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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
VAGARIEs OF FASHION.
In Spite of Them Certain Fundamental
 Truths Will Prevail.

In Spite of Them Certain Fundamental
 Truths Will Prevail.
 Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Many women, and men as well, are disturbed If they feel that the clothes they wear are in the slightest particu- F hey yhoI9 Se STy apSes inquiry whether 1t is what every body else Is wearing, or purchase a shoe string without critical scrutiny and the fashion followed, but in social di- versions. One game gives place to an- other one popular ballad with a whis- completely; no sooner Is tune learned than 1t Is gone like the snows of yes- terday. Books suffer the same inces- sant vicissitudes of the favor of For
 In most things it does not matter if there is a continual cycle of changes. It Is only when 1t comes to our beliefs try to keep pace with the vagaries and eccentrIcities of fashion, lest we find ourselves in the unhappy condition of story. Emily explained that she put him tg,n red; an, p,u on piece Q, blue little thing done bust hisself tryin' to mek good.' The advice, to stand fast on the ancient ways, holding firmly to of the ages, Is the best advice-as long as it does not lead to an infiexible adherence to outgrown, outworn be- liefs, opinions or traditions,
 There are certain fundamental truths that will endure, and the best laid schemes of mice and men will not pre- vail against them. When the common sense of the majority in the long run decrees to be honest and upright and fair 1t Is sure to be so. It will hold its own against ridicule and investiYe, be- cause It Is right and the right in the end ia hound to win.
 Men on the surface of the great deep behold the waves running mountain high, but thousands of fath oms below, in the abysmal tranquility where strange flowers bloom and strange creatures of the sea swim viewlessly, nothing is known or heard of the fran tic agitation of the surface far above. So, though the wind of fashionable doctrine" may blow and raise a mighty tempest and ebullItion for a time among the minds and souls of men, wrecking a frail bark here and there 1t may be. driving a rudderiess derelict helpless mariners the depths of the sea of life remain forever tranquil and serene,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
FUN PROMISED TO-DAY.
Republican Leader Payne Wants to
 Pass . Bill. MA ahInntnr Snnciai Id Naur, |. York

Republican Leader Payne Wants to
 Pass c Bill. s Washington Special to New Q York
 If there isn't a. quorum in the House of Representatives at noon next Mon day, there will be a raid at the Amer lean League Baseball park, members will be dragged from luncheon at the principal hotels and other places where they eat, or yanked from bed after a strenuous night before.
 Representative Payne. floor leader of the Republican membership. made the announcement today that he will ask the Speaker to send the Sergeant-at- Arms and all the deputies he can get who Is in town and Is not in his seat As MT. Payne is the mouthpiece of Uncle Joe," he spoke ex cathedra, and the members present sat up and took notice.
 has caused all the trouble The Porto Rican bill is the only measure before the House. while it Is awaiting Senate action on the tariff. Therefore. the House meets only on Mondays and Thursdays. But never has there been although there is practically no oppo- sition to 1t.
 can majority because 1t couldn't get enongh people together to pass the Presidents bill, aroused MT. Payne, and he enchnF saS tQday hs saa ne Snd brngng them in. Such action would not be without recent precedent. At the late session of Congress, Representatives Nick Longworth, De Armond and John Dalzell were arrested as they were tend function given by Mrs. Roose- welt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
BUILDER OR POLITICIAN.

