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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

seythe on my shoulder and was FIRST
on the ground, but the general was
only a few minutes behind me. l had
planned to begin Mt his heels. but his
plan was to begin Mt my head. saw
1t In his eyes US we stood there. Yes,
sub, he meant to dccapitatc me Mt the
first sweep. Mo than that, he had
sent to New Orleans for n special
scythe, and lie had secured Que about
two rods long.
by and by we We're ready. l felt
my loss of dignity, but had to save
my honah. The word was about to be
given, and in another moment the en-
blems OF time would have been swish
Ing through the air, when mewl who
was chased by a niger came gallop-
ing that way. He busted through the
people, suh-hc busted his way right
along-and he struck the general and
knocked him into Il ditch and then
planted both heels on my stomach and
rendered me unconscious for half an
hour. The duel didn't go on. When 1
got my breath again, l offered to pro-
ceed from sitting position, and, nj.
though the general was telescoped by
the collision, it is due to him to say
that he would have stood on one leg
and fought it out. But it was not to
be. The public decided that all par
ties, including the mewl, had wiped
away any stains on their regulations,
and we We're escorted to town by our
partisuns."
"And of course you and the, general
drank together and made up?' asked.
"Of co'se, sub, of co'se-that is the
general didn't invite me, and l didn't
invite him, but when third party
proposed coclltails-a party whose cred
1t was good at the bar-we accompa-
MED him. And as to the making up,
sua, we had lmbibcd and replaced our
glasses when l looked ut my late an
tagonist and said:
General Blum, cannot doubt your
vnlor, suh.'
Card lie looked at me with eyes
which We're moist and replied:
"tColoncl Bunker the man who qucs
tions your chivalry is my enemy
"Ihen our hands met, our friend
called for three more, and the loving
cup restored peace and good will"
NJ, QUAD.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
The Mistake.

"Thc other day." said Jones, "an old
woman bounced into our office, display
ing Il notice that we had written to
her to the effect that a quarter tax on
some property Of hers was due. She
sworc she had paid it. had the books
to prove that she had not and suggest
cd that She had made mistake.
She declared that she had not and
said. Don't you ever make any mis-
takes?
Il assured her that 1 did not and
jolSingly added:
""The only mistake ever made was
when was married.
"She looked at me second and then
said: NO; your wife made that mis-
take '"-Dctroit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
"a Baseless Assumption"

a baSele6s Assumption"
Lyman Abbott, an ardent sup
porter of William Mckinley, says
"The axiom that governments de.
rive their just powers from the
consent of the governed is base-
less assumption
The Declaration of Independ-
ence declares that the axiom that
governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the
governed" is based upon 'self-evi-
dent truth.''
This represents the difference
between the party of William Nc
Kinley and the party of William
]. Bryan.
How does it happen that the
supporters of Mr.. Mckinley find
it necessary, in defending his pol
icies. to assail the great state pa.
per which Americans have been
taught to reverep
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
WORKING UP A SICKNESS
The Story of n Man who Thought
lie Had Appendicitis.

~ nervous man recently called on
me-" said n New Orleans physician.
"and asked, In what part of the abdo-
men are the prcmonitory pains of APP
pendlcitis feltT sOn the left side, OK
actly here | replied, indicating Il spot
n little above the point of the hip bone.
He went out, and next afternoon |
was summoned in hot haste to the st,
Charles hotel. l found the planter
writing on his bed, his forehead bead
cd with sweat and his whole appears
ance indicating intense suffering. q
have an attack of appendicitis he
groaned, and I'm dead man, III
never survive an operationv
Where do you feel the pain| /
asked.
sOh, right here he replied, putting
his finger OIL the spot l had located ut
the Office. Il feel as il somebody had n
knife in me there and was turning ii
around
:" Well, then, it isn't Appendicitis at
any rate said cheerfully, 'bccause
that is the wrong side
1.-The wrong side. he exclaimed,
glaring at me Indignantly. why, YOU
told me yourself it was OF the left
Then must have been abstracted.'
replied calmly. Il should have said
inc right prescribed something that
wouldn't hurt him and learned after
ward that he ate his dinner in the din
ing room the same evening. Oh, YES:
he was no doubt in real pain when l
called" said the doctor in reply to a
question, "but you can make your fin
ger ache merely by concentrating Your
attention on 1T for a few momcnts."-
New Orleans Times Democrat
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
A whIstler Story.

