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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-29

cake and other aaintses of fhe OCCASION
were: MIR. and Mrs. r. c. Andrews. Mr..
Il. c. Crawford. Mrs brown and others.
The Colombia City Ladies' Aid was en-
summit avenue. Brnokiyu. Mrs. Reeves
was for several years resident Of Co
iu1nhia, and an. active member ~ this
sa s,rv an s sml, retains nsr senmess'on.
moval. The party left Columbia on the
lo:fe car. reaching the home Of Mrs.
Reeves at abou, the noon hour. and we're
immediately taken 70 the dining room,
where dainty luncheon was spread.
After luncheon the usual hnsiness meet
Ing OF the society was called by the presl-
dent, Mrs. NJ. II. Andrews. Mrs. IL. n.
Dunlap, OF Seattle. leading the devotional
exercises. Further arrangements and
plans for the sale and chicken pie dinner.
which IL 10 take Place next month. were
discussed. The ladies hope 20 make this
event both social and financial sucs
cess
The following memsers and visitors
were IN attendance: Mrs. N. Il. Andrews.
Mrs. G. II. Hepler, Mrs n, r. William.
Mrs. u; Il, A. Hastings. Mrs J. A. Kelso,
thaa. Mrs. Hartong. Mrs. V. II, pierSon.
Mrs, Watson. Mrs. Edward Cation. Mrs.
James stephsns. Mrs I.ayme, Mrs. llrown.
lyey aud Mrs. 7. Mcconnell.
At a recent meeting OF the voters %
nousIy voted 20 increase the tar levy 7
mills to raise the necessary amount TO
construct new school houses al YORK and
Brighton Beach.
w. A. Miller. OF Seattle. has purchased
\ Lot on the West side. near Columbus
street. apd will build a dwelling house.
John Rhea. conductor on shs Rentan
rsilway. has rented the bond property. on
columbus street. recently vacated ny Mt
and Mrs. Greenfield
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Mathieson. of brighton
neach,, have just returned from Europs.
They have been absent several months.
and have visited many places on the tson.
sinent. principally IN termnny ant
France. taking In the Paris exposition.
Miss Pearl Groat IL acting "a xula,i-
sute In Miss Wards rooms OF the Co
lumbtA school. Miss Ward has been ABB
sent from school since shs street car
ASeidsnl 70 which che received Injuries
which WIN eonnne her to her home Tor
some weeks yet.
Myrton Grnat, who was 70 seriously
injured In the street car accident, and Who
has been since then IN Providence hfe-
pitni. Is slowly recovering. Mr. Groaf
has many friends In Columbia.
Rev and Mrs. r. c. Whitman attended
q noon dinner party Tuesday. given ~
Mrs. beimsr Price. at her home on First
Esther. Rev. Z. r: Dada a former pastor
OF shs Columbia Congregational church.
Tire funeral Of Alma IIedrnan. the .
yesr-uld daughter OF Mr., aud MYs Al.
gust Hedman, took place "Wednesday from
the FAMILY residence on Ferdinand sfrc~t.
hev. % s, Whlthsm, 81 COLUMBIA Con.
!. Anderson, Of the Swedish canxresa.
,ionsl church. Seattle, conducted fha
services
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-29

Tho Prohibition Club held sts regular
meeting Wednesday at the home az Mrs.
NJ. r. Plat. Anerscus street. Mr. Ever
EFT Smith addressed the meeting.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-29

Opal. sfnss. onEpssrs nlrthsons. wiii-
ian. II. Finck. teweisr. So sseend assnsos
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-29
PUGET SOUND SHIPPING.

PUGET
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-29

FORECAST FOR MONDAY
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DAILY BULLETIN
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
DELUGE OF CALENDARS
Each Holiday Season Business Mea
Overrun with Gift offerings
of Advertisers.
(To be continued.)

