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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
SUNDAY, JULY 30. 1905.
GOING BACK roo FAR.

The Indianapolis Star remarks that "civilization dwelt for 10000 years with the electric light and telephone within reach, but never saw them" It would possibly be interesting if The Star will fix the date or give us the data on which 1t bases that assertion. We do not profess to know when civilization began, or rather we might say that 1t didn't begin, but just growed." like Topsey. What we call civilization is the slow growth of centuries of strug- gle and effort for better things, and to say that it began at a certain period is no more correct than 1t would be to say that 1t has ended.
 But without going back of modern times the fact mentioned by The Star Is inexplicable As, in the language of old Horace. Brave men were living before Agamemnon," so we know that there were wise men before Edison. be- fore Morse. or Watt or Stephenson or Benjamin Franklin. If we read the history of centuries we will find all
 
 sophers mechanics and engineers who have left behind them records of dis coveries and great achievements which may well create feeling of envy in the breasts of modern inventors and discoverers.
 Yet, with our knowledge of what they knew and what they accomplished 1t seems almost incredible that they failed to discover the many things which are now part of our daily life, and which are as little mysterious or wonderful to us now as are the motions of a horse Why the two great powers, steam and electricity, should have remained as A sealed book to the wise men for ages may well excite astonishment To us there Is nothing in them to cause wonder but for thousands of years they were unknown. though wisdom was not withheld from humanity and the seek CTS after some new thing were never idle. The glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome" was the result of methods which appear to us of this day as utterly inef1cient to ac- complish anything. If our great en- gineers and builders were now set to work to build great bridge, or monu- ment or house with no peter tools and machines than were used by their brethren of Egypt or Rome or Greece they would give up the contract in disgust It is almost beyond belief, yet 1t Is true that one century has witnessed more advance in all the me- chanical arts than did all the ages that went before. ~*. ~:.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
ITALIANS FOR ALABAMA.
Five Thousand Around Birmingham
 Are Giving Satisfaction.


 Birmingham Age Herald.
 Let us," says The Anniston Star, 'bite off no more immigrants than we can digest. and be sure to bite off none that are indigesttble," As general proposition this is sound. but so Is this additional proposition-the South needs more white people. Put the two prop ositions together. and the reader has the entire situation.
 This district contains about five thousand Italians who came, as rule. from agricultural districts lying be- hind Naples. They work in the mines. them are conducting market gardens, Some of them live in the towns of the district. including Birmingham, but probably one-half of the number live outside of any considerable town.
 The Star may not include the Italians among those from Southern Europe 1t dislkes to see come here as home seek CTS. If 1t does not include them. The Age-Herald stands ready to commend it's entire article.
 The Italians in this district have made a good record. They are pru- dent thrifty, temperate and indus trious. We believe they can be led to become cotton growers, starting per haps as renters. The climate and the other conditions of the South will not to come to the South. These particular be the South's best hope-the best means of building up White South, and The AgeHeraldA feels sure The Star will at any rate favor Italian im- migration when its section has given 1t fair trial
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Distinct Progress in the Science Re
 lating to Yellow Fever. Mobile ReRiSter

DlStluCI fIO8Ie88 In NnG SCI6mCO nes
 lating to Yellow Fever.
 Mobile Register.
 The Register printed at least two Items of good news yesterday morn ing. The one was from New Orleans Ing in the locality where it first ap- peared. The physicians and sanitary officers of New Orleans are said to ing the sick. destroying the .mosaui- places. The practice of these meth fs fever r"anp and the final Sextinetion of the dsea;e ana in the the Rs opR}enai focus in New eeesIves empsoSed iss nai and ne of
 There is no doubt that the fever fhnss De the ony aneston whether the New Orleans authorities would be intelligent and active enough to employ them.
 The second good news item related to the treatment of immunes the acting State Health officer of Alabama. Dr. Bondurant. announcing that i'm munes will not be held at the de. dangerous to health. The reason of this is simple. People who have had the fever do not have it again. They are immune from at attack; TherefosH. thss. systems; and it has demonstrated that fever germs are not conveyed by clothing. etc. Consequently, an i'm, go unrestrained. He Is entirely free from even the suspicion of fever: In fact, he cannot have it.. Of course, 1t must first be proved that the per immune, and he must provide himself with a certificate from a recognized authority--say, from the board or health and from marine hospital ser nr1n ahnylnQ sentiaI safeguard. The certificate may be difficult to get. because It IS often dificult to fspnr prDve nut iha uness the certificate is produced, the clalmahe cannot pass.
 Both in the matter of restriction this recognition of the innocuous character of immunes there is dis tinct advance in the public health au- thorities attitude toward yellow rev CT. They are getting more and more to a point where scientific ideas rule. We say. in justice to tho medical pro fession, that 1t has been ever ready to recognize scientific discoveries ana at,, a profession. It is not crusadins pro. fession, however. and Is to large extent under the domination Of pub suited. because the doctors must apply to the public for all the authority they are to wield in protecting the public from diseases Nevertheless. they do fight popular prejudice, and, often. go counter to 1t as undoubtedly they do when they make this new ruling as to the admission of immunes. They and the approval of the Enlightened ; and they deserve congratulation that in this they lead rather than follow public sentiment. We regard the rui- ing as to immunes as one or the greatest steps forward in scientific Administration of quarantine. It will be visible lesson, teaching that common sense and not fear begot or ignorance is controlling the course or our health authorities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
cetterx tO the Gdftof
ACTING MAYOR CRITICISED.
Acting fin a Dual Capacity as Alderman
 md Mayor.


