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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06
Whales and Porpoises.

AS we steamed along, many whales were sighted. Some of them came to the surface near our ship and as they Ia ed the water to foam with their tails, would spurt water twenty to thirty feet high The huge monsters almost seemed trained to give exhibi- tions for the benefit of the many pas sengers who had never seen them. Again a school of porpoises would race with the ship, darting in and out and around the vessel for miles at A time, then disappear.
 Along the route frequent stops were made to enable us to go ash ore To see the Indian villages and buy souvenirs from the natives. The Totem poles erected in front of the houses of those who had achieved dis tinctfon in their tribes were of much Interest. One of the sights of the trIp was the phosphorescent glow in the water at night as the ship steamed along It resembeled myriads of in candescent lights hiden under the white caps of the waves and flashed con stantly. After four days on the water we reached Skagway, which name sig nifes the home of the north wind. Long before this, however, winter clothing, wraps and plenty of blankets at night were in demand. At SkaR- way we took the train for White Horse on the Yukon river. This road, 120 miles long, goes practically over the trail made by the many who were in the memorable Klondike rush ten years ago. As four engines crept slowly up the summit with our train one hard ly knows which to admire most, the glaciers, the snow capped mountains, the emerald like streams in the dis tance below. the cascades the gorges and valleys-all of which speak for the grandeur of this wild, but beautiful route, or the daring ingenuity and audacity of the engineers who con ceived and located a line over such seemingly insurmountable barriers. Reaching White Horse we took a steamer for Dawson, over the Yukon river. This river is used for boats for 2100 miles. but Is only open for navigation during June, July and Au- gust. The balance of the year it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06

MT and Mrs David S. Anderson and daughter, Eleanor, have just returned from the mountains of North Carolina, where they have been spending the sum mer, and are located for the winter at S22 South Twentieth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06

The Koh-i-noor, the largest gem In all the worlds great diadem,
 Is not so bright as truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06

MT. and Mrs R. A White. who have been visiting MT. and Mrs. A. N. Flaw kins, left Monday for New York and other DOints
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06

May these traits bless Your future years with joyousness
 And gentleness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
YOU SAVE 0NE-HALF
KNOWLES ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL
 SALE FOR THIS WEEK.
Every Department in the Store Comes Eorward With OfrerinEs> That Are Unprecedented for This Season
 or fhe Year.

With the season barely begun the A. S. Knowles Dry Goods Company an- nounce sale of high-class Dress Goods at one-third to one-half the reg ulRr prSce.
 It is a debatable question whether a sale of this consequence has ever been tnaugurated by q Montgomery house this early tn the season; certainly not at such sweeping discounts as these.
 This sale includes an enormous lot of sample pieces which were secured direct from the manufacturer at'a very great saving. and 1t is the purpose of the A. S. Knowles Dry Goods Company to offer them at from one-third to one- half less than the regular prices.
 Full particulars of this offering, as well as several other interesting sales scheduled for Monday. gre fully out lined in the large display ad of Knowles which appears elsewhere in 7today's Advertiser.
 Particular attention is also directed to a sale of s22. .50 tailor-made suits Monday for $14.50, l. saving of more than one-third. There are only thirty five of these suits and the styles shown include cutlaways in semi-htted and tight-fitted effects, all styiishly built from broad-cloth and novelty material.
 Every house-keeper interested In se- curing Thanksgiving Linens at consid- erably less than regular prices will be sure to look up this advertisement of Knowles and read carefully the offer ings from the Linen Department, which appear at the introduction of the an nouncemeuts aa fe auF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
TRIAL OF CHRISTMAS
FAMOUS MURDER CASE TO COME UP
 AT MARIANNA.
Et Is said state of Florida Has Secured New Eevfdeuee Against Accused Slayer of Father and
 Mother.

