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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
WOMEN IN THE ooRNF1ELps.

All over the central west women
have helped to gather the great corn
crop this year. 1t has not been ques-
ton of whether they should be allowed
to do this sort Of work. They simply
had to or else have the crop wasted. A
good many nice girls have earned from
81 to So a day doing this work and
have built themselves up physically,
with no impairment Of their womanly
refinement. And yet a certain man
whom we know who let's his wife milk
the cows, feed the pigs and part of the
time chop her own wood for the kitch-
en- stove said man had no business
letting his wife work out in the field
this way. Men are queer critters. any
Nyav
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

If Grout gets that bill of his through
congress, it will make four pounds OF
oleo look like 80 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The hens of America are worth $780,
100000. They produce annually eggs
worth $175 100000 and chickens which
sell fdF $l3o, 100000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

A seeding irons the Ben Davis apple
originated in Lesueur county, Mimi,
having the fine appearance of the Ben
Davis, and its good qualities attracted
much attention at the late meeting Of
the Minnesota State Horticultural soci-
ETY..
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The agricultural department is TAX
ing steps to get rid of the prairie dog
settlements of the western states. If
the department will take some steps to
limit the number of real dogs In the
more civilized portions of the country,
it would be still better work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

When John Deere invented the hard
ened steel moldboard FOR the American
pillow, he did rs much for American ag-
rfculture as did Sir Henry Bessemer
FOR the transportation interests when
he invented the Bessemer steel process
of making the steel rail.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

We noticed man burning over his
lawn and thus getting rid of all the
dead grass AID leaves on his place, and
this just as winter set in. This was a
bad mistake. The grass roots and all
kinds of shrubbery are greatly. benefit
ed by having all the protection possible
for tine winter season. 1t is soon
enough in the spring to do this work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

We are wont to think Of Denmark as
poor little country made up of noun
fain ranges, forests, fish, fiords and
poverty; still we note that it exported
the past year 129,OO0,O00 pounds of the
best butter in the world, worth not less
than $33,0U0,000, besides large
amount of fancy cured bacon which
brought a big price.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
No lobby working on congress in the

No lobby working on congress in the
interests of some great corporation ev-
er got in as effective work as did the
farmers of the country on the con-
gressmen on the oleomargarine bill.
The vote In the house showed that
most Of them had heard from their
country constituents
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Could we but see the acreage of for
est despoiled each day in the year to
supply the demand of the newspapers
of the country for paper and that of
the railway corporations for ties for
their roads the people would be almost
paralyzed with establishment. 1T we
add the area annually destroyed by
forest fires, it is small wonder that
America is fast becoming treeless
country.
There cannot be too many Wealthy
apples raised in the territory where
this apple will do well. AS market
fruit it completes with the best stand
ard apples of any state and does it sue
cessfully. 1t keeps well in cold storage
and may be held as winter fruit with
which to supply the northwestern mar
ket. Plant Wealthy apples and lot of
them all through northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

A lady friend Of the writer who is
the wife Of dairyman who supplies
the milk of a dairy of 20 cows for the
Chicago market told us lately that at
the contract price for the milk the but
ter fat contained in it brought them As
cents per pound.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

It has taken 20 years to remove the
English Aprojudice against American
meats. Today English grown beef is
being put on the English market as
American beef.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The value of all farm crops produced
in the state of Iowa during 1900 is
$229,805, 05S. If the state produced
this much gold, it would be rated as the
worlds Ell Dorado.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Only 81 per cent of the human race
have any knowledge whatever Of the
value Of corn as food for man. The
other two-thirds of the race depend up
on rice, rye and bananas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Shredded corn fodder is not success
for sheep feeding. A friend of the
writer who is preparing 5000 sheep for
the spring market has had to abandon
the use of shredded fodder as a rough
age ration for them, as they utterly re-
fuse to eat it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Iowa has system of travelling libra
ries, each library being an assorted col
lection Of books, so in number, sent out
by the state librarian and obtainable
by a very simple process for, circulation
in any country community.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

There is no doubt that the pasturing
of the forest lands of the mountain re-
gions of the west by sheep is in every
way detrimental to tree growth and
development. Young trees simply can
not grow where sheep run.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

A friend of ours has raised nice
crop of Jonathan apples this season
from top grated tree in his orchard
in southern Minnesota. This graft
was made upon a Hibernal trunk and
root.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

