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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
THE DATE OF THE FLOOD.
Bible Eacts ON Which the Bishop
BnscSl Hin Question

Bible Facts ON Which the Bishop
Based His Question.
Some people had fun over the re-
ported rejection of eight candidates for
the African Methodist ministry in the
south by the examining bishop because
they could not tell the date of the
flood. Nevertheless the bishop who
asked the question knew what he was
doing. 1t may not have been q fair
question. but there is concise answer
to 1t in the Bible. and he no doubt
thought that the eight candidates, lf
they were we'll versed in the Old Tesla
ment, would answer 1t Mt once.
The date of the flood was 1866 years
after the birth Of Adam, in the second
month and the seventeenth day. 1t be-
gan then and continued for 40 days
and nights. This is how 1t Is figured:
The third verse Of the fifth chapter OF
Genesis reads thus. ".Nnd Adam lived
40 years and bcgat II son in his own
likeness. after his image and called his
name Seth" Then in the sixth verse
1t is told that Seth lived 1O5 years and
bcgat Enos. Adam, says the fourth
verse. lived 500 years after the birth
of Seth. and the latter after the birth
of Enos lived 500 years. So 1t goes on.
Enos bcgat Cainan when he was 90;
Culnan begnt Mnhalalecl when he was
15: Mahalalcel begat Jared when he
was Go; Jared bega, Enorh when he
was 1G2. Nlethuselah was born to
Enoch when the latter was Co. and
when Metlusclah was 49, he begat
Lamcch. and Lamccil's son Noah came
into the world when the father was
1872. This brings us down to the birth
of Noah. which, according to the added
ages of the several patriarclls Mt the
time their sons were born. occurred
1,O56 years after the birth of Adam.
In the seventh chapter of Gensis the
eleventh verse reads as follows: "In
the six hundredth year Of Noal's life.
In the second month. the seventeenth
day of the month. the same day were all
the fountains Of the great deep broken
up and all the windows of heaven
were opened" This was the food.
and 1t came to pass in the year 1860
after the birth of Adam.-New York
Sun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
The Average Ln,y.u,t.

There is nothing more ridiculous than
the average lawsuit Two men dispute
over Il few dollars and go to law. Both
are sure to lose. Their neighbors are
dragged III as witnesses. and the costs
amount to 10 or 20 times the amount in
dispute. Frequently these lawsuits
ruin families and start quarrcls that
last for years. Some men claim 1t Is
principle" that actuatcs them in these
lawsuits. 1t is bullllcadcdncss. pure
and simple. 1t is nearly always easy
TO "split the difference"
Another had feature about these law.
suits is that the county is put to con.
siderable expense, and men willing to
work are compelled to sit on the jury
Settle your disputes without going to
law. IL the man with whom you arc
dlsputng is not willing to "split the
difference" he will probably accept O
proposition to leave 1t to three neigh
bors.-Atchison Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Advice From a Butcher.

"What the newspapers should do Is
to devote less space to describing what
people should wear and more to what
they should eat" remarked the butch
or. "Fashionably dressed women come
In here every day who don't know lamb
from mutton or hen from a rooster.
No wonder men have dyspepsia! find
that men know more about the quality
Of food stuffs than women do. Many
OF the latter don't even know the few
simple tests that might help them to
distinguish an old fowl from young
one, and about meat they're greener
yet. A young woman came in here the
other day and asked for two pounds Of
veal outlets. showed her the loin
proposed to chop the outlets from, and
she remarked. Yes; that's very nice,
but isn't 1t rather thick to fryY"-
Philadelphia Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
The stool of Repentance.

