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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-16

souri, on business, visited at the home
of H. j. Wertz, on his return
Andrew Allen and family moved
Tuesday to their new home east of
Blakesburg. Iie
Mrs. John Murray has been called
to Missouri on account of the serious
illness of a grand child.
Etha Harris and Albert Wertz have
been quite sick for several days.
The farmers telephone line, which
lis enroute from Batavia to Competine
by way of Bladensburg is being rapid
Nv completed.
Perry Whitmore, who has been i'll
forg the past week, is able to, be in
school again.
/ The box social given by the, schools
last Thursday evening for the benefit
Of ythe school library, was well at
tended and neat sum realized. Early
in the evening. the crowd was enter.
tanned by several of the young people
in the surrounding country with in:
strumental music and later by several
OF! the Ashland. young people with in.
strgmental and vocal music.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-16

New York Produce.
New York, Jan. 16.-Wheat, May
ssh @85ss.
Corn, May CTS.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04

Democrats will doubtless pop right
up and jump at the suggestion of an
evening contemporary, to omit the
usual county nominations and pass
them up to the populists. If the
democratic party is not now in shape
for a successful campaign, it could
hardly better itself from the action
suggested.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.

The democratic county convention
met at the Court house this afternoon
and placed very strong ticket in the
field. The candidate nominated for
representative was @. p. holland and the
candidate for commissioner S. S. Car
roll one of the strongest possible op-
ponents of the nominee of the enemy.
Gus one and the resolutions passed
against the extortions of the railroads
very strong.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04

to bring it up to date, it would
be better than any of the dozen or
more new Biographies and geo.
graphical readers, that have
sprung up since Mitchell's was in
use, % years ago.
Another person. prominent
manufacturer, said recently that
when in the course of his bust
ness question of grammar pre-
sented itself he always settled it
by applying one of the simple
rules he had learned in Smiths
Grammar. Other books on the
subject may be date, but
for good practical every day use,
Smiths is as good as any and
more readily learned. Its simple
rules are not easily forgotten.
Robert Cruikshank always
placed great stress on his rule of
cause and Effect in Arithme-
tic and Stoddard and Colburn,
the fathers of mental Arithmetic,
would in few months so drill
the student in that branch, that
the most abstruse questions in
mathematics would be solved
without the aid of pen or pen
Gil. The mental drill was COM
plete, even if it was only men
tai drill.
On the whole perhaps, it is
question whether the changes
made in methods and text books
have always been for the better.
The older people will contend
that their way was the better,
and point to the results as proof
of it. while the younger element
who are accustomed to the ''whoop
and hurrah' method may think
the present the better way.
Certain it is, however, that
the old methods had many mer-
it's. some Of which it would be
we'll for the educators of the pres
ent day not to entirely ignore.
Not every change is an improve
ment, as may be seen by the re-
turn to the old methods by many
good educators, who have tried
the new fads only to find them
wanting in one or another ele-
maut
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04
HERMANN.

Hermann, the Great" drew quite
fiar sized audience to the Park opera
house last night. There have been so
many attractions at the Park recently,
that many persons thought there
would be few out to see Hermann last
night. The show was up to the stand
ard generally given by the famous
magician, and was thoroughly enjoyed
by the audience. The other artists
which Hermann has with him to assist
in his performance were very enjoy
able.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04

The Women of Woodcraft held a
very pleasant session last night. This
o der is showing much interest in the
work of the order and there are pros
poets for most prosperous winter for
the order.
Mr.. W. H. S. Pemberthy and fam
lily conmsisting of wife and three
children, G. B. Clark, wife and child
and Mrs. J. E. Warrens and child
have arrievd in the city from South
Dakota and will become residents of
Grand Junction. ALL of the above
parties are stopping temporarily with
]. @. Plank,
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04
Then and NOW.

