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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-25

Thrty-one people are dead and more
than 20 injured, many of them serious
ly, as the result Of head-on collision
which occurred when an excursion train
crashed into a freight near Salem,
Mich, at sharp curve. Responsibility
is put squarely up to the crew Of the
freight train by officials of the roads
The strike OF Transfers union %
members against eight big Boston firms,
which began April 3 and has been
marked throughout by disorders, has
been declared off.
Fright. following the collapse OF
circus tent during a severe storm.
caused the death of Mrs. Fanny Mer-
cier Of Bethel, Me,
Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, while
coaling at Brcmerhaven, suddenly
listed. The water poured into her
bunkers and boiler compartments and
the vessel carecned and lay on her side
on the bottom,
The Japanese in Seoul are agitated
by multiplicity Of reports Of the for
mer emperor's intrigues since his abd-
cation on July H. Military anxiety
has bs-n therefore revived by the az.
gravntlon Of the political situation.
King Frederik, Prince Harold, Pre-
mier Christensen and 40 members Of
the Danish r!gsdag sailed for Iceland
TO settle the constitutional difficulty
arising from the demand in Iceland for
home rule.
Or. James T.. Russell Of Brooklyn
died from the effects IF an assault be-
thugs.
Monday July 22.
Henry MacLean to write to the outside
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

w aSnlnRJOH heralu.
The Census Bureau has obtained suf-
ficient data in it's inquiry into the sta
tistics of divorce for the twenty-year
period, 1S87-1907, to warrant the con-
clusion that the number of divorces
than the population, and that the di
vorce habit has made great strides
during the PEST two desades Between S
vorces were granted in the United
States, or about thirty-three in every
100000 of the population. For the
Investigation. 1t is estimated that the
total number of divorces granted may
reach 100000. or about seventy in
t Sat of decade
of startling sociological Significance.
c.d But what precisely d Is their sign
to divorce is that 1t is an unmitgated
home and the stability of the social
ing to the census of 1900, there were
living but 100000 divorced persons in
q total population Of 7s,ooO,ooo, of
and 100000 widowed the marital rela-
lions of our people, taking the country
as a whole, seem but slightly disturbed
This and other facts may be held to
support the view that divorce is an
evil of relatively restricted area. and
tnut II 10 HOIc ldI Soly d consequence
of ordinary human depravity than of
social forces making for the destruc-
ton of the home. OF the $4,000
1857 per eent were g sns to Yves
mainly for infidelity, desertion, cruelty
drunkenness and failure to. provide.
80 per cent of these cases and not. only
desertion on tho part of the husband,
but of the wife also, for two fifths of
the divorces granted for that cause
IN husbands d1Sartad THAR
wives. melancholy fact of divorce ia
that over Sc per cent Of the DEGREES for
sranted t tn the HUSBAND for tbs fa
OF the wife. The instability of human
nature. rather than that of the institu-
ton Of marriage. is the obvious lesson
from these unhappy statistics. Doubt
less most of those whom divorce has
relieved from miserable bondage to
some human brute do not regard the
severance of the marital tie as alto
gether an evil.
The large number of divorces grant
ed to wives for various causes suggests
divorce may be the growing freedom
Of women, accompanied by modern
ideals of the marriage relation. A sta
bearing on this theory is that in the
Western States, where women are of
an unconventional and Independent
larger. both absolutely and relatively
than in Eastern States of much larger
population, where 1t may be assumed,
older feminine ideals prevail. For ex-
ample. the number of divorces granted
in each OF the States of Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois is larger than the number
granted in the State of New York, and
of course. the number of divorced per-
sons residing in each of those States is
larger than the number living in the
Empire State. In fact. the divorce evil
Is largely a Western evil, and that the
conditions of life and the popular ideals
prevailing there have much to do with
the frequency of resort to the divorce
courts seems natural conclusion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
This Is My 32nd Birthday
Prince Albert of Belgium.

