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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
SUNDAY DECEMBER 6, 1908.
SOME REGENT EXAMPLES.

We are often led to wonder at the total tack of fairness, justice and common de- cency in the management of the munic- ipal affairs of great cities. To punish small offenders and let the large ones go free appears to be the rule in many cases. A notable example of this meth"d of gov erning a city Is shown in Philadelphia which for years has been as corrupt as New York, Chicago or any other city ot the Union.
 A late issue of The Philadelphia Public Ledger gives some details which are shameful in the extreme. For example, a few days ago a number of poor people, some of whom were old and others seri- ously ill.," as the paper says, were arrest ed by a vigilant official, at the instance, of 8 minister of the city. charged with the heinous offense of selling goods on Sun day. The agent of this minister testified that one old man who was quivering with ague and rheumatism" sold candy on Sunday. and for this he was fined $2.5O and costs. Of another case this Is said:
 Mrs. Martha Cavanaugh stood inside the bar. picture of dejection. as evidence was presented to the effect that she had sold two cigars on Sunday. She was dressed cheaply, but neatly. in black and her tear-stained face was framed in be- coming gray hair. She silently admitted the offense. ' rt-..s
 The same penalty of s25o and costs was visited on her. and several others who were proven guilty of violating the Sab bath by the sale of candy. pies. etc., had the same sentence pronounced against them. Such crimes CD as these are not to escape punishment in the city of broth erly love.
 That Is one side of the picture. The other is given by The Ledger in the state ment that disreputable houses, brotheIs. dives and houses where young white girls are sold into lives of shame "are openly conducted by day and night" The city officials and the police officers know that the town is ''wide open" for gambling houses and the low dens of infamy and nothing is done. They are kept and own ed by men who have a pull and are not molested. The Ledger calls the city gov ernment "an ediflce of police-protected crime unspeakably horrible and revolt ing" and its disclosures show that the indictment is not too severe. Such an ''edifiee" as this stands unrestricted and uninterfered with but the sick and de- crepit man or woman who sells a cigar or stick of candy on Sunday is punished as an example of virtuous municipal gov ernment! What was Sodom or Gomorrah to this?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
A REED SHAKEN
 WITH THE WIND,
Without Will Power, Courage, Am bition, Energy or Hope, the Dys- peptic is Willing to Give Up
 the Struggle.

The confirmed dyspeptic has as little interest in life as any human being, He Is ui%ltted for it's duties and is indiffer. ent to it's charms. He is unable to enjoy the business and social relations that constitute the life of the average man, Al his hopes are absorbed by the one hope to get well and again be able to en- joy the good things of life. Until this Is realized, he is sick at heart and feels himself to be of litt,e use.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the suf ferers tree of life. They will cure him and bring him health and happiness lust as sure and certain as he takes them They are sure because they are natural and no other cure but natural one is sure. They act on the food and digest it just as well as a stomach would They contain exactly the same chemica. prop- critics as the digestive fluids of the ston- ach.
 By putting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in a bottle or jar with any kind of food meat, eggs, or vegetables, with sufficient amount of water. the process of digestion Is carried out just as it is in a healthy human stomach and in the same time. Inere is consequently no unnatural dis turbance of the digestive o.gans resulting from the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets. They relieve the weak and worm out stomach of its work and permit 1t to rest up and rccuperate and regain its normal health and strength.
 A well-known Buffalo physician says:
 I prescribe Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets on all occasions as relief for Weakened ana rundown stomachs. find they con tain all the ingredients necessary for inc proper digestion of the food and win dS more to give the stomach the needed rest than any medicine could prescribe. They nave never failed to give immediate re- lief in all cases and I do not hesitate to recommend them to all sufferers from dyspepsia
 stuart Dyspepsia Tablets arc for sale Wed-frt- sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

