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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
A WRONG WHICH NEEDS R1GHr1NG.

The work of the tax ferrets all over
the country has called attention more
than ever before to the system Of dou-
BILE taxation which is put in opera
ton where q mar sells real estate for
a small or partial payment down, TAX
ing tine notes of the buyer secured by
mortgage on the property sold for the
balance. The real estate is taxed, and
then the securities are taxed, the law
working on the theory that when a
man worth perhaps $4,000 all told
buys a ten thousand dollar farm he
has by virtue Of the simple act Of buy
ing such real estate and giving his
notes in payment therefor been able
to create a tangible asset Of $4,000
where not a dollar existed before he
signed the notes. If this be simple JUS
tice. then should every mans ability
to create such fictitious credit, whether
he uses it or not, be taxed. Until this
wrong is righted the moral sense of
the taxpayers will never be awakened
to the point Of making a full return Of
this class af property.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
Rock Island Route Excursions.

Cheap one-way settlers tickets via
c., R. 7. & P. to points in the north
west will be on sale during March and
April, 1902, to Billings, Salt Lake, Og-
den, Butte, Helena, Spokane, Umatilla,
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Van
couver. For full and complete infor-
nation regarding %stop-overs and rates
to all points, call on or address w. S..
Parker, ticket agent, Union Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
WINDS AND STORAGE BATTERIES

WINDS AND STORAGE BATTERIES.
With the new Edison storage batter
les which so greatly cheaper this meth
cd Of utilizing electricity there should
open up immense possibilities in the
line of using the winds of the western
prairie country. These winds blow and
blow forever, just as the breakers roll
on e and eve upon the rocky beach,
a limitless source of energy and pow
er. The winds which blow over the
lands of the western farmer, if cor
rallied and %harnessed, would light and
warm his home, furnish all power
needed on the farm-plow, pump, irri-
gate, separate. churn, saw and grind
and the discovery Of a cheap type Of
storage battery makes all this not only
possible, but a great practical improve
ment for the coming farmer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
Rock Island Home Seekers Excur.
SionS.

On the first and third Tuesday of
each month the c., R. /. & P. will sell
round trip excursion tickets to points
in the west, northwest, southwest and
southeast at rate of 81 plus the regu.
lar one way rate. Good for return 81
days from date of sale.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

The bushel box for the marketing of
apples is rapidly coming into favor.
The box is easier to handle and in size
much more nearly meets the wants of
the average nsum
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Make it as warm as possible for Gil
the sparrows which seek q home on
your premises. and you will have more
other birds. Sparrows are pirates.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

There bids fair to be an unusual de.
mand for good seed corn the coming
season. Many sections of the corn belt
had no corr last year fit for seed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

The first cheese factory was started
in Canada in 1864, and in 1900 the ex-
ports of Canadian cheese were 1S6,000.-
600 pounds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Along the last Of March we get a few
small boxes. fill them with earth and
SOW some celery. cabbage, peppers. to-
matoes, pansies and other desirable
things. Then in May we have a nice lot
of strong plants to set out in the gar
den without having to buy or beg them
from the neighbors.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

The Ignite coal deposits of North
Dakota and Montana are rapidly being
developed and are destined to prove a
states. The only drawback to its more
general introduction is that it seems to
require stoves and furnaces Of spe-
cial construction in order to secure per-
feet combustion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Nothing makes a prettier lawn deco
ration than a circular bed, say twelve
feet in diameter. with a dozen cannas
in the center and these banked with
the different varieties Of the coleus. A
fringe of dwarf nasturtiums may be
set on the extreme outer edge of the
bed with good effect.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

If oleo is "the poor mans butter"
the said poor man should see to it that
he gets it at a poor mans price. This
will be when be buys it for just exact
ly what it is and not disguised under
the name Of butter. Buying it as but
ter, he pays just about twice as much
for it as he would if sold under its
own name. The poor man has really
more cause to kick than the dairyman
at the fraud as now carried on.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

The potato crop of Colorado proved
a regular bonanza to the producers the
past year. The crop was large, as irri-
cation made the growers independent
Of drought. the quality was very supe-
rior and the prices out Of sight. Hun
dreds of men made fortunes out of po-
tatoes this year in that state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
CHEESE CURING IN COLD STORAGE,

