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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-11-19

Being the prevailing colors we bought heavily
10 those two shades in Mohair, Cravinetts, Mix
ga Cheviots and Whipcords. Broadcoths in all
shades. Our notion department is complete and
right up to the notch, and anything you may
wish In that line we have it. Tailor made Skirts
Jackets and Capes. A tremendous line, and we
think the prettiest and cheapest ever shown on
this market An inspection of same will be ap-
preciated and will insure us sale.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-11-19
HappenlagSin the State.
As Chronicled by the Alert Cor
respondents of The Columbia
State.

HUNTER ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-11-19
IhL lENESI md lODB|Iyt
line 0F
~ DRY GOODS ~
EVER DEFERRED no THE PIIRI IC

Our Mr. Heath has just returned from the
North, where he scooped in some startling values
in dress goods and lots of other bargains too nu-
merOus to mention.
BROWNS AND GREENS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
LAW TO BE NOTED.

In wild state all animal and bird
life is subject to the unrestricted OPP
GRAFTON of that natural law which pro-
vides that the best of the species shall
be the progenitors of such species.
Such animal and bird life when domes-
ticated and placed under the control Of
man is mostly removed from the opera
ton Of this law, and the selection Of
breeding animals and birds is left to
the caprice or the intelligence Of man,
us the case may be. 1t thus comes
that unless man, recognizing this fact,
gives careful attention to the selec-
ton of the best any breed or type
will rapidly deterioriate on his hands.
The sexual combats between the males
of all wild life absolutely prevent the
weak, the deformed and the infirm
from ever being the sires Of the in
crease in it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
ORR HEATED TERM.

Many Of the common products Of
even the north country are almost
semitropical in their character, and we
are able to successfully grow them
solely because the summers of interior
North America bring about sixty days
during the season Of tropical heat. All
varieties of our corn, the vines, such
as squash. pumpkin, melon and cucum-
Der; tomatoes, peppers, elephants and
many other things can make no head
way unless insured period Of temper
ature of 80 degrees and over. -Four
days of 65 degree temperature will
keep corn standing still, while twenty
four hours Of 80 degree weather will
make it shoot four inches. Thus Eng
land, with it's cquable climate and mild
winter, can grow none Of the things
named in the open air because 1t lacks
this brief period Of tropical tempera-
ture
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
SEED CORN.

There are many ways Of selecting
seed corn, the poorest being that OF
going to the crib when planting time
comes and trying to pick out the seed.
Where one does not need over five or
six bushels of seed the best way we
have found Is to take sack and go
through the field in September after
the corn is well hardened, selecting the
best ears. 1t is worth something to
know what kind Of stalk the corn
grew on, to note its time Of maturity
and to partially judge of Its Eroduc-
tiveness. Seed corn SO selected, tied
by the husks two and two, hung in a
dry shed to ripen fully and then put in
some dry loft or even cellar where
frost will not touch 1t is pretty sure to
have every kernel grow the next
spring. Some men select the seed
when husking and keep it In an oat bin
or else in some chamber in the house,
which last always makes the women
grouty, the spare room in the average
house always being wanted by the
good wife to store things in which are
too good to burn up or give away and
still not worth house room. One friend
of ours always lets his wife select the
seed corn, and he always has good
seed which grows.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
MAKING A NEW ACRE.

Hundreds of men could make q new
acre of land right on their own farms
If they would. 1t may be that old and
unproductive slough, the heaven Of
ducks, frogs and skeeters. Suppose
you see if it cannot be drained, and
then you grow eighty bushels of corn
on it next year. Or it may be that
worthless and unproductive strip which
borders all the fences on the farm, that
breeder Of weeds and harborer Of YER
min. Why not SOW this into timothy, so
that it may be moved clean every
year? Or it may be that hill acre,
washed and rutted with storm and
frost until the bare ribs Of the soil are
sticking out as in the case of a starved
old horse. Get forty loads of manure
up there and seed it down and never
plow it up again. It's easy on many
farms to make new acre of land, and
when made it is worth 500 and will
ever after pay you 10 per cent divi,
dend.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
ANNUAL NEE E TI1.NG'
IOWA WoMEN's SUFFRAGE 50.
GETTY TO MEET IN SHELDON
OCTOBER 1928.
Mrs. Emily Phillips Will Represent
the Local Suffrage Society - Call
for the Meeting Has Just Been Is
sued by State President.

