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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

MgNNTOMETIMES it is said, I think absurdly. il not unpatrioticaly,
&NS$A that it was only five years ago, during our Spanish war, that
kSNSS the United States really became a world power" The say
ing seems Ia me quite untitled TO the true place in military
and naval power and the material respect Of the world which our nation
has held since JackSons victory over British veterans 70 years ago, or
since the announcement of the Monroe doctrine. or since the
resolute assertion during Jacksons presidency of our rights
against foreign countries. or since nj stupcndous exhibition of military
world power, even il until lately we did not pass under the glamour of
imperial or colonial policy.
beg of YOU to observe, however. that II is not of world POWERS
of which am now writing. but OF world POWER. We are not con-
cerned with the lesser and relatively obsolete or obsoescent exercise of
brute force in wars, large or small. In due time we shall escape from
the policing OF the earth by iron and blood; at least. that police will
move only rarely and when inscnsatc folly shall be deaf to the command
of an enlightened and benevolent world sentiment. The ultimate rbk.
even from a military or naval point of view, or that of commerce DR.
finance, offending that world sentiment, will be more serious than the
risk of some specific and immediate ohense against any one of the
war lords of great nations. am not to-day concerned with the world
powers known TO diplomacy. the United States or Great Britain or
France or Russia or Japan, but with the powerful sentiment of the
whole world, which, under God, will rule all the world powers" sub
DUNG all their dplomacies and armed forces. Already such a true
world power, slight though it be to what the future will bring, controls
from day TO day specific national acts over every populous land and
Travelled sea within the 900 degrees Of latitude. Already re there
world sentiments of right and wrong, of justice and spoliaion, of
mercy and cruelty, of glory and shame. Already is the power of the
public sentiment OF the world concretely exercised by commands to do
the deeds Or events which call them out.
Within the past few weeks an event not in itself of capital i'm
porance has given us another illustration, perhaps the most striking
yet, of the power of a world public sentiment now fully come of age.
But a month or two ago a few shot thrown by a German Cunboat
into a small South American fort brought a outcry the very next
day from the whole world around. Venezuela cried out to the United
States. and within a few hours after the unheroic bombardment every
American newspaper had its say. Within 4S hours it was a topic in
the British parliament; within a few more the comments of statesmen
and cabegrams from Washington were in the foreign offices of Paris
and Berlin. The German war lord stayed his hand when he understood
the world sentiment, and seemed willing to be soohcd by a cheque from
an American iron master; and his British ally was also ashamed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

Housros. Tgx. Il took the sample Of
Doan's Kidney Pills with such great benefit
! bought a box ut our ~druggist'a Used over
half and stopped. because my urine which
before had only come dnbbling. now became
40 free. l had medicine enough. had lum-
written sooner, but you know how soon a well
person forgcts about being sick.-Mr, g.. III.
moEscKK, No. 23io Mekenpy Ave, Houston,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10
Women the Coming PlaywrightS
By HENRIETTA C%ROsMAN,


