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keosauqua.

Keosauqua, Feb. 5.-Rev. Chas. E.
Perkins, of the Congregational church
at this place, has returned to his home
after several days visit in New York
state.
Treasurer H. L. McGrew returned
Saturday from Des Moines where he
had been in attendance upon the state
treasurers meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Rowley recently
returned from Cedar Rapids where
they had been visiting with their son
Clint, who is fireman on the Northern
railroad.
A son of William Beatey, aged
about IS, died Monday evening at the
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EddyviIIe.


Eddyville, Feb. 5.-Rural Route Mail
Carriers e. j. Carroll and Frank Epper-
son made their first delivery of mail
Saturday on schedule time. They left
here about 9 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, after receiving the early mail on
the Iowa Central. Mr.. Epperson, the
carrier on route number 2, got back
to town at 2:30 p. M, and Mr.. Carroll,
of route number 1, arrived an hour la
ter, owing to his route being some
miles the longest. Estimated dength
of route number 1 is 251h miles; area
covered, twenty-four square miles;
number of houses on route. los; popu-
lation served, $40. Length of route
number 2, twenty-three miles; area
covered twenty-six miles; number of
houses on route, 100; population serv-
ed, 500. These routes will prove a
great convenience to the farming com
munities which they traverse. There
is talk of another route being estab-
lished here, to run across the river in
a southeasterly direction toward Dud-
ley.
J. A. Wylie returned Friday from a
couple of months stay in Colorado
with his family, who are in that state
for the benefit of their health.
Thirteen young people loaded UP a
robert sled Friday evening and drove
out to the J. L. Sipes home, northwest
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Williamsburg.

Williamsburg, Feb. 5.-The Farm
ers' Institute met here on last Satur-
day and it proved to be one of the
most interesting meetings ever held
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Stockport.

Stockport, Feb. 5.-M A. McCord
and Ozro Jewett of Fairfield were in
the city Monday.
A social dance was given Thursday
night in the X. P. hall. A very en-
joyable time was had, about thirty
couples were present.
One car of hogs was shipped Friday
to Ottumwa.
The thermometer registered below
Sunday morning. A very cold wind
all day.
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home of his parents, about one mile
down the river from town, of pneu.
nonia. The deceased was in the high
school at this place and was a splen-
did young man.
Attorney A. G. Steck, of Ottumwa,
was a recent business visitor in this
place.
Judge Sloan spent Sunday with his
family and returned yesterday morn
ing to Centerville where he is holding
a term of court
The body of Mrs. Ben Terrell was
brought here Monday from Oklahoma
for burial. The funeral services will
be held at the residence of the dece'
dents mother, Mrs. Josiah Walker OF
South Keosauqua, and the body will
be laid to rest in the Purdom cemetery
west of town. She leaves a husband
and four small children to mourn her
loss.
Attorneys Harlan and Irish We're in
Douds Tuesday conducting the case oil
the State VS.. Arthur Morrow, charg
ed with assault with intent to do great
bodily injury. The former represents
the state and the latter the defendant
This case grows out of the cutting af
| fray at the Sadler school house at q
graphophone show one night last
week. when one Bennett was cut with
a knife twice while putting two Other
persons that were disorderly out O.
the house.
w. M. Walker is in Keokuk on bust
ness.
Miss Belle Jackson, of this place
went to Eldon Tuesday to visit with
relatives for several weeks.
| DR.. George Baker, of Selma, was
here Monday on business.
George Boyd, of Cantril, was bust
ness visitor Monday.
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keb.

