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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
GIRL TIRED OF LIFE.
Attempts to Use Poison Route-Un.
faithful Lover Leaves,

Abba, May 14.-The 16-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Lash, section boss for
the Burlington at Tracey, attempted
to commit suicide by the poison route
yesterday. 1t is. stated that trouble
resulted from too close intimacy with
the agent Of the Wabash railway COM
pany at that place. The agent named
Hornbeck, it is stated, locked the
door to his Office and departed from
there on. last Friday. A telegram
from Tracey states that the doctor
who was called to see the girl after
she had taken the poison. said he
thought he could save her life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
NAV Gain Freedom.

Des Moines, May 14.-An application
for the pardon Of S. R. Dawson, the
Damascus steel maker, who killed his
son-in-law, Walter Scott, on Christmas
eve, 1895, is on. file with Governor
Shaw, who is giving it careful consid-
Grafton with the probabilities in favor
OF the issuance of the pardon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
CAR OF EGGS ROASTED.
Hot Box Starts Fire in Burlington
Freight Car.

Charlton, May IA. Especially
Roasted eggs may not be as palatable
as those fried or boiled and especial
lys when those articles are baked in
a box car as was done yesterday, when
Burlington freight train No. 10 enter
ed the yards at this place. The
brakes on. the car. in some unknown
manner became tightly set causing a
hot box. The waste in the box blazed
up and set fire to the floor of the car
which contained 400 cases of eggs and
when the train reached this place it
was blazing merrily. The hose was
turned on and the fire extinguished at
the station. About seventy cases of
eggs were ruined.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
CONTRACT ACCEPTED.
Work on Iowa Falls and Des Moines
Railroad Will BE Hurried,

Iowa Falls, May 14.-President E.
S. Ellsworth of the Des Moines and
Iowa Falls, was advised by wire last
evening that the Globe Construction
company of Chicago, had accepted the
contract for the construction and
equipment of seventy miles of the
road from Iowa Falls to Des Moines,
work on the same to commence within
ten days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
THOMAS WILL STAND AGAIN.
Storm Lake Congressman Expects tc
Seek Third Term.

Sioux City, May 14-Congressman
Lot Thomas, of Storm Lake, sees moth
ing in the present political horizon to
deter him from announcing his can
didacy for third term when the
proper time arrives. When interview
ed here just before his departure for
home after business visit of a few
hours in Sioux City, he talked quite
willingly about the situation, and wiz
the air of a man who is sure to be in
the race.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
HORSE MEAT AND RICE DIET.
Miss Laura conser Talks Concerning
Hardshlps Endured.

"Sieges agree with me. Papa says
that when get sick again he will put
me on a diet of horse meat and rice.
When we were shut in the British le-
cation was in poor health, but before
our eight weeks of Imprisonment was
over had completely recovered" Miss
Laura Conger, of Des Moines, remark
ed laughingly in discussing the terrible
experiences in the foreign legations
at Peking during the recent uprising.
IF the siege had lasted two days
longer" she continued, my saddle
horse would have been killed. We
were eating Miss. Pierce's favorite
horse when relief came l had bid my
horse, goodbye and expected to see
him slaughtered to keep us from starv-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The wonderful new dam across the
river Nile in Egypt will irrigate a
tract of desert land as large as the
state of Connecticut. Upon this re-
claimed tract the beautiful staple Of
the sea island cotton can be produced
| in perfection.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Maryland is the great canning state
Of the Union. In 1900 there were 49,
100000 cans of tomatoes, 11,40O,OOO
cans of corn. 100000 cans of peas
and 100000 cans of peaches put up
In that state, the value of all canned
goods for the year being in excess of
$15,OO0.OOO
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Get a small package Of alfalfa, soy
beans and rape. these three, and give
them an experimental trial this year.
Sow. say, rod square of each and find
out something for yourself.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

When men get to be as particular
about the kind and quality of the seed
vhichfthey sow in their fields as they
nre about the brand of tobacco which
they chew or smoke, there will be bet
ter crops raised.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The legislative work on the Grout
bill will have TO be all gone over again
at the next session Of congress. The
prospects for it's final passage are con-
sidered good By it's friends.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Nothing which the president will see
during his coming trip to the Pacific
coast is likely to more deeply impress
him than the marvellous development
and prosperity of the agricultural in.
terests. of the middle western states.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

There are over 1000 varieties of peo-
MES and no plant giving profusion of
rich bloom is easier to care for. Once
planted they are as long lived as an
asparagus bed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

