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Railroad Farm Lands For Sale.

In Northern Wisconsin the Chica-
go, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Railway has for sale, at low rates
and easy terms of payment, about
100000 acres OF choice farm lands.
Early buyers will secure the adyan-
tage of locations on the many beauti-
fuI streams and lakes, which abound
with fish and furnish a meyer ending
and most excellent water supply,
both for family use and for stock. .
Land is generally we'll timbered,
the soil is fertile and easy of cultiya-
tion. Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior, Ash
land and numerous other thriving
cities ard towns on the line of the G..
st. P. M. & O. Ry. and other rail
roads in the same territory furnish
good markets for farm produce.
For further particulars address:
Geo. w. BELL,
Land Commissioner, Hudson, Wis, or
g. FL. MAoRAE,
A. Ct. P. A., st. Panl, MINI.
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driven by force to crush. 'I'd rather
smoke or Sleep" And the little secre-
tary, with his strong, boyish ardor,
kept them far away and comforted
Halbert with his companionable 81
lence
The one measure in Aliens make up
which Halbert could not understand
never get him to indulge even in a
cigarette. And in the matter of drink
ing, though Allen could mix punch or
a cocktail with commendable art, he
brought them untasted to Halbert as
a kind Of offering to that exalted
wretch.
''You should have been a woman, by
gad," Halbert said once to him. ga
thousand pardons, Allen, but you
would have made fine looking girl
You've got grace and tact enough for
it, you know. Why, believe me, Allen,
If there were women like you today,
with the brain and all, believe I'd
marry one of them" Allen, actually
blushed and retreated in confusion.
Halbert liked this display of apparent
shyness, and his affection for the boy
grew. He liked to slap him on the
back and he said he felt lonesome
when the chap was away. 81 tell you
what, Allen, don't know whether to
adopt you as my son, considering the
fact that shall never have one Of my
own, or whether to let things slide on
as formerly and just double your sal
ary."
Things slid on as formerly until Hal
bert announced hunting trip to Abys-
sinia He had actually completed plans
for both and was sketching out in his
imagination the delicious camaraderie
of two In tent In the wilds of Africa
when ALLEN announced his intention to
resign.
You ungrateful beggar, you can't re-
sign" Halbert shouted. why, my
boy, can't go without you. What's
the matter?''
''The fact of the matter is, sir,'' Allen
replied respectfully, 81 don't want to-
go with you"
1t was a blow, and it landed between
Halbert's eyes. He loved Allen if he
ever loved any being on earth, and this
was the first time that he ever had
been thwarted. Not given to sentiment
or pleading, he nursed his agony sir
dantiv FRY Arn:1's ahruntness stunp
p y M (
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NUS

him with all the agony OF untilial in
gratitude, of unrequited love, of treach-
cry in friend-eyeryth 1t pained
Halbert as he had never been panied
before. That afternoon he ordered his
horse for a long ride and went out de-
I jectedly with load on his shoulders.
He wanted to puzzle out the situation.
He had never to plead with any one
before in his life for what he wanted,
and he hated to plead now. 1t might
seem unmanly, he feared. He went
out without calling to Allen, and he
did not return for dinner. :,
The secretary in the meantime felt
an unhappy sinking Of his heart as the
hours dragged by and Halbert did not
return. 1t was his custom at least to
return to dress for the evening, espe-
cially if he meant to dine out, and his
continued absence made Allen uneasy.
He did not know whether Halbert
cared about his refusal to accompany
him, but he knew that he himself
cared, and he felt he could not ac-
quaint his friend with the real reason.
until he had actually gone.
! At 9 o'clock Halbert came back-not
exactly on stretcher, but leaning on
the arm of his valet. He had had a
bad fall somewhere on the Riverside
drive, and he had turned his elbow
badly -sprained it, in fact. They had
actually subjected him to the annoy
ance Of carrying him to a hospital be-
cause he had been too dazed to remo1j
strate, and when his mind was eVentu-
ally clear he demanded removal to his
own rooms. L
His valet settled him comfortably on
divan and had left the room when,
Halbert sank into light slumber. mi
a few moments Allen came In, white,
haggard, limp with anxiety, and stoodl
there looking at Halbert with startled
PAIN in his gaze; then, with sudden,i
incontrollable impulse, he knelt down
beside the divan for a moment and
grasplng one of the sufferers hands ina
his own, pressed it tt. his lips with q;
sob Of distress and pain
Y Halbert opened his eyes and turned
to look at. him. He was almost too
dumfounded to speak Allen got up inls
confusion, and Halbert kept smilingI
and staring at him ina riot of bewil-l
dered ideas, cropping, as he did, in al
rl'aer labyrinth Of uncertainties like al
continued on page fivel
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Average mean temperature of
December fer sixteen years 1853 de-
grees.
Summary fer the year:
Mean temperature of the year 40.8
degrees. Highest temperature Of the
year ION July 3Oth) 100 degrees.
Lowest temperature of the year (Jan.
31th) 20 degrees below zero.
Total water deposit for the year,
1879 inches. Average annual water
deposit for Is years % inches.
Mean temperature of the seasons:
Winter, January, February and
December l4.6 degrees. Spring, 45
degees. Summer, ia degrees.
Fall, 1853 degrees.
D. T. WHEATON,
Volunteer Observer, us .Ag. Dept.
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The ARMY oE The SEA.

