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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
Frauds and Poisous.

Arsenic is now sold at wholesale a
about five cents pound.
There have been imported into this
country in q single year 2,327,74:
ponds. A single pound contains ,
fatal dose for about $500 adult per
sons. What becomes of it?.
A considerable portion goes into
our wallpaper, figured and plain
glazed and unglazed; the cheapes
as well as the more expensive 1t j.
found in white, blue, red, yellow
green and other colors. The pale
c0lors frequently contain more than
the most brilliant.
The editor Of leading Boston pa
per has recently stated that about 81
per cent, of all wall paper now man.
factured contain arsenic, and advises
his readers to abandon their use, and
paint their walls. The Boston Jouyn.
al Of Chemistry states that the manu-.
facture of these papers is increasing.
Arsenic is also used in tickets, paper
curtains, covers of boxes, papers con-
tanning confectionery aud other pa
pers.
Arsenic and other poisons are also
now used in the coloring matter OF
ladies' dresses, gentiemens' under.
clothing, socks, hat Innings, Innings OF
boots and shoes. They are found in
wOOlens, silks, cOttOns and leather.
Prof. Nichols, of the Massac chusetts
Institute of Technology, found eight
grains Of arsenic in each square foot
of dress.
Another of our chemists found ten
grains of arsenic in single artificial
flower.
A child recently died in Troy, N
Y, by taking arsenic from veil
thrown over its crib to keep Off the
flies.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry
states that they are now putting ar.
senic into toilet powders used in
nurseries and by ladies, it being
cheaper than starch, of which they
were formerly made.
1t WAS discovered last year that
"marbleized iron ware" which had
come into extensive use, was, in thu
words of the Harvard Univerity
chemist who analyzed it, "alice pitl
poison" the enamel being largely
composed Of oxide Of lead in soluble
form.
Many favoring oils and sirups con.
tain pOisOns. It is well to avoid them
SO far as possible.
Tes, coffee, cocoa and chocolate are
all liable to be adulterated and t.
some extent with dangerous articles
1t is we'll to buy only of the best
and most experienced dealers.
Drugs are largely adulteFNted. II
1t is well to buy only of the most ex.
perienced and reliable druggists.
Sewing silks and thread are made
heavy with lead, aud poison those
who use them.
Thousands of barrels of sierra
alba" or white earth are every year
mixed in various forms with our su.
gars and other white substances. Its
use tends to produce stone, kidney
complaints and varions diseases OF
the stomach. A large part of ouT
cream of tartar used in cooking con.
tsins so per cent or more of terra
alba"
II is also used extensively in con-
fectiOnery, and various pOisOns are
used in coloring confectionery.
Mills in various parts of the cOun-
try are now grinding white stone in
to . fine powder. 1t is stated that
at some Of these mills they grind three
grades--soda grade, sugar grade and
-four grade.
It 10 stated in the Scientific Ameri-
can that probably half the vinegar
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
We Must Give up the Bird.

rAoih ie AIa SioSee tVls.) DcInUCTht.
Geo. w. Peck, in his Fourth of Ju-
ly oration at La Crosse, said: "It
may have been noticed that thus far
have made NO allusion to the Amer.
ican eagle, the national trademark,
patent applied for, but it is not that
do not appreciate the position that
species of poultry occupies on these
occasions. The poet, alluding to the
eagle, says:
Bird Of the broad and feeting wing,
Thy home is high in heaven.
This is too true. He is q high old
bird, and the committee that selected
the eagle as a national EN- blem should
have been arrested for disorderly
conduct. o great bird! You live
on mice. You soar aloft on pinions
airy, until you see poor little mouse
with one leg broke, and then you
swoop down like ward constable
and run him in. You are a nice old
bird for trademark, for nation ol
heroes. you old coward. You sit on
a rock and watch peasant woman
hanging out clothes, and when she
goes in the house to turn the clothes
wringer you, great bird, emblem OF
freedom, you representative of the
land of the free and home of the
brave, you swoop down on the plan.
tation and crush your talons in the
quivering flesh Of her little baby, take
him to your home high in heaven
and pick his innocent little eyes out.
The bird that should have been sc.
lected as the emblem of our country
the bird Of patience, forbearance, per-
severance and the bird of terror when
aroused, is the mule. There is no
bird that combines more virtue to the
square foot than the mule. With the
mule emblazoned on our banners, we
should be terror to the foe. We are
a nation of accomplishing hard
workers. We mean to do the fair
thing by everybody. We plod along
doing as we would be done by. So
does the mule. We as a nation are
slow to anger. So is the mule. As a
nation we occasionally stick our ears
forward and brush the flies off our
forehead. So does the mule. We allow
parties to get on and ride as long as
they behave themselves. So does the
mule. But when any nation sticks
spurs into our flanks and tickles our
heels with straw we come down
stiff-legged in front, our ears look to
the beautiful beyond, our voice is cut
loose, and is still for war, and our
subsequent end plays the snare drum
on anything that gets in reach of us,
and strikes terror to the hearts of ali
tyrants. So does the mule.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

