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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
QUOTATIONS RESUMED.
Telegraph Companies Furnish Prices
to Board of Trade.

Chicago, April Is. - After several
months interruption, board of trade
quotations showing the price and
movements of the leading speculative
grains and hog products were sent out
by telegraph companies today. Where
desired the quotations are continuous,
but customers are bound to do their
utmost in keeping the figures from
bucket shops.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
TWO HUNDRED STRIKE.

Painters, PaperhahgerS and UecoratorS
Quit Work.
st. Paul, April 15.-About 200 mem
bers Of the st. Paul union of the Broth
erhood of Painters, Paperhangers and
Decorators struck today because of the
agreement offered the master painters
by the Journeymen's union Saturday
was not accepted. About one-third of
the masters have signed the agree
ment,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
PRIEST DIES.
Worked in New York and Vicinity for
Many Years.

Washington, April 15.-Monsignor
Joseph Mcmahon died at the Catholic
university today at the age of 64
years. He had been at the university
eight years, but had no official connec-
tion with the institution The greater
part of mis- life work had been done in
New York and vicinity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
GENERAL M'cLuRe DIES.
Passed Away in FIorida-Was Head Of
Publishing House.

Chicago. April 15.-A private tele-
gram announces the death today at St.
Augustine, Florida, of General A. G.
McClurg, mead of the publishing house
of A. G. McClurg and company.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
STRIKERS WIN.
Employees Force Employers to Recog-
nize the Union.

Shamokin, Pa, April 15-The Sham
okin Silk Mill company started up to-
Say after an idleness of six weeks,
caused by 800 employees being locked
out because they insisted on having
the union recognized. The company
notified the employees today that the
organization would be recognized.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
CASHIER ARRESTED.
Charged With Pocketing Funds-Bank
Fails to Open,

Vergennes, VT, April 15.-Cashier
d. III. Lewis, of the Farmers National
bank, of this city, was arrested today
on the charge of misappropriation OF
funds of the institution. The bank
failed to open for business this morn
ing
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
CARPENTERS LOCKED OUT.

Three Hundred Men Idle in Minneapo-
lis Today.
Minneapolis, April 15.-The lockout
of union carpenters by the Master
Builders association became effective
this morning. Three hundred men are
idle. The association has forty-four
members, all of whom are standing by
the agreement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
CREATED CARDINALS.

Preconized Cardinal.
Rome, April 15.-At the consistory
held today. after Archbishop Martinez
Ii, papal delegate in the United States,
was preconized cardinal, eleven other
cardinals were created.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
Broup ham on the Queens Word.

"The good and ameliOratiOn Of my
people, The King used the phrase
in his speech at st. James's Palace,
and one word is curiOusly reminiscent
of the scene in which the late Queen
used it at Kensington Palace in the
June of 1897. Queen Victoria spoke
Of the desire of King William Nv. to
promote the amcliOratiOn Of the laws
and institutions of the country" Gre
willie, who drew his knowledge from
Peel. says the speech was admired by
all but Brougham, who appeared eX-
cited, He said to Peel-a statesman
with whom he did not often communi-
cate That Is not
English You might perhaps say
'melioration,' but Improvement Is the
proper word.'
Then followed a strange scene of
petty pickering ooh! see no harm
in the word" said Peel, lit is general
~ used" Brougham retortcd, You
object to the sentiment, | object to
the grammar" NO" said Peel. Il
don't object to the sentiment" "Wcll,
then, she pledged herself to the policy
of our Government" said Brougham.
All this took place in the vicinity OF
the youthful Queen. Imagine Mr..
Balfour and Sir Henry Campbell Bar
herman pickering thus at the elbow of
King Edward VII. over Il pathological
lctail-evcn though there be sentiment
behind it!-I.OndOn Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27

at Is not to be Supposed says a
writer in London Sketch. that. be-
cause the King and Queen have entered
into the heritage of buckingham Pal
ace. they will readily leave Marlbor
ough House, to which dwelling they
have become so attached. Indeed. the
Queen is quite unwilling to cross the
park. Happily, the visit of the Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall and York to
the colonies gives an excuse for not
abandoning the old homestead and l
understand that. as ut present ar
ranged, Marlborough House will still
remain in the occupation of their Ma
jcstics, the while buckingham Palace
will he used for state ceremonies and
the entertainment of distinguished
foreign visitors. Marlborough House
is not m ideal palace, but it has the
advantage of being compact. On the
other hand. buckingham Palace is
such an RECONSTRUCTED pile that the
first king of the Belgians asked for n
guide TO it, until he was reminded by
Il familiar courticr that 1T was almost
us large aad quite as safe as His Ma
iesty's own dominlons.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
A PRINCESS OF HER PEOPLE.
The Philadelphia Jewess Who Was thu
Original of Rcbecc ca in ScOtts IvanliOc,

