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an Illicit business was being conduct
ed there, they were without positive
evidence upon which they could pro.
cced, legally. For the purposes of this
article the place shall be known as
the Big Ben 1t was guarded day
and night by armed men and any
strange person coming within firing
distance placed his life in jeopardy
The problem was to catch the pro-
moters of the concern red.handed-
to find them in the very act of distill.
ing and shipping illicit liquor. The
first move toward this end was to
smuggle several secret service men
into the inside. They secured employ
ment in the establishment and thus
kept tab ON all of the queer happen
ings of the place.
That was only the beginning. The
next most important step was to ar
range plan of signals by which the
United States officers could be guided
in making their raid. There was a de-
serted house on the side of the river
where the distillery was located, and
it was decided to make use of this as
signal station. One of the detec-
tives was supplied with large lantern
and provided with key to the house.
On the first night that the conditions
were favorable he was to so into the
third story front room of the house
and place the lighted lantern in a po-
sition in the window where it could
be seen on the other side of the river.
Night after night Detective Kelly
waited on the New Orleans side of the
river for the signal from the deserted
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-09-11
By GEORGE BARTON

house. And night after night he was
confronted by great banks of heavy
impenetrable fog. Finally one night
when patience had almost ceased to
be a virtue, bright white spot ap-
peared from out. of the gloom.
1t was the lantern in the deserted
house.
Kelly pulled out a whistle and sum-
moned his men at once. They respond
ed with alacrity and I'M a few minutes
were in big flat-boat that had been
kept on hand for the purpose. There
had been heavy floods in that section
of the south, and the Mississippi river
was swollen to an abnormal size. The
secret service men, armed to the
teeth, entered the boat in a few Sec
onds. The colored men who we're to
do the rowing showed some hesitation.
"Come on, you rascals," shouted
Kelly, get in that boat and get to
work.
Something in the commanding tone
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of the mans voice made them feel
that mutiny would be suicide.
1T looks mighty dangerous, boss, ~
muttered the chief oarsman. THAT S
why the boys are so slow"
1T is mighty dangerous" retorted
Kelly. That's why l want the boys
to be quick"
turbulent waters dashing over the
sides of the boat and splashing the
faces of the passengers. Kelly fully
realized the peril of crossing the
river on such a bad night but his
fears, if he had any, were kept quietly
locked in his own breast. A second
boat followed Immediately after the
first. In it was a detail of soldiers un-
der the command of a commissioned
officer and these were all subject to
the orders Of Detectives Kelly and
Brooks. Kelly was in the first boat
and he encouraged the lusty oarsmen
to do their best. They worked like
Trojans. At times it looked as if the
rickety boat might capsize and throw
them all to the bottom of the muddy
stream. All were alarmed. To add to
the terror Of the waters, it became so
dark at times that the oarsmen could
scarcely follow their course. Kelly
pointed to the light in the window of
the deserted house.
Boys" he said, keep your eye on
that light"
They did so, pulling away against
great odds. Once the boat sprung a
leak and there threatened to kc a
panic among the frightened pas.en.
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antedating Mr.. Untermyer was just
as mindful of the minutes, though he
lived not in the time of fast express
es and slower subway trains. Trans
portation, however, was least of his
time consuming things. The great
est loss took place right in his own
home. The good gentleman was the
Chancellor d'Aguesseau, French jur-
ist, who died in 1851.
It annoyed him that his wife always
kept him waiting quarter of an hour
after the dinner bell had been sound
ed. He estimated that In . month OF
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SAVING THE ODD MINUTES
gate equaled about II trips around the

gate equaled about II trips around the
world.
A man full of purpose and intent on
achieving permits no time to pass un-
fruitfully. Rex E. Beach, who has
written so well of active life and prim-
tive passions, did much of the work
on the novel that gave him his dis
tinction on railroad trains and street
cars. using. not only note books but
letters and any fragments of paper
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kind, act with the unerring providence
OF instinct; man, the while, who DOS
sesses higher faculty, abuses it. and.
therefore, goes blundering on. They,
Dy their unconscious and unhesitating
obedience to the laws of nature, fulfil
the end of their existence; he, in will.
1ul neglect Of the laws of God, loses
sight OF the end of his.-Southey.
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that might be utilized from what he
carried in his pockets.
The writer recalls that in the way
to Democratic convention in Kansas
City, Samuel Untermyer, eminent cor
poration lawyer, carried with him
the documents in a complex case of
stupendous Importance, and in the
intervals between smokes and politi-
cal chats with the rest of the Tam
many leaders really figured out some
OF the most effective work of his ca
reer.
Another distinguished lawyer long
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Much Can Be Accomplished by Work.
ing This System.

