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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

vengedi sir the war cry was loud and long: 1t was the war whoop of death; and if the gentleman has any fondness for that kind of music I'll give him a specimen of it."
 And with that, we are told, Colonel Afford uttered biood-curdfing savage war whoop that reverberated startling Iy through the hall and filled the whole House with amazement, and he was i'm duced to withhold a repetition of 1t only by loud cries of order from all sides and by the announcement of MT. Grinnell that he had no desire what ever to be entertained by the Indian war whoop. The House gave the gal lant colonel a unanimous burst of ap- plause when he resumed his seat, Mir. Grinnell complimented him on his sue cess. and we may well believe that the scene was thrilling one on that oc- casion when the rugged Georgia Indian lighter made his maiden effort on the floor of Congress.
 Savannah, March 1s, 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Caar.. rabuious wealth.


 An estimate of the fabulous wealth of the Czar and his relatives-or rather that part of their wealth which they draw from State sources, exclusive of their private property-is given in a little revolutionary book, The Popular Calendar" which was quickly sup pressed by the censor ber'ause of the disclosures 1t made to th. income of the Romanoffs, family. Lumber sixty-nine members.
 The barbaric srsendor of the court at St. Petersburg, the secluded home life of the Car Czarina and their children the extras h gant pleasures of the Grand Dukes. snd the Dowager Empress con- starc cruises and journeys. are pro- vided for with an enormous surplus which goes to a huge reserve, out of three official sources of revenue These are the state treasury, the Imperial domains (church lands plundered 100 years ago by Catherine II and the mad Czar PauD, and what are known as the Cabinet Properties"
 The allowances paid annually by the State Treasury to the Imperial family are as follows:
 Maintenance of palaces. ....$7,6eo.O 900 The Czarina. .. = '' ''.s 1Vo'VVV The Dowager Empress. .. :. 100000 Heir to the throne.... .... 50,000 other children eaen.. zVgUVV
 The Czars daughters will each re- ceive $5oo.000 as a dowry on her mar riages. All these sums, however, form a very small proportion of the total wealth of the Czardom, and represent less than one per cent of the govern ment's budget.
 The bulk of the wealth of the Ro- manofrs lies in the Imperial domains, for which they have to thank those not very reputable ancestors Catherine II and her son Paul. In area they are 21,S2S,00O acres and comprise the rich est lands in the empire
 Some two-thirds of the lands are forests which bring in a huge revenue. In other parts there are rich vine yards, producing the best Russian wine the sale of which brings in about $780, 900 a year. There are sugar planta- tions, mines, mills. fisheries, wharyes and numerous other trading concerns.
 The profit cleared annually from the whole is more than $10,000,0 900, and a total of $125,Ooo.o0o has been produced by them during tho last 100 years.
 To this must be added the capital accumulated by successive emperors, and s25, 5,675, 900 paid by peasants on the Imperial domains as the price of their release from serfdom.
 Cabinet Properties' are the personal possessions Of the Czar and are the greatest item in the Imperial wealth. They consist of 116,0oo,0o0 acres of land mostly in Siberia, and the value of these is simply incalculable. There are gold, silver. copper and platinum mines ready for opening up with an enormous amount of wealth as yet un- realized above and below ground.
 At present all this wealth has yet to be exploited but the Czar has or dered that as much as can be spared ! of the Imperial domains shall be sold for the benefit of the suffering peas- ants and perhaps this concession will be extended to the vast Siberian prop erty. Then Russia will begin to fulfill | her promise of being the richest coun- l try in the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Greater TNuscaIoona

TuskaIOosa Times-GaZette.
 Since the Legislature has granted Tuscaloosa the right to extend the present corporate limits of the city, the next census will show Q considerable increase in the population. The pro- posed extension, however. will not in- olude very much territory, but several districts that have been thickiy set tied in the last few years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

sHe draweth out the thread of his ver- bosity finer than the staple of his argument.' ssrhey have been at great feast cf languages. and stolen the scraps 70, they have lived long in the aims basket of words"
 Loves Labor's Lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

