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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
QUICKEST SHAVE ON RECORD.
This Man Was in srslsurry and Two
BARRIERS Did the Work,

Kansas City Star: A man rushed
through tho door of a downtown bar
ser shop one day last week and said
IS he took off his coat and collar:
81 want the quickest shave ever
given to man
HURRY" asked the barhes.
YES answered he customer. "lf
m out of he,c in five minutes III pay
loublc.'
Yves a countin' yoah money right
ION, sah," said the barber, as he
iabbcd lathcr over mouth and nose.
Lefty, he called, "heah's ready mon
y. Get yoah blade ready
Lefty" as he WAS called. grabbed Il
'azor and began stropping il Nigor-
,usly. He used his left hand and thea
tcpped to the left side of the hurry
up customer. Tho other barber did
HE same thing on the right side. and
IL an instant two razors were glidin"
over the strangers face. During thu
louble shaving the customers head
VAS held firmly with it's back agains,
he head rest and not Nanllcd about
IS is usual when one barber is dom.
N',e work. Each barber put ON his
onN rum and powder. and in exact lN
-four and onc-half Minlaes his hat was
IN and, with 20 cents less in his pocket
he WAS strcaking o.t the door.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Chandler Lost His Hicyclc Coat

New York World: Washington
Senator Chandler would like to know
which member of the Montana crowd
got his bicycle coat.
Mr.. Chandler wheels to the capitol
each pleasant morning and spins down
Pennsylvania avenue i'm the afternoon
after the senate adiourns. lie always
wears Il box overcoat
Chairman Chandler had been in the
habit of hanging the coat ON a peg in
his committee room, thinking it per-
fcctly safe; and so ii was until Il few
days ago, when the Montana crowd
came into his room To hear the argu-
mcnts i'A the Clark case.
lie missed the coat and Immediately
Sergeant at Arms RansdeI and his
deputies began looking high and low
for il. AS yet it has moi turned up.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
LII WILL LEAVE US.
Former Queen Declares Shell, Ncvc
Set Foot in America Aruiu.

Former Queen Declares She'll Never
Set Foot in America Agnin.
Washington. April "a. -Liliuokalan.
the former queen of Hawaii, will sail
from San Francisco on May Is for her
home near Honolulu. She is bitterly
disappointed at the failure of her PEN
sion claim and says she will never
again set foot i'm the country which
has treated her so uniustly. AS Il
matter of fact, the American anneXa-
tion of her native land makes it posi-
bic for her to enjoy peace and liberty
on her estates, but she does not seem
grateful for this benefit so long as II
$40. 100000 pension is not forthcoming.
The eX-queen came to Washington
about a year and half ago and rent
ed a handsomely furnished house,
where she has lived pretentiously. She
had quite a retinue of attendants, n
major domo and lady in waiting and
other requisites for royal state. She
has received but little attention, cx-
cept from few Hawaiian sympa-
thzcrs.
Recently her majesty has had the
grippe. and this, with her Hisappoint-
ment about her pension, determined
neTfeSOlutlOnt 10 feaNe:tnlS country lo1
her native land. She is 63 years of age
She enjoys am annual income of about
$4,000 from the private estate of her
brother and from the other estates
left by her parents. These We're not
contiscated by the Dole government.
Senator lloar has promised the
queen to place her pension on the
sundry civil bill. but speaking of this
She said bitterly:
There is no justice in this govern
ment. know that they will not allow
my rightful contention. If President
Cleveland We're in power should not
have been treated unfairly. But
shall never cease my efforts to obtain
justice, even if do not come to this
country again"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
WAS 4. BAD WEEK
FOR INSURGENTS
Estimated That FiIipinos Lost Over
1000 Men in Recent Fights
in luzon.
AMERICAN LOSS is VERY LIGHT
DULY Twenty-Five All Told. Nine
Killed and Sixteen Wounded
Rebels Aggressive In
Many Provinces.
AMERICAN LOSS is VERY LIGHT

