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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15

a prize yesterday a, school" would be his salutation TO one man.
Wife better? Glad OF that" he would say to another.
To-day what trust knows its hands
When worked in Pttsburg-hell with the lid of, Mark Twain
calls tive used to fill barrels with newly finished nails, and roll
them over and over and round and round until each nail was thor
oughy cleaned by being brought into intimate contact with every
other nail. SOMETIMES THINK THE B"ETTERMENT OF
SOCIETY NIGHT MOST EASILY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY
BRINGING PEOPLE INTO SOMETHING THE A SORT
OF CONTACT, rubbing them together and shaking them up
until they should not need TO sing: I'VE shall know each other
better When the msts have rolled away"
NOW Is THE TIM WHEN WE OUGHT TO KNOW
EACH OTHER, when the fog is on the river and there's danger
all around.
When year by year the other half is hcrdcd in taller and taller
MISUNDERSTANDING tenemcnts. when child labor in the north is
increasing as in the last few years it has increased, when the din
ncrpail man, subject to risk Of strike or lockout, has come TO
think it a disadvantage to own his own home, when he scarcely
knows whether he has a right even to wife or child, then it is
time we should know each other. and should get together and work
together it is time we should struggle towards some tangible ex-
preston of the notion OF human brotherhood, towards a fuhllment
Of the democratic-OF THE AMERICAN IDEAL.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15
THIS DOG LIKED BEER.
Contracted the Vices Of the Evil
Company He Kept.

company ne hept.
ut is said that a dog will not get
drunk. but | happen TO have a differ
cnt opinion. and il is based on actual
experience" remarked a young man
who has u fondncss for dogs, to u re-
porter for the New Orlean. Times.
Democrat. "Scvcral days ago ! read
in the Timcs-Dcmocrat Of a French
scientist who had experimental with
the animals by administering alec.
hol. lie got goldfish on ,prces, made
incbriatcs of cats and put water
wagon notion. in the heads OF more
than one canine. Thi. learned man
Of science enriched the world to no
little extent by hi experiments, show.
ing the effect of alcohol ON animals.
lie stated that in order to get alcohol
into a dogs stomach it was necessary
to use tubes. The cxhilarating effect
was not long in showing. and h. oh.
served that the dog became very play.
full. The aftermath wa. a state Of
la.situdc and drowsincss and re-
mor,e Now | must i.scg...f from
these scientific findings to some cx-
tent. lntheii first place it is not ,oab,o-
lutcly necessary TO Use tubes in in
Producing the fluid in the casc Of a
dog. | believe a dog thinks il re.
spectacle to do anything a man does.
OF course. the dog is in error on this
score, but he will emulate his master
in spite Of the moral principle that
may be involved. A friend Of mine
had d dog that contracted all of the
vices Of the evil human company he
kept. ! was one Of his regular asso-
ciatc.. too. We were in the habit Of
meeting at a certain place and time
and patronizing the nearest dealer in
liquid, that are sold by the pailful.
The dog was a full-ilcdgcd member OF
the club. lie always friskcd about
the house until every member of the
club reported and then he would sit
down in the circle with a. much salts
| faction n If he were master OF cerc-
monies. When some one mentioned
a bucket Of beer that dog would rush
away and get the pail. lie would also
accompany the man who went for the
beer. and on hi, return IT would do
you good to see the gladstone EXPIRES
sion on his face. lie always took a
drink with the gang. Iii. beer wa.
poured into a pan. On one occasion
all of the boy, got into a lively mood.
so did the dog. In fact. it wa. nearly
daylight when we broke up. The dog
had taken a drink as often rs any
other member of the party, He wa.
drunk. He started on a rampage and
woke up every boarder in the house.
never saw a nor frolicsomc or hi.
larious jag. In running down the
steps he fell. lie broke a leg and wa.
otherwise bruised, and the next day
he was wrapped in bandagcs. but wher
the gang met about midnight he wa,
there and quaired AS often as tn,
other members of the club, despite
his Disagreement. In the case oil
that dog, If We had used tubes, tn,
expenses of the club would have beer
doubled. and no doubt the dog,
pleasure would have increased in the
same proportion. He was a jolly
good fellow, that dog. and when he
died We missed him greatly. a. he va,
about the most interesting member
Of the coterie." No dissenting vote,
wa. heard.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15
a WOman's Strength.
BY JESSIE

