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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
A NEW EXPERIMENT.

The Indianapolis Star gives an &C., count, of an interesting experiment In that city undertaken as a substitute for strikes. The Union Electrical workers of the city found themselves unable to agree with their employers and determined to quit work, but in- stead of ordering a general strike, with the usual scenes of disorder. vio- fence and lawlessness, they decided to form a cooperative company of their own, take their own contracts and do their own work. Their former employ CTS got new men and those who quit work are going out after and making contracts for themselves. It was all done without any disturbance or Ill feeling, so far as learned, and the new departure will be watched with CTS. As The Star says, "the experience will be valuable to the men. They will learn what 1t means to solicit and obtain contracts for work and carry them out with sufficient economy and efficiency to earn a profit. They will learn what 1t means to buy materials with good judgment, and they will learn many other things about the con- duct of a business, things they have hitherto regarded as unimportant. It is to be hoped that they will succeed in their enterprise-succeed to such an extent that this method of retaliation will prove much more popular in the Iok han by the Chicago teamsters."
 If the experiment is not valuable to the men in a financial way it will be of value in another. It will enable them to fully understand the many difficulties under which contractors and employers labor. and they will also learn the necessity of good and faith full work and of promptness and re- liability in the fulfllment of their ob- legations. And they may make the ex- pertinent profitable if they pursue the right plan. Other associations on the cooperative plan have succeeded and this may succeed. The skilled men among them know the exact value of time, they know what 1t is worth to do certain work, and they also know. or will soon learn the value of a reputa- tion in their line of business. They will also learn that they must not ex- pect to succeed through the sym pathy of the public but by their own course and on their own merits. As The Star says. their course Is much hetter than the ChicaPo way and if Is to be hoped that they will succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
FRANCES VAST ART TREASURES.
They are Estimated at S1.2OO,0O
 900 and are Being InventOried.
Iah1a I'd Na1v Vork Cnn

London Cable to New York Sun.
 The French projects have received in- structions to make inventories of the art treasures of all the prefectures. The exact value of these is unknown, but it Is immense. and has been computed at $400. 100000, reckoning only the reli- quarles, pictures, tapestries and things of like kind.
 If the statues, altars stained glass windows, each are included. it $ esti- mated that the figure wSjll reach $1.200, 1000, 900 The trustees in one small church in the de- view at the exposition of 1900, drew an offer of $6,200.000 from a syndicate
 At Beauv the tapestries in one room in the Bishops Palace Is worth $60, ,000. The Rheims Cathedral has one reliqua- ry worth $10.000. The present Duke of Norfolk's father offered $500, 900 for the chasuble and stole of Beckett which are preserved in Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
FLEECING THE RRIToN.

As a specimen of the queerness of our queer laws and regulations The New Bedford Standard cites the expe- rience of one Henry Simpson, an En- glishman. who recently landed in Bos- ton. accompanied by his niece, on sightseeing expedition. On landing the head tax" of two dollars each was paid by the steamship company. as this seems to be a necessary for mality. In the course of his travels he crossed over into Canada, returning by way of Niagara Falls. Where he was held up again and made to pay another S2 head tax before he was al- lowed to set foot In the United States.
 Well. he paid tho tax. after a wig orous English protest. and then went to Washington to see the Commits sioner of Immigration and get his two or four dollars back Did he get it7 Well. not hardly. unless it was in the neck. The Commissioner informed him that under the wording of the law if he should cross over into Canada every morning and return in the evening he would have to pay that S2 every time. The whole thing seems ridiculously ab- surd. but 1t Is fair specimen of our immigration regulations. and when this English visitor gets back to his home he will endeavor to stir up the foreign office, but we predict that he will get no redress.
 We agree with The Standard that the regulation does not appear to be very business-like for a shrewd peo- pie. Even if visitor from a foPeign shore be regarded as nothing more than person sent nere for the pur- pose of adding to our wealth. 1t Is not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Says One of the | Lead' ing Physicians of
 America.

