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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
S,xous:s Of PARLIAMENT.
'vvellixten's Plea In Favor Of the
Thames Embankment Site.

A yHVxDINlW&0U GtO0 dV0T OF S61O
Thames Embankment Site.
wellington once declared that the
NIT exciting moment Of his life was
,E in any Of his great battles, but
hat in which he had to forbid William
%lv..:to attend public banquet in the
.'ity during a time of great national
e.:stement. OF the millions of people
Who every year see the English houses
Vt parliament how many imagine that
i:iefr position was determined by stra-
iagic considerations? No one nowadays
can think of the palace of Westmin-
ser in anv other position than that
hich 1t occupies But whe: The Old
l.ouses were burned down and the task
( rebuilding faced there was i. propo-
ki.ion to establish them on or near the
k.te of st. James palace. Wellington
iesolutcly put down his foot on the
proposal
The site suggested its advocates
lolnted out, would be better as regards
ccntrality and convenience than any
other. But to the argument of the
duke there could then be no answer.
with vast and growing population.
such as yours in London he said,
you must never make 1T possible that
you can be surrounded. You must
build your houses of parliament upon
the river, so that the means of ingress
and egress are safe and that the popu-
lice cannot exact their demands by
sitting down around you" Sir William
fraser, in whose memoirs the story is
recalled, mentioned it to Napoleon Ill.
Just before the death of the latter.
What wisdom" he said. what wis
t'om!" And it set him musing upon the
different turn which the history Of
France might have taken IL in other
ways as great precautions had been
observed In his own case.-st. James
4 Gazette.
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then, in order to do this, there
would be needed every dollar
of money now in circulation.
Munsey's Magazine.
What Will the Fate Be?

Printers and publishers all
over the country are taking
an interest in the future of the
Tou Velle bill, which Will soon
come before the senate, pro-
viding that the governuae ut
shall abandon its plan of MS
ing contracts for printing the
return cards of firms ard in
dividuals upon stamped enve-
lopes.
This work is at present car
ried on by a big corporation of
Dayton, O., under contract be-
tween the postoffice depart
ments and the company there.
The printers of the country
inspired the Tou Velle bill,
which provides for taking the
government out of the printing
business.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsyl.
vania is chairman of the senate
committee which is now to ACT
on the bill, and in the past few
days 10000 protests have beer
filed with him by those who
want the present system
stopped.
The change if made woulc
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
Miles We Dance Withou
Knowing It.


A dance is better than a ca
party and a barn dance is bett.
than a similar function in Il
same house, considered frol
the viewpoint of health. Th
blood begins to circulate a lit
faster Immediately a dance i
started and the heart has a Ii
tie more work to do. There i
therefore, greater need Fl
fresh air, to the end that tt
blood passing through the luns
may be properly oxygenize
Sixteen numbers, such as al
pear on the cards at shops
carry the dancers over a gree
er distance in actual mil
than soldiers parade on Memo
lal Lay. -Four dances are equ
to a drill night in an armor
In Dundee, Scotland, whe..
the Caledonian. are enthusia,
tic devotees Of the dance,
statistician counted the steps i
a dozen different kinds Of dan
es. AS a result it is SHOW
that an average waltz takes
dancer over about three-quar
ers of a mile; a square dane
makes him cover a half mil
A girl with a well-flled pr
gramme travels thus in OF
evening: Twelve waltzes, nil
miles; four other dances !;
half a mile each, two mile
the interval strolls and trips /
the dressing room, half a mil
total, eleven and a half mile
Chicago American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
WEAK WEARY WOMEN
Learn the Cause of Daily
Woes and End Them

Woes and End Them
When the back aches and
throbs
When housework is torture
When night brings no rest
nor sleep.
When urinary disorders set
lin
Women's lot is a weary one.
There is a way to escape
these woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure
such ills
Have cured women here in
Missouri Valley.
This is one Missouri Valley
Woman's testimony.
Mrs. j. r. Mclaughlin, Third
Street, near Huron street, Mis-.
souri, Valley, Iowa says: 81
had a persistent backache and
was unable to find relief until
procured Doan's Kidney Pills
Since taking this remedy,
have been able to sleep much
better and the pain and Ian.
guild feeling has disappeared
Whenever l have the opportun
ity, ! give this remedy my en-
dorsement."
For sale by all dealers
Price 50 cents. Foster Mil
burn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United
Estates.
| Remember the name-Doan'!
and take no other.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
Expecting Too Much.

