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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-23

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-23

Ccontinuca on second RACE
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
THOUSANDS FOR PICTURE
In Wall Decorations the Work of Many
Modern Artists Is QispIaYed.

For years American homes that rep
resent vast amounts of money have
heen severely criticised by visitors from
European countries because Of their
lack of real art According to these WIS.,
itoGs the halls and living rooms Of
American mansions have been hung
with pictures, plenty of them, but only
in the rarest instances could genuine
work of art. the painting of a recog
nized master. be found.
Today Americans are beginning to
take on with their vast fortunes both
culture and appreciation. They are
reaching that stage where they are able
to distinguish a Corot from the first
fruits of an amateur landscape painter.
and are paying enormous sums for one
single original.
The highest price ever paid In this
country for IA picture $4,000, was given
by Herman Strauss recently for q fine
Troyon called LIE Retour la Ferme,"
a canvas fifty-three inches In height
and thirty-cight inches in width, show
Ing vista OF pasture on which two
sheep are grazing while two cows are
leisurely taking their way towards Its
grassy slope.
heavy purchaser of masterpieces of art
among which are one or two of Corots
and many others that have cost him
thousands of dollars a piece. For q
canvas called Sunlight" the work OF
Rousseau he paid s21 900; for Jules
Dupre's Twilight $4,000; THE
| River" $4,000 and a number of Others
were equally as high priced.
| Americans are striving to make Their
home art galleries worthy of the name
| and many Of those who have, after
years of hard work suddenly come into
the possession of millions are taking q
thorough course in the study Of art and
artists that they may be able to discus,
intelligently modern and old time maGp
| tiers and painting
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
A Most Valuable Agent.

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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
WRITES IOWA WIFE
TO SEE HIS CORPSE
ST. Louis Actor Then Shoot,
Himself in the Head; May
Recover.
ADDICTED TO MORPHINE
Newton Aetres. Whom He Married
Threatened With Death Because
She Could Not Play
Music.

bloomington, ILL.,. Feb. AFTER sum-
Livingston. OF Newton. Ia, his mother
moning his wife. who was Miss Mabel
and an undertaken, to come and find
his corpse. Garret Shelly. a ST. Louis
actor shot himself in the head He
may recover. His wife received the
letter in her Iowa home and started for
Bloomington.
The act, performed in such SEN
sational manner. had been premedi-
tated and arranged for. He purchased
the revolver some time ago at a sec
ondhand store and showed ii to his
wife with the remark only three
days more for me-"
In telling OF previous incident when
she arrived Mrs. Shelly said: He
pointed the gun right at me and smiled.
became frightened and left the room.
Later he asked me to play for him,
but tried to and could not He then
got up, kissed me as sat AT the piano
and left the room.
Shelly has been on the stage for the
past four years and of late had been
| with comedy company. He surprised
| his family by Joining peculiar re-
1 ligious sect, but when this broke up he
became an actor.
l A few years ago he married Miss
I Livingston In Newton, whom he had
! met in the profession. 1t recently de-
l veloped the young man is a morphine
l tiend and that before securing his pres
\ ent engagement he and his wife hut
y been out of job.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Atchison Globe Sights

The only ding people always haze
ready is an excuse.
Almost anyone can be induced To lie Il
you ask enough questions,
The better you behave the better YOU
get along It's Old but Its true.
Money you find looks a good dea, big
ger than an equal amount earned
There is such a thing as being too org
tnal; people might call you crazy
A thoroughly competent agent is onc
who can sell mining stock TO a miner.
! in poetry Thy sentinel an :. means
woman.
A husbands conscience meyer bothers
him much until his wife begins to tnd
gut
When some men make a palpable mis-
wake. how quickly they invent u ridiculous
excuse.
We don't believe could fall In love
With q school teacher School teachers
ARE too matter fact to he good lovers.
Some people so stubborn and 80
contrary. that you can only convincrs
them they are wrong b. agreeing with
them.
Inc main street OF a small town on a
half holiday can make th" saddest fun,ra!
procession look like gaia affair when i,
comes to cheerfulness
1T Us II hard matter for a man Who Ne
!ieves as you do to carry his ideas TO the
extreme where you viii call him /. iana-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
MAY BE COFFEE
That Cause. All TN. Trounl

