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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Personal Mention and Local
Happenings Of Interest In
and about Montgomery

ana ABOUT MOnCBOH10Ty
List your stock for next Mon
day.
Olarsnoe johnson spent Sunday
here.
Mrs. G.. e. Nuns has the pnsu-
nonia.
Mrs. LIE. Hoying Is down with
pneumonis.
James Ferguson spent Saturday
In st. Louis.
Mrs. Sam Harrsl 10 suffering with
lung trouble.
Maybe the ssound hog was Ill
with the grip.
Mrs. Jno. ]. Martin has been Oh
the sick list this week.
Miss Mayme Dyson 10 visiting
relatives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
BE sure to ooms 10 tho Mont
.Gomery stock sales neHt Monday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Barker has beon Wis
iting in New Florence this week.
Mrs w. w. HAmmaok has been
on tho sick list for the past three
weeks
Miss Flora Baker went to Jones'
burg Saturday to visit her aunt,
Mrs. j. L. Jones.
Grover White of Danvills spent
several days with his uncle, r. q.
White this week.
Mrs. Best returned Fsidsy from
st. Louis where she has been vis-
iting her son, JAo. Best.
Mrs. Amanda Glare came up
from So. Louis Tuesday to be with
her niece, Mrs. @. E. Nuns.
Tom Britt, Of Fulton, attended
the funeral OF his sister, Mrs.
Mary Bethel here Saturday.
DR.. Daniels OF Danville went to
Kansas Sunday. His land suit
is being tried there this week.
Mise Nelle Hud son went to st.
Louis Tuesday morning to spend
the week with Mics Rose Taylor
The Night Whist Club net with
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Haas Friday
evening. All report most enjoy
able occasion.
Misses Emma and Lizzie Turner
are homo from St. Louis where
they have been studying the new
styles in millinery.
Mrs. Chss. M. Wilson spent sew
eral days with her mother, Mrs.
Joe Dyson. She returned to her
home In New Florence Friday.
Mrs. Harry Lakeland oame down
from Chillicothe Saturday after
noon and spent Sunday with hsE
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jne. Barker.
Forest Reid and son Leslie are
spending few days this week in
Lincoln County visiting tho form
sP's father, who is in poor health.
The Buttsroup Club met at the
home of Mrs. J. H. Doyle this
week. The ladies enjoyed . pleas
ant afternoon and the dainty re-
frsshments served BY their hostess
Rev. j. E. Kerr will begin re.
vival meeting In the PresbyteIian
church on Sunday, March, 8. He
will be assisted by Rev. E. F.
Abbot, D. D. of Boonville, Mo
Julian Ham came down from
Noulton, Iowa Tuesday afternoon
ana spent several days with home
folks before commencing his new
work ct Mexico.
There will be a congregations
meeting OF the members OF tn,
Presbyterian church on Sunday
Feb. %, at 11:45 o'clock immedi'
atsly after preaching services
All the members are requested
to be present to act upon the res
ignation of the pastor, Rev. J. e
Kerr and any other matters of Inn
portance. E. w. TINsLEY,
Clerk Of the Session.
Tho Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union is arranging for
Gospel Temperance Meeting to b
held In the Baptist church. FeE
as, 1908 ct 2:30 p. M. An inter
antin0 and instruotiye program
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
To Men Killed at Benton,

" "AOI ANih0O oS DoItOHs
Edward Carter and Joseph BY.
eIs, two Audrain county farmers,
were instantly killed at Benton
City, west of here, last Friday.
BY the fast Wabash, No. 20. They
were "braking" a mule hitche 4
10 wagon with q horse. The
mule became frightened and ran
on the track and the men and the
horse were killed and the wago8
demolished, but the mule-''deRn
him"-esoaped unhust. Both mon
were married. Carter left q wife
and six children.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14

For mild. easy action of the
bowels, single dose of DOan's
rsgulets is enough. Treatment
cures habituai constipation. 25o
. box. Ask your druggist for
them.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14

Have two cows. Will sell one
to be fresh soon. n. O. Turner.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
VACANCIES

