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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09
Social and Moral, No. 1.

In the Missouri VALLEY TIMES,
Dec. /, 1898, is the preliminary re-
port of the committee from the
Iowa State Teachers association
on the topic, "What shall be done
with incorrigible and neglected
children?"
The language of the topic i'm
plies that something should be
done. Being taken up by the
Teachers association implies that
the teachers have special respon-
sibility for its consideration.
Among the several questions
which have arisen in the prelim-
mary study of the topic we find
this one: us the menace to the
general welfare sufficient to war
rant social alarm, and interference
by the state?"
It should be noted, LIST, A men,
ace to the general welfare is dis
tinctly implied; End, Is the degree
of such menace sufficient to war
rant sociel alarm; Bird, 1t seems
to be assumed that q degree of
menace sufficient to warrant the
social alarm, would also warrant
the interference by the state.
It is not proposed to discuss all
these propositions in this paper,
but only to present some consid-
GRAFTON asking all persons feeling
an interest in the general welfare
to ask themselves, whether there
does exist any menace to the gen.
eral welfare from this source, and
whether the degree Of such menace
is sufficient to warrant social
alarm.
The question whether time
could not be spared from the ur-
gency of business to consider the
social and moral condition of our
people, and what is to become OF
our boys and girls, was asked in
May 1897 in a local paper Of this
town, and in a communication
over the signature of ''XRay" also
several facts we're stated showing
the need Of something being done
Whist can teachers do without
the support and cooperation o
of people engaged in other bust
ness? Is it not true that q larg'
share of our public expenses TO-
paupers, criminals and courts o
litigation, are caused by neglect
I'D children and those who hay
grown TO manhood and woman
hood from ssheir ranks. lsnot tn
proaigacy, the ea!etness, the inef
ficency of this class the E. .Aa'es
obstacle to business prosperity?
Do they not imperil with immora
contamination every child in tn
community; a peril itly compal
ed to that of q captive among In
dams. while running the gauntlet
Mo. Valley, Feb. 4, '99.
INQUIRER.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09

Something with humor in it
transpired in schoolroom in this
city afew days ago, says the Dixon
Telegraph. A saucy maiden sat
chewing rubber band. Her
teacher, suspeoting gum, called to
her from the rostrum, "What are
you chewing?" s'Rubber" said
the girl. The teacher sent
her nome, not for chewing rubber
but for the emphasis she gave the
word in her answer. The teacher
is no rubber neck"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09

Educate Your Bowels with Casearsts.
Candy Cathartie, cure constipation forever.
ipc, 90. 700 g. fail, druggists refund moneS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09

Letter list for the week ending
2-6, $50:
Kennedy, Geo
Latham, .Jno
Richards, Mrs. Anna
Russell, d A
Swadley, Fannie
Wallace, Mrs Etina
Wood, Fred
Walsh, John
Wallace, Tom
Parties calling for any of the
above will please say advertised
and give date of publication.
D. j. ALBUM, p. NJ.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09

Veneer cutting has been brought to
such pitch of perfection that single
elephants tusk 30 inches long can now
be cut into sheet of ivory $50 inches
long and 20 inches wide, while some
sheets of rosewood and mahogany are
only about fiftieth Of an inch thick.
George Richardson, of Burly &
Tyrrell, Chicago, was in the Val
ley today interviewing the grocery
men. He has just got through
with a trip 10 Dakota and says he
thought he would strike warm
weather when he reached Iowa.
but it is worse here than it was
up there.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
John F. Smith Found Dead in
His Bed.
WILL BE NO INQUEST
Coroner Julien Investigated the Case
And Decided an Official In
quest Unnecessary.