The ovation accorded James J. Hill at Seattle at the opening of the Seattle Exposition was so remarkable. that il has excited. comment throughout the country. MT. Hill. who is only a rail road man, was to speak and a crowd of 10000 had gathered. But when he arose to speak. he was not allowed to say a word. As one man. the great throng stood and cheered again and again. Such an ovation was never paid to any man In the West. President. politician. educator or builder. A set program was upset while the crowd released it's pent up enthusiasm.
 James J. Hill. with many others con- nected with railroad transportation a few months ago was under the ban of popular disapproval An abnormal pub lie sentiment prevailed. Men with a genius for constructive work, with a genius for managing transportation and with a genius for financiering. were pilioried by the stump speakers as great criminals and as the most dangerous enemies of the public. Much of the condemnation beat about the unmoved head of James J. Hill, the master builder of the Northwest.
 There he was a man who began life without a dollar. He had risen to be the greatest and strongest single figure in railroad and financial circles of the Middle West and Northwest. But more than that he had displayed a construc- tive genius without parallel in the his- tory of that section of the country. With a wonderful vision he had seen the possibilities of the dormant riches and resources of the Northwest. He dreamed of their development by a system of transportation which would bring in workers and which would put those resources cheaply in the markets of the world.
 To fulfill that vision was labor Of Hercules. It meant huge responsibii. ities. untiring labor. sieepless night and disheartening disappointments But Hill was the man for the task. He put a railroad through a wilder ness, as large as a nation; he estab. lished prosperity where there had ever been stagnation and he made homes flourish in a homeless region. He made himself rich. but he made thousands and thousands of other men rich as well.
 The West has set new fashion. They honor the builder-the man who does something besides political speak, ing.
 There is something the matter with the South! We have too many politr- clans and too few builders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
STORY or THE AIR BRAKE.
And How Carnegie Was started Q,
 the Road to Fortune.


 Some forty years ago a man stood near . railroad track and watched two freight trains speed directly al each other, while the men on board were tuggfng frantically at the hand brakes. But the brakes were ineffec- ed. The spectator felt sure that some snsinser' % who w Would yss1 De the f first to see see the danger. could clap on the brakes at once. and thus save the train, or at least greatly diminish the injury. He went away and worked and work ed until finally he concluded that by means of an air pump and cylinder applied to the brake beams he could car wheels that s moving train could be stopped much sooner than 1t could be done by hand. Feeling sure that Sea Ssriows oua ralsosS men ne He went to Commodore Vanderbilt and explained the contrivance. DO you mean to tell me you can stop a biuff old masnate. "Exactly.S replied throw tSs away on foois.s @ Fsplisd Van. the inventor got Andrew Carnegie in tsrested and made successful experi- ments with the air brake. and It is said that later on when Commodore the inventor. the latter replied that he had no time to throw away on fools. The man was George Nesting house. and the good he has done his fellow man with his ideas is incal- culabls.
 Andrew Carnegie might we'll feel like assisting a man with an idea, for he had seen the time when a friendly suggestion had been the turning point in his life. and he started on his way from position as telegraph operator to that of multi-millionaire. At the time Carnegie was getting $25 month. and one day his superintendent told him If he could raise $500 he could show him whare to make good investment. He talked the mat ter oyer with his mother. and feeling sure that the thing was safe, they mortgaged their home. and through the superintendent bought ten shares of Adams Express stock, which paid 1 per cent monthly. Carnegie by that deal learned the earning power Of money, and to this day he has not forgotten the lesson. He allowed his mind to grasp new ideas, and he claims today that had he hearkened to the council of those around him and refused to pay a college professor $1,- 800 a year to act as chemist for his steel plant, his profits would never have come up to the point they did. That chemist. he says, was able to show us that for our purpose some of the cheapest ores on the market were the most valuable for us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
TRAVELLERS PROTECTIVE AssOCIA-
 TION.


