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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
DIDN'T KNOW
conee Wa. the Cause.

Many daily habits, particularly OF
eating and drinking. are formed by fol-
lowing our elders.
In this way Ill health Is often fas-
Tened upon children. A Ga. lady says:
II had been allowed to drink coffee
ever since can remember. but even
as child had weak stomach, which
frequently refused to retain food.
The taste of coffee was in my
mouth ali the time and was, as found
out later, the cause of the stomach
rebelling against food.
II now see that it was only from fol-
lowing the example Of my elders that
formed and continued the miserable
habit of drinking coffee. My digestion
remained poor, nerves unstrung, fire.
quent headache. and yet l did not sus-
pect the true cause.
Another trouble was bad. muddy
complexion, for which spent time and
money for creams, massaging, ETC.,
without any results.
After | was married I was asked
to try Postum, and would you believe
1T, l. an old coffee topper, took to Postum
from the very first? We made it right
according to directions on the pack
age, and it had most delicate flavor
and l at once quit coffee. with tho
happiest results.
II now have perfectly clear,
smooth skin, fine digestion and haven't
had a headache in over two years."
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville,' in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. a
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full q
human interest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
MILITIA READY TO CURB
TROUBLE I'M ARIZONA

Phoenix. Ariz. Jan 3o.-Acting Gov
ernor Page has issued orders to the
officers Of the various companies of the
national guard OF Arizona to hold
their companies in readiness for orders
10 go to Globe at short notice, in ex-
pectation of possible trouble between
the miners and mine operators there
over the question Of organizing a I'M
Jon among the men. 1t is said there
is slight likelihood OF any serious dis
turbance, as the men have shown no
disposition to cause trouble or damage
property.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
TRAFFICKER IN WHITE
SLAVES SENT TO PEN.

c'hrago Feb. 4.-The story of a
beautiful girl lured 10 the United States
from Paris resulted in .he conviction
OF Henry Lair, charged by the gov
eminent with being u promoter of the
socalled white slave" traffic in this
country. Lair was sentenced by Judge
Lands TO serve two years in the gov
eminent prison al Leavenworth. Kan.
and to pay $500 fine.
The next case to be tried is that
of Lucien d'Arvaille. LARS supposed
wife. who was indicted with him OIL
charge of importing French girls t.
this country in violation of the immi-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
HERD OF CATTLE
KILLED in STORM

Marshalltown. la, Feb. 3.-As a re-
suit Of Fridays blizzard. it was dis
covered today that a severe loss has
been sustained by James McManus, a
farmer. near st. Anthony. this county
McManus had 60 head fine steers in
tho stalk field. The animals broke from
lthe pasture in the storm, drifted with
the storm and 40 persisted
I In present condition they We're easily
worth $4,000. Twenty-six OF the bodies
were removed from one creek bed
where they either drowned or sue
cumbed to exposure.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
ALTA PHYSICIAN
PASSES AWAY

Alta. Ia. Jan. 3o.-Dr. Leonard J.
Harvey, for almost 40 years resident
of Buena Vista county, died at his
home in this place yesterday of loco
motor ataxa. He was a veteran of
the civil war. He came to Storm Lake
in 1870 and to Alta 10 years later, and
with an absence of five years in the
west. has lived here since then. He
had been i'll for four years, having been
exposed in the severe snowstorms four
years ago this winter
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
PAYS PENALTY FOR
MURDER WITH LIFE

ossiniie, n. V. Feb. Salvatore
GiGv"rnale Was put to death in the cleo
trc ltii ut Sing Sing prison today for
the murder of two New York city po-
lic"men. George NJ. scchler and Albert
\. Sileck ON Sunday afternoon, April
a. 1868. The double murder followed
a fight in Washington Square park,
during which GoNcrnale fired revolver
at a follow countryman. The policemen
/ intcrfered and chased Governale into
| hallway, from which he fired on the
officers. shooting them both fatally.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
COMMISSIONER BRIGHAM
SCORES ENGINEERS

