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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

: If all things have their uses, will
some wise men please tell US what the
box elder bug is made for?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Experiments show that pound for
pound corn is worth 10 per cent more
as stock food than wheat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

With all the improved types of wire
fence so cheap, easily constructed and
durable. there is no use talking about
hedges for fencing. A hedge fence is
like lawn-demands lots of work or
1t becomes useless and an eyesore.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We thought we were about through
with the last of the fake cures for hog
cholera. but here comes yet one more
discoverer. who claims that if hogs are
fed all the soft coal they want they
will be immune from the disease.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The March pullets. if of the right
breed, are now beginning to furnish a
December cackle over twenty-five cent
eggs. Old hens don't.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The short corn crop is supporting the
price of the biggest wheat crop this
country ever raised
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

There are no hired girls in sight from
any Of our new possessions, which is to
be regretted, as if there were it would
be some consolation in carrying the
burden Of 100000 more heather.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The man with the hoe, the man with
the cradle, the man with the bucksaw
and the woman with the needle and
the dash churn are fast becoming rel
les of a past age.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The farrow COW which is MIXED and
fatted at the same time will furnish
the very toughest of beef.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A good many men work on the theory
that they are entitled to excursion
rates and stopovers. which in railway
methods never go together.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

There is this to be said for the corn
siredder-it seldom takes more than
one arm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

horse is young at twenty years if
never overworked and well cared for.
The -year-old colt given a mature
Eorse's load is old at fifteen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Every year there is some so called
scientist trying to scare folks with the
statement that next year the country
is TO be overrun with the seventeen
year locust. While there may be such
an insect, we have never in forty years
known it to do any harm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

! There is some kicking. as might be
expected, because some of the dried
beef is old horse and not old COW.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A country which will produce good
cherries and peaches is a good one,
even If the soil is mostly white sand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
New York poultry Market.

New York, Dec 23.-Poultry, alive,
springers 8; turkeys 900;
fowls 10; dressed firm; springers 91a
oil; fowls $685.; turkeys S@101a.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We have known few farmers turn
over into tax dodgers just as soon as
they got the mortgage paid and were
able to get one on another mans farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Remember, there is nothing better
for the strawberry bed and the plum
trees than a top dressing of wood
ashes. Put the coal ashes on the walk
TO the barn or into the hogpen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Peoria, Dec. 23.-Corn, steady; No.
65h.
Oats, firm; No. . white 4SA.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Now, here's to the critter which will
turn up its nose at fragrant clover and
juicy blue grass and eat weeds, the
Angora goat. We know of several men
who should Immediately go and sell
all the stock which they have and buy
goats.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A suit of fourteenth century armor
such as the knights wore in their trays
would be about the right sort of suit
for the men who go deer hunting in
the northern woods.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The hard, rough. cracked hand Incl
dent to doing rough farm work can
be largely avoided by using the cheap
duck gloves which are now supplied at
10 cents pair.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
chicauo PouItru Market,
peoria Produce Market,

Chicago. Dec. 23.-Poultry, steady;
turkeys COLO; chickens COS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A West Virginia reader writes us that
instead of the farmer in that state fret
ting about the coons working in his
cornfield he is only too glad to know
that they are, for night coon hunt
in the cornfield and coon pot pie rep
resents pleasing feature of West Vir-
ginia rural existence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The sugar interests of Germany.
which are enormous, are in the worst
shape they have ever been in. excessive
overproduction, restricted bone con-
sumption and foreign exports being the
causes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Every cook should know that pota-
toes are never so well cooked as with
The skin on. Peeling them before cook
ing is the most wasteful method. for.
as with apples. the most nutritious part
is just under the skin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A sure way to get rich in this country
is to wear your shirt outside your
pants. live on rice and run laundry
1t never fails.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

1t does not take a very big Office for
some men to imagine that the coun-
try could not possibly get along with
out their valuable services. We have
known a county supervisor to really
believe that the business of the county
would go all to pot unless he was re-.
elected
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec. 23.--Wheat. No. Pred
S31a @S5h; No. red 79k@s5A; No.
2 hard 7S1a @S0; No. 8 hard 771s @79;
December 1875; May opened 5000
S1B; highest S2A; lowest SOS; clos
ed S2@S2h.
Corn, No. 641a @64a; No. yellow
65@65A; December "a; May opened
66B @67; highest 67A; lowest 66M;
closed 67@67h.
Oats, No. 2 46@461a; No. 451s@
46; No. 2 white Az @49; No. white
4S@4S1a; No. white 471a; December
441a; May opened 451s @45A; highest
451a; lowest ass; closed 453s@45k.
Pork, Dec. 1920; May 1892.
Lard, Dec. 9.75; May 9.S2@9.S5.
Ribs, Dec. $40; May 6.51.
Rye. 641a.
Barley. 56@63
Flax, 1.5S@1.60.
Timothy, March $50
Glover, March $50.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