Cottonwood, Nov. I6.--(Special)- Naxt week the criminal docket of the Circuit Court at Marianna. Fla, will be taken up. Among the important cases to come up in that court will be the celebrated Christmas case, in which will b. Christmas of Campbellton, Fla, is charged with the foul murder of his father. mother and 9-year-old brother during 6 night in February of last year.
 cult Court several times and has bsen tried once, the jury making a mistrial. Christmas has been out on ball for several months and has been residing at the place where the murder of his parents and brother took place. At the last term of the Circuit Court the State of Florida asked for a continuance of the case until this term, but 1t is not as vet certain that the State will be ready for trial next week. Another eontinu- anee may be granted, the court being overworKed with capital cases.
 It Is stated here upon good authority that for several months the State of Florida has had a detective at work on the Christmas case and that great deal of evidence not heretofore intro duced will be brought out at the next trial. It is also rumored that several parties not heretofore suspected will be brought into the case.
 At the time of the murder public sem tfnnent was at fever heat. The planta- ton where the murder occurred is i've miles from Cottonwood and is only about half a mile inside of the State of Florida.
 Much interest is centered in the case and many people from this section will go to Mariana next week to see what disposition will be made of the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
NewJeweIry Secials Monday

The sterling silver and gold chain purse silver and gilt coin purses. gold and silver bracelets. jeweled back and side combs, ieweled and silver belt bucles. latest nov- cities in jeweIed hat pins, belt pins. cuff, pins, beauty pins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

opened in this city . Baptist church
 that is beautiful to a degree that
 would shock some the old timers.
 The building has been fn process of
 erection two years. and with equipment
 and furnishings complete win represent
 a total expenditure or $is0,ooo. The
 cornerstone was laid December 3. 1905,
 by the hate congressman Joseph H.
 Walker.
 The building stands on a slight ele-
 vstion and ia far enough back to per
 init of an attractive frontage of lawn crossed by granolithic walks. It's de- sign is entirely new in this section and architects say that it is. one of the most ornate and artistic in the coun- try.
 building is of limestone and Ohio | sandstone construction. It has front age of ITO feet, extends back 200 feet on Mower avenue, and Is ee rect III height. 1t is surInounted by a bronze cop per tower, or lantern. weigh seventeen tons, and extending 12o feet upwaro | from the roof. The structure has to' l tai seating capacity of nearly 2,oO0 l the lafgest of any church in Worcester The auditorium proper has seating | cs pacity of 500. Holting curtains, reg | ulated by electric dynamos, are used to separate the various departments of the l building. The largest window in the l church is Is by 25 feet in dimensions, | beautiful in design and coforing. weighs | over a ton, is composed of 59 sections and contains 30.000 separate pieces of l glass. The predominating color is or | ange. Besides there are 150 art glass f windows in the building.
 In another direction there has been a | startling liberality of sentiment. that ] being in a congregation which has started new building at Attleboro in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
BECOMING LIBERAL
rnHM NEW ENGLAND IS SHOWING
 CHURCH PROGRESS.
Handsome Edface Erected at Worcester Almost Within the Shadow of the Rocix-Hound Houses of
 Worship of Early Days.

worcester, Mass. Nov. 1s.--(SpeciaL) Religious freedom and New England have not always been on such good terms as at the present time With an due respect to the rugged New England character, there have been times when tolerance was pretty narrow in its ways and when Innovations in church life were viewed askance.
 It Is not long step in any direction from this city, the Heart of the Com monwealth. to find churches that show the simple religious life of a century ago, buildings with plain exteriors and equally unadorned interiors. There straight. hard pews and diminutive pulpit indicative of the prinfness of the belief of those who erected the house of worship.
 These straight laced, Puritanical persons would wonder at the progress made in religion if within the past week they had gone through a few places in good old New England. Fol this section is the cradle of religion in more ways than one. It has been the battlefield where many good fight has been made to maintain the sim- plicity of the form that characterized the early church.
 There are Baptist churches all through the six States that make up this section that are prim, to the point of ugliness. But there has just been
 A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

