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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
AS TO A CAREER IN
the FIELD OF SCIENCE
Excellent Opportunities for the
Young Men, but No Great
Money Reward.

The Members of the Illinois State
Academy of Science recently discussed
the opportunities for young men to
earn n living in various branches of
science, On the whole they thought
the opportunities are excellent. though
they offer nothing very great in the
way Of financial compensation.
John G. Coulter, the we'll known pro-
fessor of botany, said that the demand
for trained botanists exceeds the sup
ply The most extensive employer of
young botanists in this country is the
United States government The bu-
reaus of the department of agricul-
ture are not yet able to obtain all the
men they need adequately trained in
the various branches of botany.
The market for teachers of botany
is brisk and good teachers who are
doctors of philosophy in botany COM
mand beginning salaries which average
about so per cent. more than those Of
fered eight years ago.
There is a fine field for botanists in
the Philippines, where a trained man is
wanted in every province to take
charge of the educational side of bot
any. especially from the standpoint OF
agricultural science.
| Prof. W. A. Noyes. of the Cniver-
| sity of illinois, said that Twenty-Five
years ago very few chemists We're en-
| rloyed in the manufacture of iron and
| steel Today chemists are required
not only in the large establishments
| where steel is produced but also in
iron foundries and factories of all
| kinds About 5000 chemists are now
employed in the United States. Not
! long ago nearly all chemists here We're
] engaged in teaching, while the major
| ity of them today are working IN IN
dustrial lines
DR. Balm. who is at the head of the
/ Illinois geological survey, said that
1 many railroads and mining and devcl-
opment companies now employ one on
| more biologists. Their employment In
private enterprises is Gripping the sur
vey work of the government because
private companies offer higher salaries
and draw away many of the best men
The larger number of professional geol-
ogists are still connected with the Of
fetal surveys. The greatest of these
is the United States geological survey
which in the last season kept ninety
three geological parties in the field
each including from one to three geol-
ogists.
According to Prof. III. v. Neal, it i:
much easier now for biologists to ge
good places than 1T was decade ago
1t is difficult to find competent mel
needed for geological posts in schools
museums and the bureaus of the gen
eral and state governments which re
quire entomologists and other Zoolog
ical workers. 1t is believed that thu
brisk demand for trained biologists vii
continue IN the next decade.
The prospect is good that competen
men of science will have better OPP
portunities i'm the future than ever be
fore to earn n comfortable living. Ca
pable and industrious workers make
good living, but are rarely able to &C
cumulate wealth. Probably men O
l III al, tn No ~
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
TO BEAT COLD STORAGE MAN
This Man Says He Learned in China
Way to Keep Eggs Fresh.

..,rhere is a way to beat the storage
commission merchant and the old hen
herself; to have fresh eggs all the
time. i'm fact" said Marshall Raymond.
a lawyer OF Paaucah' N.Y. al ei'e ~
lington.
This method may be MS old as the
Chinese-at least, ] learned it in China
when l made a trip through the east
more than year ago. i happened 10
run into the American consul general
at Shanghai while over there and when
/ left he presented me with what he
said were eggs.
although they didn't look like eggs
at all-looked. indeed. more like elon-
gated mud pies with stone stufted IN
them-I faithfully brought them home
and at last opened one.
Sure enough, there was an egg IN
side, and when 1t WAS broken 1t proved
to be entirely fresh, although it may
have been in that mud for IL year or
more. Well, with that knowledge of
hiw the Cinnamon keep eggs fresh. l
salted a whole barrel of them in my
place to see how they would do under
, American mud.
II bought them at the time of year
when they were cheap, not caring much
whether they kept or not, but willing
to try the experiment. i buried them
| under more than a foot and a half OF
earth. and left them in their glory foi
| several months.
"When winter came along and eggs
went up to some enormous figure.
| lust dug down into the earth and pulled
! out that barrel. Opened TO the light
/ Of day the eggs looked as ii they had
! Just been laid. They tasted. too. as
/ If they had never been put away il
the earth for manN weeks.
THAT is one way 10 get ahead of tho
commission man. also. it shows THAI
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building of
the Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection Of
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. ltmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben.
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forshe also
might just as we'll regain her health
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
AMERICAS wAsTEFuL HABITS.
Many Excellent Materials for Paper
v,okino Are Nat Head

