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Mrs. Maggie p. Slime, New
Berlin, Pa, writes:

81 have suffered with terrible
backache in the small of my back
for about seven years, and could
never get anything to help me.
l tried several physicians, but
found no help. l have now taken
three bottles of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
feel like different woman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
a Novel Plan to Get Grass Cut.

Its a great PITY said the woman
as she looked at the tall grass III the
front yard.
with white canvas shoes who was sit
ting on the front step reading the paper
..They don't vary the monotony OF
sport as they should. The ought to have
some lawn-mowing contests. If they
could make it customary to decorate th'
lawnmower with ribbons, while the
pusher wears a little cap ana fahc!
stockings, | believe some men would Gu
grass by the hour. Washington Star.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
Hrs. II. A., I24 Cedar Street,
OwOsso, r1ich., writes:

Nearly three years ago wrote
to you asking advice in regard
to my health. Twas SO miserable ;
suffered from painful menstru-
alton and backache, was nervous.
dizzy and faint. | received such
a kind letter from you, telling me
Just what to do. l followed your
advice and ! now am recommend
ing Lydia f. Pinkham's Voge-
table Compound. | thank God
for this pain destroyer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

Messrs. Benedict 4 M0rseII, soIlcltors
of patents, Old Insurance building. NIL
waukce. report patents issued TO Western
inventors June q rs follows:
+. Il. Blair. Ncenah, Wis, punching ma
chine: Phil RyrnS. Sparta. Wis, clothes
FOUNDER: L. w. Collins. Coalvillc, Ia, 70
Tary engine; H. A. pucat, Milwaukee,
brush: Matt. Duvan. Alto. Wis. latch;
Henry Halter. lakewood Wis. potato plant
er: u. \. Jones. Oshkosh. Wis, pole climb
er: A. J. kearns. Milwaukee GO. furniture
and ease; otto Konrad. Ripou. Wis. hood
for emery wheels II. Kroschcr and J. Il.
Olsen. Milwaukee, game apparatus; A. j.
Lauer. Milwaukee,, box fastener; A. {,
Leigh Bows, Ia. clothes FOUNDER: l.. Lind
Strnm KenoSha. Wis. bicycle support: {.
5. Smith, Milwaukee, flush Joint for tubular
bicycle frames: +. W. Williamson, NIL
Yankee soda fountain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
The Summer Bath.

Nothing is more refreshing and invigor-
ating in summer than n daily bath. But
to have il beneficial soft water AMI good
soap must be used. Ivory Soap is the best
for the purpose: ii is pure, dlSSolveS
quickly. swcctrns and puritics the cuticlc
gives a heathful glow to the skin. and
leaves IT white and soft. Early III the
morning or just before retiring at night
will he found the most suitable times for
bathing. ELIZA Ii. PAR hER.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

The cost of the worlds wars since
the Crimean war has been So 263 900.
coo, or enough to give Il couple Of SOY
ereignS TO every man, woman and child
on the globe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

In Turkey any youth and maiden
who can walk properly and can under
stand the necessary religious service are
allowed to marry.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

-Mis-triais rarely occur in crimina
cases in Germany. y vote of SIX 10 SiN
acquits the prisoner; vote of seven e
five leaves a decision to the court and {;
vote of eight To four means conviction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

Levi L. Letter made bis first u.opry
in mining nearly 100000. by maxim:
an investment Of $4,000 in the famous
Iron Silver Mine. which lie long mis-
trusted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

My doctor said l would die. but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills. Nov. %, 90
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

The Congo river has at one place
thirty-two waterfalls within distance Of
LII miles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

WANTED-CaseOf bad healt h that RIP'A'N-S win
not benefit. Send cents to Ripans Chemical Co.
New York, for 10 samples and l,0JJ testimonials
-pi is the name of the editor of pa
per in Porto Rico.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

Mrs. NinsIow'> SooTUING SYRUP for children
tCcthing, sOftcHS the gums reduces Inflammation,
allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

In the German army nearly 10000
carrier pigeons are used.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

Though familiarity NAV BOT br-4,,
contempt, it takes Of the edge of al
miratiou.-Uazlitt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

A Lancashire undertaken fell dead Mt
IL funeral he was conducting.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laXa
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. y
is the one perfect strengthening laXa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevcrs
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels. without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations. please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-PriCe Soc. per bottle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
One Ton of Cry stall GnHrtE.