this state r1lerfm Church. as ft fs
 called. is not identified with any pnr-
 ticular dsnominatfon-
 It Is . suncsesor to | Pilgrim Church
 that was founded in New York. One of its former psstors. Rev. Wilson writsch. severed his connection with the church to play Hamlet It was thought when he left that the church would go over to the ConGregational- ists. but 1t decided to remain independ- ent and is 70 to this day. There has recently been prepared at Oxford, Mass. tablet bearing the fol- lowing inscription:
 oldest. Universalist Church in the world. l7e2. The second oldest society. April 27, 17s5. Denomination organ | ixed in Oxford, September I4. 17s5." | The church in question Is one of the | class that fills New England, being | without architectural pretensions, but | 1t is unique in this respect at least. | Community of ownership was quite | common in earlier days. but survives in few places now, though at Amherst, H., the ownership of the Congrega- tional Church comprises one of the I strangest church contracts in New Hampshire.
 This edifics. which is 1ss years old, I is owned Jointly by the town and the | church society. The town owas and 1 cares for the steeple. clock, bell and I pert of the basement. and In addition | yearly paints the front of the church. The church society owns the rest of I the structure.
 This unusual contract was entered 1 Into years ago and there has never been the slightest discord between the two governing bodies.
 With the change of status respecting the support of religious institutions in New Hampshire, the town disposed of the meeting house by auction to the highest bidder. reserving only the town clock and bell when the building be- came the property of the congrega- tionai Society.
 Jury trials have on more than one
 occasion been held in the church, and in 17s4 the members of the two Houses of the New Hampshire Legislature car-
 ried on their deliberations there
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
THE BEST WAY TO REMIT MONEY
Require No Written Application


 ye given bearing and order cs .fund is made o either remithr Are payable New York be cashed San Francisco the United States and Canada Are negotiable through of different hands and h used in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
ICE PLANT BURNS
FIRE AT UNIONT0wN CAUSES
 HEAVY LOSS.
Big Boiler ExpIOdes and is Blown One Hundred Yards, DenOlIshinE the Home of
 Negro.

Uniontown, Nov. 16.-(Special.) )-The plant of the Uniontown Ice Factory was completely destroyed by fire late this afternoon.
 an explosion of a boiler in the engine room during the progress of the flames. A large part of the boiler was thrown 100 yards and landed squarely upon the hous of William Craig. a negro. Part of two rooms o fhis house were destroyed.
 The ice plant was recently transfer red by D. L. Nonnemacher to Ernst Brothers of New York. No one here will put an estimate on the loss. It is said that none of the property was in- sured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

morning at o'clock, we will put on sale our entire yer before offered in this city. We have decided to dis business. The rapid growth of all the departments in of more space makes necessary for to cut out the most room; this means the Carpet department So
 s stairs, etc, and come early Monday morning All Car t cost Nothing reserved nothing held back. all must go
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
NEW ARRIVALS.

FernaeII Asparngus Tips.
 FerndeHI Extxn, White Asparagus. Ferndeil Extra Fine Peas.
 FerndelI Maine Corn.
 Feradeu Preserves, complete as- aortment of fruits.
 An entire new crop of these EOeds We solicit the trade of particular peo- v,B~ and wuaRnmtee satisfaction.
 BROCK GROCERY COMPANY, IB N. Perry St. zoe Highland Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

Disappointed candidates for marshal of the Eastern district of Oklahoma may now be expected to add the charge of nepotisn to Pat McCarren's indictment of phlebot- emy made against the President.--Milwau' kae eentineH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

Latest Pads in Jewelry
 fOs .s
 H9x
 We have just opened up most at tractive line of High Grade (as good as the best) Dependable qualities in all the latest Jewelry Novelties. Special display in stock.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-11
GERMANY's CHINA COLONY.
AdyfsIbiIIty of Abandoning KiaO-
Chau Under Consideration.

From the Baltimore News.
A committee Of the German Reichstag
Is reported TO be considering the advisa-
bility Of abandoning Kiao-Chau, the slice
Of territory that Germany took from
China as basis Of power in the Far
East During the ten years OF Occupa-
ton over 81, 800, 900 has been spent upon
IT, and the plans Of development call for
millions more; but. after all. it appears
to be e national weakness and not a ma
tional advantage Count Reyentlow, a
well-known naval critic, IA discussing the
situation, says:
Commercially, It is at best only a spec
ulation; politically, it is an anxiety. and
as a military position it is already lost"
The latter clause refers 20 the indispu-
table military pTedOminance that Japan
has obtained in the Far East. which has
made absurd any military pretensions OF
Western powers In that quarter Of the
world. Altogether the characterization
OF the situation hits of exactly our own
position in the Philippines. which is far
worse ENHANCEMENT for us than KiaO-
Chau IS for Germany But once In a fix
OF this kind getting out is a difficult mat
ter. Count Reyentlow, much az he would
wish to see Germany rid of the encum-
branCe. holds that it is not 10 be thought
Of because OF the loss OF national pres
Jige that would be entailed. The argu-
ment has a familiar sound. But with
nations. as with individuals. the sensible
thing 70 do when a mistake has been com
mitted is 10 act promptly 10 undo H.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-11
GERMAN BANK CHECKS.
Proposed New Law VIII Encourage
Their Extensive Use.

