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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07
The only one of Hor Kind.

queer thing about that engagement
of Iamby's, isn't itE"
I'll dunno. 1 hadn't noticed any
thing extraordinary about it,"
Why you know tine lady lives i'm
Kentucky
eyes. What of thatg'
'The papers in announcing the en-
gagcmanf haven't referred TO- her as
e. blue grass BELLE She's tdc first
Kentucky woman ] ever heard OF that
wasn't belle. Chicago Record Her
aid
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07
Wholly Accidental.

Does Ferguson own an autOmo-
ble?"
No Poor fellow He fell in the
hre when he was a child. That's the
way he got the ace."-Chicago Rec
ord Herald
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Jinch.

No; she would not be his wife.
Have carer he hissed and his
eyes held a vengeful glitter. "If you
refuse me I shall become great and
famousw
you dare nOtr' cried the beautiful
girl, her voice rising to shrek. ''If
you do / shall get rich publishing
your love lettersw
For a moment he stood looking at
her. balefully. Then he turned and
skunk away.-Puck.
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Behind the Scenes
reticent

"Why are authors such reticent
men?"
They have to be. so as not to dis
close the fact that most of the WON
derful things their publishers say
about them are fictions. Washing
ton Star.
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The word at Her Feet.

II have been a housekeeper for
twelve years" remarked one of the
fair guests at the chatting dish sup
per, land the only thing 1 can do is
to mash potatoes"
Obviously. there was only one re-
ply for the polite host to make.
Madam" he said. you would mash
anything. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07
Not a ROSY Dreamer.

What would you do if you had a
billion dollars?"
oh" answered the languid man, ~E
don't see why l should expect to prove
any exception to the rule. L would
probably go to one OF the usual ex-
tremes and either buy yachts or else
walk to save car fare."-Washingto
Star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07

Cholly-"Does your father say any
thing about me?'
Edith-"Dear me, yes! Mamma says
he'll never get over his hoarseness I'M
less he stops hollering every tip--. l-V
speaks about your-Puck.
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FIatterX.

Imitation" remarked the dealer I'm
secondhand philosophy, sis the sim
cerest fattery."
"Of COURSE" answered the cynical
person. Every robber pays an inn
piled compliment to your more adj
vantageous situation in life when he
tries to boost himself at your ex-
pense. Washington Star.
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Her Comment.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, do you mean to tell me that
all these famous men go down town
day after day just to hold an inquiry -
Certainly"
THE idea! And they talk about the
curiosity of woman - Washington
Star.
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Z ONCnN( oURN0 II
= &4hUnoRS&0l
An Egotist No More.
ied to talk about himself,

He used to talk about himself,
But that was years ago;
He used TO say but "I'' and mel
He's changed his subject, though.
lis wonderful the way that tina
Rings changes in and how
A little thing transformS-he taII1S
just of his baby now.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07
You Can,t Tell br Looks.

Bacon-"Who is that insignificant
looking little man on the other side
of the street,"
Egbert-"Why, that's one Of our
most prominent citizens!' - Yonkers
Statesman
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Visitor - What a fine protuber..
forehead your baby has! Did he get
1t from his father?'
Fond Mother-"No; he got It from sc
fall down stairs. Chicago News
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Manual Labor.
Not Inherited.

$50 your son is learning n tradeT'
'Yes. He is to be n novelist."-Line.
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Along the River Orinoco the caout.
chouc, or rubber, trees are scattered
about in families. in forests composed
of many other valuable woods. The
men engaged in the collection of tho
raw rubber make entrances into the
thick forest on the banks of tho
stream, and then open tracks pene
trating the leafy wilderness. They
find from 100 to 200 rubber trees
along the course of each of these
tracks. although the distance seldom
exceeds two-thirds of a mile. The
milk, which is white when 1t issues
from the tree, is coaGulated with
smoke into dark balls, weighing about
forty-four pounds apiece. Recently
the planting of rubber trees has be.
come n considerable industry in Vene
zuela.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07