"Any infraction of the rules Mt Gil
rard college," says the Philadelphia
Record, "is punished with 20 minutes
on n stool Of repentance. When the In
stitution first adopted this scheme Of
punishment, one stool was enough. AS
the college expanded the stools multi
piled. and today no less than Ga four
legged. painless instruments of disci-
pline are in more or less constant use
in II room devoted exclusively to the
punishment Of those who have trans
crossed the rules. There is absolutely
nothing to the disciplining except the
order to sit on comfortable stool for
20 minutes and think it over Any OF
the lads would sooner take sound
thrashins and have done with 1t, but
the stool Of repentance has proved IT.
self an ideal punishment, mud it has
come to stay ut Girard college"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Exceedingly Low Rate Elk
cursions to the Black
HILLS.

Dates sale: July lst to 9th, inclusive.
Rates: To Hot Springs from Sioux
City and Missouri Valley, Iowa, aud
Omaha. Neb, $1,000 for the round
trlr.
From Lincoln and Superior, Neb,
SID 90 for the round trip. Proportions
ate rates from intermediate points
east of Long Pine.
Minimum ronnd trip rate $1,000.
To Deadwood and Lead. S. ID. $3.50
higher than To Hot Springs.
Transit limit, Going trip, fifteen
days; return trip, continuous passage.
Flnal limit: October 3lst.
St"p-'vel: Stop over will he al
lowed at amy point OH the r., + Il NJ.
V. II. II. west of Stanton, Neb., with
III the going transit limit of fifteen
days from da e of sale.
Don't mss TINS opportunity to visit
the wonderful Black Hills.
Proportionate rates based on the
above will be- on sale ut stations east
of the Missouri river
Ask your nearest agent for full in
formation aud he sure your tickets
read via the North Western Line.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
a Good Cough Medicine.

1t speaks we'll for Chsmberlain's
Cough Remedy when druggists use it
in their own families in preference to
any other. 81 have sold Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for the past five years
with complete satisfaction to myself
and customers" says Druggist j..
Goldsmith, Van Etten, N. Y. II have
always used it in my own family both
for ordinary coughs and colds and for
the cough following Ia grippe, and find
1t very eilicacious. For sale by
j3O ELLIOTT e. HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Very Low Rates to Cincin
natl. Ohio.

Via the North Western line. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold at
greatly reduced rates for the round
trip on account of G d convention
to be held at Cincinnati, July 6 to
10. For dates of sale, etc, apply
to agents Chicago & North West
ern R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
4plnstefs.

Unmarried women are called spin
stcrs. or spinning women, because 1t
was n maxim among our forefathers
that young woman should not marry
until she had spun enough linen to fur
nish her house. All unmarried, old or
young, We're then called spinsters, q
name still retained in all legal docu.
ments,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Two Great Oh,ect.,

'"rhey say" remarked the very Gym
ical person, that in this corrupt and
superficial age the great object is not
to he found out"
'"That shows you have very little OK
pericnce with bill collectors" answered
the impecunious friend. "Aiy great OBJ
Ject is not to be found n."-Washlng-
ton Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
E= = --..-
WINGS.

Abe gods but half reluctantly
Grant lis the gift OF song;
Yet. tawny throat. they give to thss
lure notes und pinions strcng.
To those blue worlds that arch above
WcS.ck. asprc-and fail.
Thou. thou dost mount the skies we love.
The stars We never scale.
Thou knowrst not. winged soul. the fires
OF that old discord strange,
The vast and infinite desires.
The all too finite range.
So sing for US! Our tl,roats are stin.
And song no solace brings
To whom the gods have given the will,
But not, alas. the wings!
Arthur stringcr in Ainslee's Magazine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Could Take a Hint.

1t was late, but he still fingered.
II have been trying to think" the
young woman remarked after pause
In the conversation, "of the motto Of
the state Of N1aine."
"'Dirlgo,'" said young Spoonamorc,
reaching for his hat, land will go.
but 1t will always be consolation"
he added. with profound bow, ito
know. Miss de Muir. that you once
called me 'dearle! "-Chicago Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Exercise Enough.

81 thought your wife was going to
Join our physical culture class this
year. Mr.. Smythcrs?"
"She did intend to. but we've got a
girl who has been over from Sweden
only six weeks, and my wife has to
talk to her by making signs"-( Chicago
Times Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
FREAKS IN LUNCH ORDERS.
water Call. Attention to the Init.
tive Habit Among I,atrana.

