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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
r.lE ws- OF a nAlLsrassr,

Nature gets on Eau ugly tit once IN
awhile, and we have lately had an ex-l
pcrience which SLOWED her at a -
her worst. 1t was September and l. =.
vest time. when most of her cranky
fits are supposed to be over, when,i
having given us all the summer pro-
grammc OF excessive heat, spitefull
winds, a deluge of water and light
ming wreck. we have come to regard
her as satiated and tired and rid OF
her belligerent moods, but just when
the apples were hanging all ready for
the plckers. when the corn was just
right to cut up, when the beans werel
ready to pull and onions pulled and,
drying prior to sacking. along came al
hailstorm one afternoon, not an ordi-t
nary sprinkle of hail, say the size Of
marbles, but regular cleaning out OF
the weather clerks ice box upstairs,|
great ragged three cornered chunks of
ice big and hard enough to make al
dent q quarter of an inch deep in al
pine board. and then, sure enough, itl
was all day with the nice crops-cornl
stripped clean all save the ears, MAXI
ing the field look like an army of,
Shanghai roosters plucked clean all
save their tail feathers; apples
smashed into cider pulp, and beams
thrashed clean, and onions left as
though they had been struck with al
baseball bat. Five minutes did theI
business. and the writer of these notes.
knows just how fellow feels who ID
dead sure that he has good thing
and finds after all that he has not got
it. We expect hail in June, July and
rarely in August, but the September
hailstorm Is the clipper when 1t comes.
Being an optimist, however, we look
on the bright side and have been fgury
ing up how much we have saved BY
not having the corn to cut up and the
other crops to harvest, and then wei
feel thankful that the hail did mott
shell the corn and leave us nothing
but cobs and that it could not reach
the potatoes. The prize acre of onions,I
yielding over 600 bushels, was the
sorriest sight of the wreck. PractioipN
what we preach, we are not going to-
fret, but just try it again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
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and halted. 'eYou must remain here
until l have seen the prior she said
laughing neryously and glancing down
at the boots which showed beneath the
long coat. Then she hastily followed
the monk, disappearing down the cor.
ridor. In ten minutes-ten hours to
Lorry-she returned with her guide.
HE will take You to your room.''
she said breathlessly, displaying I'M
mistakable signs of embarrassment
"Goodby, and God be with you always
Remember. love YOU"
The monks back was turned, so the
new recluse snatched the slight figure
to his heart
"Some day." he whispered
She would not speak, but he held her
until she nodded her head.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
CHAPTER XIx-(continued ,

SIlfAE J EIl Al<A---N SOulluu0u.J
He promised, and lightly snatched a
kiss, an act of indiscretion that almost
brought fatal results. Forgetful of the
darkness she gave vent to little pro-
testing shrek. fearing that the eyes Of
the captain had witnessed the pretty
transgression. Lorry laughed as he
sprang to the road and turned to assist
her in alighting. She promptly and
thoughtfully averted the danger his
gallantry presented by ignoring the
outstretched hands, discernible as slen-
der shadows protruding from an OBJ
ject shade darker than the night, and
leaped boldly to the ground.
With Lorry in the center. the trio
walked off rapidly in the darkness, the
fugitive with the sense of fear that be-
longs only to blind man. A little
light far ahead told the position of the
gate, and for this they bent their steps.
Reaching the gate, the captain pounded
vigorously, and a sleepy monk soon
peered from the little window through
which shone the light.
ION important business with the abb
bot, from her royal highness the Prin-
cess Yetive,'' said Quinno1 in response
to sharp query, spoken in the Grau-
stark tongue. A little gate beside the
big one opened and the monk, lantern
In hand, babe them enter
q Await me here, captain" command
ed the slim, straight soldier, with face
turned from the light. A moment late,
the gate closed and Lorry was behind
the waits of st. Valentines, a prisoner
ege:a. The monk preceded them across
c:ie dark sourt toward the great black
mass, It's lantern creating ghastIy
shadows against the broken mist His
followers dropped some little distance
behind. the tall ones arm stealing
about the others waist, his head bend
ing to level with hers
us it to be goodby. dearest?" he ask
I'D. "Goodby forcver?"
Il cannot say that. 1t would be like
wishing you dead. Yet there is no hope.
No, no. We will not say goodby for
ever" she said despairingly.
Won't You bid me hope?"
Impossible. You will stay here un-
til Quinnox comes to take you away.
Then you must not stop until you are
III your own land. We may meet
again
Yes, by my soul we shall meet
Rgain. I'll do as you bid and all that,
bnt I'll come back when i can stay
away no longer. Go to your castle and
look forward to the day that viii find
ME at your feet again. It is bound to
come
1hey passed inside the massive doors
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