There comes a tiyc in the life OF every girl
when she is exhorted by a mother or 4
guardian to Use a wonan's strength. 1t is the
day OF farewell to childish things. when the old
lightsome f~rivoli,y OF happy. rollicking youth
sits i'll at ease upon her; when her eyes grow
wistiul and a tear CLEANS behind the laughter
there. For the first time in her life she begins
to ~aualyze people and events, and her own re-
lation to them. Her girlish. rose-colored
vision narrows to the gray light of calm ma
,urity she begins to get a mental focus on life.
Then it is that the full meaning OF the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15
How to Get Along Faster.

Some people would get along much
faster ii they didn't waste so much
time telling other people what they
would do If they had a chance
Chicago Daily News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15
Opinions.

The average man clings tenacious
ly to his own opinions, but he ex-
poets other people to change theirs.
Chicago Daily News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15
\. N no

Fifty years ago some Of our latter-day social
problems had not arisen because the present
qualification Of American life had not taken place.
Behind the machine there was then a "hc"
or a she" where now there is merely an 1T" a
unit OF labor. This 1T" deals with another it"
a corporation or trust or merger. Fifty years ago
the employer was the 'old man." afectionately
so styled, who came himself every morning to
business, and knew by name every person to
whom he paid wages,
Good morning. Bill; | hear your boy took
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15

words strike deep into her understanding. a womans strength; in
those DAYS of fading idcalzaticn and novttae Comprehension she still
conjures pictures; she looks to literature and see Cordeha suffering
death in prison for the love OF a father whom She could not lightly de-
cevc; she dreams of the semi -historcal heroine who has stood for hdel-
ity through the ccnturics-Pcneopc abandoned and faithful, true to
hometies protecting and cheering the old and the young OF her nearest
kin while waiting for a husband whose loyalty is scohcd by all but her.
Fran little Manon Lcscaut wandcrs into her mind. a the ptitul
French girl follows her lover through misfortune and want to their
death together on a desoac prairie.
But as she grows older the romance of fiction and Of history gives
place to tie small. ugly details of daily routine which are wont to crowd
back ideals. Her eyes open round to reality. A womans strength; the
words seem to have a new meaning. She sees. then. the woman OF our
middlccass American life, planning to save the extra pennies in her
household accounts; strong to choke back her impulses Of scfindu-
gcncc in the interest Of a husband whose "onc more cigar a day doesn't
count" She knows that woman to refuse this invitation and that, be-
cause a new dress is out Of the question" and she notes the calm smile
on the womans face that masks her physical suffering because "a COM
scious Of the woman's silence under unjust pc,uance from others. and
woman's creed that:
"One cannot govern others without first governing self
That "a woman should never say what she means, but rather the
.cxpedent thing"
That disappointment in personal attainment may be a JOY when il
means the attainment OF a daughter, a son. a husband"
And after while the girl herself learns TO take pride in setting up
human landmarks through contributing her patience and love to the
building OF a statesman. a artist. a capitalist. AS she sits alone in the
twilight Of her life she does not look back a. the wrecks of her own
hopes. but out over the world which a successful man is thrilling by his
cloqucncc. or teaching of his philosophy or inspiring with his poetry.
She is glad then tina, she has lived and she knows without words
that the eoqucncc. the philosophy or the poetry was in part made posi-
bic through her womans strength
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
NEW YEARS CALLS.
Why They are Out of Fashion.