Keb. Feb. AIR. and Mrs. Edward
Fowler, of Ottumwa, were pleasant
callers in town on Friday. They
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Williams for dinner. 9l.
w. H. Gilbertl of Creston, was in
town on Friday on business. me. (
d The mines are running full time, TAX
ing out about 600 tons of coal daily.
Edward Holmes, of Boone, was in
town on Saturday on business.
George Guthrie, the blacksmith at
the mines, was confined to his home
all the week with sickness.
James Muller swas badly crushed
while at work in the mines on Friday
He was working in a room, and was
mining down some loose coal. After
making his mining underneath he rode
up and put wedge on top of the coal
and commenced driving it with a
sledge when the coal gave way and a
large piece of slate over it loosened
also and caught him underneath
crushing him to the floor. Fortunately
two large chunks of coal were living
near him and the slate rested on them
keeping the weight from him Or he
would have been killed right on the
spot AS it is he is badly crushed, but
no bones are broken. Mr. Muller has
wife and two daughters,on one married
Anthony Craig Gerome was in town
on Saturday on business.
James Shevlin, Charles Robinson
and Miss Mary Gallagher attended the
funeral of their relative, Owen Hand
at Mystic, on Saturday. The deceas
ed was killed in a wreck there, caused
by a bridge falling in on tramway
leading from the mines.
Hadley Sutton was reelected as
check weighman by the miners al
their meeting on Thursday night. Mr.
Sutton owns a good home here and
is an Industrious, honest and intelli
gent miner. The choice is good one
Jerome Taylor, of Newton, was in
town on Monday on business.
James Bateman, who has been sick
for some time with pneumonia, is re
ported convaIescing.
R. Williams acknowledges courte
sizes shown through Hon. A. w. Blu
chanan and Hon. N. E. Kendall for ia
vors of receiving bills and public doc
uments from Des Moines and desires
to return thanks through the Courier
William Sampson spent Sunday il
Lucas with his friend, Benjamin Da
Wis.
! David Johns, of Hiteman, returned
home on Tuesday from a weeks visi
. with relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma.
Hyde.
Thomas Bagnall and Eli Dyer are
both convalescing from their recen
ILLNESS.
Il Thomas Howells resigned his posi-
ton as company teamster on Friday
Jefferson Reese is now holding the pc
sition down.
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Abba.

Abba, Feb. 4.-Miss Grace Ramsay
has gone to Kirksville, Mo-, where she
will take a course in osteopathy
The plasterers have finished their
work on the new Thos Teas home and
Joseph Teas, of Charlton, is now put,
ting on the finishing touches of car.
penter work.
The Marysville schools have closed
on account Of smallpox, hence Prof.
Hickman is at his home in this city.
Mrs. Ulysses Jones was called to Des
Moines Saturday evening in response
to word that her sister in that city
was dangerously i'll.
The colored church people gave a
festival at their church Saturday
night.
Mrs. Bert Taylor has so far recover.
ed from her recent serious illness as
to be able to drive out awhile Satur.
day.
D. Littlejohn departed for Chicago
yesterday on business mission.
w. H. Cook, of the Republican office
spent Sunday with relatives in Fair
field.
Mrs. Corda Carr, of Bussey, was a
guest of the John Melrose home Fri
day night.
John Melrose is a Lovilia business
visitor today.
The ground hog certainly saw his
shadow Sunday-six more weeks OF
winter.
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Green Valley.


Green Valley, Feb. 5.-Andy Morri
son and wife spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Andy Eslinger Of
Brompton.
Ed. Gilliland left last Thursday fol-
his home in Skidmore, Mo.
Miss Cynthia Taylor closed a yer!
successful term of school near Ash
Grove and has returned home.
The rural mail carrier made his frs
trip Saturday.
Robert Mefford attended the funera
of his brother-in-law, Russell Fish ,wht
was killed at Lost Creek.
VIM. Samuels, who has been visiting
here has returned to his home il
western Nebraska, accompanied by hi
cousin, Grover Boyd.
Miss Avis Arnold closed a term o
school at Scattersburg Friday.
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Hazel Dell.


Hazel Dell, Feb. 5.-Miss Edna Ber-
ry is on the sick list.
Dwaine Kennedy, who had an opera
ton performed for appendicitis two
weeks ago and is now at the Ottumwa
hospital is not expected to recover.
Mrs. f. l.. Dexter spent Tuesday at
the home Of Mrs. Matte Haggerty of
SAT West Main street, Ottumwa.
Miss Della Smith visited Wednesday
at the l.. l.. Dexter home.
Mr. and Mrs. James Martz of Ottum-
wa Sundayed with their daughter, Mrs.
H. H. Harsch.
A number of the young people took
advantage of the fine sleighing We'd
nesday evening and took bob-sled
ride to South Ottumwa, spending the
evening with Jno. Smith and family.
Those who constituted the party were
Misses Letha Eastburn, Ella and Eta
Harlem, Lizzie Gift, Nella and Inez
Truitt; Messrs. Ray Gift, Carl Harlem,
Jessie Eastburn and Henry Smith.
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CONTINUED on Page Severn
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ed with the excellent sermons deliver
ed. Rev. Miller is pleasing talker, a
deep student of the Bible and an ear
mes Christian, and his meetings can
not help but have good effect upon
the community. They start out under
most favorable circumstances.
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Revival at M. e. Church.

