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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-22
Keokuk District Conference OF
Methodist Church in Centerville.
MANY ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Pastors and Lay Delegates From All
Churches in District Are Expected
Church Members Making Arrange
n1ents for Ample Entertainment.

CenCerVllle, july lS.-ArrangementS
are being made by the members of the
Methodist Episcopal church for the en-
tertainment of the delegates to the
Keokuk district, which will be held in
this city August 5, 6 and z.
There will be about Is to 100 visit
Ing ministers and laymen present as
delegates, besides the usual number
OF conference workers. The Metho-
dists of this city will entertain the
delegates and the entire city will ex-
tend a cordial welcome to all. The fol-
lowing is the program for the confer
ence:
Tuesday Afternoon and Evening.
Opening services, business. Report
and address of presiding elder.
Love feast and communion.
Social hour.
Praise and prayer services, J. H.
Dimmitt.
Sermon, Prayer" ]. F. Barnett.
Concluding service, w. S. Gardner.
Wednesday Morning.
Preachers hour.
Devotions.
Business: Report of pastors, local
preachers and exhorters.
Ten minute addresses
Missionary work in Sunday school,
]. 3. Corley.
Missionary prayer meeting, l. o.
Kemble.
Relation of the benevolent enter
prise to the spiritual life of the church,
j. A. Sinclair.
Why were the early disciples so con-
tinuously successful in winning the
people to Jesus, G. l.. Minear.
General discussion of above themes
led by ]. w. Porter
Wednesday Afternoon and Evening.
Devotions, f. E. Edwards.
Business.
Twenty minute addresses: Metho-
dist Episcopal church
(a) Her Polity, L. Ingham.
OBJ Bible Doctrines Emphasized by
Her, G. H. Welin.
Co Her Declaration on the Mode of
Baptist, Scriptural and Reasonable,
w. r. jeffrey, Jr.
General discussion of the above
themes led by E. J. Shook.
Praise and prayer service, E. ].
Smith.
Address, ]. w. Hancher, d. D., pres.
ident Iowa Wesleyan, Mt. Pleasant.
Thursday Morning.
| Deyotions.
Business.
Open door emergency movement OF
the church
(a) Duties of the presiding elder.
(b) Duties of the pastors.
(c) General discussion.
| Closing exercises.
Conference Notes.
Let every member come prepared to
report.
The Thursday morning meeting will
be of special Importance to every
member Of the conference.
Every pastor is expected to notify
Immediately every other member Of
the conference within his charge Of
the time and place of this meeting.
| The district conference shall be com
posed Of the travelling ministers, the
local preachers, the exhorters and the
district stewards, together with one
Sunday school superintendent of al
Epworth League chapter and one elias.
leader from each pastoral charge il
| the district
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spending few days with Humeston
friends.
Conductor T. G. Bell of Derby ras
returned to his home in Lincoln, Ne
braska after a pleasant visit with his
parents.
Lloyd Mitchell has returned to Kan
Hsas City, after visit in Union town.
ship with, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j. M. Mitchell.
Miss Ethel and Lee Bartholomew
left last evening for a visit with their
brothers in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Love Proctor came today from
Clyde, Missouri, for visit with her
motler,t Mrs. Anna Sullivan.
The Misses. Maggie and Anna BEEN
have returned from a visit at Somerset
With Miss Elizabeth Wadsworth.
Rev. ]. Fl. Aughey will go to Lucas
this evening, where he will preach at
the Presbyterian hcurch tomorrow.
Will McDougall arrived home today
from Monmouth, Illinois, and will
spend the balance of his vacation with
hi;; parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Nc
Dougall.
Robert Downward is having to carry
his arm in sling, from the effects of
a bone felon on his thumb.
THE Young Man and Christ" will
be Rev. Henry's theme at the st. An
drews'' Episcopal church tomorrow ev.
ening.
Mrs. CT. Brant gave a party yes
terdsy. in honor of her daughter, Mrs.
May Hoppins of New York City. She
is spending few weeks here with her
parents
A. o. Palmer left last evening for
his home in Burlington, VT, after a
pleasant visit with relatives and
friends.
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A Champion Healer,

Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in
the world, cures cuts, corns, burns,
boils, ulcers, sores and piles or no pay.
Csc. +. B. Clark.
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Preparations Being Made to Hold a
Most Successful Summer School
Other Events and Happenings in
Davis County Capital.