This is the season of the year when
the business man on entering his Of
fee trips over pile of calendars, finds
another bunch on his chair and has to
lift half dozen or so before he can open
his desk. All day long overlooking
individuals keep poking their unshaven
faces in at his door and dropping more
calendars on his head, his desk and his
lap until the Office overhows with them.
The advertising calendar habit seems
to grow with the passing Of the years.
Some time ago it was almanacs with
which the people were flooded at the
beginning of each new year, various pat
ent medicine proprietors issuing the lit
tie pamphlets setting forth the phases
of the moon and the other information
of a chronological nature deemed nee
essary to human happiness. But the
pictorial and highly-colored calendar
has taken the place of the almanac to a
large extent. Every insurance COM
pany, railroad company and printing
and engraving firm Of any pretensions
seems to feel called upon nowadays to
get out an annual calendar which will
hang above the desk Of the business man
and keep the name of the firm which
sends out the calendar constantly be.
fore the eyes of the occupant and his
callers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
COST OF LIVING IN PARIS.
For Two Dollars a Day One Gun Live
Well in the Exposition City
of France.

To prove that we ARE economical
young women shall tell you how much
we pay at the pension? writes girl in
Ladies Home Journal, who, with a girl
companion, is travelling in France and
giving the benefit of her experience to
girls who may go to the Paris EXPOSE
ton next year. The tariff card, tackled
on the wall of my rose-twined Marie
Antoinette room, says the price is
nine francs. Then how do come to
be paying only seven? One leans over
here to merchandising haggle, to
bargain" If madame's prices read
from seven francs and you write to
her asking if she can let you have u
room and at that price, she will prob
ably reply that the only rooms she has
unrented, cost ten francs. But if you
are wise enough to ask her if she has
a room for seven francs the answer will
be yes" We are, of course, beyond
the pale of the bathtub, electric lights
and big tips; the maid who cares for
our room is satisfied to receive modest
fee, and it is with q thrill of delight
that we pick up our candlesticks and
say good might" just as they do in
novels. We are comfortable and happy
on two dollars per day. The fact that
we are alone does not bring us mo-
ment's annoyance, nor subject US to
any unreasonable restraints.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
DON'T GET FOOLED.

There are three commodities, or, rath-
er, three farm products, which are at
the present time commanding more
than average prices-faxseed, broom
corn and the sheep and it's wool. Moth
ing is more certain than that the prices
of these things will very soon be regu-
lated by the operation Of the law Of
supply and demand. With a bushel of
flax worth as much and more than two
bushels Of wheat, the newer settled
sections OF the northwest may be de-
pended upon to put every available
acre into flax next year. With broom
corn at 5000 per ton, lots Of men will
be tempted to experiment with this
crop. and no end of men who know no
more about sheep than they do about
the Koran will stock up with lot Of
high priced animals, expecting to make
their fortune. The sensible farmer will
steer clear Of these attractive special
ties. If he lives in the fax country, 1t
will be all right to SOW fax just as he
has done heretofore; il in the broom
corn section, let him plant the usual
area in this crop; 1t he has sheep and
knows how to take care of them, keep
them. 1t is rare thing that a man
can make any money out of special
crop produced to catch the high price
which it may temporarily bring. There
are too many others doing the same
Thug.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
GEM IN HIS NIGHT SHIRT.
How PlucLy Pete Mcdonald. of the
Klondike, Amused Himself I'm
a Seattle Hospital.

Pete Mcdonald, brother OF Alexan-
der Mcdonald, the millionaire king Of
the Klondilse, left the Seattle hospital
few weeks ago, having been there nine
weeks with broken leg. Pete McDon-
aid, though not SO we'll known as his
brother, is rich, nevertheless, and when
he visited Portland last winter he
spread his money freely, as BELTS q
generous Klondiker, says the Seattle
News.
AT the hospital beside Pete's bed, ON,
stand, was some $500 in $40 gold
pieces. With these he amused himself,
stacking them up and building little
heaps to while away the time. For
hours he would lie there, lovingly fin-
gering his gold pieces.
But the funniest feature OF it all was
the fact that Pete insisted on wearing
a $500 diamond in the bosom of his night
shirt. The diamond was as big as the
end of ones thumb, and its glittering
rays seemed to comfort Pete as he toyed
with it in his hours Of pain. Every
night the millionaire would fasten the
diamond in the bosom Of his night shirt
before going to sleep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
LONDON BRIDGES.
Centuries Ago Main
tains Them.

