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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-07-04
Tne ne.. Prescription Tor Malaria,

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and quinine in tasteless form. No cure
no pay. Price SOC. %
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burden like the bur-
den Of disease. The
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from Inflammation
or liberation, bear
ing-down pains, weak
back and nervous
ness, bears a burden
which brushes her
very life.
Every won . n
should know that
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a d 81 c k women
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cures the aching
back and throbbing
head, and gives
strength for wifely
cares and maternal
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vwhen I first wrote
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condition, and had almost given up. says Mrs
Bella Snider Of wiikesvile, vinton Co, Ohio
II was suffering from female trouble Of the
worst kind couldn't eat anything without
spells; was nervous and weak Had numb
hands and arms. heart trouble, pains all through
my body and aching head and neck. 1t seemed
medicine and took il as directed, and the first
week ii began to help me. I took three bottles
and am glad to say that II did me more good
than all the other medicine ever took. feel
better than have for years"
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser, in paper
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THE END.
Antiquity of Man.

From review in Science of De Nor.
tillet's great work on prehistoric times
the following is condensed. Twelve
chapters are devoted to the question Of
tertiary man. 1t is concluded that
while man did not exist during this
period. precursors OF man more intelli-
gent than any of the living anthropoids
did exist.
Pithecanthropus erectus is consider
ed as the immediate precursor of man,
The Calaveras skull is rejected The
paleolithic period is considered as cor
responding to the early quarternary,
and 222,00o years is assigned as the
length Of this period Add to this num-
Der 10000 years for the protohistoric
and neolithic periods and G,00O years
more for the historic period, and we
have 23s, 600. years, which is, according
to the authors, moderate estimate Of
mans antiquity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
HAVE A TELEPHoNE.

We would like to once again refer to
the value of telephone for the farm
home. The phone is one of those
things which a person does not appre-
ciate until he has once enjoyed them.
Independent Of its value from. q !, COM
mercial and business standpoint, which
Is not an insignificant thing by any
means, it forms social link which is
almost invaluable to every resident of
the farm home. Wherever there are a
town and local exchange within ten
miles and a dozen farmers scattered
along the ten miles willing to work to-
gether to have the telephone service
there can such service be easily and
chesply procured. The money value of
the phone is we'll illustrated by the
case of a friend of the writer who had
telephone connection with four market
towns distant from seven to ten miles
from his place. He had 80 fat hogs to
sell. BY getting quotations on tile
morning of the day he wished to dis
pose of his hogs. he made an even $50,
selling not at his usual trading point,
but at another town where he seldom
went. The profit on this one business
transaction almost covered the entire
COST TO him OF installing the telephone.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
REPAIRIyG DAMAcrs

A high wind last spring broke down
the central or leader branch of an elm
tree for US, badly reforming the tree.
The limb broken off was three inches
through at the break and ten feet long.
The usual method nature would have
taken to repair this damage would
have been to throw out new shoot to
take the place, of the one destroyed, but
instead Of doing this, one of the large
side limbs, the tip of which almost
touched the ground, commenced to
straighten up. Up it went, little by
little, day by day, until on the 18th of
August 1t had lifted itself up to an up
right position and become the central
branch or future trunk of the tree It
was an interesting illustration of how
ingeniously nature will repair the dam
age which she has wrought.
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III, "strenuous" Voice.


The following anecdote, told by Will
lam G. Smith, former deputy states
attorney of Maryland, may not be
without local parallel: While 1 was
in the state attorneys Office I had to
try a case against an otherwise hon
est German for selling liquor on Sun
day. The defendant had retained a
certain member of the bar who is
noted for his high G voice. During
this attorneys rather loud address his
German client looked on in rapt ad-
miration, and he was heard to re-
mark:
Zach, dots der kind of lawyer to
hat, yet
Why? he was asked.
Because was the reply, he hol-
lers SO loud he scares der jury
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Norn1sG GIrLa.


