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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

ORIGINAL NOTICE. Rhoda A McCarty,
" plaintiff, vs. John W. McCarty, defendant
In the district court of the state of Iowa, in
d. 1900.
To John .Mccarty: You are hereby no.
titled that the petition of plaintiff in the above
entitled cause is file in the office of the
clerk of the dist riot conrt of the state OF Iowa,
in and for Wapello county asking to be divorc-
ed from you and alleging grounds therefor,
than two years, and also cruel and infuman
treatment; asks custody of her two children
Ray and Hiram McCarty. See petition on file
fend before noon of the second day of the ext
term, being the October term of the said court,
which shall commence at Ottumwa, on the goth
day of October, 1900, default will be entered
against you and decree granted as prayed
Dated Sept. 81, 1900.
A. w. ENocH
A Co.. ia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

may forget their manners and hurl at
him the javelins whose tips may be
dripping with the identical poison
which so wounded the heart and the
soul of the man, after whom the Pop
ulist of Nebraska now delights to
quote.
OF all absurdities the most brazen
is that of Bryan quoting Abraham Lin
coin.
Smith D. Fry.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

EXECUTRIX' NOTICE.-Notice is hereby
IA given to all persons interested, that on the
30th day of August, A. d. 1900, the undersign-
ed was appointed by the clerk of the district
court of Wape1lo county, Iowa, eXecutrix of
the estate of Jesse Rutherford, deceased, late
of said county All persons indebted to said
estate will make payment to the undersigned,
and those having claims against the same will
present. them, legally authenticated to said
court for allowance.
MARY RUTHERFORD,
Executrix.
Dated Aug 80, 1900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

Many of the employees in the state
house at Des Moines are troubled over
the prospect of losing their positions
when the new treasurer and secretary
of state take charge.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

George McElroy, aged 81, of Eldora,
who just died, lived under the admin
istration of all the presidents except
Washington and John Adams.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Clifford Calhoun, a coIored Man, in the
Tolls.
In,.o,,, IMal,,ocln,,n Ilnil1n

IoIlS.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Last night some one broke into the
sleeping apartments of H. M. Rhodes,
a colored man, who rooms at Gilberts
chop house, and stole suit of clothes,
a silver watch and So in silver. Mr..
Rhodes reported the matter to the po-
lice and Officer Andy Pitts was put on
the trail. He located the clothes in
Maloneys saloon on South Market
street, where Clifford Calhoun, a young
colored man who has been in police
court before. is said to have left them.
Calhoun was placed under arrest and
when brought to the station was
searched. The watch and money We're
not found. e~~- u.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL. REPORT,
~ In the matter of the estate of Della Lane,

deceased.
are hereby notified that there is now on file in
the Office of the clerk of the district conrt of
Wapello county, Iowa, the final report of Will
liam Stuber, administrator of the estate of De-
lila Lane, deceased, aud that said report will
come on for hearing on the second day of the
next term OF the district court of Wape11o
county, Iowa, to be begun and held at the court
house in Ottulpwa, Wape1lo county, Iowa, OH
the 10Th day of October, 1900, at which time
and place all persons interested may appear
approved, administrator discharged and his
bondsnen released. WILLIAM STUBER,
Administrations
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

The total receipts of the Jasper
county fair this year were $3,211.51.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
CHINESE MECHANICAL SKILL.
WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF INITIATIVE EX
CEIIENCE

a WONDERFUL. EXAMPLE OF INITIATIVE EX-
CELLENCE.
and originality of idea. the Heather Chinee GER
tainIy excels in initiative power, and is often
very much alive to the excellence of mechanical
devices that ne never saw before. In a recent
number of The American Machinist" ObeTlin
Smith affords an illustration of this fact.
A year or two ago Mr.. Smith sent Henry A.
Janvier to China to assist in the erection and
operation of coming plants for brass and silver
currency. One of the tools which Mr.. Janvier
took with him "micrometer caliper" made
by well known firm in the United States and
capable of detecting differences of a thousandth
of inch in the thickness of a piece of metal.
The superintendent of of the shops which
Mr.. Janvier established was named Wal, and he
proved a very intelligent fellow. During in
tervaI of about six weeks he borrowed the cal
iper almost daily. and rather tardy in re-
turning it.
Finally he exhibited to the American a repro
Suction of the instrument which was perfect ex-
Sept in respect. Certain tables of figures
3tamped into the steel by the Yankee maker of
the original were omitted from the copy, and in
their place were several Chinese characters.
The imitation had been made with the rudest Of
tools, but was a marvel of accuracy. Mr. Wal
proposed an exchange to Mr.. Janvier, and the
latter agreed 10 the proposition
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12

