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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
A sTRANoF PRoPosITIoN.

In The Atlanta News a day or two ago we find it stated that Governor Aycocx, of North Carolina, had requested the Governor of Georgia to pardon a man now confined in the penitentiary, stating that ''the boy was of good family, and that he was willing to return the favor by pardoning some Georgia boy out of the North Carolina penitentiary."
 This is the most singular request that We ever remember to have heard from a State Executive. There is no evidence that the young man. Chestnut. for whom the pardon is requested. deserves execu- tive c!emency, except that he is of good family. If he deserves a pardon. he should have it. without any bargain, and if he does not deserve it, we think 1t should not be granted, even under the great inducement of pardoninG some Georgia boy" When Governors get to swapping pardons as a matter of execu- tive courtesy, Justice will be in a bad way. And W are somewhat? curious to know how Governor Aycock will dis charge his obligation if there is no Geor- gia boy in the penitentlary of North Car ollna. Will he detail substitute, or walt till he can catch some unfortunate cracker on the other side of the line and lock him up so as to have an excuse for paying his debt?
 The Georgia Governor, it is stated, re- ferred the singular proposition to the State prison commission, and we presume that body will act on 1t. Then we shall know if swapping pardons is to come into vogue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
News an0 Gossip of Washington
sx LuoIzN JULIEN WALKER.

Washington. January. 17-tspecfar--In the enlightened and altogether charmine nttie city of Greenville, Alabama. long time ago, there was a certain place of pupic entertainment in which was dis playeo tneSe poetic and at the same time emihentiy practical sign:
 No trust
 No bust
 If you trust
 You sure bust"
 ahat may not be real poetry, but none VIII deny that there is in 1t great deal runs. The President and his Republican ad- Nsers seem to have taken the old Green Vlile lesson to heart. without ever having seen The classic lines, and so changed it's vvItsihsl v meaning as to make it apply to the trusts of today; for if ever there vas display of frantic zeal on the sur se Lace we have 1t now in Washington with a.a sort and conditions of men fairly snrlehing against the hydra-headed oc- toRus. whatever that may be.
 AS the President and his party leaders see II: It Is the money power as repre- senteo Tn combinations of capital, and commonly called the trusts, probably be- cause none but those on the inside trusts the trusts. Such a beating of the bushes and such wild crying of wolf were never before heard of in this or any coun- try. It would be Imaginable if 1t were not such unconscionable political rascaHty. TOT the country refuses to take the phar- isalcal Republican pretensions seriously it is all of a piece with the absurd clap trsp about revising the tariff by tits
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
A Neat Little Jolly.

We are in receipt of o'clock edition of The Montgomery Advertiser. The em- ployes of that paper gave the owners a neat little jolly in the way of a New Years banquet and took the occasion of getting off some good things on the en,, tire force save the ladies who begged of. The little Advertiser was conn plete report of all that don't happen and the idea was we'll carried out. The edi- torials on Screws" and 'Giass' were particularly bright skits. The menu card accompanying the sheet showed that ev- erything good to eat was serVed'-Greens- bOrO Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
THE LIGHT THAT FAILS.

Be it said, then. that in view of the ffaring signs of the hour there will be no antitrust legfslatioh this session, no Cu- ban reciprocity no new State admitted to the Union. no determinate action look ing to the construction of an Isthmian ca- nal. The signs may be misleading So also may the meilennium fall. The most capable man ever hired to ascertain facts for newspapers. whoever in all the world he may be, can't forecast the unexpected. The best even he can do Is to relate actual occurrences and tell of what seems to be probable.
 President Roosevelt Is the light that falls. Not through any lack of effort, or but because the conditions of his party and of his times are against him, or at any rate seem most plainly to be so.> It is certainly not his fault that his party leaders have failed so far to grasp the skirts of happy circumstance" and there by be led into the condition of long continued lease of power. He has done more than any President ever yet elected by the Republican party, with the aid of voters not of that party, to induce the leaders to accomplish things he deemed best for country and party alike, and it must be said of MT. Roosevelt that he has seemed constantly to hold the good of the country above mere party welfare Yet it looks as if he must in the main fall.
 ''The King of France. with ten thousand
 men,
 Marched up the hill, and then marched
 down again."
 So in essence it is likely to be with President Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
screwa and Glass.

