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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
STARTING srnrrr CAns

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has lately rendered decision which is of interest to street car conductors in that State and may also interest others 4 woman got on a car accom- panied by . 2-year-old chfid. and be- fore she could reach seat the car started suddenly. She was thrown against seat and injured and brought suit against the company. The court awarded her damages. and as we find 1t stated in The New Bedford Stand ard, the ruling was that the com papy was bound to see that the woman had reasonable opportunity to reacn a place of safety within the car and the fact that she was accompanied by her child, the court declared. put a greater degree of care on her for the child's safety and required greater cau- tion on the part of the employees of the company. Ordinarily the conduc- tors are inclined to be considerate and gratifying degree Of course 1t de- pends upon the personality of the man whether he Is thoughtful about the safety of his passengers or whether he conforms only so much to the require- ments of his position as to hold the job. whatever his spirit. the employ ing company should make him under stand that he must be concerned for the welfare of the people in his charge. And the matter of the starting up of his car Is an important one on this point. There may sometimes occur vexatious delays through the thought lessness or stupidity of the passengers. but even they can not excuse impa- tienee on the part of the conductor. It is all in the days work for him and he can offer no adequate reason for letting 1t get on his nerve"
 As we have intimated. this ruling may be of interest and value to street car conductors, even In Montgomery. Many times we have seen the conduc- tor ring the bell and have the car started as soon as passengers got in- side the door and before they could possibly seat themselves If injury should result to passenger under such circumstances the company would clearly De reSponslple TOT oamases' II
 matters not how rigid the rules may be or how careful may be the instruc- tions given by the managers to their employees It is the company itself that must pay damages in such cases.
 It is true that passengers are some- times needlessly slow about getting to their seats, and 1t is also true that vexatious delays often occur on this account, but as our contemporary says the conductors should remember that '.it Is ali in the days work" but should also bear in mind that they are not only responsible for the safety of the patrons of the line, but they are also responsible for the reputation and bus mess of the company itself. Better lose little time in starting than lay the foundation for damage suits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH s7, 1907.
DEFINING .A LIAR.

As will be remembered, some time ago Washington correspondent Of The Baltimore Sun told that the Pres ident has a theory that anything re- peated without authority is the same as a lie. The matter came up because some one said to the President, after his private consultation with the San Francisco authorities, that something that was said between them might be made public by some one who heard it. He replied with great emphasis: If any one does 1t will be a lie, and will say so.' The New Bedford Standard. good Republican that it is, can't sub scribe to this sort of doctrine and re- marks:
 We have never been able to fall in line with the theory which appears to prevail in some quarters that things said by the President or in the White House are any more sacred than things said by other men or in other places. Of course. any honorable man VIII re- epsct d confidence--but because the im- barter of it makes it confidence, not because he happens to be parsonage Of consequence, and as sacredly with a bootblaek as with his President. undertake to repeat conversations which are not understood to be in con- fidenco will endeavor to repeat them aocurately--but the obligation to ac- curacy IS not increased because they have chanced to talk with the Presi- dent. Maybe this Baltimore Sun cor respondent is the same sort of liar that MT. Roosevelt attempted to describe in the quotation. But if he is, accord ing to all accepted and sensible stand ards, he is not a liar at all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
sIGNIFICANr FIGURES.

