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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09
ena O "a slxrY YHARs.

MRS wINsLOM'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over sixty years By
millions OF mothers for their children
while teethiny with perfect success II
laws all pain. cures wind collie. and II the
best remedy for Diarrohea. IL will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately. sold
Tventy-fve cents q bottle he sure and
ssk for Mrs. Wipsiov's Soothing 6yrsp."
end tax NO other ktn6
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09

Tho liquid which has given supreme
satisfaction 60 househoiders n s.LPNo
NAPTHoL. II mis- numerous everyday
wants because 10 cen he utilized In many
ways as q perfect c.esnser ard puriner.
BROWN sRos. CO.. & Exchange Place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09
s1.o,,e. Turn Believers and are cured.

--"When I read That Dr. Agncws Ca
tarrhal Powder could relieve catarrh in
ten minutes was far from being con-
vlnced I tried it-a single pun through
the blower afforded instant relief. stopped
pain over the eyes and cleansed the nnN
sai passages. Today 1 am free from ca
tarrh." n. l.. Egan. Easton. Pa.
Sold by w. III. Meek--i7.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09
WHAT CHEER LAUNDRY,
HaTHAwAv sRorHEsa
ga RtIQCGSS STREir

Our new building In completed. and We
extend a cordial Invitation to cur friends
and tho public to call and examine H.
We have wnat is considered by experts
And IRON a. sanitary point is perfect
With ou~ present factituss We are pre-.
pared 70 do . largely increased business
In ali lines and shall not bs OBLIGED 70
refuse any work.
We solicit your patronage and guar
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Com mon sense In Law.

When we are told that every law
must be enforced to the letter though
the heavens fall, it has Il brave sound,
but wise regard for the public good
demands that the laws he SO executed
that the heavens may not fall. The
maxim that 1.-The extreme of the law
may be the extreme of Injustice
.summum jus, summa injuriI of
venerable age and has had the epprov-
al of the best jurisprudence Gs we'll
as the best craftsmanship of many
centuries. 1t is not mere .SophiStry"- =
as somewhat hastily. l suppose. it has
been c;,lled-but it may we'll be quoted
in support of the application of simple
common sense to complicated and per-
picking eXigencies. think there is not
a government in the world. not even
the most conscientious, that does not
refrain from rigidly enforcing to the
letter some laws standing OH it's statute
books. either because they are anti
quated or because such enforcement is
practically impossible or. if beneficial,
would result in evils greater than those
which those laws are to prevent or re-
press.-Carl SchurZ.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Prenarinr nntea

The preparation of dried dateD Is car
ried on largely at Awabi. and as the
season had now commenced l took the
opportunity to observe the process and
was taken round the factories by the
sheilS. The dates selected are picked
before they are quite ripe. The fac
tory had chimney about fifteen feet
high and contained several open, cir
cular, copper boilers, capable of hold
ing five gallons each and nearly full of
water Into these vessels the dates are
put and allowed to simmer over slow
fire. AS the water in the copper de-
creased from evaporation it was filled
up again, but it gradually became
inspissated by the extraction of the
Juice of the date. The fruit is left in
the water about half an hour and is
then taken out and spread ON mats or
cloths in the sun to dry, after which 1t
becomes hard and of pale red color.
1t is exported in large quantities from
Muskat to India. ia.-Geographicul Jour-
nal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13

The case of the People against Muir
line, heard by the governor of New
Haven colony in council on May day.
1890, indicates the attitude toward un-
licensed kissing i'll those times. 1t APP
peared that Jacob Murline and Sarah
Tuttle had been caught kissing each
other.
Jacob tried to throw the blame on
Sarah, saying he thought she had with
intent let fall her gloves" Sarah de-
MED the intent. Jacob then admitted
that he "tcoke her by the hand, and
they both sat down upon Il chest, but
whether he kyssed her or she kysscd
him he knows not, for he never thought
of it since until Mr.. Raymond told him
that he had not layde it to heart as he
ought"
The stern governor, after duly lee
turing the guilty parties on the enormi
ty of their offense, decreed that "the
sentence therefore concerning them is
that they shall pay either of them a
fine of 90 shillings to the colony"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
NInnx Servants.

