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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Stove Pipe.
] have the largest AMI best stock Of
pipe In the City all hand made. If you
want something good In stove pipe see
Charlie Forde opposite Fire Hall. If
Mrs F L Axtel who has been
spending the past few days here
visiting with her daughter, Mrs
A s Whitworth, returned this
morning to her home in Omaha.
Drs Tamisiea are installing the
hot water heat in their new office,
upstairs and down.
Fleece lined goods of every descrip
ton at the Leader.
Mark Morrow, Of Percival, La
was in the Valley today the guest
|of Water Commissioners Ford
Mr. Morrow is cashier of the bank
of Percival. He and Mr. Ford
were sohoo!mates in Canads
twenty years ago.
Mrs b D Alice and children OF
Omaha are in the city for a few
days visit with DR. and Mrs Ccit
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

q 9 Macpherson, Assistant
Master Mechanic at the Elkhorn
shops in this city, now lies SER
iously i'll in Fremont at the home
of his brother-in-law, G Daily.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

After sinking their new we'll to
depth of about seventy feet, the
North Western company which is
now putting in new water tank
plant at the depot here, has been
unable to find water in sufficient
Quantities. The machinery that
has been used in sinking the we'll
has been shipped away and larger
and more powerful machinery
will be installed in few days.
Considerable difficulty has been
experienced in boring through the
rock and the new machine will be
especially adapted to such work.
The tank is now completed, one
of the penstocks ready for use and
the entire plant will be in working
order by Saturday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

W. M. Raker, of Gretna, Neb.,
is in the Valley on business. He
10 the guest of Mr.. Dickman, of
Wick Bros & Go.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16
The Lesan Way.

Remove the Supervisors for IL
legal conduct in Office, and then
nominate the County Auditor for
reelection to third term for ma
king it possible for the supervi-
sors to act illegally, and then turn
down the County Attorney who
prosecuted the supervisors for
their illegal acts! Strange, isn't it
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Jess Hauck of Bells bakery ia
taking short lay off and is visit
ing with Omaha relatives. He is
being relieved by Joe Laughery
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Never has the Leader millinery
been so popular as this season.
Under the expert direction Of Miss
Gladius Kartsing the force has
been exceedingly busy turning
out the orders.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

A complete line of ready to wear
skirts in all their elegance now to be
found at the Leader.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16
Former Resident Married.

Yesterday evening at G:3O at
the country home of MI and Mrs
G G Cole occurred the IN .rriage
of DR. Jesse r B.rdik,
of Omaha, to Miss Myr.le Cole,
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs e Cole
of this city, who has made her
home in Omaha for the past sew
eral years. The wedding, solemn
IL. d by Rsv J MscAllister, was a
private affair, only the relatives
and intimate friends of the con-
trnsting parties being in attend
arce.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

The Leaders competent millinery
force keeps constantly in touch with
the times. When your millinery comes
from this establishment it Is sure to. be
stylish.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONEDAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure
y. w. Groves signature is on each boz. Is,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Martin & Cole today sold the
s l. Frazier 40 acre farm north
east of this city to w M Shultz
of Silver City for $50 per acre.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

just think of all the time,
money and annoyance you save by
buying perfect fitting ready-to-
wear suits, jackets, or skirts. Our
showing in this line is strictly up
to date. Wick Bros & Go.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Arctics and rubbers for the
ladies and children.
Wick Bros g. Co.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Remember the Rebekah Shoe
Social at their hall next Saturday
evening, October 18Th, open to all
members at 7:3O p. m.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Rev Cornell of Brighton,
Washington Co Iowa was visiting
friends in the Valley this after
noon. He goes to the Christian
convention in Omaha tomorrow
morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Leonard Hales who has bee n
here visiting the True and Perrin
families returned yesterday to his
home in Ti!den. Nebraska.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Dress trimmings of every de-
scription at the Leader.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Fleece lined goods of every descrip
ton at the Leader.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Mrs Hattie Moore goes to Coup.
Gil Bluffs tomorrow. She expects
to remain there several days the
guest Of relatives.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

