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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
TO CHANGE A QUARTER.

How much money does it take to make change for a quarter?' queried the man whose fad is freak mathe- matics. Twenty-Five cents. eh? You're away out. To change a quarter in the various ways it can be done requires a capital of seventy cents. If a fellow wanted plenty of coin for his quarter he'd tax you for twenty-five pennies. On the other hand. the man who want ed the least loose change for his quarter would come at you for two dimes and a nickel. The chap who wanted a diver sity of coin in his change would get in to you for two five-cent pieces, one dime, and five pennies, which would all low him to jingle copper, silver, and nickel in his jeans. Others might ask you to produce four nickels and five pennies, three nickels and ten pennies, two nickels and fifteen pennies, or one nickel and twenty pennies If you es- capped these demands you might be re- auested to come up with five nickels, three snickels and one dime, one nickel, one dime. and ten pennies, one dime and fifteen pennies, or two dimes and five pennies. There are just twelve ways of breaking a quarter in current United States coin, and to be there with the goods for any demand you would require twenty-five pennies, two dimes. and five nickels-in all, seventy cents. Philadelphia Press.
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NOT WHOLLY GOOD.

Some people had a prejudice against eating borax with their food, even when they were assured by distin- guished scientists that 1t wouldn't hurt them. Now come the distinguished scientists of the national Department of Agriculture, and say that borax isn't really good to eat. They find that when boric acid, or borax equiva- lent thereto, in small quantities not exceeding half gram per day, is given in the food no notable effects are im- mediately produced. If, however, these small doses be continued for long while, as, for instance, in one case fifty days, there are occasional periods of loss of appetite, bad feeling, fullness in the head and distress in the stom- ach. The most common symptoms de- veloped are 8, persistent headache, a sense of fullness in the head, with a
 clouding to a slight extent of the men
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
ONE MOKE NEF CURE.

There is much in the automobile, as those who have become acquainted
 with it know. It has been discovered
 that it will even cure some diseases.
 and that doesn't mean by running over or blowing up the victims. It has been
 said to be good for consumption and in
 solnnia, and now comes a Philadelphia
 man and deposes that 1t will cure dys-
 pepsia. A well-known iron man of
 Philadelphia who has an ample fortune,
 and who has lived at one of the leading
 hotels during the last few years, devel-
 oped an acute case of dyspepsia. His
 doctor advised him to take plenty of
 outdoor Exercise, and with this end in
 view he purchased an automobile. He
 was very careful in the selection of the
 machine, and after going over the en-
 tire list concluded to secure a second- hand one from a friend. It was of
 French make, and with it went the as |surance that the s4,000 he paid was a |mere bagatelle compared to the real |yalue of the machine Well said he, aside from the trial trip I made, there never has been a time that I did not have to return to the hotel either by trolley, by train or on foot. More than half the time the machine was in the repair shop, and the other half of the ltime I was kept busy signing checks. I am ashamed to state that have de- veloped the cussing habit to such an Iextent that I fear my future is in dan ger. But it cured me of dyspepsia, for every time went out it shook me until all my teeth were loose"
 Perhaps 1t can be claimed for the au- ttomobile that it is kind of mind lcure. One who has his mind on an au- tonaobile can't have it on anything else, land so he may forget his disease "er- | ror' But it wouldn't be hardly fair to l call dealing with an automobile Chris tian Science. It demands too much cussing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

tai processes. They are also sometimes attended by a very distinct feeling of nausea and occasionally by vomiting, though the latter act is rarely estab- lished. There is a general feeling of discomfort. however. in almost every case. but the quantities required to establish these symptoms vary greatly with different individuals. The specific action of the boric acid and the borax upon the digestive processes Is not very well marked. But there is a slight tendency to decrease the propor- tions of the food which are digested and assimIlated. The effect of the ad- ministration of borax upon the weight of the body is very well marked. The compilation of the weights of the body obtained during the whole period of the observation shows a slight tendency to diminish the weight of the body during the administration of the pre- servative This tendency becomes so we'll fixed that it is not entirely elim- mated for several days after the ad- ministration of the preservative ceases. In the after periods there was not a uniform nor even a general recovery of the original weight and of the original condition.
 What our masters want to have us eat we must eat unless we know enough and are rich enough to choose for ourselves. As most of us neither know nor have money 1t is hoped that they will kindly refrain from poisoning us to death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
TUESDAY

