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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Herndon bounced forth with vocifer.
u welcome.
why, Phoebe Spencer. and have
you really come! I didn't expect you'd
get along before next week. Oh, this
seems too nice to see you again; al
most as good as going home to Yer
mont. You must be completely tired
out"
Dear Aunt Lydia; Of course I'm
glad to be here. But I'm not in the
least tired. I've had such a delightful
trip" She glanced around smilingly
upon her perspiring cavaliers. "Oh,
put those things down, gentlemen
anywhere there on the grass; they
can be carried in later. 1t was so
kind Of you both"
Hey. there!" sang out the driver,
growing impatient, "if you two gents
are amin to 60 down town with this
outfit. you'd better be pilin' In lively,
fer l can't stay here all day"
Moffat glanced furtively aside at
Mcneil, only to discover that indi-
vidual quietly seated on the trunk.
He promptly dropped his own grip.
Drive on with your butchers cart"
he called out spitefully. II reckon it's
no special honor to ride to town."
The pleasantly smiling young wom-
an glanced from one to the other. her
eyes fairly dancing. as the numbering
coach disappeared through the red
dust.
How very nice Of you to remain"
she exclaimed. Aunt Lydia, I am 90
anxious tor you t. meek ~ frisads
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
X,
Tho Arrival Of Miss Spencer

Miss Phoebe Spencer, the pioneer
school teacher of G~lencaid, came di.
rect from the far east, her starting
point some little junction place back
In Vermont. although she proudly
named Boston as her home, having
oEce visited in that metropolis for
three delicious weeks. She was of an
ardent, impressionable nature. Her
mind was nutured upon eastern con.
ceptions of our common country. her
imagination aglow with weird tales of
the frontier, and her bright eyes per.
ceived the vivid coloring Of romance
In each prosaio object west of the
tawny Missouri. All appeared 30 diff.
ferent from that established life to
which she had grown accustomed
n people, the country. the pictur-
esQue language.-while her brain so
teemed with lurid pictures of border
experiences and heroes az to reveal
romantic possibilities everywhere. Az
her eager eyes traced the serrated
peaks of a snow-clad mountain range.
her heart throbbed with anticipation
"SAASAo yOt W COuo. 1OmoSlCR-
ness was q thing undreamed Of: her
active brain responded to each new
impression.
She sat Comfortably ~ensconced in
the back seat of the old. battered red
coach. surrounded by cushions for pro-
lection from continual bouncing, as
the Jehu in charge urged his FESTIVE
mules down the desolate valley of the
Bear Water. Her cheeks were flushed.
her w%ide-open eyes filed with cues.
toning, her pale fluffy hair frolicking
With the breeze, as pretty a picture of
foung womanhood as any one could
wish to see. Nor was she unaware of
this fact. During the final stage of
her journey she had found two con-
genial souls, sufficiently picturesque
to harmonize with her ideas of wild
western romance.
These two men were lolling In the
'ess comfortable seat opposite, secret.
ly longing Tor a quiet smoke outside.
vet neither willing to desert this east
srs divinity to his rival The big TEL
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to
Tremble.

The surgeons duties require clear
Judgment and a steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon c~onscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
For years l was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so I
could hardly write. and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides. how could I safely per-
form operations with unsteady hands.
using knives and instruments OF pre-
cision? When l saw plainly the bad
effects OF coffee. l decided to stop Il.
and three years ago l prepared some
Postum. Of which / had received a
sample.
THE first cupful surprised me. Il
was mild, soothing. delicious. At this
time l gave some Postum TO a friend
who was in a similar condition to
mine, from the use of coffee.
"A few days after. ! met him and
he was full Of praise for Postum. de-
claring he would never return to cof-
fee but stick to Postum. We then or
dered a full supply and within a short
time my Gus and consequent
trembling, as well as insomnia, disap-
peared. blood circulation became nor.
NAL, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
My friend became a Postum en-
thusiast. his whole family using 1t ex.
clusively.
1T would be the fault Of the one
who brewed the Postum, II it did not
taste good when served.
The best food may be spoiled II
not properly made. Postum should be
boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then 1t is all right, anyone can
rely on It. It ought to become the
national drink" There's a.. Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, The Road q
MELVILLE" In pkgr
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Hog Cholera,

