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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19
Pulaski.


Pulaski, June 19.-W.J. Black made
a trip to Des Moines last week.
Miss Bertha Augspurger visited in
Bloomfield last week.
The Misses Alice and Mary Wright,
Of Pueblo, Col, are visiting relatives
at this place.
The Memorial services of the differ
ent lodges, which We're to have been
held here last Sunday, were called off
On account of the rain.
Miss Kate Andrews left for Nora
via last week where she expects to
remain for some time.
Prof. Akers and wife, of Birming-
ham, visited friends in Pulaski Mon
day. ~
Clod Powers closed his school at
Troy last Friday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19

Floris, June 19.-Charles Corner Wis
TIED friends here last Wednesday.
Cassie Hill returned Sunday morn.
ing from Gilman.
4. N. Conner and family left Tues
day for Keokuk, where they intend
making their future home.
The ice cream social given by the
Willing Workers Saturday evening
was success financially.
Rev. Broyle filled his regular an.
pointment at the Baptist church Sun
day and Sunday night.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19

WANTED-Youug lady to work in confec
tionery and ice cream parlor. For full
Information call OH or address John Shooise
Chillicothe, Iowa.
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WANTED.

WANTED-Good Iowa Land Agents-We
offer excellent inducements in the way of
Central Minnesota improved lands. Write us
for list and particulars. Litchfield Land Co..
Litchfield, MINI.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19

WANTED 8 young men from Wapel1o
County at once 10 prepare for Positions in
the Government Service. Apply to Inter State
Cores. lust. Cedar Rapids, Ia
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19
FOR SALE.

EOk SALE-Dairy farm-30O acres. we'll
watered; land i'll high state of cultivation;
barn G4x76: basement under whole building for
stock; good house, water, sewerage and fur
mace heat; hug house 2OM1U0; icehonse and cold
storage; this sa fine farm and will be sold
cheap; reason for selling. have taken logging
contract that will occupy my time for years.
For further particulars address L. S. Ham
mond, Eau Claire, Wis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19

BARGAINS in North Missouri land. i han
- die nothing but bargains III real estate.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Large farms SPEC.
ialty. Write me. ii. c. Butts, Chllicothe. Mo.
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FOE sAz.A--65 head of Shropshire sheep,
ewes and lambs, all good ones. Geo. M.
Leutner, Jr.. ottumwa. Iowa Route No. i.
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WANTpD-5o experienced steam power
sewing machine operators to sew on
oyeralis. Jackets, etc; steady work guaran-
teed. Finch. Young & Mcconyi1le, St. Paul,
MINI.
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Fox ~ALEi-North Dakota 1and-l75.JoD
acres Tile railway Land of sixteen towt-
ships Of land--ievel TO undula, ing-good soil
clay subsoli--wcl wttered-richly grassed--
mainly Buffalo grass. Good to retail into
farms ana ranches-$..2 an acre. Inquire of
S. II. Cary, Mandail, Mouth Dakota.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01

the Indians. A small body in low
state of culture would breed, interbreed
and eventually become extinct.
During the inter-glacial period, when
we suppose that the bed of Behring's
Sea was elevated, the climate was warm
enough to allow free emigration. AS
proof of this we have the tropical shells
found in Alaska which must have been
carried there by the japanese Stream.
The presence of a warm ocean current
would greatly modify the rigorous clim-
ate of Alaska. Still further, the fossils
of tropical palms and ferns found in
that region are absolute proof that there
was no climatic reason to prevent the
Mongolians from coming here.
Hence by these bare facts it seems
most probable that America and Asia
were at one time united at Behring's
Straits, and that successive migrations
of wandering Tartars invaded America
and formed the germ for new race.
This swarming back and forth was ap-
parently stopped by the formation of
glacier, and the submersion of the con-
Meeting land, thus cutting off further
immigration. The immigrants were
then left to wander as they pleased, and
to live as best they could. This lack of
intercourse with native Mongolians and
the necessity of adapting themselves to
the country, in countless centuries,
gradually changed the Tartar into
distinctive type which is now known as
the American Indian.
WILMOT r. EVANS, JR.,
Everett Republican" Everett, Mass.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
BIRDS AND FASHIONS.