just lots Of coed women make the
icistake of their lives by not training
their girls when young to do house
work in & Dusinessiike manner, giving
as reason that it is more trouble to
teach child to work than it is to do
the work themselves Then SON :,
mothers are afraid they will overwork
the girls, when work-iust common
everyday works. the very best of all
agencies by which to develop the
physical and moral nature of the boys
and girls. We are more and more inn,
pressed all the time with what we,
term the general Incompetence of COM
mon people in the doing of the CONF
mon work of life, and most Of this
trouble is directly traceable to lacki
of practical training of children BY
their parents in the home. Too many
mothers think that if they feed and
ciothe their girls, send them to Sunday
school and give them lessons on the
organ they have turned out prize for
some young man to install as a homeS
maker. 1t will ever be, so long as the,
old world lasts, that the chief business
of living for the masses will be doing
OF the common everyday necessary
and practical things of life incident to
the getting of food to eat and raiment
to wear, and thus it comes that that
young person is best fitted to enjoy life
who can do this sort of work cheers
fully, skillfully and expeditiously In
this day and age of the world 81 don't
know how" is a most wretched excuse
for any young man or woman to make
as touching the doing of the class OF
work referred to. We came across a
12-year-old girl not long since-just a
common country bred girl-who had
been we'll trained by careful and
sensible mother who could easily disx
lance scores of old married women irY
the science Of housekeeping UP to the
limits of her physical strength. We
have no patience with incompetents
when they lug around undeveloped
talent every day of their lives. Al
mother had better run the risk. Of
stunting her daughter by oyerworH
than to turn her loose at 20 to take up
the kindergarten of housekeeping at
the expense of some nice fallow shS
has fooled into marrying her. When
girl has the physical energy to dance
ten sets at a bowery, no mother need
have any fear Of hurting her By MAXI
ing her do the family washing and
ironing. The foregoing might have
been said in little smoother way pers
haps, but it is none the less .truthfug
| just as it is. ~ .ss ,sssss. Y
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TRISTRAM OF BLENT &c
sys % Being an Episode in the Story
HOPE - of an Ancient House :.

What awful quarrels we shall
have?"
Il don't care hang for them" said
Harry.
and what about the arbitration"
absurd, if Pm going to live in a
state of war;"
Suddenly came a sound of wheels
rolling briskly along the road from be-
hind them. Cecily sprang away with a
start.
20, the fly's not come back?' she
cried
Perhaps therc'll be a chance for
one OF us"
She caught him by the arm. Lis
ten! Is it stopping? No! 1t must be
past the housed"
do you want it stopped?" he
asked.
She turned her eyes on him: he
saw them CLEAN through the dark,
ness. He saw her lips Just move: he
heard no more than the lingering fear
the passionate reproach of her
murmured exclamation, ooh, Har
ry!"
The next instant a voice rang out
in the night, loud, mellow and buoyant
They listened as it sang, its notes
dominating the sound of the wheels
and seeming to fill the air around
them, growing louder, as the wheels
came near, sinking again as they
passed on the road to Mingham:
Drink to nue. only with thine eyes,
And l will pledge With mine;
Or leave a kiss but on the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth
rise
Doth ask divine drink"
Gradually, melodiously and happily
the Voice died away in the distance
and silence came. Harry drew his love
to him.
'fbear old Bob Broadlsyl" said he
softly. Ties driving back from Fair
holme, and ne seems most particularly
jolly"
Yes" she murmured. Then she
broke into a low, merry, triumphant
laugh. 81 don't see why he should be
SO particularly jolly. She pressed his
hand hard, laughing again Hes only
engaged" she whispered But were
married, aren't we, Harry"
my DEAR my dear, my dear!'
said he.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
TIE SUGAR TRAP

