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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
This Is My 53rd Birthday
 Reuben A. TOFFey.

Rev. Reuben Archer Torrey, the noted evangelist. was born In H0- boken, N. J., January 2S, 1856: He was educated at Yale University and after his graduation was ordained in For a time he was superintendent of missions in Minneapolis. He then be- came associated with the late Dwight L. Moody and for several years ne was pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago. He then began his career as an evangelist and in this he was emi- nentIy successful. He toured ell parts of the Uaited States and Canada and then went to England. where he preached for Ave months in Albert Hau, London. In the past ten or if. teen years Mir. Torrey. has visited all parts of the world. He is the author of several books and pamphlets, and some of these have been translated into French. German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Msr. Abort sh. do,ne,r..

The Pine Belt News is authority for has within its borders a gopher farm. The gopher is unknown, la North Ala. bafna. and only those of ns vino ocea. sionaily journey to the Gulf hayk ever seen one. In feet this editor has yna6a trequent visits to our southern coast and ne pleads ignorant of ropher's makeup. Is he beast bird or reptiiei Is ne covered with feathers fur or s sne,iE Tsi moFs Of your unique pro-
 We are glad that our good o,A brother Fennell made the fnGuirv Sc- eordfnE to the Standard Dicfiorsrv'a gopher (the kind our former article referred tol ls "a large. nocturnal hr,r
 rowing land tortoise (Eopherun noie. hemus) common in tho pAns-barreys of the Southern United states The animal. is neither covered with fur o,. feathers but Is encased in q thick shell; We have known children to use the larger ones as ''ridy horsess from one part of the yard tos anosher. They are not in the least vsciot,e erea. tures. as are certain other faembers of the turtle family, to whfeh this
 If Brother Tenneii has never sam. pied that delicious dish ca1Isa .xorker gumbo." ne has certainly missed rare treat. The eatable part of the gopher savors of chicken, and in Flor ida they are called Florida chickens. .s oambia County-brother, ana let us make geod the assertion that the dish 10 one fit for the gods. Possibly tha microbe-snake editor of The Monfrorn. cry Advertiser could give more fT1for. mation, if desired. on the subject,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Virtue ,n One-Evil in Another.

New York Evening Post.
 One of the Presidents labor.leader nominations to Off1ce he has had to withdraw. This nominee for the posi- tion of appraiser of the port of Pitts burg, MT. Pringle, has been taking too prominent part in the municipal cam paign in that city, and on the corrupt side. 1t would appear. Moreover, he has been exploiting the high favor in and giving people to understand that, If they want to stand by Roosevelt, they must also stand by Pringle. This and he calls back the PrinRle nomina- tion. But what did he expect? A very slight knowledge of labor-leader hu- man nature would prepare one for just such performances, And we dare say that Pringle Is at this moment scratch ing his head in puzzled wonder what his offense might have been. He may have been trying to "swing the labor vote" but how could that be vice Tn Pringle which is a virtue in Roosevelt? :?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
The AIabama, Pistol Law.

Lexington, Ky, Herald.
 The Alabama Supreme Court has held tol law, which provides that no one shall own or carry q pistol or gun less than twenty four inches in length and that supplies for pistols of less size can not be sold in the State.
 If this law can be rigidIy. enforced 1t will prevent many a murder, avert many a tragedy. We doubt not at least e fourth, probably 2 half, of the South come from the habit of carry ing concealed weapons, to which many men are accustomed from their early youth, and not In the South alone, but that to this habit mahy such crimes
 Such man as Thornton Hains, whom two juries have pronounced guilttess habit of going armed. There are. we doubt not, today tn Kentucky, 10,o00 men or more who go- armed constant 1y in spite of the fact that Che carry ing of a concealed deadly weapon Is punishable by fine and confinement In
 whether or not it is possible to erad. icate this habit we do not know: It coward, the man who will take advant- age of his unarmed opponenta makes every law abiding citizen conscious o1 the fact that in any difficulty which porient wifi De armed. AZ Q rule the man who carries a concealed weapon Is accustomed to the Thought of using it, prepared to use 1t upon slight prov injure his opponent or by fear of in. jury to himself. and of all men the most dangerous coward who, fearing injury, loses his self-control and in able man would dlp who was unafraid.
 We do not believe even such law as the Alabama law can prevent some men from carrying concealed deadly weapons. They will purchase pistols and cartridges outside of the State, but if such law is vigorously aud i'm. partially enforced against those who are detected in violating 1t and against all merchants SO as to prevent the sale of such weapons. 1t can but have most beneficial effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
A Good school.