 Editor The Advertiser:
 1t Is a matter of deep regret to city that Acting Mayor Mcintyre has vetoed the Teague ordinance which prohibits the sale or giving away of liquors on the Sabbath. The ordinance was passed by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and was heartily endorsed by very large majority of our law by, MT. Mcintyre in his message ve- toing the ordinance will strike the av- craze man of intelligence as trivial ana p99ere He seems ms to think that allowed to stand. would inJure a few liquor dealers and break up some of the clubs in the city. It has come to ing and law-abijing element of our city must submit to the desires of a few whiskey dealers and clubs who MT. Mcintyre occupies an anomalous position in more instances than one. In the first place owing to an unfortu- nate defect in our municipal laws. he legislative capacity and did all in his power to defeat the ordinance. Now in an executive role and vetoes the or comes before the Council upon the question as to whether 1t shall be In legislative capacity and of course, to be consistent. he will vote to sustain derstand that MT. Mcintyre Is candi- date for city attorney If this be so, he should be in line with the adminis- tration and not occupy the position of opposing the measures endorsed by that administration and supported by a majority of the best element in the city unless he can furnish better reasons than set forth In his veto message. If MT. Mcintyre could not conscientiously approve the ordinance, he would have occupied far more estimable position in the minds of the better element of our citizens had he suffered the ordi- nance to become law without his sig nature.
 From the close vote by which the or dinance was originally passed, 1t is highly probable that it cannot be passed over his veto and Montgomery Is advertised to the world as a place of open saloons on the Sabbath.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

not be hard to induce people to eat the meat. All kinds of meat food is high and getting higher. thanks to the trusts and other causes. We must have q substitute. and why not frogs! There is no objection to such diet ex- cept ignorance and prejudice and these can be overcome. Many people will not eat oysters on first acquaintance, but the taste Is soon acquired and never lost.
 We vote for a frog farm. >
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
..- Watch It Hedge!

Scat yourself! Did we not say that the cat Is the most graceful and charm ing of animals Did we not say that it is good to look upon and an ornament fire burns cheerily?
 Avaunt! The office cat of The vir- ginian- Pilot would make that of The Advertiser look like three plugged up asleep by the hour in the peaceful atmosphere that pervades the office, he Is joy to look upon. We would not swap him for The Advertisers lean and mangy office cat and the Coosa River Pliosaurus that 1t keeps chained In the back yard to boot
 It makes us weary to sec these people who expect the office cat to subsist on office mice swelling out their chests and talking about real animal lovers being f1intyhearted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
SOME EXPLANATIONS.

