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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
agricultural interests good buyers. whil

agricultural interests good buyers while the railroads will be compelled to re- main in the market as purchasers of ma terial if they are to properly handle the products from the farm and the great body of manufactured goods. which their sale enables the farmers to purchase In our opinion it will require at least two had harvests in succession to stay the pe- riod of prosperity which the country is enjoying and which is founded on so solid a basis"
 T. L. sturtevant of Boston. Mass. views the possibility of a pruning of trade endurance from a philosophio stand point when he writes: Capital and la- hor controlled by a few are undertaking too much. Money in sight cannot float so many enterprises of never before at- tempted magnitude and labor newly or- ganized aspires to the impossible. Labor cannot understand the rise in prices, but the reasons therefor. if many, are not at all obscure, the unions influence con- tributing in no small measure by insist ing on high wages and restricted produc- ton" Complimentary to this Is the sug- gestion of Charles E. Carpenter of Phil. adelphia. that :whiie our greatest prof its are made by the building of new in- dustrfes, and we are perhaps talking against our own interests when we give this advice, but our one great advice to ths manufacturers of America is, do not sail too close to the wind. In other words do not put all your profits into bricks, mortar and machinery, but retain a good healthy surplus that will enable you to meet all emergencies"
 In harmony with these words of eau tion which crop out in q number of the letters, is the suggestion that the danger to present favorable conditions which ap- pear to lie Tn tendency to over-speeu- lation and over-capitalization of new ventures should and undoubtedly will be largely corrected by the recent conserva- tive action of the large banking interests, while Frederick E.. Wall of New York writes: "Over-capitalixation on the part sf some so-called trusts. which necessi- tates high prices on their parts, may eventually have a somewhat depressing effect on the general prosperity. How ever, as soon as the supply exceeds the demand we believe you will find the nt- tie fellow getting his share of the good things. The brawn. brains, pluck snl endurance of the American people cannot he beat"
 This spirit Is manifested in ail lines of industry as recorded in the letters from manufacturing centers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Virginia. Mississippi. New York. Ohio. Tennessee. Alabama. Michi- gan, Massachusetts, Missouri, Wisconsin, forth Carolina. Georgia. Indiana, Con- ,ecticut. South Carolina, Maryland New Hampshire, Florida, Illinois and Della ware. Not c single letter indicates any lack of business. present or prospective. but on the contrary there Is a story of greater activity and prosperity than ever before with only here and tkcre a note of caution against possible danger should stock speculation be permitted to run away with the real business interests of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20

coa rsarebones. and to enjoy life, at that season even more than another, was Ia harantly bad and vicious. The Cnrist- mas .hearth was black. and the wassaa' howl empty during the rule of CromweiI Thsv came back with the Restorafion' but A chill had fallen on the wnoie tmns. Chrtstmas has been Kept more diseresty and with less warmth since then.
 This may be counted an fnJusucs' "e ara told in "Marmion" that: "A Christmas gaThbol oft would cneer r,ha noor mans heart through all ehs year." -r,..
 Tns Puritan on our shores kept Christ mas as a fast, CT tried to, a{ least ~ vvaa very aifiicult to censer all vne house holds in A single day, and there is reason to believe that the sinful nince pie and nha naretrIcious plum pudding were served on more than one eaek-snoIns housewifs's table. within dSnt or tne church doors of Plymouth and bostSn town. There is q pretty story tolo ol a nitrate elder coming upon feast In .ne Sonss of one of the Pilgrims. The table
 was decked with greens and holly per rIes. and luscious was the dSplaS ol
 na atries and baked meants upon the hoord There was really nothing 10 pc sstd In ths way of defence, until the 0,,tc,rUyitted hostess came forward ana in- x,ited she elder to partake or the osis. hration of their wedding anniversary II
 wss nI,ite true that they had been mar r,sd on Christmas Day. but the feast was for another anniversary. ..
 ne ali Christmas oustomS the pest ,,rcwn is also the most recent santa Tiaus Ia A modern improvement. saint Ny,cho1as if Is not to be denied, le tstrIv hoary figure. and he has long been irnown as the patron saint of children
 ne, x,hv ia not clear. Practically nothing .. rsaIlv known about the good saint ex- ".nt tbat he died Archbshp of Myra In tSp sourth century There are one or two legends connecting him with Iose anu compassion for young people, out tHere are also legends which cause him 10 DC aaaociated with sailors. He 10 also oiaim- ed as a patron by brigands. on account os an adventure which he IS said 10 hava had with a band of freepooters' Lastly. he is claimed by the profession oS nawnhrokers, and it Is fact that he ia usually represented in medieval art. v,,th three golden balls in one outsretch- cd hand. ~. ..-..x
 A century or two ago there was GUS tom in Germany for all the parents in a town or village to send the presents they desiwned for their children to one chosen Individual, who called at each house clad in a motley robe, mask. and huge naxed wiz. Knocking on the door he called in a loud voice for all the good children to appear and receive the gifts which the Christ child tho Cnrlsr-l&lnd- lsin, had sent them. This waA tns prime
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20