Original of RcbeCCa in SCOTS IvanhOc.
"No other Jewish woman, perhaps,
has been more admired by both Jew
and Gentle than Rcbecca Gratz, Of
Philadelphia, was in the drawing
room, the synagogue, and in the huns.
bic homes to which she ministcred,'
writes William Perrine, in the Ladies'
Home Journal. at was her unfailinG
habit to begin each morning with Il
ing the night, and to review the day
in her evening orison. Among the
women of the synagogue, in which she
would not tolerate the least departure
from the law and prcccpts, her judg-
mcnt was regarded by the faithful rs
hardly short Of inspiration. In her
philanthropy ana in her pursuit of edu-
cational Improvement Rebecca Gratz
knew no creed. She helped to found
IN asylum for orphans in which she
served with Christian colleagues. The
first Hebrew Sabbnth-school in Amer.
lea, of which she was long the head,
owed its origin to her, and into Il
sewing society, into Il system for dis
tributing fuel to the poor, and into
countless little tasks of charity, she
was foremost in gathering the ener-
gies of Jewish women. Thus 1t was
that in the streets of Philadelphia it
came to be the habit to point her out
as the good Jcwcss' not less often
than the beautiful Jrwcss.' 1t was
Rebecca Gratz who was the original
of the RcLecca of '1vanhoc,' the char
acter being drawn from the word pic
ture that washington Irving had
painted of the Philadelphia Jewess to
Sir Walter Scott"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
To NIpnsure Tho Wind.

An ingenious instrument has been
invented by Mr., II, NJ. Lowne OF Cat
ford whereby the velocity and direc-
tion OF the wind may be accurately
registered by means OF electricity, The
instrument is IN adaptation of vanc
ana thermometer combined and the rec.
ord Is automatically made on paper
ribbon the indicating instrument being
connected by electric wires with the
Nane and thermometer. The direction
o. the wind Is continuously shown by
n well defined single pencil line and
the changes to eight points on the
compass and their duration are also
recorded in the same way.
Another pencil line indicates tenths
of mile and miles OF velocity. and the
maximum velocity when il occurs can
also be seen at a glance. Mr. Lowne
claims that the apparatus. which he
has kept working for over Il year. is
most successful in every way and with
stands all changes of weather. Every
thing is perfectly automatic in action
and the battery power required is very
small. The records shown by means
Of Mr. lowne's instruments cannot, he
states, be obtained by means of any
other apparatus in existence.
Mr.. LOwne told newspaper repre-
sentative that it will be quite possible
to get, by means of his invention, ac-
curate records at a central station of
the direction and velocity of the wind
from any part of Great Britain by
means of electric wires connecting the
recording instrument with the vanes
and thermometers wherever they may
happen to be Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
Houtonnicrea In Paris.

Frenchmen have for several sea-
sons wavered in their allegiance TO
the boutonnierc. and tho really swell
Partisan did not adorn his coat lapel
with flower. Now bOutonnieres have
returned to favor. thanks to n popu'
lar grand duke who VT a marked
impress upon French fashions.
The grand duke had his unwrtten
law as regarded boutonnieres. and this
law Is followed IL Paris, Russian vlo'
lets are the thing for tho morning
coat, for breakfast and the drive in
the Bots. After luncheon swelldOm
breaks ont into decp red carnations,
and this flower bla2es until dinner
time, when the orchid comes into its
own.
A French writer. in commenting upon
the boutonnere revival. says that Par
ma violets are the only flowers con-
sidered appropriate for old gentlemen
at any hour of the day. BIT" he
added, "it Is az astonishing thing that
there seem to be no men IN Paris
who consider themselves old enough
to wear Parma violets, New York
Sun
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
Strange Mountain Tribe Discovered.

