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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
c. W. LEWIS DEAD.
Prominent Centerville Man Expires
Last Night of Appendicitis.

Last Night of Appendicitis.
Centerville, April 5.-Special.)-C.
w. Lewis, one of the most prominent
business men of this city, died at his
home here at II o'clock last night, OF
appendicitis. He had been i'll but a
week and his sudden demise comes as
a shock to the inhabitants, each one
of whom feel that they sustained al
most personal loss.
Mr.. Lewis owned extensive lumber
yards here, at Mystic, Jerome and
Seymour. He was also president and
financial hacker of the Centerville
telephone company and owned large
number of the coal mines at Mystic.
Mr.. Lewis was but 45 years of age,
just in the prime of life. He leaves
wife and four children to mourn his
untimely demise.
No arrangements have yet been
made for the funeral.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
WILL BUILD ROAD IN IOWA.
President Stickney Says Great West.
ern Will Tap Omaha and Sioux City.

Chicago, April 5.-President A. B.
Stickney, of the Chicago and Great
Western railway. confirms the report
that his road will build into Omaha
and Sioux City. An underwriting syn.
dictate has been formed to provide
eight million dollars to build 274 miles
of road. Surveys for the line to Orn-
aha were made some years ago. The
line will run from FIT. Dodge due south
west to Omaha, and from Clarion west
to Sioux City. The lines purchased
and to be constructed cover 1874 miles
making total addition to the system
of 40S miles.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
NEW SCALE FOR MINERS.
Indiana Coal Workers Obtain concss.
sions From Operators.

Terre Haute, Ind, April 5.--The
wages contract signed by the Indiana
operators and miners for the ensuing
year gives the miners an advance OF
pay from $2.10 to 1925 for one class or
inside day labor and from $2.2S to.
$3.50 for another class, and grants
recognition of their organization for
outside labor, such as engineers and
blacksmiths who had their own labor
organizations and wanted to be rec
ognized Independently.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09

An organization has been instituted
for men in MusserNille. to which only
church members are eligible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

The six-foot man, no matter how
self-composed he may be, is always
up in the air."-Indianapolis News.
Some bonds are worth more than
their face value, and some are worth
less. vaga-bonds are in the worth
less class.-Chicago Daily News.
In order to make home life inter-
esting, an Atchison woman is giving
q prize to her SOL who can guess
nearest what she puts in a certain
pie, says the Atchiscn Globe.
Gas Bills.-Campaign Manager
"Here's bill of $500 from one Of
your speechmakers during the cam
paign." Candidate-"very well, put
it into the drawer marked Gas
Bills. ohio State Journal.
Advice.-Ranter-'W getting up
an amateur theatrical society and
we're looking for good motto;
something appropriate, you know"
Banter-"What's the matter with
think twice before you act?' -
Philadelphia Press.
They Agreed.-"Mr. Carnegie is the
greatest and most sensible philan-
thropist the world ever knew" II
agree with you, sir. And now, may I
ask your business?" 81 am a book
seller. And your" 81 am maker of
hardwood book shelving. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Bertha-"I do hate that Mr.. Poller
always making remarks about
ones Dress" Edith-"You silly! He
said your gown was a perfect dream.
1 don't see why you should be mad
at that" Bertha-'I had been wear
ing that gown three days, and that
was the first time he noticed it,
Boston Transcript.
"Woe is me-" sighed the fair
maiden, who was being carried
leagues and leagues from her home
by the feudal knight. Il would that
whoa was me-" remarked the knights
coal black steed, for he was footsore.
The maiden failed to catch the re-
mark, and continued to tear her gold
en- hair, as was customary in such
cases.--Indianapolis News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25
A TOWN IN TWO STATES.
in Tennessee. the other
I'm Virginia.

A Washington dispatch to the Chi
rago Record says that a certain change
in the boundary line, as agreed be-
tween Virginia and Tennessee. has just
been ratified by congress. This re-
calls a good story. For years the town
of Bristol, in east Tennessee, has had
rhe unique distinction of being in two
states. There are two separate mu-
njcipal corporations, one under the
laws of Tennessee and the other un-
der the laws of Virginia. They are
known as Bristol, Tenn, and Bristol,
Va. The corporation of Bristol, Tenn,
extending to heeast curbing of Main
street, the principal business thor
oughfare of the twin cities. Both cor
porations wished to pave this street
that is, they considered it necessary
but how to go about to divide the ex-
pense attached was the question to
be considered.
The citys% Bristol, Tenn, did not
care to pay for paving the entire thor
"ughfare up to the sidewalk on the
Bristol (va.) side, while the corpora
zion of Bristol, Va, could not step
across the imaginary line and expend
city funds in Tennessee. This was
tangled proposition for the fathers
of the two cities. 1t was suggested
that the matter be taken to the legis-
lature and have the Tennessee general
assembly cede one-half of Main street
TO Virginia. The sister state was
tickled to death to accept the propo-
sition, as Gov. Tyler told Gov. McMillin
over the telephone the other day. The
Tennessee solons passed the bill. 1t
was engrossed and sent to the Virginia
general assembly. These lawmakers
accepted the gift, and then congress
was asked to ratify the action of the
two legislatures.
The result of the work is that the
boundary line between Virginia and
Tennessee is in the center of Main
street. There is now an electric street
car line on this thoroughfare, with one
rail in Tennessee and the other in vir-
ginia. Each state will collect one-half
of the taxes on the street railway
property. The car line runs along for
a mile and half in the two states.
Many interesting stories are told Of
complications in the past caused by
the boundary line.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25
IS IA AND STILL WORKS.
That IL the Account Given by Hes
NeighbOrs of Martina Celada,
Peruvian Woman.

