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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
WHALES SENSE OF HEARING
Creature It Must Be Very
Acute,

1t seems perfectly evident that whales
must hear when in the water. This in.
ference is confirmed, says the London
Field, by the comparatively small de.
velopT1ent of the other sense organs.
The eye, for instance, is very small, an6
can be of little use even at the com.
paratively small depths to which
whales are now believed to descend.
Again, the sense of smell, judging
from the rudimentary conditions of the
olfactory organs, must be in allegiance;
and whales have no sense organs com
parable to the lateral line system OF
fishes. Consequently, it would seem
that when below the surface of the wa
ter they must depend chiefly upon the
sense of hearing. Probably the sense il
so highly developed as to enable the
animals, in the midst of the vibrations
made by the screw-like movements 81
the tail, or fukes, to distinguish tia
sound Tor the vibrations) made by the
impact of water against rocks, even in \
dead calm, and, in the case of .pisciw
orous species, to recognize by the pulse
IL the water the presence of a shoal OF
fish.
Failing this explanation, 1t is difficult
to imagine how whales can find their
way about in the semi-darkness and
avoid collisions with rocks and rock
bound coasts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

least, looking UP new pay rock against
the ever possible time of adversely.
And so he loitered through the noun
tains, resting. here, climbing there,
making always a shrewd, close reading
of the rocks.
1t was thus Billy Brue found him at
the end Of his second days search. A
little off the trail, at the entrance to a
pocket of the canyon, he lowered erect
to peer down when he. heard the noise
of the messengers ascent.
Billy Brue, riding up the trail, halted,
nodded, and was silent. The old man
returned his salutation as briefly.
These things by men who stay much
alone come to be managed with verbal
economy. They would talk presently,
but greetings were awkward.
Billy Brue took one foot from its
stirrup and turned IN Ills saddle, pull
ing the leg up to D restful position.
Then he spat, mu' Agly, and looked
back down the canyon aimlessly,
throwing his e<s from side to side
where the grI granite lodges showed
through the tall spruce and pine trees.
But the old man knew he had been
sent for.
well, Billy Brue, what's doin'?"
Billy Brue squirmed in the saddle,
spat again, as with sudden resolve,
and said:
"Why--uh-Dan'1 J.-he's dead"
The old man repeated the words,
dazedly.
"Danl J.-he's dead;-why, who else
Is dead, too?"
billy Brue's emphasis, cunningly con
trived by him to avoid giving prom
inence to the word dead" had sug-
gested this inquiry In the first mo-
ment Of stupefaction.
Nobody else dead-jest Dan'l j.
he's dead"
Jest Dan,r J.--my boy-my boy
Dan'l dead!"
His mighty shape was stricken with
a curious rigidity, erected there as II
1t were a part of the mountain, flung
up of old from the earth's inner trag-
edy, COMPOUNDED, desolate, ancient.
Billy Brue turned from the stony
Interrogation Of his eYes and took Z
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
RiDIcULE THE FARMERS.
Free Traders Take Them for an
Ignorant Aggregation Of
Greenhorns.


There are those who believe In re
vislng the schedules OF the DingleJ
tariff law, soma of them at least, anc
they are able to give good reasons
for their belief. Then there are those
who will be satisfied with no tariff
law that embraces the principle OF
protection. They say they are fol
a tariff for revenue only; but their
idea of such q tariff is to make 1t as
neal free trade as possible. The5
are believers In free trader-that Is,
that all the people In the world ought
to be left free to sell their products
In American markets without having
to pay anything for the privilege.
These latter, says the New Haven
Palladium, are loud-speaking friends
OF the "%tillers of the SOIL" and love
to point out to them the great in.
justice that Is continually being done
them By the protective policy. Their
reason for hat is that there are more
"tillers Of the soiP' who are voters
than any other class of people. II
there were more lawyers than there
are farmers. these people would be
pointing out how the poor lawyers are
being made the subject of a cruel and
unjust protective tariff.
These advocates Of free trade.
whicA they call by another name for
policy's sake, must take the tillers
OF he soil as being a lot of igonrant
greenhorns who cannot see which side
Of their bread is buttered. The
farmers of the country know that they
have enjoyed a larger degree of pros.
perity since the enactment of the
Dingley tariff law in the year 1897 than
was ever ~vouchsafed to the farmers
OF the United States since George
Washington took the oath of Office as
the first president of the repulic.
In more than 100 years since the
government of the United States was
organized under the constitution the
farmers have never enjoyed such pros
perity as since the Dingley tariff law
became a law, with the signature Of
William Mckinley as president.
There has never before been a time
when so many farmers Of the country
large a balance on the credit side Of
the ledger. The tillers of the soil"
are not SO blind as not to be able to
see this, and If the free traders would
carry their point by appealing to ig.
norance and arousing prejudice in the
minds of the farmers. they are bark
ing up the wrong tree.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

