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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Proceedings of the board of super
visors November IL, 1900, being the
first day of the November session.
Board met pursuant to law
The following resolution was adopt
ed:
Be it resolved by the board of super
visors in and for Wapello county,
Iowa, that in consideration of one
thousand dollars to be in hand paid
by w. E. Overturf, of Wapello county,
Iowa, that said board of supervisors
hereby sell and convey unto the said
w. E. Overturf, the following describ-
ed real estate, situated in Wapello
county, Iowa, to-wit: The south "a
acres of the east half of the northeast
quarter Of section 20, township H.,
range IA west.
The board then proceeded to the
canvas of the. election returns Of the
day to same they adjourned to meet
Tuesday, November IS, at $3.50 a. m.
H. B. Wagers, Chairman.
Attest: l. H. Hammond, Deputy
Auditor.
Proceedings of the board of super
visors November Is, 1900, being the
second day of the November session.
Board met, all members present.
Minutes of last days session read and
approved.
The following resolution was then
adopted:
Be it resolved by the board of super
visors in andefor said Wapello county,
county, Iowa, that in consideration of
one hundred and fifty dollars to be in
hand paid by Annie Dickerson, that
said board of supervisors hereby sell
and convey unto the said Annie Dick
erson the following real estate to-wit:
Lot "a, of A. e. Hammond's second adj
dition to the city of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Dr. C. G. Powell, coroner of Wapello
county offered his resignation as cor
oner to take effect December 81, 1900.
On motion the resignation was accept
ed and David Throne appointed to
fill the vacancy. The board then pro-
ceeded to canvas of the election re-
turns and after devoting the day to
same adjourned to meet Wednesday,
November IA, 1900.
H. B. Wagers, Chairman.
Attest: l. H. Hammond, Deputy
Auditor.
Proceedings of the board Of super.
visors November Ia, 1900, being the
third day of the session. Board met,
members all present. Minutes of last
days session read and approved.
Consent highway petition of Chas
Horen ct al, for establishment of high.
way in section 80, Keokuk township
granted upon condition that the petit
| TONERS secure right of way, pay all
damages and costs Except necessary
county bridges) and put the highway
! in good travelling condition On or be
fore June 30, 1901. The board then
proceeded to the completion of the can.
vas of election returns which resulted
per tabulation annexed.
The board adjourned to meet Thurs
day, Nov. Is. at $50 q. m.
H. B. Wagers. chairman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

IFS 2 feet 4 inches wide. With the adj
dition of two inches in width of the
machine. space can be provided for
voting for 1000 candidates. 1t weighs
300 pounds and can be shipped or
stored in any position without injury
to the mechanism.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
THE oTTUMwA COURIER: TUESDAY,, NOVELTIES. -, lyos.
Attest: l. H. Hammand, Deputy


Proceedings of the board of super
visors November Is, 1900, being the
fourth day of the November session.
Board met, all members present. Min
utes of last days session read and APP
proved. John Springer was appointed
justice of peace of Agency township
to fill vacancy caused by death of w.
d. Horton.
Claim of American Arithmometer
company, $375.00 for adding machine
for court house, was allowed by fol
lowing vote: Wagers and Elder, aye;
Spilman, nay.
After the examination of election
claims the board adjourned to meet
December 8, 1900.
H. B. Wagers, chairman.
Attest: I. H. Hammond, Deputy
Auditor
Schedule of election claims allowed
by board of supervisors at the No
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
J gaIlantIv defended them.

50 CALAMITY defended them.
Maj. Anderson had the flags placed
in the vaults of the Metropolitan bank,
in New York, and there they remained
until it was evident that Gen. Sherman
would wiring Fort Sumter from the
dying grasp of the confederacy. The
flag was again sent south and on the
day the confederates surrendered the
fort it was again hoisted to the peak
Of the flag pole by Maj Anderson him
self
This happened April IA 1865, exactly
four years TO the day from the evacu-
alton. A salute of 100 guns was fired
at the fort in honor of the flag and the
guns of the surrounding batteries and
ships joined in the uproar.
After that the old flag was returned
to the bank vaults, not to be seen
again until death called its owner.
Then it was used as a pail at the sold
ier's funeral at West Point, wi ere he
was buried. near the school of his
youth. Since then it has only been
used once or twice in celebrations and
then under the guardianship of the
Anderson zouaves Of New York.
In course of time it will probably
take its place among the battle flags
in the war department, and with each
, succeeding generation its unique his
torical value will increase.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
THE ADORABLE MAN.