Selma Journal.
 there is a small school being conduct ed in the interest of the young crim- finals of the large cities. All these young fellows who are hauled into S%a school %hU as t ss no% are rescued" from the police and are taken in charge by the school. This school is carried on in very small way at present, but 1t is likely to ex. grows larger and becomes better known. Now such places are not new things. but the way this. particular yGafe Wrifer rbs rsH manager M of % the place S says he has on the roll twenty-one boys, al of whom were secured from Btrming- ham. He says they were boys who doient and superstitious to do any thing but be criminals and yet they are working in their small way to help these unfortunate ones to turn their attention to something better than
 It is observed from the manager's report that they have gotten up to where they prefer to sleep between So far so good. He says that when he took charge of these twenty-one boys that not half of them could write their names or read line. They new CT traversed the fields of Sunday School endeavor and only three of them be- longed to any chuvch.
 Now we submit that the man who makes men out of these boys wtil Dc doing some service to his country. His job is a most difacult one and 1t is more than the average man would dare tackle. While these fellows are pick ed up from the byways. the alleys. the depots and streets of the city 1t might be a fact that in them, or some of them, lay dormant energies that are capable of developing them into hon est manhood Young boys in their walks and environments of life are the worst ever. They are the most difficult to handle and they are cer- worthy ambition into their heads. It is time the phlIanthropic world was busy on just such problems as this which Is being carried on fin It's small way. but which seems to be doing good work that fs effective.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch files 6 strong indictment against its city when it says that while policemen and detectives are quarrellng over ques- tions of authority and responsibility, burglars and highwsymeA have be- gun a campaign of crime throughout the residence portion of St. Leuis" That lacks much of being compliment ary to the city's authorities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Ways of Raising Money for Charity


 From times immemor!al In China a donation of 3O,000 taels to charity has secured for the donor the much prized peacock's feather. while for half that sum a title of nobility is conferred on ones ancestors 10 the third generation. The late Emperor of Brazil followed the same method when erecting a hos pital in Rio de Janeiro. Having found difficulty in obtaining the necessary "baron'' was to be conferred on every subscriber of I00.0 .000 milreis and that of count" on subscribers of 35O,0p0 milrels. This announcement produced the desired effect. and the hospital was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The biggest fool proposition that has yet emanated from Mrs Nation. is urging the authorities of London to. pass and enforce an iron-bound pre- hibitiOn law for that city. Why doesn't she set to work and abolish the London fogs?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
A Raven to Perch in Pss's Chamber

DuAACblA
 A raven will soon perch above the door of the chamber In which Edgar Allan Poe penned his immortal poem. The chamber Is in the house at 530 dywine. now occupied by stephen Hibbs an aged widoWer. Poe lived there two years.
 Only this. and nothing more" de- clares the venerable admirer of the unfortunate young genius, should mark the small apartment In which the poet courted the muses to aid him in his struggle for the existence of himself his delicate girl wife and her mother during the religious riots of 1s4S and 1S44.
 "I'u stuff bird of the raven species and put 1t above that chamber door" asserts MT. Hibbs. who celebrated his 74th birthday anniversary few days ago. And the lamplight o'er him streaming will throw his shadow on the floor Twill be my tablet to the memory of Poe"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
A Clever New.boy.

