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NIORAvIA.

Moravia, March S.-Postmaster Cum
Minis moved to his farm east of town
Tuesday.
Ralph Miller. who held position on
the Moravian, has returned home.
Preston Hiatt, of Hiattsville, is now
a citizen in our town.
Claude Hicks, of Unionville, has be-
come Moravianite.
Rev. Norton was called to Van Blu.
rem county last week, to conduct the
funeral of Mrs. Crutcher.
II. K. Selby, brother-in-aw of Mr..
Hill, editor of the Friday AIoravian. ar
rived from Linn county Wednesday
with his family.
Jerry Hayworth. of Soap Creek, was
here on business Monday.
DR.. Atkins was a centerville visitor
Tuesday.
Frank Chambers and family were
up from Hiattville Wednesday.
Dave Bishop made a business trip to
Mystic Friday.
Editor Hull was in Udell Thursday.
b. i. Hackett made trip to Davis
county this week.
Miss Lora Herbst met with very
painful accident last week.
Rev. Norton has just closed 4 sue
cessful meeting at Main Station, with
fifteen conversions and ten joined.
Lutte Miller, of Cambria, and I'd Nell
son, OF Alerton, We're the guests of DR..
Rinard Saturday.
Spencer Robley, of Forbush, was
shaking hands with his many friends
here Friday.
Mrs. JOHN Boysell is visiting her
daughter, in Numa, this week.
Ervie Coonte, of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, was here on business Satur-
day.
Key Maxwell, of Centerville, IS en-
ployed on the new brick structure go
ing up on the square.
Jacob Knittel and family, of Queen
City, Mo-, arrived here Tuesday. They
will make this town their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sastlack were Wis
itors in Abba Wednesday.
Mr.. White, who bought the old ho-
tel on the southeast corner is repairing
the same this week.
Pearl Broshar has some of the ma
terial on his lot for a new house.
Frank Moorehouse. editor of the Mo-
ravia Tribune. who has been away for
treatment, will return the first of
April.
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of the leading farmers and best citi-
zens near here, We're reelected as vice
president and treasurer respectively,
at the annual meeting of the Munter-
vile Mutual Fire and Lightning 1nsur-
ance association held at Munterville
last Tuesday afternoon.
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RlCHLAND ID.

Richland, March S.-Miss Emeline
Nelson entertained Mr.. Wilmer, from
Holland, ''the father land,' last
week.
The NJ. z. revival closed last week
after three weeks protracted meet
ing.
Miss Franc Worthington expects to
visit the Harmans, in Ottumwa, this
week.
Prof. Pidgeon and the Misses Jones.
Pringle. Bristow, Hoyt and Higgins,
attended the teachers' convention at
Keota last Saturday.
Married, Sunday evening, at the
home of the bride, Miss lisa Farmer
and Fred Thornburg, Rev. Pool, Off
eating.
Misses Anderson and Wade attended
the home talent show at Ollie Satur-
day night.
Rev. Campbell. of Indianola, will be-
gin a. series of meetings at the Chris
tian church this week. He comes high
ly recommended as an evangelist. He
has just closed a very successful meet
ing at Sigourney.
Mr.. Day and Miss Sellars are in Des
Moines.
Fred Callister, who is assistant teach
er at Agency, spent Sunday at home.
The township school board met
Monday.
DR.. Henderson is moving to the home
OF his daughter, north of the city.
Mrs. Ida Draper, of Colorado, is here,
called by the death of her mother and
sister.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, March S.-Mrs. Abbic
Walker returned Tuesday to her home
in st. John. Kansas, after an extended
visit at the homes of Mrs. G.. Halle
wood and Mrs. G. c. Mccain.
Miss Ida Calvert returned the first
ofthe week from short trip to Eldon
where she was accompanied by her
niece, Miss Clara Calvert, who return
ed home after an extended visit at the
I Calvert home.
Contractor Upton and his men left
Tuesday, having closed the work on
!, The new M. e. church which was turn
ed over to the building committee. Mr..
Upton has done excellent work with
which the official board are greatly
pleased. The new edifice as it now
stands is all that was anticipated and
the members of the M. e. church are
to be congratulated upon their well
deserved success which has resulted in
a building which adds greatly to the
appearance of the city.
Clay Blough left Tuesday for Kan
sas City where he has secured perma-
inent employment.
G. w. Walton, of Lancaster, Mo-,
+ made a Short visit at the homes of
O. G. and L. j. Walton Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Huilker, accom-
panied by Miss Mamie Lester, return
ed Wednesday to their home in Deni-
son, Texas, where Miss Lester will re-
main for a visit of several months.
After an illness of eighteen weeks
Mrs. Christina B. Eichelberger died al
her home in this city Tuesday at 3p.
M, at the age of so years. The funer-
al services will occur at the M. Z.
church Thursday an 2 p. m. Mrs.
Eichelberger's death was the result of
diabetes. from which she suffered a
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DUDLEY.

