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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05
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and birth, all of which admirably fitted her for
the post to which she was appointed. AS a
result of a clash between Miss Hagner and
Maj. Bingham, the latter received his congo
and orders issued from the war department
deposed him as majordomo of the White
House, and he once more resumed his duties
afield.
A change quite as radical as that between
the Mckinley and Roosevelt regimes Is looked
forward to when Mrs. Taft usurps Mrs. Roose-
velt's place. Events of the past few weeks
have clearly demonstrated that Mrs. Taft is
not only a woman of grace and charm, but one
of brains as well. Long identified with official
Washington she has had ample opportunity to
study conditions there existing, and what wom-
an who has ever been an integral part of Off
cial Washington has not INDUCED in that
dream: 'If I were the first lady of the land!"
This Mrs. Taft will be in every essential. She
has made a splendid start by allying herself
with that great organization, the National Civ
ic federation, and, taking IA commanding lead
in that body, she has endeared herself TO that
class of women who are sometimes slightingly
referred to as "strongminded." The mother OF
two sturdy sons and a daughter, the latter now
a freshman at Bryn Mawr college, she must
appeal strongly to the mother type, for those
who know her best will readily testify that she
is the best chum her boys and girl ever had,
and this she will continue to be in spite OF
the manifold calls upon her time in the course
of her reign at the White House. In a recent
speech made in New York at a Civic fedora
ton meeting Mrs. Taft plainly showed that she
has brains and uses them without in any sense
being aggressive or pedantic. A glance at her
was sufficient to win to her side the hundreds
of women who attended that meeting with the
avowed purpose of dissecting their guest of
honor to the minutest detail. Her personality
and general appearance won them instantly to
her side, even before she took the floor to
make her maiden speech in public.
Mrs. Taft talks well and looks well when
she is talking. Her smile has the charm of in
telligence, that quick fash of recognition, dis
tinct from the stereotyped smile peculiar to
women in Official life on whom social duties
make many demands, even to that OF continu-
ously looking pleasant" She has a generous
mouth and handsome teeth. a straight nose,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05
H~ORSE-RAD|SH KING
CT. LOUIS MAN CONTROLS OUT.
PUT IN UNITED STATES.
connolsseurs Throughout Country
Must Rely on James A. Dacey
for Relish-ls Still a
Young Man.

st. Louis.-This city can boast many
distinctions, but none more novel than
being the domicile of the "Horse-Rad-
ish King" More horse.Tadish Is
shipped from this city than all the
other markets for the relish COM.
bined.
The man who controls the output In
the United States, and who In its sale
has amassed a fortune, is James A.
Dacey. With all due Formally, he has
been vested with the tufted crown Of
green radish tops, as BELTS M of such
Importance in the vegetable kingdom.
His ~storehouses hold hundreds of bar
rcls of the roots, and during the busy
season he ships a carload a day. Con
noisseurs from Portland, Me-, to Los
Angeles and from Winnipeg to Ell
Paso, have to rely upon him for the
snappy relish.
The title of horse-radish king Is
hereditary in his family. His father
before him was in the produce bust
ness land he, too, handled much Of
the strange vegetable. The son, how
ever, realized the possibilities pre-.
sented by encouraging it's growth
among the truck gardeners and to-
day he practically controls the market.
Every morning from 25 to 80 wagons
loaded with the earth-smelling roots
line up in front of his commission
house and barrel after barrel disap-
pears in the storerooms. Here they
are dumped on the loor and the on
tents graded and sorted.
The growing of h~orse-radish Is q
profitable business. This is especially
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05
Saued Washington's Home.

