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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
DETECTIVE is FOUND GUILTY.
Members of Minneapolis Police Force
Convicted by a Jury.

Minneapolis, June 3O.-N. w, King,
a detective on the Minneapolis police
force who has been on trial here dur
Ing the past week on cnarge of be-
ing accessory to a felony, in protect
ing thieves and gamblers from arrest,
was found guilty late last night.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
LIKES FOR COMMITTEEMAN.
His Candidacy for Position Is Formal,
Announced.

Des Moines, June 3O.-J. C. Likes OF
this city has formally announced him
self as candidate for member of the
democratic state central committee tc
succeed George A. Huffman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
CARRIE NATION A DowIElTE.
Famous smasher Said to Have Joined
Zion Movement

Wichita, Kan. June 30.-According
to letter received in this city by a
friend, Mrs Carrie Nation, the saloon
smasher, has declared her intention of
joining the Dowieites in Chicago. She
says she is now enroute to that city
for this purpose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
FIsHWAY FOR DAM.
Finny Tribe to Come Up the River ir
Near Future.

Des Moines, June 3O.-Attorney
General Mullen is preparing to COM
mence proceedings for condemning
the right to place a sfshway in the
dam at Bonaparte and in short time
will cause a sheriff's jury to be en-
paneled and the damages assessed. 1t
is expected that the Meeks, the own
ers OF the dam, will carry the matter
into the courts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
CANAL BILL is NOW A LAW.
President Roosevelt Signs the Measure
Last Night.

Washington, June 3O.-The Presi-
dent last night signed the isthmian ca
nal bill providing for the construction
of the connecting link between the two
oceans by the Panama route.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS.
Appropriations of Congress Amount
to Near That Sum.

Washington, June S0.-No session
of congress, except in time of war,
has equaled the total appropriation of
hte first session of the fifty-seventh
congress, which is now nearing a
close. The total now stands. 1927
S36,262, thus making it practically a
"billion-dollar session.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
Wants Cuba in the Union.

In the Senate today Stephen B. Elkns addressed that
body support of his resolution providing for the an
nexation Of Cuba. The Senator declared that majority
Of the people in Cuba and the United States favored such
action, which also the sentiments Of from
Jefferson to Mckinley.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
BRANDT STILL IN RACE.

Des Moines Man Wants to Be Auditor
of State. !
Des Moines. June 3O-Captain Amos
Brandt of this city has not withdrawn
as a candidate for auditor of state on
the republican ticket. The stories to
the contrary are untrue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
FIERY FLUID KILLS.
Overdose of Wood Alcohol Brings
Death to Thomas Mccall.

Iowa City, June 30.-(SpeciaD-
Thomas Mccall died today at West
Liberty from an overdose of wood al
cohol. He recently came from Erie,
Pa.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Theoiory.

