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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

We never eat chicken in any Of the
delicious forms in which the expert
cook will serve it, but we are glad that
we do not have to eat chicken every
day. One soon tires Of it, and the fowl
is not in the same class as either pork
or beef as standard meat ration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
CHAPTER v.
A STARTLING RESEMBLANCE.

Most skillfully and leisurely had
"Joe" Johnston, the confederate COM
mander, Withdrawn his army to the
line of the upper Rappahannock.
When the first of the union cavalry
under Averell came twinkling into
view along the heights of Centreville,
the last Of Johnston's 50,000-all he
had to face McClellan's field force of
probably double that number-was re.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Forty million cocoanuts were import.
ed into this country last year. Most
of them are eaten, but few seem to
be used to make heads for portion
of our citizens,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Where the writer lives it is right
now common thing for the mother
to say, Johnny, go to the garden and
dig potato for dinner"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

We are asked whether the first litter
Of wild rabbits will themselves breed
the same season they are born. In the
north we think not, but are not sure
about it. The parents will sometimes
raise three filters during one season
These pests breed altogether too fast
anyhow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The harvesting of the crops raised
on the farm is always a most delight
full kind of labor for us, particularly
the picking Of the fruit and the husk-
ing of the corn. When one gets bas-
ket Of big apples or of well matured
corn he has something tangible in
money value very happily blended with
sentiment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
THE ANNUAL woRRY.

There are always every fall about
thirty days of fret and worry all along
the northern limit Of the corn belt for
fear the frost will come before the
crop natures. Much of this worriment
might he avoided If corn growers in
that territory would not everlastingly
insist upon growing types Of corn suit
cd only to more southern latitude.
ahey some way cannot or will not un-
derstand that forty bushels of good;
sound corn Of some early variety are
worth much more than fifty bushels
Of soft, immature southern corn. For
all Of the territory north of latitude AZ
the big ten foot dent corn should be
banished and six foot hundred day
variety planted. A failure to recognize
this fact costs millions Of money near.
ly every year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

There are young men who go to
Christian Endeavor meetings just to
lose themselves in sea of millinery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The family horse is getting such {
length of hair that the mistress is
thinking of starting up the furnace.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

There seems to be altogether too
much parasitic life in this, country-in-
sect. bird and animal life-which lives
off others labor, and this is not the
worst Of 1t, for we have lots Of humans
who are just simply parasites in the
rankest sense. If man who will let
his wife take in washing to support the
family while he loafs around the sa-
looms is not parasite we would like
to know what is, and the worst of it is
that the women won't let this sort be
killed off.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

We have several reports Of birds
nesting for second or third time this
season, being engaged in this domestic
work as late as the first week in Sep
TENDER. The wise ones take this to
mean that the winter is farther of
than usual, the instinct of the birds
making them willing to run the risk of
rearing brood to an age which will
still permit of the migration Of the
young to the south. We note the find
ing Of the nests Of two cuckoos and Of
a cedar bird in our orchard during the
first week in September.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
a little over hundred years ego the
price of pair of cotton stockings was
SIS. Today one can get three pairs for
quarter.

Potatoes are not contraband Of war
in the northwest this year. The man
who usually robs his neighbours patch
is out Of business now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The fight between the sheep herders
and the cattlemen is rs old as the
world. These interests clashed in old
Mosaic times, and they clash today.
Where sheep feed there cattle starve.
The mountain ranges of the Rockies
witness many tragedy between cow
boy and herder, the herder picked off
with rifle ball and his flock Of sheep
driven over a precipice. Sixty thou
sand sheep thus perish each year in
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Europe is full Of half starved peo-
ple-men and women to whom a good
square meal is almost a thing I'M
known, while America is full Of half
starved fields and farms-soils bat
tered and abused for long years and
ever hungry for clover, rest and de-
cent treatment. The condition of the
half fed poor Of the old world is al
most impossible Of improvement. The
impoverished soils Of this country can
be helped if men only had sense
enough to do it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

A cross between the Jersey and the
Shorthorn very often results in a high
quality Of milk COW. For dairy pur-
poses this is one Of the best or % ;cs
which can be made where it is desired
to have the steer calf worth something
as feeder.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

1t is interesting to read of some food
compensations. The Kansas river bot
toms which were SO mercilessly storm
swept early in June are now ripening
a splendid crop Of corn, the flood as n
fertilizer more than offsetting the dam
age wrought by the flood as a de-
stroyer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

With the advent Of the automobile
the horse Is having another breaking
in. Within few years he has had to
face the bicycle, the traction engine
ana the auto on the public roads, and
he is no doubt wondering what comes
next There are good many chauf-
feurs who need killing and some
horses which should be sent from the
carriage to the plow, while there are
not few ladies who should not be al.
lowed to run the risks of the road. The
only trouble seems to lie in the coun.
try districts, where the auto is not as
yet common enough to educate tie
horse to its use There 10 but little
trouble in our cthea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

