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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
The Danger of Standing Pat.
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 Senator Hanna's doctrine of the invio- liability of the Dingley law will -anect a considerable number of votes just so long as the era of the law happens to coin eide with an era of exceptional commer- cial activity. But 1t is obvious, that the more the perfection of the law is insisted upon the greater the reaction against 1t will be when this lucky coincidence tre- inmates, as it most assuredly must.
 It is certain, therefore. that the Repub- lican Party would show wisdom by mak- ing ready for change of obnoxious and unnecessary duties before the demonstra- ton of the laws fallibility has gone too far And aside from the question of in- evitable periods of depression and expan- sion there is the other question which was brought up by President Wilson or Princeton in the following:
 ''The tariff has fostered our industries until they are too big for the national markets. and 1t has left them all tied up. It has fostefed them till they are likely to burst unless they are given room to expand A balance must now be struck between the internal fosteTng and the need of an outlet to the rest of the world. and this condition Is what has stirred the consciences of some public men so deeply of late. In short, we cannot let our products go where they will and COM mand the markets of the world unless we are willing to take goods in exchange for them. That is the situation in nut shell"
 Nor does a quick shift from a boast about our exports to glOrificaion of the home market affect the situation in the least For there is the surplus stiR to consider and also the righteous demand of the home consumer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
rHE coNvIcr coNrRAcTs.

The Board of Inspectors of Convicts and the Governor are to be congratulated upon the execution of the contracts with the Tennessee Iron and Coal Company and the Sloss-Sheffield Coal and Iron Company for the employment and work ing of convicts in the mines of those companies. By the terms of these con- tracts the State is to have entire charge and control of the conyicts in and out of the mines the mines. however, are to be worked according to plans and specified tions of the mining engineers of the com panies, respectively. Under the contract with the Tennessee Company the State will receive a cents per ton for the coal delivered at the railroad cars and under the contract with the Sloss- -Shefield Com pany it will receive 8 cents per ton for the coal at the mouth of the rooms in it's mines
 The contracts are most carefully drawn with a view to making their execution perfectly practicable and their terms easy of comprehension. From a business point of view it Is believed by the Board of Inspectors and the Governor that the State will receive for the labor of the convicts double the sum it is now re- ceiving. and there is no question of the fact that these high officials have given the matter the most thoughtful and care full consideration.
 Certainly the contracts are more nearly in line with the spirit and letter of the .aw than the existing contracts. The Legislature in the act of 1893 declared that the prime object of the Convict System is to relieve society of the crim- inal and to protect the people from con- tamination incident to a free intercourse
 the criminal with society; second, to
 discipline the convict in body, mind
 Id soul as that at the end of his term may be discharged fitted to rightfully honest man; third. to make the system self-supporting if possible The retention of control of the convicts under the contracts just made renders it possible for the State to do what may be necessary to attain the primary and secondary ODJeCtS OI tHo SoHNtCl oySlSih and a tthe same time make the system not only self-supporting, which is the third object in view, but profitable to a great degree.
 Such had been done already during the present administration for the betterment of our convict system and this depart l ure augurs still more to follow in the fu- ture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE.

Our people are not at all worried by the fear that they are eating corn-cobs, though immigration to Alabama is likely to be checked if our contemporary Is not really the victim of some halluclnation. But what is "safke?" The Advertiser should furnish us with translation Norfolk Landmark.
 It Is discouraging. indeed it is, after all the efforts we have made to enlighten our darkened brethren of the Old Dominion. to have such query fired at us. 'Safke," dearly beloved, is the Muskogee for boiled corn. We believe your Powhatan Indi- ans called it "homony," and in modern English it is hominy, but the Muskogees knew the right name for things and with them 1t was "safke." Please file this bit of authentic information away for future use.
 And don't you worry about immigration to Alabama being checked on account of what you are pleased to term 'thalluci- nation of The Advertiser. We have not affirmed that corn-cobs formed part of our bill of fare, and if they do you Vir- ginians are not likely to escape. We have no such idea as that you live en- IlTely on QudIlS, TdDUllS anu DIE ydilS. You must indulge in mixed or prepared food sometimes as well as the rest of us do, and the chances are that an occa- sional ration of corn-cob meal or shreds finds its way to your table. Better in- vestigate before setting yourself up as an epicure.
 And. by the way, is corn-meal used for food in Virginia? We ask, because in last Sundays Richmond Dispatch a cor respondent inquiries if any reader can tell the inquirer how to use corn-meaI for making bread, batter-cakes or other dishes. This was a surprise to us, be- cause we thought Virginia claimed to be the starting-place of the corn pone, the johnny-cake. and other foods manufac- tured from corn. We really thought there could be no one in that State, unless a lately-arrived emigrant, who would need such information. 1t was a singular query, that it was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
New African Penner.

