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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

declded surprise was sprung on the nea-
PIE of Sandon. tays the paystreak when
the news got out that the SLOGAN Star mine
was being closed down. Bryon " White.
general manager of the company arrived
from Minneapolis early IN the week and
gave Instructions to shut the mill down
ana cut me force In the mine to forty men
No explanation IL offered or reason given
Tor the action Of the company IN the mat
ter. The star mine was employing i0s men
and Is in better shape lust nov than ever
hffere in the history OF the property =
was confidently cApccte3 that the star
would be "A steady employer OF labor this
summer, and would furnish large amount
Of hualness for The lncAl merclanLs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

Money on call. llf3 per cent last loan II PER
cent Prime mercantile paper 3tlaa per cent Ster-
ling exchange firm, with actual business in bank.
ers' hills at As7sif. s7A for demand aud at 81 ssk
"a = for sixty days Posted rates s. SSat sSi Gem
mercial bhls 81 sAai s4i SILVER certificates 69ssc:
bar silver 60c MEXICAN dollars. 4ilc
Government bonds Firm. state honds-Ina ctiye
Railroad bonds Heavy
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12
NEWS and GOSSIP Of TIE MINING WORLD.

working properties, and by this time next
year the development, il steadily carried
on, viii snow ~ the West Fork 10 such an
extent that the continuation Of the railroad
west from Midway will become a necessity.
for there will DC sufficient tonnage READY
for the Synel,cr TO warrant it,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

TIE FIRST avenue cable viii 10 closed
antil this afternoon owing to a broken
shaft ia the power house Extra serv-
ICE on North Seattle aud Cedar slsest
Anes.
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Weak lien,

Be strong, be manly. II you have INDUCED in
excuses get over the evil effects of such folly Free
from the mtseres OF exhaustlnG drains. Inn
potency. atrophy wasting the lost
manhood weak aching back frequent painful urinatou
and sediment in pimpes. nervousness sleepess
ness dependency. stupidity, loss OF ambition similar
symptoms OF physical mental and sexual weakness
which render YOU unable enjoy Of the keenest
pleasures NE You will hud DOCTOR REEVES will
he best friend. He has had experience and
greater the OF such Diseases than
any other zpeca list the American continent lie win
Mt you business and marriage, send you
GU mi world With life
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

taken II this Loud,n tlying &c realivc g,i the
level 81 the market fol- below SATURDAYS los, Mis-
souri, Psciac ran III over iolnt. and the sveneers
douth M the Northwest. 60 which attributed
Che turiousiy active and excited vhcat ma tSet ty
iug q kesiing nrst preferred and - Nrrthcyu Ia
cife turned The tide n prices upward vgain. The
trunk line railroad stNks, led Is haltr ore Ohio,
showed some deg1cr of strength The late reaction
TN the msrsct Rad It's iucrp;ion "a Ncrthera Pa
cihc. The stock fen away en- The announcement
that The meeting. 20 consider tsc rssc nf atyilrsa
which had hcrn sized for wednesday, had bcen post
pouad 90 FRIDAY. 60 await the arrival u an inau-
entail member Il the votiug tr1istreS Coupled With
the opinion rcportai by J J, Hll that 1T viii be-
wen tol us an 90 80 little slow IN increasing
dividends fears awakened IN ID minds ~ trad
eIs THAT a disappointment Is forthcoming about thc
Wvdend en- Northern facine consNn which they
have expected would he increased 10 rrsulsr ssuai
annual rate q Ter CENT Baltifnors 4 Ohio showed
the closest sympathy with Northern iactnc on a.
cuunt cf Mr.. Huis large interest that r0n,uany.
The extreme decline IN the s4ccks "A for North
ern Pacide and 4 for Baitiuaart 4 Ohio The Whole
market ran Of and olased shUt steady, Nui wiihoat
any tendency 20 rally, Soue Of the strength 81
Americans ia London du0 90 report that there
had been rains IA the spriIg wheat lslt Ar the
later developments IN the wheat market u crarse
cotntefactcd tins. The principal influence Ia i'm
pruFement 81 foreign stocks was the more rhoertul
tone Of the herhn market and the belief tsAt the
crisis an money Affairs there vas past The strong
return for the week II thu lmreria Rank II Ger.
many emphasized this feeling But discount rates
In Berlin advanced again today. and IN New York
the sterling exchange rate on Berlin r1e
fraction observation-disclosures the purchase here Of sto h
for foreign accosint The late weakness Of ts mar
ket was no doeht partly due 90 the report which
found currency near the close that gold &c a con
siderable amount will he shipped ~ THURSDAYS
steamer from New York 10 the continent Stats.
ties OF railroad traffic from Chicago show further
falling on in the recepts Of grain It thar poius al
though the eastbound movement q freight vas con.
siderahy better than the week before. The com
parstiye hFmness Of the trunk line stocks was thus
explained.
The bond market was CAN and inclirsi TO
be heavy. though there few exceptions Total
sales, par value. Sizes 400
United States new a. advanced 4 m thu HID ,,v3ee,
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treatm o
OF
Nerve and Blood Diseases and oemi far In advance Of institution
a
Abdominal Stockings
s
II
Money should p Registered
TERMS Reasonable Especially low small
-i 10
o
AL who in need OF medical aid invited 10 call
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WAGNER neoa 81 Madison para
every % .riaE D.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
AN OLD FAKE.