In the current number of Everybody's Magazine Mr. Carl Snyder has an ar- ticle on railroad accidents and disas- ters. and we copy from The New York Times some of the figures and conclu- sions arrived at The Times says:
 It is only what cannot be cured which must be endured, and Mir Snyder shows that American railway accidents they actually are all but entirely pre- vented upon the majority of our rail- ways. In the last fiscal year not one single passenger was killed in train more than one-half the passenger mile- age. On the other roads, with less trackage and less passenger mileage, 1S2 passengers were killed. MT Sny- der does not name his roads, but he does specify one company whose re- cord surpasses even that of the Del aware and Hudson, which in ten years did not have one accident. in 1908. The Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha has an absolutely clean death record for ten years. It is HOO miles long, and does an annual business of l46,OoO;oo0 passenger miles, yet in ten senger. In the face of the facts, 1t is impossible to contend that all roads may not do as well as the majority even if they cannot approach the per lection of the two exemplars named. They are comparable with the best English records, which include one year in which not a passenger was killed.
 These statements are not merely in- teresting; they are highly significant It may be that any one not fully con- versant with all the details and re- quirements of railway construction and management is not competent to pass on the question, but even the least in- formed reader or student can be par doned for saying that there ought to be such wide disparity between rail- roads as these figures indicate When one great system of roads can run for ten years without an accident. and an- other is having one or more every year. there must be a cause that can be explained and removed from the latter. The general public Is not go- ing to admit that it Is all fate or that some of the roads are hoodooed. Such explanations will not go in this day and time
 It may be impossible, as The Times intimates, for all the railroads of the country to compare favorably with the two exceptional systems above indi. cated, but we think the travelling pub lie will hardly be content to admit that it is reasonable for passengers on some roads to be always safe while those on others are always in danger. Be- fore long people will begin to insist that there must be a remedy and will more strenuously demand that the rem edy should be applied The informa- tion given by MT. Snyder will no doubt astonish most. readers, but we have seen no intimation that he was not correct. The question will narrow down to this: Why should less than half the railroads In the United States do all the killing and injuring that Is done?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
What the State Papers
 Are Doing and Saying


 Must Endure It. Conner gritted his teeth, grinned and cuss. fuss, fume and endure 1t.
 S Ss &
 A Great Attraction. Tuscumbia Dispatch.
 We would like to see moving pie ture show of Roosevelt and his cabinet, we believe it would be the greatest attraction the Theatoriums could get
 & 9e &
 A Lucky Man. Elba Clipper.
 MT. Roosevelt will be lucky man of his term without having the humil- tation of some disclosures of fearfully dirty conduct in management of affairs on the Isthmus of Panama.
 Don't Knew It. The aadsden Times-News still quotes MT. Bryan on Tive issues" There are also some people who don't know Andrew Jackson Is dead.
 Can't < DSdss < It. Cullman Tribune. for a time. but the Easter hat must be met face to face every year about this time. Well, the face under the hat Is worth. it. so we pay pay with it ,ass smile ana n UGH or lWSAly-~-AiOiO OE ASSSs
 & Ss $
 Big Coal Vain. Hartselle Enquirer.
 A vein of coal five feet thick has been discovered in In the the hilIs soed eigh5 16 be of the very best quality. and It's thickness makes 1t very easy to mine. A company of Decatur prospectors probable that the coal will be mined in the near future. Two Good Ones. Gurley Herald.
 If the President wants men on the Panama canal job who. won't resign; why don't he try Platt and Depew? There is no such thing as extracting a resignation from them The Wrong Ear. Birmingham Age Herald. Some reporter whispered to Hetty Sage's gift, but he selected by mis- take her deaf ear.
 Ready For It. 1NS We are ready for the dustless age. So long as we do not overcome this providential agent of discomfort the millennium is in no danger of overtak- ing us.
 Just the Same. An immense battleship feels as un- easy as a rotten tub when 1t is known that one little apparently insignificant submarine, with it's high explosive tor pedo may send the big battleship with its big guns and all on board to the bottom.
 Good Liar. Mobile Herald
 An Idaho jury has been unable to be- lieve a prisoner who pleaded guilty or murder. What a local reputation for prevarication D that chap must have.
 Bit Sarcastic. Anniston Star.
 Senator Burton, who is again a free man. threatens to break into the newspaper business provided a fraud order is not issued against his paper before he can get 1t started. The ex- senator is a bit sarcastic by reason or his soreness. It would be difficult for a fraud order to be issued against paper that doesn't exist.
 $ Se &
 Plenty of Fights. Tuscaloosa Times Gazette. There's a fellow in the Pennsylvania Iegislature who wants to make the pup lication of what he calls libelous mat ter, a defence in all suits for assault and battery growing out of such pub iications." This sounds like a frost on inc editors. They get into a plenty of flights now for publishing the truth abouf people and having it called q iibeI. and they want to see these same neople pay ior their fun like they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
Plenty of Fights.
AFTER TICKET sPEoULATORs.
Nineteen warrants Against Theatrical
 peonie in Chicago.

