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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Guaranteed Cure for Fits

A new method of home treatment for epi- leptic fits, originated by a famous Washing ton scientist with all the Government labo- ratories at his hand. has been discovered. disease, epilepsy or fits It is so unfailing in curing this dread trouble that its diseov- erer has instructed the local agent in this his positive guarantee to refund the money if 1t fails, and he will pay for the remedy himself. When used according to direc- tions 1t can no more fail to cure epilepsy than can the sun fail to rise. but this guarantee is made to inspire perfect confi- dence.
 Both sexes young and old, who have any symptoms Of eplleDtic fits, any nervous twitchings or tremblnss, should use Elixir Kosina at once, the oBly guaranteed cure Price s1 50 Mau orders filled. The Koaane Co,. Washington. D. C.. or E. c. Fowler, 10 Deztar AveA Montgomery. sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

Southern people seem to be about as emotional as the President He says and does things sometimes. which grate harshly upon the nerves of people liv- ing down this way, but he makes up for it by demonstrating in other acts that he is trying to be the President of the whole country. His speeches all along the trip he is now making into the heart of the Southern country are thoroughly patriotic and the recep- tion he is everywhere meeting with. is enough to convince him of its genuine ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
rHn MODERN TorrANIAs.

If there is an offence which IS morally unpardonable, and which should be legally so. it is the aduitera- tion of drugs and medicines. Adultera- ton of food Is bad enough. and when the aduiterant Is harmful the adultera- tion is criminal, but the mixing of harmful articles with the drugs on which we depend for the cure of dis- ease is even a worse offence than the other.
 It is altogether probable that the American people are too much given to the use of patent medicines, but if these are made of harmless materials, while they may be of no benefit, no real harm is done except to the pocket books of the purchasers, but un- fortunately this is not always the case. In some cases these proprietary medi- cines are compounded of materials which are not harmless. and then they are a menace to the life and health of the users. This Is criminal.
 But that is not all. or the worst of this adulteration business. When a reputable physician gives us a pres cription to be filled by a reputable druggist we naturally expect to get pure medicine. but certainly we do not always succeed. The druggist is im- posed on and made the agent for crimi- nals, the physician may be discredited by unintentionally prescribing remedy which has not the desired ef- feet, or may have a deleterious effect, and the patient not only fails to be benefited but may be seriously injured, besides losing faith in both physician and druggist. Thus a triple wrong may be inflicted in order that some conscienceless scoundrel may make an extra profit on the drugs he sells.
 Many laws have been enacted to abate this great evil, but so far they seem powerless to accomplish the de- sired object. Doubtless one of the causes of failure is because of the difficulty of detection. None but an expert chemist may be able to tell if drug is pure, and even if the fact is ascertained beyond doubt the diff ficulty is not solved. for there remains the task of fastening the crime where it belongs. A drug sold by a reputa- ble druggist in Montgomery. for ex- ample, may be dangerously adulterated. but he druggist who retails 1t cannot prove that the hurtful materials were added by the man from whom he pur- chased it. It would be obviously wrong to punish the retar druggist who buys his drugs in bulk, and it seems impossible to get at the real offender. If it were possible to con- vict one of the actual criminals and give him a term In prison it would have a good effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
TO PRESENT PLAY.
Troy Ladies Leave for Engagement at Andaluafa.

