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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
A DITCH UNDER WATER.
The Cutting Of a Deep Trench in Lower
New York Bay.

Through the very center Of lower
New York bay, says Worlds Work,
to take the place Of the old circuitous
route, a direct channel is being
drcdged to n depth Of 10 feet. The
big ships like the Deutschland, the
Kaiser wilhelm aud the new Kron-
prinz, which are forced now to await
the flow Of the tide, will have regu.
lar sailing hours.
The digging Of a ditch under wa
ter i. scarcely less interesting than
the cutting of a deep trench like the
new subway in New York through
the city streets. In this particular
channel borings have been made
which show that the finding OF rock
is decidedly improbable. Two great
twin-screw hulks Of steel, built much
like long rectangular boxes, with
vertical stack, foremost and main.
mast, steam daily into the channels
course. and the big suction tubes are
lowered and are sunk about ten feet
into the sand and mud Of the bot
tom. The pump is charged, and the
bottom Of the bay begins to run into
about q dozen hoppcrs, which extend
for % feet through the center Of the
dredge. Meanwhile the boat moves
forward at a rate Of about 20 feet a
minute, so that new material can be
fed constantly into The keepers by the
suction. When the hoppers are en-
tirely filled the tube is drawn up, the
pump is stopped and the boats start
for the dumping ground. eight miles
out at sea. When they are nearly
there compound pumps are started,
which supply water to free the dis.
chare valves Of the packed sand.
When the dumping ground has been
reached the valves ara opened about
three feet by hydraulic power, and n
pressure Of about 60 pounds to the
square inch aids gravity in clearing
the hoppers.
Altogether it is estimated nearly
40,O00,O00 cubic yards Of the bottom
OF the bay-more than six times the
estimated total excavation for the
japanese park reservoir-will be car.
ried out into the ocean by these boats.
which dig up 5000 tons Of mud and
sand an hour. II is estimated that
two years work will complete the
nhnnnel
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28

white clay IA form Of kaolin) is con-
sidcrcd rather as a dclicacy. After
being dug out Of the earth il ia care
fully pounded and sified, so as to
render il quite smooth and free from
grit. II is next placed in a bark
trough. and by the addition Of water
worked into a stiff paste. This paste
is then made into q cake, placed in the
sun for six or eight days, eventually
wrapped in leaves. buried in the ashes
and a hot fire made over il. When IL
IL cool IL is ready for eating, and IL
devoured with u gusto. Green ants,
as well as their larvae. are eaten as
food. MS well as medicine, in some To-
calities. Great ingenuity is dis
played in the capture Of fish, for
which several methods are employed.
Translation with the fccct 10 common
on some portions OF the Georgia and
other creeks, while muddying the wa
ter with the feet and then hitting the
fish a. they come to the surface Ia
n common procedure everywhere.
The practice Of poisoning the wa
ter by special plants and capturing
the fish as they come to the surface is
also fairly common.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
DRIED A POISON.
Serum Thus Obtained an Effective Remedy
for venomous Bites.

DIR. Calmette keeps a stock of
snakes at Lille, aud extracts the ven.
ON by pressing the jaw, says the Lon
don Globe. ltialls into watch glass,
and when dried to preserve it resem.
bles prayed resin. The snakes are fed
by introducing raw eggs into their
stomachs If, as usual, they refuse Ia
eat. Solutions Of the dry venom in
salt water Zone per cent. in strength
are made and used in experiments.
Rabbits and other animals are inocu.
lated with increasing doses for several
months until they become immune
to doses 200 times greater than a NOR.
tai dose. A horse, after six months.
can stand venom enough TO kill zoe
horses not vaecinated. Horses fur.
nish the antitoxic serum for inOculat.
ing against snake bite, and six to eight
liters Of blood can be drawn from
them every two or three weeks. This
yields two or three liters Of active
serum. The horses are then treated
again. The serum is exported to all
countries where poisonous snakes
abound, especially India, Australia
and South America. Some ten to
90 cubic centimeters Of it simply in.
jected with a large hypodcrmic
syringe under the skin of the aldo.
men, where it is easily absorbed, are
~eiiicacious if the patient is not yet in
a state of asphyyia
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
BREvITIEs OF FUN.
Guest-"what a splendid dinner

