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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
rsr swIxe or THE rrNDULUM.

Like causes are pretty certain to pro- duce like effects. When the pendulum
 reaches the extreme limit of it's swing
 in one direction 1t must swing back to the other extreme. When the French Revolution erascd the common people of France. made ravening wolves out of men and women alike, and orr ganized m almost unprecedented reign of terror, one of the acts Of the revo- futionists was to abolish the Deity as far as their own acts and words could accomplish such thing. Churches
 were closed, the clergy driven out or | maltreated. God was abolished from all affairs of State and from all of ficlal proceedings and the Goddess of
 Reason. represented by q painted h1r-
 lot. was installed as the Deity of the Republic,
 Why was it? Why was the name and
 worship of the Supreme Being set
 aside and in its place an idol of the lowest passions installed? It was all
 because the pendulum had taken an opposite swing. It was because the revolutionists wanted to get as far
 away as possible fromNthe beliefs and
 claims and practices of their rulers. l King Louis. weak. vascillatinE. licen- tious victim of circumstances and heri- tage. was spoken Of and held up to the peeople as "the Lords anointed," and as Ills Most Christian Majesty" See ing what was continually before them, and knowing what they did of condi-
 tions existing at court. they went to the other extreme and undertook to set
 up government of infdelity.
 History is repeating Itself, this time in Russia, and the same causes are yielding the same results. Few people of earth have been so merciless'y down. trodden. oppressed and suppressed as the Russians have, yet the Government Is called a Christian government and their ruler was held up to them as the representative and minister of God. It is hardly a matter of wonder that such people, having. as they be- lieve, rid themselves of the Czar. should seek to abolish everything for which he stood. because in their ignor- ance and desperation, they couple the rule Of the Czar with the Deity he claimed to represent
 It is true that this movement has but begun, so gar as appears. At this time we only have accounts from the comparatively insignificant province of Novorgansk, where the peasants have revoited. proclaimed republic and abolished the rule of both the Czar and the Almighty. This province is not an important one. it is true. but no one knows that the spirit will not spread and extend to other portions of the great country. No dcNbt a, like spirit pervades the ignorant peasants Of other provinces and .hey may join in
 the effort to abolish the Diety from
 their belief and substitute Moloch or
 some other idol cf their own. The penduium has swung from one ex- | treme to the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Ahout fhe Limit.

Jackson (MiSs.) News.
 The Charleston News and Courier, one of the most rock ribbed of South ern papers hands Governor Davis the following, which is the whole truth and nothing but the truth:
 "The time has gone by. forever. 1t Is hoped, when men of the Davis sort are to be sent to Washington as representa- ern States We have suffered too much already from such representation, and the respecting people or the s1utn @ and strong upon this point that none of the Arkansas Davis type Of men men will ever stand suCseSsSu,iS th ]. TUT puOiic
 If the people of Arkansas desire to disgrace themselves forever they can do SO very nicely by sending Davis to washington. He will take his place along with other freaks of the. national capital, make his State the laughing stock of the rest of the country and draw his salary. Davis of Arkansas seems to be about the limit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
Oppose tIIe Presidents Choice of Inter-
 state Commerce Communication.

