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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Humbug and Evasion.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 It Is the old story so often retold; Sen ator Hanna and his fellows need not quake in their shoes lest the beneticent safeguards of the sacred Dngley sched- ules which support the trusts, shall be thrown down. The President. the Secrc- tary of the Treasury, Senator Hanna and the rest of his kind, all want some thing a little different. The President and the Secretary want reciprocity" and the abatement of the truse evil, but not at the price of tariff revision, or, if any of the schedules are to be revised, as those truly great statesmen and Repub- licans. Blaine and Mckinley, declared they should be, they are not to be revised now. but at some other indefinite time It was the Queen of Wonderland who, having invited Alice to tea. asked her if she would have some jam. Alice said she would. but the Queen replied we have jam every other day; yesterday and tomorrow; never jam today
 It is just so with the upholders Of the tariff-revision every other day; re- vision yesterday and revision tomorrow, but no revision today. Never!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
SUNDAY, SEPT. 2s, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- lain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of thes. signs is the mystic symbol I91 denoting ''gglden.- whi:h stands for high quality. and ts thus explained:
 ''Advertisers value this paper mose for the class and quality of it's circulation than for the . mqre number of copies printed" Ls 4. q.
 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 veJ to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this nouble golden symbol I03l and is the only paper 90 distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
WHO WAS SHEEP

A recent issue of The Fort Myers (F'la) Press has an item from which we take this:
 "Bill'' Brown arrived this week from the Big Cypress with his eight-in-hand team or oxen after supply or merchant disc for the Indians. He brought in 39t gator hides. "Bill brings the news of the death of "Old Nance" widow of the xamous. old Chief Osceola. ''Old Nance was about 80 years of age and became survive her and Chief Osceola. They are Charlie, Tommie, Jimmie, Billie al f Johnnie Osceola. Lucie Osceola and Lit . tie Nance" the squaw of Billie Conta- , patchee.
 We regret that The Press or it's inform ant was not more specific. It is singular that so much has been written of this < famous Indian and yet so little is known of his domestic affairs. About all we can learn of his family is the statement 2 2 that ''he had two wives. both young and pretty" and the further inform ation that they lived together In perfect peace and hslmcny, and that they were with him 2 when his life ended in prison at Fort Eoultrie They tended him faithfully 'snd when he found that the end was
 
 ; him to prepare for the final act by put ting on the dress and paint and trappings of warrior and thus arrayed. with scalping knife firmly clasped in his right hand, he met death with the same in- : frepidity that he had faced 1t on so many battlefieIds.
 All this Is interesting and authentic. but gives us little information about his wifes. or who they were. One account that we have read states that in 1885 the wife of osceola. a chiefs daughter, was claimed and seized as a slave hy the owner of her mother" which would indicate that she had negro blood in her veins. Naturally, the fiery chief was in- censed at this outrage, and threatened vengeance. For these threats he was placed in irons by General Thompson whom he killed a few days after he was set at liberty. This outrage on his fam lily. we are told, was one of the main causes which brought on the bloody Seminole war, so disastrous to the In dians and at the same time so creditable to their courage. endurance and leader ship.
 Was this "Old Nance above alluded to his wife who was seized? Was she one of the two wives alluded to in his his tory? Who knows?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Who Must Be Consideredpp

Philadelphia Rec ord.
 There - three parties in interest to be consiC ed. The President appears to forget that the great body of consumers who are compelled to pay exorbitant prices for articles of necessity that enter into the cost of living in every household in the land are as ten to one in com parison to the men who furnish the capi- tai and labor engaged In their produc- tion. Has he no bowels of compassion for th&s portion of his fellow-country- men? They do not object to trusts that are willing to work on the ground floor and give them a square deal for their money, They will protest, however, against being made to pay tribute in this land of unequaled natural resources to great artificial monopolies that are built up by substituting Legislation to suck the blood of the people. In failing to advo- cate au immediate and obvious method of curbing the rapacity of hundreds of trusts such as the sugar trust. the stea trust and the beef trust the President has failed to respond to the desire of the nation. Better things and greater cour- age had been expected of Theodore Roosevelt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

