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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
Iowa Spends Over Half a Million
on State Buildings.
NEW INSANE HOSPITAL COMPLETED
Gherokee Institution Is Opened Dur
ing 1eo2-Plan Is to Expend Like
Amount on State Property During
Current merchandising Insane.

The permanent improvement made
by the state board of control at the
various state institutions cost more
than half million dollars last sea-
son and a similar or larger sum will
be expended this year. This includes
the expenditures for land and for the
completion of the new hospital at
Cherokee. The following is a state
ment of the total amounts expended at
the different institutions during the
season ended November 80 last:
Soldiers home, Marshall
town. -. ......S 3l,05S.65
Soldiers Orphans home,
Davenport -. -. -. 24,530.11
College for Blind, Vinton. 4,674.16
School for Deaf, Council
Bluffs -. ;. -. .... 1,o31.7S
School for Deaf, Providen-
tial fund ...... -. 49,. 26,550.4S
Feeble Minded Institute,
Glenwood -. -. ). 15,O59.76
Boys Industrial School, Ell
dora ...... ...... 80. 1907. SO
Girls Industrial School,
Mitchellville. -. -. 2o29.a6
State hospital, Mt. Pleasant 1S,557.7S
State hospital, Indepen-
dence ...... ...... -. 44,37O.72
State hospital, Clarinda ;. 33,464O5
State hospital, Cherokee ;. 334,2SO.3O
Penitentiary, Anamosa -. 7,27O.29
Penitentiary, TT. Madison. 1,215.06
Total expenditures $500. $685., OSS.31
In many cases payments have been
made in previous years on>the same it.
ems and in others the work is not yet
complete or not yet paid for. The list
includes the purchases of land at five
of the institutions, aggregating $97,-
1876, but not the land purchased
more recently at Mt. Pleasant and
Glenwood. The legislature gave $780,
600 for the purchase of land and the
board will make some additional pur-
chases this year. These items in the
lists of permanent Improvement do
not include any of the large items of
clothing, food and general support,
which passed through the hands of the
board during the year, but merely the
expenditures which will not have to
be repeated again, save for renewals.
Insane Hospital Is Luxurious.
The largest sum was of course spent
on the state insane hospital at Chero-
kee, and this represents the compile
tion of the hospital and erection of
many of the secondary buildings.
Some of the larger items Or more i'm
portant are: On the main building,
$S6,72S.65; on outbuildings, $66,525;
heating and ventilating, $24,579; boil
ers and setting, $15,124.17; engines
and foundation, SS,103.50; generators,
$4,000; electric dumb walters, S7,700;
three electric elevators, $500; steam
pumps, $2,015; laundry machinery,
$4,000; deep well, $2,549.97; electric
wiring, $7,114.0o; plumbing, s11,360;
window shades 1,526), $1,1O072;
electric light fixtures, $4,000; chairs,
$4,747.36; beds, $4,596.40; blankets,
$2,O79.30; sheets, pillow cases and
spreads, $2.253.31; tables, $1,75O.5O;
desks, $6O0.95; five pianos, Sits;
u Z
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
TO FOSTER MERCHANT MARINE
Congressman Fitzgerald offers Sill to
Promote American Shipping.

rrorTI0kS !Nr1rSI 1car1 01I7PPr1Ig.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 17-Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald of New York has
introduced bill 'to encourage, pro-
mote, and to develop" as the title
says, '.the merchant marine of the
United States" 1t provides that there
shall be allowed rebate OF ten per
cent of the duty imposed by lawon all
goods imported into the United States
from any foreign country or any ter
rltory the property of the United
Stats between which territory and the
United States vessels of other than
American registry are permitted to
engage in carrying trade, whenever
such goods are carried in vessels of
American registry.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
LOVE is GONE.
Hastings Says vHife's Affections Have
Seen Alienated.

