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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25
LOOT PosToFFlcE.

Unknown Robbers Secure $500 in
Stamps and Money at Parkersburg.
Mason City, Dec. 23.-(Special) -
The postoffice at Parkersburg was rob-
bed last night. Stamps and money to
the amount of $500 were taken. There
days clue to the robbers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS.
Iowa Couple Celebrating their Golden
Weddinu TODAY,

Keokuk, Dec. Especially Mr..
and Mrs. John Mattern of Donnellson,
Lee county, are celebrating today their
golden wedding, having been married
at Quincy. ILL.,, on December 23, 1852
The day was celebrated at their home
and all of the ten children born to
them were present.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25
WARRANT FOR PueILlsT.

Police Want "kid Mccoy on a
Charge of Larceny.
New York, Dec. 23.-Captain Titus
has sent an order for the arrest of
Norman Selby, pugilist known as
kid Mccoy" on the charge, of grand
larceny. 1t is charged he took $1,000
from David Lamar, broker.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25
ILLINOIS MAN A SUICIDE.
:. p. Bowdish of Elburn Kills Himself
in MarcelIine Hotel.

Marcelline, Mo-, Dec. &c. P. Bow
dish of Elburn. Ill, shot and killed him
self in the Central hotel yesterday. He
had $685. in his pockets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25
MASONIC TEMPLE BURNS.

Incendlary Fire at Beatrice, Neb.,
Causes Loss Of $4,000
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 23.-The Ma
sonic temple block was burned this
morning with loss Of 100000 by a
fire which was of incendiary origin.
1t burned from 2 until o'clock,
threatening the surrounding buildings,
but they were saved without serious
loss.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
archaeological Remnants
Il Of an Oyster Supper

West Franklin. Me-. July "A
month ago Capt. Harold Harrison sold
out controlling share in his ship and
returned to his farm near the village
TO try his luck in making butter and
breeding trotting horses. Among the
first tasks to be undertaken was the
removal Of some unsightly boulders
from the back pasture lot. Capt. Har-
olson had a faint memory Of hearing
his grandfather tell him that one Of
these boulders had fallen to his pasture
from the sky in 1899. and It was partly
TO investigate this stone that he under
took clearing up operation in the
heated season.
The men worked for several days
before they unearthed the alleged me-
teor. When II was exposed to view
they found II had q metallic glaze on
the surface, so that nothing but dia-
mond drill could penetrate to the in
side. After a week OF hard drilling
dynamite was inserted and the stone
was split into a score Of pieces.
While Capt. Harrison is not a geolo-
gist, he believes that the story his
grandfather told him was true. The
outside Of the stone to depth Of nearly
foot Is composed Of nickel steel, so
hard that little rust has penetrated
beyond an inch or two. Inside this
steel crust is flinty schistose ledge,
very hard and crusted on the outside
with minute brilliants. Below are
some Of the strangest fossil remains
that have yet come to light.
The schist matrix contains a large
bed OF oyster shells, which have been
shucked out and lie in heap on one
side. Nearby are articles which resem-
BILE bowls Of crockery, badly rusted
and crumbling. but still retaining their
original shape. Near the bowls are
several implements made Of silver.
which look very much like ordinary
dessert spoons, and close at hand are
| fossil remains OF what seem TO be eX-
tinct oyster crackers and cucumber
| pickles.
This has caused Capt. Harrison Ia
believe that he has made a most i'm
portant scientific discovery. He has
decided that he has unearthed the pal.
Genealogical remnants OF a church
oyster supper, which was given Oh
some planet extinct ages ago. His
theory is that a swift comet or other
cosmic wanderer struck the planet al
the time the church supper was ready
| TO be served. smashing the orb into
millions of fragments and sealing VI
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

