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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28
THE EMPIRE OF SPEECH.
What Has Been Done by Improve
ments In tho Telephone to
Advance II.

Two or three recent Important lin.
pruycmcnts OF the telephone show what
undeleyoloped capacities stili lie hidden
IA this wonderful far.talker Of modern
science. In the first place. says the Coz
mopolltan. II has become possible 70
eliminate the telephone Girl M q con
Meeting link. or rather n conncctor OF
links, between the sender and the re-
cciyer Of n message. one tan now
"switch on" without her i~ntcrycntpn-
n you wish To talk with u friend by this
new system. you simply look up his or
her number, and then on a dial. or min'
lature switchboard. IN your own house
or Office. you turn the Indicator to tho
diglts representing that number. and
Immediately your friends bell rings.
| aud. without any further p~rcliminarics,
| o may begin your conversation. Tho
switching mechanism at the central cS.
change has automatically followed the
movements uf your indicator at homo
and put you into direct communication
with tho desired point. Besides. 1t giy'a
a delightful sense OF privacy TO n tele-
phone talk. Mechanical oo%ntriyancca
possess no cars and no memories, and.
having nothing to forget, make no blum
ders.
But II the automatic telephone excitcs
grateful wonder. another recent inven-
,ion-the telephone that takes your
speech. keeps IL unutt.red II your friend
happens to be out. but speaks II into his
ear ~ soon as he returns. whether ths
Interval be an hour or a week. must 10
regarded an q marvel OF marycls. Tha,
machine may consist either OF q steel
wire wound on n revolving drum. or a
hard steel disk revolving In n horizontal
plane. Above the revolving wire, or
disk. Is placed a small electromagnet ac-
tuated by the telephone circuit. All the
varying impulses that come over tho
telephone wire under the Influence VI
the speakers voice are impaired by the
little magnet to the steel moving be-
meath II, and they make upon that stoors
surface a series Of magnetic Impressions,
like invisible dots, each OF which pos
sesses It's own peculiar polarity aud do
gree OF intensity. II Is Just as u the
steel were n sheet OF paper and the mag
net n pen, and the magnetic impulses a
series OF alphabetical signs Jotted down
on the paper-only nothing IL visible 10
the eye. Hut the hundreds OF little mag.
netlc poles are there. though unseen,
and when the wire or the plate carrying
these mystic hierglyphics Is again
passed under the cleciromagnet The lat
ter being now connected with a telc'
phone receiver) they reproduce exactly
the same impulses that created them
these impulses passing into the receiv'
or yibrate the speaking membrane and
give forth the voice and the words which
they had stored.
The only thing that n man who has q
telegraphone In his ONCE needs to do IL
to set tho apparatus going when he has
time to listen to It. and II any of his
friends have been speaking TO II while
he was out. or busy, or asleep. theii
measapcs will be repeated.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