An0QAu@Ras
 Troy, April 7.--(Special )-The fol- lowing ladies left this morning on the III o'clock train for a visit to Anda- llusia: Misses Kate Henderson. Lailah Alverson, Sarah Williams, Sallie Will Hams, Irene Pilley. Fannie Porter, Gussie Henderson, Evie Knox, Lois Wi ley, Ola Belle Chapman. Annie Chafin, Luta Beard, Mabel Wright. Bessie Red dock, Collie Gardner. Mrs. Mark Elli- son and Mrs. c. S. Tutwiler. They were invited there to present "Rebec- ca's Triumph an amateur play which has been popular in several Alabama towns this winter. They go from Troy under the auspices of the Young La dies Building Committee" a society of young ladies who have pledged them selves to assist in the erection of the handsome Methodist Church, which is now nearing completion. Miss Luta Beard, President of the Building Com mitte, Is Business Manager, and also prominent in the cast of the play.
 Miss Mary Williams, who has been spending the winter at Bay Minette, has returned home.
 MT. and Mrs. J. S. Carroll and Mrs. J. R. Kitchener are in Montgomery to- day to attend the Marlowe-Sothern en- gagement.
 George Brightwell has purchased the stock of goods formerly owned by Clar- ence owens, deceased.
 Wiley F. Anderson, an old soldier of the 57th Alabama Regiment, died at the home of his son. J. F. Ander- son. in Coffee County, yesterday.
 Arthur owens has resigned as quar- termaster of the Troy Rifles and Grady Slough has been named in his place.
 Deputy Collector w. F. Russell and Deputy Marshal J. F. Greene returned yesterday afternoon from a raid in Houston County. They captured a complete outfit near Cowart's in Hous- ton County, saaid to belong to Nelson Thomas and Frank Dawsey. Frank Dawsey was arrested and brought be- fore U. S. Commissioner Tutwiler and bound over to await the action of the next Federal grand jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
The Stronger Attraction.

culties are nowhere such as need hin-
 der a scheme which is otherwise desir- able.
 Over a great part of the route there would be more to fear from the preda- tory tribes than from natural obstacles. Tracing the new route from England. there would be, first, the twenty miles France and Spain, and again a short sea journey from Gibraltar to Tan gier. where the new line would begin.
 It's course would lie along the north
 ern borders of Morocco, thence by way of Algeria to Tunis and Tripoli, and
 onward to Cairo through the Libyan Desert. and the greaS tracts of coun- try over which the Khedive rules.
 If Cape-to-Cape railway becomes cue of the actualities of the future,
 the new line would make 1t possible
 to travel from London to Cape Town overland except when crossing the , channel and from Gibraltar to Tan gter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

An intelligent farmer who has been studying the habits of quails declares that each bird is worth $1o.5O a year to the farmers. As a dead bird is worth only from 10 to 25 cents 1t is evident that killing them is a decided ly unprofitable business. And yet, when we reflect that quails live so largely on insects and on the seeds of troublesome and injurious weeds 1t Is easy to understand the good they can do In fact. there are very few birds which are not worth more to the farmer. the gardener and the fruit grower than any harm they do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

As The spartanburg Herald looks at 1t, Rockefeller may have been rob ping Peter to pay Paul; but since there is no special organization to help Peter and there is no need to help Paul, it would be pity that neither should get the benefit of that s1OO.OOO by the mission boards rejection of it." Our contemporary evidently doesn't take kindly to the idea of allowing both the venerable apostles to be robbed while there is so much money waiting to be spent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
NO PLACE FOR WHITE MEN.

The virginian-Pilot voices a some- what common opinion when 1t says that there Is nothing in the construc- ton of the Panama canal for the | American labor but death,"-alluding to American white labor. This seems to be a prevalent opinion among many who have studied conditions down there. Of course, there will be many positions to be filled which will not subject those holding them to all the dangers and diseases lurking in that region, and men who are so situated as to be able to take proper precau- tions and safeguard themselves in all practicable ways may come through the experience without serious conse- quenees.
 These will be the fortunate ones, and they may come off fairly well, but this will not be the case with the common laborers. They will be exposed to the sun by day and at night will probably have little opportunity to escape the death-dealing miasma which infests a great portion of the region through which, the canal must be built. It is an apparently well established and un- disputed fact that at least a portion of the canal zone is horribly un- healthy for the white man of the tenn perate regions, unless he is so situated and circumstanced that he can provide. as far as human skill and foresight will enable him to do, against the dangers that will always lie in wait for him.
 It is universally conceded, we believe, that the negroes who have always lived in the semi-tropical regions of the United States may engage in the canal work with comparative safety. We doubt if the negroes of the more ele- vated portions of the Southern States would be at all safe down there, but those whose lives have been spent in the malarious portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas might find comparative degree of safety on the Isthmus. If reasonable precautions are observed. The white man of the South, the common laborer, will do we'll to keep away. AS our contemporary says, it will be better for the white men of this section to work at home for $1 per day than go to Panama for the 45 cents per hour which some of them get.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Birmingham Age-Herald,

