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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
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By CHARLES B. HOYT,
of New Hampshire Board of Agriculture.

1ho'ShA VI ON"5 A@0-
nized early as having a partnership in the common work of the home
husbandry, the sons have been fairly driven from home, which to them
has become a place of depressing servitude rather than one of attractive
ness and deep interest, as it should have been made.
More encouragement should be given the children in the farm home.
Interest them by giving them something that is tic be their OWE. A few
hens, a lamb, a calf or pig might be conveyed to the child, to be cared for,
used or sold to the ultimate benefit to the young owner, 81 far as profits
are concerned.
There should be a closer relationship between parent and child on
the farm, as this would mean less ~faultfndng with the way the work is
sometimes done, and home in general would mean more.
Farmers organizations, such as the grange, are 10 be encouraged.
This not only brings In increase of intelligence for labor, but results in
a culture of the better feelings and sensibiites, which is of vastly more
Importance than the best and most profitable culture of the soil.
Farmers sons and daughters should be included in these organiza-
tons and made to feel that they are an essential part of them.
With the right kind of influence brought to bear, 1 believe it would
be easier to keep the farmers boy home to-day than it was ten years ago
Free rural mail, postal savings banks, parcels post, farm telephone line,,
better roads and other kindred sources of enjoyment all conspne to make
the farm an attractive place with no sense of being shut out from the rest
of the world as formerly.
A little more respect for the farmer and his calling is due from the
professions, and a better recognition of his ability by appointing him to
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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

sistance as | could render lest he
should collapse before my eyes, when
l discovered that he, himself, had
made provision for this contingency.
From under a growth of underbrush
he hurriedly extracted a heavy ulster
or storm coat, and, taking a flask from
one of the pockets, he raised it to his
lips and drank long and greedily. This
done, he drew the coat n~ervously
about his shaking limbs. and, with a
hunted sort of a look in every direc-
ton but mine, SO that l did not get a
view of his face, he ran at top speed
along the shore and finally disap-
peared in the trees at the turn of
the river.
1t would have been futile to have
followed him, and / once more be-
gan to look about me before calling
for aid and having the cavern, or
whatever it was. unroofed. The lawn
at this part of the grounds was kept
la especially good condition, as it lay
almost directly in front of the house,
and scattered about 1t were numerous
flower beds and clumps of shrub.
berry.
In going over this req carefully and
systematically as l did, I was not long
In finding in the center of a mass of
th.cxiy leaved evergreen bushes, a
patch of earth that had evidently
been disturbed within a few hours.
On brushing away the leaves and dirt.
which seemed to have been replaced
h%ur-iedly, In an awkward attempt to
conceal the spot. l came upon an iron
grating like the covering to the man
hole of a sewer. but with openings
which. II they had been clear, would
have permitted a certain limited
amount of ventilation. This lid was
hinged at one side but was not fas-
tened down and ] had no great diff
Guilty in lifting 1t up so that l could
peer into the blackness below.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

N worldly would recognize and punish if the facts were known. The man
who Is willing to abstain from telling a lie, and let's his truthfulnes go
no further than this, is not much better off than the mn who is content
with washing his hands and negects the need Of purity of heart.
1t is not always easy to say where truth begins and fasehood ends.
The only safeguard is to extend the conception of Christian honor
IN social relations a W e extend that of Christian cleanliness in our
personal relations; to make up ones mind, once and for all, not only to
hate a lie, but to hate the fle system of standards that will either leave
the way open for deceit or discuss the possibility of a compromise with it.
A man may not always understand what he is doing when he is
prostituting his honor-perhaps he very seldom does, but the evil is there,
just the same.
The most dangerous evils are not the ones which are consciously met
and defeated by a system of rules. 1t is the unseen attacks that do the
mischief.
1t is the little stain on the mans hand, almost too small to feel or
see, that carries into his body the germs of destruction. If he has been
too lazy or too careless to wash away the stain he falls, and knows not
why. So it is in the domain of morals. 1t is not the great dangers which
we SEE and conquer that form the real sources of peril; it is the little
stains on the heart in which Turk the sources of danger that we do not see.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