Dudley, March s.--The Columbia
school north of here, which closes its
winter term on Saturday of this week
will give box social in the evening.
"A bob-sled load of young people from
north of Dudley. went to Munterville
last Tuesday evening to attend a spell
ing and ciphering match. They report
"a fine time
Miss Ida Burnstedt, who has been
visiting her parents near Munterville,
returned to Ottumwa on No. 4 last
Sunday evening.
w. p. Chisman, from north of OF
tumwa, was out this way on business
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Ezra Stevens has been quite
i'll for several weeks.
G. +. Swenson came up from Ottum-
wa on No. last Tuesday where he had
been on short visit with friends and
relatives.
Wilfred Johnson, Chas. Peterson and
Frank Larson went to Ottumwa ON No.
a last Sunday evening. They returned
on No. II the same night.
John Burgeson and S. P. Wolf, two
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ohlldren,s Fancy ve.,ee Suit.

coat, pants and vest, fancy trimmed
regular beauties. Buy one at The Model
81. B. SaS) for $1.50, almost half what
you will be asked elsewhere. Hundreds
to select from.
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ANIADOR.

Amador, March s.Alf Wartz, of OF
tumwh, was calling on relatives here
Wednesday.
4 Z. Haning is hauling hay to Ottum-
wa this week.
Mrs. Vincent Lathrop visited Thurs
daylat the home of her. daughter, Mrs.
Newt Shields.
Mrs. Mary Wellman visited last Week
with her daughters, Mrs. Georgia
Martz and Lizzie Wellman.
& The Wellman sale at .Amador was
well 5attended. George Childs was
clerk and Henry Curry was action
eer.
d. S. Ralston is hauling hay to OF
Ftumwa this week.
-ReY. Hastings was guest at c. w.
Bachman's Sunday.
Bertha Bachman closed successful
term of school at Center last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smythe attended
church at Russell Chapel Sunday. and
spent the remainder of the day at E.
Hanin9's.
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THE
OTTUMWA STORE
FOR
DRY GOODS

The tailor-made suits we are Offering
at $40 are proving great trade-winners,
and they are the best dresses for the
price that we ever saw. If others had
these suits this would be the way they
would advertise them: worth SIS,
for $15.' The price here is So;
The suits at $3.50, $3.50 and So are
qualities and styles that to equal
elsewhere will cost you one-third
more.
In the west aisle tomorrow you'll
find line of fine ginghams at 1se, that
are the fullest is cents worth you ever
saw.
The celebrated English percale at
121Ac should really seil-at 15c, and does
most places; the designs are the very
newest and colors absolutely un-
changeable.
The cotton foulards are the most re-
markable of all for the price cotton,
but like silk in appearance, with the
colors and designs of the famous foul
ard silks.
New spring stuff is piling in upon
us at terrific rate now.
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RR ANGEmENTs FOR FUNERAL
Remains of Rev. i. p. Tceter Will be
lnterrcd In Ottumwa Friday.
Eror,, lVadnpcdov's Daily

From Wednesdays Daily.
The funeral Of Rev. I. P. Teter,
whose sudden death occurred al, New
Sharon yesterday, will be conducted
from the First Methodist Episcopal
church in this city, Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, after which the remains
will be inferred in the Ottumwa cem-
etery. There will also be services
at the NJ. E. church, at New Sharon,
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, after
which the remains will be brought via
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S. c. CULLEN & co.
LEGAL.

