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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03

where the torches seemed fewer. They
Turks opened fire when they saw the
Macedonians, but the latter charged,
hurting their sticks of dynamite as
they ran. Although the Turks were
several hundred strong at this point,
they broke and ran, while the score of
Macedonians, and the one women not
only escaped, but also dynamited the
barracks, with only a loss of three
killed.
Escape of "a Macedonian Prisoner.
Constantine Stephauove, a Macedo-
MAN delegate now in New York. tells
the story of daring escape made by
a Macedonian prisoner of which he was
an actual witness. Mr.. Stephanove
was himself arrested some months ago.
There were three of us" he said,
'and we were marched on foot from
Mehomia to Sores, where we were to be
tried before the tribunal of the khai-
makam, sort of district governor.
The distance is a days travel. Our
arms were tightly bound behind us, and
two mounted troopers guarded us.
The country through which we
marched is just between the mountains
and the lowlands. At noon we reached
a wayside inn which was situated on
road cut along the side of steep hill.
On one side was precipice, on the
built on the outside of the road. the
back part overlooking a deep chasm.
Our guards put us in room in the
middle of the house. One guard then
went into another room at the lower
end of the house. Anybody passing on
the road that way he must necessarily
see The other guard had taken the
two horses up the road to the stables,
and nobody could pass that way with
out being seen by him.
Gave the Word.
Comrades!' said one of my fell
low prisoners. now is our time-let us
escaped
1.-THE other man and both re-
fused.
" We know we shall be acquitted
anyhow we said, so why endanger
our lives for nothing
But the third man thought other
wise.
~ shall be condemned to death
if l am tried he said. so / intend to
make a break now. Goodbye, COM
rades.'
He went outside and up the road
toward the stable. When he reached
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how old he is. and his age happens to
be 10, it is probable that he will re-
ply that he is nine plus ten taken from
twenty. You can easily imagine how
difficult it is to teach arithmetic to a
class which expresses itself in this
manner. While this is true, they still
have the faculty of arriving instantly
at the correct conclusion.
How the Navy Was Built.
1.-THE japanese have built the navy
just as they do anything else-by pa
thence, and striking earnestly at the
subject in hand. In the Imperial Uni
versity and in the War College, the
students have shown what can be done
by practieing such virtues as these.
What would one of our college boys
think if before he could enter Harvard
or Yale he had to pass a rigid exam
nation not only in the English Ian
guage, but in French and German and
a mastery of written Chinese? 1t is
not difficult to train such men. They
are not merely college students, nor
are they simply working for a career
as an officer in the army or navy.
They are earnest. taciturn men, in
spired by a loyalty to their country
which amounts to a passion. and is
something more than mere patriotism.
Such men grow into heroes like Ad
miral Ito, who had command of the
japanese fleet at the battle of the Yalu
river, and such men as the present
commanding officer of the Imperial
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fighters. This is the habit of repres-
sion carried to the last degree. We
have a homely proverb which says
something like Say nothing and saw
wood The Japanese equivalent
might be summed up in the words of
their proverb, Silence and patience
The MiIxado's Sacrifice for the Navy,
"As 1 have said. the teaching OF
practical seamanship and the other
things necessary in the training of the
students at the War College, was easy
enough. 1t must be remembered that
the whole wonderful Imperial Navy
has been built up in thirty years. They
must be quick at learning to have ac-
com2lished so much.
"One thing that helped to do this
is not generally known. The Mikado
has used a great part of his private
fortune In the purchase of ships of
war. and every employe Of the I'M
perial government, with the exception
of letter carriers and policemen, are re-
quired to contribute one-tenth of their
salaries to the naval defense fund.
Rich land owners and merchants
throughout the empire voluntarily con-
tribute large sums each year for the
same purpose.
I'm order to preserve the empire it
was necessary for Japan to become
strong quickly. To do this it was nee
essary for her to build up a great navy
quickly. This she has done, and we
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PICKED His NInn.

