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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-23

walk across the room, after being laid
up for several weeks with an attack
of inf1ammatory rheumatism.
The exact date of the musical enter
tainment to be given by the Epworth
League will be Thursday evening Feb
Uses to be one of the finest things of
the kind ever appearing here.
Miss Maude DOTS is able to attend
school again after an attack of the
grip. Miss Pleassie Boyd has been
absent from school on account of
siege of the same complaint.
Helen. the little daughter of John
Clark, has been suffering from throat
trouble.
Others who have been having the
grip are Miss Anna Vaughan and
Pleasant Grove.
Pleasant Grove, Jan. o. Walter
Crook and family visited at the parent
al w. Crook home on Tuesday.
Oliver Brooks is still on the sick list
Otis Crist and family spent Sunday
at the M. Thomas home.
Mrs. S. ]. Peden and Mrs. Frank
Brooks were callers at the John Par
ret home on Tuesday,.
Walter Crook Sr. is slowly recover
ing from his recent illness.
Mrs. ]. E. Crist and Mrs. George
McVey visited at the Otis Crist home
one day the past week.
Virgie Brooks spent Sunday at her
grandmother's.
Wesley Hancock and John Parrett
were Bloomfield callers on Saturday.
Warden McCaulley and family visit
ed friends near Eldon one day re-
Gently.
Miss Emma Macdonald has returned
to her home in this vicinity after visit
ing relatives and friends in Perry, Ell
don and Ottumwa. for the past four
months.
John Cunning visited at the home Of
his brother, N. Dunning, on Sunday.
Columbia.
Columbia, Jan. 22.-There will be no
preaching at Columbia next Sunday.
Mrs. Emma King, of Salida, Colora-
do, is visiting friends in the neighbor.
hood.
Mrs. George Stevens issvisiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Garfield, in South
Ottumwa.
Will Gardner was in Ottumwa last
Saturday on business.
Friday on business.
Mrs. G. H. Stuber visited friends at
Richland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stevens visited
with friends near Chillicothe Sunday
A very heavy sleet fell Tuesday
night.
| j. A. sackett was in Eddyville last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cramblet visited
at Bert Cramblett's Tuesday.
Soap Creek.
Soap Creek, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Mary
Crist and daughter, Lydia, visited re-
Gently with Mrs. Mary Sample.
Mr.. Coffman and daughter Anna
made a business trip to Belknap one
| day last week.
Jess Crist went to Ottumwa last
| Saturday.
Thomas SAMPLE made flying t1ir
| to Bloomfield Saturday.
ALT Rankins is on the sick list this
week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-23
SOUTH SIDE NEWS ITEMS.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Born, last evening, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Darrell, who reside on South
Willard street daughter.
Our prices never mount high to fall
but are continually below them all.
Church Shoe Co., South Side.
Born, yesterday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Gail Myers. who reside on South
Z Schuyler street. a daughter.
MI. and Mrs. VIM. Knox, who reside
on James street left this morning for
Centerville for visit with Mrs. Knox S
father, who is very i'll.
Mrs. Jane Mercer of Colfax, has ar
rived for visit at the home of Mrs.
r. Hartman, ia North Ward
street.
Owen Bradford of Sioux City, re-
turned to his home this morning af-
ter an extended visit with South Of
tumwa relatives and friends. Mrs.
Bradford will remain for longer
visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-23
ToDAYs MARKETS.

This market is furnished by the
Cassidy Commission company, mem
bers Chicago board Of trade. Local Of
flee rooms % and 3d. Holman block.
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18th her brother. Charles, of Abba,

with her brother Charles, of Abba,
soon. -
Jake Overturf was a pleasant caller
in Bloomfield last week.
Mrs. Henry Baugnman is slowly i'm
proving and is able to be up most of
the time.
Miss Lizzie Mcconnell visited over
Saturday night and Sunday with her
cousin, Miss Bertha Berry of Ornan-
vile. She also attended church Sun
day night and Sunday.
The protracted meeting has closed
at Belknap.
MIR. Hawkins was a caller at his
sons, Alec Hawkins. last Monday
Mrs Mary Crist visited with Mrs.
Dave Thompson.
[ Leonard Boline and Mr.. Shepherd
were in Belknap. Tuesday.
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.Trl- Weekly Courier.

