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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
NATURES lcEHousE:.
Food For DirG. That Is Preserved In
the Arctic IlcuiOnn


The number of birds that go to the
arctic regions to breed is vast beyond
conception. They so not by thou
sands. but by tens and hundreds Of
thousands. and because nowhere else
in the world does nature provide Mt
the same time and in the same place
such lavish prodigality of food.
The vegetation consists of cranberry.
cloudberry and crowbcrry bushes, and
these. forced by the perpetual sun
shine of the arctic summer, bear enor-
nous crops of fruit. But the crop is
not ripe until the middle and end of
the arctic summer. and IL the fruit eat
Ing birds had to wait until it was ripe
they would starve in the meantime, so
they arrive on the very day of the
melting of the SNOW.
But each year the snow descends on
an immense crop of ripe fruit before
the birds have time to gather 1t. 1t is
thus preserved perfectly fresh and
pure, and the melting of the snow dig
closes the bushes. with the unconsum-
cd Inst years crop hanging on them
or lying. ready to be eaten, on tho
ground.
The frozen menl stretches across the
breadth Of northern Asia. 1t never
decays and Is accessible the moment
the snow mclts. The same heat which
thaws the fruit brings into being the
most prolific insect life In the world
the mosquito swarms on the tundra.
No European can live there without a
veil after the SNOW melts. The gun
bnrrcls are black with them, and
clouds of them often obscure the sight
Thus the insect eating birds have
only to open their mouths to fill them
with mosquitoes. and thus the pres
encc OF swarms of cliff chatfs, pipis
and the wagtails in this arctic region
Is accounted for.-Pearsons.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
SOME AIS.

Iridium, worth more thnn $3.50 n
pound, is the hardest metal known and
is used to tip gold pens.
l.itlium. worth more than Sl,1OO II
pound, is used only In medicine, Its
salts being valuable in rheumatic af-
fcctiOnS.
Tungsten, worth 20 cents pound, IL
largely used i'm matallurgy and gives
to steel qualities similar to those i'm
parted by molybdcnum
Molybdcnum, worth $1.4l q pound, Is
used in m"tallurey Mulybdcnum steel
possesses the rare quality of prescrv-
ing its hardness even when heated to
rcdncss.
Sclenium. which hns the curious prop
ertS OF losing its resistance to the elcc-
tric current under the influence of
light, isi used In the telclectroscope and
is WORTH So Il pound.
Uranium, worth $50 IL pound, is used
I'm the glass and porcelain Industries.
II has been found thnt uranium car
bde Is superior to nickel or tungsten
In the manufacture Of high grade steel.
Palladium, which has the smallest
cocticicnt of dilatation, Is used for th,
mounting of astronomical Instruments.
The standard meter of France is made
of palladium. The pure metal costs
$4.S2 Il pound.
Nanadinm oXitlizcs I'm mir with great
difficulty, mclts at 1000 degrees and
becomes rcdllot in hydrogen. Neither
hydrochloric acid nor nitric acid at
tacks it. II costs S592 IL pound and is
used In co!oring glass and in making
indclible inks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
FoRcEFu.. EXPRESSIONS.
The Power of Illustration In the
Turn of n phrnkc

James Russell Lowell said, "Thcre's
o deal O solid kicking in thelmeelSest
looking mule" IL the statement had
been, There's good deal cfiobstinacy
covered byapparent amiability," the re-
mark might have passed without mo-
mcnts notice, but attached to such a
figure as the poet used it will he ditfl-
cult FOR the mind ever to get rid of it,
MaZzini says, Labor is the divine
law of our existence" This is little
more than commonplace, but when he
added, "Rcpose is desertlon and sui
cidc,' the commonplace was transtig-
ured into n memorable Illustration.
a French writer said. "The really ef-
ficicnt lnborcr will he found not to
crowd his day with work" Tint seems
to he forgettahle. When he adds. "ue
wide halo of case and leisure" the
halo serves the purpose of nn cxplana
tory illustration.
President Garfield once said, Mine
times out of ten the best thing that can
happen to n young man is to be tossed
overheard and compelled to sink or
swim fer himself" The tossing over
board was the illustration. The saga
cious president gave it Significance and
emphasis by personal reference, .'In all
my acquaintance never knew man
to he drowned who was worth the saw
ing"
| When Lavatcr said, "IInbit is alto
| gcthcr too arbitrary master for me to
submit to-" 1t was the word "mnstcr'
that constituted the memorable illus
tration.
Carlyle, II great master of metaphor.
said truly: mo man lives without JOS
tllng and being iostlcd. In nll ways he
| has to elbow himself through the
world. giving and receiving offcnsc"
The doctrine of this sentence might
easily have become n mere platitu, e,
but 1t is fixed upon the memory 10y JOS
tling and being jostled and the elbow
ing of oneself through the world This
illustration is the very making of the
argument. Joseph Parker, u. D., In
1omilctic Review.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
A Why Ants HIVE.

