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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
FREAK LEGISLATION.

The wise Solomon came right out
and honestly admitted that there were
some things too hard for him. With
all his wisdom. he found that he didn't
know it all, and ack nowledged the corn
like man. If he were now living he
would be compelled to add at least one
more to his list of finite incomprehc en-
sibiiities. He would be compelled to
admit that he couldn't foreteli what a
Legislature would do.
If any reader is inclined to DISPUTE
this proposition he has only to 90
over the records OF what legislative
bodies have done, and then he will al
NIT that the ways of such bodies are
past finding out. and their possible ac-
ton among the impenetrabie mysteries
OF humanity. He will find that laws
have been enacted which no process Of
human ratiocination will enable him to
explain on any principle of necessity
or propriety. Some of these laws are
so absurd as to be ludicrous, some so
drastic as to be almost execrable, ard
some so utterly unjust ana unfair that
their enforcement is not attempted in
many Instances. Their very nature
makes them a dead letter.
One of the latest legislative mystic
ries that we have noted comes from
NnnnAafIc,,f tITha rTo,,nu 49,. - >,
says The New Haven Register, has
passed a bill which disqualifes a dealer
In tobacco from being a police COM
missioner in the city of New Haven.
In common regard for it's past policy,
II ought also to offer a reward to the
tobacconist who shall sell policemen
In New Haven the most cigars. Why
in the world a man should be dlsquali-
fed who sells tobacco and a man be
eligible who sells groceries or clothing
is beyond our guessing editor. He
gave 1t up at once and said he would
have no moral right to his salary for
any time nominally given to the ID
ject, for nobody could solve 1t. The
story goes that a tobacconlst once
gave a policeman bunch of cigars to
influence his conduct, Why. here in
Hartford we have several men who
have given policemen pieces of their
minds in order to influence their con.
duct. Must we conclude that anybody
who has a mind is thereby dlsquall-
fed? 1t is as sensible as to disqualify
anybody who has cigars"
We are not surprised to learn that
the guessing editor" of The Register
gave It up. II Solomon were here in
the flesh and the question were put to
him. he would promptly throw up his
| hands and admit that IT was beyond
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Referring to the tramp of four men
from Montgomery to Daphne, down on
Mobile Bay. The Birmingham Ledger
is crues enough 20 say:
The abolition Of the railroad passes
have perhaps worked more harpship
upon the members of the press than
on any othr class. The following item
from The Montgomery Advertiser will
give faint idea of how hard the
newspaper men have been hit by anti
pass legislation.
Now the young men referred to have
money enough to travel all over the
country in automobiles thired ones, Of
course) If they so desire. The truth is
they want to reduce the flesh that has
piled on them from excessive high liv-
ing during the past winter. This is
especially true of Artist spangler, who
wants to look like "a lean and hungry
Cassius."
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
THE AMERIcANEGG TRADE
By Frederic J. IIasLin.

chickens will keep best. A man NJ
buzzard's Bay pickles fifty barrels Of
eggs . year In brine, and guarantees
that they Will frost when beaten a half
year later. Other expsrimenters have
packed In chan. .saw-dust. dry sand.
salt and charcoal-anything that will
exclude air Others have wrapped ther,n
In unsized paper and placed in cool esi-
iars. Eggs have been preserved In wa.
yer glass, silicate of potash or soda
,nat coats them; they have been dis
in1ected and coated with vaseline. or
= mixture Of parafiin. linseed oil, tur-
pentine and faas, while some have been
Immersed in solution of giycerine ana
sanciiic acid. The egg shell. being
porus In order that the Imprisoned
cnicken may have air as 1t matches,
makes It difficult to devise air-exciud.
ing packing. and the frailty OF the
s me, makes its handling . matter Of
When eggs are sent 70 the nacs,n~
houses to be shipped or placed In cold
storage they are candIed and the good
ones shipped or stored, the broken
ones are frozen In cans or sent to an
otner place to be dehydrated and form
= convenient food for use In the navy
-s,ooo pounds Of dried eggs forming :
part % the food supply Of the Atlantis
meet when II went on International az.
hfhftion Tainted eggs are used7 n tbe
DRESSING OF leather for gloves and book
binding, this being one Of the tenement
trades. ana they are also used in the
manufacture Of shoe backing and IA
making disinfectant. The shells
those from the giant incubators az
well as those from the packing houSes
ARE made into q fertilizer Ssss
Not only do eggs form q considsr-
able article Of diet. but millions are
used every year by wine ciarifiers. In
calico print works. and IN dys rnanu-
factories, and others in preparing pho.
tograph plates. And an these figure In
the seventeen dozen per year that ars
apportioned to each inhabitant. Though
the majority Of eggs come from the
farms Of the great Mississippi Valley.
the far West, the New England States
and the North Atlantic have model
poultry farms and each with. its, pref
erence OF White Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds, Barred Plymouth Rocks,
White Leghorns Minorcas or plain.-
everyday mixed breeds, is helping to-
raise the standard OF eggs to q con-
formity with the, price, and help net.
the nation its many millions q year on,
this one Industry. .
Copyright 1908. by Frederic J Has- !.
kin.) =
Tomorrsw--sfineral Water Trade.
r.
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A CONFEDERATE VETERAN


