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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Glimpses of Grant.

A few intimate glirnpSes of General
u. $. Grant. who was a reserved man
and somewhat reluctant correspond
ent, are obtained in some letters writ
ten by him to his close friend, General
Edward F. Beale. published in Serb
ner's Magazine In letter written in
Paris, November 4. 1877, when he was
on his travels around the world. there
is a passage referring to the death OI
Indianas war governor:
Poor Morton is dead! He is great
loss to the country HIS patriotism
never deserted him and the party had
no ADLER expounder of it's principles
in the Senate. / hope his friends Will
see that his family do not want.
A letter dated october -. 1880. In
the course of the Garfield campaign.
latter Grant had been defeated for
third term nomination), shows not only
how strong and serious party feeling
was in those days, but also Grants
great dislike of public speaking This
state (New Yorl) Will certainly go re-
publican," he wrote, and l rather
think all the northern states VIII go
the same way and he added:
II felt that / could not bear the idea
of the democrats getting possession OF
the government, and to show my sym
pathy with the cause, consented 10
preside at the Warren, ONO. meeting
1T has caused me a world OF trouble.
Letters and dispatches and commit
tees are after me day and night to go
to this place and that. TO some OF
which / have been compelled, for my
own peace OF mind, to give my consent.
| should not mind so much attending
these meetings only that as soon as
make my appearance there is a un-
versal shout for me to say something,
and the people will not be quieied With
out IT, Speaking before the public Is
I; terrible trial to me, and being To-
tally without verbal memory, | cannot
prepare anything in advance to say.
But | cut 1t short and get out the best
can. much to the disgust. apparently,
of the democratic papers, which think
that OF all the country, ! ann the least
entitled to a political opinion. " we
had two national parties, neither
dangerous to the prosperity and wei
fare OF the country would agree with
them in saying that it would be much
more dignified for me to keep out OF
the arena of politics. But our sacrifice
of blood and treasure has been too
great to lose all the good results now
to save Il little dignity. ] sincerely be-
lieve that II democratic success now
would be almost as disastrous as a
war, and that the disaster would be no
less TO our section or to our party than
to the other
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Daniel Fahrenheit.

In view of the abnormal weather
which we have had this summer we
think tribute of respect should be
paid to the memory of Gabriel Daniel
Fahrenheit, who was born on Septem-
Der 16, either in 1886 or 1740. it is
hard to say which. Before his day sew
eral Attempts had been made to meas
ure the heat level, not the heat, by
tubes containing oil Of spirits of wine,
but it lay with a bankrupt merchant
of Dantzig to show how the feat could
be successfully accomplished.
The first thermometers We're made
with spirits of wine; but the ingeni-
GUS Gabriel soon adopted mercury as
his medium, and SO it has remained
to this day. His instruments speedily
to this day His instruments speedily
became known throughout the world,
and though more rational method OF
graduation has since been adopted, the
popular mind still clings to the Fab
renheit scale. Our own Royal society
thought highly of this humble inven
tor and acknowledged his genius by
making him one of its fellows. To the
transactions" of the society he con
tributed several papers.-Pall Nal
Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
GETS AWAY WITH 1T
Actor Tackles Second Grave
digger in Hamlet and Steals All
the Laughs.

A company playing Hamlet" was
forced to find an actor to play the
Second Gravedigger OH account of the
illness OF the second comedian OF the
company The only actor available
WAS a variety performer, who had no
reverence for Shakespeare and no re
spect Tor the traditions of the CLASSIC
drama The Second G.avedisger was
Il comedy part. and he knew that he
COULD get away With ii"
When the First Gravedigger threw
eff the first waistcoat. revealing an
other underneath, the audience tit
tered. The removal of the second
waistcoat brought a loud laugh, and
the third produced roar The First
israyedigger was delighted. He had
never played to such an apprec!atlve
audience, and visions OF good notices
in the papers and a possible increase
in salary began to loom up before his
eyes AS he threw off the fourth
waistcoat he turned partly around,
aud the cause OF the unusual hit was
disclosed to him.
The Second Gfayedigger, being ac-
cllstomed to build laughs on lines and
business OF other actors, saw his OPP
portunity and seized it. AS fast as
tie First Gravedigger would throw
tine waistcoats on the ground. the
variety comedian would pick them up
and put them ON. The new business
was much funnier to the audience
than the old. with which ii WAS thor
oughly familiar.
Not content with having stolen the
laughs from the regular comedian IN
this scene, the new man went fur
Their. When the First GravediggeI
said to him. Co, get thee to Waugh
an; fetch me stoep of liquor (te
which there is no reply i'll the text)
| the assistant sexton replied:
Vaughan told me to tell you tina
you couldn't have any more liquo
from him til you paid for the last YOU
got. The Bookman
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

