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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
SUNDAY, MAY 10. 1909.
The Thomaston Post referring t' The Advertisers walking squad. says

The Thomaston Post referring to The Advertisers walking squad. says:
 some. of the bright young men who put interesting things in The Mont Romerv Advertiser announce that they will start out on a seven-days' 5aunt through the country afoot. Let us hope that they will not develop such speed as will take them outside Of our esteemed eontemporary's circulation.
 They are now well on their way, more than half the distance contem- plated having been accomplished, and everywhere they have been met with Kindness. It would be impossible any where in Alabama for them to "get outside" The Advertisers circulation. Judging from the way they write home everybody must take and read The Advertiser. for people seem to have heard of their coming and to be on the lookout for them. The boys started out expecting more or less of hard time, but thanks to their friends and those of The Advertiser. they are having ovations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

ing population. In every one of them there has been steady increase. de- cade by decade. We cannot better H. lustrate than by our own State. Tn 1860 the population of Alabama was es42o1. Notwithstanding the demor- aiization and restiessness that pre- vailed for some time after the close of the four years war. many killed in battle. or dead from wounds. and dis ease, or moved to other States, we had in 1870 ss6.9s2 showing under these discouraging conditions a slight in- crease. In 1880 we had 1,2s2.5o5. In 1890 the population footed up 1.s1soi7. and in 1900 we had 1.s2s.ss7. These figures certainly show a steady and gratifying increase Although the number of people required to entitie a district to representation in Congress has been increased two or three times. our representation has increased 50 per cent. growing from six to nine. our present number.
 In a number of States census Is taken every five years after the Fed eral census. Alabama Is not one of these, but the Federal government took an estimated census in 1905 In those States which do not provide one of their own. Much care and attention was given to these estimated returns of population and there is every reason for accepting them as absolutely trust worthy According to these returns Alabama's population in 1905 was l. sss,347. an increase in five years of 157.s5o people. and at same rate we should have increase of s15,soo in the decade from 1900 to 1910 or total of 2,143is97. That is more than double what we had according to the first census taken after the war of 1sei-s5.
 A great many white people in recent years have moved into Alabama. and 1t is fact not generally recognized that the increase in population of white people is much greater in pro- portion than that of the blacks in Ala bama. The next census will show up splendidly for our State and the sur prising part to q great many will be that all the growth has not been in the mineral districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Experiments have shown that the average male mosquito is fond of beer and wine. while the females win have nothfng to do with such things. The male is essentiaily a vegetarfan.
 Unless Isaac Weld were qualifying for membership in the Ananias Club, George Washington lost his reputation for veracity when discussing the mos quito, Weld declares in his Travels Through North America" that George Washington told him that. of a truth. he had encountered mosquitoes which were able to bite through the thick est boot. As this was in the cam paigns around New York and in New Jersey some still believe that the Father of his Country was not exag- gerating even there.
 The Department of Agriculture has recently Issued new bulletin on the economic losses caused by insect pests. The mosquito has its character black ened in that report to such an extent as to constitute criminal libel. 5. Not only 10 1t charged with being resDon- sfpie for much disease and suffering, with heavy economic losses attendant thereupon. but the assertion Is made that 1t retards the development of states and nations, and has caused the decline and decay of other nations. It
  York which would otherwise be bee- hives of industry and thrift. are held under the dominion of the mosquito and made as uninhabftable to humani- ty as the biealsest peak in the Rocky Mountains. In other places they have so annoyed the cows that the milk sup- ply ran short and left the dairymen q bankrupt. At Sheepshead Bay they annoyed the race horses so much that the track authorities spent thousands of dollars in banishfng them from that section. One writer declares that New Jersey taxable values gre S1O,00O, 900 below what they would be if 1t were not for the mosquito. Another be- fieves that the introduction of malaria Into Greece was largely responsible Tor the progressive physical degenera- uon or one of the strongest races of history Still another asserts that half of Italy is rendered more or less in- hospitable to mankind because of the maiariaI mosquito.
 And so the indictment runs. Charged with causing the death of more than 100000 American citizens every decade, and with bringing about S.0oo.o0o cases of malaria every year, all of It resulting in an economic loss large enough to maintain the whole. American army year in and year ont. The Anopheles family stands a rood prospect of being banished forever bv the court of enlightened opinion. ana the "evii night air'' will be robbed of It's terrors There are fish that have an appetite, for the larvae of maiarial mosquitoes greater than that s5f { Ser-s ret for the blood of a rat Tn the la land of Barbadoes thece fish haye ef- fectively kept the rAalariai mosauifo rom multiplying. America will prob- ably Import many such fish within inc next few days. and they will heIp soIves the problems of mosquito externlna. lcopyright. .1sos by Frederic J. Has, kin,) .,
 TomorrowPOsress fin sfanufsctur-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