1t was cold, raw day, but the New
ersweats and the Fearnoughts were
playing game Of ball on the prairie
just the same
The pitcher for the Neversweats, his
fingers half frozen, failed dismally in
getting the balls over the plate.
"Aw," said the captain, II fought
ye wuz one O. desc cold weather pitch
ers!"
Il am" said the slab artist, blowing
on his benumbed digits to warm them,
but amt ice pitcher. blame yer
Chicago Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
Ancient Gardens.

The Egyptians were conversant with
the art Of landscape gardening, though
they had to contend with the fiatness
of the land. Water, however, as an
adjunct was often called into play, for
there was the inexhaustible Nile. We
have three plans of their gardens, as
the one found in the tomb of Meryleat
Tell el Amaron, which gives us the
perfect idea Of how a grand garden
was laid out. We have, too, pictures
Of Egyptians reclining on chairs and
fishing in these artificial lakes.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29
ueeles. Ejaculation.

II often WONDER" an elderly wife
said sadly one day to her husband,
whether all those vows and protesta-
tions you made me during our court
ship were really true?"
Well, my DEAR" the husband an
swered mildly, what's the difference
whether they were true or not, since
we both believed t.,emy Washington
Star.
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Anticipating.

my wife and myself had another
foolish quarrel" sSt
about what?
about where we would go II we
had money enough to travel."-Wash-
ington Herald
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29

relieve the post office depart
ment of great responsibilities
AMI many difficulties. The con-
trs t with the Dayton company
eS Tres June next.
Nhy shouldn't the printers
protest? Wouldn't you Mr..
Grocerynaan or Mr.. Clothing
nan if the Government was
selling the same kind of wares
you are handling for less than
the goods actually cost you?
We wouldn't kick il the Gov
ernment would do likewise
with all branches of business.
But why single out the printer?
In a neighboring town, while
a ladies card club was playing
for a $500 hook as a prize, the
sons, of these ladies were ar
rested il a hay NOW while
playing for SOC prize. They
had organized a club like their
mothers! The mothers cried
and said, E'What a terrible
place this town is to raise boys
anyway"
Served them right. They
might have known the differ
ence between a hay NOW and a
parlor and a So and a Soc prize
Independent.
Children Cry :
FOR FLETCHER'S
i - n -
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He Never Went rhere Ae.;n.

He Nsvpr Went There Again.
Hostess lat the party Miss Robin
son has no partner for this waltz.
Would you mind dancing with her in.
stead Of with me? Hawkard-On the
oontraU. I shall bs dehshtsG
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DusinSse II BUSINESS.

Drummef-And 30 our friend your
husband Is gone! He dealt with me
for twenty years. Weeping Widow
Nes, and II you had come a fortnight
eAlief you would have found him still
Gmosg the living. Drummer-Do you
think Me left any order for me?-
Flieeend, Batter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-29

Lse us nevr forget that the culdva-
tion q the earth is the most impor.
taae lahe ef man -Danis1 WsbS0sf.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-23
MARKING HISTORIC SPOTS
To Preserve Their Identity for Fu-
ture Generations

