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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
NTH the Funny Man.

Washington Times: Women arc al
ways curious My wife isn't" We'll,
she must be Il curious kind of a woman
Iit-Bits: Brown--You never know tho
worth of Il wife until some great trouble
bcfalls YOU. Merit Yes. it's SO nice TO
lay the blame on her.
Yonhers Statesman: Patience--Dd that
MISS Fusamfeather's parents keep n paint
store? i'atriee Not that | know OF; why?
Patienccl heard one say she got her
complexion from her mother.
Town Topics: Parvenu--I hear the New
riches claim TO be better off than we are
Mrs. Parvenii That's perfectly ridiculous.
Everybody knows we have more money
Why. we receive twice as many begging
letters as they do.
Chicago Tribune: Are you acquaint-
ed with his reputation for truth and YER
;city In the ncighborhood in which ne
lives?" Yes. sir, think / am" "E'roln
your knowledge of that reputation do You
consider it good or bad?" Good, should
say" Then the lawyer made n mistake.
DO you know anything mt all against,
him?' he asked Nothing at ALL" an
swered the witness, except that every
body calls him honest Bill"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
MISS VIRGINIA. CRANES,

MISS VIRGINIA CRANES,
President of Nurses'Association, Watertown, NY.
most distressing cases of inflammation
and liberation Of the ovaries and womb
Ihave known that doctors used Lydia
%. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when everything else failed
with their patients. have advised my
patients and friends to use it and have
yet to hear of its first failure to cure.
Four years ago had falling of the
womb from straining in lifting heavy
patient, and knowing of the value OF
your Compound 1 began to use it at
once, and in six weeks was well once
more, and have had no trouble since.
I am most pleased to have had an oppo1-
tunity to say few words in praise OF
your Vegetable Compound, and shall
take every occasion to recommend it. -
Miss VIRGINIA GRANEs.-S5ooo forfeit "
above testimonials not genuine.
Lydia 10. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has stood the test Of
time, and has cured thousands.
Mrs. Pinkha,n advises sick wo-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Saved the Rahx.

New Providence. Iowa. July Little
Helen Moon, the 3-ycar-oll daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. v. Moon OF this place.
had Il narrow escape from death.
Her mother noticed she seemed to be
very clumsy ard complained when she
WAS rocked. Her limbs and face were
bioated badly.
y doctor W.; summoned. but she got
no better. He sand she had lNduey
Trouble in the worst form.
Two other doctors were called in and
they agreed that there was very LITTLE,
ii amy, hope. She was bloatcd all over,
her eyes being completely closed aud
her abdomen bloated until it was pur-
pie.
They bought six boxes of Dodd's Kid
neg Pills and she commenced to inn
prove al once She had used nine boxes
before the Dropsy WAS all gone The
treatment was continued and now she
is as we'll rs ever.
Nod4l's Kidney Pills certainly saved
the little ones life.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Supreme Court sustains the Foot Ease
Trade. Mark.

Justice Laughln, in Supreme Court,
Buffalo. has ordered permanent iljunc-
ton. with costs, and full accounting Of
sales. to issue against Paul b. Hudson,
the. manufacturers of the foot powder
also against a retail dcnler of Brooklyn,
restraining them from making or selling
the DIR. Clark's Foot Powder, which is
declared. in the decision Of the court, an
imitation and infringement of Foot
Ease the powder TO shake into your
shoes. Allen S. Olmsted, OF lie Roy. n.
y. is the owner of the trademark Foot
Ease Similar suits will be brought
against others who are now Infringing on
the Foot Ease trademark and common
law rights.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Now RuIe on Postal Cards.

Government postal cards which are
enameled, bronzed or in any way de-
faced lose their character as postal
cards hereafter and become subject to
ordinary letter postage when they bear
u written message, or to third-class
postage when they are all in print.
This ruling is contained in the latest
edition of the postal regulations. The
ruling is thought to be a result of the
recent disclosures regarding the ease
with which such cards are counter
feited.
Though the department had not dis
covered the maker of these bogus cards
when this order was drawn it has been
known for long time that such work
was made possible because persons
were permitted TO enamel uncanceled
cards and thus use them, though they
had been printed before. Postmasters
have been instructed to enforce this
rule strictly.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Bio Gift to Yale.

