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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
COST THEM s1oo EAcu

A syndicate of well to do farmers
came to the conclusion that it would
be for their interest to invest in a good!
stock horse, SO company was formed
with $1,000 capital, twenty mem
taking share of 500 each. The
horse was purchased, a heavy, hand
some, well groomed specimen. He wasl
sold at the end Of the year for SHOT,
as he proved to be utterly worthless.l
twenty-five men know more about theI
ways and tricks of The willy horsemanI
than they did before, and by commonl
consent the subject is never to be REL
ferred. to by any of them at thrashingi
bees and church sociables.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

to get Mrs. Langdoa into mischief or
! out of 1t. Those who knew him well
and of his infatuation for her in her
girl days swore stoutly that he was
ever standing between her and scan
dal. Those who hardly knew him at
all, and they were 20 to l, took the op-
posite view, and those who in the least
knew her had no charity for either.
Until commissioned and ordered out Of
Washington, however, he was her
shadow, as has been said. and yet it
was his tribe, his own brothers. who
instigated the proceedings that divert
ed Cousin Spots little fortune from
the nav of Mrs. Langdon to their own
itching palms. And now of all places
on earth here was Eric Langdon under
Armlstead's care and Nelson's
roof; this. too. at time when Lang
don sorely needed rest, peace and
friendly aid. "By George" said Mel
Bon to himself. ut is fatefulw
But Langdon was the first to break
the silence.
"What is the first train back to Chi
cagoY
Seven twelve tomorrow morning,
Eric. But nota peg do you stir till we
straighten you up. DR.. Bloodgood
saall attend you, though. The other is
a liver man. There's no reason you
shouldn't take his medicine, dear boy.
Come, now, be reasonable. You need
this bromide or whatever it isl
Not a drop" was the fierce reply.
"Get me out of this, Nels, for Gods
sake. even il ! have to walkw he
cried, feebly struggling to rise, but
Nelson, with his powerful frame, was
on him in minute. Hoyt came sprint
Ing up the stairs and thrust the Devil
dered steward aside
"Just send my man for Bloodgood,
will you?" painted Nelson to the new
conner. ''Then help me strap this luna
tic. Do quit your struggling, Eric.
You'll only make yourself thousand
times worse"
The sweat was starting from Lang
don's brow and the muscles in his neck
stood out swollen and distorted. He
was fighting fiercely for liberty, he
who so short q time before with long
sigh had thanked God humbly for
warmth and refuge. All the misery of
his married life seemed to have hurled
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
WORST STORM LOSSES.

We have report from the hill coun-
try along the Mississippi river which.
tells sorry story Of the terrible ruin
wrought to the cultivated fields by the
washing of the unusual floods of rain.
These fields have been despoiled Of
nearly all their fertility and scanned
and gashed with watercourses many
feet in depth. The damage from this
source, as we have mentioned before,l
is far greater than all the losses sus-
tanned by the destruction of crops be-
cause it is a permanent loss and one
which can never be repaired. 4,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
ADVANCE IN LAND PRICES.

Every year which passes will make
1t more and more difficult for a poor
man to secure n piece of land for a
farm. He is now almost barred out BY
the high prices of land from all the
older settled portions Of the country,
and if the advance in land values con-
tinues for another year there will be
very little cheap and desirable farm1
land to be obtained anywhere in the
country. Men will have to be content
with fewer acres, which will involve
better methods and larger crops, which
In the long run will not be bad thing
either for the man or the country. I.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
Thcy ecorc their frantic patient out.

Ihcy aCOTe their frantic patient out.
itself in concentrated force upon him
again and robbed him of his, reason.
Nelson had to summon the steward to
his aid, and Hoyt, too, when he return
ed, and at last between them they
wore their frantic patient out, and the
poor fellow sank exhausted upon his
pillow, buried his streaming face in his
arms and sobbed-sobbed like a little
child. 1t was thus the senior surgeon
found him when in surprise and mani
fest annoyance he appeared, but the
instant he was made to realize that the
stricken man before him was Eric
Langdon Bloodgood's injured air gave
place to quick sympathy and interest.
Long and carefully he studied his shiv-
ering patient. Little conyulsive shud-
behring's seemed to traverse Langdon's
frame, and his sobs grew feebler. He
moaned YEARLY at intervals, and the
steward was sent ON the run with a
mote to DR.. Armistead and an order for
certain restoratives from the hospital.
1t seemed an age before he returned.
Langdon lay in semicollapse when at
last his step was heard, and the doctor
had felt compelled to administer table
spoonfuls of brandy.
What on earth Kept yeuY demand
ed he angrily. II could have gone
there and back dozen times"
$50 could l, sir, but | couldn't find
DR.. Armistead anywhere. The patrol
coming in from the station said they
saw him in civilian dress going out at
the gate"
Impossible" sharply retorted Blood
good. "He couldn't leave the post
without my consent. Drop the medi-
cine and go to the colonel's and see if
he's there. | cannot leave this case for
two hours. He'll have to look out for
the others, and I've got some instruc-
tons to give him."
But when the steward returned from
the commanding officers it was with a
message that startled both the post
surgeon and the two officers present.
1.-THE colonel's8compliments, sir, and
he says that sudden emergency called
DIR. Armistead to town. The colonel
had a note from him and sent back his
permission, but he supposed of course
that the post surgeon had also been
consulted"
There was silence for a. moment.
Bloodgood looked wonderingly at the
steward finally nodded toward the
door, and the man understood and left
the room. Bloodgood closed the door
behind him, and then Nelson spoke i'm
petuously as ever:
by heaven, never supposed Armi-
stead could be coward!'
And then Langdon began to murmur.
They listened, but could only distin-
guish his dead wife's name.
(fo Be Continued.)
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