of Education, spent yesterday in Troy where he attended a teachers institute He will return to Montgomery tonight
 MT. Thomas NJ. Johnson, retired mcr- chant of Selma, and recently a promi- nent hardware dealer of Selma, was in the city visiting friends yesterday.
 Mir J. IT. Cook is visiting fin Louisville. Ky, and in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
 MT. D. II. Marbury. a prominent mill man of Marbury. is in town.
 Hon. T. Sydney Frazer of Union Springs is in the city.
 MT. A. H. K. Atwood of Troy is in Montgomery.
 MT. J. B. Martin of Gadsden is in Montgomery.
 MT. J. M. shackleford of Mobile is in Montgomery.
 Hon. Jones G. Moore of Birmingham is in town.
 MT. J. W. Barrett of Birmingham is in the city.
 MT. w D. Sims of Birmingham IS in the city.
 MT. G. P. Moore of Kimberly is fin the city.
 MT. 1T. J. Packard of Martins is in the city.
 Mir. IT. B. Bowling of Ozark is in town,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
WE ARE NOT MAKING THEM.

l When The virginian-Pilot some weeks ago printed the report. on the authority land was being used as raliving pint and would step aside in favor of some one else later. the valued Montgomery Adver-
 seet ser 'sS and 0r %s tS eSTSy went on until Mir. Cleveland sent his let ter to The Brooklyn Eagle. which first launched his boom. And the same issue ! of that newspaper took up Judge Parker and called upon MT. Cleveiand's frierds to rally to his support. We trust The Advertiser will not make a wry face be-
 fore 1t rises to apologize. ze.-Virginian-Pi Pilot. Tn its limitless kindness of heart The Advertiser is strongly tempted to let its Norfolk contemporary enjoy the "pint'' 1t thinks 1t has made. but we fear it would be a bad precedent. It might become so puffed up with vanity that there'd be no doing anything with it.
 The Advertiser did resent the intimation that Mir. Cleveland was knowingly allow ing himself used as a stalking-horss for some other candidate. We may have call ed it ''rot,' or some other appropriate
 term, but that matters not. Whether The Brooklyn Eagle had any interior object in view has nothing to do with The Adver-
 listers advocacy of MT. Cleveland, but \ we think The Eagle, like The Advertiser, I honestly preferred him to any other man \ and believed him to be the strongest man
 the Democrats could select. MT. Cleye- | land. we further believe, had no desire to | become a candidate, and did not at first | believe that there would be such a strong | sentiment developed in his favor. He could not feel otherwise than gratifiee
 when he found that good Democrats all
 over the country were looking to him as , the man to. lead them again to victory. When he found that the sentiment had
 become so strong that 1t could no longer
 be ignored he promptly defined his posi-
 tion. We have no means of knowing and
 no reason to believe that he was directly
 nr indirectly responsible for The Eagles prompt change to Judge Parker. We do
 not even know that he favors the Judge. | But, as we have heretofore said this | talk about MT. Cleveland has certainly | served good purpose. even if it failed | 10 get his consent to he a card'data. It was absolutely necessary if the Demo- crats were to entertain any hope of suc-
 "ess, to lead them away from tho dam
 Terous heresies which came so reor
 wreckine the organ'zotion. and get them
 to thinking in a diNerent channel. So
 much and such widely locn ted advoca"v
 of MT. Cleveland has shown beyond doubt
 that Democrats are gattirg in the mood
 fo turn to a sound man and unite on him.
 This good. at least has been accomplished
 and 1t will go long way towards suc-
 cess. And so The Advertiser has neither
 wry face nor any apologies to make.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
SHOULD NoT pE BE coNFIRMEp.

