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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
THE TARIFF ISSUE.

More and more developments make 1t plain that the Democrats have a good chance for victory if they will boldly make tariff reform their para mount issue. They have twice elected President since the close of the war and that was the main plank of their platform each time.
 The most fragrant exhibition of how fer in order for great trusts to profit is shown by recent action of the bil- lion dollar United States stes1s Cor poration. The Steel Trust is said to be selling steel bars abroad at $10 a ton or thereabputs less than the new low price in the home market; something which has aroused the ire of no less friend of the tariff than The In- dustrial World. high tariff organ, pub lished at the metropolis. In reference to holding steel bars at $29 for home consumers while agreeing to lay them down at Swansea. Wales at $21.SO a ton--or SlT.s0 f. o. b. at Pittsburg, for export. against s2s for consumers in the Pittsburg district, the paper named says:
 Viewed from any conceivable stand point these transactions deserve das tns most to discredit the protective tariff system, what does most to un- settle the confidence of American con sumers in the maintenance of prices on all steel products. what does most to disgrace the claim that the exist ence of the Steel Corporation is bene- fit to the American public. what does most to expose the sham in the claims made as to costs of iron and steel pro duction, what does most to show that international price agreements are dumping of steel in foreign markets at prices enormously lower than the do- mestic rates.
 Nothing can do more to discredit the protective system than such opera tions. The tariff on such material Is high, yet it is only $6.72. Did not the Steel Corporation tie the foreign pow know that if they resold their ship ments would be stopped very prompt ly? They could ship these bars back to the United States at profit after @ cheap plea of keeping mills going and employing labor through these exports is an insult to the intelligence of the American public. How much more em- ployment would be created If the do- nestle prices were reduced to half as much?
 Surely no one can be found to defend such a policy. yet when an effort is made to work a reform the Republi- cans from President down unite in saying Wait until another time and let the friends of the tariff reform 1t" That time will never come. The way to work reform is to elect a Demo- cratic President and Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Last year was a pretty good one for giving. The panic hit the rich, but perhaps they had made their coptribu- tions to benevolent objects before 1t arrived. One computation is that the large gifts of last year--not including what you dropped into the contribu- ton plates on sundays-amounted to s12e 100000. but The Chicago Tribune. which is great authority on social statistics, makes the aggregate close to S150,0OO.O00 Rockefeller, Mrs. Sage and Carnegie are given in that order as the three largest donors, and 1t would take 8 financial earthquake to give them personal knowledge Of hard times. Tn round numbers the gifts to education were s71, 100000; to religion. over ss. .OOO. 900; to museums. art gal leries and public improvements. over ST, 100000, and to libraries, under ss,- 00O. 900. But these items only aggre- gate s1OO.OOO.OOO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Downing Street which 1t is proposed to take legislative steps to stop up and dis continue as a throughfare," had a fairly long and interesting history before it's of ficial record commences
 It owes it's name and origin to Sir George Downing. political Vicar of Bray, who was one of Cromwelrs favorite chaplains. and later so ingratiated himself with Charles H. that the King heaped substantial favors on him. including the gift of a valuable tract of land on which Downing Street arose Downing built -four plain square brick mansions" on 1t with "back fronts'' to St. James Park. fit for persons of hon or and quality, each having a plesant pros pect, with terras walk" In the eighteenth century the street had degenerated into shabbiness; most of the dingy buildings were used as lodging houses and at the Ringstreet end was rather low chop house, The Cat and Bagpipes, patronized by Bos- we'll while In one of the houses Smollett struggled to earn living as a sergeon. It was ouly in TITS. when Sir Robert WalpoIe moved from St. James Square to the fam ous No 10. that Bowling Street first as- stunned the official character which has made 1t the most famous street in the world."-Westminister Gazette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
The Ubiquitous' Scot.

