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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
IT,s A Goop oLp woRLp.
Some Very Cheerful Views About tn
 Average Son and Daughter.

Some Very Cheerful Views About the
 Average Son and Daughter. Cleveland Leader.
 This is a good world. It's growing better every day. We can't say this often enough or strong enough, for 1t is not only recording a fact but it Is getting behind the chariot of progress and giving it push ourselves. Na
 Rich mems sons are not all round CTS" because few singe their wings in the white lights. Most of them set about mastering the intricacies of dads business so they can ease his shoulder of some of the strain and get in trim to take it all themselves, some time. Others. still more Independent. strike out for themselves.
 Rich mems daughters are not all brainless and snobbish and extrava- pant For one that runs away with a chauffeur there are thousands who go to college and come out of 1t noble wo- men.
 And the poor do better, with less to help them. Most boys put their necks in the family harness and help pull with their fathers. It Is the girls, however, who pass them in this ser vice. If the average girl elects to stay at homet-and the one serious point of criticism is that not enough to do -she doesn't have to write abroad for advice to ease her mothers grind. And if she goes into shop or office or fac tory, the mother often gets the sealed pay envelope at the end of the week and doles out the spending money to the girl who earns 1t. More girls than the world knows about, or, knowing praises as 1t should, put aside their chances for a home of their own to keep that of their mother secure.
 It's good world and the overwhelm- ing majority of good girls not only help to make it so, but brighten it as well {.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
TREAT, LAZY SICKNESS.
,r stiles Discusses <, New
 Dfwe ase.

aaI
 Disease.
 Washington, Aug. 22.-+Ftrst get rid of the parasite causing the "hook worm" disease; then attention should he directed, to treating the patient af- flicted with the malady.
 This is the advice given to physicians and others for the treatment of the so-caI,ed "lazy" disease by pr. Charles Stiles. chief of the division of geology. hygienic labratory. public health and marine hospital service in today's Is. sue of the bulletin of that service. He shows the mistake of first treating the patient and afterward the parasite.
 For several years pr. Stiles has de- voted his attention to investigating the hook worm disease, particularly az affecting the Southern States. where tf was found to be quite prevalent He ascertained that the disease produced profound anaemia Nin these So at- fected. causing an inability to perform any kind of work and resulting in many instances in slow death The publication of Dr. Stiles conclusions some time ago attracted widespread attention.
 Showing that although hook worm disease may occur in persons In any walk of life, pr. Stiles declares that it Is particularly among the poorer classes that IL OCCuTa. anu .tHaS tiIS average hook worm patient cannot ef- ford to lose several days to undergo treatment
 It is therefore. he says, frequently expedient to conduct the treatment Saturday evening and Sunday morn iug.
 Notwithstanding that primarily we are to treat the parasite. not patient says pr. Stiles 1t should be remem- bered that if too great quantity ot thymol Is absorbed by the patient, alarming symptoms and even death may occur. Accordingly. the patient ana the. patients family should be care- fully warned not to permit the pa- tient under any circumstances to have on the Sunday during which the treat ment is given, any food or drink con tatning alcohol. fats or oil Patent medicines should be mentioned in par ticular. because of the alcohol many of them contain. and even milk anu butter should be forbidden" pr. Stiles then cites case or se' rious thymol poisoning following the taking of A copious drink of milk the day thymol was taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
coon CITIZENSHIP IN ACTION.

A splendid array of citizenship is call tor a conference in Montgomery on Septem Der Is to inaugurate a cam oaign against the adoption of prohi- bition amendment to the constitution No constitutional prohibitionists can be so tanatical as to say that those men gre bought bV the whiskey men. or that Vhiskey men. The character and stand inR of these men stops this reckless charge so often and so falsely made hetore 1t can he uttered Will any Of the band wagon riders. and office hunt CTS dare to stand up aud say that these men are hirelinGs of the whiskey men?
 It is we'll that the people of the State should know that many Of its cleanest. ablest and strongest men are opposed to the unnecessary and fool IRh plan of putting a police regulation ,n the constitution. It Is well that the people should rave their attention ,rawn for the while to patriotic men. in private life who are not candidates for offices and who are not trying to ise a popular wave to give them mo- | ce and reputation which their merits 4o not Justify
 It has been well said thnt probably no othar list of one hundr ed and twAn- W men could bt made up that would represent more strength. ability and 1atriotism. than the names of the one 'nndred and twenty private citizens who concerned over the radicalIsm of -cent Legislation. unite voluntarily
 no alphabetically to prevent further
 arm from fanhticisrN
 There are men in the list who hay" sdvucated and worked fo proN'bt'i"n Nor a-e trey any the les advocates of prohibition because they speak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
NEWS OF THIS WEEK.
Many Meetings of National Importance
 Scheduled.