We have an inquiry as to the value
Of the tree tomato, the writer wishing
to know whether it will pay to buy
them at SIS per hundred. The tree to-
mato belongs to the same class of hor-
ticultural fakes as the Manitoba peach,
the ever bearing strawberry, the dried
apple vine, bats used by INSCRIPTIONS
agents to catch suckers with. The
tree tomato, SO called as we know it,
is simply an upright growing variety
Of this plant Of very inferior quality
and not worth, for us at least, cents
hundred, much less So. If you want
to raise fine tomatoes, grow the stand
ard market varieties. If you want
these In tree form, give the vine prop
er support and prune vigorously. Sow
the seed in box in the house in
March, transplant to a cold frame the
last Of April and in early June set out
big, strong plants ready to bloom, get.
ting plenty of tomatoes by the first
week in August.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
BALED CORN FODDER.

Farmers do not as yet understand
that corn fodder cut at the proper
time, shredded and baled, will find 4
ready market at the hands of dairy
men all through the eastern and GEN.
trail states at prices equal to that Of
good tame hay. Let us see what is
being lost right here by men who
leave their cornstalks in the field. It
is worth $1.25 to cut up and shock an
acre Of good corn. The cost of shred
ding is offset by the fact that in the
process of shredding the corn is clean
ly husked. 1t will cost S1.50 per aero
to bale the shredded fodder. The baled
fodder from one acre of corn yielding
80 bushels Of corn will be ~ TONS
worth not less than So or 50 on the
farm today. Forty acres Of corn will
thus produce 60 tons of baIed fodder
at cost of S11O, worth at Sc per ton
$780, In other words. the fodder SO
prepared is worth almost as much as
the corn Is. This is the biggest leak
to be found on the farms in the corn
belt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
Tired Metals.

1t Is fact of comparatively recent
discovery in chemical metallurgy that
metals lose their vitality from repeti-
tons of shocks and strains and may be
said, as the expression Is, to suffer
from fatigue-that is, they may be
worked till their molecules fail to hold
together.
AS is Familiarity known. bars of tin
rods of brass and wires Of any metal
will separate owing to fatigue If bent
backward and forward continuousl,
But by careful experiments. however,
the fact Is made to appear that rem
edy exists for this condition of metals
IL the overstrain does not border on
rupture, and this remedy is very much
like that which is applied in the case
OF an oyerworked human frame
namely, rest.
Feather edged tools recover their Vi
tally better than any other. OF course
the length Of time required for this rest
varies with different metals and the
amount Of strain to which they have
been subjected.
Hard metals. such as iron and steel,
use up one and two years. time In the
process. On tue other hand, soft met
ais. like lead, retain their cohesive
force longer and also require less rest.
-Pearson's Weekly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
Not a Savage Indian.

