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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
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The tradition handed down by Acosta,
Herrera and C~lavigero embodies a significant
fact Of a kind hat could not have beer
invented, namely, that the seven tribes
were OF common origin, the fact being
confirmed by their kindred dialects: and
a second fact Of importance. that they
came from the north. II shows that orig
inally they we're one people that had been
split into seven land eventually more)
tribes by the natural process OF segmenta-
ton, II was moreover the same facts
which rendered the Aztec C~onfederacy
possible as well NJ probable, a common
language being the essential basis of such
an organization,
Our author recalls that the Aztecs, the
last Corners. found the best situations in
the valley already occupied. and that
after several changes of location they
settled finally on a small expanse Of dry
land in the midst OF a marsh bordered with
fields OF pedregal and with natural ponds.
Here they founded the celebrated pueblo
of Mexico (T~enochtitlan, in A. ID. 1929,
according 10 Clavigero, or 100 years prior
to the Spanish Conquest. They were few
in number and poor in condition. For
tunately for them, however. the outlets
OF the Lakes Xochimilco and Chalco, and
also rivulets from the western hills, flowed
past their site into Lake Tesouco. Having
the sagacity to perceive the advantag yes
OF the location, the Aztecs succeeded by
means OF causeways and dykes in surround
ing their pueblo with an artificial pond OF
large extent, the waters being furnished
from the sources named; and the level
Of Lake Tezcuco, being higher than at
present. gave them. when the whole work
was completed. the most secure position
occupied by any tribe in the valley. The
mechanical engineering BY which this
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Stockings and Mosquitoes.

A somewhat remarkable discovery
as to the habits of mosquitoes has
been made by an officers wife lat an
army post who told about 1t the other
evening when some men visitors
wearing low shoes and black hose
were slapping their shins. IF you
were here long you would notice."
she said, that every woman around
here wears white hose. 1t isn't be-
cause it is the fashion, but because
mosquitoes rarely bite through white
stockings. We learned that in the
Philippines. Black hose seem to at
tract these pests. There is something
about white that repels them. Tell
your m folks that when they Wis,
it al army post in mosquito time and
expect to be out of doors to be sure
to put on white stockings. 1t will
save them a good deal Of annoyance.
A woman rubbing her ankles together
because of the misery of mosquito
bites is not altogether attractive"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
METHOD IN HIS soLlcirupe.
WlIlle's Deep Interest In Playmate's
Health Explained.

This story is well in keeping with
the spirit of the age, says the New
York Tribune. A Bronx man tells It
about his little boy. The neighbours
young hopeful was very Ill, and Willie
and the other youngsters in the block
had been asked not to make any noise
In the streets. The neighbor's bell
rang one day and she opened 1t to find
Willie standing bashfully on her front
steps.
How Is he today" he inquired in
a shy whisper.
He's better, thank you, dear. and
what a thoughtful child you are to
come and ask"
Willie stood a moment on one foot
and then burst forth again, I'm orful
sorry Jimmy's sick"
The mother was profoundly touched.
She could find no further words to
say, but simply kissed him. Made still
holder by the caress. Willie began to
back down the steps, repeating at in
tervals his sorrow for his playmate's
Illness. At the bottom step he halted
and looked up "If Jimmy should de-"
he asked, "kin I have his drum?"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
LIKE TRADE SCHOOLS IDEA.
Point In Which Europeans Consider
They Lead America.

When Mr.. Alfred Mosely last year
sent 200 teachers to the United States
&c study the American public school
system his main object was to gain
information on which to found the
necessary reforms in the schools of
England. 1t appears now that the
observations made by the teachers
commission abroad will benefit all
Europe.
The opinions expressed by the Brit
ish teachers on their return are be-
ing reflected in educational papers
throughout Germany, Austria and
France. In Germany the discussion
of the problems has already caused
the school boards to take steps for
the introduction of important inno-
vations. While the general education
al scheme followed by American
schools is heartily applauded, German
pedagogues join their British col
leagues in their criticism Of two very
important points-namely, the EN-.
ployment of female teachers in boys
classes and the absence of technical
training, in which France leads, with
Germany a close second.
But for the want of trade high
| schools the American public school
might be called perfect" says one au-
thority.
Herr Ullmann, of Berlin, provincial
school director, remarks: I'm The
prevailing conditions trade schools
are an absolute necessity. Our boys
cannot all become professional men,
and many branches Of commerce and
industry are so specialized that train
ing is absolutely necessary to gain
success. Unless we provide this
training our schools will turn out a
lot Of idlers and Jacks of all trades
who have no future unless wealthy
parents can stake money in ONE ven
tu;e."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
THIRST WAS FIRST THOUGHT.
Familiar Sound Cause Of Young Name
Bad Brsak.

