Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-22
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speaking. IL WAS inyprapS. lis, Aas,i,
heretofore to speak cNltinnofn nc,urs-
~, without notes, buf, non, IWa has.hiS
speeches prepared aud lislriM,tes
proofs ofathem beige I'll saas .aAsan
1t IS only when he goes !. i.p;.s, .Guom
his printed copy in the fclvor of hi,
address, that he is Hike the Tilmah
who used to rattle the dead bones in
The senate.
General Theodore Schwan. who is
distinguishing himself in the Philip
pines, has worked his way up. the
military ladder from the very bottom,
He enlisted as n private in ls57 and
quickly rose through the grades of
corporal. sergeant, first sergeant aud
quartermaster sergeant. which latter
grade he got in 1868. y wear later he
won his lieutenancy by meritorious
service, and in lSG6 WAS made II cap.
tain For mis- service in the ,.iyii war
ne Was breveted captain and major.
Mrs. j. Coleman Drayton. whose
name was Somewhat prominently be-
fore the public few Years ago. MAS
Y .
d Baltimore society man. whose some
what sedate manner WAS not altogc, h
er TO her liking ANXIOUS Ia GET rid
of him She snapped out: Nov. trot
along. Mr.. Lehr; YOU are altogether
TOO iadNlike." The Baltimorean bowed
rourteously, and moved away, SAYING.
u am sorry ! can't say us much fcr
yon, Mrs. Drayton."
The diplomatic corps in Washing
ton was shocked the other day on
hearing that five foreign ambassadors
had been invited to an entertainments
given by MIR. and Mrs. John II. Me-
Lean TO meet Admiral and Mrs. Dew
eN. None of them attended. it being
regarded as preposterous that repre-
sentatives of kings and queens should
be asked ito meet" anybody. The adj
mlral might be invited TO meet them,
but not vice versa
President Low. of Columbia college.
is Il believer in college athletics \
recent interview quotes him as say
ing: Tho body of course. should NOT
be cultivated To an extent TO iniurc
the cultivation of the mind. bur a
healthy mind is impossible without a
healthy body, and Il college student
who goes in for athletics moderately
is generally all the better for it in an
intellectual way"
When Senator Depew wanted to re
port favorably ON u Joint resolution
authorizing the president to appoint
a member of the Daughters OF the
,f
tivcs of this government at the I'M
yelling of the La Fayctte statue at the
Paris exposition he was infQrmed I hat
women representatives AT a fair and
The report was tabled.
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President Angel. of Ann Arbor ,lniS.
Nersi'y. says that when traveling up
the Nile some years ago he was
seated OH a donkey approaching the
ancient ruins of Ahyoos when he en-
gagged his Egyptian guide i'm converse
tion as we'll as his western Arabic
would permit 30 YOU give names tn
your donlSeysa" asked the professor
"0h. yes was the reply. This ONE is
called kalamazoo"
One of tho yellowest of New Works
newspapers has outdonc even lis own
record by printing report that Rus
sell Sage offered to lend to Count l,oni
de Castellane any amount S5.0oo,n0o
III pcceSSary ithout collateral
When reporter showed Mr. Sage the
printed statement the venerable mil
lionaire gravely assured him that the
report was not true.
Senator Vest has notebook filled
with rare examples of congressional
eloquence, among which his famous
quotation To illustrate MIXED meta
phor is: "1he apple of discord has
been sown in our midst. and unless
nlpped i'm the bud it will produce a
contlagration whose waves will sub
merge this fair land with anarchy"
The newspaper men in the Philip
pines are telling a story of one of
their number. q new arrival. who nm
lertook 10 explain to AN officer how
he thought a certain attack ought to
he made. The officer listened 50 po-
litcly for twenty minutes that;the cor
respondent ON departing asked his
Nance. Otis was the reply.. ":
The late John RuslSin gave away Il
great deal of money during his life.
Many years his annual income from
his pen alone was 100000. but he lived
on less than a tenth of that amount.
Indeed. he used to say that Il gentle
man ought to be able to live ON IA
pound (nbout SD a day; if he could
not ne deserved speedily To die.
When il came 10 a choice between
love and the ministry Rev Charles \.
Smith. of st. Joseph Mo-. declared for
Dan Cupid. He was pastor of Holy
Trinity Episcopal church and was re-
Gently betrothed TO a woman who had
been divorced The rules of his de
so he resigned his pastorate
General Methuen. the British COM
mander. and Mrs. .Ioubert. wife OF the
Boer l2ader. are said to be natives OF
the same English town. Corshan.
from taShich Mrs. .Ioubert emigrated
TO South Africa early in life.
Here. is am enthusiastic New Yor-
ker's appreciation of Ipadcrewslli:
"Why.Sthere's only one pianist in rhc
worldf MI the rest of them are mere
ly hirAl help"
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Hunter of
Fairfield. Ia. have Just celebrated he
seventyrfrst anniversary of their mar
rlage. They are aged respectively 81
and a1 wears. Twelve children were
horn n, them SiN af ,yl,n,n mr.. IN