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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
ARMY BEooMINa DIsooURAeED.
Onicers Deeply Concerned Over Future If Enlisted Men Are Not Better
 Paid.
Washington Dispatch to the Chicago

Washington Dispatch to the Chicago
 one could not exagwerate. if he With with which the oficers M Il of "2pei9. the Ameris can army will view the future if Con- gress fails at the present session to pass the bill granting an Increase of pay to the rank and file. It is only are much more concerned about get ting more money for the enlisted men than about getting it for themselves.
 At some of the posts there are bare ly enough soldiers to do guard duty as 1t ought to be done. It is a present condition with which the army officers are concerned first, and it is a future condition over which they are concern ed second. The future condition is the more serious, because 1t means that if things go on as they have been doing, the country and its Island possessions
 Men who have worn shoulder knots since the days of the civil war tell me in all seriousness that unless the peo- pie bring pressure to bear upon Con- gress to provide adequate pay for the soldiers the people soon will find them selves, as far as the regular army en- ters into the matter, practically with out defense. and reduced almost to the stage of having no seasoned force as a nucleus of efficiency for untrained Ma ttonal Guardsmen and green volunteers.
 In two field batteries stationed at EOII MySrs near WaSAlnBtons W tHeTe are only 125 men, though there should be 250. The post is one of he most at tractive in the country, and the artil- lery, under modern equipment condi- tions, is an ideal service: yet the men will not enlist Post libraries, recrea- ton rooms, field atheletics, comfort able quarters, good food, good cloth ing, free medical attendance, and plunge and shower baths all avail nothing to attract men to life which would draw them by the thousands if a decent allowance of pay for the ser have been willing No render in war. were added to the Inducements
 Joint encampment of the regulars and the National Guardsmen will be held next summer. The regulars en- Joy camp as we'll as garrison service, the belief of officers Of the army that these encampments, into whose mill tary life the national State soldiers en- ter, would induce enlistmenta from the National Guard by the hundreds if the men knew that their pay would be willing to do for their country.
 Tn recent number of the North American Review, General William H. Carter, commanding the Department of the Lakes, has an enlightening article under the strongly suggestive title. service to patriotism if persons who decry every word said in favor of in- creasing the efficiency of the army read the article from it's first to it's last line. It is written by an officer not given to sounding trumpet alarm notes, and who forthe worth of his service was made brigadier general years before the time when, under the ordinary rule of promotion, he would have been entitled to wear his star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

oppose the administration with all its power to reward ana punish. Fur thsr. these Cleveland Republicans who have thus gone back on their former idol are doubtless convinced that For aker has no show for the nomination, and that there is nothing to hope for from him If there Is no hope that he will be President they reason that there's no need to stick to him any longer.
 That Is politics. as the reader should understand--practieal politics. be it re- membered. To go back on the old friend who has no chance to be Presi- dent and take up with the man who has the advantage of the Roosevelt backing and influence is the way to reap profit. It matters not how much the President may deny that he Is us- ing Federal patronage in Taft's favor. there will be those who believe that the only way to win Presidential fa- vor and patronage is. to support the man who is backed by the President. That may do the latter an injustice. but the belief is so firmly established that 1t is not to be routed. That. no doubt. explains the action of the Cieve- land Foraker Club. and it will also explain why many other Republicans are whooping it up for Taft. Pie is the explanation. and even prospective pie is not to be overlooked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

Is woman never to be free and en- joy all the rights and privileges of mere man? Up in sonne of the Eastern cities woman Is not allowed to smoke in public eating houses. and now the news comes from St. Petersburg that yemen who smoke win not be allowed to see the czarina. Whether the Rus. sian ladies will give up the cigarette in favor of, their royal mistress remains to be seen. And then there is the an- nouncement that the proprietor of a swell hotel in New York will not serve meals to woman who has no male escort. A chaperon or even family dog will not let her enJoS herself. but she must have real man to vouch for her. That Is getting serious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

Totai. ... ..1e7,25e
 Of course the is5 aso words of the annual messages constitute only a part of the discharge of the Presidens messages and scores of speeches have been fired in the faces of the Ameri- can people. Such was the message of yesterday--it was an extra. The S5,l45 words of the annual message, which put All newspaper readers to sleep last December, were insufi1cient to accomp. fish the purpose of the greatest Of all ifnpitIsive of all our executives---and so we have-a a supplement of 12,S10 words, making a total of 47,956 in eight short weeks Is there to be no rest for the weary? Will President Roosevelt. in his strenuosity, be satisfied with this7 Or Is there to be another supplement. and then an extra or two. till Congress in despaiT adjourns as the only sure way of escape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
DRIFT " OOD nx PHIL N. ARMsTnoNG.