Rev. B. f. Miller of the NJ E. church
begun his series of revival services
following the railroad mems meetings
by James Burwick, which just closed.
on Sunday. There was large audi
ence present and all were well pleas,
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21

It is difficult to see why the average
farmer believes there Is no profit in
raising hogs. II n will go over the
market prices for a dozen years back
it will be found that the average price
is such that a good profit a be made,
taking the years as they go. There Is
scarcely a farm of thirty or more
acres in the country where hogs a
not be raised profitably. In hogs, as
in poultry and other stock, quality
counts for much on the market, and to
obtain quality one must needs have the
best breeds and then care for them
properly. Hog cholera Is a bug-bear
too most farmers when they think Of
raising hogs on a large scale, but II
the proper degree Of cleanliness is
observed there will be little trouble in
this respect.-Indianapolis News.
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WOMEN AS
In Some Lines They Are Far Superior
to Masculine Competitors.

In Some Lines They Are Far Superior
to Masculine Competitors.
A member of a firm of wholesale
merchants in a southern city declares
that women make better drummers
than men in some respects. THE fact
is" he says, that when 1t comes to
certain lines the women who have an
aptitude can do much more than men.
Time was, and it was only a few years
ago, when it was generally believed
that a woman could not sell anything
ON the road except books and certain
articles Of wearing apparel peculiar to
her sex. The observations of the fe-
male drummer were for a long time
confined to a very limited field. But
in recent years she has branched out
somewhat, and / simply state an open
secret when I say she may be regarded
as a success on the road. In some In
stances she has proven herself a more
valuable member than men. Take GER
tain lines, like tea, coffee, spices and
things of that sort, and in a majority
of instances she will place more goods
than a man will in the same length of
time. This is probably true of these
articles because she can talk more in
diligently about them. They are used
in every home, and the average bust
ness woman that one finds out in the
world manages to keep up with the
things needed by the housewife, and
hence the woman drummer can make q
fairly good talk about things of this
kind. The woman drummer has come
to stay and If the men are not care
full of their laurels she will divide
them equally If she does not get the
bigger half"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21
CHANGE IN RACIAL FACES
Alleged Metamorphoses In .arious
National Physiognomies.

Alleged Metamorphoses In 'arious
National P~hysiognomies.
Looking abroad, we are shown the
Frenchman gradually growing lighter
Of hair and complexion, owing to the
greater fecundity of the Norman and
the constant infusion of Swiss and AL
satan blood. The habit of drinking
beer in preference to wine is also said
to be influencing the physique and
facial tint Of the Gallo race. There
can be nc question of a slight increase
Of stature and a more erect carriage
among the males, this resulting from
the same cause which has transformed
the whole race of Germans from round
%shouldered, shambling men, with a
p~rofusion of adipose tissue, into grim,
sinewy automatons-namely, the SCI
verify of universal military discipline.
But, with the Germans, they have to
thank the army for a decrease, instead
of an increase Of stature-the height
of men, as shown by official reports.
having gradually diminished since 1851.
The Russian face is undergoing a pro-
nounced change, owing to new blooo
and different food habits and condi-
lions Of life. But perhaps the most
extraordinary metamorphosis Of all is
taking place under u eyes among two
nations as widely separate In origin
and history as 1t is possible for any
civilized countries to be-America and
Japan. The American physiognomy ID
as completely marked AZ that of any
race under the sun that has, as An
thony Trollops remarked, "bred in and
In for centuries" Yet, as the same
traveller pointed out, the American
owns a more mixed blood than any
other race known. His chief stock n
English, and with this are mingled the
bloods of Ireland, Holland. France.
Germany. Scandinavia. Italy and slsv-
pnic Austris.-Chambers' Journal
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THE LITTLE ONES PRAYER,
How He Occupied the Time Set Apart
for Silent Devotion,