Suddenly, a young man sprang in
to full view upon on the rocks. In spite
of the fact that the entire company
was concentrating its fire on him, he
took off his fur cap with a mock bow,
replaced it, knelt down, raised his rifle
leisurely, and fired.
II turned to give the order charge
to the bugler. The insurgents bull
let had gone through his head, shat
tering the bugle, just as he was about
to blow.
Another insurgent now stepped up
beside the first. a hunchback, and he
fred. A sergeant beside me fell.
They each fired twice again, and a
man fell each time. Then the two
daredevils rose. bowed, jumped back,
and the whole band escaped"
And what do you Think" adds
the writer. after the uzebashi left
me l went home and found that rogue
of a grandson of mine there-your
nephew, Tasse-and he it was who
shot the bugler."
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Navy, Admiral Togo.
I'm the battle of the Yalu, in which
I had the fortune to take part, / had
an opportunity to see the result of the
training which had been given the Off
GERS and men in the War College. The
Japanese fleet consisted at that time
of only second-class cruisers. We
were pitted against the great Chinese
battleships which were commanded by
experienced officers.
Il remember discussing the outlook
as we approach the mouth of the
river and saw the Chinese ships COM
ing out. 1 asked one of the young
officers, whom 1 had often seen in the
classes at the college, what he thought
of it. He replied that he knew the
Chinese fleet to be superior to ours
in power but that if the enemy would
reduce its speed and adopt defensive
tactics, he believed that Admiral Ito.
even with a lesser force, could easily
win. And this is precisely what hap
paned."
Ludicrous Uniforms of the Jnps.
Admiral Grinnell says that the mill
tary in both the army and navy
branches was the first to feel the in
f1uence of Western ideas in dress.
"It was almost pathetic to see the
efforts made by the young officers
and students to adapt the Occidental
uniform to suit their own conditions.
The compromises were startling to
say the least. My friends, the teach
ers in the schools, often showed me
photographs of these strange cos
TUNES, for when / reached Japan the
compromise was less remarkable for
the people had come to discard those
articles of apparel which were impos-
sible to make fit the new conditio3s.
But even then the combinations
were enough to make one stare with
almost alarm. lima CINE a young Off
Ger dressed in a frock coat and waist
coat, with the lapels embroidered with
the mon, or insignia of his rank and
family. Underneath was the long, silk
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called out to go in pursuit of small
insurgent band that had been seen
just outside the town. The writer of
the letter gives an account of the fight
which followed as he heard it from
the Turkish uzebashi (captain) who
led the garrison out.
we found the rogues up the road
to the mountain" said the uzebashi,
and, of course. we opened fire on
them. There were about twenty of
them, and they Immediately took
shelter behind the rocks on the hill
top. I deployed my men to either
side in a semi-circle, remaining in the
middle myself with the bugler. My
men fired as they advanced, and none
of the insurgents showed his head
above the rocks. They held their
rifles up and fired without sighting,
exposing only their hands.
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WHEN THE SWORD FLASHES
IN THE BALKANS
Beginning Spring
the Macedonian

It is not necessary to so back to the
time of Alexander the Great to find
records of Macedonian valor. The men
IN Macedonia to-day, who this spring
are again fighting with their old
time tenacity against the Turk. have
all the old fighting spirit of their con.
ouering ancestors.
If they cannot accomplish so much,
IT Is only because there are fewer of
them, and, also, because personal
courage does not count in battle as it
did in those days. But there are feats
of bravery still done in Macedonia
that would have brought a flush of
pride to the cheeks Of Alexander and
his royal father, Phillip. twenty-five
hundred years ago.
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the end Of the house he turned and
disappeared. We then went to a back
window and saw him creeping around
the house on a ledge barely a foot
WIDE How he did it with his arms
bound. l can never understand. A
slip would have meant a fall of q
hundred feet on Jagged rocks. But
he crawled safely around, and struck
the road below the house, so that the
guard in the lower end room could
not see him.
1--WE afterwards heard that he ram
down the road half a mile, where he
met some native shepherd boys. They
cut the cords that bound his arms, and
he struck into the mountains. He was
three days on the mountain trails
without crust to eat, but finally ha
got safely into Bulgaria"
Dehed the Turks.
1t is of the principal leader of the
insurgent movement-Boris Sarafofc
that the Macedonian peasants tell
remarkable stories of narrow escapes
and daring deeds. For many years
he has defed the Turks to capture
him, although he mingles with them,
sometimes as priest or peasant, and
even as a Turkish officer. In his
younger days his favorite disguise was
that of a woman, for his face was
smooth and beardess. His followers
tell a story of how his quick resource
saved a band of his men from being
entirely cut up and captured.
Almost a hundred insurgents were
besieged in an old convent. surrounded
on all sides by Turks. who were sew
eral thousand strong. Suddenly, in the
midst of the firing, a mounted Turk.
with the straps of an officer of high
rank, galloped up to the battalion be-
sieging the convent on the side to-
ward the mountains. He ordered the
bugler to sound q certain movement
which sent the entire battalion swing
ing down to the right leaving a large
opening in the surrounding lines. The
besieged Macedonians saw their oppor-
tunity, made a desperate sortie, cut
their way through and made for the
mountains.
The Turkish officer who had given
the disastrous command dashed after
them, commanding the Turks to fol-
low. AS they were not mounted, they
could not. But that pursuing Turkish
officer never came back. Later on. the
bewildered Turks remembered his face
as that of Boris Sarafoff.
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BY ANTONIO DAVOS.

