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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
ARE xor WANTED.

The newspapers of New Orleans, or some of them, are decidedly opposed to the erection of sky-scrapers in that city. The Item is especially opposed to their erection and favors ordinances against it. It gives as arguments against such buildings tLat rows and streets of them would constitute a me- mace to the public health. would de- stroy the public comfort, and would destroy the beauty and Individuality of the city.
 These are good reasons and we've no doubt that they are well founded, particularly the first two city In a warm climate and with narrow streets needs all the air and sunshine and ventilation possible. both for health there is another argument which it strikes us would be a sound one against the sky-scraper fad, and that Is a danger that the builders can hardly guard against. Much of New Orleans Is built on made land, which is none too secure as a site for heavy buildings. If the height and conse- quent weight of a building is very largely out of proportion to the area of the foundation there is danger of the latter giving way. In short, such a building as some of those now being erected in New York and Chicago might sink into the depths and dis appear from human sight for all time. This may not be an imminent danger. 1t is true, but it might be well not to lose sight of it. Be that as it may, the other reasons given by The Item are good, and we can't say that we blame the inhabitants for protesting against such structures.
 The Times-Democrat Is also strong and insistent in its opposition to the innovation. and its arguments are strong and should be convincing, in our Judgment. In fact, 1t shows so plainly that buildings of this kind are neither needed nor wanted in that city that we should think the authorities would hesitate long before giving per mission for their erection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
sLUR ON CLEVELAND.
Causes a Bix Stir in New York Coun
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Causes a Big Stir in New York Coun-
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 New York Special.
 The plaza at the Manhattan end of the new Manhattan bridge. running from Canal Street and the Bowery to the bridge will be called Cleveland Place" in honor of the ex-President. Mayor Mcclellan recommended this in a message to the aldermen, and today the Aldermen approved it unanimous ly.
 Before the vote was taken Alderman Peters made another speech of objec- ton, and got called down.
 We remember the dark days of 1894" he said. 'when the back door of the White House was opened to private interests, and we, don't want to per petuate the memory of the Sage of Princeton and the Stuffed Prophet ''
 The chair directs the Alderman to withdraw that remark" shouted Pres- ident McGowan, but Alderman Peters refused. Then the chair will refuse to recognize the Alderman until he does withdraw it," said the president Pe- ters didn't withdraw it then. but he did later, saying that he had not meant to ruffle any ones temper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
pERPLExING QUESTIONS.

Besides being unjust, unfair and of- 4ten inconsistent our present tariff laws contain some puzzles that would make Solomon himself sit up and take notice. We suppose it would be i'm possible for the wisest lawyer or scholar to write a lengthy statute that would not in some respect be open to different constructions, and our tariff schedules are full of problems that worry the officials. For example, The Manchester Union thus tells us of a dispute between a firm of Japanese inn porters and the collector of the port of New York. The importers want a quantity of frog skins admitted as fish skins. whereas the collector main tains that the said skins are leather and are dutiable as such. Common sense would appear to be on the side of the collector. The skins may be leather, but frogs most certainly are not fish. However, as The New York World looks at the matter, the dispute Is wholly unnecessary. It recalls the fact that the treasury department ex- perts decided some years ago that frogs legs were dressed poultry. and reasons from that decision that frogs skins must be feathers. and dutiable as such.
 ''But whether the frog Is to be con sidered as flesh, fowl or good red her ring, 1t is plainly desirable that he should be given a place in the tariff by himself. What with the uses made of his skin and egs and the proposi- tlon in some quarters to afford him legal protection, the frog is evidently increasing in importance"
 There's the 4undrum. There is a specific duty on hides, and another on leather, but none on frogs, and no section of the tariff schedule mentions frogs skins by name, nor is there any Import duty on frogs. So, the only chance to collect an import duty on the frog hides is to schedule them a s leather and let it go at that. And the contemporary from which we have above quoted thus comments on anoth- CT recent case:
 The beard of United States general appraisers, in a decision rendered by Judge Waite, has definitely placed ponies in the category of horses, which means that the pony is subject to the full duty provided in the tariff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
Today M History