Washington. Jan. 17-(SpeciaD-
Before large and interested audi
ence OF spectators one of the most UNI
usual cases ever tried in this county
in which the plaintiff, w. w. Hastings
brings action against Joseph Marek
for $4,000, charging him with alien
ating his wife's affections, is now be-
ing heard before Judge Preston, of Os-
kaloosa, in the district court here.
W. w. Hastings is one of the old
residents OF the county, a man 70
years OF age and veteran OF the Mex
lean and Civil wars His wife is many
years his junior being about As years
old, Joseph Marek is a young farm
err about As years of age, unmarried
and said to be worth about $4,000.
Married Over Two Years.
Evidence in the case is now being
taken, the testimony for the plaintiff
having closed, the witnesses for the
defendant are being heard. According
to the testimony already brought out,
Mr.. Hastings was married to his pres
ent wife during, the year 1900 and since
that time it is held by the plaintiff
that MaTek has several times visited
his home and that as a result of these
visits has succeeded in winning the
affections of the woman.
Went Driving.
1t is held by the plaintiff and has
been brought out in the evidence that
during the frequent visits Of the de-
PENDANT to the home of the plaintiff,
he, together with the wife OF the plain
tiff, took many long drives about the
country and that following these, the
love OF the woman for her husband is
said to have grown cold.
Damaging Evidence.
OF the testimony thus far introduc-
ed in the case, that of witness from
Wellman is believed to be the most
damaging to the cause of the defend
ant. 1t is alleged that during the latter
part of 1901 the wife of the plaintiff
in company with the defendant drove
to his home. He further states that
during their stay the defendant placed
his hand affectionately on Mrs. Hast
ings and that their actions during their
stay We're such as would have done
credit to newly married couple.
The Defense.
Though little of the testimony has
been taken it is stated that the defend
ant will attempt to prove that his WIS.,
is to the Hastings home were at the
invitation and solicitation of the plain
tiff. In his petition the plaintiff al
leges that he and Mrs. Hastings have
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

He cares nothing
for the means to
that end.
There are thou
sands of men and
women whose
lives are at stake,
who are hindered
from accepting
the one means of
safety by foolish
prejudice.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery has
been the means of
restoring health
to many men and
women whose hol-
low cough, bleed
ing lungs, erna-
citation and weak
ness seemed to
warrant the state
nlent of local ply
sicians-vThere is
no cure possible. /"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
poet Laureate Of Iowa.

"lmportant work has been done by
Iowa men in many other branches of
science, but we think we have said
enough to convince the most skepti-
cal of the work done by our men and
women. All can concur in the senti
ments expressed by the so-called poet
laureate of Iowa, S. II. M. Byers, at
the celebration of the semi-centennial
of our statehood:
F" They built the state more glorious
than they thought,
Those simple carvers of an earlier
time.
Though rude their tools and few with
which they wrought.
The passing years have made their
work sublime
" They built the state, and while its
rivers flow,
Deep, vast, resistless, to yon oceans
tide,
May love for it and its new splendors
grow,
Till all the world shall see how just
our pride
"'They built the state; our hands shall
keep it whole.
Proud and erect and glorious it shall
be;
Lofty its path, forever great it's goal,
Beloved one, We pledge our lives to
thee
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
succuMBs TO HEART TROUBLE.
Aged Editor of Calumet, Mich, Dies
at Ace of ~ Years.

Calumet, Mich, Jan. 17.-Fred Mac
kenzie, editor of the Copper Evening
News, died today of heart trouble at
the age of Y years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
WHEN EEFE:'S Al STAhE:

The most tinlid man will take any
chance of escape. The slender rope
dropped down the precipice, the slip
perry log over the abyss, anything that
offers chance of life, is eagerly snatch
ed at The end the man seeks is safety.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.
The best in the world for Cuts,
Corns, Boils, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Cures
piles or no pay. 25c. f. B. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

The Union Trust company, capital,
$4,000, has been incorporated at
Davenport.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
Cures the hurts of anutslinu that wall


AENT VIII e has
Whatit
just6 sthesc NANs At0A AousaAes Vi
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

The. mid-winter session of the Har-
din County Editorial association has
been abandoned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

A three and one-half foot vein of
coal has been discovered near Abel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
Parties Are Well Known.

