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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
By Frederic J. Ha.kin.

forced over that way. then poured the ashes all over the willy Oriental. The counterplot was even more Successful than the plot .and Muldoon won the way. He was no longer bothered by the oil. and could get even a better grip on his victim than under ordinary circumstances.
 An oddity in the wrestling game is "Shad" Link, the Baltimore heavy weight. "Sh ad" stopped an opponents vicious elbow dig with his teeth one night. and had to get complete set of raise ones, as his attempts at speech. making were confined to indistinct mumblings until a dentist came to the rescue. Since then he almost in- variable starts his matches with the artificial grinders in his mouth. but, as he gets excited. he remembers they are false, and being afraid he will swallow them, takes them out and losses them across to a friendly hand. This never fails to astonish and then amuse the unknowing, for when Link becomes sufficiently worked up to worry about his teeth he is wild enough to want to yell complaints to the ref cree in sounds which that much wor. ried person can never understand.
 SIT Thomas Parkyns, who was born in England in 1641. wrote a book on wrestling, the third edition of which appeared in 1727. It bore the Greek title "Progumnasmata: the Inn Play. or Cornish Hugg wrestler He de- scribed the various forms of wrestling, which he recommended as a substitute for duelling. Sir Thomas was so en- thusiastic over his connection with the game that he had marble statues made of himself and put them in his private oh apel, to the great scandal of the clergy who scolded him for his im- piety. whereupon he entered upon a long and violent exchange of letters with the bishop and others of the cloth. The cheerful old sportsman viz orously defended wrestling as the best and most manly form of exercising, and claimed that he was the first man to formulate a regular set of rules.
 Sir Thomas's priority to the author ship of the rules seems to have been right, but why the codifcation should have been delayed so lohg is a. mys- tery. Wrestling Is probably the first of human methods of offense. Long before primeval man learned to use weapons he did not hit his enemy with his first. but caught up with him and wrestled to the death.
 Copyright. 1909, by Frederic J.
 Haskin.)
 Tom0rrow-Willinm Howard Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
sneening and Superstition.

I1O0uOn CnTOnlCle.
 The custom of saying God bless you" after sneezing must be at least as old as the Fifteenth century, IS a reference to it appears in the first edition of ClaXton's Golden Legend" After describing certain malady which broke out among the early ChristIans-the result. apparently, of their incorporate habits-Caxon, pro ceeds: In this manere somtyme sne- swing. they deyed; so that when any persone was herd snesying. .anone that were by said to hym, God 'helpe you, custome" A curious superstition with regard to sneezlng still fingers in the villages of Devonshire. It has found expression in the following couplet: Youll enjoy your own true love to
 everlasting.
 In the highlands of Scotland it Is believed that a newborn child is under the thrau of the fairies until it SneeZeS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
"Ail Not Yet Lost"

Tom Watson in Jeffersonian.
 The trouble with Hoke smith was was gave out, or something. So far as we could see, he made no further prog ress as a reformer after the Legisla- ture adjourned. He refused to call an gupernatorial oars. and began to cast cats eyes at Steve Clay's sensational canary.
 To smooth the course for his sena-- from censure the Legislature which had killed the reform bills; went over to the early snap primary. tricksters; have put the country counties under the feet of city ward heelers, and unused things up on the liquor. ques- tion until nobody knew what he did mean. Besides, he made all the Con tederate soldiers mad on the pension matter.
 Consequently it became a patriotic duty to soak Hoke. It .Sas. was a & good after no candidate for office will risk his scalp by breaking his pledges and going back on those who elected him been reduced and that all freight rates have been advanced. This Is sad.
 Passenger rates are where Joe Ter reil left them. This also is depress- Besides, we did not, get that anti JefTersonian did hope that every lob byist would be required to take put a license. dress in sky-blue clothes and wear cow-bell But we didn't get what we expected. It is often so.
 Then. again, Hoke has allowed them to change the school books on us, and his railroad commission chairman Is out in a card telling us that unconsti- . tutional railway mergers are right good things after all
 So we hardly know where we are at, or what we are coming to. Still, since that south Georgia woman vol untariy kissed Joe Brown, we have hopes that all is not lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
The Dollar in Baseball.

