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

Yes" he said,
Il am head over
heels in debt, but
it is my nlisfor-
t u n e, n o t my
fault"
~ our mis- for
tune?"
Yes. You see, 1
have a faculty for
making such an
excellent impress
sion upon people
that they still per-
sist in trusting
me-"
Hazardous Sport.
There are haz-
ards in the game
of golf, are there
not?' asked the
ignorant one.
"Hazards!" ex-
claimed the veter-
an. We'll, / should
say so. Why, no
less than three
marriage engage
ments We're an
nounced after the
last game"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
Between Friends.

Between Friends.
TIM getting tir-
ed of boarding
houses" said the
young man who
parts his hair in
the middle. i've
half a mind to get
married"
of c gu r S Ell"
growled the old
bachelor. "Ittakes
just about that
amount of mind
to think of such a
fool thing"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
A Limited Ward.

IoUe.
Sandy Pixies .
What are yer do
IN wild dat bunch
Of old feathers?
Billy Coalgate--
Why, l asked dat
lady fer one of
her husbands old
suits.
Sandy Pixies =
Well?
Billy Coalgate-
An it seems dat
he's de wild Zulu
in de side show.
an dis is all he
wears.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
A Canny Preacher,

Major Pond was discreet man, but
he occasionally told one celebrity a
good story at the expense of another.
One Of his favorite stories was of an
American preacher who preached in
England under his management.
The sermons attracted greater audi
ences than either manager or preacher
had expected, and at length, one night,
as manager and managed sat talking
upon the steps of a great London
church after the delivery of a success
full sermon in neighborng hall, the
dissatisfied preacher struck for higher
wages. and brought such arguments
to bear that the manager felt it neces-
sary to yield.
1t was costly talk for Major Pond,
but he keenly enjoyed the humor of
the situation and took great pleasure
in picturing the great preacher seated
in the moonlight upon the cathedral
step bargaining for higher pay for
preaching the gospel.-New York Sun.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony,

Among the kherrias of India the
marriage ceremony is quite elaborate.
After many preliminaries the priest
begins this singular performance:
Taking small portion of the hair of
the bride and groom in turn, from the
center of the forehead, he draws it
down to the bridge Of the nose. Then.
pouring oil on the top of the head, he
watches it carefully as it trickles
down the portion of hair II the oil
runs straight on to the tip of the
nose their future will be fortunate,
but if it spreads over the forehead or
trickles off on either side of the nose
bad luck is sure to follow Their for
tunes told, generally to their own sat
isfaction, the essential and irrevoca-
BILE part of the ceremony takes place.
Standing up side by side, but with
faces strictly ayerted, the bride and
bridegroom mark each others fore
heads with "sindur" (vermilon)
Great care is always taken that Meth
er shall catch glimpse of the other
during this important process. which
finally makes the couple man and
wife.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
NOT A BLOOD RELATION
Death of Life's Partner Caused a Fins
Distinction

1t was in one of the farming dis
tricts of New England The young
folks had banded themselves together
for monthly Qualifications during the
winter and were about to celebrate
the last dance of the season. as well
rs couple OF engagements which mad
resulted from the assemblies Ben Haw-
kins, the local Paginini, and his Strad-
ivarius had been engaged to lead them
through the maZes of the country
dance, and all were looking forward to
the time of their life"
But death inconsiderately claimed
Mrs. Hawkins for his own on the
afternoon of the eventful party. The
young people gathered as arranged
but bemoaned the absence of "Ole
Ben" and games were being substi-
tuted for the dancing. when 10! Haw-
kins and his fiddle appeared on The
scene.
Great astonishment and many ques-
tions greeted the old man, but he
calmly slipped his fiddle out of its
green bag and as he meditatively
rubbed the resin on the bow said:
Wall, yes, Maria's gone; died this
afternoon, but | reckon taint no sin
for me to play for you tonight, seem
she want no blood relation
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
How Foreknowledqe Mioht Help.