II, the undersigned, cannot give
edies. / had been doctoring for at
least year for eczema on my foot. 1
had tried doctor after doctor all to
NO avail When a young girl sprained
my ankle three different times, paying
little or no attention to it, when five
years ago a small spot showed upon
my left ankle. l was worried and sent
for a DOCTOR He said il was eczema.
He drew a small bone from the ankle
about the size of a match and about
an inch long. The small hole grew
to about the size OF an apple, and the
eczema spread to the knee. The doc
tors never could heal the hole in the
ankle. The whole foot ran water all
the time.
"My husband and my sons were up
night and day wheeling me from one
room to another in the hope of giving
me some relief. | would sit for hours
at time in front of the fireplace
hoping for daybreak. The pain was
SO intense was almost crazy, in fact,
i WOulQ lUSG my IS.tSOu lOl uCulo dI
time. One day 4 friend of mine
dropped in to sec me. No more had
she glanced at my foot than she ex-
claimed: Mrs. Finnegan, why in the
world don't you try the Cuticura Rem
eldest Being disguised with the doc
tors and their medicines, and not be-
ing able to sleep at all, / decided to
| give the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
! Ointment trial After using them
| three days that night | slept as sound
as silver dollar for eight long hours.
l awoke in the morning with but very
little pain, in fact, | thought was
in heaven. After using the Cuticura
I Remedies for three months | was per-
fectly restored to health, thanks to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l
will be siXtyfour years OF age my
next birthday, hale and hearty at pres
4 emit" (Signed) Mrs. Julia Finnegan,
1884 Hebert ST, ST. Louis, Mo. Mar
/ Z, 1911 Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, a sample of each
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,'
Dept u X, Boston.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
A Broken Bone.

Your first duly, alter Notifying a sur
geon, is to provide support for the in
jured member in the form of an inn
provised splint Flat pieces of board.
as broad. If possible. as the limb and
slightly longer than the broken bone,
canes, umbrellas. In fact anything that
will accomplish your end may be used.
In adjusting these. pad with any soft
material that is at hand; straw, leaves
or cushions made of grass may be
used Avoid any pressure on the In
jured part, cover it with cloth. and
keep wet with clean. cold water. --Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
SHIFT
u Your Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change.

One sort Of diet may make person
Respondent, depressed ard blue and a
change 10 the kind of food the Body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Ph,ia. says:
For several years kept in a run
down, miserable sort Of condition, was
depressed and apprebensive oil trouble.
/ lost flesh in distressing way and
seemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the all-over' sickness was
enough
Finally, between the doctor and IA
Their, l was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as it was decided must have a
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
'The wonderful change that came
over me was not, like Jonah's gourd,
the growth of single night, yet it
came with rapidity that astonished
me.
During the first week ] gained in
weight. my spirits improved, and the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while.
"And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use of Grape-Nuts for
only a few weeks, am perfectly well.
feel splendidly, take a lively interest in
everything. and am changed person
In every way" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellyille," in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
enc appears from time to time. They
pre- genuine. true. and fIE Of human
interest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Too Late to Chsnae.

