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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
NO DANGER OF WAR.

President Roosevelt raised the cry of wolf" and the lesser lights of the jingo fraternity joined him. Between and among them they frightened or persuaded the House to appropriate money for two more great battle ships. Thus the apostles of jingoism are gratifed and carry their point The tremulous statesmen who period ically see war clouds looming in the direction of Japan have had another dig at the peoples money.
 It Is noticeable that this war scare is periodic in its appearance. It comes up in time for the assembling of Con- gress. and Is always in evidence when question of naval appropriations is up. And what is 1t all about? Nat urally and normally" says The St. Louis Post Dispatch. "there is no more danger of war with Japan than there is with the Czar of the Buigars, and if ever a conflict does take place it will be because the ferocity of our jingo rhetoric displayed for the parliamentary purpose of procuring a big naval appropriation and profitable contracts for shipbuilders. moves the ,AIikado's people to a temper which will be calmed only by war;
 Of course there is. no reason to ex- peet or apprehend war with Japan un- less 1t comes entirely through our own fault. Whether those who are forever prating of such a probability or certainly, they say-are really self-deceived and take counsel from their fears. is a question that may not be easily solved. Some of them may really be in a constant state of trepidation and fear that Japan will stalk. like the angel of death. across the waters and put the United States out of business for all time. These men have abnormal visions and can see no color but yellow. But there are some who are governed by diff ferent motives. They think it Is quite q feather in their caps to get a big naval appropriation. but what is doubtless of much more importance to some Of them. they can put some big and profitable Jobs In the way of the shipbuilders.
 And a war with Japan is among the improbable events of the period, unless our own country forces it on them. Japan not only is not prepared for a great war but that country and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
cengren. sad the secret service.

Both Presidents Cleveland and Me- Kinley consciously or unconsclously as- sented to violation of the law In the detail of secret service operatives. Ever since the administration of Mir. Cleveland the secret service has been the recognized guardian of the Presi- dents person. One of the secret ser vice men who. was among the first em- ployed to watch over President Clevs- land tells this story: Tt took some time for Mir. Cleveland to become ac- customed to the guard placed about his residence. For several months. during the first summer I was stationed at Gray Gables. the President was un- aware that any secret service men were
 .'The house was situated on a neck of land which ran into the bay and 1t was far from other houses. Tramps used to wander through the estate. and cranksl disturbed the household not a little before Secretary Carlisle ordered Clevelands' summer home.
 Mrs. Cleveland was very much pleased at the arrival of myself and her husband for some time knowing his dislike at anything approaching survelllance. We were ostensibly eTn- ployed as farm hands, and remember that first summer. One day President Cleveland came to where was at work and stood looking at me for some time. Finally he remarked very kindly that he had been Informed of our presence, and after due consideration deemed 1t advisable on account Of the children. We gave up our iaborious job after
 When the Prssi0ent is travelling and while he is at, Oyster. Bay, secref ser- measures taken for tiie prptsetion Of his person. Whenever Mir, Roosevelt leaves Washington to visit another. city secret service agents are always sent ahead to famiiiariZe themselves with suggestions for the greater protection of the executive. Mir. Roosevelt does not visit any city In the country. until the plans for his public movements have been approved by the secret serT vice, The agents who accompany him on these trips always return to Wash ington in a state bordering on collapse because of the strain and the responsi- bilittes that have been placed upon them. Through the whole twenty-four ident, awake and on guard.
 Nobody except Chief Wilkie knows Co what extent secret service agents have been employed to shadow" Con- gressmen and others for political req sons. Since the scandal of 1874. when agents of the secret service division were accustomed to render service to those who had been Instrumental in se- curing their appointment. It has been charged at various times that political Last winter several membeSs of the Senate and House pointed out to news paper correspondents man who was always loafing In the corridors of the Capitol building as one Of the secret service service operatives who: under the a. upon Congressrnen who did not approve the Roosevelt policies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
STRIKING TIME OF CLOCKS.
Net Always Set For the HOur--Rens0H
 For the Variations.