Guest-'What a splendid dinner
Don't often get as good a meal az
this" Little Willie (son Of the host)
1--WE don't, either."--N. Y. Tele.
gram.
ympathetic.- Daggs-'I'd have
you know, sir, that my ancestors were
blue-blooded." Diggs-'"Too bad;
why didn't they take something for
itg"-Ohio State Journal.
Hetty-"What makes you look so
cheap when Fred Farmer comes near
your kate-"I thought perhaps he
might think | was a bargain and snap
NE up."-Boston Transcript.
Hes a misanthrope." "Wot's a
misanthropei' ooh, he's a Teller dat
always thinks he's gittin' de hot end
Of it an dat everybody is giyin' it to
him cold."-lndianapolis News.
"Aly dear" she said to her invalid
husband, "ycu haven't forgotten that
,ealskin sacque You promised me, have
your "llow can you think OF such
things,' he protested, with death
so near TO mey' But, my graciou.l
sealskin is quite fashionable for
mourning .'-Philadelphia Record.
ale has called every evening for
the last two weeks" said the fair
girl. 'Indced!' said Miss Cayenne.
DO you think he truly loves me!'
swell. il is not always easy TO deter
mine whether a young man goes out
calling because he likes the company.
or because his own room is chilly
Washington Star.
An Honest ~Judge.-"I charge that
there is collision among the wit
nessos!' cried the attorney for the de-
PENDANT. springing to his fcect. "In
that case" said Judge Wayback, 81
order tn sheriff tcw search EN-. an
il he finds any collision, or anything
else i%nioSicatin', he will turn it over
few mc!'-Ohio State Journal.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
c. then. the main thing is to GET STARTED.

In this case, then, the main thing is to GET STARTED.
A penny or a nickel will do for a start-providcd you do not rob
the little home bank before you get a dollar in small coins together
and get these out of your own hands and into the hands of the saw
ings bank.
The best savers ire often those who have the smallest resources
rom which to practice their art. And they score ahead OF The others
because they are quick to learn two things: First-not to wait for
too big a sum before dcposting; second, not to fall back" on the
bank and use its accumulation under any kind of compulson short
OF starvation.
1t takes nerve for the very poor to get a snug savings account
under way BUT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SAVE TILL
II huRTS-who cut into selfindulgence right down to the bone.
There is many a story OF heroic iortiude and unninching determine
ton written between the entries in the pass books of savings banks
and many a line of romance, tool
Few persons have any conception of the vast volumes of these
small savings. Here are a few facts that are more expressive and
interesting than o many adjcctives, il they do contain figures:
May Of 1901 the savings banks of the world contained $685.
$4,000 Even a Ro1hschild, a Rockefeller n a Morgan would admit
this TO be a tidy sum.
This tremendous volume of money was saved by 6,ozoooo de-
postors, making an average of $I4I.24 for each savings depositor tho
world over.
OF course the United States led the list in the amount Of de.
posts, Our savers put away Sa5o7oooooo against a rainy day.
Then, too, we touch the top notch in the matter of the highest
average amount OF the individual accompanying this III ito Sao8 &C.
To say that the small savings accounts in this country amount
to s2,5o7oooooo sounds big, but it doesn't mean much to the aver
age man. Perhaps we can better grasp the significance of it by put.
ting it this way; 1T IS MORE BY ABOUT s4aooooooo THAN
THE WHOLE VOLUME or MONEY IN ACTUAL cIRcULA-
TION IN THE UNITED STATES-which is estimated to be sa-
I77oooooo.
We don't hear very much about savings banks, as compared with
other b~anks-those of a commercial character. But the books show
that the individual deposits OF the national banks of this country,
July, 1901, were only $63I, 100000 more than the savings deposits.
In other words, the deposits of the savings banks we're found
to be about one-third those of all other kinds OF banks.
1t may be that one reason we hear so little talk about savings
banks is because they fail so seldom Is compared with other banks.
This, Of course, is because in nearly all states they are subject to
especial restrictions to guard against poor investment of their funds
and against runs and pancs.
But, to resume the moral pointed by all these figures:
BEGIN THE SAVING HABIT. 1T WILL STICK TO
thousand dollars invest it in some bond or security that Is - solid
as the Sphinx
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28

