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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
If He Came Back.

Fort Gaines Recorder.
 What would washington do if he were to return to earth?" asks a contem- porary. In our judgment about the first thing hs would do would be to look over timetable to see when the first train started back What he would now see phlegmatic philosophy. for he would practically be opening his eyes on new world. As Dryden says:
 The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise, for though Washington lacked very much of being any kind of a fool the sights and sound that would greet him would be enough to start him towards the near
 Coming back to earth after an absence of over a century, Washington would hardly lind a single feature. natural or are places in the old world where a man returning to earth after lapse of one or ten centuries would see little change, but how different 1t would be If the first President should land in the city which toms, the dress, the methods of loconU- tiOn, of obtaining and conveying news, would all be entirely news strange and incomprehensible, and he would doubt. down on some other planet. We imagine one of our citizens dropped on Mars, if that planet is inhabited, would have GeorRe would if left in Washington.
 And we suspect that one of his Rreat- est surprises would come when he com pared himself and his methods with the person and habits of the present occu- pant of the ofiice he held. No doubt Ted dy would give him some shocks and sur brises that would make his head swim and his powdered hair stand on end If be compared his own digniied and calm a fNP Successor he would wonder whether any real advance had been made. Probably he would feel that he lost nothing by the oomparison. And we doubt if he would care to finger long in such an altogether unknown region-especially if he had to stay in Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
nEania for Dam "a euitn.

Greensboro IN. CC Christian Advocate: excessive desire these days to bleed everything supposed to have money. On the slightest pretext man or corpora ton must hie away to court nowadays to show cause why large sum should not be assessed for damage on. account of some faflcIed grievance or frivolous in- convenience. There should be penalty upon those who fail to establish some reasonable ground for these frivolous ln- dictments a.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Cannot Be Shaken.
U8MMt MnhilA TtAml.

MODil0 lteUls
 on the assertion made in q newspaper that during his occupancy of the White House. he dined with a negro, The denial of the statement by Mir. Cleveland The man who had the moral courage to say "tell the ttAith" about a certain other matter in which he was very much in- terested, would not be likely to get out of the straight and narrow way on a subject of less importance. Mir. Cleve- land has a reputation for veraoity that cannot be shaken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

n another place The Advertiser re- prints an article from The ChattanoosA News which has always been a Bryan and Kansas City newspaper. As will oe seen. The News thinks MT. Hearst has no following in the South. though it gives him one Alabama county. Will .t tell us what county has declared for him9 If there is one 1t has escaped our notice. A few men in a very few locai- aties have done some loud talking-that's all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Not Enough to Reaect on the Party

NN8UVIIIB xAIHtTICdn.
 Of the thirty-seven members of the Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee. fifteen declare for a conser- for German and three for Parker Three are for Hearst and three are for anybodv to beat Hearst. The views of the other two are not recorded. It Is significant of general sentiment among Democrats that fifteen of the Georgia committeemen dee clare for no particular individual. but fa- vor a conservative candidate. Of those who express preference for a particular individual a larger number declared for Cleveland than for any other man. Cor man coming next. It)is surprising that any intelligent and uncorrupted Democrat can be for man like Hearst. but there seem to be few such, though not enough
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Savage Protectionism and sham
 Reciprocity.

Mir. Dalzell declares that the Republi- can policy of protection, in substance, re- duires duties on all competing foreign goods high enough to prevent them from entering the home market. As for recip- rocity, the only kind the Republican party will have under any circumstances at any time is reciprocity in products that do not compete with home products. Mir. VII Hams pointed out that practically all the competing products are now taxed so that receproclty in the non-competing articles Is impossible unless you proceed to put duties on them In order to take them off again. as MT. Balfoar proposes in Great Britain. From that dilemma MT. Dalzell did not attempt any escape. He did not desire any. He is quite. content with a sham reciprocity, and that is the only sort he has any use for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

If MT. Bryan insists on the re-afirma- tion of the Kansas City platform we are perfectly content to let him have the s1p. He can print 1t in his Commonsr and swear undying allegiance to 1t, or he can assemble himself in convention and soismnly and unanimously adopt tire cla thing. Let him have 1t ali to him. self and utilize 1t as his political wind iss-shest.-anythins. almost, if he VII only cease to annoy other Democrats with ft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Republican Corruption.

