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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
A MIXED ArrAm

The blooming State of Kansas Is in another mess. It generally is. for that matter, for there Is rarely a time when something isn't doing in Kansas. This time the trouble is so peculiar that one is at a loss to know how 1t can be, even in that State. The State accountant has informed the Governor that -four teen thousand dollars paid into the State school fund during the last six years is not in the fund and never has been." Then he adds a second shot by saying that forty odd thousand dollars which should have legally been paid into the same fund and appears to have been paid somewhere. somehow never got into the fund"
 That is the way The Topeka State Journal states the case and 1t strikes us that 1t gets things just a little bit mixed If that fourteen thousand was paid into the State fund. how can it be that 1t is not there and never has been ? That Is a sort of hoous-poeus game that we fail to understand. We can easily W, the other proposition gets us. And that foFty thousand payment appears to have been an elusive or Illusive trans action. It was paid Somewhere" and that seems to be about as near as the accountant can come to it. The pre- sumption is that both payments went Into the handy pocket of some slick official.
 But what shall we think of a State where such sums have been lodging around for half-a-dozen years without any one knowing where the money was. either now or at any other time? It is certainly e wretehed system of book keeping where such a thing can be kept up for years without detection, or they must have an inattentIvs or unreliable set of officials who could not or would not prevent such a condition of the States finances. Altogether 1t is a pe- culiarly Kansan affair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

London Chronicle.
 In spite of the enormous inroads made on this earth's great store of wealth. diamonds, gold, oil, gas, coal, iron and other materials. recent inves- tigations have brought to light the in- teresting fact that treasure fields con- taining fabulous wealth still remain Intact.
 Investigations have proved, for in-- stance, that huge areas of the floor of the Pacific are strewn thick with im- mense deposits of nodules of pure man ganese. Invent a practicable and eco nomical method of recovering 1t, and the individual who does go will at once become rich beyond the dreams of ava rice.
 The most crying need of today Is d substitute for Para rubber. It Is cer- tain to be discovered sooner or later.
 Malleaple glass was manufactured and used by the Romans nearly two thousand years ago. But the secret has been lost. It seems odd that no one in this age of mechanical progress has been able to rediscover the method of manufacturing a tough and unbreak- able glass. Whoever succeeds in doing so and making the discovery economl- cally useful will reap a great reward.
 Real photography In colors is still an open field and offers boundless oppor- tunities for the inventor. In smaller matters, too, the list of wants unsup- piled Is endless. Jewelers. for Instance. are still quite without any safe method of fixing pearls on Jewelry, such as rings, where the gems are mounted without a surrounding setting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Eetters tc tl,e Gdftor
AEemoranI nraforn.
Newborn. Feb. 2. 1905.

Newborn, Feb. 2, 1905. Editor The Advertiser:
 Colonel Wiley's brilliant euIogy of Senator Ingalls did indeed remind us of l.. Q. c. Lamar's grand oration on Charles Sumner, spoken more than thirty years ago. But Lamar's speech was not delivered in the United States Senate, but in the House. as was Colo nel Wiley's. And just as Colonel Wiley's splendid speech eclipsed all others made in both Senate and House. on the occasion of receiving the statue of Ingalls, so did Representative Lamar's profound and noble speech far excel all others, Blaine's, Conkling's, Garfields, and all the great orators of Congress, on the memorial occasion of Charles Sumner. By the way, the readers of The Advertiser will enjoy a fine treat when they read the ad- dress on the Life and Character of L. Q. c. Lamar, which Bishop Galloway will soon deliver.
 How pleasant to think each time take The Advertiser to read, that my dear brother Edmund, my dear old teacher Dr. Wyman and Judge H. M Summerville, and Colonel H. A. Herbert, and so many other old friends, are reading the same pages.
 F. S. MorrIsette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