The attempt of certain friends of the President to create the impression that opposition to the confirmation of Wood is due to partisanship will not succeed. Much of that opposition comes from Re- publicans who are friendly to the admin istration. but who refuse to stand for this last exhibition of favoritism. That an eff fort will be made to get the President to withdraw the nomination is apparent. but it is not Roosevelt's habit to take back anything. The way he has stood by Crum, Addicks, Minnie Cox and others who are no credit to him shows how bull-headed he is,
 No evidence was needed to show that the promotion of Wood over so many of ficers of real merit and of tried soldier ship was an act of favoritism and with out shadow of defence. The unfitness of the man for the position is a matter of public knowledge. That he really had no valid claim to the position is equally well known. There are probably five hum dred officers in the army who have better claims, better qualifications and better
 
 all of them because he was favorite of RooseVelt's.
 Aside from all this, however, evidence is accommodating that he is not a fit man to hold a commission in the army. The tes- timony of General Brooke is enough, but that is only small portion of what has been brought out. Take the statement of the New York lawyer, MT. Rubens, who was one of the counsel for the government in the postal cases at Havana Being asked the direct question. he said: After my experience with General Wood I should be unable to accept his word, un- der any circumstances, as t>ue." This Is serious charge against an officer of the army, but MT. Bubens is not the only man who has had dealings with Wood and who declares that they would not be- lieve anything he might say:
 The plea is made that refusal to con- firm Wood will cause much confusion all down the line because of the many pro- motions which followed his, but that is a matter about which the President should have thought before his ill-advised act caused vacancies to occur in the lower grades, and it is a matter that he should settle for himself. The plea would be no justification for his confirmation, and if the Senate possesses enough backbone and sense of decency and justice to re- fuse to confirm him they will teach the President, a lesson he badly needs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
MT. Miller Complimented.

MT Andrew James Miller. talented writer and student of Montgomery, has just been honored by his unanimous elec- ton to membership in the American Or nithologist's Union which Is one of the oldest of the leaEned societies of America.
 TheAmerican Ornithologist's Union was organized in 1913 for the purpose of en- couraging the development of this depart ment of nature study and the advance ment of it's members in pathological sci ence. The President of the organization, which has SOO members, is Dr. C. Hart Merriam of Washington, D. C. The Union pubHshes a journal of ornithology and many works relating to this science.
 MT. Miller was some time ago elected a member of the Society of American au- thors.
 He has written many thoughtful articles and is a stuGent of deep research. He de- clares that he prizes his membership in these two great organizations of learned men as the highest honors of his life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
Gossip of ,n1eH1
 and mdtterS
MT. Clayton is Hopeful

''I share the good feeling of Democrats ocratic success next year." said Hon II. D. Clayton, Congressman from the Sec ond Alabama District
 MT. Clayton has been spending a few days at his home in Eufaula and was here en route to Washington. He left yester- day for the National Capital.
 Tt is the consensus of opinion among Democrats in Washington continued MT Clayton that the country is Veering around to Democratic principles. This sentiment is crystallizlng more and more every day. Thoughtful Republicans view 1t with alarm. The next six months may bring about political surprises. There IS much hope for Democrats in the future. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
POLITICAL POINTS

| in the numerous civil suits replete with features which have given the present candidate a reputation that is not consid- cred by his party the kind a Boston Stret Commissioner should possess. But the party did not consider reputations at the primaries. Its voters simply saw two names on the ballots-Sullivan and Allen --and they voted for the one they were sure could not be borne by an Irishrnan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
A Fisherv for Alabama.

Congressman Syd Bowie of the Fourth Alabama District has introduced in the National House of Representatives q bill bama
 The full text of MT. Bowie's bill is as follows;
 Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the establishment of fish cultural station in the State of Alabama, including pur- chase of site, construction of buildings and ponds, and equipment at some s1it- able point to be selected by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fish cries"
 It has often been pointed out that Mont goniery is suitable place for the location of A fishery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
BOSTON REPUBLICANS
Voted for @ Negro in Preference to
 an Irishman.

Boston Special to The Baltimore Sun
 Republicans of this city are wondering what is to be the outcome of display of Puritan hostility to the Irish which re- suited in the selection at the recently held primaries of Isaac B. Allen, a negro with objectionable antecedents, as the party's candidate for Street Commissioner All though Allen realizes that the Republl- cans did not really mean to nominate him. he says he is in the fight to stay, and he thinks he is going to win.
 The Republicans say they would be sat isiied if Allen were a white man and without the record which is attached to him of having served term in the House of Correction and having been mixed up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
soIid and substantial.

