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many delightful ways of preparing then.
for present use on the ti>Dle
RIPE PEARS WITH CREAM
This is a deiciOuh breakfast dish and
a pleasant change served with good
brown bread and butter for the fruit
and cereal course. The pears must be
mellow, ripe and of fine flavor. Pare
and slice them thin and sprinkle lightly
with powdered sugar. Have them chilled
and when cold heap whipped cream on
top of each dish
COMPOTE OF PEARS.
Cut fine large pears in half, pare, re-
move cores. but not stems. Make a rich
syrup as for preserving; add a slice or
two of lemon, and when it boils up put
in the pears and cook very gently until
tender. Take them up carefully, arrange
in pyramid on a glass dish and cover
with a very firm apple jelly; let get colo,
and having boiled down the syrup until
very thick, pour it around the pears
cold.
PEAR MERINGUE.
Pare and carefully remove the cores
from fine large pears; steam them I'M
til tender; sift powdered sugar over
them, squeeze a little lemon juice over
them and cover with a meringue, heap
ed up roughly. Set in the oven to color
a delicate brown. Eat hot or cold
BAKED PEARS.
Take larger pears than will answer
for stewing, selecting those of uniform
size. Arrange them in a deep baking
dish, stem ends up; mix a half cup of
sugar with a cup of boiling water and
stir until dissolved. Cover closely with
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To aIlay irritation in the throat ad-
minister equal quantities of glycerin
and strained lemon Juice or a mixture
of honey and lemon juice. This should
be taken in doses of a teaspoonful
when the throat is troublesome. 1t
will often check a cough in it's earliest
stages.
Some one has said that the best
preventive against cold is calm mind,
well clothed body and a healthy cir
culation of the blood" 1t is a protec-
ton worth trying.
Children are more than likely to take
cold at night when asleep. They toss
about SO much that it is almost impos-
sible to keep them warmly covered.
With safe system of ventilation as
sured by the use of screens and careful
adjustment of the windows, much of
the difficulty may be done away with
and the children's slumber be undis-
turbed by drafts. Drafts are the
source of most autumn colds.
ELIZABETH SCOTT RAYMOND
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GOING AWAY.
[From Black and white.I

IT 1OHl 4p1dOh anu w H1lS-l
Good morning, Mr.. Green" said So
crates
Mr.. Green rubbed his eyes. Socrates.
Of course. But I thought you belonged
to different age
Would you then say that a man be-
longed to the age, and the age did not
rather belong to the man? That which
perplexed you was rather that I seem
as one returning from the dead, and
here indeed is a mystery that my dali
mon does not permit me to speak of, so
as to explain it fully Let us speak of
yourself and of that which you are
about to do so that we may see whether
it be wise or whether it viii appear on
examination to be in any way impious
or uniting"
We're off to the sea tomorrow I'm
taking my wife and the kids there for
month. That's all right amt it?'
You answer as had expected For /
have put this question to many men this
morning, and the greater part of them
are going away. Even that policeman,
though he said that he was not going
away, added that he wished that he
were, calling the power of goodness to
witness, as is meet for a policeman. But
whether this going away, and this de-
sire to go away, are all right that we
shall now inquire, and it may be I shall
learn something from you. Tell me,
then, firstly, why do you go away?"
Well a man can't work all the year
round. His health wouldn't stand it. 1
always take my month, and I'm always
the better for it,
There indeed you give me the reason
why man should at times. cease to
work And we win not now inquire
whether in this respect you speak just
ly. for that does not now concern us.
But you give me no reason why you
so away. I therefore repeat the ques-
ton"
ITS pretty well the same thing,
Surely there are those who remain
in London, and do not go away, but yet
avoid work of every kind"
'Oh, yes. Lots of them
Then il we are agreed that to avoid
work and to go away are rot the same
thing, and if we are to believe you when
/ you say that you only wish to avoid
work. then l ask again, why do you GO
/ aWay?"
You must have change of air, you
know
TEL me. now. when you seek a
change is it a change for the better or
for the worse that you require?"
/ Clearly, for the better"
Then ] must understand that the air
of London is bad and fatal to lie, and
then l am indeed Derplexed why any
man should choose to live for eleven
good air for one month only2"
THE air of London's all right, but the
ozone. you know. coming off the sea,
bucks you up"
Again, l am troubled to know what
it Is that you would say. For if the air
Of London be all right. then any change
from the absolute all right must be q
change for the worse
Put it's not only the air, Socrates
There's a decided change OF scene, and
of the way of living, and we like this ,
Here. my friend. you speak not OF
enc thing, but of two. And Of th5
change Of scene. 1 would say that tn;
wise man voU;l sock first the best pos
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Whole creme pppers may be boiled
chopped cabbage, or tonla toes and Gu
cumbers or combination of vegetables,
mixed with French dressing, and served
as a salad.
MEXICAN STEW
A. w. F. writes: Would you be kind
enough to publish a recipe for making
Mexican stew?
A large cupful of cold, cooked minced
chicken. Take half the quantity of I'M
cooked ham, cut into very small dice,
both fat and lean, fry few minutes
in tablespoonful of butter; then ado
the chicken, a teaspoonful of minced
parsley a dash of pepper, and if you
like it warm a minced chilli pepper.
Heat very hot, then S tir in two heap
ing cupfuls OF boiled and seasoned rice.
Toss lightly together a few minutes and
add just a dash of lemon juice aud
serve
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Hash.