KeOkuk Constitution: Weaver, the
greenback nominee for Congress in
the Sixth District, used to be ready
1T any and all times to deliver lect-
ure on temperance. Since his nomi-
nation he has been invited several
times to make addresses on this SUBJ
ject but thus far without success.
General, one Of your arguments used
TO be "The more temperance the
more greenbacks." Come out of
your hole and explain.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
Free whisky weaver.
MOnPOe Mirror.

Gen. Weaver has gone entirely bacl
on his temperance principles lately
and is In favor of the government
remitting the tax on whisky and to-
baccO for two years. He said so IL
his Newton speech and we dare any
greenbacker to deny it.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
SPECIAL NOTICE.
a Cars.

To all Who are suffering from the errors and in
discr etions of youth, nervous. weakness, early
decay, Loss Of manhood, &C.. viii send receipt
that win cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This
greas remedy Was discovered by missionary n
South America. Send sslf-aAdresssd envelope
70 the Rev. Joseph.T. InmAn, station D, Bibis
1esss, New York oity. sept is-Asea.vly
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

Tho superintendent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway COM
pany has been on tour of inspection
through northern Iowa and southern
Minnesota, and reports the wheat crop
greatly damaged. The variety known
- Lost Nation, he reports as nearly
DESTROYED.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

The southern negroes, it is now
said, "have been persuaded to vote
the democratic ticket" This reminds
US of Mark Twain and friends, who,
while on hunting excursion, unfor.
tunately shot . mule. Mark informi
US that "the owner of that animal came
out to the fence and persuaded us to
bun that mule"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

The Davenport Gazette and Der
Moines Register are now having a
nice little shindy in which the lie
passes frequently. They should ro.
member their early reading in which
they were advised to
"IIst dogs delight TO bark and bite,
For God hath made them 80,
And bears and lions growl and fight
For tits their nature too,
But children, you should never let
Your angry passions rise,
Your little hands were never made
To tear out each others eyes,
Selah
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

A WRITER IN ONE OF OUR standard
medical journals says: ~ was cured
of Dropsy in one month by using
HUNTS REMEDY" All Diseases
of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary
Organs are cured by HUNTS REM
EDY.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

Prof. A. G.. Wilson has rendered
his resignation to the Board of Trus-
tees Of Parsons College as professor
of languages and rector, to take
place immediately. He has accepted
. professorship in Lake Forest Uni
vereitv. Illinois.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
8 Per Cent Money.

I can loan in sums of $500 and up.
wards, to suit borrowers, at per Ct,
and smaller commission than any
person in the city.
sl7wtf w, II. C.. JAouEs.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

BOILER For SALE.-The COURIER
Office has good 6 foot, single flue, 8
horse power boiler and fire front for
sale cheap, II applied for soon. wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

The Supreme Court of the Unite d
States has decided that insurance
companies are bound by the acts OF
their agents, though performed after
the agency has been terminated, un-
less notice of such termination has
been given to parties who have previ-
ously dealt with them in their official
CAPACITY,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

NesD York Star: Colonel Forney
says that in France everybody drinks
but nobody gets drunk. That is nat
ural enough. In this country, where
one-half the people abstain from liq-
uor, one man is obliged to do the
drinking for two, and sooner or later
he must 60 to the wall.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

The Hasckeye man has been to Chi
cago and stopped at one ofour palace
hotels. He wrote home to his wife
81 tell you what, Mrs. Palmer is a
good cook" Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
now sold in our cities is "rank pot

| A Massachusetts, chemist, who an
alyzed twelve packages of pickles
|put up by twelve different wholesale
dealers, found copper in ten Of them.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

OLD TYPE. - Excellent BABBlTI
METAL, for sale at IN cts. per pound
at this Office. W.T.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
RAVE D.

