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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-29
PULASKI.

Pulaski, April 28.-Dr. W. H. Shell
ton and wife returned home from Cali
fornia Friday, where they spent the
past two months with their son, A. H.
Shelton.
Elmer Plank. of st. Louis, is visit
ing his parents and other relatives
this week
The commencement exercises of the
Pulaski high school occurred at the
opera house last Friday evening. The
class address was delivered by Mrs.
Hattie Moore Mitchell, of Des Moines,
to a large and appreciative audience.
After the address the principal, Miss
Arminta B. Merry, presented the diplo-
mas to the class, which consisted of
five girls and five boys. They are as
follows: Harley Morjingo, Mayme E .
Conrad, William j. Barnes, Maude M.
Wagler, J. Robert. Nellie Francis, L.
Thayer, Harry o. Miller, Lora Hunt,
Clyde G. Brumley, Plessie l. Moyingo.
DR.. Clay Shelton, of st. Louis, is Wis
iting his parents, DR.. and Mrs. W. H.
Shelton. @
The school board met last week and
selected teachers for the coming year.
They are as follows: ". j. Russell,
principal; Miss Elsie Hayes, grammar
room; Miss Fannie ROUGH, intermedi.
ate, and Miss Effie Vorhis primary.
Miss Susan Wehan left last Friday
for her home in Bonaparte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert knight cele.
brated their twenty-flfth anniversary
last Tuesday night.
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sleouRNEY.

Sigourney, April 2S.-Mrs. John
Baty, the wife of the sheriff, is quite i'll
with rheumatism.
George F. McCarty Of Delta was
looking up business matters here Tues
day.
S. w. Wilson is still very sick.
Taylor Hulk of the south part Of
the county was in Sigourney Tuesday.
Wade Kirkpatrick of Hedrick was
here last Tuesday.
L. A. Funk has been drawn as Juror
of the federal court to be held In Des
Moines the coming month.
Attorney George B. Baker and G. L.
Dean Of Hedrick were attending court
Tuesday.
A complete kit of burglars tools
was found by the Rock Island carpen-
ter while tearing away the old depot
platform to put in a new one.
A. e. Pruess of Ottumwa was call
ing here Tuesday.
District court adjourned Tuesday
afternoon and reconvened Thursday
morning at o'clock. Business was
not very rushing this term.
The Boys Agricultural club and the
Girls Culture club have arranged to
run an excursion train to Ames to visit
the college on June 2.
Miss Ruth Gibbons, president Of the
Woman's club, and Mrs. W. L. Etter,
one of the leading members, go to the
biennial meeting to be held in Water
loo from May 10 to IL
Mrs. Palmer of Kansas City Is visit
ing at the home Of her son, Rev. Phil.
lip Palmer.
Mrs. G. A. Schreiner Of Ollie is visit.
ing her mother, Mrs. Hubbard.
Lennie Berry and wife of Rock Is.
land are visiting here.
e. B. Rossiter is in Des Moines on
business.
Mrs. Cook of Cedar Rapids is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. Frank Adrian.
Clara Sanders left for Des Moines
Tuesday evening.
Oskaloosa High school boys are
coming to Sigourney Saturday to see if
the Sigourney High school can beat
them playing ball. The game is to be
in Browns park and is called for 2:30
This will be the second game between
these teams, Oskaloosa having won
the first.
Captain Miller went to Hedrick Wed
nesday afternoon.
Gilbert Randall came in from Mus
catine Tuesday evening and left Wed
nesday evening for Oskaloosa, where
he will take charge Of the bookkeep
ing department of one of the daily pa
pers.
A large crowd went to Davenport or
the I. o. o. F. excursion in spite Of
the rainy morning.
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daughter of ex-senator Funk, of Dick
inson county. was guest of Miss True
during her Vacation, and returned to
the college with her on Monday.
Frank Griffith, of near Kirkville,
was in town Wednesday.
VIM. Colts baby Of Lost Creek, has
been on the sick list
Miss Pansy JamisoR and Ben Briggs
spent Easter Sunday with relatives
and friends in Abba.
George Gogo. the miner at Lost
Greek, who was so badly injured in a
dynamite explosion last week, is get
ting along nicely.
Little Miss Dearcie Carroll, who has
been staying with her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Gray is spending
the week with her mother in Ottum-
wa.
Mrs. John Sandiland was sick for A
few days this week.
Frank Epperson departed Wednes-
day for Chicago to spend the remand
er Of the week there on business pre-
paratory to moving to that city for
the purpose of accepting good posi-
ton as assistant cashier with the
Live Stock Trust and Savings bank.
The scarlet fever quarantine which
has been on the w. M. Stuber home
for some time was removed Monday
VI Lie OSLci WHICH nave
been quarantined for scarlet fever will
likely be released soon.
Miss Elsie Belman, Of Chillicothe
was caller in town Wednesday.
The family of Jack Williams, of
Buxton. will move into the Clancy
property, known as the old Wilcox
property, on North Third street next
Mr. Williams is in business at Buxton
so he will remain at that place. and
his family will reside here.
N. B. Holloway was an Ottumwa
business caller Wednesday.
Miss Bertha Waugaman spent
Thursday evening with her friend
Miss Emma Noel on Millers creek.
Coal prospectors have been at work
prospecting on the w. H. Springer and
j. Lawrence farms, near Eveland.
A dance was given at Lakonta Sat-
urday night by Prof. Flint Of Bussey
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IN reading and pleasant converse the
afternoon passed SO rapidly that it
was after milking time when Hetty
bethought herself Of the lateness Of the
hour. Hurriedly saying her farewells,
she ran down the roadway to the
fence, sprang over the stile and went
hastily In the direction Of the pasture.
where the cows, unaccustomed to such
irregularity, had assembled at the
gates. believing low plaintive calls for
release.
Breathless and painting, Hetty let
down the bars and, picking up stick,
proceeded to urge the cattle to
greater rate of speed than was usually
necessary. If her mother had return
ed unexpectedly she was lost! Fright
ened at the thought, she gave the last
COW in the line sharp prod with the
stick, who, not accustomed to such
rough treatment, looked back at her
reproachfully, then galloped awkward
ly ahead Of the others. The cows once
in the barn, it was matter of few
moments to collect the pals and stool
for milking.
Other evenings Hetty sat down to
this occupation cheerfully, usually sing
ing lightly to the accompaniment Of
the soft sound of the milk streaming
into the pail, but tonight the task was
distasteful to her. She took her seat
with jerk and exclaimed irritably
when the cow, in order to brush fly
from it's back, whisked it's tail across
her face. keep still, thou old beldam
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AMADoR.

