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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-12

A handsome new altar has been
placed in the French Catholic church
of this city. 1t is of Gothic style
antique oak finish trimmed with
gold. It is said to be one of the
most handsome affairs both in
design and finish in this part OF the
state. 1t was placed in position in
time for the services last Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
NO corn HusKEn WANTED.

We notice that some man, under the
head Of New and Important Improve
ments Wanted" cites a corn husking
machine as badly needed. This man
is not up to date. The modern corn
shredder is perfect husking machine
lin fact, we have never seen corn
more clearly or perfectly husked than
by the shredder. We suppose he wants
machine to take in the field and husk
the corn from the row. No such ma
chine is wanted. Corn was never in.
tended to be wasted in this manner.
When corn Is husked out in the field
on the hill, the man who grows it
either has too much land or not enough
stock, for when he so haryests his corn
crop he leaves 40 per cent of the value
of the crop to go to waste. We are
fast coming to the time when the corn
crop will be cut up with a machine
and the corn be husked by shredder
and the whole crop utilized.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
LABOR AND BEET SUGAR.

A serious barrier to the beet sugar
interest in the corn belt is the existing
scarcity Of labor. Farm help is be-
coming higher priced each year, and
nothing is harder to get in the locality
where the writer lives than a good
man willing to work on the farm, I'M
less it be good girl willing to work
in the farm home. How is lone man
with 25 acres of corn needing blowing
and ten cows to milk night and morn
ing to take care Of five acres Of beets
That's the problem we find it hard to
solve. The beets will grow, no doubt
about that; they will make sugar, and
lots Of it, no doubt about that; it will
pay to grow them, no doubt about that,
but where is the help to come from
Our American girls don't take kindly
to outdoor. work, neither can we get
them to milk the cows, and, then, if
they would, there are only very few
kids in the average farm home. 1t
looks as il the sugar beet, the foreign
err, the big family, and women with no
up to date notions will naturally afIili-
ate, while the corn, hog and COW west
ern farmer will prefer to make $40 on
an acre Of corn rather than $50 on an
acre of sugar beets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THE WAY .THEY WENT.

It was in the early fifties, and he was
a new settler, locating on heavily tim
bered farm in the west. All dense,
heavy timber in every direction, and SO
he did the only thing he could do-he
cut the forest kings, the growth of the
centuries, whitewood, ash, maple, oak,
and rolled them into heaps and burned
them up while he worked the walnut
into rails wherewith to fence in his lit
tie clearing. We helped to do it, and
it all seems so very pitiful now, this
tending log heaps and burning up what
never can be replaced-trees which
would bring 500 each today. But we
did not know, and as the lurid fame
Of the burning log pile lit up at night
the imposing and mighty forest wall
and cast fantastic, spooky shadows
into the forest depths the picture would
not have been out of place in Dante's
Inferno" The grand old forest is all
gone. Where grew trees a hundred
feet high man now has to dope the
land with fertilizer to get a crop.
The few old walnut stumps left are
eagerly sought wherewith to veneer
the household gods of new civiliza-
ton
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THE EVOLUTION OF A FRUIT.

In 1873 a native in breechclout told
the An1erieans consul at Bahia, in Bra
iii, that up in the wild country where
he lived there grew an orange tree
which bore fruit without seeds. The
consul procuredssix shoots from this
tree,k which were sent to the agricul-
tural department at Washington. Two
Of these died, and no care was taken OF
the others. A woman, Mrs. !Tibbetts of
Riverside, CAL, asked the department
for specimens Of semitropical fruits
and was given the four little trees.
After they were planted in California
cow ate up one of them and another
died. Two lived. When these two
trees began to bear, orange growers in
that state went wild. The buds from
these trees sold for 81 each. From
this small and uncertain beginning has
grown the navel orange of today, with
q product in 1890 of over 100000 box
es, for which the consumers have paid
$12, 100000. These facts make up q
romance in fruit culture never before
eQualed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
DANGER Of ocean wrecks.

1t is stated that the Atlantic Ocean
contains many wrecked vessels which
drift hither and thither, and as their
positions change with the winds and
tides, they are a constant menace to
ocean traffic. Because of the great ex.
pense they are not destroyed until
they have inflicted actual damage. How
like this is the action of many persons,
who wait until they are i'll before
treating such dangerous symptoms as
indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation
liver or kidney troubles. Don't allow
them to menace your health. Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters will clear the
system of all impurities, making the
blood rich and the nerves strong. 1t
cures all stomach disorders, and is an
unequalled spring medicine. See that
Private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck of the bottle.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
MAPLE SUGAR.