A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE. - Notice is
"A hereby given to all persons interested, that
on the 9th day of March, A. D. 1900, the under
signed was appointed by the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Wapel1o county, Iowa, administra-
tors of the estate of VIM. Daggett, deceased, late
of said county. Ali persons indebted to said
and those having claims against the same will
present them, legally authenticated, to said
court for allowance.
Dated March 6, 1900.
w. II. DAGGErr and
PHILIP DAGGETr,
Administrators.
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Wood wanted on subscription at the
Courier office. 80
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ToDAY,s MARKETS.
chicago Live Stock Markets

Chicago Live Stock Markets
Chicago, March S.--Cattle-Reccipts,
1850; steady: beeves, 4O0d6.OO;
cows, 3.1O@4s35; Texans, 4OO@5.0O;
stockers, 3.4OM4.s0.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; steady to
strong; mixed, 4.7o@4.97H; heavy, Ass
$500; light, 4.65@4.90.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; steady; AIS;
$500; lambs, 5.25@7.5O.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. March s.-Wheat, March,
65A@65as; July, 67l4@67ss. T
Corn, March, 81; July. s35ss n35A.
Oats, March, 22A; July,s22A.
Pork, March. 10.671s; July, l0.s5.
Lard, March, 5.saHs; May, 5.osA@
sos. d y:
Ribs. March, $50; July 5.ssM@5.95.
Rye. May, Sc.
Barley. 36@43. 90
Flax, 1.60. 3. ie
Timothy, a.45.
Clover, $40. Hs .:::s.&
Chicago Butter ana Egg Market.
Chicago, March: S. Butter, strong;
creameries, 19@24i1a; diaries, 16H @22.
Eggs, steady; fresh, .15A1ss@16.
Chicago Poultry Market.
/ Chicago, March Dressed poultry
firm; turkeys, SNOWY; chickens, 91s
@10.
New York Market.
New York, March s.-Wheat, July,
727s.
Corn, July, 4oM.
Ruffar firm. 00L1Tof
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MUNTERVILLE,

Alunterville, March s.-Everything
is glare of ice today and all the boys
in this vicinity are travelling the roads
on skates, and to see them as they
coast. down the hills will make per-
son S hair stand on end, but they
seem to enjoy the sport immensely.
Last Friday, Pete Pearson. south
of Munterville. gave dinner to num-
Der of their friends and neighbours. All
report very pleasant time. l.. L..
Swenson entertained the company with
the Edison monograph.
John johnson, living north Of Muu-
terville, has a son who is.very sick with
lung fever at present writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Anderson invited
a number of their friends in for So
cial last Wednesday, as they are going
to move this week to a farm nearWii-
lard. L. L. Swenson entertained the
company with the monograph, very
fine dinner was served by Mrs. Ander-
son and all had very pleasant time.
L. u. Swenson thanks the people Who
We're there for the money received,
and it was certainly very much appre-
ciated by him. Also, at p. Parsons
the people did the same and their kind
Hess Will always DE IeIHeLlDefeG.
Wanted-1oung man with horse aud
buggy for View Photograph work;
steady job. Call on or address L. l..
iSwenson.
Guy Hall is expected home from Des
Moines the 10th, having completed the
course of pharmacy. He will be wei
coined home by all his acquaintance.
Freddie johnson and sister Alice
went to Ottumwa Sunday for few
days visit with their uncle, Charles
johnson, who is going to move to Min
nesota some time this week, Mr.. John
son having bought farm there. We
all hate to have the johnson family
leave, and hope they will have success
in their new home
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st. Louis Market.
- St. Louis, March s.-Wheat. cash,
i69A; 66%.
Corn, cash, 33A; July, 341s.
Oats, cash, "a; May, 241A.
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BOYS Knee Pants

to Is years. at Is cents at The Model
(J. B. SaN), which undersells.
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Peoria Markets

Peoria Markets.
Peoria, March s.-Corn, firm; No. 9
"a.
Oats, firm; No. white 24@a4A.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
A Happy Old Age In Burmah.

