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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29
FURNITURE STORE AT
doom BURNS DOWN

Rock Rapids. la. July 2s.-The fur
niture store of G. e. Wells at Doom, Ia.
was destroyed by fire. the cause of the
blaze being unknown. The loss Is 80
900 on the stock and $1,000 on the
building
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

TOPEKA, KAs.-Two suits wers
filed against the Topeka club, the most
fashionable club in the state today, to
test the right to keep liquor in lock-
ers at the club house. The purpose
Is to test this feature Of the new abso.
lutte prohibition law.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

ALBANY, N. Y.-The New York
Aerial Manufacturing and Naviga-
ton company, Of Brooklyn. was in
corporated to carry on the business of
transporting passengers. freight and
other commodities by airships Of all
kinds
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Denatured alcohol has been success
fully manufactured from fax straw at
the North Dakota agricultural college.
The yield Of 35 gallons ton does NOT
make it q paying proposition.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29
LIGHTNING KILLS BOY
RX EATAER,S SIDE

Mason City, a.. July 26.-Fred Babe,
a young farmer was Instantly killed by
lightning as he was hauling load Of
hogs to TitonlSa. His father was sit
ting by his side and he was not in
jured in the least and the hogs showed
no signs Of injury. There were no
marks on the wagon box indicating
that 1t had been struck.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

In his book on Nautical Charts" a.
X. putnam mentions the recent discov-
cry In Blue Iiill Bay, Me. OF q pinnacle
rock, only six feet ia diameter at its
TOP and projecting within seven feet of
the surface of the water. which rises
nearly eight feet. The rock was dis
covered by means of a wire drag. Its
existence Is mentioned as an example
of the difficulty, even in well known
waters. of making certain that no
Isolated rocks are lying in wait for
needless Victims
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Chicago married man who boasts
to the boys that his wife never sits up
for him. slipped out for cigar the
other evening after supper and failed
70 hollce mat his wife had her party
gown on. When he softly tlp-toed into
the house at a. m. says the Record.
Herald. he was surprised to see a
dewy-eyed lady trip down the stair
way turn her back to him and tear
fully say: There are two hooks lust
couldn't reach: won't you unfasten
them so can go to bed? Fortunately
he could and did.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

The population of the state of Vera
Cruz may be approximately put down
at 1000 900 Every settlement, village.
town and city is provided with private
and public educational Institutions for
pie.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29
MUcHAs eRAclos, SENIORS

Mexico City, July 29-The Mexican
government will be represented at tn.
Hudson Fulton centennial in New
York by the gnnboat Bravo.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

The proportion of felonies relating TO
property to the population in the po-
lice area of London has risen steadily
OF recent years. In 1907 it was 1859
TO each thousand of the population. a
higher figure than in any year since
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Water tanks of white pine used on
railway work. states the Engineering
Record. have in the past had a maxi
mum Ire OF 20 years, while the maxi
mum life of cypress is % years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Separate schools for tubercular chill
dren may be established in Philadal
PIMA in the near future The new school
code specifically prescribes that chill
dren suffering from tuberculosis can
not be admitted into the public schools
and at the same time provides for the
compulsory attendance of all children
between the ages of and 16 years IT
is the opinion of the educational Off
Gals that the only solution of the prob
lem is to set aside special schools for
the use of the tubercular pupils
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Although In most of the mines In
Japan the various operations are car
RED out In the ordinary labor Of men
and cattle. 1T seems from report on
the mining industry in HokSaido that
ht three coal mines and at one gold and
silver mine. electrical machinery is en-
ployed. In all. nine electrical engines"
ere employed in the coal mines, and
one electrical engine" in a gold and
silver mine. The nature of their work
is not stated. but it would appear to
partake mainly OF the transport OF ore.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29
TWENTY RUSSIANS KILLED.

st. Petersburg. July 26.-Twenty
workmen were killed and large num-
Der injured here today by the collapse
OF Q building In course Of construction.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Last year 500 American motor cars
crossed the frontiers of Germany In
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

In Chile there are regions where
mere are so many Germans that the
native servants learn their language
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