wants To E.stablish Kinder Relstions
Between tbs whites and Blacks.
Editor of The Birmingham Age, HeraIo,
l. herewith hand You for puplication.
from The Montgomery Xdvertissr. de:
at Dayton. Ala. That place being my
QUO oua nems with sd the Ssins peonie
and sympathizing fully with the beau.
tfful sentiment Involved, write THIS
with the hope Of arousing q better feel
ing and more pleasant relationship De.
tween the white and colored people of
The great question that faces US Is
gro more Iaw-abiding and moral In his
conduct to instiil In him q greater re,
spect for the laws of his country ano
restrain him from the comm,ssion s OF
ant relationship between US. Can THIS
he done by afresting him for every
trivial offense that involves but little
u upon his ankles. force him to work up
on the streets and sleep at night with
out removing his shackles, causing
nas IS Ras s
nocent sometimes with the guilty, TO
restrain him from the commission of
murder and other crimes3 should ne
and Impartial trial. tempered with
feeling Of lenieney and mercifui con.
sideration2 N ~
Let as remember that during the civ
Ii war they labored in our aelds to
feed and clothe our army. welding
chains to bind them and their children
In eternal slavery and they knew it,
and without a. murmur or the least
The Confederate soldier can but en-
terrain q tender regard for him. for In
sense they are comrades and wild
go down In history side by side
Let us change our course toward the
Southern negro and cause him to feel
that We are his friends. Do this and
we will not need q new and larger jail
and courthouse.
J. q. Alternately, NJ D.
Ex-Slaveholder and Ex-Surgeon c. 8. A.
Birmingham May Z. 1909.
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Brooklyn Eagle.
The prices charged by newspapers,
apparently. are of interest to the gem
eral public. The impression prevails
that those charging, / cent are greatly
in excess Of those charging . cents and
more The fact Is that the f-cent pa
pers are not in excess Of the higher
priced papers. They stand to the 9TH
ers as 25 does to 49,.
Surprise on the part OF the general
public may be excused when 1t Is found
that the result of an inquiry on the
part of the American Newspaper Pub
members. The committee on pepper of
that association has made careful in
curry having received reports from S62
weekday papers (datlies, not Sunday
pers are more numerous than the l.
cent papers, and that the 6-cent papers
are nearly in as large number as, those
charging / cent Here are the exact
percentages:
one cent via
TWO cent ............ '4V
Three cent -. .....F., ....0sX
In ft other reV Words Of the number, $50
C OF tnese esSt epsnts tase cehts
It is also shown that there are only
eight 1-cent papers south of Maryland
and an equal number west Of the
Rocky Mountains; The proportion OF
10 not given, so the per centages can
not be computed, but 1t Is not likely
that they differ much from those as
above.
There are otner figures quite as sig.
| nifcant and Interesting. This. report
shows that there are no Iyesnt papers
| in twenty States; no 2-cent papers IN
States Stat and no scent papers in eigh-
teen States. The converse follows:
there are 1-cent papers In twenty-fiye
states 2Csnt pa1srs ~ ftesn sfates
and scent papers In twenty-seven
| States.
| circulation, the larger the losses The
| and Scent papers have a profit. This
| has a meaning of no little consequences
Each class Of newspapers seeks adver.
not alone for the purpose Of increasins
profits. but to make good losses Incur
| red in selling production az less tnan
| have You as a result? The quality OF
the paper is determined by the guam
tty Of the adyer 'ts Gssa,,ty ns is rood
| When the quantity is small, reduction
of expenses necessarily follows. The
end is that quality Is diminished.
Such increase has enlarged the ex.
| penses of the papers and In the case OF
| the 1-cent papers increased the losses
In some of the cities this situation has
been met wisely by lifting 1-cent pa.
pers into the accent class. Because o.
| the discu ssions as to what policy SHOULD
| be pursued, the inquiry OF the Publish
ers' Association was made With re results ~
| in order to meet the new condition
wisely only quarter OF, the week DAY
| papers published would be compelled Il
| Increase their price.
The strange thing Is that the pdbllt
did not demand 1-cent papers II does
| not now, except as bulletins OF news
| to be read in the cars and thrown
| away, thus serving little purpose al
| advertising mediums. The papers
themseives made the low price in Ill
| advised competition with rivals. There
is, in fact, no article produced so oheeI
as daily newspaper. when It's value
to the reader Is considered; FIVE cent,
worthy of consideration. For when 9
paper is independent Of adver rstnr6 f fo'
! the price paid in the quality OF his
] paper
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
This Date IL, History
MAY "a.


