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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
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The Kansas City Journal we'll says that the greatest puzzle now confront ing man is to find some method of pre- venting railway accidents. It says that the task now before inventors the world over is ito determine how to supplement fallible human minds with mechanical appliances. Double tracks reduce the danger from head-end col- lisions, but. of course, do not guard I against rear-end collisions. At first thought it would seem .as.df monster train dashing throughsfhe country like a cyclone could besmade to herald its apRroach-with- anfalliEfs Certainty. It would also seems that such train could be made to leave notice behind of it's near proximity. But the great power of a railroad train is its weakness in the respect which we are considering. It is almost impossible to successfully put signal mechanism in contact with with it. Electricity can be used, but railroad experts canot safely ask train men to rely on delicate machinery which may at any moment betray its tfust. Tie 4shdmah mind is safer. Heat, cold, darkness, snow, rain, wind -4ala lnust De cqnaidsred in putting in any meehanisn.y which is to be substi- tuted' in any degree for the human mind.
 Tens of thousands of designs have been patented or suggested for pre- venting collisions, but no successful one has even come to light. TAe man who succeeds in this field can com rnand more money than Rockefeller. After that the people will, of course. hate him ardently, but the Lord will love him as the greatest savior of lives. 4 Let him come quickly"
 Itris truly momentous problem, and one in which the entire civilized world is interested; America more ahan oth- CTS. because of the greater frequency of anso4d a csidehts in this country RpEble5 tracks, as The Journal says, would obviate some of the danger, but only part of it. It would not have prevented the accident by which MT. Spencer and others lost their lives. While it would prevent trains from meeting each ether, 1t would not pre- vent one train from overriding an- other nor would- 1t prevent train frem running foul of one standing on the same track. Something else is needed to prevent such occurrences. If eternal vigilance is the price of l libertV " fl is also the Drica of sa Petxy gspecially In rstl Fead ding, gys And yet, the history of humanity. ,sh war and in speace. sapRs Ethat tho human mind and human hands are not lnfalnble. The man who i1yents. aud puts into opera ton a, means of preventing railway ac- cidents will be among the greatest benefactors of earth. As to the money value of-such an invention-that is be- yond all human conception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
DRIFTWOOD-
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG;

The best way to appreciate home is to golaway from it.
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 If we all got our deserts in this world, the jails would have to be en- larged.
 If it wasn't for the law, a lot of our Sunday School workers would be sim ners.
 Some times happiness is so close to us that we could reach 1t with one hand
 All the gold in the world can't real ly be measured against & human heart Some women sing with feeling and others have no more feeling than to sing.
 When a girl looks very prayeEful in church you can put it down that at that moment she is thinking about her back hair.
 A girl is never so faithful to her chum that she won't cut her out of her beau if she gets the chance.
 Landiadies never receive any money for boarding cars unless they get run over. It has been said that a grass widow is Oas who makes hay while the sun
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 It's mighty good dentist who can fill long felt want
 Woman is a handsome piece of furT- iture after she is painted. powdered. and upholstered; * * @
 Even a new woman may be old.
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 Count BonI is something akin to the genus hobo in that he scorns to accept a job.
 Contributions for Boni will be ac- cepted and forwarded through the edi- tor of the Dogfennei Democrat
 An Indiana school teacher has been discharged because she is too pretty to teach school. We'll bet that girl will get proposal yet from some Pitts burg millionaire Ease prophets ruin some men and false profits makes others. A Scottish minister says hell Is like New York. One need only. look on change at Wal ,. street s. to believe that Lost-one North Pole. Has any body found 1t? Peary and Wellman please write. SS SS ee If actresses would spend ss much | time elevating the stage as they do their eyebrows, we would get along | much better.
 $ % 3s The Only Way. "Is there any way to bust trustS' Sure-organize a bigger trust" Se Ss Se Easy.
 This shade of goods I've bought isn't becoming to my complexion. I'm afraid"
 ''Oh, keeps it by all means-you can change the complexion very easily"
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 Always The Way. why do you think she hasn't high regard for you2" Because have a low salary" Ss $ 5e 'VThis world that we're living ins Is mighty hard to beat" In fact, the man who beats, it. Surely deserves 8 treat" & S 2s His Wish. "I hear you are going abroad ''Well that's funny-wish money would talk loud enough for me to bear it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
WELCOME. MIR. LOW.

