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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
I A SOLDIER OF
COMMERCE
Blu JOHN ROE GORDON
Copyright, F. R.
CHAPTER 1x,-(continued.)

CHAPTER IX.-(Continued)
"1ou inspect prisonsy why, you live
in one!"
II know. live in the main building,
but l have never yet looked into
cell. have heard stories Of all sorts
of cruelty, and yet those who have
been in the dungeons say there is no
cruelty. I want to see for myself"
"Well, 1 will take you with me when
CO."
1.-THE colonel would not consent. He
forbids us to enter the prison portions
of the place. want to go tonight,
and 1 want to be you-you, Alexis. I
want to be the inspector general OF
prisons for an hour"
/. He looked at her in bewilderment.
Her eyes were brilliant A flush came
ito her cheek and went again, leaving
1t white. Her bosom rose and fell.
She let it rest against the breast Of the
prince.
"Such an absurd impossibility to
askv' he said. "You would be missed"
mo, would not. Speak to the colo
mel. Tell him you and I are going
re-anywhere-to talk and ar
range matters for the betrothal. He
will tell the governor, and we can go
unmolested. have set my heart on
tt, Alexis. You say you love me and
that can do anything. I am willful
and must have my way"
"But how can you get my uniform"
"Are you not guest Of the govern
pr? You have other uniforms. Go put
one on. bring this with you and wear
q great cloak that covers you. We will
go to the prison, and in my own room
can put on your uniform. Then you
shall be my staff officer, and we will
go and inspect the prison"
"It would cost me my sword If it
was discovered. But you cannot be
serious refined Russian girl, to
don the uniform of an officer and go
masquerading in PRISON.
But can't you see? 1t is the oddly,
the capriciousness, the very wildness
and wickedness, that appeal to me.
Had you been Gagged year you would
fight duel for the mere exhilaration."
well, If you must have your way,
you must. I will go and tell Colonel
Jurnieff that we are going to seek a
quiet spot to talk and that you have
almost given your consent to the an.
nouncement of our berothal."
Tell him. I have, since you will dc
us ask" And he kissed her raptur
ously.
"God help me throuphv' she muir
INJURED after Alexis had gone. "It is
my life or his. I am willing to lose
mine for him.
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500 Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least on dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires n
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucuous surfaces Of
the system, therby destroying the founda-
tion Of the disease, and given the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprletors have so much faith in its cura-
tive power that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address e. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. Toe.
Take Halls family pills for constipation.
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osTEoPATHs AS CARPENTERS.
Twenty Students are Building a Lodge
for Fresh Air Waits.

Des Moines, July 2. - Twenty stud
ents of Still college have gone out to
The Lodges" near Boone to work on
the building which is to house several
hundred Des Moines waits this sum-
mer. They are contributing their ser
vices and are superintendent by Col. A.
B. Shaw and some master carpenters.
Subscriptions for the fresh air fund
have now reached nearly $1,000 and
but $500 more is needed to purchase
all the accessories for a permanent
camp and to pay all the expenses in
connection with the erection OF the
building. The financial committee OF
the fresh air fund state that the total
amount is in sight and that a complete
ly equipped camp which shall be avail
able every year is only matter OF a
few weeks more.
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CHAPTER K.
INSPECTING THE PR1soN-A CHANGE OF