When the young man on the farm
has been to church and Sunday school
on Sunday morning, there is nothing
wrong in his going to see his best girl
Sunday evening.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The dairymen of Jones county. Ia,
received the sum of S5G6, 1906 for
their butter products during the year
1900. This wealth was produced, too,
without any perceptible impoverish-
ment of the soil of the county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

We saw ten acres of unused shocked
corn the first day of May. A mistake
had evidently been made here in not
having stock enough to consume the
crop before warm weather came. Few
men realize until they have tried cut
ting and saving their corn fodder how
much food there is on an acre of corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Tests of the oil from the newly de-
veloped petroleum district of Texas
show that 2R barrels Of the oil equal
one ton Of soft coal in fuel value.
Should the supply prove to be perma-
nent one it is likely to bring about a
marked revolution in the fuel supply
Of the country at large
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Time spent IN making the home lot
attractive and pleasant is always time
well spent. AS home looks from the
outside. so it is more than likely to look
on the inside.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

+ We never buy anything from a ped
iler and never sell him anything save
rags. j.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

An epidemic causing blindness has
overtaken the vast hocks of crows in
Virginia. rendering them unable to
search for food, and as a result they
are starving to death by thousands.
While this is bad for the crows, it is
not so bad for the farmers whose
crops they destroy and the small birds
whose nests they rob.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

There are plenty of small boys who
will be glad to dig bushel basketful
Of dandelions out of your lawn for a
nickel, and it is the cheapest way in
which to get rid Of these pests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

A common garden rake is great
weed killer If only used at tie proper
time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Hogs have ranged, 30 per cent higher
during the past II months than for the
previous year. War and prosperity are
mostly responsible for this advance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

In estimating the value of the sheep
as forager we note that it is credited
with eating 576 out of GOO varieties Of
grasses and plants. while horses will
eat but 50 and cattle only &C. The An
CORA goat will probably eat the few
which the sheep will not touch.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Eggs at 12'cents per dozen are one Of
the most nutritious and cheapest foods
to be obtained.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

October milk makes the finest flavor
ed cheese. The weather conditions are
also better for curing the cheese.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
Welcome Sound of Guns.

II shall never hear another sound as
welcome as the firing of the guns of
the relief party. Our first intimation
that help was at hand was the regular
reports of the rapid firing guns which
were used by the allied forces. 1t was
2 O'Clock on the morning of our release
that we prisoners first heard the mod
ern guns.
We could distinguished the sound
from that of the guns used by the
Chinese. All the 400 people who were
facing death, were dressed in an in
slant and prepared to welcome the re-
lief party. We realized that our terri
BILE experiences were at an end. Words
could not express our joy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Wisconsin has many Jersey ard
Guernsey dairy herds which will aver
age up butter product of $50 per COW
per year. Where man seeks to make
the dairy the principal business on the
farm these breeds Of COWS are well
worth his attention.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

1t might be good idea for you to
plow up your. last years hogyard and
SOW it to rape. twill grow big crop,
and the hogs will do well on it later on.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The best conditions of soil moisture
for promoting the growth of crops is
where the soil contains about 80 per
cent of the mount of moisture it is ca
pable Of retaining.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The most successful farmers whom
we know today started life 80 or 40
years ago as hired men, but they were
not like some hired men of today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

If you have plenty of water-a run
ming stream or a big pond-near the
farm home, 1t is well enough to keep
some ducks; if not, then we would let
some one else raise the ducks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

People like to see good horses, and SO
il comes that the horse show in Chi
cago the past winter paid its origina-
tors a dividend Of 25 per cent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

About the poorest use to put good
farm to Is to make it grow timothy
seed. When SO used, the land is annu-
ally robbed for the smallest possible
return.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

There should be at least one-fourth
of an acre Of sweet corn planted for
each COW which will be In milk during
the month of August. Try this this
year IL you have never done SO before.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

