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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

remarks We do not believe that there
is any considerable number OF men who
voted for Mr.. Johnston who are not only
sincerely, but actively supporting the
Democratic ticket today. and we believe
that the result of the vote next Tuesday
will show that the Democracy of Ala
bama Is once more united. We hear OF
no clubbing in the matter. but our I'M
preston Up that the Johnston vote viii
go unanimously for the Democratic
ticket.
With all The Item ,crankiness on some
subjects we think 1t much better qualified
to speak for Johnston's friends than The
Reaper is, for it was one of the most
that there was in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
sherman's "Niggers.n
New York Times.

Now Ork TIMES,
"He stole my nlggers," said the late
John Sherman. alludlng to the secret
dark and midnight intrigues Of Mr.. Rus
sell A. Alger. through which Mr.. Shrr-
mans careful plans for securing the sup
port of all the colored delegates In u
coming national convention were made
TO miscarry. We do not know whether
the finger OF enticement is now reckoning
tho colored voters from any quarter. Mr.
Clarksons labors among the blacks are
purely philanthropic incidentally, of
course he is in the way TO hear OF any
political movements which would work
To the disadvantage Of the colored race
and the Republican party. Naturally. II
such inform atlon came TO him he would
write just such a letter as that which he
sent to Person. There are not many men
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 90, 1902
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses csr-
tain signs to denote the relative standing and
merit Of the whole Geld Of newspaperdom
which comes under its notice. and one Of these
signs IS the mystic symbol rel denoting
golden. which stands for high quality. and
l. thus explained:
advertisers value this paper more for the
class and quality OF its circulation than for the
mere number of copies printed
Such papers are credited with q single SYM
Dol; but there is g higher grade. according to
this standard authority. which have BOTH
QUALITY AND QUANTITY, ana require the
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL col TO describe
adequately their standing.
The Advertiser has been accorded this
double golden symbol [00l and is the only
paper 90 distinguished in this section Of the
south
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
May Eat a Hat.

Washington Special New Tribune.
II the Republicans elect solid Con.
gress delegation from West Virginia Sec
rotary Edwards of the Democratic Con.
gressional Campaign Committee. will be
called on to eat the hat of Senator Elkins.
The West Virginia Senator met Mr.. Ed
wards recently told him that the Repub-
licans would elect all their Congress can
didates in West Virginia I'll pledge
myself to eat your hat IL the Democrats
do not win in at least two districts re-
piled Mr. Edwards The Senator said
he would hold him to his promise and
would send his hat by express the morn
ing after the election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
Something to Be Thankful For.

New York Financier.
II there is one thing for which the
United States should be thankful. II is
that up to this time we have escaped
State ownership OF our public utilities
To recite the experience Of Europe In this
particular is to record long list Of
iamentable hreakdoWns. and expensive
and unsatisfactory service. Government
operation Is notoriously extravagant
Ships constructed by the government cost
more than when built by private contract,
State railways cannot compete success
fully with private corporations, and
wherever public control comes into con-
tact with private ownership, the former
suffers by comparison To Inter
fere with free competition by State
ownership would be- to aim a blow at
industry fatal in Its effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
AFTER CANADIAN LAND.
Mr.. Bryan and Others Interested in
the Scheme.

Toronto (Canada) Special.
1t is officially announced that negotia.
lions are proceeding between the Ontario
government and a number of American
capitalists for the purchase of 5000 0oo
acres of land in the rich agricultural and
wooded sections known as New Ontario.
The Americans interested include VIII.
Chicago. Their idea 10 to take out pat
ents, divide the land into townships and
then induce settlers from various parts OF
the United States to go in.
While the government Is anxious to eff
feet an agreement, trouble has arisen
regarding questions relative to the safe
guarding of provincial interests and the
rights Of settlers other than those to be
brought in under the plan mentioned. II
Is therefore expected that there will be
some delay, but an eventual agreement IL
confidently expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

For reasons which are too deep and
abstruse to be understood by ordinary
mortals it suits some Democratic news
papers and statesmen to keep up the UNI
just and lmpolitlc war on the greatest
Democrat now left us, and If they should
openly declare that their object 10 to keep
the Democratic Party out of power their
course would be much more easily un-
derstood. II suits the views of some of
our people to rail at Mr.. Cleveland, but
we tell them that nothing in the future
is more absolutely sure than that the
Democratic Party will never again come
Gnto power until it gets back to the De.
mocacy OF Cleveland and Tilden. This
may not be pleasant for some of them
to contemplate. but it is the solid truth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Possibly il The Virginia Pilot had called
the rabbit cotton tall instead of a
'hy'ar" The Montgomery Advertiser
would not have been so worried over the
Tuckahoe talk.-Bessemer Workman.
Don't charge that to The Pilot. 1t has
enough Gins of omission and commission
to answer for. 1t was The Richmond
Times which fired the word at us. when
it might just as easily have called them
rabbits,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

wearing away their Hives In the toll Of an
eight thousand-dollar Federal Office who
would take the time and trouble to write
kind letter to an humble negro politi-
clan down in North Carolina II should
be glad to hear from you whenever YOU
have anything to communicate" says this
hard-working man in concluding his let
ter to Lee Person.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Referring TO The Advertisers criticism
Of The Geneva Reaper's charge that not
one hundred Johnston men In Alabama
are honest supporters of the Democratic
ticket, The Mobile Item has this to say:
We would like to copy The Advertisers
just criticism. but space forhids. But
we emphatcally endorse The Advertisers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

