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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
GIVE HER sorr WATER.

Three farmers wives, asked at an in
stitute this winter to name the par
ticular thing which they would most
like to have to add to the comfort and
convenience of their country homes,
said. soft water Now, was not
that funny? With barrels and barrels
OF soft water pouring on to the roofs of
their homes and running away to
waste after every rain and these good
women forced to use the hard well wa
ter for all the washing and cleaning
incident to their housekeeping! Any
man can put in good cistern for $50,
and $40 more will put pump connect
ed with it and an enameled sink in
the kitchen. When so small an ex-
penditure as this will make woman
happy, why not do it?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
BRIDGES AND cuLvERTs.

. One can very easily make good
guess as to the rainfall of any section
of the country by riding over 1t on the
cars, shutting his eyes and carefully
noting the average number of bridges.
and culverts crossed by sound. Where
the rainfall is heavy water courses are
plentiful; where it is deficient such
waterways are few and far between.
That section of railway in the north
west which runs in an air line for 90
miles, with but one small bridge and.
only here and there culvert, may be-
safely set down as "A good country in,
which to raise sheep and a mighty poor
country for corn and hogs and the
dairy COW
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Black Forest the original typef OF kth9
finished and perfected Poland hjnRi
hog, the wiry 700 pound wild horsethe|
ancestor of the 1000 pound Perchazonl
or Clyde or the two minute pacers orr
trotter, the long horned, harmless, aoin,I
less, udderless wild cow of the plainsl
the faraway dam of the Polled August
the Shorthorn and Holstein cattle, thel
perfected Southdown, Shropshire or,
Merino sheep descended directly from
mountain climbing and rock jumping
ancestors, the evolution from original
types being slowly and laboriouEly|
wrought out by patience, care and SCI
lection on the part of man, always to al
certain extent under protest SO far 'asi
natural law was concerned, and EACH
Improvement secured ever and always
handicapped with the almost irresisd-l
BILE tendency on the part of such sani-'
NAL, bird or plant to revert back to its
original type, the natural law being.
swift retrogression only held in check!
by the ever watchful care Of man. A
better understanding of this thing.
would enable many a man to see the.
imperative necessity Of vigilance and
care in breeding and propagating any
of these improved types If he would
maintain their excellence. In other
words. how very easy it is to lose and
how very hard it is to retain those
good qualities which are thus Artificial
ly produced! 1t is just as it is with a
man and his religion-it is mighty easy
to backslide, and to be good he has to
watch and fight and pray every day of
his life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
SUM SPENT BY THE LAST
CONGRESS $l,44O,062, 545.

gress. This will bring the actual ex-
penditures down to $500 ,9l1 ,6Ss.
From the statement prepared by
Mr.. Cannon one may obtain some idea
of the enormous sums
it takes to run Enormous Sums
government like Required to Run
that OF the United the Government.
States. The total
appropriations of the two sessions of
the fifty-sixth congress, covering two
fiscal years, shows an average for
each year, in round numbers, of S74O,-
100000, the items being as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

" oiilloH anu HdlE uOlidT congress
which went ont of
Expenditures of business on Mon
Late Congress day noon, and yet
$1,440,o62,545 nobody seems es-
pecially excited ov-
er the fact The increases in the or
binary annual appropriations came
about in natural sort of way. Ac-
cording to the official figures prepared
by Uncle Joe Cannon the total appro-
priations of the fifty-sixth congress
amounted to 1,440,062, 545, or an aver
age of over $2,000,00O day.
1t may occasion some surprise, but
the fact of the matter is that this con-
gress spent less money than the one
which proceeded it by SIPS, $50 .O91.
The two congresses, however, aver
aged close to the billion and a half
mark each. The fifty-ffth congress
of course had to provide for the ex-
penses of the war itself, but the con-
gress which has just closed has been
obliged to appropriate almost larger
sums as necessary result of the war.
The new revenue law, passed at this
session will, it is estimated, reduce
the taxes by about SAL 100000, bring
ing the total estimated revenues for
the coming fiscal year, including pos
tai receipts, down to $675, 6s3, O42. 1t
is estimated that of the total appro-
ations made at this session at least
$3Q,0o0,0OO will not actually be ex-
pended, as there is always a saving
on the gross sums set aside by CON
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Skunks do not hibernate as do bears,
but will come out of their dens on the
river bank during the milder days Of
the winter in search of food
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
ST. Louis Resident When Told il,

ST. Louis Resident When Told He
Must Be a Cripple Kills Himself.
st. Louis, Mo-, March 12.-Louis
Grund, former assessor and collector
of water rates and at one time depart
ment commander of the G. A. r.. kill
ed himself yesterday. Dependency
because physicians told him it would
be necessary to aHnputate his right
leg on account of blood poison was
the cause.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
WILL CUT COTTON OUTPUT.
Manufacturers Association in Massa.
chusetts Asks CurtaiIment.