The American nation has the repu-
tation of wasting almost as much OF
Its resources as it uses. Facts are Oft
en- advanced to show that there is
much truth I'm such a statement. Tho
Northwest annually produces a mill
lion and Il half tons of flax stalks
which are not now used for anything.
That amount of waste remains after
the twinemakers take all they want
1t makes excellent paper The farm
ers in the South burn or plough under
IL, 100000 tons of cotton stalks every
year. That which is poughed under is
not wholly lost for it cnriches the
soil to some extent, but not so with
what goes up in smoke Five hun
dred thousand tons of fibre have been
adhering to cotton seed every year. 1t
has been fed to farm stock along with
the seed and has done the stock no
good. Cattle and sheep do not like the
fibre and the seed cake is better with
out It, A machine has been invented
which, it is claimed, will separate the
lint from the seed. Paper makers
| think they can use 1T.
Nobody knows how many million
tons of cornstalks go to waste; but III
J quality they are far ahead of cotton
stalks, and 1T is believed they can be
made into paper, although 1t has not
| yet been done on a commercial scale
The time has not yet come when 1t Is
absolutely necessary that substitutes
for pulp wood be found, but it Is com
1 ing. The forests are still able to fur
nish materials for paper, but they can
4 not continue to do so for a great many
years to come. at the present rate o.
cutting and growth. Makers of paper
anticipate a scarcity of pulp wood ant
1t is this which prompts the ACTIVE
| search now going on for substitutes.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
What is a Silver Dollar?

Did you ever study a silver dollar?
Every mark on it is made for a pur-
ose, and it is Interesting to know about
some of them. You will notice that
around the edge of the dollar is q
raised ring. This is to keep the face
two coins are rubbed together. The
little scallops OH the inside of the
raised ring are called the milling. All
around the edge of the dollar are little
parallel marks close together. These
are called the 'rccdins," and are made
to keep dishonest people from shay
ing silver off the dollar The dollars
now being minted bear the head OF
liberty on one side. The head is not
designed from the Imagination of an
engraver. A young Philadelphia lady
named Anna Williamson possessed
such classic features that the govern
mcnt engravcr secured her permission
to copy her head Tho American girl
ought to take some pride In the fact
that one OF her countrywomen was
honored in this manner. On the re-
verse side of the dollar our national
bird, the eagle, is shown. In one talon
Is Il bunch of arrows. and In the other
nn olive branch. That signifies that
our country is great eitncr in war or
peace Partly surrounding the eagle is
n laurel wreath. The laurel wreath
has been the symbol OF victory and
progression since the days of ancient
Greece 1t adorned alike the brows of
poets, sculptors athletes aud war
riors. Just below the wreath you will
| sometimes find Il very small letter. III
this is IN o the dollar WAS ninted in
4 N,,v orleans The letter s indicates
4 that il came from san Francisco. II
there is no small letter shown you
| know that the dollar was made ut the
4 mint in philadelriia. II a silver dol
IL /.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
SHE COULD NOT WALK

For Notwithstanding Humor on
Anklea-Opintes Alone Drought
Slecp-Eczcma Yielded to Cuti-
cura.
81 had eczema for over two years.
! had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for Il short time and
cannot cnumerate the ointments and
lotions used to no purpose. My am
kles were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were SO intense that
could not sleep l could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my lllls-
band said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies After using them three times
had the best nights rest in months
unless | took an opiate. used one
set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills. and my ankles healed in a short
time. 1t is now a year since | used
Cuticura, and there has been no return
of the eczema. Mrs. David Brown,
Leckc, Ark, May rs and July 10, 1907. y
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13

Post.
George Powell. one armed man, swan
the Devils Hole rapids of the Lower
Niagara and landed safe at the bridge at
Lewiston, making the trip of two and a
half miles in 80 minutes.
Only two other men have lived through
the maelstrom One was Carlisle Ora
ham and the other was j. W. Glover, of
Baltimore, who went through in 1906
Powell wore nothing save life pre-
server to protect MIN. He entered the
water just at the fiat rock below the
whirlpool and padded himself to the mid
die of the river.
When he struck the Devils Hole rapids
he disappeared under the waves. and once
for full minute he was submerged.
Trolley cars followed along the bank. and
hundreds saw the game man battle his
way with the stormy rapids Just before
he struck the PITT Rock at Lewiston he
was caught in an offshore eddy and was
whirled about like cork for twenty min
utes. The buffeting took most all his
strength, but he landed ready to make
the trip again, and twice a week. he said
with the proper inducements.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
Had Lots of Business.