We have a good friend who for the
past twenty years has been mover.
He has never been able yet to find a
country or state which just suited him
He hears of some new location and
moves, stays three or four years, then
pulls up and tries another. He had
$4,000 when he started to movk TWEEN
ty years ago, has tried half dozen
kinds of business in as many different
places and last year returned to the
place whence he started with no mon
ey and quite a valuable chunk OF expe-
rience. He will now stay where he is
because he can't get away We have
another friend who has lived on a
small farm for forty years, and, while
not so built that he could make money
very fast. he has reared family which
Is a credit to him, has large circle of
tried md true friends and neighbors
and ample means to carry him down
the declining years of life The last
man has made a success of living, the
>ther failure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

So long as the south produces cotton
each year to the value of S500,000,000
just so long will the presence of the
negro to raise and harvest the crop be
an economic and commercial necessity.
1t is folly to talk of segregating or eS-
porting the colored man. for the south
would go to the dogs in ten years il
i:ambo and his tribe should leave.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
CHAPTER XXX.

81 was the cry that spread
IN through Edelweiss the next
morning
1t brought undisguised relief to the
faces of thousands. There was not one
| who upbraided Baron Dangloss for his
| astounding negligence. Never before
had criminal escaped from the tow.
er. The only excuse, uttered in woe.
begcne tone, was that the prison had
| not been constructed or manned for
| such clever scoundrels as Yankees
| good name for audacity
The full story Of the daring break
for liberty flashed from lip to lip dur.
ing the day, and it was known all over
the water swept city before noon
Baron Dangloss himself had gone to
the prisoners cell early in the morning
mystitied by the continued absence OF
the guard. The door was locked, but
from within came groans and cries.
Alarmed at once, the captain procured
duplicate keys and entered the cell.
There he found the helpless, blood Gov
cred Ogbot, bound hand ard foot and
almost dead from loss of blood. The
clothes Of the American were on the
floor. while his own were missing, gone
with the prisoner.
OgbOt as soon as he was able related
his experience of the night before. 1t
was while making his rounds at mid
night that he heard means from the
cell. Animated by a feeling of pity, he
opened the slab Goor and asked if he
were iii. The wretched American was
lying on the bed, apparently suffering
He said something which the guard
could not understand, but which he
took to be plea for assistance. Not
suspectng trick, the kindly guard
unlocked the second door and stepped
to the bedside only to have the sick
man rise suddenly and deal him a
treacherous blow over the head with
the heavy stool he had secreted behind
him. Ogbot knew nothing of what fol-
lowed, so effective was the blow. When
he regained consciousness, he was ~
ing on the bed just as the captain had
found him. The poor fellow, over
whelmed by the enormity of his mis-
take, begged Dangloss to shoot him at
once. But Dangloss had him conveyed
to the hospital ward and tenderly cared
for.
Three guards in one Of the Offices
saw man whom they supposed to be
Ogbot pass from the prison shortly aft
er IL, and the mortified chief admitted
that some one had gone through his
private apartment. AS the prisoner
had taken Ogbots keys. he expert
enced little difficulty in getting outside
the gates. But, vowed Dangloss Storm
lily, he should be recaptured if it re-
quired the efforts of all the policemen
in Edelweiss. The chagrin of the grim
old captain, who had never lost pris-
oner, was pitiful to behold.
The forenoon was half over before
Harry Anguish heard of his friends
escape. To say that he was paralyzed
would be putting 1t much too mildly.
There is no language that can ade-
quately describe his sensations For
getting his bodyguard, he tore down
the street toward the prison, wild with
anxiety and doubt. He met Baron Dan
gloss, tired and worn. near the gate,
but the old officer could tell him moth
ing except what he had learned from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

One of the most unreliable products
of the farm is cold storage egg. t
makes and dissipates fortunes each
year. 1t is a chilled dependent for ia
vor upon the caprices OF winter wealth
er and the whims of the hens. Like n
man who has fallen from grace, it is
never SO good as it was once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Any community which has corn
canncry and a milk condensing factory
is bound to become wealthy, and the
fertility of its farms increase year by
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Leaves make the finest mulch in the
world and the best of winter protec-
ton for all tender vegetation. They
are not, however, a good thing TO cove"
the strawberry bed with, as they pack
down too close and are apt to smother
out the plants.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

The prices at which dairymen in the
east are able to contract their milk to
the condensed milk factories are such
as to make dairying a very profitable
business. We note the following scale
of prices paid in the state of New Jer-
sey: For October, $3.50 per hundred
weight; November, SLIGO; December,
s1.7o; January, s1.70; February, $3.50;
March, $3.50. The prices for western
milk for the same months would be at
least 80 per cent less.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