Inat causes All the rnNDAr-
When the house is atire. it's like a
body when disease begins TO show, it's
no time to talk but time to act- delay
is dangerous remove the cause of the
trouble at once.
For number Of years" says a Kan
sas lady. Il felt sure that coffee was
hurting me, and yet / was so fond or
1t, l could not give 1t up. paltered
with my appetite and Of course yielded
to the temptation to drink more. At
last l got so bad that made mp my
mind 1 lnust either quit the use Of cof-
fee or die
Everything ate distressed me, and
suffered severely almost all the time
with palpitatlon Of the heart. fire.
quently woke up In the night with the
feeling that l was almost gone. my
heart seemed so smothered and weak In
its action that l feared 1t would stop
beating. My breath grew short and the
least e1ertion set me to painting.
slept but little and suffered from rheu-
matlsm.
Two years ago ] stopped using the
old kind Of coffee and began to usa
Postum Food Coffee, and from the very
first l began to improve. 1t worked a
miracle: Now | can eat anything and
digest it without trouble. sleep like d
baby, and my heart beats full, strong
and easily. My breathing has become
steady and normal, and my rheumatism
has left me. l feel like another per
son, and it is all due to quitting cot
fee and using Postum Food Coffee, fol
l haven't used any medicine and none
would have done any good as long as
kept drugglng with coffee" Name Civ
en- by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's q Reason" Read the little
book, '.The Road to Wellyille." in pkgz
All grocers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
New System of Making Wine.

FTOm The NOnSnIar RepOrtS.
to duplicate the famous wines of Bor-
deaux Burgundy or the Rhine. are
among the latest experiments of sci
entists. The germs are obtained from
the dregs of casks which have cons
tanned genuine old wine, and those
for each particular brand are placed
for safekeeping I'm substance pre-
pared from Japanese isingass and
fruit juice. In the jelly-like mass the
germs soon establish a colony. When
needed. sufficient germs may be placed
i'm a tube of sterlized fruit juice. Af-
ter two or three days the juice will be
in full fermentation with plentiful eff
feIvescence. This process is said TO
impart to the wine the exact bouquet
and characteristics of the wine from
which the germs originally came.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
FEARFUL BURNING SORES
Boy i'm Misery IL Yenr.-Ec.en. Ia
Rough Scales, Itching and IA
lam ed-Cnred hY CnficnHn

Roy I'm Misery IL Yenrs-Ec1ena IA
Rough Scales, Itching and lA-
Aamed-Cured by Caticura.
II wish TO inform you that your
wonderful Cuticura has put stop TO
twelve years Of misery l passed with
my son. as an infant l noticed on
his body red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about dive
years, but when the spot began to get
larger / put him under the care OF
doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
Of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it became. Dur
| ing the day 1t would get rough and
/ form like scales. At night 1t would
be cracked, inhamed, and badly swoi-
len, with terrible burning and itching.
! breaks my heart. His screams could
/ be heard downstairs. The suffering
| of my son made me full OF misery. l
/ had no ambition to work. to eat nor
could sleep. One doctor told me that
my sons eczema was incurable, and
| gave it up for bad job. One evening
saw an article In the paper about
the wonderful Cutlcura and decided TO
give it q trial. tell you that Cuticura
I Ointment Is worth it's weight In gold,
and when I had used the first box of
Ointment there was great Improve
meDt, and by the time ! had used the
second set Of Cuticura Soap, Cutlcura
Ointment. and Cuticura Resolvent. my
child was cured. He Ia now II years
old, and his skin is as ane and smooth
as silk. Michael Steinman. Sumner
Ave, Brooklyn, N. T.. Apr. 16, 'O5."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Who Remembers eillr
I.rorn the Neuv Ynrle Evening Sun.