 Give MT. Hardwick, Passenger Traffic
 Manager . Hearty Welcome.
 MT. W. B. Jenkins, of Maryland, of- fered a resolution thanking the south ern Railway for the entirely satisfac- tory transportation furnished the Travellers Protective Association del- egates to Asheville and for it's court esy in sending its passenger officials here to make matters pleasant for the travellers. The resolution was unani- mously adopted and thereafter Passen- ger Traffic Manager s. H. Hardwick, Of the Southern, was introdcued to the sod says b,m whiGn ths rose him which is waving of both hands in the air. Mir Hardwick captiyated the audience with his pleasing talk which though without any pretense in that dress. In part MT. Hardwick said. ad- dressing the delegates as Fellow traffic agents: Baskerville Is at once the most beautiful city on the conti- of the Southern Railway system. It was therefore, an unusual pleasure to the Southern Railway to learn of the great honor conferred on this city and so on the Southern Railway by se- lecttng 1t as your meeting place. Ashe- vile has welcomed you and the South ern Railway began to welcome you from afar meeting you at the rivers, which bound this beautiful South land"
 Commerce. trade and transporta- tion are one and the same" said the speaker. ''and our hope Is that we may go forward from this day with a clear understanding and comradeship and that nothing will be allowed through oratory or excitement to in- tervene between us. The traffic of a great continent can be safely entrust- ed only to the agencies directly con- cerned" Mention was made of the difficulties under which the railways labored in adjusting all differences. MT. Hardwick was given an ovation by the delegates at the close of his remarks, cheering continuing several minutes.
 Thanks for Southern.
 The following is the text of q res- olution offered by the Maryland di- vision, and unanimously adopted:
 'WHereas: The Southern Railway has used every effort to make the an- nual convention of the National Trav- elers' Protective Association a success. and done everything in their power to make the journey to Asheville pleas ant, be 1t resolved
 Resolved: That the thanks of this convention be extended to this com pany and it's officials for the very sat- tsfactory manner in which they have managed the transportation of the large number of delegates and visitors and also for their courtesy in order ing thirty or more of their passenger agents here, together with their chief, to look after our comfort"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
UndemOcratIe Democrats.

New York World.
 The Boston Advertiser tells us that "the leading Democrats" of the coun- try ''are following the Republican leaders in Congress because, as they are frank to admit, it seems the only reasonable policy for themselves and their constituents to support"
 But who are the leading Demo- erats?' Men like Governor Johnson, Governor Harmon. Governor Marshall, Woodrow Wilson, Senator Culberson and Senator Rayner are not following Republicans. These men may not be the leading Democrats" but they are the kind of men that ought to be lead ing the Democratic party.
 Although party lines have not been more loosely drawn in many decades, The World denies that Republican policy is the only reasonable policy TOT Democrats, whether leaders or other wise, to support. If the 6,O0e,OoO Amer lean citizens who vote the Democratic ticket really believe this. most of them would be voting for Republican candl- dates.
 Tn spite of existing demoralization there are great fundamental diner ences of principle between the two parties and the welfare of the country demands that they be emphasized, not obIiterated. Those Democrats who are following Republican policies are not Democrats from principle but from ex- pediency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
An Interesting Pension Experiment.

Worlds Work for June.
 A large mercantile company, which has branches in nine of our cities. has put into effect an employees old age pension system. which Is an interesting experiment.. To this the employees themselves contribute nothing, but all are eligible at 60 years of age If they have served the company for twenty years, Provision. too, Is made for those who, at any age. are incapacitated for work after twenty years of service. The amount of pension Is based upon the salary of an employe and the mum . Der of years he has served. The sal ary figured on is the average salary during the five years preceding retire ment, and the pension amounts to per cent of this, multiplied by the number of years of service. Thus. man whose salary Is $2.OO0 a year.. upon re- tlrinE after twenty five years service. will receive a pension of $500: The smallest pension to be paid is $500, the largest $l,000; so that the system strongly favors those who have re- ceived small or moderate salaries and who, unable to save as they have gone along, have looked forward to old age with consternation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
white-L.ysred Hypocrites, or Fools.

