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lovilia.


Lovilia, Feb. 13-Mrs. H. B. Stafford
Of Lovilia left Saturday morning for
Knoxville to visit with her daughter,
Mrs. e. e. White, of that city.
Frank Sullivan of Lovilia, visited
last week with his parents at Melrose
returning home Tuesday.
Mat. Griffin, of Melrose, is visiting
with his sister, Mrs. j. L. Sullivan, of
Loyilia.
Rev. G. N. Wilson. of Bussey, visited
in Lovilia Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Simms, of Hamil-
ton is visiting at the home of Mrs.
Simms' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Harger.
Miss Ollie Clark, of Abba, is a guest
at the Swan home. in Lovilia.
Z Miss Fannie Spencer, of Lovilia
spent last week at the home of her
brother in Eldorado.
Mrs. Joe Nordgren of Lovilia is a
new victim of smallpox since Satur-
day.
Rev. Boaz is still holding meeting
at Salem in Bluff Creek.
The young people of Lovilia gave a
hard time social at Carr opera house
last Friday evening. A grand time is
reported by all.
DR.. English delivered his lecture,
"The Search of Diogenes, or Looking
for the Ideal Man. Tuesday, Jan. %,
at the M. E. church to we'll filled
house. The next lecture will be by
Robert Parker Miles of New York City
on ''Tallow Dips" Feb. %.
Wesley Mccoy, of Lovilia has been
sick for some time is not able to be
out yet.
Guy Cashier, of Abba, has been at
the home of his parents in Lovilia sick
for several days.
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RichIand,

Richland, Feb. 13.-Miss Rather
inc Wilson,of Westinghouse the guest
of Mrs. Ward.
The Clay people east of town have
decided to build a modern church.
The old Congregational church there
is one of the oldest buildings in the
county, but has always been kept in
good repair.
Mrs. Ida Wheeler, of Sigourney, is
the guest of H. NJ. Jones' family.
A.Sellars and son, George, are home
from Tennessee after a months visit
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Tracy are home
from the south land, after sojournins
there for two months and will soon
occupy their new residence, which is
one of the neatest in the city.
Mrs. Peterson Brighton is in the CITY
this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thombug, of Mar.
tinsburg, were visiting the Farmers a
few days ago.
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Hickory RIDGE.

Hickory Ridge, Feb. 13.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Spears and sons Ralph and
Arby, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Sinclair
and son called at the Henry Wiede-
man home Sunday evening.
Little Ivan Lewis, who has been
quite sick with the fever, is reported
better.
j. w. Spears, G. F. Foster and J. T..
Sinclair were business callers at
Blakesburg Saturday.
Geo. Foster is attending court in
Ottumwa this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sperry are visit
ing at the Albert Major home at pres
ent.
Miss Efie Chisman is visiting at
home at present writing.
Ethern Major called at the G. Fos-
ter home Sunday.
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Pulaski.

Pulaski, Feb. 13.--Mrs. Matte Saun-
ders and daughters, Ora and Mary,left
Thursday for Mt. Pleasant where they
will make their future home. Ora and
Mary will attend the Iowa Wesleyan
University at that place.
Rev. U. S. Smith is holding series
of meetings at the M. e. church.
S. G. Angspurger and wife returned
home from their wedding tour last
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Anador.

Amador, Feb. 13.-Mrs. M. R. Mar
tin closed a very interesting term of
school at Wellman Friday.
large number of guests were pres
ent and a very interesting program
was rendered by the school, Mrs.
Martin will leave Tuesday for Kansas
to make that place her future home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Day and Miss Nora
Day attended the reception at the Bur-
ton home Sunday, given in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Burton
A.Wilkinson was in town on bust
ness Monday.
DR.. Terrence was in town on pro.
fessional business Monday.
Earl Myers was recently called to
Belknap by the serious illness of his
brother
w. S. Wellman is able to be around
again after short illness.
A telephone line will be established
through this section about March 1. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loran Shields are the
proud parents of baby boy.
Mrs. Fannie Haning visited Mrs. Su-
san Berry Monday.
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Hedrick.

