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The National tribune., 1908-06-18

Bernard S. Rodey. formerly Delegate
in Congress from New Mexico, but now
Judge of the United States Court in
Porto Rico. was in the city last week
on his way TO the National Republican
Convention in Chicago. But Mr.. Rodey
does not bring good reports of the 10y
atty of the people down there. He says
that the people in Porto Rico do not
take off their hats nor rise when Amer
ica's National songs are sung. He says
they used to do this, but since we have
denied to Porto Rico the rights oil
American citizens the Porto Ricans
have taken this method of letting us
know they do not care for us. Now
really, don't you know. that is a rule
that would work both ways. II the
Porto Ricans have so little manhood
about them as to sulk like spoiled chill
dren they are not fitted for citizenship
The National tribune., 1908-06-18

Oliver f. Kelly. venerable founder
of the famous farmers organization.
the Patrons of Husbandry, better
known perhaps as the Changers, who
has been ill at his home here, is re-
ported to be greatly improved.
The National tribune., 1908-06-18

The Confederate Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy held Me
mortal Day exercises at Arlington last
Sunday, June Z. The Confederate sec
ton in, Arlington was the scene of their
decorations. Confederate cross
was unvailed as a part of the cere-
monies The cross was the Confed-
crate flag symbolized. Gov. Glenn, OF
North Carolina, was the orator.
The National tribune., 1908-06-18

Victor II. Metcalf. Secretary of the
Navy, will leave Washington on hi:
Summer vacation between June 5 anC
June 20. He will go to F'sut Springs
in the mountains of California, where
he spent his vacation last Sun mer.
He Will deuVke most of his leisure
hours to walking and camping cut. Hc
will not be in San Francisco on July {
to witness the departure of The allan
tic battleship fleet for its cruise to the
Orient. He will be gone about ty;f
months. r0a o.,
The National tribune., 1908-06-18

The condition of Representative A.
A. Wiley. of Alabama, who is at Hot
Springs. KY. and VINO has been criti-
caily i'll at his hotel since his arrival
from Washington, was decidedly worse
on Monday last. During the morning
hours his pulse was extremely feeble.
and it was admitted then that he might
not survive the day.
The National tribune., 1908-06-18

Bishop Brent says NO" and so the
Episcopal Bishopric of Washington will
have to hunt another man to wear it.
Bishop Brent is away off in the Phil
ippines. enduring hardships. trials and
suffering, but he can see results each
day from his labors there He declines
the soft job in Washington. and pre-
fers to remain among the sayages
across the sea. Sensible man. There
will be ii reconvcning of the Diocesan
Convention to elect another Bishop.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
THE LANGUAGE" OF ANIMALS,
Various Cries and Calls Not tho Me.
dium Of Communication.

Huxley thought that because Of the
absence Of language the brutes can
have no trains OF thoughts, but only
trains OF feeling, and this Is the opin-
ion of most comparative psychologists.
I am myself quite ready to admit that
the lower animals come as near to
reasoning as they come to having a
language. Their various cries and
calls-the call to the mate, Of alarm,
of pain, Of joy-do serve as he me-
dunn OF some sort of communication,
but they do not stand for ideas or
mental concepts any more than the
various cries of a child do. They are
the result Of simple reactions to out
ward objects or to inward wants, and
do not imply any mental process what
eve A grown person may utter a
cry of pain or fear or pleasure with a
mind utterly blank of any ideas. Once
on a moonlight night l lay In wait for
some boy poachers in my vineyard.
AS l suddenly rose up, clad in a long
black coat. and rushed for and
seized his leg as he was Fastening
over the fence, he uttered a wild, agon-
ICED scream precisely as a wild ami.
NAL does when suddenly seized. He
told me afterward he was simply
frightened out of his wits. For the
moment he was simply an u~nreasoning
animal.-John Burroughs, in Outing
Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
TROUBLE WITH MODERN CHILD.
Too Early Made Acquainted with the
Pomp Of the World.

Miss l.. E. Stearns, In her lecture
on the "Thankless Child" in Milwau-
kee, pleaded for children to have time
to be children. II know Of a Milwau-
kee mother who was surprised lately
to find that at a birthday party which
her daughter "a child Of eight had
attended two liveried pages stood at
the door to receive the gifts the chill
dren brought. The same little girl who
was hostess at the party, when in a
formal mood, is apt to go to call upon
some child Of her own age In her
mothers carriage, accompanied by a
footman and driver, and when she
arrives, presents her visiting card be-
fore seeing her friend" Miss Stearns
compared this complicated existence
with that of the great John Ruskin,
who had but four toys during his en-
tire childhood, but who spent many
enraptured hours with these, and he
2'tributed his taste for architecture to
TIE fact of his blocks, n of the
toys, having interested him in build
ing at SO early an age.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
BOSLEY BROS, Montgomery City, Mo.
ELECTRIC CORN Pepper HERE.
Very Different from the Old Time
Kind You Held Over e Fire.

