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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07

Total .... 994Iol SlSo, 4 6,0Oi ~
During the last fiscal year the cost
of operating the bureau and its agen--
cies outside of payments of pensions,
was $3,590,529.12. There were 2,173
employed in the bereau. The pension
system since the beginning of the gov
eminent has cost s2,992 500, 019.S7,
This is exclusive of the establishment
of soldier homes The average value
of each pension is $132.23 annually
Over half of the pensions are $1,000
a month or less. During the past
year there were 1,SSS,626 applications
for pensions. OF this number 11S,464
were rejected and 117.26S We're grant
ed. There is already quite flourish
ing in Spanish war pensions as fol-
lows: Original invalid applications,
1920; other applications, 2,1S3; ap->
plications admitted. 1880; applications
rejected 1877: applications on hand,
I34,456; certificates issued. 1880; total
annual payment, ST 1873, 446,2S.
Of all these amounts the pension at
torneys get quite a nice slice. There
are POTTS attorneys practicing, before
the pension bureau, their aggregate
fees amounting to nearly 100000.
H. j. Mahin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07

Mr.. A. G. Lawson, of Kansas
City, Mo-, will take great pleas
ure in showing you thru the diff
ferent lines.
We have number Of second hand
pianos which we will sell at very
low price. We have Geo. Steck &
Son, been used short time, which we
will sell for $135. We have an Emer-
son, with couple of years use, at
$125. We have an a. B. Cameron,
been used short time, at $120. We
have an E. Sweetland, not been used
at all but little shop-worn at $245.
We also have the renowned Estey,
one of the leading artistic makes of
the country that we will sell $75 below
actual price. We have the Decker &
Son, one of the artistic makes and
one of the leading representatives of
a time honored house, prominently
identified with the highest achieve
ments of the American Piano Industry
and with the progress of musical art
in New York, and is classed with the
strictly artistic makes in the country,
which we will sell you 500 below &C
tual retail price.
we nave d uullDGI VI lStIullSltS,
pianos and organs, too numerous to
mention. Come to the store. We will
take great pleasure in showing you
through our lines and interesting you
in the sale of our Instruments
Sale will commence October 9Th and
close November 9Th These prices
will only last thirty days. First come
first served.
Mr.. j. 0. Loeb has a first-class piano
repairer who will call at your house
and do any kind of repairs. Charges
the lowest.
Respectfully,
A. G. LAWSON,
Special Representative
AT LOCH's PIANO HOUSE,
III E. Main st.
phor- aea
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
Wade a Free Trader.

The margin in the second district is
not large, but it is large enough. The
people Of that district know what has
beer lone by the republican party.
The. NOW that when the democracy
was in power that times were hard
They know that republican will be
able to do twice as much for them in
congress as a democrat They know
that Judge Wade stands for free trade
or at least for an immediate revision
of the tariff which would paralyze in.
dustry. They know that while Judge
Wade. says nothing about the Kansas
City platform and is trying to dodge
this issue. that Secretary Edwards of
the democratic congressional commit
tee, says that there is no other democ-
racy than that expressed in the Kan
sas City platform They know that
William Jennings Bryan, who still
ity of the states of the Union, is stand
ing firmly on the Kansas City plat
form,
Knowing all of these things. the
voters of the second district are not
likely to elect Judge Wade. Judge
Wade as lawyer and a jurist enjoys
Jnelr commence. AS congressman
he would be able to do nothing for
them and in his statement of the is
sues he has taken a position that can
not mean anything but commercial
disaster, ii by any chance it should be
carried out Mr.. Hoffman's plurality
ought TO be larger this year than was
the republican plurality in the dis
trict two years ago.
Other Districts Safe.
The outcome in the other districts
is scarcely a matter of doubt. Thomas
Hedge will undoubtedly be reelected
in the first. Judge Birdsall's admira-
BILE statement OF his position gives
him great advantage over Mr.. Boies,
who in his statement merely tried to
confuse his constituents. The resi-
dents OF the sixth district appreciate
the worth of Major Lacey too highly
to permit his majority TO be cut down.
Iowa will return a solid republican
delegation to congress, If the republi-
cans Of the state do their duty
Alvin M. Piper.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
Democratic SPEAKING.

