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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

When the public health and the pri-
waite pocketbook run counter of each
other, the dear people had better be
looking after their health, for private
greed, unchecked, would kill off whole
communities If it could make a dollar
a head doing it. The adulteration of
food products is a big enough question
to Justify the serious attention and
radical action of the United States
congress. Because the fools will buy
and eat adulterated foods it is still no
reason why the rascals should be al
lowed to sell them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10
LIST OF LETTERS.
Remaining urcaIIed for ottumwa.
la, Week Ending Sept. 2s, 1901.

woMEN's LIST. is
Brown Rose, AcMaster Lousette,
Ererly Ruby, Wilkerson Sarah, ~
Miller Maud, = Williams Polite
MEMS LIST.
Curry L. c., johnson Clarence,
Mcdaniel s.
Parties calling for above letters will
please state that they are advertised
A, w. Lee, p. NJ.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

1t will be out Of place and bad form
for the boarder to make any sighting
remark about the prunes on his bill of
, fare this winter, for prunes, with po-
tat0es, have passed into the list of lux
Mries,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

EA farmer in q western state conclud.
ed that he would raise a little less corn
and grow some Strawberries, so he set
Dut q four acre patch last year and
khis year sold $4,000 quarts from the
field, for which he received $1,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

We note that twenty-six hogs raised
in Kansas on alfalfa and just topped
off with little corn sold recently for
$25 per head. There are great posi-
biliies connected with hogs and all
faIfa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Fit seems that King Corn Phillips
comes out Of his assignment deal in no
sort Of shape to go on with his corn
growers combine, whereby the price OF
this cereal was to be permanently; rails
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

a farmer coming into the house at
evening picked up his year old baby,
when the house cat Jumped up in his
lap beside the child. Taking one Of the
baby's hands in his. he stroked pussy's
fur the wrong way, SO charging the
child with electricity that when the
mother took hold Of the child it dropped
over insensible and apparently dead.
The aid of doctor was required to re-
store the child to consciousness. 1t is
far better to let the baby pull the cats
tail than stroke her back.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

The. stubble fields where the chinch
bug or any other insect pest has been
very Troublesome should be burned
over when dry enough to destroy any
eggs they may have left there or that
may intend winterng there. Then let
the weeds get good start on the burn
ed land. but not go to seed, and pillow
them in. Most weeds can then be kept
down by narrowing about once in two
weeks, but we would prefer to put on
some crop to remain the winter and be
plowed under to furnish vegetable mat
ter for another season. This will pre-.
+ vent loss by washing or by the mineral
matter ieacslng down into thc soil.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

ksAn Investigation shows that there
are but six varieties of the timber
growing in the Philippine Islands of
any value FOE export purposes as cab
dnet woods.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Dry seasons have one thing to their
credit, and that the superior quality Of
all farm products grown and saved.
The entire hay crop of the central west
was saved this year bright and fra
grant and entirely unchanged by rain,
no insignificant item when in some sea-
sons it is more than half spoiled.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

A green, raw country boy, the son of
German parents, who lived on farm,
was given at the age Of twenty-one
team Of horses and a wagon and $4,000
In cash to start him in life. We met
this young man five years later, the
other day, and he told us that he owned
Ito acres Of fine land for which he had
refused $50 per acre and $1,000 worth
Of personal property and owed only
$4,000, AL told. which debt he would
wipe out this year. When this can be
done, tits folly to say that the day of
opportunity is past for the American
boy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

sstE pou1tryman who lives in city
tells US that It costs him rs cents to
Keep a hen in town for one year, where
he has to buy all the food consumed by
her -, q.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

As 1t looks to us, what with Uncle
Sam taking liz a revenue of $4,000 a
month from the makers of adulterated
and bogus butter and engineering a
first class lottery scheme in direct vio-
lation Of the law which he has made
for the government of his big family,
1t would seem that he needs the serv-
Ices of an evangelist, for he certainly
is in no shape for the undertaken.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Porto Rico produces the best tobacco,
coffee, sugar, oranges and pineapples
in the world, which fact gives this lit
tie island as a part Of the Union a
most important place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

In the old days when whisky could
be bought for rs cents salion first
class row could be started ut barn
raising or q caucus for less than a
dime; but this is beaten by the present
cheapness of wine in France, where a
gallon sells for less than / cent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Try some forage crop on the small
grain stubble. Plow the ground as
soon as harvest is completed. Sowed
corn, millet, cowpeas, turnips, give ex-
cellent satisfaction if there is sufficient
moisture to start them. Pastures will
be short in many places, and unless
supplemental crops are grown much
stock will have to be disposed Of be-
fore cold weather. Don't permit this.
Farm animals will be profitable next
year, -
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

