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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
THE EXPOSITION.

Philadelphia Star.
 The Alaska uk on- Pacific Exposition has been opened most auspiciously and there is every evidence that the fair at Seattle will be a great success
 It is to be noted that the exposition opened on the date originally set, and that there have been no postpone. ments. This is something new in ex- positions. From all the favorable cir cumstances which have surrounded the great fair, 1t is to be hoped that 1t will be far more successful than that which the country had just previous-the one in the South--which was almost a total failure.
 It will be many Q day. however probably not untfl 1s76, before the worlds fair record set in this city will have been equaled. The Centennial Exposition in Fairmount Park was the first worlds fair this country had. Ii was the most successful 1t has had 50
 The Centennial opened on May 10. the date set. although an earlier date had been considered. It borrowed hut a small amount of money from the United States government. and It paid 1t all back. besides making a. profit.
 It was. too. a magnificent exposition for that day and date. It was not the equal of those of today, of course, but 1t was fine for 1878. Electricity had not then been. hRrnessed to illumtnat- ing purposes. and that one factor alone made a marvellous difference. Never theless. it was a fihe show. and paid it's own way. There have been nons since to do 80s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
TlDenfieth Century Egypt
K--Arresfins the Tears of Isis
By Frsdsric J. Hask;n.

build mosque in his own honor and Mehen1et Ali who ordered the pyra- was execrated by the civilized world. mid razed to provide stone for a deI- ta barrage. was saved from a similar late by the quick wit of a French en- gineer who told him that it would be cheaper to open quarry. He finally neglected the barrage and never build cd the reservoir. His successors made little progress with the irrigation project.
 The Assouan. or Aswan. dam as an engineering feat is the greatest landmark of progress in Egypt. As A bridie for the Nile 1t has proved ai- together successful Its construction was financed by London capitalists. Egypt agreeing to pay for 1t in in- stallmentss after its completion. It was expected that the cost. with interest, would be s25.o0o.oo0 to the Egyptian conditions In the river bed an addi- tional expense of ten per cent. of the estimate was incurred
 Work Is now in progress to raise the dam about twenty-three feet This VIII increase Its storage capacity two and one-fourth times. The cost will be s7,500,000. and 100000 acres of land now useless will become fertile. This land will be worth from sso to $125 an acre. This gigantic dam im- pounding billion tons of '.the tears of Isiss as they flow. is pointed to by Eng~shmen as proof that England is the greatest builder the Nile Val ley has known and that the Twentieth century has produced the greatest oil Egypt's monuments. Copyright. 1909. by Frederic J. Has.l Y kin.) Tomorrow--Twentieth Century Exyvt.
 X-Farming in Nfleland-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
DRIFTWooD


 About 7s.ooo babies were born in that. <.
 It is said that drunkards are caused good roast" and they usually get 1t from their wives.
 With forty riots in one night Phila- dslpnia can. hardly be called sleepy New York man Is charged with big. amy because he talked in his sleep of When they talk thusly in their slurn- pers us usually a pretty good sign or how their thoughts run as it Is about the only chance the average man has to talk.
 Lemonade used to be considered the poor man's drink. But 1t costs twice as much as soda-water these days at Senator Aldrich is not only expert in arranging tarih schedules for other people but he has now been allowed to select his own route and name his own lectures
 Once there was an actor and actress who married and settled down happily together but that was long and long ago.
 The. sweet girl graduate and the June bride of old Alabama do not con- sider 1t beneath their dignity to eat the sweet Alabama watermelon.
 St. Louis woman committed suicide because her affinity criticised some strawSsrriss str she prepared for sa him; Had Had up a saucer full of our delicious native strawberries with real Jersey cream, he would never have prompted her to such an act.
 The porter with the whisk broom hoy. The waiter with the finger bowl to Vacation time. at last, Is really here So be prepared to hand 'em out the When the fish are bitin' good In the ole creek in the wood. When the ole snake-doctor flies Gross Gs the stream; when the blue skies An q world of song I seem Jes to wanter go an lie On the creek bank till I die. With pole an hook an line When the fish are bitin' fine. Oh the ole town don't appeal To me none when kin feel-- The perfumed breezes a blowin' Where the cool deep creek is fiowin Whar the jay bird starts a cry To the cat bird swingin' nigh Whar the squirrels bark an run In the sunshine in such fun. Whar the wild rose mods and sways On the dreamy summer days. Mister City Man now say Would you swap with me today7 Would you like once more to stray Whar the fish leap in their play With a pole an hook an line When you're feelin' slick an fine Way of sonewhar In Q wood. When the fish are bitin' goodf
 -P. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
Politics and Politicians