Pennsylvania has already placed sev- eral good snake stories on the market just to show that she Is not to be bluffed by the progress of the tenn peranoe movement in Tennessee and Kentucky Washington Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

The moons no longer shining in Ken lucky; all the bourbon crowd is pin ing in Kentucky; not man can get a jag on, for they're on the water wagon--in Kentucky!--New York Her. ald
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

Sues Fer Mosquito Bite.
 An action for damages because of . mosquito bite is the latest startling innovation in the law courts At Augsburg workman named Glaser prosecuted his employer under the Em- ployers' Liability law, and has just won his case.
 Employed in color and varnish fac- tory, he was bitten on the arm by e mosquito, blood poisoning set in and his arm had to be amputated.
 The attorney of the workman de- clared that If the man had not been handling poisonous materials the mos- quito bite would have been harmless, but that as he did and the materials were the property of the employer, he was entitled to damages and the court decided fin his favor awarding him a pension for life of forty-five per cent of his wages.
 The case has been appealed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

Sold throughout tho world Depots: London. 27 Charterhouse sQ.; Paris. Rue do la Paix; Austra- ha, R. Towns 4 O.. Sydney: India P x. Paul. Cak Ltd. Tokio; South Africa, Lennon, Ltd. Cape lWn. etc: U. 8. A.. Potter Drug q Chem. Corp. 6oie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
Letters to The Editor
The Farmers and the OmcehOlders.

The Farmers and the OmcehOlders. Editor The Advertiser:
 The farmers elect every State off1- cer and every county officer in the great State of Alabama, The Cover nor and our lawmakers could never have been elected to the position they now hold, had the farmers refused to and Associate Judges. our City and Circuit Judges, would have been wear ing out their lives doing something else had the farmers refused to cast their votes for them.
 When all the office holders of the State owe a debt of gratitude to their farmer friends for their sup port is it not strange, very strange. that the lawmakins department cannot be persuaded to give the farmer a pit tance in the way of an appropriatioA to enable him to make a credita ble display of his diversified products at the State Fair? Have our office hold CTS stung the hand that warmed them into life" Have Whey forgotten that the farmer, by his arduous toll, feeds them all? Could men hold good offices if the farmers Were to refuse to liant and reap?
 Where would our best governmer. S be, were the farmers to fail to have a surplus of products on which these plethoric governments feed?
 No man with grain of good sense but knows that the farmer is the foun- dation stones of all industries.
 Does not the farmer feed and clothe the world? Has not the farmer | ght to use a small amount of money he pays cheGfully into the @tate Treas ury for his own use. when he asks for 1t to make the attractions of q state Fair more beneficial and instructive to every citizen of the Stat? 1t would not seem so bad to be denied q small appropriati1n.' if everybody did not have his fingers in the public crib, save the man who feeds the world.
 Farmers have long since learned to do without thing they could not get. but this does not keep them from thinking and believing they are as good and deserving as the people who live at their expense.
 There is no way to conceal the fact that Alabama brea1winnNrs hava cen shamcfully treated by refusing to aid the State Fair in making sr"n a Cis- play of the States resources that tEe people throughout the State may not take step upward, not one in sci entifc agriculture, but in all the arts and scientific displays now forging to higher planes of usefulness.
 No class of people are as -sar be- hind in educational development as the farming class, and with this fact staring the more favored class full in the face. no class is so often refused assistance as the farmers.
 J. R. McLei1on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30

whether they proposs to celebrate the tercentenary of his visit to Cape Cod or of his death they are behind time.
 There js one thing to .Gosnold's cred it, however. he was nearly a score of years ahead of the Plymouth Rock crowd about whom SO much has been written. If he had been more fortu- nate in his efforts at colonization he would have taken the shine out of the Pilgrims. and might have gone down in history with . greater reputation than that of the Pilgrims. and would also have had five years the start of John Smith and his pioneers. Gosnold. though, labored under the disadvantage of being poorly equipped and still more pooly supported in his efforts to effect settlement in the New World. In addition. he had the i'll luck to strike America on bleak and in hospitable shore. which offered little comfort or support for the scanty com pany he carried with him. It is a pity that those who wished to honor him hal not thought of the matter in 1909 and had the first pull.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
4 Conner Pet-Measures
Tree. Can Not Be Acclimatined.

