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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

I than the cylinder. Parts of the spring
from an old curtain rod will answer
admirably. See Figure A.
The straight line at the top of the
spiral spring in Figure indicates the
bottom of the cardboard disc.
Fill the upper half of the bottle with
some colored fluid to represent wine.
Press the bottle down into the cylin-
der and fasten 1t by pulling the string
tight and then tying the string with
bow knot to a small tack driven into
the outside of the cylinder
II the cardboard is too thin to hold
tack, drop little sealing wax around
1t and the tack will be firmly held.
Bury the cylinder containing the bot
tie in a box of bran. Cork up the bot
tie. of course, so that the wine will not
run out.
To perform the trick dip the small
cylinder which does not contain the
bottle deep into the box of bran and
fill it. To show that there is no deceit
empty the bran out and fill second
time.
AS you fill it the second time ex-
change the empty cylinder for the one
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07
CHAPTER VIII.
.anoe Against Steamboat.

Canoe Against Steamboat.
The Lakerimmers found themselves
IN a cluster of small islands. At a
distance it seemed that any one Of
them would be an ideal place to pitch
g camp. On approaching each one,
some special fault was to be found
with it. On this one there was no
qood place to land. On that one the
underground of shrubbery was too
thick. on the third there was no shrub
bArv at all. on the fourth there was a
suegestion of snakes. And so it went
until they reached the last island, and
the last drop of sunshine was wone.
When the sky was squeezed as dry of
DAYLIGHT as an old sponge, the Lake
runners bumped their canoe into a
patch of rocks and stumbled and
tripped up a shelving bank to mis-
erabIe little patch of an island. There
was no end of trouble getting the tent
ashore, and once it was carefully I'M
folded, they decided it would be a waste
of time to put it up. The sleeping
bags were next hunted for and in the
light of little campfire the pushed
their weary feet into the sleeping-bags,
laid their tired bones on the mattress
of pebbles and roots of trees, and tried
10 sleep. The eleven of them squirQed
ike a can of fishing worms for long
while before they grew so droWsy that
they found any position good enough to
sleep in and any rock good enough TO
sleep on.
"There is one good thing about this
island" said Jumbo, droWsily, there is
no room for any wild animals or
snakes. We cover every inch of ground
there is
And I hang over the edge in about
four places" said Sawed-off. IF
didn't have good grip on the stump
of a tree I'd slide off into the river.
And if my right hand goes to sleep
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

ing wax. it is necessary to heat the
wax and let 1t fall upon the glass.
Cut disk of cardboard, as shown
in Figure 8, which will lust fit into the
lower end of Figure q
Paint the disk with some sort of oil
color so that it will be waterproof and
then fit into the lower end of Figure
O. The ridge of sealing wax will
prevent it from slipping up into the
bottle.
Another ridge of sealing wax must
now be made under the disc to keep it
from falling out, and also to keep it
from leaking about the edges when
the upper part of the bottle is filed
Tie a piece of string to a short stick
and then glue the stick to the bottom
of the cardboard disc.
Run the string through a spiral
spring and then through the bottom of
one of the smaller cylinders. The
spring should be just a little shorter
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

of the wine, the manufacture of the
bottle and the placing of the wine In
the bottle-require but a few moments.
The apparatus of the performer con-
sists first of three cylinders of card
board such as are shown in Figure 4.
Two of these cylinders should be about
four inches in diameter and about six
inches in hight.
They must resemble each other ex-
actly.
The third cylinder must be trifle
larger.
Thin sheets of bristol board or card
board can be bent easily and pasted to
form a cylinder. A still more simple
way than FASTING Is to sew the edges
together.
Bottoms of cloth or of paper must be
pasted or sewed to the smaller cy1in-
ders. The larger cylinder has neither
top nor bottom.
The appearance of the cylinders is
no great matter so long as the two
smaller ones look absolutely alike.
An ordinary round bottle, such as is
shown in Figure /, is next in order.
1t must be small enough in diameter to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