Far out, far out, close sSding crest on crest,
The long, white legions glisten in the sum-
Endless and armed for instant strife they run
In monstrous phalanx, sweeping in abreast.
Far out far out, where seethes the wild unrest,
What fearful glories have those foemen won,
What deeds of blood have they in anger done
And shrieked upon the night wind unsurpassed!
And down, far GSwn-why crawls the conger so P
Are staring eyes and shrunken lips that say
Poor, piteous protest to the whirlwind foe
That, striking them, roared on for further prey.
Oh, fleets and powers, what war won songs have y
More dread than sing this army of the sea?
Thomas Bicket in New Lippincott.
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THE WEATHER.
Meteorological Record for Dec. 1900
Summary for the Year.

The temperature for December was
nearly the same as for December last
year and a degree and half warmer
than the average of December for
sixteen years. The first eight days
of the month were mild. the maxi
mum five days were above the freez-
ing point. Then followed cold
period of five days with minimum
temperature of ten degrees below zero
on the 9 and IL. The remainder of
the month was comparatively mild
up to the Both when it dropped to
fifteen degrees below zero on the 31st,
which was the coldest day Of the
month. There was but little snow
fall during the month, but the roads
are icy. The month may be regarded
as pleasant and mild one.
Daily observations gave the fol-
lowl assults:
Mean temperature of the month
17.8 degrees. Maximum temper
ture of the month Con 20th) 42 de-
grees. Minimum temperature of the |
month ION 3lst) Is degrees below |
zero.
Water deposit, in inches, 80 inches.
Comparative temperture Of Decem-
bor.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
Che Conservative.

says government report, requires that
our tariff be revised from the point of
view of exports, allowing free entry for,
or, at any rate, reducing the duty on,
all products used by our export trade"
Spain must, naturally, expect a further
shrinkage in her export trade to Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines when
American methods are in full swing
there; especially so, if our own tariff
walls are thrown around these new
possessions and their and our mainland
doors are left open to each other. This
is natural. The Castillian is paying the
fearful debt of his folly but he is paying
it gallantly and heroically.-The
National Provisioner.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04

HOLIDAY was running the Brownville
Democrat at the time. I wrote up the
speeches for him, which write-up he
published as the leading editorial in his
next issue. Of course Poppleton, being
the candidate, was given most promin-
ence, but that article shows that both
speeches carried me almost off my feet
and showed my estimate of the speakers.
Soon after that the republican candidate,
John Taffe, I think) spoke in Brown
vile and spent most of his time replying
to that article and abusing the editor,
DR.. Holiday. That was fun for me
and enjoyed front seat.
If you will get that article, I submit
to your Judgment, whether it is not a
fair write-up of the two foremost Ne
braska democrats of that day, worthy of
place in your history, which, think,
will be the standard for the ground it
covers, for generations to come.
Yours truly,
J. H. broadly.
Lincoln, Neb., April 1, 1901.
Send us the article and The CoNsER-
vATIvE will print it, in part, as to Pop
pleton, with pleasure.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
ATTENTION ANCIENTS.
EDITOR THE CONSERVATIVE:

EDITOR IHE CONSERVATIVE:
I would like reunion of the men,
bers and officers of the territory
in the year 1859 when Gen. Strickland
was speaker of the house and Taylor, I
think, of the council. Will you find
time to communicate with those still
living and see if we cannot get together
for an evening.
Yours etc.,
Major j. E. BURBANK, U. s. A.
Maiden, Mass, March 81, 1901.
Good suggestion. All write the Major
to above address.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
BRYAN is LEARNING.