How He Occupied the Time SGT Apart
for Silent Devotion.
The little son Of an Episcopal clergy.
man of Los Angeles was visiting with
his mother a Canadian city, where the
two attended services at a certain
church. 1t is the custom in that
church for the clergyman and congre-
cation to bow in silent prayer for q
minute or two just bo'ore the sermon
begins. II was a new proceeding to
the child, for he was not accustomed
to seeing this done in his fathers
church, but the little chap bravely and
r~everently did his part. After the
service was over the clergyman, one
of the old evangelical school, who had
noticed the apparent devotion of the
child, spoke to him and commended
his reverence with an affectionate pat
on the head. 1T was very pleasing"
he remarked to a group Of bystand-
ers, ito see this little fellow SO deeply
engaged in earnest prayer just before
I began my sermon. What prayer did
you offer to the Throne of Grace, my
little boy?" All unconscious of the
effect 1t produced the little fellow an
didly and instantly replied: Il said,
Now l lay me down to sleep; l pray
the Lord my soul to keep.'"-Ssu
Francisco Argonaut.
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uri Pr ce of Czars.

The church OF st. Peter and st. Paul
has beer the burial place of all the
Cars since Peter the Great. Their
bones are placed in low tombs of mar
Bile without carving or other orna-
mentation, so plain that they look like
packing boxes, and they lie in rows
in the order of their reigns, awaiting
the summons of the angel of resurrec-
ton to the bar of judgment. The last
Car buried was Alexander Ill, whose
widow, Dowager Dagmar, sister of the
Queen of England, keeps fresh flow
ers upon his tomb. He lies beside his
father. Alexander H., in whose coffin
is the hair of the Princess Dolgouroky.
his m%organatic wife. She was consid-
cred the most beautiful In Eu-
rope, and her hair, which was of dark
chestnut color, reached to her heels,
When her imperial husband was living
he admired 1t more than any other Of
her many attractions and when he
was buried, as an evidence of her de-
votion, she cut her tresses close to her
head and laid them upon his breast
st. Petersburg letter Chicago Record
Herald.
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FILIPINO MUSICAL TASTE.
capt. Palmer of Manila says Native
Playing is Magnificent.

capt. Palmer of Manila says Native
Playing is Magnificent.
The Fil,pinos are the finest mu-
clans l have ever known" said Capt.
aries d. Palmer of Manila at the
ington yesterday. 81 have iisCened
. some excellent orchestral music, but
want to say / have never heard any
Ar5 so magnificent as the playing Of
nose natives. Nothing in this coun-
certainly can touch them. They
We all the instruments known to our
cope, but they play them much bet
ef' strange to say, too, they play
o.hlng but the most beautiful CLASH
al music. Naturally the Filipinos are
l bright, apt and intelligent people. I
am connected with a hemp company in
Manila which employs large numbers
OF natives as clerks, bookkeepers. etc.
n their services are entirely satisfao-
tory. They learn as rapidly and an
thoroughly as the young men and
women OF this country. / think Il
would be the greatest mistake imagin-
able Tor the government to let the L.
ianus 60. or course, the people have
not all agreed to American sovereignty
as yet, but they will in time, and when
tney DO that country will begin to de-
veiop and will prove the richest hold
ing OF any nation in the world. I
tnink the United States has been a IT.
tie too fast in some places In estab-
isning civil government Better .
suits would have been attained By
Aeeping up the military control, but
at That things are moving along in .
satisfactory manner. Five years from
now tne Filipino will be a good Amer
ican citizen, and give him ten years II
tne little white schoolhouse and his
.' generation will be our equal
Washington Post.
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CIDER AS A SMALLPOX CURE.
Ita Wonderful Medicinal value Disoov-
cred by Arizona Doctors.