We are asked to say something about
how maple sugar is made. This seems
at first thought like too simple thing
to write about, but when we consider
that the majority Of all the young peo-
pie in the country never saw sugar
bush OF had the pleasure Of sugaring
off in the maple woods it Is not soisim-
pie a question after all. !, Maple sugar
is made from the sap Of the hard, or
rock, maple tree. This. sap runs. very
freely for short TIME in the spring of
the year and is obtained by boring
a small hole in the tree and attaching
a spout, upon which hangs a bucket,
TO catch the sap. One hundred pounds
of the sap, will make from three tosfQur
pounds Of sugar The sap is boiled
down in an evaporation in the woods
and is marketed and used eitheras q
sirup or as sugar in cakes. In pioneer
days the making Of the maple sugar
was always a great event, and some
of the pleasantest memories Of the
older people of today are connected
with til !; yearly event. There is de-
licious flavor associated with the sweet
Of the maple which is found nowhere
else. Vermont makes more genuine
maple sugar than any other state.
There is no commodity which is adul-
terated to SO great an extent as maple
sugar, and it is very difficult to obtain
the genuine article unless bought di-
rect of the maker and not always then.
The soft maple will also yield quite a
quantity of sap, but it is, lower in
saccharine value than the sap Of the
hardlmaple and not of SO good flavor.
The greatly increased value of the ma
pie timber for manufacturing purposes
is now causing very many Of the old
sugar bushes to be cut down and the
timber sold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
PAY YOUR DEBTS.

There never was for the farmer a
better time to pay his debts than dur
Ing this year Of our Lord 1900. Good
times won't last forever, and when
hard times come they always hit the
man who is in debt the hardest Some
men can always be in debt and still be
happy. Many of this sort let their
creditors do all the walking of the
foor. A man really is not of much
account in this world when he won't
pay his debts when he can just as well
us not. II more of the sort of COM
mercial honor which will prompt pay.
ment OF honest debts were abroad,
this world would be lot better place
in which to live. Don't buy luxuries
and be owing a man money which you
ought to pay. Pay up in 1900 and
qstart the new century square with the
world
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
LETT WE'LL ENoucH ALo,

LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
1t was this way: He had good
quarter section farm in the corn belt;
he was out of debt and was cleaning
up year by year, besides his very good
living, about $500. He got hold OF
some railroad and land agents litera.
ture. He was bothered a little with
the catarrh, and the first thing he
knew he was seriously thinking Of sell.
ing the farm and migrating to some OF
the better lands described by the pas.
senger agent and the land boomer. He
sold out, was gone year, wrote home
to the local paper about the fine eli
mate and fruits; next the old neigh.
bors heard that he was homesick; then
he came back and last week bought
back the old farm at an advance of Sc
per acre over what he sold it for. His
experience cost him about $4,000. He
is happy once, more and knows whole
lot more than he did. There is nc
garden of Eden today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THE GENIUS OF AMERICAN
CIVILIZATION.

The southern group Of cotton mills
will use this year not less than 1,5OO,-
900 bales of cotton, while those Of the
north will use 2,250,OOO bales. No fact
in the economic development of this
country is of greater interest than this
of cotton manufacturing in the south.
Prior to 1868 the raw cotton was raised
by slave labor, not a pound manufac-
tured in al the south, the crop all ship
ped to the north or to Europe, the val
liable seed product all wasted or at
best only used as fertilizer. Now the
crop is raised by free labor, mills and
factories going up in all sections of the
south for the manufacture of the lint,
ard the seed becomes a product of only
little less value than the cotton itself
This is the genius of American civiliza-
tion-that, no matter whether it touch
es an arid desert in California, south
land wrecked and wasted by war, the
granite backbone Of the continent in
Minnesota and Wisconsin or the limit
less prairies of the west, it brings wa
ter to the desert and converts it into a
paradise, lays it's healing hand upon
the wasted fields of the fair south and
works out a marvel Of regeneration
and development, bores into the gran
lite hills of the far north and gridirons
the earth with steel and dots all the
prairies west with splendid farms and
the. homes of happy and prosperous
people, it's work always beneficent and
progressive, its story that of a modern
Arabian Nights fairy tale, always
seeking for the new and the better,
identifying while it Utilities, never in, a
rut, scattering traditions to the winds,
selling natures vagrant and untamed
forces; scientist, capitalist and invent
or working as trinity to literally
make bread out of stones. IS it not a
glorious time in which to'hye?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Notice.

All We who suffer from disease and
are discouraged, don't delay. Mull's
Pioneer cures are wonder. You take
no chance. A Dollar Draft in every
ST 90 box. Cash it if medicine fails. A
special remedy for each OF the follow
ing: Kidney and Bladder, Impure
Blood and Liver, Stomach and Dyspep
STA, Rheumatism, Female Complaints
Chocolate tablets pleasant, quick
sure-try them. 25c and s1.00 a box
Ask all druggists.
Had rheumatism for five years
without any relief from doctors OF
patent medicines. After that Muli's
Pioneer Rheumatism Cure cured me-
j. Wagner, Beverly, Ohio.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
CORN PLANTING TIME.