1t quite often happens that the COW
which gives milk only testing per
cent Of butter fat will make more but
ter than will the COW whose milk tests
as high as 5 per cent for the reason
that the 8 per cent COW is quite likely
to give much larger flow Of milk
and keep it UP for longer period. The
quantity Of milk which COW gives
and the length of time she maintains
the flow are important factors in de-
termining the value Of a dairy COW,
which men often overlook il her test
is low. >-----
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The Cuban grown pineapple is on
the market this year in large supply
and at very reasonable prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

There are plenty of men still living
who have helped drive both cattle and
hogs to Chicago on foot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

If man could take his money with
him when he dies, there are some men
in this country whose death would
cause serious contraction of the cur
rency.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
TRY THIS.

A stack of straw can be handled
with less hard work from the ma.
chine, be made to occupy less space
and will keep better if a boy on a me-
dunn sized horse is set to tramping
and packing the straw as the stack is
built. This packing should be con-
fined to the center of the stack, and
then when the, stack settles the center
will be SO much higher than the out.
side that it will be well protected from
the weather. 81
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The crop experts are guessing on a
$500, 100000 bushel corn crop for 1902
This would mean 100000 tons Of
corn. or 2.3S33,333 carloads. or 46,CGG
trainloads of fifty cars each. But only
small part of this immense crop will
ever be handled by the railways, for it
will seek1a market as beef, pork. NUT
ton, butter, cheese, milk, wool, poultry
and eggs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The daisy will run out blue grass.
and for this reason the men who live
in the blue grass country want to look
out for the coming Of this eastern
plague.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The rush for land in the northwest
continues with undated vigor. and the
fine crops which are being secured in
all the northwest section are serving
to intensity it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

We know of a man who manages to
keep family of small owls in his big
barn. and he tells us that as mice
catchers they beat cats all to pieces.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16
We never saw smartweed grow to n
height of five feet until this year.

If all flesh is grass. as it is. why is
not the meat eater vegetarian after
all?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

We have friend who is always a
little behind-always behind III meet
ing his financial obligations, behind in
meeting appointments at specified
hour. behind getting in his crops, car
ing for them and harvesting them. He
is always late for dinner, gets left by
the cars, and his whole life is largely a
failure for the simple lack of prompt
ness and punctuality. If your boy is
taken this way, lose no time in taking.
the kinks out Of him or he will be
handicapped all his life long.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

AS we stood beside bed of salvias
the other morning humming bird
came and made his breakfast from the
blossoms, working within one foot Of
where we stood. The marvellous poisa
of this bird as he sucked out the honey.
sustained by a whir of tiny wings,
gave some faint idea of the mechan-
ism required to overcome the law OF
gravitation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The Chester White hog does not re-
ceive the attention among our hog
raisers to which it is entitled. 1t is
not to its disadvantage that it is not
as early maturing hog as the Poland
China.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The wild black cherry is beautiful
tree for the dooryard. 1t is comely and
moderate in habit of growth. has a
rich, glossy foliage and will attract all
the birds in the neighborhood when it's
fruit is ripening.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The condition of hay in the stack
varies SO much that it is difficult to
determine the exact number of cubic
feet OF hay required to make ton Of
hay. Where the stack is of timothy
and 1T is not less than twelve feet in
height when 1t has settled solid about
42o feetwill make a ton, while if it is
of clover at least $50 feet will be re-
Quired.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

