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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
THE KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
BY FREDERICK U. ADAMS.
SYNOPSIS.
\ TALE OF WALL. STREET AND THE TROPICS

CHAPTE 1.-The fsensationaitnew of
the disappearance of four of New Yorks
Wealthiest millionaires appears in the
New York Record and startles that city.
CHAPTER H.-Robert Van Horne is
owner of the Record and William Chal-
mers is his managing editor. Mr.. Hestor,
2 young millionaire. friend of Van Horne.
has hobby for journalism ands offers
MS services gratis; Hestor has made a
worldwide reputation as reporter, and
y constantly l,,t,, manning some great coup
CHAPTER III-Hestor arranges a
meeting with P. j. Morton, financier and
railroad magnate, and states his plans
CHAPTER IY.-R. j. Kent, the famous
board of trade operator, stampedes the
stock market, forcing many small firms
to the wall.
CHAPTER v.-One morning Andrus
Carmody, Palmer j. Morton, R. ]. Kent
and Simon Pence, millonaires, cannot
be found and the stock exchange is panic
stricken as a result.
CHAPTER Vino clew to wherea-
bouts of men car be discovered but next
day letters are received from them say
ing they are all safe. l.. Sylvester Vim
cent. Chicago promoter, has also dis
CHAPTER NII.-Miss Helen Carmody.
Chalmers and .arranges for payment of
large reward through the Record for
rescue of the milionaires and arrest of
the abductors.
cry effort to work of rescue, greatly for
Helen's sake Seymour, a reporter at Chi
cago. telegraphs that Vincent is the abb
ductor. Chalmers endeavors to learn of
Hestor's whereabouts; latter had report
ed he was about to leave OH a trip to
Europe in his yacht. the SHARK"
CHAPTER 1X.-Strong clrcumstantial
evidence is unearthed pointing to Hestor
as the abductor. Chalmers and Helen
Carmody become quite friendly while
working together on the case.
CHAPTER S.-Seymour goes to New
Orleans and learns that Hestor had had
a house built for him recently somewhere
in the tropics
CHAPTER XI.-Hestor had invited mil
lionaires to take a short cruise in his
yacht and discuss his newspaper trust
scheme. They had accepted and when
out of the harbor he told them they were
all to be his guests for some time as
he had intended to learn if the universe
would continue to run in their absence
They are all thunderstruck at the infor-
nation. Vincent the promoter. makes his
appearance on the boat. Sidney Ham
mond. young lawyer friend of Hestor
Is also one of the party;
CHAPTER XII-An attempt to bribe
Hestor to return to New York proves a
failure.
CHAPTER XIII-After voyage of a
few days they come to an island in the
tropics.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
MERcANT1IE FAILURES.

The inside view of mercantile bust
ness, if exposed, would often quickly
dispel the glamour and fascination
which such business has for some men
who think their lot on the farm is q
hard one. One such case came recent
ly under our notice-the winding up Of
the affairs of firm which had been
continuous in business for thirty-tive
years. The firm consisted of two broth
ers of honorable reputation as good
business men and who were supposed
to have done WELL When the business
was closed up, there was only just
about enough to pay the debts The
two families had just lived out of the
business, and that was all. The capt.
tai invested was about $4,000 What,
farmer investing even one-tenth of this
sum thirty-five years ago could not
have made better showing than thisY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

