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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
A MEMORABLE TRAGEDY.
1t Grew oat of the Last Great slave
.AEctian Ia This Cs.,sntry.

1t Grew 0at of the Last Great Slave
Auction la This Country.
The last great slave auction held in
this country occurred just Il year and
halt before the w;lr-iil October, 1859
at the race track in Savannah. The
slaves were tile property of Pierce
Eutler. IL picturesque and prominent
figure at that day in Philadelphia So
cicty. who i; today only remembered
as having been the husband of Fanny
kenble. .hc actress, reader and au.
lhor. His family name was Mease. but
he inherited Il fortune ill lands aud
slaves from hi, grandfather, Major
Pierce But.cf of South Carolina. on
condition that he should take the lat
tcr's name
Eutlcrs iMvcterate passion for gam
bling got il::il into financial difficulties.
1t is said that he lost $26,OOO on Il sir.
gle hand--four. deuces against four
kings held hy his opponent.
Finally, to meet his losses, Butler
was forced to sell his slaves There
were IsS of tllcnl in all The sale took
two days and nctted $3O3SaO Butler
now tilllC W SUI. "A NctlC
later his negroes would not have bccn
worth Il dollar Il head But the SAIL.
would have becn more profitable had
il not been announced as one of tho
Conditions that no division of families
would be pcrmittcd; hence i'm order To
secure :, good slave buyers often had
to take with them iniilIn oi' aged rela-
tivcs. Out of this limitation grew Il
memorable tragedy Tom Pate, IL we'll
known Nicksburg trader. Bought at the
sale I: man, hi; two sisters and his
Wife, with the guarantee that they
should not bc separated DisYegartiing
this, Pate sold the sisters, one to Pat
SoEers IL brother trader, and the 9th
er 10 IL resident of St Louis. What
legal rights IL negro had in the south
were We'll protected. Somcrs was told
Of the guarantees and he sent the girl
back to Pate and demanded his money.
A quarrel w;:; the result, and Somcrs
WA; shot Gcad. Ten days later his
nephew killed. Pate AMI died from
wounds received. The fc,Ll WAS kept
up until every male bearing the name
of Pate was wiped out, and then the
w:r liberated the sis.ers.-Npw York
Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Rir Gamr ON the Nile.

A traveller or the upper Nile gives
thi.; picture of biz game that abounds
there: "Of wild am mas elephants take
the first place; there are enormous
,!crlis of them, and IT,. ivory is of the
greatest size. \ big 'irlu wandcrs
;lown from the funks of Elgon and
uses IL remarkable elephant road. whici'
is apparently used only during the sea
son Of migration. This herd frequently
crosses the Nile ut the southern end of
the lakc-likc extension near Wudelai.
IIippopotami come next in size and ure
to be found in countless numbers in
the Nile. When the tributary rivers
are I'm food they 20 IL long way up
them. Were 1t not for the fact that in
the Nile they are extremely dangerous
and cause considerable loss of life.
they might well be preserved, for they
no little other hurm-a very small fence
is sufficient to keep them out of cult.
vatiOn"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
Its Lnc.sioa Mystery YEat VIII.
pcol,:s:sly Ns.ye:. D,. Solved

It's Location IL Mystery Yiat WIFI
l'sai,:saly Never Bs Solved.
The location cf III. earthly !.,ra is.
or ;s.r,len of E,icn is #tll a matter %.
dispute among oricn.alists and Sc:iptu-
raj scholars OF highest reputation. Sop,-
nave rnGc:.vorcd to locate it hy the
'ru.ts ani lGincr:,l productions nameii
III the Biblical descriptions T., Trey APP
psli ii the second chap.c.. cf Genesis
o:l,cls Ly Tie rive; .:.entioncu IN
verses II to IA of tie ;,,,ove mentioned.
chsDtei'. The VIC :..,iit Of Investigation.
md tradition inclimc!; to :.4l :..sree.aeMt:
that the rigris and the Iuplrates of
modern gcogElph: ere the third and
fourth rivers l2cntioned In the Biblical
description of tire garden. Those who
agree SO far differ widely as to what
rivers should ROW Le regarded as tho
ancient pi;on ana Gillon. The Bud
lhistic scholars. although they reject
our Bible in tlie greater part. incline tJ
lle opinion that the rison is the sacred
Gangs. :..s t.H ,i.e Gillon is none
other than the Nile. AS To the last, il
is altcgethe: probable that TIC" ar.
correct on that po!lt, because the Bibli-
cal account plainly says that GihoM
"conlpasseth TIE whole land of Ethi-
oria.'
Some Investigations confirm that
Eden was 81 spot Of comparatively
smell area located on tho t;lilelan!s Of
what is now Armenia. from which rise
the Tigris and the Euphrntcs A few
scholars of distinction argue that the
Adamic paradise was located in Africa
in the vicinity of the mountains of thu.
Moon. Still another school of oriental
lists locate the celebrated garden in the
vicinity of the ancient city of Babylon
You will notice however, that none
of these theorists has been able to got
the four rivers mentioned in the Bib
lical account properly located. Neither
have they founsl Il place where one
great river separates into four heads"
This being the ease. it is hardly neccs-
sary to add that the exact location or
Eden is Il mystery that will probably
never be solved.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Tire French student.

