davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
PANAMA CANAL coNsrRucT1os

PANAMA CANAL CONSTRUCTION.
 Tn a leading editorial on the plan of the Panama Canal. noting the ex- traordinary progress made in settling all diplomatic. political. financial and sanitary problems connected herewith. The New York Tribune yet doubtfully adds:
 The one factor of uncertainty, is of course, the Hlonstrous dam and flights of locks at Gatun. which are appar- ently necessary part of the high called that official and technical judg- ment was at first strongly against t2at type of canal. and in favor of a Iide- Level waterway. and # Is indis- best expert judgnsnt is 0siIp stipi on i that hat side of the question. One of the chief reasons of the government for reject it's internationai board of cSnsuiting engineers and adopting a high-Ievel when they had recommended a sea-levei canal was the supposedly great dif- ference in the time required by the two plans. That reason never seemed to us conclusive. The best type should be adopted, regardless of a few years difference in time required. But now it is demonstrated that with the increased speed Of construction which our engineers have attained it would be possible to complete q sea-level canal in less time than was allotted to high-level canal two or three years ago. A
 The Tribune gives place in its cole umns to an engineering plea for a re- consideration of the high-level plan and suggests that. little would be lost, except through indicental delay. in abandoning the monstrous Gatun dam and locks and reverting to sea-level construction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
This b My 6Osh B;rthday
Isaac shaFpless.

Dr. Isaac sharpless. president of Haverford College, was born in CheB- ter county Pennsylvania. December Is. 1s43., and. after a preparatory course, completed his education at the Law University. After % bic graduation ton is in 1873 he taught school for several years. and m 1875 he became an in- structor in Haverford College. In 1879 he was appointed to the chair of math- emattcs, five years later becoming dean. In 1887 he was appointed to the presidency of Haverford College. which position he stlli holds. Dr. ShaTpless is the author of q number of textbooks on geometry and astrono~ my and of several historical works. In recognition of his literary and edu- catiOnal work he has received honor ary degrees from the University of Pennsyivania, Swarthmore College and several other ~profniennt institutions of learning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
QUEBEC AN EMPIRE.
Area of AOo.oeo ssSare Miles Ann

Area of 400.0e0 Square Miles Annexed
 to old Province.
 American Review of Reviews.
 Of all the provinces of the Donain- ion of< Canada. Quebec has the most distinctive character. The western provinces arc English speaking and American in spirit, with a touch of real old ngland on the Pacific coast, The great central plain of the conti- nent. the prairie provinces of the do- minton, Is as like the American West as though not even the fiimsv wire fence separated British from American soil. It is really a fence of tariff and customs. nothing more. At heart and in spirit the great region which has Chicago. Minneapolis. and Winnipeg for its capitals Is Western American: in. It's press. its language, it's clothes and its sports ontario enc the mari time provinces do not differ widely from New York and New England. Tn Quebec. however, we have a distinctive people. It is a European people only slightly modified by climate and ge- ogfaphy. It IS true this people has also begun to be permeated by the American spirit in business and poll ties, but 1t remains Gaelic at heart, and the city which is the focus of its hiss taFv Is European, AS continentally Eu- ropean as is 'Havre or Bordeaux.
 Tn July last, by act of Parliament. the 100000 or more square miles of the territory of UnEaVR. all the east arn shore of the vast Hudson Bay. was annexed to Quebec. giving that prov ince e territorial area of more than soe.e00 square naIlA& and making rit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

That is something of joke on the national House of representatives we mean the incident of few days ago when one of its members spoke for ten minutes in favor of the pas sage of a certain bill which. it was afterwards ascertained. had passed the House last April. Neither the member who spoke for it nor those who listened to him remembered that the bill had already been passed till g clerk called their attention to it. Then we suspect that some of them felt as if they had lost something. It was they who were lost especially the one who was doing the speaklng.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
Lettsrs 7s .fke Eait.r, -
A yvhbL bnsnRvgDR HONOR.