curves and Irregularities exacted by the super
stitious laws of Fung-Shui. The gates are never
opposite another. or else some OBSTRUCTION
IS placed in order to prevent the evil winds ana
upirits from making dash into the city ana
Carving everything in their destructive currents
Viewed from the walls Nanking looks like city
of goblns The characteristic scenes which
meet the eve at are the upturned roofs
of temples. palaces and mansions gay with
klue-green and yellow glazed tiles glttering
among the groves of trees and flowers with
which the city is dotted.
It is perplexing to decide the moot point
whether Nanking is not the fthlest city in the
empire For every other city in China is jealous
of its pre-eminence in offensiveness to the
senses The officials entrusted with public sani-
taton look upon their office lucrative and
exclusive monopoly. They defend their forbidden
ground inch by inch against the intrusion of
the citizens upon their preroSatives, and will
not allow any encrcachment of private initiative
on the premises of their business"
In contrast with the desolation hanging over
the greatest part OF the city, the quarters of the
wealthy classes present a scene of loVeliness
hardly matched in the world, for the Chinese are
the most skilled horticulturists in the world
The northeast corner of the town shows where
stood the Imperial palace of Hung Woo, burned
on the recapture of the city from the TAPPING
rebels in 1864.
But Of all the monuments of Nanking the
most worthy of attention is the Marking maui
rrleum which at any moment just now may be-
come again the central figure OF the Chinese
drama This mausoleum is reached from the
eastern city gate, and is situated at the FOOT
Of the Shung- Shan, or Bell Mounts, a treeless
range of hills to the northeast of Nanking, form
ing the Blue Dragon of the Fung-Shui of the
CITY The mausoleum was styled the Hiao-Ling.
1t contains the remains of the great Tai Tsu
the first Emperor of the Ming dynasty. 1t suf-
fered considerable during the TAPPING rebellion.
Emperor Muh Tsung, shedding crocodile tears
bn the monument issued a beautiful edict for its
restoration in 1864, but so far nothing has been
ICne The only part remaining still intact is the
avenue OF stone figures adornng the approach
10 the ruined ncUgO" I'm, once the largest and
most gorgeous in China. The statues are about
Twice life size, though the biggest animals,
namely the elephants and camels, are not quite
so large.
Nanking is the capital of the province OF
Kiang-Su This province occupies an area of
$4,000 square miles The population, according
10 the Chinese official data for 1882, is 20905.-
vi or a population of 410 to a square mile; a
proportion surpassed only by the provinces of
Foo-Kien and Hoo-Pe, which, however, are all
dependent on Nanking way another, as
ire all the greatest most populous and wealth
est provinces of China
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12

the ordinary, everyday logic Of other civiliza-
tions. Not only 90 the Chinese lack the syl-
logism, the laws of thought and the whole sys-
tenn of reasoning as built up by European
minds but they show in their daily life Il
strange lack of the power of induction. To this
lack may justly be ascribed the curiously unde-
veloped condition of their civilization They
have invented and discovered many things, but
have never been able to reason from facts to
general law. The remarkable contradictions in
the mental equipment of the Chinese offer a
fascinating field for observation. Their very IL
logicality deserves study at time like the
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
Dirk TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

present. when the Chinese character Is truly un-
der the microscope of our Western civilization.
Sir John Davis, the Chinese authority of half
a century ago, observed that the Chinese set
no value on abstract science, apart from some
obvious and immediate end of utility ana ne
goes on to remark that the state of sciences III
China is like their condition in Europe previous
to the adoption of the inductive methods OF
investigation. This is obviously true; the ChI-
nese civilization is the most extraordinary MKT
ure of culture and crudity that the world mas
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12

ever SEEN more recent authority, Professor
Isaac T. Headland. late of Peking University,
said to the writer: 1.-The Chinese are practical
people. They have plenty of practical ability,
but in sciences like logic physics. chemistry, the
science Of government. and on. they are
absolutely deficient. 1t may be said that the
Chinese are deficient in three things-reason
imagination and invention"
Yet without a developed science of govern
ment the Chinese possess great administrative
ability. Without a true power of invention they
were familiar centuries before Europe, with the
plough. the compass the use of gunpowier and
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
CHINESE FUNERAL HONORS.
MATERIAL OBJECTS THOUGHT TO BE
TRANSMITTED To THE OTHER WORLD
BY FIRE
BY FIRE

