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The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
POWER OF THE IMAGINATION
illustrated to Billtops by His Expert
once with an Unreliable Their
mometer.

r II don't know when I've been so put
out by little thing" said Mr. Bill
tops, "as l was by the discovery that
my thermometer was Ave degrees
wrong; It gave me real hard little
jolt for one thing. and then 1t made
me realize that for two years ] had
beeh making myself uncomfortable
over nothing
"Out of doors | can stand the cold
as well as anybody, but indoors like
to be warm; 72 is about what suits
me in the house.
Two years ago bought new ther-
mometer which hung up in my room,
and haven't been warm there In win
ter since
"Other parts of the house seemed
all right; in the parlor and in the
dining room they got it up to 72 ap-
parently without any trouble, but in
my room 1t never seemed to get
above 6S. I didn't shiver, but never
could get really warm, and one day
said to Mrs Billtops:
Elizabeth, why can't we get the
heat up in my room? Why should my
room be the only cold room in the
house?'
Mrs. Billtops comes in and stands
around minute and then she says:
why, Ezra, it's just as warm here
as it is anywhere else
'Nonsense!' l says to her. Look
at that thermometers! It's only 6S
nd ,c ut 10 &c, In, N
parlor'
But Mrs. Billtops insisted that 1t
was as warm in my room as 1t was
anywhere else, and she said that prob
ably the trouble was with my ther-
mometer; that my thermometer didn't
mark correctly, and / said 1t did, and
I'd show her conclusively that the
thermometer was all right, I'd prove
to her that my room was cold. I'd
put my thermometer right alongside
the one in the parlor, and she'd see
1t go up In no time to 70.
80 we put it out there, but it
didn't bulge, that is upward, but 1t
did go down one degree. Standing
side by side with the parlor thermom-
eter marking 72 mine went down to
67; they were five degrees apart.
"The temperature in the parlor,
actually one degree colder than my
own room, had been entirely agree
able to me, while in my room, though
1t was actually warmer, l had, misled
by my thermometer, never been able
to get thoroughly and comfortably
warmed up. Another illustration of
the power of the imagination.
Now I've got correct thermome.
ter and / don't have any more trou'
BILE over the heat"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
A Bishops Fish Story.

The bishop Of London, addressing
the members of the Guild of st. ed
mund, said he did not know whether
his hearers had ever thought what an
awful thing it was to see on ones
luggage the words Bishop Of Lon.
don," but there was an old Scotch
gillie who went one better and called
him "The Minister of London"
He said: ut will be all right when
the minister Of London comes; he is
sure to catch a salmon" On one oc-
casion, the bishop added, when he was
In Scotland he nearly converted all
the gillios from Presbyterianism to
Episcopalianism. He said to them,
Now, old boys, six salmon before
lunch" and held up five fingers and n
thumb. BY an extraordinary coinci.
dence he had six rises and caught six
18-pound salmon. That was why the
minister of London" had an inflated
reputation on the Tay.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