There has just been laid before the French Academy of Medicine the result of an analysis made hy pr. Barille of a new pepper of African origin, recently imported from Kissi. on the Lberian frontier of Guinea. This product, which has been given the name of kissine pep per. grows abundantly In this region in a wild state. It is not akin to any known species, and being very rich in piperine and volatile oil, can be used both as a spice and as a condlment. It's grains, generally very small, are characterized by pedicule at their base. They give reddish-brown powder, highly per fumed and of a peculiar aromatic savor. French journals speak of this article as another interesting and valuable addition to the already long list of French colo nial products.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
SOME GOOD DOCTRINE.

Recently Rev. Dr. Morrison preached d Iermon >n the general subject of mans sisinclination to be bound down by mar row rules and laws. and in the course of his address he said:
 Man is a social animal Good fellow ship and generosity, amusement and mirth are as much part of his nature as the complexion of his skin, and the prayer meeting or church service can lever adequately satisfy his desires for hese things, which are not by any means manifestations of evil propensities.
 No man ever spoke truer words. The lime when it was almost considered a lin to laugh has passed away. The stern md solemn puritanism of the early New England settlers may have had some ex- ,use then, but it was unnatural, repres- i've and almost destructive of human ceiling.
 God never intended that this world mould always be decked in mourning and hat human beings should go about with lolemn features and unsmiling counte- aances. If that had been His design there would be no singing birds nor bright 
 waters. There would be nothing but yloom and solemnity in nature.
 A man may drink wine or liquor and not be sot, and human beings, especial ly in the bright days of youth, can find plenty of rational enjoyment without ex- cess or sin. If the law should close all places of amusement and forbid people 10 meet together in innocent social en- tertainment would they not meet in se- cret. or defy the law? That would be human nature. and human nature will not be driven out by law.
 The church and the prayer meeting and the Sunday school are right but they cannot supply the need and demand for some form of amusement Young people can dance without committing a sin, and they may attend the theatre without vio- lating any of Gods laws or ordinances, Laws which seek to stifie or repress all light enjoyment will neither be respected nor obeyed. We cannot conceive how the world would be bettered by the suppres sion of all our lighter feelings, or trying LO COilliHc iIb'AlaAliNN tp lIlt stern IultS and mortiications of the Ascetics who as we are told. "abstained from wine, flesh, matrimony and worldly business, ana emaciated their bodies by long vigils fasting, toll and hunger"
 These people may have been good and moral and possessed of all the human virtues, but they lived unnatural lives and failed to carry out the objects and sntents of humanity. Solomon tells US there is & time to laugh and time to dance, as well as time to weep and a time to mourn. and he who cannot live a moral life and serve God without going about all tho time in sackcloth and ashes lacks something of being natural hu- man being. All enjoyment Is not evil. and all solemnty is Tot religion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

when suddenly, without an instants warning, he felt the car leap from the track and heard a terrific crash. When he regained consciousness the wreck pre- scented this chaotic condition: the two for ward cars had been plunged down sev- enty-foot embankment; the combination car landed in an upright position with the rear trucks on the roof, every seat in the smoking compartment being utter ly demolished. while on the floor Of the mall compartment was huge angular stone weighing not less than half a ton. How the mali clerk escaped unhurt will always be a mystery.
 There is probably no department of the government service in which a high CT standard of devotion to duty is main tained than in this. During heavy freshet on the Susquehanna River, in le9O. all bridges were swept away and the railroad tracks along the banks prac- tically destroyed. Four mall clerks re- mained in the car until the water rising and flowing through the doors compelled them to take to an improvised raft which consisted of pieces of floating sidewalks and other debris of the inundauon. lash- ed together. On this frail craft thew put their pouches, and carefully propelling by piles along with the current gained the postoffice. a mile away. They found this abandoned, with eight feet of water in the street at that point They were al- most exhausted and their condition was precarious Finally. however, they were rescued by coats and taken into house5 through the second story windows. The letter mail was all intact and in fairly good condition
 Some time ago the run" on a Western road was short clerk because of sickness. An official of the service hap pened to be on the train and volunteer ed his services. For fifteen hours he stuck to his work at the letter case. In the journey of more than five hundred miles he had only sandwich or two for food. and stood on his feet without re- lief There are other instances on rec ord where entire crews have stood to the work without food for twenty-four hourqe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Tariff and Reciprocitv.