The name of Hon. w. o. Long of
Henry was inadvertently omitted from
the list of the members OF the last House
to be elected to the next Legislature. He
is to represent Henry in the Senate and
has had large legislative experience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Why should such a paper as The New
York Commercial keep on contending for
penny postage when what it really
wants is one cent postage2 We have
practically penny postage now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

The Tampa Tribune thinks too much is
being made of that New Jersey boy who
has the big-head, and claims that there
are numbers of men in Tampa suffering
from the same anllction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

What on earth are you doing in here
Tommy? asked his mother, peering into
the darkness of the hen-house. whence
had been coming for FIVE minutes or more
series of dismal squawkings. accom-
Il am trying" said Tommy. who seem
ed to be doing something with a knotted
rope. Ito fix this rooster so his alarm
won't go of before o'clock tomorrow
morning Tribune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

We are again assured that Alabamians
books than Tennesseeans have to pay.
But what's the use to tell a man he's
sick unless YOU can suggest a remedy?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

:, president Roosevelt ought to be sym
pathetic enough to find place in the
Cabinet for the Congressman who was
tresd by a bear in Florida" The Norfolk
Landmark thinks. Do you think Teddy"
could possibly have any sympathy or
feeling for man who would climb a tree
from a bear?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

She TO returned warrior enthusiastic
cally)-"And l suppose you almost lived
on r ao. re- snS out tnsre He-"fes' 20.
makes rather decent soup!"-Puneh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

II there is any slip in the election in
Cullman it will not be the fault Of The
Cullman Democrat, which is doing excel
lent work for the party and the ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

The other morning at o'clock a party
NJ eight adults sat down to supper ''
They had been playing cards all night
This, said one OF the party, is ldi-
otic." And he told the truth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Caller-So the doctor brought you a lit
tie baby sister the other night, Ell?
Tommy-Yeh, ! guess II was the doctor
some time ago at il pa didn't pay his
old bill he'd make trouble for him.
Philadelphia Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Crucial is confident that he will be
able to manufacture diamonds from coal
What do you think Of it?" a think that
Cruicbal always was an extraVaEant
wasteful chap. Commercial
Tribune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Frontrow-That leading man doesn't
look like an actor.
Parquette-No, and. what's more, he
desnt act like one.-Chicago News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
Even So.

New York World.
Wherever lynch law prevails civiliza'
ton Is shamed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

The average woman can't crack a joke
but she can easily break q man.-Phila,
delphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
THE ADVERTISERS TELE-
PHONES.
Circulation Reckoning.

Comparison of circulation figures Tor IN sne
month OF September. eo2, with those OF Is az
ally forEing the figures higher. The ever
changing Kaleidoscope of numbers 10 mosr IN IN
teresting to watch in any business ana MOT
especially when they have constant upward
tendency
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Edith-Do you understand the language
of flowers?
Edith do.
Edith--Then what does this bunch OF
rare orchids that Albert sent me signify?
Ethel-That fool and his money are
soon parted.-Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN
Bright Paragraphs to Relieve the
Seriousness Of Life.

Barber-What do you think of this soapY
Victim-Never tasted better.-Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

W. A. Scott, Circulation Manager Of the
MONTGOMERY Advertiser. being duly sworn,
says: The foregoing statement of The Adyer-
Users daily circulation for the month OF Sep
fembsr, 1902, IL true and correct and COM
piled after all returns from newshoys news
agents end leftover copies have been deducted.
W. A. SCOTT, Circulation Mgr.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me this 18th
day OF October. 1902. F. W. JACKSON.
yseaIj N. p, EXC ]. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-29