There lived hundred and fifty years
ago (much as they might have lived to-
day. one Bill Spragetts and his wife, Ann.
All day long Bill spragetts dreamed
great dreams and ut night he proved to
his and to her satisfaction that Ann was
fool.
Every night when the things were
cleared away Ann Spragetts sat down in
her chair before the fire, put her feet on
her hassock and labored at her needle
work.
And every night Bill Spragetts sat in the
chimney corner and proved what q won
derful man he was
IF ! were the governor" SAID Bill one
night, 81 would have this town ordered
differently
Dear heart" said she, It's not so
bad.
WHAT SAID Bill, taking his pipe out
of mouth. Not SO bad?'
NO" said Ann. lis it,''
For reply he gave her q look that said
as plain as print: You're an awful
fool"
And SHE, looking up at him with all hui
mil:ty as she bit Off her thread. respond
ed, II known am, Bill Aye, dear me-"
Some day 1 shall invent morning
awakcner. have the idea for 1T In my
head now. The Rouser' shall call 1t,
and of bright brass and bell metal will II
| be maze. over every peQ IL VIII DC pldCSu,
| and at the appointed hour In the morning
the bell will be rung. Hah." he exclaimed,
making q tracing in the ashes on the
earth IA wire here. And catch here,
Hah! And lever there
And what Will ring the bell!" asked
Ann.
"a spring said B!ll.
THE clapper.' said Bill.
And what will make the clapper go!"
And what will make the spring go?"'
"A wire" said Bill.
4 And what will pull the wire?"
"Another spring. you fool"
"Aye. dear me-, said Ann. Aye. deal
me.
Dear souls. they nave heen buried now
| these hundred and thirty years; he will
| all his knowledge and she In all her fool
\ .shness: and the other day when a bit OF
| old handmade lace was being passed
around a rhapsodic;ll circle of ladies they
! whispered one to another:
{, "A bit of genuine old Ann Spragetts.
One of the rhapsodists. rosy and inquisi
tive beneath her years, said
| who was Ann Spragetts?''
\ And they answered:
4 "She was an old maid who made the
| first real lace ever made In New York. Al
| least, IL is supposed she was an old maid
\ for no one ever seems to have heard of he
\ husband"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Kino Edward. Ha,.

When Hall Caine was IN Philadelphia
some time ago he told the following story:
AT garden party near London where
royalty attended MIR. Caine was presented
to the king. a photographer made q snap
shot of the assembly AS is we'll known.
al these open air functions the male
guests always remove their hats when in
the presence of the king while his ma
jesty continues to wear bis headgear.
When the Photographic plate was develop
ed IL was found that beside the king only
one other guest wore a hat. This was
the Very young son of the novelist who
was demonstrated with by his Father for
a grave breach of decoruIn
Rut. asked the boy, isn't his ma
jesty a polite man 9-~~..- Nc be guilty
of rude aftr'
HE is x very polite man, ms was told.
and he would not be guilty of rude
act
Then. triu,nphsn,ly replied this young
republican. ~ was as polite az he, for
only followed his example.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
NEW YORK WOMEN THIN.

