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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
Dudley.

Dudley. Dec. 17.-John Swenson
made a trip to Ottumwa Monday.
G.. A. Anderson moved to the Adj
drew Pierson place near Blakesburg
Friday.
Emil Larson was in town on bust
ness Monday.
Chas. L. Swanson was in ottumwa
one day last week.
Joel Cramblit has broke the rab-
bit hunting record for this season in
this community. While out on a hunt
last Sunday he succeeded in bagging
twenty three rabbits.
Charles Miller was in Ottumwa Mon
day on business.
Miss Minnie Smith returned to Des
Moines one day last week after a visit
with her parents, southwest of here.
A good many people from this vi
cinity attended the public sale at the
Luther Chismen place west of Num-
terville Wednesday,.
LOG MARKETS
There are no changes in the local
wholesale markets this morning, the
prices remain the same as those OF
yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
RutIadne.

u .
q Rutledge Dec. 1S.-Wm. Loving, who
has been employed in the Phillips Fuel
company for several months, his re-
signed his position and moved to South
Ottunlwa. -
A. Johnson, who has been very i'll,
is much improved.
There will be Christmas tree and
an entertainment at Center No. on
Thursday afternoon and the pupils of
this school are invited to the Christ
mas entertainment at Center No. on
Thursday evening.
Will II. Wycoff expects to leave soon
for an extended visit in California.
Harry Pedrick. one of the well
known farmers in this vicinity expects
to leave about January for Seymour,
where he has recently purchased an
interest in a hardware store.
A very interesting lecture was de-
liyered at the Salem M. e. church last
Tuesday evening.
Miss Sybl Walker is visiting rela-
tiyes inSthe city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
Rural Route No. 4, Batavia.

Rural Route No. 1, Batavia. Dec. Is.
Rev. Collier and wife of Eldon and
G. w. Creath and wife and Mrs. Re-
becca Cremer of Ashland visited last
Thursday with j. K. Hilton and fam
Bessie vass commenced winter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19

James. Colgan. who manages LODI
wicks. store at Diamond, spent Sunday
at home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
chiIIicothe.

Chillicothe, Dec. 17.--Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Hull, Monday, Decem-
Der IA, son.
There will be Christmas entertain-
ment at the Methodist Episcopal
church Christmas eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chisman of
Dudley visited Tuesday with relatives
here.
Mrs. r. Conwell, who was injured in
a runaway some time ago is able to
walk around in the house with the aid
of a cane.
School will close Friday for two
weeks vacation during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Dotto of Eddy
vile, visited Thursday with relatives
here.
Rev. Vernon Pike of ottumwa, vis-
tied Wednesday at the home of his
brother, Geo. Pike.
The Chillicothe school is preparing
to give program on Christmas night
ss kirkviIIe.
Kirkville. Dec. 1.-THE ladies of the
Presbyterian church will give social
in the basement of the church Decem-
her "a, Christmas eve.
Word has been received here by Sa-
rah. r. Johnson that her sister, Mrs.
Mary j. Robertson. of Kansas, who
has had three strokes of paralysis, and
her left hip broken. was out in her
yard walking around little, when
Paul Mcclure made a business trip
to Ottumwa, today.
Rev. John McMurray also went to
Ottumwa today.
Mrs. w. S. McLain is getting bet
ter.
Last Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. e. S.
Wilson and two children arrived here
from Worthwhile, S. D. They remain
ed until today when they left for
Green Top, Mo-, to visit at Mr.. Will
sons boyhood home.
There will be a school entertainment
at the city hall Saturday evening, De-
cember 10.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19

