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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY J. MARVIN NICHOLS.

Life has no significance until It be; the drama of your life. your individual powers being the chief actors. Many a fellow is defeated by his doubtn.his lack of confidence: Take the risk-to falter would be sin Most of the world is unwilling to follow dull plodding for a fortune. We are all hunting pot of gold buried at the far-away foot of some rainbow.
 Montaigne declared that Truth it. self has not the privilege to be spoken a falsehood Is himself liar. being a is the one who deliberately peddles truth-he's gossip.
 Humbly try to make the world bet ter, be charitable within your means. add nothing more to fellows sorrow. be square with your neighbor. be square with. yourself-that creed is good enough!
 Cheerfulness Is a coinage good in every realm and will pass at par in every land.
 Many a man succeeds in covering dirty, filthy life. Such an one, when dying, told his pastor that he saw a great light just ahead-it was doubt less page ne saw.
 Necessity-the tug between two ex- tremities wherein we are tried. No man can know his power until he stands at such a crisis.
 Before the wedding-day: Speak for yourself, John;" after. I'll do the talk ing Jonathan!"
 Desire no greater mark as the sign you ever lived, save that which ap- pears In the works that follow after you are dead. They finger like the after-glow of a sun long since gone down.
 Most men, having made superb failure at every other thing, still con- tend that they are bowling success as a hubby.
 The man and the woman-alone-face a sure and certain destiny-extermina- tion. Do you catch?
 
 Quit your whining-nobody's listen ing!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
FIRE LOSSES.

The Journal of Commerce, New York. gives some data worth considering. Last year. it declares, the Continental Insurance Company had to deal with 10SS6 claims for fire losses. In 357 cases the cause of the fire was (and remains) unknown. Lightn started 6YB of the fires and killed 63 head of i've stock: of the incenaifFy fires, species and 105 by insured persons to get the insurance; that's where the "moral hazard" came In. Human carelessness was immediately respOn- sible for 2,510 of the fires:. in 405 in- stances the carelessness took the shape of unextinguished cigar and cigarette stubbs; in 1.345 of unextinguishe ed matches Electric lights. gas jets, candles, lanterns In barns, etc. started 1,454 of the fires. Stoves, furnaces, defective fiues. sooty chimneSys; etc, locomotive smok kestacks, etc, started 3SO. Chemicals are held responsible for seven of the fires, moving picture machines for eight. natural gas for eleven. Christmas-t tree and other H. luminations for forty-nine. fireworks for fifty. carelessly handled ashes for sixty-fve. rats and mice for eighty-one, and spontaneous combustion for 36S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

The Advertiser tenders it's sincere sympathy to The Richmond Evening Journal. which lost its entire plant by fire on last Tuesday morning. And we also offer our equally sincere congrat- ulations on the fact that it refused to stay down, but comes out as usual through the assistance of its local con- temporaries. It will at once be re- self as soon as 1t can be done While we regret its misfortune we admire its pluck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
THE WILLOWS.

The Boston Globe finds pleasure in the belief that yellow journalism Is dying out, so far as the newspapers are concerned, though there is still enough of 1t, especially among maga- zine writers and authors of sensational books. The lurid hue of war;" says The Globe appeals to the yellow au- thor's fancy. The flaming tints coalesce into a seething mass of red behind which looms the terrible back ground of ebon darkness. His rhetoric Is cannonade. His verbs boom and his adjectives are deafening. He hurls Germany against England or England against Germany. as if they were pup pets and he a Thor. He whangs Uncle Sam against the mikado or the kaiser. and the rattle of his verbal musk etry is heard above his adverbial groans
 Metaphorical detonation follows the detonation of consonants and vowels while in the interludes are heard the blaring bugles of epithet and invective until one imagines an impending wreck of matter and crush of worlds. But thanks to the powers of peace,s the wreckage is only that of the crystal palace of the yellow authors dream shattered to bits by the explosive force of his own diction.
 'The smoke clears away. and the na- tions are beheld still dwelling in am ity. The yellow authors combustibles were quite harmless, after all In the language of the street, there is noth- ing doing. O. if he would only use smokeless verbs and noiseless epithets, and abate his sanguine and saffron dyes"'
 The Globe itself puts the matter somewhat luridly, though not more than the occasion demands, but the temptation to such writers as it refers to is great We do not know how it was in the dim and distant past, but in modern times the writer of novels and magazine articles can find no sub ject that so appeals to the average man and boy as do flaming descrip- tions of war and its events. The more bitter the struggle. the greater the carnage, the stronger hold does the ac- count of 1t have on most readers. If a writer wants to write book that will be immensely popular let him write about conflict where all were killed on both sides. Such a book would at once be classed among the best sellers.
 As for what has come to be known as yellow journalism, we sincerely hope it is retrogra6ng, and that soon 1t will be look ed on as one of the strange manias of the past. It was far from being creditable to the in telligence and character of the Ameri- can reading public that such desecra- ton and degradation of newspapers proper field ever became poular. It was popular. else it would not have paid, and if 1t had not paid it would not have gone on as 1t did. The newspa- per that could print the most startling y sensational articles. whether true or false. was the paper that had the greatest circulation and paid biggest profits. If it is a fact as The Globe ! claims, that this style d journalism 1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Letters To the Editer
MUzzLE NEEDED FOR DOGS.
VI. c. Allgood Writes of the Scourxe
 of Mad DOgs In the State,