8. T. Jocelyn, of Wichita, was court
stenographer for Judge Pancoast, of
Oklahoma. for several years. One time
a case was being tried before Judge
Pancoast and they We're endeavoring
to find out through witness wheth-
er there had been any liquor sold.
What is your business?" asked the
lawyer MY business" repeated the
witness laconically. "Oh, have lots of
business" Answer the question" said
the lawyer. What is your business?"
Must / tell all my business" insisted
the witness again. Answer the ques-
ton" interposed the judge severely
WELL" responded he cheerfully I'm
deputy sheriff and city marshal for
Gunner, janitor of the Methodist church
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
Summer Styles.
L>,o,~ ;ra


Old fashioned stocks are coming in
again. The new styles were generally
discarded last fall, and, while still In
vogue to II limited extent, are not uni
versally sought after.
Girls are in all colors. They are still
worn on the arm coming down the
aisle. A pretty effect in girls is seen
at the seashore, where they are gath
cred daintily around one young man.
Although girls are going out all the
time, enough come in to keep them
Very popular
Some of the popular colors are as
follows: In legal circles black and
white; at Saratoga, long green; in
theatrical circles. red and pink; at the
mint, old gold. An effort to intro
duce stripes into railroad circles has
completely failed.
quiet colors in jokes prevail.
Mothersinlaw are scarcely ever seen.
even In barber shops. Insurance effects
have gone out. Punning designs are
seen in vaudeville and circus rings.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
Jumping at . Conclusion.

FROM l1I-BllS.
In the amiable way of Villagers they
were discussing the matrimonial affairs
of couple who. though recently wed.
had begun to find the yoke of Hymen
a burden.
.''Tis all along o. these hasty mar
riages,' opined one caustic old gentle
man, who had been much to the fore in
the discussion. They did not under
stand each other; they'd nobbut
knowed each other for matter O. sew
en- year
well. that seems long enough said
an Interested lady listener.
Long emo. Bah, yere wrong! When
body's coortin' he Gamma be too care
full Why, my coortship lasted a mat
ter O. nineteen year,"
You certainly We're careful" agreed
the lady listener. And did you find
your plan successful when you mar
ried?"
I'VE jump to conclusions!' said the
old man impatiently. Il understood
her then so didna marry her!"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
. days of, the branding
----e->er-s----
Railways Have No National Policy.

Herbert N. Casson In Broadway Maga-
zine for July.
American railroads have as yet no
national policy They have few nation
al ideas of any kind. Each one has its
own local interests, and cares little for
anything else. They have never at any
time tried to organize and to unite upon
a policy that would protect the inter-
ests of alt railways alike. The truth
seems To be that the railroads are no
more united than the red Indians were,
when the white man came to deprive
them of their land. There are seven
great tribes of railroads, and about 600
little tribes, each one jealous of the
others and more enthusiastic for fight
than for an agreement. This is fact
of tremendous Importance to the out
side public, as it dispels the common
opinion that the railroads are too strong
and united to be controlled.
Let us alone! that is the new so-
gan of the railway presidents 1t is
their political rallying cry-their plea
their defiance. There are some railway
men who are so far behind the spirit of
today that they really believe Let us
alone" is an argument. They do not
see that the towering fact of the whole
| railway situation is this-that the rail-
| ways have been let alone too long. The
| time has arrived when they must adopt
! themselves to a higher conception of
4 the railway business
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
ALMOST A SHADOW.

Gained 20 lbs. on GrnDc-Nuts.
There's Il wonderful difference be-
tween a food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength AND
good healthy h.sh.
III makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest it. 1T is moi
really food to the system until it is
Il had been n sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got 50 bad that the least bit OF
food such as | then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after eat.
ing
II lost flesh until ] was almost a
shadow Of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
"First dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began to use Grape-Nuts
although had little faith it would do
me any good.
But | continued to use the food
and have gained twenty pounds in
weight and | feel like another person
III every way. ! reel as III NE lau
truly begun anew for me.
81 can eat anything like now in
/ moderation, suffer no ill effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while 9TH
ers cleaned house for me. this spring
I, have been able to do it myself all
alone.
MY breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and a cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and piece OF toast
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And / can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hours
work would have made me a year ago.
"There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich Read, 'The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time
. They are genuine, true, and full o.
human interest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
GOLD PLATED BY
BOLT OF LIGHTLY MING

81. Louis Special: Lightning which
struck st. Mary's church and James
Murphy's saloon in East ST Louis AT
the same time played a strange joke on
j. II. Palmer, OF Kenwood Springs. 81.
Louis county.
Palmer was sitting at table IN the
saloon. Opposite him in chair was
Murphy, the proprietor. and standing
near him was his friend. j. 9. 1ocuil,
also of Kenwooa Springs,
There was q binding Dash and -
heavy clap of thunder. They saw the
cupoa of the church across the street
totter and fall
A streak of IRE !eaped through me
door of the saloon and shot across the
table between Palmer and Murphy
Murphy fell backward and was dazed
for several minutes. When he came
to, Palmer was laughing Mt him
at never touched me. he said.
Yocum and Palmer started for ST.
/ Louis.
ON the street car Yocum said:
What time is it. Palmer?''
From his pocket Palmer took his
/ gold watch 1t WAS golden hued no
4 longer. The lightning had oxidized it
| and it was dun brownish black.
He opened the watch. The second
hand was gone but the crystal was not
broken. 1t had stopped at 10
He looked ut the chain. 1t, too, was
oxidized and along the line where II
had touched his trousers the cloth was
brilliant yellow.
Apparently the action Of the lightning
had Transferred the gold from tbs
chain to the surface of the trousers.
Palmer and Yocum went together u
a jeweler Ii WAS found that the case
lids had melted at the edges and run
together.
When they were pried apart the jew
eler showed Palmer I'll that was left o
the works, a fused mass of steel ano
brass.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
A spirituaIistic Mesalliance.


