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Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1900-12-19
Han lutar sig sorgsen ofver den lila
Annu lefver hon!

nan luCar Sig SOrgSen OrVer den lila.
Annu lefver hon!
Hastigt forfiyter den fjerdedels tim
me. hvarunder han kan I'd lyssna till
de malta andedragen. Och nu kommer
den langa, morka natten. Pennan far
hastigt 5fver papperet, och mar han
hvilar, syssla handerna med paketen.
Den sista posten ar expedierad. Han
har en- stunds ledighet, han kan fa
skynda hem for att Sc till slit barn,
han skall saga till den andre skrifva-
rem att halla vakt. Han 0ppnar d0rren,
men kamraten fins ej der; tiden har
blifvit honom for lang, han har gait
till kallaren for att skaffa sig nagot
varmt att dricka.
Den djupt bedr0fyade fadern gar
fran till f0nstret och ser upp till de
tindrande stjernorna Da DIR det, som
horde han fjerran en- sang klinga Of
yer den m0rka jorden. Det DR. dem
samma, hvilken han sjelf som barn
jemte syskon sjungit vid julgranen i
f0raldrahemmet, och den han sedan
sjungit for slit enda barn. Och det ar
som maste han ater igen sjunga den,
trots all sin orc och sorg, eller kanske
just derfor. Orden tyckas komma upp
ur hans hjerta och ljuda sakta fran
hans lappar:
Den h0gste Fadrens ende Son,
Han f0ddes har, oss till stor man.
krubban lagd pa h0 och stra,
Han will oss arma Ell f0rsm8.
Ara ware Gud!
Guds FaderS Son af himmelrik
Blef har EN- CAST pa jorderik,
Att fora oss fran jemrens dal
Till evig fr0jd himlens sal.
Ara ware Gud!
Fast han f0raktad var och arm,
AT evig kArlek brann hans BARN,
Att CORA jorden gladjerik
Och men'skan himlens englar lik.
| Ara ware Gud!
Det ar som ON d0dens m0rka matt
hade lagrat sig omkring honom, och
han befinner sig en- dup dal sorgens
dial, genom hvilken en- str0m af tarar
tyter; men genom m0rkret lyste klara
stjernor, englarne buro hans enda
barn pa sina handler, och han horde
orden: Till himlen, ia upp till himlen!
Hans kamrat kom nu tillbaka. Han
lemnade houom boken och kassan oct
skyndade hem. Modern satt alltjemt
vid sangen, barnet slumrade fortfaran
de och slog blott dh och da upp sinu
malta 0gon. Och pa samma sltt som
vid midnatt Ar det ocksa pa morgonen.
Den stora gladjedagen for storn och
smi ar inne. Skall den bringa fadern
endast orolig vantan, sorg och tirar?
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1900-12-19

ned hufvudet och knapper ihop han

ned hufvudet och knapper ihop han
derna. ~
"Min HERE och Fralsare', hviskade
han, 'du vet ju, att det ar mitt enda
barn, du vet, huru jag alskar henne. o
HERE, denna enda julgafva begar jag
af din hand - ia, blot denna. Men
jag will boja mig under din vishet och
allmakt. Ske din vilja!'
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
THE HOG IN THE DooRYAnD.

We know Of a man who owns 800
acres Of land free from incumbrance,
pretty good house and barns, surrey to
ride to town in, director in a national
bank, whose hogs have the free run of
his d%ooryard and upset the swill pals
at the back kitchen door. The hog is
all right in his proper place, but all
wrong as a dooryard rooter. At best
he is but a dirty %scavenger, and while
Pat years ago might have been almost
compelled to share his Irish hut with
the pig in order to pay the 'rint" it is
nothing less than barbarism and saw
agery for the we'll to do American
farmer to give his hogs the run Of the
home lot. The Poland China is not a
sweet scented brute under any condi-
lions, and his lair should be as far
away from the dooryard and the home
as possible. Don't you make any pre-
tense to be even half civilized If you
let your hogs run at large.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
BABY BEEF.

