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time" surprise parties of the season
was given at the home of Mrs. Jennie
Bridges Saturday evening. Two prizes
were given to the worst dressed per-
sons. Miss Ethel Crabill and Herman
Bilterman received the presents. The
evening was spent in various games
and hard time" supper was served
Those present were: Misses Lulu Ell
lis, Ethel Crabill, May Bridges, Vira
Crabill, Ella Panquist, Ada Moyle, Ruby
Edwards, Anna Bilterman, Maggie Bill
terman, Bertha Grant, Bessie Apple
man, Delta Appleman, Tessie Johnson
Mary Johnson. Anna Panquist, Messrs
Frank West, Fred Bilterman, e. M
| Moore, Weaver Deskin. Chas. Stuart
Albert, Grant. Thos. Petit, John Ev
ans, Evan Morgan, Dave Davis, Char
les Abrahamson, Will Bilterman, Roy
Beaver, Herman Bilterman, Albert Alb
rahamson, Frank Crabill, Ed. Smith
Rob Peterson. The guests departed al
late hour. All report fine time.
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Eddyville.

Eddyville, Dec. 2.-Rev. H. B. Hea-
cock of San Francisco, Cal, spent a
few hours here Friday, a guest of his
nephew, Ed. Sields, and his niece, Miss
Rachael Shields on Church street. The
minister was at one time a resident OF
Wapello county and is president of the
University of California, is one of the
best known charitable men of the
west, is highly educated, and is the
author of several excellent works. He
was enroute home from Chicago, where
he had been in the interests of college
work. His many old friends in this
part of the country will regret that he
could not remain longer. Mr.. and Mrs
Brock and Mrs. Emma Brewington OF
Buxton drove down to be with Mr.. Hea
cock during his short stay here.
A literary society has been organic
ed at Piper schoolhouse four miles
south Of town, across the river, and a
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Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as Chronicled
by courier's staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton, Dec. Feed or fodder cut
by corn shgeldc" is responsible. for
the death o, twenty-s cattle in Lucas
county duling the past week. A MI
Nelson !iv ng southwest OF town had q
quantity OF fodder shredded and be
gan ieeding his cattle the fodder. In
oae evening he lost eight head Of valu
ab'e atoc!i and the next morning an
other one died. while the entire herd
TGs moro or less affected. G. Nv
Lite he'll OF Warren township was even
TO unfortunate than he, losing sew,
81 On valuable COWS from the use OF
foidc; 5 u feed. Besides these losses
there has been much sickness among
Cattle that were fed fodder and the
veterinary surgeons can find no cause
for the sickness save the use of fodder
as a feed, and as a consequence, the
feeding Of this commodity has been
discontinued, or is now used very span:
ingly by quite a number of good farm
ers who cannot afford to take the risk
of losing any of their cattle while they
are worth as much as the present mar.
ket quotes them.
The congregation of the Christian
church of this place was treated to two
excellent sermons on Sunday, by Rev
J. A. Walters of Des Moines. They
have recently employed Rev. w. j.
HASTE of Altoona of the local church
but he was unable to be present as ar
ranged for on Sunday and sent Rev
Walters to fill his place. Rev. Walters
is an old minister of the gospel hay
ing been in the pulpit for thirty years
and was a student at Bethany college
in Kentucky during the time of Alex
ander Campbell. He can be fifty de
scribed as ION old time preacher, brim
full of heavenly truth" Though old
yet he is nevertheless very spry and
active man and good preacher as evi.
denced by his sermons Sunday which
were plain, eloquent and forcible pre-
sensations of the truths of the Cos
pei. There was good audience pres
ent and all were well pleased with his
talks Rev. HASTE expects to be here
next Sunday.
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Coalfeld next week for a short visit
with relatives.
w. P. Chisman, of Ottumwa, was
business caller in this vicinity
Thanksgiving day.
Messrs. James Chisman, Will CHS
man, Frank Springer and Harry Neal
spent Thanksgiving day hunting.
Miss Lulu Neal called at the home
of Mrs Clara Springer last Tuesday.
Grant Cook and family ate Thanks
giving dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Wilcox.
The remains of Harry Angel, who
was killed while boring well for Mr..
+, Mccormick were taken to Blakesburg
| for burial.
| Charles Springer and Will Chisman
will leave December Is for an extend
ed trip through Colorado and other
western points.
Gertie and Gladys Chisman spent
Tuesday with Emma and May Foster.
| Miss Ina Chisman was business
caller in Abba last week.
Quite a number of the young peo-
pie attended the Thanksgiving dance
at hynes.
Misses leila and Eta Chisman have
returned from short visit with their
aunt, Mrs. John Forsythe, of Ottumwa
Fred Caldwell and sister, Eva, call
ed on Miss Lulu Neal Thanksgiving
evening.
Miss Myrtle Wilcox is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. George Cook, this
week.
Grace Miller went to Frederic We'd
nesday to spend Thanksgiving with
her parents.
Charles Neal and family expect to
move in their new house the first of
the week.
Mrs. H. S. Berry is reported better
at tL.s writing.
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Siuourney.


