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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

Now, here was a good neighbor. for,
living in town and finding it almost
impossible to keep his Leghorn fowls
shut up in his yard. he just up and
sold them rather than have them an
noy his neighbors.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
ITALIANS ATTACK LAsoRERs.
The Police Were Called to Dispense
the Dauo Rioters.

New York, May 16.-There was a
clash between Italian strikers and
non-union men in Bronx today in which
several persons were injured. A lively
fight was in progress when the police
arrived and dispersed the rioters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The educated colore6 man of Tuske-
gee raises go bushels of sweet pota-
toes on the ground from which his I'M
educated brother can get only fifty
bushels.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

There are a good many men this
spring who in the matter of their seed
corn are very like the foolish virgins
and the oil for their lamps.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The first wren to find its way to our
cat. Then the cat fell victim to a
combination of circumstances and will
catch no more wrens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The cherries worn by the ladies on
their new spring hats look SO tempting
that the birds are likely to get on mi
ladys hat after all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
DR.. w. C. TANNER,

otlice-Rooms 81 to 81, in Leighton build
ing, OIL Market street. Residence 11S ~
Willard street. Office telephone. 800; resi-
dence Telephone 1920. City and country
practice. All kinds of work, all kinds of
weather. All hours.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

A live bird to nest and sing in the
tree by your home, madam, is worth
two dead ones on your hat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The man who is always moving
around never takes much pride in the
looks of his home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

Cold storage is revolutionizing the
methods of handling and distributing
the apple crop of this country. Never
before has there been so large 9 guam
tity of choice apples on the market dur
ing March, April and May as this year.
The glut and awful waste of fine fruit
so common in the past are thus in the
future to be largely avoided, and, as
with butter, eggs, dressed poultry,
game and other products of a perish
able nature, the apple crop will be
saved, with profit to the grower
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

1t should never be forgotten that it
is the rain which falls during the grow
ing crop season which counts for the
crop. There are localities which are
being highly doomed for agricultural
uses where an average rainfall of
eighteen or twenty inches is certified,
but where the rain comes at the wrong
time of the year. during the winter and
none in the summer, when the crops
are needing it most. If even ten inches
of water can be assured for the months
of May. June and July. good crops can
be raised any year, but floods in the
winter and droughts in the summer
will beat any land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

Not long since we asked a contractor
who was laying a sewer in the city of
Dallas, Tex. how much he paid the
forty CT more colored men employed on
tie job. He said that lie paid them
81 per day for eight hours work At
such wages the colored man ought to
get on his financial feet.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We know of no place on earth where
just exactly the right amount of
warmth. moisture and sunshine can be
depended upon at just the right time,
10 place where crops will be free from
all forms of insect pests 10 place
where a man who works the soil will
not have 10 take chances, and lots of
them. We wish we did.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
Where the writer lives very much

Where the writer lives very much of
seeding is dead. Why it is hard TO say
for the fields went into the winter in
fine shape. the ground well soaked
The winter was mild one too. There
is this comfort about it, however
though the clover may be dead its ben
eft to the soil will much more than
repay for all it cost. A clover field
never dies in debt to the man who
sowed it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We were down in the land of the live
oak. Spanish moss and the miStletoe
lately and were much interested in not
ing the singular relation existing be-
mistletoe forms q most perfect union
with the tree, q more perfect one than
is usually secured by the process Of
grating. while the moss clings to the
tree like long Gray beard on rugged
old man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
Railroad Time Tables
TRAINS LEAVING UNION DEPOT,
w. S. Parker, Ticket AGENT,
BURLINGTON ROUTE. G.. a q

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., 8. e q.
No. Going East. Depart.
Ia Chicago. Dubuque n Quincy 2:lO a. M
02b-Local Freight ........... Gas a. IN,
I6b-B Burlington & st. Louis. .7:15 a. M
lob Peoria. Dubuque & Quincy so a M
6a-Chicago Limited ......... 1:25 pm
Ia Chicago, st. Louis Il Quincy 7:1O p. m.
Sa-Fasr mail .......... S:37 o. m.
Chicago, Peoria e Rockford II AZ nj
FIT. Madison accommodation, daily ex-
cept Sunday, depart 7:15 a. M; arrive 500
p. IN.
Going West.
.5a-- Omaha, council Bluffs ard
Nebraska ;. 49,. ........ 1855 a. m.
1Sa-Fasr mail ............. 2:49 u, m.
91b-LocaI Freight ...> $50. $50 q. m.
3a-op,aha, Kansas City, Den
YER. hot Springs. Deadwood
Ogden, Portland, & Cali
fornia MISUNDERSTANDING. T:45 a. m
7a-Fast mail ...... ........ $3.50 a. m.
9b-PeorIa to Creston ....... 1:50 p. M
13a-Limited -. ........ 3:2S p. m.
l1b-ChicagO to Ottumwa, arrive 10 p. m
1a-Denver & Omaha. II :35 pm
a. daily; b, except Sunday. Nos. Z, and
10 do not carry passengers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We visited the home of man not
long ago who had set out lot of apple
trees, an acre or more, and he had set
the trees right in the middle of a
jack oak grove, intending later on to
remove the native timber The trees
were all either dying or dead. He
might better try 10 raise his children
in dark cellar.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