As an evidence of the amount we may pay in the way of interest on a debt of long standing. Missouri pa- per tells of a case in that State that goes beyond anything we remember to have seen. Thirty-two years ago a farmer living near Chillicothe borrowed $500, for the use of which he agreed to pay interest at the rate of 10 per cent. He has been paying his $50 interest every year. making s1.eOO in all. and stili owes the original debt. Probably he has found it easier to raise the $50 each year than to pay the entire amount, but all the same his method doesn't seem like good business. Pay ing in the way of interest more than three times the debt, and stlll owing the principal. is not a good way to get out of debt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Invention of the PhOnomrnph.

some historical interest a few days ago. When he was at work on his first photograph many weeks were com
 sumed in experiment. It Is said that when the talking machine was first discovered it was as much a surprise to its inventor as to the world. The
 wizard" was working on some tele- phone receivers and was led to put a piece of tinfoil on a cylinder. It re- corded sound. and Edison was convinc- ed that the human voice could be re- corded and produced. When the time came to make an actual test Edison, With his mind on mechanical details, with the familiar phrase, Mary had little lamb" These words formed the first record taken by the ma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Her CompanY volee.

evangelist.
 'Who is that in tRe parlor, NellieT' asked the little sister.
 Nobody but mamma and Fred" re- piled Nellie.
 "Oh, yes, there must be some one else" rejoined the little girl, flor mann ma has her company voice on"
 It was little squib under the head ing of Fun" which a member of the family read aloud from the paper. The circle about the table who heard 1t smiled. and one said, That's a good joke" But a more thoughtful member turned 1t over In her mind. She was the mother and she admitted to herself that 1t was more than a joke--that in many instances 1t was sober truth. It came home to her heart with great significance. for she acknowledged to herself that 'the company voice. was entirely too often put on when in the presence of those outside the home circle We wish to appear at our best before those whose good opinions we desire to gain. But with those who love us how often we speak in irritable, harsh. quick tones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
CIanCey's Hotel, Cor. Bibb & Commerce Sts.
 Montgomery, Ala.
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY:

D. c. Dions, Savannah, Ga; W. E. Wood, Savannah, Ga; Geo. Van Rippen; J. T. ONeal. Rutherford, Ala; E. l.. Tippim, Savannah. Ga; c. M, McFall, gor. Waycross, Ga.; Harry Clark, At- lanta. Ga; J. O'Ranker, Selma. Ala: R. Schleringer. New York; T. A. An- SSerso1. Sars Jaeksonyile Fla; " P; Long' Tenn; H. s. Munro, Americus Ga.; H. N Crumpton, Evergreen, Ala; 4. Schlesinger. New York; Thos. c. Conner, Tuskegee, Ala; c. A. Hardwick, W. Hardwlok Virginia; W L. Rhodes, Rutledge, Ala; John CoclSes Birming- ham, Ala; K. W. H. Brown, Thomas vile, Ala; Louis Pardy. Savannah, Ga: T. L. Green, Uniontown, Ala: G. H. Sellers, Alabama; L. H. Brown. Ala bsma; Fl. H. Garner. Dothan, Ala; W. H. Loftin. Waycross, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

A Ietter from Butte. Mont. to a gen tleman in this city. received a few days ago. said upfto the time the letter was written there had been nothing but May weather in that locality. A drop to 30 degrees below zero since then in- dicates the terrible changes to which the people out there are subjected. Taken by. and large, Alabama is the best State fin the Union. for all things, weather included.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
A COntrnnL
Nashville American.

Nashville American.
 On February 8, Congress will canvass the electoral vote. or the 476 electoral votes S86 have been cast for Roosevelt and 140 for Parker, leaving the former majority of 1S6. One hundred years ago, when the Senate canvassed the electoral vote. it found that Thomas Jefferson had received 162 votes, while the candidate of the FederaliSt Party, Pinckney of South Carolina received only l4. That was a great triumph for Jefferson. Eight years before he had been defeated by john Adams by three votes, Adams having received n and Jefferson 69. In 1900 Jefferson defeated Adams by eight votes, Adams receiving 6b and Jefferson 73 votes.
 Jenerson's triumph in 1894 was a death blow to the Federalist Party. It never recovered from that defeat, and few years later ceased to exist, even in name. Proportionately Jefferson s majority of electoral votes was greater than Roosevelt's. After an honorable and useful existence of one hundred years, the Democratic Party meets de- feat nearly as overwhelming as It's triumph a century ago. Let us hope that, unlike the Federalist Party, 1t will survive such a defeat and gather in strength as 1t gathers in years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
4 sTRnNUoUs PRoPosrrror.