St. LOUIS Republic.
 Machen's conviction brings to mind a fact which the Republican Administration is content we should forget-nhmely. that the Federal service Is pervaded with graft and that the only certain remedy tor graft is the institution of a Demo- cratic administration. Machen's conyI3- ton. oddly enough, emphasizes the pau city of results which have come from tie tremendous thorough Investigation" or dered with so much publicity by Mi Roosevelt long motithk ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
A Choice for a Party.
Charlotte CN. cN Observer

CharIOtte (N. C.) ObserVer.
 The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertise, quite agrees with The Observer that Mir Bryan, seeing that he cannot be elected President, Is fatally bent on wreckinp the party. Referring to the Hearst Bry. an combination, The Advertiser savs That the real Democrats of the country can defeat these schemes is not to ns doubted, but 1t is not to be done by anS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Another Reason for ssstanding Pat.'

ProVidenco Journal.
 The price, delivered in Montreal, of the forty thousand tons of steel rails which a United States mill has sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway is $21.2. A reasonable allowance for cost of delivery makes the price at the mill SIS to Cana. dians, which Is $10 less than the price to Americans. As there is, of course. some profit in the Canadian transaction, any one can readily see to what extent ex. tortton is practised on domestic consum- CTS under the shelter of d tariff which the Republican leaders assure us is good enough for anybody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
one of Roosevelt,s HestY spasms

AtHfiCII0btCE WV EAsV OII1OIIs
 As soon as the Panama treaty was ratified. the President directed that 6 regiment of the regular army be ship ped to the isthmus post haste. Repub- lican Senators protested and endeavored to induce him to withdraw the order. He yielded to the extent of greeing to ask the cabinet to arbitrate the matter. They found that the President was overhasty, and wrong. The order has been cam celled, and for once the Presidents irn- petuosity has been overcome
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

4 St. Petersburg newspaper asserts that England and the United States are behind Japan," to which The Phiiadel- phia Record makes the apt retort that If they are ''tney are in no danger from Russia"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
rhA Kind ths countru NaaAs.

Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald.
 Grover Cleveland insists he win not have 1t. There are those who insist he must have 1t. It Is not true that lie is the only Democrat that can be elected, but If he were nominated the best ele- ment of both parties would support him and that kind Of a man is the kind to be President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

The Russian general in command It
 Port Arthur bombastically declares that he Twill never give an order to surren- der." The Pensacola News thinks 1t win not be necessary. as the Japs will give the order and it will be obeyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Trusts Are Practical.

The trusts are very practical. They care little for Mir. Roosevelts theatficals. So long as he sticks to declarations and gestures they will continue to line up for the c. O. P. Meanwhile 1t Is most excellent politics for the Republicans to pretend that the trusts are afraid of the President, This pleases the people and does not hurt the trusts. The Esople, some times. Perhaps they are Ion" now. The next campaign viii tell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

The West Point News says the Georgia peaches. like her charming girls, will be very much in evidence this year. if a cold wave don't cut them off" Are Se to understand that the Georgia girls cah be cut on by a cold wave?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
The Filiuinos.

CnlCaRO RecOrd-HQraId. , ;.
 The progress in education is gratifying to Americans not only because or -.Is certain and effective "Americanf9ation of the Ftlipinos. but because It is lareeg must rely for a Justification of our con trol of the affairs of the archipelago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Democratic National Convention

F1t sburg Ga3ette. -,,.,..
 As there was mo politics" in Mr. bIs ans recent conferences with eminen.. Democratic politicians in New horh, Ps,,o haps it is intended that there shall Dst,c Ds i,c politics at the meeting of the Dem National Coq Son ct st. Lotus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

When we pull down tarift walls we get trade" is The Philadelphia Record s epigrammatic way of stating truisnl. The Republicans are afraid the walls will 6all on them if they pull them down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

The Raleigh Post predicts that the liars will nos cease their meanness. not even after Mr. Cleveland resumes his seat in the White House next March. Of course not; they'll lie more and fasser than ever. in such an event. from pure spite
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
view of ths propsttxlsss.

