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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

print. I have tried TO find editor who
would agree with Inmans view Of the
story most unSuCcessfully must confess.
Later / wrote few short stories which
/ worked of al local entertainments one
of these was The Little Boy and His
Pa" At the suggestion Of a friend I tried
some OF them on 3IcClure-s who promptly
accepted the first three affp-ad- And then
l felt that the NoTIc was 1llne-
AS to the trials of a beginner. have
told the story. I had none in beginning
They have come since MY success has
been much better than 7 expected from
the beginning But the "a ct remains that
some things that I considered my best
work have come back to me have
found also that a story promptly rejected
by one editor may meet with a prompt
acceptance from another This was true
of The Old Drum Corps and Of An Old
Fashioned WOoing- As I 90 years
old I have learned TO take the annoying
things of life philOsophically. and I do not
worry over the things that have come
back 1t IS the successful things people
see not the failures Then. too. as
to lose llesh BY Morrg ing
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DELLA FOX'S HUSBAND.
Mr.. Levy Tells of His Case of Loco
motor-Ataxia- Wife's Plans

New York. Aug 17.-Jack Levy. the
young diamond dealer who married Della
Fox some time ago. is in gloomy frame
of mind over the siege of iOcomOtor ataN-
ia from which he Is suffering these days.
In repl ytO question he said last even
ing
II went to sleep one night apparently as
well / ever was in my life. and when
/ awoke In the morning J cQuid not stand
up ] have had the best physicians and
the best treatment possible without ef-
fecting the disease-in the slightest degree
1T is not very pleasant sensation 90
go out in the morning and not know
whether you will get home alive or not
I am perfectly conscious that am likely
to fall over any minute ana fracture my
skull
Only this morning I tumbied against "a
couple of ladies. and Z suppose they
thought al first that J was either lutoNi-
Gated or inexcusably fresh. though man
aged to square myself Afterwards.
Della has not fully decided as yet what
she will do during the coming season. -nr
is in much better health than at any time
during the past ten years Possibly 5ne
will ill a number OF vaudeville engage
Tueufs.s'
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CONSUMPTION CURE.
Chicago Physician Said to Use
Dog Neat

Chicago Aug. 17.-An alleged unique
cure for consumption. for which the
owner. Doctor James Kotora. claims an
efficacy unsurpassed by any other In
existence. came TO light through the p0-
lice. According to the neighbors. Ko-
tora's cure consists principally OF dog
meat, the need for which has trans
formed his home into a mammoth -an-
mel The complaints to the police have
become SO vigorous that il was an
nounced today a search warrant would
be sworn out and a raid made on the
Kotora home that the physicians g
method might be investigated.
The neighbors spoke in low tones OF
how Kotora works. They say he boils
the dogs in a huge caldron. and from
the liquid with which chemicals Of a
secret nature are mixed. they claim he
furnishes a cure" Kotora acknowl-
edges using the fat from a dogs body
in his remedy, and declares that 10 is
applied externally.
He erected several years ago a little
brick building He declared to curious
neighbors he was building a chicken
coop But il is said the doctor always
enters the building alone. closes the
door carefully and locks it inside. soon
a dense smoke. with an odor peculiar
to the stock yards district. arises and
it pervades the home of the neigh bors-
The neighbors insist the odor arises
from the boiling of dog flesh
Yes. I cure cOnEumptives. said
KOtora today when asked about treat
ing a prospective patient Il won
promise an absolute cure until see the
patient. but I've cured scores OF them.
I can't tell my process; it's a secret
one, but it is used externally. 1t is
merely an external application
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

