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: Republican State Ticket.
For Governor.
ALBERT B. CUMM1NS,
Of Des ,.vrncs
For Lieutenant Governor,
JOHN NJ. HERRIOTT,
of Stuart.
For Judge of Supreme Cour.
I; S. NJ. WEAVER.
Of Iowa Falls
For E,tiiroud Commissioners
E. c. BROWN.
nt Sheldon
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
re. BARRETT,
4. of Usage.
z Republican Legislative Ticket
70! Senator.
CAPT. S. II. HARPER, 4
= ct O!thnlwa,
For Representative.
A w. BUCHANAN.
of Ottumwa.
!. Republican County Ticket.
For Sheriff,
Z, HARRY CREMER,
of Washington Township.
4. For Treasurer,
r. P. DANA,
Center Township, Fourth Precinct.
For Superintendent &C Schools,
JOSEPH PARKS.
Center Township. First Precinct.
For Member of Board of Supervisors,
A. J. GARDNER.
4 Columbia Township, First Prenin".
For Coroner.
DAVID THRONE.
Center Township, Sixth Precinct.
For Surveyor.
G. r. ALLEN,
Center Township, Third Precinct
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24

James Baxter for Governor.-The
socialists of Iowa have nominated our
neighbor, James Baxter, of Hiteman,
for governor While Baxter will hard
ly defeat A. B. Cummins for the place,
he is conscientious man who, if
elected, would serve with honesty and
justice to all.-Albia Republican.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24

Mike HeaIey's Performance.-Mik
Healey, of Fort Dodge, is said to have
skipped the political tra-la-loo and
landed in the Cummins camp. Mike
has for several years been kicking his
heels over the dashboard of the dem
ocrat wagon.-Burlingto Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24

A Comparison.-The invitation of
the Ohio democrats to Bryan to speak
there during the campaign is like ask
ing man to deliver an address at his
own funeral.-Council Bluffs Nonpa-
reil
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24

Tired Democrats Misunderstanding
number of tired democrats in Iowa
this year is beyond all precedent And
it wasn't either hard work or the
weather that brought them to their
present condition.-Keokuk Gate City.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24

Calamity Campaisn.-We had hoped
to see it different, but the Iowa demo-
Gratis are going to compel the republic
ans to put down another campaign Of
calamity. Well, it's easy.-Onawa Ga
zette.
The Conservative, 1901-09-05

QlClOn, winch SET out from COmpOSCeld
in Mexico in February, 1910, he was the
more active in maintaining the over
sight and discipline of the Church.
After Coronado had effected an armed
peace with the Pueblo Indians of Ce-
bola, he sent out several expeditions to
explore the adjoining country; in two
of these expeditions Friar Juan de Pa
della participated. He went with Pedro
de Tovar to the west to investigate the
territory occupied by the Tusagans and
with Antonio de Alvarado east Of the
Rio Grande and to the Buffalo Plains.
When Coronado at the Canadian
river sent his army back to Tiguex and
pushed on with thirty horsemen to
Quivira, the friar went along Oh foot
and returned with the general to
Tiguex.
After wintering at Tiguex, near the
present city of Santa Fe, Coronado
made in the beginning of April, 1542,
preparations to return to New Spain in
stead of revisiting Quivira, as he had
first intended to do. The friars were
notified to prepare for the return, but
signified their intention to stay in the
newly discovered region, and continue
their missionery labors.
Friar Juan de Cruz chose Tiguex as
his field of labor, where he afterwards
was killed.
Friar Louis de Escalona selected
Cieuge, east of Tiguex, for his work of
his fate we have no information, as
nothing was ever heard Of him; perhaps
he also found martyrs death.
Friar Juan de Padella's previous visit
to the Quivira province led him to de-
eide to go back to that country, as he
thought his teachings would bear fruit.
On Sunday in Lent shortly before his
departure to Quivira he made his inten-
tions the subject of his discourse in a
sermon to the army. He established his
proposition on the authority Of the Holy
Scripture, declaring his zeal for the con-
version of these people and his desire to
draw them to the faith, and that he had
the permission of the general, although
this was not necessary, as he had that
of his provincial.
The guides who conducted Coronado
from Quivira to Tiguex had stayed over
winter in the Pueblo country. Friar
Juan de Padella went with them on
their return. He was accompanied by a
Portuguese, De Campo, an Indian who
spoke Spanish as interpreter and passed
as Franciscan Friar, negro, half
blood or mestezo and two "donadas. !"
He also took along horse, some mules
J and sheep, ornaments, probably rosaries,
The Conservative, 1901-09-05
FRIAR JUAN DE PADILLA.
The First Religious Martyr Within the
Limits of the United States.