Mrs. Jessie Pilling and her moth
er Mrs. Mary Sinclaire, are visi-
ting with Council Bluffs relatives
today. Mrs. Pilling returns to-
morrow, but Mrs. Sinclaire will
make more extended visit.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16

M s Ellis has just finished the
erection OF new residence for
Mrs 81 G James, at her farm
South of this CITY.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

''The soul Of Jonathan was knit with the soul
Of David. and Jonathan loved him As he loved
his own SOUL
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
QUEER LEGENDS OF GOTLAND

where forty or fifty tide marks may be
counted, one above the other, upon the
rocks. The shores are indented by cliffs
which formerly inclosed bays and beaches
that are now thirty, forty, and fifty feet
above the level of the sea and in the
water at some distance from the shore
are rocks and shoals which were not Wis
ible within the memory of living people.
Biologists have no explanation for this
phenomenon. but admit its truth.
The original inhabitants were pagans
ard offered human sacrifices In groves
upon the hills. which were inclosed by
walls and protected like consecrated
ground.
They worshiped odin and Thor, the same
gods that ruled the destinies OF the pre-
historic races of Norway and Sweden. and
the burial places and other tumuli are so
numerous here that areheologists are led
to believe that the island was originally
u cemetery of the Vikings.
1t is one of the richest places in all
Europe for antiquities, and relics of the
stone bronze and iron ages are numer-
Gus.
The most interesting remains are the
tombs of Vikings marked by memorial
stones inscribed with runie characters.
some representing ships with masts and
sails and others figures Of animals and
men.
Some are inclosed by single or double
rows of stones. and within the Enclosures
have been unearthed pots and kettles, i'm
piements and utensils and fragments OF
bone and clothing.
More than 100 ancient coins in the mu-
scum at Stockholm came from Gotland.
In 1870. 1900 coins OF the Roman Empire.
most OF them dated in the first century
after Christ, were found in one place.
where they had evidently been buried
1.S00 years ago.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

/ "see here. l don't want to appear vul-
| carly inqrisitive or intrusive, but am
very anxious indeed 10 secure for the
friend of whom l spoke to you last time
I admittance to the house of that old cou-
pie some Sunday evening. Since our last
/ conversation | have learned some new
I facts relating to their case. and IL you
don't care to help me, | am going to ask
some enc else who can. Now what do you
say?''
! was a little annoyed at his pertinacity,
and by that time had been in Washing
ton long enough to realize that our ma
tional legislators, even IL they happen to
be chosen to the upper house, are not
such tremendously exalted beings after
all. so l told him rather contemptuously
that If he and his distinguished friend de-
sired to enter that house of sorrow they
would probably find the kitchen door the
most available as well as the most ap-
propriate mode of entrance.
He made no reply. and 1 think that my
biting Heine-like satire displeased him.
IN due course of time | returned to
New York. where the heat Of the sum
mer and the activities Of a strenuous life
soon drove the Senator and his mysterious
friend from the small corner of my mind
in which they had had their place.
| might never have thought of either of
them again if it had not been for a chance
meeting one September afternoon on Fifth
Avenue at time when the whole city was
hung with black and all men were think
ing of the life that had just ended at Ell
berton. The Senator saw me from over
the way and crossed the streets quickly
to speak to me.
you remember the favor I asked you
and which you did not see your way to
granting" he said with a peculiarly sad
smile on his face as he took my hand.
We'll, very soon after / saw you my
friend contrived to make known to the
old couple his desire to be present at one
of their Sunday night meetings, and when
they learned his name they looked upon
his request as very high compliment.
"And it was arranged that he should
be present there on the first Sunday in
last July. He was tremendously inter-
ested in the matter. and looked forward
to the meeting with degree of interest
that would astonish the whole country If
it were to become known"
We'll" / remarked as the Senator
paused, did he see the daughter?''
"It may be- he replied. with a certain
note of significance in his voice that ar
rested my attention at once, that he has
seen the young lady by this time, but it
was not where he hoped to, though he
left his home to go there. A madman
shot him that day in the railroad sta
tion, but'-he pointed to a huge
building that was completely shrouded in
crepe-'it may be that by now he has
really met her in her Fathers Mansion"
Copyright, 1902. by James L. Ford)
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

