The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-09

with vice and enervated with pride Weak. % Then, in 1422. the Turks made
 sgsrsh spring pr asor on ss Iaat oi ths Creek Emperors died sword in hand. and his descendants are living in Eng land today, in every hcmble situationA
 Eevnt s ~ once so powerfui and fa- nous under the Pharaohs, was con. ouered by Rome, and was afterward swamped by the Moslems. The cres- cent was supreme in the lana oI the tians were slaves for thousand
 The great Moghuls used to reign. in India. In the days of Queen Eiiza- beth the Moghul--or Emperor of Delhi, as he was sometimes called-was so powerful that he thought 1t vast condesoension on his part to receiIe an embassy from the maiden Queen. But as time went on the ssisa gEsat SSsinsi rasani the Moghuls. India was rent asunder by the wars between rifal raJahs. This gave the Europeans a chance.
 France at first held the upper hand. and nearly conquered the land. But then England drove France back. and seized the empire of the great Moghuis for herself. The heir of the Moghuls, by the way. still enjoys 2 pension Q compensation for the throne lost by
 When Poland was a Power.
 Poland used to occupy big place on was much larger and stronger than Russia. The Tsar of Russia and the Emperor of Austria were only too glad to De on good terms with the King of Poland. and there was no King of Per-
 Noble adventurers from all parts of the world focked to the Polish capi- tol at Warsaw. eager to serve tne Polish armies. The Duke @ Of Mon- n
 But Poland perished through her own faults and follies. The mass of the common people were slaves In all but name. They were not allowed to move from one part of the country to another without leave; they could not own a foot of land, and they could never be sure that they might not Dc a new master. Hence the nobles and the people never stood together in times of danger or disaster.
 Poland was a big country-but 1t was aividsd agad1nss s,r,a tssif; and cbsned Musi were more powerful They. all three iolned hands, and each took a large share of Poland in 1773. That was the First Partition of Poland. The oles submitted tamely, for they were
 Venice and fits Reign of Terror.
 In 1793 the trio of robbers made q second swoop. Only the ghost of Poland was left. Another year saw the end of the tragedy. The last remnants of Poland were swallowed up by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
 The fate of the republic of Venice is ono of the most dramatic in all history. For hundreds of years the City of the Lagoons was one of the most powerful States in the world :: It's Doges ranked as the equals of the proudest kings. Its alliance was coveted by the greatest powers. It's government was one of sheer terror ism. The Doge was hardly more than a splendid figurehead. All real power rested in the hands of the dreaded Council of Ten and the Secret Three. The latter were trio of living mys- teries, and were known by name to practically no one in Venice.
 Sometimes a man was one Of the Secret Three. and his own wife and children never dreamed 1t. Their most dreaded servants were masked mutes If a Venetian, no matter how high his rank, was denounced by the Council of Ten or the Secret Three he knew he was no better than a dead man. So the government of Venice was 6 terror to it's own people and the out side world. Then Napoleon came lp- on the scene, and "the Lion of St. Mark licked the dust." S