The Statewide. psohibitionists are Texas. Maryland Republicans will hold their state convention in Baltimore, August 25, just two weeks later than the Dem- ocratic State Convention.
 
 Governor-elect Brown of Georgia has decided that his inauguration the lat- ter part of this month shall be devoid Of all ostentation.
 At the recent Unitarian anniversaries in Boston. President Taft was elected honory president of the newly formed National League of Unitarian Laymen-
 4 large field is promised for the nexr gubernatorial race in Texas Among the latest to announce his candidacy for the nomination. is Judge William Poindexter of cieburne.
 Because the Senate Appropriations committee would not give him a salary Of $7.5O0 year as an employe of the new Committee on Public Expendi lures. former Senator Henry B. Hans. nrough or North Dakota has resigned his position.
 number of influential Democrats of New York, 1t is asserted, are to prepare a s,, Dili 10 De submitted to the Legisia- to the election law which will prevent the throwing out of rightfully elected delegates to State conventions.
 The "Recollections of Grover cIeve- land" George F. Parker author Ito be published next fall. Is to be inscribed to Thomas Fortune Ryan. Mr clevs- friends from the day that the forner was first nominated in 1884.
 The Liberal Party in Georgia is pre- pairing to put full State ticket in the field in the. next election. Steps to- ward organizing for the campaign have been started under the direction of Sid. of the Lbersi Party for as PTssSdsnl Sanaidass , ring the last Presidential campafgu,
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 William Lorimer. the new United of Eigland. When a boy he enligrated ted to America with his parents and io- cated in Chicago. He received little schooling. for he was put to work nt fly. After he had grown to manhood he worked for several years as d street car conductor. Then he drifted theo the rp'an Po'ai.acs' became 2 ward leader in real estate and other ventures soon ac- quired a comfortable fortune. For the past fifteen years he has been a Rem resentative in Congress.
 The city of Colorado Springs hss adopted the commission form of gov ernment under a charter which abo:- lshes the ward system, eliminates par. ty politics, provides the recall, initia tive and referendum and places ample restrictions around the granting of franchises. The charter is probably the most liberal adopted by. any American municipality, because of the fact thas the Colorado Legislature gives cities . free rein in makin gtheir charters. Col. orado Springs ds the first Colorado city to adopt the commission plan of gov ernment, although Pueblo and several other cities are now taking steps to that end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
A YOUNG WOMAN OF ss.

New York Times:
 Can age be a mere matter of opin. ion? 1 think so. A woman of Sy, fiev. CT robust, unable from adverse cir. cumstances to coddle herself, and com pelled tQ be versatile in her own field, as well as, alas! in the field of the so- called stronger sex, might well have reached the acme of physical and men- tai decay. l am just what I have de- scribeds and have lost neither Rcour- age. hope, nor activity. I have just written q short story for a prominent magazine, which my friends say, for dramatic power. pathos, originality and humor, has never been excelled by the writer. sent May TO- 1909, an orig. inal novel containing an unusual piot and much characterization to a London publisher who has recently offered a prize of 250 guineas for the desired article. I write frequent letters and my paragraphs to the press in which the Yigor displayed has been alluded to as masculine q scOrn thatO. Tn religion, politics, art, literature. and science my enthusiasm Is unabated. 1 read all the great new books, and the only sign of decadence I perceive in myself is an abhorrence for the mon strous fashions of the modern woman, q call this wisdom, however, I want to live to see what the world will do next after 1t has produced Marconi Zeppelin, and the Mauretania. I mean to die on my feet fighting, with my back to the wall and thanking God that He made me a worthy representa- tive of His power.
 Eighty-Three iwith expectations.J
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
Will Survive It.

