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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
A SOLEMN CIVIC DUTY.

We do not often agree with The Kan sas City Journal. but we are in thor ough accord with 1t when it declares that the highest privilege as well as the sternest obligation of citizenship is the exercise of the elective franchise. Every person properly qualified owes 1t to himself and to his domestic and business interests to help in choosing those who govern and protect him. The exertion of registering and voting is regarded by many as a sufficient excuse for not participating in a popular cleo tion. Unfortunately those who fail to cast their ballots are business and pro- fessional men whose busy affairs re- quire their unremitting attention. The elections are thus. to a great extent, left in the hands of the idle, shiftless and mercenary who hold their citizen sh . cheaply Tn proportion to their lack of substantial interest in governmental administration.
 It matters not what reason men may set up for not voting. except inability to get to the polls, the excuse is not a valid one. No higher civic duty con fronts citizen than that of casting his vote. The plea so often put for ward that politics are too dirty for good men to take part in." so far from being a defence is really a grave charge against those who make it. Political conditions are exactly what a majority of the citizens of any community make them. If that majority Is sordid or way. So much the more reason why good men should exert themselves to dominate our politics and make the ballot not only the emblem of good citizenship but the guardian of 1t.
 It is no credit to any citizen to say that 1t is too much trouble to go to the polls, or that he has not time. In a majority of cases the man who makes that excuse could find plenty of time to attend to a matter of business, or to engage in some pleasurable pastime, and would think light of the trouble involved. How much more. then, should he spare the time and take the trouble to do his part towards purifying the ballot, and thus help make 1t
 A weapon that comes down as stin
 As snowfiakes fall upon the sod;
 But executes a freeman's will,
 As lightning does the will of God, as the poet expresses it in words of truth and power. It Is the sole weapon the common people" have. and by this term we mean all those. high and low. who are not office seekers or profes- sional politicians They may have neither the ability nor the opportunity to get out and make speeches and oth- erwise actively exert an influence in political campaign. but they can lay aside all other duties and march to ths- voting place thasa to danoait the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

York and the National Union Bank in New York (the latter bank since having been merged into the National Bank
 Az those banks had business reiations with the church leaders. having ad- vanced moneys to them from time to time on their paper. they advised the church leaders of the offer being made oy .ts General z. cierkson. and t was sus- banks. or one cf them. and the church leaders ct Salt Lake. that as the notes held by Ciarksons or some of them. were long time paper the Institutions siderable discount. and take in return paper from the church leaders for the aggregate amount If 1t were desired--- thus saving to the church leaders some part of the slo0.o00 which they had given to General Clarxson.
 Much to the astonishment of Gentiies in Utah this same General Clarkson re- appears in Ufah to negotiate with these same church leaders on political mat ters. Knowing that he is holder of a federal position. being surveyor of the port of New York. they wonder at hts being permitted to engage in politics in Utah--as he could not do SO without the consent of the administration.
 membrance that PresidentRooseveit has stood from his boyhood until now as one of the boldest advocates of purity in the public service.
 They contend that his career as a civil service reformer, his demand for the prosecution of every defaultfng and criminally negligent oficial, have con- stituted a considerable share of the strength which his friends have secur- ed for him among the people of the United States.
 On the other hand, for nearly twenty years James S. Clarkson has been held up before the American people as the public service. The conjunction at this time between the President of the United States representing the extreme view of sacred devotion by public ser- wants to public service. and James s. Clarkson, representing the extreme of the spoilsman who holds that public of- flee Is a personal perquisite, is more shocking to the mind of certain ad- mirers of President Roosevelt than any other political occurrence of recent years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Jnnaneae Honesty.

Memphis NeWs.
 One of the most touching announce ments relative to the war in the Far East is the following cable from St. Petersburg: The general staff Is now in constant receipt. through the French embassy. of carefully fastened packets containing watches. rings. purses and money taken from the bodies of dead Russians left on the field of battle in the Far East. These articles have been found by the Japanese when burying the Russian soldiers and have been for warded by the Japanese military au- thorities for the relatives of the dead" Many things have been developed since the tncipiency of the awful war which throw light on the refinement and mo- bility of the Japanese character. but the above. more than anything, attests the fact that they are of the highest type of modern civilization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Sulphur Does.
Fer the Human Bedy in Health and
 D1sease.