The old fashioned wire CORE pepper
in which you pop corn owe a glowing
fire, is familiar enough, but a novelty
is the electric corn pepper; In which
you pop corn by electricity.
The electric corn pepper consists Of
al aluminium basin with flaring sides,
to which is fitted a dome shaped cov-
er Of wire gauze; this owe to keep
the corn from popping out as it pops,
and also to enable one to see how the
popping is getting on. To the under
side of the basin is permanently at
tached a resistance coil in which heat
is produced when the electric current
is turned on.
In n side of the pepper are two
plug holes. Into these holes you in
sert the two plugs at one end of a
flexible electric wire, the other end
Of which you screw into the nearest
and most convenient electric light
socket.
AS everybody knows, in popping
corn in a wire pepper you have to
keep the pepper moving as you hold
1t over the fire to keep the corn from
burning; to permit keeping 1t agitated
to the same enc, the electric pepper,
which is used on a stand or table, is
mounted on wheels.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
SOUGHT AND FOUND THEM NOT.
Few, Indeed, There Seem to Be Who
Really Love Nature.

One came from another world. He
went down Fleet street and saw the
weary, witless men who wrote daily Of
Nature and her beauties. He wen to
a theater and heard those who sang
Of her charm. He wen into the coun-
try, and heard peasants grumbling Of
their lot and signing for the town.
He watched "sportsmen," who rent the
magnificent ~silences with the harsh
crack of rifles, and destroyed wanton-
ly the blithest birds and beasts. Then
he met a philosopher.
q" have seen those who live with
Nature, those who ravish her splen-
doris, those who write and sing of her.
Now, where are those who love herr"
And, like all men with a reputation,
the philosopher vas notwithstanding
ster Gazette.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Gotham's Limited Shake.

eff there is any one thing irritates
me-" said a Chicago mar who was
spending a few days in the metropolis,
1T is the habit that some of you New
Workers have contracted of giving one
or two fingers in place of the full
hand shake. I've had the experience
half a dozen times this trip, and I'm
heartily tired of it. OF course, as a
rule, the person who so greets you has
something in his right hand-papers
or what not-when the salutation Is
exchanged; but why, in the lame Of
common sense, doesn't he dispose Of
the impedimenta for a brief moment
of friendliness? We think that we
hustle out in the Windy City, and as
a matter of fact we do, but we aren't
in such IN ALFRED hurry that We
can't take time off to give a decent
grasp"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
YALE MEN TAKE TO THE LAW.
The Bar stu Attracts one-Third Of the
Unlverslty's Graduates.

The statisticians at Yale have
drawn up q table to show what occu-
pations the graduates Of the institu-
ton have chosen in the last century.
From the table 1t appears that the
ministry has fallen of greatly as an
attraction.
When the century opened about 80
per cent. of Yale graduates were min
listers. Beginning with 1860 this num-
Der took a great fall. Since 1865 the
average has been six per cent.
The averages for law and medicine
have remained about the same. AS a
rule ten per cent. of Yale's graduates
are doctors. In law the figures have
been steadily about 33 per cent
In teaching and science the figures
have increased very gradually from
about two per cent. to IL per cent.
The strongest upward tendency has
been that of business. The farmers
have fallen off ever since the southern
planters ceased to enter Yale.
Business now attracts about one.
third of the men, and the law about
one-third. The other third Is divided
between the ministry, science, teach
ing, forestry and a few other branches.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Smallest Birds the Bravest.

Birds fearless are the humming birds.
So unafraid are these charming crea-
lures that they readily will enter open
windows of houses IL they see the
flowers within. They even have been
known to visit the artificial flowers
on a woman's hat when she was walk
ing out, and other writer's speak of
their taking sugar from between a
persons lips. In a o they become
confused and, being frail, are apt to
injure themselves by striking against
objects. 1t is of nc use to try, to
keep them in captivity unless possibly
it were in a greenhouse, where there
we're plenty Of flowers, for no artificial
food ever has been found which will
nourish them. Yet even in a green
house they probably would kill them.
selves by flying against the glass.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Didn't See the Joke.