Kinney's open doorway. He passed
through the latticcd gate and up the
hill to the cabin. There he adjusted
his spectaclcs and read these words:
''To Subscribers: Walk in and get
your paper; the editor is busy else
where"
Manning, consumed with curiosity
and never bashful about getting what
was coming to him, went in and
picked up a paper from a huge pile
stacked on the office table. He
glanced over the first page and then
turned to Kinney's editorials-he al1
ways liked to read them even though
he was not always convinced by them.
There was something there this time
that blanched his face and made him
totter to a chair for support.
His fret impulse was 10 tear his
paper into fragments and burn the
rest, but instead he folded it up, thrust
it into his pocket and hurried from
the office.
"Drat his hide" he mumbled to
himself, che mightatlc least have asked
me. How'd he know what ! might
have said?"
lntwo hours every man, woman and
child in Lower Corners who could
had devoured these doubleleaded
lines:
with this issue publication Of the
Sangamon Boy is suspended for lack
Of an editor. lie came to you empty
handed; he has gone with the fair
est flower Of Lower Corncrs-with the
queen rose Of the rosebud garden
Of girls He hopes he has gone, too,
with the kindly wishes Of all this
worthy people. lie bears with him no
enmiiies, no regrets ave those that
come from the sense OF a work i'll done.
II he had ideals and failed to reach
them il was not because he lacked the
inspiration Of your generous support.
Better the Sangamon Boy should
die in his youth than be cas- a waif
upon the world. OF him ! shall hold
for myself the tcndcrest rcmem-
brance; to you bcqueath whatever
Of good he may have done. loved
him the more that he wa only q boy
Just a strip Of a lad who longed to
be a man and WELD a mans power.
Fifty that one so young should not
have had a wiser hand TO point his
way and guide his wavcring feet.
When you. my friends. shall read
these lines his life will have closed.
and mine-will have begun in fuller
measure, DO you doubt my prophe-
cy? Read:
June
II, In Springfield, AT midnight. by Rev. John
IignllE, pastor u the Grand Avenue NJ. u.
Church, nj his residence. Joshua Kinney
Corners Shortly after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Kinney left on the Alton for Kan.
rus ivy NN'Ee inc lnte ftltur OF the
Sangnmon Roy Will give his entire time 10
Newspaper work. The bride II the daugh-
ter OF John Manning. one Of the b~cat-known
farmers Of sangamon County"
Two hours after he had read this
concise notice John Manning held in
one OF his hands a telegram from ST.
Louis signed MARY" 1t simply stat
ed that she vas very happy with the
dearest mar in the world"
\ cynical ncighbor said Manning
was conciliatcd by reinstatement about
zone Of The most prominent farmers"
but whatever the cause, Manning de-
clared that KINNEY i. a mighty long
way from being thc'worst man in the
world.'-Chicago Record. Herald.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
Schools for Suffering.

Courses Of instruction for children
who stutter have been started in vari-
Gus German schools. In Berlin six
specialists, engaged by the municipal
board Of education, devote IL hours
o week to this work. One and a half
per cent. Of the children attending
German schools stutter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
TheV Value of Small Savings
rs a HABIT.
BY B. w. CHATTELL,
OF ths Illinois Trust and Savings BANK, Chicago.

IA IS a Habit
That is the most encouraging thing about saving in a
small way. Once get a good start in this practice and il
Ik will become chronic. This is the history OF the great ma
w jority OF savings accounts in the institution where my
~ personal observations have been made.
81 Put it in other words: ONCE a SAVER. ALWAYS
y A SAVER.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
JOHN KINNEY. EDITOR
ny JOHN HOWARD TODD.