months sojourn with his brother in
North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. G. Myers Of ASH
grove were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
B. Myers Monday.
g. w. rafferty, is looking after bus
mess interests at Alton.
The churches are preparing to cele-
brate Christmas.
7. j. l.. Eichner is attending the sale
of the farm belonging at the old Eich-
'ner place near Noble, the heirs having
recently sold the farm.
The homestead of the Brotherhood
Of American Yeomen elected the off,
GERS at the last meeting.
loka.
Ioka, Dec. 17.-zene Shirley and
sister, Mrs. ,Nebbie Smith, from near
Packwood, visiting at Frank Grabby's
Monday.
A. r. Lightfoot of Fairfield, visited
his daughter, Mrs. w. L. Jackson last
week.
Edna Jackson entertained friends
from Ollie Friday.
Miss Onie Sonner began a three and
one-half months school at Bellville
Monday.
Miss Letha Haines visited at the
w. L. Jackson home Saturday.
The fall term of the Ioka school will
close Friday with a program in the
afternoon.
Will Black and r. G. Mcfarland
We're business visitors in Ollie last
Monday.
Robt. Marshall Of Ollie was calling
In town recently.
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Concord.

a. y
Concord, Dec. 1.-THE revival meet
ings which have been in progress at
the Albany church for some time. clos
ed Tuesday night.
Charles Hunt has returned from
Oskaloosa, where he has been work
ing.
Mrs. F. A. Swain is visiting this week
with her uncle near Pulaski.
The fine snow which fell last Friday
night is being utilized by almost ev-
eryone.
w. S. and Amos Bailey are busy this
week hauling corn, which they had
shipped from Nebraska.
The Union Center Telephone COM
pany is talking of putting in a switch
board at Unionville That will make
two boards at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Strunk were Wis
iting in Moravia the first of the week
On account of the big snowstorm
Rev. Aired was unable to fulfill his
appointment at the Liberty church
Sunday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
SWELL
FURNISHINGS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Here you'll find it easy to SCI
lect what you want for the
boy or his father.
All the new things in AS
cots, four-in-hand and English
square Ties, hundreds of choice
patterns from Csc to $1.5O.
Silk Mufflers, an extensive
selection, from ST. to SIS.
Mocha ard Kid Mittens and
Gloves, lined or unlined, fancy
Scotch Gloves, etc.
Our selection Of plain and
fancy Shirts is unusually
strong. Can suit you at any
price from Soc to So.
Seal, Plush and Cloth Caps;
a large variety from Soc to SIS.
Holiday Umbrellas, Suit
Cases, Valises, Sweaters, etc.
Sole agents for the Regent"
Shoes for men.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
IN CAPITALiSTIC DAYS.
Weigh Pericles, High Justice! When
did he

Weigh Pericles, High Justice! When
did he
Create corner, float a company?
Who cares for him? Beyond great
Morgans main
In neat New York, or here in priEs
Park Lane,
Sits the new Pericles our age admireE.
The Rubber King, prince OF pneu-
matte tires!
Why shculd l curse the Greeks? My
ardor cools;
You know the classics, sir, and know
them fools.
But now when happy mills supplant
the trees,
And Pierpont, not Poseidon, sways the
seas
Now, when all useless beauties faint
and fail,
And we go bald and read the Daily
Mail,
Now, when the comic muses. bleach.
ing bones
Are re-articulated by a Jones;
Now, when the awful truth of sages
seen
Are commonplace to girls, however
green;
Now, in this age Of gold-or scrip
oh! spare
The stupid past! PHYS the only
wear
Complacent scorn. He fights with wind
who seeks
To beat the bones of unenlightened
Greeks
They're dead, great sir, quite dead
The coup de grace
Was your swift, brilliant phrase. Be
hold! they pass
Where other odd, superfuous brutes.
have gone
The Irish elk, the mighty mastodon; 1,
The ichthyosaurus, smoothing in the
chalk,
The liberal clique, the obsolescent aux.
Great champion! your work is ended
well.
1t may awaken rancor7-who can tell?
But sir, ! know how quickly, If you
please,
Your power may crush pedantic en-
mites;
Should some dull scholar venture to.
intrude
His view, in Poplar couplets veiled}
and crude,
When next your pen essays this lofty
style
Give him library-and leave to
smile.
st. John Lucas.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
MANS BEST FRIEND.