AoHuOH Dafly NeWS.
 To be born a Scotsman is to be born with silver spoon in the mouth. It Is to be born, as 1t were, into the gov- erning family. We English are the hewers of wood and drawers of water for our Caledonian masters. Formerly they used to raid our borders and steal our cattle, but they kept to their own soil. In those happy days an English man had chance in his own country. Today he is little better than a bod carrier. The Scotsmen have captured not our cattle. but the British Empire They sit in the seats of the mighty Westminster is their washpot and over Canada do they cast out their shoe. The head of the English church Is a Scotsman, and his brother of York came out of a Scotch Presbyterian manse.S The Premier is a Scotsman, and the Lord Chancellor, the keeper of the kings conscience, is a Seots- man, too. London has became an an- mex of Edinburgh. and Canada Is lit- tie more than a Scotch offhand farm. Our single satisfaction is that when ever we want a book to read we have only to apply to Skibo castle and MT. Carnegie will send a free library by return. It is a pleasant way he has of reminding us that we want edu- eating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
Filipinos Leerning American Ways.

New York Evening Post.
 Who shall say that the Filipinos are not rapidly assimilating the true principles of democratic government? The shooting of the Governor of Ilo- ilo, is certainly proof that they are rapidly approaching the level of Ken lucky and Idaho, It is true that in the latter State it was an ex-Governor who was killed, and that dynamite was used as a more up-to-date method of removal. In Kentucky, too, the aim was more deadly, for the dispatches report that Iloilo's Governor is recov- ering. That the assailant was a dis appointed office-seeker shows, too, that the example of Guiteau has already made itself felt in the archipelago. Meanwhile. however. we confess to a genuine disappointment In the new Philippine Assembly. It has now been in session for nearly two months, and not a single fist-fght has been re- ported, Plainly, the manlier virtues are still lacking. We would. therefore, sug- gest that those two elegant and bril- liant exemplars of Anglo-Saxon cult ure, John SheAp Williams and David A. DeArmond, be sent to illustrate on the floor of the Philippine Assembly just how we settle personal differences in thoroughly scientific and gentlemanly way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
This Date in city History

January 6. 1907. Lieut.. Gov. Henry B. Bray and Senator D. P. Thomas, who expected to be President pro tenn or the Senate, made public statements of their positions in regard to the ap- pointment of standing committees. Each wished and claimed the prsvi- tege, which finally went to Mir. Gray.
 Many legislators had already gath cred for the session two days later. and there was much gossip and other more serious talky-talk about pros- pective transactions of the soions.
 W. L. Martin. who was elected and died towards the close of the first ses- sion, and R. Tyler Goodwin. both of Montgomery. were the candidates for Speaker of the House.
 About town the chief active interest in the Capitol lay In preparations for Governor Comer's inauguration.
 The Montgomery Baseball Club be- came the Montgomery Baseball Asso- citation.
 The Finance Committee of the Conn Gil decided to recommend the extension of Monroe Street to Commerce Street.
 Today i've years ago The Advertiser told of the first sermons preached fin Montgomery by three new Methodist ministers, Rev. J. A. Rice, newly ap- pointed pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church: Rev. R. F. Tread-
 
 Church, and Rev. q. T. Mangum at the Clayton Street Methodist Church.
 The Council sidetracked a resolution that the Legislature be asked to per- init the city to refund it's bonded in- debtedness at 41-2 per cent. interest instead of the then existant rate. { per cent.
 Montgomery, County school teachers were examined at the Capitol.
 The proposed purchase of a hose wagon for the Five Points Fire Sta The two local lodges of B'Nai B,Rith celebrated B'Nas B'Rith Day.
 The Alabama Bible Society held it's annual meeting.
 Twenty-Five years ago Judge Bruce adjourned the U. s. Court
 Heavy rains and wretched streets were complained of Court Street from the Square to Monroe Street was called "a perfect lake of slush."
 Marsh King, transfer clerk at the Union Depot, announced the placing of a mail box at the station.
 Rev. '. O. Andrews, new pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church. ar- rived.
 Joe Jefferson's performance of Bob Acres in "The Rivals" and of "Rip Van Wrinkle" at the Montgomery The- atre were highly praised. Mrs. John Drew was Mrs. Malaprop, Frederic Robinson, Sir Anthony. and Mir. Ring gold Captain Absolute.
 Governor O'Neil and family returned from Mobile.
 John P. Tillman of Selma became a citizen of Montgomery.
 J. c, Hurter & Co. amounted they would construct and operate another compress in Montgomery. k-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
CameIs Once in Texas.


