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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

wood screws, counter sunk into the top
SO as to be below, the top surface of the
bench. To get the position for the
screws, lay the plank in position on
the bench frame Gig. 1O and from
beneath carefully mark with a lead
pencil along on both sides of the end
rails and legs, and also along the in
side OF the front board of the frame,
thus giving the position of the bench
frame on the lower side of the top plank.
Space for four screws into each end
rail, and four into the edge of the front
board-12 screws in all. With the bor-
Ing brace and Decentralization au-
ger bit bore the screw holes through and
through the plank.
Now turn the plank over and on Its
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

ends of the legs, but the back board
must be nailed on with it's upper edge
projecting seven eighths of an inch
above the legs, as shown in the COM
pleted frame in Fig. 10. The reason
for this will be seen later. The front
piece for the top of the bench should be
6 feet long. and, if possible, not less
than IA inches wide and IL inches in
thickness.
The best wood for this top is hard
(southernD pine, which is much firmer
and less liable to warp than the other
cheap woods. The plank must be thor
oughly seasoned, and should be fastened
to the frame with three-inch No. 16
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

weather. This IS necessity when glue
is to be used, as glue will not hold nor
can close joints be made If the air Of the
room is chilly and damp.
The same Is also true as regards the
vanishing and finishing of different
articles when made.
Staining, filling, shellacing or waxing
require room of more than moderate
temperature almost warm-and also
free from dust.
Workbench.
Among the first and most important
appliances of the workroom is con-
venient and substantial work bench A
cheap substitute is sometimes provided
In the form of large kitchen table,
to the top of which is added a stin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
INVITED TO GO TO PHILIPPINES
Lafayette Young Invited to Join the
Congressional Party.

Des Moines, May 2o-Lafayette
Young, editor and proprietor of the De
Moines Capital has been invited by
the war department to make the
journey to the Philippines and back
again with the secretary of war and
the congressional committee. This is
known as the Taft party, and will sail
from San Francisco in the steamer
Manchuria July 8. Mr.. Young has not
yet determined upon his course wheth-
er to accept the invitation or decline
it, The invitation contemplates that
Mr. Young pay the regular steamship
rates and that the government shall
pay no part of his expenses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
a GROWING COMPETITION.

The most serious commercial probler
which confronts the country is I'll
merclless competition being waged b.
the large department stores, which are
springing up by the score in all the
larger cities, against the merchant In all
the country towns. From small be-
ginning, largely aided by the establish
ment Of the rural mail route system, the
trade of the farmers Of the country in
all staple goods is being diverted from
the local merchant to the city store.
The work is being done by most per-
sistent system Of advertising and quot
ing of prices and by Offering certain
staple articles below cost as bait. We
were in county seat town OF over
1000 people not long since where we
were told that the business interests of
the town had become completely para
lyzed as result Of this sort of unfair
competition, and the town gave not a
little evidence of the dry rot which had
struck it. 1t is an entirely new condi-
ton which the country merchant has to
face, and perhaps the solution will be
found in the founding of the depart
ment store in the country town, the
consolidating of number of the varied
commercial interests Of town under
one management, such concerns to be
links in chain of such stores, thus In
surfing cheaper buying, lower freight
rates, greatly lessened expense ac-
count connected with selling and dis
tribution, more intelligent and liberal
advertising. This plan has been very
successful In one town which we know.
We know Of two others where it Is go
ing into operation this season. It Is ut
terly useless to appeal to the ethics of
the problem, to that spirit Of loyalty to
home institutions which is supposed to
be one phase of our patriotism, when a
sewing machine, buggy, a bill Of gro
ceries or suit Of clothes can be bought
for Is cents less money in the city than
it can at home. On all matters of trade
men are thoroughly and often stupidity
selfish. The only way is to meet such
competition on purely business and
selfish basis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
Warninq.

You cannot have good health unless
your kidneys are sound, fo.' the kid.
neys filter the blood of impurities
which otherwise act as irritating poi.
sons and break down the delicate or
gans of the body and cause serious
trouble. If you have kidney or blad.
der trouble and do not use Foley's
Kidney Cure, you will have only your.
self to blame for results, as it post.
lively cures all forms OF kidney and
bladder diseases. w. Elliott, Drug.
gist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
The Athletic Girl.

Mrs. Elitely-There's Bessie Arm
strong dancing with that stout Mr..
Rotunde again. Why do you suppose
she shows such partially?
Mr.. Elitely-Give it up unless she's
simply keeping in training. She used
to put the shot at Vassar, you remem-
ber.-Puck
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
By JAMES RITcHEY,

Instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
Making, Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago.l
Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Note.-The interested reader is advised
70 clip this article for preservation.
A very important part in the outfit
necessary for successful start in wood
working is dry and well-lighted room
II possible to do otherwise, do not
crowd the worker and his work into
= damp basement where his tools will
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

It is said that a great many cats are
starved to death every winter. While
this is hard on the cats, it is a mighty
good thing for the birds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
Insured Against Experiments.