Fer the Human Body in Health and
 Disssse.
 The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us the early days when our mothers and grand-mothers gave us our daily dose of sulphur and mo- ,lasses every spring and fall.
 It was the universal spring and fall blood purifier" tonic and cure-all, and mind you. this old-fashioned rem sdy was crude and unpalatable. and a large quantity had to be taken to get any effect.
 Nowadays we get all the beneficial effects of sulphur in a palatable. con- centrated form. so that a single grain is far more effective than a tablespoon ful of the crude sulphur.
 In recent years, research and experi- ment have proven that the best sul- phur for mdicinal use Is that obtained From Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and sold in drug stores under the name of stuarts Calcium Waters. They are small chocolate coated pellets and contain the active medicinal principle or sulphur in a highly concentrated, ef- fective form.
 Few people are aware of the value of this fofm of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily vigor and health: sulphur acts directly on the liver. and excretary organs and purifies and en- riches the blood by the prompt elimi- nation of waste material.
 Our grandmothers knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and mo- lasses every spring and fall, but the crudfty and impurity of ordinary fow- CTS of sulphur were often worse than the disease, and cannot compare with the modern concentrated prepar- a attAna nf crIInhnp nF fnh Calcium Waters Is undoubtedly the best and most widely used.
 They are the natural antidote for liver ana kidney troubles and cure constipation and purify the blood in q way that often surprises patient and physician alike.
 Dr. R. M. Wilkins while experi- menting with sulphur remedies soon found that the sulphur from Calcium was superior to any other form. He says: For liver, kidney and blood troubles. especially when resulting from constipation or malara, have been surprised at the results obtained from Stuart's Calcium Waters. In pa- tients suffering from boils and pim- pies and even deep-seated carbuncles. I have repeatedly seen them dry up and disappear in four or five days, leaving the skin clear and smooth. AL though Stuart's Calcium Waters Is a proprietary article, and sold by drug gists. and for that reason tabooed by many physicians, yet I know of noth- ing so safe and reliable for constipa- tion, liver and kidney troubles and es- pecially in all forms of skin disease as this remedy"
 At any rate people who are tired of pills, cathartics and so-called blood purifiers" will find in Stuart's Calcium Waters, a far safer. more palatable and effective preparation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t is in
 Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char coal is the safest and most elticient dis infectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human sstem for the same clean sing purpose.
 Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present in the stomach and tntestInes and car ries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating on- Ions and other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal effectually clears and i'm proves the complexion, 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money IS In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other sharmla ss antiseptics in tablet form or rather in the form of large. pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey.
 The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complex ion. sweeter breath and .purer blood. and the beauty of 1t is, that no pos sible harm can result from their con- tinued use, but on the contrary great benefit.
 A Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: T advise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patient suffering from gas In sto- mach. and bowels and to clear the complexion and purify the breath. mouth and throat; I also believe the liver is greatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores. and although in some sense a patent preparation. yet I believe I get more and better charcoal in Stusrt's Charcoal Loxenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets"
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Going and Coming.

NOTIOIk I1dnumdrk.
 Pension Bureau has poetically referred to the pensioners of this country as the disappearing army" His own official reports show that seven new applications for pensions are received where one pension is discontinued In other words. pensioners die at the rate of about 100 a day, but applications for pensions are received at the rate of about 700 a day. In view of the in creasing liberality of the pension pol sions veterans simply by the fiat of the President when they have reached the age of 62, whether they can show any other evidence of disability or not. 1t looks to us as if the army of which Mir Ware is Commissary- General is ap- bearing a great deal faster than it Is disappearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
CInrlxson,s Dirty work in Utah.

Salt Lake Telegram.
 Club women from all parts of the United States are writing letters to Utah protesting against the reported compact entered into by General ]. s. Clarkson, of New York, acting as the personal agent of President Roosevelt and the Mormon leaders, by which the church pledges itself to throw the elec- tral vote of Utah to Roosevelt in ex- change for the President using his in- fluence to stop the Senates investiga- tion of the Mormon Church, and to call off the contest filed against Senator Shoot Many of the letters are bitter in denouncing President Roosevelt for his support of Senator Shoot and the Mormon Church at g time when the Gentiles of the State are engaged in & domination in State and political af" fairs.
 The visit of General Clarkson and his conference with the President of some remarkable facts concerning the method by which Utah secured State hood. These facts have been carefully suppressed for years. and until today were known by only four persons. 1n- quiry at the banks in New York, which are mentioned in the story, will cor roborate l. in every detail.
 Sometime after Statehood was grant ed to Utah. General Clarkson made overtures to the leaders of the Mormon
 