From Forest Service II. s. Depart
 ment of Agriculture.
 Trees are fixed, almost inf1exible. in their habits. For centuries. indeed as long as we have record, each species has kept its beaten ways; insisting on refusing to grow where this could not be found; seeking and occupying cer- tain kinds of soil and demanding cer- tai namounts of moisture and avoiding situations where these were wanting.
 The latest authorities go so far as to declare that trees can not be ac- climatized; that is, that even the 1n- genuity and perseverance Of man are unable to induce trees to change their not closely like their native habitat For time the forester may use va rious devices to surround tree with artificial conditions by which. so to speak. the tree is deluded into feeling at home But as soon as the forester's care is withdrawn in such cases, the tree is seized with homesickness and dies of it.
 This fastidiousness in the habits of trees has its good and its bad sides. It absolutely limits the forester's choice of trees to grow in given region. To seek to force tree growth in uncongenial conditions is entirely fruitless. But, on the other hand, there is practical certainty Of results. If beech or spruce thrives where the average warmth and moisture Of the growing season from year to year ranges between certain degrees, then wherever else, in the northern hennis- phere at least, the same average is found, whether or not they be not al- ready there. with confidence that they will flourish
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1907.
ONIONS AND CIGARS.

Noting the statement that Texas now leads Bermuda in the production of genuine Bermuda onions The Manches- ter Union adds that almost any State in the Union leads Cuba in the pro- duction of. genuine Havana cigars There is nothing strange about all that. for in this day of widespread ex- pertinent and adaptation most vegeta- bles. fruits and plants can be grown in some portion of the United States, and it may be taken as an assured fact that the people of this great coun- try are not going to fall behind in the production of anything that has . value. Those who smoke Havana cigars may think they are enjoying they have never crossed any water larger than our numerous rivers.
 It is the same with the onions to which allusion is above made The whole group of islands to which the name Bermudas is applied are little more than a group of specks in, the Atlantic, the whole said to contain less than twenty square miles of territory. It has been celebrated for it's onions but unless there is something in the soil or climate of the islands that neither nature or art or both, can initiate it would be foolish to suppose that its productions cannot be duplica- ted in this great country. As mat ter of fact. the name of an article is whether that article is natural or arti- fcial American skill and ingenuity can duplicate anything. even nutmess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
i. courxa ro HIS oyyN.

That valiant old soldier. Christopher Columbus. is about to come into his own. in . way. Kit is dead. you will remember; been dead . matter of four centuries, but he can't help that. and that is no bar to his reputation Men of far less deserts than he have their statues in and about Washington. and why not he? True. he did ndt discover Washington. nor the United States. He never saw the North American cont- nent, so far as we are aware. He bumped against . number of islands, hit South America in few places and mostly made, a mess of setting up col opies wherever he tried. but he did his best. In fact. considering the disad- vantages and discouragements under which he labored we may feel surprise that he even found the Western Hem isphere at all
 But about the statue. It is now stated that a project Is under way to erect on the plaza in front of the new Union Railway Station in Washington a statue of the old mariner to cost not less than one hundred thousand dol lars. That will be something worth seeing, and the visitors to Washing ton will point to it and say: There's the man who found us; hadn't been for him we might be lost yet" We hope the scheme will not fail. It matters not that he never visited that por- ton of the continent. It matters not that Eric the Red. or some other an cient Viking has the credit of first setting foot on our soil. All this de- tracts nothing from the credit due Co., lumbus. He did what he could. and that his effisy is to adorn the nations capital is right and proper.
 This is an age of statues. and this quasi national recognition of the great sailor is right and proper. Let the work be a credit to both the man and to our people That he was not born is the United States is no dis credit for him. for he couldn't help it.. If he could have had his choice he would have been born in Alabama. no doubt. but that pleasure was denied him. and we bear no i'll will towards him for having been a foreigner. Stat ues to much less deserving men abound. even in Washington, and when they put Kit among them none of them will have cause to be ashamed of such company. We hope the order of Knights of Columbus who have the matter in hand will not lose unnecessary time in carrying out the plan. Kit will be vel come to the best there is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
CHEROKEE ROSE By Rev. c. A. Cornell.