Students of chemistry and physics at
Heidelberg are compelled by the laws
of the university to insure their lives.
Even those students who. simply at
professor and are content to watch his
experiments, are not exempt from this
ru1e 80
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Making Rriehtness.

Mrs. Bacon-Yes, the world is bright
er for my husband having lived in it.
Mrs. Elizabeth-Oh, is he the man who
invented the electric light?-Yonkers
Statesman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

rust and where his boards will become
so damp as to make it impossible to
do work which will not warp and shrink
open at the joints.
The workroom should not only fbe
lighted and dry. but itshould be heated
50 as to be comfortable in all kinds OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The building proposition is today a
very serious one where a man has to
deal with the trusts in the purchase of
building material and the labor unions
in the labor employed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

Macaroni wheat, because of its rust
proof qualities, is being taken up by
farmers in the north central states, ex-
cellent reports being made on it by
Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin farm.
ers who have tried it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The winter SHOWS are always pro-
tecting blanket to the soil and to all
vegetation, while the late spring SHOWS
are in sense fertilizers in that they
carry larger per cent Of ammonia
than does the snow Of the winter sea-
son.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

A friend owning piece of poor sol
with a grayelly subsoil wishes to know
what would be the best crop for him to
plant thereon this season. He might
fertilize it thoroughly and plant it to
corn, but if it should happen to be very
hot and dry in August his crop would
fire and spoil. Probably beans would
be his best crop. The navy bean can
do more with poor soil than any 9TH
er crop we KNOWN fact, does better
on a poor than on rich SOIL We had
a half acre in beans last season on n
piece of newly cleared and rich timber
SOIL The vines were foot thick all
over the field and hardly good bean
In the lot. Melons and cucumbers
could be grown successfully on such
thin land by taking care to fertilize III
the bill.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

When SO very few ears of corn are
required to plant an acre of ground it
Is sheer carelessness not to absolutely
Anow that each ear gives corn = a
berfect terminating power.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

We know Of man who, after letting
his stock run to his haystack all win
ter, has had to buy hay of his neighbor
to carry his stock through. There is
not much that can be done for this sort.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The jackknife test for seed corn is
about as reliable as the tooth and horn
test for determining the age Of the
horse and the COW. There is better
and surer method. Keep the jackknife
In your pocket when it comes to test
ing seed corn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

If the corn crop is reduced in yield Is
per cent as result Of using poor seed
and another loss of rs per cent occurs
by failing to save the fodder it is no
wonder the corn growers of the coun-
try don't get rich very fast.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

When cotton brings 8 cents pound
it is about the same as when corn
brings 80 cents bushel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.

Che workroom and Its Appliances
The Work-Bench-Cheaply Made
Substitutes for the Usual Bench
Regular Cabinet Makers" Work
Bench Should Be Secured If Pos
aible-How Substitutes Are Made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The agricultural department at Wash
ington is now working on curious
experiment. A machine has been in
vented which does very successful work
in the picking of cotton where the bolls
stand erect, but cannot gather the lint
ground. The present type Of cotton
plant has a marked tendency to grow
its bolls near the ground, and the de-
partment is now trying to develop q
type Of plant which will grow more
erect--a case where the plant is to be
made to suit the machine instead Of the
machine the plant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The use of the new harrow carts
wherein the driver can ride is COM
mendable. Following a fast walking
team all day long, walking on the
yielding soil, is a leg wearing business
We believe we have been as tired
when night came at this work as any
work we ever did unless it was on a
forced march after the foe during the
war. The time has come when a man
is no longer laughed at for saving both
his legs and his arms in the doing Of
his farm work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The extreme cold of the past winter
IA temperature Of 20 below zero.
which hit large belt of the peach
growing territory in Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma has probably finished up
the peach crop for this season, II it has
not destroyed the trees root and
branch. Where one has peach orchard
80 hit careful examination should be
made Of each tree to see If the injury
extends to the trunk and root system.
II it does the tree may as well be sent
to the brush pile, but if the injury is
simply confined to the last seasons
growth Of wood and the fruit buds the
tree may be saved by vigorous prun-
Ing, cutting all of the injured wood in
May, when new growth will be
thrown out and the tree become all
eight in two or three years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
CARELESS.
MANY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
COULD BE PREVENTED BY Or.
SERVING LAWS OF HEALTH.

