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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
PROMISES OF ELECTRICAL ERA.
Advancement That viii Open Natures
Heart to Man.

Fire made man master of the mole
Guile; electricity makes him master of
the atom and opens natures heart.
Fire melted sand to glass and pre-
pared the path for a telescope for Gal.
ileo, a camera for Daguerre, a micro
scope for Pasteur, engines for Watt,
Stephenson, Parsons and De Laval;
all the streams of lead and iron, cop
per and zinc ever smelted from their
ores, all We acids, oils and alcohols.
But all these electricity can do, do
1t better than fame, and greater works
than these, tasks beyond the power Of
fire. The electrical era is only dawn
ing. There are motors and dynamos,
heaters and lamps, chemical dividers
and batteries. The larger the field Of
electricity the cheaper it will become
and the bigger will be the demand.
When there are not only telephones
in every house, but sewing machine
motors, fans, smoothing irons, chatting
dishes and the like, electricity will be-
gin to mean as much for man to-day
as, long ago, did the first kindling Of
fire with slowly Won arts of furnace
and lamp, oven and smelter, crucible
and still. Thus saith q prophet Of
electricity.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
TYPE THAT HAS PASSED AWAY.
Country Schoolmaster Of the Early
Days of America.

Apropos Of the country schoolmas-
ter of the early days of America, an
old manuscript in the New Jersey
Historical society contains the follow
ing characteristic anecdote:
"A travelling person coming into q
country neighborhood where was a
vacant schoolhouse offered himself as
a teacher. The neighbors convened to
examine into his abilities. He was
asked what branches he could teach.
Almost any, was the answer. He
could instruct children how to read
without first learning to spell, to write
without first making marks, and 1t
was Indifferent to him in what rule
they first commenced arithmetic.
Are you acquainted with mathemat-
les, sir?' was the next question. Sup
posing some great literary character
was meant, the fellow assumed an air
Of great Importance and quickly re.
piled: Matthew Mattocks, sir? No,
sir, I am not acquainted with Matthew,
but I know his brother, Tom. very
welll'"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
USED HIS STORED KNOWLEDGE.
When High School Learning Came In
Handy to Business Man.

~ used for the first time to-day
something 1 learned Is years ago, said
a writer in the Milwaukee Sentinel.
1T was the application of a principle
in geometry in relation to the inscrib-
ing Of a hexagon in a circle, which I
learned when at the high school. l had
an order placed for some taborets
(that Is flower stands) given me and
the party that gave me the order
wants the tops 16 inches across Well,
that was easy enough to fill, but be-
side that the sides were to be hexa-
gonal, so I had to sit down and figure
out how much fve-eighths-inch wood
would have to be leveled off to have
the parts fit exactly. Here is where
l used my geometry.
Daniel Webster is quoted as saying
that he once used a fact which had
lain dormant for IA years, so ! have
him beaten by a year.
You often hear people say What Is
the use of learning this?' seeing no use
for 1t at the time, but things which
at the time seem most impracticaDle
are often later of use. That is one Of
the complaints in our public schools,
but as In my case 1t may some day
prove of USE"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
WHERE AUBURN Locks ABOUND.
Found In Great Numbers in North
eastern Part Of Scotland.

Red hair Ia found In distinct excess
north Of the Grampians, and especially
in the northeast of Scotland. A sci.
enlist who has made the question Of
fermentation a special study, and has
just been helped to conclude . color
survey Of the school c~hiidren-over
50,000-of Scotland, announced this
as one of his results.
In most European countries, he said,
there Is a distinct predominance Of
one type over the others. In north
Germany and Sweden 1t is the blonde
type; in Italy the brunette. No such
predominance Is found in Scotland.
Dark hair and fair are present in
equal proportions. The dominant col
or among Scottish children is brown,
and it has to be shown how far brown
is really a blend of fair and dark.
The proportion of red hair through
out the country Is a little over 5 per
cent.-high compared with the cor
tinent. One cannot overlook the ref
erence of Tacitus to the red haired
C~aledonians. Some curious facts
brought to light suggest that red hair
is NJ entirely or strictly a racial
trait. 1t may have some peculiar
physiological If not pathological con-
nection.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
MISSING LINK IN ARGENTINA.
vertebrae Chased as Oldest Human
Remains Found In the New World.

