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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
TEN YEARS. TRIAL
The Story of a Soldiers Struggle
BY Brigadier General Charles King
Copyright. 1901. by Charles King.
CHAPTER XVI-Continued.

CHAPTER XVI-Continued
And now as they sweep cautiously
round the long curve at the foot of the
bluff and see before them four mics
ahead up the distant slope of the divide
the jagged seam of spaded earth and
the black shadows of the snow fence
and realize that all that stretch Of
winding grade must be overcome be-
fore they can hope for sight of the be-
sieged Langdon's heart throbs like the
massive engine straining at its burden.
"Hit her up again, ,Iimmy!" shouts the
conductor, his hands forming a speak
ing tube. The fireman is thrusting coal
by the shovelful into the seething fur
mace. Ink| smoke jets from the stack
and streams tailward over the train.
NO hiding our coming, cap" yells the
conductor, with backward and up
ward glance. I.angdon shakes his
head. They've spotted us long before
this" is the answer. Again the speed
Increases despite reverse curves that
hug the bank like the convolutions of
snake. Jim is gathering Roadway for
the climb. fitting far toward the
stream, the black demon in the lad,
skins the shining concave of the rails
under a low line of heights to III. left,
watched every inch of their length by
the wary eyes of croucl.ias slarpshoot-
ers in the tender. Then TIE steel road
way curves inboard again and whirls
them around II projecting nose Of bluff.
and still Jtrps hanI lever winces at
the throttle, and under almost full
pressure me huge drivers tear at the
track, the cleaning rods flash at rae
ing speed, spinning like fire wheels,
while in the swaying car behind men
cling to seat arms or are hurled from
side to side in the fury of the chase.
Now comes a long mile of easy grade
as the line leaves the narrow river and
begins the climb of the distant crest,
and, like a black meteor. the Big
Horns powerful Baldwin shoots across
the straining trestle over a shallow RAJ
vine and spins away in headlong dash,
dense volume of inky smoke and
binding dust whirling and billowing
in its wake. Now the snow fence to
the north shuts out the landscape on
the right flank Now through low
waves of prairie the pilot tears AWAY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
cuApTEp Wv

In the valley OF the south Cheyenne
and close to, tile rugged cliffs CT the
Blhck liilis 4 summer camp had been
pitched. and nearly a thousand troops
were under canvas. After four months
Of bitter weather and experiences
guarding thousands OF morose. sullcn
savages, cowed into subsection after
their fiery outbreak. old "Cat" and his
troopers were reveling in the poetry OF
soldiers life in the field. and Melville.
with two of the batteries, was keeping
them company. They were far enough
from tie agencies to be free from daily
contact with begging. bothersome In
dams and near enough to the railway
to have daily supplies from the cast.
Mrs. Cat had taken notion that she
should of all things enjoy summer
under canvas. and even the assurance
that it meant ruin to the complexion
did not deter certain regimental beau
ties from following her example "Cat"
would have said no at the outset had
he seen what it might lead to. but he
didn't, and il be had would probably
have been overruled. Mrs Cat being q
woman of much mettle in all matters
Of domestic economy. She came, had
an extra hospital tent pitched and es-
tablishcd l.or little court. Several ex-
perienced cavalry women speedily fol
lowed and were soon snugly and hap
PLY bestowed in camp. the tents of
tie married officers being set at the
northwest end of the mesa close under
the bold pine bluffs. AMI in June. when
1t was fully determined that the sum-
mer Should be spent there by the field
command, Melville took a week leave,
run to Pawnee. and returned with
Mrs. Melville. Miss Grahame and the
children, 4 proceeding that gave much
Joy to Messrs. Woodrow and Santley
Of tie gunners and tc Captain Chan
ming and certain other cavalry bach.
elors, for Ethel Grahame had won tho
honest admiration of all the men she
knew. Charming and santley especially.
Nathan's battery was with the COM
rnhnd. but Nathan was not. The doc
, tors had declared a summer at the sea-
shore Indispensable in the case of Mrs.
Nathan. and the captain applied for
three months leave. He and his guns
had not been exposed to any extent
during the brief and bloody campaign
ilEat followed the outbreak of the
Sioux. but Melville and Cat seem
ed to think the battery could spare
him. 1t left Torrance in command. IA
FAR better soldier, despite his snobbish
qualities. And. though the department.
commander made wry face and the
division general shifted suggestiyely as
be tossed the application to his chief
of staff, the leave was granted. The
summer opened glorously. Squadron
and battery drills went on each morn
ing in splendid shape on the broad,
level fats adjacent to the stream, and
shooting, fishing and picnic parties
were Of frequent occurrence in the
hills. Cat" entertained prominent
western statesmen and railway Off
Gals once or twice in June and was not
always happy in so doing, for more
than once or twice they touched on
dangerous ground, and if there was q
| topic on which Cat" was touchy now
TWINS that of Eric Langden- Iangden,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