Governor Folk. of Missouri, has a habit of going . little farther in his opinions on public matters than almost any one else we know. and he also has the knack or being generally right. but we are not SO sure of the correctness Of his position on the suffrage. He tells the Legislature that in his opinion every elector should be compelled to go to the polls and vote at every elsc- tion, whether he wishes to vote or not.
 This seems to be advocating an uu- tcnable theory. All thoughtful men are ready to,admit that the great priv ilege of voting Is not held in such high repute as it should be. And the seri- ous thing about 1t is that too many men look on 1t as only . privilege. They do not consider it a duty or an obligation resting on the citizen that he should so to the polls. whether he wants to or not Another misfortune is that 1t is usually the better class of citizens, or the more prominent ones, at least, who neglect this duty. The professional and business men, who are usually better qualified to vote intel ligeutiy are the ones most likely to neglect 1t. Not only are they better qualified, but in the main they have most interest in good government, in good laws and fin the strict enforce rnent of the laws. Usually having more property or business interests to be affected by bad laws or inefficient officials. 1t would seem that they would be the ones to take an active interest in elections.
 Such Is not the case, unfortunately. The professional politician can always find time to go to the polls. The hang er-on who expects to make something by it can always get there The poor man who has no property to be in- jured or benefited, can usually find time to go out and vote. but the lawyer and the doctor. the busy man of af- fairs, the prosperous merchant--too many of these consider 1t an unneces- sary trouble and a waste of time to attend to one of the highest duties of free citizens.
 And yet, while we regard voting as both privilege and duty, we are not ready to endorse Governor Folks prop osition to force men to vote. We don't see how such law could be carried into effect. There would be so many legitimate excuses. and so many trump ed-up reasons for not voting that we doubt the efhcacy of such Legislation. Voting is a duty but we doubt the pro- priety or possibility of forcing men to go to the polls. If they refuse to do their duty from motives of patriotism and as an obligation of citizenship, we are not able to see how a law can make them do 1t. If argument and persuasion fall, there Is an end. as we view the situation. The Governor may get his law. but making 1t operate successfully is quite another matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

his right for lighting. He is the vic- tor in the fight, and his offspring, after he has captured the wife of the victim, would revert to the maternal custom of using the left hand The writer the real ambidexterity of ordinarily trained men
 Most men brush the hair with a pair Of brushes, using each hand equally and coincidentally in the task. Women plait the hair, using both hands; they also hold the ha1d-g1ass with one hand. then with the other. while ad- Justing piaits. coils and pins with the free hand. The process shows extra. ordinary bimanual dexterity, with hand and eye cerebration. Vfolin-playing Illustrates in most remarkable way the division of labor between the fore the inscription of the BrailIe type by the blind all show a wonderful biman- nal division of lahOF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
sWAYNE's CASE.
He VIII Summon seventy-Gve Federal
 Judges

He VIII Summon Seventy-fve Federal
 Judges.
 Washington Special to New Orleans
 Times-Democrat.
 Counsel for Judge Swayne will sum- mon seventy-five Federal, District and Circuit Judges in districts west of Washington as witnesses in the im- peachment trial before the Senate. A large number may also be summoned from the Eastern districts. The judges will be expected to tell how they han de their own expense accounts.
 The House managers will call twen- ty-five witnesses against Swayne. Two Of them are women.
 Senator Platt of Connecticut, head of the Judiciary Committee, will preside He says the trial will take so long that the Senate caq do nothing during the remainder or yne session but try Swayne and consider appropriation measures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

Last Thursday, be 1t remembered, was ground-hog day. According to the old superstition, the animal comes out of his hole at noon of February and takes a look about him. If it is a bright day he sees his shadow and goes back into hIs den for six weeks more of sleep. for he knows there will be cold weather that much longer If it is cloudy day and no shadow appears he knows that the winter is over, so he
 remains out. We don't know if there are ground-hogs in Montgomery, but if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Race sulciae in Francc.

