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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27

ton OF the freight car repair yards to
locomotive repair work.
the present work in the coach depart
ment can be gotten out. This will
probably be within the next thirty
days. There are about forty work
men employed in the coach and paint
work and all will be taken care OF.
Railroad Notes.
The yard office of the Burlington at
Galesburg, ILL.,. was destroyed by fire
Tuesday evening at loss of about
$1,000. A lamp which was held near
a gas meter while some workmen were
repairing leak is said to have started
the blaze.
Tuesday was pay day on the Mil
waukee, the monthly event coming
several days earlier than usual on ac-
count of the holidays.
Engine No. 2400 which was wrecked
with Burlington fast mail No. 8. at
Bristol, ILL.,, few days ago, and
which the trainmen say is a hoodoo, is
to be rebuilt and will probably be put
back in the fast mail service A stone
between the plank road crossing and
the rail is believed to have caused the
wreck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27
BATAVIA.

Batavi. Dec. 23.-Mrs. Ed Davidson,
of Des Moines, returned home Thurs
day after an extened visit at Robt.
Davidson's.
Jim Brooks started for Kansas re-
Gently on sightseeing tour.
Guyan John McNiel drove to Compe-
tine Friday returning Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Frescoln were
Ottumwa ST. Dppers Saturday.
There will be Xmas programs at
both the NJ. E. and Christian churches
tonight. The M. E. Sunday school will
give a cantata, and the Christian Sun
day school a mixed program.
Geo. Blosser is home for two weeks
vacation.
Marion Davidson. of Des Moines, is
home for few weeks visit with his
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs, S. P. Mott visited last
Sunday at New LonGon.
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DUDLEY.

Dudley, Dec 24.-Quite number Of
people from this vicinity attended the
Frank Garfield sale, southeast of here
yesterday.
Miss Olga winblade. of ottumwa,
has been visiting her parents here, Mr.
and Mrs. John Windblade, the past
few days.
j. M Nelson. of near Munterville,
was a business visitor here last Mon
day.
Mr.. and -irs. James Gaultrv, who
have made their home at Burlington
for some time, are visiting with Mrs.
Gaultry's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Arnold, of this place.
E. L. Peterson was an ottumwa visi-
tor Friday.
Olaf Nelson nd family, were OF
tumwa visitors Yesterday.
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East End Items.

From Saturdays Daily.
Joe Anthony, who has been sick for
the past two weeks, is able to be
about again.
Miss Edith Ramsells friends gave
her a pleasant birthday party last Sat-
urday, the occasion being her thir.
teenth anniversary. Many useful and
beautiful gifts were received. Supper
was served and good time was en-
joyed .4s s5T' '.,- r.
Joe Britain Of the stockyards is in
Stratford, Ontario, Canada, since last
Saturday, and will spend the holidays
with his parents. He expects to be
gone about two weeks.
Rev. H. M. Faulconer and Rev. r.
is. Young, the evangelists who con-
Quoted revival services here a few
weeks ago, will be here and conduct
the service tomorrow evening. They
will nave charge of the Riverview ser.
vice next Tuesday evening".
The week of prayer begins January
and will. be observed by the East
ing except Saturday.
Cottage prayer meeting next Thurs.
day evening at the home of Wesley
Huddleston, 702 Emma street.
Captain j. G. Kelley OF, the carpen.
ters' gang, is off duty on the sick list
since last Monday
| Gus and Geo. Lewis, who have been
in Chicago at the Y. M. G. A. training
school, are home for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. John HORNED of Aus
tin, Mimi, will spend Christmas at the
home of T. D. Foster.
| Clarence Thompson of the smoked
meat department who was on the sick
list last week returned to his work on
Monday
R. M. Cass of the General Electric
company of Chicago was here on bust
ness last Tuesday .@
Dr. u. G. Houck government inspec-
tor is the latest addition to the gov
eminent service here
The Riverview Sunday school ID
Under obligations to DR.. w. S. Newell
for large basket of candy and to B.
NFmann for a beautiful Christmas
tree.
Night W.tchman F. Jones was off
duty last \ ednesday evening and
moved to South Ottumwa.
Robert Watson. auditor for the Mill
waukee, was here on business visit
last Tuesday morning.
Last Monday evening the many
friends of Wesley Gee of 1112 Hayne
street, gathered at his home and gave
him a surprise party in honor OF his
fftieth birthday anniversary. Supper
was served and a very pleasant even
ing was passed.
i John Denefe of the local room and
Dan Denefe of the machine shop &C
companied by their parents. were
called to Kansas City last Monday By
the death of Mrs. Denotes cousin, Miss
Genevieye McMonigle. They returned
last Thursday. Miss McMonigle was
1 we'll known in Ottumwa having for
merly lived at the corner OF Walnut
and Mable street.
Tom Caughlin of the cutting room
accidentally cut his left hand very
badly last week but it is getting MUCK
better.
Barney Anderson who works on
the green meat floor and who has
been on the sick list is able to take
, up his work again.
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Boys Life Saved From Membranous
Group.