We watched man few days since
trying to plow around an old straw
stack in the field which he was prepar-
ing for corn. This old stack bottom
was less than 80 rods from his barn
yard. What made him stack his straw
there? Nobody knows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The cherry is the best fruit and the
most difficult fruit to raise that we
have.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Just two things are responsible for
the very large amount of poor cheese
made and offered for sale in this coun-
try-one. the lack Of a we'll developed
and educated nose on the man who
tends to the takfng in and weighing Of
the milk and the other the curing Of the
cheese at temperatures running from
SO to 100 degrees. And when the in
efficient nose at the weigh can and the
mercury on tear get to working in
conjunction 1t is the easiest thing in the
world to load up the shelves of the cur
ing room with so pound stinkers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Nobody can break in the colts better
than the farm boy, and he should be set
at this work us soon as the colt is
weaned, and even before.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The question of help in the house
for the farmers wife is one Of the
most serious problems connected with
the management of the farm. The
work In the farm home is SO perfectly
merciless and ever present during the
crop season, so closely associated with
the actual work Of the farm. that when
the wife and mother is not equal to
the burden imposed upon her it be-
comes most serious matter. Three
meals day, and pretty good ones at
that, must somehow be got up, for
hired men will not stand cold snacks
or picked up lunches. Help for the
wife is hard to get and becomes more
SO each year. Now, there are a few
things which any man can do, if he
has not already secured them, which
will greatly tighten the work in the
home. These may be named as fol-
lows: A supply of soft and hard water
to be obtained without work, plenty Of
dry fuel easy of access. well supplied
vegetable and fruit garden to draw
upon for supplies, a hard wood floor in
the kitchen, modern range or oil
stove to cook with. a generous supply
Of kitchen utensils. 1t will cost far
less to procure these things than it will
to chase around after hired girl and
pay her wages or pay a doctors bill.
The wife is by every right entitled to
just as much modern equipment and
conyeniences in the kitchen as her
husband Is in the conduct of the farm
work, and she should not have to ask
for these things either. ,.....---- -
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
MAKING OVER OLD TnEEs.

We are building over some thrifty
7-year-old apple trees this spring-some
trees which we bought. planted and
cared for in good faith. supposing them
to be of certain desired varieties but
which proved when they fruited to be
utterly worthless mavericks. We find
that 1t is a slow and tedious job to
build over these trees = in fact, the
work cannot be all done in one season,
when had the grating been done when
the trees were 2-year-olds the graft
would have done the work and given
us good trees. This nicely illustrates
the process Of rebuilding the habits
and character Of a matured man when
an attempt is made to reform him. The
work is slow and cannot all be done at
once, when had he been taken in hand
as boy it would have been an easy
matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

A man never gets too old to learn
something new about natural law.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

1t is worth noting that eggs, which
man cannot very well adulterate, pro-
duced in this country are steadily find
ing an increased export demand. while
butter and cheese, the product of
mans skill, are constantly losing
ground abroad. There is no reason on
earth why the Danes, for instance,
should be able to control the butter
market Of England when these very
same Danish dairymen buy any amount
of our corn, bran and oilmeal for their
cows, save that the Dane has built up
reputation for making and selling an
honest product, while American deal
ers In dairy products were running a
splendid market by working off process
butter, oleo and filled cheese upon GUS
toners who had every reason to think
we We're at least honest enough to keep
a good market when we had it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

If you have never been visited by the
hog cholera. don't brag. It's your good
luck anG not your smartness which has
exempted you.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The wonderful oilfield developed in
Texas will rank as the most remark
able discovery Of oil ever made. not
on the Caspian sea. L ght wells at
Beaumont have already been drilled,
each gusher of the most pronounced
kind, having a capacity of from 10000
to 10000 barrels per day. What to do
with this oil is now the problem, as it
seems to have no use at present out
side of fuel. The speculative craze as
ISOLATED with this discovery has never
been equaled in the country, and for
tunes are going to be lost as well as
made.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

We note a late London quotation on
American apples as follows: Spleen
berg, per BARREL S.; Baldwin, So; Green
ing, So; Russet, So; Ben Davis. 81, and
Spy. 81. The Ben Davis must sell on
its color. = 7'-r---1S
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The American boy who is denied the
opportunity to trap and drown out
gophers in the spring misses a great
deal of sport and fun.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

The sum of sits was refused for
buff Plymouth Rock cockerel at the
late Chicago poultry show, which fig
ure for rooster matches up pretty
well with that Of $4,000 for Hereford
bull.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

At least one retired farmer in each
town in the west can make enough
to keep him all summer any year BE-
laying in a supply Of hay and wood
when the roads are good and prices low
to furnish his town neighbors when
the annual spring blockade of bad
roads comes. a man to make this
scheme pay does not want to have any
church connection and may expect to
be rated as pretty hard man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

Some Of the stories told and yarns
spun by men working on the road are
as questionable as the methods Of do
ing the road work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

More fruit can be obtained from a
few strands of Columbian raspberries
than from any other variety of this
fruit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
Words Are Unnecessary.