Sigonrney, Nov. 30.-Deputy Sheriff
D. D. Moore was at Delta, Springfield
and What Cheer Wednesday to sub
poena witnesses for the preliminary
trial of James C. Hasty of Delta, who
will have his preliminary hearing at
Sigourney today. Mr.. Hasty is accus-
ed of adultery.
Guy Goldhwait came home from Des
Moines to spend Thanksgiving
T. B. Parker of Oskaloosa, and Mrs.
Foley of Washington, spent Thanks
giving at the parental ]. T. Parker
home.
Mrs. Jessie Beck of Muscatine is
visiting at the parental Needham
home Her husband will arrive to.
night to spend Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Brolliar is visiting rela-
tives at Ollie
George Shawhan returned to Des
| Moines last night.
Frank McWilliams and wife of
Humeston, spent Thanksgiving with
relatives here
Miss Whited is visiting at Iowa City.
| Miss Roberts is visiting at her But
Ter home
! D. IT, stockman went to Des Moines
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MunterviIIe.

Munterville, Dec. 3.-The Women's
Aid Society met at the home of Mrs.
L. l.. Swenson Friday, quite number
being present. The amount of 500
was taken in for the society. Rev. e.
Linden conducted the meeting with
profitable reading and prayer.
Miss Clara Anderson. who has for
the past two years made her home in
Belmond, came week ago to her
home, east of here, and she will spend
the winter with her parents. Her
father and mother got up pleasant
surprise party on her Friday evening
by inviting number of their friends
in to spend the evening and all en-
joyed most pleasant evening. Re-
freshments were served during the
evening and all wish Miss Anderson,
a pleasant visit during the winter.
Noel Groves and daughters were OF
tumwa visitors Friday.
Mrs. Arthur Grooms, who has been
visiting in Blakesburg, arrived home
Friday evening.
Frank Larson was taken suddenly
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yesterday. interested in the case of
Henderson, ct al, VS.. Ind. School dis
trict of Richland, as to the relocation
of a school house. This case was first
tried before the school board. They
appealed to County Superintendent
Gemmill, who affirmed the decision of
the board. 1t was then appealed to
State Supt. Barrett and to be tried
yesterday.
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Rladensburu.