People in Chicago.
 Chicago March 26.-Nineteen war rants for the arrest of as many speou- lators in theatre tickets sworn out to- day by Assistant Corporation Counsel Wade.
 The council several days ago passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of theatre tickets at any place but the box office of a theatre or for any price other than that printed on the face Of the ticket. but it has been charged that many of the spectators have ignored the ordinance.
 Among those for whom warrants were taken out were number of To- cal theatrical managers, including George w. Lederer. manager of the Colonial Theatre; Harry J. Powers of Powers Theatre; John A. Hanlin of the Grand Opera House; VIII J. Davis of Inc illinois Theatre: Herbert c. Dace of the Garrick Theatre and Lyman D. Glover of the Majestic Theatre
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

It will be remembered that during the late session MT. Roosevelt wanted Congress to confer on the President the power to dismiss army officers at his own will. If he now had that power The Philadelphia Record argues, he would not only dismiss Captain Koch Ter, but would also fire the officers composing the court martial which &C., quilted him. We'll. we suppose that would be his conception of a square deal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
DRIFT WOOD
RY PHIL H, ARMBTR0N0.

Inc LOBE LOBE OM1& Oh The long. long days of youth--I guess Are the real. real days of happiness When getting up at the break of day Means one more long, long day or play. One more moment when we run Bare legged, happy. in the sun. How grand to wade in the minnow At a bright reflected face to look. A face that knows no care forsooth-- Only the smile wreathed face of youth. The long. long days of youth--ws That the long. leng days must come For all good things must have an end And all bad things must have q mend Oh birdnest days. and swimming days You take me back to the tangled
 wayA
 And 4 n batting t with an apple core. My heart is jumping into my throat At the call hear of buebirds note. Oh, the long, long days of youth To me when a bee begins to hum. Or when a dog is barking near Old Royers bark I seem to hear. And it takes me back and makes me
 think
 I'm down by the spring ana trying "
 drink
 From the old yellow sourd that hung While Rover would bark and wag his
 tail
 Then run away with a Tightening dash To dodge the water he knew woui1
 splash.
 Oh, Father Time, what's wrong with It's such a funny way you do. Of course know that my hair is gray. and I'm a long, long ways from youths
 long day.
 I know that can't go back again
 lane.
 But there's one thing you can't take From W youths long day-Tis the memo ry.
 Broken Reflections.
 Imitation is the highest compliment
 fN
 A man doesn't have to charge admis- sion to make a show of himself.
 $ Se &
 A proposal by mail is like an egg without salt. "The laundries of London use more than 75O tons of soap week, Pitts burg and Birmingham, Ala. please re- RrmstTong RGTa IS sHiS in I ne Montgo9ery Adver- tiser We don't know how much soap Birmingham uses in week, Phil. put 1t is great deal. As Tor onrse.ar. we we and soft soap as occasion demands Birmingham Age-Heraid
 $ $ $
 It just takes a man vhS. who p2aSs 2aS nsd his ding.
 It isn't always the drinking man who is sa Pe syssy ss aS hiyke The Panama Canal Is getting to be chesnut but 1t hasn't been run In the grOund-nOt very far
 How Doth. How doth the busy railroad train Aid dispositions sour7 By sometimes running on the track And sometimes on the hour
 Hard, Very Hard.
 Did the old man have any hard feelings for you Blll?'
 " Hard? I should say so-when l asked for his darter's hand he kicked me outen' tn fTnt door with his wood en leg"
 The following clever bit has been received by the ''Driftwood" man and was written by some feminine reader:
 The Modern Auburn. Dear Auburn! dandiest college in the Where any girl can find a sure 'nough Where Smiling boys each evening vls- To pretty girls who don't care how
 long they pay. That grand old town! no matter where You'd always have big. good-looking How Ss4 often on the campus I would That mystic CD game of golf CD the
 livelong day. And then that night to music blithe
 and gay
 Wed dance till cruel chimes proclaim
 Just Jule," (with excessive apologies to Oliver GoldsmithN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

