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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
Eldon,

Eldon, Aug. 13.-Mrs. VIM. Siga-
Ious and daughter returned from Mus
catine Friday.
Miss Edna Day, of Boneparte, spent
Sunday with Mrs. j. D. Ridgeway.
I. G. Tomlinson was a Centeryille
visitor Friday.
Mrs. M. Murphy, who has been Wis
iting Miss Birdie Ritz, returned to her
home at Fort Worth, Texas, Friday.
Miss Grace Huston left the last Of
the week for McCook, Neb., where she
will teach in the public schools
Miss Susie Mier, who has been visit
ing Ethel Ritz, returned to her home
at Bloomfield Saturday.
Miss Bertha Bott, of Douds, is WIS.,
iting Mrs. J. Hall.
G. Porter, Of Ottumwa, spent Sun
day at Eldon
Prof. Lonsderry, of Des Moines,
spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs.
West.
Mrs. Frank. Sanders will be at home
from till o'clock tomorrow after
noon to the B. F. S. T. club in honor
OF Mrs. HESS, of Freeport, III.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
BidWeIl.

Bidwell, Aug. 14.-Mrs. Iona Potter
and Mrs. Retta Potter, of Kewanee,
H., were visiting Mrs. Lottie Potter
and family this week.
A. A. Beagle had a close call by
lightning Sunday evening. MI. Bea-
gle was knocked over and severely
stunned by the thunderbolt.
The storm Sunday evening did con-
siderable damage In this vicinity.
Andrew Johnson and wife Of Mum
terville, and Mrs. j. w. Dickson Wis.
tied J. A. Chisman and family Sun
day
There was a grove meeting near the
Lock homestead Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14


Dahlonega, Aug. 14.-Mrs. J. C. Mil
Ter visited her sister, Mrs. Frank Con-
ely, of Hedrick, couple of days last
week.
P. Cad. Kitterman, who has been at.
tending the college of physicians and
surgeons at Chicago, is spending his
vacation at home. He expects to re-
turn to his studies about the LIST of
September.
A much needed rain fell Saturday
night.
Erie Long and Lewis Kitterman, ac-
companied by their families, were out
ing on Skunk river couple of days
last week.
F. w. Ritter, of Hedrick, was MAX
ing business calls in this vicinity FRI
day.
VIM. Payne is spending the summer
in Montana and Wyoming.
One more week of good weather and
the threshing will all be done here.
w. H. Kitterman lost a valuable
short horn COW last week.
Arthur Davis, of Fremont, ILL.,, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Lewis, here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14

in Wauneta Col.
County Attorney James Wilson, of
Centerville, transacted business in our
city Monday.
Hedrick.
Hedrick, Aug. 1.-THE Epwcrvn
League held business meeting
Thursday evening and elected the
following officers for the coming year:
President Miss Ella Darner. llrst
vice president, James Patterson. sec.
ond vice president, Miss Kate Hines,
third vice president, D. j. VanNos.
trand, fourth vice president, Miss
Minnie Heidenreich
The annual conference of the OF.
tumwa district of the Methodist
church will be held at Fremont Aug
ust 10, IA and Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Duke and fam
lily are visiting relatives at Gault, Mis-
souri,
S. c. Chacey is spending weeks,
vacation at Colfax and Milo.
w. D. Martin, Waldo Young and
Ernest Beck have been at Burlington
attending the Saengerfest.
James Ward swore out an informa-
ton last evening charging Fred Duke
with the use of profane language.
Marshal Sinclair went after Duke ana
the trial will be before Mayor Spicel
this afternoon.
Hedrick, Aug, 13.-The republicans
OF Benton township met Saturday af-
ternoon for the purpose of nominating
a township ticket and appoint
ing delegates to the county con-
vention to be held at Sigour-
ney tomorrow, which will nomi-
nate county ticket. John Morrison
was made chairman of the meeting
and E. E. Phelps secretary. The town
ship nominated was as follows: JUS
tees of the Peace, Wade Kirkpatrick
and A. ]. Burgess; Constables, James
Morrison and John Foster; Assessors,
John Stacks; Trustee, VIM Wood;
Clerk, John Hicks. Delegates appoint
ed to the county convention were
Wade Kirkpatrick, j. F. Brooks. E. e.
Phelps Robert Crump. John c. Foster,
P. Engelchinger, o. NJ. Durfey, S. Il.
Sperry, R. A. Bennett, VIM. Wood,
John Williams, E. P. Scott, w. J. Gar
don, John Watts, Chas. Broadhead,
VIM. Stacks. ]. T. Brooks was re-
elected member of the county central
committee and chairman of the town
ship committee.
w. P. Harrison, of Winfield. visited
over Sunday with friends in Hedrick.
Add China.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
Live Stock.