spiritualist medium came to a
house and claimed to be able to locate
lost friends. The residents had an old
horse which they had sold years be-
fore and the old lady of the house want
ed to know where he was She began:
I'VE had a very good friend who
always did all our work. He passed
from us several years ago and the last
we heard of him was that he was in
Los Angeles" The medium made a
few mysterious motions, knocked on the
table and then said:
"Your friend is in Los Angeles and is
married to rich young woman"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
Thought Mail Was White Mans Food

The Rev Hiram Bingham, who ar
rived here yesterday from Honolulu on
the liner Alameda, is one of the most
picturesque figures in the modern his
tory of the South seas. His life has
been devoted to work in and for the
Gilbert islands, which he first visited
in 1857.
When he first visited the Gilbert ISL
ands the natives had no knowledge of
writing and had never seen paper. The
first mail that arrived for the mission
aries was stolen by the native car
rier to whom it was entrusted and dis
tributed in particles to the other ma.
tiyes, who ate the scraps under the i'm.
preston that they were some kind Of
white mans food.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
TAKING STENOGRAPHIC
NOTES IN THE BRAIN.
How the Study of stenography
and Typewriting Follows the
Beginner Continually.

when I first began" said young
and stenography. "a gtenographer
friend of mine told me that after a
time I would find myself taking ste
nographic notes in my head and this
has already come quite true, though
j find that I am more likely to take
such talk down on a mental type
writer-I suppose because. as far as
I've got l am more advanced in type
writing than am in stenography
when you learn typewriting, YOU
know. they teach you on typewriter
With the keys all blanks. no letters
on them. You have hung up in front
of you a card on which are printed
all the letters and signs of the key
board. and YOU are expected to learn
the keys of the machine from the
card They do this so that YOU will
learn the keys by their positions and
so be able to play on the machine
without looking at it.
when you have learned the posi-
! ton of all the keys In this manner
they dictate 10 you such simple words
as c-a-t. cat. to be written on the
| typewriter without looking al the card;
and when YOU lind yourself able to
do this you think you have come to
be quite a typewriter.
"I5ut to- get that far you have to
do a, good deal of hard work. and your
| work is likely to follow YOU even in
your sleep. Why. I've dreamed many
a time of picking out letters and lines
of letters on the typewriter. Next tho
typewriter began following ME in my
waking moments. too, as it does now;
| except that now, being somewhat more
/ advanced as | ann, it follows me in
Il somewhat different way.
Now when somebody talks to me
or hear somebody talking. find my
Sn1f t.,l iy,t IL Ny-,,it.
in my brain as might on a real type
writer from dictation. OF course.
can't begin to write as fast as amy
body can talk but can do better than
i did at first. and l pound away ON
that mental typewriter h-d keep up as
we'll as can. And when | find myself
far behind. why | stop right there and
make fresh start on the talk from
that moment.
whether this mental practice on the
typewriter does amy good or not,
don't know; perhaps 1t would be bet
ter for me to forget the machine il
could when ann not actually at worl
on it, studying; but anyhow the type
writer pursues me. and SO when hea
people talking | pound away on tina
mental machine in my brain
And in the same way | take. a.
my friend had told me | would, ste
nographic notes in my brain / de- no
write there, because the typewrite
got installed in my head first: but
now find myself taking mental steno
graphic notes of things hear peopl
say. being particularly caught by tn
words ] hear spoken for which hav
. learned the contractions. and soon
suppose as ! become more advance
: in stenography ] shall begin talin
;. mental stenographic notes right alont
!, Hard work. this learning to be
= typewriter and stenographer. bl
a there's fun i'm it. too; though ! sha
il be glad whom it gets through follow
:. ing me in my waking hours an
!, haunting me in my dreams"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-08-13
He Was Poor Once.

The little hero of the following Incl
dent did not belong to me. In fact.
from his appearance think he belonged
to no one in particular. am equally
sure that the fact of his loneliness had
no terrors for him He WAS a ragged
little urchin selling papers on a busy
downtown corner A stylishly gowned
woman amid the hurrying throng
dropped her poclletbook. Quick as u
flash the boy seized it and hurried after
her Touching his cap, he handed her.
the heavy purse.
She thanked him Very graciously and
handed him Il nickel In IL tone equally
gracious he responded. "Aw keep Your
nickel, ! WAS poor once myself