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ReyaccinatiOil.

There is no evidence, according to the
London Lancet, to show that vaccina-
ton, once efficiently performed at or
after puberty, need ever be repeated.
On the other hand, the frequent repeti-
ton of vaccination, which has become
common during alarms of smallpox, is
distinctly TO be deprecated. Such repe-
titions are, as rule, futile; they are
wasteful of vaccine lymph when lymph
is most precious; they tend to unsettle
the minds of people regarding some of
the best established facts as to the pre-
servative power of vaccination, and they
are unnecessary. The official memoran-
dunn of the Local Government Board on
revaccinatisn says: Vaccination once
properly and successfully performed does
not appear ever TO require repetition. "
The nurses and other servants of the
London SMALLPOX Hospital, when they
enter the service, are invariably submit
ted TO vaccination, which in their case
is generally revaccination, and is never
afterward repeated; and so perfect is the
protection that, though the nurses live
in the closets and most constant attend
nce on smallpox patients, and though
also the other servants are in various
ways exposed to special chances of infec-
ton, the resident surgeon of the hospital
during his forty-one years of Office there
has never known small-po to affect any
of these nurses or servants.
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Extra Session of Congress,

The extra session of the Forty fifth
Congress is to commence on Monday the
4th of June, at noon, and it is expected
that it will terminate its labors before
Independence day. There have been
quite number of these extra sessions
in years past, of the following duration ::
March to Sept 20, 1889; May 10 to
July 10, 1897; May % to June 20, 1909;
May "a TO Aug. 2, 1913; Sept. to Oct.
16, 1887; May 81 to Sept. 10, 1871 :;
Aug. II to Aug. 80, 1856; July 4 to July
II, 1861 and number of other adj
journment summer sessions during the
war. Earnest attempts will be made by
prominent Democrats and Republicans
to confne the business of the session TO
the Army Appropriation bill. But there
were many merHorious measures and a
goodly number of jobs left Enacted
upon by the last Congress as legacy to
this Congress, and there will also be n
desire on the part of some Congressman
to put themselves on record by ventilat-
ing their views 80 it may be difficult to
keep the brakes down, and, If the legis-
lative machine ever gets running, il
will be difficult even for the broiling hot
sunshine of July to drive the Solons
homeward.
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The PeOpling of America.

Prof. Grote's theory on the original
peopling of America, as stated in recent
papers, is that the original inhabitants
came from Asia by way of the north dur
ing the latter part of the miocene or ear
ler part of the pliocene, and that this
tertiary population spread to the south
along the mountainous backbone of the
two Americas that, on the advent of the
glacial epoch, the people then living in
the extreme north were modified by the
change in climate and were brought
down by the ice and followed it back
again to the arctic circle, and that the
present representatives of glacial man
are the Esquimaux. Through study
of migra6ons Prof. Grote comes to the
conclusion that the ice must have acted
as a barrier to further communication be-
tween the two continents of Asia and
North America, and consequently that
the civilizations of Central America and
of the mound-builders are Indigenous.
Grote concludes that the theory OF an
accidental migration from Asia during
the quaternary cannot be supported in
view OF recently-ascertained facts. In a
letter dated Feb. II, 1877, Capt. L. l..
Berthoud (of the School of Mines at
Golden, COLI, who has studied the ge-
ology and archaeology OF the West
since 1859, writes that Grote's theory
" solves many knotty points in the an
tiquities and prehistoric vestiges of Col
orado.' Capt. Berthoud believes, from
his observations, that man existed in the
Rocky mountain region prior to the de-
post of gold in the Colorado mountain
slopes, creek. bar, and placer diggings,
about latitude 80 deg. 80 min. to Al
deg. north. Capt Berthoud has not
only found flint tools and chips in the
gold-bearing glacial drift, with remains
of fossil elephants, but also in the drift
of older date below this gold-bearing
drift. Flint tools have been also found
in company with estuary shells Of not
later age than older pliocene as deter
mined by Prof. Conrad. Popular Sci
ence Monthly for Apru.
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Writing for the Press.

