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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
Baniness conditions are Greatly II
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Bunineas conditions are Greatly Im- New York Times.
 Reports on business conditions and outlook have just been made by thirty three high class technical and trade papers in the East to the American Trade Press Association. of which they are members. The papers represent
 lines from groceries and textiles to eoopsrage and boilerma king.
 The Real Estate Record and Guide
 says; @ConditioDR are, in very much
 better shape than they were six months ago. A better and firmer. tone and
 greater activity exist. The outlook for the coming year is most @aiacouraging 7
 The Railroad Gazette says: There
 was no change until August last when the railroads and manufacturers alike
 began to anticipate safe and sane election. While the election has only
 just been decided, the result Is highly
 satisfactory to. the industry we rep resent. While reports of orders placed
 within the last two days have in some
 instances been grossly exaggerated.
 nevertheless, there fs . decided irn-
 provement, and the indications are that
 the demands will be large and innae-
 diate.'
 American Grocer; ''The grocery
 trade feels a depression less than any OIueF ma or Duoi0EaS anu lI CndH8So
 In character rather than in volume. The policy at present is to carry light
 stocks ana make frequent purchases. 1 There has been tremendous decrease in gales on contract which has forced manufacturefsi generally, and packers of canned goods in particular. to carry their output. The result was q de.
 eided decline in prices untif some lines
 were forced to sell below cost of pro- l ductlon."
 Dry Goods Economist: The. retail dry go0ds trade is now in q very
 healthy condition. Purchases have
 been held down all this year and stocks are low and clean. Given seas 1 sonnble weather and a rest from the 1 distractions of politics. the retail dry goods trade of the country as whole 1 for November. 1908. will probably 1 equal. if not surpass, that of any pre- eeaing- November in our history" Northwestern Miller; The present condition and future prospects of the milling business are satisfactory and 1 encouraging. a We hope for larger export trade tn flour this year than usual :" et
 Electrical World: "rhere is every I reason to believe that early in 1908 the | ottuut will be equal to apythlng known during the best period of s. when high water mark was astsineo-S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
cor1INa ro wAsMINeF0N.

-
 Rwssinn ollosaI to study Cur Goyefu~
 meat Printing P1aaf.
 New York Herald
 rsot Ivan de Nazfpaon, vice diree- tor of the imperial printing .oinee n St. Petersburg and chamberlain No tne czar arrived Tuesday on the Kaiser Wilhelm. der Crosse. of the North ser man Lloyd Line. from Cnsrpours. so inspect the Government printing once f., Waekington and other large pup fishing and newspaper plants Tn the
 With Capt. de Nazifnof came Mir. AnatoI Issaeff, a Russian engineer wno win examine the physical parts or ths various institutions visited, Wnlie cap tain de Nazimoff will devote ms time to the arrangement ana mahhef of conduct of printing ofnees.
 cHntain de Nazinoff said yesterday that the duna had voted an appropria- lion of 100000 'rubies (S1.OOO,O0ol Tor q new building and necessary ntungs in St. Petersburg to. replace the pses- ent printinE establishment, wnlcn mas been outgrown. He has Vlslte9 gss.o tns Government printing plants In Berhn vlAnna and London and now nnlshes bis work in tbis country, which VIII resuire a month.
 CT shall stay in this city for two ar three days" said Captain de NazlmoH' land then go to Washington to pre- sent my credentials to the Russian eIn- hsss, Baron Rosen, the Russian Am basssdor, by the way. will return to his post within two weeks, You see have left, the printing office of your covernment for the last, for feel that I shall see all the things now here, and also there is no country that does so much printing as the United states. while. in thisgc city I shall visit one or more of the large newspaper offices. "
 1t is not the first trip, but the third of Cautain de Nazimofr to this coun-; trv Fifteen wears ago he came with the Russian fleet and participated in the naval exercises of the ships Of i,,ae the since on matters connected with the imperiai Russian navy. As a lieuten- ant he was one of the officers % of the ti VarlR. a Russian cruiser built by the c.ramns- and six years ago, as a frtgate captain, he was placed on the retired list of his own volitiop, at once tax ing a place as a member of the lmpe- Ea0fncil .,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

man schools are two--to develop the individual and to advance the welfare of the country by teaching the stu- dents what will best advance the in- terests of the country.
 sThe attitude of public mind in Ger many and America to the respective educational systerns Is significant. In this country it is regarded as an ac- eident if a man who has been taugnt the theories of commercial life in the schools succeeds when he begins hts active career. In Germany t is consid- cred an accident if success comes to those men who have not been trained in the schools. and an accident thai should not be repeated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
ABOUT A WORD.