Some of the French students are mis-
erably poor. No one knows how much
poverty L., hidden under those long
curis and pale faces. Sometimes in the
libraries In the evening one sees IL stu
dent take IL piece oil dry bread out of
his pocket and munich it while study
ing, that being his Whole supper. There
was one student who always walked
with his coat collar turned UP. He was
found frozen dead one morning. He
had hardly anything on underneath his
coat l;ut while American students
who find themselves hard up will do
manual labor, If nothing better can be
found, Il French student would rather
starve than do 50. and as one Of them
expressed it, Rather starve during
nine Years an;l not do manual labor
than live fairly We'll and finish the
same studies in three Years and work
for living. Paris Letter in New
York Post
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
House,, In sinn,.

In Caspar Whitncy's book Jungle
Trails and Jungle Peoples" he says:
."Tllc Siamese builds his house of one
story and on stlts for several rcasons.
The first no doubt, is to avoid the un-
pardonable sin of living in II lower
story while an upper one is occupied
by other human beings, especially wo-
men, who in Siam are not regarded as
of much Importance The second, and
should say the most practical, If not
the most aesthetic, reason is to have
Il waste gate easy of access for the con
tinually flowing saliva from betcl nut
chewing and household refuse, which
may thus be easily disposed of through
the crevices of the openly constructed
floor"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Get WHAT Iic Asked For.

Among the best of the sssi..cs, told by
Russell, one of the Gs.otsman's former
editors, was an instance of the innate
rleverne:s of the newspaper boy. Rus
sci had entered Il train at Princes
street station. Edinburgh. one Friday,
when a smart little newsboy immcdi-
ately called out to him. Scotsman,
sir!' "IIow Much!" said ls,ls:snl io,s-
ingly. "A penny, sir" replied tie boy.
oh" said the editor. 81 don't want
today's Scotsman. but if you could give
nc tomorrows l would give you SOW
creign for it, "Ilere you are, sii..' de-
lightedly shouted the younsster and
handed him the Weekly Scotsman,
which bore the date of the following
day. Isussel paid the sovcrcign.-Lon
don Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
a Theory to Explain the Source and
Cause of l;ruptlons.

In IL volume OH volcanoes Professor
C. Doelter undertakes to tell why vol
canoes have cruptions. Melted rock
such as is flung from Vesuvius requires
IL temperature of 1,GOO degrees Fahren-
hcit, SO that il becomes liquid only far
Gown in the earth. perhaps sixty or Il
hundred miles. Below the outer crust
of cooled and solidified rocks there
must lic IL large zone of rock which still
remains solid because it's temperature
is less than that of the melting point
corresponding to the pressure under
Which 1T rests, and below. that again
there must be rock or magma in IL
state of fusion. 1t is to this magma
tliat Professor Docltcr looks for the
primary source of all volcanic activity.
At the same time the depth at which
this primary reservoir of magma lies
and the pressure under which IL is con
fined are SO great that Il direct eruption
from 1t is inconccivablc, but when. by
movements in the everything crust or
otherwise, IL channel is opened the
magma may rise to Il depth where it is
surrounded by rock at Il lower temper
aturc than the melting point. In these
circumstances solidification begins.
From all volcanoes; large quantities
of steam, OF carbOnic acid and other
gases arc evolved, and the course of
every lava stream is marked by clouds
of steam evolved from the cooling lava.
At one time-:.ntl the idea is still com
months steam was supposed to have
been derived from sea water which
had obtained access to the molten lava
while still underground, but this OK
PLANTATION is now generally rejected, be-
ing impossible in some cases and mad
cquate in all, and the greater part of
the seam and other emaliltions from
Il volcano arc now regarded as directly
derived from an original store in the
interior of the earth However this
may Lc. it l., certain that tho magma
froM which volcanic lava is derived is
not merely in Il state of igncous fusion.
but i; combined with water and gases,
which are given Off as it solidilieS and
by their escape Frequently form minia-
ture volcanoes ON the surface OF lava
streams.
If the qualification takes place un-
dcrground the steam and gases are cX
PEELED, and, il there is no free escape,
pressure may increase till it becomes
great enough to overcome the resist
ancc of the everything rock and SO lead
to an eruption and TIE formation of IL
volcano, whose character will depend
on the nature of the reservoir from
which the eruption took place
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
T.ll Wives, short Me..