A farmer living near the city of San
Antonio. Tex. With nothing in sight to
Justify the outlay, sank n deep well
and was most singularly rewarded with
an artesian flow of good water sutti-
cient in volume to irrigate 100 acres of
land. This well raised the value of
his farm from $50 to $500 per acre,
and it is all rented out in small pieces
traordinary returns. No one else has
been able to strike the flow of water.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

A noticeable feature of the great cot
ton fields of the south is their freedom
from weeds, they being in this partic-
ular very far ahead of the great corn
fields of the north. Either more work
is bestowed upon the cotton crop than
on the corn or else the shade of the
cotton plant absolutely stops the
growth of all other vegetation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The large surplus of cash owned by
western farmers a year ago has been.
much of it, disposed of. Some has gone
into more land right at home, some in
tooil stocks, some into mining schemes,
more into cheap lands in the north
west. Not one-half of this surplus has
been we'll invested
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We are impressed with the marked
advantage which the south country has
over the north in working Il farm, in
the matter of the extra two or three
months in the year given the southern
man in which to do his work. This is
no small matter. There are growing
and crop season in Dakota and Mime
sofa of only five months ana Il seven
months lay off, while in the south the
crop season lasts nine months and farm
work is possible for the whole twelve.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We know of an old fellow who is
the owner of a section of fine land and
who is Shaving himself to death to buy
more, giving as a reason that while he
had land enough he did not know what
his boys boys We're going to do. he
might as well quit fretting. for his
boys boys will know enough more
about farming SO that they will raise
as much on one acre of land as the cid
man does on three.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

A friend writes and says he has 100
bushels of potatoes for which there is
no market and. wishing to feed them
to his hogs, wants to know whether it
will pay best to boil them or feed
them raw If we We're in his place and
had the facilities for doing the work,
we would by all means cook them be-
fore feeding.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
LAWYERS.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DR.. A. o. WILLIAMS,

G., II. l. & p. R'y. Co,
Surgeon c., Il. Il Q. R'y Co.,
o. r., T.. & S. Co.
Residence, PIG North Jefferson street.
Office. 100 Court street Residence tele.
phone, ITO; Office telephone, 80. Ottumwa,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
Released on $4,000 Bond.

Ames was released on bond of $19.-
900. He will not have to go to prison
until the supreme court passes on his
The bondsmen are mostly
brewers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC,
No. Going East. Depart,
206-Des Moines to Keokuk. 10 % a. M 4
204-Des Moines to Elton 1926 p. m.
oo2- Des Moines to Keokuk ;. 1927 D. m.
234-Freight Ottumwa to Eldon $40 pm.
Going West.
2oS Eldon to Des Moines -. 7:45 a. M
poi Keokuk to Des Moines. ..12:10 p. m.
233-Frt. Eldon to Des Moines 1926 a m.
205. -Keokuk to Des McInes :. 7:05 p. m.
+ Unless otherwise specified, all trains are
daily except Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We have known a six inch hole bored
In the. lowest point of slough which
could not readily be surface drained to
drain it as perfectly as the surface
ditch would have done The success of
this method I'LL depends upon the sub
soil. Ii one can strike vein of sand
or gravel. the water can be got rid of.
If it is tough clay all the way down, it
is no use 10 try IT,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The most severe and longest drought
which ever occurred in this country
was in the year 1862.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

In north central Texas, where win
ter wheat, big herds of cattle and large
ranges prevail. we came across Ger
man settler. a finely educated man,
who had induced a number of his coun-
trymen to locate near him, Here We're
nice homes. schools, 4 church, good So
ciety, registered Herefords, tine or
chards and an agricultural civilization
of the highest type. an oasis in a des-
ert
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The top has been reached Men are
refusing to build houses. factories and
railways because of the high prices of
labor and materials and the risks con-
nccted with strikes. Farmers are let
ting land so uncultivated this year be-
cause of the scarcity and high price of
farm help. Everything has been boost
ed up to the top notch, and ny.further
change will be on the downward scale
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

Barley will make just rs much pork
as corn pound for pound and of even
better quality for horne use, for it will
have the much priced streak of lean
and streak of fat. Now, if you are too
FAR north to grow corn and can grow
forty bushels of barley to the acre. you
live in Il hcg country and can make
more money out of the pig than any
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

The public highway in most of the
northern states is four rods In width.
In Texas it is only two rods wide.
Neither is just right. The four rod
road involves tremendous waste of
good land. and the two rod road is
hardly wide enough TO work it prop
erly There is happy medium be-
tween these two. The three rod road
is just right
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

We are asked whether it pays for
one to try to save his own vegetable
seeds. We hardly think that it does.
aside from corn, beans and few other
things. 1t is just as much bother to
save q few seeds as lot. and the
quantity required for an ordinary FAM
lily garden is so small that it is far
less trouble 10 buy them than save
them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
SIX YEARS FOR AMEs.
The Corrupt Mayor of Minneapolis
Gets His Sentence Today.

