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The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-27
The Toe convIvIal oyeter.

Have you ever heard Of the eccen-
Eic and waggish peculiarities Of the
oystef?' said A. s. Dreifus OF Pensa-
coils. Fla. II guess not; you're too far
north. | have known oysters when
they got into the mood to clasp about
i rats tail at night, and they hold as
tight as any rat trap ave invented.
II am told that upon a certain oc-
cagion, when a flash Of whisky was
broken, q large Blue Pointer was
found lying in a little pool of liquor,
lust drunk enough to be careless of
consequences. opening and shutting
its she'll with a devil-may-care air Is
Il be didn't value anybody a little bit,
but was going to be a. noisy as he
possibly could.
a drunken man is a sad enough
object to behold, but an oyster dsunk
constitutes the sublime of inebria-
ton louisville Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-27

Every child born into the
world with an inherited or
early developed tendency to
torturing, disfguring humors
of the Skin and Scalp, becomes
an object of the most tender
solicitude, not only because OF
its suffering, but because of the
dreadful fear that the dishgu-
ration is to be lifelong and mar
its future happiness and pros"
perity. Hence it becomes the
duty of mothers Of such aflict-
ed children to acquaint them
selves with the best, the
purest, and most effective
treatment available, viz: the
CUTICURA Treatment, con-
sisting of warm baths with
CUT1CURA Soap, and gentle
anointings with CUTICURA
Ointment, the great Skin Cure.
Cures made in childhood are
speedy, permanent and eco
nomical.
Sold throughout the world. cuticHrs sosp, Sc. o.ns;
hsu'ns 10. Paris, Rus D. y Pals Rsa9n, l5 colnm-
ss~ssnd foE "Hos 70 Ours TortuEing, DbAgrrins
Eumoxs from Infancy to Age"
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How's This?
HOW'B IlIB.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward {

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transao-
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o,
WALD1Se, K1NNAx & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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interfering Outsider.


Family peace is often marred by
the interfering outsider. Almost all
ways. il there Is nobody TO comment
or fan the fame Of a quarrel, husband
and wife viii adjust a transient diff
ference. says Home Chat. A cousin,
amt or ~indiscreet mother, who takes
sides and makes injudicious remarks.
nil stir ND strife where domestic dis
sension gives the slightest peg on
which to hang foolish words and So
tirical tests. Every home is best by
itself, but when there is need Tor
tha presence of an outsider who must
10 a integral part Of the circle she
must beware OF interference. slisnce
is always safe.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-27
TULANE UNIVERSITY Of LA.
NEW ORLEANS.

Full courses in Languages, Sciences, En-
cheering, Law, Medicine. Splendid de-
paEtment for women in Newcomb college.
Tulane makes leaders In all %voeations. Its
facilities for instructor in Engineering are
unsurpassed. Unexceiled opportunities for
the study of Sugar Chemistry. Many schol-
arships In the academic department. Elk
penses low. Board and accommodations in
dormitories at low rates. Opportunities
afforded academic students for self-help.
Next session begins October LIST. Send for
catalogue and Illustrated circular. Address
THE REGISTRAR, Gibson Hall.
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Elorentlna.

a surely. surely life Is fair,
Ana surely, surely hearts are true,
a. witness, balm OF April air.
xna boundless depth Of midnight blue
Aa trouble of an hour ago,
NAL seemed to gather round our way
j. s,eTished as the last-year snow
ssrhsf hid the hills of Fesole.
Ana softly still the moonlight falls.
AZ ioye. and makes for thee and me
= Fden mid the bay-leaf walls,
The fragrant bowers of Boboli.
1row gently DER our spirits move
The golden nm no4 fbat we fh reafea you'd ol die
Has lent us light to see him by.
Ernest Myers.
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The Patent Office at Washington
during 1903 granted 81, 6ss patents.
The net balance to the credit of this
ONCE since 1t was founded in 1896 10
So, 6S2, $40.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
teething, soften the gums, reduces indamma-
ton allays pain ,curesEind collie. 25c. abottle
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where the animals are foun