While two different crops may be
raised in one year upon the same piece
of land, it is always a mistake to try
to raise them at the same time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The battle with the weeds has been
hard and long one the past season.
Weather conditions have favored an
abnormal growth of weeds and The
termination of much seed which has
lain in the ground dormant during the
dry years. The man who has garden
or field free from them in August is
entitled to a credit mark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Nineteen hundred and two will prove
very productive one in spite of nu-
merous storms. floods and isolated
crop disasters. A friend tells us
that he has more potatoes this year
on one square rod of ground than he
had on an acre last year, another
that he will get more oats from fifteen
acres this year than he got from forty
acres last year, while the yield of hay
is more than six times as great as that
of 1901.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Query.-So long as it has seemed best
for the United States to acquire large
areas of sugar producing territory. why
not let this territory be developed to
the fullest extent in supplying the
needs Of the American people?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The time is not far off when new
Indictment will be returned against the
sparrow. When this bird becomes more
PLENTIFUL which will not be long, vast
focks Of them will descend upon the
wheat and oat fields just as the grain
gets in the dough, and if unmolested
they will literally ruin the crop by
squeezing the pulp out Of the kernels.
All over the country persistent and
organized warfare should be kept up
on this bird.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The tile draining of land results in
making the soil dry in wet time and
moist in dry time. 1t works both
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The state of Illinois produces two.
thirds of all the broom corn grown in
this country. Just why we do not
know.as any of the corn belt soils will
produce good broorl corn. Like tobac-
co growing, the culture of peppermint,
onions, celery and some other of what
may be termed special crops, the bust
ness develops in certain localities and
is confined to them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The hen which can be made to lay
an egg every day in the year is much
farther away than the horse that will
trot mile in two minutes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The Kossuth county fair was fail
IRE on account of the rainy weather.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Six million three hundred thousand
Frenchwomen work for living-that
is, they do that kind of work which in
this country is usually assigned to
men and not to women. A large per-
centage of them work on the farms Of
that country and do the blowing, dig
ging, hoeing, milk the cows. feed the
stock and market the farm produce
There are plenty of them who could
lay out an American hired man in the
shade when it comes to hoeing pota-
toes or pitching hay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Asupposed perfectly worthless house
cat that for long had persisted in max
ing the front porch by our bedroom
window trysting place where duels
We're nightly carried on deposited the
scalp and nose of a large rat on the
doorstep one night recently, done, we
suppose, to prove that his reputation
was not as bad as we took it to be.
But we are not sure that some other
cat did not kill that rat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Crop experts place the value of the
cereal crop alone of 1902 at the enor-
nous sum of S2,0O0,O0O.OOO for the
farmers of the United States. This is
all new created and original wealth.
No other country on earth ever before
made such a showing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Where Canada thistles have got a
foothold In the west they propagate
not from the seed, which is infertile,
but from the sucker roots. The only
reliable way in which to get rid Of
them is tc keep them persistentIy cut
off during the growing period as soon
as a sprout shows above ground.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

No weed that we have to deal with
gets such grip on the soil as does the
squirreltail grass. Its hold is worse
than that of mortgage.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

There is more to encourage one to
take up the poultry business today
than there has ever been before. Hav-
ing the use Of an acre or so of land,
almost any one, using ordinary intelli-
gence, can take up this business and
be reasonably sure Of profitable one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Meats are high priced in all coun-
tries-England, Germany, France
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS save in the Ar
gentine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

We find some comfort in the fact
that even the best farmers we know
have this season more weeds than they
know what to do with.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Read the Courier for news.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

We have found the weeder an utter
and complete failure for the cultiva-
ton of crops this season, and this not
because of any inherent fault with the
tool itself, but solely owing to the Pc
culiar climatic conditions of the sea-
son-too much rain. This is essential
ly dry weather tool and of no more
value in a wet season than boat
would be on dried up lake bed in
Manitoba.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The war between the cattlemen and
the sheep herders has reached an acute
stage out in the range country. Cattle
and sheep cannot be herded OH the
same territory, for where the sheep
run there the cattle will starve. The
cattlemen are slaughtering the flocks
of sheep and threatening to e1termi-
nate the herders. There was the same
old trouble in Abrahamic days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

1t is less trouble to kill off the rabbit
in the vicinity of the orchard than it is
to let the rabbits alone and try to pro-
tect the trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

Just so soon as woman has learned
how to make good soups not so much
good meat is thrown out to the pigs
and chickens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-16

The name of the owner of the farm
printed upon the rural mailbox in
front of his house is no little conyen-
fence to the travelling public Only
the men who have old. ramshackle
places. with hogs in the dooryard,
down fences and the mark of shiftless-
ness all over, object to it. The man
with neatly kept farm home is cred
itably advertised by his name on the
box.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23
OUR SWEET TOOTH
People of the U. S. Eat Eight Times
as Much Sugar Per Capita
w.. as 100 Years Ago. ,r ..4
Steady Growth in the Consumption
Shown by the Bureau Of Sta
tistics Figures.
From The Journal Bureau. Room Is. Posa
Building, Washington

