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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

The news items embrace a shooting
In mistake for a deer: the probable
loss Of two young hunters in the
north woods" and the finding of the
feet and shoes of a man who was
eaten by wild animals while out hunt.
ing. These are warnings of the dan
gers of the chase which merely give
zest to the sport of the true hunter,
but they should admonish care. never.
theless. during the season which is
now at hand.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

The coal-scuttle hat which has been
derided as a thing ~unaesthetic served
a unitarian purpose when 1t saved a
woman's life in a Wisconsin town by
shedding to her shoulder a brick that
fell from the fourth story Of a build
ing. The incident shows what might
be made of the hat. If beauty is to be
ignored. and the qualities of the fire.
mans helmet cultivated.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
A Monument In the Shows.

The highest placed monument in
the world is situated on La Combra,
the summit of a pass in the Andes.
and marks the frontier of the Gillian
and Argentine republics. 1t stands at
an altitude of 1876 feet above the
sea level, and for awe-inspiring gran
deur its surroundings would be hard
to match.-Wide World Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
In a photographic reference to tn

In a photographic reference to the
rediscoverer OF New York's great
river which appeared in these col
umns he was spoken Of as Hendrix
Hudson. A subscriber protests that
he was an Englishman and that his
name was Henry. The subscriber is
right. But the celebrated navigator
was for a time In the employ of Hol-
land and to his Knickerbocker friends
he was always Hendrix" which
means the same thing as Henry and
looks much quainter in print--a very
tempting quality from the standpoint
OF the paragrapher.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

~ feel thai owe
of my life to Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago I
was q walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
arebutgotnorelief
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound anditworked
Hike a charm. 1t re-
liavpd all INV paipa
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

The German Year Book for 1909,
Just issued, gives the empire a popu-
lation of 63,SS6. 900. This is an in.
crease of $3.50, 900 in 3k years. Since
1871 the count has increased by 3d.
600, 600. 1t Is healthy growth, the ex-
cess chiefly of births over deaths and
a decreasing emigration.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
Honor Where Honor is Due.

First Golfer-Well done, old chap!
That's the longest ball I've see you
drive yet!
Second Golfer = I'm afraid the
credits not all mine. A beast of a
wasp touched M up in the middle Of
my swing.-Punch.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has
invented a baby caravan in which the
little princess may take her outing in
all kinds of weather. Naturally, as a
queens invention. it ought to draw a
large royalty.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

Every possible means is used to
tempt this nation into initiating Eu.
rope by assuming a burden of mill.
tarism. Heaven forbid that the tempt.
ers should prevail.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

The report of the automobile acct
dest by which two men were killed
near Minneola, L. l., says that the
vehicle was going "at a moderate rate
Of speed at the time, and goes on
to relate that the two victims of the
accident had their skulls crushed by
being thrown over the front of the
automobile against the telegraph pole
with which the vehicle collided. II Is
evident tina, the term moderate
speed" has taken on a new meaning
since the advent of the motor vehicle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

There are many tests of real love,
but the plant OF a Brooklyn wife that
a bride OF IS canno love a husband
OF IS on a continuous diet perform.
ance OF bean soup is one of the near.
est yet invented.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

The suggestion is made that the
north pole be turned into a weather
bureau station. This would be all
right If they manage so that it's brand
of weather could be utilized in July
or August.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

1t Is becoming quite the fashion for
royal princes to WOO American heir.
esses. Ordinary titles will thus be
crowded out of what they have hith.
erto found so profitable a matrimonial
field.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
consumption Cured with Lemons.

