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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-29
Earl Hooker Eaton in Harper's.

Everybody has heard of President
Lincoln's reply, when asked the ques-
ton, How long ought mans legs to
be-" that he had always thought that
a mans legs ought to be long enough
to reach from his body to the ground"
Somewhat similar was the answer
given by a western farmer who went
to town one windy day in March. See.
ing several men chasing their hats
along. the street at considerable sacri-
flee Of dignity, he remarked:
IF them fellers had the right kind
of heads they wouldn't have no such
trouble as that
do you have the right kind of a
head, uncle?" inquired q bystander.
Eyes"
Does your hat ever blow off,"
Never"
well, what is the right kind?" he
was asked by several.
why" rejoined the old farmer, "the
right kind of a head is the one you
kin push up into a hat far enough to
hold It on tight"
The sympathetic interest of the coun-
II III IllS VI .OSldlOl TC-
calls one of his own repartees about
his elder brother, says Harper's
Weekly. The Boston papers had an
nounced the serious illness Of Judge
Hoar and group of his friends OBJ
serving the senator at breakfast in a
club room hurried over for informa.
ton.
ooh yes,' replied the senator gen.
tally, my brother was Ill. His fam
lily were all off and l was away, and
there was not person to differ from
him. He was lonely as one Katydid
without another to cry KatydiIn't. l
came back to town, hurried up to see
him, contradicted everything he said,
and we had heated arguments. Now
he is better; much better. He will
soon be himself again" And he was.
"a man down in my country" said
Representative Clayton of Alabama
saw dog sleeping in the sun. The
dog was twitching and starting as
dogs sometimes do in their sleep. The
man said, I'd like to know what that
dog is dreaming about.
Easy enough replied an old chap
who stood by. You just put a chip
on that dogs ear and leave it there
until he wakes up. Then you take that
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
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cHEAPNESS SPELLS WASTE.
Buying Cheap Clothes Is the Kind OF
Economy Which Only Fool
ish Women Practice.

There is no economy in buying cheap
material or in having poor but cheap
dressmaker make your gown. II there
is only q certain amount Of money TOR
clothes, far better have one good gown,
we'll made, than three which will fade,
get out of shape, and lose their beauty
in half dozen wearings. A tailor suit
which is well made and Of a material
which will not only wear well, but
which is of soft, pretty shade which
is not conspicuous, will give the wear
er more real enjoyment and keep her
looking trim and neat more than any
other sort of costume. There are
many women who think that the fussi-
ness of a gown tells the story OF the
money spent better than the natty
tailor suit. These women spend their
little all on the accessories, leaving but
little to buy the foundation and pay
the dressmaker. The material is cheap
but showy-two of the worst features
in gown for a woman in moderate
circumstances. Combined with this
are the effort of poor tailor, and
after three or four times wearing. par
ticularly if the gown is worn in damp
weather, it has. the appearance Of be-
ing ready for the rag bag, and no
brushing or pulling will help it. Then
the snowy material and elaborate
trimming call attention to it every
time it is worn, whereas it might, at
least, have been less conspicuous.
A woman frequently has to wear the
same suit more than one season, and
again that snowy material tells a
story, but this time it faunts itself
before all as a second season costume.
All who saw it last year remember it,
and comment on the fact that Mrs.
Brown is wearing that same tailor suit
with the green and red trimmings and
brass braid.
Moreover, says the Cincinnati Com
mercial, there is an art in dressing to
suit the time. The business woman
who understands the art eschews all
frills and furbelows, and above all any
display Of jewelry during business
hours Her costume is such that she
always looks neat but never calls at
tention to herself. The woman who
simply shops must also watch her
clothing She may be granted more
liberties than her business sister, but
there is ample opportunity for dis
play, Of bad taste and there is lots yet
to be learned by the majority of wom-
en- who shop.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
Wealth Of Greek Church.