CHICAG0-Cattle. receipts $4,000
head, Including four hundred Texans;
steers slow to l0c lower: butchers stock
steady; best on sale to-day. one car at
s. CO.; good to prime native steers 81 $50
rs; poor to medium 81 2084 "a; select
ed feeders strong 81 1905 90; mixed
stockers 50 5Od4 %; cows 50 00d4 90;
heifers, 50 1905 90; bulls 81 7504 35;
calves weak at 81 25d6 Is. Hogs, re-
ceipts to-day 5000 head: tomorrow.
$4,000 head; left over 5000 head; market
5a7isc lower; top, So sly; mixed and
butchers s. 3OG5 30; good to choice
heavy IS 4Od5 SIG: rough heavy IS 256D
8 80: light, IS 1905 Az bulk OF sales
S. 35d5 so. Sheep, receipts 10000 head;
sheep steady to slow; lambs weak to
lOal5c lower: top lambs 81 IS. Good to
choice wethers So 25d5 60: fair TO choice
mixed 81 60H5 %; western sheep IS $50
60; yearlings, s. 5OJ6 10: native lambs
s. soar %: western lambs s. S5d7 %.
EAST LIBERTY-Cattle active and
higher: extra IS SOFAS 20; prime IS SO6
. so; common SO 25Gl3 20. Hogs lower;
extra heavy S. 65d5 20: mediums St So;
best Workers 81 55G5 Is; light Workers
s. 35a5 81 pigs, s. l5Gp5 %; roughs,
IS 75a4 IS. Sheep steady: choice weth-
ers S. 3OG5 20; common, 81 5093 80;
choice limbs Sc 25p6 49, common to
good 50 5OG6 10: veal calves S. oo75 80.
CINCINNATI-Hogs steady at 81 400
. 60.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
OtAl sales Oh STOCKS were p+V'oU sLdttS
New York Mining Stocks.
1readstuffs ana Provisions.

CHICAGo-Board of trade markets
here were quiet to-day, as many trad
ers preferred to be even over the holI
day tomorrow. Corn was strong, help
ed by cables and closed HGSsq1so i'm
proved. Wheat closed IsaHQ7sc down,
and oats shade to hc depressed.
Provisions closed 2lsG5c to 171ac under
Saturday. Corn opened firm, fraction
ally over Saturdays close. Gables were
strong and country offerings small.
There was fair. though rather seat
tered demand and no particular selling
pressure. There was some liquidation
Of May with purchases of July in eN-
change at 1Ad1kc difference. During
the session squirt OF liberal offerings
from an influential trader caused dip,
but this was recovered, helped by the
visible decrease of 2,l96,0OO bushels.
Local receipts were l66 cars. My
ranged from 39GG4Oc and closed 9sD
&c up at acc. July sold from 40As@ il1sc
and closed &c higher at 4lc.
The trade in wheat was quiet and
consisted mostly in exchanging May Tor
July at n spread of fSc. AS result
May was relatively weaker than July.
the latter closing with an appearance of
staadiness. Traders generally. were In
clined to play even over the holiday To-
morrow, n fact which contributed much
TO the quietude OF the session. Cables
were weak and the weather favorable.
but as an Offset TO these influences was
the visible decrease OF 2.3i2O00 bushels
larger than had been anticipated. The
decrease and the strength Of corn
caused a rally. following the early cas-
mess. but II was lost New York re-
ported three loads taken for export. At
lautic port Ciearunces In wheat and
flour were equal to 796,0OO bushels. Prt-
mary receipts were $1,000 bushels, COM
pared with $4,000 bushels year ago.
Local receipts were thirty-three cars.
two of contract grade May ranged
from G57S a 65li and closed hG9Sc under
yesterday at 65i4 0Gj%c; July sold from
67sS667Kc and closed &c down at sac.
Liquidation Of May was the feature
in oats and the discount between that
option and July during the day WIDEN
ed to &c. The market was duh and
easy all day. The fine weather as
much as anything. was the factor. Re-
CENTS were 10 ears. May sold between
29%lc and 22isll224c, and closed Rc
lower at 22Hc; July ranged from 2StH
23Kc. closing n shade lower at 23bu
2SHc.
The provisions market, under the in
huence of weak hog market, was
quiet and easy all day, but closed fair
" steady. The feature was changing.
There was n moderate amount Of liqul-
dalton through commission houses, July
pork sold from $40 72HGl2 So and closed
ITj5c lower at $l2 co; July lard from
81 2Oa7 1917 1919, closing Zoe depressed
at 81 Is and July ribs from SO 95N6 80,
with the close 2lAd5c down at SO %.
Estimated receipts tomorrow,
Wheat, As cars; corn, $40 cars; oats,
2lO cars: hogs, %. 900 head
The leading futures rnnEed as follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
as TO SOFT CRABS.
Requirements to be Observed Before
an Epieure win Eat Thorn.