The appended ssassnaeat of The Advertiser 2 eirculattcn for the month Of October shows not 0nV Ur9t satisfactory state Of emalrs. go Tar es vplans ts coneeFneA. but goes further and proves conefusively that the clientele of AlMhaDass Only Metropolitan Newspaper ts both solid and substantial. The Advertiser maintains that ifs circulation exceeds the ac- tual &suG oe any ether two Alabama morning newspapafx comesnsd-and the statement re- mains lunehalinngad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

One Dr. Kilgo of North Carolina in the course of a violent address said: ''St. Paul was an inspired fool. can be an uninspired one" After reading his re- ported speech we cordially agree that he can be and is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The New York Sun authoritatively as- serts that goats do not eat tin cans, but we should like to know if the editor has ever tried feeding them on such diet. If not he isn't a conaDetant vitness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

Referring to an item Tn The Advertiser a few days ago We now learn from Massa- chusetts papers that 1t is not a crime for a man to sell his vote in that State. and SO it is not islander to charge that he sold it. That is an easy State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

Praise of poverty from Andrew Carne- gie reminds us of that old Roman philos. opher-Seneca. was it?-who used d table of solid gold and on 1t wrote some beauti- full maxims about the evils of wealth. and the blessings of poverty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

If the Duke of Roxburge is really a gentleman We don't blame him for declar- ing that he will never come to America again. His wedding experience was enough to disgust anybody but a hog But he got away with a rich wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun thinks if We must have metal in our platform we had better try brass or pig iron next time, as we have tried silver twice and got damned. Why not have try for radium We are about as likely to get that as we are to get free silver.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

To The Queen City Courier The Adver- tiser begs to remark that there is no "ex- perience'' about it. We are always to- gether.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The Springfield CMass.) Union insists that the proper name for citizens of Pan- anna is. 'Paniminos," and that 'Pana- mians" is awkward, We fall to see the point. No one, so far as we know, has ever insisted that it was either awkward or improper to call citizens of Alabama .'Alabamians and we fail to see the diff ference, However, they will probably soon be Americans like the rest of us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The Philadelphia Record wants to know what will happen if Heath. Baldwin and others included in Bristows report should insist upon an investigation and vindication at the hands of their Repub- liean friends in Congress?' Well. why not? They would probably have no diff culty about finding Congressmen to un- dertake their cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

the graft business. and that their pick ings ranged from si4OOO down. Kansas City and Philadelphia win grow envious of Grand Rapids,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

A fish with tail like COW comes from Oregon. That is, the story comes from that State, and we presume the fish was also found there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
May Be Necessary.

Columbus Dispatch.
 If Santo Domingo does not stop having these revolutionary fits, it may be neces- sary for Uncle Sam to prescribe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The city of Grand Rapids. Mich, bids fair 10 break all the records as poodle town. Investigations show that officials, newspapers and others were engaged in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

From the way Mark Hanna stioks to Perry Heath there are those who are un- kind enough to intimate that they are both tarred. And if the administration is honest in it's talk about punishing Heath where will Mark be?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The Macon Telegraph plaintively asks, 'Who, now?" Tired of Ann?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
THE LORD MAYORS FRuIs.
He Doesn't Take the Dust of Any Man in London, Not Even
 the King.

St James Gazette. -. ,t..o,,
 As matters now stand the Lord Mayor takes precedence not only of all peers but of thA TeiEninR savSrsiSp "']nAn |ns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
Men Who Come and Go.

Congressman C. W. Thompson will pass through Montgomery this morning on the way to Pensacola. where he will visit friends and attend the Alabama Confer ence that meets there Wednesday. His friends are delighted that he has been put on the Banking and Currency Com mittee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

MT. Terry Richardson will leave this morning for AbbevilIe where he goes to be present at the preliminary trial of Tiller. charged with the killing of Hower- ton. The killing occurred week ago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

of Education, spent yesterday in Troy where he attended a teachers institute He will return to Montgomery tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
OCTOBER 1908.