A sound, fairly well built draft horse
four years old is not likely to bring less
than $175 Crowded he weighs over
1,6o0 pounds) for many years to come.
Why not raise this kind?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Success in the cultivation of the sug-
ar beet depends largely upon first be-
ing able TO raise beet sugar family,
which means about ten or dozen boys
and girls w..h about year or so diff
ference in their ages. The president
has the right idea OF a beet sugar fam
lily. This is why the foreigner is bet
ter fitted for the beet sugar business
than the Yankee.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

More acres of turnips are raised in
England than Of wheat The turnip as
a meat maker is the foundation crop
of that country, where turnips grow as
nowhere else in the world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

When man starts out in September
to NOW weeds in field and on roadside
it is just like case OF deathbed re-
pentance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Tho hia 500 horse power tiitcher and
Its work are Of more interest TO some
communities in the west nowadays
than would be Il new line of railway.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

A reader, a young man. writes for
suggestions as to how best to carry on
a small farm and says that he has al
ways lived in city and knows nothing
practical about farming. AS he says
he intends TO take up agriculture for a
permanent business and as it may safe
ly be assumed that he wishes to buy
his experience as cheaply as possible.
we would suggest that he first go and
work for year for some thorough and
successful farmer in the community
where he expects to go to farming. A
year SO spent, coupled with the reading
of books and papers treating on agri-
culture, would enable him to take up
his work for himself in an intelligent
ano probably successful 7lahlieg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

1t is worthy of comment that the
West India islands are now producing,
in but small way as yet, it is true, a
quality of sea island cotton good
enough to command price of 81
cents pound. 1t looks as though, if
America Is to hold the worlds cotton
market, we must raise more and sell it
at lower price, for manufacturers
In other countries are ransacking tho
whole world for cotton growing terri
tory. While they may find the territory
they won't find our colored brother,
who better than anybody else knows
how to grow cotton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Ogbot. OF one thing there could be no
doubt-Lorry was gone Not knowing
where to turn or what to do. Anguish
racedt Off to the castle, his bodyguard
having located Elm in tile meantime.
He was more in need of their protec-
ton than ever
At the castle gates he encountered a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

An orchard of ten acres planted
twelve years ago in northern Iowa, colt
sisttng Of about an equal part Of DuclI-
ess, Patterns Greening and Wealthy
trees, has during the past four years
brought its owner a total return OF
over $4,000, or an average income OF
$75 per acre per year. This is about as
good a record as the fruit raisers Of tn.
Pacific coast can show up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

1t is of no use for the scientists to
tell us that fore shoulder beefsteak is
just as nutritious as tenderloin, for
man in his Ignorance and depravity
will keep right on buying tenderloin
and paying as much again for it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

The half acre lawn around our home
was moved nine times during the sum
mer just passed-a good deal Of work
to secure and maintain a beauty spot
for the home. but we happen to know
that a woman will sometimes spend
over an hour day just fussing with
her hair. We know of one man who
got his lawn moved by his daughters
by getting them a light running ma
chine and ieeping it in such perfect
order that the girls called it exercise
and not work, for some of the most de-
sirable young men in the town made it
a point to go by and see the girls at
work, and-well, you all know how 1T
works.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

The car load of butter shipped from
the country creamery to the city takes
with 1t a smaller amount of the fer
tility CT the farms wherein it was pro-
duced than any other commodity pro-
duced on the farms. This fact is
worth remembering by those who are
inclined to quit the dairy business.
Cow farms are always rich farms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

We lately spent day in the corr
field selecting the seed corn for Ee5t
year. There is really no labor about
this, we counting 1t a pleasure to do iG.
This method gives one the chance to
make a real selection of seed as to
type. maturity and perfection. About
ten or twelve bushels day may he
thus selected, and if intelligently done
it Is one of the most probably spent
days of the whole year Of farm work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

With all the storms and floods of the
year 1903 the season has still been re-
markably free from the work of the
cyclone, no serious destruction of life
or property having been reported from
any part Of the country. The water
has got in its work and not the wind
this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
THE RIoT or WEEDS.

Oh the weeds, the weeds! What q
riotous and luxuriant time they hay6
had this year--wild hemp and sunflow.i
er by the roadside, morning glories an&
foxtail in the corntields, ragweed an&
ironweed smothering out the blue
grass in the pastures. while purslaneI
pre-empted the garden; weeds in the
hog lot, along fence row, in school
yard, throttling all other vegetationi
with their rampant and dominant lifej
sapping the fertility of the soil and
only proving. so far as we are concern1
ed, at least. two things one that near
ly every farmer has more land than hs
can probably work, and another that
the sheep has mission on the WESTERN
farm not yet understood and appre.3
ciated
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
COMMON FOLKS.

