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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

In the Touhs prison II New York city
sasre are now twcnty-e,gh, persons await
Hg trial for murder Some or these have
Teen confined IN tho Cel's OF "mu-icrefs'
tes' very long time. prisoners ot whom
NE law says distinctly thar they are limo
cent Until proved gaity r. guilty. they
1eac meet swift Justice. II innocent,
were Is all tho more reason for q prompt
uia ani vin3loaflon Yet there they are.
hrssd ~ cells. unfried deprived Of the
Hesffy THAI g their constitutional right IL
'nfy are guill'css. their number constantly
seaed 70 while waiting for District Attor-
0'y o*norn 10 bring them 10 the bar.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
The Flea.

OF all parasites surely the flea is the
best known. 1t is an example OF the
: first class, being quite free from its host
in all stages of its life and only attaching
itself to feed. 1t is also an example of
the difficulty experienced by biologists as
to the real atfinities of parasites, for
though now generally regarded as de-
graded form Of two winged fly, yet in
past time it has been variously located
and even now is often considered the
type of n distinct order Of insects. Flehs
pass through the usual stages of an in
sect's life-namely, the egg, grub, pupa
and adult.
The eggs are laid in dark. out Of the
way places, such us chinks and cracks
or on rugs and carpets. and from them
are Matched the grubs, which feed on
dust, particles Of feathers or other ami
NAL substances. After about II days
the grub changes into quiescent pupa
and this in another fortnight or SO to the
perfect insect. 1t is only in this latter
state that the flea sucks blood. all the
other stages being inoffensive. 1t is Curl
GUS that large lswarms of fieas are some
times found in situations where blood is
only very rarely accessible, and in these
cases same other means of subsistence
must be resorted to.-Chambers' Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
BIRTH OF A FASHION pLATE
Modern Art n Libel on Womcn's I'd s'
Which All True Men
Must Resent.

All! for the good old times when arr
lists. real artists, could be persuaded
to design costume. One of the prin-
cipal items of expense to a lady of old
Italy used to be the retainer" she paid
to Da Ninci, a Bramante, or some
other artist of note, to furnish her with
design for her court and otherdressex
OF ceremony, says lf-Culture.
To-day some one who can draw il
given an idea by a costumer-thati is, by
some one who has made or cut dresses
under some other costuner's tetelage.
Neither one has studied or cares aught
for art, proportion, harmony, or the
other superfuities; they are cos
tuners; what have they to do with
such details? A wonderful assem- blage
of ideas is the result, u CONNECTION in
silks, satins, chiffons and laces. These
ideas and materials are beautifully and
painfully drawn upon paper and draped
upon an alleged female figure at least
seven feet tall, with head slightly
turned, auburn hair, sylphlike waist,
a stage smile and background of
palms and ferns.
This drawing being reproduced upon
thousands and thousands of sheets, 10!
a fashion plate is born, with the name
of the great designer in the left-hand
corner, the password, the hall mark!
Every woman, or rather, nearly every
woman, studies it, admires it, and, be-
she lean or fat, tall or short, her next
dress must be like that. Pehchance her
dressmaker has not signed her soul
eway entirely and protests feebly that
that special style is not adapted to her
patrons particular figure; but for her
effrontery she may lose customer.
That dress has to be made in that way,
and in none other.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
A WORLD OF TROUBLE.
What Gave the Economical Aparta
!, nlent House Manngera Case
of the Blues.

The manager of the apartment house,
well-fed, well-featured, well-dressed
man, was standing in the main doors
way of his establishment which, by the
way, is owned by an out-of-town cap-
italist, who is not the most generous
provider in the world and insists upon
the fiat being conducted upon the
most economical lines. The manager
was not happy, however fair he may
have appeared to the eye, and he heaven
long-drawn sigh as friend APP.
preached and greeted him, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
whats wrong?" inquired the news
conner.
"Oh, we've all got our troubles" was
the vague and lugubrious reply.
You oughtn't to have any,"
"But have. just the same"
What, for instance?'
well, I'm worried sick because T
haven't got an elevator boy
There shouldn't be any difficulty in
removing that trouble, j should say
"There is. I've tried 40 and can't get
one to suit"
you must be very hard to please"
ut isn't that" sighed the manager.
I'm all right, but it's this way. The
old man insists on having the elevator
boy wear uniform and he furnishes it.
Uniforms cost money, and when the,
last boy retired he left brand-new
uniform, and the old man won't get
another. That's the rub. / can find
plenty of boys of sufficient intelligence,
ample experience, industrious habits,
good moral character and fine address,
but I'll be darned if can get one that
the uniform will fit, and there you have
1t. Now what the dickens am to do?
Amt that enough trouble for any one
lnan?" !,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
A MORAL TRIBE.
Among, the Caribs of Central America
All Sins Are Punished by
Starvation.

