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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
Thus b My 56th Birthday
Sir Percy Scott.

Sir Percy. Scott, the distinguished Britfsh eadrnirafi whose eontroversy with Lord Charles Beresford was one of the causes that led up to the lat ter's retirement from the navy, was born July 10, 1858, and when a lads of thirteen entered the navy as mid shipman. He served in the Ashanti war. the Congo expedition. the Egyp- tian war of 1882, the South African war and the Boxer campaign in China in 1900. In almost every campaign he had the honor of being mentioned in despatches. He is often credited with being the savior of Ladysmith, for 1t was he who Invented the carriages on which the large naval guns were run across the country and into the city before 1t was beleasuered bS the Boers. Sir Percy is also the inventor of the night signalling apparatus now in use the Royal Navy, and of various ap- pliances for improving heavy gun shooting. He has held many important commands in recent years, and Is re- garded as one of the most efficient off, ficers in the British navy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
The New County. IlIA nnnnnHraf

When the question came up of the probable and desirable division of Jef- ferson County, in order that Bessemer might have a chance to grow in grace and in financial importance, The Dem- ocrat favored the division, and op- posed the large county idea as taking upon itself the position of a principal fly by a usurpation of power from the Birmingham district. The objection brought and used in campaign litera- ture and by campaign speakers, was that the new county sliced of would not be liable for any indebtedness in- cured by the mother county The following Is a dispatch sent out from Montgomery that will settle the mat ter, and give further strength to Bes- semer's cause; when she next puts her case before the Democracy of Ala bama:
 Houston County must pay a portion of Henry County's indebtedness, ac- cording to the Supreme Court. though Houston County has fought since It's formation in 1901 such consumnna- tion."
 After all the litigation 1t was held that Houston is liable. and s6,000 odd dollars of the debt must be paid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
Mo.t widely Circulated Books,

London Globe.
 The most widely circulated book in the whole world. we are informed by Paris contemporary, is a Chinese al manac. printed in Picking at the 1moe. rial Press. The edition consists of s. ooo, 900 copies. which are sent into the provinces, and so great Is the interest taken bv the Chinese In the puhlica- tion, so high the confidence reposed in the information contained. that of the 8. 900 copies not one comes back to the printers Nothing approaching these figures is attained by any publi> cation In the Western world.
 The work which attains the widest ejaculation in Europe and America Is the Bible, and next to the Bible in pop ularity comes "Don ouixote," and then "TTncle Tom's Cabin" This Is dlffcult of acceptance today. although fifty years ago the claim of Uncle Tom'a CahIn" would not have been questioned. Tho nfth in order of merit belongs to according to The Munich News, to an alphabet book. published at Essen hv Ha edeker, which has run through 1900 aditiona.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

with the Georgia Legislature. the Alabama Legislature and the United States Congress all in session at one and the same time what is poor newspaper man. who tries to keep up with all of them to dor asks The Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Well, we have a faint hope that Congress will be dissolved. evaporated or otherwise disposed of before our Legislature meets, so that "the poor newspaper man" will have one less burden to carry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
xe,x Tax Metheds

Nashville American. ..-- .,..
 The Brooklyn Eagle suggests that the stamp tax on checks, telegrams and receipts levied during the war witn Spain should be again levied Tn order to supply needed revenue In preierence to the income, the corporation or in- heritance taxes that have been pro- posed in Congress. The Eagle, on this
 .:The amount collected by such tax while 1t prevailed is on record. The clearly be reckonef. The re-ehaS.. sci. = ment of that law would be easy. The gain from such enactment coulu pc readily determined The law oppressed nobody. It was no exaction on the poor and no burden on the weil,to-do {: 1t was wholly imperceptible, but ft was wholly adequate. It would asalh be imperceptible and adequate. was also self-enforcing as well as sumcient' 1t interfered with no private ousiness' . It required the creation of no new bus- mess by government. It bothered mo- body and satisfied eyerybody. . the stamp tax Is true or not, 1t was more in accord with the old ideas Of taxation. while the prpsals that nave been made in Congress show 3 decided inclination to the new idea or levylng penalties on wealth that are more or less prevalent over the whole world now. ..,A
 Kipling, in his recent poem, The City of Brass" gives utterance by way of parable to a rebuke of this senti- ment. This Is one of his stanzas;
 They said: whD Is eaten by sloth?
 Whose unthrift has destroyed him? He shall levy a tribute from all be-
 cause none has employed him. They said: Who has toled? Who has
 striven and gathered possession? Let him be spoiled; he hath given full
 proof of transgression.
 