u'tte Cittc'ehJ t''eHt ob
Now Into the dark mouth of half a
mile OF S:ioT-sheds darts the engine,
and the cartli5an instant later has swat
lowed UP The train. Eas.' would it
have ,ber.i for savage skill to strip Il
few rails from lie tics and hurl the
human lead TO death. but not a Blule
dreamed Of such u thing as store sol
diers coming 10 dare them. with the
regulars 4 full weeks march away.
Wide open ROW. the throttle releases
every pound OF steam. and all the
strength Of the mammoth tugs at the
tagging lead. for the long grade begins
Of last TO tell, and despite all that man
ana Steam AMI IRE can do the dead
WeiGht trailing s;erlwalG overromrs
the impetus of the initial dash. slows
COVE to lrsa than Ealf speed. but still
painting fHrioisiy the engine struggles
on Cne miie more, ard the crest is
gained. ara !len now leap. One min
ute Tore and from tie bowels of the
earth TIE Baldwin bursts forth into
glad Sunshine. and. prering instantly
ABOUT him. sweeping the open slopes
With eager eyes. ERIC catches sight Of
swift. streaming feather skimming
me crest TO the south ana shooting out
ci sight in the flash of second. A
war bonnet Gaping the painted head
OF savage scout. The Brulcs had got
the alarm. Back 10 the cab"' shouts
the conductor But Langdon motions.
stay.
The grounds break away in litt;s
swa!e or hollow to the right frcnG
where lli2 prairie begins IFS slope to-
ward the fai concave bend OF the river,
and oHc! this rift there bursts upon
,leir stra!aing gaze sight never TO be
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
THE REASON WHY.

A friend claims that laboring man
should be paid such rate of wage that
after he has worked twenty-five years
he would have enough so that he would
not have to work thereafter for liv-
ing. AS 4 theory this sounds all right,
but there are so many conditions which
are attached that it counts for nothing.
In this country there is always some
good reason why a man is not worth
dollar when he is sixty. 1t may be
whisky, gambling, Unborn laziness, gem
eral unthrift, the eating, drinking and
being merry, for tomorrow we die type
of living the lack of ordinary business
sagacity, speculation, ill health, going
security for ones friends, helping chill
dren who should be made to hoe their
own row or restlessness which keeps
one on the move all the time We have
known section hand at dollar day
to pick and shovel out independence for
himself in twenty years, while we have
seen the man die in the poorhouse
in life with. 1t is all in the man. In
dustry self denial and economy will in
this country place any man beyond the
reach of the poverty wolves; but, given
the same chance, the man who starts
on three fingers Of whisky day and a
Jackpot Saturday night will never have
anything better than a secondhand suit
of hand me downs for q Sunday suit.
This law of living is as memorable as
death. If one would live on Easy street
at sixty, he must be willing to shovel
dirt in the alley when he is twenty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
WANTS THE RIGHT MIcRoBE.