Bloomfield, July 19.-The Davis
county normal institute will be held
at the public school building, begin
ming Monday. August IL, at 1 o'clock
p M, and closing August %. The OBJ
ject of the session will be improve
ment in methods of teaching rather
than preparation for examination.
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If fortune has played thee false to.
day, do thou play true for thyself to.
morrow.
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milwaukee People
Could Hardly Believe 1t. "A
Prominent Woman Saved From
Death by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

DEAR Mas. PIsKHAM:-I suppose a
large number of people who read Of
my remarkable cnreewill hardly believe
it j. had.I not experienced it myself, I
know, that should not,
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EIdon.

Eldon, July 1s.-Miss Hattie Deford
left last night for an extended visit in
Chicago, Ill.
Walter Lafferty of Eddyville was an
Eldon visitor yesterday.
The river rose eighteen inches last
night.
Mrs. c. A. Owens is on the sick list
this week.
Preston Craig of ST. Joe, is visiting
with his sister, Mrs. Hagg.
Mrs. Job Hoyland and son Eddie re-
turned to their home in Ottumwa af-
ter a pleasant visit with Mrs. Thomas
Wood.
Mr.. Grimstead of Des Moines was an
Eldon visitor yesterday.
Roy Minor of Ottumwa, who has
been visiting here for the past couple
of days returned to his home today.
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
easiest to use. With them there is no
muss or complicated process. Boiling
the goods for half an hour is all there
is to it, They are simple, safe, sure.
Sold by druggists, loo package.
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There is no cell SO dark that it can.
not be penetrated by the Roman can
die of kindness.
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Stops the Cough and Works OF the
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price rs cents.
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A WELL KNOWN ALBANY MAN
Recommends chamberlain's Collie,
cL,iar, ard Diarrhoea RenoAav

Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
About eighteen months ago Mr.. w.
S. Manning, of Albany, N. Y, widely
known in trade circles as the repre-
sentative of the Albany Chemical Co.,.
was suffering. from aprotracted attack
of diarrhoea. Il tried Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy," he says, "and obtained immedi-
ate relief. l .cheerfully recommend
this medicine to those similarly af.
ficted." Sold by all druggists.
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Eddyville.

Eddyville, July 19.-An alarm of
fire was turned in from the south part
of town at 4:45 p. m. Wednesday.
The new chemical fire engine was
run cut of the city hall in double.
quick time and the fire laddies and
other bystanders mounted on the fire
wagon, were soon speeding on their
way to the fire, but owing to a break.
down they failed to get closer than
three blocks to the conf1agration. The
breakdown was caused by the rear
axle not being strong enough for such
a heavy load. SO many being on the
vehicle that it caused the rear axle
to bend till the tops of the wheels
rubbed the sides of the wagon and i'm.
peded further progress. The fire prov,
e5 to be in the roof of the residence
Of John Bower, at the extreme edge OF
town near the Ottumwa road, but by
the assistance of the neighbors and
others it was soon extinguished with
buckets. 1t is thought to have caught
from a spark from the stove pipe
The damage will amount to SIS. The
Eddyville fire department made one or
two runs prior to this, but on former
occasions the laddies pulled the engine
by hand and all walked, while this
time they had a team attached and all
rode, so that on former occasions the
str ength of the vehicle was not as
completely tested as this last time.
Mrs. NJ A. Lester will soon re-shin.
gle and re-paint her residence on Sec.
ond street. The residence occupied
by Mrs. Oscar Johnson, near the park,
and ]. L. Myrick's residence, north.
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Do not waste time in useless regre5s
over losses.
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BIakesburg.