Wabash closed lower than week ago. The slump
of Saturday, however, was serious Atchison fell
ga, Union Pacific points Baltimore and Ohio
SI4 Northern Pacific 7. ST. Paul and New-York
Central o. Chesapeake and Ohio Louisville and
Nashville and Southern Pacific each fell "a while
Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio pre-
ferred fell points. and most of the other Ameri-
securities showed declines
The railroad market was decidedly nervous and
excited The other markets. however. were little
affected and their tone remained firm Prices gen
orally were better except Canadian copper shares
which were lower. in sympathy with Americans
Foreign securities were firm during the week the
feature being the advance in Argentines which
were firm, a to l point higher Kaffirs were we'll
supported Rands were 1s better. Silver was
slightly better at q sis ~
Money was easy on call at to 3, fixtures at 70
S4 and three months bills at 76 to 80 per cent
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London. May 5-Local business on the Stock Ex-
change has been quieter during the last week, but
dealings in American securities have been on an
enormous scale, with much animation and MANY
fluctuations in prices After Atchison, Topeka and
santa Fe touched 922a. Union Pacific 1873, Neg-York
Central 172 Northern Pacific 1ls Chicago Mil
waukee and st. Paul 1877 and Southern Pacific 5ss.
all these securities closed internally lower but
still above the best prices of last week. while only
Erie preferred, Missouri Pacific, Pennsylvania and
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

The United States Treasury received last week
from customs s4s97.os7; from internal revenue. s5
s231sS, and from miscellaneous sources 500, ,s44
total OF slli22IS4 Receipts for the month to date
ssoziooo; expenditures S32OOo; excess OF receipts
s1oios Receipts for the fiscal year. $3.50 sos 5s2;
expenditures. sA21lo7o5: OF receipts ss 7ss
eSI- The Treasury's actual cash balance increased
IN the week sie543o. and stands at sl57 PSI aoo
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

asro IL may pay to watch the course of New
work Central and Pennsylvania stocks Bur
uneton with Great Northern guarantee, is not
intrinsicaIy worth much as either New YORK
Central or Pennsylvania. On the decline Fri
dav and Saturday good buying was noted in all
the railroad shares that have not yet enjoyed
striking Improvement. Among the cheap issues
Toledo. St Louis and Western shares were In
good demand.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

T5's. l95 period. !Ht: Bid Asked
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bond quotations compare as follows
with those OF a week ago:
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

High Low. May 4. Apr. 20 fch'ss.l sales.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

rfe til hna o nc
51soh change /
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

Receipts of national bank notes for redemption in
the week g. 546
The Treasury statement of Saturday, compared
with that Of Saturday a week ago:
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06

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New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
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3 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK.
40 WATER ST., BOSTON.
Members N. Y. and Boston Stock Exchanges.
financial meetlnqs
ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO
AvI.RnAn


RAILROAD COMPANY.
To Holders of Trust Certifeates for First
stock and for Common sfoea Of ne ST.
Louis and SAN Francisco Railroad Conn
Notice is hereby given that meeting the holders
Cn5 r-e,srEsI s+o "a r. prTISIrsd s1SA '9 3b. -
Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company issued
s & 4Se2 dated 9 @ day s Of s @ s6
Siesmund Alsberg James A. Blair Benjamin P Cheney.
under certain Plan and the reorganzi-
ton OF the St Louis and san Francisco Railway COM
first part and John A. Stewart. Louis Fitzgerald. j.
BENJAMIN P Cheney \. Blair Voting trustees
parties or the second part will De held in the Board
the Broad EsxchanSs Building NO IS Broad street ia
ne city Of New 9ork n T. on the sixteenth u6hl DAY
ta To determine whether the holders OF said trust GER
In re ipecr o he shares ~ the cspitaI sto of the 81
Louis and san Francisco Railroad Company held ths
cn and delivery BY said Rsilroad Company Of mortGsss
and deed OF trust OF the railroads and interests in yi
road Company. including whole part. the prop
reorganiattoa os he ST. Louis and san Francisco Rail-
way Company. dated April p, 1896, to secure the p
said Railroad company Of an issue limited to the pn
and bearing interest at rate not exceeding four per
cent. per annum; and -
(bl To determine whether holders Of cern-
viii that the Voting Trustees vote in respect
Francisco Railroad Company by Voting Trustees
10 consent 10 and ag'h9rIe an Increase Gf ne 5t Ss@
OF $l50ooOo0 10 be of increase Of the authorizes
Of 500 600 such increase 81
stock Of said Railroad Company. the sxtsnt
The Voting all classes
OF trust certificates will be closed tor the purposes a ~
and remain closed until the opening Of business on NAY
JOHN A. STEWART.
LOUIS FITZGERALD.
j KENNEDY TOD
New-York tribune., 1901-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.

STOCKS.
Furnished by Frederic H. Hatch No so Broad-s,A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
SOME LXPERT TEsY ITONY.

