Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-12-17
Dry cord wood for sale. J
A. McVey, phone X II.
Horse Meat.

"a horses head over butcher shop
IN France signifies horse meat butch
cry. ! wish we had them here" sal!
n food faddist. I'VE will have them
here some day too. Why? Because of
all the animals eaten by man the horse
Is least liable to disease. The horse,
unlike the on, is never tubercular. He
ts the cleanest of all feeders as we'll
And his flesh is really good-tender,
rather sweetish and fine grained. AS
the automobile drives the horse from
the marts of labor he will enter on ac-
count of his immunity from consump-
ti3n the food marts, and we'll get
little variety in our monotonous round
OF beef, mutton and pork. New York
Press
A New Vehicle.
ais Mr. Bromley in?" asked tbs
caller.
"ue is not. SORT Pat answered pc.
litely. "Shure he won't be in till
O'Clock or mebbe AFTER
Where's he gomez
sorr"
His whatV'
Ills interim. IT'S tony name fer
buggy, Pm thinking Half an hour
ago Mishter Bromley says to me- Pat
says he, I'm ixpictin' Mishter Dobbs
here some time this afternoon, but
guess he won't be after gittin' here vet
awhile so I'll go downtown i'm the In
.erlm.' An with that he druv OF in
his buggy "-I.ippincott's Magazine
Her Kidnapped Boy.
Speaking Of kidnapping" sighed the
mother of the grown boy. something
ought to be done about this kidnapping
of boys by older women. You see ]
have no jewelry on, that never wear
1t. Well, wait till tell you. My beau
riful boy, just twenty, began to wait
on a woman of thirty five, who led him
into marrying her After they had
Iean married Il day or two my baby
boyle was nothing else-y:lnlc to me
hcartbrokcn, saying he didn't want to
be married. DO you suppose ! drove
him away from me! No. kept
him at home ana colnfortcd him And
what does his middle aged Wife do but
sue me for alternating his affections
That is why | can't Wear my jewelry
While the suit is pending if she caught
me wearing it she could take 1t away
from me- Yes That's one of the
lovely just rules here in New York;
| New York Press.
The "Terrier."
A document known by lie name of a
terrier" is supposed 70 be kept al
every old parish church setting forth
the sources of the income of the benc.
fec. especially glcbe lands; hence the
derivation from the Latin terra Igno.
rance of this purely technical term led
clergyman into IL curious mistake
Hc was Il sporting palson and had just
been appointed to his first living Dur
ing. the early days of his incumbency
he received form from the bishop
which he was required to gill up
Among the questions asked was "Do
you keep a terrierY
NO" wrote the cleric i'm reply. "but
I have two we'll bred pointers, and
your lordship is welcome to one If
you care for t."-St. James Gazette.
Fresh Air.
hold to the maxim "lDic and let
die" IL any one chooses the fresh air
method of departing this life. by all
means let him take 1t, but let him re-
spcct the right of other people to
choose their own method for them
selves. Fresh air has its victims no
less than foul. The tuBelcle bacillus
does not enjoy fresh air, ii is true. but
there are plenty of other bacilli which
reioice in it, If coilsunptives thrive
out of doors, the subjects of bronchitis
are generally only safe when they stay
In. DIR. j. H. Clark in London Clroni-
Gle.
Desert Of Sahara.
The worlds largest desert is in the
vast region of northern Africa extend
ing from the Atlantic ocean on the
west to the valley of the Nile on the
east The length of this immense arid
region, the great desert of the Sahara,
from east to west is about 5000 miles
and its area about 100000 square
miles. Rain falls in torrents on the
Sahara at intervals of five, ten or
twenty years. In the summer the heat
during the day is excessive, but the
nights are often cold. In winter the
temperature Of parts of the desert is
| sometimes below freezing nniut