The Ledger is in receipt of a copy of the menu served at the dinner given by tneir employees to Editors Screws and Glass or The Montgomery Advertiser. January l: also a copy of the miniature Advertiser issued for that occasion and fuil of bright and sparkling ''on dits' aneut the occasion and relating to per- sonal characteristics of The Advertiser force. The mimic Advertiser was splen- didly gotten up and that the banquet was as smooth as Glass" and did not need Screws" to keep participants at the re- past until 1t was over. would seem to go without saying. Such might have been expected from such a bright and clever set of gentlemen.-Birmingha Ledger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
oLp-TrME REMEDIES.

Rev. John P. Shaffer has been writing some interesting "reminiscences for The Roaroke Leader and in one of them ha says:
 The old women were our doctors, and the most of us lived: l did. l did not like some of their medicine. but that did not ''cut much ice'' in those days Our mothers did not hire us to take nedi- cine; they said. Take this. Johnnie; open your mouth and take it." and straight way l opened my mouth and took it. A kid did not knock the spoon out of moth CTS hand and spatter the medicine on her gingham apron. No, sir: for if be did the remedy would be worse than the dis ease. A kid in those days knew how to keep out of danger. and think he would Know how now, if there was real dan ger; see?
 How that carries a country-bred old man back to the manners and times of three-score years ago! There were no patent medicines among the country peo- pie in those days. There was apt to be bottle. of castor oil-we can taste it yet'-and possibly bottle of camphor. But the variety of remedies that could be obtained from garden and field plants and trees would astonish even a modern pharmacist.
 You must wear your rue with dif- ference" says Shakespeare, and we did wear it with difference. for it was pre- pared as a before-breakfast application for the internal economy. Then there was tansy, and wormwood, and all the barks roots and medicinal herbs of the region all of them were drawn on in case of necessity. And. as MT. shaffer remarks, when the head of the house-that was the mother--brought the medicine to the child 1t was swallowed. The dose might be awful and the abhorrence genuine, but the medicine went where 1t was expected to do most good. And, as our friend writes. great many of those kinds lived. Some of them are at it yet. and perhaps there would be many others living if they had kept to the simple ways and remedies of their earlier days.
 Oh. those old times--and medicines
 ----S~o-S--
 Thn Tarae 1la To-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Credit to the Whole Thing.

We are in receipt of copy of the menu card together with the tiny edition of The Montgomery Advertiser, which both were compiled and arranged by the force of that paper and made beautiful and attractive souvenir of very unique and pleasant occasion.
 The occasion was a sumptuous compli- mentary spread given by those whose handiwoylS and brain is reflected in The Daily Advertiser to Major W. w. Screws and Mir. r. P. Glass, on January 1, 1903. This is a deserved compliment 10 both Of these worthy gentlemen. and reflects cred it on both employer and employed,-Fort Deposit Reflector.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Did Not sampIe ,Em.

The invitation to the elegant banquet rendered Messrs Screws and Glass of The Montgomery Advertiser by the employees of that paper has just come to hand post the banquet took place January l. It was lucky for them that they held the invi- tation back till the affair was all over. for that menu would attract hungry country editors long distance. From what We have seen we judge 1t was de- lightful occasion but We always find 1t difficult to write when we have not sam pied the goods.-Rrewton Standard Gauge
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Kodol Cures
 Indigestion
calculated to be a special inspiration for Journal.
Has Discovered the Reason.