1242-Russians defeated the Swedes at battle of Lake Peipus.
 l632-1mperialists defeated; Tilly killed
 l7s2-Granada surrendered to the British.
 1794--GeorSe Jacques Danton. leader sf French revolution, guillotined Born 1sOo-Wiiliam Cowper, English poet, died. Born 1731.
 1S05-Emanuei Lisa founded the first trading post in Nebraska
 1S11-Robert Raikes, founder of modern Sunday schols. died Born :, lS14-Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne of France.
 iS29-Bolivian army invaded the re- public of Peru.
 1SS7-Algernon Charles swinburne. poet laureate of England, born
 1S5S-Gola discovered in British Co., lumbia
 1S62-Federal army commenced siege or Yorktown. Virginia.
 !S!6-Impeachment trial began of William W. Belknap, Secretary of
 1eoi-Henri Dupin, father of French dramatists." died, aged 96.
 lS94-Eleven strikers killed in riot at Connellsville. Pa '''
 1S97-Venezue1an Congress ratified boundary arbitration treaty with Great
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
"This Is My 54th Birthday"
Henry St. George Tucker.

Henry St. George Tucker, the emil nent Southern lawyer who, as presi- dent, Is directing the affairs of the Jamestown Centennial Exposition, was He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1875 and the follow ing year was admitted to the bar. From 1889 to 1897 he represented his district in Congress. In the latter year he succeeded his father as professor of constitutional and international law of equity at Washington and Lee Uni versity. He remained with Washing ton and Lee University until 1903 when he went to Columbian (now George Washington University as dean of the schools of Jurisprudence and law. and Tucker was honored with the presi- .dency of the American Bar Associa- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
SidesDak Psncilinss
N.ea K.oried<e of rypewritins

Need Knowledge of Typewritin9. A we'll known local railroad official. ole of whose duties Is the hiring or ment. smphasises M the the importance of young men. desiring clerical positions n railroad work. to learn the art or sThsre.is a demand for young men with a good clerical ability and knowledge of the use of typewriter, Gaid the offfcial. Time and again have employed excellent young men knew absolutely nothing about using Nov. of course, when we need a man man to fill vacancy. we ,,u, want him na ah, to fill the job. A railroad, Tn most instances, can't wait on man to learn typewriting and there is no doubt \ men have lost fine chances by not Knowing how to manipulate ma c inc.
 'Of course. the railroads are using and I suppose it will not be long be- fore our billing is dcne on machlne. Suppose railroad required typewru- ten work in a certain branch or the business. a man might be ever so com- peteLt otherwise, but he would not pc able to meet the requirements ne failed in that.
 T would suggest to the business col leges that in giving their students business courses, they also teach them the use of a typewriter. Of course. tAe stenographers turned out py tne colleges can write on a machine, but ! purely a clerical training"
 President Thach Here.
 President Charles c. Thach of the burn was a visitor to Montgomery yes terday afternoon. coming here in the interest of the school He reports everything is getting along in great I've now have over 500 students" said he, and 600 students. anywhere make a great collegiate institution. Auburn is all right"
 the vicinity of Auburn is proud Of the showing that is made by the. Auburn ball team this year. and he added, with note of pride in sds,ns his voice fs., san5 ssa5 Weems would be able to make good showing when he joins the Montgom- cry Southern League team at the close ot the school year.
 MT. J.. B. White. of Talladega. Is visiting Montgomery, accompanied by Mrs. White and Mrs. l.. G.. Joiner. They are registered at Hotel Sum- mers.
 MT. H. N. Crumpton. of Evergreen, Is in the city, accompanied by his wife.
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 Former Governor William D. Jelks, Is in the city. and is guest at the Exchange.
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 Mir. T. W. Peag1er, a prominent citi- zen of GreenviIle, spent yesterday in Montgo--.ery.
 MT. J. A. Coates, of Mobile. was in Montgomery last night.
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 MT. J. D. henderson of Sanford. spent last night in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
SAME OLD GANG,