In Australia there are ants which
build their nests along north and
south line so accurately that traveller
may direct his course by their aid
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Hellium is the ideal gas for all light
sr than air airships, said Professor
Lrdmann, the other day in lecture
"a berlin Had Count Zeppelin used
N, ne declared, the catastrophe at
have occurred
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

Asbestos is being used now in tho
construction of warships to consider
able extent. to replace the intlammable
wood and the heavy iron
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

WINCHESTER, NA.-Mrs Elizabeth
Taylor cambridge. aged So. daughter of
President Zachary Taylor, died early
last evening after a brief illness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

In Raluchistan even the wolves go
mad. In his book, "rhe Frontiers of
Baluchistan," G. p. Tate writes. The
shepherds give a strange reason for
the epidemic of rabies. According to
them 1t was caused by the wild beasts
eating dead larks. In some years. they
said. the larks develop extraordinary
vitality and pour forth such a flood
OF songs as they rise on the wing that
they become suffocated and fall to the
ground dead. A wild animal which eats
one of those dead birds infallibly de-
velops rabies This is widespread
superstition and seemed not unfa-
mtliar to the natives of India who were
with me-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-29

The Turkish bath as known in the
west differs materially from the Turk
lsh bath as used in the East Accord
ins 10 r. o. Ailea. wanderer and mighty
hunter the difference lies In the fact
.hat at home the bath is visited only
by men who Wear broadcloth. whereas
IN Damascus almost the poorest are
able to frequent it. Disrobing in the
ntfourah men are to be seen whose
wardrobe would not fetch a sovereign.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
THE NURSERY
I T is the opinion of writer in Good
Housekeeping for November that

1T is the opinion of a writer in Good
Housekeeping for November that
the nursery trained children of
England are the best brought up chill
dren in the circle of France, Russia,
Germany, England and America, with
which she is familiar. She recognizes
that the English system would not be
practicable in this country ION account
of the servant problem"-that is, mere
ly well-to-do mothers here cannot pay
somebody else to live with their chill
dren so easily as it is done elsewhere.
But her argument that children should
have one room that is all their own,
where they can play what they like
and make all the noise they like
without the grown-up's restraining
don't" is worth considering. The
child who feels 1t a privilege to go
into mothers room and a special oc-
casion when ne is asked into the par
lor learns manners and is taught not
to think too well of himself. In the
average American home the children
are given too much Importance and this
sense of self-importance has afterward
to be rubbed off at school or college.
That the child has a room of his own
for indoor play need not dissociate
him from the mother. 1t merely
brings them into orderly relations and
hence more significant ones. Children
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
THE CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW

When one considers the perfection to
which the bungalow has been brought
through years of practical work and
careful study on the part of California
architects and designers, 1t Is not
strange that this fashion of building is
spreading so rapidly over the whole
country. Externally quaint and beau
tiful, a clever combination of the ado
be shacks," the old mission houses and
the New England cottages, and inter-
Eally convenient, cozy and comfortable,
il forms the ideal home for the masses.
and apart from the comfort of the older
members of the family, it is well to
bear in mind that the value of artistic
and beautiful environment to growing
children cannot be overestimated.
1t does not yet seem to be generally
understood that the bungalow Is not
confined to warm climates. With suit
able construction, such as double floors,
sheathed and papered outside walls
brick or concrete foundations, windows
instead of open ventilators and cellars
and furnaces. there can be no warmer
house built. and the bungalow Is just
as well adapted to the coolest, windiest,
stormiest climate as to sunny Cali
fornia.
The question of color for the exterior
OF a bungalow is, of course, one of indi-
vidual taste but a good rule to follow
is to adhere to the use of rather dark
and quiet tints, aiming for old weather
worn effects rather than fresh paint
smartness
The house from which this illustra-
tion was made had its weather-board-
ing stained a medium oak shade, Its
trimmings, such as window and door
castings. exposed rafter ends. verge
boards, etc. which. by the way. are all
of undressed but wire-brushed lumber.
are stained a dark reddish brown: the
roof shingles are stained moss-green;
window sashes are painted cream color
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
CONTINUED from Page 45)