ORDERLIEs.
7lHILE the governor and Colonel
T" Jurnieff were planning the
SW111 great surprise to be given the /,
SSSesXD guests two stealthy figures
left the palace. Jurnieff's carriage was
easily found, and they stepped into it.
Prince Dellnikoff was dressed in q
plain uniform he had worn as lieuten-
ant Of cavalry. He wore over that
long black cloak that concealed every
inch of his apparel. In his arms he
carried his brilliant uniform Of inspect
or general Of prisons.
Alma laughed, called him q good
prince and patted his cheek. She let
his arm rest about her waist as the
carriage hurried to Jurnieff's home
ARRIVING, she led the prince by a pri-
waite way to Jurnieff's apartments. A
servant met them and was dismissed
with the curt remark that Colonel Jur-
nieff had sent them for something and
they needed no attendance.
She left Dellnikoff in the library and
took the bundle from him. She hurried
to her room. When she got there, she
Rnelt and prayed Marie found her on
her knees and lifted her.
Marie, hush for your life! Swear
by all that you hold sacred you will
not breathe word Of what you see
tonight until tomorrow. Better yet go;
see nothing"
Can you not trust me, mademoi-
selleT'
II cannot trust myself. Go! You
know nothing. I came homo from the
ball feeling ILL.,"
The maid retired, and Alma dressed
herself in the uniform Of the inspector
general Of prisons. In closet were
pair of boots she had purchased. The
long cloak she had bought, as that
worn by Dellnikoff, covered her COM
pletely. With pair Of shears she cut
element she left them where they fell
upon the floor. She went to the library
and threw aside the cloak.
Alma" cried the prince, rushing to
her, you are superb! The uniform be-
comes you better than it does me,
though it is trifle large. Where did
you get the boots?"
"They We're left by a-by soldier
who knows Marie, my maid. Oh, / am
so nervous! l can scarcely bring my
self to the lark now that l have won
you to it. But we have gone so far, we
must go on. We will have some wine
before we go"
She left the room and returned with
two glasses filed.
"Drnk to the success Of our expedi,
toni"
ana asked her to touch her lips to the
rim. She did SO and gave him her
glass for the same salute.
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"How did your excellency find
things?" asked the captain of the guard
timidly.
"In good condition, all but the atmos-
phere. 1t is so close it has made my
orderly i'll. We will step out into the
cool air for awhile, after which we will
return and resume our inspection"
The bunch of keys was heavy, and as
the guard took them from Alma's hand
he did not notice that one had been
distracted He hung the bunch in its
accustomed place. A moment later the
doors Of Tiflis prison had closed behind
Alma Jurnieff and Harvey Irons.
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ITO the success of the handsomest,
lashingest, daringest inspector of pris-
pms the car Of Russia ever had"
They both drank the toast.
NOW come. know the way" she
said. 1.-THE papers-the commission
found them in the breast pocket"
You will not need them if you make
your voice heavier"
Amazed, half conscious of what he
was doing, the prince followed. She
led him down staircase to stone
corridor. The captain Of the prison
guard came to meet them. The visor
of her cap was pulled down. She stiff
ened up and addressed the guard with
dignity.
II am Prince Dellnikoff, inspector
general Of prisons. Here is the seal of
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'Our hves depend upon your dtscrc-
tton."
the car. am here to examine your
dungeons"
Eyes, your excellency." stammered
the captain. "There are but few Of
us here tonight The governors ball'-
II know. just left there"
"But you need an escort through the
dungeons"
II never have an escort. wish to
see for myself. Ny orderly is escort
enough"
Dellnikoff stood silent, marveling at
this splendid acting. Have I really
known the girl before?" he asked him
self.
"What prisoners have you?"
Elm the lower dungeons there are
but few. They are waiting for trans
portation to Siberia"
"Do you keep ali prisoners for Sibe-
ria in the lower dungeons?"
Eyes, excellency."
Alma knew the general plan Of the
prison and went at once to the lower
dungeons. She found the key that an
locked the iron door that led to the
corridor.
"That wine-I drank too much.
shall not be fit for the toasts at the
supper" whispered the PRINCE.
"It is the close atmosphere. We
shall be out again soon. You will feel
better"
They passed in, and she locked the
door behind them. The first cell they
came to she unlocked. A dirty looking
wretch was lying on his pallet Of
straw.
"He will be cleaner in Siberia" said
Alma as she locked his cell.
! The next cell was empty, and she
did not relock the door. Each cell dor
in turn she opened and looked in. They
had almost completed the round of the
corridor when she heard the prince
breathing heavily. She turned and
found him leaning against the wall
II am ill" he whispered. "My head
is splitting"
"Come out in the air." she said.
II c-can't!'
His head dropped. With a strength
born of the eXigencies of the moment
she thrust him into an empty cell an0
tore the long cloak from under him.
Then she locked the door. Swiftly,
breathlessly, with painting bosom and
trembling hands, she opened door after
door. In almost the last cell Of the row
was Harvey Irons asleep.
"Wake up! Wake up, NJ. Irons" Al.
ma whispered. He sat upright.
"Who are you?"
"Hush! Our lives depend upon your
silence and obedience. l am Alma, now
acting as the inspector general of pris
ons. Come with meE'
alma! Alma Jurnieff' he whisper
ed as he looked at her in bewilder
ment.
Eyes. Come with me. will help vol
to escape. They will kill you here
Come, now. Wear this cloak and d.
not speak"
Marveling, he staggered to his fee
and donned the CLOAK.
Follow me-" she whispered. "Dt
not speak. Our lives depend upon you
discretion"
Harvey obeyed her injunctions. Sh'
led him to the corridor.
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THE COTTON BOIL wEEv1L.