effective to scatter through the coun-
try in bands of twenty to thirty, strik-
ing the Turkish garrisons when least
expected. When they need to recup-
crate, they return to their native viii
lagos or towns as peaceful citizens,
staying there until they are ready for
another campaign.
Told by n Macedonian.
A representative of Macedonia in
New York, who is occupied in raising
funds for the Refugees Relief Com
mittee, has just received a letter from
his father in Macedonia, in which the
following story is incidentally told
In a certain small town in the dis
trict of Razlog there is a garrison
of company of Turkish troops. One
morning this company was suddenly
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Copyright 1904. by Harry p. Taber.y


How styles in Shoes Are Introduced.
From the Evening Wisconsin.
The manufacturers of shoes get out
new styles every season." said Lyman
e. Goss. land try to work up big sales
but it is tn public which decides wheth-
er the styles will be popular or not.
The men who set the styles in hats
and cloaks for women can be as ar
bitrary as they please. The women
will follow them to any extreme, but
show a man shoe that looks to him
ridiculous and he will not have any
thing to do with it. He would rather
be out of style than uncomfortable or
ridiculous. And so the manufacturers
are careful not to make much of an
outlay until they find out how the new
styles will go with the people. They
prepare, say. sixty lasts. and make
up samples at an expense of only a
few dollars. The statesmen take these
out through thee country, and if or
ders begin to come in the manufac-
turers prepare to make them in large
quantities"
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Turks.
Come, jump up, men!" said the
leader; I'VE must retreat"
But not a man budged. Then they
even saw torches to their rear. They
were entirely surrounded.
At this juncture the woman jumped
up.
IF you are men, you will follow
mel" she cried.
Every man jumped up. They de-
cided to break through on their right.
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who have had some little part in the
training of her officers and men can
realize more fully what this means"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-03-25
B~elifIower Items.

VIM. Messenger has gone to Ill
inois to spend the summer.
Asa Hamilton and family from
Middlctown are now residents of
this place.
A Mr.. Ingram from Truxton will
soon open a clothing store here,
and Miss Ingram from Olncy will
open n millinery store here as soon
as building is completed.
j. NJ. Davidson has gone into the
real estate and horse business here.
j. L. Logan is going into the
manufacturing business at lola,
Kansas, and has concluded to soil
his entire grading outfit. He will
have n public sale OF his horses
and mules in Montgomery City In
a couple Of weeks.
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=. c, Towrsrro. e..a ...s'- ."D '.' '''
Mt. Carmel and Oak Grove.

Mrs. j. G. Crown IL visiting her
son Lem ~ near Shamrock, this
week.
Rev. J.. ID. Watson Of Mexico
preached Mt New Hope Sunday
morning and evening.
The Buiium Telephone co. ara
building u new line from their
old one near porter's crossing To j.
Bishops. =. Porter, W. Hayes
and j. Bishop have boxes. There
IL still talk oil a farmers line.
q. T.. Porter purchased the Pol
ston fern last week. Considera-
ton unknown.
\ daughter was last Saturday
born TO Mr.. aud Mrs. Lem Brown.
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Buell..