St. Louis Republic.
 Sentiment is the natural accompani- ment of healthful sport. Baseball Is full of it. But when the dollar enters in and becomes all-powerful sentiment flies out. With the sentiment gone baseball would become as commonplace as a circus which played 200 days in succession without variation of pro- gramme. When a bail-player becomes distinguished as the receipt of a $10.000 salary. with a winter vaude- vile tour at the same rate, he ceases to attract attention as a ball player. The nearer the game gets to perfect commercialism, the greater the danger that 1t will founder. The public likes good, wholesome. energetic, clean ball games, If the managers begin to spread awnings of purple silk over the bleachers and the first baseman to advertise lost diamonds, the danger signal should be hoisted on the flag staff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
TUESDAY, MARCH ?, 1909.
APERTURBED CONTEMPORARY.

Is it not a little strange what ef- fects may proceed from trivial causes?
 1rgservfng of 'possum at the Taft baneiet in Atlanta was not an event of sny great importance, but The Br,oklyn Eagle sees cause for grave apprehensions as result of that per sormance. with considerable alarm" 1t declares, i've contemplate the rise in the market value of the 'possum. This succulent marsupial retailed at one dollar each before MT. Taft public ly tickled his palate with roast pos sum and 'taters at Atlanta. Now ,possum brings ten dollars in the open market, and is mighty hard to get at that. An advance of nine hundred per cent. in a few weeks elevates the pos sum to the front rank of edible commo- dities. Of what consequence now are the diamond-back terrapin, the canvas back duck, the pompano. the red null let and all the other Lucullian delights that Baltimore and New Orleans exalt at the expense of wearied ears in the untutored North?
 ''In this matter the mere gustable merit of the 'possum interests us less than the fact that he has become iden- tified with MT. Taft, promising to usurp the position held in this administration by the Teddy bear. Is 1t to become the l. oh cessive President to have a geological emblem all his own on the order of the Indian chiefs with their family totems? Had Mir. Fairbanks been chosen, we might have nourished a giraffe. The election of MT. Hughes might have giv- en our children the bosslet to play would doubtless have brought that sturdy beast, the standpatter. into in- stant popularity"
 So far as we know or can under stand the unhandsome marsupiaI is not whit better now than before, and we are totally at a loss to understand
 
 .ling to give ten dollars for one of the animals. The only explanation we can think of is that they are governed by mere curiosity. and want to know why they should be eaten. or why serv- ed at the Taft banquet. 1t may be that many will buy them at an eXorbi tant price merely to have it to say that they have eaten something that MT. Taft was regaled on. There are people just that way,
 We do not really know that the eX- tinction of the 'possum family will he any great loss, though The Eagle af- fleets to regard it as calamity. partic- uIarly in the South. It affects to think that these animals form part of the stock in trade among us, and that it will be sad day for tie commission merchants down here wben one gets an order for car load or such a mat ter of 'possums and is forced to return the order with the words mon pos sumus'' meaning there ain't no pos sums" We suspect however, that the craze will soon die out and that those who like 'possum will he ahIe to grat- ffy their appetites for quite a while yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Negroes, Chance Down South.