Montgomery has as it's guest today an American citizen who is distin- guished for his breadth of mind and liberality toward his fellows.
 Mir. Seth Low, ex-President of Co., lumbia University, ex-Mayor of Brook lyn and ex-Mayor of Greater New York. comes to Montgomery merely as A private citizen. He comes to the South for the first time to see and to learn of cur conditions and to study our problems If Is a hopeful sign of the times when a man whose influence for good Is fsr-reaching. shows a de- sire for more knowledge of our great section of his country ana It's people. We invite investigation by such men because the result must be inevitably of helpfulness to our common coun- try.
 It has been said of Mir. Low that he could have been more successful in politics if he had learned to compro- mise with his conscience. No higher tribute could have been paid to the man. Such teaching is not known in his alphabet. He is primarily an honest-mfnded educator, one who wants to make the best use of his Ged- given talents for the uplift of man. kind.
 And so we take MT. Low to our hearts. We are glad to have him in Montgomery: we are proud that there is so mAch hers tp intesNes hIia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
PARTrAL REPARATIoN.

It is now the talk in Washington that for some time the President has been taking steps to have refunded the S14a9oO contributed by big corpora tgo6s 70 the Republican eampaign fund FfnA4gT4 ftSis also c6mm6n talk that he has vainly tried to get Chairman E[Cottslydu. ga0 is now Postmaster General, and Secretary Bliss. who were the two men who had most to do with securing and disbursing that corrup- ton fund, to agree to have 1t returned, but they refused. Then 1t is inti- mated that Roosevelt will refund the money himself if he cannot get 1t done otherwise.
 This is all very well, as far as it goes. Returning the money will be an iaaHission, Ahat it was wrong ynlils received, < but how about making reparation to Judge Parker? When. sthat eminent citizen charged that explorations had made large contributions to the Republican campaign. fund lhe President, in his usual blustery way. pronounced tas charge deliberate falsehood. Un- fortunately, the Judge did not have at hand such evidence as would be con- elusive in a court of justice. but the country at large believed 1t, and now the President tacitly admits it by pro- posing to return the money which his party had collected and used He thus admits that he did Judge Parker a gross injustice, but is too stubborn to make the apology that fairness de- mands of him.
 The Presidents course in more than one instance lacks very much of giving the square dear Uf -ph4esr ~he has had So muck 10 sss Sending tribute of flowers to hetIaio+on the bier of Mrs. Davis did not atone for his islanders | of her eminent husband, and the de- liberate insults to him when he was in the last years of his life and only asked for. simple justice. Refunding the corruption funds is not making reparatioB to Judge Parker for the in- justice done him and the insult offered him. How about the square deal' MT. President? Of course, the President is not responsible, personally, for the money collected by Republican man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
FOUND A TOOTH.