The Oldest human remains on the
American continent have been discov.
cred in the Argentine republic. Some
four or five years ago a vertebra was
dug up in the ~neighborhood of Monte
Hermoso and deposited in the museum
Of La Plata. There it attracted the
attention of the director, a German,
Herr Lehmann-Nitsche. He recog-
nized 1t as having strong resemblances
to a human cervical or neck vertebra
and also some relation to the bones of
the higher apes, without exactly CORE
spending with either.
Then he compared 1t with some other
bones in the collection, and the result
of his study was the hypothesis OF a
new type, neither human nor ape, but
related to both. The curve of the
spine indicated by the bones sug-
gested IN animal that walked upright,
but the size and formation of the
bones made it clear that the head
they supported was small and light,
with very small brain capacity.
The remains resemble certain bones
OF a primitive ace of men found in
Java more closely than any other non
human or near human specimens.
They represent altogether the oldest
type of humanity, if human they are,
ever found in the western continent.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Funny Stories Cured Him,

Having vainly tried many and vari-
Gus remedies to restore to health a
business man whom l know and who
had fallen into a morbid condition
owing to years of overwork, a famous
Baltimore physician at last persuaded
his patient to take a course of funny
stories, n at each meal, with an
extra two at dinner" says a CORES
pondent. "The patient, a solemn and
gloomy fellow, at first rebelled, but
finally falling in with the idea adopted
tne course recommended and was in
the end restored to health, the effect
of laughter being entirely to change
his mental and bodily condition.
Laughter, in fact, is one of the cheap
est and most effective Of medicines,
breaking up stagnation of mind and
body and sending a healthy vibration
through ones system. There is very
little the matter with the man who
a enjoy a hearty laugh"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
HAVE KEEN EYE FOR BEAUTY.
Instinct of Design Seems Planted in
the Japanese.

When a Japanese cannot mold the
shape of an object, when he cannot
redeem it by a design, when, in fact,
he has no control over it's creation at
all, but it is placed in his hands as it
Is, finished, says the author Of "Ka-
kemono," he will still contrive to add
beauty to it merely by arrangement.
II first noticed this on board the
steamer going out" says Mr.. Edwards,
where the Japanese boy arranged
the extra blanket on the berth in a
new design each day. He folded it
Into lotus leaves and chrysanthemums,
into half-opened fans and half-shut
buds. He had one wonderful ar
rangement which, being patriotic, was
more often repeated than the rest.
The blankets of the steamship COM
pany had at top and bottom two wavy
red lines on a white ground. BY some
wonderful twist of bis fingers the boy
would fold that blanket into the rising
sun, with the four red lines coming
out OF it like blood-red rays. He did
1t so perfectly that l recognized the
flag of Japan the moment I saw it,
Youths Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
When Like Cures Like.

IF you want to be forever cured of
smoking cigarettes" said the woman
who is, have "a cigarette fiend visit
you for a couple of weeks. | inherited
one recently. Now she is gone. I
breathe again. She was like a little
chimney, smoking, smoking, day and
night. I would wake at the sound of
the scratching Of a match, then smell
the smoke. I shudder at the smell
of the smoke. I used to come In out
of the fresh air and find the fiat filed
with smoke and the smell of 1t. I
would throw up every window. / felt
like throwing her out of one of them,
sitting there with the fiendish cigar
cite between her teeth, smoking,
smoking, smoking. Not any more
cigarettes for me, I can tell you. /
I'M cured."-New York Press.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Secret of EIaborate Wardrobes.