missionary and who was the first re-
ligious martyr on this side of the At
lantic. From documents brought to
light few years ago it appears that the
honor of having been the first mission
ary belongs to Friar Juan de Machena,
a member of the Franciscan order, who
cSme with Columbus on his second
voyage in 1893, and that Friar Juan de
Padilla, of the same order, who ac-
companied Coronado on his most re-
markable march to Quivira, was the
first religious martyr; whose blood was
shed by Indians on the soil Of the
United States, within the borders Of the
present state of Kansas.
Spain's political connection with
America is forever severed by our late
war with that country in behalf Of
Cuba's independence but her histori-
cal connection will live as long as there
is history. OF the religious part of
her connection with America she may
be proud. The Roman Catholic church
was at the time of the discovery of the
new continent very active in missionary
work, and from the second voyage of
Columbus onward, with every expe-
dition members Of the religious orders
went to the newly discovered part of
our globe to spread the gospel among
the Indians.
The Franciscans were the first in the
field. The Jesuits, whose order was
founded by Ignatius Loyala in 1884 came
later. Eighty-one years before the
founding of Jamestown, the Domini-
cans in 1916 had already erected a
chapel near that location Oh the James
river. The Dominican Antonio Mon.
terimo preached in Santo Domingo in
1911 against slavery; over $50 years be-
fore Garrison commenced his agitation
against that institution. France took
an early part in the conversion of the
Indians through the Jesuits and Recol-
lets, but the Spanish missions antedate
them for many years, long before the
French and English took an active part.
Three years after Champlain founded
the Colony of Quebec in 1911, the
earliest members of the Jesuit order,
Masse and Briard, crossed the Atlantic
under French auspices.
The Spanish missionaries worked
among the Indians from Florida north
ward to the Chesapeake and westward to
the Mississippi, and from the Gulf of
California eastward to the Missouri
river. The labors of the Spanish mis-
sionaries amid perils and dangers from
wild animals and the savages of the
new world, $50 years before the United
States gained their independence, fur
n;sh on intaraSt1nu and thrilling chanter
The Conservative, 1901-09-05
Che Conservative.

Sectarlan preJudlceS, we are forced to
concede that the Franciscans, Domini-
cans, Jesuits, etc., have zealously worked
accomplished more in elevating and
civilizing the Indians than all other
sects together. The devotion to their
sacred calling, their ardent and untir-
ing endeavors, their unselfishness and
self f.denials, and the influence they
welded over the savages, must arouse
our admiration and appreciation.
Wherever Roman Catholic missionaries
have labored among the aborigines the
government has had the least trouble
with them.
Long is the list of those missionaries
who have sacrificed health and life in
their sacred calling among the aborigines.
Only the indefatigable Marquette, who
sank to an early grave in consequence of
exposures and privations, and the untir
ing De Smet may be mentioned.
The writer has studied the history of
the mission work Of all sects and
churches, and though his religious
views are antagonistic to the teaching
and dogmas Of the Roman Catholic
church, he cannot but yield his admira-
ton and profound respect for these
Roman Catholic missionaries.
For the purpose of this article de-
scription of Coronado's expedition and
the location of Quivira is essential, but
as these have been fully discussed in the
columns Of this journal by an ADLER pen
than mine, by that brilliant scholar,
Professor E. E. Blackman, I do not
deem it necessary to repeat here what
the readers of The CONSERVATIVE al
ready know.
The data at hand about the life of
Friar Juan de Padella, the first religious
martyr within the limits of the United
States, perhaps on the American CONT
nent, on the east of Kansas, are very
meagre. We have only what the Span
ish chroniclers of the Coronado expedi-
ton, Castaneda and Jaramillo, and the
historian of New Galicia, Mota Tadilla,
say of him. This concerns briefly his
participation in the Coronado expedi-
ton and his death. These accounts are
the basis of this paper, for which no
originality whatsoever is claimed by the
writer.
We are informed that in his youth
Friar Juan de Padella was fighting
man, soldier; joining the Franciscan
order, he became regular monk (fraile
dc misa) and sailed with one of the ex-
petitions sent out from Spain to New
Spain or Mexico, where he engaged in
missionary work
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
ROYAL s:;;;*s s:*"ts
y ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
lBSOlU7EN PURE

