Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-02


bricks for BUILDINGS md floors ah'i
sidewalks ana even thill, corrus'aed
plates for roofs
All the horses in the royal stable at
Windsor are specially Trained before
they are considered safe tor riding OF
driving After they have been hHoken
In they are driven past military edAdS
and are made - >t.nd by rtliW,N
trains and 10 hear Them rattle The
horses are also accustomed 10 tiriH2 hN
taking them tioWn Oh 4 field day TO
Aldershot
Sir Thomas Browue. the author OF
"Relisio Medici" MAS born ON october
10 1903 and the third centenary OF his
birth will be celebrated at NorWlen on
the same date this year The British
Medical Journal states iha, tho nc
mortal statue of Sir Thomas Browne.
erected in the market place. Will be rHl-
yelled on that day
ALLIGATOR boats used 10y Canadian
mnbernlen. can travel both on land
and water When Ire boat COMES 10
A place where the river has entirely
dried up, or 10 Il sand bank, an anc nor
and cable are taken out sone Way
ahead. the engines arc sci working.
and the boat is slowly hauled up to
the anchor.
Highest of all trees in the world Is
= specimen Of the eucalyptus colossal.
In the Dauiellong mountains. near
Melbourne. Australia. 1t has a height
ST 494 feet exceeding by twenty five
Feet the hishest OF the big trees III
California.
First lietutoaant Henry l.. Harris
ana Second Lieutenant Morton Rus
sell. formerly of the Twenty second
United States Infantry. will receive ST.
Boo and s5.doo a year. respectively as
:oloaei ana major in the Chinese army
Paper car Wheels made by pressure
from rye-Straw pape, are usually good
enough 70 take a second set of steel
tires after the first set has besl Morn
out by run of Soo,ooo miles
Professor Reulaux. Who died IN Fer
hn recently. is said TO have originated
The phrase cheap and ugly or. as it
IS more commonly quoted in this coun-
try Cheap and nasty
In swISze-Ia,l svery male between
the ages Of 20 and So is obliged 10
vote. unless he b. pauper, criminal
ST q bankrupt These have hot the
fight OF voting.
The Hon. John 4. Merritt. the pres
was in early life a farmer. and before
studying law worked in 4 grocery store.
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Many Chinese Christians have given
mp their work at home in order to go To
the Transvaal TO labor as evangelsts
among the 10000 Chinese coolies there
When showing the violet shade, the
thickness of the film of a soap bubble
Is about the one-million two hundred
md forty thousandth part of an inch.
For the first tin.- cot IN from Rho
.aesia. South Africa. is eabout to los
placed upon tine English market.
.arge consignment is on the way
All native-born and naturaized Danes
over 60 years old receive pensions OF
e. 50 10 81 q month. If unable to sup
port themselves or their families.
A bee, unladen. will fly forty miles
an hour: but one returning to the hive
laden with honey does not travel faster
than twelve miles an hour.
Professor Theodore A. schurr VIII
has just died in Baltimore. was ;
pioneer in the crusade against KILN;
birds for hat ornaments.
Alderman Charles kaltenhause, o
Pittsburg, is probably the world
heaviest justice OF the peace. He tip
The scales at 565 pounds
1t is said that Judge Alton r. Par
ker's income. since he was defeate
Tor thu presidency. has increased at tn
rate OF 100000 annually.
Marie Corelli is a small. plump Won
IN with curly hair and a double chin
The latter being 50 pronounced as t