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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06
Douds.

Douds, June 6.-Don P. Strong has
been appointed administrator of his
deceased brothers (John Strong) es
tate.
George Cahill, of New Mexico, is Wis
iting here with relatives.
Mrs. Mary A. Ferris is having her
residence property repainted.
A nice rain Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning has greatly help
ed the corn and pastures, but oats will
probably not average over one-fourth
crop.
j. G. Hendricks shipped car of cat
tie to Chicago Tuesday.
A new schoolhouse is being talked
OF for this school district, to be two
room building.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06
MuntervilIe.

Munterville, June 6.-Miss Mildred
Anderson had surprise party in hon
or of her mother last Thursday even
ing. Quite number attended and
Alrs. Anderson was presented with a
nice set Of dishes.
The Messrs. Elliot, of Ottumwa,
were visitors here Sunday.
Miss Emma Peterson is visiting with
her mother.
The Young Peoples society meet
ing last Friday evening was well at
tended and an interesting program
was rendered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06

visiting this week with Mrs. Jake
LAM
Miss Alma Goodwin spent Decora-
ton day visiting at her home in Thorn
burg.
George Breakel spent last week in
Cedar Rapids visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stephenson of
Hedrick spent Sunday at the parental
Wagner home, north of Hayesyille.
James Hilterbrand and family of
near Delta, spent Sunday with the
Noah Jacobs family.
Mrs. William Stephenson Of He'd
rick was an over Sunday visitor at
Aaron and George Wiseman's.
Mrs. j. D.. Jacobs of Peabody, Kan,
is making a visit with Sing and Noah
Jacobs.
Rev. Van Haaften, native Of East
India, preached Sunday at the M. e
church in Hayesville and lectured
Tuesday evening. His, sermon, lecture
and entertainment were of the best
and well received by we'll filled house
who hope he will return again.
Hynes.
Hynes, June 5.-Mrs. E. Haifley
went to Laddsdale Wednesday to Wis
it her daughter, who resides at that
place.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Williams are re
joicing over the advent of daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Trimble of Abba at
tended church at this place last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Haifley are the
proud parents of a son who made his
appearance last Sunday
Mr.. Littlejohn of Abba was in Hynes
last week on business.
Smallpox has again broken out in
the home of Faley Hynes. The fam
lily are under quarantine but no doubt
there will be more cases yet.
Martinsburg.
Martinsburg, June 6-The Rev. Van
haften, native of India, preached q
missionary sermon Sunday evening in
the M. E. church and will give an en-
tertainment in the church Wednesday
evening. Rev. Vanhaften gave an en-
tertainment Monday evening at Pekin
and at Hayesville' Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Vanhaften presents his subject in
very interesting way.
quite number OF people from this
place attended the memorial services
at Hedrick and listened to an interest
ing talk by j. W. Hackley, of Burling-
ton and l. B. Taylor, of Martinsburg,
and Rev. Scales, of Hedrick.
Martinsburg will celebrate the
Fourth of July in great style. Senator
Berry of 1ndianola has been engaged
to deliver the grafton.
A. w. Glass attended memorial SER
vices at Richland.
Mrs. j. w. Young, of Hillsboro, is
visiting her many friends in Martins
burg.
Mrs. Florence Hampsop, of Winlock,
Washington, who has been visiting
friends at Martinsburg and Ottumwa,
left last Saturday for Ackley and Du-
buque, from where she will go to her
home in Washington.
Miss Harvey, OF Abba, is visiting her
grandfather, Harvey, and her brother,
at this place.
Several people from this place went
to Peoria last Sunday on an excursion.
Alva Sheridan. of Ioka, came up last
week, to see his sister, Miss Nettie.
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Read the Courier Tor news. !
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
DANGERS of the Corset.