Manila, April g4.-The past week
has been one of the bloodlest of the
war since the first days fighting
around Manila. Authentic reports.
mostly official, show total of BIS Fill
ipinos killed, ~ officers and 24l men
captured, and many more wounded.
The number wounded is hardly guess
able. Considering that the Filipinos
entirely lacked hospital facilities a
great majority of the wounded will
die. Probably he last weeks work
finished 1000 Insurgents The Amer
lean loss was 9 killed and Ii wounded.
Two sergeants and one private Mere
killed i'm ambushes while cscortina
provision trains.
The insurgents have been uggres-
sive i'm almost every province OF Lu-
Zon.
General Pho del Pillars band, NUM-
bering 300, which was out OF sight for
three months, he leader reported
killed, has reappeared in its old field
around San Miguel. Pillar is supposed
to be again in command. He gave he
American garrison at San Miguel, con-
sisting of three companies OF the
Thirty-fifth infantry with gating. a
three hours fight during a night at
tack. The loss of the insurgents III
this engagement is not included in the
foregoing total, as they removed their
dead and wounded, but presumably it
was considerable
Twenty Filipnos i'm the province of
Batangas attacked Lieutenant Monde,
who, with eight men. was scouting
near San Jose. The lieutenant and five
men We're wounded and one private
was killed. Sergeant Lcdoius, of the
Thirty-fifth infantry, was badly
wounded in an ambush near I'alinag.
Lieutenant Balch, of the Thirty-scv-
cnth infantry, with seventy men. had
a five hours fight With 400 insurgents
in the Neueya Careras district. Tween
ty of the insurgents were killed.
Colonel Smith. oil the Seventeenth
infantry. who captured General Mon
tcncgro and brought him to Manila,
is i'm the isolation hospital suffering
with smallpox, presumably caught
from the Filipinos.
Colonel Smiths command captured
$50 officers and men with Montenegro.
The officers were brought to Manila.
Montenegro, who was formerly one of
the most dappcr officers i'm the Fill
Pine army, looks worn and haggard.
lie says he has led Il terrible life for
months and he offered to return to
the north with Colonel Smith to en-
;leavor to persuade his former com
rades of the usclessncss OF opposing
the Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish pris-
oners from the province of Tayabas,
South L,zon. have arrived at Manila.
The insurgents have 400 more Span
iards in that district. Recently the
Filipinos destroyed several rods of the
railroad line near Panique in an nm
successful attempt to wreck a tain.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Gable Statistics.

Ainslee's Magazine:' "rhe cost of
constructing Il cable system is about
s.. 900 mile. and he total amount in
is upward Of 100000 oNo. The valre
Of the land lines is. OF course. much
greater in the aggregate. The largest
company in America has alone cap
ital of $l25.nco0o0, pays out yearly
between $s.0Oooo0 and $in,oooo00 in
salaries. and last year carried over
6O.OOO,OO0 messages. These figures are
inadequate, but they serve TO show
that telegraphs form one of the
worlds great business interests.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Libby. lirNr,1 81 Libby

Iloasekcepers frequently feel the
need of luncheon meats which arc
either ready to serve or can be pre-
pared for the table ut moments no.
tice. Such Il need is abundnntly sup
piled in the superior meats pn' up by
The old reliable house of Libby. Me
Neil 4 Libby, Chicago. one of whose
spccialtios is advertised i'm another
column of this paper, and their book
let. How to Make Good Things to
Eat is offered free ON application.
Nine. Ristor. who is now 10 years
old and was rival of Rachcls nearly
half a century ago, is still vigorous.
She delivered an address at thc re-
cent dramatic congress i'm Rome.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
NEW STORY OF LAwToN's DEATH
Claimed rhat an American Dcscrtcr
Shot Him.