Poor old Philadelphia - City of Brotherly Love" and the like O that is apparently as hopelessly in the tolls of the Looters Trust as ever 1t was in the vast. The wave of reform less than a year ago. with Mayor Weaver as its nominal head, strutted its brief hour on the stage and went into retire. ment Now, for anything we can see to the contrary, the city is practically in the hands of the same gang that controlled it four years ago. It is happy and contented." which means that the gang is happy and the people ccntented. At least a majority of them seem content to be misgoverned and robbed at the pleasure of the rob bers. When a city gets into that con- The people are, or are supposed to be, the seat of all power under our form of government, and just as long as the people are willing to elect dishonest men to office, or remain supine and all low them to be elected. just that long must they bear the evils of dishonest government and pay the cost of put ting dishonest men in power.
 When a dire calamity befalls a city or a people, we can feel sorrow and sympathy for them in their distress. When the people tlemselves are re- sponsible for their trouble we can only feel contemptuous pity for ---eir weak ness. The people of Philadelphia have not been taken by surprise. When a city elects officials who are supposed to be honest and who prove exactly the opposite it Is not right to blame those who put them in office. but in, this case no such excuse can be made. For years Philadelphia has been in the hands of the most disreputable crowd that eyer plundered a municipality. It was plain to all intelligent citizens that they were being robbed. yet they went stolidly on and allowed the same old gang of disreputable bosses to remain in control and to dictate terms and candidates. Why should we waste sympathy on them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
About Ffsger Nhils.

Philddelphia Record.
 Finger nails grow one fifty-second of an inch a week on an average" said one of the attendants at a manicure es- tablishment in Chestnut Street the oth. CT day. This rigures out to a little more than one inch and a half year. The nall on the middle Anger. how ever, grows faster than' the others: and all the nails grow faster in sum mer than in winter. It is also claimed that those on the sight hand grow faster than those on the left. but the difference is so small I've never mo- ticed 1t. It is said to be proved, how ever by the nails of Chinamen of -cer- tain class, who let them grow from six to eight inches in length. That would take them from four to six years without cutting, or perhaps longer, be- cause the oftener the nails are Trimmed the faster they grow. The only long. nailed persons I know in my trade are one or two violinists. who let their nails grow while on their summer va cation to keep. the touch of the finger tips sensitive"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

In the retirement of Mir. H. E. Whit aker from The Columbiana Sentinel the State press suffers a great loss. He Is a courageous and conscientious advo- cate of propositions which he favors. and writes with such directness and force as to make direct impression upon the public mind. MT. Whitaker has lived in Alabama a number of years and has secured a large number of sincere friends and admirers. He will move to California where The Ar vertiser hopes continued good future awaits him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
The ralladega Mountain Home says

We have heard complaint from more than one source in Talladega county of short weight and adulterated guano By adulteration the dishonest mAnu- facturer might make a saving large risk of detection, but dirSt is too cheap to use the short weight method.
 The authorities ought to set to work andSinvestigate this matter. If farm CTS Fare swindled in any such way as such suggested. in the above, there ought to be way Of finding 1t out and certainly there is a way for pun ishing the offenders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

Cornelious N. Bliss was Treasurer of the Republican Committee funds. While he didn't look a gift horse in the mouth, he knew where the money came Roosevelt Hartman strenuosity by keping his mouth shut. He doesn't want to get on Roosevelts liars bunch" and he would be put there by Roosevelt if he should tell what he knows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
Science asick Certificate. :.

William Meyers, a Baltimore custom house inspector, was absent on leave and offered as sufficient certificate healer that he was unable to work His superior officer hesitated to recog- nlze this statement as sufficient as the law requires certificate of sick ness from a duly qualified practition- CT of medicine" The case has been turned over to Secretary Cortelyou for adtudication.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
The Attucks Statue.

