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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05

duce tuberculosis, but might injure the
throat
DR.. James Wallace ,sof Philadelphia, an
eye specialist, who treated Booz for the
eyes after he left the academy, sad
Booz told him hes resigned because his
eyes troubled hima The ailment proved
insignificant. s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05
RED LIGHT" TRIAL.
witnesses Tell of Open solicitation
by Allen Street Women.

by Allen Street Women.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-The trial of Po-
lice Captain Holihy on charge of insult
ing Rev. Mr. Paddock and neglect Of duty
in the Red Light precinct when ne COM
manded it, was continued today.
John Becker was questioned in regard
to the character of the houses at Nos. 38
and so Allen street. He had seen disor-
derly women soliciting from windows.
Mrs. Rebecca Goodman told of women
in the Allen street places. She said they
spoke to men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05
TO RESTORE HANGING.
Denver soIOns Prefer Legal Execn-
tions to Lynchings.

DENVER, Jan. 4.-Among the bills in
troduced in the legislature were one for
the restoration OF capital punishment.
This is a result of the recent lynching
in the state. Three men have been sum-
marily executed within a year.
Another bill requests congress to call
a convention to frame a constitutional
amendment making the election of sena-
tors by popular vote.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05
PHILIPPINE WAR
GOES MERRILY ON
BUNCH OF INSURGENTS CAPTURED
BY AMERICAN TROOPS AT
OLD CAVITE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-The following
dispatch was received at the navy de-
rartment this afternoon from Admiral
Remey:
Manila, JAN 4-Bureau Navigation,
Washington: Attack on the morning of
the Sd by the Fourth, infantry, marines
and navy at Cavite, Viejo, resulted in
the capture of one lieutenant colonel, two
forty-eight private insurrectos and four
ladrones -"Remey."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05
TALE IS DENIED.
ST. PAUL's PRESIDENT SAYS AB-
sORPTIGN STORY IS UNTRUE.

CHICAGO, Jan. IA. J. Earring, pres
ident of the st. Paul, who arrived home
in Chicago late tonight, said the report
of any report involving the absorption of
his road was not true
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-05

-PhiladelphiasTimes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
WHY THEY Fret

For some reason we notice that the
women do not take as kindly to the
work incident to the care Of their,
homes as men do to the work Of pro-
viding for their families. For in
stance, there will be ten times as much
kicking and jawing about washing,
the dishes and the like among al
lot Of girls as there will be among
boys who have much dirtier work to
do in caring for the stock on the farm.
Men put more enthusiasm into their
work, no matter IL 1t be hard, drudg-
ing and every way unpleasant, while
so many good women seemingly resent
the fate which compels them to per-
form the drudgery Of the home. Why
cannot women accept their limitations,
and invest homemaking and home
keeping with the same enthusiasm that
men put into their business? One rea-
son is that so few girls are ever taught
how to care for home in business,
like and intelligent manner and so
work ell their lives at disadvantage,
doing week in the hardest way and.
ignoring hundred economies and
methods which would make their work
easier and more pleasant We will
put it this way the average Amer
lean girl is allowed too much liberty, is
not sensibly and practically trained and
is taught that the chief end Of her e1-
istence Is to secure some man who
will take care Of her and provide for all
her wants. Reform on these lines is
needed not only for the sake of the
woman herself, but for the sake Of her
husband and children.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
A WRONG THEORY.

The secretary Of agriculture is cred
fted-wrongly. we think-with the as.
sertion that the forests which once fur
nlshed windbreaks for the hot winds
of the southwest have been cut away,
thus making these winds more destruc,
tive than they used to be. The facts in
no way justify such claim, for there is
far more timber in Kansas, Nebraska.
Iowa and South Dakota now than
there was twenty years ago, while
Colorado, New Mexico. western Texas
and Arizona never had a stick of tim
Der growing on their desert plains.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

e'I must find way out of this" 1
muttered and began an examination Of
the face Of the rock in our rear The
cleft where water dripped slanted up
ward, narrow opening little wider
than mans body. 1 crawled into the
crevice and by using hands and feet
mounted to the summit. / stood en-
chanted by the splendid view. North
ward and eastward the Cumberland
mountains reared their heads, a success
sion of wooded crests; westward the
fair plain Of middle Tennessee; south
ward Confederate territory cut off
from us by war and setting aflame the
imagination as to what was taking
place in the newborn nation. An I'M
dulating horizon divided the black
earth from the scarlet sky left by the
setting sun.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