possible excuse for the Democracy If It is defeated. There will be an active and determined canvass made by the Rep ibli- cans all over the State. They win have candidates in all the Congressional Dis tr:ets. and in many of the counties. They have a State ticket as strong as can be mode up from their Party .n. Alabama, and they are going to try to elect 1t. Our ticket is safe If Democrats do their duty, not otherwise. The Marion County News we'll says:
 There shoud be an energetic canvass made in every county in the State. Dem- tic clubs should be formed in every beat, and a compact and well-drilled or ganizat tion perfected. Of course, we are going to win in the coming State elec- ton, hut we will not build up our party or hold our present commanding position unless we work to maintain it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
No Occasion for Uneasiness.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The financial magnatcs and captains of industry, who were represented as highly displeased with President Roosevelt s New England remarks concerning trusts. have no occasion for uneasiness in his Cincinnati speech. There is nothing in it to which they can take exception as seriously threatening interference, Ad- mirable as d literary production, plausible and persuasive, this deliverance on trusts, which he prefaced by requesting the close attention of his audience as he proposed making "an argument on a se- rious question:" leaves the matter exact ly where 1t was. What is sought to be done against the trusts ought not to he done. What ought to he done cannot be done for long time. if at all. That, re- duced to its essence, was the pklsport of the Presidents argument
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Would Rattle Them,

J. P. Morgan's suggestion that Presi- dent Roosevelt should be succeeded by a business man like ex-Presidept Cleve- land will meet with general favor. A Democrat of the Cleveland variety would not rattle around in the executive chair like the present occupant.-Huntsville Mercury.
 No, but he would rattle some Demo- cratic politicians terribly. But Morgan Is badly mistaken if he thinks Cleveland would be a friend to the trusts. He would not make as many spectacular speeches as Roosevelt does, but be would act, and his acts would produce good effects All the same. we have little hope that such man can be elected un- less the changes now going on in Demo- cratic sentiment shall continue and grow more pronounced. That Is our cnly hope and we shall stand by 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Too Much Study.

Russell Register.
 The Advertiser is right There is such a thing as tco much study, and the methods employed in our schools of today have strong tendency toward overdoing the thing. Rest and recreation is as essential to the child as to the man. They are as necessary to the proper de- velopment of the mental faculties as they are to the physical man. and whenever the child Is not permitted to enjoy this necessary diversion 1t always su.ters the consequences in greater or less degree.
 Too often has this fact been demon strated. How frequently do we see both boys and girls who are hardly in their teens wearing glasses, while their physi- cal being appears to be more or less emaciated and run down. This is in the main due to the fact that they have been so much occupied in the development of their mental faculties that their bodies have not had the needed opportunities to be properly developed. Our door exercises and plenty of it is as necessary to the proper physical development of the Ameri- can boy as anything else, and when it is denied him he suffers in consequence.
 The boy and girl of twenty and thirty years ago did not wear glasses and SC to sanitoriums for treatment by the time they were twelve or fifteen years of age Neither were they compelled to devote nearly the whole of their time to study They took plenty of outdoor exercises they were in the open air. bathing in the sunshine, and they as a rule de- veloped into strong men and women both physically and mentaly.
 But a new order of things is upon us and the school boy is exuer;ed to work, work all the time, at homh nd in school. He has not time to digest one mental proposition before another Is thrust upon him, and when after he is out of school he is so often all but physical wreck.
 We are opposed to the new order. The system of cramming so much into the young head, and u is our opinion that the sooner the system is abolished and the boys and girls are given proper time In which to rest the better off they will be both physically and mentally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Trust Megnates Not Alarmed.

Baltimore Sun.
 The shrewd and resourceful men who are at the head of the great industrial combinations entertain no apprehensions as to the future of the trusts so long as the American people can be deluded into the belief that an amendment of the Constitution is all that is necessary to curb the power of the trusts, Of course they will profess to be alarmed and in- dignant at the Presidents philosophical and not unfriendly discussion of the subject on the stump and in his message to Congress, but that is only a part of the game. Such tactics are as old as the hills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

The Dothan Siftings was founded by Mr. T. E. Williams and has been de- cided newspaper success. He has recent ly retired from the plper. and his place is taken by MT. R. l.. Loveless. for many years connected with The Canebrake CJniontown) Herald. The Advertiser hopes that Mir. Williams will continue to prosper in any business he enters, and that Tine Siftings. under present man agement. will keep up to the high mark which has eharacterized its manage ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
ARTISAN WATER POWER
 AGAIN.