"a Colorado milllonare--ex extremely
millionairc-on who was getting up an
art gallery, went to Whistlcrs studio in
the Rue du Bac," says Vance Thomp-
son in his Paris letter to The Saturday
Evening Post. ''IIe glanced casually
at the pictures on the -'sympho-
MES in rose and gold, in blue and gray,
In brown and green.
How much for the lotY he asked
with the confidence Of one who owns
gold mines.
"'Four Millions said Whistler.
"'What!
"'My posthumous prices And the
painter added, Good morning."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
Papered with Bonds.

Wall paper having an apparent value
Of 100000, but in reality worth moth
Ing. decorates the study Of u New York
business man. 1t is composed of thou
sands Of 6 per cent bonds, engraved
and printed at n cost Of $500 for
company which, failing to attract In
vestors, died before it could be foated.
Chicago Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
The Sons Of Clcrgymen.

De Candalc, the distinguished French
savant, says that the sons of ministers
have contributed to science more emf
nent men than has any other class.
He might have added, too, that they
have also swellcd the ranks of the
poets. theologians and not a few Of
the military heroes of the past.-Sat-
lrday Evening Post.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
Poet, Query An.,vcrcd

II wonder will they miss me?' wrote
the poet in violet ink on gilt edged pa
per.
And the editor as he tossed the man
uscript into the yawning gulf at his
side murmured softly, 'If they do, they
never ought to be trusted with gun
again. n."-London Telegraph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
snlvins His Compunction.

Promotcr-I called to see YOU about
that bill, the details Of which wrote
you few days ago.
observation-disclosures me, sir, but can.
not lend my influence to any such
scheme as that.
Promoter-Who has asked you to
lend your influence? l have come pre-
pared to pay you we'll for it.-Boston
Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
Kent ON the Jumn.

"That tall man seems to be the busi-
est person around the establishment.
What does he do"
''It is his duty to see whether the
others are working or Chicago
Times Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

'The girl that carries off the young
man the easiest" said the corn fed
philosopher, 'is the one that knows
enough not to know too much."-Ind,-
annapolis Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

Railroad Company, at meeting held July u.s.,
1900, adopted the following preamble and res
OlutiOn:
Upon the recommendation of the President.
the resolution adopted July 2l 1897, auttoriz-
ing the free transportation of stock holders over
the companys lines, to Chicago and return, at
the time Of the annual meeting of the stock
holders was reconsidered and amended so as to
read as follows:
Resolved That until the further order of
this board there may be issued, to each holder
of one or more shares of the capital stock of the
Illinois Central Railroad Compan, !, q ticket ell
abling him, or her to travel free over the COM
pany's lines from the station on the Illinois
Central Railroad nearest to his or her registered
address, to Chicago and return for the purpose
of attending, in person, the meetings of stock
holders. Such ticket to be good for the Journey
To Chicago only during tho four days immedi-
ately preceding, and the day of the meeting, and
for return journey from Chicago only on
the day of the meeting, and the four days i'm
mediatcly following, when properly counter
signcd and stamped during business hours
that is to cay, between 800 m to 500 m
in the Office of the Assistant Secretary, MIR W q
Bruen, in Chicago. Such ticket may be OBJ
tained by any registered holder of stock on ap-
plication, in writing, to the President of the
company in Chicago. Each applicant must
state the full name and address of the stock
holder exactly as given in his or her certificate
of stock, together with the name and date of
such certificate. No more than one person will
be carried free in respect to any one holding of
stock registered on the books of the COM
pany.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
A
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30