E5 WITTY NHV "A~ &VUAW
take out Of the strongest the
Ap" that is essential for this kind
Il hunting. There is no royal road
to the mountain sheep, and in follow,
ing them oneacaR NO more dodge hard
work than hP can taxes, but care in
the choice q ground and in the x.
penditure of ones forces will often
bring success and sheep where hap.
hazard hunting would end in nothing
but scratches, bruises and an over
powering WEAKNESS. =
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In Milan there are restaurants run
by the Union Cooperative 70 which a
plate OF soup costs n cent, a portion
OF beef six and veal seven ca1tA
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Measured by lighting strength, m
stead OF BY tonnage, our navy IS now
raalIv more formidable than that OF
Germany or France, and, ~therefors,
80 nart Ia tha4 AZ Hn~sauds
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Ladies Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after using Alen's Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new sho es
easy. Cures swollen, hot. sweating, aching
feet, ingrowing nails, corns and hunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don'ta c-
cept any substitute. Trial package FREE by
mail. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LEROY. NY.
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Or. 8. w. FOSTER, DEAN.
Natal Imports,

Imports of Natal during 1903 were
valued at $76,37O,o0, an increase over
1902 Of s8,725,o00 or nearly 10 per
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Long I doubted; then I chose
You, the daintiest flower that grows
You shall be my envoy, Rose,
Nesting in her golden hair,
You must whisper, Friend, beware!
I shall fade. I. too, am fair"
Pail nFoI1 Gazette.
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Trust not the woman that thinketh more
Of herself than another. Mercy will not
dwell in her heart.
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After listening to a poor young mans
tale Of woe it's up to the heiress to give
him a helping hand.
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ETTSfsrmansntly cured. No fits ornervous-
ness after HlE.IpReessueSof DR.. Kline's Great
GerveRsstorer. $2triai bottleand treatisefrse
d.. z. II. KLINE, Ltd, 991 Arch ST., Phila. Pa
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1t is difficult to give a long headed man
the short end of a deal.
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The MESSAGE of the Rose.

Piso's Cusefor Consumption IS An infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
SAMUEL. Ocean Grove. n. J.. Feb. u, 1900
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u Deetr,Ictive Torpeuo.

a Destructive ioFPsoos
The Austrian torpedo factory al
Flume has produced a slender mis-.
sile twenty-three feet in length which
can be discharged accurately a dis,
fsnca of 3 800 wards.
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Finest Type Registered Poland China Hogs.
Pigs $12. 90 each, j. n. Gates, Decatur, Tex.
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yEEs :sE So. :s H. Taempsoa's Eye Nalsi
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1 OA SAC LAG
Justify the expense many times over.
The Cocopahs are probably most
hunted of the Mexican sheep noun
tains, but are still good for the liveli-
est kind of sport. Here the Yuma
people have hunted for years, and
sheep heads are sometimes used for
rocking chairs in Yuma. These noun
tains are a steep and fairly high
range, rise from below sea level in
places, and run from a point on the
international boundary line a mile or
two west of Calexico to a point ten
miles west ofand about even with the
junction of the Colorado and Hardy.
This range, which is about fifty miles
long, has two prominent groups OF
peaks Of considerable height, those
around Mayor, near the lower end OF
the range. ang a group Of unnamed
SUBMITS sons twenty miles south OF
the line. Steep are found all through
the range, but mostly in these high
mountains. Last summer a band of
ten ventured down to a spring less
than ten miles from Celexio. and
three of them were shot by an Indian
who CHANGED upon them with an old
"A Winchester, an incident unique in
the fact that the animals were shot
below sea level
Sheep are often seen on Mayor, but
the hunting is difficult because OF
the impossibility of locating their wa
terfng places. It is possible to stop
at a cattle camp, four miles out from
the foot of this mountain, and seek
the sheep in one day jaunts. but the
energy expeudsS In reaching thu jo
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-31

