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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

To evade the Platt amendment, it was
 proposed that the new issue should be
 called an interior debt" President
 Palma declared that the Platt amend
 ment prohibited the assumption of any public debt" whether domestic or for
 eign. The reply was that any man , opposing the payment of this honest debt" to the soldiers of liberation"
 would be swept out of power Palma capitulated, rather than lose the Pres ldency.
 The constitution of Cuba. in confer | ring power upon the Congress to con- tract loans. provides: Tt (Congress) shall be under the obligation of decid- ing what permanent revenues shall be
 necessary for the payment of the in terest and redemption thereof. All action relating to loans shall require | thirds of the vote of the total num- ber of the members of each co-legisla- l tive body" ~.-.. In spite of this provision. the Cuban
 House of Representatives passed the bill providing for the interior debt" | with a bare quorum present, and by a viva voce vote. Less than two-thirds of the Senate passed the bill through that body. On August 24 last, Presi- ] dent Palma signed the bill, and it be-
 came a law" @:.@ Again the "sOIdiers."
 In brief, this law provides that the President of Cuba, ninety days after
 its promulgation shall use the surplus
 In the treasury tor the payment of the 50 per cent balance due the sol diers of the liberating army" The act reserved $6,000,000 for Government expenses, and certain other money In
 the treasury, amounting to several mill lions. was exempt from the fund at the
 disposal of the President. The recent treasury statements showed that there
 was about $23,00O, 900 in the treasury,
 which would leave $14,000,000; or $l5,-
 000,000 available for the pay of the soldiers.
 The act further provided that "cred7 itors"-not soldiers this time, lut cred ltors-should be given bonds O. the interior debt" to complete the payment of the 50 per cent balance due the sol diers. these bonds to bear 5 per cent
 interest, payable semi-annually The
 total amount of the bond issue de- pended upon the amount of the surplus in the treasury that could be devoted to payment of soldiers claims.
 A cablegram from Havana yesterday
 announced that the payment of soldiers claims was begun on December i. and that 100000 was available in the treasury for that purpose. The re- maining $10,000. 900, said the dispatch, would be paid in interior debt" bonds. There is reason to suspect the au- thenticity of these figures, since the last treasury statement indicated that not over $15.000,00O would be available for the soldiers claims. with the prob- ability that the sum would not exceed ten or twelve millions The aggregate
 of the questionable bond issue, accord ing to reliable information. will be nearly, if not quite $1S,OO0,00O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Conducted By
 nlartba Young

towers succeeds in her efforts makes a l story told with all of Mir. .'hilifps's customary vigor. but In vein wholly new to his readers.
 saf-zada Tales. By W. A Frazer The Sa'-Zada Tales, as Mr. Frazer calls I his book of animal stories. are the tales told by the animals gathered at a Zoo in India to their keeper. Sa'- Zada. They are stories of adventure and danger. of life in jungle and town, in desert and camp told from the point of view of the animals. The animals themselves offer a surprising variety.
 from the leopard, the elephant, the
 jackal. and the tiger to the monkey.
 cobra, wild boar and crocodile. and the range of their adventures. and the en-
 tertaining revelations of their charac-
 ters and habits. as they appear in these
 stories. are remarkable exhibition of
 literary power and versatility on the part of Mir. Frazer. The years that he
 spent in India have given him a sense
 of the life there and the power of re-
 producing the atmosphere of civfiiza-
 tion and of the wilds. that transports
 one to that part of the world in a sur prising way. Mir. Frazer was for six
 months among the wild. footing tribes
 of Afghanistan and Beloochistan, and
 for two years on the islands that lie
 along the coast of Burmah. There the
 jungle swarms with snakes of all de-
 scriptions. from the giant boa to the
 cobra and the debota, and for over q
 year he kept captive in box big eighteen foot boa which he captured alive within three hundred feet or his
 bungalow. The fruit of these experi-
 ences is gathered together In this new
 book, which is without doubt one Of the most vivid and entertaining colIec- tions of animal stories that has ever
 been published. The illustrations, by
 MT Arthur fleming. are mefe than twenty in number. and arc varied and
 as striking as the stories. 1
 One of the most important of the new editions of the fall is that of General John B. Gordons "Reminiscen- ces of the Civil War" This work, which was published in 1903. has al- ready established itself as one of the ablest, most valuable, and most impar- tial books that ever has been written on the greatest conflict in our his- 1 tory. The new and cheaper edition ct will just cost $1.50. just one-half the price of the original edition), is gotten up in attractive form and will contain three portraits.
 Solon H. Berglun1, the well known sculptor. Is making the model for q | s25,000 life size equestrian statue Tn bronze of General Gordon. The statue itself. when finished, is to stand in the grounds of the capitol at Atlanta. Georgia It is being paid for by pop ular subscriptions of Confederate Ar my Veterans, and will be presented by I the old soldiers to the city of Atlanta, General Gordon's home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
ThanIKawiYinR.