val Kxiss Kyingie. Coleridge describes this custom. and records that the bad little children had Aa red left. for thsis correction. a, .sg ,-.3
 This is sophisticated age. Very Iittl9 ersdnlity sf . poetic kina remains in uA But the instinct to make merry ana throw aside the cares of everyday isfs sa still strong in us. and until that ia gone Christmas will remain. By and by it may cens to mean that all ths wesae shall be made glad. not only for . aays but for the entire year of days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
Boy Cured of Collie After Physicians
 Treatment Had Eai1Ad

My boy when four years old was taken with collie and cramps in his stomach. sent for the doctor and he injected mor- phine, but the child kept getting worse. then gave him half a teaspoonfui of Chamberlain's CoIic. Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy, and in half an hour he vas sleeping and soon reeovered.-F. L.. Wilkins, Shell Lake. Wis. Mir. Wilkins Is bookkeeper for the Shell Lake Lum- Der Co. For sale by all druggists.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON
Copyright, Davis W. Clark.) @s <Ee1

| by the approach of f~his inveterate enemy | in battle array. The Hebrews are fain | from fasting exhausted by the strong l emotions, unarmed. In their extremity they throw themselves upon the pity ant | power of God. At their request. Samue
 keeps right on at the religious service, of the hour. He spreads his hands te
 Heaven, and ceases not to pray. The supreme act before the shock o1 battle is the taking of sucking lamb
 emblem of the nation newborn in right.
 eousness. and burning it entirely on ar improvised altar. and by an improvised priest. The smoky cloud in which the
 nations sacrifice goes up to God is met
 which His flaming presence and awful
 voice strike terror into the Phflistine heart.
 The rout Is signal. All the defenseless
 Israelites need to do now Is to arm them
 selves with weapons the Philistines drop from their nervelsss grasp. and pursue
 them. This they do.
 In the joy of victory the Giver of vic-
 tory is not forgotten. The memorial
 stone with it's praiseful legend is set up.
 And night drops her pail over the slain. The Teachers Lantern.
 There Is great advantage to the cause of religion from a godly life lived contin-
 uously in a community. A Christian gen.
 tleman recently died, who for fifty-four years was ruling elder of the Presbyte- rian Church, and for fifty.two years off,
 cia1ly connected with the Northern Bank of Kentucky. His life Is . demonstra-
 ton that there is no incompatability be- tween serving the Lord and being dili- fv ,ct~ .rR, .at uftr to argument, he was defender of the faith. His silence was eloquent. His life was an argument. The best defense of Chris tianity is in boots, not in books. A long. stainless Christian career is an ever-augmenting trust Infdelity to this trust not only renders 1t valueless. but converts 1t into a powerful weapon
 against the truth. know a Church from which twenty young men withdrew simul. taneously because one of it's most infiu- entiai members fell from grace. The unwavering disciple alone can in. fuse that spirit in his fellows. Steadfast- | ness Is a word to conjure by.
 , Nations and individuals are near tc | salvation when they stop beating the 1 bush, and out with 1t in the explicit terma the Hebrews used, "we have sinned." They were even more explicit than that They recognized that the inherent vile. | ness of their sin consisted in its being against the Lord." If one could set this before the transgression, he would
 be forearmed. The youth Joseph did
 when under strong temptation he cried How can I do this great wickedness | and sin against God?" .t After sin Is committed. not the contem.
 plation of its penal consequences. but the fact that it Is done against a holy and good Father. whose law is just and right
 this produces the deepest. truest, most I permanent compunction.
 National repentance was the forerunner l of national revival. in which the Phil. i istine yoke was cast off, and the sacred ] memorial of victory was set up and hap. dsed with tears of joy and psalms and shouts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
NegsO oaaoe Holasrs and the soutA

