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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
strange Aruseum Exhiblts.

The central department of the French customs is organizing a unique museum. but one of high utility in its own sphere. The curiosities displayed are neither rare nor ancient, but are simply the various devices of more than usual inge -uity which have enabled the smuEgler to defeat the law. Some of these devices are marvels of per verted intelligence. The exhibition is larg- ering that every exhibit represents a sue cessful fraud-how many times repeated probably the oldest heads in the customs department could hardly say with any con- fidence But it is hoped that the display will give to the training of future genera tions of customs officers e cofnpleteness which was wanting in that of their prede- cessors .%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
4 WhIstIing Town .

DONndu ttOine journal
 We have read that Rudyard Kipling, the famous English writer, has a. great dislike for whistlers and whistlinR. He lived for time in the United States and after going away he gave as an objection to our country that the peo- pie are whistlers, and he detests whist
 For the other side It is said that M SousaS of Washington City, the orsa- nizer and leader of Sousa's famous band, and also a composer of marches and other band music. says he is pleased to hear people whistle because 1t indicates not only that they have musical taste, but also that thev are ioyous and happy.
 Well, Kipling would not like our city of Dothan, but for the same req son Sousa would be delighted with ii. because 1t Is decidedly a, whistiinS town. Everybody. of ali shades nf noIss or whistles-the men and the boys at my rate--and they can be heard too one who has sensitive ear. and wboSe nerves are near the surface is oftan sen1inded that he is not the oniv 'neSn ne,l aon In town, for there's anotbcr fafhIo.,,. vino has whistle that is in onn1 U,nrking order, and he turns it ioose iou &et hefInd or just in front nf ,io,, ioUsss s iSSvou have lived many years t,, ei,u thn slast YOU think of the days u,6 oI Ih . sne lksnts were inspired by tbe Screi ten Iss,,- ra.- s,ss and the rolling drum s"i'''is htS rS this sort of rnnsie \.
 ned to the ,dle Sas,sT and the careless strata
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
I.bor at Panama.

Chairman shonts illustrates the quality of the tropical labor largely employed on the Panama canal by relating an incident which came under the observation of Senator Willard during his visit on the Isthmus. Sit ting on the deck of the steamer Havana. he was watching the unloading of heavy piece of machinery from the hold of the vessel The tackle got caught in rigging on deck above; the foreman in charge of the gang of laborers sent one of them above to free the tackle. The laborer went to the place to which he was sent, and did what he was told to do. The foreman, paying no at tention to him after he started on his er- rand. missed him few minutes later. and, looking around for him discovered him sit ting peacefully on the spot to which he had been sent What are you doing there?" yelled the foremna. You told me to come here. sah." Well. why didn't you come back?" You didn't tell me to sah"
 Tt Is to this class of labor" says MT. shonts. that we are paying from 80 to 90 cents day in gold. and out of which it is estimated. we do not get more than 25 per cent. of the efficiency of labor in the United States"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
A coon OLD ONE.

The Little Rock Gazette has just completed it's seth year and is prop early congratulating itself on the fact, and well it may Eighty-six years is not very lons period in the history of nations. but it is quite long for a newspaper to exist. Comparatively few of them can come up to its age.
 When The Gazette was launched on the sea of journalism James Monroe was President. His famous doctrine" had not yet been communicated to Con- gress. The country was just begin ming to recover from the effects of the late war with England which had end- ed but four years before. Arkansas was a Territory, sparsely settled and with many Indians within it's borders. It was seventeen years before it be- came a State of the Union, and it's entire population would not now be considered enough for a county.
 When The Gazette was founded the great Napoleon was fretting his life away on desolate St. Helena, his work behind him and his ambitions dead. There were twenty-one States in this great Union. Steamboats were just beginning to disturb the waters, but there were no railroads, no telegraphs, no electric lights or cars and no vari- ous other things that we have come to look on. us necessary to our exis- tence.
 The Advertiser sends congratula- tions to a venerable and esteemed con- temporary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
New Russian Calendar.

