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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
The Pay of Amba.sadors.
lew Orleans Picayune

New Orleans Ptcayufie.
 sot shs retiring ssat pFssAsns ss Harvard University, has decided to decline the appointment of Ambassa- dor to the court of St. James, which Taat a 0S Sii sa eaass eon9idePsols @ rsers as it had been generally admitted that pr. Eliot was eminsntly equipped for the difficult post While it is not Tor s' declining @ the honor. f it is Ssiisyes isss that the distinguished educator and scholar did not feel that he could af- ford the great outlay, that would De dered him. Of course, 1t Is not meant that Dr. Eliot took into his calcula- tions the lavish expenditures which some of our Ambassadors abroad have But even without extravagances of any sort, the unavoidable expenses of an Ambassador to the leading foreign courts eann1t be met @ gut , Of the salary Ia sum would be eaten up in mere house rent, as our Government does not fur nish embassy buildings for its repre- sentatives abroad as practically all
 While the excuse commonly given for the small salaries paid our diplo- matic representatives compared with the allowances made by other coun- tries is the desire. to have our officials practice democratic simplicity, the fact should be considered that this parsi- mony by placing American diplomats at a disadvantage diminishss thetrl usefulness to the country and dama- ges American interests.
 While it has not been stated that such considerations have weighed with pr. Eliot in influencing his decision, 1t would not be surprising If they had, as this poor treatment of those we send abroad to represent us makes il almost impossible for men of the cal iber and character of pr. Eliot to accept such appointments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
q cAsn ir pofrr.

Precept is . good thing. but 1t is not always carried out In prsotscs Preaching is right and proper but sx- ample should correspond with it. All Of us know how almost universal is Northern criticism of Southern feeling towards the ooiored race. They pro- fsss surprise and disapprobstion be- cause of what they consider solely race prejudice in the South. yet their prac- tics sometimes bears wide of their the- orizing and sermonizinE. The fol- lowing, which we clip from The Chat tsnoosa Times. is a case In point. It appears that the supreme Court of Michigan has sustained the Grand Rapids Veterinary College in dismiss- ing two negro students because the sossd sSs q or 'es esulns to mitigate s the fierce racial signfncance of the de- cisfon. most of thu Michigan papers are saying that color hsd not anything to do with the decision. but that the court would sustain the college in die- missing any undesirable students. This may be true. but t is to De noted that tns,o ss~s never S hsa ,n nsti ns
 
 clare any Of their associates "unde- sirAble" except those Of color.
 Now, it is plain that no specious ar concentration and hair- splitting explan- ations can hide the fact that the ob- jection to these two students was founded on their color and on nothing else. The white boys didn't want to associate. In school or out. with ne- sroes. and that is all there was to 1t. That irrepressibIe confict' between white and black lacks very much of being confined to the land of Dixie.
 This incident in Michigan. let 1t be understood. is not soIftary one. by any means, though such troubles do not always get into the courts. This one, however, is an sddisionsI evidence of the wrong of trying to fierce the two races together on terms of equal ity. and 1t shows how many Northern communities totally misunderstand the question. If they think they are do- ing good to ths negroes by mixed schools they are badly mistaken. and in a majority of cases they do the col ored children harm It Is best for both races to separate them. It Is essen- tlaiiy best for the negro children. The co,ored children should have the edu- estienai facilities that the whites have. but they should have them in schools of their own. for oniy in that way caA they obtain such training and educa- tion as they are entitled to. The Mich- iean case Is merely one example of . widespread fseiing. The North is not doing the right thing by the negroes when 1t insists on mixed schools.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, isoe.
GETTING OUT EASY.

A singular story of the escape of prisoners comes from Greenville. s. c. ft is singular in several of its fea- . tures. as we think will be generally admitted. It seems that two 'yegg- mem who were considered desperate characters were confined in cell in the second story of the jail. A watch man was on duty in the corridor ad- joining their cell and the jaiior occu- pied the room immediately below them. They procured some kind of ex- pIosive and blasted an opening through the floor of their cell, descended into the jailor,s apartment and from there made good their escape through . con- vsnient window. Neither the watct- man nor the tailor knew of the escape till the next morning.
 These are the facts as given in the papers and one finds 1t difficult to un- derstand them. Just how an expie- sion of sufficient force to blast a hole through the stone floor failed to be heard by either the watchman or the tailor Is one of the mysteries of the affair that is dificult to understand. Another is to understand how the two men could make their way through the room of the jailor without arousing him. One explanation may be that the watchman was enjoying a good nap and couldn't hear a little thing like blasting a hole through a stone floor. If he heard 1t he may have thought it was thunder-or a ire-cracker. Then, again. it may be that the jailor knew what was going on but knowing the desperate character of the prisoners he had too much regard for his own safe ty to interfere and create a disturb ance in quiet family. Whatever the real explanation may be the incident shows that putting a criminal in Jail doesn't always mean keeping him there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
THAT aATuN DAM.