Thousands have liver trouble who do not know 1t. Many sudden deaths are to advance and become chronic.
 If your liver Is healthy you will not have the following disorders; Palpi- of flesh, indigestion, headache, sour stomach, foul breath, coated tongue. pain in the chest, tired and sleepless, nervousness, weakness.
 Your health depends on the condi- tion of your liver.
 Long Life Liver and Kidney Cure is a positive cure for all liver diseases, Every bottle sold on guarantee.
 For sale. by E. c. Spann- druggist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
sidewaIk PeneiIing$
!. Globe-Trotting BootbIack.

T will shine the shoes of Governor JeIks tomorrow morning If he will let
 Thus, spoke Albert Racik. a fiftee2 year old lad of San Francisco. who appeared in Montgomery. yesterday travel-stained but full of bouyancy. would be sydste glad to have have him polish the coverings of his pedal extremities as ne said he had performed this service fnsh Tor President Preside Roosevelt $ secretary oais the Governor of many States and the Mayors of many cities. Moreover, the globe-trottfng bootblack declares tnat nativs lsnd he s or soon to sa for Eng land where he will kneel at the feet of King Edward and give him and American shoeshine.
 country as the Frisco Kid" is an uncommonly bright youngster of the city gamin type. He left his home m the California metropolis April 4, lso4, with fifteen cents in his pocket. Since that time he has journeyed all over the United States shining the shoes Of common people for his living expenses ana performing ake aset,nn serxlce TOT brings in him.
 He says he spent some time at the St. Louis exposition after which ne ton and other great cities. He has re: gently come from New Orleans and Pensacola. Tn the former city. few weeks ago. he celebrated his fifteenth birthday.
 The box which Racik uses is curi- osity. It Is covered with coins from all countries of the globe and with medallions and souvenirs of every im- portant event in the cities where the boy has visited.
 The Frisco Kid" is bold in his self reliance. His attitude toward news. paper men was that of the press agent and he wanted it understood that the public was waiting to hear from him. 'T wants to put my lamps on de he said. Den will trot up to de big house of Alabama. an do turn for de boss man eff he lets me. Soon's mingham. Oats a good town"
 If Acting Mayor Mcintyre doesn't keep a sharp lookout his shoes will be shined this morning by the Frisco Kid" before he knows the operation has begun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Massachusetts is going to make a determined effort to extermfnate the gypsy moth and the Governor has ap- pointed Republican to superintend the job. The salary Is $5,O0O a year and some think it is a good example of non- partisan patronage, but The New Bedford Standard is not so sure about it. It intimates that if there was any prospect of success the Gov ernor would have appointed a Demo- crat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
APRIL. 1905.

E. & Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- ttser's circulation for the month of April. 1g05 is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted
 E. s. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of May. 1905.
 F. w. JACKSON, fSeal1 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Mrs. Frank Futile. of one of the the noted woman's Clubs, sneeringly dismisses MT. Cleveland with the re- mark that me belongs to the old regime" She could hardly have paid him higher compliment, though she evidently did not intend it. The old regime was largely made up of manly men and womanly women, and to be a member of it is an honor to either sex.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
How To Do It.
Gadsden I

Gadsden JOurnaL
 The next time John D. wants to dis pose of a hundred thousand or so he will first send it to the laundry to make 1t acceptable to the overesthetie By doing this and putting on new cost mark he hopes to be able to fool some worthy institution into a willingness to carry it aWaYs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
CetterS tO tDe Gdftcr
SaIoona in Wenf Enh-

Editor The Advertiser:
 In your issue of today was an art icle signed West End" which con tained the statement that the bar rooms at West End sell whiskey on Sunday. In regard to myself, I wish to say the charge is incorrect. My bar Is closed on Saturday night and is never again opened for the sale of whiskey until Monday
 H. R. Burkhardt. Montgomery, May IT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
WIII Cut oR DrInka.