No recent improvement in dairyingt
methods bids fair to be Of greater i'm
portance and value than that of curing
cheese in cold storage. The cheese hur.
riedly cured in a temperature of 10 de.
grees or more and put on The market
forty days old has long been the repre-
sentative cheese made. AT its best this
cheese is soft, livery, indigestible and
because of the heat in the curing room
often sharp and off more or less in
flavor. Under the new process the
cheese may De taken direct from the!
press and placed in cold storage at a
temperature of 40 to A degrees, and
the cheese cures slowly and perfectly
developing none of that acrid, bitter
and off flavor so common in cheese
cured at the usual higher temperature.
At the late cheesemakers' convention
at Milwaukee. Wis, a cheese made last
October and removed direct from thes
hoop to such cold storage was officially
tested Jan. s and scored A flavor, 29A
texture, Is color and 8 makeup, falling
short Of absolute perfection only one
point Oh flavor, one-fourth of a point
on texture and a point on makeup.!i
This improvement in methods is of far"
reaching Importance, for if q better
quality of cheese is made much more
Of it will be consumed. Every cheese
maker should investigate this matter,
for he will by this plan not only be
able to be relieved from the necessity
Of forcing his thirty day product on the
market at any price he can get, but
will be able to take advantage Of the
markets and seasons and command a
higher price for his better cured and
favored product.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

There is lots of rag chewing over the
sugar tariff matter, but the consumer
can depend upon the agitation finally
resulting in bringing him nearer to the
time when he will get twenty-six
pounds Of sugar for a dollar.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Few men will take any chances in
holding over any of the old corr crop,
for the chances are that it will be more
than ten years old before corn will be
worth as much as it will during the
first half of 1902.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

The good citizen will clear the snow
from his sidewalk and from his neigh
boris, too, if she be a widow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
FAnusNG VERSUS nA1LRoAp.ro.

A young man wants to know If he
does not stand a better show to make
his way in the world by taking up rail
way work than he does to keep plug
ging along on the farm. We do not
think that he does, if he is only just
an average, commonplace fellow. If
he should, however, be one of the rare
sort which when trained and develop
ed would have the ability to boss 5000
employees and increase the dividends
for the stockholders of a road, he then
should skip off the old farm just as
quick as possible and get q place as
section hand and N to climb
for the top. But for just the everyday
young man who in the railway service
could never climb to anything higher
than freight conductor or local agent
at some little way station the farm is
by all odds the better place; it is a
safer place. A man is free from the
nervous strain incident to the railway
work, and fewer temptations beset
him, while, more than all, he is indie
pendent and is not bossed by some
chump a notch above him. The roads
are being consolidated SO fast that the
number of choice positions is bscoming
less and less, and promotion comes
slower and slower. Then the road is
no place for any man past fifty, just
when a man is at his best; roads won't
have him. Summing the case up, it
may be said most t%ruthfully that today
no occupation of any kind, profession
al or mechanical, offers better induce
ments to the average young man than.
the farm and its varied lnterests-not
the old, slipshod. happy go lucky typo
of agriculture, where q man does BUSH
ness with Il "gallus" and moon signs.
but a broad, intelligent, practical and
sensible working Of the soil and stock
growing. It's the best business in
America today when run right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

We find that peas of all kinds do bet
Ter sowp early than when sown at reg
hlar intervals during the spring. de-
pending upon the difference in time Of
maturing of the several varieties to
afford a succession Of pickings. Peas
like cool. moist conditions while devel-
oping. For a family garden we would
sow about four kinds, which, If prop
erly selected. will give a good supply
Of peas from the middle Of June to the
last of July.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
OUTING OF VETERANS.
Survivors of the "old Fifteenth" Go TO
West Point.

The survivors Of the old Fifteenth Vir-
ginia Regiment will have their annual
reunion at West Point tomorrow The
train will leave the Southern Depot on
Fourteenth Street, at e:15 A. M. a big
crowd will be carried down. The vetcr
ans and their friends will spend the day
in fishing, boating and telling war stories.
A splendid dinner will be served.
Among the survivors of the old regl-
ment now living in the city or else
where are General A. L. Phillips, Colo
mel John Murphy. Adjutant A. L. Lums-
den, Captain Allen, NJ. Lyon, of The
Merchants Bank ]. E. Stansbery, P. p
Winston, Major George p. Haw. J. s.
Moore, Major c. SEammet Clarke, AdJu-
tant James A. August, Hot Springs, Va;
c. p. Young, DR.. A. L. Jones' j. c. Tiller,
William Haw Peter Bowles, Captain
Joseph Gum, Lieutenant P. H. Hall, w.
L. Smith, l. Fl. Ellerson, John Warmer.
r. r. Horne. Some of its best soldiers
are in Baltimore, Alabama, Mississippi
and Kansas. Captain John w. Atkin-
son, who started out one of Richmonds
best companies and became a colonel, is
now in Wilmington, N. c.
Last year the veterans of this regiment
held their reunion in Williamsburg. The
Fifteenth was in many a bloody battle.
The lamented Colonel Thomas p. August
was the commandant of the regiment
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
INANyI Will J Il! GO
jamestown.
Annual Visit to Colonial Capital
Of Association for Preserva.
ton Of Va. Antiquities.