 The discovery of the skeleton of a camel in Texas caused great local sur prise for a time. as the oldest inhab- itant could not recall when a circus had passed near SpoffordSJunction, the locality where the bones were found. A local historian has, however, fully accounted for these camel remains. It appears that in the early '40s. upon the suggestion of Federal officers, a large herd of camels were imported from Asia and. brought to Texas, to be used as transport animals over the rugged hill country of Western Texas and New Mexico. The camels failed to do what was expected of them, and so the surefooted burros peculiar to that sec- tion, were again pressed into service as baggage transports for the troops The discarded camels were found to be an unnecessary expense to the forage department, and so were turned loose to live or die. Of course, in due course they died, and the bones of one of the poor beasts recalls the old Federal experiment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
INFORMATION About . Reliable Medicine.

We want the people of Montgomery to know that we believe the most val uable cod liver preparation--the best tonic reconstructor, health restorer and strength creator known to medi- cine today is vinol.
 Vinol is not patent medicine as everything it contains Is named on the label of every bottle. We guaran- tee Vinol contains beside tonic iron all of the medicinal. curative and body building clements of cod liver oil actually taken from fresh cods' flyers. but without drop of the use- less oil to clog the system. upset the stomach and retard it's work. This is why vinol is so far superior to old- fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions
 vinol is guaranteed by over live thousands leading druggists of the United States to- create health ana strength for old people, weak. sickly women and children. nursing mothers. and after a severe sickness. and for hacking coughs. chronic colds, bron- chitis and throat and lung troubles.
 Try Vinol on our guarantee. E. c. Fowler, Druggist. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
This A My 28th Birthday
 HENRY E nExFsy

Henry D. Dixie. the well-known &C., tor. was born in Boston. January 6, lSo9. his real name being Dixon. He made his stage debut in a child part at the old Howard Atheneum part in the production of "Evangeline." The playing of many roles in light opera and comedy followed and won the young actor a high place as a finished artist His first big success was scored
 in "Adonis." which had a run of 800 performances in New York. In 1894 MT Dixie surprised the theatrical world by his success in light comedy as d member of AuEustin Dalys famous company. Especially noteworthy was his Malvolto sn Twelfth Night" which certain critics went so far as to de- clare was the best presentation of the character that his generation had seen. In recent years he had appeared sue cessfully in a number of plays fin the United States and in England
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
The Oldest Senator.

Senator William B. Allison wants to be reelected to Congress. for if that event oc- CUTS. he will be well on his way to eomplet- in forty years of service in the Upper House He was borne at Perry. O., almost seventy nine years ago, and he was represented Iowa in the Senate since 1873. He can still" says a writer in HaFper's Weekly walk off briskly from his house on Yer mont Avenue to a dinner party or a com mttee meeting. He still knows more about appropriation bills than all the Senate put together plus the House and It's Speaker. He harks back a long time. He married a daughter of Senator Grimes. who outranged Ben Butler and pleased Justitia by voting against the conviction of Andrew Johnson, knowing full well that Ben Butler could turn him out of public life When a bud gets out of French German talk she can bet the diplomat a pair of gloves that he can't get direct answer from old Allison to any question he may ask"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

It has been about decided that Co., lumbia University shall receive the rnantel before which Edgar Allan Poe sat when he wrote The Raven" It will be given a conspicuous place in the college library. The Pittsburg Post says: Many institutions applied for the relic. now owned by a Brooklyn citizen. Certainly, this bit of house furniture is an interesting possession, for it was Poe's mantel. But how much more important were Poes poetic mantle and it could be worthily be- slowed upon some American poet to- day"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Lesiie's Weekly referring to Cover nor Haskell. of lokiahoma. as a fav- orite with Democratic prohibitionists as candidate for President says he Is southerner and therefore popu- lar in this section. It doesn't make any difference where the can..-sts may come from, or where he was born. Governor Haskell. however. Is a native of Ohio and located in Oklahoma a few years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
ozone in Theatres.

