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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Napoleon as a Suhaltern.

AS Il l.lrliN suDaltcrn Napoleon ap-
pears in the memoirs of the First
Empire" by General Girois. The Lit.
tie Corporal himself when emperor told
Il party OF officers. among whom was
the writer. how he played practical
JOKES on his colonel when lie was a
lieutenant of artillery. We had a
heat way OF astounding our chiefs by
the accuracy of our gun practice said
Napoleon. We just tied Il string to
the target. and after the shot, before
the smoke had risen, Il gunner crept up
and pulled the string. overturning the
target. Thus I'LL our shots We're hits.
We also had Il colonel who was stone
deaf. and we used to fire blank car
tfidgeS telling him we had fired ball.
lie would spend hours hunting for
traces of the shots" One wonders
what Napoleon would have said if his
own subuiterns had served him with
th. same tricks.
Some Lawyers Bills.
A London solicitor rendered a bill in
which the last item was thus stated:
ITO dining with You after the case
was lost" \ Gotha lawyer once
threw Il peasant out of doors because
he did not wish to take up his case.
lie aftcrward sent him bill for .
marks for his trouble" Another on
receiving the present of hare from
one of his clients wrote to thank him
ana then charged 4 marks for the let
ter. On the Hamburg exchange a
stranger once asked Il lawyer. lis this
ducat worth 10 shilings?" Yes" re-
Piled the lawyer as he put the coin in
Iii; pocket and took out Is. Adj. Here's
your change. Six shillings cigAtpenct
Is my regular consultation fee, yol
know."-St james Gazette.
Sam What's de matter with you and
Chloe? Susan-Matter 'nough. She
insulted my friend. Mr.. Jackson. what
called on ne las night. Sam-Insult
cd Mr.. Jackson. did she? Susan
OATS what she done. She asked me
who dat ERE nocturnal visitor vast
Yonkers Statesman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Sleepy Hollow Items.


Herb Rowe and wife and
little son spent Sunday and
Monday with John Messer and
wife near Calhoun.
Mr.. VIM. Gier is getting his
thrashing maching ready for
business and expects to make
a big run this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Girls
Jefferson are up from the Bluffs
visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson and family.
Mr.. Alloway came home to
spend the Fourth with his wife
md little son.
The heaviest rain we have
aad this season fell Sunday
'vening, but little damage was
lone though.
We don't see what is the
natter with Elm Dale, the cor
respondent PERSISTS in intimat-
ng that Sleepy Hollow is be-
hind the times, when they
night to know better. Sleepy
Hollow had peas the 9Th of
tune and the 9th sent peas to
market at $500 per hushel,
Wholesale. that price remain
ng for a week as Sleepy Hol-
low alone had a corner on peas
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Big Wheat Crop

Winnipeg. Man., July 8. At
ter a careful investigation of
the crop situation in the north
west, the railways estimate the
wheat crop will be 100000
bushels, or an average of twen-
ty busl els to the acre. Last
years wheat crop was S0,O0O,-
600, of which 67,O0O,OOO was
exported. lie is reported that
100, 100000 bushels this season
will be available for export.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Having finished a course In
ladies hair dressing, Shampoo,
ing, and scalp treatment, ! am
now prepared to give treatment
as above described at my home
No. I'll Ontario ST., Mo. Valley,
la. Mrs. B. o. Williams.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Calhoun Items

