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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Miss Pearl Jessup entertained a
few of her friends Tuesday evening
at her home on Mission street. The
house was beautifully decorated with
large Christmas bells and green and
red crepe paper. A dainty three
course luncheon was served by the
hostess. Plenty Of music was fur
nished the entire evening, and all ex-
pressed themselves as having a jolly
good time.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Judge Steiner arrived here yester-
day from Waterville. He came down
expressly for the hearing of the Mol
op case, which will be commenced
Monday. He will have some minor
matters during this week. On Sat
urday the Odds suit will be up for
hearing.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31
COMMITTEE
HOLD MORNING SESSION
J. L. Snapp Met With the Committee
There Was No Action Taken--Mr
Snapp is Surprised at Opposition of
Property Owners--Says Track Will
Appreciate Value of All Property.

freight. This is exclusive of the ex-
press business. This shows how the
business is growing and we must
be in position to handle it and
want the cooperation of the people
of Wenatchee We do not want them
to fight us or think that we are at
tempting to do anything that is not
for the best interests of the city.
Continued ON Second Page
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Mr. and Mrs. T. Gwinn and sons
returned to Seattle today. They had
been visiting NJ w. Bird, here a
week.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31
SPECIAL MEETING W. r. C.

A special meeting of the Woman's
Relief Corps will be held at Sprague
hall Saturday afternoon, at 2 p. m.
All members are requested to be
present.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Miss Helen Siebenshush went to
Leavenworth today to visit relatives
for a short time.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Mrs. L. d. Stokes, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. r. E.
Sullivan, for a week, returned to her
home in Seattle today.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Charles Dunning, Harry Miller and
Max Whalin went to Cashmere to-
day, on business for Ellis-Forde &
Co.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Miss Isabelle Byron, of Mime
apolis, arrived today to take her po-
sition as fourth grade teacher in the
Stevens school.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Lem Provo, of Okanogan, was in
| for Seattle.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Lyman Shotwell returned to Sc
attic today. He had been visiting
relatives here.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

The local postofice has made
among the greatest increases In gen.
eral business of any of the second
class postoffices in the state for the
past year and shows how the valley
is growing.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

A. E. Wieland and Percy Scheble
entertain at stag party tonight at
the Olympia Cafe.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

NJ R. Snodgrass went to Snoho-
mish today to take position with
John Potts & Company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31
GREAT BUSINESS
IN STAMP SALES
CHRISTMAS BUSINESS AT THE
POSTOFFICE HAS DOUBLED IN
PAST FOUR YEARS IN STAMP
SALES ALONE.

Business in local postOffice is
good criterion as to the general
prosperity of the locality, and taking
the business done in the Wenatchee
postofice during the months Of De-
cember for the past four years In
the stamp sales alone shows that a
wonderful gain has been made. The
following are the stamp sales Tor
these. months for the past four years.
The month is not yet over but the
business without the two remaining
DAYS shows sales in excess of $4,000.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31
STAG PARTY.

Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-31

Continued on Second Page.)
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Blue STOCKINGS.

About 1871 it was the fashion for
several ladies to gather at evening
assemblies, where they might partici-
pate in conversation with literary and
ingenious men. One of the most emil
nent members of these societies, when
they first commenced, was Mr.. Still
ingdeet ~(grandson of the bishop,
whose dress was remarkably grave
with the exception of the blue stock
ings be always wore. His CONVERSE
ton vas SO excellent that his absence
was greatly felt, wherein they would
say that they could do nothing with
out 'Blue-stockings," and thus the
title was established. A French for
eigner translated the words to the
French and called Bas-Bleu a gather
ing of brilliant friends who meet to
talk, giving no thought of dress.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
MADE BAND OF EYEGLAss CORD.
Device for Keeping the Bothersome
Thing Out of the Way.

