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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
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 The following is an extract from the signed special of The Advertisers Washington correspondent in yester- days Issue:
 It is learned. however. that the great est sort of pressure is Being exerted In circles outside Of Alabama in the i'm terest of Hundiey.
 This win be very curious reading to Aiabamians. It will remind them of the old carpetbag days when outside pressure was the only sort that was considered in the naming of federal off, ficials in this State.
 It is to be hoped that in this day and in this case outside pressure is cutting little figure. It is to be de- voutly hoped that President Roosevelt will not be misled into appointing Hund- ley to the new Judgsship The Adver- tiser has no. doubt that it voices the sentiment of not only the Alabama bar. but of all we'll informed Alabamians. when it expresses the hope that Hund- ley will not be appointed. There is spirH or protest against him that does not exist in the case of any other applicant Republican or Democrat.
 There is no occasion for going Into detail as to the various reasons for this state of opinion. Suffice that it is fact and 1t cannot be denied that it Is a fact. . President Roosevelt rose above all ordinary pressure. inside and outside, political and otherwise, when he ap- pointed Judge Jones to the bench here. If the President has the same regard for the great importance of the judi cial office now that he had then. he will find some appointee of the Jones type, Republican if he can. Democrat if he must. but not HundIey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
Pie, Progress, and Promotion. Boston Transcript.

Neither the soclologlst nor the poil- tician will dismiss as unworthy of eafn- est thought the subtle speculation tho announcement that Secretary Cortelyou snatches a nasty luncheon of pie and half -and-half at a restaurant across the street from the Treasury building. formation he attended the Massachu- setts Normal School at Westheld, and applied himself diligently to books that must have reminded him that the. pic eaters of New England wrought might fly in the field and followed the stren- uous life He cannot have failed to regiment of Marbleheaders covered the retreat from Long Island and le@ the crossing of the Delaware. In Marble head they are said to eat clam pie for breakfast. Washington knew what he was about when he put a regiment of pie eaters in the van of his advance and in the rear guard in retreat; Pie. progress and promotion all begin with F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
Oliver,. Company Organined.

Washington, March 19,-Articles of incorporation of the United States Trust Company, to do a general bank ing business in the District of Colum- bia for fifty years. were filed here to- day in the office of the recorder of deeds The capital stock Is $1,00O, 900. D. Morgan is named as president and c. J. Rixey, w. J Gdiyer and W, J. Bell as vice presidents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

The Americus Times-Recorder vows that an old-time cock-fight in that town used to cause moro excitement than the South American war Is doing. Well. we have heard of some of those oldtime affairs that were rather lively occasions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

its stem in her garden and hung it in her bedroom. naming 1t the Bryan bean. Several days ago she noticed that the bean was taking on a greenish appearance. When she looked at 1t again she noticed that the pod had swollen to its original size and the bean within apparently had swollen. while the pod was as green as the day on which she had plucked 1t from the stem. Mrs. Loveless regards the cir- cumstance ss the certain forerunner of the nomination or election of Bryan next year"
 Now. if those who believe in signs and portents are not impressed by this incident we don't know what 1t win take to impress them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

Dav after day. week after week. month after month aHd year after year. .a 1ne Advertiser continues to be the only u1hs Iss or Sunday newspaper published III =, tual net paid circulation. Sou
 The February figures given below snoS . vigorous and substantial Srowtn anN antee that its circulation is the IaLssss sss of any morning or Sunday newspaper printed in Alabams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

It is very easy to say, let the rail- roads keep out of politics" It is equally easy to say. let politics keep out of the railroads" but how are they to be kept out of each other?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

Boston initiates Chicago" is the heading of an editorial in The Chicago Journal. Now watch for Boston to rise up and ullulate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
Pa.a Pren. CenaorahIu Blu

Lisbon. March 1s.--The efforts of the liberals in favor of freedom of speech and of the press have been un- availing, The new censorship blll was adopted today by the chamber of deputies 510 to as votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

special to one of our contemporar- les from Petersburg, Indiana. brings the information that on the day that MT. Bryan was nominated for Presi- dent, Mrs. William Loveless, one of his admirers. Dlpcked long bean from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

\. s. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sWorn- sayas
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiser's circulation for the month of renru- ary 1907. ts true and correct and compneo after ali returns from news-boys news agents. spoiled and leftover copies nave hssn Geaucted E 6. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me tnis -. F W. JACKSON.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
:. Inereased interess in Muslc.
Tait in New Posttlon..