Bladensburg, Dec. 3.-H. ]. Martin
of Sandyville is visiting relatives at
this place.
DR.. Eller of Hedricll spent Sunday
with friends.
Several of the young people spent
Monday evening at the home of Miss
Josie Murray. All report an enjoyable
time.
Mr.. Eggers, who has been i'll the
past week is able to be around again
James Skirvin is visiting friends and
relatives in this vicinity.
Guy Yeager, employed at J. N. Hem
ersley's, is off on vacation this week
There was vacation at the Bladens
burg schools Thursday
Miss Fannie Nye spent Thanksgiving
with her parents near Agency.
Miss Josie Murray left Friday fol-
Cedar Falls, where she will attend
school the coming term.
Sherman Swantz and family of neal
Marshalltown are visiting relatives al
this place.
A. N. Smith spent Sunday with his
mother at Fairfield.
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program was given Saturday evening
Rev. |. b. Taylor closed the protract
ed meeting at the Grays Creek Metho-
dist Episcopal church last night, after
three weeks earnest labor.
Mr.. Allison of Wayne county has
been here for few days visit with his
uncle, VIM. Allison, ST., the efficient
mail carrier.
Prof. G. L. Farmhouse and family of
Oskaloosa We're Friday visitors at the
street
Attorney D. M. Perdue returned Sat
urday morning from Coalfield, where
he had been spending Thanksgiving
with friends
Mrs. James l.. Myrck and Miss Myr-
tie Norman of Bluff Creek departed
Saturday evening for Kirksville. No.
to take treatment at the A. 7. Still in
| Urinary.
Harry and Roy Sipes of near Oska-
loosa were Sunday guests of relatives
near here
Mrs. Albert Hilterbrand of Sand
Ridge has been quite i'll.
Mrs. l.. Coins of Burlington. but for
merly an Eddyville girl has been visit
ing the parental Jacob Adler home
Mrs. j. H. England, the aged woman
who has been quite i'll at her home in
the farming community northwest of
town, is not much improved.
Mrs. Frank Burns of near this place.
who has been quite i'll, is reported as
still very low.
Mesdames S, Walker and M. Cum
mlnss have been quite ILL.,
Mrs. Otto Mayer has been visiting
Mrs Padgett on Skunk river
Mrs. Mel. Stump and Richard Hob
son, residents of the Grays Creek
neighborhood, have been visiting
friends in Charlton
Mrs Geo Davis and daughter, Miss
Grace, who have been visiting Horatio
Davis, Mrs. Ida BunneH and children
Cecil, Marie, and Jimmy, who have
been visiting j A Collins, and Miss
Sarah Grant who has been visiting
her cousin. Miss Grace Grant, will ali
return to their homes in Oskaloosa to-
day, after spending Thanksgiving
here.
Two old ladies', residents of the
farming community across the river
passed away Saturday. They were
Mrs. Norwood, who resided with her
son, Chauncey A Norwood and family
southwest of town, and Mrs. John
Werner.who resided with her husband
in the little community of Bridgeport.
Both We're old settlers in these parts,
and they were SO and 10 years of age
respectively. Mrs. Werner leaves
quite number of married children to
mourn her death.
Fred Heard has his new residence
on First street, near the parental ,Jahu
Watkins residence, about completed,
and win soon move his family into the
same. 1t will make them a cosy
home.
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Siqourney.

Sigourney, Dec. 2.-The Monkman
brothers finished their revival work
at the M. E. church here yesterday ev-
ening. The new church was crowded
to its utmost capacity, there being
about 1000 people present. During
the past four weeks, while the broth
ers have been with us, fifty-five con
versions have been made. The meet
ings will be continued this week, con
Quoted by Rev. Loreall, assisted by
Rev Shortess The Monkmans go
from here to Donaldson, where they
will give sacred concert. On next
Sunday they commence special meet,
ings at Hedrick, and will go from
there to Moravia, and thence to their
home in Canada.
H. Edgar Jennings, late of the Thir-
ty-second United States Infantry, came
into Sigourney this morning from the
PHILIPPINE Islands, for short visit at
home He will return to the army in
about a month
John Bertsch accidentally cut off
one of his fingers last Saturday while
repairing an iron cutter at the Klein
schmidt carriage factory
The preliminary trial of James G..
Hasty. who is accused of adultery by
his wife, was commenced before JUS
tice Adams, on Saturday. The trial
will be taken up again Tuesday.
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Avery.

Avery, Dec. 3.-A large crowd Of
Avery people attended the ball at
Hynes Thanksgiving night. All report
good time.
Miss Ellen Morgan is still on the sick
list.
Mrs Will Smith was an Abba caller
Friday.
Miss Nancy Matthews is on the sick
list.
There will be grand ball at the Av-
cry opera house Saturday night, De-
cember T.
Miss May Bridges and Ethel Crabill
were Abba callers Friday.
John Butler of Ottumwa was visit
ing over Sunday at this place.
Mrs. Nancy Chisholm was an Ottum-
wa caller Friday.
Miss AIDA Cottrell spent Sunday
with her parents near Chillicothe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen will make
Avery their future home.
Rev. Taylor will commence protract-
ed meetings next Sunday.
Cal. Guthrie has returned from
Washington.
One of the most enjoyable hard
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Bethel.

Bethel, Dec. 3.-The new church at
this place is fast nearing completion.
Luther Chisman was a business call
er at Avery Friday of this week
Mrs Grant Cook and little son, of
,, near Abba, were pleasant callers at
the home of Mrs. Neal Sunday
Walter Coen, Of Blakesburg, was a
business caller in this vicinity this
week.
Miss leila Chisman is a caller at
the Neal home today
Henry Weidman will go to Blakes,
burg this evening to spend Sunday
with his family at that place.
Miss Elsie Neal, of near Abba, spent
Sunday with her mother
Miss Emma Foster, who has been
quite i'll with typhoid fever, will go to
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Agency.