Sioux City, Iowa.--Eat ~ lem.
ons a day for IL days. This Is the
simple cure for tuberculosis recom
mended by Mrs. Charles s. Banse
who, after being given up by physi
clans, became healthy by taking the
lemon remedy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

On second consideration the British
house of lords probably will decide &c
be thankful that the budget is nc
worse.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

Having unquestioned supremacy on
land, sea and in the air. Uncle Sam is
perplexed to know what next tc
tackle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

One good thing about eastern aerial
travel is that there will be no stop,
ping to get out and shovel snow off
the track in winter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

King George of Greece wants to alb.
dicate. The king business is getting
to be almost as strenuous as shooting
lions on the jump in Africa, and the
crowned heads of Europe are no used
to it.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

New York has had enough Hudson
Fulton celebration to last it for a
least a century.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19
For a o Memoir,

"Say, Wayne. what's that ring on
your finger for?"
That's so / won't forget that /
promised to marry Tommy. Beats a
string for looks, too"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

Wife-desertion is becoming one Of
the great evils OF the times. A pun
ishment to fit this crime would be the
sentence OF the marital deserter to
hard work In prison, with the profits
thereof going to the family deserted.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

So far as can be observed, young
women with fine ivory threats are
not at all afraid of pneumonia.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

That little Norwegian with 81
senses should take a little look aroun
for the fourth dimension.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

A Washington dispatch proposes a
cure for panics." The only cure for
panics is a level head in a time OF
crisis and faith in the government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

About all the once mighty Bourbon
FAMILY has still to lose Is Spain.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

That sweet importation. the ven
delta, never can make Americans
love 1t.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

1t Is hard at this season to keep ar
earnest heating plant from OVERRIDING
the thing.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-19

Some men are born diplomats; 9th
ers talk too much,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Do You Know

That George Washington was the
frst president OF the United States to
! advocate the principles of conserva
ton?
That the supervisors of Tulare coun.
ty., CAL, have purchased a hundred
acre grove Of large oaks, and will pre-
serve it for a public park?
That one ton of Douglas FIR seeds,
capable Of making 80 million fir trees,
have been planted in the Bull Run ma
tienal forest, in order to increase the
water supply OF Portland, Oregon?
That the great pine forests of south
Mississippi have passed almost entirely
from private to corporate ownership,
and the cut-over lands present a pic
ture OF waste that is almost unbeliey-
able?
That cssntracts have been signed by
the authorities OF II states in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

south and west, calling for the expendi-
ture of nearly 80 millions of dollars
for good roads?
That one Of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Land and Irrigation con-
gress, held at Chicago last month.
was the illustrated lecture given by
a woman, showing what irrigation
means to women?
That in Biltmore, N. c., forests of
10000 acres are producing every year
four million feet of lumber and thous-
ands of cords of fire wood, tan-bark
and pulp-wood, and yet are continually
increasing in value?
That a series Of statements from the
governors of the different states, in
answer to the questions: What is the
especial need of conservation in your
state" and how may women help?'
will be begun in the next installment
of Current Events?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
A BIT OF
CHRISTMAS
By c. Z. WYMAN

copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
~ T was Christmas morning and very
~ very cold. Every few minutes n
- trainman would come through the
car. watching carefully dial
faced thermometer and stopping TO
turn screws of the heating apparatus
in persistent attempts to keep the
pointing finger at 40 degrees.
Despite the discomfort of close air.
which was none too warm at best, the
passengers in the main wore joyous
faces and didn't seem to consider the
numerous packages and bundles an an
noyance.
From a wayside station. which look
ed as il it had never been neighbor to
any house where human beings lived,
a poor little girl entered and dropped
into seat where an overcoat told that
its owner was probably in the smoking
car. The child did not notice this. and
in her ignorance of travel it would
She might have been eight or ten years
old, but that air of self reliance was
hers which poverty's child often ac-
quifes very young. yet there was moth
ing forward or bold in her appear
ance. Her dress was Of the scantiest-
a thin cotton gown. barely concealing
the lack Of suitable underwear; a little
worn shoulder shawl and a battered
straw hat.
When the conductor appeared the
hand which presented her half fare
ticket was red with cold, but the small
person lifted to him a wonderfully
frank face and confdingly informed
him that she was going to grandma s
for Christmas and that the package
she clutched in her other hand contain
ed cookies for grandma.
The conductor smiled down at her.
A plying smile it was. rs he thought
Of his own well fed, well clothed chill
dren, with whom he expected to eat
late Christmas dinner when his run
was over. The smile fingered on his
face as he passed to the next seat and
saw that Its occupants had heard.
Two women sat in the seat. stran-
gers to each other and rs unlike as two
persons made on the same general
PRINCIPLES could be- One was tall. dig
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Pursuit of Sally-By Louise Osborn.
Copyrighted, 1909. by Literary Press.