It is twenty or twenty-five years since the custom of systematic New Years calling and receiving was fin vogue in all parts of the country, says Country Life in America. At that time the practice was venerable with age, and 1t was not uncommon to see old gentle men making their round of calls in evening dress.
 The good old New Years custom is still practiced in some sections of the South. The danes deck themselves in their prettisst gowns and. with open hospitality. receive the friends who stop to pay their respects in the course of a long round of calls. As of old generous bowls of egg-nog ever in prominence ready to furnish a health for a happy new year.
 Several causes were responsible, to a greater or less extent, for the general discontinuance of the custom. Peoplewho were barely speak ing acquaintances of hostesses would abuse their hospitality by intruding themselves at their receptions. The perfunctory manner in which calls were often made was another cause. Men would go about in carriages with lists of 200 or more names. rush into house, shake hands with the hostess, declare with much gusto, This is my hundredth call and l have a hundred to make" and dash out Sometimes cards were left at the door, and in some towns women who did not wish to re- ceive simply tied basket to the front-door knob. The great fatigue of receiving several hundred people during the afternoon was a further reason why many women gave up their New Years receptions.
 But unquestionably the chief cause for tha cessation Of the custom was the abuse of the punch which was nearly always an inn portant feature of New Years receptions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
SOME PLANS UPSET.
Other Southern Legislatures Expect
 ed to Follow Louisiana.


 Other Southern Legislatures Expect
 ed to Follow Louisiana.
 Washington Special to The New York
 The action of the Louisiana Legislature in instructing the Senators from that State to vote to ratify the Panama trca- ty when that convention should come up in the Senate was a sharp surprise to the Democratic Senators who remained in Washington. It was not expected that the Legislature would take up any other subject than the extermination of the boil weev1I
 A leading Southern Senator, speaking today of the news from Louisiana, said: Really. 1t was startling thing for Legislature in the South to do. You know, down there we do things dinerently from the way they are done up North. We have all of us relied on our constitueu- cies to allow us to do as we pleased on this canal matter. and we were going to stand by German until the jig was up, and then help put the treaty through. Now this action in Louisiana will be taken up by other States.
 'Mississippi's Legislature meets next month. and South Carolina's, Kentucky s, would become of the German plan of campaign If these State Legislatures should all instruct their Senators to vote for the treaty? The Maryland Legisia- ture will meet in ten days and if I am not false prophet something will be heard from the Maryland Legislature on the subject That will spike Senator Germans guns entirely and settle the question"
 The fact that the caucus resolution does not bind the Democratic Senators when their State Legislatures instruct them will relieve the Louisiana Senators of all criticism for not standing with the ma Jority of their party. And 1t is thought from the promptness with which the Louisiana legislators seized their chance to clinch the votes of their representa- lives in the Senate that the Legislatures of other States are likely to do the same thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

price of immunity. The dead. to get to union label.
 But why limit the label to the vehicles? The grave clothes should be union made. At the gates of the cemetery the coffin should be opened, and if the shroud is not properly labelled the corpse should be declared unfair" and sent pack to be redressed like the marble in our City Hall which was polluted by a non-union set ting. No union funeral can be complete without a union corpse. The mourners must. 1t should be insisted. shed union tears; and Mother Nature should be ask ed to show proof that she has provided for burial orthodox union made earth. Nor should the unionizing neglect the cradle No baby born without the authorized union label should be supplied with union milk or be allowed to wear union made clothes. Then we shall see life, death and the vast forever one trade union song. We are told that we brought nothing into this world. and it is certain we can carry nothing out. But that say ing will have to be amended, and the hu- man race hereafter taught to humble it. self before the truth that we brought nothing into this world but the union label. and 1t is certain we can carry nothing but the union label out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
POLITICAL POINTS