1t would seem that the world is
getting too small for us. We are to
fight disease by destroying insects
and mammals. Rats carry plague
cats, diphtheria; mosquitoes. yellow
fever, and so forth Now there is to
be war to the death on the sparrow
1t has been demonstrated that he Is
the carrier of the San Jose scale. so
much dreaded by the fruit grower
This audacious foreigner invades
every place and not only does his
dirty nest in the vines close to our
windows breed all sorts of nolsomc
vermin. but he must needs fly from
tree to tree constantly. and if one
tree becomes infected he is sure tc
spread it to others. Truly. the
charges laid against the English spar
row are numerous. and persons who
want to possess their share of the
earth in peace and quiet are urged to
poison the Migrants during the winter
when our native birds are away.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-07

The art of Indian discriminating is
in danger of being lost. The trouble
is that the squaws, whose work it is,
get almost nothing for it. in spite os
their wonderful skill and OF the odd
ness and beauty of their designs, and
the younger women of the tribes can
make more money at other work. If
the art survive, therefore. it will be
due to efforts that are now being
made by lovers of art among us.
Some OF the manual training schools
have taken the subject up and are
forming classes. and at least one art
company is giving instruction in it.
Perhaps the workers thus taught may
not be able to produce designs that
equal those produced by the squaws,
but the art will be preserved, at any
rate.
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go
EBsCIESNEncc5E'

The connection between mosquitoes
ina malaria was suspected rs long
igo as enc time OF Lancisl, the great
Italian physician. who flourlshed at
he end OF the seventeenth and the
beginning OF the eighteenth century.
Lombardy. at one time holding in
europe the highest reputation for It's
productions In silk and linen, has re-
emily presented to the Pope. for his
private altar. an altar cloth. Gothic
Venetian I'm style. which for pattern
and texture is pronounced TO be a mar
Selous piece of work. surprising by
Far anything previously turned out in
italian art weaving.
IL malaria Is conveyed by mosQui.
GOES IL is probable that other insects
may play like part. A French ply
stefan records that a certain family
had a member who for years was
subject to frequent malarial attacks.
and that three children in the family
were seized with the disease directly
after some oleanders were brought
into the house. The malaria germ was
found in lice on the plants.
For striking coins and medals and
stamping and shaping articles of jew
elry it is very important that the met
nj used shall flow well. This is some
thing that the average reader knows
nothing about, perhaps. The flow
a Ia t.
jected to rolling, stamping or ham.
mering, and the particles of the met
nj are thus carried into all the sunken
parts of the die without the least
fracture. 1t is thus that a perfect i'm
preston is made. Standard silver is
remarkable FOR this property.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

bonl is that of w. B. Moore, DEPUTY
county treasurer. This is furnished
by the United States Fidelity & Guar
antee Co. of Baltimore.
The Other Officials.
The third amount is $4,000. This
is the amount of the bond furnished
by Sheriff Harry Cremer. 1t IS signed
by Frank Won Schrader and G. E.
Boude. Next comes the bond of Har-
ry hammond. county auditor, which in
sures the county to the amount of $10,-
900, and which is signified by A. G.Har-
row, j. B. Mowrey, A. w. Johnson and
j. 7. Hackworth. The deputy auditor
and the deputy clerk are required to
furnish bonds in the amount of $4,000.
Deputy Auditor John II. Crileys bond
is signed by j. H. Harlan and Sumner
Siberell. Deputy Clerk Mollison's
sureties are j. B. Mowrey, F. w. Sim
mons, w. H. H. Asbury and H. w.
Merrill.
The next on the list is the record
err who must furnish bond in the
amount of $4,000. George H. Smiths
bond is signed by the American Bond
ing and Trust Co. County Superin,
tendent Beniah Dimmitt must have
bond amounting to $4,000 and this is
signed by w. A. Brown and c. Oster-
tag. Miss Laura Smith, the deputy
recorder, gives bond in the sum of
$4,000 and her papers are signed by
Calvin H. Smith and w. r. Arnold.
The United States Fidelity & Guaran-
tee Co. is surety for ]. d. Stephens, the
deputy sheriff, the amount of his bond
being $4,000 also. Coroner David
Thrones bond is for $1,000 and is
signed by Henry Throne and A. W.
Buchanan. C. R. Allen, county sur
veyor, furnishes bond in the sum of
$500 and his sureties are A. HI. Hamil-
ton and A. w. Buchanan.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
OLD MANS TRIP FOR A BRIDE.
Passes Through Eldon Last Evening
Enroute East.