The very large advance sale Of tickets
for the a. r. ". A. excursion to James
town on Saturday insures the success OF
that always enjoyable occasion.
Recent visitors bring very pleasant re-
ports Of the attractive condition. Of the
Associations ground. and. for the first
time. the foundation Of the old church
and the various tombs unearthed during
the past year. will be open to public
view On the return an opportunity will
be had to visit the beautiful old house
and grounds at Brandon.
The boat leaves at s "A. NJ, and tickets
are for sale at Briggs drug store, How
itzer Place, the Jefferson Hotel Phar-.
macy. the Virginia Historical Society.
and the Office Of the Ola Dominion Steam
ship Company.
The New York ladies. who have been
touring among the historic points OF the
State for the past week. will accompany
the a. P. v. A. on this trip. They will
remain on the island until the Richmond
party leaves and then take another boat
for Norfolk, From that city they return
home. The proceeds of their trip South
will be given to the A. P. v. A.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
MARION HARLAND'S RECIPES.
Fruited Whipped Cream.

'
Whip a pint Of cream stiff. sweeten
abundantly and stir into it lightly cup
of whole strawberries, a banana, peeled
and cut into dice, an orange treated in
the same way, and a cup of finely minced
pineapple. Serve very cold. AS the
fruits are acid the cream should be
very sweet.
Dreamed Shad.
Make a white sauce by cooking a ta-
sblespoonful of butter and heaping one
of flour, and when they are blended. pour
ing upon them pint Of unskimmed
milk. Add a few drops Of onion juice,
then pour slowly upon the beaten yolks
of two eggs. Season with salt. pep
per and a tablespoonful of minced pars-
ley. Into this sauce pint of cold cook
ed shad that has been freed of bones
and faxed very fine. Turn into a creased
pudding dish, sprinkle with crumbs and
bake for twenty minutes or until heated
through.
Cream Cheese.
Into broad pan pour the fresh. warm
milk as soon as possible after 1t is milk
ed. set at the side of the range and bring
slowly to the point where It just begins
to simmer. Remove at once and set IN
the ice-box. where 1t will cool suddenly.
and leave there for six or eight hours.
& Now skim and press the clotted cream
into small glass jars or deep saucers.
Sprinkle the top of the cream with fine;
IS salt and cover. Keep in cold place
until wanted
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
sHlP-BulLDlNG IN VIRGINIA.

One of the greatest accomplishments of
s.irginia during the last decade was the
establishment of the shipbuilding indus
try. This fact is emphasized in the Cen
sus bulletin OF May 9Th on Manufactures.
It is pointed out that between 1880 and
1900 Virginia advanced from position of
comparatively small Importance to a
place among the leading shipbuilding
States. It will doubtless be a surprise
to most of our readers to know that In
1900 Virginia was the first State in the
amount of capital invested in this in
dustry, third in the number of wage
earners and wages paid, and fourth In
the value of products. Its capital invest
ed in shipbuilding increased from less
than a third of a million dollars in 1890
to nearly SIS 0oo,o 600 in 1900 which is two
and one-tn;rd times as great as the en-
tire capital invested in the shipbuilding
Industry IN New England, more than
double the capital SO invested on the Pa
cific coast, and almost equal to the en-
tire amount Of capital invested In ship
building on the Great Lakes.
The Bulletin adds: when the prolific
development In the shipbuilding indus
try upon the Great Lakes-a development
that has challenged the attention of the
entire shipbuilding world for more than
a decades taken into consideration,
this comparison seems to indicate the fu-
ture development and Importance Of Vir-
ginia as a shipbuilding center"
That is q most gratifying statement
and it is upnfting. We of Richmond are
particularly proud, because our shipyard
has been established under conditions not
altogether favorable, in the face of many
difficulties. physical and otherwise. and
IN defiance of the predictions Of certain
! prophets Of evil. Mr.. Trigg and his as
sociates have done magnificent work
and their accomplishment is almost past
1 comprehension. Surely they deserve every
consideration at the hands of the Cow
i eminent. If ever there was just and
self-ev:dent claim before the River mad
! Harbor Commission. it is the claim of
Richmond for a ship harbor and ship
channel to deep water.
/, AS for the great industry at Newport
News. it has resulted in building up a
nourishing city at the mouth OF the
James and in making Newport News one
OF the most important shipping points on
the Atlantic coast. Within the next de-
eat,s &c have no doubt that there will be
shipSard at Norfolk. and there. is good
reason TO believe that Virginia will be
first also, or nearly so. in tho value of
products from this Industry.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
THE spuTH's NATIONAL AIR.
When Governor Stone. of Pennsylvania
was ut the Charleston Exposition. he
USED this Language in his address:

