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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

I am perfectly helpless now, Jon
know" and he changed his position
enough 20 show us two arms swathed
In bandages, but God only knows
what a comfort they were to me, and
Bobbs or his mother got a word to
her from me whenever they could"
He was painting noisily from the ef.
fort of his long exertion, and Bobbs
made a deprecatory gesture as II he
would have him stop, but Carney mo-
toned him away and began once more
in faint, disjointed words:
81 mustn't stop now, Bobbs. / have
nor to say and my time Is growing
short"
He leaned heavily against the tree
for support and paused as II summon
ing to his aid all his energy and all his
courage, and then gasped on:
BE good to Florence when she
m to you, Ware. and-God's-
blessing-on you--both."
Suddenly, and with a mufled sob,
he lunged forward and raised his poor
distorted arms toward the window,
which his gaze had never left for an
instant. One Of the nurses appeared
and raised the sash to the top, letting
the bitter wintry air rush In and fill
the death chamber.
Its the end" moaned Carney, in q
scarcely audible tone. ITS the end,
and yet the beginning, too. Oh! my
God, be kind-be good to me now. I
cannot wait-my Annie-I-am-com-
ing Il Ware - by her side
- Ware - by - her side = Ware
= don't - forget. - cannot -
harm - her now Il Annie -
my - precious - Our - Father -
who - art - Amen my Annie"
AS we sprang to support him the
light of the lantern flashed across his
cruelty disfigured face and MacArdel
muttered in my ear:
"Leprosy-poor devil, just as I
thought, but what he said was true,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
NEWS OF MISSOURI
The State Fair.

Sedalia-"When the last legislature
provided by appropriation for the
erection OF three new ireproof stock
barns, to hold $50 animals, we thought
we could house all live stock exhibits
at our next fair" said Secretary J. r.
Rippey, of the Missouri State Fair,
but 1t looks now like we will have an
other overflow" and as he talked he
opened letters containing live stock
entries from Illinois, Michigan, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, and more than q
dozen points in Missouri, among them
being quite q good many we1l-known
former exhibitors here and not a few
@ ones.
Missouri is particularly fortunate In
the dates selected for her state fair
this year, October 5-11, being next
after Illinois and Just preceding the
American Royal at Kansas City, thus
avoiding a conflict Of dates with any
other prominent western show, and.
being In the 'homestretch" OF the
great live stock show circuit, will get
the cream Of the prize winners from
the other big fairs.
With the three new stock barns now
being erected, Missouri state fair will
have eight massive brick and steel
cattle and horse barns, modern and
f%reproof, that will house 1900 ami
mails, besides the IL speed horse
barns, a sheep and swine pavilion tina.
will contain 1,400 animals, and a poul-
try palace with room for 5000 birds.
A mile Of model rock highway Is being
constructed on the main boulevard I'M
der United States government super
vision, to cost $4,000, and an addi-
tional 5000 is being expended on new
concrete walks and macadam drive
ways. Cash premiums a%ggregating
$4,000 will be awarded on exhibits.
Last year, for the first time here,
the fair board provided special enter
tainment features-high class vaude-
vile, relay races and automobile con-
tests-anj were so we'll pleased with
the result that they have arranged for
the same on a more extensive scale
this year, including of the big air
ships, prize drills by uniformed frater.
nal drill teams, music by a noted band
and the other down to-date features
that please and entertain large
crowds.
The special classes provided for
Missouri sheep, with liberal prizes,
will attract the largest sheep display
ever seen here, and largely increased
prizes for light harness and saddle
horses are bringing entries that in.
sure an unsurpassed horse show.
The annual meeting of the Missouri
Sheep Breeders association will be
held at the state fair on governors
day, October g.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

Ware. There's no danger to anyA~e
here"
We lowered him gently to the
ground and the rapidly drifting snow
received him in its soft embrace and
covered him over like a shroud.
Some hours later, when the house
was quiet for the night and MacArdel
had retired to his room, l called Bobbs
into the dimly lighted library and said:
tits late, l know, Bobbs, and we
are all worn out in miAd and body, but
l want you to tell me the rest of this
story before you 60"
There's little to tell now, sir" said
Bobbs, bravely keeping back his tears
I'VE lived either in my mothers house
or in the old cellar with the tunnel
that leads to the river. Mrs. Bruce is
my mother, sir. and my name is Rob-
ert Bruce. but in the old country they
used to call me "Bobs,' sir. after Lord
Roberts. you know.
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
The Mystery
Carney-Croft
BY
BROWN COOKE
Copyright. 1877. By s.or,-Pr... corDor.uo.-,
CHAPTER xxv.--Continued.

