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The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Notes Of Latest Modes.

Scarlet and white make a popular
combination for chidren's frocks.
Black and striped velvet is used with
good effect on gowns of pale blue cloth.
Mourning millinery appears to be un-
usually elaborate and dressy this sea-
son.
Persian ornaments appliqued upon
chiffon make attractive stocks and
bows.
Black and white continues to be
favorite combination for afternoon and
evenings gowns.
The large picturesque hat, raised off
the head at the front and side by loops
of ribbon, is a popular mode
Shoulder straps made Of ribbons.
feathers. flowers or embroidery are n
special feature on evening gowns.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Styles in Skirts.


The skirt that has been carried SO
high this year will now be lowered.
1t is even predicted that it will hang
and that silks and laces will trail their
costly lengths upon the pavements
That this is probably correct prophecy
can be gathered by the fact that the
French pictures show the women of
next spring walking through streets
with skirts dragging.
For the present we have the mouse
lift, which elevates the skirts very
nicely, and the side lift, which brings
them well up to the knees. The drop
skirt fulfills it's self-appointed mission
of dropping and resembling dress
skirt.
The sheath skirt requires the back
lift; one full-handed clutch below the
waist line lifts it from the streSt all
the way around.
Other styles there will be many, but
it is for the gradually lifting curtain of
1902 to reveal them.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
PerfuminH the Gowns,

There has hardly been a season on
record when there has been so gener-
Jus use of sachet powders. A liberal
Iupply Is used in nearly every article
II the wardrobe.
1t Is expensive, but then there is no
more attractive feature of woman's
rown.
It is used in the Innings of all frocks
tor dressy occasions And the latest
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
DEGREES OF FASHION.
Latest Modes and Designs That May Interest the
Fair Sex.

French wrinkle is to stuff the hol-
low, just at the front of the shoulders.
with bag in which there lies deal
Of violet sachet.
Muffs are also perfumed with these
same little bags. The French make
these little sachets as much a feature
of good gowning as they do Of good
Innings, says the Philadelphia Press.
Perfumed flannel is one way, and
Spanish leather is an excellent but ex-
pensive fashion. A few drops of am
bergris are put on absorbent cotton
and placed in the gown. This is the
latest and the most expensive perfume
Of all.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Wealthy ladies who go to an "obe-
sty institute" to saw wood In order to
reduce their weight regard this method
as far more efficacious than doing their
own housework.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

The fearful extent to which the bar
gain sale virus has permeated the
veins and arteries of the nation is
shown by the proposition to coin 21a
cent pieces.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Japan or Great Britain alone may
not look very large to Russia, but
when they join forces it must be ad-
mitted that they make quite a patch
on the face of the world.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Champion Jeffries says he does not
like newspaper talk. In the same con-
nection it may be said that the public
has no special fondness for prize-fght
er talk
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

There is man at Millbrook, Ohio.
who claims to be the champion sugar
eater Of the world, and probably some
foolish girl thinks he is just too sweet
too.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

The emperor Of Germany has cele-
brated the twentv-fifth anniversary of
his service in the Guards. Some peo-
pie insist, however. in believing that
he is still young and f1ighty.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Senator Cockrell's fame is secure.
History will recognize him as the man
that forgot dinner engagement at the
White House.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

The latest Kentucky feud was caused
by whisky. Still, who ever heard Of
a Kentucky feud that was caused by
anything else?
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

A West Virginia girl has started on a
Journey OF $1,000 miles to marry an old
baron. The chances are tnat the prize
is worth the trip.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Hand-painted stockings are the new
est fad. This is near enough to tat
tooing to satisfying the most exacting
prophet Of degeneracy.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

If Queen Wilhelmina had it to do
over again perhaps she would pick out
a husband with better taste and man
ners
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Christian Science is now reasonably
sure to overrun the German empire.
The imperial government is opposing
its spread.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

1t is not impro cable that the time
will come when the relative conse-
quence OF American cities will not be
measured by their fire losses
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