A certain curate was of a painfully
nervous temperament, and in conse-
quence was constantly making awk-
ward remarks-intended as compli-
ments-to the bishop and others.
Having distinguished himself in an
unusual degree during a gathering of
clergy to IN afternoon tea in the
bishops palace, he was taken to task
for his failings by a senior curate,
who was inc Of his companions on the
way home.
Look here" said Bruce, the senior
decidedly, you r a donkey. Why
can't you keep quiet instead of max
ing your asinine remarks? I am speak
ing to you now as a brother"
Loud laughter interrupted him at
this point, and for the moment he did
not see the joke.-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Forethouuht,

A lad Of ten years living in a suburb
of Baltimore was recently taken into
town to spend the day with his grand
father.
At dinner he ate himself into a state
of great satisfaction, his relatives the
while looking on in wonder. Finally
he vas actually forbidden to eat any
more.
On the way home the lad pulled
something from his pocket and began
gnawing at it.
What is that, Bobby?" asked his
sister.
"Only a dog biscuit" came from
Robert, in apologize tone.
Where did you get it?"
II knew I'd be hungry before I got
home" explained Bobby, 80 1 took
it away from Fdo."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
CHURCH

Rev. Fl. D. Thompson, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at II 80
q. m, and 1880 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday 81
9:46 a. m.
Junior Epworth League every
Sunday at $3.50 p. IN.
Senior Epworth League every
Sunday at 6:45 p. In.
Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day night at 7.30 p. m.
A cordial invitation is extended
to every one to attend all these
services. We will give you a hearty
welcome and try to do you good.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
sRHRIPF's sALn.
Under Deed OF Trust by Sheriff Act
ing an Trustee.

Whereas, Alfred Buzz, u single man, by his
certain deed OF trust dated May "a, 1905, and
recorded In the Recorders Office for Mont
gomery county, Missouri, In record book n,
pages as and 248 conveyed to one w. w. Bar
rett rs trustee, the real estate herein below
describe In trust to secure the payment OF u
certain promisory note described In said deed
OF trust; and
whereas, on March 10th, 1908 the said trus-
tee, W. W. Barrett did refuse In writing to
act as trustee In said deed Of trust and to
execute tho powers Of sale therein contained:
md,
whereas, said deed of trust provided that In
case of the refusal to act as trustee OF said
". W. Barrett, the then acting Sheriff OF
Montgomery county, Missouri, succeeds the
said W. W. Barrett as trustee with power to
execute the powers OF sale contained In said
deed of trust; and,
Whereas, the undersigned was at the time
OF the refusal to net OF the said W. w. Barrett
and is now the duly qualified and acting
Sheriff of Montgomery county, Missouri; and.
Whereas, the promisory note described in
said deed OF trust has long since been past
due and Is unpaid;
Now Mt the request Of the legal holder Of
said propisory note described In said deed of
trust and under the provisions and powers OF
sale contained in said deed Of trust, l, the
undersigned Sheriff Of Montgomery county,
Missouri, and acting trustee, will sell the
real estate described in said deed OF trust
and situate I'm the County of Montgomery and
State of Missouri, to-wit; One hundred and
twenty acres OF land described rs follows;
the Northwest forth Cd OF the Southwest
quarter OF section five () and the East half
Ch) Of the Southeast quarter (A) Of section
six (6), Township forty-six (46) Range five
West; to the highest bidder for cash at the
front door of the Court House In the City OF
Montgomery, Montgomery county, Missouri
ON
SATURDAY the 18th DAY Of APRIL, 1908
between the hours OF nine o'clock in the fore
noon and five o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, for the purpose OF satisfying the promi'
sorry note described in said deed of trust. in
terest thereon and costs OF sale.
GEORGE f. EARNEST.
Sheriff OF Montgomery County, Missouri
and Acting Trustee.
First insertion March ID, 1908.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
How Lord Kelvin Saved His Neck.

The late Lord Kelvin, when he was
deep in some abstract problem, was
very absent-minded and unpunctual.
ways to cry out: Late again! Late
again!" when the scientist came in
to his meals. He gave himself
time to catch trains, and for many
years 2 persisted In jumping into
trains while they were in motion-to
the great risk of his limbs. His
friends declared that the ice acct
dent which famed him was a blessing
in disguise, for 1t saved his neck.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
SETTLEMENT DOCKET.
April Term, Probate Court, Mont
gomery County, Missouri, 1908,
at City Of MONTGOMERY.

