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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
A 4o-CENr SILVER DoI.iAD.
Nunnl'maIl't saEs KIT That: s. All the Cola

Nunismatist Says That's All the cosn ia New. York Times. S"' <,. ,, By way of emphasizing. the sxtraordina- ths united States silver dollar has been reouced' Thomas L. EldeF. a Twenty-third street coin man has had struck a number or silver pieces size of an ordinary dollar. bearing the inseriptiop: "A government doi- 9oo:1oeo fine, Market value. November ,.
 This the numismatist terns a ..Taft aei. lar" in contrast to the half dosen ,yeoaug of a. similar character that ware etruag 1900. called Bryan dollars" Bevefai jeweI- Fy firms of this city made coins to illustrate the size silver dollar would be fsit epnS tained full dollars worth Of coin silver, coins were more than twice the size of tEs regular silver dollar.
 The intrinsic value of the silver dollar has fallen lower during the last few weeks than ever in its history since the coin of this denomination was first Issued at the age of these pieces was discontinued be- cause they ware being rapidly exported on account of their value This old time. dok- lar weighed 41s grains which in 1s37 was ing 3Tlh grains of pure silver, which law has never been changed. .'-e'- tr s,,
 It is supposed that the chiefSFeasou that caused the coinage of dollars to- be. dlBoon-: tinued in 1894 was that they could be coun- terfejtad with such great profit Fat the genuine dollar. Ever since the t4stteaitn 1878 of the new standard silver AolleF,e its intrlnsic Valua has steadily decreased. It. is said the 1878 dollar contained tsM cepts prevailing. In 1ss6 the intrinsic value was about b6 cents,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
REvOLT AGAINST ESPERANTO.
Member of New York Society Declare
 It an Impossible Language. NeR York Tiuaas. ..

Member of New York Society Declare
 It an Impossible Language.
 Although Esperanto has been hailed as the coming world tongue for several with the Young Mems Christian, Asso= ciation conducting classes in 1t, and Colonel George B. Harvey giving much space to It's promulgatlon in his North American Review the ot1cers of the cided that, Esperanto is as faulty, as Volapuk. It's predecessor, was found to be twenty years ago. I.A
 At the last meeting of the society, on November ls. the mem bers. who have dwindled down from several .hundred to hfteen. voted unanimously that Es- peranto was too full of logical defects to be worth wasting any more time on. They. decided to take up In It's place the study Of Flo. another international language brought forward by the. Mar agis l. de Beaufront at the meeting Language- Delegation la Paris in oc-
 oficers of the New York Esperanto Society. pointed out yesterday that the diseredit into which the international language has fallen was not loraiI but world wide. They showed recent sde- preciatinE articles written about the language by such former nthnsiasts as. l. de Guesnet. formerly editor Of Msndo sas Rsris H.EsTp Esperanto organ Ira IA Secretary of The London Pfogresso: the Narquis .L. de Beaufront.; Dr L.. Couturat. P. l.. Meyer, of Dresden; R. Auerbach. of Dresden; O.. H. Meyer, of Chicago, and Dr. J. R. Harger. of the Esperanto movement in Europe five years ago. and the movement three years ago here. .s-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
This Date in History
December 8.

1s32-De Vries. on his second voy- ave' arrived at the Delaware river:
 i3sT-Delawere adopted the Federal Constitution, being the hrst State to
 1si5-John Carroll. of Baltimore, first Catholic Bishop. in the United States
 is1s-Illinois admitted to the Union as the twenty first State.
 ls39-Pope Gregory XVI issued a bull for abolishing the slave trade.
 lS63-General Longstreet raised the siege of Knoxville.
 lsS4-The Presidential electors met in the several States and cast the vote which elected Cleveland and Hendricks.
 1S94-Robert Louis Stevenson. Amer ican novelist died in Samoa. Born November 13. 1850.
 1904-Armored cruiser Tennessee launched at Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
< ABOUT. GRAVY.