matter of satisfaction for the editor of publication
subject reputable writers
n foolish
all questions fult Upon the
modern pedagogy however The Sentinel has had from
with by writers educational
the following
of the subject
In the Judgment of school spelling much
method of
n the this
Below exchange abili
published of Philadelphia which will doubtless
read with considerable interest
Two teacher of thana average
ity and eminent but both in other and
independent business discussing the other the
present e. II use
schools, and called of work thoseda
the class of
the old with the
In of t-books both
hat Mchell's be revise so
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-04
Lee & Bunting, Props.
l. n. Bunting, Mang'r.
THE DAILY SENTINEL Is ssaass Ei
MESA COUNTY MUST DO.

been four people appointed represent the gatoh
the National Irrigation congress-
Colorado Springs week the fact
representative body
gathered this discuss matters rea
question of irrigation there should be more inter
est taken in las thus far
doing much in fact it would be the proper
thing Springs indicate
fifty citizens could would but
emphasize push forward the scheme Of watering
places the first time being pushed
forwa government enterprise
fully represented at the
venton Right present
feasibility of constructing
great scheme reclaim the lands of western
apparently not sufficiently alive to the
and the magnificent prospect with all the contingent pos
follow in its wake
attention by its size,
ability
hardly possible will think that the government
prize a platter without asking The
likes invited things and here
golden opportunity and only places in
domain, been considered offering ad
possibilities the demonstrate what
advanced by President Rooe
his reference irrigation enterprises in the west
this claims for
do something % evidence great
private but interested
sources represented than
the delegation That that
if would show that take
the fact that soil of
engineering prospecting important
should be almost first ground
at the
of Sterling process
will cit
and Mesa should if does show less
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
PARIS SCHOOL
In Which Aspiring Detectives Arc
Trained for Their Profession.

In Which Aspiring Detectives Arc
Trained for Their Profession.
Paris is the home Of n new school
for detectives. where aspiring truckers
are taught Ivy regularly graded lessons
and examinations.
The students are first trained In the
use ~ their eyes and hands. One of
the lessons consists IN placing n pupil
In the middle of a brilliantly lighted
room full of furniture. He is lef, for
Il few seconds. when the room Is dark.
ened. aud lie is required to skrtcl,
hastily a complete map Of tue room.
indicating the position Of the furni.
turs..
After this he Is allowed to look ut a
face for a moment or two. The student
Is then required to describe the face
and the color Of the hair and eyes. He
is afterwards required TO recognizes n
photograph Of the face among several
hundred others.
The education of the hand follows.
The pupil is placed III a darkened room
full Of curious aud unusual objects.
He Is required to touch them rapidly
and afterwards to recall exactly what
he has touched and write a description
of them. He. must remember even the
slightest details. One of the exercises
consists In placing a jeweled knife lie.
fore him in the dark. which lie is al.
lowed to touch only for a moment. AT.
forwards he must tell by touch what
the Jewels ara-whether rubies. din.
monds or opals.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

The two parties then mingled amicably.
mutually pleased at the termination to
the hostilities: and no one would have
guessed that a few hours before they had
met in deadly strife. MIR. Hardy advanc.
I'd toward Tawaiha with one Ut the boys
carbines in his hand.
"Tawaina is a great chief" he said.
lie has a great heart. ana stood by the
side of the little White Bird. But he has
not a good rifle. The white chief gives
him a rifle which will shoot many times.
Let him promise that he will never use
1t in fight against the white men,"
This gift Tawaina received with great
pleasure. and readily gave the required
promise. adding, on behalf of his tribe,
Z t the Ratchet which was buried should
never again be dug up against the whites.
An extra chamber aud all the spare. am.
munition was given to him, and u fur
Their supply promised when he chose to
send for 1t; instructions were also given
to him in the use of the weapon. then a
solemn farewell was exchsnged and the
party Of whites turned their faces toward
home.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
ke1MScience
s89lfveSStion