Chattanooga, CTenn.) Times.
 Southern newspapers are making much ado ever President Roosovelt's comm l. nication with reference to the appoint meilt of negroes to office, from which t would appear that they had expected something entirely different of MT. Roose- welt along this line from what former Presidents had done. President Roosevelt la a Republican. and we have learned by casual observation during 'he past thirty years or more that Republican poll lticians do not consult Southern sentt~ ment when they conclude to do thinga. The Southern statesmen and editors ought not 10 tear their hair over the incident 1t will only be very sure and reliable element of future Democratic solidity in. this section which if the President had shown a disposition to ''waoble." All that tie Southern editors have to do now is to s' lend to their Democratic knitting; yoter will do the rest. q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
MURDER IN ST. noUrn.
John W. Barringer, IT., Stabbed ( Death by Thompscu 1Rortori.

John W. Barringer, Jr., Stabbed e Death by Thompson Morton.
 St. Louis. Dec. ia.--John W. Barrfngsn. IT,, resident engineer of the St. Louia Memphis and southsastern Railway Com pany at ClarayilIs. Mo, was stabbed te death my Thompson Morton, an unersss ployed civil engineer today. Morton. shortly after his arrest was found to Ae suffering from bichlorids of mercury poia. oninR and was taken to the city dispen- sary for treatment. His recovery ts doubtful
 Morton thus far has refused to mama any motive for the killing. The victim who lived but thirty minutes after, the stabbing. was unable to speak eohersnt- fly. Barringer, who is 27 years of age was a son of prominent army ofsicer now in the East and one of his brothsFe also is an officer in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
MT. Smiths Appointment at Annis
Anniston Hot Blast.

Anniston Hot Blast.
 While Mfr. Smith of The Hot Blast greatly appreciates Mr. Nunnelee's kind expressions, and what he considers Mir. Cleveland's loyalty to a friend. but the facts are that he perhaps owed his ap- Speaker of the House and one of the most prominent politicians in the United States-Hon. Charles F. Crisp of Georgia MT. Smith was admitted to the bar by MT. Crisp and practiced lay under him Supreme Court in the Southeastern Cir. cuft in that State. MT. Crisp was ire auently MT. Smiths friend and adviser and when the latter became ah applicant for the Anniston postofies, the great and good Crisp went personally before Mir ClevAlsnd and urgs6 the eppcinrusnta
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20
An Actor,s Hard Luck.

Al shissler. gambler who killed F. w. Reul at Watertown,, Wis, recently. is out on bail and goes wheraver hs pleages, but William Crandall. a poor actor, who chanced to witness the murder. is con- fined in jail as a witness. with q pres- pect of remaining there for several msn4ha 10 cornas ,S @Hs -1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20

Save for my daily range
 Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ, I might despair. -Tennyson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-20

sings the enamored apprentice in the bal lad.
 Christmas Presents.
 Christmas presents, up to a compara- lively recent period. appear to have been confined to the rich and great. Kings and queens and nobles spent fabulous sums for gauds to present to their friends. The sovereign expected royal gifts. A catalogue of the richesse lavished on Queen Elizabeth year after year by her subjects and parasites reads like a fairy tale.
 The common people celebrated in an- other fashion. Thers is an inextin- gulshabls desire in man to disport him self on every legitimate occasion; to throw discretion, politeness, good bred ing, deceney Itself to the winds. and just get down and howl like a caveman. Here in New York this Is seen several times every year. The saturnalia of old Rome could not have been much noisier or more boisterous than some of our own election celebrations We certainly ought to sympathize with the spirit which prompt ed the brief annual reign of the Lord of Misrule," although 1t was undoubted- ly attended with some very rough usages. There was more brawn than sentiment about those English ancestors of ours. and more animal spirits than delicacy.
 The Puritan was naturally much shock ed at the annual holiday gambols and tried to put a stop to them. In fact, he put q quietus on the whole custom of Christmas keeping. In 1647. or there abouts, even church services were forbid den. To worship God on His birthday was rank poVEy1 In The opinion ct Psasss
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
DIED EN- ROUTE HOME.
Young Woman Detained by
Washout Dies in Albany.