YOU to your death. Oh. Joe. joe"
Then he hard the rattle OF a wagon
on the road. so rods away. and made u
wild rush for it. when he happened to
remember that his clothing was on the
river bank He hesitated. It might be
a woman
And with a sense of shame that made
MS whole body rr7 Uncle Billy ran back
W the river. grabbed his shirt and began
w. pull II On with trembling hands
w nile his arms We're extended upward
II q vain and desperate attempt TO force
tneIl into the twisted sleeves Spat q
handful Of soft mud hit him in the storn-
ach
For three seconds he was utterly bewil-
eereu- Then the true inWardness of the
ulsap appesLrance OF Uncle Joe flashed across
MS mind ClaWing his shirt from before
MS eyes he beheld Uncle Joe sQuat1ed
on the sycamore calmly surveying him.
Ellsworth Kelley. lives at Yates. Center.
hAzl tie Is superintendent of schools Of
M oQdson county He Is a lawyer hy pro
Aessl0u ana rs wears o. age. Among MS
snort stories are the following which have
appeared in MeClure's this year, 2ard-
Aers An Old Fashioned Wooing and
AN9 OF q kind One of his best stories
IS Lhe Old Drum Corps. a Kansas story
which appeared in The Youths Compan-
ION February - 1901 He contributes
verses TO Puck and Judge Partners
was extensively copied Current Lilera-
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He WRITES WELL.
Ellsworth Kelley, Of Yates Cen
ter, Attracting Attention.
His Philosophy Is Quaint and
Refreshing.
He DEPICTS OLD AGE.
The Antifhesis of William Al
len White.
He Is a School Teacher and
Writes For Pastime.
HE DEPICTS OLD AGE.

HOne day when Summer was not
grown old she paused to take a back
ward glance at Spring. and 10, upon
her face there fell the quiet radiance
Of the. .bygone June"
such is the opening sentence of a
story that is to literature what min
iature is to art; a story that is fault
lessly simple and yet 50 fun of humor
and pathos that to read fl il to wonder
who is the author And the author
is a kansan. Ellsworth Kelley. Of Yates
Center ana the story is Two of a
Kind which appeared in the July
number Of McClure's magazine. The
two Of a kind referred To are two old
men, Uncle Billy and Uncle Joe. ana
with these two simple yet lovabIe cid
characters Slr- Kelley has opened for
himself. as q story writer a field in lit
erature vet uncultivated.
Mr-kelley's two Old men, as the story
goes. paused to take a backward
glance at youth. and the days Of the
father OF the man looked bright to
them, even though the frost of age had
claimed their locks of brown The
story Of how the old men tried to play
the pranks of youth and how they tried
10 enjoy the pastimes of years zone by
Is full of humOr yet behind il an is the
pathos one caRnot fail TO see TIE
two old men who were -.par,7usrS - one
with an anxiety to see if THE squirrel
crop amt gettin ripe" and the other
with "A wild blackberry patch located
down IN the tmber" are good tn read
about. What win White has done as
the ananuensi4 OF youth Ellsworth
kelley Is destined 10 do for old axe and
so il shall be Kansaus who viii find
new characters for literature. al each
end OF the three score years and ten.
In the Two of a Kind" which an
peared IN the July A1cCure,s. is the
story OF how Uncle joe made q rec
ord breaking dive while Uncle Rn1va
stood on the bank and counted The
1oiAoMlns As from the story and gives
an excellent idea Of the characters.
when he reached sixty he pausaa 70
mutter. DOin' as we'll as he used To
when we was pardners" On he count
co. t'--i SUI Now he was visihly
anxious But them he reflected .-Jo-
used 10 be q good diver and So he
kept on until he pronounced .one nun
dreSt~
he paused again-and then he recall
ed how Joe had stayed under. S. vaarz
ago, until rs had counted one hundred
and twenty-five With renewed conf
dence he began. -One hundred or4
hundred and one. one hundred ana
two and he kspr it up with unsreafl7
voice until he touched -'one hundred
and twenty-firet"
mat "eS tHe AtIll- Joe 3 record had
never gone beyond that Could il ~
that Joe had been seized with cramDs
down there in the bottom of svcamora
Hole2 Surely not. for had he not seen
Joe wet his knees to keep away rha
cramps He could wait 40 longer.
~Ioei Oh. Joesa
No answer.
joe you've stayed down long enough
Come uDt-+
No Joe appeared on the surface in
response to this admonition.
Joe, come up Don't act the fool.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

Editor s. A. Browne Of Bennettsville
6 c. was once immensely surprised
Through long suffering from d1spepsia-
he writes my wife was greatly run
down. She had no strength or vlgor and
suffered great distress from her stomach.
buf she tried Electric Bitters when
helped her at once, and after using four
bottles she is entirely well. can eat any
thing It's a grand tonic. and its gentle
laxative qualities are splendid Tor torpid
liver. For indigestion loss OF appetite.
stomach and liver troubles it's positive.
guaranteed cure Only &c at A. J. Arfl-
old & sons drug store 81 North Kan
sas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