When boy had pet Brahma pull
let. plump and good looking, of two or
three pounds weight. One day I en-
tered the hen park and on coming out
could not close the gate. There was
a rubbery-spring of a resistance as
the gate came within a foot of the
post. AS l opened the gate to in
vestigate. my pet pullet ran out a yard
and dropped dead. She had run in be-
tween the gate and the building under
the lower hinge. That lesson in ac-
curacy regarding gates and chickens
gave my affections hard pull II
my pet had been alive ard my fathers
hens all dead would have suffered
less. That was expensive experience
i never killed another chicken by
that gate-it made me think, look,
know more and it increased my accur.
acy. Why could not have learned by
observation what learned by expen-
sive experience ! could have done so
had I had my observation trained and
l have done so many times since that
event. An old German friend told
me that we stopped growing when We
stopped making mistakes. and l must
be growing every day because am
making mistakes right along, but
there are many kinds of mistakes and
want to grow by making those which
do not kill pet pullets" If possible
A Pennsylvania girl told me she did
not think it necessary to be poor in
order to be happy and I am trying to
see If we cannot learn by the valua-
BILE experiences of others and lessen
the necessity of errors and mistakes
on cur part. We should become more
accurate and grow faster than we do
and good reading is one way to do it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Enjoying Your Employment.

In love with your work is one OF
the sources-daily sources-of profita-
Bile originality. Though very few get
a living doing just what they want to
do. yet many succeed and improve
their world of work. leaving their sub
ject in better shape than they found
1t. Desire sto do something well helps
people succeed though working at
their second or third choice of en-
ployment A Chicago man with a ma
tional reputation told me he had never
do. The work he wanted to do may
have been some youthful fancy He is
great success in the work he has
done. Interest in your work briehtens
your eye. sharpens your thought and
Quickens your ear. We are continually
walking over good things-better
things profitable opportunities. While
waiting with friends for a belated
train placed a cCin on the walk to see
how many would walk over it. We
got the value of the coin in entertain.
ment. as dozens of people walked over
It. Then we got the value of the coin
again when we saw the joyful face of
the old lady with a basket who found
the coin, but did not see us. Greater
interest in our work lessons the num-
ber of good things walked over-it
helps us keep awake and thinking
straight. A short-sighted person could
see a dime on high hitching post,
yet be blind to a gold eagle on the
ground. Greater interest in our work
lengthens our sight without injuring
Its quality. Some of the things l tell
you in these letters may help you most
though they are the greatest distance
from the subject you are interested in.
You never know what is going to help
you see something new and useful to
you in your work. The art of picking
up useful ideas in other lines of work
and twisting them into usefulness in
your work Is splendid art to acquire
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
JEWELLERS IN CAVES
THEY ARE YET FOUND FRANCE
Cave City Near Tours-Doors and
Windows in the Face Of a Cliff
Habitations Reached by Narrow
StairWayS.

We have often heard of the cliff
dwelers and are accustomed to think
OF them as a prehistoric race, the re-
mains OF whose few scattered dwell
ings are matter of curiosity TO tour
lists and a prize to antiquarians. Few
people know that at the present day
there are whole communities in France
whose only habitations are followed in
the rocky hillside and whose entire
business life is carried on in caves.
We had seen in Normandy isolated
Instances of people living in ha5ita-
tions half house and half cave. Bu,
they were in far-away towns and vii
lagos. and only the very poorest class
OF people lived in them Our first real
cave city came as great surprise. for
We had just left Tours. one of the most
highly civilized cities in France. We
We're riding along the road to Vouvray
when suddenly. at turn near Roche
cOrbon. this first town of cliff dwellers
burst upon us.
High above us lowered a huge mass
Of oyerhanging rock, strata upon stra-
IA. bearing upon its summit most
peculiar tower, supposed to have been
a watch tower in ages gone by. Its
which they were built. and it seemed
as though it would crash down at any
moment upon the village beneath.
Scattered over the fact of the cliff,
doors and windows, narrow stairways
and little belvideres could be seen. hab-
ltation upon habitation, in most pic
turesque disorder. Walls along the
high road hid the immediate fore
ground, and we looked in vain for an
opening by which we could have
nearer view of this strange communi-
ty. At last we found an open gate, and
peeping through, we were greeted by
lear little old woman, whose wrinkled.
smiling face was surmounted By
snowy white cap. Her doorway was
a bower of fiOwers-hollyhocks asters.
nasturtiums and deep June roses. BY
its side was an old well and little out
house for her wood and gardening tools.
Her CHEEKY bon jour was an invita-
tation to enter. and we gladly accept
ed her cordiality. We followed her
across tfe little yard and were soon
seated in her one and only room-
Scribners.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
For the Individual
Private Time Possibilities.