One of the bothersome things in
this world is the cord on an eyeglass.
Those persons who affect the cord
often have trouble managing 1t. The
string is as likely as not to drop into
the soup or to catch in all sorts of
small obstacles and generally will
make itself a first class nuisance On
small provocation.
A man who was bothered with the
cord or his glasses developed a plan
for getting it out of the way while he
vas on the street at least. He ran
them around the top Of his head SO
that they made a band just over his
ears.
When he had his hat on the cord
came down owe the bridge Of his
nose from under his hat. 1t didn't in
terfere with his vision and vas well
out of the way. Furthermore, If his
hat came off suddenly his cord was in
place as a sort of filet about his head
and he ran no risk of having the
glasses broken by falling off and
humping against something.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Tree Death Trap for Birds.

Queensland, Australia, has a curious
tree which ensnares and kills insect
life and sometimes birds also. A
traveller say of it: "The seed vessels
of the Queensland upas tree, 'Ahmoo'
of the blacks (Pisonia Brunoniana),
which are produced on spreading leaf
less panicles, exude a remarkably WIS.,
cid substance approaching birdlime in
consistency and evil effect. Sad is the
fate of any bird which, laundering in
its flight happens to strike against any
of the many traps which the tree in
unconscious malignity hangs out on
every side. In such event the seed
clings to the feathers, the wings be-
come fixed to the sides, the hapless
bird falls to the ground and as it
struggles heedlessly gathers more of
the seeds, to which leaves and twigs
adhere, until by aggregation it is in
closed in a mass of vegetable debris as
firmly as a mummy in it's Clothes"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
HIS TERRIFIC WASTE OF TIME.
Awful Shock to Man Who for Years
Had Written Extra Letter.

perhaps as severe a small shock
as / ever got" said a man who is
careful of his time, Struck me the
other day when l discovered that
for many years I had been mis-
spelling a certain word by the in
PRODUCTION OF an additional letter.
1t wasn't the misspelling of the
word that disturbed me, it was the
fact that misspelling it as | had done
J had wasted so much time in writing
it. But now | have begun to get back
the time lost.
Il have selected a word that 1 find
/ frequently use, a word from which
one letter can be eliminated without
iplpairing it's Significance or it's appeal
to the eye, and from that word in writ
ing l am now emitting that n let
ter.
las l figure it, in about II years, by
leaving out a letter from this word, l
shall gain about as much time as |
have lost by adding a letter to that
other word. ! shall square the &C
count, and then | shall feel easier.
Thine is the most valuable thing
we have, and l hate to waste it."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Suggestion for optlml.t..

The motto Of a club of genuine opti-
mists would be something like this:
Everything u be made to work for
the better in this most improbable of
worlds" This doesn't let the bars
down to every crack-brained reformer,
however. 1t doesn't mean reform, so
called. 1t means rather cheerful purga-
hon of the unclean and a smiling con-
serva ion Of the clean. 1t means
sound sense and the elimination of
fools. We can all afford to laugh and
sleep O. nights upon one condition
that we refuse to stand pat and con.
sent to pull weeds. That is optimism.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
TEMPTATION TO THE BIsuLous.
Method ct italian Cafes Puts Premium
on Deep Drinking.

Drink, as usual. was the subject Of
debate.
Il went into a cafe in Bologna last
month";" said a Chicagoan. "'Buon-
giorno,' l said, in my best Italian.
Vino
THE pretty waitregs brought me a
flask of vino. Then she asked IL I
would drink by the glass or hour. I
opened my eyes wide. l shook my
head in bewildermant. Laughing, she
explained:
Competition is so great in the
cafes Of Bologna hat we have to
adopt all sorts of novelties to attract
trade. The latest is drinking by the
hour. In nearly all our cafes now you
can drink by the glass or hour, as
pleases you.
"'Our vim ordinaire can be drunk at
ten cents an hour. There is profit in
that, no matter how great the drink
er's capacity may be. Vim ~ordinaire,
you know, costs nothing.
"'For beer we charge so cents an
hour. We make little on beer. Bran.
dy is one dollar an hour
Il laughed.
"In what condition. l asked, do
these contract drinkers walk homer
"The girl laughed, too.
""They don't walk she said. They
are carried"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
cANNIsALisM IS STILL ALIVE.
Evidently Work Remains for Mission
aries In Africa.