In the whole wide world there is not
a class of people to be found who in
fict seyerer punishment upon them
selves than the Caribs of Central Amer
lea. Their religion, which is one of
the most peculiar kind, demands self
punishment for sins Intentionally or
unintentionally committed, says Pear
sons Weekly.
The punishment takes the form Of
starvation and close confinement.
If the sin be in the form of lie, no
matter whether it is calculated to in
jure another OF not, the sinner goes
without either food or drink for three
days, at the end of which it is be-
lieyed that the offender has paid the
penalty for his or her sin.
Disappearing and using bad language
is punishable by absolute starvation fo.
two days. Assault, drunkenness and
other serious sins call for four days'
starvation for one week, three DAYS
starvation for the second week, and
two days starvation for the third week.
and one days starvation in the fourth
week.
All sins are punished with starvation.
For that reason crime is very low
among the Caribs, who are among the
best behaved and most truthful people
in the world.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
ALand of sbrine..

Shrines are found in every household
in Japan, and the richness OF their fur
nishings are only limited by the wealth
of the householder. These shrines are
for the purpose of devotion to the spirits
of ancestors. These devotions are held
twice day without fail, and if the fami-
ly is very devout three times day.
The several denominations of the Bud
dhist religion have their own public
shrines decorated as lavishly as the
purses of the worshipers will allow in
memory of their ancestors. These shrines
are built by denominations, and the
priests and attendants are supported by
the gifts of the people.
The two religions of Japan, Buddhism
and Shintoism, are entirely different in
the decorations of their temples. Tenn
pies and shrines dedicated to Buddha are
very elaborate and beautiful. Those de-
voted to the worship of Shinto are very
plain and ordinnry.--Santa Barbara,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

There is phase of moral weakness
connected with the fine farms of tile
northwest which it seems almost inn
possible to eradicate. and that is the
hardened Indifference with which bad
eggs are worked off on the local mer-
chant, Eggs added, eggs half Matched
and eggs in all stages Of decay and de-
composition are mixed up with fresh
hen fruit and the chances taken ON the
ability of the buyer to detect the bad
from the good. This is dirty, dishon-
est business. People who do this would,
did not the law prevent, sell the carcass
of diseased animal to the local butcher.
There should be morality in the egg
business as well as in all other business
transactions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
THE LARGE Balm.

While the large barn will give the
most room and conveniences for the
money invested, it is still an open ques.
ton whether throughout the northwest
1t is good policy to build such barns.
The risk from fire. lightning and cy-
clones is so great, and the loss Of such
barns from these causes usually SO com.
plete as to building and its contents,
that we should hesitate long before
building this sort. Smaller buildings,
isolated from each other. would seem te
be the better and safer way to provide
barn accommodations for the farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
DRESSED BEEF AND THE LOCAL
BUTCHER.

There are some things which in
theory appear to be wrong which when
| tested in a practical way are proved to
be right. Theoretically the beef con-
sumed by community should be
bought of the beef raisers of that COM
munity and be prepared for use at the
local slaughter house. This is patroniz-
ing and promoting home industries. To
ship beef critter to Chicago, have it
there slaughtered, pay freight on the
live animal there and freight on the
dressed beef back looks on the face of it
to be something inherently wrong. But
put into practice this thing does not
work the way it ought to. for the facts
seem to be that when the local butcher
buys of the dressed beef houses he gets
very much better quality of beef,
largely owing to the fact that the meat
has been properly ripened and cured,
that he is able to retail his meat at
about the same price as when he did
his own butchering. In fact, all the
lower priced cuts on beef animal when
bought of the packers are invariably
sold in the cities at lower prices than
the same cuts are sold in the country
butcher shops where the slaughtering is
done at home This seeming impossible
ity is largely accounted for by the fact
that the waste products of the beef ami
NAL are all closely utilized by the pack
ing houses and constitute an element Of
profit not comprehended by most people,
which profits far more than cover
freight charges on the beef to and from
Chicago. Another thing, the govern
ment inspection of the packing house
beeyes insures healthful meats while
there is nothing on earth to prevent the
local butcher working off on his Gus
toners the carcass of an old farrow COW
infected with tuberculosis if he is avar-
icious and mean enough to SO do There
are altogether too many Gamers"
utilized by the local butchers as beef
animals whose meat which killed one
day and cut up the next, is tougher
than the meat of an old buffalo bull One
thing can be depended upon-the peo-
pie will buy the best beef which they
can get for the money, trust or no trust.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

If you have never before cut up any
of your corn, try it this year. There is
a big surprise in store for You connected
with so doing Never having tried saw
ing the corn fodder, you have no idea
of the immense amount of feed which
may be obtained at a trifing expense
from a small acreage of land. And then
it is the very best sort of food, whether
for the horse the mich COW or the
young stock. The COW will particularly
appreciate it and will show you what
she thinks Of it through the milk pail
1t is almost impossible to dry up the
average COW if she has all the corn fod-
der she can eat Lots of cows get all the
corn fodder they want, but they are
compelled TO get it in the open cornfield
with "a foot of snow on the ground and
the mercury down to zero. This is not
the kind of corn fodder we have refer
ence to
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
Pretty Poor Pickinss.