Thanksgiving.
 Let us be thankful for the loyal hand That love held out in welcome to our
 own,
 When love and only love could under
 stand
 The need of touches we had never
 known. t"- I Let us be thankful for the longing eyes
 That gave their secret to us as they
 wept,
 Yet in return found, with a sweet sur
 prise,
 Loves kiss upon their lids. and
 smiling, slept.
 And let us, too, be thankful that the
 Of sorrow have not all been drained
 away,
 That through them still. for all the
 coming years,
 We may look on the dead face of To-
 day.
 James Whitcomb Riley. in The Read
 CT for November.
 Town and Country. November II is A horse show number. There is iron tispiece of some fine animals. Under the title The Men Who Make the Horse Show" portraits are given of Colonel William Jay, MT. Robert l.. Gerry, Mr. August Belmont. MT, Eben D. Jordan, Judge w. H. Moore of Chi cago, Mir. William K. Vanderbilt, MT. Reynold C. Vanderbilt driving Fad and Fancy" two prize-winning show horses. MT. Alfred c. Vanderbilt with Mrs. Vanderbilt and party of friends walking in Central Park. MT. H. H, Holberth, treasurer of the Horse Show Association, and of Mir. Joseph E. Wi dener of Philadelphia.
 The horse show opens the season in New York and Is greatest event of in terest before the holidays, Thanksgiv- ing and Christmas tide, when all the world rushes back to country house for merry fortnight.
 A Bit of Horse Show History. In 1888, when the Horse Show had already some headway, it was considered some what in the light of side issue. It opened at nine in the morning and closed at half past nine in the evening It was considered bad form to dTess too much for this exhibition. There were but few thoroughbreds to be seen. although A. J. Cassatt's famous Bend dor" and several others were on hand. There were a number of trotters. and the display of saddle horses, ponies and cobs was excellent. Among the JuuEeS -Ol sIldl Qdy were Keene. J. H. Bradford and Colonel $. D. Bruce for thororghbreds; Courtlandt D Moss. the father of Mrs. Fred Beach Albert C. Hall and J. W. Ogden for trotters and roadsters; H. L. Herbert, Harvey Marsh and James Heffernan for heavy draught horses. August Bel mont and A. J. Cassatt were among the judges of coaching stallions; Messrs. F. K Sturgis, Hugo Fritsch, Reginald w. Rives and Colonel William Jay for carriage horses, cobs and ponies in harness, Messrs. James R. Keene. Thom- as Hitchcock, Jr., and J. w. Wadsworth were among those who awarded rib bons to hunters; Colonel Lawrence Kip, Colonel Joseph Dorst, of the 4th United states cavalry, and Lieutenant Treat of the 5th United States artillery, gave the premiums to cavalry horses, and Messrs. Hugo Fritsch and Prescott Lawrence told which was the best of the butcher horse and carts. Satur- day was quite a day, and then took place the display of road rigs, the driv- ing of professional coachmen, the Jumping of polo ponies and the cham pion prize for hunters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Penaltx of Popularitx.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Lieutenant Governor Guild. recently elected Governor of Massachusetts. says he received 1,700 invitations to social functions last year. Just think of that. Five invitations for every working day in the year and something like 200 over! What society woman could keep up that pace? Of course we are not to infer that the. popular Guild accepted all these invitations On the contrary, he still lives and will soon be mustered in as Governor of that old State. A man who sampled society dinners and luncheons and took in theatre parties and balls and pie mics and excursions ana porcn par tIes at the rate of five a day never could have stumped the State through A lively campaign. It is evident that the genial Guild has learned to say r"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
The Effect on Animals of Contact with
 Man.