you may be interested to know"
says j.. J. Reynard of the Cape-to-C Cairo
telegraph construction staff, that can
nibalism still survives and is, to my
knowledge, practiced by the Chikanda
dwelling along the Zambezi and Shire
rivers. A case came to my notice last
year. The body of celebrated hunter,
who had succumbed to fever, was X
humed and devoured. At one impor-
tant center of the Shire the cemetery
has to be guarded to prevent the Ia
tives %devouring the newly buried
bodies.
"As far as I know, c~annibalism IL
not practiced openly by tribes in the
country with which I am acquainted.
The natives who devour our dead be-
lieve that II they eat the body of a
European they will acquire his intelli-
gence, just as they eat the heart of a
lion because they believe they will
gain the courage of the lion.
"The Mambwe, of the Tanganyika,
regard the lion as sacred, and believ-
ing implicitly in the reconsideration
of the soul, hold that the spirit Of a
dead chief enters into the body Of a
lion or python. Those animals are
therefore taboo, unless they kill man,
when the taboo is withdrawn"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Industry of the Pesky Ant.

Out in Burmah and the far east,
where sandalwood is worth its weight
in silver, the pestiferous ant is a val
liable assistant to the loggers of hat
precious timber. The hard and fra
grant heartwood alone has value. but
as the tree grows this valuable heart
is overlaid by a soft and worthless
layer, forming two-thirds of the trunk.
When a tree is felled and cut into
lengths the loggers let the timber lie.
At once the ants begin work upon the
soft wood, which is sappy and sweet
enough to attract them. In a few
weeks-less than a month in the case
Of the largest butts, the ants deliver
the heartwood free of all the worthless
.sapwood.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
A Nomadic Piece of Land.

Cape Cod itself is sand, and like
everything of a desert nature, is
nomadic. Like the Arab, it is always
silently stealing away, so that the ap-
p~earance Of the peninsula constantly
changes, says a writer in Outing. The
prevailing winds in the winter being
from the north, the sand is blown
south; in summer it is blown t'other
way, but the winter winds being
stronger, the land is gradually work
ing south. Monomoy, at the lower
end, used to be an island, its extrem-
1ty being called Cape Malabar, a name
not used now. This island of Mono
moy is rapidly growing toward Nan
tucket, it having advanced some five
miles in the last so years.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
REPAID FOR SHARP PRACTICE.
Keeper of Livery Stable Was Caught
In His Own Net.

Advice in law applied in an unpro-
fessional way Is sometimes as effec-
tive as regular court procedure. An
incident of 80 or 40 years ago illus
trates this point. 1t is told by Joseph
A. Willard in Half a Century with
Judges and Lawyers" Mr.. Willard
was in a friends law office one day,
when q client came in for advice.
He said that he had hired a horse
to go to a ~neighboring town for a dol
lar, but when he had returned, the
stable-keeper asked him for a dollar
more.
what for?" the client had asked.
For the ride back"
The lawyer gave some instructions,
which the client followed. A little
later he went to the s~table-keeper and
asked how much 1t would cost to hire
a horse and buggy to go to Salem.
Five dollars" was the reply.
The client hired the team and went
to Salem. When he returned he came
on the cars. He went to the stable
and paid the keeper five dollars.
where is my horse and buggy?'
asked the II
"In Salem,' was the u]nconcerned
reply.
why did you leave them there?''
cried the keeper.
Il only hired them to go to Salem -
answered the client.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
A Plant That Weeds.

Scientific agr~iculturalists are taking
a great interest just now in a pretty
plant with blue iowers-the COM
melina nodifora-for this plant eats
up weeds.
The plant m from Malaysia,
where it is of great service in ex-
terminating the lalang and other
weeds inimical to rubber growths. In
the English botanical gardens at Kew
tests have proved it to be equally
powerful against the weeds of a tem
perate climate, and in Washington the
Kew demonstrations are being dupli-
Gated.
The commelina grows rapidly and
weeds disappear before it. VIII it
some day supplant the human weeder
with his raw fingers and aching back?
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04

