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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
g healthy as any other portion of the

as healthy as any other portion of the country. -.
 Then, too. we have to assure them on the subjects of snakes. Perhaps a majority of the letters we get ask questions about the number of snakes to be found down here. They have a horror of snakes and seem to think that they are very prevalent here' Tbis rnIsa apprehension we are also able to remove. If the probable settler has friends here, those friends give them the same sort of assurance that we do, that there are but few snakes here and they are never numerous enough or aggressive enough to annoy the settlers in any way"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30

The Alabama Supreme Court yester- day morning organized for hearing of cases apealed from the Eighth Division of counties but did not Tn accordance with past custom, go on the bench. postroninE until today the actual be- ginning of the call. The counties com posing the Eighth Division are Colbert Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Law renee, Limestone. Madison. Marshall and Morgan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
Peculiar Error Made.

In connection with the prepara- tions for these stamps, most pecu- liar error was made by somebody at the War Department. On none of the dies did the word postage occur. It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
RECORD or SOLICITOR DENT.
He Secured ST Convictions at Last
 Term of Court.

Term of Court.
 Records have been compiled of conv ictions during the October term o' the criminal division of the City Court of Montgomery. showing remarkably good record for Solicitor s. H. Dent Jr
 During the term there were 1O9 Indictments and eighty-one convictions. thirteen acquitals, seven cases noll5 pressed and eight cases either abatcl or withdrawn.
 In the cases, where there were convictions thirty-five prisoners were sentenced to the penitentiary, fifteen to hard labor. and thirty confessed judEmsnt or paid the Anes and costs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30

The progressive farmer Is alive to his own interest and uses nothing but DAYBREAK FERTILIZERS and Acid PhOsphates. su-tu- friwk. Marks & Gayle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30

Princess Ena of Battenu5e.g. wno Is reported to be engaged to the King oi Spain, Is the only royal child born n Scotland for more than 300 years--that is. since the birth of Charles l in 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
Low Rates Yin |. and V. to
 Mardi GF1s, New Orleans, Mobile and

Account of the above occasion the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will sell round trip tickets to the above points, February 21st 10 26th 1906, in- elusive, limited to March srd. return ing An extension of return limit may be secured until midnight of March 17th, by deposlting ticket with special agent not later than March 9rd. 1908, ana on payment of fee of 50 cents.
 For further information call on or write D. Linehan. T. P. A.
 No. 22 Commerce St,
 Montgomery, Ala. I 27-30, feb bI-4-lO-I4-IS-21
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30

Emerson Stables. North Decatur street. for Kentucky Horses and Mules. Telephone 1928. adv-tf,
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
A WRoNG-HEADED CREED.

bPRkSENTATIVE JAMES E. WATSON of Indiana to
whom Roosevelt addressed his certain issues
OF the pending campaign, speakers at ban
quet given by the Marquette Club Chicago some ten days
Mr. Watson devoted his to BRYAN and Hearst as
the only possibilities sight Democratic national ticket
IN S Mr. Watson amused himself by pokng at Bryan
who was exhibited the popounder Of prophecies ali Of
them wrong The old owl OF the Democratic party he declared
sits on the dead limb of the dead past hoo of
pessH which the only expression the Democratic party has
had man who has made 5000 prophecies which has
been fulfilled justified by be President of the
United States" ~
Concerning Hearst he said This agitato carry sim
gle State IN the Union for President willing to declare in
advance OF the New York election that he will gnomnous de-
feaed in that State for Governor"
At the banquet Speaker summed up the record of
contemporary Democratic aspiration in these words
But IN all of
eao me the and selfish
THIS time there are New York
while protesting people, are en-
dVorng to lead them into paths that would
and ~A'
What spectacle by unassunnng modest
Hearst the spoe angelic Murphy both
the people manipulating
of the New York Democracy
Dreams prophecies, cry little WOOL instinct of
the mschemaer, loud promise and small accomplishments
the outward and visible signs contemporary Democracy
The party creed would be based topy
turyy fancy. that nothing succeeds like failure
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
JACK LONDON AND PLAGIARISM.