Lord Avebury declares that ants that
maintain their sobllcty make n great
distinction In their treatment of the in
toXicatod stranger and the fellow citi-
zen who has silccumbcd to his Dlan-
dishmcnts. He incbriatcd fifty nnts,
twenty from one nest and twenty
to the nest from which one lot had been
taken. The inhabitants at once took
the helpless strangers and threw them
into the water while those who were
citizens OF the nest were carried ten.
derby away into remote corners to re-
cover from their fcstivlty at leisure.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
In England 1t Is withheld From
Many Full PLEDGED Citizens.


There are many full flcdgcd English
citizens who are disqualified from
membership in parliament and from
tnking any part in parliamentary cleo
tions. Thus oil peers Of the realm, ex-
ccpt those Irish peers who do not hap
pen to have been elected for life to
represent their order In the house of
lords. are barred from the exercise OF
franchise. So. too, are police officials.
high and low. They neither have a
vote nor ure they eligible.
tneligibility to parliament extends to
the Anglican clergy, to Scottish Pres
bytcrian ministers and to the Roman
Catholic priesthood. Undischargcd
bnnirupts and those convicted of fel-
ony and who have not completed their
sentences and are merely freed on
tickets OF leave are likewise disquali-
fled from election to parliament So,
too. nre young men under the age of
twcnty-one and persons who, hnving
been juacinlly declared insane, have
not been legally restored to their civic
rights and privileges
Insanity, however, does not consti-
tute any disqualification In the case of
the upper house of parliament. Luna
tics are permitted to take part In the
divisions in the gildcd chamber, and at
the time when the Irish home rule bill,
enacted by the house of commons. WAS
defeated by the house Of lords no less
than three crazy peers We're brought
down to Westminster by their keepers
from the insane asylums In which they
were held under restraint and voted us
hereditary legislators against home
rule being granted to Erin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
ltnIs's Marriage Brokers'.

Marriage brokers nrc II regular insti
tuition I'm Italy. In Ccnoa there are sew
cral marriage br1 1'scrs who have peck
ctlcoks filled with the names of the
marri;lgcablc girls of the different
classes, with notes of their figures, per
sonal attractions, fortune and other cir
cumstanccs. These brokers go about
endcavoring to arrange matrimonial al
lianccs In the same oiiland mercantile
manner which they would bring to
bear upon a purely business transac-
tion. and when they succeed they get u
commission OF or 3 per cent upon the
dowry, with such extras of bonuses as
may be voluntarily bestowed by the
purty
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
The OrIcInal Cabin.

Appropos of the coming OF
Montgomery Bros Pavilion Un-
Gle Toms Cabin Company, Mrs.
Stoves greatest work, short his
tory OF the original cabin may be
Of interest. The people about
Nachitoches, La, have long insist
ed that Robert McAlpin was the
original Simon Logrse. HIS
house and plantation were the on
ly ones fitting the description in
the book, on the Red river, and
he the only man in the state who
filled the bill. !" He was int M
oerate and merciless, and died be-
tore the war, leaving memory
Tor brutality that is even pow
mentioned with horror. On his
place lived faithful old negro,
sold from kentucky, who suffer-
ed everything but actual torture
to death, and Mr.. 8. Chopin, the
present wealthy owner of the es-
tate, has preserved the cabin with
great care, in the confident belief
that in time it would become an
object of natural curiosity. The
cabin is of cyprus logs covered
with cyprus boards, and sound as
when built, some forty years ago.
It is presumed that Mrs. Stowe
used the iiovelist's privilege of
combining the experience of sew
oral negroes in one, but simply as
q relic of the old slave times, the
cabin will present great interest
at Mo. Valley, June 30.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
What He Came For.