Fall River, Mass, March 12.-At a
meeting Of the selling committee of
the Fall River cotton manufacturers
it was voted to ask the manufacturers
all over the country to curtail produc-
ton. The conditions of the proposed
curtailment have not been made pub.
lie
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Well, there is this comfort anyhow
good crops almost always grow where
the bad roads are. 1t is easy to have
good roads on poor soils.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

We came across a small western
town lately where creamery made
butter to the value of $4,000 each
year That community was rich.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
MOB DESTROYS PEsTHousE.
Building at Orange, N. j., Hewn
Down by Angry Mob.

Orange. N. j., March 12.-The build
ing which has Just been erected by
the health authorities for smallpox pa
tients was destroyed by a mob of 400
persons yesterday. The police guard
at the building was unable to with
stand the attack. Many of the be-
siegers We're armed with axes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

New milk and rats constitute bal
anced ration for the barn cats. See
that they have the milk if you want
them to catch the rats.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

We have \ friend who makes a,
speciality of baying good calves and
feeding them high till they are 1
year old, then selling them. He tells
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
THE Law OF RErRoGREss1oN.

THE LAW OF RETRoGREssIoN.
All improved breeds of stock of what,
ever kind, as well as of flowers andl
fruits, are the result of selection and
artificial propagation by man. The lit
tie, gnarly, sour crab is the progenitor,
OF the Baldwin, Greening, Wealthy .andi
Jonathan apple, the wild boar. of Athel
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

A dairyman in southern Minnesota
dried up his cows by feeding them po-
tatoes. Why? A totally unbalanced
ration, woefully deficient in protein
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
Total :. -. -. 49,. S1,44O, O62 ,554

FotaI ~. ..... ST ,44U ,UB2,554
According to these figures Uncle
Sam has reached the point in his do
nestle arrangements where he spends
little over $2,0OO,oO0 a day. To un-
derstand the significance OF this fact
1T should be remembered that the
great bulk of this expenditure is right
here in this country among the peo-
pie who pay the taxes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
CITY MEN AND COUNTRY HOMES.


AS the facilities afforded by mod
ern interurban means of transit are in
creased more and more are well to do
city people seeking homes in the
country. Children ought never to be
born and raised i'll our cities. City
conditions, with polluted air, water and
milk, lack of play room, vicious sights
and associates, imperil not only the
physical but the moral well being Of
the little ones. 1t is the bottle baby
of the cities which swells the mortality
lists in the summer months, and the
effort to raise them at all is like trying
to raise q calf on the skimmilk from
a separator creamery. The desire for
the country home by city men is giving
marked increase in value to all farm
lands lying within reach of our large
eastern cities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Glover is not only fertilizer, but
subsoiler. Glover roots penetrate deep
ly into the subsoil and as they decay
certainly open up the subsoil for the
use of other crops.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

So great is the fertilizing value of
the clover plant that we had as soon
have a field in clover two years, re-
moving the crops of hay and seed. as
to have 10 good loads of manure spread
on each acre of the land. And there
is, besides the added fertility, a better
condition of the soil secured with the
clover than is possible in any other
way.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

A crop of white beans raised among
the trees of a 20 acre orchard is not
only good thing for the young or
chard, but pays about as well as any
crop raised on the farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

The rural mail route the farm tele-
phone and the Capitalization of the
country schools are three agencies
which are going to do much 10 change
things OF the farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

The white turkey is a much tanner
and more domestic bird than his bronze
relative. He will neither wander so
far from home nor roost so high, this
because the bronze bird is much more
closely related to his wild cousin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

We are asked how few cows will JUS
tify the use of farm separator? We
should say Is. though we know of
dairymen with only ten who think that
they could not get along without one
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

1t always Injuries milk to be put in
closed can before all the animal heat
has been taken from it. Every one
handling milk should know this, but
good many do not.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

We have weakness for a porch over
the front door of the home and for a
pretty vine to trail over the porch .
clematis, creeper, a Rambler rose or
even just common old morning glories.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Where the corn crop averages about30
bushels an acre the crop can easily be
doubled by giving the land clover ro-
tation once in four years. The differ
ence between profit and loss in operat-
ing such land can be found in the fore
going statement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