 That is too much the spirit of mod ern tax Legislation. It may meet the plaudits of the minimizing. who con- slider that the unrighteous rich are be- ing justly mulcted, but 1t falls alike on the just and the unjust. It Is tax on thrift.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
7his Dats in Hissor,
s.iy 10.

lsoa-John Calvin born. Died May 27, lSes-The City of smyrna. in Asia. de-
 stroysd by an earthquake. i7o4--The fortress of Gibraltar taken
 by the Brfttah. ifso--Freneh fleet. bearing, Count de
 Koch Imbeau and 1000 troops, ar
 rived at Newport. l5s6--Island of Elba seized by the
 British. is3l--Abolition riots in New York. defeated in sktrm-
 ish at LAurell It'll. Va. began an invasion
 of Maryland, 1Ss4--Natiouai Democratic convention
 nt Chicago nominated Grover
 Cleveland for President. 19oo--Recfprocity agreement concluded
 between Germany and the United
 States. . iso8--American marksmen victorious
 In Olympic rifle matches at Bis-
 ley. England
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
Normal American Boy.

Alfred Mosely, the distinguished Brit ish educator and economist. finds that the race of children is extinct in America.
 We have brushed the bloom of na- +urai childishness," and instead of children there are only little men and little women. 4-year-old despots, who are walking editions of the Declara- ton of Independence and who have no respect, no reverence for anything hu- man or divine. The normal Ameri- can boy is ''cute, smart, nervous bus mess manikin." Even savages' MT Mosely asserts, command greater re- spect from their offspring than do American fathers and mothers. He attributes these conditions of juvenile precocity to a deficiency of nurseries and chiidren's playrooms In American homes and to a too early association of the interests of parent and child.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

hoe cakes. but never johnny caksssand some have never eaten either john ny cake or | hoe cake.
 The johnny cake and the hoe cake ere both made of corn meal and baked. The johnny cake is more elaborate, that's all. A hoe cake is composed Of meal. water and salt, and 10 so nameo A johnny cake may be made with milk instead of water. and may have other varfations--except as to the basis of meal. Anything made of -four and pre- tending to be either q johnny cake or q hoe cake is an imposter. It may be eatabie. but It Is not johnny cake or johnny cakes little brother. The The johnny cake, of course, gets it's name from the fact that 1t is so cas- fly constructed that it was originally dubbed journey cake--andy "journey' was coiloQuialized into johnny"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

How times have changed. With Taft in the White House nobody knows what the President thinks of the tar if bill. If Roosevelt were there he would have sent in twenty special messages by this time and given out three statements a day denouncing senators who did not agree with him. The whole world would have been in his confidence. And yet Taft may act quite as wisely, as Roosevelt. were he President now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
... A J.aieiai View.

Centreville Pre8s.
 The State Supreme Court has hit the recently enacted prohibition. law g solar piexus. in . recent decision hand ed down by that body, allowing . cit- izen the right to store intoxicants on his premises. The prohibition forces need not try and make all of the res forms at one time, 1t Is q matter that will take time to solve. The only trouble that The Press has found if prohibition legislation is in their at tempt to prohibit they pass laws that fail to stand the test of the courts and if this Is kept up a reaction is liable to set in, that will undo what has been done. Blob County is natur- ally prohibition county, and the pros hibition law does not work any hard- ship on the people. who only wanted 2 vote to eliminate its sale. It is . diff ncult proposition and few men have the same Idea as to the best method of handling 1t. One trouble Is that g greatef number of people arc making prohibition talks and keep their whis- key under lock and key, and who al heart would like to see the cause of prohibition rail Their standing in the churches and society they seem to think demands this of them, and they are not aiding the authorities in the proper enforcement of the law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
Alabama Hanpx.

