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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04
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II you are particular about hav-
ing your Prescriptions accurately
compounded take them to G. s.
Osborne.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

Our stock of cold cures and
cough mixtures is complete. We
have any thing you may need in
that line. Next to Post Office.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

Bell has the finest line OF box candies
ever brought to this city. If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

| nemeseekers' Excursion to the
North West, and Southwest,
Via the North West Line. Home
seekers excursion tickets at great
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and northwest with favorable re-
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apply to agents Chicago & North
Western R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

CS Hoar & Co are going to
give away, absolutely free of cost,
fine one hundred piece china
dinner set. Watch for their an
nonncamant.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

Bsrnettl5ros. at Wehrli's. tt
E johnson & Co. are Missouri Valley
agents for the famous American Shoe
polish. The cheapest and best shoe
polish in the world. EO20
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

See our fancy packages of per-
fumes and atomizers for the holt
days. We have something nice.
Next to Post Office.
j ID Brown & Son.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

Miss Ridgeway's remarkable sue
cess as a reciter has made her per-
sonality of considerable interest.
At the Opera House Friday eve
Decem Der 5th.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04

If you want anything in the
qreentwsle li1 fora birthday or
wedding present see the fine line
Of china at Gilmores Cash Groce-
ry.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
DRAWING UP A WILL.
Lawyer Put to Great Pains by Owner Of
Imaginary Wealth.

There is u great deal in drawing
WILL" explained a wcll.known law
yer to a Washington Star reporter.
''but there ia great deal more in hay-
ing something to will. Some year.
ago ] va. cent for hurricdly to witt a
nan in Providence hospital for the
purpose of preparing a will for him.
II was IN a Decoration day. and | was
very anxious to hurry it up. as ! wos
ON the programme TO deliver a Dee.
oration day addrcs. that afternoon.
found the gentleman in a sound and
disposing mind. perfectly competent
to make a will. and was told that he
had considerable money which he had
amasscd in a hotel and grocery bust
mess in Thu. city. Personally | did
not know him. but hctold me that my
partner in former years had done a
great deal Of law business for him,
aud ] afterward found that this was
a fact. The fir-t thing he divided up
was an immense tract Of land in Beau
mont county. Tex, the place where
since coal oil ha, been found in such
large quantities. He gave 800 acres
OF land to each Of hi. four children.
lie next dictated very carefully how
some securities. bonds and other pa
per- Of commercial value should be
divided up amonghis children and hi.
sister, each getting about 500. 900 in
the viii. Then he divided up some
Washington property. giving a house
to each Of his children, and a house
to Sayles j. Brown, a former mayor
OF thi' city, on account of in,imatcpo-
litical and personal friendship. His
personal property, funds in bank and
the like. he laid, should be divided up
among those he had mentioned. share
and share %alikcna, far a. value was
concerned. BY thi. time | had about
concluded to send word out to the
49,
Soldier Home cemetery. where ! was
to deliver the address, regrctting my
inability TO be there. when he, motto.
ing that | wa anxious about it. ex-
cused me from remaining with him
longe., tating that If | would write
out the will in the afternoon and bring
ii TO him he would sign it. As ! was
leaving he asked me to put in 5000
for Providence hospital and S 1000
as a personal gift to each of three Of
the sisters there who had been very
kind TO him during his illness, and
$500 to two felldw-patients who were
in the ward with him. ] got away
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
BREvITIEs OF FUN.