1621-wedding of Edward winslow and Su-
sauna White, first couple married in
Plymouth Colony.
17so-Charleston, s. C, captured by the
British under Gen. Clinton.
1s11-Cornerstone of Tammany Hail. New
York laid.
1s29-George W. Childs, noted publisher
and philanthropist. born in Baltimore.
Died in Philadelphia, Jan. Is. 1894.
1S3S-william e. Bogss. fourth chancellor
of the University of Georgia, born in
India.
1ss2--Natchez. Miss surrendered to Com
modore Farragut.
1s69-Filibustering expedition from New
York landed in Cuba.
1s79-Ineome tax bill defeated In the lower
house OF Congress.
1Ss7-Statue OF President Garfield unveiled
in washington. D. c.
1ss2-Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs dedicated.
1854 portion of Admiral Simpsons fleet
bombarded the batteries at San Juan,
Porto Rico.
I9os-Number of lives lost in tornadoes in
Sarpy and Cass Counties. Nebraska.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
or..tt,ne Difference. of wages

PhiladeIphla NecOIu' - ~ -..A-,v
m lmnose duty of IL cents a pound
upon the lead contained in ore. This
is S3s. 60 a ton for the metal in the ore
The pretext on which this was done
was that IL was necessary to offset the
differences between American and for
And yef not one particle of evidence
IN Support OF this proposition was Of
fered by Mr.. ALdrleh and his associates
and not a particle was demanded by
the other side. Senator Stone express
ed the opinion that the duty was OK;
Senator CIapp, tMinn.). Republican, at
ter excoriating HIS colleagues for re-
fusinE to reduce duties. meekly accept
ILL cents pound was necessary and
voted for II. II would be impossible foI
TIVE aanata to abdicate its functions and
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Correspondent OF FhlIadeIphIA Recoru;
Let us see how the tariff on knit
goods works. The writer appeared ir
1890 before the Mckinley Committee
of Congress and learned a few things
one manufacturer of underwear and
hosiery asked Tor an advance of the
duty on such goods. from go per cent
He was dreadfuIly afraid of foreigners
dumping their wares in the United
States.
what he asked for.
Did he raise the wages of his oper
atives? Not bit of 1t: inside of slI
weeks after the bill was signed he re-
ant factories 10 per cent. A pleasing
feature of the matter is that the owne'
OF that factory is now rated as worth
S25. 900. 0uu.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
This 10 My 9th Birthday
BISHOP scANNELL.

Rt. Rev. Richard sseannell, Bishop of the
Roman Catholic diocese Of Omaha; was born
May IL, 1s45, in County Cork, ireland. His
theological education he received In the IA
nous All 4atlows College In ireland. At
ter being ordained to the priesthood In 1sTl
pastor of q church in Nashville. Tenn Later
he became rector Of the cathedral AMI adj
ministrator Of the Nashville diocese These
appointed first bishop of Concordia, Kas.
His conservation took place In the cathedral
in Nashville. November 80. 1887. In 1891
Bishop Scannel was transferred from Con-
cordia to Omaha.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
LIVINGSTON SCHOOLS.
Yeor of Good Work VIII Come To A
End This Week.