Feller got line an cent an bumped
1t daOwn the road,
An jigged the cent acrost the fence
where Uncle Cephas hOed.
Uncle Cephe put on his specs an
when he seed the cent
He up an run, an fool he run an of
they tore hell.bent.
Fool he went an stubbed his toe
was clumsy on the wing
An Uncle Cephe put out his foot an
course he bruk' the string.
Tucked the cent daown in his jeans
an then went back an hoed
I'm fool went howlin like a loon an
bellrin daOwn the road,
TO ev'ry critter that he see he howled
that Cephas Waite
Had bit all right, but got away with
sinkcr, hook an bait
Oh, fcedle-dee an feedIe.dum, jest
hear your Uncle Frye:
-Onless your tackles strong
enough We hadn't better try.
Don't fish for fish OF fish for cash OF
fish for place or fame
Onless your line is strong enough to
hold an left the same.
For pin.hOok folks that FISH for
whales will find as sure as Fate,
In business ways or pollytics -
they're simply waistin bait"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
Ping-pong Balls Used
In England as Postcards

Liverpool postmen have recently
been in a state bordering on distras-
ton, says TitBits. Some foolish per-
son in that city inaugurated a new
fashion of using ping pong balls as
postcards. The balls were stamped.
an address written under the stamp.
and the message scrawled on the rest
OF the surface. The fashion spreai
rapidly, and the pillar boxes became
full OF these missives, which, from
their shape, gave the unfortunate post.
men and postoffice officials an enor.
nous amount OF trouble. At last the
authorities were forced to intervene,
and it is now contrary to the regula.
lions TO use the little globes of cellu.
loid for postal purposes.
Among these idle people who waste
their superhuous energies in testing
the foTbearanCe of the postal officials
is a Southampton man whose favorits
form OF missive used to be a postage
stamp But, as he wrote the address
on the face Of the stamp, the authorl-
ties decided that they were not bound
10 deliver them. 1t was probably the
same person who afterwards posted a
complete pack Of playing cards, eacn
neatly addressed on the back, but
with no message whatever on the col,
ored side.
Bank notes have been employed as
writing paper more than once by tx'
travagant or foolish persons. Among
the effects Of an Exeter miser, who
died about fifteen years ago, was
found a 60 note on which the deceas,
ed had written directions as to the dis
posal of his property, At Hampstead
there lived, until recently, a wealthy
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

through the clouds, they found them.
serves on barre nisland. The shore
was near, but its people were the saw
ages of the forest. Two long days of
privation they spent on the island
and, as If in answer to their prayers,
a fishing vessel bound to Marblohead
saw their signal of distress toward
nightfall and took them aboard.
Before leaving. Mr.. Thatcher called
the island Thatchers Woe, and the
General Court afterwards granted it to
him. In 177l, the colonial government
built two lighthouses upon il. Mr. and
Mrs. Thatcher settled down in Var
mouth. and time and again, before
their open hearth. they told their story.
Yes. lad. those lights guide many a
good ship to safe harbor, and the
memory of Parson Avery is beacon
for many a soul at sea. If any GITe
should ask you, lad, why the bravest
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

Had We only gone fishing with lsaak
we'd have got him to carefully
state
Just how many times he'd advise us
TO pull up and spit on the bait.
or course, here is Ring and here's Car.
Teton who are posted in fairlgh
degree,
But think of the facts we'd discover
just lsaak off fishing-and We,
A lie Is like liquor and mellows, EN-.
balmed in the amber of years,
And at last cen the veriest skeptiC re-.
trains from his scoffings and jeers,
a rumpled.up husband would -;
With story like Jonah's in these
days to account for the way he'd
been wet
And the rest of the Scriptural stories
though accepted as Gospel o. X.
Need all the sanction of ages to maze
them pass muster today.
No, il we'd been fishing with lsaak by
those halcyon brooksidCs of old
Our stories by this time, reckon
would have ripened just right TO
be told.
And the matters that Carleton ana
Stanley and Ring have set forth in
their books,
The things they allege in the paper :
to have caught here and there %
their hooks,
The yarns of the Kineo loungers told
you in the firelights glow,
That set cen the chimney to gaspIng
as up with the smoke.wreaths they
go.
Those yarns, so | c9relufty nrura
will just about grow to be true,
If they're not nipped by frosts in thu
meantime, long somewhere Two
Thousand and Two,
And then will some other sweet SINCE
be standing right here in tE!'
place.
Allowing the dactyls and spOndecs &
trickle from out of his face;
And he will be hailing the fiction .
these days as absolute truth
And because he has lived in years IA
ter, hen reek with regret an,
with ruth.
He'll sing Of their noble achievement
as the Tyre he gently will touch,
i refer to the lutte, not the liar &C.
not to Henry, Leroy or such.
Here pause to quote lines from
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: Story Of Thatcher's Woe = g e" :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Thatcher's then bore no guiding bea-
cons. The anchors dragged. The
children gathered in terror about their
parents BE not afraid, my little
ones gently spoke the minister. He
who Gained the sea at GalilCe watches
over us
Crash. The pinnaCc struck upon a
sunken ledge. Minister Avery, his cid.
est SON Mr.. Thatcher and his daugh.
ter were hurled into the sea. They
were tossed about by the tempest, un.
I'll they felt wavC.washod rock be
meath their feet They climbed upon
this uncertain footing. They called to
those in the pinnace to come and
share their slender hope. but the voice
of the sea was the only answer.
The waves dashed upon the four
eager to drag them to the depths be.
low. They were weakened nigh unto
exhaustion, and in mortal peril in the
wide, blaCk.horizOned ocean. Minister
Avery raised his eyes toward the heav.
en- above the angry clouds, and like
sweet notes above loud discord. rose
his gentle voice in prayer: Lord,
cannot challenge a preservation of my
life, but according to Thy covenant
challenge heaven. The sea engulfei
him even as he spoke. He passed in
strength and peace, and the sailor man
when in his great perils, remembers
the faith of Parson Avery and never
falters.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