Whtte-Livered HypOcrites, or Fools.
 The shallow -pated and white-livered negrophilists of the North-unnatura and recreant representatives of their own race and blood-are just now making great to-do about the right of the negro to work"-in the South The barrels of ink they are shedding through their fountain pens in behalf lead one uninformed to suppose that in their own God-favored and super righteous section there is an abundance or negro artisans-hremen. engineers. hke-but where are they? Who can or will point them out2 How many negro linotype operators. stereotypers, Rloyed on The New York Evening
 Win The Post answer and give the
 How many. of these .dusky artisans are employed in the "open shop" of The New York sun7
 VIII The Sun answer and give the number and names?
 How many negro conductors and mo- tormen are employed on the street deiphia? why do they not import a lot of the poor, downtrodden negroes" from Georgia, and Install them as ovs in ttrest tse Gtty of now on? Why not try it--try it on yonr own anatomy!
 The New Xork Post shows anguish of spirit--a real pain in it's internals because the Georgia Road does not promote negro flremen to the position of engineers. Has The Post ever seen a negro engineer on any of the rail- roads of the North? Has 1t seen a bakers dozen of negro fremen in all that land since Ljucolns emancipation proclamation?
 You over-righteous saints and doc- tors-hypocriteE-wh do you not take your own medicine? You compass land and sea to get evidence of one case of Injustice to the negro as a workman In the South and yet these same ne- groes beg on your streets for work and get 1t not, except as menials. They are barred out universally by the la- bor unions in the North. while there Is only one case on record in the South of strike on account of race. This occurred recently in Georgia, and this Is the cause of the uprising of the ne- grophilists of the North, whose zeal for the negro ooZes out of their sys- tems as soon as 1t comes home to them. They dearly love the negro--at distance, and he must be as far away as Virginia, Georgia and Texas. He must be the white mans burden in the South, and they must add to that bur den by climbing on the negro's back in order to add weight to that burden.
 The white-livered hypocrites will be properly placed and duly despised by the historian of the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1909.
rrur ArrrR supPER LEAGUE.

In the western Canada League they play their baseball games after sup ner. which must sound strange to the millions of American fans. But ac- cordinx to the dispatches from there. which are not to be doubted. the ohi- cial time for beginning ball game Is s:1s p. m.
 The teams and the fans all take an early supper and then they go to the ban park. The Polar lights are in evidence and the players are assured of from three to four hours daylight. It is said that there Is usually a full hour of daylight remaining after one of these after supper ball games has been played.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the games are played during the domino and bridge whist time. and after ev- erybody has had a fine supper, the um- pire can be as unsatisfactory, the fans can go as crazy and the home team can be beaten as often as in America.
 But it sounds strange to have a league with such towns in as Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Calgary In 1t. There Is no doubt though that the game is the real Am erican article for the leading team is explained by a gentleman wearing the good old Irish American name of Din ny Mcclure. That name is sufficient guarantee that he is a ball player.
 Baseball is obtaining a strong foot hold under the British flag. although it is Canada and not England where the game Is played. Canada and Western Canada particularly have obtained many hundred Americn emigrants in the past few years. The After Sup per League" Is chiefly due to the pres ence of the expatriated Americans,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
This Date in hiistory
sune '.

lssz--Jamaica devastated by an earthquake and tidal wave. lI4l-Capt- John Derby, the American skipper who took the news of the fight at Concord to London, born in Salem, Mass. Died there. December $, 1872. l77s--Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution into the Congress, declaring that "the United Col onies are. and ought to be, free and independent States" asS2-First reform bill became law In England.
 1S4S-Whig convention at Philadelphia nominated Zachary Taylor for the Prisidency. - 1s64--Engagement between Federal and Confederate forces near Staunton, Va. 1S7o--John Brougham. noted actor and playwright, died in New York. Born in Ireland. May 9, 1870. 1S92--Business portion of Fargo, N. D., destroyed by fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
Keeping Flowers.