A matter of interest has been recent
ly developed at the Illinois experiment
station with reference to growing al
falfa. Working on the theory that the
soil upon which alfalfa failed was de-
ticient in the microbes which are es-
sential to the proper development of
this plant, just as is the case with
clover. inoculated soil was procured
from Kansas and Nebraska and sown
with the alfalfa seed, the result being
that the crop has since done remark
ably well. This is point worth look
ing into where alfalfa has failed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
IOWA CENTRAL RAILWAY

Time of trains carrying passengers at
Hedrick, Iowa. Effective July 1st, 1901.
Going North.
No. s-St. Paul Express tGaIly). 1880 u. m.
No. 5-Mason City Mail Q1x SUM 2:10 b. m.
No. Way Freight tEx SUM-. 500 b. n.
Going South.
No. Way Freight (llx SUM-. S.45 q. m.
No. 4--Peoria Express tdaily(... $40 a. m.
Coupon tickets on sale to all points in the
rites folder, etc, call on or address, -
GEO. S. BATTY, Fl. Ii. KENNY.
Gen. Pass & Tit Agt, Agent.
Marshalltown.' Iowa. Hedrick. III
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

Every man owning q good farm is
richer by oae-third than he was five
years ago just in the advance in the
value Of his land, but this increase of
wealth is not available for him to use
unless he wishes to sell or mortgage
his property, the land itself being in
no sense more productive because of
it's increased value.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

While it is all right to serve refresh
ments to ones guests, it always grnds
us to serve those who come only for
what they can get to cat. 1t is so
much like throwing basket of corn
to the hogs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
Sheep are selling at from 10 to 20
cents Il head in parts of Australia on
account of the drought

California will ship large amount
of celery TO eastern markets this win
ter. 1t is one of the growing indus
tries of the coast.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The spiraa known as the bridal
wreath and the high bush cranberry
are specially noticeable for the rare
beauty of their foliage in the fall. No
shrub or tree we know excels them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
OYSTERS VERSUS OATS.

1t is pretty good land and pretty
good farming where crop is produced
each year the gross value of which is
$40, and for large areas this value is
seldom reached, but the oyster beds Of
the eastern coast easily bring in re-
turn of $40 per acre for many tho,l-
sands of acres. The ocean is more pro-
ductive than the land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The Devon cattle are hardly known
in the west. With the passing of the
OK as a beast of burden the special use
for the Devon ceased. Other breeds
better fill the needs of the dairy and
the feedyard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The richest and best milk which the
cow gives is the last she gives the
strippings-so when she Il not MIXED
clean the loss is serious one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

1t cost us $4S to raise and care for
three-eighths of an acre of onions this
year, hiring all the work done, and this
on land which was free from weeds.
The season was such that it was al
most impossible to kill the weeds and
involved more expense than ordinarily
attaches to raising this crop. The
yield was 400 bushels and the net
profit on the crop $780,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET ONION DEPOT.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE G sT.PAuL
Arrive. Depart.
Chicago, Dubuque &
MiiWaukse. =. .d1:so a. m. BIZ. a. m.
Chicago, Cedar Rap. :.
SOUTH Southwest -. .b2:so n. m. d1:s5 a. m.
Kansas City and 20.
NO. CAL 81 east bound, leaves SS T. =. DiS S, a.
No. GA, east bound, leaves. 80. 10: IS a. m.
No. Of, west bound. leaves. ..... 8:45 a. IN.
No Oil west bound, leaves. IL 30 A. m
These are freights leaving Ottumwa
: Daily. b Except Sunday. Except
Freight trains arrive at and depar. from
Ottumwa Junction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The Argentine Republic produced
this year s6,ooo,ooo bushels Of corn or
just about one-third of the crop of the
state of Kansas, and the Argentine Re-
public is the only competitor America
has in the corn business
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09
WABASH.

Arrive. Depart.
Louis -: .ae:15 m. ao:2o p. m.
Lonis ...... ..a7:00 p. m. aS:25 a. M.
Freight trains carrying, passengers be.
tween ottnmwa and / M aoo i ,..oo
Fast freight -. .a12:10 p. m. az 80 o. %.
a Daily. b Except Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

We know of poor man who raised
two acres of New Yorker potatoes this
year. He raised 200 bushels per acre
and sold the crop in the field for 80
cents bushel or 5000. Allowing IS
for rent, $40 for seed and SIG for plant
ing, cultivating and digging. he had
the nice net profit on the crop of $166,
or more than he could have earned at
days work during the four months
work for other people. Other poor men
might do as WELL
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