Big men nre usually shy and diffident
and lacking in self assurance. The wo-
man who appeals to them Is usually
some sparkling. vivacious, fairylike ere.
ature with kittcnish ways and rogulsh
glances. The little man, on the con-
trary, is seldom burdened with humil.
ity. He is u being Of great aspirations
and stupendous ambitious. He be-
licves in himself, which is the reason
why he generally can get the woman
Of his choice to smile upon him. The
dainty. Yitania-like woman has NJ
charms for him, says Woman's Life.
The five foot six or seven man likes q
woman to be one or two inches his su.
perlor and thoroughly ls..s.u.e Hv
dreads any trace of the bread ana but.
ter schoolgirl. His ideal resemble, the
strong. heroic women Shakespeare has
pictured. full Of character and spirit
with IL fair spice Of temper
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
The Penang Patrol Wagon.

Writing Of the local putrol wagon the
Penang correspondent OF the Straits
Times. Singapore. says: "It forcibly
calls to mind Mt first sight Il four wheel
cd bakers cart. bar the fact that it IL
drawn by about the slowcst pair OF
bullocks in the settlement. There IL
nothing grim at all about 1t, for 1t is
commanded by IL sleepy Malay con
stable pcrched on the box; its roof and
sides are formed Of white canvas, and
it has no door to close Mt the back, but
merely an opening in which another
Malay constable half slumbers. Two
or three other constables ride inside sit
ting OH the benches with the prisoners,
who seem to be too struck with novelty
Of the ride to make any attempt ut es-
cape. should say that All escape from
this prison van would be as easy as
falling off log"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04

Il ,.mblins wave with log on its
back. Again he would jump from one
tossing log TO another, and once as u
log swung about which would have
struck his knees lie jumped clear over
it as it passed under him and landed
back on his log. Once he fell to hia
hands, but was on his feet in an In.
staEt.
The men on shore were unable to run
as fast ais the stream. and when they
last SAW him he was still on his feet
now jumping, now riding With all his
strength and agility. ever trying TO
Near the shore. When they found the
poor man. II Week later, all his limbs
We're broken. so.ae OF them twice. aad
numerous bruises covered his body, but.
some way or other, not II scar disGg
urcd his face. New York Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
ACTION OF THE RAIN.
The Wonderful Factor 1t Is In the
Disintcgrnti0n of Rocks.


The rain falling Oil the rocks sinks
into every crack and crcvicc. carrying;
with it into these assures surface ll;,tt-
rial which has been degraded by the
weather and thus aiTor,iing matrix
sufficient 10 start the growth of vege-
tation and afterw:is 10 maintain tlli.
plants. Tic fiber; :Ia roots of thee.
plants, bu shes and trees lh"s brougils
into life, growing a:lu expanding. ,lei
is wedges IL split III, the surface ui'
he locl; ;.!;,l 10 c,,lii...Nlre tiI,. l,rocas..
OF Wearing aM;;y. ir3l.l tn, quality
OF obstruction II lars. t..;i.s:, OF plants
derive Inc l!;t;..c OF ;.siirascs. or roclS
breakers, !sull tileir ru;,t.; pcmc. i'ltiE:,.
;iito ii!r ..inut" .:;i;lrc.; n Scalc.l OF
water ;:lid so assisting, ia t..c process.
oi ',i.,intrsr;;t;cn. In winter llc water
collected in the hollow, a;..l crnvice.:
becomes 1la;.eli :li!.. cN.oal:tlin:: u; il.
c...::s: :lsa:; into ice. ::c:s like y Charge ri'
blaHl.i!s M:ltrrll in hlp.i..;; s6 T., H..
rock. Tie pieces TIM: Ge .lcI he
como iilT;,ie.' disiiitcg.atc;l l.s f.o.;..
and weather and being roll;,s! e.-G.. IL. i
over and rubbed aglills. each Other -.
tEa,i are carried away Gown the l.loill-
tain torrents. are ground :,.i,,l,lal!;-
smaller alld Smaller till from fr.lg-
ncnt:' of roe.S they hcca...c bo~,ucrs,
tl.cn pehlslc:' and finally sand. AS tl:.
MoaiAlin :-,rc:si! l.!crgcs i.ita the l'.v-
O. the pebbles aE;l coarse sand con-
:,:l"r t. be rolled along the bottom o..
tls c..aEne,. white tie r:t:,i,!;,ccoa; pll.-
t.clcs :ilsi salts become mingled wi.l
TIE water and flow on With it either in
suspension or solution.
While ,,i..' disntegli,,.ng process is
gong on in.:llt! the rock Hi., cliffs OH
the coast exposed u the sea are sui
fefiIg degradation by !; similar proc
es' and are ALSO being Worn away by
the iliccss;ili; acticn of the wave; or
The ocean beating on t.i;,ia and attack
ing them not only with the impact OF
the water lut al - With the fragments
broken off. which. GasLcd ag.,illat the
face from sr-l,icll they have cro.led, ar,>
tha' used Il, i"iiplcmcnt, OF lestruc-
tion
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Wanfs ana Needa.

