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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-11
COMPANY NOT RELIEVED.
Opinion Handed Down by the SUI
preme Court.

preme Court.
Des Moines, Oct. S.-The supreme
court in an opinion Saturday affirmed
trict court in the case of William o.
Schmidt, administrator of the estate
of Chris Behrens deceased, appellant,
VS.. the Northern Life association, ap-
pellant. The supreme court holds
that when certificate in mutual
benefit society is made payable to a
beneficiary who afterwards felonious-
ly causes the death of the assured,
the company is not hereby released
from liability and that the admins.
insurance.
Other Opinions.
John j. Meyer VS.. the Boepple But
ton company, appellant. Appeal from
Muscatine district court. j. w. Boil
linger, judge. Reversed. Opinion by
Sherwin.
The action was one to recover fol
personal injuries, caused by the plain
tiff stepping into barrel of hot wa
ter used for softening shells. The
case is reversed on errors in instruc
lions.
w. @. Calhoun VS.. w. w. Garner
and J. A. Garner, appellants. Appea
from the district court of Mahaska
county. John T. Scott, judge. AT
firmed. Opinion by the court.
Henry F. L. Brooks VS.. ]. H. Engle
appellant. Appeal from the district
court of Clay county. w. B. Quarton
judge. Affirmed Opinion by the
court.
| 1. Whitney VS.. Warren Cannon
and w. w. Wheeler appellants. Ap
peal from Shelby district court. w
r. Green, judge. Affirmed. Opinion
by the court.
l.. G. Smith VS.. the Independent
School district of Council Bluffs, ap
pellant. Appeal from Pottawattamie
district court. A. B. Thornell, Judge
Affirmed. Opinion by Judge Given.
Charles G. Freeman, appellant, VS.
o. ]. Find. Appeal from Keokuk su
perior court, Lee county. Rice H
Bell. judge. Affirmed. Opinion b!
Judge Ladd.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-11
Strike at Terre Haute.

Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. 9.-The en-
ployes Of the Terre Haute Electric
Railway went on strike this morn
ing with the result that no cars start
ed and there were no electric lights or
power in the service. The men say
they struck because the management
refused to yield to any of the demands
made by them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-11

At Lyons, France, occurred the
death of Madame Perret, wife of the
former senator of that name. She
lleaves a fortune of many million
francs, the principal beneficiary being
President L0ubet.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-11

payment of fine to that amount each
man was sent to the stone pile.
After the DRINKS were disposed of
a neighborhood quarrel was investi-
gated A South Ottumwa woman
claimed that a South Ottumwa rail
road man had called her vile names
and the railroad man claimed the wo-
man had called him vile names. The
court finally sifted the matter out and
found that the trouble had started
over the children and dismissed the
case.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

4 arrange Of prepare. Ride, for:
drive nterchan geablyy eal % an
advert, "a expressi ons such III real
good Tor s'really good. Some 81
any IA an adyerba1 sense for exam
pie. have studied som q ffor some.
what; have not studied any for
at an ,'%S Some ten days for bout,
ten days. Not s.as',,a know, for that
I know. an experiment for
make an experiment. Singular sub
jects with ntracted plural verb; for
sexampl She don skate well for
sshe doesn't skate well b Expect
for slsp peel. Tirst rate as an adj
verb. light away 4 for I. .immed Hate
!. Party for person Promise
for assure '.P Posted = for SIM form
ed. h Depot for station. Try
4 4 for try St o. CO. Funny for
tor *.od a. Or unusual. & I. Above for.
sforego ding =, !" more than for be-,
5yond .', Does it look good enough
for well" enough. Feel 8 badly for.
feel bad. !" Feel good for feel
well Between" seven for among
seven 's'i. Seldom s'or''' ever, for seldom
' 'iff ever or .seld dom or never. Taste
and smell @of" when used transitively.
More than you think "for'' for more.
than you think. az These kind for
this" kind. Nicely in response to.
an inquiry. Health W for whole-.
some. " Just "as soon for just as
lief. 81 & III. 5S;.z 81. S Y X @
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
THE Ell d g ....,. I.
M d 10 Us.

