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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
@pIER xI-Continued.

"The Shark is yours, gentlemen"
said Hestor, airily. 1.-THE servants are
yours to command, but / will issue all
necessary orders to the captain.
You gentlemen, who have such great
interests under your control, must
realize that. in snch an outing as l
have planned, Capt. Waters must not
be annoyed with conflicting orders. 1
have provided everything for your
comfort, and am sure you will thank
me for the treat | have in store for
you. | will rejoin you in a few mo-
ments. ] wish to study Jul charts
and determine our course for the
night. Then we will have some music
in Social Hall. / would like to see
you for a few moments, Sidney; if
the gentlemen will excuse you.n
MI. Hammond hesitated a moment.
Mr.. Carmody stepped to his side and
spoke a few words in a low tone.
Sidney listened, and bowling to him
and the others, Joined Hestor and
followed him into his private state
rooms at the forward part of the
deckhouse.
"Well, I'll be damned" said Mr..
Haven, with perhaps justifiable en-
phasis. as Hestor smiled gracious1y
and departed with Sidney Hammond.
"We T kidnapped"
"Did you just find that out?"
drawled Mr. Kent, as he reached for
another cigar. 81 knew that five
minutes ago"
"You take it mighty coolly," said
Mr.. Haven, glaring at the big specu-
lator. sOne would think that the
kidnapping of six of the wealthiest
men in New York was an everyday
event by the way you take it,"
L have seen stranger things than
this happen" said Mr.. Kent. "Take
1t easy. Take it easy. You will get
Pence excited"
Mr.. Pence had passed the stage of
excitement. He was lost in the
depths of despair. Had one of the
marines entered and commanded him
to walk the plank it would not have
added to the weight of woe which
overwhelmed him.
Mr.. Palmer j. Morton had taken
no part in the brief proceedings
which had accomplished this revoIu-
tlon. He grasped the situation from
b moment Hestor made his first
declaration, and realized that
whether their dilemma was the re-
suit of q plot or the whim of a
maniac, that arguments and force
were useless. Mr.. Morton prided him
self that he could divine the mach
nations of the cool-headed bust
s schemer, but was he expected
to cope with the fantastic plots of a
crazy man? 1t was enough to know
that he had been duped. He must
devise a way out of the trap which
he had helped to set.
Gentlemen" he said, "this is a
serious affair, but we must meet it
coolly and with elaboration. 1t is
OF no avail to storm and rage. We
are Gagged, and it will do no good to
beat our wings against the bars. 1
feel myself largely at fault in this
affair, but all of us are likely to make
mistakes and to suffer lapses in
judgment. In this"
Mr.. Norton" interrupted Mr..
Rockwell, II think I speak for all
present when | say that we do not
hold you in the least responsible for
this ridiculous event. / should have
done the same thing. So would any
of US"
Il thought that newspaper trust
n of the best things ] ever heard
Of" said Mr.. Pence, and his eyes
frightened for the moment at the
thought. Il figured it out hat the
stock would have paid 20 psr Gent,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
THE FAawFa. AND THE rnusrs.

H- Nv Il 1ASOSASs
In these days of almost universal
combination of business interests we
note just two lines yet left out in the
cold-the farm and the church. Each
of these is jogging along at the same
old gait, going it alone in the old COM
petltlve way while meeting the power
of combined interests at every point.
The farmer today is rocked to sleep as
a baby in a cradle made by a trust, he
like enough is raised on a bottle made
by a trust, he goes to work later on in
a trust made wamus, ~overalls, shoes
and hat, he plOws with a trust pillow,
seeds his fields with a trust seeder.
drags them with u trust drag, cult
Yates his corn with a trust cultivator,
harvests his crop with a trust harvest
er, thrashes it with a trust thrasher,
hauls his crop to market on a trust
wagon, has his load weighed on a trust
scales and sells to a representative of
the grain dealers trust; he loads I'D in
town with a load of trust lumber or
coal, buys some trust sugar and beef
and tobacco and goes home to sleep in
a trust bed. When he dies, he is buried
in a trust coffin after being treated by
a trust doctor and laid out by a trust
undertaken, about the only thing in his
whole career not controlled by a trust
being the funeral sermon by the de-
nominational parson, who alone with
the deceased Still fights his way
through life free of any religious trust.
This state of affairs should operate to
turn the granger's thoughts toward re-
ligion when he finds that the trusts are
too many for him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The second and third weeks of a
cows tactical period are the ones dur
ing which she will, under normal feed
and conditions, give the largest yield
of butter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
HOW ONE NAN LOST HIS HOGS.