 rendered by him and expenditures made by himself and associates in securing that Statehood. After considerable 1egotiation, during which the church leaders at first took the position that ieneral Clarkson had volunteered his services as a patriot and had never minated that any money compensation vas expected or would be received by Alm, the matter was finally brought plainly to plain Issue.
 The church leaders avowed their de- sire to compensate for all actual time any money expended fin their behalf by General Clarkson and associates. The sstimated value of such time and money was fixed at $100. 900 by General Clark son and his friends-after learning that leaders, could possibly be induced to give. AS the leaders were without funds at that time. they gave notes to the full amount of $10O,00O,
 Later, Geenral CiaPixson, stating that he was in need of money, approached both the National Park Bank in New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Judge Herricks says when clerks or officials strenuously object to giving up their offices 1t is time to have their books examined, and he applies this to the Odell administration in New York. It applies with equal force to the ad- ministration at Washington. When the Republican Party has had practically absolute control of all departments of the Government for eight years 1t is high time for the books. accounts and vouchers to be examined. If the Gov ernment's affairs have been honestly conducted there is nothing for those who have had them in charge to fear from an examination by new men, but well, they seem very anxious to keep the books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Like General Pope.
Selma Journal.


 General Kuropatkin reminds us great deal of General Pope of the Fed. eral army, in his issuance of martial proclamations and his regularity in falling to carry them out. Pope found a Stonewall Jackson interfering very materially with his loudly proclaimed plans and Kuropatkin has found Kuroki blocking him in his efforts to carry out his paper made campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Every honest man knows that the Republicans have not raised the race issue" asserts The Buffalo News. Ev- cry honest man knows. on the contrary. that Roosevelt not only raised 1t but has kept 1t up. Even The News ought to know that, whether 1t Is honest or not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in its intense Republican partisanism, de- clares that Folk has done much for himself. but little or nothing. or worse than nothing, for the people," If the word "Jackassery" is good English we beg to apply 1t to that sort of stuff, and to the author of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH IS 4
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise. the fol- lowing statement for the month of Septem- Der. 1904. has been compiled and sworn to by our Circulation Manager
 To the many readers and friends who are interested in growth. 1t is a satis- faction to show such q sturdy and perma- nent increase It Is not only the quantity. but the class and quality of it. of which we are SO proud.
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the lead ing newspaper in the State and is thorough iy up-to-data in every particular.
 Watch Ila GrnxY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

About November 10 the muzzle will be taken off Teddy the Terrible, and then we may expect an eruption that will give Pelee decidedly 30 cents ap- pearance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Several rivers of Australias interior sink into the earth and are Ios;. A recent discovery in the district cf Ercla shows that they form subterranean lakes 25 or 30 feet below the surface and these lakes, if they prove to con tain sufficient potable water. are ex- pected to lead to the development of new territories Tn the arid region In which they occur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
should Be Checked.

T uSEUIfIDId DISpdICH' .L.I.
 Old gamblers are fixed in tnelr habits, but 1t should be checked among the youth, while life holds out some chance of reform. When an old tree leans one way, nothing but an eaeiu- quake will change its course, put me young and tender may be trained to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

ballots which will clinch or nuiiify all | that the active canvassers have done.
 Tn all seriousness and sincerity we cannot recall a time when more de- pended on right voting than now. Not so much In Alabama. perhaps, for our politics are practically all one way, but that offers no excuse for not voting on the part of Democrats We say with out prejudice or partisan bias that the continuation in power of the present national administration canot be oth-. erwise than a menace to our form of Government. Roosevelt is not safe man to hold the office he does. He has proven that on divers occasions, and an endorsement of him by a majority | of the people of the United States will l inevitably be taken by him as an evil dence that the people stand by him in his dangerous purposes. large Dem 1 ocratic vote in Alabama would be taken | as evidence that the people of this State, at least. condemn him and. his | course. A big majority in Alabama | would have no more effect on the final result than a small one would. but 1t | would have a moral effect not to be lightly estimated. It would show how our people regard the man who substi- tutes his own will for the law and the cor stitution, and who has earned such an unenviable reputation as libeller of much better men. That is what a full Democratic vote in Alabama can do, and 1t Is what the Democrats should by all means assure.
 Of course there are conditions which make 1t impossible for a man to get to the polls, but nothing but impossi- bilities should keep any Democrat away this year. It Is rare, indeed, that legal voters cannot at some time of the day get to the voting place, if they deter mine to do so. and until all good men turn out and perform this duty they have no right to complain if political conditions are not just as they would case that bad men control elections. it is so because good men make no effort to prevent 1t. We do not believe that good citizens are in the minority. but sometimes the evidence points strongly that way. Oliver Wendell Holmes speaks of
 The freeman casting with unpurchased
 hand
 The vote that shakes the turrets of
 the land.
 Those are the votes that make for good government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Passed Away.
Mobile Item