Charleston News and Courier.
 Alabama is happy. The State Su- preme Court has decided that liquor Is property, and should be protected as such The Birmingham Age-Herald thinks this sounds the death knell of prohibition in Alabama. and that here after the liquor interests can get the protection which they desire from the courts No doubt the prohibttionists will cry out against this decision. as did the North in the Dred Scott case, and with as little reason. It is re- markable how the reformers protest against graft and violations of the law. and vet abuse the courts whenever they refuse to yield to popular clamor One of the most promising things in American political life to. day is the independence and fairness or our higher courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

The Georgia Legislature Is saved The members will get their pay and not have to walk home. Near beer did it. The Legislature found a near beer fund of s2so.ooo in the treasury when bankruptcy was staring them in the face The money was intended to buy a State farm with but the Leg islature decided to take it to pay per diem and other expenses. If any is left over the unpaid teachers of the State may get c little.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
It l. Even So.

It appears that whenever there 10 anything like an even division among the Republican members of the Senate on a proposition to admit some in- portant commodity duty free. g con- siderable number of Democrats always line up on the protection side to give victory to the stand-patters. And the Democratic members of the Senate stood consistently for a tarin for rev- enue only during the present session
 of Congress. the Republican Party would lack a considerable quantity of campaign ammunition which 1t TOW has stored away for use when next it meets its traditional enemy at the polls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
Already the talk of "1S cent cottor

z Already the talk of "iS cent cotton"
 is indulged in, and we may expect to
 hear much of it for a time. The pre-
 diction that the staple will go up to that price is based on numerous re- ports Of poor crops. excessive rains and other indications of a short crop.
 If the price at marketing time goes ] to fifteen cents. and the neeessaries es life keep pace with the rise we
 suspect that some farmers will really
 be worse of. while some others will
 profit largely. but what about the other classes of the population if pro-
 visions go up with the cotton boost7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
CaIxe. sscreaminw..

Calve. In London Standard.
 could talk for hours about my country and my own people. I am so fond of both. On by birthday many of them came in procession to see me. and I danced what is called the "bour- rec" with them. They say such quaint things. An old woman once. hearing me sing, asked: Doesn't 1t hurt you to scream like that? A peasant once told me he was sure the proprietor of the grotto would give me five francs 6 day to sing there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
TIT WAS NOT POPULAR.

In a pert paragraph" some days ago reference was made to the fail ure of New York's experiment Of pro- viding separate cars for women on one of It's subway lines. After trying 1t for three months 1t was found that there was no need or actual demand for the separation of the sexes, and when this fact was fully demonstrated the system was abandoned. To quote a contemporary:
 The experiment., although 1t was a failure, demonstrated one thing to segregation of the sexes. if the sexes have anything to say about it. For several years there has been considera- bIe agitation for separate cars for elevated and subway roads have been at a loss to know how to treat the issue These and the public generally are greatly under obligation to MT. test and providing positive evidence,
 We confess our inability to under
 stand why there should have been an
 experiment of this nature, except upon
 the sole theory that a woman on one of the New York cars was not secure
 from insult or mistreatment from the male passengers. This fact. if it had been fact, would have been severe
 indictment against New York's male population, and one that we of the South would find it difficult to un-
 derstand. Down here every man Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
The oracle Speaks

NOrIOIK IIdHuImdTk. =
 Most of the members of the Round Table who have been discussing the johnny cake have tangled themseives all up with It's little brother, the hoe cake They have been like the wise men who tried to answer Ben Frank lin's catch question. why does globe of water weigh no more with a fish In 1t than when the fish Is out of 1t? They have assumed differences that do not exist between the johnny cake, saying that one "ls made of meal and the other of flour" and so on. Some never hoe cakes; and some have eaten
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
. The ses's Action .. Iron.