Ensland's daily consumption of match. es placed end to end would reach 15,0o0 | miles. Almost as many as our ofice boy burns smoking cigarettes in a year.
 A Kansas City paper asks why don't railroads discharge their groucfv efn- ployesT Because. like the discoufteuus street car conductors of New York. they are permanent fixture and seem Mir. Bryan says he has no ear for music. still we believe he cad distin. guish the Democratic band wagon Say, did you ever run into barbed wire fence. come into town next day, walk into barber shop and have the bar sometimes. don't your"
 Forgive us our spring poetry as we forgive those who spring poetry Its all risht to cast pearls before swine these days--meat Is 90 high. Physical cuiturists say that bans,n. to strap isNhealthy. Umph--it isnf for the small boy at the wrong end
 
 weather is--the mercury registered ss degrees bellows sero in the Adirondai<s the other day.
 A Chicago woman has just adopted a she train them up In the way they should go. Merely attending church doesn.s make wearing his hat on the back of ~ his head head makes the young Ereenhorn a All girls these days are admitted to the chorus as matter of form.
 4 4
 Nas
 I wouldn't bs a King
 Not I-S
 And ride bohab-sheii
 To the Sky!
 The undertaken makes lots of money out of automobiles by his keeping away rom sm and other people nos Don't try to shake everybody by the somethink up your sleeve. ]. '. Alter tier. ali n the, candy factory Is the To see gifi sariy in the mornlse and tO see her again at night is q transformation scene the masculine bfain is utterly incapable sf grasp ing.
 Well, perhaps he Hughes to the marx letting the chips fail where they may
 Sevss.
 Truth crushed to earth Will roach tHe slsies < But the bread Jane makes
 Win never rfsa. ' tE5sss s.sA q. gsBSss 4 The ASsakemhme. There fwaa d sfnan in otff town And he wae wondrous wise. He married Q maid while Cupid went And scratched out both his eyes. In just one year he realised They'd have to part ih twain Though Love was blind you see Divorce Has scratched them in aeain
 HeaHisam. Her eyes are like the vtoIets And her checks are ike the rose, Her hair is like spun gold, but she Has corns upon her toes
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
EASY TO EXPLAIN.

A few days ago there was sent out from Cleveland, Ohio, special tele- gram to The Kansas City Journal stat ing that the Third Ward Foraker Club, which has warmly supported him in all his struggles for the past twenty years. had endorsed Secretary Taft as the clubs choice for President. This ac- tion has put The Journal into a tangIe, "It must be evident to any reflective mind" says that paper. that some ex- traordinary and potent influence has been. exerted to accomplish such a re- versal of the natural order of things as indicated here. To student of po- litical conditions it is clearly apparent that the members of this club--Fora- ker's pet organization-are not ex- pressing their free and untrammeled will in pursuing the course herein out lined. It is pretty clear, too. that neither are the voters of Ohio sener- ally voicing their own independence of action in deserting their two United States Senators-theIr trusted leaders for nearly half a century-and flock ing to another banner"
 Surely The Journal cannot be so in- nocent and simple minded as to be ig- norant of the influence behind this change of base. Of course there is "a potent influence" in the case, and that influence has it's abiding place in the White House in washington. Taft is admittedly RooseveT's choice for the succession, and to oppose Taft is to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
This Dats in History
Feb.u..ry i2.

EeDruAry 1z. 1sss--cotton Mather born. Died. February IS. t72s. l7ss-o -ogiethorpe started colony at Savannah.
 I77s-John Adams went as American Ambassador to France. 1s0s--Abraham Lincoln born. Died. April IS. 1865.
 is3s--Henry Clay introduced the compromise tariff in the Senate. 1e5i--Gold discovered in Australia 1Ss4--Alice Roosevelt Longworth born.
 1ss2--Abraham Lincoln's birthday celebrated at a legal holiday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
A DIME To A poLLAR.
me sames R. Isandall Memorial Funa.

Ratfcence to offer it's mite to a wor- thy and desired result. often holds back 9he hand that fears competition with one better fitted.
 He who gives hts dime to good oD- ject is doing his share with him Who gives his dJliars.
 Therefore, this paper will receive any and all contrib a.ions of from Ten Cents up to One Dollar. and will list the same (with or without namesl in this place for the James R. Randall Me- morial Fund.
 No subscription of over $1 will be listed here. Any one desiring to give more ean write directly to the editor or to T. C.. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires to aid this worthy and much-needed testimonial, it can do so by Keeping this paragraph standing at it's column head and re- peatlng this note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
The Washington Times thus sums up some of the diversified grip remedies:

Some of the latest advice about grip tend to distract the mind of the suffer. what's the matter with him. Don't go out of the house, they say. Keep out of doors. Drink whiskey.. Avoid fn- toxicants. Consult yeNt physician. Es- chew doctors. Eat sparingly. Don't stint your food. Dress warmly. Don't bundle yourself up. Remember you are sick man. Forget 1t.
 Out of all those q man. must be very dense if he falls to ind something to fit his case. You take your choice. whether you pay your money or not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

Now they have invented an automatic comet. just as If We hadn't already enough automatic noises. Next we know somebody will put of an artih- cisl cat to keep us awake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
WORDS. WORDS, WORDS.

