Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-03-23

guage bought a copy of the play, price
sixpence, at the theater door. When
he went home to Sweden he took the
book with him to show wife and friends
what strange stuff the foreigner
ranted. For 800 years it was preserved,
and in 1904 being discovered in the
home of countrywoman, was trans
ferred for safety to the Lund univer-
sity. The book is the only one Of its
kind known to exist
A Russian astrologer has cast the
horoscope of Car Nicholas. In Feb
ruary Nicholas was to be subject to
an illness which was to compel his
withdrawal for while from the peo-
pie. In March he Will have much en-
nifty to contend with. there Will be ter
rible difficulties in his way, and it will
be difficult for him to escape personal
danger In April there is a long jour
ney before his majesty to place
where there is much bloodshed and the
clash of arms. In June he is again sick
and surrounded by trouble and danger.
The year 1912 is the critical year of his
life After that year all is dark.
Henri Duant, founder of the Red
Cross movement now seventysx year:
of age, lives in i'll health near Lake
Constance. in Switzerland. He was
first inspired by reading the story OF
Florence Nightingale. and it occurred
TO him that some systematic arrange
ment might be made to provide sim.
liar help to the wounded in battle~-
an arrangement which should be req
ognized by both opposing forces. Ac-
cordngly he went to the battle at Sol
ferino in order that he might see for
himself what the results of warfare
Were, and he was convinced that If The
terrors We're To be mitigated it would
h,a ,,,ly ,f,,,l ~.
Tnconsciously most English men and
women have been thinking IN milliony
ever since the American aud mining
mil!ionaircs have come to the 'front.'
and that is one of the main causes OF
the distress which exists throughout
the country. In the West End most
men of moderate means have been liv-
ing as If a vast fortune was awaiting
them In the immediate future Their
S'ives and daughters have dressed con-
siderahly beyond their allowances and
IN the city the average business mar
VIII not consider Il proposal that af-
fords no prospect of profit on large
Scale.-LunGon Graphic.
"a peculiar fact that has received
little mention" said a clerk in one OF
the leading hotels, lis that it is getting
more and more the custom for those.
orient to bring at least one native ser
want home With them. Every steam
ship now has at least two or three of
these servants, and it is getting to a
problem for us to dispose of them when
their employers come here. Japs are
the most common. although We have
now and then II Filipino valet in the
train of an army officer"
Here is an explanation of the old
horseshoe superstition: 'St. DunStan
was a skilled farrier. One day while at
work in his forge the devil entered In
disguise and requested Dunstan to shoe
his single hoof.' The saint. although
he recognized his lnaign customer, ac-
coded. but caused him much pain
during the operation that satan begged
him to desist. This St. Dunstan did,
but only after he had the evil one prom
Use that neither he nor any of his
lesser evil spirits, his servants, would
ever modest the inmates of Il house
where the horseshoe was displayed"
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1t is curious fact that boys hair
grows onehalf slower than girls. In
boys the average rate of growth is
three feet three inches in six years,
being an average of .01S inch day
During the twenty first and twenty
fourth years a mans hair grows quick
err than at any other period. 1t takes
an eyelash twenty weeks to reach a
length of .429 inch. and then its life is
from leo to $50 days. BY means of a
camera the wink CT an eyelid has been
measured and it was found that TWEEN
ty winks can be made in four seconds.
All kinds of days have been cele-
brated at eXpostions and fairs, but
for originality of idea the promoters
of fair at Macon, Ga, have the rest
of the country put to sleep. This fair
is to have a Smith day" and all the
Smiths of Georgia are invited to at
tend. There are two Smiths at the
head of the show and there are 400
that Georgia contains $500 Smiths,
more or less. including Hoke Smith, of
Atlanta.-Mobile Register.
In 1891 Castienne Garcelon died in
Oakland. Cal. leaving S75N.00O for the
establishment there of hospital for
incurables. The laws delay interviewed
and the trustees have only Just re-
ceived permission to proceed with the
execution of the trust. The buildings
are to cost $25o,o0o. and 100000 is, ac-
cording to the will, to be kept as a
fund for the maintenance of the hos
pital.
The Lady, weekly London newspa-
per. says that cigaret on the floor
tulle overskirt at Lord Grenville's ball
In Dublin. and that the next moment
her clothing was in flames Viscount
Chrichton took off his coat add slnoth-
cred the fire before the duchess was
even scorched. The duchess was Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt of New York
In the fashionable West End of Lon
don teacup especially made for for
tune teilirg is being sold, The cup is