literary Chicago always aggressive aggrieved and
the opinion OF Chicago, always wronged by
Il needless world The truth is that the of mankind
difficult take Chicago literature seriously, So
happened long Pacngtown
Edmond Rostand had stolen from him and from Chicago
Crano his wonderful his adventures
international smile broadened away from the Great Lakes
confines Of the reading world Today Chicago comes
the with indignant plagiarism
alleging that Jack London has stolen The Story Alb Stanley
Waterloo and again literary Chicago wronged
Few who have made in literature
accused OF plagiarism many convicted The
world calmly aside the verdict refuses
bidding the denquents do again done The truth
that the indictment for plagiarism wholly question
To take the leading Shakespeare stole all his plots
dramas that ne made his Moee did the thing and
proud of it. for It he who declared 81 take my
Plagiarism the commences ofense and the world
laughs when 1t IS spotted.
Disraei perpetual his books he borrowed
the witty things he heard in society On occasion he appro-
praed bodily funeral Grafton delivered by Thes French
statesman and The late did the same thing
with oaon belonging Masson preacher
These extreme and scarcely within
jusihes literary appropriation.
Charles Reade nov eist was skfu adanter Daoiarist
will In The Wandering Heir he appropriated bodily large
slice from Swft Polite Conversation Two anonymous writers
exposed the appropriation admitted the theft and justified
anonymuncua pseudonymuncua kunka" and
then proceeded that welding to make
Lord Lyton Owen Meredith stole the whole of Lucille
except Its torm from George Sand In fact nothing
tat ne did not steal literary
best parts OF Iram Shandy and then
plagiarism words borrowed Anatomy Of Men-
cho lie is the most delightful and transparent of hypocrtes
The final test by which the pagaist condemned
or acquitted found the question, Has improved
original? Nobody thinks of calling Edward Fitzgerald pagiarist
because he made Omar Kayyam his indeed made him
immortal The of adaptation always permissible it
improves the original lives it dies and there is
no harm done Literature full OF world has gained so
much by udcous literary borrowing that has regarded
a white lie.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Answers to Various Queries.

observations on ship-board. commonly
called taking the SUM- is to commence
observing the altitude OF the suns
lower Cor upper II lower IS not vfslbIel
limb, about ten minutes before noon.
and then by moving the tangent screw.
to follow the sun as long as 1t risesl
as soon as the highest altitude IL
reached the sun begins to fall. when
the lower limb appears to dip. In using
the upper limb more care Is required
and the observer is governed BY the
tangent screw. The observer finds IL
more convenient to have his watch seq
Tor the local apparent time OF the pros
pectiVe noon longitude. or to know the
error or the watch thereon and to re-
gard as the meridian altitude the one
Wnlcn Is observed when the watch in
olcates noon This saves time. .for
wnen the sun transits at low altitude
II may remain on stand without an
preciaole decrease OF altitude for sew
eraL minutes after noon; moreovk this
metnoo attributes to accuracviA for
Wnen the conditions are such that ths
motion In altitude due to change of
nour angle is slow one, the motion
therein, due to change OF Observers
latitude. may be very material (as In
rast moving vessels) and thus have \
considerable influence On the. time %
the suns dipping
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
In the Joke World

Waiter-Wil1 you have some of these
post cards as a remembrance Of the
hotel?
Guest (who has been pretty well
f1eeced)-Thank you; but I have some
powerful remembrances, I assure you
Lustige Blatter.
Mrs. Whitelie-I wish Mrs. Tellum
wasn't always asking the price OF
everything
Whitelie-What harm does 1t do?
Mrs. Whitelie-Its such bore re-
membering what I've told her.-Detroit
Free Press.
They had been engaged for full thirty
minutes by the cuckoo clock.
II have surprise in store for you,
Alfred, dear" she said. 'T can cook
as well as I can play the piano"
That being the case, darling" he
replied, at will be we'll for us to
board."-Chicago News.
Applicant see you advertised for a
janitor, sir. I am married man-no
children; neat, honest, patient and tact-
full.
Agent-I regret to say you would
hardly do as a janitor, my friend; but
wait. Couldn't I get you as tenant.
Judge.
.Georgfe, dear, wish you'd tele-
phone to the Swidgertons and have
them send Willie home"
II thought you were not going to let
him over there any more"
aYes. I told him this morning that he
was never to play with the Swidger-
ton boys again. That's the reason I
know he must be there now."-Chicage
Record Herald.
Mabel" said the girls mother, that
young man has been calling upon you
every evening this month"
Yes, mother" replied Mabel.
And I'd like to know what his in
tentions are"
'Well-er-mamma," replied Mabel.
blushing. were both very much in the
dark."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