We do not doubt that this dead
bird question will settle itself in
time, in the simplest way in the
world. Birds will simply go out of
fashion. All the lawmakers and or
nithologists can roar themselves
blind, and not a sparrow will fall
from woman's hat ; but let still,
small whisper be heard" Birds are
no longer worn"-and you will as
soon see woman wear blue overalls
as lid with fowl on it. We hope,
for the birds sake, the day may come
soon. And it is as likely to happen
one day as another. Nobody knows
who makes the laws for the women.
How long is it since they all had
holes in their ears, with gold and
precious stones dangling from them?
Yet you could look long time now
without finding woman with
pierced ears, and the young girls,
bless them, have never heard of that
savage custom. But when did their
mothers forsake it, and why, and
how did the idea strike them all
over the world at once, after they
had been boring their ears for thous-
ands of years?
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN
INDIAN.
INDIAN.

present Indian were the aboriginal in
habitants of America. This contention
is fairly we'll supported by the evidence
of unearthed skulls, bones, paleolithic
instruments, and petrified or dried hu-
man bodies. All these archaeological
relics lead to the conclusion that there
has been but one race of natives in
America despite the peculiarities of the
various Indian and Aztec tribes; this is
we'll attested by the school begun by
Lewis H. Morgan, and set forth in his
mastery essay called "Montezuma's
Dinner"
If we accept the hypothesis that all
the Indians came from a single root the
next step is to discover that root. OBJ
viously, the only way to find it is by de-
duction from the present evidences.
Many theories have grown up about the
Indian, some as plausible as the others
are absurd.
They could not have come from
Africa, because we find no lingering
acter. Further than this, there existed
no means by which the primeval Afri-
can could cross the stormy Atlantic.
Schools of European scientists have
tried to trace the origin of the Indian
to the Welsh, the Morse, the French,
and even to the Italians These are but
vague theories, which are unsupported
by even the most elastic facts. If there
were any race connection, it seems
probable that there would be some
physical similarity. Another class, in.
fatuated with Biblical teachings, hunt
in America for the lost tribes of Israel.
AS far as absolute facts are concerned,
this theory is product Of the magma
ton, without the slightest foundation.
A pretty example of evolution, from
Tubal to Sitting Bull That the Indians
are the remnants of lost Atlantis is
picturesque, fanciful and romantic, but
highly improbable.
The closest physical resemblance to
the present Indian is found in the ma
tives of northern China, and eastern
Siberia. The high cheek bones, and, in
fact, nearly all the physical and mental
traits in one, find faint counterpart
in the other. The fiexibility of the hu-
man body under climatic changes easily
accounts for this difference. If eau
casian, dwelling for few weeks under
the tropical rays of a southern sun, be-
comes darkened, it is not strange that a
Mongolian race, living for centuries in
the wilds of America, should repress
some of their old characteristics and de-
velop others more suited to their new
manner of living. The probability of
such change is explained by the the
ory of evolution According to the
slight resemblance between the Indian
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
Che Conservative.