Agency, Dec. miss Grace Allen,
who teaches at Eddyvile, spent
Thanksgiving at home.
Miss Winnie Fair spent Thanksgiv-
ing with Miss Chidister at Fairfield.
Hicks at Richland.
The social Wednesday evening was
a success financially as well as social
ly.
Rev. J. w. Lambert preached in the
M. e. church here last Thursday morn
| ing.
]. w. Frazier visited at the home of
A. e. Brainard last week.
d. Newell has returned from bust
ness trip to Kansas.
Miss Ella Lawson, John Lawson,
Rollie Hawkins and Mr.. Davidson, of
Batavia, attended the social here last
Wednesday evening.
The M. e. Sunday school are max
ing arrangements for a Christmas en-.
ltertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Foster have
moved on the VIM. Foster farm south
east Of town.
Miss Grace Bales is visiting rela.
tives in Nebraska.
The following persons will be here
for the Epworth League lecture course
this winter:
December 4-Hans Albert. violnist,
Miss Ida c. Thompson pianist.
December 17-Rev ]. w. Hackley,
of Burlington; subject, Essentials of
Success"
January 24-Rev. A. E. Craig, of OF.
tumwa; subject, THE Rebound of
Character"
February 14-Miss Ceora Lanham
an elocutionist, and the Agency cho,
rus.
Mrs. Raper, of Burlington, is visit
ling at the home of the Shearer broth.
erS.
A good many new sidewalks are be.
| ing bulit in town, and it is a big i'm
provement.
E. G. Mickles' brother visited him
last week.
Sell Mace is repairing his house.
He is putting on new weather boards
and new windows.
| Mrs. Eliza Reynolds visited in OF.
tumwa last week
MI. and Mrs. Nell Clements, of &c,
dar Rapids, are here visiting the pa,
rents.
f. }. Peterson has completed his
grade work on the Burlington, and is
loading his stock on the cars to lie
shipped to Muscatine, where he has
contract of grading on the Milwau
| kee
Miss Clara Johnson is quite sick.
]. Aukrum has returned from Coun,
Gil Bluffs
Mr.. and Mrs. Chef Long, of Council
Bluffs, are here visiting friends for a
few days.
The schools opened this morning f
ter the Thanksgiving vacation.
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GEN. DE WET (FRoM A PAINTING DONE AFTER THE WAR OF 1870

year, when none of her citizens except
a clique of mining men can expect to
gain anything by the vast expendi-
ture."
Such is the man who holds the Brit
ish empire IL check, the man whose
operations have made it necessary for
the government to order $4,000 o
horses to equip the force employed in
the task of rounding" him up. By
the power of his military genius he has
made the Boer war recrudescent; he
has brought upon Great Britain a con-
tinuation of a struggle that has been
tremendously costly in blood and treas
ure, and he has revived the spirit Of
freedom in a land that vas overrun BY
the invader.
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A TYPICAL
George Eliot Had the Idiosvncrasies of
Her Sex.

For no judgment of George Eliot can
the vital fact that she was-even in a
degree really typical-& INA She
belonged to the subjective sex, and is
the most objective Of novelists. 1t is
the fashion at present to neglect the
distinction of sex in speaking of WON
en-, and pay them the compliment, or
do them the Justice, of treating them
severally as individuals. Disseminated
merely as men are Disseminated. New
ertheless, until their distinction in GER
tain fields of activity is as much a mat
ter of course as that Of men-until
there are no more "Women's Build
ings'' at worlds fairs, for example, and
the propaganda in favor of the sex as
am entity ceases to obscure the indi-
vidual standard which naturally tends
to get itself established if let alone
anything like the eminence of George
Eliot's powers will be singularized be-
cause of the possessor's sex. 1t is-as
yet-generally remarkable, worthy of
remark, that a woman should have
reached such a height of accomplish
ment. But that her accomplishment
should have been in the field OF
thought rather than in that of feel
ing, and so splendidly successful in
this field as almost to have originated
a species in the domain of fiction, is
specifically the notable phenomenon il
George EIiot's case. Why is she 81
unlike George Sand and Charlottt
Bronte-one may exclude Jane Austen
in thinking of p~recedents, as exclusive
ly an artist. Is it because Of he
different and in the main superio,
mental quality, and the greater sub
ordination Of feeling to thought in he
original makeup? Probably not
Whatever George Eliot became Their
can be no doubt that Mary Ann Evans
was a woman in whom the i~diosyncra
sizes Of sex were particularly developed
AS to the existence of such ~idiosyncra
sizes and their native, elemental, an,
possibly ineradicable character Georg
Elliot herself never had any doubts
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The Marble Heart Club.