They'll never think Of looking for
us here IN the grove at this dme''
Sally Pu-don looked anxiously over
her shoulder with less confidence than
her words implied.
But what If they don't find us?'
asked Julia breathlessly. trying to keep
pace with her companion If we
in time for the dinner that won't
help us very much"
Wen manage to get back all right"
said Sally. looking critically through
the trees at the fading light of the
autumn sun. 1T win be dark enough
soon for us to make u dash out through
the other end of the grove. through
one of the farms, and from there we
can get to the village from the upper
end. The sophomOres won't expect us
in that direction"
Quick Sally had suddenly changed
the tone of her voice and was crouch
ing with an arm around her companion
behind a clump of laurel bushes
They're in the grove" she whispered
Lie fat and don't breatheY'
On, 0edr. whispered julia as the
sharp twigs scratched her face, but
SaIly's palm. clapped suddenly over
her mouth. cut her complaints short.
The sound OF hurried footsteps on
the dead leaves and whispering voices
came nearer. They're in here some
WHERE said one. I'VE must get Sally
anyway" The footsteps suddenly
ceased within few feet of the
crouching freshmen.
Sally. with one hand still held firmly
over her companions mouth, waited
with every sense alert.
They've circled u.s." whispered one.
and the sound of the crumpling leaves
announced at least n temporary relief
for the freshman. When the sounds
were lost in the distance Sally crawled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

/ lodged the attempted grasp of sec
ond sophomore who had appeared on
the scene and ran with a sure foot and
a steady pulse through the dark grove
toward the farm and the open country
beyond. She leaped skillfully over a
fence, dashed down a country lane,
crept under a hedge and found herself
on the open highway that led to the
village.
1t was now about o'clock. and she
had half an hour to make her way
through the ranks and traps Of the
vigilant sophomores TO her expectant
classmates awaiting her in gala attire
at one Of the village tea rooms. Fresh
men presidents had evaded sophomores
before and reached their class ban
quets. but they had been disguised as
peddlers or smuggIed in tied up in
laundry bags or wrapped in burlaps
and delivered from caterers wagons
hours before the banquet.
I'll just have to trust to luck and
my own muscle" thought Sally. with
undaunted nerve. as she walked along
the country road.
But when. as she rounded the last
corner and turned into the village
street. she heard the sound of quick
70 steps behind the hedge at her side
she felt fatiguing sense of defeat.
There she Is she heard some one
call, and Sally made sudden cut
across the street and dashed through
the campus gate into the protecting
shadow OF one Of the college build
ings. Safe for a moment. she crouched
along the wall to the corner OF tie
building. Then, with head bent for
ward, she made another quick turn
and rushed headlong into
With a quick sense OF relief 1t came
to her that sophoEOres didn't wear
overcoats. 1t was only professor.
Excuse me-" she said. trying to
speak as If butting head first into pro-
fessors was an everyday occurrence.
''Sallyr' he said. and for a moment
the pIucky freshman president lost her
pluck and forgot all about the pursuing
sophomores and the expectant class
mates.
stephen Dray," she gasped, how
could your
"How could I what? Didn't you
know was here?" The man stood be-
fore her in bewilderment.
How could l? Why, ] didn't even
know that you knew / was here" she
stammered, trying to make herself
clear. ooh, you are the most unreason-
able man in the world. Did you come
today?'
"Come today, Sally! Why, I'm pro
fessor here. 1 thought I'd try to bury
myself here with my books and for
GET
"Oh." said Sally in surprise, land
came here to get my degree" SIZE
wrung her hands with impotence
stephen. you are so inconslderate.
You ought to have known that I'd want
to come here to college. And ! was
having such nice time. and now
you're going TO spoil it all. Why will
you be so persiStent?'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Got Laugh on-the Court.

