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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-17
Bloomfield

Bloomfield, June 1.-THE marriage
of Miss Myra Colliver, youngest
daughter Of Mrs. Phineas Colliver, to
DIR. John Wray Young occurred at the
Methodist Episcopal church Wednes-
day evening at o'clock, Rev. D. A.
Wycksizer, pastor of the Christian
church; and Rev. j. w. Potter, pastor
of the Methodist church, officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Cook of Los
Angeles, Cal, arrived Wednesday
from Boston and are visiting at the
home of Mr.. Cooks uncle, H. L. Cook.
The remains of l.. P. Bates of West
Grove, who died at his home near that
place on Tuesday, were brought to this
city for burial on Wednesday after
noon and were inferred in the Odd Eel
lows cemetery, the services being con-
Quoted in part by the Masonic lodge,
the members marching in uniform to
the cemetery in body.
Mrs. B. F. Carroll and Miss Bette
Priest entertained about 100 friends
Tuesday evening at the Carroll home.
An elaborate dinner was served at G
o'clock, Masters Paul Carroll, Eugene
Fortune and Guy Hotchkiss assisting
as walters. The parlors were taste
fully decorated with ferns and profu-
Sion of beautiful roses. The after
dinner hours were spent on the lawn
and porches as the evening was in
tensely warm. Heavy clouds gather
ed in the north threatening a severe
Storm which caused the departure of
the guests at an earlier hour than
usual. The evening was, however d
social success that gave pleasure to
those to whom the hospitality was ex-
tended.
Attorney and Mrs. q. Rominger re-
ceived friends Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock in honor OF Mrs. Helen Young
of Montana, who is visiting her sister,
the hostess, and Miss Margaret Palm
of Mt. Pleasant who is also visiting
at the Rominger home. Light refresh
ments We're served and a pleasant ev-
ening spent.
John Edwards, the young grandson
of Mrs. D. p. Palmer, with whom he re-
sides, left Thursday for Spokane,
Washington, to spend the summer
with his father, e. o. Edwards.
H. G. Leach and Chas. d. Fortune
spent Thursday in Ottumwa on bust
ness.
Mrs. E. B. Johnson has returned
from Moulton after spending short
time with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Barlel left
"Wednesday at midnight for Chicago,
where Mrs. Bandel, who has beSa il
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where the Maoris obtained the speci.
mems, 1 pitched tent and made very
careful microscopic study of the cater
pillars | had bought They We're dry
and hardened as if sucked clean of
their juices, and had growing from
them the slender stem Of a vine that
measured from Two and a half to four
inches in length. Now the problem
for me to solve was how this vine got
located in the caterpillar.
/ made a careful search and was re-
warded with three specimens, each in
slightly different stages. first noticed
a little stem, resembling that of the
specimens l had bought from the ma
tiyes. showing some three or four
inches above the ground, and, carefully
removing the dirt with my knife, found
the poor little caterpillars, stiff and
hard, about two inches beneath the
surface.
The thought first struck me that, as
/ made my finds only under the great
Rata, a parasitical vine, it would be
a good idea to examine this for a so
luton of the mystery. l found that
the seeds of the plant were extremely
small and covered with the sharpest of
prickles. Crawling about on the vine
| found large numbers of the cater
pillars. 1t occurred TO me that the
case must be Il parallel TO that of the
insect-eating plants which set traps
in leaves or stems. The caterpillars,
feeding upon the vine, of the leaves
Of which they are very fond, are likely
to get one of the sharp-pointed seeds
caught under the skin, where it takes
root in the juices of the animals body.
The point at which the seed more US
ually penetrates seems to be just at
the ridge where the active head sec
ton joins the rest Of the body. The
irritation caused by the working in of
the sword-armed seed is so great that
the caterpilars probably drop off the
vine and bury themselves in the
ground in the attempt to escape their
tormenter The seed, however, takes
root, ana in growing absorbs the nour-
ishment afforded by the animals body.
When the vine rises above the ground
it continues its parasitic career, this
time preying upon vegetable matter.
Reaching out for some convenient
tree it twines itself about this, en-
circling the trunk and spreading out
over the bEanches, thrusting rootlets
into the bark, every few inches, as it
grows. until it finally kills this second
victim also. In the meantime it has
itself grown in trunk and branches,
to the proportions Of q tree.
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Notwithstanding the vast consump-