r JILL women be the playwrghts of the nea future, VIII
/ w they capture this field and leave only a man here and there
as now there is only an occasional woman?
ISYYECI Several women of my acquaintance predict this, and I
am sure that if women fail Of achievement IL will not be
for lack Of effort. They are trying their hand at playmaking
in large and increasing numbers.
OF the manuscripts am asked to read a greater number is sub
mtted by women than by men. Why, since so many are entered in the
lists, have they not scored more heavily in the tohs1
Women are clevercr writers in certain lines than men. In dialogue
they are brighter, in conversations Whittier. But in this strength lies
weakness. for they are prone to halt the action of the play to let their
Characters handy fine phrases. And there are times on the stage when
aeuoh MOI only speaks louder but far more effectively than words.
Women excel in one respect. They know how to portray gcntlity.
InNr weH-bred men and women have the manner of the polite world.
10 not mean to say that mcn have not an equal knowledge of the con-
Vertionaitics, but rather that they perhaps give less attention to this
detail. although it is very essential. BY their nature women lay more
stress on this aspect Of life. and therefore make it a greater factor in
their writing.
Again, women are kecner in the little by-plays. They give def
touches here and there which lend color and round out the whole fabric.
IRON this ii might be argued that they are more fertile in invention. |
cannot concc1e this point. Women lack the great. big quality OF origin.
atty. They fall short of novelty in situation, they are less forccful, less
drarahci they lack tcrseness and dircctncss.
Still another weakness is woman's difficulty in getting away from
the commonplace IN characterization. She may not have mans OPP
portuniues Tor character study; She may not search out types in regions
which men can enter; her observation is Of necessity more restricted.
Hut SHE does not seem TO study life at all. Her ideas of humanity are
based either on what she reads or what her fancy has pictured. Her
good men are far better than are most good men in this world. To her
bad women she leaves not a single redceming quality. Her men are so
very noble that had such ever lived they would have been cut off carly,
while her villains revcl in wickcdncss for wickedncss' sake and prefer
to be bad even though it would serve them better to be good. Now
everybody knows that these types are neither true to life nor especially
novel or interesting.
l believe that popular plays are to come from women, but am
not ready to say they will have things all to themselves. Why not
women conaborate; This would keep both in the field with the best
results from all points Of view. II
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10
Eleventh Hour Resolution.

are bad-inyc.,igate the chances in tho
Entertaining books and a copy OF Farming
IN the Southwest" free. Low rate excur-
sions on the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. AK about the rates. Address
KATY" 3O5 Wainwright Bldg, St. Louis,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

wgsr HAVEN. Conn Eight months ago I
took a severe pain In my back. The sample
boz Of Doan's Kidney Pills helped me 80
much ! purchased two boxes ain on my Sec
ond Dor. My heart docs not bother me as II
used TO and feel well-sARAu =. BRADLEY.
No. 377 Elm Street. West Haven. Conn.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

yesterday was tough as sole lesher. Really,
] believe the bird wAs. az old ~ ! am"
Bu,cher-"And surely, Mrs. Greene, you
would not call yourself oldl'-Bos,on Ttans
cript.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

Aching backs are eased. Hip. back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling OF the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish:
They correct urine with brick dust sedi.
ment, high colored, pain In passing. drib-
bling, frequency, bed wetting.. Doans
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel
Relieve heart palpitation, slecplessness,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

lcwecn friends-Edyth-"lf you were
IN my place would you accept Toms pro
po~ilf' M~aymc-"Sure. Why, II had
been In your place ! would have accepted
him las, week when he proposed 10 me-
lhicago Daily News
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10
Power of World Public Opinion
By EDWARD M. SHEPARD.

,OMETlMES I is said, | think absurdly. il not unpatriotically
that it was only five years ago. during our Spanish war. thai
the United States really became a world power" The say
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

ILL. women be the playwrights of the near futu
they capture this field and leave only a man here
as now there is only an occasional woman?
Several women Of my acquaintance predict Il
am sure that If women fail of achievement it W
for lack OF effort. They are irving their hand at nj
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10
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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

FALMOUTH. VAL suffered over twelve
months with pain In the small Of my back.
Medicines and plastcrs gave only temporary
relief. Dosn's Kidney Pills cured me.-F. &.
BRowS, Falmouth, Va.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

IIe-l suppose you are aware Of the ten.
Ger feeling | have for youg
Snc-No: TN quite IN the dirk.
That being the Ease permit MT 10 su--
rest that We strike a match. Chicago
DAly News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

The essence Of knowledge is, having II, ia
apply It, not having it. " confess it.-Coa'
iuclus,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

CrRrIcE, OIL had such severe pain In my
back that | could not walk. ! used the sam
pie Of Doan's Kidney Pills with such good re-
suits | sent 10 Toledo for another boz. aud
they cured me.-SARAu r. CorrHEI.l. Cur
tce, o.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-10

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
A Grecian Hero.