One of the best bats with which to
catch flies and grangers is sugar
granulated sugar particularly, to trap
the granger. 1t seems that when a
bait of 100 pounds of sugar for dol
lar is offered with a twenty dollar bill
of groceries by some sharper nothing
but the sugar can be seen or under,
stood. Now, a pretty good rule when
solicited on these lines is to find out
the current market price for granu-
lated sugar, WHICH one can do in almost
any newspaper, and if it Is offered for
less than the market price there is dead
sure to be steal in the other articles
composing the bill of goods.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Confidence is the champion of sue
cess.
The rain falls--but 1t gets up again
in dew time.
A fee simple is money given to the
quack, doctor.
High water doesn't necessarilr
raise the price Of milk
The man who sows seeds of kind
ness has a perpetual harvest.
Blue Monday is often the result Of
painting things red on Sundays.
The child is wiser in his innocence
than the philosopher in his wisdom.
The difference between a country
youth and a city youth IS that the for
mer wants to know everything add
the latter thinks he knows every
thing. Chicago Daily News.
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FANCY PRICES FOR FANCY pROD-
UCTS


There is u SO called general market
value for all farm produce such as the
prices quoted IN the daily market re,
ports. Aside from this are set Of
prices which are never >quoted-prices
paid for strictly honest and fancy goods
by class of people to whom quality il
everything and cost minor considera-
-tion. Among the farm products which
may have an established reputation for
excellence and purity are butter, MILK
cream, eggs, fruit, poultry and yegeta-
bles. This sort of market is not cas-.
lily found, but when once established Isl
not only permanent, but very profita-i
BILE. We know of the product of cer-
tain western farm dairy, where 10 cows
are kept, which for years has brought
uniformly 5 cents pound more than
the highest market quotations for west-
ern extra butter. Another Case where
poultryman, by producing eggs from
well bred fowls, selecting his consign.
ments as to size and marking the date
of laying on each egg, is able to get %
per cent above current quotations for
eggs for all his product. This but SIM
ply emphasizes the old truth that it all
ways pays to produce the best things.
Those of average and mediocre quality.
may sometimes pay; the poorest never
do.
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HIS COURAGE FAILED HIM.

A lady friend of ours, having a farm
home to look after and three hired men
to board, finding it extremely difficult
to secure needed help in the house,
worked up a nice little scheme with
one of the hired men, the plan being
for him to get maEyisd and live in a
tenant house op the farm and he and
his wife to board the other hired help.
The lady found nice girl for him, and
the deal looked as though it would go
through, when one day the young man
said to the lady, "Fd like to accommo-
date you, but l just dasn't take the
risk" This is the sort Of hired men
just right to milk cows and nothing
else
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Who Is Rsapon.ibIe !,

ooh, that octopus, that terrible oc-
topus" cried the socialist. at Ia
grinding the soul out of man"
Meaning the trusts2" said the
cheerful one inquiringIy.
"of course" replied the socialist.
"Haye you heard 81 the latest capital
istic combination
Don't believe have. What is it?"
The vendors of red-hots in New
York have been gathered together in
an Industrial organization and have
raised the price from 2 cents to 8
cents each"
"Ha" exclaimed the cheerful one,
somewhat discopeerted by this news.
Whom do yeu suspect as the instiga-
for of this--Carnegie. Rockefeller or
FierpOnt Morgan?"
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OUR FAILING srREAMs.y

All over the country is the tnbse
abundant evidence that the lakes. riys
ers and streams Of all kinds are gFa@
ually and surely carrying less and less
water. Hundreds of what ware In an
early day valuable water powers are
today marked by a tumble down old
mill and wreck Of dam. Fine fields
of grass and grain are today growing
where 40 years ago one could 60 In
swimming and catch teh pound pick;
erei, AND this IN sections Of che country
where there is very much more timber
now growing than when the country,
was first settled. The weather man
tells us that there has been I'D diminu+
ton OF the average amount Oh fainfalI
"a statement which we Perry much
doubt, and SO we. ash what has beS
come Of the water? We DO not note
any greater food conditions than we're
common 40 years ago. Perhaps the
following will partly explain the mat.
ter: The earth when in cultivated
state absorbs much greater per cent
of the years rainfall than it did In it's
wild and uncultipated state, and SO less
water finds its way into the lakes and
water courses. Then, all our growing
crops take up from the soil and evapl
crate much greater amoupt of inois-
ture than did the native grasses and
heritage, and so we say that we thinE
the reason of the constantly failing
water supply Of lakes and rivers is
that the earth takes in the lost water
and the growing crops pump it out, the
moisture so released not being returned
to us in the shape Of an additional RAINS
fall. If there is more logical explanaf
ton of this matter than that given, Wa
would be glad to know it. 4
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A POLICY Annrovea