ed out of school altogether. Most farm
ing communities boast of at least one
such boy, dull of eye, coarse in fea-
ture, shambling in gait, a coward and
a bully and disturber of schoolroom
peace.
Mr.. Hutchins had the teaching quail
ity and he was able to make the les
sons interesting. With force added to
his other accomplishments he would
have been a success. AS it was, the
morning passed pleasantly.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Hutch
ms was hearing the first class in
reading. Mabel Stillson stood up and
read: Pretty soon those in the bal
cony heard the sound of drums" This
seemed to be the cue for roll of
drums from the fingers of Ike Roberts.
Dub, dub, dub, dub dub dub, dub dub,
dub dub dub-followed by the bass
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07
A BOX
OF BRAN TO A
BOTTLE OF WINE.

The performer explains to the spec
tators that wine usually is made from
the juice of grapes, but that he has dis
covered that wine can be manufactured
from ordinary bran, which is much
cheaper.
The method of manufacturing wine
from bran is much more rapid than
that in which wine is made from grape
juice, and aside from its cheapness and
its rapidity this method has the great
advantage of manufacturing the bot
ties at the same time.
All of these things-the manufacture
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

At easily into one OF the smaller cylin-
ders. In length IL should be considera-
bly, longer than the cylinders.
The bottle must be cut in half where
the dotted line crosses II. There are
two simple ways of cutting a bottle In
half. One requires patience and the
other skill.
The first way is 10 file II in half. The
second way Is TO heat the bottle until
IL Is very hot and then wrap a cold
wet string around Il at the point where
Il II desired 20 have II come apart.
Having cut the bottle apart. make
a narrow ridge OF sealing wax around
the inside 81 the upper half Of the bot
tle, The ridge Of sealing wax Il indi~
Gated BY a dotted line IN Figure 3.
ia order 20 make this ridge 81 seal
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

drum heavy heels on a loose board
under his desk).@ 's-t
such an fmpudent defiance OF au-
thority could not have been passed
over by any teacher, and Mr.. Hutch
ms, who had been anxious to show the
school that he was master of it, was
secretly elated. "Sit down. said he
to Mabel. Come up here!" he called
out to Ike.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-07

seemed as If the old tortoise could not
forever win the race against the swift
hare, their canoe. But still the tor
toise plodded on, and the hare, for all
its gracefulness and fieetness, seemed
unable to catch up with it.
CHAPTER TX.
After a time a long neck Of land
pushed out into the river, and the chan
mel made a great wide curve. Every
extra mile of distance meant so much
more labor and pain to the Lakerim-
mers. and they had no kind feelings
for this new way round. But as they
came closer they found that little
strip of water separated this neck of
land from the main shore. 1t was too
narrow and too shallow for a steam
boat TO cut through, but they decided
to try it in their light craft. So into
the sluice- way they turned, fearing
that it might be only blind alley and
lead them far in-shore and then con-
front them with dry land.
Now and then there came the omi-
nous shutting sound of keel scraping
the bottom of the stream. Twice a
number of the Lakerimmers had to step
out of the boat to tighten her across a
shallow place. They did not object to
the wet feet and the discomforts of
this, but later they came to a sandy
place where the water crimpled like
curly hair, and the sand beneath was
smooth as any beach, Here they ran
aground again. Tug instantly leaped
out of the boat to drag it along, but his
feet sank under him and he went down
and down.
"Quicksand." he cried as he sank.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

and certainly a helpful aid to
the student of modern life.
Old MIR. Bennett justified the
personals in his paper on the
ground that everything of hu-
man interest was entitled to a
chance. The desire to know
the news makes people buy a
newspaper. Every advertiser
is interested to see his appeal.
You are not likely to look from
your paper to the posters on
the fences, and as you are in a
car the freaks in the street
don't catch your eye. "Print-
er's ink" made Bonner and Bar
mum, two busy bees, who gath
cred much Of the public's
honey. Moral: If you really
care to catch the public eye,
advertise in what the public
reads. Elk.
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To Colorado In 1903.