Minneapolis, May 16,-Former May
or Ames was today sentenced to six
years Imprisonment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26

The nomination OF Cleveland will
keep few million OF democratic
voters away from the polls, and SO
make sure the election OF u republican.
--Wausau Pilot.
We are not looking for the nomina-
tion of Cleveland and we want har-
mony and all that sort OF thing; but
we can't refrain from remarking that
while once we were young and now are
growing old, Cleveland Is the only
name OF democratic presidential can
didate that we have ever seen loom up
very well on transparency In a torch
light procession after election. Cleve-
land won the presidency twice by the
electoral vote, and three times carried
the country. In view OF this record 1t
might be well for the Pilot to wait UNI
Ill he becomes candidate again be-
fore attempting TO forecast the result.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26
NO STATE TAX.

The great campaign cry of the pres
ent state administration Is =" No state
tax An article was sent out from
Madison Growing over this fake, but
the reason for it was kept In the back
ground. The nub OF the whole thing
Is that the general government has
paid back TO the state $3.50, 600 which
it owed, and which was borrowed
from the trust funds TO equip troops
along In the days Of the rebellion.
There are at present held In the treas
ury over 81, 900, 900 Of the bonds that
represent what were the trust funds,
and the state has TO levy tax every
year to pay per cent interest on this
debt.
Now, why would it not be "busl-
ness" TO pay that $500, 900 into the
trust funds and cancel so much in
debtedness, instead Of spending the
money this year, and then continuing
indefinitely TO pay per cent INTEREST,"
The interest on $460 600 is 1872, 200 a
year, q nice little sum TO hm-ham the
taxpayers into paying for the next
fifty years, when honesty and fair
dealing would have wiped out the
debt Mt once and forever.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26
JOHN s. WILLIAMS,

the new democratic leader In the house
OF representatives, appeared to good
advantage In his short but able speech
on Cuban reciprocity. His replies to
numerous questions from the repub-
lican leaders especially mark him as
IA man we'll equipped for his important
position. Mr.. Williams idea OF re-
strictive tariff taxation Is fairly well
illustrated by the following:
"Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from
Indiana Mr.. Watson in the course
OF the even and somewhat rhetorical
tenor Of his remarks, asked u ques-
tion. He said, What IL the proper
definition Of protectionP | shall UNI
hertake TO answer that question now,
and II he Is shorthand reporter /
hope he will take the reply down: Pro
lection, Mr.. Chairman, IL u system OF
taxation whereby many are robbed In
order that few men may be hothoused
by legislation into artificial prosper
ity. As u supplementary deiin ton,
protection Is system OF taxation
whereby capital and labor are de.
llected from naturally profitable pur.
suits and enterprises Into the channels
OF naturally Improbable pursuits and
enterprises. And, ms corollary, the
method whereby they are detected Il
by the enactment of laws forcing the
consumer to pay to the artificial hot
housed enterprises higher price thar
with free commerce the consumer
would have TO pay.
"Now, 80 much for protectlonism as
nm original proposition. Protection
IL not, however, In this country an
original proposition. We are not
forming u new government, and we are
not framing an absolutely new and
revolutionary change Of n fiscal sys
tenn. But that IL the definition o
original protection, and 1t Is deilni
tion which no fair-minded man cat
pick flaw with y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26

AS long rs the name of james Nc
Noul Whistler lives among those who
saw him 1t will recall the famous white
lock which stood out so consplcuously
from the mass OF his black hair. 1t
was, MS he used TO say himself, well
placed" and was always treated from
the harmonious point of view, to devel-
op It's greatest effect in his appearance,
One day when Dorothy Mcnpes, daugh.
tor of the well known English artist,
Mortimer Mcnpes, was baby and was
asleep on her pillow, Whistler went to
see her. A white feather had by chance
settled on her head and lay In spot
exactly corresponding With the white
lock ON his own head. THAT child Is
going to develop into something great,
he exclaimed, for, see, she begins with
feather, just like mc!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26
ALWAYS A BATTLE.
UnccnsinE Working of the Inv of
Competition In Nature.