In another place is copied an article from The Marion Standard, and which is in the nature of comment on an editorial in The Advertiser of some days ago. When The Standard expresses astonish- mnt that The Advertiser is not better posted" it isn't exactly fair. Of course. we know that there are artesan wells all over Alabama, but did not know until we read MT. Yerby's letter that any one was utilized for driving machinery. It will be observed that The Standard does not mention any other well that is used for this purpose. but mentions several which could be thus put into service.
 That is the point we were driving at. Both coal and wood as fuel are becoming scarcer, and at best steam Is an expen- sive power producer. Wherever there are running streams. with any considerable fall. the power is at hand. This is the case all through the mountain and hill regions of Alabama, but down in the prairie sections these natural advantages are lacking and there is where the arte- sion well gets in it's work, or may do it. If one will raise its own water as much as six feet above the surface 1t can be put to driving some kind of machinery, or, if it only throws the water out of the ground, and no higher, if there is any valley, ravine or other lower ground near by. the stream can be carried to 1t and the machinefy be erected there. We are not so much concerned in knowing what wells coud be utilized, as we are to know If any are actually so used.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

The Philadelphia Telegraph tells of a curious happening In that city which would hardly oocrr, anywhere else. A lady's goldfish having died, inquiry de- veloped the fact that the globe in which she kept them had lately been filled and kept filled with pure filtered water. and an expert assured her that the fish had starved to death. The ordinary Philadel- phia water Is so full of animal matter that the fish fatten on it. but when given pure water they must be fed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
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But It Does Make a Difference.

The Democrats of Connecticut quarreled nearly as badly as the Republicans are doing but it makes little difference what the Democrats do in Connecticut.-Birm ingham Ledger.
 But The Ledger should not lose sight of the fact that the Connecticut Demo- crats used to elect their tickets until me new disnensation emasculated them. From 1872 to 1892 both inclusive. Dem ocratc success was practically unbroken' ana they have not elected ticket since
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
What He Expected.

Lieutenant Peary. has imparted the valuable and surprising information that he found quantities of Ice near the North Pole. We wonder what he expected to find.-Fort Deposit Reflector.
 He expected to find the pole, or the hole 1t was pulled out of. It may be that he expected to find the famous hole of Captain Symmes or Jules Verne or, possibly. he has some confidence in the belief that there is an open sea at the place where the pole ought to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

Was the Presidents brulse in his leg, or in his heart? Was 1t an ounce of serum, or was it a pound of ice caused by the political chill that affects the West est?-Birmingham Ledger
 We think 1t very likely that he was glad of an excuse to get off by himself and have q good think. ITenderson's course has so complicated Republican politics that the President may be excused for not knowing just where ne stands in the game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
The Other Way.

If you call a horseless carriage an auto mobile mirhtn't we just as well call a mule an ouEhtomove? If not, why not, for both ought to go, but the mule don except the other way.-Lowndes Ne"s'
 If we have kept properly up with the accounts some of the automobiles are just about as uncertain as even Lowndes County mule-or nigger. They may not be as apt to go off backward as the mule, but they can cut up in front with much uncertainty and suddenness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Spirit <. Protest in Iowa.

SIOUX NIIY ITIDUn".
 Although it has not till this week at tracted national attention, the spirit of protest against existing conditions polit- iCally has been abroad Tn Iowa a long time. It took a long time for insurgency to muster courage enough to tackle the misre presentation 1f Iowa in national at fairs. For years insurgency has had 'ts hands full taking the State administra- tion out of control of local corporate in fiuenc@s. Governor CumminS' nomination was the victory of this movement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Corruption in City Government.

St Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Already the people of Europe are able to point to the fact that there is less corruption in the government of their cities than in the government of Ameri- can cities. Is it not time to take the most arduuuS efforts to remove this reproach , Unless we purify our city politics and city governments the entiru United States will be involved in tnc Corruptivc ruin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Aurust culation Facts.