Harpers Weekly.
 .The question of race suicide in France still continues to attract atten- tion. The statistics for 1903, which have recently been published, show not only . diminution in the excess of births over deaths, but also in the ac- tual number of births. Thus in 1908. when the population of France was s9,- 1l9.0e5. there were s3s.712 births and 763,606 deaths. or an excess of 7S,106 births. Tn 1909 the population amount ed to 3S,9ei,945, and the excess of births over deaths was s3.944. The reason for the increase of population is that the death-rate is steadily declining, and not that any general increase in the num- Der of births is taking place.
 To understand the full significance of these figures, however. it is neces- sary to compare the French statistics with those Of England and Germany. Tn the year 1sel-1s02 the increase Of births in France per 10000 sof popula- tion was 21. while in Germany for the same period the ratio was 159, and in Great Britain. 11s. It Is the continued decrease in the birth-rate that is talk ing place in France that is the cause of so much anxiety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Setting sEother Rlrhs.
Philadelphia Press.

IHIIaU6IpHIa FFeSS.
 I'm sure. Ethel" said the girls Ing you last evening"
 Nonsense. motheri He's entirely too
 Don't contradict me, childI [ saw the performance with my oWn--''
 Pardon me, mother-you merely saw me kissing him"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

Cane growers declare for uniformity or syrup. says The Montgomery Adver- User. Why cannot the entire South sweeten up, too, or Is 1t doing so since Crum was passed up?-Buffalo News.
 We'll, we suppose the main reason is that Southern people are forced to read and hear too many sour things from Republican statesmen and newspapers up North.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

It is possibly the misfortune and not the fault of the little state of Delaware that 1t has had to carry the weight of Addicks so long. However that may be we must congratulate the State for having kept him from being United States Senator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Nature of Alphabetically.
Medical Journal.

N. Bishop Harman reviews number of morphoiogical facts in relation to visoerai asymmetry in human beings
 He then advances an hypothesis as to the presence of q general right-hand- edness In man. He suggests an incl. which two of these beings have a hand to-hand conflict. lone learns the secret of division oE labor in the tovslimbs and uses his left arm for a shield and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
From Tree to Newspaper.

A London writer says that a German paper manufacturer at Essential has just made an experiment to see how rapidly 1t is possible to transform A the neighborhocd of his factory were cut down at 7:35 in the morning. They were instantly parked and pulped. and the first roll of paper was ready at 9:34. It was lifted into an automobile that stool waiting and conveyed to the ma chine room Of the nearest daily paper. The paper being already set, the print ing began at once, and by 10 o'clock precisely the journal was on sale in the streets The entire process of transformation had taken exactly two hours and twenty-five minutes.
 A woman likes her husband to swear when he Is mad, SO she can be thank full she Is a good Christian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Wbat State Papers
 Ire Saying
Dovn and Out.

Cullman Democrat.
 If you did not pay your poll tax don't get funny by linking politics, you are down and out so far as the voting Is concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

one came out at noon he certainly saw his shadow. 90 we are to expect six weeks more of it. Let the coal dealers and plumbers rejoice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

That man Niedringhaus has adopted 'ths Senate or nothing, as his motto, and the Missouri Legislature should mFatgfy him with nothing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Where the Trouble Is.
Mobile Item.

MObIIe Item.
 President Cleveland urges both men and States to possess high morals, and an exchange makes the reply that there Is no lack of high morals among either nations or individuals. The trouble is about using what they have. As celebrated poet has very cleverly put 1t, the average morals are so high that their owners cannot conveniently get at them except on extra occasions, and in the meanwhile live on with every day substitutes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

So far as we have noticed there has been no History of the Revolution in Russia" announced. Some of the ready writers are falling behind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Rhe Proper Location.
opelika !