Another important discovery is to DO
credited to the enterprise of the de-
partment of agriculture. Just when it
has become certain that the cotton
crop Of this country was to be most
seriously menaced and reduced in
quantity by the rayages of the boil
weevil an expert Of the department en-
gagged in chronological work in Mex
leo, the home Of the weevil. searching
for some enemy to it, has discovered
brown ant which makes it its life
work to destroy the weeyil, and steps
will be taken at once to introduce this
ant on to southern cotton plantations.
This exactly parallels the earlier case
of the Importation of the ladybug
from Australia, which completely
! cleaned out the orange scale in the
orchards of California. Such scientific
work as this means millions to the
country.
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WHERE SHALL HE Cog

There are many young men in all tho
older settled states possessing few
hundred dollars which they have earn
ed and saved who would like to know
where to go to secure piece of cheap
land which by developing would in
twenty years become a valuable farm.
Without attempting to give any exact
locality where this may be done. in a
general way it may be said that the
hardwood timber lands of northern
Wisconsin and Minnesota have the
making of excellent farms, these
timber lands being exceptionally good
grass lands. timothy and clover finding
there almost perfect conditions for
their best development, and it goes
without saying that where grass will
grow agricultural prosperity follows
as a natural sequence. 1t takes some
years Of hard work and not little
patience and grit to make good farm
out Of such land. but it can be done
with almost absolute certainty. Mis-
! souri, offers many opportunities for
young men Of this class, particularly
in the more thinly settled sections Of
the state, and offers some advantages
which the north country does not
possess-mild winters and the chance
to grow almost any sort Of fruit We
found in north Texas fine chances to
secure good land at low rates. OF
course, the agriculture Of that south
country is entirely different from that
of the north, but the bright young
northern man can soon adjust himself
to the conditions. A lot of range land
in western Nebraska is soon to be had
from the government in $40 acre
tracts at very low rates. but in the
main it is only adapted for grazing
purposes. Then there are many sec
tons in the SO called semiarid por-
tons Of the west where alfalfa will
grow and do well, land which has not
heretofore been rated as Of much value,
but which, with alfalfa, can be made
very valuable. Then, strange as it
may seem, there are plenty of farms
in the eastern states which can be
bought for only trife more than the
cost of the buildings on them, farms
which have been worked out and made
unproductive. which a young man
knowing how can take and build up
and make valuable property.
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The box elder tree is greatly helped
to become fine shade tree by vigor-
GUS pruning when young. If let alone
it will almost always develop into
sprawling and unshapely tree.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

We venture to remark, in view Of the
peculiar climatic freaks Of Kansas, that
it is a great country for ruin when 1t
is not needed; also for dry weather
when rain is wanted the worst way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The best types Of corn will not be
produced in Missouri for some time, as
there it pays almost as well to raise
cobs for pipe timber as It does to raise
corn as cereal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The removal of some Of the stumps
on the Pacific coast is almost as big
job as the building of q house.
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1t is always safe to take up land and
make a home and farm where alfalfa
will grow, for with this crop alone a
right smart lot of money can be made
from the land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

We find no crop like beans to put
field in fine shape for a succeeding
crop. They leave the land clean and
free from weeds and in nice mechanical
condition, besides doing not little in
fertilizing the soil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

We note a marked difference in the
bearing age of some Fameuse apples
top worked on Hibernal stocks and
some top worked on the Brier Sweet
crab, the latter bearing heavily in six
years. while the former have not yet
produced an apple.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The good cook will always put more
berries than crust in her strawberry
shortcake.
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The best cereal crops in the world
are produced in North Dakota and
western Canada both in yield and quail
ity of grain. The climatic conditions
there found are unequaled for wheat,
oats, barley and flax.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The man who can draw straight
furrow with his pillow is quite apt to be
a good plowman. Why pillow with
crooked rows or set out a crooked row
Of trees or build crooked fence? 1t
is just as easy to do work on straight
lines, and it is every way more salts
factory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

It is probably true that the dragging
of the cornfeld just as the corn is
coming up and after it is up does some
damage to the stand; but, on the other
hand, it thereby receives sort Of Gull
tivation which no other tool save the
weeder can give it If the ground Is
cloddy or filled with old cornstalks we
would not use the drag.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

A granger friend Of ours thought he
would take in cheap railroad excur-
sion because he could have ride OF
400 miles for 1925. AS he was robbed
Of his watch and $40 by pickpocket
he is of the opinion he will pay full
fare next time.
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Only a very vacillating man can al
ways be on the winning side.
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The board of supervisors Of west
ern county which pays bounty of
SIS for an adult wolf and one Of So for
pup wolves has got to settle the prob
lem of just when wolf ceases to be
a puppy, having to pay bounty on
some half grown wolves.
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The Georgia peach is at that stage Of
development which will make any fur
ther lying about the condition Of the
Delaware crop entirely unnecessary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