things for christ. But they "endured as seeing Him who fs inyisibie,- and were not disappointed of their hope. They attained the peace which Christ had promised. In spite of trials and suherfngs and death. The more we realize their position. and put our selves in their place, the more we must feef that not one in . thousand of us would have accepted the promise, or made the effort to become a prepared people. fit for the habftation in the prepared mansion,
 There 10 no other way than the way of the cross, the way of tribula- cont. cion; We must accept that. must be christ's promise simply. If we would
 We must be able to say with the
 adsmsns. ars sn9s pish ana hSrat thss saa' rsoss sSs of very faithfuiness has caused me has ap office of love--pafn, shame. sor: if they drive us from the world to strive for hoiiness. Nothing can hurt us os really, If we have Christ,s legacy god In His wise providence, causes thorns to grow everywhere. and upon all things here below. But through grows sveryW%hers % also, Is o for % Sne beneiii ess of those who dwell in Him. And the greater our tribulation, the deeper and more undisturbed may be our peace. For, the more of 1t will He bestow on us. the more we live to Him, being dead to the world. dead to self. dead to all things except Himself.
 Let not the love of the world drive out the love of God. True, He has bequeathed us frlbuiation, and it ' is often hard to hear. but. 1t is. only to last for moment" and He has also with 1t bequeathed us peace. Oh! 1 pray you, do not forego peace--his peace.-through fear of trouble in this world.
 The trouble is but for a moment, and only in this world. while the peace Is In Him. and with Him. Who out weighs the treasures of ten thousands worlds, and will outlast all ages. Is that peace yours?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
This Date in History
May 1e.

1793-Edmund c. Genet, the French
 minister, arrived at Philadelphia. 1S24--Levi P. Morton, twenty second
 President of the United States, b born. D
 1S54-Santa Anna made a triumpnai ~ entry into the City of Mexico. lS6o-Republican convention at Chi
 cago nominated Abraham Lin- s coin and Hannibal Hamlin. iSe2-The pnioR snnboats repulsednzaf
 Fort I)arhng. o5 si1oso!Y sg1od-sI 1S66-President Johnson vetoed --rhe,
 admission, of Colorado as, a State. 1S73-Opsning .of the Montreal Ex-
 position. sfsg Fle -rI fa fs. 1s7s-Charlotte Cushman took her
 farewell of the stage at the
 Globe Theatre, Boston. l889-Six hundred houses destroyed in
 the great fire in Quebec 'F7'' 1897-Rt. Rev. Edward Patrick Allen
 consecrated as Bishop of the Ro-
 man Catholic Diocese of Mobile,
 Ala.
 1907-Isaac Stephenson elected sena-
 tor in Wisconsin. ending five
 weeks deadlock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16


 The Brooklyn Eagle springs mo- mentous query on the public. Accord- ing to that paper "The burning ques- tion is: How shall our trousers be creased7" There we have It, ana we may expect oceans of controversy over it. It seems that the King of England recently appeared in public with his trousers creased down the sides and that has caused consternation and un- certainty among those who look on him as the arbiter of fashion. though why he should set the fashions for Americans is beyond. us. Let him have his pants creased criss-crosS zig-zag. spirally or in any other old way, and st should not arouse any commotion over here. but we suppose the new faa will at once be adopted by the fash ionable set. There's Q whole lot of snobbery over on this side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
The State Pension Grab.
Springfield Republican.

