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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

we sucked the soup through the hole.
The next course was fish, each man
having a can of sardines, and we ate
them with hard tack. Then we had q
game course, consisting Of fried elk,
and then a salad of canned baked
beans, and coffee with condensed milk,
and a spoonful or two of condensed
milk for ice cream. When the banquet
was over the leader of the bandits
raped on the stone floor of the ave
with the butt of his revolver for at
tention, and, taking a canteen Of whis-
ky for a loving cup. he drank to the
health of their distinguished guest,
and passed it around, so all might
drink, and then he spoke as follows:
Fellow Highway Robbers: We have
with us tonight n who comes from
the outside world, with all its wicked
ness, this old man, simple as a child,
and yet foxy as the world goes, this
easy mark who Is told that the dinas-
orus still exists, and believes it, and
comes to this valley to find it. II
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
PREPARED FOR
THE CORONATION
TRoNDHJEM, NORWAY, rs CAPT.
tai FOR THE NoNcE.
ANCIENT CITY Is w
A Monster Demonstration BY the
Fisher Fleet at AaIesund, Led BY
The Royal Yacht HumdaI
The King Pleased.

Christiana, Norway. - Trondhjem,
yesterday a city of fishers, to-day is a
capital. Many of those who will par
ticipate in the coronation of King
Haakon have already swelled the
population, and others are crowding
north by steamers and trains. The
gaiety over the confirmation of the
country's new independence will reach
its full tide Tuesday. when King Haa-
kon Queen Maud and the baby Crown
Prince Olaf reach Trondhjem. All
over the country flies the flag Of Nor
way-the white bordered blue cross
upon a field of red-testifying to the
fealty of the people.
King Haakon, Queen Maud and
Crown Prince Olaf are continuing
their journey northward along the
coast. Sunday was spent in the vi.
cinity of Mold, where their majesties
were given a banquet at night.
A Great Demonstration.
Sunday began with a demonstration
by the fisher fleet at Aalesund. Nine.
ty steamers, 80 motor boats and scores
upon scores of small craft participat.
ed. The royal yacht Heimdal at first
steamed through the fleet and was
wildly cheered, and then the fleet
formed in two long columns and
steamed up the ford, the Heimdal
leading. The families of the fisher.
men filled the boats. The crowd
afoat numbered 5000. At the con.
clusion of the parade all the vessels
passed in review before the Heimdal.
King Haakon expressed his pleasure
at the honor conferred upon him and
at the picturesquenezs Of the marine
parade.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
CONGRESSMAN LESTER
DIES OF HIS INJURIES

Washington D. C.-The fears
expressed that the injuries received
by Representatives Rufus E. Lester.
of Georgia, who fell through the sky.
light of the Cairo apartment house,
last Friday night, would prove fatal,
were only too we'll founded. He died
Saturday evening. The members Of
his immediate family were with him.
The remains will be taken to his old
home in Savannah for interment.
Mr.. Lester was GS years old and
had represented the Savannah (Ga.)
district in the lower house since the
beginning of the Fifty-first congress,
serving through most of his time as
one of the democratic members of the
rivers and harbors committee. He
was a confederate veteran and had
served as president Of the Georgia
state senate and as mayor of Savan.
nah.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Yankee Enterprise in Mexico.

"In Mexico" said J.. M. Hughes of
st. Louis, II met hustling and enter
prising Americans everywhere. Mont
Grey is almost a Yankee town and an
evidence of its progress is the con-
struction of a $15,0 0 900 steel plant.
.,In the state of Cohuila I came across
a man who had acquired what prob
ably will make him a multimillionaire
Ian estate OF 10000 acres Of land,
apparently worthless, yet which was
found to have a vast amount OF rub
Der trees. He got the property for q
sons and the rubber will make him a
fortune. Away out toward'th the Pacific
coast I met q former United States
army oficor who had an immense
sugar cane plantation that he told me
was equal to the most productive
farm in Louisiana. He raised his a n
by, irrigation and there was no u
thing as a failure Of the. CROP
Washington Post.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

felt like Robinson Crusoe on the
island.
Some times for q couple Of days the
robbers would go away to rob a train
or a stage coach, and leave us with a
few guards, who acted as though they
wanted us to try to escape, SO they
could shoot us in the back, but we
stayed. and fried bacon and elk meat
and sighed for rescue.
One day the robbers came back from
a raid with piles of greenbacks as big
as a bale Of hay, and it was evident
they had robbed a train and been re-
sisted, because one man had a bullet in
his thigh, and pa had to use his know
ledge of surgery to dig out the shot,
and he made a big bluff at being a sur
geon, and succeeded in getting the
balls out and healing up the sores, so
the bandits thought pa was great.
When he insisted that the leader let
him know how much it would be to
ransom us, SO we could send to the cir
cu6 for money, the leader told pa he
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22