and the lOckkeepers are handing down
the snap" from father to son, and
even the mules are political proteges.
"Reminiscences OF the commerce of
the canal are confined to the oldest
inhabitants at the corner groceries
along the route. Commerce has not
been noticed along the ditch in recent
years, and, in fact. has not impressed
itself upon this generation.
An attempt was made in 1882 BY
the State to unload the canal on the
general Government, but it failed. The
ditch had already passed from its
prOfit-paying days, and some weIl-in-
formed men saw that it would never
see if the general Government could
not be induced to take it.
Accordingly, on April %, 1882, the
Legislature passed an act rendering
the derelict waterway to the United
States, and the people ratified the Of
fer at the election in November. It
is not recorded however, that the
United States welcomed the generous
offer. In fact. the authorities seemed
to regard the old canal as a gold
brick.
Then great discovery was made.
Through the antiquated waterway a
means was found for rewardingn nfhe
faithful 1t was decided not to kill
the goose that laid the golden egg. and
an appropriation of 100000 was made
TO keep up what could not be given
away
Apropos OF the claim made by GER
tain politicians that the canal is still
a potent factor in regulating trans
portation rates, attention Is called to
the address made some time ago by
Stuyvesant Fish. president of the IIli-
nois Central Railroad, to the agents OF
the large shippers and transportation
companies in New York. He called at
tention to the contrast between the
record made by the canal and his road.
The canal costs the State more than
100000 annually, while the railroad
pays into the State treasury more than
a million dollars yearly.
The receipts Of the canal for the first
year OF its operation were 1880. and
the gross expenses, including repairs.
$43,197. The largest receipts for any
one year were those Of 1866, when they
amounted to $302.s5S, the expenses be-
ing $116.363. and the smallest those
for the year 1902, when they were
s2S97. with expenses OF 1927. $50. The
following table furnishes some inter-
esting figures
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
The Sunday Calls New Serial.

of will
the serial publication of books of
"The Harrington
added splendid which achievement
Gentleman
dna"none the level of this last
h nquestonaby best effort of the best
write of he so-ca1led Indiana school"
of in
make understand and
unconventional but charming heroine Joe
compelling which itself the
the happy of his triumph
of old fellows
hotel lobby,
in opening chapter of he book?
having secured
The chapter
Sunday striking illustration color of of the characters
be interrupted short of those
"The End"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Railways in Angola.

~HE development of Angola, a
Africa, is the subject of an opti-
mistic report by British Consul
Mackie. The total values of exports
and imports last year were s13,063. Ii,
as against $14,2SS.53o in 1904.
There are now four railways in ex-
istence or contemplated. The Loanda-
Ambacca, or Royal Translation Rail-
way, is 225 miles in length and belongs
to a company but an extension of about
100 miles to Malange is being built by
the Government. The Benguella-K -Ka-
tanga line, the principal railway enter
prise, is being constructed by English
capitalists and will run 1900 miles
into the heart of Africa till
system. and probably by the shortness
of the route will capture much of
the business to Northern Rhodesia that
now goes over Central African lines.
The length open to traffic is twenty
three miles and construction of the re-
mainder is being steadily pushed for
ward. The Mossamedes- -Chella is an
other state road, intended at first to be
twenty eight miles in length, In order
to supply the Plan Alto tableland with
transportation facilities, but liable to
project, which so far has only been
officially approved, is a line in ST.
Thome which is to unite the capital
of the island with the cocoa and coffee
plantations. These different schemes.
all being perfected or inaugurated at
one time. point to a revival of in
-dustrial activity in Angola.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