If the British could hire couple of
Kentucky feuds for service In South
Africa they might bring the war to
a close almost any day.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

The baseball season has opened in
Tennessee with one fatality. Football
would do well to look to its laurels.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

A New York judge has actually de-
cided that theater tickets are not
"necessaries" for a Harvard student!
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

OF course, the czar has permission to
put that Japanese-British alliance in
his pipe and smoke it.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

1t is said that Mr.. J. Pierpont Nor
gan has a glucose trust nearly ready
Tor the market
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

be vivisected might try running for q
public office.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Sir Thomas Upton appears to have
lifted Mr.. Schwab, anyway.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

Mr.. Joseph Letter has wriggled out
OF another bad corner.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

.red all over with diagonal strappings
II white silk. as are also the new black
'atin court shoe with Louis heel richly
worked in jet.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

That Brooklyn doctor who wants to
be vivisected might try running for
public Office.
1t is said that Mr. J. Pierpont Nor
gan has a glucose trust nearly ready
FOR the market.
OF course, the czar has permission to
put that Japanese-British alliance in
his pipe and smoke it.
The baseball season has opened in
Tennessee with one fatality. Football
would do well to look to its laurels.
A New York Judge has actually de-
cided that theater tickets are not
"necessaries' for Harvard student!
II Queen Wilhelmina had it to do
over again perhaps she would pick out
husband with better taste and man
ners
Christian Science is now reasonably
sure to overrun the German empire.
The imperial government is opposing
its spread.
The latest Kentucky feud was caused
by whisky Still, who ever heard Of
a Kentucky feud that was caused by
anything else?
Senator Cockrell's fame is secure.
History will recognize him as the man
that forgot a dinner engagement at the
White House.
A West Virginia girl has started on a
Journey of $4,000 miles to marry an old
baron. The chances are that the prize
is worth the trip.
If the British could hire a couple of
Kentucky feuds for service In South
Africa they might bring the war to
close almost any day.
Hand-painted stockings are the new
est fad. This is near enough to tat
tooing to satisfying the most exacting
prophet Of degeneracy.
1t is not impro oable that the time
will come when the relative conse-
quence OF American cities will not be
measured by their fire losses.
There is man at Millbrook, Ohio.
who claims to be the champion sugar
eater of the world, and probably some
foolish girl thinks he is just too sweet
too.
Champion Jeffries says he does not
like newspaper talk In the same con-
nection it may be said that the public
has no special fondness for prize-fght-
er talk.
The fearful extent to which the bar
gain sale virus has permeated the
veins and arteries of the nation Is
shown by the proposition to coin 21a
cent pieces.
Wealthy ladies who go to an "obe-
sity institute" to saw wood In order to
reduce their weight regard this method
as far more efficacious than doing their
own housework.
Japan or Great Britain alone may
not look very large to Russia, but
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
A TOUCH PROPOSITION,

The condition of Ireland agricultur-
ally is steadily improving owing to the
more liberal land laws. The per cent of
Irish immigration to this country is
steadily decreasing, largely due to this
improved condition. This is distinct
loss to America, as Pat more than any
other man has contributed to the splen-
did system of internal improvements
of which America is so proud In place
of the son of the Emerald Isle we are
now getting beggars from Italy, for
tune tellers from Alsatia, tramps from
Turkey and scads of all degrees from
the despot ridden and bankrupt princi-
palities of the Mediterranean. America
has done marvellous things in assimi-
lating foreign types and converting
them into homogeneous citizenship.
but she is now receiving at the rate Of
half a million head year of raw ma
terial which bids fair to tax the assim-
ilative power of the country to the ut.
most. When we say that only 80 per
cent of this crowd can either read or
write, it is easy to understand what a
job we have on our hands.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
LET sToREKEEpING ALONE.