James M. Waterbury, now president
 of the Waterbury Rope Company of
 Brooklyn, and once president of the
 Cordage trust, has told the Industrial some of what he learned about trusts
 when he and others were trying to make the Cordage trust victorious and permanent. He says that the compa- ny when organized controlled between 60 and 70 per cent. of the cordage pro- ducing capacity of the country and that it attempted to get control of the hemp. It's competitors sought to do the same thing, and the result was an increase in the price of the raw material and an overproduction of cordage and a reduction in the price of the complet- ed product. Then came the panic of 1893 and the trust went into the hands of receivers. He thought that the trust had benefited its competitors, and he held that opinion so firmly that he would rather be on the outside. He said further that he did not think that any industrial combination could suc- ceed unless it had an absolute monop- oly or unless it benefited the people at large.
 This is cheering and in harmony with the testimony of other experts. Many of the trusts that have been so dreaded will be found to be bigger with prom ise than performance, and though they may not exactly break with blessings on the heads of those who fear them they will break.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
ELECTION DAY.

This is the day that some have sought, and tonight some will mourn because they found it. If all the claims pan out all the nominees on both the Republican and Democratic tickets will be elected, but that can hardly happen, The signs are that the voting will be be much independence, or whatever it is, displayed by the voters. As the votes will be counted tonight it Is wise not to be unduly agitated over the re- suit or to waste time in guessing. We shall know soon, and so will the de- feated candidates
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
FORSOO7H.
Chronicle Telegraph.

He-There's one thing I am glad Of If anything should happen to me my wife's father would always take care of her.
 She-But suppose something should Weekly.
 The Wife-Alfred, it always seems so hard for me to reconcile foreordination and free will
 The Young ClergymanWhy,M Miriam da, have you forgotten that preached sermon on that very subject only a few weeks ago?-Chicago Tribune.
 "All the names of those dead birds and butterflies are in Latin," remarked John at the museum. And the father who never lets mented
 That's because Latin is dead lan- guage. People use it after they are dead "-Philadelphia Times.
 Neptune looked at the tape long and thoughtfully.
 This boom in Wall Street stocks" he observed at length, 'completely up- sets the theory that water can't rise higher than its source. \ Thereupon he hastily scribbled an or der to buy hundred cut nails common at the market-Marine Journal.
 The Boer pressed his bayonet against my breast
 Quarter, forsooth!" sneered he. You, who devastate our farms, burn our homes, and, as if this were not enough"--
 Here his voice rose to shriek.
 ITO wear those dinky lozenge hats, with the latehet under your nose!"
 I could see that he was awfuly an gry, but my British blood was up, and I laughed in his face.-Detroit Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

Scores of women are making homes Tor their husbands in remote garrison towns which as yet have none of the comforts of India. Many of them have
 been under fire; not few have seen thelr husbands brought in dead or wounded after the engagement which they had watched in helpless anxiety.
 When officers could not go home to get married their sweethearts have come to them-and thereby hangs more than one tragedy whose author was bullet.
 Thus the conditions following the spanish American war have placed the army and navy in new world, more picturesque and romantic than it has ever known before. While the novel; lsts have been delving in musty records for plots and characters, living men and women were performing deeds as thrilling as any of our colonial and frontier days-with the east and the tropics for background. The first to exploit this new field is Frederick Pal mer, in The Ways of the Service" which the Scribners will publish on April il.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

It appears that though New Jersey
 likes the money the big corporations are
 giving her she isn't going to let them
 do just as they please, that is, If they
 pay any attention to her laws. Judge Dixon's opinion in the Smelling Con- pany case is 10 the effect that, under the laws of New Jersey, "when an orig
 inal issue of corporate stock for prop erty to be purchased is contemplated, 1t is the duty of the directors to see that the real value of the property is at least equal to the face value of the stock" Furthermore even "the bona fide judg- ment of the directors" is not to be held as conclusive, but may be reviewed at the instance of existing stockholders" and if court of equity finds that the value of the property purchased is Hess than the face value Of the stock, the issue should be restrained" This, of fore the stock is issued as sull paid; after it Is issued the transaction cannot be set aside except for actual fraud" But the general principle is laid down that "an increase of corporate stock, voted for by the board of directors and by the requisite majority of stockhold- CTS in order to issue such stock for property worth less than the face value of the stock, should be restrained at the instance of dissenting stockhold- CTS"
 How much difference with "financier- ing" this decision will make remains to be seen, but it Is encouraging to have such a decision even if it doesn't im- scare anybody.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

and would suffer no one to pay cent for his entertainment. That man was desperado, an outlaw moonshiner, and was running from the sheriff at that very time.
 Two outlaw sons were supposed to be killed by officers. I offered aid to the father to have them decently clothed and buried but the old man, who was as bad as his sons, declined it with some dignity They had enough left for that; and if not, why he had John Fox, Jr., in Scribner's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
SOME SADDENED ENGLJSHMEN.