 One of the New York 1newspa per writers has sheen descantiag ona the subject of gravy, probably because he had plenty of 1t on Thanksgiving Day. His remarks encourages The Kansas City Journal to tell what it knows, or thinks it knows, on the subtset of gravies in general and particular It talks so appetizingly that we are tempted to copy somewhat liberally from its editorial. so here goes:
 wSxs Good S,I, gravy l,,,79 may be msde in in many yolks of eggs. thickenins. and cons taining the most delicate of the "gib- let's" Is a gustatery poems the mem s Gb onEest wheh ytas saass of P9f @ @wss gs Es no literature. Nc panegyrics have t has gone about doing its good work pie and plum pudding. Its origin is lost in the dim perspective of his tory, but 1t is quite certain that the the sweet juices of the pork that tTicklsd SIcsIs forth upon the greedy yellow
 Gravy is the one distinct and perfect confection that lends charm to 'hone cooking" What a wearisome journey is 1t, for the unfortunate hotel out cast. from the blue points to the roquefort. How his eyes roam help lessly over the words on the menu In pathetic search for gravy a la home and mother" Euch imposing names as consonme bouQuetier, pomine paille, sweetbreads ptque henauit etc. etc. hold no enchanment like the simple, love-enshrined old word "gravy:" It Is gravy that drives the bach elor in quest of dinner invitations to hiG friends homes It Is gravy that moves most men to marry and 1t is the one thing that cannot be man. ufactured in hotels or cafes. It de- mands a home kitchen and q dear fit- tie woman to mix and make 1t. l.
 It has been pointed out that gravy has its philosophy. Our mothers recognized the utility of gravy when they made great bowls of 1t and stuffed their children with bread and gravy to the salvation Of the meat bill. Gravy and mashed potatoes, or that ethereal spblirnation called "ham gravy" transforms natures, makes men and saves nations from decay. Good gravy lures and holds. It keeps families together and reunites the es- tranged. We do mot always realize thls, but 1t is true. Let us have more Of 1t. .t.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
Night Riding in. the south

New Orleans Tim Democrat In the Letters column this morning will be found a communication on the night-riding movement. in which the writer attempts to compare 1t with the movement to re-estahlish white su- prenlacy in the seventies. Incidental iy- and inferentiany the letter seeks to Hthe masses" not of persons crimi- nally disposed. but largely of what is spondents argument. we think, is faulty in all of it's essentials. The
 movement of the seventies. which re- rule and the detestable domination of an Inferior race. Is not to- be Ukened to the effort of an inconsiderable fac tton to establish despotic control of their white neighbors by arson. and murder. or even by anonymous threats of violence and ruin. That the attempt to inau gurate reign of terror in the rural South Is not being made oy the masses. or even by persons not orim- inally disposed" or what Is termed of the better class" is clearly dem onstrat- ed by the bitter condemnation of the farmers themselves have denounced 1t as criminal folly. Instead of being supported by public opinion, 1t has been crushed, in most communities by
 The movement of the seventies was not for the overthrow. but Tor the es- tabfishmsut of law and order. It was .1v race against the usurpatien of an inferior, savage and utterly undiscip- lined one. The incipient. outbreak of inc pRst summer was aimed at the overthrow of law and the restoration of mediaeval tyranny. In which the lawless by the incendiary .torch and the assassin's knife, should misrule the law-abtding. Every constitutional right guaranteed by the white found CTS of a white mants government was threatened with .duyasiUnf If the raasksd rLaAE Ia aa1an4ttad to dictatA-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
That Jellks Surplus.