my little boy had severe attach
of membranous Group, and only got re-
lief after taking Foley's Honey and
Tar" says c. w. Lynch, prominent
citizen of Winchester, Ind. "He got
relief after one dose and feel that
it saved the life of my boy" For sale
by w. D. Elliott.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27

Amos w. Hanson is on trial at Win
terset, charged with obtaining money
among the farmers by false pretenses.
Ten new carriers and four additional
clerks were put to work in Des
Moines during the holiday season.
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l.
that the interests controlled by the
Goulds have completed arrange
ments for the early opening of a
line from st. Joseph. Mo-, across Iowa
and Minnesota to Minneapolis. The
statement is made by F. S. Mordaunt
president of the st. Joseph, Albany,
and Des Moines railroad which has but
recently passed the promotion stage.
that his road was financed by the Mis-
souri, Pacific and that the Missouri Pa
cific has also taken over the Des
Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern. The
latter was built mysteriously two
years ago by local people along the
line, and it now develops that the Sc
curities had Gould Endorsement,
which made their sale possible. The
road is to be extended north to the
Twin cities and operating in connec
Joseph to Des Moines will give a di-
rect line about AIS miles long.
The Gould system has never entered
Iowa before but has been for years
planning to cross the state and reach
the Twin Cities. 1t has figured in the
affairs of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
and the Des Moines & FIT. Dodge at
various times. Activity all along the
route by which the Twin cities are to
be reached bears out Mordaunt's state
ment that building will be pushed
early in the new year.
To Enlarge Hannibal Shops.
Arrangements are being made by
which the Hannibal shops of the Bur
lington will be enlarged. The move
ment carries with it plan to move
the coach and paint shops of the coach
department to Aurora, H., and to de-
vote the entire shops with the excep-
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Totals ..7s2,o4s s12,24s 3O,7s2 1,291, 4e1
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Six Doctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. "a (Spe ms
After suffering from Kidney Dis
for three years; after taking az
ment from six different doctors lalr
out getting relief, Mr.. ]. o. Laud as
of this place found not only relic.
a speedy and complete cure in D'u'
Kidney Pills. Speaking Of his te'
Mr.. Laudemar says: he
Yes, suffered from KID =
Trouble for three years and tried u
doctors to no good. Then l took IS.
two boxes Of Dodd's Kidney Pills ro
they not only cured my kidneys,
gave me better health in general. &C
course recommended Dodd's Kid
Pills to others and l know a numb
now who are using them with good :
suits"
Mr.. Laudeman's case is not an e
ception. Thousands give similar e
periences. For there never yet was
case OF Kidney Trouble from Backacl
to Bright's Disease that Dodd's ri
ney Pills could not cure. They a
the only remedy that ever curt
Bright's disease.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
NAY ATTAIN ANY, ALTITUDE.
Mountain Climbers Afforded a Sure
Preventive Of Difficult Breathing.