OF all culinary terms the word hash
has come to have about as much oppro-
brium attached to 1t as any. Neverthe-
less, hash itself remains popular, with
reason, for when properly made it is one
of the best of dishes. AS generally
used the word indicates a mixture of
cold corned beef and cold boiled pota-
toes cooked together, and - oppro-
brium comes in because of the fact that
the snewy bits of meat are those that
fall to the hash. But hash can be va
ried. 1t can be made of various kinds
of meat and of various sorts of vegera-
bles; it can be stewed or fried, it can
be served with eggs or without. 1t can
be improved with tomato sauce.
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he cndnSe OF season brings
with it many attendant evils.
not the least of which is the
susceptibility of the system to
colds. While a cold is in itself
not very serious, every house,
wife breads having one of her family
fall a victim. for it is upon her shout
ders that the care of the patient de-
wolves, and sufferers from colds are far
from pleasant companions. There is
something about the afiiction that dis
turbs the temper of the most even
minded person in the world.
Children are especially troublesome
under such conditions and are open to
colds because of the violent exercise
which they take and their lack of judg-
ment in cooling off. Schoolrooms are
likely to be overheated or drafty. and
in the autumn, when the weather is so
uncertain. ranging from an almost
frosty day to one of tropical tempera-
ture. 1t takes great deal more judg-
ment than youth can be expected to
command to escape the cold.
An ounce of prevention is better than
q pound of cure. Therefore when the
children are not delicate they should
be trained to take a cold sponge bath
in the morning and accustomed to
20 sleep with the windows partly open
and to keep the mouth closed when
sleeping. Sore threats result from neg
lect of the latter precaution.
The summer underclothing should not
be taken off for heavier kind and then
put on again when a warm day comes.
Once donned. winter garments should
not be cast aside. 1t is better to pro-
fect the body by altering the thickness
of the outside clothing than to change
the undergarments
Symptoms of cold in a child usually
begin with a distressing case of sniff
fies." The patient should be subjected
TO a hot mustard bath and sent straight
20 bed and a hot drink administered
when the afflicted one is snugly wrap
ped in blankets. Hot lemonade in
which a teaspoonful of sweet spirits of
inter has been stirred is valuable, es-
pecially when there is an indication of
fever If the cold is not better the next
day. summon the doctor.
Some old ladies' recommend fasting
as a cure for cold. 1t will hardly serve
for children, although older persons
may find it satisfactory. Quinine is
another old fashioned cure. Three two
grain pills taken on retiring is the
adult dose.
In its early stages a few drops of
camphor on lump of sugar sometimes
help to cure a cold. When the mucous
membrane of the nose is affected. the
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between blankets or sheets which have
been warmed. When in bed, take a
dose consisting of sixty minims of sui
phuric ether and one-fifteenth of a
grain of phosphorus. This should be
prepared by the chemist The medicine
is taken in a tumbler filled with cold
water. To clear the nostrils a snuff
consisting of one grain of morphia
mixed with one grain of subnitrate of
bismuth is helpful. The quantity is
sufficient. for occasional use. covering a