Thou art thiding in the hedges,
 Modest rose SO sweet and shy, Like an Indian maiden waiting,
 While her lover draweth nigh. But betrayed by thy pure presence,
 Which has perfupled all the air, Comes a Son of Fire" to claim thee Child of Cherokee so fair Thou art vagabond and vagrant,
 Running here and rambling there None can have thee, none can mold thee With cruel cultures care. Long the thorny hedge has held them,
 Rowing rob5er rouges at bay, But at last a lover finds thee,
 Shy and hidden by the way. Queen of hedges, highways byways
 Beauteous bloom so white and cold, Fragrant, feeting as a fairy,
 Pure of petal, heart of gold: I, a lover, kneel before thee.
 And I crave lovers bliss, Flushing, golden hearted beauty.
 Lift thy lips. receive my kiss
 Auburn. Ala, July. 190L
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
BETTER MEN NEEDED, NOT MORE

We do not know the number of po- licemen in New York. but there as several thousand of them. and we mo- tice that General Bingham. the Chief of Police. is asking for l.4oo more. If a recent incident is any criterion what he needs is better policemen, not more. A man who had just committed bru- tai murder walked into . home in full view of a score or more policemen. none of whom tried to arrest him or follow him, and made his escape through a back door The New York Mail gives this account of the inci- dent:
 We do not recall a chapter so humil- iatink to the police of the city as that street after Warner had killed the young woman whd had been his cash fer in the days when he had a hat store there. Whatever fighting was done whatever courage was shown, whatever risks were run are to be where the girl was shot and half grown boy. These two. unarmed charged the crazed ana desperate man, grappled with him repeatedly. and when he flung them off pursued him to the doors of the spalding building men amesup and took control. adopt ing . policy of prudential and highly unmasterly inactivity.
 score of them stood in front of the building with drawn revolvers urging each other to take the lead. nna ed aVAWftnAqs Aar fha several of them <rembled so they needed both hands to hold their pistols Meanwhic the murderer es- capped unmolested from the rear of the hours unapprehendeo. and turned up at the office of an old friend in Way eriy place, shooting him. perhaps fa- tally, some while after the newspape- extras apprised the public of the first murder.
 Let it be recorded that the police made one arrest. Rose, the strong armed truckman who ended the tour of murder with blow from his box hook, was taken into custody but later released by a magistrate. Others of his comrades she wed ;n the melee courage and a carelessness as to their own skins in marked contrast to the caution of the uniformed guardians of the peace"
 There was record of cowardice and
 
 inefficiency that was and is shame to the great city Of course there was danger in following this armed des- perado into the house. but the prnci- pal business of policemen is to arrest desperate characters and prevent the commission of crimes. They are ex- pected to incur danger and must expect to take chances. If they are afraid to undertak1 the arrest of a danger ous man they are not fit for a place on the police force. The arrest of the truckman who had attempted to stop the murderer was a fitting finale to the farce If Bingham can get no bet ter specimens than those who failed so palpably in this case he will be no bet ter off if he gets ten thousand new men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
The same law works both ways. If