lrf - f 4 Distaa&aisAea weslxsr fer Edaeation w.s.s. ,.s.1 "A Ain9nnan-
 E The new dbtfit6fk Of the Alabama Normal ColleEe LtFffsgston Alabama named tbssss Hsi Ronor of es Captain % w A. C. Jonel fQfrfer President of the Boafd of Ttustees The giving of this name is but 4 slight acknowledge ment of the great sesvices rendered by Captain Jones te the. college. to the town, and to the State in the cause of education: The .pfSsent prosperity of the college is iafkeiy due to the of Captain. Jones'
 It IS fact worthy Of record that more than twenty yeats ago Captain Jones sndeavQfcd to iriduco the Lesis- lature of, Alabama to paAs a Uniform Textbook Bin similar to the one which has since fbvo1utionized the public schools of Alsba1na. Captain Jones was so far la advance of his CO., temporaries in foFesight and wisdom that his bill could not be passed at that time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
:. T.. w.althlest Woman Ia Paris.

Leslie's Weekly.
 Possibly the .wealthiest woman in Paris in Mrs. A. Whiteomn, wno ooes not sneak a word of English and yet ;S vegsrded as an American citizen. Forty years ago she married lawyer who went from San Francisco to Paris for short holiday but WAio never returned to America. He amass- ed a great fortune in real estate st the French capitol, being aided therein by tips from the Emperor Neapoleon III regarding forthcoming public im- provements. Mrs. Whitcomo persona,- iv manages her own estate. now worth gao 00O. .0Oo. She has a number of splen- did homes, and she is the mother in- law of a French nobleman. She de- spises the frivolities of fashionable women. Only recently she bagan to appear occasionally in the American -set in Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

the largest geographicai division in the dominion. It Is a rich and splendid province, Quebec. more richly endowed with natural resources than even it's Inhabitants themselves as yet realize. Five or the great rivers of the coptt- nent. each more than 500 miles long, low through the province. Three of ite lakes. Mistassi4 Chebogomo, and Michikamau teven she names gre un- Erie in size. In It's foresfs its mines. It's fisheries. and the stupendous wat CT tpoWsrs of its rivers there is no EeoRraphical division in North Ameri- ca that can sufpass .iE Quebec sup piles. large proportion of. all the time bev used In the British Isles, and its forests are already sarnishing pulp for goodly proportion Of the paper upon which American journals are being governmept department of mines has explored, reported. sold, and leased 122 different water. powers" aEgregating m ore than a million horsepower poten- tiality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
rImE 10 sroP Ir.

s4 sasa
 The thepshtfpl men of the South win he@rtils endorse the editorial of The Memphis commercial-Appe&i un- der tue tftie, shooting of Negroes in the south Must Be stopped" The editorial was drawn out by . deed of bloesy v,elszss in which one white 1nsn caussleseiS kilied three negroes and 1prosshlx fatally woandsd two others with an automatic pistol This revoitsag lsfiling was ths most recent of series of negro shootings in Mem phis. And SO many of these shootinss had occurred ie Shelby county, Ten nessee. thst the chain of tragedies was termed a saturnalia of crime
 That human life is cheaper in the South than in any other part of the civifized world viii hardly be doubted, in view of the many uncontrsdicted statistics that have been gathered and published and there will be no dispo- sition to deny it by those who know conditions and do not fesr, to face the truth. This Aoes not mean that white meat are constantly killing negroes. For as often as white man kills a negro ana as often as negro kills a white man much oftener 6oese the negro. kin the negro. Negroes who meet violent deaths more, often faiI at the. hand of member of their own race than they do at the hand of the white mAn.
 But notwithstanding this there are too 1nsny white men in the South who dc not hesitate to use pistol on a negro with the slightest provocation. It Is largely, these men and their acts that have given the South bad repu- tatton for violence and have so cheap ensd hurnan life In many parts of the Black Belt 1t has come to this saying; ''rhe nigser killer always winds up by killing white man." The saying is perhaps too broad. but un- fortunately 1t happens too often that the man who shoots 2 negro and es- capes the penalty of the law appears in court again as the defendant charged with shooting white man.
 We have got to meet that fact squarely. Human life. even if it is the life of 8 negro. is held too cheaply, when the jury acquits the killer be- cause he Is a white man. Juries which have freed white men who ahould have been punished, have ap- proved. violence and weakened the jaws protection of human life. The time has come to stop this evil. The security and protection of the white race denandsgit as much or more than the security and protection of the weaker and inferior race. Murder is murder. whether the corpse is white or black. The man who is responsi- bIe for the black corpse and Is today freed by the law may appear in court tomorrow to answer his responsibility for4a white mans death. Exact jus tiee must be meted out to him who kills, evensiF his victim ''isoniy q niS- ger."'.... v-., -.--
 The Commercial Appeal says;
 We must hang white men for kill ing negroes as well as hang negroes for Killing white men. These murders come from the fact that there Is no certainty of punfshment for murder There aye some :, white people who seek to fortIgy q cowardly heart by getting & keputation as bad men They usuatIy end up by killing white men. We have got to put men in jail for carrying pistols and hang men for doing murder regardless of who is killing and who is killed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