One of the .refArms which are now promised for Russia is the substitu- tion of the Gregorian for the Julian calendar. The Russian people, with the old-fashioned calendar which Jul jus Caesar established in the year 45 B. C., have been behind the times in a very literal sense. The Julian calendar fixed the solar year at 365 days, six hours, every fourth year being leap year, but as the solar year really con- sists of 365 days, five hours and forty minutes, the calendar was defective.
 It was Pope Gregory XIII, who, in 15s2. reformed the calend@r by ordain- ing that that year shou consist of S55 days only. and that avyear ending a century should not be Hssextile. ex- cept that ending each fourth century; thus 100, 1900. and 1900, were com mon years. but 2000 will be a leap year. Three days are 'retrenched by the Gregorian calendar in 400 years, or about eleven minutes for each year.
 fashioned Russia, following the practice of the Greek church. stuck to the false Julian calendar, and rejected the true GregoriAn one. and in this way she has fallen about thirteen days be- hind time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
Rlnnders in TsnxiisI,.

A writer in The Boston Transcript recalls some amusing biunders foreigners make in Asing English. A Hungarian journalist. leading up to an account of an earthquake. told how merrily the evening had passed. retired to their rooms whereas i've man was remaining in the coffee" A French dress maker advertised her work as "gsand. ele- gant and swell" A polite and sympathetic Jap wrote: I'm rather sorry you have been so ill.," and a Parisian lady asked to be re- commended as teacher of French, and ad- ded, with exquisite naivette. "I am not obliged to earn my life. but want tdAhave two strings to my arc" An excited Ital- ian. when he had sent a manuscript with a page missing. wrote: If anything like this happens again, notify me suddenly" These infelcities recall also the Mexican diplo- mat at Washington. who affably remarked: : Your climate in Buffalo is wat you call deeficoolt-eh?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
BETTER GO SLOW.

Commenting on the insurance scan-
 dals The Norfolk virginian-Pilot says:
 Let us by all means have have home home
 generous support. but let us at the
 same time see to 1t that they are es-
 tablished only on safe and sound
 bases, with only trained and ex-
 aged in conservative manner. Un-
 less this policy is pursued, it Is pos
 sibie that, so far as life insurance IS
 concerned. the last State of the South
 will be worse than the first.
 As our contemporary says, there is undoubtedly real danger in this mat ter. The south annually pays many millions of dollars to Northern insu- rance companies. In most cases we may admit that, the kifoney is well placed, but we must also bear in mind that the great corporations now un- dergoing investigation with so little credit to themselves were not under suspicion until very recently There may be others unworthy of confidence.
 It is this knowledge of conditions now existing, and Nthis suspicion of what may be. that may combine to bring about change which may or may not be an advantage to the Southern people. It is possible that the enterprise, money and business ca- pacity of +he South might be able to carry all its insurance. but there is real danger that. irresponsible cor porations may spring up which will get the peoples money and fail to give proper returns. Alabama has had some experience with such concerns and it was not at all satisfactory. We have no doubt that insurance compa- nies. composed entirely of Southern men, and with only Southern capital. might be organized which would prove safe and in every way satisfactory. but there is also danger from compa- nies which will be neither safe nor sound. It is a good time to go slow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
A Political oiia-podrida.