~ HICAGO, oct 1s.-lilliiolS mas
tried the broader plan of munich
pal ownership-that of state own
ership-and found it a costly ex-
pertinent. From it's inception, almost
100 years ago. until it's completion in
1S4S. more than s11.OOO.OOO was paid
out by the State for the construction
of the Illinois and Michigan canal To-
day it has on it's hands what can be
truthfully termed an obsolete water
way, a. tadpole aquarium, kept open
solely for political appointments and
contracts.
The usefulness of the canal in politics
has been demonstrated time and again,
and it's capabilities as a tax-eater are
we'll known. Prominent State legisla-
tors are now talking of measures to
remove it, the most offending odor-
breeding spot in the State.
A great deal has been written about
the offending smells coming from the
stockyards, and it has been allowed to
go at that. but the truth is that more
comes from "Bubbly Creek" as the
canal is more popularity known, than
from the glue factories.
1t may be news to the public that
the canal is to be the subject of new
agitation this fall. In certain circles
1t is believed to be advisable to aban-
don the ditch theoretically as well as
practically. There probably is hazy
notion that 1T dried up and was sup
planted by the drainage canal.
Probably the average taxpayer
doesn't even know where the Illinois
and Michigan canal is, nor what 1t is
for For general information then 1t
may be timely to state that the canal
connects the Chicago River with the
Illinois. In this way it was intended
to connect the Great Lakes with the
Mississippi and the progress of it's
construction was observed with intense
interest throughout all the States.
1t was urged that the canal would
secure to our farmers a rich reward
for their honest Iabcrs. good prices
and a ready sale for their produce, re-
vive business and give a new impetus
to commerce and trade Emigration
would pour into the State, vacant lands
would be sought after and the wild
prairies transformed into rich and
beautiful farms.
1t begins in the neighborhood Of the
stockyards and ends near La Sale, ILL.,,
following q meandering course, and is
about ninety-six miles long. More than
sixty years have elapsed since 1t was
finished. It cost millions of dollars
to build. and more millions to main
tain, and it always has been bogy
with politicaT scandal from the day
the Indians were bunkoed out of the
land in which 1t was dug.
1t is q nhud-choked ditch, sometimes
with, but more often without, water
The locks are dilapidated and a few
rotten barges are imbedded in the mud
or keeled over along it's banks. The
towpath is grown into a velvety sod.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
MIGHT HAVE aUALIFIED.

Not Irish, but delightful is the story
OF the automobilist who. in making a
|cross-country tour in Dakota, had the
misfortune to have his machine break
down He saw a small house not far
OF. and cut across to It The only
man about the place was a Swede who
was much amused by the sight of the
strange rig the automobilist wore.
My friend" said the automobiHst, my
machine has had q bad break and ]
would like to know IL you have such
a thing as a monkey-wrench about
here?" The Swede looked at the auto
mobilist with greater curiosity than
ever, and then laughed. He had met
some strange folks and heard some
odd things since he had come to Ann
erica, but this was the worstl Mon
key-wranch?" he asked sarcasticaily.
'I got a sheep ranch and my cousin
Ole got a cow ranch. and Meester
Ferguson he ban have wan pig ranch.
but tank annywan start monkey
ranch in Nord Dagota ban wan fooI!''
Success.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