But with all wild animals it is noticeable fact that course of con tact with man continuing over many generations of animal life causes Il species so to adapt itself to it's new surroundings that 1t can hold it's own
 far better than formerly. When white men take up a new country. the game. and especially the big game. being en- tirely unused to contend with the new foe, succumb easily, and are almost completely killed out. If any individ-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Dr. Probe-It might be wise for you to call in specialist. Witherby-Then, for your sake. doctor. you'd better send in your bill frst.-LIfe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Songa O, Cheer.

My Granpa he's a-allus sayin' Sing a
 song O cheer!
 And, onc't says, What kind is them?,,' he says. ''The kind to hear Cause they're the kind that Nature
 sings, in ever bird that twitters." Well, whipperwills and doves,' says l, .-- "hain't: over-cheery critters!' Then don't you sing like them," he ,E says-'ner guiny-hens. my dear Ner peafowls. nuther, (drat the boyo-- .i. You sing song O cheer"' I can't sing nothin' anyhow; but comin'
 home, to'rds night. I kindo' -sorto' kep; a-whistlin' old
 Bob-White!"
 for November.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Where MT. Roosevelt Hunted the Coy-
 

The coursing was done on the hats and great rolling prairies which stretched north from our cahp toward
 the Wichita Mountains and south to-
 ward the Red River. There was
 certain element of risk in the gallops.
 because the whole country was oae
 huge prairie-dog town. the prairie
 dogs being so numerous that the new
 towns and the abandoned towns were continuous with one aother in every
 direction. Practically every run we
 had was through these prairies-d dog
 towns, varied occasionally by creeks and washouts. But as we always ran scattered out, the wonderfully quick COW ponies brought up in, this country
 and spending all their time among the prsirie-dog towns. were .able.. even while running at headlong speed, to avoid the holes with cleverness that was simply marvellous. During our hunt but one horse stepped in hole; he turned a complete somerset, though neither he nor his rider was hurt. Stunted mesquite bushes gfew here and there in the. grass. and there was cactus.-From "A Wolf Hunt in Okla homa," by Theodore Roosevelt. in the , November Scribners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Clever At Handling Men. Detroit Free Press. ., How did that young stripH that diplomatic position? Has shown any diplomatic ability?
 "Yes. indeed! He landed the
Evening star., 1905-08-31
The Principalship Problem.

Next week the members of the board of
education will meet 10 begin the preIlmi-
nary work OF the new school year. They
are com rronted with certain questions which
demand the most careful consideration and
which must be answered wisely II the
schools Of the District are To continue to
develop along lines of the greatest useful
ness to the community and 10 retain the
confidence of the people.
The citizens OF East Washington have.
through their representative association,
filed with the board Of education a protest
against the further service at the Eastern
High School OF the present principal al
legiug temperamental incompetence. The
board had already sought to solve the prob
lem by arranging a transfer of high school
principals. but had been compelled. by
greatly aroused public sentiment, to aban-
don this course. The sentiment on Capitol
Hin adverse 10 Principal Swar;zel appears
to have been intensified by the develop
ments of the summer, and the action taken
at the special meeting resembling the reso-
luton of transfer has only met the OBJ
tections of the friends OF the Central School.
whose principal was TO have been shifted TO
the Eastern.
Quite recently a way seems TO have OPEN
ed for solution OF the problem by way of
avoidance. one OF the supervising principals
having resigned 20 accept a better position
elsewhere. This place pays larger salary
than that attaching to the high school prin-
cipalship. and the proposition Immediately
broached TO settle the East Washington
case by promoting Mr.. Swartzen to this
vacancy adds a new factor to the case.
1t is to he hoped that the board of educa-
tlon will hold firmly In mind that the para
mount issue in this case Is not the mere
quieting of agitation but the best interests
o; the schools. IL the present principal of
the Eastern High School is an efficient man.
IL the OPPOSITION 10 him springs from the
unreasonabieness of those who smart under
his just methods of discipline. If his record
Evening star., 1905-08-31
The Bennington Findings.