Claimed Ihat an American DcScrtcr
Shot Him.
Los Angeles, Cal, April "a Wendell
Mclaughlin, stenographcr. formerly
employed by the republican county
committee, and who went To the Phil
ippines few months ago as AN at
tache of the naval construction
bureau at Cavite, has written to
friends i'm Los Angeles, giving an en-
tirely new account of the manner in
which Major General III. w. Iawton
lost his life. Mclaughlin has sent to
D. G. Mcliavin. of this city, a copy of
Freedom. a paper published at Manila,
which also contains the statement
that dcscrtcr from the First Cali
fornia regiment, named Howard,
planned an ambush for General Law
ton, and, it is said upon good author
jty, that he fired the fatal shot. lie
was made major in the insnrgent
army as a reward. j.,
When Lawton made his night march
on Pillars forces at San MAteo. Pillar
had decided to retreat, buf' hftcr a
conference with Howard, whos1,ad de-
serted to the insurgents ip the hope
of being made an officer, Il battle was
ordered Sharpshooters were told
that the killing of this great general
meant "indcpendcncia pronto.'
1t was with the desire to take the
generals life that they pumped their
lead in the direction of the general
and his staff. 1T was at this point
that Howard was in charge, and it is
said that he claims the distinction of
firing the fatal shot. From drunken
loafer, the renegade was soon hero
among the insurgents. lie was given
uniform. and when the matter was
referred to General del Pillar, he. be-
ing highest in rank. appointed How
ard a major of artillery, subject to
approval by Aguinaldo.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Smoked, His .,i.,,r !, th,,,.n

Chicago Chronicle: A Newark
bride, after her return from the hon
eymoon, persuaded her husband TO ac-
company her TO church He has not
been i'm church for ten years and he
reluctantly assrnted. Imagine the
brides horror when she SAW him en-
ter the pew with cigar in his mouth
at which he was contcntcdly putting
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
MAssAGRED BY BOXERS"
Many Chinese Catholics Slain by
Anti-Christian society--Ger-
man Gunboat at Taku.

Tien I'scn, April o. Members of the
"Roxers' society Saturday massacred
many Chinese Catholics near Pac Ting
Flu, province of pechili. southwest of
Tien Tsin. \ German gnnboat ar
rived at 1alSu Saturday. Other for
cign vessels have left those waters.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

James Mennt. now in New York city.
hospital. Blackwell's island, has the lar
gest head in the world. 1t is fifty-one
and one-eighth inches in circumference,
as against twenty-five for the average
Yet he is only four feet one inch in
height, His trunk is built on. gigantic
lines, but his legs are very short and
thin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Used 10 Heavy Burdens.

ITarper's Bazaar: u want to hire half
a dozen men who are used to bearing
heavy burdens. DO you know any
such?'
Not especially so; but you'l find
lots of married men looking for .,
ioh''
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Piso's Cure for consumption is an
infallible medicine for coughs and
colds \. Nv. Samuel, Ocean Grove, y.
j., February II, 1900.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

There is a public oven in nearly
every street in Japanese towns
where. for small payment, house
wives may have their dinners and sup
pcrs cooked for them
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
\ Rural Dreamer.

Detroit Free Press: "What is your
idea of "A proyincial?"
We'll, he is chap who thinks he
can rig up some way to keep chickens
in fat
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
NAVAL BILL PASSED.
Measure Goes Through the House
without Division.

Washington, April ~. The house
today passed the naval appropriations
bill without division. All the amend
mrnts made in committee of the whole
were agreed to. The remainder of the
session was devoted to eulogies on the
late representative Evan T.. Settle, of
X, ntucky
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
FISHERMEN QUARREL.
Peter Burke Shot and Dangerously
Wounded by Henry lu,nd

Davenport Ia. April 25.-peter Burke
vas shot and seriously wounded by Hen
i.und at Gamanche Sunday. There
i.und claims self-defense Both are
fishermen. Lund is in Jail Burke Is In
nc hospital at Clinton.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Julius l5lcischman. in the yeast
business. has risen to be mayor OF
Cincinnati.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