mead almost as increasingly as when the sun
shines or the fog wraps round. Men and wo-
men wearily walking, sometimes because they
nave nowhere to CO. sometimes because their
work Keeps them late at night and sends them
forth early in the morning, sometimes because
they are returning from that long quest in search
OF labor, the story of which is written in their
detected countenances and their despondent bent
shoulders but the stream drives on and the
trans roll by till one o'clock in the morning and
while some in East London sleep as many wake
But we are bound for some of the lodging
houses in one Of the very worst streets in that
densey populated quarter; streets that have the
unsavory reputation of being the scene of some
OF Jack the Rippers murders; streets that have
been the plague spot of the police, the puzzle Of
phianthropists the death of the city missionaries
We turn away from the main thoroughfare down
some Of the dark side alleys, and then by the
open doors and the lights we can see that we
have come to the land of the doss houses as they
are called, where cheap bed be had for a
few pence. Night seems hardly to have begun,
though 1t is late The downstair rooms are still
full of and women whose occupation seems
to be one constant passing in and out of the dirty
kitchen to shuttle the street through the
open doors of the saloon, and here you find the
secret of London's degradation. There are among
that wretched crowd, herded in these lodging
houses, men and women who have known days
far different from their present surroundings
Some of these men have been in the army some
even have been ministers of religion. Some Of
these women have known good homes and re-
fined surroundings, but the gaping doors of the
drink shop could tell the story of their ruin And
you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those
horrible dens you ask yourself why it is impos-
sble to these people to a sense of their
wretched environment, why cannot they be up
lifted and reclaimed? The dull eyes, the heavy
faces the Indifference, the stupor is your answer
-narcotized by drink 1t is strange that such a
quarter of our city should be infinitely more re-
pusive than the socalled Chinese street. where
1t is true, you see men smoking opium. pale. ema-
ciated; but that vice seems as nothing In the
clean though bare surroundings of the oriental
in comparison with the horrible squalor Of the
English doss house.
We stand for moment at the corner OF the
street The clock is striking hafpast twelve.
and we watch the closing hour of the saloon
law has been enacted in England which makes
drunkenness now a crime and men and women
can be arrested for this without its being neces-
Hary, as formerly, that they should be disorderly
as we'll; but when the customers of theS drink
shops are turned upon the streets at closing
timeNit does not seem as though the arm Of the
law had reached the offenders, for girls and wo-
men young and old men, stagger blindIy out into
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

my name In your testimonials" Mrs.
II. W.. MITCHELL, Box 8, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, VT t-"I was passing
throughthe Change of Life andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound restored my health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women L am willing yon
should publish my letter." - Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer-
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every COM
munity you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
Important to Mothers.
A Foe to PROGRESS.

There are many foes to human
progress among u.s." said the gloomy
philosopher.
Yes" answered the busy man, land
the worst is the person who insists on
running revolving door the wrong
way"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
Keep up with the Procession.

The keenest JOY in life is found in
taking live interest In the passing
days. If you go in and shut your
windows and pull down the shades.
you will miss the show.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

drunkards, to whom
drink is no longer to
be served. / know no
more ghastly album. 1t
would be possible to
write a volume on the
faces thus portrayed
Young girls, some not
more than five or six
and twenty, with still
the indelible traces of
youth and beauty upon
their faces, but with
the hall mark of crime
and degradation; old
W o m e n, W h 0 h ave
dragged out wearv
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

Q o m pound and
Liver Pills before
childbirth, and we
are all surprised to
see how much good
1t did. My physi-
clan said without
doubt 1t was the
Com pou nd that
helped you i
thank you for your
kindness In advising
me and give you full
permission TO use
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

q strength of rectitude which make
us realize how the best In humanity
can dominate circumstance. Never
theless, it would be useless to deny
that the shadows predominant and
it were well that all who are called
to rule this nation should elect to
walk the dark and untrodden ways
of those streets of misery, as well
as the stately ways of Westminster,
in order to realize that the same
city ought not to hold such terrible
contrasts.
1t is nearly IL o'clock at night
when we leave the settlement house,
situated at the extreme east of the
long thoroughfare, which is the ar
terry of the east end. The wind
sweeps across the broad road and
whistles wildly by, driving the dust
toward the marsh land that lies be-
yond. The streets in East London
are never still; the tramp of the
multitude goes on in unbroken
rhythm when the stars are over.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

Endurance is the crowning quality,
and patience all the passion of great
hearts.-Lowell.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

the same city, the same nation, the same govern
ment can hold both. To mary the word East
London appears only vast tract OF crime ana
misery and is looked upon much as we see the
words marked on the map, Sahara desert, an
unknown wilderness which comfortable beings,
who give themselves to the practical work OF
daily life. not expected to traverse But 10
us who know East London it is no longer will
derness of woe but place which is crossed by
the lights and shadows by the sadness and JOY
that go to make up the sum of every existence
and above all, perhaps, the place where, side by
side with depths of human degradation and mis-
ary can be found an inspired unsefshness and
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