The idea of purchasing Mount Vernon and
preserving it to the nation originated with a
southern woman, Anne Pamela Cunningham.
When its last owner announced Ms intention
of selling 1t this patriotic woman at once Sc
cured the refusal of 1t for a stipulated period.
She then appealed to congress for the pur-
chase money, but her request was denied.
Upon this she Immediately circulated an APP
peal over the signature Of "The Southern Ma
tron," urging all the women of America to Join
her in this patriotic work. Later she secured
a CHARGER from the Virginia Legislature, organ
lied an association, became its regent, and
through vice-regents of the association in the
different states began to collect the requisite
funds for ita purchase. Soon from every part
of the United States contributions poured in,
and eventually the money required was raised.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

true since the present king has been
at the head of the industry. Previous
ly it demanded a very poor price,
often selling as low as $1.50 per bar
rel. This energetic, at that time
young, monarch decided to make an
outlet for 1t. He secured a list Of all
the sauce makers and flooded the
country with circulars telling of the
rare flavor of the st. Louis product.
Then he advertised in the trade pa
pers and sat back to await returns.
He was not idle long. From all parts
of the country requests came for SAM
pies. These were sent and the orders
began to arrive. That was many years
ago., and they are still coming.
1t is almost impossible to keep
ho%rse-radish any length of time after
1t has been grated. During the sum
mer, whether in a refrigerator or on
ice, it will not keep longer than a
week without fermentation setting in.
During the winter months it is pos
sible to keep the prepared PRODUCT for
two months, but even then 1t Is neces-
sary to keep 1t IN a cold, dark room.
When 1t ferments 1t takes on a yellow
tinge and Is tasteless and u~npalatable.
A large preserver, who Is N Of the
horse-radish kings best customers, Is
reputed to have offered 1 1000, 900 to
anyone who can devise a e of
preserving it indefinitely. Many at
tempts have been made to find a for
mu'a, but thus far all have failed.
In order to fill all orders, in the
warehouse of the firm are stored about
1000 barrels of roots. Each holds 100
pounds of the root. When prepared it
will make 800, 900 bottles of the relish.
The cultivation of horse-radish re-
quires much labor. 1t Is necessary to
losen the roots two or three times in
O season to get good results. The off
shoots are removed and the earth
pressed to one side to give the stalk
q chance to expand. The root when
matured Is no longer than the original
shoot planted. 1t differs from most
vegetables in that it grows from the
center out, instead Of up and down.
1t is a plant that requires much nour'
fshment and the crops have to be al
ternated every year.. 1t is set out In
rows three feet apart, and the stalks
are about eighteen inches apart.
The horse-radish king, though he
has made money and is now 43 years
old, still pays strict attention to bust
ness. In the busy season he is al
work in the gray Of the dawn looking
over the loads of the farmers ant
contracting for the purchase of the
remainder of their crops.
He carries his honors easily as thu
head of the horse-radish market, ant
declares that in the course or a few
years it is his intention to turn owe.
his scepter to another. He thinks tina
horse-radish has a great future befor'
1t, and once the discovery is made 0
a means of keeping 1t, IL will be USE
more than any other condiuent
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

skill and frequently plays for her chill
dren and husband during their evenings
at home, and these are far more fire.
quent than one might at first suppose. Mrs.
Taft was one of the original founders and
patronesses of Cincinnati's famous musical or
ganization, the Symphony orchestra. Other
avenues through which her artistic tastes are
directed are her love Of pictures and her ap-
probation of wood carving. Charles P. Taft's
world-renowned art collection has no more APP
preciative admirer than his sisterin-law, the
wife of the president-elect, and there are many
canvases hanging on the walls of this gallery
of her selection.
Mrs. Taft has one advantage over her many
predecessors, her knowledge of languages, and
what accomplishment Is more essential to a
woman occupying so exalted a position as that
to which Mrs. Taft will succeed Ia a city
where as many tongues are spoken as were at
the Tower of Babel? Mrs. Taft is, perhaps,
one of the best informed women in America,
aud when asked how it is possible for one with
as many demands upon her time to keep up so
thoroughly with the events of the world she,
unhesitatingly replied: 'By reading the daily
papers"
This she does assiduously and tntenigently,
and when the papers that are brought to her
boudoir each morning are cast aside Mrs. Taft
has absorbed all that IL interesting, tnstruc-
tive and healthy contained in their pages.
AS a man is judged by the company he
keeps, so may ones estimate of a woman be
formed by the style of woman she selects as
her closest friend. Mrs. Taft's friends in
Washington are reckoned by the hundreds, but
her intinlates are few. OF these Miss Cannon.
the daughter Of the speaker Of the house OF
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