EnhdOeIpHld hecOT0.
 prominent florist of Germantown states that "very few persons under stand the art of keeping flowers. though by a little attention they may he kept fresh for three or fours times as long as people expect them to stay In good condition. It may hurt my business a little. but l am liberal en- ough to name a simple method to pre- serve the flowers. It is merely a oues- tion Of temperature and moisture Now, take roses for instance. They are grown at high temperature in the greenhouses and are then generally spoiled by i'll treatment after they have been cut Grown in a tempera- ture of sixty five to seventy-five de- grees. they are placed in an ice-box. where the temperature stands at about Forty. Then whom sold they are taken into dining or ballroom, where the temperature is sevosty~hve or eighty. Of course they wilt fin a few minutes. Nothing else could be expected. They could. however, be kept in proper condition for a week bH placing them in water and standing the vase in the coolest part of a living room Every oay half an inch of stems should be cut or in order to present a fresh suc- ton surface to the water. this pre- caution is neglected the stem becomes clogged with e glutinous matter sorne- thing like the gum that extends from peach and cherry trees, the water in the vase, however pure, cannot ba drawn up, and the leaves and flowers wither for lack of moisture In cutting off the stems a knife should always be used never a pair of scissors. The reason Is plain enough. The knife makes smooth cut. leaving the cells of the wood open and unobstructed. The scissors blades. no matter how sharp they are, always compress the woddy flores at the end of the stem. and leave them so tightly pressed to- gether that 1t is almost impossible for sufficient moisture to find its way through to support the leaves and blossoms"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
Lesson to the F.rmer..

Columbus EnQuirer-Sun.
 There is lesson in the strike of the hremen of the Georgia Railroad that the farmers of Georgis and of the
 .asaea should learn. The strike lasted a week, during which period no trains were run over the road and con- sequently no freight was transported.
 What was the result7
 The farmers of the section through which the Georgia Road runs were al- most without supplies. Their feed- stufs. such as corn and oats. ran low and their own table supplies began to diminish to such an extent that there was consternation among them. They did not know when trains would be moving again. so that they might re- plenish their stock of supplies and they feared that conditions would be- come quite serious.
 The lesson is this:
 The farmers of the section through which the Georgia road runs and of every other section ,o of Georgia and the South should fill their corn cribs from their own fields and their smoke houses from their own butcher pens. If they will do this strikes on rail- roads that stop trains from running will not throw them into a panic.
 Suppose there should be a general strike on the railroads of the South {; suppose that for a week or a month there should be tie-up of train ser vice and no freight should be moved at any point What would be the con- dition of the farmers7 They would be without supplies and without means of securing them. While such a condi- ton is not at all probable, 1t Is by no means impossible, and the farmers, who have it within their power to be the most independent people in the world, should not allow themselves to be placed in such a condition when it can be so readily avoided
 It is one of the strangest things in the world that the farmers of the South who may be so nearly independ- ent. whose home Is in country where they could live if they were cut off from the rest of the world by a Chi nese. wall. should allow themselves to be so utterly dependent upon other sections of the country for those things they can and should raise upon their own farms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
Mule No Fool.


 The fool mule" of the comic paper Is not such fool after all. He takes care Of himself. and the barn men of any big teaming company will tell you a pair of mules will outIast two or three pairs of horses at hard work, The mule could give an athlete points on training. He will not overeat or overdrink. After hard work he will not eat or drink until rested. He seems to know that he cost his owner no small sum, and will not allow a careless driver to overwork him. He is not of a nervous temperament, and loses no energy worrying, as the horse does To the diseases that attack the horse in the South he is immune. Ev- erything considered, the demand for the mule is just tribute to his use- fulness. Missourians should have a proper pride in the Missouri mule. the ideal beast of draft and burden for the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
Street Car "Dont's."

Chicago Evening Post.
 In close conformity with the sug- gestions made recently by The Even Ing Post, John M. Roach. president of the Chicago Railways Company. has drawn up his set of warnings to the street car using public. His list reads:
 Don't cross tracks without looking both ways for approaching cars.
 Don't fail when leaving a car to look up and down the street for an approaching automobile or other ve- hicle
 Don't jump on or on the car while 1t is in motion.
 Don't ride on car steps.
 Don't get off facing rear of the car.
 Don't cross opposite track after leaving a car without looking for car or vehicle which may be approaching from another direction.
 Don't run after a car and jump on 1t while 1t is going at speed.
 Don't let your children play near street car tracks.
 In the old days the only appeal to the public which the street car car ried was Passengers are requested to wait until the car stops before get ting on or off.