We are in receipt of the miniature New Years souvenir edition with "colored sup plement" of The Montgomery Advertiser
 me nttie paper was gotten up by the employees of The Advertiser who banouet- eo Major Screws and MT. Glass on New Years Day. The army of workers on the gf eat daily hold its editors in high esteem and the cordial relation of employeks ana employees is one cause of the success of Aiabama's leading paper,-Choctaw Ad-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
'Twas a saucv Littla Miss-

The Demotrat is in receipt of No. of the granddaughter of The Montgomery Advertiser. It is a bright and saucy little Miss. and pushes the Screws and Glass in the corner. and tells grandma" that she is here to let the world know it. WE" got 1t out to let the people know there are other forces attached to The Montgomery Advertiser than those who write editorials, direct it's politics, carry bank books. etc. Its debut into the news paper world Is rare. racy, original and to the point.-Greene County Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
No Monkey 0Rauch0 Tbere.

hehator HeItfeld of Idaho, says that when he was campaigning last taIi in that that State he did good deal of. travel on his conveyance and he wsnr +o o nearby farmhouse owned by n huge Swede, says The Buffalo CommercisI Can you tell me where I can nlId n monkey wrenchT' asked the Senator. The farmer looked at him gravely for a moment and replied: This bin A sheeD ranch, Bout two miles over thar von find Ole Hansen's cattle ranch. Don't know whar you find monkey ranch i"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
SOME SENATORS.

The nomination of Representative Hop Nins of Illinois for the Senatorship by the joint Republican caucus of the Legis- lature of Illinois settles a bitter fight in which Senator Mason made a strong eff fort to obtain the control of the Legis- lature
 It has been fully expected that Senator Gallinger, the oily physician in the Sen ate. would be reelected and that has been done by exclamation by the Repub- llean members of the New Hampshire Legislature.
 The unanimous renominat tion of Senator Platt of Connecticut. was also fully ex- pected. The Republican members of the General Assembly of Connecticut took just three minutes to take this action.
 The news that Senator Spooner has been rchominated by the joint Republican eau GUS of Wisconsin has been received here with surprise, as it was thought Governor Lafollette would fight to the bitter end.
 There is probability of deal between the Democrats and Republicans in Della ware by which the long deadlock in that State will be broken.
 w. B. Hepburn of Idako, has been elected to succeed Senator Heitfeld, who is one of the few Catholics in the Senate
 The nomination of an apostle of the Mormon Church for the Senatorship in the person of MT. Smoot is likely to lead to all sorts of difficulties in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
DITCH NOT BE nraaEp.

The Isthmian canal, which wise and great men have contended for through the changing circumstances of five and seventy years, appears no nearer to real fly today than Was at the beginning of the agitation for it's construction.
 WhiIe the Presidents personal views in the matter are not known, 1t is known he insisted last session that "a canal bill' should be passed and one was passed. the plain purpose of which was 10 postpone for generation the building of any canal.
 Senator Hanna and his powerful Re- publican majority in the Senate, being friendly to the trans-continental railroads, to which the Republican party is quite as much indebted as it is the other trusts, the mercantile and manufacturing combi- nations. passed bill for the carrying out of the wild and insane Panama scneme which they were perfectly aware was im- possible. Had the Panama canal been possible the bill could not have possibly passed.
 Now there is q story current that the President has got his back up. so to speak, and is about to determine upon the Nicaragua route. If any man be- Heve this let him stand on his head and eat any number of old hats Pardon the slang. but the canal situation is most ex- aSperating.
 The money for the canal has been pro- vided and the people demand that the work of construction proceed. Especially A9 Ae Ct Net''S AhAPlA AO tht E5OhtH hilell the Ntcaraguan route be chosen. The Panama canal would mean little or noth- ing to the South. But 1t is impossible of construction, though the government poured q billion of money into that hid eous ditch of death." as the French call it. Yet it's construction may be under taken upon the demand of the trans-con- tinental railroads in which case they will be digging there fifty years from now unless there should be in a meantime Q revolution which would send all monop- olies and monopoly supporters to pot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
FOR SHAMEt