Waiter Calls Attention to the Imita-
tive Habit Among Patrons.
One of the amusing thirSs to be no
ticed ut the lunch counters Is the habit
OF imitation. If the man on the end
studies the bill of fare and then or
dcrs a ham sandwich, pumpkin pic and
glass Of milk, all his nelghbors are
likely to duplicate his order. and soon
there will be whole row eating ex-
actly the same things. Sometimes this
similarity Of appetite causes serious
embarrassment. This is Invariably the
case IL the occupants of the high chairs
shift about the same time and the men
on the end have numerous chances to
set examples for 20 or 30 patrons. Then
the pumpkin pie or sandwiches are
sure to give out before the noon hour is
past
Its funny how lazy people arc"
said one of the walters at down
town lunch place. "Thcre arc lots OF
men who won't look Mt a bill Of fare,
and they just stare over the counter
aud ask for anything that comes into
their heads If they don't happen to see
another fellow eating just what they
want. If we have something sort Of
out Of the ordinary, like fried oysters,
something that can be written on the
card In ink, so 1t will make a good i'm
preston on the public. it's n losing in
vcstmcnt IL the fellow on the end near
the door happens to pick 1t out. Then
every one that passes him secs tho
oysters. and soon there is a regular
chorus Of yells for oysters. There
amt patron that wants corn beef
hash or cold cabbage
"Pcoplc are just like sheep or geese.
! They like to follow leader If it's in
nothing but eating. I've seen big word
ed articles about thoughts and ideas
being cntehng or contagious. Any
philosopher who has n chance to wait
on lunch counter would believe in
that theory. Ideas are ns cntclng
us the measles, and don't you forget
it."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

Take away my first letter, take away
my second letter, take away all my let
tiers, and | am still the same. What
am 1? The postman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

A story first heard at mothers knee
ls seldom forgotten, and the same may
be said of other things received at q
mothers knee, which will readily recur
to the reader.-Chicago News.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

The rose was IN emblem of immor.
tally among the Syrians. ard tie Chi
nese planted it over graves.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Trying II ON the building

Markleigh-Y Your office seems badly
mussed up. Have you no janltor?
Barkleigh-We have one. but since
lie became a faith curist he has been
giving the Office "absent trcatmcnt."-
Baltimore American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

agreeable drains, nealS lnnammatlOn and
liberation and cures female weakness.
III enjoy good health; thanks to DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Dis
covery, writes Mrs. ]. j. Schnctycr, of Pontiac,
Livingston Co., Ill. III WIS taken sick aud
the doctors here called it Grip lay for four
weeks i'll bed, then when l got up found had
displacement. Had such aches and pains in
my back and limbs could not stand any length
of time. knew that our home doctor would In
sist the first thing on all examination and that
sick, My. son had your book, Common Sense
Medical Adviser and thought from reading
it that Or. rierces medicine would do me
more good than all the home doctors-and SO it
has. can truly say was surprised at the
benefit received. can do all my washing aud
also tend my flower garden. In fact l am on my
feet most all the time. Az, old friend Of mine
said to me. Why what is the matter with you :
You arc getting young again. told her had
taken six bottles of DIR. Pierces medicines, aud
that if She would do likewise she would feel ten
years younger too"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser paper covers is sent free OH re-
ceipt of ri onc-cent stamps to pay ex-
pense of mailing ouly. Address DR.. R.V.
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Very Low Rates TO ". E. "A.
Convention to be Held at
Detroit, Mich, July 8-l2,

Via the North Western line. E1-
cursion tickets will be sold Mt
greatly reduced rates. For dates
OF sale and limits apply to agents
Chicago & North Westt In R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

Edward Iiuss, a we'll known bust
ness man of Salisbury, Mo-, writes:
81 wish to say for the benefit of others,
that was sufferer from lumbago
and kidney trouble, and all the rem
edles l took gave me no relief. was
induced to try FoIey's Kidney
Cure and after the use of three bot
ties, l am cured"
i2Q n q fAennn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Quick Relief for Asthma.