John G. Risley Of Detroit, at the
New York convention OF the Interna-
tional Society of Hotel and Restaurant
Employees convention notable for
it's condemnation Of the tipping system
said to a reporter:
1.-THE public thinks that we walters
get rich off our tips. The public Is
very ignorant in this matter. When
I think of its dense ignorance / am
Reminded of a political meeting I at
tended last April. There was a chap
at this meeting who knew nothing Of
parliamentary procedure, and, besides
that, he was half full. Well. in the
course Of the meeting there was a lot
of excitement and shouting. 1t grew
worse and worse. The chairman. In
the end, had to hammer on the table
and yell: !!
"'Order! Order!'
"'Beer for me- said the ignorant
young man."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
FOR Selfish ENDS.
The Efforts Being Made by the Amerl'
can Medical Association.

The Political activity of the Ameri-
can Medical Association has become
so pronounced as to cause comment
In political circles especially as the
the avowed purpose of the Doctors of
the Regular or Allopathic school, Of
which the Association is chiefly COM
posed, Is to secure the passage of such
laws as will not only prevent the
sale of so-called Patent" medicines,
but will restrict the practice of medi.
cine and healing to the schools" now
recognized. This in many states would
prevent the growing practice of Os-
teopathy, and in nearly every state
would prevent the healers Of the
Christian Science and mental science
belief from practicing those sciences
in which the faith of so many intelli.
gent people is so firmly rooted.
The American Medical Association
has a Committee on Legislation"
and the committee has correspond.
ents in practically every township -,
some 1 5000 correspondents in all.
This committee at the last session Of
the American Medical Association
held in June of this year expressed a
hope that q larger number OF physi'
clans than heretofore will offer them
selves as candidates for Congress at
the first opportunity. In its annual
report this Committee said: ITO meet
the growing demands of the move,
ment, however, particularly If the
work of active participation in State
legislation is undertaken, a larger
clerical force must be employed"
This is almost the first time in the
history Of the United States that any
organized class has frankly avowed
the purpose of capturing legislatures
and dominating legislation in their
own selfish interests.
The American Medical Association
has about $4,000 members Of whom
$1,000 are fully constituted mem
bers" and the rest are members be-
cause of their afiliation with state or
| local societies. The Association owns
real estate in Chicago valued at SILL
1871 and its total assets are $751;
5G7.S9. Its liabilities, at the time of
the annual report which was made at
the June meeting, amounted to only
$21, 800. The excess of assets over
liabilities Is increasing at the rate Of
about $4,000 a year, and the purpose
of the organization Is to dominate
the field of medicine, and by crushing
all competitions by securing the pas.
sage of prohibitive legislation, compel
all of the people Of the United States
to pay a doctors fee every time the
most simple remedy Is needed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Natures Gift Wasted.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street a trip on the gorge route, the
New York side Of Niagara river, was
much disguised with the hawkers OF
views and Teddy BEARS" who make
the afternoon hideous and do their
best to spoil natures grandeur. AS
he alighted from the car he looked
angrily at the shouting vendors and
then at the Whirlpool rapids. Whats
the use of having a big river like
that" he asked, IF you don't drown
those fellows in it,"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Patron saint Of Lawyers.

This story is told at the expense OF
Francis H. T. Maxwell. a well-known
lawyer. The members Of the Taunton,
Mass, Bar association thought they
ought to have a patron saint, but after
much wrangling they could not hit up
on any particular saint.
Finally a committee. Of which Mr..
Maxwell was a member, was appoint
ed to make a selection. They made
q trip to New York, and there visited
q gallery where most Of the saints were
carved in marble. 1t was decided to
leave the selection to Mr.. Maxwell,
and after making the rounds he placed
his hand on one in a group Of two.
"This one will do" he said. He had
his hand on the devil. whom st. Mi
chael was driving before him.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Proposed Scotch Canal.

