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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-11-26
the Carly Cntbird.

At 4 o'clock the catbirds have it all
to themselves, and they will not only
sing their hearts oat into the trees and
the Sky, but they will give us inlita-
lions and will sing over again all the
sounds and melodies they have heard.
My nearest neighbor, who builds in the
Tartarian lloneysuckle. comes near to
me with evident comprehension Of my
admiration and undertakes to tell me
that lie is not like other birds, but
understands human folk. He jumps
about the limbs near to me and with
whistle calls back and forth, envying
his musical ability and he possibly
wondering somewhat about my books
and my balconies. should be very
lonely in the country without the cat
bird. He only has the power of com
panionship with us.-Independent.
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Life Af.e- Dcat,,.

A German biologist has been investi-
eating the question of the activity Of
animal bodies after death and has pub
lislcl some suggestive conclusions. 1t
appears that death is not instantane-
GUS throughout the physical organism.
for it has been observed that many of
the different tissues continue active for
n considerable period after the time
when the animal is assumed to be dead,
particularly in the case of the lower am
inlals Cells from the brain of a frog,
for example, have been kept alive for
over Il week when held in certain solu
tions, and the heart of a frog has been
known to beat fer many Lours after be-
ing removed from the dead body. The
hearts of turtles and snakes will beat
for days or even a week after death
Harper's Weekly.
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WORK ANU, LOOK YOUNG.

YOu VIII Succeed if Your SssTt u
Az lou. I.;DGr.
is hard wc,.s that makes pac;s'e
Erow old o. is it because they do MG.
have enough TO tio. or, rather. do not
llnd III thin. they arc best fitted t. do?
The hardest worked people ill the
world are ;ia ac.r,'ssrS, yet some CT
them. w.lho..t mentioning Ear.cs. ar.
sixty and So:le play the paris vi lovers
and lsoistvro~s young t..llloys ut an
even rr.tcr age.
The Americans are ike hardest work
ed people in the world. vet Foreigners
call us Il young lca.liny nation. Moth
ing makes Il people look so young .s
liberty There is nole OF the craMp"d,
caste restricted blight upon orr people
that is seen in Europe. lh,. o dast | cls ;
ing people III The world are not those
who ElTe worked hardest. but those
who have Got worked at all. Ii one
would see them lie wants to go to iie
fashionable watering places. There lie
will see comparatively young Lien and
women who have mover WORKED. either
with body or mind. driven around In
bath chairs or hobbling about Oh cane !,
while men absorbed in business are Of
ten quite robust at seventy
Whore h;.iyl work ever killed man
lazinas.; ais i.laction have killed u
score 1t is the class that feels Above
work that nature has little use for.
Work and look young!-Eoston Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-11-26
ROPES AS FIRE ESCAPES.

Ar Experience Which Shook One
Mans Confidence In Them
Eyes. l knew that most of tie boys
carry a rope around With 'em." said
the commercial traveller, "and Tic time
was when l would not have taken the
road without one, but gave mine to
my wife for an extra ck,thSsline three
or four years ago. read occasionally
of rope saving somebody from a
burning hotel. but don't care to he
saved that way"
but you don't want to be burned
with the hotel. do youi' was asked.
"Of course not, but II can't get
down by the stairs or the iron fire
escape III take my chances on mat
tress or tiremen's ladder"
But what's the matter with knot
ted ropc:'
matter for many years. used to go
to bed feeling as safe as baby in
his crib, and IL found traveller who
didn't carry a fifty foot rope in his grip
l set him down ais very reckless man.
One day when l was in an Indiana
town lot of us got to talking about
ropes and burning hotels. and wall
eyed buffer offered to bet me So to 81
that couldn't slide down my rope
froEi Il third story window and not
half kill myself. OF course jumped
Mt the bet, but he knew what he was
talking about. hadn't lowered my
self six feet before the rope burned
lay hands and let so and broke Il leg.
The trick was tried by three others
and though they escaped broken bones
they were badly shaken up and tongue
bitten. After my leg mcnded b.uifcd
everybody MT on that rope business.
and never found Il chap who could
slide down two stories and feel good
for a month after. a sailor could Go
1t. of course. hut I'm no sailor. and if
ever I'm cut OFF 10y fire I'll take IL head
or for the sidewalk and hope to hit a
fat man as ! CON-. down. - Exchange.
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Progressive Towns.