The greatest drawback to the hog
industry which breeders in this coun.
try have to contend with is what Ia
known as hog cholera" and Swine
plague"
Hog cholera Is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked Is liable
to carry Of a great number oil hogs In
a very short time.
Mr.. A. p. Williams, Of Burnetts
Creek, Ind. tells of an experience
which he had with some hogs that
had the cholera. Five years ago."
says Mr.. Williams, 81 was in the en-
ploy OF Mr.. ]. d. Richardson, Lafay-
cite, Ind, as his barn foreman. Some
fine hogs that I vas feeding took the
cholera. | gave them Sloan's Lini-
ment and did not lose a hog. Some
were 30 bad they would not drink
sweet milk and l was compelled to
drench them. I have tried It at every
opportunity since and always find It
o. K"
Write for DR.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment of Horses, Cattle, Hogs,
and Poultry. Address: DR.. Earl s.
Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston,
Mass
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Woman's ingenuity with a hairpin,
and her invincibility when armed with
a hatpin, are we'll known. A new i'm
plement has now been added to tho
feminine equipments pair of rubber
shoes. Four persons were entangled
In the coils Of a live wire in New York.
No n dared to help them. says the
Youths Companion In telling the story,
until a young girl came along. took off
her ,ubbers. and using them as gloves.
handled the wire skillfully and safely,
tied 1t round a telegraph pole, and
walked quietly away, after having re.
fused to give her name.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

The Ohio state fire marshal has been
looking up the records and makes the
announcement that last year in the
United States parlor matches caused
a loss of S ,0O0.0 900 and 500 lives.
That is a serious and tragic matter.
But 1t is not fair to lay the blame
wholly on the matches. They may
be dangerous, but as a rule they do
not start fires spontaneously. 1t Is
the human factor that must be reck-
oned with, and unfortunately, there
is a great deal Of c~arelesness,
thoughtlessness and stupidity in the
world.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Cause for Alarm.

A young man had been counting a
girl for nine years. Jennie" he said,
one evening. Il read the other day that
In $4,000 years Niagara falls would
dry up"
Jennie clutched his arm excitedly.
Why, what's the matter?" he
asked.
Why, you promised to take ne
there on our bridal trip. Don't you
think you had better be a little care
ful that it does not dry up before we
get there?"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

One of the English 'suffragettes,"
who tried, but vainly, to start the doc.
trine of force In this country, has been
telling London that suffrage is
checked in this country by the gallant
ry of the men, who Jay the women
can have anything they ask for, and
by the folly Of the women, who reply
that they have already everything
they want. She seems, with true
British ~denseness, to be utterly obliv-
ious of the excellent showing she Is
making for us all around.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
eusybodlss.

Il never saw such q rubbsr.neck.'
sneered Mrs. Cable. "Just because
the doctor stopped at our house yss
terday she immediately wanted u
know what WAS the matter" 'Yss..
replied Mira. Naybor; II wonder how
she'd like the rest of US to be- that
curious about her. You know the doc.
tor stopped at her house to-day. too.
You don't sAyf ! wonder what's thu
matter thersr-Catholls stASdaxs
AAA TimaA
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

The Mont Gents route, the Oldest Of
the Alpine through lines, is to follow
the lead Of the St. Gothard and SIM
plon routes and employ electric trac-
ton on its mountain division. Under
the stress Of competition of the more
recent lines, the aFrench government
has also double-tracked the approach
to the tunnel on its side of the noun
tain. and the Italian goIernment will
carry this double-tracking to Turin.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Cable lines look straight enough as
seen on the maps, but they are any.
thing but straight a they lie on the
ocean floor. DR.. Klotz of Canada said
in a recent lecture that the great Pa
ciic cable, 5000 miles long, between
Vancouver and New Zealand was
time and again DETECTED from a
straight line between the island sta
tions at which it touched in order
to avoid towering submarine noun
tains or craters or ground that was
hard or otherwise undesirable as a
resting place for the cable.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Similar Result.