the easiest as being the most probable
route. lie was to follow up Paddle
creek to Four Forks, thence over the
Bitter Root trail to Eden. on to Orc
Elmo, and UP over Little Pass % He'll
andgone. lie was te proceed slowly,
to be alert for signs along the way,
and to make inquiries of all he met.
You're likely to get track OF Uncle
Peter" said Pangburn, "over along the
west side of Horseback Ridge, just be-
yond Eden. When he pulled out he
was talking about some likely fioatrock
he'd picked up over that way last sum-
mer. You'd ought to make that by
tomorrow, seeing you've got q good
horse and the trails been mended this
spring. Now you spreal yourself out,
Billy, and when you get on to the
Ridge make a special look all around
there"
. Besides these. directions and the tele-
gram from Toler, Billy Brue took with
him a copy of the Skiplap Weekly
Ledge, damp from the press and con-
tanning the death notice of Daniel ].
bineS, u uOJlCe .SeHI OuI ny tue ENeWS
Association, which Billy Brue read
with interest as he started up the trail.
The item concluded thus:
The young and beautiful Mrs. Bines.
who had been accompanying her husband
on his trip of inspection over the Sierra
Northern, Is Frustrated with grief at the
shock of his sudden death"
Billy Brue mastered this piece Of In
~telligence after six readings, but he
refrained from comment, beyond thank
ing God, in thought, that he could
mind his own business under excessive
provocation to do otherwise. He con-
sidered it no meddling, however, to
remember that Mrs. Daniel ], Bines,
widow of his late employer, could ap-
pear neither young nor beautiful to the
most sanguine of newsgatherers; mol
to remember that he happened to know
she had not accompanied her husband
on his last trip of inspection over the
Kaslo division Of the Sierra Northern
railway.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
HOW TO BEAT BRYAN
and True to Their Historic
Principle.

Evidence comes from all over the
country, in the action of conventions,
the u~tterances of local leaders. and
the manifest drift of the body of the
party, that Mr.. Bryan is still the one
national leader Of the Democracy.
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
There is little doubt that in 1908
Mr.. Bryan will still lead the Democ.
racy, probably as its candidate.
Therefore, the practical problem for
the Republican party is likely to be
How to beat Bryan"
Evidently he cannot be beaten by
trying to be more radical than he is.
one is more expert than he to trim
his sails to all the new winds of doc.
trine. I
Evidently be cannot be beaten By
being just as radical. He would still
be 1.-THE original Jacobs" and no pub.
lie personality of the day is more
winning than his.
Evidently he annot be beaten by
merely going half way with him. Re-
cent experiments on that line have
strengthened him and weakened Re
publicanism. Furthermore. such a
policy would not conciliate those who
wish to go.all the way with him and
would ALLEVIATE those who will not go
with him at all
What, then, remains for the Repub.
lican party to do? Simply to stand
fast in its historic position-to re-
fuse to be stampeded into either rad.
icalisn or reaction-to stand fast
for the interests of all the American
people. and especially for the mate.
rial welfare Of the nation.
To some material prosperity may
seem a base and sordid issue. Yet
no great moral question such as
slavery in 1860, or national honor in
1898. confronts us now.
Furthermore, the safety and comfort
Of the people are. after all, the daily
business of government and politics,
and a nation must be prosperous be-
fore it can be anything else.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
CHAPTER III.

