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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
NEW DANGER IN COAL MINING.
American Engineers Ran Across a
Superstition That Made Trouble.

American Engineers Ran Across
Superstition That Made Trouble.
The soldiers out in the Philippines
may get all the excitement they want,
but none of them ever had Il time that
befell bunch of us coal miners on the
island of Cebu." said a mining engineer.
The Flipinos In the section of Cebu
where the coal fields are situated are
unusually supersttious and in going to
and from the mines we had to pass q
good many native houses. After We
had been making the trip a few times
we noticed that the native children
would run at the sight of us and We
could see the mothers drag them in out
of our path and try to conceal them.
The men also became very surly.
Nothing happened until late one
night when one of the engineers Was
stopped by party of I'ilipinos at some
distance from camp. The natives all
had bolos and spears and the engineer
got out his revolver and prepared To
defend himself when Il minor official of
the village appeared and after talking
with the men told the engineer what
the trouble was. 1t appears That some
mischief maker, either TO make trouble
for US or to play upon the Gledulify of
tine natives. told them that The prnci-
pal way the Americans found out where
there was a coal naine was 10 kill ii
Filipino child and let its blood drop on
the ground. If the blood soaked into
the ground without leaving II trace
there was coal underneath.
..lf toole long ti,,,o tn convince
tine natives of the falsity of this story
and the situation got so serious before
they believed us that the constabuary
had to keep guard oNer u lot of coal
camps for a long time
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
THE SLOT MACHINE.
t Does-'t %i~.a5s W.-I. The First Time
the Plumber PIunqes.

sDid YOU ever notice how foolish II
man looks after he gets stuts by slot
rnachinc2 demanded The Observer
You know the chap who walks UP,
puts cent in The slot and then draws
nothing whom he pushes the rod.
Then he puts on that he WAS only
testing the thing 10 see it is WIS work
ing. He pretends he didn't lose his cent
at al.
III seems to me a lot Of those ma
chimes don't work right. I've noticed
that lots OF people put their money in
and get no return.
Anyway the machines often don't
work when the person who IS trying
for chewing gum is In ~ hurry To get
AN incoming subway train or sonnet thing
like that. Then the next person who
comes along is ape 10 get two pieces of
gum for ! cent.
II know folks who deliberately try
the slot machine plungefs in hopes that
Il dilatoiY cent VIII give 4 piece of gum
1lec. Others look in the pan underneath
To sec II there isn't u piece of gum on
candy There that the at@ user did not
have time Ia geI.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
II s Stomach f1<y5xzs7h

Some ,,ac,nle ara Ahin and nj ,.-lye re-
main tSin from to,,,,,ara,nental rea-
sa-,s Yrnha,,js Il, .;nej, cases ,,othsI.y
car No dome 10 chance iris persona,
n,S.nliar;tv.
R,,r tj,.rs ,,as. lo~s,a ,,,,p,l,er os Moo
MIA vim rret min. mr. rema,, Thin. vino
n4i,,rallv ,ynnla no ,,l,n,, ana es.bv
.,ut for some digestive 6cranrement.
Thin people lack in atiipose tissue.
A5,;,,osa tiSsna,s cb;a,,v con,nased Of
ia.
Fa Is derived from fine oily corstit-
.unuts OF food.
The fat.mo,sinr foods are called bv
.tha phvsioloeist. hydrocarbons. This
c,ass OF foods arc nor dirested in the
stomach MI nh. They are airested i'm
Tho ,lnadann,n tha diyision Of tho ali-
r,ent,rv canal inst helow the stomach.
The digestion of fat is mainly. if not
wholly tho work of the nancreotic
i,,ice ibis i,Iico is of alkaline ,,.ac-
ton. and is rendered inert by the addi.
linn of acid. 4 hyneracidity of tina
DIGESTIVE fluids of fine stomach passint-
down into the duodennm. destrovs
the pancreatic fluid FOR digestive pnr-
noses Therefore the fats are not di-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
HOW THE STARS ARE COUNTED.
Use Made of the Microscope and of
Photographic Plates.
From the London Daily Mall


