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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16
SidewaM Pencilings
clock Had cope Craxy.

My. great goodness, Bill that clock has gone crazy today. Look at it. It's way off, said the Chief Dispatcher of Montgomery railroad. directing his remarks to one ot his trick men.
 Something must be radically wrong with that timepiece today. Look at your watch, Bill, by love. the clock is That'H never do.''
 "A minute and half is not so much" interrupted stranger. If I had a watch to keep as correct time as that ciock&I would think I was not cheat ed; What's a minute and a half?'
 Have you any idea what minute and half means to us?" said the Chief Dispatcher turning to the stranger. Tt might mean the sacrifice of scores of lives at any moment. It might mean the. wiping out of an entire passenger train by a collision, which would nec- essariiy result in thousands of dollars of loss to the railroad.
 Have you ever ridden on an engine and had only about fifteen minutes to make fifteen miles in. If you have, you would appreciate the value of even the slightest degree of time. Even sec ond counts under such circumstances. For instance, you must make this run 70 siding or meeting point in that time. I've tried 1t more than once and I'm not exaggeratin when I say that the second hand of your watch appears to travel around like lightning. You would just like to grab the hands of the watch and stop them.
 Tn everyday life it might, be all right to come within a minute or two of the exact time, but not so in rail- roading If we would allow our clock to lag or go ahead even as much as half a minute. the road would be full of wrecks."
 Grand President of B'nai Birth.
 Adoiph Kraus Grand President of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, passed through Montgomery yesterday morning on his Way to his home in Chicago. He was accompanied by his son.
 MT. Kraus was returning from Quin- cy, Fla, where vhe has large tobacco interests. Between trains he called on Charles F. Moritz. an active member of the B'nai B'rith in Montgomery.
 District No. 2. composed of Southern States. including Alabama, MT. Kraus said. is most progressive in numbers and in zeal. He will visit Montgomery at an early date and deliver an address. Probate Judge J. N. Stanford. of Wilcox County. passed through Mont gomery yesterday. on his way to Bull lock County where his wife is visiting Mir. Cliff Lanier, Jr., will leave this morning for e trip East While gone he will visit Jamestown and New York, among other places.
 Rabbi Erenreich returned from Selma yesterday morning. where he had been to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sol Lehman.
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 MT. HomeS MacLean, who has been i'll and is now convaleseent will leave at an early date for Livingston SprlnRs
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 Mir. ]. D. Williams, of Woodlawn, was in Montgomery last night.
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 Mir. E. P. Roberts, of Birmingham is In Montgomery.
 Mir. Robert Jenkins, of Gadsden. is in the city.
 Mir. Ed Bragg. of Auburn. is in the oity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

When a politician can find nothing else to knock he can always find a railroad handy, They are not suppos- edto have any friends these days and swatting them is a cheap and easy am usement. It Is not usually a profitable sport, but 1t serves for want of some thing better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16
The AdmInistration,s Advantage.

bOBLOn HeTdIu
 Senator Foraker's point that he help ed frame the law under which the big fine was imposed, deserves noting. Also the fact that our laws do not count for so much nowadays as does the manner in which they are applied and enforced. This is wherein the ad- ministration seems to have the advan- taRe over Foraker.t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

The Charleston Post says the blind tigers "are on the run" in that city. Yes. we have heard that they were running-some of them wide open all over the place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16
Our Philippine policy.

New York Evening Post.
 pines now Is conveyed in the humor- ist's dlalogu&a What do you suppose the Japanese want of the PhilippinesT That's just what they'll be asking islands as long as we hay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16
mrIY nIRCuLATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guar as sr s ,ts advertisers (and makes it a part of the contrass when reauestedl that its oahy Ss, = culation is larger than that of any morn'ns .s newspaper printed in Alahama-ana ,a.,n~ tna. ~. oof any edition of any newspaper prhteu H Alabama without exception.
 The figures for July. printed below. Iep resent the actual net circulation, ai retu'" "S having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

It is a good sign for a newspaper to reach It's century mark and that is what The New Bedford, Mass, Mercury
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