Mobile Register.
 St Louis threatens to cut off free, drinks from policemen. Thus one by one arrognant municipalities and cor porations restrict the liberties of un- fortunate officeholders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Wbat State Papers
 Hre Saying
Argues Good Farmers.

Birmingham Ledger
 A Georgia County asked that court be not held this spring as the farmers were too busy to attend. When far court, 1t argues good farmers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

That man Hoch is what may prop erly be called a sooner. While one of his wives lay on her death-bed. and he and her sister were waiting her demise. they improved the. time by arranging for their own wedding, which occurred week after the oth- CTS death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Are Paid Salaries.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Football reverenced In the wild and woolly west, and football players of prominence are paid salaries by tailors for the privilege of clothing them. They thus become walking advertisements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

When a contemporary tells, us that i've are going to have the hoopskirt in our midst" 1t gives us a sort of uneasy feeling in the region of the diaphragm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

The New York Dispatch replies to m imaginary querist: No. Willie. the woman will not fall out of the auto when she whirls around heels over head" Is the woman or the auto going to do that whirling stunt7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

If Russia and Japan are in the hu- nor for arbitration. Roosevelt might take his big stick and wade in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

The brand of order which once reigned in Warsaw has been trans formed to our dependency in the Phil ippines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

If Admiral Roj. has to go, he will have to go, but it is evident that he doesn't want Togo,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Some weeks ago 1t was stated that John D. Rockefeller had offered one million dollars for a healthy stomach. Did he get it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

We are not hearing much said of late about the peaceful conditions in the Philippines. but we do read of the fighting over there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Can Make Fame.
Mobile It

Mobile Item.
 Some fellow in Beaumont, Texas. writes in defense of Hyde of the Equitable. He has an excellent op- portunity to make fame as a writer of fiction, if only he will embrace 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
NEARLY I7.eoe SUNDAY:

It will be observed by comparison with the statement of previous months, that the circulation of The Advertiser is making very substantial gains day by day. The suhosy circulation is now nearly 170o0. ana the Daily circulation is in excess of 12,S00.
 WATCH IT GROWi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
A WONDERFUL METAL.

A correspondent of The sheffield (Eng.) Independent tells of new tool steel which in some respects is real ly remarkable. . From his explanations and descriptions we condense the fol- lowing interesting details:
 The material in question Is a water hardening tool steel, capable of main taining a keen cutting edge longer than anything of the kind hitherto produced. Some pocke9 knives were shown to me, the blades of which were ere. they differed in no way from the ordi- nary, and was ,old that they had been made by local cutler Their pe- ty of the steel employed The blades were whetted up to carry a razor edge. which was tested by shaving the experiment. A large piece of red wood was then brought in. and an unmerciful slashing was entered upon were encountered in the course of the experiment, and everything that could be thought of to test the durability of the blade was. done. Had the blade would have brought it to the sem blance of a saw. But on re-testing at att the outset of the experiment. and would have served for the process of shaving.
 The Steel to all appearances is in it. self paradox. Notwithstanding the fact that it is hard enough to cut glass, 1t will bend easily. The blade was laid over the edge of an office table, and when hammered with a steel bar, it was bent to an angle of sixty degrees. without breaking. After this. the blade was broken in half, and was shown that the steel would cut glass with the greatest ease. Every user of steel knows quite we'll that glass hardness in steel in this quality has been quite avoided in the case of this new tool steel
 Other tests show the remarkable qualities of this new metal. or new process. Files made of 1t nave been fairly tested and found to last four times as long as those made from any other metal and other severe tests show equally good results This steel, the writer states. will be particularly used for manufacturing razors, cir cular saws and pocket cutlery, and other tools where 1t is essential to maintain the keenest cutting edge for the metal will be put on the market about the 1st of July and the price will probably not exceed six pence per pound. If all that is claimed for it is true, 1t will be in great demand. we should say. beyond a doubt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Dr. W. c. Wheeler. Grand Master; MT. D. W. Tafts of Huntsville. who attended the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias, left last nignt for their home. They were the guests or MT . and Mrs. D. W. HDrlburt, No. Clay ton Park, while here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