Another physician ascrbed the COM
plant known as floating Kidney from
which, he says. thousands OF women in
the country suffer, though many of them
may not know it, largely to the wearing
of COMPRISING cOrsets, and which he
considers the straight-form corset ac-
centuates if it does not actually produce.
\ third physician predicts race of
oddly formed women if this present cor
set is long INDUCED in. Already the fe-
male figure of the moment is taking on
a curious unnatural twist and this is
| likely to he emphasized and increased
with the continued wearing of the cor
set Another physician said that he
would abolish every corset made if he
could. He admitted this to be impos-
| sibc 50 he took refuge in A second
proposition thar they should be made OF
the lghtcSt material possible, should be
| fitted individually to each figure, to in
sure minimum of pressure at the most
| vital points. He objected to the present
corset for several reasons. one Of them
! being the low bust which tended to
| bring the pressure directly across the
bust in a way that, IL continued, might
| produce very serious evils in the wav
Of tumors:, malignant and otherwise
| Harper'S Bazaar
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Concerning SleeplessnesC.

One warning cannot be too often re-
peated-mediciueS to produce sleep are
dangerous, with different degrees OF dam
ger to be sure, but still not things to be
trusted to the hands of ignorance, es-
peCially where ignorance is personally
interested Sleep-uducing drugs are often
necessary to save from worse evils, but
they need SupervisiOn-a doctors super
vision, that is.
Lastly, as 10 the economy of nervous
energy. On this. too. much has been
said, but the text is Il fruitful and Sug-
geStive one, and many sermons could be
hammered out of il.
First. let it be repeated that whether
the essential cause Of nervousness can be
reached and conquered or not, the less
open manifestations of nervousness the
patient permits herself the better ii will
be for her in every way.
Do not talk about your feelings or
Your fatigue or your sleep. do not allow
the wCrd nerves to he uttered in YOUR
presence To talk about yourself is a
form of bad manners. TO say the least;
to be sorry for yourself will not make
anyone more sorry for you, and Seif-pity
Is a poor kind of an emotion. If once
this kind of talk becomes 4 habit, an
unconscious eXagSeratlon soon Creeps
INTO IL; the victim begins 10 make the
most of the feelings and pains which
have occurred and to look for new ones
IN order to get all the sympathy pos
toms is short and sadly easy step. To
cultivate and encourage genuine emo
tonS 10 overgrowth is bad enough, to
SOW and till a crop of false emotions is
a moral crime, DR.. Mitchell in Harper's
Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
WILD WEST WAITS.

The first religious journal in this
country was the Recorder. at Chillicothe,
o.. IN 1914.
Large numbers of Pinto and Washes
Indians have gone to the California hop
fields from Nevada.
San Francisco had two fires six
weeks apart in 1851, inhicting a loss of
81 900, 900 in the first and of $3.000.00O
in the second.
Farmer Hibbits of Stevens county,
Wash. set his barn on fire while trying
to burn out a wasps' nest above his hay
loft. The barn, hay and $500 in cur
rency, concealed in the lower part of the
structure, were Il total loss.
A Wilapa Harb0r {Wash) boy shot
a big bear with a 22-caliber rifle, thc
ball entering at the ear and killing him
instantly. The bear was found to be
carrying around ore or two bullets that
had struck i'll tougher places.
-Balfour. Guthrie Il Co. wheat ex-
porters of San Francisco and Tacoma
have incorporated the Interior Ware
house company, which will handle the
great wheat business in Eastern Wash
ington and at the North Pacific terminals
of Tacoma, Portland and Seattle.
The run of sockeye salmon on Puget
sound still continues without a sign of
abating at any early date. The eau
catch and are swamped from morning
till night. The salmon banks are still
literally alive with the festive sockeye
and few scattering humpbacks.
The supersttious old settler is trem-
bling in his boots because the channel of
Snake river is as dry as a brickyard.
The like was never known, and he be-
leyes something strange and mysterious
is TO follow. \ few miles below the
Blackfoot bridge and for five to seven
miles below not a drop of running water
is to be seen.
A biz sea lion made trouble for some
salmon Seiners on the DeSdemona sands.
near Astoria, recently. When entangIed
in the net he chased the crew up on the
sands and then returned to fiji up on
salmon. fhc llen had no firearms, so the
animal ate all he cared to and broke
away. Another of them attacked a spiner
on Sand island and the man had a hard
time escaping.
Some five years ago Mr. Osborne.
who lives near Dailas. killed IA wild goose
and found two large grains of wheat i'll
its craw. He planted them and re-
planted the product until now he has
two and one-half acres of fine-looking
grain. The heads are extra long and
the grains large. the yield being perhaps
on"-thlrd more than ordinary wheat He
has no name for the new variety. but
believes 1t to he a prospective big thing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
attractive Servants.