Many who used to smoke l0c cigar
now buy Lewis Single Binder straight Sc.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

to God. but that sometimes that divine charity
turks in hearts which have grown dim and dusty
by a life of sin, but still can reflect back the light
that falls for an instant upon that facet which God
himself has cut.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

To enjoy love or sausages one must
have a~lot of confidence.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE.-
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for
the signature of u, w. GROVE. Used the World
over 10 Cure u Cold in One bay. 25c
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

HEAD, BACK AND LEGS ACHE?
Ache All over! Throat sore, with chills? Tint In
Grippe. Perry Due s Pdinkilier will break IL up NJ
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
VOCABULARY LIMITED THEN

who wrote the dictionary"
Il don't know, but bet he couldn't
explain things to his wife when he got
home at a. m. any better than any.
body else"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
a VNED% PEN sss ss;S V
PICTURE or HfsI
IN THE EAST ENG
C6k--Zaclohe2z2.,.i.r'';:'i ,i.'';''
GO77zeZdeE&

the street, and drunk
en- shouts and drunken
yells and ribald songs
and the shutting feet
of squalid, miserable
W o m en- disturb the
peace of the still night
air. Another law has
also been enacted by
the legislature during
the past year and that
is that a list shall be
furnished to all the sa.
loon keepers. with por-
traits of h a bitual
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
HER
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine" you told me to
take Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

An early cucumber in the hand
beats two in the stomach.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
When the Telephone Was New.

One of the first telephone ex.
changes in this country was opened
in New Haven in 1878.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

the fevered cheek tell only too plainly
that life is ebbing very fast from her,
and yet who is it that supports her?
These girls in their degraded life are
giving half their food, any money they
can spare. part Of every cup of tea
and every wretched meal to keep her
from the workhouse, which she breads
as only the poor know how. We sat
and talked while and then passed
on, realizing that the sisters Of char
ity in this world are not only to be
found amongst the pure and holy who
have taken vows to devote their lives
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18
THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.

NATIONAL STOCK YARDS. ILL.,.
Cattle-Native beef steers. 7.2s@s.iO:
COWS cows and heifers oa fer a50@s5o; stockers and
ZOO; Texas cows and heifers. s.0o@5.o0:
calves, S25g9.oo; Hogs,,Mixed and
b9tehers b 7o 4o@lS7O gSod tS heavy
Muttons, 4.s6@s5o; lambs, 7,sOqs.25.
KANSAS CITY.--Cattle-Nativ beef
7.25; southern cows, 350@575; native
cows and heifers, S.25@77. 90; stockers
and feeders, 4d,;25@s.25; bulls, 44oq5s.ssg
7.5O; western cows, s.5o@6.O. Hogs
Heavy. TO- 40@10.55; packers and butchers
l925@leSo 10 5e light do,oo@ loas loaSi pL pigs sSo
Western %ethers ana FINES
7.O0@s.S5; western ewes. e.5O@f.50.
CHICAGo.-Cattle--B Bceves. 5.2s0s4u:
stes%srs sS ana ssser yestsgn es%g snd
heifers, 2.65@6.60; calves 7.50@10.00.
Hogs-Light, 10.3o@10.65; mixed 10000
1880; heavy. 1o.4op1o so; rough, 1o.4o&
b.00@S.10; western 5.50@S.l0; lambs, 500
@9.60; western S00M965y
GRAIN.
ST. LOUIS.--Wheat--No red. 1860
1.ssh; Ne 9. 1;lsdpl:2s; No; 4, l,Oo@l.ls;
No. hard, 1.11@116h;. No. 3, 1.0s@
109h; No. 4 9S@1.05. Corn-No. 2, so;
No. g 6e@5sA No 4. 56@57; No: 2 white
yellow, 81; No. 8. 69@e1 Oats--No. Q,
45lz6D46k; No. O.. AN; No. a. 43h; No.
2 white, 40; No, 3, 4bh@47A; Nc. a.
GHICAGo.- wheat--No. red. 1.27%@
1.13h; No. 8, 1.10@1,12; No. spring,
8, So; No. s. white, soh@6IM; No. q yel-
low, 59ta Q60; No. q, 64Q55; No. 4. $50
bS; No. yellow. 54@56h. Oats-No 2
4, 4sA Ola; standard a5N@4s
n KANSAS CITY, Wheat--No. 2 red.
1.16@1.20; No. 8, 1.12@1.1S; No. 1, 1000
< 1.O9; No. a 99Q1.05. Corn--No. 2. 591h;
No. g. 57hM5S; No. yellow. go: No. ..
b71s @5s1A; No. white. 61@slh.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