delights in e jest, even ii it is or, hin,, self, and has enjoyed many d good Iaugn at his encounter with a smart Street subway station. The fianntfnS Of the newspapers in his face had an. n1ysd him a great deal. and. some Wnae exercised over it's repetition, he became sympathetio. walked along st his side. still displaying his wares. and thens leaping over, said in low. eSSHnnGemtiM SHs.eer. tone, Pictures inside,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
This Date i,, History
Janaary ss.

l7S9--First issue of the "Pittsburg 0azette,p the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains.
 1S20--Jersey City incorporated under it's present name.
 Is5s-First train passed over. the Panama Railroad.
 Is59-WiIliam H Prescott, American historian, died. Born l7ss.
 ISs4-Capture of Confederate cav airy at Tunnel Htil, Ga. ,.
 1S6SEThree million dollar fire In Chicago.
 lss5--John c. Spooner elected Uni- ted States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature.
 i9OS-Twenty persons killed ana many injured in railroad wreck near Tucson, Arizona.
 ie0s-CardinaI Francis Nj. B. Rich ard, Roman Catholic Archbishop or Paris. died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
A Llttle Real Estate Deal.

rnrEey asked an Indemnity of lSo,. ooo 600 francs from Austria Hungar, for the loss of the nominal sovereign; ty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ,srst Sni so' '0oo. O00 francs the Sublime Porte wasted little time in considering the nosfter. It vas more money than the Sultan's Minister of Finance had seen risks were run of Austria's withdraw ing the offer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Smbatance ana shadow.

Just before Elihu Root entered the Roosevelt Cabinet as Secretary of State, says the Hartford Courant, a friend wrote to him: "Why not wait three years and get the substance in stead of taking the shadow now?" Mir. Root wrote back: "I have always thought that the opportunity to do something worth doing was the sub stance and the trying to get some thing was the shadow"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

fore the man who absolutely confrols them IL looks to one at . distancs present Legislature have any win of sneir own and we have been told that if member should buck" the Cover nor would send at once for him and read him the riot act" We he'd hoped tnat Alabama would be spared the hu- initiation of another session of smy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The Savannah News says: "A thought not altogether comforting to American taxpayers. and which must give con- siderable concern to certain engineers Is that the PanaIna canal Is situated in isthmus have occurred from time to time since 1t was first discovered. Ii is one of the most powerful arguments Of the advocates of a ea-level canal that no dam can be constructed at Ga- tun that would be proof against earth quakes. To put many millions of dol lars into a dam at Gatun. and then have 1t shaken to pieces in a few sec onds by a seismic disturbance would be 6 catastrophe. and might involve not only great loss of money but many hu- man lives AS well"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
It was Thomas Moore who wrote the

lines.
 You may break. you may shatter the
 vase If you will, But the scent of the roses will hang
 around it still." and that Is about the way with that wiliett speech. They may sxpunge 1t from the records but they can't ex- punge its flavor, whether we call it roses or something else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
What the State Prpsrs
 Are Saying and Doing
rsks to the wsods.