When DON'T nicus Van Brunt nrst
went TO the ublic sscho ols III his adopt
ed country he had the felicity Of sit
ting opposite q little girl with freckles,
and blue eyes. Her name was Bertha;
I Henderson, which was q difficult name me
for Dominicus to remember. But it=
was not at all hard for him TO RENE an:
Der the dear little girl with freckles.
She wore tiny black tassels at the top
OF her sho es, and white aprons. ruff
fled and tied upon the shoulders with
large, airy cooking bows, and the ends nd y
of her smooth braids were tied with
ribbons now the color Of the violet and
now the color OF the rose. I'll sS Ri.
Dominicus said to himself that in,
Amsterdam he had never known any
little girl so freckled and SO dear. q
sS38S#St.I wish she would look at me-
thought little Dominicus Van Brunt.3
But he thought il. In Dutchs although
when he spoke: aloud he managed to.
make himself understood IN English.
It must be confessed that little Ameri-s
can children are too egotistical to be:
polite. Thinking as they do that they
are nodded on the right pattern, they
are inclined to regard all children diff
fering from them as curiosities. b They
considered the round-faced Dutch boy,
with his shy ways. and deferential
manner to the teacher, a strange little
fish indeed. And no one in all the
school was more amused than the.
dainty Bertha, who looked at him CO.
verify out Of her gray ablue eyes. How
ever, she did not laugh at him. So
Dominicus, who did not know that she,
was amused, and who perceived only
her aspect Of gravity, thought her
kinder than the rest, and was grateful.
Il only she would have spoken to him.
or looked at him as If she were his
friend, he would have nothing more to
{ask---=he could even have been patient
with that terrible English language
which every one around him was jab-
bering. =. y s \ tt.s
e., He determined to do something to
call the attention !. Of his freckled
hearts-oWn to himself, and one day he.
hurried into the schoolroom the first
minute the, doors were opened and laid
three pear-shaped yellow tomatoes on.
her desk. The scholars came. saw the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
TImid Among the Ladies'.

Ii spite Of his thirty lone years, the
Prince Of Naples IS rather timid ii the
presence of ladies, quite the reverse
on this point from his cousins the
Duke d'Aosta, Royal tillery, and the
sCon1te de Torino, Of the First Dra-
.goons, who are the greatest favorites
in aristocratic circles. and who seem
10 bring life and entrain wherever
they appear
There is q third cousin, that is h to
say q third son of the late Duke Of
Aosta who is more like TIE Prince Of
Naples IN timidit tn Of manners, modesty
sof life and ion to his career. %.
this ent husiastic sailor the steel deck
20 81 cruiser preferable TO the
IlWaxeds door of 81 Ing il Follow
ing Ia the footsteps of Queen Margher-
ita he has tai ken nlountain eeringI
when "a leave ot a nee. IIs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
Words to Re Avoided

teacher In "a well known college
Tor women IA the United States has
prepared for the benefit Of her students
the following list OF lords, phrases
and expressions to be avoided. Set 81
watch On your 4 lips, and eif YOU are
accustomed to making these slips
try to substitute the correct express
sion. But don Il be cont tent with that
9alone Learn VII 81 the preferred s ex.5II
preston IS correct. and this Of itself
will soflx II in your unilld that you viii
soon use II nconsciou Guess
Tor supp ose' Eor 3, 81 Tor
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
A Visit to Grand mas.

\ Nellie, Roy and Arthur mad come to
their grandma's big house in the coun-
try. These children lived in the city OF
London, and did not have any pets. In
this house of grandma's there was al
ways room for one more. So the child.
rem came there every summer. One
morning while they were feeding the
chickens, they saw a dog in the barn.
They went toward him, and he ran up
to them. He was dirty, hungry and
tired. The children washed him and
combed his hair. They gave him some
milk and chicken bones. Then they.
were going to decide on a name for
him; they said it should be Carlo. They
tied a blue ribbon with a bell on it
around his neck He used to carry
the basket when they hunted eggs in
the hay. s.. -. Gas j, .-s s
AT last the time came for them to go
home, and the children begged so hard
to take him home, that their mamma
allowed them to do so. They were de-
lighted, and had their playmates to
share their. joy, as they had not any
pets, and they came often to see Carlo.
The children taught him a few tricks.
Their father built him a kennel and he
lived content and happy. :ss5y Il
! LILLE WATSON, 10 years old. +
624' p. Georgia ST., Indianapolis.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Among other features Of the South
African war the new developments In
the use of the heliograph are worth
noticing. The idea of telegraphing by
means of flashes of sunlight first came
into prominence during the Franco
Prussian war. The electric light was
at once suggested to make the system
Independent of interference from
clouds, but the difficulty Of getting
electricity in the field has thus far in
terfered with successful combination:
OF the two inventions. In the present.
war the British have made some use
OF the electric searchlights from their
ships for purposes of optical tele-
graphy, but sunlight is still their main
reliance. A writer in the Engineer.
Ing Magazine for May states that the
ordinary range of the heliograph is
fifty five miles, but when the electric
arc light. is used the range can be ex-
1 tended to 400 miles. The success with
which the heliograph was used in
communicating with the besieged gar
risons Of Ladysmith and Kimberley is
q good demonstration Of the progress
made with this invention since 1870.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

