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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Curleu. case of Erpurrat,on,

New York Letter, Pittsburg Dispatch.
 All the French daily newspapers arr irving at this port just now have large vacant spaces in their advertising col umns. Special editions are being printed for the American malls and the staring white gaps are places where advertisements have been lifted out to comply with the American pos tai Jaws. The city of Paris is at present advertising an issue of bonds which nave a lottery feature The New York postal authorities detected, two or three weeks ago, the presence of the advertisements in the papers coming to the New York importers Of foreign periodicals. They forthwith coniseated not only the offending pa pers, but all books and periodicals in the same bundles with them As soon as the dealers here got on to the situ- ation, they sent hurry orders to France to stop the papers until the aaver- tisements ceased to appear. The en terprising publishers however, solved the diff3culty by printing the special editions without the advertisements
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Dodging Custom Duty.
Cleveland dispatch.


 John D. Rockefeller's new wig is held in the customs office for appraise- ment. Experts say the invoice price is far below its value. It is a fine specimen of the wig-maker's art. with hair long, soft and of a glossy gray
 It was ordered last summer. when Reckefelle' was in France and reached America recently on the liner La Pro- yence. It was made in Paris by a dealer who placed upon the invoice the modest value of five francs Evidently 1t was paid for in advance.
 When 1t reached the customs oftice yesterday Joseph T. Ball. a clerk. looked suspieidps. Hun" he mused !; that's cheap wig for the great John D. Rockefeller" He called in Apr q is- CT Norton.
 Norton made some inquiry of local hair dealers. describing the wig in de- tail. and thev were unanimous that 1t would be cheap at SIS. All were indig- nant at Rockefeller's lack of apprecia- tion of home industry.
 No appraisement has been made as vet. Norton will inspect the. offerings of the local hairdressers and compare their work with the wig of Rockefeller before he passes judgment,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Mir. whyte |. Sole Survivor.

W NdSHIHElOn f1tTdIu
 The elaborate speech in the Senate yesterday by Hon. William Plnkney Whyte against standardization reminded Senate historians of an interesting fact in the notable career of this fine old Maryland statesman. That fact is that MT Whyte Is the only man now in public life--if. indeed. he is not the adoption of the Fifteenth, and last, amendment to the Constitution. When that far-reaching proposition was put through. MT. Whyte was serving his first term fin the Senate by appoint ment of the Governor of Maryland to ignation of the great Reverdy Johnson to accept appointment as Minister to Great Britain, In all the years that have passed since then, MT. WhYtes firm convictions as to tho intent of tho framers of the Constitution have undergone no change. In 1874 he re signed the Governorship of Maryland to accept seat in the Senate. tn which he had been elected for a full term. bPgining in March. 1875. On the eXpi- ration of this termr he retired from the Senate in 1881. and then was elect ed Mayor of Baltimore without Cppo- sitlon. Since then he has held the of fees of Attorney General of Maryland and City Solicitor of Baltimore. When Arthur Pue German died last spring, Governor Warfleld appointed MT Whvte to fill the vacancy pending the next meeting of the Legislature. MT. Whyte is in his S3rd year. but is as active and energetic as any member of the Senate. As a boy. he had as tutor q man who had been private sec rctary to Napoleon Bonaparte. When KuoWnothingism was rife in MaTyland' just preceding the Civil War. Mir. Whyte was one of its most determined and courageous opponents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
me- have been inyestigating tf

They have been Investigating the
 milk of tile cows in. Washington City and counting the bacteria contained therein. We don't know how they go about counting them- but according to The Washington Times one of the specimens of milk examined was found to contain germs at the rate of about ninety-three thousand in each drop Of the fluid. Whether they were counted or only guessed at we do not know. but there was evidently whole lot of them in that sample.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

That soulful-or otherwise-woman, Mrs, Parsons, who has been advocating legalized adultery under the name of trial marriages" may or may not have known that she was following one of the customs of some of the In dian tribes practised long before she opened her eyes to things terrestrial In the autobiography of the famous chief. Black Hawk. the old fel- low is credited with using this Ian guage:
 During the first year they lthe new ly wedl ascertain whether they can agree with each other and be happy, if not, they separate and each looks for another companion. If we were to live together and disagree we should be foolish as the whites,
 That last sentence as fooIish as the whites" ought to go right to the heart and soul of Mrs Parsons she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

evidently considers the whites very foolish for belleving--some of them
 in permanent marriages. and now she can tell them that they are even worse than Black Hawk. If the old chief were alive we can imagine her blow ing him a kiss right on the heater.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
FneI of Another Kind.