Bay horse, near eye out Liberal re-
ward will be paid for his return.
CO wtf) A. J. PECK.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

On Monday night the Republicans
Of Bloomfield met and organized a
campaign club. The Republican
says:
The report from all parts of the
county gives sure evidence of the fact
that the Republicans OF Davis will
make . vigorous fight. The Green
hackers are very noisy but one old
farmer illustrated it by saying =
"When the locusts came this spring.
you would havc thought by the noise
that there were millions of them, but
when you got right down to hunting
yOu never could find more than three
or four" When the votes are count
ed this fall you will see the result.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

From Wednesdays Daily.

rIVm Weuncvueys bahy.
On the 18th Of July We published
An article originating with the Han
nibal Courier of July llth, relating
the elopement of Mrs. T. c. Buchan-
an with a "good-look,ng young man
of Rock Island" Mrs. Buchanan il
now In this city and pronounces the
story as wilfully aud maliciously
false, and says she proposes TO prose.
cute the authors of the slander. She
was visiting with her uncle's people
at Rose Hill, Mahaska .county, and
her mother, at Sigourney, Keokuk
county, Iowa, at the time of the
related elopement. We are pleased to
make the correction.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
HITS THE SPOT.

The Greenbackers of Livingston
county, Mo-, have adopted platform
that will please the most enthusiastic
Observation-Disclosures we think Il
would just suit Weaver, except tha,
it don't give down quite enough
greenbacks. The third article in the
platform demands:
"All National Banks to be stopped
at once. and there be money for al
men alike, gold, silver and paper.
18th. And that there be one billion
of lcgal-tender money issued by the
Government (paper money! to be q
legal-tender for all debts, both public
and private, (National money! re.
deemable in twenty years, or at the
pleasure of the government.
9Th. All persons of the United
States TO have ttcenty dollars edch
queen TO them by the Government. Each
man, including soomen and children
alike.
9th. All administrators to receive
twenty dollars for each Of their heirs.
The twenty dollars to be given to the
heads of the families, and deposited
in each State, Territory and County
of the United States. Any one refu
sing to take the twenty dollars, it shall
be given to the common school fund. y
e. =. kunkei's Bitter Wine Of Iron
This truly valuable tonic has been SO thoroughly
tested by oil classes of the community that 1t il
now deemed Indispensable as Tonic medicine
II costs but little, purifes the blood and gives
tone TO the stomach, renovates the system and
prolongs life. Everybody should have IT..
For the cure of Weak stomachs, General Debili-
ty, Indigestion, diseases of the Stomach, and for
all cases requiring tonic,
This wine includes the most agreeable and eff
cient Salt of Iron we.possess- Citrate OF Magnetic
Oxide combined with the most energetic of veg
etable tonics-Yellow Peruvian Bark.
Do you want something to strengthen your
Do yon want u good appetite?
Do You want to get rid of Neryousnesss
Do you want energy?
Do you want to sleep well?
Do you want to build up your constitution?
Do YOU want to feel well.
4 you do Try KUSKEI' ) BlTTER VINE OF
l only ask trial Of this valuable tonict
Beware of counierfeits, as Kunkel's Bitter Wine
OF Iron is the only sure and efIectual remedy in
lne known Wofiu ior tbe permanent cure OF Dys-
pepsa and Debility, and as there are a number of
limitations offered TO the public, would caution
the community to purchase none but the genuine
article manufactured by H.. II, Kunkel and hay
ing his stamp on the cork of every bottle The
very fact that others attempting to initiate mis-
valuable remedy. proves its worth and speaks
volumes in Its favor, Get the genuine. r. +
kunkel's.
Sold only iE q bottles. Sold by Druggists and
Dealers every where, y: II. Kunkel, Proprietor.
2as, North Ninth Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
TAPE WORM REMOVED ALIVE.
Head and all complete In two hours. No fee
I'LL head passes. seat, Pin and Stomach Worms
removed BY Dr. KInkel 80 North Ninth Street.
t'hiladelphia, Pa. Send for circular or ask yOur
Druggist for bottle Of Kunke's Worm syrup.
thssef 'aiis. fficeN. july l5 d&w1m
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
Mortgage Notes Wanted.
P0rSuas sion.


l will purchase some long time
notes secured by real estate mortgage.
WITT o. M. LADD.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
Cheese.