In 1886 this country imported over
4o,00o,000 pounds of raisins, producing
but few at home. In 1901 we produced
67,000.000 pounds and imported but
100000 pounds. 1t is such things
which make Europe poor and America
rich.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We knew of a case where pretty
good sort of man got so mad be-
cause he could not drive an old sow
into the yard that he fairly foamed at
the mouth and had to have doctor
to get him out of the fit. We did not
worry very much over the man or the
old sow. but did wonder if a woman
would not have a rocky time living
with such man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

It is the sunshine which puts the
beautiful color on the apple and the
foliage of the forest in the fail, and
just so bright and cheerful way with
men puts rich coloring on all persons
ana things with which they come in
contact.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The best way to prevent melon and
fruit thieving is to raise plenty. for
if you have 1000 melons you will not
feel the loss of few. while if you
have only two dozen you will have q
fit if two or three disappear.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We never saw more prompt con-
nection between cause and effect than
a few days ago. A large gang of men
engaged upon a public building had
dropped their tools, taken off their
aprons and We're well out of the in
closure before the noon whistle had
stopped blowing
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Root, hog, or die may have some
thing to do with the hog cholera
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

So well defined and dependable is the
oil bearing district lately opened up in
Texas that the drillers will contract to
drill five thousand dollar well within
its limits and guarantee flow Of oil
or no pay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

If a man was able to work as hard in
Alabama as he is in Vermont or Min
nesota, what showing he could make!
But he cannot, and invariably acquires
the "let her go, Gallagher" habit fer
which the climate of the south is alone
responsible whenever he goes from
Dakota to Texas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We saw dog leading a blind man
around the streets Of a large city not
long since, and the fact that the dog
stopped at every saloon, associated with
the color Of the mans nose, gave him
dead away.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

We have never seen year when we
think we shall go as slow on potatoes
as next year. In the first place, the
seed potatoes will be high priced, and
will plant large areas, expecting to
duplicate the experience of the past
year, only to have murphies to give
away year from next spring.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Many boy has got his first induc-
ton into the real meanness of this old
world by having his dad sell calf or
pig which the boy had had given him
and which he really thought he owned.
We do not know of any one thing
which will start a boy wrong any
more surely than this.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

If the peat beds Of the north-and
they are very extensive-can be used
to produce a valuable fuel at a cost
price of not to exceed a dollar a ton
when pressed and dried. the northwest
can soon show the coal barons of the
east new trick. 1t is claimed that
this thing can be done and is being
DONE
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Take it all round, the potato crop
was one of the most profitable raised
this year, no matter whether raised on
irrigated soil in Colorado, the pine bar
rens of Wisconsin or the plains of
North Dakota. The price is abnor-
mally high. and, whether sold early or
late. the tuber has paid big profits this
wear.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
New York Produce

New York, Dec. 2S.-Wheat, May
.S7B.
Corn, May 71ss.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago, Dec. 23.-Butter, steady;
creameries 1904; diaries 14@2O.
Eggs, firm; 2S.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
New York Butter and Eau Market

New York, Dec. 23-Butter, firm;
1925.
Eggs, demoralized; 23@2s.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
ST. Louis Produce Mark

st, Louis, Dec. 23.-Wheat, cash
S6B; May S61s. q
Corn, cash 67A; May 69A. 2
Oats, cash 4S1a; May 47ss@471se
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
ThInEs Nnt Mnntnh

Dogs, pianos and typewriters are the
possessions most frequently advertised
for sale at second baud. according TO an
advertising man. Cameras run these
three hard In the sale Of things desira.
BILE to get rid OF. aud bicycles come
next
Bicycles aud cameras would probably
mead the list so many people seem TO
wish 10 he rid Of them, but their tenure
of advertising popularity is usually
brief Household furniture. horses and
carriages come next In the list Then
tewelry, watches, sewing machines and
musical instruments.
Books are far down. almost the last
I'm the list Folks who have them uSu-
ally seem 70 wish to keep them.-New
York sun,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
TOWNSHIP SETTLEMENT
Ana Closing of Rolls Is All That Now
flinders Allotment.