state Commerce Coinmission.
 Washington Post.
 The first sign of split between the President and the leaders of his party in the Senate on the railroad rate question became manifest yesterday in IL sudden but determined opposition to the confirmation of Franklin K. Lane, of California, as member of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. MT. Lanes nomination was sent to the Sem ate yesterday, and was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
 Mr. Lane is a Democrat--one of the Bryan kind. When this fact became known there was instant and vigorous objection to him on the part Of Sena- tors who are pcpularly regarded as an- tagonistic to the plan to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce ators, among them Aldrich. Foraker, Gallinger. Kear and Fulton. went to Senators Perkins and Flint of .Califor- mia, and asked them under what cir mated MT. Lane. They were informed that MT. Lane had been recommended by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California, 6 Demo- crat. who is a close friend of the Presi- committed to MT Lane for some months
 suited by the President before Mir Lane Wdo uOIulhdACs'g Oub thS practically was notification of the Presidents intentions. The Califor- nians suggested several prominent Re- publicans on the Pacific coast, but were informed by the President that he did not care to make the appointment on partisan grounds. It was pointed out that with Mir. Lane on the commission, the Democrats would have a majority. Commissioners Clements and Cockrell being of that persuas' on. This fact did not deter the President, who said he did not regard the commission as parti- san in any sense. ..
 This information was not at all pleasing to the Republicans Of the Sen. ate Thes declared that railroad-rate regulation was a political question, and that the administration and the Republican Party were responsible to the country for the enactment of legts- lation and the execution of the laws,
 To place the control of the Interstate Commerce Commission In the hands or Democrats would be, they asserted. a fatal blunder from a political view- point One or two Senators were in- clined to regard the Presidents ap- pointment Of Mir. Lane as bid for Democratic support In Congress. They resented this. and claimed the right or the Republican majority to originate rate legisiation and carry 1t through. They said that if credit was to accrue to anybody for remedying the railroad rate situation 1t should go to the Re- publican Party, without partnership with the opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
PEARLS DIE IN THE DARK.
When Not Worn, the Gems Lose Their
 Luster and Value.

Luster and Ealues
 Chicago Chronicle.
 That pearls die" in obscurity and retain their Iuster and value when worn frequently Is a fact that has all ways to be borne in mind by the own CTS of jewelry. The statement that a historical pearl necklace in the Louvre, Originally worth $100,060, Is rapidly depreciating lid not surprise the man ager of a well-known firm of jewel CTS.
 freuuently to preserve them. If you take a pearl necklace and lock 1t up YOU viii find that in the course of years the pearls become dull and lose inc sheen that makes them so vaiu- able. Heirlooms which have been SO carefully treasured will sometimes be found to have deteriorated in this way. They lose their glow, and in some in- stances becomes almost black. Pearl necklaces never keep so we'll as when they are constantly on the Lecks of the6r owners. ...
 It has been suggested that person. al influences have something to do with the matter, but I think it is more likely that the effect Is due to light and air You can wear pearls practi- calIy as long as you like, certainly for fifty years, 3nd they would give no in- dication of change, and you might lock, pearls up and perhaps in twenty years they would show signs of dying There are, however, ways of resEScitat- ing pearls. but the fact that they s'die' Is quite clear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

in 1890 and l7s in 1900; Pennsylvania, iiljteracy North and South the bulie- in says ''Illiteracy is in general greater in the South than in the North for all classes of population. Perhaps the faires basis of comparison petween white children living in citieS of more than e5,000 inhabitants. h the North Atlantic division the illiterhcy for this class of children is 2.1 and in the North Central 9; in the South Atlantic divi. sion if is S3 and in the South Central is.7. In considering the significance Of such comparisons it should be remem- bered that the South has a larger mum Der of children in proportion to popuIa- lion than the North and smaller per capita wealth. The South Is. more over, handicapped by the necessity or mair,taining separate schools for whites and negroes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
WHY KIDNEY DISEASE IS DANGEROUS.
Neglect of the First Warning Symp-
 toms Is the Prime Cause of so Many Deaths from the Dreaded \ Brlght's Disease.
It Is Easily Durable In the Early Stages.