IT, moment the monthly salary
no. the bare necessity line that
ho.. at the horizon of wants begins
20 M.>.cn, says Harper's Ba4ar. For
every dollar the salary increases tho
Imagination finds u place for 81, So, 81
or SO. \ great part of the demands
existing i'll the world today are ro-
mantle. How shall the imagination
be scloolcd, where shall the line be
drawn:
1t should be considered part OF
morality to live within the income, but
OH every side there seems to be an
attempt to stretch the $1,000 income to
II $1,000 scale, the $1,000 income to
$4,000 scale, $4,000 is made to do duty
for $4,000 and $1,000 is thinly stretched
to the breaking point to stimulate
$4,000 income. With every added dol
lar the horizon of wants will widen
unless the Imagination is wisely school
cd. Sadly do we need training to draw
the line between wants and needs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Napoleon. Mother.

Napoleon's mother was as much Of a
soldier as her great son. On one oc-
casion, when he wanted his own way,
she gave him to understand that the
first duty Of Il soldier was obedience,
and that if he wished to be soldier he
must, first of all things. learn to obey.
He had. to the end of his life, the high
est regard for his mother At his court
she was styled mime. Mcrc.' Speak
Ing Of the influence of the mother on
the character Of the child lie saJd, 1.-The
future destiny of the child is always
the work OF the mother"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
The scot, Of me M,,ld,. Ages.

John llo:issaEt born in 1887. is cali
ed the Walter Scott of the middle ages.
He was II chlrc.lman and Il scholar.
Living as he did in unsettled times, he
fore nationality had become well de-
vclopcd, he was destitute of patriotism
and, therefore, E!ore reliable as cos
mo2o!i;an clTon,!er. He Travelled in
France, Scotland. Italy and other coum-
tries. HIS chronicles are the result OF
his, own observations and are valued as:
il faithful portrayal of the places, Gus
toms and manners of the people during
l.is time. although not SO reliable as his
tory
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Woman. Work.

A lady doctor writing to the London
Chronicle on "Women Workers makes
the following unanswcrable statement:
IF you come to estimate u days work,
even in foot pounds, the woman who
cleans, bakes, washes and takes to
school six children, carries water and
tramps up stairs and down for sixteen
hours day, need not fear comparison
as to lsinctic energy even with miner
worlin. eight hours"
True. but Is all this quite necessary:
asks Punch. Could not her children
sometimes 60 to school unaccompanied
and unbakcd? And why must she keep
OF carrying tramps up and down stairs
all that time? Is it even fair on thcss
poor unemployed7
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04

Little Rcd I,iding-hood is the heroine
of well known nursery tale, which
relates her encounter with Il wolf in
the forest the arts by which he de-
ceivcd her and her tragical end. Grimm
derived the story from tradition cur
rent in the region bordering upon tie
river Main, i'll Germany. The legend is.
however. widely disseminated. In the
Swedish variation of the story Little
Red Riding-liool takes refuge in a tree.
the wolf meanwhile gnawins at the
roots. when her lover, alarmed by her
cries, comes UP just in time to see
the tree fail and his ladylovc crushed
beneath it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Tic Word "Opera."