IL was an ouu name LOT a neWspA-
per-thc Sangamon Boy-but its
career was so full Of oddities that no.
body minded that. The easy going
country folk Of the Lower Corners
said it was a good paper. Anyhow,
like the good boy, il died young. lts
editor-thcre was a man who never
was duplicated in or out Of the news
paper business.
THAT fellow was a queer one said
old Eph Edwards. "but he was smart
erin chain lightnin'. Did We ever read
about Ichabod Crane? I've forgot
who its by. but this josh Kinney wal
a good deal like lchabod.
Read? That man had read moro
books than we had in the school Ii
brary. and when il come to debatin'-
well, the whole literary society Of
Lower Corners couldn't down him,
and lord knows they tried hard
enough. The judges just waited to
see which side Josh was on, and then
decided that way before the arguin'
commenced. And them long arms o
his could tote more corn stalks to the
shock in q day than any two men in
Rochester township
Josh Kinney was a farm hand by
day and an editor by night. Some
body said his nerves were made Of
iron. He rested his brain by busying
his body, and rested his body by busy
ing his brain. The eyes that were set
far back under shaggy brows never
lost their kcenness in the shadows Of
his proiruding brow. They were the
unfailing signal lights that flashed
the message Of a ~vigilant, alert, OBJ
serving mind. Kinney was patient,
else he never would have learned the
printer art at odd moments. He was
~plodding and persistent, else he never
would have toiled far into the night
to bring out the weekly issues Of the
Sangamon Boy.
His Office was even odder than the
man. To see il n could almost guess
what manner Of man was its presiding
genius. 1t is standing to-day-a
plain square cabin on the very crown
Of a desolate hill five miles removed
from any town. Behind it and shell
tering it from the spite Of the winter
wind and the afternoon sun is a grove
Of great towering oak trees, lifting
their branches high over the head Of
a tangled mass Of forest shrubbery.
It, one door Is nailed shut, and strong
boards coverthe two squares on either
side where windows oncclet in a timid
light by day and sent out a ghostly
glimmer of oil lamps by night.
For ten years not a foot has been
set inside the door. The little old
hand press was removed long ago, and
the worn type-one might find a rusty
stick nesting here and there in the
cracks of the board floor, and he might
see a bit of yellow paper tackled neal
the door bearing the words in Josh's
own handwriting:
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-28
LoAFE1s ARE INVITED TO THE
BLACKSMITH SHOP DOWN THE

'''''''''s''
Coming from anybody else this
hint might have invited trouble, but
respect for Josh Kinney's iron mus
cles and his teeming brain brought it
only silent obedience.
Lower Corners, which, by the way,
is not a village but a farming con
munity, made sport of Josh when he
first came and started his newspaper.
That was before they knew anything
about the big brain that dominated
his angular body, He managed to get
something into every issue that set his
neighbors thinking and made them
respect him for his learning. Some
times it was an editorial, sometimes a
plea for new methods of agriculture,
sometimes even a bit Of verse. Yes,
there was poetry in Josh Kinney, and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