nAuny MccthuBa or NuuOn0I AmROEt4ucG Scheduled.
 Aviation week at Rheims, France. overshadows in interest for Americans any other event in Europe.
 Monoplanes. bi-planes, dirigibles and spherical balloons will circle and soar over the plain of Betheny for thous- ands of spectators. The contests will bring together in competition the fore most opponents of the new sport. Peculiar interest attaches to the return to New York Tuesday of E. H. Hartman. who has been abroad for his health. Coincident with his return there will be meetings at New York Tuesday of the directors Of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. It is said that MT. Hartman has not planned to attend these meetings, but will go directly to his home at Arden. N.. Y., for a period of rest. Neverthe- less. his return at this time will give new spice to the gossip that the Har- riman interests seek control of the New York Central lines In order to complete rans-continental railway.
 A meeting of officials chosen by President Taft to consider suggested changes in the interstate commerce and sherman antitrust laws will be held In New York this week. at which 1t is planned to formulate set of recom- mendations which will be laid for the President in November.
 The International Y. M c. A. will be in session at Silver Bay, Lake George, N. Y., this week.
 Two gatherings Of wide influence will be the meeting of the American Bar Association from Tuesday to Friday, inclusive, and the congress at Denver on the same days of the Na- tional Pure Food advocates. At the latter meeting. Dr. Wiley. chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, and the ben- zoate of soda question will figure as chief attractions.
 Among other scheduled meetings of the week are: Monday at Chautauaua. N. Y, country life conferences; at Washington, Sons of Veterans national encampment; Tuesday at Alexandria, Va, National Christian Congress-: Kansas City. Mo. Colored Knights of Pythias, Supreme Lodge; at Colorado Springs. Colo. meeting of the National of Insurance Commission CTS; at Rockland. Me- official trial of the battleship South Carolina: We'd nesday, at Montreal meeting of League of American Municipalities; Thursday, at Seattle. first national convention of the Conservation Congress; Friday, at New York, meeting of National Com mittee of United Irish League of America; Saturday, at Huntsville, Pa, Golden Anniversary of Drilling First Oil We'll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
FARMERS, TRUSTS.
250000 Texas Farmers Have Pooled
 Most Of Cotton Crop.

MUSA OA CwstUA DkSRs New York Times
 Altogether the most optimistic ac- count of conditions and prospects yet published by any responsible authori- ty is that issued by the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. which sum- marizes thus: Tt is no longer neces- sary to speak in faint and cautious terms of scattered signs of industrial revival. The evidence of improving sive to be gainsaid" Activity in trade and advancing prices are indeed to be noted on every hand and the worried ultimate consumer is wondering where his share is to come from. He notes that Congress has done nothing to re- lieve him from the trusts which con- trol the cost of common necessaries. and their baleful combinations are springing up on every hand.
 For example. a Galveston dispatch informs consumers of cotton cloth that 25o. 900 farmers in Texas have pvoied their products to hold ss per cent. of the crop of the State until prices are satisfactory. They argue that a bale of cotton in ciott is worth $33o. and they think that they should have S100 of 1t, generously coneeding two-thirds of those who finance, move. and man. ufacture their staple. No State is hard- CT on the capitalist trusts than Texas. but we hear nothing about Texas con- trolling it's local trust..
 A dispatch from Hastings. Neb.. the home of the candidate of 1912, upon A platform of smashing the trusts, ah- nounces the forming of combine" to hold wheat for SIPS There are more than 1000 unions in this trust, and more than one million acres. They arc warehouses and elevators. and propose to take the middiemen's profits for the poor farmers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