New York Tribune.
 The Washington correspondent of The Charlotte Observer reports to his newspaper that the displacement of MT. North as director of the census Southern statesmegn ttg DaI Who tU Wers sup1ry nrs. pared to interest themselves in the se- lection of supervisots to manage the next enumeration. Says this corre- spondent:
 The South will be affected by the resignation of iMr. North as director of the census. as he was very friendly to Southern representatives. He had said that he would give a Democratic su- pervisor of the next census for each Democratic Congressman. Although Mir. Taft has said that he desired a census, North Carolina will not be apt to get more than four Democratic SUI pervisors. Mir. North would have per- mitted seven"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
This Date in History
June &.

1709-Paper money first authorized and issued in New York. l7b6-A bankruptcy act was passed by the Rhode Island Assembly. 1sl0-Robert Alexander Schumann, composer, born. Died July 29. 1s46--Andrew Jackson. seventh Presi- dent of the United States, died at his home in Tennessee. Born March 16. 17s7. 1864 - Morgan's forces defeated by General Burbridge. near Lexing- ton. Ky.
 lSes-Dominion Parliament met for the first time in the new building at Ottawa.
 tS74-House of Representatives passed bill for the admission of Colo rado to the Union. ls91--Massacres In HaYtI by order Of General Hippolyte. 1905-Norwegian Parliament proclaim ed dissolution of the union with Sweden.
 I90S-President Roosevelt appointed a National Commission on the Con- &ervatton of National Resources
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
BRUTAL VIOLATION OF THE LAW

BRUTAL N1OLATION OF THE LAW.
 The violent and brutal attack on the detectives of the Law and Order League yesterday afternoon was most reprehensible. This Is no time for vio- lAnce of this kind. and such acts should find no sort of an apologist or defend CT.
 The former saloon men. who are charged with violating the prohibi- ton law. do well to repudlate the act. They would do better to find and help arrest these men. If the hot headed and violent men who are responsible
 for this outrage hoped to benefit the men who have been arrested as viola tors of the prohibition law. they no doubt now realize that instead of be- slowing a beneft upon them, they have done them great harm.
 It is not a question as to whether the detectives are desirable citizens, 1t is not question of whether their work is praiseworthy. They are here under the operation of the law, working, in their way. for an enforcement of the law and they are under the protection of the law.
 Violence will not settle the issue in Montgomery County. The cases that have been started must go their order ly way through the courts. Mob vio- lence will work to the hurt of he men. under charges in the court. There was in that attack, not only a grave infraction of the law, but a defiance oi it. This sort of thing must stop, and stop right now. The feeling fin Mont gomery, between two strong factions and one of them, is as 1t were, in the courts to answer charges of law breaking. is tense. Any small incident may precipitate trouble and serious trouble is certain if there is further defiance of the law.
 In this crisis the true man can cccu. py but one positIon-he must stand fol the respect and observance of the law He cannot keep his mouth closed--hs must denounce the outrage of yester. day afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
RESPECT FOR BABIEs.
Illinois Flat LandlOrdA Can No LOnge
 lar Infants.

Illinois Flat LandlOrdA Can No Longer
 Ear Infants.
 Pittsburg Post.
 Chicago, Springfield. Kankakee. and other Illinois cities will doubtless soon become points of attraction for young married couples. The Illinois Legis- lature has passed. and the Governor de. clares he intends to sign. a bill declar- ing void apartment leases which pro- hibit children in apartment houses.
 Just why legislation of this charac- ter has been so long delayed. nobody seems able to explain. The weight of opinion has all been against heartless landlords who have practiced unjust discrimination in favor of those who lean to race suicide.
 Nor will there be great sympathy for the Rrouchy individual who encourages the landlord by seeking to immure himself against innocent children: who refuses to locate in a neighborhood where these do most abound: who is irritated by the noises of the young hopefuls at play, and fully exasperated by the sounds that emerge from the infant that Is yet too young to play. The man who cannot endure the prox- imity of children-and the women also. for there are quite as many of of these deserves to become a Robinson Cru soc.
 We are glad Illinois has taken the bit in her teeth. May other Common wealths follow a worthy example.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