Christmas with friends at Lebanon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kunzmann enter
tanned number of their friends
Christmas.
Jim Jones and son, Tom passed
through here one day last week.
Misses Vernie and Alma Plowman
visited their friend, Ora Mccullough
Sunday.
Rev. Heger failed to fill his appoints
ment here Sunday on account of sick
ness in his family.
Wade Harryman and family spent
Christmas with friends at White Elm.
Mr. Harper, of Fairfield, and Jacob
Schloter, of White Elm, We're callers
here one day last week.
Owing to the bad roads and weather
but few could attend the funeral of
Ernest Roush Wednesday.
FOSTER.
Foster, Dec. 29.-James Gain went to
Ottumwa on Sunday evening for a
visit with friends.
Miss Lottie Roberts spent Xmas with
her parents near Maxon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manner spent
Xmas with Mrs. Maneers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Campbell, who lives in
Abba
VIM. Miller has moved his family
on to the Jack Madison place, south
west of town.
Mrs. Robert Wilson is reported on
the sick list. DR.. Cross is the attend
ing physician.
Will Lewis and family are in White
City visiting Mrs. Lewis parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Marshall.
Mrs. Nina Hall, of Monticello, is
visiting her mother and sister, Mes
danes Cook and Lewis.
I John Terry, ST., and Jr, were in
Blakesburg Monday on business.
A. Ostland and family of Iconiunl,
spent Xmas here with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Carlson.
from Denning, Arkansas, where he had
been visiting his parents.
Prof. N. j. Hibbs went to Seymour
o. on Xmas day to spend week with
Miss Mabel Terry is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. ]. c. Hale, lit North
Schuyler street. South Ottumwa.
Elmer Main of Galena, ILL.,, is here
visiting with his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Lincox. Mr.. Main op-
Grated a barber shop in this place
some years ago.
The new hall is nearing completion
and will be ready for occupancy in a
few days. The lower floor will be oc-
cupied by Dr. Cross as an office and
drug store. Jack Madison will move
his barber shop into one room.
Miss Annie Peterson is visiting her
parents in South Ottumwa.
The Christmas entertainment given
in the Baptist church on Christmas
eve was a grand success. There was
a good program rendered consisting
of songs. solos, Duets, declamations
and recitations. After the program
was rendered the tree was picked and
all the children treated. Great credit
| is due Charles Ferly and Mrs. Annie
Manear for their efforts in making the
affair success.
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FORMER RESIDENT HERE.
R. S. Denny, Of Guiderock, Neb., Visit.
ing His Daughter, Mrs. Wheeler.

R. S. Denny of Guiderock, Webster
county, Nebraska, is visiting at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. A. l..
Wheeler, corner of Jay and Norris
streets. Mr.. Denny lived in Wapello
county from 1861 to 1885, and fourteen
years of that time in the city of OF
tumwa where he worked at his trade
of plasterer and cistern builder. In
1885 he went to Nebraska, locating in
Webster county, which is just half way
across the state from east to west
There he has fine farm of $50 acres.
Mr.. Denny states that alfalfa. is doing
wonderful things for the Nebraska
farmer. Horses, cattle and hogs thrive
on it and hogs can be raised on it, us
ing alfalfa exclusively as food until
about six weeks before time for mar.
keting, when they should be fed corn
Alfalfa grows from root, which sinks
deep into the ground until it finds a
permanent source of moisture. Some
of these roots have been found to be
over thirty feet in length. On bottom
land, four crops of alfalfa can be cut
in year On the upland, three crops
can be cut in wet seasons and two in
dry. Mr.. Denny states that improved
farms in Webster county. Nebraska
have an average value of about $50 per
acre, though the value of some Of them
! is much higher.
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HIGHLAND.

Richland, Dec. 29.-Zane Thompson,
Of Chicago, is spending the holidays
with his mother, Mrs. Thomas Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Lem Reed and children are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Holmes at Deep River.
Mrs c. A. Swayze and son, Darrell,
are visiting at the parental Oswald
Greeson home
Claud Hinshaw was an over Sunday
visitor in Ollie.
Frank Warrington, who Is teaching
at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, is spend
ing her vacation at the parental James
Greenlie home.
Fred Callister, Of Fairfield, spent
Sunday at the parental Callister home
Ralph K. Baker and wife, of Cedar
Rapids, are visiting the later's sister
Mrs. Neil Smith.
Mrs. Roy L. Sidmore, of Unionville
is visiting at the parental A. #
Bridger home.
Will Minteer, of Sigourney, was g
business caller Monday.
Mrs Anderson Sellers and daugh-
ter. Mrs. John Green, are visiting the
formers daughter, Mrs. Will Brown
at Kansas City.
Laban Johnson, of Ottumwa, was ar
over Sunday visitor with friends here
Lulu GreeSOn, VINO Is attenulHS DUST
ness college in Des Moines. is spend.
Ing the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dayton Greeson.
Minnie Bailey, of Oskaloosa, spent
Sunday at the parental Bailey home.
Mildred Brady is home from schoo
at Mt. Pleasant for the holidays.
Myron Walker and wife. of Harper
spent Xmas at the parental Irs
Walker home.
George Simmerman, of Keota, wa!
a business caller Saturday.
Charlie Grimes and family of Liber
| tyville. visited Lyman Hatfield anC
wife over Sunday.
! Mrs. Fred Fearis and daughter. o
Chicago, are visiting relatives in Chi
| cage.
| Mrs. Anderson Cox and children, O
oskaloosa, were over Sunday visitor
at the Enoch Cox home.
| Homer Jones, Ct Ollie, visited hi
mother, Mrs. Anna D. Jones Tuesday
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Real Estate transfers