Attalla Herald. s..I Y {.
 so much is being said these days some good people are liable to. be slightly misled. The Jelks adninistra- ton did leave q sudplus in the State abeSs tSe noani appropfiatsG aropgS yG Sy ths State constitutioIi for schools ahd for pensions &.he exact amount of which we hsye not lgpred out. but 1t was CT, deficit, the last year of the Jelks aSlnisttrstio9 snba tEst of ss6ssssS This istration was more than six. thousand the State for the same period of time, aoS aS9 tss sas Es es5 aa a asf 2ea Ws h9Ss ss Conner adminlstfat 6h and we nnd the deficit, very greatly Increased. Of course the State is able. to meet all. money tor aiy purpose and there isa no probability that such will be aeces~ gary any time soon unless some un. has. never been the espoHcv os the State. however, to hoard money or to pile up and maintain a large surplus eln the 6ostrins that te gsGfat gsfate 0 Should soIise no more from the people than is neces. saEy to run the government economs last Legisiatnre did, make some heavy approprtatons as claimed. but 1t. was no secret that 1t was the policy of the Legislature and the .administration to would best conserve the interests of the people of the State sTo that end the appropriations to schools, and to ed. $67.000 too was appropriated to the behefits of Tural school houses. $134,OoG (e2, 900 for, each, countyJ was County, High Schools. about s5S. .Ooo was appropriated to pay the expenses of local courts heretofore established ip diferent cities thEopghout the State existing Circuit Coufts. county treas uries being relieved of that heretofore heavy and unjust burden; and Etowah ed S350,000 was added to the funds constitutionally set apart fog the cou- mon schools, and the benefits to the creased. 4 few new ofticss were ere ated, and a few kalaries were in4reaE- ed but the salary inerea SC of State 9seTg f srt aoSS nnt ne rs elected and ipducted into ofice. These are tlle increases in State expenses, and who will say they are bad7 The of Fevenue beretofore received from saloons and saloon evils. following lo- cal option and prohibition legislation. school purposes and to the 5ld soldiers surely no member of the Legislature or of the State administration would offer any apology. These appropria- tions should be maintained Lat their present high standard and if pthe money is not in. the State Treasury available for that purpose, then the money should be secured from other sources. l. is a burning shame that the grand old State of Alabama should be a tail-ender in this union, in the cause of education, and 1t is a: re- fiection on the press of the State that criticism of the LegisIatnre and of the present administration shodId be fndulged in that cannot fail in their ultimate analysis to reflect on the aIproDriationS made to Such. worthy purposes and resulting in lasting dam age to tho cause of education in this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

under pain of death or tnoendiarism, at what price his neighbor should sell the product of his toil why should he not, by the same means, dictate has nelgh- bor's religion, levy b1ackniail and Col Iect tribute as did the free booters and forayers in the middle ages? Once es. tablished by the specious device of Fuplifting's the farmer, it would be as difficult to rid the harried and ravaged country of the lawiess nlght-ridlng bands as 1t was of old to shake on the grip of the murderous and avarieious mereenaries who sold their. swords for license to Dfllage. ek A .s-t.
 The night-ridins movement is not only subverslve of law and discipline. but 1t is repugnant to all Ideas of human lty Justice and equity. It would bring ruin. rather than advantage, to the Southern planters. These things have been made so plain that it Is dimcuit to understand bow the defense of night riding can be seriously attempted. They are so clear that the orderly and la w. abiding in the rural districts have set themselves to the task of crushing out the movement, for their own pro- taction and thate-of their families and property. Stripped of fine words and euph opious phrases night riding is aL- archy In it's incipient stage. Its we'll meaning sympa thizers. for their own good and that of their neighbors sand copntrymen. can not recognize the fact too soon, .1s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

mediate object of this venture zwas sewage disposal. the Sanitaryk District Canal probably never would hHWe been undertaken except for the ideaN that 1t was ultimately to become part of a great waterway connecting Lake Mich igan with the Gulf of MexicoA Now sne state is planning to carry the project step further. with water power development as the immedf lustincaticu. though the great idea Nn dns dss.l pack as ground Is that of watfrwAy
 The. plan Is to dig waterway four cept In short rock stretches whefs the depth Is to be made twenfy-four feet. from Joliet. the present termin,1s ol the sanitary District Canal. to Btica. The distance covered by this rofite fss sixty-one miles. with a fafi Of i0f feef..s It Is estimated that the WaterpoyEer i'd be created by thls fan will easily re- pay the s20.o00.0o0 within twenfy years and leave the State therek fer Wlth property producing revepue yearly of S2, 500. 900 or more.
 The Federal government will De asked to build the necessary locks and 70 undertake the completion of tke Lakes-to-the-Gulf waterway, of which the proposed ehannet will form a part The movement for compreh hensive wa terway development Is strong in inc West. Demand is likely to be made upon Congress In the near future to promote the improvement of rivers and the development of all waterway pos- abilities Including the principal pro- 1ect, that Of naviganlel channel con meeting the Lakes and Gulf by way of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
This b My 7Oth Birthdoy .4 q -t-E: $. v. 2.
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Cleveland AbOe.'

