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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
SOME QUAY METHODS.

Any o..e who thinks that Senator Quay confines all his talents as a manipulator so Pennsylvania politics doesn't know Quay very well. No ''pent-up Utica" in the shape of one State can afford a field large enough for his talents, and now he has run foul of his party on the ques- tion of admitting new States, his special pets being Arizona and New Mexico. which he wants admitted into the Union, although his pavty opposes it.
 It was not to be expected that he would go at 1t in a straightforward manner and endeavor to accomplish his desire by the use of arguments or logic in an open way. That would not be at all like him. or like his molish style of work He knew that in order to get the Territories admitted he must have the help of the Democrats. and to get that help he must ries referred to would he Democratic States and would send Democrats to Con- gress, Accordingly before the late elec- tion. he wrote numerous letters to what is known as the Statehood committees" advising them that they must cause the territories to give Democratic niajorities so that he could thus claim the assist ance of Democrats in Congress to assist him in securing favorable action on the claims of the Territories to admission
 Isn't that thoroughly typical of the man and his methods? That in thus advising the people of the Territories he was treacherous to his party doesn't worry him. He had an object in view and when he desires ro ac, omplsA anything such small matters as p~ru ''alty or political honesty are not a!IoMrj t0 stand in the way. In this case the object is easily uu- derstood when it is shown that certain prominent Pennsy yNaniI capitalists have large interests i9 ArizOra and New MeXi- co. and that thos. interests will be much enhanTed if the Territories became States. Whether Quay is One ot these capitalists js not stated. bul he is not doing all th!s for nothing, for that isn't his sty .7. In this. as in all Jthsrr other of hl= political acts he is for those who Will he.p >4IAy That is nj 5 way, and 1t Is not U ue sup posed that he has departed from it in this instance. Quay knows what he wants and he Is exceedingly apt to know how to get it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

Wash, Dec 0.-(SpecaD-Big Tom Reed-physically and mentally giant, who the other year bestrode our legisla- tive world with a daring the Fathers of the Republic never dreamed offs today smaller than the smallest of us all to whom life for good or evil Is still given; and that branch of the National Legisla- ture whose procedure he revolutionized, and which revolution received the ap- Court of the United States, did the least that could have been expected of it when 1t paid him the rare courtesy of adopting formal resolutions of praise and then ad- journing in honor of his memory.
 On very few occasions has either house of Congress adjourned out of respect for any man not in public life. and It will be well if the precedent be not in future carried too far. since men sometimes rise to official greatness who as men are mere iy commonplace if not commoner stiii.
 Not SO with Thoas Bracket Reed. While this is not the place for any esti- mate of his public service. he was dis tinctly great as greatness goes nowadays. In the one quality of frank and honest sincerity he was pre-eminent amongst men in public places
 T served in the House seven terms with Mir. Reed, and never at any moment or for one instant during that prolonged and pre-eminent period of his public activity did l doubt the honesty of his motives, the sincerity of his purposes or the cour- age of his convictions"
 This is the brief estimate accredited by a New York newspaper to MT. Bankhead, and in substance 1t Is probably the gen. now to go in judging MT. Reeds public work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

tor discovered Constipation leads to many serious painful and distressing ailments which immediately disappear with the cure of the original anfliction Many things may cause constipation. but Mulls Grape Tonic will cure it. You may go through the entire list of pills and catharties without ever seeing any i'm provement in your health, but you can not take one dose of Mulps Grape Tonic without at once noticing q marked improvement in your condition. That distressing feeling of weight upon your stomach the general weakness and lassitude disappear. The strengthening and blood making properties contained in the tonic will at once begin its work of restoring the vitality, strength and good health which you have been lacking ever since your bowels ceased to perform their functions regularly.
 One 5o-esnt bottle of Mulfs Grape Tonic will make you feel like . new person. Thousands have tried 1t and glad to tell the world about 1t. This is not . patent medicine whose formula w~s found in the dark recess of deep cave by an old time scientist who had devoted a life time to its discovery. It is German medicine prescribed and given by nearly every physician in that country and by many here in America who know of its won derful curative properties. It is put up in bot ties of large size by q reliable and responsible chemist who guarantees the remedy to be properly compounded after the most success fui formula with only the most pure of senu inc crushed fruits. A. druggists sell Mulps Grape Tonic at 50 cents a bottle.
 \ Sold in Montgomery by E. c. Fowler, drug Mist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

