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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
TABLE ETIQUETTE NOTES.
The Proper way 70 serve Certain
Dishes Accoraing to Up-to-
Date Forn.

A supper should be either all hot or
all cold. If hot, pile Of hot plates
should he placed in front Of each car
yer, not around to the guests.
Meats, poultry, game. salads, etc, may
all be placed upon the table at once, but
the sweets should not be brought on un.
til these are removed-the table, how
ever. should be decorated with fruit
and flowers as for dinner. For large
party poultry and game should be cut
up before being placed upon the table.
II carved at table, an ordinary dinner
knife, well sharpened, may be used for
each dish OF poultry or game. instead
Of poultry or carving knives-few hos
tesses possessing sufficient number Of
the latter for q supper table. When the
plates used In the meat course are re-
moved, the dessert plates are placed in.
front Of each guest. Sufficient knives
and forks should be placed to each guest
for the entire supper.
II the supper is served cold, enough
plates are placed in front Of each guest
for sweets as we'll as the meats, salads,
etc., SO that when one is used it has
only to be removed and not replaced.
This is also quite correct form.ata a we'd
ding breakfast.
Salad may be served with cheese, lob
ster, cold meat or poultry, and is eaten
with silver knife and fork, and served
with the regular salad spoon and fork.
Under the name of entrees are includ-
ed all small made dishes. These should
be served in the usual entree dishes. If
servant is not in the room to wait at
table, guests should quietly serve the
dishes placed in front of them.
In serving boiled fish napkin Is
placed upon the fish platter to absorb
the moisture. An ordinary dinner nap
kin may be used, and as they frequently
become stained from the fish 1t is wise
to keep the same ones entirely for this
purpose. The napkin should be turned
in ct the corners and adjusted to the
shape Of the dish. Parsley and sliced
lemon, or whatever garnish Is used,
should be placed on the napkin around
the edge Of the platter.
A salmon served cold should be
whole. not opened out, and should be
placed upon platter without napkin.
II may be garnished with parsley or
sliced cucumber: il the latter, sprinkle
them with little vinegar; or, the GU
cumbers may be served In dish by
themselves, sprinkled with oil and vine
gar.
Trout mny be served with anchoyy or
caper sauce; shrimp sauce Is eaten with
boiled salmon, boiled soles, boiled tur-
bot, fried plaice, fried whiting, etc. Oys-
ter sance With boiled cod ane boiled
whitefish.--Mary Foster Snider, In La
dies World
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
ceolos,caL Mouth Of Gr..d river

In the American Journal of Science
Mr.. Nudge says that while the preserr
mouth of the Grand River is at GrarG
Haven on Lake Michigan, fhere is arr.
other point 20 miles inland from the
shores Of Lake Michigan which was the
termination of the old river valley and
is therefpre IT'S mouth In an interesting
sense. He declares that at one time m
great !. ..s:iicial river, three-fourths of
mile in. width, flowed across the pentn-
sula from Lake Saginaw to Lake Chca-
go. Long ago the sources Of this glacial
river (Which has been called the
Pewamo outlet) failed and the wide VAL
:ey with it's record bearing deposits
was laid bare to give up its secrets to
the inquisitive geologlst. Mr.. Nudge
describes its course and the river de.
'posits about lts old mouth. -.a.-.r.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
ECO with Sauce

Have the required number o! eggs
boiled hard and cooled. saell them and
slice them carefully: make sauce in
u suitable utcnsil with some butter,
flour. chopped onions and parsley,
tablespoonful Of cream or. sour milk
and little wnter'or white wine; put
the eggs in hot dish, pour the sauce
over them and serve with hot fried
utAe pieces of fbread.-Boston Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
welsh Toast.

This is an excellent way to dispose
Of dry pieces of bread: Dip them in a
batter composed Of beaten eggs, milk
and salt, and fry in butter or bacon
tat. Serve hQt.-PRil1lelphis Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
Al E1eotive Trinnaing.

The stitching in Of large cords, al
most as big around No ones little fn-
ger, 10 an odd but smart style intro
duced late. There are cloth gowns
With Skirts corded ip this style almost
e the knee. and tho cords ate run
scross tbs tops Of bodices to form yoke
effects and around the. tops Of sleeves.
A black, silk tailor gown was trimmed
in this way. with not = sign Of -rufae
or plait. There was such an air Of quiet
elegance about this, gown that one
found II easy to forgive the show of
pride on the part Of the owner O. she
eAsvsd II to . 1sx adplsips yomka
o1i@pttat gSse p1sss, 4.
n -- n ULwae~
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
ADNoN1sH1NG CHILDREN.
Repreos a.d Advice Alike Mast d.
Sugar-Coated to he Needed
BY the Young.