a special from Denison, Texas,
quotes Henry b. Kessler, chief of
appraisers in the Indian Territory,
as saying:
All the agricultural and min
eral lands in the Indian Territory
have Leen appraised. Appraise
ment was finished last Friday in
the Cherokee nation, and all that
is to be done now is some office
work.
The timber appraisers are fin
ishing up appraising the timber
lands in the Choctaw nation and
will be through with their work
this week. This will complete all
land appraising in the Indian
Territory and will get that part OF
the work ready for allotment when
other things are out of the way.
Complete maps of all the lands
in the Territory are being finished
These maps will show every forty
acres of land in the Territory, will
describe accurately and minutely
the character of the soil, whether
it is agricultural, mineral, timber
or grazing land, and will show its
value, gwen by the appraisers, and
the class TO which it belongs, so
that the work of allotment may be
made intelligently and every In
dian given approximately the same
value in land. The closing Of the
rolls of the Chickasaws, Choctaws,
Creeks and Cherokees and the sur
veying of townsite boundaries and
settlement OF townsite matters are
practically all that now stand in
the way of allotment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
For sale Cheap.

One 30 horse power boiler and
% horse power engine just rebuilt,
One No, 1 saw mill. all com
plete with fittings and fixtures.
Four yoke of fine work steers,
together with yCkes, bows, chains,
etc.
One ) by . log wagon with Cant
hooks and rolling chains.
This is the place 10 get com
plete saw mill outfit cheap.
Apply Suggs 4 Bros, Berwyn
|. T., where the entire outfit can
he seen. d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
The Charge Not sustained.

"Nou say" pursued the chairman OF
the Investigating committee. that ne
resorted TO no bribery whatever during
the election so far as you knowG"
"Yes, sir" replied the witness; that's
what | said"
did he not circulate several boxes OF
clgarsT
"Yes, sir, but them cigars wasn't
brlbos. Here's one OF them. You try IT,"
--Detroit Free Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

VIM. Finn of Lima, o.. obtained
excellent results from the use of Fo-
leys Kidney Cure. at relieved my
backache and severe pain over the
hips. IL toned my system and gave
me new vim and energy. 1t is an
honest and reliable remedy, n sure
cure for all kidney diseases" Bon
ner q bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
saving Reauires Character.

The faculty of saving money is much
rarer than the faculty OF making 1t,
and 1t calls for the exercise OF higher
degree of good judgment and more self
restraint. In word, 1t requires more
cLaracter.-World's Work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
Kokomo. Ind. Aug. 10. lsa


Pepsin Syrup Co,
Dear sirs For the past ten years |
was troubled with my stomach
About four years ago was taken
down with rheumatism was not able
to do a days work for three years.
All medicine seemed of no benefit TO
me. A year ago | was advised to
take DR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsiu.
truly believe would have died but
for this medicine. My rheumatism
Is entirely gone and my stomach is
in good condition. 1t has saved
my life and ! can not recommend il
too highly.
Yours respectfully,
ELwooD MCCRACKEN,
Sold by w. b. Frame,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

Mr.. Daniel Bantz, Otterville, Ia,
says: "Have had asthma and very
bad cough for years, but could get
no relief from the doctors and medi-
cines tried, until | took Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t gave immediate
relief, and done me more good than
all other remedies combined" Bon.
ner * Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

Admiral Sampson Gays he is re-
sponsible for the-heet.under- my
command telegram, but takes pains
to explain that he did not write it.
Why explain?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
would Have Cost him tiis Lie.

Oscar Bowman, Lebanon, KY,
writes: 81 have been using Foley's
Kidney Cure and take great pleas
ure in stating it gave me permanent
cure OF kidney disease which GER
tainly would have cost me my life. -
Take none but Foley's. Bonner &
Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
Tor Sale or Trade. 4.