Whence does the Jungfrau derive its
name? M. Hartman of Interlaken con-
tributes the results of his researches
on this subject to the "Feuilles d'His.
toire Bernoise." There was, it appears,
In the fifteenth century a nunnery at
Interlaken. The nuns owned what is
now the Wengern Alp, and was then
denominated, out of compliment to it's
proprietors, the "Jungfrauenberg," or
Mountain of the Young Women"
When a name was wanted for the
snowpeak opposite, the Jungfrauenberg
naturally supplied it. 1t was called the
Jungfrauhorn--an appellation which,
in the course of the years, was abbre-
Waited into Jungfrau.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
EASILY KEPT AHEAD OF GRANT.
Generals professional Trotter" No
Match for Farmers Nag.

A. writer relating some of the Incl
dents of Gen. Grants last days, tells
this anecdote of the ex-president. He
was, as everyone knows. very fond of
horses, and while spending a summer
at Long Branch, was accustomed to
take a daily drive behind a noted
trotter.
By courtesy, although often against
his wish, he was always given a free
and open course. One day. while jog
ging along, he noticed in a casual way
a farmer and his wife, who, with a
single horse and errand wagon, were
just ahead, evidently returning from
market.
On attempting to draw alongside"
and pass the couple, there was a race
on in a moment.
The farmer chirped in a peculiar
way and his horse squatted into a long
gated and easy trot. Altogether it
was a veritable surprise to the other
driver, with his professional trotter''
and light road wagon. But the farmer
kept the lead in spite Of Gen. Grants
efforts to overtake him.
Occasionally through the dust he
could see the farmers wife look back
to note their relative positions. Final.
ly, after a mile heat, the farmer
slowed up" a little, to allow the gen.
eral to come within hearing distance.
Did he know who it was?" Gen.
Grant was asked.
"Oh, yes" he replied. 1.-THE man
simply said: General, you've got a
good one and then 1 allowed him to
go on."-Century Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
WHITE OAK


Earl Porter and wife of Bell
flower were the guests of Walter
Robertson last week.
Mrs. Berry Mabry was the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Tatum near
Macedonia this week.
Albert King happened TO an C
cident, while oiling a shredder one
day last week, getting his thumb
out off.
Miss Mable Wigs of Bellflower
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thuell Hagood last week.
Albert peery was the guest of
relatives near here Friday.
Mrs. F. w. Bunch returned home
Sunday after an extended visit to
her son, VIM. of B~ellville, Ill.
Jinks Davis was the guest of
relatives near Middletown from
Saturday until Monday.
Eugene Mabry brought hogs in
Montgomery Tuesday, getting
S5,35 per cwt.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Holloway Friday, Nov. n a boy.
Little Leslie Wehrman, who has
been in the hospital for some
time, was recently brought to his
home here and is reported better
now.
There was given a party at VIM.
Reeds Saturday night.
j. M. Anderson went to st.
Louis last week.
Thuel Hagood and wife were the
guests of John Cox last week.
c. P. Parsons is the guest of Ely
Brown near Mineola this week.
Otis Anderson and wife of Lee
banon, Mo-, are the guests OF her
parents, l.. Nj. Thorley neal
Hopewell.
Guy Burgess was the guest OF b.
o. Smith Saturday and Sunday.
Chas. Holcomb sawed wood
Tuesday.
Carrie Martin gave a Thanks
giving supper.
Mrs. George Whitehead's
d aughter, Edith of st. Louis is
her guest.
Miss Cannie White was the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. G. Houh
S aturday and Sunday.
Miss Laura Moss gave the
young people a birthday and
Thanksgiving dinner Thursday.
There was a party at Doren
Bunch's Friday night.
r. Hagood was the guest of rel
atives neal Truxton last week.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Carrots cure.AII for Babies.

One would scarcely think of feed
ing ill babies on carrots, yet this is
precisely what has been done with
great success by an Italian physician,
DIR. Moro, who finds that these vegeta-
bles act as an intestinal antiseptic. In
all of As cases of digestive disturb
ances treated with a carrot PURGE ex-
cellent results are reported. The soup
is not only antiseptic but n%ourishing.
There appears to be no good reason
why the carrot should not have the
same effect upon adult as upon infant
digestion, and lovers OF the peculiar
flavor of this humble vegetable may
consider that their preferences are
now amply justified.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
sophistry Of the Misanthrope.