Der, or sold land and timber for far lsgs than the timber was worth. Now, when 1t is all gone. Alabama is the poorer and not the richer for having sold 1t. There never was a story told of more wilfu! waste of a great opportunity.
 True. and the waste has not ceased, by any means. A great deal of our most valuable timber is being utilized. of course. but much of the very finest is des- troyed, burned in the clearings to get rid of 1t, or cut up and sold as hre-wood Our people are just learning what a mine of wealth once existed in the vast forests of the State. and now that the greater portion of 1t is forever lost they are beginning to see their error and to guard against its repetition as we'll as they may. Some of our hard woods are becoming so valuable as to be eagerly sought after at good prices, and the value will continually advance as other sources of supply are exhausted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
British Red Tape.
London Truth

London Truth.
 ositv oCS o1 reS ta1e for % which oueen Annes nst. Bounty is responsible-or rather, was re- sponsible, for the document is some years old. The Bounty Ofhce has to pay this gentleman a shilling a year on account of tithe which has been redeemed It romits the money half yearly by post in the shape of warrant drawn on Messrs Coutts. bearing a penny stamp, and they accordingly deduct I'd. for each remit tance so that each Of these warrants is made out for the sum of 4d. 1 gather ttat the recipient objected to this deduc- tiOn, as a postal order could be sent to him annually at d cost of 1 l-2d. As each remittance of 4d, would also cost him q penny to send if either to Messrs. Coutts or his own bankers l can sympathize with his objection. However, on the strength of his objection the office has for many years ceased 10 remit him any money at all. It is a comfort to know that Queen Anne's Bounty office is not likely to exist much longer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
KINGS LIKE PARIS.
And the Republic Likes to Entertain
 Them.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Paris climate did not treat the King of Portugal well. for he was most prob ably the first victim to the now finally established malady called grip" He sneezed and coughed the louder, in that no one, especially a King. comes to Paris to have anything the matter with him but a ..eavy head and eyes. due to dissi- patton. To be sure, republicans love to entertain emperors and kings; they feel somewhat like poor relations entertaining their rich ones; but it's bother. anyway, for Kings must be amused, and Paris must superlatively amuse them to keep up it's reputation. Don Carlos I before his marriage to the Princess Amelie, the jewel of the Orleans family, came to Paris very often. it is said that he fre- quently came incognito, and lived quietly in a modest pied terre, which he had furnished, so as to be free to go where he liked or stay as long as he pleased. After his marriage those who pretended to have authority over him requested him to give up that Paris house. but he stern ly refused; all he would consent to do was to stop at hotel and then do as he liked. It is harder to take care of kings in Paris than in any other capital, be- cause there are haunts which their royal majesties will not ignore when they know they will have a good time frequenting them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
THE HOUSE IMPRESSIVE.