An old plan for a ship canal across
the narrowest part of Scotland has
been revived and is being pushed by
business interests of Edinburgh and
Glasgow. Glasgow has one plan for
cutting the canal at a cost Of $40,-
900, 900. Edinburgh has another which
is estimated to call for an expenditure
Of 5000, 900. Originally 1t was sug
gested that the existing Forth and
Clyde barge canal should be enlarged
and made into a tidal canal without
locks at a cost Of SIC, 1000, 900. As yet
the cost has barred progress, but the
canal would be of very great value
to commerce and so 1t Is expected to
become a reality in time.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Puzzled.

The bard from the city had sold suf-
ficient verses to spend a week in a
rural boarding house. Waving of the
swarms Of June bugs and mosquitoes,
the bard sat penning his lines by the
yellow light Of a kerosene lamp.
How I love this madrigal!" he
unused to himself.
The horny-handed farmer, who sat
greasing his boots, looked up in sur
prise.
"Gracious!" he drawled. "Where n
she?"
"Who?" asked the astonished bard.
why, the gal yeou just said yeoN
loved"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
THE MARKETS
Livestock Markets.

KANSAS CITY-Cattle-Choice ex.
port and dressed beef steers, $6.50@
7.20; fair to good, $5.0O@6.30; west
ern steers, $685. GAGS; southern cows,
$2.15@3.35; native COWS. $2.25@4.55;
native heifers. $3.O0@5.75; bulls,
$2.6OQ3.9O. Hogs-Heavy, $500
Cos; packers, s5.9O@6.2O; pigs and
light. $6.1O@6.22h. sheep-Lambs.
$6.65@7.30; ewes and yearlings, $500
@6.50; range yearlings, $5.5O@6.00;
range sheep, $5.00@5.50; stockers
and feeders. ss.50@5.5O.
CHICAGO - Cattle-Common to
prime steers, $4.OO@7.40; cows, $500
@4.60; heifers. $3.O0@5.35; bulls,
$2.4O@5.OO; calves, s3.00@S.00 stock
ers and feeders, $2.50@5.00. Hogs
Choice shipping. $6.30@6.40; light
butchers, $6.45@6.55; light mixed
s6.25 @6.45; choice light, $6.50@6.60;
packing. $5.5O@6.25; pigs, $500
$50. sheep-Lambs, $3.50; sheep
S3.80@6.35; yearlings, $5.75@6.85.
ST. LOUIS-Cattle--Beef steers, -
/ @7.1O; stockers and feeders, $2.75G
$40; COWS and heifers, $2.90@6i
Texas steers, s2.75@5.50a cows ana
he4fers, $1.25@3.65. Hogs-Pigs ant
lights, s5.50@6.40; packers, $6.25d
ego; butchers and best heavy, $5.8'
@6.45. sheep-Natiyes. $3.O0@6.S5
] lambs, $4.000675.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
BAD DREAMS
Frequently Due to Coffee Drinking.

p hL# -
Ono of the common symptoms Of
coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that
spoil what should be restful sleep. A
man who found the reason says:
formerly I was a slave 70 coffee. I
was like a morphine fend. could not
sleep at night, would roll and toss In
my bed and when / did get to sleep
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob-
Inns, would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day, 30 ervou !
could not attend to business. My writ
ing looked like bird tracks, I had sour
belchings from the stomach. indiges-
lion. heartburn and palpitation OF the
heart, constipation, ~irregularity of the
kidneys. etc.
Indeed. l began to feel I had all the
troubles that human flesh could suffer,
but when q friend advised me to leave
on coffee I felt as II he had insulted
me. ! could not bear the idea, 1t had
such Q hold ON me and ! refused to
believe 1t the cause.
-But It turned out that no advice was
ever given at q more needed time for
I finally consented to try Postum and
with the going Of coffee and the com-
ing Of Postum all my troubles have
gone ana health has returned. I eat
and sleep well now. nerves steadied
down and I write q fair hand Gas You
can see), can attend to business again
and rejoice that ! am free from the
monster coffee"
Ten days trial Of Postum in place Or
coffee will bring sound. restful., re-
freshing sleep. THERE'S q Reason"
Road The Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Some physicians call II - little health
: classic"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Sheep.