bachelor OF whom II was said that he
once wrote a proposal OF marriage 10
a lady on the back Of $50 note. and
because It was sent back without n
word of comment by the recipient iG
fused ever afterwards TO have any.
thing to do with the fair six.
Writing paper, or, indeed, paper Of
any kind, is usually at a premium
among soldiers on active service.
Many very curious substitutes have
arrived from the British army IL
South Africa. One Of the commopeGt
has been mealie leaves. "Mealie" -
the South African name for maizs.
Round the maize cob grows a number
OF strong eGveloping sheaths which.
when dry, turn TO a pale yellow color
and can be written upon.
After Colenso there was found
GTasped in the stiffened hands of 4
dead soldier piece of leather with .
dying message sCrawled upon it with
n stump of pencil. II was a layer OF
the sole Of the dead mans boot, whica
hau pIOUdUlS Deen loOseHeu WIN
much marching, and which he had
contrived TO rip of. II safely reached
the poor fellows family in England.
From the Philippines, too, some GU.
rious letters have been received by the
friends of American soldiers fighting
in those islands. One of the most in
genious was a piece of native bamboo.
about foot long, on which an address
had been carved with penknife. The
letter was inside this hollow tube, anG
held there by wooden pins at each end,
The writer explained that he had found
ii impossible TO get an envelope or Ia
find any gum TO make one. so had ~
sorted TO this expedient
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

"Oh. once there was fishin' craowd
up to Lobster lake
An fust that they was KNOWN there
warn't a thing to take.
They started Zek1 Piper aout to fet IA
jus o rum
An he hoofed 1t clear to Greenville,
then he hoofed it back, by gum.
He had jug O ticker, a-totin' on his
back
But Zek'l wasn't feelin' skersely fit to
walk a crack.
Soon's the fellers seed him comm, a.
humpin' up the trail,
Ev'ry body hollered SOS to give oil
Zeke hail.
Zekl tried to brace hisself TO send 'ehl
back yell,
But daown the critter tumbled fiat an
bust that jog to well.
It's an awful solum feelin' when your
lips air in paOut
All ready for a hi'ster-an' the rum
giv's aOut.
Ti.deede.di, there hain't no doubt,
II is mighty tedious Twin when the
rum giv's aout."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

E allus was a lyin'
Behind some bloomin' i'll,
And ed blaze away in a manner
gay,
And e allus shot to kill!
But when e found you wounded
In trench, after the fight,
You'd be snug till dawn in is blan-
ket warm
And ed nurse you arr the night.
And now that hits all hover
And We ave beat i'm fair,
We'd like 10 tell what we know RICH:
well.
We allus found i'm square.
And when ii comes to 'eroes,
In this bloody, blarsted war,
In the All OF Fame you'n find the
name
OF Mr.. Bloomin' Boer
ydney Roe, in Washington Times.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