OntdIIO IUTtJ AuBUs'
 Ontario thought coal was again on hand Tuesday morning d sealed hoH caI' being side-t clxed here late Mon day night. But when our citizens hAstened early to the coal office they were informed the precious ear was filled with beer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

Now we have the old story about the fellow who swallowed a needle and recovered it after many days. In the last case it was a Kentuckian who swallowed one forty years ago and has just pulled 1t from the top of his head It was a long time getting out. but going through Kentuckian is no easy iOh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

The Birmingham Ledger never made tEssr remark than when it said Ala bana is q busy state, but the legisla- tura Is requiring the presence of a great upany men to protect business ln- terasts from harm"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

. E s, Noble. Circulation Manager Of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Advertise er circulation for the month of December 1908. ts true and correct, and compiled after al. returns froFn news boys. news agents. spci'ad and left-over copies have been de- aueteG F g. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager, sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th day of Jan 1901
 E. " JACKSON,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
What the Se1w~ Cost.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Gladys--Did that dress cost yor Her Married sister--oh, no, dsar Only one good cry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

'ts Truth fixed?" inquires The h. dianapoiis Star. We'll. sometimes 1t is. so firmly that it can't he dug out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
GR0WIN0 CoNsTANTIY

The Advertiser's circula:ion continues to grow. The figures for December were the largest in the papers history-inuicatins the prosperity of Alabama aud proving con ciuSivcly that :he people appreciate 2 news paper that prints all the news while U is newA Here are the Ggures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

c. H. Moorman, Tri.State Secretary of the Young Mems Christian Associa- tion, spent yesterday in Montgomery, in Joking over the new Association build ing, and conferring with local officials. Mir. Moorman is state Secretary of Ala bama, Miss and Louisiana, with head quarters at Birmingham. He express ad himself as being greatly pleased with the progress made on the Mont gomery Association building, and said that when completed. no Association building in the South will excel in gen eral equipment the Montgomery build ing MT. Moorman was enroute to Birmingham from New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Major Scott in City

Major D. NJ Scott, QuartermasteF- oD the staff of Brigadier General Louis V Clark, was in Montgomery yesterday. on his way 10 his home in Selma. after an extended business trip While in the city. Major Scott saw number or his friends about bill Introduced into the House yesterday to reimburse him for monies paid by him to surgeons and hospitals subsequently, to his injury during the encanlpment Of the AlabamO gomery Major Scotts leg was broken by a fellow officers horse, which kicked him He was confined to the hospital for aaYArAl weeks.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
CHICAGO. NIRlCLE EEAIRE.

Let skeutics and scientists talk aS they VIII
about the inexorable laws Of nature. the day oi
miracles is not yet past. DoubterS are lhNltei
| TO turn their eyes toward the famous city "t
Chicago where a twentieth century A. ID.
Joshua has been halting nature for much
longer fine than the twentieth century h. I.
Joshua WAS able 10 do Something after the
ancient manner the modern Joshua appears to
have made the snowdrfts of January. 1903.
stand still ON the banks of Lake Michigan that
he might find recruits enough TO drub his polit
icaI foes As if this were not = sufficiently i'm
pressive abrogation Of natural laws the Cook
County wizard also preserved snowdrifts so
huge that eleven hundred street laborers are
still shovelling them away. and he capped the
chilly climax by making the drifts invisible to
all eyes save those of the Civil Service Com
missions auditors. who have just discovered
| their existence by an inspection Of the municipal
payrolls. whereon gre still inscribed the names
of the heroic eleven hundred.
These achievements must be exceedingly lrri-
tating 10 many gentlemen in Fourteenth Street
New York City politicians of the old schoo! are
RAPIDLY dropping behind in the great race for
graft. The men OF Harrisburg. Penn. long ago
shot ahead of Tammanys finest, and only the
other day an investigation of the causes OF
BoSton's unparalleled tax rate made CrokerS
descendants look like first choice for the boo
dlers' BOBBY prize. But hope properly managed
TO keep alive in New York hearts long
out-of- town competitors simply worked the pub
| lie according 10 the laws of nature (human and
| inhuman). What the of hoping
| though. that the metropolis might regain its
/ lost laurels after Chicago necromancer had
made the very elements themselves violate their
| natural laws: Mere skill in gaining control
| over the lawless element does not empower one
| Il work miracles with the law-abiding and beau
| tiful snow. Neither does it teach anybody how
| TO blind auditors and civic reformers for two
years without destroying their eyesight. Chi
cago has certainly beaten San Francisco, Bos-
| ton St Louis, Harrisburg and all the rest to
| standstilI. And everybody is wondering how
the miracle WAS Dunno.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

