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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
A BACK LICK
Settled the Case with Her.


Many great discoveries have been
made by accident aud things better than
gold mircs have been found In this way.
for example when even the accidental
discovery that coffee Is the real cause Of
ones sickness proves OF most tremen-
dous value because II locates the cause
aud the person has then a chance TO get
well.
For over % years" says n Missouri
woman. Il suffered untold agonies In my
stomach and even the best physicians
disagreed as to the u without giving
me any permanent help. different ones
saying II was gastrltis. Indigestion, neu-
ralgia. etc. so | dragged along from
year to year. always half sick, until
finally gave up all hopes OF ever belng
well again.
when taking dinner with n friend
one day she said she had a new drlnl;
which turned out to he Postum and |
liked II so well | told her | thought I
would stop coffee for awhile and use II,
which | did.
so for three months we had Postum
In place OF coffee without ever having
one OF my old spells but was always
healthy and vigorous Instead.
Husband kept saying he was con-
WINGED It was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then | wouldn't believe
II until n day We got out of Postum
and as We lived two miles from town
thought to use the coffee we had in the
house.
"The result OF a weeks use OF coffee
again was that | had another terrible
spell OF agony and distress proving that
1t was the coffee and nothing else. That
settled II and said good bye to Coffee
forever and since then Postum alone has
been our hot mcaltlme drink.
MY friends all say | am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. All the other members
OF our family have been benefited, too.
by Postum in place of the old drink, cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co, Bat
tie Creek. Mich.
Ten days trial OF Postum in place OF
coffee or tea Is the wise thing for every
coffee drinker. Such a trial tells the ex-
act truth often where coffee Is not sus-
pected.
Look In each pkg. for the famous lit
! tie book. 'The Road to MELVILLE"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

On the authority o. the resident
nj ysician Of a lunatic asylum. a very
Valuable improyemcut connected with
machinery now In daily use every.
where. was invented by the inmate of
an asylum No name is given. because
the inventor Is now quite cured, and il
u somewhat prominent man. but his in-
ycntion. designed and modelled while he
was perfectly mad, has since brought
him Thousands Of dollars. Another
%lunatic invented a simple automatic
continuance to be fixed on the heads Of
lawn tennis rackets 10 pick up the
ball without STOPPING. aud so satisfied
was the doctor Of there being money in
It that he advised the inventors friends
to secure a patent for him in case he
should become curcd.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

There are $1,000 Girls at college In
tho United States studying and prcpar-
ing for careers In exactly the same way
as the men students at these institu-
tions. There are 335 colleges where
men and women arc educated together.
Princeton being the only great univcr-
sity where women are not admitted.
There are $50 colleges for women
alone, the chief OF which are vassar,
Barnard. Bryn Mawr. Radclir, Well
csley and Smith. There are. besides,
$4,000 girls studying at professional
schools.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Mrs. Judkins-Ics. I've decided 90
have a new physician. DIR. Pellets Is
evidently getting careless or else he 10
not a master OF his profession.
Mrs, flipleigh-Why, I thought you
had 10 much confidence In him?
81 did until | went 60 see him ycsier.
day. when he told me / would have 10
take cod.livcr oil. There's nothing at
all the matter with me, and ifhe doesn't
know It he ought to go into some other
busincss."-Chicago Evening News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


Tho cold. wet weather aud the late
springs seem to have been unfayor-
able 10 the apple crop Many OF the
apples dropped. and what remain are
not developing to quite tho degree of
perfection usual at this season. The
crop for tho whole state must ncces-
sarily he light. However. unless M
favorable conditions affect II later on.
the peach crop will De much larger
than expected n short time ago. Where
peaches have been set In the spring
they have held on well and are dcyel
oplng nicely.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

The person who has TO resort to
plain, old-fashioned suicide In this
season OF splendid facilities for acct
dental death IL indeed lacking In the
quality Of resourccfulness. With tho
excursion steamers, boat rockers, Ice
cream poisoning. Ice water laundering.
sunstroke and stealthy trolley cars,
opportunities for death are so plenty
as to make the preservation Of. ones
life so full of the element OF uncer-
talnty and chance n to satisfy the
gaming appetite that is inbred in all
Of us.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
Took life WIN ncr own Hand.

