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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

No woman with unsound kidneys can be healthy. Sick kidneys. in fact. cause the majority of women's troubles.
 But there is no need to get down hearted if you suffer constant back ache, weariness, bearing down pains sick headaches. etc. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought new life and strength to thousands of women affiict- ed in this way.
 It is easy to tell if your kidneys are the cause of your ailments. Backache itself is only the aching of the kid neys when congested and infiamed. You feel it In the back because the kidneys are in the small of the back. The bladder and urinary tubes get swollen orowding the delicate female organs near by, and causing many of the pe- cultar pains thought to be female trou- bles.
 Sick headaches. dizzy spells. nervous ness. irritability, neuralgia and rheu- matic pains, weak eyes. palpitation of the heart, etc, are caused by the reten- tion in the blood of poisons that the kidneys should filter out and pass off in the urine.
 Urinary disorders are sure signs of kidney sickness. If the urine contains A sediment like brick-dust. or whitish. etringy settings. if passages are too frequent .or scanty, or painful, the kid neys need quick attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
E YOUR PET SUPERSTITION
 SHARED BY KING OR ACTOR?
How Masco and Mirrors Days and Dreams Are Looked on by the Mel and Women the Public EyLees and Numbers Lucky or Un- lucky for Singers and Senator's ckies and Judges Mnsre
 Mayors and Mighty Monarchs

royal lady, and the praise she then won, so she herself has always said. had much to do with her later successes. So 1t Is that this picture or the mother of England's present monarch, neavily framed in carved silver. goes every where with the diva. To her Victoria Ia A sort of patron saint. before whose shrine she is not ashamed to pray. It was Victoria, too, who sent Madame CaIye the mysteriously inscribed Him dostan topaz which she wears. 1t Is her amulet,-the outward and visible sign of that good luck which the best Of carmens" seems to enjoy ill such large measure. Only once has she sung without 1t about ner neck, and that one time, she vehemently insists. fell flat failure.
 The greatest musician of modern times. Richard Wagner. believed most strongly that thirteen was his luck number He was born in 1913 the nu- morals of which. added. make 13. The letters of his name total at 13. He fin ished "Tannhaueser" on April 13, ns60). and it was sung on March 13 of the year following. On a February 13 he died (1Ss3).
 The Pros and Cons of Ia.
 Governor warfieId thinks as did Wagner. He, too, has i3 letters to his name. while he vas elected the 18th Chief Executive of his State of 13.O00, and inaugurated (1904) on January 13.
 Carter Harrison looks at the other side of the penny. His pet supersti- ton, perhaps, lies In his dislike to turn back to house or office for thing forgotten;--an such a case he fnvari- ably sits down for time to do some thing connected with house or office routine before again venturing out, ana he declines to begin anything of im- portance on Friday. but 13 at table Is his chief bete noir.
 At least four of Europe's notables share this dread of Chicago's ex-mayor. Miss Lettice Fairfax, LonCon's latest beauty. and the talented Countess Of Mar and Kellie. must share their table pleasures with either more or less than the bakers dozen. and 1t is we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

- rraserver of Brahma's creations. inc latter as destroyer. Vishnu Is samous for his countless metamor- nhoses and appears In the sacred books under no fewer than one thousahu different names. He remains the most popular deity among the Hlnooos' wno believe his final metamorphosis-th of a horse--is yet to come. While awaiting this last change he Is thought to be resting in sea of milk. with a serpent for his pillow. The River Ganges is supposed to issue from ms right foot.
 The god Shiva also figures in Hin- doc mythology under one thousand different names, and is invariably rep resented in some repellant form. lools show him at one time with five faces at another with three eyes. while third will represent him with neck lace of skulls. thick, matted hair and
 l horn projecting from one or ms tcmples. The great rock cut temple of the Island of Elephants is sacred to this god Around the rain god lndra have gathered countless traditions among which are those of his constant conflicts with his thunderbot. NaJra' : Vaya the wind god; Shushna the preacher and Ahi. the conhner. me aim of this last named god is to con
 