Place the frame in position inside the
cutting made and sink it slightly below
the level of the ground. over the seed
bed sift two inches of fine, loamy soil
that has been made rich with well rot
ted manure. but be careful not to make
too rich. Smooth the bed with the use
of a piece of 1x4 lumber which is just
as long as the bed is wide. This can
afterward be used as a marker and
firmer of the soil when planting.
The bed now is ready to plant. All
of the varieties named for the seed
bed can now be planted. Place the
marker against the end of the bed and
start your first row. With small,
smooth, fiat stick make a slight fur
row at the side of the marker and
into this furrow drop your seed; with
the use of the small stick scrape back
the ridge of earth, thus covering the
seeds. Move up the marker, just COW
ering the row you have planted; TINS
is just the width of the marker. Press
the soil down firmly and continue
planting in same way until you have
filled the bed. Make labels of thin
pieces of wood and place on this the
name of seed sown, placing same a
the end of each row as you plant IL
Give the bed a light watering at
time of planting; use fine spray In
a sprinkling pot. Care must be taken
not to water roughly or to flood, which
would wash the seed out of place.
Watch the seed bed each day and do
not let it dry out. BY this time you
can give it all the water it needs;
when you water the bed give 1t
thorough watering and leave until 1t
again shows signs of drying.
Further care and planting of the
seed bed will appear in our next issue
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
At

it can be folded over the top of things
therein.
Loops for Garments-Loops for hang
ing up garments are always breaking,
particularly with children's cloaks and
coats. To make a serviceable loop cut
a strip of kid from an old glove, roll in
it a piece of coarse string and sew the
edges of kid neatly together.
To Iron Ribbons-Take a large,
smooth, unlettered bottle and wrap the
ribbon smoothly and tightly around it;
then wrap the whole in a paper. Fill
the bottle with boiling water and put
away until the water is cold. This
irons it lovely, in that there is no pos
sible wrinkles ironed in, as is some
times done when ironing under a cloth;
nor is it ironed crooked.
How to Treat an Umbrella-When
coming in out of the rain shake the
umbrella well, then close it and stand
it, handle down, where the water will
run off. Never set an umbrella away
tightly folded; the silk will soon split.
Permit the folds to lie loosely.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
USEFUL HINTS

To Cleanse Matting-Wash mating
with water in which bran has been
boiled or in rock salt water. Dry well
with a cloth.
Polishing Tables, etc. Il woolen
cloth, plenty of rubbing and one table,
spoonful of vinegar mixed with three of
pure linseed oil will make a mahogany
dinner table shine like a mirror. Piano
keys when in need of cleaning should
be wiped off with alcohol. For spong-
ing out bureau drawers and drawers of
si6eboards use tepid water containing
1 per cent solution of carbolic acid,
or, If that is not liked, use a small
quantity of thymoline in the tepid wa
ter. Instead of paper, some housekeep-
ers line such drawers with white oil
cloth. If the contents of the drawers
are delicate waists or other articles
likely to be injured by dust, it is a good
plan to lay in the bottom of the draw
ers a piece of cheesecloth as wide as
the drawer, but twice as long, so that
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
FIRE SCREENS

A negro preacher in a Georgia town
was edited on one occasion by the re-
cital of dream had by member of
his church.
Il was a-dreamin all dis time," said
the narrator, dat 1 was in ole Satans
dominions. l tell you, pahson, dat was
shore a bad dream'
Was dere any white men dere?"
asked the dusky divine.
"Shore dere was-plenty of 'em,' the
other hastened to assure his minister.
What was dey a-doin'?"
"Ebery one of 'em," was the answer,
was a-holdin' a cullud pusson between
him an de fire!''-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

and the screens are painted very dark
green, almost black.
This house is 3Ox51 feet over all, and
has been built in Los Angeles for $4,000
complete, with oak floors in living and
dining rooms.
This house has the advantage of be-
ing elastic in its proportions, as the
second story may be utilized for bed
rooms or another room or two may be
built on at the rear.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

who are too dependent on the mother
are perhaps as much to be pitied as
those left too much to their own de-
vices. The harassed mother is not an
especially good companion for her
child. The Independent child develops
individuality.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
A Dilemma

Visitor-Have you bought all your
new furniture yet?
Flat Dweller-No. l can't decide
whether to get a folding bed that looks
like a refrigerator or a refrigerator
that looks like a folding bed.-Cleveland
Leader.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
TAPA CLOTH.