If you borrow a tool of any kind
from your neighbor, be man enough to
see that it is promptly returned when
done with it and in as good shape as
when you got it. 1t wears on IL mans
piety to lend sharp scythe and get it
lick with the edge destroyed by i'm
proper whetting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Forty-three million Russians living
in the interior provinces of that coun-
try are on the verge Of starvation ow-
ing to continued drought and crop fall
Vres.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

The greatest foe to a we'll stocked
tool chest on the farm is the propensity
of improvident and careless neighbors
to borrow and never return, An oblig-
Ing disposition is doubly valuable in a
rural community where stores are dis
tant and ready money scarce, but the
farmer who would not see his stock of
tools reduced to the vanishing point
would do well to follow Shakespeare's
adyice-"Neither a borrower nor q
lender be-"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

4 Improved methods of handling fax
Aber result In eastern buyers taking
the whole crop from the farmer, seed
and fiber unthrashed, they baling it
and shipping it to the mills in the
east. The price paid per acre was $22.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

Common prairie hay ,baled is selling
for about $40 per ton in nearly all
western cities and scarce at that, In
, northern Minnesota are hundreds Of
thousands of tons of this sort Of, hay
to be had for the cutting. and lot Of
men are now busy cutting this hay,
baling and shipping it and arc making
good money out OF their speculation!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

s 1t has been proved possible thing to
make millionaire out of just COM
mon, everyday farmer engaged solely
in tilling the soil and producing crops
and stock. Missouri has one and Hi
nois two or three such agricultural
plutecrats.
The courier., 1901-04-06
THE COURIER.

is attached to the lace belt ia series of
fine little tuckings on the hips. The
deep fiounce is laid in side pleats. where
it is joined to the skirt at the knee by
the wheel design insertion in black
Chantilly. This wheel-design insertion
is seen on a large number OF inn
ported gowns. The demand for it is 30
great il has created a corner in the mar.
ket.
Doucet's most popular model is done
in blue nuns yelling. The skirt is laid
in very tiny tucks. The deep fioupce
has strappings Of blue foulard with en-
broidered white polka dots. Three clus-
ters of these polka dotted foulard strap
pings are on the fiounce. in three. five
and six rows. The strappings are very
new, being cut from the foulard and
put on. The belt is OF the nuns yelling
and unlined Four-inch bones, back
and front, keep it in place. Two rows
of polka-dotted foulard strappings fin
ish it. The skirt is particularly good.
The bodice is rather too fussy to appeal
to the Modieh. Such as it is-here it is:
The front forms a short bolero OF the
plain nuns yelling laid in horizontal
tucks. A full jabot of white lace forms
the front. From the shoulders come
two scarf ends of blue yelling edged
with the polka-dotted foulard. The
scarf is knotted loosely over the bust.
The bodice closes in the back. The
lower part ia OF tucked nuns yelling, the
upper Of tucked ioulard. A narrow
collar of gray insertion and lace finishes
the neck. The sleeves are done in the
yelling laid in perpendicular tucks.
They end just below the elbow, and
flare, Icing edged with two inch band
of the foulard. The undersleeve lie of
the blue yelling laid in tiny perpendicu
lar tucks. The cuff is tight at the
wrist and done in polka-dotted foulard
and gray insertion.-Town Topics.
The courier., 1901-04-06
First Pub. Mar. 3d.
Notice of Final Repoft-E 1873.

County court OF Lancaster county, Nebraska.
In re estate OF John Schernikau. deceased.
The state OF Nebraska, to the widow chill
dren heirs at law or next of kin and all other
persons interested in the estate OF John Scher-
nikau. deceased.
Take notice, that Maria Schernikau has hleo
final report Of her acts and doings as adminis-
tratrix of said estate and that said matter has
been set for hearing on April Is 1901, before said
county court, at the hour Of 10 o'clock A. NJ, al
which time any person interested may appear
and contest the same; and notice OF TINS
proceeding is ordered published for three
weeks consecutively in The Courier of Lincoln
Dated March y, 1901.
tsEAI.l FRANK r. WATERS,
County Judge.
BY WALTER A, LEEsB,
Clerk County Court.
The courier., 1901-04-06
A Great Newspaper. .

The Sunday edition of the st. Louis
Republic is marvel OF modern news
paper enterprise. The organization Of
it's news service is worldwide. complete
in every department; in fact, superior to
that Of any other newspaper.
The magazine section is illustrated in
daintily tinted colors and splendid half
tone pictures. This section contains
more high-class literary matter than
any Of the monthly magazines. The
fashions illustrated in natural colors are
especially valuable to the ladies.
The colored comic section is genuine
laugh-maker. The funny cartoons are
by the best artists. The humorous
stories are high-class. by authors of ma.
tional reputation.
Sheet music, high class, popular
The courier., 1901-04-06
First Pub. March. 1914.
Notice to c Creditors.-E 1924.