Der Gesundheitsingeniur' has an inter esting account of the use of ozone in places of amusement. based on experiments made at the Royal Interimstheatre. in Stuttgart. ''To open windows and doors.' says the writer, 'in order to improve the air Of a room lowers the temperature, which must be raised again if the people would be comfortable This practice is also menace to good health and productive of much harm. At the Stuttgart Theatre. after a performance when the air was heavy, ozone was conducted in small tubes into every part of the auditorium. and in few minutes the air vas pure The remarkable fact about the ozone apparatus is that It can be run for about to 10 pfennings an hour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

The preliminary estimates for 1907 of the production of gold and silver show a falling off in value of the first of more than s4.OOO,OOO and an :n- crease in fine ounces of the second by a million. Colorado again leads, as in 1908. in gold; and Montana in silver mine output The total remains at high notch and will silently aid in sup pressing visionary schemes of finance Probably mining troubles account for the loss in gold almost wholly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
New AuntrnIinn. Stamps.

London Chronicle.
 Australia is going to astonish the world with it's new issue of stamps. They are to be of such a superlatively artistic character that. according to the departmental board, that has been con- sidering the subject. "40,00 pounds worth will be sold to philatelists alone during the hrstZyear, and after that the sale to the enthusiasts will aver age 10000 pounds per annum. ~ The stamps. which are to be "a world wide advertisement for the commonwealth are to be printed from steel plates, and their designs will 'fllustrate the char acteristic features of Australia"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
Tn . NitrowIyceria aMiII.v

Scientific American.
 discipianing Is maintained. All en- frances are carefully guarded by searchers, who vigorously examine every individual who desires tQ enter. relieving him of any metallic tobjects that may be carried upon his person. together with matches and other sus- picious objects which upon coming into contact with the dangerous chemicais used in this zone might provoke serious trouble. No matter how often an smpioye engaged within the mill may pass in and out. everyttme he enters he must submit to this pre- liminary and essential operation. There are also some 500 girls employed. and these are under the charge or matrons. Hair pins. ordinary pins shoe buttons, metal pegs within the soles of the shoes, knitting and other needles are all >reIigiously barred Their hair is tied with braid or rib- bons. and, as with the male Employees. every time they enter the danger area" they are similarly searched by the matrons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
According to the figures compiled by

According to the figures compiled by Henry G. Hester. secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. the move ment of cotton of crop of 19O7-O8, for the months ending December 30, foots up 6,7O6, GOT. as against 7,990,902 for same period last year and 7,O7S,S27 for the year before. In view of these fig- ures we do not see on what ground a claim for over. if as much as. 11.OOO.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
Oue noatIoad of Vheat.

A pretty baking was represented by that cargo of 421.00o bushels of wheat carried from Superior to Buffalo in the hold of one lake steamer It weighed about 25,26o.000 pounds and will mill Into 1s,s45,o00 pounds of flour convertible into more than 20,000,- 900 pound loaves of bread-three loaves a day for each man in Admiral Evans fleet during the whole cruise if 1t does not last more than a year and a half Assuming that the wheat was harvested from lands which give an average yield. the crops from 33,6s0 acres were poured into the ship at Superior and dipped out at Buffalo It took 12.0O0 farm wagon loads to carry the wheat to the railway stations and 300 cars of forty tons capacity were hauled to Super for to make that one cargo.-New York Sum
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
This Date in History
JANUARY c.

