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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
THE AMnRIoAN MULE.

Anchored Deep in the Purses of His
 Owners.
 The American mule may be without pride of ancestry" etc, but It has at least the pride of purse. Of all our domestic animals it commands the high est market price. The average prlce for mules in 1909, as we learn from the crop reporting board of the department Of aEricuIture, Is SI07.s4. as against SS5.6I for the horse. S92.5e for the miloh COW. Ri7.4S for tho ''beef critter," e, e for the sheep, and 98.b5 for the swine. Swap your mule and you have 8 right to demand in exchange thirty sheep. three cows. a plg and a sheep.
 There are 4.o6S.0OO mules in the coun- try, valued at 1137.0e3.900s 0.Qo0 horses, valued ct 91.sT&.o52.oQ9: N.12n. Ae.37e.000 other cattle. valued atgS1s. 7Bl.000; B6.0S4.000 sheep. valued ae a19a682.00o, and 54.147.000 swine. vAtueA al SSs9.0S0.0O0. These figures seem to show, on an average somethtng more than a horse and COW for every fami- iy in the country, Bomething more than two steers. and nearly three sheep and three pigs, while one family in every five supports the luxury of c mnie. This rePresents q total i've stock wealth of g4.BsS,2s9.000. or a tri- fie more than the value last year of our national bank deposita--New YsSk 1fau
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
CRrTIcrsrNG HnADLINEs.

The Advertiser with a view to ob- taining information from first hands as to the effect of prohibition in Ala bama. and the efforts to enforce the law. sent out Mir. Charles L. Harold. one of the most prudent and we'll in- formed men of its stan. with no other instruction than to give facts as he found them. We have heard his let- ters commended from all sides as fair and impartial. At times he may have given facts as to a situation not alto- gether pleasing to prohibitionists, while at other times his statements were equally as. unsatisfactory to the antis. The Advertiser. whatever 1t may have thought of prohibition be- fore enactment of the law. wants to see the law enforced and has so de- clared on moro than one occasion. An esteemed correspondent in a letter. which Is published on this page, takes issue not with what Mir, Harold has written, but with some of the head lines placed over his letters. While not by any means admitting any cause of complaint. because of the way of outlining contents of letter. we print this letter in the spirit of "a square deai." which the criticism indicates that It's writer does not possess. 90 far as The Advertiser is involved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
| MORNING THOUGHT
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

That is a. safe teacher who. leads you to believe that bright. cheerful
 thoughts are friends that
 as wna, wiil insSrs ,sarn ssccsss sssly oas as
 possile in life to pick out the friends and the enemies of success. In most cases it will be found that the greatest enemy resides within our selves. Morbid thoughts are infinitely greater hihdrances to success than any opposition from the outside. No health. no beauty, no harmony, no real success can exist in an atmosphe ere of abnormal melancholy. Overcome the enemies of success within yourself and you will have done much toward reaching the goal. %
 Despair is born often of fear. iazi- ness or impatience.
 You cannot set too high a price when you start in to sell yourseif. A fool-the fellow who expects to get something out of life and yet re- fuses to put anything into 1t.
 It ought to inspire you--that no one can fll your destiny but yourself. Down in Texas some fellow said the mother-in-lawt scooped him!
 Waist time after dark--it's whole lot safers
 No woman reaches a higher pointthan to be wise and womanly at one and the same time.
 In spite of all the modern fiction, most women care for their husbands A man may read timetable until he misses his train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
WONDERS WHAT IS NEXT.
Entire Capital Interested fin Coming
 Chances.