Requirements to be Observed Before
an Epicure win Eat Thorn.
New Orleans Times.Democrat: "The
soft shell crab season is just now in full
bloom" remarked New Orleans club
man last evening. but, strange to say,
1t is next to impossible to obtain these
delicate crustsceans properly served In
any hotel or restaurant in the city The
trouble Is that they make no effort to
keep them alive, and fifteen minutes
after a crab has been gathered to It's
fathers II is no more Mt for human food
than q pRpIer mache Easter egg.
THE proper way to handle u soft shell
crab Is to keep II alive in bucket OF
wet moss until 1t Is wanted for cooking.
Then take It out, wash It, drive a knife
blade under the head. roll It in cornmeal
and fry It light brown over a hot fire.
Treated In that way It is one Of tee
greatest deIlcacies in the world. The
flesh Is firm, sweet, juicy and exquisite
ly tender. The right way to eat II Is
to turn 1t over on its back, lift of the
tender under-plate with your knife
blade, pass coffee spoon down the de-
preston in the centre, removing every
thing except the true pads of luscious
white meat on each side and then thank
the gods that YOU are alive. But at most
OF the places here crabs are simply
butchered They are killed and cleaned
as soon as they arrive and put on ice
until called for. That ruins them, for
the reason that the flesh undergoes a
certain deterioration almost Immediate
ly after death. 1t loses It's sweetness
becomes dry and crumbles In the mouth
like so much cornmeal, It doesn't taste
any more like the real thing than hard
cider tastes like champagne. I'm sur
prised that our local cooks haven't long
ago mended their ways.
I'm Charleston. Savannah. Baltimore
Mobile and dozen other cities could
name. a dead crab could not be served.
The patron always Insists upon seeing
It first, and unless 1t is alive and kick
ing he countermands the order. have
often seen foxy old eplcures pinch off
one Of the small claws so as to be sure
they were getting the same crab that
was exhibited in advance"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

NEW YORK-There has been a poor
attendance OF buyers to-day and a de-
,cidedly slow spot business, Mail orders
limited on all lines. Market at first
hands consequently dull as ever. No
change In prices tn any staple cottons
in leading makes, but some lrregularity
in outside lines. Print cloths idle for
regulars and barely steady for odd
goods Prints dun In nil directions. no
change In prices. Glnghams, generally
firm. White goods, both plain and
fancy, continue scarce and steady in
price. Sellers more reserved In ac-
ccptance orders for 1901.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
Metais.

NEW YORE-BusInes very slow to-
day in the market 'for metals. Tin.
however. In sympathy with favorable
advtces from abroad. showed some i'm
provcmcnt in price, but was very quiet.
closing dull at 500 65GI2g 75. Lake cop
per ruled dun at $i7 90. Pig Iron war
rants was weak at SIS so, entirely nom
lnal; Northern No. l foundry S2l Goa
% co. speltor easy at 81 5O14 55. The
brokers price for lead was 81 Is, and
for copper ST. %.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
II your Ailment catarrbP-t1 had

Is Your Ailment CatarrhR-"f had
Catarrh for one year" II had Cntarrh
for two years" II had Catarrh for five
years" 81 had Catarrh for twenty
years" 81 had Catarrh for fifty years"
and DR.. Agnew'S Catarrhal Powder
cured me. These are sentences from the
volumes and volumes of testimony for
this great catarrh cure, not mythical pa
tlents, but words from men and women
all over the continent who have been
cured. 1t relieves In ten minutes. Sold
by Charles r. Goethe, Twelfth and Mar
ket streets.-6.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

OIL CITY-Credit balances 81 a; cer-
tlfcates. no bids: shipments li2l9i
barrels; average SS,4l3 barrels; runs.
1871 ,t32 barrels; average. Ssii6 barrels,
NEW YoRT-standard oil stock
Sj3OGjS5.
TOLEDo-Ou unchanged,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
No More Rheumatism.