plough. having five three bottom gangs, cutting eighteen feet. This spring 2.090 acres have been ploughed up at the rate of sixty acres a day. Next spring from 3.GO0 to 5000 acres more will be ploughed. To operate this plough ne cessitates four men and four horses. One man and a four-horse team supply water and coal. One engineer. one fire man, and one plough tender complete the crew. The engine takes two tons of coal a day and about 4,000 gallons of water. The coal had to be hauled this spring from a half to three-quarters of a mile. The cultivated land will be put in wheat and oats.
 In addition to this the company is go- ing into the sheep and cattle business, using the part unfit for cultivation. As an indication of the size of the ranch, a strip eighteen miles long and three miles wide and lying on the west side of the Columbia River has been fenced. To do this neeessitated four carloads of barbed wire. In addition to this part of the ranch east of the river is also fenced The ranch lies in Douglas, Kit titas, and Chelan Counties.
 MT. Babcock and Mir. Benson are put ting in thirty miles of telephone line over the ranch which will be in opera tion within few days. In addition to these big holdings. Mir. Babcock person. ally owns HOO acres of wheat land in the Eureka flat country. near Walla, said to be some of the most valuable farming land in the vicinity. It is all under ultivation.-Spokane Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
A Cat and DoggereI.

70 see!n he wrote, t'the kins long
 Are dangling from the trees; The caJ-nlp sprouts, and in the sWanT The cat-tails greet the breeze. "The dog wood blooms, the dog bant
 starts;
 The dog-rose is we'll met; And in the woods one now may see
 The dog-toothed violet. The cat-bird calls, the cat-tIe range
 Upon the Cat-skills high; The cat-amount doth watch for prey
 In yon cat-alpa nigh. The dog-star shines once more ir
 Come, let us all be merry, Tis time to cease dog-matic themes,
 And seek the ripe dog-berry. "The caterpillar feeds upon
 Cat-awba vines besides The roaring cataract that falls
 into the river wide' Twas after dog days that this bard
 His dog-eared manuscript Put by forever. Dog -gedly
 He crept into his crypt. This cat-acomb catastrophe
 Was caused by grim cat-arrh, And cat-alepsy stopped the thoughts
 Not cat-alogued thus far. And so, the strangest form of verse
 That ever I've heard tell Is this the poet mad composed The cat-and dog -gerel, Wade in Leslie's Monthly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
ENGLAND's NEW FAD SKIPPING
 ROPE

ROPE.
 To ninety-ninea persons out of d hum dred the mention of skipping as an ext eroise suggests nothing but an ordinary piece of rope, by aid of the gyrations of which they used as children, either singly or in numbers, to compete with one another in their power to score suc- cessive singles" or doubles" or even, in cases of extreme proficiency. the my correspondents. who permits his ev highly distinguished .trebles. One of my correspondents. who permits his evidence in this matter to be quoted, and who has been a systematic skipper all his life, ayers that on one occasion at school he piled up q record of three thousand consecutive singles, and on another of three hundred doubles, !
 being stopped oh' each trip only by the
 school bell 7
 But the hrndretll man to whom skip
 ping may be suggested as a pure exer-
 else may be atrained athlete, and as such he will sknow that skipping holds a high place in the repertory of exer- cises which the candidate for honors in athletics of whatever kind practises in order to develop fifmness in his muscles generally, capacity of breathing power | and the maintenance of sustained effort. It is stated on good authority that a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

well known puggilist of the mid-vic- torian era (Jem Aface) hod so high an opinion of skipping for the purpose Of training that he used it largely to get himself into condition for fighting. and specially as a means of promoting agility, in which he was remarkably proficient. Many a footballer and boat ing man also has had reason to thank the skipping rope for bringing him into the condition for the struggle in which with leg or arm he had prepared him. self to engage.-Francis Bond, NJ. D.. in The National Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
GRIDUATfD