We had the worst and the best two
weeks of our lives while prisoners Of
the train robbers at the Hole-in-the-
Wall, because we had plenty to eat.
and good company, with hunting for
game in the foothills by day, and cinch
at night, but the sleeping on the rocks
Of the cave. with buffalo robes for
beds, was the greatest of all. Pa got
younger every day, but he yearned to
be released and would look for hours
down the dinasorus valley, hoping to
see soldiers or circus men who might
hear Of our capture, charging down the
opposite hills and up the valley to our
rescue, but nobody ever came, and pa
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMD.

London dispatches say that Mrs.
Longworth has charmed London soci-
ETY. by what she is rather than by what
she has done. Her personality per-
vades the largest assemblies without
perceptible effort OF her part.
Peritentiary Guard c. c. Guant, of
st. Joseph, Mo-, shot and killed Rich
ard Smith, a negro porter in the Pa
cific house saloon at Jefferson City,
No., because the negro asked him to
move SO that he could sweep.
Leaders in congress are considering
a plan to assist San Francisco in re-
building by authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to deposit $4,000. 000
of the public funds in San Francisco
banks, to be borrowed by a local i'm
provement company which, in turn,
Will loan 1t to property owners wishing
to rebuild.
In a letter to Secretary of War Taft
thanking the department for its aid
following the earthquake and fire in
San Francisco, Gov. Pardee Of Cali
fornia highly compliments Generals
Greedy and Funston.
Revelations made in a London
newspaper show that the Chicago
packing house scandals are duplicated
there. The disclosures have created
a decided sensation in the British
metropolis.
Representative Rufus e. Lester, of
Georgia, was seriously, If not fatally
injured by falling from the roof of the
Cairo apartment house, in Washington,
to the eleventh floor. Both legs were
broken and he was injured internally.
In a fight near Lawson, Mo-, be.
tween two officers and three men who,
it is supposed, robbed the post office
at Mooresville, Mo-, both of the of
fcers and n Of the robbers were
badly wounded.
The great ball at Louisville, KY.
which was the closing event Of Home
coming" week was one of the greatest
and most ELABORATE affairs ver held
in the south. The Illuminated parade
which preceded the ball was a gorgeous
spectacle.
Tornadoes are reported as having
done much damage in portions of Mon
tana.
The Western Federation of Miners
has made d demand on Judge Smith
of Idaho, that he release the impris
oned federation officials in reasonable
bail.
Wood Ambrose, a young negro, in
jail at Prentiss, Miss, charged with
shooting a white man, was shot tc
death by a mob that broke into tbs
Jan
Registration for the Grow Indian
reservation lands is In progress al
Billings. Mont. and Sheridan, Wye.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
To Make a Test Case.

Brooklyn. N. Y~.--Sabbath day
baseball playing by professional teams
wal resumed here, Sunday, and Gin
cinnati defeated Brooklyn 8 to 0. after
tho police had made five arrests In
order that a test case might be made
IN the courts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
The WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Impor-
tant Events at Home and
Abroad the Fast Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Glimpse al What Congress IL Do
ing Together with a. Carefully
Digested and Condemned Compils-
tion of Current News Items, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The house c%oncurred in the senate
amendments to the bill amending the
national banking law SO that a BANK
may loan to a single borrower a sum
not in excess of 80 per cent. of Its
capital stock provided the surplus OF
the bank is equal to at least twice it's
capital stock
The house, in committee of the
whole, after an exhaustive explanation
by Dir. Burton, of Ohio, voted by a
large majority in favor of a lock canal
acros the isthmus of Panama.
The senate agreed to vote on the
canal type bill on Thursday, June 81.
A. w. Benson was sworn in as SEN
ator from Kansas, vice Burton, re-
signed.
The credentials of Senator-elect
Dupont from Delaware were received
and filed.
The senate passed a bill providing for
the amendment of the militia laws
and appropriating 100000 in the in
terest of the militia.
The house committee on agriculture
agreed on a meat inspection amend
ment to the agricultural %appropria-
ton bill. 1t places the cost Of inspec-
ton on the government and makes
an automatic appropriation of $4,000
600 a year to a the cost.
The house adopted a rule sending
the railroad rate bill back to the con
ference committee.
Representative Bowersock, of Kan
sas, secured the incorporation of an
amendment in the sundry civil bill pro-
hibiting canteens in soldiers homes.
The senate passed the bill extend
ing to sc hours the time that livestock
may be carried in transit without I'M
loading.
An effort is being made to bring
about an adjournment of congress by
July / or earlier. The railroad rate
conference report and the meat in
spection bill, now being framed, are
practically the only distractions.
William Pinckney Whyte qualified
as United States senator for Mary
land and was sworn in.
There appears to be but little like
lihood of an agreement being reached
this session on the type of canal to be
constructed across of the Isthmus of
Panama.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
Order Restored In piaIystock.