CHAPTER xxv.--Continued.
YOU'D better not try to bring three
people back through the drifts" said
the doctor, who had just come in for
a bite and a cup Of coffee. You can't
drive two horses to advantage in this
weather, and If you insist upon going
why don't you take my mare and cut
ter and go alone? She's been in the
stable all day and she knows every
inch of the road, SO II you just give
her her head she'll bring you through
all right. You'd better take my storm
coat and gloves, too, for you'll find the
wind pretty cold after you've been in
1t a bit"
Although I had but two miles or
whereabouts to travel from the house
to the railway station l made an early
start and had the horse at the door
before ten o'clock. The doctor came
down to see me off and gave me a few
parting words of advice.
AS l opened the door 1t was almost
blown out of my hand by the force of
the wind and great sheets of snow and
SdhlC Suiilnb III, ulluCIt lie DIOtc-
cochere and half "a down the hall.
bundled myself up in the doctors
great fur coat and surrounded myself
with his Jugs and then, bowling my
head to the fury of the gale, did as
l had been told, and let the mare
take her own gait and pick her own
way to the train.
Tho twain xva An v,fn,,toe late o,J
after putting my horse in the stable
and b~lanketing her comfortably In ac-
cordance with the DOCTORS instruc-
tions, | returned to the station and
paced ~restlessly up and down the wait
ing room, now and then peering anx-
iously through the frost-coated win
dows in a childlike way, as If my eyes
could penetrate the blackness of the
night and see for miles down the
track.
Finally, as the time for its arrival
drew near, one of the station men,
with that intuition SO frequently OBJ
served and so incomprehensible to the
average individual, suddenly picked
up a lantern and strobe out on the
ptdtiOIHl. 4h0 ucdFy TuLuDlc VI LILO
oncoming locomotive and the faint
sQueal of It's whistle struck my ears
at the same instant and, looking out, l
saw its single bleary eye cleaning
dimly in the distance as it plowed on
through the whirling sleet.
1 wal about to go out on the plat
form myself when the station master
called me to the telephone and the
doctor at Carney-Croft said %hurriedly:
Il suppose the train is late but get
MacArdel here as O o as you can If
you want him to see her alive. 1t
won't be many hours now and 1t may
be"
There was a snap and a buzzing
sound for an instant and I knew that
the wire was down.
In another moment MacArdel was
by my side, and as soon as we could
get the lantern lighted and the mare
out of the stable we started on our
wild drive to Carney-Croft.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

she's been more than a mother to me,
Ware. You must never let her want
for anything as long as she lives. She
and Bobbs must be we'll provided for
when I'm gone. Ware"
He stopped again and gasped heav-
lily for breath, but soon he recovered
himself and went on. though more
feebly and with greater effort than be-
fore:
II know I was foolish to do this,
Ware, but at first / fancied l could
stay here and keep out Of sight Of the
authorities and then, when l needed
exercise, we thought Of the ghosts as
a means Of keeping people away and
giving me more freedom"
He had not taken his eyes from the
window in all this time and the snow
was falling SO heavily that W. were
covered thickly with its soft, fieecy
mantle.
Again he began to speak while we
stood al men entranced, but his voice
was even weaker than before and 1t
was with difficulty that VIZ could make
out all that he said.
"Il be gone soon, Ware, and you
must keep 1t all from the people and
have me buried 1t once. You know
there would be a panic II they knew,
and yet there would be no danger In
this climate. It's only when you live
right In the midst of 1t, Ware, and
have 1t on all sides of you all the time,
as / did In Hawaii. trying to help
those poe souls In their ~sufferings.
There's no danger, Ware, to any
one and yet. II they'd found me I'D
have been penned up somewhere like
a wild beast. and l couldn't bear 1t.
l know I was foolish over 1t, and that
I probably could have bought my free.
dom in a way, but once we got settled
here l wanted to stay in peace. You
know we never bothered you with the
ghosts after Florence came back. and
l had Bobbs send you that one last
note in a faint hope that you would
go away again.
"Bobbs wrote to Annie for me. too,
telling her to talk with Mrs. Bruce and
try and persuade you to 60, but she
only begged to see me and insisted on
keeping as lear to me as she could
OF course, I could not see her, Ware
but she used to write me every day
and leave the letters or the window
sill for Chico to get after dark. ]
J wasn't able to answer them. Ware. fol
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
CHAPTER XVI.
The Entrance Of Chico.