A penny saved is frequently a penny that has somehow worked down into the lining of your coat New Orleans ITimes-D Democrat
 Mother-Yes. children, you may run |out and play on the railroad tracks
 but be sure and keep off the street or the automobiles will get you.-Puck.
 Cyril-You may spurn me, cruel one, but remember, I shall not always be d clerk at $9 week. Marie-That's just the trouble. You may lose your job at amy me-Chicago Daily News.
 Since Edith got her yellow shoes
 We notice that her skirt
 Has lost it's good old-fashioned trick Of sweeping up the dirt. Cleveland Leader. Daughter Doctor, father has been acting so qeerly lately Will you please examine him and see if he should beput in an asylum?" Insanity
 Expert-What is he doing now?" Daughter-"He's reading the Sunday colored comic supplements. Insanity
 Expert-Give me the commitment pa lpers and I'll sign 'em. Judge. First Minister-Mr. Prosy, how do lyou manage to fill your church so? I
 am quite envious of you. The Rev. MT.
 Prosy-T Trading stamps ten in the
 morning, double number in the even ling. But Brother Lastly, We have a contract by which no other church in town may obtain the stamps. Judge. | Young Bridegroom--I had hoped your father would forgive me by this time l for taking you away from your luxuri- Ious home. Young Bride--Why, C1ar- lence, he forgave you long ago. What made you think he hadn't? Young
 Bridegroom Why-er- hasn't asked us to go and live with him.-C Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
FARMING ON A MAMMOTH SCALE

FARMING ON A MAMMOTH SCALE.
 w. H. Babcock of Walla and E. F. Benson, of Tacoma, owners of
 the largest single ranch in Wash
 ington, and probably the largest
 in the, Northwest, were in Spokane re-
 gently. MT. Benson was en route from
 the ranch to Prosser, Wash, and MT. Babcock was on his way to the big
 ranch at Trinidad.
 The ranch owned by these two men comprises 66,000 acres, which they own, and 24,000 acres held by lease It is fifty miles from one end to the other. The land is in a section where three years ago there were 300 square miles without a single settler. Mir. Babcock
 purchased it about five years ago and believed it could be we'll supplied with water and he made a good paying farm. The good wheat land is on a beach 100 feet above the Columbia River, and two miles back from the river. A thirty horsepower traction engine is
 used to pump the water from Columbia back upon the bench and into a reser- voir holding 100000 gallons. Water from this reservoir is piped a consider able distance to a point where it will be handy for the big traction engine that runs the plough, and is also used for domestic purposes.
 A seventy-five horse power aengineand boiler work on the river bank near the traction engine, and with a twelve- inch centrifugal pump irrigate the bot tom land, where the alfalfa is to be raised.
 The entire ranch is new, raw land, and this spring the first ploughing was done. A seventy-five horsepower trac- ton engine is used to draw the big
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

The last railroad built in India has American rails. Americans export their iron and motors, their machinery, and galvanic wires to South Africa. Egypt, too, has more than one Philadelphia bridge. Three hundred railroad cars from Jersey City have found their way into the land of the Pharaohs, and in the foundries of Pittsburg electrical tramways were forged to connect Cairo with the Pyramids.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

name Is Peter. He is the father of eight calves. and this prolific paternity has made all the American farmers solid for Judge Parker.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

The Democratic Club Of Massachu- setts has distributed a pamphlet in be- half of Richard Olney as candidate for President.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28
AnvERrIsING RATEs.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents Word for full week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

It appears that to be called 'Scottie" is pleasing to Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia. That name." he is quoted as saying, was bestowed upon me by that magnificent republican. that true-hearted American, who never forgot a friend, the greatest man ever knew--Marcus A. Hanna He once said tha. he was suffering from his fool friends. and that .scottie' headed this list. That is where I got the name"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