The history of the Bridge House es-
tates dates back to the twelfth century.
AS is pointed out by Mr.. J. f. Tut, NJ.
Inst, C. E., in his work descriptive Of
the Tower bridge, contributions to-
ward the cost of the London bridge
were made about the year 1176 by the
king and by generous citizens, and for
its maintenance lands We're be-
queathed, certain monks being charged
with the services in the chapel erected
over the tenth pier, and the revenues
applied to keeping the bridge in repair.
THE money thus collected formed the
nucleus of fund that exists at the
present day. The lands with which the
bridge was endowed have become of
greatly increased value, and are now
known as the Bridge House estates"
To use the exact words employed in
some of the old city documents the
Bridge House estates consist of proper
ties granted "by kings of England and
charitable and well disposed persons
for the maintenance and support of
London bridge" and some of the grants
and conveyances held by the corpora
ton, which for hundreds of years have
administered the estates in trust, are
dated as far back us 1882 and 1888. So
successful have these lands been devel-
oped that in modern times they have
enabled the corporation to purchase
Southwark bridge after spending
large sum in freeing it from the toll ex-
acted by the private company by which
it was constructed, to erect Blackfriars
bridge, and, finally, to build the Tower
bridge at a cost Of 91,25o.oOo. And all
this has been accomplished without
cost to the MISREPRESENTATION Tele-
graph.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

At the very foot OF the tower the re-
ceding tide had left a bit of the jagged
reef exposed. If he could grasp that
he would be safe. But between him and,
it were the floating cakes of ice. Could
he reach it?
Grasping the painter of the boat in
his left hand he stood upon the thwart
of the life boat and sprang boldly for
ward. The ice gave way under him
and he fell, the drifting cakes parting
and thrusting him under. But his fin
gers had just reached the rock, and,
numbed with cold though they were,
clutched the jagged stone. But it was
only for an instant. Then huge cake
struck him on the back of the head, and
all became dark.
When Ray recovered his senses he was
lying in his own bed in the lighthouse
and wondering how he got there. His
mother was bending over him and smil-
ing through her tears.
"There, you mustn't talk, my boy"
his father said as he began to ask ques-
tions. "You have had terrible time of
1t, ana 1t VIII be a great wonder it you
get over this without serious illness.
Try to go to sleep and don't bother
yourself tonight"
"Nonsense!" replied Ray. ''You
don't think mind little ducking like
that, do you? Tell me how happened
to be fshed out"
sob did it. He caught you just as
you were going under. He saved your
life"
Ray was silent for moment, and
then he said, solemnly: 81 never want
another adventure like that as long as
I live. But saved the medicine" he
added with a smile. II told you could
get it, and I kept my word. &c olden
Days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
The Story Of
An African Farm.


old friendships sake" He stopped
down.. 4You must look upon me as
dear brother, as a cousin at least. AS
long as / am on the farm shall al
ways be glad to help you. EN-
Soon after the brown pony was cam
tering along the footpath to the daub
and waffle house, and his master as he
rode whistled "John Speriwig" and the
"Thorn Kloof Schottische."
The sun had not vet touched the out
stretched arms of the prickly pear
upon the "kopje." and the early cocks
and hens still strutted about stitfly aft
er the nights roost, when Waldo stood
before the wagon house saddling the
gray mare. Every now and then he
glanced up at the old familiar objects.
They had a new aspect that morning.
Even the cocks, seen In the light Of
parting. had a peculiar interest, and
he listened with conscious attention
while one crowed clear and loud as 1t
stood on the pigsty wall. He wished
good morning softly to the kaffir wo-
man who was coming up from the huts
to light the fire. He was leaving them
all to that old life and from his height
he looked down on them pityingly. So
they would keep on Growing and COM
ing to light fires, when for him that old
colorless existence was but a dream.
He went into the house to say good
by to EN-, and then he walked to the
door of Lyndalls room to wake her,
but she was up and standing In the,
doorway.
$50 you are ready" she said.
Waldo looked at her with sudden
heaviness; the exhilaration died out Of
his heart. Her gray dressing gown
hung close about her and below its
edge the little bare feet were resting
on the threshold.
Il wonder when we shall meet again.
Waldo? What you will be, and what
II" ~. rs9f,s,.s.
"Will you write to me?''s he, asked Of
her
Eyes, and If should not, you can
still remember, wherever you are, that
you are not alone"
II have left Doss for you,'' he said.
'sWill you not miss him?'
NO; ! want you to have him. He
loves you better than he loves me-"
"Thank YOU" They stood quiet.
"Goodby!" she said, putting her little
hand in. his, and he turned away, but
when he reached the door she called to
him: "Come back. want to kiss
you." She drew his face down to bars
and held it with both hands. and lkiSIed
1t on the forehead and mouth. Good
by, dear!'
When he looked back, the little fig
ure with its beautiful eyes was stand
ing in the doorway still.
(To be continued.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
STABLES AND PENS.