The Passenger Department
of the Chicago & North West
ern Railway has issued a very
interesting folder, giving in
formation as to reduced rates
and sleeping car service, with a
short description of the various
points Of interest in Colorado
usually visited by tourists,
these excursion rates applying
on |, count of the Christian
Endeavor meeting to be held at
Denver, July 9th to 18th. Send
2-cent stamp for copy, to w. B.
Kniskern, Passenger Traffic
Manager, Chicago.
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generations are enjoying them
as the old pass and the young
step in to keep the good work
moving.
Our first entertainment was
in strawberry time, at the home
of j. d. Rogers. A nice straw
berry supper was served and
enjoyed by those present. The
next meeting was at David Van
derhoof's. The invitation was
extended to the wives of the
members and we went, had a
jolly good time, and thus the
Farmers club raft was started
and has been gliding quietly
down the stream of time for 81
years. An outsider may ask,
"What have you done in those
81 years I" and we might find
the question hard to answer so
as to be understood by outsid-
ers. But there are many things
and many ways in which we are
conscious of a benefit. Wehave
grown in social qualities, have
learned to use our eyes, when
out in and among the farms we
judge of who the best farmers
are, we have brought good read
ing into our homes and from
them into our club meetings,
have learned to analize and dis
cuss questions of vital import
ance to every farmer. In short
have helped ourselves and one
another out of the ruts of
drudgery, and among other
things the truth of the adage
that "He who would be free
himself must strike the first
blow We have learned to ex-
press our ideas, to select and
read articles of interest and in
struction, to look abroad and
see the beautiful world we live
in, its mysteries and the lessons
it d~ily teaches that mankind is
after all near akin to tie trees
OF the forest or the lilies of the
field. Whether it is an object
OF beauty or deformity depends
upon the care taken of the tree
or the plant or the man in the
early years of their existence.
So every effort to lift the tree
or shrub or the human family
into better conditions is a gain
by which we are all benefited.
Thus we credit our Farmers
club.
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COMMUNICATION.
Creighton, Nebraska.

April 29th, 1903.
Editor Times; Dear Sir: As !
promisedm my many Iowa friends
that | would write them to let
them know how we like our
home in Nebraska, have con-
cluded to use your columns to
reach them all by one letter.
Well, we like it very much
except the wind which blows a
little too much, and we find it a
little lonesome. We have no ad-
vantage of Phones out here to
talk with neighbors, but the land
is nice, and when settled up, we
will soon have all such convent
ences. Ihave all my small grain
in, consisting of 80 acres oats, 6
acres barley, 5 acres millet, also
3 acres potatoes, and will plant
SO acres to corn.
We live 3 miles from town.
Creighton is a very nice little
town of about l, 900 inhabitants,
has 3 hardware stores, drygoods
and grocery stores, one mill, q
churches, 2 schools, 2 city halls,
2 banks, 3 large elevators, one
creamery, and various shops, &c.
The weather here has been
very nice until the 28th of last
month, then it rained, sleeted,
showed. The fruit trees were
inIbloom and gardensall planted
but no corn in the ground yeti
We have no apple orchards, but
plenty cherry and plum trees
and small fruit, but what effect
the late storm will have on the
fruit here | can't say. We have
radishes, onions, and other fresh
garden truck"
Work plenty. Farm hands
get from 500 to $25 per month.
l have 100 acres of good land.
April 29th. The order of the
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The fruit question isn't set
tied yet.
President Roosevelt is "do-
ing" Colorado now.
The Age says Clinton is more
prosperous this spring than at
any time for 10 years.
The Sioux City plumbers
went out on a strike yesterday.
The strike microbe seems to be
plenty all over the county at
the present time.
There were 1,216 people
killed and 47,422 injured on the
street railways of the United
States during the last year.
Looks like it is safer to walk.
The Persia Globe this week
contained thirteen columns of
live advertisements from the
enterprising business men of
the town of Persia. Evidently
the Persia business men want
the trade of the farmers of that
part of the county. Mo. Valley
merchants should try it once
and see how it would work.
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Moved and seconded that bills
as read be allowed and City Cl'k
be instructed to issue warrants
for same. Carried.
Reports of city treasurer, wa
ter commissioner, street COM
missioner and city marshall read
and approved.
Moved and seconded that tie
committee on water works he
instructed to repair the reser-
voir, and put same in good re-
pair. Carried.
Committee on public grounds
reported that they had rented
public grounds for $1,000 for
the year to Mr.. Seeley.
Moved and seconded that an
ordinance amending misdemean
or ordinance be read for first
time. Carried, and said ordi-
nance was read for first time.
Moved and seconded, that an
ordinance changing grade on I'd
street between Superior and
Michigan streets, be read first
time. Carried, and said ordi-
nance read first time.
The following resolution was
offered by Fisher, who moved
its adoption;.s n;.seconded by Smith.
Motion Carried, and the resolu-
tion was declared adopted, as
follows:
Be it Resolved by the City
Council of the City of Missouri
Valley, Iowa, that the city treas
urer be, and he is hereby author
lied and instructed to pay $4,000
on the water bonds of said city,
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out of the money now in his
hands belonging to the sinking
fund.
Resolution was declared adop-
ted.
Moved and seconded that the
committee ON public buildings
ascertain the cost of putting a
cemnt floor in Jail, with instruc-
tion to report at next meeting.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that the
Salary of the City Marshall be
increased to $4,000 per month.
Amended by McGavren, and
seconded by Smith, that the sal
ary both Marshalls be placed at
$4,000. Amedment carried.
Motion as amended carried.
Moved and seconded that we
adjourn to Tuesday, May 18th,
1908. Carried.
j. 3. BARRETT,
CITY Clerk.
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THE FIRST STEP