 fix David B. Hiii was s6mething over dozen years ago. MT. Hill was Gov ernor of New York. He was United date for President. Mr. Hiii was also Democrat Mir La Toilette Is Gov ernor of Wisconsin. He Is United States senator-eIect. He is suspected of being Q candidate for President. MT. La Toilette is also reformer.
 When the Fifty-second Congress had been in session more than a month, on, one, bleak morning in January; 1892. MT and was sworn in as member, and it Is due him to say that for the length of his service in that body he made as op Maeg or aeOfsst sat Mr Hill lost the Presidency. and some of his friends laid 1t on his hesitancy in choosing between the office of Governor and the office of Senator.
 Governor La Toilette seems to be as much at sea as they thought Governor Hill was. He would love to smite the wicked in both Senate and nation, but this is a matter of two jobs. and he must choose between them. Ours Is a dual system of Government, and 1t is considered as incompatible for MT. sin and John c. spooner's colleague in the. United States Senate at the
 Mr Bryan, who is a La Toilette Re- pupICAils as MT lAtt c4teIt6 I1 u bTydn Democrat--Mr. Bryan Is in foreign parts. but left orders that the Demo cratic party should be Roosevelt Republican until he comes back, and thing, in which incongruous exploit 1t has the benevolent counsel of MT. William E. Chandler. whose Democ- raey, however. Is not very .satisfacto- riIy vouched for, but it ought to be nearly as good as Roosevelt's. And. here we have it--Mr. Roosevelt, Mr Chandler, Mir. La Toilette, MT. Tillman, MT. Bailey. .Er. Knox, and Mir Tom Watson all in the same tfundle bed, all under the same cabin rafters, all in ecstatio languOr as the November rain, patters on the clapboard roof. Was there ever such an -podrida-even in Spain---as this?
 Some of these have driven a coach and four through the Constitution without once twinge of conscience, and others of them have clung to that blessed instrument as a charter of lib- erty. sacred and invtolable as woman's concord. and all with a song of har-
 Surely MT. La Toilette will not de- prive the Senate of the advantage of his preachments and his personal presence. There is 6 curiosity to see whom he will try to captain. or whom he shall be explained by.
 Macaulay. in trying to illustrate some changes in English politics, drew an illustration from cock-and- bull story told by Dante of thing he saw in Malebolge. We have that sort of politics right now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
Arch Flatterer.

At a reception given in Paris not long ago by Lady Colebrook French municipal councillor wished to compliment an English woman and her pretty daughter. The moth CT wore a fawn colored gown. the girl being in pink. "Afiady." said the councillor. your lovely daughter might we'll be called the pink of beauty" "Ah. monsieur" was the reply. you are prone to flattery. I fearF But mo-" said the Frenchman, whose knowledge of English is somewhat limited. ''I speak but the truth, Indeed all must ad- init that Mademoiselle Is the pink and you the drab of beauty"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
SAYS COTTON CROP IS POOR.
Cotton Expert Cowan Reports on Con
 ffitiOug In south

c. C. Cowan, the cotton expert, who recently made trip through the South. estimates the present crop <at saes aa m hs neary rspo he the Quantity that had been picked at the average date of my observation, which was November IA, and then en- deavored to determine what percent age of the cotton remained in the field to be picked. never saw a crop of which the plants were so generally un- little lateral growth or fruit bearing limbs. The high prices have caused unusually rapid marketing, and more cope in sight by December 1. The crop iR>the Mississippi Valley from Memphis to New Orleans is the poorest that I have ever seen, aH~i the abandonment est on record" f4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
MmffIe fhe Noises.

T am pleased to see that Montgom. cry. has nicely paved downtown, am surprised to know that there are no noise preventives in the city.
 "On Commerce street, where there It looks full of business. alright, but think 1t ought to stop there. Let the looks remain but let the ears have
 ssss 5es es Ms wsh sh our our sses noa with the cars. You cannot punish the eyes with a stream of wagons shooting It is an injury to the ear-drum and it seems to me that Montgomery might do like other well regulated cities. speed Of she er he of wagons with springs. f don't think it would be working a hardship to enforce for. both regulations; cuo street are the main sufferers, and derstand, but there are also a few who desire to speak a few words or
 Judge B. M. Allen, of Birmingham. spent yesterday in Montgomery and returned home on an evening train.
 Mir. William T. Hart, of Montgom- cry, was yesterday appointed a mo- tary public by the Governor.
 leading citizens, spent a few hours in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. J. c. Eyster. Of New Decatur, came to Montgomery yesterday. V
 MT. R. E. l.. Cope, of Union Springs, Is visitor to the city.
 MT. J. F. Steele of Centreville was in town yesterday.
 MT. H. T. Gill. of New Decature, Is in Montgomery.
 MT. J. F. Mcdonald, of Ozark, is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
Welcome Visitor.