HERE are probably
few contrasts to be
found in any city
greater than exist in
the east and the west
of London. So stri-
king are they that 1t
ts diNcnlt To believe
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-18

they brought her back
again, these W o m @ n
whom the world calls
bad, they warmed and
clothed her and now
she sits there huddled
by the fire. She is no
longer able to work;
:, a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
SMALL TALK OF STAGE

The army of small actors appear
ing in THE Blue Bird" at the New
theatre, New York, are well cared
for by the management. Not only
do they have their own nursery and
matrOn to care for them, but their
hours of rehearsaIs are restricted
and they are sent to school save on
matinee days. When rehearsals ex-
tend over the lunch or the dinner
hour, wholesome food is served on
long tables set upon the roof gar
den. Here from so to IS children.
play, gathered once or twice each
day prior to the presentation of the
play, and after dining spent an hour
in games and frolics.
Maude Adams has returned to
New York and begun her season in
What Every Woman Knows and
will continue until January, when
she will make her first appearance
in New York as Chantecler, in the
ROstand play of that name
Henry Bataille. whose play, "The
Scandal" Charles Frohman has lust
produced with KyrIe Bellew in the
principal part, has delivertd man
uscript of an other play of equal
power. called THE Foolish Virgin"
In THE Scandal the problem is the
forgiveness of an erring wife; in
THE Foolish Virgin" it is a wife's
forgiveness of an. erring husband.
Louise Drew, daughter of John
Drew is this season appearing as
member of Miss Ethel Barrymore's
company in the Pinero play, Mid
Channel"
The date now definitely fixed for
the commencement of Anne RusselIs
renewal of her starring tour under
Charles Frohman's management is
November. Miss Russell is to have
a comedy just completed by the
authors of Love Watches
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
BAT COMES BACK
Former Lightweight Champion
Shows Old Time Form and
Beats Monte Dale.
LATTER QUITS IN THIRD
Loser, Outclassed, Broke Arm in the
Second-Former Champion
Shows Speed and Power.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct lin his
first fight since AID Wolgast stripped
him of his championship laurels last
Feb. %, Battling Nelson here last
night won from Monte Dale of Den
yer after three rounds of fighting.
At the beginning of the fourth round
Dale's seconds threw up the sponge in
order TO save their man from a knock
out. Dale broke his left arm in the
second round of the fight and it was
for this reason, his seconds said, they
stopped the fight. Nelson was clearly
the master of his opponent, however,
and would have knocked him out even
though Dale had not suffered an acct
dent
"Battler" Comes Back.
Before the first round had gone a
minute 1t was obvious the Battler had
grounds for his claim that he could
come back"
The Hegewisch fighter rushed into
Dale after feeling him out for few
seconds. With a stiff left to the eye
Nelson drew first blood. In a few sec
onds a left to Dale's stomach floored
him for four seconds. Many specta-
tors thought Nelson could have won by
a knockout in this round had he so
desired.
Although clearly outclassed, Dale
fought on gamely until he broke his
arm In the third round he made no
attempt to use the injured member,
but punched Nelson repeatedly with
his right
Nelson Light on Feet.
There was rot a moment during the
fight when Nelson appeared tired He
was light on his feet and hit from all
angles with great force.
After the battle Nelson announced
he had agreed to fight "One Round"
Hogan of San Francisco 10 rounds in
that city on Oct Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