AS an illustration of that sort OF
salutary reproof which is sometimes
administered by an inferior" Our
Dumb Animals prints an Incident COM
municated bya South Dakota minister.
The clergyman had been asked to
receive an Indian boy into his family.
for few weeks. and had consented to
keep the lad II he did. not prove to be
too much Of savage" He turned
out to be pretty good boy, SO much SO
that one day, as great treat, the
minister gave him gun and told him
to take holiday and go hunting.
The Indian shook his head. NO."
he said quietly, "Me belong to Band
of Mercy. Me not shoot birds or
animals, only rattlesnakes."
The minister had been very fond Of
using that gun, but he says he does not
care,much for it now.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
WRITE A LETTER,

Write personal letter to your con-
gresham with reference to his vote on
the proposed law to protect butter from
the oleomargarine fraud. If your man
is statesman, appeal to his patriot
ism; If he is just a common one horse
politician, write him that the farmers
will go for his political scalp in body
next time he comes up for renomina-
ton II he votes wrong. These con-
gressmen have duty to their constitu-
ents in this matter and must be either
persuaded or forced into doing the
right thing. Put it down for q fact
that any congressman receiving 500
letters from his granger constituents
would be absolutely forced to vote as
they wish him to. There is nothing a
congressman is SO afraid of as being
turned out of Office. Let every farmer
use this fact to secure his rights.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
MILK YALUEs.

"A late official test made Of the milk
furnished by % sellers of milk in city
Of 10000 people showed that the poor
est sample tested per cent Of butter
fat and the best sample 4.25 Of butter
fat. We infer that the price for all the
milk was alike, in which case some
body-the patrons-got badly swim.
died, for a quart of the 4.25 milk could
be increased by the addition of water
over one-third and still be better than
the per cent milk. In other words, If
the per cent milk was worth cents a
quart the 4.25 milk was worth at least
z cents. Buyers of milk should insist
upon difference of price when there
Is such variation of test.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
RISKS OF BIRD LIFE.

But few wild things die of old age.
Whoever saw bird or any wild ami
Nal which had died natural death ?
Dangers on every hand beset nearly all
forms of young bird and animal life.
Take the quail, for instance. A nest is
made in some tussock Of grass and well
filled with Is to 20 eggs. Along comes
q crow or a skunk or snake, and ev-
cry egg is destroyed in q jiffy. Escap-
ing this peril and the young being safe
ly hatched, they are bcset by hawks,
skunks and weasels by day and by
owls and foxes by night. Later on they
have to run the risk of the pot hunter
and the wintry blizzard, and the Won
der is that any at all survive. A robin
built it's nest in a tree by the house. A
red squirrel destroyed the first sitting
of eggs. The second one Matched, and
the five young birds one by one fell
victims to the house cat as they essay
ed to leave the nest. Years ago we saw
q wild goose leave a large flock which
was migrating to the north in the
spring. This bird gradually settled
down and alightcd on piece of prai-
RE. Going to it. we found that it could
not fly and took it home. 1t died dur
ing the night. This bird showed every
indication of extreme age, and as a
search failed to reveal any sort of a
wound we are of the opinion that here
was rare instance of wild bird dy-
ing of old age. Until man, with his
nets, guns and traps, attacked the bird
life of the country the simple question
of food probably more than any other
thing placed limitations upon an undue
increase Of bird life. The wild pigeon
could not exist when the forests and
the mast were gone.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

The several state and district dairy
associations as well as the national as
ISOLATION would do far more good for
the dairy interests IL their premiums
for good butter were based upon the
average number Of points made by the
creamery contesting on its product dur
ing the year or average price received
for Its product than in awarding such
premium for single tub of butter en-
tered at such competitive occasion. The
excellence OF single tub of butter
produced by the most vigilant care
may give no indication whatever of
the average run of such creamery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

A thrifty European plum on our
grounds started in with enough fruit
set this spring to make half bushel of
fine plums. The curculio and the plum
rot have reduced this promising crop to
just 10 plums, which If not stolen by
some small boy will allow US to see
what the fruit is like. In the same or
chard the plums Of the American varie-
ties-Stoddard. Hawkeye. Rockford,
De Soto, Wyant and others-are loaded
with a full crop of perfect fruit and
seem to be curculio proof.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
Allah, Not the English.