For years my WlfeSuhered from Fheuns.
tlsm, She tried many remedies, but got M.
tic beneftt, and We Ind about given up ali
nope OF relief when We heard Of Celery King,
and my wife began using Il. Thfs great
medicine has, apparently, driven all TIE
poison out OF her system, and has certainly
released her nom life OF pain.-9, r, CnBh.
ing, North Arlington, Mass.
Celery King cures ConstipatlOnn and all ilS.
cases Of the Nerves, Stomach Liver and KID.
neys. Sold by druggists, &c andFOc,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
Wool.
NEW YoRK-Wool dull.

A LITTLE life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack OF Group II you don't
have DR.. Thomas Eolectrtc on on hand
for the emergency,-2,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

DON'T FORGET 10 take few bottles OF
Cooks Imperial Extra Dry Champagne
with you on your summer outings
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

PIANOS moved by thoroughly com
potent men +. W. BANNER co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

WE employ none but export plano
tuners. f. w. BANNER co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
soUTH-BoUND.

Electric cars Bridgeport to Wheeling.
Relaire and Martins Ferry. Consult
agents for best routes and lowest rates
to all points. NJ G.. CARREL.
General PASSENGER Agent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
RAILROADS.

Leave. Arrive
weisbur sa and sttea IL + rs s;Si 81
Mcdonald and Pittsburgh. 6:25 Slb
indianapolis and st. Louis. I 6:25l I 5;l6
Columbus and C!HciRHaa... g:25 6lS
Dayton ...........,............ 6:25l Sis
Wellsburg and Pittsburgh. fl0:O0i I Sis
Mcdonald and Pittsburgh. IlO:COj I ass
Pittsburgh and New York. 'iOSS
Philadelphia and New York l:0OI 2:2j
Steubenvllle and Pittsburgh l.09i ass
Columbus and Chicago...... l:90i I 2:25
Philadelphia and New York '2:55 'iO:s5
BulunieTe and Washington 6:S5I 'l0!35
Steubeuville and Pittsburgh '255 I S:4S
Mcdonald and Dennison....I I 2:55 si5
Pittsburgh and New York. Gas ST;
Indianapolis ana st. Louis. s:90i 3S;o7
Dayton and Clncinnatl...... s:30I SO
Steubenville and Columbus. S:3Ol s.pi
Pittsburgh and East.........I tS;soI ! SIS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

TOLEDo-Wheat dull and I'M
changed No. cash 1880; May, 739ac
Corn dull and higher; No. 2 cash 4O&c.
Oats duh and unchanged; No. cash
2IIsc. Rye dull and lower; No. . cash
56lsc. Cloverseed firm and higher, cash
prime, old, 81 70: prime, new and April.
Sc 90; October, 90 bid; No, 2, 50 S09
a a.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01

CINCINNATI-Flour dull; fancy
50 15aS 30; family. So 5OG2 So Wheat
quiet. No. red winter 74c. Corn firm;
No. mixed 4Sc. Oats dull; No. mix
ed 2Gc Rye firm; No. .. SEC. Lard cas-
Ter at 81 90. Bulkmeats steady at 81 10.
Bacon steady at 81 25IA. Butter quiet.
Sugar steady; hard refined 81 60G5 90
Eggs quiet at lie. Cheese steady; good
To tnrirnnaA nhIn DAT llLn
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03
WAS THE ANSWER YES OR MOP
An Unfinished Proposition Overheard
During n Stroll ON the
boulevard.

How they ever settled the question
the Chicago matron never knew, for
the tantalizing part of the story was
that she never heard the answer, says
the Chronicle.
She was walking along a South side
boulevard late in the afternoon. As
she hurriedly passed man and girl
strolling onward in the more leisurely
gait of MUTUAL enjoyment she heard
the former say to the girl:
well, it is certainly true, we have
both got to live our lives out in this
world some way or other. l have to
live mine out, you have to live yours.
Now, what do you say to living them
out together?"
And that was all the Chicago ma
tron heard of the conversation of the
interested strollers. Evidently the
girl of the story was in a hutter of
excitement, for no answer reached
the alert ears of the hasty pedestrian,
who wanted to turn around, but who
was sure it would be mean to do SO.
So she doesn't know yet what the
answer was and she feels as defraud-
ed of her rightfui pleasure as if the
last page Of her novel had been blown
away by the wind.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03
Bewale Of ointments for catarrh thai

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescription from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do.is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price Zoe. per
bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03
WITH ELECTRIC vELocIpEDEs.
Looking Forward to Great Times
When Boys Are Thus
Provided.