It is reported on what appears to be
excellent authority that pure apple
cider may be used with good effect as
a preventive and a cure of smallpox.
The discovery of this new and WONDER
full medicinal value in apple juice is
attributed to Arizona physicians. Il
appears that during an epidemic Of
the dread disease in that territory last
winter an attendant in a pesthouse
discovered by accident that the use OF
pure apple cider was helping his pa
tents, one of them having received q
quantity from the east and distributed
1t among his fellow-sufferers. Resi-
dent physicians made tests with cider
on other patients and found most graf
flying results. A pint each day, in
doses each hour, drove away the erup-
ton in from five to fifteen days, and
the patients were entirely cured and
discharged within a month. The med
lcal fraternity in Arizona and regions
adjacent have followed up the matter
with other experiments and investiga-
tions, all Of which have proved salts
factory. This will be good news to
the farmers of the eastern states and
other parts of the country, where the
products of the apple orchards during
the past few years have brought dis
tressingly low prices. That cider has
valuable medicinal qualities has long
been the belief of country people by
whom it has been used in combination
with wild cherry or other ingredients
for various ailments .-Leslie's Weekly.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21

THE lynching of Lon F. Wright,
one of Richard and Pringle's min
strels, at New Madrid last Sunday
night, is a disgrace to the State of
Missouri. The facts of the case
are that Wright was lynched be-
cause he attempted to protect him
self against a gang of hoodlums.
We can no longer point to the
South as being the place where men
are lynched without cause. When
Negroes are lynched in the South
they are at least charged with COM
hitting some dastardly deed; but
in "Grand Old" Missouri a man is
lynched for resenting an insult.
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A Beuuest tor Tracts,

A Protestant clergyman of Sheffield,
England, just deceased, has left the
large sum of s97,5O0 to the Religious
Tract Society to be spent in circulat-
ing anti-Roman and anti-ritualistic lit
e~rature. The whole of this sum must
be spent within ten years. Everything
must be given away, and nothing sold,
even at a reduced price. The same
gentleman has also left a second sun
of the same amount to the British
and Foreign Bible Society to be spent
in printing the Bible in languages in
which it has never been printed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21
.Jannn's Great Actor.

Otojiro, the Henry Irving of Japan,
who is now playing with much success
In London, was originally a diplomat
list attached to the Japanese embassy
In Paris. On returning to his native
country, having meantime become fas-
cinated with the French theater, he
gan applying the lessons he had
learned in Europe and now has COM
pletely revolutionized the stage in ia
pan. He has made many excellent
adaptations Of European plays.
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A Serious Accident.

Special TO Professional World.
New Bloomfield, Mo-, Feb. 20,
1902.-Harvey Hubbard, a IA year
old boy living near here, met with
a serious accident while hunting
Wednesday. A part of three
fingers were blown entirely off by
the bursting of a gun barrel in his
left hand. DR.. c.. II. Christian
was called and found it necessary
to amputa'e the wounded parts.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21
Bad Habit of Mouth-Bre~thinr.

Attention should always be paid to
he habit of mouth breathing. It h
often due to a certain growth in the
OPP Of the throat. back of the palate.
This, in time, affects the child. caus.
ng the mouth and nose to grow larger.
t not i%nfrequently gives rise to a de-
formity of the chest, which may lead
20 a pair of weak lungs and consump-
ion. Consult a physician, and, If nec-
2ssary, operate as soon as possible.
he removal of the growth is very
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-21
INDIAN PRAlTlE poeHuNTs.
The Little Animals Deemed a Dainty
Dish by N~axaios.

The Little Animals Deemed n Dainty
Dish by Navajos.
The Navajo Indian, while he an
not lie prevailed upon to eat a rabbit,
is greedily fond Of fat prairie dogs,
and has resorted to many ingenious
rethods for trapping his coveted
dainty. When the animal ventures
from his bedroom, deep under ground,
he sees a familiar image hooking him
at the front door, and he hurries out
TO confront the i'm" dent intruder
when be is pinned to the ground with
an arrow. But the most effective
method is what the Indians call the
rain hunt. AS soon as the steady
downpour Of summer rains begins
every Navajo who can walk repairs
to the prairie dog village with hoes,
sharp sticks or any digging imple-
ment. With these they hollow out
trenches, that will lead the storm wa
ter into as many burrows as posi-
Bile. Soon a little stream is pouring
down each small home, and the in
mate, much disturbed, pops out to see
what the matter can be. Many Of the
animals remain under ground until
they are drowned, and their bodies
float to the surface. After such a
hunt, in which many pounds of prai-
RE dogs are generally secured. there
Is a feast for many days in the Navajo
huts.