The first requisite necessary for this
work is to have something to say, the
second is TO say il, the third is to stop
when the saying is said. "What a al
lent world this would be-" says a witty
observer, eff people talked as little as
they think |" Paraphrasng that re-
mark, what saving of printers ink
there would be if people rushed into
print only when they have something
worth printing The dreary piles OF
white paper "slobbered over with ink
wouldn't then bring despair to the souls
of weary editors, as they do now; but
then what should we do for waste
paper?
81 know what the answer is, says
many pupil in the recitation room,
"but 1 can't tell it." The teacher, If
he's smart, replies, "If you really know
the answer, ii your ideas are clear as
they ought to be, you can put them into
words" Just like such pupils are most
writer's. There is an idea in what they
say, but it is SO buried under a mass of
verbiage that elimination is difficult, if
not impossible. Even gold must go
through refining process-how much
fined, can baser metal hope to escape the
purging fires of the crucible? To be
perfectly ineligible we throw the re-
mark into another form and put it in this
wise Be so clear in your statements
that there is no installing what you
mean approach rs nearly as possible to
the inspired writings; make your words
SO plaln that the wayfaring man,
though fool, need not err therein. In
that way most editors will be able to
know what you mean by what you say.
And then stop when you get through.
The great American people is tired of
exordiums and perorations. Write
them, if you will, adorn them with all
the graces of rhetoric, and, when you get
through, put them away in your most
secret drawer with lavender and musk,
and send to the printer only the con-
densed and clear wisdom which comes
between the two.
Do not despise such small embellish-
ments as correct spelling, proper punctu-
alton and legible handwriting. Set it
down in your "tablets," as Hamlet was
accustomed to do, that ensures, inter
lineations and blots are not ornamental
to n manuscript, do not secure its ac-
ceptance or add to its value. Neither is
it merit to write on transparent paper,
though by that means postage be dimin-
ished Reading and setting type from
such paper is very trying to the eyes
the very look of it discourages the edi-
torial heart. These are all httle things,
but when these little things make up
life, as they do largely to an editor, they
are by no means to be disregarded. The
world can wait for what you have to say
until you get it into such shape as will
make it easy for the world to understand
and appreciate it.-NeaS York Tribune.
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A Man Who Never Told a Lie.

Yesterday afternoon an old oil man,
with crude petroleum dripping from his
clothes and legs inclosed in thigh boots,
entered the Derrick Office and asked:
"Want an item?
i've got the dumdest item you ever
heard tell ON. 1 struck an lie well on
my lease Monday, an she flowed stream
OF lie 100 feet high straight up for half
an hour Then she kinder died down
ceased working One of my drillers was
standing over the hole, when she sud-
denly spurted agin, and, blast my eyes,
if it didn't take that driller right NO with
it. The stream was powerful one, you
see, an he went up 100 feet. You've
seen those little balls as dance about on
top of those little squirting fountains,
such as they have in the cities? Yes,
waal that's the way this ere thing acted,
an there's that air driller right up on
top of that hundred fut column of crude
lie, an he's dancin' about like chaff in a
tanning mill. What do you think OF
that unl"
How long has been up therel'
"About four days and four nights"
He must be very hungry by this time.
bOtbh llt NOlllt NOMu W Stb Dc
to eat ?"
"Why we 'uns Just put plate of hash
in this ere stream of lie, and it takes it
up to him, you see. An it's mighty
handy, as he finds his victuals already
creased, and he doesn't need any butter \"
but he must have frozen to death be-
fore this time. "
Why, man, we've sent him up on the
same stream bed and bedding, small
stove and wood, an we're gong to build
him small house, an then he can live
there as comfortable as prince"
His face was as innocent of deceit rs
piece of tanned leather, and when he
asked TO have his name put down as "a
dead-head subscriber for the information
he had given, we didn't have the heart
to hurt his feelings by refusing. -OI
city Derrick.
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COuld Not Wait.

Two convicts who loved the same
woman met in the Alabama State prison.
One was to serve three years, the other
five. Long Term said to Sho I Term,
Don't court her till get out; wait two
years; give an old convict chance. -
Short Term said "No." Then Long
Term struck Short Term and nearly muir
dered him. But while they were fight
ing unto death over the chances of the
future, their lady fair was having an
other wooing. When Short Term re-
turned from the hospital to his cell,
Long Term had strange news to tell him.
She had married the Unknown.
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For 81 we viii send free by mail and guarantee
their safe arrival:
Z Roses, all different sorts,
or 20 Nerbenas. all -
10 Ncrbenas and Roses, different sorts,
- Basket or Bedding Plants,
bedding Plants and Geraniums,
10 Geraniums, all different sorts,
IL Double Tuberose, blooming bulbs.
l. Gladiolus, fine blooming bulbs,
:" Tuhcrose and Gladiolus.
Plant Catalogue of 80 pages free.
% sweet Chestnut Trees for 81.
or 20 strawberry Plants sorts,
10 Concord Grape Vines,
10 Grape Vines, 8 sorts,
Currant Bushes, sorts,
IL Raspberries, sorts.
A list Of mailable Trees and Vines and n Ca age
Descriptive Catalogue free.
SToERs, HARRISON Co., gainesville, Lake @ -.
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AT Mycen@ a frog jumped out of one
of the unearthed stone collins. and DR..
Schliemann is said to have immediately
sohloquized, "To think that my eyes
have looked upon living contemporary
of Agamemnon, Hector, and Hecuba.
and the rest of them
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BOTTOM PRICES! GOOD STOCKl.
500. REWARD. @1OO.