Somehow a creditor always has Q
better memory than a dcbtor.--Chi-
cago Daily News.
IAN expert tells us that the wire
less telegraph does not work so well
in very hot weather. But who does!'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Towne-."Do you really mca TO
say that he's happiest when he's look.
ing for work! | always considered
him lazy" Browne - Exactly.
When a mans looking for work he
hasn't ny."-Philadclphia Press.
"Well, he's a very thoughtful and
good-hearted fellow. anyway" lean
see it. ] wa. at his house yesterday
and it never occurred to him TO ask
me TO stay to dinner" THAT. Just
the point. His wife stalking cooking
lessons. Record.
Lady 10 bird fancier)-"I must
get you to change that parrot. Mr..
Chickweed. I've only had him q
week. but quite half a dozen times
he ha, shocked my visitors with his
horrible language Bird fancier-
Il thought You wanted one that was
quick TO learn. ma 'aml"-Punch.
LADY, have made inquiries al
your last place, and your former mis-
tr,.s doesn't speak very ilattcringly
OF YOU Applicant-"No, don't
suppose ,lie thinks any nor Of me
than do Of her; but ! hope I'm lady
enough to keep my opinion Of her
to myself. boston Transcript.
Reasoning.--Mr Marklcy You
don't mean to say you've ordered that
expensive gown. after my promising
to do without a spring o%ycrcoatg
How .clfsh!' Mr.. Marklcy-"The
idea! ! think it.. very un.elf,h Of
mt 10 let you have all the credit Of
posing as the unscllish one."-phila.
dclphia Press.
Mamma. ! see by the papers that
when a G king goes forth he is
preceded by a fanfare Of trmpcis,"
said little Robby. "lc, my son" re-
piled the mother. swell. when | wake
papa up in the morning with my
trumpet. is that a fanfarc:" "Wcll,
Robby, ] can't just now tell you what
your papa doe. call it. but it doesn't
sound anything like hat.'-Simy
Storie.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
THE WEAPONS OF AN ORATOR.
Reserve Force One Of the Great Things
Needed by Speakers.

No orator ever oNcrtcd u great and
lasting influence without faith: faith
in himself. faith in human nature,
faith in the incvitability Of law. faith
in an everything Providence. II is
II Of his mightiest woapons. You
cannot convince people unless you
speak out of a great conviction in your
heart. This power is reinforced by
hope, a CHEEKY optimtm, that. by
making men feel that the world Is
growing better, inspire, them to help
lis reformation. Thee qualiiics are
contagious; they are persuasive.
But We must add to these weapons
that intellectual quality which men
call common ,cnsc; which i. neither
more nor less than a sense Of proper
ton. an appreciation of relationships,
a perception of the ratioo values. An
orator has the power Of clear, clean.
logical thought. whereby he convinces
his hearers through the activity Of
their own minds. Presence is con-
vineing, compelling. often lifting au-
ditors to a higher plane, but men de-
mand more than an intangible inilu-
ence; they demand thar their mental
activities be quickencd, and that they
be le! to think for themselves.
An efrectual weapon for an orator
i. reserve power. 30 that what he is
Offering seems but a suggestion Of
many wcigh,ierthings that he IL hold
ing in escrye. a discourse thai car
RE, this impression Of u wealth Of re-
serve behind it cannot fail TO influence
an audiencc,-Char!ea Wesley Finer.
SON, in success.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04

set free. lie went back TO his house,
but he was a changed man. The gar
dener couldn't make him out at all.
lie locked himself up in his study,
where he could be heard singing rath-
or gay ballads and occasionally nnc-
ing u measure on the bare floors. lie
said no masses during the three days
Of his stay after thcescape ofThcrioi.
Then lie packed up a few n~ecessaries
told his servant that he was going for
a few days visit to the priory at
Etiennc. and went thither in the dill
gence.
Goelet and Fifne and CASTOR and all
the good people Of Blossin waited and
wondered for months. hoping that the
good cure would come back to them,
but they never heard of Thin again.
Bernard, the Paris detective, came
back months later only to find his ir-
rational suspicious strengthened. To
his dying day he believed that Father
Polycarpran away with Nine. Thcriot
Chicago Record Herald.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04

in time TO keen my cemetery engaoo.
mcnt. but Ms soon rs I col back wen,
TO work ON the will getting n in .hanc
about four o'clocL in thc af,orronn
On taking the will nm 10 him IN sigu
that evening | found hc had failed
very rapidly rs firms rbys;cal .,rcrg,h
was concerned. ,hougI mcr,ally bs
was pcrfectly able IN understand the
paper which rcod him. and vas alan
able to 81 nm and .ion II. The viii.
nc.se. | rot in ,bc bo.ni,ol. wa.
;......,.1 III ar
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04