 of Mad Dogs in the State. Editor The Advertiser:
 That the dog is mans friend is not to be denied so long as the dog is not ture to like and become attached to a faithful dog. one that will stand guard over the premises during the long, cold. dark night and give the alarm And again there Is something within us that causes emotion when we see a shepherd dog absolutely managing and driving a herd of cattle or sheep. we see bird dog hold covey. and retrieve without a word from his mas ter. Then there is that which thrills our being when we hear the deep voiced hound in the chase, which often lasts through all the night. Indeed, there are thousands of useful dogs in Alabama, dogs that protect our lives but alas! who is 1t that has been kind Fido?
 want to come to his relief with a muzzle which will enable him to eat, drink bark and run. put will not let him bite, and thereby gvie the people of the State a protection that they are very much in need of.
 mans comfort and pleasure. hence we curb and bridle the horse. dehorn and yoke the OK, fence In the hog, restrain eacn other by criminal laws, hunt ana kill wild and ferocious animals, hut let the dog remain lord of all he sur- veys.
 There is no denying the fact that the sheep industry has been greatly retard- ed and injured hundreds of dollars by the dogs In this State. do not favor taxing them, as this would necessarily mean a direct tax on the poor pevrle, and then we would not have relief.
 The wire muZZle. arranged so that the dog can eat from the ground. Is the remedy. This does not call for the life of the dog and creates no tax on his owner.
 While this Is a matter for the mem- bers of the Legislature to study. and has no connection with the office seek (State Auditory. yet I want to see something done for the safety of the people.
 Rabid dogs are roaming kover all parts of the State and every living rceature Is at their mercy. Within the past sixty days five persons in Bfount Coun- ty have been bitten by these rabid canines. Fortunately the Legislature has made provisions for a Pasteur In- stitute where these persons have been treated. This was a wise move on the part of our lawmakers but a still wiser one 1t seems to me would be to require all dogs to be muzzled. If an extra session of the Legislature is to be call ed why not include this in the call and give the people immediate protection?
 M. c. Allgood.
 Attalla. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1909.
THE NEED OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL

The splendid address of President Thach of Auburn last Monday night awakened renewed interest in the need of a new high school in Montgomery. The board of education ten days ago made another appeal to the City Coun- cil for funds to build the high sch ool. , At the election held in December to authorize the issuance of bonds for sev- ed considerably the largest majority of any of the issues voted upon. Sew eral months have elapsed since the school bonds were authorized and yet nothing has been done by the City Council. How long will this delay continue? It is humiliating that we are not doing for the children of this city what we ought to do. and what Dur neighboring cities and even will lages are doing in the way of indus trial education. The board of education declares its inablty to meet modern demands untl a new high schol with modern equipment is erected. Every patriotic citizen of Montgomery should take an interest in this matter. Last week in discussing vocational educa- ton Mayor Mcclellan. of New York, said: Tt Is gratuitous to speak of the dignity of labor for all labor Is dig nified that Is well done. and no labor can be dignified that is badly done and slovenly and dishonest. God gave us our heads and our hands for work and not for ornament. Handwork that is we'll done is to be respected: head work that is well done is to be ad- mired: but head and hand work to- gether. the perfect control of the one by the other. the harmony and the sympathy of the inspiration of the brain carried into concrete form by khe hands is beyond all praise for it Es art Do not be influenced by the false idea that only mental work is worthy. Nothing Is more pitiable than the mental failure; nothing more ad- mirab1s than the manual success' You cannot all be artists, but most of you gan be artistic"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