"a man can no more change his rep
uta.ion than he can change his face
or his arms" said Senator la Folletta
at banquet in Madison.
There was once wicked old Madi-
son millionaire who took his pastor
aside and said:
81 am going to devote the re-
mainder of my life TO doing good
Dr. Thirdly. outspoken man, re-
torted:
'Do you mean John II. Good. the
wealthy farmer or young Sam Good.
tho Socialist millionaire?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
No Stamps for Sale.


He was n small man, and kept
small news agency where he did
small business All day he had been
worried by people who wanted to buy
STAMPS. and he had no stamps He
said so politely. but firmly, and finally
he made it clear to the polished gen
tlenan in the plug hat. No, sir, we
do not keep stamps. but we have fine
brand OF hair oil and II :plendid acety-
lene gas plant. We can supply you
with q ton OF hay. or roll you home
ripe watermelon. We can procure you
IA shipment of Angora goats or sell you
a sausage roll, delivered at your door,
for tuppence. But we don't sell
stamps The polished gentleman
stared vacantly at the little man.
Gould you tell me where l could buy
stamps?" he asked. The little man
clasped his brow as agitatedly as a
spritualist getting u message from
Mars. You might get them at the
ironmonger's. he said at length. Or
then again, the ham shop Will probably
keep them. The brewery round the
corner is almost sure to have them but
the managing director is away. or
course. there is the marine store deal
er's. and the ammunition company
gives one away to every purchaser OF
a barrel of gunpowder. But if j might
be permitted to advise you. I'd say Go
mo -
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Pitahino and Paraarapnina.

After Walter Johnson, the Washing
ton pitcher, had held out for several
weeks for more salary than had been
offered TO him originally, and had
finally signed up FOR fat lot OF mon
ely, he proceeded to pitch enc or two
losing games. This was surprising,
because Johnson is one of the best
in the business.
George Brown, a Washington wit
and paragrapher, explained the matter
in these words:
johnson is too busy going to the
bank to pitch. Popular Magazine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
This Time for a Friend.

Ills wise man. said Robert Edo.
son, who knows when to ask ques-
lions TIL, other night l was standing
inside the railroad station when AN
Irish cab driver came UP to me and
asked me how soon the next train
came in | told him and he said thank
you and went away. In about five
minutes he came back with the same
question. ! told you not more than
five minutes ago said. I know It,
he answered cheerfully, but it's not
me tht wants to know this time. It's
frien of mine outside th't has to
to watch his horses and can't come in
an asl. yez HIMSELF" = Young's
,.agszjne.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Tn Very WesUe,,

To very WovUss
Clement ]. Driscoll, ct . dinnae =
New York. told = number Of amusing
stories about his strenuous life -
commissioner Of weights and meas
ures last year.
"a friend Of mine," said MIR. Dris-
coll, noticed one morning that his
grocer looked very sad. What's tho
matter, old man?' my friend asked
jokingly. The weights and measures
man hasn't been dropping in on you.
hope?'
".Yes, he has. snapped the grocer.
"'But you don't really mean to say
exclaimed my friend, that he caught
you giving only fifteen ounces to the
Lound?'
".Worse than that groaned the
grocer. I've been giving seventeen =
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
lis of Scotch ORIGIN.

Ellen Key, who has written a num-
Der of books and has had much to do
with mclding public opinion in Swe-
den. is descended from Scotch high
lander, Colonel Mckay, who fought I'M
der Gustavus Adolphus. In 1880 her ia
Their lost all his money. and Miss Key
went to work as teacher. She then
gave lectures and has for 20 years
been lecturer on the history of civili-
cation at the Popular University of
Stockholm.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Rubbing 1t in.