| The Waterloo Times Tribune
says: every town has the
wrong and the right kind of cit
liens. If the former are in the
majority, then the town in which
they live is not making much
progress. The right kind of cit
liens is the man who wants to
see his town improve and grow.
He is the man who does not look
across the continent for an in
vestment, but spends his money
at home and encourages home
enterprises. The right kind of
citizens does not grumble about
high taxes, because he has sense
enough to know that taxes must
be high in growing city and
that if low taxes are a disidera-
tum he must go to place that
has stopped growing or that
never has grown much.
The right kind of citizens
knows the distinction between
the virtue of economy which
avoids all waste, but spends
money freely for public improve
ments, and the voice of parsi-
mony, that spends nothing UNI
less absolutely compelled to.
The right kind of citizen may
no. be wealthy man, indeed he
is more Frequently not one,
but he cheerefully helps to sup
port the public schools and the
churches and he is in favor Ct
the public library.
Well lighted streets and good
81 !e walks are demanded by the
right kind of citizen, for he
knows that vice and crime hate
gaslight and electric light a.
most as much as they do day
light and that they delight in
darkness. He also knows that
these things give a gool inn
preston to strangers. The ght
kind of citizen also is fully
aware of the fact that no ex-
penditure bri lgs so gle 1t a re-
turn to the citizens asthat which
he pays in taxes. provided it is
honestly and judiciously appli-
ed. The wong kind of citizen
S ses none of these things and
does none of them"
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PAPERINa Ttis PINS.

An Ingenious 0pe ration That IN Per-
formed by Machinery.
The first PINS E.ade in this country
were very crude indeed. merely Il bit
Of wire twisted into ii knot for IL head
ut ono end and shnrpened to a point at
the other. Their successors of today
undergo n surprising variety of opera
tons before they are considered fit for
use.
In comparison with TIE size of tao
object manufactured the operations
seem Overwhelmingly numerous. but if
there be one process more remarkable
than another it is ''papering the pins. "
The papers. having been passed
through an ingenious machine which,
ct regular intervals. according to the
size of the pin. pinclles up fold and
pricks u hole in it, are ready to receive
the pins.
For this purpose there is another ma
chine, WORKED. by two children. One
feeds the pins, the other the papers.
The first part Of the machine is box
about twelve inches long. six bronl and
TOUT uetP. lHe uottoul 10 coll!l'CsSu VI
small square steel bars, sufficiently far
apart to let TIE shank of the pin fall
through, but not the head. These bars
are just as thick rs the space between
papered pins The lower part of the
bottom of the box is made to dctach IT.
self as soon as the row Of pins Is COM
pletc. Row after row, at regular IN
tcrvnls, is received and passed down a
corresponding set OF grooves until 1t
reaches the ready pricked paper. by
the incest possible adjustment these
pins come exactly to their places and
arc pressed into them. by this method
two little girls can in one day put up
many thousands Of papcrs.-Kansas
City Star.
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The Rock 1.aat Moses "smotc."

Nne ISOCk INSt NoHSN "S.nOtS.'s
The famous Rock in Horeb." an
cientiy called tho Rock of Nassau
and at present known throughout the
orient as the stone of the Miraculous
Fountain being tie identical rock
which Moses struck with his rod in or
der 10 give water to the children of Is
rael. is rclisiously preserved and
guarded even down to this late date.
DIR. Shaw in his book '.Shlw's Travels
says. lit is Il block of granite about
six yards square lying lettering and
loose in the middle Of the valley OF
Rcphidim and seems to have originally
been ii part of Mount Sinai
The action of the waters OF that mi
racuious fountain. as related i'll tie
seventeenth chapter of Exodus. ll5!-
lowed IL channa! about two inches Geep
and more ..ail twice .,.at broad acios;
The face CT the rock, this not upon I'M
supported testimony, hut upon the
word of such mon as the Rev. DIR.
Shaw, DIR. Iococ.l Lieutenant Cloghcr
and ether eminent scholars and trav-
elers. NJ. EcauE.. ssortcl, Il German no.
blcman who visited the Rock of Ho-
reb" in the year 1907. declares his be-
lief in the generally accepted story of
it being the rock OF Moses famous
fountain.
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Doesn't Respect Old Age.