The cornfield is so very quickly and
easily planted nowadays with the i'm
proved machines that more attention
should be paid to the time of planting
the crop and the preparation of the
seed bed. In general way, it is safe
to say that corn should not be put into
the ground until the earth is well
warmed up. If corn does terminate
in cold seed bed, it never does well
and gets setback from which it never
RECEIVERS later on. The old Indian sign
Ito plant corn when the leaves on the
bur oak trees were as big as squir-
rel''s foot-is not far wrong. This time
in the season seldom comes before the
10th of May in the north half Of the
corn belt. Corn Is semitropical plant
and will only do its best under semi
tropical conditions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Reuu,ou OF hornets, Nest Brigade.

Davenport, April 2s.-The Iowa Ror-
nets Nest brigade, Second, Sew
'enth, Eighth, Twelfth and Four
teenth Iowa Infantry will hold
their fourth reunion at Davenport,
June IL, 1900. Headquarters are at
the Grand opera house, which will be
open at 1880 o'clock a. m. Please reg
lister as early as possible. Business
meeting at 1880 p. m. Camp fire in
the evening. Regimental reunions
June 10. at 8 o'clock a. M. Col. G. L.
Godfrey, president protein. r. l.. Tur-
ner, secretary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Look for the Watnine.,

Heart disease kills suddenly, but
never without warning. The warn
ings may be faint and brief, or may
be startling and extend over nany
years. but they are none the less
certain and positive. Too often the
victim Is deceived by the thought,
sit will pass away" Alas, it never
passes away voluntarily. Once in-l
stalled, heart disease never gets bet
ter Of itself. IL DR.. Miles Heart
Cure is used in the early stages re-
coyery is absolutely eertain in every
case where its use is persisted In.
"For many years ! was a great sui
ferer from heart disease before /
finally found relief. l was subject
to fainting and sinking spells, fEll-
ness about the heart, and was unable
to attend to my household duties. 1
tried nearly every remedy that was
recommended to me and doctored
with the leading physicians Of this
section but obtained no help until I
began taking DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
It has done me more good than all
the medicine [ ever Took
IA MRS. ANNA HOLLOWAY,
Geneva, Ind.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sold at all
druggists on a positive guarantee
Write for free advice and booklet to
Oh. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

In Florida q crop of early potatoes
can be harvested in May. The land
can then be planted in tobacco, which
is ready to cut by the LIST Of August.
1t can then be set out with eggplants
or tomatoes and. a. third crop raised by
December. 1t costs $50 an acre for
fertilizers to grow these three crops
on Florida soil, and, if they dc we'll,
they will bring in a return Of $3.50 to
$3.50 per acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

IA lady reader of these notes at Fort
Madison, Ia, has made $154.64 from
60 Buff Cochin hens kept during 1899,
or $2.57 from each hen. Eggs sold
brought $21.S3 and dressed poultry
$132.S1. This is good record.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
CURE YOURSELF AT HOME.
a large number Of the members
will be in attendance during the ses-


sion.
All sessions of the congress will be
free to the visiting public, no general
admission being charged. Should the
attendance be so large that the Audi
forum will not accommodate the
crowds, overflow meetings will be held
where the numbers on the program
will be repeated that all may hear the
entire program.
The SO associate membership entit-
ling to reserve seat at the congress,
notices of general meetings. ETC., also
entities to complete printed report
|of the proceedings, giving all papers
and addresses, copies of which will be
mailed as soon as they can be prepared
after the close of the congress.
schools to Close
The public schools of the city will be
asked to close one whole day and three
afternoons in order that the teachers
may be allowed to attend the congress.
This concession was granted last year
at Washington, D. c., and the commit
tee feels that if the capital of the ma
ton believes such step proper the
capital of the state ought to do like
wise. BY thus giving the teachers
the benefit of the program the con-
gress hopes to reciprocate the encour.
agement offered by the Froebel so.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
A foreign horse buyer came to us the

+ A foreign horse buyer came to us the
other day and wanted to know where
he could find pair of well matched
young horses which would weigh about
$500 pounds. He said that he did not
care about speed, but wanted good ac-
ton. For such team he had $500 to
give. They were not to be found. We
have plenty Of beef horses, heavy
enough and well enough matched as to
color, but they are utterly lacking in
style. and action. This is largely the
result Of improper handling. A, whole
iot;:of style can be put intosa horse by
breaking him in properly. 81
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Comfy Pages Need ed.