General Precautions for the Prevention
OF the Spread of TubercuIosis-Air,
Light, Sunshine and Dryness Enc
mics to Disease.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The torch of truth wanes dim when
tina winds of onposition die
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

The past winter was very hard one
on the poor little quails. All through
the north central section Of the United
States the snowdrifts were big and
deep, and the weather bitter and in
tenseIy cold AS the drifts melted away
these birds would be found starved
and frozen, whole coveys in bunch.
This is to be greatly regretted, as no
more useful or attractive birds are to
be found on the American continent.
II it were not for these serious win
ter losses the quail would soon become
one Of the most common Of our birds,
as 1t takes very kindly to the semido-
mesticated conditions Of American
farm life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

If your boy on the farm Is willing to
work you want to watch out that you
do not overwork him. There are a
good many poor little stunts all over
the country because their fathers had
no sense in this matter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

Through carelessness and oversight a
nuisance of no small dimensions has
been permitted to be placed on many
of the highways Of the west in the
extension of the telephone lines in the
matter of the setting of the poles out
into the highway as much as four to
eight feet when they should have been
set exactly on the fence line. AS it
is. they form an obstruction to the use
Of the moving machine in keeping the
highway properly cut and trimmed.
The telephone companies should be
made to reset these poles where they
properly belong.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

It is not at all an unusual thing for
the grower to put 800 worth of COM
mercial fertilizer on each acre of to-
bacco land In the Connecticut valley.
This fact may seem queer to the west
ern farmer who has 500 loads Of ma
nure in his barnyard which he has not
enterprise enough to put on his fields
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

Northern pine lumber is each year
becoming more and more knotty, and
the grade is now based upon the num-
Der Of knots to the board.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

North and South Dakota farmers are
gradually discovering .the important
fact that through much Of both states
alfalfa can be very successfully grown,
fact which will add to the produc-
tive value Of each acre whereon it can
be grown not less than $50, for wher-
ever alfalfa can be successfully grown
1t will produce year after year net
return which will easily pay 10 per
cent on valuation of 500 per acre
Every Dakota farmer should try al
falfa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

We feel safe in asserting that any
land in any state where alfalfa can be
grown successfully is worth easily 500
be located in the sand hills of Nebras-
ka, on the praiHes Of Montana and Da-
kota or whether it be abandoned farms
in New York or Virginia. Alfalfa
means meat-beef, pork, mutton and
wool, milk and butter-and these mean
money. No man can make mistake
when he buys cheap land which will
grow alfalfa, even though the soil may
seem to be poor and the rainfall scant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

We know Of a two acre patch Of
swamp land, the begetter and harborer
Of forest Of useless and harmful
weed growth, lying on farm valued at
500 per acre which could be reclaimed
with twenty five rods of thing and thus
made to produce seventy-five bushels
of corn to the acre. The question is,
Why doesn't the owner do this needed
work? Don't know. He Is probably
figuring on getting more acres up in
Dakota or else does not know what he
might do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

When clover hay is worth as much
as 81 per ton it will pay any man to
get cloth hay caps and cure his hay
in large cocks before stacking. At
least one-half the nuritive value Of
clover hay all through the country is
wasted under the present wasteful
methods of securing the crop. We
must have clover to keep up the ferhl-
ity of the soil, and we must have the
hay to help balance up the stock ra-
lions. All that is needed is some meth
cd whereby the hay crop can be cured
and secured in proper shape and with
out loss. The hay cap will do it, and
do it right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

One hundred and seventy-hve thou
sand people are now making a COM
Portable living under most pleasant
conditions in western state on $780,
600 acres Of irrigated land which only
a few years ago was a worthless sage
brush desert-about eighty souls to the
quarter section.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

Out of several hundred samples OF
seed corn gathered from the farmers
all over western state year ago
and planted under uniform conditions
of soil and culture the ten highest yield
ed 77.46 bushels per acre and the ten
poorest 27.S9 bushels, this difference in
yield being largely owing to defective
seed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

We know Of one farm where this
spring 1913 healthy young pigs have
been produced from twenty-one sows
and forty-three lambs from twenty-five
ewes. On the other hand, we know of
another farm where only thirty-th
pigs were produced from twenty-six
sows, and this marked difference was
directly traceable to care and feed and
not to breed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

It was found that a man in Califor-
MIA who for twenty,four years had
cared for just one acre of land had
not. only lived well, but the probate
court when he died disclosed the fact
that he had saved up over $4,000, and
yet lots of men are not satisfied with
160 acres. 1t is a great thing to know
how to use the land right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23

Dodder has a seed closely resembling
that Of the clover plant and is quite
frequently sown with it ignorantly.
This plant terminates in the ground
and later attaches itself to the clover
stalk, it's own root system rothng off,
after which it becomes a parasite, liv-
ing off the juices Of the clover, to its
great injury. In its peculiar methods
it reminds one good deal of many Of
our politicians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-15
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