With newspapers, as with all other lines oi tradee August is resarded as the duliest Of the Gul1 Scmmer months., In face of this iac. 1hes Advertisers circulation for the month Q, Aneust. just passed, not only maintained aI' prev1ous high water marks. but made sratiiy- xng gains. Each month of the past year mas seen a substantial increase in The Adver- tiser's subscription output and all indications point to the | 2, loo mark for the daily ana 5000 for the Sunday by January, isoS,
 \ Here are the August figures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Not a Matter of Compulsion.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Emperor of Germany has conferred upon the Duchess of Marlborough "a tit uiar hcnor which will allow her children u intermarry with royalty" But tn ay need not avail themselves of that unless they wish to do so. There is nothing mandatory about the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
ARE THEY REALLY soRRYp

The Republican newspapers of the West all express themselves of course. as be- ing sorry that the President had to aban- don his trip. but we can detect a quiet but deep sigh of satisfaction over it. Of course they, in common with all the American people. regret the causes which compelled him to return to Washington. but we've no doubt that most of them cc nsider it good thing politically.
 Just now all is not serene in Republ!- can political ciccles out West There have been some platform utterances out there, and some mutterings among the voters. which can hardly be called pleas ant or reassuring to the administration and its followers The taPiff question will not down, and the recent action Of Speak, CT Henderson has given new impetus to the discussion. While there may be no danger of actual revolt. any man who reads can see that there is dissatisfac- tion, widespread and disquietng, with the tariff situation as 1t now exists.
 It is a condition which requires expert and Judicious handling, and Roosevelt is not the man to handle it. If the Repub- lican party was thoroughly solidified, and all its members in perhAct agreement on the policies and doctrines of the party, Rcosevelt's noisy, broncho-busting style would be just the thing to stir the voters up and arouse enthusiasm for the various State and local tickets. but there Is the difficulty. He is more apt to put pepper on a tender place than he is to rub it with salve, and the leaders of Republican thought in the West have been getting ready to dodge when he should commence guess whom he was likely to hit. They sympathize with his mi9ortune, but look on it as a sort of reprieve for the party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
At the Bottom of IL.

It will be in order next for some fool of an editor to rise up and want the accident at Shiloh church In Birming- ham investigated to ascertain whether politics was not at the bottom Of It. Prattville Progress.
 Well, if there was politics or anything else "at the bottom of it," 1t was pretty effectually smashed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
As a Contrast.

One of the St. Louis papers wants to know what more does man want TOT literature than the Bible. Shakespeare and the dictionary. What's the mater with Roosevelts speeches!-Mopiie Herald.
 We'll. they might use his speeches as brilliant contrast to the other DOCKS. They would be useful in that way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

A Michigan woman bound a strip of codfish skin on her neck to cure a sore throat and came near losing her voice. Now 1t is meanly intimated that all the husbands of the town are recommending the remedy to their wives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

Speaker Henderson admits that he doesn't represent his constituents, and will not be a candidate for re-election, but he'll be - If he will resign till his present term is out. In other words, he doesn't want something he may not be able to get, but will keep what he has.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

The striking miners may be able to hold out all the winter. as they claim, but how about thoss who burn coal? Can they hold out without 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

It is not good policy, good politics or good patriotism for the Democrats of Alabama to remain passive under the belief that the ticket will elect itself. We have a good ticket and there will be no
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

If the Presidents lame leg does noth- ing else, 1t will give him time to catch up on sleep, provided it doesn't hurt too badly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

A Chicago woman cured her husband of the habit of smoking in the house by making-it so unpleasant for him that he now spends all his spare time at sa- loon, where he can smoke in peace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28
Tall Corn Out in Kansas.

Kansas City Journal. The frost has not hurt the Kansas corn crop down near the earth, but who can tell what may have happened to the up- per ears?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

MT. W. F. Palmer, who has made a first-class Democratic paper of The Gull. man Democrat. has sold out to Messrs R. L. and J. F. Griffin, who propose tc keep the paper up to it's high standard a worthy determination. and one in which we hope they will fully succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

der at the feet of those, who strive and aspire, on which they nay climb heaven ward. IL. M. bFuce'
 Camp Hill, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-28

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