He was strong and trim and good
sized cur,
A giant of dogs; with soft, silk fur,
Poised head of an intellectual size,
And two straight, luminous hero-eyes.
A tail whose gestures were eloquence;
A bark With a germ of common sense
AID this dog looked, upon the whole,
AS if he had gathered some crumbs
of soul
That fell from the feast God spread
for man
There went with his strong. well-bal-
anced stride
A diglitr Oft o man denied.
Gods humblest brutes, whereer we,
turn,
Are full of lessons for man to learn.
That night that he crouched by the
yielding door,
And two grim, murderous thieves, or
more,
Had bribei the locks with their hooks /,
of steel,
He fought with more than heneh-r
mans zeal
For sleeping loved ones treasures and
life.
He conquered rogue, and bullet, and
knife.
He saw distress with quick, sure
eye,
And heard the half-choked drowning
cry;
A living life-boat soon he bore
A half-drowned man to the welcome
shore.
And when the wife of the rescued one
Wept him her love for the great deed
done,
And fondled him in warm embrace,
He talked with his fondest, kind old,
face,
And said, 81 have shown you nothing
new;
1t is what we live for and love to do.
In lake or river, or sea or bay,
My race are rescuers every day;
In the snowy CULTS mid hills above
My race brings life to the race We
love"
The soul of the humble brute has fed;
The grand old dog lies still and dead
Oh, man-like brain and god-like heartt
You were made to carry noble part
You did, old dog, the best you knew,
And that is better than most men do;
And if ever | get to the great just
place
| shall look for your honest. kind old.
face.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
c, N. D.

How few Of Maiison's church going
people have any idea what a wonderful
machine the pipe organ is. They hear
the music; they see the plain case and
row of decorated pipes, and that is
the limit of their knowledge of this,
the most marvellous musical instru-
ment in the world.
The genius Of man is shown in a
thousand ways, but few mechanical in
ventions have given more pleasure to
people than the organ.
Sunday mornings, as the Ginning
all walks in life to assemble at the
various churches, the first thing that
greets their ears as they enter the
sacred building is the strain of the or
gan. Sometimes soft and low-almost
plaintive, as if bidding the worshiper
forget the harsh things of life; at
other times there is a grandeur to the
music as it rolls forth, filling the build
ings, making one think only of the en-
chanting strains.
The evolution of the pipe organ has
brought many changes. Size, light
pess of touch and superior knowledge
- voicing are a few of the improve
ntenxs, and perhaps the latter is the
most important, for it is the tonal
quality that makes or mars the value
OF the organ.
The first instruments were crude
things and the player was able TO pro-
duce more noise than music from them,
while the men who furnished the wind
worked under the most trying condi-
lions. This is changed now. The or
ganist, instead of exhausting himself
physically, can play with the same
ease that one does the piano, and the
brute force first used to supply the wind
has given way to the electric and water
motors, which are arranged to pump
automatically, supplying an equal
amount of wind at all times. These
are under the care of the organist and
can be thrown on or off without the
congregation knowing it,
Tubular and electric pneumatic &C.
lions are displacing the old fashioned
tracker system, rendering the playing
of the organ light to the touch. The
organist can throw on the full organ
or reduce it to the sofest tones by
touching a button (or piston) or by
pushing down an iron lever Builders
vie with each other in producing appli-
ances which aid the organist in chang
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16