Like a CLEAN OF golden sunlight
through the blackness and the horror of
the Balkan thunder cloud comes the story
of a servants faithfulness and loyalty to
his trust, even in the face of death itself.
The details are gathered from letter
which has been recently received by a
Turkish gentleman, at present living in
Manchester. 1--WE found him wandering
in the mountains" says the writer, resi-
dent of the much troubled vi1layet of
Monastm, and in his arms was the dead
body of a little child-a girl-one of our
own people. The poor fellow was in a
fearful state, his clothes being in rags,
his boots cut in pieces by the rocks and
the jagged stones of the mountains.
Upon inquiry we found that he had been
the trusted servant of a Mohammedan
merchant. Who, having business in Con-
stantlnople, was obliged to leave his
household in charge of this Greek. When
the rebels came into the district and be-
gan to pillage and massacre the inhabi-
tants, this man fed to the mountains TAX
ing with him the child, the only one of
the family. He must have been hiding
for some weeks, as he is fearfully weak
from hunger and exposure. He himself
would have been in little danger from the
rebels. being like unto themselves, an in
fidel; but his love for his master and his
sense Of the trust bestowed upon him led
him to carry the little one away from the
marauders. ". c..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

from the American army and you cali
not be so unpatriotIc as to refuse this
time. just think how the soldiers have
vanQuished the Indians!''
This had the desired effect and Eliza
beth promised to go down and meet the
soldier, although she had little heart for
gayety.
When John Brimmer had been cap
tured by the British and put into prison
he was almost home, but having once Sc
cured his freedom from slavery he did
not lose hope. and at last planned and
effected his escape. He reached Peters
bErg after an absence of a little more
than seven years, but to his great sorrow
he learned that his parents were dead
and no one knew the whereabouts of
Elizabeth. After searching the entire
iowa and learning nothing of her he gave
up in despair. The farm was in the
hands of strange people, who could not
speak English and knew nothing of the
BrimmerS
Heart sick and wretched. the unhappy
man sought the American army and vol
unteered as a soldier who was ready to
meet death unfiinchingly- His daring on
the battlefield, his courage and manly
beauty soon made him a hero, and pro-
motion in rank followed. During the win
ter Of 1853 the soldiers were in camp
rear Albany. The officers of the army
were much sought after and royalty en-
telldll-et IL! tHe SoOU ora DUCcn 1amllloS
in that section. AS it happened Mr.. Van
Rensselaer, met Lieut.. Brimmer and was
much pleased with the officers manner
and invited him to dinner. This was
the officer Elizabeth had promised to
meet. When she came downstairs and
saw him standing in the drawing room
and heard his voice she recognized him
at once and cried: ''My cousin John,
alive and well. thank God.''
Lieut.. Brlmmer was so surprised vet
50 very happy to find Elizabeth, that he
forgot his dignity as an officer. forgot
even that he was in the drawing room of
fashionable house with Mr. Van Rens-
seaer and his daughter. for he rushed
to Elizabeth and clasped her to his heart
The weeks that followed were gay and
HAPPY, ones. The following year John
left the army and returned to Peters
burgh, where he succeeded in obtaining
the old farm and homestead and became
thrifty and successful farmer. For
many years the good people in the vicin-
lty of Petersburgh We're made happy by
the kind deeds and genial hospitality Of
John and Elizabeth Brimmer-Troy On.
" Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
MORNING IN THE HILLS.