Strange Mountain Tribe Discovered.
A strange tribe has just been dis
covered in Bornco by DR.. a. w. Nicu-
wenhuis, the distinguished Dutch OK
1!orer. AS he was travelling through
The district OF Sarawak he heard from
his guides that at little distance
here was q mountain tribe which no
European or American had ever Wis
ted, and straightway he went thithcr.
and in a day or two found himself
1t the headquarters Of these unknown
lbOrignes. At once he saw that they
Uttered from all other natives of Bor-
ueo. and he spent some weeks in ac-
luainting himself with their curious
customs and also in studying their
country, which is entirely unknown
10 foreign travellers. In this way he
accumulated Il mass OF new material,
which he intends to give to the world
1t an early date in the form OF a
book.
This is the second journey which
Or. Nieuwenhuis has taken TO Cen
trail Borneo. He first went there in
1898 and explored the sources of the
Kapuas and Mahakkam rivers, after
which he returned to Europe. where
he at once obtained an appointment rs
Director of the Botanical Garden at
Buitenzorg In 1899 he went again to
Borneo. intending to thoroughly eX-
Dlorc the interior of the country, and
it is claimed that in this task he has
succeeded better than any previous
traveller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
IIay I.OZeICes.

Hay loZenges are the popular con-
fectionery among army horses in the
Philippines and South Africa. The
food, or rather the form of it. is a
Yankee invention. called into exist
ence by the circumstance of war in a
country lacking good roads. Hay put
up in the ordinary bale cannct be
transported on horseback. because Of
its weight and bulk. 1t is therefore
compressed by powerful machinery
into disks foot or Is inches in dia-
meter and two inches thick. The
disks are packed into rolls. like the
lozenges the train boys sell and hung
in sings from the horses back. one
on each side. A single lozense, when
broken up and opened out, makes a
meal for horse or mule. and will
cure him of that hungry feeling as
quickly as a managerial of fresh hay.
The compactness of the new bale
also means a great saving in freight.
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
RIGHT USE OF EDUCATION.
Why Success Often May he Attributed
Persistent Exertion.

Education, like any commodity, Is
of little or no value to the individual
unless put To It's proper use.
Many n young man thinks he has
finished his education when he grad.
yates from the school or college. He
never made n greater mistake. On the
contrary he has only just been taught
the elementary principles upon which
true education Is founded, for when
we speak Of school education we refer
TO that kind Of instruction which tends
to the development of general culture.
The education which Is Of the most
value to us can only be acquired from
the experience we receive in after life
or in the vocation to which we have
been called. be ii that Of n business or
professional life. We have seen the
farce Of this, for some Of our most sue
cessful men have been those whose
early educational advantages were
few IL any. and their success may be
attributed to their own persistent eX-
ertion. am not Understanding the
value of n college education. In the
above illustration the point l want to
convey is that after receiving 1t what
use do we make of It.
There is saying that 'evcry man
builds his own monument This is
certainly true, but the building OF that
monument depends greatly upon the
material we use. Much OF the mate
rial which men use is so full Of selfish
ness ana pride that there Is no stabil-
ity in it, ana as soon as we examine
the structure it falls to pieces before
us. The man who puts into his mate
rial such moral qualities as self denial,
charity and patience, the longer we
look at that monument the better we
become.
We need to refine and educate our
selves in order to become character
builders and useful members of So
cicty. Education also enables us to
grasp opportunities. Mr. Samuel
Smiles. who has written "Sclf Help
says "men who are resolved to find
way for themselves will always find
opportunities enough, and IL they do
not lie ready at their hands they will
make them for themselves" 1t is the
opportunities in life that make us.
For example. We're it not for the War
for Independence Washington would
never have been able to exhibit his
powers as n great general, or his char
acter as a patriot. This example will
serve to illustrate many Of like ma
lure where men have become great by
being prepared to grasp the opporlu-
mites that come within their reach.
There are opportunities open to all,
aud no matter how humble our sphere
in life may be, if we but use the tai
pnts which we have to make the best
use of the education we possess.
1t is therefore not merely the school
or college education that make men
what they ought to be. but 1t Is
through self-denal, observation and
experience. May each one of us so use
the talents we have that when we bs-
come old we can look back over the
past as having accomplished our own
work, and build for ourselves char
ncter that those whom we leave be-
hind may take our example from us
ard be benefited Observation-Disclosures
Wood
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
Gardens by Night.

