Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-26

covers 1GO acres. as much as the wnoi
of tho site of karnak, and it is es-
that $4,000 Will be needed anu
1ually for fifteen years to accomplish
the work. Important material is be-
t11eyad to lie within Il few yards Of The
surface. so ni.t results should be
reached promptly.
Mars possesses about one-half of the
4~earthts diameter and one-seventh its
volume. 1t i; solne 140. 5000 0 miles
from the sun, and consequently at 2 !
mean distance OF nearly 10000, o0e miles
from US. 1t receives less than one-haif
1he sunlight and heat % square foot that
we do. has an atmosphere less dense
ours. and possesses water aIs1
ice. The planet exhibits two ice caps
at its poles, and orange and greellisl
tints between these poles. Those pc
culiar lines or markings-the canals
concerning which there has arisen
much discussion. form a sort of faint.
Iinexplicable network over the surface /.
of rudy Mars.
' At the beginning of the year 1906
the total length of the standard gage
railroads in Germany aggregated IA
il44 English miles, an increase OF 2l.3
Iper cent. over the mileage length of
ten years ago The area of the G~errnan
iCinpire is 2GS,7S0 sqlare miles and it
contains q population Of 62.125,goo.
For every 100000 Inhabitants THIS
would give CT miles length of track
age. The receipts from passenger
traffic for the year 1905 amounted to
i$163.773.75o, exceeding by 63.4 per cent.
these Of the year of 1895. The pas
jsenger and baggage traffic contributed
I2S.l9 per cent to the total receipts.
: NI
benjamin Colder. a lumberman of
North Mountain, had a thrilling ride
down the mountain side on a log. The
log started at the top of the slide anf.
carried him with it. He managed to
get astride and feared to jump off be-
cause of the danger of being crushed.
The slide ~inclines about SO degrees. and
the log sped downward at frightful
speed. The branches of the trees
whipped old with such force that
his clothes We're torn to .sf.reds. Near
the bottom a big branch swep, him
from the log like a feather. He was
picked up unconscious and badly
bruised, hut viii recover.
Another nav 'itis' pertaining 10 oc-
cupation has appeared. 1t is 'tele-
phonitis." The new epidemic has
broken out recently among girl switch
board operators In the ron The
symptoms are Il rash on the arm used
to handle the plugs. followed by par
tfal or complete helplessness OF the
member. 1T is suggested by physicians
that the disorder may be due to mild
handing OF the plugs by tt:e:., metal
ends, instead of by the insulated
handle.
The Dallas News has complied a
table giving the OUTPUT OF the state.
laws in the sessions of the sixteen log
islatures lately adjourned. II shows a
Total of 1900 bills introduced, of
which 5.S31 became laws. Tilt. oltttlii
of new statutes is remark able. eSpec-
ially In Minnesota. PENNSYLVANIA @nd.
Tennessee. The News estimates tflAt
"if the remaining t~wonty-ninc states
produced new laws in the same ratio
she total output for the country tlis
year would b.. approximately l6,eo9.'
Some startling figures of comparison
have been made to show the great o"et
of English paupers The Eng!lsh poo.
law foots up am expense OF more than
$3.50 coo u Year. which is AS gfeitt rs
the entire annual expenditure OF the
kingdom of Holland, almost as nHtl
us that of Australia and New Ieallild
combined and equal to the whole public
expenditure Of Denmark. Greee4 and
Norway.
one of the largest cargoes ~ fluit
ever carried from amy port recently l8ft
w. HItnl1AI' IlElIIl ll1- Tor itfltrIi Lgf ny. 4
cnusisted of lg0 900 b1,e!sel ,.,sas jr IL
arrives IN. f,ood condition n is expe%f4d
mat mo Sinirtilty or hirfl frttebi
winch have hitherto placeas The Ans.
-r,naI,E .rover sal a taI.. Il IA
have been solved. and q great iiapetls
giyen To the industry.
Edward +. GilpqiriclI. l1 ossiaeC
1nan, mas made IN a-rrameenet4ts 10
Tho Gift Of his body AT deatN 10 TN
Zion. st1dy resoarch. He f.ars n
my not livc long he pas strickai
at 20 Years and was fot3a in 200,
house mean Portland. He gave III.
body without pylcusn.
About 10000 nets ;4lt. in use du,fn,
.be het,in,r season h, ma $40 tisb.
sng srnatl5s OF tho Netherlands. 4 1e,
lasts about three seaeons. hut owl,i.
10 losses from storms and ot}o,
nets are bought yearly.
Librarians In many parts of Lo1d"l
agree In stating that the public tatii'
for the reading of fiction IS showing
popularity of works of travel. histGr,