The same law works both ways. If the forester hnds beech or spruce or any other tree growing in a region of which the climatic conditions are not recorded. he knows within very mar row limits what the climate Is. simply because he knows that at home this tree grows in such a climate. In oth- CT words. trees. especially of course those which are particularly fastidi- ous. are very satisfactory substitutes for thermometers and barometers so far as the average temperature and moisture conditions during the vege. tative season are concerned.
 There is . close relation between . tree'a demands upon temperature and its demands upon soil. Given the proper temperature. 1t will grow where most congenial soil. it will grow where the temperature is not ideal. The colder and wetter the soil, the better 1t will grow with a relatively high temperature; the drier and warmer the soil. the better 1t will grow with . relatively low temperature. Thus, on northern slope the forester will oft- en find 1t safe to plant trees which would not thrive on the southern slope ern slopes are cooler and moister than southern ones. and this difference may sufnce to offset a slight disadvantage in the general temperature of the re- zion.
 There is a wide variation among trees as to the range of temp which they endure Some, such as the Doug las fir. yellow pine. eastern spruce or aspen, grow over wide areas from north to south; others, such as Mex ican white pine. eucalyptus, or red wood, are more narrowly confined. But 1t should not be inferred that only ee- ographic lines can be drawn for the distribution of any species. The right temperature conditions may be found outside of the geographic distribution at a higher or lower altitude. A southern species whose homo is in the mountains may possess a second home in northern attitudes of a level coun. try, and a northern lowland species may thrive also on mountains in the south.
 Frequently trees are distributed over country not continuously. but in isolated groups, like black hemlock, which occurs in the Sierras, in the Cascades. and at sea level in Alaska, but not in the lower country between. This is simply because the required temperature, though prevalent in the northern part of a region, is found only in the higher attitudes as one goes farther and farther to the south.
 The forester, following these broad first principles of silviculture, may work in harmony with nature and so achieve in every locality thS best re- suits with the lowest percentage of failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
Not m Offensive Word.

Samson, Ledger.
 The Ledger submits that. having read the recent resolutions complained of by MT. Conner. we fail to discover one syllable or word offensive theran-- anything that could be objected to by any one except man whose past exacting and domineering nature had led him to believe that his goal of authority. would never be reached un- til the Alabama press descended to the degradation of licking the hand that smote 1t. It was all right for the chief to lecture the Association to tell 1t of it's rudeness and disobe- dience to the whims and caprices of it's lord. but all out of place when a reso- lution was offered as a gentle reminder of his past persecution-when he de- liberately and with all the energy end vehemence ever displayed by king. indeed. demanded from the executive body of Ala bama's law makers that they see to it that bill was passed denying the poor half-starved, half- fed editors the right of contract, privilege that is not denied the black est "nigger" in Alabama. And vet, and yet, this WAS NO INSULT to the men who toll and sweat; whose vigi- lance and watchfulness has put to route more demogagues and political mountebanks in Alabama than every other agency combined, As to The Samson Ledger. we owe MT Conner no apology: we shall discuss his po- litical record in the light of justice, condoning the good and condemning the wrong wherever we Ind 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
That Conner Incident.
Union Springs Breeze.


 To disagree with Governor Conner is to insult him. The worse that can he said about the resolutions that were read at the Press Association Is that they were read at an inopportune .ime and in rather irritating or spread eagle SiNle which caused feeling of r"senlment among some of the Gov crnor's warm supporters. The resolu- tions in themselves are not near so severe as was the language and man ner of the Governor in his speech be- fore the Association, He paved the air. pounded the rostum. stamped his feet. gritted his teeth. got rcd in the face and hot under the collar, shook his fist at his hearers and used the words hypocrites and demagogues rath- CT too freely and promiscuously to be pleasant to his auditors However, because he was discourteous. his henchmen applauded him vigorously but resent the slightest retaliation The trouble with the Governor Is he does not know how to make calm and dispassionate speech. in Keeping with the dignity of his office. He is ran ter, with cockle-burrs in his votoe and his manner is very irritating to- wards those who disagree with him. However, the whole affair is tempest in a teapot a mountain made out of mole hill and but for the imnnoderate, high -falutin grand-stand plays or few members present, there would have been no such scene as was en- acted ..