AS most flowers are associated in
our minds with sunshine. it is quite Il
surprise to find few whose charms
are greatest at night with the pale
moonlight falling on them. Their I'M
usual fra GRANGE betrays them. and our
glance Is held by the large white
blossoms of the moon-nower vines,
then strays to the low but equally
fragrant night.scented stock. The
evening primroseS and the nicotiana
attract our attention as well. BY day
the garden is laden with the sweet
ness of the dianthus. sweet-woodrufi,
w.ll-flowers, sweet scafioso, and roses !;
so that no matter how small the gar
den, at all times there are fragrance
and bloom. Some prefer to enclose
their gardens either by hedges of
hollyhOcks or by training vines on
Interchangeable and swcet-pease
are admirably suited for this. An I'M
usual but beautiful hedge is formed
by the foliage of the prickly poppy
lIarpers Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
WHY THE BOILER BURSTS.
Scientific Explanation OF Some Phenom-
cnR of the Kitchen,

When you hear the kitchen boiler
cracking there Is no cause fOY alarm,
There Is Il prevailing impression that
the cracking is produced by steam
and that there Is, therefore, IN In.
creased pressure on the boiler ut
such times But this IN an error. If
the boiler Is in good condition. with
the water turned on as usual so that
the boiler Is kent filled. the only pres.
sure that II is subjected to is the
same as that in the water pines from
which of course, there never is the
slightest danger And this is true, no
matter how hot the water in the boil
err may be.
The reason is very simple. As long
as the boiler is kept full Of water
there is no room for steam. If You
open the hotwater cock the water
pours out and steam rises from it be-
cause 1t then has n chance ~ escape
into the air. In Other words. rapid
evaporation takes place. But as the
hot water pours out water from the
pipes ushes in to take its place. and
thus the boiler is kept full.
The cracking noise referred to is
heard when the water is unusually
hot, and Is nothing but the cXpan-
sion of the boiler under the influence
of that heat. II is in no degree an in.
dication of danger, unless. indeed. the
boiler is worn out O" defective. which
Is matter entirely outside OF what
we are now considering.
When kitchen boiler cXplodes It
is generally because a fire has been
kindlel in the range while the boiler
was empty. 1t happens sometimes
when people come back to town after
spending the summer away. The fire
heats the boiler. Of course. and when
the water Is turned on it Is converted
suddenly and violently into steam.
and the boiler cannot stand the enor-
nous pressure. Fortunately. few
persons are thoughtless or silly
enough to build fire before opening
the cocks connecting the boiler with
the water pipes.-Chicago Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
DR.. David Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. Y.

in the rain Oh. that Is 80 funny.
What! are you going IN here? Oh, good
morning"
stitcd my laughter and strolled
into the club. The first one | saw
was old HOLSTER, Il jolly, genial man,
quite capable of approaching II Joke,
unless. indeed, he had fallen Il victim
TO the epidemic of stupidity that
seemed to be making itself known
everywhere.
"Hollistcr, old boy" said l, there's
the latest: For street Wear nothing
Is more improper than rainyday
skirt How's that!"
"Ila, ha" roarcd IIollister. "Grcat!
Capital! Ohio, that's funny! must tell
Baggs. | say, Bnggs, listen to this:
For street wear there isn't anything
SO improper rs II rainyday dress
81 don't see anything funny in that
observed Baggs, without showing
much interest.
"Of course you don't, of course you
don't" cried HOLSTER. That's just
it: YOU have no sense of humOr. That
jokes Il test of a mans sense of hui
NOR, Il real humoronctcr, like the man
who rubbed lettuce on his hair and
said he thought il was spinach. Oh,
Abbott, you're u wit, true wit, and
no miStakc.'
turned YEARLY away, and began
to wonder whether my joke was real
ly no good. or whether it was simply
too subtle for any one to whom ! had
MS yet submitted it. On my way
home | met Smith. Now, Smith is a
freak and crank and some people
think he's almost an idiot, but in
sheer despair l told the joke to him.
FLUSH" he said, lifting Il warning
forclngcr and shaking it in my face
"hush. Breathe it not aloud, the wild
winds must not hear 1t. It's great, old
man. it's fine, but you shouldn't have
told it, even to me. until you'd sold it.
Here's my rule for jokes:
always sell 'cm
Before you tell en-;
For if you tell EN-
Before you sell EN-.
To whom you tell EN-
w III run ana Sci en-.
l left Smith, laughing ut his funny,
cautious notions, but glad that l had
at last found one who really apprcci-
ntcd the greatness Of my joke, aud
by the peculiar twinkle in his eye l
knew that he had really done so.
That evening l went over to DDrO-
thy's, as usual. On the vcranda sat
Il merry crowd of young people, and,
as l arrived, Dorothy called out:
"Oh, Jack, is that you? Come here,
quick; want to tell you the best
joke you ever heard. It's the very
latest. Mr.. Harper just told it TO me,
and Mr.. Ferris told it to him. Oh,
Mr.. Ferris is so clever. Listen: For
rainy day wear. nothing is more i'm
proper than Il short skirt. Isn't that
funny? Why, how blank you look! |
don't believe you see the point at all.
Nothing is more improper. See?
Wouldn't it be? / think tie whole
joke is slightly improper, but it's so
good that | can't help telling it."
| managed to manufacture a hearty
laugh for the occasion, but registered
Il secret resolve that hereafter l would
be guided by Smiths rule for jokes
Carolyn Wells, in the Century Maya
zine. .... -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
Holland Built the First Ironclid.