nut asainss incorporating psiiss req. aiation in the erasnio law of Ala. hama. It is claimed by the supsris. ,sndsnt af the Ansi-ssioon Lesguo that the prohibition statutes of Aiasafns are the most thorough. the most com. pisfs and most far rsschins Of ans state In the Union. This win be read fly conceded by all who are fsmiI- tar with the recent snsetmsnts of the Lssislaturs. 4 prohihition clause in the constituron win net strengthen . single one of these statutes. A pro- nibition clause in the constitution win not take the place of . single prohi. bition statute which may prove to be s failure.
 The men who protest a9ainAt the ussiessness and folly of constitutional prohibition are such men as William 6. Oates. A. Nj. Baldwin. Horace strinefeIiow and E. R Taber. of Mont- somery; W. M Crawford and A. c. Smith. of Birmingham: John C. wehb. of Mareueo; Edward L. Russell and s. R. Prince, of Mobile: R. B. Kyle. of Etowah: ]. w. worthinrton. of Col bsrt: Mac A. Smith, of Autauga; Judge rohn Pelham and Judge Thomas ". Coleman. Jr., of Calhoun; George P Hsrrison. of t,Ae; Charles P Rod~ers. of Lowndes: John A. Rodgers of Sum- ger: If. B. Perry, of Russell; Judge J. H. Stewart. of Perry. The list is in short forcefui argument against the proposed amendment
 Any man might be proud to be in such company. in any public move ment. He could not associate with a better array of good citizens. When he lines up with them. he lines up with men who have been in a large degree responsible for the growth. the prosperity and the welfare of Alabama. And there is not an ofiice seeker in the lot. This should be borne in mind. There are no ofice seekers in the men who signed tih list.
 Compare these men with the agi- tators who forced this election on the people. Which side has the offlce seek CTS, which side has the men who hope to profit by agitation? And which side best represents the brain. the energy and the patriotism of Alabama?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
SERMONS AND SLEEP.
4 Comforting Theory in Regard te
 DOzing in Church.

A Comforting Theory in Regard te
 DOzing in Church'
 Dayton News, ., v,,os,
 The French scientists are the most consoling people in the world. They are always working out some expla- nation that affords consolation. Here comes one with a theory about sleep. ing in churches that will be relief to both pastor and sleeper
 According to this French psycholo- 1istss theory. persons are inclined to ?doze" in church because of the de- vout attention they pay 10 the ser. vices Tn ehdeavo-ing to fix every word in the minds they put themselves tnto sort 6of trance" It is about ,hs same as what is called self-hypno- ,Snn an.1 the more closely one follows tha minister the more likely he is to find himself unable to remain awake.
 For A good many years the pert narsaraphers have had a great deal to ss,. shoiIt church sleepers, and usually ths nTeacher has gotten the worst of the ar1ument, All manner of devices Nave been suggested by the humorists as aids to lengthy sermons. even to ebA niacinR of electric needles in the cmshtons 10 awaken the sleepers at the measure of a button by the minister. Ent now that the inclination to slum- her in church has been accounted for mon purely scientific grounds, the remedY for the evil will probably be abated in a practical way-perhaps by encouraging the employment of nsstors who are incapable of holding one's attention at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

that that d.y;; ! n .,,,s.: w:si:h'. 2 .carlo.ltiss os the brig. Friday of Wiimington.
 whose builder dsfisd superstition by giving her thig whimsioal name and launohing her 3n Friday. He also sent her upon her first voyage on the sixth day of the week, but on the succeed ing Friday home-bound vessel "saw the huil-o a brig pitching heavily in the trough of the sea, while her crew ran about the deck, cutting loose the wreck of the masts that dragged and bumped alongside" This was the last of the s'Friday," concerning whose fate the shipbuilder's wife merely said when she heard it. T told thee SO. Isaac. This is all thy sixth-day doings New thee sees the oonse-
 Another reason for the supposed un- luckiness of Friday lies in the cruci- fixion of Jesus on that day. It is from q similar historical source, indeed, that the thirteen superstition is be- lteyed to have sprung; a natural dis taste grew up for the number repre-. senting. the circle Of the disciples with the addition of Judas. Yet 1t seems as If by this time the world might be willing to forget its ancient supersti- tions and regard every day and every number with equal respect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