John P. Reese, democratic candidate
for congress, will speak at the New
Market street theater on Friday even
ing. October 10, at p. m. Everybody
is invited to hear him. C. G. Ayres,
Chairman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
A GIGANTIC SALE

of Dry Goods, Suits, Skirts, Boots and
Shoes
is now in progress at Friedman's
store, Court and Main streets. This
store will be closed Saturday October
II. Mr.. Friedman announced Monday
that his store would be closed Satur-.
day, the 18th, but that previous to that
time he would continue the same
prices which were quoted in last
Thursdays Courier
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
Notice.

We have on pasture in this county,
1000 steers. which we will sell to the
farmers and feeders of this section
cheap. Call on us for prices before
buying, John Morreli & Co, Ltd.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
Semi Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers wishing their address changed
winplease give the nanle of the Post Office TO
which the paper has been sent as well as the
Post Office where they desire it to be
Changed to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07

candidate and be elected to fill the
chair Washington would be astound-
ed. AS Mr.. Hepburn is generally
considered the strongest man on the
Iowa delegation, taking him out of the
race leaves Iowa without any hope
to keep the speakershp. In fact, if
she had dozen men as strong and
as popular as Mr.. Henderson himself
it. is not at all likely that she would
be able to elect another speaker. The
other states in the union would like
a little something, il you please.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
Opening Sale!
For the Next 20 DAYS
we are going to run a Piano
Sale at the
j. O. LOCH
PIANO HOUSE.

Mr.. A. G. Lawson, of Kansas
City, Mo-, will take. great pleas
ure in showing you thru the diff
ferent lines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct.

In the opinion Of many, however,
the fact remains that without imply
ing any disrespect to Mr.. Hep
burn. he is man too much disliked
and too much feared ever to become
speaker of the house of representa-
tives If he should come out as a
candidate, Washington would be sur
nrised If he should come out as a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07

Iowa has 1864 pensioners and is
ninth in the list of states as to amount
paid. AS shown by the commissioners
report submitted this week, The pres
ent location of pensioners, with
amounts paid during the last year, is
as follows:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
Y. W. c. A. WORK.

The gymnasium class of the Y. w. c,
A. will meet promptly at 1880 o'clock
this evening. Miss Bacon, the gymna,
sium instructor, requests that members
come early so that they may be dress.
ed and on the floor at the hour desig.
mated.
After the gymnasium class, d. L. Van
Dine of the Z. S. Experiment Station
will lecture ON the blights and pests OF
Hawaii Men as well as ladies' are in
vited to this lecture.
At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow (Tuesday)
afternoon, Mrs. T. II. Gibson's en-
broidery class will meet in the Y. w. C.
A. rooms and at 8 o'clock Mrs. Joseph
Richards will conduct the Bible class
that was recently organized. All mem
bers OF the association as well as out
siders are invited to attend this meet
ing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
TENNIS SEMI-FINALS.

The semi-finals in the singles tourna-
ment of the Beretania Tennis Club will
be played this afternoon, beginning at
4 O'Clock. The first match will be be-
tween F. II. Atherton and L. King at
4 o'clock and the second between S. II,
Derby and A. r. Cunha at 4:30. The
odds are that Atherton and Cunha will
be the winners and will therefore have
to meet each other in the finals. In
the matches Of Saturday afternoon
there was one draw and two very good
exhibitions. Derby beat Thompson,
60, Go. The splendid driving of Der
by was the feature of this match. In
the second match, L. King beat c. Car
ter, 6-2, 6-l. Atherton qualified for the
finals by default from Babbitt.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
A VERY ROUGH TRIP
N0EAU HAS A BAD
TINE AT HAMAKUA
HEAVY SEAS AT kUkuiHAElE
sEvEN.ToN ROLLERS THROWN
FROM THEIR POSITION
AND WEpoEp IN.