After lying at the bottom of the sea undisturbed for Q century and half. one of the guns of H. M. s. Ramilles. which was wrecked near Bolt Tail. on the south coats of Devon. has been rec covered.
 One side of the weapon has been worn away with the action of peb- bles and shingle washed over It by the tide to such an extent that at the mug gle the thickness of iron Is very little. and for it's whole length the metal has the appearance of being gradually filed away. Even the runnions. which orr igina1ly took it's weight on the gun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

The papers are telling of a woman in Los Angeles who lasted absolutely for forty-nine days. She did 1t as a cure for disease from which she was suffering, but whatever her reasons may have been. she can make for tune by telling some of the rest how she did 1t. | .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

{ If they have really invented or per fected noiseless car wheel. as claimed. 1t will be/a relief to sensitive people whose nerves are racked by the noise of street cars. but will not the lack eof noise make the cars more dangerous to pedestrians?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

Referring to the What is whiskey?" question, The Dothan Home Journal feels sure that if experience is all that is needed to settle it there are men in that town who could come very near to giving a correct answer Very like ly. and, to use a common expression ..there are others"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

"This section is the garden spot of Alabama" declares The Headland Post We like to see a newspaper speaking up for its own section. and certainly Headland Is in the very midst of a most excellent region. The Post has ample grounds for its good opinion of that part of the State, even though 1t may not be the only part that can be called a garden spot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

The Andalusia Star is puzzled be- cause one minister says baseball is "a delightful recreation" while another says 1t Is degrading and damning occupation But both are right It depends on whether the home team wins or loses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

Texas papers are condemning pol itician of that State who Is a candi- date for Governor because he has changed his position on public ques- tions every time it seemed popular to change. It is a poor politician who can not change as quick as the people. Are the ancient and inalianable right of politicians to be ruthlessly destroyed?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

'By the way, what is drowned body'?" asks The Columbia State. ed, of course. Don't you know any thing nearly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

If there are any blind tigers in Albany they are keeping very quiet" says The Herald. Of course they keep quiet. Don't expect them to get out on the sidewalk and roar. do you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

An eminent churchman recently de- clared that "war never has and never will settle anything" Possibly not. but it settles many who engage in 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
sSSoES s,sECrLATlON.

SWORN ClkCUlAAIlON. r.n- s xhA 0gurss for May printed eS,ow w.~rr. lesoas the actual net oirenisuon. sn .IAyknG besn deducted. --s... xss .o1SertiGers land makes M . part ol ths .,re.- NAct when rsQusstsd) that Its osay ynasnins Mfion fs larges than that of any ms ss. m SDap>r printed ir Alahsma--and tnAt tnt.ns sss Gan18y sdirion has :-s largest cirenAss'y,n ,n rl any edftaon Of any newsDAoss ess AIGb4nnn. without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

The Memphis ball players are self ish lot, They insist on occupying the bottom seat all the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

Sir Thomas Upton Is as persistent as houseny. for he declares his inten- ton to make another try for the Am eFiean cup.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
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 ---or Bet,ee7 miles in the whole world. In this divison the West Indies are given to South America. All except the Island of Trinidad being. perhaps. more properly to North America They. have 2,745 miles. As the figures stand, North America has 3t per cent more railway than Europe. and nearly as much as the whole of the Old World. .sss :. Compared with the previous year. Europe increased its trailways by 2.ei7 miles h per cent.): Asia by 1.e2S miles t8 per cent, Africa by 9ss miles tb.1 per cent); North America by T, ,e3F miles @ per ceut.l; South America by 1880 miles C per eent.p; and Australasia by 51 miles. or 4 of per cent Australasia, besides Australia and New Zealand, includes the Hawaiian Islands with 90 miles of railway of European coun- tries, Russia built most railway. in spite of it's special difficulties. 1,625 miles. as It is likely to do hereafter. because It needs them: France was next with 431 miles, fol- lowed by Germany, with 41l miles. In Asia British India led witsh 9oe miles. followed bv China ASA In Africa nearly all the pro- eress was in British South Africa. where the addition was 352 miles (5k per eent.), the French possessions Oncluding Madasas. car). IeI miles e per cent.) and Egypt 1ss miles (SK per cent.) The Archiv gives the increase from 190a to 1907. which is e.s per cent for Europe. 2i.6 per cent for Asial 2s t per cent for the two Americas. and [ per cent for Australia.
 The growth in Asia and Africa IS notable. and the indications are that in Asia, espe- ciaily, and in China particularly, 1t VIII com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