VA R ORNING, noon, afternoon,
WI F ss:' :;'.s T''s !? al fs %2 conn
mand slept during the day,
and even / got two or three hours of
tired natures sweet restorer, though
would not close my eyes till Helen had
promised not to take hers off the guer-
rillas till | awoke. During the after
noon all began to suffer from hunger
but | would not allow the scanty bit
of food remaining to be eaten. Buck
got over the noon meal bravely, but
When supper time came he clamored
for something TO eat.
Nov, see hyar, Mr.. Brandystone, :"
he argued, you just give me my shar',
an won't want any mo- when the rest
of yo' have yo's.'
you must wait. Buck We shall
have to fast long enough anyway. The
longer between meals the longer we
can hold out
.'All right" he said bravely. Il can
hold out as long as any of yo'."
AS evening came on q horrible thought
loomed up suddenly. If the night
should be dark. there was nothing 10
prevent tie gueirilias stealing up on us
unawGres ""' """tariae, .1r strong
hold
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

He stood d-lOokt11 ct me kind o. quar-
oScrambling over the uneven ground,
climbing rocks, fighting my way through
thickets, explored every promise of
outlet. There was not a possible de-
scent. I returned to the mouth of the
crevice, intending to rejoin my COM
panions. / heard some one clambering
up and, looking down, saw Helen STAN
forth. Giving her my hand, I helped
her to level ground.
"9ou and ~ 1 said, SHOULD not be
absent from the front at the same
time.'
"Tell me-" she said, fixing her eyes
on me intently, what I want to know.
have led Jaqueline, Buck and Ginger
into this trap in an attempt to save
you. The least can expect is your
confidence Who are you?"
Our lives depended on absolute deyo-
ton to each other. If l should tell her
that was a southern man holding a
commission in the Yankee army, that
L had sent information north to enable
Union general to capture the region
about her home, l should sap our main
element of strength. On the other
| hand, was accepting all this devotion
under false pretenses. The thought
was maddening. Had she not been
looking at me with her big honest eyes
l believe l should have shed tears of
anguish.
Miss tanforth-Helen," 1 said
"who and what am can be of no mo-
ment now with death staring us in the
face. You and 1 have mutual pur-
pose-to save those who have been led
into this peril. There is no time for
explanations. l beg of you to Danish
for the time this secret and think only
of the work before U.S."
She turned her eyes out to the far
distant horizon, but did not see it, in.
tent on her own thoughts. Then, look.
ing again at me, she said, with burst
of impulse:
ITO know that you are unworthy
would kill me-"
bowed my head to escape her gaze
When l looked again. she had turned
| and was entering the crevice.
| Having failed to find an outlet il
our rear, we had no choice but to face
our enemies. l cast my eyes over the
only route open to night surprise
On our right, not far below, was the
bare face of rock 20 feet high, around
which was no path. To the left anoth
err rock projected in such fashion tha
while an enemy climbed over it his sill
houette would appear against the sky
Noticing an abundance Of firewoot
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
! Lo,vcd maj head to escape her qozc

bo,ccd my head to escape her gaze.
scattered about, | resolved to build a
bonfire, with a view to lighting up our
enemies should they attempt to steal
upon us in the night. AS soon as it was
dark enough ! sent Buck and Ginger
out TO gather wood and, selecting a
fiat rock midway between those ON the
tanks, scooped together some light, dry
stuff for kindling and us fast as the
wood was brought me put it OH. When
all was ready, we returned to our for
treSS.
But how light a fire? There was not
a match in the party. Indeed the only
means of ignition we possessed was a
percussion cap. | sacrificed two car
tridges and poured the powder they
contained into bit Of paper, intending
10 explode it with percussion powder.
Night attacks always occur just be-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
More Cheap Excursions.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
October, November and December low
rate round trip excursion tickets viii
be on sale to all points on the Burling
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway
north of and including Abbott, la
These tickets bear a 81 day limit
thereby giving ample time to look the
situation over thoroughly.
On same days there will be on sale
at all B. c. R. & N. stations round trir
excursion tickets. with same limit ant
privileges, to points in various Other
states and territories.
Jno G. Farmer, A. G. P. & T. A.
b. c. r. & N. Ry., Cedar Rapids, la
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
CAN'T ExIoIN PROVIDENCE.

During the late drought a spring OF
nice water broke forth of its own &c.
cord upon a mans farm in n western
state where there had never been any
sign of spring before. He was more
pleased than were three of his neigh
bors. whose springs went dry and wells
gave out simultaneously with the COM
ing of his good fortune. The question
of whether his spring could be made
the subject of legal proceedings in the
shape Of an injunction was seriously
considered by his neighbors. who con-
cluded that the injunction papers would
nave to be served upon Providence aud
SO gave up the job.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
SOIL RoBBING.