minded reverential belief in this oil
mans tale that carried with it certain
degree of conviction,
OF course, l did hot believe that his
lost daughter actually returned from be
yond the grave to the scenes which she
mad known in life. but / was absolutely
sure that her father believed that she did
and was ill disposed to question a faith
that brought him as much happiness as
his did
heard a good deal about the old cou-
pie during my brief stay in the ancient
suburban village. and learned among
other things that the house was generally
looked upon as haunted
According to veracious witnesses who
had occasion to pass the rusty padlocked
iron sate at unseemly hours of the night.
strange noises were to be heard from an
old summer house that stood decaying in
the center of big clump OF lilacs, and
more than once ghostly shape had been
seen Hitting across the overgrown lawn
and entering the tall French windows that
Tor some reason or other stood open on
Sundays the year round.
AS for the few intimates who had been
admitted to the weekly vigils with the
dead. not one had ever been known to go
second time, or even to speak freely
about what had been seen and heard
there.
From some of the more garrulous ones
1t was learned that something-no one
could tell what-actually came into the
room, and. although they could not see,
they could feel its presence there. With
this mysterious presence. which might
have been the disembodied spirit of their
lost daughter, the father and mother held
long and intimate converse, speaking in
low, distinct whispers. and apparently
catching the replies for which they eager
ly listened.
Those who were admitted to these
strange weekly seances always came away
firmly convinced that the man and his
wife had been talking to and listening
to the spirit of whose presence they were
profoundly conscious.
think that all mankind can be said to
be found in the craving for the supernat
ural, that Willingness to listen to stories
of departed spirits and that anxiety to
believe that the gulf between this life
and the next can be bridged by human ef-
fort.
1t is not to be wondered at, therefore,
that the story of the lonely old couple
and the weekly visits of their departed
daughter soon spread beyond the confines
of the sleepy little village and became
food for discussion in the different cities
to which it was waited by garrulous
tongues.
l heard it spoken of not only In New
York. but also] in, Washington, and it
was there that 1 incautiously admitted
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

! my acquaintance with the family and told
what knew of the matter.
l noticed at the time that what l had
to say excited what seemed to mt an
undue amount of interest in the little
group that listened and at the close Of
the evening gentleman, at that time
high in the counsels of the Government
took my arm and walked slowly up the
street beside me, talking about things
supernatural in general, and finally re-
verting to the story that had told.
He questioned me so particularly and
in such minute detail regarding the mani
festations of the disembodied spirit that
| asked him rather bluntly if he intended
to write anything about it.
II wouldn't do such thing as that
for the world" he replied, earnestly, but
the fact is that a friend of mine, whose
name l cannot reveal, is very much in
terested in this very story, for it reach
ed his ears some time ago, and happen
to know that he is very anxious to go on
to New York and be present himself at
one of these Sunday meetings. Do YOU
think that such a thing could be ar
ranged?"
az don't know" l replied; certainly.
not through me. This old gentleman and
his wife firmly believe that their daugh-
ter returns to them once a week, and
that they hold actual communion with
her ghost. would consider it gross
impertinence If l were to attempt to pre-
sent myself on one of these occasions,
and / knew the young girl we'll in her
lifetime and have always been welcome
at her fathers house.
81 cannot see how any one who is an
absolute stranger to the family could
think of intruding himself at such mo-
ment and disturbing the sanctity OF an
occasion in which this man and his wife
firmly believe and which is the sole joy
and comfort of their decling years"
al understand and thoroughly apprc-
ciate your feeling in the matter" re-
joined my friend, the Senator. but in the
case OF the friend for whom ! am speak
ing. it would not be altogether like .he
visit of q mere curiosity seeker. l can
not mention his name, but if you were TO
hear it you would understand what I
mean. He is a man OF the highest dis
tinction, and am very sure your friends
would regard his visit as a compliment
rather than an intrusion. However, we
will say no more about it Good night"
A few weeks later | met the Senator
again, and again we walked up the street
together, while our talk drifted back to
the subject which, perhaps more than any
other. has engrossed the human mind
from the earliest ages.
From the manner in which he spoke
suspected that the story of the old couple
had made deep impression upon him. He
reverted carelessly to it several times,
and finally stopped short in his walk,
turned suddenly upon me. and said:
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
By JAMES L. FORD.