FULL
 Professor sparks of the University Of Ch cago, declares that it is an act f patriotism to pay taxes. It is funny thu. mo:t people who feel that way have no property upon which taxes may be lev lea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Bright'S Disease and
 Diabetes News.
To the Women of Montgomery:
San Francisco, March 1.

10 w OIlSA OL
 Some of you have loved ones stricken with Bright's Disease or Diabetes. Let me give you hope. I can speak because l know. I was stricken with Diabetes my self. Only Diabetics can understand the tortures-the hopelessness. I went to the Women's Hospital tone of our best). They told me I was incurable. I grew worse (sugar was Il per cenD and went to the Cooper Medical College for examination. Same verdict--incurable. Thoroughly dis couraged 1 went home to die. A Mrs. Clark then living at 1913 Larkin Street called to tell me there was a cure and where to get it. The third week the dreadful thirst diminished. I began to sleep better and in year was perfectly well.
 I have a large boarding house on the corner of Powell and Sutter. One of the boarders Is Wm. White, formerly Depu- ty City Assessor. He had to give up his position due to Brlght's Disease-had been in both St. Luke's Hospital and the Wal deck Sanitarium without result when I learned what the trouble was and told him he could get well. He was swollen with dropsy, albumen was heavy, heart was involved and he felt sure he could not recover. In a month he began to mend and is now perfectly well. To the women of- America I want to say that Chronic Bright's Disease and Diabetes are positively curable.
 Sincerely,
 Mrs. Katherine MatthewsoTis The above Is strictly true.
 WILLIAM WHITE. The above refers to the newly dlseov- cred Fulton Compounds the first cures the world has ever seen for brlgnt \ Disease and Diabetes. We are the sole agents. Ask for pamphlet.
 E. c. FoYLER, Druggist, Montgomery Ala. su tf-O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Only a Memory.

MQbfl0 Item. - Tom Cat Piaft is only a memory. It doesn't say what kind of memory, out the public will have its own opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Couldn't Use It.

Huntsviils Mercury.
 The Chattanooga Bryan Club has post pofied indefinitely the banquet that was to have been hfwe11 in his honor on March 18th. his Birthday. Perhaps they have discover6d 1t could not be used in their business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

An old nursery rhyme has "Nimble Dick was up so quick" and 1t fits the new Senator from Ohio. Hanna was hardly buried before Dick took his place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Hard to Wait.

Eufaula Times.
 or course Senator Hoar was Tor tne Panama canal and Roosevelt all the time, but he had to wait until Hanna was re- moved before he proclaimed 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
ELECTRICAL ADvANCEMENr.

Few people, even in our cities, are aware of the wonderful advance made an electric railroading within a few years. We are so accustomed to seeing electro cars running through our streets and to the immediate suburbs of the citi,s that they are no longer regarded with wonder, but few of us keep up with the rapid extension of electric power in some portions of the country. From a recent editorial in The New York Sun we cory at some length to show our readers what has been done already on this line, and as an evidence of what may be expected The Sun says:
 In the early cars a couple of 16-horse- power motors were thought to be ampiC Today an electric locomotive is in opcr- alton on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road propelled by eight 225 horsepower motors. total of 1,S00 horsepower. Tue first cars built had a seating capacity of sixteen. Sixty is the number Of pas sengefs that can be seated in the latest designs. In arrangements for long dist ance trolley lines, the Middle West States are taking the lead h Indiapa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

We hear much said about mean tein- psrature," and we had some of 1t last week, considering the season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Which Ia Itp

Milwaukee Sentinel
 My enemies insist that I am support ing MT. Hearst" says Colonel Bryan sarne of them have been insisting that Mir. Hearst Is contributing to the sup port of MT. Bryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

Lying about Mir. Cleveland is a favor ite but exceedingly unremunerative job. as the liars are finding out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