The Chinese believe that the souls of the de-
parted continue in conscious existence after
death and that their happiness or misery IS
caused by the location Of the grave and the
offerings made by their surviving relatives The
common faith is that in the other world tEe
spirits needs are essentially those experienced
in this life. The dead are supposed TO he wholly
dependent upon the living for food clothing and
money. Such articles are thought - be zen
dered invisible and transmitted 10 the other
world by means of fire. When man dies the
clothing which he wore during life is iTmedi-
ateIy burned so that he may not appear in the
other world as a beggar. without suitable ap-
pareL Great quantities of imitation money, COW
cred with tinfoil, are consumed in the fire.
with the object of bribinS the officials OF the
lower regions to release the soul from purSatory.
Paper houses. furniture. servants, everything 70
give dignity and standing to the deceasad2iare
purchased by the family for this piOUs holocaust
The important feature OF the funeral is pro
cessOn, in which the articles exhibited, fol
lowed by a bonfire in which all are burned. that
thus they may be changed into similar articles
Invisible to mortal yes. Usually the chief piece
Is something distinctive OF the dead. In the case
OF a captain this would be a paper ship. as
large as possible. In the case OF q general, +;
would be horse.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
THE INExPERIENCE OF YOUTH.

From The Philadelphia Press.
Look here. sirr'exclaimed the maiden lady
II want you to take back that parrot you sold
me. | find that it sWears very badly
well, madame replied the dealer, 'it's a
very young bird; it'll learn to swear more per-
feet when it's bit older"
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
GUARDING AGAINST 1T.

From The Chicago Times Herald
NO." said the man who wanted the meal 81
can't. I'm sorry, too. I'd like to do dis work
but I'm afraid"
What" the lady asked, ARE you afraid Off"
I'm afraid l might catch de habit. 1 never
did have much control of myself dat way"
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
CORRECT.
lapOliS Press.

From The Indianapolis Press.
What was the trouble between you and
Willie Jones, Tommy?'
"Aw, l called i'm a Boxer"
You shouldn't have done that You know he
is nothing of the kind"
"Aw, but he WIZ. Look at me face,'
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
NO LOGIC IN CHINA.
CHINESE METHODS OF THOUGHT AMAZ-
INGLY LACKING IN SCIENTIFIC
PRINCIPLES.

The task OF one who would write OF Chinese
logic is as simple as that of the author of the
famous essay on snakes in Ireland. There is no
logic, as a science, in China, and very little of
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
Coal Oil For Burns.

A girl Of IL years turned over q gal
Ion of boiling liquor on her leg and
foot. When the stocking was removed
the skin came with it, and the pain
vas intense. I tore off strip of an
old sheet, and having put nearly a
pound Of soda on the limb, wrapped
the sheet about it in such manner as
to exclude the air, bound it firmly,
saturated it we'll With coal OIL, and in
10 minutes she sat with her foot in a
chair and Joined in the other chill
'dren 8 play. In two days she was in
school, and in two monthe the limb
was we'll. A barefootcd hoy stepped
on fire and was almost in spasms with
the pain. l bound on soda aud coal
oil, and in less than 90 minutes he
was asleep and had no more pain. 1
know it is the best remedy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
Sam Jones Strong Point.

The Rev. Dr.. Frank Bristol, pastor
of the Metropolitan church, in Wash
ington, which is attended by Presi-
dent Mckinley, tells story which he
heard one evening while dining at the
White House with the president and
Bishop Gambler, of the Methodist
church, South. The party was talking
about revivalists and revivals, and the
case Of the well-known exhorter, Sam
Jones, was brought up.
sThe best Characterization of Sam
Jones preaching I ever heard" said
the bishop, "was that Of good color
ed brother in Virginia. lie had just
heard Sam Jones preach, and was
describing it to some Of his fellows.
!" 'Jist as long as Bre'r Jones sticks
to de Scripters, said the colored man,
he ain't no better preacher than eny
Nv de rist of us. But when he cuts
loose from the Soripters and jist let's
her sail, den he's de doggondest preach
er dat ever pounded pulpit.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
An Unique State.