 Much homage Is paid to India by the other gods according to the Glg-Nedas' he being head of the heaven of the gods He appears to have drunk free ly of Soma the nectar of the Hindoo deities Any ideal light that the secred writings would wish him to be viewed in must fail when one reads Of the hymns put in his mouth by the mystic scribes. It is a natural outcome of India's climate that Indra should enter largely into her scheme of legend. Just as Apollo and Baldur. the Morse sun. provide so much mythical charm in cooler regions. so does Indra in the land of preaching plains and scorch- ing rays. A Hindoo bride is not greeted with pretty wishes that the sun should light her path. the shim- mering raindrop, lndra'S precious gift. is the blessing invoked on the head Of the Indian child-wite.
 Among the arts that Indra is sup posed to delight in are those of music and dancing The sacred books relate how hosts of beautiful damsels. called Asparasen, i'll his heavenly courts Tradition gives them a dwelling place on earth as well as in heaven their office being to test the virtue of her rnits in their solitude, It was hard on these lovely beings that should they succeed in their arts they should im- mediately be turned to pillars of stone. It is part of the Brahmin creed that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
s..er.t,ti. in High Places.

Superstitin in High Places. These Notabilities wear Mascots:- Madame Bernhardt. Nicholas II. Ig- mace Paderewski. Kaiser Wilhelm, Madame Calve, Countess of Essex. Queen Alexandra, Senor Sarasate, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Mrs. Clarence Mackay, Jessie Bateman, Hilda Han bury, Irene vanbrugh. Sam Loates, Nine Farington.
 These have Lucky Cor Unlucky) Days Edward of England. Mrs. Langtry. Judge Swayne. Carlos of Portugal, and the Princess von Hatzfeldt. These fear 13's--or hold the number Governor Warfield, Prince Ferdinand Miss Lettice Fairfax, Carter Harri- son, Queen Margherita. Countess oi Mar and Keliie.
 Senator Russell A. Alger swears by the numbers and II.
 Ex-Mayor Harrison hates to turn back for thing forgotten.
 The Princess of Wales fears the con- sequences of a broken mirror.
 Anna Held and Marie Studholme trust the predictions of their dreams. While Sir Charles Upton and Caruso, the tenor, both believe in signs B Aprin First! The Feast of the Fool! The student sees in the day the fast disappearing remnants of those ancient masQues and ceremonies which greeted the new year in times when this fourth month came first of all the twelve. Modern youth sees in it merely a more or. less licensed chance to get even'' with his elders May not the festival
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Montgomery Proof.

| Mrs. Mary Smith. of IF Chandler street, says q am pleased to say that Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at E. G. Fowler's drug store. 10 Dexter Ave, cured me of a trouble from which I had suffered for some time, and I
 make this statement so that others who are annoyed with backache or lameness of the back may know what to do to ind relief Doan's Kidney Pills will reach any case similar to mine. The pain in the small of the pack was very noticeable if I sat still any length of time or stopped or lifted l suffered much from sleep- lessness and arose in the morning feel ing as tired and unrefreshed as l did rhe night before. Since taking Doan's Kidney Pills I feel like different per- son and I give them all the credit for | his change"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

known fact that Margherita, the Dowa- ger Queen of Italy, has ever in walt ing a pleasant-nannered goodlooking aide to play fourteenth guest whenever the 13 terror appears. And worst or them all however, is Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria When, not long ago, he went to Bourgas to open its new har- Dor, it Is said that he snubbed the mayor for no other reason than that he had thirteen children and had announced himself as proud of 1t. However this may be, it is certain that the Minister of Public Works. feeling obliged to re- fer to the Princes initiation Gin 1S92) of the now completed work, began as follows: Twelve years and twelvo months ago, Your Highness,-" etc. So all went we'll
 Lucky 9; Mystic 5-11.
 The thirteenth Leo believed his life had been strangely ruled by the figure 9. For 9 years he was a scholar at Riese, 9 years a student at Padua, 9 years a curate at Tambolo. 9 years a priest at Sanzano. 9 years Cardinal Patriarch of Venice.-though then the coincidence closed: he sat in the chair of Peter 26 years.
 Senator Alger, while not what one might call a superstitious man. yet confesses to a tender spot in his heart for the Til combination. He was at New York hotel the other day (having arrived on the 7th of the month and one of a party of seven) when an ex- press package was brought to his room. Strange as 1t may seem, authentic wit nesses have averred that it was num- bered 77-11, had been delivered by a wagon numbered IF, called for 77 cents charges and was franked by the Michigander from d pass~book No. '.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