period of six hours. In the morning be-
fore rising hot coffee should be taken.
A good mixture for coughs consists
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more satisfactorily than barley water.
for the beverage is nourishing as well
as cooling. To make it put two ounces
of the best pearl barley into an enam
eIed saucepan and cover the grain with
water. Allow 1T to boil for a few min
utes and strain off the water, which
should be discarded. Return the barley
to the saucepan and cover again with
a quart of clear, cold water and allow it
to boil two and one-half hours. or until
the water is creamy. Then strain
through muslin and serve cold. sweet
ened to taste. dessertspoonful of
lemon strip may be added.
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Sullivan operas at the London Savoy
Theater one of the comedians interpo-
lated a joke of his own. Gilbert was on
his feet in an instant
Il don't see that in my COPY" he OBJ
served
TT amt in any copy yet" replied the
comedian; but it'll be an awful 60"
Il think we'll cut it OUT replied the
1ibrettist.
But it'll get the laughs, Mr. Gilbert
protested the comedian.
You could also get laughs by sitting
down in a pork pie" remarked Gilbert;
go on with the rehearsal
The right of a comedian to gag a
part recentlv found Its way into an
English court. Lionel Rignold, a funny
man in the London production of "A
Chinese Honeymoon" was discharged
for interpolating jokes He brought
suit for damages, proved that many of
his ideas had been INCORPORATED in the
proprietors book. and were virtually
made a part of the play and won the
case. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Diphtheria sore throat. Group. instant
relief permanent cure. DR.. Thomas
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drops. Take the medicine home and
make about five pounds of candy with
strip or sugar boiled over the fire and
mix the liquid with 1t just as the
saucepan is about to be taken from the
fire. The candy may be doled out to
the children Judiciousiy when they
cough. and they will be found to relish
the medicine.
When the patient complains of pains.
a poultice should be applied to the seat
of the trouble. Either mustard or lin
seed is excellent for the purpose.
Often an intense thirst accompanies
the cold. Nothing will alIay the thirst
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Cut off the stem end of green bell
peDocfs. Mince cold cooked chicken
ham or use a can OF silriTnDs. Mix with
On equal quantity of bread crumbs, a
large lump of butter. two OF three table
spoonfuls of cream and srrinkling
of salt and minced parsley. BE careful
to remove all seeds from the peDpers;
fill them with the prepared stuffing;
sprinkle bread crumbs on top, dot witt
hit Of butter and place them in a
baking pan with a little water to pre-
vent burning. and bake until tender and
brown Serve with cream or tomato
sauce
ANOTHER WAY
A Constant Reader writes: Please
give recipe for green peppers stuffed for
immediate use.
Cut off the tops and scoop out the
seeds from six bell peppers (green).
chop an extra pepper without seeds.
and mix with a small onion chopped
fine, a cup of chopped tomato, two
tablespoolfuls of melted butter or salad
oil, teaspoonful of salt and an equal
quantity of bread crumbs Stuff the
peppers, replace the ends and bake for
half an hour, basting them two or
three times with butter or oil Serve hot
as a vegetable.
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A GILBERTIAN REJOINDER