New Haven, Conn, July THE gift of
a tract Of land valued at a half million
dollars from Frederick W Vanderbilt of
New York to he Sheffield Scientific
school. Yale university, was announced
today. The gift Is for the establishment
of a dormitory system for the school,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
ANTHRACITE STRIKE QUIET
President Mitchell Goes to New York
en- Unknown Errand.

Miiheabar.e Pa, July i. The ninth
week OF the anthracite coal miners
strike opened extrenieiy quiet. The
conditions around coilerics remain UNI
changed.
President MiteheIi'a sudden depart
ura for New York yesterday continues
to excite interest among the miners;
here. An outside statement, made by
one OF mis- lieutenants. says that he
went TO New York for the purpose of
seeking labor leaders. No information
can be had here as 10 the exact purpose
of NIitDhel'S trim
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Pointed Raraoranh..

Chicago News: A mans old clothes are
seldom his only bad habits.
Although meat continues to go up no
doubt 1t will continue to go down daily
When a man sits down and tells him
self what great genius he is he seldom
can prove it.
Wives who struggle to keep up appear
ances usually have husbands who strug-
gle to keep down expenses
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Tho House Beautiful.

Ladies Field: Ore of the things which
particularly strikes one i'm the last
twenty-five Yeas is the enormous
stride which has heen made in the
beautifying of the interior of houses
Nowadays taste has so much improved
that AN ugly house is the exception
not the rule, although ! remember hav-
ing seen quite recently japanese fans
ard aspin;l,ed milking stools in a no.
BILE old oak paneled picture gallery.
where they looked as inconBruous as
a few yards Of pink tulle would appear
if used as Il dfapery in Westminster
ablley.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
HANGS Himself in Jail.

Chicago, July 7.-Thcodore Oelfeuer.
who yesterday murdered his wife and
wounded his baby and stepdaughter.
committed suicide in his cell in the
police station last night ny hanging
himself with a rope made from his IN
dergarments.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Discovered.

Washington Star: It's n pilot" said
MIR. Blyhins, AS he crumpled the pa
per and threw 1t ON the floor Its an
other scheme of monopoly to fasten the
yoke of power on the people
What are you talking about asked
his wife.
This beef monopoly: | have detected
the lastardly plot. ITS part of u si
gan'ic conspiracy. They ale goin. to
make meat so expensive that nobody
can buy it.
Wei. dear; we won't starve. We can
eat vegetables"
There You are. They'll make us all
herbivorous. They'll deny us the animal
food which makes people energetic and
resentfel They'll keep MS ON u veget
able diet until We're all 50 patient and
good natured that we wont Kick at
anything they want ~ do"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
De stroyed by Fire.

Guthrie, Okla. July THE toxin of
White Horse, an old Indian trading
post off the railroad, in Woods county
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss
100000. A Phillips. farmer, was ia.
tally burned.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Punch: Mrs. claire Ito visitor)-So
scrry. my Gear ] can't ask you to stay,
hi. nave promised to take Evy for
d:.ve tbs afternoon.
Visitor pleasantly)-My dear I'm Just
off. 1 know it doesn't do to keep the
horses standing about
Evy (small and irrepressble)--Oh mum
my, dear, do hope the bus won't be
-Sowded.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Flint Eicart Mon

cepted him?
Ethel only once. He aecmed so dis
corrat 4 was afraid % Try 1t again
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
|BIC CHICAGO
STRIKE is ON
Nine Thousand Freight Hand.
'ers Of the City Quit
Work.
TIES UP ALL RAILROADS
If Railroads Attempt to Hire Non,
Union Men, Draymen Will Take
Hana-chief of Police Takes
Measures to Preserve Order.