ture Generations
Time rolls his ceaseless course. The
race of yore.
Who danced our infancy upon their
knee.
And told our marvelling boyhood le-
gends store
OF their strange ventures happ'd
by land or sea.
How are they blotted from the things
that be-"
The late George w. Robinson OF
Old Bennington was greatly interest
cd in the history OF his native town.
Late In life he called the attention
OF Dr. Henry C. Day to certain his
toric spots which no deemed of great
importance to mark, thus preserving
their identity for the benefit OF fu-
ture generations. Elijah Dewey, DR..
Day and John V. d. s. Merrill have
been instrumental In marking Ave OF
these places already with inscriptions
written by DR.. Day. which read as
follows:
No. 1-"Capt. Samuel Robinson,
who commanded company In the
French and Indian War. encamped
with small body OF soldiers on this
spot in 1856. About FIVE years later
he became the pioneer settler Of Ben.
nington."
No. 2-"ImmedIately south OF this
spot Gen. John Stark and small
army under his command. encamped
from August 9th to August 18th. 1777.
Two days later he won the memOr.
able victory, the Battle OF Bennlng-
ton. August 16. 1777."
No ION this spot stood the
farmhouse owned and occupied In
early times by James Breckenridge
Here q successful stand was made
by the settlers OF Bennington against
the first and only overt attempt OF
the New York land claimants to dis
possess, by the sheriff and his posse
the settlers In this town from their
New Hampshire Grants Here
says Gov. Hiland Hall, was born the
infant state OF Vermont
No 3-"West OF this spot stands
the building known as the Daniel
Harmon hotel, built about 1870 II
is claimed Con. John Stark and stan
ate dinner there August "a, l777
while on their way to the Bennington
battle field"
No. Son this lot stood Tho
house In which Col. Seth Warner
lived from 1866 TO 1884. Warner was
the famous commander OF the Green
Mountain Boys and with them was
instrumental In winning the sigma
victory over the British az the sec
ond engagement In the Battle OF Ben
nington, August l6. l777. He partIcI
pated In eighteen engagements dur
ing his military career"
No | is located on the west aid,
OF the bridge below the Soldiers
Home.
No 2 at the irst cross road wes
or ]. G. Coigate's FILLMORE farm.
NO. . Ia one mile north OF the flra
cross road west OF ]. @. Colgate
Fillmore farm.
No 4 the Breckenridge farm Ia o
the road on south side OF river fror
mill. ' INJURY s's
No 5. on west side OF street aou.
OF the Henry 'grist mill.
~ is TO be hoped that other imno
tant historic spots may be marks
IN the near future.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
HeMs = tss Town snd dl<Se Tea RstefF
fos BuzS Reshes-

tog baaS sseszieiA
Mrs. z. D. Moore Is spending the
day In Albany.
George C. Wood and son were In
Manchester yesterday.
The clothing stores will remain
open this evening but will be closed
all day tomorrow.
The condition of Mrs. HonOra Cum
mings of Adams street who is Ill re-
mains about the same.
Mr. and Mrs. E. d. Bennett left to-
day for Boston to spend Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Ben
nett.
Miss Eliza Hart came home yester-
day from Middlebury to pass Thanks
giving with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
=. p. Hart.
Arthur Kehoe is home from the
Vermont University at Burlington TO
spend Thanksgiving with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kehoe.
Home chickens and ducks. See our
stock and get our prices before buy
ing. Burkes market. South street,
2St2
II. L. Williams has resigned his pO-
sition as local agent Of the Metropol-
tan Life Insurance company. He ex-
poets to finish work about next
week.
Miss Ruth Resseguie who is attend
ing school in Worcester, Mass, arriy-
ed today to be with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Resseguie over
THANKSGIVING.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Se~s Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers.

Miss May Foster Is in Troy for the
day.
Miss Agnes Streeter is passing the
day in Albany.
We solicit your custom and will
show you that we deserve 1t. Dewitt
e. Lewis, Optometrist.
Miss Marion Brewer Of Albany is
spending Thanksgiving with Mrs
Mathers of Pleasant street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnes went
to Altman, N. Y, this morning to at
tend family reunion.
In the attraction that appears at the
opera house on Friday and Saturday
evenings of this week What Wright
Left" are such well known stars as
Toby Lyons, formerly of isle OF
Spice" Elr'e Baird, formerly OF yam
kee Regents" Thomas Burton, for
merly with Wonderland Rose
Maurer formerly Of Marie Cahill's
company, Mabel Goulding OF the
Three Twins" Frank Benhurst for
merly with Morrisons Faust" Billy
Adams, last seasons dancing sensa-
ton in vaudeville.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
(First Prize.)
The Hen.