object of this, it Is charged, was to
enable him to score more hits during
the season than we're credited TO Ty
Cobb of the Detroit team.
Lajoie was credited at bat four
times in each game of a double header.
Each time he obtained a hit. In the
summary he also is given sacrifice
hit.
Outguessed, Says O'Connor.
'Lajoie outguessed us said Mana
ger O'Connor. I'VE figured he did not
have nerve to bunt every time. He
beat us at our own game"
Lajoie. in a telegram from Cincin-
natl, said: After made the first hit,
ST. Louis meu played deep, expecting
me to pound the ball out every time.
followed them right along. The pitch
ers did their best to deceive me, 1 am
certain
It was necessary for Lajoie to obtain
eight hits in order to pass Cobb.
Thinks 1t Looks Suspicious.
Frank ]. Navin, president of the De
troit club. declared today the hitting of
Lajoie in st. Louis looked suspicious.
Il think when the averages are CIV
en- out. it will be found Cobb is in the
lead"
Feeling In Chicago.
Chicago, Oct 11.-SeveraI Chicago
sporting writer's in discussing the La
joie incident, declared they did not
think blame could be attached to st.
Louis pitchers. They said the case
presented the possibility of an under
standing between Lajoie and certain
feeders of the St. Louis team. La
joie's feat has not been equalled in
years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Billiard Scores.

Two more games in the Arcade bill
lard tournament were played last ev-
ening, Roantree and Hayes being the
winners. The former defeated Morris
Cook by a score of II to SIS and Hayes
won from Hugo Simon 20 to 95. Cooks
rating IS 20 and Simon's is 100. Satur-
day Nicholas 1OO) defeated Cook coo
by a score Of 100 to 65; Haug (77) de-
feated Kaupke C95). II to "a; Hayes
(70), defeated Mullane (65), 20 to So;
and Toal CD defeated Nicholas 1OO)
II to g.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Reaching the Top

in any calling of life, demands a
vigorous body and a keen brain.
Without health there is no success.
But Electric Bitters is the greatest
health builders the world has ever
known. 1t compels perfect action
of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels,
purifies and enriches the blood,
tones and invigorates the whole sys-
tenn and enables you to stand the
wear and tear of your daily work.
After months of suffering from
kidney trouble" writes w. NJ. Sher-
man of Gushing, Me-, three bottles
of Electric Bitters made me fell like
a new man" Fifty cents at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
NO MORE PRIZES
Ban Johnson Proposes to Stop
Giving Premiums for the
Leading Batters.
LAJoIE sTIRs UP SCANDAL
General Opinion Is That ST. Louis
Club Gave Him Hits Necessary
to Win Auto.

Chicago, Oct. 11.-There will be no
more premiums offered for heavy swat.
ting in the major leagues. and in the
future diplomatic publicity men can.
not conceal their advertising under the
cloak of generosity, at least not in or
ganized baseball.
This was the ultimatum given out
by President Johnson of the American
league yesterday afternoon. He also
intimated his intention of bringing the
matter before the national commits
sion for final settlement and drastic
action, If necessary. If this threatened
ban On prizes is the result of the pre-
Eailing unpleasantness, the heavy
rlouters must pay the penalty.
Before either Tyrus Cobb or Napol-
con Lajoie tocts an auto horn there
is going to be an official probe, believe
Byron Bancroft Johnson, and If there
Is any scandal attached to the final
game between Cleveland and st. Louis
in which Larry fattened his batting
average materially, if not illegitimate-
~. that is going to be cleared up. And
this investigation, which will be con-
Quoted in person by the head of the
american ISdSue, Will go a great WAY >
In deciding who will become the own
or of that much-coveted gasoline char
lot
Sports Writers Caustfc.
st. Louis, Mo, Oct 11.-Each of five
local sporting writers commenting on
Sundays American league games be-
tween Cleveland and St. Louis, charge
Pertain members of the local team al
lowed Lajoie to obtain his hits The