Not Always Set For the HOur--Reason
 For the Variations.
 Washington Herald.
 It is hard to have q number of clocks strike together. according to Ernest H. Guenther. of Pittsburg. Pa, who is interested in the manufacture of time pieces
 "You see" he said. some clocks are arranged to strike half a minute before the hour some a quarter of a minute hefore. others a few seconds after and so on. Now. if I regulate them to strike at the same instant they will not be in agreement In point of actual time, and that Is really more import ant consideration. :,
 '0f course if there are a great many clocks in the house 1t Is likely that several will happen to strike togeth- CT. For instance there is one house which has twenty clocks and one of our men looks after them. Of these, five or six strike in unison and the oth- CTS all within a minute. excepting one, He has orders to keep nineteen of the clocks al exactly the correct time, but the little iewelled timepiece in the bed : room of the mistress of the house is to kept always three minutes fast
 No. he does not get rich at the busi- ness Of winding clocks and seeing that they keep time. but he makes a fair living at if. The house just spoke Of san especially profitable house of course. having so many clocks. They pay him S100 a year for his attend . ance. which Is given weekly"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
VISITORS TO THE SOUTH.

Visitors to the Mediterranean regfo4 notwithstanding the financially has year through which we have passed, are likely to be as numerous this itors to our own Southern resorts will evidently Dc in gEcatae numbers than ever. says Town Top:cs. 4 moments thought accounts for this Hard times an increased crop of mfait naires In this country. do not Her ny mean men having million of asliars. but , mean men who: through their bust, enough off to be able to afford the luxury Of travel and so5ourn at some place where climate and surroundings year. though there has been bee a a multi plication of the resorts, yet each num- bers larger visiting list. More trains than ever before are run by the various iantic Coast. the seaboard Air--lead- ing to Florida, Aiken, Augusta and Mobile. each of which fs a Mecca for seekers of health and pleasure fn win never in fits history has 1t been send Ing so many private-car parties over It's lines. From the F1agler system Qf hotels come reports of more present next two months than at any time since those wondrous palaces were built. The houses or the West coast of Florida. with their attractions of hunting and fishing. are already we'll filled With this season Mobile in nreases more largely than ever it's list Of winter residents. With the comple- tton Of the mammoth and magnificent new Battle House. that city now has three truly hrst-class hoteis. This fact. in connection with the charm of the fine old city and it's deliGhtfui so- ciai atmosphere, leaves Mobile second to no, point In the South in attrnc- lions for Northern and particularly Northwestern people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Open the COoaa .

Birmingham Ledger.
 t Congressman Heflip has introduced q bill looking to the development of the coosa river. The work on this great river has been stopped for several years. on the advice of an engineer who said that there is not enough traffic. to Justify opening the river, which has mess on the river where it is open. that Is from 0adsden to Rome. There would be good trafic all along 1t, if boats and barges could ply it.
 dance of building stone and splendid forests from Montgomery to Rome. Talladega Is but ten miles. or two n4ston is but three hours from the Coosa by wagon. Shelby iron works Is but one hour from the river by wagon. Ghiidersburg. Wilsonville. Talladega at the river and Coiumbiana and Clan ton and other good towns are near 1t. The A. O. s. road, the L. & N.. the Seaboard. the Southern, the A. B. & A., &. N. again, the l.. & N. again. at MontBomery. just below the Junction. all making points for shipment of riv- CT freight. There would be no trouble about traffic if only the river were
 Tine Coosa should be opened. It is A costly work. but 1t is worth the money. This river crosses Alabama from the northeast to Mobile with its c0nnec- ton. 1t is not 8 shallow river. but It's trouble is that the lodges of rock run east and west across the river until 1t gets below the mountains and foothills at Wctumpka.
 By all means this great river should ba opened to navigation and 1t will be. Montgomery needs 1t, and Mobile needs If. Selma needs 1t. and Rome and Gads- den. Alabama needs 1t and is entitled to it in her march for development. The coal fields In St. Clair need 1t and would furnish freight to justify the locks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
MUSHROOMS.
New York Botanist Thinks We Neglect