,Are we a clvilized peopIe?' asks Ths Kansas City Journal. We'll living whe.e you do. we can understand the irnpiisd aoubt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Did 1t Himself.
Anniston Star

Anniston Star. s
 An effort has been made to stbal the will of Washington. Long years ago efforts were made to steal his body. All along the lipe people tried to steal his glory, but M. Washington himself creat- ed the source for all this trouble. He went and got great and such penalties the great have to pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

Those Australians are an obstinate lot. They absolutely refuse to believe Tn Dowie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

So far we have failed to see any allu- sion to Gentle Annie in connection with the season. Q.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
$s<%% - < WHAT THE STATE PAPEBs :
 ARE SAYING. '
Mnvfne Too Slow:

DQth4n eiffinNs. .,.,y3.a We've thought ali along that this var gar Is moving off fo6 Slow. Nothing In the book inc yet from Richard Harding
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
Better Be Thankful.

Uuf Mountain Home. .,.
 The Russians say their feelings are greatly wounded over the unfrifndly at tituds of the United States. They had better be thankful that their feelings are the only thing we have wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06

P. a KeiiS. cifcdlaAsoh 1Gahkeet os The I,nntE0Tery Advertiser being dvIy sTOs9. sTSs9. tIsef's daily eireuiatipn for the month of Jan1afxl 1904 Is true and correct and com piled after all retttfna from news boys. newn fssfed. P 2. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager. sworn t6 and subscribed befors Inc this I2th
 T. V. JACKSON, fsaalJ N. F.. ExsO. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
Misg Harned and sothern.

Tn The Theatre Magazine for April, Miss Virginia Harmed describes her first meeting with Edward H. Sothern, whom later she married.
 "I had been playing in A Long Lane al the Fourteenth Street Theatre" says Miss Harmed. "'rhe play was not q suc- cess. It only ran for five weeks, but 1t helped me. l had a good part that of q comedy actress. and the last week o. the engagement l was asked to go to Mi Daniel Frohman's office. I was there ahead of time, as happens with aspiring young women. but early as I was, Mfr. Sothern was there before me. There had been an accident at New Rochelle, and he was injured, so 1t happened that the first time I met MT. Sothern he was on cIutches.
 MT. Frohman introduced us. and, turning to MT. Sothern, said: Do you think she's too tall?'
 Stand up. said MT. Sothern. I ot4yed. but I 'scrooched' down as much as I could without attracting attention.
 "'What is your heightf' MT. Frohman asked.
 ,'There and then I told an awful flo. My height Is about five feet six inches, ana I told them--I don't remember what. but ever so much less.
 DO you think she is too tall? MT. Frohman asked again.
 No. think I can hold up my head as high as thatv And for that answer blessed Mir. Sothern.
 But my mind was taken up with art and an engagement. He seemed to me embodied art. 1 did not think of him as g man until afterwards.
 'T was engaged his laahinR woraAD
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17

branes. Peruna acts ct once to cleanse and invigorate the catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane no matter where 1t may occur in the body. Its action is the same on the mucous lining of the bowels. It cures the catarrhal inflammation wherever it may occur.
 Dr.. M. c. Gee's Experience.
 Dr. M. 0. Geo is one of the physicians who endorse Peruna. Tn letter written from 5iS Jones street, San Francisco Cal, he says:
 "T,here is q general objection on the parf of fhe practicing physician fO ad. vocate patent medicines. BHf when any one medicine cures hundreds 0i people, # demonstrates its own vaLue and does not need the endorsement 0l the profession.
 s'Pernna hss performed SO nzany wonderful cures fin San Francisco final am convinced that # is q valuable remedy. Ihave frequently advised ffs use for women, as find it i1sures regular and painless n1ensfruafi0n, cures EeGcorrhoea and ovarian troubles and builds up f1e entire system. also consider k one of fhe finest ca. farrh remedies ' know of. ' heartIy endorse your medicine. "ss@M. C Gee, M. D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
If You Do Not Know,
 You Ought to Know That