When we read the Presidents ex- pression--''we have got them beaten to frazsle," We thought nothing of 1t, except that 1t was merely one of the somewhat undignifed remarks he fre- quently uses Certainly we had no ex- peotation that his use of the word 'frazzle" would call for extended com ment and controversy, but we were mistaken. A number of our Northern contemporaries have taken it up and worried over it as though 1t were some new and wonderful discovery. The Pittsburg Post speaks of 1t at some length, but plainly fails to find any origin for the word. It announces that it cannot find 1t in any of the diction- aries. and speaks of 1t as though it had been coined expressly by Roosevelt. In fact, to judge from the comments of The Post and some other Northern papers we have read one might con- clude that 1t was never heard up there AtAttf tAG AESotuSAt uScQ tts
 Southern newspapers, generally, are as much surprised as we are to read of the Northern peoples ignorance of q word that has been in common use in the South for all time. so far as we know. When General Gordon. just be- fore the surrender of Appomatox, sent word to General Lee. q have fought my corps to a frazzle,' he used an ex- pression that is common throughout the South. at all events. Many are the men and women. we have no doubt, who can call to mind occasions when the mother threatened them with the words, 'sI,li wear you to srazzle if you don't mind" and the recalcltrant had no doubt as to what was meant :. Few among us. we apprehsnd. have not heard or used the expression. .sworn to frazzie" aIIuding to a garment that was practically worn out, and when the edges of a garment are frayed Into loose threads we say of 1t that it is frazzled out, or something of the kind.
 The Norfolk Landmark comes for ward with the statement that the word is found in late editions of the stand ard Dictionary. and possibly In some others of the modern lexicons but that is immateriaI. We know that. so far as our memory reaches, 1t has always been word of common use in our sec tion. and our only surprise is that there should have been any doubt or controversy over 1t. Plainly our Northern brethren are not as we'll in- formed as they should be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
AUsTRAIrAN ABoRIGrNEs.

A1en Who stana in Fear of Crocodiles'
 Bat Dc Not Fear sharks.
 xustraiIan sborigines fear crocodiies, hui hsve nd fear cf sharks. The aus thor of "confessions of Beacheomp'
 ..They take every care to avoid eros Sdlsa Msn srsn Crossing insts and fidai creeks. Their indinerence to sharks is founded on the belief that those which inhabit shallow weter ing man. And so they continue to think notwithstanding tragic mel dent like the following. which, indeed; they attributed to 'debl-depib anu H arhe % captain of a bsche-de-mer cut ter was paddling in dingey along the edge of detached reef not many miles from Dunk Island. while several of ms denly one of. them was seized ana SO terribly nutiiated that he died In few minutes. Although the cap taIn was within eight or ten feet q tne Doy saw 4 shafk or any other fish capable of infIicting such injuries as to nave caused the. death of Jimmy, nor Was there any disturbance on the surface or I Ii has been said that the Australian blacks never commit suicide; tna1 self-deetruction does not come MHL MHAL
 their philosophy. The same autnoI mentions d case of recent date which he thinks might be regarded as Tn con fiIct with that view:
 "A member of the Clump Point tripe, Skin disease, was fishing at the mouth of d creek, when his hook fouled. To a companion he said he would dive 70 get 1t clear. His friend endeavored 70 dissuade him, reminding him of the crocodile which they had seen but short -firpa before, But the boy. worn with pain and weary with never end- ing irritation, said f he was taken, them He dfved and there was a com. motion in the water. The boy appear ed on the surface, making frantic ap. peaia for help, while the crocodile worried him: He escaped for a mos rnent, and his friend ciutched his hand and drew him to the bank, only to nave him torn from his grasp.' ...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
oHIcAGO's EXPERIENCE.