MI. Foolish-Why are sheep the
most dissipated animals?
MI. Silly-Because they gambol all
their lives. spend most of their time
on the turf, many Of themsare black
legs, and all are fleeced in the end.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Horrible Example.

my DEAR" said Mrs. Strongmind. II
want you to accompany me to the
town hall tomorrow evening"
what for?" Queried the meek and
lowly other half Of the combine.
II am to lecture on the Dark Side
of Married Life" explained Mrs. s.,
"and l want you to sit on the plat
form and pose as one Of the illustra-
tons"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Golf Player LIohtnIno's Victim.

During a thunderstorm near Glas-
gov a golf player named George Har-
RE was struck and killed by lightning.
which ripped OF his clothing. includ-
ing his boots, and extracted all his
teeth. It made a hole three feet deep
where he had been standing.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Trouble.

"Now," exclaimed the man who had
been left a fortune, II am a rich man,
and shall have no more trouble"
Destined to disappointment he hur-
ried out and bought an auto.--Detroit
Free Press
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

We million American WON.
en- and children are work.
ing in gainful occupations.
Three million of these Ia
Dor outside the home.
These women workers are
handicapped by their
physical weakness and I'M
accustomed environment.
Yet they have entered our
sharply competitive indus
trial system. and must
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
ausx diamond industry.

There is a factory In Amsterdam.
Holland. which cuts and polishes AGO.
900 diamonds annually. About 20
women do most of the actual cutting
of the stones.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

New Works Growth.
Builders in New York city invest
$500, 900 each day in land and new
houses for apartment jewellers.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

A man isn't necessarily charitable
because he gives himself away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-27
TIME IGNORED CUSTOMS WE'RE
 CARRIED OUT.
Nearly Flight Hundred Degrees Were COnferred-UDited States Senator Knox Is New 6 Doctor
 Of Law.

New Haven. Conn, June 2s.--With the dignified exercises which long use have made impressive. the Yale Uni- , yersity commencement WAS, sobsaeved in Woolsey Hall today, following the procession of the corporation,' the fac- ulties. the guests and the candidates for degrees. The total number of de- grees conferred was 792. Among the honorary degrees awarded were the following:
 Doctor of Laws: Henry Pickering Walcott, Senior Fellow of Harvard; Frederick Newton Judson, Chairman of Yale Alumni Advisory Board; Philan- from Pennsylvania; Herbert Putnam Librarian of Congress.
 Doctor of Divinity: William Adams Brown, Professor in Union Theological Seminary, Yale, B. A., 1886.
 Doctor of Literature: Francis Hop kins Smith.
 Doctor of Science: Joseph Paxson Iddings, Yale, Ph.B., 1877; Archibald Byron McCulIum, Professor of Physi- ology in University of Toronto.
 Master of Arts: Everett James Mo- Knight. Hartford, Conn; Henry Vaughn, Ecclesiastical Architect; Fred erick Trevor Hill, New York.
 Announcement was made by Presi- dent Hadley that the total gifts and pledges to endowment during the past two years, exclusive of legacies, was 5000, 900. Of this amount S2,800, ,000 was the direct result of the endowment movement started by the University two wears ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-27
YALE,s YEAR ENDS CLOSE OF HARVARD
FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY GRAD
 UATEs FROM UNIVERSITY.
Many Distinguished Graduates and Guests Present at the 27Ist Conn., mencement of AmeFica's Old-
 est E5ucatiOnaI InstitutiOn.