Entire Capital Interested fin Coming Washington Staff Special to New Or
 leans Times-Democrat.
 To say that the entire capital is greatly Interested in figuring out just what sort of changes will take place at the White House next month Is putting t mildly In fact; oa the entire entire of this place are thinking of little else, and everywhere persons are to be heard Ssing just what they think. or ssssume to know will be done in the way of innovations with the coming of Mrs William H. Taft as the First lady of the land!" That the changes will be startling to a degree no one doubts It is very thoroughly quire the services of Mill Belle flag ner, who has been social secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt for the past seven years. Just who is to be placed In this there are those that declare that q brilliant Cincinnati woman has already been chosen for the post
 A change in the personnel of army mansion is. of course, expected. It is generally concluded that he names of Rear Admiral and Mrs. William s. Cowles will not appear so Frequently
 Another feature that is thought to be slated for banishment Is the little at- fairs to which Harvard men alone have SO often been invited. MT. Taft Is of Yale, and the knowing ones say that university will be well represented hereafter.
 one thing is surely known. That is that Mir. Taft will abolish the Tennis Cabinet" and that those rides and walks through the mud and rain at all hours of the night are thing of tho past from a White House standpoint. for a time at least
 Washington figures that the coming more lively affairs Mrs. Taft, 1t is said Is very democratic and also goes in for things with more jollity and less formallty than Mrs. Roosevelt whose tastes have always been quite simple.
 As the matter now stands Washing ton looks for a new set of rules and regulations" and a complete change in program at the White House after March {.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
Uhenper shoos.

Cheaper shocs.
 conxrsss can rsviss the tsriff so ss to take ss or ss year CT shs shoe pm of the av- N . saving of niiIions Tor the people. The al of the duty on hides It has not worked as was promised. n was alleged that # would benefit the cattle Faissrs. IL has simply added to the profits of tho packers CTS who are independent of the paeksrs to risL ' '''' " - mn
 Last year the United states exported hsndieap of the duty on hides and import cd oniy ss.20oooo worth Nsnitsstiy the leather industry of the United states needs So, no protection The only sfise; of a,,,sos .ee turers to pay more for certain grades of leather they cannot easily get at home.
 With hides and leather duty free the boot and shoe men would have cheaper leather in the home and the foreign market They would be able to increase their foreign trade and give employment 10 Ersater ss5as number of m: duty yn;as. % ahSss sss leather. The manufacturers do not need 1t now. 4 leading Lynn manufacture has told the Committee on Ways and Msens that i've desire to go on record ss dscisr '. manufaoture wholly nnuecsssary to our sac- cess" With hides and leather free. q duty on shoes would be a palpabie absurdity.
 The boo; and shoe %sn ss weaa 's.sSr mot m0nop Is give them. Theirs Is an industry that has never been controlled by . Trust. nor used the protection givenJt to advance prices. Tn 1t competition has ruled. when It snau cost staitiaI benefit, They are waiting pa- tientiy for Congress to confer It on them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
DRIFT WOOD

cost Ow when Hi 1t is finished? Answer this if you are good at guessing.
 It looks as if Washington, between It's hands next month and the extra tariff session all summer, will be a busy town for once In hSr life
 A dispatch from Pittsburg says that the convicts in the State penltentiary are carrying knives A goodly number of them being politicians, perhaps the former habit of cutting at one another sttll clings.
 From Paris comes the report that the French Senators are taking duelling lessons. Over here they seem content to give one another tongue-lashing. Hetty Green denies most enphatical:: ly that she opposes the engagement of her daughter to one of the Astora Our one best guess is that Aunt Hetty. ts not the one to turn down proposition that means more money In the family The fashion journals decree that mon shall wear directoire coats this year [. Uncle Snowfall glanced down at his of thls fact yesterday and he said: Well. Boss, reckon is right In style.
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 washington,s birthday is the next event of importance This VIII bring forth cherry disposition from the jokesmiths.
 A 2.oOo acre hog farm has been es- tablished In Virginia. But, alas. we fear the snd-seat hog will not be caught and penned up there.
 raft was made Q Georgia lawyer on sight. Was this done in ,a spirit of naeanneas merely as a polite way of nutting him in the Anaufas classf
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 Mrs. LonEworth has been made a member of the hricklayers union. Tho only laying she ever does. however, we presune, Co to lay the law down to Nick once In a while.
 + One thing certain: the.man-who+ knew Lincoln type is bound to decrease with the inoreRslng years. You can't fool all the people all the time. The Duke of AbruxsI ia preparing to take a hunting trip in the Himaiaya Mountains. Having made Q 1zzis Of hunting happlness In the matrimoniai game, he will now try to hunt Dig There was little girl with a bobed- ofe curl that iiunR light down her tenn pie when asked her what It was she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