When boy the writer remembers
where twenty men We're busy cutting
the grain with sickles; other men fol-
lowed and bound the gavels into bun
dies, and when the grain was stacked
the wives and children of these reapers
carefully CLEANED over the whole field
and counted themselves well rewarded
could they but carry home at night a
bundle Of wheat containing perchance
two quarts Of grain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

A prominent florist says that peonies
will afford twice the satisfaction to the
lover Of nice flowers that roses will:
that the peonies have few or no en-
emies and by making selection of the
right varieties they give him more sat
1sfaction than do the roses. This may
be SO for him, but for us we had rath-
er pick one Jack or American Beauty
rose and have it grace the dining table
than TO gather a bushel basket full Of
the finest peonies we, ever saw. Of
course the roses are lots of trouble, but
that's true Of every thing in the world
worth having.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Many housekeepers have to put up
with good deal of waste in the use
of cheese as part of the family
ration. AS generally used, more or
less dries up and is spoiled. Here is a
better way: Take the cheese when
bought and run it through a sausage
cutter. Pack it as firmly as possible in
glass tumblers and cover the top with
piece of paratfin paper. Set in a
cool place By go doing the cheese will
keep perfectly, and not a morsel Of it
will be wasted. We have followed this
plan for years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

1t is surprising how the grain sack
has been eliminated from the economy
Of the modern farm. The demand for
sacks at thrashing time has been oil
most entirely removed, the modern
machine elevating the grain as
thrashed into the wagon box, where
it is moved in bulk to the elevator or
the granary. The disappearance of the
sack has removed q source Of almost
endless trouble, for the honest farmer
could never keep his sacks, while the
other fellow now has no chance to
steal them. Every modern improve
ment tends to better farm morals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

A friend inquiries why SO many Of
the oak trees are dying all over the
country the past few years. The cause
is mainly found in the fact Of settle
ment and the occupancy Of land for
farming purposes. This process upsets
forest conditions, the tramping of stock
and the growth of matted blue grass
robs the tree Of moisture, and it falls
an easy victim to drought. The Jack
oaks go first, followed by the death of
the bur oak, one Of our hardest trees.
1t is not climatic conditions which
cause the death Of the trees, but CIV
nization.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Tenant farming : renting land on
shares or for cash-is not q rapid way
to pile up money, and many men who
do this business never develop into
anything better than farm renter.
Some do, however. They move slowly
at first, but gradually accumulate q
valuable lot Of stock and tools and at
the end Of few years feel justified
in buying farm of their own. We
are inclined to the opinion that when
man can lease farm-a good one
for five years on the share plan, keep
ing all the live stock possible, he will
insure his success more surely than by
any other plan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

There are enough disastrous bank
failures reported from time to time,
In not few instances sweeping away
the accumulated savings Of a c. :
munity for many years, enough
BILE, misery and loss of confidence, 20
that we are firmly Of the opinion that
the banking laws Of the country should
require the adequate bonding of all
bank officials by the surety companies.
The public is confding, trustful, while
the dishonest banker repays their con-
adence with perfdy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Flowing is still considered quite an
art in the old world and was also i'll
This country until within a few years.
The plowman who could draw q per-
fectly straight furrow a hundred rods,
who could keep his plow at an even
depth and nicely cover up all rubbish,
was man of mark in his locality, but
the advent of the sulky pillow has made
machine work Of what was formerly
matter Of human skill. The modern
plow, adjusted to cut an even depth
and width Of furrow, drawn by three
or four good horses, is largely and
well operated by small boys from ten
to fifteen years old and quite often by
girls. minimum of human labor and
skill being now required to secure the
best OF work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

A lusty burdock reared its head this
season near our barn. When just
ready to bloom we cut it down with a
spade and thought we had finished it..
1t sprang up again. Another blossom
stalk much smaller than the f1Ht APP
peared. We cut it down again; but,
true to the law which governed its be-
ing, it made third and last attempt
to reproduce itself by sending up a
tiny stem with just one seed bur on it,
and we let that grow. There was les
son for us, at least, in the persistency
Of this miserable thing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

1t is good idea in the fall to make
an inventory of the stock you have on
hand and expect to winter and see
whether the corn cribs and rough fod-
der bear a right relation to the stock.
This trying to winter cattle at stray
stacks and in cornfelds alone is mis-
cradle business, and some very cruel
work is done in this line every year by
men who otherwise rate as pretty good
fellows. AS it never pays in the long
run to do this, we often wonder why
men will keep doing it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
PREPARES HIS OWN PAPERS
Lawyer Convict i'm Michigan Appeals for
Release decision VIII Interest
Many other Yrisoners.