That was a good but cruel joke some body played on New York's newspaper men when the tip was handed around that submarine boat had sunk at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with It's entire crew. Without stopping to think that 1t is the business of a submarine boat 10 sink, and that the crew goes down with 1t. a crowd of reporters rushed to the scene to find that they had been wade donlSeys Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
COMMISSION COMPLETE.
PresIdent Names Civilian Members of
 Immigration Body.

Immigration Body.
 Washington, March 26,-The President has appointed the following persons as the civilian members of the Immigra- tion Commission authorized at the last session of Congress.
 Charles P Neill, Commissioner of Labor; Prof. J. W. Jenks. of Cornell University. and William R. Wheeler, a business man of Oakland. Cal
 The commission is now complete, the Senate and House members having been announced. They are Senators Lodge, Dillingham; and Latimer, and Representatives Howell of New Jersey, Bennett of New York and Burnett of Alabama.
 The commission is to make full in quiry into the subject of immigration and report It's findings and recommen- datlons to Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
Raises For Navy Workmen.

Washington, March 26.-The navy department has approved the readjust- ment of wages of the employees at the League Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia recommended by the local navy board, The result Is a general increase in the wages of wharf keepers. metal work CTS, pile drivers. ship keepers, steam filters. sheet metal workers, plasterers, all around machinists, ordnance men, tool makers. mill men, triggers, sail makers and helpers (riggers)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
HOMEMADE REMEDY
 FOR RHEUMATISM.

To relieve the worst forms of
 Rheumatism, take teaspoonful of the following mixture after each meal and ali bedtime:
 Fluid Extract Dandelion, one- half ounce: Compound Kargon. one ounce; Compound Syrup sarsapariiia. three ounces. Shake we'll in bottle.
 These harmless ingredients can be obtained from any good pharmacy.
 This prescription, states known authority. forces the clogged-up, inactive kidneys to filter and strain from the blood the poisonous waste matter and uric acid, which causes Rheuma- tism. Relief Is felt from the first few doses. It is said that person who would take this prescription reg ulariy, dose or two daily, or even a few times a week. would never have serious Kidney or Urinary disorders Or Rheuma- 1 tism.
 Cut this out and preserve 1t. Good Rheumatism prescriptions which really relieve are scarce, indeed. and whom you need it you want 1t badly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

The Newark Evening News thinks she Mexican whom Dowie named as his successor had better stay right where he is We advise him not to go to Zion to take possession just yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

Tn the words of Democratic paper of Oklahoma the Republicans of that embyro State are hopeless. helpless and voteless. That is about all that the Democrats should desire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

Maxim, the great gun maker, is also predicting war with Japan. It is nat ural that the makers of war material, including battle ships, should preach such doctrine. Through war they reap their harvest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

Some of the Kansas editors are con- graduating themselves and their State over the announcement that Carrie Nation has quit the West for good, and will hereafter make her home in Wash ington They'd better not shout too soon, or she may return and swipe some of them with that umbrella of hers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

The Philadelphia Record is unwilling to believe that Pennypacker actually got any of the loot for himself. Well. possibly not, but If he didn't he has good cause for action against those who got his share of the stun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

VIII that fellow Ruef plead emo- tional insanity brain storm. or "gen- erai cussedness."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

The Austin Statesman is pining for q chance to begin gathering the straw berry shortcake crop. Frost didn't touch it. did 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

In ali that we read about the weath- CT and crops We are not hearing word about the Kentucky mint crop. Hs 1t coming on all rlght2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

As a personally conducted Loom Mir. Fairbanks will afford a gathering noint for the opposition to an extra Federal regulation of candidacies. - New York World.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

These spring days make the newspa- per man want to go hshing-and come back to tell folks what a great big one got away from him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

Ex7senator Burton declares that he twas simply railroaded to jail." Well. he didn't have to buy his ticket, at all events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27
rTRRTARY CTRCULATTON.