The Richmond Journal remarks that Congress might get even with the President by assigning some secret service men to investigate the Panama canal matter" Our judgment is that there has already been too much secrecy in connection with the affair. A large consignment of publicity is what is needed now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
A Prophecy.
IipDincott's.

George Ade says that when q eer- tain college President in Tndiana a clergyman, was addressing the stu dents in the chapel at the beginning of the college year. he observed that it was "a matter of congratulation to all the friends of the college that the year had opened with the largest freshman class In it's history.
 Then. without any pause. the good man turned to the lesson for the day, the third Psalm, and began to read in a voice of thunder:
 . Lord. hey are they increased that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
Feeling Ys. GeoErnphx.

The DeIIneatOr.
 My little daughter had been told by her teacher to stand with her f&qe north. and her right hand would be at the east, her left hand would be at the west. and her back would be at the south. Starting to so over 1t, the tea9her asked. Now tell me what Is in front of your"
 After some thought nv little daugh- ter replied. My stomach"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

What is the matter with the great American hen?" inquires The Wash ington Herald. noting the scarcity and high price of eggs. We suspect she is offended because she is not included in the list of infant industries so that she may have the benent of the pro- teetive tariff, and has gone on a strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

We can at least sympathize with the unfortunate turk eys that are being made ready to furnish Christmas 1easts Sometimes we almost think we can detect note of dread iu their yelps and gobbles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
A MORNING THUOGHT
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

Humbolt tells of being deeply touch ed and impressed by finding beauti-
 full flower on the edge Flowers That of the crater of vesu- Bloom vius. In little hoi- dust had settled, and when the rain had fallen there was a cupfuI of rich soil ready. Then a bird or the wind had borne a seed and dropped 1t into this bit of garden on the crater's lip, and a sweet flower grew there. No wonder the great traveller was moved by a glimpse of beauty in such a place. We so often come upon lives that seem so utterly dreary and desolate. sor- there is scarcely one such life in which we may not. If we-Will. cause flower to bloom
 Goethe declansd that for one to do great things he must be young. An other wrote
 Youths heritage is hope. but mans Is retrospect of shattered plans And doubtful Elances cast before" When Jenny Lind was stirring old Boston. Webster called on her. After he had gone, she arose, walked to and fro, and with indescrtbable earnestness exclaimed: "Oh, that Is a man, that is a man. l never saw a man before."
 From their cottage homes on one of the inland seas. sthe men go forth ev cry morning to hunt for pearls. If the weather Is fair, at eYeutide they return without fear or danger. If the sky is overcast by storm clouds the mothers, wives and sisters gather on the beach and sing. Their songs are waited over the dark sea, and thus the boats are rowed safely to the shore.
 N
 "'Tis thus from over the river. The bounding stream of time.
 Sweet voices are echoing evar To us from the heavenly cltme.' I've seen many shadows fall on many hearts. I've seen the wreekage of the home, watched hope fade from view ana it listened to the sobs of tired and weary spirits. And then-EPve seen these clouds clouds rift one by one and l the ghadows fade like the mist of the morning. o yes; I've seen them pass away until all the night was filled with stars and the day become ons hiaza of glory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

When Woodrow Wilson says that women should speak their minds" we are led to wonder where he has spent his life; or is he deaf?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
Chickens and Art.