Osarc Plants. Evergreens. Grape ghes,
Ample Trees. &c Send for prices before prrchas
ting BARNES. CRESWELL CO. kitk~ood III
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Yesterday afternoon an old oil man,
with crude petroleum dripping from his
clothes and legs inclosed in thigh boots,
entered the Derrick office and asked:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14
ia Swearing Train.

Mr.. Dcecher lectured at Grinnell On
the night OF the 9Th, inst, ITO an i'm
lmsnsc audience A special car with
sixty Of the leading citizens Of Monte
yuma left the latter place in due time
to reach Grinncll 10 hear the lecture
but furious snow storm set in pres.
emily, which blocked up the train
when it had reached within five miles
of Grinnell, where it remained all
night, md lle train did not get into
Grinneif until eight O'Clock the next
morning. In the meantime the leg
turc had been delivered, and Mr.
Beecher had left for Burlington
where he lectured last night.
Our Montezuma excursionists were
ont their sl.bO each paif for tickets.
besides being out all night, and out
their fare from Montezuma TO Grin
nell and return. 1t is intimated. by
our informant that they were also out
Of humor and that they were swear
ing like delegation of Tilden Office
seekers returning from Washington
We are also fold that about three
hundred persons came down from
;Marshalltown to Grinnell to hear the
lecture, who didn't get away until the
next day on account Of the storm, and
that the city of Grinnell was crowd
ed with people from neighboring
towns, who were thankful enough to
get shelter even, without mentioning
the luxury of bed. I'll Es5a
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14
Tine cospeI ST RAe,,t:.

= Whom theirs is so much rivalry AZ In
the manufacture of family medicines,
he who would succeed must give pos,
tive and convincing PROOF Or merit
This il an. age. of inquiry. People
take nothing for granted, They mnat
know the "schys', and "acAersforesg'
before acknowledging the superiori,
~ Of one article oyer. smother, Among
the few preparations that have stopd
the test, those manufactured by r. v.
Pierce, NJ, D., of the Worlds Dispen.
sazy, Buffalo, N.Y., have fol. many
ysArsi been foremost. The truth OF
any statement made concerning them
can be easily ascertained,. for DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medica discovery are
now prescribed BY many, ply sicians
iii curing obstinate cases or Catarrh
and ihcipient Consumption, The Dis,
covery has no equal In curing Coughs
Colds, Bronchial and Nervous AfIec-
tiOns. 1t aliays all irritation gofthe
mucous membrane, aids digestion,
and when used with Dr.. Picrces
Pleasant PHrgative Pellets readily
Overcomes torpid lipey and .Constipa-
lion, while the Favorite Prescription
has no rival in the field Of prepared
medicine ip curing diseases peculiar
to females. IL yoni wish TO !. ""knaN
III self" procure. = copy of"The PEG
Pics Medical Adviser, and illastsA
ted book Of nearly 1000 pages. Adap
ted to the wants OF every body. Psics
81 so postage prepaid. Address til,
Iauthor, r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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.Au6ther one Gone

The Protection Life Insurance
Company, of Chicago, is the last one
reported in trouble. A bill has been
flied il the Chicago courts by Jasper
~ Gdoding, d policy-holdcr, against
che company and Lauren P. billiard,
Alanson w. Edwards, Martin Ryan,
John Reid, Jasper r. Ward, Charles
Breed and the German National
Bank, in which the affairs Of this CO.
cooperative insurance company arc
show Il up in. d most startling manner.
The allegations in tho bill are very
minute ana circu,nstantial, are sworn
to and also supported by half dozen
aflidavits and apparently show hor-
riblv rotton condition ofaffairs.
rFThc Marshalltown Times says:
"Thc-, company published paper
called tho Aduocdle, which claimed
that they, had, 100000 invested in
good securities, when in reality, they
had nothing. !, Agents were sent Pill
over the country soliciting policies
forfEthis so-callcd "protection" COM
pany, which in reality only meant q
contribution to the Golfers of the Of
fice-holdcrs. It has not been long
since an agent was in this city "a
sncaking looking whelp, by the way
land wctarc sorry to say that many
of our citizens patronized the COM
,pany, and have given it. q iarge
amount OF money, for which, they
have only worthless piece of paper
to show. The company is "busted'
and the moneyis gone. Another in-
stitution of the same kind, conducted
by the same class of thieves, will
spring, PhGnix-like, from. tho ashes
Of the Protection, and thousands of
people all over the west will be ready
to send their hard earned money into
their pockets, only to be again swim
pied. How long will it take the
peoplc-how much money will have
to be stolen before they will learn to
let these wildcat institutions alone?'
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,AResu,t Of obstTucted nir,e.ttoc.