Daily average for Oct. ..... lO.eo9 Sunday average for Oct. IA, ,li6. P T. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The MontGomery Advertiser being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Adrer- tisers daily circulation for the month of DC: tobeF. 1908. Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from newsboys. news agents and ieft-over copies have been deducted.
 P. J. KELLY. Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of November, 1908. F. ". JACKSON.
 [6eall N P, Ex-O. J. F.
 suNnaY nFCrmHER a. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

MT. James IT. Scott. assistant observer at the local office of the Weather Bu- reau. left yesterday on a three weeks leave, which he will spend at his home in YOrkVile Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

Hon. I. W. Hill. State Superintendent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

City s1hscxipetous sAouzd Do paid to the foi- lowing aashnrersa eolHsesers ouly: C. J. Calm City ClEcu1nenrs E l. Eaxoa. J. o. Jo0es. J. 1. Ask1a9 aaA v. S Duncan. collectors. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
The Advertisers Telephones.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
Alabama Boycott Law.

Mir. 1T. B. Bowling of Ozark is ii
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-18
Christmas in Hawaii.

Before the missionaries and tie
American settlers vent to Hawaii the
natives knew nothing about Christ.
mas, but now they all celebrate The
day and do it, of course. in the same
way as the Americans who live there
The main difference between Chcist
mas in Honolulu and Christmas in
New York is that in Honolulu in De-
cemoer the weather is like June in
New York. Birds are warbling in the
leafy trees; gardens are overflowing
with roses and carnations; fields and
mountain slopes are ablaze with color;
and q sunny sky smiles dreamily upon
the glories of a summer day. In the
morning people go to church. and dur
ing the day there are sports and
games and merrymaking of all sorts.
The Christmas dinner is eaten out Of
doors in the shade of the veranda, and
everybody is happy and contented.- =
From Clifford Howard's How Uncle
Sam Observes Christmas" in Christ
mas St. Nicholas.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-18
4 Silent Christmas,

1t is not generaiy KNOWN that Christ
mas at one time was regarded as a
superstitious festival, and put down
in England by the strong hand of the
law. The holly and mis.letoe bough
were ordered to be destroyed, root
and branch, as plants of the Evil
One" 1t was Oliver Cromwell who
ordered that throughout the principal
towns in the country Christmas
should not be observed, 'it being an
hurtful custom" In order to make
people forget Christmas, he enacted
that all markets should be held on
the 25th of December. It was hardly
to be expected that the people would
quietly submit to so extraordinary a
rule. nor did they. During the illness
of Henry VIII. in the first year of his
reign it was decided that the Christ
mas should be a silent one. There
were no bells, carols or merrymaking.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-18
On the Rarge.

J lac wind bellows loud in the canyons:
tn" SNOW swirlS In clouds on the
plain.
And III" clasp OF the blizzard is deadly.
the touch at its fingers Is pain:
Eut tn, cattle ar" down from the noun
tains and currallcd close under the
hill.
And The men at tn" ranch are rejoicing
aud singing wild songs with a will.
Hark a shrick from the smoke -'leacured
chimney, then the squeak of "A iid:ile
drawn high.
jest on the lips uf cowboy who never
WAS known To say die:
ON the hearth something warm for the
hcart-strings. On tn" board son. e.
thing rich to tn. taste,
For tn" Christina stids's coming is CHEEKY
cen here on the dcsolato waste
But alas while they dream of their old
home, and deep in their hearts shed
tear,
Lost lost ON the storm -harrIod prairie
this night of all nights in the year.
A youth with letter from mother" :"
that burns In his bosom like flame
Remembers tn" Bib. she gave him, and
dies as he murmurs her name.
Charles W. Stevenson.