Thirty minutes a week for thirty
years is sufficient time for any person
to develop a useful side-ine subject
to an altitude requiring international
attention.
Private time study requires great
self-control. Generally there is no
time for it or too much time spent on
it. Zeal for short time ) easier than
persistency and good judgment for
decades.
One of the most successful lawyers
in the United States told me that a
night school was of great use to him.
He attended a class after he had been
admitted to the bar to overcome one
of his deficiencies.
Here are a few items from my let
ter to young people ON ten minutes a
day for ten years:
A minute is something like dime.
1t can be used usefully or abused
shamefully.
1t can be invested in a way to bring
good interest in money muscle-mind
manner.
1t is fortunate for young people to
voluntarily see this manner.
1t is expensive experience to have
to learn it involuntarily.
Take a note book costing a dime,
more or less, and spend ten minutes
with it day, three hundred days a
year.
In ten years that means fifty days
of ten hours each.
II. at the end of ten years, you can
say the five hundred hours have in
creased your ability from two to TWEEN
ty-fve per cent you will not regret
your efforts.
You can do this. and if you do 1t
you are sure to gain by it.
Every day add a sentence or para
graph you think worth saving.
Watch for something to write or
paste in your book have your eyes,
ears and mind ever ready to catch
good hints in your work and recrea-
ton, your reading and conversation.
Every day re-read some one para
graph or sentence and try to twist it
into fresh shape to help you do the
best you can to-day. and, if possible
better tomorrow.
Life is worth living when we know
how to live and live as well as we
know how.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Ingenuity and Resourcefulness.

One of my friends, an intelligent old
Englishman, told me about how his
predecessor and himself had fixed up
the little house in which he works. He
makes me think that useful little
schemes around one for convenience
and comfort are a part of ones life.
He is a gateman on a railroad in a
suburb. He works fifteen hours day,
seven days week for thirty-five dol
lars month. without any holidays.
He is happy and would not lose his
position for a double gold eagle. My
collection contains some written obser-
vations he has made.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
ONE OF The LARGEST iRRIGATiMG CANALS
IN The WORLD
a Project of the state Of Ida no

On the west side OF the Snake river
In Idaho. between Blackfoot and \ Ameri-
can Falls. there is being constructed by
the American Falls Canal & Power COM
pany, under u contract with the state of
Idaho, an irrigating canal s. feet wide
and 30 miles long. When finished, this
canal will be one OF the largest and
most perfect irrigating systems in the
world. BY it's means valley OF 100, 600
acres OF the most fertile and productive
fruit and farm land in America will be
reclaimed
The climate of this valley is ideal.
Cyclones, hot winds. floods or destruc-
tive storms have never been known.
Gain, grass, vegetables and all varie.
ties OF fruit grow nj abundance. A
healthfrl climate. sure crop, heavy
yield, high prices and already market,
are features Of this country.
Ten Thousand acres Of this rich land
are now ready for irrigation and settle-
ment. Purchase tickets to Blackfoot
via Oregon Short Line Railway Co.
For full information concerning land,
water rights, low prices, and easy terms,
write.
EVANS, CURTIS & SWEET Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
STREET RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Immense Investment and Rapid In
crease in Business.

Reports from the Census Bureau at
Washington, now operating in depart
ment form, show that the, traffic of
street and electric railways of this
country for last year averaged sixty
three rides per capita of population.
This is thirty-one rides more than the
average for 1890. Altogether the 9Sl
companies, owning 22.516 miles OF
track, carried 4.S09, ,554 ,43S fare paying
passengers. Adding the transfer pas.
sengers. the roads carried total of
5.S71,957,S30 people. Two hundred and
siXty-five passengers were killeu and
2G.690 injured. and of the employees
122 were killed and 3.699 hurt. The
par value of the capital stock and
funded debt outstanding. as reported.
amounted to $2,30S. .2s2,0yg The aver.
age ne. capital liabilities per mile of
single track owned for the companies
representing both factors were $685.
2S7.
The total income and expenses of
the operating companies amounted to
s250.504,627 and S214.907, ,6ov. The
companies gave employment on the
average during the year to 1854
wage earners and paid $SO.770,449 in
wages. There were lips salaried Off.
cials and clerks employed. to whom
$7.439,7l6 was paid in salaries. The
single track mileage increased from
S,l23 miles in 1880 to 22.576 miles in
1902. or 1874 per cent, and the num-
Der of fare passengers increased 137. "a
per cent.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Premiums for the Ladies'.