became ssaei,. The road in that year lost ss.42s.
 Major Hanson further says: "The great decline in the net income of the Central of Georgia from 1906 to 1908 was coincident with Governor smiths snti-rariroad campaign. his nomination for Governor. his election and his ad- ministration.
 A study of these figures, and the facts surrounding them. reveals the most powerful factor in creating the panic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

There was quite "slip up." to use modern phrase. on the part of the Democratic members. who made a minority report from the committee considering the bill to allow Mir. Knox to become Secretary of State in Taft's csbinst. Tn that report the three Democrats viz. Messrs. Fucker, of Mis- souri: Hackett. of North Carolina, and Gillespie, of Texas, say:
 The onace of Secretary of State probably will be held for eight years by its next incumbent and a design ing Senator could reasonably antici- pate that although his salary would be temporarily reduced in the closing years of his Senatorial term at the expiration of that term 1t would through his influence be restored.
 This is calculated to prove discour- aging to Democrats who are not will ing this far in advance to admit the recollection of Mir. Taft in 1912. We are prepared to believe the statement from Washington that 1t has caused much comment among Democrats. and a good deal of amusement among Re- publicans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

The Charlotte Observer claimed that the biggest man that ever lived was born and raised in North Carolina. Then up rises The Norfolk Landmark and quotes the Bible. Josephus Pliny and some other authorities to prove that the North Carolina specimen whose size and weight are given lacked considerable of being the tall est and heaviest human that ever walked the earth. That's just like The Landmark: not willing for North Caro- lima to be first in anything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
This b My 44th Birthday
SVEN HEDIN.

Sven finders Hedin. the distinguish cd explorer and geographer. was born in Stockholm, February 19, 1865. Ills ed- ucation was received in the schools of his native city and at she universities he began his travels by taking jour ney through the little known parts aG Persia and Mosopetamia, and in 1s9e he again visited Persia as member The following year he travelled through Khnrasan and rurkeatan. and In 1893 he started on a four years trip in the course of which he visited the Forbidden land" of Thibet In the ten years that followed he Journeyea extensively through Central Aaia and published the scientific and geographis cal results of his explorations. In 1887 in racognitloa of hla contFibutloas to science and geography, he was en- snobled by King Oscar of Sweden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
PRAYER COMPETITION TOR BOYS.

Quaint Ceremony Held Each Year tm an London Post.
 In the, little churchyard of wotton. near Dorkang, the annual prayer competitton for boys of the parish took piac9 yegterday at the tombstone of William 0lauvff.s -At s0lanytlL member of the Inner Temple. died on EapEnary q. nearly 800 yeans ago. Tn his will he stipulated; that Enonex shoNla be set aatde to produce ESQ O. year, of which amount 40 shiIlinss wac to go to each of five prayer boys who should stand ou Feb- ruary 2 yearly at his tombstone. bare head Ten Commandments and ApostleB Greed; read the fifteenth chapter of tho First Epistle to the Corinthiana, and afterward write from dictation in a legible hand two verses from the same chapter. During up- ward of 200 years the competition hes been maintained. The age limit Is IF to is. and c boy can suoeed only once.
 Yesterday in cold weather the boys eBs sembled in the church porch. their nalnes were taken and selection was made for the competition. which Is fixed in the local calendar as forty shilling day" Then the competitors marched to GlanviIl's tomb and the signal was given for the recitation. Some of the boys almost stammerinR 9ren their lot to repeat the short commandments. but a moment later they were called to re- cite the second and fourh.
 When c complete examination had been made the boys marched to the schoolroom, where the reading and writing exerctses were conducted. In an hour the winners names were announced and they each Fes eeived 70 shilIinES-a cherished award ia the little village.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