Here is a case of longevity vouched
for by Ell MORO, of africa, city il:
one of the Peruvian provinces held
for ransom by Chilli:
In the valley of Codpa, in the same
province, it says that there is q
woman named Martina Celada, who
is la years old and to this day works
in the fields. According to her many
relatives living in africa she was born
in 1857, and has seen most of the
noted men of the South American
wars of independence.
This old woman has seen three CEN
turtles, the eighteenth, the nineteenth
and the dawn of the twentieth. She
was twice married, the first time at
the age of 40, and the second when
she was 60. Her sons and daughters
are all dead; some of her grandchil-
dren are living, and she has great
grandchildren and greet-great-grand-
children. Two of the last generation
are of manageable age, so the old
lady may yet live to see her fifth gen.
GRAFTON.
The old woman has some means,
but she does not want to enjoy them,
because she says it is not yet time.
She wants to live as she does in or
der to entertain all that come to her
house.
Dona Martina is somewhat blind,
for something like film of flesh COW
ers her eyes; she has completely lost
her hearing; and her power to think
went shortly after her. sight. But
she can still walk very well through
the fields she cultivates, and as late
as 1899 she was known to climb up a
fig tree to gather the fruit.
1t may be said in passing that such
stories Of great old age are not very
uncommon in Peru, where the ia
cility for gaining living and the
equable climate seem to conduce to
longevity. 1t is very common thing
to see Indians (cholos) who are said
to be as old as 100 years or more,
doing their daily work with the ease
OF a young man and carrying their
years as lightly as in the days OF
their youth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

An extraordinary ceremony WIS
performed in Cape Town a few weeks
ago. A lion tanner had been giving
ar exhibition for several days, and
one evening he informed the audience
that he had just become a father
and he intended to baptize the in.
FAINT on the following day in the
lions cage. Those who heard him
thought he was joking, but when
they reached the exhibition hall the
next evening they found that he was
in dead earnest.
In the cage he stood, surrounded
by his assistants, and near him were
seated three yomen-his wife, on.
of her friends and the godmother of
the infant. To the left of them stood
the clergyman, holding the baby in
his arms, and behind him was q Qi-
gantic African named Leo, who was
to act as godfather on the occasion.
Facing this fearless group were two
huge lions, whose every action
showed that they were immeasure-
ably surprised at the intrusion of so
many strangers into their domicile.
Moreover, their surprise was the
greater since, in honor of the event.
their. cage was wreathed with flowers
and splendidly illuminated with cleo
trio lights.
The ceremony was duly performed,
and while it lasted the lions behaved
with perfect propriety," much to the
satisfaction and surprise of the inn
mense crowd which thronged the
hall.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The 118 British scientific societies
number about $4,000 members.
Out of 1914 people treated for by
drophobia in Paris last year, only
four died.
Only one variety of apple, the red
Astrachan, will grow in sub-tropical
countries.
Less than half as many people die
in England between the ages of S and
20 as did In 1850.
Seventy-seven out of every 1000
children die before they are month
old, and $50 before they reach year.
Westmorland is the healthiest
county in England, while Northum-
berland has the highest death rate
1913 per 1000.
The steel production of the United
States during 1899 was nearly 10,750,-
600 tons. This is about 1850, 900 tons
in excess o. Germany's total. and
about 10000 tons in excess of Great
Britain.
Fifty Thousand citizens of Indiana
are employed in wood industries, and
receive annually s15,O00,OOO in wages.
The product of this labor brings $780,
100000 each year to lndiana's manu-
facturers.
The graphite mines discovered in
1893 in Portage county, Wis.,, by e. E.
Taggart, of Stevens Point, are pro-
ducing a material which is acknowl-
edged, in the German market, to be
superior to the Hungarian graphite.
Texas is not only an oil field, but
It may become an important asphalt
district. Tests from the Lucas well
resulted in two grades of asphalt be-
ing obtained from it. One grade il
hard and the other soft. DIR. For
ward says that this asphalt is % per
cent. pure, while the Trinidad asphalt
is only As per cent. pure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25
THE FIRST INAUGURATION.