E. a Noble. Circulation Manager of The Monteomery Advertiser being duly worn. says;
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tfser's circulation for the month of July 1907 iS true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents, spoiled and leftover copies have been de- Aucted F. & NOBLE,
 Circulation --anager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eth day of August, 1907
 (gEAIl RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

GOING OUT or TOWN? Subscribers who leave the city temporarily should have The Advertiser mailed them. Addresses will be changed as often as re- queated.
 You can keep fully informed about Mont gomery and Alabama affairs only through The Advertiser.
 Before leaving mall or phone your ni- dress to this office, Phone 230. City Ctrcu- Iation Departmes1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-16

The King of Siam has paid s75.0oo for a thimble for his wife. A present like this ought to encourage any wo- man to at least do embroidery or even sew atbutton on occasionally.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
cBPySTU4S As A CLASSIC.

OF the recent hot dispute over certain phases
of Christmas observances it might perhaps pe
said that nothing became ii so much as It's
ending At aLv rate nothing about It was
more remarkable than the suddenness aud COM
pleteness with which it vanished. \ few days
a go the question of Christian or Chr1stless
Christmas seemed 10 shadow all the world.
Now none is so interested as TO write a letter
TO the editor upon the subject. Such an ending
is noteworthy. but it is by no means surprising
We might rather say it was inevitable. There
are some things concerning which controversy
cannot be maintained.
The snti-C Christmas agitation WAS in fact dl-
rected against an essential and integral part or
the intellectual and social furniture OF cviDZa-
ton Christmas has become a classic, of uni
versal adaptation. 1t belongs 10 no one land
and TO no one faith it has become all things
TO all men. Each regards it from his own i'll
dividuaI and peculiar point of view, and each
celebrates it in his own especial way; but few,
indeed. are they who would ignore it altogether
To some its significance is profoundly spirit
uaI to others it is dogmaic to still others it is
purely secular Some regard it from the scien-
tifically historical point Of view, and Others
from that of legend and folklore. To some
minds it presents pictures of Judean plains ana
the little City of David, and 10 others a pano-
rama of Norwegian pine forests and English
holly. To many it is supremely day of domestic
joys to Others it is time of social festivities.
There is no day in all the calendar which appeals
more strongly TO the devout Christian believer.
| nor any which is regarded with more interest
by the purely ethical philosopher. 1t is one of
the greatest ecclesiastical festivals of the
Church of Rome. and it is observed and loved
with peculiar fervor by Protestant millions TO
whom its name--Christ's Mass-is anatbema.
Each in his own way, and each according to
his own conception of its significance and real-
cation of his own needs. But at least ALL how
ever various may have this in common, that
1t is a day of peace on earth to men of gentle
will To that conception Of the day, and to
an earnest effort so far as in us lies to make
it practically realized, no man can offer OBJ
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25

nc n,ade for the country and not the country
for the Constitution That policy takes the posi-
tion that for each new problem that arises 10
fry the adaptability of the government 10 it'
ends il is possible TO find solution that -
constitutional within the reasonable meahli'S "1
the Constitution. broadly, literally. yet saiei!'
interpreted. It has patience with the iiino-
vator who feels that the Constitution heeus
stretching whenever l-ew emergency arlse' "a
that otherwise the nation will PERISH anu u
has only contempt for the habby reaction
who says that the fathers of the Cois'i'u'i 1
couId not possibIy have foreseen the contln-
gencies of the present, and that therefore the
government is impotent. To both the aHs"ei
is that the Constitution is general in its NATURE
and that q principle OF action in perfect hai-
mony with If. vet adapted 10 every new Tlsis'
can always be found.
With his firm faith in the Constitution JUS
tice Harlan takes the most optlmls'ic vie" VI
the stability of our government lie mas ho
natience with the notion that the tendency
toward Capitalization is subvertinS its charac-
Ter and undermining it. He declares:
The American people are more determined
than at any time in their history TO llaiiilaii am
both national and state rights, as Inose iiSn.@
exist under the Union ordained by the CohSt-
tuition They will not patiently CONSIDER any
suggestion or device that looks to Union upon
an other basis They will maintain, at what
ever cost and in all their integrity, both natioi
and state rights
An Illustration of this is the fact that some
o. those who a little while ago were worrying
over the tendency TO Capitalization are now cry
inr out at the alarming exercise of state pow
ers The range of the national government
activities has been enlarged, but so has the
range of state government activities Each mas
expanded within its own sphere to meet the
needs of the day. Many constitutional! ques-
tions remain to be solved but while we nave
Judges of the courage and independence OF
Justice Harlan there is in this development no
danger to the SAFETY of our institutions and no
occasion will arise when the nation Will nave
10 confess itself by reason of constitutional re-
strictions imnotent to meet new conditions.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY.