Blakesburg, July 18.-John Seybold
of Kansas is visiting old friends in
Blakesburg.
David Jay sold house and lot on
the East Side to J. H. Braden recently
from Illinois. 1t is said that J. H.
Braden will locate here
Nelson Derby and Mrs. Peck have re.
turned from Kansas where they attend.
ed the funeral of their brother, John
Derby. They report that Homer Der.
by who also went west is very sick.
T. F. Blake has sold part of his
farm adjoining town to his son, Lewis.
Fletcher Blake will build a neat
house on South street this fall.
The big Four" old settlers meet.
ing this year will be in the Blake grove
adjoining town, August Is. This will
be on the ground entered by T. Blake
the man who laid out the first part OF
Blakesburg. Several additions have
been added since the forties, until now
it is beautiful town, full of good peo-
pie and full of business.
Those attending normal at Ottumwa
from this section are Gonna Peck, Nola
Odenbaugh, Clara Miller, Bertha Upp
Jennie Berry Gussie Burgason, Clara
Abegg, Ada Burgason, Bffie Reading
Harold Berry, Hester Glover, Bessie
Bells.
John Aliens father and mother o
Bladensburg are visiting the family
this week.
Mrs. Lib Connors and Mrs. Nan Peck
went to Nebraska and secured quar-
ter section of land, each as soldiers
Widows homestead. r. ~.
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~ y MARK.
Mark, July 18.-As Fred Acton was
driving home from church Sunday
evening his horse become frightened
and ran away. No serious damage
was done.
H. H. Cesil is on the sick list.
One of James Flanagan's little boys
was climbing over a rail fence and the
top rail slipped, throwing the boy off
and breaking his arm in three places.
He is doing as well as could be ex-
pected at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Wood have a
new girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Spilman visited
at their daughters, Mrs. Mrs. Dora
Spurgeon, Wednesday.
The M. w. AS. of Mark met Tues.
day night. The camp here has about
sixty members.
J. E. Brake made business trip to
Lancaster, Mo, Wednesday.
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keOS auQua,

Keosauqua. July 1S.-Miss Phyllis
Roberts has returned to her home in
this place after several days visit
with friends in Doud's station and vi
cinity.
Jno. S. Robertson Of Mt. Pleasant
was a recent business visitor in Keo-
sauqua. Mr.. Robertson moved from
this county to Mt. Pleasant last spring.
Harold Wilson, who has been clerk
ing in a store at Charlton for several
months. has, returned to his home in
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The Instructors.

The following corps of instructors
have been secured: Ira S. Condit OF
Cedar Falls, Walter S. Athern of Des
Moines, S. A.. Power of Coon Rapids,
and Ed. R. Collins, c. w. Ramseyer
and Miss Carrie Davies of this city.
The latter will instruct the music
class. The utmost care and fore.
thought is being expended on the plans
for the coming term which it is hoped
will he even more successful and profit.
able than in the years that are past.
Barbour County index., 1902-02-05
OUR DUTY TO CUBA.

The peace of Cuba is necessary to
the peace of the United States; the
health of Cuba is necessary to the
health of the United States; the inde-
pendence of Cuba is necessary to the
safety of the United States. The same
considerations which led to the war
with Spain now eequire that COM
mercial arrangement be made under
which Cuba can live.-Secretary Roots
Report.
1 most earnestly ask your attention
to the wisdom, indeed, to the vital
need, of providing for substantial
reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban
imports into the United States. Cuba
has in her Constitution affirmed what
we desired, that she should stand, in
international matters, in closer and
more friendly relations with us than
with any other power; and we are
bound by every consideration of honor
and expediency to pass commercial
measures in the interest of her mate.
rial well-being. = President Roose.
velt's Message.
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A LIFE THOUGHT.