sarasvati. Brahma's wife. gave the vina to mankind the god Nareda show ing them how it was played and teach ing them the sacred hymns that called down the thrice blessed rain and veil- ed the blazing skies with cloud. To the god Krishna music has a special consecration his traditional com panions on earth being the Gopis- sheperdesses. who drew gazel1es after them when they sang to the vinas All sorts of pretty traditions gather round this god in connection with music. It's soothing virtues. however. did not overruIe his ruder qualities for he gloried in war and was guilty of many individual massacres. His warriors when dying were always laid on ar rows, dart upward. In order to the last that they should be goaded into con- sciousness and listen to long address ses from holy men on the transmigra- tion of souls With the passing of the ages Buddha appears on the scenes of Hindoo belief and msth.-London Lady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
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too, on that day, yet it was Friday when he was acquitted.
 Mrs Iangtry and King Carlos of Portugal appear as the Friday plain tiffs. The one will write no notes that day. start then on no journeys. open then no dramatic engagement: while the plump Portugese monarch so dreads the day that once. during his recent English visit. having to make Fri day address he became so Mustered as to knock a pot of flowers off the ve- randall. which, in falling. smashed the helmet of a British soldier standing be- low. Let it also be chronicled. how ever that the royal believer in omens at once recovered enough composure to say to the surprised but uninjured man, 'I have been a sportsman all my life and bagged lots of big game. but never before potted the head of a soldier of My Cousin Edwards"
 The last named royalty swears by Tuesday, quite as the beautiful Prin- cess von Hatzfeldt does by Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

The mans whole life helps to bear out this odd idea:-
 He was born Feb 27, 1886.
 His two parents died when he was II years old.
 He then worked on a farm for ' years.
 He was admitted to the bar March '. 1859.
 He became Colonel of the 5th (Mich) Cavalry, June II. 1863
 He was breveted Brigadier General of Volunteers, June II, '64.
 He was breveted Major General, June II. 1865.
 His appointment as Secretary of War came in 1897, and
 He was elected a Senator on a Sept ember 27.
 Fridays and Tuesdays.
 Very much this same sort of story is told of the often dreaded Friday by Judge Charles Swayne. of Florida. The sixth day of the week has seen him both nominated and confirmed for of- flee, and though he was impeached on the same day. with his trial opening
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
unnpinous Connent

Congressman Dalzell, of Pennsylva- mia. Speaker Cannon's mouthpiece on the committee on rules, was defending the Cannon statehood policy in the He SC. The only way" said he. that .der our rules We could consider 0 action to concur in tho Senate amend- ments to the bill would be by unani- nous consent" "Will the gentleman yield for a question:" asked Adam Bede. of Minnesota. insurgent. and a House wit. ''Yes Does the gentle man from PenEsylvania not think if the speaker would consent we would at once get unanimous consentr' Yes" confessed Dalzell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