comfort, including a variety of
canned foods, jellies and jams, and
smoked and cured meats, of which
a grocer or market-man might have
been proud. These were placed in
the storehouse, which was provided
with huge cave which served as IL
cellar, through which branch of
the brook had been diverted to keep
il cool.
cles had been deposited, either in the
various rooms or on the broad We
:andas. Luncheon was served on the
yacht, and the crew returned to their
task. Mr.. Kent and Mr.. Rockwell
took a hand in the work; so did Sid
ney Hammond and Mr.. Haven. Mr..
Carmody took charge. of the arrange
ment of the pictures, while Mr.. L..
Sylvester Vincent devoted his time
to the perfection OF the storeroom
Mr.. Morton remained on board the
yacht for awhile, and then reioined
the busy party. 1t was warm. but
he entered into the spirit Of the
iudlT ann WIS SoCii It WORK.
You will find in one of the boxes
great assortment of linen cloth
ing and other wear suitable to this
climate" said Hestor. There are
cork helmets and all of the devices to
protect you from the glare of the
sun. There is also gas engine
and a small dynamo sufficient to run
electric fans, which my men are
now setting up in the powcrhouse
adjoining the storeroom. We will
have it installed before night. Next
year | am going to have electric
lights, bat this season we must put
up with lamps. We will have things
in shape so that we can sleep ashore
tonight. We will take dinner on the
yacht this evening. and this will be
your last meal atioat for some time. "
ITO Be Continued.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
CHAPTER NV.
NARROWED.

There's one! See him, captain?
Right beyond those weeds, on the
bank of that little island, almost
under the big rock! Don't you see
him?'
Hestor danced around the forecas-
tie in the most excited manner. Capt.
Waters looked in the direction in
which he was pointing.
Don't you see him? Take my
glass and you can see him as plain
~ as the nose on your face! He's
under that rock with the cocoa tree
over it." Hcstor handed the power
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
INSTINCT VERSUS INTELLIGENCE.

Man with his intelligence ought to
be able to read weather signs as well
as the animals and the birds do, but
he is not. This sense. which we call in
stinct, is superior to intelligence in such
matters. How does the squirrel, the
beaver OF the muskrat forecast the
coming of a hard winter and make
preparation for it? Why will rats leave
city foredoomcd to an outbreak of
plague? How do the wild fowl sense
the coming change of weather thirty
six hours ahead? How does song
bird wintering in Central America find
its way back to the old nesting place
in the tree in your dooryard? Man APP
plies science where the lower forms OF
creation use instinct, makes his deduc-
tons and is more often wrong than
right, while birds and animals are al
ways right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
SHEEP AND TIE LAWN.

There is no better or nicer method
OF caring for the dooryam of the farm
home with a minimum of work than to
have it consist of AN acre or so nicely
planted with trees. no flower beds or
low shrubs, and properly fenced i'll.
Then once Il week turn in the sheep
Tor an hour or two, and they will keep
the yard in as nice shape all summer
long as could be done with a lawn
mower. This is not Il new idea and il;
entirely practical. The objection to
the nicely kept lawn and dooryard for
the farm home is the time required 10
keep it up. This plan solves this prob
lam
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