It's shameful when youth
fails to show proper respect for
old age, but just the contrary
in the case of DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. They cut off mala-
dies no matter how severe and
irrespective of old age. Dy-
spepsia, jaundice, fever, cen
stipation all yield to this perfect
Pill. 25c, at Elliott & Harveys
Drug Store. n30
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E,mana M.,feh I,cnscs

The mcat which so often surrounded
halls and castles in the old days is nois:.F
generally dry and flied up. but some
remarkable specimens still remain.
Perhaps the finest example Of a moatel
house is Nottingham HALL. the seat Of
Lord Tollenlachc. in Suffolk. about
eight miles from Ipswich. The draw
bridge still remains. and it has been
raised every night for more than 800
years, the ancient prccautioll being OBJ
served even though the need for it has
long passed by. The moat which sur
rounds Leeds castle. near Maidstone, il,
SO wide that it may almost he called IL
lake The ancient Episcopal palace at
Wells is surrounded lH walls which in
close nearly seven acres Of ground and
by a nloat which l.; supplied with wa
tor from ST Andrews we'll. A veneer
able bridge spans the moat, giving ac-
cess through Il tower gateway to the
outer eourt.-London Standard.
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they ran away and in the melee
one Of The horses and the rig
was severely injured. The mat
ter was finally taken up in just
tice court when Baird procured
a judgment for $99.99. The
case occupied most of the day
and when the jury was sent
into the room they took but few
ballots before they found for
Baird in the sum of $4,000.
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GREATER THAN EVER
An Exhibition Of the spIerdlt
Progress In Stock Raising

The international Live Stock
Exposition which opens at the
Union Stock Yards, Chicago,
on November 2Sth, will eclipse
anything previously held in
magnitude, as the entries are
more than 40 per cent greater
than in any former year. The
widespread interest in these
animal exhibits brings forth
commentator from men high
in authority in educational and
public station.
D. A. Burnett, Director, Uni
versity of Nebraska, states:
Il have been much impressed
with the value of the Inter
national as a means of bringing
together the most intelligent
and progressive stockmen and
farmers of America. These
contests furnish the most SUI
perlatlve example of the in
f1uence of brains and business
methods on the development of
our agricultural interests.
ITO the average man who is
a sightseer merely, the Inter
national is a revelation of what
may be accomplished through
the combined influence of good
blood and the art of the feeder"
The science of feeding and
breeding live stock is perhaps
no more thoroughly studied and
conducted than the vast coun-
try west and northwest of
Chicago, which possesses the
essential soil and climatic con-
ditions for success, and it is
expected that this fact will be
most strongly evidenced at the
coming show.
This year the Exposition will
have an added attraction in the
classes for light horses and
ponies, making it even more
complete.
For this occasion The North
Western Line announces that
special low rates will be in eff
feet November 10Th and 3Oth
and December LIST, from all
points nits system, with ample
train service for the accommo-
dation and convenience of all
who attend.
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a. Mooney left for his home
in Remsden this morning.
Ditch Hearing Still On.

Onawa, Ia, Nov 81. The
hearing Of the Monona -Harri-
son ditch proceedings closed
the fourth day at 4 p. M. and
adjourned until l:30 p. m. Mon
day. The petitioners have their
evidence nearly all in. Joe B.
P. Day was the first witness
for the DIRECTORS today. His
examination lasted all after
noon. Day is an old timer, an
ex-surveyor, and has lived in
the county since 1855, and
probably knows more about
floods than any man in the
county. Mitchell Vincent, a
civil engineer of Onawa, was
on the stand at adjournment,
and is loaded with data. The
supervisors think the hearing
will close next Tuesday. The
interest and crowds continue
without abatement.
The Cass County Agricult-
ural Society is going to sell
their fair grounds at Atlantic
and go out of business. The
street fair has been too much
for the county fair in Cass
county.
Mrs. George Parker is the
guest of Omaha friends today.
Henry Sahn is still at work
in Logan, putting the machin-
cry in the Logan mills in shape.
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The Monona County tax list,
as published by the Onawa Ga
zette, makes eight columns, in
Nonpareil type. This indicates
that the Monona county people
don't pay their tax as promptly
as the people of Harrison coun-
ty people do.
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rlayinR ON Her VANITY

Mr.. Fotts Ito his wife)-My dear, the
air is chilly. Fermez In fenetre.
The Visitor (sotto voice)-Why do
you ask your wife in French to shut
the window?
MIR. Potts (ditto)-Because you are
here. If asked her in English she
wouldn't do it, as she Won't take in
structions from me before visitors. But
II say it in French she gets up and
does it at once. so as to let you see
that she understands the language
London Pick Ae-Up.
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To Our Weekly
Subscribers.

