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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-12
IOWA CENTRAL. RAILWAY.

Time of trains carrying. passengers at
Hedrick' Iowa. ca Gnect Nne+ NOV. III, 1900.
No. 8--St. Paul Express daily. 11:15 D IN
No. 5-Mason City Mail Eek. SUM 1926 IN
No. Way Freight lex. Sum-. 500 p IN
Going South.
No. 6--Peoria Mail eek sum-. 1910 m
No. 4-Peoria Express daily. -. 2:55 a m
Coupon tickets on sale to all points in the
United States, Canada and Mexiico. For
rates, folders, etc, call on, or address
Cen Pass 4 Tkt. Agt., Agent,
Marshalltown, Iowa. Hedrick, ID.
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Albert Miller, Des Moines lad, was
seriously injured in a runaway.
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Stock is being subscribed for til g
proposed city hospital at Waterloo.
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Elmer Wilcox, young miner at
Boone, was kicked in the head by a
mule and badly injured.
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Spencer is endeayoring to secure
the location of canning company.
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There is music between the acts of
life's tragedy.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


NORTHERN.
Trains arrive and depart from Burling-
ton, Iowa, as follows:
Going North. Leave. Going South. Arrive.
PassSNo. lib 4:23 m Pass-No. I'd 1910 am
Pass BIB S25 m Pass Alb 1855 D m
Pass 5a 9:07 pm Pass Ga 8:35 am
Pass lob 1875 pm Pass 1Sb 20 pm
Frt- Alb 1884 am Frt- 42b $50 pm
Frt- rob $50 am
a-Daily. b--Daily except Sunday. d.
w. A. KENDALL.
Agt. b., c. r. & N. Ry.
''Ai' " Asst. Gen. Pass & Tiki. Agt.
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TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET UNION STATION.
A J. Packard, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PA

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.
:. Arrive. Depart.
Milwaukee 80: d1 80 m b2;s5 m
Chicago, Cedar Rapids,
Kansas City g. South
west. ........ -. b2:30 IN d1 :35 m
Kansas City and local b5:30 IN b10:4O m
Freight trains depart south b7:00 a. M,
d2:00 p. M. north b7:15 a. M, b10:30 a. m.
day.
freight trains. arrive at and depart from
Ottumwa Junction
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Colonel and Mrs. John A. Kress, the
parents of Lieut. Morrison's wife,
from Powder Depot, Jefferson Bar
racks. Mo-, and his wife: Mrs. Frances
X. Morrison, will be present at the
funeral in Hedrick.
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remains We're placed on a caison and
the escort and two troops with the
officers as mourners marched to the
pier to the music of the Fourth's band
in solemn dirge. The remains were
Immediately sent out to the United
States army, Seventh Indiana.
Every thing that could be was
done for the care of the mortal re-
mains of your loved one by all his
friends present."
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Don't Like the Lottery.

Old soldiers are hoping that the
Washington authorities will see to it
that the new Indian lands are not OPP
ened with rush. If that method is
adopted they all concede, there will
be no 'homesteads for them. Yet a
woman reported at the Kansas City
colony headquarters that she had
made the run ten years ago and stalk
ed out claim. Two weeks ago she
realized $4,000 cash for the property,
which meantime had kept her, and the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-12
WARASH

WABASH.
Arrive. Depart.
Kansas City & st. Louis a6:15am as:56 pm
Kansas City &. st. Lonis a1:O0 pm aS:40 am
tween Ottumwa and Moulton:
Fast freight 49,. ....a12:10 pm a2:S0 pm
Local freight 1852. bS:00 pm 1890 am
aDaily. bExcept Sunday.
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e. A. Hitchcock, Secretary.

Mr.. Williamson has asked the sec
rotary of the interior whether "a man
with a power of attorney from each
member of the association and early
at the land office, will be allowed to
file for all the members at one time"
Commissioner Binger Hermann,
who replied in behalf of Secretary
Hitchcock, was unable to answer eth
er way, confessing no one would know
until the presidents proclamation
should be issued. By the terms of
one of the Indian treaties, the presi-
dent is required to give twenty days
notice, but beyond this, no details of
the opening are known.
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Honor Shown Him.