East Ninth street is granted BY Judge
Pagan in the probate court
The santa Fe establishes the precedent
IN the matter Of emergency rates for the
shipment OF corn into Kansas. IL is two
thirds Of the regular rate. plus 10 cents.
Represen tative W. c. Mlflar Of Medicine
fields.
The steel strike is causing no delay in
the work Of the construction Of the Santa
F'e shops here.
Chester l. Long and Gov Stanley are
being doomed for Senator. They We're
brought out at the reunion at Hutchin-
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Hutchinson and Return $465 via
The Santa Fe-

Account state G. A. r. Reunion.
Tickets on sale August Il 20 IL. Final
limit August 1s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

To Cure Chllls or Malaria in Days
Take Qufnorfa- All druggists are author
Ized to refund the money in any case. Of
chills. fever or malaria it fails TO cure
Price soc per package.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-02
GIVES INSTRUCTIONS.
U. S. Revenue Commissioners Yerkes
Promulgates New Order in Refer

ence to Stamp Act.
A recent order by United States
Commissioner Yerkes relative to the
redemption of unused stamps contains
some important information. The or
der is as follows:
Treasury Department,
Office of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
Washington, D. c., June IS, 1901
AS stationers or the officers of banks
can not generally make AFFIDAVIT that
their customers are not indebted to the
United States, that they are the bona
! fide owners of the stamps presented
| for redemption, or to such other facts
as are necessary to the support OF
claims, they can not be recognized as
duly qualified agents for the presenta
ton of claims for their customers
Banks OF stationers may, however
purchase imprinted stamps which they
procured and sold to their customers
and, as the bona fide owners thereof
present claims in their own names
for the redemption of such purchased
stamps without regard to the number
purchased from each customer.
/ In all cases where claims are made
by banks or stationers for the redemp
ton of stamps thus purchased, it viii
be necessary, in addition to evidence
now required in support of claims, TO
each claim to be accompanied by ;
certificate duly signed by the part.
from whom the stamps were purchas
ed, setting forth the absolute sale ant
transfer of said stamps to the claim
ant; also a schedule prepared by tn
claimant showing, as to the stamp
, purchased from each customer, tn
name of the person from whom tn
stamps were purchased, the date Q
order upon which they were imprinted
in whose favor the order was ISSUED
the name Of the collector who issue
the same, and of the contractor VIII
imprinted the stamps, and the numbe
: of stamps in each lot purchased. An
!. number Of such purchases may
covered by one claim, but each lot c
: stamps purchased from custone
: should be wrapped separately and tn
J. package so marked that it can be idel
: titled on the schedule and by the ce
t tificate of sale, and all the stamps CO..
a cred by one claim should be placed tt
J gether in one package and be marke
e for Identification and forwarded as j
9 other cases.
{ Stamped checks may, when it is d
: sirable be detached from the book
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BLOOMFIELD COUPLE Welded.
". G. Traverse and Miss Halle Hotch'
kiss United by Rev. Craig.

After much trouble, and a delay Of
several hours V. C. Traverse of Gault,
Mo-, and Miss Halle Hotchkiss of
Bloomfield were united in marriage at
o'clock Saturday evening by Rev. A.
e. Craig, pastor of the First Methodist
church at the parsonage on East
Fourth street.
Mr.. Traverse is a we'll known bust
ness man of Gault. His former home
was in Bloomfield where he has many
relatives and friends. He is nephew
of former Judge H. G. Traverse of the
second district. Miss Hotchliss is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. K. T. Hotch,
kiss of Bloomfield and is very popu.
lar young woman. She has many
friends in Davis county and the news
of her marriage will be a great sur
prise to them all. She was accompan
/ led to this city by Miss Bessie Smith
and who was witness at the cere
mony later.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-02
Board Proceedings.