rFroul The Tribune Bursau-I
Washington Dec 1.-THE Vice-President ana
Mrs Fairbanks will give their annual dinner for the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt on January l.
Robert Fairbanks youngest OF the Fice-Presf-
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks. sophomore at Yale. has
come here to remain with his parents until after
the Christmas holidays.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles
went TO Fortress Monroe to-day. and will witness
the Presidents review of Pacific fleet in Hamp-
ton Roads. They will spend Christmas az their
estate at Pennington with their little son. Sheffield
Cowles and will return TO Washington IN time TO
give dinners on December 81 and January in
honor OF their house guests. the Ambassador 10
Great Britain and Mrs Whitelaw Reid.
Robert Bliss secretary OF the American Legation
at Brussels is the guest OF Major General Alfred
Z. Bates (retired) and Mrs. Bates. They VIII give
a dinner in his honor Tuesday night
Among the numerous dinner hosts OF tonight
were Associate Justice and Mrs. oliver Wendell
Holmes who entertained In compliment 10 Sir
Courteney Peregrine Ilbert-
The Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs
BeelSInan Winthrop entertained number OF guests
at dinner tonight. for Miss Elizabeth Oliver and
her fance Francis X. Stevens. OF New York. who
is making an over Sunday visit 10 the capital
MIR. and Mrs. +. B. Moran entertained at dinner
tonight 10 meet Mrs RoIle Borden-Low. of New
York. daughter of the former Ambassador 20
France. who is spending some time with them In
the party were the first secretary OF the Spanish Le
CATION and Sonora de Pastor. DR. and Mrs Alfred
Hopkins. Lieutenant and Mrs. Logan Tucker. Miss
Helen Fouik Miss Gale. Mr. Barry. Mr.. AclxIan
Thomas Washington. Lieutenant Scott and others.
The dinner followed musical entertainment
The Third Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Huntington Wilson were hosts at dinner tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster giving a series
OF Saturday night dinners
The song recital this afternoon had for its patron
csses Mrs. Cortelyou. Mrs MetcaIf. Mrs. Garfield
and Mrs. Sraus. OF the Cabinet circle Mrs. James
Bryce. wife of the Ambassador from Great Britain;
Mrs Dewey. Mrs Foraker. Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Con-
verse, Mrs. Chatard Mrs. Lyman Tiffany, Mrs
Moran. Mrs. Loring and others and was under the
auspices OF the Sigma Circle OF St Thomds's
Church.
The commandant and officers OF the Washington
navy yard and the officers OF the Dolphin. tho May
flower and the Syiph have issued cards for dances
the navy yard for Saturday evenings December
81, January IS and February 15-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
A NEW YORK STREET SCENE.