finished in burlaps. There was no
furniture in this or in, any other
room in the bungalow. In the cen
ter of the ceiling there was a light
and air area extending to the glass
roof above, the upper floor being sup
ported from the roof. This area was
circle II feet in diameter, the
upper floor constituting nine
foot gallery around the room.
The kitchen and storeroom were in
building separated from the main
structure. A wire netting passage
way, with a protecting roof, con-
nected the kitchen with the dining
room in such Il way that communica-
ton was possible despite weather or
insects, and at the same time the
odors of the kitchen were avoided.
"A large cooking range was already
in position. There also was an oil
stove.
This is the dining-room, parlor
and lounging ROOM" explained Hes
tor, as they returned to the large
circular room. Il suppose it is really
the dining-room, but we will use it
in any way we choose. There are ~
sleeping apartments, all opening di-
rectly on the veranda. Here is one
of them. You will notice that each
has its own bathroom
where does the water come
from?" asked Mr.. Morton, as he
turned faucet. A clear, cold stream
of water rushed out at great pres
sure.
1--WE damned up a brook on the
hill back of here and made a reser-
voir," said Hestor. THE pipes lead
directly to the building with drop
of 100 feet
"All you need now is furniture and
provisions" said Mr.. Haven.
you won't know the place by
night exclaimed Hestor. 'You gen
tlemen make yourselves comfortable
as you can. Explore the surround
ings, or do what you please. This
is my busy day." and Hestor dashed
away towards the yacht. 1t was
then about ten o'clock in the morn
ing, and the sun was very warm in
the open. Sidney Hammond, Mr..
Carmody and Mr.. Kent set out to ex-
plore the brook which rushed past
the bungalow. Mr.. Pence went back
to the SHARK" and the other gentle
men wandered around OF rested I'M
der the shade of the trees.
In the meantime the hull of the
yacht was disgorging an unexpected
volume Of boxes, barrels, chests and
crates of all descriptions. Brass
bedsteads, chairs, sofas and various
articles of furniture came to light
and were borne away to the bunga1
low by the sailors. There were bar
rels of flour and crackers, barrels
of oil, lamps and lanterns, and an
endless variety Of cooking utensils.
There was also a barrel which Mr..
Vincent handled tenderly, and that
gentleman took special care of crates
containing bottles of claret, beer and
Burgundy, to say nothing of cigars,
tobacco, sherries, cordials, brandies
and liquors. Mr.. Vincent arranged
these i'll order, and then stood and
gazed lovingly at the1imposing array
And still the sailors brought new
treasures from the hold of the
SHARK" There were library shelves,
pictures, mirrors, bric-a-brac, a piano
and the parts of billiard table.
There We're guns, revolvers and cases
of ammunition, together with rods
and an assortment of fishing tackle.
huge chest contained a comnletp
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
BIRDS AS INSECT pEsrRoYERs.

Few people realize the important
function birds perform of holding in
check the various forms of insect pests.
Their work is done so quietly and con-
tinuously that much of it is rarely OBJ
served by man. Here are u few fig
ures showing what they do: The stom-
ach of a quail was found to contain
101 potato bugs and that of another
500 chinch bugs. A cuckoo killed early
in the morning contained 43 caterpil-
lars and another cuckoo pit web
worms. A robin showed up with IT'S
caterpillars. The stomachs of four
chickadees contained 1,02S eggs of the
cankerworm. -Four others contained
600 eggs and 1O5 mature insects. 1t is
estimated that barn swallow will
destroy 10000 flies and other insects
every week. The crop of dove con-
tanned 1900 weed seeds. Surely if
these are facts it is easy to see what
an important relation exists between
the birds and the products of the farm,
orchard and garden.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

While the milk of the goat makes
some of the very choicest brands of
cheese, it is curious fact that it can
not be converted into butter, the fat
globules refusing to unite as in the
case of the milk Of the COW.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

If nice sweet peas are wanted. they
should be planted just as soon as the
frost is out of the ground and planted
deep, three inches at least.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

Any dairy COW will cost at least $25
to keep one year. On this basis it is
an easy matter for any man to figure
out what cows it pays to keep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The average price which the farmers
receive for sugar beets in Kansas is
$3.50 per ton, and some of them have
made the interesting discovery that
such beets are worth more than that
to feed to five dollar pork in connection
with alfalfa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The enormous losses of sheep in Aus
tralia incident to the seven years
drought is expected to materially af
feet the price of wool for the coming
year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

One acre of timothy hay, costing to
produce about SIS, crop one ton and one
half, will feed one COW six months.
The same acre of land planted to corn
and the corn put in the silo at a total
cost of $12.25 will feed four cows the
same length Of time with better ra-
ton. The more this problem in agri-
culture is studied the palmer will it
become that timothy hay is very ex-
pensive dairy ration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The forty acre farm with the silo can
be made to support as many head of
stock as the eighty acre farm can with
out it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The st. Louis exposition will perhaps
be more remarkable for its display Of
agricultural and horticultural products
than for any other one thing. Located
as it will be in the very heart of the
best agricultural district in the world,
the cotton of the south, the corn of the
central west, the wheat of the north,
the hog, the steer, the COW, the hen. the
orchard and the garden will furnish an
exhibit which Will make foreigners
open their eyes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The Russian government determines
just how much Of the sugar product of
that country shall be sold and how
much placed in reserve.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