CHANGING ADDRESS.
Subscribers wishing their sddress chang.
ID will please give the name of the Posi-
lffce to which the paper has heec sent az
We'll us the Post Office where they desire II
50 be changed to-
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LOCAL MARKETS.
100000 ooOooOOe

There are no changes in the local
wholesale markets this morning, the
prices remaining the same as yester
day.
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Charles City authorities have put
d stop to peddling meat from wagons
on the citv streets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-23

s Mcclure and Helphrey. dealers in
general merchandise at Mediapolis,
have assigned.
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RETAIL PRICES.
Flor and Feed.

Flour. per sack ............ 1.oo@1.3o
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NortHWeSeeTn ncCctP.S'
Duluth Today, So; last week, 50;
last year. %.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-23

From Fridays Daily.
L. w. Hall of Eldon. returned to his
home last evening. after short bust
ness visit in the city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
Fourth of july.

One hundred and twenty-eight years
bring many changes in the life of a ma
ton. The world is not the same to the
American citizen to-day as it was to the
people of the thirteen struggling colonies
on the Fourth of July, 1910. The bit
terness which was then felt toward Eng
land has disappeared. That we fought
to obtain our freedom is remembered as
a historical fact and as a measure of the
value which we put on liberty; moreover,
the Englishmen of to-day deem the policy
of George III. toward us unjust, as our
ancestors deemed it at the time. At pres
ent England and the United States act as
friendly kinsfolk, each in a genial way
considering itself as better than the other.
Because of this change the Fourth of
July has come to be a day on which lit
tie is said of the triumph of arms a CEN
tury and a quarter ago. We still recall
the heroes of that time, and keep in
grateful remembrance the Frenchmen
Germans and Poles who assisted us; but
we look about us at the broad and wild
ening national domain; we think of the
national wealth, the national commerce,
the national educational system, and the
flag with forty-fve stars, instead of thir-
| teen, flying over hundreds of thousands
of school houses. and rejoice that we
have been able to make so much of our
opportunities. The infant republic has
become a giant, commanding the respect
of the other nations of the world.
Although it is long time since ma
tional independence was won, we cannot
afford to lose sight of the meaning of the
Fourth of July with it's immortal Declar-
alton. In these latter days fireworks
have taken the place of oratory on the
anniversary, and sometimes 1t seems as
if people thought that they must make
a big noise to express their feelings. Pos
sibly their view is correct, and the boom
ing of cannon, the snap-snap of irecrack
ers and the siss of rockets are really
great national "Hurrah!' The thinl
of consequence is that the day is no
forgotten and that the meaning of it i
kept in mind.-Youths Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
liberty Bell.
BY A. M. HOPKINS.


l<7T was the morning of Independ-
Ill ence Day may years ago-so many,
So indeed, that an old man can just
remember what happened when he
was a boy.
This is the story of a celebration that
happened in little Ohio village that
was small then, and is still just a
speck on the map.
On the edge of the town there was
an old house hidden behind great trees,
as If trying to avoid the pubic eye. 1t
was, and is, the oldest house in town.
and in it lived George Bell. or Lib
erty" Bell, as some of the villagers
called him, alone with his dog and
Memory.
He was very old. Everything about
the place betokened age. There was
moss on the roof of his home, and the
burden Of years fairly made his bones
creak. He bothered no one, and he had
a cheerful good morning" for every
body. He was a good citizen, but
queer" according to those who didn't
understand him.
This Independence Day he came out
of his house with an old musket on his
shoulder.
The sun shone on his scanty white
locks and face scanned with age. His
hands trembled as he fumbled with his
powder horn loaded, rested the weap-
on on the fence and pulled the trigger
There was a mighty report The rob
ins took wing, and a flock of black
birds swept out of the great poplar
tree by the gate and gave voice to theil
surprise at the tumult near their home
Thirteen times that old gun doomed
and then a quavering voice sounded
"Hipl Hipl Hurrahw and a boy who
was peering with saucer eyes through
the fence-puzzled, charmed, hall
frightened-asked, "Why do you do
that. Mr.. Bell, If you pleaseT
Come in, Billy, lad" said the ole
man. Come in and help an old Eel
low celebrate. I won't hurt you. Jus
lay your little bunch Of fireworks oil
the chopping block, and I'll tell you I
true story about times way back be
fore your daddy was born"
Children read hearts quickly, and I
moment later the beginning and tn
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