Miss Mamie Prue, a young woman
% years of age, died at the boarding
house of Mrs. S. A. Hood on last Mon
day afternoon.
The circumstances attending the
young woman's death are unusually
and particularly sad. She came here
last week and was en- route from Do
than, Ala, to Columbus, Ca, which
place she claimed for her home.
Owing to railroad washouts between
here and Columbus she stopped over
here, going to Mrs. Hoods boarding
house.
The day that she arrived here she
was taken sick with pneumonia and
grew rapidly worse until her death
Monday.
Although repeated efforts were
made to ascertain the names and ad-
dresses of her relatives, she refused to
give them. She said that her parents
and one brother lived near Columbus,
but that was all the information that
could be learned from her.
Thus it was that she passed out of
this life, a stranger in strange city,
and desiring that none should take no.
tice of her death save the few stran-
gers who minlstered to her in her last
hours.
Her remains were laid to rest yes
terday in Oakview cemetery. The fun
eral service was conducted by Rev. j.
A. Thompson.-AlbanY Herald
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
Talked Himself TO Death.

One frequently hears of persons
who are capable of talking others to
death-meets t1em some times, in fact
but it has remained for McKeesport,
Pa, to produce man who has actual
ly talked himself to death. Eighteen
months ago Isaac Getting, of that
place, lost his power of speech. He
could not utter a sound. Last week
he suddenly found himself in posses
sion of his voice, better than it ever
was before. He was overjoyed, and in
sisted upon talking all the time. He
would talk incessan thy to everybody
who would listen, and when nobody
would listen he would talk to himself.
He had been i'll and was weak and the
excitement and constant talking SO
Slapped his strength that after about
five days of talking he died.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
THE RATTLESNAKE.
Gallant Reptile, Always Issues
Challenge Before He Fights.

The rattlesnake, probably the most
deadly American snake, is really a
gentleman. as snakes go. He never
eats his own friends, as most other
snakes do, and he always plays fair
and gives warning before he strikes.
In the early pioneer days, west OF the
Rockies, rattlerS were frequently eat
en- by hard pressed travellers, and their
flesh is said to be as good as chicken.
Great skill must be exercised in catch
ing this snake. if he is to be eaten, as
he has trick of biting himself when
cornered and so committing suicide,
and in this case his flesh is as deadly
as his bite.
The maligned pig, who is known by
those who properly understand him
to be a really brave and intelligent lit
tie beast. reg ards rattlesnakes as the
greatest luxury and attacts and kills
them with absolute fearlessnessws On
a California ranch certain cieak as
so oyerrun with rattlers thaVA&kshDrds
practically useless. 1t was fenced in,
and pair of young pigs turned into it.
The pigs grew fat and sleek, and in
short time they had gobbled up every
IdSU EdbGIeI' L lBRlW1S las OCCH hhO"h
to attack the largest and most deadly
snakes and come off victor in the
fight.
Apropos of the well-known fact that
a RATHER will bite himself and commit
suicide rather than fall into the hands
of his enemies, the tale is told by hunt
ers in the far west that little bird, a
native of the Rockies, is extremely in
terested in the determination of the
RATHER So far as is known this bird
does not feed upon the snake, but is
actuated solely by motives of benevo-
lence in Kidding the world OF these
dangerous reptiles. e>ing a RATHER
asleep or summing himself on stone
this thoughtful AMI energetic little
bird flies off and returns with bits of
very prickly cactus, which tie bird
places in little circle around him.
When the circle is quite complete the
enterprising bird, eager to see the re-
suits of its toll, swOops down and runs
his bill into the sleeping snake, which
starts to move away only to encounter
the cactus oyer which he cannot go.
He turns about and strikes the cactus
again. Finding himself unable to es-
cape, he bites himself and dies by his
own deadly weapon.
A RATHER never goes out of his way
for fight, but when he is attacked he
fights desperately.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
AMATEURS MAY AID.
Opera Glasses Will be Useful in
Observing Variable Stars.

