another phase of this new age of luxury and decay, the feasting of our modern Lucullus and Callgula. But what shall we do about It? How re- turn to the simple joint and rice pud- ding state of life? For years refine ment has been preaching the need of more delicate and toothsome dishes, with better cooks, and now, To! when we have 'em we are brought up with round turn by the knowledge that good eating Is bad for the worlds mor- als. Salvation lies In dismlssing the chef. Eat only of those things that disagree with you. that inspire indi- gestion and unpleasant thoughts.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
MATCHING THE llNNETS.
Odd Pastime and Business in the
 Sums of London.

Odd Pastime and Business in the
 Sums of London.
 In the little, swarming streets off Whitechapel road, down through Shoreditch and Bethnal Green, linnet singing Is the pastime of thousands and the business of scores of men who will bet themselves to standstill over the sweet voiced rivalries of two wee brown birds caged on the wall of some public house whose reputation makes respecta bility timorous of intrusion.
 The hard faced least ender." whose chief joy Is a bloody limited round go" in the prize ring of resort In Whitechapel, may be seen next night In the back room of another pub" sitting In breathless silence and behind locked doors, with a hundred of his kind, while his linnet sings a match for pleasant song" and stake of 10 shillings side.
 When the referee says "Now.' the watch is started, but this does not mean that the birds are yet engaged in any rivalry. They sit on their little perches in silence, and the crowd sits In silence watching them. Presently one of the rivals pipes up his opening lay. This Is called the Head off" The first note of song Is called the "chuckle." Perhaps the bird which makes the Head off' may stop wlIn this "chuckle" and not finish his song. The stimulus is enough to start the other bird, however, and he in turn makes his "chuckle" aud then without | break performs the whole of his repertoire of ten pleasant songs."
 The sulky bird Is frenzied at this superiority and to make up for lost time sings as If its heart would break. Both scorers are busy now "chalking the scores" as fast as their pencils can fly. To the untrained ear the torrent of piping notes Is hopelessly inter- mingled, and even when one bird Is singing alone 1t Is impossible to tell where one song ends and another be gins.
 This sweet piping absorbs the atten- ton of the audience, while just be- yond the closed door a horde of bloat- ed men and slatternly women are drinking themselves more sodden, with blasphemous and vulgar merriment.
 The birds are all of purity and senti- ment and sweetness than can be found in this east end pub" and they sing as gladly as if green fields were their snyironment.-Outin
Alaska sentinel., 1905-04-20
One Hundred Years Aao.

French troops were ordered Into the Neapolitan provinces.
 The French fleet in the West Indies captured Nevis, the town of Basse- terre, in St. Kits.
 England ordered that vessels carry ing corn should be allowed In the ports of Spain, provided they carried no guns.
 The court of Lisbon declared itself an ally of Spain and not of England.
 The French fleet sailed from Tou- lon, with 5000 troops, to occupy the ports of Sicily and Naples.