From Success Magazine
A "trusty' had escaped from the peni-
.entiary and the warden was much
chagrined Every effort was made to
recapture the fugitive, but to no avail;
TWO weeks later the warden received
the following note in the mail:
Dear Warden:
please excuse the liberty am TAX
ing. az. 1000
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
How Do Ven Dor

"HOW can you, friend?" the Swedish say,
The Dutch. '.How do You fare?"
How do you have yourself today?
HIS quite Polish air.
In Italy How do you stand?'
Will greet you every hour;
In Turkey when one takes your hand.
BE under Gods great power!'
How do you carry you?" is heard
When Frenchmen so inquire;
While Egypts friendly greeting word
Is How do you pcrspirc?"
Thin may thy shadows never grow!'
The Persian's wish is true:
HIS Arab cousin, bowling low.
Says Praise God, How are you?"
But oldest of them all is when
TWO Chinese meet, for thrice
They shake their own two hands. and
then
ASK Have you eaten rice?"
II Bedford Jones. in Woman's World.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
spoHN.s DlSrEMisER CURE vi

SpoIiN's DlSTEA!isR CURE will
clre any possible a,se oi DISTEMPlR,
PINK EYE aud Tie like among horses
Of all ages aud prevents AL others III the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures clucl,on cholera, and dog dstempel
.AnJ good druggist can 5npply You, or send
to mfrs 81. cents ans s. 90 1, bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book spohu Medical Co.,
Spec Contaeious Diseases Goshen. Ind.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
Association of Ideas.

You have a great many flies and
mosquitoes, said tie rather super
cilicus girl.
Yep replied Farmer Cortossel.
Il didnt like 70 mention it. but I've
noticed every year that flies, mos
quitoes and summer bca.ders all ap.
pears TO be on hand at the same
time
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
sEnsouNp foR moMrHs.
Hope Abandoned After Physlcians'
Consultation.

Mrs Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash
ington Sts., Centralia, Wash, says:
For years was weak and run down,
could not sleep, my limbs swelled and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

In spite of it's great oil fields. the
United States imports refined petrol
cum, though in limited quantities.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

Srs. ;ytnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tecti.ing, soitens the gums, reduces intiamma
ton allays pain, cures, wind collie, 25c bottle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

k i d ney secretions
were troublesome. 1
was fast in bed four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
no cure for me and |
was given up to die.
Being urged, l used
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Soon / WAS better
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

1t is quite possible for man to
be hot-headed and still get cold feet.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

rDn51D IMMEDIATE RELIEF
N.ENOUE WITHOUT DANGER, by
.--r-.a.--.z- out ward application.
ssedgwick's Group lininent should be in
every household 1t opens the air pas
sages and causes the ph.egllm to disap-
pear like magic; cannot produce nausea
or vomiting. Sold Ny all druggists.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

and in few weeks was about the
house. we'll and strong again
''When Your Back Is Lame, Re-
member the Name-DOAN'S. SOC a
box at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

There are now a.ooo people in tho
new Swastilla gold mining camp, 81
miles north OF the Cobalt silver area.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
salue to Conscience.

II was at concert where the re
noval of hats WAS NOT obligatory. still
the woman with conscience wished
10 be accommodating She turned to
the woman sitting beside her and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

Some of us are apt to take advice
that doesn't belong to us.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26
WHAT
| WENT
THROUGH
Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Natick. Mass. 81 cannot express
what I went through during the change

|Ol LAO OCAOAO i VAA00
Lydia j.. Pinkham's
I've ge ia BILE Com
pound. / was in such
Ia nervous condition
II could not keep
( still. M y limbs
| were cold, 1 had
creepy sensations.
! and / could not sleep
nights. I wasfnany
told by two phys
|icians that ] also
Iho1 n %,,poor II roo1
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

Tie nohlest work of God is man, but
you can't make some married women
| believe It
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

Cool Neishbors, But Friendly.
Townley-I hear that your next
door neighbor has an addition to his
family.
Subbubs-Yes; almost every sum-
mer we have little Snow out our
way.-Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

The spoke of the wheel which creak-
eth most, doth not bear the greatest
burden in the cart.-Thomas Fuller.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

THE MAGAZINE of the LAST FRONTIER
BeautffulIy Illustrated; Intensely interesting; de-
yoted to grcater Lower Rio Grandc Valley of !exaa
u truly wonderful irrigated aercultuTnl and frn''
ton Vale, Magazine, box TO- Monte Christo
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