VACANCIES
Vacancies occurring after the primary filled by The
committee ofthe county, district state the may 10.
(Sec 49,
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
McKINLEY'S BURIED POLICIES.
Roosevelt Declined Them and Won
Popularity.
From the Portland Orrgonian.

trom the Portland Ortg0nian
In the course OF an editorial eulogy OF
Mark Hanna. tue New York Sun speaks
Of Roosevelt as the heir OF the man.
early and long distrusted by Mr.. Hanna.
who undid Mr.. Hannas work; who in the
teeth Of his most solemn vows. let Nc
Kinley's policies be buried in McKinley's
grave"
And what were McKinleys policies? =?
Whatever Hanna had promised in his
name, Hanna had made arrangements
with 1.-THE interests and with the boss
politicians all over the country
Had Mckinley lived. there would have
been no prosecutions for land frauds in
oregon nor anywhere else, no attack on
railroad rebates or other corporation mis-
conduct. no effort 10 curb the rapacity OF
predatory wealth IN any direction. Nc
Kinleys function as President was mere
ly 20 carry out the bargains made by
Mark Hanna.
II was done in Oregon; IL was done
everywhere. Mitchell. with whom Hanna
through that bargain, 20 control every
thing IN oregon and 70 secure 'protec-
ton" for everybody and everything in
oregon. so long as Mckinley lived. These
were the policies that Roosevelt re-
fused TO continue not only in Oregon. but
throughout the United States
II was ROOsevelt's burial Of these
policies that gave him the tremendous
popularity attested by the election OF 1904.
and manifest ever since.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
GarbIed Emerson.

From the New York Globe.
Emerson garbled is a sensation IN Lon
don. The Prime Minister OF England the
other day quoted Sir Henry Wotton. The
next day Mr.. Burnes followed with this
quotation from Emerson, according 10
the London Telegraph:
We builded better than we knew:
Unconscious. s,enes of beauty grew
The London Chronicle replied that the
comma was ingenious. The Times quoted
as follows:
We buded better than we knew:
Unconscious stones 10 beauty grew.
This is nearer the original. says the
Chronicle. yet misses the point also, for
what Emerson wrote was:
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias wrought
He brllded better than he knew;
The conscious stone 70 beauty grew.
The poem is called The Problem" and
is one of Emerson's happiest pieces. Poets
should be careful. however about dating
works Of art. The science OF archaeology
- progressive, and the present authori-
ties pronounce the awful Jove' to have
been a work not Of the young Phidias,"
but Of the sculptor's latest period
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09

critic can produce. is worth no more
than that Of boy in the gallery.
And. above all. the critic should be
sure of his facts. It is an imperative
duty that rests upon him that by no
misstatement shall he work Injustice TO
individuals through his own ignorance.
1t may be possible that II MISS Neither
sole should present certain OF her plays
In Londen she might be Kissed Off the
stage. but to declare. thoughtlessly and
untruthfully that she had already been
so condemned was an abuse OF the critical
power not readily to be condoned.
What is needed in American dramatic
criticism to-day is conscientiousness,
knowledge. lack Of prejudice, and. above
all. desire to encourage worthy effort.
born Of realization that 1t is only by
striving for high artistic ideals that the
American drama. like any other branch of
American art. is TO grow strong and vital
and have It's best influence on the com
munity.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
NIuch-trnreIed Man.

Prom the 81 Louis Times
II was said OF Grover Cleveland that he
had small sympathy with the West be-
cause ne had never paid a visit 10 that
part Of the country this side of Buffalo.
After NJ became President MI Cleve-
land Looked occasionally into the richness
OF the Mississippi Valley, but most Of the
atmosphere OF this vast central region
was unfamiliar TO him. Taft and Bryan
know the country from Maine to Mendo-
cno. from Seattle 20 Savannah. They
have made speeches in every part Of It.
Oklahoma. the newest State. has had
visits from Taft and Bryan within the
year California has seen both within
the same time. Within two years Bryan
and Taft have dined with potentates in
the Orient In that time Taft has visited
the Philippines as a representative of
this government. and in a capacity semi
official in character Bryan has addressed
a peace conference. Thus Will we find in
our two candidates for the Presidency
men who know the world and the people
who make # up.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
NOT MOMENTARY NEED.
school Children Must No he Allowed
TO Hunger.