Among the hurtful consequences or
Eobstructed digostion, is the impOverI
ishment ofthe blood, and since d del
teriorative condition of the vital uid
not only produces dangerous. organic
weakness. but according to the best
medical authorities, sometime causes
asphyxia, ~ ID apparent that to inn
prove the quality of the. Brood. By
promoting digestion and assimilation
u.s. wise precaution.el' Hostetter's
Stomach, Bittersisprecisely the .remeI
dy for this purp0se, since it sti m ulateS
the gastric .jnices, conquers those bill
ious and eyacuative Irregularities
which interiors with, the digestive
|ptocesses,, lpfomotca,, Assimilation 81
The food BY the Blood, and 'purifies al
we'll az enrichea,, It. The signs of inn
provement in health in 'conseduencs
Of using, tina Bitters ara speedily APT
parent in An accession Iiofi vigor,
gain lin bodily, substance, and a,reguI
lar and active sperf0Fmance of every
physical function. ase, sssA ai sntntue
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circuft Court.


Since the commencement of the
present term of the Circuit Court the
only trial ofimportance was the case
OF Chas. Dudley for the use of the
School Fund VS.. David Sautbine. II
was commenced on Wednesday and
given to the jury this forenoon. The
gravamen OF, the offence was the He
gal; sale Of siiltoxieating liquors al
charged by Plaintiff.
The jury returned a verdict agains
defendant of one hundred dollars OF
each of three counts, making a tOta
Of three hundred dollars and costs o,
suit, which are heavy.
The attorneys for plaintiff were
McNctt & Emery, and for the defense
Stiles e Burton.
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rsrRAY NOTICE.

Taken ny. by w. q. Ball, in the Dcs
Moincs river, at Chillicothe, 5Wapeno
county, Iowa, Feb. 2lst, 1877. ONE
wrecked boat, supposed to be aferry
boat, forty-flve feet long and twelve
feet wide. Posted bafara Al. FAIR
child, ]. .Py and apngsissA " sdM4
teen dollars aud fifty ocntsf QQh40
by d. Henshaw, ,Chas, Black MAN. Ahd
n. II! Carpenter! sfi,e.' W!fG!iiBlff..t
l4w3
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The Ben Davis applc exbibitedl A

+ the Ben Davis apple exhibited al
the Centennial gets good many fil
vorable notices from high Sources
1t is good fruit to grow for the far
western and northern markets. II
looks. well, carries and cooks very
Well.,,', mas tuaa !iraaat itaa 8
,EAta Dos Moines dinner party tho
other day. says an exchange, .9'alf the
dishes were over, 400 years 'eld."s-
How? Is it possible? Oh, yes; we
see: boarding house; roast, chicken
-Hdekeye. - = ''s .,'' ''.,
The saying that. s.therei is moro
pleasure in giving than greeeiving,n is
supposed chiefly, to refer to kicks,
medicine and advice. ea4 ,te,,l mn'
"Giye the hens arrest" says a coun.
try exchange. just so; sort Of ~
ter-egg-nun, as it were.-l., rLoui.
| Globe Democrat. ''''',.s''i' ""
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14

The readers Of the WEnKIY CouRIEH
will not overlook the advertisement
of that boss Of all boot and shoe men,
u II. Wilson, to be found elsewhere,
Lou has been in the business for
many years, has learned the require
ments Of his customers by heart and
this spring treats his friends to the
best stock ever brought to the. city.-
His prices have been marked a own to
the bottom, and our readers Kilt favor
themselves by calling on him.
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a i,o,n,3 sA \. az Tus 2. p rIIIIIITc.o
| 5aiyS .hH6f 10 G0f16ffii aiII ~ /.
DIR. o. MGLANE'S
cetebrated wAmefcan 's,I
Worm ,SPEClFICIs
{ nrom Go1,I i-onr ayrd ew tRdit
'V Err ! RI l!,5I.l At, FE'iUl-]| \. b
SYMPTOMS OE WORMS. 9