From The Tribune Bureau
washington Dec 1.-THE Secretary Of War and
Mrs Taft gave a box party this afternoon at a
lecture by Burr Mcintosh on the Orient. Among
their guests were Miss Roosevelt. Miss Boardman
and Miss Mcmillan.
The Chinese Minister gave a large dinner party
last night in honor of Lady Hart and Miss Hart
wife and daughter of Sir Robert Hart head OF the
Chinese customs service The other guests were
Senator and Mrs Burrows, Justice and Mrs
Brown, the Consul General at London and Mrs.
WINNIE the Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs REYNOLDS, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. O'Laugh-
lin. Mr.. and Mrs Charles DENLY. Mr.. and Mrs
Yune Kwai of the legation; Mrs Nicholas Fish
Miss Ida Thompson, Eki Hioki. charge danalre 9
of the Japanese Legation; Representative 1i0'
venor of Ohio and Major McCawley
The Assistant Secretary OF State ana Nlrs' Da
entertained large dinner party tonight at tHeil
home in K-st.. the old Quay house which was
occupied last year by Paul Morton.
Mr. and Mrs ]. F. Barbour gave dinner 10
night in honor OF their sister and brother-ih-la"'
NJ and Mime. Thiebaut. NJ Thiebaut is charge
d'afraires Of the French Legation in Switzerland
and formerly an attache OF the embassy here
Miss katherine Deering. whose marriage to
william Barrett Rijgely. the Controller OF the
currency will take place on December 3d. LETT
IUesbtneton for New-York this afternoon for few
davs, shopping. The Misses Ridgely will attend
Miss Deering at the wedding. No cards have been
issued and only relatives and most intimate Irlenus
will be present
iSAAtNOi'
the late Colonel A. T. Britton. and Jesse Bright
Guild Of Richmond, took place at noon today at
the home of the brides stepmother. Mrs. Brittoh'
a. the wood1ev The ceremony was performed by
tbe Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector OF St. Mar
earet's Church. Margaret Britton. niece OF the
bride was flower girl. and the bridesmaids were
Miss Flora Britton. sister Of the orioe ana MISS
Margaret c. Sands The bride wore gown OF
1.vAnder chiffon and carried lavender orchids and
ifies-of-the-valeS. Mr.. and Mrs. ould left town
after wedding breakfast They will live In Ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-15
TRUCg TO "TERMTNALS'

There will be hearing at the City Hall to-
dew nm fhe nIans for a huge terminal building at
each end of the Manhattan Bridge. 1t will De
wears before that bridge is finished but 1T Is well
to arrange betimes for its use In full efficiency
as soon as It shall be finished, so not TO have
# lie idle as the Williamsburg Bridge did and
still. in great measure does. But we must
again express the conviction that talk and plans
of terminals" are Ill advised. per sc, and that
It would be vastly more practical and benehcent
to devise ways and means for making the Man
haitian Bridge what every bridge across the East
River should be- an integral part of continuous
stretch Of highway
There is no more need of terminal at elIner
end of one of those bridges than there is OF a
terminal at the corner of Broadway and I'D
st. People coming over from Brooklyn do not
want TO stop as a inality at Park Row or at
the Bowery and Canal-st. Nearly all of them
want to go on to some other part OF THIS Dor
ough Those going to Brooklyn do not make
Sands-st or Macomber Square the ultimate goal
of their desire They want to be carried TO
various places from College Point to Sea cate.
What is needed is not bridge with "termlnaI
at each end. to be the daily scene of almost In
finite congestion and discomfort but one over
which through cars will pass from various parts
of each borough to various parts Of the other
horough OF course there will have to be some
amount of transferring, as there now is at vari-
GUS points along Broadway and other avenues,
and there may need to be transfer station at
each end Of each bridge. but that is no reason
why everybody should be compelled TO change
cars there.
What is needed. then, is not terminals, but
connections with through lines Of railroads, sur
face, elevated and underground in both Dor
oughs. It would be a monstrous blunder to
dump tens Of thousands of passengers at the
Bowery and Canal-st. which is already a par
ticuIarly congested corner. Instead prompt
steps should be taken for leading to that point
a number of Manhattan railroad lines from the
Brooklyn Bridge, from the lower end Of the island
and from both the East Side and the West Side,
uptown so that soon as the bridge Is nnlsneo
cars can be run from the City Hail. from the
Battery and from Harlem right across that
bridge to Brooklyn. and. we might wish, TO all
parts of Brooklyn; and SO that, similarly, cars
can be run from all parts of Brooklyn across the
bridge without change to various parts OF Man
haitian The fruitful cause of most of the woes
OF the Brooklyn Bridge is the system of ter
minals' 1t would be fatuous to repeat that
system on the Manhattan Bridge.