ing the Effects. Among the more i'm,
portant is the crescendo pedal, which
is controlled by the foot and permits
the organist to throw on enc or more
sets Of pipes, gradually increasing il
TO full power. There is an indicator
over the keyboard which shows how
many registers are on.
One Will be surprised to learn that
pipe organ has more pieces than a
locomotive and the parts are so
delicately adjusted that they need
constant attention TO keep them in
good working order This is a point
overlooked by church committees,
which do not understand why it is
necessary to call professional tuner
so often. Abroad they think an orsan
Is in its prime when it is a hundred
years old, while in this country
twenty-five years is the life of an in
strument. This difference lies not in
the building (for American builders
surpass all others but in the care.
Throughout Europe the organs are
attended TO weekly, while in this
country it is exceptional to have
them tuned yearly.
An organ ought to be tuned every
three months and by so doing the in
strument is never allowed to get out
of order, The care given an organ
by some competant person is of the
same value that oil is to machinery or
food to man.
The cost of organs varies from
$1,000 for small twc-manual organ,
to 10000 and $4,000 for a four
manual organ.
One of the most pleasing things
about an organ is the echo. A number
Of sets Of soft-toned pipes are set in
the opposite end of the building from
the organ and are operated by electric
wires. The first time one hears it he
is mystified to know where the music
comes from and it sounds like a choir
softly singing in an adjoining room.
These echoes are only in very large
organs, in which also can be found
many instruments, such as the oboe,
clarionet, cornet, saxophone, trombone
and flute; and when one hears these
varied tones perfectly blended into
one grand harmony he exclaims with
Mazzini, Music is the harmonious
voice of creation; an echo of the in.
visible world; one note of the divine
concord which the entire universe is
destined one day to sound"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
Hard to Understand.

Il don't seem to understand things
at all, whined the boy.
What's the matter now?' asked
his father.
why, yesterday you whipped me
because didn't tell the truth, and to-
day mamma whipped me because
did"
"Oh, guess not"
Yes, she did. Old Mrs. Brown was
here an kept lolly-coddling me, an
then she asked me if didn't like her,
an ! said no. If I'd said yes
s'pose you'd have licked me for lyin',
an wnen | SAID mo- ma licked me for
not being polite. A boy don't seem
to have any chance at all"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
His Excuse.

"You can't go inside" said the door.
keeper of the village theater, wherein
certain Uncle Toms Cabin" ag-
gregation were holding forth. "You
are drunk"
"Zrunk?" echoed the applicant for
admission, who was lavishly and
luridly lighted up inside. "Coursh
Im-hic-Zrunk, Why-goodgosh-
lmighty!-do you s'pose Pd-hic
-wanta see your darned old show If ]
wasn't-hic-zrunk ?"-July Smart
Set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
TRYING TO CHECK RUSSIA.
May Have Instieated Macedonian
Troubles.

Turkey is trying 10 checkmate any
future move against her by Russia
The Macedonian troubles may even
have been instigated by the sultan so
as to make show of playing the re-
former The Mecedonians, on the
other hand, have killed off the chris
tians themselves TO get Russia mixed
up in the matter, to help them secure
their freedom.
The reforms that the Sultan insists
tected, that a Turkish gendarmesie
shall police Macedonia and Albania,
that civil tribunals shall be half chris
tian and hall Moslem; that Turkish
inspector-generals and commissions
CT control shall rule.
Turkeys army is one of the best
equipped and best-drilled in the world.
The fact that the Turk is still in
Europe, despite centuries OF effort to
GUST him, proves this. The regular
army consists of 100000 men. With
the reserves it amounts to 100000
men. What it can do was shown in
its mastery work in the recent war
with Greece. anaticism is the inspir-
alton OF every man in it.
The great political danger now is
the inspiration of every man in it.
The great political danger now is
that the Bulgarian frontier may be
crossed by the Turks. That would
bring Russia actively into the situa.
ton, as soon as the troubles in China
were disposed of.
The novel point in the Balkan
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16

situation is that the sultan is really
trying to institute necessary political
reforms in Macedonia. which really
wants, as for four hundred years she
has wanted, independence, ana into
Albania, which wants to be let alone.
and all this ostensibly is in behalf of
more humane and more just treat
ment of Christians. Truly, a marvel
lous change since the Armenians were
massacred by the hundreds and thou
sands a few years ago!-Collier's
Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
Consolation.

The intimate friend of the girl whose
lover had proved fatlless was doing.
her best to comfort her.
Il wouldn't waste tear on him, Cor
della" she said. you never could
have been really happy with man who
uses the word 'discommode.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16

THE sailor did come in, and after
the meal begged Barnum to lock him
up in a cage, cage with iron bars.
that he might refrain from drinking.
Thus was the Wild Man Of Borneo'
conceived. and every one who at
tended a Barnum show remembers
what an object Of interest he was to
small boys"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
Where the Rule Fails.

