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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Considerable paving will be done
this year at DEBORAH.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
SOME FARM BARGAINS.

-Four unimproyed quarter sections in wheat
belt Kansas; good land, we'll located for 81 500;
a good speculation, IA 960-acre cattle ranch,
improved, good land, western Kansas, S., 500.
An irrigated, we'll improved 100 acres, Finney
county, Kansas, 5000: all in alfalfa, good i'm
provements; will pay Is per cent on iiives ,uent.
Best improved prairie farm in tren
county, Iowa, $50 an acre; easy tern ere
Van Buren, county. Iowa, farm for ,sh
ST 600 balance long time. Will "a K to
81 500 in residence property and I, on
balance on Van Buren, county, 10 lcre
farm at $50 an acre.
L. G. BOIES, BIRMINGHAM, IOWA
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
Founded 9th August, ls4s.

Published semi-weelsiy OH Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Office: liz South Market Street.
Telephone editorial or business Office No. a.
Address the Courier Printing Co., Ottumwa, La
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

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The oasis., 1900-06-09

Globe Times: J. H Baker is up from the river and says he feels good over cattle sale recently made. On the Sierra Ancha range of Mir. Baker the cattle are as wild as deer and efforts made to get them out always resulted in disappointment. The new owners propose to catch the steers and then drive in some tame cattle to bring them cut with. An attempt was recently made by the owners to drive out the wild animals, but after wearing cut themselves and their horses they concluded to adopt the above method.
The oasis., 1900-06-09
A sprained Ankle Quickly Cured.

At oue time suffered from a severe sprain of the ankle," says Geo. E Cary, editor of the Guide, Wash inston, Va. After using several well recommended medicines without suc- cess, tried Chamberlain's Pain Belm, and am pleased to say that relief came as soon as began its use and a complete cure speedily followed Sold by l.. w. Mix & Co.,, Druggists.
The oasis., 1900-06-09
HIDES A ND HON Ns.

Range News: Mir. Brown of Ara vaipa has been delivering a bunch of cattle which he sold few day ago.
 Range News; James Kennedy of Arayalpa sold this week bunch of steers which were delivered Tuesday.
 Range News: E. R. Hooker and R. J. Stark are at Benson where they are shipping three train loads of cat tie which they have purchased in that vicinity for +. G. Bloom, of Fri 1idad, Colo.
 Range News: Judge E. R. Monks, after making his spring shipment of cattle, went to Los Angeles where he will spend several weeks. He is ex- pecting to take a trip to eastern points this summer.
 Rlnge News: Hon. 0. P. Leich of Phoenix arrived Monday, and will in few days ship several carloads of range cattle to Salt River valley, which he intends to atten in the a- falfa pastures. He was accompanied by Guy McCord.
 Range News: Las week the J P. Adams. Brigham Live Stock Commis. sion Company shipped 800 steers to Pierre, South Dakota, aud 600 head of mixed cattle to Denver, Colorado. A few days latter they shipped 800 of steers to Montana.
 Stockman: Reports from the Tonto Basin this week are to the effect that the range Is thick with cattle buyers who are gathering up the spring crop of steers. Two year-olds are bringing SIT, while three-year-olds run from s2O to S25.
 St0ckman: One thousand head of one and two.year.old heifers have been bought from the Empire ranch, in Cochise county, by Messrs. l.. E. Anderson and c. A. Ament for N. c. Ga'nett of Colorado. They will be delivered about June 2d.
 StockmaD: Thomas Williams of the Agricultural department at Washington, is in Tucson investigate ing the ranges for the purpose of as- certainlng if certain grasses can be grown successfully in this country which will insure good constant feed for stock.
 Globe Belt; J. N. Porter, the we'll known banker and cattle deSler, Is in town this week with W TArmstrong. They have made large purchases of catt.e in this vicinity, the latest be- ing 1000 head of the "66" brand and 300 head from Morris Belknap, c. II. and Kenyon MT. Ole.
 Range News: Asa Walker of Dra- gOon Summit brought in bunch of cattle Friday which he had sold to H. Best of Rocky Ford, Colo. MT.
 "'"Oi VIII ndkc duObutI utilNtiy III about month from now to the same party. He is closing out TX brand | and will in the future devote more of ms time to his wolframite mines. His son, John II. Walker, accompanied | MT Best to Colorado with the ship ment.
 Lordsburg Liberal; The IIolmig brothers who recently sold their cat VIe and ranches to w. II. Wamel in- 'end to spend their summer in Fred e''cKsburg, Texas. They were raised 'n that town, but have been in this 0ec''on many years, and accumulated comfortable fortune out of the cat Vit DuSipQcc Thau cau hnuayar thof
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