No midnight frivolities marked the
advent of the aristocratic John Adams,
nor did the people SO indulge upon
Jefferson's inaugurations, the second
of which, in 1905, is memorable as hav-
ing been the first Inauguration held
IN Washington, says the National Mag
azine.
Hospitality and gayety reigned SUI
preme from the first moments of Mad
sons presidency. After the cere-
monies incident to administering the
oath of Office, the president and his
escort were lavishly served, by ladies',
at the white house. Ex-President JEFF
:erson assisted in the service 1t
would be interesting to know whether
ne was in his accustomed neglige.
More interesting, however. is his
cordial welcome to his successor in
comparison with John Adams escape
from the city in private conveyance
1T dawn of Jefferson's Inauguration
day. Later presidents, too, have
shown . less noble spirit than Jeffer-
sons on similar occasions John
Quincy Adams is said to have ridden
ON horseback about the city, within
earshot of the salute announcing Jack
sons succession, unwilling to witness
he ceremony, and Tyler FASTENED to
the river and embarked in the early
morning Of his retiring to private cit
f~~asksn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

hands made presentable, you simple.
ton. OF course, that's exactly what
came for.
Hecuba was as dignified in welding
the knife and the polisher as when she
handled the Bible or the opera glass.
So regain my self-possession and
gently fish for Hecuba's story.
Briefly, her mother had died sudden.
~ four weeks ago. She had been q
widow several years, and always
earned q good income, but never &C.
cumulated any money. She had given
her daughter an education, and now
Hecuba had taken her mothers place
in order to do the like for her younger
brother. The money was wanted al
once. and this was the quickest way tc
earn it.
THAT is the boys picture ON the op
posite WALTZ"
EYES,"
"And the sword that hangs over it,
that looks historic"
ut was our great-grandfather's. He
was an officer in the revolution-in .
Connections regiment"
Let me think the situation all owe,
as walk away. First, the romance OF
1t. remember cutting from a news
paper last year and placing in my
scrapbook an exquisite little poem
signed Hester Nidivear. One of thu
best French poets was barber, an6
one of our own was q dentist; after
the beard and the teeth, why should
not the nails have their turn ri
poetics? Second, the sense of it. Nv
great-grandfather also took part in
the revolution, but he wore no sword:
he was only private. Better . pri
vate under Washington than colonel
under CORVALLIS, l have always boast
ed. And after the war he pared the
hoofs of horses before mailing ON the
shoes. Rule of three: As the human
hand is to the horses hoof SO is-um
fear rank little below her. Where
am I? l do not know where 1 am
Oh, Hecuba!
Now, old chum, perhaps you car
guess why have rot married. But II
T. not certain that never shall
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25
Beware Of Ointments for CataRFh
That Contain Mercury,

- mercury win surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
physicians, as the damage they will do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney q Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

whG are injured ,s BY the , use Of ess &. Re
Gerry stores a new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but few
can tell it from coffee. II does not cost over
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and Is cts. per pack.
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
], Not in the Bargain.-"You can't seem 20
keep hired girl, Mrs. Baxter" Eyes,
can; but when it comes to half keeping two
or three policemen along with her, won't. /"
-Phladelphia Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place Of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha OF Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. / the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

Wild animals are increasing SO rap
idly among the cattle ranches of Tex
as as to threaten herds On the ranch
of Lord Colin Campbell near Ell Paso
last week cowboys, Indians and trained
dogs held roundup. Twelve black
beers, seven grizzlies, 10 mountain
lions and $50 wolves were killed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