YOU. And il you re a n extreme good fellow girl you will soon
discover that the men who find you companionablc WILL NOT Sc
LECT YOU FOR a WIFE. The rcasonI you ask. WHY. SIM
PLY BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOOD-FELL.OW Girl.
The truth is. YOU are not the ideal Of what a wife or a mother
even il they do not take the trouble to inform YOU of the fact. They
say OF you'll is really n stercotyped remark: "Shc $ a good enough
comradc, but wouldn't want her for a wife"
What do mean by a "goodiclow" girl?
That feminine unmarried product OF modern society who Is not
easily shocked, who smokes a cigarette II she feels like II, who Is
proud OF her slang vocabulary, who talks about horses like a jockey.
who boasts that she has east aside the shacklcs that bound her sex.
who wants to be thought "one Of the boys" and WHO HAS LOST
THE SWEETNESS. REFINEMENT AND DIGNITY THAT
MAKES WOMANIIOOD BEAUTIFUL" She believes that she
revelS in a new found and delicious freedom, but she will live to realize
her mistake. In time this "goodfcnow girl will doubtless get mar
ricd because. thanks to her make up, she will have no hesitation at
all in helping the man along il he seems at all backward. Your girl
with the loud voice and forward bearing is not hampcred by any
traditions Of The past.
By this time you may imagine that | am in favor of the "OI.D-
"FASHIONED" girl do not think that she can ever be improved
upon. She was GENTLE, HOME LOVING AND HOME MAX
ING, AND SHE WAS VERY SWEET AND LOVABI.E. She
knew no slang and she would have scorned To have been thought
"onc of the boys And she won a measure of respect, admiration.
love and homage of which any woman might well be proud.
was not a good fellow" when was young. yet had a good
was neither frendlcss nor neglected, and entered into all the socia!
pleasures oil the other young people. We enjoyed ourselves thor
oughly and there wasn't a "good-enow" girl among us.
II is merely my opinion, Of course. but really think that the
"good-icllow" girl can be dispensed with. =.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
End Of the Treadmili.

In accordance with instructions
from the British home office, tread
mills and cranks AZ forms Of hard la
Dor are fast disappearing from tho
prisons Of hat country. or the 6s
treadmills and cranks in operation in
1898 only IL now remain, and these
will be abolished a. soon as satisfao-
tory substitutes can be provided. The
trcadmill. which was the invention OF
a Mr.. Cubitt. OF Lowestoft, was first
set up in the Brixton house Of correc-
ton, in the year which Immediately
preceded the accession Of Queen Vie.
toria.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
The ..sTUDY" OF POETRY.
A Protest Against the Method Now Pnn'
eipaiiy in Vogue.

Young men and young women.
Gays John Burroughs. in the Gem
fury. actually go to college to take
a course in Shakespeare or Chaucer.
or Dante. or the Arthurian legends.
The course becomes n mere knowl-
edge course. My own fret acquaint-
nee with Milton was through an eX.
ercisc in grammar. Weparsod Para.
disc Lost" Much Of the current col
lcgc study Of Shakespeare is little bet
tar than parsing him. The elias, fall,
upon the text like hens upon a bone
in winter; no meaning Of word or
phrase escapes them. every line Is lit
orally picked to pieces; but Of the
poet himself. of that which make.
him what he il. how much do We gcig
Very little. | fear. They have had
an intellectual exercise. and not aE
emotional experience. They have
added TO their knowledge. but have
no, taken a step in culture. To dig
into the root, and origins of the great
poets lie like digging into the roots
Of an oak or a maple. the better to in
rcase your appreciation Of the beau.
~ of the tree. There stand. the tree
in all liz summer glory; will YOU real
~ know il any better after YOU have
laid bare every root ard rooilet!
There stand. Homer. Dante, Chauccr.
Shakespeare. Read them. give your.
sclf 10 them. and master them IL YOU
are man enough. The poets are not
10 be analysed. they are to be en-.
joycd: they are not to be studied. but
TO be loved; they are not for knowl-
edge. but for culture-to enhance our
appreciation Of life and our mastery
over IL elements. All the mere facts
about a poets work are a. chair com.
pared with the appreciation Of one
fine line or fine sentence. Why study
II great poet at all after the manner OF
the dissccting room: Why not rather
seek to make the acquaintance Of his
living soul. and To feel it, power!
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
JUSTICE IN TURKEY
Foreign Residents Tried According to Law
Of Their Own Land.