Scene-The north side of 59th street. at the head
of Seventh avenue.
Time-saturday afternoon, when the slush storm
was at its height
Dramatis Personee-Four women and three Irish
gentlemen the latter engaged in clearing the broad
walk skirtiug the Park. The women standing
the curb, gazing in despair at the six inches OF
ice water, mud and quandam snow in 59th street
which makes passage In three-inch rubbers unhy-
gienic and
Dialogue Zone of the women addressing gentle
man welding n broad wooden sweep)-If you
please. sir couldn't you just push that shovel once
across the road here? We simply can't cross.
Gentleman with the Sweep Gofty)-Wot? Out
in the street? I'm wurrukin' fer tn Park Dl-
partment, not fer the Sthreet Cleanin' Commits
soner. Jist walk down TO Fift avenue an maybe
y'll find W'lte wing there wotl help ye.
Another Woman-But, my dear man, there ism I
a soul walking along this park walk except our
selves. You've time enough TO take a minute off
But the gentleman under the Park Commissioner
had moved along out of earshot Women plunge
desperately into the chilly flood and emerge on
the south side of the street without casualties
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
REFORMING THE SALOONS.

There is lust now much talk eXtant III Ne"
Jersey about reforming the liquor traue' D
tilIers, brewers and saloonkeepers are neie a"u
there discussing ways and means lor haAi9
the trade respectable They seem 10 pereei'e IL
tbe result of the recent election certain iiaiA
writing on the WALL declaring that the pishops
law instead of being repealed VIII pe enioiee,'
and instead Of being relaxed may pe ln'uo
oven moro stringent. in such circumstances
,hav deem it the prudent part of worldly WIS
dom IN SET their houses in order lest worse
tbnq befall Them and especially to dlscoulite-
nance those drinking places which notorlousis
violate the law and which are recoSnlZed aseh-
cies for other vices than intemperance.
r,bora is another direction in which reform IS
greatly needed, and that is the restrlctloi Vi
tba number of saloons to within reasonable Inn
ifs proportioned to the population OF lhe coin-
muuitips in which they exist. 1t Would not pe
difficult to find a hamlet of fewer thah I'VE
hundred inhabitants containing at least two
licensed drinking places within few rods OF
each other 1t cannot be argued that 1t IS
aS ,roner thus to multiply saloons as IL WOULD
be to open competing grocery stores. because
tho Iiouor trade is conceded to be on different
basis from others and to he permitted 10 exist
only under special license and for the supplying
of actuaI demand There can be no legitimate
demand for more than one liquor shop in
village of fewer than hundred voters
There is little doubt that the men engaged IN
tho liouor trade could themselves, by sincere
and concerted action, effect these and other
much needed reforms. There is no doubt at All
that in doing so they would materially penent
themselves as well the general public. Inc
onus of vindicating their business rests Win
Them There has already been abundant ana
convincing proof of the evils which many liquor
shons do-of their corruption of minors ana
their serving as recruiting grounds ana eX-
changes for vice and crime 1t now rests WIN
those who conduct them TO demonstrate that
these are not essential and inevitable features
Of their business and that the saloon can be
conducted in an orderly respectable and law
abiding way.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Christmas greenery is beginning to figure among
the floral decorations at the various dances which
now following another In rapid succession
Dances. indeed. are now the order OF the day. The
debutante receptions drawing to a close. Only
a few more remain on the programme of society
OF the young girls coming out this season
having already been formally presented to the
world OF fashion at entertainments of this kind.
From now on. dances theatre parties. dinners. pri-
theatrcals and luncheons, organized for their
especial benefit will engage all their attention
nterspread with many smart weddings. which are
exceptionally numerous this winter. Indeed. not a
week passes without the announcement of several
notable engagements and these mostly fol-
lowd by early marriages Thus the betrothal OF
Miss Charlotte Warren to William Greenough was
only announced last week. and Immediately after
ward the date of the wedding set for Thurs
day week-that is to say. the day after Christmas
The marriage of Miss Gladys Mills to Henry Car
negie Phipps also followed quickly after the pub
cation of the engagement while the two most i'm
portant OF the last few days-nameiy that between
Miss Julia Kean Fish and William Lawrence
Breese. and of Robert G. Gerry and Miss Cornelia
II. Hartman. will, 1t IS said, culminate in we'd
dings long before the season is over.
Miss Hartman. who made her debut two years
ago. is conspicuous member of the Ladies' Four
INLAND Driving Club and also OF that hunt club
which formerly had it's headquarters in Orange
County but has transferred the scene of its
operations and of its activities to Virginia Robert
Gerry being one OF its leading spirits and principal
organizers Miss Hartman is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. u. H. Hartman. and the sister of Miss
Mary and Miss Carol Hartman, and when not
hunting In Virginia, divides her time between her
fathers country place at Arden, Tuxedo and
his home in town. which for the present is at No.
STA Fifth avenue. rented from Mrs. Joseph Stick
ney pending the completion of the changes which
he is making at No. Ss1 Fifth avenue. which he
has purchased from the Bishop estate. Robert
Livingston Gerry Is the eldest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elbridge 7. Gerry, was graduated from Harvard
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
SAIL VERSUS STEAM.