I iy and savings bank deposits have in- creased in the territories that the gov- ernment has districted and now manages. One thousand seven hundred and fifteen tea houses have taken the places of as many liquor houses.
 Since 1880 we have doublel the consunnp- tion of alcoholic beverages in this coun- try. They cost us today $l,175, 100000 a year. besides which we spend about $95,- oOo,O00 on coffee. tea and cocoa.
 Sixty-five per 100000 of our people die of chronic alcoholism every year; a rec ord twice as bad as 1t was in 1878 and as hereditary alcoholism Is recognized scientifically our next generation will double our record unless something Is done mighty soon. But fourteen out of 100 children born of alcoholic parents are anywhere near the standard of average health and ngure.
 The United States government pays three times as much to the railways for carrying mail as those companies get from the express companies for similar service.
 For people who wish to draw compari- sons between Russian and Japanese in- telligence 1t may be interesting to note that one in every nine Japanese children of school age Is in school; in Russia 1t is one in forty.
 The record for meanness was reached some time ago in Ohio. when a young man left an envelope that contained a two-cent stamp with the minister who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
"The Kilties' Tuesday.

There has never been a musical or ganization in the United States that excited more popular interest than The Kilties," the great Scottish Can adian band which will give two con- certs at the Montgomery theater next Tuesday matinee and night.
 This famous band has the reputa- tion of playing to larger audiences than any band that has ever toured America. Their entertainments, even outside of the novelty of the Highland uniform. the bag-piping, reels, sword dancing. and other Scottish featuves, and the solo vocalist and large choir, might well have drawn record break ing" audiences, but with these novel features The Kilties" have become the most popular band that has ever played for the entertainment of the American people.
 The singing of the vocal choir is one of the greatest attractions with the band The choir is composed of pro- fessional vocalists of the highest standing and their singing of the old Scotch melodies as we'll as the mod l. ern songs, is delightful, both from a musical point of view and as a pleas ant entertainment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
MONTGOMERY THEATRE.
Tuesday Matinee and Night
 "The Kilties, Band. .,

With two concerts by The Kilties'' band at the Montgomery Theater. Tuesday, the theatrical season in Montgomery will come to an end.
 In many respects this has been a re- markable season at the Perry street play house. With the theatrical man agers throughout the country mouth ing about hard times. poor business and an exacting public. the Montgom- cry public, 1t would seem. patronizcd the theater more liberally the past season than heretofore.
 There have been more amusements and better offerings than ever before and few meritorious productions have had cause to complain of poor busi- ness here.
 If the fault finder who continually cries that Montgomery gets few at fractions, would take the trouble to en- quire, he would ascertain that s6 sep arate companies have. played at the Montgomery theater since the season opened August 27, with Hermann.
 Any road manager will tell you that Montgomery has come to be regarded as one of the best show towns" on the Southern circuit.
 This Kitty" band which comes Tuesday Is a crack Scottish Canadian organization. It is a distinct novelty in the musical line. and the street pa- rade Tuesday at noon will undoubted- ly attract much attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17

had married him. Query-Was 1T the marriage fee or for the return or some thing or his freedom?
 The record of embezzlement and other forms of financial dishonesty is decidedly encouraging: the total is nearly hall million.
 The record of embezzlement and other forms of financial dishonesty is very en- ccuraging, the total was nearly half million collars less this year than it was last.
 They dug a well some time ago near the ukhotsk Sea and found that She ground was frozen at depth Of seo rect.
 There is a factory in Shenield that makes screws so small that 10000 of them can be held in an ordinary thimbis.
 Each of our public school pupils cost us on an average of 17.ss a year for hts schooling.
 We think that our Federal Government is rather liberal in it's patronage of wo- men clerks; there are more women eua- ployed in Government services in Eng lano than anywhere eise m tne "Vtaos
 The Erie Canal is 363 miles long; the Bengal Canal Is 540 miles longer.
 Our foundlings, orphans, and other children that are charged to the State cost the country at the rate of about s133 each per annum.
 Four hundred million people speak the Chinese language.
 The worlds commerce has increased just 400 per cent in 100 years.
 The population of Russia is 12o,oOo.ooo.