Municipal Ownership of Lighting Plant
 Proved Financia1 Failure.
 New York Tribune.
 ChicaRo's experience with a muni- clpally owned electric light plant has been like that of most other Arneri- can cities which have made similar ventures. The report of the experts who have examined the plant is that Chicago would save S2o0.0o0 to $3Oo,O00 a year by abandoning 1t and purchas- ing light from the private companies It cost Chicago 351.64 to maintain each of its municipally lighted street lamps. At the same time the city was renting lights from a private company at $76 a year, and 1t is estimated that the city could purchase current on large contract at from S42.60 to seS lamp. Nor is this all the loss. The plant cost the city $3.6Ss,osi,s and 1t Is now worth S2,S53,s69.
 The explanation is the usual one inefaciency and indifference of the em- ployes and bookkeeping or kind tnat t eonceais the waste and excessive cost until an expert is hired to untangle the 6gures and find out what the actual results have been.% The great fault Of municipal ownership Is that 1t over looks human nature, especially the Kind of human nature that is found in mu- nicipal employment. But why Is 1t lustration? Municipal ventures are operated just the way the various de- partments of New York City govern .ment have been operated. And when the people once conceive or the waste for which the city government has been responsible, instead of looking with favor upon anything which would widen its functions. they are likely to wish they could put the whole bust- ness of administering the city Into nrivata hands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
TRAIN MEN TO SUCCEED.
German Technical Schools, pr. Hadley snyn, are Lessons for America.
 

cermsn Technical Schools, pr. Hadley
 SuyH, are Lessons for America. New York Times.
 Tn an address on What the United States Has to Learn from the Educa- tfonal and Technical Training Of Ger many" given before the Brooktyn In- stitu+e of Arts and Sciences, President TSadlev of Yale University. said that tbe German people as a commercial nation must be reckoned with bv all nations. He based, his talk on per sonai study and observations while he was lecturing before, the universities in Germanv last winter -------.
 According to MT. HAdtey there are at rractive features in theN German sys- tenn from which Americans can deFiFe valuable lessons
 nr Hadley laid particular stress up- on the growth and usefulness of the fechnical schools in Germany durlng the last half century. BaTore the snread of these schools In Germany he said. the Germans were eopsidered an idealIstic and sentimental people,
 To-day they are intensely practlcal' he said. They are. indeed more prac- ticaI than. the Americans. They have become a military race. Their Ideals are technical. They value things TOT their value In dollars and cents or Tor tbe social position which these things give their possessors. The kaiser has been a leader in bringing about these changes In the views of life entertain ed hY his subjects.
 "our good technical schools are rare The graduates of our technical schools get most of their training in the shop on the farm, or in the mine. In Ger | many the best part of the students training is received in the schools The objects of the system in the Ger
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
HAS HE BEEN rouNna

An interesting. though unauthentic ated report has been sent out that the body of explorer Andree has been found, in the wilds, of Labrador An- dree. as the reader will remember. was the bold adventurer who started on trip to the North Pole in an airship some years ago and was never after wards heard from. That his body might be lying in some unknown part of the frozen North has been the gen. eral belief though there have been some to express the hope that he may yet be living and that he will eventually be found and rescued. It is but fair to say that this possi- biiity has but few adherents and most agree that he went to his death and is forever lost to humanity.
 The mysterious fate of Andree, as The Pittsburg Post argues. will not serve to deter others from the baffiing search for the North Pole. Once rooted in the human breast. the de- sire to outstrip all other Arctic ex- plorers bent on the same quest be- comes akin to dementia. Andree is only one of the many failures. and what Is one, more or less. in a fascinating com petition that enthralls the most intrep- i'd spirits? Recent news that Evelyn P-f0os RA1dxrJa Ia aerato 4 o-.. Al. o dangers of Arctic conquest. the latest Peary expedition and the yet ,untried hopes of Walter wellman of reaching the goal by the aerial route. that which made an end of the Andres effort merely strengthen the belief that there will be no ceasing untT victory perches on someone's banner...'
 As The Post says. the fate of Andree, whether his body Is ever discovered or not. will not deter others from at tempting the dangerous task. No one can say that the Pole will never be discovered. because no one can say what is or Is not possible. Neither can any one say that any good will re- suit from the discovery, but that makes no difference to the adventurous spirits who are willing to risk life for the honor or discovering what has been an object of curiosity, specula- tion and research for generations. If one explorer is lost in the dangerous attempt there will be others to make e the trial. No one can yet tell what will be the result of Peary's present effort. but whether he returns disap- pointed or fails to return at all will not matter in the end. for somebody else will try It and one may succeed It Andree's body has been found the event may throw some light on his voyage so far as direction and extent l are concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