II you are tired of farming-tired of
milking cows, plowings reaping and
choring-don't make the mistake of
renting or selling the farm and start
ing into mercantile business in some
town. Nearly every community can
furnish some financial wreck of man
who has done this thing. 1t is the surest
way in which to get rid of the old farm
and dissipate the hard earnings and
savings of twenty-five or thirty years
that we know of. Business men have
their troubles which the man on the
farm knows but little of-deadbeats, a
savage competitive strife which is mer-
CHESS, f1uctuating markets. capricious
public to cater to, overdue drafts at
the bank and uncollectable assets. No
man can succeed in mercantile bust
ness today who has not had careful
and thorough training in the line which
he may take up We call to mind one
case where smooth drummer unload
ed on to farmer who had just opened
country store enough sal soda to last
the community for forty years. Better
by far give the farm to the county au-
thorities to care for you the rest of
your life than buy out store, when
the chances are that the county will
have to take care of you at the public
ayDensp
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
EARTHwoR,1s.

We are asked some questions about
earthworms, what their method Of
propagation and several other things.
Reproduction in the case of the earth
wormeis by eggs, which are produced
In great quantities, the young incubated
just as in the case of the oviparous
snakes. The worm lives on dirt; that
is, he eats 1t and manages to extract
sufficient nutriment from it to enable
him to eat more dirt, in which respect
he is like some people. He is partial
to rich soils and damp places, bores
deep in the earth in dry time and as
winter comes on and often takes look
at the old world outside at night after
warm rain. He is a sapory food for
almost all ground animals and birds,
is almost the sole food of'the mole and
is liked by fish of all kinds as well as
flesh and fowl. He does wonderful
work in mellowing, nitrifying and en-
riching the soil and, while among the
very lowest of all Gods creation, I'M
ceasingly tolls for the good of all If
the boys and girls who read this will
give an adult worm careful examina-
ton under good microscope, they will
get valuable lesson in nature study.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
PLAN ANOTHER MERGER.
Rumor' Asserts that Vanderbilt, Moore
and Rockefeller Roads Will Combine

Chicago Feb. S.-Persistent rumors
are in circulation that the Vanderbilts,
the Moore brothers and the Rockefel-
lers are trying to effect a deal that, if
1T goes through, will rival the promi-
hence of the Great Northern-Northern
Pacifc-Burlington merger. The boom
in Chicago & Northwestern stock and
the strength OF the Rock Island and
st. Paul stocks during the last few
days, in the face of diminishing bus
mess, is taken as an indication that in
siders have had a pointer of what is
going on.
Preparations are said to be under
way for the merging of the Northwest
ern, Milwaukee and st. Paul. and Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific. The
three are competing roads, and it is
deemed advisable, before going any
further, to await developments in the
Northern Security companys case.
Should the northern lines merger be
sustained there will be no doubt, it is
said, OF a similar arrangement by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Island.St. Paul
lines.
The Chicago & Northwestern is con-
trolled by the Vanderbilts, the Moore
brothers control the Rock Island, and
the Rockefellers are said to hold a
controlling interest in the ST. Paul
Plans, it is said, have proceeded to
point where it has been decided to re-
tire the stocks of the three companies.
If the scheme is carried through it
probably would mean deal with both
the Hartman and Hill syndicates, so
as to prevent the Burlington. which is
controlled by Hill, and the Alton and
Illinois Central, which are controlled
by Hartman, from enjoying superior
advantages on trancontinental traffic,
or, in case such deal should fail, the
new combine may build an indepen-
dent line to the Pacific coast.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
STALKS AS rERr1L1zERs.

Where the corn is cut up for fodder
and the stalks removed is the land rob-
bed? AT the present time, when the
farmers of the great corn belt are so
generally changing from the old meth.
cd of feeding the stalks Off in the field
to that of harvesting the corn with q
binder, this question becomes of con-
siderable interest. There is not much
fertility in the rotted stalks or in the
droppiDgs of the cattle which clean
the stalks up. Where soil is stiff and
lacking in humus the decaying stalks
are helpful, but on loose and rich soils
they are of little value. A rotation Of
clover on the cornfeld will put more
fertility into the soil than will the ac-
cumulated stalks of five years. growth.
1t is further noted that the small grain
crop succeeding corn where the crop
has been cut and removed is almost in
variably better than where they are
left on the ground, this owing to the
fact that the crop can be put in in bet
ter shape when the stalks are removed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
THE MISSION OF CLOVER.