Gives Economic Results-Local
Railway Briefs.
The process of burning soft coal
without smoke is one of the simp.
lest things to be learned by the
firemen, says the Cedar Rapids
Gazette. 1t is known as the one
shovel system. The coal is broken
into small Jumps and the fireman
keeps up the necessary supply of
fuel in the box by putting in a
single shovelful at time. When
the engine with a long freight
train is pulling hard on a long
grade, the coal thrown onto the fire
box averages five shovelsful to the
mile, each containing about Is
pounds of coal, which is about
ninety pounds to the mile. On the
level, about FIVE shovelsful are
used for every two miles. In burn
ing soft coal in a furnace or fire
box it is very important that the
volatile gases should be properly
consumed, for they contain re-
markably high heat-producing
qualities. The average bituminous
coal contains about 65per cent of
carbon, which has the same heat
generating properties as coke or
charcoal, and Is percent of hydro
csrbons, which are of the nature
Of Illuminating gas. About one
fourth, by weight, of the hydro
cardons is hydrogen gas, which
makes the hottest fire that can be
burned, but very high tempera-
ture is required to burn it, and if
from any cause part of the fire box
gets too cool for converting it into
fame it passes off unconsumed in
the shape Of smoke or worthl ess
uncombined gas, which makes no
more heat than so much air. With
out going into the scientific details
let it be said that tho one shovel
method of firing keeps the fire box
at such q high degree Of temper
ature that these gases are ignited
before they'get q chance to escape,
and are made to contribute their
share of heat. Thus it will be seen
that in addition to abolishing the
smoke nuisance, there is q great
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

All the men who wreck banks and
run away with money seem to be mice
fellows."-Boston Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
BY order of the Board of Directors.
A q HACKSrAFE

Secretary.
The next annunl meeting of the Stockholders
of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will
be held at the Office of the company, in Chicago,
on Wednesday, September g. 1890, at noon.
For the purpose of this meeting the Stock
Transfer Books will be closed from the close of
business September 81 to the morning of
ISsptember ~ s2h
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

Mrs g E Ferguson is still in q
very serious condition, and her
doctor has advised that she be ia
ken to Colorado, as he thinks the
change will do her good. She will
leave for the west in few dayf.
observer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

For burns, injuries, piles and skin
diseases use DeWltt's Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t is the original. Counter
felts may be offered. Uuse only De.
Wits. Elliott Il Harvey. tt
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

For years the Republican leaders
have been pleased to refer to Hon. II.
b. Reed as the brain of the Republi-
Can party" Now that Mr.. Reed has
abandoned it, the party will be obliged
to hop about like the proverbial chick
en- after it has received an application
of the ak.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
saving of fuel. In the first place

SAA6 VI AACAs 1u SQ0 llIol HIdCc
passenger trains can be run COM
fortably with the windows open. /.
The improvements in the way of
securing a freer steaming of the
engines, abolition of the leaky tube
nuisance and of the filling of fire
boxes with cinders and the Light
ening of the work of the fireman
are all good, but the company is
saving much expense as will be
seen by a report made by General
Superintendent Williams, who
says that during period of nine
months l04,36l tons Of coal were
used as compared with ll4,SS7
during the corresponding period
of the year previous, making a
decrease of l0,526 tons. The train
mileage for the first named period
was 1921, ,033, ana for the latter
2,2Ol, ,3S1, an increase ofS9,622
miles.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

Be sure to try our ice cream soda. Its th.
hest that can be made.
CENERA1 DRUG STORE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
oA0roRfA.
B.ass IL. 1Ihs kind You Haze Always Bought
st,s'''' .; <M4ZztzSx

Letter list for the week ending
August 27, 1900:
e r Bruce. Bell Coleman.
Eli Erickson. L Z Fry.
Leonard Ingrahin. ] W Isham.
A u Law. John Lowry.
M j Martin. JR Moreland.
Fred Mcintosh.
Parties calling for any of the
above will please say advertised
and give date of publication.
d j ADLUM, Postmaster.
How smokeless Firing is
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
OF INTEREST TO
STOCKHOLDERS
FREE TRANSPORTATION TO ATTEND
TUE ANNUAL MEETING AT CHICAGO.