Birmingham Age-Herald,
 More fertilizers will be put in the soil of Alabama this year than was used to grow last year nearly mil lion and a half bales of cotton. This may not mean another crop of a mil lion and a half bales. for the weather clerk may frown this year, but 1t does mean that the farmers of Alabama in- tend to raise this year big crop.
 It Is but another illustration of all effort falling to control the acreage by organization and oratory. The farmer pitches his crops independently. Orators and theorists are not admitted to the farm council.
 The chief question now Is. Is Ala bama fairly representative of the en- tire cotton belt? Reports from other States have not been published, and some of them cannot perhaps put the situation in black and white as can the Department of Agriculture in this State. It is a matter, not of reports, with Commissioner Poole, but 1t Is a matter of simple arithmetic in the sale Of fertilizer tags. Such sales are con elusive,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Alabama's Credit.

MObIIe Register.
 If the bids for the sS,5OO,OO in bonds necessary for refunding the State debt were not all desired by Governor Jelks because they might have been more liberal, one fact is demonstrated be yond a doubt. namely, that the people of Alabama have full confidence in the credit of their State. We hope that this loan will be concluded with our own people. In that case the interest out in the State and be a benefit to every citizen, directly or indirectly This would he far better than sending semi-annually large sums of interest Ia the money centres of the East, never to 6nd It's way hack tn AlshanaaI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1905.
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY.

Those cheerful optimists who look en the canal as under way may feel surprised to know that it is still in the air. as 1t were. In the words of The Manchester Union "it is made clear from the statements of both Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt that up to the first of the present month, no satisfactory. solution of the problem confronting them has been made. The arst duty, even now Secretary Taft points out the President, and the latter acquiesces, is to determine upon a feasible plan, the wisest plan to be followed in carrying through the en- tsrprise. They agree that the practi- way of determining it is to lay the
 ole subject as 1t now stands, before
 oard of consulting engineers. It is
 tuned by them that it will still re- problem, but while it is being
 we'd. considerable work, in the way
 sanitation and other lines that must ne in any event, can be undertaken.
 is rather remarkable, that with all
 expert study that has been given
 i all the projects deliberately ad-
 need, the plan Is still in such g. state as to be declared wholly unde- termined"
 That, we repeat, Is not encouraging from what has been written and print ed. that the work is actually under way. or at least ready to be begun at once. The truth Is that neither the President nor any one else knows where the big ditch is to run nor how the work Is to be done. Just when the preliminaries will all be settled and The actual work be entered on is yet unknown. even to those who are most nearly concerned. That it is an i'm mense undertaking is evident to all, and that all the difficulties in the way have not yet been foreseen or provided Tor should be equally plani.
 Just when that Board of Consult Ing Engineers" will come together we So not know; still less do we know now long It VIII take them to decide the many and perplexing problems that must inevitably come up. Even when all has been arranged that human fore sight can provide for there will still be the unexpected which must always lie in wait in connection with an un- aertaking of such magnitude. Of course those who are responsible for the great work are to be commended for taking all the time and pains neces- Bary to avoid mistakes and blunders which would be both an expense and a hindrance. Still. we may be allowed to say. with Shakespeare: If 1t were done when 1t is done, then t were well 1t were done quickly" Let us hope It will be well done. at all events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Rouroad. In Africa.