Lightning killed two steers for a
farmer late last fall. He sold the car
casses to a travelling junk peddler, who
took the hides. In his wagon was a
freshly skinned horse hide bought of a
man miles away who happened to have
an outbreak of hog cholera on his
place. Before %skinning the steers he
spread out the horse hide on the ground
to dry. A bunch of small pigs, getting
scent of 1t, came up and commenced to
nose the horse hide around. -Four days
after the cholera broke out among this
herd of hogs and made a clean sweep
Of 500 worth of choice hogs. See?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The owners Of the rich Nile valley
lands have to pay an annual tax Of
IS per acre. We know of men who
kick at a tax of % cents per acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The ordinary average farm of the
corn belt is just the place to raise the
heavy draft horse, and there should be
a pair of good well bred draft mares on
every quarter section farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
GAN HE PAY A HIGHER RENT,

CAN HE PAY A HIGHER RENTs !
The writer lives in one of the most.
productive sections Of the western
corn belt, where the usual rental value
Of improved farms has been for many
years from 81 to So per acre on q land
valuation Of about $50 per acre Dur.
ing the past three years these lands
have advanced in value from $50 tbI
$50 and $50 per acre, and the owners
are very naturally demanding higher,
rents-from $3.75 to IS per acre. UNI
der the old rent the tenants have done
fairly well, but they find this fns
creased demand discouraging, for the
land is no richer and will produce mol
better crops than before. 1t hits tha
grain raiser and seller the worst, foI
the fact is there is very little left foa
him out of his oat crop at ~forty~fyeI
bushels an acre or his corn 7 az
forty bushels when he sells these cropHI
and pays such a rent. There Is only
one kind of farming which will permtt
the payment of SIS per acre rent, and
that is with the cow, the hog and the
steer as c%opartners. We believe Wa
will put it this way: Before we would.
pay IS ansaore rent for any many
farm we would pull out and buy some.
of the good land which is to be had Id
the newer sections Of the country al
from $50 to $50 per acre and which
may be had on easy time paymentst
The only class Of leases which we fal
vor at all are these copartnerstip ones
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The scratch of a pin may cause the
loss of a limb or even death when
blood poisoning results from the in
jury. All danger of this may be
avoided, however, by promptly apply
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t is
an anti-septic and unequaled as a
quick healing liriment for cuts,
bruises and burns. For sale by all
druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

We note a recent sale in England of
choice Shire t~wo-year-old mares at
$1,000 to $1,400 each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

No apple grown in the west has been
the recipient Of nor unstinted abuse
than the variety known as Patterns
Greening, and still a fruit grower in
central Iowa who has eight acres of
this variety told us recently that he
obtained a gross return Of 5000 per
acre from these trees last year. This
would indicate that the criticism re-
ferred to is not altogether impartial
and fair.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

Drought caused a shrinkage of 49,
100000 sheep and 275,000 head of cattle
in New South Wales last year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
FRoM sTREET mo FARm.