Norfolk Landmark.
 As to interesting observations of The Montgomery Advertiser, quoted else where, on the application of the James town Exposition Company for the loar of the Crispus Attucks monument which now stands on Boston Common our Alabama contemporary should mol forget that Congress made a large ap- propriation to the olored department of the Exposition This department manages it's own affairs, under the su perVision of the Government. We i'm agine that the general management oi the Exposition had nothing to do witt the request for the Attucks statue, Al the same time, we are not inclined tc discount the bravery of Attucks. II performed valuable and intrepid servict in the Colonial cause. Quite naturally the members of that race would like tc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
n says nothing to nobody

Let nobody say nothing to me-"
 seems to be the song of a number Of prominent men in connection with the spat between Hartman and Roosevelt With the big stick on one side and the big railroads on the other. some of them think a paddock on their mouths is the best thing for their flu ture happiness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
All In One.

New YOrk sun.
 Ten times one is one in this accom- plished age, There are not ten sepa- rate and Individual greatest" or even great Americans. One original and su- perabundant genius has made all greatness his own, overridden compe- ttion and captured all the events" and all the records" Is there in all these United States a person with soul so dead as not to know and rejoice in the knowledge that the mail of
 l. The greatest American states man.
 ; The greatest American soldier.
 8 The greatest American eociolo- gist.
 The -~eatest American preacher.
 .. The greatest American author,
 G. The greatest American railroad expert
 B. The greatest American educator,
 9. The greatest American lawmak-
 10. The greatest American conver- sationalist
 Is sent to one and the same address? That is why Professor Munsterberg's catalogue falls so dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

for grown-up animals. Just why such an ofacial decision should be neces- sary may not be clear to the casual reader until 1t is explained that the ss she port S of sosson sesinss paying duty of thirty dollars, that being the sum prescribed for horses valued at $150 or less. The duty was lection with the board of appraisers. in which he insisted that the pony came within the scope of the para S 20 %spss' ssr esn pr'FTSsd Fss sc.iSa S.h Sas overruies this claim. quotes the die tionary definition of pony as "a very small horse" which leads to the was properly assessed 1t is expected that the case will go to the federal courts on appeal.
 On the whole. the board of general ns made from the point ,ss decision--a decision, at least, calcu- lated to save the board much trouble in the future. For instance. had the horse. it might have been contended. little late, that pony cigar is not a cigar at all, but cigarette or roll of sweet fern. Pony" engines might have attempted to pose as chill dren's express wagons. and innumer- able other ponies" might have put up the plea of mistaken identity. Now that the appraisers have placed the pony in the horse column, all such pos abilities appear to have been obviat- ed.
 There was a snag in the way if the appraisers had agreed with the impor- ter If very small pony is not to be classed as a horse, then the question of a is. how large must the animal be be- fore he can be classed with horses and the duty collected accordingly? It is true that there are some points of difference between a pony and horse. but they belong to the same genus of animals, and we can't see how the ap- praisers could have decided differently
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

when 1t comes to divorces an In diana woman holds the record. so far as our information extends At latest reports she had dlslocated her eleventh husband, and no doubt is by this time looking around for another specimen to annex. As matrimonial experi- mentalist she Is decidedly in the lead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

The good woman and sweet girls who proposed to deck themselves In ell the bright glories of Easter attire snd were so cruelty disappointed were not confined to Montgomery, for like unfavorabIe conditions prevailed in many other parts of the country. It was cruel but not to be helped,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
WORTH sAv1Ns.

Hero is . simple. prescription, as yiven by an eminent authority on Kidney diseases and Rheuna- tism:
 Fluid Extract Dandelion, >onc- half ounce;5 Compound Kargon, | one ounce: Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Take teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime.
 A well known local druggist is authority that these Ingredients are harmless and easily mixed at homo by shaking well in bottle. He also states that he has been advised by many of his patrons that this prescription has a peculiar healing and soothing effect upon the entire Kidney and Urinary structure, often over- coming the worst forms of Back ache and Bladder weakness in just little while. This mixture Is said to remove all blood dis-> ders and relieve Rheumatism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