day. Nobody had n gun. and no n
would have known how to use n gun, aud
all looked like poor people going TO
prayers. There were troops everywhere
and every soldier acted as though he
was afraid something would happen TO
spoil their chance OF killing anybody.
The snow on the streets was clean and
AS white as the wings Of n peace dove.
and dad said the show was M better
than n parade OF laboring men at home
on Labor day.
Suddenly some officer yelled TO the
parade to stop. and the priest at the head
Of the procession. who was carrying u
cross, slowed up y little, like the drum
major Of u band when the populace at
home begins to throw eggs. but they kept
on. and then the shooting began, and in
n minute men. women and children were
rolling In the snow. bleeding and dying.
the marchers were too stunned to run,
and the deadly guns kept IN splitting
fire. and the street was full Of dead and
diving. and then the Cossacks rode over
| the dead and saberel and knouted the
"'".s'" - ~ "a
req oioou, aau 'a'h'su awa' ahu ,e.' W.
me picket fence, anu a"hs W one pun,
reg wh'ch ea.sn' on pae., a,
crowus rusheu ~ eNe'y u're..'oh' a"u
u was an hour pe'o'.' 'o",' s'' 9
drosky ! ha"' uaa 70 ."e "o'e'. j..
Dad collapsed wheh ne ITO 'hc ho,ei
and | got a doctor and a nurse, and for
two days hau 10 wa'on 'he fevo'u'A'
alone WINE dau "au n's y. renorss
cause nc uv
house' no sa'u
Weh' eNe' ~ A"y""e'e. U'a'ei
ing ior pleasure, W nv, ~ 70 nus,
sia' because u Is 'he SanueS, pace OF
eaT'n' ! nave seen no peison snh',e o'
laugh IN III u .en us's We nave peer
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Wen. sneie. I would have given any.
thing II you could have . . dad. when
the dogs began to chase that liver. and
bark. and night each other. Ths driver
yelled something In Russian. and point.
ed back with his whip. the Chicago man
said: My God. We are pursued by .
pack Of ravcnous wolves. and there Ia nc
hope for u.s." and I began to cry. and
impiored dad. II he loved me. 10 save me.
Dad stood up In he sledge and looked
back. and saw the wolves. and he was
scared. but he said the only thing TO do
WAS TO throw something overheard fof
them TO he chewing on while we got
away. but he sat down and pulled a robe
over his head and his lips were moving
but I do not know whom he was address
Ing.
The Chicago man touched on a couple
OF cannon %irecrackcrs behind the
sledge. but that only kept the dogs back
for a minute. and dad said probably IN,
hes, thing to do was TO throw me over
board. and let them eat me, and ] said
NAY. nay. Pauline" and then ! thinl
dad tainted away. for he never pecpeC
again until the team had run away n 10
more. and l cut my liver rope. and whcf
We rot into the suburbs OF ST. Pctcrsbuti
the dogs had ovortakcn the liver, an
were fighting " IT,
Tho driver had To- pull np his horse
as we struck tho town. and dad mus
have got q whlr on the drivers vodka
because he come 10, aud we got to tn
hotel all right. and ! thought dad woul'
simply die In his tracks. but the rid
and the excitement did him good, and b
wanted to buy a gun and go out vol
hunting the ncSt day. but our ticket
were bought, and we shall get out d
this terrible country tomorrow.
Dad woke me up In The night aud want
cd 20 know u | saw him whom he pullo
his knife and wanted to get out an
fight the pack Of wolves single handle,
I am not much Of a liar. but | told hi
I remembered It well. aud II demon
Hirated to me that he was as brave
man rs the ear. the Little Jack Raj
bit, as his people call him.
Well. thanks - my wolf hunt, dad
all right again. and now W shall go
some country where there IN peace.
don't know where We will fnd II. but
such n country exists. your little ilenr
will catch on. II dads money holds Oh
Yours, covered with Gore.
HENNERY.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

neishbon because they ere hired 70 DO
so. The murder NJ those unarmed work
Ing men, that Sunday. has changed .
helpless, pleading people into anarchists
with deadly bombs In their biouses
where they were accustomed to carry
black bread to sustain life. and with the
Of japan In the far east and an
Outraged people Mt home, Russia Ia In .
bad way. and II I was the car or a grand
duke. ! would md a w~oodchuck hole and
arrange with the woodchuck for . fur
uishod fiat.
I didn't think there was going 10 b.
anything going on In Russia except
bloodshed and bombs. and things to
make you sorry that you were here. and
was willing to take chloroform. and let
them carry me home In q box. with my
description on the cover, until the doc
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

tor told me that dad was m u condition
of nervousness that he needed something
TO happen 10 gct his mind oil OF the
awful scenes he had witnessed. and
asked me- n | couldn't think 81 some
thing to excite hun. and wake him up.
and then dad said. after he got 20 he
could 20 out dnors. "Honncry, you have
always been Johnny on the spot when !
needed diversion. and | want you To take
your brain apart. and oil tho works, and
See n you cant eonjurc up something to
get my blood circulating. and my pores
open for business. ani anything you
think Of goes. and ! swear ! Will not
kick II you scare the boots on Of ne"
Well. that was right Into my hand.
and | set my mind to strike at four . m.
I had been GU riding once with the chi
carn man. In n slcdge. with three horses
abreast, all runaway horses, and the
driver was u Cossack who dashed the
horses into a run every smooth place he
found In the road. aud Il was like run
Ming to a IRE. 30 | got the Chicago fell
low to go with me and We found the Cos
sack and he was drunken than usual.
| There is n Kind Of liquor here called
vodka. which skins wood alcohol and
| carholic acid 10 a finish. and when a man
L. mll Of II he Is no mad he wants To cut
hi own throat. This driver had put
M s~lloboards On his neck and had TWO
lass In one, and We hired him by the
hour,
told the Chicago mar the clrcum.
stances and that | had got Ia get dad
nj of his trance. ana he said he would
help me. when I was out riding tho
day before I noticed that the road was
full Of great dane dogs, wolf hounds and
stag hounds, which followed their
masters sledgos out In the country, and
the dogs loafcd around. hungry, looking
for bones. and nghting each other, no
decided to get the dogs TO chase our
sledge. and make dad think we were
chased by wolves. | thought that would
make dad stand without hiiching. aud
II did.
Tho Chicago man bought some cannon
nrecrackors. and ! bought a cows liver
aud hitched II to n rope. and hid II In ths
back seat, and my Chicago friend aud
took the back seat. and we got dad In IN,
seat behind the driver. and started abouI
an hour before dark out In the country
through n piece of woods that looked
quite wolfy. on the way out the drive
let his horses run away a few times, lik'
you have seen In Russian pictures. an,
dad was beginning TO sit up and taxi
notice. and seemed TO act like n man VIII,
expects every minute to be thrown over
precipice, and mixed up with dea'
horses. bad touched the driver once oi
the coat.tail and told him not to hurr,
no COMPOUNDED fast. and the drive
thought he was complaining because !
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28
A STRANGE
~ TON p. MORGAN