John F. Smith was found dead in his
bed at the home Of his sister, Mrs. NJ.
A. Hood, at No. 544 West Broadway,
about o'clock this morning, under cir
cumstances that would indicate that
death was the result of an attack Of
heart failure. Coroner Phil Julien was
at once notified and after carefully in
vestigating the circumstances connected
with the case came to the conclusion that
an official inquiry was unnecessary.
The dead man had been totally blind
for the past three years, and had come to
Butte from Ottawa, Kansas, about a
year ago to make his home with his Sis
ter. He was about 81 years of age at the
time of his arrival in Butte, and previous
to his coming his health had not been
good. The change of climate proved bene-
fetal to him, and of late his health had
been excellent.
He was apparently in the best of health
and spirits last evening, retiring about
10 O'Clock, after an evening spent pleas
antly with the other members of Mrs.
Hoods family.
At about $50 o'clock Mrs. Hood had
occasion to enter his room to awaken an
othei HIeLlpeI VI the AaillllS. one llotiScu
that her brother made slight move
ment as though her entrance disturbed
him, but when she left the room he was
sleeping quietly.
About S.: As she called him for breakfast.
AS he did not Immediately respond, as
was his custom, she called him again,
and a few minutes later entered his room
and made the startling discovery that he
was dead
The funeral arrangements are not yet
complete The remains will not be in
tered until the arrival of the deceased's
mother. who resides in Ottawa, Kansas.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
BEFORE JUDGE SULLIVAN.

Charles Cline who ran amuck from too
much whisky, and threw a rock at one
man and hit another, was before Judge
Sullivan this morning. He entered plea
of guilty to the charge of assault and
was fined SIS. After landing on the man
the rock continued it's course until it
shattered window. For this Cline was
charged with malicious mischief He
pleaded not guilty to this charge, and
will be tried Friday
Henry Menier, a boy who assaulted
Chinaman with a rock last night, pleaded
not guilty and his case was set for FRI
day. Menier claims the police have the
wrong boy He was allowed to go on his
own recognizance, on City Attorney
Lambs motion.
William Brown, Frank Johnson and
James DAILY, vagrants, We're sentenced to
80 days each.
William HenshaW who was arrested a
few days ago for conducting a saloon
without license, was arrested last night
on a charge of vagrancy. He entered a
plea of not guilty. and will be tried Fri
day, furnishing $50 bond for his appear
ance.
Lille Winchester and Kitty Smith, who
fought in Whtechapel alley yesterday
afternoon, pleaded guilty and We're fined
$40 each,
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26

clear case Of suspended mental faculties
another case, in fact, of lost identity. /
could see from glance that a we'll bred
ana educated man stood before me. and I
was satisfied that he was a man of no
small influence where he was known: and,
although he had no money, l took a
special interest in the case and made
every effort to find out who he was and
where he came from.
"One day, after he had been at the hotel
for about month, and after every effort
had been made to find his friends and
relatives, I had him stripped, thinking
there might be some mark on his body
that would disclose his identity. No ark
was found, but what we did find was the
finest developed man I ever saw.
"A brilliant idea came to me. This
mans splendid physical development
never came by chance. I felt certain
that it was the result of a special physi-
cal training, and that it was acquired in
some club or gymnasium. l had his pho
tograph taken and sent it to all the lead
ing clubs and gynasiums in America,
stating the circumstances and my desire
to ascertain the mans identity. In less
than a week l had the satisfaction Of
learning who he was, and within two
weeks thereafter he was in the hands Of
his friends, and safely on his way to his
home in the east. He proved to be a
prominent architect of an eastern city,
and overwork had temporarily unbal-
anced his mind"
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
GROWTH OF THE
"A ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD"

In a recent interview with the Seattle
(WasiD. Times. Capt, Capt. E. w. John
son of Southeastern Alaska explained
how now prominent secret order came
into being.
"A party of us were going up on the
Seattle after visit to Seattle on busi-
Iess,' said he. ITO pass the time away,
we got together and organized a lodge,
calling it the Arctic Brotherhood' II
was just joke, at first, but after getting
on shore we began to think seriously of
the Arctic Brotherhood
'"The only Alaska organization was the
Yukon Order Of Pioneers, nearly every
member of which is now rich man
through being in the vicinity of Dawson
when the rich strike was made. This or
der did not include any of the new Alas
kans, the people who followed the pio-
neers into the country, and who will make
it famous in the end.
FINALLY we decided to organize the
lodge. 1t was started in Skagway and had
25O members. Alaskan air sharpened our
wits, and it is said that our work is the
cleverest of any of the many lodges. 1t
is thoroughly original, and man who
has been initiated into most of the secret
orders of the country thought he was 60
ing through a threshing machine when
he struck the Arctic Brotherhood initia-
tion.
1T is wonderful how popular the lodge
became, and how it has spread all over
the mining country! l was one of party
that crossed the trail to organize the Log
Cabin and Bennett City lodges. At Ben
nett the captains and sergeants of the
Northwest Mounted Police were among
the first to signify their intention to join.
They wanted us to go on to White Horse,
and organize a lodge there. Captain
Strickland furnished the organizing
party with sled, dogs and river This
meant $50 day, but he would take moth
ing At all the roadhouses on the way
we were not allowed to spend cent.
Lodges have now been organized at
Dawson and Atlin. When I left Skag-
way the organizers We're preparing to
descend on Juneau. At Skagway the
lodge has $1,000 clubhouse under way.
1 donated the lot on which the building is
to stand. The captain of Canadian
steamer has just been initiated, and at
once offered the necessary lumber deliv-
cred free Of charge at Skagway. Skag-
way hardware merchant donated the ne
cessary hardware. In return, they made
us life members on the SPOT"
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
A CASE OF LOST IDENTITY.