The largest quartz crystal kuoEVn IS
that found 10y j. +. Burton in mile il
CaIaveras County. California. Ii Is re
ported TO he II feet inches III c!rcum-
ference. / feet inches in diameter. )
feet 6 inches wide and feet inches
high. and TO weigh over 200 pounds.
II IS thought that 4 large point in ne
center would cut pure ball of crystal
from u to II inches in diameter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24

Reports from the ,rl,I Rlackfoor
strap it, Montana arr encouraging. A.
SAYS Ill one prospect cu the south FORK
of Swift Current last week showed Sl2-
per ton in gold. ON Red Eagle the con
per prospects are showing well.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-24
Halls Catarrh Cure

HIT 5 OItHFTH NHTt
Is constitutional cure. Price 10 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

long time. He retired and slept fitfully.
with many awakenings He rose before
1t was clear dawn and threw open his
window again. As the light in the east
grew stronger he repeated to himself
.:What would Jesus dot What would
he dot Shall l follow his stepst"
The sun rose and flooded the city
with its power When shall the dawn
Of new discipleship usher in the. con-
quering triumph Of closer walk with
Jesuss When shall Christendom tread
more closely the path he made7
It 10 the way the Master trod.
Shall not the servant tread it stillf
With this question throbbing through
his whole being the Rev. Calvin Bruce
went back to Chicago. and the great
crisis Of his Christian life in the min
istry suddenly broke irresistibly upon
him.
To be Continued.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
STREET FAIRS.

The street fair is the prevailing fad.
The holding of just one usually salts
3fies the average community. In q
business way it probably advertises
the town where 1t is held. but it is a
costly method Of advertising to the
business men. 1t draws all the fakes
and frauds within reach and encour-
ages the violation Of the laws of the
state. It beats the tomtom and rounds
up the country sucker for city pirates
to fleece. Not town which has one
but has q bad taste in its mouth after
the thing is over. As usually conduct
ed 1t appeals wholly to the uncouth,
the unciyilized, the barbaric, and low
ers the tone Of our civilization. 1t is
simply q festival tribute to Mammon
offered by civilized heather. 1t might
be otherwise, but 1t Is not.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
sToRY OF A FIsH. poND.

He thought that he had struck boz
nanza, and it did look that way for a
time, for he had some large and very
line springs running into a coulee on
his farm, and he thought that he would
raise fish instead Of corn and hogs, SO
he built some fine fish ponds and stock
ed them. one with pike. one with bass,
one with trout and one with carp The
fish thrived and were soon big enough
to catch, and then he would let the
fishermen catch the trout for 20 cents
pound. the bass and pike for IL cents
and the carp for 8 cents, and the ponds
were genuine money makers for him.
But the drought came on. The springs
dried up and ceased to flow, the fish
died, and now he is raising corn and
hogs, just like the rest of us, for liv-
ing. And, take 1t all round, this is the
very worst fish story we ever heard,
for it is all true.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

The life Of the world of nature as
one sees it by day reveals only part
of the mysterious and manifold life of
the world. We say in general way
that when darkness falls upon the
earth all things rest and sleep after
fashion, but really the advent Of the
night is the coming Of the morning,
the waking up time, for countless
forms of animal, vegetable and insect
life. The nights of the spring, and
autumnal months witness most mar
velous migrations Of bird life. 1t was
cold and wintry yesterday, and you
wake In the morning feeling that the
winter is over at last because you are
greeted by the CHEEKY song of the blue
bird or the robin. which has Travelled
hundreds of miles since the sun set.
You stand out under a starlit sky in
November, and the trained ear de-
tects the whir of countless wings or
the signal call of the leader Of Smyriad
numbers of wild fowl, all headed for
SUMMER and warmer cline. Like an
evil spirit, the owl in the dense, dark
night reads his owl world like an open
book and startles the belated traveller
with his uncanny call from some tree
top or silently fans himself through
the invisible air, pirate of the night.
An army Of bats the whole night long
chases down another army Of night
flying bugs and Beetles while the
whole family Of the carnivora are
night feeders. The life of the night is
full of tragedy and mystery, the wild
beast seeking It's prey while cereus
will unfold Its exquisite flower. Long
fellow had evidently never compre-
hended the virility and activity Of
night life in the world when he wrote:
Darker and darker the black shadows fall.
Sleep and oblivion reign over ALL
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
SOMETIME.

4 j X " Z r.
Out Of today's mad struggle and distren
Out Of it's ashes and dull WEAKNESS
Hope sweetly rises with patient grace
Strange to the fury Of life's grinding place
And. pointing DER the hills where Sometime
dwells,
Awhispered promise of her pleasure tells
And we, who drag our yoke o'er heavy roads
Close in the shadow Of more crushing loaos,
Pause when the lash is still and lift our eyes
To pictures hung against the distant skies.
There we forget the sorrows OF this cline
In the glad gardens Of that fair Sometime.
Tomorrow Is today again renewed.
With added penalties and servitude,
And smaller chance to dream of Sometimes
peace,
Yet faith is stronger than our calling cares.
And so we wait; but, oh, the waiting wearsl
George E. Bowen in Chicago News.
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New methods beget new dangers and
risks. Old and unused wells of water
have from time immemorial been
known as the begetters and harborers
of carbonic acid gas, and so men have
been cautious how they went down
into such wells. But here comes the
report Of q silo being filled, the con-
tents fermenting over Sunday, and
three men who went into the silo on
Monday morning being overcome and
killed by the carbonic acid gas which
z had accumulated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
WHEN WE GROW OLD.