Calhoun Items
The rain of Sunday evening
was the heaviest of the season;
some 2l inches fell.
Mrs. Elizabeth Runkles, of
P.sgah is here visiting her
daughters, Mrs. ] w. Fouts
and Mrs. Chas. Mickey.
Some pieces of winter wheat
are being harvested.
Pat Tierney, who has been
sick with pneumonia at the
home of his aunt, Maggie Ray
mond, in Mo. Valley, is much
improved and will soon be
brought to his home in the
country.
Mrs. j. Tierney was an Oma-
ha visitor one day the past
week.
Ed Percy from Watterville,
Washington, is here visiting
relatives.
Miss Edith Runkles, who has
been attending summer school
at Woodbine, was unable to at
tend the past week on account
of sickness.
DR., Cutler, Of Magnolia, was
called to see Mrs. Geo. Law,
who has been sick for some
time.
Mrs. Charlotte Piercy and
children spent Sunday on Mis-
souri, bottom with the piercy
family.
! Feed Schwertlv was hauling
1 fat hogs to Mo. Valley, Tuesday
Jennie and Jessie O'Connor
are attending summer school al
Woodbine.
Henry Spires contemplates
building a barn in the near flu.
ture, on his farm ne purchased
this spring.
John Steen received wore
some time ago from his son
Willis, who left here overland
for New Mexico, that they were
we'll on their way and had sew
era times been detained by
high water.
Mr.. Lovelady spent the 4tl
of July in Omaha.
Dennis Fitzgibbon returned
to his home tn latter part o
last week from St. Louis Wher'
he had been visiting his daugh
tiers.
Mrs. Sarah Zocom, of To-
Angeles, Cal, spent a few day
with her cousin, Mrs. ID. II
Reedy.
James Leonard, of south o
Wo odbine, spent last Wednes
day in Calhoun with relative!
Mrs. Elizabeth Fee of Taylc
J township, spent Tuesday wit
her sister, the Misses Jones.
Those who are harvestin
> their raspberries, report tn
. crop very light.
Mrs. Chas. Mickey and Mr.!
/: J. W. Fouts spent Sunday wit
!; their brother, Sam Runkle
nelr Modale.
Elder David Chambers, {
: Magnolia, will preach again {
I Calhoun school house next Su,
! day at 2::30 o'clock. Every
] body invited.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
First Methodist Church

All services at the opera
house. Sunday School at 9::45
a. M, preaching service at
l0:45 a. M, Epworth League at
ZOO p m, union meeting at
800 p m. Morning subject,
"The Greatest Question in
Life" Evening service will be
evangelistic in type, with brief
sermon, special music and
hearty congregational singing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

and could not supply the de-
mand at that. We have green
cucumbers and will have loas t.
ing ears in a few days. Elm
dale take notice.
Sleepy Hollow was we'll rep
resented at the Fourth of July
celebration at the Valley no.
only by a lot of pretty girls,
but We furnished some of the
finest teams to draw the floats
and some of the handsomest
men to manage them. Elm
dale please notice.
Manager Huntsinger has Sc
cured game with the Signal
Corps team of Fort Omaha for
Sunday, July 18th. This team
is strong one and no doubt
tho game will be an interesting
one. The local team will be up
to standard and those who at
tend will get full value for 20.
ling.
The Directors of the Chautau-
que will give the NeWspaner
men of this county, a banquet
at the Miller Hotel tomorrow. -
After the banquet, the Newspa.
per men will be given an auto
mobile ride over the town, after
which business meeting will
be held and the matter of adj
virtising the Chautuque will be
talked over. Every Newspaper
man in Harrison County is in,
vited and is expected TO be pres
ent.
McGavren just received an
other shipment Of the Perfec
tion Blue Flame oil cook stove
These stoves certainly are per
lection.
County Attorney Tom Smith
and j. C. McCahe, of the Ob
server, were in the Valley this
morning. They had been owe
to the west side of the county
on the case of the bootlegge
arrested by Sheriff Rock.
t The Missionary Society o
the Presbyterian church will
hold a Porch meeting at Mrs
Chapman's, Friday Afternoon
at 3 o'clock. There is a cor
cial invitation extended to al
ladies of the church and cor
! gregation. Will You not he'll
; to make this the best meetin,
: of the year?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

For sale-My two houses
and lots on 3rd street, only d.
blocks from Erie street. En-.
quire at the nous or phone Is.
IT C. H. Bell.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Bids For Fuel.

Bids will be received at the
office of the undersigned until
600 p. m. July Is. for furnish
ing t. the Independent Rural
School District Mo. Valley, Ia.
24O tons of soft coal and Is
cords Of soft wood. The same
to be delivered in the base
ments of the several school
buildings in the quantities d.
rected by the committee on
fuel, and all to be delivered be-
fore September LIST, 1908.
Dated July z, 1908.
7-9-1l Us. Dewell, Sec.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Kodaks and Kodakers goods,
cameras and supplies of all
kinds. Always a full line at
city prices at j. D. Brown &
Sons. If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Daisy Fly Killers, Poison fly
papers. Sticky Fly Paper, Paris
Green, London Purple and all
vermin destroyers a full stock
at j. D Brown e Sons. If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Union Services

During the months of July
and August union services will
be held every Sunday evening,
except during chautauqua, at
the opera house, the Presbyter-
ian, First Methodist and Chris
tian churches uniting. The
first service will be held next
Sunday evening, July 18th. 1t
is hoped that there will be a
large attendance.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Ladies' and childrens gauze
underwear at the Cash Bazaar.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Us. C,ean ST IL. yallcvfl our

Neat sewing DONE Inquire
third door east of Oxford
| Hotel. jill.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Daily Weather Report.