Twenty-Five years ago the prize beef
animal was a 10 or - year old OK
which had served his day and genera
ton as a beast Of burden, doing farm
work, and then was fed for a year I'M
til he made a carcass of 1900 or 1900
pounds. We well remember when it
was believed that the best beef was
that grown on to the framework Of
such an aged beast and when what is
now called beef was Of no account.
Times have changed. A steer seldom
now lives more than three years, most
Of them less. The old OK beef is a
thing of the past, and the public taste
is demanding young beef, even baby
beef, which finds a market at a year
old. The calf Of the beef breeds which
is kept fat from the day it is born and
turns the scales at 1000 or LOO
pounds at Is months will bring the top
Of the market and the most profit to its
owner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
TWENTY-sIx POUNDS OF SUGAR
FOB III.

For n we are in favor of extending
all possible encouragement to the de-
velopment of the sugar industry.
Where's the sense of our sweetening
up on glucose when Gods sunshine
teens with better sweets? A trust
regulates the price Of sugar now, but
we can, If we will, produce enough so
that no trust on earth can interfere
with the natural law of supply and de-
mand. This trust is now going through
a cast iron sweat over the increase Of
beet sugar factories. Time was when
sugar was a poor mans luxury-when
the good mother showed the respect
in which she held the presiding elder
by the number of t%easponfuls Of
sugar she would put in his tea. That
time has passed. and sugar has become
a poor mans necessity. The beet sug-
ar factories can pay 81 per ton for
sugar beets and still make a. big thing
in selling their product so that the CON
sumer can get 26 pounds OF sugar for
81. Let all consumers Of. sugar unite
in extending hearty support to any
movement looking to an increase in the
sugar supply. We are after &c pounds
Of sugar for a dollar, and we are going
to have 1t before we get through. Mind
that! 4
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

Brown, tomorrow I'm going to take
you both back. Haven't told the boys
folks vet, because I want to surprise
them. I'll be up about 10 O'clock"
When, the next morning, the doctor
drove up tie coulee, he noticed how
bare the trees We're becoming. Only
the few cedars and spr,ices and the
little red oaks, far up on the bluff
sides, relieved the %nakedness of the
scene. The brook bounded down the
gulch, foaming over the rocks and
crossing the road in a noisy, impetuous
way. 1t was chilly, and as he got far
Their up the coulee he met a few flakes
of snow swirling down on the north
west wind.
bad day to bring my patient down."
he muttered, 'but it's time he was at
home. Guess the family will give him
q warm reception-and Brown too"
He turned off the main road to follow
the path to the cabin. Standing in the
shelter of a rock was Brown.
II was just waiting for you, doc"
said the man. "Reckon I'll so along
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
THE FARMER,s BILL OF FARE.


We stepped into the home Of a pref
ty well to do farmer not long since
just as the family was sitting down
to the evening meal. 1t was not a
company supper, but just a common.
everyday meal which the family had
on the fable. There were a pitcher of
good MIX and a smaller one Of thick
cream, q dish Of hominy, cold boiled
beef, fried potatoes, fried eggs, canned
plums, sweet pickles, gingerbread and
some currant cake. 1t was a regular
church sociable layout, and there were
robust appetites to enjoy all this good
food. There were napkins by each
plate, and the hired men had to wait
until the old man had returned thanks.
Outside the house were hundreds Of
chickens, young and old; fat pigs in
the pen, well fed cows in the byre,
granaries and cribs full with the
abundant crops Of the year, and yet
the old man. while he formally thank
ed the Lord for his excellent grub,
whined to us that the times were out
Of joint and that the government was
being u to make the rich man richer
and the poor man poorer. What ought
to be done with such an ungrateful old
rooster?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
From Burlin s.on TO San Franc,.co.

Beginning February rs a first-class
thru Pullman sleeper from Burling-
ton to San Francisco will be hauled on
train No. 3 thru Iowa daily. (
This Will give Colorado, Utah, Ne
vada and California passengers thru
sleeping car without a change at Dem
yer.
The route is via Denver, Pueblo, the
Colorado mining district, Glenwood
Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, thence
TO San Francisco.
East-bound the thru sleeper is re-
turned from San Francisco to Chicago
on train. No. 6, which arrives at Burr
lingfon at $40 a. m, daily.
All intending travellers for the above
territory should see Burlington route
ticket agents and arrange for tickets
and reservations of sleeping car space
i few days in advance of their trip.
In addition to the above a tourist
sleeper will leave Burlington on No.
3 every Thursday morning for Los An
geles, CAL, via the same route as the
above.
For further information as to rates,
routes, etc, call on or address w. s.
Parker, ticket agent Union Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
o THE HornEp.