Novelists whose ambition is to en-
JOY an ample popularity in what are
usually called the polite circles, should
carefully study the results of a compe-'
tltion in the Young Woman. Here
the readers have been asked to express
within the narrow compass of a post
card their ideas on the perfect man.
The competition is called What Girls
Admire in Man." and a studious per-
usal OF the feminine mind on this
question is both disillusioning and
formative. In the first place, accord
ing to an English exchange, almost ali
the competitors agreed that good
looks are quite the least important
part in hero's inventory. It appears.
judging from all the views. that the
ideal man should possess the follow
Ing virtues: quiet. grave and courte-
Gus manner, light heart and a hearty
laugh; he must be "chummy;" he must
De strong and large and clean"
worldly wise, but not world hardened.
strictly truthful, and temperate in all
things; he must look at the bright
49, ~ nv nc must uS KIM 10 the
aged, little children and dumb ami
mails. That the man possessing these
qualifications would be the very on
poslte OF the dashing, wicked. golden
haired guardsman of an older fiction.
no reader of Ouida will deny. But il
appears from one answer at least that
there are still some inhuman girls to
whom the smell of a cigar. a fashion
able coat and handsome figure" Of
fer irresistible charms. One young
lady appears to be a stickler only on
two points. Her ideal must put out
his cigarette when his neighbor objects
to it, and-"sire qua non'-he must
have no beard. To this standard we
can all aspire.
Joseph Bertrand, eminent mathe-
matician and secretary of the Acad-
envy of Sciences, is dead at Paris.
Russia is planning a railway con.
Meeting her European and central
Asian possessions and a direct road to
India
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

The Paris exposition authorities will
furnish 1854 electric lights for the
grounds and buildings,
Within the ten weeks ending on
Feb. 81 there were !. SIG deaths in Lon
don caused by influenza.
The Corporation of Scarborough
England has decided to name a new
thoroughfare "Lgdysmith avenue"
The earnings of one German line be
tween Hamburg md New York in 1899
exceeded the earnings of the previous
year by 1000, 900 marks.
The total revenue of Egypt during
1899 amounted to eli, Ale, 900 and the
expenditures to eE10, 254O0O, Having
a surplus of Sci, 161,000
Over 100 families of Finnish people
sailed from Liverpool not long ago to
seek homes in Canada. This makes
over $500 Firms carried to Canada by
one steamship line within ten months
The New Zealand government has
lodged with the British colonial office
strong objections to concessions asked
by the Eastern Telegraph company on
the ground that they would initiate
against the success of the Pacific cable
which the New Zealanders are anxious
to see laid.
project is being discussed in
Naples for the erection of statue of
Christ Of such colossal dimensions
that it may be distinctly visible from
every part of the bay. The site first
proposed was On the hills of Castell-
amare, but to this it is objected that
the statue would not stand out on the
horizon, the mountains behind being
too lofty. Now the top of Camaldoli
is proposed, in the grounds of the
monastery, but, though it is true thai
this is a point plainly to be seer
from any part of the bay, it is nc.
visible from the city itself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

novations, IS shown the little house to
which Fanny kemble retired after her
eldest daughter married and took pos
session of Butler place. 1t was here
she wrote the greater part of her book,
Records of Girlhood, published in
seial form in Atlantic Monthly. The
sequel, Records of a Later Life. was
without doubt started in the same tiny
study, although it was completed and
published in England, where, sur
stories of western life scintillate with
the spark divine.
On the opposite side OF the road, for
rounded by her old childhood friends,
the distinguished actress and author,
passed the last ten years Of her life.
Butler place is now the home Of
Owen Wister, whose wedding to his
cousin, Mary Wister. was celebrated
year ago. The traditions of art and
literature have ever been held sacred
within its four walls, and the genius
Of its first mistress promises to bear
fruit in her talented grandson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

place after the third dip. a shell burst
near the staff cutting the ballard. The
flag started TO come down with run,
but piece Of the cut rope got damned
in section Of the sl1vered staff and
the flag was more secure than ever
1t was this that caused Maj. Anderson
to utter the historic words above re-
ferred TO.
All through the night the flag fut-
tered bravely in the. breeze, but at 1
o'clock the next day, after the staff
had been hit twice, a shot struck it
sQuarely, cutting it in two. A tempo
rary staff was Immediately rugged up
and the flag hoisted on the parapet by
Lieut.. Snyder of the Engineer Corps.
There it remained until the afternoon
of Sunday, April IA, when the little
garrison marched out with drums
beating and the beloved flag flying in
the van and 20 a salute Of twenty-five
guns.
After the evacuation Of Sumter Maj
Anderson journeyed to New York.
where he made the usual garrison in
voice to the war department, including
the famous flag, and the fair weather
flag, in the returns. The secretary of
war promptly ordered the return of
the flags to the major, accompanying
them with a letter in which he said
that they could not be in better keep
ing than in the hands of the man who
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
.CROwDING" THE TITLE MARKET

