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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Mortqoqe Sale.

Notice Is hereby given that the under. signed. S. G. Follansbee, under and by vir. tue of the power of sale contained in a cer- tain mortgage, executed by Bettie Barron and her husband. F. B. Barron, to the said $. G. Follansbee on the 9th day of February, 1902, recorded in book 169 of mortgages, page GA. in the office of the Probate Judge of Montgomery County, Alabama, will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash Monday. the 17th day of April, at 12 o'clock noon. at the Court Square Fountain, in the City of Montgomery, Alabama, the follow ing described real estate, situated in the City and County of Montgomery. and state of Alabama, to-wt. The North one-half of lot five (5) according to the plat of Watts vile, being the N. E of H F of N. F. of N E. h of Sec. IS, T. Is, R. IS. said lot fronting fifty C5Ol feet on the East side of Watts Street, and running back with equal width hundred and thirty-five U35) feet, and more particularly described rol- lows Beginning at a point on the East side of Watts Street two hundred feet South of Yougene Street, thence East hundred and thirty-five feet, thence South fifty feet, thence West one hundred and thirty-five feet to Watts Street, and thence North along Watts Street fifty feet to be- ginning. The said sale being for default in the conditions of sand mortgage.
 $. c. aFOLLANSBEE,
 sat-4t Mortgagee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

and floats on the water. What holds up the water we are not informed. but that is only a detail for the philoso- phers to work out for themselves. But when it comes to the sun he tells us that it is but thirty-two miles in di- ameter and only 5000 miles above the earth. In order to account for day and night he tells us that the sun floats around the disk of the earth and thus causes light and darkness. It is great pity that Brother Jasper is not here to collaborate with this one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The appointment of the late Senator Quarles to Federal judgeship and the placing of Congressman Babcock on the Republican National Committee as the Wisconsin representative are. says The Minneapolis Journal. straws to in- dicate how the political wind blows at Washington. They show that La Fol lette. as Senator, would have a hard row to hoe in competing with Spooner for the smiles of the Government" The Journal repeats the suggestion that La Toilette may decline the Senator ship in order to stay in the State and help to finish the work of exterminat- ing the Stalwarts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Frank Tennille FurnitureCo.
Advertisement for Bids for "Re. newal Bonds of The State
 of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed; Glasses A and B aggregating s7.4s7.s0O. maturing July 1st. lsGe; Class ;aS: c assresating ssSsooo' maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year. golda % or si,ooo DO said bonds ' to be coupon coupe or regis tered, at option of bidder, interest payable semi annually in Montgomery. Alabama or New York City, State of New York Bids for entl-9 issue, any part thereon, not less than for s1OO. are invited upon following
 I. Upon bonds bearing 3 per cent per an- mum.
 2 Upon bonds bearing sM per cent per
 certified check, payable to the order of the Governor of Alabams. for five per cent security. @ approved ny the Gosernor, may be ttfied check accompanyins rejected ods vii, be returned with notice of rejection. The yer cent of each accepted bid wtlL on fail- ure of bidder to comply with terms of his old be forfeited to the State.
 The entire amount of each accepted bid. or so much as may remain vnpaId. must be paid in lawful money of the United States or in lieu thereof, an equal amount present bonds, into such depository as may Se designated by. the Governor. or in lieu ouaranty as the Governor may approve.
 The State will exchange with accepted bid new for old bonds, credit being given inc bidder for difference in interest, to data of maturity of old bonds. No old offering less than par will be considered. The State an amount not exceeding $600,000. Bids win be received at the Cover GovernoSIs T Office fife" as iaSS and will be opened impediately. No ice of acceptance or rejection will be giveE each bidder by letter mailed n Montg"meJ not later than April 19. 1905. Envelopes containing bids must be addressed to the Governor of Alabama, and have conspicI1 ously written thereon Bids for Renewal Tonds State of Alabama" The State re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. For further information, apply to Sne SoV- -' R. M. CUNNINGHAM.
 Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
sATURDAY, APRIL I, 1905.
A SWEET OFFICE.