Servants in the Isle of Man who re-
fuse 10 complete the period of service
for which they are engaged are liable
TO curious punishment. In case be-
fore the magistrate at Peel recently
William Corlctt, farm laborcr, was
charged with refusing to carry out
his engagement. 1t was stated that the
penalty provided by Il statute of 1860
is that the servant is to he kept in
prison and allowed one cake and IL cup
of water per day until he returns to
service. Corlctt was spared this pun
islment, as the magistrate was salts
fled that he had not engaged to serve
u stated period.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
A STORY OF FORREST.
How the repnery Actor Squared Ac-
cOunts With One Critic


Many years ago Edwin Forrest. the
celebrated actor. when in New York.
was in the habit of dining at Win
uist's, a noted restaurant on Park
row that was IL favorite resort of ;lc-
tors and literary men. 1t usually hap
friends and that the little group would
sit together at one table. ON one oc-
caSion it Glanced that an Englishman
with Il reputation for conccit and inn
perinencc, who had scraped acquaint-
alce with the tragedian, was one of
the group.
EARLY in tho course of tlsa dinner the
Englishman began to make criticisms
which he considered pleasantrics about
FORESTS conception of certain roles.
Encouraged by his own appreciation he
gave full play TO his humor and com
cluded each of his impcrtinrnces with.
"Pardon my freedom, sir; it's my way"
To the astoniShment of all who knew
Forests irasciblc disposition he bore
the Briton's offensive remarks patient
ly and seemingly ignored them as far
as possible. When. however. t'lc nuts
were brought i'm by the waiter, he took
several cracked wnlmuts i'm his hand
and, walking over to the Rriton's place.
jocularly snapped them successiNcly i'll
the face of that individual, lightly say
Ing after each shot, Pardon my free
dom. sir; it's my way" and snapped
him out of the restaurant
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Southcx nn Ccleridre

In 1906, Southey writes, says Harold
s. Scott in The Atlantic, "Coleridge is
at last arrived from Malta and Italv)
little improved in health of body and
not Mt all so In health of mind He is
grown very fat which he attributes
to disease, and his wife believes it,;
the fact is that he is always eating and
drinking, morning, noon anl midnight; !;
hardly ever without rum and water
beside him, sugared to the utlmost-and
II he is not talking he must be eating
His mouth seems incapable of being
at rest. II he does not sleep at night,
up lie gets for cold meat and spirits
and water. II all this does not kill Il
man, it must needs fattcn him.
AS you may suppose, he is very en-
tertaining; but, whether it be that he
is really worsened or that after so
long AN absence the thing becomes
more striking, l never saw a human
countenance express such intense and
loathsome arrogance of self admira-
ton. 1t is at times quite fiendish. His
humor is now to be orthodox because
he has made out some .s1nctapllysicul
argument for the Trinity. In short, 1
feel more than ever admiration and
astorishment at his intellect and more
than ever grief and indignation ut all
that 1t is coupled with"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Why Ne Didn't ,Ju,nn.

Here is one that q young man who
knows Il good story when he hears it
heard oMa raillpad .,nan tell another in
depot up the line the other day:
I'VE picked up a new Ilishman
somewhere up country an set him to
worl, bI;lkin' Oh Il construction train
at } cents IL milc { l. wages. O;le dav
when him am me was on the train she
got away on one of them ms untaiI
grades. an the first thing we moved
she Was fi'in' down the track nj about
ninety mix 5 an hour. with nnthil' in
sight but t!l@5 ich an the hapiy hunt
in grounds, when We come to the end
l twisted 'em down IL. hard as could
all along tho toNs. an' the.l o.. !, Sudden
] see Mike cr;lwlin along toward the
end of one of tk" cers OF all fours
with his face iLc color of milk [
thought he Mas gettin ready 10 jump
am | see hi, iillish if l.e did
"Alikr. says. for heavens sake
don't jump.
he clamps his fingers on the run
min board to give linn chance to
turn round am lookin' at inc con-
trmptEous. anSwrrs
/" Jump is it, DO ycz think I'd he
aftlcr junlpin' an me maxim money
as fast as ann" -prl4 land Orrgo-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
WSL.. BROKEN HORSES.
The silent Man Generally Has the
Most nfanngeahlc Animnln.