Mrs. Maggie Morris. who. while dc.
mented. attacked her husband. l. +.
Morrls. with a razor. on June 20. com.
mltted suicide In q cell In the Kansas
City police headquarters. cutting her
throat and wrists with a ease knife
Morris, the wounded husband. who Is
In tho city hospital. will probably re-
cover. although his condition Is critical
because OF having lost 10 much blood
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

In China physicians are paid for
keeping their patients we'll, and In
Germany locomotive engineers receive
a gold medal and $500 for every ten
years of service without an accident.
They do somc things better abroad
than they are done in America.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

While DIR. and Mrs. Jones Watson. Of
Denver. Col, were driving At New Lon
don. where they were visiting friends
the horse became frightened and ran
away. and Mrs. Watson was killed
while her husband was probably IA.
tally hurt The accident occurred al
tha Salt river bridge.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
o,rr Hundred Years Old.

Hiram Cook. who celebrated his on.
hundrodth birthday anniversary last
March. died at Rausalier. When Q
young lad he was n fayoritc Of John
Adams. secIid president Of the United
States. aud az Hannibal. In 1875. he
numbered the famous Mark Twain
among his Sunday-school class II,
lived through the administration OF
every president except Washington.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

There In In Ohio a man who has been
fighting the Standard OIL company for
~ years. Other people get their oxcr-
else playing golf and tennis and by
riding horseback. still. every n To
hiA taste.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Hawks have been seen TO follow In
the wake Of a moving railway train.
TO swoop down ON small birds that were
suddenly disturbed and frightened by
the noise. and therefore for hcmoment
were OIL their guard,-Clcyeland Plain
Drater.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Cotton has made fair growth in the
southeast portion OF the state. Al.
though The plant is small. II is healthy
and the fields are fairly well cultivated
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

In M toad's stomach have been
found II acknowledgements. In nn-
others ~ tcnt-catcrpillars. In an
others G5 gypsy-moth catcrpillars, and
yet In anothcr's IS army worms.
Thirty large ca,crpillars have been
fed to n toad In less than three hours.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

A cruiser may he sent to Panama TO
hght tho mosquitoes. This government
Is not going to repeat tho mistake OF
tho Russians and estimate the damage
m enemy can do by the smallncss Of
hls size.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Last years production OF petroleum
amounted TO 10000. 900 barrels Mr..
Rockefeller In probably correct In
atyling II a light output.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Uncle Sans income Ia over 5000
ooo q day. which Is somewhat larger
than Mr.. Rockcfcllcr's Income. But
MIR. Rockcfcllcr's percentage OF profit
is greater than Uncle Sans. lie has
Iess compctltion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Let the committee that Is to notify
tho president OF his nomination re-
member that sudden JOY as well as
sudden sorrow IN often dangerous.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

State superintendent OF Insuranc,
Robert O. Yates has issued a license to
the United Commercial Travellers OF
America. Of Columbus. o., authorizing
the company to do a fratcrnal insur-
auce business I'm Missouri.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

0f a funeral the Usage News said the
other day: ut must have been a pleas
ure to the family to see such a large
number Of people turning out"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

The oldest queen Of Europe il now the
queen Of Hanover, who will be 81 next
April. while In the following month
Queen Victoria will he 50. Ex-Emprcss
Eugene. who may well be- included.
IN third. being 70 In the same
uonth.-Chicago lnter Ocean.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

The report that DIR. Dowlc's son IL
TO marry u Swiss m~lllionalrcss. as n
result N his trip abroad. would make
II appear that the tour has been a good
deal nor OF a success than n prcIu-
diced press TX willing To admit.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

There are many curious things sold
In the Russian markets, and one can
buy cells and snakes and chicken legs.
Lambs feet are sold as n great dainty.
aud calves feet are bought for soup
~. \. sun.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

II was Artcmus Ward whose patriot.
Ism took the form Of willingness to
send all his wlte's relatives TO. the
war. Almost every protected interest
Is entirely willing reciprocity shall DO
tried on some other one.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Charles Brock. of Gray Summit,
Franklin county, committed suicide by
cutting his throat. He was an es
teemcd citizen OF the community.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
onr-rouud n.by IL Dead.

The ono-pound baby that was born
to Mr. and Mrs. p. NJ, Beatty, near
Stedman. Is dead. The child vas ~
small that an ordinary finger rims
would 30 over It's hand as far IA the ell
bow.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

A bridge over a small creek in Holt
county collapsed under the team and
carriage OF William Trimmer aud fam
lily. killing two OF tho children and
probably fatally injuring Mr.. Trimmer
himself.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
w-us,im- Paper CHANCES Hands.