Up in New York State there is con- siderable excitement and bright ahti- ciration in the White Plain region be- cause farmer found what Is believed to be the tooth of a mastodon- When the fossil was first discovered, there were doubts about It's identity. Some thought it was the hoof of horse. or possibly of a mule or a donkey, but examination finally resulted in the decision that it once occupied an im- portant place in the mouth of a masto- don. Just how he came to lose it, or when he parted company with 1t are questions that the sFartest of ~the scholars have not settled. but that is not so important. It makes no diff ference if the relic Is genuine, whether the tooth fell out, was. kicked out or was extracted by some prehistoric dentist The important point is that if the tootR is genuine there must be more of the old fellow about the neigh borhood. True, he may have dropped this molar and then wandered over in- to Wyoming or somewhere else before depssiting the remainder of himself,
 It is the hope that he died where the tooth was found, or near by, that is stirring up the excitement. and they are tearing up the earth thereabout with the hope of finding the balance of him. In fact, the Iaborers, in digging deeper, found fragments of what they supposed to be bones of the monster, but they were so badly decayed as to be worthless. for preservation. That will probably be the condition of the remains, if others are found. The hard tooth would resist decay while the bones would long since be gone. or will crumble when exposed to the air still, they are having not a little in- teresting excitement over this relic of the distant past
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: St. Nicholas. Sun rises at 721: sets at 4.39. . 1.,a,,s
 I776.-The capture of Rhode Island by the British under General SIihtoa s11d Sir Peter Parker. "It is called the Eden of America" says Q contemporan, eous English work and IS seleDrateo for the beauty of us wonchs ractea into an lnqsS 9s6S NIThe first accurate map of Vir- einia, prepared by James Madison com piJjS9S IsiS.--Boston privateer brig Mont; gomerv. of eighteen guns. captured British ship surinam, twenty gasr,oa guns,
 1S2e--Twelve slaves who mutinled m fhe schooner Lafayette, were tried by fhe limited States court of Louisiana.
 1885. Nathan Smith, an eminent lawyer of Connecticut dfed at Wtss W asn- ststeg sten Attorney for Connecticut, and Senator~in Congress; ..,....,,-
 Is43. John NJ. Taylor. eommlssaEsy- ss general of the American Navy under General Montgomery at Quebec, 177' died at Phiiadelphia, aged 9z. 1852. --Horatio Greenough, an emi- nept American assS sS1tPT He ppe spent t most of art where he produced ms coIossA' statue of Washington ana other WorkS 1862. General Bankss expedltlon sailed for New Orleans
 1884 President Lincoln m mes sa ge 10 Congress urged the curtailment ofs of [ the e increasing circulation of State O"I7g ia75 Hon. M. c. Kerr. Democrat. 1 elected Sneaker of the House at the | opening of the Forty-fourth Congress
 1ss4,--The marble capstone which l coronIated the Washington monument 1 af inc National Capitol, is set in place. | 1se4 A railway train held up nea~ l Eort Worth Tex, and $1,000,000 taken ! from the express car safe.
 1905. Captain Amundsen, Norwe- | giar explorer, arrived at Eagle City. | Alaska. after making northwest pas l sage first time in history of Arctic ex- ploration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1oOs..
BUSINESS INTERESTS WILL sUF- FER

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 The discontinuance of the fast mail from the East to the South will be a severe blow to the business interests of the entire section which it serves. Although No. 9Z, as the train which brings that mail is numbered. is some times late. yet 1t places mail matter in the hands of the public-for instance. in Montgomery--tweIves to eighteen hours earlier than it can reach them by any other plan. Its discontinuance means great delay and consequent loss to those who must have expeditions mall facilities.
 The Montgomery business man--and we speak of him that our own people may better appreciate the situation can receive mall by the fast mall now at .lsast as early as o'clock in the morning, which would not be here by any other plan for several hours later. The advantage of having mail early in the day isi too obvious to require more than mention of the fact. The Same advantag'e applies to every locality in several States that applies here5 and, therefore, interest fE the continuance of this mall service fs widespread. ,ti
 Commercial bodies all along the line ought to set to work to see if some plan cannot be arranged by which this mail can be brought south on the same or approximately same schedules as now, As the order for discontinuance goes into effect January 5th, whatever action is taken by those interested should be taken at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

There is no doubt about it; small thing may sometimes be the cause of a big rumpus Up in Massachusetts a man lost a celluloid collar button which got hidden among some loose smoking tobacco in his pocket. Not knowing of this addition to his stock, he loaded hls pipe with the button along with the tobacco. The result was an explosion which left him minus one eye, and plus considerable pain and experience. It was on Sunday, too, and the ccurrence leads The Brooklyn Eagel to moralize thus:
 First-NeveE smoke a pipe. Fifty cent cigars are cheaper in the long run.
 Second-Take care of your collar buttons. and the pipes will take care
 Third-Never indulge in fireworks on Sunday. The proprieties deserve a lit- tie attention.
 of celluloid that is not properly coated with asbestos.
 Fifth-If you must smoke on Sunday in Massachusetts, stick to cubeb cigar cites, or mixture of stramOnium and gunpowder. Tobacco and celluloid, in Combination, are to be avoided.
 And so on. ct cetera, ad tndnitum. haec fabula docet that morals are easier to draw than coal wagons, or cartoons, or the fire of Senator Me- Calien. There is myriad of lessons in the simplest o: news items, which ingenious AnglO-SaXOn didacticism must not permit to escape. If the great non-Anglo-S Saxon world regards moral drawing as mere mental gym nastics, let us point with pride to Ira falgar and Sevastopol and Santiago; and note by way of emphasis that France is no longer power on the American continent!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
WHAT STATE PAPERS ARE SAYING
Trusts OF Some Touristss