I remember some years ago was up
the Nile, away from big towns, and
had long talk with various sheiks and
omdehs of villages. I was the only
westerner present, and we all knew and
trusted each other in way. l asked
II taxes were lighter.
"Yes," was the answer.
els water fairly distributed?S
"Yes."
"Are the soldiers paid properly"
EYES,"
"Can you get justice against pa
sha?'
eyes"
"And who did all thisY I finally
asked, expecting to be told it was the
English.
There was silence; they are never in
a hurry. Then an old sheik answered,
"Allahw-London Standard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

When young couple got married 40
or so years ago, they did not expect to
commence life where their parents left
off. with a good house, good furniture,
buggy to ride In and silverware on the
table. They commenced at the bottom
and for many years endured bravely
all the privations of pioneer life. It is
matter of regret that SO many Of our
young people today are not willing to
thus commence life and think they
must have all the accessories Of good
living to start with. This is why SO
many young men hesitate about mar
rying and why SO many nice old maids
can be found In almost every commu-
nifty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

FL II y .
IT could not tell a lie, sir" was the
fearful answer.
"Hetty," again began the smooth
tongued Tory, you ard nice child.
Everybody knows you are a girl Of
truth What did your cousin say when
you told him you could not tell a
falsehood?"
"He said he shouldn't think I'd be-
tray him to his DEATH"
"And you promised him that you
wouldn't tell which way he went if you
were killed for it?'
Eyes, sir"
"That was brave; and I suppose he
thanked you for it and ran down the
road as quickly as possible?"
II promised not to tell where he
went, sir"
ooh, yes. l forgot. Well, tell us his
last words, and we won't trouble you
any more"
His last words were. It's my only
chance, child. and I'll get down as you
say"
And, overcome with fright and the
sense of her kinsman's danger should
they rightly interpret the language
which she had reported. she sobbed
aloud and hid her face from sight.
Her tormentors did not stay longer
to soothe or question her. They all
Immediately pushed rapidly ON down
to the river.
Now. the governor had arranged q
signal with his boatmen that q white
cloth by day or light by night dis
played from the attic window of his
hiding place, which was just visible at
the mouth of the river, should inform
them if he We're in trouble and put
them on the alert to help him.
AS soon, therefore, as he started
from his cousins. it foated from the
window to warn them. And when
they saw the pursuing party dash mad
~ down the road to the river and rec.
ognized the British uniform of the
leaders they pulled swiftly out to sea
The horsemen reached the shore only
in season to see the boat with two men
in 1t nearly out Of sight and supposing
their destined prey had escaped, relin.
quished the pursuit.
Meanwhile the victim lay safe and
quiet where the shrewdness Of the lit
tie cousin had hidden him until the
time came for her return for supper
Then he babe her go as usual to her
home, telling her to ask her mother to
place the signal lamp as soon as ii
grew dark in the window for the boat.
men and send him some supper
with his valise, which, in the hurry OF
his departure, he had left behind.
The signal recalled the boat, which
after twilight had ventured in sight OF
the shore and the farmhouse, and the
governor quietly made his way to the
river in safety. When he rejoined his
father in secure home, he named his
infant daughter, which ha'. been born
in his absence, Hetty Marvin, that he
might be daily reminded of the little
cousin whose truth and shrewdness
saved his life.-Exchange.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
TWO GOOD RAspBERR1Es.