with Spain by which s2o.ooo.OoO were paid for the Philippine Islands. If he had remained silent it Is possible the treaty would have been defeated. at least, that part providing for purchase of the Philippines Now that we have that far of country what are We to do with 1t and Its people? Some kind of government must be kept up until they are capable of mahagin& for themselves. If they are in that fix now. then let them so. If not. then the United States must continue in control.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

sod Is fifty feet in depth at some
 There Is nothing fancifui about the tdea; Indeed. it is not new. but has Desn ,,ee ssSssss5sse S s,,ss.. by previous writers
 TO aii students of the physical gee ography of the sea. the Sargosson sm,sh se,,s sytsndinE from R point iso miles ns long beer regarded as region of pe- cnItar attractlyeness and wonaerment. The ComminsioneF of Navigation esti- shsrs at I Ss spec"stiv. o5 yissis noasng sdxen furer would do well to At out an exc pdditioR to gather salvage In the sorIns of abspaonsd shronemstsrs ap slvsrwsrs to be found aboard ships abandoned in midocean. No license is required, Property abandoned on the high seq is law in the sargasso Sea that conpeis the return of valuable goods found
 Almost every week we read about buried or sunken treasure. Why would 1t not be more reasonable to seek the lost wealth held afioat in the ocean's
 And think of the curiosity to which such an undertaking would appeali Through this vast tract br floating meadow. in an almost tideless region. hardy captain of a small steamer to trayerse its entire extent, Of course. care would be required to prevent the Arnaxon and Ortnoso wiregrass, which abounds in vast quantities. from en- tanRlinR the vesseps propeller. In that event the fate ot ship and men would be as terrible as that of Sir John Frankiin's party In the arctic regions Of Nortt America. But ira- afine the secrets of lost ships that would be cleared up, In every grassy cove. a rouance.
 The Sarkasso Sea Is today the only 1nexplored portion of the earth's sur- fa rA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
r,e.tr,uat,On of RaalrOsas.


 This eisctrisation of the old steam roads is a step that has long been looked for. and one to be expected Tn tho deveIopment of modern commer- cial maryels. Modern man is conn nIIcafed and a fastidious creature. he fs athIrst for speed. He dlsikes ln- tenseiy smoke and noise and clnders as 'accompanineDts of his travels. For = msrly he regarded them as ihuiSpe vSa iS able-and SO they seem when steam ls nSed as the motive power to haul him from pIace to4plaoe. But the electric train satisfies mans every wish. Ae nav travel now in cleanliness. swiftly a the carrier pigeons flight. and with relatively as little noise; there VIII be no more smoke nor soot to annoy when he rode behind steam.
 That the Pennsylvanta system has already ordered 100 electric .locomo- lives. capable of making l20 miles an hour, and made it's contracts for power plants. Is an evidence or the raiiroad -aysteIns do their work today in buildlng up the country they. pass 'through They have but to decide, to l1jva inc word. and To! the thing is an Accomplished fact. It matters nothing that two or three years must elapse fuil operation. That Is but moment in inc cycles of time. and ere even 1t haa 2nassed. New York and Philadelphia wIll Already have begun to spread out toward each other. Ultimately, with inc time cut to an hour between them, the whole ninety-miie stretch VIII pe,I ro1ne so tnlckly settled that they will he Virtually one city, and no man can tell where Gotham ends and Quaker town begins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
This Date in History
NoveTnber 1K.

i7Os-wiiliam Pitt. Earl of Chatham, was born; died May II, IT'S.
 iTs7-Richardf Henry Dana, author. was born in Cambridge. Mass, died in Boston February 2, 1873.
 I794-John Witherspoon of New .Jers sey, a signer of the Declaration Of 1h- dependence, died,
 is2SAThe Cayuga ana Seneca Canal in New York was completed
 1g4g--Afany lives were lost by the explosion of a boiler on the steam. boat Louisiana at New Orleans. lS6O-The Prince of Wales reached Plymouth on his return home. from bis American visit
 fs63-The National Cemetery at Get tysburg, Pa, was dedicated.
 i896-Electrical power generated at Niagara Falls was transmitted to Buff falo. . oil combine was filed in the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis. 1907-The German Emperor received the Oxford honorary degree of D. c. L.. from Lord Cur8on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
This h My S4th Birtkday
Charles M. DleIxinsop.