Jackson. Mich, Aug. 24.-An ano-
maly among convicts has been brought
TO light i'm j. NJ. Leonard. a university
graduate and once county attorney,
who has been serving an indeterminate
sentence at the state prison for bur
glary. Leonard has prepared his own
papers Of appeal to the United States
circuit court 10 release him from con-
finement under the provisions Of the
indeterminate sentence law. Leonard
was sent TO Jackson in 1894 for ten TO
fifteen years.
Since that time new state law has
been enacted providing that in all
cases in which offenses were com
mitted prior to the passage Of the new
law the minimum sentence was valid.
Leonard asserts that in his case the
operation of the law was retroactice.
and that his sentence therefore is void.
Upon the decision in this case will de
pend the Imprisonment Of many other
men in addition 10 those released I'M
der the decision Of the state supreme
court
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
FIRST SHOT AT GETTYSBURG
Battle Creek Man Fired the First Union
Cannon at the Opening of That
Historic Battle.

Pontiac, Mich, Aug. %. Ora nd
Army men have been making inquiries
as 10 who fired the first Union gun al
the battle of Gettysburg, and they
allege that they have "ascertained with
certainty that honor belongs TO G.. A.
Daley, of Port Huron. This is the
report they make:
HE pulled the lanyard of the weight
piece of the weight section of company
A, Second United States artillery. on
a column Of rebel cavalry who We're
alta cking the small force Of Union
cavalry and one battery Of artillery
that was present on the field on the
morning of the first days action. Mr..
Daley belonged TO a state militia COM
pany before the war, at Battle Creek,
his former home"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Said He Would Surprise Her.
COLLAPSE OF A WATER TANK
Haboes just Escape Terrible Peril. Not
to Mention That They Might Have
Been Killed.

Charlotte. Mich, Aug. 23.-The
water tank at the Grand Trunk yards
collapsed. The tank held about s.
600 barrels of water and was sus-
pended - feet in the air on timbers.
The timbers were washed over hun
dI'ed feet with such force that they
carried car from the rails and the
heavy stockyard fences were literally
swept away, breaking the posts off
level with the ground.
Shortly before the crash came
some hoboeS were seen repOsing be-
meath the tank, which was usually
called the hobo roast" and if they
had not taken a freight out would
have been instantly killed and given
an enforced bath at the same time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
MUST BELIEVE 1T
When Well known Paw Paw People Tell IL
so Plainly.

When public endorsement is
made by representative citizen
Of Paw Paw, the proof is posi-
tive. You must believe it. Read
this testimony Every backache
sufferer, every man, woman or
child with any kidney trouble
will find profit in the reading
Will Ellis, ex-town treasurer,
now employed at Briggs flour
mill, says: & was not seriously
afflicted, yet | was annoyed with
backache, a dull aching miser-
able feeling, and / was anxious
to get rid of it. The nature and
location of the pain led me to
think the kidneys were the cause
of it, for it made no difference
what position | assumed my back
ached, and when STOPPING or in
any uncomfortable position the
pain was. much more severe.
| had some knowledge of what
Doan's Kidney Pills had done
for others, so | procured box
at Tice q Deckers drug store,
They quickly relieved me and
in very short time my trouble
came to an end. [ can heartily
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. =
For sale by all dealers, price,
50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's,
and take no substitute.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Small Wound Causes Death.

Milan Mich. Aug. 24.-Mrs. Sarah
Easlick died in great agony Of blood
poisoning as the result of a prick in
her index finger while blackberrying
age and is survived by her husband,
Wilder ID. Easlick. one son, Edgar, of
Detroit, and her sister. Mrs Mary Odds,
of AZalia. Mrs. Easlick was formerly
Miss Sara Jones, daughter OF John
Jones, of Dundee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Set Herself on Fire with Matches.

Flint. Mich, Aug. 23-Eunice
Beckman, a 6-year-old daughter Of
John Beckman, of Hazleton street,
was seriously, if not fatally burned
She secured quantity of matches
and went into the back yard unob-
served by her mother to play. \
short time afterward Mrs. Beckman
heard her daughter screaming, and
running TO the back yard saw the
child clothing afire. With much diff
ficulty the mother extinguished the
fameS but not before the child was
frightfully burned about the right side
and head.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
CONCERTS BY MASSED BANDS
Prizes Assresatins $4,000 to Be Dis
tributed at the Worlds Fair.