All the parties in the case are well
known in this vicinity and the case 10
being watched with unusual interest,
large crowds of spectators being pres
ent at each session OF the court. w. w.
Hastings. the plaintiff. has for many
years lived in this county.He is a cous-
in of Ex-Governor Hastings of Califor-,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No. cure, no
pay. Price 25 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
I All Sorts of Horse Flesg,
Ii socks down THROUGH, the muscles.


in
stubborn and intense
routed by this old Nt1edl 'Nla
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

been close companions in their early
school days and that since then, they
have always been close friends and
that their actions on any of the oc-
casions on which they were together
showed no misconduct on the part of
either
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Stops the Cough and Works Off the
Cold
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

then at the height of his literary fame.
From that time till the present the
poem has been widely printed in news
papers and collections of gems of poe
try and credited to Bulwer Lytton. De-
string to secure possession OF the child
of his Imagination, Mr. Nc
ing for an authoritative denial of the
the gentle Briton tartly replied that
he was very glad to say that he never
wrote the poem in question.
IoWa's Greatest Poet.
without doubt 1owa's greatest
poet is VIM. Rufus Perkins, poet
who is also claimed by Pennsylvania,
for it was at Erie that he was born
Mr. Perkins Iowa life began in 1887
when he was appointed professor of
history at the State university, re.
naming there until 1894. To those
who knew and loved him his death
was as the vanishing of some bright,
particular star. His prose work
should be judged by such lectures as
the one on The Philosophy of His
tory lecture which for beauty of
language and noble elevation of
thought has rarely been surpassed.
Enthusiastic friends urged the publ
cation of his verse. Accordingly in
1880 Eleusis' was printed privately
and anonymously. 1t received such
hearty recognition and such generous
praise, that two years later McClurg
issued a volume entitled Eleusis and
Lesser Poems,' by W. R. Perkins. He
was Immediately hailed as the William
Watson of America This small vol
ume gives him a high and enduring
place in our work of letters.
Musicians Attain Prominence.
'Iowa poets are as plentiful as her
| wild flowers and her musicians out
rival in number her meadow larks.
Among the musical composers | will
mention Frank Martindale, of Inde-
pendence, whose songs Only Pansy
Blossom and When the Robins Nest
| Again. have been so popular. Mrs. Su-
san Weare Hubbard, formerly of Ce-
| dar Rapids, whose recent book of
songs is now having large sale.
| Virgil c. Taylor, the organist and au-
| thor of the The Enchanter, and many
other collections of sacred and secular
songs, and julius Perkins, of Iowa.
City, the noted bass singer, we'll
known in opera in Poland, Italy and
England He is the composer of many
songs as well as music for the piano.
At Bradford, quiet little village of
northeastern Iowa, stands the Tnpre-
tentious church celebrated by the
song, The Little Brown Church in the
Vale written by DR.. w. S.. Pitts, now
of Fredericksburg. 1t is a folk song
and will be sung hundreds of years to
come.
Lillian Russell, the queen of comic
opera, was born at Clinton, and Iowa
City was the home of Hope Glen, who
sang for years with Christine Nelson.
Kate Funk. before her marriage with
Jacobson the violinist, was an Iowa
girl and won distinction with her vio-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
Two things needed in lameness.