IN great stone house, overhung with
masses of unkemrt trailing wistaria
vine and situated in quiet section Of
a queer old-fashioned suburb OF New
York, lonely old man of fourscore years
is dreaming away the last months of life
that has been made notable by reason of
one strange story.
The suburb in which he lives is an al
most forgotten adjunct to New York,
which has known but few changes, save
those incidental to neglect and slow de-
cay, during the quarter of a century that
has passed by since this story had its real
beginning.
AT that time the Eray-haired octogena-
rian was a successful man of business,
rugged in health, keen OF brain, and
bound by the strongest ties OF love to the
old stone house in which he was born and
to the wife and daughter whose home it
was too.
Tho daughter was a young girl of great
beauty, and in those days the house, with
its great eXpanse OF well-trimmed lawn
and its garden that swept away in the
rear to the river bank, where the boat
;ouse stood, was the scene OF much open
handed hospitality.
The daughter attracted by her beauty
and charm OF manner scores of young
people of both sexes, and the father and
mother found no greater happiness than
in welcoming her friends and slorying in
her popularity.
/ myself can well remember the old
place as / first saw it on a June after
noon with the roses blossoming against
its gray walls, the air rich with the per-
fuIne from the old-fashioned garden and
over all the exquisite peace of SUM
mer's silence. broken only by the hum
of the bees and the carol of the birds in
the branches OF the great elm trees over
head.
AT that moment it seemed TO me that
life held no finer possibility than such a
home as this with its roses and migno-
peace.
Less than a year after ,hat day
stood with many others by the grave of
the Beautiful young daughter and saw
the bereaved and desolate couple return
to the home from which all brightness
and joy had fed forever.
1t was not until two years later that
had news of them again AID then a
strange story reached my ears.
The father. / was told, had given up
active business within twelvemonth OF
his daughters death and had retired com
pleteiy from the world.
the old stone house, but the place was
sadly altered. The lawn, once so trim
and neat, was overrun by a tangle of
long grass; there were weeds in the great
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
FOR CONSClENCE'S SAKE
A STORY OF LOVE, FALSE AND TRUE.

ried over seas for diversion. And over
seas there followed her one who had
been of her train as long as she could
remember. He proposed to her on the
Riviera.
How many times is it, Dick?'' she
asked. smiling gently.
1T is the millionth time r~c wanted
to. I've forgotten the actual count
you are sure" she said, and was
startled to find sob barring the path
of her words, that you won't changer"
Pretty sure inow, Hester"
Some men-think they love-and find
they DON'T
Il fear I'll have no such luck No vir-
tue on my part, you know; simply acct
dent OF disposition"
You are good-and trustwcrthy-and
you make SO little of it ALL" cried the
girl. with a sudden burst of tears. 'Tn
marry you. Dick. if you can stand me-"
III et udNS ldltr, WHen TIE engagement
had received her fathers cabled consent.
her mother entered with an American
newspaper week old.
Listen, Hester, listen to this, Isabel
sewell eloDed almost on the eve of her
wedding-the invitations were being en-
graved-wlth Tennessean. Martin is his
name. 1 wonder If the other man-what
was his name?-will be broken hearted?
Isabel always was harum- m-scarum, Was
her fance terribly in love with Ler?"
81 suppose so,' caid Hester, wearily
When did she elope?'
''On the twelfth"
Just -four days before my day, dear"
said Dick.
Hester's lips twisted into a smile to
meet his tender regard, while her gaze
Travelled down a narrow vista of gray
years.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
FROM THE OTHER WORLD HA 4 uA9 5 u17T 1 T2KiX Of % z