Several years ago, MT. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador, visited Chicago. He spoke to the students of the university there. Among other things he said that the ratification of the reciprocity treaty, then pending between France and the United States, would remove much of the cause of suspiciousness and opposition to America rampant among his people.
 Reciprocity" he said, lis an instance of two Chicago business men building skyscrapers on either side of the street. The structures are of equal height Each one secures the same amount of sun shine and gives shadow in the same de- gree. One builds higher than the other. That's tariff. He secures more sunlight. which is proper. But he also gives more shadow, and that is wrong. This in- stantlY calls for retaliation. ''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
RAISES A BIG QUESTION.
Defeat of Congressman Loud Has a
 Parallel in Australia.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
 If it is true that Congressman Loud of California was defeated for reelection by the efforts of the letter carriers un- ion, because he had opposed a bill to increase the pay of carriers; and if it Is true that this is fairly representative of the power which postal employees are ob- taining or may obtain in politics, and of their disposition to make use of it to the utmost-then a question is raised of a new and decidedly important cvharacter, wkhose vital bearing upon the matter of extending the governments activities into the industrial field will be recog- nized by all.
 Some idea of the scope of this ques- ton may be had from a parallel case afforded by the current experience of the Australian State of Victoria. That State owns and operates the railroads. The railway employees have been in poli- tics. and under this pressure brought upon the government their wages had been so far increased and hours short ened as to involve the Departments of Railroads in a growing deficit
 Then the ministry cut wages and the employees struck. The Legislature. elected by popular vote, took the side of the em- ployes, whose power Tn the electorate is feared by the members. The ministry ap- pealed for support on the issue of re- trenchment and whether the govern ment. to it's great loss should be run by it's employees or by the people.
 Finally the ministry, going tn the eN- treme of what the situation seemed to demand. has introduced a bill depriving public servants of votes in the ordinary constituencies. but allowing them to elect two special representatives to the State Assembly and one to the Council
 This measure has caused great up- roar. but the Prime Minister of Victoria has declared that the ministry will quit office if the bill is defeated. It is all- important. he says. that the State he re- iieved of this power to mulct il on behalf of a special interest. and that interest in the employ of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol l01 denoting srolden,- Whi,h stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 .Advsrsisers 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 a single sym bol; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL COT to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this 6onbls golden symbol O0l and Is the only paper 50 distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
"owED TO THE LILY WHITES.

Washington Post.
 eff you do not think the muse is at home in Alabama. read these lines. the product of one of our most prominent Republican ofice-holders. said MT. Iucien Julien Walker of Birmingham. at the Riggs House. The ''pome" is styled Owed to the Lily Whites" and here 1t Is:
 Consider the Lilies White!"
 They neither toil nor spin: So when they run for offices,
 They-somehow-don't get in. Their politics are beautiful,
 Their principles are grand; But when they try for office,
 They-somehow-fail to land. We know the Good Book tells us
 That their raiment was sublime; And vet. the modern Lily
 Never seems to be on time. There's a moral in this story,
 Which perhaps may be obscure 'Tis-the offices they're after
 They somehow can't secure!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
A Fine Art Disappearing.

One of the things in this changing world that ought to be preserved inviolate against the touch of innovation is apple pie. Properly constructed, with an ingenious regard for hygiene and for pleasing taste. an apple pie is the very apotheosis of cookery, and no token of modern degeneracy is more mournfully apparent than the great scarcity of the sort of intelligence and discrimination necessary to the production of apple pie, pure and undecided and divested of all adjuncts and appurtenantes which vitiate the palate and impair the digestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
No Longer Lonesome.

Gadsden Journal.
 One thing is very evident to the most casual observer of the trend of the times in political matters, and that is that the tenets held by MT. Cleveland are being adopted by a large number of voters, who at one time were ardent Bryanites. The followers of the fat fisherman of Buzzards Bay are no longer lonesome and The Journal predicts without any claim of being a prophet, that they will domi- nate the next national Democratic com NeptiOp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

The Richmond Times says Virginia can furnish a suitable candidate for President provided all the available men do not prefer to hold over and run for Cover nor" But they can run for both, rather than break up the game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

How old is man when he is 50 years old? Or, when a man celebrates his fifti- eth birthday is he 50 years old, or only 49? Our Norfolk contemporaries who argue learnedly about rabbits noses and the like. will probably give US disserta- ton anent this query.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Last August, up in a little Massachu- setts village almost within the shadow of Plymouth Rock. a man and woman were taken out by mob. the man tarred and feathered and the woman shamefully mis- treated. The courts have been trying to punish somebody for the outrage but so many of the best citizens" were in the mob that it is impossible to convict any one. Funny, isn't it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

An esteemed contemporary wants to know what good it does to call public men hard or contemptuous names? Just so. If one newspaper speaks of The Stuffed Prophet of Buzzard's Bay, and another Platte. has any political principle been yindicated?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
You Pays Your Money.