Proceedings of Board of Supervisors
June "a, 1901.
Being the eighth day of the June
session.
Board met, all members present,
Minutes of last days session read and
approved.
The Board then proceeded to the
equalization of valuations of the vari-
Gus cities, towns and townships as re-
turned by the assessors and after care
full comparison the following changes
were made:
Cass township, increased 40 per
cent
Green township, increased 20 per
cent.
Keokuk township, increased so per
cent.
Washington township, increased 20
per cent.
Highland township, decreased 10 per
| cent.
The following road petitions were
| then pranted as per conditions on file
in the county auditors office:
Petition of M. j. Carr for vacation
and relocation of road in Sec. %
Center township.
Petition of A. J. Hicks, ct al, fol
vacation of road in Sec. II, Greer
| township.
Petition of L. H. Hughes, ct al, fol
vacation and relocation of road il
Sec. 20, Center township, and petition
of B. Herman, ct al, for vacation anG
relocation of road in Sec. %, Center
township.
| There appearing a vacancy in tht
Office of justice of the peace in Rich
i land township, Alfred Stanier was ap
4 pointed to fill said vacancy Thu
I board then adjourned to meet Monda.
August the fifth, 1901.
]. M. Elder, Chairman.
j, Attest: I. Fl. Hammond, County Audi
tor.
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" CAPITAL is INTERESTED.

From Mondays Daily.
Don A. Pool, of the Ottumwa Com
mercial Exchange. said this afternoon
that the oat meal mill which was men.
toned in a recent issue of the Courier
as possible addition to the industries
of Ottumwa is now ready to come to
this city and that there are capitalists
here who win put the money into the
deal if the promoters prove that the
advantage they claim for the factory
are really possessed by it.
Mr.. Pool said that as soon as the Ne,
braska parties prove their claims to be
right there will be little trouble in rails.
ing the money to capitalize the com
pany However, he would not give
the names Of the local men interested
in the matter until the contract is
signed or rejected.
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Packing House Items.

R. Grooms is the latest addition to
the electricians department.
Earl Bot, journal clerk, has been
on the sick list this week.
John Nader, of the local room, has
been on the sick list for the past three
or four days.
Peter Santeen, of the packing house
fire department, is building house on
South Iowa avenue.
Miss Gertrude Allott cashier at the
meat market, was off duty last Thurs
day owing to Illness.
John Allott, foreman of the beef kill
ing department at the packing house,
was off duty last Monday.
Frank Feeley, errand boy at the
store room at the packing house, was
on the sick list last Thursday.
Fred Anderson, of the Anderson
Dryer Co, Of Cleveland, Ohio, was in
the city on business Monday.
George Strobel, one of the book
keepers in the Morrell Office, has re-
turned to work after his annual vaca-
ton.
Lou Schneider, one of the cooper
boys, WAS ONGECCIIS ny Iie ICoI "
Wednesday of this week, but is well
now.
d. IT. McCIeliand, of the jobbing de-
partment at the packing house, has
returned to work after his annual va
cation.
George B. Mccullough, of the local
room. who has been i'll and laying off
for the past few days, resumed work
last Monday.
Mrs w E. Daugherty, the wife Of
the packing house electrician, has re
turned home after visit with rela
tives at Oskaloosa.
Bernard Allott, of the Office of the
,, local department, was unable to at
tend to his duties part OF the time las
week, owing to illness.
Lando Hendricks, the eleven-year
old son of j. H. Hendricks, of Douds
| was an interested visitor at the pack
ing house on Thursday.
. A. Harburg, of the killing depart
: ment, is in the hospital this week. Al
/ operation was performed upon him re
Gently, and he is doing we'll.
i Roy Morrison, of West Burlington
WIS NlSlllNS III lue SiIy hoe1.ui uey' -
n was one of the employees at the pacl
ing house five or six years ago.
= Sam Downey, who formerly worke
+ at the packing house, but for the pas
I two years has been in the wester
!, country, was in the city on visit Q
= Tuesday and Wednesday.
George Allott, Of the packing room
and his sister, Miss Sadie, left la!
w ednesday for Omaha, Neb., to atten
the wedding Of their brother, Leonar
: to Miss Reese.
DR.. j. Miller, chief government il
# spector at the packing house, is pla
t, ming to take a vacation and visit rel
Of tives in the east for a short time. II
at place will be filed temporarily by [
A. w. A. Savage. i
st Miss Virginia Warwick, of Keoku
ST is visiting at the home of her cousi
Miss Blanche Trotter, OF this city II
81 two were interested visitors at tt
ne packing house last Wednesday.
~ E. l.. Jennings, of the beef killil
Wv department, at the packing hous
~ leaves the service of John Morrell
q +" Co. this evening and will start soon
u Chicago, where he will enter the e.
" ploy of Swift & Co. in the beef depa
~ ment.
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NEW LINE THROUGH IOWA.
Wabash and Other Roads Talk of
Forming Combinations.