The New York World suggests that
the Vicomte de Castellane is crowd
ing" the title market. Although the
vicomte is in New York on the plebian
mission of selling the champagne of
which he is the agent, his family
pride is immense. The World says:
That unQuestioning faith in a title
of nobility which is one of the dis
tinguishing marks OF our best society
cannot fail to be rudely shaken by the
admission Inadvertently made by the
Vicomte de Castellane in his pardon
able exhibition OF family pride He
tells US that in his family-of which
his father is the head-there are 4
marquises, 16 counts and l viscount.
He may be inaccurate; a few mar
quises, counts and viscounts more or
less do not matter. But is he not
rather crowding the title market? Is
there not such a thing as law OF
supply and demand even in the matter
of titles? Have the wearers OF titles
been giving US good bricks in exchange
for our heiresses? If one branch OF
one family can make this showing
have we enough heiresses to 60 around
among the marQufses, counts and Wis.
counts of Europe?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
STUDYING THE OCTOPUS.
Not the Trust Problem, but the Sea
Animal of That Name.


The plague of the octopus is reported
at Ostend, and the age-famous oyster
beds of that resort are in serious dan
ger. This visitation is unusual. for the
octopus is usually found in the Gulf OF
Mexico, along the coast of southern
California or in Alaskan waters.
He is the most gruesome of fishes
with his huge writhing arms ready to
seize upon anything within reach.
Some of those in the gulf measure as
much as tWenty-one feet across the
body, their arms stretching out. in
finitely it seems, to their prey. Thew
do not attack men as a rule, but there
have been many fierce combats when
an unfortunate fisherman happened to
hook one
An ichthylogist has lately made a
study of a small octopus three feet in
diameter. 1t was placed in a tank. and
the scientist put in one finger. Imme-
diately one of the eight great feelers
came toward it, followed by the others
These feelers, armed with powerful
suckers, attached themselves firmly to
the mans finger and hand, and made
no further movement until he tried to
withdraw it. But then they held all
the tighter, and the little mouth
pouted forth its inky fluid to a distance
of two feet. At last he released his
| hand with an effort and tried to touch
the body of the octopus. As he did so
! it changed colors in rapid succession.
passing from red to black, from black
to yellow, and then seemed to be all
covered with black spots.
Another octopus of the same size was
placed in the tank, and there was a
| battle royal. The sixteen arms writhed
and twisted, the water was stained
| black by the elected fluid, and it was a
thrilling sight to behold the entangled
feelers wrapped around each others
body After little the weaker of the
two withdrew his arms, the other re-
leased him, and the beaten monster
drew himself into corner to nurse his
wounds-Washingto Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
RAILWAYS IN AFRICA.

In twenty years time, it is safe to
prophesy, railway development in
Africa will have made enormous
strides-and the many importau
branch lines to connect with the
Cape-Cairo trunk will have been con-
structed or be near completion. In the
south the line from Johannesburg will
have Joined that a Bulawayo; Bula-
wayo, again, will be connected with a
line running right across country to
Walfisch Bay in German West Africa.
In Central Africa, the trunk line will
connect with German and British lines
running to the east coast; and it is
only reasonable to suppose that by that
time a line or lines through Belgian
territory will connect or be in close
touch with the Cape-to-CaTo route
And that the trunk line will be a pay
ing concern there is no reason to
doubt IN the Rhodesian section al
ready built the returns have advanced
by leaps and bounds. The engineering
difficulties of the Cape-to-Cario line
are considerable, but not insuperable;
SO th-t, with Mr.. Rhodes at the head
to push the thing along" there is
every prospect of the scheme, vast as
; is, being successfully accomplished.
d. kmil Hclub, the African explorer
ard scientist, in discussing the pro-
posed route with the Morning Post
interviewer last year, said it appeared
to him that Mr.. Rhodes did not take
the conditions of climate sufficiently
into consideration. The Marotse coun-
try should be avoided. The Marotses
were a fierce, warlike people and
might give trouble. The natives died
like flies of malaria in this country,
whereas by edging further to the east,
where the country was comparatively
healthy, that would not be the case.
On the other hand, the many rivers
and the mountainous nature of the
land had, no doubt, determined Mr.
Rhodes, owing to the great difficulties
Of engineering, to abandon any at
tempt SO far to the east. Still, he
thought that in the end it would prove
the suTest and most economical route
ID pursue. Dr. Holub added that Meth
er the Congo railway from the eastnor
the Congo railway from the west
could ever compete with Mr.. Rhodes
great lire, which must be in the future
the great carrying route for Africa.
Trade would always by preference Sc,
to the Nile; the Nile was the great
waterway to civilization."- H..
Knight in Engineering Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