THE WEST AGAINST THE EAST.
Two months later a sectional war
was raging in the Bines home at Mon
tana City. The west and the east were
met In confiict-the old and the new,
the stale and the fresh. And, IL the
bitterness was dissembled by the COM
batants, not less keenly was It felt, nor
less determined was either faction to
be relentless.
The sole non-combatant was Mrs.
Bines, the widow. A neutral was this
good woman, and a well-wisher to
each faction.
IL tell you it's all the Same to me-"
she declared, Montana City or Fifth
avenue in New York. / guess | can
do well enough in either place, SO long
as the rest Of you are satisfied"
1t had been all the same to Mrs
Bines for as many years as a woman
Of so can remember. 1t was the lot
OF wives In her day and environment
early to learn the supreme wisdom OF
abolishing preferences. Riches and
poverty, ease and hardship, mountain
and plain, town and wilderness, they
followed in no ascertainable sequence
and a superiority Of Indifference to
each was the only protection against
hurts from the unexpected.
This trained neutrality Of Mrs. Bines
served her finely now. She had nc
leading 10 ally herself against her chill.
dren In their wish to go east, mol
against Uncle Peter Bines in his stub.
born effort to keep them west. She
folded her hands to wait on the others
And the battle ragged.
CTO BE CONTINUEDl
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
WHEN BERTHA MIKES BREAD

When Bertha tucks her sleeves above
Her elbows plump and white,
And Sits the -four into the pan,
Because the sponge" is light:
And pours the mass into the flour,
While singing a merry song,
My heart uprises like that yeast.
1t beats so fast and strong
Why, say! l almost lose my head
When Bertha mixes bread!
And when the little bits of dough
Cling to her fingers soft,
And she fips the scraps into the -four.
Then holds her hands aioft
In mock despair, because the bread
Has tried to overrun
The pan, and reach the kneading board
Before its work is done.
Why, say! My common sense is fed
When Bertha mixes bread!
The sparkle in her eyes so blue.
h pink upon her cheek,
The curl that tumbies DER her brow.
AL urge my lips to speak
The wish that's hidden in my heart;
But when l try-the least
I'm squelched by Bertha's apt reply
"T'm glad l used this y~east!"
oh, dear! The words that might be san
While Bertha mixes bread!
And when at last the rounded loaves
Are placed within the tins,
And Bertha, with a critics eye,
Surveys the outs and ms
OF that raw bread, and pats 1t well,
And says it's nice; ah, bliss! T..
In desperation born'of love
] snatch from her a kiss!
Who blames me If l lose my e
When Bertha mixes bread?
p. ]. Sherman. in Lippincott's.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
CHAPTER II.

BILLY BRUE FINDS HIS MAN.
Each spring old Peter Bines grew
FESTIVE and raw like an unbroken colt.
And when the distant mountain peaks
began to swim in the summer haze,
and the little rushing rivers sang to
him, pleading that he come once more
to follow them up, he became uncon-
trollable. Every year at this time he
alleged, with a show Of irritation, that
bis health was being Slapped by the
pernicious indulgence Of sleeping on a
bed inside a house. He alleged, fur
Their, that stocks and bonds we're but
shadows Of wealth, that the old mines
might any day become exhausted, and
that security for the future lay only in
having one member of the family, at
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Chinese Persimmon.

Their is a curious thing about Chi.
nese persimmons-the greater portion
are grown from gratis on the "black
date" tree. The young date tree is
cut on square. and the graft made on
top. This results In a most curious
appearance of n mature persimmon
orchard. To a height Of about four
feet there is the rough dark bark OF
the date tree. and then a sharp change
to the l~ight-colored smooth bark OF
the persimmon tree.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Whether High or LOW.

The protective .tarif has been called
the mother of trusts, but trusts are
known in England as well as here. The
tariff gives the big companies higher
prices than they could get without 1t,
Just as 1t does the smaller companies
and individuals. The combination Of
email companies into a less number Of
larger ones has been going on in Eng
land the same as 1t has here. Big COM
paEies can do the business to better
advantage than smaller ones IL they
are properly managed. and 1t doesn't
make any difference whether tariff is
high or low.-Gardiner (Me.) Journal.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

Lloyd George. now a member OF the
British cabinet. was addressing a
meeting in Wales, and his chairman
said: II han to introduce you to the
member of Carnarvon boroughs. He
has come here to reply to what the
bishop Of st. Asaph said thu other
night about Welsh disestablishment.
In my opinion, gentlemen. the bishop
Of st. Asaph Is one of the biggest
liars in creation; but he bass hts
match In Lloyd George"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

but another should take his place.
His boy should come to him and finish
the tasks of his father; and, In the
years to come, make other mighty
tasks OF empire building for himself
and the children Of his children.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