1t always pleases veteran in the
newspaper business to see a young
journalist "catching on" That Colonel
Bryan's Commoner is taking lessons
from j. Sterling Morton's CoNsERvA-
TIVE may be doubted by some, and we
could hardly credit the statement, were
the truth, in black and white, not look
ing up at us from the printed page. In
Morton's CONSERVATIVE of Jan. 81, the
following drive is made at Bryan:
Common platitudes served hot in
populistic orations, become commoner
when fed out cold in plain type on cheap
paper. And the commonest appetites
cannot relish warmed over and rehashed
inanities served frozen. Gold fiabbergast
is not as edible as that, sizzling hot, from
silver tongue, which is propelled by a
peerless pair Of lungs, and garnished
with a musical voice."
Now, that is classic. But along comes
Bryan with roast Of Cleveland last
week, in which he plainly borrows Mr..
Morton's idea, and clothes it in the fol-
lowing language:
eff Mr.. Cleveland's recent admonition
had been spoken instead of written it
might have been explained by wink or
by gesture suggesting that he himself
was the embodiment of the principles to
which the party should return, but when
the words appear in cold type they re-
quire key"
If that isn't imitation, what is it?
Rather frail, we confess, but imitation
just the same. Bryan is learning
Hayes County Republican.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
Crete, Neb.

A good sentiment merits planting.
Without planting it will never grow.
A little energy spent in behalf of spread
ing good seed when multiplied by the
number of hands that are able to SOW it,
yields a harvest. If every reader of
THE CONSERVATIVE who subscribes to
the sentiments which he finds in it's col
umns would endeavor to increase it's
circulation, he would in that way assist
in propagating his own ideas. Every
man of ideas is not in position to edit
a newspaper, but every man is able to
further the good work of others.
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
WHAT SPAIN LOST BY THE WAR.

Spain and her foolish pride, having
got into an untenable and impossible
position to remain, has in her fruitless
war with this country not only lost
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
but her great trade with those islands as
well. The blowing up Of the United
States cruiser, "Maine" may have been
brilliant from "Smart Alec" point of
view, but it has proved disastrous to
Spain in more ways than one. Hardly
before the smoke of the explosion had
cleared away and the noise of the
treacherous act silenced in the hills about
Havana, the Spaniards had met our army
and our navy in action and had her own
destroyed. The rest is known, the treaty
of peace is signed, and the belligerents
are, automatically, friends.
Spain is sstill paying the terrible penalty
of her act of war. She is paying in
trade. In less than two years her richest
commerce has slipped from her grasp,
and it is gone for all time.
Here is the terrible trade penalty
which war with us has inflicted upon
our late foe. Read and think:
Spain's annual export trade to Cuba
amounted to $136,OOO,OOO. In 1898 this
was cut down to $6O,OOO,OOO loss of
$76,0OO,OOO. The trade to Porto Rico
which was fourishing at the $44, ,000, 900
mark, fell to $13,OOO,OOO, loss Of
$31, 100000. The export trade to the
Philippines, which was up to $49, ,OOO, 900,
dropped to $s7 ,OOO, 900, an annual loss of
$4,000, 900. The total annual loss Of
her export trade to Spain because of the
loss of these fruitful possessions is $780,
100000, or nearly as much as her whole
trade with Cuba.
'This state of the Spanish trade,"
The Conservative, 1901-04-04
AN INSTRUCTIVE ALFALFA FIELD,