PHlIaueIph1a EhQu1rer.
 The Southern white people-the best of them--are no longer putting any thing in the path of development of the negro. He is the necessary ele- ment in almost all of the Southern in- dustries The better trained farmer and mechanic gets the best chance, and the negro is now taking advan- tage of his opportunities as never be- fore. The race problem is long ways from settlement, but that fea- ture of the problem which calls for thrift. economy and intelligently-d -di- rected industry is making progress more rapidly than would have been supposed only ten years ago. The white people of the South are to be praised for their change of attitude. which will continue just in proportion as it is accepted by the negroes,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The Baltimore Sun. referring to an announced proposition in some State to pass law 10 prohibit kissing gives three objections. as follows: "It would be impossible, in civilized State. to pass such a law; it would he mpos- sibIe to enforce it if fl were passed; it would be impossible to live if it were enforced We consider these to be thoroughly tenable reasons against such legislation. We have heard and read that the sale Of licuor can be prohibited. hut when 1t comes to kiss ing all mankind would rise in rebellion against any effort to make it illegal. Humanity has some limits. and that is one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
This k My 6Oth Birthday
Robert M. Thompson.

Robert Means Thompson, whose name has been mentioned in connec- ton with the Navy portfolio in the Taft Cabinet was born in Jefferson county. Pennsylvania, March 9, 1S49 He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868 and served in the navy until 1871, when he resigned to enter the Harvard Law School, Af- ter his admission to t1e bar he prac- ticed law for a time in Boston. For several years he was president of the New York Metal Exchange and he ton of many large mining corpora, tions and industrial concerns MT. Thompson is the donor of the ''Thomp- son Cup" played for each year by the football teams of the United States military and navak academies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Women Smokers.

Washington Post.
 Russia Is the only country in the world where women smoke cigarettes In public without attracting attention" :" said R. E. Denison, a lawyer, of New York, who formerly was In the con sular service in that country. at the Raleigh Mir Denison has visited ev- cry country in Europe and has made a study of the. tobacco industry. being the author of several pamphlets on that subject. He returned to the United States a year ago to resume the practice of law. p,s.,on ,.a,e, to go into restaurants or confectionarY stores in the afternoon. and while en- toying a cup of chocolate to puff a cigarette. Nothing is thought of it. and 1t does not attract notice. But Russia is the greatest cigarette sm ok ing country in the world. More cig- arettes are consumed there in a year than in several other European coun- tries combined Turkey is popularly believed to be the greatest cigarette country, but it is not in 1t with Rus sia Women do not smoke cigarettes in Turkey"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
This Date in History
NJ March 2.

1776-The Americans commanded i79S-Sam Houston. father of the State of Texas, born in Virginia. Died In Huntsville Texas. July 26, 1863 from Missouri
 IS2O-"Missouri Compromise Bill" passed.
 ls29--Wlllam Boyd Allison, United 1SS3-George Mcintosh Troup of Georgle. resigned his seat In the Unit ed States Senate.
 tS36-Declaration of Independence of iS64ETIysses S. Grant made lieu I90S-A,drlch currency bill defeated 1soS-BIshop W w. Duncan, Of the NJ. E. Church south died at Spartan burg, 5. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Patches Coming In.

NeW1 1ork Suh
 The latest fad which the directiore has helped to bring about is the patch. Both French and English women are reciving this old style, but not yet with the exaggeration of bygone days. So far it is only a bit of black court plaster on which ever part of the face it sets off best, and with the elaborate hairdressing of the day and the long clinging gowns it is an effective fash ion.
 So far only discs and little crescents have been seen in Paris or London in the way of patches, but they are very much worn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

We cannot fail to note that some of the men, and some of the newspapers who acclaimed most loudly against bi- ennial sessions of the Legislature are now entreating the Governor more loudly to call an extra session. The mistake of establishing Q system of quadrennial sessions has long since been realized by thoughtful men and now some of the noisy ones are seeing the light.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