Needless to say that every honor
has been shown to him, not only in
toYn here, but all along the route
fonA,P enaranda. The adjutant of the
3.agiment will speak for all his broth
,u.Tufncers."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

Tolstoi's latest drama is, if possible.
more cheerful than its predecessors. It
is called The Corpse" and this is its
story: A minor official marries a
young girl from love, but soon after
the wedding takes to drink. loses his
situation and finally, after aban-
doning his wife, sinks to a mere
huckster in the Chitrof rag market at
Moscow. The wife takes a position as
maid for a small wage, but the direct
or Of the establishment where she is
employed falls in love with her and
wins her affection in return, yet the
two resolve not to live together with
out the marriage ceremony. They
therefore induce the girls husband to
play the part of one dead to the world
a role he is willing to undertake for q
small consideration. The girl there
upon Informs the police that her hus-
band has completely disappeared, and
even pretends to recognize as his body
the body of an unknown man found
drowned in the river The marriage
takes place, but the secret Of the lovers
lie made known through a public
house brawl in which the degraded
husband relates that he is "a corpse"
and how he anne to be 80.
The police are called In, and the trio
convicted Of bigamy, are banished to
Siberia.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22
E CAR RIDES.
Street Car Limo That Carries Passengers
for Nothing In Congo.

Street Car Limo That Carries Passengers
for Nothing In Congo.
Bona is the capital Of the Congo
Free State. It is fifty miles from the
mouth OF the river. Fifteen years age
Bona was nothing but q rocky hill at
the base OF which stretched a great
marsh, the prolific source of tropical
fevers. A great change has been
wrought in the appearance and condl-
tons Of Bona. A number Of long
streets have been built over the hill.
This height has been dug down and
leveled so that It is no longer difficult
to reach it from the bank Of the river.
The marshes have been drained, beau
tiful little parks now flourish, and the
Bona Of today is a smiling, hourlshing
town. Piers extend out into the river
and vessels from Europe tie up at these
iron structures and discharge their
cargoes directly into the little cars that
are pulled by small steam engines
along the main street of Bona. The
popularity Of this steam tramway is
that 1t makes 10 charge to any one who
~ AAAN 0A IL AG GnkAlt uOUu~
lace Of Bona may travel between the
town and the river without paying a
cent. Passenger trains, however, run
only four times a day. The man on
the street corner who desires to hail a
train must sometimes find it a rather
long time to wait. Though the pas
senger service is so ~infrequent the
trains are running about all the time,
for Bona is a very busy place, and
Royal avenue, through which the
tramway runs, is lined with stores.
The cars carry goods from the steam
ers 10 the shops Of Royal avenue, or
palTn oil and other native products
down to tbs wharyes. At times, how
ever. when several days have elapsed
after the arrival OF a steamer, there
may be no freightage business, but the
tramway Is as busy as ever, for then
big loads of dirt are hauled from one
part Of Royal avenue to another in the
still uncompleted work Of leveling the
town-NeW York Sun.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22
A swlmminn mnnsr
Hunters Pursue Rie non or Herd

Hunters Pursue Bie non Of Herd In
boats.
A private letter from r.. sedgwicp
Steele OF this city, says the Hartfoi .
Times. who has been spending the la.
three months with his family at Mount
Kineo House, M~oosehead Lake. Me-.
gives an interesting account Of life in
that region and mentions an exciting
moose hunting experience which occur
red within sight Of the hotel. A big
bull moose, in crossing from one point
Of the lake to another, was discovered
by those aboard a quiok-moving naph-
tina launch, and cut of from regaining
the shore. There we're other boats and
canoes out for pleasure on the lake, in
Guiding the large steamboat, which
Joined in the chase, until quite a pro-
cessiOn formed in line behind the fast
swimming animal. In fact, that moose
will never have another such a follow
ing as long as he lives. The moose was
started from a locality called Dry
Point" some six miles from the hotel,
but by the constant coaching and ma
neuvres of the many canoes and boats
was kept from landing on numerous
islands in Moosehead Lake, and di-
rected toward the point on which the
Mount KineO stands. Soon the guests
of the hotel discovered the fast ap-
preaching moose and the comical line
Of craft following in his rear. and all
rushed to the shore, the camera hend"
being largely represented. On came
the greatest animal Of u American
forests, painting and blowing and now
so weary that from the canoes one
could pat his back with a paddle. On
reaching the front of the hotel he was
driven ashore for the admiration Of the
guests. to many of whom it was the
first sight Of this noble animal. After
mounting a steep bank and trotting
%leisurely across the grass he disappear
ed into the woods at the rear Of the
hotel. While camping on Russell Pond,
about thirty miles north Of Moosehead
Lake, the waters of which communi-
cate with the west branch Of the PEN
obscot. Mr.. Steele saw at one time
thirty-two deer running about on the
shore and playing in the water, and he
afterward saw a moos There were
four in his party at the time, and they
sat on the bank of the pond a long
while watching this wonderful exhibit
ton Of game. lie has hunted with a
camera" considerably this summer,
and has negatives Of deer and moose.
but says that one wants a camera with
a fixed focus" as one never knows
how close he Is to the game, and the
shutter has to be ready at a moments
warning.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