One team ponies.
One double buggy.
One single buggy.
One large farm horse.
Would like to trade for cows OF
calves. MEADE MACGrIRE.
Phone y or cald Phone Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

The recent interview of Ad-
miral Sampson indicates clearly that
he knows cyclone when he sees
one in the sky.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
To tieal a Hurt

Use Banner Salye, the great healer.
It's guaranteed for cuts, wounds,
sores, piles and all skin disc ases.
Use no substitute. Bonner & Bon
nsr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

Mrs. S. H. Airport, Johnstown, Pa, 4,
says; "Our little girl almost strang.
led 10 death with Group. The doctors
said she couldn't live, but she was
instantly relieved by One Minute
Cough Cure" City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

a. II. Davis, Mt. Sterling, la. ,
writes: 81 was troubled with kid
ney complaint for about two years,
but two one dollar bottles of Foley's
Kidney Cure effected a permanent
cure.n Bonner & Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

"Johnston's Sarsaparilla, Quart Bottles; as a
blood cleanser, flesh builder and health rcstoEer
it has no equal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

The weak candidate who has the
party to back him has something to
fall back on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

High living, intemp ersuce, expo
sure and many other things bring on
Brights disease. Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent Bright's disease
and all other kidney or bladder dis
orders il taken in time. BE sure to
take Foley's. Bonner & Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

Young America breaks the monot-
ony with a cannon firecracker.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

You cannot tell the truth to an ILL
natured delinquent who will not
like it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
For Mhnnnlnp Couph.

Both my children were taken
with whooping cough, writes Mrs o.
Il. Dutton OF Danville, Ill. "a small
bottle of Foley's Honey of Tar cured
the cough and saved me doctor's
bill.U Bonner & Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

ls Maclay the kind of historian
we educate and put upon the world?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

For sale by City Drug Store and
=. j. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

For responsibility of officers and directors refer without perm
sion, Chckasaw National Bank Purcell l. T State Natio
Bank Oklahoma City, responsible business firms in eft
city
Address ED. L. DUNN SEC, Oklahoma CITY, O. T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

There are times when the only way
you can convince woman you love
her is to tell her your .ove for her is
so great that you shrink in awe from
showing it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
BEGGS'
GERMAN
SALVE

does positively and permanetly
cure the piles. Forty years ago
the first box was made for sale by
the great German physician, DIR.
SCHLos. Today there are more of
it sold than any other healing
ointment. 1t is the great aptisep-
tic relieving and curing household
salve of this country. No other
equals it, 1t costs % cents at your
Dealers OF by mail prepaid.
This is remedy that will PAY
YOU actual dollars and SAVE suf-
fering by conetantly keeping it in
your house, for occasions so often
occur when if instant application
is not made of a proper relieving,
curing aud inflammation preventing
remedy, time is lost, subsequent
avoidable suffering caused and
perhaps doctor bills made necessa.
ry by delay and neglect, Get a
box and insist on having
Beggs' German Sa1ve
Made BY BEGGS MFG. co., Chicago.
W ID E.ar,a n.,ucgn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01
Officers and Director

We in o Red Fork
Creek Nation Indian Territory which Immediately the drilling
o
oil
o stock contain the onowngs
"n consideration of the purchase price this Stock the Com
pany obgates itself begin the drilling of oil we'll upon its
property in the of Red Fork Indian Territory within thirty
days from date and complete said we'll drill thousand feet
possible to do unless unavoidaby prevented If we
fail comply with the above Obligation agree to return purchase
price of stock.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

One woman can buckle on her CAD
armor, sally forth and get more
news between and p. m, than
three newspaper reporters can
gather up in a whole day.
A. II. Bass Of Morgantown, Ind.
had to get up ten or twelve times in
the night and had severe backache
and pains in the kidneys. Was cured
by Foley's Kidney Cure. It's guar
anteed. Bonner q Bonner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01


(ekNat at
o n S by L nteport
wbich
ee high
teive will be genuine gur when bored
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-01

Instantly relieves
and positively heals
cuts, W o II d $,
scalds, bruise
burr n $, sores,
stiugs, etc and
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
Lived In a Safe.

One of the most extraordinary women in Paris died a few weeks ago. Her name was Ernestine Duverger. Forty years ago she was the idol of Paris-the favorite actress of the city. For nearly thirty years none but few servants have seen her face, and all that time she has lived in the center of the most remarkable private fort ever built. . building more resembling a gigantic safe than anything else.
 Mime. Duverger was always extremely fond of jewels, and this love of gems de- veloped into a mania when her elderly husband died and left her 10000. 600 francs. She bought stones literally by the peck, and every day would gloat over them and even bathe in them. The house in which she kept these amazing treas ures had been an old castle. Madame renewed the Qualifications so that there was first ditch. then bastian, earth works. and finally center walled with steel and curtained with asbestos. Here, with few pets and her jewels, she spent her life.