of authors and playwrights objects
strongly to any change being made in
his original manuscript. During the
production of one of the early Gilbert
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shifting os eucalyptus or lavender salts
may afford relief.
When the cold takes the form of in
fuenza. the treatment should begin
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sTUFFED GREEN PEPPER.

NJ N. S. requests a recipe for prepar-
ing large peppers to serve as a veg
hla
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Diphtheria sore throat. Group. Instant
relief permanent cure. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. At any drug store.
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HE change of season brings
with it many attendant evils.
not the least of which is the
susceptibility of the system to
colds. While cold is in itself
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
OUTLOOK GOOD.
Prospects for Republican Successes
Are Good.


Des Moines, Sept. 2O-(Special.) y
The outlook for the campaign at this
time is good. AS was stated by repub-
lican leaders earlier in the week, the
effect of Speaker Hendersons with
drawal in the third district is only tenn
porary. 1t has already passed away
in many parts of the state and the
sudden fright in many sections has
awakened the republican voters to the
full sense of their responsibility. They
will go to work with more earnest
determination to get out the full vote,
and roll up AN old time republican vic
tory. That they will succeed no one
who is in touch with the situation and
management of the campaign has
any doubt. There is no doubt but that
Iowa will return a solid republican del
egation to congress, if the individual
republicans do their duty. There is
every indication that they will
| Every district conference has been
a source of encouragement to Chair
man Spence. Every one has been
more largely attended, and more en-
| thusiastic, than was expected The
county chairmen and the party lead
ers in all parts of the state are ready
| for work and are confident of the out
come. Confidence prevails that there
will be no slump in the vote 1t may
not be as large as two years ago, but it
will be much larger than last year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
HOLD COW E N TIC N
Center Township Democrats Place
Candidates in the Field.
HENDERSH0T1; SHAHAN FOR JUSTICES
Nominations Made for TOWNSHIP Tick
et-Meeting Was Listless and Can
didates Were at a Premiums. A,
Brewster was Chairman.

(From Saturdays Daily.]
The democrats of Center township
met in convention last evening at the
court house for the purpose of nomi--
mating candidates for the following
township Offices: Two justices of the
peace, two constables, one township
clerk, one township trustee and one
township assessor.
S. A. Brewster Named.
The convention was called to order
| by committeeman G. c. Ayres, who
named S. A. Brewster as temporary
chairman, w. P. Van Fossen as re-
lcording clerk and E. G. Moon as read
ling clerk. On motion of G. w. Heindel
the temporary organization was made
permanent. A motion by Mr.. Heindel
that the delegates present be empow--
cred to cast the full vote of the pre-
cinct, also carried. Chairman Brew
ster then announced that nominations
for two justices were in order.
Hendershott Nominated.
H. ]. Ostdiek placed in nomination
the name of Cass Hendershott and
moved that he be nominated to the
position of justice, of the peace by ac--
clamation. The motion prevailed and
/ Mr.. Hendershott was declared the
nominee. The names of Harvey Sha--
han, Robert Myers and H. D. Judd
We're then placed in nomination. and
the secretary was instructed to call
the roll for the first formal ballot, The
following was the result of the vote:
4 E;r.A E.....J Dzu~I
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serious illness of his little daughter.
Miss Edith Rice, who is dangerously
ill with typhoid fever.

serious illness OF his little daughter,
Miss Edith Rice, who is dangerously
i'll with typhoid fever.
George Madison, Of the killing de-
partment, who has been in the hos
pital. since July. is much better, but
not yet able to resume his work.
Floyd Newell has gone to Keokuk
to enter Medical college.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mefford, of
Hedrick, Visited last Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Duree,
who reside on Walnut avenue.
T. d. Foster, who has been away for
the past two weeks, returned home
last Saturday, accompanied by Afford
Morrell, of Liverpool, England.
Rev. H. B. Willis will occupy the pull
pit at the East End Presbyterian
chuch Sunday morning and evening.
Muriel Gordon, chief of the fire de-
partment will leave next Tuesday for
Toledo, Ohio, where he will visit at
the home of his parents. During his
absence Peter Santeen will act as
chief.
Miss Sadie Brewer, who resides on
South Iowa avenue, is ill with typhoid
fever.
George Gibbons, who is employed by
John Morrell & Co., has been off duty
the most of the week on account OF
sickness.
John Van Gent, late of the Mexican
Central railroad has accepted posi-
ton in the machine shops.
Night Waterman Zell Zimmerman
received a letter from his son, George
who is in the Philippine islands. He
had just arrived there from Japan and
was in good health.
Warren Earl has been promoted
from the night force to the position of
consignment book keeper.
Cashier P. R. Holloway is taking his
annual vacation. Clyde Bennett is
taking his place.
S. Authwait, of Bradford. England,
has accepted a position on the foreign
desk.
f. j. Coleman, manager of the for.
eign department, has returned from a
two months visit at different points
in the west.
L. VI MCGIoy, WIZ has ueeH SpSuu-
ing his vacation in Ohio, has returned
home.
NJ. T. McClelland, of the jobbing de-
partment, was in Des Moines on com
pany business for several days this
week.
Hal Barnes, of the wholesale depart
ment, was off duty a few days on &C
count of illness.
A. E. Johnson of the night force is
on the sick list.
S. M. Bowen has returned from his
vacation which was spent in the vicin.
ity of Douds.
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PROSPECT is BRIGHT.
Situation is Summed Up at Congress
sionaI Conference.