AS Is our custom We will
send each weekly subscriber
who Is six months InarrearS
a statement Of his account
between the fist and 10th ST
December. All Subscription
accounts are made out up to
January 1st, 1904. We
hope that every subscriber
who receives a notice will
try and pay the account be-
fore January list as we need
the money. ''ShCrt settle
nlents make long friends"
Is a motto we have found to
be correct In our thirty
years In the newspaper busI-
ness We have had serious
sickness In the family (and
still have It) and we need all
that Is due US. So please
help US out.
r. n. Harris
Editor Weekly Times.
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Tuesday. Nov "a

O. E. Ockerson ard fan lily,
of Modale, leave fcr their home
in Idaho this evening.
G. F. Cutler of Logan goes to
Seattle this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mollatt
returned to their home i'm Den
yer this morning, after a two
weeks visit with friends and
relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. Geo. A. Kellogg is visit
ing friends in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Jesse Freeland leaves
for Spokane this evening where
she will join her husband and
make her future home.
a. Mooney left for his home
-, D.~.J,.. AL:.
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Heated.

Jones-Wondcr what made Mrs. SUIT
ton look so heated when she picked up
that photograph from her husbands Of
fee desk?
Jaynes- Good reason for becoming
heated. 1t was one of his old flames,
you know.-Boston Transcript
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Mrs. Casey is reported bartcr

Mrs. Casey is reported barter
today.
Earl Harris is much improved
today.
Major Wal McFadden of this
city is a candidate for assistant
doorkeeper of the Iowa senate
and as he has the endorsement
of State Senator Saunders of
this county, State Senator Gil
Inland of Mills county and a
number of other leading mem
bers, his friends are hopeful
that he will secure the appoint
ment. Nonpareil.
In memory of the chest of
mothers-in-law" is Qeen Alex
andra's tribute to the late Queen
Victoria, inscribed on a memo
rial just erected at the royal
mausoleum at Frogmore. The
memorial is a beautiful statue
of the Saviour, seventeen feet
high, sculptured and sent from
Denmark at the expense of
Queen Alexandra.
Central University of Iowa,
located at Pella, has recognized
the merit of the work done in
our High School sufficiently to
establish a two years scholar
ship to be given to the highest
markings for the entire year.
The value of the scholarship is
$48.O0 and ought to stimulate a
lively interest among the
seniors competing.
Central University is one of
the oldest colleges in the State,
having been founded in 1853.
1t is classified in Class A, by
the State Teachers Association.
A new $4,000 building is to be
erected this coming year. This
together with the four build
ings already in use will make
a most complete equipment.
James Whitcome Riley will
give a reading of his poems in
the First Methodist Church in
Omaha on Thursday evening,
December 3rd. Many of the
lovers of James WhitcoHne, in
this city will be glad to attend
the reading
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Well Worn

Wigg-That was pretty old joke
Borem cracked ut dinner.
Wagg-Borem didn't crack it. That
Joke has been cracked for years.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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Ono Was Enough.
"You love my daughter?" said the old

man.
"I.ovc herr he exclaimed passionate
Is. why. could die for her! For one
soft glance from those sweet eyes
would hurl myself from yondcr cliff
and perish, bleeding. bruised mass,
upon the rocks 300 feet below!'
The old man shook his head
"Im something of liar myself" he
said. land one is enough for small
family like Nine" ~
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His bad Memory,

II suppose said the condoling neigh
Dor, that you will erect handsome
monument to your husbands men,
ory?"
ITO his memory!' echoes the fearful
widow "Why, poor John hadn't any.
I was sorting over some of the cloth4
he left today and found the pockets
full of letters had given him to mail
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Proof Absolute.

Peters-What proof did the doctors
have for declaring Blank insane?
Parr-He refused to take their medi-
Baltimore American.
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Hard Hearted.