This Time 10 Consists OF Distilled water
and Olive OH
Sanford Bennett. D Of the EnCinal
citv's wealthiest and best citizens, has
discovered, so he declares. the way to
secure lasting youth, says the San
Francisco Call. As evidence Of the
worth Of his find Mr.. Bennett offers
his magnincently preserved physique,
his clear eye and his muscular develop
ment
Inc articles which have accom-
plisbed so much for this experiment
are distilled water and olive oil.
Mr.. Bennett is ffty-two years old.
His appearance is that Of n man Of
twenty-five years. He has builded
hopes Of reaching los years before he
dies. A few days ago the ~discOverer
Of the vehiclesfof perpetual youth was
as bald as a billiard ball. The oil, APP
piled to the top of his head, restored
the hair so that now there Is a flowing
shock, covered by an enlarged hat. 1t
IS his purpose soon to give q lecture on
'How Not to Grow Old and How to
Live Long" for the benefit of hundreds
Of the aged and infirm who want to get
instructions drst-hand in the matter Of
the use of CDR. Sanford Benefits
Youth Restorer."
It is Mr.. Benefits theory that old
age and in health are caused by the
collection in the arteries and about the
Joints Of lime and clay sediments ON
tanned In drinking water. This mineral
coating, he believes, interrupts the
proper circulation Of the blood, pre-
vents the necessary irrigation of the
skin, produces stiffness Of the joints
and dulls the action of the brain.
Distilled water and olive oil, n
used internally, the other externally,
are my elixirs Of youth declared MI.
Bennett. "They will counterfeit the
decaying conditions in the body. You
must drink large quantities Of distilled
water and rub yourself with pure Cali
fOrnia olive oil, and take a moderate
amount Of exercise. That is the Sc
cret which my friends have so long
wished to learn"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22
AN OIL QUEEN.
Woman Spectator Whose Income Az
arnraa ~ nnn a w..

Woman Spectator whose Income Az
erages $1,000 a Week.
West Virginia developments Of the
last few weeks have produced what the
operators are pleased to call an "oil
queen" She is Mrs. Mary Jhrig. for
merly Of Sisterville, now livAag in the
Tyler county field, where her venture
some spirit and good luck netted her
an oil income that has been averaging
about $1,000 a week for a month. Mrs.
Ihrig was formerly engaged in the shoe
business at Sisterville, and it was
while living in that busy town of oil
and oil Vaccinations that she devel-
oped the speculative fever. Her shoe
business was not successful, and she
began to dabble in oil. Several small
ventures are said to have netted her
enough to make her confident and will
ing TO undertake the development OF
the most uncertain wildcat" territory
in the state. She secured control of
new territory in the upper end Of Tyler
county, and vent into the field for ac-
tive operations. Several months ago
she contracted for the drilling of a
well on her land. A series Of mishaps
prevented the completion of the lob
until Dec. 4, when the drill touched a
pocket Of oil, and a small gusher re-
suited. The flow was pretty heavy at
first, but has since settled down to
about 25O barrels a day, with every
prospect that the output will be main
tained. The strike is the opening
wedge in territory that will prove val
liable. Mrs. Ihrig is preparing to put
down other wells just as soon as rig
ging can be hauled to her property.
The woman sp%eculator has fixed upon
several spots upon which her agents
will begin drilling as soon as possible.
She has purchased a handsome home
at Parkersburg and will direct her new
interests from that place.-Chicago In
ter-Ocean.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