One of the important industries of
this county is the manufacture of
cheese, which as the brands become
known, and the quality proved, is as
suming large proportions, and in
creasing rapidly. This has been
brought about mainly by the energy
Of our Kirkville friends, who never
have spared expense or hesitatcd at
any difficulty 90 that the end justified
the means, and the result is an article
Of cheese which takes front rank in
the best markets Of the State. There
is no better cheese in the market than
that manufactured by the Kirkville
company, NO matter where ii is made.
II you want the best article going,
wholesale or retail, always enquire
for Kirkville cheese. wilt
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

Francis Tate, school teacher of
Monroe county, was fatally injured
by q runaway team on Friday last
and died on Saturday.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
From THURSDAYS Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
In three of the five townships in
Keokuk county, which voted upon
the question Of tax in aid of the
Iowa City 4 Western railroad on
Saturday last, the proposition was
defeated.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
BETTER STILL.

A telegram was received this NOR
ming from s. L. Wiley, President of
the Ottumwa Water Power Company
and Water Works, who is now at
Lockport, New York, saying he had
procured the services of q practical
starch manufacturer to take charge of
and run the proposed Ottumwa
Starch Factory. A company of our
own citizens has already been formed
10 build the factory, and they have
ample capital to successfully conduct
the business. Mr.. Wiley Is expected
to return early next week, and as soon
as possible q building will be erected
Of stone or brick 50x1OO, three stories
and basement, and before snow flies
We may reasonably expect that they
will begin the manufacture Of an arti-
Gle OF starch equal to Kingsford'a
best. We are most heartily pleased
to chronicle this important and valu.
able improvement, and congratulate
our citizens who have the foresight
and pluck to thus inaugurate branch
of manufactures that we feel sure
must prove remunerative, and will
contribute 30 much to the material
prosperity Of both town and country
We shall give more details hereafter
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

A woman put herself in the hands
of Boston dentist to have her teeth
reorganized. He found them in a
very bad plight and asked her why
she had allowed them to become so
decaysd without coming to him or
some other dentist. She replied that
she had not had time. "But," he in
sisted, lit would not have taken long,
and you could have come in almost
any time" She saw that he was bent
on an explanation, and she fired this
at him like . cannon ball "Well, !
guess If you had had baby every
year for the last ten years you would
think II WAS about enough to tend
to-" He acknowledged that he
should.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31


want them from one who has none to
SELL"
1t turns cut that the snake as large
as mans leg" killed by fourteen
year-old girl in Sheffield, was only al
large as Hon. Aleck Stephens leg
This makes the story more probable
and greatly reduces the size of the
snake.
A Philadelphia youth at Atlantic
City the other day wanted to show
the spectators on the beach what he
could do, and 80 plunged nobly into
the sea, and hit an old lady square in
the stomach who was riding home on
a big wave.
Kankakee, says the Gazette of that
veteran Illinois town, has a Justice
that beats them all in the way of do
ing up q job Of matrimonial splicing
with neatness and dispatch. This is
about the formula :"Have 'er ?'"Yes.' y
"Have i'm? ?" "Ycs." "Married. $2."
"What is your religion, Mr.. Glib
Der 7" asked the landlady of her new
boarder. "Meat three times q day."
was the reply that startled the good
woman, and put her in a reverie as
to whether the man was heather or
had misunderstood the question:
Breakfast Table.
A Brooklyn man wants to adver-
tise and take fit medicine for pay
Fit medicine is not a legal tender,
We will take itch ointment and con-
dition powders, or anything we need,
but we don't want to have fits just to
fill up the paper with advertisements.
-Shippensburg Neics.
A pretended John b. Cough has
been lecturing in Missouri and Mis-
sissippi. He is a fluent speaker and
satisfied the audiences. At first he
avoided towns in which Cough had
lectured, but growing bolder he
went to one of Coughs old stands
and was exposed.
The institution of female Postmas-
ter is big thing. When a young
lady asks: "Are there any letters for
Miss Smith 7" she learns, ~ Yes, there's
one from Mr.. Jones, full Of just the
cunningest things, and one from
Miss Brown, with just the prettiest
idea Of hat trimming, and-oh."
Congressman Levi Warner, of Nor
walk, Conn, struck Editor Byington,
ofthe Gazette, in that burgh, over the
head with cane, night before last,
on account of something in the pa
per-" 1t should be added that when
the battle ended the editor carried off
the cane and the Congressman all the
bruises but the first one.
The scourge known as "foot evil"
is prevailing among cattle in Morgan
county, ILL.,. and is causing serious
losses in some fine herds. The dis
ease results from long-continued
standing in muddy and wet lands.
The hoofs become tender and sore,
and finally crack open far into the
flesh, causing the animal intense pain,
resulting frequently in death.
At Clear Lake, Iowa, ON Friday,
Young man attempted to give his
two sisters q skiff ride. When out on
the lake he dropped an oar, and, in
endeavoring to reclaim that he lost
the other. Being an expert swimmer,
he lcaped into the water, when his
coat caught by the edge of the skiff
and was pulled over his head, and,
after brief struggle, he sank. His
body was soon recovered, and il was
foIni that his coat inclosed his head
and pinioned his arms. The scene
that ensued with the sisters and wild
owed mother was heArtrepdipg,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31