"Poor Bickers has very hard heart
ed wife," said Trivvct.
whats the trouble now?" asked
Dicer.
"She not only broke the broomsticls
over his head, but made him go to the
store and buy another"
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dent.
Court Notes.
Logan Nucleus.
Last Thursday the case of
Martin against Cooper was
TIED to the jury. This case is
one wherein Martin sought to
obtain a commission for the
sale of land. After the usual
legal struggle the jury returned
a verdict for defendant Cooper
The case of Robinson VS..
Beam begun before a jury was
finally taken away from the
jury and transferred to the
equity docket. The case will
come up for hearing at the
next term.
Saturday the case of William
Egan against the Webbs was
brought up for hearing. It
appears that during August,
1902, the Webb's contracted to
sill and deliver to William
d gan a certain tract of lard
near California junction, March
|, 1903, said land to be deliv-
ered over to said % yan in as
go)d condition less the natural
wear as it was at the time the
contract was signed. The farm
was delivered all right, but it
seems during the process of
the fullfllment there arose an
luminosity between the parties.
This resulted in Egan bringing
suit against the Webbs for
damages in the sum of $35O.OO.
The case was tried by Bolter
Bros. for the Webbs and Coch-
ran & Egan for William Egan.
After due consideration the
jury returned a verdict for the
Webbs.
Monday afternoon the case
of Marks VS.. McGookin ct al
was called. 1t appears that
Mrs. Marks had some time
since contracted to sell Nc
Gookin a certain tract of land.
1t seems that she was unable to
give a clear title to the land, so
she seeks to GUST McGookin.
After a short elaboration the
jury returned a verdict for
plaintiff for possession of land
and for damages for retention
of the land in the sum of $50.
Cochran & Egan represented
McGookin and j. S. Dewell for
Mrs. Marks.
In the case of Mower VS..
Matson the defendant failing
to appear plaintiff proved up
on account for goods purchased
and judgment was rendered
against defendant.
Tuesday afternoon demurrers
were argued in the cases of the
state of Iowa against Banta
Brown and William Houts, who
were indicted at the October
term of court for dispensing
liquor, and the state of Iowa
VS.. S. l. King on the same
charge, and the court sustained
the motion, thereby finding that
the indictments were of no eff
feet. OF the twenty-one or
two indictments found at the
last term there is probably none
drawn properly.
Wednesday the case Of Baird
VS.. Hallett, appealed from JUS
tice court in Dunlap, was taken
up. 1t appears that early in
1901, Hallet, a travelling man
for a commission firm hired a
team from the Baird livery
barn. While out with the team
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Off for California.

Quite a. delegation of Mis-
souri, Valley people will leave
Saturday or Monday morning
for California, where they &c
to spend the winter. Among
those going we note the follow
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Sea-
ton, Thomas Norris, wife and
daughter, Mrs. M. Olmstead
and niece.
John R. Pagan is in South
Omaha today on Company
business.
Mrs. John Sexton arrived in
the Valley last night from
Cheyenne for an over Thanks
giving visit with her mother
and sister, Mrs. James Kelly
and Mrs. Thomas Cusack.
A. Mooney yesterday sold
his residence property on Mill
street to VIM. Emge. Mr.. Emge
will move from his farm into
town for the winter.
Pottawattamie County is now
stamping her county warrants
''Not paid FOR want of funds
James Dunn, of Chicago, was
in the Valley today looking up
the business at his railroad eat.
ing house in this city.
VIM. Neufnd is in Council
Bluffs and Omaha today on bus
mess.
The Frank E. Long Co. pre-
sented "a Man of the People
last night to a packed house,
and the play gave better salts.
faction than any high-priced
company this season. The
specialties are way above the
average and it is safe to say
that the company will be well
patronized. Mock Sad Ali, the
Hindoo Magician, disappeared
two canaries, that startled the
audience, and created a lot Of
flowers in a clever manner
O'Brien, the Acrobat, was vel
appreciated and did a very
clever act. The company pre-
sents tonight "In Secret Serv
ice."
E. w. VanHosen left 70,
Harlan this afternoon on bust
ness.
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Betting Philosophy

"Do you think that betting is
vrong?'
at depends on circumstances" an
swercd the town oracle. III you can't
sfford to lose it's wrong; If you can it's
merely silly. st. Louis Lumberman.