Farmers are now busy getting
their ground ready for oats sow
ing in this ncighborhood.
Misses Minnie and Maggie Floyd
OF Hazel Dell vicinity spent a por-
ton of last week with their aunt,
Mrs. o. V. Whitney.
Geo. Robinson took cattle to St.
Louis last week, returning Friday.
Mr.. Mccartney OF Wogan's camp
No. I, took his wife to her home
In Kansas recently. She was very
sick at the home OF Mrs. Ellsberry
the past month, but is now conva-
descent.
b. F. Hensley Is having his
residence beautihed more than
eve this spring. They T build
ing a double portico all around
the north and east sides of the
house, n new yard fence will be
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-03-25
Loutro.

Holland Norman and family OF
near Big Spring visited Thomas
Cole aud family Of near Mineola
one day last week.
Rev. w. II. Durham Of Fulton
filed his appointment ut Loutrc
Valley Saturday and Sunday.
j.. Il. w. Cook democratic candi-
date for sheriff was In this vicinity
n day last week looking after
his political fences.
Eugene McCord and wife moved
one day last week to the Tom
Vaughn place near Mineola, which
he rented.
Steigman Bros, are planning
lumber for their new houses which
they are going to build this SUM
mcr.
l.. +. Clark and wife were visit
ing &. A. Bookseller and wife
Sunday.
Fritz Steigman visited the fair
sex of Dry Fork Sunday eve.
q. A. Brookshier had a barn
raising last Wednesday.
Prof. Geo. Anderson who taught
the Americas school this winter,
passed through this vicinity last
Saturday on his way home north
Of Montgomery.
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Peytonia.


Rev. Watson preached at the
Loutrc church the second Satur-
day and Sunday OF this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis w. Good
man nave moved a part Of their
household things to Mrs. Nancy
NJ. Kccle's, and will live there this
year.
John. G.. Crews wants the voters
of this road district to elect him
road ovcrsecr. Mr.. Crews would
make n good road ovcrsccr.
Miss Bertha Hart of Montgomery
City, has been the guest of her
father and brother and sister n few
days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gliscr visited
Mr.. John Hart and family in this
ncighborhood Sunday.
Mr.. Harrcl and son were In this
vicinity last week getting names
of the men in favor OF n rural mail
route from Montgomery City west
on the Williamsburg road into
Galloway county, thence south To
the state road, thence east u mum
Der OF miles on that road, then
leave II and return to the city.
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Gamma.

Heavy rain Monday night and
creeks are very high.
At a joint meeting Of the Marl-
ing, Olncy and Middlctown tcle-
phone companies Tuesday night,
an agreement was reached TO put
in a switch board at Bclllowcr.
Tony Elton and wife were visit
ing Mrs. Elton's parents Saturday
and Sunday.
Born, to Hiram Seal and wife on
March Goth, a bouncing 10 pound
boy.
Mrs. Battle Brinncger of Mont
gomery City is visiting her brother
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Downs.
Mr.. Harvey Steele is very Ill at
his sons, Oh IS. Steele's.
c.. 4. Brown traded his fine
span of mules to w. e. Hogsett
for a fine saddle mare and $3.50 In
money.
J.. NJ. Davidson passed through
Gamma with two fine draft stall
lions purchased of Mr.. Trice OF
Rails county.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Holloway, on March 20, a fine girl.
Mother and babe doing well.
Mr.. Lawrence Scanland is very
sick at this writing.
Candidates for sheriff are look
ing after their interests In this
part of the county at present.
Rob't See and Forest Reed were
both here Tuesday.
Spring school will begin al
Prairie Flower the first Monday in
April.
The bridge across Elkhorn neal
hear IL in a dangerous condition
and it is hoped the County Court
will not neglect to have 1t repaired
much longer.
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A new iron fence IL being built
around the cemetery at Macedonia
by Mr.. Warner of High hin.
The little boy OF MIR. VIM.
Wright who has been suffering
from the appendicitis IL on the
road to ccovcry.
John Sparks who has been lai d
up with the La Grippe Is able to
he out again.
Jas. Ernest bought "a line young
horse from @. l.. Ernest. Price
800.
Lawrence Pittcngcr, wife and
Master Paul were visiting DR..
Elkins and family Sunday.
Hick Hendrix has rented the
James Rodgers farm and Is movc-
ing this week.
Mr.. John Bonnet l. visiting
relatives and friends in Harriclton
county, Ohio.
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Cured Consumptlon.