In spite of the great progress in as
Economical apparatus illustrated in the
massive telescopes set in their revolv.
ing domes or the big rotating batteries
of cameras by means of which the
heavens are being constantly photo
graphed, amateur observers all over
the world, though armed only with a
pair of opera glasses and the simplest
Photographic apparatus, have been in
vited by Professor E. c. Pickering of
the Harvard observatory to assist in
the solution of an astronomical prob
lem of the first Importance.
1t appears that DR.. T. Schwab of IL
menau, Prussia, has discovered a vari-
able star which promises to keep as
tronomers occupied for some time to
come and which is known as the
"Schwab Variable" Variable stars,
which are also known as binary stars,
represent two bodies revolving around
each other, and whether these two bod
les are both bright or whether one is
dark, as in the so callea Algol type,
the periods between their greatest and
least light are nowadays accurately
computed and foretold.
When Dr. Schwab discovered the va
riable star which bears his name, he
figured out that it had period of sew
enteen days from one minimum, or
"time of least light" to another, but
observations by Professor Wendell of
Harvard observatory brought out the
fact that the star did not always con-
form to this period. Furthermore, it
was discovered by reference to the
great collection of star photographs at
Cambridge that there were 16S mega
tives upon which this particular varia-
BILE could be found, and careful study
of these plates showed not only an inc
quality in the length of the period from
one minimum to another, but sudden
changes in brightness which might in
dictate that the variable was formed
not by two bodies revolving around one
another, but by three.
If this suggestion is true, Professor
Pickering says this star is likely to
prove one of the most interesting in the
whole sky. Professor Pickering has
called upon observers all over the
world to help keep a continuous watch
upon the phenomenon so that no min
ina" may be missed, the chief point
desired being merely the time when
the star appears faintest as judged by
a daily comparison with nearby stars
of recognized brightness. Just now Dr.
Schwab's variable sets in the extreme
west soon after sunset and rises in the
northeast just before sunrise.
If the tabulation of all the observa-
lions made this year should show that
this variable is composed of three re-
volving bodies instead of two, that dis
covery may be an important step to-
ward the solution of great problem
of higher mathematics-name the re-
lation of three bodies in space.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
BURIED AT SEA.
Body of a Little Boy Dropped
from Deck of Steamship
Kansas City.

Without money to carry the re-
mains of their little nephew to Florida
or to bear the expenses of burial
there, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Chandler had
them consigned to the keeping of the
sea from the deck of the steamship
Kansas City Sunday morning. Ar
thur r. Thomas, not yet two years old,
was the name of the child who passed
away on the voyage from New York to
this city, and whose grave is in the
Atlantic.
The child's mother died in Port
lan0, Me-, little over week ago, and
with his uncle and aunt was going to
his father at Palm Beach, Lila. On
the journey from Maine to New York
the little fellow contracted a severe
cold, and was not we'll when he went
on board the steamship Friday. Mr..
and Mrs Chandler were booked as
Storage passengers, but the sick
child received all the care and atten-
tioh possible. During Saturday night
he passed away and crossed into the
other world with his mother.
Sunday morning Mr.. and Mrs. Chan
dler decided to bury their nephew at
sea- The water was calm, and with
the passengers on deck Capt. Smith
read the funeral services and the lit
tie form was let down into the water.
Those on the boat offered their sym
pathies to the sorrowful couple, and
none were kinder to them than Capt.
Smith. Savanna News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
Danger Of Colds and La GriDpe,

The greatest danger from colds and
9 grippe is their resulting in pneu-
monia. If reasonable care is used,
however, and Cham berlains Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens of thous-
ands who have used this remedy for
diseases we have yet to learn of sim
gle case having resulted in pneu-
monia, which shows cunclusively that
it is certain preventive of that dan
gerous malady. 1t will cure cold or
an attack of la grippe in less time than
any other treatment. 1t is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by Farrar &
Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-02
Put Carnegie OFF Train,

Ordinarily when man is put off a
train he "has it in" for both the con-
ductor and the company. Extraordi-
narily, he respects the conductor for
doing his duty. One of the extraordi-
Diary cases is reported from a Pennsyl-
vania town in which lives a conductor
who more than forty years ago put
Andrew Carnegie off his train when
he had no riPhJ to be there. This
conductor the other day received
notice that Mr.. Carnegie had put him
on his pension list, and that hereafter
until his death he would receive a
check tor $40 at the beginning of each
month.