six. = carpenter gets 81 for a weeks
work. The fellow who works in bamboo
does not get as much. 4. bamboo house
can be put up here for $50. the carpenter
furnishing his own bamboo. Such an abods
usually has two rooms. Al the houses are
built four feet from the ground. The frame
Is made Il bamboo and the walls Of palm
leaves cut Up SO that they make a shingle,
with which the roofs are covered also. The
Hoor Is made Of strips Of bamboo an inch
apart, so that there IS plenty of air from
underneath. The people who live I'm these
fbacks do not Know what "A bed is. They
have 4 straw mat. made OF the leaves Of
bamboo or palm, and they are as well sat
isiied with this as we would be with a first
class bed. a sheet or u piece Of cloth
serves as a coverlet.
For digging n grave the gravediEger gets
p cents. and several men are kept very
busy Jus: now dom: that kind of work.
Several men dig four or Ave graves a day.
The hole IS made Just az large as the body
that IS to occupy II. Burial IN a coffin is as
rare as II is costly. The gravayards are ali
OF the same size, each holding from 80 20
zoo bodies. They keep on digging until they
have the whole place full of dead bodies.
tHeu they begin all over again. The first
one, though he may not nave bren buried
more than six months. has to get out, and
his bones are thrown on g pile of similar
remains. which, when the pile IS large
enough. are reUat. right on The spot.
The only time there is any crying Is at
the grave, and even that does not last
long. The moment the body IS pu. into the
hole the CravedIGger steps up. pushes the
wife aside. laughs and says some harsh
words to her. evidently to make her feel
better. and fills the hole about half full Of
Girt. Then he goes away about his own
business, and that's the last OF the poor
dead man. Neither stones nor stakes are
put at the head OF the grave to tell who
rests beneath.
The natives here have a very peculiar
way OF curing a headache. They pinch the
sufferers neck from the collar bone to tho
chin in four different places. To cure the
stomachache they pinch the bottom o, the
backbone up TO the neck in two separate
rows. and fer back2che the operation is
reversed.
We marched into BIansa one evening
not long ago. It w.s raining. and Just al
dark we reached thu quarters CT the en-
envy. Our fast marching fo- shelter scared
them so that they left "a short order. lcav-
Ing behind twenty rifles and ever SO many
men. who had hidden themselves in out-of-
thc-way corners OF the building,
F G. Carpenter, tho great newspaper
writer. was here the other night aaG STAYED
over III the next day. ife cane with Cen
eral Grant AMI the brigade OF scouts. They
were going into the mountains. Mr.. Ca
penter rode with us that day, although be
was very sore from an al:-day ride the pre-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

Special Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Wichita, Kas, May BIN Indian Terri
tory there is Il dgtter Of excitement among
the pretty Indian girls because several
hundred are soon TO graduate from the
various colleges. Miil.ners and dressmak-
ers are taking pains because these E%radutes
are easily yexed now. and there must he no
mistake in tho dainty dresses and hats to
be worn commencement day.
When an Indian girl of the Five Civilized
Tribes receives her diploma You may know
she deserves It. because the rules arc
strict in these colleges and seIuiuaries.
When She steps upon tho stage to deliver
her Grafton you MAJ listen. because II "a
worth your while. And when she seats
herself at the piano. you of musical talent
may expect TO be surprised. If you don't
hear a classical rendition.
The school life of the Indian girl OF the
Choctaw. ChicSasaw. Creek and Cherokee
tribes is most interesting. When she is s
years old. her parents send little Miss
Cherokee or ChOc;aw. MS the case may be.
OF to the common sChoot to learn her let
tiers. She is an apt pupil. and gives the
teacher little trouble. by the time She is
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

SOME DON'TS ABOUT GLOVES.