The universal fraility Of our human
nature which dislikes TO be told of faults
must be taken into consideration when
we converse with our grown-up chill.
dren. After they pass the age Of II OF
Is they usually betray greater sensi
tiveness than before to even reasonable
fault-finding. BY the time they reach
10 or 20 this tendency has become
marked trait. They have then become
substantially like the rest Of US. Even
from the lips Of loving fathers or moth
ers and In strict privacy they want
nothing but the same sort Of honey on
which our own souls love to
feed. They wish no allusion made
to the facts that they are ac-
quiring nasal tones; that their
gait is awkward; that their taste in
dress is uniformed and even bad; that
they have not good judgment in choos-
ing associates, and so on. Private dis
courses upon the wiles Of the world and
the weaknesses Of youth and its prone
ness to wander they wish mono Of. What
ever medicine Of that sort 10 to be given
must be administered in small doses,
!nterjected with skill into conversations
upon ordinary matters, and sugar
coated. II possible, with srtful COM
pliment. though IL should be always de-
served. Even the best and dearest Of
our carefully-brought-up young people
are likely to have their year OF more Of
cbstinscy and "pig:headedness" or their
permanent streaks Of funreasonablenes
and contumacy. Therefore, they would
betterreceive most Of the telling strokes
that mold into shape before they reach
the age Of ~. From that time up to
the age Of what Is called discretion" !"
which does not arrive with most of US
before rs IL then). the youth, in tudg-
ment and sense, 10 really not much SUI
perior to what hs was At from seven to
Is. but he has NO suspicion of this fact.
Kate Epson Clark, in Woman's Home
Companion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
thx.lxe. Eerlx Ri.i.s.

"Sunsets and sunsets!" exclaimed
the connoisseur. "Why never . sun.
riser .., .s.ssg +, .s~ :.
.".Ah, there 1. the d.msplty Of ebtaiR.
Ing = model. you knowl" pFotsstsA .'.-
artist. Who Nm IN sv'-- 80. . ..s. .as
~.AfQit Journal - ,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08

Ou 1OuE-yedI1 1UVebLmSuS OF eEos VI
course the farmer had tho use Of the
steers all the time they were growing
to oxen, and for this reason he natural
ly felt grateful to Eaton for his kind
ness.
John Gardner, Of Patten; Nathan
Ellingwood. Of Greenbush, and John
Morrison. Of Corinth, held sway in their
respective towns. Gardner and Elllng-
wood are dead, but Morrison. who Is se
years old, 2rsves a pair Of fast bays
to Bangor. ~ miles away, as often as
once . week. and can train q colt or
shave q note as neatly as he could half
= century ago. Francis w. Hill. the king
Of Exeter, made s1oo, 900 before the war.
He put half OF his fortune into Maine
Central railroad stock when quotations
were down 70 ten and twelve cents. Six
years ago Hill died and his estate was
appraised at 100000.
White, Of Leyant: Morrison, Of Cor
inth, and Simpson, of Carmel. are the
only survivors Of 20 or more town'kings
who ruled Penob.eot county for quar-
ter Of ! century. Simpson won last
Ing force ON account Of his opposition
to sacred concerts. - Chicago Inter
Ocean,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
Delicate Gr.h.m Dre.d. for 1.v.l.d..

Delicate Graham Dread, for Invalids.
One pint of graham flour, one pint of
white -four, one teaspoonful Of sugar,
one of salt, two teaspoonfuls of bak-
Ing powder. Sift all well together. add
~ pints Of sweet milk. Mix quickly
into smooth, soft dough and bake in
two small bread pans for. * ,1n;nutes
Protect with pa".- tor 9rst ten min.
.ome Magazine,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
The Mothers Favoritc.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy is the
mothers favorite. 1t is pleasant and
safe for children to take and always
cures. 1t is intended especially TO.
coughs, colds. Group and whooping
cough, and is The best medicine made
for these diseases. There is not the
least danger in giving il to children for
1t contains no opium or other Injurious
drug and may be given as confidently
to babe as to an adult. For sale by
druggists
The modern and most effective cure
for constipation and all liver troubles
the famous little pills known as De
Wits Little Early Risers. All drug
gists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
Palacc car. Excursion