When Burman parents are past their
prime their children pray them to
''nobosat." which near that they
should be at the children's charge for
the remainder Of their lives, as the
children had first been at their
parents. The turning point is not
marked by any Formally. but a child
approaching parents on q solemn oe-
casion adopts the gestures OF venera-
ton. The aged are not idle: they pre-
serve a great elasticity OF mind and
interest in things; they study their re-
liglous book and occupy themselves
with their grandchildren. When they
are too old to go on pilgrimages with
the Others they keep the house and tell
their beads alone. The old people
wear palmer clothes than the young
and. according to old Burmese fashion.
less OF II. The human dignity OF the
aged Is OF a kind that apparel can not
add to. STEPPED in the spirit OF Budd-
hlsm the aged never yield to anger.
Wanting neither for necessities o
honor. the pathos OF their serene old
age is purely that OF years. A peace
ful n Is their ot.-Ferrar's Book on
the Chinese.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
Novel Attempt to Reach North Pole

and the performance will be repeated
until the pole Ia reached. The mum
Der Of chests to be dragged at one haul
will depend upon the strength Of the
wind.
The chests were carefully construct
ed In Germany for the purpose. They
are shaped like the pulkha, a sledge
used In Lapland, and fitted with
low nne to facilitate their move
ment over the Ice.
Where a space OF water too large 10
pass around is encountered the chests
will be dashed together to form a raft.
IN which the whole party will cross
When the ice is too broken or uneven
to drag the chests by the windmill
method, the trolley feature of the plan
will be put into use. The cable will
be strung on bamboo tripods brought
along for the purpose. The chests will
be hung to the trolley cable Nv means
of hooks. and pulled along by the
members of the expedition. who will
remove each impeding tripod as they
reach IL after having fixed another Just
behind the travelling chests. Bauen-
dahl calculates his company, split up
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02

Plenty OF men In eastern Pennsyi-
yania have their graves dug and walled
up all ready for occupancy. They visit
their graves once a week and take good
care OF the turf and the flowers. They
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
when death does come the burial LOT
won't be dishgured by earth thrown on
the grass from the newly dug grave
The earth TO nil these ready-made
graves is brought In wagons Some
men want such earth brought from a
particular spot near their home. Ed
erly women also have their graves
prepared in advance In accordance
with their ideas. One old lady has her
grave walled up with stones taken
from en- ancient bake-oven in which
her grandmother baked the best GUS
! tards she ever ate in her life. She says
she knows IL Is only a notion, but she
wants 1t that way. An old SEXTON OF
Lehish county has charged the young
minister OF the church with one sacred
duty. as he calls II. The preacher must
see to II personally that he is buried
without a coffin. lie wants his body
wrapped in a sheet and lowered into a
grave eight feet deep and then covered
with yellow sand from a nearby hill
where he played when a boy. The floor
OF the grave is to be OF the same sand
a foot thick. He says the brave SOL
dier boys were buried In their blankets
and a sheet Is good enough for him
Many girls and young men choose
their graves. but II they marry, then
the conditions change and their fu'
neral arrangements are reconsidered
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
O or CHAUCER.
Gives Expression to subjective Pleasure
in Outer World.

Gives Expression to subjective Pleasure
in Outer World.
Just 500 years ago in a little house
within the garden Of st. Mary's chapel,
Westminster. and the sire of English
poetry, Oct. 25, 400. vas a day on
which a great light passed beyond the
ken OF men. Darkened for a time, It's
radiance has frightened and duffused
itself down the centuries until now 1t
Is the guiding star Of all who seek to
know our mother tongue. Chaucer's
verse marks an epoch In the English
language and literature. but strongly
as II appeals to the bookman, to the
antiQuary. and to the thoughtful OBJ
server of those earlier conditions OF
social life, its study Is from a less sa-
lient point of view Of almost equal
worth. Among the many critical
analyses which this anniversary calls
forth. a word may well be given to
Chaucer's poetry In its relation to the
fora of England. Not only Is living
therein the charm OF English fields,
the song Of lark, the futtering leaves
and breath of meadow sweet, but
Chaucer. first. In some degree, gives
expression to that subjective pleasure
In the outer world so distinctiyely an
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
RussIA OF
The Depressing Poverty of the Sassisn
reopie.