Most women do not realize tho iinpor-
tancs OF the glove. An il-it;irg or IN
appropriate glove can mar the cr-c. OF
an entire costume. II Is unfortunate that
there should be SO much carc,essEsss
IN connection with tina: article OK dress
which has held SO revered Il place in
romantic history. Gloves have heau the
symbol CT power. The gage ot defiance
and the token OF love. and nov they hRv
dwinGled 70 u necessary adjunct OF G.ess
which IN the majority OF cases IS treat
Cd with the same consideration as 4 pocr
Tei2tion-anythiHs IS good enough! Bgc
wcEnGa's carelessasss OF detail IN regard
20 hand covering 10 ncttcsd ard COM
mon;o'l upon 10 ~ extent which. Il the
al. woarers oaiy realised ;., would
create Il revolution IN glow. wearing.
There are many do nots' which arc
applicable Jc glove wearing:
DO not bay cheap gloves. II your in
come IS limited YOU might better don
neatly mendeG, correctly cut. good quail
ity gloves than a new pair Of poor
shape and quality.
Do not wear evening or dress gloves
except in the evening or on dressy occa-
sinrs. II seems to have become 4 Gus
tom to wear Il fresh pair of delicate
gloves on some important occasion.
When they become slightly soilei or
have been cleaned they are used for less
important times. and & thoroughly soil |
ed glove appears TO 10 good enough 10
run out IN or 10 wear shopping" This
is thoroughly bad taste. II not had form.
For travelling. walking and shopping
wear u medium heavy Glovs matching
the costume or a stout English glove of
some neutral shade. This vii! provo
more economical than always Hucchas-
ing dress gloves. which when cnce SOLE.
arr hacked L SO qulcaly and look 50
s~lovenly.
Do not try TO nah TIE hand look
small by wearing a eight glove. IN Sc
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20
FILIPINOS: AS A SOLDIER SEES THEM.
Tony Matsadairo of St. Louis Writes of Their Peculiar Buria
Customs and Other Traits-Something
About the Country
RITTrx FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE sCEDAY REPUBLIC.
Tony Matsadairo. the st. Louis boy who
Is part Jap. part American, writes inter
estingiy from Porac, in :he Philippine
Islands. where he Is stationed with his
company. NJ, Thirty-second United States
Volunteer Infantry, of. which he IS COrpo-
raj. He says they are now preparing for
the rainy season. which will Set in shortly.
Porac lies in a valley. with the river On one
side and a mountain chain on the other,
70 that during the rainy season the boys
, blue and the natives Will be practically
prisoners.
I'VE are about 10 put in rations for six
months" writes Corporal Natsadairo, $50
we Will not have to leave this town for
anything 10 eat. Fresh meat is not healthy
here. Although We get 1t when it feels like
q piece of ice. frozen stiff. before it can be
cut up and prepared for dinner 1t is thawed
cut. and the men who eat It complain that
It makes them sick. II doesn't taste faint
ed. but it isn't healthy. The bareback We
get now is moro like a soda cracker. a 1t
tie thicker and baked a little harder. At
this season Of the year bareback can't he
carried in tho haversack without crumbling
20 pieces. for it is 50 brittle. The potatoes
we get are sent 10 Manila in crates; then
they are assorted and put into big baskets
and sent to the troops I'm the field.
"A fine river runs near our quarters,
which comes frdm the mountains. In this
we battle. though the wafer is very cold. 1t
isn't lit TO drink. for all along the shore
the natives wash their clothes in # and the
clothes of the dead. which they take off
thu corpse just before they bury It The
United States authorities have tried to
abolish this custom. but have only half sue
ceeded. We get our drinking water from a
s7ring. which IS perfectly clear and clean
s<si very wholesome.
now many OF the men are afflicted
with what is called the DOLBY itch.' a
breaking out of little sores. which. when
scratched. become 4 running sore that is
very hard to get rid OF. This itch is worst
during the rainy season. II is contracted
by wading through the wet rice fields. and
If one does not Immediately wash after
wards one is sure to get it. In one way
the natives are very c~lean-they take a
bath at least once a day, but in their
habits they are filthy. They must keep
all the ground around their houses clean
and neat, though. and If they don't they
are arrested.
Labor is very cheap here. A man who
works in the field from sunrise till sunset
earns about $50 o week, seven daTA not
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