There is published in Paris a paper called the Cry, whose editorials on American politics probably convey as accurate conception of the subject
 as the paragraphs of journalistic jok- CTS this side of the Atlantic do to Con- tinental affairs os state. In a recent number of the Cry appeared this lum- inous effusion: Political issues of real importance will, perhaps be discussed
 in the next presidential campaign in the United States. But more momentous and conclusive considerations than questions of policy are now brought to the front by friends of the rival caifdi- dates. MT. Roosevelt's opponents ignore as unworthy of serious comment, his imperialism and Caesarism shown in the coal strike and in the pension order. They criticise him severely, however, for playing tennis, which they call a
 girls game, and for carrying cane, which gives him a F'renchy air They point with pride to Judge Parker who, as real farmer has on his farm at Rosemount red bull that took first prize at the last cattle show. The bull s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. F CENTS WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. 8 FOR SIX MONTHS. se A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

According to the latest and most au- thoritative reports the total number of Japanese Christians in 1902 was 129, ,134, of whom 46.00O were Protestants, 26, ,6SO Greek Catholics and s, SPA Roman Cath plies. In addition to these are thousands ofsehildren who are not included in the reports of the Protestant churches, so that the total number will easily be 100000 for the whole empire. This, in- deed. is only small percentage in a population of 100000 yet it represents 8 great achievement when it is remem- bered that it is the work of a single generation. It is barely thirty years since the law punishing persons for be- coming Christians was abrogated, and the public warnings against Christian ity as the wicked sect were taken down from the bulletin boards.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

A damage lawyer has been convicted by a jury before Judge Cowing, in Man haitian. He was retained by negress, who kept laundry at Coney Island, to bring a suit against the Metropolitan Street Railroad company on shares. He settled the suit for s2,OO0, but only paid s460 to the woman. The jury was satis- fled that the woman was entitled to half and convicted the lawyer of grand larceny. The lawyer claimed that he was being prosecuted because he had damage suits against this same railroad company amounting to $1,0O0, ,O00, al- though he has only been in business five years. That claim emphasizes the desperate and disgraceful nature of the business of promoting litigation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

pr. Talcott Williams, who made the principal address at Mt. Holyoke, said something worth attention. In his plea for more self-culture. particularly among the young folks. he laid down the proposition that the boy or girl in some plain family, whose reading and writing and arithmetic have been gain ed in scant measure and piecemeal teaching, who has twice daily heard a chapter of King James version read, morning and evening, at the family al- tar, is more likely to reach the age of fourteen or fifteen with capacity for expression and, what is as important
 the capacity for criticism, than the common schooled child, who has had En1all teaching and small books in the perpetual round of deadening routine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-28

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. One Dollar Year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-03
THE TRUE TEST.
Tried in ottumwa 1t Has Stood the Test.

Tried in Ottumwa 1t Has Stood the Test.
The hardest test is the test of time,
and Doan's Kidney Pills have stood it
well in Ottunlwa. Kidney sufferers can
hardly ask for stronger proof than the
following:
Mrs. Ellen Hedricl, of 1889 West
Second street, says: ''In the fall of
1897 and winter OF 1898 suffered more
than I can express with my back and
Kidneys. There were times when
would have taken any sort of medicine
il there were any possibility of OBJ
tanning assistance. l was fortunate in
some way to notice an announcement
about poan's Kidney Pills in one of our
papers, and with very little faith in
their advertised claims procured a
box ut Will L. Sargent's drug store. A
few doses convinced me that l had at
last obtained remedy which was hay
ing visible effect. Continuing the
treatment after this encouragement,
can conscientiously say from expert
ence that the relief obtained from the
use Of Doan's Kidney Pills has been
more than transitory. l am not the
only one in Ottumwa who has advised
the use Of Doan's Kidney Pills to their
friends and acquaintance, nor am l
the only one who has good reason to
recommend that preparation"
&. For sale by all dealers; price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-03
DIES AT 0SCEOLA
JOHN w. RICHARDS, PROMINENT
RESIDENT OF CLARKE coUN.
TY WELL KNOWN HERE.
Managed the Estate Of Seth Richards
Who Owned Much Property in OF
tumwa Son Prominent Law In.
structor Formerly Located Here.