Recently there was rivalry among
commuters in different parts of the
country as to who had travelled the
greatest number of miles going to and
from home during the period of subur-
ban residence. The palm was award
ed to an Illinois man, whose aggre-
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week days TX hours thus went for
nothing. This waste was wanton and
to his thrifty nature was wholly in
excusable. So he resolved to devote
the time to writing a book on juris-
prudence.
How we'll he succeeded in putting
this project into execution may be
judged from the fact that in the
course of time he produced four quar-.
to volumes.
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Many Families in the Lead.

A London firm is getting out a list
OF leading families" in the United
States and Great Britain, and it Is said
to be much more liberal than many
American publications of the same
kind. The price of the book is s25,
and 1t will be very sumptuously bound.
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This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's VEGETABLE
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1856 Lawrence
St., Denver, COL, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham: ,''::..'~'
II was practically an invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
I underwent an operation !, by tho
doctors advice, but in few months 1
was worse than before. A friend ad-
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
health, such as I have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
I did with backache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
g-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness or nervous prOStratiOn.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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: the 9th of Anril. 1874.

Y the 9Th of April, 1874,
Francis r. Kelly was
granted leave of absence
from the Philadelphia pO-
lice force and directed to
report to James J. Brooks,
at the time prominent as
a detective in the United
States secret service.
The purpose Of his as.
alignment was kept a pro-
found secret. BY ap-
pOintment. he met De-
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Milk to Remove Stains.
Scalding hot milk will remove stains
from linen and cotton more effectively
than boiling water.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-09-11
Heard II the Rain.

Heard IN the Rain.
: Seeing the sun shining through the
rain a Georgia 3youngster said to
Brother Dtckey: III T.
rs the devil beating his wife be-
hind the door," s.
Il dunno, honey" said the old man.
Hits my opinion dat ef de devil got
wife he amt sayin' a word ter no.
body!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Buy furs and hides, or tan them for robes l.
rugs. N. W. Hide 4 Fur Co.; Minneapolis.
One difference between a man and .
mule is that the man does the most OF
his kicking with his mouth.
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Mans eIunderino Reason.
Beasts. birds and insects, even to
the minutest and meanest Of their
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Few, If Anyone Suspected His
Presence in South When He Went
There, Surprised Plant in Opera
tion and Won Deserving Promo
ton. How He Traied Down
Culprits On Fragment of a Clew.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
HAD BEAR CUB FOR cHum.
Death Of Pet In Fight Brlnso Sorrow
to Owner.

Milo p. Ward, a ~westerner. who
spent seven years In the hills of Ore
gon seeking a pocket" that contained
gold enough to put him on his feet
after a fortune of $500. 900 had been
swept away, has received bad news
from home.
1T was tragic to me-" he said, al
though 1t was only the death Of a pet
bear that tramped with me during my
days of loneliness and solitude In the
hills in the hunt for gold that allowed
me to hold up my head again."
Ward found the pocket that he
sought. 1t contained $37, 900 worth Of
good, yellow gold, and he Is holding
on to 1t. After losing his vast for
tune in 1893, Ward, who had been a
miner In former days, got out his pick
and shovel. red shirt and rifle, and
disappeared in the hills. He knew
seven years Of hard work and ex-
posture to danger he succeeded in To-
eating a rich pocket" After three
days Of digging he started for civiliza-
tion with the yellow metal.
MY faithful companion during the
most of that time" said Ward, was
Bob, who came to me as a bear cub.
We met in an unusual way. One night
after a hard days work I cooked my
meal and lay down to sleep. During
the night l felt the pressure of a soft
foot on my hand and instantly start
up. The night was dark and / could
see but a few feet away. A rustling
in the bushes a few feet from where
l lay indicated that something was
there.
Finally daylight came and imagine
my establishment when 1 say that my
foe instead of being a ferocious noun
tain lion was nothing but a bear cub.
The little fellow sat there shivering-
scared worse. If possible, than l had
been.
II made friends with the cub and
he followed me for months. When I
found the fortune Bob and myself
made our way to Gold Hill, where We
located. We were good chums and I
loved that bear. When l left him there
in charge of my friends he weighed
$50 pounds.
"Some time ago some Of the boys
Of the town concluded to get up a
fight between Bob and a mountain
lion they had captured. The fight
took place a few days ago., but 1t was
short. The lion got the bear by the
throat and that was the end of Bob"
Indianapolis Star.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
The Hungry Children.