No plant for all the north country
agriculture can preach so good SER
mon as clover. 1t is the almost perfect
dairy ration, tames the lumpy, sour
and contrary soil, subsoils the hardpan,
renovates and fertilizes the poor soil,
works days and nights during the two
years of its existence not only to pro-
duce the best food grown upon the
farm, but to enrich and nitrify the
earth and increase the yield of all fol-
lowing crops for not less than five
years. We can offer nothing better for
the average farmer than to advise him
to make a serious business Of studying
this valuable plant and it's benefcent
mission,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
A JAB AT THE SOUTH.
Congress Intends to Cut Down Repre-
sentation

1t is understood that second eau,
Gus OF the republican members of the
house will be held this evening to con-
slider further, and probably take some
definite action upon the proposition to
cut down the representation in the
south. At this meeting some interest
ing developments are anticipated.
Are Determined.
AT the caucus, held for this purpose
ten days ago, nothing developed save
the TACT that number of republican
congressman from the north and not
ably from New England, are dead in
earnest in this matter and propose to
push the question to a conclusion, one
way or the other. At this time, Mr..
Moody OF Massachusetts, who I'M
doubtedly is the strongest man on the
delegation, and next to Mr. Littlefield
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
GETS VALUABLE RELICS.
Old Chair and Desk Goes to National
Memorial Uniyersiks

Mason City, Feb. 10.-Am> ug the
many momentoes recenl'v ado 1 to
the collection of historical relics being
gathered by the National Memorial
university at Mason City, is a chair
and desk long in use in the house of
representatives at Washington, D. c.,
and recently displaced by some newer
furniture. These highly priced relics
were procured for the institution by
Hon. G. N Haugen, NJ c., who repre-
sents the fourth congressional dis
trict of Iowa in the lower house.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
EVOLUTION IN THE coRNFIELD.

EVOLUTION IN THE CORNFIELD.
The evolution of the machinery and
methods used in harvesting the crops
of small grain, remarkable as it was,
was no more interesting than the evo-
luton of machinery ais6 Methods now
in progress as applied to the harvesting
of the corn crop. The same economy
and perfection of methods which can
hardly be improved upon with refer
ence to the small grain harvest are now
right In sight in connection with the
corn crop. Where the writer lives thou
sands of acres Of corn have the past
year been cut by machines and shock
ed, just as wheat or oats, hauled to the
homestead at the beginning of winter
and run through either a shredder or a
thrashing machine, the NOW filled up
with the finest of coarse forage and the
cribs with either shelled or husked
corn and the field thus cleaned up at
the rate of eighteen or twenty acres a
day. No more picking corn in the field
with foot of snow on the ground and
the mercury at zero, no more losing a
lot of the best cattle by running in the
stalkfield, the hay supply to be here
after obtained from the cornfield and
the hay meadow broken up and plant
ed to corn. The most noted agricul-
tural progress of a decade has been
made right here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

A friend writes us from New Jersey
that the bane of agriculture in that
section is found in selling milk at low
prices to city consumers and the pur-
chase of western dairy ratons at ruin
ously high prices. Under these condi-
tons the producers of milk ought to be
able to command better prices for their
product. There is tremendous differ
ence between working the fertile soils
of the west and northwest and those of
many OF the eastern states, where the
sum expended for commercial fertiliz-
ers amounts to as much in many cases
as the crop is worth. This difference
In soils and the ever decreasing freight
rates are bound to give the west almost
a monopoly in the production of the
cereals of the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

Milk dried and powdered is new
product which is attracting some atten-
ton. 1t is claimed for it that it will
keep Indefinitely in any climate is cas-
lily handled and contains all the nutri-
Hous properties Of liquid milk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

Some wise man notes that high pric-
ed corn and healthy hogs almost al
ways go together, the inference being
that if the hogs were fed less corn they
would not be so subject to disease.
There may be something in this.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

A car containing 1000 bushels of
wheat was unloaded at western -four
mill short time ago. We can all re-
call the time when 600 bushels of
wheat was considered big carload.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
Sheep averaged 60 cents lower in the
Chicago market for 1901 than they did
for 1900.