advent of the Tafts for aside from the Corbins
and Edwardses, previously mentioned, Gen.
Boil, as well as Gen. Darlington and Mrs. Gar
lington, are among the closest of the Tafts'
friends. When Mrs. Taft democratically walked
forth from her lone in Lafayette square the
morning of that bright June day on which her
husband was nominated for the office he Is
about to assume, it was to the war department
that she directed her steps, and entering the
Office of the secretary of war, her little SON
Charlie at her side, she was there greeted by
Mrs. Darlington and her attractive daughter.
Sallie, who had been invited to share the good
news with the candidates wife.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05
90 PRESIDENT HEC7 HF7 AND MS H|WZT o. {

under the wing of Mrs. Tart ana chaperoneu
in Washington, should Mrs. Roosevelt decide
to reside at her New York home in the course
of her husbands invasion of the African Jun
giles.
The L%ongworths are quite as firmly In
trenched in Cincinnati's most exclusive cir.
cles as the Tafts, therefore it is but natural
to suppose that the present presidents son-ln'
law and his wife will continue to De consplcu'
Gus figures in Washington society.
The army set will have its innings with the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

well proportional to her
other features, a broad
forehead, above which her
brown hair is arranged in
a soft pompadour. Mrs.
Taft is a book lover and
has been a student all her
life simply because in the
home in which she was
reared the books came
down from their shelves
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

and made the
worlds, they con-
tanned part Of the
domestic environ
ment. Music, per-
haps, is her favo-
rite art, and while
she does not regard
herself as sum-
GENTLY in practice
to perform for a
critical audience,
she has by no
means lost her
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

menus 10 PRESIDE over the White House.
1t is safe to assert that the Taft regime will
In nowise suffer by comparison, for Mrs. Taft
was born to rule, and rule she will. Many of
the little problems that have proved so ~perplex-
ing to her predecessors will be quickly and
happily solved by her, for no one woman, from
her youngest %girlhood, has been better trained
for the exalted position she is about to as
sumo than Mrs. Taft, for years one of Cincin-
MATHS reigning bellies.
The White House has had two mistresses
since the Clevelands took their departure for
the more secluded and exclusive life of Prince
ton, leaving behind them memories of a re-
gime where Mrs. Cleveland was concerned as
tender and hallowed as those surrounding the
peerless Dolly Madison.
Mrs. William Mckinley was Mrs. Cleveland's
immediate successor, but the delicate state of
her health compelled her to keep well in the
background, and the more arduous duties con-
fronting the nations hostess fell to the lot of
Others, the wives of cabinet ministers or other
women of the official family delegated by Mrs.
Mckinley to represent her at the hundred and
one public functions that are annual White
House fixtures. Then came Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, and whereas she is known far and
near as a charming hostess, yet it is a we'll
known fact that Mrs. Roosevelt is far happier
when surrounded only by members of her i'm
mediate family than when presiding at state
functions, where oficialdom is her guest.
Mrs Roosevelt has tact-abundance, In fact
and she is a keen observer, too. This was
clearly demonstrated by the wholesale sweep
she made when she entered the White House
as its mistress. Mrs. Roosevelt has as little
regard for precedent as her husband, and this
is proved by the rafting of dry bones and
swapping of red tape that followed the general
house cleaning when she became the nations
FIRST lady" New York may thank Mrs. Roose-
welt for its present police commissioners. for
Mai. Bingham had ruled the White House with
unbroken sway for many years prior to the
advent Of the Roosevelts- His word was law,
even to the choosing of the floral decorations
TO grace the table at luncheon and dinner
when the official family were to entertain.
Mrs. Roosevelts first act was to select as her
social aid-decamp Miss Belle Hagner. a young
.cman of rare charm of manner. tact, beauty
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