Mir. Robert Taft, who was recently elected Secretary of fhe Alabama Ag- ricultural Association, and Secretary of the Southern Fair Circuit for Alabama, was in Selma yesterday to confer with x.saat 4,os t,t nsas.. dt~ AT AT fair to be given by the Central Ala bama Fair Association in Selma next Fall.
 This was one of Mfr Tait's first off cial duties for, though he had already assumed some of his duties as Secreta- " of the Circuit and of the Alabama Agricultural Association, he had not before had direct transactions with any Association. Of the~State. Mir. Tait returned to Montgemesy last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

The following is an extract from tho signed special of The Advertiser, Washington correspondent in yester. days Issue:
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An Ignorant Demon

IN an instant the room was in an uproar. But
i the magistrates did not lose their heads To the
bailie in special the affair had a suspicious look.
He had heard the devil speak worse Latin than a
boy of the fourth class, he had noted the mother
superiors hesitancy in pronouncing Grandiers name,
and he well aware that deadly enmity had long
existed between Grandier and Mignon So he placed
little faith in the atters proestation that the
ing of his rival had taken him completely by sur
prise. Consulting with his colleague, he codly in
formed Mgnon that before any arrest could be made
there must be further investigation, and promising
to return next day, bade them good night.
Next day found the convent besieged by towns
people, indignant at the accusation against the pop
ular priest, and determined to laugh the devils out
of existence. Grander himself burning with rage,
fastened to the bae and demanded that the nuns
be separately interrogated and by other inqusitors
than Mignon and Barre. In these demands the
baile properly acquesced; but, attempting in per-
son to enforce his orders to that effect he denied
admttance to the convent. Excitement ran high;
high that fearful for his personal safety, Mignon
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Crandier was relative of Mother Superior Beliefs
This official whose Laubardemont, had
come to Loudun singular mission. Richelieu,
the celebrated cardinal statesman, in the pursuit of
his policy of strengthening the crown and weaken
ing the nobility, had resolved to level to the ground
the fortresses and castles of interior France, and
among those marked for destruction the castle
of Loudun. Thither therefore, he despatched
Laubardemont to that his orders were faithfully
executed
Naturally, the cardinals commissioner became
interested in the trouble that had befa1len his kns
woman, and the interested when Mignon
limited to him that there reason to believe that
the suspected wizard was also the author of recent
satire which had set the entire court laughing at
Richelieu's expense. What lent plausibity to this
charge the fact that the satire had been uni
versally accredited to a court beauty formerly
of Grandiers parishioners. Also there was the fact
that in days gone by, when Richeeu merely a
deacon he had had violent quarrel with Grandier
over question of precedence. Putting two and
two together and knowing that it would result to
his advantage unearth the real author of the
satire, Laubardemont turned a willing to the
suggestion that the woman in question had allowed
her old pastor to shield himself behind her name.
Back to Paris the commissioner galloped to carry
the story to Richelieu The cardinals anger knew
no bounds. From the King he secured warrant
for Grandiers arrest and to this he added decree
investing Laubardenont with full inquisitoral pow
ers. Events moved rapidly. Though fore
warned by Partisan friends, Grander refused to
seek safety by flight and arrested in spectacular
fashion while his way to say mass His home
was searched his papers seized, and he him
self was thrown into an improvised dungeon in a
house belonging to Mignon. Witnesses in his favor
were intimidated, while those willing to testify
against him were literally rewarded. To such
strong undercurrent of popular indignation, Lau-
baroenont actually procured from the King and
council a decree prohibiting any appeal from his
decisions, and gave out that, since King and car
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consented to accept as eXorcists two
priests appointed. not by the bailie. but
by the Bishop of Poiters-who, it might
incidentally be mentioned, had his own
reasons for disliking Grandier.
Exercising now went on daily, to the
disgust of the serious minded, the mys-
tifcation of the credulous, the delight of
of Grandier. So far the play if melo-
dramatic, had not approached the tragic.
Sometimes it degenerated to the broadest
farce comedy. Thus, on one occasion
when the devil was being read out of the
mother superior, crashing sound was
heard, and a huge black cat tumbled
down the chimney and scampered about
the room. AT once the cry was raised
that the devil had taken the form of a cat,
a mad chase ensued, and it would have
gone hard with pussy had not a nun
CHANGED to recognize in it the pet of the
convent.
Still, there were circumst ances which
tended to inspire conviction in the mind
of many. The commissions of the pos
sessed were undoubtedly genuine, and
seemingly ineXplicable by any natural
istic basis. A contemporary writer. de-
scribing events of few months later,
when several recruits had been added to
their ranks, states that some when
comatose became supple like a thin
piece of lead, SO that their body could be
bent in every direction, forward, back
ward or sideways, till their head touched
the ground" and that others showed no
sign of pain when struck, pinched, or
pricked. Then too they whirled and
danced and grimaced and howled in a
manner impossible to anyone in a per-
fectly normal state.
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about midway between the an
cient and romantic cities of
- Tours and Poitiers. To-day it
is an exceedingly unpretentious
and an exceedingly sleepy place; but in
the seventeenth century, the time of this
story, it was in vastly better estate. Then
its markets, it's shops, its inns, lacked not
business. It's churches were thronged
with worshipers Through its narrow
streets proud noble and prouder ecclesi-
astic, thrifty merchant and active artisan,
passed and repassed in an unceasing
stream. 1t was rich in points of interest,
prominent among which were its castle
and it's convent In the castle the stout
hearted Loudunians found a refuge and
stronghold against the ambitions of the
feudal lords and the tyranny of The crown.
To its convent, pleasantly situated in
grove of time honored trees, they sent
their children to be educated
1t is to the convent that we must turn
our steps; for it was from the convent
that the devils were let loose to plague
the good people of Loudun. And in order
to understand the course of events, we
must first make ourselves acquainted
with it's history Very briefly, then, it.
like many other institutions of its kind.
was product of the Catholic counter
reformation designed to stem the rising
tide of Protest antsm. 1t came into being
in 1910, and was of the Ursuline order,
which had been introduced into France
not many years earlier. From the first
it proved magnet for the daughters of
the nobility, and soon boosted a goodly
complement of nuns.
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Only a Brief Respite