a real prince from far off Syria has
come to this country for the purpose
of studying American women. and after
n careful comparison with the women
of other countries he has decided that
the average woman, especially in New
York Is too thin.
The prince. who is distinguished. not
only by his rank. but by a professional
title as we'll. prefers them fat. and his
advice to Americans is to take q. little
more time to living. rest occasionally
and add 100 pounds or two at the same
time to their weight. Prince Tewttk
Bolana is more proud of hts medical
the nobility. He says In Syria women
prefer brains to titles and he suggests
that it might be wise If the American
women would for AN example to their
eastern sisters. whose standards he
considers much more worthy. He thinks
II would be we'll for them to adopt also
the fashions OF the Syrian women. They
have no wrinkles. he says. they have
no worries. They spend their days IN
accordance to the Old adage Laugh
and grow fat.
"Fatness Is a mark Of beauty" DIR.
Tewflk says. and the most beautiful
face Is that which is round and full like
the moon when she Is In her glory. In
America the women are forever steam
ing all kinds of scrobatic stunts to get
rid of n few pounds when il they only
knew 1t every one they lose they are
parting with just that amount OF
beauty. In Syria we think every WON
an who has any claim on beauty at al
must weigh at least 175 pounds. and
the woman who so rolls in fat tina, she
is what you Americans call a regular
bunch of pork" would III our country
be considered much better to look al
than the one who is all bones and
angles
| Black nloles Is another mark o
| beauty In Syria and the face that ha:
too or three of these little blemishes ar,
| the ones that poets sing praises to ant
lovers shower with their alteration.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
sTOCKMEN CALLED TO
DISCUSS PUBLIC LAND

Denver, Colo. Feb. T. Tie commit
tee on public lands and forest reserves.
appointed in the recent annual conven-
ton of the American Live Stock assoc
citation. has been called to meet i'm the
Willard hotel, Washington February Ia.
This meeting is of great Importance
to stockmen throughout the west
The use of public lands for grazing
will be considered. and the best method
Of controlling these lands in the inter
ests of all concerned Will be talked over
with the federal authorities at Wash
ington All stoekmen Interested are in.
vitptl 10 he rlrpS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
HAIRPIN OPENS SAFE.
YOUTH is ARRESTED

Atlantic City. N j., Feb 7.-Herman
Helzapcl, 10 years old and a con-
fessed safe robbcr. is in jail here. He
confessed he had robbed the safe in
the office of William Mclaughlin. II
real estate operator. on three different
occasions. taking from it about $3.50
Detectives who We're called in said
the safe had been opened by an ex-
pert craftsman. There was not IL
scratch on the outside to Indicate that
it had been opened.
The youthful prisoner told the de-
tcctives- that he had opened The safr
with shairpin and he gave them ar
exhibition OF safe robbery
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
GOTHAM WOMEN THUGS
CAUSE POLICE CRUSADE

1.aughlin declared not i'm twenty years
have there been so many holdups and
highway attacks by women footpads
as now. and his men have begun n
crusade against the Ammonium of
tenders
One of them when arrested was
armed with blackjack. having left n
yictim for dead In n hallway. Another
attacked John III. Wallace, II wealthy
merchant of Philadelphia, as he was
passing Thirty-eighth street and Park
avenue. He declared in Jefferson Mar
ket court the woman had left him for
dead in an areaway and riiled MS
pOckets of leWelrN and $40.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
GIRLS BRANDED
FOR LIFE BY ACID

indianapolis, Ind. Feb being
Initiated into the Alpha Gamma Tau
high school chapter has proved serious
to Misses Hazel Risner. Bertha Hoff-
man and Lillian Kern. They have been
under physicians care for three days
without prospect of relief
The young women We're branded with
the letters "A. Ct. IT, almost an inch
long.
This was done with n brush dipped
in AN acid solution so strong it burned
into the flesh marking Miss Reisner
and Miss Kern for life
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
NERVOUS HEADACHES
o.. Williams Pink Pills Will Cure
Most Cases and Should Interest
Every Sufferer.