ton Of eggs, no sort of attention is paid
to their flavor One egg is supposed to
be Just as good as another, so long as
both are fresh. In most food products
we pretend to be discriminating. We
see wonderful difference between a
game chicken and Cochin between a
Hamburg and plymouth Rock, when
broiled for breakfast; between puddle
duck and an Aylesbury, between Il
bronze turkey and Il NarraSansett, etc.
yet in eggs we notice but one quality.
namely, that of soundness. We do not
notice whether the shells are white.
buff, yellow or speckled. We do not
care whether they are laid by Il Leg
horn Dorking. Dominique, Brahma or
Black Spanish.
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The annual supply of eggs in the
United States is said 30 be about $500,
100000 or more than 5000, 900 dozen,
and their Waite is equal to that Of the
product of our gold and silver mines.
Some men eat two dozen eggs 4 day,
some DO not eat two dozen in 4 year.
They are supposed to render certain
folk bilious. A raw egg may be di-
gested in two hours one soft boiled in
three hours. hard boiled in three and
one-half, fried in three and half
roasted in two and one-fourth. Did
YOU ever roast an egg before the fire?
Place on top of it n straw, and when
it Is done the straw will make a half
revolution A we'll roasted egg is Il
delicious morsel. In the days of wood
fires it was more common to roast
eggs than to boil them. Touchstonc
speaks Of their being ''ill-roasted, all
on one side" and we are indebted to
Pope for these lines:
One likes the pheasant's wing and one
the leg;
The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg
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ured,and was found to be from forty
to seyenty-1lye pounds, the average be-
ing nearly dfty-liye pounds. This. TOO.
with specimen eggs taken Mt random.
An empty egg shell was subjected to
a test by being placed cndWise on two
rubber cushions and made 10 support
box into which shot was slowly
poured. The rubber pads protected the
shell from the hard contact. and this
experiment demonstrated the struc-
tural strength of the shell. Greater in
genuity had to be exercised in sub
hitting shells to internal pressure, ow-
ing to the poor nature of the hen $
egg. 1t was necessary to render The
specimen water tight without iucreas-
ing its structural strength. This was
finally accomplished with the aid OF a
toy balloon, which was inserted into
the shell through one of the two small
holes. and the imitation accomplished
by hollow wire. 4 hydraulic gauge in
Dictated the pressure at the moment the
shell broke, and eleven trials gave for
ty-four pounds per square inch as the
breaking pressure Three specimens
withstood pressure of sixty pounds or
better.
The. most wonderful development Of
strength was seen n the resistance 10
external pressure The average col
lapsing pressure Of egg shells was 3f5
pounds
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Thomas Weighanchor Lawson raises
his own eggs. His hens being fed or
the choicest food that money can buy,
their product is correspondingly select
A hen fed OH onions for n few days Will
impart a very distinct onion favor TO
her eggs. 1t may, therefore, be as
sumed that other food win affect the
taste in like manner, hence hen that
feeds in a filthy barnyard win not lay
so good eggs as one fed on carefully
prepared grain and dough. 1 should
think every man able to own farm
would raise his own eggs, as Lawson
does. However, some very rich per-
sons prefer the scavenger puddle duck
to the canvasback that fattens on eel
cry. There is no poorer food than duck
eggs, wild or tame, and no better than
turkey eggs, wild or tame.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Commissioner Yerlles, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, has been compelled
to rent an outside building in which TO
receive and stock checks and drafts
bearing imprinted stamps now being
sent in for redemption. The original
act providing for the redemption of
these imprinted stamps limited the
time within which they could be pre-
scented for redemption to two years
from the time they were purchased
from the Government Subsequently
that time was extended to January l,
1908.
Almost Immediately after the act
was passed banks and large business
houses began sending in their surplus
stocks, and in a short time the quanti-
ty had reached the point where the
weight threatened the walls Of the
rooms and corridors where they were
stored, nece2sitating a prompt removal.
Up to this time 1914 tons have been de-
s!royed or returned to the senders at
ter cancellation, and there are now
about sixty tons on hand, with the
daily receipts almost equal to the c1a-
cellati0ns.- Washington Post.
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A CURIOSITY
OF NATURE
New Zealand Plant That Starts
Lie as an Insect Eater.