The following story must be true,
since it was told by one Of Cleveland 8
clever school principals, who claimed to
have witnessed the incident She was
in the basement of big department
store when she observed rural looking
party passing before some cheap prints
of famous paintings. There was a mid
die aged man, plain. but evidently with
a thirst for information, who was tex
planning the pictures to three tired
looking children.
Here's picture called 'Millet, /"
he was saying as they gazed open
mouthed at "L'Angelus. "That's
what it says at the bottom. Millet's q
kind Of grain. See en- lookin at the
grounds They ain't plantin. but guess
they're just pickiR up the seed. Mighty
poor farmin there. Come along"
After all, what does fame amount to J
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
SWEET CORN AND puMpK1Ns.

This scheme worked well-an acre of
land was planted with sweet corn in
rows eight feet apart and pumpkins in
between the rows On the 10th Of Au-
gust drove of 25 eighty pound shotes
was turned into the field. For two
months no lot of hogs ever did better
than did these pigs with their green
food and their ration of slop. They ate
every pumpkin and the cornstalk and
all They also made very rich acre Of
ground for crop this year. This plan for
the August and September feeding Of
shotes is worth trying
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
ABOUT COUNTRY scnooLs.

A bitter complaint comes to our table
from resident of one of the eastern
counties of Iowa touching the manage
ment Of school matters in the writer s
neightorhood. 1t is directed against the
practice Of fathers getting themselves
elected as directors and then employing
their incompetent and inexperienced
daughters as teachers The new school
laws of Iowa are framed to especially
prevent this sort Of abuse. and we dc
not understand how, if the law is OBJ.
served. such abuses can exist. Our
friend should present his case to the
county superintendent
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Z A dish of well cooked oatmeal and
rich cream is prominently a breakfast
dish for the farm home. This combina-
tion makes nearly perfectly. balanced
ration for the workingman and. for
that matter, for the growing child as
well. Scotch Drawn is credited to the
oatmeal diet Of the Scotch people. Dat
meal must be well cooked in order to be
palatable and digestible. But few
American women know how to cook it
just right Poorly cooked it is an abom-
nation; properly cooked one of the
most delicious of dishes
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
THRAsHlNG FROM THE
SHOCK.

The question of whether it is best to
thrash the small grain from the shock
or stack it and thrash from the stack
later in the fall is one which will prob
ably never be finally determined. The
weather, the price Of grain, the ability
to get ones grain thrashed from the
shock early. the necessities of the grow
er as to selling his cropat once, all have
an important bearing on the question.
There is also the matter of poor stack
ing, but few men now having the knack
of building stack of grain which will
not lean over and which will shed wa
ter SO as to preserve the grain. We have
tried both ways. We once kept go acres
of wheat in the field five weeks after
cutting, waiting for machine to thrash
it from the shock Itwas wet August,
and we had to turn every shock in that
field three times before the machine got
around to us in order to keep the grain
from rotting We lost enough on this
deal to cure us of the shock thrashing
habit for all time. There are advan-
tages connected with stacking the crop
as soon as it is fit which should not be
overlooked. Among these are, assum-
ing that you can build decent stack.
the securing of the crop in short time,
the lower priced help which may be had
later on in the season to do the work,
the improved quality of the grain as a
result of the sweating it has gone
through in the stack, the greater value
of the straw for fodder and the oppor-
tunity thus given to do the blowing
early, of itself no insignificant item. A
friend gives us the following compare
tive statement touching the two meth
DDS:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
orientnlis,n In New Mexico,

In New Mexico" says the secretary
OF the Woman's Board of Home Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church, zone
finds real orientalism, it being possible
to trace back many customs of the peo-
pie to the Moors in Spain. Even the
plazas, with the women on the house,
tops. their black shawls covering part
OF their faces, remind one of some of
the Mahometan cities of Syria. In the
Taos valley there areabput 1900 people,
among whom the missionaries are la
boring"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

An intelligent horse in Scotland
which had cast shoe while in the pas
ture of its own accord went to the
blacksmith shop. long distance away,
and held up its foot FOR the smith to re-
place the shoe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