A neat, MISUNDERSTANDING houSrma,I
adds 20 the dignity of ar establishment,
Unless she is too far gone in vanity she
does her work better than the diScour-
aged homely girl. AttractiyeneSS is not
thing OF eyes and hair and features in
general, but ii Is an all-peryading express
SION of Selt-respect and ncatnesS The
SioYeoiy slrl lacks true Self-reSpect. aud
II she = willing To open her mistress
'front.' door in Solled 2Tion and torn dress.
1t Is very evident that she has not Il
proper respect for his mistress.
1t has been my good fortune. Sai1 an
elderly woman, to have always empiovrd
attractive servants. They are mere
amenabe TO discipline; they do NOT have
occasion To worry about their look and
are consequently more cheerful. When
the term "hired girl shall have passed
into diSuSe and the maid of honor comes
Ia her own; when house service shall be
reieCated 20 its true place in sociology
and ethics; when the duties upon which
the well-beiug Of ourselves and many
whom we cherish depend are elevated
10 the vocation Of the SaleSWoman who
has hours, then will there be iuaucu-
rated a reform against barriers that are
none the less because invisible When
the maid of the household shall be one
of the household in sense of mutual
sympathy and interest; when her COM
fort ana welfare may not be unworthy
the eye or thought of her employer. then
viii there be a finer loyalty and per-
chance better service.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Rules for Children's Food.

/. Animal food once a day and in
small quantities. if the teeth can masti-
cate, is necessary to 1 rapidly-growing
child.
,. Avoid too,nourishing diet in a vio-
lent-tempered child.
3. Avoid seasoned dishes and salt
meats, pastry. unco0ked vegetables, un-
ripe food, wine, and rich cake.
4. Never tempt the appetite when dis
inclined.
,. Insist on thorough chewing; a child
who eats too fast eats too much.
Is. Vary the food from day to day, but
avoid variety at one meal.
Z. Take care that the child's food is
we'll cooked.
8. Wine, beer aud CONNECTIONS should
never be given.
8. Gave no food between meals: the
stomach requires rest like any other or
gan of the body.
10 Remember that overlooking and
the use Of improper food kill more chill
dren than any other disease Of the body,
says writer in Motherhood.
IL. Give no laudanmn, no paregorie,
no teas.
IL Remember that the summer COM
plant comes chiefly from overlooking and
the use Of improper food, but never from
teething.
IL. When children vomit and purge,
give them nothing to eat for four or five
hours.
IL Do not bring child under years
Of age to your table to eat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
COppeP in the PhjIiDDineS

Dr. George +. Becker of the United
States geological survey says that copper
deposits in the province of Lepanto. near
Mount Data. have been worked by the
Igorrotes since before the Spanish dis
These barbarianS, who are heathens Iiy-
ing in squaor. have developed INDUS
trially to surprisingly high point and
the skill they exhibit in the extraction
and working of metal is extraordinary
They turn out copper kettles no less than
three and a half feet in diameter. ana
they also make numerous kinds Of nipple
mentS and ornaments ont of the same
metal. From 1910 TO 1855 they exported
fully twenty tons of copper utensils and
m
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Study in palmistry

Some prophets study nothing but the
hand, hut these later-day Sauls. though
not deSpising it, do not pin all their faith
to lines and mounts" However. they
point out few things milady's fingers
indicate one of which man should look
to carefully before he asks The al-impor-
or DROPS little marital submission to
the masters mind is indicated. Ii the
thumb has a tendency to stand at right
angles to the hand the damscl owning it
is headstrong. \ person of weak charae-
ter has a pendent thumb; the strong
character has a strong. erect thumb.
Fingers which bend backward mean pow
crful determination, Ii they are round
strength. both physical and mental, is in
Dictated. Finger nails that are rounded
show refinement: il long and rather
square at the top. 6rmucSs and energy
are denoted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Eat Plenty Of Fruit.