First Day, Monday, April 20, 1908.
Atterberry, II. II. decd, W. A. Crockett, admr
Adams. Ursula F., minor, Aug. Standhardt
cur.
Andrews, Martha, decd, +. A. Duendel, admr
Dyer heirs, :. $. Cox, cur.
Behold. Gottlieb. Herman Rezold. exr.
Bucker, Petronella. hen Salemink & Hy
Buckcr, eNrs.
Best, John, Johns Isaac Best, exrs.
Second Day, Tuesday APP. 81, 1908
Blackburn heirs, Jno r. Logan. cur.
Chandler. Elsie & Elmer, Jno. LETTERS, cur.
Clay, Chas.. Synthia Clay, admrx,
Cotfman, Jno..E C. CofYman, exr.
Davis, ID. q. & Richard. J. H.. White. cur.
Evans. Elizabeth c., L. ID. Evans, admr.
Earnest heirs, Geo. E. Earnest, cur.
Third Day, Wednesday, April %.
Eckler heirs, Carrie Ecker, cur.
Goshorn. W. s., W. c. & o. f, Goshorn, admrs
GarwOod. Amanda, :. 5. Cox, cur.
HagedOrn, VIM, Clara Hagedorn, exrx.
Hart, Edward, Annette Hart, exrx.
Logan heirs, Jno. X. Logan, cur.
Logan heirs. Annette Hart, cur.
Fourth Day, Thursday, Apr. %, '0S
McHoney, Nathan W. F. Hays, admr.
Mahoney, Mathew, Mary Mahoney. exrx.
O'Donnell, Patrick, j. +. O'Donnell, admr.
Paul heirs, JnO. Gosen, cur.
Rosser. Thos.. RosserlRosser, admir-.
Roley, Milton s.. Monroe Harmon, admr.
Smith heirs, Jno. p. Smith, cur.
Fifth Day, Friday, April "a, 1908.
Spotser, Rufus. W. r. Anderson. cur,
Steere. f. NJ, Emily J. Steere, admrx.
Thomas, Wilhelmina, b. Baker. admr.
Wicklien, Andrew, ST., Herman Wick len. exr
Wicklien, Henry, Herman Wicklien, gdn.
Williams, T. p, j. B. Hamlet. admir-.
Zumsteg. Crecentia, BIS. Baker, admr.
LESLIE d.. ELLIS,
Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CHURCH
Rev. T. M. Green Pastor.

Rev. T. M. Green Pastor.
Preaching I'd, Sd and 4th Sun~
days In each month at II q. m. and
1880 p. m.
Sunday School each Sunday -
$40 q. mr.. G. Brown, Supt. q
b. Y. p. U.-Sunday evening -
6:45-Mattie Merritt, Pres.
Prayer meeting Wednesday a.
1850 p. m.
Charch.business meeting, Satur.
aav before the second Sunday II
saeh month at 2: 80 p, m.
Ladies' Missionary Society lase
Friday In each month at 2:30 p. N.
Mss Ella Hewett, President
Ladies' Aid Society, Friday be-
fore the I'd Sunday and the 4tA
Sunday in each month at 2. p. N.
Mrs. D.. o. Hudson, Pres.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
LOUTRE

Mrs. @. A. Norman, of Ameri-
Gus, is spending a few days with
her daughter. Mrs. Fritz Stiegnan.
August Stiegman and wife and
John Brookshier and wife spent
Sunday evening with G. A. Brook
shier and wife.
AL. Norton and wife, of near
Americus, spent Tuesday at D. T.
Milikan.
Harmon Timmerberg and wife
visited his brother VIM. and wife,
Sunday evening.
Mrs. D. T. Milikan is very low
with rheumatism.
G. e. Bookseller and family
spent Sunday evening with Fritz
Timmerberg and family of Dry
Fork. THE MULE.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
mo Gulf of Mute Space"

The thousand soft voices Of the
earth have truly found their way to
me-the small rustic in tufts of grass,
the silky swish Of leaves, the buzz Of
insects, the hnw o. bees in blossoms
/ have plucked, ttsa futter Of a birds
wings after his bath, and the slender
ripping vibration of water running
owe pebbles. Once having been felt,
these loved voices rustic, buzz, hum,
fiutter and ripple In my thought for
ever, an undying part of happy mem
ories.-From Helen Keller's Sense
and Sensibility" in Century.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
The o. Majd.

Robert Barr, the English novelist,
was entertained at dinner by a North
Woodward avenue family. The men
adjourned to the smoking Don and
the hostess fingered to give orders to
the maid.
CO." said the young girl. II was SC
proud to have been able to wait on
Mr.. Barr. He is the first famous man
/ have ever attended"
And then in a burst of maidenly en-.
thusiasm, she exclaimed:
Perhaps some day I may be called
to wait on MISREPRESENTATION
Free Press.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Obscure Art.