Statistics of President Roosevelt's Ver-
 hose Messages to Congress.
 Rochester Post Express.
 Yesterday our impulsive President pulled the trigger and bombarded the American people with 13,000 words. The attack came without the slightest warn ing, but as the smoke clears away the dead and injured are composed exclu- siveIy of proofreaders--poor unfortun. ates who had not recovered rom the awful shock of the twenty-efght col- umn message of last December.
 To grattfy an idle curiosity we have made a close estimate of the number of words in the seven sannuai messages that President Roosevelt has had the happiness to deliver to the American
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Wen rnherstood Cuntom.

WashlnRton Herald.
 When an Assyrian girl takes a hus- band. she doesn't speak for three days says the New Haven Journal-Courier. Doubtless the male population of the country has long ago ceased to build up false hopes about that apparently seductive fact, however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
SWORN CALCULATION

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantses sen advartisers (and makes it a part of the contract when rsquestsdl that it's daisv cir enlation is larger than that of any mornin9 Nowspaper printed in Aiabafne-and that nS &unday edition has the largest circulation ol any news paper printed in Alabaz=a. without exception.
 The figures for December printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- tufns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

An Eastern contemporary emits Q plain def. to The Houston Post when It speaks Of a blizzard coming up from Texaay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
what They Missed.
WashinRt

washington Post.
 The gentlemen who neglected to get out of the race will never know what 6 superheated speech he had all Framed un to hand out in reply,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

E. a Noble. Circuiation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn aarss
 The foregoing statement of The Adxerfi- n1f's circulation for the month of December, 1eo7, is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boyH. news agents spoiled and leftover copies have been ds- dactsd N O. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. HwcFn to and subscribed before ms thia fENAI.l RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Publlo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Friday the 18th.

1uScalOOsd keeCOrU.
 The postponinenf of the primary from March 18th. to May IS is rath CT candidates who hoped the agony of sus- pense would be over by the middle of March. They might have known that something would happen when they selected Friday the 1S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Reaalne AdveEtlsments.

Hefiin News.
 Some people--and this class is grow ing all the time--read the advertise ments with the same serious attention which they would give to any other business matter of the day, They find as much interest tn the advertisements as they find in any other reading mat terra They realize that the advertis- meFtts "come homa'' to them more than the news usually does. They know that the advertisements have had good deaf to do, directly with purse well fares.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Lone-LIved People

For human longevity Madison Coun- tv certainly leads the list. AS one evil dence. there survives ct Monrovia, rep resentatives of five generations. Mir. W. Y. Vaughn's grandmother. Mrs. Yancey, is still hale and hearty at the age of ninety. Mir Vaughn is himself a grandfather In a few miles of Mon rovia a few years ago the sum of five neighbours ages was 413 years. The same can be said of almost every pre- cinct in the county. A dozen or more octobenarians reside in Huntsville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Doing Good With Hl. Money.

MObIIo Item.
 Rockefeiler's millions will buy and the boys of city slufns In the heart of the woods, according to New York dis patches Bully for John D. At last he Is getting some good out of his money
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
ElenElnal.

Her eyes are like the vioISts
 And her checks are ike the rose, Her hair is like spun gold, but she
 Has corns upon her toes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Hieh in ouamtitv and ouallty
Teday Isears ana Some What Others

Representative T0wnsend, of Mich gan. declares that. Mir. Roosevelt al not cause the panic, yet the railroa men have put hundreds of locomotive into barns becatise of the lack of bui mess. call these idle machines 'Tedd bears" The impression cannot erased that freddy did 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Gress Harvest Yesr.

HanceViIIe HustIef.
 The prospect of the new year is a vast harvest. Much more cotton and much more corn than in many years will be planted. People need not fear a panic when we raise corn and cotton we can eat and wear at home. The Monkey House Artist Comes Hish. Tri-Cities Daily.
 Financial stringency does not seem to have touched the musical favorites of the public. Caruso, the artist who he'd the monk ey-house adventure re- gently, had 94O,0O0 in the New Am sterdan banks which failed the other day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27