Americans do not pay sufficient atteg-
ton 10 fruit on their tables. More fruit
and fewer vegetables should be a nodSc-
holds policy. The buying Of fruit ;hdt
is in season means 10 unnecessary out
lay Of money. and the results both as t,
health and satisfaction Of the appetite
will be- encouraging There are qualities
peculiar 10 each kind Of fruit that render
it Of value to the system.
From the point Of view Of health the
raw fruit is far better than the cooked,
There is hardly month that some kind
Of raw fruit cannot be had. The old
farmhouse policy Of keeping q barrel of
red apples where anybody could help
himself was very wise. If it accom-
plished nothing else it at least saved doe
tors bills. City homes and small houses
and apartments cannot have the apple
barrel. but even the people of small
means can manage to have some fruit
always Oh haud.-Mary Graham in
Womau's Home Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
XulsaritY.

The essence of all vulgarity lies in want
of sensation. Simple aud innocent vul-
garity is merely an unframed ANA unde-
veloped bluntneSS of body and mind: but
in true, inbred vulgarity. there is a
Vulgarity, there is dreadful callouSnesS
which in extremity becomes capable of
every sort Of bestial habit aud crime
without fear. without pleasure. without
horror, without pity. II ~ in the blunt
hand aud the dead heart. in the hard
ened conscience, that men become vul-
gar; they are forever vulgar, precisely in
proportion as they are Incapable of sym
pnthy, Of quick understanding. OF all
that in deep insistence on the common
but most accurate term, may be called
the tact" the touch faculty OF body
ton beyond reason. The guide and s0ncti-
fer Of reason itSelf.--John Ruskin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Sailed on the FIying Cloud.

Misses Daisy and Irma Iau,er "a =.
returned from Sturgeon Bay. where nv.
were guests at c. &, Dreutzer. r''
Swedish villa. While at the bay
they enjoyed many sail with Cap.. AZ
Dreu.zer on ais yacht. the Flying. ,.'..
This speedy pleasure craft is - .',
long and has a mast II feet high. IL .,
one of the best boats in those "a.'.S
and Capt Carl gave the MilWauh'
itorS a royal good time. c. q. l'.rt,,..e.,.
who is the head of the Riverside it..
ing company, has a very plea>aA ,.'.
mer home at Sturgeon Bay. a locality ~
which an increasing number nj NJ
kee people 20 every summer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
American women's Industrie,.

Native industries for women in the
West take thu form of silkworm raising
and silk reelins in Utah and flax cultiya-
North Carolina the girls and women are
learning to grow madden and indigo from
which to produce vegetable dyes for their
weaving. Weaving is a recognized branch
of study in Rerea college. Kentucky.
where young girls are taught to spin and
weave fabrics that find ready market
in the North. SO exquisite is the lace
making Of women in Florida and so
profitable their industry, the United
States may some day rank as a lace max
ing country. Worlds Work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Mental Sunshine.

What may be termed the sunshine Of
the soul cannot be expected to pmauate
from an individual whose uutritive or
ganS are not capable of normally and
regularly performing their functions.
Some writer has said that an iconoclast
Is person suffering from gaStritiS. and
there is undoubtedly a close relation be-
tween the indiScriminate ratings against
humanity and an insufficient supply Of
gastric juices; therefore we should Elace
higher estimate than we do on the
value Of a thorough knowledge of the
culinary art and acknowledge il rs a
most important factor in all that makes
life worth llvlng, ana place the power
to make or mar natures plans in the
hands VI the competent only.
Ope does not have to seek far for the
problem OF Carlyle, the writer who must
have been at perpetual disagreement
with life. and who has handed down
through his Literature of Dyspepsia
ms sincere convictions as he saw them
IN the almost eternal gloom that clouded
an otherwise unobScured intellect Ar
rare intervals when his haunting demon,
that 'dommed dyspepsia" as he termed
It, released him from its power. we catch
Sieam of the rare sunshine that the
world cannot have too much of.
70 an excess of ill-choSen and impron-
erlY prepared fare in student DAVIS Is
traced the bitterness of his ratings NJ
humanity; the trials and mental and
spiritual agonies Of Herr Teufelsdrokh.
We cannot cheat nature. Though the
stomach viii for Il long time submit 10
irdignities heaped upon il in the wav Of
strange and unsuitable suStenaucp. II
urver fails sooner or later. to bring tho
sinner to account. 1t is said thar We
grow Ike what we eat. Bad food de-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Good Manner.