Bfalystock. Russia, via Warsaw
Order has been restored. The three
delegates sent here by the lower
house Of parliament have arrived ard
begun an investigation Of the dis.
turbanco.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
THE BAN Is PLACED ON WOMEN.
The Barber Asphalt Paving Co. viii
Employ No More Women
After July I.

Chicago. Ill.-"No women are
wanted after July l."
This is the general order that has
startled the employees of the Barber
Asphalt Paving Co., the great corpora
ton practically controlling the asphalt
paving industry throughout the Unit
ed States.
Every girl employed by the compa.
ny, which has offices in all cities of
importance in the country, will be dis
charged OF the date set In the order.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN PEN
Former President Of Northwestern
National Life Insurance Co.
Sentenced to "Pen."

Minneapolis, Minn.-Dr. Jacob
F. Force, who was former president of
the Northwestern National Life In.
a Co. of this city, who was con-
victed of grand larceny, was Satur-
day sentenced to serve three and one-
half years in the penitentiary by
Judge Crooks. This is the frst insur-
ance scandal conviction.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
The EDITORS WERE
TOM TAGGART'S GUESTS

French Lick, Ind.-Over three
hundred and fifty people. comprising
the National Editorial association,
were the guests, Sunday, of Thomas
Taggart, chairman Of the Democratic
national committee. At night a con-
cert was given in Mr.. Taggart's hotel
for the entertainment of his guests.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
By HON. GEORGE W. PECE
Copyright by ]. d. Bowles.)

Pa Plays Surgeon and Earns the Good
Will Of the Bandits-They Give
Him a Course Dinner-speeches
Follow the Banquet-Pa Is Made
Honorary Member Of the Band
Pa and the Bad Boy Allowed to Go
Free Without Ransom.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-22
ono Funnx rhine.

Calvin-I maintain that women have
no sense of hunor. They seldom have
= proper appreciation OF really funny
t1ings.
Clarencs-Oh, ! don't know. Losk
how popular cholly Nitw9t 4 witA
thsm.-Cleveland LEADER.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09

OF rind. scoop out the pulp with great
care and throw the basket into ice va
ter 10 crisp.
These baskets are extremely pretty
wher filled with a deep-tone orange
Jelly. PistachiO nuts can be scattered
over light-c0Iored jelly. while the
darker may be gBrnished with shredded
almonds. or with whipped cream.
Orange suuftte, orange Ice with candied
cherries in it or orange Bavarian cream,
all are appropriately served in these
baskets, also French vanilla ice cream,
garnished with candied orange peel or
ViOlets
Sometimes the two halves OF the
orange skins are used, filled with an ice
or charlotte russe, and tied together
with a psle yellow ribbon or with as
paTagus vine.
When salad Is served in the orange
skins the handle is omitted and but the
Cne-half used. This may be set n 8
bed Of fresh waterCress-
A pretty dessert is 20 have a melon
mold Of vanilla ice cream, surrounded
with the halves OF small navel oranges
that have been dipped IN boiling syrup
and jelied. A circle Of whipped cream
IS massed on the outer edge. a round
platter should be used.
Or the Ice cream may be frozen IN a
circular mold. the center piled with
raw sliced oranges and the whipped
cream served in q separate sauce boat
or bowl.
Wine or lemon jelly makes a pretty
The Washington times., 1906-09-09