Mountain Climbers Afforded a Sure
Preventive Of Difficult Breathing.
The difficulties of respiration at
high attitudes have attended many
mountain climbers and explorers, and
the theory advanced ~ explanation
has been that this trouble was caused
by the reduced tension of the oxygen
in the atmosphere.
Professor Mosso, an Italian sciea'
list, has recently disproyed this the
DRY by showing that if the pressure
of the mixture of oxygen and nitrogen
making up ordinary air be reduced
70 one.third of an atmosphere, and
then the pro portion of oxygen be in.
creased so that its partial pressure is
the same as normal, the mixture is
breathed with inconvenience, accom-.
panied by an abnormal respiration
and pulse.
By taking supplies Of pure oxygen
and mixture of gases to the summit OF
Monte Rosa and Analysing the blood
1t was shown, however that diminu.
ton in the amount Of carbon dioXide
in the air due to the low pressure was
doubtless responsible for much Of the
trouble in respiration. Proof of this
was afforded by breathing a mixture
of 80 per cent of oxygen and 20 per
cent of carbon dioxide on top of
Monte Rosa, with a feeling of pleas
ure and ease, while the effect of the
same mixture near the sea level in
Turin was TO produce giddiness anG
vomiting.
If this discovery Is substantiated "a
further experiments it seems that by
the carrying of cylinders containing
this mixture of gases the highest
mountain peaks can be scaled, while
the mere provision of oxygen is u
doubtful utility.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Pin Prick Cause Of a Victory.

Nelson gained his great victory q
the Nile through a pin prick. Ii
came about in this way.
Sir John Acton, then commandment.
chief of the land and sea forces of
Naples, happened to be in his wife's
dressing room at the moment she waP
preparing for dinner.
Lady Acton's French maid was also
in the room, and was so startled at re.
ceiving a letter from her brother,
sailor in the French navy, whom she
believed to be dead, that she ran
DIN into her mistress flesh.
Apologizing for her carelessness,
the maid stated the cause of her sur
prise. With carefully suppressed Gag
erness, Sir John offered to read the
letter while the maid continued her
duties. The maid gladly consented.
Having read the letter the comman.
ler-in.chief left the house in search Of
Lord Nelson, who had in vain been
seeking the French fleet. He found
him and impaired to him the contents
of the letter.
1t gave all the information the ad.
miral had so long endeavored to OBJ
tain.
Setting sail Immediately, Nelson
came up with the French, and the vic
tory of the Nile was the result
Stray Stories.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
rronleaI Erult Imnorts.

In reviewing the tropical fruit trade
for the last year, it is seen that New
Orleans still holds the record for be-
ing the largest receiving point Of
tropical fruits, and on account of its
geographical position and its close
proximity to Central and South Ameri-
ca, no other port will ever equal it.
The total importations of bananas
and cocoanuts into United States
ports during the fiscal year from July
1, 1908, to June 80, 1904, aggregate
27,O0O,O00 bananas and 100000
cocoanuts, of which New Orleans re-
ceived 100000 punches of bananas,
Mobile 100000, Baltimore 100000.
Philadelphia 100000, New York A.
5000, Boston 100000. In addition
to the receipts of bananas and cocoa.
nuts sundry shipments Of Central
American oranges and pineapples and
Cuba pines have been literally i'm.
ported.-New Orleans Times-Demo'
crat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
school svstem overcrowded.

The idea of introducing cooking AMI
sewing lessons into the public schooI
system! The whole thing is a sting.
ing criticism on the home Of to-day.
Where did the mothers of to-day and
the mothers of yesterday learn to
cook and sew? At home! They went
home from school and helped get sup
per instead of galavanting down town
to make goo-goo eyes at the boys and
gaze into store windows. They did
the same thing at noon and they knew
what was going to be on the breakfast
table before it was displayed. They
got up and helped get it, instead of
sleeping off a dance of the night be-
fore until called to get up and help
eat it.
The Item has long taken issue with
The tomfoolery that is to be found
in our present day school system. And
we are not alone in our protests. Our
school system is overcrowded clogged
up, packed, jammed full of things
that have no business there, and are
placed there and kept there at the
expense Of things essential.-Rich.
mond Item.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
oouId's Son Uses $1,000 Toy.

George ]. Gould is enjoying himself
at Lakewood these days. His young
SON Jay has had a miniature of the
Missouri Pacific railroad system laid
out on the grounds of Georgian court
and passes many hours sending trains
on a steel track drawn by thousand
dollar locomotive that his father gave
him as a Christmas present. haven I
seen the pretty toy, but recall the
remark of Henry Clews when we were
discussing an article in one of the
newspapers criticising George Gould
for spending a thousand dollars on a
plaything,
Nobody can find fault with the
gift of toy engine" said he. II have
bought many a piece Of paper from
Georges father with a picture of a
locomotive on it that brought me sor.
row instead of amusement-and wasn't
worth nearly as much, although II cost
me a great deal more."-Washington
Star,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
BLOOD WILL TELL
ATHEoRY SUPPORTED 81 FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
A Recent Instance Proves That a
Woman's Happiness ls Largely De-
pendent on the state Of Her Blood.