Whenever a Legislature can't find anything else to occupy its time and upon which to exercise the Legislative mind it is pretty apt to get up plan to investigate or inspect somebody or something. As an example. the late unlamented Legislature of Missouri a few days before it's adjournment con- vinced itself that the bees of that State needed placing under some sort of con- troll The bee family in Missouri is valued at something over half a mill lion dollars, according to census re- ports, and the sapient lawmakers thought that was too large business to be left to run itself. Consequently they created the oflce or position of Inspector of Apiaries," the occupant Of which was to receive s4 per day for his trouble.
 That was a bright scheme. No doubt the members reasoned that all those bees needed some one to look af- ter them. Who may tell what mischief they would get in. or what pranks they would be playing? Some of them might run away. or fly away, and never come back. They might even bring strangers into the State to fatten on the fruits and flowers by right belong ing strictly to the Missouri bees. Worse than all, the bees were acused of adul- terating their product with cheap ma terIals. If 8 man puts up glucose in a bottle and sells 1t for honey he can be prosecuted under the laws of Missouri, but the bees were charged with dodg- ing the law in a mean way. It was charged that they would eat sorghum or any other sweet and convert 1t Into honey by their own methods. Plainly this was an evasion of the law and should be stopped; therefore. an in spector.
 Just how this inspector was to regu- late the bees and prevent them from committing illegal acts we are not in formed. but that was his business. He might require each bee to be searched to see that he had nothing contraband On hin.. He might have all the honey analysed. or he might employ an ex- pert taster to test each bee-hive's con tents--buckwheat cakes being under stood--or he might employ any other means to keep the bees in the right path and earn the $4 per day. Those were details to be worked out by the fortunate official who drew the salary.
 Unfortunately for the scheme and for the prospective official. Governor Folk couldn't see 1t. He failed to see the necessity for such an oficial, or any good he could do. Folk Is a hard headed and matter of-fact man. with no nonsense about him, and was un- able to see any good to the State or the people In paying a man $4 day to watch bees gather honey all the day. and deposit it in their little cups; con sequently he killed the measure. Now some man is out $4 day and the bees of Missouri are at liberty to make honey out of any old thing they please and palm 1t off as the genuine stuff. If any one is buncoed, it will not be the fault of the legislators.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Robert P. Skinner. the intelligent United States Consul at Marseilles, says that the excess of cost of Ameri- can-built ships over foreign ships arises in considerable degree from the insistence of American owners on a finish which foreign owners do not re- gard as necessary" European owners, he goes on to say, ''are nothing for appearance so long as their vessels are capable of carrying cargo with a mini mum of cost" But, as The Philadel- phia Record says. what adds much more to the cost of American built ships Is the excessive price of iron and steel materials which the Billion Dollar Steel Trust extorts from ship builders under cover of the tariff"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Interesting Currency.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Mrs. l.. K. Jones of Dayton, Ma rengo County. Alabama. has in her pos session a very unique collection of notes which are a history of the United States in themselves. The first is a South Carolina colonial note for twen- an act of the General Assembly passed lat Charleston on the 23rd of December, i776."
 On the face of 1t Is the figure of a bull and the motto "Aut Victoria. aut Mors." IL entities the bearer to re- ceive Twenty Spanish Milled Dollars and in the margin are engraved the figures [ 32 100.
 On the back is the warning "Death to Counterfeit" the same figures and othy, Charleston. 1T77."
 The workmanship and paper are both rude, but the note Is perfectly pre- served. The second note is No 4934l Congress and printed by Hall & Sellers for the United States Colonies in 1776. From its date it must be one of the first isued by that body. On It's face is the device of a hand and thistle and the motto "Sustine vel Abstine. 5 On its back is what appears to be an ear of corn-the words Five Dollars and the imprint. Philadelphia. The signatures are quite plain
 The third note Is No. 1854 D United States currency. issued under a reso- lution of Congress dated September 26 HTS and printed by Hall & Sellers in HTS. Its amount is sixty dollars. On it's face is the device of a Globe, and the inscription, Deus Degnat Exultet Terra" On it's back Is bent bow Like the others 1t Is perfectly pre- served and the official signatures quite distinct.
 The three notes arc interesting in that they bring together all other pe- riods of the nations development, one being Colonial note, one Continent al, and the third United States.
 They came down to Mrs. Jones from her ancestors of the Goodwin family of South Carolina and their authenticity may be easily established.
 W. H. McKellar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
EetterS to tbe Gdftcr
The Remains of Major Montgomery.