OpeEIKH NeWS.
 Montgomery is the proper location for a State Fair and If her people are game enough to put up for the right sort of one Birmingham should rest on her record of down and out and let Montgomery have a chance to show what she can do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
A Ponr pnIs.saia.

J. Frank Hanly. Republican Gov ernor-eleet of Indiana, Is d teetotaier. never enters e saloon. does not use to- hacco. is pillar in the Methodist Church and teaches in the Sunday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
It win Net.

North Alabamian.
 An over-production of hogs, cows and hay will not require a convention to decide as to the best means of dispos- ing of the surplus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
They Never WhIgner.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Senators Lafollette and Spooner will never be reproved by the chair for whispering together. They do not whisper when they speak to each other They emit the words hissing hot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Times Changing.

ROanoke Leader.
 Times must be changing when the Democrats in Congress are rallying to the Republican President in his fight for governmental regulation of railroad rates. This argues that the President is sometimes right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
sATURDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1905.
THE ANDREWS MURDER.

In The Advertiser of December 25th, 1904 there was a statement in It's sel- ma correspondence, under date of De- cemher 24th. by ". J. Andrews as to the murder of his father, James An- drsws, at or near Mcwilliams. in Will sox County.
 The following letter addressed to The Advertiser dated Mcwilliams, January . 1905, was received in this ofice Thursday night, February 2nd, 1905.
 Tn the issue of The Advertiser dated December 25th, there appeared the fol- lowing article, viz:
 (Aere is set out the whole of the article In which w. J. Andrews Is made to appear.) 0' We hereby notify you that the whole of said article, in so far as it connects uA or either of us, in any way with the murder of James Andrews, or of his wife. ia false and defamatory.
 We especially call your attention to the following extracts from said article as being false and defamatory, viz:
 T am almost convinced said An drews. that the murder was committed by men who, are in good standing in that 'To his daughter and son the senior AM4NGWH Lnt naIuGS OL George Wright and one Hunter, of Mc- Williams. What connection W. J. An drews believes these men have with the double crime he does not say, but he declares 1t is his belief that these and other citizens of McWilliams are
 These men, referring to c. E. Hun ter and George Wright, assert W. J. Andrews, appeared to be after his fath- er's money and property, and he says he heard of threats they had made againBt him.
 traction immediately.
 Yours truly.
 c. B. Wright.
 The Advertiser knew nothing of the circumstances in this case, but received the statement in good faith from its Selma correspondent whom 1t had no reason for believing did not obtain the information just as he gave 1t for pub lication. He is in Selma and all the parties are some distance from him and cannot be easily reached. and therefore without waiting to confer with him The Advertiser cheerfully publishes the absolute denial by Messrs. Hunter and Wright of the correctness of the as the utterances of a son of the mur- dered man and not as his own. Neither this paper nor it's Selma correspondent have any desire to do Messrs. Hunter aud Wright any injustice in the prem ises. The Advertiser regrets that the denial was not sooner in coming to 1t, SO that sooner publicity could be given to 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

49l77# lHVUF1EO, UeCemDefe I894t ss . sAsft 2 Sunday Average. Dccember, Ie04. ... f8,e05 ~---~----------~->-->-~ n 6. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Monkgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. nnv1s The foregoing statement of The Ad- vprkiHerss daily circulation for the month of December, 1904, is true and correct and complied after all returna from news boys. nsws agents and leftover copies have been 0educted E sH NOBLE
 Circulation Menager,
 The Advertiser Company. &Wprn Co and subscribed before me this eth day of January. 1905.
 E. ". JACKSON,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04
Oueht to Keen Up,

Birmingham Ledger.
 A great magazine solemnly discour- ses on the advisability of building Ire proof houses. That magazine ought to keep up. Nearly all the houses burn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

Acting Governor Cunningham has returned from Birmingham, where he went to address the National Brick Manufacturers Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

General George P. Harrison of Ope- lika was in Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

Mir. Samuel Brewster of Tallapoosa, Ga, left Montgomery yesterday for his home, after an extended trip through the pine timber sections of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-04

Hon. John F. Proctor of Scottsboro was in Montgomery yesterday.