DaIIy WVdII!Vr Report.
July 1-76 above, clear
July 2 SIS above. cloudy.
July 3 So above, cloudy.
July 4 rs above, clear.
July 5-75 above. clear.
July 6-66 above, rain.
July 7-GS above, clear.
July So above, clear.
July g. 80 above, clear.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Chautauqua dates
Aug. 8 to 16

.u-~~uu-~.~-
prs. Tamisiea & Tamisiea,
Mo. Valley, la.
Mo Valley Hospital, DR.. C.
". Roughton, physician in
charge.
New line of CO nbs, belts and
hand bags at tn, Cash Bazaar.
Notice OF Diss' alton OF PART
nersnip.
Notice is hereby given that
the partnership heretofore ex-
isting under the name of B. C.
Starlin & Company has this day
been terminated. All accounts
due said firm will be paid to B.
G. Starlin, who will continue
the same business on his own
account at the former location.
July 7th 1908. B. G.. Starlin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Wanted A gill for general
homework. Good wages. APP
ply at house on Fourth street.
ia Mrs. w. C. Fensler.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Ladies and childrens gauze
un lerwear at the Cash Bazaar
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Ladies and childrens gauze
underwear at the Cash Bazaar.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Gloves and Socks

| have just added a fine line
Of mems gloves al d socks to
my Shoe stock and assure my
customers that the goods are
tn, very best on the market.
Y ~ are invited to call and ex-
anime the goods and prices be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
10 Bert Faith.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
New Pantoriunl.

A. G. stebbins has opened a
pa 1torium in the Jensen Tailor
shop. He will call and deliver
work. Telephone l56. If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

Big reduction on all sum.
mer suits, from So TO SIS at
Jensen's.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09

New line of colabs, belts and
hand bags at the Cash Bazaar,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
THE DREAMER.

The dreamer dreamed and the busy
world
Passed by with a.mOcking smile,
As IL went in search OF the world s re-
wards.
He saw the world, as the world should
be.
When longer years had run,
And the world but paused in its work
Pray, what has the dreamer doneT'
Yet ever the dreamer dreamed his
dream,
Until. in some wondrous way
AS the water springing in deeps OF
earth
Finds passage to upper day.
The dreamer's dream found the man OF
power
IT'S strange how mems lives are
knit
his dream
And transformed the world with it.
The world bows down 10 the man of
power
Forgotten the dreamer lies
Yet the dream he dreamed is the secret
That has forged mans destinies.
The Bellman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.

The radical sign was derived from the
initial letter Of the word "radix." The
sign OF equality was first used in 1851
bv a sharp mathematician. who sub
stituted It to avoid repeating equal
to-"
The. multiplication sign was obtained
bv changing the plus sign into the letter
x This was done because multiplied
fioT Is but a shorter form Of addition
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above a horizontal
line and the divisor below. In order to
save spasS IN printing the dividend vas
placed to the left and the divisOr 10 the
right. with the dash between them, a
single dot indicating the divisor and
dividend.
The sign Of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word was
first contracted into N n S, with hOri-
zonal lire above TO indicate the con-
traction, then at last the letters were
omitted altogether. leaving the short
line -.
The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter Of the word plus -
In making the capital letter II was made
more and more csrelessly until the top
part of the p was placed near the cen
ter. hence the plus sign was finally
reached.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
ThetuS W. Sims.