The gigantic but fasenating task
which j. franklin Adams F. II. A. s,
has undertaken of counting he myriad
stars in the heavens and assigning to
each its proper magnitude is orc which
demands the quality of aaaust infinite
patience.
Mi NranlSlin-Adams has siready Sc
cured Photographic plates covering the
whole Of the southern hemisphere and
these with the series dcsliug With the
northern hemisphere viii number
more than 200. Each pl;ie, Which is 10
inches square, records from 10000 to
100000 starry images, and ON a rough
calculation The total number OF stars
photographed will prove to be about
$4,000, 900.
The task of counting the stars on the
plates has already been commenced,
and that work together with the cata-
loguing viii take another ten years.
The method of counting the stars ON
the plates was explained by r. j.
Mitchell. MIR. Franklin .Aflains' chief
assistant.
First taking one of the plates" said
MIR. Mitchell. eve move il across a
graduated grating contained In a field
of a high powered MICROSCOPE. A hori-
zontal strip in the grating IS then ex-
amincd and the stars III this small
area are counted from left to right.
vi COURSE IL Is liulloSsipit lp insure
absolute accuracy, for there is the pos
sibility that star may be counted
twice or missed altogether.
"Then there is the ditiiculty pre-
scented by mechanical spccks on the
plates. which may at first be taken for
stars: but Mr.. Franklin Adams has a
| method by which all stars above the
tenth magnitude can be differentiated
! from dust specks Mr.. Franklin Adams
| and his assistants check one another
| in the counting, but there is always
l y slight difference In the totals, due of
course to the personal equation as rep
| resented by the operator
| Merely to count the stars ON an
average plate, apart from noting their
| Photographic magnitude, occupies the
| time of two men for more than fort
| night il they work seven hours day.
In taking the plates Mr.. Franklin-
| Adams used a triple achromatic ten
| inch lens working at IA In the north
ern hemisphere the minimum exposure
| Was hours and 90 minutes and In
the southern, with its clearer atmos-
| phere, . hours"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

A French scientist. NJ Berth, in
dealing with the subject of coast ero-
sion, mention, that the Island of Jcr-
sey once formed part of the continent
of Europe He has also brought 10
light the interest fact that there still
exists an ancient charter by which a
certain abbey was compelled TO fur
nish the necessary plank for communi-
eating with the island from the MAIN
land at low water. The extent to
which the sea has encroached on the
land is evident from the fact that the
journey from the mainland of France
to the island by steamer now takes al
hour
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Mrs Pinkham. of the Lydia E.
rinkham Medicine Company of Lynn.
Mass, together with her son. Arthur
w. pinkham and the younger members
OF her family, sailed for Naples on
May 20 for three months tour
throughout Europe and much-needed
vacation"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
WIDDWS,under NEW LAW obtainoa
rsr,N,SrIn%s. by JOHN w MORRIS.
lSLNSASpNS Washington, ID. o.
Carnegie on Temperance

From the Interview In New York
My attitude on the temperance question
Is some what like that OF II man whom
once repreached for wcaring the blue rib
bon in his lapel, whlle he staggered from
bar TO bar depicting The cntire available
supply OF scotch whisky I'm a temper
ance mon, says he, bus IN nae b.got3
Though hot u bigot myself. ! like 10 en-
courage temperate HABITS among those IN
my service. especiolly The sailors and on
ginecrs who run my yacht So ] siie a
10 per cent bonus oNer and above their
regular wages to all WHO promise TO alb
stain from liquor"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
a Veteran Texan.