GunterBVIIIe DemOcrHt.
 The most welcome visitor who ever hung out sign in Alabama, is General Prosperity. It makes us forget the meals we miss in summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

It is suggested that when Hearst gets through paying the lawyers who are trying to make him Mayor he can file a much larger expense account than the S66.OOo already filed. That is true, but we shouldn't forget the notoriety he and his papers are getting out of it. That will be worth much more than any amount he may pay out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

In at least one respect Thomas W. Lawson does not explain sensibIy. He says that Rogers euchered him out of twelve million dollars. but offered to restore 1t. He refused to accept 1t for himself because. as he says. he had been the innocent cause of a number of his friends losing their money. Now. the question is would 1t nat have been more eraditahIs to hiDn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

It appears that real hope may be entertained that Burton of Kansas will no longer disgrace the Senate. If he Is convicted that will vacate his seat and he says that if hesis acquitted he will resign. Either way he will be down and out. unless he is lying which is not impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
A Great Blessing.
oneonta Democrat.

The greatest blessing that ever came to this nation Is that eof an elevated literature. The printing press is the mightiest agency on earth for good and for eveil. Standing as we do chin deep in fictitious literature, 1t Is most favorable sign among our readers that these columns are so highly appreci- ated by 6 majority of them. The good influence of a moral newspaper In our midst will live long after the editor has passed to his reward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

A new Hampshire contemporary gives it as an item of news that the Republicans of Portsmouth. in that State, have named an honest man for Mayor" Is 1t such an unusual oc- currence?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

The Albany tGa.) Herald argues that "the street fair business has been overdone and run into the ground all over the country" So say we, and as far as Montgomery is concerned we hope they will remain in the ground.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
several of Them.

Luverne Journal
 We will inform The Dothan papers that there are several towns in South east Alabama that have doubled their population within the past six years, Luverne for instance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
FRIDAY. sovEnsER x, 1905.
A sAn CASE.

II is an old saying that corporations are soulless. ana 1t may be added that they are also heartless. The New York Mall gives us the following example:
 Mrs. Sarah Lot, an elderly widow, , living on the soutA side of Pittsburg. eas sse S ss hs last 9 her Sng Company. This great steel company has been building. Q s2o.00o. .0eos addi- tion & sc iss wcTks ,,Ti,s h no its path t found liberal price for 1t. but the home meant more than money to Mrs. Lot.
 brisa hes sers S bsS her s dren and lived her life. and when her husband died he begged her never 10 give up tl1eir home as bad luck would the mill structures were reared all her hrva rights, ghe,,ot Saturday an the Sompaay would be torn down, and while she hurried to the courts to get an in- Junction her son was either .decoyed on the premises or went of his own accord and was promptly arrested for frespassing on the companys proper Y Then is s,.s set men at work: tore tons of stone and great steel girders on its site. Mrs. Lot returning from court found her home destroyed. She has become critically i'll.
 Clearly ''this great steel company" .-or is 1t great steal companyg'-- was guilty of robbery, of violating the laws and the order of the courts, but what of 1t? What redress has the woman? If she should go to law and obtain verdict of damages. and if the company should be fined it would not restore the poor woman,s little home nor relieve her of the anguish result. ing from the destruction of the house about which the dearest memories of her life clustered. There is such thing as sentiment which ought to be. respected. and there are private rights which should be held inviolate: This little home was just as much the prop erty of Mrs. Lot as is the princely mansion of Rockefeller or Carne- Kie. and should have been so regarded and respected. If the law should com pei the company to pay her a liberal sum by way of damages 1t would not restore her home or relieve her mind. It is a sad case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
shuntlnE vulean one slae.
Huntsville Mercury.

HuntsVIIIe MercuFy,
 Poor old Vulcan. cast out and for saken, If not altogether forgotten it out of obscurity and placed to orna- ment the grounds of the new union depot at Birmingham. That is pro- .vided the despised railroads can be persuaded to take charge of him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
The snme OId RepubIlcan.

Dothan Home Journal.
 When it comes to party politics he is the same Republican Roosevelt that does not believe in a third term for the President. Let the foolish talk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

We can't understand why scientist should want to discover new brand of mosquito. but that is just what one claims to have done. There are more varieties now than we can dodge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
A Reforrning seeretary.