Kidney diseases are so destructive to human life because they do not manifest alarming symptoms until the constitu. ton is seriously weakened and the strength exhausted. Then, too often, the remedies employed by many physi- clans are of indifferent or doubtful value, and the patient rapidly sinks under the disease. The wisest course is to apply q reliable kidney and liver remedy on the frst cbtea,amee of the symptoms. A little uneasiness in the small of the back, digestive troubles, bowel irregularities and disorder in the urinary organs are matters of small moment in the estima- ton of strong men and women, yet they have serious meaning. They show clearly that the kidneys are suffering and need help, which must be forth- coming at once to prevent serious, per- haps fatal consequences. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters at this time would prove of inca1cu1able value in restoring the weakened organs to health. An investment of one dollar in bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters when the disease Is yet in the early stage will save hundreds of dollars in doctors bills, besides the suffering that would surely follow should the disease be allowed to fasten itself in the body. The excellent curative power of Prickly Ash Bitters is not confined to the first stages of kidney disease. lis equally eficacious in severe or chronic cases. Physicians have used it as last resort, in cases that defed their best efforts, with the most brilliant results, and 1t has shown its superiority over the many so-called kidney cures, now being loudly advertised, in instances innu. merab1e.
 Accept no substitute. Insist on having
 the genuine Prieisiy Ash Bitters with tue
 large figure 3 in red Oil the front label.
 Sold at Drug Stores, si.00 per bot,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Iust as EMectuaIly as If he Named
 Them.

Geneva Reaper.
 True, MT. Conner has not mentioned the candidates for the Legislature and State officers by name. but he has as effectually dictated these as if he had done so. He has. without equivocation, told the people just what they must do --give him a, Conner Legislature and State officers in sympathy with the cause" The only objection to the last work in quotation is that he doesn't spell it correctly. It should be 'caws." But the news Is entirely. right about the people reading and thinking. Yes, they are, and in this is the surest hope of sending MT. Conner to minding his own business. The people reading? They are! They are! They are reading The Reaper and learning things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
What State Papers
 Are Saying
wsstea ssIlots.

Lafayette Sun.
 One of the most intelligent men in Chambers County is said to have lost his vote by marking his ticket wrong legged fraud in elections fs, doubtless, mere ignorance of the law, which rem ders many a mans ballot null and void by his failure to observe the regulations prescribed in the new election law . Of course the State cannot furnish a code to each voter, but 1t can and should make some provision for informing the people how to mark their tickets that their ballots may count for something. Intelligence as we'll as an honest count Is one of the prerequisites for the con tinuity of government like ours, and it is high time a campaign of education is sprung to teach the people how to vote as we'll as what to vote for. A copy of the new primary election law voter just before every election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
DriftWcod gY PHI. U. ARMSTRONG.

Home! Home, There's magic In the Woro Sweetest sound ever heard Ceptin' mother--thats the best Course thet's understood l guess. Home-why gee no matter where You live the world is cold an bare As deserts covered OCT with snow Compared with Homegrown home, you
 know.
 It may be but a farm house plain Routh logs thet barely keep out raln Or yet again 1t may be too A mansion on Fifth Avenue 1t may be in this land so free 1t may be far across the sea. But anyhow it's HOME--an that Is mainly what I'm drivin at. One touch O nature makes us kin: In a crowd you mention home an men Will fall to talkin each with pride About the place he does reside. Some homes is paradise an yet Some others aint. where people fret, Worryin' over little things That all too quick the wrinkles brings. Then 6 fe1ler wants to roam Wefl-anywhere--aw from home. But thet's tn exception not tn rule It never bays to act the fool. An often times I think a lot O those poor folks who homes ain't got An folks who have don't preciate Well thet's a little trick O Fate. So whether you're here or crost tn Be glad fer home-your home sweet
 home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
ing the alleged inhabitants. 4 seri'

ing the alleged inhabitants A series of immense ditches reaching from the pole to the equator. even if they are artificial, gives us no insight into the appearance or character or the work CTS. From canal, or series of ca nals, hundreds of miles .ong and broad in proportion to the beings who con strueted them is q long step, and one which cannot be taken with any in- strument yet made. It is a favorite belief among scientists tha. Mars is in- habited, and perhaps other planets. but proving it Is quite different proposi- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Grent opInlon of Hln own I,Ower..