To Mexico, through Colorado and New
Mexico, returning through the south-
ern states. Private compartment car,
under special management. With CONF
plete Pullman service for the entire
trip For particulars address George
Blistow, p. p A. or ". II. Long. G.
T. A.. Chicago Great Western railway,
pes hoines, la. Or Mrs. Matte Ma
.eonaber. Des Molnes Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19

GET AFTER TIE TAX DODGERS.
After the legislature has passed bill
doing away with the political sinecures
of state printer and binder, has brought
the paving laws up to the requirements
of recent supreme court rulings and has
agreed upon the few other needed re-
forms, it might, with benefit to the ma
jority Of the people of iowa, turn its at
tention to the revision Of the tax laws.
Recent developments in Marshall coun-
ty and number of other counties of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
PASSING OF THE SEA GULL.
New York Tribune.l

The result of heartless or thought
less following of fashions DEGREES In
one case, at least, may surprise her.
Notaries The beautiful white and gray
tern, or summer gull. as it has been.
called. is almost extinct on the North
Atlantic Coast as consequence of its
Vogue for hat trimming last summer.
AS the flesh WAS not palatable food the
tern, With its exquisite purity of plum
age and gracefulness of flight. has
been for years undisturped in its nest
ing places along the coast. and gave
national beauty TO the scenery. But
the milliner has lately sent forth an
edct, and the slaughter of the inno
cents began.
A bird hunter confesses that on one
day 1.400 terms were killed on one small
island of Virginia, ard that more than
forty thousand We're killed during the
summer The shameful Success" was
equally great at many other places,
and in two seasons the bird has been
almost exterininated.
The Audubon societies are doing eN-
scellent work in teaching consideration
for bird life to the public mind, and are
endeavoring further to secure protec-
tive legislation. realizing that il the
law fail To come topthe rescue the birds
are doomed TO extinction in the inter-
estssof miliners,
Bird Lore the magazine Of the Au
dubpn societies IS dors propaganda
work, and is fun Of interesting notes on
bird life and habits, and publishes re-
ports every month from the various
state societies, eighteen in number
In England the princess of Wales
has used her influence so effectively as
Ito cause the abolition of the osprey
plume. 80 long a feature of the uniform
of many cavalry regiments. From
Jan. l. 1900. the ostrich plume will be
substituted by order of the commander
mischief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
Ie,s9.A PRESS MMIl::ssI'.

A5sflaa i3i}sr ses MONS pe
a'ii l'ssliAe1i Is i'ieE1t
shout I b baflirNi3feY IS i should l9eI
rstaa q has dora tiia e9ed ii
eyer WI I'ailks1iEsteF aSS's sh9lla he
li}s lss7a i2sigs co.'s passes. s'eeasieii'SitS
x ean slat aisf tlisil cease y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
THE sTORY. OF THE BOERs

Union, Iowa, Jan. 49, Editor Times
Republican. The Story of the Beers"
regard as especially able and timely
i Wish 1t might have Very Wide cir
culation. We need jus. such temperate
articles To counteract the influence of
pro-Boer writings and resolutions, else
fierce antagonlsms Viii be aroused be-
tween different classes Of American Cit
liens and the dia of civilization be
turned away backward. Very respect-
fully w. c.. HICKS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
THE DANISH NEST INDIES.