Attire of the Native Hawaiians Before
 Civilization Arrived.
 The "paper mulberry" tree Brousso- netla papyrifera) is the source of the famous "tapa cloth" of the Polynesian islands. This < a natural tissue and Is derived from the inner bark and after being torn off in strips is scraped with shells and beaten with mallet until 1t resembles a soft, flexible paper. The individual strips are united by over tapping the edges and beating the fbers together until large pieces of the tissue are formed.
 It is said that before Hawaii was swept with the wave of civilization men and women were dressed in this natural bark cloth "tapR" or "kapa." The dress of the women consists of the pau" or wrapper, composed of five thicknesses of tapa, about four yards in length by three in width, passed several times around the waist and extending below the knee. The dress of the men was the "malo," or girdle, about foot in width and sev- eral yards long. A "llikel," or mantle, six feet square, was sometimes worn by both sexes. In former years these natural cloths were sometimes bleach cd to snowy whlteneSs or were dyed in colors and even printed or oruamented usually in checks or squares. - EX- change.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
HIDDEN llNGERs ]
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Alaska Citizen Can Afford
 to Ignore.

DANGER SIGNAL NO. comes from the kidney secretions. They wi warn you when the kidneys are sick, We'll kidneys excrete clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out thin, pale and foamy, or a thick, red, ill- smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of passage.
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the back. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the ap- proach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them perma- nenty. Here is proof in the state ment of a fellow sufferer.
 Theodore Josophson, 515 seventh St., Astoria, Oregon, says:
 About five years ago used Deans Kidney Pills and derived benefit benefit. At that time I was suffer ing from pains across my back and loins, often so severe that I was un- able to stoop or straighten. My kid neys also bothered me a great deal, the secreHons generally being too ire uuent in passage. At last Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my at tention and procured a box. used them and as a result my health is now excellent. I take few doses of Deans Kidney Pills now and then, when feeling any sign of backache and they never fail to remove the trouble"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
A praetienl pemonstration.

"The best way to study nature is to go right to it."
 q suppose so."
 "Oh, know it. I was once disposed to doubt the industry of the ant, of which so much is said"
 And you learned betterr
 q did. l had a controversy with a naturalist over the question, and I thought had him beaten until he gave me a demonstration"
 ''Took you out and showed you the ants at work, did he?"
 ''Well, not exactly that but he took me along on one of his scientific expe- ditions and then mallciously pitched my tent over an ant hill. By the time I discovered what was happening the conviction was forced upon me that ants are really and truly industrious, They are small, but they made me move, and some of them went right along with us to the next camping place."-New York Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
TWO LEssoNs.

A PLANT fin the window grow and A grow, ,re
 view.
 Its form was ugly; its leaves held stlngs That pierced and tortured Ike evil thing7 A ND daily and yearly it seemed akin kA To life of selhshTless. hate and sin, And on blazing BunHhinO it joyed to ceedi AS if gathering fire for deadllest deed TyUT at last one day rich perfume ID Rose incense-liSe thnt filled tho room, And. 10. on the plant flower fair, Like the spirit of purity resting therol TraEN I thought how tho years dragEod A npace
 Ere the birth Of that bloom of marvellous And 1 saw in the flower 60 wOndrOuuiy planned
 Two beautlful lessons, ulmplo. yet grand. NNHE ugllest shape may Do found to hold L A soul of tho purest, loVelieBt mold, And blossom time comes, be it soon or For him who has patience to work and
 Emma c. Dovd.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Having been appointed administra tor of the estate of Fred Haines, deceased, by the commissioner and ex-officio judge of probate at skagwa precinct in the first division of the district of Alaska, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby required to present them, with the proper vouchers, within six month from the date of this notice to me at my office in the town of Skagway in said precinct and district.
 Dated at skagway, Alaska, septem- Der IS, 1909.
 Phil Abrahams,
 Administrator. First publication, Sept. IS, 1909. Last publication, Oct. 9, 1909
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
A WAYslpE FLoWER.