Amador. April 26.-Bert Wilkinson
and family spent Sunday in town.
Henry Baker and family of Drake
vile visited at A. w. Smiths Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Baker were
entertained at the Ralston home Sun.
day.
Misses and Mesdames Phillips and
williamson spent Sunday at e. Han
ing's.
Mr. and Mrs. 3. Myers and Mrs.
Emily Myers spent Sunday at John Nc
Farland's.
Bertha Wilkinson and Minnie Well
man spent Monday evening with FaD.
ME Haning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Day visited at the,
Chance home Sunday.
Emmett Roberts has been working
for F. l.. Baker.
j. A. Day made business trip to
Ottumwa recently.
William Dale is quite ILL.,
Mrs. Emily Myers Is recovering after
short illness.
Misses and Mesdames Loran Shields
and G. Smith were entertained at the
Marion Smith home Sunday.
Lee Hicks is assisting Mr.. McFar-
land with his farm work
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Garrison spent Sum
day at the James Phillips home.
Mrs. Alex Martin and Miss Rosa
Brown were guests Of Mrs. f. L. Baker
Wednesday.
Mrs. Williams called on Mrs. Ira
| Haning Wednesday.
Ira Haning marketed hay in town
recently.
Achsa Day is visiting in Mt. ster-
ling.
| Ira Haning and T. D. Williams at
tended lodge in Ash Grove Tuesday ev-
ening.
Wellman school will commence May
with Miss Railing as teacher.
e. Haning visited Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sci Wellman recently.
Peter Schwartz put new yard fence
around his residence recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion were in town
Saturday.
John Day was in Blakesburg re-
Gently.
Carl Kushiner is slightly i'll.
The continued wet weather of the
last few weeks has caused a delay in
farm work.
Mr.. and Mrs, Peter Schwartz at.
tended church in Ottumwa Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Baker spent Sat
urday evening at ]. Amlick's.
Miss Laura Arnold is quite ill at her
home near Mt. Ayr.
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EDDYvILLE.