Under the heading. "The Gatun Dams Destiny" The New York sun prints | list of sixty important dams or works of like nature which have proven fail- ures within the past thirty-ffve years. Hardly one of them offered greater difseuities and uncertainties than the Gatun job offers. In furnishing the list to The Sun Mir. Henry c Granger, member of the American 1nstitute of Mining Engineers. says; "An of these dams were built according to the best engineering advice available. Their causes of failure are all found in in- tensiied form In the proposed Gatun dam, with the added danger of earth quakes."
 These instances. and doubtless there are many others. show the dificufties and uncertainties under which men labor when contending against the forces of nature and the powers of the elements. As Mir. Granger says. the Gatun dam offers difficulties and prob lems greater than were encountered in any of the works included in the list given. and is in consequence so much more liable to destruction. Then. too. as Mir. Granger further notes. there is the added danger from the earth auakes which are not at all uncommon vfsitations in Central America. A very moderate quake would be sufaeient to demolish the Gatun dam.
 1 We suppose that none of these dam gers and uncertainties will change the determination of those in authority to build the canal at Panama and to Goethals says he Is there to obey or. ders. and to construct either a lock or e sea-lsvel canal just as ordered. and there Is nothing else for him to do but to do the work according to the plans and orders of those above him. It is possible, of course. that a canal on the lock plan can be constructed that will endure, and 1t may be pos sible that the problems connected with the Gatun dam may be successfully solved. but 1t cannot be denied that there is room for serious doubts. What man has done. man may do again, is an old adase. and, conversely, what man has failed to do In the past he may fail to do in the future. Having failed to build dams that would stand in the past is there any surety that he will do so in the future. when the difflculties are much greater?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

Louisvills Courier Journal
 Tn dscidinE thst the ksntucky Rail- tS ssssS SiisS sailto.d is rstss aSy tss state the suprsms t. Court adds % anotssS ss
 S sw ruas asd sS s ssss
 The people of the United States have become rather accustoneds to public st sGts 1 Tssps ana Ssy extreme to another. In the sos the agitation was prevalent, but then 1t r.ssssd M shs sst sstsbiishfns n the afns fns act which wac out of the question nifty years sgo. when the railroads covered strong enough to dominate the com mereiAl and Financial world. The agitation of the past flye years was, ssryatlve. Certain rsiiroads. in issSas with certain enormous industrial con cerns. had been guilty of great abuses, sometimes In the form of rebates for
 This latter r-day agitation led not only 10 the enactment of 2 new in- terstate commerce law. known as the sssss ssRssrf nso ss assen sas aEse and sf laws were passed restricting the reil- roads in their operations by making them more and more subject to state acted that if a railroad in eontsstins a State law should undertake to ap- peal to Federal Court the company's franchise would be automatically re- voksd by the very act of making such and Elsewhere the. Legislature pro. ceeded along radical lines, some st(ates going 50 far as to reduce rates by Legislation. The railroads became q favorite target of political attack. Dsrs paced ossf the nsa aefs1si1s s Their oiiicers feared for the existence Of their respective companies: ,.,.rv n.il.oss Com%lssiTn rsaas,ag ss.,sn .nsr tho ally was issued in the midst of the agitation, although the comm ission was not Itself produce of It nor was the order directly sprung from t. The order was aimed rather h, to place Louis as freight rates were concerned, with her Ohio neighbor and competitor. Cin- cinnati. In examining the schedules If seemed as if the shade the better of that is, ike Loaisviiis. an Ohio River gateway. From tho opinion of the Supreme Court 1t appears that in att tempting to make q sweeping read1ust- msnt of the railroad tarlffs and q ssscsaaa cS. s 1 pows rse ality of the. law. which was raised by the railroads. was not considered by the court. for 1t was not. necessary to proceed to that phase of the contra simply @ " ocnfned it's confederation of the case to the text of the Kentucky statute, the McChord law. By the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