County court of Lancaster county. Nebraska,
I'm ne estate Of William II. Botterill. deceased.
Creditors of said estate will take notice
that the time limited for presentation OF claims
against said estate is Oct. 10 ly0l, ana Tor tne
payment OF debts is April l5 1902; that i will
Sit at the county court room in said county, on
July rs. 1901 and on Oct. Is 1901, TO receive ex-
anime adjust and allow all claims duly filed
Published weekly four times in The Courier
Dated March f3, 1901.
1sEAI1 FRANK X. WATERS,
County Judge.
BY WALTER A. LEEsE, Clerk.
The courier., 1901-04-06
FOR EASTER.

If life were ended in the grave,
What would the masses say?
Would they think It worth the living,
Would they accept it, pray?
Nay, on their own volition
They would not toueh the shore
Where nothing but uncertainties
Were theirs, and nothing more.
Where, at last, oblivion
Would end their mortal life
Which oft is spent in sorrow,
Anguish, pain, and strife.
No forward looking to that land
Qpeace and perfect joy.
Where Death can not enter
And cherished plans destroy.
Were it not that our ris'n Lord
For Us had conquered Death
Here, without hope, we all should live
And draw our fleeting breath.
So on this glorious Easter morn
LIT up your hearts in praise,
We know the loud Archangel's trump
The sleeping Dead will raise.
S E. A.
The courier., 1901-04-06

of Dublin, in Ireland, has complied with the
insurance law Of this state, applicable to such
companies and is therefore authorized to con
tinue the business of fire and lightning insur-
ance in this state for the current year ending
January 3lst 1902
Witnes: my hand aud the seal of the auditor
of public accounts. the day and year first above
written. CHARLES WESTON,
IsEAL.l Auditor of Public Accounts
BY II. 4. BABCoCK, Deputy.
The courier., 1901-04-06
First Pub. March :.s.--5
Masters Sale.

Docket at No. SIS.
In the circuit court Of the United states, for
the district of Nebraska.
Flayel c. Merriam complainant, VS.. Landy c.
Clark, ct al, defendants.-ln Chancery.
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE.
Public notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance and by virture of a decree entered In the
above cause on the eighth day OF June, 1900, l.
Samuel s. Curtis. master in chancery OF the
circuit court Of the United States, for the dis
trict Of Nebraska, will, on the twenty-thlrd day
OF April. 1901. at the hour of eleven o'clock in
the forenoon OF said day at the front door OF
the Lancaster county court house building, In
the CITY Of Lincoln, Lancaster county, state and
district of Nebraska, sell at auction, for cash,
the following described property. to-wit:
Lot number fifteen ti5) in block number
twenty-seven (27 Of kinney's % Street Ad-
dtion TO the city of Lincoln Nebraska located
ON the southwest quarter of The southeast
quarter (s.-w. a of the Sc. = of section twen-
tv-four "A in township ten tl0), north of range
SIX f6) east of the sixth p. NJ. in the county Of
Lancaster and state of Nebraska.
SAMUEL =. CURTIS, Master in Chancery.
FRANCIS A. BRoGAN,
Solicitor for Complainant.
The courier., 1901-04-06

song. is furnished free every Sunday in
The Republic.
The price Of the Sunday Republic by
mail one year is 500. For sale by all
news dealers.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
Bigamy Common in Italy.

For many years the conflict between church and state has rendered bigamy in Italy not only possible, but also easy and not punishable by law. AS the marriage laws now stand only the civil ceremony is legal, but as the church up to the present has refused to recognize this law the priest has daily performed the marriage service and given the blessing of the church without the civil ceremony. The con sequence is that a man so inclined mar ries one wife at the city hall and an other before the priest. Such a state of affairs Is so gross a scandal that many projects have been brought be- fore the house to make the civil ser vice before the religious compulsory, with heavy punishment to any priest breaking this law However, the effort has always been useless, as either from personal religious sentiment or for fear of offending their devout supporters the deputies have even refused to sup port the bill. This has produced the present absurd stiua ton. It is an- -nounced that the holy see. to prevent a man from having two wives, has rec commended the parish priests to inquire we'll into the circumstances and in or dinary cases strongly to advise the cou- pie first to go through the civil mar riage, to be followed on the same day, if possible, by the religious one.-Rome letter to Pail Mall Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
Rats Like Sweet Potatoes.

A veteran provision dealer is author ity for the statement that nothing will draw rats like sweet potatoes. They seem to be able to smell this toothsome vegetable from afar and will come in droves wherever sweet potatoes are stored. In proof of his assertion this dealer said that he never kept potatoes in his cellar with other vegetables, but placed them up in dry loft. Having q large cold storage chest in his cellar he had previously tried the experiment of placing a basket of Sweet potatoes in side, and although the rats could not puncture the walls they did gnaw the woodwork ofthe chest. trying to get at the tubers.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
No Kexn to White House.