The Eoard of Directors of tho Illinois Central
Railroad Company, at a meeting held July is,
1900, adopted the following preamble and res
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

Northwestern trains 20 and "a, f trains %
and "a and O d P traids IS and Is do not run
6undays.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
HORSES IN BATTLE.
The Wounded Are Regularly Cared
for by Veterinary Surgeons.

for by Veterinary Surgeons.
Horses wounded ON the battlefield are
duly attended to when no danger to hui
man life is involved. The veterinary Of
fcer in charge is expected to follow close
on the fighting line, and together with
a number of aids to inspect properly
wounded animals and give instructions
for their removal or slaughter, as the
case may be. The veterinary surgeon is
naturally exposed to considerable danger
but if his work is not carried out dur
ing the progress of hOstilities in all prob
ability it cannot be accomplished after
ward, for, although the Royal Army
Medical corps is allowed to proceed to the
rescue of the wounded men under the
Red Cross, the members of the army vet
Urinary department are not permitted to
attend to the injured horses, because they
are not under the protection of the
Geneva convention, which makes no pro-
vision whatsoever for wounded animals
AT the conclusion of the battle. if it
has been decisive and one or other of
the combatant armies have been driven
from the field, a party of veterinary sur
geons. with their assistants, are sent out
to examine every animal that has fallen
and to shoot such as are badly wounded.
Those suffering from only slight injuries
are collected and taken to the veterinary
hospital lines, formed as fixed camps and
established on similar basis to those of
the Royal Army Medical corps.-Pear-
sons MagaZine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
TEA OF THE TARTARS.
Beverage as Prepared in Thibet is
Not Particularly Inviting.

Beverage as Prepared in Thibet is
Not Particularly Inviting.
Our endurance would be tested to the
breaking point were our only resource the
brick tea of Thibet, made and favored
after the true Tartar recipe This tea,
for the convenience of porterage Oh cam
els, is made up in the form of hard, solid
brick-like Jumps, which are supposed to
cOns'st of the stems and leaves of our
ordinary tea plant. But, in the majority
OF cases, brick tea is merely the off-scour-
ings of the tea plantation, together with
dust and adulteratiOn of endless other
plants. There is little Of the crisp, curly
tea leaves to be found in the Jumps.
When tea is to be made pieces are
Clipped off the bricks and immersed in
boiling water. The result is a dark,
strong favored liquid with harsh, un-
pleasant taste. One merit alone it pos
sesses-it is undoubtedly stimulating
The flavor of the tea is not improved
either to our taste by the addition to it
which the Tartar favors. Instead of
cream and sugar, mutton fat and salt are
usually considered the correct thing to
add, and it can readily be imagined that
the beverage thus produced does not pre-
sent any particular attraction to English
men. The Tartars themselves are as de-
voted to their tea drinking as any old
Welshwoman, so it is to be presumed that
here, as everywhere habit is everything
even in the matter of the flavor of tea
London Good Words
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
NAMING THE MONTHS.
October, November and Decem Der Mis-
nomers for Tie Last Three Months.

January was named after the Roman
god Janus; the deity with two faces, one
looking into the past and the other gaz-
ing forward to the future. February
comes from the Latin word februo, to
purify. 1t was customary for the Ro-
mans to observe festivals of publication
during that month. March owes its name
to the old god of war. Among the Sax
Ons this month Was known as Lenct
meaning spring; and this is the origin OF
our word Lent. April was named from
the Latin aperio, to open, in significance
of the opening of flowers. The Saxons
called the month Eastre, in honor of their
goddess of spring, from which comes our
word Easter. May was named after the
Roman goddess Maia, and June was So
called in honor of Juno. July was named
in honor of julius Caesar, and August
gets its name from Augustus Caesar
September is from the Latin Septem
seven. this being the seventh month ac-
cording to the old Roman calendar Oc-
tOber, November and December also re-
tain the names by which they were
known under the old calendar when
there were but ten months in the year
octo, nOvem and deem meaning eight,
nine and fen
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
DIR. Gerber's Queer Will Invalid