The wor;! opera" is a case of verla:
specialization. Yet the Latin word
meant originally nothing more definite
than work" The specialization. how
ever. was Thorough even in the time Of
poctical tale of fiction, represented by
verbal and instrumental musick, adorn
ed with scenes. machines and dancing"
but the specialization is scarcely more
remarkable than that Of DRAMA"
which means just "dced, action" OF
Of poet" which is simply "maker."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
The Old Time Almanac.

An old mi,iistcr in Massachusetts
town tells how implicitly the people of
generation ago trusted tho weather
predictions of the .l'arlncr's Almanac"
One of his flock had died, and the pas
tor was consoling his widow Tie sub
ject of the funeral came up. and lie
asked when it was to be. wait, doe
tor" said She; 1--WE must have it on IL
pleasant day" She hurriejlly searched
the almanac, and the day was set.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
IF YCy

Find fault with others, it MI make
them faulticr
Worry about your work. it will make
you less capable
Anticipate evils. you Will be sure to
bring them upon YOU
Imagine YOU are lisiikcd, it will
make you less likable.
Talk about your i'll health. it will
make you less healthy.
Sit bemoaning The past, you will nev-
err get OH in the future.
Talk much of what You are going to
do, you will never do it,
Complain of lack of opportunities,
you'll miss What you have
Wall bitterly that it j.; an unjust
world ana life not worth living, you'll
lind it come true for sure. i'll your own
case at least. Philadelphia Bulletin
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
A Dinner.

The bosom of Il mallnrd duck stewed
down until there are no juices going to
waste, baked potato about the size
of Il goose egg, two slices OF Boston
brown bread right out of the oven and
spread with butter that has no athletic
reputation. spoonful Of raspberry
jelly. cupful of Young Tyson Of mod
crate strength, piece Of pumpkin pie.
mans size, and you have dinner that
ought to keep you in good humor un.
til curfew wrings.-Nebraska State Jour
nal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
lie oacyed the Law.

The professor swims from the sink
ing boat and climbs up Oh the bank
Then. dasling in again. he returns to
,he wreck and rcscues his wife.
But why didn't you save her be-
fore!' asks the captain In amaZemelt.
".ih, my dear SIR" was the learned
mans reply. Il was bound to save my
self first. Self preservation is the high
est law of nature Fliegcnde Batter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
No Quarrel.

Housewife-.ild you left your last
place because Of quarrel with yorr
mistress? Applicant Not a quarrel.
mum. Housewifc-How was 1t, then!
Applicant-Well. mum. she was afther
interferin' wild me, an spholc to her
as one lady to another. Cleveland
Leader.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
The BlacL Watch

The title of BLACK Watch" conferred
on the Forty second regiment, now the
Royal highlanders. originated In the
time Of the Jacobitc risings in Scotland
in 1870. when companies Of the loyal
clans were set TO watch the highlands,
forming corps Of military police un-
der the title OF the Royal Highland
Black Watch, the color having refer
ence to the dark tartan worn BY the
men.-London Standard.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Hard to Trace.

Excuse me, sir, but you have taken
my umbrella"
But this umbrella has my initials on
it,"
Il can't help that, sir You will have
to see the man who gave 1t to me-"
Where did he get it:"
HE said 1t was loaned to him by
friend who has since moved away
Milwaukee Sentinel
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
A bitter Taunt.

The other day at cards two London
ladies' quarrc!ed long and arduously
over Il payment of the gigantic sum Of
10 sliilins>. AT last the loser flung the
money down on the table. saying, with
concentrated venom. There, that will
pay for your next dinner party
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
A rithx Sermon.

Here is the pithiest sermon ever
preached: Our ingrcss into life is
naked and bare. our progress through
life is trouble and care, our egress out
Of it we know not where; but doing
well here. we shall do well there. T.
could not tell more by preaching a.
year"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
A Painful Difference,

"You take your roast beef rare, do
you not?" asked the host
Not rare answered the man who
is impoverished. but grammatical
rarely Washington Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Not what He Meant.

JudgeYcu are accused Of having
beaten this person cruelty. The Ac-
cused-Well. had to beat him to make
him do his work He Is an idiot, Judge
(sc'.crelyl-You should remember that
M iiip is man like you or me.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Never Original.

"Blank i; Il bright talker, but he
shines by reflected light"
Flows that"
HE never tells any but other mems
.stories. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
O.c rkaan nfIife.

$50 they live in the arc hotel. vh:.
Yes: he has room on the second
story" -
"Anl she?"
"Oh. that's anothc: story."-Chicaxo
News.