T-IHY nnmo in poesy was sung,
 And all thy varied charmB wore
 rung Along tie gtrings of sllvery ,yrcgs
 Attuned ht those poetic fires Wi,ose embera scintillate and glow With an immortal rhythmic how. Within the stortgd niche Of famo Dld ChRucers pen thy virtues frame. Ills b0ya enwreathed thy sunlit brow A blithsome bonny doiBy thou Tn white ana golden vosturo diEht, With radiancy thy face aliCnt. While glows the sun above thy head Til twiiight's rose is over8pread. We yearn for that serenity That in thy heavenward eyo we geo; Thy sweer simplicity. which seems Apart from timos unstable dreams. In days resplendency delight, Naught dlni thy conatancy or blight Thy vivid cheer, o'erbrifn with dew. Thou waysido flower 90 leal and truoi
 Amelia Robbinn.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
Under Examination.

'Do you know the prisoner welli" asked the attorney.
 'Never knew him ill.," replied the witness.
 "Did you ever see the prisoner at tho bar%
 "TOok many a drink with him." was the reply. .ay 'How long have you known this manT
 "From two feet up to five feet ten" stand down. yelled the lawyer in disgust.
 Cant do it." said he. "Pn sit down or stand up"
 "oRcer, remove that man." And he did.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
An Athletic Game.

The cobbler's shop in a small village was filled with old men and young man, the young man being a good football player. Naturally the conyer- sation drifted to the game of foot ball,
 The young man turned to one of the old men and asked him if he had ever played the game. The veteran thought fully blew a cloud of tobacco smoke from his lips and replied: 1
 Nay, lad. I've never played at none O them athletic games cept dominos." London Mall. go A
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
ORDER OF EAGLES

Regular meetings of Skagway Aerie No. 20, Fraternal Order Of Eagles first and third Wednesdays in each month. in their hall on Fifth Avenue, at S:S0 ?. 10. sharp.
 All members are requested to be present and visiting brothers are in yited to attend.
 HENRY A. RHODE, Worthy Pres.
 J. NJ. Keller, Worthy Secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-04
THE plsApPolNTED LOVER.

- lfA aHAiolAt-ENliNle e-h l-gN -l' Y WILL so back to tho great sweet
 Mother and lover of men. tho Bsa. A will 60 down to her, l and mono Close with hOr, kiss her and mix her Cling "tt- to her, her, strive with her, hold her
 fast. O fair white mother, in days long past Born without sister, born without brother Set free my soul as thy soul ia freei O fair green Eirdled mother of mine, Sea. that 10 clothed with tho sun and
 the rain. Thy swee: hard kisses arc strong like Thy larSe embraces arc keen like pain. Save me and hide me with all thy waves. Find mo one grave of thy thousand
 grave5, Those pure cold populous graves of thlno, Wrought without hand in Q world with
 out stain. I shall sleep and move with the moving ships laF1" 'rAr, ch9Rg9 ,7sS ,I5. 8. tho winds ohanE'' v'oF in My llps VII feast on tho foam of thy
 
 shan rise with thy rising, with theo
 subside; Sleep and not know if ahO be. if aho
 were, n Filled full with llfe to tho eyes and hair. As a rose Is full filled to tho rose ieai
 tips
 With splendid summer and perfume and
 pride. gI - This woven raimeut of nights and days, Were 1t once cast or and unwound from h me, Naked and glad would I walk in thy
 ways, 3 Alive and aware Of thy waves and thee. Clear of tho whole world, hidden at homo, Clothed with tho green and crowned with
 the foam, A pulse of tho life of thy Htralts and A vein in the heart of tho streams Of
 A. c. sWinburno.