l)es Moines Ia. Feb. A. State Labor
commissioner brigham scored the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
IN the state convcntion today because
he Said they would not sufficiently as
$st him IN gctting legislation needed
oS railroad mcn.
Afterwards the engineers decided To
ask for laws compelling additions to
tiait equipments, among them the pur-
chase of the strongest headlights made.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
PAROCHIAL PUPILS
ARE NOT TRUANTs

oskaloosa Ia, Jan. 30. Judge Glenn
ents holds that pupils who attend
p;irOchial schools cannot be compelled
to go To public institutions.
The truant officer had arrested pu-
pill who went to classes in Il Dutch Re
.orned church and the court ordered
his r.sipaSc
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
FAIRBANKS WILL GIVE
A "CONSOLATIOM" DINNER

Washington Jan. Representative
Watson. of In,iiana, today extended to
Vice President Fairbanks an invita-
ton TO give IL consolation dinner" to
the republican members of the Indiana
delegation who We're defeated for re-
election. Mr.. Fairbanks accepted the
invitation contingent upon his dining
room table being large enough to seat
so many The dinner will be given
some time next week
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04

H. F. 115-By Miller-Te instruct the
attorney general to investigate the ops
erations of the International Harvester
company with a view to prosecution
and making an appropriation of $1,000
for this purpose
Fl. r. 116-By Miller-To provide that
poem on Iowa by E. N Bailey, of
Britt, be the official state poem.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
s.FzE 5000 WORTH
OF Whisky AT ONAWA

onawa Ia. Feb a--Toelay. on iMtor-
nation fled by John Il. Joseph. of
Sioux city, who is Ut. attorney for the
Anti-Saloon league, Sheriff Rawiins
seized $1,000 worth of whisky at Whit :
ing. la. This is the property of Bill
Wise. of that town. whose saloon was
ordered cl"seG III duly by the town
council. Wise had il stored in his sa-
loon building and II is claimed was
bootleggins ii out. The seizure con-
sisted of II barrels and over 80 eases
OF bourbon whisky. n the charge is
proven over $4,000 worth of wet
epods Will be Jumped into the gutter
The seizure, which consisted of -four
Wagon loads, was hauled from Whiting
ana stored in the coanty jail! 1T Ona :
va. which ii almost fills
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
Republican Government in Our Schools,

The most revolutionary note yet
sounded in the management OF our
public schools is the new agitation for
completely republican form of gov
eminent In which all just powers are
derived from the consent of the pupils.
Miss Bertha Fl. Smith writes of this
interesting subject in the Atlantic
Monthly. In large schools. she says.
every sort Of question of discipline
arises. There is stealing, there is self
ishness of every kind, there is bullying
and browbeating on the part of older
and stronger boys and the fear of force
on the part of the weaker, besides all
the petty annoyances, from note scrib-
bling to the kicking of tin cans down
the aisle during class AS homes are
becoming less and less homes in the
real sense, the responsibility of mould
ing the character of boys and girls is
being more and more shifted to the
public schools, and perhaps at no time
In the history of public schools has
schoo! discipline required more judy
lnent more firnness, or more tact. than
today And the habitual optimist may
score q point, when, instead of revert
ing 10 the pedagogic principle of mo
practice the democratic dogma of gov
eminent of the people. for the people,
by the people. The authority of these
self government committees does not
stop short of actual suspension, al
though in taking this last step the
the greatest strength Of self-govern-
ment work lies in the fact that the Of
fender is tried before IL jury of his
peers. II is not some middle-aged, I'M
sympathetic person, who has forgotten
he was ever young and lawless, who
sits in judgment, but roomful of the
offenders ol-fellows-possibly some
| of his OF her best friends,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
information.