Hedrick, Feb. 13.-Sam McWilliams
and wife departed tuesday for Califor-
MIA, where they will make their future
home. N. La Chapelle takes Mr.. Nc
Williams place in Hayan's lumber
yard.
Maude Sperling and Walter McClury
We're united in marriage at the home
of the brides parents south of town
Tuesday evening.
A. Jay Stump and wife of Ottumwa
were in town yesterday between
trains.
Hon. A. M. Utterback is moving his
family to the Dean property in the
northwestern part of town.
DR.. Eastburn reports a son at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Har-
mon. The little man arrived Monday.
Mrs. E. E. Phelps is much improved.
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Douds.

DOudS, Feb. 10. O. Stokes, now
a resident of this township, is visiting
with relatives and friends in this
neighborhood.
G. McGill was business visitor in
Ottumwa Monday and Tuesday.
o. A. HOFFMAN was in Kilbourne on
business Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wednesday, Feb. ~, the marriage of
Miss Bertha Morrow to Ben Over
turf took place at the home of
the brides parents, one mile west OF
town. The happy couple will make
their home on the farm of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Morrow
they expect to make their home in
Ottumwa after March l..
A very pleasant surprise party on
Tuesday was participated in by the
many friends of Mrs. George Camblin
on the occasion of her forty-sixth
birthday anniversary, at her splendid
home near town. Those present were
Mesdames John Walker Gilbert Nc
Gill, G. R. McCrary, w. R. Carson. Cy-
rus Greenfield, Albert Baldwin, Rich
ard Morrow, Fred Seamon, Irwin
Crane, A. L. Doud, Geo. Miller, Arthur
Morrow, Misses Stella Seimon, Bertha
Greenfield and Ossie Morrow, besides
members of the family.
Mrs. Rachel Channel an aged resi-
dent of this neighborhood. died Tues
day night at the home of her son, An
drew Channell, in Leando.
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Stockport,

Stockport.
Stockport, Feb. 13-The M. B..
church had four additions Sunday
morning.
w. II. Brewer was called to Okla
homa Friday by a telegram announc.
ing the sickness of his father.
A public hall will be built here in
the spring, 40xS0 feet, two story, the
upper story will be used by the /. O.
0. F. and K. P.'s for lodge purposes.
May Nixon died Tuesday with brain
fever. She only lived twenty-four
hours after taking sick. Rev. ]. H.
Decker conducted the funeral ser.
vices. ,IGft
The Stockport Gazette has changed
hands, G. P. Chapman, Joe Downward
and A. j. Oberge being the purchasers.
1t is understood the paper will be
continued and all Of the modern i'm
proyements will be attached to the
same.
Caleb Wheatley, an aged resident
of Cedar township, of Van Buren, coun-
lty, passed away February 8,
LACED SO years, at the home of his son,
Job Wheatley. Mr.. Wheatley was an
old resident of Van Buren, county ,hav-
| ing lived here ever since March, 1857.
He had many friends who regret sin
cerely to know of his death. The fun
eral services were held Thursday at
II o'clock at the Baptist church at
Hillsboro, of which he had been a life
long member. His remains were laid
to rest in the Hillsboro cemetery.
| The meetings at the Christian
church closed Sunday night with six
by letter.
Birmingham.
Birmingham, Feb. 13-Mr and Mrs.
Fl. l.. McGrew, Roy Moore, Mr. Muir,
j. G. Calhoun, of Keosauqua; d. w.
Brown and Rev. Fraker, of New Lon
don; Daniel Leppo and family, of Lib
ertyville, attended the funeral of Mrs.
Moore Sunday.
| d. G. Pettitt, of Keosauqua, was a
Sunday visitor in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Countryman and
Nellie, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred SpeIlman at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Milton
Chalfant, Mrs. Countrymans mother,
at Douds Thursday
Oscar Roberts and Emery Ebert
passed the required examination for
enlslLheHl III tue regular army and
left Saturday for San Francisco.
No new cases of measles are report
ed in town and the old cases are rap,
idly recovering.
| Mrs. d. H. Moore, who has been Sc
riously i'll for number of weeks, died
at 6 o'clock Friday evening and was
buried Sunday afternoon. Rev. Frak.
| er, of New London, conducted the fun.
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Wednesday having spent six weeks in
Indiana and Illinois. Mrs. Augs-
purger, mother of the groom gave a re-
ception for them on their return home
and fine time is reported.
Henry Blaugh, who has been visit
Ing relatives here and vicinity return
ed to his home in Fairfield last Mon
day.
Prof. G. N. spicer spent Saturday in
Bloomfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Merideth visited
their son, S. 0. Merideth. near Bloom
field Sunday.
Mrs. ]. w. Wray and Miss Effie
Brunk went to Ottumwa Saturday, re-
turning Sunday.
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Batavia.