When you read this, it will be time
to make the hotbed If you want one.
You can raise q nice lot of early radish,
lettuce, tomato and cabbage plants
with very little trouble. Find some
sheltered corner Of the premises ex-
posed to the south and protected from
the north and west by fence or build
ing. Make a board box the size you
want the bed. Fill it with fresh horse
manure. Pack 1t down firmly. Throw
two or three pals Of water on it. Cow
er it with six inches Of good soil. Lay
your sash on with slant enough toward
the south to shed the water. AS soon
as the bed begins to get warm pack
the earth down firmly and then sow
your seed. Water freely. Raise the
sash on warm days and look out for
cold snaps by covering the sash with
some hay or an old carpet. What
you may raise in such a bed will well
repay you for your trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
! LOVE N A WAY,

Continued from Page g.,

(IOuUllueQ from age ~
put himself in fencing posture at once.
His guardian resumed blandly. Il
have devoted every moment Of my
rare leisure hours, Thomas, to mapping
out a plan Of travel for you. In point
OF fact, it is a rcsurrected map, one
that your dear father and I drew to-
gether. You will recognize his mar
ginal notes. We had planned to go
over the very ground I want you to
take and after a year of travel to To-
cate in some quiet German town for
another year Of supplemental study
and reading. 1 vas looking at the old
map only last week. l am sure it
would please my dear friend Rufus to
have his son carry out our itinerary"
"Why did he not go-you, 1 mean?"
said Tom, politely including the lawyer
in his eager desire to at last hear
something Of his fathers boyish days.
"Women got in the way. We both
fell in love, I with your dear Aunt
Lucetta, your father with your mother.
So you see, my boy" with a benignant
smile, show necessary it is for me to
guard against a similar catastrophe
in your case. OF course you would like
to see a little something of the other
side"
"Yes, sir, I suppose so, but
"Of curse you would" said his
guardian, rising and taking his hat
and riding whip from q chair near by.
you would not be half q man if you
did not. But all that will keep until
tomorrow. You are tired, and so am
l." He held out his hand cordially.
ride I'VE tomorrow to dinner. We
can devote the afternoon to your af-
fairs"
And Tom promised that he would.
He followed his guardian to the front
door and closed it after him. The
necessity for locking doors was an I'M
recognized one in that rural and law
abiding locality.
He walked back into the library and
flung himself down on q sofa between
the front windows. Simon had told
him he would find a lamp burning in
his own bedroom. He would go up
presently, but just now he wanted to
smoke and go back yer the whole of
that jolly evening which had ended all
too sooE for him.
The scent Of dying flowers filled the
room. The strains Of that last waltz,
the n he had waltzed with Ollie,
haunted him. He hummed it audibly.
He was in love. He was obliyious of
time or loss Of sleep.
tTo be con.inued.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
Il VALUE OF 8

The groves and hedges which are
such q conspicuous feature Of all the
prairie landscape Of the west are doing
more than is generally supposed to
modify the rigdrs Of western winters.
Insignificant as the obstruction offered.
to the sweeping winds seems to be,
these timber belts have certainly to
some extent tanned the fury of the
blizzard. There should be more trees
planted If for nc other reason than the
one named. Every quarter section
farm in the west should have not less
than ten acres of timber growing upon
It, and this timber should now be of
better sorts than that planted in the
pioneer days. White ash, soft maple,
black walnut, larch, the elms, with q
liberal planting of the hardy ever
~greens-these latter around the home
stead-should take the place of the will
low, Lombardy poplar and cottonwood
of which must of the groves now grow
ing are made up. Timber will modify
climate. will shut out the southwest hot
wind Of the summer and temper the
violence of the blizzard in winter and
will probably do something in equaliz-
ing the rainfall and in conserving
moisture in the soil. Itis an i%ndisputa-
BILE fact that when a country is stripped
Of its timber the climate changes very
materially. The air becomes drier, the
droughts more frequent and severe, the
water supply greatly reduced and in
many cases annihilated, conditions
which all tend to impoverish the soil.
From IL standpoint, we having as a
nation done our very best to deforest
the whole country, nc higher or more
patriotic duty is imposed upon us than
to now strive in some measure to re-
pair the damage done by a sensible
and intelligent attempt to reforest the
country. and If every man will plant
trees and plenty of them we shall be
working on the right line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15