Atchison Globe.
 An Atchisoh giFl who has been raising chickens talks of giving them up for art If we had influence with that girl we would advise her not to do it. Chickens do not pay very vel. but they pay better than art. ...l. - -...--..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

Have there been any more additions to any of the Ananias Clubs within the past few days? We can't keep up with ell these small matters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

Net sunday Average. NovonbeE, ises 2e'osA
 c | F1nagan. Circulation MaEaRer Of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sNoFn.
 Yhs foregoing statement of The Adver- 4lsers circulation for the month or NoVsm- Der is0s is true and correcG,' ana complied after all returns from news poyN neWs arsrts, spoiled and left-ovef copies nave baen deducted ..sss
 e l. FINEGAN. Circulation ManaEer sworn to and subscribed bexnTe me t1as kHfh day of December. 1eos .,t
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public. , wrnWrsDAY, DECEMBER 1e, 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
sMoRN CIRouLAxEoN

The Montaomery Advertiser 8uafaatSes is adxertisers (and makes # a part ck tns contracf when requssxedJ that its daily cir culation s larger than that of 4ny naornans uswspaper printed ia Alabama-ana tnes L.s Sunday edition has the largest cirentAsHss1 s of any edition Of any newspaper prinpso B Alabama without exception.
 The figures for November printed TcaoN represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
TarIkeys ln deReraon.

Birmingham Ledger.
 There are several hocks of wild tur- keys In Jefferson county. One flock the Cahaba. ana one near Parkwood. If the birds are allowed to multiply for two Or three years, the woods will be full of them again. The wild tur- key Is the most desirable of all wild
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
Hard, on City Fellows. ka Marufnw pNaf

The Montgomery Advertiser thinks that it's country bfetheren ought to keep quiet about the good things they are having to eat during hog kiiiins time. It is a little hard on the fellow that has not get the hogs to hear 50 much about induigiug in the pleasant pastime of eating fresh meats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
s,,.m.,. ghslE n. ! Dsy is Psssed.

Vardaman, who has been appropriat- ly dubbed 'the Mississippl Vesuyius, 2 announces that he is again a candi- date for the United States Senate. Arkansaw Jeff and Old Ben Tiliman would no doubt welcome so poteHt a coadjutor, but the South doesn't want retard its progress by their jaskassery in Congress. @
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
What fks State Papers Are Saying and Doing
ESerxhaszx satiseed.

Hunteville MurcuTy- Hanner
 It ets hard to defect any note of sar- neses in the editorial concensus of opi- niod that this Is, the last message
 The Best EIement. Gadsden Times News.
 The Hartford C0urant and The Advertiser are seeming ly puzzled to account for the fact that a man can be elected to municipal office over the influence of the best the other crowd had the most votes.
 + -- /
 May Be Able to Stop Ht. Mobile Register,
 hrss tsS hSuse ,vnr oF snaa, sns carnon by handing over to a steering committee the making Of committee assignments. This Is as tt is done in the senate. The speaker ought to be able to muster enough votes to put that scheme to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

Goethe declaRed that for one to do great things he must be young. An other wrote
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

Wonder if the esteemed Atlanta Georgian will be through spelling through thru by the first of Janu- ary7 Or is this one resolution that lt refuses to make.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

When Jenny Lind was stirring old Boston, Webster called on her. After he had gone, she arose, walked to and fro, and with indescribable earnestness exclaimed: "Oh. that Is a man. that is a man. l never saw man before"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

According to the vital statisties the stork is getting busy in Montgomery. What an extreme pleasure it must be to the stork to leave a baby in such. 6 heavenly town as this. where If it be a boy he can grow into a useful eitt- bionds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16

The Brownsville affair has brought forth a special message from the Pres Ident That bunch of niggers seems to have stirred up hornets nest for all future generations to remember.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-16
NOT COMING SOUTH.