VITALITY low, dchiiitntcd OF exhausted ciurd
nStilc ro,.ialpne waesS ti,a.e,, i Kline
Institute 93l Arch Street, Philadelphia. Founded 1871
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
:
vNOnsn's
Refuge

whom SICK Is Lydia e.
PInkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND
No other medicine II, the
world has done SO much
good.
No confidence has ever.
boon Violated,
No W0s,ias,,s Testimonial
was ever published by
Mrs. PiEskhas,, without
special permission.
No W0ss,as, ever wrote 60
Mrs. Pi7kk,asa, for advice
without getting help. No
man sees these letters.
Her Advice IS free, and
nor address is lynn,
Mass. She IS a woman,
you ca,, tell her. the truth.
No living parser, is SO
competent 60 "A dvise
women. Hone has had
SUCH experience.
1 She has restored a mil
Hon sufferers 20 health.
You can trust kesss Others
have.
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. CO., Lynn, Mas..
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Mrs. WinaloN's soorulss SYRUP for chil,ircn
tt.ti'ins, sntcns the gums. reduces Inflammation.
slayf rair. cures wind collie &c bottle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
I,unlin. I,iru,.rs

Portland Orcgnnian: There is no
of he famine in India.
and i'm the nature of things there cam
not he until rain falls over IL wide
area that has long been pars'hcd with
drought. This area eontai,.s a popula-
tion of Go,oon people, ooo.G0o of whom
are now receiving daily relief from the
government. The very magnitude of
these figures llunts the perception
and thus deprivcs the fact xhich they
present of something of its horror.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Johnson's Pure Cider Ninc~,r made by
aging cider in barrels. Ask your grocer
for it. Il. q. johnson. Kishwaulicc, III.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

General Wheeler has brought home
With him a collection of Philippine
c,rios valued at n considerable sum
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
a Boston Institution.

Among the unique institutions of this
city is the Peabody Medical Institute, 4
BulGnch street, established nine years be-
fore the death of the great philnnthropist,
the late MIR. George Peabody, from whom
it takes its name. During the past thirty
years il has achieved wide and lasting
distinction, and to-day it is the best of its
Kind in this country. The medical publi-
.ations of this institute have millions of
leaders, and are as standard as gold.
Their last pamphlet, nimctyfour pages,
entitled "Know Thysclf,' free by mail ON
rcccipt of six cents for postage Send
for il to-lnN-RoSton IOurnnl
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Ask Your Dealer for Ancn's Foot Ensc,
A powder TO shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns. funions, swollen. Sore,
Hot. Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-sase makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, &c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Alien $. Olmstcd, lie hoy, N. Y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
liov's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for amy case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hairs Catarrh cure.
i. j. CHENEY s; co, l'roprietors.
Toledo. %.
We the undersigned have known +. J.
Cheney for The last - years. aud believc
him perfectly honorable in al business
transactions and financially able to carry
on, amy obligation made by their firm.
West " Truax. Wholesale Druggists.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
Halls catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
free
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

The old town of Concord, Mass. has
just voted an appropriation of $500
with which to celebrate, On he 10Th
of This month. the 125th anniversary
of the opening fight of the revolution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-21
Training Cut Worms.

Cutworms develop in grass lands and
in spring cut off at the surface of the
ground, all manner of plants and even
climb the stems, says Prof ]. B. Smith.
Cabbage. tomato, tobacco strawberry and
other plants are sometimes completely
cleaned out by them. PloW early in fall
and keep the land thoroughly cultivated.
II sod land is plowed in spring, cut
worms will support themselves for a few
days on the vegetation that has been
turned under, but when fresh food Is
placed within their reach they attack it
at once. After land has been prepared
for two or three days, or after corn or
potatoes have been cleared from a field
by grass or clover thoroughly poisoned
with paris green. The hungry cutworms
will attack this green food and will be
killed off before corn or potatoes have
sprouted. Even if the piles of poisoned
vegetation are pretty we'll scattered, all
the cutworms will find one or the other
Of them in the course of two or three
nights and the field will be clean. Where
growing plants are set out, this green
bait trap is not always satisfactory, uf,-
less ii is put on at least three or four
days before the setting and in such cases
a trap of poisoned bran is better This
consists of one part by weight of paris
green 10 twenty-five parts by weight Of
wheat bran, thoroughly mixed SO that the
poison will be distributed to every par
ticle of bran. Sugar water should be
added until the mixture is thoroughly
moist and can be ladled out with a spoon
without dripping. A spoonful to every
hill of tomatoes. melons, sweet potatoes
or the like will protect plants, because
cutworms prefer bran and will fill them
selves with it to their certain destruc-
ton. Climbing cutworms will sometimes
ascend the trunks of trees in orchards
and cut out the buds or young shoots.
Where this is noticed a sprinkling of
poisoned bran around the trunks of the
trees will serve 10 protect them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-21