The late Judge Rowland ]. HamIin,
who died last Sunday afternoon ut
Shelbyville. was a keen wit, to Illus
trate which an incident is told that
occurred in the circuit court of Shelby
county when the late Judge Fouke OF
Vandalia was holding court. Judge
Fouke was exceedingly exact. and on
certain occasion when he adjourned
court at noon took occasion to i'm
press upon the lawyers that court
would reconvene at 1870 o'clock exact
ly. Judge Fouke was almost speech
less with rage when Mr.. Hamlin
walked into the court room shortly
after o'clock, apparently oblivious
of any offense
Judge Hamlin," exploited the indig
nant and outraged court. your viola
ton of the Instructions of this court
is most reprehensible. Orders issued
from this bench must be obeyed.
What do you suppose the people elect
ed me for?"
We'll, Judge" drawled Hamlin, his
eyes twinkling with merriment, that
matter always has been a mystery
to me-"
Court and bailiff were compelled to
join in the outburst that followed and
the remark is said to have won the
suit for Hamhn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Soil Secrets.

According to an article in the Tech
nical World Magazine, there is a man
at Clifton, n. j., who seems to have
discovered the secret of perfect veg
citation. On little 10-acre farm he is
raising flowers that might well be the
envy Of any florist, fruits and shrubs
that would put the most successful
nurseryman to the blush, and vegeta-
bleS that are so much larger and sweet
er than those that other farmers in
that neighborhood can raise that it is
difficult to find words with which to
compare them. Moreover, though these
fruits and flowers and vegetables may
be examined ever so closely, no sign
of insect or parasitic life can be found
upon them. On other farms, peach
trees are suffering from scales, spinach
is blighted, bugs swarm over the po-
tato vines. corn is wormy, and cabbage
is eaten by lice. None of these evil
dences of destruction exists on this
farm Instead, the 12-feet high corn
stalks produce ears of corn of abnor-
NAL size and weight; tomatoes are
grown that are almost big enough to
I'LL quart measure. and everything
else bears similar evidence to freedom
from those pests that ordinarily prove
so destructive to vegetation.
The man who has produced these
wonders-who claims to have discov-
ehed the secret of nature-is John ].
Ruegg. Although originally a silk
manufacturer, he abandoned CONNER
cial life many years ago that he might
devote all his time to the study of
scientific agriculture. When a young
man in Switzerland he had become
possessed of the idea that the luxuri-
ant evegetation existing in the vicinity
of the volcanic mountains was due to
the fact that the soil was particularly
rich in mineral elements which it had
absorbed from the lava flows, and it
is upon this principle, and nothing else,
that he is now working.
1t was for that very reason that Mr..
Ruegg selected this farm, however. He
believed that WORKOUT and sour soil
was simply soil from which the neces-
sary mineral elements had been ex-
tracted by the successive crops that
had been raised on it. To restore the
qualities of fertility to such soil-if
his theory was correct-it would only
be necessary to restore the mineral
elements that the vegetation had ex-
tracted. and this he proceeded to do.
His first step was to analyze the
soil. to ascertain what mineral ele-
ments were lacking. Then he sup
piled these in the form of powdered
lava brought from one of the volca-
noes and mixed with the manure.
which he used in moderate quantities.
At present the soil has had three sea-
sons of such fertilization, and the mag
nif1cent crops that have been raised
this year are the result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Minor Strains.