Total. =. 49,. -. .ESSoSe
Daily Average Net. II, 545
Sunday AverageeNet. ,729
COMPARISONS.
Daily average September. t9o2.......i 'S4S
Daily average September, 100 ........Iosfo
MAJ rain 675
Sunday average September, 1902. 4.z2s
Eunday ayeraEe Septemben 1901 .......I3.5I5
Nat wafu ........,..,,,,..... Lana
Daily Average Gain of.......o. 10
Sunday Average Gain OF. 30
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

why.
Can you spare time to come in for
little while?" she asked "Aunt
Diana wants to ask you some ques-
tions''
"Why, Margaret Leith!" cried Aunt
Diana, shocked and angry "What
possessed you to do such a thing?
What shall I say to him?''
I'm sure I don't know" answered
Margaret, coolly. II thought you
said you wanted to know how he
was getting along with his mission
airy work. Your desire for informal
ton ought to suggest the questions
necessary to draw from him the in
formation you seemed pining for
John Fosdyke came in.
Margaret gave him her hand with
outward quietness. but her heart was
IN tumult. She loved him. She
had been honest with herself, and
found out that what Aunt Diana had
accused her Of was true. No other
man had ever had the power to move
her as this man had. With his eyes
upon her face. she felt that he was
master of her heart and of her fu-
ture, it he chose to exert his inf1u-
ence.
Aunt Diana felt that she must do
something to get herself out of the
dilemma in which Margaret had
placed her, and she was quite voluble,
and fell to questioning him about his
chosen work. If she monopolized
his time and attention, Margaret
would have but little opportunity to
talk with him.
lie was doing what he could, in a
quiet way, he told her. He was SOW
ing the seed. 1t was not time to look
for the harvest yet. When it came,
he hoped it would be abundant, but
whether it was to be that or other
wise, only God could tell. All he
could do was to do the best he could,
and wait patiently for results
Margaret stood by the window and
listened, with a strange feeling of
pleasure at the sound of his voice
Presently Aunt Diana was called
out of the room. When she was
gone, Fosdyke came and stood by
| Margaret at the window.
II hope you have not lost quite all
the interest I used to think you had
in my plans," he said ut helps and
encourages me to know that friends
| are looking on and wishing me sue
cess, if they do not feel like putting
shoulder to the wheel in the good
! work.
She did not answer, simply because
she could not. Her heart prompted
her to tell him that she wanted to
help him; that. by his side, she would
willingly, gladly, do what she could;
that her heart was in his work.
But she could not tell him all this.
She felt the hot blood leap to her
cheeks at the thought. So no words
came, and she felt that he was mis-
understanding her silence, but she
was powerless. to prevent him from
making the mistake. He wondered
i: he had been mistaken in her. If
she had felt the interest in his work,
/ and il himself, that he had fancied
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hasn't been here for a month. has
he? I should like to know how he
is prospecting in his missionary I'M
dertakings. 7 trust you have not
quarreled with him?''
ITO your last question I can an
*wer no." was Margaret's reply.
Your other question Mr.. Fosdyke
shall answer for himself"
Fosdyke was going down the
street. She had seen him at the
very moment when her aunt's Dues
tion came, and the impulse came to
her to call him in. She was vexed
with her aunt for saying anything
about him, and she wanted to enjoy
her discontinue at having him pre-
sent himself for examination, And
she was vexed with him for having
stayed away from her so long, and
she wanted to punish him for it in
some way. So she threw open the
window and leaned out.
Mr.. Fosdyke," she called.
He looked up and saw her, and a
pleased look came into his face.
Then it seemed to her that he looked
pale, all at once, and she wondered
f
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willed that he should look that way.
Her mind-her soul--call it what YOU
will, sent a message along the I'M
seen line which some persons tell
us runs between human souls, and
John Fosdyke's soul felt the subtle
and mysterious influence, for he
paused, looked across the street and
up to her window, and bowed, with
q glad light in his face.
'Who is that Fosdyle bowling toy"
asked her Aunt Diana. from her po-
sition by another window. "'He may
have meant the bow for me. II he
did, I don't thank him for his trouble
l don't like him. l don't care to culti-
waite his acquaintance. He isn't my
style, and he can keep his bows for
those who appreciate them.'
He was not bowling to you," an
sWered Margaret quietly. though IL
brighter bit of color came into her
cheek as she said it. "Hc knows very
well that YOU do not like him, and
he is not the man to give attentions
OF any sort where they are unwcl-
come
From which / am to infer, sup
pose. said Aunt Diana, sharply. "that
he bows to YOU because he thinks his
attentions are not unwclcoIne. Is
that it So
"1ou are quite right in your con-
clusion.' answered Margaret. ~
do like him, and think he knows il.
have never taken any trouble to
conceal my friendship from him. Why
should 10"
Il must say that you are the
strangeSt girl l ever saw" said her
aunt, with ill-concealed displeasure.
"1on are all dignity and distance
t. those IN your own set, but you
unbend to this Fosdyke as if YOU
felt him your equal, if not your SUI