, oval flower beds that had been the joy o
the Scotch gardeners soul; heap o.
ashes stood before the door OF the Ions
disUsed stable and through the dusty
cobwebbed windows of the carriage
/ house could be seen the old-fashioned
/ basket phaeton standing just where the
/ groom had left it the last time that the
young mistress of the house came from
her afternoon drive.
And how do they contrive TO pass the
time?" l inquired, when | learned that
neither father nor mother was ever seen
outside their own gate.
They pass most of their time with
their daughter" was the reply, which. l
confess, rather startled me.
You see" my informant went on, "the
old couple have become confirmed spirit
ualists. and they actually believe that
Kate comes down to earth every Sunday
afternoon and remains with them till the
dawn of Monday morning. when she takes
her flight What's more, two or three in
innate friends of the family whom the
dead girl has expressed a desire to see
have been invited there for Sunday even
ing, and have come away firmly convinced
that they have been in the presence of
the departed
This did not seem strange TO me at
. the time, for none knew better than
how easy it was for those whose hearts
were sore with bereavement to imagine
that the loved and lost had come back
TO them again from the grave.
AT first / was sorry to learn that the
grief-stricken couple had yielded to this
delusion. but on second thought ii seem
ed to me fortunate that they had found
something that would serve as salve
to their bruised hearts
/ went TO the old house to call and the
old gentleman-for he was white haired
and bent now, though still under sixty
greeted me with sad cordiality and offered
me refreshments in the fine old dining
room where it had been his delight in
years gone by to entertain his visitors.
He spoke of his daughter continually.
but not as one who had passed away
forever She had been there to see them
'He uas bclolt- anu All tHat ne ana MS
wife could look forward to now was the
day when they should all meet again,
never to be separated.
She was supremely happy in her new
life, knew no joy greater than that of
welcoming the old friends who from time
to time crossed the dark river to the
shores of the life beyond, and looked
forward with infinite yearning to the
time when she should welcome her father
and mother, too.
Although always inclined to scoff at
spiritualism and to resent as an insult
to my intelligence the stories of super
natural manifestations told by its dew
otees and apostles, / must confess that
there was a quality of sincere, single
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

TINE sagas of Sweden tell OF float
ing island on the Baltic Sea which
L in ancient times could be seen by
moonlight. low and dim. and many
mariners beheld 1t as they sailed to and
fro, but before they could reach its shores
it sank out of sight or drifted away like
phantom ship. says the sunny South"
At last Viking named Thjelvar sailed
forth from Sweden in quest of this ghost
ly derelict, and having discovered it to be
fair and beautiful, landed. built fire, and
went into camp.
The flames and smoke frightened away
the powers of darkness which had be-
witched the island and held it under con-
troll, and ever since it has been decent
came known as Gotland. The bay that
constitutes its principal harbor is called
Thjelvarvik, in honor OF the bold discov-
erer. and heap OF stones upon the pro-
montory that overlooks ii Is supposed to
mark Thielvar's grave.
Perhaps the legend concerning its dis
appearance might have been due to the
fogs that frequently cover its surface and
completely hide 1t from passing ships. for
there was always some basis for the
myths OF the middle ages. None of them
was made OF whole cloth.
At the same time the tide marks upon
the rocky coast of Gotland and the obser
vntions made by meteorologists within 4
century and half show that the island
is gradually rising or that the sea is re-
ceding, whichever way you prefer to
put II.
As on the coast Of Norway, the tide
marks show that the water was once
higher by seventy feet There are places