Railroads in Africa are approaching the heart of the continent from the Congo on the west, from Cairo on the north. from Cape Town and Lourenzo Marquez on the south, and into Ugan- da and Abyssinia on the east.
 Now they propose a line along the southern shore of the Mediterranean, connecting Tangier and Cairo The idea is to construct a line along the slopes of the Atlas Mountains or the Mediterranean littorsL The ground has been inspected and the conditions ara favorable. The anaineeFin9 Ah-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Mobile Strictly in It.

I'VE
 Mobile may be said to have represen- tation on the new canal commission in the person of the commissions presi- dent, Mir. Theodore P. Shonts This gentleman has made Mobile freouent f visits and he and his family are resi- dents for long periods of Baldwin County, across the bay from Mobile a locality which they are said to prefer MT Shonts will not show favoritism nor work for" Mobile, but, on the other hand, he knows and likes Mo bile, and he will give this port a fair commission; and this Is all that any fair-minded citizen of Mobile asks for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The State Medical Association will hold its annual meeting in this city commencing on the 18th inst. All Its sessions will be instructive and in- teresting to the profession, but two of the meetings will be of especial in terest to the general public. One will be in the hall of the House at the papitol on the afternoon of the 18th, when tuberculosis will be discussed by distinguished specialists and by one layman and the other on the evening of the same day at the Auditorium. At the latter there will be the annual oration and number of other interest Ing adresses. A cordial invitatIon is extended to the public especially to at tend on these two occasions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
MT. Moore SIS EyangeIist.

Rev. E. c. Moore, pastor of the Clay ton Street Methodist Church, returned to the city yesterday from Luverne. where he has been engaged In revival services for the past ten days. He reports a very successful meeting, the church being greatly revived, and quite a number of additions to the membership of the church.
 Last evening MT. Moore went to Notasulga to deliver a missionary ad- dress He will return to the city at II a. m. today.
 MT. Moore Is quite popular as a re- vivalist, having quite number of ap- peals to help at different places in re- Vival services. He will not, however, accept any invitations until after the meeting at his church which will begin about May 1st.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

Sending Carrie Nation to jail for wrecking the glass front of a store will probably end in a farce. as do most other alleged prosecutions of the old termagant Male ruf1ans who go about destroying the property of others are usually punished, but this woman seems to be as much above the law as she is below decency and all true MomanlIness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
CetterS tc tbe Gdftcr
Grave of Brother of Ex-President Polk.


 Furman. Wilcox Co.,. Ala, April 6. Editor The Advertiser:
 Reading in your last weeks issue of the grave of Major Montgomery, calls to my mind of a long neglected grave In a pine thicket on my place. six inches. nothing to indicate birth or death except two large prairie rocks at head and foot-no other re- cord that I know of. The grave in question is that of Wiley Polk, a brother of ex-President James K. Polk. write this thinking perhaps there might be some one that would be in- terested, some friend or relative. I will furnish any other information which I can to any one desiring same. Wiley Polk was a great grandfather of mine on my fathers side. Capt. s. w. Arnett Albritton married Wiley Folks daughter some time between 1920 and 1880.
 T E AlbFitton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
City Government by Commission.