 Mushrooms are not very much eaten in this country. the consumption being largely confined to the foreign born. In Europe where the struggle for existence Is keener all classes of the population are tolerabIy familiar with the edible and poisonous va rietes of the plant. In China it is almost impossible for the botanist to secure speoi- wild food exploited by the thrifty celestials, Many excellent varieties of mushrooms 20 to waste in this city because the only per- sons who hunt them are foreigners and they are not familiar with all the native kinds The nutritive value of the mushroom Is not great. being about equal to that of the cabbage, but It pleasantly flavos many foods
 These statements. says The New York Mail appear In an interesting article on 'Edihle Mushrooms In Bronx Park" by W. A. Murril fn The Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, of which he is edlsor. |. The mushroom crop of these parts Is con siderable. If such ,edtble varieties as the puffban. which In the giant type sometimes reaches q circumference of ten feet, are neglected through ignorance, the benighted foreigner occasionally makes up for the neglect by pucking and eating the "fly amanita." or the deadly amanita"-and they arc the last dishes he ever does oat.
 The leading mushrooms to be tound IT Bronx Park. and we suppose In most other outlying districts are the common or field mushroom with its salmon pink under side: the oyster mushroom. found in dense clus' which grows abundantly about stumps and dead elms trunks; the pufthalL field or studded or giant. the well-named beef steak mushroom, which is likely to be very abundant hereabout for the next few years Ss il grows around dead chestnut stumps'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
TAFT CABINET SECRETS
washington Believes in MalklBg seIee-
 ti0ns Public. Washington Special to N Y. Evening

Washington Believes in MaAhn8 1etee- tl0ns Public
 Washington Special to N. Y. Evening
 Washington does not wholly ap- prove of President-elect Tafts idea Cabinet public until inauguration time. Many men In public life cannot see the reason for not making known the names of the new ministers as seen the tender of a portfolio. They say such a course does no harm, and in some instances Is productive of good. Public discussion of mans fitness for sons why he should not be appointed.
 Once it becomes known that a Cabi- net position has been filled the Pre"- dent elect Is saved much pressure from office seekers and their friends. and thereby so much trouble. So long as there is uncertainty about any Of the Cabinet places Mir. Taft will be subiect- ed to suggestions and recommendations.
 It has heen twelve years since Q wholly new Cabinet has been named. though there have been twenty mine Cabinet officers under the Roosevelt ad- mintstration. including transfers from one department to another. Since Sep tember I4, 1901. when MT Roosevelt be- came President he has had the follow ing secretaries Of executive depart nents5
 Root, and presently Robert Bacon.
 Secretary of the Treasury-Lyman J. Gage. Leslie M Shaw. and George, B.
 Secretary of war-Eiihu Root. Will Ham H. Taft. and Luke E. Wright.
 Secretary of the Navy-John D. Long. William H. Moody. Paul Morton. Charles J. Bonaparte, Victor H. Met
 Postmaster-General-- Emory Smith. Henry C. Payne. Robert J.Wynne, George B. Cortelyou,. and George VA Attorney @ 1SGiecneral-PhIlander c. Knox. William II Moody, and Charles J. Bona
 Secretary of the Interior-Ethan AL len Hitchcock. and James R. Garfield: Secretary of Agriculture--James Will
 Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, Vlctcr H. Metcalf. and Oscar s Strau
 An old observer of affairs at Wash ington who knows political history, has pointed out that Gen. Grant employed MT. Taft's present plan of keeping inc names of his Cabinet secret until taking the oath of office. At the Grant inaug- uration, in 1889, the public was igno- rant of his Cabinet selections. Presi- dent Grant would have saved himself an embarrassing experience, If he hadsnot chosen to be so secretive.
 His Cabinet list became known when he sent their names to the Senate fer name of Alexander T. Stewart the great New York merchant of that day, for secretary of the treasury. Almost anybody in Washington could have told President RSrant that unde: the law Mir, Stewart was Ineligible. because he was an importer engaged In trade and com merce. The nomination, of course, had to be withdrawn, to the embarrassment and humiliation of both Gen. Grant and Mir. Stewart George B. Boutwell, of Massachusetts became Grants secretary of the treasury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Tkis ls My 64th Birthday
 Daniel Miner Gordou.