A man who has been for twenty-lve
years wholly engaged in the strenuous
life of a member of a board of trade in
N of our largest cities writes and
wants some suggestions and advice
along the line of quitting his board of
trade business and buying a good small
farm n settling down as an up to
date progressive farmer. He writes
that he lis fast nearing the age when
he will be turned down and forced
aside in favor of a younger and more
vigorous man and would like to be
somewhere and be doing something
where gray hair would not bar him.
He says that he is well read on the
technical and scientific side Of agricul-
ture, but that his actual experience is
limited to garden and poultry work on
a small scale. The particular thing he
is anxious to know is whether it is safe
to make this radical change of employ.
ment in a financial way. Yes, If he will
not carry to the farm his board of trade
style of living and be content to begin
in a very moderate way, learning as he
goes. We see this dificulty-the excite
ment, high pressure and ~intoxication.
as it may be termed, associated with a
board of trade life would make for him
the quiet, peaceful work of the farm
seem inexpressibly dull and monoto.
nous at times, and it would be strange
indeed if he did not long for the flesh.
pots of Egypt; but possibly the certain.
ly improved health and appetite, the
release from the e present nervou
strain of city life and the opportunity
thus afforded to crafty his love Of ma.
ture and natural things would to a
large extent compensate and tend to
make him contented. Something also
depends upon how his wife and family
look on this scheme, for q mar had bet
ter rush up and down the city Streets
till he drops dead than undertake tou
enjoy life In the country with a petu.i,
liant, discontented wife in a farm home.
If it was u case, we should let the
women folks settle this matter. Il
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

1t is the business of the devil to ge'
his circus in on the ground floor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The tendency has been in the keep
ing Of butter in cold storage to grad
ually lower the temperature year by
year Of the room where the butter is
stored. This season the butter which
has kept in the most perfect condition
and which shows practically no loss
whatever Of fine quality and flavor
has been kept at a temperature of
from 6 to 10 degrees below zero.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

A point worth remembering in the
tile draining of land is that if the tile
are laid in the near vicinity of willow
trees or hedges the fbrous roots Of such
trees will seek the tile drain for the
moisture it contains and by filling it
with a mass of roots thus render the
drain worthless. The roots once inside
of the tile will travel an almost unlim-
tied distance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

A little pest and brute almost I'M
known in the west thirty years ago
the ciyet cat or small skunk-is con-
stantly increasing in numbers so that
in many sections it has become an in
tolerable plague and menace to all
poultry raisers. We know of just two
farms, and these adjoining a city Of
5000 population, where last season
were killed no less than thirty-fve of
these pests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

A friend writes asking why apples
shrink up and wither when kept in a
cool cellar. The air is probably too
dry and subjects the fruit to a steady
process of evaporation. When kept in
"a cellar, apples should not be exposed
to the air. They keep well packed in
moist sand or in an underground pit,
just as potatoes are kept. If kept in
the cellar, cover them with something
which will prevent the evaporation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

At the late poultry show at Kansas
City a three-year-old hen sold for SOL.
This beats $4,000 for a boar pig or $12,-
500 for a Shorthorn bull and beats
Shamrock, who only brought about $40
per pound, including all the prizes he
won.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

Molasses as a byproduct of the sugar
factories mas always until lately been
regarded as little better than a nui-
sance. 1t is now known that when it is
properly mixed with other foods it
makes a most valuable stock ration, es-
pecially for horses. In France and
Germany it is now being used in i'm
mense quantities as food for horses,
and they are being kept in the best of
condition at a cost of only SO per cent
of the old time grain ration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

The dairy COW expected to give a
flow of milk during the winter season
should be provided with some kind Of
a succulent ration, either roots or en-
silage. In the line Of roots there is
nothing better for her than sugar beets
or carrots.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13
MUTUAL MERCANTILE co.