Prince Albert Of Flanders, the heir to
the Belgian throne, was born April s
1875. He Is the sole surviving son OF
the Count of Flanders and Marie, Prin-
cess of Hohenzollern HIS elder brother
Prince Baldwin. who had been recog-
nized as his uncle, King Leopold S
heir, died under mysterious circum-
stances some years ago. Prince Albert
Is of studious disposition, and in per-
sonal features bears a striking resem-
blance to King Leopold. His marriage
to the Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria
the third daughter of Duge Charles
in October. 1900, caused great reJoic-
ing and enthusiasm In Belgium. When
their first child. a son and heir pre-
sumptive of the throne. was born. No
vembcr 5, 1901, the manifestations OF
pleasure in Brussels showed that the
royal couple possess strong hold on
the affection of the Belgians. Prince
Albert was very delicate in his youth
but he Is now a tall. soldierlv man. well
built and with face inclined to be
chubby. He has been an extensive trav-
eler. In 1893 he spent some three
months in making acquaintance with
American institutions and in filing q
round Of private social engagements
at Newport and other centres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
DRIFT Cd
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG

briar in the hand is not better than
two in the bush.
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We could all get along better If we
would do more saving and less ham,
mering.
Every year Great Britain imports co.
of this bunch there ought to be one
left hind-leg for Sir Thomas Upton.
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man and wife could live as one If
they didn't have so much trouble de-
Gliding which one.
x X x
sometimes the poet writes when the
spirit moves him and sometimes when
the landlady does that.
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Harry Thaw is declared sane. now in
Vestlgate the sanity of some of the
rest of 'em to say nothing of the wo-
men who were crazy to get into the
court room.
Taking Down the Stove.
We're taking down the parlor stove.
There's SCOT upon the wall.
We're taking down the parlor stove,
We are frightened lest twill fall
There's smear upon our shirt front
And a smudge upon our ear =
We're taking down the parlor stove
For gentle spring is hero
We're taking down the parlor stove,
The baby is a yelling
We dropped the stove-pipe on his head.
Already It's a swelling.
The stoves a fitting on his head
The other three are missing.
Our wire a standing there In tears
The baby boy a kissing.
I'm standing on an old high chair
It's legs were once some stronger,
I'm hurting choice words in the air,
1 can't stand this much longer.
Wore taking down the parlor stove
I though that r could do 1t.
Next time I'll hire a man to como
Wife stands and says II knew It,"
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Alters GOin.'
The birds are alters goin'
Their sweet songs never stop.
They twitter from the hous and barn,
And from the tall tree-top.
Their hearts must be as happy.
AS hearts kin ever get.
Fer they MARBLE an they twitter
Through the sunshine and the wet.
TIL birds are alters going
With their wealth O. melody.
We might foller their example,
1t sometimes seems ter me.
With a disposition sunny,
| know we'll get along
Wcll meet the ole world with a laugh
Well meet IL with song
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woman's idea of an ideal husband
Is one who will not Kick at her bills
for clothes.
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The Big stick now has a Liar brand
on the end of 1t.
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An elephant went wild ut West the
other day because it's keepers tried
to feed II a new variety of breakfast
food. which is regularly eaten by hu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
EX-SENATOR AGREE.
States the Circumstances of His Al
legged Violations of the Game Law.