What
fhing sels MEXICAN MUSTANG ENr
tired
pam oesn ana then the
Ai1ee Sizes zoe, DOC and 81
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

carpets and rugs, sS.76290; 10 horses,
S2135; 63 cows, S2,245.50; hogs, ST.
3O772; six sewing machines, $22215;
landscape work, $500; surgical instru-
ments and pharmacy supplies,
81. O23.66
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Lillian Russell, the queen of comic
opera, was born at Clinton, and Iowa
City was the home of Hope Glen, who
sang for years with Christine Nelson.
Kate Funk. before her marriage with
jacobson the violinist, was an Iowa
girl and won distinction with her vio-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Your sires and grand sircs used Mexican
Mustang Liniment because it healed their
hurts and cured the ills of their domestic ami
mails. What MEXICAN Mustang LN1MENr did
for mankind and brute kind 60 years ago it
does to-day. 1t has always cured and always
will cure any and everything that good,
honest liniment can cure.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20
Poem With Curious History.

"Fhe familiar poem beginning:
g There is no death. The stars go
down to rise upon some fairer shore.
And bright in heavens jewelled crown
they shine forever more
has a somewhat curious history. 1t
is the production of j. L. McCrury, a
witty and fascinating newspaper cor
respondent at Washington and writ
er of verse of more than ordinary mer-
it. 1t was written while the author
lived in Dubuque and published
anonymously in Galena, Illinois,
paper, edited by a Mr.. Butler. The
first editor who copied the poem at
tributed it to Mr.. Butler Editor No.
copying from No. 2 supposed Butler
was misprint for Bulwer, who was
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

Mark Twain and Burdette.
ut is related that when Henry Ward
Beecher was rallied upon his national
reputation he replied that he had
none, that with exception of the presi-
dents there was but one man in Amer
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17
>WO very faint-heart-
: >

ed young people were
looking at one another
over the back fence of
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17
TO A FALSE LOVE
BY W. D. GREEN


You have broken every promise,
Every vow that you have made,
And the heart that truly loved you,
Low in anguish you have laid.
Oh the bitter pain and sorrow
That has wrung this faithful heart,
Since that fatal Friday evening
When you told me We must part.
You remember how l pleaded,
AS one pleads with God above;
Laid my naked heart before you,
Showing all its depth of love.
One last kiss you coldll granted,
Saying this must be the last;
llthat ever was between us
Must be numbered with the past.
You was offered every comfort
That an honest love could give,
With kind and faithful husband
To protect you while you live.
Do you think that it will pay you
To forsake such love as this,
For the path which you have chosen,
Which can never give you bliss?
When you stand before your Maker,
Where no favors can be bought,
Do you hope to be held blameless
For the ruin you have wrought?
Do you hope to pass unchallenged
Through the pearly gates Of bliss,
While I writhe in hottest torments,
Brought there by your Judas kiss?
1 believe in retribution,
And the time will surely come,
When you'd give up half your lifetime
To undo what you have done.
Better heed in time the warning
That will save you from your fate,
Than rush on in stubborn folly
To repent, alas! too late.
When in the future, lone and loveless,
You sit thinking Ger your sin,
In your secret heart lamenting,
Thinking on what might have been;
Then compare the situation
Of your wilful mispent life,
With the one my love once offered,
Of loving mother, faithful wife.
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17

at 1912 a. m, 6.I4 p. M, week days Returning,
leave Lewes 6.4j a. m. and % p. m. week
days.
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth l042 a. m.
Tuesdays, TLursdyys and Saturdays only.
Returning, leave kehoboth J.O7 p m. Tues.
days, Thu sdays and Saturdays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, ~ AZ a. m. and.
6.l4 p. m. week days. Returning, leave Berlin
6.56 a m and LOB n. m. week days
g Leave Massey for Chestertown and way sta
tions 1902 r. m. and 5.37 p. m. week k-days.
Returning, leave Chestertown 7.lS a M. and
2 rs p. m, week days.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT p R-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations q 81 a m and
sos m, week days Returning. leave Centre
Vile 7.46 M. and 38 p m, weekdays.
DELAWARE n CHEsAPEAKE X. R-Ieave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations . 48 q. M. and
h.22 p M, week days Returning leave Oxford
. IS a. and 40 p. NJ. weekdays
CAMBRIDGE & SEAEoRp ,i.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations Il. l9 a.
m. and 52p m week days, Returning, leave
Cambridge Z .00 m. and 2.32 p. IN. weekdays.
CONNECTION AT Porter with Newark and
Delaware City railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Massey,
for stations on Baltimore q Delaware Bay
Railroad. At Clayton. with Delaware & Chesa-
peake railroad. At Hi r-ington. with Delaware,
Maryland & Virginia ltsilroad At >eaford with
Cambridge n Seafu d Railroad At Delmar,
with New York. philadelphia & Norfolk
w. w. ATTERBURY. General aianager.
j. k. WOOD General Passenger Agent.
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17