II could just attune my harp
To sing the peoples songs.
To voice their sorrows and their Joys.
Their troubles and their wrongs,
I wouldn't care who cut 'er loose
With songs sublime and grand,
But so refined that no one could
Their meaning understand.
II I could be the ragtime muse,
Throw grammar to the breeze
And let the meter run itself
However II might please.
Just so 1t touched the common man
And reached the peoples heart.
wouldn't care for polish or
The finer points of art
II every urchin on the street
Would Juggle with my tunes.
II kitchen girls would Groom them DER
Mid kettles, pots and spoons:
II pretty creatures who stenog
Would hum them DER the keys.
wouldn't care what critics said
Or whom 1 might displease.
Yes, let me sing the peoples songs
~ In hating lines and crude,
Not flying high above their head,
But for their every mood.
The simple songs of home and love.
The lowly, humble strain
That sort of hits them where they live
And dances through the brain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

An odd point has arisen following
the matter of air travel A member
Of the Aero club in New York has sug-
gested that as some persons might
consider fight over their private prop
erty as trespass, air routes should be
legally condemned for the use of the
cir travelling public. At the same
time, property owners would like TO
be sure when taking strolls in their
private grounds that they would not
be bombarded with casual air tourists
tumbling down out of the sky from
defective airships.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Cannihalism,

Among regular cannibals the most
varied motives have been found. There
are Indians who are said to eat their
enemies by way Of insult and Austria
lians who consume their deceased par
entS as a mark of affection. Some
tribes devour the dead enemy to abol-
ish him utterly. others to assimilate
his virtues. Africa has revealed canni-
baliSm of every sort. from the most
solemn religious rite to the most pro-
sale qualification of appetite and taste
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Simple.

az see that a New York woman has
killed a cat and brought 1t back TO
life"
81 can do more than that l have
often brought men to life"
by what meansY"
by stepping into barroom and
saying. 'What'll you have, boysY"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

OMORES.
carefully from the bushes. dragging
her friend, limp and distracted, with
her.
81 can't move a STEP" Julia begged.
I'm so dreadfully frightened"
"Fiddlesticks. Julia" said Sally, with
scorn. why. il the girls had known
You were such baby they would
never have elected you vice president"
'tOh. I wish they. hadn't. It's dread
full Do they steal just the officers?'
"Of course. Just me and you and
the treasurer and the secretary" Sally
explained. You ought to be proud TO
be worth stealing. let's make dash
for the farm now before they come
back" Argument having failed. Sally
tried to carry her friend by main force
Quick" she urged. They're coming"
The returning footsteps only made
the timid vice president more stolid.
~ can't move." she moaned
Suddenly the figure of sophomore
sprang from behind the shadows of
the trees. Julia started to scream.
Silence commanded the sophie
more In mock soIemnify.
The plucky little freshman president
let go her hold on her helpless friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

Daughters of the American Revolu-
ticn have appealed to the postmaster
general to restore the head of Martha
Washington to some one of the stamps
OF the present series. No doubt the
request will be complied with The
recognition is deserved and will in
voive no violation of precedents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

it would be to the people and to the
nation if the repeated report of the end
of Cannonism at Washington should
prove actually true.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

Are you going to be in a position TO
say Merry Christmas" with cheer
full heart this year, conscious that
you have. made some little one happy,
who would otherwise be miserable?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

A railroad in the west, punished for
rebating, admitted its guilt, but plead
cd inadvertence, Things will be get
ting serious if the law intends to take
up every case of observation-disclosures On
the part of big corporations in this
Way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

Flour sells at 81 barrel less in
England than in the United States.
And yet the wheat from which English
-four is made is grown in the United
States! Why is this thusly?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

She-How far can your ancestry be
traced? He-Well, when my grand
father resigned his position as cashier
of a country bank they traced him as
far as China. but he got away.-I1On-
don Tit-BitS