Editor The Advertisers:
 The undersigned resided at Dudley vile for several years, from 1886 to 1891, and 1t was his pleasure to know James Stallings, an intelligent citizen of that village at the time, who had lived there for forty years or more. MT. Stalilngs was about ST years of age. and had known the history of that village as well as any one who ever lived there [ Now since the time the writer was there andNhe time MT. Stall lings resided there, and would be sup posed to know the history of the place, foots up about sixty years. It has been ninety-two years since the death of this brave Major. That puts MT. StalIings in Dudleyville within thirty-two or thirty-three years after the battle of the Horseshoe Bend, and something like fifteen or twenty years after the re- mains of the Major were removed to and inferred at Dudleyville.
 It is the impression, but cannot be stated as a fact, that MT. Stallings knew personally men who were present and saw the remains inferred. The exact location of the grave was within fif- teen or twenty feet of the place desig where was recently discovered human bones. This being in the front yard of a private residence, and some quar- ter of mile from any other graves, the town has cemetery, leaves but small room for doubt that the remains dis covered by pr. w. G. Carlton, A. H. Mcintosh and J A. Hoyle were and are the true remains of the brave Major Montgomery of the Horseshoe Bend fame.
 The writer taught the Academy at Dudleyville for several years and his advanced history class made as thor ough Investigations as could be made with the material at hand along the line of ascertaining the facts about these remains. Several old histories were brought in. maps of the battle, and much interest was taken by the school and some of the older citizens, but there could not be found any writ ten evidence that the exact spot was known, where the remains lay. But there appeared to be no doubt about the remains resting in the northeast corner of the front yard of A. H. Me Intosh And now that remains have been found between the front gate and the door of the residence, leaves less doubt than ever that the true location of the remains have been ascertained. It remains for the patriotic citizens to- come forward and erect a suitable mon ument to the memory of a hero who has almost been forgot.
 H. E. Gipson.
 Prattvile, Ala, March %, 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
AND MEXICO. roo.

With the adoption by Mexico of the gold standard 1t may reasonably be as- sumed that the free silver delusion is laid to rest for all time. We believe that China and Turkey still cling to it, but their persistence will have little effect on the financial and commercial world. It is likely. too, that they will eventually be forced to fall in line with other nations, for they can hardly hold themselves in opposition to all creation in this respect.
 Mexico has been slow to adopt tho new system. because of the peculiar conditions existing. From the first settlement of American territory by Europeans Mexico has been famous for her silver mines. and she Is still silver producing country. According to the latest statistics available the coinage value of the silver produced there Is about seven times that of their gold production. This being the case it was natural that the people and the Government should become welded to what they look on as their own money, and that they should hesitate to make the change.
 It Is not to be understood that this change Is intended to drive silver out of the country, or that 1t will have that effect. Gold Is to be the standard money. and the free coinage of sir yer will be discontinued, but that does not mean that the white metal will no longer be used and honored. The Mon- terey News. in fact, thinks it likely that the silver stock in the country will be increased. if there Is demand for 1t. The new law will not prohibit the exportation of the old coins now on hand, but new designs will be coined for home use.
 Under the new law the money system of Mexico will differ slightly from that of the United States. in that there will be no 25-cent pieces coined. They will strictly follow the decimal system. having coins of 10. 20. 50 and 100 cents, with the addition of 1, 2 and 5-cent pieces. The 5-cent pieces are to be of nickel. as we understand it, and it may be that the l and 2-cent pieces will be of copper. though of this we are not sure.
 Thus Is one more nail driven into the coffin of free silver, and thus is the cause of genuine Democracy strength ened in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Correct AxaiD.