IDaily. Daily except carday.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or I ske passengers fol
points south of Delmar
"e" Stops to leave passengers rom New
York Division.
~ Stops only on notice to c. ,ductor or age. t.
or on signal.
"i'' Stops to leave passengers rom Midf le-
town and points south.
81" Stops to take on passengers for Cape
Charles and beyond.
"p" stops to leave par e. gers from poi, is
south of Delmar, or take passengel< for " IL
mington and points north.
*On Saturdays arrives 9.25 p. m.
Arrives daily except Saturday aud Sunday.
NEW CASTLE AccoMMoDATIoN Trains. Leave
Wilmington 7.37. s IS a. m, 3.0l, %.02 and 6.5e
p. M, week days. Leave New Caste S. u,
9.53. II .02 q. m, 2.32, 6.4l p. m week DAYS.
Express trains leaving Harrington q 10 q. m.
and arriving at $40 p. m, week DAYS run
through solid to and from Baltimore. via Porter
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND& & VIRGINIA r. r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations l0.42 m Gil p m week days. Return.
ing train leaves Franklin City $40 .. m and
1903 p. N. week DAYS.
Leave Franklin City for ChiEcoteague (via
steamer) | IS and $40 p m. week days Return
ing leave Chincoteague I0.45 a. M. and $50 p.
m, wee k-davs.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17
OCULAR DEFECTS

Every observant person has recognized
the recent striking increase in the num-
ber of people wearing glasses, and, while
this fact can be considered sign OF our
advancing civilization, the question may
be asked, What will it lead t" and is it Il
necessity? The answer must be that
while our environment, our professions
and trades, compels constantly increas-
ing demand upon one of the most deli
cate and complex organs of our system,
it is necessary in order to preserve the
function Of the eyes in their highest pos
sible state, that concerted action be taken
to that end. Neglect of the eyes and in
judicious use of glasses are great contri-
buting factors in the general deteriora-
tion that is taking place in these organs.
Every oculist has seen case alter case
of these various conditions promptly re-
lieved by the correction of the ocular de.
feet. He has seen cases where the child
pronounced by the parents and teachers
dull and backward becomes the brightest
in his class after wearing glasses that give
him normal vision without the effort
that has caused condition OF brain fag.
He las seen many nervous, weakened,
ill-nourished child become as robust and
healthy as his playmates after the re-
moval of some eye strain.
| The p,aoho,,;ay,, tIo o,.o g,
the most delicate system of our entire
body. For the perfect performance OF its
function every part must work in per-
/, feet harmony. To secure this harmony
both the refraction and the muscular
balance of the eyes must be perfect. 1t
/ is fact that an absolutely .emmetropic
or normal eye is but rarely found.-A.
B. Norton in Atlantic.
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17
Recoysrsi spsseh and Hsaring

MEssRs ELY BRos Il commenced
using yonr Cream Balm about two years
ago for catarrh. My voice was some
what thick and my hearing was dull.
Ny hearing has been fully restored and
my speech has become quite clear. am
a teacher in our town.
L. G. Brown, Granger, o.
Tie Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at Scots. or
mailed by Ely Brothers, SO Warren St.,
New York.