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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
POOR TASTE AND
AND
 WORSE JUDGMENT.

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 If the spirit prevailing in the minds of most of those who favor Mir. Bryan's nomination is that of The Greensboro Watchman we are at a loss to under stand how they can expect harmony in this State. The Waterman in it's last issue said:
 Now that the primary is over, and Bryan has been largely victorious over John A. Johnson in Alabama, would the boomers of the Minnesota Governor mind letting the public into the secret or their move in pressing him forward at the late day they shieJ his cas- tor Into the political arena, There Is something very weird and mysterious about the entire performance, let the general public into the secret, gentle men.
 We are not into the secrets of those who saw proper to start a Johnson campaign in this State, but we are prepared to believe that they were ac- tuated by high and noble purposes, and 1t i'll becomes The Watchman or any other paper or man to express even by publication a contrary belief When on as short notice as was given nearly 40 per cent of the voters cast their votes against Mir. Bryan, in whose behalf an active and continuous campaign has been waged for twelve months. it is very evident that a vast number of thinking Democrats prefer another leader. If it is the purpose of those who favor Mir. Bryan to slur at those who do not they may find in the end that different course would have been better. There has been no intimation on the part of Johnson men that they would not vote for the nom- inee and we believe that they will all cast their votes in that way. We sug- gest, therefore. that 1t would be well for The Watchman to stop such com ments as are copied above. Lead CTS who have won victories and are backed up by the thousands of as good Democrats as live in Alabama should not be made the target for III con- cealed venom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
A FAIR OBSERVER.

A new wonder has come to the front when least expected. A learned and educated Englishman, being a man of no less standing than Dr. Skeat, Pro- lessor of languages at Cambridge Uni versity, comes out with the plain and positive declaration that Americans speak as good English as the English themselves.
 We say this man is wonder, be- cause he is so different from the ma jority of Englishmen who comment on Americans. Some of them-many of them, in fact-who wouldn't recognize a correct expression if they should meet 1t on a turnpike. take it on them selves to speak in a contemptuousIy superior manner of English as she is spoke" in the United States, and com pare it with the best usage in Eng land. much to the disadvantage of our side.
 That this is unjust and unfair, ought to be plain to any one who Is not pre- judiced or overloaded with conceit. If an American writer should print specimens of the dialect of cockney London, or that of the uneducated farmers of the rural district and speak of 1t as the kind of English spoken by the English people he would be severe ly criticised for thus taking the speech of the uncultivated or the users of slang and setting it up as the standard speech of the English people.
 And yet that is just what most Eng lishmen who write about our country are guilty of. In the North and the East, the South and the West. in the cities and in the rural districts. there will be heard slang expressions and un- couth words and phrases in plenty, but to hold them up as evidences that Americans as a whole do not use good English Is as absurd as 1t is unjust. To quote from The Boston Globe:
 So-called American English has been persistently held up to ridicule by comic Journals in England and even more by comic travellers out of England A generation or two ago Englishmen dis tinguished in literature, who had visit cd this country and been privileged herd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Now We VIII Hear From Commission
 CT Wallace.
 Scottsboro, Ala, May "A. Editor Advertiser.
 note Hon. John IFS explanation of the Whip Poor Will. and those are two jretty good words-in fact one man Tn our town gave for a reason for not voting for MT. Wallace when solicited by myself to do so that ohm used too many big words, but however he did vote for him
 But the Whip-P -Ppor-Will, I note 1t is spoken of as singing. That is the first time I ever heard 1t accused of be- ing a song bird.
 Many is the time when a boy in company with a companion have we gone out on the edge of town on the common" and just between sundown and dusk shot three Bull bats" or Whip Poor Wills
 The mouth a web or seive like re- septable would contain hundreds of gnats and small insects
 They are not scarce in our section of country now.
 After nightfall any evening now l can sit on the long veranda at my home and listen to the plaintive note of the Speckled throadted Whip Poor-Will GOT as well call them BullbatsJ on the side of the mountin just across the field. The old time darkey used to say the first one you would hear in the fall was a sign you would move in that di- rection before long.
 H NJ. Henderson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
LYDIA E. PINKHXM

Nature and woman's work con- btned have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that the world has ever known
 In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots and herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate suffering.
 The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baff1e the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs.
 From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia B. Pinkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe- culiar ills, more potent and efica- cious than any combination of drugs.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills.
 Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 516 NC. St, Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
 Complete restoration to health means So much to me that for the sake of other suffering women am willing to make my troubles public.
 "For twelve years had been suffer ing with the worst forms of female ills. During that time had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times l could hardly walk. About two years ago wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and Mrs. PinkhAm's advice re- stored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering women"
 What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound did for Mrs. Muff. twill do =" "ther suffering women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
MARsE HENRI TO THE FRONT.