From Daily Consular Report
Consul William Bardel, writing from
Bamberg, tells Of the present movement
in Germany to promote the payment of
accounts by banking checks.
Considering the progress made in
Germany during the last two or three
decades in all matters Of commerce and
industry, it is a remarkable fact that
the system of making and receiving pay
ments by check. so well developed in the
United states and In other countries, is
percentage CT leading merchants and
others in the largest cities of the German
empire use this convenient method Of
financial statements. In smaller towns
payments are usually in gold. silver. or
paper currency. Remittances from one
part Of the empire to another can be
made by money order Up 10 the limit OF
500 marks, CT $500: amounts beyond that
sum must be sent IN money letters or
packages. How the German public re-
CARDS payments by check is demonstrated
by the fact that during the last year
the worlds trade Of Germany required a
circulation OF gold and currency 20 the
extent OF "A per cent Of the total sum
involved. The German government pays
out annually for salaries to officials the
sum Of SSS,000.o00 marks. OF $2i1. 544.0Oo In
cash. Considering that a propOrtiOnate
sum must be Withdrawn from circulation
and stored away for several days every
month, and that it viii only gradually be
returned 10 circulation during the next
month by the payments made by such
officers. it can readily be seen what ad-
vantage would accrue to the money
market If such amounts were disbursed
by checks
The principal objection TO the check
system is that there are no laws govern
ing the issuance and circulation OF the
check. Upon the earnest solicitation OF
financial experts and progressive mer-
chants, the government has now pre-
pared the outline OF q bill. which is to be
submitted 10 the next Reichstag. The
proposed law is supposed to meet all de-
mands, also 20 assure positive protection
70 the maker as well as 10 the holder
Of a check In order 20 make II accept
able TO the majority OF the people, the
bill provides for entire freedom from tax
alton. It is hoped that the passage OF
such a law viii make the system Of pay
ing by checks more popular"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-11
Please Stop Tipping.

How gladly would every one obey the
behest of the American Federation of
Labor If they dared to DO 1t. That or
gaHization has issued a request TO the
public not to tip public servants any
where. The Federation holds that the
tip is degrading to labor that It makes
1t seryile, robs # Of its self-respect.
The laborer is worthy Of his hire, says
the Federation, and over and beyond
that he should find nothing but the 10y
n work Well done. The Federation
points out that in certain classes Of
labor, among which 1t specifies porters.
walters. bellbOys. and such Ike the mat
ter Of wages has come 10 be entirely
secondary. The wage scale makes no
difference The employer figures that
what he does not pay the public will
pay, in tips
The trouble is that while the Amer
lean Federation of Labor is a compact
organization, the members of which work
tremendously together, the tipping pub
lie has no such organization. and as in
dividuals We are all too great towards
10 stop the custom.
Is there a man who is brave enough
10 watch a Pullman car porter brush of
everybody else in the car. see him collect
his fees. and then decline his services ?
When the walter In a cafe brings the
change out Of a $40 bill on a salver and
one finds an undue number of quarters
among the change, where is the man
The Washington herald., 1907-09-11
Our Western Race Problem