Springnelu RepuD4lcan.
 If Governor Hughes kills the bill nen. sioning civil war veterans who an listed in New York regiments. he will evidently be rwhelminglyl fnlorsed by public opinion. He might evade the issue on the ground that 1t shouId be passed on to the people to decids. when voting whether or not to an. prove special bond issue to raise the necessary funds, yet Governor HuahNs is not likely to evade his own respon- abilities In such manner. The pron- osItion Is simply one of pensionin1 men who are already pensioned bv me Federal government-some 5O,o00 og them-and the principle involved is indefensible,. If twofold pensions. why not threefold7 That is to say, men who claim pensions for war servtsas from two governments, national and State. could then consistently claim Q Shird one from municipalities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Something like 75o.OOO, 600 acres oi

Something like 75O.OOO.oOO acres of public lands are still unappropriated, we are told. This might indicate that there are still homes for a great many of the homeless. but much of 1t is un- available and undesirable. As a mat ter of fact. about half of 1t lies in Alaska. and most of that is either standing on it's edge or Is covered with the eternal ice and snow of that re- zion. Still, 1t must be admitted that if there are yet two or three hundred million acres of habitable land in the United States belonging, to the govern ment there is room on 1t for quite number of people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
This h My 53rd Birthday
Charles NI. Hays.

Charles Mssssay,ss seaessof the most cials, was born in Rock Island, Illi- nois. May, 1S.s 1856, and began his career in 1873 as a clerk in the pas senger department of the Atlantic and 1877 to 1884 he was secretary to the general manager of the, Missouri Pa- cifc. Tn 1884 he entered the service of the Wabash Railroad and in 1887 he became general manager of the road and in 1894 he was elected vice president of the Wabash system. For a brief period in 1901 Mir. Hays was way but retired within a few months to accept his present position as vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway MT. Hays also holds the office of president of several of the subsidiary companies of the Grand Trunk System, including the Grand Trunk Pacific.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
A Perfect Instrument.

The kettledrum, Gabriel Cleather contended, was perfectly competent to produce atmosphere as we'll as rhythm Even to tune the instrument three things were required--a perfect musi- cal ear, fine sense of touch and five years experience. After playing over a kettledrum melody written eighty years ago from Meyerbeer's Robert le DIable," MT. Cleather continued: q venture to say that outside of the musical profession not one person in a hundred of those who listen to a,. orchestra in England today knows that timpani have notes and can give out a melody" No instrument, he added. had greater range of power than the kettledrunl, for none could be played more softly and none had greater pen etrating power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Al g recent meeting at Cooper Insti- tDts in New York Mr. Fitzgerald. one of tts iaDor representatives said, FDeakisG for tis working classes: we want more schopia and lass graft (" That is good motto and we have Iit- tle doubt that bs ha4 ample provoca - ton for using the expression. The money that iH wasted and stolen in New York city would go a long way tauara- sSs'o" 'inq the children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Warming Against War.

Public opinion Is changing. The world has its eyes opened. The war doctrine, the preachment of interna. tional murder, has surfeited mankind. The evils have multiplied until the results of war. if not the direct thought of war itself, have turned popular sentiment in the better path way. The rock at the base of the peace movement is moral. But man. kind. unfortunately. cannot be reached as effectively as should be the case on moral foundation alone. Thus tho warfare against war is now waged on more utilttartan, more practical" grounds. The problem Is treated sci. entlfically, economically. The appeal Is to the understanding. to the brains of man. It Is a edurse of cold argu- ment. irrefutable and ultimately con- vincing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Noting the statement that cats are said to be conveyors of asthma The Albany Herald remembers that i'gen- uine cat-iovers would rather have asthma and cats than be compelled to do without both." Yes, we believe there are some who would rather risk catching the black plague than lose the of nuzzling over a cat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
It is cheering to read items like this,
 which we find in The Lafayette Sun:

Y.anette fig to have a new $20.0OO sch ool building. The contract has been let and work on the new building viii commence as soon as the material can be placed on the ground
 One of the handsomest school build ings in the State will be the one at culirnsn. judging by the picture of It psblighed in one of the CuIiman pa peFa. Tn every locality good buildings have been erected or the people of the eonm9niiy are alive to tlie importance Of DuiiGing them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

The. Charleston News and Courier suggests "Fathers' Night" as a sort of compensation for Mothers Day." but whats the use? They'll have their night anyway when they can find an excuse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

There's one good thing about the Roosevelt hunting trip; it's giving the eartoonists lots of material to work on. What they read and what they imagine keeps them going in good shape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Is the New Jersey preacher. who says in positive terms that women must remove their hats in church. pre- pared to enforce his words? If they refuse to obey. what will he do2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
HaIr-SnIittinr I.n.