down to the Landing. I s'pose it's been
long enough. SO that if l was going to
have that there smallpox l would have
it, amt it,"
Eyes; but you said you had had it
anyhow. Didn't you?"
Brown scratched a match on the rock
deliberately and lit his pipe.
: give been thinking it over. doc" he
said slowly, land I've come to the con
clusion that it IA something else
had-yellow fever. l believe. Tell the
folks goodby." And he started down
the road.
"But where are you goingw called
the doctor.
Where? Oh, anywhere. Just go
ing-going home"
"But where's that?"
"Home? Oh-where my hat hangsn'
When Rogers reached the Landing
three hours later, determined to find
him and carry him home, he was told
that the mar he sought had taken pas
sage on a down river steamboat. This
information came first hand-from the
man who had helped him up the gang
plank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

else approached it. He brought back
the report that the boy was having a
severe attack, but that Brown was
proving himself a good nurse. He had
cleared away the underbrush about the
cabin, SO that the boys mother could
see it from an up stairs window, and
he hung out one flag when the patient
was better and two when be was
worse, or was supposed to be, though
he never got out the second flag.
At last the crisis was past, and the
boy began slowly to improve. But it
took a long while, and it was many
days before the doctor was justified in
making arrangements to remove the
two in quarantine. One day he said:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
THREE DRINKS OF WHISKY A DAY

THREE DRINKS OF WHISKY A DAY.
We have seen three drinks of whisky
a day get in their work on us good q
quarter section farm as there was in
the west. 1t took about, 10 years for
them to finish the farm and its owner
up. 1t worked like this: First 1t made
him hard to get along with, and decent
men would not work for him; then he
got to running to town, playing pool
and poker and coming home drunk at
night; his crops and stock were neg
lected, and then he ran behind and put
a mortgage on the farm; more drinking
and poker playing, poorer crops. a fall
from his wagon n night as he came
home drunk, a big Doctors bill, a Sec
ond mortgage, defaulted interest. wife
died broken hearted, daughter ran off
with apeddler, son sent to reform school
as an incorrigible, chattel mortgage
sale of his live stock, foreclosure on his
farm, delirium tremens, six months a
county charge and then a pauper's
burial. Farm gone, home gone, family
gone, man gone to the devil, and three
drinks Of whisky a day for d starter
did it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

Americans are very slow to compre-
bend the Importance Of preparing their
goods for export in such a way as to
suit their foreign customers. Thus
Australian apples, carefully selected
and packed in boxes holding one-third
Of a bushel, command as much as a
barrel of American apples. 1t is just
SO with butter and other goods which
we export. America has the reputation
for getting the lowest prices for her
products of any nation which supplies
the English market.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

The hot last Of July sun poured down
upon the dusty road along the narrow
coulee which led back among the bluffs
and up to the prairie stretching away
to the west. And at this time, despite
the metropolitan pretensions Of Hawks
Landing, with its twoscore Of Missis-
sippi steamboats,. q day, this prairie,
except for q narrow fringe along the
bluff edge, was unbroken by the pillow
Of the settler, for Minnesota was still
q territory, and the civil war was a
decade or more in the future.
Up the narrow trail and through the
sitting dust a man was tolling. He
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
Liver Complaint,

Fuddy-What is the matter with
Harris? He seems all out Of sorts.
Duddy-He is suffering from liver
complaint.
Fuddy-Can't he find anything to
help him?
Duddy-IIe is looking around for a
new boarding house, one In which liver
is not an i%nseparable feature Of tbe
cuisine.-Boston Transcript.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

The strongest sprouts will always
come from the seed end Of the potato.
So If you cut your potatoes for seed
and it is better to use large potatoes
cut than small M whole-cut them
the long way and see that each piece
has some Of the seed end eyes on it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