Another matter which should be at
tended to by the various county dele
cations which intend to come is the APP
pointment of pages to look after bust
ness connected with each delegation.
Each county will be entitled to one of
these pages, which it is expected to
take from the ranks of the young
women of the state. Each page will
have duties outlined to her when she
reaches Des Moines. Among them will
be the carrying of messages to and
from the county delegations, the hand
ling of mail which comes to the yesit-
ors in care of the congress, the run
ming to and fro during the hours OF
|convening, and arranging for details OF
all sorts in connection with each dele
cation, and it's plans for participating
in the social affairs. etc. In short,
these pages will be ''all-around" help
|ers for the occasion, and it is believed
it will be pleasant way for many of
the young women Of the state to see
the congress.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

The one Indictment which stands
ever against the crow is that he is a
ruthless rohber of other birds nests.
Nothing suits him better than to find
the nest Of a prairie hen or ruffed
grouse and feast on the eggs, while he
will take in no end of the eggs of the
smaller birds. No possible good he
can do in the way Of grub eating can
ever atone for this fault. Shoot him
on sight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

The navel orange Of California has
by sheer merit forced itself to the
head in the London market and is
there rated as superior to the best
citrus product of Spain.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

The finest asparagus in the world is
grown upon the tule lands of Califor-
mia, and it is now being shipped in
immense quantities to London and 9TH
er European points. The canning of
this vegetable is also becoming a'great
industry.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A physician who had been investi-
eating the matter told us recently that
from the weeds growing in pool Of
stagnant water in pasture he had
been able to develop and cultivate the
genuine tuberculosis germ and cited
the fact as q strong argument in favor
Of furnishing the COW with supply Of
pure. water.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

~ A district court in Nebraska decides
that dealing in options on the board Of
trade is gambling pure and simple and
that debts so contracted cannot be col
lected by law.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A poor fellow living in the corn belt,
crossed in some love affair and tired
of living, undertook to commit sui
eide a few days ago with a corn knife,
weapon resembling the Cuban ma
chete. It was very unpleasant job to
clean him up and lay him out. If PEG.
pie will commit suicide, they should do
1t in as decent a manner as possible
for the sake of their friends.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

II you ever have the chance, watch
an eagle or turkey buzzard sail and
sail by the hour in the blue heavens
above you. 1t is the very poetry Of
motion, and the mystery of how it is 80
gracefully done will grow upon you as
you look. With all mans ingenuity he
has never invented any kind Of move
ment or transportation SO perfect as
this.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Contagious Bloc

Mrs.T.w. Lee, Mont
gomery, Ala, writes:
Several years ago l
W as inoculated with
poison by a diseased
nurse, W no infected
my baby, and for six
long years I suffered
untold misery. My
body was covered with
sores and ulcers. Sew
eral physicians treated
me, but all to no pur-
pose. The mercury and
potash they gave me
seemed to add fuel to
the awful fame which
was devouring me.
Friends advised inc to
try S. S. S. I began tax
ing it and improved
from the start, and a
complete and perfect
1urc was the result
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

You and the drag and the cornfield
keep in close conjunction right up to
the day Of planting the field. Weeds
killed young are well killed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

It is a fact not generally known that
go per cent of all the breadstuffs pro-
duced ip the world is grown under
son g system Of irrigation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

4 The men who pay the highest prices
for blooded bulls are those who want
them to improve the quality of range
cattle. These men have learned les.
SON which il seems almost impossible
to teach the average farmer of the
middle west and are now sending to
the markets better type of beef ami
NAL than can be obtained in the more
settled and civilized portions Of the
west. 49,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
ALWAYS HOOKING FOR TROUBLE

ALWA AIS LOOhlNG FOR IhOObLE.
We have good friend. farmer,
who is born pessimist. His land is
rich. he has good health, the rain and
the blessed sunshine pass him not by,
his crops are good, and still he is al
ways looking fortrouble. Heseems to be
always looking out for late frosts, hog
cholera, blackleg, hailstormss and cy-
clones, low prices and agricultural mis-
cry of all sorts. He is sure everything
Is going to the "bowwows" and seems
wholly incapable of sensing any Of the
multitude of blessings which invest his
life. He is mistit and. as it looks to
us. has really no place in this beauti-
full world save as a hired mourner in
some funeral procession.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

Ten cent cotton in the south is a
measure Of prosperity which is only
eqnaled by 33 cent corn and SIS hogs in
the corn belt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

The dog catcher at Sioux City, Ia,
sold 301 dogs taken up by him to the
Indians who live on the reservation
near that city. The Indians use them
for soup stock and say they are very
good.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A young son of Harvey Johnson
who resides near Montezuma, was
kicked by a horse and died in a couple
of hours afterwards.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

Throughout the corn belt corn is Is
per cent and hogs 30 per cent higher
than year ago. {
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

Better late than never" 1t is best
however, to be never late about taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla TO purify YOU
blood.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

The winter wheat crop of Missouri
and Kansas has come through in good
condition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A movement has been started at
Council Bluffs to close all the gam
bling dens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A postoffice has been established 4
Northam, Buena Vista county.