Remember the Burden, the Duty, the
lesson of each Day"
Life is to do the will of Cod
Life, wondrous. changing, tieeting ah,
wherefore is 1T ours,
With all its solemn mysteries and varied
wealth of powers?
These hearts that beat so wildly that
thrill with joy and pain,
Those souls with restless longings the far
off to attain
List to the sweet sure answer from out our
Fathers Word,
Life has this holy service: ITO do the will
of Cod
For every earnest spirit seeking the heav-
emily way,
A Burden, Duty, Lesson come with each
passing day.
The Burden sometimes heavy, weighed
down, with cares and fears,
Calls from our souls and others, ofttimes
with falling tears;
Yet borne with faith and patience, still
struggling bravely On,
And looking ever upward, the victory shall
be won..
The golden light Of morning shines DER the
wakened earth,
And with ei III passing moment Duty has
its birth
TO speak sweet words Of kindness, to strive
by acts of love
To make the earth-home happy, glimpse
of home above,
Well TO improve the talents our Father has
bestowed,
And walk in His dear footsteps, whose life
was doing good.
The shades of evening gather soft as a
spirits tread,
Amid the tender cleaning our thoughts
are backward led;
The Day has taught--its Lesson, the soul
in silence reads
The lines of loving kindness whittier our
Father leads;
And thus the wondrous teachings of Life's
mysterious way
Lead TO the open vision of Heavens clear
shining day.
-Phebe A. Holder, in United Presby yterian.
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FROM SASKATCHEWAN, WEST.
ERIN CANADA.

In letter written from Prince AL.
bert, Saska tchewan, one of the dis
tricts of Western Canada, by Henry
Laughin to DR.. C. L. Field, of Chase,
Michigan, and which appeared in the
Reed City (Michigan) Clarion" ap-
peared the following:
"1f any one should ask you how 1
like it up here, tell them am perfect
ly well satisfied; for me it is Just the
place. 1 have as good a piece of land
as ever laid out doors. Wouldn't ex-
change it for the whole of Lake county,
or at least the township of Chase.
"Of course 1 have not been here
very long, but as much of the country
as 1 have seen, it cannot be beat any
where. We had as good crops here last
fall as l ever saw, and everything gets
ripe in good shape. We had as good
ripe potatoes as 1 ever ate in nv life.
There is no better place for stock on
the continent than here. Horses and
cattle will do as good running out all
winter here, as they do where they are
fed all winter there. Have built me
residence and now all 1 want is a wife
to keep house for me. / have some
breaking already done onmy place. but
next summer l intend to have more
done and then l will be ready for busi-
ness.
1--WE have had very fine winter so
far. 1t has not been much below zero,
If any, except about week in the mid
die of November. 1t has been quite
cold the past day or two. We are in
log shanties, and they are just mud
died up on the outside, and nothing has
frozen on the inside as yet. There is no
wind or rain, just nice steady weather
all the time"
Apply to any agent of the Canadian
Government.
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DISTANT RUMBLES.

Norway exports four-ffths of its
dried and salted cod.
Tea consumed in England is sub
Jected to duty of IL cents per
pound.
AS consequence of artificial prop
agation, the yield of cod in the coast
al waters between Maine and New
Jersey has in ten years increased so
per cent.
Three hand-cuffed native convicts
jumped off a mail train in Bengal
while it was going at 40 miles an
hour. Two Sikh warders jumped
after them. Two of the convicts were
killed and one of the warders injured.
Barbour County index., 1902-02-05

Phorenice's divan and eat my meat
out of her dish.
There is no stint to the honor the
empress puts upon me-" L said, as 1
knelt down and took my seat.
She gave me one of her queer, side
long looks. 'Deucalion NAV have
more beside, if he asks for it prettily
He may have what all the other men
N the known world have sighed for.
and what none of them will ever get.
But l have given enough of my own
accord; he must ask me warmly for
those further favors."
81 ASK" I said, "first, that / may
sweep the boundaries clear of this
rabble which is clamoring against the
city walls"
"Pah!" she said, and frowned.
"Have you appetite only for the
sterner pleasures of life? My good
Deucalion, they must have been rus
tic folk in that colony of yours.
Well, you shall give me news now of
the toothsomeness of this FEAST
Dishes and goblets were placed be-
fore us, and we began to eat, though
had little enough appetite for
victual so broken and so highly spiced.
But if this fnicking cookery and these
luscious wines did not appeal to me,
the other diners in that gorgeous hall
appreciated it all to the full. They
sat about in groups on the pavement
beneath the Hght-jets like tangle
of rainbows for color, and according
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Is DIABETES CURABLE7