ping into chair In the deserted best
room. ~ never hearn Of anything so
outdacious In all my days. Let her
come home and be married like Chris
tian. should think we'd had enough
crazy Janein to do us the rest Of our
born lives. amt a-gOin to have her
nanny sayin r.
Good graclous" broke in Ethan.
"Have got to so and cote you as long
as been cotin Lucindy fore | kin git
married? Can't you see, Aunt EN-. that
l dasn't stand foolin and argufyin with
that gyirl? Don't you know I've got
to take her when can git her? And
If it amt now there's no sayin on the
wide yearth when twin be"
Ethan mOpped his brow on his sleeve.
"Shorely. shorely. Aunt En-, 'tain't
a-goin to be you as'll knock over the
bucket altogether! There's no tellin
what Lucipdy'll do next If she's riled.
Bless you thanky, thanky! Don't say
nothin to her; don't say nothin no way.
Jest help her to git ready as II she got
married at Strathboro every day in the
week."
It Is pleasant to know. that In this
case, too, the impossible became pos.
sible, and that 'twixt nature, use and
honest purposes Lucinda's marriage
was not a failure, and that she, selfish
human that she was, never regretted
an experiment which cost poor Milly
Anson dear indeed. for only after years
Of obloquy and sorrow. vain efforts and
journeyings to the "Eelynois." for
country, was husband for her at last
secured,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
FEEDING FOR RICH MILK.

The belief that milk varies in richness
according to the food the cows eat still
obtains among dairymen whose observa-
tions are based upon a little practical
testing in that direction. Experiment
station workers after long and exhaust
i've tests have decided over and over
again that food does not increase rich
ness, but that the fat quantity depends
upon the individuality of the cow,
though from day to day varying as the
result of different causes that work on
the cows nervous system, such as ex-
posure to the cold, being tormented by
dogs, etc.
Professor Z. III. Harrington in Farm
ers' Review writes again on the matter
as follows:
In England the dairy authorities seem
not vet to have awakened to the fact
that the food fed a cow does not affect
the richness of her milk. We can forgive
the English for this ignorance, for they
have little help from the government in
the way of experiment stations. But
what shall be said of the ignorance of
Ohio legislators, who, having the fullest
access to reports of our experiment sta
tions, vet have passed law virtually
declaring that the fat in milk is increased
or decreased according TO the compo-
nents of the feeding material. A law is
actually in force reducing the necessary
and legal fat limit IS per cent during the
months of May and June. They did
this under the belief that during those
two months the succulence of the feed
is such that the fat content is lowered
in the milk. 1t is evident that the
Ohio law as made is mot according to
knowledge"
Twenty years ago nearly all farmers
and educators believed that feeding a
rich food made rich milk, and feeding
poor food made poor milk. But since
that time experiments in the United
States have clearly shown that the we'll
nigh universal belief was wrong and
that milk cannot be made to contain
more fat by the feeding of fatty foods
When large amount of fat is fed, the
COW economy takes certain per cent o.
it and elaborates it into milk. All thu
fat in the food, in excess of the certain
per cent, is discarded and goes off in the
excrement. Therefore, if they feed ;
food too rich in fat let them know tha
they are enr;ching the manure and no
the mill.
The certain per cent" spoken o.
varies in different cows, and refers t
capacity to elaborate butter fat, which
capacity can be measurably increased
only by judicious selection and feeding
To what extent blood and milk are iden-
tical we do not know, though some in
vestigators have expressed the opinion
that milk is merely blood held in sus
pension. Whatever may be the trutl
regarding this, it remains true that botl
tend to show constancy in their cOmpo
sition. This constancy is very necessary
were it not so the blood might so var!
within short time as to cause com
plete collapse of the whole system
Hoard's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
THE COACH HORSE LEADS.
GEO. W. BISHOP ON MAINE HORSES.