Oliver Bainbridge, a young English
man who has been touring the world
and is at present staying in Los An
geles, possesses Il strange curio in the
shape of some dried caterpillars, from
each Of which the shoot of a young
plant is growing. This interesting ex-
ample of parastism, a drawing of
which is shown herewith, is from the
interior of New Zealand, and Mr. Balm
bridges story of the manner in which
he obtained his specimens and of his
own observations regarding them Is
as follows:
While in the hot lake region one day
my curiosity was aroused by some pc
culiar caterpillars the natives We're
carrying. l asked them what they
were, and my interest was intensified
upon learning that they were what
is generally known as the vegetable
caterpillar 1t was about nine miles
from R0tOrua, the wonderland, that
the natives obtained these specimens.
Their idea was to test them in the
stcwpot. and they laughed at me out
right when l paid them fifty cents
each for them and told them that L
had never seen anything SO remarka
BILE.
For fully a radius of 100 miles from
Rotorua the country is poor and in
many places wretchedly barren, a con-
dition caused by the poisonous gases
emitted from the various hot springs
and geysers. Upon arriving at the spot
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NJ. c. j. Cornish in Animal Lie
d.ugland), tells story illustrative Of
the sound sense Of a dog. y retriever
NOT long ago was sent into a ditch to
bring out a winged partridge. The dog
picked up the scent, rushed along the
bottom Of the ditch under the Dram
!lcs, and after a little cropping about
emerged on the bank Of the ditch with
an old rusty kettle, holding it by the
handle Laughter and chaH greeted
his performance. stop 4 Bit" said
the dogs master. "IIere, Rover give.
it to me- and the dog brought the
Kettle to him. Taking it from his
mouth his master put his hand into the
Kettle, the lid being off, and lock out
Tie partridge. Chased by the dog it
had crepr into the kettle 10 hide and
he dog, not being able to draw II out
Just brought tic lot.
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apparatus shown in the illustration.
The inventor contemplates the install
latlon Of private lines by the farmers
in Il certain locality, or the rental Of
electric service from one Of the subur-
ban trolley companies which now cover
the country around every large city.
As will be seen. an electric motor is
placed on the wagon and power is OBJ
tanned from the overhead wire, the
connecting pole having a flexible adj
justment to overcome all inequalities
in the roadway. The horizontal por-
ton of the conductor is divided and
insulated, receiving the current from
one wire and returning it to the other
after it has passed through the motor
to drive the wagon The reason for
using a return wire pamllel with the
power wire IS to avoid possibility of
shocks to the driver when standing
beside the wagon and in contact with
it. which might prove dangerous If the
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SOME EaGIANA.