CoMk time ago. n popular pubiica-
y ton placed before its readers 'ac
story q The Strange Manuscript
found 10 a Copper C~ylindcr"
while It's startling revelations were
only To be read with batei hair and
breath on end. its disclosures murt
needs rot up long before day To equal
In darl-red thrill those OF the strange
manuscript found In n sardine can.
While strolling In his garden tho
morning after tho great storm. Prof
Bolivar woodhead discovered a quceriy
marked Sardlnc can wrapped and tied
IN a cloth Of strange hue and texture.
Upon prylng open the cat the pro
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

ny HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
tEx.uoyernor Of Wisconsin, Former Editor
Of Peek's sun, Author OF "peck's
bad Boz" etc)
copyright. iso5. by Joseph D. Bowies)
ST. PETERSBURG. RUsslA.-MY
DEAR GRoCERYwITz: Well. sir. a
and ! have got too much Of Russia the
quickest Of any two tourists you eNaf
heard Of. That skirmish we saw. the
day the Russians blessed the Neva. q
shot blank cartridges filled with old iron
at the ear. was not a. marker to the
trouble the next Sunday. whom the work
Ing people marched to the Winter n
ace. 10 present a petition to the Little
Father"
We thought a revolution was like q
,lay, and that II would be worth going
miles tn see. Dad was In South Amer
leu once when there was n revolution.
where more than n dozen ercasers. with
guns that wouldn't shoot. Iut on q dozen
different kinds OF uniforma, and yelled:
Down with the government" ana
frothcd at the mouth. and drank putter'
milk and yelled Spanish swear words
Wv a'A'N Otaffs bh'it -
with white paJamas came out with a
~ and shot one Of the revpluiionists
In the thumb. when the revolution was
suppressed and the next day the rcvoiu-
tionlsis were pounding stone. with can.
non balls chained to their legs: and dad
thought n revolution In Russia would be
something like that, and that We could
get on n front porch and watch Il as II
went by, and joke with the revolution
and throw confetti. like II was
carnival. but that sunday that the Rus
sian revolution was begun. we had
enough blood to last us all our lives.
We got n place sitting on an iron picket
fence, and we saw the people coming W
the street towards the Winter Palace
dressed mostly In blouses, and lookinl
as innocent ~ n crowd OF digger
at home going up to the city hall TO asl
for n raise In wages Of two shillings
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

right, but, when I tried 70 descend. u
backsot spring would not work.
Imagine my feelings II you havu
ever been on . high The spring posi-
lively refused TO work. II | held ON,
I'd 90 up perhaps to worlds unknown.
II I let go. I'd be dashed to pieces ON
the rocks In Benderson's addition.
"Up, up I went. began to expert
nee terrible pains In my Uranium; my
eyes bulged: my brain ratified like .
lawn mower; bright flashes Of light
darted across my vision. and Is MILL.
meters Of my crimson tongue hung
out. A band Of steel seemed compses.
sing my Intellectual lobe; my frontal
region was all pain and confusion,
which gradually melted into dreamy
Indifference and uuconsciousness.
when I awoke I WAS In q strange
| coursxy. an unknown planet. perhaps
| the Kingdom Of the Fool-Killer. at any
rate. Since then. I have been confined
in q cage. the only sleeping accommo.
dations Of which consist Of . large nail
upon which I nm expected to hang my
self each night.
perhaps ! could sleep even there
we're II not for the proximity and aw'
full groans OF the man who. upon earth
used to occupy two seats In the crowd
ed cars. keeping tired travellers put h,
sheer force OF his dignity. His dignii,
avalls him but little now, for here the,
stand him on his head rs soon as thu
sun goes down, and there be stays I'll
morning.
ut Is pretty hard to sleep In the day
time, on account OF the punishment
that Is Inflicted upon tho 'Bcaut'fu
Snow poets. Every morning they az
chained In a row, and a reader. witt
an acccnticss but s%tentorian voice
reads over and over 10 them thci
'Beautiful SHOWS by way OF variety
he reads backward half OF the time
This goes on until sunset. The Spring
and June and 'SIivery Moon post
get only half as much. and. In the Al
ternoons, are allowed to rest and re-
coup for the next days reading.
"The midnight screnader Ia hung u
In n cage close TO the top OF the high
est turret. and made to sing. over an
over again. the songs he used TO sin
to his lady fair, and everybody va
has nothing else to do throws old boot
and clubs ut him.
"Thc man who said: 4 told You 90
has been hung. Always In life q kici
or, he L. stlil Kicking as he swings.
weather prophets are tieI In pat
..A Asan ANAR a -faat glAthaalfIA 4
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28
Put . Bun~t In MS Head.