From The Journal Bureau. Room Is. Posa
Building, Washington
Washington, Sept. 23.-The people of the
United States now consume eight times as
much sugar per capita as they did IN the
first quarter Of the last century, four times
as much as the average per capita during
the decade ending with 1850, and twice as
much as they did in any year prior to
1870. In the years Immediately prior to
1926 the average consumption OF sugar was
about eight pounds per capita, In the de-
cade 1S4O-5O about II pounds per capita,
in the years Immediately prior to 1870 the
average was about thirty-two pounds per
capita (omiting the war years, In which
the consumption was light) from 1870 to
1880 it averaged about forty pounds per
CAPITA from 1880 to 1890 fifty pounds per
capita. and has ranged from sixty-two to
sixty-eight pounds per capita since that
time, the figures for 1901 being sixty-eight
and four-tenths pounds. This steady
growth In the per capita consumption Of
sugar Is shown by some figures which the
bureau of statistics will present in the
next issue Of its annual volume, the Sta
tistical Abstract.
This growth in the consumption of
sugar is, evidently, not confined to the
people Of the United States. The increase
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23

seems to have been equally rapid in other
parts of the world. Figures recently pub
lished by the bureau Of statistics In Its
monograph 1.-The Worlds Sugar PRODUCE
ton" showed that the sugar production
OF the world was eight times as great in
1900 as in 1910, the figure for 1910 being
1850, 900 tons and that for 1890, $500, 900
tons. This increase in production, and
consequently in consumption, has come
largely through the development of the
beet sugar industry, which increased from
production Of $4,000 tons in 1910 to
900 900 tons in 1850, 831, 900 tons in 1870,
1.4O2, 900 tons in 1880, 1888, 900 tons in $780,
and 5,95O,000 tons in 1900. During the
same time cane sugar production increased
from 100000 tons in 1916 to 1850, 900 tons
in 1900. Beets in 1910 supplied Abs per
cent Of the total sugar product of the
world; in 1850 they supplied 14.29 per cent;
In 1860, 2O.43 per cent; in 1870, 34.4O per
cent; In 1890, 63.70 per cent, and in 1900,
67.7 per cent. .s'E s>r+Ea
The per capita consumption of sugar in
the United States is greater than that Of
any other country, except In United King
dom, in which the consumption ranges
from eighty-fve to ninety-one pounds per
capita, against from sixty to sixty eight
pounds in the United States, the figure of
consumption for 1900 in the United King
dom being 91.6 pounds per capita. .@...
The following table shows the per capita
consumption of sugar in the United States
and the principal European countries in
1900, the latest available year:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23

and it ranges up to SO for the more skilled
men.
The men receive pay and a half for over
time and sometimes make as high as s46
for two weeks work.
DEATHS.
55S Farmer, Hannah, Bile Harriet avenue, 81
years.
Malusky, George, &c Cooper street, 1 month.
Hagen, Stanley B., 294O Humboldt avenue n,
2 months.
Thompson, John T., 226 Washington avenue n,
40 years.
Joaquin, Sarah, 215 Broadway, II years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23
THE INDIANS AT SCHOOL
Good Increase in the Attendance for
the Year 1902 in the
Northwest.

Fton. The Jo,s,naE Bureau, Room Is. Post
Building, Washington,
Washington. Sept. 23.-The reports of
the superintendent, of the Indian schools
In the northwest to the commissioner of
Indian affairs shows a decided increase in
the attendance for the fiscal year 1902. as
compared with 1901.
The details of the attendance in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas are as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23
BIRTHS.

/: Peters, Mr. and Mrs Hanery, Oil Penn avenue
n, girl
6 Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Peter, $50 Knox avenue
IN, girl. ~
Anderson Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, 1905 Eleventh
avenue S. girl
Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans 516 Aldrich avenue
n, girl
Salvador, Mr.. and Mrs. Fusco, 16 Royalston
avenue, boy. .- -sA
Reedsberg. Mr.. and Mrs. Melder, 1901 Fourth
street n, girl. .-....z.
Martinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin. 1919 Second
street s, girl -.
Sowle, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles, 1909 Columbus
avenue. boy. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23
TARIFFS ON COAL
The I. G. G. to Investigate the AL
h legged Robbery.

5; Chicago Sept. ,.2S.-The allegation that
the railroads of the anthracite coal region
charge an unduly high rate for carrying
the fuel is to be Investigated by the inter
state commerce commission. Martin B..
Knapp, chairman of the commission, who
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23

was in Chicago to-day, said the subject Of
the eastern coal roads and their coal d1R-
IFS has been broughtsto the attention Of
the commission but not officially. The
committee expects to take official cogni-
zance Of the subject at no distant date.