I'm afraid that you don't appre'
ciate that composition" remarked the
musician.
mo-" answered Mr.. Cumrox; "in
all frankness, I must say ! don't. II
keeps me guessing"
Keeps you ~guessing?"
Eyes. / always have three guesses
why anybody wrote it in the first
place, why anybody plays 1t in the
second place, and why anybody listens
to 1t in the third"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Al she Understood Il.

We were talking about honors, and
I heard the story about Sir Lawrence
Alma Tadsma, r. A.. when he was
knighted. says a writer in the London
Taller.
"Oh," said q lady friend, dear Sir
Lawrence, ! am so GLAD I suppose,
now that you have been knighted,
you'll give up. painting and live Ike .
gentleman?"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Had Been Busy.

A man who served as a hackman in
Hampstead, Long Island. for v so
years died. Some days previous, as
he sat doing in front Of the rail
road depot, a commuter said to him:
You must have cen some queer
things, Luke, in your half century OF
going to and fro?" Dunno a. l have"
was the slow answer. "Just hacked
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
CHRISTIAN

w. A. Mclean, Minister.
Sunday school at $3.50 u. "A.
every Lords Day.
Preaching 1st, 81 and Sd Sun.
days in each month at ii W. and
Z p. N.
Y. P. S. C.iE. every Lords Day
at 7 p. m. Junior at 3 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednes
day at 8 p. m.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
Amenities Of the Fair Sex.

Amenities OF the Fair Sex.
Mrs. Al thought that Mrs. G. was
a friend of yours?
Mrs. B.-And SO she Is.
Mrs. A.-Well. she isn't. She's a
hypocrite.
Mrs. BLOW do you know that?
Mrs. A.-Because she tried to get
me to say something mean about you.
Mrs. B.-She did? How?
her what / really thought of you.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-04-03
TIE Composition Of Northeast
Missouri Soils.

TIE Composition OF Northeast
Missouri Soils.
The Agricultural exp-r'n"nt
station ct Columbia is engaged in
making . soil survey OF the state
outlininv tho various soil types
and making chemical examination
Of each. A feature of this work
also 10 the carrying out the field
experiments with fertilizers and
other sell treatments or the more
important soil types of the state.
Several experimental fields have
beer established in northeast Mis-
souri, at the following locations:
Monroe City, Bowling Green, Van
dalia, Hurdland, High Hill and
Unionville. The analysis of soils,
both from shese fields and from
samples taken In other counties,
sho that the prairie land of this
region lacks approximately one
half of the nitrogen, two-thirds of
the phosphorus that a very fertile
should contain, while its potas-
sum supply is ample. For the
white oak tim be- land Of this re-
gion the sane deficiencies exist
except In q more marked degree.
Such land lacks something over
one-half It's nitrogen as a rule,
and about three-fourths it's phos-
phorus, while the potassium is
usually sufficient. As these three
elements are che ones which are
commonly lacking in soils. it car
readily be seen that in order to
make this land productive atten-
ton must be given to the building
up Of the elements, nitrogen and
phosphorus.
Tho experiments which have
been conducted on these expert
mental ielde corroborate very SUBJ
stantially the r-sults of these an
alysis. They show, for instance,
that the addition of nitrogen in
any form is always accompanied
by an increased crop production,
while practically the same is true
of the element phosphorus.
In a practical way the methods
of building up and maintaining
the nitrogen supply is first, the
adoption Of crop rotation which
shall prevent the rapid burning
out of the humus and nitrogen,
second, the growing of legumin-
GUS plants such as clover and GO W
peas, which crops have the power
of adding nitrogen to the soil and
the air, through the means of bac-
terra, which exist on their roots ;
third by feeding back onto the
land as much of the farm crops
grown rs possible. The phos-
phorous supply is built up first,
by feeding back Of crops on the
land as mentioned for nitrogen,
and second by the addition of
some form of a commercial phos-
Phate such as steamed bone meal
superphosphate or the ground
rock phosphate. On very many
of the thin lands of northeast
Missouri the addition of these
phosphates will pay rather large
returns.
The analyses as we'll "a the ex-
p%eriments indicate that the soil
especially on the flat wet areas OF
the prairie is inclined to lack lime,
consequently the use of lime as a
corrective of sourness on this
soil may sometimes be used to ad.
vantage.
The results of the experiment
with corn, wheat, oats, clover on
these experimental fields are now
available and they will be taken
up from time to time through the
kindness of the local papers.
M. F. MILLER,
Agricultural Experiment Station
Columbia, Mo.