to solve it with any degree of salts
faction, l noticed a slight commo-
ton in the water between me and the
shore, such as might have been made
by a beaver or a muskrat.
In another moment a mans head
appeared above the surface and then,
with a wild look at me and my boat,
not 20 yards distant, he gave a con
vulsive sputter and disappeared again
with a plunge like that of a porpoise
playing under the bow of a ship.
The water was bitterly cold. for it
was now neal the end of October, and
there was a chill in the air which
foretold the coming of snow, yet, al.
though / patrolled the spot for near
ly half an hour and had a clear view
of the river and shore for fully a mile
in every direction, the figure did not
reappear.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

close TO their patisnt,
coupled with the frequent and snx-
ious visits Of the village physician,
served as a sufficient excuse for the
hurried departure of all of Miss Car
ney's guests except myself, who re.
NAMED from q sense of duty as well
as a desire to be near at hand and
in a position to set myself right with
my hostess on the first occasion that
offered.
/ did not go far from the house, but
rowed up and down the stream with
no particular objective point in mind
and only thinking Of what / might do
In regard to Mrs. Bruce, and, most Of
all, how | could hope to again gain
Miss Carney's good will, II nothing
more, and explain, in the slightest de.
gree. my outrageous behavior.
1t is needless to say that | was in no
happy frame OF mind and, as I allowed
the boat to drift slowly down stream
with the current, / leaned over the
side and peered into the depths of the
limpid water on which | was float
ing.
AS drifted carelessly along in this
lazy fashion / finally came to q point
opposite that portion of the bank
where the ghosts had disappeared so
suddenly and mysteriously in the
bright moonlight. Up to this time
my mind had been free from any
thought of this feature of the Carney
Croft puzzle, for the events Of the
past few days, together with my anx.
iety to see Miss Carney and right
myself in her eyes, were more than
enough to occupy my entire attention
for the moment.
The realization Of my position off
the shore, however, served to recall
wildly the spectral scene of the sum-
mer, and | again began to speculate
as to the manner in which the ghost
like figures had managed to disappear
from view in such an effectively SUI
pernatural way.
While | was bordering over this
problem and wondering if l was ever
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
CHAPTER XXI.
An Unexpected SWIM.

For a time 1t seemed to me that the
fellows life must have been lost and
that his body had floated down the
stream with the current. which in
creased steadily in force as it neared
the falls, some two miles below.
Whence he had come l did not
know, for l could not conceive that
a mar would be swimming in the river
at this time of year, and, Just as ] was
about to row ashore and report the
affair to those who could institute
a proper search for the body, an idea
flashed into my head and served to
explain the matter in short order.
The ghosts, or at least the men
who impersonated them. had always
disappeared froIl sight at this point
on the river bank, and, doubtless, they
had dived into the water and found
shelter somewhere under the shore.
II this we're the case, a man might
easily enough have ventured out from
his hiding place. and. upon seeing me.
returned and waited until the coast
was clear again.
/ pulled In close to the shore, and,
padding slowly along under the over
hanging bank, / soon discovered a
broad flight of stone steps lying en-
tirely beneath the surface Of the wa
IL |WN WZE A
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
Tr- PARABLE He LIKED.
Darky Would Have Had Trouble
Picking II from Sacred Book.

An old darky, anxious to be a min.
lister, went to be ordained. He was
questioned thus: Can you writer"
mo. sah!" "Read?" NO, sah!" How
do you know about the Bible?" MA
niece reads 1t to mel" Know about
the Ten commandments" mo, sah!"
THE Twenty-third Psalm" "Neb-
Der heard of him, sah!" Know the
Beatitudes?" mo, sah!" We'll, what
part Of the Bible do you like best?'
'Par'bles, sah!" Can you give us
one?" Deed, yes, sah!" Let us
have 1t, then" "Once~w,en the queen
of Sheba vas gwine down to Jerusa.
lem she fell among thieves. First
they passed her by on de oddah side
den dey come ovah an dey say unto
her, Fro down Jezebel.' but she
wouldn't fro her down; and again
dey say unto her, Fro down Jezebel!'
but she wouldn't fro her down; and
again dey say unto her for de ird
and last time, for amt gwine to ak
yo no mo-, Fro down Jezebel!' and
dey fro'd her down for 20 times and
Z, till de remains were 'leven baskets;
and l a unto yo', whose wife was
she at de resurrection ?"-Bystander.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
THE NEW YORK LIFE's PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest of PolieyhoIders.