When the blood is disordered every
organ of the body is affected unfsvor-
ably and fails to discharge its func-
tions properly. In the case Of every
woman nature has made special pro-
vision for a periodical publication of
the blood, and so long as this occurs
her health and spirits unfailingly re-
veal the beneficial results. So slight
a cause as a cold or nervous shock
may produce a suppression OF this
vital function, and until 1t is restored
she is doomed to misery. The remedy
that has proved most prompt and
effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte
Griggs, OF No. S07 Indiana street, Law
renee, Kansas, concerning which she
speaks as follows:
In the winter of 1902, from some
unknown cause, there was a cessation
of functions peculiar to my sex for a
period of four months. became very
weak and could not get up stairs
without help. had nausea and pain
and a constant headache. / was I'M
der the care Of a physician for three
months, but he did not succeed in cur
ing me. Then a lady friend told me
about the merits Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills which she had used in her fam
lily, and she induced me to try them.
1t was in May when first began
to use them, and in June had fully
recovered my health, and have since
remained perfectly we'll"
In all cases Of delayed development
of young girls; in anemia or weakness
due to impoverished blood and show,
ing itself in pallor, lack of ambition
dependency and nervousness; also in
the great constitutional disturbances
attending the period known as the
change Of life, DR.. Williams Pink Pills
| are invaluable for women, whose
health is always closely dependent OF
the state Of the blood. They are SOLD
by all druggists. A booklet Of valuable
| information relating to the care of &
woman's health at all important peri
DDS, and entitled "Plain Talks to Wo
men," will be sent free in a sealed en-
velope to any one who chooses t
write for 1t to the DR.. Williams Medi
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Tho sunburned Kid.

Recollect him, do you, mister,
When the fellers used 10 swim,
The plump boy whose back 'ud blistei
When the suns rays got at him?
Member how some Teller holder
Tlan the rest 'ud softly slip
Up behind an slap his shoulder,
As he fixed to take a dip?
Recollect the way he hollered
At the smartin' of his back,
An the threatenin' that follered
Fer the boy who gave the whack3
Member then, when all was quiet,
In the water while he'd play,
HOW some other boy 'ud try II,
An then dive TO get away?
Member when you all we're dressin'
Eow that boy 'ud watch each oneP
Reeollect, you kept him guessin',
Slappin at him just fer fun2
Nov an then his first 'ud get you,
But you laughed. OF course you did,
Those were happy times. you bet you,
--Bide Dudley.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
In Gloomy Rhvenna
ss-o.1fNrOs--.0(rss-~s
Especial Correspondence

the description he gives Of the forest
in the "Purgatorio" Sad as a for
salien home, as dead love, as vanished
hopes, this melancholy wood, with the
branches thick at the tTeetops,
stretches away fer miles, and stagnant
pools and slow.flowing canals are seen
between the openings of the trees.
Here a snake glldes past close to your
feet as you walk along, and, warm
though the day is, you shudder at the
sight as If from a sudden chill.
Strange fat plants that look luscious
with poison juices grow abundantly.
The distant fiat horizon is scarcely
broken by a dim, far-away belfry,
round instead of square, reminding
you of the famous round towers of
ireland.
Dante died at Ravenna; and per-
haps the overpowering melancholy Of
the place, combined with his personal
sorrows, contributed to shorten his
days. His tomb stands at the end of
the little street in which stood the
palace of the Polenta family, from
which the unhappy Francesca da Rim
mi descended. The church of San
francesca, with its great marble
sarcophagl, in the adjoining cloister,
is close beside it. 1t is small mauso.
leum, with a tiny cupola, not unlike
the tomb Of Burns in st. Michaels
churchyard at Dumfries. $50 great
were the vicissitudes which beset the
remains of Dante" says an English
writer. that it would seem as if IL
death, no mere than in life, was there
to be permanent place of rest foi
the body within which 1 made shad-
ow''
Lord Byron, the curled darling at
| one time and the hated outcast at an.
| other Of fashionable England, in the
early days of the 18th century, also
! came to Ravenna, but for love of a
| lady. The angel-like face and golden
hair of the 16-year-old Teresa Gambia
married to Count Guiccloli, attracted
the English lord of high degree. 1t
is in the Hotel Byron, a sad, forsaken'
looking place, that most people stay
in Rayenna. A large marble slab set
in the outer wall bears an inscription
in Italian, of a highly extravagant
character, in praise of Byron. His
name is all over the place, as one
might say, but his memory does moi
come home to you so wildly as that
OF Dante. Nor does his ghost revisit
the glimpses of the moon, as they
say of Dante's.
Byron stayed two years at Ravenna
and was constant in riding to ant
from the Pineta, or pine wood. Boccac
clio and Byron, Dante and Dryden
have referred to this pine wood; ant
even the Groves of Barney" are no
so famous in poetry as the pine wool
Of Ravenna! Outside of the city Il
the tomb of Theodoric standing in
marsh with the water surrounding /
"a queer construction of the rud
workmanship of the Goths which ha
endured comparatively unframed
through the long course of fourteen
centuries. It is Gally-Knight who tell
us that the construction of the arcl
in this building is peculiar; tina
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
WALTZ of French orInln.