Head and all complete In two hours. No fee
TIL head passes. seat, Pin and Stomach Worms
removed BY Dr. kInkel, 259 North Ninth Street.
philadelphia, Pa Send for circular or ask your
Dlgglst Tor bottle Of kunkel's Worm Syrup.
NhsseT 'aiis. rrice* u. july l5d&w1m
The Worthington advance., 1878-12-05

pered conversation together. the; doctor
drew me on one side and. advised me not
to mention any of the circumstances con-
nected with my late adventure, but 10
wait until the inquest; then, as medical
aid was perfectly useless, we took our 9dee-
parture and drove home. -: -.
1.-TWO days afterwards letter was re-
ceived desiring our presence at Maze
boroug House; and, Immediately on our
arrival, was ushered into Mr.. Wellester's
private room. Our interview was q
heightened one; we then descended to
where the inquest was being held. The
best "eport OF the proceedings was given
in ,ocal paper published a day or two
afterwards; which, if remember: rightly,
ran thus: ':As some arm-laborers in the
employ Of the Hon. Frederick Wellester
of marlborough were proceeding to their
work early on Tuesday morning, they
discovered the dead body Of a man on the
highway. The remains were at once re-
moved to one of the farm buildings, where
they remained till Thursday last, when
an inquest was held upon them. No
satisfactory evidence was produced tend
ing to throw any light on either who the
unfortunate person was, or by what
means he met his death, although, it IS
conjectured, owing to the frighttui
spectacle the face and head presented.
that some pistol or gun must have been
discharged close to him: but whether by
himself or by some one unknown, no clue
could be obtained. 4 pistol, ready load
ed and capped, was found in one Of the
| deceased's pockets but no papers
| or other means of Identification.
| A strange fact in connection with this case
| is the disappearance on the same morn
ing the body was found Of one of the
domcstics, named Stevens, formerly in the
service of the Hon. Ernest Wellcster half
brother to the proprietor of Mazenbor-
ough House), a gentleman who for some
years has resided on the continent. This
occurrence has only tended to throw
greater obscurity upon this mysterious
affair. In consequence ct the uttel
want of all evidence, the jury returned
an open verdict-'Found Dead
"Such," continued GLADDEN., twas my
uncle's story. You have followed him tc
the grave, and seen the preparations fol
razing to the ground Marlborough
House; the Caultdale title has become ex
t;nct; the Hon Frederic Wcllcster, who
succeeded to it, died few months after
wards withou.. issue; and, although dill
gent search was made for the next of kit
| U.is half brother Erncst), no tiding
! could possibly bc obtained of him."
''But,' said I, surely your uncle
"Live] at a time when wealth aud in
terest could influence everything and al
most everybody
II see,' l rejoincd; "it is what i
called 'hushed up But I suppose tn
body that was found was t'lat OF the half
brother Erncst?'
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