pretty vegetables and had little trou-
BILE in deciding from what source the
tribute came. For who else in fash
ionable suburb would have yellow to-
matoes, except the son of the Dutch
gardener? The school INDUCED in
unrestrained giggling, but Bertha. in
stead Of participating, shot defiance
from her gray-blue eyes, and, turning
with an adorable smile toward Do:
minicus, carefully fitted one Of the
yellow tomatoes into her red mouth,
and devoured 1T in the same spirit in
which a loyal subject drinks to his
king It was evident that Dominicus
\ had been right. Bertha was different
from the others. His happiness stained
the amiable boys face scarlet, and.
while the other boys jeered at him
number of them felt distinct pang of
jealousy. They were quite alive to
the extraordinary favor which had
been shown him. III. E VIII r NV;
From that day on Bertha, the daugh-
ter OF a prosperous lawyer and a little
maid distinctly conscious of her social
opportunities, and Dominicus, the son
/ Of the man who rased garden truck,
were friends. There came day when
Bertha. having reached the proud age
Of 10, gave a birthday party on her
fathers lawn, and insisted on having
.Dominicus among her guests-a fa-
nous day for Dominicus, IN which he
saw his princess in all the glory of her
best white frock, with her hair crimped
down her back, and had the rapture Of
eating cream tartsl in her company!
But there was yet a prouder day In
which Dominicus was permitted to re-
turn this social attention, and was al
lowed to Invite Bertha and three other
friends to the snowy kitchen Of his
home, where the mother cf Dominicus
sang beautiful songs to them III Lam
Sguage they could not understand and
Il fed them with crullers and grape juice.
Bertha thought she had never seen any
room SO charming as this kitchen, with
Its racks and blue plates, its shining
pans and Its illumina ted notices upon
the wall. s
Bertha was not more than IL when
she was sent to q private school. ana
as the years went BY she saw people Of
quite q different sort from sominicus
and his father and mother, ana ought.
probably to have forgotten ali about
them. But IL is an Eund eniable fact NY
though It may have shown some evil
8dences Of vulgarity In her nature
that all the years that she was occu-s
mir =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Il Some idea of the American exports
TO Australia can be gained from the
inventory OF, a cargo recently ship
ped from New York. It contained
5000 packages Of sewing machines,
1,100 tons Of paper, many 8 organs
and pianos, 5000 cases Of canned
meats, Ill trucks for trolley ears,
wagons, buggies, wheels, ax1es, barbed
wire, typewriters, windmills, ! 100 tons
of iron pipe, leather. shoes and dry
goods. F 5sr = -, ss.. 49, a. EI. Xt
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
10 BO' rs N d GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORES FOR Duh
] JUNloR READERS. S g5,s 81
Roys and Clean Cities wordsS 10 BE
Avoide The small Boys Plaint-
Svisit ~ arandlns Fathers 3Evasive.
Answer Introdnced. n 8SS
The Small boys Plant.