/ wish l could show you how scarce
good horses are getting to be, and bring
the owners of those good Maine mares
to realize what a chance they will have
to sell the colts they can breed, if they
only start right. We are going to see
high prices for good stock for many
years, but it must be good goods. Our
friend, Mr.. j. S. Sanborn, is giving an
eye opener to the world and has estab-
lished fully the theory of the proper
gentleman's road horse. Just think of
what he has done, won five beautiful
silver cups, five blue ribbons, four red
ribbons and four yellow, with horses of
his own raising and stations of his own
breeding, in competition, one may say,
with the champions of the world. He
exhibited at Bar Harbor against the
blue ribbon winners of New York and
Philadelphia and beat them on their
own showing. His stalls contain to-day
the finest assemblage of horses in the
state if not in the world.
visited Mr.. Sanborn's fine stock re-
Gently, and it is worth a mans time to
90 from any portion of the state to look
at them. He has had to encounter much
opposition, yet with no one to give him
a helping hand he has fought his way to
the top. If some of the fancy breeders
in this country could 60 there and take
one look they would learn something. I
have been to two or three fairs in this
state, and what did see in the horse
line? all PAGERS. They are racing
machine, true enough, but when they
get through racing you can't sell them
to go on a grocery wagon; in fact, they
are perfectly useless for all practical
purposes. Give US more good horses
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
CLIPPINGS.

Fruit growers will take note of the
annual convention and exhibition OF our
state genealogical society to be held at
Dexter in November. The occasion
promises to be of unusual interest. Al
though the crop of fruit is light, yet
there is always enough for exhibition
and the specimens this year are as large
and fine as were ever grown in the state
in any year.
Joseph E. Wing, anoted stock author
itv of the West, says that the general
nnrpose COW is to the front and will be
increasingly SO in the future as beef
nroduction is sure to be increasingly
profitable. This corresponds with what
the Maine Farmer has been for some
time claiming. There is every evidence
that beef will not only hold its present
ascendency, but will still further rise In
value for an indefinite time to come.
The man who had ''just as good at
home" as he saw at the fair was there
again this year. have observed that ne
usually attends the fair, but seldom
brings any of his products to compete
with the man who does. The way 70
test this matter is to bring what you
have TO the fair and compare with otnei
exhibitors, and If you have the best II
will do YOU good as well as the others
IN have it made known. Take your
products to the fair or keep still about
them, for many will not believe you
have the best.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
FEED STuFFS LAW.
Low GRADE COTTON SEED MEAL
EXCLUDED FROM MAINE
MARKET.

The best laws are those which operate
so quietly that the public is likely to
doubt their necessity or even to forget
their existence. 1t is only occasionally
that an open and conspicuous violation
of our statutes calls for their full and
prompt enforcement and satisfactorily
demonstrates their effectiveness.
A recent instance of it's working, in
ways not generally appreciated, is of
interest and Importance since it indi-
Gates also a desire on the part Of the
large handlers of feeding stuffs to con-
form to the law and to give their Gus
toners high grade goods.
1t has been many months since the
station has received a sample of low
grade cotton seed meal, either from cor
respondents or through its inspectors;
but short time since sample OF bright
cotton seed meal of good color and m =
ehanical condition was received from
one of the largest jobbing houses in the
state with the request that it be analysed.
Accordingly the protein and fat were
determined, and the following letter
written:
"The sample of cottonseed meal
which you sent us carries 22.44 per cent
protein and 6.4S per cent fat There is
apparently some coloring matter added
to conceal the cotton hulls which are
ground with the sample. After ex-
tracing with ether, which we do in esti-
mating the fat, the meal instead of being
yellow, like the original sample, is near
ly black. This is the poorest cotton
seed that we have seen in this state for
a good many months. trust that you
are not intending to offer it for sale at
any price. l should be pleased to know
the history of the sample. There is no
charge for the analysis"
The reply received was as follows:
"Yours of Sept. 18th received. The
cotton seed meal was sent to us by
New York party who wished us to
handle the product of the mill. We re-
quested, the first thing we did, for them
to send us the analysis of it, which they
failed to do, but they still kept trying
to make arrangements with us to handle
their meal. We at last requested them
to send large sample, which We imme-
diately sent you for analysis, and now
we have found it so poor, we certainly
shall not handle any of it, and shall
make sure that none of our competitors
do. We do not handle any meal that
runs less than 43 per cent protein, and
we intend to and try to buy all the meal
that we can that contains higher per
cent"
The law has resulted in the education
of the dealer so that he has knowledge
of the feeding of the goods he handles.
While, as a whole, feed dealers have
always been anxious to give full value
in the goods they sell, the feeding stuffs
law enables them to know the quality
of the materials they handle, not only
from their appearance but from their
technical composition.
CHARLES ID. WOODS, Director.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
EDITOR sTOREY's NOTION.
Theory on Which He RENTED
Fine and Raised Salary.