If city school children are fainting
at their desks from hunger 1t is high
time organized measures were taken
for their relief, declares the New York
World. 1t is not to be expected that
teachers should keep bottles Of milk
in their classrooms, as has been done.
to provide pupils with sufficient nou
ishment to get through their lessons.
The extreme conditions are assumed
to be temporary and as such they
should receive the attention Of Chart.
able societies. But the periodical re-
ports of breakfastless school children
indicate permanent conditions Of pri-
walton and undernutrition among some
part of the school population which
should be remedied. No child a
study on an empty stomach, and the
attempt can only result in ervou
weakness and dwarfed mental and
physical development. Shall regular
meals be provided for underfed chill.
dren, and, if so, shall they be paid for
by an appropriation from the educa-
tional fund, or must the expense be
met by popular subscription?
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
THE MARKETS.

KANSAS CITY-Cattle-Choice ex.
port and dressed beef steers, $4,000
SIS; fair to good. $4.50@5.15; west
ern steers, $4.25@5.50; stockers and
feeders, $3.40@4.90; southern steers,
$4@5.25; southern cows, $4,000; ma
tive cows, $2.50@4.75; native heifers,
$3.40G5.25; bulls, $3.1O@4.50; calves,
$4@6.25. Hogs-Heavy, $4.42h@4.50;
packers, $4.3O@4.45; pigs and lights.
$3.S5@4,35. Sheep-Lambs, $6@6.65;
ewes and yearlings. $4.75@5.50; west
ern yearlings, $5.40@6.2O; western
sheep, $4.40@5.50; stockers and feed.
ers, $3.5O@5.
CHICAGO-Cattle-Steers, s4.25@
6.15; cows, s3.25@5; heifers, $4,000
SIS; bulls, $3.40@4.5O; calves, 1915
07.25; stockers and feeders, $2.75@
4.9O. Hogs-Choice heavy shipping,
$4.50@4.55; butchers, S4.45@4.55;
light mixed, $4.4004.45; choice light,
$4.45@4.50; packing, $4@4.45; pigs.
$3.5O@4.35. Sheep-Lambs, $6@7;
sheep, $4.25@5.65; yearlings, $3.50
6.20.
ST. LOUIS-Cattle-Native ship.
ping and export steers, $5.50@6.00;
dressed beef and butcher steers, $5.15
@5.75; steers under 1000 lbs. $3.50
4.50; stockers and feeders, $4,000
4.65; COWS and heifers. $3.40@5.25;
Gamers, $1.75@2.65: bulls, so. 50@4.60;
calves, $3.50@7.50; Texas and In
dian steers. $3@5.40; COWS and heif.
ers, $1.75@4. Hogs--Pigs and lights,
$3.50@4.30; packers. S@4.35; butch
ers and best heavy, $4.30@4.40. Sheep
Native muttons, s3.25@5.35; lambs.
N.25@6.S5; culls and bucks. 1880
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
CONVENTION SELECTIONS.