Furnished by Lowenberg & Co., 107
South Court.
Stevens David F. and wife to Eliz.
Wilson, lot II, Graves add, Ottumwa;
also pit. w " Sc u, Sec. 14-72-13,
$1,000.
Stevens, pit lot SW Il, NV u;
Sec. 13-72-1A, $1,000
Manning Calvin and wife to James
Bigham, lot Ia, Highland Park add, OF
tumwa, $3.50.
Thompson Harley B. to George w.
Hank. lot 9, Blake add, Blakesburg,
$275.
Calvert John F. (by sheriff. to Iowa
Business Men B. & l.. Association, lot
IL. block 30, Eldon, $3.50.
Lewis Walter A. and wife to Mary
V. Lewis (Q.C.D.) pit. lot 25, Pickwick
add. Ottumwa, S1.00.
Dana r. P, Treasurer, to j. A. Low
enberg, lot 80, block 3, Janney add. OF
tumwa, tax deed.
Same to Same, lot 33, block 8, jan
ney add. Ottumwa, tax deed.
Same to same, lot "a. block 8, jan
nev add. Ottumwa, tax deed.
Lowenberg J.. A. to Lois G. Ream
(Q.C.D.) lot 80, block 8, Janney add
Ottumwa, $1.00 and other considera-
ton.
Lowenber~ ]. A. to Paul j. Ream
(Q.C.D.) lot "a. block 8, Janney add
Ottumwa, S1.00 and other considera-
ton.
Hill j. E., referee 70 Loise A. Ham
ilton, lot s. and pit. lot g. block 1,Evans
& Root add. Ottumwa, $1,000.
Anderson Chas. and wife, to Thos
Chick (Q.C.D0 NV ", Sc " Sec. 81
1915, s1.00.
Thennison Marv NJ and husband to
John II. and Mary M. Thennison, Jr.
pit. S ", SW "a Sec. 5-71-14, s1.00.
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BOOK ON "FRENzIED POLITICS."
Mayor Harrison Hints at Magazine
Story After His Retirenoent