Trusts or Some TOuristss Mobile Herald
 manifesto excluding American hogs. Is this another blow to the trust or an embargo on tourist traffic?
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 Why Not Have Small Farms. Birmingham Ledger.
 There are splendid prairie lands in Alabama that would make all the cot ton the English syndicate wants. Such lands can not be had in Texas.
 Fer Home Consumption. Mobile Register.
 The talk of repeating the Fifteenth Amendment is purely for home con- sumption. There is not shadow. of a chance for repeal 3. < 5p 9gF 9 generation
 ARRther HercuIean Task. Birmingham News.
 The announcement from The New York Herald that. 1t is in favor of govern ment control of all monkey houses sug- gests that the government has already Ventured into some herculean tasks without burdening 1t with impossible ones.
 Several American Cities Beat England. Birmingham Age-Herald
 The income tax tables of Great Brit ain show that England, Scotland and Wales have but twenty-four persons with incomes in excess of $25O, ,000. Pittsburg can outdo the tight little is- land in that respect, and in several others also.
 Great and Helpful. Gadsden Times News.
 Gadsden feels better from having en- tertained such splendid body of good people as the members of the North been here will be a lasting benefit to the city and the only regret is that we cannot have them tS visit us each year.
 A Worthy Example. Huntsville Banner.
 Dr. Scruggs's conduct in informing the police of the whereabouts of the wounded negro rapist deserves the commendation of all good citizens. He Is an example of the best class of his race and Huntsville is gratfied to know that theer are so many more here like him.
 Want to Be Side Partners. Selma Times.
 Foraker of Ohio, and Penrose appear to be desirous of becoming side part ners with the negro soldiers who are shedding murdereFs. The Senate could hardly be convened and the aged chap lain invoke the blessings of God upon the session before they had resolutions before that body inquiring into the discharge of the rebellious and unruIy negroes who have been dismissed from the army.
 Not BOthering About It. Huntsville Democrat.
 John Sharp Williams is opposed tu tinkering with the Constitution as a dangerous precedent by repeating the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments at present and not until the Northern CTS possess the knowledge of the real negro traits. half devil, half child as Southerners, can we hope for re peal. Fully 90 per cent. of the negro race is behaving itself as well as can he expected in the South and work in the saw mills field and railroad with out any Knowledge of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the bad elements that move North will be the strongest ele. ment for the repeal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

Once, when the term of Senator Joseph E. Brown of Georgia. was about to expire, and the question of his sue- cessor was up, some one asked Mrs. Brown who would be elected. in her opinion. "Wen.e she replied, "I b'lieve Joseph lows to keep it." That is the condition up in New York. There are a number of statesmen who would like to have Thomas c. Platt's place, but Thomas lows to keep 1t. He says he doesn't feel a bit tired and sees no req son why he should resign, and perhaps he is right. New York put him there and must put up with him unless death removes him. Platt and Depew are q pretty pair of birds to represent the greatest of States in the most honor able of legislative bodies. The Repub- licans deserve what they are getting and New York deserves 1t for allowing the Republicans to dominate tseir State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

agers from corporations and used in the interest of his candidacy, but he is responsible for his own utterances which. in the case of Judge Parker. amounted to defamation of character. and, as facts and the Presidents. own action show. were unfounded.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

That there was method in the speech of Secretary Root, at Kansas. City, in favor of the ship subsidy bill is evl- denced by the strong words of Presi- dent Roosevelt in his message. The matter will undoubtedly be an admin istration bill If Speaker Cannon is not whipped in and Congressman Burton keeps up his former determined oppo- sition, the President may not have his usual success in whipping through his ideas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

Mir Hearst has hedged sufficiently to say that he will nOt again be candi-. date. unless eircumstances and condi-. tions make 1t necessary, For words to that effect, Precisely; but who is to decide that it is necessary?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
AnticipRtIng.