There were no loud demonstrations.
The men and women who had spent
eight weeks facing death were not CIV
en- to making demonstrations. We
had become so we'll acquainted in the
two months during which we were
thrown together that it was not neces-
sary to use words to express our feel
ings.
"In our own family we have not talk
ed about the siege for months. Our
experiences were so horrible that we
are trying to forget them Our re-
lease seemed so miraculous and we
were so thankful to be saved that all
our troubles disappeared in day.
Happiest Family in the World.
1--WE were the happiest family in the
world when we started back to the
United States. The voyage to San
Francisco seemed interminable. 1t
was one of the happiest moments of
our lives when we stepped on Ameri-
can soil again. feel as though
never wanted to leave home again.
Il cannot express my pleasure at
seeing so many of my friends again.
For time we lost hope 1t seemed as
though We must meet the fate of for
eigners in other parts of the empire.
To have such narrow escape and then
be allowed to return to dear old Iowa
seems the Joy of joys"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

About 100 new creameries are to be
started in the state of Minnesota the
coming season. A new creamery costs
from $1,000 to $4,000 and should be
started only where there is at least
400 cows in sight tributary to it and
which will permit Of an increase of
this number up to 1000. Probably the
same mistake will there be made as in
Iowa and Wisconsin of establishing
creameries in localities before the cows
were in sight and before the people as
a whole were ready to take up the
dairy business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16

If you and your goodwife are IS
past and you are out Of debt and the
owner of good farm, you just sensi-
bly, plan to take life little easier from
now on. While you do not want to
quit work entirely, that being about
the worst thing you could do, plan
to shift the load of work and worry
on to younger shoulders and do just
so much as you feel like doing and no
more. 1t is very poor policy to work
25 years to make 500, 900 and then have
to spend good share of it for doctors
bills and trips to sanitariums.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
ONE FARE PLUS $500

for the round trip. Tickets limited to II daya
for return and good for stop-over privileges al
certain points within going limit of Is days.
IF. MERRY,
Asst Gen. Pass. Agent,
DUBUQUE, Iowa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-27
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SEVERED AT
CONSTANTINOPLE.
FRENCH MINISTER WITHDRAWN
From Further Intercourse With b
lister at Paris May be Given His
Breaks a Personal Promise Made
to the French Representatfye-No
Naval Demonstration Yet Made.

Constantinople. August 81. The
French ambassador. NJ. Constans, has
notified the sultan's first secretary that
all diplomatic relations between France
and Turkey are broker off, and that the
ambassador has informed his govern
ment to this effect.
NJ. Constaps communicated direct
with the sultan because the latest ne
gotiations were transacted with the sui
tan personally.
The ambassador justifes his action
on the ground that the sultan broke his
direct, personal promise, given to NJ.
C~onstans, at an audience in the Yildiz
palace, Thursday, regarding the pur-
chase Of the quays and the settlement
Of the disputed French claims. The
foreign minister also gave formal as
surances that the agreement would be
carried out, 20, in view of this double
breach OF faith, NJ. Constans holds that
it is impossible for France to continue
diplomatic relations with Turkey.
Paris, August PA high official OF
the foreign Office, informed the CORE
Spondent of the Associated Press to-
day that the exact situation at Con-
stantinople is as follows:
The sultan, at the last audience which
he granted to NJ. Constants, the French
ambassador, agreed to send the latter
the same, or the following day, a doc
ument giving complete satisfaction to
France regarding the claims of French
citizens, and III the matter of the QuayS
in accordance with the terms arranged
between the sultan and NJ. Constans
verbally. Instead of doing this, the
sultan waited until yesterday, when he
sent Nj. ConstanS a document, the terms
of which differ cd essentially from those
arranged at the audience.
ThereupOn M. COnStanS declined to
negotiate any further or to hold other
communication with the porte and re-
ferred the matter to the French foreign
office. His dispatch to that effect ar
rived last night. AS the matter stands,
relations between NJ. ConstanS and the
porte are broker off. but France and
Turkey are still in diplomatic relations
through the Turkish ambassador at
Paris.
IF the sultan does not keep the
promises which he made at the last
audience continued the informant of
the correspondent of the Associated
Press, 1--WE will have to recall NJ. Con-
STAINS and send the Turkish ambassa-
dor his passports. A solution one way
of the other is probable within the
next two days.
Replying 10 a question, the foreign
office official says: n ava action
on the part Of France has yet been de-
cided on. The stories in the papers to
the effect that French warships are
under orders to be ready to proceed
to the Bosphorus have no f~oundatin in
fact. Such a measure might, of course,
become necessary, but that e~ventuality
has not yet been considered by the
French government"