you've heard of the little boy that
had to stay in bed when his brother
had to wear their one dress-up suit
of Clothes" remarked an exclusive
dressmaker. well, that plan Of trad
ing clothes isn't confined just to lit
tie boys or to people in poor circum-
stances. l know of three sisters out
in the East End who have all kinds
of money and whose wardrobes are in
Interchangeable.
"The only objection to their plan
is that some of. their n~eighbors have
been observant enough to notice their
exchanges.
aside from these sisters I know
a number Of prominent Cleveland
women who think nothing Of borrow
ing a gown apiece from three or four
of their friends when they are going
away on a visit Of a week or two."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
O. Garrett to ]. O. Garrett, 81.
47-6, $1,000.
L. H. L. Hammond to j. w. Psre
kins, 27-49-4, $4,000. +,
j. w. Perkins to Artie Ham.
monds, lots in New BellHeweB,
$4,000.
J. electromagnetic to Joseph
Pine, lotss:in Bellflower, $3.50.
G. J.EDaviss..to .Samuel Hinton,
11-49-4,.,S49O0.
Acknowledgements to n. e..
Sabin, 7-47,3, $1,000.
Tony Koenigsmark TO M. E.
Sabin, 6-47-a, $4,000.
Charles D. Blanchard to John
Sutter, 1850, $4,000.
VIM. H. Miller ct al 10 Eli IA.
Cox, fractional lot No. 81, $500.
D. H. Glare to Frsnk w. Glare,
1S-49-4, $500.
j. T. .Blakeman to Laura D.
Edwards, i5-49.6, $1,000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Parents Held Reasonable.

New York has adopted very strin.
gent rules for the preservation of the
health OF school children, one of the
latest developments being the rule
that parents who do not keep their
children in good health shall be pros
ecuted. This seems a little autocratic
at first glance, but those who have
studied the subject will readily under
stand that it is only common justice,
as many parents r utterly Indifferent
as to the health Of their children, ex-
posing them unnecessarily, clothing
them inadequately and not providing
good food for them, even when their
means allow.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

Mr.. Norman R. Coulter, a prom
inent architect. in the Delbert
Building, San Francisco says: 81
fully endorse all that has been
said of Electric Bltters as q tonic
medicine. 1t is good for every
body. It oorrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders in a PROMPT
and efficient manner and builds up
the system" Electric Bitters is
the best spring medicine ever sold
over a druggists counter; as a
blood purifier it is unequaled.
SOC. at Crump & Kid wells drug
store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Nice line of High Grade candies
and cigars at j. F. Hassler's.
Curious Cyclone In Japan.

In a bulletin printed in Japan Prof.
Omori reports a regular phenomenon
which attended the passage of a cy-
clone near Toxic. There was a fitting
of the earth's surface in one direction
as the storm approached and in the
other direction after it had gone.
Both movements, registered at the
professors chronological observatory,
indicated a sinking of the earth where
the atmospheric pressure was lowest.
The expert accounts for 1t by sup
posing that suction at the storm CEN
ter raised the level of the adjacent
sea, and thus imposed an abnormal
burden on the bottom of the cean.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTER-
est FROM THE CAPITAL

The investigation int the shoot
ing ARRAY AZ Brownsville has a.
nally been disposed of by the
Senate Committee on Military
Affairs and has resulted In a COM
plete naturalization of the cor
rectness of the Presidents oenclu-
sions and has served to prove
that Senator Foraker, In insisting
on this Investigation, was not
seeking the truth but the votes OF
negro Republicans. Mr.. Foraker's
resolutions declaring that none OF
the soldiers of the 18th infantry
were guilty of the shooting was
defeated by a vote Of ii to 2, For
aker and Buckley of Connecticut
being the only ones who voted
for It. A moment later Mr.. Bulk
sley voted the shooting was done
with Government rifles, In the
hands Of negroes, and issued to
che 25th infantry. Mr.. Bulkeley
like Senator du Point was un will
ing to say that the negro soldiers
actually did the shooting, although
convicted by the evidence that it
was done with guns issued to the
25th and by negroes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Senator Foraker now purposes
to introduce q bill restoring the
discharged soldiers to the army,
giving them back pay and their
previous rank. Of course he
knows that such Q bill would be
unconstitutional If passed, and
that IL a not pass because 1t
will be referred to the very COM
mittee which has just found the
negroes guilty, although unable to
tell which ones did the shooting.
But that makes no difference to
the Ohio Statesman, who seeks
mereley to promote his personal
popularity with the negroes and
to harangue the Senate. 1t is X
pected that the bill will also afford
Senator Tillman, who helped Mr..
Forak er q year ago, an opportu-
nifty to villify the President oncs
more. The Brownsville investi-
cation has cost the people of this
country thousands of dollars and
has proved absolutely nothing
that was not already known when
1t was undertaken, that is that
some of the men of the 25th in
fantry shot up the town of Browns
vile, and that it is impossible to
find out which mes. The only
people, who have profted by the
investigation are Mr.. Foraker and
some of the negro Witnesses
whose expenses were paid to
Washington and for a consider
able time while here. Mr.. Forak-
or charged the government So. a
day during the three months
investigation. last summer
as a hotel bill although he
was living in his own palatial resi-
dence in Washington 80 that was
clear profit to the Senator.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
CHURCH