The Portland oregonian thinks that the one invention needed to secure uni yersaI disarmament is a wireless meth cd of exploding the powder in the magazines of an enemy's ships No Aoabt that would do the trick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

see his memory honored. Az to the ad- visibility of letting the statue leave Boston, that Is for Boston to decide. 1t is barely possible that some foolish person might attempt to deface the effigy, though only fool or . knave would be guilty of such thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
IEBRUARY CALCULATION.

psy after day, week cfter week. monsn Ts D after month and year after year. The The Advertissr continues to be the only oa,sy nay or Sunday newspaper published ac bama prtnt sworn statements or i's nv tual net paid circulation .nov
 The February figures given below e nS vigorous and substantial growth anu further emphasized The Advertisers guar antse that it's circulation Is the IsISess ok any morning Sunday ne"sp@ps' printed in Alaham..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
What ths State Papsss
 Are D0ing and SqyinS

M 'sS 6Vsss0 eeeeSe A~4y gak8 Both Geea. Birmingham Ledger. That means pies this summsr and jam next winter.
 Did several Other Things.
 The Legislature has done all 1t promised and went out of its way to do things 1t didn't mention on the stump
 The Favorite Daushter's work. While some states are wrestling with the favorite son problem the favorite daughter. has been getting in her work at the milliner's. Poetic and Peacksn4. Union Springs Herald. The peach bloom is turning its vel. vet cheek to the sun for q kiss that will ripen into those same lucious el- bertas. May these pink checked chill svsr before.
 4 Splendid Representative. Brundfdge News.
 Wiley. ot Alabama. has done more F Congress. Take up the records and they will show. He Is among the old cst of the Representatives and is en- titled to be the leader of the Demo- orats in the House,
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 They Are Coming Up. Talladega Mountain Home.
 Of course we admit Birmingham and po- .y Mobile and Montgomery have en eaa nG ae ana Ss sas ars so to be among the big towns of Alabama. and our city is going to play second fiddle to none of them.
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 Alabama Can Furnish . supply. Thomas .F. Ryan. the New York cap italist. will raise peanuts on his new ly-acquired lands in the Congo. Here Is an opportunity to export some of this country where they may learn to work for a living.
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 Easy To Forget. F Union Springs Breeze.
 Kentucky that dark and bloody scorn at Alabama. because of the lynch ing at Florence this week. Ken lucky seems to forget her GoebIe as- sassination and other outrages of tho law.
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 Where He Got It. Mobile Register.
 The Montgomery Advertiser and other papers have wondered how poet couid es isnssa have been Obtained fqe by Thomaa % Bailey Aidrich in New Hampshire. Part of his imagery is redolent of the South and only of the South. The de- orleans. which explains what seemed climatic contradiction in his nature.
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 Timely Suggestion. Gadsden Times News. oa % 5. 1ssadin hea H ssr se4s City. One is to be addressed by MT. Bryan. ene by Judge Parker and one by MT. Hearst. The authorities should get mix. or Mir Jefferson might be forgotten for liver issues. Dangerous When Awakening Comes. Marion Standard. @.t The Conner administration has sauan- dered more money on new offices and useless follies than the tax assessor can recoup from the people without op- pression. This arbitrary extreme ad- ministrations mi, tra had as well remember ents when put upon their mettle and resources are around.
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 Does Not Brighten.
 The fact that the legislature passed law saying that anybody who at- tempted to invoke the aid of the courts in defeating any of the Conner meas ures, should be prohibited from doing business in Alabama, did not frighten the railroads, who own and operate more than $100, ,000, 900 worth of prop erty fin Alabama. This law. within it. self, was a tacit admission that their measures would not stand the light of legal investigation. It Is believed that when federal courts are through with the Conner measures they will make Conner, Lusk, Overton, ct al., look
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
Dangerous When Awakening Comes. Marion Standard re S-

The Conner administration has sduan dered more money on new offices and useless follies than the tax assessor can recoup from the people without op. pression. This arbitrary extreme ad- ministrationA had as well remember that the people are dangerous oppon- ents when put upon their mettle and resources are around.