The horse stable, if the air is fairly
dry, should be kept at temperature
of about 40 degrees, certainly not
above. II stables are much warmer,
the horses are more likely to take cold
when on the road than when kept in
quarters fairly cool. All horses should
have light stable blankets to keep the
dust off, says Professor j. P. Roberts
in The Country Gentleman.
Stables designed for milk COWS may
be kept somewhat warmer, but the
temperature should never rise much
above so degrees, and this presupposes
that the animals are not turned out in
the open during the greater part of the
day in cold weather. Cows in full
milk are sensitive to change, and there
fore the stable should not be kept too
warm, nor should the cows be turned
into an atmosphere that is very much
lower than the stable temperature.
Some careful experiments conducted at
Cornell university some years since
seem to indicate that when the tenn
perature in the stables rose above so
degrees the animals appetites We're
more precarious than when the tenn
perature was so degrees or below. and
also the indications were that the high
er temperatures by reason of affect
ing the appetite resulted in a decrease
OF milk.
Pigpens may be kept as warm as, if
not warmer than. the COW stable, and
much pains should be taken to keep
the pens and air rs dry as possible.
True, pigs when penned several to-
gether and literally fed will not suffer
much from low tempera ture, but as the
only object in keeping pigs is to put
on fat and flesh and produce growth
and as they are usually not troubled
with poor appetites it is economy to
keep the pens both warm and dry, so
that all of the food possible may be
transformed into increase in weight
instead of serving to ward off cold. Il
The sheep stable should be kept
much cooler than any of the above I'M
less the raising of dollhouse lambs is
entGred into. in which case the sheep
are shorn in October. The temperature
may often fall below the freezing point
and even below zero without any seri-
Gus detriment to the sheep or without
any very large increase in the amount
Of food consumed. We have found
that warm sheep pens-that is. as
warm as those occupied by the pigs
are not well suited for sheep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

Some very fine road. horses are being
developed in this country. the product
Of the German and French coach sires
imported the past few years. No more
salable horse is placed upon the market
today than one Of these high stepping,
clean limbed grade coachers. They
are wanted by men who do not count
the cost if they can get the sort Of
horse they Observation-Disclosures. railway
presidents and that sort. Where n
man has choice brood mare of suffi-
cient weight, say 1850 pounds. he can
use her in no more profitable manner
than to raise a good coacher.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
He Got It, TOO.

II want some more chicken" said
Robbie at the dinner table. II think
you have had us much as is good for
you, DEAR said Bobbie's mother. II
want more" said Bobbie. you can't
have more now; but here is wish
bone that you and mamma can pull.
That will be fun. You pull one side,
and I'll pull the other, and whoever
gets the longer end will have their
wish come true. Why, Bobbie, you've
got it! What was your wish?" 81
wished for some more chicken" said
Bobbie, promptly. He got it this time.
London Answers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

One Of the worst results wrought out
by the department store is the destruc-
ton Of real estate values in the cities
where they are located. A case came
under our notice lately where the es-
tablishment of such store in thrifty
western town had destroyed not only
the business interests Of street, but
had SO deprecated the real and the
rental value Of the business lots on
such street that the owners, who were
Formerly wealthy, were nov absolutely
bankrupt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
JUST IN THE COOP OLD WAY.