49,
/ dashed the painting beast until
great welts stood out on her sides and
her hide was lathered with foam, while
we dashed along in the binding storm
and finally galloped through the gate
way and up the winding road toward
the house. The now vas drifting
heavily and MacArdel leaned over the
side Of the sleigh and held the lanterns
close to the ground SO that I could see
such little traces Of the road as re-
manned or we would have been ditched
q dozen times In our mad ace to the
dying girl.
Suddenly, as we neared the house,
and at a place where the drifts were
deeper and the exhausted horse strug-
gled heavily in her effort to make her
way on, a nan sprang out of the sleet
and, grasping the animal by the head,
threw her backward with almost SUI
perhuman strength and brought us to
q s~tandstill.
What do you meant" / shouted,
raising the whip high over my head.
-"Let us go on or I'll brain youl"
Don't strike, Mr.. Ware!"h he gasped,
-it's Bobbs, sir! You remember
Bobbs!"
Let us pass, Bobbs!" exclaimed,
angrily. losing my establishment in my
anxiety to reach the house. 'T1l see
you again, Bobbs! It's the doctor,
here, for Miss Weston!" \
Il know, SIR" he painted. "and it's
the doctor i want! She's gone. sir,
and I'm afraid he's going. too. Come
with me, for Gods sake!"
do you mean she's dead, Bobbs?"
! cried, Is q great lump rose in my
throat.
Yes. oh. yes!" he almost screamed.
-'The doctor can't do her no good!
She died some half hour ago, and he's
dying. too. I tell you! Have you nc
heart, sir? 'Oh. bring the doctor to
him, in Gods name!"
Can we driver" ! asked, suddenly
realizing the fellows meaning and ap
preciating the uselessness OF u go
ing on to the house.
NI.L Nm AVA LLL $50 M"" $50
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
PROUD OF HIS NEW NOSE.
Original, Frozen on, Is Replaced by
One Of Vulcanlte.

Enthusiastically altered in ap-
pearance, but for the better. David
Dodson, OF Barnesboro. Pa, walked
out Of the dental hall Of the Universi.
ty of Pennsylvania, proud wearer of a
substitute for his nose that was frozen
OF in a blizzard several years ago.
Last year Dodson prevailed on Dean
C. H. Frazier, of the medical depart
ment. to attempt to graft a finger of
his right hand on his face to form the
nose. When the operation was about
to prove successful, Dodson, crazed by
pain, pulled the finger out of its place
and made the operation a failure.
The new ose Is made Of fiesh-col-
ored vulcanite. with block-tin tubes,
and is held on the face by means. of
a pair of bow spectacleA and a heavy
false mustache.
The case was handled by Philip
Kurtz. a senior Of the dental depart.
ment, under the direction of DIR. A.
De Witt Gritman.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
6nluing mnrlh'a
prarr prnhlrm
BY DIR. JOHN RHYS.
Head Of Jesuit COLLEGE. and Pro~-yice-chaneellol
University OF Oxford. England.

the constant molding of Celtic character which is at work SC powerfully
both in Great Britain and her colonies and in America, a fact that must
lead to a deeper feeling of unity, assisted by education, especially in the
higher seats of learning.
Sympathy of race and racial influences will go far toward making
war impossible. The work of the Rhodes scholarships in sending Amer
lean students to British universities should be supplemented by sending
British students to American seats of learning, only / fear that many
of our boys would not come back to us, save As visitors, once they had
affords 81 WI
III by the sympathy Of men and mutual understanding, educating
one another to a clearer understanding of the ideals common to both the
British and the American nations, that the solution of many questions
will be brought about and the peace question will be solved penmsnsnty.
in this way more easily and satisfactorily than in any other.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
OH inspectors Commissioner.