HartfOrd COurant.
 Secretary Root will have to take care, or he will be known as the reforming Secretary. Ne reformed our army or- ranization when he was Secretary of War, and as Secretary of State he has made a beginning with the work of strengthening our consular and diplomatlc service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
stacks of Money.
Talladega

IdIIdUtBd HUUhIdIH 11UHlt,
 There is now on deposit in the five banks of Talladega County, three here and two in Sylacauga, more money County,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
On British Territorx.

NeW YOTK MdII.
 In receiving on the Drake, Prince Louis treats New Workers to a novel sensation-welcomes them not only to the element that is England's home. but on what, according to well-defined in- ternational law, Is actual British soil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
C0-EslucatiOn.
Columbiana z

Columbiana sentinel.
 Now every State university admits women as do most of the endowed in- stitutions. Of 4S0 colleges for men 330 admit women and of those that do not, eighty are Catholic Institutions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

to have taken the money from Rogers and used 1t to recoup the losses sus- tained by the friends who had trusted him7 It looks very much that way to af, outsider.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

Wonder if anybody can tell us how many gallons of whiskey were wasted In that Pennsylvania fire. One state snent says there were soO.0oo gallons and another says 100000 gallons. It waS lot of jasa. anxhaw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
What State Papers
 Are Saying
In Spite of Some of Then,.

Lafayette Sun.
 We wonder if the present prosperity of the South Is due to the issues in- yolved in Alabama's approaching gu- contest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
EInah nf Hnmnr.
Philadelnhlsa

FhlIaueI phIa DedRer.
 One New York official speaks of the "timidity and inexperiences of Tanma- ny men at the polls: for even a stren- uou& cznapaiKn has itk flashes of hunaor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
Lots of IL.

Toledo Blade. 4.
 By spending his summers in Scotland and keeping his eyes open, MT. Andrew Carnegie is always enabled to accun1u- late a lot of advice for delivery upon his arrival home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24

Engineering News declares that in the near future all passenger cars win be constructed of steel instead of wood. They will not only be much more durable but will be a great deal safer in case of wrecks--tyo very valuable points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
Hardened.

Easterner-Suppose your son wonder should fall from his horse while heard ing that big bunch of cattle and there should be a stampede?
 Ranch Owner--Aw-he wouldn't mind a little thing like that. stranger; you see he's one O them college football players!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
DrittWccd
Maud.
By PHIL II. ARMSTRONG.

Maud. r. Maud Muller on a winters day Went upon the stage to play. scintilating star to be- While folks for her would fight to see, The show she joined played one night They acted worse than green farm But when to Maud's home town they
 came, They posted up her face and name. He cried: Dad gast my liver 'n' The manager said Maud had a range That critics said was marvellous So she trilled a rag-time tune About a coon and ,octoroon-- Her dad then said: Maud you ske- Back to the cooking range for your Of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are tncse: Tt might have
 been."
 He Knew.
 "Is she the kind of woman who would be good to her husband" Yes; but of course some one would put him wise sooner or later"
 A Cold Wave. First Weather Prognosticater-Good Second Ditto-Excuse me, but don't ike IO tdlk SHoO'
 An!
 Jones brags about that horse of his until it grows tiresome." "Yes, it's getting to be horse-chest- nut"
 It's all right to tell folks to aim high says Uncle Ephriam, but dem who's got a choke-bore gun. loaded wid concentration am de only kind what's gwine to bag de game" Its an i'll wind blows nobody good" He said and by the "Flatiron" stood. But a cop blew by who blew him in-- Then he looked blue as he blew his tin For a fine. Then he thought of his
 foolish whim: Twas naught but an i'll wind blew for
 him.
 Overheard. T have a Song hepe I'm going to call >"A Nail in the Celler Door," Why do you choose such an odd T think it catchy"
 A Kentuekian. He barely manages to Keep his head "Yes, and just on a iovel with whis- key"
 Yes.
 Don't you believe a thing can be &C., complished quickly if you keep dig ging everlastingly st itT T don't know-there's the Panama canal"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-24
NfRyhe.

What do you think will be the key note of the Presidents message?"
 q don't know-but think one thing in 1t will be a suggestion judging by his recent attitude on the great col lege game, that United States Senators refrain from playing fastball with each others heads,