the Porto Rican laborer finds q bare
subsistence easily assured unless he is
handicapped with an unduly large and
unproductive family. Fresh meats are
too expensive for him, however; he re-
lies for food on bananas, beans and
rice. In fact, 90 bananas or plantains
are frequently accepted as the equiv
alent of a days wages of about 30
cents.
This condition of the laboring class
is far from satisfactory. Thousands
are upon level with the poems Of
Mexico. They are anemic in appear
ance; they live in squalid and vermin-
haunted huts, constructed of cane or
boards, with front and rear doors, and
a shutter window, and often with a
dirt floor. They dress scantily In the
cheapest cotton stuffs, while their chill
dren below the age of or 8 years run
naked. They use primitive household
utensils and cook with a simple char
coal outfit; and at night their only
light Is the tallow candle, though, be-
ing unable to read, they have little use
for better. Such, then, are the masses
of Porto Rico, whom the Americans
have begun to uplift to a higher sta
| tuS
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

a far place, and kept on celebrating,
the people called him Liberty Bell.
why, that is you, Mr.. Bell" said
the boy.
yes, Billy, that is me. Now get
your tirecrackers off the horse block
I'll load the old musket and We'll fire
that the cause is as great to-day as it
was in the beginning"
And they did. And they cheered the
President of the Omitted States and the
flag, in the cracked voice of an old
man and the piping treble of the yell
low-haired boy.
And it was all on independence Day.
Cincinnati Post.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

cutters art, deliberately carved and
beautifully polished. 1t would take a
veritable giant to WELD a knife like
this.
The blade is a together of Ameri-
can manufacture, and it shows for the
first time that American cutlery, which
was formerly not as good as that made
In other countries, but now reached a
point of perfection where it fears no
rivalry.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
INCIDENT BY NATURE.
Thousands of Porto Ricans Live Like
the Poems of Mexico.

the Poems of Mexico.
Nature has put a premium upon in
dolence in Porto Rico, writes John Ball
Osborne in the Worlds Work, for as
an American official has remarked a
native, while lying in his hammock,
can pick a banana with one hand and
at the same time dig a sweet potato
with one foot. The natives are never
theless warm hearted, law-abiding and
intelligent, honest and capable in bust
ness, public-spirited, and appreciative,
for the most part, of the blessings be-
slowed by their new government. Race
prejudice and religious strife hardly
exist There is no alarming intemper-
ance. There are no serious disputes
between capital and labor, and there
is no marked tendency toward social
ism.
Two-fifths of the Porto Ricans are
colored, either pure negroes or mulat-
toes, a proportion which is a trifie
larger than in Cuba (one-third), but
much smaller than in the sugar pro-
ducing British West Indies Islands.
With low rent, light cotton clothing,
charcoal for cooking, and no heating
problem, abundance of cheap native
fruits and vegetables, fresh fish on the
coast, and the dried, salted fish in the
interior, and with temperate habits
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
THE DAY AFTER.