How quiet is the morning in the hills
rae Stealthy shadows of the summer clouds
Trail through the canyon, and the ain
stream
Sounds his SOnorouS music far below
In the deep-WOOded wind-enchanted Glove
Hemlock and aspen, chestnut beech and er
Go terlnS down from storm worn crest
and ledge,
While in the hollows of the dark ravine
See the red road emerge, then disappear
Towards the wide plain and fertile valley
lands.
My forest cabin half way Up the glen
Is solitary, save for one wise thrush.
The sound of falling water, and the wind
MySteriously conyersing with the leaves.
Here l abide unvs.ted by doubt,
Dreaming of far-Off turmoil and deSpair
The race OF men and love and fleeing time
What life may be, or beauty, caught and
held
For brief moment at eternal poise.
What impulse now shall quicken and make
live
This outward semblance and this inward
self?
One breath of being fills the bubble world.
Colored and .frail, with fieeting change on
change.
Surely some God contrived so fair thing
In the vast leisure of uncounted DAYS
And touched it with the breath of living
joy,
Wondrous and fair and wise. 1t must
Bliss Carman in The Reader.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
WOMEN AS HOMEMAKERS.
Highest Achievements in Domestic Econ
omy Are Gained by Americans.

Our mode of living, our love of home,
the honor heaped upon the mothers and
daughters by most American men should
stimulate us to THE highest aehiew e1nents
IN the home life and domestic economy.
Generosity characterizes almost every
mans conduct toward his family. * + "
Women have had much to do with this
trait in the masculine character. They
have instilled it III their children. elicit
ed it by their unselfish devotion to ia
theirs, husbands and brothers. They
have kept abreast with the progress of
the stronger sex, they have shared the
burdens and sor1 ows as well as the ioys
and recreations of the men with whom
they have been associated. They have
competed with them In intellectual pur-
suits and have commanded their respect
and confidence by their ability to be
companions in all respects Yea. more.
the noblest women Of the nation have
been foremost in the establishment of
their homes and most skillful in the ad-
ministration of the domestice affairs OF
the household, in the rearing and edu-
eating Of their children and in the carry
ing out of all philanthropic and religious
duties for the betterment of mankind and
the uplifting of the race.-Mrs. John r.
Logan In New York Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
NOTABLE EATING CONTEST.
When Gen. Vaughan Upheld His Title as
Champion of Barbecues.


Zone of the most amusing contests 1
ever saw said the man who is fond Of
q story, was at barbecue III Shelby
county, Tenn, some years ago. an Oee:i-
sion which had been arranged because nf
fierce political contest which was bein;,
waged in that county at the time Barb>>
cues are great factors in campaigns in
these days. They count for as much IN
tennessee as they do elsewhere. Tn
these occasions the speHbinder ansbses
forth; the fellows with the glad hand, the
smiler, the jollier, the baby kiSser-alk
these and more are to be found out i.
full force wheii the barbecue is the thing
on tap.
1t was an event of this sort that de
veloped the amusing contest l have :n
mind, and the contest was between two
Old Confederate soldiers, each of whom,
had left a leg On battlefield of the '6sls
One OF them was Gen. a. j. Vaughan,
as gallant soldier and as fine a civilian
as Gods sun ever shone upon. Andrew
j. McLendon, thrice the sheriff of Shelby
county, twice county trustee, also soldier
ana civilian of Dote, was the other. They
bantered each other for an eating match,
with barbecued meat as the particular
weapon in the contest. For years yari-
Gus men had been trying to wrest the
IL
Vaughan, bat no HAN could ever do IL.
McLcndon's friends urged him TO ente--
the contest, for ne, too. was a man of
note at barbec9tes, and n force fer cooks
and walters to reckon with.
The thing was ON. l never saW such
eating ia my life. The, walters kept
coming A crowd gathered around the
veterans. Stand back, beys, said Gen
Vaughan, good-natureday, and make
room for the bones. Besides Nae :p:ll
need air directly The bones kept piling
up. The walters kept running from the
pit to the contestants. Anybody here go.
an extra cork leg9' said sMcLendon, ban
teringly- If they have, chase it out. The
general will need it directly, and he'll
need it worse than he did at Shiloh
Both men kept eating. But it was evi
dent that McLenden was getting tired.
The jig was about up with him. About
that time a waiter rushed up with =
whole leg of mutton.
Gen. Vaughan was ganle. He
grabbed it before McLendon knew what
was going on, and began to eat On 1t.
McLendon could not stand the pressure
He eyed the leg of mutton for n moment,
Look here, general he said, finally.
while gasping for breath, If yeu'n call
this thing off, durn my hide if 1 don't
promise to vote for you every time you
run for office from now on to the end Of
time. 1t was called off, and Gen.
Vaughan held ON to his iaureis as cham
plon barbecue eater up to the time of HIS
death, which was several years after the
event in question. New Orleans Times
Democrat,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