which to hold next years convention they will md q general sentiment among the delegates favoring New York as the meet ing place. This is primarily because they prefer to so to that city because of It's superior attractions and hotel and raiI-
 This sentiment is outspoken among the Eastern Democrats and is stronr under the surface with the Westerners. The lat- ter say that they cannot be quoted as fa- voring the Eastern city. because of the fact that several prominent Western cit- les are seeking the Convention.
 Most of the Westeruefa. when inter. viewed. did not care 70 be Quofed as he. ing opposed to New York any more tiasn as favoring that city. Only a very fs~. however. offered any arguments exasnst New York of a serious natuFa.
 In this connection 1t Is most siGnidcant that. even though New York at this time leads in the race for the Convention. there Is very little work of actual Opposition going on among prominent politicians They are only waiting, and those who feel that they cannot come out openly for New York are secretly hoping for the move ment. which must elnanate from the New York city Democratic leaders Themselves and which win immediately receive enc thusiastic support from Democrats ail city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
The Complications Over Panama.

New York Herald.
 Thoughtful Americans, regardless of the party labels they bear. entertain serious doubts as to the wisdom of the Presi- dents precipitative action, but walls from eccentric Parisian newspapers about our agreeing to pay only forty millions for the death ditch which French investors were unable to complete and howls from foolish Colombians for war with the to weld Americans of every shade of opinion, whether Republicans or Demo- crats, supporters of the Panama or the Nicaragua route, into unit in support Of the government-whether 1t be right or wrong.
 That protracted and wonderful voyage of the Oregon during the Spanish war, when she had to go round Cape Horn to get from the Pacific coast, was the final demonstration to the American people Of the need of a canal for naval purposes. The acquisition of Hawaii and the Philip pines and the development of our trade with the East make a canal under con- trol of the United States Of transcen- dent importance to the commerce not only of our own country ys 5nt that th S or the whole American people was for the Nicaragua route-the selection of which by MT. Roosevelt would have avoided the present past and opposition, whether inspired by sentiment, politics or the transcontinental railways, which for a generation have prevented the piercing of the isthmus, should cease.
 Senator Hoar's implied suspicion that the administration was privy to and as- sisted in setting up the Republic of Pana- ma is shared by many intelligent citizens, and his demand for all the facts will doubtless be compiled with. But his op- position to Panama is liable to be like his opposition to retaining the Philipines-Tlot ing with his party when 1t comes to a vote: If Senator German could line up his Democratic associates solidly against the treaty he could defeat its ratification, votes short of the required two-thirds, but the Gulf States are so eager for an isthmian canal that their Senators could
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
Two Bales Per Acre.

Crenshaw County Critic.
 Mir Watson Gibson was in The Critic office few days ago and gave the de- tails of how he made two bales of cotton on one acre of land. He said he took a plat of level land, two acres, broke it deep. laid off his rows nine feet apart. He put 1000 pounds of commercial ferti- lizer on the two acres, placing 1t in the center furrow and two side furrows. He planted his seed about the 18th of April, four feet apart in the drill and at the right time was thinned to one stalk in the hill No fancy nor prolific seed were used, but planted the common seed of the country. The land used had been cleared fifteen years. common pine upland The total cost of cultivation, including ferti- lizers, was S15. MT. Gibson gathered from two acres 2,2Os pounds of lint cot ton.
 What Mir Gibson has done other farm CTS in this county can do equally as well. Mir. Gibson further tells us that he in- tends next year to try one acre in rows fourteen feet apart and five feet in the drill with double the fertilizer. He says that the secret of making cotton is to let the sunshine in to the bottom crop as it helps it to fruit and mature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
RATIFICATION INSURED.
Louisiana's Action Settles the Mat.
 ter.