There's ThatCher's across the bay,
lad. " said an old man, and while we're
making for it, I'll tell you its story.
I've heard 1t many times, and I've seen
the hardest and the boldest bow in rev.
ference as they listened to the lesson
of the wreck Of the Confidence and OF
the faith of Parson Avery.
In the childhood Of our country, the
Rev. John Avery came from Wiltshire.
Eng, to the settlement at Newbury
upon his chosen mission Of preaching
the gospel His wife and six children
accompanied him. and they settled
down in a home as comfortable as
iCould be found in the rude country Of
those days.
The minister lahorcd hard, his
good works became widely known, and
he was called by the hardy fishermen
of Marblehead. So in August 1885, he
boarded the staunch pinnaco conf.
ldence. which piled among the coast set.
Elements between Boston and PisCata.
qua to sail to Marblehoad He was
accompanied by his family. and his
cousin. Anthony Thatcher, and wife
and four children.
1T was one OF those ideal August
days that make a man rejoice to live
when the Confidence sailed down lps.
wich bay. The rugged green coast and
the sun. sinking to a golden red bed,
seemed to bid an affeCtionate good-by
to the departing company. They were
bound for that port which may we all
reach but they knew it not and were
merry.
The wind blew fresh from the
southwark during the day, and 1t il.
Icreased with the coming Of night. AMI
the pinnace was unable to round Cape
Ann. For two long days the boat made
a gallant struggle against contrary
winds. and. night coming on, and the
wind freshening to a gale, the captain
hove over anchors to ride out the
storm.
1T was a wild and black night for
Ipswich bay. The little boat was toss
ed about on the great waves like leaf
in the wind. Not a sound was heard
but the angry roar Of the sea. Not a
thing was seen but the yawning waves
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

every portion with nickel steel solder.
After wandering through space for
an unknown time this particular frag-
ment came within the influence OF the
sun. While making its regular rounds
about that orb 1t ran too near the
earth, was DETECTED from its course
and went down into the elder Hardi-
sons sheep pasture. Capt. Hardison
advances the theory as a good work
ing hypothesis to account for the pres
ence OF the strange fossils in the me-
teorite. And, says he, scientific men
who wish to follow up his investiga-
tions may utilize his idea with or with
out giving credit.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

Mr.. Thatcher was swept from the
rock. too. He battled the surges. and
at last felt sloping beach beneath
him. tie scrambled ashore. and knelt
down and gave thanks to God for his
,deliverance. Then he looked about to
see what he might do.
Fragments of the pinnace were com.
ing ashore. Among some timbers,
tossing up and down. he caught a
glimpse of woman's dress. He waded
out, and found his wie clinging to a
plank. She was alive, and he bore her
to land. In a sheltered spot, he light
ed fire from the flint and gunpowder
which his knapsack kept dry, and they
crouched down in its warmth.
When the morning sun broke
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
THE TRIBUTE OF TOMMY

The tropship's in the 'arbor.
And we are bound for ONE,
And once we land on our native
strand,
We opes no more to roam.
We've 'ad enough of lighting;
But afOre We leave the shore,
A cheer wen raise tor the good old
days
We spent with Brother Boer!
"
We admit when first we met i'm
That we was not impressed
With is bloomin' gun, e could shoot
like fun,
And e put us 10 the test r.
But when we got to know i'm,
We learned 10 like is ways,
Except when e 'ad an idea bad
OF snipin orr our days.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23