Most Manageable AntmN1S.
Has any ouc ever noticed that ST.
lent man has usually the best broken
horses? 1t may not be true, but all the
ulen of my acquaintance who do not
talk much have we'll broken horses.
Drive with them, and you will wonder
how they manage their horses. No
management is visible. The horse goes
where he is wanted without apparent
effort on the part of the driver. One
famous turfman at least has been not
ed for his art i'll driving horse to the
limit of his speed without making a
move while his rivals We're lifting and
yelling and whipping theirs. How did
he do it! Dln't know, but he was a
man of few words.
Probably there is a lesson in this
The average horse understands only Il
few things thoroughly, only few
words. signs or commands. The silent
man gives only Il few, and he does not
confuse his horse. The horse is made
to know them thoroughly. He UNDER
stands the man who understands him.
1t is II pleasure to drive Il horse that
understands. Few pleasures in life can
equal it II the horse is Il good, cheer
full driver. There would H. more OF
this kind if they We're made to know n
few things thorOughly-the right
things.-National StOckman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
London ma II Was.

Haydn's Dictionary OF Dates
makes the statement that the old name
of the city of London was written
Lynden or Ilyndin, meaning "the city
on the lake" An old tradition gives
us to understand that London was
founded by Brute, descendant of
Ineas, and called New Troy or Troy
noyant until the time of Lud, who sur
rounded the town with walls and nam
ed 1t O0er-Lud or Lud's town. This
latter is probably the correct version Of
the story il for no other reason be-
cause 1t is an easy matter to detect q
similarity between the expression Lud's
town and London. 1t is claimed by
some writer's that there was city on
the same spot 1,107 years b. c., and it
Is known that the Romans founded
city there called Londinium A. d. 81.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
,1edicine nottlca as Gods.

A lady missionary in Burma some
dme ago gave the following account of
now she was the innocent cause of the
worship of medicine bottles having
been instituted. In one Of her tours
She came upon Il village where cholera
was raging. Having With her Il guam
tity OF IL famous pain killer. She went
from house to house administering tue
remedy to those attacked and left 4
number OF bottles to he used after she
had gone.
Returning to the village some months
subsequently she was met by the head
man of the community. who chccrcG
and delighted her by this intelligence:
Teacher, we have come over to your
side The medicine did us so much
good that we have accepted Your god
Ovcrioycd ut this news, she WAS CON
Quoted to the house of her informant,
who. opening Il room, showed her the
pain killer bottles solcmnly arranged
I'm Il row upon the shelf, and before
them the whole company Immediately
Frustrated themselves in worship.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
bereavement ana Bu.ines..

The following curious advertisement
is taken from Spanish journal: "I'his
morning our Saviour summoned away
the jeweler, Sicbald lllmaga, from his
shop to another and better world. The
undersigned, his widow, will weep up
OH his tomb, as will also his two daugh-
tiers, Hid and Emma, the former of
whom is married, and the latter is open
to an offer. The funeral will take place
tomorrow. His disconsolate widow,
Veronique Illmaga. r. S.-Ths be
reavement will not interrupt our en-
ployment, which will be carried on as
usual, only our place of business Will
be removed from I.cssi de Leinturicrs
to Rue de Missionairc, as our grasp
ing landlord has raised the rent"-St
James Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
A survival q, the Primitive

A Philadelphia philosopher thus OK
plains the general preference for Il wall
table in Il restaurant: "Primitive man
ate in peril. The cave bear, the saber
tooth tiger, even some warrior of his
own kind, was apt at any moment to
leap upon him and to devour his food
and perhaps himself. Therefore he
took his meals with his back against n
cliff or In the corner of two adjoining
cliffs, II possible, and with the open
country before him. That, you see,
was the safest way for him to eat. He
could not then be surprised.
"And we still have in us that memory
of the primitive man, and we still un-
consciously, when we sit down to our
rcpasts, choose places that give us a
wall for Our protection. That and not
desire to see things is what causes us
to pick out walls and corners You can
see as we'll from the middle of IL room
or from any other place, you know"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
How sousn Got m. Name.