Attention is called to the display advertisement of the Mutual Mercan- tile Co. on page of this paper. This is an incorporated company with a capital stock of s1OO,OOO, the home of flee of which is in Tucson, and it's officers some of the most prominent business men of that city.
 Gust A. Hoff, the president. is of the Tucson Grocer Co.,; Fred Fleish- man, the vice president, is also the vice president of the Arizona Nation al Bank of Tucson; and the directors are the above named gentlemen and R. E. Fahey, T. J. Fahey and T. A. Keogh. attorney. of San Francisco.
 The plan of the Mutual Mercantile Co. is based on the Identical lines of life insurance, and provides a safe and profitable investment for rich and poor alike, the Mutual paying large profits 10 the living, while the insur- ance companies pay large profits to the estates of the deceased
 Any contract holder has the privil. ege of calling at the company's office and examining the books. Harry Brown, well known in Bisbee. has been appointed resident agent for the
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

l. l.. Merrill. superintendent of the Calumet and Arizona, returned yester- day from business trip to Los Ange- les.
 William Chesterfield, who is charg- ed with defrauding Uncle Sam out of 2 liquor license. was called back to Tombstone yesterday on a hurry-ur message from his attorney
 MT. McRenecke, late of Williams, has completed his building at Don Luis. The coors were opened for business for the first time on Satur- day evening.
 R. D. Brown, a full fledged Los Angeles man, is in the city taking in the sights. He thought that Los Angeles was booming. he says. but Bisbee is far ahead of anything that he suspected.
 4. J. Elliott, formerly of this citv who went back to Canada. very i'll anC no; expected to recover, has had 2n operation performed and is now in New York state, progressing nicely and almost wholly recovered.
 Mrs E. G. Orc has returned from a Vlsit to Tombstone. She wa3 accom- panied by her husband. who had been over there to collect the small trifIe Of S1.OOO on his contract for building the new addition to the court house.
 The many friends of MT. Peter LL Fash will be pleased to learn that al. though he has discontinued business al the old stand, he has no intention of leaving Bisbee, but will soor Dfanch out for himself again in a larger and more commodious quar- ters.
 Charles Hull. the mayor of on Luis, was in the city yesterday at- tending to some business. He says mat ne feels much better now, having so many neighbors, than he diG when all the company he had was jack rab- bits.
 $. F. Graham was one of the many "no did not keep himself posted on the change in time tables on the Ell Paso and Southwestern Railroad. and In consequence when he went to the depot to take the train on the old time, he found that he was just two hours late. and that he would have to remain over night in Bisbee.
 MT. Thos C. E. Hunter, represent. ing the Compressed Air Machinery Co., 2426 First St., of San Francisco, is in the city in the interests of his company. MT. Hunter will go iron. here to Douglas and thence to several mining camps in Sonora. During his sojourn in Bisbee he was a pleasant caller at the Review office.
 Church of the Covenant, Rev. liar. vey M. Shields, pastor. Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Public services at II a. m and 7:45 p. m. A general and very cordial invitation is given.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13
F .... < < .:.i.: 4 :. :. ; PERSONAL MENTION Z

Mrs. Jack Wixtram and baby arriv- ed last evening from a visit of sever al months in Iowa
 J. C. Johns of Naco spent yesterday in Bisbee attending to some import ant business.
 Will R. Hill of Kansas arrived in Bisbee last evening, and is stopping at the Copper Queen Hotel.
 w. H. Sides of New York was among last nights arrivals who reg istere6 at the Copper Queen Hotei.
 Sol Greenberg, a commercial man from San Francisco, came in last night to do business with our mer- chants.
 F. w. Speely of Tucson came up last night to look over the mining field of Bisbee, of which he has heard so much.
 F. NJ. Stubridge of Sar Francisco arrived last evening and will remain here for several days looking 1of+'~ mining matters.
 Thomas Grindell of Douglas was Bisbee visitor yesterday. He was up doing some shopping and attending to some other business
 John Mulliean of Fresno arrived last night. He is looking for busi- ness location, which he finds very hard proposition.
 Lee c. Scott. who hai's. from New York. came in on last nights trafn, and placed his autograph on the Cop per Queen Hotel register.
 The Review is pleased to announce that Mrs. Stewart Hunt, who has been i'll for some time past, is now fully recovered.
 c. w. Renecke had a large loai of wet goods hauled to Don Luis yester- day with which to stock a saloon that he is starting there
 James Blair and wife returned last evening from Tombstone, where Mir. Blair has been engaged as a grand juror Of the District Court.
 Thomas Grin6ell, principal of the public schools at DoIgl.s. Was in the city yesterday cn business connected. with the schools Uf bis cit:
 .S SE "-fA'
 A. P. Lahge, a well known business man of Los Angeles, is a Bisbee visit or who Is here to look over our re. sources with a view of investing.
 Mrs. Margery Alexander returned last evening from a short visit to Tombstone. having been advised that her stock of ladies' furnishing gooda had arrived.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13
(Listen) SCHWARTZ BROS. (Are Speaking.)
With Our New Front On.)