An old Texan 10 Nas not pre-oini-
neitly notorious ioi "slaeits. WAS teii-
Ing some of his ncighbors what a fine
COW he POSSESSED.
Why, do you know, said he. that
ccw has been giving milk eyer since
she was is months OH and has never
had d calf. Something peculiar about
hat stock OF cattle. that COWS mother
never had a calf"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
During the last ten years $4,000. 900

During the last ten years s5o,o00,oo0
has been expended on hotels In New
York city, and they are already the
most advanced, convenient. luxurious
and expensive ever conceived of. The
Waldorf Astoria is assessed for taxa
ton at s12,160,000, the new Plaza at
s7,600.000. the Aston at s5,00O,0O0, the
Belmont at $3,S75.O00. the Manhattan
at s3.200.000. the ST Regis at $2,3000O0.
the Knicierbocker at S2,000.000 the
Gotham at s1,250,000, and in addition
to these there are fifty-two other ho
tells of similar valuation on the as
SCISSORS books. which, of course repre-
sents not more than so or 60 per cent.
of the actual Investment
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
A Test.

Annabel- But do you think he loves
her,
Arthur Sure He saw her out in
the back yard beating carpets with her
h;tir tied UP in :; towel. and he still
wants to marry her.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Second Story Man.

Why, that novelist makes
a habit of rewriting stories and pass
ing them off as his own. He's lit
erary crook.
Quibbler-A sort of second story
man, Ell?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

In a Pinch, Use Allen. Fnot-E.se.
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures corns. Runons. Swollen
Sore, Hot. Gallons. Aching. Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted.
LIE Roy n Y
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Mot a Gard Enthusias

Miss De HUI Mrs, Blank wears
swell clothes. but her hands look if
she had worked in her early days. Did
you notice it,
Miss De itt-No, ] di'in'I notice her
hands. but Judged by her conversa-
lioa that she had done something in her
life that was more sensible than play
ing l:.idGe whist.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Wanted-Owners Iowa, Minnesota, Da-
kotas land. merchandise and rentals TO list
same for sale and exchange. Am offered
clear Minneapolis property and timber
land. Atwood Realty Co, l.. b. SIS, Min
neapoIis Mimi
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
womenwho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irr charities,
periodic pains, backache, chat bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indises-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
letterincOnfidence andadvise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
Thousands. Address, Lynn Mas.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

a pioneer of Colo
RADIO. now living at
2ls East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb..
says: II had such
palms in my back for
u long time that l
could not turn in bed,
and at times there
WAS an almost total
stoppagc of the urine.
NV wife uud I huvo
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Cowboy lyrics.

"Cowboy Lyrics, BY Robert V. Carr is
II neat little volume of poems published
by the w - Conkey company Chicago.
If one Is surteitcd with the conventions
alities of city and society, IL one would
have the open ana unbroken prairie If one
would see the bronco buster In real
leather breeches II one would know the
appetite before the cali for dinner of the
cow puncher, If one would see the roundup
as 1t really is ne should get these Cow
boy Lyrics" There ar, human tastes :smd
human passions in tho book. and they are
related with much warmth aud expression
by the uneultured poet OF the 'Old P;ic-
tola Trail" The spirit Of the author Is
in The old Cowman
IN not 50 young as | us'er be.
IN somewhat gray and wrinlSiey
An | wear my hat my old white hat
ON he back o my neck On a roll q fat
AM I don't ride much like | ulster, tho .
I'm not ~ dog goned gunbo slow
W hen 1t comes to BRONX, but yet J. II saw
A buggy fer mine most any day,
But ny heart is young. OH. my heart is
young.
An, She sings the songs like she alIe,,
sung
Dealin fnir and dealin square.
An iadht friendship eysry-where.
Fer tho day when ] cross tho treat DI.
vide
Old purds arc eone-no use TO care,
But III see en- again, should shout,
To jes5' shake hands fer an get ont.
I've no regrets an that's no lie
white mans meyer afeelid To die:
old age an death has got to be,
An, Is the bods. they don't scare me,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Truo Coura ee.