war he had no closer friend than Col. Mcclure nor one in whom he more closely oonndsd. To the people of the South Col. Mcclure was unknown until after the close of hostiiities. and thon he appeared among the first of North srn men. who declared that freedom for the negro did not mean slavery for the whites. He was an opponent of the measures which sought to disfrsn- chise Southern men and his opposi- ton was 90 intense that he soon left his old party and became an inde- pendent but always for tho tnsn and measures which were justsr to the Southern people than his old associ- ates.
 On his visits to the South he often came to Montgomery and at ban quet here on one occasion he said Mr. Lincoin's passionate desire was the preservation of the Union. with as far ss it was possible the rights of the people and States preserved. On the subject of slavery he made the an- nounoement that MT. Lincoln. at any period of the war would have preferred for the sake of peace to issue bonds to reimburse the people of the South for property loss rather than to issue them for the blood that necessarily would low In war.
 Although he was one of the few men in Pennsylvania who suffered loss by the invasion of his State by confed- crate troops he accepted 1t with pairi- otic philosophy as one of the inevit- able results of war. and never chsrish- ed q moments i'll will on account or 1t. Smaller minded men would have been embittered and shown their feelings in revengful conduct He was the found- CT of The Philadelphia Times in ls7s and his conduct of It's editorial coiumns the Union. It was based upon a patri- etic desire to build up the whole ccmn- try and to re-establish the old prin- ciples under which there had teen SO much general happiness and prosperity. A great measure of success was his re- ward.
 To no man is the South more in- debted than to Col. Mcclure for per- sistent showing forth of its great ag- ricultural. commercial. manufacturing and mining advantages. We doubt not that through his influence many mill lions of dollars of Northern capital have been invested in Southern enter prises. His writings about conditions and possibilities in the South would fill several large volumes and 1t was all done from a desire to beneft the ceun- try at large.
 In addition to his public spirit he was gifted with a lovely personality that made and retained friends. He was large in body. mind and heart and there are none who will not sincerely regret to learn of his death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
A Counterfeit BiII.

Washington, June IA deceptive counterfeit $10 national bank note bearing the portrait of William Mo- Kinley has been discovered and the secret service Is endeavoring to trace its origin. The counterfeit Is viewed by the officials as one designed with great cleverness. The note Is on the Citizens National Bank of New York City, of the series of 1902. and appar- ently Is printed from Autograph plates on two pieces of paper, between which silk threads have been distributed. The numbering is poor, the figures being irregular in size and. alignment, but the pink seal Is excellent both as to color and workmanship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
An TunuIt tO q w

se GGs n stStye Nsw aeorEe MoH Washington. set up In 1892. represent ed the Father of his Country sitting iu a bathrobe on a big block of stone. For more than fifty years it stood on the capital plaza an incongruous figure. Then 1t was moved to the Smithsonian Institution and at cost of S10.OOO re- stored.
 It was thought that It's troubles had ended. but today passers-by discovered that Eliot Woods, superintendent of the Capitol building, is using the ten new Senate office building power plant.
 Vigorous protest Is being made, and the old block of marble. ernbeliishcd with the legend First In War;" may yet be saved from such an ingiorious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
This Is My 39th Birthday
Max BrOdeI.

Max BrodeL noted as an anatomical artist, was born in Leipzig, Germany. June 1870 and was educated at the Leipzig Academy of Arts and at the University of Leipzig. While still a. university student his. work as an it. illustrator attracted attention and he was engaged to illustrate the work of Carl Ludwig the celebrated anatomist, and other noted medical authorities. Tn 1894 MT. Brodel came to the United States and located in Baltimore. He has been Professor of Art as applied to medicine in John Hopkins Univer- sity, and has also illustrated the pub lications issued by the Johns Hopkius Medical School.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
New Theory of state Responsibility.