Dannar,, hns ,ang d.ei,,cd ia seIl her
three 1i,tl. islon,is il t,a Wet Indies
.b,,t she wished ~ drive a good bargain
and our government thought Tho prce
sbt. asked ION hi,,b she did NOT care 10
80, d, .,ls, 81 Tbonas lost n,pcb az
liz c,,,,,,er5i.,l ;n,nertance and hen
81 5ap' ono ,,,,s ae,s,a ia. mat island and
81 Iohn savinsr {, t,,o,x o,t Of The
Question shesis novy willing tostake S..
.ooo ooo far he th,aa island. and they
am. worm the money The inhabftants
have ssluss,.s hs4n willing To transfer
thei,. al, eiat,s.e. 10 .oll,,i nation and Den
mark is wiling IA mart with The Islands
.beca,,se t,,ey nr,s s..a,eely any a,lyan-
,ara 10 hsr she sons "a Them a ljttl.
b,lfta, b,,t nor ,nnch else For years
tbev have bourht in thi; country most
~ ,he. fnoa ,ha,- do not raises and nearly
an the coa, my saiI5 10 steamships. hui
Is,np,and sa,Is tbem most of their cotton
FOODS and since 1So6 they hay.. bought
m,,eh caraiff coal
These islands are on he poin, Of The
great bend DESCRIBED by the West Indies
pronns ANA are INNS most advantage
s,,,s,,, ,,la,..a fn, trada Vim both ,iiyis-
ions ~ the Antilies the chain RUNNING
,,.,s, ANA seest ANA mar 3runnjng north
an, so,,,b u, me dsss Of SAILING yes
.seis II Thomas Win its excellent har-
bors Was ~. ce.tral poillt Of CONNER
.ei.,l dis,rib,tfon AMONG the islands
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19

taken of Mr.. Bryan's presence by the
Tammany organization and the Demo
cratic Club. 1t remains to be seen
whether he will be as badly snubbed as
in Maryland
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19


!: ~.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES i
i i + si,41
1t is yet uncertain whether Gen. Bul-
la crossed the Rnbicon in getting
9yss the Tlissla river.
Tbs applications Fer pubic deposits
h rational banks have nearly reached
sse8lle zoe, the limit fixed BY Secretary
cage
one Of the most ramafkable coinci-
deae on record has come 10 light in
l.snehburs Va ard Augusta, Ga. In
each cry tlisre IS 4 Waiter Clark whose
fattser was nalGed samuel and whose
mptls@,s maiden name was Walker.
Goth Mater Clarks have brothers
ilafe,i samuel ard William, uneles3
,alhsi Charles and John and an aunt
pt,ii5eSl Iliza5e II. the nen can moi
49,
o,3,i3 sra,s,.r.,,,,.rt ~, ps,ta Ie,oo YIN
ss,3,i, ~ ms. ;i,.ss ma, s3,,e ,,,,.,,.tDaa
h5 M. h6,,s. s.on,mitt..t a. iasnja,. ar-
War revenue taxes; are not ilkelv Is
So rerr,SssS a 81 MS ssi,ln IL congress.
VIA feef ilK.s llegssig somebody oyers
tliis taeiS ls me stamps
Mrs Leland Sfarfai'd has rsow dis
POSED St All ef the great fortune be-
GusMAei 6 her by f.r late husband
3havir-s lenASi deeds transferring all Of
hsr real estate - ne trustees "a Lee
ist,Aa stafafspt Iflvsgsity. She had all
n agiy gIvsi 40 he university all the
Iys ssas4ai pF3lsslfs tile senator's
eta, yisG eiup j beifg about Sis
Don ef9 .,lst. !. sract with IN Flis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
Lack OF ESercisc.

Is one of the prime causes of headache
in the winter. Persons accustomed to-
the pure fresh air during the pleasant
months are subjectfto this terrible ans
noyance ar this time Of the Year \
boon is offered in Krauses Headache
Capsules. They are guaranteed to cure
any kindsof headache no matter What
the cause. Headache caused by over
Indulgence in food or drink late at
night can be prevented by taking one
capsuie before retiring and one in the
morning. Price - cents. Seia by W.
H. Exams. druggist. ll3 East Main
street. and George p. Powers, IS East
Main street.
II am indebted to one Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. II cured
me OF lung trouble following g,ipnep
Thousands owe their lives TO the prompt
action Of this ncver-fail!ng remedy. 1t
cu,es coughs. colds. Group, br0nchilis
pneumonia. grippe and throat and lung
troubles Its early use prevents con
sumption. II is the only harmless REM
edy that gives immediate results. All
druggists
Mrs styles Do you read much t;e-
tion?
Mrs. Myles Well, yes; j get a letter
nearly every day from my hlsaa:!,
When he's on the road. Yonker,s
statesman
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19

Professor II, NJ. kasjer, Evangelical
lutheran Seminary, Addison. Ill.
writes: II had been suffering for some
time With severe pains in my lungs. and
coughed almos, constantly. One bottle
OF Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup entirely
cured nle. 1t is guaranteed 70 cure
has never failed George p. Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-19
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-26
"A woman,s Chance or Lite.

of 1000 women at the age of 20, s4o live ten years more, thus making the chance at the age of 20 of woman living to the age of 30 about 16 to 1 in favor of living. Similarly, of 10000 women living at the age of 30, S06 live twenty years more: the chance at the age of 30 of woman living to the age of 50 being, therefore. about to 1 in favor of living. Again, of 1000 women at the age of 50, 250 live 20 years more -i. e., 25 in 100 live to the age of 30, and 75 in 100 do not.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-26
Six-YEA R-OLD.
Girl saims Mile in Remarkably Fast
 Time.