MT. L.. P. Jordan of Suffolk, Va. is in Montgomery on a business trip, He has friends here wnom he had not seen in several years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Hon. W. F. Glover, of Butler, who has been in Montgomery in attendance the Knights of Pythias. has returned to his home,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

Hon. Thomas J. Hall, one Of Mont gomery's representatives in the lower House of the Legislature, who has been very i'll, in, a Mobile sanitari1mI IirtaI1 for Tor six weeks has almost completey re Soveeeo Some' MT. riS Half 1'M Was down town yes terday and his friends gave gyh. him an an ovation wherever he went. WhlIe ne is still weak he looks better. than his friends expected He said he would go to North Carolina within a few days to recuperate from his long spell of illness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
The Exnected Naval Battle.

MT. c. M. Luttrell, of Brewton. re turned to his home from Montgomer last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

A correspondent of The Sheffield (Eng.) Independent tells of new tool steel which in some respects is real ly remarkable. z. From his explanations and descriptions we condense the fol- lowing interesting details:
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
CAIRO LODGE HONORED
Psrthenia Rebekah Lodge viii Send
neeree Team to Exemplify Work
At Interstate Meeting.

me committee in charge of the l.
70. o. F. Interstate association meet
Ing al Marion on the gath of this
mon.n mas honored the caro- lodges
by selecting the degree stan from The
Parthenia Rebekah lodge. No. 229. OF
this ely. to exemplify the Rebekah
work at the meeting which will be at.
tended by hundreds of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs from Illinois and sever.
al surrounding states.
A large number of STATS from var
ious lodges made application for this
honor, but owing 10 the excellent work
the Cairo stan did at the meeting OF
the Grand Lodge of Illinois at Spring.
field. ILL.,. and the work at Murphys-
boro, East ST. Louis and Mound City,
tie Cairo Parthenia team was selected,
in preference to the other competitors,
despite the fact that several of the
teams were nearer Marion and the
expenses would have therefore been
less to the association.
Mrs. Aledanlee Weldon, captain of
the team and Staff Electrician Charles
Arter, viii 60 TO Marion on the oath to
make arrangements for the work.
Several hundred OF the members
cf the Cairo lodges will be present at
the Interstate meeting. leaving here az
$3.50 IN the morning and returning on
a special train at midnight
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
CUPID 4 is DEFEATED
Two Love Sick Couples EIope Ia
Vain TO Cairo
CANE ALL THE way HERE ONLY
TO FIND THAT THEY WE'RE
Nor OLD ENOUGH.

After clipping from their homes in
some small town in Tennessee and
coming ALI, the way TO Cairo TO be
married, A. L. Wright ana Miss Daisy
VIM and Jim Copeland and Miss
Caia Clark. dlssoyerea early yesterday
morning when they arrived here, chat
they were too young according to the
laws OF this state to launch them.
seiTes on the rnatrimona al sea.
The two young swains arrived here
early Sunday morning With their
blushing brides. to be. The Youths
stated to Officer gam Wessinker that
they had come to Cairo to be married.
Their appearances we're not Id their
favor and when questioned, confessed
that not q 4one Ia the whole buncl,
was OF age
The disappointed couples spent the
remainder 5f the night in Uncle Joe's
Hotel paflors and returned home yes.
terday afternoon. They said that thew
would walt intil they were old enough
and Just the very day that they ba.7ss
60 the limit were coming back to
Cairo and be married.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
REVIEW OF MOVEMENTS
ofvesseIs Having cstr, as a Terminal
Shown in Monthly Report-Feb-
ruary a Bad Month.