EOR a few brief weeks Grandier enjoyed
i respite, thanks to the intervention of
his friend, the Archbishop of Bordeaux,
who threatened to send physician and
priests of his own choice to examine the
possessed, threat of itself sufficient, ap-
parently, to put the devils to flight But
they returned with undirninished vigor
upon the arrival in Loudun of powerful
state official who, unfortunately for
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Sister Claire, faced and fragile looking creatures
on whose countenances were expressions of fear
that would have inspired pity in the most stony
hearted About them lowered monks and nuns:
At sight of the strangers, Sister Claire lapsed into
a serIicomatose condition: but the mother superior
convulsions that lasted until the father confessor
spoke to her in commanding tone. Then followed
a startling dialogue, carried on in Latin between
why have you entered this 1naiden's body?"
Because of hatred -
What sign do you bring?"
Flowers 3
What 1owers?"
Roses"
who has sent them?"
short pause, then the single word "Urbain. -
Tell us his surname
"Grandier.'
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Conceive their grief, therefore, when he suddenly
sickened and died Now ensued an anxious time
pending the appointment of his successor Two
names were foremost for consideraton-that of
lean Mignon, chief canon of the Church of the HOLY
Cross and that of Urban Grandier cure of Saint
Peters of Loudun. Mgnon was a Jealous and
learned eccesiastlc, but bel1ed his name by being
cold, suspicious, and, some would have it, I'M
scrupuous. Grandier, on the contrary, was frank
and ardent and generous, and idolized by the
people of Loudun. But he had serious failings He
was most unclerically gallant tactless was
overreadv to take offense and his wrath once fully
reused, was unreenting. Accordingly little sur
prise was felt when Mgnon chosen.
With Mgnon the devils entered the Ursuline con-
vent. Hardly had he been installed when rurnors
began go about of strange doings within its quiet
walls and that there something in these rurnors
became evident the night of October H. 1922
when magistrates of Loudun, the bailie and the
civil lieutenant, were hurredly summoned to the
convent to listen to astonishing story For up
ward of fortnight 1t appeared several of the nuns,
including Mother Superior Bethel had been tor
they had given every evidence of being possessed
by evil spirits. With the assistance of another
priest, Father Barre Mignon had succeeded in exor-
cising the demons out of all the afflicted save the
mother superior and Sister Claire.
In their every formula known to the ritual
had failed. The only conclusion that they were
not merely possessed but bewitched, and much as
he disked to bring notoriety the convent the
father confessor had decided it high time to
learn who responsible for the dire visitation.
He had called the magistrates, he explained, in
order that legal steps might be taken to apprehend
the wizard, 1t being well established that devils
when duly exercised must speak the truth, and
that consequently there could be no doubt as to
the identity of the offender should the evil spirits
be induced to name the of their authority
Without giving the officials time to from
their amazement, Mignon led them to an upper
room, where they found the mother superior and
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rOUDUN is a small town in France
about midway between the an
cient and romantic cities of
. Tours and Poitiers To-day it
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The Mother Superior