There are certain delicate shades Of
expression OF which a Frenchman is,
as a rule, past master. One member
OF that fluent nation, stranded In New
York, was setting forth his troubles to
q lawyer.
Il understand from what you say
that you are convinced your friend Le-
comte has stolen your purse" said the
lawyer.
NO. no. monsieur. not so FAST"
cried his client. Il only say that II Le-
comte had not assisted me to hunt for
1t | should have found it again
Youths Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

According to a table contained in
the annual report of the Carnegie
Foundation showing the annual in.
ONE of nearly 500 colleges and
universities in this country, there
are only four with incomes above
a million dollars. These four are
not specified by name. but the Bos-
ton Herald suggests that presum.
ably they are Harvard, Columbia,
the University of Chicago and
the Stanford university. The in
m Of half of the whole 500
range all the way from $4,000 to
$50. 900 only.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

According to a st. Louis physician
no scientific practitioner Of medicine
recognizes any such disease as the
grippe. But it is pretty safe to sup
pose that they get rather angry IL
their bill for its treatment is not
recognized,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
The "PatroIiumv WAGON.

The telephone in police headquar.
ters rang.
rs this the police s~tation?" In
quired a woman's voice.
1T is" said c. E. Mcvey, the desk
sergeant.
We'll. wish o Aid send the pa
trolium wagon over to Fourth and
Oak streets right away. Ole Bills
got drunk again and he's Just raising
Cain. And say" the voice added, IF
you all don't send that wagon mighty
quick you all might as well send a
hearse, cause I'm goin' to hit that
fool niger n a minute"
The wagon made a hurry" run, but
returned empty a few minutes later.
The driver reported that he could
find no trouble.-Kansas City Star.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Another w%ell-known French writer
on international politics declares that
war between the United States and
Japan Is inevitable. Couldn't we get
the French to let us have peace If we
paid them we'll for It?
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Gertrude Atherton has announced
that New York never makes up its
mind about anything" After all, re-
marks the Baltimore American, 1t is
really interesting to discover that
New York has a mind. The general
Impression is that it is entirely
poCketbook.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06


The World almanac gives the stand.
Ing army of Japan as 100000. figures
Indicating that a great part of 1t is in
the United States acting as spies and
getting arrested to help out the poor,
but deserving, newspaper correspond.
lntS.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

New York women may have tab.
leaux wants as interesting as Chi
Cages, but 1t will be everlastingly
remembered In the smart set that
Chicago got there first.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

The man with the hammer doesn't
always hit the nail right on the head"
says the Washington Post. This Is
very true; he is engaged most Of the
time knocking his fellow-man.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

A bigamist in Britain is said to have
married 800 times. And yet, so stub
born is tradition, they will probably
continue, In England, to give the palm
or bravery to Nelson and Gordon.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Billy Lush has resigned from the
Yale football team. But lushing will
continue in the same old woy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Bigheart, who died the other day.
was the richest Indian in America.
An Indian doesn't have to live up to
his name, any more thar a white
man.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Happy is the individual who has
no grievances to redresA
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

Japan will first make war on that
large and overshadowing deficit.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
DIFFERENT EFFECT.