BY Thelma Fredericks, Aged II Years, 800
East Fifth street, Grand Island Neb.
There lived in the country farmer named
Mr.. Davis and he had a little girl named
Edith. Now, Edith did not have many
things to play with, SO she made pets Of
the chickens and other animals Of the farm
One hen was very pretty and layed eggs
every day. One DAY Edith asked IL she
could not have Speckle sit and her mamma
said yes. Edith put one and a half dozens
Of eggs under Speckle, When three weeks
had passed Edith went out to see IL Speckle
had any chickens. When she came in the
house she had p whole basketful of little
chickens
"oh, mamma" SAID Edith, 'look at my
little chickens"
Mrs. Davis put them by the fire and they
soon began to chirp for their breakfast.
They had bread and milk for breakfast.
Then they were taken out to their mother,
who took them out in the barnyard to show
them to the rest of the fowls They grew
very fast and before long Edith had one
dozen of hens and several boosters. Speckle
was so delighted with her family that she
determined to hatch another brood of chick
ems. Soon Edith had a whole barnyard
full of chickens.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
Why the Catch Was Small.

BY Alta KILLER. Aged 10 Years, III West
Twenty-first street Kearney, Neb.
Blue Side.
II was a sad day in ponds, rivers, lakes
and oceans for you must know that the
king OF all the fish had disappeared. They
had searched for him, but he was not to
be found.
Unless the old king was found soon a
new king must be appointed. For If one
was not appointed all of the unruly fish
would make mischief
But all the fish were hunting for the old
fore all the fish were assembled. Gold fish
was not there yet. She was cousin of the
old king. Just about the time they were
electing a new king gold fish came in.
She was questioned eagerly. Yes she
knew about it. She had found the king
and his attendants. They were in fisher
mans boat near the coast of northeastern
Maine, and there was no one in the boat
then.
The fish determined to have their king
dead or alive.
So the spearfish put OH their army clothes
and lead by gold fish, soon found their
was not there and they got their king
again. The king alone was alive and so
there was no need of electlng new king.
And now all the fish vowed they would
all be careful about eating the things which
were found in the bottom of the ponds,
rivers, lakes and oceans, And they all
did and that is the reason why the catch
is often small,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03

"oh, you beautiful dolly" Bee would
say. Then Rag-a-muffin could hear her
kiss the hard-faced doll. Oh, the pain
that shot through her heart at this proof
of transferred affection.
You are the lowest dolly l ever had"
said Bee, tenderly. See that rag thing on
the floor? She was my best dolly til you
came"
And this almost broke Rag-a-muffin's
heart in a dozen pieces. Only one poor
little hope kept her from just dying of
sorrow.
That same evening Bess mother picked
Rag-a-muffin and carried her TO Bees
ROOM There she put her on a shelf just
above Bees white little bed On this shelf
lay many forgotten toys. some in MANNED
condition, There was a wagon with a
wheel gone. There also lay a tin soldier
with his head smashed into the funniest
shape one ever saw and his sword Off.
A little Noah's ark, without single ami
NAL, rested on pasteboard box filled with
odds and ends Of all sorts OF little toys.
And so she was doomed to this Dear,
honest affectionate Rag-a-muffn!
But OF one thing she was glad. She
lay with her face upwards ana could see
all about the room OF her little mother,
Bee.
For many, many days Rsg-a-muftin lay
en- that shelf between the manned TN
soldier and the crippled wagon, too SAD 10
speak word to the fellow sufferer, Tin
Soldier. Perhaps ne could have told =
narrowing tale, too, had she opened con
versation with him. But she preferred 10
suffer alone. So she passed days and DAYS
and nights and nights her lot becoming
sadder and sadder. But always there was
MffiA uybt bon
that little hope held her In good stead one
day.
And this is what happened through that
hope:
All of sudden one afternoon Bee came
rushing into the room, climbed right on
TO the bed land her slippers were dusty,
tool and lifted Rag-a-muffin! And what
is more astonishing Bee kissed Rag-S-
mullins very dirty face!
I'D most forgotten you, Rag-a- muffy,"
said Bee. Il have been playing ali the
time with Princess Anna. You know she's
my china doll But what do you think
has happened? Why, that naughty Cousin
Dick had Princess Anna In his arms and
went and fell down the Hill by The par.
and broke Princess Anna all to smash
only her hair 10 good. I'll fetch her re-
mains here and lay EN- on the shelf"
Then away ran Bee, her first and dearest
love poor little, soiled Rag-a-muftu, held
closely 70 her breast And after that Rag-
a-muffin was 80 happy that she did moth
ing but smile and smile and Cousin Dick
made face at her, saying; "Fd like to
make her mad so as to see her quit grin
ming"
But Bee replied; You could not make
Kas-a-muffin quit grinnlng. Her mouth 10
painted that way. But / think she's 50
pretty do. And she's worth a dozen
CHINA dolls for they can't stand anything
at all without getting smashed. And just
see hag-a-muffyl Why, she can be tossed
ABOUT IKE ball and ncye. get.
scratched"
yep, and gets up grinnins as s,,.. Ys.
piled Dick. But that's like a girl. ANYWAY.
Must have rag doll"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
Second PRICE
Fairy Truth and Falsehood.