President Kingsley, of the New
York Life Insurance Company, says,
In an address to the policyholders,
that his plan of administration in.
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public
ity; third, the continuance of the New
York Life as a worldwide institution;
fourth, such an amount of new bust.
ness under the law as we can secure
while %practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter-
est of the policy-holder is paramount"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

when I drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, u and bill
iousness much of the time, but when I
went to visit a friend l got in the habit
of drinking Postum.
II gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that l have been entire
ly relieved of all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
my mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now, and with
out coffee in the house for 2 years. we
are all well.
"a neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains In
her side for years and was ar invalid.
She was no. able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or DO any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. II she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest Of the day.
Eat last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did SO and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she a now do her work, can
sit for q whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit Of pain In her side,
In fact, she has got well and 1t shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE.
II could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
IN It's place." There's q Relson'
Look In pkg. for the famous little book,
-The Road to Wellville."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
NO GAIN AND SOME LOSS.
Neighbours Comment in Which There
Seems a Strain of Sarcasm.

Yes" the leader of the amateur
brass band was saying, "it's curious
to see what an effect learning to
play a horn has on some persons. l
used to be a pretty good bass sing
er, but l can't sing worth a cent
now"
Does learning to play a horn spoil
the voice?" asked his next-door neigh
Dor.
1T did mine"
How do you account for it,"
81 don't know how to account for
it. Strains the vocal chords, pr
haps. All I know is that / blew my
voice out through the mouthpiece g
my cornet."
did you have a good voice?"
Everybody said So"
Then it's a great pity you ever
learned to play a horn" rejoined his
neighbor, shaking his head sadly. 81
-er-think l should have enjoyed
hearing you sing."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
Emrnpratt
Marrtagra Garptrr
BY GAETANO D'AMATO,
Former President Of United Italian Societies.
New York.

the parents have been the happnst.
Foreign children are taught from their earliest youth that there is
no duty SO imperative as that of obedience to parents. So impressed are
they with that thought that, as they advance in years, to obey their par
ents becomes no longer a duty but a pleasure. Consequently the first
thought of the foreign boy or girl when the time for marriage comes IS
to consult their parents, and it is the decision of the father and mother
that invariably guides them in the matter. 1t is rare indeed that a Ital-
ian girl eopes from her home.
The result of this is a n almost total absence of the marital troubls
that seem SO prevalent in America. Even the marriages of convenience
so-caled in name alone, however-result far more happily in the main
than do the marriages of impulsve, youthful love in this country. Mar
riage of convenience are the result of the sober, sound-minded Judgment
of fathers and mothers who are able to look forward into the future. Mar
rages of love are, OF the other hand, more often merely marriages IT
nomentary fancy, which by passing away condemns the boy and girl Is
lives Of unhappiness.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
Productivity of the Hen,

How many eggs is a hen wound
up to lay during the term of her nat
ural life, do you suppose?" said the
man who has investigated. mo idea,
eh? Well, sir, a good, healthy hen
not speaking of any particular star
breed, butSjust hen-a good, healthy
hen does not fulfill her destiny until
she has turned out 600 eggs-5O
dozen. That's what nature has fitted
up a hen to do in the way of eggs, and
she gives her eight years to do it in
Washington Post.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

1t is a fortunate child
whose parent has advised
in her marriage. From
my observations, both in
this country and abroad,
particularly in my own
-Italy--I firmly believe
that those marriages that
eliminated through the
advice and influence Of
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
Modern Youth.