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 Rev. Daniel Miner Gordon. D: D., principal of queens University, Kings ton, Ontario. was born in Pictou Conn- ty, Nova Scotia, January go. iS4e; Ar ter graduating from the University or Glasgow in 1859 he returned to Canada and spent some time In ministerial work in his native province. When scarcely 22 years of age he was called in Ottawa. where he was very active in promoting the Canada Presbyterian Union, which was successfully consum : n1ated In 1875. In 1882 pr. Gordon be- came mini ster of Knox Church. Winni- peg, and during the North west rebel lion of 1885 he saw active service as chaplain of the s0th Battalion. Tn lSSF Halifax. where he remained until 1894. when he became member of the rae7 uity in the Presbyterian College, Hall fax. In lI902 he was called to Queens s College to succeed the late Principal Grant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
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FLOW coMBINATios.
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Senator Reyeaids sets Forth Matter
 Senator Herbert D. Reynolds of Bibb alleged combination by which the price of plow points has been untustifiably advanced. Senator Reynolds is lead ing merchant of Csntervilie and ls Tn z posision to know the subject on whicn
 senator Reynolds writes:
 Centreville. Ala. Jan. 2s. 1909.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 Will not The Advertiser take up a matter of special Interest to the far mers of Alabama and break up an tile- gal combination now existing resard- Ing the sale of blow shapesY l under stand that an Atlanta company ls the medium through which the hardware t0bbers of several Southern States are operating by which they have advanced the price of blows l cent q pound TOT if jobber breaks the combination by cutting the price, he receives no profit or is fined by some one agreed upon and on July ist he receives settle less the amount of the penalty he has Incurred. 1t is well known fact that there have been many times comblne- tions in the fertilizer business and It Is riimored that some cities have an agreed price on cotton ana now comes another tribute which the farmer has to pay in zhe way sf a round cent pound on his pioW &oods. We ah hnoW that the farmer constitutes perhaps 90 per cent. of our population and all are dependent on hfsn. If he prospers, all prosper. If be sees hard times. most others go through, the rubs. It IS known also that the past two years have been exceedingly hard on the ae- ricultural portion of our population and they are in 10 condition to be held up in this way. Perhaps the tobbers are forced Into this com ibination for ali I know, hut surely the State or the United States has che power some where to right this wrong. Is it not doubtfTi whether a merchant can be forced to pay for his blows. provided the deaiers,f whom he bought Is in the combinatio nor trust?
 Thls same outrage was perpetrated on the farmers some years ago by the same means and through the same Att lanta company as the manipulator. or trustee. This is an intensely practical question and one that our district att torneys should take up If my informa- ton as to the illegal. combination is correct, Several traveling men selling hardware have informed me that there Is no doubt of the combination.
 Herbert F. Reynolds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Normal ProportIona.

A Dresden paper. in answer to the question as to the length of "the nor nal arm" says that it would have been well to state the height or age of the normal man or woman whose arm was under consideration" These % says the writer. are considered nor mai proportions: When these mem bers are extended the distance from the tips of one middle finger to the other should be exactly the height of the person. and the height of the per feet human figure is six times the length of the foot The face from the hair line to the chin Is one-tenth of the whole stature. Another tenth of the stature Is the distance from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger From the highest point of the fore head to the top of the chest Is one seventh oI tne heisht Q! the whoie ,s would be easy to determine whether aims and hands are normal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
SATURDAY. JANUARY So, 1908.