by Alice DaV6y, aged 10 Yoare, DaVey,
Neb. Blue Side.
There was once fairy whose name was
Truth. She had a sister whose name was
Falsehood. Fairy Truth was a good fairy,
but F'alsehood was a wicked fairy.
A little girl, named Mae, was going up
town to get some things for her mother.
Her mother said she could have 5 cents for
candy, but Mae thought she ought to have
more. So she spend 10 cents
On the way home Mae wondered what she
would tell her mother about the money.
Fairy Truth and Fairy Falsehood were
near. Fairy Truth whispered TO Mae to
tell her mother that she had spend 10
cents instead OF 5 cents. Fairy Falsehood
told her to say she lost the money.
At last Mae decided to tell her mother
the truth, and when she did, her mother
said she was very proud of her for telling
the truth.
Mae was glad then because she had told
her mother the truth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03

bowling success" said Jimmy, hopefully.
And bet Wen get into the paper, too"
Sure we will" affirmed Tommy.
Uncle Andy knows Mr.. Heart the editor
OF the paper, and I'll ask Uncle Andy to
tell him TO mention us in the Fourth OF July
notice"
A happy smile went over each expectant
face and as the boys started toward their
respective homes each in his own mind
saw his own name shining in huge letters
in the columns Of the Weekly Mail the one
paper the town afforded.
The following days we've busy ones for
the members Of the Flag Brigade, and each
night found Tommy tired out from drilling
his band. The boys had decided on uni
forms and their mothers, anxious that their
young patriots should appear in the parade
duly dressed for the occasion, were making
the uniforms according to Tommy's design.
The coats we're 70 be made of blue cotton
with large white stars dotted over them.
The trousers were to be of red and white
striped calico, representing the stripes Of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
Story of Spanish American War
AS Told by a Blade of Grass,

By Margaret Ludwig, Aged IA Years. 2s12
Capitol Avenue, Omaha.
was walking through the battlefield
one day when L was stopped by pleasant
squeaky voice. 1t was the first and last
time in my life L ever heard a voice that
was both pleasant and squesky. But this
one had both of these qualities.
Imagine how frightened / was when
learned that 1t was blade Of grass that
spoke in this squeaky and pleasant manner.
For. being but little girl, reasoned that
this must be witch disguised in this
manner to enchant me to some under
ground region and imprison me there for
ever. But l soon learned that this blade
was not q dreadful witch, as had feared,
but common blade Of grass.
All! Did l say common? 1t was by no
means a common blade. For had it not
been given power by Mother Nature to
speak in the human tongue? All, yes! The
blade had told me so herself. And when
one can do that, when it is not ones
nature, one is not a common thing
The blade bade me sit down on the grass
beside 1t and l obeyed 1t said, II have
been given the power to talk in the human
tongue and will tell you a story in my
hour Of human tongue talking"
WE'VE years ago, II began proudly,
there were two great armies on this field
They were gathered together to fight a
dreadful battle. They fought all day, only
stopping for drink from their canteens
now and then and while at noon to rest
Soon after resting they fought again. The
yankees retreated to the block house in
their rear and before the day was well
spent the yankees won over the spaniards
Many volleys had been fired in the mean
time and at each volley many brave men
fell. Some tainted as they did so and died
without waking, and still others fell dead
from sudden bullet but none fell thai
could go a step farther, for they were all
brave men," Here the blade stopped 10
swallow a lump In its throat
Those were sorrowful times" IL re-
Elected. And they were brave men Yea
very brave men"
!, too. was sad; TOO sad TO ask it 10 go
on with its story, and so, rising, | stole
quietly away.
But 10! i had been dreaming; but
have remembered my dream ever since