About two years ago the late Colonel
John p. West of Minneapolis, was men,
Der of party travelling from Washington
to Philadelphia, and the subject of physi-
cal exercise came up, says the American
Builder.
The colonel admitted that he didn't
take enough, but that he had procrastin-
ated in beginning to take more, as the
doctors had directed.
This conversation reminds me- con-
tinued the colonel "of peculiar circum-
stance that occurred at my hotel some
years ago. 1t was about the time when
the newspapers We're filled with the disap-
pearances in various parts of the coun-
try A man came to the house one even
ing, and was assigned a room. The next
day it was discovered that the man did
not know his name nor where he came
from, neither could he give any account
of himself.
my attention was called to the case.
and soon satisfied myself that it was
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26

Sealed proposals will be received at the
rooms of the Associated Charities, Lii
brary building, Butte, Mont, until II
o'clock noon, August L. 1899, for furnish
ing all materials and labor necessary in
executing the carpenter, mason, heating
and electric work in the Paul Clark home,
Butte, Mont, all in accordance with
plans and specification furnished by
Lord, Hewitt & Hull, architects. Plans
and specifications may be seen at the
rooms Of the association every day from
10 a. m. to p. m. The right to reject
any or all bids reserved.
(Signed). MRS. j. M. WHITE,
President.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
$40 sets of teeth SO. DR.. Wix.
CHEAPER RATES IN ALASKA.

Since the completion of the White Pass
e. Yukon railroad from Skagway, Alaska,
to the summit of the pass, rates on
freight have been reduced greatly. A
carload of general merchandise is
charged $3.50 per hundred pounds; less
than carload, $3.50 per hundred The
packers rate from White Pass to Log
Cabin is l cent a pound, and from the
summit to Bennett 2 cents. These new
rates make an average carload through
rate of 31a cents a pound from Skagway
to Log Cabin, and AZ cents pound from
Skagway to Lake Bennett. wonderfully
low rate when the conditions are taken
into consideration and when compared
with the rates that existed prior to the
advent of the railroad through White
Pass.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
COURT NOTES.

The suit of Kellogg, Johnson & Co.
against John O'Rourke and others, which
was tried without a jury in department
No. ! of the district court yesterday,
Judge Smith of Helena presiding, was de-
cided this morning. The court held that
the plaintiff was entitled to Judgment for
the amount for which suit was brought.
$S3O.30 but Arthur Ducharme and Tho mas
O'Rourke We're the responsible defend
ants. So far as John O'Rourke is con-
cerned, he was entitled to dismissal,
as he was not considered member of the
firm at the time the goods were bought.
John RalmO a native of Norway. was
admitted to citizenship by Judge Smith
today.
Sheriff Regan took Thomas Hogan to
the penitentiary yesterday. Hogan will
stay there year for burglary commit
ted in this city.
Deputy Sheriff O'Nell left today for
Great Falls, to bring back to Butte a
man named Connors. who is wanted here
as a witness in the Shadwell murder
case.
c. w. Newill arrived in the city yester-
day from Missoula. where he was arrest
ed Monday on charge of having taken
from Butte a bicycle that did not belong
to him. His return was prompted by
Deputy Sheriff Avarre, who went after
him.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
Don't hurry Outen Here we'll all git