uSCtlOu.
Manifestly, all theories which argue
that the originators of the Indian race
because the preponderance Of evidence
points to the conclusion that they came
here long before the era of boat-build-
ing. 1t is hardly plausible to say that
a people using unpublished stone imple-
ments were advanced enough to con-
struct sea-going vessels. Equally i'm
possible is it to maintain that horde of
savages could sail for days and days
across rough ocean on crude raft. In
proof of the length of time that the In
dians have been here, we point to the
fact that an enormous period must have
elapsed for the Indians to have changed
as radically from all known races as
they have done. The ancient paleolith
instruments hidden beneath an undis-
Jersey, prove that the Indians, or their
ancestors, were here long before any
means of navigation were known. The
difference in the Indian mode of living,
as shown by the tribal distinctions and
by the Aztec civilization, argue long
residence in America.
If, as is most probable to believe, the
ancestors of the Indians were Mongol-
ians, they evidently dwelt first on the
Pacific slope, and then spread about the
country. For the argument that Mon
golians were early inhabitants of Amer
lea there are many theories. One
theory, accounting for their arrival that
disabled junk would be carried by the
Pacific currents to the Californian
coast, is supported by about one hun
dred actual instances. This specula-
tion, however, is open to two vital OBJ
jections: first, small body, unpre-
pared for colonization, would have gone
wild and eventually become extinct,
rather than multiplied to great people.
Secondly, this theory furnishes no ex-
planation for the marked similitude of
flora of western America and eastern
| Asia.
The theory which is least vulnerable
is the supposition that during an inter
glacial period, band after band of Mon
golians crossed to America at Behring's
Sea. Biologists furnish proof that the
sea bed probably emerged at that time,
thus forming connecting isthmus be-
tween Asia and America. At present
Behring's Sea is very shallow at Beh-
rings Straits, averaging only about one
hundred and fifty feet in depth. This
supposition is the only plausible plan
which can account for the continental
connection which must have existed to
allow the plants of Asia to migrate to
America. Plants cannot swim or fly,
| thew muSt migrate by land Onlv nv
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
The Centennial safe.

Perhaps il viii be news to many read
ers Of the Journal, but there Is said to
be a big iron safe in washington City
under the rotunda OF the capitol that will
be opened on the s1st Of December. 1876. a
hundred years after it was locked and
closed at the Philadelphia Centennial ex-
position. There are pictures of Lincoln
painted on the safe. an album of photo
graphs and autographs OF prominent men.
placed inside: a silver inkstand and two
pens. presented by Henry w. Longfellow.
There is another peculiar album in the
safe Just below the signature Of a sup
posed great man, a blank line IS left.
where the lineal descendant is TO inscribe
his name when the safe is opened.
The foreign ministers signed in an al
bum also There are autographs and pho
tographs Of al the presidents Of the Uni
ted States from 1775 10 1876. Also an
other OF judges of supreme court. cabinet
officers, president Of senate and pro tenn;
speaker OF the house with the six long
est service senators and house members.
This was the program announced when
the centennial exposition was in fun blast,
and I am curious TO know II the safe is
really in place under the rotunda. VIII
not some OF our many enterprising visitors
look out for It when they go to Washing
ton city on . sight seeing exposition?
It was reported at the time that the safe
was given by generous Peter Cooper Of
New York city. one OF the greatest phil
anthropists this country ever produced.
Perhaps no man ever did more for the
welfare Of his fellow men, according to
the size of his fortune at the time than
generous Mr.. Cooper.
There will be few. IL any, Of the people
who projected this centennial safe affair
to be present at the hundred year open
ing
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
Va Tlme "Reminiscences.

ELERION. Ca
Dear Hrs. FELTON,: Your country home
department in The Semi-Weekly Journal
Is thoroughly enjoyed by every member
Of or household. Your editorial In last
Thursdays paper on Wartime Dresses
was especially interesting. and your sug-
gestlon that personal accounts OF the pri-
vatfons and wonderful management Of the
southern women in their every day life
during that trying period be sent 10 you.
ought 20 strike a responsive chord in all
loyal southern hearts. IL IS a great mis-
fortune that a history OF those times
could not have been preserved. but IL IS
too late for that now. or course. Il IS an
Acknowledged fact 20 every one that the
women OF the Confederacy were as great
heroines as tho women % the Revolution
Ny own recoliectlons OF war times are
rather limited. as I was n little girl then.
but my mother IS indeed one OF the old
veterans. and Is as unrecOnstructed as
you or dear old Bill Arp"
She was left az home on the plantation
IN charge Of a family OF three girls and
two boys. enc OF them an invalid. togeth-
or with two notherless nieces. and a cul-
tured young lady who lived with us IN the
capacity OF lnstructress and friend. Five
OF these girls were grown. and the inven-
tive talents employed by them I'm prepar-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
Did Gen. WashIngton's Lady-LoVe
Marry a British offieer7
The following explains itself:
Talhofton Ga Sent. g. 100