 The decision of an Illinois court set ting aside the law intended to check loan sharks" because 1t failed to dIs- tlnguish between wage" earners and salary" earners, shows that the state which once boasted a raIl-splittinS President has now at least got some hair splitting judges
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

If Carrie Nation is actually going to settle down and be quiet we shah soon reach the time where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Where is Mir. BryanT inquiries The Leavenwerth Post. Say. is 1t possible that you have lost him?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

It is plain that the Boyles were caught mapping, as we'll as Kidnapping, and that's where they slipped up-or down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
E;ssssIy satisaed.

A visitor to Selma on the recenf o.. casion of the memorial. day exercisss mere said that having now sesr, svs SSoyess1or SeH r. Vardamai. he viii die satis- a Poor suffering soul! One can snass an. Tepress q sigh when be reflects havv irreparabie must be thTs mans ioss 1oW f nis Msr eyes ya Eaye; never yet beheid the of Arkansas. and John Lusk. of Nfsr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Needn Some Prnctice-

Philadelphia PuDlic Ledger,
 Probably the beef trust will be glad to learn that 1t is to have a rival. IT has not had the pleasure of swallow ing rival for long time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
sWURN CALCULATION

The figures for March prinsea aii re. represent the actual net cireulations ~ turns having been deducted. .,,ess it's advertisers (and makes 1t part o, tcircula- tract when requested) that lts oa.s snornins nswspaper printed in AIabama-and d.rnist,on rns Sunday edition has the larges. sssntsd in Of any edition of any newspaper b &1abama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Good 0inciaIs-Gooa ro,vp.

-Ensley is blessed with of1fcials who attend to the. wants of the peopIs' They are alert and work for the ,n- the South. The poiica force is Una ysr,, tn bese and keep order, sonseduentiy veryy little crime Is committed in our eon..
 munity, all owing to their viRiianca. right place. .'A 'HS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
CoaIdn,t ..Roah.s

CouIdn,s .Roah.p
 'Wetumpka Herald. E-sa4 @s4 < ,A A Montgomery man was in o,sr towu,, ttast week. and decided to visit his ssi6 friend Bob Parker. Going dd1ry, est.1 tc, sne wharf he Inquired from ai. ,iS oArkey whom he met If he kneSr tas. r,s, ,w,sefssebouts 2 q of Col Bob Parksr's, Vas ,sah., said the darky. .-bou. Man Sw gn,, ao , you get thsre-- said the. .Rsckcn you hab to take a skin. All risht.r said tho Montgon1aria,, .
 set me one and you go alonR wifh me me, a2aS show me the place and I'll Five give s'AIi right sah." said the nasro .na ne carried the visitor to where hs eouta rens boat. Before getting infS
 ns boat. the visitor turned to tbe ussNS sNS snd sah -asEsd csa him # he could row.
 The rstor was somewhat r,ut o,,% with the prospect of seven rsiIe rnr, down river. but decided to try ft xir Wsnt well for about half an ho,,r when his wind gave out. he vas 1ssa;; and his hands all blistered. oe and see if I can't find some one w,o can roy. I'd give s5 to have some one 9ui1 9u,l1 tnis APoat the rest of the day.' z, sswny,.I Kin do dat if dat's ali youi si 1s sAii I wanta Why. I wanted vo,, ,a ,ao Sot tsai at arst and you said you ! could Id
 '"scuse me. .mistah. I didn. undar- to roah like . lion" ins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Rural Route. Indispensable.

The rural routes were established for the bsneft of the farmers. and have to them than was anticipated hv fhs most sangutne. A farmer who has once enjoyed the advantages of the r,,S how to live without 1t. ""o"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Uaeful Tin.
Eiba Clipper.