Binding Irvine will cost more this
year not because of the operation Of a
trust, but because the price of the raw
material has advanced. 1t looks now
as though the consumer would have
to pay from Is to IL cents per pound
for his Irvine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

While Iowa and Minnesota do not
show up very well as dairy states-in
the average annual butter product per
COW only about $50 pounds-it is still
q better showing than Connecticut
with so pounds and South Carolina
with 60 pounds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

There is nothing grown in the home
garden which will last as long, come
as early and give as much satisfaction
as a well cared for bed Of asparagus.
If you have not yet got such a bed, put
n out this spring.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

1t is all right to let the hogs run in
the orchard long enough to pick up the
wormy fruit. but they should not be
fed in the orchard or allowed to run
there as a general thing. If kept there,
they will soon commence roofing and
eating the bark from the roots Of the
trees, and the trees will not last long.
Poultry only should be allowed the run
of the orchard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
GOOD READING Makes GOOD BOYS.

GOOD READING MAKES GOOD BOYS.
We wish we could impress the many
fathers and mothers on the farms who
will read these notes with the impor-
lance Of providing plenty Of good.
clean, healthful, instructive reading
matter for their boys and girls. There
are so many bad books and papers, so
many which, If not bad, are worthless,
giving false ideas Of life and living,
cheap, shoddy literary trash and .f1c-
tion, that this sort should be watched
and kept out of the farm home. Good
literature is Sc very abundant and
cheap, literature which will help the
boys and girls to grow up into not on
" bright but good men and. women,
that it becomes q duty of the very
first Importance for country fathers
and mothers to see that the bad books
and papers are kept out Of the home
and the good books and papers sup
piled. If we wanted to make a bad
boy in the easiest possible way, we
would furnish him bad. books to read.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

French and Austrian horsemen are
picking up our 2::2O and under trotters
at about $1,000 to $1,000 to work on tho
ace courses Of those countries, where
the American horse has q way Of TAX
ing the best purses.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

The best use to put the basement I'M
der the barn to is to use it for the ewes
and brood sows to raise early lambs
and pigs in. The horse should never
be kept in the basement, and 1t is diff
cult to give the cows proper ventilation
in 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
-s.-.
BY j. S. TR1GG.
copynzeur. 1909, BY }. s. TR1GG, Ro

When a fellow is trying to run a
farm with a chattel mortgage on his
team, tools aud crop, he does business
with a cocklebur on the inside of his
pants leg all the time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

The United Kingdom is Americas
best customer for all agricultural prod
ucts, taking about 60 per cent Of all
that this country exports.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

Science has wonderfully enlarged the
field of all agricultural and horticul-
tural operations and has converted
what has always been regarded as an
inferior vocation into n of the most
refined, intellectual and delightful &C.
equations open to man The best
mental and intellectual development Of
man is now entirely possible in con-
nection with the management Of the
farm and orchard, at the same time
retaining all the independence hereto
fore conceded to rural life and rural
employment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

We know Of one large dairy herd
where all the heifers are first broken in
to milk by a woman, which plan is a
long way ahead Of a bred man'with a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

People who turn up their noses at
the country school forget that while
such school may lack the facilities of
the town school, the boy is getting an
education in nature studies which far
more than makes up for the superior op-
portunities given by the town schools.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15

The American trotting horse stands
at the head as the best type Of car
riage and harness horse to be found.
European horsemen are more and more
recognizing this fact. Sixty head of
large sized trotting bred carriage
horses in n consignment were sold
In New York in December last for
$4,000. or an average of $1,1OO each,
and the sum of $4,000 was paid for
an extra fine pair of trotting bred ear
riage horses by a London customer.
Two young stations sold for $4,000
and $4,000, while TOO trotting bred
animals of all ages were sold during
the same month in New York at an
average Of $500 each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-15
BEST LINE hsIH5|n
s.
to the iIl!|l;


Every day the train leaving OF
tu1nwa at S:25 a. m. connects at
Omaha with a Pullman Palace
Sleeping Car through to Helena,
and at Lincoln on Tuesdays and
Thursdays with a Pullman Tourist
Sleeping Car through to Seattle.
The. route of above is via Billings,
Mont, and the Northern Pacific
R'y. Cheap rates are now in effect.
W. S. Parker. Ticket Agent. Union
Depot.