DR.. Andrew Gerber, wealthy physi-
in which he devised to his son Christian
only one-half the income during life of
one of his farms. Almost the entire
residue of his estate, amounting to about
100000, was bequeathed to his great
grandchildren, of whom none was in ex-
istence at the time of the decedent's
death. DIR. Gerber held strange relig-
ious views and believed that at
the time his youngest great-grand-
% years, he the deceased) would
return to earth, and he desired
his estate kept intact until that time
The will was contested and the Supreme
court gave Christian Gerber absolutely
all that part Of the estate bequeathed to
the future Philadelphia
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13

81 think it is my duty to write a
letter to you ia regard to what Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. | wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. I am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
/ would say to all suffering women,
Take Mrs. Pinkham's advice, for wo-
ferings, and Mrs. Pinkham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give you advice that you can get
from no other source. CLARA KoPP,
Rockport, Ind, April Is, 1899.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
Pigeons Tire i'm Ocean Flights.

An old tar on a sailing vessel said re-
Gently that sailors ON ships in the regular
always sure of pigeon pie the day after
the carrier pigeon service leaves this
port. He added that pigeons flying at
sea soon get tired and settle on the first
craft that comes in their way A carrier
pigeon was relo>se from the French
steamer LAquitaine last Friday and
was picked up by a schooner seven miles
from Newport on the same day. The
bird was handed to its owners in this
city. The impression is gaining that pig
cons are not so useful for long ocean
fight as has been believed.-New York
Snu
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
Cotton Production in Russia

The total production Of Russian cot
ton, up to within a few years. has hard
ly reached half of the total yield Of the
United States. The output of India
does not exceed 100000 bales, and that
of Japan is hardly 100000 pounds.
Within a few years, however, Russia
has been striving to create an impor-
tant cotton center in Turkestan, and she
the mills of the metropolis. 1t is diff
cult ut first glance to explain the sue
cess here; the climate is severe, the ex-
tremes of temperature marked, rain is
rare and the heat intense. But the ex-
treme warmth of summer intensifies the
power of vegetation, and irrigation takes
the place Of rain.-Consul ]. c. Covert
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
THE OK IN SOUTH AFRICA.
1t is the Mainstay of the British
Transport System.

1t is the Mainstay of the British
Transport System.
1he trek or transport oxen are the
malnstay of the British South African
transport system. These animals are
slow but sure, never doing more than
three miles an hour, or twenty miles Il
gay, winch is considered good trek. The
Auiu OK is the beSt-bred animal, but small
ana unserviceable when compared to the
bastard Zulu or Natal OK, which thrives
on both the ''sour" veldt, or coast grass,
ana the Sweet" or up-country vefdt.
O1en, however, require very careful
handhng, and must on no account be
oCVerdrlven; they must have at least six
hours a day for grazing purposes. In
the winter, which is coming on now, they
can ind a picking on the ,parched veldt
where horse or mule would fail.
-, Iney are, naturally, in poor condition
september. They are very liable to lung
sickness and red water, and whole spans
sometimes perish from these fell diseases.
In the winter time they suffer terribly
from the cold, and on no account should
De worked in the rain during that season,
Tor, among other things, the yoke, when
wet, gives them sore necks, thus render
ing them useless. The ox's best work is
done at night time, and moonlight tricks
are the usual things with the transport
riders" after their teams have been graz
ing all day. They are never kept under
yoke, for more than eight hours during
the day, two stretches of four hours each.
From to s in the morning and from &
to 10 at night are the favorite hours for
"trekking." AS to their hauling ca
pacity, a span or team of eighteen
oxen will easily draw buck wagon
weighing a little over a tom, loaded to
5000 pounds, over the South African
roads, many of which are little better
miles day for heavy baggage column
in such country as South Africa is
really good going-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-13
Try Grain-O. Try Grain-O.

Ask your grocer today to show you
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without injury
as well as the adult All who try it like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress. One
fourth the price of coffee. 15c and 25c
per package. Sold by ali grocers.