dessert when nodded with oranges.
Take six small seedless oranges, peel
them. remove every particle OF the pith.
separate IN sections and remove the skin
II it can be done without mashiug the
pulp. Fill the bottom OF the mold with
q little jelly. let IL grow cool enough TO
hold, cover with the sections OF oranges
Pour on more jelly, let II set, add
another layer OF the fruit, and repeat
ill the mold Is full. When cold, serve
with whipped cream heape1 around II.
The gelatine should be kept liquid til
wanted by putting IL IN a pitcher and
standing il in a dish Of boiling water.
This fruit jelly Is somewhat tv-ii.--= =.
preparation and should be started early
IN the day. Remember, all jelly stiRened
In the ice chest loses its flavor. so avoid
II whenever the weather permits
A novel way 10 serve oranges Is 70
ice them till they look Ike balls OF
snow. Remove the skin and pIth and
run a thread through the center OF each
orange. Make an icing Of whites OF
egg and cOnfectiOneFs' sugar. allowing
two eggs 10 a pound Of sugar. Beat
till quite smooth. Dip in each orange
separately, fasten them 10 a stick, place
the stick across a very cool oven and
let them remain till dry. The oranges
should be well coated and smOothed with
q palette knife.
The following thoroughly tested re-
cipes Of a well-known caterer are Inter
esting ways in which oranges may be
prepared for dessert.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09

TIME was when the orange was
luxury; now IL has become
necessity even 20 families OF
very moderate means We have
come 20 realize that this fruit is more
than palaJahle-it Is health-bringiEg.
except where OVeraclditv OF the blood
exists, ard even then the orange may
often be taken when all other fruit IS
forbidden
Fortunately. with CALIFORNIA; COM
petition, and the rivalry between the
spicy, seedless navel varieties OF the
Pacific coast and the sWeeJeT but un-
comfortably seeded fruit or the indian
river and other parts OF Florida, the
orange has become so cheap that IL can
form part Of our daily menu II cost is
at all a question then dispense with
meat occasionally.
About the only drawback to the or
ange Is the eating OF IT, Juiclness is
delicious; but juiCiness on face. fingers
or front OF a fresh white blouse has is
disadvantages. The proper method of
serving IS therefore somewhat inn
There are two distinct ways in which
the orange IS used; one as a fruit, pure
and simple: the other as a part or ac-
compartment Of salad or dessert
As a First Course.
When eaten for itself alone. the or
ange usually forms a first course at
breakfast or a last at dinner and lunch
con, Now, opinions differ very much as
TO the best way IN which 70 treat II for
this meal Nine out OF every zen people
cut IL in half and use a spoon. While
this method Is undoubtedly more sight
ly than many others. IL, 20 my mind.
quite destroys the real flavor OF the
fruit. II also has the uncomfortable
habit of spatteTing juices. This may
spoon with a narrow bowl Is used, but
the best way is TO remove the core and
loosen the pulp from the skin, SO each
section may be lifted out intact.
PROBABLY the neatest method OF or
ange eating is to remove the skin en-
tirely, get of ali the pith with a sharp
knife. then separate into sections II
the fruit has many seeds. they should
mouth An orange knife with Jagged
teeth and two small prOngs at the top
is useful for this purpose.
The fashion in tropical countries Of
pairing an orange whole and then eat
ins it suspended on a fork is, 70 say the
least, uusighJly. Scarcely less so Is the
somewhat prevalent habit OF cutting the
fruit in lengthwise unpeeled sections.
holding an end IN each hand and eating
from the skin. If Burns had ever seen
a woman in the process OF thus dispOs-
ing of an orange his appeal TO some
power for the gift of seeing ourselves
as others see rs would have been even
more impassiOned.
As a rule oranges are served whole
in a fruit dish or basket, the deep
orange tints bringing out the paler col
Ors of less strongly toned fruits. There
are. however, several dainty ard novel
ways of preparing oranges for some
occasion - children's party, for in
stance
one Of these is 20 have a platter
edged with large green leaves. from
which appear oranges cut TO represent
water lilies. Cut the peel lengthWise
into narrow petal-shaped sections to
within an inch or so Of the bottom
folding the upper half OF each back or
itself Then remove the core and sepu-
rate the orange into its different natU-
raj divisions. or the orange may be
left whole, the place for the core being
filled with Candied cherries.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Peppers ScaIIoped with Kice.