Ferior-' And now there was a strong
suspicion OF a sheer in Aunt Diana's
Voice. She was intolerant of any
likes or dislikes but her own. John
Fosdyke was one of her especial dis
likes, because she felt afraid that
his influence over her niece was. or
might become, stronger than her
""H. 1lldt influence might possibly
interfere. in time to come, with the
carrying out of a pet plan.
II do consider him nv suner5or -
answered Margaret. "Of all men
ever knew. | consider him the truest
the bravest, the manifest. Count
up all the men in what YOU are
pleased to call our set and find
one among them. if you can, who
would do what John Fosdyke has
done.'
"That's precisely what makes me
consider him a fool" said Aunt Di
ana. "A man who will deliberatel,
give up the position he might hav.
had, and the chance to become ia
nous and wealthy and leader Of
men, for the sake of preaching to {
set of heathens, is a fool and moth
ing more"
"A fool when looked at from YOU,
standpoint, you forgot to say" sal,
Margaret. "You forget that all o
ms do not look at these thing.
Through your spectacles: Instead O.
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comrlshment of her plans. One day
she met John Fosdyke at a friends.
II have not seen much of Miss
Leith, OF late" he said ''She is we'll,
l hope?'
"Oh, yes, quite wen,' answered
Aunt Diana. "She is $3.50 queer,
You know''-this quite confidential
ly. "Shc has seemed to lose all rel
ish for society, in the ordinary mean
ing OF the word, since Mr.. Herrick
has taken to calling so regularly
Sometimes a girl finds the society Of
one person Pleasanter than that of
many, you know" and here she
smiled meaningly. "Of course. YOU
have heard of what rumor has been
saying about Mr.. Herrick and nv
niece?'
IL have heard that Mr.. HerricA ad-
m'red her, if that is what you mean,''
F'osdyke answered, in somewhat
constrained tone. To talk about the
woman he loved in this manner was
painful to him in the extreme. But
he wanted to know the truth. so he
added:
III congratulations are in order.
please tender mine to Miss Leith.
! Am l premature in offering them?''
! Il must not reveal state secrets. ~
answered Aunt Diana, looking verv
wise. However, I will tell her what
!, YOU have said, and let me thank YOU,
for her, for your kind wishes. You
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she did. not so very long ago, sure
word for him now.
Presently Aunt Diana came back,
and soon he went away with a grave
face, and disappointed look in his
eyes.
Margaret saw the look and UNDER
stood what it meant.
He is blind, willfully blind" she
said to herself, as he went down the
street. She could hardly keep back
her tears Surely he might see the
truth-if he would
Yes, he is blind" she repeated,
this time aloud-she had forgotten
that Aunt Diana was in the room.
did you speak to me?" asked her
aunt.
mo, l was talking to myself" an
swered Margaret, feeling so miser-
able that she cared very little if Aunt
Diana knew what her thoughts were.
She got up and went out of the room,
with such a sorrowful look in her
lace that the woman who was watch
ing her keenly knew the visit of
John Fosdyke had given her no pleas
ure. The willy matchmaker congratu-
lated herself accordingly. She felt
sure that the paths of these two
persons had diverged so widely that
they would never run together again
by and by Vaughan Herrick came
IN But Margaret had gone out.
Il shall never win her." he said to
Aunt Diana, after he had asked for
her niece. II seem to know her less
and less each time I meet her"
Have patience," counseled Aunt
Diana. 1.-The world was not made in
day, and such women as Margaret
are not to be won all at once"
"Or never" said Herrick, discour-
agedly.
Aunt Diana had never been more
| thoroughly Disguised and out of pa
thence with her niece than she was
when she found that she had taken
to visiting the poor.
She argued with her about the
foolishness of the "whim," as she
called it. What good would come of
it? What would ''our set' say when
this latest proof of Margaret's eccen-
tricity was brought to it's notice?
LAS to that, I care very little, or
not at all,' answered Margaret. at
may do but little good, but it will
certainly do no harm, and to do
little good is much better than to
do none at all.''
So she kept on with the work she
had undertaken. At first it was hard,
and almost repulsive, in many of it's
features. But by and by she found
that there was real pleasure in try
ing to help others. And it was not
long until she began to get more
pleasure out Of her life, because of
what she was doing, than she had ever
/ found in the idle round of fashion
able existence. John Fosdyke's en-
thusiasm had taken possession Of
her. She felt that she was not only
helping those with whom she came
in contact, but she was helping him,
If she could not work by his side,
she could at least do something to
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will not say that I have told you any
thing, will you? Really, I haven't,
you know. They do not care to be
gossiped about as engaged lovers,
just YETI
II shall say nothing" answered
John Fosdyke.
Aunt Diana congratulated herself
on the success of her diplomacy. She
saw that he believed that Margaret
and Mr.. Herrick were engaged, and,
believing that, he would not be like
~ to say or do anything that would
interfere with the accomplishment
of her plans.
"Why doesn't your hero, Fosdyke,
call occasionally, as he used top"
asked Aunt Diana, one day. HE