Natalic-Yes, he Was paying atten-
ton TO her quite a long time.
Estelle Perhaps he hadn't the cour-
age to propose
Natalie-Oh, don't know. Perhaps
he had the courage not to propose.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

st. Petersburg authorities have issued
an order forbidding the students of the
cadet corps to read Sherlock Holmes"
and other stories Of a similar character.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

both used Doan's Kidney pills for what
doctors diagnosed rs advanced kidney
troubles. and both of us have been COM
plctcly cured
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co. BMilnlo y. y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
pettit.. E1. snIyc fo, nn.

Relieves tired eyes. quickly stops eye
aches, congcsted infamed and common
sore eyes. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, n y
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Tho Idea of a Roadmaker.

Bone-Stones girl weighs two hun
dred.
Cone-When she sits on his knee
should think 1t would be case Of
crushed Stone"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Where are you going with Fido?"
I'm going to take him TO the dry
cleaners; he hates to be washed so
bad"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Invest 81 monthly in Oklahoma farm
lands. Agents wanted. Write for particu-
lars. c. w. Deming Inv. Co, Tulsa, Okla.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
VETERAN OF THREE WARS.

A Pioneer of Colorado and Nebrnslsa.
Matthias Campbell. veteran of the
Civil War and two Indian wars, and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Still Having Fun With Him.
Percy-Weally, Daisy. dawnced so
-stwenuously in that last waltz that me
head feels light. doncher know
Daisy-lndeed. l suppose that SEN
station was so common with you that
you had ceased TO notice it,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Grandfather's Cure for
Constipation

HA REAT medicine, the sawbuck.
* no Two hours a day saving wood
N TT will keep anyone's Bowels
NH regular.
No need OF pills. Cathartics. Castor on.
nor "Pl,Ysic. If you'll only work the Saw
buck regularly.
Exercise is Natures Cure for cons,ipa-
ton and. a Ten-Mile walk will do. If you
haven't got q wood-pile.
But you vii! take your EAerclscina an
Easy Chair. there's only oae way to do that.
because, there's oniy one kindof Artificial
Exercise for the Bowels and its name is
"cAscARETs.
cascarsts ar. me only meansto exercise
the Bowel Musc.es without work.
They don't !st.rg., cripe. nor "upse.
your Stomach, because they don't act like
Physics"
They don, flush OFT your Bowels and
lntcstines With costly waste of Digestive
Juice. as Sits, Caster Oil. caiosncL jalap.
or Aperient Waters always do.
No cascare,s strengthen and stimulate
the Bowel Muscles. that Aae the Food
passages and that tighten up when food
touches them, thus driving the food TO its
finish
A cascaret acts on your Rawel Muscles
as Ii you had Just saved a cord Of wood. or
walked ten miles.
cascaress move the Food materially.
disesiing It without waste Of tomorow's
Gastric Juice.
The thin. flat, Ten-cent Box is tnads
to fit your Vest pocket, or My Lady's"
Purse. Druggists 10 Gents Box.
Garry it constantly with you and take
cascaret whenever you suspect you ascd
/ one.
Be very careful to get the genuine
made only by the Sterling Remedy Con-
pany, and never sold in bulk: Every tab
Yet stamped "ccc.'.. q
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Send l0c for book telling how 10 get
rich without working. Regular price &c,
a limited number only for Zoe. I.arch-
mont Farm. Inc, West Camp. n. Y

The Hartman system has com
menced construction work on the
Snake river cut-off between Hunting
ton aud Lewiston. This line down
Snake river canyou VIII give the IIar
rilnan system an uninterrupted str"tof
of water-level grads reaching from
tidewater AT Portland 10 Pocatellr
Idaho I; distance Of 20 miles, prnc-
tically nne-third OF the distance he
tween the Pacific coast md Chicago
No other transc0n;inehtll line has
anything approaching such an econom-
ic advantage as this Will give the Har-
rinan system.
Farmers Look West Texas farm lands.
Oh the famous KucS prairie. For descrip-
ton Of country. ana price Of lands. write
w. VI. Sane;fcr. Knox City. Texas.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

cat G St ,,,u. .na Al
y Permanently ured by I'r. Hiire st,ie.t
Nerve Re,toer. Send Free Sc trial boio and tIes..
DIR. Il H. KLINE. Ia. .al Areh Street fhi.aspAl.. 10
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