Nst Daily Average. May. lsoe ......i .is.sss Ast sundey Avernge. Nay. lsVs =. .sv.sos S c. l. rinigan, circuaat,on Manager of The Mentgomsry Advertiser. oeing duly sworn. The foregoing statement of The Adysr- tiners circulation for the month of May, 1poo. e true and correct and compiled after ail rssurns from news boya news agents, spoiled and left over copies have been de- 3ncfed c l. FINxQAN, 7l Circulation Manager. eworn to and subscribed before me this s-s - RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
RAILWAYS OF THE FoRLD.

North America is Far In the Lead of All
 Other Continents.
 Railroad Age Gazette.
 Again the Archiv fur Eisenbahnwesen, published by the Prussian ministry of public works, issues its statistics of the railways of the world. covering the year 1907 and the nearest year for which statistics are availa- hle for the United States and Canada, the year ended with June. 1907. It finds in the grand divisions of the world the following miieages. street railways and some other light railways not being included: old World. Miles. l New World. Miles Europe. .199 ss5 North America 26S. 05s Asia. ........ 56,2s4 South Amer. :. 34,s11
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
AT PRESCOTT.

One of the hardest rain storms that has visited this section fell here yesterday afternoon and last night. the rain guage Of the government recording a frac- tion under four inches.
 The rain began about three O. clock, but for an hour preceet- ing it, there was a pall of dark ness over the city that brought out candles, lamps, and all other methods of producing light, and business was conducted with dii- ficulty. The rain lasted until well into the night, and was ac- companied by some wind, which did damage to fences, shade trees and young gardens
 There was a vivid display Of lightning and the local telephone company suffered damage to the phones. The long distance lines were put out of commission, and the telegraph service was crip- pied.
 All small streams were swollen out of their banks, and the larger ones are expected to give trou- ble to the trayeling public by night
 A small sized cyclone passed a few miles northwest of Prescott doing considerable damage to barns. dwellings, and crops.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
HEAD CAMP CON-
 MENTION MEETS
The Annual GatherineO Askansas Wood
 men COnveneS at F.. Smith.

Fort Smith, March 9. - Al though the convention of the head camp of the w. o. w. of Ar kansas was scheduled to open at 1 o'clock this morning for a three days session it was almost noon before the program was inaugur- ated. The convention was called to order by Head Consul l.. D.. Smith of Tuckerman. Sovereign Bouriand who is mayor of Fort Smith extended a welcome on behalf of the city to which re- sponse was made by Sovereign Sentry De F.. Bradshaw, of Lit tie Rock. Wm. H. Rector of Fort Smith who has had an active part in preparing for the recep- tion and entertainment of the visitors, welcomed them in be- half of Maple Leaf Camp No. 9, Response was made by Head Ad- visor G. k. Haynie of Prescott.
 Alter dinner the credentia $ and mileage and per diem com mittees reported. The afternoon is to be devoted to business. Be- ginning at , pm. there will be a special performance at the Iy- ric Theatre, opposite the cohven- tion hall for visiting delegates and ladies.
 Tonight there will be a con- ventiOn by the local camp and circle to all sovereigns and mem bers of both orders whether del egates or not.