There is as much rcal nourtshment In
one bushels Of beuns 40 In i've bushels
Of potatoes.
An a~ir-coollng system on a vast scale
h to he tried ut the st. Louis exposition.
Great fans will bring down Il current
Of cold air from n height Of $40 feet
above the earth aud pour 1t I've the
grounds on hot dnys.
The amount of carhonic acid gus Civ.
en-. Off Ivy II few plants is so small that
100 plants III u DON woultl not give ais
much us one man during IL night. anu
they make many volumes of oxygen
during the day luore than sufficient to
compensate for their presence Rooms
In which plants are kept have. nor
over. a fresh odOr about them. owing
to the fact that they absorb nitrogen.
aud It Is this In part that makes IL room
stuffy. because nitrogen occurs in most
OF the secretions emunating from man
or animals.
Tie resistance of cedar wood to de.
cay Inns long leen famous. aud cedar
fence posts often last for generations.
A remarkable instance OF the indie
structibility OF cedar has been noted in
the State of Washington. where IL for.
est Of hemlocks. near Acme. las grown
up over an ancient buried forest OF ce-
dars. The trunks Of cedar. although ly-
Ing III a moist soil. have been almost
perfectly preserved for ut least lao
years. the length of time that the rings
OF growth show the hemlocks to have
been growing above their fallen prede-
cessors.
COrundum Is first cousin to the sap
pllire aud the ruby. but lacks their bril-.
ltance Of color and transparency. 1t
Ia a most excellent abrasive muterial.
better than emery. which is impure
c%orundunl. in that. respect. hut hitherto
It's rarity has made 1t too %high-priced
for general use. Recently valuable lie.
posits OF corundum have been found in
the mountains north of Kingston. On.
tario. and 1t is hoped that they will
furnish u large supply of the mineral.
Traces of sapphire lave been found
among the deposits. but as yet no sppci.
ments Of the precious blue gem have
revealed themselves.
The difference In color between green
and black ten has been ascrihed to VII.
rlous causes. Recently MIR. .Aso. of the
agricultural college Mt Tokyo. has i'll
vestigated the subject. aud lie offers.
III substance. the following cxplana-
ton: In making green tea the leaves
are steamed as soon as gathered: in the
case Of black ten the leaves are allowed
to ferment before drying. The result
is that the finished black tea contains
much less tannin than tue green con.
tains. The original tea-lcaf possesses
an oxidtzing engine which is destroyed
In the green tea by stcaming. In black
ten. during fermentation. the engine
oxidlzes the tannin and gives rise to u
brownish.col0red product.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

ct Tie ass o. thirty-one asd thtrty.two.
~ able to settle down d Enylaud IL
very comfortable circumstances. Your
sisters will. Of course, be provided for ont
Of my share. Do you approve OF my
plans9''
The boys warmly expressed their satisr
faction at the plan. and their gratitude
to their father for his intentions.
And so things were carried out.
Stx months after Mt. Hardy's arrival
In England. the boys heard Of Maud's
marriage to MIR. Cooper. Charley. during
his first visit TO England. also married.
an example which Hubert followed the
next year.
The two now took II by turn to man.
age the estate-the one Ia England al
ways passing u considerable portion OF
his time at MIR. Hardy's. and spendiny
the rest in travelling. (.
Ethel was married the year after Hu-
bert to a rising barrister in London.
Hubert lives in London. His income is
sufficient for his wants. he has become
q member Of y number Of scientific s0cie.
ties and his collection Of the fauna OF
the pampas Of America IL considered to
be %unequaled.
The girls are very happy with the men
Of their choice: and Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy
have always some of their children or
grandchildren staying with them. and
often amuse the young ones with tales Of
how their fathers or mothers fought the
Indians ON the pampas Of South Amer.
lea.
<Nas
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
Free Newspapers in Hotels.

"What q brute!" l heard a lady say
as l rose from the dinner table in the
hotel.
1 did not know that I was the person
to whom she referred till afterward,
when a friend of mine who was sitting
Mt u table near by spoke of the matter.
1.-The lady Mt your table last night
thought you were q BRUTE" he remark
ed laughingly.
II heard her use the word. but it new.
er occurred to me that l was the person
alluded to. What did I do?" l asked.
You carried off your newspaper"
WELL" l asked. what Of that? It
was mine.
II gathered from what she said to the
waiter" continued my friend, that in
the town where she lives the hotel fur.
n!shes its guests with the daily papers.
They are placed IN the tables in the
dining-room. and are free to all. She
supposed all hotels did the same. and
that you were carrying OF a paper that
was common property. She considered
you a brute, because she was not ac-
customed to seeing hotel guests buy
their papers,"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
TALKING 70 ONES sELE.
Supposed to be One Of the EARLY SWIM
foaaaa oE lsa.n.IA.