End This Week.
Livingston. May Especial. 1.-The
Livingston Graded School will close
here on May -.
This has been a very successful term
and a larger number than usual were
in attendance.
Professor r. b. Galloway. the prin-
cipal, who was assisted by Miss Phil
lips and Mrs. Eva Arlington. have
proven splendid teachers and have
good results. =
They will not give anv commence
ment exercises this year, but will turn
out Friday evening as usual.
The work on the new brick building
of the State school, which was dam
aged by the fire here at the burning of
the dormintory. is about completed.
They hope to have everything in com
pleteness bv May 20.
Mrs. Cooper, mother of Mr.. B. B.
Cooper of Tuscaloosa. Mrs. L. Fluker
of this town. and Mrs, Handlev OF
York, and Mr.. Frank Cooper of Cuba,
died at York, aged about rs years. She
was buried at York today.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Missouri has just enacted a law
which classes chronic drunkards with
lunatics and idiots. Now the question
that will come up to worry Missouri
jurisprudence will be, What is a chronic
drunkard?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

This project of talking to Mars. "
says The Oklahoma State Capital
doesn't interest the eligible maidens
of the land. They would rather have
the young men talk to Pas" That's
about the worst yet. ~. q.
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National Editorial Association

ottawa, Ont. May lit Is expected
that the National Editorial Association
of the United states will hold its an
nual meeting in Vancouver this year
some time in July The Canadian gov.
eminent has invited the officers of the
Association to meet in Canada this
year and Vancouver has been suggest.
ed as the place.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

A woman UP in Mt. Vernon has just
been declared insane, the evidence
showing that she drank pint of para
goric every day. Sure enough booze
would have been safer than that. and
1t is no wonder that she became loony.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

The Waterbury, Republican, pub
lished up in old Connecticut, makes a
plea for more corn meal More and
better would be better text.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
Not Worried.

Whv does Mr.. Charles ]. Swift want
to worry the editor of The Montgomery
Advertiser with Bryan questions at
this time when the all-lmportant ques-
ton in Montgomer Is how to get out
Of next to last place in the aseball
per centage table?
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What the Sfate Papers
! Are Saying and Doing

Not veSetarians. ~
ii il reported te~ that MIR. Beefsteak
married a Miss Lamb in Pennsylvania.
Here ts one couple at least who have
no notion Of becoming yesetarians.
$780, WIZ Claim II.
Gadsden Journal
The. African natives want Theodore
To- make II rain. That's one stunt that
his luck win stay With him. that the
natives Will get the rain and Roosevelt
VIII get the credit.
1Time Enough.
Uniontown Herald. RI 49,
The cool Temperatures Of the nights
20 Tar this season, has been very dis
as,s he S,r1 to that gay ana festive lit
the common parlance. but he Is douht-
PHI in due season with his usual per-
1lisA eilss -~as- - 1919 ~ ~ "
yiozates Natzre,s Law
ralladega Mountain Home e
The latest drink reported in ITALIA,
sasa s soao gsaaea snRss
Is not a, violation Of the prohibitioh
law. It is a most violent violation Of
-rature's law. and Its devotees are on
yard. the destination. to be determined
! by whether the stomach or the head Is
tne weaker. 81 A Af-A : Ne
He'll he Heard From.
Colonel Roosevelt went to Africa
with the expressed determination to
bar newspaper men from all access 20
he had special correspondent with
him his work Of publicity would not be
more effective; The killing OF his 'four
will come the murder of an elenhant
and rhinoceros It's all right. We ali
want to 2. k g gno Of II Il saa ne Colonel
Eufausa is GrossiAe. {
Eufaula Times. n ,M
When Mr.. Russell assumed charge OF
the affairs 81. q the posssotacs sbent 1our
did not reach over ~, 14O and after
June ! this sum viii be Increased to
approximately $1o,ooo. The marked
index OF the city's growing prosperity
despite the cry of the calamity bowler.
Mr.. Russell since his induction intoi Its
TEEN of the best citizens as being one
ton.
Don't Fret Over Had croD sart.
eV Don't get worEea up too hsavliy over
the alleged bad crop prospects. Re-
member member every year We hear direful
The sun still Shines occasionally and
there are a great many days to come
In which to make up for lost time,
yourself In line TO do execution when
the proper season for work actually
appears.
In the Old Country.
Mobile Register. .L.s... -. So. fsrr,
oscar Slater murdered Marion Gill
christ in Glasgow. Scotland, December
Il last, less than I've months ago. he
hed TO America, was discovered ar
rested and sent back to Scotland. Last
week he was put on his trtaL and in
four days was convicted and Sentenced
to be hanged. In two weeks he will be
dead This. was a celebrated case In
this country six months' time would be
used up preparing to begin 10 get
% fry n N a VA -0vs
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Over in Georgia they have been hay
ing more or less to say about a turpen-
tine trust. Must be a rather sticky
concern.
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Sow PortuEaI CabInet