It Is a curious fact that the two nations
most cordially disposed toward Japan
one Of them, in fact. being her military
ally-should find themselves in the same
embarrassing predicament respecting jap
anese immigration, and that both have to
deal with a racial problem on the Pacific
Coast that promises to give tncreas sing. Of
Tense to the Japanese unless a solution
can be reached satisfying to Nippon's ma
tional pride. To a certain extent. neither
the United States nor Great Britain is
able 70 prevent such outbreaks as those
at San Francisco and Vancouver. for the
mob spirit is easily infiamed by race pref
udice; and while a mob may be quelled
and its members punished. no government
can suppress the passions which lead 70
anti-foreign demonstrations, which may
continue in many ways not directly under
the ban Of the law. The confession of the
London Times, in its comment on the
Vancouver affair. that ct is not at pres
ent obvious how a permanent ameliora-
ton Of the situation is 10 be effected" fits
our case exactly; but It is a confession Of
TO be pleasing 20 Japan or to Orientals
generally. However. 1t ought TO be OF
some comfort to US to know that If Japan
is going to fight for the admission Of her
immigrants to other lands without re-
strictions, she will have to shake herself
free from her British alliance.
Yet it Is to be hoped that the English
inc m NIL h oh e. .
an understanding with the yellow races
that will remove the constant danger that
would otherwise exist of a clash between
them. There is a strange anomaly in the
growth OF an ambition to command the
trade of the Orient side by side with the
growth Of a racial prejudice that tends to
make the attainment Of that ambition i'm
possible save by forcible conquest The
racial feeling on the Pacific Coast, If we
may trust competent observers, has very
little justification on economic grounds.
There is plenty OF room on the Pacific
Coast for many more Asiatics than have
yet come, and they do not displace native
labor to the extent that is commonly sup
posed Not long ago the Portland Cham
Der of Commerce petitioned Congress to so
modify the Chinese exclusion law as to
permit the coming in Of 50c01 Chinese a
year for a number ofSyears, so great is
the need Of common labor on the Coast.
The San Francisco Argonaut says that
there is neither white labor enough .lor
Of the right quality to do the work OF the
country" But. says that paper, there is
another side TO the issue, and that is the
presence Of a deep-seated animosity
against both Chinese and japanese. THE
question" observes the Argonaut, as re-
lated to the public peace. is not one Of
economics or Of human reasonableness.
but one Of prejudice and passion. The
practical issue is social peace under re-
striction or a running fight under the
opeh-door policy" This candid statement
Of the case shows the difficulty of dealing
with the Oriental race problem. We are
confronted by elementary and fundamen-
tai human passions, which take no ac-
! count Of treaties or statutes nor Of ambi-
tious projects of Oriental trade. nor OF
the amenities Of international relations.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-11
Abdul Arir No MolIrcoddlc.

Abdul Aziz. the Sultan of Morocco. has
not challenged our admiration to any
very great extent in time past lie mas
seemed TO US 10 be something Of a weak
ling. if not an actual moilycoddle. In
deed. We have even gone so far as to sp-
ply that very latter term to his majesty.
his high mightiness. or whatever il is
they call him.
We are in fairness forced to withdraw
such structures, however, and admit that,
whatever else he may be. Abdul Is no
saphead or sissy. II transpires that he
is a crack tennis player, a splendid
horseman, a dead shot and tireless
writer As a matter of fact. il is the
Sultan's pTogresSiveness in this last
named regard that has brought him into
conflict with certain wealthy and infiu-
entail elements OF his kingdom and ar
rayed against him various interests seek
ing his undoing
These things being true-and they ap-
pear 70 be well authenticated-Abdu
Aziz must not be set down as a molly
coddle. A sovereign or head OF the state
who chooses his past!mes and recreations
with such fine discrimination is not 10 be
set aside lightly as Of no immediate con-
sequence, Tennis, hurdle-j jumping. shoot
ing. and writing are the true sports OF
modern kings, and the true kings Of mod
ern sports. They ft in 70 a nicely with
up-tQ-the-minute trend Of thought
They balance the mind for the cares OF
state as few other things can. 1t is well
that Abdul INDUCES IN such relaxations,
it is better still that ne has let il be
known to an otherwise misjudging out
side world! It removes him instantly
from the ranks of the commonplace and
sets him alongside well-approved rulers
Of other and much more enlightened
lands
Perhaps in time we may have revealed
to US the fun measure of the Sultan's
worth ana the exact status of his states
manship. We should like to know his
ideas as to nature-faking, race suicide
undesirable citizens, Ananiases. ana big.
moneyed conspiracles. When we are
convinced that he IS truly orthodox fl
these weighty matters. we shall accept
4lim without further question as an en-.
lightened ruler and a governmental
genius.