The train had stopped for water at
ii little station in the country.
The passenger with the skull cap,
seeing a lone native standing on tho
station platform. addressed him.
Farmers around here seem to have
been cutting a good deal of hay this
morning." he said.
Yes. sir" answered the native.
'"TlleS'r taking risks. Don't you
think 1T looks like rain?"
Sort o."
What do you suppose they will do
IL it does RAM
II reckon they'll have sense enough
to go in out of it, mister
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
DEMOCRAT RETAINS
SEAT in ASSEMBLY

The FIRST OF the contest committees
to report was tliat in the contest from
Clinton county The committee report
ed this morning IN favor of i@avin:. he
iiic ,3thcnt in his at The inrGmbent
is Kendall. democrat whle the com
testant was Robb, republican The
vote of the committee vas three ot,vo
in faYor OF permitt.ng the democrat to
retain his. seat
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
whiskey for CoIds,

To one half pint good whiskey, add
one ounce syrup sarsaparilla and one
ounce Toris compound. which can be
procured of any druggist. Take in tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring. Immediate results al
ways follow this treatment.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
Avoid Trouble.

From the Chicago Daily News.
The young housewife was engaging
her first cook "Of course she said.
Il don't want to have any trouble
with YOU
Thin it do be up to yersilf, ma'am.''
replied the kitchen lady. IF yez make
no complaints Oill make no trouble"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
Unjust to Ananias.

fTpih liIe NIlCdSo Tribune.
ut has always seemed to me-" said
Uncle Allen Sparks, that it's unjust
to call EN- 'Ananias clubs. 1t isn't
quite fair to Ananias. He didn't ac-
tually utter any lies: he only lied by
implication He wasn't really eligible
himself to membership in an Ananias
club
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
FARMER LOSES LIFE
IN IOWA BLIZZARD

.y.'lSi,.si.t,wn. la. FOB A. During
the blizzard which ragged over all of
Iowa the last OF the week. Joseph ia
cobson farmer living southwest of
Odeboll la. lost his Way, became ex-
hausted. fell ard Was frozen To death
while going from town TO his home.
Tho body Was dug out or the snow this
morning by ncglbors, Vito organized
II posse to search for him
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04

!. ferryboa. IN use il The harpot Of
fiasgow is supplied With q deck which
can be raised and lowered u feet. In
fact it is !, floating elevator This fea
iure is necessary brcaGae of the differ
ence of the levels OF the TWO landing
stages ,oade use Of By he craft.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
A Domestic Science Triumph.

I'roni tlle Z ansas t7ity Star
To 'rhc Star noticed an article in
The Star the ot.ier day about girls at
the Manual 1raing High school serving
q luncheon Tor = persons al q cost OF
cril . cents a plate. Id like IL know
hos they did ii and am sure a lpt of
othe housewives wop!d like 10 kloW.
With everything on the market SO high
jest nov IL doesn't seem possible 10
me. If yol. print this perhaps one Of
thu girls VIII answer through the star,
Mrs. f. L. N.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
POOR BOY

Do'ly--I hear that your cousin had TO
Lave college
oaa Yes, lie stndied too hard learn
tns ihe new foo:oali Signals.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04

Southern Pachc surveyors are at work
laying out lines for seven mile tunnel
through the crest of the Sierras to relieve
the main overland line of the stiff grades
that now require two engines to haul or
Ginlr.. trairS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
Here is tife m1nil served by tho young
women at the high school

Sinai Pickles.
Cream, OF Celery Soup With Satines.
Veal Patties with Green Peas and
Mashed Potatoes.
Parker House Rolls.
Cheese and Lettuce salad with
Cheese Sandwiches.
Pineapple Sherloet and Lady Cake
Cafe Noir
a glance at the waste after the.
,laIned il. Miss Belle stewart. one Of
the Instructors IN the domestic science
department AZ the high school. said
YESTERDAY. Nothing was thrown away
except potato pcelings. homes ana
such things
Accurate buying that explains the
mystery oil the cheap luncheon. When
the young women planned the MEM
they figured everything down to q fine
point and thrn bought exactly what
lhnS needed and an ounce more.
q course, it is difficult to figure Just
how muNu 10 buy but tnat Is ali '2
portant cart OF their training. The
yo.ins; Wpaieii who gave tlu ...ncla.aa
were sccead " pupils in the science
Department. Fheg were taught how 10
buy last Gaar.
The stewardcss Of the class is Miss
Eva Darnell, OF sloi Olive st. She did
tae buying for the luncheon This MAS
her Eroccr hille
Two pounds OF reai to. patties - 80
Potatoes ..-..5s. ..-..........-...... 10
celery !. s4I..........s.s. ...s....4.... 80
one pound Of butter ....s..... 50
MIX -3.s.....s..s,s. ..-se...4.. 81
ono half duzeasesrs ..s.......... lG
Two cans OF peas s....-.........i....s. %
neesc ......... r.. Observation-Disclosures. 20
One can al pineapple .-.4.4. -
Lettuce ..,.....,.. 49,. -
Fight lemons .......... ...s.. ~
pickles {... ....,... i. ....s..... Il
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15