The power and wealth of the Greek
church are immense. There are $3.50
of these churches in the empire. Dur
ing the last year 1913 new places of wor-
ship were consecrated. In connection
with these churches there are 1868
monks, and 36,146 nuns. There are 1850
head priests and 43,743 ordinary priests.
These, together with 5S,156 deacons and
under deacons, make q grand total, along
with seven other divisions, the figures
of which are not given exactly, of 170,-
900 persons in official positions. A
sum of nearly $50, 600, 900 was paid by tho
Russian people last year for the sup
port Of this vast organization.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01

own after the feet have become I'm
possible. I have endeavored to re-
produce the pattern for others who
might like to try it, and trust I have
made it plain. The little arrows show
how far the leg and heel are to- be
scanned together, and the crosses
where the foot is first to be joined to
the heel.
To make, cut out on lines indicated.
fold exactly in center and seam large
part as far as the crosses. Open out
foot part and lay on the smaller Sec
ton, which should be the same size as
foot part, sewing straight part Of
smaller section to the rounding part
of heel, finishing at the toe. It is not
difficult to make and is we'll worth the
trouble.-Maud Hymers, In Orange
Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
What 4 Blush Really IL.

Not long since we were asked to give
a scientific definition of the word
plush" We have made an effort from
an anatomical and physiological point Of
view to give the definition. A blush is a
temporary erythema and caloric efful-
gence Of the physiognomy, aetiologized
by one perceptiveness of the sensorium
when in a predicament of unequilibrity
from a sense of shame, anger or other
cause, eventuating in paresis Of the
vasomotor filaments of the facial capil-
laries, whereby, being Invested of their
elasticity, they are suffused with radi-
ance effemanating from an inundated
aecordia.-Southern Medicine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01

ing de We're, appeared to the fool as
the real thing and he thought the little
girl in the country too plain and sim
ple-and he forgot to write for long
time. When he came out of his trance
the shoe was on the other foot and he
realized that he was not worthy to tie
her shoe and that his life was not fit
even to suggest to her. And so the fool
is alone and will continue to paint his
mug nightly, when the managers are
good enough to let him, and make faces
at the gaping crowds and to nurse the
shylocks until some day when you, my
dear friends, will have the proud privi-
lege to chip in for cheap coffin and a
cheap preacher and a cheap grave
somewhere"
Benton sat down and plunged his
face into the beer mug. Archie Neville
said dam" and the de We're leaped
again into the chair to try and dispel
the atmosphere, when a sudden inter-
ruption occurred. The girl sitting in
the corner had moved quietly to Ben
toms elbow. She laid her hand on his
arm.
Russell" she said softly, "You said
you would come for me and said I
would wait. I have waited all these
years and you have not come So
have come for you. Father is dead and
the farm is mine-ours. Come home.
Oh, it has been 50 hard to find you"
Benton rose as one dazed and looked
at the girl. Then without glance at
the party he put his arm about her and
together they walked out of Maffioli's.
"Well, wouldn't that make you artic-
ulate!" exclaimed Tony Neiman, in q
low voice to Brooks. But the poet was
busy making notes.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
WHEN BABY cREEPs AROUND
One Ingenious Mother Used Her Old
Hosiery to Make stockingt
for the Little One.

All mothers know how difficult It 10
to keep babies in stockings during tho
creeping period. One day OF explora-
lions on the part of healthy baby
will usually show perforated knees.
and with the price for children's stock
ings almost or quite as much as for
adults, one needs long purse to keep
the supply equal to the demand.
An economical little mother of my
acquaintance makes her baby's creep
ing stockings from the tops of her
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
England, Canada, South Africa and thu

England, Canada, South Africa and the
Philippines.
Mrs. Fairbanks, prior to her marriage,
was Cornelia Cole, and a fellow-student
at Wesleyan college, Delaware, O., OF
Charles w. Fairbanks. They were also
co-editors Of the college paper. They
have five children, four boys and one
girl. The youngest son, Robert, is now
at Andover academy, while another,
Frederick c., is law student in Column
bian university, Washington. A third,
Richard, is at Yale, and the fourth and
eldest, Warren c., is engaged in business
at Chicago. The Fairbanks home 10 u
1ndianapolis.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
Keept'nr Peace.