Chicago July 9.--Topcs of q speedy
settlement of the strike of the freight
handlers union, which WAS declared
yesterday. are entertained by officials
of the union and members OF the state
board of arbitration
The officials of the union, at a con
ference yesterday told Chairman Joh
of the board of arbitration, that they
were willing to permit employees of the
different companies 10 meet officials
of the same to discuss the WAGE scale
providing a joint conference should Do
held ut which officials of the union
should tc permitted to act as advisers
To the men.
The arbitration board is now work
ing on the matter in AN effort to bring
about y conference between the rail
Way managers ard committees repre-
senting the men.
AS all Che railroad officials have fa
vorea this step from the ID, ginning OF
the controversy, there is liltle doubt
that the strike can be settled satisfac-
toriy to both sides ii the conference
shall be arranged.
Lack of unanimity already pcrmeates
the strike. The Chicago Federation of
Labor WAS ignored WREN the order WAS
issued for the men TO quit work, and
It's executive officials s,ic somewhat
offended and are inclined to let the
freight handlers fight out their BATTLE
in their own May. There are l2,00C
freight handlers in and about the va
rious freight huNacs of the twenty foul
railroads centaring ia Chicago.
Chicago, July 8 \ strike of 5000
fici,sh, h;pndlui. ia Chicago MAS calleA
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Tru.x American

Chicago News: Sharpe Would yoa care
10 occupy 800 seat and see the coro-
nation parade?
Whealton-Not if l lad quarter to sit
on the "bleachcrs."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
SMIft

Chicago News This watch has n
Yankee movement" said the Britishev
with the dollar timepiece.
.'Hm. 1t must be always fast" re-
marked the American cousin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

ElTe Permanently Cured No nts nervousness after
etorer. send s Ell aa 90 trial bolt treutise
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Appropriate.

Philadelphia Press: Mrs. sharps-rhey
call the belihoy In the hotel Buttons L
believe. / wonder why.
Fir. Sharps-lrobabiy because he's all
ways off when you need him most.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Fuss and Feathers.

Boston Transcript: Funny. but when
a lady is fully dressed less of her body
is covered than when she is not.
Ho"es-Not SO very funny. II is the
same way with poultry.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Two bottles of Pisos Cure for Goa
sumption cured me of terrible cough
Fred Hermann, 209 Box avenue, Buffalo,
n. l., Sept. 81, 1901.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
A sna-ial caura.

Ir Dukane- There is q great deal Oh
rioting in Brussels.
MIR Gaswell-Yes. and the authorities
ure putting the rioters through course
of Brussels sprouts.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Use the famous Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2-oz. package cents. The Russ
company. South Bend, Ind.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Mrs. W:nslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
iee hing softens the gums reduces Inflammation al.
lays pain. cures wind colo. Is cents bottle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
Use and Rely upon Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKnAM: - Twelve
years continuous service at the sick
bed in some of our prominent hospi-
tails, as well as at private homes, has
given me varied experiences with tho
diseases OF women. / have nursed some
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

When carpenters strike they usually hit
the nail on the head.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Baltimore News: THAT game don't go
down. angrly exclaimed the zebra as
the elephant called for his money. You
don't get the coin see
Saratoga trunk shrieked the excited
elephant. II don't. how do you make
that
- Cause the jockey that rode the ostrich
won on a fowl
Whereupon something happened.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Halls Catnrrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price IS cents
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP.
Some Senses become MT PefOre
Others, That of Seeing Being
the First.

When a man drops off to sleep his
body does not do so all at once. Some
sense become dormant before 9TH
ers, and always in the same order. As
he becomes drowsy the eyes close and
the sense of seeing is at rest.
1t is quickly followed by the sense
of taste. He next loses the sense of
smell, and then, after a short interval,
the tympanum becomes insensible to
sound-or, rather, the nerves which
run to the brain from it fail to con-
vey any sense of hearing.
The last sense to leave; is that OF
touch, and in some representative peo-
pie it is hardly ever dormant. This
sense is also the first to return upon
awakening. Then hearing follows
suit; after that taste, and then the
eve becomes able to fash impressions
back to the brain.
The same gradual loss of power ii
observed in the muscles and sinews
Slumber begins at the feet, and slow
~ spreads up the limbs and trunk un'
til it reaches the brain, when uncon'
seriousness is complete and the body
is at rest.-Chicago American.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
why Do We Husk Our Corn.