stopped in the gateway. and the
scent OF the lioness reached her
head up with a wild whinnying call.
Francis and bred together. 1t
seemed as if we had missed. The
lioness and erouched for leap. and
she did not change her position ner
position for a few seconds. The
she rocked herself slowly to and
fro, and fell over on the body OF her
mate. Il was a tile while before we
dared move. bus as soon as l leaned
forward and sounded the whistle
which ! usually summoned Brown
Maid, she came flying across the
bodies of the lion and lioness to
reach me sooner. Yet she was
trembling all over with fir ght, and
| had e rub her pretty head and
talk 20 her with man a pet word be.
fore she was Wiling to be led to hes
stall.
On joining the steward we found
the fire was extingaished: and my
lady was wait ng to thank us for our
we had been in no danger, at which
Master Ralph opened wide his eyes.
We went to our beds. well pleased
TO have our adventure safely ended
My lady was most gracious the next
( day. Affirming herself delighted to
be rid of he beasts. The present
lords fathel had once had notable
collection Of wild animals from for.
eiga countries. but during the civil
war they had DIV ndled down to this
pair, and the parrakeets and cock
atoo IN my lady's chamber.
Her idea about the poor baast-tsm.
OF proved right, but happily he
must have died unconscious of the
lions.
Our journey thereafter was a ;u.et
one, and TO say tru,h, we did not
wish for more adventures. We were
we'll content that our road ran be-
meath sky Of blue and between
blooming and peaceful fields to the
very gates of home!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15

of Jonathan Edwards would come to
smash
The poem is simply another illustration
OF Holmes humorous gravity, or grave
humor-the facu.ty tlsat hurt lrto laugh
ter on the Charles River h.t'gs. we raa
understand. asa Asaal4g tAts. Way 50
discr.,a. naii,:g writer as Barrett Wen
dell should place Ho mes alongside Of
voinire Il tie worlds literature.
Yet such a comparison is unjust be-
cause Holmes never displayed the sar-
donic savageFy OF tie FeFney sage.
Holmes was genial and gentle. aud be-
longs rather with Charles Lamb. The
breakfast Table series. beginning
with the "Autocrat'' IN 1851 aud closing
with over the Teaenp'' ia 1890. is nearly
related to the Essays Of Ella" And
had he written none % his poems Holmes
would live by these delightful books As
Thomas Wentworth Higg nson has said
lie is likely to stand as one Of the few
great humorIsts Of the world
His Addiction 60 Punnins.
He shared with Lamb taste for afro
cious puns. The very Arst paper Of the
"Autoerat" IL full Of them, although It
likens punsters to people who put coppers
on a railroad track. They smuse them
selves aud other children. but tbeir little
trick may upset 3 freight train Of con-
versation for the sake Of a battered wit
ticsSm .
Charles r. Adams has told how q book
cauvasser called on Dr. Holmes TO per-
suade him to subscribe for the Century
Dictionary ~ said the DoetOr I'm
too oid-elghsy , ars-T sha'n't live 70
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15
THE GARDENS OF sHusHAN.