I69S-Whitehall Palace, London, ne-
 stroyed by fire. 17G9-S1eorge Washington marrleu to
 Martha Custis. 17S1-French attack on Jersey. ISII-Charles Sumner born in Boston,
 Died ;n Washington, March II,
 1874. ISlS-John Tyler American patriot and
 father of the tenth President of
 the United States, died in Vir-
 gfnia, Born there Feb. IS, 1747. Is42-Massacre of British at Kyber
 Pass. 1s4s--John c. spooner. former Senator
 from Wisconsin, born in Indiana. IS4S-Insurrection at Messina. IS03-Last spike driven ;n Great North ern extension to the Pacific.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
The Passing of The Dlspensary.

TuScaloosa Times Gazette.
 The dispensary is dead! Peace, to it's ashes, whatever they may be! It has had a right long and honorable career, yet, according to g. good majority vote, it sleeps well. It's career has been honorable. not in the amount of drink which 1t has sold, nor in the misdeeds which its product has induced-but in the drink which it has kept from being sold, and in the re- training influence which 1t has exer- cised over a baneful temptation--in it's somewhat successful efforts at a solution of no slight problem. "The sovereign voice of the people," as the politicians love to say has thundered, and today it's once-active counter is being viewed as a curious ruin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
The nenths nf snace-

Taking the earth as starting point, we will go in a straight line to any point of the heavens We start. At the end of the first second, travelling as are with the velocity of light we have already gone lS6. 900 miles; at the end of the second. 372, 900. We con tinue, Ten seconds-a minute-l0 minutes have elapsed--111 600. 900 miles have been passed . . . Carried on without stopping by this same rapidity of 1se 900 miles each second, let us penetrate the expanse in a straight line for whole years 50 years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Says the Louisville Courier Journal: Tn these hard times the greatest value for the smallest outlay is the daily newspaper. printed on white paper that costs more than the sell ing price, and furnishing information that costs thousands of dollars to sOl- lect and put in type"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
despatch a few days ago an

A despatch a few days ago an- nounced the death somewhere out West of another man claiming to have been one of the soldiers who captured President Jefferson Davis. It looks as If that line will stretch out until the crack of doom" Enough claim ants to that honor have arisen to makC a good sized brigade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

In a German mine recently a bore was being sunk. and at a depth of almost . thousand feet the hardened end of the steel bit broke off. To get the broken piece of steel out a soft bar. five feet long and about three inches in diameter. was sur rounded by a single winding of India rub ber-eovered wire, It was then magnetised and let down the hole, and raised the steel to the surface without further trouble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
s,gnRr nrRCuLArIoN.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantses fts adv aFtisers (and makes h part of tns contract when requested) that its daily ciI- cp1akicn is larger than that Of an- mornins . newapaper printed in Aiabama--and tnAt ns Sunday edition has the largest cfreuiasion Q. any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for November printed below represent the actual net circulation. sh " turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Sweet Seventeen is not much use as a character in a story which tries to deal in any real way with human nature You need Sensible Thirty5five" and experi- ence; and that Is why the age of the hero inc has grown remarkably. It has not as yet gone over forty. but one never knows when it may.-Book Monthly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

An electrical instrument recently inVen- ted for avoiding the pain incident to the erable attention. Briefly in consists of ad- unstable prongs. carrying buttons and con nected with an electric battery. The but tons placed the face over the nerves leading from the teeth to the brain, and circuit is established the moment the ex- tracting instrument touches the tooth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

even century. Where are wei For . long time we have gone beyond the last starry reigons which are seen from the earth. No mind Is capable of following the road passed over: thousands of millions joined to thousands of milioPs expressed nothing but we have moi advanced a single step in space. We are no nearer limit than if we had remained in the same place.--CamiIle Flammarion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Wellington. the political capitol of New Zealand, Is one of the windiest cities in the world. and once a building there gets well alight there is little chance of saving 1t. Everybody in Wellington clutches his hat rounding a street corner to prevent it's being blown into space. A Wellington man is always known in Sydney, Melbourne, and other cities by holding on to his hat through force of habit.-London Chronicle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06

Despite constant heavy rains Preston, England. is threatened with a water famine, a species of fine moss having found It's way into the water mains and blocked the sup plies. Whole neighborhoodse are affected