cussed-Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
While the members of the Taft house
hold are not as numerous as the Roose-
welt clan, nor quite as spectacular or
picturesque, nevertheless the family is
an interesting one, and before the re-
gime of the Tafts will have expired
they, too, will have a debutante daugh-
ter to present to Washington society.
Helen, their daughter, has three more
years at Bryn Mawr, and upon gradua-
ton will be formally presented to So
ciety. Robert, the oldest son, is now
at Yale, while Charlie, THE Kid" is at
a preparatory school getting what his
rotund father characterizes as Ibis
bumps" Charlie is quite a character,
as unique and interesting in a way as
the little Roosevelts, although so far
his ~escapades have not beer given the
prominence in the daily newspapers as
those of Quentin, Archie and Kermit
Roosevelt. But, then, it must be re-
membered, Charlie heretofore has been
but the son of a cabinet officer, and
when his father becomes president it is
safe to assert that the many busy cor
respondents at Washington will find
ample scope for their imaginations in
making "The Kid the hero of their
narratives.
The Taft family is an interesting one
from its head to the youngest boy, and
with n yu0pnnp nf CT ono0pn-I..I,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

:
>SASs'N
representatives, may be mentioned
first. Both are devotees Of bridge
and each takes the game seriously,
having mastered all of its many IN
tricacies. Mrs. Taft and Miss Can
non are frequently seen in public
together. They drive frequently.
this being one of Mrs. Taft's chief
diversions, and then, too, they are
invariably yeen together at the many
concerts given in Washington
throughout the official season.
Another of Mrs. Taft's intimates
is Halle Erminie Rives Wheeler,
wife of the secretary of the Amerl-
can embassy at Tokyo. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wheeler recently spent several
months in this country, a part or
which time they were the guests or
the Tafts. Their friendship goes
I back to long days of travel in the
far east, when they saw for the first
time many strange things together,
thereby discovering a sympathy in
the point of view. Gen. and Mrs.
Corbin and Gen. and Mrs. Edwards
will be prominent figures in the
White House social set during the
Taft regime. There, too, will be
found the Longworths. The latter
b will conserve the relations between
N the past and present White House
occupants and his may be strength
Y ened should Ethel, the debutante
? daughter of the Roosevelts, be taken
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

the name of Will
liam Howard Taft was
first seriously consid-
cred as a White House
possibility speculation
became rife as to what
manner Of woman was
his wife, and whether
or not she would as
gracefully preside at
the White House func-
tons as did the one
woman whose name
will ever be a byword
when THE First Lady
in the Land" is dis
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-05

kill and frequently plays for her chill
lren and husband during their evenings
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-16
FIG. I-pRoTEor1No TILE OUTLET.

hardpan the tile may have to be laid
shalower or the water will never get
to them. Deep tile mean deep layer
Of mellow soil. which acts as a sponge
to hold capillary water for the crops
The deeper the tile the farther their
effect will be felt on either side.
The size of the tile depends upon The
fall and the amount of land to be
drained. The engineer who lays out
the drain will usually be able to COM
pute the size required.
In estimating the number of acres to
be drained by a given line Of tile all
the land from which surface water
flows toward it should be included, as
well as all land drained by laterals
which empty into 1t.
The depth of the drains and the char
acter of the soil are the chief factors
that determine the distance apart to
place the drains. Tile four feet deep
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-16

on a sandy soil will draw seventy-five
feet on either side. while in clay soil
their effect will not be felt third as
far. AS already stated, the width OF
the strip of good corn or other grain
over drain is good indication of the
pulling power" of the drain. Where 1
drainage system is being put In little
at a time the lateras can be put in
from IS to 200 feet apart at first, de-
pending on the soil. and others put In
between later if experience shows
them to be necessary.
The Outlet.
One of the most important parts Of
the drainage system is the outlet. If
the drain empties into a ditch or
stream a stone bulwark should be
built up to keep the end tile from be-
ing washed away. The drain should
enter the stream above the level of the
water If possible. When it enters be-
low the force of the current is check
ed, and If the water is carrying much
silt some of it will be deposited in the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-16

Young Girls Are Now Playing tho
Harosichord and Claviehord.