One ton of well cured clover hay is
worth as milk producing food almost
as much as two tons of equally we'll
cured timothy hay, and one pound Of
clover hay fed work horse is worth
almost as much as one pound Of oats.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

us he can make an average gain Of $25
per head on them, the secret being that
the ration fed them will make nearly
twice as many pounds of meat at this
age as it will on the 2 or 3 year old
steer.
A friend of ours bought well bred
but unframed and untitled horse not
long since for SIS. He kept the horse
for 20 days and fitted him up to drive,
then sent him to Chicago, where he
was sold for $345 to scalper, who the
next day matched him up and sold the
team to a New York nabob for $4,000.
There is lesson in the foregoing for
men who have well bred and unframed
horses.
The top of tree corresponds very
closely to its root development If it
has large and widespreading top, 1t
will have farreaching roots. Thus
when you set out a tree with large
top and but few roots you make it very
easy for such tree to die. Where the
roots are deficient the top Of such tree
should always be closely pruned to
correspond We have always had the
best success in setting shade trees such
as elm, hard maple, and the like, to
trim the tree down to just bare pole.
Orchard trees will bear to be planted
much more closely together in the west
than they will in the east. for the rea-
son that all western orchards are at
best short lived, and one need never ex-
pect to see there apple trees a hundred
found in New York and the New Eng
land states. The trees in the western
orchard are further benefited by mod
erately close planting, as they afford
protection to each other from the heat
in summer, the cold in winter and the
force of the winds of the prairie re-
gions.
We sent into Chicago recently and
had friend buy for us pound of
straight oleomargarine, which was sold
to himsas Rock river creamery butter"
at 20 cents per pound. Later another
man was served with a pound of Ell
gin creamery" from the same box at
% cents pound. On the day this oc-
CURED the best western extras of
creamery butter were selling in Chica-
go at wholesale at 20 cents. Oleo cost,
ing 81 cents pound to make can hard
ly be properly called q poor mans
brtter' when if is faxed off on him in
this manner and at these prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

1t is said that the United States Sc
cures 500 varieties of timber more or
less valuable in the new island posses
sions. and we are quite likely to get in
troduced to 500 different types of abo-
riginal cussedness also.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

Any man can make $40 day for
three days put in on extra disking and
dragging of almost any ten acre field Of
corn before planting. This matter of
giving land extra work and prepara-
ton before planting crop of corn is
not as well understood as it should be-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

If man wishes to raise $1T5 horses
to sell, he had better dispense altogeth-
err with barbed wire on his farm fences.
where the horses and colts run. A
barbed wire cut which will in no man
ner injure the horse for usefulness will
always take $50 off him when he is put
on the market.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20
SnHlGin. ErioiGeG.

New ToTi-, Dec, 18.-Andrew Freed
man has obtained an injunction in
the supreme court to restrain A. G..
Spalding from assuming the presidency
of the National Baseball league and
from interfering with the business CT
the National league in any way what
ever
The order further restrains Nicholas
f. Young from delivering to Spalding
any OF the books. records or papers OF
the league. The defendants are or
dered TO show cause before Judge
Scott on Dec. 10 why the injunction
should not be made permanent.
In this action Mr.. Freedman repre-
scented the New York. Boston. Cincin-
natl and St. Louis Baseball clubs
friedman hopes to have the election Of
Mr.. SpaldinS as president of the league
declared illegal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Omaha, Dec. 1&.-Auother severe
storm struck northern and west Ne
hrasEa Monday evening. and m some
parts OF the state it lis the worst expe-
.tsnce4 since The blizzard Of 1888.
TIN" most serious reports come from
along the line ul the Fremont. EIkhorn
and Missouri VALLEY railroad which
tEavo.s.- the length Of The state along
the northern border. From along the
line of that road, and as far west as
Casper, come reports of a heavy fall OF
snow, accom- panied by binding wind.
In this city the weather began to
moderate Sunday night ard continued
until noon Monday, when the temper
aturc hegan to fall again, and it is 10
degrees below zero.
The cold wave is general over South
Dakota, western Iowa. Wyoming and
Nebraska.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20
ROSEBERY RECEPTION
Former Liberal PreInie- Givon Or, -
Welcome at Che 81 linlJ.