6VSVy 0QUCTGV.
Nobody who has not endured the
suffering caused by nervous mead
ache can realize the awful agony OF
its victims. Worst of all the ordin-
airy treatment cannot be relied upon
to cure nor even to give relief. Some
doctors will say that II person is
subject to these headaches there is
nothing that can be done 10 prevent
their recurrence.
Nervous headaches. as well as neu-
ralgia. are caused By lack of nutrition
the nerves are starved. The only
way to feed the nerves is through the
blood and 1t is in this way that DR.
Williams Pink Pills have accom-.
plished SO many remarkable cures
Mrs. Addie Merrill. OF 80 Union
Street. Auburn. Me-, says: For
years suffered from nervous mead
aches. which would come on me every
several days. The pain was so severe
that | would be obliged to go to bed
for three or four days each time. 1t
was particularly intense over my right
eye. ! tried medicines but got no re-
lief. had no appetite and when
the headache passed away felt as II
had been sick for month. My
blood was thin and was pale, weak
and reduced in weight.
81 read about DR. Williams Pink
Pills in a paper and decided to try
them. first noticed that they be
gan to give me an appetite and
commenced to gain in weight and
color Ny headaches stopped and
have not returned and have never
felt 80 we'll as do now"
DR.. Williams Pink Pulls are sold
by all druggists or sent. postpaid, or
receipt Of price. 50 cents per box. siz
boxes $3.50. By the DR.. Williams Med1
cine Company. Schenectady. N. Z
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Caution.

limitations have been placed 'upon the
market so closely resembling Allcock'
Plasters In general appearance az to be
we'll calculated to deceive. 1t is, how
ever, in general appearance only that they
compare with A!lcocll's, for they are not
only lacking in the best clements which
have made Ailcock's so efficient. but are
often harmful in their effects. Remembe,
that Alcock's are the original and only
genuine porous plasters the best eStcr-
nal remedy known and when purchasing
/ piastels HE only safe way is to ulSay.
/ Insist upon having Allcoch's.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Gad-u-seI!!
Useful. ornamental: iaterasts every
body. Send l0c for convincing sample
Kansas City Stamping Co.,
Argyle sIds Kansas City. NO.
Contagious.
From Success

An Irish lad on the east side was OH
iged recently to seek treatment at "A dis
pensary. On his return home from tho
.irst treatment he was met by this In
uuiry from his mother:
An what did the docthor man say was
the mattre wild Your eyee
N" said there was some furrim sub
stance in 1T
''Shure." exclaimed the old woman. witt,
.nn I-told you-so air. now. maybe, yeNi
!iape away from thin t.yetalicn boys
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
LEAVES BABIES ALONE,
THEY PERISH IN FIRE

,;r,mdy ccnter. la. Feb !. Mrs
Adolph Pheisen, OF Dixie. this morning
went To u neighbours. leaving her chill :
dren locked up in the house alone A
little girl of 3la years pelstied in the
flames and an infant was badly burned
and will die.
The mother did not know of the lire
until she saw the neghbors running.
1t is supposed the little girl played!
With matches. The mother is pros-
trated by II terrible fit Of Mysteries.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
MAKES COMPLAINT,
FINDS A BROTHER.

Appleton, Wis. Feb. 7.-Going to
Chicago To make "a kick" because
the goods he had been receiving
were not up to sample. j. II. Jones,
Waupaca grocer. was reunited to
y brother from whom he had been
separated for forty years and of
whose whereabouts he was UNI
aware Jones refused to do business
with any but the head of the estab-
lishment and was shown into the
office Of o. A. Jones. A short con-
versation led to the disclosure of
the relationship between them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Peckham's Thought.

From the Philadelphia Press
"Well," the Pcckhain, rousing himself
from brown study. Eve was appro-
priately named, wasn't shc?'
Eve" replied clubberley. "oh, yo,
mean Adams mate. Why"
"Hecause Adams best day was don"
when she arrived "
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
FREE

Our mammoth S-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
John a. Salzer Seed Co.. Box c, La
Crosse, Wis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
BRIGGS is NAMED
TO SUCCEED DRYDEN

Trenton, y. j., Feb. THE republic
can caucus this afternoon nominated
State Senator Frank O. Briggs to be
United States senator to succeed Johr
r. Dryden.