A learned judge who was one Of the
guests at Il dinner was unexpectedly
called upon to reply to toast. Rccov
cring somewhat from his surprise, he
said that his situation reminded hin
Of the story Of Il man who fell into til.
water while he was fishing.
With no little difficulty he was res
cued, and. after he had regaincd his
breath and was in u fairly coniforta
bic condition. his rescuer asked him
how he came to fall into the water.
II did not come to fall into tie wa
ter" replied the unfortunate fisherman
Il came to fish,"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Voices 10 Order.

A knowledge Of the physiology of this
human larynx has made it possible tc
supply artificial voices to persons who
have been deprived of the one nature
gave them, and number of cases ex-
list where the cavity has been opened
and lurynx made Of suitable mate
rlnl with rubber membranes has been
inserted and become practically useful
IN speech.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26


Rev. DIR. n ID. Hills OF Ply
mouth cliu .al, Brooklyn, tells an
amusing story of q young college
graduate who wrote him that he
was batter speaker than DIR.
Hills and wanted to g on the
lecture field. How much, he as
ked, would DR.. Hills charge for a
good lecture for him9 DR.. Hill
lis, in spirit OF sport, replied
that he appraised the intellect he
would putin the lecture at 1000,
the pathos at $500 aud the humor
at $500 moro, but that if the
young man would take intellect,
pathos and humor combined he
would let him have all three for
81, SOC He never dreamed that
he would be taken seriously, but
the young man replied accepting
the terms and ordering tho lcct-
ure. Of course it will never be
written. Chicago Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Erlbed In Advance.

Briggs-so you nre going to have
your fortune told by the new astrolo
ger down town. Let me give you n
POINTER. II you want him to predi' !
that you VIII one day be rich, Just give
him handsome tip.
Griggs all right. I'll give him
my note for thousand or SO, payable
when l become mlllionaire.-Boston
Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
The Cracndile-

The croccdile's lower Jaw Is not
sockcted in the skull. as is the case
with other animals. but the skull is
socketcd In the jaw, so that the ami
mai can lift the upper part of It's head
as upon hinge and SO capture what
ever prey may be mt hnnd without go
Ing to the trouble OF getting upon Its
ipt,S
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
AnI,nnls In Turkey.

In Turkey the partridge is dctcstcd
because once 1t betrayed the prophet to
his enemies, and its legs are red be-
cause they were dipped In the blood of
Ilassan. If a man kills panther, he
is Imprisoned for twcnty-four hours
and then is handsomely rewarded. The
crane is respected, and it is II crime to
LII IL
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Heavenly.

"Say," the girls father called from
above stairs. "this is an unearthly hour
for that young man to be here, Mary!'
YOU'RE right" responded the young
man. who had just been accepted; 1.-THE
kour is unearthly. sure enough; it's
simply Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord ss
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
whnt He Wanted to Say.

"Prisoncr at the bar" said the judge,
'ls there anything you wish to say be-
fore sentence Is passed on you!"
The prisoner looked wistfully toward
The door and remarked that he would
likc to say Good evening"" If it would
be agreeable to the company.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Costly Roses,

1t is said that the first four roses OF
the beautiful variety known ns Jacque-
minot received by a New York flower
dealer just before long ago Christ
mas sold for $60-s15 apiece-eight
timey their weight in gold.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Not "a Sensible Man

Daughter-oh. mamma, do wish I
were pretty.
Mother-You needn't dear. Sensible
men think very little about beauty.
Daughter-But 1t isn't sensible men
I'm thinking about. mamma; It's Char
lni
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Excursion Rates to Chautau
qua Assembly at Spirit
Lake Iowa.