Secretary Bonaparte has acted in the case
of the Bennington disaster with a breadth
md clearness of view that must favorably
impress the country with sense of his ad-
ministrativc capacity. He takes Issue with
the court of inquiry as to the state of the
ships discipline. citing that body's own
findings to demonstrate that the vessels
complement had unquestionably fallen into
a lax state of efficiency. The court of in
quiry's very disclosures as to the engine
room force, whose neglect of duty and
ignorance reflected both upon the engineer
officer and the commander of the ship. car
red with them refutation of it's conclu-
sion.
There is no distinct desire on the part Of
the public that somebody should suffer pun
ishment for the gunboat explosion. But
there is desire that the tragedy be utilized
to it's highest point to lessen the chances
of repetitions. The lesson will not be learn
ed by a perfunctory examination of the
case a glossing over Of important facts or
mistaken spirit of pardon. II the ships
force had fallen into careless ways. IL the
boiler equipment had not been properly ad-
tusted. if the engine room force had grown
slack IL the engineer officer did not prop
erly see to the details of the power produc-
ton. and II the commander did not keep a
properly corrective watch over all the mani
fold matters of ship routine then the fun
damental law of the naval service was vio-
lated and for that. apart from the terrible
consequences of the lapses the punishment
should be administered. And 1t is only JUS.
to all careful efficient, minutely watchful
officers of the navy that this punishment
should be in some degree proportioned to
the results of the faults that may be
proved.
The public is apt to consider this Benning
ton case too closely in connection with the
admirable conduct of all the officers and
men who survived the explosion. 1t is no
proof of good seamanship and off1cership
that every man left uninjured sprang to the
task of rescue and that the work of relief
went forward with heroic promptness and
bravery. No less was to have been ex-
pected of every man on board. The point
to be borne in mind is that II there had
been little more care on all sides In the
handling of the ship there would have been
no disaster and no occasion for this fine
spectacle of discipline under stress.
The navy should be kept up to prime
standard in every detail in times of the
most profound peace, else ii ceases to serve
Evening star., 1905-08-31
After the Shouting.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
The making of peace is greeted with a
divide tumut of grateful acclama tion
save, perhaps. for a certain limited lamen-
tation among some Japanese. 1t Is fitting
that it should be so. If ever the world had
occasion for rejoicing 1t has now. Yet we
must remember. as we shall quickly realize.
that ''the tumult and the shouting dies :"
This joyous enthusiasm will subside, and IN
some quarters be followed probably by Il
reaction, while In all quarters 1t will give
place to calm consideration of the net re-
suits of the and of the peacemaEinS.
Without assuming extraordinary gifts Cf
prescience, 1t is not difficult even now to
forecast in some degree that Judgment IF
the future. There need be no hesitation ir
expecting the universal credit which the
President has won to remain undi!ninisiled
and unimpaired. No chief of state has
more nobly done nobler work than he.
and the unparalleled outburst of tributes to
him. from rulers and peoples. IS II vocal
prelude to the measured and enduring judg-
ment of history. Whatever may result from
the peacemaking, the peacemake: will be
held in honor.
Evening star., 1905-08-31
Lessons Of the War.
From the New York Herald.

Although many months must elapse be-
fore the intimate history Of the war will
be open for intelligent study. its vital les
sons are not difficult to comprehend. There
is. indeed, nothing basically novel in them,
for the extraordinary success of the jap
anese on sea and land is obviously attrib-
utable to the preparedness of personnel and
material, to the command of the sea SO
early secured and to the quick initiative
that paralyzed the action and benumbed
the morale of the enemy The mikado's
government seems to have thought out
everything beforehand and to have brought
to the execution of its plans a unique ca
pacity for leadership in every grade, from
commander to subaltern. Moreover, In the
broadest sense of war making, the Japan
ese were directed by vertebrate and con-
sistent national policy that was freed from
political considerations and were blessed by
a sound and resistless organization where
no cog slipped Finally, the conflict was
opened at the exact moment when the ad-
vantage of Japan was greatest. Master
combinations were made, and the concep-
tion of plans and their execution were con-
fidenty based on q clear recognition that
nothing short of conclusive result would
suffice.
Evening star., 1905-08-31
Cox of Tennessee.