London, England, is the only city
in the world which can boast the unique
distinction of having an interdenomi-
national theological seminary. So
marked are linesof separation between
reIigionists of different schools in this
country and so pronounced the an
tagonisms between them upon doctrin-
al issues that the question naturally
presents itself TO the minds of Our
readers, how is this thing possible?
To explain the mystery, it seems that
the institution is composed of various
constituent schools, representing sew
orally the Baptist. the Methodist, the
Episcopalian and the Congregational
systems of doctrine, and the degree
of bachelor of divinity is conferred
h, the faculty Of the institution upon
students who pass examinations in the
curriculum of studies prepared by q
board consisting of the theological
staff of the schools. Only those things
are taught in the institution upon
which all the Instructors have agreed,
and. the harmonies rather than thehos-
tilities of religious thought are brought
out.-Atlanta Constitution.
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American hog raisers must still
further improve their stock in the
properties that command the highest
prices. The hog must be developed in
the hams, and in lean meat through
out tie carcass. Waste parts must
be decreased, so that they viii dress
out better. That hogs have beer i'm
proved as much as any other sort IT
stock is pa1pable fact. and he who
sets any limit to possible improve
ment is not progressive. The lean
pork question has not attracted much
attention in this country, s.mlly be-
cause packers have had more regard
for pounds that quality. Eu, we are
growing pork for Europe as well as
America, and our product does no.
bring the oest prices and d. rs net
command the best customers III the
old world. Scandinavia puts before
the English consumer the finest ba-
con in the world, but her hogs do not
weigh as much as ours, Nor carry to
the shambles as much grease, which
is the least valuable part. The pack
ers should act in this matter, fol
when they will pay more for lean
meat than for soap-grcase, the hog
men will furnish the bacon hogs
Farm and Ranch.
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a hard worker. In numerous ways he
reminds me of an American. AS far as
i could see, he was possessed of good
many democratic notions. During my
interviews with him we developed quite
way of twitting each other about our
respective countries. One day, when
we were having quite a long argument
about this line i told him that was
ce' tainly thankful that / had been
bern an American.
"'It's albright, general, said, ito be
an Englishman, if you are born to some
high station, but in America we are all
born on an equal footing. know there
are lots of men who have more brains
than 1 have, but still it is some salts
faction to know that they did not get
any the best of me in their start in
life.'
HE replied with considerable
warmth that England was just as
democratic as America in this respect
"'But,' said /, how about your house
of lords?'
1.-The house of lords he answered
why join it. Anybody can get there
If they just go about it right have
no doubt that such was his intention
at that time and as everyone knows
he has Joined the house of lords. To
come to think of it, he reminds one
good deal of President Roosevelt.
Both are hard workers, high-spirited
and vigorous in their measures. While
was there Kitchener was making his
preparations to take the British army
to Khartoum. From his conversation
] could easily see that he considered
this stroke his opportunity and the
goal of his ambition. In fact he told
me lnce that he would not stay in
Egypt a week if he did not have that
to look forward to. However, / doubt
ed it at the time, for he was getting
S12 900 a year as a commander of the
Egyptian army, and out of Egypt his
rank and pay was only that of major
$50 far as could see there was very
little sentiment about Lord Kitchener
He had the typical Americans notions
of the practical strongly stamped upon
his nature. For instance, / was with
him once when an Egyptian officer
came to him with tale of woe to the
effect that brother officer had in
suited him and he asked that he be
given permission to challenge him to
a duel. Kitchener would not hear te
such thing, and from what learned
afterwards he simply horse laughed
! the Egyptian out of the notion. He
seemed to possess the same aversion
for women then that he does now. lie
lived in lonely splendor in palace a
Cairo. I visited him several time.
there. 1t was a beautiful place.
81 read a dispatch from South Africa
recently which stated that in convers
ing with DeWet Kitchener slapped tn,
Boer general on the back and told hin
to cheer up or words to that effect
That struck me as being a very char
acteristic thing of Kitchener as knew
him. While he was not of the hail-fel
low-well-met type with everybod,
there was much Of the politician abou
him when it came to carrying his poin
| with men under him and about him."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
ICE IN VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
A6ords Relief When Sufferers Are
beyond the Power of swal--
lowing Water

Thompson, the assistant purser..had
seen the ruin coming, but had time to
fling himself through the open door
way of his stateroom and close the
door, says Chief Officer Scott's ac-
count of the loss of the Roraima, in
Leslie's Monthly. The next instant the
ship yeered over and water hot from
the fire sweeping over it poured into
his cabin until he was up to his neck.
Then the ship righted, the water re-
ceded and Thompson struggled out on
the starboard alley and came upon two
women horribly burned and begging
piteously for water. He rushed into a
neighboring stateroom, and finding a
can was about to fill il from the little
tank of fresh water above the basin
when he felt something soft beneath
his foot. Looking down he saw the
dead face of man.
We broke block of ice into small
pieces. These the sufferers could hold
in their mouths when they could nc
longer drink. Several of them had
their tongues burned out. The coat.
inps of their mouths and tongues Ind
the Innings of their noses were some
times entirely gone, so that the all
when they attempted to draw breath
would block their throat and nostrils
and smother them.
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SAVED THE BABY.