Cleveland Abbe. distinguished met sorologist. was born in New York city, December 3. 1s3s His educatiuf was received at the College of vfhe sCity Of New York, the University of Michigan and Harvard University. In 1880 The joined the United States, coast survey and for the next, four years was. en- gagged in computing longitudes,. star catalogues, etc. In 1S6E he went to Russia and for two years was an as- sistant at the Imperial Central Astro. nomlcal Observatory at PouikOV near St..Petersburg. In 1887 he returned to America and became an assistant ct the United States Naval Observatory. From, 1868 to 1873 he was director of the Cincinnati Observatory, where he esta blished a system of daliy wea4h er maps of the United States! with a fore cast ssa. or tbs syeat her for Cincinnati and vicinity. This led finally to the a<iopz tion-of the general weather ,SePvtce bv tne United States. With this service IDE Anbe has been connected for near " forty years. first in the United States signal Service and later in the weather bureau of the Department of Agricui-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
We Do Not Need It.
ika Morning Post.

Opelika Morning Fos'' tbat we are threatened with by the Governor Gov gives some of us a feeling of weariness. The people or AiaoaIha have recently declared in no uncertain manner that they did not wish more sessions of the Legislature. and the Governor might do worse than 10 hearken to their wishes.
 There is no question but that the state has had too much legislation for the past two years and as the people have been outspoken against any eN- tra sessions 1t should not be torced upon them against their consent
 Alabama will not get over the bad Legislation she has already had Tor number of years. Capital has been driven away from the State on ac- count of some recent laws passed and more will be. so we trust the Governor will give up the idea of forcing. still more lesislation of the same kind on the people. when they have said by their votes that they did not want 4t..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

One of our Connecticut contempora- ries somewhat disconsoIately declares that 'Mr. Bryan can lead about a mill lion Democrats into a cave in 1912 if he so desires" Does it mean the cave called Adullam? But the brother needn't be discouraged. We have an abiding faith that Mir Bryan will not have the job of leading Democracy four years hence. Our opinion is that he has led it to defeat just about as often as will be permitted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
MR. TAFrs oPpoRTUNITY.
Suggestion That He Force Through a Tar
 if BiIl

SuRBGouOu 1uAN EOENb AnEou8h a Aat- if Bill.
 Lewiston (Me) Sun.
 It is a great opportunity for President Taft. He should choose as his Secretary of the Treasury. a strong man who will off the House fully drawp tariff bill He should ask the House to invite the sec-' retary of the Treasury to come before tt. and explain his tariff bili--taks up schedule after schedule, telling what the la1E-ls nov, telling what he woud make 1t. and why All in open House. v for by the Secretary of the. Treasury would he the reduction the President, the repre- sentative of all the people. asks for in the interest of ali the people The opponents of reduction would speak aS representatives or show the condition of their special intereht. It would be up tc them to show now StEut-- gIingly Infantile they are, and hoy aoso- iutefy indispensable # is thet, 9ll the peo, nle represented by President Taft" should be stiIi further heavily taxed to save them
 Standing before the House of Representa- lives as the spokesman of the Fresident the representative of all the people. demandlng the release of the people from hunorsas of millions of forced bounty 10 protected interests offering tax bill fulIy drawn that would give that F@iief ana enable .ne TniIlions of workers of America to en1oy the fruits of, their labor, the, Secretary ot inc Trsasufy' would have greater cause than has been fought for since the great battles over slavery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
The Lakes-to-tbe-GuIf Waterway.

Outlook. Nov. 2s.
 illinois on November 3 voted to au- amount snD5l1S es of sgo ooo ooS for % the purpose pletion the Lax es to -the-Guh water way project Incidentally Illinois in- tends to recoup herself for the outlay. and more. too, from the water-power that will be developed along the sec ton of the canal in question. The Sanitary District Channel, popularly known as the Chicago Drainage Canal to carry away Chicago's sewage. is twenty-two feet deep and 200 feet wide. The. distance covered by this channel. which has cost in excess of S5O,00O, oOO,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
Letters To the EdftOr
Mir. ReynoIds Not. an. 1p1IfeaDt,

Editor The Advertiser: '.T t.5, .l1 q
 Referring to the report ssnt yoh bv l was to succeed Rev. John W, stew art. as financial secretary of the Ban. tist Orphanage, will you please ssv now. and win not In the future ba sys applicant for the place, and would riot under any circumstances accept tbe position. ''V
 Evergreen. December |. "''us-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
The Extrn sesslon TaIk.