We wonder If the weath eroIoEists and other scientists can give any satis- factory explanation of the storms. ey- clones. cloudbursts and other climatic disturbances that are becoming so nu- merous of late. We hardly take up a daily newspaper that we do not read of disastrous weather visitationa in some part of the country. sometimes confined to small areas and at others spreading over a wide expanse of coun- try. It may be that the speedy and general dirusion of news these days brings us knowledge of such things where we formerly failed to get it
 but outside of this remains the dis. quietinK fact that the times seem out of joint from some cause or otheI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
Naming Patrol Boxes.

Officials of the police bureau would need an interpreter to enlighten them as to orders that are being, given should they chance to go into the seY- enth police districts when one Of the old sergeants Is directing the patrol driver to the various patrol boxes Tn the district. says The Philadelphla Record.
 Every patrol box Is numbered. but the old officers forgot all about the numbers. They have from time to time named the various boxes. selecting ap- propriate titles for each. For in- stance, the box at the corner of Sew enth and callowhill streets is called the Frozen Cat" because some years ago a cat disappeared from house close by When the building was he- ing torn down the whitened skeleton of the feline was found between the walls. A box on Willow street near Fourth is called the Tar BOX be- cause it Is along the railroad and coal bins and the prisoners taken from there are usually covered with coal dust So another nearby is called the Grass Box" because It Is near a wholesale seed house. The Drunken Lady is the title given box on Cal lowhilT street because many feminine "custoners'' who have been indulg- ing too freely at cheap cider saloons of the neighborhood are taken from
 Throughout the district score nr mOre boxes are so named. and the ser geants simply call the nickname of a box instead of the number when tp- suing orders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
Courts and Commissions; -
 Regulation, Not Confiscation

terms of this stAtuts the court found that the State Conffnisslon could 0niy take up for remedial action [ apeciAo rDnR in the formai m 1T procsss pfsscriDsd bed uhe nis. sthsr wefd: thers NJ ss. Sisssa iiaa ss sshi n.di ss s sf sS ss d:sS csss ss ss
 complete dominatlon ovyf Shs rste.
 making n Kentuckyi thsre wAs lsft making power. and only after . prep deavor to relieve from an oysfchAfSs, sss of ouss to rssssr sss
 ; solsts aicsstor over siif rsiirssd nat
 The Supreme Court thus nArks . plain difference between ! commia!len having all the power Of. colnplett ownership and one that repfe5snts sssdns sss s1sz S.ip so so ns q s ist lief from railroad unfaifnsss. It 10 a distinction.. too. which exists bss swssn two eAo9l; M sss.s Si .hess Sn ts the raiiroads. one school niAlntAinins that the railroads should be compiesI. iy under the control .s{ the etate and hs shs psissss ss.rs sssss Ss exsrcissd just % much state sueee. yision as is necessary to. safsgaAfd Ine .puDuc from abu9es. lI n 4 0lGs moreover. The first school of th9ufni States from three to i've years gro, and the very extremism .of some of the aEitators and some of the ngitAt- caused the reaction ln public. ssntimsIt isos Esa # : ss.ss schoo iSs ss' osx
 ct present. There are now even per. sons who. % regret the recent aklta. last last sstremity, of % conssryssism. r " Ms. sns Hartman. observes the trend toward conservation. Texas is ynAhifesttng #, Other States needing railroads and the dsvslopmsat . which FaalrSsds cen n, skiHE ness toward railroad capital, in the hope that 1t may lose the timidity pro. duced by the anti-railroad hurriSAne of recent years and come forward to build. employ. create industry and
 It Is not likely, though. that tahs latest reaction viii ever lead to enfIfS freedom for the raiiroads' from sofne governmental agency. There will ale ways be hereafter some reknlatiys tH- power. to look after the intsrssfs ,of the public and there sAould be---b,H without paternalisni. usurpAtidh of rights and demagoEy.
 poss rns Tis: sn definition ana use Sf thss great thing which today Is recesrinx the attention of publfcists and courts Before the problem is permanently gsxsss r Ss aSsa saS srs aowa ssfSyp s ,ps Ssssi0
 general ana the Supreme couft in. par ttcular. The present decision is sifa.. ply another light to biazon the way, to the final solution. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10

whieh most of us are not w1se enough to explain. Is there some planet with Ia grudse against our earth heading lin this direction and causing all the disturbing disturbance? If that is the case we may expect che danger to in- crease e the spitsfui visitsr nears us. and no oas may even imagine how 1t
 win wind up. or when ws shall be free of it. We wish the wiss men who tell us air about Astronomy and the like would ret busy and let us know what ia ths matter and when It may end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
Thi. L My 4Ist Biythday
John A. Martin.