 Day after day. week after week. mor.s r1ss after month and year after yeAI' aat,s Advertiser continues to be the oniy eas s1a OF sunday newspaper published n ss. eama to print sworn statsmsnls v
 tianl net paid circulation. ..A,, The February figures given below sno a vigorous and substantial SfoWlh aa further emphasizas Tho Advertisers seas. autss that its circulation Is the laFkess of any morning or Sunday newspaper prfnfed fin Alabann-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

n. a Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says.
 Ths foregoing statement of The Adver- fiser's circulation for the month of Fenfu. ary 1901 ts true and correct. and conpneo after ali returns from news-boys news aRents apoiled end leftover copies nave hs~r 4edsctnd m a NOBLE. 'e
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this eth day of March. 1907.
 Notary Public.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-01-25

Near the end OF n brilliant match be-
tween our oldest university and tho
Carlisle Indians one Of the Indian
backs suddenly got AWAY with the ball
and was off down the field with moth
Ing between him and the goal posts but
one man. II the runner succeeded in
getting by him II meant everlasting
athletic glory for himself and perhaps
a victory for his small college over
this mighty institution Of learning. con
tanning the flower OF the civilization
which had swept his forefathers away
from the lands they once possessed.
The crowd in the stands had arisen.
gasplng in their excitement as crowds
always do Mt such moments. But Just
as he had almost gained the coveted
line that one man, famous Splinter.
brought the runner down with beau
tiful tackle. The stands rocked with
relief and the usual "pilIns up" Of
other players took place. As the two
lay there together. the fair haired rep
resentatve Of New England, while still
cIasplng the dark skinned descendent
of American savagery, felt something
fumblIng and presently became aware,
at the bottom of the heap there, that
his right hand was being shaken.
Good tackle" nuttered the Indian
Jesse Lynch Williams In Outing Maya
Zine
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-01-25

II say" said friend the other dRy,
"you are an old hand at II. / have
only Just got married, an don't under.
stand much about the business, but, has
married man any rights left when
he once assumes the hymeneal resp0n'
sibilitiesT'
"Rights7 Yes, iotsI He's a right
to pay all the bills, to-
stop. mean this. Let me give
you an instance. Every box and
drawer and portmanteau and, in fact,
every available receptacle OF every
description In stuffed full Of my wife's
property and when want TO put away
n few cuffs and collars
Hold hardl know what you mean.
Listen, young man. II your bedroom
were 200 yards long and llped
from the floor TO the ceiling With
drawers and you wanted a place to
stow away a couple OF collars. you
couldn't find a nook that wasn't full Of
hairpins, tufts Of frizzes, pads, scent
boxes, old gloves, powder puffs, rings
and things. SO just accept the inevita-
BILE. Wrap your personal property In
an old newspaper or some brown paper
and hide the parcel under the bed"
The inquirer smiled loudly and ironi-
cally and passed on wiser II not q
better man.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-01-25
INSECT sUPERsTITIoNs.

The Koran says all flies shall perish
with the exception OF one. the bee fly.
II IL regarded as death warning in
Germany to hear cricket's cry In the
night
The Tapuya Indians Of South Ameri-
ca assert that the devil assumes tho
shape OF q fly.
The grasshoppers are said to fore
warn people In Germany Of tho visits
Of strange guests.
The Spaniards In tho sixteenth cen
tury thought that spiders indicated tho
existence OF gold wherever they were
In abundance.
Although 4 sacred insect among the
Egyptians, the beetle receives little no.
tlce in folklore. II Is unluciy In Eng
laud 10 kill one.
The anelents believed that there was
II close connection between bees and
the soul. An old Welsh tradition Is
that bees came from paradise, leaving
the garden when man fell, but with
Gods blessing, 80 that the wax is nee
essary In the celebration Of the mass.