Barlow-The Wigginses seem to get
along together wonderfully. never
supposed they would, their tastes being
so dissimilar.
Catlar-That's Just the reason why
trey do get along so we'll. He is always
talking on literary subjects and she
talks Of nothing but her housework. Al
neither knows anything about what the
other is speaking of they never have any
disputes. Transcript.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01

ground. Once he kissed her. That
night after he went home he swore to
himself he would marry her. You see
he didn't know then that he was a fool.
The symptoms came on later. One
time his father sent him to the city
and he went to show and the glare OF
the footlights dazzled him so that he
conceived the idiotic notion that an ac-
tor was the greatest man in the word
and that an actors life was one long
dream of bliss. He went back home
and began to read about actors and
plays. Then some other idiot in the
neighborhood got the amateur theatre
cal craze and the fool took part. and
lot of well-meaning, but addle-headed
people told him that he did we'll and
was cut out for an actor.
"Well, the fool got stage-struck and
decided that the farm and fresh air and
the good living and the good old father
and mother and all the honest friends
he had were not good enough for him
and that he must 60 to the city and
carve out a career. His mother was
heartbroken and his father righteously
angry at his decision. But of course
the fool knew better than they. All
fools know better than their mothers
and fathers-especially cub-fools. So he
went bravely away to the city, and by
the sheer force Of the physical vitality
the country air and good living and de-
cent hours had given him, he wormed
himself into the perfesh and for ten
years has been living in ill-smelling
hotels and stuffy back rooms and eat
ing everything from free lunch weiner-
wurst to the sort Of rot this dago con-
cocts in his rotten kitchen.
"The FOOLS father was strong man
and just, and when he died few years
ago he left his property to the FOOLS
brother, who was a wise man and
stayed with a good thing, and knew
enough to come in when 1t rained.
This proves that the FOOLS father knew
his business. So now the fool is elect
ed to exc out his miserable existence
in company with other fools Of both
sexes in stuffy lodgings and on liver
wurst and beer and other abomina-
lions, while his brother peacefully
smokes his pipe in comfort and happi-
ness and watches his boys and girls
grow to manhood and womanhood in
the green fields which will be their
heritage-unless they inherit their un'
Gle and become FOOLS"
"And the GIRL" suggested the poet.
20, yes; the GIRL" replied Benton
"That is the most pitiful of ALL You
see the girl really loved the fool and
her love blinded her to his folly and
she thought it was all right for him to
60 to the city and demonstrate the
depths of his idiocy. And the fool
loved the girl, too, in fool way and
when he left he took her in his arms and
kissed her and swore eternal fidelity
and promised her a future part in his
future triumphs. A few letters passed
and then the fool graduated from the
supe class into speaking part, met
up against this sort Of bunch and the
paint and the rouge and the pads and
the abandon and the wit and all the
rest Of it, as exemplified in our charm
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
Telephone Barred.

The telephone can no longer lie le-
gally used by German physicians in
debating prescriptions to druggists
because of the chances of fatal misa
understandings.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01

Worry kills more people than work.
because more people tackle it
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01

How Sugar May Be Saved.
When stewing fruit add the sugar
after the fruit is cooked, but while 1t
is still hot. In this way a smaller
quantity of sugar is needed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
How to Clean White Velvet.

How to Clean White Velvet.
It is almost impossible to clean
white velvet in perfectly satisfac-
tory manner. However, it may be
greatly freshened by an application of
chloroform. First brush and beat the
velvet free of all dust.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
Sure Test.

Madge-Did she say she was friend
Of mine?
Marjorie-No; I merely judged so
from the things she said about you.-
N. Y. Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-01
MFRS. CHARLES WARREN FAIR
Nl BANKS, wife of the republican

nominee for vice president, has q
public record of her own of which
she may well be proud. For a number of
years she has been the president gen.
eral Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, a society of national i'm
portance which has its headquarters in
washington. Its present membership
is reported to be 3S,3O1. Six hundred and
fifty chapters exist in IS states and ter
ritories and the District of Columbia,
presided over by regents. Chapter re-
gents have also been appointed to,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
OHIO TELEPHONE WAR
INVOLVES POSTOFFICE
Cleveland Concern, With No Long-Dis-
lance Connections, Loses a Con-
tract and Starts the Row.