Miss Maude Dickens, Parsons, Kans.,
writes: ~ suffered eight years with
Asthma in its worst form. l had sew
eral attacks during the last year and
was not expected to live through
them. | began using Foley's
Honey and Tar and it has never
failed to give relief"
j3O G. S. OSBORNE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

A. o. Blanchard. West Bangor, N.
y, says: II have been troubled with
kidney disease for the last live years
Have doctored with several physicians
and l got no relief until used two
bottles of Fo!ey's Kidney
Cure.'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Very Low Rates to Detroit,
Michigan,

Via the North Western lire. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold ut
greatly reduced rates on account
of N Il A convention to be held at
Detroit, July s to l2 For dates
OF sale and limits apply to agents
Chicago 4 North Western R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
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'NTulT TON.

How does it know--this tiny hidden thing
Within its wilderness of tangled grass.
The hour when summers languid footsteps pAss
And southwark flying birds are on the wing.
While Garth is dumb with Augustus silcncins7
How docs it know the time for purplish haze
Or guess the wondrous transformation scene
Which sets the field and forest all ablazc2
Yet in shril notes. from drowsy ways OF green.
Breaking the spell that passing summer rEays,
The cricket first proclaims the autumn days.
Henry Cleveland Wood in Anslee's Magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

Ira ID lleckard, Duncombe, Ia,
writes: "My little boy scalded his leg
from the knee to the ankle. used
Banner Salve Immediately and in
three week time it was almost entire
ly healed. want to recommend it To
every family and advise them to keep
Bonner Salve on hand, as it is a sure
remedy for scalds or any sores"
30 c. $. OSBORNE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

The lack of energy you feel, the
backache and run down condition
generally, all mean kidney disorder.
FoIey's Kidney Cure will re-
store your strength and v,gor by maxi
ing the kidneys well. Take no sub
stitute.
jsO G. s. OSBORNE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
~ q. S. OSBORNE
"The CONNER cial Club"

S11 01 S1esI O1UU'
In the manufacture of his latest
brand, "The Commercial Club" Mr..
Schulmeister has made a radical
change from ether five cent cigars In
asmuch as the tobacco which is used
in the manufacture of the new brand
is worked damp and shaped by hand
and allowed to dry in the cigar, thus
imparting to the cigar those essential
qualities sought after by all smokers;
tirmness and free smoking.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

The Leaders stock of wash fabrics
is still complete.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

Makes digestion and assimila-
ton perfect. Makes new, red
blood, firm flesh and bone. That's
what Rocky Mountain Tea will do
35c. ELLIOTT & HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

Special sale ON summer mats at the
Leader all this week.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-10

Last evening the Int. Mountain re-
ceived a communication signed in type
writing by the president and secretary
Of the Miners union, and purporting to
be an expression of that body upon the
subject Of the attitude and policy of the
Hearst syndicate of newspapers. We
have not the slightest objection to print
ing the resolutions, but an examination
of the document shows that, possibly
through inadvertance, they contain no
mention of their adoption at any meet
ing Of the union. The seal Of the union
Is also omitted. Whether the union has
adopted the resolutions as an expression
of it's views Or whether the gentlemen
who brought the copy" desire them
printed as an expression Of individual
opinion must be made plain before the
Inter Mountain can assume she RESPONSE
blity of publication. In either event we
shall be pleased to print them, reserving
the right to discuss the sentiments they
contain.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-10
SOME FALSE IDEAS
OF GRATITUDE
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

OMEWHERE
- u his serVc
at
fu' and 'mercenary" spirit Of
~,
Now
her
of them.
New England is thick
tves after
Not infreauenty
married
bothp
be a
dren Not
obta
The majority a
slider the welfare OF the child
ciatng the sacrifice of a for
n her mil
"oh. don't of
Yet beautiful
her discomfort
but perfection
orlorn awful fate living
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-10
ABOUT NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES.