For National. Committeeman.
Charles Nagel. OF st. Louis.
For Delegates at Large.
Senator William Warner, Kansas City.
Herbert s.. Hadley, Kansas city.
John II. Boutwell,. Sedalia.
John r, Holmes. Joplin.
Alternates at Large.
All NegrOcs.)
Nelson Crews. Kansas City.
J, r. A. Grassland, st. Joseph.
G. X. Robinson. st. Louis.
Ii. G. Phillips. Scdalia.
Presidential Electors. .
At Iargc-Thomas II. Marks. Kansas
City. and Henry w. Kiei. St. Louis.
First District-John $. Ncwlan, Lew
County.
Second Decentralization L. G.. Eubanks.
Third District. <. Mcclain. Clay
Fourth District-w. C. Fleming. An
drew County.
Fifth District-Cyrus Graf, Jackson
ounty
sixth Di~strict-Jamcs F. Rhodes, Cedar
Seventh District-w. t. Bigbee. Greene
County.
Eighth District-sam Keller. Cole
County.
Ninth District-Robert w. Payne. CAL
laway County.
Tenth District-George w. Lettcrman,
st. Louis County.
Eleventh District. Laurence Mauran,
st. Louis.
twelfth District-Leo Rassicur. st.
Louis.
Thirteenth District-John II. Chitwood,
Fredericktown, Mo.
Fourteenth District-M. f.. Morrow.
Howell County
Fifteenth District-J l.. Elm. McDon-
aid County
sixteenth District-w. /. Direnderfer.
Laclede County.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

sentatives from Missouri in Congress.
The efficient and clean record of our
Republican state officials meets with our
highest co~mmendation and approval. and
without detracting In the least from the
record of any of these State officials we
desire to express our satisfaction with the
record of Attorney General Herbert S.
Hadley. in the brilliant and successful
fight he has waged against the wful
cncroachment upon the rights of the peo-
pie of Missouri. and recognizing his stcr-
ling worth we hereby indorse him as the
Republican nominee for governor and
pledge him our support to bring about his
nomination and election.
In placing the nomination Of a ma
tional committeeman as the fourth
order of business, the committee re.
port said: Fourth, the naming of a
national committeeman, for whom the
delegates at large are hereby instruct.
ed to vote and district delegates are
respectfully requested to vote"
c. A. Newton of the Sixteenth dis
trict then placed Charles Nagel in
nomination for national committee
man.
Thomas H. Marks of the Fifth dis.
trict nominated Thomas X. Niedring-
haus.
The vote for national committeeman
by districts resulted as follows:
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Damage Done by Rats.

"The western farmer is waking up
to a realization Of the fact that he
is, as the agricultural department told
him some time ago, losing not less
than 500, 600, 900 a year from rats
says ]. H. Van Burden, a Milwaukee
grain merchant. 1T costs about SO
cents a year to feed a rat. We know
this because we have boxed them up
and fed them as much grain as they
would eat for a year. 1t is a conserva-
tive estimate to place our rat popula.
ton at 10000, 900. About one.third
Of them live In the large cities, where
they do not get SO much grain"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
w. II. PAWSON, JR.
WINTER WHEAT rs TO 80 BUSH.
ELS TO THE ACRE IN SOUTH.
ERN ALBERTA.

Warner, Alta, Canada, Jan. 9, 1908.
Dear Sir: This Is the first year Of
farming in this settlement. MI. A. l..
Warner raised twenty-five hundred
and fifteen bushels Of fine winter
wheat on n hundred acres of break.
ing and Tenny brothers had sixty
acres that went thirty bushels per
acre. The winter wheat that is In
this year looks fl ne.
Spring wheat here went thirty BUSH
els per acre, oats fifty to eighty, bar.
ley fifty, and flax ten to fifteen on
sod.
The settlers here are all we'll
pleased with the country. The stock
have not required any feed except
the grass up to this date and are all
fat. Yours truly,
F. 8. LEFFINGWELL.
Information as to how to reach
these districts, rates, ETC., can be
secured from any agent of the Canadi-
an government, whose advertisement
appears alphabetically
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

=" hear you have a new automobile,
old man." said the motor-car feDd.
What does It look like?"
well, to tell you the truth" replied
the amateur motorist, 1T Is as ugly
as a steam roller, makes as much
noise as a traction engine, knocks
over as many people as a freight en-
CINE and raises as much dust as q
street sweeping machine.
The motor.car fiend was wild with
enthusiasm.
"You don't say!" he blurted eagerly.
Tell me where I a buy the same
make and I'll give you my old machine
as q present"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Totals ........ $50
NageI Selection Unanimous.