The House of Representatives is not often impressive: but became instantly impressive when Mir. sherman arose to make formal announcement of MT; Reed s death. MT. sherman lends himself more readily and more gracefully to an occa- sion requiring grace than perhaps any other man in Congress. He 1t was wno ought to have succeeded MT. Reed Tn the Speakership, If general fitness be consid. cred. And 1t was proper and fitting that he, one of the most polished of Congress men, should say the last word for the ruggedest of those eminent members who have ruled the House with the mighty power of the Speakership
 There was the usual hubbub and lack of dignity and decorum during the read ing of the journal and the two. or three perfunctory messages ,n writing from the President of the United States" but the dignity of silence and the decorum of motioniessness fell upon the House whei Mir Sherman, frosn his place al the extreme left, called to the Speaker who rapped with his gavel shaply, and bidding the House to be in order, turned in his chair and faced the gentleman from New York"
 MT. Sherman thereupon briefly. feeling ly and tastefully referred to MT: Reed { death, and then sent to the clerks desk the resolution to be read.
 "Is there objection to the adjournment of this House?" demanded the Speaker as he arose. 'The chair hears none and the House stands adjourned until + o'clock tomorrow.
 That was all there was of 1t; and yet II was much it was history. And to many men there 1t bore the pathos attending the end of all mans endeavors. especially in the public cause. Three years ago MT Reed was the master of the House and death then would have been of gravest national concern.
 Today the House holds three minutes of eulogy to his memory and adjourns for a day. Three years ago he sat in the seat of the mighty a man of iron nerve and iron health, feared. courted, obeyed
 Within the six and thirty months he who had been given vast and splendid power had passed out of the public mind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1902
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses csr- lain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole nsid Of newspAperdom which comes under fits notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol [0l deneting s'goiden." Whi,h stands for high quality. ani 3s thus explained:
 'Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of It's circulation than for tho mere number uf copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with . single sym bol: but there is . higher grade. according to tAis standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL COT to describe adequately their s.anding.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol 99l and Is the only paper so distinguished in this section of ths South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

Moorhouse now Bishop of Manchester, during the ten years that he occupied the See of Melbourne. A lady visitor having once suggested that tobacco was of sa- tanic origin, Bishop Moorhouse replied Pardon me. Madam. l smoke, ana l am A better Christian for doing so. Do you read my letters in the papers?'' The lady answered that she did. with pleasure. Do you ever see anything discourteous or unkind in them?" Certainly not; l often remark how well you keep your temper" W ell, Madam. the first drafts of these letters contained the most cut ting things I could think of. Then l would go and sit on the butt of that old smoke, After that I would return to the house and strike out every line that might give pain to others. so.. you see, smoking makes me better Christian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
Paralysis by Telephone.

London Express.
 An interesting case for compensation is about 10 occupy the legal acunen of the German courts
 While a journalist of Frankfort-on-the- Main was telephoning to Carlsruhe he re- ceived an electric shock of such violence that he fell unconscious to the ground, blood streaming from his mouth and nose. Since then he has suffered from paralysis of the right half of his body. and the doctors proclaim him to be incurable.
 AS he is unable to properly follow his for damages. claiming lifelong pension of 90 pounds per annum The government denies liability.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
THE ADvERTIsER's TELE-
 PHONES.
New Circulation Record.

The month of November just passed. enenies the Circulation Department of The Advertser to compile a statement of The Advertiser $ circulation that breaks all previous feco.us l,l ' point of numbers. The average for Doth the daily and Sunday editions has entered into q new thousand mark-a point that means mucn n to those interested in seeking conspicul,y m Alabama-and. further demonstrates that the people of this State appreciate in suostnnusi way The Advertisers determination to puoiAn |. live newspaper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
A RESIDENCE BURNED.
Home of John Carroll at Ozark
 Destroyed.

Ozark. Dec. -(SpeciaD-Yesterday' evening at o'clock an alarm of fire was sounded and it was found that the resi- dence of John Carroll, just beyond the fire limits, was abiaze. There being no way to control the fire, the house soon was in ashes. The house caught fire sev- eral hours before the alarm was given. and was thought to be extinguished, but in about four hours afterwards the house was found to be in a blaze. MT. Car roll was somewhere in Montgomery Coun- ty at the time and his wife had gone to a near neighbor's when she saw the smoke. The house caught from a defective f1ue. Only few of the household goods were saved. The loss on the house was covered by insurance. Mir. Carroll has been ex- ceeding unfortunate this being the sec ond dwelling house he has lost on the same site within the past two years.
 Fish were contained in a net suspended across the church at the thanksgiving service for tht harvest on land and held in the Church of St. Michaels Mount. Cornwall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

tion with absolue-
 ly no failures. In c CT m . n y his great remedy i is looked upon as he national medicine and it is known to ell natives of tiis great country ,s the Traubenkur. IT Grape Cure.
 Null's Ora pc Tonic has cure1 every sufferer of constipation who has ever used it It is recognised b. physicians, drug. gists and people generally every where as the great est bowel regula-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