Tuscumbla North Alabamian.
 The Montgomery Advertiser protests against the proposed plan of extending the Capitol building. The Advertiser contends that the present appropria- ton is merely a fore-runner of others and to build a separate building on tho square will not add to the beauty of correct again. In our humble iudg- ment the present building should De thoroughly repaired and added to. but no 'out houses' on the square. if you please.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

moas egg has been found in a miu- ing district in Central otago, New Zea- land. There was a fall of earth in q dredging claim and presently the huge egg was seen floating uninJured in the water. The discovery is the more in teresting from the fact that 1t is the second perfect moa's egg that has ever been found. The only other perfect specimen was unearthed by a man koura mountains in the early sos This egg. which was nine inches in length and seven Inches in breadth, was taken to England and sold for S500 Some idea of the size of these eggs may be gleaned from the fact that a mans hat makes an excellent egg cup for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

A contemporary says that a number Of persons who have been caught by get-rich-qvick concerns think the gen. eral government ought to protect the people against such swindlers," It ap- pears to The Richmond News-Leader sthat the establishment of mammoth Gsylums for Idiots in most of the big cities of the country is a little too much to expect of the general govern xnent."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

There is one genuine source of re- gret in connection with Mrs. Chad wicks conviction and sentence. and that is that some of those who really assisted her in her crimes cannot be sent to keep her company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Making a Row.
Birmingham TedTer

Blrmlngnam 1eogof
 Some Northern men are making row about the return of the battlefags. If the fellows who are kicklngt were real soldiers and have any flags that they won, for the Lords sake let them keep them. There are some well-won flags in the hands of Confederates also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
The staR Also .

It is suggested by Eastern editors that the United States send some of It's military cadets to Japan for in- struction in the science of war. Would 1t not be well to send several of the General Staff" particularly /those in immediate charge of the commissary and transportation departments?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The announcement that the Rocke- feller candidate for Town Trustee in Tarrytown, N. Y., was defeated by a butcher at a recent election ought not to cause any surprise. The butcher is an important parsonage these days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
DO YOUR OWN CANNING.
And Make the Profit That Goes to
 Others.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The time is coming and coming soon when every large fruit CT vegetable farm will have its canning establish ment IL seems absurd that the farmer should every season sell his crops for half price. then, in the winter, buy the same goods back in tins, at about four times their cost, paying a profit to the manufacturers. the commission mer- chant, the railroad. the wholesale and retail grocer, when he (the farmer) could just a well can the goods him self and by selling them in the win ter make all the profit that rightfully belongs to him The purpose of this article Is to tell you why you should do your own canning and how to go
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

That colored philosopher. Rev. John Jasper. who. as long as he lived, stout ly maintained that "the sun do move.' has a counterpart in one Charles Levi Hathaway of Massachusetts. He not only insists that tie sun moves, but that the earth is aE) hat as a pancake,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
The Same Way.

Prattville Progress.
 It is reported that Maine will en- force the prohibition law. Doubtless she will find it difficult proposition, manner that 1t Is in Prattville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Nothing Doing.
MnhilA Item.