Take ts the wssds. Mobile Register.
 6ss ~ ~sr 0ssa s h.ms there seems nothing for the peopls 10 do but take to the woods.
 yeffs Ideas of Caesar. oadsden Times-Nsws
 Jeff Davis says, "Bene had her ce<sar," siso. @ a Jeff sxiSeni:y % n imsibed % his mo nsslons @ concerning Julius from shakespeare's stem osraphic report ef the speech of Marc An thony.
 Scope of The Investigation. Huntsville Mereury-Banner.
 nhs eommittss of citizens .sa, in Monlss who sho lynchins of . negro whe murdered 2 court ana g ss.rsa ss sssSs.. ssssS desperate nssro ruffians.
 Peculiar Democrats. Dothan SiftinRs.
 when we see so-called Democrats advo- Ssns sss ar psschsa sssns n sne Sssr bootinE for the Republican party. vs cannot hut think of an elegant CD quotation of 1 we vomit" init we can respect . Repubiican who Is one from principle as hos the back bone to say SC tyon know l. really take. we are surprised at some Taft Deuocrats. and do not believe Mir. Taft can respect their insincerlty.
 To Lift the office. Greensboro Watchman.
 It will be some years before . F ffAytdent such a manner as to restore to the pssiticn the dignity which attached to 1t befere Roosevelt came into power and drassed the high position down into the mfre or ward politics and used 1t for the purpose Of grat- flying personal enmity toward certain pee. sons who engendered his hostility. He will 'the crazy President" than anyone who has yet filled the office.
 Garden Quick In Coffee.
 This week Mir A. A. Donaldson brought . limb from a butter-bean vine. With it, He says he has . long row in just as good shape. He also brought . handfan Of green tomatoes. He intends to cover his another year. While in the office he said that farming is we'll advanced in has neigh borhood. He win plant. 2 gosd big rice patch. potatoes, cane and lots of cora: he has q big field of November-nlanted oats. and yet will find room on his farm for five hundred acres of cotton. two hundred acres more than he has ever planted be- fore.
 ~ New Plan. Gedsden Evening-JournaI.
 Governor Elect Joseph M. Brown. of Georgia. is a queer campaigper. While hs was candidate for the Rovernorshfp he stayed in his office and left the matter with the people. He was candidate but dis- played none of the usual aggressivsness. He sought no votes through flattery. hand shakIng. eloQuence or any of the usual cam palgn methods but left his case with the people on the record his life among them had made And now after a sweeping victory at the polls. when all know that he has no special fayors to seek he is making trips to all counties of the state, meeting and mingiing with the peopie in an honest andeavoR to ascertain their conditions and their needs in order that he may the better understand the problems that will arise in his official duies and deal intelligenkly with them We are faVorably impressed with the Brown way of doing things politically aAd trust he may have many followers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
How Klecfricltv KIII..

Trenton Dfsaatch to New York Times.
 Allen D. walsh, an electrical engineer. in charge Of the testtnK department Of the John A. Roebiins's sons Company plant here. sivss out . statsment in which he says that he believes that 1t is causes the dsath of [ psrson by electricity. The shock. ne says. causes the blood to ciox. and if the body rsinains unattended for about an hour life will become extinct
 Ny point" he adds, is merely that to comply strictly with the law . body should remain in the chair for an hour and then the convict would unauestionshly die in the electric chair from an electric shock.
 walsh mentions an Instance of . man in the Roebting plant who received c charge Of several thousand volts. The man was made unconscious and animation was en- sirely suspended. Walsh says he worked over the victim and revived him. that the patient was able to walk home an hour af- fsrward, and has since felt no bad results.
 TWO men recently were placed in the electric chair within few minates or aacn other in the state prison here" the state. ment continues. "Ons of them was taken from she chair. understand, and pronounc- ed dead inside of five minutes after the first shock had been applied. do not be- iieve that he was actually dead then Tn ether words. am firmly convineso mat when the doctors pronounced him dead ne could have been resuscttated. But death ensued within an hour arter- ward because of the fact that no effort was made to resuscitate him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

Mfr. Roosevelt. according to The New York World, has discovered that the Constitution of the United States Is not obsolete. ThatA wonderful dis eovery-fOr him. He should apply for . patent,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
ImzrOweA

Bystander-"Have any of the obiee. tionsble features of the game been
 Fullbacls-'Bnre. The AthIetio. A.- sociation discharged the faculty this Lnorning by unanimous and enthu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
EEGA Come High
GAt PhIiadalnhia l