RefarrinG to the btll to qualify Mfr Knox for the position of Secretary oi State. The Kansas City Journal refera to the opDositisn of some of the Demo crats to the measure as Democratic smallnsss." That paper does not seem able to understand, or is unwilling to admit. that the Democrats who op- posed the measure were as honest and conscientious as were those who en- dorseG it, whether they were Demo- crats or Republicans. We confess that we are unable to understand why Democrats like John Sharp Williams and Champ Clark would not support the bill. but we can see no evidence of snallness in their opposition. If there's any smallness in connection with the matter 1t lies with the prom inent Republican statesmenl who could not foresee Knox's ineligibility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

It Is quite plain that the assembled wisdom of the country. as embodied in the United States Senate, has not a very high regard for the other em- bodied wisdom of the country. as con- centrated in the White House. wheth- CT the Senate action on the question of the restoration of the marines was right or wrong 1t was a distinct and intentional snub to Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
sWoRN CIRcuLArIoN.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its tract when reouestedJ that it's daily ctrcu- intion is larger than that Of any mornlhe newApaper printed in Alnbafna--and that tAtiou of any edition Of any neWspapsE printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for January prlntea oeioN represent the actual net circulation. aii re- turns having been deducted "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

Some grouchy old party thinks he makes a point against woman's talk ing when he says that Eve spoke only hfty-three words in the Garden of Eden" That Is jumping at con- ciusions. We suspect that if there had been reporters present to take down her words at all times the vol tune would be a large one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

We are told that the total value of the peanuts consumed in this coun- try last year amounted to fourteen mil lion dollars. Yet we wouldn't like to be called a peanut nation, whatever may be said of some Of our politicians anA ata4A&uaAn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

When the news hunters run out of anything else to send out they tell us again that the King of Abyssinia is dead again--or yet; we are not sure which 1t is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
The Nfen To Censor Plays.

MacOn TeIegraph.
 Perhaps the only real censorship lies in the hands of the few men who control the theatres of the country. If these men realize their moral re- sponsibility and refuse to suffer ques- tiOnable plays to be produced in their play houses 1t will quickly bring about the reform needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
The Facts should Be Given Out.


 New York Evening Post.
 Mr. William Nelson Cfomweus pro- test that patriotism alone impelled him to serve his country in the Panama af- fair, and that he has received nothing beyond proper professional recom- pense, will be read with satisfaction. The country hopes that nothing but a clean slate will come out of this fear ful Panama mess, if only because the to be the graveyard of engineering regulations But Mir. Cromwelfs de- nial and the violent attacks upon The World and Representative Rainey in the House yesterday. merely emphasize again the necessity of a thorough lay ing bare of all the Panama history MT, Cromwell and the Roosevelt ad- ministration must not forget that t is not altogether other peoples fault that they are pursued by innuendo and att public from Colombia was so base and inia uitous, so indefensible in law and morals. so obviously a fraudulent dis membering of sister nation by 6 bogus rebellion, as to make scandals certain, in retributive justice. to pur- sue the canal enterprise to the end and render 1t suspect for all time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

c. FiniRan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery AdveFttssrs being dniy sworn. naysg
 Tie forsgoin9 statement of The Adver- eIser's circulation for the month of January. 196e is true and correct. and compiled af- ter all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted. c, I. FINI9AN.
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of February. 1909.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
MT. Taft,s Apology.

New York Evening Post.
 Mir. Taft did we'll to apologize flor the meat" into which he was betray- ed. on Saturday, in speaking of the Panama Canal. To denounoe those who make reckless and unprovable charges. as Congressman Rainey ap- parently did. Is proper enough; but to get excited about demand for all the facts and to take the attitude sntsnsrs of right or wrong, is not becoming. what has to be decided is a scientific question of the highest cornplexity, On that, we want light. but not heat The country is entitled to know the whole truth. It has been let in for at least twice the amount of money that was at first named as ample to build the canal; the progress has not been been changed, repeatedly, and an im- precision of uneertainty, given. Under natural and correct that there should be a feeling of anxiety about the status and prospects of the great pro- feet. Inquirers must not be arratgned as slanderers. nor critics as traitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

among productions worthy of the high 'Edycation does not always make
 great man." truly. says the Mont Eofnery paper. A diamond is a dia-, mond though it still be in the rough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