Batavia, Feb. 13.-Mr and Mrs.
Frank Tinsley of Stockport visited ov-
er Sunday with friends here.
The revival meetings at the M. E.
church have been postponed on ac-
count of smallpox
Mrs. Nancy Dreamer, west of town,
moved to Agency last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lewis visited
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Tinsley of Stockport.
Miss Luvilla Copeland closed a sue
cessful term of school at County Line
last Friday.
A social dance was given at the
home of Pat Holland last Thursday
night. Those present enjoyed a very
pleasant time. Mr.. Holland expects to
move to Missouri soon. where he has
purchased farm. F. E. Ornduff will
move to the place vacated by Mr.. Hol-
land.
Mr.. Greasy has moved his family in
to the Joy property on Front street.
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North Fairview.

North Fairview. Feb. 1S.-George
Bartholomew returned from Illinois
one day last week.
Will Terrell passed through this vi
cinity Monday on business.
Mace Loveless made quick trip to
Libertyville Monday.
A. A. Nattingly is visiting with his
cousin, w. F. Swartz, at Libertyville.
There will be preaching at the Bap-
fist church Sunday by Rev. Megar.
Rabram Pearson had the misfortune
to lose his thumb last Wednesday ev-
ening by a gun exploding
High Miller's house burned down
Sunday evening. 1t was occupied by
Lou Jene Bishop.
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION.

At different times Congress has made energetic efforts
separate sheep the goats the mng muiues
from foreign domle the land the
home of the brave" Its abos marked by
originality albeit always controlled
by the the objects
by legislation the elimination of criminals and paupers and other o
onab characters 1t impossible of for the Legislative body
all the details Of the modus operand for the accomplishment of
what details necessarily be left the
the administrative departments of the government
Right here where the which usually
lean methods has failed the requirements of the
Whether the failure due the of the issued
the opacity Of the intelligence of those charged with the
landing question: nothing
certain bundered When
officers of the
the cabin marsed before them The
process through with passengers Ellis
Island And then find propoded these people ike these
cah7" Have you prison
afflicted nurable dease77 you
hereditary your faIniyq" And so forth and
Whether answered afirmavy negatively the replies these
show nothing the immigrants availability ad
population the United
able within the circle drawn by the and
will hesitate that will him through the
sensible method worth
desiring to this and that is by scrutiny through
United States nsu the shipping And that shall have
intend Objectionable
nent
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
FOREIGN NOMENCLATURE.

OIl has been making the statement that when nation wants
bap Objectionable thing she foreign He
asparagus which wed called
which is wholesome labeled French Like of
this possibly half right probably three
quarters n other words $ careless
the in France elsewhere this condition of
things certainly thing
determined their
United We find fur
carefully represented English, French,
find aces silks and other frppeies which
manufacture, but which
termed clothing advertised London made
when than Chicago Even the china
made Germany when morally
have originated, design and all, in this country.
This but silly. and silly
but bad possible end be served by spreading the i'm
preston nothing made America What possible
everybody
ambition of the manufacturer build for
himself cheap articles? Is he desirous
sinking identity the benefit of the German
T,nglis the French manufacturer?
The Washington times., 1902-08-18

paving for them or the monthly plan And when
they closed the deal they not required to pay
more than hundred dollars as q first payment
This system of selling small houses in the suburbs and
on car lines away from the business portion of the
city was not in vogue when / was young man. but
is of recent date. 1t is sign Of progress. It is
part of the evolution witness every day. Indeed
business methods have changed within the past
few wears tina; the ''odest inhabant" is inclined to
doubt everything he and hears. It's another vii
lage os Falling Waters.
Today f You are honest you purchase mod
est home and furnish it from top % bottom. own an
automobile, or ANYTHING else and YOU won't have to
give up than two hundred dollars cash, and the
balance is gradually wiped ont IN easy monthly pay
ments. Why, the young of today surely has no
to complain; his lot Is bed Of -cses as com
pared to that OF his father who had to pay cash for
everything get along the hest he coud on monthly
credits.
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
THE .'BOGlE MAN"
BY L. L.