The grand total of shipping arrivals
at tine port of Cairo, Ill.,, during the
month of February. as shown by the
report of the department Of commerce
and labor. published IN the Waterways
journal. numbered 119 vessels. of 49,.
327 tons. as compared with 1873 vessels.
of S71.631 tons for like month n
1904 OF the current months arrivals
IS vessels. Of 1927 tons, were steam
ers, and IL vessels, of 29,G)O tons, were
beats and barges. Clearances for the
same months were 119 vessels. of 49,
327 tons, in 1905 as against 1873 YES
sells, OF 37l,G3l tons, in 1904 For the
two months ending February 2S the
total arrivals aggregating 2s5 vessels.
Of 1919 tons. in contrast with 1888
vessels, of 536145 tons. in 1904.
The total through movement repre-
sents vessels passing Cairo to OF from
points on the OHIO. Mississippi, and
other rivers The local movement at
Cairo represents vessels having Cairo
as one Of their te-mini (The month
~ reports of arrivals and elearances
are made by Mr.. George Parsons. trus-
te of Cairo trust property. who is in
timately acquainted with r.ver opera
tiols at this ponLl
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
CAIRO Blue RIBsoNs
: 80. DEFEAT TIE BLuMs.

Not only did the Cairo Champs win
Yesterday, but the Blue Ribbon team
c1tiibrsed OF Cairo youngsters, who
can put up corking good game of
bhil, inopped up with Jake Bnms
Mound City team yesterday afternoon
at the league park IN the latter city
by score of 4 TO g.
The Blue Ribbons are a hot bunch
Of kid ball tossers and think that they
arc well enough advanced in the great
game to challenge any of the many
amateur or semiprofe sional teams
or around Cairo Their manager
Leo Shelter is particularly anxious TO
get at the Cairo Greys and has asked
that The Bulletin issue challenge or
9 defy or anything to gel date with
them for next Sunday.
The Blue Ribbons made s hits and
only error. The Mound Cltyites
made only 4 hits and 2. errors.
The teams lined up as follows:
pIIfE pTpppNtc -, 49,,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
GOOD SHOWING
BY CAIRO BUNCH
ST Louis Diels Defeated in Fast
Exhibition Game
FANS WERE ALL THERE
OVER NINE HUNDRED sHIvERlNG
FROM COLD WATCHED THE
WORK OF COLTS WITH
APPROVAL.

a Despite the fact that the tempera
ture was way down in the tube. not
so very far away from the freezing
point. something like nine hundred
fans reported at Sportsman's park yes
ltefday afternoon TO witness the first
Exhibition game OF the season. which
resulted in a clean cut victory for
Manager McCarthys team OF ball toss
ers who put II ON the much touted
ST. louis Diels by score CT TO /.
Considering the fact that ii was
really the first exhibition game and
thar some OF Cairo's players have had
bur, little practice the local team show
ed up remarkably well.
The men we're played according to
the lineup printed in yesterdays Bull
Ietin. Eckstone. Bitteroff and Wag-
goner each pitched three innings. II
they all keep up the work of yester-
day Cairo need have no fears of a
weak pitching staff Harvey made a
great hit with his catching and made
IL impossible for any OF the visitors
to get near second base.
Manager MeCarthy's men are all in
good trim and when the season opens
he will have a speedy and well trained
bunch to put in the field Many OF
the fans. ardent admirers of baseball,
but who had not seen the team before
this season. were tickled greatly with
tbs way II showed up. Sitting huddled
up in their oyereoats with hats pulled
tightly over their heads, the fans
beamed admiringly on the nine young
chaps who put up such nice exhi-
bition OF the great national game.
The first inning Cairo piled up three
Funse Then the Dieis settled down.
but Cairo was already settled down
and did not allow them a single score.
League Umpire Buck Adams held
the Indicator and as usual gave uni
TefsaE Satisfaction with his fair de-
eisioEs