"And the king loved Esther
and made her queen instead II
yashti."
Be pitiful! Her lips have touched
this cool
Clear stream that sets the long
green leaves astir.
The very doves that dream beside the
pool
Sang their soft notes to her.
For her these doors that claim the
amorous South,
with cedar wood
And here the bees sought honey from
her mouth,
So like flower she stood.
For her the globed pomegranates
grew, and all
Sweet savory fruits rose perfect
from their flower
Here has her soul known silence and
the fall
OF each enchanted hour.
Under her feet all beauty was laid
low,
In her deep eyes all beauty was
made clear,
When the king called her through
the amber glow;
20 vashti, I I'm here!"
Still tie sweet wells return to me
her face,
st:n her lost name on every wind
Is blown.
The shadows and the silence of this
place
Are hers alone
Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15
INTERESTING BITS

Cardiff, in Wales, is a city at least
1000 years old, and its growth has
been regarded by some people as phe,
nomenal. Thus a writer of 1922 re-
marks upon the fact that tinplates
have enormously added to a popula.
ton which in 1901 was less than 2.
eco and lis now grown 10 1881. ("
Since then TIM city by the Tar has
grown 10 $50 900.
1t has been discovered that the
ancient volume over which the stu.
dent pores is full Of germs; and
some people say that the danger
should not be faced without a SILK
and wire mask +, yer the mouth
and nose. The ga Lg mask is used
n Paris.
Roller skating S popular in the far
east. In Calcutta, at a rink on the
Madam, as many as 5000 rinkers and
Spectators, nearly all foreigners. have
been seen in one day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15
SAND DUNES DESTRUCTIVE.
Especially on the East Shore Of
Lake Michigan.

Especially on the East Shore OF
Lake Michigan.
Shifting sand dunes are causing
trouble on the borders of Lake Mich.
igan. The dunes are formed by the
on-shore winds, which sweep the
beach sand beyond the reach of the
waves,
The sand accumulates in low
mounds about any Instructions, such
as stones or bushes; thus started
the dune IS sufficient cause for its
own growth. The wind keeps p'ling
the sand up from behind the dune
grows, and the sand onx It's crest is
blown over to the lee,ward side of
The mo INT so that the dunes gradu-
ally march inland.
On the east side Of Lake NflenI.
gan The dry west winds have heap
ed mp numbers Of dunes. ranging IN
height up to 200 feet In Indiana
the dunes have moved inland ceross
a forested area. burying and killing
trees, leaving the dead trunks as
skeletons behind them In their march
onward. Philadelphia Ledger
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15
FI0rIda.s Seventy Foot Bamboo.

Possibly the tallest bamboo in
America grows in Arcadia, Fla, and is
about seventy feet high. The clumn
has spread Of City feet. and the di.
ameter at the ground is twelve feet.
The specimen is only eight years old.
This Is the common bamboo Of India
probably brought to south Florida
from the West Indies. In Jamaica Il
has become naturalized md is popu-
larly supposed II be Indigenous. This
bamboo makes an astonishing growth
during our rainv season. the canes or.
ten attaining their fun height IN six
weeks, after which they begin to put
on leaves. The canes are from four TO
five inches in diameter at their base.
Unfortunately this species cannot
stand low temperatures, and the speci.
men in Arcadia has frequently been
damaged by cold,--t5arc'sr Ma~~-as--~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-15

see tue Century finished" Nay. Doc
tor" persisted the agent, you won't
have 10 live very much longer to use
our book; we've already got 10 g." And
you may go TO - II yon liket' ex-
claimed the Doctor. ard the sgeat went
To HOweils, who was his Dext-do0r
neighbor for three years. be once re-
peafed two lines OF mine thar 20 as
deep as any others IN certain dlrec-
ton" They were the closing coupIet OF
an early poem. describing the rum Of
house;
TIL naurht remains. IRE @S3ensnz tale to tell.
SAFE LIES last wFscks. the cellar and ths we'll
OF course. bis hearers had to admit
thai II was not easily possible 20 90
deeper than the cellar and the WE'LL
He YVES never happier than when be
could perpefTate a whole chain Of In
genious plays upon words. fos example,
ike the note TO bis peem. "The Plough.
man." which describes city dweller's
ignorance OF country Hfe and farming:
'Ploughshares are 10 him shares that
pay no dividends. coulter. be sup
poses, has something 70 DO with horse.
HIS notions Of stock we're obtained ia
Faneuil Han Market. where the cattle
looked funufiy enough. to be sure com.
pared -.s1h the living originals. He