Referring to statement in contem- perary that the young ladies of New Haven, in the godly State of Connecti- cut. have sworn off from swearing. The Norfolk Landmark thus digs up skele- ton:
 How times change, and how people change with them! Away back in li73 or 4. a young New Jerseyite named Fithian, who left a track in the way of a diary came to Virginia to be tutor in one of the famous old families. In recording his good impressions of a certain belle of yestnoreland County who attracted him, Mr. Fithian praised her fervently because she did not join all the other F. Y. V, girls of tho period in using profanity. Our best young ladies in Virginia cer- fainly do not swear in 1905.
 Eie on you for thus exposing the short cnmings of your ancestorsl We thought the F. F. v.'s tthat means Forefathers, doesn't itD we thought really that they were creme de creme. or something of the kind, of all that was good in Old Virginia. And that reminds us of a blufr Texan and Virginia gentleman:
 "You're from virgInny?' asked the Texan.
 duis BIT, was In6 replys
 You're descendant of John Randolph, nin't you?" was the next question. T certainly am, sir" answered the ! other.
 T know'd it, remarked the Texan. s.Pve seen lots of men from Virginny an never seed one that wasn't descended from John Randolph, Pokahontus or a niggeri"
 Now. far be it from us to cast any re- feetions on any Virginian, but The Land marks exposure is almost as unfiatter- ing as was the Texans opinion. If the Virginia ladies of other days were so Given to swearing that one who abstained was singled out as being especially worthy of praise. we shall be compelled 10 admit that we've been mistaken in them. The Landmark should apologize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
1t Was a Hummer.

The employees of The Montgomery Ad- vertiser gave a complimentary dinner on New Years day to the two Old Men
 Major W. W. Screws and MT. F. T. Glass. A miniature special edition of the paper. with the printed bill of fare as a colored supplement. was gotten out for the occasion and if the latter was as unique in it's composition as the former is in it's contents it must have been a hummer. Tho paper has been filed away in the archives of this office. where 1t will he referred to only when imagination burns dim and humor falls to flow. It is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Printed in Baby shape.

A friend on The Montgomery Adver- User force has presented this paper with a copy of New Year souvenir edition of The Advertiser. It Is printed in baby haby number was published by the em- ployes of this big daily as a souvenir on the occasion of big banquet given by them to the bosses" Messrs. Screws, Glass and Co. It is chock fill of puns and snappy reading.-Alexander City Out look
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18


 We fear our good old friend of The MouIton Advertiser doesn't read this Ad- vertiser as. carefully as all should do who wish to keep themselves correctly informed. Hear him:
 Illinois Is grinding her corn cobs into meal and shipping 1t South to feed our hungry people upon. The Montgomery Advertiser. if we remember correctly, says it is very wholesome-makes fine egg-bread and elegant comedies. If Bro. Screws and his associates on that grand old paper are living on corn-cob meal we would like to know 1t. If they fatten on it and 1t gives them the brain power to get out the best paper now published in the South, We want to know the address of some grocer who handles it.
 We tip our hat for the compliments paid, which we know are sincere, but deny the soft imputation that our writ ing force depends on diet or corn-cob meal. Some of us, 1t is true. indulge at times, in some of tho many prepared foods" and there may be more or less corn-cob in the mixtures. but we depend on various other dietaries for the brain food which is making The Advertiser t power In the land. See the point Bro. White?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
A Most Cordial Feeline.

On the afternoon of January first the employees of The Montgomery Advertiser gave dinner complimentary to Major w. w. Screws and Mir. F. F, Glass The , o'clock edition of The Advertiser issued by the employees for the occasion was A rich document and exhibited that there tween the ''bosses@ and the bows ''eeTsI- ladega Mountain Home,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
says It Was NPhnnnu,,

The Employes' Association of The Mont- gonery Advertiser gave the editors of that staunch daily from Alahama.s cani
 tal a New Years dinner and issued a de- cidedly phunny'' edition of The Adver- tlser, Thanks, awfully, gentlemen. for a copy Of the unique pubiication.-Chatta- hoochee Workman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Breeze Blows Us Boquets.