DNow Indiana Democratic conven-
lions, following those of Missouri and
Ohio. are indorsing Bryan. II Bryan
stays away long enough the party Ia
likely to be unanimously for him.
Philadelphia Press.
EA free trade paper asserts thai
American watches are sold at lower
prices abroad than In the United
States These watches are marvels OF
cheapness at home. and a protective
tariff Developed the industry. Proba-
bly, the sales talked about ir Europe.
Il thsy occurred, were isolated In
stances.-St. Louis G.obe-Democrat.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

Work for results, but after planning
your work, with results as the goal,
don't bother about results again unit
you have reached them. Work hard,
work steadily. and II you are pointed
in the right direction. you are sure to
succeed
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Up-to-Date Maid.

How many days a week will you
want to go out?" asked the lady Of the
applicant for position as maid.
We'll, ma'am," replied the clever
one, III YOU have an automobile I'd
like to go out twice a week; If have
to walk, once will be enough!"-Yor
kers Statesman,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Best He Could sav.

"Wfat do you think Of these peek
a-boo shirtwaisrs the girls are rear
ing;"
well, they're alraost clothsas-
Louisville CourierSJcurnal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-09
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t
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Every Reader Of The Los Angeles May Have
Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail

1t used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly all
diseases have their beginning in the disorder OF
these most important organs.
Therefore, when your Kidneys are weak or out
Of order. you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you arc sick feel badly" begin taking
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get better they viii help all the other organs to
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Root and it goes right to the spot and drives dis
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MRS g. L. WALKER, 3ai East Linden ST.. AZ
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
FOR many kinds Of diseases, and if permitted to
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ARE SURE TO FOLLOW Kidney trouble ir-
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sleepless and irritable. Makes you pass water
often during the day and obliges you to get up
many times during the night. Unhealthy kidneys
cause rheumatism, gravel, catarrh of the bladder.
pain or dull ache IN the back, joints and muscles
make your head ache and back ache, cause in
digestion, stomach and liver trouble you get a
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though you had heart trouble; you may have
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and waste away.
The cure for these troubles is DR.. Kilmer's
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In taking swamp Root you afford natural help
healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that is
known to medical science.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-09
IN GAS A QUESTION
TO BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL

committee.
Questions on this subject have come
up before the council before, but Lobby
list Vance has usually been on hand
with some plausible explanation lie
once explained to the council that every
consumers gas stove was out of fX
at once, ana this explanation evidently
satisfied the members Of the council
Members of the board Of health do
clare that breathing the sulphur fumes
as constantly as gas consumers I'm Los
Angeles are compelled to do causes
an irritation of the membranes. espe-
cially of the mouth, throat and nose
aud that such irritation may result i'm
pneumonia. grip on any germ disease
that attacks irritatcd membranes
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-09

The legislative committee Of the
council will wrestle with the question:
What amount of sulphur shall the gas
companies be allowed TO send through
their pipes and be tranformed into
fumes i'm the homes Of the consumers
The board OF health presented a rec
ommendation TO The council yesterday
skiing that il take some action to cause
the gas companies to reduce the sui
phur It was evidently an unexpected
and rather unpleasant surprise TO the
Republican members Of the council to
receive this recommendation from the
health board and their eyes roved
around helplessly in search of Champ
Vance the prepresentativc of the gas
company lie was not on hand and the
council, perforcc was compelled TO turn
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-09
B0URKE COCHRAN TO BE
GUEST OF TAMMANY CLUB
NEW YORK MAN CHANGES DAY
OF DEPARTURE
Owing to Misunderstanding, Visitor
Fails to Keep Appointment, but
Hastens to Rectify Error-WilI Be
Met by Committee at Hotel Green