with Our New Front On.)
 The Door Hunts for the Gus toner and not the Customer for the Door,"
 Schwartz Bros, as usual, are keeping in touch with the ad- vance of Bisbee, and really the line of high-class goods for mems wear We carry can not be appreciated until you have seen the variety we have and the care in the selections. We are getting better right along. Don't forget our line of Xmas Gifts suitable for the Broth CT, Husband or Best Fellow"
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

company in this city, and the people are invited to investigate what the investment of s1.00 will do for them
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

c. W. Renecke had a large loai ol wet goods hauled to Don Luis yester. day with which to stock a saloon tha, he is starting there
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Lee c. Scott. who hai,s. from New York. came in on last nights traiI. and placed his autograph on the Cop per Queen Hotel register
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

The Review is pleased to announce that Mrs. Stewart Hunt, who has been i'll for some time past, is now fully recovered.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

A. P. Lahge, a well known business man of Los Angeles, is Bisbee visit or who is here to look over our re sources with view of investing.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

James Blair and wife returned last evening from Tombstone, where Mir. Blair has been engaged as a grand juror Of the District Court.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

w H. Sides of New York was among last nights arrivals who reg isterec at the Copper Queen Hotel.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Thomas Grindell, principal of the public schools at DoIgI&s. Was in the city yesterday cn business connected. will the schools Uf bis cit:.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

F. w. Speely of Tucson came up last night to look over the mining field of Bisbee of which he has heard so much.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Will R. Hill of Kansas arrived in Bisbee last evening, and is stopping at the Copper Queen Hotel
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Mrs. Margery Alexander returned last evening from a short visit to Tombstone. having been advised that her stock of ladies furnishing goods had arrived.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

John Mulligan of Fresno arrived last night. He is looking for busi- ness location, which he finds a very hard proposition.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Sol Greenberg, a commercial man from San Francisco, came in last night to do business with our mer- chants.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

F. NJ Stubridge of San Francisco arrived last evening and will remain here for several days looking of+"" mining matters.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

MT. McRenecke, late of Williams, has completed his building at Don Luis. The coors were opened for business for the first time on Satur- day evening.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

J. C. Johns of Naco spent yesterday in Bisbee attending to some import ant business.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-12-13

Mrs. E. G. Orc has returned from visit to Tombstone. She was accon panied by her husband. who had bee over there to collect the small trifl Of s1.OOO on his contract for buildin the new addition to the court house.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-05-15

gesture Of hclplessness. The suspi-
zion O" tears was too much for Gus.
$50 ahead and write it. I'll do it,
he growlcd.
AT half-past four the old doctor
was with Molly.
"Was | compromising a felony oil
anything?" she asked. smiling up at
him.
And McClatchic, walking over the
slcepers on his way to DENLY, was ex.
%pericncing a sensation g TO him
a yearning for u woman's love like
Molly's for her husband. and a feel.
ing of complacencc over his nights
work, even though his pockets were
empty.--N. Y. Times.