This will be a history-making week. It will witness the inauguration of William Howard Taft as President of the United States and the retirement of Theodore Roosevelt to private life.
 It is not the purpose of The Advertise CT at this time to comment on the public career of either statesman. The purpose now is to draw attention to the progress of newspapers in serving their readers with the news. Readers may depend that the descriptions of the inauguration will be more com plete, more. graphic than ever before The progress of newspapers within four years, especially Southern news papers. has been marvellous.
 This great improvement in the serv- ing of news has been due in a large de- gree to the excellent management of the Associated Press, which serves nearly all of the leading newspapers of the country. There has been with in six months an unusual increase in the efficiency of this great news-gath- ering agency. The central offices of the Associated Press at Louisville At lanta and Nashville have been better equipped and better managed than ever before. Trained writers have been put into the Southern field; more wires have been leased; more editors have been secured and everything seems to have been done to serve the reading public.
 Montgomery is in the division of the Associated Press which is served from Atlanta. The Atlanta office is in charge of Mir. Howard W. Blakeslee. MT. Blake eslee. although a young man, is one of the ablest newspaper men in the country. He is keen on the news of the South and he directs the news service with fine intelligence.
 An example of the splendid service is evidenced by the reports that are being daily passed over the wires of the Cooper trial in Nashville. These re- ports are written by MT. w. B. Kenny, an attache of Mir. Blakesl office, who Is held in reserve for just this kind of reportorial work.
 The Washington office of the Asso- ciated Press is in charge of Mir. E. M. Hood, who has already assigned large staff of experienced newspaper men to the duty of writing of the in- auguration. Readers may rest assured that the newspaper accounts of the in- auguration as presented by the Asso- ciated Press will be the clearest and best that can be secured.
 Time and again the Associated Press has demonstrated its superiority over other news agencies. Its constant de- velopment and expansion is one of the marvels of the newspaper business Its general manager, MT. Melville E. Stone, of New York City, was recently in the South to get a closer view of Southern news conditions. His assurance that more attention Is to be given to ex- plotting the news of this section Is an augury of the better things for our industrial development
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
This Gate in History
February 2S.

1609-Lord De La Warr appointed Governor of Virginia for life
 1739-Joseph Barrell. Boston mer. chant, who formed the expedition which carried the American flag around the world for the first time born. Died October 13. 1894.
 1S27-Charter for Baltimore & Ohio Railroad granted.
 lS29-The Alabama Legislature pro- tested against the tariff
 1S4l-Consecration of Rt. Rev. Steph- en Elliott. Episcopal bishop of Geor-
 1S54-American steamer, Black War rior. seized by the Cuban authorities al Havana.
 1S6l-Territorial government es- tabllshed in Colorado.
 1s65-Transylvania University con sol!dated with Kentucky University
 189l-George Hearst [, $ Senator from California, died in Washington. D. c.
 lS95-Express train on the Houston & Texas Central Road held up and robbed near Dallas.
 1906-Iowa State Senate passed blli prohibiting Sunday baseball.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
What fhe State Popers Are Spying and Doing

Boys wnl Be Boys. Greenyilie Advocate.
 A Kansas man of ninety-six has just taken to himself wife. Well. boys will be boys.
 True of Other Towns. Centerville Press.
 If there Is any demand for empty can supply the demand without hunt ing further.
 In His own Light. Wilcox Banner An Aiabamian who does not sub scribe to the daily Advertiser or Reg ister, stands in his own light. Their Sunday editorials alone, are worth the annual subscription price.
 The Way It Goes.
 People are so inclined to suspect each other that nearly every one inn agines he could effect a big saving by learning to read his electric light and gas meters.
 Worth It. Walker County News.
 What difference does 1t make how many millions it cost to send our fleet around the world? We showed our hand to other nations and made them afraid of us.
 
 Wasting Resources. sumter Southern Democrat.
 The wasteful manner in which this country Is using up its natural re- sources is on a par with the action of the business man who each year makes serious inroad upon his capital. The result is disastrous in either case.
 
 Are Now at Work. Selma Mirror.
 Right now. before Taft takes his seat as President, one can see the friends of W. J. B. working up sentiment against the Democrats who from him last year. For instance. you can read such statements Johnson and Harmon are in disfavor:" Those were two of the prominent names mentioned in case the nomination did not go to Bryan last year.
 Wants It In June. Dothan Eagle.
 This Is one year when we want the Association to come of little earlier than 1t usually Joes We want 1t in June. for the good and sufficient req son that We expect 1t to come to Do- and do the proper thing by the asso- ciation. and in doing the proper thing naturally we figure on carrying the newspaper folk down to the Bay and iCl tne1H see IOW ClOSe we TedIy are tO a good thing. Then June Is about the right time, not as late as July when the sun gets to hitting that sand pret- ty hard down there.
 That Special Session. Foley Onlooker. While we agree with Governor Co., mer in that four years Is too long be- tween sessions, we can hardly agree with him In the necessity of calling special session to "enact" legislation. but if he will call 1t for the purpose of repeating" legislation. we believe 1t would be worth the money, and we would offer fervent amen. With the present legislators we would suggest semi-annual sessions, one devoted to enacting and the other | legislation. with the under that no law enacted was to | become effective within a year and | that the next session was to repeal | all acts of the former In this way | those who are Dill mad" could ap- pease their malady without in the least | interfering with vested business i'm terests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
SwANK's GLOOMY VIEW.
He Cannot See Recovery in Prices
 Near and Says Industry Lags.