Chicago Chronicles: Little six-year- old May Hum proved herself one of the greatest juvenile swimmers in the world at the north side natatorium. She swan mile in 1:07:17 3-5. The girl made worlds s record, for no child has ever accomplished the feat before h such short time. The child is not large for her age, nor does she seem to have muscles developed to much greater extent than other girls as young as shcy but it is the opinion of all that if she keeps at the game she will in time be one of the greatest fe- male swimmers in the world. George Gaidzik lowered another worlds mark for boys under 16 years old when he swan two miles in 1:12:15. The record was formerly held by Ralph Uhlend9rf, who made the same dis tance in 1:14:29 3-5. Other good per- formances by juveniles were as follows: Walter Horn, 12 years old, two miles in1:25.54; Lottie Mayer, 12 years old. two miles in LAO; Charles Arens, Il years old, one and a half miles in 1:13:54; Arthur Gaidzik, 12 years old, one and half miles in Ills, and Rob- ert Arens, g years old, one and half miles in 1:35.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-26
Incendiary nIicrobens

Under the above title a w-iter, La Nature, of Paris, contributes an inter- esting article on spontaneous eombus- ton, showing that when stored hay bales of cotton, tobacco, etc., take fire, the action is in the first place due to bacteria In wet seasons such fires are most common and are due to storing the hay, etc, in a damp state; fermen- tation follows, with great rise of tenn perature-a process due entirely to the action of microbes; the hay Is changed to a dry, porous and carbonaceous condition, and it presently takes fire. It will consume slowly, until accident brings the external air to it's help, when the incandescent mass bursts into flame, and the microbes which caused the initial mischief are de- stroyed in funeral pyre of their own making.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-26
NAMES BIRCH TREES.
ocnstables Responsible for Their Origin
 in That State.

Norway (Maine) Correspondents of
 the New York Times: Since the paper
 makers commenced to build big sul-
 phite mills in the Maine woods the
 price of spruce timber lands has
 doubled, and ill some cases ztrebled.
 Next to spruce, the timber in greatest
 demand is clean and thrifty white
 bircb. which is sawed into bars and sent by the shipload to Scotland to be used for thread spools. Nearly all the factories in the United States, and more than half of those in Great Brit ain, obtain their spool stock from Maine. According to A. A. Burleigh of Houlton, Maine. who has spent the
 best part of his life in the woods as lumber operator, Maines birch trees are due to the spiteful conduct of two employees of the Maine land office Some French Canadians in 1920 squat ted on state land near the Penobseet river and defied all efforts to eject them. Finally, in 1925, two special constables were sent to the place from the land office in Augusta, with in- structions to make clean job of eviet- ing the Frenchmen. The eonstables, after turning the families out. set fire to the houses and haystacks. Twelve hours later the French village was smoking mass of ashes, and the big gest forest fire ever known in the state was sweeping north, burning off more than fifty townships of old-growth pine and doing more than S10,000,00 damage to the state lands. Many square miles of hackmatack timber were also burned over, the fire eating ten feet into the black peat logs that dad been accommodating for years and years. It is tradition that, after crossing Aroostook county, the fire leaped the St. John river and swept over New Brunswick, terminating in the destruction of Miramiehi, where l20 persons perished. The survivors were forced to flee into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where they stood neck deep ill the water for two days and night, while deer, caribou, moose. bears and wolves swan around them, seeming to seek protection from their enemies. After the fire had burned itself out and the land had absorbed the alkali of the ashes, about 5000,0O0 acres came up to wild cherry and white birch saplings. For more than ten years the two species struggled for control of the territory. Then the black knot which had been imported from Europe, killed off the wild cherry trees. giving the birches the right of way. About 50,00o,0o0 board feet Of spool bars are now shipped out of Maine every year and the supply is still large.