Misanthropy arises from a man
trusting another without having a suf-
fcient knowledge of his character,
and, thinking him to be truthful, sim
cere and honorable, finds a little after
ward that he is wicked, faithless; and
then he meets with another of the
same character. When a man expert
ences this often, and, more particu-
larly, from those whom he considered
his most dear and best friepds-at
last, having frequently made a slip.
he hates the whole world, and thinks
that there is nothing sound at all in
any of them.-Plato.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
WEST PRAIRIE

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j.. w. Tanning sold a mule tc
j. G. Duncan last week.
Miss Mollie Whiteside~ who has
been attending school at Colum.
bia spent Thanksgiving at home.
= FL. b. Hudson of Montgomery
City erected a fine monument at
the grave of Mrs. w. p. Sharder's
grave Saturday.
Miss Gladys Parsons visited
Miss Minnie Mosley Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. samuel Mudd who has
been an invalid for almost two
years was taken to a st. Charles
no spital for the winter.
THANKS and M. p. Abbott de-
livered geese and Will Weather.
ford turkeys to Wellsyille mer-
chants Wednesday.
Mrs. Caroline Wise died at her
home Nov. "a and was buried at
the Hagood cemetery on the Goth.
Rev. @. P. Lovelace conducted the
funeral services. She was born in
Hanover, Germany, April %, 1926,
came to America when fifteen
years of age. She was twice mar
ried. Henry rockingham, who
died early in life and the second
time to John Wise, who has been
d cad about twenty-five years.
She leaves two sons and many
other relatives to mourn her loss.
Mrs. America Flynn died at the
home of her daughter, Nov. 20,
1908, and was buried at Olney
cemetery, Sunday, Nov. 20. Rev.
Coplur conducted the funeral SER
vices in the presence of a large
concourse of relatives and friends.
She leaves four sons and two
daughters and several grand-chil-
dren to mourn her departure. She
had been a member of the Chris
tian church for fifty years and al
ways lived q faithful christian
life.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Lucky m.

Amateur Actor (who has just con-
cluded a performance of the part of
Hamlet, to a friend who has been one
of the audience)-Well, old fellow,
don't you feel inclined to congratulate
some one7
Friend-Indeed ! do.
Amateur with v~ainglorious mien)
Inlay I SO far infringe on modesty as
to ask his name?
Triend--CertaiRly. His name is
shakespeare. and I heartily ~congratu-
late him on his unavoidable absence
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
orievans , Of tn. Ssubmersed.-

The great majority of men in Jul
times lack good and sufficient food, as
well as dwelling and clothes and all
the first necessities of life. And this
great majority of men Is compelled, to
the injury Of its well being, to labor
continually beyond it's strength. Both
these evils can easily be removed by
abolishing mutual strife, luxury, and
the nnrighteoas distribution of wealth
lin = word by the abolition of q false
and harmful order and the establish
ment of a reasonable human manner
AZ life.-Leo Tolstoy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Works Both Ways.

Uneasy lies the head that o a
crown" remarked the quotation dis
penser.
YES" rejoined the contrary person.
Nbut ia feel dreadfully weary II l
thought my head would lose It's
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04

Itching, bleeding, ~protruding OF
bind piles yield TO Doan's Oint-
ment. Chronic cases soon relieved,
hually cured. All druggists sell
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
Success.

There are two reasons for success
o. there are two for failure, and these
two, in both instances, act in such
close conjunction that it is almost i'm
possible to decide where one begins
and the other ends. Our mental at
titude alone will not transact material
business, nor will outward industry
compensate for lack of mental STAN
ina. Equilibrium, or eQuipose, will
alone account for success In any un-
dsrtakinS, and this means confidence
and grit, as well Al energy.-W. j.
Colville, in Nautilus.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-12-04
His Season.

Friend-so you have NO regular
season.
Acrobst-oh. yes. It's alxays sprtng