The Advertiser complimentary to Major w. w. Screws and Mir. F. P Glass was quite unique affair and spoke volumes of praise and appreciation of those excel lent writers, who have given to the State edition tells strongly the importance of screws and the danger of glass. The sou venir is highly prized by The Breeze Columbia Breeze
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
STARRING IN FARcE.

When Sidney Smith was dwelling In Ed innursh he was greatly pestered by cer- tam pedant bore who persisted in asking all manner of questions on all manner of subjects. One clear frosty night, when the stars seem to hang so low as to form diadem for Arthur's Seat, that noble mountain In the shadow of which the Scotch capital reposes the most TO- mantically beautiful city of the world the immortal. Sidney, out for a stroll, came face to face with the bore.
 MT. smith," said the bore. in accents persuasive. .'could you give me the name of yon glorious star which seems to be tn chief gem in hoary old Arthur's crs .gn?'
 "Oh, damn the stars cried Sidney Smith. and he hurried on, leaving the bore aghsst
 It was wicked, very. very wicked of Sidney Smith; but there isn't one of us who can't sympathize with his outburst of impattence.
 So most Americans, bored with all the hollow sham of this star performance for the gallery gods against the trusts, gre ready to echo Sidney Smiths imperish- able expietive against the limelight per- formance of the stars
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

It is amusing to note how many news- paper correspondents and editors who refer to Minnie Cox as "postmistress, {" when they mean postmaster Progress.
 Well. if man is master Of the post." why shouldn't a woman be mistress of tie post" or postnis.ress? We speak of "master of the house" and mistress of the house. do we not? Postmistress may not be in the dictionaries, but it expresses q fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Throwing Roses at
 That Baby Edition
"one nf tha Richest |,

me Clipper is in receipt of the menu ana special edition of The Advertiser's s Is one of the richest things we've seen in long ttme.-Elba Clipper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

does not The Journal come out honestly and condemn the 1ndianola afraix7 There
 is good opening for it to show fairness If it has the courage to take advantage
 of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

Indigestion is Americas National disease. It Is responsible for more sickness in America than all other causes combined. IL Is but one step from indigestion to dyspepsia and another to catarrh of the Stomach. Indigestion is the all absorbing cause of Catsrrh of the Stomach.
 Repeated attacks of indigestion inflames the mucous membranes lin- ing the stomach and exposes tho nerves of the stomach. thus causing the glands to secrete a poisonous
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

Petersburg. Va, comes forward with a man vine has been wearing one overcoat iifty-six years. How often 1t has been in soak is not stated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

We hardly know what to make of the official announcement that Chicago wa ter Is now safe" Does it mean that mo- body will drink 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Indigestion Americas National
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 Tablets containing soda their alkaline effect but their the gastric glands
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
The World Alamannn

Every person who desires to have an accurate compendium nf all Dublic r.ot icrS should procure d copy of Tho New York World Almanac for 1903. It ia a joy and comfort It can be proc ii,,i from booksellers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

The Richmond Dispatch Is guilty of the worst one yet, in this:
 Of course, if Abdul Aziz. Sultan of Mo. rocco, has really been disposed of, he has become Abdul Azin't.
 Now we'd like to know if that iz or iznt the limit?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
THE ADVERTISERS TELE-
 PHONES.
Tho Advertisera Circulation Grows.

The circulation of The Advertiser during the last month of last year was iasyer than ID any previous month in its history. It steadily ln, on the good will of the people of, Alabama laeFs are tho sworn figures for Decemoef'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

The Pensacola Press is authority for the information that "Biysn and his fol- lowers will dominate the next National Democratic Convention" Win somebody wake Tbe Press up7