The first ironclad, according to rec
ords recently discovered, was not the
Mcrrimac, bur Il ship built in the six
tccnth century, when the Dutch We're
fighting for their independence with
Spain. The burghers of Antwerp built
this first ironclad, which was protect
ed by heavy iron plates nailed to its
sides. On the masts were roomy plat
forms for sharpshooters. With this
terrible vessel the burghers hoped to
break the blockade-hoped it so conf
IDENTIFY that they called the ship Fins
Bell, the end of the war; But 1t
proved unmanagcable, and shortly af-
ter being LAUGHED ran aground on a
sand bar. and was then called Perditae
ExpcnsaC. which means thrown
away money Soon after that the
Spaniards won decisive victory,
dragged OH the maritime monster and
renamed it Finis Belli. for the war
was then indeed ended. London Daily
Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27

i Is passed OF painlessly, without danger.
Therefore, Calcura Solvent, the full name
of this greatest medical discovery of the
age, exactly defines what the medicine
does and how it does it. II goes TO the
cause of disease, removes it, and the cure is
lasting. At the same time it tones up the
whole system, regulates the bowels, puri-
es and enriches the blood, and strengthens
the nerves. All this j. necessary, for n
serious disease sf one great vital organ al
ways involves others. Calcura Solvent was
discovered in 1898 by that veteran ply
stefan and surgeon, DR.. David Kennedy It
has cured thousands. Kidney disease af-
iicts in many ways. Do not fritter away
time trying TO cure symptoms while tho
great cause is sapping away your life. CAL
cura Solvent is for sale ut all druggists at
~ bottle.
FREE AT YOUR HOME!
In order that you may prove the wonder
full power of the new medicine, Cacuu
Solvent a free trial bottle will be mailed to
my one sending their name and address to
DR.. David Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kings
ton, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
WHY CAl-CURA?
= Word Coming into Every Day Uso All
Over the Land.

Why should an article in popular de-
man be called Calcura, when the word is
50 narl to remember! This question is
often asked. Reflect moment. Cllcura
! the word usel by doctors to designate
stones in the Kidneys and Bladder, calculi
b ing tho latin word for stones. The first
syllable of Calcurl il, therefore, derived
from AMI suggestive of Calculi. Curl, of
course, suggests cure There you have. it.
Cal-cura, n cure flr ones in the bladder
or Kidneys. How does Cal-cua cure? The
surgeon can cure by the use of the knit,
that is, if he doesn't kill Somo remedies
may cure by expelling the stones from the
kidneys or bladder painfully, harshly,
dangerously. Calcura does not do this. 1t
slowly dissolves the foreign matter, so that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
FAREWELL, REMORSE.

Farewell Remolse Why should I heap
Ashes upon my head, and weep
Vain tears, with only thee rs guest
Within these halls where Beauty, Jest,
And Song their court were wont to keep,
Where oft with rosy feet did creep
The dawn while rcvels banshed sleep?
Now get thee hencc-I fain would rest.
Farewell, Remorse?
No? Well, though Pleasures path be
steep,
And swollen at its foot rolls deep
The stream of Death, the way is hlcst
With flowers: and gladly the quest
Renew, and hold thy warnings cheap.
Farewell. Remorsel
Edith j. Ilulburt, in Harpers Magazine