Mrs. Goodsuie-My boy. It makes
me sick at heart to see you smoking.
Kid-Dat's funny. 1t seems to ketch
me right In the stummick.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

he honed that we shall hereafter have trousers that are essentially free and
 independent of all foreign influence.
 As for ourselves we should think an English trouser superior to the sug- eested alternative of wearing "noth- ing" especially at this season of the vear hut if there are gentlemen in our
 midst who are willing to go as far as this in the effort to establish an indus trv in native pants they are entitled to receive all the encouragement which their self-sacrificing devotion implies. We have been so long subject to Brit
 isb dominion in our styles, turning up o,lr trousers at sign of rain in London. that inc evidences of revolt in the camp of the tailors themselvs fill the country with hope. It is not to be ex- nected that American women will also he actuated by the spirit of '76. Let them in their inferiority continue to follow the patterns of the effete mon- archical civilizations of Europe. The men do not fear to fight these battles alone for sartorial liberty.
 The meeting in New York is of in terest also in developing seamless frock coat, which appears to have been evolved, with what difficulty we know not, by tailor at Pottsville. Pa. On it's face this coat might be said to be a practical step in the direction of purely American dress. Without seams garment ought not to rip, at any rate at the points at which the cloth has been joined, and it should at the same time serve all the usual purposes
 of the frock coat.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
MAKING ORIENTAL RUGS.
Primitive Methods Used By Native Weavers Gradually Superseded.

The simple apparatus is stil in use in outlying districts; home dye-tubs filled with colors extracted from sheep's blood, larkspur. indigo, tum- erie. saffron, mulberry. walnut husks; brass combs for carding; distaffs whirled by hand, writes Frank Clarkin in Everybody's. Between two sticks held horizontally by supports at the ends are strung threads drawn taut. harp fashion. Then worsted yarn is pasesd over and under the strings twice. Songs are sung trans mitted from old to young so ancient some of them that they are in a lost language; and these songs tell the weaver what colors to tie in as she progresses with the pattern. Each district has it's own patterns and songs. After each knot the ends of the yarn are scissored off to form the pile.
 In a close woven piece like a Kir- man. measuring a mere five feet by eight feet, there are four hundred knots to the square inch. As the ] minute, four years of continuous labor would be required on such a rug Within that time some fingers would stop weaving forever; others would go on with it. Was 1t any wonder the rug hunter asked me, that no two old rugs, even from the same village and the same household, were ever just alike? A bereavement would induce 2 greater unconscious use of white; { bridal would turn the weaver: yellow Local environment, famil,
 happenings removals from town t desert, desert to mountain woulC
 each have effect. Gossip of harems
 the tinkle of silver anklets. the alarm
 of brigands, the citations of religion all would go into the rug.
 Then" I interrupted the hunter If they still dye and weave as of olt rugs are being made now that eventu ally will be beautiful and valuable ?'' If the west were willing to say [ , the east: We will give you five or te
 years to make a rug: if it would sa
 that, then age and gentle wear woul
 do the rest. But the west won't: P has mansions in increasing numbers { I fit out at once. So it has introduce aniline dyes and machine carders an o spinnig iennies and collective wea,
 ing. and Is otherwise hustling produ, i tion
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
The Ladies' Home Journal

No other publication is so gen. erally interesting to women as The Ladies' Home Journal. AL though 1t is an authority on fashion matter, many other phases of feminine life find in 1t their presentation.
 Any woman with literary taste will find an article by Hamilton Wright Mabie, in the March issue, most interesting. Tho title Is, How to Study Tennyson and Emerson" It is worth your while to know these men.
 The centre double-page of the March Journal is devoted to photographs from the Prize Baby Contest--mother and their children. There are some very beautiful photographs.
 The Spring Fashions have more than their usual snare of space In the March Journal. There are pages and pages of daintiness for dainty women. We are agents Tor The Ladies Home Journal Patterns.
 The Journal will be on sale at our pattern counter. Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Price Is cents per copy. or we will for ward your annual subscription to the publishers, at sl.5o per year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

The public schools today held ex- excises approprist, to Washington's birthday.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

Edson F. Woods and family will go to Jacksonville. Fla. early next week for a two months vacation.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

Allen defeated Adams in the pool tournament at the Bradley house last night. The score was loo-51 No game was played this evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
Card of Thanks.