when says that esteemed News and Courier, "the United States was engaged in the work of fomenting revolution in Panama and appropriat- ing the territory of friendly coun- try. why did not some of the4s very righteous statesmen who are now damning poor old Obadiah, organise a revolution at 'washington against one of the most disgraceful of OUT Ameri- can transactions? Where was Rainey when the first stealing was done?' Well, you see. the Big Stick was more dangerous then than it now is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

the men because they are not other than he fffide them.
 # ,s shs psculis. .., Fo9d fortune s rs. # est citizens. Warrington and Lincoln it has developed men whose ideals were lofty, not only ae regards their within the borders of their own land. but also as to the way in which thetr country should behave in dealing with greatest of their type, the type of Timoleon and Hampden. and 1t is no small honor to America that this, the highest type of statesmanship, should have here received its highest develop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

The announcement that the wreck of the Maine is to be raised. is fol- lowed by a statement from a Cuban newspaper that the vessel was blown up by her own officers who sent their dress suits ashore before applying the match. If the, wreck is raised it ought to be practicable to learn whether 1t was blown up from the outside or inside, and then 1t should also be possible for the public to know all the truth about the affair
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
New England contemporrary

New England contemporary is making an effort to ascertain the num- ber of men now living who voted for Lincoln in his first race for Presi- dent. As the election occurred some thing more than forty-eight years ago the list cannot be a very large one, though there may be more of them than any one would suppose. The voters in that election might still be under three-score and ten. and men of that age are not 30 very rare.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

The latest outgiving as to Tafts Cabinet gives two places to New York and two to Massachusetts. This leaves seven places for the rest of the Uni ted States and no name in the bunch comes from a Southern State. un- less Missouri Is placed in that class. This will be disappointing to the class which regards Tafts election as a specially designed act for the saliva tion of the Southern people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
7his Date in History
January 90.

17ee--Mra. cibber, English singer and actress for whom Handel wrote the contralto songs in the Messiah" died. Born in 1714.
 iS2s--South Caroline Legislature chartered the South Carolina Railroad, to run from Charleston to Hamburg.
 1s4T-The name of Yerba Bucna ofs flcially changed to that ofp San Fran cisco.
 ISG2-United States iron-clad ship Monitor launched at Brooklyn.
 -Ise5-Military court at Cincinnati or dered S. B. Davis to be hanged as a Confederate spy.
 ise8--qovernor Jenkins of Georgia removed by order of General Meade.
 1s04--House accepted gift of statue of Father Marquette from. Wisconsin:
 ls0s-State-wfde prohibition rejected by the Michigan Constitutional Con- ventiOn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Chlna'a Tea Industry.


 Replying to a letter from PennsylvanIa inquiring about curing Chinese tea. Consul General Charles Denly. of Shanghai says {: Tea is not placed on plates for drying and whitening but upon protected bamboo mats, from which 1t is impossible for the wind prepared quite differently. The leaf of the green tea. immediately after picking. is partially dried in the sun or by artificial heat, and subsequently, at the pleasure of the tea man, Is lried. rolled and colored in iron pans over slow charcoal fire Then shape. making such grades as Gunpowder, Young Hgson, and Hyson. as known in the foreign markets. After this process is fin ished 1t is put into packages or chests, weighing between sixty and seventy pounds ready for export,
 The color of black tea Is due In no way to coloring matter, as is commonly supposed, but Is caused by the whitening or fermenf- ation. Immediately after picking 1t Is slight iy witherSd or fermented by being placed ip man Is shown in his being able to know just when to stop the whitening or ferment- ation After thIs the leaf Is rolled fin bafn- boo trays and fired in pans until thorough iy dry and ready for packing. These teas packed in chests and haf-chests for ex- man Tn smaller packages 1t Is replaced to suit thS wishes of the hespurchaser. Tea chests are practically aii mode in the same man ner--of woods~ lead lined, and when ready for export are wrapped with coarse Canton mats.
 Both tea dust and common grades of black tea are made In the shape of bricks. weighing usually between one and one ha if and two pounds. All teas In this shape are exported to siberia and Mongolia and in q less degree 10 Russia, The United states does not use tea in this form
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

The New Haven Register thinks the people of this country could stand Carrie Nation as long as she only -disgraced the people at home, but when she becomes what The Register terms "an international lunatic" 1t thinks 1t time to call halt. Surely our contemporary doesn't fear that she win be regarded abroad as a repre- sentative of American women.