D, for a crackerless Fourth Of July,
For moment Of shootlessness,
When millions of boys
Would shut Off the noise
And silence would follow to bless
A nation which In other ways
Is not at all detected;
In fact, Is doing quite as well
AS could have been expected.
o. for some soundless powder to burn.
And for voiceess boys to cheer;
To show to the world
That our flag Is unfurled
And our country still Is here,
And just as good as 1t ever was,
And Just patriotic,
Although its expression may not be
SO bangle and boomic and shoticl
o, for a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
That would bring glad release
To muscle and lung
And nerves unstrung,
And cover the day with peace;
When everybody In the land
Might pause In contemplation
or that which, on the quiet, Is
The worlds supremest nation!
o, for nonexplosive Fourth.
Just one for a change Of diet,
When millions OF boys,
Instead of noise,
Would raise a tremendous quiet.
Fourth like that would show the world,
Beyond all dubitation,
The really truly greatness of
This country as a nation.
Afterword.
But you can't make the spirit Of the glori
GUS Fourth
Celebrate the nations day
In a style like that, to save your life.
Because 1t amt built that way.
New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
All in the Family.

Brtgadier General Fred Grant who
is now in command of the Department
Of the Lakes at Chicago, was recently
the guest of the public school princi-
pals of that city at luncheon. The
chairman, rising to introduce him,
made what he considered as a neat
little speech.
when Fred Grant was a boy at
West Point" he said. Ibis father, the
famous general, wrote to the COM
mandant inquiring how the son pro-
crossed.
"'You need have no worry was the
reply. Your son is getting better
marks in everything than you ever had
in anything"
THAT is a remarkably true story"
said General Grant, when he rose to
respond. II remember the incident
perfectly. But, gentlemen, will not
deceive you. There is a mistake OF
one generation. l am the famous gen
eral who wrote to the commanding,
and my son is the one whose father
had such poor marks. But never mini,
MIR. Chairman. 1t is all in the family"
Some mems wealth is fabulous and
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
MANY ROASTED TO DEATH.
Railway Passengers Are Pinned Down
BY Wrecnaue

halfway passengers ARE PINNED Down
BY WrecNage.
Madrid.-What will probably prove
to be the worst railway disaster in
the history of the Spanish railways
took place in the province of Tordel
An express train, running at full speed
caught fire between the forward pas
senger and the luggage cars.
Before the engineer could be noti-
fed the train was running on to the
Entrambaquas river bridge and one of
the couplings broke. All of the cars
were derailed and three or them fell
into the river, drowning all of the oc-
cupants. Thirty dead have been TAX
en- from the train and 20 others from
the river. 1t is impossible at this time
to even estimate the number who have
lost their lives.
The scenes at the wreck were of an
indescribable nature, many of those
who were killed being held pinned
down by wreckage until slowly roast
ed to death.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

Rather strange said the barber,
for one as young as you to be so
bald"
mot at ALL" replied the victim. "All
the members of my family were bald
very young"
"Indeed?"
Eyes; we were born that way
Philadelphia Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
A GIANT CARVING KNIFE.

The biggest carving knife ever ex-
hibited is on view at the Exposition.
This monster blade is 30 feet in length,
and has an edge as sharp as a razor.
1t is made out of the finest steel and
the handle is a masterpiece of the
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

81 see Jennie Gayleigh is to under.
go another operation"
Dear mel Appendicitis again?"
mo. She's going to have her hus
band amputated. Town Topics.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

Silas-What is old RUDE so hot
about?
Cyrus-Why, an artist asked if he
could paint his cows.
Silas-That didn't hurt the COWS did
it?
Cyrus-Yes, by heck He painted
sarsaparilla sign on each one.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

THO after fret days of Dr. lines Great Nervs
asstorer Send FOR Free Sc trial bottle and restiss
DR.. r. h Kline, Ltd 931 Arch st.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during teething period.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fire.
work maker who manufactures pyro-
technic birds of great size that when
exploded, sail in a lifelike manner
through the air, and perform many
movements exactly like those of liv-
ing birds. The secret of making these
wonderful things has been in the pos
session of the eldest child of the fam
lily of each generation for more than
400 years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

British India employs over 100000
people in it's cotton industries.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE

free sam pie of Allen e Foot-Ease. 1t cures
sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. 1t makes
new OF tight shoes easy. A certain cure for
corns ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug
gists sellit 25c. Don't accept any substitute.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-01

Some mems wealth is fabulous and
that of others a mere fable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
Carry Life to the Soil.