Louisians's Action Settles the Mat ter.
 Washington Special to New Orleans Plea yune.
 The action of the Louisiana Legislature instructing Senators McEnery and Foster to vote for the ratification of the Pana- ma Canal treaty. practically insures rati- fication. The Democratic caucus, recent ly, at the instance of Senator German, bound all participants on party questions, with the exception of those who were in- structed by their Legislatures. to vote a certain way. Although the two Louisiana Senators were known to favor the Pana- ma Canal. rather than delay and run the risk of getting no canal. the action of the Legislature places them beyond censure.
 With the votes of the Louisiana Sena- tors. the adeninistration's strength Is fifty nine, inclHding Hale and Hoar, or one short of the necessary two-thirds It is almost certain that Missouri, Montana and Kent1sckyr will furnish a vote each. and that the Legislatures of Mississippi Georsia. South Carolina and Virginia. which will soon assemble, will follow the lead of Louisiana and instruct their Sen. ators to support the treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many May See But It Takes Genius
 to Realize.

When James Watt saw the steam caus- ing the kettle lid to jump up and down he said. There must he power ln that steam that it can lift such a weight"
 There was.
 Millions prior to him had seen the same phenomenon and regarded 1t as an unex- plained mystery.
 Recent scientific research has put It's finger on the cause of Dandruff, Fall ing Hair, and consequent Badness, and has unearthed e tiny germ which eats the life from the roots of human hair.
 NewbTSo's Herpicide destroys this germ and consequently restores the hair to it's natural state
 Sold by leading druggists. Send 1oc in stamps for sample to The Hsrpicide Co.. Detroit, Mich. E. G. Fowler. Special Agent. fri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
THE NEW YORK DINNER.
Great Political Significance is At
 tached to the Coming Event.

New York Special to Washington Post
 Ex-President Cleveland will speak at the dinner to be given here by prominent Tammany members in honor of Mayor elect Mcclellan, on January 4. The com mittee in charge of the dinner is made up of Judge James J. German, grand sachem of the Tammany Society; Judge Morgan J. OBrien, and Bourke Cochran, who will be renominated by Tammany to succeed Col. Mcclellan in the House of Representatives.
 The Tammany plan is. evidently, to make the dinner a Democratic harmony gathering.
 It was said that Bourke Cochran planned the dinner and suggested the idea of putting MT. Cleveland on the program as the principal speaker. The district leaders all regarded the appearance of MT. Cleveland at the dinner in one way. They said it would mean that the organi- zation was for Cleveland for President and intended to do all it could to bring about his nomination. notwithstanding his recent letter to St. Clair McKelway, in which he declared that his determination not to re-enter the political field was un- alterable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
The Union Label Funeral

New York Tribune.
 They had union label funerar' in Chicago yesterday. It was not con- sidered safe in that centre of twentieth century civilization for the dead to go on his last journey without conspicuous placards to keep him from being stoned by the apostles of a larger humanity" who hope through the trade union to promote sweetness and light. Accordingly the undertaker's wagon-it was not thought safe to use a hearse-carried a poster announcing that the vehicle be- longed to an upndertaker paying the union scale of drivers wages. The six carriages containing the mourners were similarly labelled. that their pious pill grimage might have safe conduct across the labor battlefield. The funeral party did not proceed as recognized non-com- batants. Not even at the grave is neutrality allowed. They were made to take sides and show union colnrs the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
Uncle Joe Forgot to Remember.

Saturday evening Post
 There was a conference at the White House Leading Republican Senators and Representatives were there. When they came out, about midnight, a dozen report CTS surrounded them to get the news. No one would talk, but the reporters persist ed,
 At length Speaker Cannon backed into a corner and said: Boys, I'd like to tell you. but I have drunk so much apollinar- is in there that I can't remember. It Is a curious thing" he continued retectively, that those mineral waters you get in the White House make me forget to remem- her exactly what you boys want me to remember nOt tO forget n
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

A St. Louis jury has decided that one year in the penitentiary is worth one dol lar, or dollar is worth one year in the penitentiary, just as one chooses to look at it. At least. prisoner convicted of stealing five dollars got five years im- prisonment, so we may assume that they have thus fixed the value of dollar But if some of the big boodlers could get that sort of sentence wouldn't it spin out their sentences till the crack of doom?