Jefferson City-Governor Folk has
issued commissions to eight coal oil
inspectors, as follows, each to serve
two years from the date given:
Charles c. England, for Festus. June
20; George w. Spencer, for Bethany.
June 20; James H. Kelsey, for Car
rollton and Carroll county, September
Z; Hinton Brown, for Columbia. April
%; j. w. Pollard, Fulton, July q:
Walter N. May, Of Fredericktown, for
Madison county, July 2; Thomas T.
johnson, Of Montgomery City. for
Montgomery county, June 4; James
l. Grubbs, for Canton. September 2.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Country Printers Plan Union.


Rich Hill-The Country Printers
union has been organized in this cits
with c. L. Phifer as national presi
dent and U. 8. G. Prewett as national
secretary and treasurer. Efforts WHY
be made to organize small shops all
over the United States. 1t is to be
an organization with the view of pro.
tecting the small offices and works
nen from the encroachments Of tho
city offices. Its constitution is made
to At the needs of offices where Print
er and proprietor are either tdeniteH
or else work together. Women are
to be admitted on the same basis. A
special feature is the admission Of ap-
prentices, seeing that they have q
chance to progress. and by a system
of examination and grading, training
them into all-around workmen. e
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
farmers wife Missing.

Macon-Ora McKinsee, q young
farmer of Liberty township. came to
Macon and asked Sheriff Graves to
search for his wife and a farmer boy.
Nose Dawson. who are missing. Nc
Kinsey said his wife came to Macon
last week and drove to Clarence,
where she was met by Dawson, and
together they journeyed eastward.
They are supposed to be in Illinois.
The wife left behind three young chill
dren.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Doing X Up.

i''This bill is too high" said the GUS
toner. "Too high?" calculated the
laundryman. That's what I said; too
high" But. man. do you know how
long 1t takes to do up a shirtf' why,
about four warnings"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

Sympathy and mutual
understanding among the
nations of the earth viii
solve all their differences.
1t seems to me, at the
same time, that the rec
ignition of certain facts
Of primary Importance.
and one Of the forgotten
VI neglected elements, 10
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

Assuredly we are not
doing all that we ought
to do, or even all that
we easily could do, for
the children of the city
in the summer. 1t is a
strange conception that
enables US to feel that
we have done our duty
by the children of the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Rain DAMAGES Missouri Wheat.

UdTU DaHHdges W'oaou'' VHSu"
Whiteside-The unthreshed wheat
is being badly damaged by the con,
tinued rains. Thousands of bushels
are yet in shock and stack. The great.
er part of this wheat was sold some
time ago at around so cents a bushel
subject to grade. The rains have low
cred the grade from q No. 2 to a Nc. 4
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

Aurora-A 10-months- old Poland
China boar owned by w. 8. Goodrich,
of Eldon. Mo-. has been sold for ss,lcb.
A litter OF pigs. consisting Of six. was
sold for $4,000, The prices are be
lieved.to be as high a. have ever been
paid In the state.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Thr Shnru Bl1stnrsa amh
5fa 4ulh MI tfr adrnrlr
BY PROF. BRANDER MATHEWS.
CoIumbis University.

We forget that the stage, every sort Of stage, is
the show business it has never been anything else, lit
erary accusations to the contrary.
Probably, when Thespis took to the road, people
of that time said: "That's the end of the drama we
shall never again see it restored to the high art it once
was" They have been saying that ever since, some Of
them, about every so years, and they will continue to
say it.
The attitude Of audiences toward the stage Is. | am
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Train KiIIs Two Girls,

Spickard--Two small daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Speck Q struck
and instantly killed by the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific limited. The
children were crossing the track.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-24
Piles Quickly
Cured at Home
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure-TriaI
Package Mailed Free to All
In Plain Wrapper.