A great many explanations have been given for the use of the words O. K. which are now almost as familiar as is our dollar mark. One explanation is that during the famous Harrison cam paign of 1s40 a whig farmer drove into the town of Urbana. O.. with this sign painted on his wagon. The people Is OH Korrect" The Democrats made fun of him, but a whig tavern keeper put the letters o. K; over his door where they remained for sixty years.
 Another explanation mentioned by The Richmond mes-Dispatch Is that General Jackson. whose spelling was not first class. when he would approve an official paper. would put "olf Kor- rect" on it, and when he was in a hurry would put only the letters o. K. to it. Then the same paper tells us that when the Morse telegraph code was being formed the letters O. K. were adopted as the briefest signal to be used by a receiving operator to show that he understood the message. Other explanations are given, and The New Orleans States comes in with this one:
 In the Choctaw Indian language there is a word 'okeh, which means "it is correct" or T agree or approve. It Is often used alone to give assent or approval to a suggestion or proposal. 'Okeh" was in common use among the Choctaws more than thirty years be- fore the Van Buren campaign. It was A very convenient expression where parties understood each others lan- euage perfectly, and was used to mean, T understand you and approve of what you say or T understand your state ment and vouch for it's correctness There being no English word or ex- pression so brief or exact, "okeh," spelled phonetically, Q. K" came into common use among the whites; and chiefly, perhaps, through its use by transportation companies 1t has come into general use.
 That, like some of the others. Is in- genious, but we have not been able to find any authority for this Choctaw word with that meaning. There may be such a word. and 1t may mean what The States says. but we have not been able to verify 1t in any Choctaw lexicon or other book that we have &C., cess to. From the construction of the word 1t might be Choctaw. Creek, Semi- nole, Hitchiti or any of the alleged languages, but we fail to find 1t in any of them. Is not The States mistakenr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
DriftWccd
Snuaeta.
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Far to the westward now the garish
 Day, Falls blindly fainting in the arms of
 Night. Bathed in her own red blood From
 wonder height The owl complainant with a lonesome
 lay; Through purpling twilight silence ~-.= broods the way. s-:.-~- .r.a's.. Save for the solemn vesper bells and
 flight Of ghost birds screaming at approach
 ing Night, Day dies-what pageantry while she
 held sway,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Quarantine
 Proclamation.
Mayors Office, City of Montgomery. Ala.

July x4, l9Oo.
 Under and by virtue of the power vested in the Mayor Of this city by the Legislature of Alabama and the City Council of Mont gon ry. and in accordance with the rec- omnAndations of the Board of Health of Montgomery County, now. therefore.
 City of Montgomery. do hereby proclaim . quarantine against the city of New Or leans. Louisiana, and persons living in any of the towns lying along the line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, between the said city of New Orleans. Louisiana. and the Alabama State line. and any and all places that now or which may here- after be infected with yellow fever. to the effect that no person or persons from such infected point or points shall be allowed to come within ten miles of the city ot Monts restrictions as have been imposed by the State Board of Health. or for the purpose of passing through through trains, until public notice shall have been giveI Of the discontinuance of this quarantine
 In witness whereof. I have hereunto sci my hand and the seal of the city ot Montgomery. this 24th day of July, 1905.
 C. P. M'INTYRE,
 (SEAL.s Acting Mayor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Some days ago The Advertiser had

Some days ago The Advertiser had a little comment on the statement that the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad Company was preparing to expend twentytwo million dollars in Improvements" As the distance between New York and Hartford is but 112 miles we naturally thought the sum mentioned was a very large one for Improvements. but The Hartford Courant thus explains:
 But the little old road has branched out quite bodaciously in the course of the years, good Alabama friend. Just get a railway guide with maps in it., and see for yourself.
 Of course If the money is to be spent on the entire system 1t makes a ma terial difference, but from the reading of the original item we inferred that all the money was for the main line. That was why we thought 1t un- reasonable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Hot weather and stagnant water breed fevers and fevers breed death. We may not get rid of the hot weather but we can rid our city of the breeding places of the insects. Pools of stag nant water. especially at his time, are genuine incubators of disease, and the way to ward off disease Is to rid the city of its causes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

One good thing promised by the re- form movement in Philadelphia is the purging of the voting lists. Already they have stricken off thirty thousand fraudulent names, and if they keep it up there may be hope of an honest vote in that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Why doesn't MT. Loomis vindicate his character in a court of law?" asks The Chattanooga Times Surely The Times knows that some vindications are much worse than the original charges If MT. Looms Is wise he will rest con- laid on him by the President. It might all come off before an impartial court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Tiilman, who is called "the father of the dispensary" in South Carolina, says the dispensaries have got to supply bet ter liquor or go out of business. Evl- dently they have been giving him bad booze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

The Boston Herald calls him "Ex- Panama Engineer Wallace" We hope The Herald is not putting the canal and Panama in the "ex." elass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Maud Come is suing for divorce and The Savannah Press thinks the husband will be glad when Maud's gone But will Maud be EonAa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
sIyrn .JyIn.