"Agricola," Alachua, Fla, writes: "As
nearly all the farmers in this section are
using kainit exclusively this season, will
you please answer the following:
First. Is kainit a paying fertilizer used
by itself on land free from vegetation?
Second Will 1t pay on land with much
vegetable matter such as weeds. etc?
Third. Is 1t better to put it in fur
row and red on it or just put 1t in the
furrow with the seed?
Fourth How would 1t do with cotton
seed meal mixed half and half, or in any
other proportion?
Fifth VIII wet season, such as we
have had, impair or improve its utility ?
1t is only used here on cotton, and our
soil is poor and sandy"
Reply First No.
Second If 1t will pay at all it will be
only on such soil as Is fairly supplied
with vegetable matter.
Third. 1t is never advisable to use kali
nit either way for cotton or corn. 1t
should be spread broadcast after the crop
has been planted for the rains to dissolve
and carry to the lateral roots. Kainit
should not come in contact with the seed
of any crop.
Fourth on such soil as you describe
there are very few farmers who have de-
rived any profit from using kainit alone
cotton seed meal and acid phosphate,
either separately or together.
Fifth In a very wet season it is quite
likely that much of the potash in kainit
may be carried off in such soil before the
plants can make use of it, But IL the kali
nit is put on or near the surface, and
evenly distributed, 1t is not often the case
that any appreciate amount of potash is
wanted. On thin sandy soil having but
little humus or vegetable matter 1t should
always be placed near the surface, and
not applied until the crop is planted that
is, such crop as cotton. For some quick
ly maturing vegetable crops it may be
app led somewhat in advance of planting,
but as rule II must not be so applied.
Very much OF the benefit 10 be derived
from kainit has been lost from being an
piled in deep drills. 1t does little good.
Spend all the money and labor you can
possibly afford in supplying your soil with
the essential vegetable matter. Where this
is absent neither potash nor phosphate
wi pay much, IL anything.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-21
Artichokes as Hog Feed

Will you please advise me as to the
value of artichokes as a feed for hogs?
Are they as valuable as some seedsmen
claim them to be? If so, I would like to
know the quantity required to the acre,
the necessary tillage, etc. I have never
seen any grown.
The large white French artichoke Is the
variety usually grown. We know of no
feed stuff upon which the opinions of
practical men differ so greatly as to their
value in feeding. They grow on a great
variety of soil, and properly cultivated
produce largely of tubers not having a
very high feeding value per hundred
pounds, but on the other hand, having a
value due to the fact that they are tub
ers. Many of our friends who have tried
them speak of them in most glowing
terms; Others are quite dissatisfied with
them, and after planting them once de-
clare that IL they can ever get the soil
free of them they will never plant them
again. The opinions of even practical
men differ so, that the only way by
which any one can ascertain whether ne
likes artlchokes or not is to try. One of
the best ways of cultivating them is TO
pillow the ground to a good depth, harrow
the surface, fairly level, make shallow
burrows from two to four inches in depth,
according to the conditions and about
three and a half feet apart, cutting the
tubers into small pieces or sets before
planting them. Drop them in the fur
rows that have been opened about eight
cen inches apart. Cover as soon as nos
sible with a plow or harrow. From six
to eight bushels of seed Will plant an
acre. After cultivation is about the same
as required for corn, taking care not TO
cultivate too deeply SO as to disturb the
roots. The crop Is ready for feeding
about three weeks after the blossoms fall
II the hogs are turned in and do not
finish harvesting in the fall, they can be
put to work again in the spring as soon
as the ground thaws out, because the
freezing over winter will not hurt the
tubers