Eddyville, April 2S-Mrs. Will Van
ness, of Coalfield, has been very sick
at the home of Mrs. Mary Dye, of North
Second street.
Mrs. r. j. Oldham's class in the
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
will give an ice cream supper Satur-
day afternoon and evening, April
20, in the rarlors Of the church.
Will Fish, of Talmage, came to Ed
dyville Sunday night on business
trip.
Mrs. A. E. Greenway, of oskaloosa,
was a guest Monday Of her mother,
Mrs. Anna Tierney.
G.. A. DeTar, formerly of this vicin-
ity, but now Of Abba. was here Tues
day and Wednesday, looking after bus
mess interests
Misses Pearl Reigle and Welta Gill
bert and Messrs. Frank Sloan and Earl
Myers drove down from Oskaloosa and
spent Easter Sunday with Miss Sue
G. McDole.
The baby of A. G. worley, of Fred
eric, has been sick with an attack OF
congestion of the lungs.
]. w. Thornberg and family, who
moved here from Mt. Ayr about two
months ago, and have been living in
the A. Trotter tenant property, on
North Sixth street, moved to Ottum-
wa Tuesday, Mr.. Thornberg having a
position in a bakery at that place.
Mrs G. r. Harper was at Oskaloosa
Tuesday afternoon on business and
pleasure trip.
Willie Hatfield and Roy Clutch of
Lovilia, were Sunday visitors with
Rev. w. S. Right and family at the
parsonage.
Mrs. Burdock, who lives on the
county line south of town, has been a
sufferer from pleurisy.
w. A. Spears, of Oskaloosa, was in
town Wednesday visiting his brother
G.. A. Spears.
Craig Pos has accepted position in
an establishment in Oskaloosa.
B. B. Heki, who has been laid UP
with rheumatism, for some time, was
the first time in about two months.
Mrs. Harvey Shahan, Of Ottumwa
was here Wednesday visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Bell
Wesley Reeves and brother law
Mr.. Ream, of Ottumwa, were here or
Wednesday, enroute home from Chart
ton, Hooking and other points.
Miss Pearl Gosney, of Ottumwa, WIS.,
tied her sister, Mrs. Henry Martin, fol
short time Monday evening.
Mrs. ]. M. Ragan. has returned from
an over Sunday visit with friends al
Rose Hill.
Elmer Gillispie, of Abba, was visit.
| ing relatives and friends here ovel
Sunday.
Arthur Epperson and Miss Jean.
nette True left Monday noon for Grin
nell to resume their studies at Iowa
college, after spending ten days, va
cation at home. Miss Mary Funk
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CHAPTER XVI,

"A DAM, the goldsmith, waited late
N that afternoon for Christie
"A piers return. Impatient at
his delay and angry at the
sight of the unfinished chores, he
paced up and down the room restless
ly, pausing at frequent intervals to
look out of the doorway with nervous
anxiety toward the forest footpath.
otis passing strange" he muttered.
The lads ne'er done the like before.
If he'd thought Of fear I'd say the
storm delayed him, but such things as
thunder showers 'ud meier both r
Christopher. Nay" shaking his head.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-29
BLOOMFIELD WANTS LIBRARY.
Enthusiastic Meeting Was Held Tues
day to Ascertain Peoples Sentiment.

Bloomfield, April 27.-At meeting
held on TUESDAY, for the purpose of
ascertaining how many clubs, church
Organizations and fraternal orders
were willing to cooperate in the re-
establishing and maintenance of a
public library, fifteen signified will
ingness to do so, and one delegate was
appointed from each to become a per-
manent member of an Incorporated Ii
brary board. The members selected
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-29

DR.. J. w. Elerick left on the Rock
Island this afternoon for Keosauqua,
where this evening he will witness the
graduation exercises of the 1905 class
of the Keosauqua high school, of which
his daughter, Miss Bessie Elerick is
a member.
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Personal and Otherwise.

Letters received from H. c. Taylor
and family who left a few weeks ago
for Los Angeles, Cal, state that they
have rented cottage and will spend
the summer there. The Misses Sickle
will remain with them.
Mrs. Anna l.. Townsend has returns
been spending the winter in the Gem
City Business college, and will spend
couple of weeks here on business.
A shipment of fifteen horses were
sent to Ottumwa Thursday for pur-.
chase at the horse sale on Friday.
The shippers were Chas. Carroll, D. M.
Wise, George Good, T. D.. Doke, Jas.
McGowen, John Taylor, Jas. Smith.
and F. c. Young. Messrs. Young, Car
roll, Good and Taylor went to Ottum-
wa Thursday to take care Of the
horses and Messrs. Doke and Wise
Joined them today and will attend
the sale.
]. w. Lasalle, of Des Moines, pros
prietor of the Commercial hotel of this
city, passed through this place Thurs
day enroute to Macon, Mo-, on busl-
ness.
The Lang Syne whist club met We'd
nesday evening at the w. L. Saunders
home and spent a pleasant evening.
Mrs. F. G. Traverse won the honors Of
the game, at the close of which an
elegant repast was served. The guests
of the club We're Mr.. and Mrs. G. d.
Fortune, and Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Wray.
Ed S. Smith left Thursday for Mt.
Sterling on short business trip.
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CHAPTER XIV.