Ath ms Courier.
 Conner says that no man can do what he can with the Legislature, That is a proposition like counting the chick ems before they are matched. Mir. Co., mer has a greater opinion of his in- fuence than any other man in Alabama has. Mir. Conner is just where he asked to be put. atthe head of the Railroad Commission; he has three years of his four years to serve; if he made a fight for years to get on the commission: promising the people wonderful changes in railroad rates, why does he not stay there? The Governor has no more power to regulate railroad rates than beat constable. The commission Is the place for MT. Conner to carry out his promises. If they were made in sins cerity. The truth is Mir. Conner never cared a cuss about the farmers or their interest, he wanted to get on the com mission as a stepping stone to the Cow ernor's chair and from there he dopes to go to the Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08


 Mir. Conner is reported by The Bir@ mingham Ledger as saying in his speech at Hamilton, The railroads get ten times as much as the State levies for their benefit Does MT. Conner want to gauge peoples earnings by the tax they pay? We venture the rail- roads come as near paying full value on their property as he does on what he owns. and after paying hls taxes in all probability. his earnings are ten times what he pays for taxes. What would he think of a proposition to increase his taxes in proportion to what he makes out of his farms and mills It is just as fair to make the rule for him as for him to make 1t for the rail- roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
FRIDAY. DEcEMBER s. 1sss.
ALMOST FUNNY.

Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl- vania, crying down and sneering at Benjamin Franklin Is one of the jokes of the times. In some respects. Frank lin was not the greatest or the most brilliant statesman of his day, but all together he was one of the foremost of the great men who set the new na- tfon on the road to greatness and suc- ress. He was a smart man. but don't like smart men," says Penny packer. and right there he shows both his Ignorance and his littleness. Frank lin was not what the world calls smart" washington described him accurately, and Washington was not given to fiattery. He said of Franklin that he was "venerated for benevo- lence, admired for talents, esteemed for patriotism, beloved for philanthropy"
 That was the opinion of one of the best judges of men of the age, and one who was least given to fattery. We suppose that the Governea means that Franklin was not a great man like Quay. Penrose and other modem Pennsylvania statesmen. He did not 'do things which seems to be the guage by which some men measure greatness. If the old philosopher we're now living in that state he would prob ably be forced to take back reat and watch Penrose, Durham and hat sort do things. Verify, that man Penny packer is almost humorist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

As an evidence of the value, or lack of value. of some official reports, we find the Commissioner of Revenue Of Indiana reporting that there was not a cigarette rolled in that State during the year 1904. Indiana has an anti cigarette law and it may be that there were none officially rolled or reported. and that is as much as the Commls- sioner knows about it..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Not Buying Gold Bricks.

Columbiana Sentluel.
 to the United States Senate-to regu- late freight rates of course. Let's see: That is what he wanted to be at the head of the railroad commission TOT; now he wants to be Governor for the same purpose. but the people are not buying any more gold bricks. thank you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Forcing HebbIes on the Public.

This .fevertsh demand for Legislation of all kinds intended to circumscribe the life and activities of the people has been cunningly taken advantage of by seeking to promote the public welfare. are in fact influenced by desire to promote purely selfish interests: end by still others to whom. the chief joy of existence is in the pleasureable sensa- ton of forcing their own hobbies upon other people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Enjoying His Reward.

HunteNfIIel MgICuTy. 3..- ., Keller of Ohio who proposes to ln- resentation in Congress IS enjoying his reward already. A meeting of Wash. ington negroes cheered the mention ot his name to the echo. Of course this is sweet music to Refers ears and it's about all the reward he will receive for his efforts. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
A Consiacrnte Man.

Birmingham Ledger. .f
 Jourd White of The Moulton Adver- tiser. is one of the best men alive. Re- gently he, had to post his land. Lib. hunters off he apologizes to the trcs- passers and says: 'Our old horse is afraid of gunpowder. This notice is given with the kindest feelings for all Concerned" ;" Now could a man be more considerate than that?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

The Tulsa (L ID World tells of a recent find which connects that Ter ritory with Alabama. The object was an earthen ''sofky jar which Is thought to be more than century old, and was once owned by Tustenugge Thlocco, in Alabama. These jars were used by the Indians to hold their safke. a preparation of corn and beanr, and sometimes other vegetables. boiled and then beaten into a mass. These jars are. said to be exceedingly rare now. as the Indians find the white man s earthenware better and use 1t instead of manufacturing their own, as this one was made. The bowl in question be- longed last to the wife of Hills HarJo. who was a granddaughter of the origi- nal owner of the relic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
No PIace For Him.