Mir Will A. Hoffman. Hagerstown' III, writes:
 T gladly give my testimonial "itn the thousands of others who have been cured by the use of Peruna.
 .I had catarrh of the head and throat. took cold easily and was dig zy-headed.
 CT was all rundown and hardly nbie to work at all when I began using PerunR.
 "But, now, after using 1t about SIX months I am we'll and strong.
 There Is no remedy m the world which has proven so popular for ca tarrh as I~eruna. It has been used for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
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also bring before the utilitarian eyes of the present the world-old faith in superstition? April Fools Day may never fall on the thirteenth, but 1t can and does arrive on Friday once In a while, and then even Hallow Fen scarce surpasses 1t In the observances which shows that mankind's belief in nascots or fear of dreams or numbers has not lessened with the years.
 Caruso the tenor, whose notes have a value quite on a par with those of Captain of Finance, calls April his lucky month. But then the Cavalier Enrico believes that his immense good fortune 1t not wholly disconnected with the presence of some little French dolls, which sit before him on his desk whether he is travelling from one tri- umph tof another. or be resting at his Florentine villa. He doesn't admit this. but the fact remains,-and the dolls.
 Yet I am just little superstitious in another way" he said recently, "Whenever I am nervous on the stage; when I am to jump into brand new part, for instance, and feel my courage oozing out at my finger tips, think of my mother. She has been dead this many a year, but I think of her. The courage comes back to ne, then Then I know that I cannot fail. This is my supcrstition,--but don't think too much of that doll story
 Musicians and Mascots.
 Musical artists seem naturally to take to something of this sort. The great Spanish violinist Sarasate never plays in public, that he does not have about him somewhere a tiny silver re- plica of the Stradivarius instrument on which Paganini played. Paderewski ever carries in his vest pocket fastened to a light, strong chain, which passes about the wearer's neck. the golden ring with which he welded his first wife. It was her death, 1t may be re- called, and the consequent necessity of supporting his baby son, that drove the greatest living pianist to his first con- certs
 Emma Calves mascot is a photo graph of the late Queen Victoria. Early in her career she once sang before that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
INDIA'S DEITIEs.
Many Names Given for the Sar
 Idealfsms.

Many Names Given for the Same
 Idea1isms.
 Of the countless attractions India offers, none are greater than her rich stores of myth and tradition. Oriental scholars have unfolded for us that Hindoo religion in a dim and shadowy past contented itself with venerating some of natures more impressive phenomena. Space. the starry frma- ment and the light of day-under the poetic names of Arditi, Varuna and Mitra-provided the sacred triad of this archaic worship; but with the march of centuries there came an ad- ded roll of deities, of which Brahma himself was chief. According to some writers his two brothers, Vishnu and Shiva, were equally powerful. the form
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Rexised FormuInr.

Imore than thirty years and cured thou |sands of cases as proven by our, testi- lmonials.
 Revised Formuinr.
 For a number of years requests have leone to me from a multitude of grate- ful friends urging that Peruna be given slight laxative quality. I have been with a laxative addition for quite a length of time, and now feel xratified to announce to the friends or pe-ru-na that I have incorporated sucn quality in the medicine which Tn my ,ninion. can only enhance It's we'll known beneficial character.
 "S B. Hartman. M. D..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
WOMAN'S WORST DANGER.

Doan's Kidney Pills are made of pure roots and herbs that have direct heal ing action on the kidneys They soothe cleanse and stimulate. rouse the kid- neys to action. and drive the kidney poisons out of the body They remove the cause and cure permanently. Many women of this city have been cured and gladly tell of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

glasses yesterday. just as soon as you had left me-"
 But the Queen-to-be of the British Empire still believes in the omen or the broken mirror. nor will she drink cup of coffee If. perchance she has thought lessly stirred 1t the wrong way.
 The stage, the palace. the deck of a good ship-on these three superstition surely flourishes. Sir Tommy" Lip ton may be given in instance of your Itsrue old salts belief In omens. Just Fore his last visit here, to lift the
 lericas cup, he met at Bayonne an pworth League girl whose name was oxon That Is an ancient& form of oxswain, you know" he said to MT. Fife soon after. so of course I ex- changed flowers with her.--and I only regret now that l never thought to kiss the back of her hand to bind the spell"
 Perhaps that's the reason the spell didn't work.
 Warwick James Price.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

less and not poisonous
 "Peterman's Discovery" niquid>---In fleN- ible handy cans for cracks walls. mat tresses Sc. Odorless. non-explosive. .'Peterman's Ant Food"-A strong powder to Kill and drive away ants. also water bee ties or black beetles. in one night 'sPeterman's Rat-Inouse Food" makes rats or mice wild: they will leave and not return.
 Take no other. as time may be even more important than money.
 Originated in 1873 Perfected in 1905 by
 Wm. Peterman. Mfg. Chemist. 54, 56. 5S West 18th St.. Ne York City.
 London. Eng. Montreal. r. c. Sold by all druggists in Montgomery and throughout the Unlted StateS Wed-sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