AN linz SLRUCllVE ALFALFA FIELD,
1t is well to know that alfalfa succeeds
in the alluvial valleys of the state like
those of the Platte, Republican and
Beaver. Excellent success has also been
attained in growing alfalfa in the eastern
portion of the state, notably in the fields
of the State Agricultural Farm at Lin
coin. 1t is not generally known that
alfalfa can be successfully grown on
rolling uplands in the central portion of
the state, or on lands that have usually
been considered too dry to be safe for
general farm crops.
A notable illustration of what can be
done on lands of this character is to be
found five miles west of Kearney. The
FL. d. Watson ranch has some 5000
acres of valley land of which nearly half
has been seeded to alfalfa. This ranch
also contains between 1900 and 5000
acres of rolling hills and table land, lying
above the level of the Platte, which was
broken six years ago. re-plowed, disced,
and finely narrowed in August with the
thought of conserving summer moisture,
roughly plowed in November and allowed
to lie rough for winter to catch the fur
ries of snow. In early spring this field
was thoroughly disced, pulverized, har-
rowed and made into fine seed bed, and
in April at the proper time for seeding,
was seeded to alfalfa, drilling half the
seed each way. Sufficient of the rain
fall of the previous year and Of the frost
moisture of the preceding winter had
been conserved so that there was enough
moisture in the soil to rise to the surface
and insure prompt termination of the
seed.
This field has yielded fair crops of
alfalfa for five years in succession. In
the driest seasons, one cutting and some
grazing, and in the more favorable years
two cuttings. While the yield of alfalfa
from this dry hillside is not nearly so
large as from the sub-irrigated valleys,
the amount of hay cut and pasturage
secured has been sufficient to make it a
profitable experiment. This is also inter-
esting as showing what may be done
with hundreds of thousands of acres of
similar lands that have been thought
to be useful only for the limited amount
Of prairie grass grown thereon for graz
ing. 1t should be borne in mind, how
ever, that the soil referred to is a yellow
ish clay loan that holds moisture better
than the average western table land.
E. f. STEVENS.
Crete, Neb.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
SUSPECT A
MASSACRE
Rumors That the Turks Have
Again Murdered the
Armenians.
REPORT STARTS STORY
It Is Said the Armenian Revolutionists
Set Fire to the Mussulman Quarters
Where Fighting Afterwards DC.
CURED.

Constantinople, Sept. 11.-Fifty Ar
menian revolutionists, according to
Turkish reports, recently set fire to
Mussulman quarters at Mush, Turk
ish Armenia, where fighting afterward
occurred, the Armenians retiring to-
ward Sassoun.
1t is reported September that Ar
menians and Turks blew up the bar
racks at Sassoun, where 5000 troops
were stationed. A state panic pre-
vailed in consequence. Such Turkish
reports have previously been fore-run.
ners of massacres of Armenians. 1t
is generally apprehended by non-Mus
sulmans here that massacres have al
ready taken place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
STRIKERS
ARE UGLY
Numerous Assaults by Them
Reported Within the Last
Forty-Eight Hours.
FIRE AT M'KEEsPORT OUT
Employees Notified Not to Return to
Work Until Further Notice-No
Steam Up at National Rolling Mill
and at MonongaheIa Steel Works.

Piitsburg, Sejt 1.-THE fires have
been drawn at all the McKeesport
plants of the National Tube company
and employees have been notified not
to return to work until further notice.
The fires have also been drawn at the
National Rolling mill and at the Mo,
nongahela Steel works. The deter
mined stand OF the strikers is said to
have caused the change in the plans
of the company officials. The strik
ers are growing ugly. Numerous as
saults have been reported within the
last forty-eight hours.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
RECTOR is FORCED TO BORROW.
GAINESVILLE Minister Mortgages Furni-
ture to Support His Family.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Sept. 11.-Rev. J..
A. M. Richey, rector of the Trinity
Episcopal church in this city, in Bish-
OPP Nicholson's diocese, has been COM
PEELED to mortgage his household
goods in the parish house for $500 to
]. P. Thompson, local money lender,
in order to secure funds to provide the
necessities of life for himself and fam
lily. The parish is small one, with
few or no wealthy members. there be-
ing two churches of that denomination
in the city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
Fusion Hosts to 60 With
Brethren to Kansas City.
A CALL TO FUsI0NIsTs
Ali Reed, of the State Central Com.
mittee, Says He Does Not Expect
PopuIists to Withdraw From. Democ.
racy This Fall.