the battlements of Fort Sumter on that
eyentful morning of April y. 1861,
when the newly organized confederate
forces began the Commandment which
started the greatest conflict of modern
times. There were two garrison flags
in the fort; one was the fine weather
flag and the other the stormy weather
flag. Like the chaos in mems hearts
the elements threatened on that his
toric day so the storm flag was run
up and in short time became the target
Of the confederate shot.
Before that it was not a fine flag
being made of -meshed strong
bunting. tough enough to withstand
the flashing of the winds of the coast.
Ten feet one way and fifteen the other
il stood out like a board and more
than one wild shot aimed by the in
experienced gunners on shore went so
high over the fort that gaps were torn
in the fluttering emblem.
Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, widow of
Brevet Maj. Gen. Anderson, command
err of Fort Sumter, now owns the flag
and she treasures it so carefully that
il is rarely removed from the strong
box in the safe deposit vaults. The
ravages of time have had little effect
upon its color. The red white and
blue are almost as bright today as
they were sc years ago, and were it not
for the rips and tears, it would make
"a gallant appearance today flying IN
the bright sunlight.
Seven times during the first day Of
! the bombardment the flag staff was
struck, but by a strange series of acct
dents the flag continued to fly at the
peak. After one of these accidents
Maj Anderson exclaimed:
God Almighty nailed that flag to
the staff and I could not lower it if
tried"
This particular accident happened in
this way. Outside the bar marking
the entrance to the harbor were sever
al federal vessels. This feet could not
enter the harbor without being sunk
by the cannon of the land batteries
and all 1t could do was to anchor out
OF range and observe the lombard
ment. 1t is needless to say with what
anxiety the men on these ships
30 show that everything was all right.
watched the flag flying over Sumter.
they knew that sooner or later il
must come down, but they also knew
Anderson and felt that he would hang
on to the last grasp.
Every little while Maj. Anderson
gave orders to dip the flag to the feet
During one of these salutes, and when
the flag was being hoisted back into
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

Lancet, is to be surrounded oy so vas,
a tract of land that he cannot see RI.
dwelling Of his nearest neighbor. Then
lis occupations are all outdoor occu-
pations. He must ride enormous dis
fances to go to church, to do his shon-
ping, to fetch medical man. or to nav
visit. For his food supply he denend.
10 some eXten. on hunting. and hara
We nave asain health-giving occuna.
tlon, to say nothing Of the incidental
TACT that this enables him to become
an excellent marksman. Tbera is the
all-lmportant fact that he is eyan,+
from the health-wearing trials alike Of
wealth and OF poverty, neither surfait-
ed by luxurious living nor starved FOR
want OF the necessaries of existence
But what in the long run often
proves more fatal still is thar tarri,,.
strain on the nervous system due to the
want Of leisure, the want of freedom,
from anxiety caused by our over-
wrought civilization, and the acuteDess
OF the struggle for existence The
ooer mind is not torn and harassed bv
the ambitious hope of wealth or thu
constant dread Of bankruptcy. of now
erty, debt, and starvation. He feels
quite safe as to the morrow,s existanco
His land is not overpopulated bn+ nm
derpopulated.
He knows nothing either of orr
sordid poverty, of our overcrowding
and Of the insalubrious and DEGRADING
conditions bred of misery that accom-
pany and put to shame our wealth
would not be possible to find a "sul-
merged tenth" among the beers
Therefore the beers are free from
those nerve disorders that so largely
contribute to destroy the health of the
populations in the great commercial
centers.
Even the beers are taller, stronger
and of more powerful physique than
the English. 1t is quite a common oc-
currence to meet boer feet 6 inches
in height. The boer who has taken 10
town life and acquired town vices NAV
degenerate like other people, but this
is not of frequent occurrence. Even
those who do live in towns often pre-
serve their primitive and simple meth
DDS of existence"
From these considerations the Lam
Get draws the conclusion that the eff
forts of legislation and of philanthrpy
shuld be directed first to the endeavor
to get as large a section of the popula-
ton as possible back on to the land.
We should strive to make town life as
similar to country life as is possible.
Therefore, streets should be as broad.
and houses surrounded with as much
open space as circumstances will ad-
nit. All accumulations of filth which
corrupt the atmosphere of towns
should be removed with the utmost
CELEBRITY, and means of communication
should be so multiplied and reduced in
cost as to enable townsfolk to enjoy
the maximum of exercise in the open
country.