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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-23
Award of Medals.
The Participant

Those who participated in the con-
tests last night and the points each
made is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25

Harpers Weekly says:
DIR. Woodrow Wilson of Princeton Uni
versity seems not to feel quite as Mr..
James does about our newspapers. Talk
ing lately to representative of the New
Y DIRK Herald about the deficiencies of col
lege undergraduates in writing English
he praised the English of the newspapers
as remarkably good. He found it gem
orally terse and clear and to the point,
and was surprised that so many reporters,
writing so hurriedly, wrote so we'll. 1t is
odd that there should be this disparity of
impression between DR.. Wilson and Mr..
James. 1t must be that they have not
read the same Tapers, or that DR.. Wilson
has been reading the editorials and stock
market pieces, and MIR. James the base
ball news and race track items. Or per-
haps they have different notions about
what writing should be. DIR. Wilson says:
"Style in writing is something do not be-
lieve in. 1t sets a limit to expression and
sets wet blanket on thought Mr.. James
has style, but his power of expression Is
l:mitless Peter Dooley Dunno has style;
so has George AIDE so had the judieious
Hooker, so had Newman, so had Izaak
Walton. and Lamb ard others. But they
expressed themselves and unblanketed
plenty Of thought. When any competent
hand like Dr. Wilson says he doesn't be-
lieve in style In writing 1t means that
he doesn't believe in bad style. style"
conveys to some minds only the impress
SION of stills, artificiality, rightly. and
hobbies. The way writer writes is his
style. II he writes much, he is as sure
to have a style of his own as he Is to
have voice of his own. He can't help
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SCHOOL BOARD TO
MEET ON TUESDAY
REPORTS OF OFFICERS WILL
PROBABLY BE READ-REV. Mr..
DE OWES WILL PREACH FARE
WELL SERMON TODAY

Ensley June 24.--(speclal)-The board
of education will meet in regular session
next Tuesday night for the purpose of
receiving the annual reports of the school
officials and to transact other important
business,
1t is probable that the board will take
some action looking to increasing the
school facilities. Some movement will
possibly be made toward building an ad-
dition to the colored schools, These have
become somewhat overcrowded during
the past year and It is thought that the
board will take some action to relieve the
condition.
The schools have enjoyed prosperous
year during the past session and the
outlook for next year is exceedingly
bright,
VIII Preach Last Sermon.
At the ST. Johns Episcopal church the
Rev Raimundo de OWES. the rector, will
conduct his last services tomorrow morn
ing and night. Mr.. de OWES has accepted
the call to the St. Andrews church at
Birmingham, and will remove to that city
at an early date.
Until the vestry selects another rector
the Rev. ]. j. D. Hall, state chaplain of
the convicts, will fill the rectorship.
Mr.. de OWES has been in Ensley a lit
tie over year and the members of the
st. Johns parish as well as the entire
people of Ensley regret to lose him and
his interesting family.
Lawn Fete Monday.
The lawn fete to be given by the ladies
of the st. Anthonys church Monday
night, promises to be one of the most
interesting and attractive entertainments
of this kind ever given in Ensley. The
prizes won in the various contests of the
fete held last Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday will be awarded.
The fancy articles on exhibition at the
fete will be sold at auction.
Will Soon Be Completed.
The large building that is being built
on Avenue e, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets by Hoke Perkins and
associates VIII probably be completed in
the next few days. This building will
contain more floor space than any other
store in the city and will be occupied by
the Rouse Meanzie Wholesale Grocery
company.
number of workmen have been put
on the building and the structure Will be
pushed rapidly to completion.
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WITH THE MAGAZINES
Mrs. Fish's Latest Triumph.

That New York theatregoers, after all,
like problems, is the explanation offered in
1.-THE Players" in the July Everybody's,
for Mrs Fiskes latest triumph.
"The members of the strongest company
Mrs. Fiske could bring together fit their
roles with artistic exactness, but 1t is none
the less certain that the strength of the
story itself overshadows individualism 1t
has been many a weary day since a great
star has presented a play of this kind, in
which more consideration is given to the
ensemble than to individual exploitation.
Leah Kleschna' was one of the four
great successes of the season because it
is a drama with real power; it has in it
that which grips people and makes them
think 1t proves that certain conclusions
accepted as law are mere fetishes without
reason for being. OF all the prominent
stars and managers On both sides of the
Atlantic, Mrs. F'lske was the only one
who had the courage to produce this bril-
Liant and scholarly play"
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Miss Alice Roosevelt.

Frank Lesles Weekly says
The fondness for outdoor life, which is
one of President Roosevelts naked char
acteristics, is inherited in large degree by
all his children, including his charming
daughter Miss Alice RooseveIt's bent in
this direction is evinced by her attendance
at many scenes of open-air sport. Golf
and tennis tournaments, baseball games,
horse racing, ETC. appear to have for her
a strong attraction. The wholesome en-
joyment which she derives from the con-
tests of the field indicates a healthful
vigor of mind and body Undoubtedly her
interest in such events has been factor
as well as her womanly grace-in creating
the wide popularity which she enjoys.
There is no one who is more in favor than
she among the younger generation OF
Americans, and her tact and ladylkeness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25
A Southern Industrial Experiment.