The Athens Courier. E
 There is talk of an extra session of the Legislature to settle the question of prohibition. Mobile Is defiant in her attitude. other towns of the State arc now liking a schedule of license for soft drink stands that indicate the alleged soft drink blishments will handle some warm as soft drinks. Governor Conner seems determined. to enforce the measure. and is talking of welding the "bfg stick" to carry out his measures, It might be d huge joke on the Governor if he were to call the Legislature together and they should go back to the local option proposi- tion. Stranger things have happened. But local option Is much. better than prohibition that does not prohibit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
win Never Win,

GGQSQGn ENSH148 E1Sl-
 Mir. Bryan is already a live issue again and is being discussed pro and con in his influence on the future of wide difference of opinion as to when and how his leadership will end. There are atilL thousands who believe he can be elected and other thousands who are willing to follow hirn to defeat in- definitely. That he fs the most re- markable personality of his generaticn friends proclaim and foes admit and no man has ever exercised greater infiuY ence over contemporaneoussh history but we believe that the majority of Demo crats have now become convinced that the Presidency fs not for him, If the party Is content to be the instrument of great reforms through an educa- ton Of the masses no. better leader can be found and none is needed, but if Democracy wants a controlling hand In the execution of reform policies then a reorganization under other leader ship would seem imperative. If we want q leader whom we can place in the Presidency we apparently must look to some other than Mir. Bryan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

Strange reasons for divorce are sometimes given, but one of the strangest is that which has been filed by an Indiana wife who is eighty years old. Her husband Is eighty two years of age and she is suing him on the ground of inhdelity. We con- slider that to be about the limit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

Prospects are good that the coal man will soon be the most important parsonage in the economy of the household. However, that will to some extent relieve us of the ice man. so we may call it even.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

No doubt some of our statesmen will be very much pained and disappointed if we fail to have war with Japan pretty soon. While We may feel for their disappointment we can conErat- uiate the rest of the people of both countries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
Too Good for 1lais' world

AIpeft was boIemn-eyed, apiritual.To6k- Ing child, according to Suecesa = 7,s { nuTss he said one day. leaving asts pleeks ana laying. his hand gently on her Knee "purse, ia this Gods day1s v
 .No. dear. said his nurse. "this ia not
 I'm so sorry. he said sadly, and went
 The next day and the next. ia his sersous manner, he asked the same question: and the nurse tearfuliy said to the cook ssrhaf child ia too good for this world"
 On Sunday the question was repeated and the uurse with Q sob in her voice sald, ssYes Lambie This is Gods day"
 Then where is the funny paper?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
THE PASSING rfaRoAc
Chewinw Gum IsractIce.

"Do not put me down as q knocker,.p {. aaid an unrufied theatre-goer. for what I'm to say about chewing gum. The practice is all right in a baseball game or during tennis passages, but save me from the art In a show house. The other night in tense moment. at the climax of an absorbinR scene, felt a shudder run through me. wished then that I had one set of ears for the play and one for gum. Di- reetly m front of me was a person--I will not say the sex---who ehewed away ihordinately at some dessicated mint gum. It was a harsh note on the still ness of the moment. It was a ine op- portuntty for the owner to rest the molars after the weary niunching that preceded, but not so. The chewing was all the harder think all gum should be chewed outdoors, but not on occasion. unless perchance the per- former has enough to pass around. If tnis were done 1t might enable all to chew in unison and no disturbance raised. But if you must chew in a elain."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
A Devout Hope.

It Is earnestly and devoutly hoped that Governor Conner will not carry out his intention of calling an etxra spring. The @ vast tsrn1 maiority of the he peoe @ pie of Alabama have had enough of the bad laws enacted. and do not want more of them and judging by past be hoped for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
The Nashville rennesseean gives t,

The Nashville Tennesseean gives to Arthur Brisbane credit for having built up he Hearst newspapers, and The Chattanooga Times intimates that Arthur will not feel very much flat tered at the alleged honor. especially as he is thinking of going Into the newspaper business on his own hook
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03

Hfsgen's campaign is said to have cost Mir. Hearst something more than forty-two thousand dollars and there are those who would like to know if Awiliie really got the worth of his
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