owing TO misunderstanding on thG
part of Bourke Cochran as to the ap-
pointed hour, more than fifty members
of the Tammany club were disappointed
when the New York congressman did
not appear yesterday at the club rooms
at an informal reception, which was to
have been rendered him before his re-
turn to Washington.
Mr.. Cochran intended TO start east
last night, but changed his plans i'm
mediately, when he was informed that
he had failed to keep his appointment
and will remain in Los Angeles until
tomorrow night
A committee of seven Tammany
braves will go to Hotel Green at Pas
adena tomorrow night in a private car
and will accompany Mr.. Cochran ia
the Casa Esmera'da. where a Spanish
dinner will be eaten. a reception will
be held at the Tammany club at S;3C
p. m. to which all OF the Democrats
Of the city have been invited.
The committeeman who will so tc
Pasadena are Frank C. Finlayson
George M. Cake. a. c. Harper, NJ Cole
w. I. Craig, Judge d. *. Trask and
Anthony Schwamm
An invitation to the reception is eX-
tended generally to all of the Demo
Gratis in Los Angeles. The following
braves viii act as a reception com
mittee;
Anthony schwamm. a. S. Pettersop
Nathan Cole, jr, a. G.. Harper, $. p
Clark, VI. j. McGarry. w. T. Craig
L. II. Wilson, f. Parmentier II. J
Brown, Joseph Mesmer, w. 0. Morton
+. L. Sexton, A. l.. Stephens, s. f
Hill, d. w Jacobus, H. NJ. Bruce, Daf
Neuhart. Frank G. Finlayson, Harry
Webb, w. H. Workman, Nat Powell
Homer Kennedy, James Kennedy, EG
Kern, r. A. Todd. p. c. Thorne w. f
White, c. G. Rodimer, Thomas Brunt
]. w. Vance, julius Krause, Chas
Wright. f, S. Daughtery. John Red
mond, ]. j. Lawton, j. r. McElheney
P. II. Maloney, Richmond Plant, A
McNally, ]. Cal FOy. w. n. Hendricks
Harrington Brown, Thomas c. Neal, f
b. Rienke, A. GrieVe, E. f. Wehrlt
Aaron Aten, NJ. p. Snyder, j. w
Mitchell, l. b. Dockweiler, Fred Maier
Major ]. T, Jones, Judge Trask, r. w
Hill. j. L. Clark, DR.. Stewart, d. r
McGarry, Jeff Ryan, w. b. Raymond
M. X. Young, George Furtsch, DR.
Edelman, Earl Rogers, Jud Rush. L.
G. Davis, Il. l.. DohenY, J. Ross Clark
George Pessell, George Retzer, w. NJ
Dixon, p. T. Gibbons, M. r. Collins
L. A. Mesner w u Gould. L. Mac
Kenzie. Marion Wood. t. L. Dolland
Joseph h. Mansfield, A. Mas, A. r.
Conenwett, c, NJ. Briggs w. j. Cox.
A. Q. Emerson and A. W. Augier.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-09
URGES TARIFF REVISION
Mr.. Sullivan Of Massachusetts Makes
Strong Speech
Rv Associated pross

Rv Associated press
WASHINGTON Jan S.--With over
an hour devoted to the district Of
Columbia there was left but half an
hour to be devoted by the house today
TO tariff discussion. This was utilized
by Mr.. sullivan of Massachusetts, who
spoke strongly for tariff revision from
the Democratic standpoint.
AT APO O'Clock the Philippine bill was
taken up and Mr.. sullivan delivered
speech on it, He said the house had
been somewhat astonished Saturday to
hear a tariff revision speech from n
Republican member from Massachu-
setts CMr. Lawrence. Mr.. Sullivan
said that among the people of his state
there was, regardless of party, a uni
Versal demand for tariff revision. He
contended that Mr.. Payne, in charge
Of the pending bill. had succeeded alb
solutelS in showing that there was no
necessity for protecting American
labor.
Mr.. Sullivan, in reply to questions
said that he believed that il would be
entirely proper for any party in power
TO take into consideration American
labor If it could he shown. and clearly
shown, that there was need for pro.
lection.
Issue was taken by Mr.. Sullivan with
recent statement of Mr.. GrOsvenor
of Ohio. that Notwithstanding the
threatened tariff war by Germany, that
nation will be compelled to buy food
stuffs of us. He was offered by MI
Grosvenor unlimited time to explain
the ground for this assertion, but this
was declined.
He concluded at o'clock and the
house adjourned