Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
Canadian wood, Free 81 sn.tee.


guides did not seem to understand
what snake would be like.
Fishing all through Canada is us
good as the hunting, and should one
fail to bag a moose he is fully recon.
pensed for the trip by the abundance
of other game, including bear and deer
There is a weird melancholy about
Canadian forests, with their hundreds
of small lakes and rivers scattered here
and there, and although the scenery
never rises to the magnificent. there is
something haunting, aside from the
sport in it, that draws the hunter back
season after season. Canada is filled
with legends mostly of Indian origin,
and all of them interesting to de.
gree. especially when related by one
of the Indian guides who can be in
drced to talk.-Leslie's Weekly
II didn't see you with your auto OH
the speedway yesterday. You weren',
out, We're you?"
Huh! l was out three different
ways. First was out in it, then |
was out of it, and when it finally blew
up was out on 1t more than thou.
sand. '-Philadelphi Press.
In building castles in the air
BE up to all the tricks
And most of all, pray, have care
And do not buy gold bricks.
"She bosses him sadly, doesn't she?'
Not since he learned to anticipate
all of her wishes. "-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
Lady Charles Beresford collects ball
programs as a hobby, especially fa-
voring those painted by hand or de-
signed by lady artists.
"And what is your new little broth.
er's name?"
''They haven't found out yet."-Du.
luth Tribune.
Chaplain Gives Advice.
when President Lincoln issued the
Emancipation proclamation it excited
at once great deal Of discussion in
the army. On one occasion, Henry
Clay Trumbull, says his biographer.
was going through the camp of the
regiment of which he was chaplain,
when he was hailed by sergeant and
some men who We're arguing the sub
ject.
"Chaplain," asked the sergeant, "do
you think President Lincoln had any
right to issue that proclamation:"
II suppose he thought he had" re-
piled Mr.. Trumbull.
'Wcll, I suppose soldiers got II
right to hold his own opinion, l;asn' t
he?"
"Ol, yes, certainly he has" an
swcred the chaplair-"that is. if he'll
take care and hold 'em, and not al
ways be Singing them round care'e s.
~ before otherS.'-Rochester Herald.
Alabama Politics Cheap.
Alabama is represented in the upper
house of congress by two of the old
est members of that body, Senator
Morgan is So, Senator Pettus 81, but
both are still wide-awake and active
mon.
No: long ago Mr.. Morgan was
chosen by the Democratic primary con-
ycntions of his state to the senate for
another term. In compliance With the
law the senator made an affidavit, de-
claring that this reelection had cost
him only $40, which SUN be had paid
to the Democratic state committee.
When asked if that was the regular
of an election as senator from
Alabama. Mr.. Morgan replied .Not
always SO cheap. My colleague Tct-
tus's election cost him $40. The old
fox. ! wish it had cost him $500"
This is almost convincing evide,ce
that Alabama is just the state for the
poor man who has II taste for politics.
Makes Fun for Neighbors.
Virgil r. Kline, lawyer of Cleveland,
In an address upon ambition said:
ambition is an excellent thing.
Without it the world would not
progress Bat there are worthy and
unworthy ambitions, silly and wise
ones.
"Then there are the peculiar, the dis.
tinctive ambitions, such as we see in
childhood.
INV NilCM IL HltlG DOI WIN
had an ambition to be a letter carrier,
and. finding in a cedar chest in the
attic a great bundle of love letters that
his mother liad been preserving since
the days of her courtship, he packed
them liz Il Icather school satchel and
distributed them from house to house
thrniirhnut the nei"hhorhnnd.
Anecdote of Columbus.
Many stories are told relative to the
shrewness of Columbus. He thought
America was India, but otherwise he
was not to be deceived.
Particularly, lie saw through the
specous tales of the natives at n
glance
Far inland Ivy the shores of sea
Of sweet water" declared these chill
dren of the forest. "a native copper
is moi seldom found.'
Native, but of Irish descent, no
doubt" observed Columbus, aside to
l!ir entourage-Puck.
Sympathy.
Footpads on a lonely street.
Halt! Throw up your hands,"
what yer got, Billy?'
Come look at him, Pete. Fine
looking duck rugged out in long light
oTercoat and tall hat
''Where's he been!'
Says he's been downtown buying
presents for all his family
and all his friends
What: Give the poor chap a nickel
carfare and apologize for holding him
up. | bet he's broke. Chicago Daily
News.
Chilling Thought.
Eyes said the high Russian Official
81 keep very good hours at all times