The man who "gets eggs FOR his
money is easily imposed upon. When
gOslings want to drive the geese to
pasture they are teaching their grand
mothers to suck eggs to tread upon
eggs" is to walk gingcrly An old-tlme
method Of choosing a saddle horse for
the mother Of the family was 10 test it
on an egg trot,' that is, place eggs in
pannicrs on either side OF the saddle
and urge the animal 10 a trot. If the
eggs did not break the purchase was
effected, other qualities being salts
factory All of us have seen horses
that could trot without so much as
adding an egg, not to mention break
ing it, Things as 'like as two eggs"
are supposed 10 be exactly alike: which
is an error. From the egg to the an
pies" means the whole dinner. A "oad
egg" we are all familiar with, and oc.
casionally one of us is it. There is q
ducks egg" in the game of cricket.
Golden eggs" are great profits.
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Dried potatoes" is the name of a
new product evolved by the South
Carolina Agricultural Experiment sta
ton. The potatoes are boiled, peeled
and eyaporated in Il cannery, and will
remain in perfcct condition for years.
The preserved potato becomes tit for
eating after being soaked in warm
water for an hour. Like many other
new ideas, this promises TO he a big
thing. 1t insures to the farmer the
perfect preservation of one of his most
prolific and most important general
food crops, at the same time fitting it
for safe and economical shipment to
distant markets heretofore closed to it,
ana effects these ends by n mode of
preparation which is so simple and
cheap that ii can be employed on any
farm. When it is noted that in one
case stated in the table an acre of
land yielded 357 bushels OF raw pota-
toes, which in turn yielded 105 bushels
OF the dried product, the possibilities
of the process in The way Of developing
the culture of the vegetable in the
South and Introducing it to the worlds
commerce and comfort begin to appear
10 truly vast proportions.-Ch Charleston
News and Courier.
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Not one man in 4 hundred knows
bow to handle lady'S wrap wien he
acts us her escort remarked Il promi-
nelt woman's tailor the other day.
'Looil nj thar man now carrying his
ladys biacl; silk coat He has it al
inost in Il roll. and when she GOES to
put il on il viii he mass Of wrinkles,
and it will never look so well again.
I don't see low she can 20 on talking
50 pleasantly 10 MIN when she sees Der
coat, unless he is her husband and she
is sure he will pay for new one.
yesterday saw Il man With lady's
full-length coat over his arm. carrying
Il so carelcssly that one corner OF its
handsome lace collar dragged ON the
ground. ] could not stand Il. ana so l
said, Pardon me. sir and l viii show
you now to hold that coat And | took
II and shook il out from the back
seam. then folded it lightly almost
through the middle taking care to put
The lace and long silk ties inside. and
then laid the coat over his arm. He
did not seem to he very grateful; but
it hurts my feelings to see beautiful
clothes spoiled even if know that |
will get the order to replace them. 1t
is always easy to fold coat from the
back seam, and usually, if it is a
woman's coat, 1t is just as well to carry
it SO the handsome lining shows An
unlined coat should, of course, not be
turned wrongside out. "-Phladelphia
Record.
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Reminiscent Of the storm and stress
Of Napoleonic days is The little snap
shot reproduced here. Il shows one of
the lookout stations built by Napoleon
at the time when he was contemplate
ing the invasion Of England. This
particular lookout which is in very
good state of prescryatiou--stan on
the cliffs between Wimereux and Am
bleteuse, and on clear days England
can be distinctly seen with the naked
eye. One can imagine the watchers in
those little towers gazing out across
the sea towards the hated land whose
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comparable with the best Of mans
artificial products, Albert e. Gray re-
Gently conducted a number Of inter
esting experiments to demonstrate the
strength Of empty egg shells. he made
records Of the compressive strength
and the resistance of external and in
ternal pressure The common parlor
experiment Of endeavoring to break
an egg by pressing upon it lengthwise,
when held between the palms Of the
hands, exemplifies the first measure of
its longitudinal resistance TO pressure.
AS it is well known. it takes pretty
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
The FARM
TROLLEY WAGON
Fsorseless Vehicle For the Country
Roads.