States the Circumstances of His Al
legged Violations of the Game Law.
Newton, Ala, April 6, 1907.
Editor The Advertiser:
few days ago there appeared in
your paper notice by your Ozark
Correspondent of w. U. AGREE, ex-Sen-
ator. being arrested for violation of
the game law, by fishing In the Choc-
tawhatchie River. and that 1t meant a
fight to the finish or a test of the law.
Now 1 will state that IL your CORE
spondent had told all the facts in the
case this card would not have been
necessary. but as he did not. (and
can't believe he meant to do me an
self and friends in the State will make
the following statement of the case for
the truthfulness of which l refer
any of my friends to our County So
licitor, HonI H. b. Steagall. who is,
by order of the county, Game Warden
of Dale. prosecutor in the case
make this statement:
First have not been shing in five
years with a hook and line in the
Choctawhatchee River or any other
river.
Second have not been seining in
eight years.
Third have never been hunting in
my life and killed a bird on the wing,
except by accident.
FOURTH have never killed rabbit
in my life, without dog "treed him"
in a hollow and 1 twisted him out with
a 'forked stick" or smoked him out
The foregoing Is my sporting" rec
ord Then what was I prosecuted for?
1t was this. Myself and four friends
about April, 1905. put fish trap in the
Choctawhatchee River l have not
been on or to said trap in eight or ten
months. When the game law, as we
understood 1t in this section of the
State, went into force. which was
March 10Th. we ceased to claim the
trap and, therefore, abandoned 1t, after
my partners had informed me that they
had torn the fingers out so it would
not catch fish.
On the 22nd. while I was away from
home, one of my partners, DR.. A. J.
Morris by telephone message, was or
dered by the county game warden that
1t was our duty to tear out said trap,
and he forthwith, on the same day.
took out the dam. DR.. Morris was not
arrested, and / was, although my in
terest was destroyed at the same mo-
ment his was
In conclusion, l will state that there
is not a man in Alabama who favors
this game law more than ] do, and who
will do more to uphold it. l intro
duced and favored a similar bill when
I was in the Senate. and / congratulate
the Legislature upon its passage.
The Choctawhatchie River is naviga-
BILE under the law. and we have the
right to keep a trap in it II we so de-
sire Very respectfully.
Walter y. AGREE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
Today In History
1882 Naval ebattle between Hyder

1882 Naval ebattle between Hyder
Ali and General Monk
1S05-Alliance of ST. Petersburg.
1s1S--King Christian TX of Denmark,
born. Died January 90. 1905.
$780, Omnibus first used as public
conveyance in New York.
1832-Howell E. Jackson, Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, born.
Died. 1895.
1886 Donizetti. composer of "Lu-
cha di Lammermoor," and other operas,
died.
1S63--Naval attack on Charleston. s
C.
1se4--Battle of Sabine Cross Roads.
La.
1s75--Martial law declared In the
Pennsylvania mining region.
1s91--Beginning of the second CEN
fury of patents In the United States,
celebrated in Washington.
1s97--Five lives lost md $4,000. 900
property destroyed by fire in Knoxville,
Tenn.
1902 Convention signed at Picking.
between China and Russia, the latter
agreeing to evacuate Manchuria.
1904--Anglo- French Colonial Treaty
signed In London.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
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Plenty OF Japanese Merchants.

San Francisco Chronicle.
1t Is stated that some apprehension
is felt in Washington that, while the
effect of the new immigration order
will greatly diminish the number of
Japanese coolies entering the United
states the number of merchants and
students Will be increased sufficiently
to offset any diminution In the total
number of immigrants from Japan
There Is not the slightest doubt on this
point. The immigration officials are
likely to have their hands full attend
ing to the admission Of merchants and
very coon we may expect to see large
numbers Of them working on our rail-
ering our fruits The Japanese are a
very adaptive people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
Precious Heritage

sweetness OF temper Is a precious
heritage. 1t gives beauty to every
thing. 1t keeps its windows open tow
ard the spice country. and fills the
home with perpet-a4 light. The FORUM
ate possessor of a sunny soul is Gods
evangel in a dark world, He is liv-
ing gospel which no one Will ever
repudiate. and the blessedness of which
ali men will appreciate. The body will
grow old and the smooth brow will
be furrowed, but a happy disposition
is an aureole to the gray crown of
age Blessed Is he whose H. looks
ont upon the land of Beulah. and
whose soul is responsive to the out
lying vision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
TOO MUCH TO IMAGINE.