Scarcely another State in the Union
has .ss remarkable and interesting a
his,"ry as Texas, in ore respect ss
least J: occupies unique position in
the history Of tte American States.
Since it's discovery six different gov
ernmsnts have at different times claim
ed its allegiance, and as many differ
ent flags have waved cyaz IL, those OF
France, Spain, Mexico, Independent
Texas, the United States aud the Con
fedcrate Slutcs.
The foundation Of Texas statehood
was not laid as a British colony, nor
under the grant or control Of the Brit
ish crown, as were those Of the origi.
nal thirteen States. It's first settle
ment dates back more than 200 years,
aud its firsto American colonis.s went
there ".3c7 terms anu conditions im-
posed bya foreign State, to whose
language, laws aud institutions they
were total strangers. There never
was, there never could be, any sympa-
thy between these first American col
onists and the Mexican government
under the old regime. Separated by
vast wiidernesses from the people Of
the United States, and unaided save
BY the individual efforts Of sympathiz-
ing brethren therein, these oolonists
declared their independence, establish
ed it with the sword, and for nine
years maintained stable republic.
Texas was neither purchased nor
conquered for the Union. Anuexa-
tion to the United States was accom-
plished through treaty made by
Texas representatives and ratified by
the free suffrage OF our citizens. No
other State in the Union has had such
a varied experience or sailed through
such stormy seas into the haven Of
peace and prosperity. --St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
An Election Bet.

He was bashful youth, and when
he tried to frame a proposal to the
girl Of his heart his tongue glued it.
self to the roof Of his mouth and re-
fused to be loosened.
One day they talked Of politics and
then political debts. His eyes sud.
denly frightened.
"Wh.what do yeu say he STAN
mered desperately, ''to making little
bet with me?''
GIVE no objection she sweetly
answered.
"Then," he went on, s'let's go
ahead and make bet. If Mckinley
is elected you wwill agree to IN marry
mel" He could go no further.
But she nobly came to his rescue.
'I'll make bet, too she softly
murmured. "If Bryan is elected you
will agree to marry me-.
There was brief silence. Then
2 queer smile struggled across the face
of the agitatcd youth. Another smile
lighted the countensnoe of the happy
maid.
'Why wait for the election re-
turns?" he chuckled.
why, indeed?' she echoed.
So they were married the next
week.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03

Large sun spots, astronomers say,
caused the extreme heat this summer,
end doctors declare nearly all the pros
trations were induced by Disorders Of
the stomach. Good ',ealth follows
good digestion. Aodol Dyspepsia
Cure a:gests what you eat. If you
have indigestion or dyspepsia it will
quickly relieve and permanently cure
you. Evsas' Pharmacy.
When you see agirl trying to
stere at you and look sad ut the same
time you may generally be sure some
man has told her she has such ssex-
pressive eyes,
You car spell it cough, ooff, caugh. (.
kaaff, kali, kough or kaugh, the RENE
dy TO quickly cure it is One Minute
Cough Cure. Evans Pharmacy.
Every woman tells more than she
knows and every man knows more
than he tells.
Take no other when you ask for De i.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. There are
poisonous counterfeits. DeWitt's is
the original Witch Hazel Salve, a safe
and certain cure 3or piles and skin dis.
eases. Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
No Public Love.Making.