When SOusa, famous the world over
as king of march music, landed in the
''home of the free" he carried with
him valise on which was marked in
plain letters "Jolln Philipso. U. S. A."
Time passed. and this son of sunny It
ally commenced to grow musical and
also to become AnercaniZed. 1t was
then, so the story goes, that he cX
pressed the desire for name more
nearly like those of the people Of
which he was one by choice.
Philipso sounded out Of place doing
service for man who had imbibed
American beliefs and customs and
whose destiny was closely linked with
"the stars and stripes forever" A
member of the band to which he be-
longed finally made q suggestion. 1t
turned out to be Il happy one and was
adopted by the master of the baton.
The suggestion was this: To the name
Philipso add U. $. \. Divide the one
name into two words, and there was
the smooth sounding and easily pro-
nounced name of John Philip Sousa.--
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
ONE HORSEPOWER.
How This Unit of Mechanical Force
Came to BE Adopted.


When men first begin to become fa-
miliar with the methods of measuring
mechani. .al power. they often speculate
OH where the breed of horses is To be
found that can l.eep at work raising
$4,000 pounds one foot per minute, or
the equivalent, which is more familiar
to some mechanics, OF raising $50
pounds 1GO feet per minute. Since 3335
600 pounds raised one foot per minute
Is called one horsepower it is natural
that people should think the engineers
who established that unit of measure
ment based it on what horses could
really Co. But the horse that can 60
this work does not exist.
The horsepower unit was established
by james Watt about Il century ago,
and the figures We're fixed in Il curious
way Wait found that the average
horse of his district could raise 22,OOO
pounds one foot per minute. At that
time Watt was employed in the manu-
facture of engines. and customers We're
so hard to find that all kinds of arti.
ficial Inducements We're necessary to
induce power users to buy steam en-
gines. AS Il method of encouraging
them Watt offered to sell engines reck-
oning $4,000 foot pounds to horsepow
er. And thus he was the means of Civ
Ing Il false unit to one of the most i'm
portant measurements in the world
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
The Hearts and the Spade.

Once upon a time a man who was
playing friendly game of draw poker
fonnd four hearts and . club in his
hand. After II little thought he dis
carded the club and drew spade
III will call this u hand 81 hearts, he
said TO himself. "and bet on nay hush =
Then he looked VERY wise and laid
down 81 of his hard earned money.
Another player saw the 81 instantly.
called in Il loud voice, and the money
at once changed owners.
Moral.-A wise man calls spade q
gpade.-New York Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
When SILK Was Precious.

Common as is silk nowadays, in ear
iier times 1t was n most precious ma
terial. When 1t was first brought into
Europe, silk commanded three times
Its weight In gold, and so valuable was
1t deemed that in the reign of Tiberius
n law was passed forbidding 1T to all
save noble ladies and prohibiting men
from wearing 1t on the ground of it's
effeminacy. So unusual was it even
200 years later for man to wear silk
that every historian of the time OF
Ilcliogabalus noted the fact that that
emperor had a silk gown. For ages it
continued at an abnormally high price.
.CharleLiagne in the year 7sO could
send to King Offa of Mercia no more
valuable Il present than two silk coats.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Setting Moody Right.

Among the stories treasured by the
people of New Yorks east side is one
about Dwight l.. Moody, who once
conducted revival meeting at the AZ
len Street Methodist church. AT the
close of ain unusually eloquent talk
Moody said to his audience, Now,
how many persons here are Christ
tians?"
Instantly there was mighty stir,
and every man, woman and child in
the crowded house stood upright
Moody was visibly impressed and said
in tones of greatest satisfaction, I'm
all my thirty-1ive years experience
have never seen such Il showing"
At the close OF the meeting the pas
tor of the church took Moody aside
and said: II say, Mr.. Moody, you
don't want to be too pleased over that
showing. Down here there arc only
Jews and Christians, and the people
wanted you to understand there
wasn't a jew among Them = New
York Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13

