Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-09-09

Tshe Weekly Times
HARRIS & MAHoNY, Pubs,
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MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA
Wood mines are found IN Upper
Tonquin China. The wood Was orlsi-
,nally a pine FOREST which the EARN
E%allowed IN some cataclysm. Some
of the trees are a yard in diaBstsr
They lie in a santing direction and III
sandy soils. which cover them at
depth of about eight yards. AS the
top branches are well preserved. ~ Is
thought that TIE geological CONFUSION
which buried them can not have oc-
CURED very long ago. The wood
furnished by these timber mines is
practically imperishable and the Chin
csc gladly buy it for coftins.
Or Cardamitis says infancy less than
year old has higher tendency To
malaria than any other age. Malarial
childrc,'s blood should be kept disin-
fected with quininc. as they are the
main carriers of malaria. Mosquitoes
catch 1t from !nalarial children before
starting an epidemic of chills, fever
and ague He recommends chocolate
quinine tablets. three grains day, Tor
children
I'm the beginning of the last century
halibut nigrated 10 deeper and deeper
water. until they are now caught III
depths of loo 10 $50 fathoms. III deep
sea valleys. Iialibut capture cod by
stunning them with strokes OF the tail.
Nhe roe OF a $50 pound llalibut weighed
IA pounds. was over two feet long, and
contained moro than two million eggs,
says Professor David Starr Jordan.
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knife operations OH the stomach have
given a death rate of from to 90 per
cent. against % to 40 per cent ten
years ago Cutting open the upper alb
domen. splitting the stomach and turn
ing it wrong side out. searching for
cancers and ulcers. has become Il not
uncommon operation, often followed by
great cures and benefits and is largely
an American speciality.
A wide awake butcher With a shop In
one of the downtown markets has hit
upon a novel idea He Mas opened a
branch IN the pathway of many thou
sands OF commuters and has announced
that the suburbanitc may pick out his
Joint or fowl when he enters town in
the morning and take it home With him
at night cooked to his or the queens
taste.
Mt Washington is the highest point
In the New England states. Its height
Is 6,279 feet. Mt Mitchell is the high
est point in North Carolina, 6,1l0 feet.
and a number of other peaks In the
Black mountains OF that state are over
&C 500 feet above the sea. Mt. Guyot, in
Tennessee. is $685. feet high. The Cog
road up Pixies peak is eight and three
fourth miles in length.
Former Indian Commissioner Leupp.
at recent meeting of the National Ed
ucational association. said that Il Ger
tain old Indian had told him he wanted
a rolltop desk. Asked what he wanted
with such thing, he replied: so
could set in me chair. put me cigar in
me mouth, hold me paper up before me
face and tell the fellers what come to
see me Git out; too busy TO talk to
you now"
"One popularity of meancholia said
the specialist, lis that the victim of it
actually enjoys the dependency and
often doesn't want to be cured. l once
told young woman who had this dis
ease that she must be careful OF her
digestion and eat nothing fried. After
that sh" tried TO eat only fried food.
Not ouly did she insist on having her
potatoes and meat fried, but ditlr t
want to eat bread unless it had been
fried i'll lot OF grease.
The penalty for desertion from the
navy is trial by courtlnartial. and i'm
case of conviction q sentence for a term
of from six months to three years, gen
orally, and dishonorable discharge at
the expiration of sentence. However
few serve full terms, but are restored
to duty and pay and their good name =
The circumstances in each case de-
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"A b,nber IN the Bronx who halls from
Italy mas a sign painted on his window
BarhifoAsorlal Parlor.' In the Bronx
also Is woman who is not Yet awake
10 the 'ict that 1t Is summer and
thinks y necessary to state on a board
outside aer residence FURNISHED
Rooms To Let. Heated And on q hote
Automobile and Funeral Parties
Cheerfully Accommodated.
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The tinted states navy contains .
patuesh,ps, as foilows Iowa. Indiana
acnusetts oregon, kearsarse
NentuTkY, Illinois, Alabama. Wiseon
Nebraska, Georgia New Jersey, Rhod
Island. Connecticut, Louisiana, Yer
mont. Kansas. Minnesota. NieseSjnp