Is the common school is passed. and she IL
sent to one Of tho female serninaries of the
tribe. TO which she belongs. Hero are en-
ploved only the best teachers. and they en-
force the strict rules thai usually surround
q female boarding school. The girl student
usually spends five years IN going through
the higher branches. At Is she blossoms
forth q fully-develOped woman and student
ready to cope with the civilized world IN
her chosen vocation.
Nearly all OF these rnaidens are am
bilious. They chose a. special field early in
life and follow out that course OF study
until they become proficient. Some make a
profession OF art, others Of music. and II
few have ventu-ed upon the stage. Many
settle down to domestic life. wedding the
Industrious young white me1 who have
settled In the Indian Territory, md aided
materially In its development.
Indian girls count much upon success.
One hears Of few destitute Indian women In
Indian Territory. They never commit sui
eide. but Instead endeayor TO be happy and
give happiness TO those about them.
Interma:rIage between white men ard
Indian women has been praCticed 70 such m
extcrt that the risiaS generation in InGian
TerTitory more resemble white persons
t.;en Indians.
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are la common schools among the Cheros
KEGS. maintained at a cost of S0.sSo annual
~. About $50 pupils attend. The Creeks
have ten colleges. attended by 75 pupils
and kept I'D by $1,000 yearly. They also
have sixty-fiva common schools maintained
by 81, 100 yearly. The Creeks therefore
spend $4,000 every year in educating their
children
The Choctaws and Chickasaws have five
colleges each. The Choctaw colleges are
kept in running order with an annual ap-
preparation Of S62e9. and the Chlckasaws
with $1,000. About 40 pupils attend each
of these colleges. The Choctaws have 150
common schools. annually supported by $s5.-
900. and the Chickasaws spend $4,000 yearly
In maintaining thirteen common schools.
There IS a law in each nation compelling
parents to send their children to school.
The school property In Indian Territory
belonging 10 the Indians is valued at over
3, oQ0.0e0.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

Tie schools OF four tribes in Indian Ter
ritory come under the direction OF ne
Secretary OF the Interior by an act OF Con-
gress dated June 2s. 1898. by this same act
the Sem!noles were allowed TO run their
own schools. 100000 OF the general funds
Of that tribe being set aside for that pur-
pose. In the case Of tho Choctaws and
Chickasaws, funds necessary to operate
their schools are derived from leases of
coal and asphalt mines. The Cherokee and
Creek school fund comes from interest on
their trust funds" in tho United States
Treasury vaults.
The executive head OF the schools o. the
four Indian tribes Is the Superintendent OF
Schools, appointed by the Commissioners of
Indian Affairs. 1t is his duty to see tina: all
Indian children of school age receive the
benefits of an education. that school funds
arc properly distributed and competent
teachers are employed.
In his last report the superintendent of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

schools saic that tbs indian children OF
these tribes were endowed with better facil-
tiles for receiving a good education than
any other class Of people IN the United
States. When it IS known that an average
of $l55 Is spent every year to educate each
Indian child. the reason for this statement
can readily be seen There are only eight
school months IN the year. hence nearly so
Is used each month for each pupil.
In the Cherokee Nation there are four
villages. namely. the male and female Sem
~iuaries at Tahlequah. the Orphan Asylum
and colOred high schools at Pryor Creek.
AT these four Institutions 359 pupils are en-
rolled. and s4s,e25 is spent annually in their
maintenance. 1t Is said OF the Female
Seminary at TahleGuah that more bcauti-
full ana cultured women graduate there
frOra than at any other Western Indian
school. Women who have become famous
rs actresses. musicians and writer's received
their first instruction in that school. There
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