A man has accidentally discovered that will appeal to every farrner. The plan IS to stretch hog wire fence across .ne guiiies. and nail to posts set Geep es and holds all trash, the trash hoids the sand and soil washed down. whiis II allows all the water to escaoe. IT, snls way the gully is soon filled. The fence beats the TOOK dam. as iE doea not hold the water on the lana by3 goes hold all solid matter, Frv it It's cheap and good. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Worthy 0s oOnssderntson,

that legislative attention be sIvsn to the length of the jail term for con tempt. there being now no maximum likely to call for Considerable ,iiscis. 1, sion. and is worth it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Hear Before Striking.

It matters not how bad the report have been. you are not prepared to pass verdict upon the case till the other side has been heard. We all do
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
PHtttnE It bod on nfontromerx.

La FaYette Sun
 Birmingham have been arrested charged with violating the prohibition law: It Is claimed they have been selling a f'near beer" Enanufactured In Montgomery. That's Nright-lay the blame on Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
PE Headed.

HuntevilIe Mercurv Banner \ 7ll
 Whether it be pig lead. pia ron or pig tin. the stand batter always goes the whole hogA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

The male mosquito is something os a musician, and if you want to sea him all attention make a sound of 512 vibrations to the second and he will begin to dance around with the grace of peacock. That Is the tone in which his mate calls him, A Southern electrician some years aro accidentally learned about this trait of the mosquito. He was experI- menting with A harmonic telegraph in. strument. The moment the inEtru- ment reached certain pitch every male mosquito within hearing dtstarcs came hot foot to the, scene, but tb . sound had no attractions for the fe- males.
 It is said that the Culex fens,ss always mediate awhile jbefars Sieo ing. but that the Anopheles 20 rirht into the bloody work with the air oS A surgeon who would have if nuirl.S,. over. It is conterded that the fact that the male mosquito never bItes is not to be attributed to any partIcn- lar forbeaFance or goodness of heart. but rather to the fact that his head Is not properly equipped for blood sucking on a satisfactory scale, Some of the recent. investigators even go so far as to believe that 1t is an ac- auired habit with the female and not A na4uFal one. It will be remem herad that there Is wild bird which learns to kill sheep after long asaocIation with the shepherds fiocks. So If is with the female mosquitoes, accord : Ing to these Investigators. These in- sects first learn to sup Iiquids iron, the eyes of animals and then acouIra the habit of going beneath the slIn In many instances, 1t is asserted. thav acquire their taste for blood by max. ing a dinner In fresh wounds. Thev have little bulb in their proboscis i like a fountain pen filler. and draw the blood with that.
 Some mosquitoes will bite one per. son and shows distaste for another.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

Isss Isssi returns. :,s.:.. :::. iies Net total .... 60. .... s.....- .Asl'l7S
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-09-09

ment; one of those wars founded on
the proposition: You have some
thing that we want; we will give you
for it either an old brass button or a
new steel bullet The something
which Spain in the present case
wants is the riches, the mineral
riches that lie in the sun-roasted
hills twelve miles to the southeast Of
Melilla, the principal port of the
Spanish sphere of influence in Mo
rocco. A group of Spanish finan-
ciers has spent much money in dig
ging out these minerals, and has
succeeded in interesting the Spanish
government in the exploitation of
the mines Of Benz Blu Fruor. The
mines are rich, but almost inacces-
sible, and it was decided to run
railroad down to them from Melillia.
Now, railroad to the Moors and,
indeed, to most Mohammedans is
as aggravating as red cloak to
bull. 1t means interfering with I
their nomadic habits, the seizure of
some sheik's right-of-way and a
check on predatory privileges. The
proposed railway, at Casab' anca, it
will be remembered. was the begin
ming Of all the bloody trouble there
abouts. Riffs and the Kabyles, fierce
.ribesmen of the hills, blocked the
railroad with their fiocks
If armed horsemen; the sultan of
Morocco refused to interfere to pro-
ect foreigners, whom he considered
nterlopers; Melilla was invested,
nd the old feud between Moor and !.
berian that began hundreds of years
go is once more being fought out. S