Via the Northwestern line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at reduced
rates June l8 to July 9, inclusive, linn
tied to return until July ), inclusive
Apply to agents Chicago & North
western R'y.
Rudyard Kipling once attended
a dinner party which included
several persons who made up
with pictures what they lacked in
knowledge. Two of them started
an unlnteresting discussion con-
cerning spelling, pronunciation,
etc, and one, addressing Kipling
directly raid: 81 find that sugar
and 'sumac' are the only words
beginning with 'su' that are pro-
nounced as though beginning
with Ssh Z" Assuming an express
sion of much interest, klpling
said: care you sure?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Very Low Rates to N f. A An
nual Meeting at Mime
apOliS.

The Northwestern line will sell ex-
cursion tickets July ST and z, with
final return qy extension until Octo-
ber 81, 1902. Apply to agents Chicago
& N orthwestern R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Shop Talk.

The OILY time some employers raise
their clerks Is when they play poker to.
gethcr.- Philadelphia Record.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
vvIlillls.

"Mary, didn't I tell you I liked
my beef we'll done?"
"You did, marin, but 1 didn't
say anything, did 1? People can
have their whims if they want to
for all o me. "--Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Very Low Excursion Rates to
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle,

Vancouver and Victoria
Via the Northwestern Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold July III to 81, /,
inclusive, with final return limit by ex
tension until September 10, inclusive,
account y &C Z meeting. Pullman
Standard and Tourist Sleepers, Dining
cars Scenic Route. Apply to agents
Chicago II Northwestern R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
Circle About the Sun

iouSo PisAAotuSA"A woo
witnessed in the heavens shortly
after noon yesterday. Hundreds
tf people were out with smoked
glass try ing to get better view
of it and wondering what di,e
calamity it foretold. 1t was a
circle or halo around the sun and
was of euch unusual brightness as
to cause every one to wonder the
cause.
The government weather bureau
made a scientific observation and
stated that the halo was caused
by the refraction of the suns rays
on the myriad OF small ice part
icles that were floating in strata
of air several miles above the
earth's surface, and had no special
significance beyond the fact that
the upper currents of air were
shown to be- filled with moisture.
-Nonpareil.
Frank Castetter, of Blair, Pres
ident of Castetter's bank, was q
pleasant caller yesterday evening.
He was on his way to Minneapolis
where he joins large party of
gentlemen who are negotiating a
land concession of the Canadian
government. The following tele-
gram from Winnipeg explains the
object of the party:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 90.
"A party of wealthy Americans
will be the guests of the corpora
ton of Winnepeg Coronation day,
and after participating in the
public functions here in ceIebra-
ton of tho event, will go several
hundred miles into the interior of
the country, with Prince Albert
province as their objective point
1t is said that their purpose is
to purchase a large tract of land
in the province and to colonize it
with American settlers. The par
ty inclu les Governor 8 b Van
SAINT of Minnesota, Governor
Cummins Of Iowa, G Thorne of
the Park National bank, New
York, James Mcdonald of the
Hanover National bank, New
York, James b Forgan of the
First National Bank, Chicago; E
d Hurlburt, vice president of the
Merchants loan and Trust COM
pany of Chicago; Robert Stuart,
president Of the American Ex
change National bank of Chicago;
James II Eckels, ex-comptroller
OF the currency, now president of
the Commercial National bank Of
Nhioon.o ,oI N ,,,,ro l,or oe okl,o.o
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26

Lack Of sense is too often blamed on
lack Of confidence --AtchisQn Globe. i.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26
PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPERS

PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPERS
!, Daily via the Northwestern Line
i Between Chicago and Denver
From June 22nd until July IS.
Recognizing the fact that the
low rates to Colorado in effect via
the Chicago & Northwestern and
Union Pacific Railways, from
Chicago and all points east during
the present summer season, will
place this inviting trip within the
reach of an unusually large num-
ber of people, the announcement
is made that in addition to the
present equipment of reclining
chair cars, day coaches and draw
ing room sleeping cars leaving
Chicago daily via the North
Wastern's two Denver trains, a
Pnl!man tourist sleeping car will,
iuring the period from June 22d
to July l3inc'usive, leave Chicago
daily by the Chicago g. North
Western Railway at ll:30 p N,
Running through to Denver with
out change, arriving Denver 1856
the second morning. Returning
leave Denver at 1920 pm, arriv-
ing Chicago at 7:l5 a. m. second
day, jane 24th. to July 18th. in
cllsive.
The tourist sleeping car rate
from Chicago to Denver for
berth that will accommodate two
people, is 50 so. This with the
round trip rate of $500 Chicago
to Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, in effect at stated inter
walls throughout the summer, Of
fers one OF the grandest opportu.
mites ever afforded the travelling
public to visit the West.
Two daily trains between Chi
cago and Denver via the Chicago
& North Western and Union Pa
cific Rys, offer Accommodations
for all classes of travel. The IL.
30 p. M train from Chicago has
in addition to the tourist sleeper
referred to, drawing room sleep
ing cars and fres reclining chair
cara through without change.
THE COLORADO spE CIAL
The Colorado Special now leaves
Chicago daily at G::30 D m, roach
ing Denver next day at $3.50 p m
the new schedule makes it possi-
BILE to reach Denver from the At
lantic Seab oard only two Mig hts
snroute, while from Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, In-
diauapolis and Chicago, only one
night is required ON the road.
Free reclining chair cars, day
coaches, Pullman drawing room
,leepera, buffet, smoking and lib
rary cars and dining cars "a la
.arte) m IKE up the equipm ent of
this fast and handsome train.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26

Nobody has been making as
saults on the army in the Phillip
pines. The army is all right.
But under direction of comman-
ders who must be obeyed soldiers
have been compelled to do acts
that are inhuman, brutal and out
rageously wicked. The barbar-
ism Of the middle ages has besn
revived. The escutcheon of the
nation has baen tarnished. The
disputed question which involved
the future of the Philippines can
cut no figure in the discussion Of
the question of cruelty and crime.
Blame not the army. Blame not
the soldiers who carry the mue-
kets. Blame only the officers who
gave tho inhuman orders. Clinton
Age.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-26

During the f ourteen years Amos
]. Cummings was in congress his
weekly letters on public men and
measures added greatly to his
personal popularity. Mr.. Cum
mings always gloried in being a
reporter" and resented being
styled Journalist" 1t was his
aim never to indulge in personal
tiles calculated to give offense or
to inflict unnecessary wounds up
on those persons who figured in
his stories of congressional life,
He was "Amos" to everybody in
public life in Washington, from
the president down to the hum
blest employe around the capitol
In his letters he brought into
prominence the characteristics of
certain men who might have lin
gsred in congress for years with
out attracting attention.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-08

Jordan is great fighter, and I think he has a fine chance against either Young Corbett or Terry McGovern. This was his first tght i'll some time and the rest did him T lot of good. At present have no particular plans. may engage in one or two fights and then quit. I am feeling as well now as I did twelve years ago. have been boxing almost sixteen years and nave engaged In over 300 fights, limited round bouts and finish battles. It was my ambition to become the middle weight champion, and guess no one disputes my right to the title now" .Ryan's visit to England netted him nearly $3,000. He won $2.500 by beat Ing German and $500 more In wagers. He considers his fight with German the easiest victory in his long career. Ryan Is matched to box either Kid Carter or Kid Mccoy at Salt Lake City next month during the Elk lodge cele- bration there.i This bout was arranged just before he sailed. TIe prefers to have Mccoy fight him. but thinks that Garter will accept the job instead
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-08

weeks. An attempt was made to attach the receipts of the game here on the Fourth of July and Deputy Sheriff Chapman went to the Wethersfleld avenue grounds The receipts had dis appeared and 1t was said that the Meriden manager had them. It was believed that the supposed receipts were sold to the Meriden management for certain amount and so when the receipts were in they belonged to the Meriden club By thiSrscheme no at tachment could be made. 1t is expect ed that President Soby will sign bond to secure the plaintiff in the suit. Judge Henney said that Mir Marsden would have been willing to settle the suit If fair amount could have been agresed upon Hartford Courant.