At their head, as mother superior, was a
n certain Jeanne de Belief, of noble
birth and many attractive qualities, but
with characteristics which, as the sequel
will show, wrought much woe to others as
we'll as to the poor gentlewoman herself.
Whatever her defects, however, she
abored tirelessly in the interests of the
convent, and in this respect was ably
seconded by its father confessor, worthy
Father Moussaut, a man of rare good
sense and possessing a firm hold on the
consciences and affections of the nuns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
WORTH SEEING.
The Philippine Exhibit at the James,
 town Exposition.

The Philippine Exhibit at the James,
 town Exposition.
 Norfolk, Aug. Special. )-There is much to see and enjoy at the expo sition. The seeker after knowledge as well as the visitor in search of amuse- ment will find at the big fair quite enough to occupy his or her attention for several days. Of all the show at fractions there Is none that is attract ing more attention nor getting higher praise than the Philippine Reserva- tion.
 This exhibit, which was the big fea- ture of the St. Louis Fair, Is made with the permission and sanction or inc United States and Philippine gov ernments. It occupies five and one half acres of ground in one of the urettiest sections of the Exposition. One hundred and forty-two native Filipinos representative of five races and tribes of the little brown people from the far away islands are quar- tered on the reservation.
 Each race and tribe lives in a yii- laRe typical of the village from which 1t comes, the Moros in huts built over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
FOOD
 FACTS Grape=NutS
FOOD A Body Balance.

People hesitate at the statement that the famous food, GFape-Nuts, yields as much nourishment from one pound as can be absorbed by the system from ten pounds of meat, bread, wheat or oats. Ten pounds of meat might contain more nourishment than one pound of Grape-Nuts, but not in shape that the system will absorb as large a propor- tion of, as the body can take up from one pound of Grape-Nuts
 This food contains the selected parts of wheat and barley which are pre- pared and by natural means predigest- ed. transformed into form of sugar, ready for immediate assimilation. Peo- ple in all parts of the world testify to the value of Grape-Nuts.
 A Mo. man says: T have gained ten pounds on Grape-Nuts food. can truly recommend 1t to thin people" He had been eating meat, bread, etc, right added flesh until Grape7Nuts food was used.
 One curious feature regarding true health food is that it's use will reduce the weight of a corpulent person with unhealthy flesh, and will add to the weight Of a thin person not properly nourished There is abundance of evil dence to prove this.
 Grape-Nuts balances the body in a condition of true health. Scientific se- lection of food elements makes Grape Nuts good and valuable. Its delicious favour and, powerful nourishing prop critics have made friends that in turn have made Grape-Nuts famous 'aThere's a Reason" Read. The Road ta. Melville" in pkgss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
EyyoyAnn.n CONCERT.

gdeiefy of UniOntOwn Braves Weather
 and Hears Excellent Program.
 Uniontown, Aug. 21.--(SpeciaL) )-A most enjoyable concert gotten up by Mrs. A. l.. Morgan and Mrs. Percy Hin ton drew a fair crowd to Francis Thea ire last night, notwithstanding the fact that 1t was an ugly, rainy night
 Those who braved the weather were we'll paid, as they were treated to such music as is rarely presented by anna teurs. The home talent consisted oi Miss Mary Brown as reader, Misses Vio- let Marx and Mattie Knight, Edward White and Andrew Rankin, vocalists with Mrs. A. L. Morgan as accompan- ist. They were umost ably assisted bJ Miss Dansby, a highly cultivated and accomplished musician of Cincinnati who is here on a visit to her relative MT. R. D. Hart
 As vocalists they were aided by MT T. M. Stratton, of Holly Springs, travelling man, who is an accomplish ed singer, and also by Mir. Chapman who was a member of the University Glee Club, and Sidney H. Smith, ar Auburn student.
 After the baseball team had dis banded and three of its best players had gone home. the remnant got to- Rether and played a game on wet grounds yesterday with Demopolis. and will play a double header this after noon if the weather permits.
 They will also play next week, Pell City and Alabama City. two of the brag amateur teams of the state. While the home team has been weakened they expect to make it interesting for all visitors.