There are a few young ladies in this
city who, not knowing the secret that
nature has written in the rocks, which
some of us have deciphered, have turn
ed their faces from mankind-mascu-
line gender-and called themselves
the Marble Heart club. There are
four members of this club, all young,
smiling, sweet faced, with wondrous
eyes, of blue and brown and black. And
innocence is their speciality. Now in
the face of such a speciality as that,
the question comes, why do the young
ladies choose such a name? DO they
really think that their hearts. which
beat with such a 1utter beneath their
modern shirtwaists, are really made of
the cold, pink veined and beautiful
metamorphosed limestone? Or do they
know the secret of the rocks and act
with a strange consistency? May be,
and this is true, they know that the
beautiful and poetic marble was once
limestone filled with cast-off elements
of life and changed into the beautiful
stone by the action of some great heat
it may be of Observation-Disclosures Jour,
nal.
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ADMIRE Gen. De WET.

ing the sinews for both armies in
South Africa, and so long as the Beers
can secure the necessaries of war so
cheaply and easily they need have no
fear that the national treasury must
issue bonds to carry on the struggle.
THE Beers will continue the war by
harassing their enemy continually, for
years if need be. They will make it
necessary to keep a mighty force in
the country, and sooner or later Eng
land will realize that she cannot afford
to spend $500. 100000 a year. yea after.
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If you hear that | have
surrendered, deny it, for |
will never surrender"
General Christian De Wet

Here's what one of the Boer leaders,
Commandant w. D. Snyman, says:
when | babe goodby to General De
We in the Free State he said to me:
IF you neal that l have surrendered,
deny it. I will never surrender; l will
fight as long as mt man stands by
me- President Steyn said to me as l
left him near Komatipoort: You may
tell the American friends of our u
that as long as l live l shall defend
that cause. We will continue this fight
until we win
THAT is the spirit which animates
the entire army, from the youngest boy
in the ranks to the oldest grandfather
who carries a rifle.
Il know that you will say that De
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efforts, and incidentally captured from
him at Rooidal sufficient winter cloth
ing for every burgher in the army,
$500 shells and enough small arms
ammunition to last his forces for three
years! And De Wet did this with less
than 5000 men,!
''Since June the entire Boer army
has been supported by the British tax
payer. Almost every single rifle in the
Boer army was captured from the
British in battles; every cartridge and
shell used in our fights since June was
taken from the British. Whenever
there is a lack of anything in our
camp we sally forth and take it from
the British.
THE English taxpayers are furnish
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Thieves Take Wedding Presents.

A large company was assembled at
the house of Mrs. Purcell in Union
county, South Dakota, where a we'd
ding was being solemnized. The we'd
ding presents were numerous, a purse
of SIS in gold being among the rest.
One of the guests vas announced to
do a fancy clog dance in the barn and
everybody f1ocked thither. While the
dance was in progress thieves ran
sacked the house and carried off every
valuable article, Of course including
the s75.
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All the British newspapers recognize
In General Christian De We the revivi-
Acation of the war spirit of the Boer,
and they realize that until he is cap
tured or killed the war is not ended.
One of the most noted correspond
ents, in telling of his impressions of
De Wet, says:
els it any wonder, therefore, that
this man has come to be recognized as
the greatest guerrilla chief since the
time of Phil Sheridan"
That's from an English viewpoint.
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Wet and his small army canot con-
tend much longer against the vast
forces of Lord Kitchener. De Wet is
as far superior to Kitchener in mill
tary strategy as Napoleon was to the
most ignorant soldier in his army.
That is a broad statement, but De Wet
has proved it several times to the great
modification of the hero OF Omdur-
mar.
For three months Kitchener, with
an army of almost 10000 men, tried to
capture us, and De Wet laughed at his