Says The Pittsburg Sun: Imagine
a Cleveland or a Mckinley implicated
in such virulent squabbles and issues
of veracity as have marred Mr.. Roose-
velt's official career No. thank you
We have no desire or intention to put
such a violent strain on our imagin-
ing faculties as that would demand
as we may want to use them in fu-
ture Whatever the enemies and crit
les of Cleveland and Mckinley may
have said of them, all must admit that
they had due regard for the dignity
of their office and for their own repu-
tations. They never lost sight of the
fact that much was demanded of them
by the position they held as occupants
of the highest office in the gift of the
people, and the most vivid magma
ton cannot conceive of them in the
role that Roosevelt plays SO often.
The Sun further remarks:
Isn't it possible for the people to elect
a President without forcing him to stoop
to treat with men of the stamp of Mr..
Roosevelt has been mixed up with in
New York and to whom he seems to
have been behoIden for a large part of
his campaign fund? And should any
President interfere in State politics to
the extent the President seems to have
been doing in New York?
Well perhaps it is possible for the
people to do that thing, but 1t looks
very much as if they must go outside
the present Republican organization to
find the man. Money talks" in the
Republican Party. and in all positions
to he filled. from President down to
the bottom of the list the wheels must
be literally CREASED before success can
be hoped for. 1t has become such a
confirmed habit with that party to de-
pend on money to elect their candi-
dates that they don't know how to go
about conducting campaign without
a big fund-and the managers care
but little where or from whom the cash
comes. Better discard the whole crowd
and try good Democratic candidate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
Speaking Of the paramount issue

Speaking of the paramount issue
which the administration at Washing
ton appears to be shaping for the next
Presidential campaign, The Los Angeles
Herald CDem.) says: Shall the Fam
iltonian idea Of Capitalization. or the
Jeffersonian idea of state supremacy
in matters not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution be accept
II that is the issue which the admin
istration is preparing to project to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 8, 1907.
SOME BIG FIGURES,

Is there any limit to the infinite
Bmallness of atoms. Then. again, is
there any limit to the imagination of
For example. a noted man of science in
an address delivered at Lehigh Univer-
sity said that If you should take a
cube of only one centimeter (2-5 of an
inch) square. and I'LL it with hydrogen
corpuscles, you could put in 525 octil-
lions of them. Then, lest those figures
should stagger his listeners. he added
that IL you should wish to empty the
little vessel and could turn out 1000
corpuscles each second, 1t would re-
quire seventeen quintillions of years to
set them all at liberty.
Now, of what earthly use are such
statements? and how is II possible for
q human being to make such calcula-
lions. or to feel anything like GER
tainty of their accuracy? The finite
mind cannot conceive of such small
ness nor can it grasp the meaning of
such figures. If he had multiplied his
results by 1000 or 100000 we would
of than he leaves us. Nothing. in the
opinion of The Butte Inter Mountain,
commenting on the above statements,
more effectually illustrates the hui
man mental limitations than a stagger
at a few of the simplest calculations of
this sort. Reflection upon space, as
given in the distance to stars and
other worlds; reflections upon time, as
indicated by geological data; reflections
upon infinity as illustrated by the cor
puscle estimates. convince the sober
mind that the race has a few PAGES
to go before lifting its head upon
level with the gods. Few treatments
are more beneficial for cerebral en-
Engagements than a mathematical SOM
ersault of this nature"
After all. what good does it do TO
make statements that no one can COM
prehend and calculations that no HUI
man mind can grasp? Nobody can tell
whether this lecturer was correct or
otherwise. and we are not sure that
we would be any better off If We could
tell. And to return to the starting
point, is there any limit of smallness?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
SOCIALISM AND THE SOUTH.
Propaganda Finds Little Encourage
ment in Democratic States.

PrOpaEanda Finds little Encourage
ment in Democratic States.
Savannah News.
It is a fact worthy of note that the
propaganda of Socialism finds little en-
couragement in the Southern States,
and most encouragement in New Eng
land and the Northwest, where Repub-
licanism is strongest. In the list of
States abandoned" for the present by
the leaders of the socialistic movemeN
were the names of practically all OF
the Southern States. the exceptions be-
ing Kentucky and Texas.
Socialism cannot flourish where real
Democracy Is practiced; where the gov
eminent is of, for. and by the people.
The South. the most American part of
the country remains true to the ideals
OF the founders of the government
That Is why 1t isn't pern1eated with So
pIa1iSn1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
A CURIOUS DOCUMENT.
Republican Paper So Characterize
President,s Letter to Pollard.