Cambridge, Mass, June 3s.-Ameri- ca's oldest educational Institution, liar ward University, today closed its zTlss year. graduating a class of $50. FcG- lures of the day were the meeting of the Board of overseers at g o'clock. the opening of the polls for the cleo ton of the expiring terms of overseers to the graduates of three years stand ing, the arrival of the Governor, the gathering at Old Massachusetts Hall of the President, fellows, overseers, faculties, invited guests. the march to the time- -honored Sanders Theatre for the exercises, the assembly of the dis tinguished company, and finally the meeting of the Alumni Association.
 Harvard was honored today by the presence of Secretary of State Elthu Root, James Bryce. Great Britain's Am bassador to America, and the Duke D'Abrussi, on whom honorary degrees were conferred.
 The theatre was completely filled when the President entered at the head of the long line of black-gowned men, and as soon as the company were seat ed. the formal presentation of com mencement parts began.
 The delivery of the under graduates. divinity BC1OOl ana lhH SChOOASp OSSu- pied nearly an hour and this was fol- lowed by the award or degrees by President Elliot.
 Among the honorary degrees con ferred were the following: Master of Arts, Worthingtou Chouncey Ford chief of the division of manuscript in the Congressional Library at Washing ton, and Henry Arthur Jones. the dra- matist.
 Doctors of Divinity: Henry Sylves- ter Nash, Professor in the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge, and William Goodell Frost, President oi Bera College, Kentucky.
 Doctor of Letters: George Lyman Kittredge, Professor of English at Harvard, and Theodore Earth. Lawyer and Journalist.
 Doctor oi Laws: Woodrow Wilson President of Princeton University; Eli hu Root, Secretary of State; James Bryce British Ambassador to the Uni ted States; Jean Jules Jusserand French Ambassador to the United States. and Prince Luigi Amadea, Duke of The Arbruzzi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-27
WASHINGTON GLAD MAY SETTLE STRIKE
KEY MEN TAKE STEPS TOWARD
 THIS END.
Striking Operators Appoint a ConfexS ence Committee With View of Opening Negotiations With
 The Two C0mpamfeA.

San Francisco, uune 2e.-President s. J. Small of the Commercial Teleg- raphers' Union, appealed yesterday directly e6 Clarence MacRay. head gof the Postal Telegraph Company. Small wrote a letter directed to offset the one written by Mackay to the officials of the Postal Company. in which Mac kay commended the operators who re- fused to go out and condemned the men who struck.
 President Mackay and the officials of his company have enjoyed the esteem of the telegraphers. who said yester- day that they hoped that Smalrs expo sition of the case. from the standpoint of the employees, might be productive of peace.
 A possible step toward settlement was made yesterday when the striking operators appointed a conference com mittee of seven members, including President Small, with view of open ing negotiations with the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Com panies. Although the powers of the committee was not announced follow ing its appointment, 1t is thought the committee will be clothed with author ity to arrange a basis for settlement
 The operators uecidTe that the CoAh- panies are seriously crippled and must ultimately yield to the demands for a 25 per cent increase in wages. It was conceded generally that the strike was likely to continue for several weeks. and the possibility of extending the strike was also admitted.
 Officials of both companies declared yesterday that they were handling ex- peditiously all the business that came to them. Both claimed gains in their staff of operators.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-27
NINE HOTELS BURN
 AT JAMES TOWN FAIR.
Fire Played HaU z With Buildings Just Outside Of fFs, Grounds and Many
 Exhibit aHs Threatened.

Norfolk, Va, June 26.--Fire early to- day at Pine Beach, a resort filled with hotels of varying sizes, restaurants, stores and places of amusement just outside the Jamestown Exposition grounds destroyed frame structures. covering a large area in the territory between Virginia and Maryland Ave- nues, and 102nd and 103rd Streets. in- cluding Exposition Avenue. This dis trict is immediately on the outside of the western fence of the Exposition grounds, extending to a point near the Pine Beach Hotel and north to Hamp- ton Roads from the trolley track which runs with the Exposition fence at Maryland Avenue to the original Pine Beach pier at the mouth of the Eliz- abeth River. The cause of the fire is unknown.
 The loss is placed at between $200.- 900 and $250.000 with about 20 per cent. insurance, the high rates having been almost prohibitive for taking of large risks on frame structure. It is reported that two lives were lost but this has not been confirmed.
 The Inside Inn and tie Kentucky State building on the western side of the Exposition grounds, as we'll as the negro building and auxiliaries, were threatened for a time, but the fire reached nothing inside of the grounds
 The Arcade, Royal. Pine, Hampton Roads. Washington House. Outside Inn, Powhattan. Carolina and Berkely ho- tels were among the largest buildings destroyed. The States Hotel was rot reached, and the Pine Beach Hotel was not in immediate danger. The Pow haitian Guards and the Exposition fire department did splendid work in pre- venting the fire from spreading beyond the boundary in which 1t WAS finally confined, and burned itself out. About the only buildings saved within the affected area are the Tourists Hotel, the Greystone Inn and California Franks Buffet. all on 102nd Street.
 The 23rd United States Infantry was ordered out and the entire district west of the Exposition grounds. reaching to the States Hotel is under its protection.
 Between forty and fifty structures