Tn these modern days the front door of the White House is not locked at night. Practically no doors are locked. and if the steward should look around for keys he would probably not find half of those formerly in use. Big po- Hcemen are about the only doors at the executive mansion. They guard the main doors at all hours of day and night, and there js-no need to close and lock the inner doors. Before President LincoIns time policemen were rare at the presidents home, and when all the clerks and servants had gone home at night the housekeeper went around and carefully locked all the doors ins. side and outside except to rooms occu- pied by those going in and coming out.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
ENGLISHWOMAN IS FIRM.
Eats What She Likes an the Waiter
 Cajoles in Vain.

Eats What She Likes an the Waiter
 Cajoles in Vain.
 A French author ha1 conversation with one of the walters at restau- rant in the Paris exposition who de clared that English ladies were the only really independent women in the world. "An English lady," he said, twill only do what she likes: she will only eat what suits her; nothing can persuade her to alter her programme. If one proposes a dish to her she says No in a tone that excludes all discus sion. She has arranged her menu be- forehand; it is to be cheap and suf- ficient, and from that rule she never desists. Generally she takes only a slice of meat, to which she adds some savory cOndiment which, of course, is furnished gratis. If, after consuming her slice of meat, she still feels hungry, she simply orders another, which is conscientiously eaten without remark ing the sarcastic glances of the ladies and gentleman around her. They may smile if they like; she takes no notice.
 On the other hand, Parisienne is easily led to eat the worst dishes on the menu, if the waiter mentions them in tone of conviction as to what a fine lady should eat, says the New York Commercial Advertiser, When she has gone through four courses in that way the waiter asks in a certain tone What does madame please to take next? She then allows herself to be persuaded to try this fifth course, which she hardly touches, vexed that the waiter has led her to order more than her means or appetite can afford, but too weak to refuse, if she desires to seem aristOcratic. In the end, the Parisienne will pay 20 francs without having really satisfied her hunger, while the ,Englishwoman, whose bill comes to barely 6 francs, is perfectly contented and refreshed"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
PUNISHMENT OF THE PAINTINGS
They Violated Editor Storey's Cast
 Iron Rule, and Were Hanged.

They Violated Editor Storey's Cast
 Iron Rule, and Were Hanged.
 "When we came to Chicago to live. i just after the fire" said a woman who formerly lived in ANeMYork, we fur. nished the house with all that was nee essary to make it attractive. One win ter my husband bought number of paintings, and after they had been placed properly We invited clever young woman to come in and see the collection. don't mind telling you that she wrote for MT. Storey,s news paper, the Times. She understood art. She had been reared in Boston and. she had studied abroad. .e
 "When the article on our collection appeared what was our horror to read that each picture described had been hanged by man who made a spe- cialty of putting up paintings. My husband was leased into a fit of neu- calgia the next day by his Chicago ac- quaintances, who expressed their re gret that all his paintings had been executed. Of course the women heard of it, and there was giggle for blocks.
 'I called upon the young woman from Boston and asked how she had made such blunder. She was in an agon- ized frame. of mind and protested that she didn't write it hanged was sure she didn't. Then came the eXplana- tion. A few weeks before there had been an execution in the Chicago jail. and MT. Storey's reporters wrote that the man was hung MT. Storey was furious, and issued an order, so heard, that henceforth editors, reporters, copy readers, printers and proofrearers must write and set up and read hanged for hung The rule was in, flexible. The young woman who wrote of our collection used the word hung throughout her article and MT. Storey's rule was enforced. But as long as we lived in Chicago we were always known as that New York family who had their paintings executed"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20

When a man carries pistol con stantly, slipping it into his pocket ev- cry morning and taking it out at night, feeling it's constant pressure against his person, these things tend to famiI- iarize his mind with the idea of killing and lowers his conception of the sa- credness of human life. What does a man carry pistol for? To shoot some other man with. The miserable thing Is made expressly to kill human be- ings. It has no other earthly purpose. What a hardening effect it must have, then, upon tile conscience and heart of a man who carries it constantly in his pocket and lives in daily contact with 1t and with the idea it constantly sug- gests to his mind! Let us warn young men and old ones not to carry pistols, and then you will avoid doing a rash act-Marietta (Ga) Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-20
The AhuS6d Mule.

The wickedness of mules is stand ing joke, and you are always hearing them abused. Ever see team of mules run away? Almost every day you see a family horse running away, usually with screaming women and children in the buggy, but did you ever see a mule run away? Did you ever personally know a mule to kicE any one? The fact is. the mule works hard on light feed and gets nothing but abuse.- AtcbiSon Globe.