I The Small Boys Plaint.
When the blizzard Is blowing outside
4 u the street. have to stay here
!. 35 IN the house.
t#haye to sit quiet the whole Of the
8aaR3 time, as still as a little brown
mouse ..i3' a j.
They wont let me tease my small
brother at all, or play with my
small sisters things, III }ss5
And mammals i not pleased il Isstop IN
J her room and set up q store with
rings. ID .5 : ss;ss 2}:s
And papa gets mad as a crazy March
] hare 1iare when I cut pictures out Of
@ his books. u 81. III IN
l+cannot go down to the kitchen to
stay, because we've the crossest
@ Of cooks. II i i a. VI a H, Fly
The waitress don't like it If by some
mis- misc nance ! upset the cranberry
pie. 5s. , 4 #s!ss sls .is ~.
On blizzardy days there isn't a boy so
unhappy and tired as T. 5:. Il, q
The dog snaps at me. if I pull his TAIL,
and pussy she scratches my
hand, Is.S & : NH y s;4@7s
III put her aboard the piano and play
she's the head Of musical band.
Thelbaby he cries if poke at his eyes,
and his nurse drives me out Of
the place, {s1:s 4s $.:5.s @ Z FIJI ( z
And tells me that all through the rest
s,5.s Of the day she don't want a
sight Of my face. =. ....,$ /. ...t Z
l wish it would clear of, for want to
.$s 60 out; can't stay. quiet and
tsf5ss STILL &3 #i&, 1T
I'm SO full Of moyiness all of the time
that sitting down makes me feel
ill. .z = <5l s:@s5< :s4' ~ a@2,-s
cannot do any thing no: not a thing
- - can't say will or I won't; @$
I cannot go out and cannot stay in,
t when there's nothing to do but
to don't. :. s.,. g% 80 go :isss. IN
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49, ~ ?
Introduced.

-+F n 2 49,
IA boys code Of etiquette does not
conform with the manual most APP
proved and adopted in so-called polite
society, but It serves his purpose all
right. Two chubby little fellows were
strolling along the ideWalk the other
afternoon, when they were Joined by a
third, who swasia stranger to one of
the two chums, SO the other proceeded
to Introduce them. "a. Ned. Bright, do
you know Tom Brown Nope" re-
piled Ned. well, Tom Brown, do you
know Ned Bright?'s n Nope return
ed Tom. s We'll, now you know each
other. So Ned and Tom proceeded to
throw each other in the most APP
proved manner and roll over in the
dust in the friendly way boys have. -
Memphis Scimitar I @ II. .sss s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
The Oldest Table.

!. A wealthy man was once exhibiting
proudly to a younger acquaintance a.
table which he had bought. He said.
it was 500 years old. That is moth,
ing remarked his young visitor VI Il
have in my: possession a table which
is more than 5000 years old. Three
thousand years old! said the host.
That is impossible. Where was 1t
made 2" Probably in: India" In In
dia! What kind of table is it?'''
"The multiplication table,. 4Sss'5 I. S SS=5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

sa Treasury Ruling on Autonnob bios.
The acting secretary Of: the treasury
has ruled that an au tomobile Il not
free of duty as 4 personal eff eel, But is
sfressof duty as household effect Sc
used abroad BY the owner one year Or
more.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
Man'sNB Body Turns; to 1s On !. /

8 illian q Niles, a black snith at Niles.
Mich, IS proving d puzzle s.to the doc.
tors .lr OF 81 south western Mich gan For
some some years the bones sof his bod have
made mar rapid growth 50 that now His
ribs are over two inches III width and
Iof equal 81 thick Other bones 81 his
=De have enlarged ii til e same pro
portion ne weigh 162 poun da, 1l
pounds being bone.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
A Boys Recitation.

q teacher in civil government had
told his pupils that once in, ten years
the state 1 Of Massachusetts, takes a
census. Little James, who is an at
tentiYe scholar, pom being called up
to recite said: Once in every ten
years Massachusetts, comes to it's
Senses s5st s y! { { q s55l$
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
Father'a Evasfve Answer.

Children's questions are not al
ways answered. One little boy said to
his father: ...aThere is a lot in i this
book about Otheno. WhosWas Othello,
papa?" why, bless me, my boy. d.
you mean to say that you gozsto Sum
day school and don't knew who Othel-
10 wasp " .ES5s !, IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
Boys and Clean Cities.