UncCnsing Working of the Inv of
Competition In Nature.
"Ilow peaceful this all Isl" exclaimed
the city sojourncr on an outing look
Ing across the wooded valleys and over
the grass grown hillsidcs. 1t was the
'vcsper time" of the day, insects hum
med drowsily, and here and there n be.
lated bird winged slowly westward.
Look little more closely" said the
native, "and let me give you few en-
tightening facts. You will find that the
law of competition Is as deadly, the
survival OF the fittest rs uncrrngly
death dealing, throughout this same
peaceful scene ms In any center of the
street In the midst of II bull and bear
small cedar struggling pitifully in the
tolls of the luxurious growth of poison
ivy that almost covers It, The casual
observer notes the contrast Of the foil
age Il pretty sight, and gives no
thought to the war of life and death
the two are wnging. Wherever the ce-
dnr puts up stronger branch there
fastens another tcndril with strangling
grip, and another cedar hope Is 'nipped
In the bud In this bit of broken
fence dozen different plants are
struggling up through the few crcyices
of light In It's close set boards. The fall
Of that fence Is what we would call n
crushing circumstance mysterious
dspcnsation of Providence should
similar things happen in our lives.
Then see this ant hurrying home with
the carcass of brother bug In his
ella ws, presumably for supper, possibly
to salt down for winters And here Is II
fly battling hopelessly with the mcshes
of what you lately called n beautiful
spider web.
"IIush" interrupted the metropoli-
tan 81 get enough of 1t In my own
world. Let me keep my superficial
view, and you may keep your 'enlight-
cntng facts. New York Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26
CITY PROPERTY.

"A good home; fine location; good
barn; fair house of eight rooms; formerly
owned by Samuel Terrill. Will be sold at IL
reasonable price.
A very fine lot owned by A. G.
Deller-a part OF the j, =. Tramel property.
The Sidney F. Guttenstein barn on
Fountain street, room for 20 horses; good
loft and granary, and office VIII be sold
cheap, and on easy terms.
The ]. M. Smith residence property
il western part of city of Mineral Point.
The property consists OF eight lots two
houses and barn. 1t is a desirable piece of
property and will be sold ata very reasonable
price,
The stone house of Joseph Deller,
situated on Fountain street. 1t is in good
condition and has good out buildings
A nice lot in south part of city
Some nice small fruit growing; also about
20 loads OF building stone on the premises
This lot viii he sold at II bargain.
A very fine lot in the south part
the city will be sold cheap If sold soon.
A good home in south part of city;
four acres OF fine land comfortable house and
barn; is II very desirable place; price reason
able.
Joseph Proctor offers for sale,
through this agency, five and one-half acres
OF land in northern part Of the city, ndioin-
ing his home Fine location for buildings.
IlCt ItHSOHuDlb
Comfortable home with three acres
OF land; house contains six rooms; wood
shed and coal house; large barn. Situated
on Chestnut street, north part OF the city,
The property of Joseph Proctor.
A Residence, situated on Anton,
street, In northeast part of city; about an
acre and half OF land; house contains four
large rooms, clothes closet pantry; good els
tern good we'll and milk house, young or
chard, summer kitchen, and good stable.
| VIII be rented II not sold soon.
The Joseph l.. jackson home in the
western part OF the city is offered for sale
at . great bargain IL taken in Il short time.
| House contains seven rooms and good cellar.
| Barn l6N3S with wing 16X32 There are
several other outhuildingS on the place; two
| Cisterns, good srd and plenty OF small
fruit Property is all in first class conditio Z
A comfortable little house and a
fine lot adjoining 4th ward school grounds
VIII be sold right. Inquire soon.
A good comfortable frame house
situated near Fourth ward school building;
good sl2ed lot and small barn.
The residence owned by William
Murphy, situated in south part of the city;
one half acre OF land; house contains three
large rooms; summer Kitchen and good cis-
tern. Will be sold cheap.
Several very desirable lots on the
west side OF Dodge street, northeast OF The
park being the property known as Oates
grove; finely located, and just the place for
some nice houses. VIII be sold at right
prices
Good property in the northwestern
| good condition. large barn, and four lots
a very desirable Offering = and price very
reasonable.
A home In western part of city: suit
able for small family, Cistern barn ano
other outbuildngs.
Two houses and lots in southern
| part OF city. Good we'll and two good els
terms. The property will be sold very cheap
aS the owner wishes to retire on account Of
| advancing wears.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26

on Cuban reciprocity, delivered on
Thursday last, the day Of publication
OF the Independent, Hon. John s..
Williams, the new leader Of the dem
ocrats In congress, quoted words from
Thomas Jefferson which are very much
In harmony with the suggestions OF
Goyernar Garvin. The words Of JEFF
ferson are:
Would even single nation begin
with the United States this system Of
free commerce, IL would be advisable
TO begin IT with that nation; since 1t
is one by one only that it can be ex-
tended to ALL. ~