The prize winning Hereford beeves
at the Chicago live stock exposition,
which sold for SO per hundredweight,
were Texas cattle finished Off on Ohio
corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

We are asked whether it is better to
cultivate strawberry bed in the
spring or rake the mulchlng in be-
tween the row and not cultivate It, For
the purpose of securing the moisture
necessary to carry the berries safely
through the drought during the fruit
Ing season, assuming that the space
between the rows was thoroughly Gull
dvated the previous season, we should
much prefer the mulching to spring
cultivation. We would further advise
the leaving of just as much OF the COW
ering on the plants themselves as could
be done without injury to them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
ARTIFICIAL COMB HONEY.

A short time ago we incidentally re.
ferred to the manufacture of bogus
comb honey, and, judging from the
many letters received, we made mis-
take in assuming that any such honey
is made or could possibly be made,
and so our readers will please UNDER
stand that there is no such fraud prac-
ticed and that we never said there
was. The bee men unite in saying that
1t Is a mechanical impossibility to
make an artificial comb, I'LL it with an
adulterated sweet and so seal the cells
up that such fraud could-4ot be readi-
ly detected. At the same time we have
perore us statement of an expert Of
the agricultural department. at Wash
ington. Mr.. Charles Saylor of Des
Moines, Ia, in which he refers to this
matter as though such bogus product
was actually being made. The bee
men can now go for him and convince
him, as they have us, that he is in error.
The item which drew forth the criti-
cism was prompted not so much by
what we had heard and read of this
assumed fraud as by the character and
quality of lot of honey which we
bought about that time. Assuming tina.
this lot Of honey was the pure quill
product of the bees. we wonder what
the moral condition of the members Of
the hive must have been to have pro-
duced such an abomination when it
looked so very tempting They must
surely have been foragers on strange
grounds and eaters of forbidden fruits,
jewellers among the bloom of skunk
cabbage, henbane and ragweed, dis
tillers of nectar from malignant and
deathly types Of the vegetable king
dom. Maybe their queen was dead or
the regular workers Oh a strike and
the drones tried their hand. Anyhow,
now knowing that the bees made that
honey, the poetic sentiment with
which we have always invested the
bee is knocked into smithereens, and
hereafter it, like the OK or the pig, is Of
the earth earthly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

The mounted head of an old fashion
ed long horned Texan steer will inside
of ten years be almost as difficult to
obtain as the head of buffalo bull. The
white faces and the doddies are driv-
ing the Texas steer out of existence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

A country boy asks us why the tele-
phone wires sing so loudly in cold
weather. 1t is caused by the coutrac-
ton of the wire by the cold. He can
readily demonstrate the truth of this
by striking slack wire, which he will
find will have no resonant quality
Whatever, but when frightened up will
have. The wintry winds striking these
taut wires produce the singing effect
noted in an aolian harp.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
Sixth District consressman's Idea Is
to Experiment as Was Done With
Rural Free DeIivery-Present Pro-
portions Cited as Proof.
Washington Bureau the Courier.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1, 1902
Congressman John F. Lacey, chair
man of the house committee on pub.
lie lands, has introduced a bill which
is intended by him to solve the irriga.
ton problem so far as it confronts the
present r0OoreSc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

If we had a timothy meadow which
we wished to plant to corn the coming
season and feared the ravages Of the
cutworm, as there would be good rea-
son to do. we would not plow it until
the 10th of May, would keep the disk
and harrow at work on it up to the 26th
and then plant. While this may seem
little late for planting, we had far
rather take the chances thus than to
plow and plant earlier.