J. Robert Iiord. who until recently
owned and operated n Of the largest
hardware and implement estabilhh-
monis In the city. committed suicide
at Clarence. He shot himself In the
temple with n revolver, and death was
instantaneous.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

fOuul TINT AZ MAJ Qll.d with n
mn folded fabric. n good deal l,ae
Ilcr. An over IL was written a story
Iaat Prof Woodhead read with ab-
s9rbcd interest.
Tho contents OF the strange manu-
script found In a sardine can were rs
follows:
. Kingdom OF the Fool. Killer,
,. "lmmolation Day.
IL, William Digsmith. knowing that
a any moment the Fool-kIller "a liable
To drop N upon me and make me the
hte Mr.. Biesmith, do write this with
fear and trembling, also with u pen
made Of a sharp stick. keeping an eye
on tho rack where they are Just now
saving In two a more than ordinarily
iepfa'ed spring poet.
Nearer At hand. tho 1s-this'hot'
eaoush-ior-you' man In roasting over
A'siow IRE. and his unreserved yells
disturb me q good deal. lie Isn't = biI
sunfy with his bowls.
III ] succeed In finishing this, and
throwing II over the edge before the
fdolki'ler gets to me, | hope Il may
fall Into the hands OF some one WAC
,nla publish II rs an awful warning e
people who are smarter than the law
allows.
My Incorporate indulgence In in'
vestigation Is what has brought m,
here. where. cbeered by the yells o.
the man who on earth left open th,
door, and now has his head eternal,
shut into one. | write and await "a,
coming OF the fool-killer.
Throw Investigation and Invention
fothe dogs, ! adJurc you, and quit seek
ing TO pry Into the future. or. SOM
day the ruler OF this dread realm vii
set you by the surplus skin OF you
neck and Jerk you from happiness int
inliery.
AS an inventor. | was far from he
ing u pretendcr like Kee.y. FOR
time | invented with impunity. an
nothing bofell me-, Made reckless o
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

caster. Alonzo Jackson shot and Killed
his young wife. and fied. Lattr his
dead body was found hanging I'd u
tree. and some people profess 10 be-
lleye tina, he was lynched. Jackson vas
very Jealous OF his wife. who vas but
II years OF age
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Mrs. Conny-Suer-What n fine collec-
lion you have OF old Roman war knives!
Mrs. upstart-ies, aren't they great!
| inherited them from my grandfather.
he used to b9a butcher Detroit FREQ
Press.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Miss Vaughn. Of st. Louis, ,couNy,
who has oecn visiting her sister. Mrs
Glen Brown, four miles sodth OF st
James. was riding n 'of' the fakm
horses. when the animal b~osJir. en-
manageable. and the young lady was
thrown, receiving injuries from which
she died The body was cmbsinxd aud
taken to At. Louis for burial.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28


OF the worst fools In his collection.
This Is tho day. and, although nobody
has told me, | fear my turn is ~ hand
AS a last fearful word OF warning.
don't But here no comes! I've Just
time to stun this into the sardinc can
and throw II over the edge Of the klng.
dom. He comes! He comes!
Yours with hair on end,
"wILLIAM BI0sMITH."
After hs had finished the strange
manuscript found In a sardine can
Prof. woodhead locked himself into his
den and p~ondered,, and then. after
dark, went down into the woodshed
and carefully cut up into klndling wood
his slaboratcly constructed machine
for making whistles out OF pig tails.
He had cheated the Fool-killer!-
Peoples Home Journal.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Eros, the little planet or asteroid
which Ia the nearest known object 10
the universe to the earth, except ths
moon. has been photographed at the
Harvard university observatory at Are
QuipA, PERI.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