I'm putting corn in the crib in the
west it is customary to husk the corn
in the field, carrying the clean ear
corn to the crib. In southern Louis
lana it is generally the custom to take
the corn to the cribs in what is
known as the slip shuck, leaving part
of the shuck on the corn, presumably
to protect. it. DIR. d. Morris, imperial
commissioner Of agriculture for the
west Indies, in his bulletin No. Is,
under date of May 1, discusses this
matter of saving corn, and says that
the insects the most destructive to
stored cor are the grain moth and
several weevils, and as the corn may
be infested with these insects while
still in the field, there is little to sup
port the idea that the husk serves as
a protection. 1t is like shutting the
stable door after the horse is stolen.
The husks give the bulk of stored
corn very little protection from in
sects and provide the best of hiding
places for rats and mice. Most of the
COTu HAS " Dt uuShto DcloIC ~ u
be used, and husking can be done
more rapidly while the corn is being
gathered than any other time, and
under ordinary circumstances it il
the best time for doing the work.
'These conclusions of DR.. Morris
are entirely at variance with what
has beer guiding us in south Louisi-
ana, and naturally we are lead to in
quire as to whether or not we are
right in following the cid plan of say
ing corr in the slip husk."
In Texas and Louisiana, the best
way we know of to secure the de-
%struction of your enemy's corn by
weevils is to persuade him to crib ii
without the shucks. Weevils are bad
enough in corn with the shucks on.
The weevils that are in the corn when
cribbed will multiply by the thou
sands. Corn well inclosed by the
shuck suffers much less than that
which is shucked.-Louisiana Planter.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

2 and 3a), and a piece of thin rubber
band, on one of which a hook made OF
a pin is fastened, while on the Other
one a small piece of wax is stuck. The
rubber band is fastened by the hook
to the lining of the sleeve. After the
coin has been returned to the per
former-having been marked and
given to the audience for inspection
the wax is pressed to the coin SO that
it will disappear under the cuff as soon
as the rubber band is let 60. Instead
of the coin, the piece of glass the size
of the coin is covered with the hand.
kerchief and given to one of the au'
dience, together with the glass filled
with water. When the order t o DROP
the coin in the water is given, the piece
of glass (being transparency will not
be seen in the water, and the coin will
have disappeared.
To find the coin in somebody's pocket
is easy. The performer pulls it out OF
the cuff while everybody is looking at
the glass of water. pulls it from the
a with the index finger, and is now
ready to make it appear wherever he
wishes.-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
A O A TO FAILURE.
Doing One Thing and Thinking Of
Another Has Never Yet Worked
SUCCESSFULLY.

II don't like Cousin Fanny" said a
little girl, with the outspoken frank
ness of "seven times one" and on be-
ing questioned, she thus explained her
prejudice. 'When she tells me fairy
stories, she always acts as If h were
thinking of something else"
Those of us who do not have the
pleasure of Cousin Fanny's acquaint-
ance know her kind. There are some
people who never seem able to give
more than a partial attention to those
with whom they r conversing. They
come back to the subject under discus
sion with a start, as if they had just
been wakened from a comfortable
nap.
Whatever one happens to be doing,
if it is only telling a child fairy tales,
it pays to be s'all there" No business
man wants a boy in his Office who
over his bookkeeping falls to dreaming
of golf. And on the other hand, the
boy will not make a success on the
links, if along with his pntter he car
ries some worry over his accounts.
Doing one thing and thinking of an
other is a sufficient explanation Of
the failure of SO many. BE all there
when you are working, and so earn the
right to throw yourself into your rec
reation. No one gets less satisfaction
out of life than the person who never
can spare more than a fraction OF his
attention to the matter in hand
Wellspring.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
THE ALBINO B
Bird Was Entirely White, with PIN
Eyes, But Too Weak to Take
Care of Itself.