There was a young fellow named Jym Who was so remarkably slym,
 when he crawled on a lymb You couldn't see hym- .. This unfortunate fellow named Jym.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

MT. M. J. Mclaughlin, of Greenville, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Editor John s. Hunter. of The Pro- gressive Era, Camden, Is in Montgom- cry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

MT Edward S. Watts has returned Asheville. x. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

E. s. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' eayB:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser'S circulation for the month of June. 1903, Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents ana 1eft-over copies have been deducted
 E. s. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this
 Fl. w. JACKSON. (Sea1) Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Historical Oyersights.

Esau had Just sold his birthrIght. What a pity" he cried, the first fren- zied finance and Tommy Lawson isn't here yet.
 Then he girded up his loins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
\ MeddIer.
Opea for Engagements.

She is now a shining light in society Yes; a search-light, as it were.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
SAIaaI-

trials"
 Then she ought to be satisaed-she's right up-to- date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Irate Guest-Waiter. l thought told you a week ago to take this stale bread and throw 1t in the sink.
 Waiter-Yassah; but yo' know bread cast upon de watah will return attah many days -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Messrs R. s. Bettis, J. W. Daraugh of Tallassee. are in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Does her husband treat her with 
 Not the financial variety"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

one of the prominent ministers of that State, Is in the city and will occupy the pulpit this morning at the First Bap- tist Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Mayors Office,

MayOrS Office,
 City of Montgomery, Ala,
 July 24, 1905. hereby offer a reward of s1oO for in- formation that will lead to the arrest, with evidence to convict, of any person whS may hereafter enter the city of Montgomery in violation of my proclamation of Quaran- tine dated July 24th. 1905.
 c. P. MINTYRE. If Acting Mayor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

MT. D. A. Fitch. of Birmingham. is in Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
What D,d sh. Mean
Answered.

He-I have half a mind to kiss you. She-Better half mind than no mind at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Job had just said. T would not live always"
 By some inexplicable means of ocular perception he had discerned a hand writing upon a wall, and the stern vis- age Of Dr. Osler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

He who lives on his past reputation has half-starved look.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

The congregation at Court Street Methodist Church will have the privi- lege of hearing Rev. G. w. Patterson D, D., this evening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Napoleon was standing with fol,

Napoleon was standing with folded arms.
 "Will you have whskey straight" asked Lulu, the dusky waiter.
 No" replied the great General, with a shadowy, ghost of a smile. T prefer to take Water. Lu!"
 IL is a remarkable fact that every biographer of Bonaparte has omitted this item.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

MT. B. G. Watson, of Demopolis. fl visitor to the city. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
Family Jars.

Mir. and Mrs. Jim Force Had a spat as matter of course. She struck his Dalt spot With a full coffee pot Now he says ne has grounds fC
 divorce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Rev J. W. cramer. of quincy H.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Church this morning at II a. m. will be conducted by Rev E. w. Gamble. of Selma. Mir, Gamble is Chaplain of the lst Alabama Cavalry, now in camp at Pickett Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

It may not be out of place to add that our English cousins are not fully edu- cated up to frog diet, neither are the Americans, but we will get there. and the huge bull-frog, which we believe Is an American product, will fill a long felt want.
 There Is nothing improbable in the idea of raising frogs as a special and paying industry. As breeders they appear to be spontaneous. simultane- ous and several other things tending to make them easily multiplied. Cranes. herons and snakes are their greatest enemies. but these can be guarded against They feed on all sorts of insects and thus befriend mankind. But they will eat almost any kind of food and thus the job of feeding large num- bers of them Is not an obstacle to their cultivation. We can see no reason why a frog farm-or pond-should not pay. A few acres of marsh and little ponds. where there is always a supply of water. and a little care in guarding and feeding would suffice for thousands of them. If the cultivator wants to make them pay as they are getting ready for market he might erect stage or audi torium convenient where those who like frog music might repair at the proper time and enjoy a concert by pay ing a small admission fee. It would beat a brass band out of sight.
 When once experiments have been conducted in a way to establish the fact that our own Rama Catesbiana can be propagated, domesticated and culti- vated with ease and certainty it will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30

Mir. William Williams. a former well known young lawyer of Montgomery, his profession in New York city, is in Montgomery for a few days: MT. Will Hams has a great number of friends in the city who are gratified at his sue
The Jasper news., 1905-06-29
His Brother Died

Geo. Peisen arrived from Illinois and
Iowa last Monday afternoon where he
WAS called by the sickness and death of
his brother VIM r Peisen. His brothe
died GU Monday June 10Th at Benld, ILL.,,
and was ttken to his old hcme at FL
dora, Iowa, for burial, the funeral tax
ing | lace Wednesday the 21st.