Venezuela may be gathered from the
statement that the Central American
country, which has an area five times
as large as that Of the state Of Michi-
gan, has a total population Of only
1920, 900, somewhat less than that Of
Michigan, of which number nearly one
fourth are uncivilized indiana. The
regular army Of Venezuela consists Of
$500 men, with a militia which in time
Of civil war has put as many as $4,000
men into the field. So far as a navy is
concerned, Venezuela has only three
small steamers and two sailing ves-
sells, with three or~fOur small river
%gunboats. Furthermore. It has been
only four years since the United States
interviewed on behalf OF Venezuela in
its dispute over the question of boun-
Diary with Great Britain and secured
the appointment Of an arbitration com
mission. by the decision Of which sew
eral hundred square miles Of valuable
territory, including some rich gold
mines and the country to the south Of
the mouth Of the OrinocO river, we're
saved to the smaller state.
one Bone Of Contention.
The asphalt lake, for the possession
Of which the rival American companies
are fighting, lies between a range Of
mountains and the shore of one of the
outlets Of the northern delta Of the
Orinoco river, neal the bay of Paria.
The lake is a mile n a half in length
by a mile in width and comprises more
than 1000 acres of swampy land. Most
Of the surface of the so-called lake is
covered with a rank growth of grasses
and shrubs rising to a height Of eight
or ten feet and interspersed with tall
palm trees. The pitch or asphaltum
does not lie in an unbroken surface, as
on the Trinidad lakes, but bubbles up,
as if from springs. The pitch, how
ever. underlies mostof the surface in
cluded in the lake and has a depth
varying from two to ten feet. In the
center of the lake is a patch of about
seven acres which is free from vegeta-
tion and in which the pitch is so soft
that it cannot be walked on. The whole
surface of the lake is so low that dur
ing the spring floods it is entirely COW
cred by water. The pitch is dug out
Of the lake by native labor and carted
to a convenient place neal a seaport,
where 1t is refined. The raw asphalt
is put into huge kettles and slowly
heated from above until the whole
mass is brought to a liquid condition.
The process of heating drives off the
water and gas with which the raw
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22
AroaAcco sPFEcn.
Euiosy Of the Weed Appiaudod IN IN.
House.

Euiosy Of the weed Appiaudod In enc
House.
It is not often that the Congressional
Record contains such a unique contri-
button to literature as the speech
which Representative Otey Of virginia
delivered In the house on tobacco. Mr..
Otey represents the Lynchbcrg district
In the tobacco growing section OF his
state, and his eulogy Of the weed ought
TO keep him in congress for the re-
mainder Of his days. He Is the eape-
cial advocate OF a bill to allow a larger
ration OF tobacco to the soldiers in the
army. and IL was in advocacy OF this
measure that he delivered his speech.
1T is a fact" asserted Mr.. Otey. that
there is no solace in camp life or on
s%hipboard like the pipe and nothing
slaves of hunger aud thirst like tho
chew Of tobacco" All the smokers and
chewers in the house applauded this
assertion, and then Mr.. Otey went back
to ancient history. He showed how.
from its earliest discovery, tobacco has
been considered a curative. He quoted
an old practitioner OF "physicke" who
commended tobacco In 1910, and re-
called the words Of Hariot, who was
n Of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition
in 1884, and who said that tobacco was
a notable preserver OF health. He quot
ed some lines in praise OF tobacco from
Sponsors "Faerie Queene." and was
especially applauded when he cited the
case Of a man who could not breathe
and whose physician directed him to
take tobacco in fume and little by 1T
tie he recovered his former strength"
There was rapt attention in the house
as Mr.. Otey recited the chemical analy-
sis Of tobacco, with humorous COM
ments on chloride Of potassium, molic
acid, silica, and ligneous matter. The
peroration Of the eulOgy on tobacco Is
worth quoting: His patriotism"
said Major Otey, referring to the SOL
der. expires only with his life; hls
soul is ~enraptured with enthusiasm.
his memory is on the wing, and runs
back with lightning quickness to the
battles fought and victories won; but
he will recall that the ration Of to-
bacco plucked from his mind a rooted
sorrow, RACED out the written troubles
of his brain, and with this sweet OBJ
livious antidote cleansed the bosom of
perilous stuff that weighed upon his
heart"-Washington Post.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