Newspapers are sometimes accused of
extravagant eulogy of the dead. They
are accused Of investing the dead with
virtues to which the latter We're
strangers in life. They are accused Of
drawing the mantle of charity over
faults that should be frankly stated and
deplored instead Of covered up with COM
plments which the living believe are ur-
deserved. This policy of kindly misrep-
resentation is attributed to various
causes, sometimes to a spirit of SUBJ
serviency to powerful friends Of the de-
ceased, sometimes to business reasons,
sometimes to cold disregard of public
opinion and the facts. In all such cases
the newspapers are unjustly criticised.
The motto, never speak i'll of the dead"
expresses a sentiment which needs no
defense. Nine out of ten Of the good
people who believe the language of pane
gyric insincere or undeserved would be
swift in condemning their newspaper if
ii should parade a dead mans faults or
deny him kindly word at the grave.
Very few men are thoroughly understood
by the public. Their natural DISPOSE
tons, their ideas of justice, their views
of what is right or wrong may widely
differ, and still each may be acting in
accordance with honest conviction. In
judging any mans character we should
first learn how he was trained, what his
early experiences We're and the nature
Of the influences which formed his char
acter. Some men have no time for the
courtesies of life and care only for work
and results. Some have a mistaken sense
OF duty which leads them to ignore the
finer feelings of those associated with
them. while still others, having been
themselves the victims Of harsh treat
nlent. become Indifferent to the feelings
Of more sensitive men. Yet there are
te" men, however unpopular they may
BE-, who have not many excellent quail
ties, whose inner character is not noble
in some respects or whose life is wholly
destitute Of good deeds. Every man has
f, ends and adn1irers-those who under
sand him and are familiar with his real
character. 1t is to those the newspaper
Goes when it seeks information about
one who has passed away. 1t does not
go to his enemies and print a list Of his
iailings, but to his friends, for the truth
about him, or to his wife and children
for an account Of his life. When it finds
the friends disconsolate and the family
lacked with a mighty grief and filled
y irh tenderest love for him who lies there
cod in death, what newspaper with a
particle of humanity or self-respect could
outrage the feelings of the widow and
orphan of friends by announcing the
Geath they SO grievously lament, and
publishing an obituary notice attacking
the character and motives of the de-
ceased and calling attention to his
shortcomings, real or ina gnary? The
press does not, rule, invest the living
with virtues they do not possess. When
they die it proposes to say a kind word
for them and invoke for their faiinEs
the sweet spirit Of charity and forgetful-
ness
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-10
DR.. GWYNNE is MODERATOR
He Yields the Gavel at Meeting of
Presbyters-Business Sessions
Close This Evening.

The presbytery of Butte met last even
ing in Emmanuel resbyterian church. A
good sized congregation attended the
services, which were of an interesting
character. Rev. G. H. Whitman, pre-
sided, Rev. G. A. Blair read Scripture
lesson, and Rev. F. B. Cleland led in
prayer. After the sermon by Rev. j. B.
Butler, the roll was called and it was
found that most of the ministers were
present. Rev. DR.. Gwynn, of Dillon, was
elected moderator, and Rev. G. A. Blair
of Corvallis, temporary clerk. Those at
tending were: Rev. E. j. Groeneveld
and G. H. Whiteman. Butte; Rev. A. B.
Martin. Deer Lodge; Rev. G. A. Blair.
Corvallis; Rev. F. B. Cleland, Ana
conda; Rev. F. H. Gwynne, Dillon: Rev.
]. B. Butler. Philipsburg: Elders Nc
Kenzie. NJ. c. Davies and J. w. Pass
more.
The business session closed at o'clock
today to enable the members to attend
the synod. which conyenes this evening
in the First Presbyterian church.