Rev. H. D. Thompson, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at II 100
a. m, and 1880 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9:45 q. m.
Junior Epworth League every
Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
Senior Epworth League every
Sunday at 6:45 p. m.
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, 1908-03-06

Speaking of the Navy recalls
She unfortunate Lilley. charges
and the ever more unfortunate
disinclination Of Speaker Cannon
TO investigate them. Mr.. Lilley
of Connecticut charges that i'm
proper influence had been sxerted
by a certain submarine boat COM
pany which secured an appropri-
alton from the House committee
for eight submarines, although the
President and the naval experts
asked for only four. Mr.. Cannon
has given unfortunate indications
sf . desire to avoid an i~nvsstiga-
oisa although he will doubtless DO
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

The announcement of the can
didacy Of our present City Marshal
A. j. Shackleford will be found In
another column. Mr.. Shackleford,
30 far as we have been informed,
has proved an efficient and salts
factory official. HE public record
is good and we will say that if we
must have a democratic marshal,
let it be Mr.. Shackleford.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
MOUSE TO DIE.

Ihave:found out that there is ne
Use to die of lung trouble as long
as you can get DR.. Kings New
Discovery" says Mrs. ]. P.
White of Rushboro, Pa. I would
not be alive today only for the
wonderful medicine. It looseAs
up a cough quicker than anything
else, ana cures lung disease even
after the case 10 pronounced hope-
less. This most.E reliable remedy
for coughs and colds, lagripps,
asthma, bronchitis and hoarss-
ness, lie sold under guarantee at
Orump & Kidwell's drug store.
$50 and St.00. Trial bottle free.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

1t Is unfortunate that the entire
American people could not have
been present during the past two
days to hear Admirals Converse
and Capps answer the charges
against the Navy, before the Sen.
ate Committee on Naval Affairs.
OF curse reports of their testi-
money may be published but 1t is
n thing to read testimony and
an other TO hear it and to observe
the clearcut understanding of the
witnesses and the force of their
own convictions. Incidentally,
TOO. the observers of these hear
ings would learn how easy it is for
Q magazine writer who has only a
smattering Of knowledge to mix
things up and to present a really
false and inaccuate impression of
shings. Anyone who may have
had misgivings AS to the stanch-
ess of the American navy and the
integrity of the principles on
which it 10 constructed must have
had all doubts removed by hearing
the testimony of the expert wit
nesses who have appeared before
the Naual Affairs Committee.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Baptist CHURCH
Rev. 7. 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 at
9 $50 a. mr.. G. Brown, Supt.
B. Y. P. U.-Sunday evening at
6:45-Mattie Merit, Pres.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
1880 p. m.
Church.business meeting, Satur-
day before the second Sunday In
each month at 2: 80 p, m.
Ladies' Missionary Society last
Friday In each month at 2:30 p. m.
Miss Ella Hewstt, President
Ladies' Aid Society, Friday be-
fore the I'd Sunday and the 4th
Sunday in each month at q. p. m,
Mrs. D. o. Hudson, Pres.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Dr.. T. A. Finley formerly of
Wellsviile, Mo-, treats chronic
and special diseases by mail.
Correspondence confidential.
Neosho, Mo-, P. o. Box, 66l.
cow. 3 m. 1.2.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
THE LUCKY QUARTER.