After suffering for seven years,
thiswOmanw was restored to health
by Lydia IL. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, Of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 had female troubles for seven
years was all rundown, and SO ner-
vous I could not do anything. Tho
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con-
dition wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for adj
vice and took Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and i am now strong
and WE'LL"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
YOU'RE roo HIN.

Eaes es.sAs t.ataz2xsa1 Esraage5asMGs
Of me S5amash Itcaiscr lir:a Fer
2ist1ifllf.c5. u ~ fo29.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

Tojetti, the artist. who according to NJ.
Kali got $1,000 for the Job. has made IL
clear by a subtle omission that Adam was
a kind husband ELSE why does he sit
stoicaly freezing to death while all the
tig leaves in the family do their poor best
to protect Eve from the stinEing Mast?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25
Adam Too Thinly Clad.

True the family fig leaves are few In
number. Poor Eve can scarcely count
dozen to her name. while Adam has none
at all. But tand this is the poi;iD that tho
picture Is masterpiece is shown by the
fact that men are known to have taken
the pledge In Saiil's on the score that they
could see Ewes leaves rustic in the pic
ture and Adams flesh creep with the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-06-25

The affrighted servant obeyed. and. Mr..
Kali. tearing himself from his balance
sheets. came and stood IN the presence.
Comstock (for 1t was he), pointed an ac'
cusing cane at the figure of the chiyal.
rous Adam and the shivering thinly -clac
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-13
PLAYS HARTFORD EDITORS.
Foolish, Insane and dIdiotic"--Teach-
 CTS Share HOnOrs in Muck.rakipp.

Hartford. May 13.-"Tf Georgia can do that said H. H. Spooner, secretary of the Connecticut Tenn perance Union, referring to the pro- hibition campaign in that state be- fore the county convention of the w. c. T. U. in this city yesterday after noon, "why cannot Connecticut? And when the editors say that the saloon could not be abolished in Hartford without the arising of the speak easy they are on a par with the army officer who says that he cannot maintain discipline without having his men allowed to get drunk nearby. The one is as foolish, as idiotic, as insane as the other.'
 The "that" which Georgia could do was the passage of the prohibi- tion laws and a subsequent abolition of "clubs." MT Spooner described two of these clubs in Atlanta and Savannah whose members had been sent to the chain gang and he then opened up on the local editors as quoted above. Mir Spooner, how ever, was not the only speaker to give it to the, rum-soaked press of Hartford and he was only singing the masculine role in a duet, in which the superintendent of press, Mrs Mary E. Welles of Wethersfield, had the other part. For Mrs Eelles, previously reporting on the work of the press committees, said that she thought it would be good thing to change the tone of certain papers, for in reading the papers most in circulation in Hartford" one was of- ten led to wonder if the editors read the current magazines as their ideas were so contrary to articles which were appearing in the latter.
 But 1t wasn't only the editors who got it hot and heavy but also the teachers of the state, for when Mrs H. c. Stoughton of East Hart ford, county superintendent of tenn perance instruction in the public schools, made her report. saying that the teaching of scientific tenn perance which, in connection win physiology Is required by state law, is much neglected by the teachers, another speaker cited the case Of teacher. who had said that, if she were required to teach physiology, she had rather shut her doors and stop teaching. Other speakers said that the teachers had little sym pathy with the state law, while oth- CTS said that 1t was not due to neg ligence on the part or the teaen- CTS, but to the fact that they are oyerburdened. MT Spooner touched on this matter also and said that if the teachers, in the face of the law. refused to teach it the people should look for new teachers, no matter how good the old ones were.