President's Letter to Pollard.
Providence journal.
The Presidents letter to Congress-
man Pollard of Nebraska, Is a curious
document. 1t Is certainly a novelty
to come from the White House two
weeks after Congress has adjourned
The President addresses Mr.. Pollard,
but his remarks are intended to apply
to all the Western Congressman who
voted for the ship subsidy bill In
Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion their conduct
was especially patriotic because there
was no immediate gain for the West in
1t. His praise of the bill itself is the
more conspicuous by reason of the
very qualified support he gave 1t in the
first place. Now he is convinced that 1t
did not go far enough.
OF course he is entirely mistaken in
attributing the expansion of British
and German commerce to subsidies;
but, as has been pointed out before.
economies Is not his strong point. 1t
Is a pity that he should go on chasing
this particular will-o'-the-wisp.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

front in the coming Presidential con-
test the Democratic Party will hail the
challenge with delight" How about
the Democrats making such an issue
with Mr.. Bryan as their candidate for
President? He does not seem disposed
to devote much time or attention to the
consideration of that line Of campaign
ipr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

The Pennsylvania Railroad. we are
informed, proposes to construct all Its
cars of steel In future. II they had
to import their material under the
present tariff they would all be enthu-
siastic tariff reformers in a little
while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

Referring to the Hartman
soles itself by the remark that Meth
err of their High veracities is any re-
lation of ours" So glad, aren't you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
Orders Must he Obeyed.

hHHsdB CITY IIIIeS.
The best disciplinarian 1 ever
knew" says a retired army officer
was a colonel served with during
noitering a position which the ei.emy
held with a considerable force.
I'VE will take that place tomorrow,
he said.
why, colonel exclaimed. it's i'm
posibleF
Impossible! Nonsense, SIR he
snorted. I have the order In my
pocket"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
rEHRuARY CIRCULATION.

Day after day week after week. mon s
After month and year after year n
Advertiser continues TO be the only es,y
o. Sunday newspaper published IN Ia
lama 10 prtnt sworn statements of It's aS-
tuni net paid circulation
The February figures given below shos
vigorous and substantial growth anu
further emphasizes The Advertisers guar.
Antse that its circulation Is the Ialses.
u any morning Sunday ne"spapei
printed in Alaham-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

Those who patronize street cars in
Chicago are in danger of having their
hopes and expectations too highly ell
evated all at once. 1t will take time
to reform the evils now existing there.
admitting that earnest and honest eff
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

The best we can make out there is
an insane Thaw and a sane Thaw. and
what we are bothered about is to know
how they will send one to prison and
the other to the asylum. Or Will they
kuxn both loose?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

The Philadelphia Record asks: who
can hereafter entertain any doubts of
the pure altruism and generosity of
President Roosevelt? When he limited
in 1904 to f. H. Hartman that Mr..
Higgins needed help" to secure his
election for Governor of New York he
never for a moment thought of him.
self, although the two were in the
same boat. Such an example of lofty
disinterestedness is rarely witnessed in
this selfish world"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

A few mosquitoes have been seen and
heard hereabouts. but they didn't seem
altogether in good spirits. Probably
they were trying the grounding plan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

A Kansas evangelist says man who
drinks one glass of beer Is a fool. Say,
what is he when he drinks dozen?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

man beings. We don't know what this
elephant would do II he had to cat in
some Of the human boarding houses.
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Atlanta says she Is too big a city for
the mocking birds to sing In, but as
long as Frank Stanton continues to sing
his sweet songs theer. they will not be
missed.
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When in New York last summer the
writer saw a society man running an
automobile with q monkey on the seat
beside him. We have always said we
wouldn't monkey with an automobile
and we know we wouldn't automobile
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oh no.
Come, let's go.
To some stream.
Let US dream
With a hook,
Line and rod.
There upon the grassy sod
To some cool deep creek afar.
Where the speckled beauties are
Fish all day then hit the track,
To tell of the big fish that got back"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08

u 9. Noble. Circulation Manager Of The
Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn
says:
The foregoing statement of The Adver-
Users circulation for the month of Febru-
ary 1907 IL true and correct. and compiled
after all returns from news-bov~ news
agents, spoiled and leftover copies have
been deducted e S. NOBLE
Circulation Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
sth day of March. 1907.
r. W. JACKSON.
Notary Public.