Good manners are the result of train
ing and example. Nature makes a child
selfish, and ii is hard for child to do
ciety has long since agreed upon certain
formal rules of politeneSs. Not one of
these but teaches Difference to others and
unselhshncss. Patient perseverance in
repeating what must be obeyed and the
order that must be observed will at last
effect the well-bred child satisfaction
to his friends and a pride unto himself
all his lifetime. Politeness and self
respecting hearing is so much capital to
the boy and girl who must work their
way in the world
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Caring for Ribhonr.

Ribbon ;ies are boon to the shirt.
waist woman. Soft and dljuty. they are
distinctly feminine 4 beautiful ribbon
may he spoiled in once wearing. one
way to keep them fresh is 70 dust the
Soied spots with French chalk aud rnll
on roller each night. When the CRIME
goes beyond the power of French chalk
dclicate-hued ribbons may b., cleaned NV
SouSlng in warm water to which small
quantity of beef gall has been added !.
use less IN the rinse water. dry in a shady
place and iron, when nearly dry. on The
wrong side over a piece of coarse 1,nS.
I'm. Gasoline baths do not iujur, he
hneSt ribbons. Let them soak in GOV
erred vessel of gasoline for nm bour Nv
longer, then rub the sojlcd spots with n
fresh cloth dipped in gasoline fn1llv
shake out and hang where the mir viii
blow away the 2dor before pressing
Black ribbons have been cleaned in am.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Little Thing, to Teach the Children.

Book learning forms but a small part
Of a chld's education when it comes to
the making of "a gentleman. They learn
some by example, some by preccpt. and
some things must be persstently drilled
into them.
They should be taught Il thousand
things at home in early life to make
good members of society.
They should be taught to treat their
elders with respect, that is, if the elders
are respectable.
They should be taught to wipe their
boots when they come in on wet days
They should be taught to speak softly
and answer when spoken to and not to
contradict
They should be made to sit still on oc-
casions when they are in the drawing
room with grOwn-up people.
They should be taught to use their
forks and spoons judiciously. not TO spill
their food or make unpleasant noises in
eaoting
They should be taught not to expect
to hear their own voices on every occa-
sion, aud not 10 interrupt older peoples
conversation
They should be taught to shake hands
with people in meeting or parting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Furr.

The fur manufacturers are dyeng all
their fox skins a peculiar. and what, un-
Ill it is known that il is 10 be fashionable.
does not look attractive. color-yellow-
for this winter, The Isabella color they
call ii, and SO many people do not know
what it is that a little explanation is in
order. There was a certain Queen Isa-
bella, who, like Semiramis Of old. was a
great Queen and devoted to her country,
placing It even ahead of her personal
comfort, convenience. and good looks.
SemiramiS, finding her country under
siege by the enemy while her hair was
only half dressed, refused to have the
other half touched until her country was
victorious. So the Queen of later dav
is said 10 have declared that until her
enemies were conquered she would not
change her clothes. 1t was a rash vow.
for the enemy was persistent. and time
passed and Queen lSahella's garments
took on n golden hue from much use.
The ladies of her court, not having the
hardness to follow the example of their
Queen exactly. but not daring TO dress
differently, had cloth dyed Isabella color.
that they night be dressed in yellow
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
Everyday TRUTH.

Croquet is said to be fine developer
OF the forearm.
You can often help a nervous head
ache by combng the hair gently.
How trivial everything in life seems
Marriages are so often failures because
the men and women who enter into them
are failures.
We have all met people who look as if
they had accidentally been misplaced
from curiO cabinet.
You can tell II great deal more about
the quality of the housekeeping from the
kitchen than from the way the parlor
looks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
The Reign of the Toothpick.

Just why the average excursion party
should top off 5O-cent machine-madt
dinner with Il dessert of t0Othpicks is an
other of those mysteries which belong To
the genius of the future to explain. But
watch the crowd wind its way out of the
dining room. where it has gone all the
way from soup To the footnote without
skipping a single dish. and see how it
grabs the toothpicks. 1t seems to be a
sign that each one has eaten, a proof
that the meal has been paid for. and
that the toothpick is a final triumph Of
advanced civilization and high society
Whit IN En-