Mrs. Emily Phillips will represent
the Ottumwa Woman's Suffrage So
ciety at the thirty-third annual con-
vention of the Iowa Equal Suffrage
society which will convene In Shell
don October 26 for a three days ses-
sion, The call for this meeting has
just been issued by the president Of
the state association. Mrs. Mary ].
Coggenshall.
The basis of representation for the
local associations is one delegate for
every ten or fraction of ten paid men,
bers. State officers, local presidents
and state superintendent of depart
ments are ex-offlcio members of the
convention and are entitled to all the
privileges of delegates.
The following is published by re-
quest of the local society:
Where is a Woman's Home.
In declining to publish suffrage ar
ticles Kentucky editor says
"We believe that the dear women
can do greater good for our land in
the home than at the ballot box.There-
fore. we cannot consistently use your
articles"
If casting a ballot interfered with
woman's duty to her home, this gen.
! tleman would be quite right in his re-
| fusal to help the suffrage cause by
publishing suffrage matter. But if he
will answer the question, Where or
what is a woman's homer" he will see
that the care of her home is duty no
woman can wholly perform unless she
has the right to go to the ballot box as
a citizen and cast ballot.
Home is something more than the
house in which woman lives, the one
story frame cottage or the two-story
brick mansion, where she sweeps,
dusts. sews, cooks and rocks the cra-'
/ die. The town or city in which a
woman lives is her home. The NUM-
cipal government of the town con-
Germs her and her children as deeply
as it concerns any man. The state in
| which she lives is also her home, and
i every affair of state is as much her
affair as the darning of the children's
stockings or the sewing on OF the
family buttons.
The country in which woman lives
is also her home To every American
woman America" means home, and
national affairs ought to interest her
quite as much as the latest fashions
in shirt waists or hats.
i, There are three hundred and sixty.
, five days in a year. and with this time
at her disposal, woman who under
, stands her duty can attend to the af.
; fairs of the house in which she lives,
and at the same time play citizens
part in the management of her larg.
er home-her city, her state, her coun
: try. Ida Calvert Obenchain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

A field of wheat sowed with northern
grown seed in Iowa this year produced
twenty-five bushels per acre, while a
field grown under exactly similar con-
ditions on the same farm, but sowed
with home grown seed, returned only
sixteen bushels per acre. There is a
moral to this story.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
THE SOUTH AND THE CORN CROP.

We are asked why the south does not
raise the corn which it needs, but so
largely depends upon the north for a
supply. There are several reasons.
South of a line drawn through central
Missouri, Notwithstanding there are to
be found abundant heat and moisture,
corn does not do as well as in southern
Minnesota and South Dakota. The
plant grows tall-very tall, ten to fif-
teen feet high-but when it comes to
making ears the five foot corn Of the
north. country beats it all to pieces.
The average crop of corn in the south
ern states is but little over one-third
that of the northern states. Another
thing-because Of the excessive heat
and humidity Of the south country it is
extremely difficult to keep the corn
from spelling after it is raised, while
the principal reason is that the land
put into cotton instead Of corn will
bring in twice as much return.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

"A Nebraska man thinks he has
struck a snap. He buys alfalfa hay at
IS per ton, grinds it fine, mixes some
beet sugar sirup with it and sells it ut
$50 per ton 1t is good ration, but
whether profitable to use or not ia not
yet determined.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
TWO BOYS.

Here is boy, whole lot Of him,
who during the four months summer
vacation has just had good time
swimming, fishing and playing; and
here is another boy who has tried to
do something, earn little money here
and there, and he has had plenty Of
fun also, but he is ahead of the other
boy in that he has $40 in the bank as
q result Of his work. Now the happy
go lucky crowd Of the future, the fell
lows who will always be poor, will
come out of that first lot of boys, while
the future bank president. successful
merchant and big farmer will be of
the few boys who value their time and
improve it; always has been that way
and always will be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

We note that for few weeks in mid
summer many of our common birds
seem to disappear for time, having
raised their broods, but they have not
migrated in the sense that they have
moved entirely away, for along in
September many Of them are with us
again. Just where they betake them
selves during the dog days we do not
know.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

part In the campaign, In addition ta
making addresses at various points, a
various occasions, such as MemoriA
day, Fourth Of July, Labor day. ola
settlers meetings, and old soldiers. re
unions. This year he will spend tWa
weeks of the campaign out of the
state, under the direction Of the rer
publican national committee, and wiz
spend some time in Nebraska, wheres
he has been, invited by his friend and
colleague on, the appropriations com.
mittee Of the house, Hon. Elmer j.
Burkett, who has been formally indors;
ed by the republicans of the state To-
succeed Charles H. DIETRICH in the
United States senate. He will also
speak for a week. in the, second Iowa
district in support Of the candidacy
has very high regard. What time
is left. he will spend in his home dis
trict, making. at least one speech IN
each county, as is his custom annually:
Mention was made at the outset OF
Judge Smiths family. Mrs. Smith IS
a bright and cultured woman. Like her
husband. what she has accomplished,
has been largely by her home efforts:
She is an active worker in the Council
Bluffs Woman's club and former
president Of the local Federation OF
Women's clubs, finding time for this
work. and also for something in the
way of china painting, in addi-
ton to her duties to her family. The
children are: Howard. aged -; Bar
bara, aged 10; Grace, aged s, and NAL
colin, aged Z. They are all bright,
healthy children. the delight and hope
of proud and solicitous father and
mother. None is old enough yet to in
dicate his or her bent in life:
The subject of this sketch has been
spoken of as Judge" Smith. No one
in Iowa or elsewhere that he is known
calls him anything else. He came by
the title from his ten years of honor:
able service on the state bench OF
this district and it will follow him
through life, and it is, perhaps, no
breach Of confidence to say that 1t
does not displease him. Shortly after.
his first election to congress some
one who had called him Judge" in a
manner half in jest and half in earn
est. amended to address him as Con
gresham .
81 think" said Judge Smith, "the old
title is the better" z
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