Scarcely had the vote been an
nounced when Homer B. Mann of the
Fifth district, the only district which
had voted solidly for Niedringhaus,
was on his feet with a motion to make
the selection Of Nagel unanimous.
when we can't beat 'em, we 'jine'
EN-" he said.
The nomination of candidates for
delegates at large was next taken up.
Isaac Kimball of the Fifth district
nominated Hadley. wherever he has
been placed by the republican party,
he has succeeded" Kimball said. "He
is more like Roosevelt and Taft than
any many among us. He stands for
the square deal and has been a cloud
by day and a pillar of fire by night to
the republicans of Missouri"
Homer Mann, also of the Fifth dis
trict, placed Senator Warner in nomi-
nation as the second member of the
big four" He apologized for the fact
that Kansas City was monopolizlng
the center Of the stage. "The reason
is" he said, because we have pro.
duced the two biggest republicans in
the state" He moved to suspend the
rules and to make the selection of the
two nominees by reclamation. This
was done amid great enthusiasm.
Warner, who had during this time
relinquished the gavel to Secretary
Lake. appeared On the platform con
Quoting Hadley by the arm, and intro
duced him to the convention as "the
man who will next occupy the execu
tive mansion at Jefferson City"
Il hope" said Hadley in beginning
his speech, that Senator Warner IL
as good a prophet as he is a states
man. 1t will be my duty and my pleas
ure to vote at the convention for VIII
liam H. Taft. I am opposed to tax
ing any backward step or ever t.
marking time on the policies of Roose
welt. We may differ as to men, but W,
can not condemn those who differ will
us as rascals. What the republican
party needs is recruits, not victims
Let us march forward and achieve TIL,
full redemption of Missouri"
The convention adjourned at Isl
o'clock Thursday night after being 1,
session about v hours.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
HIS ON JOB.
Brother Dickey Thinks He Mas Over.
rated as Patient Man.

81 dunno what dey call Job a patient
man fer" said Brother Dickey, "kaze
of all de GROWERS l ever hearn tell on
he sho' wuz de growlinest. But he
sho' did have enough ter make him
growl-dat he did. De devil say:
'Looky yere, Job, you in my power,
now, an l gwine ter 'fict you wild a
few biles.' An Job say: All right;
I kin stan it eff you kim But de biles
commence ter break out so thick an
fas' dat Job say: Looky yere, man,
desc amt no biles-dis de smallpox,
sho' ez you BON An he eetch and
eetch so dat he had ter scratch his
SET wild q goats head. Den de devil
git in a high win and blow down Jobs
house; an dat wuz too much. So OIL
Job lif' up his voice an he say:
'Looky yere, l bargain fer biles, but I
didn't want no harricane th'owed in
fer good measure Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Explosion In Mexican Mine.

Sabinas, Coauhila, Mexico-An ex-
plosion Of fire damp occurred
early Thursday morning in No. 8 shaft
of the Rosita mine at Musquiz, and for
a time 1t was feared that many miners
had lost their lives. Relief parties,
however, were Immediately organized
and all of the men brought to the sur
face before the subsequnt fire had
gained Roadway. A number OF men
are working in an effort to ~extinguish
the Are.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
Agree on Reduction of Wages.

Louisville, Ky.-After an all-day
conference between the. officials
of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad and a general committee of
adjustment headed by ]. D. Keene,
general chairman Of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors. 1t was last
night that the Louisville & Nashville
conductors agreed to a reduction in
wages. The reduction consists of a re.
turn to the wages in effect prior to
March !, 1907, and will take effect
March !, 1908.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06

MISS BESSIE FARRELL 1O11 Third
AVA Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, is Presi.
dent of the Young Peoples Christian
Temperance Association. She writes:
"Peruna is certainly a valuable nerve
and blood remedy, calculated to build
up the broken-down health of WORKOUT
women. l have found by personal ex.
perience hat it acts as a wonderful re-
storer of lost strength, assisting the
stomach to assimilate and digest the
food, and building up WORKOUT tissues.
In my work l have had occasion to
recommend it freely, especially to
81 know of nothing which Is better to
build upthe strength of a young mother.
in fact, all the ailments peculiar to
women, so I am pleased to give it my
hearty endorsement"
DR.. Hartman has prescribed Peruna
for many thousand women, and he
never fails to receive a multitude of
letters like the above, thanking him
for the wonderful benefits received.
M~an.a.lin the Ideal Laxative.