All over this country the people are
selecting, by primaries and conven-
tions, the men who will legislate for
Washington and the District of Column
bia for two years. The Republican
and Democratic partisans who are
nominating their favorites may look
forward to battles royal about the
tariff, and great speeches on the cur
rency question, but Washington is
forced to look forward TO the District
days" which affect it so vitality.
Therefore, it was with qualification
that tie people of Washington heard
that the Democrats of the Eighth Ten
nessee had renominated Representative
7. w. Sims by a plurality approach
ing three thousand votes.
As the ranking Democrat on the
District Committee of the House, Mr..
Sims has proved his faithfulness 20 the
interests OF the whole people of Wash
ingtOn, has demonstrated his indus
trious solicitude in their behalf, and
has earned the gratitude of the public.
The ~4s interests, the street rail
way interests, the railroad COM
panies. have felf the force of his op-
position. and they respect him.
In tn. event that the House in the
next Congress should be Democratic,
Mr.. Sims would be chairman of the
District Committee. Because of that
possibility, and because he can do so
much good as the head of the minority
of that committee, The Times voices
the sincere hope of Washington that
he viii De elected in November.
The Eighth Tennessee is not one of
those rock-ribbed Bourbon bailiwicks
in which a Democratic nomination is
as good as an election certificate. On
the contrary, Mr.. Sims generally has
a hard fight. This year the Repub-
lican party in Tennessee is split
IN twain, and the chances are
that Mr.. Sims will be returned
by the largest majority he has
ever received. Regardless of party
predictions, the people of Washington
say TO the people of the Eighth Ten
nessee district; "Give us Sims once
more. He has done good work, and
there is another harvest white to his
sickle"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
Seeing Washington With The Times Guide
No. LXXIN.-GEoRGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

.YNN that corner. ladies and gentle
men, almost hidden by the
trees. is the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. It is closely connected
with the university, and the professors
Of the medical faculty are members OF
the attending staff Of the hospital
IN February. 1897, the medical faculty.
after consulting with the president OF
the university, the Rev. Father Rich
ards. decided to make an effort TO Sc
cure funds TO erect and equip hospital.
and In August Of the following year the
central wing was ready for occupancy.
The building as you see is located
on the corner of Thirtyffth and n
streets northwest, and has frontage
Of sixty feet by a depth OF fifty feet.
The cost of the building and furniture
amounted to 81, 500 OF which $4,000 was
collected by voluntary contributions,
leaving a debt of $500 to be paid of.
IN 1900 the hospital was enlarged by
the purchase OF the adjoining property,
which Is now occupied by the COM
munity Of Sisters OF St. Francis, who
conduct the hospital and serve as
nurses. and the chapel Additional pur-
chases of property were made during
1900 and 1901. increasing the bed capacity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
MRS. FRANK GOULD
BUSHES DIVORCE
Ordered to Answer Within
Twenty-four Hours, Hus-
band Makes Denial.

NEW YORK. Aug 13.-Frank ].
Gould has filed an emphatic and gen
eral denial Of his wtfes sensational
complaint which was served on him on
June q in her action for absolute d.
vorce. His answer contains less than
one hundred words and seeks to estab-
lish no aIibi. Contrary 10 the expecta-
tons OF Mr.. Gould's friends. there are
no counter accusations.
Mrs. Gould s lawyers are determined
70 have no delay in the divorce proceed
ing. confden. that they have amassed
EUfhcient evidence for their client.
Henry L. Sprague, OF Stetson. Jennings
g. Russell. her counsel. filed her COM
PLANT yesterday morning. He requested
Supreme Court Justice Con TO sign an
order Immediately directing her husband
or his lawyers TO file his answer within
tweRty-four hours. The court accedsd
and further directed that II he did not
file it his answer would be deemed
abandoned
Mr.. Gould's lawyers, Nicou, Anable,
Jennings & Fuller. were considerably
surprised 10 find that Mrs Gould in
tended TO rush tne case so rapidly.
SUCH an order as justice Con issued is
very unusual in divorce ItgatiOns
Mrs. Gould's complaint alleges that on
july .. $780, less than four years after
their marriage, Mr. Gould Cruised on
the yacht Helenita 10 North Sidney
Cape Breton, and was guilty OF niscon-
duct in resort there. She asks for the
custody Of the two children, Helen
Marget, six yearB old. and Dorothy.
I'VE years old. Mr.. Gould, it is known.
IS determined to have partial custody of
his children, and IS opposing Separation
largely for THAT reason.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
BALLOONING STUNTS
PUZZLE THE JUDGE
New Problem in AerOnut-
ical Law Will Be Decided
by Jersey Jury.