~OON the storm was spent, and
the sun, weary of hiding its hot
face, burst forth through the
drifting clouds that even now
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-29

Sigourney, April 2s.-Mrs. John
Baty, the wife of the sheriff, is quite i'll
with rheumatism
George F. McCarty of Delta was
looking up business matters here Tues
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& 4 9 ~ *
were Mrs. G. L. Stafford, M. e. church@
Mrs. ]. F. Gresham. Christian church .
Mrs. w. H, McAchran. Universalist; a
Mrs H. c. Traverse Presbyterian; a
Mrs. Johnson, Baptist; Mrs. S. A, LORI
enz, P. E. o.; Mrs. w. N. Reeves
Rathbone; Miss F. P. Bence, Royal
Neighbors; Mrs. Stella Teel. Rebekah;
Eastern Stars asked to have placer
held until after next regular meeting;
Mrs. M. Brenneman, Ivanhoe; Mrs.
Edith Johnsorfi Travel club; Mrs. H.
G. Day, w. c. T. u; Mrs. w. A.
Herman, Twentieth Century. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Mrs. O. d. Wray-President.
Mrs w. w. Reeves-Vice-Pre sident
Mrs. w. A. misunderstanding Sec
rotary.
Mrs. H. c. ray-corresponding Sec
rotary.
Mrs. NJ Brennerman-Treas
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21
Harvesting Seed Corn.
From the Country Gentleman,

To insure good seed corn, care must be
taken to gather well-developed ears and tC
cure them in such manner as will preserve
the energy and vitality of the seed. We
want not only seed corn that will develop
when all conditions are favorable, but
want it strong enough to withstand ad-
verse conditions BY proper selection we
can establish train of corn, as one would
build up herd of cattle or flock of sheep,
for seeds can be ''bred on as we'll as the
different classes of animals
Raise your own corn, at least for the
bulk of your crop, for while farmers should
experiment with well-recommended varie-
ties, they should remember that the va
riety that has been doing we'll in their soil
climate and particular method of cultiva-
ton Is the kind that will pay them to raise
as their general crop. When variety
has been thoroughly tested and has passed
the experimental stage, then it should be
promoted to first place.
Many are the methods of curing seed
corn, but have yet to find better one
than practiced on our farm. We go
through the field, each with big basket,
and gather only the finest ears, and when
the baskets are full, empty them into the
wagon. When we have all the seed re-
quiFed, we strip the outer husks, but leave
several on the shank of the ear, and then
braid the shucks Of several ears together
Our summer kitchen Is big shed, Is
BY - feet, with no ceiling, in which we
cook from April to December, and in this
room. far above the head of the cook, the
bundles Of corn are hung on long poles
there it gets just the proper amount of heat
from the cook stove, and sun and all
through the big windows in the gables at
each end
Seed corn may also be cured by spread
in.. it thiuly on the floor Of a room that eau
be properly ventilated, and if IT can be
warmed. 20 much the better See that il
is thinly spread on the floor ard turn it
Frequently, 50 that it viii dry evenly. One
Of my neighbors has a large airy garnet
through which the pipe Of the kitchen
stove passes. aud on the floor Of this room
he spreads his seed corn This is a good
way. but not SO reliable as hanging the
ears IN the warm air.
Ignorance and careleSsness in saving
seed corn i the cause Of many faHneE
having poor crops, and it would seem a
sinple matter to avoid such misfortunes.
Do not use seed corn that has been frosted.
Remember that well matured seed corr
aill deseriorate If stored in a stable where
animals are kept. In harvesting seed corn,
10 not allow Il TO remain in piles or heaps,
a. the germ viii become heated and loss
much vitality, if it Is not altogether de
sirnyed If Possible, air, aud see that it
besomes bone dry before oold weather
sets in.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21
The Lemon a Specific.