The steamer Noeau had an exceed
ingly rough time on her last trip up to
the Hamakua coast. She arrived off
Kukuihaele early Friday morning with
ninety japanese laborers for Kukui-
haele plantation. The sea, however
was so rough that landing them would
not be thought of although there was
only light trade wind blowing the
swell which rolled in In enormous
waves, was heavier than has been seen
in even that vicinity for a long time.
AS a consequence the steamer had to
put back to Waipio gulch and lie there
until the sea moderated. An illustra-
ton of how large the waves we're can
be had when II is known that while the
steamer was lying off Waipio, the
waves at times were so high that the
donkey engine house on the blum at
the Kukuihaele landing was hidden
from the steamer peoples view.
The storm did not pass without do
ing damage. Four seven-ton rollers
had been piled on the rocks by the
landing ready for shipment. Despite
their enormous weight the heavy
pieces were thrown from their position
by the waves and wedged so tightly
among the rocks below that It will re-
quire considerable labor to get them
free again.
Besides this four two.ton pieces
were carried by the waves clear into
the ocean so that they are lost beyond
recovery.
On Saturday morning the swell mod
Grated considerably and the steamer
was able to land the japanese.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
PRINCE OF AGE

following information regarding the
age Of Prince Jonah Kalanianaole
which certain political opponents have
been announcing around on the street
corners as being 2S and no more:
For the information of inquiring vot-
ters you can say in your columns that
the Bible record Of the late Queen
Dowager Kapiolani states that Jonah
Kuhio Kalanianaole was born March
26, s7l. Consequently he is eligible as
a candidate for election as our Delegate
Yours truly.
JOHN +. COLBURN.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
SATURDAYS HORSE RACE.

In the match race at Kapiolani park
Saturday afternoon between Holling-
er's Racery and II. A. Jaeger's Racine
Murphy the former horse won in 49%
seconds. The horses were sent away
by c. B. Wilson and Jack Gibson
Murphy had a shade the best of 1t in
the beginning of the half-mile race but
at the seven-eighths Racery passed the
other horse and finished about a
length ahead. There was but little
betting on the event and only small
crowd went out to witness the event.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
Honolulu Iron Works.

Improved and modern SUGAR Ma
cHINERY Of every capacity and Dc.
scription made to order. Boiler worh
and RIVETED PIPES for irrigation
purposes = speciality. Particular atten.
ton paid to JOB WORK, and rspairs
executed at shortest notice
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13

Exposure to We, uampness and cold
Invariably results in a sudden chill,
which If not attended to Immediately
will cause a cold. BY mixing tea
spoonful of Perry Davis PAIN-KILL-
Err in half glass Of warm water or
milk the whole system will be heated
and the danger of cold avoided. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-Klll-
eT, Perry Davis. Price Csc. and soc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-13
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If 1t
falls to cure. f. w. Groves signature
IS on each box; 25 cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06
TAKE THE BOYS ALONG.
Farmers should Remember That
Their Boys Will Become the
Farmers of the Future. !,