NO." said the policeman kindly, but
firmly, you cannot photograph that
statue"
why not?" asked the tourist.
Because it is against the law
The tourist looked at the statue in
question, massive piece of contract
work, and then answered:
well, l don't blame you. It's al
ways decenter for people to keep their
troubles to themselves instead of let
ting them be advertised all over the
country. "-Washington Star.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Till the Next Generation.
Major Duplay had taken fiat in
| town. and Nina had come up to aid
him in the task of furnishing it. The
major was busy and prosperous in
these days. Blinghampton was turn
| ing out trumps for all concerned, for
| lver, for Harry, for Southend and for
him; the scheme even promised to
be remunerative to the investing pub
lie. So he had told Nina that he must
| be on the spot, and that hencefor-
ward the country and the continent
would know him only in occasional
! days Of recreation. He also mGrmur-
ed something about having met very
attractive woman, widow of 49, The
1 general result seemed to be that he
had forgotten his sorrows, was well
content and good deal more indie
pendent of his nieces society and
oountenance than he had been before.
All this Nina told to Lady Evehs-
wood when she went to lunch in
Green street.
said she complacently, and now l
shall devote myself to the iris
trans"
You've been doing that for long
time, my dear"
Eyes, l suppose have, really" she
| laughed. I've been sort of Miss
Swinkerton-I wish you knew her.
Only I've devoted myself to one fam
lily and she does it for all the neigh
| borhood"
Lady Evenswood looked at her with
a kindly smile.
You were rather in love with Har-
ry, you know" she said.
Which was very absurd, but-yes,
was. Only when Cecily came and
well, it was altogether too artistic for
me even to want to interfere. If I
had wanted it would have made no
difference, of course. They've been
pressing me to go on living at Mer-
rion, and shall"
| 20, if you could get nothing but a
pigsty on the estate, you'd take it..
Though l don't know what you'll find
+, to do"
ITO do? o, plenty! Why, they're
only just beginning, and" the wave
of her hands expressed the endless
possibilities of the Tristram house
hold.
"And gradually you'll glide into be-
Ing an old woman like me-looking
at the new generation"
! "Her children and his! There
ought to be something to look at"
said Nina, wistfully. But we've not
done with Harry himself yet"
Robert says he's too fond of MAX
ing money or he might do something
in politics"
1T isn't money exactly. It's a
good deal Blent He wants to make
that splendid. Perhaps he'll come to
the politics in time"
He's made you believe in him, any
how"
Eyes, and l know don't count. All
the same, I've seen good deal of
him, Mr.. Neeld, and l have been in it
right from the beginning"
"And in the end it was all a mares
nest. Fancy if Addie Tristram had
known that"
Il think she'd liked it just as we'll
as she thought it was. And I'm sure
Harry did"
co. if he's like that he'll never do
for the British public, my dear. He
may get their money, but he won't
get their votes. After all, would you
have the country governed by Addie
Tristram's SOM"
II suppose it would be rather
risky" said the Imp, reluctantly. But
she oheered up directly on the
strength OF an obvious thought.
"There are much more interesting
things than politics" she said.
"And how is Cecily?" Asked Lady
Eyenswood.
20. she's just adprable-and Mrs.
iver's got hef very good house.
keener.a u
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Diplomacy.