The doctrine Of extraordinarily
prevails in Turkey-that Is, the citi-
zens Of each nation residing in Con-
stantinoplc are tried for oiIcnsos ac.
cording to their Owl. law. and before
their own diplomatic aud consular
representatives,. II does not matter.
says W. T.. Curli,. in the Chicago
Record Herald. who the plaintiff H..
lie may be a Turk or a Dutchman;
the nationality Of the defendant de.
tcrmincs the court aud the Law by
which an olrcnsc shall be tried. for ev-
cry oirensc he may commit. from muir
der down TO petty larceny. Hence.
courts are held regularly at the va.
riou. embassies. petty ofrenscs being
tried before the consul. aud those Of
a more serious character before the
minister or ambassador. Turkish
officials have nothing to do with the
case.
Turkish law is founded on the
Koran, the teachings Of famous kha.
lifs and disciple, ~oflslam, and upon
decisions rendered upon questions
proposed to the Sheikh-ul-lslam. the
head Of the Moslcm church. who ia
the court Of final appeal and has an.
thority to override all magistrates.
The teachings Of the Koran and the
prophets and such preccdcnts. max.
inns and decisions are codihcd and pub.
lished in a volume divided into chap.
tess relating to commercial affair,
penal 0ifcnses. etc, and the canon. or
occlcsiastic. and common law. To
them are added the lirmans or procla.
nations Of the sultan, which permit
or forbid certain things among his
subjects, and the regulations proyid.
ed by the police authorities which gen.
orally stand from year to year. The
kazasskcr., or Justice. as We would
call them, a body Of theologians, ju-
rists and teachers Of Moslem law, are
supposed TO assist IN the Sheikh-ul.
Islam in the investigation and decision
of questions Of law, and prepare briefs
for him to sign. There is also u body
known a. the ulcma, Of minor juri.dic.
ton.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
Gender Of Smoking"

In parsing a sentence aloud the
other day, according to a contempo-
rary, a small girl came acros, the
word smoking used a. a noun. She
instantly described il, gender as com.
mon, and defended herself by stating
that il could not be masculine OF
feminine, because her mother smoked
Just as much a. her father. She did
not, however. give her family away
quite as completely as did that other
small child, who once informed a
magistrate that her father was the
bearded woman al a show.--London
Globe.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
Curious Wedding Breakfast.

Arecord in court,hips and proposals
has occurred at Lubeck. in Germany,
where reside, an hotel proprietor with
a family Of six children-four sons
and two daughters-who were all be-
trothed in one day. The h~alf-dozen
happy couples were also married on
the same day, and one wedding break.
fast seryed for them all.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
The "Good Fellow Girl"
Not a Success
BY MRS. RUSSELL SAGE.

Do not imagine, young woman. II you
are a "good-fellow' girl that you are a sue
cess, because it is apparent to everyone but
yourself that YOU are not.
You are about as pitiable a failure as a
girl can be.
But you say, II am popular with the
men" That is not a specially co~mrncndablc
ambition. but granting hat it is. you arc not.
in the strict sense, even popular with them.
Your free manners and speech may render
you companionable to a certain class of men.
but even these do not ADMIRE you. In
deed. il is doubtful that they RESPECT
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
Put on Trouble.

If you are not afraid to bluff it.
postpone trouble till tomorrow, and
it will often leave, and never come
back.-Atchison Globe.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
An Australian Custom.

Before a Chinaman can quit Aus.
,ralia he is compelled to register and
leave his photograph.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11

But, thea, that wogiis sSoi. all the pleasure
OF hanging up stockings at night
And finding them full Christmas morning
Before It Is fairly daylight;
think, on the whole. Il Is better
That Santa Claus keeps himself dark.
Because, II he didn't the children
Might not think him up 10 the mark.
FRANK D. weLcH.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11
:" Ror He's q Jolly Good P@TIow.'-

How nice II would be Il Ola Santa
Could travel about through the day.
And give folks a chance TO behold him
A-Salling around In his sleigh;
I'm sure they would greet him so warmly
And keep him so long by the way
He'd scarcely find time all his visits
Among peoples ehimneys to pay.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11