Eldon, Jan. 2O.-(SpeciaD Jacob
Crone of Ottawa, Kan, stopped off
Rock Island train No. 16 here last ev-
ening and took turn up and down the
platform to timber up his aged limbs
after a journey from Kansas City, en-
route to New York to marry a wealthy
widow. Crone was wood-chopper
and a populst in Kansas. He said he
but had been visiting in '.Illinoy" and
other places off and on since his wife
died five years ago. He looks the part
to the complete satisfaction of comic
paper cartoonist. He is 73 years old
Crone wore long, gray hair that pulled
out under a soft hat two sizes too
small. He is spare in build and his
gray beard hangs in a regulation billy
goat bunch, square under his chin. He
wore also pair of white felt boots in
buckle arctics.
Vas, I've been in politics lot, -
said Crone. Say, it's wonder some
body don't hurt Bryan. He gives it to
EN- proper in his paper, and, b'gosh,
it's a wonder to me he amt been slug
ged by the fellows he pitches inter be
fore this
Crone jigged a step or two, and then
began to tell about the prize that
awaited him at the other end Of his
journey.
"Yassiree!" he vociferated. "She
lives on Wall street. She's worth
100000. Cracky, but that's a lot OF
money! Owns two or three brick
houses-and, say confidentially
shes SO.
What's her name?"
Huh! Cute, amt yer?" said the sly
old groom-elect, but | hain't a-going
to tell YER"
Crone lifted his buckle arctics and
himself aboard the Rock Island train
wagging his chinwhiskers in great
spasms of glee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
A DISASTROUS FIRE.
Grocery and Drug Store in the East
End Burned.

End Burned.
From Mondays Daily.
The most disastrous fire which has
visited Ottumwa for several months
destroyed two buildings occupied by
the East End Supply Co. and A. L.
Reynolds, the druggist. The blaze
was discovered at about $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning by Michael HalDin,
engineer On the Burlington switch en-
CINE, but it was some time afterwards
that stream of water began to play
upon the flames, and when the fire de-
partment arrived on the scene the gro
Gerry store was beyond saving. The
loss aggregates about $4,000 and is
partially insured.
The East End Supply store was To-
Gated in frame store building at the
corner of Iowa avenue and East Main
street. owned by Calvin Manning. A.
l.. Reynolds drug store was in Sec
ond frame building which adjoined
the Manning structure on the east.
Both store rooms were one-story
affairs but were built substantially.
Just east of the drug store is Mr.. Rey,
nold's residence, and the walls of the
two buildings are within ten feet of
each other at one place. Mr. Reynolds
owned his place of business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
OTTUMWANS FETED.
EddyviIIe Lodge Give Reception fol-
Members From This City.


[From Saturdays Daily.l
In behalf of the Eddyyille lodge F.
C. A. Mesdames Cuba Mcdonald and
Ellen Funk gave reception last even
ing at the home of the latter in honor
of Mrs Mary Dumrler, Mrs. Florence
Hegeman and Miss Lydia Berg of this
city The Ottumwans were very cor
daily received by the Eddyville mem
bers and the evening was one of much
pleasure. A feature of the evening
was the talk given by Mrs. Hegeman
on Mexico which was Illustrated with
pictures of the scenes and life of that
country Miss Pearl Nell, of Oskaloo-
sa. and Miss Berg, of Ottumwa, rem
dered several guitar and piano
numbers which were very greatly
appreciated. Several flash lights were
taken of the assembly by Miss Berg
and when finished will be distributed
among the guests as souvenirs of the
occasion. The event was one of great
enjoyment to all present and the OF,
tumwans are very earnest in their
praises of Eddyville hospitality.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
oTTuMwA BOYS BRAVERY.
kIeber HadseIl Succeeds in Perilou,
Undertaking..