The Boards of Registrars in each county In this State are required under the Com sumption to be in session next Saturday and five days of next week at their res- pective court houses and register all who will apply who are qualified under the requirements of the Constitution. Re member that you can register during those days but after that time you can never get your name on the permanent list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

Don't spell 1t Xmas" begs The New Bedford Standard in the course of some hints about the holiday season, but the advice will not be needed. True. it would be just as proper to say X-ians. which no, sensible person will do, but they will keep on writing and printing the word Christmas in the way protested against by The Standard,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
Mortsaqe Sae.

Unle. and by virtue of the iwer contained in that certain mortgage mae by Montgom- cry Natatorium to J. l. McAipey on Aug l. 1901, and transferred to tha Aderslgned, | X A. Mckinney of Louisville, -R., Will pro- ceed to sell at auction for cash aICourt Square Basin in the City of Montgorfry. Ala at noon on the Eth day of JanIry, 1908 10 the highest best and last bidd+ the follow Ing described property, to wit Beginning at the southeast corner of Moultd and Mont soruery Streets, thence southeH along the east side of said Moulton Street 65 feet more or less thence easterly 30 feet, more or less thence northerly S5 feet, mol or less to Montgomery Street, thence wdery along Montgomery Street to the point beginning being parts of lots and 1 0, in uuRre l6 in that part of the City of Montgolkry formerly called East Alabama. together Nth all the improvements and appurtenances lereunto be- longing. and being what is kIMn as the Montgomery Satatorium property h said City of Montg g1mery. Said sale will blmade sub feet to a fitst mortgage on said property in favor of Phiade'phta Mortgage snl Trust Co, dated July 3l, lSol.
 A. A. MCKINNEY, hnsferee.
 FRED s. BALL, AttornsA tAusAt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

There are over 50,O0O white men in Ala bama who have not registered. and there now remains only six days in which they list. It will be an inexcusable oversight if they neglect to do this much to secure for themselves the right of citizenship and almost a crime if they refuse to do it wilfully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
A Christians Defense of Smoking

One of Melbourne's historic buildings. Bishops Court. the official residence of the Anglican prelate, Is about to De "r- molished and to give place to more up to-date structure. In it's garden Is the oldest gum tree in Australia. declared hy inc late eminent hotauist, Sir Ferdiuand von Mueller. to date from the siNteeE;h century, finder this old tree was the fa- vorits seat and open-air study of Dr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
Beginning Saturday the 18th and con-

tinuing until Friday night. the 18th, you can register and get your name on the permanent list of voters There are 90 . oO0 white men in Alabama who have neg lected to perform this great duty. In the time to come. in the far away future you will have cause to regret il If you fail to qualify yourself now and be In a position to exercise the right of suffrage. There will be six more days in which you can register and then you cannot get on the permanent list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

The Chicago News wants "a self-en- forcing fire-escape law" and if it cannot get that it suggests that the building commissioners of the city be required to live in a fire-trap hotel. They would have pull enough to escape when the fire broke out, you may rest assured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

The Sheffield Reaper very truthfully remarks that ''the strongest opposition to a child labor law comes from Alabama mill men," We suppose The Reaper can have no difficulty about understanding the ground of such opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

"The Bill Hearst presidential boom has not been heard from recently" remarks The Mobile Herald. You didn't expect 1t to survive the first frost, did you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