Talbotton. Ca, Sept. s, 1902.
Mrs. W. II. FELTON,: Is there any truth
in the statement that Gen. George Wash
ington vas rejected by a wealthy
LADY OF Virginia, who after that, ac-
cepted the hand Of a British officer and
he afterwards asked congress to confis-
cate her property; she then being in SYM
patty with British government?
Answer through Journal.
II the General did court the lady who
afterwards married a British officer-he.
and the rest of use might well calculate.
Good riddance."'
General Washington's wife-the widow
Custis-died at Mt. Vernon some years af-
ter the Generals death. remember be-
ing told that her grief and loss was
so great that she occupied a room on
second floor where a window gave her a
sight OF her husbands grave continually.
saw the bed she slept on and various
things she used in the Mt. Vernon home.
Thackeray's ''virginians " touches upon
the love affairs OF General, then Colonel
Washington about the time of Braddock's
defeat.
When General Braddock led British SOL
diers into the wilderness to fight savages.
everybody was loyal to the British govern
ment at that period.
Possibly the story OF Washington's early
loves and the lady's choice of a British
officer occurred about that time.
II General Washington had ever acted
ugly towards any|body-men or women
we may be sure his critics and enemies
would have exploited the fact TO his in
jury.
But this story Is news TO me. and II
there are any reasons for fits credibility,
IL would be well perhaps to have the facts
appear. The truth wrongs nobody.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
White of Egs-A Popular Remedy.

How times change and remedies change with
therni. About twenty-three or twenty-fOur years
ago / nursed a long and very critical case Of
typhoid fever. For twenty days the fever held
or the patient growing weaker every day,
temperature rarely below los. often above that
figure. Delirtum and double vision attended the
disease. A time came when nourishment was
imperative 20 sustain the depressed vitality,
and we altcrnatcd with beef tea and egg-nog
every hour for weeks together.
ION no account use the white Of the e-g,
cautioned the doctor and consulting practitiou-
er. Use the yolk OF the egg. beat 70 a foam.
add pinch OF sugar. add four tablcspoonfuls Of
sweet cream and a teas9oonful OF good brandy
and give one tablespoonful OF the mixture every
hour" We kept the eggnOg ice made a
fresh twice in the day and made no of the
whites OF the eggs. they were considered
indigestible or entirely unsuitable for such
a critical case Of fever.
Today In reading a medical journal published
In Michigan I discover that the raw white Of
eggs Is the brag treatment In critical typhoid
fever.
The physicians we dealt with were among the
best OF Washington city at the time and the
symptoms and condition Of The patient were
hulletined more than once day. but the doc
tors were torment the white OF an egg In critical
illncss.
The Michigan Journal tells OF white OF an erg
aid lemonade for nutrative drink in such
wasting diseases. Two lemons. the white Of two
eggs, a rint of boiling water and LOAF sugar TO
taste. The boiling water Is poured on the
lemon with two humps OF loaf sugar. then the
water Is strained OF when cool. To this water
Tire whites are addcd and slowly beaten. an to
be strained through Muslin and given cold.
Some OF our best physicians feed tecthing sick
children on white or eEs - remedy FOR. second
summer complaint. The white Is on top now
and the yellow Is In disfav0r.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