Drink expert Warman recommends the
drinking of lemon water Lemon water,
without sugar. he believes, Is Of great
medicinal value. IL makes beverage that
will c,ol the blood. clear the brain, re-
move biliousneSs, clear the complexion,
and save the expenditure of money for
drugs and doctor bills and few other
things-a heahh drink that can no, be
discounted
but do uos use sugar with the lemon, it
neutralires the effect that would otherwise
be produced. Consider, Cor moment, he
says, few Of the uses Of the lemon.
In the morning. half an hour or more
before breakfast. take the juice Of half a
lemon in . glass Of cold water Il viii
clear the system Of humor and bile without
any Of the effects Of calomel, congress
water, or any drastic drug. Bu, the ben
eft Is more than doubled by repeating this
jus, before retiring. This Is a much safer
say to get ihe better Of bilious condition
than resorting to quinine OF blue pslls.
n, not irriiate the stomach by taking
the lemon clea. The powerful aeid al the
juice, when taken alone, is always most
corrosive and invariably produces inaamma-
ton. If loas continued, but when properly
diluted ~ that it does not harm or draw
the throat. il does it, medical work, and
when the stomach Is clear Of food it has
abundant opportunity TO work through the
system thoroughly
Not oaly Is the drink of lemon water an
excellent liver corrective, but, il taken in
hot water instead Of cold, it viii prove a
very efhcaoious anti-iat remedy.
/, Is better than any drug or complex
ION powder Tor giving permanent elearness
aud beauty to the skin
\ teaspooniul of lemon juice in a small
cup Of black coffee will relieve bilious
headache
Two or three slices of lemon in a cup Of
strong tea viii cure 4 nervous headache.
Lemon juice has also been used in Ger
many, With marked effect. in eases Of
rheumatism, especially articular rheuma-
tiSm
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21
Largest Ship in World.
From the New York Times.


The Ainerika, the largest ship in the world,
which sailed last week from Hamburg for New
York, is 6S7 feet long. "A feet inches wide
and SO feet deep. She can carry about 1000
passengers and crew. 1t was only last April
that she was launched at Belfast, and the
placing in her of her machinery, etc., has been
accom- plished with remarkable speed.
With the maiden voyage Of this vessel al
most the last distinction between life on an
ocean liner and that in a first class modern
hotel disappears. The Amerika has an la
carte restaurant, open all day and night, and
it is understood that if passengers desire they
can pay for transportation only and buy their
meals on board. The vessel has electric ele-
vators from one deck to another, telephones
from the storerooms to the restaurant and other
parts of the ship, florist shop. gymnasium,
trained nurses, a nursery for children and cleo
tric and hydropathic baths.
The la carte restaurant is on the sixth
deck, and will seat about l20 persons. 1t is
under the management of the Ritz Hotel Com
pany 1t is decorated in the Renaissance
style. The main diningsaloon is decorated in
the Louis XVI. style, and is 100 feet long and
as wide as the ship. The smoking room is in
the English Elizabethan style, and has huge
fireplace. 1t is the loftiest apartment on the
ship, extending through two decks.
None of the staterooms on the vessel has
INNER berths
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21

The thousands of men and women en-
gagged in milking the mild-eyed Jerseys
seldom stop to ask where these gentle cat
tie came from. Yet they have history
and & long one. Normandy in France is
a land of romance, which has figured ex
tensively in song aud story 1t was in
this land of merry peasants, of moonlight
and mystery, that the little Jersey cattle
were first known. IL is not know exactly
when the Jerseys were imported to Eng
land. but it was probably during the first
half of the eighteenth century. About
that time they were found in the Channel
Isles between France and England, from
one of which they derived the name by
which they have ever since been known.
4 French writer in 1915 gave an interest
Ing explanation as to how the jersey OBJ
tanned its superiority to other cattle as
dairy animal. 1t is attributed to the fact
that a few farmers constantly attended to
raising stock from cows of the best milk
ing qualities, which attention prosecuted
for long number of years in small coun-
try like the Isle of Jersey, where such
superior qualities would soon be known,
led eventually to the excellence of milking
and butter yielding properties in the race
at large. In other words it was by careful
selection and breeding, which by heredity
gradually centered the good qualities and
transmitted them to descendants. This
could not have been done in any extended
country and thus the breed originally com
ing from Normandy, was greatly improved
in its new home in jersey.
The Jerseys were imported into the
United States during the last century, but
it was not until comparatively recent date
that they were used extensively.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21
An Awful Winter.

Conditions in Russia are such as usually
characterize revolutionary movements. No
sooner is the semblance of order restored in
Que spot than there is a lurid outbreak in
another. This is likely 10 continue for many
months, unless the ravages of famine convert
millions of the people into wild beasts and
force something like organization. Little is
known of the situation in the interior of Rus
ria. The facts never get into print, but there
are at this moment something like 40, 900, 900
of people on the verge of starvation. There
are that many who are actually iu want aud
who must starve TO death if they do not soon
receive aid This number will be added to as
the winter advances. There will be some of
fetal effort to feed these people, but most of
the money appropriated for that purpose will
be stolen by the officials themselves and very
little of it or supplies purchased with ii will
reach the furnished people. Then, maddened
with pain and hunger and incensed by the
condition of their families they will be a dan
gerous element TO deal with.