Halo, Ind, Jan. 27th.-In answer,
Mrs. L. c. Bowers of misplace has this
to say:
81 had Kidney Trouble which, neg
lected, finally ran into Diabetes; my
teeth all got loose and part of them
came out; Ipassed from one-and-a-half
to two gallons of water in twenty
four hours, and such burning sensa-
tion attended it that / could hardly
bear it. lost forty pounds in flesh
and was very much discouraged.
"Two doctors treated me and took
every Kidney Medicine I could hear of,
but got no relief whatever from any
thing till began to use Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Seven boxes of this remedy drove
away every symptom I have men,
toned.
Barbour County index., 1902-02-05
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

The rates of illegitimate births In
some foreign cities are: Vienna and
Prague, 80 per cent; Stockholm, 30;
Paris, 20; Munich, 26; Copenh gen.
25; ST. Petersburg, "a; Madrid, %;
Dresden 20: Rome. IS: Berlin. Is.
In 1900 there were in the United
States 373 boiler explosions by which
26S persons were killed and $50
wounded In Great Britain, during
the same period. only "a persons were
killed and 65 wounded by boiler expio-
sionS.
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3 3 The . .
Lost Continent
By CUTCLIFFE HYNE.
Pub by Harper Bros Copyright i9Ot by Cutclis lyme
CHAPTER V.
Pub BY Harper Bros Copyright iso by cutcffs Hyn,
ZAEMON'S CURSE.

1t appeared that for the present, at
any rate, Twas to have my residence
IN the royal pyramid. The glittering
cavalcade drew up in the great paved
square Which lies before the building,
E and massed itself in groups. The
mammoth was halted before the door
way, and when a stair had been
brought, the trumpets sounded, and
we three who had ridden in the gold
Ell half-castle under the canopy of
snakes, descended to the ground
1t was plain that we were going
from beneath the open sky to- the
apartments which lay inside the vast
stone mazes of the pyramid, and,
without thinking, the instinct of GUS
tom and reverence that had become
part of my nature caused me to turn
to where the towering rocks of the
Sacred Mountain frowned above the
city, and make the usual obeisance,
and offer up in silence the prescribed
prayer.
She said to me: Come" and, turn
ing to the doorway, cried for en-
trance, giving the secret word ap-
pointed for the day. The ponderous
stone blocks which barred the porch
swung back on their hinges, and with
stately tread she passed out of the
hot sunshine into the cool gloom be-
yond, with the fan-girl following
decorously at her heels. / too went
inside the pyramid, and The stone
doors, with n sullen thud, closed be-
hind us.
We did not go far just then. Pho
renice halted in the hall of waiting
How we'll [ remembered the place,
with the pictures of kings on its red
walls, and the burning fountain of
earth-breath which blazed from a ret
of bronze in the middle of the floor
ing and gave it light. The old
king that was gone had come this far
of his complaisance when he bade me
farewell as l set out twenty years be.
fore for my viceroyalty in Yucatan.
But the air of the hall was different
TO what it had been in those .old
days. Then it was pure and sweet.
Now it was heavy with some scent,
and l found it languid and. oppressive.
Il am told you are a pretty fight
err said she. well, 1 hold some
small skill in arms myself, and have
conceit that / am something of a
judge. Tomorrow we will take a
taste of battle together. But to-day
l must carry through the honorable
reception 1 have planned for you,
Deucalion. The feast will be ready
soon, and you will wish to make
ready for the feast There are cham
bers here selected for your use, and
stored with what is needful. Ylga
will show you their Places
We waited, the fan-girl and I, till
Phorenice had passed out of the glow
of the lght-jet, and had lett the hall
OF waiting through doorway among
the shadows of its further angle, and
then (the girl taking lamp and lead
ing) we also threaded ou. way