A recent observation Of Importance
to the agrlculturlst would seem to in
dlcate that the enrichment of soil
which Is observed In forest-covered
lands Is not altogether due to con-
servation of the moisture and the ad-
dition to the soil OF needed elements
by the decomposition of the fallen
leaves. or probable greater import
ance Is the fixation Of atmospheric nj
trogen by dead forest leaves when
these rest on a moist substratum OF
soil In effect this phenomenon is sim
liar to that which is produced by the
tubercle growths on the roots of the
legumes and allied plant families.
A similar observation has been made
in regard to the mountain pine, which.
IL verified. will account for the hardi-
ness of this tree and the ease with
which 1t maintains itself in soils that
contain comparatively few nutrients.
1t has been found by the Danish
Heather Improvement Society. which
Is interested In planting trees on bar
rem sandy stretches on the western
coast Of Jutland. that spruce and
mountain pine. when planted togeth-
er In pairs. mutually help each other
to thrive. the valuable nitrogen -hxing
functions of the pine serving to pro-
vide nourishment for both trees. II
has been repeatedly observed that
where such trees are planted in prox.
unity on barren lands. II the pine is
cut down while the spruce Is still
young. the latter will die. or else make
a slckly growth. On the contrary. Gu
riously enough. II the pine Is not cut
down until after the spruce gets a
good start. the latter will make better
progress than II the pine had been al
lowed to liye.--Indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31

II Is estimated that about twenty per
cent. of the young men who recently
applied to enter the Naval Academy
have failed in the physical test, and the
failure was largely due to the use Of
tobacco, resulting in the irregular beat.
Ing of the heart Nowadays physi-
clans speak of the tobacco heart" a
trouble caused by the excessive use
OF the weed. When the smoker de-
velops into Cigarette fiend" the ser.
Vices of physician are necessary.
bur before this point is reached the
heart may be permanently injured.
The trouble is often of gradual growth,
and it Is only when the young man Is
subjected to physical examination
that the extent of the disorder becomes
known.
An cbservant Engllshman. recently
or q visit TO tie United States. said
in no country In the world had he
seen smoking carried to such excess as
in America Baltimore Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31

An elevated site is desirable for a
poultry house.
See that the poultry house is well
ventilated.
Leg weakness comes from high feed
ing and forced growth
Sprinkle the places most frequented
by the fowls with slaked lime.
A sole diet of corn produces too much
fat, when given TO laying hens.
Mix little powdered charcoal with
the soft feed and it will assist diges-
tion.
With poultry, as with other products,
1t is a safe rule to market as soon as
ready.
The turkey is one of the best pay
Ing fowls the farmer can keep, when
the surroundings are favorable.
The egg shell is porous and any nth
on 1t soon affects the meat. Eggs
should be cleaned as soon as gathered.
The breed of fowls to select from is
the one you like the best. This has a
great deal to do with which is the best
fowl.
Fresh eggs are more transparent at
the centre. old ones at the top. Very
old ones are not transparent in either
place.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31

One OF the best farmers we ever
knew kept a slate hanging up in the
barn and on this slate made entries
something like these:
Weak place in the west field fence;
Joe repair 1t at once.
Take cultivator shoyels to shop next
time buggy goes.
Repair Jacks harness and Bobs brl-
die first wet day.
Frank, see Smith and tell him to
bring log chain home.
Two sows due to farrow May 10;
keep sharp lookout.
Bunch OF red sorrel In south field
near shade: for self.
Wood pile must be watched; haul
some first chance.
When any job like the one, noted
was done the rule was to erase the
memorandum about II. and the man
who kept the slate told us that there
was always friendly rivalry between
himself. his son aud the hired man in
the way OF keeping the slate clean
The rule was to scan the slate when
ever any one came to the barn. ant