ports on a number of interesting
Canadian topics as follows:
Canada's customs revenue keeps
climbing. The month of August shows
an increase of s402,sS over the same
time last year. The revenue for the
month was $4,615,951. For the two
months of the fiscal year the revenue
was sS,17S.S30, an increase of $764, 4,67S.
The customs department of Canada
announces that cotton waste white
or colored. when machined, cleaned,
and adopted for use in wiping or clean
ing machinery, is subject to duty of
20 per cent ad valorem.
The returns of the immigration de-
partment show that arrivals in Canada
for July were 1916 or 1891 more than
July of last year. The arrivals by
ocean ports were 13207, an increase
of 45 per cent, and from the United
States 1859. an increase of SO per cent.
The Government has recently issued
a report on maple sugar and syrup.
Out of eighty-five samples of syrup
only twenty-five were found to be gen
uine and fifty-three adulterated In
Montreal five genuine and seven adul-
terated samples were found. In To-
ronto none genuine, but ten adulterat-
ed. OF the twenty-six samples of sugar
taken eleven were genuine. In New
Brunswick three genuine and two adul-
terated samples of syrup were gather
ed and two adulterated samples of
sugar.
OF the S19 samples of milk taken
from all over Canada and analyzed
there were 1s9 genuine, eighty five
doubtful, and forty-five adulterated.
None of the samples from New Bruns-
wick and Nova Scotia were adulterated
There We're two adulterated from
Prince Edward Island, two from Quebec
district, six from Montreal, seven from
Toronto. six from London, Ontario, five
from Manitoba, three from Calgary,
four from Ottawa and six from British
Columbia.
Leather has advanced in price, and
this, it is claimed, will affect the con-
sumers through the entire Dominion
of Canada Harness leather has ad-
yanced two cents per pound above the
August prices, measured leather one
cent per foot, and all other feathers are
advanced in proportion.
new and paying industry promises
to be established on Bay Chaleur, New
Brunswick 1t is that of the curing
of spring herring for export A Scot
tish herring expert. accompanied by a
number of Scotch girls, at the request
OF interested persons began to give
demonstrations early this past summer
result that number of barrels of
spring herring have been cured and
packed and are to be disposed of in
New York for from $40 to s12 per bar
rel.
Three invoices for cured herring.
with total value of $265S. have been
consolidated within the past three
months, these being the first for several
years back.
During the time of the Washington
treaty the herring industry was some
what profitable in the locality because
OF admission of the fish to the Amer
lean market: but since the revocation
OF the treaty it has languished. and
almost the only use the fish have been
put to of late years is as land fer
tilizer. The fishermen have also been
shown that when the herring leave
from inshore they can be followed out
70 sea and caught. SO that the supply
can be maintained
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Japan and Korea.

"HE British Foreign Once re-
Gently issued report from its
Consul on the trade Of Korea in
u 1905. The report furnished plenty
of evidence of the all-pervading infiu-
ence of Japan in Korea, but for the
moment it is not to be found In any
large expansion of commerce. The total
trade is returned at nearly $2O.o0O,00O,
as compared with $17, 100000 in 1904.
But the Consul states that the former
figures are delusive and that actual
business was very unfavorable in 1905
and promises to be still worse in 1906
The reaction after the Russo-Japanese
war accounts for much of the dullness
and to this has been added the mad
equate character of transportation
service and a currency system in a
state of chaos. The partial failure OF
the rice crop greatly diminished the
spending power of the population. The
Japanese grappled with the currency
question, and no doubt in time their
reforms will INTRODUCES the desired sta
bility. The British Consul says that
as the country recuperates under an
administration of the firmness of which
there is now some guarantee, there
should be plenty of openings for new
trade. There are no reliable figures,
btu the British Consul thinks that a
fair calculation will fix the British
imports into Korea at 40 per cent of
the total imports.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

Il may be ungenerous to criticiso tne
past. Nevertheless, it would seem that
an enormous amount Of money was
paid by the State without much
thought for the future. The lesson fs
a warning to other States or cities that
contemplate State or municipal owner-
ship of public utilities
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
OCTOBER 81, 1906
Controller Issues Table Showing the
Values of County Properties.

q showing the values
and
interest
of returned oy
$S761SS7S7 the o
havea
gwih Of valuation sN
o Controllers table,
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Improving Mazatlan

~ ONSUL LOUIS KAISER sends a
4 report. which he regards trust
I > worthy, that the Sir Weetman
Pearson Company has secured the
contract for the drainage system for
Mazatlan, the contract price being
equal to s75o.ooO American.
The former contract awarded to the
Sinaloa Foundry and Machine Shops has
been declared void. and there seems to
be no doubt that the sewerage system
will be built promptly. This will also
insure the building of the harbor works,
as with the building of the sewerage
system and the building of the railroad
to Mazatlan all the local requirements
of the Federal Government will have
been complied with. There will be a
demand for a large amount of sewer
pipe, cement and pumping machinery,
and while the contracting firm is an
English concern, American manufac-
turers might secure the contract for
supplying the materials.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

Townsend's Cal. glace fruits and can
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness.
and 1903 and 1920 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

GOOD FRIDAY - Subscriber, City.
Good Friday is a legal holiday in Ala
bama, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

DEED, A. s., City. If you wish to
ascertain whether the recording Of
deed was published in newspapers you
would better consult the hIes-
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

TAKING THE sUN-w. T. X. Oak
land: The common practice OF taking