Don't hurry outen Here we'n all gil
! Burned up"
"Now Don't git excited" paw Says,
| tryin to git maw's corset cover on fer his
Shurt. IF they are ennything halt to
See at fire it's fer People to go and Git
existed"
Then He put one foot in His pants and
hoped around Tryin to Git the other
Laig in, til He stepped on one of little AL
bert's marbles, so he jumped About fore
feat and Got the other Laig in, only He
Had the South End of them faisin to the
north.
'All of you keep perfitkly COOL" paw
says, Grabbin up the water pitcher and
Rappin a Rug around it. Watch me and
when tell you to Do things you go ahed
and Do them and We'll Be all rite
Then He took maw's Shoes and put
Them in Her hat Box and Throwed them
out the Winder, and Hit tom SimmQnses
paw on the He'd and Then hollered Look
out"
Look Out Yourself" TOMS paw hol-
Tered Back, land Do it Before you throw
next Time or they mite Be trubble."
Don't Git exsited," paw says. "Peo-
pie what Looses their Heds Better not go
to Fires
Say" one of the Firemen Hollered
back IF you Got emmy folks in THAR that
you care about They Better come Down."
Then paw picked up little Albert and
was agoin to Throw him out the Winder
But NAV grabbed Him and Says
stop! Do YOU want to kill or cripple
the child?'
Say" paw says, Haven't told you to
Keep Cool? You're actin Jist like if you
Surckle fer while and then the Firemun
Begin comm in and one of Them went up
to Paw and tried to pull Him by the arm,
and paw says:
Keep Cool, men, keep COOL"
Then He grabbed the Bed close off and
put Sheat on the flore and Begin pilin
the Globes often the Gas fiXins in it, and
when He had them all in He stepped on
the pile BY mistake and Broke most of
Them in about 40 peaces.
Nav she yelled:
ooh, paw, please come and Leave things
WHARF they are"
Nov Be cam,' paw Hollered, BE cam
like me. They amt no Sense gitin Rat
tied. There's plenty of Time only Don't
git existed"
Then two pOleacemen got Hold of
Him and marched Him Out Carrying lit
tie Albert's toy gun on His Shoalder and
tellin me and NAV not to Git existed.
So they got the Fire out Before it Spred
to our house. and when we was ettin up
stares talkin about paw says:
ITS Good Thing thay are Sumbuddy
around Here What Don't lose His nurve.
OF to Been firmun or Soldier where
they was exsitement goin on Becos l al
ways keep so cool. kin go into Danger
jist as cam as most people Would go in
to Dinenr.
Yes" 1 says, "you Bet you kim only If
you Got your pants on that way every
Time people intent no If you was Coin
in or Comm out. GEORGE
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
MARKING A CHIEFS GRAVE.

On the borders Of an unknown lake In
northern Minnesota is a monument that
would require a good deal of time and
hard labor to demolish. 1t is said to
mark the last resting place of a once
noted Indian chief. 1t was there that he
fell in battle. and it was his wish that he
should be inferred where he died. Stones
We're heaped upon the grave; and ever
since, through all tn years that have fol-
lowed, it has been the custom of Indians
who have passed that way to carry
stone and add it to the now lofty pile.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the regular
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Birchdale Stock Farm will be held at
the office of the company, at 20 West
Broadway, in the city of Butte, Mon
tana, on Monday, August IA, 1899, at 8
o'clock p. m, for the election of three
trustees for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business
as may come before the meeting. By
order of the board Of trustees.
FRANK w. HASKINS,
Secretary.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
$50 sets of teeth $40. DIR. Wix.
KEPT COOL.

Chicago Times Herald: Paw done the
Hero act mite Befoar last. We was all
sleepin away as peaceful as pleaceman
on Duty When All a wunst Sumbuddy
Begin hollerin fire, and they was a Big
racket outside. Then we run to the Win
ders and Seen Blaze shoOtin out of the
Hawkinses house Next door, and the en-
jins was comm lickety split and the ma
bers was all out and the Wind was Blow
in our way.
Mercy Sakes." maw says. III We
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
GREAT DEPTH OF DEVILS LAKE.

Devils lake, which is situated about 81
miles north Of COulee City, Wash, in the
Grand Coulee-which was supposed to be
of an unknown depth, was measured last
winter by Roscoe Rupe, who lives near
the lake. When the lake was covered
with ice of sufficient strength to bear his
weight, he chopped holes in the ice and
let down rope and weight which sounded
at the depth of 115 feet. He made three
holes about 200 yards apart, the depth
not varying five inches in the three meas
urements, which shows that the bottom
is very level.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
THE News IN BRIEF

Great Falls: News was received yes
terday from Upper Sand Coulee of the
death Of the 2-year-old son of Andrew
swartz, from injuries inflicted by an an
cry COW. The animal attacked the child
wnile the latter was playing near home.
Her horn pierced one of the bov's tenn
Piles, lacerating the brain; paralysis re-
suited and death ensued in four hours.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26

Kaysville. Utah: May Sanders, the H.
year-old daughter of Thomas NJ San
ders, formerly of Butte, was killed here
last Saturday by being kicked by a horse.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
LOST A FINGER.