When passion runs high it may be
as well to lie low.
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A kind hearted philanthropist, refer
ring to the value Of the quail as a
friend Of the agriculturist in the eat
ing Of weed seeds and pestiferous in
sect life, advises people to order some
other bird put on their toast. This is
almost unnecessary, for they usually
get squads, sparrows or spring chicken
when quail is ordered anyway.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

A few years ago a western state
was overrun by the agents of COM
pany which proposed to build fences
for the farmers and warrant them for
dollar rod, the fence being combina-
ton honey locustand barbed wire. While
the notes which the farmers gave for
these fences remained perfect and
valid, the company's warranty did not,
for 1t soon burst, as did the hedges
they built. A good many Of these
farmers are thinking hard on the old
truism to the effect that 50 fool and
his money are soon parted"
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Some nicely engraved letter heads,
some fake references and quotations
of farm produce above market figures,
enabled a New York sharper to lately
transfer some $4,000 Of hard earned
money from gullible country shippers
to his own jeans. If oil other crops
were only as sure as the sucker crop
what a country this would be!
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Now some wiseacre is out with the
statement that strawberries beget in
digestion. Be that as it may, they are
the best excuse for dyspepsia there Is
on the market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The red fox increases in number
with settlement and civilization. The
eastern states are overrun with them.
They were entirely unknown in Iowa
and Minnesota forty years ago, the
prairie wolf occupying their field.
Now the wolves are about extermi-
mated, and the fox is becoming plenti-
full, one county in Iowa having paid
bounties on a hundred killed last win
for
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The actual conjunctions Of the stars
and planets, upon which lot of hifa-
lutin long range weather forecasts are
made, it should be remembered. took
place long before the knowledge Of
such conjunctive weather breeding
conditions reached our earth. 1t would
seem as though this fact ought to show
the fallacy Of such weather prophecies.
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Worthless wastes OF the west are to
be regenerated by alfalfa and the Gu

Things will never go Just exactly
right until the good dog fails to get
hold of. the poison put out for the bad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The application Of the dynamo to
water power gives every waterfall, no
matter where located, money value.
Wise men recognizing this fact are
picking up all available water powers,
for they will all be used in the near
future.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The corn crop is distinctively an
American crop, the 2,OO0OOO,000 BUSH
els or more produced each year being
nearly all consumed in this country.
Only in two years, 1897 and 1890, was
there so much as 10 per cent Of the
crop exported. This crop forms the
basis Of all our enormous meat, poultry
and stock production.
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A western railway has undertaken
AIDES in the winter by planting ever
green trees alongside the cuts on its
right Of way. From what we have no
ticed Of the work of trees in connection
with drifting snow we should think
that trees planted along right Of way
which is usually hundred feet in
width would do more harm than good,
being too near the track. They would
do admirable work, however, If planted
a distance of FIVE or six rods from the
track.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Many wonders in wood are to be
seen at the great st. Louis fair. There
are hollow sections Of the big frs Of
Washington, ten feet in diameter; saw
ed plank three inches thick, twelve
feet long and eight feet wide; a saw
log which, lying on the ground, is
eighteen inches above a tall mans
head, and tree trunk cut into four
teen foot saw: logs placed end to end,
nine logs Of it three feet in diameter at
the butt and thirty inches at the top,
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In the clearing Of timber farms in
northeast Missouri we notice that it is
a common practice to leave the black
walnut trees. Just for ornament and
as bearers of nuts this plan is all right,
but it is q hopeless method of trying to
grow the trees into saw logs, for, being
scattered, they make short trunks and
enormous tops and are thus of little
value for lumber.
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POOR FOOD AND WHO EATS 1T

POOR FOOD AND WHO EATS 1T.
We are asked what becomes of all
the off stock received at the great stock
markets Of the country = the piggy
sows, the old 700 pound stag hogs, the
lump jawed steer, the fotsam and jet
sam of the stream Of animal life which
flows like great river to the stock
yards. There are Uncle Sans army
and navy, the army Of men in the great
lumber camps and on our lake and riv-
err vessels, men who have ferocious APP
pettes and who are ever alive to the
quantity rather than the quality Of
their food; then there is that other
army which patronizes the cheap res
taurants, where square meal Of soup,
meat and dessert is served for 10 cents
no questions asked there; then there
are the very poor Of the large cities
those who sort ash barrels for bones
to gnaw and who revel on the wastes
Of hotel tables, the ever unsatistied
and hungry ones, even more mouths
wide open for the cuMs of the packing
houses than there are for its choicest,
porterhouse steaks and rib roasts.