The Bessemer Weekly thinks Senator Alger may be used "as an antidote for pitchfork Tilman.' but we protest. Til mans fork might stir up the canned beef forget
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
says me Birmingham Ledger:

jana is under way and the pine and cypress forests there are being cut
 Fortunately owners are getting something like the value of their timber The Ala bams owners cut and narned thSir tim
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

In one of his many strenuous speeches the President tossed a bcquet to the negro by saying of him: 'In the Civil War he came 400, 900 strong and I believe he saved the Unton.' That is hard on the one million, more or less, of white men who are drawing pensions for saving the Union. to say nothing of the other million or more who are dead. But the Presi dent thinks jollying the negro is good politics,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
A LARGE VERDICT.

Is the life of a rich man worth more in the eyes of the law than that of a poor man? is really the question which came before New York court a few days ago. It was suit for s15o.oOo damages brought by Mrs. Leys against the Central Rail- way Company of New York for the death of her husband, who was killed in a rail- road wreck. To the plea of the rail- roads attorneys that the claim was ex- cessive Mrs. Leys's lawyers set up the counter plea that Leys was a very wearithy merchant, who did large bust ness. and that the amount claimed was not more than he might have reasonably been expected to accumulate if he had lived.
 The jury returned a verdict for $1O0. .0OO, which The New York Commercial thinks not excessive. and it argues that the en- tire amount claimed would not have been an extravagant allowance, all things con- sidered. We are somewhat curious to know whnt would have ben the verdict if the man had been a mechanic earning $500 a year. instead of a rich man whose income Is claimed to have been s3e.0oO a year. In the mechanics case the jury would probably have thought one thou sand dollars very liberal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
HE STUNG MEN.

little six-foOt Of earth wnicn IS the ids' lot of great men and beggars alike.
 HE STUNG MEN.
 Some of us particularly newspaper workers, who listened to MT. sherman announcement of the former Speaker death, had distinct recollections Of MT. Reed when he was new member near. ly twenty years ago. He was then SUI young enough. though very large and fat. and given to Jocularity in the course of debate His very round fat facs ana very bald head, seen from the press gal lery in those days lent the impression or a gigantic. rollicking boy baby, and some of us who were younger used to fancy ourselves witty in writing of Mir Reed "elephantine yambols on the green the carpet on the floor of the House being then of vivid shade of green color.
 Even that early in his career, MT: Reed was at times very bitter and stinging Tn his sarcasm of which he probably pos- sessed q greater abundance than any noted public man of our time, not except ing Ingalls,. That habit of saying sting. ing thirgs and the spirit which prompted 1t would have early destroyed the man had he not been possessed of strong in tellectual force and frank sincerity that was never questioned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

1he first class football game of tA sea son will be played Saturday next. when the Sophomorss will met the FrsAmen. Other games will be played next Vfek.
 Rit Smith of the junior law clad left for Montgomery yesterday where hefwent to attend the Smith-Richardsop Fnup- tials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11
YET SOME LOVED HIM.

Doubtless many persons loved nm, anu it follows that they were those who truly knew him. So far as the world al large observed him, MT. Reed was not a lovlng and hence not a lovable man.
 The popular impression was that ne was horn with sheer on his lips and general feeling of contempt in his heart. and that he nover stroVe 10 lessen these apparent qualities
 One never heard of him as having any religion; though it is said that his at tachment to the few intimates he chose was affectionate and strong Certain IL is there was no popular affection the peo- ple never loved him as they loved some men of less inherent strength of charac- ter and in the wider popular, more hu- man. sense he passes unwept and unsung
 He made history, a great chapter Of history. but he created small measure of that gentler huma nism which lends hap piness to mankind. Thus it is that this great man passes. even before his tme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-11

The senior law class yesterday elected he following officers for the ensuing ear: Alto " Lee. President; R. P. Cole nan. First Vice President; J. R, Forman, Second Vice President; J, w, Prestwood, Class Orator.