II am looking forward now" said
Mr.. Fatherly, relates the New York
Sum- "and with feelings compounded
in about equal parts of apprehension
and interest, to the time when some in
ventor shall have produced an auto
mobile velocipede, or vehicle of like
general character, for the use of boys;
some continuance that can be charged
from a wire of the electric light equip
ment in the family home. As it is now
the boy gets out of the velocipede that
he so gayly propels only the speed that
he can attain by the working of his
own short legs; but even so, he whirls
around corners to his own great de-
light and the imminent peril of the
older people who walk; and at times
he manages to upset himself, or to
come into collision with other yeloci-
pedes similarly driven; and so. take it
altogether, to make even with the low
powered and comparatively slow-mov-
ing machine considerable commotion.
But give him, as suppose some day
somebody will, an electric velocipede!
Now and then some big, grown-up
electric vehicle of the day, thatit would
seem ought to be big enough, and by
this time old enough. to know better.
gets on tantrum and cuts up in man
ner astonishing to see; and we think
that the streets of this great city are
just full of life and animation; but
wait till the small boy gets his electric
velocipede and the electric velocipede
gets him."
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03

of the ,sorporations-and il was de-
cided that the corporations had the
right to make the raise. The same
Congress then asoertadned by the de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States that Che corporations
lodged the war tax. The. very least
that Congress should then have done
in behalf of the people would have
been TO take of the tax upon messages
and express packages. But they dldn'
dc it, and no Republican should be re
turned to Congress for it.
nfTr~r r,rrr-x.orc
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03
Crooked Work.

Another man has done wrong. The
pianoyoting contest is thing of the
past. The piano is now in the hands
of the attorney of the firm which owns
it. The man who collected about 5000
on an advertising scheme from Reno
merchants on the piano voting contest
dodge did not pay for the piano. He
failed to pay his printing bill in full.
He has flown. Many creditors miss
him.
II Is the old story over again. A
stranger comes to Reno. He dresses
well. He travels in the highest society.
With a smooth tongue heworks on the
confidence of the people. He goes the
pace that kills. He lives at the rate of
5000 per month on SIS income. The
end comes. Man skips. Creditors
mourn.
It is strange, but it is true. Men who
have lived in Reno for years; :, honest,
industrious men who pay their bills
cannot get money without putting up
one OF their eyes or leg as security
in Reno to-day, bat stranger with a
smooth tongue who wears fine clothes
and plug hat has no trouble in ''doing
up the town. 1t is mystery why
this should be SO. 1t will continue to
be SO. It has always been the case.
1t will occur again, and we will have
another item of this character to give
to the public.-Reno Ledger.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03

Shortening n Railroad Run.
The railroad time between New
York and Boston has been reduced to
four hours and % minutes.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03

No revenue tax party ought to sur
vive one term of Office. 1t is an unjust
and inequitable tax. A man worth
one dollar pays, under the revenue
tax, ten cents for certificate, and that
is all man worth million or any
number of millions pays. If man
worth one dollar sends a telegraphic
message he pays one cent, and that is
all man worth hundreds of millions
pays. A Republican Congress passed
the revenue act, and they claimed that
the Express and Telegraph Companies
would pay the tax. The Telegraph
and Express Companies raised the
price of their messages and expressage
one cent and that one cent had to be
paid in advance. The question thus
raised was brought to the Supreme
Court of the United States-the aegis
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-03
DIR. "A. Huffaker.
ARSON, NEVADA
CARSON,

Once thesame as formerly occupied by DR.
Cavall. Office hours to and tosP.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-19
OPPOSED TO POISON.

Editor Evening Bulletin:-The sani-
tary condition of this city Is improv-
ing lately so satisfactorily let us not
have 1t destroyed by system of gen.
eral poisoning of rats, all at once.
without any experiment pointing to
success, but according to reason partly
explained by Anti-Rat In the Bulletin
of the 18th inst. This should be sum
cient to detain us from such formi-
dable danger. The greater Of 1t would
be II such a destruction Of rats is
executed, to have everywhere at In
accessible places poisoned rats rot
ting away, sufficient to poison the air,
and create q pestilence In otherwise the
healthiest Of places. Moreover, who
can estimate the number Of accidental
poisoning cases caused by the rash,
indiscreet action of distributing poison
in every home. Had rat traps been
set everywhere since the crusade
against them began, we would at this
time have exterminated them.
Many are the devices from ingenious
to very simple ones, and who could not
find something out to catch rats. II
nothing better is at hand, q simple boz
with a short stick on one end to hold
It up, and o string on the stick to tear
1t on when rats are underneath at
tempting to eat from meat set for them
will do II.
OPPOSED TO POISON.