he SHhHoI see hecOvery In Prices
 Near and Says Industry Lags PhLladelph!a Special to New York
 Times 7th
 In answer to request, for his views on the reduction in iron and steel prices! James M. Swank, of the Amer lean Iron and Steel Association, said today
 "l believe that while a reduction in the prices of steel products will in some lines stimulate the demand for these products, prices will continue low all through the present year; In other words there will be no restora- ton this year of the prices that have only recently prevailed. Our product i've capacity in all branches of the Iron trade is SO much larger than any probable demand that any material Itn- pruTement in prices over the cut prices of the present week ought not to be expected in an open market.
 eve may as well add that this country is to-day far from being as prosperous as has been presented. With tIe exception of our agricultural Interests, few If any. of our great industries have recovered from the effects of the panic of 1907. In most of our manufacturing centres there are very many Idle workmen and work ingvomeu. and there Is much suffering among them which ought to be more recognized in the newspapers than it has heen. Right here in Phll- adelphla this condition prevails"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Why the TaritY i. fin Politics.

N6W lOIk EVIHIhR PUSl.
 Selhshness' and sordid bargaining are the primal forces behind each tar- if. And they make 1t certain that the efforts to obtain a tariff-making com mission or a merely advisory body VIII fail. The tariff is In politics. be- cause 1t was conceived in politics. nourlshed in politics, and reared by politics It will stay in politics be- can party has had. It wins victories by the sale of tariff faVors. and then. If the outcry is too great. 1t deludes It's followers by spacious promises of of duties on certain favored articles The only way the tariff can be taken out of politics Is by political action by a realization that 1t spells special privilege. graft. and political corrup- tion-nothing else-and banishing the whole thing from our publdc life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

MT. Goodrich, commander of the New York Navy Yard, writing to a New York paper, expresses the hope that the canal will be built on the sea level plan, and declares that on no other plan service. We do not know if this off, cial is amenable to discipline from the White House, but if he Is he may ex- Stick for daring to question the justice and perfect superiority of the lock sys- tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
STAYS IN CONGRESS.
Represe ntative Mccall Will Continue
 to Fight AutOcracy.

Concord (N. H. Special.
 A letter from Representative Sam uel w. Mccall, of Massachusetts, de- clining an invitation to become Presi- dent of Dartmouth College was given out tonight by Gen. Frank S Street. CT. one of the Dartmouth trustees After thanking the trustees for the in vtation, MT. Mccall says:
 The work which l am trying to do was not entered upon by accident, and If l have not pursued it with success it at least is not because my vows were lightly taken. And since I did not lightly take It up, l cannot, in what l believe to be a very grave crisis drop 1t easily and shift to something else. l may be accomplishing little of value. but l happen to be on the bat- tie line. and l should indeed be sorry soldier nicely to weigh causes and to decide at this moment to step out of the ranks.
 This is not the place for political discourse, but, perhaps, I should say to you that the crisis l referred to is In my opinion. full of peril to our in stitutions, and how soon the movement l do not know.
 Il am far less concerned by partic- ular theories than by general methods of goVernment-method which have been carrying us swiftly toward a con dition under which limitation upon governmental power would be done away with. and the favoritIsm and place of constitutional restraint And some chance barbarian as an autocrat might overturn our temples, and do more harm in the di~oction of uncivil- lzing the country than all our col 'eges together could possibly repair"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
This b My 55th Birthday
BOurke Cochran.

William Bourke Cochran. lawyer orator. and Representative in Congress from the Twelfth District of New York, was born in Ireland, February 2S. 1854. His education was received led for the priesthood but abandoned the the Intention of taking holy orders and In 1871 came to the United States For a time he was a teacher in q private academy and at the same tima Studied law After being admitted >to the bar he began the practice of law in New York City and soon became prominent in politics. In 1884 he was A delegate to the National Democratic ConYentlon. and three years later he was elected to Congress. In 1898 he became an advocate of the gold stand ard and supported MT. Mckinley for inc presidency Four years later he returned to the Democratic party and in 1904 he was again elected to Con- Rres2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
A Sailors Will.

One of the most singular wills ever recorded was that of a British sailor who requested his executors to give his wife a shilling to buy hazclnuts, as she had always preferred crack Ing them to mending his stockings; More of A will proved in 1890. In which wife received 2,5OO. but was only. tc enjoy 1t after her death. in order that 'she may be buried suitably as my widow" A Trench merchant be- oueathed a large fortune to woman of his ac0na intance to show his grat- itude for hor refusal to marry him twenty years before