That unsurpassed phrase maker, that out to gather roses with the "star-eyed goddess"-of course we llude to Col. Watterson-has put for another of his ideals for the Democrats of all the land to gaze on. We offer" said he. the true and tried platform of home rule, a sound currency and revenue re- form. no trusts or trustism, no mixing of religion and politics under the false pretense of morality and virtue; no behest of hypocrisy and humbug mas querading as civic righteousness; no sumptuary laws in restraint either of trade or individual liberty, local option and wise restriction the remedies for the drink curse. On such a platform all true democrats can stand. On such a platform we truly believe we can win in the nation and in the state. So, let the well1in ring with the refrain, Patriots to the front. wildcats to the rear down with the black flag of fac tion, and up with the star lowered banners of democracy, unterrifed and undehledw
 All this sounds bully. but 1t has our good Chattanooga contemporary, The Times. somewhat balled up in un- certainty. It says:
 Mir watterson doesn't tell us who are meant by tho "wildcats;" in Kentucky they may be one thing-we are curious to know what and who they are in Tennessee. There's something abroad threatening the democratic organiza- ton and there isn't the slightest doubt that if 1t succeeds it will require some thing more than a hollow rallying cry to reform the lines. If Mir. Watterson's platform is correct, and every democrat must admit 1t Is. at least up to date, there seems to be only one thing to do --let the wild cats" go their ways as Mir. Watterson suggests and preserve the faith whatever may happen. The only question is are wild cats" demo- crats and ought they be allowed to de- eide for us what the party stands for? If they are democrats. then there are thousands who used to think they are democrats, but who are not. In other words, which ought to be disciplined at the primaries, the regulars" or the wild cats"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1908.
Tn some rather lengthy Thoughts Oh Democracy" The Indianapolis Star tells some truths in these words:

Tn some rather lengthy Thoughts oh Democracy" The Indianapolis Star tells some truths in these words:
 The naked truth Is that our Govern ment is so framed that we can never have a House, a Senate, a President or a city council any better than the peo- pie want. As the stream can rise no higher than it's source, our city and must be an accurate embodiment of the average popular ideals of public life. It is a pity that this is so: that we can vote for Tom, Dick and Harry and great ability in charge of public affairs; but our system forbids 1t.
 Whether we like to admit 1t or not we may as well do so, but if there is remedy 1t is not apparent. It would perhaps not be fair to say though the public officials. from highest to low est, are always fair specimens of those who elect them, but we may as well admit that they are the kind of men the voters want or they would not be elected. But what are the people to do about 1t? There will always be parties. we presume, and as long as that Is the case the voters must choose between the candidates whose names are put out for their votes. As long as there are parties there are pretty sure to be unfit men elected, but we are curious to hear the remedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
This Ls My 43rd Birthday
Robert W. Chambers.

Robert W. Chambers, whose works Of fiction have attained much popularity in recent years, was born May 26, 1eOo. in Brooklyn, and received much of his education abroad. He had a success ful career as a painter and Illustrator before he began writing fiction, yet ne has a list of twenty nine books to his credit He exhibited in the Paris Sa- lon in 1889 and then returned to New York to follow for some years a sue cessful career as a magazine illustra- tor. He gained his first literary popu- torical romances. but latterly he has taken to writing novels of New York life He has written also a number of magazine stories and is the author or a drama which was produced by Miss Ada Rehan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Speaking of Governor Johnson's po- litical beliefs and expressions The Richmond Times-Dispatch predicts that when this sort of Democracy comes before the people again they will give it the same welcome that Grover Cleveland received in 1884 and 1892" Well, all we have to say is, may the time soon come when the Cleveland stlye of Democracy will pre- vail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
No ExcIuaIve RIrht.

Elba Clipper.
 The sort of remarks that Mir. Bryan made when he heard the results from Alabama are a portion of the things that made so many Alabamians against him. He has grown so very great that if any dare oppose him he talks about sinister influence, and similar rot. lie Is personally a clean man, of good i'm telligence, whom luck has landed at the head of the democratic party, and there baked on the job of advance ment. Wed be glad to help push him on up, but the job is unpleasant, when he makes remarks about steel trusts. etc, when another democrat dares or fer for the place he calls his own by right of continuous, open, notorious, adverse possession. It's a sorry day in American politics when a man feels like he has the exclusive right to lead the democratic forlorn hope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
DRIFTWOoD
mY PILL D. AMMNTMoNG