1t is much easier to put fat on an
animal when it is warm than when it
is cold, easier to feed with the sun
than without it.-Eor all practical pur-
poses sunshine and warmth mean fat
and the want of them curtailed ra-
ton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

:.
The richest and best milk which the
cow gives is the last she gives = the
strippings-so when she Il not MIXED
clean the loss is serious one.
The spirGaa known as the bridal
wreath and the high bush cranberry
are specially noticeable for the rare
beauty of their foliage in the fall No
shrub or tree we know excels them.
While it is all right to serve refresh
ments to ones guests, it always grinds
us to serve those who come only for
what they can get to eat. 1t is so
much like throwing basket of corn
to the hogs.
Every man owning good farm is
richer by oae-third than he was five
years ago just in the advance in the
value of his land but this increase of
wealth is not available for him to use
his nronnrty the l,nd i+solf hoino j.,
no sense more productive because of
its increased value.
1t cost us S4S to raise and care for
three-eiphtbs of nm nero of onions tbis
wear. hiring nil ,be wor,, done and this
on land which was FREQ from woods
The season was such tba+ n was nj.
most impossibla To l-ill tho woods ond
involved more eynensa Than ordinarilv
attaches To ro;s;no +bis o,on THO
WELD was Aoo hushelc and +ba NOT
nrofit On tba cron s1co
two ocres of New yor,,er notatoes tbis
year He raised ooo bushels MOI. ,cre
and cold +bo oro, q, +ho fo,d for 5o
cents hrsbal or coon A1lowina &c
fo, rent SIN for soad ond SIC for nlon+.
inc cnltivoting ond diegino ha hod
tho rico nor nrot;t on tho c,.on oe e1ee
NJ. moro tbon bo could hove eor,,ed az
davis wo,.,, d,,r;no tho fo,,. n,on+bs,
y,or,, FOR ot,,or ,,ooy,o otl,a, ,oo,. =, ~,
MIGHT do &c veil
,r,
- . u =" St.. ~ us mas
ehip'oseu' uie pettef .h,.!' u 'liis coui-
ny. ineie' Mneii iii''ii n,fes CUT iof
usuai eus.oAn WIN iafiii iaoot, ne MS
" ,eii.i MS contract gnu can 'iiro"
up nis Jop wien soiiie otilef man offers
mn u ii''ie DETER wage mere lie iafiii-
u eeeihs " n"se ~ le''iess' 'iio hiest
iiien NY u hi,o" "he.nei .iie! laNe sol
a.. u inaii W ~ Wiii s'ay WIN 'iieii tiirousi;
'ne ouss se'soh vi lo'.
The apple never has been regarded as,
and really is in no sense, tropical fruit,
but here is case where elevation Off
sets latitude the ,Pecos valley, in New
having an apple orchard of 500 acres,
from which will be shipped this year
200 carloads of the finest apples ever
chard is said to be exempt almost en-
: tirely from the swarm of insect pests
which make the growing of this fruit
such risky business i'll many parts of
the country.
That much desired and never yet
found animal, the cholera proof hog Is
again inquired for. The mule footed
hog, the rooter from the canebrakes
of Arkansas. the progeny Of a dam and
sire which have been through the dis
case and recovered, each have been
hnd that they were in norway better
than any other hog when exposed to
the disease. TO all lntents and pul-
! poses we are just where we were TWEEN
" years ago-no DEFINITE ana accurate
knowledge as to the cause, no proven
tive. no antldote, no breed OF hogs ex-
empt.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

Laxatiye Bromo-Qui- ~m
aiie. DNA5vvEe
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

Cows are fond of turnips and rape,
but it is poor stuff for their ration, as
it is almost impossible to feed them so
that they will not faint the milk. If
root ration is desired for the COW i'll
winter. there is nothing better than
sugar Eeets or carrots.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