Lisbon, May lift is announced to-
day that Wencesto de Lima has sue
caaded in forming a new cabinet
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In the Old Country. +
Mohfla RegIster. ii ~. G.n
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS.

The Sugar Trusts methods OF steal.
ing from the United states would bring
a blush to the cheek OF a pickpocket,-"
Baltimore Sun - 1 -. -
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The railroads that have to get rid
OF their coal mines will be put to tina
expense OF opening q new set of books
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Editor The Advertiser:
They are Passing Away"
gray heroes of the Confederacy who
vet remain on the scene of action 10
meet two years hence at the birth
place OF our Confederacv In commem-
Grafton Of the hftteth anniversary:
OPP, May 10. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

When washingtoniaIls saw botht the
President and Vice President at the
OF paper bag, they ceased to despair
OF the ReDublic.-Mexican Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12
sWURN CIRCULATION.

SWORN cIRCULATl0nN,::a below
- The figures for March pri..s ali re-
resrssent the actual net circulation ~''
turns having been deducted. .rantses It's
sdvertisers land makes II par. q, circula-
tract when requested, that rs e eny mornins
ton sl nrsn,sa n Aissamaans that az, f.a
Sunday edition has the lsrs sns, prsntsd in
OF any edition of any nsSsp@S
Alabama without exception:
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Most of the brilliant ideas in after
dinner speaking come out of a cham~
payne bottle and disappear with the
bnbbles.--New York Press.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Naturally 1t causes somewhat OF a
shock, for Il Is only quite recently
that anybody even suspected Senator
Dolliver OF ANYTHING of the klnd.-In.
dianapolis News.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Nobody can doubt this being. the land
OF liberty. Out In Liberty Mo- when
to look after the welfare of prison
erA called at the Jail he found that the
only occupant had gone out to make
calf and taken the key with him.
New York Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Senator Aldrich is silent on the in
creases in his tariff bill. But they
speak for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Senator's can sac no reason or need
for an income tax when It is so much
easier to tax the poor mans necessi'
ties.--Kaneas City Star
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

I. Finixan. Circulation Manager OF Inc
Montgomery Advertiser. being duiy '"''"'
The foregoing statement Of The Aev we,
Users circulation for the month Q. ApsT'
4ese In true and correct, and compheu a.
80 III rerurns from news boys. news agents
sgos.ea AHs & T. FINIGAN
Circulation Manager.
sworn 70 and subscribed before me TINS
Ten day Of April, 1903. - r,,n,,.
RIGA ALEXANDER lNotafy E1D ---
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TomorFevv--sEinsrai Water TRADE.
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UnI0utOWn Herald. - 4. -
The cool temperature of the nights
20 far this season has been very dis
heartening to that gay ana festive lit
the common parlances but he Is Doubt
less laying low" and will present his
bill In due season with his usual per-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Great comedown, but we heard OF a
great baseball pitcher once who when
singing lessons and pitching vcicoE for
living.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-12

Mr. McCosh says that the keenest
ali misery is abused affections: w
don't desire to smash so poetiSA
sentiment but seems to US about tn
tight pair Of new shoes and a soc
With q hole In It that Is saving you
toe nearly In two and your girl insist
on having you walk with her ali owe
the broad expanse Of a park to pic