Supposed to be One Of the Early Syuap.
toms of Insanity.
Talking to one's self has this obvious
advantage over any other form OF ora.
tory or gossip lone Is assured of Il sym.
pathetic audience. But 1t has also this
peculiar drawback-it is supposed to he
one of the curly symptoms Ut %insanity.
Wrongly so. perhaps. A mad doctor
might rule the habit out Of his diuyno-
sis. Nevertheless tile popular belief
Is firmly rooted. And It Is for fear Of
this belief, doubtless. that we talk to
ourselves. even as we dress our hair
with straws. go rarely. 1t may hc sud
that we e sr do address ourselves at
any length except In the delirium Of Il
fever. In moments of ordinary excite
ment. OF course. we utter to tue wind
III sor. Of appropriate ejaculation.
Delight wrings from US n cry Of "Hur.
rall"! or THANK Heavens" even
though there he none Ivy to echo lis
Similarly in any disgust we emit one
of those soi.lds whose rather poor
equivalents in print are light" aud
"Faugh!" "D--nr aud "Tut!" Much
further than this We do not so. why.
what an ass am "" cries Hamlet In
IL Of his s%oliloquies. Omitting the
first word aud transporting the last two.
the ordinary modern man does often
soliloquize. to that extent. Hut lie
could no more soliloluize to Hainlpt's
extent than he could speak in decnsyl
labics. Nor Is there any reason to sup
pose that that class of the community
with which. contemptuous Of Ills own
tiuency. Hamlet compared himself. Is
or ever was more prone to soliloqulze
than any other. In the matter of so
lilouuies we cannot accept Hamlet as
an unbiased authority. We merely
find In MIN 'he possible origin OF the
belief that talking to ones self Is q
bad sign.-I.ohdon Saturday Review.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
Dynamite I'm Coal Mines.

According to United Suites Consu.
Brunoi. ut st. Etienne. a local inventor
named Albert has produced Il success
full apparatus for exploding dynamite
with safety in coal mines where gas IN
present in dangerous volume. without
the S of electricity. the installation of
which is always costly aud subject to
disarrangement.
The instrument seems to cover the OK.
posed end of the safety fuse. to fire it
ard to receive nll flame and sparks
thrown off without allowing any com.
mulication with the atmosphere.
A copper tube receives the end Of the
fuse 10 u depth of several inches. Al
the other end Of the tube is fixed a per
cussion cap. similar to those used IN
toy pistols. and lying against the side
OF the tube. which Is pierced in its turn
by Il small hole. The distance betwee,.
the extending end of the fuse aud the
percussion cap is only .O7 inch. The end
of the tube with the percussion cap $
introduced into another cylinder. also
Of copper. which contains the tiri,:
mechanism. 10 operate the apparatus
She tube containing the fuse is held III,
the left lliid. while with the ml!m ~.
the right n smart l,l0w is struck OIL tile
button Of the %percutient. when the can
eXplotles.
The gas produced Ivy the fuse fills
the cylinder. says the Black Diamond
but cannot escape outside. unless extin
gulshed. as the holes in the cylinder are
covered with metallic gauze. In prac
tice. the tubes are prepared outside. in
the daytime. Ivy the lamp cleaner. SO
that no stray percussion cups may be
brought into tue mine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
(rhe end.l
FIGHTING THE "cHlLLY oeA1H.n