We have spoken of this matter be.
ore. but a good idea will bear repe-
tition. Lime upon line, precept upor
precept, here little and there a lit
tle,' is the way the plupit puts it;
Our farmers and Stockholders are be-
ginning to utilize the best methods
Of educating themselves in their spe-
cial work. They are organizing. CO
operating and meeting for discussion,
and like the Athenians mentioned by
Paul, they travel long distances and
spend money and time s'in nothing
else but to hear some new thing" in
agriculture and stock-raising, and
they are profiting thereby, because
they are becoming better farmers,
better fruit growers, and more sue
cessful in breeding and handling
stock, and the result is they are be-
coming prosperous financially. This
is right, and we are glad we can
truthfulIy chronicle these facts. But
while these progressive farmers are
thus engaged, where are their boys?
They are not at the meetings, but at
home and at work. Farmers will
carefully select samples of their best
products, and take them along to
show. And sometimes fine horses.
cattle and hogs are placed in evidence
of the success of the exhibitor. But
their sons, who would be as much
benefited by the discussions as their
a. Al l<.fk ~ 10
ton entirely. The older men should
net presume that because they tar
ried in the Jericho of ignorance until
their boards were gray. that their
boys must do likewise. Youth is the
time to acquire knowledge, as well as
age, and we believe if farmers would,
when attending educative meetings,
take their boys with them, tina. they
would learu in any other way, viz:
That their boys receive more benefit
from such meetings than they them
selves do. The ancient Greeks had
a better appreciation of this than our
own people in this enlightened age.
They required the children 70 eat at
the public tables with the men, and at
tend the schools and lyceums, for the
purpose, not of taking part in the
ceremonies, but that they might prof
it by hearing the words of wisdom
from the sages present. In those
days it was the boast of that wonder
full people that every citizen of Greece
was capable of filing any Office in
A. --vxlvs~ ro~xos~>Ix. The x-o 10 fhav
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Sandwich islands are almost
as free from snakes as ireland.
There is but one sort, and that very
scarce.
"Tabby," now exclusively applied
to cats, was formerly "atabi." spe-
cial pattern of silk made only in
Persia.
The island of Cuba was known by
that name by the Lucanyan Indians,
who were with Columbus when he
discovered it.
Pennsylvania has 6,32s lawyers or
judges. They are distributed in
about 2s4 places, nearly half of them
being in Philadelphia and Pitsburg.
When free from ice the Yukon
river is navigable for large steamers
1865 miles, distance more than
twice as great as that from Chicago
to New Orleans.
For seven hours one day recently
the state of New York was without
an executive head, Gov. Odell and
Senator Ellsworth, president pro
tenn. being in the west, Lieut.. Gov.
Woodruff in Europe and Speaker
Nixon in Ohio.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06
ODD GOVERNMENT EXPENSES

To extradite and bring home Grim
inals from abroad. $1,000 annually.
Membership fee in the interna-
tional bureau of weights and meas
ures $2.e7o.
An annual appropriation Of $500
for the International Geodetic asso-
citation for the measurement of the
earth
An annual appropriation Of $1,sls
for the international bureau for tho
publication of customs tariffs IT
Brussels.
An annual appropriated Of 500 as
this governments share of the ex-
pense of keeping up an institution
at Brussels, known a. the interna-
tional bureau for the repression Of
the African slave trade.
For the maintenance Of light
houses at Tangiers and Cape Spartel.
coast of Morocco. $325 per annum.
These lighthouses were established
by the great powers of the world,
and the expense is divided between
them.
Washington monument receives
s11,s20 annually. through the war
department.. The war department
also receives s547.e75 annually to
provide artificial limbs for soldiers,
and $4,000 for surgical appliances
Tor the veterans.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06

ting his hand into it. This meth
cd, however, is about as old as
the ponies for Caesar, and is not
used much by the energetic and in
ventive college students of to-day
1t does not necessarily follow that
a student will use crib when he is
provided with one.
81 never cribbed until my junior
year." said a senior. land then made
crib for an examination. As it hap
pened. ! did not have TO use my crib
then. but found such a comfort and
nervous rest in the consciousness that
had it that | have never since taken
an examination without one. When
a student does need to employ crib
in an examination. all he needs is the
exercise of little nerve, and he will
rarely be detected"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06
FARMER PLANTER.
DROUGHT RESISTANCE.
Drought Can Prevent Fairly
Profitable Crops.