Huntsville Mercury. A A howier in this country and there never was any room for him, but 1t seems sometimes he just will scrouge in. But be kept way back out of sight or hear ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
nlIteracy in the United States.

Baltimore Sun.
 Census Bulletin No. 26 states that in the United States there are 6.iS0 169 persons more than ten years of age who are 'flliterate"-unable to write This was one-tenth of the whole mum her of persons 10 years old and over The proportion is 106.6 iliterates to 1000 of population. The negroes arc chiefly responsible for this large figure If they be excluded. the proportion of the illiterate in the native white nonn- Iatlon is found to be 464 per .O00 or less than 1 in 20. For the neRroes tha proportion is 444.7 per 1 .000. For for eign- born whites the proportion ia 1885 per 1000. Progress is being made In 1890 the figures for negro iliiterates was 5676 per 1000; native whites e s. foreign-born whitec. 1906. Evidence of progress Is seen also in the fact that among those of eges from 10 to IA tbere arc but 71.5 illiterates per ,000 wIito in those of the age of 65 ana oy,or th4 ijliterates are 1885 per i o0O rtbe Younger generation is the less iIIitarS ate. There Is evidence that p,,rIs are tsnding to become less ilIjtersta tban boVs At the younger age neriode tba rif1s are already less ilIitetate tbsn Sha boys. taking fuller advantaos ns sS6ool facilities. Maryland had SS S ;i. SSterates per 1000 of native nSbtte ehii- Hren 10 to. 14 in 1890 whsrass in Jano ,thsre we're but 169. For iVrstni, 9tS fiaures were l2S6 in 1890 and sos in 1900: West virginia, 1927 in 1890 and Sa.6 in tsee: North Carolina, PITS fn 1890 and l66'l in 1900; Delaware, ss.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
vvantn pumpkin pie.

Talladega Mountain Hone ,,
 Tn the early history of Thanksgivlng pumpkin pie was an important adJunct on such ccasions by it's rarity. This toothsome dish should be restored to the Thanksgiving menu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Hon. Ewmet O'NeaI.
Athens courier. -

Hon Hon Emmet o'Neal of Florence is being spoken of as a probable cardf- date for Lieutenant- Governor. If he should be elected the State would have q good man for the place. His distin- Euished father made q good Governor, and he has ability to make a good of- ficiaf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
Two sugxestions

The Announcement that next year will be the last in college football for the captain of a Chicago team suggests that it will also be the. last for about the rridiron unless the brutality of the game is eliminated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

What is called "an authoritative statement puts the contributions to the late Republican national compaign fund at nearly two million dollars. Just how much of it was stolen from the holders of insurance policies is not sfated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

There is Q Cherokee Indian named George Fields living in the Territory, who has been married three times, and claims to be the father of an even three dozen children. Such an approach to universal fatherhood should bring something good from the President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

IA professor of philosophy in the Uni. -Sarslty Of California comes out with the aietum that the spirits of the lower animals are just as certainly immortal as are those of human beings We have always had faint suspicion about mules.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

When we read of that blizzard in Da- kota with the thermometer at PC below zero, 1t makes our 2e above geem like balmy spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

The indications now are that there will be one State formed of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. or that there will be no new State formed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
VuRawa,,n,4saI

Miss Symphony-This violin is quite valuable--it is very, very old. was given to you when you were quite young.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
fine F,armer FTas the stuff,

Birmingham Leiger
 The cotton gamblers can quote cot ton prices at whatever they please, but they can't get the cotton without paving the farmers price for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

The cheerful lace of The Daily Con- gressional Record now comes to bright en us up for the winter. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08

McCurdy claims that he has always ''striven to uplift humanity" We sup pose no one will doubt his ability as a litter.