Evidently the people on either side Of
them are not of their party; SO prob.
ably she is widow, and this her only
daughter.
1t was perhaps six weeks later
when / went out for a long walk one
Sunday afternoon and was caught in q
shower. The first shelter could find
was building where mission Sunday
school was being held with open doors.
A. young man in the porch babe me
welcome. The auditorium was rather
somber. When my eyes became used
to the scant illumination / looked
about me, and there, only three seats
ahead of me, teaching class of boys,
was Hecuba. What sang the genial
Mark Lemon? "Oh, would / were boy
again!" would not spend Sunday aft
ernoons going in swimming or play
ing marbles; / would go to Sunday
school with great regularity. But you
cannot fool the almanac. Yet might
become a teacher here. I will ask the
superintendent If they need more
teachers. The gamin harvest truly is
great. And how it must broaden a
mans spiritual nature to teach every
Sunday afternoon in a mission chapel.
True, I don't know much about the
Scriptures myself, but would not that
be a good way to learn? Yes. teaching
others is the surest way TO acquire
knowledge.
fingered after the services to ask
the young man in the porch all about
it. Hecuba passed out. with an UNI
brella in her hand, opened it on the
steps and rapidly walked away. Oh, if
that umbrella had only been mine In
stead of hers! But there's the luck
of it.
/ have always been particular
about my hands, but have neglected
them somewhat of late. ought to be
especially particular now that am
proving my religion-"neat hands and
a pure heart" That doesn't sound
quite right; I'm a little weak on
Scripture quotation, but shall be
stronger when have taught the Sum-
day school class. must stop at a
manicure's on my way downtown.
Here Is one, with the name on mod
est sign-"Mme. Nidivear"-probably
assumed.
A very pretty reception room for pa
tients. "Take seat, sir. The oper-
ator will be at liberty in q few mo-
ments."
Certainly-and look around, exam
inc everything, as always do in such
ceses, though am not a professional
detective.
What is this rolled parchment on
the little side table? Unroll tit is
not tied, and can hardly be anything
private. All! a graduation diploma
from one of the best of our colleges
for women, issued to Hester Nidivear.
So that is not an assumed name, after
all; and the manicure sent her daugh-
ter to college-why not, in our free
land? Good for her! Look at the date
of the diploma-but must not tell
that; however, it was recent. Books
on the comfortable indicate that some
body here knows what literature is.
A slight rustic of skirts; the OPP
orator has come in. look up, and do
not quite faint away. 1t is Hecuba!
What am to do? Do! why, have your
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

II can understand how badly that French
editor felt when he was shot," Naturally.
Any editor would have a special dislike to
IN article, and that article loaded one,
going in in spite of him" -Philadelphia
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

How . man swaggers in and orders goods
IN credit, but when the bill is presented he
nearly always intimates that he is being
robbed. The meanness of people crops out
most surely in money matters.--Atchison
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

Drugs have their uses, but don't store
hem in your stomach. Beeman's PeE~:n
;um aids the natural forces to perform
:heir functions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

You know how you hate some people.
without any particular reason. We'll, some
people hate you in the same way.-Atchison
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

To Cure . Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
1ruggistsrefundm oneyifit fails to cure. Csc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

have used Hoxsie's Group Cure for Coughs,
Colds, Group and Diphtheria with astonish.
ing results. No ipecac to cause nausea. Soc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

The process of washing zee from sin dis
closes that sin is SORT OF starch for some
characters.-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-25

Riches can buy a man whole lot Of
Angeles Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-26
HE TOUCHED THE MAIL.
An Indian Mail Riders Idea of Mail
 Robbery and Its Consequences.

J. B. Tanner is in town from Tuba
 city to attend the trial of a Navajo
 Indian, who is charged with robbing
 the mail. MT. Tanner worked up the case against the Indian and arrested
 him and brought him to the Jail in Prescott some time since. Tanners brother is postmaster at Tuba city, and the Navajo was one of five or six Indians engaged in carrying the mail between that place and Flagstaff. The postmaster at Tuba sent re- remittance of money by mail to the Flagstaff postmaster and the Indians on the trip opened the mail sack and abstracted S70currencya and S1.50 silver from it. Several days elapsed before the theft was discovered and when it was Mir. Tanner started an investiga- tion and located the Indian who car ried the mail on the day the money was sent and arrested him. When charged with the offense the Indian confessed to his guilt. As there was more money in the sack he was asked why he did not take it, and he said he did not want to have to pay SO much in case he was discovered, his idea be- ing that in case he was not discovered he could not be harmed, and in case he was found out he could square ac- counts by returning the amount of money stolen. It did not occur to him that the transaction involved the possibility of term in the peniten tiary Before the theft was discover ed he had spent all the money but few dollars.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-26
A eRUES0ME FIND.
Searchers for John Mccarthy Find a Skeleton in Cave in the MogoIIon
 Mountains.

Julius Gowett, one of the compan- ions of John Mccarthy when the lat ter strayed away from camp, reports to the Phenix Republican that during the search for Mccarthy, he made a discovery that would have excited some interest in itself had it not been for the more momentous work he was then engaged in. He saw cave on a hillside and asked his friend, MT. Jones, if he had ever looked into it. He had not and they decided to in vestigate. They found in the cave the bones of a man, but there was no way of identifying them. The cloth ing had entirely decayed, though there were coat buttons lying around and some copper rivets, indicating that the dead man probably wore a pair of overalls. On a little shelf above the body they found a piece of paper that at one time had been writ ten on, but the water dropping from above had obliterated everything ex- cept the two figures '1S." All the in formation the paper can now suggest is that the man died some time before 1900. The cave was wet and the clothing and flesh, on account of the moisture and the air, would decay rapidly, and it is hard to even guess how long ago was enacted the final scene of that mans life drama.