The very choicest elements of soil
fertility from hundreds Of thousands
of farms in the great Mississippi val
ley in almost inconceivable quantity
are yearly dumped by this river into
the gulf Of Mexico. The process Of
erosion goes on all the year round and
particularly in the winter in the south,
while it is suspended during the frost
period in the north. Every hillside
placed under cultivation contributes
year after year its quota of fertility
through the medium Of the little runs,
creeks and streams to this tremendous
waste. Because this process is con-
tinuous in the south is one reason why
the soil Of the south is less fertile than
that of the north. There is no one
thing which should be so closely watch
ed by the owner of rolling and hilly.
land as this loss of fertility by erosion,
the grand larceny committed by the
offering waters carrying off the farm
ers wealth little by little in solution.
Grass and trees are the best remedy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
THE WILLOW HEDGE NUISANCE.

THE WILLOW HEDGE NUISANCE.
a willow hedge epidemic struck
certain western county thirty years
ago. the farms and highways being lin.
ed with these hedges. If the trees had
never grown to exceed ten feet in
height. the scheme would have been all
right, but when the trees got to rob-
ping strip hundred feet wide Of
the cultivated fields and giving the
public perpetual mudhole for high.
way the planters Of the trees began to
realize how big a blunder they had
made, and today nothing interests them
more than to ind out the cheapest and
easiest method to get rid Of all willow
hedges.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Whatever method you may adopt in
the handling Of the shocked corn, do
not leave it out in the field until the
snow is piled up two feet in depth
around the shock, for If you do you
will wish that you had never cut up a
hill. Nothing wears on mans pety
more than to have to handle shocked
corn when the butts are frozen into the
mud and snow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

One Of the very prettiest of lawn
trees is the common haw, or thorn
bush. 1t may be pruned as closely as
red cedar into almost any shape and
in no manner injure the grass which
grows beneath it. These trees may
sometimes be found in an old pasture
where they have been browsed by the
stock into an ideal shape for a lawn
tree.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
THE FIRST HIRED MAN.

The first hired man ON record was
Jacob, who worked for Laban seven
years for girl, and then the old man
palmed off on him another girl whom
he did not want. He then worked an
other seven years to get the right one.
Hired men who kick on $25 month,
board and washing and the privilege
OF sitting up with the hired girl three
nights In the week should read the sto-
ry of Jacob the first hired man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The August exports of wheat from
this country. were 26.694 $50 bushels, or
more than double those of August a
year ago. America is the Egypt to
which all the heather and Philistines
of other countries are looking for bread.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The average cost of the hogs bought
by packers in the stock markets these
days is not far from $1S each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

We rode over a section of country
lately where the coeklebur held undis-
puted possession Of nearly all the till
able land on the farms. 1t was the
very worst weed show that we ever
saw. The landowners in that section
have serious problem to contend with,
and it will require united effort to SUBJ
due the pest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

A feature of the dairy interest in Nor
way consists in placing dish of por-
ridge on the threshold of the cow barn
on Christmas morning. While this
smacks of superstition, it is still better
than swiping old bossy with the fork
handle on days which are not rated as
holidays.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

We note with pleasure the work that
is being done by many of the great
railway corporations in the matter of
improving the looks Of their rights of
way and their depot grounds. In fact,
the roads are setting the farmers
splendid example in the matter of keep
ing down the weeds, while the small
parks at the depots are becoming OBJ
ject lessons in landscape gardening
and decorative effect for all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
SPECIAL EXCURSION.
$f1.35 to Buffalo and Return Via Bur-
linuton Route

Date of sale to be SO regulated that
passengers will reach and pass
through Chicago on October %,
%, 26, 20 and 31st. Limit for return
to leave Buffalo six days from date of
sale. For particulars call on or ad-
dress w. S. Parker, ticket agent, I'm
ion DenOt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Through the west there has been four
times as much corn cut up, bound and
shocked as ever before. This forage
will release an immense amount Of
hay and thus become indirectly SUBJ
stantial source of revenue to thousands
Of farmers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The harvest is past and the summer
ended, and every weed which grew in
the highway around the farm went to
seed. So general has this thing been
that we are ready to favor n change in
the law which will compel man to
fence his crops and leave the highways
as commons pasture for the stock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Everything points to still higherprices
for beef. The more money the Ameri.
can citizen makes the more and better
beef he wants. We do not believe any
thing but run Of hard times will ever
bring up beef production to equal the
demand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

One reason why the south does not at
tempt to raise it's own corn Is the great
difficulty in keeping the corn when
raised. The moist, warm fall and win
ter weather prevents the perfect ripen-
ing of the corn, while even northern
grown ear corn placed in crib in Lou
isiana will mold and spoil.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