Representative John A. Martin. one of the ~three labor members" of the Sixty-first Congress, was born in Cincinnati, April 10, 1868. He left his native city in early life and his edpca- ton was secured in the common schools of Missouri At 22 he became 8 fire- man on the Santa Fe Railroad. having been promoted from engine wiper. In the railroad strike of 1894 he lost his position as fireman and studied law supporting himself in the meantime by editing weekly newspaper. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and re- moved to Pueblo. Colo, where he has since resided In 1900 he was elected to the General Assembly of Colorado. work in behalf of organized labor: At the. last election he was elected to Congress from the Second District or Colorado overcoming q normaL Re- publican majority of 5000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
rh Buster Crab.

New York Sun.
 A sluggish and helpless creature, crab. Few people in this part of the world are aware of the busters virtues when captured, safely hroiled-broiled. remem ber--.and duly served for the de. south as Annapolis. where the beast prevails in great mum Oers. 1t was un- suapected as Ssiisscy until 1897; .SI appreciation. It was without fame or welcome twenty years ago. But it is and always has been on its merits the very, prince of crusteceans' so to
 The buster is a crab in the transi. ton state, a crab in 2 stupor of fat and flavor. blind. helpless. unable to .a :sS: ovsr care fl. fl eannot be % tempted i by any bait even If he were capable of seeking 1t. He is coniplet, and phys ically rapturoua The shell on his lease him to the doubtful giories of the soft shell state; He Is neither hard nor soft, thing between the two. partaking or the qualities oi unconscious. unapproacha ble. Per. haps he has been heard of by few of os because the fishermen neglect him Os,i1srs Os as nes ssmps na0M Sm mo not a 'S Gseen heads and SO forth he does not see and cannot chase. He lies supine and motionIeRs in his seeiusion. His senses are suspended. his appetite cf- faced. He cannot be lured by any invitation. He Is sleeping. his ami nation is suspended. and his instincts are rapt in q supernal coma.
 Nevertheless the buster crab pre- vaila wherever crab life has home Those who find him In his loosenins shell and see that he is subsequently broiied with light dashes of good but. ter and served hot upon really suit. able toast will realize a dish that hal few U any equals in this world. It has an aroma, a bouquet beyond all words III ls the consuninatioH of all fuSiar dreams and hopes. the apotheoSiS oi the soaring appetite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
M0RNzNC THOUGHT
nY 2. MARVIN NICHOLS

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 sscepe from. An unsuc-
 Asssrssss a, isl H,,as hssSsnd whG n9,. sim mn
 Gcid Tor you. That was this age And nov you ignore the man his, kind. You Ss wishdrew d W your you Re.rt and broke your troth with him who had nothing more than his inborn pe- culiaritIss and eccentricities---like you. lover a. sS. y0us to the signs did not point to a honeymoon of which you drsamsd. You dreamed oi fairy p.ince.-and he happened te he man who e eosid kiss s away SSs his csrss when ,1e oi, shs night drew 1n; the wSmsn ss,,s. ,n h.. the ,n vsry swsstnsss & of her @ lcvi1s ,c love him in . hovel rather than hate him on Il throne: the woman who would adore him just as the world might be- Sn tS sbs snsdsrstand ssr and desp,ssthis s,sb dreamed. Yes. men do see fairy forms that! That's tho woman who has the ahssa:s t ,. s1 ss s'ss as% or or ssia R's It is safsr to Isavs a snake alone than II 10 to step on him. It is known beforehand that he yin strike back. Like the pup chasing the flying ex- press. some folks are pursuing ideals while others are wondering what they would do with them if they were over. taken
 Our best vintage. though 1t may not appear so then. is gathered from ouv misEortunes~ .7~
 In CeyIon.- there 10 . tree frog that takes on the hue of the leaf nearest him. So It is in society. It is a perfect ly natural law that makes us like our fellows
 tragic confessiors that no fame or wealth both of which had come to her in full meAsurc, compensated for the solitude of her life.
 It is to be hoped that you are pre- ferred stock<tn the human market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
This Date in History
Aprn 10.