A Missouri Pacific brakeman named
T. j. Harnahan was killed four miles
north OF Carthage by jumping from the
top Of his raj and falling under the
wheels, His leg was cnt on. and the
body was badly manglel. 80
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28
M.p.n.,a ss-,s .. ~u.a-r cN.ra-

The %ooroner's jury that hcldfan In
quest on the body VI Alfred Elt rcsee.
who was shot and killed near ,. M.
rcdge, returned a verdict To- iAc, erect
that the deceased came ia his .dsYth
from a runshot wound Indicted by
Fred Mcdonald. Mcdonald WIS hr-
rested. lie was u s~on-lnsfaw OF the de
ceased. lie was taken Ia .thssIsui ut
Lebanon to prevent a possible. lynch.
Jug.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Rev. Willis Carlisle. presiding elder
n the ST. Charles district. well known
In the Missouri conference OF the NJ. u.
Church. south. has been chosen score
tary OF Central college ut Fayetts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Gov, Folk has received and se0wed
the resignation Of Cleveland A New
ton. representative In the general AS
sembiy from Wright county. Mr. New
ton. though one NJ the youngest Mas
n Of the most usefai members of the
last session. lie was ehntrmSn III The
judiciary and other lmportant gem-
hltices. and was anthpr OF The bill
creating the commission for the cx-
animation of applicants for license TO
practice Law. His rcsivnatior'is due
10 his securing n federal position,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Joseph Daneri. the well-known "a
loon.keepcr Of the st. Louis bad
lands" has departed for Japan with his
japanese wife. The lid" caused II.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

A hotel which cost the builder sis,'
900 six years ago at Kettle Falls.
Wash, has been sold for $500, and .
number OF town lots were sold At from
aye cents to Se5 each. The sale was
made by the county commissioners on
foreclosure for delinquent taxes. and
marked the end Of q boom town.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

George d. Fenton, : years oId.,was
accidentally and perhaps fatally .shok
by an older brother at their homo.
seven miles northwest Of Columbia.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Mrs. Mary Layton. OF St. Louis was
fatally burned while cleaning bed
clothes with gasoline. She struck .
match, and an explosion followed.
Pioneer St. Joseph TusiU sss Mas.
Frank NJ. Brlnson. a pioneer bust
ness man Of st. Joseph, died At the
lomc of his son. local manager Of the
! Postal Telegraph Co., In that city.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28

Nssvuy . Lysehb,o 'et' nAssas
Macon osAcsrs we're called -
o'clock sn the moruips ~ eus9lS 80
which had been formed b. Ne -
ployes Of the Hasenbcck animal 2
and threatened to hang waius'fsssrss.
aged 81, . walter with the SHOW. Ins
trouble occurred IN the Buriineton
switch yards, Just % the ss6w <sains
were getting ready 20 leave. When me
ofnccrs arrived they found Herry
Clark. head waiter. lying apparsnuy
dead alongside tho railroad track, VIVA
q deep knife wound In his breast ~
excited showmen claimed that tho leo
was committed without provocafiou ~
Harris. Harris was severely brxkNe0 ~
kicks from his fellow: workers befors
the officers got to him through
crowd. With effort he wal taken to
TAIL and carefully guarded. Clask. Said
to be fatally wounded. was taken TO
Hannibal and placed In hQspitai.
HART. claims 70 have been drunk.
to know nothing Of the cutting scfape
until assaulted by the mob.
ur,.f co.rs.hip Loaf Her case.
Through her attorney. bouis' q
Boyle. Mrs. Jessie Hosford applied 10
Judge Slower for n rehearins 81 her
application for divorce from Richard
iiosford, a man % means. and the re-
puted heir to a 81. Louis fortune. Mira
Hosford. who IL not ye, 10. enumernt-
ed In long list Of indisniticf. The
'gdgc was about to enter . .de-
Ciec when. rs n Anal question, no
asked. How long did You know Hos
ford before you married himy" Three
weeks" The decree Ia denieds' ne
said. and added that the tlmo had come
when young people who marry so
-cckicssly should be punished by being
compelled to bcar their marital chs!ns
no matter how CALLING
Arizona republican., 1905-06-25
Strong and Vigorous at the Age of
 lightweight

Rev. N. Parker, Utica, N. Y., writes |:
 ''In June, 1901, lost my sense of hear ing entirely. My hearing had been somewhat impaired for several years, but not so much effected but that Il could hold converse with my friends; but in
 June, 1901, my sense of hearing left me so that l could hear no sound whatever. I was also troubled with rheumatic pains in my limbs. l commenced taking Pe- runa and now my hearing is restored as good as it was prior to June, 1901. My rheumatic pains are all gone. I cannot speak too highly of Peruna, and now