Is the one You pay out for q
box OF DR.. Kings Now Lie Pills.
They bring you the health that is
more precious than jewels. Try
them for headache. biliousness,
constipation and malaria. If they
disappoint you, the price will be
.eheerfully refunded at Crump &
Kidwell's drug store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Sunday school every Sunday
morning at $3.50.
Young Peoples Society every
Sunday evening at 6:15.
Preaching services every I'd, 4th
and 9Th Sunday in each month at
Il a. m. and 100 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day evening at 100.
A cordial invitation is extended
to attend these services.
John E. Kerr, Pastor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
CHRISTIAN

w. A. Mclean, Minister.
Sunday school at $3.50 q. m.
every Lords Day.
Preaching let, I'd and 3Td Sum
days in each month at ii a. m. and
7 p. m.
Y. P. s. C.IE. every Lords Day
at 7 p. m. Junior at 8 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day at 8 p. m.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
EGGslFOR sALE-Barred Plv.

EGGSlFOR SALE-Barred Ply
moth Rocks. Best strain In the
county. 81 for Is. Get your eggs
. arly. 1 move April tst. Apply
TO j. E. Kerr, Montsomsry,lMo.
I have bought out tho above pen
OF Barred Plymoth Rocks. ,LcAn
% found:at the st. Louis Store.
EARL FULLER.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
w. L. Carr In MoberIy.

In the sbssnos Of Evsngelist j.
e. Donovaa Of the East Side
Christian church, Rev. w. l..
Osss Of Montgomery Oity, Mo-,
occupied the pulpit yesterday and
preached to . large and appreois-
i've audience. His sermon was
excellent and . delight to his
hearers, who were greatly pleased
with the vivid manner In which he
presented his subject.
-Moberly Monitor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
BEST HEALER IN THE WORLD.

BEST HEALER IN THE WORLD.
Rev. y. StaSbiSd, of East Ray
mond, Maine. says: III have used
Buoklen's Arnica Salve for sev-
eral years, on my old army
wound, and other obstinate sores
and find II tho best healer in the
world. l use IL too with great
success in my veterinary business.
Price $50 at Crump & Kidwsll's
drug store.
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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

"a lbs. New Orleans Sugar for
81. j. j. Martins Grocery.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Mrs. Dr.. Revell of New Flossnoe
and Miss Revell Of huntsville, No.,
are visiting Mre. Dr. Crockett.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

forced TO permit one ultimately
Rep. Lilley also involved two
newspaper correspondents and
the standing committee Of the
Press Gallery, made up Of oorres.
pondents, promptly suspended the
two men implicated until they
could clear themselves Of the
charges against them. There Ia
much comment in Washington
over the fact that the correspond
ents have show themselves more
sensitive regarding their own hon.
or than have the leaders Of the
House.
The President is greatly pleased
over the warm commentator
which his policies have received
from no less an authority than
Andrew Carnegie,: than whom
none is better qualified to speak
regarding legislation which affects
the business interests of the coun-
try. Mr., Carnegie, writing for one
of the higher GLASS magazines,
gives high praise to the federal
supervision of railway rates. say
ing this Legislation will oon make
the equality of the shipper and
the protection of his rights q
maxim on a level with the equal
ity Of the citizen and the protec-
ton of his rights as such. He
says, moreover, that the abolition
of rebates and governmental sup
ervision of rates will afford the
shareholders in railways a secur-
lily they have not hitherto enjoyed
and will make American railway
shares a safe and sound invest
ment. The fact that such q revo-
luton could be worked in the laws
of the country with as little excite
ment and Generalization of busi-
ness confidence, MI. Carnegie
pronoupces a remarkable tribute
10 the form of government in all
it's branches. 1t seems to take a
broadminded fnancier like Mr..
Carnegie to see the gre at advant-
ages of the Presidents policies
instead Of being misled by the
slight inconvenience incidental to
the adjustment Of business to new
conditions.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

% lbs. New Orleans Sugar for
ii. j.. j. Martins Grocery.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

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