Mayor Harrison Hints at Magazine
Story After His Retirement.
Chicago, Dec. 29.-Mayor Harrison,
who has declined a denomination for
the mayoralty, owing to the illness Of
his son, has limited he might devote
his time to writing a few articles on
"Frenzied Politics" after his permas
nent departure from the city hall.
II have no definite plans at present"
he replied, "but have some good ma
terial for a magazine article in my
head that ought to make mighty inter
esting reading. | saw somewhere the
other day that Mr.. Folk, Tom Lawson
and were placed in the same category
as far as our respective attacks upon
boodling, traction and corporate ag-
gression were concerned, and don't
think 'Frenzied Politics would be a
bad title for what might write.
II am not going to write book,
however. shall! not sing my swan
song until the week that intervenes
between the election of my successor
and his assumption of the Office of
mayor. l shall have few things to
| say then that may be interesting.
"For ten months it has been. my in
| tention to retire at the end of my pres,
ent term, but the condition of my sons
health settled the matter in my mind
| for all time.
"The physicians advise me that my
| boy must not spend another winter for
the next two or three years in Chica
go, and l will not tie myself up SO as
to be separated from my family three
or four months of the year"
1t was reported that William Jer
nlngs Bryan intended to boom Mr. Far
rison as a democratic presidential can
! didate for 1906 at the Jackson day
1 celebration to be held at Lafayette
Ind. The mayor said he had not re
ceived an invitation to the Indiana
| feast
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house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce. The men on these
committees who went to Panama re-
Gently came back strongly impressed
with the belief that a sea level canal
ought to be built. Senator Kittredge
maintains that the commission has
power today to proceed to build sea
level canal. He has expressed himself
as thoroughly convinced that this
should be done that he will himself
advocate 1t in congress, if the com
mission should not so decide. Admiral
Walker, chairman of the commission.
opposes the idea of sea level canal
at first. He wants the canal built on
the sixty foot level instead of the
ninety foot level. But even if the
power of the commission to change to
a seal level canal Is not disputed by
anyone, many think it should not de-
eide to make so radical departure
from the plan congress first had in
mind unless congress sanctions it.
Has Not Completed Investigations.
Chief Engineer Wallace has said he
has not yet completed his investiga-
tons and is not yet prepared to make
an estimate of his own on the actual
cost of either a lock-level canal or a
sea level canal. He believes complete
study Of the problem will enable him
to make smaller estimate both of the
time and cost of each of the projects.
1t is not expected that Engineer
Wallace will have his Investigations
completed by the time this congress
adjourns. Hence the disposal of the
great question is likely to go over I'M
til next year. Work will proceed on
the isthmus. however as there is a
vast amount of excavation that must
be done in any event.
Undoubtedly the present commits
sion is too large and unwieldy body
to continue to head the canal move
ment. All the whisperings that come
from the isthmus confirm the belief
that there is lack of proper organiza-
ton and that there is much good sense
IN the proposition to reduce the size
of the commission, which Colonel Hep-
burn is expected to further in bill
introduced in congress after the holi-
Gays. 1t is becoming pretty well i'm
pressed on the minds of the men who
have been studying the canal situation
that if the canal is to be finished in
side of quarter of a century the
most capable administration of canal
affairs must be devised and no time
can be lost in official chickering's and
jealousies. The whole subject is GER
tain to receive much attention in con-
gress after the holiday recess ends.
The advocates of the lock canal, bas-
ing their arguments on the idea that
the country wants workable canal,
and wants it quickly, will have much
strength, and may be expected to look
on the plan to cut the COM
down to few men and virtu-
ally put Engineer Wallace in charge.
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DISASTER WAS IAN ACT OF GOD"
Official Verdict on Collapse Of Croker
Hotel at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Dec. 29.--In the word
ing of the law the Croker hotel dis
aster was due to an act of God" A
heavy wind, which could not have been
foreseen, end which, according to the
weather bureau, blew at the rate of
fifty-four miles an hour at the time the
Peck walls toppled, caused the acci.
dent, killing six people. In all ordln-
airy exigencies the walls would have
stood as several experts testified be-
fore a coroner's jury. The jury exon.
Grated Building Inspector Houghton.
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JOSEPH G. SMITH, SELF. CON.
FEssED MURDERER WILL NOT
HANG TOMORROW.
APPEAL AT LAST MOMENT
Murderer Who Followed Sweetheart
From West Virginia TO Iowa viii.
Perhaps Have One More Year Of
. Life.

Abba, Dec 20. - Joseph G. Smith
of Monroe county sentenced to hang
at Ft. Madison tomorrow will not ex>
plate his crime on the gallows. An ap.s
peal has been taken at the last mo.
ment which means stay Of execution
for an indefinite period. It's supposed
that the supreme court will be able to
get to the case within year.
The ground Of the appeal Is not
known. The transcript has not been
made a1p and the case has not been
sent to the supreme court as yet. The
clerk of courts here notified the war
den of the prison at Ft. Madison that
appeal had been taken so that it was
not necessary to make arrangements
for the execution set for Friday.
Smith pleaded guilty to the muir
der of the woman with whom he
boarded. Only sufficient testimony
was taken by Judge M. A. Roberts to
determine the degree of the crime. He
was then sentenced to death. He has
expressed himself as totally uncon-
cerned as to whether he lived or died
by the moose.
His attorney Is John Clarkson OF
this city. Clarkson went to Ft. Madi-
son to get the signature of Smith to
the appeal papers. It is said that he
had hard work to convince the colored
man that he should sign the papers.