Cholera E1tiod the Hearts OF the East
lndians with Y rror.
Cholera is not q cheerful subject; yet
Hugh Clifford. In his recent article, Tin
the Days Of the Chilly Death."-the
name given TO the dread scourge Of the
East by the Malays,-is able to tighten
the gloom Of a gruesome picture by
touches not devoid Of comedy. The
natives were hidden, as a tirst and most
important precaution, to boil the water
before drinking 1t.
Perhaps 1t is not astonishing that, in
their simplicity. they understood that
they were to drink boiled water. aud
drink 1t boiling; and water .still dane
ing from the kettle" they d~uteously ut
tempted to pour down the throat Of the
next man who was Ill! Corrected on
this point, they followed directions for
a short time, and then it was found
that they had suddenly ceased to boil
the water. at all. Their chief. who had
seen the English doctor apply hot bricks
to the stomach of a cholera patient.
had concluded that boiling the water
was not necessary. since they had taken
other and better precautions.
DAILY. 1'uan," he said to the despair
ing white man. who saw no way to
combat such stupidity, daily I cause
a heated brick to be dropped into my
we'll. and that. thou hast taught US. is u
sure remedy. having much virtue to
rout the demon Of the Gully Death"
A village high priest o fame and
assumed credit for the saving Of many
lives through prescribing the use Of
tar and sulphur. literally applied. He
observed that the white doctors caused
these substances to be daubed upon the
wooden piles upon which the native
houses are built, and failed to recog-
nize the difference between a disinfect-
ant and q remedy; SO when the chole.
next seized M Of his friends. the pa
tent was smeared with tar aud sulphur
from head to foot! Wonderful to re-
late" says MIR. Clifford. '.he does not
die. aud many others undergo the same
treatment before the white men learn
of it. and succeed in directing the high
priests energies upon more useful
lines"
And all the time. while his subjects
sickened and died, and the English
were battling manfully to save life. the
native king had retired in panic to a
safe and secluded spot. There. clothed
in u green jacket covered with scrolls
from the Koran and loaded with
charms and amulets. he covered in ter
ror. pleading agony Of mind rs an ex-
cuse to shirk all business. and sending
to the British resident frantic and re-
iterated messages entreating the ban
ishment from the country Of certain
ladies who lie declares were witches.
and responsible for the coming Of the
~nolera.
They were not banishel. aud their
presence. after the long-delayed. long
p%rayed-for rains had fallen, did not hin.
der the disappearance of the Chilly
Death"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

sensitive to cold. but tue variety
known a. white ramie stands moder-
ate frosts and thrtves In temperate ill.
rates with proper soil aud cultlva-
ton.
The development Of the ramle In.
dustry has been retarded by the fact
that 1t ts difficult to obtain the tlber.
which is protected by a tough skin that
rcsists most chemical dlxsolvnMts.
Great efforts are now being made to
overcome this difficulty. A rnmie con.
gress held two aessions lust year and
it is believed that the difficulty will be
overcome.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
How Il Happened.

EYES," said the member uf Congress,
Il had been IN Washington hut a silor,
time when I awoke one morning ana
found myself famous"
How did you manage it?"
Published my biography In the Con
gresslonal directory without trying to
conceal any facts u trying to assume
a statesmanlike pose. 1t was au acci
dent. hut 1t was effective. washing,
ton Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

The enumeration Of 1900 shows Chat
there are more men and boys thar
women and girls In this country. and
that the difference exceeds l.SOO.OOU In
population of 76.3O3.3S7. The excess
appears more distinctly. perhaps. when
1t is said that there are 6l2 male. aud
only 4ss females in every 1000 people
in the United States.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

A. remarkable commentary on the In
PRODUCTION OF western studies into ttir
Orient is the announcement that the,
Grown Prince Of Siam. who has been
studying at Oxford. IL about to piblis..
a volume OF essays on the war III the
polish succession.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
They Work While You

While your mind and bodyrs1
carets Candy Cathartic repa
digestion, your liver, yopr
put them in perfect order.
tablets stampeo c. c. C. Me-
in bulk. All druggists, rec. ~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
Relics OF Roman AIT.

Montalto. In the province OF
So,lln tearing down an old churc..
y. Y. RossSS;gyyeund room was found
I. psvsss. us JscEsotisss Boman time.
- Y. e'.''e.ssa 4 - bhoras and
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14
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