Familiarity with your millinery
bills, Mrs. Higmore,' said Mr.. r., as
he glanced over the latest one. Il am
constrained to say, does not breed
contempt for them
&C. w. II.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
Good Reason for Smilina.

Manager (angrily)-What do you
mean by smiling in that death scene7
Actor-With the salary you pay,
death seems a pleasant relief-New
York Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16

More than nine-tenths of the 309,-
900 pounds Of peppermint oil annually
consumed by the world is produced
within ninety miles Of Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
Americans Abroad.

The annual loss by expatriation Of
wealthy Americans who have taken up
permanent residence abroad is placed
at 100000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-18

for 81 ,o2S ISL. Upon this outlay Mr.. Del
mont said the Intsrbosoush company was
entitled to q commission OF 10 per cent.
under its contract. Tho Mayor and the
Comptroller objected. Mr.. Circuit said that
the contract allowed the company to spend
d, 10000 for terminals and that as the
greater part Of this sum had already been
spent the contractor ought to pay for any
additional terminate that might be re-
quired. The board laid the matter over.
The agitation started by THE Sun against
the building Of moro subwsys,. especially
the one projected along Broadway rom
orty-second street to Union Square, by
open exca walton led the Rapid Transit Com
missioners to call on Chief Engineer Parsons
structing future subways as to obviate
public Inconvenience. MIR. Parsons. re-
ported yesterday that the type OF subway
construction Is determined largely by the
nature of the subsoil. In London, where
| the subsoil u clay tunnels con DO built ~ .
, deep level because q shield can ne used.
1t Ia impossible, he says. to forecast any
In future until the route has been decided
on and the nature Of the eubsoi ssoer-
tanned. The recent accident In Paris
had also shown the necessity OF providmg
easy means OF exit from stations. Except IN
London, he said. subweys IN foreign caies
had been built as near the surface - poesiDio
to avoid the Use Of mechanical approaches
| to the stations.
Charles Stewart Smith asked II the cars
to be placed In the subway were TO BE- alb
solutely freproof. A representative OF the
marlborough company said that the cars
were to be sheathed on the outside with
copper and the advisability Of roofing
them with the same metal was being con-
sidered.
President Orr said he had told the Brook.
lyn Rapid Transit people that II they ever
made arrangements to run their cars IN the
tunnel the cars would have to be made
flreproof.
Chief Engineer Parsons reported that
o. per cent. OF the Manhattan subway hae
been excavated and that south OF 12Stf
street less than 1900 feet remained to bt
completed. Eighteen miles Of track hav'
been laid and labor troubles have now bcel
| oil adiilatAd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-18
OWNS UP 70 POLYGAMY.
Dr. c. G. Perry Says He Doesnt Knew
How Many wives He Has Had.


BosroK. Sept. 17.--Dr. G. G. Perry, about
% years cid and Z graduate In tho
class Of 70 Of the New York College Of
Physicians and Surgeons. was arrested yes
terday by officers Of the bureau Of criminal
investigation, charged with polysamy.
According to the police he has con-
tracted four matrimonial alliances. He
has confessed that he is . polygamist. the
police say, but just how many women he
has married hs cannot remember, he says.
1t is alleged that in 1870, in San Fran
cisco, Perry married Sarah Dupont; that
in 1883, In New York, he married Mrs. lsa-
bella Gid, nee Molyneux; that TN New York,
on June II, 1893, he married Adeiine y.
Grove of Boston, and that on July ID, 1902,
he married Annie Britt. Perry was con.
fronted last night by two Of his alleged
wives, the Britt woman and tho Molyneux
woman.
Several days ago the Molyneux woman
wrote to the police and said she believed
DR.. Perry was in Boston. He was found
at So st. Botolph street, and when arrested
admitted his identity, saying: .Wen, !
guess the jig is all up now. From the
letters the police found In his rooms 1t 10
evident that no has been sending money
to all his wives, except the San Francisco
woman. He had also sent money to other
| women whom he had not welded.