 in the advertissmsats. Heard i.a1s times . day: "Ain.t i, hot r.. and What was the scorer" sns nss Ssr.S that has no turning in in When "as. girl says she Is crasy to get mar You needn't hssitas. about building up |. of building material is Sish. 'n' 0'n'' A'h' There is girl fin Montgomery who can shuts her eyes when she gets half through verna: Jack says he can't see my reason Lydia; My-Jack must be awfuIiy near
 Force of Habit. h a store for five week.; But she waited on q millionaire. And you can bet your lucky stars Big diamonds she doth flash. For she has not forgotten how +
 Most every woman has got some secret sGen esd sos for ss:r sss |: get G Somehow or other no man ever looks looks i as uneomfortsbIe % ss a % small boy H,9 esgr rying his sisters night-sown to her chum's house.
 Strange. but women seldom think as much about wearing q smile as they do about wearing apparel.
 A house-party is a collection of supposed .oeeS tx pDt Hbo 9 ss when they get back home.
 In this world few of us have to take any thing for our nerve. On the other hand we take things with our nerve. . cialists. says an exchange. However. c habit may be overcome in time, they say. A carload of 45 babies has been shipped from New York to the South. We have pien- on earth, @ but % of course % % are read ready and wii ling to make room in the Land of Flowers and sunshiIs for those unfortunate babes of string to the milk bottle Is always on the outside.
 upiift of sumsnity f~Fiorida rimes-usien. JSagins by recent s dMn,I :stsmH,S it seems also Ysilow-iesgsd Fried chicken and Big Lus- S'Ss .r. hsr our EAsS sid. Texas man has a front yard of 800 him mow it? If so, he Is welcome to keep it. When . dog is bathed. perfumed. petted, pampered and kissed on the nose every morning we somehow cannot believe that he roams fancy-fFee and unbathed through the deep cool woods in the summer time.
 Men may come
 And men may go
 By; soEming ;oEn. sn or 1sSI sOi5s- His family physician says thA4 '.Mr. before he dies: That doctor iS on to his joS all right. Must be expecting a big fee soon. Thank heavens. the voting is over," sighed the candidate.
 well wish you many happy election returns of the day. replied his friend ,.u On the Reeh-a-Gse.ev.Ss. Peek-a- boulevard, All the Willie boys pause to stare at her In fact she's so attractive she the traffic
 Sophie
 Psek-a-bouIevardI Oh. Sophie in her pssk-a-poo Is dainty. shy Yes. the sweetest and eompIetest and the neatest one could meet, For she's perfect from her merry widow hat down to her feet.
 Is
 Sophie
 On the
 Peek a. boulevardi Yes, Sophie with her dilnpled form encased Is very very tempting to the masculine near-view- And my heart 1t goes a flutter till don't know what to do.
 Der
 Sophie
 On the Peek-a- -boulevardi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
This Date in History
MAY 2R.

1764-Edward Livingston, of Louisi- ana, Secretary of State under PresI- 1S4S-French Government decreed the perpetual banishment of Louis Philippe and his family.
 1S64-General Richard Oglesby nom mated for Governor of Illinois.
 1S67-Princess of Wales born.
 1S96-Emperor Nicholas II of Rus sia crowned al Moscow.
 1905- Baron Alphonse de Rothschild died
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
Atomic Weights.

The international committee on atomic weights has recently announced the changes in the list of clements for 1908. These are. with one exception practically the same as those announced forr 1907. The only notable change is the addition to the list of a new ele- ment. dysprosium, whose atomic weight Is given as 162 B.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Some esteemed contemporaries, both in and out of the State in an over sup ply of jubilant enthusiasm, have been informing their readers that Alabama went four to one for Bryan over John son. A few more modest claimants. put 1t at only three to one, but all of them can now prohtably spend a little time studying arithmetic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

"Huckleberries have struck the east end of the State" announces The Raleigh Times. Then we may soon ex- pect to read the statement, "Huckle- berries are now in our midst" And shey can be manufactured into good pies for fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
person. There Are Others.