New Providence, Iowa, July 7th.-
Little Helen Moon, the three-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Moon,
of this place, had narrow escape
from death.
Her mother noticed she seemed to
be very clumsy and complained when
she was rocked. Her limbs and face
were bloated badly.
A doctor was summoned but she
got no better. He said she had Kid
ney Trouble in the worst form.
Two other doctors were called in
and they agreed that there was very
little, if any, hope. She was bloated
all over, her eyes being completely
closed and her abdomen bloated I'M
til it was purple.
They bought six boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and she commenced to
improve at once. She had used nine
boxes before the Dropsy was all
gone. The treatment was continued
and now she is as well as ever.
Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved
the little ones life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
Use only Good sIres.

Never was there a greater demand
for good sircs and the encouragement
for the improvement of herds greater
than at present. The sales of pure
bred cattle during the last three or
four months proves this The only
way that we can produce a better
grade of live stock-a grade that will
top the markets. by improvement
of the native herds by the infusion
of pure blood. The ideal constantly
recedes. When the breeder of to-day
approaches the standard set year
ago he will find that il has advanced
few points further. This means
that he win never reach perfection.
The apparently perfect animal viii
be found to be lacking in some small
detail, and future generations will de-
velop type of animal far superior
to the best produced by our most
successful breeders of the present.
The recent high prices paid for pure
bred bulls arc likely to discourage
some farmers from buying a bull.
This should not be. Nothing should
deter him from buying a good bull
1t is not necessary to pay a thousand
dollars for good bull. The price
does not cut such a figure The
progeny of good pure-bred bull
costing 5000 win readily sell from 81
to SIS a head more as calves or year
ling stockers than the offspring OF
scrub or grade bull at the same age,
and the better bred stuff will bring
from SIS to $50 head more as fin
ished beeves. e
The small farmer who can not at.
ford to purchase pure-bred sire
may easily breed his cows to the bull
owned by some one of his neighbors
Nowadays in nearly every farming
district may be found one or more
first-class bulls that may be secured
at fee ranging from 81 up to $40
There is no excuse for not having
highly bred calves.--Kansas Farmer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
THE LITTLE CYCLOPEDlA.


An average-sized pineapple yields
nearly two pints of juice.
There are 1900 statutes in British
statute law. Thirty volumes are
yearly added to the Law Reports.
Weather forecasts have been pub
lished in London dailies since 1879.
Eighty thousand people live within
the danger radius of Mount Vesu-
yius.
Elephants Killed sc persons in In.
dia last year out of 22.s9s killed By
wild beasts.
There were last year 1880 immi-
grants into Canada from the United
States, as against 1900 from Brit.
ain.
The bulk of the money for building
st. Paul's cathedral was from a duty
then enforced on all Goals brought
to the port of London.
During the year 1901 the Russian
minister of domains and agriculture
sold only 40 per cent q the quantity
of forest trees authorized by law.
In London the wind is southwest
for an average of 112 days in the
year. 1t blows from the north for
Is days only. and from the south
for Is.
The Canadian government has ap-
propriated $4,000 to build barbed
wire fence along the boundary be-
tween Montana and the Duminion
from St. Mary's lake to the Sweet
Grnss hills.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23

The Various Changes That Take
PIacewithin an Egg During the
Process of Incubation.