BLOOMFIELD. y. J. Aug. 12--Here's
a problem in aeronautical law which
was presented 10 Justice OF the Peace
Bosset- of Newark yesterday: II AS
balloon lands on BIS property. itself do
ing no damage, and a crowd Of men and
boys actuated by eagerness to get near
the descending balloon and without
malice trample Rs garden, which they
cross 10 reach the spot where the bal
loon has landed. IS A, the aeronaut, re-
sponslbIe for the damage TO BIS prop
erty. and II so can B hold AS balloon
as security for the payment for said
damage2
The question came up in this way. A
balloon belonging TO Johnny Mack. a
professional aeronaut, came down Sun
day afternoon IN the yard OF John Dey,
Of Willow street. Mack had left the
balloon in a parachute some distance
away. Dey was aroused by a crowd.
which overran his place, and dragged
the balloon into his cellar and locked
1t up. Wen Mack traced the balloon
and attempted TO obtain possession Of #
Dey put in a bill for thu damage the
crowd had done To his garden. This
bill Mack refused to pay. and Dey re-
fused TO give up the balloon. Mack then
applied TO the justice Of the peace for
a warrant for Dey's arrest on the charge
of grand larceny.
& After consideration the justice gave
the warrant Dey was arrested and
gave 5000 bail 10 guarantee his ap-
pe6ranCe before the grand jury. He
did not, however. surrender the balloon,
and Mack VIII ask for writ of re-
plevin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
Theaters Form Powerful Trust;
Plan to Stop OUerproduction
High-ClaSs, Popuar-Price Vaudeville and Buresqde
Houses Unite to Advance Interests of Play
goer and Manager

will md himself up against the propo-
sjtion or getting attractions TO Keep IL
gong. II he cannot get them outside
the combination, which the merger VIII
prevent, he viii not build the theater.
Chicago is pointed to as one OF the
cities where thee are too many thea
tiers, resulting IN conditions damaging
10 the theater business as a whole, and
public. Possibly the scheme viii so
work itself out that where there are
100 many theaters 10 give all or them
fair living some OF them will have
10 close UP.
Check to Fighting.
Another advantage to the makers Of
the agreement is that Il win put an
end 10 wars which have been waged
with no resulting benefits TO the play
goer and with heavy losses to the pro-
motors. One OF these was the long
vaudeville night between Keith and
Proctor. which at last led to a merger
Of those interests. Then followed the
invasion by Percy c. Williams and a
battle lasting many years before sur
render and harmony.
In the recent attempt OF Klaw q
Erlanger 20 break into the vaudsvill lie
field. which lasted year. they are
said to have sunk 81 600 600 At the pres
cnt time the burlesque people arc still
engaged IN a fight among themselves.
which has dissipated the handsome
profits formerly gained In that branch
OF amusement.
All close observers or theatrical events
have been looking forward for a year
20 the logical completion OF the pro-
Ject first begun with the KlaW & En-
langer booking scheme. and rumors OF
accomplished have been abroad for
several DAYS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-13
Effects of Law Opposed to Pub
lie Sentiment.

Governor Forts excise commission
has gone far enough in its investiga-
tons to show that the Bishops law,
designed to regulate the sale of liquor
in New Jersey, is frequently evaded,
and in some places is fiagrantly deied
and ignored.
In Atlantic City, for example, the
law is so unanimously opposed that the
State and city officials make no pre-
tense OF enforcing it. Grand juries re-
fuse to indict violators, or if they in
dict them, petty juries will not convict
them, no matter what the evidence.
A result of this utter disregard for
the law and Oaths of office, by people
and officials, is naturally a contempt
for all other oaths and laws. But
and perhaps this Is the worst feature
of the subject-one business cannot be
exempted from the law, and another
held subject to the law. Atlantic City
today faces the gamblers demand for
a share of the immunity enjoyed by
liquor dealers. This demand is not
unnatural, is not secret, and, in fact,
is an issue of the coming municipal
election.
1t would be but one further step to
immunity for theft and other sordid
crimes. The public sentiment Of At
lantic county is thus being rapidly crys-
state of feebly disguised anarchy
prevails, tempered by the business ne
cessity OF hiding the real facts from
visitors and cottagers.
This effect of laws opposed to public
sentiment makes them menaces that
should promptly be removed from
statute books.