From the New York Tribune.
A week has passed since the distress
among East Side school children attained
wide publicity. Within that time money
and supplies have poured in at charity
headquarters some liberal remittances
coming even from distant States. Every
tenement district is being secured by re-
lief committees in search OF worthy
starvelings. Measured by conventional
standards the emergency has been met
IN a most gratifying manner But what
are the outcry and the contributions
worth when viewed as preventive meas
ures? Absolutely nothing.
Let US concede the great worth OF a
sentimental appeal and an emotional re-
spouse IN charity work. But pitiful
stories OF hunger and the relief funds
which these quickly raise can never do
more than soften the moments distress.
They are pOwerless TO strike at the
causes OF wretchedness. To-day's hunger
Is appeased and to-morrow's pangs are
forestalled by generous gifts from every
quarter But how many business men.
pastors. lawmakers. and newspapers are
sezing the opportunity 10 urge steps for
the solution OF the real problem7 Only
the transient exigencies OF the hour are
being generally attended 10. and the dis
tressing incidents which the last week
has brought 20 light will soon be for
gotten by all save a few calculating. per-
sistent men and women. unless the SYM
pathetic and the sensationally miu4 ID
can be made 10 reflect coolly upon lie
situation
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
The South and Reform.

A Southern friend of ours, a Georgian,
TO be exact, exultant over recent po-
litical upheaval. philosophers as fol-
lows, In a message to this paper:
"A saner and more conservative era Is
about TO dawn. People are getting a lit
tie weary OF being legislated into near
morality OF various kinds. A very vigor-
Gus protest seems imminent.
The South is SOLDERING up after its
rather prolonged spree. The demagogue
and time-server will not henceforth cut
anything like the swath down here he
once did. The popuace is tired Of him.
He is on his unwilling way to the rear.
Let us alone has come 10 mean some
thing more than a cloak for wickedness,
after all. The idea that a man ought to
take out a Federal license before taking
a bath. and two or three licenses before
taking a smile has played out. Re
form has had it's false whiskers torn off
1t stands revealed for the worthless
scarecrow It IS
1t was time. This is a great country.
Americans are fair-minded. They believe
in a square deal-both for themselves and
for the other fellow. They do not believe,
however that the time has come when
they need guardians The old plea Of
personal liberty may have been abused
in many instances; but It is a mighty
good old sheet-anchor 20 happiness and
contentment for all that.
What we want. and need, more than
anything else. perhaps, is a little period
Of rest and freedom from turmoil. 1t is
gratifying 20 be able 10 believe that we
are on the eve Of such an era"
All this refers specifically to Georgia.
There is logic in it No doubt it is time
for certain sections OF the South TO be-
gin TO sober up.
But IL our friend would apply his logic
OF the South 10 the country at large we
should have to ask for a definition OF
that "saner and more conservative era
about TO dawn. II he means a return to
the stand-pat. Observation-Disclosures poll
cies cs a few years; a turning back
ward and a period Of reaction against
necessary reforms, then he is nightly
mistaken. Local issues governed largely
In Georgia, but a close analysis is sure
to disclose the fact that the people lost
confidence in Smith as a reform leader.
Hence they turned TO Brown.
Coincidentally with the Georgia up
heaval. the Georgians are getting up a
monster petition, urging Theodore Roose-
welt to stand for reelection. He IS a re-
former in whom they believe-the biggest
asset the country has to-day for the
working out OF governmental reforms be-
cause Of the confidence the masses repose
in him. If the Republicans find their
lease Of power cut short at the coming
election. It will be due 10 their failure
to capitalize that biggest OF assets.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
The churehman COURAGEOUS.