We find the low down, wide tired wag-
on most useful part of the farm equip
ment, and besides whenever it is used
on the road it always does good job
of rOadmaking. II every man could
be induced or made by law to use the
wide tired wagon, a great step in adj
vance would have been made in the
matter Of improved highways.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

We have several reports of the value
of rape when sown in the cornfield at
the last blowing. The rape does not
interfere with the early husking of the
corn and immensely improves the feed
ing value of the cornfield, balancing
up the ration and wholly preventing
any trouble with cornstalk disease.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

If dairy COW is built like steer
and looks like a steer she should share
the fate of steer and not wear out a
mans patience in the dairy herd.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The kernels of the tips and butts Of
an ear of corn will, while to some ex-
tent malformed, still produce good
ears, though they will vary slightly in
the time Of maturing. The real rea-
son why such kernels should not be
used for seed is that their irregular
shape prevents to some extent uniform
ity Of dropping by the planter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
Onions and peas are two vegetables
which cannot well be planted too early.

Renovated butter has just the same
claim to respect that the reformed
criminal has.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

After man has lived for thirty years
in one place he sacrifices much when
he pulls up and seeks new home
among Il new people. All the old s;l-
cred family associations, old friends
and community interests are given up,
ing which is the outcome of continuity
of residence and employment goes also
II one wants to be u mover. it is better
that he move often. Old homes, old
friends, old neighbors, old scenes, have
4 value which some people never real
ize until they have voluntarily severed
themselves from them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The general level of wages paid Ia
Dor in this country is at the present
time higher than ever before known.
and the curious fact is presented of the
products of such labor being sold in
successful competition with the prod
ucts of the lowest paid labor on earth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The cows of any breed which have
made high butter records almost inva-
riably give over 5000 pounds of milk
during the year, and unless cow will
give at least this much it is useless to
expect her to show up in the 400 pound
class.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

Great as are the wheat possibilities
connected with the Canadian north
west they are infinitely surpassed by
those of the Siberian country now be-
Ing opened by the Russian government.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The modern inventions which have
made the transmission of electrical
power possible have made available in
France alone over 100000 horsepow-
er, largely in the shape of heretofore
unavailable waterfalls all through the
mountain districts
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

All through the farming section of
the country it is not more land which
men need half so much as it is the
knowledge how to work what land
they have to better advantage. Three
fourths of the farms of the country are
not half worked and do not produce
one-half Of what they might be made
to do.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

A little pile of sawdust from pignut
hickory wood formed seemingly
tempting breakfast for half dozen
bluejays in the writer's dooryard one
of the snappy cold mornings of the past
month. While the jay is an omnivo-
rous feeder, we did not before know
that he would eat wood.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

Some close student of bird life has
made the discovery that nest building
is not altogether an instinct, but partly
fine art taught by the older birds to
the younger ones just as child is
taught music. In proof of this claim
he says that the orioles in pairing are
invariably mated an old and young
bird, one of the pair possessing the
architectural knowledge necessary to
the construction Of the hanging nest
which these birds build.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

We know man who brags that he
has raised corn on a certain field on
his farm for twenty consecutive years.
1t is a piece of river bottom land and
was originally very fertile. Still, the
fact is he does not get to exceed one
half the crop on this field that he did
twenty years ago. 1t matters not what
the crop may be, it should never be
grown continuously on the same land,
and this applies in smaller way to
garden crops as well as field crops.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

Rape. is better for both hogs and
sheep than clover
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