"Peruna l can recommend as very good medicine. is an excellent strengthening tonc and it is also an eficacious cure for the almost universal complaint Of catarrh. "-..G0nzaO De Quesada.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

tqulckSilveT) Bedbugs take 1t mp in the circu-
 latiou when going over
 where IL Is brushed on lightly. It's invaluable If brushed on beds when apart. and on the back of picture frames, mouldings, Sc, It will not rust or harm furni- ture or bedding. Odor-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

The most impro'ed method to free house of large or small reaches is to Use the con tents of a box of "Petcrman's Roach Food at one time, Shake 1t on the joints so some of it will penetrate and remain to keep the premises continuously free. Reaches eat 1t as food: 1t Is the most destructive remedy this earth to them. and il will not scat ter them to other places to live and mul- tiply.
 B E B U S.-"PetermanS Discovery"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Dreams and Taiismans.

To get back to the footlight world. where superstition seems to thrive. one finds both Anna Held and Marie Stud holme firm believers in dreams, both as predicting good and warning of Ill. Pretty Mistress Studholme has said she had much rather be boo-ed for eight performances hand-running than nave
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

of which she is aver quoting: Its th best day for everything" On yariodS Tuesdays Edward VII of England was born. baptised. married and acceded to the throne. On Tuesday (1S72) he attended d thanksgiving service for his recovery from a dangerous fever. and on another Tuesday G902) his physi- clans declare they again saved his life. by operation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
BAD HEALTH.

Worry, Oyerwork, Nasty Eating, Ex-
 cessive Use of Liquors, Loss of
 Sleep, Neglect of Natures
 Calls. These Bring on the
 Deadly Bright's Disease.
 Thousands Die of 1t Every Year.
 Kidney disease is the enemy we have most to fear as a result of the feverish restlessness of modern civilization. It is treacherous enemy, working out its deadly effect under cover of the most triAing symptoms. The first indication of changes in the urine, frequent head aches, digestive troubles, should be the signal for prompt remedial measures. Prickly Ash Bitters is kidney remedy of the greatest merit; it is soothing, healing and strengthening, quickly re- l;eves the aching or soreness that always appears in advanced stages, cheeks the progress of the disease and through its excellent cleansing and regulating effect in the stomach, liver and bowels, it brings back the strength and ruddy glow of vigorous health.
 Accept no substitute. Insist on having the genuine Prick1y Ash Bitters with the large figure in red on the front label. Sold Everywhere, Price S!.O0 per bottle.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-31
coNsrMPTIVE HOME.

Or John E Ennis. in charge OF the Narcoossee
Sunshine Home. a sanatorium for consumptives at
Aarcoossee. Osoeoa County, Fla. is pushing forwars
the work with great activity for the forward open.
Ing on October !. lie writes:
We are busy making garden 70 supply our fam
liy or patients with vegetables We cannot depend
o. or merchants. and for consumpCives an afun?-
an; supply OF fresh Vcgeta nes is a necessity. rho
seeds arc Up. and look inc Then / can cive
or guests all the pineapples they can use This
iflit l. the best Of all for invalid II is de-
.clous TO the taste when fresh from the ground
taiiy ripe, and IS great remedy for throat and
stonach diseases. Indigestion etc. II used freely
L.-s gain IN strength and weight is remarkable
htn, from my own young orchard. will have a
!iperal supply Of citrus fruits. ] getting d man
70 take my farm and produce milk and eggs in
orcer inst We are certain Of quality and SIIpplV
~ We happen 10 get liberal donation, IT is nv
intention 10 greatly increase pineapple planting
We could easily sell 1000 crates for 50 500 giving
.ient employment 10 poor boys and girls and AZ
Ele same time improving the place. ] fnd I can
9aEs ote-Ioom cottages. 10 by II feet, with porch
19ilt icr 20 and may prefer these to tents
.ieSe cott1Ses may be memorial ones. bearing the
names ol those in whose memory they are pciyen
~ cou!d anything be more beautiful Than this
IoIm OF nelp 70 those afflicted with one Of the vorsf
useaseS Known 10 man? The cottages can he a5s
on9ey. attractive end comfortable
E'erybodys Magazine" for September has given
considerable space TO the origin ami purpose OF thfs
snns-iHe home. its experiment work Iasr 1eor ana