the fact that the congregations are not always composed of those in the people are agreeable the Sunday even ing services shall be conducted for the remainder of the warm weather in the open air. There are. no doubt. many people in this country who would like to see this experiment tried over here on hot Sunday evenings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The Charlotte Observer Is happy in the thought that the gander 1t pre- scented to the Bryan Club last year Is still living, and ready for another of- fering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Rec. Dr. Anna Shaw says that "all that women want Is fair play" They ought to have it. but sometimes the men don't get a large supply of the article.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The Alabama press will feel a special interest in the announcement that Ed ward Doty. former editor of The An dalusia News. will establish a second newspaper at AndaIusia 10 be known as The Star. For long time Mir. Doty was editor of The Andalusia Nsws and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Mrs. A. A. Lafferty. the only. woman member of the Colorado Legislature, is chairman of the Educational Com z mittee and a member of the Committees stitutions, Enrolment. Denver City Af- fairs and County Lines. She was as- signed to desk 23 and accepted 1t. say ing that she had no superstltions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Letters to The Editor
Cabin John Bridge.
 Newbern. Eeb. 27. 1909.

4NtWUtTIf' Y tU.' ", IsVv' Editor Advertiser:
 The Chattanooga Times incorrectly staes that Cabin John Bridge was built in 1S5S-59. John B. Floyd of Virginia was Secretary of War then, under President Buchanan. Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War under President Pierce. from March 4. 1853 to March 4, 1857.
 Yours truly,
 F. s. Morrisette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees ns tract when reouested) that its daily circu- lation Is larger than that of any mornsns a newspaper printed in Alabama-ano @ .na' It's sunday edition has the largest casu cr latfon of any edition of any neWspape' printed in Alabama without excepiioh.
 The figures for January printed r.. represent the actual net circulation. all rs turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Four out of the five political par ties in California have indorsed the amendment to the constitution giving full suffrage to women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Church in the Open AIT.

Westmlnster Gazette.
 The experiment of holding services in the open air instead of inside the church Is being attempted by one of the Congrega tional Church ministers at igo. The parson in question, ac- cording to an Australian paper just to hand, having in mind the badly ven- tilated condition of many churches and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The Augsta Herald opines that writ ing messages to Congress will soon be- come a lost art Not exactly that, but we may confidently hope that there will be a fall in quantity and rise in anaiity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Hail gentle Spring, ethereal mild ness come." or words to that effect. will soon be the text of the cult of po- cts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Something Rotten in Denmark.

Pittsburg Dispatch,
 That historic condition which Ham, let predicated of the state of Denmark is made the ground of lively suspi- cion in connection with the expiring municipal legislature by the testimony in the bribery cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

It is nothing new to be informed that the Sultan of Turk ey is financially em- barrassed. Lots of people get that WAY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Debts of Big Cities.

March Century
 The magnitude of New York's pres Ant funded Indebtedness stands out strikinEly when compared with the debts of the ten next largest American cities,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

c. T. Finigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duiy sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiser's circulation for the month of January. 1909. is true and correct and compiled ar ter all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted. C. l. FINIGAN. Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of February. 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Per capita

This startling contrast Is somewhat qualified if one considers the couIpar- alive wealth of these cities as repre- sented by he assessed valuation of real and personal property subject to their taxation. Tn 1908 the total as- sessed valuation of all taxable prop erty. personal and real, in the city of New York was S7,15S.190,40O, as against S6.036. 1S5.691 for the other ten cities taken together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

If the farmers of Alabama do not plant more corn this season it will not be for lack of exhortation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

A movement is afoot in Texas to create a new county and name 1t iu honor of Senator Culberson
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Mrs. A. A. Lafferty. the only woman member of the Colorado Legislature was assigned to desk 23 and accepted 1t, saying that she had no supersti- lions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

A movement to remove the New Hampshire capital from Concord re- gently was defeated on a test vote in the Legislature of that State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The national woman suffrage Con vention for 1909. will be held at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in the first week in July. One day of this week will be observed as woman's day, it is asserted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Those who are to give fashionable dinners and banquets should bear in mind that 'possum is now part of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
A Bait.
fnhianannlis Star

We should say that if they take uA into the National League, Indianapolis admissions whenever the Cubs or Giants cross bats with the Browns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