'WEDNEsDAY, DEcEmBER ae, 1908.
The Glenwood post., 1908-09-26
G. G. Parks Chosen for Senator.

From Saturdays Daily Post.
The senatorial convention of the
Twenty-first senatorial district in ses-
sion at the court house in Glenwood
.his afternoon unanimously nominated
C. C. Parks for senator for this dis
trct.
Jas. Dilts of Eagle county was chosen
temporary chairman of the convention,
and w. S. Parkison, temporary chair
man. This organization was then made
permanent and nominations being in
order, A. ]. Dickson nominated c. c..
Parks for senator. w. Ii. Clark on
behalf of Rio Blanco and l.. r. Thomas
of Eagle county seconded the nomina
tion.
On motion the nomination of Mr..
Parks was made unanimous.
The chairman and the secretary Of
=saaveption together with H. X.
Kamm were then choseH f&SsI.tf
mittec on vacancies, and this was fol-
lowed by the appointing of senator
ial committee composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: w. s. Simmons and 7.
b. Scott of Rio Blance county. w. II.
Harris and l.. r. Thomas of Eagle
county and A. j. Dickson and w. s
, Parkison of Garfield county. On mo-
ton the ticket was designated as the
Republican senatorial ticket. l.. r
Thomas was made chairman and w. S.
Parkison, secretly of the senatorial
central committee. The convention
then adjourned.
The Glenwood post., 1908-09-26
PLEDGES SQUARE DEAL TO LABOR

John 7. McCutcheon, cartoonist Az
rrgent telegram from Indiana Harbor
requested ten-minute stop. The rt-
quest was complied with
eco after Bryan and give him hail
Columbia was the admonition of tho
audience, and, taking the cue, Mr.. Taft
"went after Bryan The labor record
of his opponent, he said, began when
Bryan helped enact the Wilson Gorman
tariff bill which brought greater dia-
aster to the laboring men of the coun-
try than had been experienced in halt
a century.
Has he fred Haskell yetf' came
another query from the crowd. And
the general laugh which followed was
the only answer.
Mr.. Taft expressed his satisfaction
at being able to speak to laboring men
and "show you that / am not, as
have been represented possessed with
horns" He talked of the record of th.
Roosevelt administration which he de-
clared, had placed more labor legisla
tion on the statute boks, than had
been done in decade. He gave th'
Republican party credit for practical.
ly the entire body of federal laws
which had benefited labor.
With this concluding sentence, Mr..
Taft aroused three hearty cheers forI
himself: eff am elected president, al
hope and believe shall be, pro
pose, and it will be one Of my most
pleasant duties, to devote my time and
all the ability have to the coastfue
tion of legislation which shall plsej
labor on an exact level and give
square deal, and no more than = squas
DEAL"
The Glenwood post., 1908-09-26

know and Democrats who can be made
to understand. the Post quotes the fol-
lowing excerpts from the account given
by the Daily Avalanche of the Repub-
ican convention at Rifle Monday:
"Then John Wier, the efficient coun
ty clerk, was placed in nomination. Mr..
Dickson made a very good talk on the
way the office is carried on and it is
all the truth. John is certainly the
man for that place"
"Geo. Sievers, f. f. Chapman and
John Pedigo were lined up for com
missioner of the Carbondale district.
The vote came Sievers 1s, Chapman So
and Pedigo g. Mr.. Chapman is the
young fellow who served as messenger
for President Roosevelt during thu
time of his hunt and lives on Divide
creek. Everyone likes the young man
and all have good words to say for
him.
"P. f. Skiff of East Divide creek
was chosen as surveyor. He is son
of +. NJ. Skiff of that place and has a
good following. He is young man
who is pushing to the front in his pro
fession and he comes well recommend
ed"
"The farmers whom Mr.. Herwich
has been working with for some time
past got in their work and that is the
only way to account for the breaking
of the machine. They worked for him
very hard and one explained it 'he hal
been a square man with US and hi
cannot do wrong as sheriff Of thii
eounty.' !"