 New York Times.
 Displaying an originality of thought truly startling. the lower house of the Florida Legislature has passed bill which, if 1t went through the Senate and was signed by the Governor, would make the State responsible for all stolen property and obliged to pay its value to the persons robbed.
 There is a certain attractiveness and plausibility about this plan, for the State does assume the duty of protect ing it's citizens in their lives and goods, and when 1t fails to do so they appar- ently have a claim to redress when re- dress is possible. And in not a few analogous instances the justice of the claim is admitted-when riots are not suppressed, for instance. But as a rule such damages are pretty hard to col- feet.
 It Is pointed out that the proposed law, If enacted, would lead to strange situations The man with unstable wares would only have to persuade a friend to steal them and he would get their moneys worth. Again, thieves would not have to think-it they ever do--of the Injury to individuals which their stealing would cause.
 The weakness of the new plan lies In It's fallacious assumption that the State promises to do more than its best to keep men honest and property sale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
Ripening Fruit of unwiae Legi.Intion


 The New York Times has made a careful analysis of the dividends and interests which have been declared so far in the month of June. Classified as railroad, miscellaneous, and industrial including electric and municipaD, and compared with 1907. 1t shows $34,225.- 900 in dividends and $36, ,006 in in- terest for 1907, and sS7,113, ,00O in divi dends and s40,S5S,0 900 in interest for 1909. The Times continues: "The analysis is more striking than the to- tai statement. The increase is attrib- utable altogether to the miscellaneous and industrial section, and would be larger yet were 1t not masked by a de- crease In the railway dividends and an increase in the railway interest. RaiI- way dividends have decreased two millions. while industrial dividends have increased their fixed charges which precede dividends. and decrease the fund from which dividends are de- rived, but the increase oS railway bond interest Is much the larger" The de- crease in the railways dividends and the increase in the interest they were compelled to pay (both of which items show to the advantage of the interest column), were not caused by excessive road-building in unproductive sections or cutthroat competition in rates. They were caused by "an anti-railway cam palgn which was wilful-although not malicious-andd whose results are but now ripening.N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
secretnriea of LeratIon.

Washington. June 7.-Announcement of appointments to the position of sec- retaries of legations will be made by the State Department probably this week from the list of candidates who were given a thorough written and ment officers some time ago. There are eight or ten appointments to be made, the salaries of which vary from SI,200 to $2,0o0 per year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

That was a somewhat strange story sent out from New York some dayE ago to the effect that a play was put on the stage of such filthy character that the manager himself wouldn't stand for it. A few instances of that kind might purify the stage to a great extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

That eclipse of last Thursday night was about the most complete success we ever witnessed. Not only the moon, but the sun and the stars and the sky were completely eclIpsed. It was a good job. for a fact, in this region.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

It is a very safe assertion that a Chicago professor makes when he says that the civilization of Mars is SUI perior to ours, He knows that there's = -.aS fa AiAnrnEa his aassrtIon,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

There's some hope for Aunt Carrie nothing but game chickens. She has been raising quite a different product most of the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
s,NoRS CALCULATION.

The fignres for May printed below ,arp, rp resent the actual net circulation. ah having been deducted. .n,... its
 The Montgomery Advertiser guahsnnssss .ns ,a aagsrtissss land makes 1t part ot shs c,rc,.- tract whan requsstedl that its daiiy s~ SLSs iatiou is larger than that of any mornins s. newspaper printed in Alabama-Ana sas, ,,na ss sunday edition has ,-s largest rtnssd ,n of any edition of any newspaper p'~ " Alabama. without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08
Iudge EtheridEe pead.

Des Moines Ia., June 7.--Judge s. S. Etheridge, aged 77, referee for the United States Court in Bankruptcy for heart failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-08

d I. Ffnigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being ouis The foregoing statement of The Adver- 4iser,s circulation for the month or May. saoe is true and correct, and compiled aIter ai1 returns from news boys, news agents enosied and left over copies have been de- ssxss.sd c l. FINIGAN,
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this sFo ees " RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.