When we grow old, dear love, and from my eyes
The Light and brilliance Of my hot youth dies,
And all the fairness you are praising now
Casts but its wrath Ger lip and cheek and brow,
While one by one our golden visions lee
ask you-will you love me faithfully
When we grow old?
When time ahau turn these sunny locks to gray,
From my trim form all beauty take away,
When grace and ease and elegance are gone
And naught il left loves fires to feed upon,
You, whom chose my king among all men.
Still your hearts queen shall be reigning then
When We grow olds
God keep you ever happy by my side!
Though age may stem this feyered passion tide,
When worn and weary down life's vale we stray,
Be my hearts anchor as you are today;
Be my true love that shall the closer cling
Through all the changes coming years may BRING
Our faith upheld-count this our lasting gain
That We 80 live that love undimmed remain
When we grow old.
Annie a. Hopkins in Pail Mall Magazine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

- \ .I ! Z y y l
The time is not far distant when the
supply Of choice, clear lumber used by
the northwest will nearly all have to
come from the Pacific coast. The
northern cut lumber of the Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin pineries gets
little poorer in quality and little
knottier each year. For lumber and
timbers Of extra length, say over 80
feet, the coast product can already be
laid down as cheaply as that of the
northern pineries and is, besides, OF
better quality. On ordinary sized lum-
Der there is only about $5 per thousand
in favor Of the home produced stock.
With the advancing prices for lumber
and growing scarcity this difference
,sszsA sao4 he wiped opt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

If the cholera can be lodged, every
little black pig On northwestern farms
represents the sum Of $12 by the time
he is fit to market. This little black
pig at even this price means lots of
money for the farmers Of the territory
in which he is raised. 1t would not be
inappropriate to have printed on each
mortgage satisfaction filed in the Po-
land China territory Of the northwest
q cut of his excellency the Poland
China hog, for he has brought about
the satisfaction of more mortgages
than any other animal connected with
western farms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

The ability to make a loaf of good
bread is an accomplishment which ev-
cry woman should possess before she
gets married. 1t is of no use for wo-
man to think that she can hold mans
affections very securely when she feeds
him on death slug biscuits, soggy pie
crust and burned or half cooked meats.
Men do not live to eat, but they have
to eat in order to live, and what they
have to eat has much to do with their
temper. their piety and their health. A
woman should take pride. in being
expert and accomplished in her cook
ing and the care Of her home, Just as a
man does in being expert in his bust
ness or profession.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

The manager of line Of grain ele-
yators told us recently that it rarely
ever pays a farmer to use elevator
storage for his grain. The storage and
insurance charges are constantly eating
away at the stored grain, and in near
ly every case the farmer is the loser.
He cited case where lot of corn
was stored with his company by a
farmer, in which case the storage
charges not, only ate up all the grain,
but brought the farmer In debt to the
elevator company besides.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
A NEW WOMAN.

We sawa woman, q farmer daughter,
o few days since seated on sulky pillow
and driving team OF three fine horses
and doing as nice q job of blowing as
we have seen in many a. day, doing her
work in far better shape than was a
man with similar outfit in an adjoin-
ing field. mo business to be doing this
sort of work" you say. Well, we don't
know about that. She might far better
be driving that team and doing that
nice blowing than fooling her time
away on some loyesick novel or pound
ing piano when she had no more
music in her make up than an old
goose, or working green storks on yell
low cardboard and calling it art, or
living useless, idle existence, primp-
ing and posing to get some fellow to
marry her. There's a whole lot of
mush about modern ideas Of woman
and her sphere. If more of this health
full outdoor work were done by Ameri-
can women, they would not have to
hire wet nurses for their babies, and
there would be more and healthier chill
dren raised. We know of farmer to
whom the Lord sent a whole lot of
girls and no boys. He was fairly well
to do, and three of the girls did not
want to teach school, work in MILF
merry store or do anything of that sort,
and the old man would not let them lie
around and do nothing. So he made
deal with them to help him on the
farm, and they MIXED the COWS, fed
the calves, took care Of the garden and
orchard, helped do the seeding, corn
blowing, haying and harvesting, and
when we saw them they were none the
less refined and Iadylike because Of SO
doing. And, my, what pretty, Health
full girls they competent, ne
sourceful, energetic! And each one Of
them had a nice young fellow, who
was wrestling with the problem of get
ting farm and home of his own,
who found in these girls just the right
sort of woman to help him do it. Wo-
man may from choice do this sort Of
outdoor work without degradation or
loss Of womanly refinement and gracet
but she should not be compelled to do
IT
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

+ Some men destroy as fast as built all
the nests Of the barn swallows attach,
ed to their outbuildings. We wouldn't.
A band of barn swallows will in sea-
son destroy an incalculable amount of
destructive insect life. Birds Of what
ever kind which are partially or wholly
insectiyorous in their diet are among
mans best friends and should be fully
protected by him. We just enjoy see
ing a woman who will wear dead
bird in her spring hat plagued to death
with flies, mosquitoes and bedbugs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
IN THE PLACE cARRousEL.