The sinking of the Thomas w. Lawson In Wild
gale off the Scilly Islands will doubtless explain
TO many persons the unwiilngness Of shipbullders
to encourage their patrons in the construction OF
nacket boats relying for their motive power and
control upon masts and sails. Much has been
said and written IN recent years about the gilt
fering possibilities of the old-fashioned sailing
vesseIs The enormous carrying capacity of such
hoats due to the absence OF huge engines and
still huger coal bunkers; the cheapness OF
TRANSFORMATION when breezes may be used
without charge and the large variety and guam
titv Of goods which may be profitaby trans
norted long distances at leisure have all tempted
MANY persons to believe that the day must soon
come when the n-perishable freight of the
worlds commerce will be carried by vessels like
the Lawson.
These prophets, however. have not reckoned
carefully enough with the fact that wind power
however well suited to driving vessels or this
class. is exceedingly untrustworthy as mode OF
control in dead Gains and in tempests The
chean freichter of the future will perhaps be
one which carries sail enough for fair weather.
sunplernented by engines of sufficient power to
,ra,e steering easy in the most trying storms.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
ANOTHER IRISH CRISIS.

Our London correspondent in to-day's cable
letter appropriately describes the present state
of affairs IN Ireland as repeating for the en-
barrassment Of the British government the
dilemma which confronted the late Mr.. Glad
stone al the height of his great career-namely
whether to apply coercion or TO grant Home
Rule. It will be recalled that Mr. Gladstone
did or attempted to do both, by turns. Few
British ministers have ever applied coercion
more ruthlessly than did be in the stormy times
before the treaty Of Kilmainham, and not one
has proposed a more radical and sweeping
grant of independence than did he after that
famous compact. We shall not look for an
exact repetition OF that experience. Neither Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannerman nor Mr.. Augustine
Brrell, nor yet any other member Of the pres
ent government. is likely either to renew the
strenuous administration of ''Buckshot'' Forster
or TO revive the proposal TO repeal the union
Yet the state of Ireland cries aloud for some
thing to be done which shall be both prompt
and effective.
There is one considerable difference between
the Ireland of to-day and that of twenty-odd
years ago. Then there were only two parties
the Loyalists Of Ulster and the Nationalists Of
all the rest. The anti-union element was en-
tirely united. Those who were resorting to yio-
lence and outrage and those who We're employ
ing Parliamentary means Were working in the
complete harmony of hand and glove. But To-
day II is not so. Ireland-the Home Rule Ire
lands divided against itself. The Ulster 10y
alsts are resolute as ever for the maintenance
Of the union. Mr.. Redmond and the rest of
the Parliamentary party are clinging to the
anomalous position of participation in a govern
ment which they regard as evil and tyrannous.
And third party, Sim Fein, has arisen which
knows not either, but which proves its faith by
its works In refusing to obey Saxon made laws.
This organization, which largely resembles Il
revival Of young Ireland" of turbulent mem
ory, has no more regard for Mr. Redmond and
the Irish Parliamentary party than it has for
the Sassenach himself. 1t is confessedly revo-
lutionary and lawless, and 1t has practically and
aggressiyey entered upon the attempt to prove
that Ireland cannot be governed without Irish
consent by organizing violent lawbreaking on
the widest and most costly scale.
Something obviously must be done, but at
present nobody seems to know what it should
be. The Prime Minister is absent from the
kingdom seeking to gain restored health, which
he sorely needs, and in his absence the Secre-
tary of State for Ireland hesitates and tenn
porizes. Doubtless tine situation is one which
needs to be dealt with adyisedly and with the
most united 'front.' and not hastily or by a sin