There's a new governor in town. so to
speak. and he belongs in the class with
Mr.. Folk His name is Cox, and he re-
sides in Tennessee. He was not elected to
the office he holds. but was promoted by
the election of Governor Frazier to The
Senate He is candidate to succeed him.
self. and is showing the stun of which real
governors are made. The election is next
year
Trouble occurred few days ago at
Tracy City, mining town. over the an
nouncement that the Tennessee Consoli-
dated Coal and Iron Company would begin
work at it's mines. Differences existed be-
tween the company and some of the min
ers. and threats were made by the dis
gruntled men. The situation grew so grave.
indeed. that the local authorities through
abundant caution. appealed to the gov
ernor for aid,
Governor Cox did not begin a correspond
ence with anybody: did not sit in his office
at Nashville and express the hope that the
row would fail to materialze. He left at
once for the scene, and. after an investiga-
ton of matters. ordered out state troops
to meet the emergency. He delivered two
speeches. one to the miners. and. while with
out bravado expressed himself in the
frankest terms. He had not come. he said,
to settle any differences between labor and
capital but as the chief executive of the
state to see that the laws were respected
and order was preserved. To that end he
would use the full power of the state II
necessary. and If that proved insufficient
he would call on the President OF The
United States for assistance.
That is the way TO do business. Officers
of the law should see that the law Is en-
forced and respected. and the higher the
official the more prompt and resolute he
should be in the execution of his commits
sion II only we can get more RooseVelts'
and Folks. and Coxes in office the condi-
tions of which so many are complaining
throughout the country vii! soon be
changed AS a rule. the laws are good
and sufficient. II is only necessary to ad-
minister them in a firm and just spirit TO
secure the best results.
Evening star., 1905-08-31
M. Witte and the Future.

At this moment NJ. Witte is acclaim ed as
the greatest of living Russians AS we say
In this country. he has made good. He
went to Portsmouth with the prestige OF
having opposed the policies which had
brought such heavy disasters to his coun-
try He will leave with the prestige of
having negotiated n treaty carrying terms
to Russia which nobody at the outset
thought obtainable. He has made an ex-
cclent impression on strangers He came
heralded a sort of ogre-an icy man of
repellent manners. But we have not seen
him in that guise. He left that tempera-
ment and address behind, and on this s de
of the water has shown much aft ibility and
good nature. America of course Is not
Russia, and when he returns home M.
Witte may resume his former address and
take up the Russian side of things again
in the Russian way.
Still there is hope that a new day has
dawned for Russia. and that NJ Witte will
be the man of the hour. The opposition to
him is still strong. but by no means as
strong as it was. Several odous but pow
erful figures who resisted him and were in
fuential in his overthrow have disappeared.
Plehve and Grand Duke Sergius are dead
at the hands of assassins Alexieff still
ilNNS DuJ Is nopeieSSly ulSCrculteu NOT
even the so-called war party would again
advance so conspicuous blunderer. Alexis.
long a tin sailor at the head of the navy
is down and out. and in future will
amuse himself in Paris with cards and the
bottle and other things
Relieved of these men and a few others
of their stripe Russia. with the call for a
popular assembly. should make headway,
n shp ha tbp aH HN.iSa
Under the most favorable auspices the
progress made VIII appear slow to us. 1t is
a herCulean job to take so large mass of
ignorant people so long the prey of oppress-
orS and lift them to the exercise of nteili-
gent power. But the cars proclamation in
its last analysis means that If 1t means any
thing. and a statesman of the proportions
and prestige of NJ. Witte should In the years
that remain to him lay the foundations of
great things for the Russian people. VIII
his imperial master give him the chance?
Evening star., 1905-08-31
Heroisnn.

It's hard to be a hero-thats to say. the
kind who meets
The pIaudits of the multitude while riding
down the streets.
But maybe there are heroes In our every
day affairs
So numerous that like as not you'll pass
them unawareS.
1t takes the hero instinct, when a fellow
falls from grace,
To brace himself and make another start,
and hold the pace.
1t takes the hero instinct to smile on and
play part
In spite of bitter memories that keep tug
ging at the heart:
1t needs a man of nerve to face the world
when luck goes wrong.
To carry fortune well requires nature
most as strong.
There are heroes in lifes failures. There
heroes in success
In fact. most everybody is a hero more or
less.