IL II seldom that the most serious
drought can prevent fairly profitable
crops in any locality blessed with
generous rain or snowfall during the
winter season if the soil has been pre-
viously prepared to receive the mois-
ture, and is given proper treatment
in the early spring and continued
through the growing of the crop
The first requirement for drought
resistance, saws a correspondent of
Farm and Fireside, is storage capaci-
ty for moisture in the subsoil. A sub
soiler attachment following in the
furrow behind the pillow, or, what
Is still more effective, separate sub
soiling-plow running to the depth of
six or eight inches below the bottom
of the surface furrow, will afford wa
ter-storage for thousands of barrels
an acre, and often result in bounti-
full crops where only failure could
otherwise be expected. 1t is also very
easy to understand how the breaking
up and aerating of the subsoil, to-
gether with the dlsintegrating eff
fects of water, frost and the chem
ical action resulting, must gradually
bring large amounts of fertility with
In reach of crops which were before
out of reach and unavailable.
After storage capacity for moisture
has been provided the next most inn
portant drought-resisting require
rnapf e xba x,~ovoc<;ov~ 80 a. ,.coxno
of moisture by evaporation. But
very few of those intensely drying,
windy days frequent in early spring.
which suck the water from freshly
plowed or bare, untitled soil like
sponge,are required to ruin all chance
for profitable crop when followed
by droughty season. If the soil had
received proper tillage and attention
at the critical time the crop could
have matured in defiance of the
drought by means of the store of
moisture held in reserve elbow, which
had been prevented from escaping by
the mulch Of finely-pulverized sur
face-soil. In this connection it will be
evident how important good drainage
is. If no water is allowed to stand
nearer the surface than ten or twelve
inches it becomes possible to get the
tillage under way with no loss of
time waiting for surface-water to dry
out of the lower portions of the.
fields. After such water-legged and
sun-baked portions have once become
dried no amount of after-tillage can
restore them to good state of filth.
A few seasons ago the writer con-
Quoted series of experiments in
drought-resistance with corn, pota-
toes, peas, beans; some red and black
cap raspberries also were included in
the plats treated. These experiments
were made to determine what might
be accomplished when the fullest pre-
cautions were undertaken to prevent
the escape of moisture by evapora-
ton. The results were surprising, al
though field-tillage, looking to the
same end, had long been practiced,
but in less intensive degree.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-06
USE OF CRIBS IN COLLEGE.


"A visitor to a classroom in Columbia
university in these days might hear
the sharp snap of an elastic band,
followed by subdued laughter among
the students undergoing their annual
examinations, and if he were very OBJ
servant he might detect particular
student trying hard to appear at ease.
If young professor were in charge
of the room, just the suggestion of a
smile might be seen about his coun-
tenance, says the New York Sun.
The snap of the elastic band meant
TO the students that one of their class
mates was using crib, and had bum
gled. Such an accident seemed hui
morous to them; but if the offender
had been caught, it might have meant
dismissal to him. Nevertheless, cribs
have been used always and are likely
to be.
The crib most popular at Columbia
this year is of rather recent origin,
and is said to have been brought to
Columbia couple of years ago by a
Harvard man. 1t consists of long
strip of paper, about 2H inches wide.
On one side of this are written all the
notes and formulate that the student
thinks he may need.
He rolls the strip of paper from
each end, and about the two rolls then
formed he places an elastic band, SO
as to keep them together. The fin
ished crib makes a small enough af-
fair. and if arranged properly, can be
kept in the palm of the hand not en-
gagged IN writing without attracting
attention. There is a fat surface be-
TWEEN the rolls, on which are visible
few lines of writing.
by dividing the strip of paper into
sections, each numbered, a student can
readily tell just where to find what
he wants. AS suggested above, the rub
Der band sometimes causes embarrass-
ment.
A crib which was for some years very
popular in some universities is looked
upon with disfavor at Columbia now,
owing to the ill-luck of a student
few years ago. 1t consists of a long,
narrow strip of paper, which is folded
accordion fashion. This can also be
readily held in the palm of the hand.
and then, properly arranged, can be
made to contain an abundance of in
formation.
A student of very nervous dispo-
sition provided himself with this crib,
and had it in his hand when the pro-
fessor in charge of the examination
stood directly at his side. He had not
had occasion to use the crib. A guilty
conscience worked on his nerves, and
he kept gripping the paper in his left
hand tightly. Finally he squeezed it
so much that one end of the fold
worked itself free from his hand, and
suddenly the entire paper strip. about
two yards long, shot out of his hard,
and almost struck the professor in the
face.
Another method of cribbing. used to
some extent, consists of tearing apart
text book, cutting the margin of
each page, thus making them as small
as possible, and then placing various
sections in different pockets A hand-
kerchief is always placed in each pock-
ct, so as to provide an excuse for put