tributed at the Worlds FAIR.
Never were musical events in Ameri-
ca planned upon such an elaborate scale
of concerts will be given by competing
bands in contest for prizes offered by
the Worlds Fair. These contests will
take place in Festival Hall. Sept. II
TO II.
Nine cash prizes. aggregating $4,000,
are offered for the successful bands.
The prizes are divided so as 10 give TO
the organization scoring the highest
number of points $3.50; $1,000 will be
given TO the band scoring the second
highest number Of points and $1,000 to
the one getting the third highest num-
Der.
The above division is made for bands
in Glass A, which consist OF twenty
members. In the b class $4,000 will
be given in priZes-first, $4,000; second,
$500: third, $1,000.
Glass G, which includes bands Of thir-
ty-five members. will enjoy the division
of $12,T50. For the organization scor-
ing the highest number OF points a
prize of $4,000 has been named. The
second prize is $4,000 and the third ST.
700
Bands employed by the Exposition
are not permitted to contest. All play
ers must be bona fide members, and
each musician must have been enrolled
at least three months prior 10 the date
Of the contest Each band must send
to the bureau the name of its members
and a nominal entrance fee.
Festival Hall concerts by massed
bands will be given at 1880 each day
during the contest, in which all contest
ing bands will take part under the di-
rection of distinguished conductor.
All bands entering must agree to play
one concert in addition TO the compel.
ing concert and massed concerts.
A separate programme has been pre-
pared by the Bureau of Music for each
class, and each band will play through
the full programme of its class. The
numbers in all three programmes are
by eminent composers and are chosen
with the view of bringing out the quail
tiles of the bands performing them. The
list of composers includes Wagner, Gou-
nod, Offenbach. Verdi. Saint-Saens, BIZ
yet, Strauss and Leoncavallo.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Dewitt is the Name.

When you go to buy Witch Hazel Salve
look for the name DEWITT on every box
The pure, unadulterated witch hazel is
used in making DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve, which is the best salve in the world
for cuts, burns, bruises, boils, eczema and
piles. The popularity of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, due to its many cures, has
caused numerous worthless counterfeits
to be placed on the market The genuine
bears the name f. G.. Dewitt & Co. Sold
by all druggists. 10
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Struck with Their Old Boss.

Mount Clemens, Mich, Aug. 22.-A
strike occurred on the work of the un-
foreground telephone construction, the
men stopping the job chiefly because
of a misunderstanding between the SUI
perintendent and the foreman. The
former complained that the latter was
not getting work enough out of the
men under him. and the foreman re-
signed, saying that it was hard digging
and be could not push his men any
harder The men then quit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Assassin Abroad in Michigan.

Houghton, Mich, Aug. 23.-Charles
II. Brown, representative in the legis-
lature from Ontonagon county, was
shot in the right lung while on his
way from Greenland to Mass City.
The shooting was done i'm the dark
near Piety Hill. Two weeks ago
Marshal Nelson of Greenland, a per-
sonal friend Of Brown, was Shot at
I'm much the same manner
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26

Bay City, Mich, Aug. %. - The
remains of John w. Mckee, who died
in Flint as result Of an elevator
accident. were met at the station by
a delegation of III. w. Lawton Com
mand, Spanish War Veterans, of which
deceased was member, and escorted
to his late home on Fraser street. He
G., Thirty-third Michigan infantry.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 23.-The total
number of deaths reported in Michigan
for July was 2,510, or 50 more than
the number registered for June. The
number was 143 less than for July,
1908. BY ages, $40 deaths, or 20.7
per cent. of the total number, were of
infants less than one year old;
were of children between the ages of
and years, and 120 were of persons
aged 60 years and over.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Offered to Buy q Policeman.

Ypsilanti, Mich, Aug 24.-Otis b.
Stark, of Mackville. Kan, returned to
his old home here TO bury his father,
and before he got out of town he was
held up and robbed Of roll of 5000
He swore out warrant against Fred
Harris and William Harmon, and
when Officer Ryan was arresting them
it is said, they offered to divide up
with him
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26
Great Mortgage Is Filed.

Flint, Mich. Aug. 22-As result
of the recent consolidation of the Pere
Marquette railroad a refunding mort
gage for $65.0O0,000, running to the
New York Security and Trust COM
pany as trustee, has been filed here in
the register of deeds office. The mort
gage secures an issue of fifty-year 4
per cent. gold bonds and refund bonds
to the amount of SIG. 1913. 1S5.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26

Muskegon. Mich, Aug. %. = The
feature of the Labor day celebration
here was the marriage of a couple in
an automobile speeding fifty miles an
hour. The big machine was engaged
I'm Chicago for the occasion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26

Portland, Mich. Aug. 23. - Josiah
Dilley and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding here. They have two
living children, eight grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-26

Battle Creek, Mich, Aug. 24.-Forty
inches Of cuticle are needed for little
Sherwood Sedgwick, who was burned
in a live wire accident several weeks
ago and the doctors in charge of the
case are thinking of advertising for
some one 10 supply the skin.