An the worlds stage, and all the
meN and women are merely kickers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-26

a ao.lM saved is often u dollar |
loaned
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-04

frage." Incidently the Hampstead
hospital can accommodate, at present,
forty four patients; twenty in wards
and twenty-four in private rooms.
There are fifteen nurses and two in
ternes, DR.. Clara Resnick, and DIR. l..
M Lubin, besides Mrs. Morgan. The
ambulance was originally limousine,
for which Mrs Belmont paid $1,000,
Mrs. Morgan explained. Mrs. Belmont
found 1t was to large for her personal
use, so she gave it to us. OF course,
II had to be all done over as an ambu-
lance, and this cost $1,000 more. 1t is
very fine, now that 1t is finished. One
OF our two internes goes out on call
and, If we have any reason to believe
the case Is serious, she takes nurse
with her. We respond to any call
within reasonable distance of the
hospital and, IL the patient is actually
unable to pay for the service, no
charge Is made. Naturally, though. we
wish to be sure the people are really
not in position to pay, for IL we were
not strict in this we would be swamp
ed with calls. Our two internes. DR..
Resnick and DIR. Lubin, wear white
linen suits. Mrs. Morgan finished. or
course. during the winter, when they
are on ambulance duty, they have to
wear great coats to keep them warm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-04

New, York, Feb. Ain Hampstead,
Long Island, near New York city, there
is monument to what women can do,
if they get the chance. 1t is lour-
ishlng monument, in charge Of Mrs. M.
A. Morgan. superintendent. 1t is
three stories high, with plenty of
ground around, wide piazza, stuc-
co annex, and as fine an ambulance
equipment as there is in this country.
II Is the Hampstead hospital financed
by Mrs. Q. I'll. p. Belmont, the million
aire suffragette, with woman super
intendent. women internes and women
nurses, and the only men employed
are the two who tend the furnace and
drive the ambulance. When the hos
pItai was first opened, last April, there
were men internes, says Mrs. Morgan,
but not since last September. And
you have no idea of the difference.
Women internee are so much more
sympathetic and conscientious. This
is slfTragette hospital says the sup
erintcndent, Mrs. Morgan, though you
understand we take men patients.
Why not? Personally, / think. 1t
would be fine idea to gather in all the
ailing anti-suffrage gentlemen the hos
pital would hold, and then having
tucked them securely in their little
cots, address them saying: Nov, my
friends. you may lie there and die Of
measles or whatnot, and / shall not
give you one spoonful of squills TO save
you until you say you believe in suf-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-04

tian Endeavor?; 1880. popular patriotic
service with an address by Joseph
#. Tuttle, jr.. OF Denver, Col, upon
Paul Jones and the Flag. A special
musical programme has been prepared
for the evening service. This patri-
otto service is under the auspices of
the newly organized North Dakota
chapter of the Sons of the American
Revolution. The conflict between this
service and the union evangelistic,
services was unavoidable, as the speak
er comes from a long distance and
was engaged before it was known
that the evangelistic services would
continue so long.
plymouth congregational Church
Between Eighth and Ninth avenue.
North Broadway. Pastor, Rev. j. Pear
son. Morning service, 1915, subject,
Garments OF God. Sunday school at
noon; Junior G. E., Wednesday after
noon at 4:45 at the parsonage; mid
week prayer meeting. Wednesday, 2: As;
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-04

Department of Education Issues
Docket to Commemorate Waah.
ington and Lincoln.

The department o. public instruo-
tien Of the state of North Dakota has
issued a handsome booklet in COM
memoration of the birthdays OF Lin
coin and Washington, this being the
custom OF the state each year.
1t contains brief sketch Of the i'm
portant events In the lives of each
OF these great presidents OF the Unit
ed States, which were compiled by E.
J. Taylor, superintendent of public
instruction, as well as poeticaI eff
fusions by different authors. IT is
neatly gotten Up and contains great
deal OF useful information. The book
let wiz be used to. great extent on
the birthday of Lincoln which oc-
cures Feb. IL, and on the birthday
Of Washington which IL Feb o..