When Governor Stone. of Pennsylvania,
was ut the Charleston Exposition. he
used this language in his address:
We understand your pride in Lee and
jackson. just as We glory ourselves in
Grant and Meade. The Lord will never
decide when the gray and blue hosts are
assembled before Him which We're right.
and am glad of it. The only true pa
triots are those who fight for their homes
and family and their convictions, and we
both did that.
We quoted this language at the time.
md said that it seemed to us the most
gracious and the most generous tribute
70 the boys in gray that we had ever
heard from, a Northern source.
A friend Of Tho Times, writing from
Lexington. refers to Governor Stones re-
marks and our comments. and adds:
..Ons act OF his Of piece with much
OF his short address has. SO far as
know. not been commented on. During
an intsr1nission the band played the Star
Soanxled banner, and the audience to a
man rose and remained standing. "A lit
tie Later Dixie vas struck up. when Gov
eraor Stone, with broad sweep of his
arm. waved the audience a second time
70 their feet. an act as graceful as IL
was full Of the good fellowship OF the
hour.
The true mon Of the North respect the
South for standing UP for its rights and
respect the men Of tbs South for the
ossraSs and hero!sm ana sacrifice which,
shu sxAlbatel y ..hAk famous. a.ruggle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
CURRENT TOPICS.
A Denial by Edward A. Maclay.

To the Editor of the World:
Some one has called my attention to
the fact that recently. both in your sub
editorial and news columns. you charge
me with having called Rear-Admiral
Schley Gin the first edition of Volume 3
of my History of the United States
Navy.o, ..caitif'' and coward
l beg to inform you that have never
called Schley a ..caitiff. !" that the word
coward has never appeared in the
aforementioned book. and that have
never used language that could possibly
be construed as impugning the personal
courage OF Rear-Admiral Schley.
knowing the great care you take in
securing accuracy in your paper. l
doubt not that these errors were unin-
territorial. I have no objections to your
quoting anything I have ever said rela-
tive to Rear-Admiral Schley. but kindly
do me the justice Of quoting me accu-
rately and with enough of the context
to convey the full significance of my
Language. EDGAR S. MACLAY. 3
Brooklyn. May Goth.
On the first edition of his history Mr..
Maclay says Of Schlcy that he turned
in craven flight from the danger-spot.'
etc; that his dispatch of May IS. 1895.
was without exception the most humil-
iatinE, cowardly and lamentable report
ever penned by an American naval Of
flcer:., and again: :Ceryera nobly threw
down the gauntlet, Schley cravenly de-
clined to take it up''-Ed. World.)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23

The people Of Virginia, without refer
ence to church connection, rejoice that
the General Conference Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. South. has ele-
waited the Rev. DR.. A. Coke Smith to
the bishopric DR.. Smith is man Of
splendid intellectual endowment, OF high
attainment as a scholar and theologian,
of deep religious conviction, of pure life,
of devotion to the cause of Christianity,
of deep sympathy with humanity. His
work as pastor and preacher has been
eminently successful because his heart
was in it AS he has every qualification
of a minister of God, so he has every
qualification to fit him for this new Of
fee, the highest position in the gift Of
his church. The church is TO be consrat-
ulated upon its excellent selection.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23
HEASSEMBLY BUILDING.

A Richmond physician. who is con-
ncctcd with one OF the medical colleges
OF the. city. recently expressed the opin-
ion that the whole medical fraternity
win take an active interest in the move
ment 10 erect an assembly building here.
He thinks that the building should be
devoted to science as well as to art and
education.
6 That is encouraging. OF course the
scientific men should have a part in this
work and should have homo in the
building. The lawyers and the preachers
should also become interested. Indeed,
this assembly building should be the rail-
lying point for the culture Of the COM
Inunity in Its broadest sense
Everybody with whom we have talked
about the building is enthusiastic, and 1t
only remains. in our opinion. for the
movement to organize itself and begin
the campaign. If only We start right
and make this n great public movement
thousands Of people will want to have
an investment in the building. Every
1naa who loves culture will feel pride
In after years in saying that he contrib
,.ted something, however small It may
be, towards this noble structure.
The sentiment is ripe. the time is aus
picious and there should be no further
delay. We have increased our bank de-
posts an hundredfold in Ave years. Let
us put some of this surplus money in a
movement that shall endure and that
<hall be grand influence for good In all
,,i,e years that are to come.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-23

Say what you will about Senator Hoar,
he is a grand old man, and we admire
him. He is Republican and he has not
always been gracious towards the
South, but he is a man of courage and
when he makes up his mind concerning
any public question. he speaks his mind
boldly and conscientiously. If it be-
comes necessary, in his opinion, to re-
buke his own party, he does not hesti-
tate to administer the rebuke. and that,
too, in a very genteel fashion. A manly
man is the noblest work of God-except
it be a womanly; woman.