Explorer Jacques Dubon, lecturlng
before the Geographical Society OF
Paris, described a strange city in the
French Senegal colony, once busily
prosperous, but now almost abandoned.
Some gradual change in the climate or
soil has caused increasing d-rowsiness.
Most of the inhabitants slept twenty
hours daily. Some even fell asleep
while walking, and many have slept to
death, their friends finding It impos-
sible TO arous them even after several
days Of uninterrupted lethargy. The
explorer says that neither himself nor
any OF the colonial doctors was able
10 discover the real cause Of the phe-
nomenon.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

We have received a copy Of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. It is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be or
interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature Of the almanac is a pre-
diction Of the weather for every day
Of the year, by Prof. DeVoe, who cor
rectly %prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro-
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman reader Of this pa
per can secure a copy without cost by
sending a request to the company, at
100 William St, New York.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

are said to
be about to seize the arms and other
property belonging to the New York
and Bermudez Asphalt company at the
Bermudez pitch lake, while the regu-
lar government, under President
Castro, has seized a couple of steamers
belonging to a steamboat company
owned in the United States. In order
to protect the property Of citizens OF
this country from being confiscated in
this way the United States warship
Scorpion has been ordered to leave the
harbor of La Guayra and run up the
Orinoco river. and II is reported that
the government at Washington stands
ready to send the north Atlantic
squadron with a force of marines down
from Pensacola, Fla, to Venezuela If
the situation does not improve.
VenezueIa;S Chief Seaport.
La Guayra is the chief seaport Of
Venezuela and the gateway to Caracas,
the capital of the republic. At La
Guayra the mountains overhang the
water, rising to a height Of 5000 feet.
They are visible at sea seventy miles
away. Caracas is distant only ten
miles, but it is reached by one of the
most tortuous pieces Of railroad build
ing in the world. The journey by rail
from the seaport to the capital covers
a distance of seventy miles. The eli
mate of Caracas is mild and pleasant.
which explains why large cities of
tropical America are usually situated
some distance from the coast. Caracas
Is 5000 feet above the sea level, and
the temperature averages II degrees
above zero all the year round.
LookF Like AbSurd ProSpecf.
Some idea of the absurdity Of a seri-
Gus war between the United States and
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

A movement has been begun by sew.
eral art institutes in this country tC
check the exodus Of American art stu.
dents-especially girl students-to Par.
is. It has the approval Of American
artists Of established reputation-mer
who have studied in Paris, lived II
the Latin Quarter, and know the IN.
wholesome conditions existing therein
They assert that facilities for the frs
training in art are as good in America
as in Paris, If not better. For a proper
appreciation and use Of the rich col.
lections OF art which exist in Europe
preliminary training Is necessary, cnt
that can be obtained at home. ''Tt
90 abroad for a postgraduate course,
said M of the most celebrated Of thest
artists, lis all right, but by no meani
for a beginner. The Latin Quarter il
vile" he added.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

Many persons like cats. but few per-
sons would care to sleep amid the de-
caylng remains Of the pets which were
strung around the bedside. Near the
Jaruin des Plantes was kept by a pc
cunar Old maid Of SO years. whom her
neighbors knew as the Lady Of the
Cats. a in which she never would
allow 70 enter. In this room she
cared for cats. live and dead. When
the cats died she hung them around
her bed With a piece Of paper pinned
70 them, stating their ages and names.
Nearly fifty were preserved. some OF
them being nearly skeletons. when the
police interfered 10 stop the nuisance.
New York Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-22

Nearly all the liners now leaving the
port of Philadelphia for Germany and
Great Britain carry I'm their holds hun
dreds of barrels and hogsheads of ap-
pie waste, Apple waste is the Feelings,
cores and other refuse of apples. II
Is gathered from the manufacturers of
apple butter and kindred compounds.
and in England and Germany MARINA
lade and wine are made of it. A very
palatable apple wine is imported thith-
er and in certain colonies is much en-
1oyed. Excellent marmalade, very ex-
pensive and very beautifully labeled
and put up, also come back for con
sumption. Both are made of apple
waste, but few people know that.