The announcement that the City Club and the
Citizens Union have taken up the case Of Mr..
Ahearn to consider test of his present legal
status serves TO suggest again how important
a part civic organizations play in the conduct of
the municipal government. 1t was permanent
body of this sort. the Bureau Of Municipal Re-
search. that first collected the evidence against
Mr. Ahearn. After il had been presented and
the Commissioners of Accounts had made their
report it was another civic body, the City Club,
that made the complaint to the Governor. and
that there seems TO be some hesitancy
among the local authorities to- press for de-
csion from the courts upon the legality Of Mr..
Ahearns reelection civic organizations begin at
once 10 arrange for that detail.
There is now civic body watching over al
most every function Of the city government. To
the City Club the public owed, before the Pub
lie Service Commission had been appointed, the
first comprehensive inquiry into rapid transit
conditions. The Bureau of Municipal Re-
search has experts constantly employed ex-
amining into the details OF the municipal gov
ernment, ready to call attention TO abuses but
more occupied in an effort to suggest better
less expensive and more effective methods of
local administration. private organization of
real estate men frequently calls attention to the
defects of the present almost unitemized system
of preparing the budget. The best who
have been in the charitable departments are
now at the head Of private organizations that
strive to keep some check upon the way mu
nicipal charities are administered A civic
body has a man constantly employed to ex2mine
into the purchase of park sites and their devel
opment, and to keep an eye on the use and
abuse of existing parks. And so it is with
almost every part of the city government. 4
non-partsan civic organization is watching over
il and creating endeavoring TO create an intel
ligent public opinion that will insist upon bet
ter administration.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
n1HE TOAST TO THE PRESIDENT"
.o,n The New York Times

From The New York IlnleS.
asl, vou to dir the sovereign people Of the United
states NOT meaning any dsrespec thereby to the Chief
of in this country have
soereipn save people. ard they should
lasted every Chance-President Kennedy
at the dinner of New England Society of Brooklyn.
You might as well toast the binomial theorem or
drink To the health of the stars of heaven to
toast the sovereign people of the United States
Tbev can neither respond in person nor designate
nv cne to make acknowledgment in their behalf
NIoreovar they don't to have anybody drink
tbeir health This bad Brooklyn example
fniInwed last night in Manhattan. when the guests
and members of the New England Society
asked by the chairman of the feast to drink Ito
The Congress- the President and the courts of the
United States" This is tasteess innovation. and
The imniemorial custom OF drinking the health
Of The President of the United States at public
dinners is one that should be faithfully honored in
the observance. Theodore Roosevelt is a states
nan ~ distinction, a OF great intellectual and
moral worth. and he is President. There could be
no dinner audience in this city, there could be
representative dinner audience in any part OF the
country that would not with enthusiasm respond
TO the cI1airman's invitation to drink his health.
These breaches of the ancient custom SAVIOR of
politics or personal opposition or some other motive
incongruous with the occasion and out of place at
any BANQUET table. We hope shall hear
more Of this nonsense Of substitution in toasts.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
THE CABINET.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