Albany (N. Y.) Argus.
 Stories that the Russian czar is half crazy with melancholia; that he is under the control of a hypnotist; that he will divorce the czarina. who bears hom no son; that he will abdicate rather than divorce the czarina-these are some of the varied sensations which come out of the Kingdom of the frozen north.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
All Would Be Under Ban

Indianapolis Sentinel.
 J. Pierpont Morgan wants to ferret out and punish men who spread false reports to break the market" It would be pretty safe move to arrest the whole of Wall Street if that is a criminal of- fense. It Is generally conceded that the smart speculator is the one who knows which set of liars to relieve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Mrs. Nation has brought suit against Murat Halstead for s25,O00 damages for alleged injury to her character in some of his numerous writings. He declares that he never wrote a line about her, or mentioned her name in anything he has ever written. Perhaps that's what she's mad about. But if we were on the jury we should award her about 30 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

According to Postmaster General Payne, any female clerk in his department who gets married commits an offense for which she is to be dismissed. That may be a proper regulation but we doubt it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
A Good Document,

Dothan Home Journal
 Read The Montgomery Advertisers an- nouncement of it's big Christmas paper and make up your mind to get it. It will be a good document to put away and refer to hereafter The Advertiser does nothing half way. and that Christmas paper will be very fine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Fair but Deceitful.
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PUCK. .
 Chimmy-I told her I'd die if she re- fused me. an showed her de dime I'd saved fer CarbOlic acid.
 Johnny-An' wot did she do?
 Chimmy (groaning)-Do? She jollied me along till l blowed de dime on soda water, and den refused me,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
BUYuNH VOTES.

We know that there has been a great deal said and written on the subject of frauds and other irregularities at cleo delphia and various other places, but evidently New England is no better than the rest of the world. The Bridgeport (Conn.) Post has letter from "a we'll known business man." as the paper des- ignates him, who declares that there is no certainty about elections there, for, he says:
 There is absolutely no certainty in the count as we hold elections at the present time. And as for buying votes. why that Is done at every election. There are 1500 fioaters in this town. I myself have stood on the city hall steps and handed out two dollar bills as fast as I could pull them out of my pockets and paid them to these same foaters.
 He admits the wrong, but tries to ex- cuse himself by saying that "the other side was just as bad" and says that when he was threatened with arrest for buying votes he told them to go ahead but some others would go to jail with him, and that settled it. Where all were equally be benefciaries of the corrupt practices no one had the gall to prosecute another. Much as has been said about election frauds in Alabama in the past we know of nothing so open and brazen as the performance of this Bridgeport man and he writes as if he had done nothing un- usual or to be ashamed of. We really think Connecticut can claim the belt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

W A. Scott. Circulation Manager or Ine Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- tfser's daily circulation for the month or oc- tober. 1902, Is true and correct, ano com piled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been de- ducted W. A. SCOTT,
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this etn day of November. 1902. Y. ". JACkSON; ISeal.1 M P. Ex-O J. r.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

It is row claimed that New York archi- tects and builders are building houses so that If q fire breaks out in one room 1t will not spread to others. This may be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Selma Times.

Selma Times.
 The new business manager of Governor Johnston's Alabamian is named Dennis Probably that is what started the rumor that the papers name was Dennis, and had departed this life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

If 2 man with but one idea and that a good one will stick To 1t he may do bet ter than if he tried to keep up with a number of them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Senator Spooner is still saying he didn't say 1t, but all the same he publicly de- ciared in favor of twenty-year term for President and Congress. or else one of his own organs lied about him. They can settle 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
THE ADvERTIsER's TELE-
 PHONES.
A Circulation Cinch.

The circulation statements that appear m tn column each month all sworn to- Ine vertiser's claim that 1t has e larger clrcula.u than any other two Alabama morning hsms papers combined has never been auesuentetu, tts and this proves conclusively the justice ot .ne claim. ''fhe proof of the pudding Is in the eating thereof"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Dangers of the Postal Service.

Forrest Crissey. in The Worlds Work.
 One clerk was busy throwing mail in a combination smoker and baggage car.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

The value of King Edwards china at Buckingham Palace and Windsor s said to exceed s2,00,00Oo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

true, and we hope it is. but we still ex- pect to read accounts of the total de- structlon of "hre-proof' buildings in New York.