One cow with a diseased hoof, which
affected the quality of her milk, was
responsible for a loss of 8 cents a
pound on the entire make of Wiscon-
sin cheese factory for over thirty days,
or until the source of the trouble was
located.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The tea roses did not like the ex-
IRENE dry heat Of midsummer, even
though they never lacked for water,
but they did respond to the moderated
and moister heat of September with an
abundance of beautiful bloom.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

If you put out that celery bed as sug-
gested last spring, you can now tone up
your nerves at small cost.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Ducks may be raised without pool
or creek for them to swim in, but we
would not want to try the job.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

We once watched a man cultivating
little patch Of corn upon the side of
a West Virginia mountain. The slope
was so steep that he had to do all the
work by hand with hoe. This was
raising a corn crop under difficulties,
for, aside from the hard labor, the
coons, crows and gophers were each
waiting for chance at the crop as
soon as it was big enough for them to
eat
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The calf intended for beef animal
should be kept continuously fat from
the time Of his birth until he is ready
for the slaughter house. The heifer
calf intended for a milk cow should be
kept just thrifty, but never fat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

One dollar and a quarter per bushel
is just four times too big q price to
pay for potatoes when one has refer
ence to them as nutritiye ration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
The question of potatoes for seed will
be a serious one next spring.

The highest priced rose on the mar
ket this winter will be the Early Rose
potato.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

A reader anxiously inquiries whether
it is any worse for farmer to go off
on Sunday excursion than it is for
him to say at home and stone his
neighbours chickens. Passing the ques-
ton Of the Sunday excursion, we will
simply say that it is strictly piors
duty to stone the chickens if they are
scratching up your garden. This
chicken business is enough to make
the most i----.-,,.-- old deacon fall from
GRACE.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The grade of piety in country com.
munity may be pretty accurately sized
up by the style of the horsesheds at the
country church.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

1t seems like carrying Goals TO New
castle to import potatoes from Europe
to this country. yet this will be done on
an extensive scale before another po-
tato crop is raised.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

A good many Of the Illinois men who
sold out at 500 per acre, expecting to
buy just as good farms in Iowa and
southern Minnesota at $50 an acre,
were not quite quick enough and found
out that the last named farms have
jumped in price to $40 and $50 per
acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
SOME DRY WEATHER LESSONS.

SUHE DNf WEATHER. LESSUNS.
We have learned few lessons as
result Of the drought of the past sum-
mer. One thing, it does not pay to
sprinkle every day or two; it is better.
to really irrgate by flowing the wates
on the ground and give it good soak
ing instead once in two weeks. An.
other is that mulching will do almost
as much good as irrigation. We have
also demonstrated that constant sur.
face cultivation of any crop which will
permit Of its being done is just as good
as irrigation, and that by this means
a continuous and healthy growth can
be obtained even in the driest time.
The benefits of deep cultivation-sub-
soiling-have been very noticeable also.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

None of our forage plants comes up
with fall growth quite equal to the
sweet clover, but some way stock does
not take kindly to it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

A good August rain in New Mexico
advanced the price Of cattle from S12
SIT and $50 for one, two and three
year old animals to SIS, $40 and $23.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

We note that the old trouble in the
matter OF tying the shocked corn is
just as common as ever this fall. The
shocks are tied too low down, leaving
the head spreading and fuzzy to catch
the rain and spoil the corn and fodder
also. The well put up shock should be
a cone when settled. Nearly half Of
the fodder was spoiled last year as a
result Of this careless and improper
method of tying the top of the shock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The Lord made four things which
man cannot improve upon-a Polled
Angus steer, blue grass pasture, a
strawberry and Jersey cow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

The peach growing belt in the west
was moved easily hundred miles
north the past season in all the west
ern states and large crops raised where
1t had been thought impossible to grow
this fruit. Perhaps the peach belt will
follow the corn belt in its extension
north,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

We know of several men who will
harvest thirty-five or forty bushels Of
good corn to the acre who should, if
they don't, feel real lliching over the
way they howled over the loss of their
corn crop last July. 1t always pays to
trust Providence just little bit when
q fellow has done his level best.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Lard is quoted at wholesale at 121s
cents per pound, q fact which is likely
to weaken the argument against oleo
and cottonseed oil substitutes for it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

1t looks as though the limits Of
profitable sheep production in this
country had been about reached unless
our folks will eat more mutton and
less beef and pork.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

Instead Of serving potatoes with a
meat order the dining cars and many
Of the restaurants are now serving
them as side dishes and charging an
extra 10 cents for them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31

A pretty good rule as to milk and
cream furnished the creamery is this:
If for any reason it is SO off in quality
that you would not use it yourself,
don't send 1t, just applying the "do as
you would be done by" test.