from The Tribune Bureau-f
Washington. Dec 2i.-Cabinet members and their
wives like most other members of the OIL
cial society, are devoting themselves to family
parties for the Christmastide The Secretary of
State and Mrs. Root will spend quiet Christmas
Day at their home n Rhode Island avenue. with
only a hurried visit from their younger son. Ed
ward Wales Root.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs Cor
telyou have their four children with them. their
sons George Bruce Cortelyou and William
Winthrop Cortelyou. having arrived several days
ago.
The Secretary of War arrived in Washington to-
day from Cincinnati, and with Mrs. Taft. Will en-
iov the visit of their elder son, Robert Tart. and
of their daughter Miss Helen Taft, who has come
from Bryn Mawr for the holidays Their younger
son, Charles Taft is also with them Ihey are III
mourning for the Secretary's mother. and Will
entertain only family party tomorrow
The Attorney General and Mrs. Bonaparte and
the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Garfield
will spend Christmas away from the capital, the
former at their home in Baltimore and the latter
with relatives in Pennsylvania
The Postmaster General and Mrs Meyer nave
their three children. the Misses Meyer and George
Won L. Meyer tr.. with them, and will entertain
informally tomorrow
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf are
alone except for one house guest, Miss Amy
Powles who has come TO pass her holiday with
them
row for a few of his Iowa friends He generally
selects the bachelor element his guests
rrbo sacretarv OF Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
straus have their Roger with them. and their
aauebters Mrs Hockstadter and Mrs. schaner,
are ,xpected from New York with their husbands
for a mart of the Christmas holiday
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
AmusemCnfS.

.csngNr OF MUsIc-.-s:Is-Ths Hon and the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ASTsoIs-o:Is-s-ls-Toul Jones -. ,-t--s,f.
fSr7 !. 500 -rS-s.I.-The Nsrr>ns OF NHsiH'A'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ndida-
piIoTr@2.1f- -ss0-A Dolls House va, Tstsv
"a StcYss-2 2:Is-s:l5-The Bad Boy ana A4s i'
r.rsciGpWAY-e:I5-s:15-The Pound Ip
a. .cf,O -..1s-s:Is-The Gay White Way
,SRTTF,pToN- Morals o. H'"ISU'
ToAr,Yse-2-rs-s: :2o-John Giaydes EohosI-
ToF-WrcY-2-s-Na8deyiIle.
Fl INK NTisFsI,-The world in Wax.
T.yPiRE-s:I5-Peter Pan . <----oo. Tree
.a-Under the tIreshroeo ,.-s;b-n.a
S-2.3o-Aschenhr0dei-e-2e - be
5p.SD CENTRAL, PAI.ACE--io a. m &c II D. H.
II sSRFTT a.15-s .3o-The witching Hour
SIaHssFssTF.TN'S a :Ia-KaU UdeEilie ,,.,.-s ,hs
TsTRsrD soUARE-2:I5-s-l5-Th Grl heh4"N ~
srpPo1DgoME-2-s-The -Four Seasons and winter cs1'
gyI=Tsrx-s :2O-Ter Sister. ,- xo-s
lSSIl-EST-REOf fKER-2:I5-s:s5-Tre Talk OF New 'O
ITf{T-rT-Y-e.la e.la-s:15-Poy OF the Circus
TyrET-.-s .3O-The Thief.
-a.f5-e.I5-Tfe Secret orcfarc 49,. ,,o-v
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE; ,3l,5 A"4' N =
n TFsTTc-2 -2I3-s-I5-The Top o IN Morio w..
MANHATTAN OPERA HObShs----lhe ne A~S -
,fr-TPof,oTTTsN OPERA HoTsE-5-fiaensel und
f-re+sj-c--T Farbiere di Sivigli7 - ,,-.,
srr-vr aNSTFRp -2:15-s:15-The Merry "ioow
SEW F-a15-S:l5-Playing the Ponies
@-F--s- vCsT, - Advanced vaudeVilie-
ssz.g7y SIS .I5~Man IF the Hour.
<T-2-s-Is--A Grand Army MAI
,k6-S-S-2 Ts-s ia Knight for a Day
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
PAPAL GREETING TO CARDINALS.