Kleber Hadsell, a well known OF
tumwa boy who left the city several
months ago and went to Wyoming, is
commended by the Denver newspa
pers of a few days ago for his bravery
in undertaking and performing per-
ilous mission of mercy from which
older men shirked. Young Hadsell is
in the stock country near Rawlings,
Wyoming, and was camped with par
ty when it was learned that Raw
lings man had been frozen to death
on the plains some distance from the
camp Someone had to go after the
body and the trip meant two days
and nights with a corpse in a lonely
and cold country. but Hadsell braved
the dangers and loneliness and set out
He returned in safety to Rawlings
some days later with his charge, after
making hard trip in the bitter cold
with the body of the dead man. He
received much commentator at Raw
lings and even as far away as Denver.
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living in accordance Herewith, consti-
tutes the true religion.
'Fourth-We affirm that the exist
ence and personal identity of the indi-
vidual continue after the change call
ed death.
"Fifth-We affirm that communica-
ton with the so-called dead is fact
scientifically proven by the phenomena
of spiritual!sm.
"Sixth-We believe that the highest
morality is contained in the Golden
Rule: Whatsoever We would that 9th
ers should do unto you, do ye also
unto them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
A MARROW ESCAPE.
Joe Smith, Burlington Firebox Inspect
or, Has a Bad Fall.

or, Has a Bad Fall.
tFrom Mondays Daily.
Joseph Smith, firebox inspector at
the Burlington roundhouse, fell from
the roof Of that building early Sunday
morning during the fire in which the
East End Supply store and Reynolds
drug store were consumed, and sus-
tanned injuries which, although they
are painful, are not near as serious as
might have been expected.
Mr.. Smith, with other employees OF
the Burlington in this city, were stand
ing on the roof of the round-house
watching the fire, and when Smith at.
tempted to move to a place few feet
from where he had been standing he
accidentally stepped over the edge Of
the roof and fell TO the ground below.
He was taken to the hospital, where
his injuries We're found to consist of a
fracture of both bones in the right
forearm and severe injuries to his left
al m, face and head.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
THE GOVERNOR WILL COME.
lowa's Executive to Visit Ottumwa at
an Early Date.
[From Mondays Daily.l


[From Mondays Daily.l
Governor A.. B. Cummins has accept
ed an invitation to be present at a
banquet which will be given in this
city in the near future for the purpose
of interesting the people of this city
in the project to build an addition to
the Y M. c. A. Governor Cummins
has consented to deliver an address
upon that occasion. The date for the
banquet will either be January % or
March 3, the governor having indicat-
ed that he could be present on either
date. Judge M. A. Roberts and j. w.
Neasham were in Des Moines Satur-
day for the purpose of extending an
invitation to Governor Cummins and
The assured them that he would be
more than pleased to accept. Besides
the principal address by Governor
Cummins, there will be short address.
es and toasts by number of promi-
nent men of this city and the affair
promises to be brilliant success.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
HENRY sEEMAN DIES.
Passes Away at His Home in This City
Sunday Morning.

From Mondays Daily.
At 3:45 o'clock Sunday morning oc-
CURED the death of Henry Seeman,
at his home, 316 College street. The
deceased was 80 years of age and was
married. He leaves a wife and one
child to mourn his death. He was an
employee of John Morrell & Co., and
was popular among his fellow work.
men and with his employers. He was
native of Switzerland and came to
America eight years ago. He has re-
sided in Ottumwa three years. The
funeral services were held at the resi-
dence of the family at $3.50 o'clock this
morning conducted by Rev. Hoefner,
pastor of the German Lutheran
church.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
OPERATION AT HOSPITAL.
Wayne Kennedy Undergoes Successful
Operation Yesterday.