SlMf lVVpO VT WOnWOs :
THE eotihtenance Is pale and lcadeh.
Aeoiofed, with 6c easional flashes, Sr
acitcdmscfibed spot on one orboth
! checks ;ithe eyesbecounsd dull !; the'pt-
pills dilate ; AN azure semicncle ruAs
along the. lower eyeid ;the nosa IS il
ritated, swells, and ometimeshleedS
aswelling ofthc upperlip occasionhl
headache, with ;humming or throb-
bing of the ears; ali unusual secretion
Of saliva; Shiny or furfed tongud /;
breath very foul, particularly III the
I. n,bfning;i appetite variable; somS-
times voraeidusI'witlra gnawing sep
sation ofthe stomach, atothers, entirei
ygoue ;Aeeting painsin the stomach /;
occasionaLnausea AND, vomiting ; yib-
lent pans throughout the abdomen !;
bowels irregular, at times costive /;
stoolssliuy s subsequently, tingdd
with!hload; belly swollen an.lIfard ;
urine tlrbid respHatioapGnasionally
difficult, and ,accompaniel hy Aiifl
cough cough something's dry and COB
v,,lsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding Of tie teeth, temp}r
9Ssli-iable, but generally irritable, It.
'sqWhciievcr the above symptoms !
ii,,itl1 Rii are found to exist,an 9snai
DIR. C.MGLANE'S WERMIFUGE
;lae will certainly. effect a cure. 70 :
II, DOES. NOT CONTAIN; MERCURY
i,iany.form ; tits an innocentprepar4 I.
itiionh, hot capable 81 doing The slsgAk.
fstinjnpy to tie most 'tenae1 II dat.
'H"'fihie genuine DR.. Mc LANK'svRH-
's!iEUGE Bears the signatures Of 9.
'.M:'LANE andF LRsfiNc BRos onltije
wrapper. ,aiI. ...:O;--l .ta.!fn all
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14

INJAIL.-Ye stertiay evening Mar |
shall Davis arrested g. r. Vance on
the charge of horse stealing. The
arrest was made on the authority of
a telegram from the Sheriff Of Mon
roe county, who stated that Vance
hand stolen a horse from Thos. Gard
ener, livingrin the east part Of Mon
roe county. Vance issa young mah IF
about twenty years of age, and has
many relatives living in this and
Monroe county, who ARE respectable
people. Vance will probably be taken
to Monroe county to-day sH
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14
R,,yietto.

Z Yesterday during the session 81
the senate, one of the members, very
loudly berating the other side, said
that 4he believed the gentlemen OF
the opposition would like TO COB
ble-.H Here Senator Grover who
hadn't been attending to what was
going on, suddenly sprang to his feet
and voted sNay,Hg and then sat down
ina some confusion, while the grave
and reverend senators stndfe6 The
patterns in the ceiling with cxtrava-
gantly solemn cOIMtenanoes,
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H q ; 4 ] EI.Iows

Garner Bros. have now y falI line
of staple and fancy GrocetieA which
they propose to sell lowef4han the
lowest. They have. justir e5eived an
other carload Of Kansas Flour which
they will sell 10 to 2Oc d sack cheaper
than the usual price-all flour war
rantcd. AHkinds of pfodlce want
cd for which thoy pay the highest
market price, Give them a csll and
learn prices. West Main streeet, op.
posite J. L. Taylor & Co.'s 3-i4w:
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LOCAL DEPARTnENT.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Des Moines Register says: "The
Keokuk and Des Moincs Railroad
n will resume the morning train next
y week. II will leave here early in The
day and arrive at- 4feokuk about halt
after three in the afternoon" J.
go The following officers were elected
at the town election, in Agency Cpy,
= 2i III last Monday:
Mayor, A. Robcrts; Recorder, "A,
II, Graves b. Assesscf, s. M. Brown
Trustees, G. D. Bailey, d. A. La
Force, w. A. Uovcrtson, j ohm Eullen,
E. II. Sage.
''i' Yesterday evening sixty or seventy
of our citizens gathered at the depot
to see the Rev. Henry Ward Bcechcr.
ytXls fprncdSsion was headed by a
. ynUteddi1ine ofRthis city, ana flanked
ON either side by an Alderman and a
democratic editor. The situation was
rather embarrassing when it was
found that Mr.. D. was not on the
train. 4 lfs