Tom Murray. helper employed about
the hoisting engine of the Silver Bow No.
l. lost the little finger of his right hand,
and had his palm badly lacerated by
getting it caught in the clutch of the en-
gine.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26

Headache and nervousness cured with
proper glasses. Cassidy, optician. over
Hight & Fairfield.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26

Big reduction in ladies' Oxfords today
at Holbrooks.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-26
SEALSKINS FROM RABBITS.

Australia rabbit skins are being con-
verted into sealskins for the American
market.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
CoalAelds of the World.

Biologists estimate the great coal.
fields Of the world in square miles as
follows: China. 200, 900; United States,
east Of tho Rockies 100. 600; Canada,
$4,000 India. 80, 500; New South
Wales, 1900; Russia, 90, 600, and the
United Kingdom. 1900 There are
many deposits in other countries. but
their extent is inconsiderable Eng
lands coal area is small; still she
for years produced more than any other
country. Now the United States is
ahead English coal veins are thin; one
only IA inches wide has been worked
200 feet down. On the other hand,
there are veins in the Pennsylvania an
thracite region go feet thick and in
the bituminous regions Is feet thick.
Our Appalachian coalfields are the lar
gest known. and alone could supply the
whole world for centuries to come
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

pearance and TO make herself pleasing
in the eyes of others is no true woman
1t is pleasant and adds to the sum
total of the happiness of society to sea
beauty, and, therefore, for the sake n,
others, we ought to strive after it. Ex.
pensiye, or even fashionable, clothes
are not within the range of everybody
but neatness and daintiness are, and
after all is said and done. dress only
contributes to beauty and does not
make It.
Culture and education are important
factors In the making of beauty. In.
deed, a gently reared, refined and intel.
ligent girl can hardly fail to be pleas.
ant-looking, in spite of lacking any real
beauty or feature. The training of the
mind is an immense aid to beauty, and
this one often sees in girls who have
been taken from surroundings where
they were intellectually starved, and
where they had a dull, heavy look,
much the reverse of pleasing. Placed
In refined surroundings and given In.
tellectual advantages, even the plain.
est of them acquires grace and dig.
nifty and brightness which are perfectly
transforming and reveal beauty hith.
erto unsupported.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
Rest While Working.

An important lesson for the busy
housewife to learn Is that she can take
rest amid her daily labor, and she must
do this II she would preserve her health
and strength as well as the ability to
enjoy life. The manner in which she
learns and applies it will make all the
difference in the world to her and those
about her. If she neglects it altogether,
she will grow old and haggard long be-
fore her time, find her own life devoid
of pleasure and full of drudgery and
prove herself akilljoy to all those about
her. Work never killed or hurt any
body II it was accompanied by proper
amount of recreation and relaxation.
Let no woman, however strong she may
be, imagine that she can go on working
necessarily without growing prema-
turely old.
1t Is the cheerful-hearted, well-poised
women who accomplish the most work
in the world, because they are sensible
enough to stop between times and they
are the ones who keep their youth and
freshness longer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
Everything Leaks.

Ordinary tumblers will hold water
because the globules of water are toe
big to squeeze through the glass. But
glass is as full of holes as a sponge, and
air blows right through it, because the
specks of air are smaller than the holes.
Put bell into big globe of glass,
seal up the vessel, pump out all the air,
then ring the bell inside, and you hear
nothing There is not air enough in the
globe to carry sound. But lay the
globe aside for a month or so, and no
matter how carefully you have sealed
up the neck you will find that you then
can hear the bell when you ring it. Air
has got into that globe-enough any
way to carry sound has leaked in
through the substance Of the glass.
The ordinary incandescent lamp is a
glass. globe with the air pumped out,
and after few months sufficient air
leaks through to dim the light which
comes from the thread of electrified
charcoal inside.
We can make plenty of vessels to
hold water, but nothing has been made
which will hold air without any leak
age. The air sneaks in through holes
which are too small for the human mind
to imagine.
In fact, everything leaks Answers.