The management of the State Fair
has not forgotten the ladies' this year
by any means. A review of the pre-
MUM list shows quite the reverse to
be true and in fact great many pre-.
miums have been added to last years
list in the ladies' departments. The
Colorado women have displayed such
an interest in the fair ever since its
inception and the exhibits made by
them have been such a feature of the
fair that this year the management
has endeavored to give further encour-
agement and wider field for their
handiwork. The department of nee
die and fancy work has been carefully
revised and enlarged as has also the
pantry stores and cereal foods depart
ment.
The date of the fair this year is
September 14th to 18th and there will
be reduced rates to Pueblo on all rail
roads during fair week.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEP RI MENT

for cooperation in information 10 reduce
mutually trpensigs mistakes. ~ is for nechdn
seal, commercial and professional people; the
Employer. e,Rptoye and customer: and consists
Of ertrdcts taken by permission from the copy
Sighte6 letters, the lectures HOfs books and brGres
Of Dr. Earl N. Pratt. When yOu secure any
subject idea personally ustful to you. and
you irish to gice ii 10 him, address him in
of The John Crerdr Library, MarShdH Field
building, Chicago lie is hunting the nhofe porid
oper for Information Of srery day use to yot.
and he regrets his innbihy, personally to reply
to contributors. so far as possible he tcishes 10
hare in this space tie nery ideas you oooufd like
to find here. You are at liberty to send him
sny smg2estion you may care TO. His Arcade
Inder libraries Uere started in 1872 and n0c con-.
edin unpublished hfor,satiOn dating back hI 1896
uih systc7ndtic plans ertending TO 1852. Your
short story Of some erampie Of forethought de
POsited the Arcads Mder collection may prove to
be your best Dl0aumeat
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Snake Captures Doc.

Harry Metzel of Boston went to the
Mountain Tea hills yesterday in
search of mountain tea He was ac-
companied by young beagle hound
The hound became separated from
Metzel and soon attracted him by its
yelping. He found the hound in a
small open space In the underbrush,
and firmly wrapped around the animal
was large snake.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
AN ODD INDIAN BELIEF
Tradition Connected With the Divisio,
Into Castles.

According To the tradition of one of
a man and a woman at the beginning
of time aud this couple had twelve
children. When they had all come 10
an age to shift for themselves the
sun divided them into pairs and placed
food of all kinds before them. On
their choice depended the fate of their
descendants. Those who took vege-
tables only became the ancestors of
the highest caste of all, the Brah-
mans. while the Santals, the lowest
OF all castles. spring from those who
chose pigs. The Kols declare that they
are descended from those who took
bullOcks' flesh and to the sustaining
power of the food of their choice the
Larka, or fighting Kols, attribute
their strength and fine physique.
When these latter at the beginning
of the last century first met English
troops they were quickly impressed
with the fighting powers of the stran-
gers, and finding that they. too, ate
bullocks' flesh. the Kols paid them the
great compliment of assigning them
the same pair of ancestors as the
kols. But by the time eleven pairs
had chosen their share of the food
provided there was nothing left for
the unfortunate twelfth couple, and
they had to beg food from the others
who had Jared better. From this un-
lucky pair spring the Chassis. who do
not work. but support themselves on
the charity and leavings of others.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
New German Secretary.

Baron Won dem BusscheHadden,
hansen, the new first secretary of the
German embassy. who mas been in.
stalled in his work. is most pleas.
ant-mannered diplomat of experience
and has already made fine impress,
sion. The baroness Won dem Bussche.
Haddenhausen is beautiful young
woman and will be a welcome addition
to the diplomatic circle. They have
two young children. The new secre.
tary succeeds Count Won Quadt.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Opportunities for Betterment.