We want to again commend the Old
er and the Columbian raspberries. The
Older black) is perfectly hardy and
needs no winter covering, and with US
the quality and yield are all that could
be desired. The Columbian (purple) Is
the greatest berry of them all, not har.
dy without protection, most prolific
bearer and a slayer, furnishing lots of
fine fruit two weeks after all the other
raspberries are gone. A dozen Column
bians properly cared for will furnish a
family with all the berries wanted. both
fresh and canned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04
Why John Laughed.

Il don't know what is coming to u.s."
sighed Mrs. Jones as she handed the
paper over to her husband. 'I'm sure
things are bad enough already"
why. what's the matter now, my
dear" murmured John, with mouth
full of muffin.
Matter, indeed" snorted Mrs Jones.
"Just like you men. Haven't the poor
rate, water and other rates all been in
creased, and now the papers say the
birth rate is going up. They ought to-
Now, John, what are yoI laughing at 2"
London Standard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

a Safe as the farmers life is conceded
ITO be, he still has to run the risk Of be-
ing kicked by horse, gored by bull.
struck by lightning, falling from q
stack or haymow, killed in a runaway
or 1sun struck, and a wise man will
carry an accident policy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

Where one wants to make dairying
the principal business on the farm it
would be better to get cows Of the spe-
cial dairy type, but where the dairy is
only working together with the hogs
and the fat cattle the cows should not
be of the special dairy breeds, but in
stead such cows SO that with a pedi-
greed sire at the head Of the herd the
calves would become valuable animals
for the feed yard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

A single rainfall in July in dairy
district in Minnesota increased the
milk receipts of one creamery 1000
pounds per day, which gave the pa
irons Of that creamery gain Of 1865
per month ut the prices being paid for
their milk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

The young bull is seldom vicious. In
fact, we do not recall single case
where bull under 2 years Of age PROV
ed treacherous. After they become 2
years old they must be watched.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

One lesson more than any other
needs to be learned by western dairy
men-viz, that the COW producing but
$25 worth of product only just about
pays for her keep, while the COW CIV
ing $50 product will earn her owner
o net profit Of about $35. Animals
which will only just pay their way
have no place on $50 an acre farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

The yield of the new crop and the
general average Of prices for all other
commodities fully justify an advance
i'll the price of wheat. Wheat at 81 a
bushel would not be at all out of place
under existing conditions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

The Gypsy Girl. one Of the Russian
apples is probably the most beautiful
" colored apples in existence. It looks
Just as though it were made Of the
finest white wax and is tinted with q
rose pink and cream blending of color
which Is very attractive indeed. The
apple itself is not Of high quality.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

Every farmer should protect the
quail which may nest on his farm.
Turn every man down who wants to
shoot them. Then take little trouble
to provide the little birds with food and
shelter in the hard winter weather.
The quail Is feeder on weed seeds
and insects and as such deserves pro-
lection at the hands of the man whom
he beneftas
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

Late summer growth of wood on all
orchard trees is to be avoided if posi-
Bile, as the new wood Of all our fruit
trees must have time to ripen and ma
ture to insure its going through our
hard winters successfully.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

If an apple tree in the west manages
to escape the sun scald and the borer,
Its life is usually terminated by bear
ing an overload of fruit in dry season
followed by a hard winter. This fixes
thousands Of good trees every year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

II the rival creamery in your neigh
borhood is paying more for milk than
the one you patronize. find out whether
an honest test is given its patrons be-
fore you quit and patronize it. There
is lots of skulduggery possible connect
ed with this cream test business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

A farmer never gets more nearly dis
gusted with farm life than when he
lfnds some evening that his hired man
has gone off to the circus and left the
old man with 20 instead of 10 cows to
milk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

We do not like to see $1,000 monu-
ment in the cemetery to the memory of
man who let his old father die in the
poorhousc. Such monument is a good
subject for bolt of lightning
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04

The English government pays q
yearly bonus to the omnibus companies
of London and other large cities on
each horse owned by such company for
the privilege of buying such horses at
their appraised value for use in army
service. The active demand for Amer
lean horses the past year by English
buyers has largely been to replace the
draft made on the omnibus horses of
London.