Tri-Cities Weekly.
 Mir. John w Tomlinson of Birmlns- ham is a candidate for National Demo cratic Committeeman from Aiapamnsa ns. As 1t is a foregone conclusion thn' Mr Tomlinson is regarded as the leading Bryan man In the State 1t would seem that he Is the logical man for commit. would fill the position with credit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
awopnr r,rRrrrr ATTAIN

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees fits advertisers (and makes it a part of the contract when reQuested) that its daily cir- culation Is larger than that of any morn. ing newspaper printed in Alabama-and that its Sunday edition has the largest cir culation of any edition of any newspaper printed In Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April printed below repre- sent the actual net circulation all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
BIanche Rntes,s Gnme-

Blanche Bates, the actress, fs agitat- ing a project for the establishment of A home for needy forty miners. It will be in California, and she Is in commu- nication with the various representa- tives in that State with a view of learn ing how much she may depend upon them for aid in tse movement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

The turning down of Senators Bull for delegates s-at-large to the national Republican convention. at Chicago is still a subject of much gossip Tn the Nutmeg State It Is now said that Brandegee will be so strenously oppos- ed next year that he will find 1t hard to be reelected to the Senate and that Bulkeley In all probability will not se- cure reelection in 1911. Candidates to succeed them are already being dis- cussed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
Here,n Hoping.

Mobile has not been affected by the stringent times. Faith in her future continues to increase. These are the expressions of real estate men who are in position to know. The Gulf City bids fair to become the greatest city in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
Princeton'a BuIIdInr.,

Altogether during the year 1908 there will have been under construction buildings directly or indirectly con nected with Princeton University rep- resenting an expenditure of nearly S5,. 900. 900,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

than superintendent Hill has visited the Capitol recently Hs hss ssste srieoSs soSsrn m eneIy & bis former associates in the nensrtment of Education were glad to see again the energetic doer or things in the educational life of Alabama
 q T Marsh and W. J, Buckner, or IJnntsvtlIe are at the Imperial
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

We can't say what is in the future. or what may be the conditions even when this item is read. but up to date Montgomery has been playing some ! ball as the per centage table shows. Can it keep upf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Senator ulius c. Burrows. who is to be temporary chairman of the Re- publican national convention has rep resented the State of Michigan in the United States Senate since 1895, when he was elected to succeed Francis B. Stockbridge, who died three years be- fore his term expired. Mir Burrows served nine terms in the House of Rep resentatives before he was elected to the Senate His present term in the Senate will expire March 3, 1911.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

A Good Town in Growing County. Opp Era.
 We heard a travelling man say tho other day that opp is best town oi its size south of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Massachusetts has decided to present Governor Guilds name to the Republi- can national convention as her candi- date for Vice President. The Cover nors friends argue in his behalf that he is favorably known throughout the him upon the stump would aid the Ia 1T ticket tremendously in these sections. It is said, moreover. that organized la Tor. the colored citizens and voters of foreign extraction are very friendly to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

H B. Fisher of Pratt City and E. B Wallace, of Cullman, are two prominenl upstate men at the Imperial
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

j. H Wynne of Mobile and J. Robert Simms of Opelika were among the vis- itors to register at the Summers yes terdaV,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Hon. Isaac W. Hill, former State su- perintendent of Education. aud now Opeiika. was in Montgomery yesterday on business. No more welcome DeraAn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Iotal .&o1sNS1 Less returnS etc. ...... s.ls7 Net Daily Average, April, 1908 .. .I5.0T1 Net Sunday Average. April, 1908 .... .2o.h4s
 
 C. T. Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says:
 The 7oregoing statement of The Adver- ttsers circulation for the month of April. 1908. is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agent0, spoiled and leftover copies have been de. 6uctod. c L FINTGAN.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this eth day of May. 1908. RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

<. G. Clark and wife of Birmingham are the guests of the Mabson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26
Politics and Politicians

Former Governor Warfield of Mary land says a national Democratic ticket headed by Governor Johnson of Mime sota and Governor Folk of Missouri would sweep the country at the No vember elections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Certain leaders of the temperance movement in Pennsylvania declare that the next gubernatorial campaign will be waged on q local option issue, ana that State Treasurer William H. Berry will be the candidate of the forces 10 the nomination of the saloon in Penn sylvania politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Henry F. Staple, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Missouri Is opposed to Statewide pro- hibition. He declares that 1t is forcing some communities to a thing which they by vote of their people have de- clared against and that consequently 1t Is undemocratic and un-American.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

F. NJ Stevens, of Mobile and j. W Hunter, of Selma, are two we'll knowT Alabama business men at the Enchange
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

The thousand girls at vassar College from all sections of the United States held a mock national Republican com vention recently and nominated Sec retary Tatt for President and Governor The convention was conducted with all the enthusiasm characteristic of the real thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

You needn't hesitate about building up a of building material is high.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

William Bryan. will. 1t is said take the stump in Colorado, Wyoming and other States, and will make political speeches in favor of her father, if he is nominated for the Presidency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-26

Hampshire predicts that the Demo- cratic convention at Denver next July will name William J. Bryan of Nebras- ka for President and John A. Jonhson of Minnesota for Vice President.