young Girls Arc WV ''~S"e
Harpsichord and Ciaviehord.
Quaint musical instruments of a pc
v,od preceding the advent Of the grand
and upright pianos are being studied
now by the young girl who is bent on
broadening her knowledge Of music
and her powers of appreciating the
compositions of great masters. Gre
ators having reached the highest point
in the perfection Of the mechanism
and tone of the modern musical instru-
ment and artists having learned now
to understand and enjoy masterpieces
through this medium, the time seems
to have come when real music lovers
revert. and willingly, too, to the days
of the tinkling harpsichord, the gentle
spinet and the we'll tempered CLAW
ichord
The girl Of today studies art, ana
she learns quite a little about decora-
ton, so that she finds great deal OF
pleasure in planning the decoration OF
her own harpsichord or clavichord II
she does not choose one already nm
ished. Genuine antiquities are rare,
and where special instructions as to
color and style of case are not to be
considered a regulation style is offered,
one that will harmonic in almost any
room and one that is specially suited
to the study hall or school music
room. A plain enamel, not too dark,
with gold trimmings, is the most salts
factory for general purposes, but where
one presides over a French sitting
room and music room combined then
the decorations Of the musical instru-
ment should by all means follow along
the lines of the French instruments.
The harpsichord is somewhat more
difficult to master than the clavichord
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-16
A Thrilling Rescue

How Bert R, Lean, of Cheny, Wash.
was saved from frightful death is a
story to thrill the world. "a hard
cold, he writes, brought on a des-
perate lung trouble that baf1ed an ex-
pert doctor here. ThsEI paid $40 to
SIS visit to luug$pecialist in Spo-
kane, who did nothelp me. Then
went TO California but without benefit.
At last used " Kings New Discov-
cry, which completely cured me and
now am as we'll as ever" For Lung
Trouble, Bronchitis, Coughs and colds,
Asthma, Group and Whooping Cough its
supreme. so cents and $l.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Sewers Drug
"a
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-06-16

tile. 1t is a good plan to use sewer
pipe for few feet back from the out.
let. as it is not so easily displaced by
freezing.
Many drains are built with an out
let in a box at the side of the road or
next to a neighbours fence. Such an
outlet is not very satisfactory but
sometimes it is the best that can be
provided The box should be well
built to keep out rubbish. The mouth
of the tile in this as well as in other
forms of outlets should be covered to
keep out small animals during dry
weather. The bottom of the box should
be at least foot below the tile. The
silt that settles here should be clean.
ed out occasionally. A much better
plan than the use of tile box is to CO.
operate with the road authorities or
with the neighbors and extend the line
of tile to some permanent outlet.
Laying the Tile.
1t rarely pays a farmer to lay his
own tile, but he should keep close
watch of the men whom he hires to do
the work. A little carelessness in lay
ing the tile may make the drainage
system practically worthless. If at
any place the tile dips an inch below
the grade line, that inch will fill up
with SILT and the capacity of the whole
system will be reduced that much.
The old saying that a chain is no
stronger than it's weakest link applies
with especial force to tile drain. No
man can lay tile to grade accurately
by eye, even if there is water running
in the ditch at the time. Remember
that it is your money that is paying
for the drain and that it is your priv
ilege to have it put in as you want 1t.
The only way to get the tile laid ex-
actly to grade is to use targets. When
an engineer lays out a line of the tile
he sets row of grade stakes, each
one marked with the depth the ditch is
to be at that point. When the ditch
is down nearly to the required point
targets are set up at these grade
stakes. A target consists of an upright
stick on each side of the ditch with
crossbar clamped to it. These cross
bars should be adjusted so that they
are level and just seven feet above the
grade line. For instance, If the cut
marked on the grade stake is four
feet the crossbar should be three feet
above the stake. After a number of
these targets have been set string is
stretched across the tops of them.
Then a measuring stick seven feet long
will lust reach from the string to the
correct grade line. With one man to
hold the measuring stick and another
to scrape out the bottom Of the ditch,
it can be dug to grade very accurately.
OF course both digging the ditch
and laying the tile should begin at the
outlet. Don't let the men stand on
| the bank and lay the tile with hook.
Make them get down into the ditch
and put them in by hand. standing on
those already laid to hold them in
place. BY handling each tile any
cracked or imperfect ones can be dis
covered and thrown out. After the
tile are laid little dirt should be
scraped from the side of the ditch to
hold them In place. AS soon as the
whole line is in no time should be lost
| In covering the ditch.