MUDIIb Item.
 Tn the meanwhile, all other news be- ing rather slack. how about stirring up another revolution in one of the Central American republics? There has been nothing doing for some months
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
sidewalk PeneiIina$
A Clean Posfamne-

Custodian Buckley of the postoffice and Federal building has introduced an innovation" said a government official, that will result in keeping the. struc- ture clean.
 Three charwomen will be employed to devote all of their time to scrubbing the floors and keeping the offices tidy A woman will be in charge of each one of the three floors.
 Heretofore this work has been done by men classed on the government pay rolls as laborers At least one of these laborers will lose his place to make room for the women. The other men will be given additional duties about the building.
 Custodian Buckley is now receiving and reviewing applications from wo- men who want the places l suppose they will be negro women"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Wbat State Papers
 Tre Saving
Several Thouehtn.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Mir. Bryan's Commoner and Tom Watson's magazine are not two souls with but a single thought. They have several thoughts, none of them kind or complimentary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
It Is Safe.
Birmingham \

BIrmInRham NeWS.
 The presidential tboom of MT. Fair banks Is understood to be rusticating where it can't be disturbed by any of the enthusiastic, but misguided, friends of the victim
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

A New York Herald special tells of the arrest of twelve persons of both sexes" Rather mixing the genders, seems to us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The Raleigh (N. O Post puts it very forcibly and senslbly when it declares that "all this talk about tainted money is the veriest rot; and if all the plous spasms that are being thrown about it were to avail anything about half the churches, colleges, orphan homes and libraries in the land would be leveled with the ground"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The statement that the Standard oil Trust has been forced to pay a fine of Sl00 in a Kentucky court puts us on notice that we may expect, another rise ln ths Rries et oil pretty sopn-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The man who kicks an old hat. with q brick In it, on the 1st of April, should feel thankful that 1t wasn't dynamite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

The idea of christening a vessel with bottle of Kansas oil! Why not douse 1t with lard?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

MT. E. F. Lanford of Highland Home is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

MT. R. H. Hayes of Union Springs. was in the city last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Hon. William C. Fitts of Mobile was in Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Mir. J. R. Stanley of Camden Is a visitor in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Mir. Charles s. Reeves of Eufaula vas in Montgomery yesterday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

MT H. L. Hooper of Birmingham is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Hon John D. Burnett of Evergreen was in the city yesterday on legal bus mess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Dr. J. B. Horne of Abbeville ar rived in Montgomery yesterday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Rev. F. c. Moore, pastor of the Clayton Street Methodist Episcopal Church, is assisting Rev. w. T. Vree- Ian in a revival meeting in L.uverne. Mir. Vreeland will fill Mir Moore's pull pit Sunday. There will be communion tomorrow at II a. m. and services at s D. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

MT. Irby Morgan of Mobile was in the city last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

0#IN AVefhKes FeDfuAry, IBU5. :. .ASf1sL Sunday Average, February, 1905. .Io,e5s Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. seys; The foregoing statement of The Ad- xertieer's circulation for the month of Feb. ruerE. 1905, is true and correct and com pifeI after all returns from news boys, nsws agents and leftover copies have been de- dQcted. E. 8 NOBLE,
 Circuiation Manager,
 The Advertiser Company. Hworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of March. 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON, fGeaii Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01

Mir. T. F. Clarke of Mobile is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Way to Woo Sleep.

Some people make the mistake ot retiring to bed for sleep with too ac- tive minds" said man of psycholog- ical turn yesterday That Is grave mistake. They get angYy with them selves because they cannot go to sleep after sitting up until a late hour pondering over some heavy problem or the hardest propositions of business. The sleep is not as a rule coming to d man who does mostly mental work and tries to sleep before his brain is allowed to resume its normal condi- ticn.
 Tt Is an especially imprudent thing to go to bed with the determination to spend the first few minutes in trying 10 solve some deep enigma. After the solution or effort to solve it the party Tn question expects to drop right off to sleep. This Is a bad practice, yet there are many who do 1t.
 T used to suffer from insomnia on account of such practices but l have learned to quit it. The mind should he in a state inclined to repose and all serious thinking should be stopped when one hits the bed.",
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-01
Rare Egg Found.

MT. J. G. Ewing of Auburn Is in the city.