An English writer thus describes
the various changes that take place
within an egg:
The hen has scarcely set on her
eggs twelve hours before some line
aments of the head and body of the
chicken appear. The heart may be
seen to beat at the end of the Sec
ond day; it has at this time some
what the form of a horseshoe, but no
blood yet appears. AT the end of
two days, two vesicles of blood are
to be distinguished, the pulsation of
which is very visible; one of these is
the left ventricle, and the other the
root of the great artery. At the
fiftieth hour one auricle of the heart
appears, resembling moose folded
down upon itself. The beating of the
heart is first observed in the anricle,
and afterward in the ventricle. At the
end of the SEVENTEEN hour the wings
are distinguishable; and on the head
two bubbles are seen for the brain,
one for the bill, and two for the
fore and hind parts of the head. To-
ward the end of four days the two
auricles already visible draw nearer
to the heart than before. The liver
appears toward the fifth day. At the
end of a hundred and thirty-one
hours the first voluntary motion is
observed. At the end of seven hours
more the lungs and the stomach be-
comes visible; and four hours after
ward the intestines, the loins and the
upper Jaw. At the hundred and forty
fourth hour, two ventricles are visi-
BILE, and two drops of blood instead
of the single one as seen before. The
seventh day the brain begins to have
some consistency. At the one hundred
and ninetieth hour of incubation. the
bill opens and the flesh appears on
the breast. In four hours more the
breastbone is seen. In six hours
after this the ribs appear, forming
from the back, and the bill is very
visible, as well as the gall-bladder.
The bill becomes green at the end
of two hundred and thirty-six hours;
and If the chicken be taken out of it's
covering it evidently moves itself.
The feather begins to shoot out to-
ward the two hundred and fortieth
hour, and the skull becomes gristly.
At the two hundred and sixty-fourth
hour the eyes appear. At the two
hundred and eighty-eighth the ribs
are perfect. At the three hundred and
sixty-first the spleen draws near the
stomach and the lungs to the chest.
At the end Of three hundred and fif-
ty-fiye hours the bill frequently opens
and shuts; and at the end of the
eighteenth day the first cry OF the
chicken is heard 1t afterward gets
more strength and grows continually,
till at length it is able to set itself
| tree from its confinement.
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A Clustering coMMENTARY-


The treatment that domestic ami
mails receive on farms and elsewhere.
is blistering commentary not only
on the beastly temper, but the COM
mon sense of man. We know a case
where a mother died leaving an in
FAINT only few days old. This was
in Texas when mich cows were
scarce, and one that would give milk
in winter was almost unknown. A
heifer was found. however, With a
young ca.s, and was utilized to save
the life of ne caby lie young COW
was afterwards given to the Laty,
and The baby and. tie COW grew up
together, aud tic cav died afte:. Il
life Of g;ea. usefulness at the age If
81 years, and was dcccntly buried in
the presence of almost the entire
neighborhood. When lie BABY grew
to be a girl, she made a. pet % the
cow, and called her 'stepmammy,"
and would not permit any me TO
abuse her, or even to speak i'll Of the
COW, who died full of ys{ars ard hon-
ors, after a lie Of eas6, plenty end
usefulness. Thsr.stan be No question
that the kind treatment added ten
fold to the usefulness of this cosv.
Kind treatment will similarly length
en- the life and increase the useful
ness. of any animal. The useful life
of the average work horse is about
ten years, yet some are as good as
they ever were at the age of fifteen
or twenty years. If lind treatment
adds to the value Of an animal, ana
blows, kicks, lashings and privation
decrease the value, how shcr. sighted
must the man be who willfully, and
to crafty an instinct of cruelty. mis-
treats his CIV or his horse, or his
dog. The cruel man may enjoy tie
misery he inflicts, but he pays dearly
for the pleasure, for every blow every
act of cruelty, has a price which is
charged against the perpctrator. npl
he can by no means avoid the pay.
ment.-Farm aud Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
A STORY OF KITCHENER.


Lieut.. Col. c. G. Little, of the famous
twentieth Kansas regiment, which was
commanded during the most of its
service in the Philippines by Gen. Fred
Funston, was in St. Louis the other
day and told reporter of the Globe
Democrat some interesting stories
about Gen. Kitchener, whom he knew
in Egypt. Kitchener at that time was
commander in chief of the Egyptian
army, though he only held the commits
sion of major in the English army, hav-
ing been especially assigned to this
duty.
Il had some interesting converse
tions with him. said Col. Little, land
always regarded him as most ex'
traoriinary personality. He is quick
nervous, energetic sort Of . fellow, and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
FARMER ANDPLANTER
CULTIVATION OF THE CROPS.
Something More Than the Mere
Planting Essential to the Secur-
ing of Good Results.