Springfield Union. Now comes the Cnhgressman-e elect, With cure for all our ills, For drought. and strikes, and rheu-
 matiz,
 He'u introduce some bills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

sus Gonzales of Mexico City are rsgis- tered at the Imperial.
 Ss $ s MT E. H. smith of Birmingham is at the Exchange. MT. G. R. Micou of Lanett is In the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
A ADVERTISERS.

Any day in the year you can look right here and find this sworn Detailed State ment of The Advertisers Circulation for she preceding month.
 The net paid-for circulation during octo- Der was as foIlowB:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
A Glove Problem.

Washington Herald.
 Has the fellow who wears glove a as nI1ch contempt for the fellow who doesn't as the fellow who doesn't has for the fellow who dOes2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

Next time Mark Twain wants to put pictures of Eve in a book. he might at least allow her to wear peek-a-boo waist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

George Bernard Shaw admits that ID some things he is really stupid An henest confession is said to be good for. fbe soul, and we hope George feels re-. lieveds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

The Philadelphia Record calls Secre- tary Shaw "an eminent stand-patter and yearning candidate for the Presi- dency." In our judgment, his yearns will not avail anything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
OCnORER. 1aila.

E. & Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, uays; 4 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circu1atfon for the month of Octo- Der. 1s0s. is trus and correct and complied after all returns from newsboys newS agents spoiled sand~ leftover copies haSS been deducted B. s. NOBLE, sh
 Circulation Manager. " Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1Tth day of November. 1908. E. (EeaL) ?. W. JACKSON.
 Notary Public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-10-18

Partisan Fad In Gloves.
The latest Paris fashion is gloves
adorned with miniature golden or sill.
yer mirrors, attached to the palm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-10-18
What Is q Gentleman ?

Among the Persians at the time of
Cyrus the boys were taught to ride,
to speak the truth and to draw the
bow. That meant manliness, truth
fulness and courage, all essential to
the character of a gentleman. The
knights of chivalry, who were the
gentlemen of their time, added the
duty of rescuing the oppressed and
distressed. and this completed the
ideal by teaching unselfishness and
service. II boy is taught to be al
ways self-respecting, courageous and
truthful and invariably considerate,
not outwardly but as the expression
of true kindness of spirit, of the
rights and feelings of others he will
grow up, whether he be rich or poor.
a professional man or a laborer, to
have the right to claim not by any
artificial distinction but in his own
right, with all that it implies, "the
grand old name of gentleman."-
Washington Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-10-18
JOHN PAUL JONES TRIBUTE

A Welcome to Americas Famed Ma
val Warrior.
Welcome, oh. sacred dust, the deep blue
That rolls between thy chosen land and
thee
No barrier proves, nor time nor birth nor
race
Can bar thy ashes from o resting place
Beneath fair freedoms soil that e'er shall
be
Kept sacred In this land Of liberty
Though years and years have rolled their
cycles Ger
Our glorious land from east to western
shore.
And though to fall asleep from home thy
Thy name was ne'er and ne'er will be
forgot.
AS through the stormy British channels
foam
Thou contest Though long an exile from
thy hone)
''Our flag" half mast, dip in OLD oceans
Whose restless waters round thy ashes
sweep
Thy name emblazoned side by side shall
Deep carved on tablets Of the brave and
free
With Washington and Lawrence, Gates
and Perry, too,
While stars shall glitter in the spangled
blue.
Will hear once more the ringing thunder
tones
And see again tn intrepid John Paul
Jones,
Eut1ass in hand shout In his daring
might:
Surrender? No: I've not begun to f1ght!'
Then welcome sacred ashes to ''Colum-
bias shorer
Thy priced remains to mingle evermore
With freedoms soil. While dynasties and
thrones
Shall be as things forgotten John Paul
VIII be demonstrating as morning red
Shall blaze the east and sparkles over
head
Bright stars in heavens dome Of azure
hue,
Where floats on high ''the red. white and
the blue"
III T. Eclkert In Philadelphia Press