After sickness We have chance
to put to use the good resolutions
made during sickness and improve our
methods. We can seek better food and
use greater care in eating. A dimes
worth Of food we'll eaten does more
good than dollars worth carelessly
consumed. Pleasure in eating is a
good condment. but studied pleasure
just for pleasure alone leads us into
all kinds of trouble.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
AnTaE 1NnlAAA

Ono Nile West Of Notre Dame Univsrsity,
Most beautifully and BEAUTIFULLY located. Conducted
BY the sisters Of the Holy Cross. Chartered 1855 En-
0lassical, Scientific and Commercial 6ourses. sd,,
yaneed Chemistry and Pharmacy Regular Col
lesiate Degrees. Preparatory Department trains
pupils for regular, special collegiate courses,
Physical Laboratory well equipped.
Tbs Conservatory Of Music Is conducted on plans
modelled after leading Art Schools Kinim Depart
ment for children under twelve years. Physical
Culture under direction of graduate Of Dr. Ssr8ent's
Normal School of Ply steal Training.
The best modern educational advantages for hitting
young women for lives of usefulness. The constant
growth of the Academy has again necessitated the
erection of additional fine buildings with latest
Hygienic equipments. Moderate cost New school
year begins September sth Mention this paper.
For catalogue and special Information apply to
The Directress Of ST. MARy'S ACADEMY,
Notre Dsme, Indiana.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
HoW'S This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward far any case
Of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Halls Cattari
Cure. FL. CHENEY & CO. Props, Toledo. D.
We, the undersigned. have known FL. Cheney for
the last Is years, and believe him perfectly honor
In all business transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST e. TRUAN. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
WALDINa, KINSAN MAEvIN. Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure ia taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. Testimonials sent free. Price &c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills the best
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Look Over the Map.

How many cities could you mark
- the Mercator map of the world at
the top of this column? What do you
know about the desirable personal
forces of the different nationalities? ?
We are more likely to hear of their
undesirable tendencies than otherwise
in our every day reading. Are you
acquainted with any one in the differ
ent continents?
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28

You knosv the eggs are there and that
the hens svont 10 lay thcnl-7vlcn YOU
fail TO get results you kno1v that there
is something scrong in the management
Of them. Can yon resvord this to max,
It apply to your cork
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Flood Benefits One Man.

The Missouri river flood has given
P. c. Nuckles of Rocheport, Mo, n
new house, completely furnished. The
high water drove Mr.. Nuckles away
from his farm, and when he returned
to it he found on his land a compara
lively new house, which was in good
condition, despite it's watery journey.
There is nothing about it to Indicate
who the owner Is.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
MANY CHILDREN ARE sIckLY.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
used by Mother Gray. nurse in Children's 5
Home. New York. cure Summer Complaint.
Feverishness. Headache. Stomach Troubles.
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms At
all Druggists. 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
EDUCATIONAL,
The UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME. INDIANA.

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.
FULL COURSES IN Classics, letter., Eco
nomlcs and History. Journalism, Art, Science.
Pharmacy, Law, Civil, Mechanicai and Elec.
trtca1 Engineering, Architecture.
Thorough Preparatory and Commercial
Courses.
Rooms Free to all students who have com
pleted the studies required for admission into tho
Sophomore. Junior or Senior Year OF any Of tho
Collegiate Courses
Rooms to Rent, moderate charge to students
over seventeen preparing for Collegiate Courses
A limited number Of Candidates for the Eccle-
siasticsl state will be received at special rates.
st. Edwards hall, for boys under 13 years, Is
unique in the compile teness Of its equipment
The Doth Year will open September 8. 1908.
Catalogues Free. Address p. o. Box 2@o.
REV. A. MORRISSEY, C. S. C., President.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
Insist on Getting lt.

some grocers say they don't keep D.
dance Starch. This is because they have .
stock on hand Of other brands containing
only l2 OF. in a package, which they won't
he able to soil first, because Defiance con-
tains l6 OF. for the same money.
Do you want IS o. instead of IL OF. for
eame money! Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires no cooking
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-28
The Summer Bath,

Nothing is more refreshing or In
vgorating in summer than daily
bath. Use soft, tepid water and good
soap. Ivory Soap is ideal for the
bath; it is pure, lathers quickly and
leaves the skin soft and white. The
bath should be taken early in the
morning or just before retiring at
night. ELEANOR r. PARKER,