The greatest of modern physicians,
Prof. Edward +. Phelps, NJ. d.,
LII. D., after years of long practice
and close scientific study, gave to
suffering and diseased men
and women his marvellous,
life giving prescription, wi h
the conviction and positive knowl-
edge that it had peculiar virtues and
ample powers to cure, after the
terrible verdict E" incurable " was
uttered by the medical practitioner.
Thousands of the strongest testi-
mOniaIs from the best known and
most reliable men and women of our
country fully sustain the claims
made by DR.. Phelps regarding his
incompatible Paine's Celery Com
pound.
One of the most convincing proofs
furnished comes recently from a
gentleman widely known Ia the cap
ital city of the Dominion of Canada.
We refer to Mr.. Alfred Brown, 81
O'Connor~st., Ottawa, Ont. Mr..
Rrown's letter fully demonstrates
the fact that the greatest sufferer
may cast off his or her burden of
disease and become well, strong and
happy. 1t proves too, that the great
medicine maintains more firmly
than ever before it's unrivaled place
in the estimation of people of wealth
and social standing as well as with
the masses. Mr.. Brown says:
81 acknowledge with thankfulness
and pleasure the fact that |
have been cured OF very painful
illness of eight years standing by
use of Paine's Celery Compound. /
had, during the years of my illness,
tried almost all the advertised med
icines without deriving any good re-
suits. / was also treated by several
of the best doctors of this city, hop
ing to find that one of them, at least
would understand my case.
81 was getting worse, and was
told | was incurable. | was indeed
in a criticle-conditisSl. | could not
go from the house alone, as | was
liable to sudden collapse. | tried
hospital treatment, but no relief or
good results came to me. | could
not sleep; anything that / ate in
creased my agonies; | was extreme
ly weak, restless, tired, and despon-
dent; was obliged to walk about
with my hands pressed firmly into
my left side to ease my pains; my
feet and hands were cold continually
had inclination to vomit, had pro-
fuse, cold sweats, quick breathing,
and would be racked with pain for
hours at a time.
"After the regular use of Paine's
Celery Compound for time, am
now in the best of health, have good
appetite, and can use any kind Of
food Thank God / am my old self
once more, all through the use of
Paine's Celery Compound.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

over most of Bosque county cleo
pioneering for Jack Beall and he did
some fine work. Mark Smith (Jum-
boz was over there and they say he
stood off the best speakers Wooten
could pit against him, and he never
could get the same speaker to meet
him two nights in succession. Lee
Woods, who formerly represented
this county in the legislature, was
also there and they say he was
perfect whirlwind on the stump. He
stood off two lawyers one night and
carried the crowd with him. Judge
M. B. Templeton, whom we all
know, did some of the best speaking
Of his life over there to carry his
audiences with him. Jack Lump
kins also did some very effective
stump speaking for Beall. / got on
his trail on my rounds and heard
from him frequently. Each and ey-
cry citizen who went from here to
Bosque did his best and carried the
county by a handsome majority.
Hurrah for Jack Beall, the next
congressman from this, the 9Th dis
trict. The citizens of Bosque, both
Wooten and Beall men, treated US
nicely and said they recognized that
it was our privilege to come over
there and work for our man If we
| saw fit to do 1t, and each and every
man who was over there speak in
1 the highest terms of the good citi-
zens Of Bosque and the kind treat
nent Zach asd every one of US re-
ceived at their hands.
Every citizen over there said this
was the warmest campaign ever had
in the county and it viii never be
forgotten by those of us who partic-
ipated in it. Morgan is a nice town
of some 800 or 1000 inhabitants, and
has one newspaper, The Morgan
News, whose editor kept neutral in
our race. For this | truly thanked
him and said to him, If you are not
for as we thank you for not taking
sides agin us. Mr.. s. p. Skinner
bad been ~ Morgan and made a
speech foFBeall, and many were the
compliments / heard OF his splendid
address sin behalfof his former op-
lponepA INNOCENCE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

Guthrie. o. r., April las a result
of the fire here Sunday the total Ices
will amount to s250.0o0 Frank H.
Greer, the owner OF the Sta e Capital
printing plant and building, places his
loss at $225000. with only S2G.50o in
surance. The citizens he'd mass
r ting Monday and donated te Mr..
90 4 the sum of $50 900, witch he re-
fused to accept except as loan, He
viii rebuild at onca Meanw lie The
Capital will be published from The
Leader plant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

Dallas, Apr. LIN contesting primary
election case Of Hatton w. Summers VS..
Walter Lennon the court held 1t had
no jurisdiction and Lennon will get
the nomination for county attorney on
the Democratic ticket for Dallas coun-
~. Summers claimed that Lennon q
nomination was secured by Illegal
votes and made other charges. Lem
mon denied the allegations and made
the point that only the Democra tIc
executive committee 4 jurisdiction
In such cases and this was sustained
by the court. The case may be fur
Their appealed.