John w. Richards, one Of the early
residents of Iowa, who died at his
home in Osceola Friday, February 10,
was we'll known and had many friends
in Ottumwa. His son, Harry Richards,
now one of the most prominent law in
structors in the United States, former
ly practiced law in this city.
Mr.. Richards had been resident of
Osceola for fifty years, was identified
with every stage of it's growth and
saw nearly every acre of it brought
from it's wild state under splendid Gull
tivation. He was born October 1, 1888,
at Enfield, Mass. He came west when
FL years of age and located at Bentons-
port, Van Buren, county, where he
taught school for one winter.
Goes to Clarke County.
Mr.. Richards went to Osceola in the
spring of 1855 where he entered a
store as clerk. The store he worked
in was the pioneer concern of Osceola
and was located in log building. In
1862 he went to Bedford and engaged
in the mercantile business, but was re-
called by the death of G. w. Howe and
became member of the firm of Seth
duu y. w. RlCudluo. nc ConIiAuou "
manage the business of the firm sue
cessfully until 1878. when he gave up
his personal business to manage the
large property interests Of Seth Rich
ards whose failing health compelled
him to give up an active life.
.e,4 Property in ottumwa.
In that capacity he was called to
many distant states but through all
manner Of times and in all emergen-
cies he managed the estate wisely and
well. Seth Richards owned much prop
erty in Ottumwa and vicinity and John
Richards was frequently business Wis
itor in this city. Since the death of
Seth Richards he has had charge of
the great property of the estate in the
interests of the heirs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-03
THE UNITED STATES WILL PRO.
FIT If JAPAN DEFEATS
RUSSIA.
Harold J. Mahin Secures Interview
With Alonzo F. Stewart, Former
Iowa Man Who Has Travelled Exten.
siveIy in the Orient.
(BY H. ]. MAHIN.)
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
WASHINGTON, D, c., March 4,

Washington, D. c., March I.
Alonzo F. Stewart, formerly of Des
Moines, but now an officer in the Unit
bd States senate, who has Travelled
abroad considerably and especially in
Japan, believes that the United States
is especially in trested in the Russo
Japanese war because of the proxim-
fly Of the Philippines. eff our rela-
tons could be developed properly" he
declared today, the Philippines could
be the garden, Japan the factory, Chi
ma the market and the United States
the banker"
Mr.. Stewart has had two recent in
terviews with Baron Komura, the min
lister of foreign affairs in Japan, one
last June when he was on his way to
the Philippines and the other on No
vember 6, just before his return to the
United States. In speaking Of them
today he said:
During my first interview the bar
on had asked me-to look into the pos
sf6Mtfes>of the Philippines as pro-
Queer of raw materials which Japan
desired to manufacture not only for
home consumption but also for sale in
the limitless markets of China and so
our conversation now turned on this
subject. He asked me if the Philip
pines could produce enough raw mate
rails to enable Japan to embark upon
a policy Of furnishing manufactures
primarily oriental in character which
could be consumed in the Orient.
Most assuredly the Philippines
cam told him. gave him data which
convinced him it was most desirable
for Japan to negotiate with the United
States with view to so building up
our commercial relations. He told
me Japan was fully equipped to in,
crease ner manufacturing energies In
discussing these subjects he wanted
to know whether Japan would be jus
titled in SO doing in view of existing
conditions as he understood them or
the Philippines.
He declared we needed immigra
ton as well as labor in the Philippines
and that the immigration and labor
must be Oriental as well as occidental
to meet the climatic and agricultural
conditions and also that we needed
transportation and capital to develoI
the resources of the Philippines.
told him the capital in the United
States was sufficient not only to devel
OPP the agricultural resources of the is
lands but also to build all the roads
railways and inter-island shippin.
lines necessary for their completed de
yelopment.
He complimented the United State
very highly on it's recent trade treat
with China which embodied a polio,
which he believed will insure the vas
markets of that wonderful empire t,
the United States.
II then asked him as to the posi-