What promises 20 be a lively row be-
tween the Bell Telephone Company and
the independent companies all over the
country that have been recently COM
peting locally with the Bell companies,
has been started through the Postoffice
Department. by way of Cleveland.
Already it has involved Postmaster
General Payne. and has now gone TO
the President. who has ordered an in
vestigation. The trouble will come when
the many Congressman. who have been
appealed to begin to take IT up and talk
against the Bell interests.
In Cleveland there is an independent
company. but, like all the independent
companies, II has no long-distance con-
nections. and accordingly the postoffice
refuses to install it, but put in instead
the Bell System. Postmaster General
Payne sustaining this by saying that the
office must be able to be connected with
the department. He stands firm in this
decision.
The Independent company claims that
this is discrimination and says that it's
system is Just as efficient and would
save the Government money.
At the Postoffice Department today II
was learned that this IS the status of
the case up to the present time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
FAR EAST SITUATION
A DOMINANT FACTOR
Prevents Heavy Speculation in Stock
Manifested Preferred Gains
5-s of a Point

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The stock mar
Eet this morning was a duplicate Of the
apathetic and narrow foreign markets.
in the absence OF specially new factors.
The situation in the Far East continued
to be the dominant influence The re-
suit was that spectators did not care
to venture far on either side of the ac-
count. and fluctuations were very
small.
United States Steel preferred was de-
cidedly strong at an improvement OF e
per cent. due to the better outlook In
the trade Tennessee Coal and Iron
gained a point in sympathy. Chicago
Terminal transfer issues made further
upward progress. Westinghouse opened
up points, Agricultural Chemical q.
and Detroit United Railways 1 per cent
Nashville, Chattanooga, and St Louis
opened 2 points off on realizing sales
Amalgamated Copper ruled fractionally
higher, but showed little spirit. Govern
ment bonds were unchanged Railroad
bonds firmer.
The market opened dull and quiet.
Quotations were unchanged TO a shade
lower In the special list Chattanooga
declined per cent because an extra
dividend was not declared Alton pre-
ferred lost "a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
WILL SUE GOVERNMENT
TO RECOVER $4,000
Wynkoop, Hellenback, Crawford Com
pany Thinks Authorities Are Hold
ing Back Large Amount Due.

1t is said on good authority that II is
the intention OF the members of Wyn-
koop, HeIlenback, Crawford Company to
institute suit in the United States Court
of Claims against the Government to
recover $50, coo.
Harry c. Hellenback, a member of the
firm. is under two indictments in the
Postofiice cases based on alleged fraudu-
lent transactions in connection with the
furnishing of supplies for the Postofice
Department. The whole amount of the
money involved in the transactions with
which 1t is contended HeIenback Is con-
nected is about 8, 200.
Since the indictments were returned
against Helenback the firm Of which he
is a member, 1t is said. contends that
the Government has held Up about $685.
600 due IL for material and services rem
dered. II IS because OF this that the
company intends bringing suit to re-
cover the amount IT says the Govern
ment owes II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
BUILDING HER HOUSE
TO TAKE TO AFRICA
Miss Mahoney's Home Only Wooden
Building in Mission Field.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-A one-story,
yellow pine house. 40 feet long. 20 feet
wide. and s feet high. is being con-
structed in sections by w r. T1mison
Of 262 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn. for the
use Of Miss Agnes Mahoney, an Epis-
copal missionary, when she reaches her
mission field on the west coast OF Afri-
ca in a couple Of month.
Miss Mahoney, who has already spent
year in a wild part OF the Dark Con-
tinent, will sail for Sierra Leone on Feb
ruary 10. but the house viii be packed
In sections and sent ahead. so as to be
ready for occupancy on her arrival IT
will be the only wooden dwelling in the
settlement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
DEATH CAUSED BY BACILLUS
OF THIRTEEN SYLLABiES

OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 1s.-Henry Foster.
who was taken 10 the penitentiary few
nights ago to cheat a crowd that was
bent on lynching him for the cold-bIood-
ed murder of Thomas Gentleman, OF
Fremont, has escaped the scaffold
through the agency OF q diminutive
bacillus that requires a microscope 20
be seen.
The bacillus Is the plobacillicapsi-
latus-aerogenes. so rare that physi-
clans in the State have come across
only one other instance Of its presence
under the skin OF pas fhaf is fa aH Iii'i II
killed Gentleman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Sales-Capital Traction as. 5OOG1065s.
50Od107, 5O0d1061. 500dl06h.
Washington Street Railway As. 1,0ooq
741z. 1,Oo0475. 1,o00q74zt, 1,OoogI4ls, 4.0O0g
IS, 1.000Q747s, 1,0O0u74B, 4O0q15. ,O00q
745k. J. OOes1745k, 3.0o0Q75. 1.O00d75, 1,0oOq75,
l,O00ff75, 1,O00l375, I.000Q75, 1,0o0qI5.
Columbia Railroad 6's, 5Oo91lS4s, 5O0g
11SA .., 49,,
1O3k -
Union Trust and Storage Company, 10
GI05. 10d105. 10al05, 109lOS, loelo41s, lVg
American National Bank. 1OQ12O. 100
10. o-,o-,,
Fireman's Insurance Company. 25Q2sS%;
Metropolitan Insurance Company. uG
10.
National Union Insurance Company,
1907. ...-.,, 80,
5ss.. 25q5sz, 25q567s, 25d56sS, 25q5ess. S@
MerTenthaier. 10d1741k. 1OGn4A, 1Oa174.
1Og175. 10d174. 10a174. 79174. loGlIS%'
Norfolk and washington Steamboat
Co. 1G122e. -,
After call--Washlngton street hdh-
wav As 5OO175R.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

ninth Street northeast. between + and
G Strcets-Charles Matthews 10 Renia-
min r. Shaw, lot 119, square 9I3. SO
Reno-James =. Winner ct uX. TO Dis
trict OF Columbia, lots % TO 30, block s.
Si1
Columbia Heights-Nettie B. Meyerg ct
xirt Louis II, TO George &. Johnson. lot
36 block 60, 80
oomingdale-Florence V. Dreamer TO
Frank j. Stillman lot 81, block IL $40
Center Eckington-Charles II Mullin
TO Abbott =. Jones, lot 6. block 2l. $40.
Abbott y. Jones et uX. convey same
property 10 Antonio Malnati, $40
"a Eighth Street sOutheast-NVilliam
H. SDeiser ct ux. TO j. Allen Riordan,
part original lot 3, square S23 SO J.
Allen ISiordan conveys same property 10
Sarah r. Speiser 80
Fourth Street southeast. between b
and G Streets-Charles T. Maury ct
al, trustees. to Frances NJ. JOst, part
original lot z, square $40, 34,O25.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
THE COLUMBIA BANK
REFLECTS DIRECTORS

Stockholders Of the Columbia National
Bank met yesterday and reelected al
rectors as follows:
Charles d. Bailey. William f. Bar
ker. John Cammack. Albert F. Fox,
Benjamin W. Guy. John A. Hamilton.
Samuel II. Kaufman, d. F. Layton.
b. r. Saul. Louis 2. Shoemaker. o. G.
Staples, J. A. Swope, George Trues-
dell, T. z. Waggaman, B. II. Warner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13

I'VE, the undersigned. cheerfully rec
ommend and indorse the use of Father
Johns Medicine as a sure and immediate
relief for all colds, throat, and bronchial
trouble, having used il with success for
one Of the members OF our institution
who was threatened with consumption
OF the throat. Hearing of the excellence
OF Father Johns Medicine, we made a
trial and are glad to state that. after
taking three bottles, a decided change
took place, having recovered her voice
which had been impaired for nearly two
years. In a word, Ii is the only remedy
that helped her. Would that every fam
lily knew its value" (SigneD Ursuline
Me.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. Jan. 13-Considerable
activity attended the opening of the
cotton market today. Prices were un-
der the 14c mark again, with longs the
chief sellers. AS New Orleans was a
liberal seller here. some persons thought
the weakness was part Of a plan by
the South to shake out some Of the tall
ers and 10 provide more favorable buy
ing basis. Estimates for receipts at the
ports today were considered builish. but
had little effect. A large business was
done in the May and July options dur
ing the first twenty minutes, the former
gaining n little on July and the whole
list rallying TO points.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-13
CHOOSE NEW DIRECTORS
FOR AMERICAN BANK

The following board of directors Of
the American National Bank has been
elected:
]. II. Crawford. Charles A Douglass
P. A Drury, w. T. Galliher, Robert
~ Harper. J. T Hendrick, J. Whit
Heron, George Howard, ]. Miller Ken
yon. Blair Lee, ]. y. Linton, c. H
Livingstone, B. S. Miner, w II. Saun-
ders. James F. Shea, George Z. Walker.
Nathan Wallerstein. ]. c. Weldon.