Poverty and iiiterscy naturally 70
hand In hand. In M other great
country OF the world is poverty-uni-
versal. m~onotonous. hopeless poverty
the national characteristic OF the
people. The only parallels know are
In some OF the Balkan states. At al
most any point in rural Russia you
might think yourself In the interior OF
Servia or Bulgaria. except that even In
these countries the poor peasant Is
not quite so poor, and his bearing is
more Independent. Long train four
neys in Russia are depressing expert
ences. Once past the limits OF the
towns. every village Is the same-a
wide street or two-not really streets,
OF course. but deep dust or mud, ac-
cording to the season. and from q
score 20 a couple OF hundred gray. one
story wooden houses. usually dilapi-
dated. and a church. Russia is still
first and foremost an agricultural
country. she produces including (Po-
land we thousand million bushels OF
grain. and grain products form more
than half her total exports to Europe;
therefore. at the right season. there
are great stretches of waving fields
and later. the huge mounds OF straw.
whence the grain has been threshed,
But 1t is in her most fertile districts
that the worst famines occur. for ia
mine-a little one every year. a big
one every seven ~years-has now be-
come a regular occurrence. And the
country, as one flies across II. leaves
the general impression Of Indulgence
In sharp and painful contrast with
western Europe. there are virtually nc
fat s~tackyards. no cosey farm house
ma chateau of the local lands owner, nc
squire's h%all--pitiful assemblages oI
men and women just On the hither side
OF the starvation line. And. from al
one learns. disease Is rife. Whole vii
lagos. | was told by men who knew
them well. are poisoned with syphilis
and the authorities. gravely alarmed
at this terrible state OF things. hav,
appointed of late. several commits
sions OF inquiry to devise remedia
measures. Drunkenness. too. is a ma
tional vice. the peasant having hi
regular bout whenever he has saw
up a small sum.-From Russia o
Today" by Henry Norman in the DC
tober Scribner's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
Women BAg
Puncher 20 ~

Bag punching rs a system OF physi-
cal training has become one of the
most popular exercises adopted by all
who wish to develop the muscles OF
the body. For this purpose It Is ac-
cepted by all directors of physical cul-
ture as one Of the best measures OF
development and there is hardly n
gymnasium or school of physical cul-
ture In the country where the punch
ing bag Is not in use. Bag punching
Is an exercise which gives full play to
every muscle in the human body and
IL o only develops the body, (but
quickens the eye. To bring the vari-
Gus muscles into play there Is no exer-
else more adapted than bag punching.
The arms. wrists. head, neck. should
ers. body and limbs are brought into
play and In this manner every portion
of the body gets an equal amount OF
exercise. Moderation Is one of the
chief points OF success white trimming
the body. Too much work Is worse
than none at all. One of the first les
sons is to find out how much the body
| can stand without firing, As soon as
the body becomes tired the exercise
should stop. Each day will find one
able to do more. and this gradual in
crease Is what makes the exercise
show itself In the wanted improve
ment gained. Among the thousands
who have taken mp bag punching as a
model Of exercise. there are now num-
bered many OF the gentler sex, and
they are using II now as a builder ny
OF the system. A muscular woman Is
o always beautiful in a ball room
dress. but physical exercise can be
taken without development OF the
muscles q a degree OF coarseness. A
routine OF daily exercise will do q
great deal towards making beaut,
show itself where other sytems woule
fail absolutely.
Some excellent advice is given Il
women by Miss Belle Gordon, whit
now holds the championship OF thu
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-02
Die Their Own Graves

In the lower valley of Berks county a
hermit In the Obey hills owns n far
away corner In an obscure cemetery.
where he wishes TO be buried entirely
separated from any other grave. The
hermit's plot Will not be encroached
upon In a hundred years. He says he
wants no company. even In death. and
his gravestone is to be inscribed Here
Lies Nobody" An aged church organ
list died last year. His last request
was hat he should be buried on a hill
In a certain cemetery and that an
Aeolian harp should he erected over
his grave. He left $500 to the grave
yard trustees TO pay the expense OF
keeping such "A win instrument In
good repair, so that he could have
music whenever there was a breeze.
Near the borders OF Schuylkill county
a well-to-do farmer has his grave dug
and In the side near the bottom is an
opening four feet long and Two feet
wide-a sort NJ crypt. Al his death his.
iavorite bulldog Is to be killed and
buried in the crypt and his W CONN
Is then to be lowered by the side Of
his dog, lie never had a wife and says
his dog Is his best friend. He Is SD
well of and has sc much influence that
the church trustees will not refuse a
cemetery burial to the dog. An eccen-
trio old stage driver has his grave dug
and the bottom Of II so bricked that
the head Of the CONN will be two feet
higher than the foot. The old man
suffers from asthma and cannot lie
down to sleep, but has to be reclining.
He wants u have his head elevated
ever In death.-New York Sun, -,