To spoon or not to spoal,, that is the
question that bas been forced upon a
ralnitatins worid by Peru-not the
place where the bark comes from-but
city which is in the State of Illinois.
Peru, like all towns, villages and ham.
let's wheres0ever situated, boasts n
main street, upon which is conspicuous
the drug store, postofiice. miiliners
SHOP, oiiice OF the county paper and
the lone hotel, down on the corner
nearest the railroad station. The main
street 10 Peru is called Fourth street.
1t may seem strange, but there are
young people in Peru who nsed to go
out evenings, walk on the main street,
get acquainted and walk together.
This ext mt hath theiroffense, no more.
But, on the other hand, there are
older persons in Peru, staid and con-
servative citizens, who claim to have
been. ne they saeyy, embarrassed mutii
irritated by indiscriminate io7e-Inaik-
ing of the younger element on the
main street.
Hence the following ordinance just
passed by the city council:
"Whoevet shall in said city congre-
SasS On "a Upon any OF the streets in
the city of Peru for tho purpose of
conrting, making love 1r spooning or
carrying on courtship shall be guilty oi
misdemeanor and shall be fined not
less than SO nor more than 800 fol
each offense."
Mayor Hoerner. of Peru, said in re-
gard to the matter and the measure
III do not oppose courtship when it il
conducted in an orderly manner. But
when it is carried on indiscriminately
and in style offensive to the public ]
believe it, like all other nuisances
should be abated. The ordinance will
l think. bring about the desired result
Peru citizens will not be annoyed by
lovesick and sentimental persons ol
any other species Of sufft ring humanity
if it is in the power of myself and tho
council to prevent it."-New YorI
Erening Telegram.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
FARM LANDS

May just as we'll be sold during Spring
and Summer as in Fall and Winter. No
need to wait until crops are made and
marketed to "look around We have
large list of well-selected Farms, and
likely have just what you want. We are
also answering inquiries every day, and
If you have Farm Lands to sell we would
likely find the purchaser you are looking
for. We can, in most cases, easily adj
just any questions that may arise With
reference to rent FOR the year, or Interest
on purchase money or date of taking
posses sion, and like details. In some
cases, If early sale Is made. we can offer
great inducements in releasing rents to
purchaser.
12e acres, near Honea Path, up.to date
condition. Can be bought low now.
lGS acres, Fork, bottom price. 10 to
80 acres bottom-good condition.)
100 acres, Fork.
l25 acres, Fork.
2500 acres in Oconee. Eleven sottle-
ments. Already surveyed into six tracts.
Timber valuable.
The above are only few.
FRIEi..'5ON 81 SHIRLEY,
Peoples Eauh Building, Anderson, s. @.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
How Kipling Crushed 4 I

How Ixtpling Crushed a Bore.
l met q traveller who came from the
Cape aboard the steamer on which
Rudyard Kipling made the passage,
and he had some good stories to tell
of the author. Kipling way pestered
by flock of passengers who wished
to gush over him and hero worship
him. lass5
Kipling, you know, is not built that
way and puts up inlpatlently with
gush and hysteria. One forenoon Kin.
ling was walking the decla hand In
hand with his little daughter, when one
OF the gushers. seeing an opportunity
70 fatter the father and so MAKE
friends with the author, threw himself
IN the way OF the couple.
ID. Mr. ,Kipling." he gushe!, as
that your childT
Aipling grunted a noncommjttal
Yes" and tried to pass. But the Eel.
low was not done with him. Still
Standing In the, way, he exclaisred:
What a delightfully."- beautiful and
healthy child she isp'
Aipllng gazed n stony gaze at the
man., and saying, with great emphasis
on the personal prononn, 'Tm reason.
ably satisfied with her maze" he
shouldered past the bore and tramped
'h'-Saturday Evening Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
Abe's Opinion.

Long and earnestly they had argued
in the grocery about the way in which
the world would be destroyed, says
the Indianapolis Sun. For four long
weary hours these residents Of Saw.
vile had set forth their theories.
And finally they asked the opinion
of old Hartley, who, among them all,
had alone remained silent.
Taking his pipe from his lips FOR one
brief moment, he answered.:
st will probably be talked to
dea,h.''
Without a word the debaters led
the way to the cider barrel, Abe
bringing up the rear.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
LAND FOR SALE.

XNI l. offer for sale five acres of Land
w i'll the City of Of Anderson, being
part Of the Tract on which Mre. Mary
O'Donnell resides, bounded by Hampton
street. East Boundary street, Kennedy
street, and other Lands Of said Mrs
Mary O'Donnell.
It Is divided into half acre lots, and
has thirty.foot street running through
1t.
If not sold at private sale will be sold
Salesday in October. 1000.
See plat at Office Of Bonham & Watkins
and apply to tho undersigned for terms.
BONHAM & WATKINS,
QUATTLEBAUM e. COCHRAN,
Attorneys.
July 4, 1900 2 3m