PhIladelphia Public Ledger.
 While a citizen of Arkansas was mulcted only $l for throwing an egg at Senator Davis. 1t must be remem- bsred that he had to pay for the egg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The Philadelphia Record says: "We take from our forests annually seven times as much wood per capita as the Germans take from their forests, and ten times as much as the French. We lose by Ire every year buildings of the value of $450. .000, 900. which is approx imately one-haif the total cost of the new buildings annually erected. Four able. as is shown by the fact that in Europe. where they have more exact ing building codes and standards of construction, the Are losses are. enor- mOusly below those in this country There appears to be very close rela- ton between the greater combustibil- ity of our houses and our excessive use of timber for building"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

soon completed. The opening ceremony
 was performed by the Emperor and attended by large numbe of the newly ennobied. who did not altogether
 gold on the gable of the new building. "HumAn Vanity to Human Misery"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The Hartford Times says: "The Me- braska Legislature is likely to pass and the Governor to sign bill which will introduce in that State the Oregon plan of pledging members of the Leg islature in regard to the choice Of United States Senators. This measure which has the approval of W. J. Bryan n. is expected to result in his election to the Senate In 1911. If such an cleo tion will take him solits of the field as country will rejoice"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
SWORN CIRCULATION.

Tne Montgomery Advertiser guarantees Ns Adgertfsers tand makes 1t . part ot the con tract when reduested) that it's daily cirou- 1Auon is larger than that Of any mornins newspaper printed in Alabama-and that Ns sunday edition has the largest circulation oK any edition of any newspaper printed in AiAbama without exception.
 The figures for December printed neiow Fepreaent the actual net circulations all re- tarns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

Net Sunday Average, December lsos. .Is.sss
 c. L Tinixan, Circulation Manager Sf The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly swoEn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Aover- eissrs circulation for the month Of Decem- ber 1see, is true and correct and o0mpn- cd after all returns from news boys. neWs axerfs apolled and leftover copies nave hSsn daducted. c. I. TINl0AN,
 Circulation Manager.
 sv0rn to and subscribed before mo this Gfh day of January, 1903. ,,-
 RIGA ALEXANDER Notary Puoio
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
ON CURRENT TOPICS .

The Brooklyn Eagle says; For Rob- ert E. Lee, North and South have only words of admiration and respectful memory. If Congress were to provide for an educational institution In the south as memorial to Lee. 1t would be criticised nowhere. The President s suggestion is thoughtful one"
 The Norfolk Landmark says: "The sedition law which the President Is trying to establish would be much worse in Its injurious effect upon the nation than any alien law which Can- to enact. That is e fact which Mir, Roosevelt ought not to overlook white he Is calling on California to be rea- sonable and consider the public inter- sistency if he observes his own doe trine"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

ty of capines lap doGR? All that we ever saw were lap ao@s. If you don't believe 1t just place . saucer of milk under the nose of any of 'em and see how quickly they will lap it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

Twenty thousand dollars to investi- gate Liberia: Seems like an awful lot of money to pay fer a little informa- tion that amounts to n0thinG after all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
DECEasnER. Ipas.

Nst Daily Average, Decsmber, 1908 .lS133 Net Sunday AVsrase, December lees ls,Ses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

An Eskimo threatens to pitch in and the North Pole himself. He appears to be disgnsted with the at- tempts that have been made by oth- CTS. The willy Eski may have it hid. however. somewhere in his back ward, Who knows?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

The Solid South appears fond of Mr. Taft and treated him. with ali true midst. but if the North imAgines for one moment that we will ever fail to vote the straight Democratic ticket 1t has another guess coming and then
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28

against the quality of the beer sold fin
 WashinEtonians ara lucky. What if the Doc started a cru- sade against the quality of the beer sold down here?
The Falls City tribune., 1909-09-24

Il sometimes think says Mr.. Mark.
ham, that only men with lopsided
brains love to live in the city. God
never made a city-he made a garden.
City e is largely the cause of the
general nervous breakdown of the
race. This is an age of nerves and
the city is responsible for it. My ideal
is a life that has the freshness and
freedom of the country, and yet is
within easy access of the town, where
men can go and transact business. In
my business. that of making verse, |
need the peace of the country. which
is the peace of God. But | like to
come in contact with men,, and so | go
to to- | think the city of the future
will not be crowded by city dwellers
we are coming to know too much
for that. But, for the present, man,
kind is still Observation-Disclosures
Life