The controversy between contlnen.
tai papers as to the origin of the waltz
was settled by the discovery that the
waltz was first danced at the French
court on Nov o, 1873, when It was an.
nounced as the composition Of a
French courtier who called it Volta"
Heretofore it has been generally as,
sumed that the waltz originated on
the blue Danube or whereabouts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Every housekeeper sho

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 1G Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
starches are put up in &-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you a
1909. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03

The lovely cities of Italy which
sling to the hillsides as Siena does, or
spread over the plain as Florence has
done, have, as a rule, a cheerful APP
Dearance. Even ruined cities are not
always silent, and but seldom gloomy
OF dull. The noisiest city Of Italy, in
certain sense, is Pompeii, which
speaks from its walls with a thou
sand voices, telling It's story as 1t may
over and over again. Even the ruined
end abandoned little city of Ninfa, on
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03

A Central Missouri exchange
has this to say about eggs: Eggs
are always cash. The farmer does
dot have to wait for his money
from the sale of eggs, They are
in demand all the time and when
one customer has not the cash the
next is ready to take them. Per-
haps nothing is so free from the
credit system as eggs. Every far
mer should keep hens aud plenty
Of them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Russian Puzzle,

Why the Russian nobleman wanting
an American wife with a minimum
dover of $4,000 should address his
application to the president of the
municipal health board is one Of those
puzzles which nobody not a Russian
and a matrimonial candidate and
hard up can possibly unravel.-New
York Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
All In One Mans Hands.

The mountings for ship guns and
guns in coast Notifications are so de
signed and constructed as to throw
into the power of one man, in so far
as possible, the whole control OF di'
recting the gun at the desired target
and firing 1t when ready. says the
Engineering Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
White clrps "surden.-

At the Atchison, Kan, carnival ont
Of the attractions was an Indian girl
orchestra from ono Of the government
schools in Arizona. Some Of the girls
were full bloods and some were half
hotly said: 81 am Just as good as the
breeds. Two Of them got to quarrel.
ing over some small matter, and one
rest Of you, II / am half white"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Hnw,s Thia2

We oier One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
,ase OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
CetarTh Cure.
r. ]. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o
We, the uadersRncd, have known 7. J. Cheney
Tor the last is years sad believe him perfectly hon
Orabe In all business transactions and financially
able 10 carry out any obligations nude by his arm.
WALDINs, KINNLN 4 MARvIE,
Wholesale Drugglsts, Toledo, o.
Hall'a CAtarrh Cure 10 taken internally, acting
iireCtly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price IS cents pei
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take halls Family Pils for constipation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
what DETERMINATION Can Do.

DR.. John Clifford. famous English
preacher, when eleven years old, be
gan to work as an ordinary hand" in
a lace factory. At sixteen, he was
manager of the lace mending d.
ment, later he became a bookkelhe
and then began the studies which's !
abled him to become a great preaNhn
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Flno Miner for QUITTING.

For stopping work at Murton col
liery, Seaham Harbor, England. with.
out notice on three dates in August.
14s miners have been fined $1.25 each
a day damages and condemned to pay
costs of court.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-11-03
Easy to Find out.

To the young, unmarried, desirable
man of good habits and fine prospects
who is pondering the problem: Do
college women marry? Ask one Of
them. Minneapolis Times.