A friend, finding last fall that frost
had severely cut forty acre field of
was in Il quandary as to what to do.
The corn stood i'll the ield ten days
after the frost struck it and was IL
sorry looking sight. He finally decided
to cut it up and fill his silo, with seri-
Gus misgivings as to what the result
might be. 1t proved IN entire success,
and in no other way would it have
been possible for him to have utilized
such field of damaged fodder to SO
good advantage.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The highway problem is very seri-
Gus one i'll many sections of the west,
especially in those parts of the country
where the soil is black and mucky and
where there are no supplies of either
stone or gravel to be obtained where
with to surface the roads after grad
ing. While the dirt roads of such To-
calities are the very best in the world
for about nine months i'll the year, they
are for the other three months the very
worst.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

A syndicate of farmers. thirty of
them, bought n $4,000 Percheron sire
for their own use. Each man gave his
note for 500. The horse died, payment
was refused and suit to collect follow
ed. The notes given by part of these
men were not collectible, and it was
sought to enforce payment of the whole
amount due from those who were good.
The court held that this could not be
done; that each man was liable only
for the original 500 which he had
pledged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The question of grass-pasture and
hay crop-is almost wholly question
of sufficient water supply; no rain,
no grass. While moisture may be con-
served by mechanical manipulation in
applicable to pasture and meadow
lands. Thus when the winter forage
crop is raised in cornfeld instead Of
a meadow one has the crop under
much better control.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

The first class farm hand looks a good
deal like $4250 for the coming season
by the time his wages. his board, wash
ing and horse feed are all footed up.
This man cannot be used on land to
produce only twenty-five bushels of
corn or thirty of oats to the acre. The
more such men and the more such acres
a man tries to bring together the worse
he is off. He can be used to milk cows
which will make $50 pounds of butter,
to feed steers and hogs which will
bring $3.50, to care for sixty bushel
crop of corn, but the man who pays
So all acre rent for a run down grain
farm had better steer shy of this rel-
low, for he will have the profits for
the year and the man who hires him
will be holding the sack.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-06
THIEVES
GIVE NOTICE
OF COMING
BARRIERS Receive Letter to Have
Tools Clean and Rlzors
Sharpsnod for Them.

New York. oct. e.-The BARRIERS Of the
east side have new story to tell their
customers as they strop their razors. II
Is OF an organization as mysterious as
the Mafa which has for its purposes the
removal OF everything not nailed down
and double clinched during the early
morning hours when the proprietor and
his artists are lost In slu1nber
Several shops have been cleaned out
In the last two weeks. and early yester-
day morning the shop at No. AZ East
Third street was visited To show the
systematic manner in which the or
ganization works and It's utter fearless
ness, the following note was left under
the door OF George and Steve, two popu-
lar east side tonsorfalists, who conduct
q shop at No 81 East Third street The
note was received by them when they
opened yesterday morning:
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Sunday. $3.50 A. NJ
We cleaned out the barber shop next
corner last night VIII call on you some
night during the week. Please have all
your raDors honed and sharpened, az II
does not pay US to take dun razors. Re-
spectfully,
WIN. q. sPUGEL
Walking Delegate Barber Shop Excava-
ting Co. No. l. ~. Y District.
George and Steve treated the commu-
nication as a Joke until they heard that
another robbery had occurred. Now they
don't know how to take ~. but they do
take their tools homo every night
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-06
VERY Low RATES
To the Pacific Coast Via
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
Account Meeting National Bankers Assn.

On account OF the meeting OF the Ma
tional Bankers Association. 10 be held at
San Francisco Cal. October Goth TO 23rd.
the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad will sell
Excursion Tickets from october eth TO
18th. Inclusive. 20 either Los Angeles or
san Francisco good going and returning
via direct route through Chicago, 81.
/ Iouig or New Orleans. and also good go-
ing by any ono OF the direct routes and
returning by another direct route.
yemher S0th. 1903.
FOR tickets and pamphlet giving detailed
Informatio concerning routes, stop-overs.
etc. call on or address nearest Baltimore
q ohio Railroad Ticket Agent.