Not long there appeared the police
begging and also terrifying children by teng them that
boge man., and would their heads off He
house for months frightening children
If soaring children msdemeano before the
good many respectable people who would
public expense.
This custom of securing the obedience of children by telling
bughear is which unworthy community,
guilty of ought be punished
will remember 1t the peiest cowardy kind
tyranny and there is justification for it anywhere
The imagination little child thing
sensitive than It's body and the whole susceptible perma
injury The suffering in
fcte the human through superstition ineacuab and
there practically superstition which would affect grown
whose imagination had been
nnen childhood When child brought people who
tell weird of apparons and ponts unusual for
gain perfect balance OF mind in after life.
There is however, people who honestly believe ghost
and witch tales which they tell before children though they might
true. be eonsidea of the feelings of the child But
and covardy practice of lying child filing its mind
horrible fances order obedience fear there
whatever and difficult feel the slightest respect anyone
guilty of such callous cruelty.
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
HOME BUYING
MADE EASY.
By ARMAT STODDART.

There is city of its size and population that Of
fers 50 many inducements to the young man or the
young for home buying asNVashington. The
competition among real estate agents and loan and
trust companies has become intense that you can
buy modest home for few thousand dollars or the
most reasonable terms, OF course, you cannot pur-
chase house in the fashionable part Of the city or in
the heart of the town on the nstament plan that is
to say, on the monthly npayins basis. But there
is end of six and room houses with all mod
ern improvements situated the car lines that can be
bought practically or Your own terms.
Any young man, holding thousand or twelve
hundred dollar position, marry and own his home
in few years provided. of course he is economical
and his wife good manager The money he would
pay for rent in a boarding house would be credited
toward the payment of his home and in few Years
lie would own piece Of property increasing in value
all the while as the city grows in population
There are many young of my acquaintance
who are today buying homes for their families and
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
OFFICE OF THE CHURCH BELL
IN THE CARS COUNTRY.

According to the London Globe, .
there is no ether country in the world
in which the church bell plays so prom
inent a part in the life OF the people as
Russia The ringing Of the church bell
is there national institution. like pub
lie speaking in England The tongue of
the man is simply replaced by the clap
per of the bell. In the majority of the
provincial cities in Russia there is prac-
tically no public life at all.
The inhabitants drag along from day
TO day their dull. hundrum, and petty
/ life as IL there were nothing else in the
world but their shops and their bed
rooms. No parliamentary elections. no
/ party politics. rouse their passions; no
theaters. no public or private Libraries
amuse them. Nay. not even book
| seller or newspaper stall. Only one
thing is there to awaken the imagina
/ tion and excite some public interest, and
that is the sornd of the church bell
And what a variety Of interest. what
fullness of emotions, does the Russian
church bell give, There is the everyday
ringing for morning and evening prayer,
there is the festival peal of the Sun
day, the solemn ringing at Christmas.
the incessGnt drone at Easter, the
abrupt banging at baptism, the gay
tinkling for a marriage, and the grave
and slow toll OF the funeral
Besides, there are many local holi-
days and other occasions when the
church bell is very busy. 1t summons
and awakens the sleepy population in
case n fire breaks out; it greets the
bishop or some other big ecclesiastical
or civilian dignitary on his arrival in
the city, and so on. Verify, in no other
country but Russia has the church bell
a right TO the inscription, 'vivos voco.
mortuos plango. fulgura FRANCO" that
adorns the bell in Schafhausen, and was
taken by Schiller as a motto for his
famous Song of the Bell
In western Europe the bell is usually
fixeti 20 beam. with which it circles
here and there. This system makes it
weight, and. besides. the double swing
ing of the bell and its clapper causes
a certain lack of clearness and dis
tinctness in the sound, and that is why
we find in some of the churches of west
ern Europe large bells which are like
giants WHO have lost their voice. Such |
for instance. is the so-called Kaiser |
glocke" of the Cologne Cathedral. which |
weighs twenty-six tons thirteen hun
dredweight. but never rings. The same |
fate shares the big Brunnen" OF the |
Notre Dame. in Paris. BY its swinging |
The Washington times., 1902-08-18