oiSttetl SStttSi
from Fridays DAILY
If every republican in the sixth dis
trict could have been present at the
congressional committee conference
which was held at the Ballingall no.
tel in this city this afternoon their
hope for victory this fall would have
been turned to certainty. Mojar John
F. Lacey, the majority of the members
of the congressional committee, sever
al of the county chairmen, and some
of the wheel horses of the party in the
state We're in attendance, and plans
for carrying on the campaign IL the
sixth district were made in detail.
The committeeman from the various
counties exchanged ideas as to the
best methods of conducting the cam
paign, and the result of the meeting
was an increase in enthusiasm on the
part of all who were present, which
enthusiasm will be dealt out to the
voters throughout the district.
Those in Attendance.
Those in attendance at the meeting
in addition to Congressman Lacey,
were:
R. H. Spence, of Mt. Ayr, state con-
gressional chairman.
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o.mnaisn nf IN -,rasant Season IN ~ =
varians counties in fha distrin+ were
discnssed fully penorts from, tne
varions connty ranrasentatives indi,
Gated mnch en+bnsissm Maior a
GOV exnressed himself as vol nla,sed
with the cItloo, for tbe camnaign and
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4 this fall. like so MANY before is as to
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40 30. Cleveland and Return. $3.50.

On September 26th and 9th, via
Nickel Plate road. Return limit of
october 2Sth RAY be obtained by de-
hosting tickets in Cleveland. Three
trains daily. with vestibuled sleeping
cars. American club meals, ranging
in price from 35c to 81 in dining cars.
Also meals la carte City ticket Of
fee, Chicago. III Adams street. For
detailed information address John Y.
Callahan, general agent, 113 Adams st.
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FORMERLY AN ioWAN.
Late w. S. stratton Was Once Drug
Clerk in EddyviIIe.


Winfield Scott Stratton, the million
aires mine owner and philanthropist,
whose death occurred at his home in
Colorado Springs, COL. this week, was
formerly o resident of Eddyville, in
this county, where he worked in drug
store. He was known by a few in
this city, among them being Alderman
E. Hoglund, who met him in Colorado
some years ago.
Was a Por Boy.
Winfield S. Stratton was born in In
alana, near Jeffersonville, July 20,
1S4S, soon after the close of the Mexi-
can war, and was named in honor of
the hero of that struggle. His educa-
ton was only what could be obtained
at the common school as he was a
poor boy. He finished school at the
age of IL years and was apprenticed
to carpenter and mechanical drafts
man at Jeffersonville. He became
very proficient in this line and at the
age of 20 years he started west, be-
lieving that in that direction lay the
way to wealth. His first stop was at
Eddyville, where for six months he
| worked in drug store. He went on
to Lincoln Neb.. where he worked for
some time at his trade, arriving at
Colorado Springs in 1872 with CAPT
| tai of $780,
Became Rich at Mining.
However. he had fund of useful
knowledge gained through knocking
about the world and it was not long
\ until he became convinced that he
could make his fortune mining. For q
| dnnode ha nroSOected continuoIls1v ir
the mountains of Colorado. Finally
L. struck it rich and located his indie
pendence mine in the Cripple Greek
district He made money by the
millions and spent it wisely as E
philanthropist. Mr.. Stratton was {
thirty-third degree Mason and a mem
Der of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.