In the summer of 1900 some friends
of mine came to me with a story of
a strange white bird that had been
seen several times among the trees
of a small grove in southern Ohio,
the state in which my home county
is, writes Henry HoIcomb Bennett, in
st. Nicholas. Finally another friend
told me that he had seen a pair of
robins feeding it, and, between us,
we agreed that it must be a white
robin-an albino.
An albino among men is a person
whose skin and hair are unnaturally
white. Among birds and animals an
albino is one which is white, differ
ing from others of its species. A bird
or animal the normal color of which
is white, or which changes to white
feathers or fur for winter, is not an
albino. The perfect albino has pink
eyes, and no color about it. The
white robin l saw vas a perfect al
bino.
The rest of the brood, of which the
albino was one, had scattered and
were looking out for themselves; but
the parent birds were still feeding
their white fedgling. The other birds
in the grove took a great deal of in
terest in the strange inhabitant, es-
pecially the purple grackles. AS the
white robin sat on a bough the
grackles would perch near it, looking
at it with their heads turned, shrewd-
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
HERE N THERE.

The estimate of the corn crop by
the government statistician gives 1913
bushels for each inhabitant.
An increase of four bushels Of
wheat per ere was secured at the
Tennessee experiment station by the
use of sleeves, SO that only the largest,
plumpest grains were used for seed.
Why should we permit weeds to
take possession of our pastures, while
we spend so much labor and money to
keep them out Of our corn and cotton !?
Weeds are as harmful in pastures as
in cultivated crops.
The reports from the various ap-
pie growing districts indicate a good
crop of apples in the principal pro-
ducing sections, but the quality in
some districts is not up to the stand
ard of some of the best years.
I'm Cass county, Tex, the COW pea
crop this year is reported to be so
great that many farmers will not
gather the crop, believing that there
will be no demand for them. Other
sections have not been so well IA
vored.
But for the hogs OF the country
corn would find a price that would
make it an Improbable crop to grow.
Think Of it-nearly forty bushels for
every man, woman and child in the
country. This years crop will feed
and fatten 100, 000, 600 hogs, Dr. a hog
and a half for each inhabitant, worth
more than one billion dollars.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Care of Ducklings.

There is no reason why ducklings
should not grow at this season; but
if they are crowded Or their yards
are filthy they will not thrive. A
duck should be full-grown when three
months old, so far as size is con-
cerned. 1t is often puzzling when ap-
parently healthy ducklings die, and
there is but little opportunity to try
remedies. Filth is fatal to young
ducklings, especially in their yards, as
they will swallow droppings in their
eagerness to pick up anything that
they see. And when this happens they
are liable to die suddenly. A duckling
may be suffocated when eating soft
food if it can not reach water, for the
reason that it's nostrils become
clogged, thus making breathing diff
cult. The water must be deep enough
in the trough to permit the duckling
to bury it's head in the fluid. 1t will
eat a little and then run to the
trough. That is why they throw so
much of the water out of the trough
and on the ground, as they are then
washing their heads, bills and hos
trils. They will die if they can not
clean off the food from their bills.
When ducklings are fed very heavily
on an exclusive grain diet they will
sometimes have giddiness, weak legs,
and may be unable to stand. Damp
quarters cause weak legs, hence they
should sleep on cut straw.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
To Fumfbate q Poultry House.

Remove everything, nests. perches
and all. Put a pound of sulphur in an
iron kettle, set it in the middle OF
the house, put a shovelful of hot Goals
into it, close the house up tight and
don't open it for two Or three hours.
Burn all the old nest straw, paint the
nest boxes inside and out with hot
coal tar, and also the roosts. White
wash the house thoroughly inside and
outside, and you are rid of the mites.
When those pests get a start only the
most heroic measures will rid a place
of them. When the house is once
clean it is easy to keep clean if prop
erly attended to when necessary. The
man who whltewashes his poul-
try house once month in sum-
mer will never complain Of mites in
the house. A good spraying pump is
very useful to get the wash in the
cracks. A little carbolic. acid and coal
oil in the wash is beneficial. Give the
inside of the house a good drenching.
But don't attempt to do this with
your Sunday clothes on, or any suit
worth wearing outside. It is hard on
the mites and clothes at the same
time.-Fanciers' Review.