OF the child is an event in the mothers
life. How proud she feels when the
attempt to walk is begun so early as to
evidence childish courage and sturdy
strength. Such pride should be enjoyed
by every mother. But it often happens
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Harris Grove Farmers Club.

Harris Grove Farmers Club.
The Harris Grove Farmers
club met at Mt. Vernon, the
pleasant home of Frank Fensler
and wife, the last Saturday in
April, 1908, with 81 members
present. Called to order by the
president, and minutes of last
meeting read and approved.
Next in order was reading of
selections.
One Way Cigarettes Ruin
a Man. -. Mrs. Orr
Progress and Opportunity
........... Mrs. Stem
Club adjourned for dinner.
After two hours spent in feast
ing and visiting the club was
called to order at 2 p. m. Roll
call was next in order and was
responded to by some good quo
tations.
Mrs. Longman read "Old Fid-
die and Fin"
|
Mrs. Alice Mckinney read
"Stop, Look, Listen"
Mrs. Stern read historical
sketch of the Harris Grove
Farmers club, which was re-
quested to be published and
made a part of the minutes.
Mrs. Ingersol read "The Voice
of the World"
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Weatherly
were unanimously elected mem
bers of the club.
Questions answered:
l. Why do section lines APP
pear to be crooked !! Laid over
till next meeting.
2. How to break a colt from
kicking in the harness? Fasten
two half inch ropes to bride
bit ring, one on each side, run
back through bellyband to the
hind ankles, y buckle straps
around ankles, fasten ropes to
straps, giving the horse room to
walk without jerking.
3. How many hours should
constitute a days work for the
farmer and his wife? Ten.
Recitation by Anna Longman.
Committee on questions:
Aunt Eliza Mckinney, Miss
Tillie Perry, Anna Selvy.
Questions for next meeting:
l. What are some things we
might do to make the club of
more direct practical benefit to
it's members? Mrs. Stern.
2. Is whole root grating
preferable to part root grating?
w. A. Selvy.
Visitors: Mr.. and Mrs. Doty,
Helen Mann, Arthur Hansen,
Mrs. Grove Brown, Jay Stern,
Mrs. Ingersol, Grandpa Fensler.
Club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Perry and daughter the
fourth Saturday in May.
j. G. Brundige, Pres.
Mrs. w. A. Selvy, Sec'y.
GRANDMA STERN's PAPER.
On March 5, 1866, after the
sub-district election at Linwood
school house, a few of the neigh
bors met at the home of j. T.
and M. B. Stern and organized
a Farmers club. 1t was to meet
at the school houses of the town
ship once a month. 1t was COM
posed of farmers only. In this
new country the people had not
learned to recognize the house
mother as any part of the farm
ing community, SO they had no
part in those gatherings. The
months passed and four or five
members was about all the
crowd that could be mustered
to attend those meetings. They
were a new thing and men were
busy and did not see any bene-
fit to grow out of them. We
started with nine members and
did not grow any larger. When
the year rolled around there
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day is: ice cream, cake, and hot
tea. The snow is drifting, and
is two feet deep in places, but
only a few inches on the level.
We are always anxious to get
The TIMES, it's like receiving a
letter from home if it is Demo
cratic paper, but that's all
right for Nebraska in this
section.
Below | give you my little
ten year old daughters opinion
OF Nebraska, although young,
she speaks for herself.
Yours, &c.
L. B. Stokes.
EDITOR Times: / thought |
would write you a few lines, as
| did not go to school today. 1t
rained the 18th and 29th. |
have gone to school every day
but the two last. 1t has been a
very wet spring. | have a amile
and a half to walk to school.
! do not like Nebraska at all;
it is too windy for me, and aw-
full lonesome; there is just ma
ma and papa and me.
The plums and cherries were
almost all in bloom and the ice
will kill them, the snow is about
a or S inches deep. If | was
only back in Iowa would never
come to Nebraska again, Iowa
is the best of all.
We milk 3 COWS, and have 2
nice little calves. Our garden
planting is up; all my brothers
are working out. They are all
Germans where | go to school
except six. | will close.
LULA Stokes
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