TheOry Oh "hICh Ne
Fine and Raised a Salary.
81 was slashing copy on old Storey's
Chicago Times many years ago. said
one Of the guests at reunion dinner.
1--WE had correspondent In an Illinois
town who simply would not schedule
his matter, but as he generally sent
good stuff we let him run on. slashing
his stuff to suit the eXigencies OF the
night. Besides, his stuff always sug-
gested good headlines, and that was
one of Storey's hobbies.
ION one occasion the correspondent
sent up about 100 words which went
into 100, with nothing over. On the loo
words / constructed headline which
was right up to the mark. The next
day was instructed to tell the man
who made out the checks for the coun-
try correspondents to knock so or the
correspondents pay.
"When lie received his check. he
wrote to Mr.. Storey saying that under
ordinary circumstances he wouidnt
kick about the deduction, but In this
particular Instance he did because the
fool headline over the item made By O
fool telegraph editor had infuriated the
man whose name was mentioned In the
dispatch and brought on fight be-
tween him and the correspondent, the
result of which was that the corre-
spondent was fined IS in the police
court
"Mr. Storey was q very just man
when you got at him the right way
He instructed the cashier 10 send the
correspondent the amount Of the tine
and raised my salary because the head
line / wrote had caused a row. Ihat
was his way Of encouraging head
line writer."-New York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
NUMBER 43.
CONNECTIONS FROM GRAIN.
Wheat and Malt Used In the Manu-.
facture Of Candy.

Wheat and Malt Used In the Manu-.
facture of Candy.
A manufacturing plant In New Jer-
sey, formerly used as MANILA paper
mill, is now operated by corporation
engaged in the unique industry Of max
ing coufections from wheat and malt,
about the last materials in the world
one would expect to find in candy.
In the earlier stages Of the process
the grain is famed, ground and mixed
in proper proportions. Then 1t Is cook
ed to mash, from which thin siruD
is squeezed by hydraulic presses and
conducted to q great iron evaporator.
Thence the sirup is carried In pipes to
q vacuum pan. Here 1t is vigorously
stirred and further evapOrated. The
thickened sirup is drawn off into huge,
shallow tin pans, where 1t Is cooled
and hardened. Plain or favored with
peppermint, the mass Is rich golden
brown In color. Combined with choco-
late It is dark as the familiar caramel
in the candy shops.
When batch Of goods Is needed for
the market, the stock In the pans Is
broken into pieces and put into boiler
surrounded by a steam Jacket. 1t Is
reduced by heat to the consistency OF
tnffy at m old fashioned candy pull.
Skilled workmen shape the mass into
long strips that lie like golden snakes
on q board table.
They are fed to a cutting machine, a
noisy little monster with an Unsuitable
appetite for sweets. You could almost
cover the machine with hat, yet 1t
turns out malt creamlets nearly as fast
as q Maxim gun hurls storm Of bull
let's. The boys who carry the cream
let's from the machine to the tables
where they are wrapped have little
time for meditation.-Chautauqua Her.
oI1
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-22
AN EXPLANATION.

n you'u make diagnosis when you're feeling I'D
and drsary,
A you would with any everyday diseased
II you'll simply question science as to why you're
glum and weary
And everything seems dull and i'll at ease,
Perhaps you will discover. after devious calcula'
tions,
The cause Of all these symptoms which appall,
And you'll smile as you reflect in spite Of various
irntations
That It's nothing but the weather after all
You'll find sigh denoting neither sorrow nor
conthtion;
A tear drops not indicative OF care.
They are products Of the meteorological condi.
tion,
OF extra moisture that is I'm the air.
So perhaps it's not in reason fortunes chance TO
be reviling
Or TO vow life's store OF happiness Is small,
For when the sun comes out again, again we Will
be smiling;
It's nothing but the weather after all.
-Washington Star.