\ servant .'rl happened to be en-
gagged at f&lmhc,.sc Where the mis-
trcss was known to have hasty tenn
per.
On the first Saturday night the girl
was ut the farmhouse she was told by
the mistress 10 clean the boots ready
for Sunday.
The mistress, on coming into the
kitchen later on. saw that the girl had
cleaned her own boots first so she took
them UP and threw them into tub of
water that was standing by and bounc-
ed out of the Kitchen
The girl said nothing, but when she
had cleaned the other boots she threw
them also into the water.
Whatever possessed you to do that,
girl:" asked the mistress on coming
again in the kitchen.
The girl simply replied:
We'll ma'am, please ma'am,
thought it was the fashion Of the
house, ma 'am."-London Tit-Bits.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
,I,r,c,.. oe v-,re,

Until war ceases. which will be the
greatest miracle of all, IL will always
he the exhibition ground of miracles
How can Il bullet puncturc Il mans
coat behind and before or piece his
boot and sock and be gravely shaken
out of both without wounding him?
And what mysterious channel does this
human body contain which leads n
bullet dcStcrously around thc heart n
hairs breadth from the seat of life, vet
never rcnding il {: phenomenon vouch-
ed for by more tlEln one army surgeon!
Shells have burst thunderouSly be
tween the very logs of soldiers and left
them still soldiers. rolnpom shells of
two inches diameter have passed
through legs and arms without Slattcr-
ing the bone or bursting at the impact.
though there appears to be literally no
room for such Il mcrciiul performance.
In fact, a history of the escapes in war
would be Wild reading even after ~
course of Munchauscn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
A Haston Translntica.

Little Emerson Mamma, | find no
marginal note i'm cucidation of this cx-
preston. which | observe frequently to
occur in my volume of Fairy Tale
Classics" With hatcd breath" Mha,
is The prp!.rr Interpretation of the
phrase?
Mamma with hated BREATH" my
SON. commonly occurs in fairy tales.
Your father often returns from pisca-
tolial excursions With hateI breath.
Tho phrase in such instances, however.
has no significance as applying TO the
bait employed TO allure the fish. but is
merely an elastic term of dubious
meaning and suspicious origin utilized,
as have already inlmatcd. simply BE-
cause of the sanction which ii has gain
ed by customary usage in fairy tales
generally. DO YOU comprehend, Eluer-
son?
Little Emerson Perfectly. mamma
Judge
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
Select.

Once when passing through n ceme-
tery in LenoX Eliot Gregory was sur
prised to see that the members of one
old New England family had been bur
led in circle, with their feet toward
Its center. He asked the reason for
this arrangement, and wit of that
day, daughter of Mrs. Stowe, replied,
$50 that when they rise at the last day
only members of their own family may
face them,"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
NO IS
The Japanese Wax Tree.

Japan waN.' as it is called, is or
tained from Il .rce. Rhus succedanea.
which is found in Japan, China and
throughout the East Indies in general.
In the japanese language it is called
haje or haze. The tree commences to
bear fruit when tive or six wears oil
md increases its product every year
till at the age of fifty years single
tree will produce $50 to 400 pounds of
berries, from which seventy to eighty
pounds of WAX can be obtained.
The wax is formed In the middle of
the berry, between the skin and the
seed like the pulp of grape. 1t is
extracted by boiling the berries in wa
ter and allowing it to cool, when the
WAX separates from the skin and seed.
sinking to the bottom of the vessel in
n solid cake. The specific gravity OF
this wax is .97O and it's melting point
l3l degrees f. 1t is largely used, Ell
thcr alone or mixed With tallow, by
the Chinese in the manufacture OF
Candles
This tree should not be confounded
with the "tallow tree" of China, which
has a pith of solid tallow in all trees
that have fully ma:ared.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-13
How Clouds Get Their Tringcs.

Professor Tyndall used to explain to
popular audiences, With the aid of a
brilliant experiment, that the blue col
or of the sky is owing to tioating par
ticles of invisible dust that break up
and scatter the short waves, which are
the blue waves, of light. This. MS a
writer in knowledge shows. occurs
principally at a great elevation, where
the atmospheric dust is extremely fine
while in the lower regions of the air
where the dust IS coarser the scatter
ing affects all the rays, OF colors. alike
The brilliant fringcs of clouds, seen
nearly in the direction of the sun, are
largely due to dust, which especially
accumulates in the ncighborlood Of
clouds and refracts the sunlight around
their edges.