Young Girls 1t not true, mamma.
that ] cannot read that book OF which
every n Is talking until after | have
been divorced?"-Translated for Trans,
atlantic Tales from Meggendorfer Blat,
ter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09

The chief reason why
children born on the
farm desire to leave it
rather than to remain
and make it a business is
thai farm work has too
commonly made the sons
mere drudges and de-
pendents.
Instead of being recog-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
Assumes All Blame.

WELL, there's n thing about
Nuritch; he's always ready to confess
his faults"
NONSENSE! why he's forever brag-
ging about being self-made."
"Of course. That's just it."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-09
CIR Only Safr
StanAarn nf MnralH
BY PRESIDENT ARTHUR T. HADLEY.
OF Yale University.

The only men who are safe are those whose stand
ards of honor are what the world calls Quixotic-
which really means that they are Christian.
And it must be the same way with our standards
of truthfulness. These, too, must be Christian-Quix
otically Christian, if you please to call it so. They must
be stronger and higher than the social hedge of con-
ventions by which we are surrounded. 1t is not enough
to avoid concrete instances of untrnth of a kind which
The Washington herald., 1907-07-08
PLACES OF INTEREST.

Library Of Congress-Open 9 a. m. 10 10 p m. on
secular days: from D. m. to 10 p. m. on Sundays
and on certain holidays.
Public LibraTy-Open g a. m. 20 D. M: holidays
10 a. m. to 10 p m. Sundays 70 10 p. m.
Executive Mansion-Open 10 a. m. 20 2 p. n.
United States Capitol-OpCn 9 a. m. 20 4s3l ?. m
United States Treasury-Open a. m. 20 D. m.
State, War and Navy Departments-Open a. m.
10 J. m. THE original Declaration d lndepen
dence is IN the Library Of the State Department.
United States Patent Offce-Open a. IN. 70
United States Pension Bmeau-Open a. m. to
p. m
United States Post-ofIce-Open .. m. to p. m.
Washington City Post-oflce-Opcn all hours. The
Dead Letter ONCE is in the city posi-oflce.
National Botanic Gariens-Open 5 a. m. 20 p m
Fish Commi5si0u-Open a. M, 70 40 p. m.
A1ny Medical MusVm-OQen a, m. TO 40 p. m
National Muscum-Open q. m 10 43J p. m Tin
cluding holidays)
Smithsonian Iustitution-Open a. m. 20 4 20 p m.
tirclu1ing holidaysl.
Agricultural pepartmeut-Opc 2 a. m. to 40 p m
Bureau u Engraving and Priutiug-Open 3 a. m
20 2-0 p. m.
Washington Monument l555's feet In heightl-Open
a. m 10 80 p. m. lEleyafar does not run after
i5e p. nj
Corcoun Gallery Of Art-Open 93O a. m. 10
p m in winter; a. m 90 p. m. in summer.
Sundays-la0 p. m. TO p. m. excepting IN mid
summer. Admission free on Tuesdays. Thursdays
Saturdays. and Sundays. other days. 2jc admission
Government PNnting Ofce-Opeu 10 a. m. TO
p m.
Navy Yard-Open 9 a. m 10 $50 p. m.
S0uthW0rth Cottage S6th ST. and Prospect ave.
IN THE SUBURBS
Mount Vernon. the home ard tomb Of Washing
tCu-Open II a. m 90 .. m.
Arlington National Cemctery-Open all day.
Cathedral Grounds Ttunalyt0yn rcad-Open 8 a.
m, 10 g p N.
United States Soldiers Home-Open 9 a. IN. 70
sunset
The Washington herald., 1907-07-08
HEAVEN IN ALCY0NE.
Rev. Zed HetzeI Copp Declares that
Is the Central Planet.