In 1925 the lucifer match was I'M
known. The flint and steel were then
the source of fire. Thus back logs
were feature of all 1ireplaces, hold
ing a perpetual supply Of fire Oh the
domestic altar The universal habit Of
smoking which now prevails would
have been impossible under the old
conditions,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

If the orchard is large the sheep and
the pigs may be used to advantage as
temporary foragers, but under no cir
cumstances should they be fed in the
orchard or be allowed to use it as a
yard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

I There is a plethora Of good things
this fall-too many vegetables, too
much fruit, the choicest plums and ap-
Piles rotting under the trees, fifteen big
potatoes in every hill, the lazy man
without garden able to live on the
fat of the land without cost. Have
such a year once in awhile, but for
tunately not often.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

A friend set out soft maple tree
and white elm last June after the
trees were in full leaf and made them
live. Usually they die when moved so
late in the season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

Oklahoma is a great country. Must
be, for every man who lives there says
80. And some of these fellows send
out some pretty tall yarns, q late story
of this sort being to the effect that
single melon vine produced this year
400 pounds of watermelon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
Student of History,

"About the first book l ever read OF
any Importance" said Judge Smith the
other day, when asked about his early
reading, was Charles Dickens Child
History of England And / may say
he added, that while have read many
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

1t seems odd, but it is fact, that
the finest apples in the world are rails
ed in the Pecos valley, in New Mexico.
Here elevation offsets latitude, and at
a height of 5000 feet above sea level
climate, coupled with irrigation, pro-
duces conditions for the growing Of a
perfect apple. The product Of the or
chards there is all bought up for e1-
port.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
history since. !

works on English history since, I
tnlnK that more OF my information on
! !i subject was derived from Dickens
little book than all others com bined."
During this time, young Smith was, Of
course, pursuing his regular studies in
the public schools. It was out of
school hours that he took up the vol
umes OF history and, going from room
to room with his mother, read them to
her. I'm later years." said Judge
Smith, II have always thought she was
more anxious for me to read the books
than to hear them read. II that was
true the fee was not long necessary, as
1t was but a. short time until the boys
interest in, the books went far beyond
his interest In the dollar, and those
who Know Judge Smith intimately
enough to have some insight into his
every day life can testify that to this
day the advantage the books gained
over the dollar In his affections in boy
hood has not been lost. His bank &C.
count and his library best illustrate
this story.
But whatever the motive Of the boys
mother, she led him into habits of
study and industry that have since
proved Invaluable to him. From Dick
ems history he went to Headley's ma
poleon and His Marshals." This was
Judge Smiths introduction to the man
who, above all others in history, en-
cages his keen interest and warm adj
miratiOn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

No better proof that an earlier ma
turing type Of corn for the northerly
portion Of the corn belt is needed than
is in evidence this year. A vast acre
age of corn planted by May and hav-
ing up to Sept. had 12O days Of grace
is still far from mature and the posi-
BILE victim of an early September frost.
A small sound ear of corn is always
worth more than large soft one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

A friend recently got rid Of $1,000
mortgage which worked overtime
nights and Sundays. a hired man and
whole lot Of fret and worry by selling
one-half Of his 200 acre farm. He is
now out Of debt has a balance to his
credit at the local bank, peace and
contentment have come to the wife and
boys, and for the first time in a good
many years he is Neatly enjoying life
When he gets hold of dollar now 1t
belongs to him. Nothing would induce
him to so back to the old way. Maybe
there is suggestion in this item for
some Of our readers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
How's This?