A friend writes us that he has an or
chard of Wealthy apple trees fifteen
years old and that they never bear any
fruit. Same old storygot fooled by a
tree peddler and did not get Wealthy
at all, but instead some worthless seed
lings. We have never known this APP
pie to refuse to bear, and bear when
young at that. usually within five years
from planting. which fact makes it one
of the best varieties of apple we have
when its excellent quality and produc-
tiveness are also taken into account.
Lots of men get fooled just as our
friend has, and it is one of the most ex-
asperating things connected with fruit
growing. To one familiar with this va
riety it is easy to identify it even be-
fore il fruits, but not so with the anna
teur.
One of the biggest nuisances in the
country is the man who hunts and
fishes for living. Almost every COM
munity has one or more such parasites.
They are always lazy and no count, a
degenerate offshoot of pioneers who,
compelled to hunt and fish to get the
wherewithal to live, We're always true
sportsmen and killed only to the line of
supplying their needs. These latter
day pirates and poachers are always
game hogs, having little regard for open
or close seasons on game or the law in
general. The spear, dynamite, the trap
and the pump gun are their tools. No
sort of wild life, not even our song
birds or the red squirrel, is safe when
they start out and they literally clean
out every yestige of our game birds in
every civilized community.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

A child mamma early learns to
speak words of reproval.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

If you want twenty-five cent eggs to
sell in winter, make the hens scratch
for living, feed corn only once day,
wheat once and oats once and see that
they Have n feed of enslage or its
equivalent in some sort of green food
once a day. No ROSTERS are wanted for
winter egg production.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

1t has been too cold the past summer
for the tea roses, to do well out of
doors. 1t was with the greatest reluc-
tance that they doomed at all, and
many of the blossoms were imperfect
because of the cool and damp weather,
but it just suited the cabbages. which
grew and grew until they bursted
wide open.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The most pitifu fate OF any dumb
cfeatureyis that of the horse. He
graduates down from the carriage to
the lumber wagon. then into the hands
of the horse trader. then on to the
peddler's cart his last remaining atom
of strength wha!ed out Of him till he
falls dead in the harness. If lie were
only recognized as fit for food, this
would not be SO.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

The syndicate system of farming is a
bane to any country. 1t is death to
schools. society and almost bars the
natural development Of any section
where it is practiced. 1t is the worst
kind of land SHINING in its operations
and blights everything desirable i'll our
American rural life. 1t is a comfort to
know that ii so seldom pays that only
here and there has it got n foothold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-09

He got his herd of fine stock this
way: He paid 500 for registered Red
Polled heller in calf The calf was a
heifer, and from these two, with the
addition of male calf costing S75,
he has built up as nice herd Of these
fine cattle In eight years as one would
wish to own, and he now has de-
mand for all his young animals at
prices around the $1O0 mark as soon as
they are nine months old. What no
did you can do with any of the good
breeds. 1t IL an experiment well worth
trying. * -.,.s.--4-4.-.-...
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-04
Spots Lucky Day

Throughout the long, hot summer days,
The little Gophers summed those plays
Which called for active exercise,
Because they were by far too wise
To run the risk of sunstroke dread;
But when the autumn leaves glowed red,
They went afeId, with healthy zest
Of sport and exercise in quest.
Well varied were their autumn sports,
On football field or tennis courts,
But no more pleasant game was found
Than that upon the soIfns ground.
Here, solfng Gophers came each day
To pass their leisure hours away,
And talk of famous scores they made
In tournaments where they had played.
On Saturdays there was no school
And all that day it was the rule
For golfers O. 'er the links to stray,
Engaged in chatter and in play. {:
The good Prof essor Porcupine" '~.~@r~e~.'
Would play when e'er the day was fine
And seemed the pastime to enjoy
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-04

! They found the Porcupine and Spot
Debating how to make shot.
Spot said it must be made Just so;
The Porcupine said firmly, NO. .
And, as they stood right in the way,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-04

There was no chance for Jack to play,
At length he gave awarnins call,
And with his mid.iron smote the ball.
Absorbed in talk, Spot didn't*hear;
He didn't know that Jack was near.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-04

As much as if he were boy.
One Saturday. as Jack and Tan =,
Whose caddy boys were Dick and Dan
We're playing off final round =
Upon the Gophers' sc|fns ground,