Charles Monroe Dickinson, well1 known ir diplomatic and consular cir clcs, was born in Lowyiile, N. F., No. venlber ig. 1892 He received good elementary and preparatory educasion I He was admitted to the bar at Bing' hampton, N. Y. in November. tesb- He practiced law In Pennsylvania, Binghampton and New York City pntil health. He became editor and pro
 prietor of The Binghaiopton Republic can. He was a Presidential elector In is96, having been elected on ehe tse. ha was appointed Consul General at Constantinopie. For several years he also acted as diplomatic agent to Bull garia. He was appointed Consul Gen eral at large. in May. ls0e, ana oe- tailed 10 prepare rules and regulations under the Consular RsoFEanizatioh Act Of lime. 1904. 4 a.tt .4-lt !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
DRIFTW WOOD

Thanksgiving on the homestreteh-t try and see fl you haven't something to be thankfui for this year.. It's even worse to be "thinIxs-he was'' than q "has-been.Y Maud Muller on a summers day i s1H wish T she hadn't though for she's Brought forth million parodses.
 Motto of Nat Goodwin: If at first yaa don't succeed, tie; tie again.
 The trial of Roy Lamphere of LA porte, Ind. brings. to laind old Mrs Gunness, who used to figure so ,son spicuously in the press dispatches.
 ..Does Mir. Taft kneel when he prays." asks The Buffalo News. We presume so, we have seen elephants perform. that feat. 41 agree on the Eikias mascha
 France. and GermAny have deciaed not to hght, so we. will go ahead with
 Fashion Note: Smiles win be worn by all optimists this season as form eFs
 There is always some new cut. in coats, but 50 seldom any cut in prices.
 + -% 4.
 Because a girl is fair is no sign her, treatment of her best fellow VII. be so.
 When papers get co be made out of corn stalk as. Is now contemplated. some chap may get up scheme to feed 'em to the cattle after they have been read.
 Now for an editorial battle between The commoner and The Outlook. ing on ss' per week. So long as he only talks of 1t. it's all right.
 There are more reasons than one Africa" says The Savannah Press. Is this Is a confession that you are some kind of wild beast?
 We would suggest an iron brace for the seat of the Presidential chair. Also that 1t be widehed considerably. =
 Upon my word.
 The turkey bird
 As round the yard he hobbles.' Seems quite content For what he's meant.
 And sobbies. gobbles, gobbles; He made a good match. didn't hep "Yes; and you ought to see how he goes out at night" .-. Oh, my
 Pumpkin pfc.
 Tn the pantry on the shelf. | Looks so good That could
 walk right fin and help myself.
 It looks murky
 As he struts round days like these. Ask the blessing, Pass the dressing. And a drumstick, if you please Celery too. For to chew. And cranberry sauce so clear. On the farm. Oh what charm
 wish Thanksgiving Day was here.
 when it Comes.
 "ns" oR bury me not at sea: With the cold waves dancing exult- psep. sats: asep. deep where ships go down | And the poor. brave sailor folk must Deep. deep. deep. where the carnsi
 FiitS. '' ighOui-like over the sunken Deep. deep. deep, where the pirates In yseiiow sIiio lsy'rs lies manifold. l Oh. Mother Mary--when I must die l Pray, oh pray thee, let me He Somewhere of jp my own Soutniand Somewhere, pray thee. where close at TheraIi be the fresh magnolia bloom I TO sweeten the long, long hours oS The nodding of the dew-kissed rose 1 Above my head In sweet repose. 1 While the mocking bird. on the | zephyr's breath
 Shall sadly sing himself to death l Phil f5, Armstrong