Diplomacy.
First Stranger-Say, that's my UNI.
brella you've got there.
Second strangerwAll right. Just
come with me to the police station
and III return it to you.
First stranser-Bus wig 10 It nee
essary to go to the police stdtion2
Second Stranger-oh, merely as
matter of self-protecipn. You see,
this umbrella was left in py irpnse py
burglar few nights ago, and--
First Stranger--fA.er-ahat is--er-.
now that l look at tie handle more
closely, see#er-that ! am Mistaken.
Pardon me, cir. Gdod-day.
Second Stranger (asidsIrGee, but
that was a close shave. forgot to
tell him that burglar left it probably
because he didn't happen to see it.
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All things come to those who work
and wait, and this year is veritable
year of plenty for that portion of the
two Dakotss which suffered from such
a complete crop failure last year. The
early and the latter rains came for
them in fullness, and the stored fer
tility, the work Of the drought of pre-
vious seasons, and the seasonahle rains
combined to produce the best of crops.
Every bushel of their wheat, flax, bar
ley, potatoes and corn will be wanted
by less favored sections at big prices.
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iaaaMs
Not The Usunl Destination,

An amusing story is told which
bears upon case of mistaken iden-
tity. A man went up to an acauaint-
ancs and began to talk to him. In
the course of conversation he said:
Il heard your father make such an
excellent speech in the house of lords
Il am SO glad" was the reply; I'VE
lost him about. ten years ago, and I
am highly gratihed 10 hear that he has
gone to so Respectable place"
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what puzr1er Young Amer,c..

1t is puzzle to the modern youth
bow so many old buffers managed to-
get along in the world without the
knowledge of things in general posi-
sessed by the modern youth.--Bostoni
Transcript. ~,
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THE oTTUMwA COURIER

at your face. my dea@. You keep Ad-
die Tristram still alive for me-"
She's Lady Tristram- and I'm the
enormous difference, | suppose" said
/ Harry.
Nina and Neeld did not quite I'M
derstand why Cecily turned so sud-
denly and put her hand in Harry s,
saying, mo, Harry, there's no differ
ence now
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

The fall is the season for sorting and
thinning out the tloclSs and herds on
the farm. The rigid test of "Will it
pay to winter should be applied re-
lentlessly TO dairy herd, hog yard. horse
barn and poultry yard. Old horses,
aged cows and those which are Just
summer boarders in the dairy. the two
year old hens. the unproductivc, ugly,
deformed ana i'll favored OF all kinds,
should go to the bargain counter before
the first snow fails.
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we are asked whether a farmer WI

We are asked whether farmer who
has raised three or four fiocks of
prairie chickens on his place and in
vites a town sport out to kill the birds
two weeks before the season opens,
the farmer to have one-half Of the
birds, should be prosecuted for vio-
lating the game law. This question is
referred to King Solomon or any other
very wise old coon who is competent to
judge. There are some things in this
old world the ethics of which have not
been clearly revealed to US.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

It has come about to this-that it is
not best to decide that you want a jot
done unless you are prepared to do ii
yourself.
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Eggs cooked in the shell by the heat
of the sun and apples baked on the
trees were features of the heated term
of ITO in the shade III July last.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

Samples of the Whitaker plum sent
to us July % showed them to be fully
ripe and of good quality, making this
plum the earliest of any we know of.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

The law Of Illinois which prohibited
the artificial bleaching or coloring Of
grain has been declared unconstitution-
al by the supreme court of that state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

We are noting with much interest
the continued success which is attend
ing the new process of curing cheese in
cold storage, a method where the cheese
Is taken directly from the press and
placed in cold storage and time given
instead of caloric to effect the curing
process. The improvement in the quail
ity Of cheese so cured over that cured
in the old way is said to be so very
marked that it will not be long until
this process will be generally adopted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

Nearly all the local country papers of
the west today contain some gilded
syndicate scheme whose sole object is
to relieve the granger of some of his
surplus cash-real estate, gold mining.
Oil boring and lots of other schemes.
If you have surplus fund and cannot
loan it at satisfactory rates. buy good
farm land with it--land the value and
quality of which you know. You will
then secure the principal even if you
Go not receive big interest