The question has been asked what has become of the Republican spell binder who boasted of the fuil dianer pail? He seems to have passed into re- tirement along with the fellow who ar gued that the foreigner paid the tarin tax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

The prediction Is made that eggs will sell at 60 cents a dozen by Christmas, and if that Is true some will have to cut out the time-honored egg-nog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Miss Lucille Egan, who posed for Penrhyn Stanlaws, the artist, and who is known as the original Stanlawss girl. was married in New York last week to Joseph M. Radcliffe, of 'aThe Yankee Consul' Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Pettigrew declares that Parker ought not to carry a State in the Union." We have the consolation that Pet. can't keep him out of even one electoral vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Very Sensitive.

HUuII6 h6BISLeT, ,.,.
 The Republicans are very sensitive of attacks on President Roosevelt, oe- cause he Is the President. but they see no incongruity in the next postmaster general and ex-secretary of commerce and labor taking round the hat for the campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

A Tennessee man took a swallow of wood alcohol "and was buried the same evening"" the local paper says. The presumption is that he died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

We agree with Uncle Joe Cannon that 'it would be calamity for the Dem ocrats to elect the next House." It cer- talnly would be-for Rooseveltism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Daily average for September. ... 10, ,0S euaday average for September. ,s7

P. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- scrtisers daily circulation for the month of Eeptember, 1904, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted
 r. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager.
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1tth day of October. 1904.
 F. W. JACKSON.
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Can Be Won.

oLSWton StdHudIQ Gdu6S.
 This campaign can be won, ana Juose Parker can DC triumpnantly elected, II there is prompt unity of action among all the Democratic editors Of the Gouh- the living issues which sharply divide the two parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Toms Folly.

ItHFtkOkd J0ufnaL ,, . It seems to us that 1t is folly TOT Tom Watson to go over the country hugging a delusion when there are 20 many pretty girls in the country "n' are just anxious to be embraced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
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Whar Portion.

Fine Belt News.
 The Mobile itegister tells of a negro who was .stabped in the northern part Of the city" Pray. what portion or the anatomy is that?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

Those are the votes that make for good government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
Books People Are Reading.

I Miscellaneous NIyers's Human Personality and
Its survival of Bodily Death; James's Va
rietias II Religious Experience: Hutton s
..Gas Engine: Johusons Materials Of Con
s+rur-for.''. Crottfers's The Gentle Reader"
Wattersons Compromise Of Life
THE LIBRARY OF CoNGREss-washing-
ton. March 1.-THE following list Of books
called for indicates the tastes Of readers in
Washington this week:
lIistory-Wnson's History Of the American
People: LinEard's History OF ienEIand
puruy's History OF France; Rambaud
The Expansion Of Russia.
Descriptive and Trayel-Newton's japan; Gis-
sings by the louian Sea; NounShus-
hands Among the Celestials.
Biography ThorPe's Life Of William PEPPER
NJ H.. IL. D.. East's Last DAYS OF Great
Men. 'CaElioetro and Company
Fiction-Coto's The Imperialist"; Atkinson's
"Namzela Fidne". Stockton's The Cap
-ain.s TON Gate: Chamh5rss The Maids Of
Paradise, Doyle's stories Of Sherlock
Holmes"
Miscellaneous GreCorovius's THE Tomhs Of the
DoTes'. EmerSOu's society and solitude .
LoNolIs stories in stone from the honah
Forum"
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Eostor. March
1l.-Thare has been considerable call for
works Of travel history and description re-
latug 20 the Far East and The Russo-Jap-
arcse affairs this week. owing To the war.
also Tor books relating 20 the MormoHs and
copies 81 Ihsen's works. The list of books
most ln demand at tho library follows:
Fic;iou-Ihseu's Ghosts" THE Dolls House"
and "Heida Gahler' Wster's The Nir-
Eiuian"; HeCau's Mrs. Wigs % the cab
laEe Patch and "Loyey Mary"
Biography o-Ioy's Gladstone. Hoa-'s "Au-
photography 0f Seventy Years. Memoirs
Of isabelle d'Este". General G0rdon's Rem
iuisceuces q the Civil War"
History Ramlaud's History ~ Russia: Wal
laCe's History Of Russia: BeyeridEes The
Russian Advance; Clements Handbook OF
Modern Japan"
Travel and DescripIiOn-A general call for any
thing ou Japan. Russia and Nauchuria.
NisceIlaneous-P p gets Experiments ou AMI
mails. Emutt's ireland Under English
Rule. CarueEie's Empire II Business.
Fosters American Diplomacy ia the Far
East