Des Moines, Sept. 11-A call that
to all, appearances is the entering
wedge of the splitting of the fusion
populists from the democrats in Iowa
was issued last night by Thomas j.
Newberry, secretary of the state COM
HIittee of the peoples party as it eX-
listed prior to fusion
The call is one to the members of
the peoples party to attend the ma
tional conference of reformers that
will soon be held in Kansas City, This
conference will be attended by the
straight populists, or those that re-
Gently held their state convention in
Des Moines,i and indications are it
will constitute the beginning of a re-
uniting of both wings of the populist
party in this state, either as populists
or as members of the new party that
may spring from the Kansas City con-
! ference.
The Call.
The following is the call issued for
the fusion populists:
| To the peoples party of Iowa
Greeting: AS secretary of said party,
| l am in receipt of an urgent request
that we may attend as peoples party,
as many as can, a called conference
/ of reformers to be held at Kansas CT
I ty September II, Is and 10, to con-
slider the best means of getting our
needed reforms into law.
Individually | think it would be well
to attend and aid in any move that
will help us out of the imperialism
we are SO fast sinking into. Respect
fully. Thomas j. Newberry,
/ Secretary State Committee Peoples
Party.
i F. G. Lockwood E. H. Gillette and
other members of the peoples party
endorse the call.
4 Ali Reed on the Call and Conference.
Ali Reea. of the state central com
mittee of the straight populists. was
seen last evening and asked if he was
aware the call had been issued and
what he thought of it. He said he
4 hau seen it.
II, The Effect in Iowa.
! MI. Reed was questioned further on
the probable effect of the united re
!. form in Iowa. There has been great
i deal of talk that the fusion populists
i would withdraw from the democracy
this fall and name a separate ticket
Mr.. Reed says this will not come tc
pass. He does expect, however, thai
by another year there will be an eff
fort of both wings of the populists tt
get together or for both to merge
themselves into the new organization
that grows out of the Kansas City
:; conference.
TIL design of the reformers is tt
hold national convention in 1904 ant
nominate national ticket In case
the effort to get together at Kansa!
City is success. everything will b'
bent to that end. Next year it il
hardly probable state conventions will
be held although this may be the cas-,
in some states. There is possibilit.
I of national reform convention bein.
held again next year in order to hell
along the movement that will b.
started, if possible, at Kansas City
3 AID to facilitate the adoption of tn
e new name and platform by all tn
t parties interested in the approaching
: conference
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
Eight Miles of Them March
in Cleveland.
1T TAKES FIVE HOURS
Head of the Column is Through When
Those on the End seein-Thous-
ands See the Boys in Blue in Grand
Parade.

Cleveland, Sept. 11.-Notwithstand-
ing the lowering clouds that constant
ly threaten a downpour OF rain
throughout the morning, the grand pa
rade of the Thirty-fifth national en-
campment. Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. was viewed1 by almost the entire
population Of this city and thoisands
of visitors. the parade started soon
after 10 O'Clock from the intersection
of Euclid and Case avenues, two miles
from the centre of the city, and NOV
ed for FIVE hours. The last of the
line did not start until long after noon
and before half the procession had
formed the advance departments had
already finished and dishanded.
Thousands See 1t.
Thousands OF people in the review
ing stands and on the grand stands
saw the continuous parade eight miles
long pass
Cheer Again and Again.
AS the ranks of the old, bent. and
often crippled and halt veterans pass
ed state by state and department by
department the cheers and applause
were renewed again and again. At
Bond and Superior streets the veter-
ans passed between four white double
columns, which stand at each corner,
and between rows of grand stands
down Bond street to the banks of
1 Lake Erie; past the reviewing, stand.
in which stood commandments
/ Rassieur and others of the reviewing
party Immediately in front of the
veterans, as they marched, stood the
/ grand stand on which hundreds of
school children We're grouped in a pic
/ ture of huge American flag. Waiv,
J ing little flags. they gave the whol
effect of the whole American emblem
/ floating to the breeze. This was tho
occasion for an outburst of enthusi
assn on the part of The veterans them
selves. The children sang as the vet
Grams passed. old war songs which
brought back memories OF the days OF
1861. the parade was led by the
mounted police.
/ Following these were the local sranf
marshals of the parade. Capt. Russell
4 p. Burdick end staff, past commanders
in chief in carriages and the national
council of administration.
Only Grand Army posts participat
ed. The departments marched in or
der of seniority with Illinois in the
lead except Ohio, which by courtesy
took the left of the line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
ORDERED TO END STRIKE.
Executive Board Tells President I
Effect Settlement.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 11.-President
Shaffer, it develops, was ordered on
Monday, by the unanimous vote of the
Amalgamated Executive board, to end
the steel strike without delay on the
best terms obtainable. No conditions
were imposed. This action of the ex.
ecutive board makes it incumbent on
the Amalgamated President and his
immediate advisers to secure a settle
ment from the officials of. the steel
corporation whether additional con.
cessions can be secured from, them or
not.