tsoting. their riparian rights and the dynsa1zaitl1s ynsaas of dam owned Ry sn iI- ventures bslng ailss.a to have been '' centrsi aornin.tion bS ssivnts it in. tsrssts Of hydro.slsctrie power n the United v.. 5s:tss wou1S pc an sxcsealnfis aa..a power. says Mr Pinshot "dOminatss all industry" MT. Mathews, more ylvidiy. brands the watsr-powsr com. bins as ..the trust thst wifi control all other trusts" unquesticnably it ts time for the American people to give serious heed to the desirsbiiity of petition In the development of water power.
 The public should demand that Con- gress at it's coming session enact com prehensive isgislstion for the protec- ton of the peoples interests in avail- able water power along navigaDle streams and on sites in the Govern ments domain. State Legislatures also should protect without further delay the interests of the respective common wealths in water power under State control.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

the ane. willing bachelors ef Wyomina and ether under womAnsd states in the far west with attractive and desirable hsipmests from the Eastefn uentefs of spinstsrhood. Senator Borah is . bet ter Se-betwten than . 'bersona1," but his time and thought are otherwise oo- euplsd al rule and he osnnot do much for the promotion of natrimony in his State or section.
 nourtship by orrsspondencs and first tntroduetions through little "ads" in general or special papers are the pro- ducts of necessity rather than of choice but the possibility of the abuse of these agencies by vicious and vsnal persons should net blind one to, their entirely legitimate and honest phases. The government and local autnortty cannot be too watchful in the premises to pre- vent fraud and vice, but. ss Mir. Curtis says. "an honorable method of induc- ina feminine immigration to the re- xions of compulsory hacheiordom is Justihable and commendabie.
 The Anglo-Saxon is romantic in his ideas of marriage. Ha is contemptu- ous of the French marriage of reason. or of convenience, and believes that love should precede, not follow. wed- lock. But the fact remains that mar riaxes are just as happy in France as in England or America, and falling in love with ones wife is by no means a rare phenomenon. The gallant French consider 1t tribute to the fair sex to act tacitly on the theory that 1t Is perfectly safe to marry any healthy, comedy, pleasant. sensible young wo- man--that is, that affection in the inti- mao of the companionship and commu- nity of interest created by lwedlock. We think that even British eugenics would indorse this idea In the main.
 Good luck to the Chicago widow and the worthy bachelors of the far-oh States. The indestructible Union can only benefit by the multiplication of in- destructible domestic unions between Eastern women and Western men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
BoIsTERoUs DANCING.
Ensiand's Crusade Asainst the Lancers
 and Its Cause.

GmkIanoA SEW8&0S A8aHn9t tmC l<amSGEs and Its Cause.
 Boston Herald.
 Prudent parents in New England for ty years ago. set their faces against round dances. The children were allow ed to learn square dances. which were considered ap a refined and improving form of indoor exercise. For some reason not easily explained, the schot- tische was allowed. but the gallop. the polka. and. above all, the waltz, was ta- hooed as immoral" shameless" A stern parent would say to his daugh- ter: Even the profiigate Lord Byron protested against the wsltz," and thus the daughter was consumed with desire to read the once celebrated poem, also to enjoy the dance. But fathers and mothers glowed with pride at seeing sons and daughters graceful In the lam cers.
 Today in England, there is a cam patgn against tEe lancers, and teachers of dancing lead in this campaign. And why? Not because this dance Is stif and boresome. old fashioned as a keep 1t Is boisterous, tumultuous. destroying robes, not morals. a danger to the bones of the dancers. We learn that fr the polite circles of England this dance is an opportunity for romping, fo~ ,'feverish rioting." Men and women are scratched and bruised; dresses are torn and bodices ripped. swallowtaiI coats are split up the back; ankles are turned and legs are broken: the scene reminds the mortified spectators of battle or football field; the hostess is calling the ambulance, and 1t seems that teachers of dancing can do little .r remedy the evil, for they never taught this "maficking," they never encour aged 1t .and they cannot unteach what never entered into their instruction.
 A certain amount of romping Is al- lowed in a reel. particularly the Vir ginia reel and It's modern variations but the lancers has been for yearS characterized by a formalfty that ap preached stiffness Kings and queens statesmen and noble danes, have form ed sets at state entertainments. Wa men glided or swam; they did not sprawl or prance or romp. There was touching of finger tips: there was no wild grabing of a waist. as though the cavalier were a cave man bent on se- curing a mate. The times are changed. Members of Parliament wear comfort able dress in hot weather; King Ed ward VI. sports a Tyrolese hat with a frock coat: why should not the Ian cers lose its character and become rough scramble, as though 'Arry were amusing him self with his 'Arriet?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
Banner Year for Railroads. Dispatch In The New York