"Forty.seven horn.paouts soz2led in a
stew,
If hook is poked in an angle.worm
he don't know what to do.
Used to beau the gals around when
was in my prime,
TUX a gal TO catch some fish once
upon a time;
Gal she cotched a Hamper eel - nearly
throwed fit,
Had to hold her in the bot she wante !
so to quit.
When baited up ag'in she thought she
she had a bite,
Let a squeal an yanked the pole an
hooked me good and tight.
Never noticed what she'd done for she
was sort o blind,
She hooked me in the shoulder blade,
or somewheres there behind,
She ripped and yanked and jerked and
hauled an then she squealcd
some more,
An ! sot down and grabbed the oars
an bumped myself for shore.
Says she. 'Haow much dye s'pose he
weighs Says |, 'Ye'd understand
II ye was a man an wanted to fight
an had we aout on land
Oh, feedle.dee an feedli.di, if ever 80
have the chance
To take a gal on a fishin' trip put on
| your iron pants.
"Yaller perch an sculpins, dog.f
| sharks an skate,
Them's the kind Of critters that is al
us gnawin bait.
Teller daown in our place he was Z
rated fool,
Never seemed to know a thing
couldn't stay in school,
Used to hang around the store and
hear the codgers talk,
Bigger lies that they would tell tht
more the critter'd gawk.
Herd em say that Belsebub would
ketch mean Cephas Waite
BY simply riggin' tackle with a copper
cent for bait.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
. !
BY HOLMAN r. DAY.

Oh. bait your hook and find brook
Where the water runs like tunket,
Then catch a trout and fam II out
And in your basket PUNK II.
From Angle Worm Lyrics, by
Leroy T. Carleton.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

Had we moderns gone fishing with
Isaak-l'm referring to Walton,
you know,
If We had gone bobbing with Isaak in
the placid old days long ago,
Had we set by his side with our ques'
lions while we slished at the
breast of the brook,
We'd have wormed some additional
knowledge that alas, we don't nod
in his book.
Now Isaak is sound in his logic, his
philosophy's deep and it's broad.
His talks upon morals and ethics we
all OF us truly applaud,
His pointers on Dream, carp and sal.
mon no modern informant can
beat
But he lacks a few nuggets OF learn
ing to make his famed Angler
"Compleat."
He gives us solace for worry, for
cark and for care and for fret,
He shows us benignity's pathway, con.
Quoting away from regret.
But the many lamentabie dangers oi
an up-to'date hshermah lot
Old Isaak in some way or other ap.
pears to have wholly forgot,
And ! trust that this body assembled,
the soou anu eHec'iNe anu WISE
VIII forthwith appoint some commit
tees TO take lsaaks Dook ana re-
wise
For instance there's hothihg IN wal
ton 10 settle the natural douOt
VI an angler iost northwest OF NO
"here' ieet wet ana the rum gwen
out
NOT NINE is the province 10 name hlh'
the man lor this dellcate TASK
VIII trust TO your careful discret'oh
as I" Whom you may hhaIly ASK
But OF all the available tlmoer you
may ma on the candidates Smell
nope you VIII nominate some one
VINO mas peeh III that trouble nihi
sell
VIII quote from Oeautilui Da'Ial
that Is warDled by uncle Bill
Strout'
ana Twill snow you the woe J. REFER TO-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23

sailors come from the cape, tell them
it's because they learned the story of
Parson Avery in their childhood
days. Boston Herald
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
IF WE HAD GONE
FISHING WITH ISAAK

ballad that is carolled by Uncle
Pete Frye,
who has told many stories Of fishing
but was never yet caught in lie.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
Curse
DRINK
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY
CURED BY

San BE GIVEN IN GLASS OF WATER TEA or CONN
WITHOUT PATIENTS KNOWLEDGE.
White Ribbon Remedy will cure or destroy The
diseased appetite for alcoholic stmuants. whether
The patient Is a confirmed inebriate, "a tiprltI.
social drinkeT OF drunkafd Impossible 'Ur anyone
% have an appetite for alcoholic liquos after using
White Ribbon Remedy.
lSDORSED BY MEMBERS OF w. c.ru.
Mrs A. N. TLSnsend, Secretary OF the Wonen's
Christian Temperance Union; writes 4" have tesisd
White Ribbon Remedy on very obstinate drunkards,
and he cures have heen many, In many cases the
Remedy was given secret y, ] cheeTfully recommend
and indOrSe White Ribbon Remedy. Members Of OuT
Union delighted to find practical and economic
Treatment TO aid US in our temperance work ="
Druggists everywhere, or by mail, S. per box.
{. MOORE. Co. Sup. Press W. c. T. U. vsntuTa
Cal. Sold IN Honolulu by hollister Drug Co.. Lid.
Fort Stree.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
MI GEN. cSAHUZEZ 3. NJ. HOLNG

Army B. Young
General Miles United
friendship President
e