Marshalltown, June 29.-J. N. Title.
more, general traffic manager OF the
Iowa Central railway, met traffic Off
Gals of the Minneapolis G st. Louis
and Wabash here in reference to the
formation of a ST. Louis line by the
Minneapolis & st. Louis, Iowa Central
and Wabash, via Albert Lea and Al
bia. The opening Of an Iowa Central
line via Albert Lea would make an
important change in the Chicago-St
Paul rate and would, it is said, result
in reduction on hrst-class freight OF
3 cents per hundred from Chicago tc
all points on the Iowa Central, west
of the Mississippi river.
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5HBoRHooD NEWS.
Lucas.

Lucas.
5, July 2.-J. w. Kitto, one of
est and most highly respected
died Thursday at the
{ his daughter, Mrs. Emily
Mr.. Kitto came to Lucas in
4 since the death of his wife
years ago has made his home
children here and at Hiteman.
eral services were held at the
lurch Saturday afternoon con-
v Rev. w. III. Larrick, of Ting
listed by the home minister,
q. Mitchell. Among those of
ives attending from distance
wv. Kitto and wife, of Ottum-
ok Kitto, of Foster; Thos Bar
wife and mother, and Chas.
Of Hiteman.
washington, of What Cheer,
mhursday and will begin pros
blxt week for the Big Hill Coal
deg Co.
.,las. Schwartz, of Creston,
cn very successful balloon as
bul parachute leap at this place
lmvening. Mr.. Schwartz has
caed by the merchants to give
exhibition on each of the
ahs urdays for the next foul
(. his
NAV agreement which the
NTaion will ask the merchants
,uiy. 7 will be considerable o.
q from the one enacted a veal
lowing is the agreement:
oaces of business to be opened
dlck from Oct. 1 to April
It G::30 a. m. from April l tt
sThe old agreement permitted
Chants to open at $50 during
oe year.
i. close at $50 p. m. excep
when the hour of closing vii
a a..
b close at 9 a. m. on all holi
ii
no work be required of tn
4 Sunday.
at no work will be required o
is before opening or after clos
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Delta.

lelta, July Is. G. Ewing was in
Faloosa on business Wednesday.
4. w. Carton of Oskaloosa is visit
Z relatives here.
A. Riggen Of What Cheer was here
professional business Friday.
RS. p. Sampson and daughter,
de, were in Oskaloosa Tuesday on
hess and pleasure.
lie Van Gordan was an over Sun
guest at the Leo Vernon home.
INK and Irthum Ewing of 0ska-
are spending a weeks vacation
their uncle, William Ewing.
IS Kittie Wilson has accepted q
ION in Wash Wilson's ice cream
r.
IA, Emma and J. N. Needham
5aret Doble and Mrs. s. Namur OF
rney spent Sunday with DR.
IN and wife.
!. Irwin and wife of Keosauqua
3l5agl ~ n ~ = x
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AVERAGE RECEIPTS
ITorreM Packing House Buys Ia, 800
Hogs Last Week.
THE PORK MARKET is STEADY
cttunwa Falls Below Last Years
Record of Hogs Packed Since March
1, by $4,000, Caused Largely by In
ability to Get Them EARLY in Spring.

[From Saturdays Daily.l
The receipts of hogs last week at
the Morrell packing house amounted
to 14,S0O, against 14,500 the week be-
fore. This is an average figure, and
the market is steady on the porkers.
The Ottumwa pork packing institu-
ton is running smoothly, and the EN-,
ployes are putting in as much time as
is the general custom this time OF the
year.
Special reports to the Cincinnati
Price Current show the number OF
hogs packed since March / at under
mentioned places compared with last
wear. as follows:
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FARMS WANTED.

We have customers for farms all ou
er Iowa. Write us description if you
have good farm to sell. Usual COM
mission in case of sale.
Here are a few just listed: so acres
partly rolling, partly bottom land. 2
miles of railroad town, eight miles
of Ottumwa. Good Improvements,
$4,000. t.,sg !
ia acres, six miles of sOttumwa,
large louise, excellent neig lborhood.
very cIoseEto school and Charge $45
per acre 34S
Some good farms in sou heastern
Kansas to exchange for Iowa and.
MORRIS WILL ANS,
Box 2os, ottumWa, la. Bake, BPd'r.