Net Daily Avexnwe, Jaa. 1909 .......1S,1i Nss Bunamy Average San. 1903 ....1o,l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

The following from The Boston Globe is interesting for Southern cOt- aon growers. as well as to other sec- tions of the Union and foreign coun- tries:
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

nor thy minor sub-dominants, thirds nor any
dissonant tones OF thy tonics or thy dominants.
nor thy sub-dominants. nor their relatives. either
major or minor"
The organist must have ideas and be able %
express them. 1t is mistake to slight the study
Of other subjects outside OF music for he must
be broadminded and versatile know OF no
profession that requires more promptness OF ac-
ton and the ability of having the mind under
complete control than that OF the organist. A
college education should be pursued whenever
possible. It may mean that one will be Obliged
20 enter the musical profession a little later but
# viii pay in the end.
Concentration. always essential. IS especially
50 for the man on the organ bench. How many
are struggling to acquire it?
The education OF organist is supposed 10
include harmony. counterpoint, orchestratio
Improvisation. musical form. history and host
of kindred subjects He must also understand
the voice. be able 20 train boys as well as adults
know something about the art OF diction. con-
duct. and so on. / could continue indefinitely SO
broad is the subject
For a successful recital there are several
things necessary TO acquire.
The technique for both hands and feet should
be such that the works OF the great masters will
receive Interpretation that will raise them
above the ordinary level and be placed in the
VirtuOsO class.
VirtuOsty is a necessity for recital work not
only in the dexsrity of hands and feet, but in
the general management Of the instrument. tone
coloring, combining Of stops and quick changes
Of registration, in order that the rhythm is not
broken interfered with.
Alexander Guilmant says: Never change the
registration II by doing the rhythm must be-
broken" An orchestra always plays with un-
broken rhythm Why. therefore, should we hear
IL done all too frequently the king OF Instru-
ments?'
Rhythm is OF paramount Importance in organ
playing. Break II, and the attention OF the
audience is interrupted and diverted
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

Thorough and Careful Study Wide General knowledge
Now Considered Essential to Their Success.
BY WILLIAM c. Carl.

sHow long VIII Il be necessary 10 study the
srgan before secure a postiOn?' With what
frequency DO We hear this wenwOrn question
prupOunded by the eager student? Good old
Fashioned" work and plenty OF it. is about as
good a short cut" 70 success as one can give in
reply TO such an inquiry. How many students
ever stop to estimate the requirements neces-
slry to enter a profession before launching
into il?
First OF ali. Organist must learn his instru-
ment and then 10 play t. This may seem a
strange assertion. 1t means simply this. that
illing in few notes with the feet and forming
. certain number OF combinations with the
stops does not constitute organ playing at tie
present time. nor did it at any period in its
history
IL would be well if the ten commandments
ON theory were followed more closely by those
who pursue the subjects OF harmony and coun-
tesDoint They follows:
Thou shalt form no other sounds but pleas
ant ones.
~'Thou shalt not make unto thyself any un-
siderable rule Thou shalt not bow down thyself
60 them serve them: for all rules may be
broken by thee. when thou hast learned why
such rules should not be broken
Ahou SHAFT 0ot carry my parts too high nor
too low; for the singer will not hold him guilt
less that taketh him out OF his range.
Remember augmented intervals are very
dtfcuit 10 sing. either for Thy soprano or thine
alto. or thy tenor. or Thy bass and for this rea-
70 De avoided
Honor thy parts by giving each smooth
Rowing melody. that thy music may be long in
the land that is given thee
Thou shalt not have consecutive hfths.
Thou shalt not have consecutive octayes.
Thou shalt not skip from the fifth in the
bass.
Thou shalt not bear false relation, but keep
Thy automatically altered tones in the same part.
Thou shalt not double thy major dominauts
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

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