II. c, Turner, a prominent newspaper
man Of Mexico, has bought the Wells
vile Week.? Record OF W, L. Mabry
and will assume immediate control.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


The understanding IL that all South
American Islands sold 20 foreign coun-
tries must pass through the United
States custom house.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
noy Drowned Ncnr MARSHALL.

Leonard c, Eifcnhard, aged 10. was
drowned nea Marshall. a companion
nearly met the same fate while trying
10 rescue him. E~ifcnhard's home was
Mt clyde. o.. and he was visiting his
uncle. James S. Scrockett.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

Mrs Elmer Lawmaster was fatally
hurt In a runaway at Beyier, A team
belonging to ben Davis became fright
med and collidci with the vehicle
irlycn by Mrs. Iawmastcr.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15
81, rrisoncrs Make their Escape.

A wholesale jail delivery occurred at
Jefferson Guy, six prisoners making
their escape by saving their way to
fsedom through the iron bars and
cage,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

The potato crop is turning out we'll
and gardens are In good condition, Her.
ries are plentiful, but have been some
what Injured By TOO much rain
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-15

lie who lives by his wits alone Is the
pawnbrokcr's best customer.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
About to Make Market.

The syndicate which was struck with $50, 100000 of the 41a per cent bonds of the Mercantile Marine is about to make a market for the securities. The load has been lying heavily on the stomach of the syndicate ever since the allotment was made more than two years ago and no effort was made for a public distri- button, the futility of such an attempt at the time being well understood. Condi- tions having tremendously improved, how ever, the time Is deemed opportune for a concerted effort to stimulate friendly in- terest in those securities. An initial move in congress for a subsidy this winter will be one forward step. This mer- cantile marine bond syndicate is made up largely of those who profited by the original steel corporation Notation, and the big end of the profits of the origi- nal deal are reinvested in the shipping bonds. The New York Life Insurance company owns s3,0OO00O of these bonds. The New York Life appears to be about the only outside investor of importance that could be induced to take hold at the time of the formation of the com pany. Unfriendly persons say this Is be- cause George W. Perkins, chairman of the finance committee of the New York Life, was persuaded to make the invest ment by his very good friends, George w. Perkins, member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
Steel Stocks Show Increase.

Comparison of current prices with those prevailing in May last show that the stocks and bonds of the United States steel corporation have increased in sell ing value during that period S257,OOOOOO. Thise rise In quotations Is good ming for the actual holders of the securities and for those who were lucky enough to make speculative investments while the depression was on. It was not given back to the hundreds of thousands of unfor- tunate gamblers in these securities, how ever the money they lost on the break in preferred steel from 100 down to 50 and in the common from 55 to under 9. These hundreds of thousands of small fry traders and men of larger calibre were frozen out, countless numbers losing every dollar they possessed on earth, having been induced to buy the stun largely on account of the great names Identified with the corporation and in the guileess conviction that the multi-mil- lionaires connected with the property would protect the public against shrink age in prices. Not until they had been roasted to death did they learn that the stock they were buying at fancy figures had been sold to them by the insiders.
 Now that the preferred Is nearly back to record figures and the common more than half way back there are signs of another unloading by insiders. 1nciden- tai to the manipulation which is going on in steel there Is renewal of further bond conversion jugglers and persistent rumors of the acquisition of several of the independent iron companies at terms which must net the insiders tremendous profits. These reports are met with de- nials. of course but In all street denials do not count for anything. Insiders seem to regard 1t as their bounden duty to lie about their plans until conclusion has been reached. They probably argue that 1t Is none of the public's business, and they have the additional strong req son for secrecy in the fact that prema- ture publicity nine times out of ten de- lays consummation and really does no good. Experience has taught caution in this respect. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04