A herd Of 16 dairy cows on the poor
farm of Chickasaw county, Ia, were
recently tested for tuberculosis. All re-
sponded to the test. When slaughtered
six were found fit for food and ten went
into the rendering tank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The chopped cornstalk gives the COW
q sore mouth unless cut very fine. 1t is
better to feed the stalks without cutting
at all than to cut them into pieces one
half inch long. Il
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

We are fruiting this year the Wyant,
Rockford, De Soto, Stoddard and Hawk
eye plums. The Stoddard is the finest
eating plum Of the lot, real delicacy;
the Hawkeye is the largest, the Wyant
splendid all round plum. the De Soto
the shiest bearer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The manager of one Of our prominent
northwestern insurance companies said
recently: "If could do business exclu-
siyely among Germans, I could write
risks at one-fourth the price am now
compelled to ask. When German has
q loss. we know it is an accident ="
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

There are times when the woman
may with perfect propriety work in the
field and the man in the house. AS a
matter of fact. the woman does much
better work when she takes up man S
work outside than the man does when
he undertakes to tend baby. get meal
up things in the house
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Dairymen in the vicinity of Chicago
are making a speciality Of furnishing a
pure article of milk for babies use. The
COWS are tested, are fed on a carefully
selected ration. the milk is sterilized
and a uniform amount of butter fat in
corporated with it. Such milk retails at
10 cents per quart.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The fairy stories we often come across
about grains of wheat and corn taken
from Egyptian mum,nies and supposed
to be thousands Of years old germinat-
ing and producing new varieties of these
cereals are, we regret to say, all untrue.
These yarns belong in the Cinderella
and Jack tie Giant class
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

When You come across man who is
uneasy if he owes a man dollar, you
come across a pretty good sort of citi-
zen even if he does not belong to your
church or vote your ticket.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

With climatic, conditions very closely
allied to those Of China and India, the
home Of the tea plant, South Carolina
Is successfully attempting the culture
of tea. With a domain reaching from
Che equator to the north pole America
can produce anything which grows on
Darth
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The size and quality of the celery you.
are raising will be largely determined.
by the amount of water you give it
right now. Celery is marine plant and
must have an abundance OF. moisture
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07
BY j. S. TRIGG.
Copyright, 1899, by J. S. Trig

Two things always look good to US
a field of red clover in bloom and a
stnhble field turned over in early Au-
gust. Both are full Of promise of good
things to come.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Missouri is Dragging over corn which
is 16 feet in height and over mules with
ears 21s feet long and bray as long as
. railroad train.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Don t forget that Thanksgiving day
ended the corn husking season for most
Of the northwest last year. Spring
husking is a mighty poor business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Canned asparagus is vegetable now
city which is catching the public taste
In California the business is assuming
immense proportions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Oklahoma isdeveloping the castor oil
bean industry. Seyenty-fve thousand
bushels Of these beans will be raised in
the territory this year. They sell at 81
uer bushel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

1t is of the utmost Importance in the
matter of adjusting a fire loss where the
property insured is of a miscellaneous
character to have complete inventory
Of the property insured. The want Of
such an inventory when loss OCCURS
gives the adjuster every advantage and
a chance to scale the indemnity down.
If you carry insurance in any company
on your household goods. for instance,
make a list of such goods and have it
for use in case yon meet " 18th a loss.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

He said that the fire was very mys-
FERROUS affair and called it dispensa-
tion Of Providence or spontaneous COM
bustion when he had filled the NOW
with a lot of half cured clover hay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Old Biddy will earn about 81 year
if you give her half a show, and no dol
lar on the farm is produced with so
large margin of profit as the one she
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The juice of the plantain weed taken
internally and the bruised leaves bound
On the part affected will quickly care
the worst cases of ivy poisoning, it is
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

A 4-year-old steer can hardly now be
found on the western ranges. and
s-year-olds are very scarce. The grow
ing demand for baby beef explains this
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

2 Ohio mud beat out the automobile
which was to make the trip from New
York to San Francisco
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

We are inclined to think that the
claimed difference Of 1 cent per bushel
between the grain thrashed from the
shock and from the stack is hardly jus
titled as general rule.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The farm telephone costs about $e5
per mile to put up, which sum includes
one telephone instrument complete. A
ten mile line reaching ten families
would thus cost about $3.50. To this
may be added $40 for each ADDITIONAL
phone on the circuit. For the money
thus invested no greater convenience is
within reach of the average farming
community.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

Two hundred -Percheron sires have
been imported from Trance into this
country SO far this season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

The 81 90 Poland China hog is lubri-
eating the wheels of western agriculture
In great shape
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-07

u American horsemen are once more
sansacking the French and Belgian
markets for choice draft horse sires