Welcome at Chest Ell field
Chesterfield. Eng. Dec. 17.-Lord
Rosebery, the former Liberal premier
was accorded a great reception when
he appeared on the crowded platoon
here Monday evening He said that
he had come by invitation and did not
wish to indulge in phraseology, but to
speak his mind and offer the Liberals
come dispassionate advice. The Lib
eral party, he continued, had passed
through long and trying illness, but
was now approaching convalescence,
one of the signs of which was that 1t
had gotten rid Of the Irish alliance.
The Liberal party must now regain
unity, though he would not advise just
how this Should be done.
Lord Rosebary's long expected and
much heara!ded speech vas received
with marked enthusiasm by IN i'm,
mcnse crowd. 1t can hardly be said
to have thrown much IEat along tho
pathway CT the Liberal r@-t.- and it j.
doubtful if his most admitting listener
could have given any Justification foT
his enthusiasm, save that it w&s Lord
EOscbery
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Guthrie, o. T, Dec. 18.--Another cold
wave struck Oklahoma Monday night.
and following 50 closely on the first.
it will do greater damage to tho extern
stve cattle interests Of the TERRITORY,
Reports from the range state that
stock is perisbing. 4 prominent cat
tleman said that the loss as a result
of the blizzard will be greater among
Oklahoma stoclymcn than ever known
before in the history OF the territory.
The Santa I'e north bound passenger
train, during the blizzard Monday
night, ran into a handcar carrying
three men, north Of Guthrie. killing
the men and fatally injuring the sec
ton foreman.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20
DEWEY is ENDORSED.
Genera; Miles Says Ills Verdict in SohIey
Gaze Suitn Kim.

SaSe Suits Him.
Cincinnati, Dec. io.-Genoral Nelson
A. Niles, commander of tho United
States army, arrived here Monday ac-
coIn?anied by Mrs, Niles. In speaking
OF the finding of the Schley court of in
curry, General Miles said
II am willing to take the Judgment
Of Admiral Dewey in the matter. He
has been the commander of . feet, and
IS such has known the responsibilities
which rest Oh man under those cir
cumstances. He was instrumental in
the destruction of one Spanish fleet,
and knows and realizes the feelings
that encompass an officer under such
conditions.
Il think Dewey has summed up the
matter in a clear and concise manner,
and believe his conclusions Will be
Endorsed by the patriotic people OF the
United States have no sympathy
with the efforts which have been made
to destroy the honor OF an officer under
such circumstances"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Beaumont, Ten. Dec. 18.-A mes
sage has been received in this city to
the effect that the postoflce at Port
Arthur was entered Sunday night and
the safe blown open. Postmaster D.
Il. Barnes states that $1,000 in cash
and about $500 in stamps were taken
by the robbers. Sheriff Landry has
been notified to be on the lookout for
the robbers, and he went to Port Ar
thur 10 see what cIews to the identity
OF the parties can be found
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

South McAIester. |. T. Dec. IS DR..
W. A. Abbott, mayor of McAIester, /
T.. has been elected from the Indian
Territory for refusing to comply with
the law requiring physicians to receive
certificates from the Choctaw board Of
health authorizing them to practice
medicine. DR.. Abbott was taken to
Oklahoma City by Chief Of Police J. w
Ellis, but will probably be allowed to
return temporarily for the purpose Of
citing up his business.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20
Lives LOST in Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 1S-The Sc
were snow and wind storm which set in
last Tuesday night, and which has
been accompanied by the coolest
weather known in this state for many
years, is still raging in some sections.
Five persons are known to have lost
their lives. or these three were herd
ers. one railroad man and the other
a woman.
Five herders were reported lost near
Point of Rocks.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Olive, Tex, Dec. 1S.-Ira Willard.
about 40 years Of aEe. was found dead
a mile and half north of here He
was seen at Kountze late Sunday night
ana 1t is supposed that on returning
home he got down and froze to death
the night being very cold. The Their
mometer here registered 16 degrees be-
low freezing Sunday morning.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Austin, Dec. 13-The penil
board decided to take advan1
the option on 2575 acres of IN
Brazoria county, adjoining the VIII
Clemens state farm, which has
under lease. The price paid was SfI
per acre, or total of $27,S16. 1t
decided that the governor, the bod
and representative of New OrleanN
sugar mill will on next Wednesday
visit the Clemens farm with view of
arranging for the construction of a
sugar mill The board is authorized
to pledge the cane crop in payment for
the mill
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20

Washington, Dec. 18.-As q result
of the negotiations which have been
ia progress between Secretary Hay and
Mr.. Brun, the Danish minister the
last obstacles to the preparation of
the treaty Of "cssion whereby the
United States win become possessed
Of the Danish West Indian islands
treaty will be laid before the senate
before the holiday recess.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-20
some Of the Crew RESCUED.

Paris, Dec. 19.--Additional dispatches
received here from Marselles announce
that E6 members of the crew of So men
belonging to the French steamer K1e-
Der. ashore east of the river Rhone.
have been rescued through the use of
life boats, The captain and the other
officers Of the Kleber have refused to
leave the vessel