it has shaken almost the bell tower to
pieces. and since 1851 it has never been
used
Some of the church bells in Russia
Eave quite peculiar history There is,
/ for instance, the bell known as the
Exile Of Ooglich.' In 1881 this bell,
which used to hang in the Cathedral OF
ooglich, sounded the alarm when the
Czarcwich Demetrius was murdered.
For some inexplicable reason such an
alarm was held to be crime which
had 20 be punished. Accordingly. after
having been logged and deprived of tn.
top ring. the bell was exiled to To-
bolsk. in Siberia, where it was put up
in some obscure church. Only afte:
three centuries OF exile. and after many
petitions on the part of the people OF
Ooglich. this unfortunate bell returned
at last 10 its old quarters, to the Joy of
the new generation. Another bell, this
time from Moscow, was a century later
exilcG to the Korel Monastery in tha
north on account of having once rudely
awakened the Gar Theodor Alexeye-
WIN II Ou- a6IG GGdL4c
dream.
Certainly. all this sounds very ridicu-
lous and quite pfcposterous. And so it
is. But the Russians are an emotional
people, and are very much addicted to
symbolism. which. in some degree. ex-
plains these almost increditablc his
tcrical facts.
pf-f
privilege only of the Cars of Russia.
The ordinary people. on the contrary,
look up to the beIfry with the greatest
reverence and respect. The most popu-
lar way of msnifesting ones munii-
cence and religious fervor in Russia is
to present the church with a new bell,
and the greater and deeper the piety
the larger will be the bell. Some OF
the devout parishioners present even
bells OF silver or of bronze covered
with gold. Such a bell of silver has
been, for instance, presented to the
church which has recently been erected
in Borki in commcmoration o. the
Cars escape from death in the railway
catastrophe of the 17th of October 1888.
The Importance of the church bell in
the life OF the Russian people may be
also seen in the part it PLAYS in the
Russian national music. You will find
the church bell introduced in Glinkas
opera, Life for the Gar in Mus
sorgsky's opera. Boris Godunoy." or
his Night on the Bare Mountain" n
Borodin's Prince Igor" in Tchaikows-
ky's THE Year 1872" and in many
other works OF the best known national
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
Mr.. Pou's Maine Campaign.

Representative Pou, OF North Caro-
lima. is at the Barton. He will call at
the headquarters of the Democratic
Congressional committee today and
complete his arrangements for his cam
paign tour in Maine Mr. Pou will
make his first speech at Thomaston,
Maine, on the 20th inst He will make
a number of speeches during the cam
paign in the several Congressional dis
tric,s in the Pine Tree State.
Mr.. Pou. although serving his first
term in Congress. has made his mark
in the House as a ready and brilliant
cebater. During the last session he
made several speeches, one on the
trusts and one or the Philippines, that
were received with the greatest OF en-
thusiasm. The speeches were so strong
and clear that the Democratic COM
mittee IS sending them out as cam
laigu documents. In Mr.. Pou's opin-
ioS tho Democrats have the best of the
argument on the trusts, tariff and the
Philippines. which are the issues o.
the campaign. and he is confident the
Democrats will control te next House
by a safe working majority.
The Washington times., 1902-08-18
1T PAYS TO BE POLITE
By LULU III. HANCE.

1t pays one 10 he polite to all
with whom one happens to come
in contact. He who assumes an
austere, scornful mien disposes
himself TO malevolent sentiment.
Consequently, discourtcsy pro
duces two great evils, that Of de-
grading the mind of him who
eyinces it, and that of irritating or
affecting others. 1t is a great part
of politeness to tolerate with IN
defatigahle smile impoliteness in
others, but never in such a way as
that they may perceive they are
disagreeable to you. They would
simply detest you.
Old age always demands polite
ness from every well-bred person.
Even those who forget to practice
it are obliged to applaud it in
others. Some understand polite
ness, others practice it. IN order
to cultivate effectually this virtue
one should take his first lessons in
his own family. These who cou-
tract the habit of being impol;te
at home, generally continue to be !
impoIite in public. He who suf- |
fers himself to be the prey of I'M
politeness loses mitch of his por-
tion of happiness in this world.
What is politeness? Probably
the best answer would be the old
quotation, is 10 do and say the
kindest things in. .he kindest way"