Rome Dec 24-The Pope attended meeting of
the Sacred College to-day and exchanged Christ
mas greetings with the cardinals No addresses
wore made but the Pontif conversed familiary
with each Cardinal. speaking OF modernism and the
revision of the Vulgate. He talked with Cardinal
Gasparri on the codifcation OF canon law
The Pope made 1t understood that he considers
this one of the greatest reforms not merely with
reference to the codifyng laws already existing
but in fixing in the code rules required by modern
times and conditions.
In addition they were destined, he said, to in
troduce important changes In the organization and
working of the Roman congreg ltons. which corre-
spond in the Church to departments in the civil
government. One of the chief innovations would
be the establishment at each congregation of spe-
cial courts having regular judges for the hearing
of all cases coming within its jurisdiction. Above
these courts the ancient tribunal the Rota. would
still act as a court of appeal
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
MIR. TAFT BACK IN WASHINGTON.
Secretary of War Begins Attack on &c
emulation of Correspondence.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Secretary Taft re-
turned to Washington to-day from Cincinnati
where he went to settle some matters connect
ed with the estate of his mother AT
the War Department he found large amount
of mail matter which had been prepared by
his private secretary for his perusal. and he
spent the afternoon in debating answers 10 his
correspondents.
good part of the correspondence was OF
personal character. In fact. the Secretary has
not yet had opportunity to turn his at
tention to matters of departmental business,
such as the disposition to he made of the army
officers who failed to take the endurance ride
required by the President.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
TTIETIDE RFFORNS.

No. this title does not introduce 4 CHASTITY
proposal 10 print December % in black instead
of red on future almanacs. Christmas is an III
stitution as well established as the succession
of the seasons. and quite as amply justified.
In suggesting fuletide reforms, therefore, we
have no thought Of banishing the chidrens
expectant stockings to bureau drawers, or of
issuing bull contra pInnpuddinger There
are however, few reforms which, apart from
being highly advisable. can be introduced with
out marring the classical beauties of this sea-
son of mirth.
The first of these is the introduction of the
artificial Christmas tree. 'Outra geousln YOU
say; but just moment-iid you ever see such
a tree? In the land where Christmas is cele-
brated far more sentmentaly than herein
Germany-the artificial Christmas tree has
been adopted perforce and amazingly perfected.
Made in sizes to suit all purses and parlo,s,
the artificial tree is incombustible. incredibly
natural and-wonder of wonders,-can he
folded up and tucked away in the attic until
Santa Claus hitcbcs ru his team again. But
New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
THE FLEET AT TRINiDAD.

Our peaceful fleet on its world encircilh5
voyage has completed the first stage OF us
journey in safety, in unbroken order and ahead
of schedule time. To-day it lies off Port OF
Spain near the flag of that great friendly
power which alone could surpass or perhaps
even rival its display of military potency, ana
which we may be sure would vie WIN IL Ill
peaceful and benevolent intent. 1t might De
question in international law whether the ships
were in British waters or on the high seas.
Five miles off shore is outside the ordinary ter
ritoriai limits Yet the Gulf Of Paria is so
landlocked that it might be regarded as ell
tirely territorial, divided between the two ma
tons which own its shores; and beyond doubt
in making the narrow passage of the Dragon
Mouth the fleet left the high seas for British
or Venezuelan waters.
1t is a region of peculiar interest in which
our seamep spend their Christmas holiday it
Is one of the very earliest parts of the con-
tinental coast visited by Columbus and the
Spanish conquerors. and it was invested by the
great Genoese with the romantic legend of
being the highest part of the globe, the bor-
derland of the Garden of Eden, and the spot at
which the flood from the Fountain of Life
flowed into the sea-ima gnngs which strangely
showed what an extraordinary degree of fanci-
full creduty was mingled with the advanced
and farseeing practically of the man. lie who
fronted an ecclesiastical council and dared It's
anathemas with his belief in the rotundity of
the earth and the possibility of clrcumnavigat-
ing it was as ready any cleric of them all
TO look for a literal Garden of Eden still phys
icalIy existing. Nor are later associations to
be forgotten, of the sharp controversy which
ragged between the two powers which now
divide that region between them. of the media
torial part enacted by the United States and
of the vast significance Of the results of that
incident.
It is good stopping place in which TO spend
the season of peace and good will. and from
which. abandoning the courses of Columbus, to
proceed along Mageans adventurous track
The next waters visited will be those Of that
great southern republic in the dramatic scenes
of whose formation and subsequent preserva-
ton the United States. and particularly the
United States navy, performed grateful offices.
We may confidently expect that the fleet. for
the sake Of the land and the government which
it represents, will receive the same cordial wei
come at Rio which is given to it to-day at Port
of Spoin