Among all the Jolly good fellows
Who travel the wide world around.
No fellow so good and so jolly
As Santa Claus ever was found;
Each Christmas he comes around promptly
With goodies and gifts loaded down.
His rosy old face always smiling
And never dataced by frown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11

Yes, Santa S a jolly good fellow
Al least so the little folk think,
And were you to question the elders
They'd surely agree-wlth a wink;
The merry old saints o'erhowing
With love and a hearty good will.
Each Christmas TO him It's pleasure
His little friends stockings TO I'LL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06

held the lead. Roughly speaking, II may De
said that America mines about one-third Of all
the coal now burned, Great Britain another
third and all the rest Of Europe, together with
India, Japan Australia and Chill, the remainder.
Coal too is this country's most valuable min
eral At the mouth Of the mine it has value
Of rearly $3.50 100000 annually while its nearest
rival iron. even after the ore has gone through
q blast furnace, is valued at scarcely more than
$3.50 100000 a year. It takes ali Of the gold.
silver and copper mined in the United States
together TO equal American pig iron in value.
Petroleum and natural gas must be added to
bring the figures up TO those for coal
Coal varies very widely in composition The
purest anthracite contains 80 per cent Of carbon
and about l per cent Of volatile matter. The
weight Of the higher grades Of bituminous coal
can be reduced from one-twelfth TO one-eighth
nv the application Of moderate heat In the in
ferior varieties the proportion is from one-n1th
to one-third. Most Of this fugitive material is
infammable gas but a variable percentage Is
nothing but moisture. Then, again, at times
there are such Objectionable impurities as sui
phur and there is always a greater or less
amount Of absolutely incombustible solids. The
ash produced may constitute less than tenth
Of l per cent and it may run as high as ~ per
cent. It thus appears that there are almost
countless grades. Among these is an article
which is neither bituHinOus coal nor anthraclte-
II fs brown in hue, inferior fuel but COM
nosed largely Of carbon The woody fibre irony
which II was derived still shows distinctly. and
indicates that the processes Of compression and
dis-iIIatiou 10 which other Goals have been sub
tected did not go so far with this variety.
Another important particular in which there is
notable dissinilarity is the thickness Of the
seau,s These range everywhere from that Of a
Knife blade 10 100 feet. Usually the deposit IN
anv locality is not found in single stratum but
several strata alternating with slate or other
roct II is not customary TO mine coal In this
country unless bed is at least three and a half
or four feet thick though in England 1t is not
unusual TO work a seam only hfteen inches
thick.
One NJ the most remarkable features OF the
distribution Of coal in America is the concentra-
tion of anthracite in a few counties in Northern
Pennsylvania Coal is found in twenty-seveh
States and Territories besides Alaska, and our
Of the go $40. 75s tons mined in 1901. 6I4'IooI
were anthracite This is about % per cent yer
the anthracite fields cover only LOO miles. aP-
proximately. while this country is credited with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06

heavy gale from the south-southeast- Being
new vessel, she stood up under II very well until
the afternoon OF the 9th. when the began TO
come aboard, laundering upon her decks as though
bound upon sinking her. The glass down rap
idly and then. becoming alarmed. Captain Lansn
ordered the men forward 10 come aft The gale de-
veoped into hurricane al sunset, and the
schooner hove TO under double reefed main
sail. while ufelines were strung and the word
passed for every man on deck lash himself fast.
At 9:s5 o'clock that night Captain LansI was be-
low trying 20 quiet the fears OF the passenger,
Coler, VIXEN a great commotion on deck startled
him, and he went up 10 see what was going
A cask had broken from its lashings and
was banging across decks al fearful rate threat
ening knock out the bulwarks. The cask was
secured. and Captain Lansil remained deck.
the rest OF the watch consisting Of Mate Wyatt
and one seaman Had Captain Lansil remained be-
low with the passenger he would have lived TO
tell the story Five minutes after he deck
the vessel was her beam ends, and Coler, the
passenger was penned in the captains room.
where they had been talking. The room being On
the lee side he drowned
II was Just 10 o'clock when the watch deck
saw a terrible sea coming straight for the vessel
It was a hollow comber with a streak OF yellow
foam gIittertng along its lofty crest Il rushed
along with the speed OF a cyclone. and broke upon