"Alcyone" is the place where heaven is.
according to the views Of Rev. Zed Hetzel
COpp. d. S., president Of the Federation
of Christian Forces, Of Georgetown. as
expressed in a sermon delivered by him
at Bethany Chapel last night A week
ago Rev. Mr.. Copp announced that hell
is located in the sun.
Alcyone, so sayeth Rev. Mr.. Copp is
the central planet Of all known space,
around which all planets are revolving,
and this the reverend speaker claimed 20
be a scientific fact He further stated
It rs his belief, founded on research
covering a period Of fourteen years, that
the throne Of God is in Alcyone, the Same
as the habitation Of the evil one, as
stated by Rev. Mr.. Copp last Sunday
night, IS in the sun.
Bat heaven is not only confined 10 one
particular planet, according 70 Rev. Mr..
Copp; he said: Washington this couu-
try. the whole world, is heaven, and we
Ayo In il. But it is not the heaven that
God wishes 1t to be. Evervthing-tha
animals, the birds the flsh-are in unison
with God; only we, the human beings.
are in revolt. As soon as we comply
with Gods win, this earth viii be
complete heaven"
Rev. Mr.. Copp described the heaven i'm
AicyOne % contain houses Of stone and
glass. These houses" said the speaker.
are tireproOf and transparent. Every
thing and everybody IN heaven IS trans
parent There is no room for wickedness
or dark deeds, because all viii be trans
parent"
The Washington herald., 1907-07-08
HARD COAL SUPPLY LIMITED
VIII Be Exhausted in Seventy-fve
Years, Say Experts.
Government Scientists Urge Greater
Use OF DituminOus Fuel TO
Save Anthracite.

Edward T. Parker, the coal expert Of
;he United states Geological Survey, pre-
diets that at the present rate Of con-
sumption the anthracite deposits of the
United States in sevcuty-dve years Will
be practically exhausted. lie urges manu-
facturers 70 use bituminous coal and de-
clares that the smoke nuisance will soon
be abated as a result of experiments now
being conducted IN New York
Hard coal VIII never be cheaper %
consumers than II is now" said Mr.
Parker "The production Of anthracite
in ig1f was G3.Gl5.l0 tons. According 10
one coal expert. the anthracite available
for mining in 1901 Yves 4755,2l6 go tons"
Commenting on these figures Dwight
T. Randall. engineer In charge Of smoke
abatement, Geological Survey, said.
There is evidently not enough anthra-
cite coal I'm the country for power pur-
poses III the large cities Of the East In
1873 New York City burned 100000 tons
of anthracite coal and 35001. tons Of
bitumiEous. This ratio has already
changed, and will c0urlnue until btu
U.u0us coal is IN the asc1ndeucy. Il Is
estimated that New York and PEiladel-
phia are now using ona-ffth OF the total
yearly production OF anthracite. Thus il
is seen that we must conserve the hard
coal If we wish it 10 last any length Of
time,
I'VE have found It entirely feasible 10
abate smoke ia power plants. great and
small" continued Mr. Randall. 'but il Is
next 20 impossible 20 prevent smoke issu-
ing from the chlmneys Of residences burn
ing soft coal Therefore, IL would seem
that the logical thing 10 do would be
10 utilize the rapidly waning supply OF
hard coal for the homes. and use the soft
coal I'm the factories and power plants
The real problem before the East is the
abatement of smoke from soft coal New
York is now showing that this can be done
in the experiments that are being con-
Quoted by the New York Edison Com
pauy.
There are Il number Of ways to solve
the smoke evil The burning OF soft coal
by improved methods in large. central
heating stations IN place Of many small.
poorly conducted plants, Is one Of the
promised solutions Of the problem. In
number Of cities these plants have been
Installed, and are doing good work An
other method IS % convert the fuel into
gas and coke at a big plant, selling the
gas and coke tb0th Of which are smoke
less 10 the consumers. Stiu another
method is the establishment of great cas-
producers, gas engines. and electric gen
orators at the coal mines. the gas pro-
ducers operating the engines and the
latter IN turn the generators, sending the
electricity into the cities for power, light,
and heating purposes. Electricity can be
sent in this manner a distance Of go miles.
Il IS also hoped that I'm the near future
the railroads viii use such power in
operating their trains. This would do
away with a big part Of the smoke nui-
saure "