l The British manufacturer is not easy
 to discourage, but he isn't feeling good
 these days. one of the reasons for his
 depression is that his government has
 found out that some things can be made
 better, cheaper and quicker in the Unit
 ed States than in England. The war
 strain has been very great on the rail-
 roads of Cape Colony, and to provide sufficient equipment the cape govern
 ment has been obliged to order larger quantities of rolling stock abroad.
 Prompt delivery was matter of abso- lute military necessity, and, though the government favored placing these orders in England it was unable to do so on account of the time asked by the British firms. Recently some twenty engines were purchased in the United States at prices averaging ten per cent below the British figures, with much quicker delivery. It was pointed out that it was case of Atbara and Uganda bridges oyer again, Americans proving that they could supply the col onial railroads more cheaply and ex- peditiously than the British trader But it is not the loss of these particular contracts that the English papers most complain of They point to what has happened in New Zealand. There the in stress of circumstances, purchased a few American locomotives, and liked them so we'll that 1t ordered more, even when there was re rush.
 The more the English colonists see of United States locomotives the better they will like them. They have the qualities that will make them popular anywhere.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
THE ARMY AND NAVY WOMAN
How Our New Wars Have Brought to Notice New and Delightful Ameri-

How Our New Wars Have Brought to can.
 We have always had an army and navy, and consequently we have always
 had the army and navy woman. Somehow, however she has heretofore escaped the eye of the novelist Every other variety of American woman has been analysed, but so far she has stayed undiscovered.
 It remained for our new wars to bring the novelist and the army and navy woman together, and that is how Frederick Palmer came to discover her. Once discovered he studied her, and now he has made her heroine. His Mrs. Gerlison crystalizes his conception of this delightful discovery, but there are other women of the service, beside Mrs. Gerlison, in his pages, who live very real lives.
 You can not keep an army or navy officers wife away from his tation. General Otis tried to and failed. The fair enemy only laughed at him and told him that their husbands only were under his orders. One wife, coming by the first merchant steamer that could bring her from Hong Kong, was house. keeping in Manila two weeks after our tion. There are many more Americna women in the Philippines now than there ever were Spanish wo- men.
 That is why our officers are more confident than the Spaniards," Mrs. tp15 Conpra1 OtiS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full weeK (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per Inch, one 'n' sertion, S1.20: each subsequent lnsertion' 4o cents; one week. $3.20; one month, slo; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse; 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrr nges, Deaths, and Funerals. 50 cents ea'n' Focal Notices. 15 ceE:s per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited. 70 fhe'r own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjectionablo), and their contracts do not Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16
Benusiful Spring.

Add this Is sprlgg .. Geddle sprigg, B0Duifuf' sprlgg! - "'.'.', Whed poets sigg
 Of birds cd wigg, Add all that sort of thigg! They dashed off rhybes About soft chlbes The Iabbs upod the hills, The gurgling rills, The sweet perfube Of flowers i'd bloob, The swelling buds, Add spriggtibe dubs. But say. That stuff Was all a bluff. At first we thought Twas Johddy od- the-spots For we forgot About the trick That's played so slick Whed widter scoots back Od the old track. We had all plads laid To grub add spade Add dig up the back lot, Add thed, great Scott! Cabe the crushigg blow We had to shovel sdow! We had to rush Aroudd through slush. Tined we thought of that gush About sprigg, Geddle sprigg, Boodiful sprigg. Dow we've all got a cold, As buch as we cad hold, But bost of 1t Id the head. Ought to be i'd bed, That's what the doctor said. Cad't prodoudce words right Though we try with all our bight It's just a go-as-you-please With the b's add the d's, add the g's. Do wodder we're sore, For we'd beed there before Add colds we caught, But we forgot 9 That ady old thigg Goesh Id sprigg. Geddle sprigg, Boodful sprigg!
 --Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

There were smart men in China be-
 fore. Rajah Suran, who was one of the
 earliest rulers of India, overran the en- 5 tire east with the exception of China. X When the Chinese heard that he had reached their frontier the emperor call- q council and upon the advice of a crafty old mandarin the following. etratagem was carried out: A large ship was loaded with rusty nails, trees were planted on the deck and the vessel was manned by a numerous crew of old men and dispatched to the rajah's capi- tai. When it arrived the rajah sent an officer to ask how long it had taken the vessel to make the trip from China. The Chinamen answered that they had been all young men when they set sail and that on the voyage they had planted the seeds from which the great, trees had grown. "You can see," they con- ciuded, ."that China must be very long distance away The rajah was so much impressed by these arguments that he concluded he would not live long enough to reach China and aban- doned his projected invasion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

Wife--I somehow just feel in my bones that we will go to Europe this Summer.
 Husband-In which bone do you feel it most?
 Wife-Well. don't exactly know, but guess it's my wish-bone.-Judge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

The members of the Toronto school board have made up their minds that they don't like the vertical writing, and under an order adopted last week the Toronto boys and girls will hereafter slant their letters to the right.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-16

Some day or other some smart wo- man will become famous by having her picture taken with her hands in a pan of dough.-New York Press.