1t often seems to us that there must
of monotony connected with the lives
and the work of many Of the so called
common pecple-the men who just dig
bitches or shovel dirt or carry coal OF;
watch machine do the same thing
over and over again day after day, the
army of patient toilers in mine and
factory, whose life history is reflected
in the ant hill or beehive; men and VOL
men of just mediocre ability, who SEEM
to cheerfully recognize their narrow3
limitations and wisely fail to foster
ambitions which their good sense teach3
es them can never be realized. TheU
are born, marry and die just commonl
people, seemingly content and happy
II there is enough to eat, drink and
wear and little competence for old
age. Depressing and monotonous al
these lives seem to be, yet in sensM
they are or may be invested with much
of human happiness. The, virtue OIL
contentment is theirs, and that's good
deal. Then there is larger fund Cd
human sympathy at their commands
the cheerful willingness to heip eacR
other and bear each others burdens-a
than with more ambitious folk; them
the unrutfied current OF their lives ex-
empts them from much worrimentsan6
temptation, and SO it comes that thesH
common people, the great rank and
file OF our American population, END
body about all the patriotism, moral
worth and integrity of the nation. Nd
life is "a failure which patiently and
loyalty takes up the burden Of living
in any sphere of honorable employI
ment, which does its best, whether i'll
be as digger Of bitches. newer of
wood or drawer Of water. The mani
who tolls day by day who pays his
debts, who recognizes the responsibility
ties of good citizenship, who is kind It'd
his family and neighbors, has well fuiJ
filled the purpose of his existence even
though his name may not be known
outside his own little community ok
have never appeared in the colamnx
of his local paper.
LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. 4
-
1T has been an off year with me thi&
year." said a farmer friend Of ours al
short time ago. you see, / got myI
land too rich for my oats, and they all
went down and did not fill. Then II
was hindered by the wet weather andt
did not get my corn planted in good
season, and the frost caught it. But,nd
he added, I'VE have kept out of debit
and we had three good years befored
We have plenty TO eat. our health Isl
good, the cows and the hens have donei
well, and we have much to be thank
full for" That's the right sort of spirit,
looking on the bright side of thingsl
and feeling grateful for the many
blessings conferred. Good luck soonl
comes to this sort of man and stays
with him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

The cause of bad roads may be To-
Gated as much underneath as ON the
surface Of tie roads. Given subsoil
saturated with water, and it is bound
to injuriously affect the roadbed. no
matter how the surface may be treated
The very first and most important fac
tor in highway improvement is thor
ough drainage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Now, here was real disappointment
After waiting eight long years to test
the quality of new variety OF apple,
said TO be very fine. the tree at last
this year produced one lone specimen,
which was carefully watched as 1t de-
veloped. When nearly ripe We thought
to pick it; but, wishing to determine it's
season, we let it hang for few days
longer. only to go out one morning to
find that some unregenerate specimen
of the race had gobbled 1t. We are
free to admit that then we recalled
Tennyson's couplet:
oh, would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Nearly every community north and
south harbors some son OF nature who
persists in fishing all summer and let
ting the county support his family dur
ing the winter. Just what it is best to
do with this sort Of truck is mighty
difficult problem, for the laws of the
land will not permit of their judicial
determination. We believe that socie
ty would justify the government in
forcibly taking these fellows and put
ting them in the army or navy. 1t is
this sort Of invited and provoked pow
erty, that makes the working citizen
weary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

II you are an elderly man and down
in your luck, if a schoolteacher weary
of the nervous strain and fret of teach
ing the same old things over and over,
If YOU are one of those nice old maids
without definite aim or purpose in life,
try the poultry business. Here is a
business which can never be oyerdone,
one which is suited alike to men or wo-
men, one which requires but small
capital and but a minimum of heavy
work, only just care and intelligence;
no fortune in it, of course, but for any
practical man or woman in almost any
place better living than many of
them have ever earned before. With
eggs at 1s cents dozen in October
and not less tllan IA cents any time of
The year and chicken meat all the way
from 5 TO 20 cents pound, there is a
nice profit in taking UP the poultry
business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

Railway corporations utilize the
moving machine as much as possible
for the purpose of keeping their rights
of way free from weeds, some compa-
MES now doing much work to so
smooth down the irregular surfaces as
to permit Of running the mower. There
is lesson here for highway supervi-
sors, who nhould make every effort to
SO leave tile sides of the public high
ways that mower could be run over
them twice a year. This would end the
unsightly and hurtful plague of weeds
(which border so much of the roadside.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
Never Ask Advice.

When you have a cough or cold
don't ask what is good for it and get
some medicine with little or no merit
and perhaps dangerous. Ask for Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, the greatest
throat and lung remedy. 1t cures
coughs and colds quickly. For sale by
sW. D. Elliott. on Main and Court SITS.
a curious man can hardly do full
Days work.