7 7 ALIVE the peppers, taking care
- that the seeds do not touch the
inner walls. Extract the seeds
with equal care. Lay the halveu
peppers in boiling water and let them
get perfectly cold in the cooling water.
II this is done before cooking green
peppers in any way. they viii be mild
and sweet not offending the most ten
der mouth. They are also made tender
BY the process
Mix with "a cuptul of cold boiled rice.
two tatlespooufuls of Parmesan cheese,
ard one OF melted butter. Salt TO taste
and nh the halved peppers with the
mixture. rounding il neatly over the
tops. Arrange in a pudding dish, cover
and bake for half am hour, then un-
cover and brown.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
More Soap, Less Scum.

Lest Mrs. p" and scores of her
sister housewives who have pinned their
faith to galvanized iron washboilers
should be clean discouraged by the
thought that the utensils must be
thrown aside. a sensible conservative
comes 10 the rescue Of the boiler and
to the cheer Of the owner thereof;
should Ike to tell Mrs. P" that
I have had the same trouble 81 boIllps
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
HOuSemOtherS' Exchange

clothes Of which she complains. II was
while using water from "A spring. and
my John said Il came from a mineral
deposit-gypsum. I think-in the water
/ never tried any breaking pTepara-
tions. but from observation / learned
that the more soap the less scum; and
from tGat I reasoned that enough soap
would 10 away with the nuisance. This
proved 70 be the case upon trial
II Mrs. p" would use a bar OF soap
inT'eaG OF half bar. / think she would
have no further trouble. The fact that
the scum appears on the first and not
on the second boilerful OF clothes might
b. due TO the addition OF more soap with
more clothes, or TO the circumstance
that AL the mineral deposit rises in the
fir. Doilerful, leaving the rest Of the
be-; I'd water clear
NJ J. B. (Mahomet. I'D.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09

Prepare the peppers as 1 have direct
ed. ana, when cold. fry In butter,
Drain and chop or cut into small
pieces In the butter left in the pan
fry a small sliced onion and strain II
out Add TO the butter three table
spOonfuls of chicken stock Have ready
a cuuful of boiled rice which has been
kent hot and dry in the oven. Turn
it into a deep dish, boil up the stock,
add the chopped pepper and pour over
The rice Loosen the rice with FORK
10 allow the peppers and gravy TO pene-
trate the mass, and serve.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Scalloped Hominy.

Rub a cupful Of cold boiled hominy
smooth with two tablespOonfuls Of melt
ed butter. Beat three eggs light and
whip into the hominy and butter Add
G tablespoonful OF sugar. a small tea
spoonful Of salt. and at the last .wo
cupfuls Of milk. generous measure. Beat
an very light and turn into a buttered
pudding dish. Bake until set" strew
hpe crumbs on top and bTown.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Cream Salad Dressing-No. 4.

Beat a cupful OF rich cream which ts
''1ust on the turn" for five minutes in
a chilled dish. The cream should also
be ice-cold Add as you whip II
Tablespoonful Of powdered sugar, and
half a tcaspoonful Of lemon juice
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Baked PEPPERS a Ia Creole.

Prepare the peppers as directed in the
foregoing recipe. and when cold and
firm MI them with forcemeat of a
cupful OF minced chicken, two table
spoonfuls Of minced ham, one of fine
crumbs and two of melted butter Ar
range IN a bake dish, stye0 hne crumbs
on ton and pOur about hem q good
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Packing Eggs in Salt for Winter Use.
By request Of =. @. Id

(By request OF "A Q. Id
Put a thick layer OF dry. fine salt in
the bottom of a stone jar and pack the
eggs in this, small end downward, COW
ering each layer OF eggs with salt until
the crock Is full.
After packing eggs as directed. place
TIE receptacle on the cellar bottom in a
cool. dark corner. where the wind from
window or outside door cannot strike it.
Keep the Jar closely covered with q
board or any tightly citing cover. X
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Fillinps for Orange Baskets.

Another and simple arrangement Is
to draw a line around the centre of the
riDd and turn back each half. Nat
uraIIv, these both must be prepared at
the last possible minute, or the fruit
dries out.
Orange baskets give an attractive
touch to a formal luncheon or dinner
table either to hold a salad or sweets.
Score the riud a little above the cen
ire. leaving about an inch space on
either side to form the handle. Then
make two transverse cuts on each side
Of this space Remove the two sections
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Society Cake.

One-half pound OF finely chopped al
monds, one-half pound Of sugar. one
pound OF -four, cinnamon 10 taste. Mix
II al with one pond OF melted butter.
roll this dough one-half finger thick
cover with any fine preserves With the
rest Of the dough make bars as for cram
berry tart; paint with egg and bake
sliwiy. R L. A. (Beachmont. MassD.