Mrs. b. w. Evans, Clearwater,
Kan, writes: "My husband lay
sick for three months. The doc
tors said he had quick c%onsumpt-
ion. We procured n bottle OF
Billiards. Horehound Syrup, and
II cured him. That was six years
ago and since then we have always
kept "A bottle In the house. We
cannot do without Il. For coughs
and colds 1t has no equal" BIC,
soc and 500. Sold by City Drug
Store.
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n TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Ilall's Great
Discovery cures AL kidney mud blsd.
dor troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes seminal emissions, weak aud
lam. backs, rheumatism aud all irrcg-
ulariiics OF the kihucys aui blndder
In both men and women, regulates
bladder troubles Ia children. II not
sold by yonr druggist will be.sent by
mail on receipt Of a.. One small bot.
tie IL two months treatment and will
cure any case above mentioned. DIR.
T. w. Hall. sole manufacturer, y. q.
Box $40. st. Louis, Mo. Send Tor
testimonials. Sold by all druggists. u
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MONTGOMERY TRIBUNE.
FRIDAY, MARCH p, 1901.
High Hin.

Our first spring rain Monday
night wns n regular "gully washer.'
Constance 4 Long shipped a
cal OF cattle and hogs to st. Louis
Monday night.
VIII Streif came up from st.
Louis Sunday and spent n few
hours with homcfolks.
Miss Mary Knight returned
home Saturday after having spent
several days with friends in Mont
gomery City.
Alfred Davidson of near Big
Spring called on relatives here
and In this vicinity Saturday and
Sunday.
Thco. Stuck came down from
Mexico Saturday and moved out
to the Patterson farm Tuesday,
which he has rented for the cnsu-
ing year.
j. T.. Reeds and A. w. Gcrde-
mann were in Montgomery City
Tuesday on business connected
with the telephone line o under
consideration here.
Miss Annie Strict, who for the
past three years has been taking
an enforced vacation on account of
i'll health, returned to st. Louis
Sunday whore she has n position
as st%enographer ami typewriter.
Miss Annie's many friends regret
to see her leave, but wish her con-
tinued c In her work.
The old ''section house" near
the depot is being torn down and
removed this week. The passing
of this ''%ancient" land mark will
be noted with pleasure by the
residents here, but "A serious in
convenience will doubtless be
inflicted upon the large number Of
hoboes and "brake- beam tourists"
who OF late years have been maxi
ing that institution their head
quarters.
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built and the house reprinted, all
of which when done will add
much to the looks of our town.
d. 3. Sailor Of Montgomery
City spent Sunday with homc-
folks.
Pierce Davis will help Walter
Robertson with his crop this year.
Work on the new rail road Is
progressing nicely through here.
II will soon be completed.
Fred wchrman and wife, and
Grandpa Winters and wife visited
at Geo. Keadle's Sunday.
Two new telephone lines from
Middletown will reach Buell. In n
few days. 1t seems that all the
good things are coming at once.
We surely find the II. +. ID. very
convenient.
Tho members OF the NJ. l.. church
will meet at Buell. the 18th Sunday
of March at 10 O'Clock for the
purpose of organizing a Sunday
school. All are invited to attend.
Work on the new NJ. L. church
at this place will begin in n few
weeks. The outlook liz very en-
couraging.
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The Best Cough Syrup.

S. J.. Apple, cx-Probatc Judge,
Ottawa CO., Kansas, writes: "rhis
Is to say that | have used Bal
lard's H%orchound Syrup for years
and that | do not hesitate to rec
omend IL as the best cough syrup
| have ever used" DC, soc and
Si.0O. Sold by City Drug Store.
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! have been suffering for the
past few years with n severe Mt
tack OF rheumatism aud found that
Billiards. Snow Linimcnt was the
only thing that gave me sa%tisfnc-
ton and tends to alleviate my
pains. March 9th, 1902, John g.
Degnan, Kinsman, Ills. &c, Doc
ahd St.00. Sold by City Drug
Store.
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Mexico, Mo, Sept. 10 1901
This il to certify that ] haue been
cured Of kidney and bladder trouble
by the use OF the Texas Wonder,
Halls Crest Discovery raj cheer
ully recommend II to any Quo susf-
sring from that disease. Yours
ruIy. u. II. OWING.