The inventors seem to he striving
faithfully to relieve the horse Of all the
heavy hauling which it has in the past
been called upon to perform, ana it is
probable the day is not far distant
when pleasure drivers will be the only
ones who viii find use for this animal.
The latest idea along the line of horse
less vehicles is the farmers trolley
road, which win make it possible for
the raiser Of produce to come to town
with lis load. dispose of it and return
home without the aid Of his team. the
electric current being made TO do all
the labor. through the medium Of the
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

James j. Hill is the Napoleon II
transportation in the Northwest Mr..
Hi is one OF the most picturesque
and interesting figures that have been
upturned by the great industrial eyo-
luton of the United States. lie has
created empires in railroads, but never
has a word been said of him that re-
fleets upon his absolute integrity in
method. Before the war Jim" Hill
used to be a mud" clerk on the Mis-
sissippi, but a man with his brains
was never destined TO check" ship
mcnts for living. MI Hill left his
desk and his bills Of lading to go 10 the
war and on his return engaged himself
in the packet business. Through that
line he made his way into railrcading
As an upbuilder Of railroads MI Hi
has no equal. The Hill lines are the
best testimonial to his constructive
and creative power Mr.. HIPS fame
had been secure on past performances,
but If his present plans are carried
out he VIII take rank with the greatest
Of industrial generals in history.
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is quite easily broken, but this is not
because of any structural weakness in
the composition Of its material. but be
cause Of its extremely thin walls
Recent scientifically constructed tests,
undertaken in a spirit Of curiosity. but
continued in wonderment, demon
strated that shell not more than
thirteen one-thousandths of an inch
in thickness has astonishing strength,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
EGGS ON A sKEwrp.

To roast an egg properly is to first
boil it, then, after removing the shell,
take out the yolk, braid it up with
spices, put it back again, put the egg
on a skewer and roast it. If you have
not eaten an egg thus prepared you
have something to live for. 1t is the
best Of the 240 ways Of cooking an
egg.
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men. Recently Andrew Carnegie
changed it TO this: Put all your eggs
in one basket and watch the basket"
Nach points TO Il useful moral
RAISING CHICKENS

Frank Charles who has had years of
experience in the care and breeding of
poultry. maintains that he is in ex-
pert and declares thar he viii give
bond and guarantee that with less than
5000 capital any one that understands
the business can start plant that viii
pay three per cent the first year,
twelve per cent the second ana third
years, and City per cent. FOR the bal
ance of time" and at the end Of the
third year have an establishment that
can DE sold for $4,000 cash.
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return current passed TO the earth after
use. by gearing the driving shaft low
very heavy loads could be transported
with comparatively little expense for
current, and as there are no heavy
storage batteries or power generators
aboard there is plenty of room in the
wagon for the loading of produce, etc,
Daniel s. Bcrgin is the inventor.
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The greatest Of eggs was the "n.m
dane egg" The Phocnicians, Egyp-
tians, HindOOos, japanese and many
other ancient nations maintained that
the world was Matched from an egg
made by the Creator That is as good
a theory as any. To accept ii is 70 re-
move million doubts.
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Egyptian ky.

The keys used by the ancient
Egyptians were hooks which passed
through the door from the outside and
caught the bolts, so as to shoot them
home or draw them back as required.
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WATCH THE BASKET.

'Don't put all your eggs in one bas.
ket' is as old as the hills, and has
been the guide Of countless successful
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Egg Shell's Strength
That It is Easily Broken is Not
Due TO any Structural
Weakness.

As fragile assam egg shell as easily
broken as an egg shell, are two popu-
m sayings, based on erroneous obser
Eations. 1t is true that an egg shell
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

S+rong hands to squash an egg held
N This position. When mechanical
n,aaps are subtituted for manual ones
The souashing pressure is readily meas
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It is justly observed that no man be-
comes famous exceptthrough the news
papers, and a philosophical advertiser
says that no man can become success
ful in business except by the same
means. The latter is the easier. be.
cause the business man can regulate
che amount OF his publicity himself.
Ia 1850 only one woman worked for
wages TO every ten men; now the ratio
is one woman to four men.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

yigilant fleets and hard-fighting armies
were the main obstacles to the univer-
sal success of the arms of the EN-
peror.-The Wide World Magazine.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

The worlds output of coal in 1900
was 767, $4,000 tons.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Some reels Of thread in a factory at
Braunton, Devonshire, have been
chosen rs a home by a solitary bee,
which is now actively engaged fkng
them with honey.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Wood intended to be made into pianos
requires TO be kept forty years to be
in perfect condition.