Piles is a fearful disease, but easy
to cure if you go at it right.
An operation with the knife is dan
gerous, cruel humiliating and unne c.
essary.
There is just one other sure way to
be cured-painless, safe and in the
privacy of your own home-it is Pyra-
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We mail trial package free to all
who write.
1t will give you instant relief, show
you the harmless. painless nature of
this great remedy and start you well
on the way toward perfect cure.
Then you can get a full-sized box
from any druggist for so cents, and
often one box cures.
Insist on having what you call for.
If the druggist tries to sell you
something just as good. it is because
he makes more money on the substi-
tute.
The cure begins at once and contin'
ues rapidly until it iS complete and
permanent.
You can go right ahead with your
work and be easy and comfortable all
the time.
1t is we'll worth trying.
Just send your name and address to
Pyramid Drug Co., 80 Pyramid Build
ing, Marshall, Mich, and receive free
by return mail the trial package in a
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Thousands have been cured in this
easy, painless and inexpensive way, in
the privacy of the home.
No knife and its torture.
No doctor and his bills.
All druggists, so cents. Write today
for free package.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-24
RICHMOND BOYS IN
PURDUE TANK SCRAP
Land, Wood and Graves Fig
ured in the Annual Event
At State School.
LAND WAS FORTUNATE.
HE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING
AWAY BUT THE OTHERS HAD
TO STAND THE PUNISHMENT
CHEEKS WERE PAINTED.
LAND WAS FORTUNATE.

Walker Land, Richmond student al
Purdue University, writing to the Pal
ladium in reference to the recent
tank scrap at that school, says:
Donald Graves and James Wood were
on the chain, but l cut myself loose
just as they started to tie them on the
chain. 1 had a knife sewed in my
sleeve and pulled it out and cut myself
loose. BY careful crawling / succeed.
ed in passing the sophomore scouts by
answering their sign, which l happen
ed to know.
James Wood climbed a tree after
cutting himself loose and remained
there for some time. He was too anx-
ious, however, to mingle in the crowd
and just as soon as he got down he
was recognized by Frank Brown as a
freshman and promptly tied to the
chain. Graves did not get away at
all. They both had 40" painted on
their cheeks and over their clothes.
The other Richmond boys that are
sophomores, wished very much to get
hold of me as they wanted to put me at
the head of the chain and have all their
fun with me. When they found I had
slipped from them they had to put an
other big fellow on in my place and
paint him up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-24
KANSAS WINNER
! IN WARSHIP RACE
Big Sea Fighter Defeats the
Georgia in Speedy 400
Mile Run.
LONG RIVALRY is ENDED.
COURSE WAS FROM CAPE COD TO
THE DELAWARE BREAkWATER;
HEAVY BETTING WAS DONE ON
RESULT OF CONTEST.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 24.-The
battleships Kansas and Georgia finish
ed 400 mile race from Cape Cod to
the Delaware breakwater, and the
Kansas won by an hour and seven
minutes.
The fighters started the race Sun
day morning off the Massachusetts
coast, and under full steam they made
for the Delaware breakwater. The
keenest rivalry has existed among
the crews of both battieships and so
much talk had been going around up
forward and in the Junior and the
senior officers messes that Rear Ad-
miral Evans decided to put the vessels
to a test and settle the matter for
good.
With the battleships Kearsarge and
Maine, the latter being Admiral Ev-
ans flagship. the Georgia and the
Kansas had been ordered to the lea
que island navy yard to go in drydock
for repairs and to get in readiness
for the cruise to the Pacific. The
officers and men thought it would be
the proper thing to have the big fight
ers race ali the way and demonstrate
which of them was the speedier craft.
Admiral Evans gave his consent, and
when the battleships set their course
off the Cape Cod shore they went full
tilt. There was heavy betting among
the crews of both ships all during the
race, and many dollar changed
hands when the Kansas dropped an
Choir off Reedy Island, just inside the
breakwater. 1t made the trip in twen-
ty-three hours and fifty-seven minutes
beating the Georgia by sixty-seven
minutes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-24

Korea's total gross trade last yea,
amounted to about 81, 100000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-24

morning when at eight o'clock the per
manent yearly meeting board con
venes and devotional exercises are
held. Promptly at ten o'clock the for
mai opening of the yearly meeting
will be made with the roll call of the
delegates and alternates. The sessions
will continue during the entire day
and will end with devotional services
Wednesday night, beginning at seven
thirty O'Clock.
One of the feature addresses OF the
week will be Thursday afternoon al
two O'Clock when Judge Samuel II.
Artman of Lebanon who but so recent
Iy attacked the supreme court on the
constitutionality of liscensing saloons.
speaks before the Indiana meeting on
temperance. The appearance of Judge
Artman at the yearly meeting Will
evoke much interest owing to the re-
form temperance decisions which he
has made in his court at Lebanon, Ind.