We suppose MT. Taft spends por- to get his robe of office on straight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The first medal for artistic photo graphs of children at the Kansas State Photographers' Convention was award ed to Mrs. Helen l.. Francis. About half the competitors for the prize were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02
Politics and Politicians

The Maryland Democrats favor the Oregon plan of choosing United States Senator's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Interior in President Taft's Cabinet, has resigned his position as vice pres- ident. of the Alaska Yukon-P Pacific Ex- position. rc~
 The new charter recommended for Boston by the finance commission Of that city Is attracting much attention. lures of the new government, the po- lttical system of nomination and elec-. ton is revolutionized, party nomina- tions being abolished and direct nomi- nations by petition substituted.
 Influential Republicans in New York and Washington have taken steps to publican negro politician of Washing ton. a place in the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Carson at one time was years he represented the District of Columbia in the Republican national committed.
 Jacob NJ. Dickson, who Is slated fol the War portfolio In the Taft Cabi- net Is a native of Mississippi. and a veteran of the Confederate army, He Cleveland's Cabinet and later served as special Supreme Court judge of Tennessee on various occasions. He ts now chief counsel of the Illinois Central Railroad. with headquarters al Chicago.
 After years of affiliRtion with the Prohibition party, John G. Wooley, its candidate for President in 1900, announces that ho Is no, longer con- nected with the party, but will work for the. cause in one of the old par ties. MT. Wooley says that the Pro hihition party reached its purpose in bringing the liquor question to a na- tional issue and that having passed it's usefulness there Is now no longer any reason to keep the party alive.
 
 P. w. Benson. Secretary of State, who probably will serve Governor of Oregon when Governor Chamber lain letires to take his seat in the United States Senate, is fifty-one years old and a native of California. After completing his education at the Uni- versity of the Pacific at San Jose, ha removed to Roseburg. Ore. where ha taught school for time and later ship the office of Secretary of State is the highest in Oregon, there being no Lieutenant Governor.
 The election of William A. MageA as mayor of Pittsburg Is q great vic- tory for George T. Oliver, the Re- publican leader of Pittsbprg and can. didate for the United States Senate 10 succeed Philander c. Knox. Oliver push ed Magee to the front in spite of the bitter opposition of Senator Knox and Henry c. Prick, and the decided victory in the recent election stamps Oliver as the Republican leader of Western Pennsylvania. MT. Prick Is credited with having spent $lOO,0OO to keep MaGee from being nominated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

sesatIe wSo s to be tSs s Interior in President Tafts Cabinet, has resigned his position as vice pres ident of the Alaska -Yuk Pacific Ex- position. gH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

South Carolina has increased the salary of her Governor from $3,0o0 to S4.00O a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

The suffragists of England are of fering q prize of one guinea for the best epigram in verse on the question of woman suffrage and the force argu- ment. The force argument 1t seems, is denying the sex the right to vote because of their inferior physical force. The epigrams are to consist of not less than two and not more than six lines and must be in the hands of the proper authorities before the end of the present month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

Thirty women have been nominated for places on the school board in Phil adelphia. Among them is Miss Emily Hallowell, sister of Miss Anna Hallo- we'll, the first woman ever appointed to the Philadelphia Board of Educa- ton. Miss Emily Hallowell was for : number of years the head of a private school for girls, the only one in Phil adelphia for a long time where girls could be prepared for college Among the candidates from the other wards Woman's Medical College; Dr. Sarah Lockrey, President of the Womans Medical Club of Philadelphia; Mrs. Edwin c. Grice. member of the Coun- Miss Mary V. Kemp. head worker in the Church Settlement House. and Mrs. Catherine Tullidge, founder of the Wo- mans Educational Improvement Asso- citation, which Is now trying to cure the appointment of matron in each public school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-02

the paper was one of the most fre- quently quoted in the State. Mir. Doty has shown his capacity for publishing an attractive, crisp and newsy paper.