 16S1--Captain William Markham, a
 cousin Of William Penn, was commissioned Deputy Governor
 of the Province of Pennsylvania ffe3--EuKenie Hortense de Beauhar-
 nais. step-daughter of Napoleon T~ BenApArte, born in Paris. Died
 in Switzerland. October 3. 1887. 1805-Horatio Gates. a distinguished
 officer of the American Revolu- ton. died.
 1s16-The Bank of the United States incorporated by Act of Congress.
 with q capital of $35, 5,000.00 iS45--Bueiness section of Pittsburg
 destroyed by fire. 1ss2--Federal forces took Fort Pulaski. Georgia. 1Se4--f,ape Lookout Lighthouse seized by the Confederates. IS74--Elevatej railroad first proposed for New York City. t3s4-1<Presfdenf Cleveland Issued the sN Bering Sea proclamation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
EaucaslsAai Prsgre.s ia AIaban.

Mobile Register.
 The United States educational com- missioner's figures show that Ala bania's percentage of increase In amount raised by local taxation for the support of nublic schools in the three years. from 1904 to 1907, was CT amounts than Alabama, but no State approaches Alabama in percent age of increase. This State stands sixth in the list of eleven Southern States in the matter. of State appro- priations. income from funds and rent of school lands and fifth in number of high schools. which number increased in three years from 7e to 1os. Both Mississippi and Alabama outrank Ten nessee in this respect. and are preeed- ed by only three States. Texas, Geor- gia and Virginia. In the order named. While much remains to be done for ed- ucation in this State. Alabams has no reason to be ashamed of her recent rate of progress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

s, His Chanes.
 Mobile Register.
 The antarctic explorer could have got within eleven miles & of the e. poie. on.
 Saw . Wolf.
 Deputy sherin .E. W. Drinksrd re- ports having seen . wolf on Tuesday morning last about two miles soutn of Linden. Tns wolf had twenty dye pound pig in his mouth.
 TAo.s whe went Before. 0untersvilie Democrat.
 Poor old Crazy Snake! he is on the road t9 meet Crazy Horse: and hain- sinr who have already trod the path whence none has ever returned.
 sound Posss,o.. Opelika Morning Post.
 Alabama will be much better wtth- out any laws for the next few years, but she should devote every energy to enforcing the ones she has now. A few laws enforced are a whole lot bet forced.
 ventures aPredIction. Uniontown Herald.
 Watch the farmer In this section of G our M Lord, 1908. and you viii see man who will be out of debt on De. as the surplus gain for his energy and industry -s
 An Editors Complaint. Tuscumbia Alahamian- Dispatch.
 Considerable complaint is being made of stock running loose on the has . fence around his premises and received as penalty for leaving his gate open. visitation of one loose horse and two cows during last week: week; will see to 1t that the stock law Is en- forced. The stock above mentioned dsvoured about every thing in sight,
 What Dale Is Doinx. Ozark star. :. its news columns that Ozark is the best produce market in Alabama. to the size of it. We reiterate that Atate- of what the facts are. smith & co. one of our leadinf firms, who are per- haps the largert produce dealers in South Alabama shipped last week from Ozark. 1880 dozen eggs. and e4s chickens. This was only one weeks
 rr~acs'. Mistake. >s Mobile Register. hN The French government is in a very difficuit position owing to the unioniz- ing of government employees. The unions have shown their power and forced the government to yield in sew eral respects; and naturally the de- light or a foot race, for there can be but one government at a time in France. That the State employees rec ognize the seriousness of the situation is shown by some of the utterances at their public meetings. An electrician attacked both parliament and the re- public in violent language; another speaker, a postman, said: "We are told that we are endangering the republic. but what does that matter to us." An other excusing the button-makers who pillaged a house, said, "The newspa- pers call this an act of .vandalism; l call 1t an act of justice" Down with the two Bastiles-parliament and the State," shouted yet another Of the or ators.