HoW's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward of any case of Catarrh that can:
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. q
F. j: CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known r:
]. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be.
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions: and financially
able to ca----.-r sut ony obligations made
by his firm.
wALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN. &
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.,
patton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

Oklahoma comes to the front this
season with thirty-six peaches which
make full bushel. Next.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

A blue grass pasture makes good
return when it is properly used. Twen-
ty acres carrying twenty steers gave
a gain in meat weight Of PAT pounds
per head, which at cents per pound
amounted to S12.35 per acre for just
two months pasture during May and
June. and there was easily four months
pasture to be had from the land dur
ing the year after that. When it Is
considered that no expense was in
CURED for this crop it shows up bet
ter than most Of our cultivated crops
In the matter of net profit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

1t is all tomfoolery to raise nice lot
of shotes up to September and then go
deliberately to work to kill them all of
by stufflng them with new corn, but
scores of pretty good farmers do this
very thing every year and somehow
seem as if they could never learn wis
dom by experience. This new corn ra-
ton fed alone is miserably balanced
one, and such corn should never form
to exceed one-fourth of the ration fed
the young pigs. Farmers feed this new
corn and then charge the results to
cholera and Providence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

4 The pasture fence if built of wire, as
most fences are, should have the wires
properly grounded as protection to
stock against the electric current. Cat
tie have a tendency to bunch near to
fences during storm, making them
easy victims Of the bolt which, falling
half mile away, may be carried with
sufficient voltage on the fence wires
to do much damage. Place wire at
tached to the fence wires down in the
earth about four feet every thirty rods
on the line of fence and the danger Is
overcome.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

Every little while one reads some ar
ticle deploring the cruelty of killing
dogs for use as food by our imported
savages or where the officials make
way with them when found ownerless
and unlicensed in our cities. Yet these
same people will eat mutton, veal and
chicken and never once voice protest
against the cruel and bloody butcher
who takes innocent life in order to
supply their wants. 1t is no more
cruel to kill a dog than sheep, fat
poodle than fat lamb, and quite often
the greater service is rendered to the
public in the dog killing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
Enters Public Life.

And 1t is to to this scene we must go
acter Of Judge Smith. The events of
his career are so closely interviewer
with the associations of his home,
from boyhood through youth and into
manhood, that when you have a pic
ture of Judge Smith at home you have
an adequate portrait of his life. 1t
was here in this same house, under
the tutelage of his mother, that he be-
gan the reading and study that have
made him one of the best Informed of
men, clear thinker and an intelligent
and impartial judge of men and things
The making Of the judge and congress.
man began in those early years.
Judge Smith was elected to the dis.
trict bench when but % years of age.
That is an unquestionable distinction
for a man so young, and when his ex,
cellent record for ability and sound
judgment on the bench is taken into
consideration one is inclined to wonder
at his success at SO early period in
life.
This all has its explanation In the
years that went before. Walter Smith
did not spend his boyhood with trifles
at least not all of it, and to that, as
well as to his rich natural endowment
is to be attributed his early achieve
ments When he was but IL years Of
age, under the direction of his mother
| he took up class Of reading that toe
! few ever reach, and that scarcely an.
turn to until maturity. Out Of tina
early beginning grew the habits O.
study and research, and taste for thu
substantial in books Of knowledge and
broad view of life possessed by Judge
Smith. His mother, pretending tina
she wished to hear the books read TO
her own enjoyment, and not able t
take the time for it from her house
hold duties, began paying the boy
dollar volume to follow her abou
the house, and read aloud to her. Thi
early reading began with history.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

An electric arc light on hot sum-
mer night will disclose a wonderful
assortment of night flying insect life
bugs, beetles and moths of infinite va
riety. The bats have quickly learned
that in the vicinity Of these lights is to
be found a rare feeding ground, and it
is interesting to, watch these winged
mice as they ,tswoop down on and
through the ywarming brood of insect
life. Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

! A very important fact has recently
developed in connection with the grow
ing Of macaroni wheat in the Cry
northwest. In season when other
varieties of wheat have been most Sc
verely injured by rust the macaroni
wheat has proved itself absolutely
rust proof and is showing up at the
machines with large yields Of fine
grain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

An eastern editor laments the dis
appearance of the applejack still and
criticises the very poor quality Of the
rum which has taken the place of the
applejack. This lament is unnecessary,
for as an active disturber Of the pub
Tic peace, as a promoter Of rural pug
naciousness, as stimulant for wife
llicking and raising the devil generally,
few liquid concoctions possess the ac-
tiyity and vigor Of old fashioned apple
jack.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

On a recent extended trip through
the best part Of the northwest we saw
over a million acres of badly abused
Iand-land which was half farmed, land
which needed draining, needed clover
and rest, needed fertilizing, land which
with decent treatment would produce
the finest crops in the world, but which,
maltreated as it is, does not pay one
half of per cent upon It's real value
too many acres, too many weeds and
too few men. men trying to spread
their work over 200 acres when they
could make more clean money work
Ing forty. This thing is the great
agricultural plague Of the west.