[From Mondays Daily.l
Yesterday about noon Wayne Ken
nedy, who lives about five miles south
of the city was brought to the Ottum-
wa hospital suffering with a severe at
tack of appendicitis. About 3 o'clock
an operation was performed
which was in every way success
full. Mr.. Kennedy rallied from the eff
fects of the operation. His condition
is, however, reported to be quite crit
ical as the case was very severe one.
Drs. NJ. w. Pascoe, S. A. Spilman, D.
C.. Brockman, M. Bannister and r. B /.
Wilson were present for the operation.
Mr. Kennedy is today doing very well.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
AS TO CATS.

Cats are all right, we suppose. but a
mouse was seen in the writer's house,
and cat must be procured to catch it.
The cat was obtained and installed as
member of the family-easy char,
new milk, get up in the night to let her
out or in. and all that, and before she
caught that mouse we had a batch Of
six kittens which nobody had the nerve
to sack up and drown, and so we had
cats galore, concerts at night and rag
time till one could not rest. We then
went into the Carnegie business and
gave cats away, and some we deport-
ed. only to have every little beast re-
turn sooner or later. So far as we
know the poor little mouse which was
the cause of all this. calamity never
was caught and may be alive and wen
today for all we know. 1t is best to
go slow on cats.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

A reliable remedy is given to us by
ali old nurseiyman and orchardist for
tie rabbits which are such a destruc-
tive pest among the young fruit trees
1t is to so to work as soon as the first
SNOW falls and place near the runways
of the rabbits slices of apple upon
which has been sprinliled just little
arsenic. The rabbits will quickly find
and devour the apple. when it is all
day with them. This plan VIII rid a
brush lot of every rabbit inside of
three days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
uTTEReAck IN JAIL.
Is Arrested This Afternoon by Chief
Gray, Charged With Larceny.

From Mondays Daily.
James Utterback, the well-known
Smoky Row character, who has been
in police court more times than he can
count, was arrested this afternoon by
Chief Gray on charge of larceny He
is wanted on the charge of stealing
coal from the Burlington route. His
alleged partner, VIM. McBee, has al
ready served a jail sentence for the
same crime for which Utterback was
arrested. Utterback eft town Novem-
Der "a, the same night he is charged
with having committed the crime, and
today was the first time he had been
seen here since. He will be given a
hearing at o'clock this evening be-
fore Judge Moon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

A hollow brick made about four
times rs large as the common brick is
coming into quite general use as
building material and has very much
in its favor to commend it. 1t is quick
ly and cheaply put into the wall costs
about one-half as much as the solid
brisk far the saafs =lMce makes an al
most frostproof wall and one which is
always dry. In a way it is step to-
ward a radical change In our building
constructive methods. a change which
Is forced by the wholesale destruction
Of our forests and the greatly increased
cost Of timber and lumber. The time is
not SO very far away when the brick,
stone. cement and tile type of building
which prevails in European countries
will be compelled here, when we will
have more durable, warmer and sub
stantial houses and barns and fire in
surance companies will do. g smaller
business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

We are asked as to the hardness of
the Northwestern Greening apple. An
orchard of $50 of these trees planted
fifteen years ago in Waupacca county,
Wis. in about the latitude of st. Paul.
Mimi, is perfect and intact today, not
a tree being injured by climatic condi-
tions and is producing from two to
five bushels per tree of these fine ap-
pies. The lowest recorded temperature
in the locality where this orchard is
growing is As degrees below zero.
which extreme temperature did not in
lure these trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
Treasury Statement.

Washington, Jan. 18.-The state
ment of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive of the $780,,
900, 900 gold reserve in the division OF
redemption, shows: Available cash
balance, $169,s56,439; gold, $103,607,.
219.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

1t is said that the Indian balks at
eating 10 flesh meat save that of the
porcupinc and the mink. When one has
seen one of their dog feasts. he Won
Iers why they do even this.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

1t was most significant tribute paid
by Manmon to science when the great
packing house interests of Chicago vol
UNFAIRLY placed in the hands of the
Iowa experiment station the large sun
of $4,000 in cash to carry on expert
Ments in the breeding and feeding of
stock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

1t is wcrtA noting chat when Italian
dairy interests recently wanted fist
class chegsclnalier call WAS sent to
Wisconsin to furnish the man, and
thcJ got him.