lec.lrg a glove he sure She fingers ara
long enough uni that the bottom or
clasp ts..eas az shs .Urst1rs o. wrist
and ham,. no: on IRA Jain. Il 10 hSt
to purchazo from Different deaI51 rn.l
gloves perfectly sJitins e sE;c - the
wearer are G.-cGvered Ead thea give
that dealer all your trade. Promiscuous
glove buying IS as bad as promlscuous
sIos buying.
On the cthor hand, Go not wear gloves
too large. The baEsy backs. wrinltiod
fingers End slouchy wrists co not give
thai refinement OF appearance which al
women covei.
Do not wear Z glove with q buttcn CT or
e ZIP IN soTle seam, thinking Il VIII no:
bs noticed. Such 4 defect 10 giar!nC 70
strangers are friends Amos; any store
Will have any gloves which have bssn
boIGht from them properly TenGed for
a t-!r!ns sEra. and the gloves look much
better than when mended at hone.
Do not put n new glove on care!essly.
This first wearing mods the glove tc
the hand and decide. its future arpesr-
ance. Be careful TO get the fingers
straight. work them gently or little by I.
~ al ! = HNN baAC 4-Aet
In tho palm and, BY pressing outward :
adjust the hand part. The thumb fol- /.
lows, and when the seam on the outside t,
OF the hand Is even and smooth the
glove may he buttoned or cIasped. /.
Do not wear kid gloves without sprin- /,
king powder in them & your hands are >
inclined 10 perspire.
DO not take q glove off careiessiy Il /.
you desire It TO last well. In taking
gloves off turn tho wrist over the fingers /.
and draw until the fingers nrc half TN I.
covered. then she finger enda may be
loosened by tto tips This makes It N
easy matter 20 read.usc the glove right
SD out. II IS q good plan 20 breathe
II the glove after taking It of. 1t pre-
serve the softness OF the kid by quickly
drying any slight moisture.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

The rice fields are kept full of water from
a little river.
tout of their bamboo the natives can
make anything from a paper of pins TO a
house. AL American goods are very dear
here. Beer is % cents u pint; keg beer is
sold at Is cents a glass, and a small wine
glass at that
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

I would tell new rulers about my own na<
tion. il they were In my country? OF
course not! And there they are light.
These people are the next thing to q
monkey; IN fact, they have not got the sense
of ii monkey. If they could not talk you
would pass them by for human beings.
Yours truly, TARO MATSADAIRO,.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

Now and then our soldiers have trouble
with the natives. who are very cruel 10 our
men. j have no complaint to make on that
score. for l treat them just as | would like
them to treat my little brothers and sisters
at home. They tell me all | want to know.
except where the insurgents are, and T
don't blame them for that Do you think
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to eat. Lines are TOO small TO be seen, so
the natives do not offer them FOR sale. All
of the sugar mills are running now. and
they have started to replant rice. You can
see little pickaninnies go through the rice
fields just before they are planted. with
hammers, breaking up the big chunks Of
dirt. which are raked into = smooth bed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-20

vious day.
TIE plneapples are not ripe yet. hut
there vii be 4 big crop this year. The ba-
raras here arc not as good as those you
can buy in the States. Those here are long
and green ana Vcry sweet. The natives call
them iacatars. Oranges are very scarce
here, aid what few we can get are not ut
New-York tribune., 1900-01-14
4 NOTE ON COLLECTING.
ldrew Lang in Longman's Magazine-

Andrew Lang in LonSman's Magazine
An extreme interest in Mr. KipIing's psychOI-
oSy, L suppose, makes amateurs pay over sIOO
apiece for the school magazine in which he
wrote. and for his schoolbOy poems. These were
'the HrSt Sprightiy runningS," and 1 would give
n guinea to be allowed to read them for thev
must be very SprShtly indeed. More | would
give to see the original poems from which MIR
kpllng used 10 select notices for his taIes-tbat
is, if there were such poems, and if the snatcbee
were not the same sort of things as Scott's
Deluge. y Poem and his "Old PLAY" Rut
even II L were millionaire L doubt thar 7
should reckon t115 dear for a few numbers OF a
school magazine. These prices arise. presume
HoIn the collectors desire of COMPREHENSIVE
longing To possess every mortal thing that came
from MS faVorItc'S pen. Lately | saw a com
pIete set of Dickens in original editions There
was included The Loving Ballad of Lord Bate
man. which ought to have been in the TbacL<
cray set, Tor Ihackeray, not Dickens. wrote the
Notes and Introduction. If you doubt me read
these gems; internal evidence is overpoweriDo
The style is exactly that of Thackeray's notes to
his own "TimbuctOo'