Proud arch. upreared to him Of mankind Arsti
Thou clarion voice Of AusterIitz's storN
Even like the sudden and the bright sunburst
That poured its splsndor on his triumph
CORY
On the red field the 1ght-his foes dispersed
Thou and the tale upon thy marble versed.
Dazzle the heart Till time himself grows hoary
Here shall mans soul In wonderment i'm
mersed
Thrill at the record Of his quick winged glory.
About thee circle palaces-the fame
OF his Cesarean line. and yonder looming
A nobler arch, but built like thee In vain,
For. harki the guns Of Waterloo are booming,
And on sedan thy foiled Mars sinks again;
latter the conqueror's crown the captive's
chainl)
These are thy Nemesis-and disgrace thes,
booming
Thy stones to front yon shaft OF shame. where
rain &
4 peoples tears to mock at thine assuming.
IT. ". In Quarter Latin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

Better apples can be raised in this
country than in Europe, and, as re-
suit, a constantly increasing demand
for American apples is met with. The
mountain lands Of the Virginias, east
Tennessee and portions of the state of
New York and of Canada now produce
the finest fruit A great apple country
is also being opened up in the Ozark
country in northern Arkansas and
southern Missouri, while Idaho and
Washington show some Of the finest
apples raised anywhere in the world.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

There are quite a number of men
who when they first go to selling milk
are somehow tempted to mix water
with 1t, and it is often the men whom
one would least suspect who will try
to work this ancient fraud. The test
plan not only secures to the buyer
good milk, but it does much to stiffen
up the moral backbone ofslots of men
who sell the milk to whom the disgrace
lies not SO much in committing fraud
as in the getting caught at 1t. Where
the test is not used the good man will
buy Holstein 8 per cent COW, which
accomplishes practically the same re-
suit as is secured by the pump.
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THE LIFE WAYS.

o 20 f
Take counsel, hearth A thousand thory ways
Cry unto you for respite. The white rose
OF love may wither in the wintry days,
Bitter thought-God knows.
A thousand duties make their meek demands,
Fearing to cry too loud to you. Oh, sweet,
Pale, famished lips have kisses for your hands
Hearts at your touch will beati
II God be God, then is your life task plain
As the sure stars faith finds in heavens above.
Ills yours upon the beggar's brow to rain
The riches Of Gods love.
And, II no God be DER us, still is earth
A Geld where red thorns in the roses CLEAN.
b may you tend it, dear, to make it worth
The heaven Of your dream.
And II It will not matter II go
With empty hands unto my rest, unshriyen.
Thankful at last that have loved you 50,
shared that love with heavenl
Frank Z. Stanton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

{ There are 200 retailers of oleomar-
garine in Chicago alone. AS they can
make at least twice as much per pound
in handling it as they can in handling
butter, they are all in league with the
cleo manufacturers and become adopts
in the art of deceiving an unsophisti-
Gated public in their efforts to pass the
fraud off for genuine butter. We would
like to see the American people become
as much enthused over the question of
pure food products as they have been
over the late Spanish war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

The woman man wants for a wife
Is not a Martha all engrossed with
cooking, scrubbing and the cares Of
her home, nor a Mary absorbed with
literary tastes and ambitious to shine
in social way. leaving a fellow to
wear buttonless shirts and eat bakers
bread There is woman Just about
half way between these two types that
fills the bill.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12
Poetical illusions. :
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AN INDIAN SUMNER DAY.

4 vein Of Heckless goldenrod belowi x.,s.
And little ones a.gathering this ore s.aS
OF autuInn's mine to let 1t grace the door
That hideth from their sight the cloister glow
OF summers radiant brow. Her footstep slow
Now seeks the portal. Lol their smiles restore
To her the memory Of childhood's lore,
The innocence its simple joys bestow.
This phantom glimpse of her-a shadow trace
Shall leave no dreamer happy in this dream
OF life until he learn the mystic art
That slighteth not the laughter loving face
Whene'er it breathes the fragrance that doth TEEN
Within the bosom Of the clean Of heart.
Catholic World.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

In Porto Rico the finest Of oranges
retail for cents dozen. Here they.
sell for 40 or 80 cents. We are opposed
to annexation on general principles I'M
less those cent oranges can be laid
down here for 20 cents.