ftdrLIOru lltneS
 Municipal government by commission has given so much satisfaction in Gal weston, that the eXperimentis to be repeated in another Texas city-Hous- ton. There the business men and tax payers generally. desiring to free them selves from the grafters and politi- clans, have induced the Legislature to let their municipal business go into the hands of an appointed commission. The so-called municipal Legislature is rapidly becoming an obsolete institu- tion, and it Is by no means impossible that 1t will go out of fashion alto gether.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The fact that fertilizer sales in Ala bama for the six months ending March S1, 1905, are greater than for the same period ending one year ago, is a mat ter for serious consideration. The Advertiser published a letter from it's Georgiana correspondent a short time ago in which 1t was stated that while the amount of fertilizer shipped to that point was greater than last year, a much less amount than usual would be placed under cotton. If devoted to corn and grain crops the result will be beneficial. but if applied as liberally as heretofore to the making of cotton the result may be disastrous. Ala bama's portion of last years crop was 1.400, 900 bales, the largest ever known. It is not probable that two such sea- sons for making and gathering cotton will come in succession, but the safest way to secure good prices is to plant less.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The terms of pension examiners all over the State will expire during the month of April and much of Governor Jelkss time withln the next few days will be consumed in the appointment of these officers. Their terms of office are for two years. There are two ex- aminers for each county, and 1t will be seen that the work of making satis- factory appointments in the several counties will be somewhat tedious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Won't Do 1t Any More.

Mir. Roosevelt is entitled to a cordial reception everywhere. from Southern people as well as from Northern or Western people, because he is the chief executive of a great and reunited nation, and is in very many particu- lars, a most extraordinary man. He has, from our viewpoint, made at least one serious mistake in his treatment of the negro question, but we are con strained to think that he Is sorry for it, and are willing to overlook it, if he will not repeat the offense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

A London eye specialist proposes to do away with all forms of spectacles by treating the eyes with an electric apparatus. He says that when the eyes have been treated by his method the patient "can see as we'll without glasses as with them" That might be true without being satisfactory, for after he is through the person operated on might not see at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Six Inchen snnnar-

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Secretary Taft has approved a rec ommendation made by General Chatfee for a new bayonet which Is six inches longer than the old weapon. With the new bayonet 1t will be possible to stick tofore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The Birmingham Age -Herald's car toon of yesterday pictured President Conner of the Railroad Commission as judge. witness and prosecuting attor- ney The discussions betcre the Com mission have been in the highest de- gree interesting and eniightning and demonstrate that the question should
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

be approached in a spirit of fairness and conservatism. There should be no prejudging. Every member of the Commission should consider himself as in the capacity of a judge and weigh all evidence before giving an opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

"The Amateur Cook" can prepare a meal on a modern gas range without the burn ing and scorching incident to a coal fire. All lever valves and doors have air cooled handles, which are always cool. In lighting the fire there's no more necessity for burning the fingers than when lighting a lamp or the gas.
 Watch for our "ads." In the next few days, an ar ticle will appear with a spec ial offer to the ladies of Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

That imported ant that was to make his meals off the boil weevil evidently doesn't like the bill of fare. Possibly his taste can be educated up to it, but 1t looks doubtful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
And Smiled.

bIEIHIHB Hdm NtWS,
 When President Roosevelt told those Indians that their motto should be All men up and not some men down." they probably ran their minds over the history of the Indians treatment in this country and smiled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The Czar says if he has to sign a treaty of peace he can't remain Czar, refuses to sign such treaty he will not remain, so 1t looks as if there may soon be 0 vacancy in the Czar busi- ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

If the President is not paying any thing for the trains on which he is riding why should he censure another ofdcial for accepting a pass?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
That's All Right.

Georgiana Enterprise.
 We like the old Montgomery Adver- tlser, just couldn't do without it. But the little wrags Gas Ed Johnson's Reaper would say) are also a necessity to a big daily. Hence we kinder even up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
It Certainly Knovxn.

GuntersVlIIe Democrat.
 Tn Montgomery Advertiser Is not Whooping up the proposed '.lean-to" to the State capitol. The Advertiser be- ing on the ground evidently knows what it is talking about. and its opinion is always entitled to respect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
Mrr. RooneveIt FiahIng.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 7.-The Presidents yacht Is anchored of St. Johns Biuff. several miles below this city, where Mrs. Roosevelt and her children are enjoying the fishing. fna catnh is reported.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08

The little State of Delaware is learn ing to get along nicely with one Sena- tor, and we presume that as long as Addicks is the alternative they will continue the practice.