mind strict cleanliness is the founda- tion of all the decencies. Long before they knew the modern code of bacter1o- logy the Japanese by sound instinct had committed themselves to the habit of eliminating and destroying from their surroundings those accumulations of dirt and worthless material that we now know to be the storehouse of infectious germs. An American gentleman who stepped from the street pavement upon the floor of a Japanese teahouse without removing his shoes was shamed to see his entertainers scrubbing and polishing the spot where his feet had rested. To maintain perfect cleanliness costs time and effort. but 1t prevents incalculable waste of time and effort in the end
 Cleanliness is next to godliness, and to the highly cultivated man godliness it. self is an answering devotion to essen tial truth, and essential truth consists in eternally seeking to know the truth, rather than holding with stubborn big otry to formulation of supposed truth that were taught to us in our childnoou- Can anyone measure the enormous waste of energy, of happiness, that might have been avoided if throughout the long war fare of enlightment with tradition every man had been honest with himself and had unhinchingly resolved that he would adhere with singlemindedness to a pur- pose to learn or discover truth rather than to purpose to defend some form ulation of doctrine with which business or social interests have become entangl- ed?
 In the end it all comes to this: We may, if we will, select from the infinite mass of things activities, of interests, of alleged principles. pressing upon us with their remorseless demands, those few T. al fine really worth while. and let all the rest go. So to choose Is to live the sim pie life. and to make life worth the iv- ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
CONDITIONS OF THE SIMPLE LIFE
Two Stages of Civilization In Which
 1t Is Possible.

From the New York Independent
 There are two stages of civilazation in which the simple life is possible. One is the colonial, the other Is the, highly fin- ished stage that one may see in spots" in England, in France, and in Japan. Colonists have of necessity cut out of their life great deal that most of us think necessary to our comfort or con- venience, and they find rich compensa- ton in their freedom from useless ex- penditures of time, strength and money. Certain cultivated classes in finished civ ilizations have learned at last the art of selection, of saying to themselves: There are certain things we have come to look upon as supremely desirable. these we will have, and these we will leisurely enjoy. Whatever interferes with our possession of these, or with our leisure to enjoy them shall be sacrifice ed"
 Let us be specific. We will begin with an item of the most material and prac- tical kind. The colonist has but little furniture. The cultivated Englishman or Frenchman of moderate means has little more. The Japanese gentlemen of artis- tic sensibilties has least of all There Is hardly house in America that would not be improved in 'livableness" in sub- stantial comfort, and especially in att tractiveness, if, some evening the good man and his wife should sit down and make up a list of exactly one-half of their possessions to be consigned next morning to the bonfire. The American house of the family that has a love of rare and curious things. as so many Americans have, is museum. and the exhibits are everywhere in sight. The Japanese gentleman who boasts a fine collection of rare vases keeps them in fireproof cellar under the little garden. One beautiful object stands on a low table in the living room From time to time 1t goes back to storage, and an- other takes its place. This practice Is typical of the Japanese method of secur- ing the simple life.
 Again we will cite a habit of that people which, perhaps more than any other, has solved the problem of the simple life in a complex civilization. To the Japanese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
Tariff Revision Probable.

The opinion prevails in the financial district that President Roosevelt will find
 1t impossible to withstand the arguments
 against tariff revision and that he will
 yield to the advice of representative bus mess interests to treat softly in that direction. The inspired announcements
 which have come from the White House as to the Presidents intentions for tariff revision were put out as feelers and the response thereto has been of kind call culated to impress the chief executive with the force of the opposition he will encounter should he go ahead with his plan of campaign as originally outlined. Not only is there general Wall street dis belief in tariff revision, but there Is a strongly grounded theory that the next congress will pass a law giving generous subsidies to the shipping combinations under cover of move to stimulate and up-b build the American merchant marine
 The government commission to inquire into facts bearing on this question has completed it's work and will present it's report to congress early in the short ses- sion now about to begin. This report, it is we'll understood. will form the basis of a friendly campaign on behalf of the shipping interests. That was what the commission was appointed for and it has done it's work It was packed for sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
A Great Money Clique.

Somebody has gone to the trouble of analysing the personnel of the National City Bank directorate and making de- auctions thereform. It Is found that the twenty-four directors of this bank. the largest in America and one of the largest in the world. are directors of three hundred and lfifty-seven other banks trust companies, railroad and industrial corporations, and insurance companies representing assets of more than sl1000.- 900, GOO. This bank Is the center of local group of banks and trust companies whose, loans aggregate more than Aoo,- 900, 00o, or nearly half half the total loans of the fifty-three clearing house banks of New York. The statement from which these facts are gleaned does not mention the additional interesting fact that the Standard oil interests which control the National City Bank are also heavy stockholders in the leading banks of other cities-Chicago. Cleveland, Pittsburg and Washington. This group Is today the strongest financial combination in the world and yields its power aggressively and remorselessy. It controls not only the destinies of the business world, but is reaching out for control of national and state legislatures on scale never before attempted.