The Omaha election occurs
today and it is a safe bet that
Mayor Moores will be reelected.
If he is Omaha will be a wide
open town" for the next two
Years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

The Nicola Reporter contained
rs columns of advertising last
week from the enterprising
merchants of that city. Nicola
is strong competitor for trade
that should naturally come to
Mo. Valley, and the merchants
of that city believe in letting
the people know of the good
bargains they have for the
farmers if they will visit that
town. Wake up, Mo. Valley
merchants, and try the adver-
tising scheme once.
There is but one "best" way
to catch the public eye in an
inoffensive and purely legiti-
lte manner. The greatest
merchants long since found out
that way. Look at the amazing
amount Of spread "ads," plain,
displayed and small "ads,"
published in all the really sue
cessful papers of the land. In
each city there are favorite
media used by the chief trad
ers, and also by the humber
seekers for help in times of
need. Arrayed attractively and
classified expertly, these col
umns of announcement tell,
even to the ordinary reader, a
story Of human interest that
few romances can equal. Every
phase of existence has it's
photograph, suggestion or plea.
The classification of announce
ments is a comparatively new
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

strengthens the body and gives great
muscular strength and elasticity, so that
the baby's advent is practically painless.
~ have been using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
ssr,pton ia and can say il is just what you adyer.
wTi,es S;,ss Mrs Victor Hadin, Of Ieonardviie,
months On before baby came and greatly bene-
said did about as we'll as any one he had seen
M !as was sick only about three hours). and also
that your Favorite Prescription was the one
patent medicine which he did have faith in,
:" We now have darling baby boy, strong and
Nuly asth). During this month lie has gained
three and one-half pounds"
"Favorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, book containing 1908 pages, is
given away. Send ri one-cent stamps
for expense of mailing only, for the book
in paper covers, or 81 stamps for the
volume bound in cloth. Address DR..
r. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
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Special General Assembly Train
to Los Angeles.

The Passenger Department
of the Chicago & North West
ern Railway announces that a
special train has been arranged
for account the General Pres
byterian Assembly at Los
Angeles, to leave Chicago 1920
p. NJ, Wednesday, May 18th,
with through Pullman stand
ard and Pullman tourist Sleep
ing cars from Chicago to Los
Angeles without change.
The route is over the only
double track railway between
Chicago and the Missouri River,
and via Denver, Colorado
Springs. Pueblo, Leadville,
Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake
City and Sacramento to Los
Angeles. The Special will stop
a few hours for sightseeing at
Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt
Lake City and Sacramento,
spending the Sabbath at Salt
Lake.
Only $50 round trip from
Chicago, with correspondingly
low rates from other points.
Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y.