 World.
 A heavier business than ever has been known in a single year Is looked for by Chairman Knapp of the Inter state Commerce Commission for Amer iean railroads during the present fiscal year. according to a statement he made today.
 The fear not only of Judge Knapp hut of other officials of the Commission and operating railroad men generally Is that there may be a shortage of cars. Tie crop prospects are com sidered so bright that the likelihood ia the railroads and other transportation companies will be taxed beyond their capacity to handle the freight offered to them.
 Already, according to ngures sub mitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. the railroads in consider able number have recovered from the poor pushes of a year and half ago and now are handling almost as much traffic as in the rush months of 1907, wh oh was the banner year In Amer'- can railroading.
 In the view of Chairman Knapp the carriers are now in a better position to handle the freight offered than they were In 1907. and he said today that 1t we 'o- Snrprise him if that year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
coURTING BY RULE.
Japanese Secondary Schools No
 Teaching q Regular Course.

JapuMCAC StcO4uAEy SChOOAh NOW
 Teaching q Regular Course.
 The Japanese, quick to initiate and equally quick to originate. have added "courtship" as a special course in the girls secondary schools of the empire. From the limited information we have secured concerning the character of the new study it might be regarded as a series of "Don'ts." The Japan ese girls are told that no well-bred maiden will give her photographs to her admirers. If the admirers offers them she will refuse them. Should a maiden have the misfortune to fall in love before she Is engaged, she must carefully conceal the humiliating fact and keep in mind that a proposal of marriage can never come from her the very suggestion of such boldness being an offense to maidenly dignity.
 Quite likely the game of courtshlp as played i1AIapan would be voted tame by the slrls of the Western na- tions. According to the Japanese rules 1t would seem to be a decidedly one sided amusement. The three little maids from school. and all the other little Japanese maidens, Mimosa San and her wistaria decked sisters. are expected to stand around in demure poses and aawit for the condescending Nanki Poo to eotice their modest ex- istence. There Is no chance for an assisted providence in the matter-not If the advice of the stern mentor of the girls secondary schools is needed Surely, this would never suit the American girl. In this land of ours courtship is a sport which two must play. Nor does 1t seem possible to make it a public study. It may be well enough to say don't do this and don't do that, but you can't base study on fpa all obx l., free America. And that's why we are inclined to look upon the "courtship course" as a subject for innocent mer- riment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

-,ySGefn- ,ulualIy 10 acquire the chief sources of water power in various parts of the United States and to dominate the msrksts for that power.
 expansion are given by John l.. Ma thews In the August number of Hamp- toms Magazine. This investigator traces ramifications in the relationships Of concerns manufacturing electrical apparatus power-plant construction companies and Eastern financial insti- tutions. indicating a community of in- to show that these interests secure mortgages on water-power rights of local capitalists through loans for the iected works that contractors afflli- ated with the combine then delay con struction and thus bring about dls- Iosures. He tells experiences of To- cal promoters of water-power devel- 1pment in North Carolina-of a raid on a cabin occupied by three men pro