ing to take him to American"
THAT I may not tell"
when do you sail. and in what ves-
sel?'
These matters also may not tell''
This man is a kidnapperi" the old no
bic cried. bringing out his sword with a
hiss. But PHILIPPE held his arm.
Among things permitted to you" said
Philippe, perhaps you will take oath
re boy is not Bourbon
Belienger shrugged and waved his
hands.
GU admit that he isg"
st admit nothing. monsieur. These are
days in which we save our heads as well
as we can. and admit nothing
IF we had never seen the, dauphin. we
should infer that this is no common child
you are carrying away so secretly, bound
by so many pledges A man like you,
trusted with an important mission, nat
urally rnagnines It, You refuse to let
US know anything about this AFFAIR.""
I am simply obeying orders. monsieur"
said Bellenger humbly. 1T is not my
affair"
You are better dressed, more at ease
with the world than any other refugee
have seen since we came out Of France.
Somebody WIN has money is paying TO
have the Co., placed in SAFETY. Very
well. Any country but his own is good
country for him now. Ny uncle and
will not interfere. We do not understand
But liberty of any kind is better than i'm
prisonment and death. You can of course
evade US. ut give you notice shall
look for this boy in America, and II you
take him elsewhere shall probably find
H. out.
America is large country" said Bel
lenger, smiling.
He took the boy by the hand, and made
his adieus. The old De Terrier deeply sa-
luted the boy and slightly saluted his
guardian. The other De Ferrier nodded.
I'VE are making mistake, .Philippe!''
said the uncle.
+ Let him co. said the nephew. He
will probably slip away at once out Of St.
Bartholomew's. We can do nothing until
we are certain Of the powers behind him.
Endless disaster to the child himself
might result from our interference. II
rFrance were ready now to take back her
king. would she accept an imbecile?"
The old De Terrier groaned aloud
'Belienger is not a bad man." added
Philippe.
! Eagle watched her playmate until the
closing gate hid him from sight She re-
mernbered having once implored her nurse
for small plaster image displayed in a
shop. It could not speak, nor move, nor
love her in return. But she cried secretly
all night to have 1t In her arms, ashamed
of the unreasonable desire. but conscious
that she could not be appeased by any
thing else That plaster image denied to
her symbolized the strongest passion of
her life.
The pigeons wheeled around ST. Bats
tower, or strutted FURNISHED on the wall.
The bell. which she had forgotten since
sitting with the boy in front of the
blacksmith shop. again doomed out its
record of time; though 1t seemed to Eagle
that long, lonesome period Ike eternity
had begun.
To be continued.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13

ing their wardrObes were pathetic ana IN
genious. Old hats were ripped up and
made over in new shapes, every scrap
OF ribbon was treasured, recieahed ana
pressed many times. Their homespun
dresses were subjects OF much thought.
/ remember some specially admired sam
mer dresses that were woven very thin,
and trimmed In Eourd covered buttons
and red cords. Their hest stockings and
gloves were knit by my oldest sister OF
fine cotton thread mixed with silk The
old black silk scraps were picked up fine
and canded with the cotton. The best
shoes were made by a country shoemaker
OF deer skin that my father killed on
the Savannah river, near which we hVeq
at that time. There were good many
deer In the vicinity. and deer hunting was
a favorite sport with the wealthy plan
tiers OF the neighborhood.
This deer skin was tanned and nicely
blacked. Those shoes were taken care
Of and lasted long time. Our every day
shoes were coarse and made of red
leather. The old man was hired by the
Job to make shoes for the family and ne
groes. The best OF everything was for the
soldiers. II there was a little sugar, some
thing was made OF IL to send 10 the absent
one who was at the front. If a little coffee,
Il was parched and ground TO put in the
box that the trusted man servant was
sent home TO carry back TO his master,
and we drank our rye and parched potato
tea without a murmur.
Besides my father and young brother
my mother had three soldiers to provide
for: every garment they had was spun
wove and made-every sock knit. But one
Of the poor fellows ever came home.
hope many will respond to your in
vitation and let US know something OF
their war experiences. My mothers remin-
fscences sound like fairy tales to her
grandchildren.
I want to thank you, dear Mrs. FELTON,,
for your many helpful, cheering words TO
lonely country women. While we have
many pleasures, and much to be grateful
for, in some respects. our lives are mar
row and our social facilities limited. Very
truly, A COUNTRY WOMAN.