1t is not at all an uncommon thing
to come across in the west the man
who 20 years ago was just common
hired man on a farm, working for SIS
a month and his board and washing,
and today find him the envied owner
of fine farm of anywhere from 100
to GAO acres in extent. well stocked.
fine home and barns. nice lot of DO, !;
and girls and with good sized bank
account. This thing is common enough,
so that it does not attract very much
attention-not SO much as 1t should,
for in concrete manner it illustrates
the beneffcence Of a republican form
of government, the certain rewards
America assures to the honest and in
dustrious laborer. the success which
surely awaits we'll directed agricul-
tural work. as nothing else could do.
While these men, usually of limited
education and in no sense possessors
of conspicuous ability, have thus made
themselves independent and prosper
GUS the shores of the commercial ocean
are strewn with thousands of financial
wrecks of bright men and smart. men
who sought to get rich quickly and
wear a plug hat, a boiled shirt and kid
gloves while doing it. We would like
to be able to convince every young
man Of today that the old fashioned
way of working hard, being honest.
saving little every year-poky bust
ness though it seems to be in these
restless. speculative days-is, after all,
the surest and safest way in which to
accumulate a competency for old age
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

The addition of the islands of the
tropical seas to, American territory bids
fair to work the same as though a man
living in the north country had added
a large greenhouse to his home. An al
most unlimited supply Of the tstpical
fruits may hereafter be produced on
American territory Porto Rico can
easily supply us with all the bananas
we use, large share of the coffee, un-
limited amounts of sugar and the finest
tobacco, while the possibilities of the
Philippines can hardly be estimated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

We do not think that 1900 will be a
good year to build and make extensive
Improvement. The prices of all build
ing material by reason of the unprece-
denied demand during 1899 has been
foisted UP to a point where, unless the
call for new buildings is imperative, it
will pay better to wait and permit pro-
duction of such materials once more
to catch up with the consumptive de-.
mand. The close of 1899 probably sees
prices of all manufactured commodi-
ties at about high water mark, and,
following the natural law. lower prices
may be expected.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
EXCESS OF FERrrL1Ty.

A curious and unexpected condition
confronts the owners Of many of the
stock and dairy farms of the west. The
system of farming which kept all the
stock on the farm which 1t could carry
and oftentimes more has resulted in
making the soil so rich that it is diff
cult to grow good crop of oats, wheat
or barley on the farm, the straw OF
such grains growing so rank that it
goes down and does not fill. The
question Of how best to treat such land
and what crops to devote it to is full
Of interest to many. This excess Of
fertility, while affecting detrimentally
the crops referred to, is just bonanza
for the corn crop, for grass and root
crops. In general way the best use
to put such land to is the growing Of
corn, three successive crops of which
will take enough of the ginger out of
such land SO that it may be safely
sown to barley or oats, especially if
such crops Of corn are cut up and all
the stalks removed. A crop of fax
will also take the conceit out of it in
short order. Such land where it has
been in clover or blue grass for three
or four years, then cropped with corn.
will, with an ordinary season as to
rainfall, make bad work with the next
crop as oats or barley. The fact thus
called attention to will seem passing
strange to our eastern friends. whose
chief trouble is to get enough fertility
into the SOIL but strange as it may
seem to them it is none the less true.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

Nebraska beet sugar growers have
had prosperous season. The crop of
beets has been unusually high in sac
charine matter and has commanded
from S4.5o to So per ton as against Sd.
the usual price. The yield of beets
has beeneabout 10 tons to the acre and
the cost of production about $27 per
acre, leaving a nice profit for the grow
er. The acreage will be largely in
creased next year. In general way
the above statement holds good as to
Michigan. Illinois. Minnesota aud New
York beet sugar interests
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25

A nice supply of many lowering
plants may be easily obtained by TAX
ing box. say four inches deep and as
large aseone cares to use. putting three
inches of clean sand in it, and therein
planting cuttings of chrysanthemums,
roses, carnations and fuchsias. The
sand must be kept damp and warm,
and the cuttings will readily root. max
ing nice plants by the time spring
comes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-25
BY ]. S. TRIGG.

The British are depending very large
~ upon the Missouri mule and Chicago
canned beef to aid them in whipping
out the Beers. The mule is all right.
but can 1t be that the canned beef has
anything to do with British defeats?