Charles Fender takes this means of thanking the members of the many societies of which he is a member, for their kindness in his recent bereave- ment in the death of his brother, William II. Fender, Trolleymen's Union. PSI. r. o. E., PAP; Russell Council. K. of C.. 65; A. o. H., Div, 1; St. Patrick's T. A. B. Society. May he rest in peace c F. FENDER.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
DEATHS.

GuION--In Hartford, Conn, February i9, 1908, Cordelia Lucilla Guion, wife of Franklin Gardner Guion. Interment will take place in New Brit ain, Conn, Saturday afternoon.
 f21 2t DOWNES-At Milford. on Wednesday February 10, John Stone Downes. in his s1th year.
 Funeral services at his late residence 5l North avenue, Milford, on Satur- day, February %, at 3 o'clock f21 2t GAILAGHER-In this city, Feb. 21 1908. John F. Gallagher, aged 7' years.
 Funeral services will be held at the rooms of Graham X Hayes, l09I Chapel street, Sunday afternoon al halfpast two o'clock Friends ar' invited to attend. f22 It
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
PATRIOTIC PANTS"
X United Country Stands Ready tC
 Adopt These Insignia.

The patriotic sentiments expressed by Mir. Lionel Creamer, of Providence. R. l., at the Merchant Talors' Na- tional Exchange, in session at New York, will awaken warm enthusiasm in all parts of the country. His speech had the real American ring when he asked that the men of the United States should strike off their English shackles. "I know not what trousers others may choose" he said, with some of the eloquence of Patrick Henry, but as for me, give me some- thing distinctly and Independent, American--or I wear nothing"
 This noble spirit is in the highes sense worthy of Americans, and 1t may
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

Prospects for the Milldale- Water
 bury trolley construction are little brighter these days according to the statement of one of the directors The money conditions seem to be a little better and undoubtedly there will be a better chance to sell stock, which is now the all important object of the company. However, the price of ma terial is still very high and this is an obstacle in the way of the company. Labor is very cheap at present and this makes up for the high price of material. If the improvement of financial conditions continue as they have in the past month there is every probability that the new company will start to build in the early summer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

The Southington W C. T |. met .his afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Lewis on Vermont avenue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

MT. Harry Warner, MT. Harry Jones, MT. Fred Russell Mir. Theodore Such CT, MT. Peter Bowman, Mir. Fred Bradley, MT. Frank Smith, MT Wood ward, MT. Kelsey.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

According to Representative Elijah Rogers the peach crop prospects this year are very good and he looks for ward to a large crop. The recent cold snap did some damage, but MT. Rogers says that at least 10 per cent. of the buds are left intact, which is a very good percentage, and better than the past few years percentages. Over 90 per cent. of the peach buds are blighted every year by severe weather.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

The voting contest at the U. NJ. T. club to decide the most popular socie- ty in town shows the ladies' auxiliary of A. O. H. in ,,.., rad with 109 votes, followed by the Red Men with SS.
 There was very good attendance at the fair last night, and the entertain ment which consisted of farce en- titled His Last Legs" was quite en- joyable. This evening a company from Hartford entertained and Miss Theersa Egan rendered vocal solo.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

It is understood that the majority of employees at Clark's factory are af- fected with measles. The men, young and old. are succumbing to the dis ease, which is diagnosed as the Ger man measles. However, the factory is not over-busy at present and the oc- currence could not come at more opportune time.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
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EAST PEARL STREET CHURCH.

There will be a special service at 7:S0 tomorrow evening at the East Pearl Street church There will he render ing of the forty-sixth psalm by Dud- ley Buck. full vested choir, under di- rection of E. s. Marsh, organist of Bridgeport, and a quartst consisting of Elizabeth Booth. soprano: Ruth Latin TOD. alto: Frank O'Connell, tenor. and John Duncan. baritone, will render special selections