OF enormous influence for the good,
wide-spreading in its courageous exam
pie. is the glorious declination OF Bishop
Brent to leave his chosen work in the
Philippines for the dignity and compar-
ative ease Of the bishopric Of Washing
ton.
In a way this honor IS the greatest in
the gift of the Episcopal Church IN
America. and it Is no light thing for a
man to put it aside. with all that 1t
means. Bishop Brent Is Of the type OF
militant churchmen who in every age
have stood In the forefront Of conflict in
the Masters cause. and by their lofty
example, their stern adherence 10 duty.
and their beautiful faith have incul-
Gated hope in the breast Of mankind in
the persistence OF good and the final VIC
tory over evil
He stands, a man OF great powers and
abilities, on the firing line, and there he
is content to stay. The work he has to
do lies among a semi-civilized people,
away from the delights Of civilization,
and there he works persistently, not for
applause or for a great worldly reward,
but 'just for the Joy OF the working"
At the outpost his work has been so
self-sacrifcing. his duty so we'll done,
that he was called in, but he prefers to
stay where he is needed. Here is Of
fered TO him the elaborate functions that
come from high position; ornate cere-
monies: the society of statesmen. diplo-
mats. rulers. leaders Of society. Out
there hard living. hard striving. and
danger.
It would have been, in a sense. a great
thing for the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America had Bishop Brent
consented to come to Washington, but
perhaps it is a far greater thing that
with heroic self-abnegation he chooses
to remain
Our loss is the gain Of the church: the
gain of high ideals: the gain OF the
glorious example OF courageous church
man.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
THE ABLE SEAMAN.

"A. b. the papers call him. with a number:
But he has a name the same you and l.
And II you're told he's ornamental lumber.
Or lives abroad for pleasure trips. Just try
To do his work awhile: swab down the decks
Clean the BIG guns. and hose the cable through.
You'll find enough in one days Job 70 Yex
Your ornamental soul. and body. too.
He has points that any landsman in creation
Might he proud of-otdCr. muscle. pluck and grit
Whether home or on some reeking foreign station.
He can splice and sing keep watch land smoke
Bit.
He win spot a liner miles away. and tell
Her tonnage long before yor know she's there:
And hos none the worse because. when al goes
well
He gives himself the pleasure Of a swear.
Facing the wind and srume on some far ocean
With shaggy sheterins eyebrows, shining eyes,
He owns 30 no supcr.iuous emotion.
But sQuarcr his shoulders as the wet decks rise
Stands tho gale and feels the engines beat
Their confident pulsations down below;
Secs the signal Full ahead" pass town the feet
Leaves the reckoning 20 those vino the show.
Up the tideway through the morning spleudcrs
Comes the great gray war ship, homo at last.
Ropes are hauled 20 the busy. powerful tenders
Rourd she swings. till the iron dock gates arc
PASSED.
Trains are full. the smiling porters tagged
Jacks of home with lots Of cash 10 spend.
Wen, when ali The grumbling tongues have wagged.
JACK old chap we're proud q you, no endl
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
THE RYAN CONTRIBUTION.
Effort to Discredit william Jen-
nings Bryan Has Failed.

From the Brooklyn Standard Union.
In Justice 20 Mr.. Bryan. It must be
said that the charge that he accepted
financial help from Thomas F. Ryan
10 further his political ambitions in the
campaign Of 1894, does not stand now
that William r. Sheehan. who was then
chairman OF the executive committee Of
the National Democratic Committee. has
declared the funds sent 10 Nebraska
were taken from the general account
II Mr. Ryan had given $1,000, directly or
indirectly. with the understanding that
II was for the purpose Of aiding the ma
tional leader. as has been claimed. and
Mr. Bryan was aware OF that fact. then
the inconsistency Of his warfare upon
capitallstic monopolies would be only too
plain. BIT such does not appear 10 have
been the case. Admitting that Ryan made
the contribution 20 the national commit
tee and money was sent 20 Nebraska
after the Ryan check was received. yet
this would not prove that It was given
for that purpose or with Bryan's knOwl-
edge The effort 20 put Bryan In an un-
favorable light by the charge has been
Unduly strained.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
BRYAN A CONSERVATIVE.
as He Ia Appraised by hn
Eastern Lawyer.