When They Get a Taste of Hay They
Will Not Go to the Foothills.
The next day went seven miles up the
valley to the ranch of Frank Petersen:
and told him wanted to get near enough
to elk to photograph some of them. He
said it was too late to go today, but to-
morrow we would go, and she thought
there would be no trouble in making all
the pictures l wanted. He said the new
grass was making the elk feel pretty
good now, and it was harder to get near
them than it would have been when The
snow was deeper.
Petersen lives on Flat Creek, under the
shadow of the Tetons. He has right to
feel proud of those peaks, because he was
one of the two guides who accompanied
after attempting it for three successive
summers, they finally succeeded in climb
ing to the top of the Grand Teton tivss
years ago. In the corral back Of his log
house Petersen has a dozen Young elk
which he rescued from starvation near
his ranch last winter. Elk like hay rs
well as cattle do, and the most serious
trouble ranchmen have is to protect their
haystacks. Every stack is surrounded by
a high pole fence, but the elk often knock
the fences down in the night. | talked
with two Or three men whose task last
winter was to sleep in the havstacks 10
drive away the elk. When waDiti get Il
taste of good hay they seem to lose all
idea of going back to the foothills to find
feed for themselves. AS one OF the ranch
men expressed it, '"rhey stand around
and mourn, and hope to get another
chance at the haystack. until some of the
weaker ones starve." 1t has been suggest
ed that there ought to be a provision in
the Wyoming game law making it mis-
demeanor for anyone to let his haystack
go unprotected, because when the winter
is very severe a taste Of hay is almost
sure to be followed by the starvation OF
some of the elk. Last winter was uE-
usually severe, and some of the calves,
trailing along behind the older animals,
unable to find good feed, died for want Of
it. Nearly all these deaths from starvo-
ton occurred right among the ranches,
within a few miles of Jackson There
were SO many dead elk along Flat Creek
that the water was unfit to drink this
spring; but scarcely any dead animals
were found on the wilderness range
Scribner's Magazine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

his gun, ran toward Won Balsam branch,
whence came the sound. Reaching the
bank, Mr.. Davis saw his dog in the Jaws
of large alligator. The saurian was
backing toward the branch, when Mr.
Davis sent the contents of his gu1. into
The ali;gatcr's head. killing it INSTANTLY.
He then went forward to rescue his dog,
gator having uushed the life out of If.
He could not even pry open the jaws
with a stick.
The alligator measured Z feet 4 ilches.
Mr. Davis has lived in the neighborhocd
fer some time, and had no idea such n
monster had it's home SO near. AS Mr..
Davis children had been in the habit If
playing around the branch, it is probable
that they had narrow escape The ALI
gator was evidently hungry, and, fortl-
nately, chose the dog instead of the Davis
children.-Florida Citizen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Antiseptic Gauges.

There is a scientific basis for the uni
versal faith-usually called superstition
among Hindus in the cleansing qualities
of the Gauges as we'll as in its peculiar
sanctity. Careful experiments have
shown that the river possesses extraordi-
nary and inexplicable antiseptic qualities.
A government analyst took water from
the main sewer of Benares which con-
tanned millions of cholera germs. When
emptied into receptacle Of Gauges wa
ter, in six hours they were all dead. He
took undenlably pure water and threw a
few of these cholera germs in. They
propagated and swarmed. These tests
were tried repeatedlv.-Exc change