If good, satisfactory crops are
grown, at least such as are planted,
they must be well cared for. The
first thing of Importance is the prop
erly fitting of the ground before the
planting is done.
A field nicely plowed and thor
oughly narrowed before it is planted
win require but a small amount of
labor in the after cultivation of the
crop, compared with another field in
which this preparatory work has
only been half done.
With large areas to plant and cul-
tivate, and with hired help scarce and
difficult to get even at high prices, it
is necessary to do all kinds of work
possible with horses and suitable inn
PIGMENTS. And to the credit of i'm
ventors it may be said that there is a
long list of farm implements and
tools of the best make and adapted
to all kinds Of work that it may be
necessary to perform, from which to
select. And further than this, better
work can be ACCOMPLISHED with
these than by the old process of
hand labor.
But for the best success with these
improved labor-saving implements,
the preparatory work of blowing and
narrowing, as before stated, should
be well and thoroughly performed.
Wherever possible, there should be
To GoII dc I'd - M
least the rows should run the long
est way and also be straight and OF
uniform width, in order that the
work of cultivation can be the most
thoroughly and efficiently performed
Not much hand planting of corn OF
even of potatoes in large areas is now
done. This would be too slow and
1aborious a process; besides, the i'm.
proved horse planters not only do the
work so much faster but actually bet,
ter than it can be done by the old
process of hand labor. Even in the
great corn-growing states, two rows
are planted at a time, requiring only
one man for the work, while in the
east it usually takes two men for a
one-horse, one-row machine. In this
way it is easy to plant large acre
age in little time. For the proper
working of machines the surface OF
the lands in crops should be free
from stones or other Instructions.
The cultivation of corn should b.
commenced very soon after it il
planted. This will serve to keep the
soil fine, mellow and free from
weeds. Generally this should be shall
low rather than deep. A widespread
light smoothing harrow with teetf
slanting backward, or an implement
known as a weeder, which is mucl
used in the east, serves an excellent
purpose in the cultivation of the
crop, until it gets too large.
There is an old adage that tillage il
manure, and as in a certain sens'
this must be so, it will be seen tina
a continuous and proper cultivation
of corn and other crops must result
in double benefit to them and tn,
soil. Without it, but little would b.
accomplished; with it the POSSIBLE
ties are indeed grcat.-E. r. Towle, il
Farmers Home Journal.
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There appears to be new field open
ing up for ambitious young men. 1t
is the field of scientific forestry-one
of the most important matters of ths
day. The young forester has prospects
of salary that equals that of the av.
erage college professor. To men OF
mental and physical vigor who deligh,
in nature and outdoor life this would
seem to be congenial and lucrative
occupation. In forested states the
abandoned stump lands need scientific
attention.-Success.
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The last time the l7-year locust made
itself numerous in the United States the
chronological society Of Washington expert
served broiled, in a plain stew, and q milk
stew, and also fried IN batter. One enthu.
siastic brg-eater declared he much preferred
fried cicadas 10 fried oysters or shrimps,
but the consensus OF opinion was that the
l7-year loosssss would never be regarded a.
. de.icacy Indians used to eat them raw,
and longed for their return as the white
man awaits the months with the r." II
on the high price Of meat, the beef combine
is invited to consider the possibilities.
How'll you have your cicada-stewed.
brc''sd or raw!-Pittsburg Gazette.
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The Man Who Laughed. WHO laughed
% hoarsely when the conductor said, Move
up in frontv" He was the man squeezed
up against the front door, Town Topics
Aiaggie-"N hen you broke off the en-
gageaient did you return the diamond ring
he gave your" 'Margarethe--'C Certainly
noif / don't care for Harry any more, but
my feelings have not changed towards the
ring."-London Answers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23

A recent report shows that 2,59s
Christians were murdered in 1901 by
the Turks. In only 81 cases were the
murderers punished, and then with
not more than four years imprison-
ment.--N. Y. Sun.