want Ia fellow her about for and mix I'd
i'm things that did not concern her? She
forgot that she had looked to her sister
to help her out OF the predicament in
which she had found herself at the
theater and her fear of facing her parents
because of the forged note. All she
cared to remember was that she had been
certain OF getting the note herself II
was true she had been afraid o. Craw-
ford. The violence OF his declaration OF
love had alarmed her. But she felt sure
that he would not have persisted I'm face
Of the protest, for he was such nice
man and liked her so much. The more
she thought about il the more she came
TO. look upon herself a martyr to
Patsy's interfering proclivities and as
sumption OF the right to boss her. She
was deeply resentful also of Patsys
rough treatment of her In the bedroom.
and of the fact that her sister should
have dared to suspect her. The net result
of this meddling. she figured IL. was
that Patsy had stirred up a row between
Crawford and Mallory that had caused
them TO end their partnership. got herself
into trouble with Mallory and her mot her,
offended Crawford so deeply that II was
doubtful whether her own former plea
SAINT relations with him. which might
have ended in a brilliant marriage. could
be resumed. and, after all, had not sue
ceeded In getting the note.
The latter fact Nora ascertained by
questioning Patsy when they found them
selves In the street The reflections out
lined above came afterward while a cab.
which Patsy fetched herself while Nora
remained in the hallway at her sister
request so that she should not walk on
the street in her satin slippers. was bear
ing them to their home. The journey
was made in silence. save for Nora
query and Patsy's answer to IL. When
the cab neared the street in which they
lived Patsy. saying that she would come
later. alighted and let Nora drive on.
Tell EN- you was took sick before the
show an had TO come home.' was her
parting injunction.
(To be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27
EVANSVILLE ASSESSMENT.
Increase as Reported of About $780,.
600 Over Last Year.
Correspondence Of The Star.


EVANSVILLE. June %. 1908.
special meeting of the mayor and
town council was held in the council
chambers last evening. Mayor Joseph r.
Owens presiding.
The report of the assessors. William
Shedd Holton. j. Dallas Erwin and Town
Treasurer w. H. Richardson, was re-
ceived. The total assessment returned is
81 .O1S. 900 in round numbers. an increase
of about 100000 in excess of the present
basis.
The council will sit Monday evening rs
a board OF review and revision AL
though the amended town charter allows
the authorities to levy a tax of SIS cents
on the 500. 1t is probable this levy will
not be laid.
1t is said that practically 81 600 is due
the town on account of general taxes,
water rents and special assessments. and
that the mayor and council are determined
to collect these back taxes. 1t is prob
able the amount of money received from
general taxes next year will be between
$500 and $1,000 more than realized during
the year about to close.
The assessors found some ridiculously
low assessments. One piece of property
was assessed at 500 and yet the APP
praisers of the Hyattsville Building As
ISOLATION only a few weeks since thought
it worth 81 400 for the purpose of a loan.
The council also passed an order that
the space between the macadam and
gutter on Maryland avenue between John
son avenue and Spencer street be paved
with cobble stones in order to preserve the
macadam This macadam was laid at the
expense of the state as portion Of the
Washington Baltimore boulevard. The
highway commission complains that the
macadam was partially destroyed last
year as a result of the mud dragged on
1t from the dirt portion adjoining the
macadam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27
The Greenough Washington.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Congress proposes to lift the Greenough
statue of Washington from its outdoor
seat in front of the Capitol and put ii in
doors-in the Smithsonian Institution.
Greenoughs statue of Washington is an
exquisite work of art. Greenough never in
tended that his Washington statue he
placed out of doors. At the Congress re-
quest he designed and executed IL for the
rotunda of the Capitol He regarded IL
as the effort of his life. and looked on IL
as his best workmanship. Washington
planned Washington city, laid the corner
stone of the Capitol. and GreenouSh
Washington should forever stand In the
rotunda of the Capitol. The apt or fitting
should prevail Congress made a mistake
first in not placing it in the Capitol ro-
tunda, and. second. in putting it out OF
doors. and If its intention is consummated
ii will make another mistake i'm putting
a replica of Wards statue of Washington
in the to-be-vacated seat of Greenough's
Washington in front of the Capitol. II
would be a grievous blunder indeed.
1t is announced that Congress proposes
to put a replica of Wards statue OF
statue in front of the Capitol a replica
OF Wards statue will not do. Let there
rise IA worthy statue of Washington in
front of the Capitol. Let IL be symbolic
of Washington delivering his farewell ad-
dress. inspiration to the succeeding
Presidents as they take the oath of office.
and a great object lesson to the millions
of people witnessing the inauguration Of
the Presidents during succeeding ages and
the millions of Washington visitors
through all years to come. Let there be
the best that American brains. without
limit to English, Irish. German or other
descent-all America, the nation-can pro-
duce, for il will be for all time and the
worlds eyes. Wards Washington statue
is good. II stands in New York city. One
is enough-the original. The people OF
New York and the millions who visit New
York will not want TO see Wards rep
lea when they visit Washington. The
Washington people and the millions OF
Washington visitors will run over TO New
York and while there will see Ward 9
Washington-a better thing than a replica,
and they don't want to see a replica here.
Let US have something original. good.
grand. worthy. noble, representing WASH
ington delivering his farewell address.
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.