NebrasIxan as He Ia Appraised by an
Eastern Lawyer.
From the Omaha World Herald.
Arthur English. of Charleston, w. Va.
said to be one OF the best authorities on
equity jurisdiction OF the United States
courts in the country. is in the city. Mr..
English has been a visitor OF Mr., Bryan
at Fairview. and is one Of the most
trusted Of Mr.. Bryan's friends Mr.. Eng
lish's father. the late Thomas Dunn
English. author OF Ben Bolt" was in
Congress with Mr.. Bryan. and was one
OF the latter's devoted admirers.
Il am a conservative" said Mr. Eng
lish, land, therefore, desire Mr.. Bryan
to be elected to the Presidency. The
common opinion expressed by the people
who do not really know Mr.. Bryan is
that he is a radical. This is, in my opin-
ion, an error Mr.. Bryan is not radical,
unless II be radical TO oppose wrong
Mr.. Bryan is really conservative, and
those who expect him to do things, II
President, that will overturn law and
order, viii be very much mistaken.
Mr.. Bryan Is too big and broad not
to realize that power Is not given one 20
abuse, but 10 use benefcially. Any
power intrusted TO him will be welded
with conservatism, judgment. and for the
good Of the many
NO law-abiding corporation or mill
ionaire need fear Mr. Bryan. simply be-
cause II is because a corporation, nor
because he is a millionaire. but all the
lawlcss characters who violate Federal
law will feel the power to punish wrong.
II within the jurisdiction of the PTesi-
dent 10 enforce
Mr.. Bryan, II President. will not vio-
late the Constitution, nor the acts OF
Congress 20 satisfy whims. for he is
too big, too well balanced. and too eau
tious Of public interest to have any
whims
As i understand Mr. Bryan, from long
acquaintance with his opinions he is
man OF remarkably good judgment IN
public affairs, and will display a caution
and wisdom in handling public questions
that will surprise those who enormously
call him radical
Mr. Bryan realizes, in my opinion,
that this is a great country, and that its
interests are linked together in such a
way that TO inbIre one affects another,
and the honest railroad company and the
honest farmer. the honest corporation
and the honest wOrkingman will alike be
thought OF when questions arise that
may affect either"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
Pity the Orphan.

From the Norfolk yirginlan-Piot.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been busy for months
killing his own policies. He commenced
by calling the head-devil OF the rebaters
to a seat in his Cabinet. He then or
dered that the punishment for offenses
against the antitrust laws should be
visited by fines on the soulless corpora
tions. instead OF by imprisonment Of the
guilty officials. He then held up the en-
forcement OF his own pet statute for
bidding the railroads 10 own coal mines
and the Ike property. Then he allowed
the steel company 10 absorb the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron concern in viola
ton OF the sherman act. Then he asked
Congress TO amend the law against pool
ing Of rates by public carriers. And so
on and SO on and so on. What will his
defense be when this rotten record is
brought TO the bar Of public opinion?
There was once a young man who
brutally murdered both his father and
mother. Convicted by the jury ne was
asked by the judge what he had to say
why sentence should not be pronounced
against him. Nothing. your honor" he
whined. except 70 ask that you will not
be too hard on a poor orphan"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
GLOBE LIGHTS.

From the Atchison Globe.
Ever notice that some mighty funny
men ask for Office?
Give any one authority over you and
he will impose upon you.
When a man is afraid OF a woman he
cannot be In love with her
Unless they are good looking. young
people are apt TO be hopelessly uninter-
esting
Haven't you noticed that all popular
men are homely? Men won't admire a
good locker.
SO many of the optimists in the world
don't own a hundred dollars. and because
OF their optimism. never win.
II you see something that no one else
sees, or hear sounds that no others hear.
that is what IL means to so crazy.
A woman's idea of the only safe way
for her boy to go swimming is to ger
religion. and have the minister dip him.
Every time a drunken man is arrested,
he declares that the policeman who ar-
rested him was drunken than he was.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
Our Fires n Disgrace.

From the Philadelphia Record.
One confagration destroying 100000 or
S,000OoO worth Of property makes a great
display in the newspapers. and yet fire
LOSSES aggregating that every week occur
in this country year after year Last
year the fire losses were not quite $1,000
600 week. the year round. but for the
past five years the average loss has been
S5,000OoO every week, total for five years
Of $3.50 10000. That owners OF property
were partially indemnified by insurance
does not affect the fact that the country
as a whole suffers this enormous and
preventable waste. Most OF our building
is a gamble between the owner and the
insurance company. The enormous fire
losses amount 10 a national disgrace, for
other countries do not experience any
such waste