sNSW OTh Guy always Win lCVSAO;
the memory Of Colonel George e. Wa
ring as the first and only, street clean
ing commissioner who thoroughly
cleaned that great metropolis. Z About
the time he assumed the duties of that
office a club Of children was formed in
connection with one of the college set
Elements in the worst part Of the city,
the object Of this club being to inter-
est children to clean streets. Colonel5
Warning always welcomed aid offered
club the nucleus & OF 81 movement.
among the childre that would greatly
benefit the city. He thought the ex-
pertinent worth trying and detailed an
:employe Of the department. to form
and supervise clubs Of this kind. For
a considerable period two men i. were
thus detailed. These clubs, which
were called Juvenile Street Cleaning
leagues. differed wildly in character.
The members Of one club were older
than those Of another in. the same dis!
trict and !, their meetings therefore
aCOuA UC NOA0uCtSQE x4OA OA0AAO0o
like and dignifed manner. Some OF.
the clubs were composed OF young
children. In other clubs we had to
deal with boys and girls ofinferior in
stelectual grade, or with children who,
although naturally bright, were living
in the most degenerating surroundings
and were veriSable Chimmie Fad,
5dehs." But in all cases the meetings
were conducted in as formal manner
as conditions would allow, and each
club had its constitution and its regu-.
larry elected officers. The average East
Side New York boy, and especially the
Jewish boy, lis well up on parliament
airy rules, and I remember well one
club Of Jewish girls connected with the
Jewish 81 institute who could put to
shame many a pompous gentleman;
who fancies himself fully capable Of
presiding at a meeting. a majority Of
both boys and girls belong to two or
more clubs Of various kinds, and take
as naturally to them as a duck to
water. Each club chose name. gen-
orally connected with the name Of it's
school or settlement, though some Of
the names were original, as, for ex-
ample, Warnings Willing Workers Il
The department supplied the members
NTH badges, which were highly priced,
but which at times proved somewhat
d nuisance, owing to the urchins'
propensity for trading them away and
then reporting them as lost. Meetings
Were held weekly. After the routine
Sof necessary business came reports
of members as to what they had done
since the last meeting AS an example,
8aElittle gir1reports that she had picked
up several banana skins and fed them
Ito horses, which, BY the way, are fond
8of them. Another had spoken to q
careless grocer or land1ady about lit
atearing the sidewalk There were sew
.eral cases in which men were arrested
and find for disobeying the city ordi-;
nances, the arrests being due solely to-
the child ren.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Pedro Palermo, head Of the Filipino
national assembly /, has been captured
by the American troops, and General
Otis dispatch thoughtfully adds that
he was too sick to escape when the
troops pursued him. Senior Palermo
should not go unrewarded for his con-
sideration in thus permitting himself
to be surrounded. # Aguinaldo would
be kind enough to break leg or con
tract a fever he might vet be captured,
but it appears to be imp ssible for Gen.
5eral Otis to overtake any OF the Fill
ipino leaders while they retain good
!. health and active limbs.
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Johnny's soliIoquy,;.,

st shall be so glad when Il get big
enough to- wash my own face, Z mutter--SS
ed little Johnny, after his mamma got.
through with him., then I won't wash
IT, s $5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Affection is the confession Of >infe-
riority. It is an unnecessary proclaim
alton that the individual is not living
the life he pretends to live. s5= Z.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

The South African war appears to
have got its second Wind" at least
the generals down there are making
q windy time of it. ID ~. ..s33s5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Naturally, the United States senate
Is in favor Of electing itself in the
old fashioned manner. 3.x sst
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

\ The Beers would be sure to regard
the recall of Butler as in the nature
of taking a mean advantage. #$%
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55 Grace will ever speak for itself and
be fruitful in well -doing;; the sancti-
fled cross is fruitful tree. Ugh. If, E5 q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

Dignity always begins wnere boast.
Ing ends. s
A pessimist Is q person who believes
that whatever is lis WRONG.
When the state Of Mississippi gets
soaked she makes a thorough job Of; #.
A man wisely makes use OF the pres
ent when he sells a dup icatei wedding

The woman who rnarries q block
head doesn't care to celebrate her
wooden wedding. U. i 3st :5t
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

The employer who works harder.
than his clerk evidently believes in
the force of example. N
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16

- l. F. o
0 The engineering world Of Europe has
not, it is said, recovered from the sur
prise over the remarkable performance
at Antwerp of a big dredge-boat con-
structed in Belgium for the Russian
government on plans prepared by an
American engineer, a Chicagoan. I'm
der the contract. the boat was to have
a capacity of 1900 cubic yards of
dredging per hour. She recorded q
capacity Of 1900 yards on trial. So
great was the interest IN the trial
that most Of the foreign ambassadors
were present, the Belgian cabinet,
commissions from Australia, India,
Germany, France, the Argentine Re-
public and hundreds of engineers from
all parts Of Europe. Trains were run
at reduced rates to accommo date the
people eager to see the American
dredge, the most powerful il the world.
and for six weeks boats were kept rum
ming at Antwerp to carry visitors to
the point OF opera tion. The immed iate
effect has been to cause orders to be
placed Cor similar dredges for India,
Australia and Russia. The facts were
reported to the state department 4 by
Consul General Holloway ct ST. Peters
burg. ,.3.ss a? i..ss sl4 fss