A Florida plantation, reclaimed from
swamp lands and now a flourishing en-
terprise, is entertainingly described by A.
w. Dmock in Harpers for July, The
following extract gives an idea Of some Of
the difficulties encountered in reaching
the plantation:
When the managing owner of the plan
tation visits his property, his fast yacht
carries him from the railroad terminus at
Fort Myers to Everglade in Chokoliskee
Bay. whence ne is taken in small launch
Up Aliens river for three miles, poled in
a light slxiff through crooked creek for
two more and must then walk and wade
for twelve miles over shaking sod and
through water too shallow for boat, but
often inconveniently deep for man. Dur
ing the dry season supplies are hauled
most of the way by oxen yoke of which
pulls about four hundred pounds through
country where horse would be trou-
tled TO transport himself These oxen are
small. active creatures capable of scramb-
ling like cats out Of mudholes in which
larger animals would be hopelessly stalled.
For the first half-mile the road is too
togev even for oxen, and negroes strug-
gle through knee-deep mud. bearing bags
end boxes on shoulders and heads, or
yallow to the waist in soughs. with a
barrel of -four slung upon a pole resting
rnon the shoulders of each pair Of them.
The Journey of twelve miles, which con-
sumes eight hours. is over praire level
as, the sea. threaded with strands of
cypress and dotted with picturesque little
islands of palmetto and pine, but so soft
that a new path mus be chosen for each
trip. to avoid breaking disastrously
through the nterlaced roots of grass that
bridge over the underlying bog. Often the
rustline grass points out the sinuous path
Of a great black or chicken snake, or the
vaysjde flower conceals the coils of the
monster of many rattles. The trained eve
of the hunter can frequently detect the
light print of panter's paw or the hea-
vier track Of bear beside the road. or
trace the outline Of a deer standing mo-
tionless against BACKGROUND Of grass
watching him with wondering eyes"
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weight of her cargo SO unaware Of dan
ger was the captain that he thought Drake
some messenger sem by the yiceroy and
instead of getting arms in readiness and
pressing sails he furled his canvas. came
to anchor, and y alted brakes announce
ment was a roaring cannonade that blew
the mast-poles off the Spanish ship. Grip
pling her like a bird with wings broken.
For the rest, the scene was what has en-
acted wherever pirates have played their
game-a furious fusillade from the cannon
mouths belching from decks and port
holes, the unscathed ship riding down on
the staggering victim like a beast on its
prey, the clapping of the grappling-ho
that bound the captive to the sides OF her
victor, the rush over decks. the flash OF
naked sword the decks swimming in blood
and the quick surrender The booty from
this treasare-ship was roughly estimated
at twenty-six tons Of pure silver thirteen
chests Of gold plate. eighty pounds OF
pure gold, and precious jeweis-emeraids
and pearls-to the value In modern money
of s720 COO. The Golden Hind was so heav-
ilv freighted with treasure, It was ac-
| tually necessary to Tighten ballast by
| throwing spices and silks overheard"
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very great extent. Sometimes the
growth is so dense that the stream is
effectually choked and must be aban-
doned for the passage of boats of any
description. In order to give the ma
chine thorough test, quantities of
this water weed were brought from
distance and piled up in a stream
which was already filled with vege-
table material of its own. When the
preparations for the experiment were
completed the mass in the water was
so thick that it resembled "sudd." 1t
was attacked by the boat and by the
manipulation of the cutter the grass
was cut out in blocks and then towed
out where it was set adrift and found
it's way to the sea. Other experiments
of a less trying nature were also made
and the boat demonstrated its eff
cheney in every manner.
1t is claimed that If the vegetation
of stream is attacked repeatedly in
this manner it will soon become great
ly weakened and Eventually killed.
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Great Italian Author

where as the greatest modern Italian
dramatist and lyric poet, says Tales.
Many of his novels are also familiar to
English readers, but his short stories no
less remarkable in their kind. are little
known outside of his own country. DAN
nunzo was born at Pescara In 1864, was
educated at the College of Prato in Tus-
cany and at the University of Rome, and
lives in a beautiful villa in one of the
suburbs of Florence. His dramatic fame
is closely bound up with that of the great
Italian tragedienne, Eleanora Duse, who
has played many of his dramas In this
country country, including La Gioeonda, p"
1.-The Dead City and Francesca Da Ri
mini"
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AQUATIC MOVING MACHINE.
Apparatus to Keep Streams Free OF
Vegetable GroWths.

From the Philadelphia Record.
For the purpose of keeping down
the vegetation which is to be found
IN many streams, particularly those
of the more southern locations, an
English firm has devised and is sell
ing an aquatic moving machine which
,is said to solve the problem in a sat
iafactory manner.
In few words, this consists OF a
lbDat fitted with cutting apparatus
which resembles that on the moving
machine which his been in use on
farms for many years. These cutters
are submerged to the desired depth,
and as the craft passes along it cuts
the mass of tangled vegetation and
allows it to float off with the current.
One of these boats was recently
sent to Egypt. where this trouble in
In, the streams is encountered to a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25
Francis Drake as a Pirate.

Miss Agnes Laut relates in the July Har-
per's the brilliant adventures of Sir Fran
els Drake. Pirate and knight, who sailed
to the South Seas under Queen Elizabeth's
patronage to hunt Spanish treasure. Fol-
lowing Is Miss Laut's account of how
brakes ship, the Golden Hind, pursued
a spaniard and robbed her:
"At three in the afternoon of March 1.
John Drake. the commanders brother.
shouted out from the mast-stop where he
chung. Ship hol' and the blood of every
Fnglishman aboard jumped to the words.
AT six in the evening just off Cap Fran
cisco they were so close to the Glory Of
the South Seas they could see that she
was compelled to sail sIowly owing to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25

b-I-J3t-thu -sat-sun-t tues
r. REENBRIER. WHITE SULPHUR
u SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA.
CThe old WHITE" SULPHUR open
June %.
Famous for its sulphur baths.
Modern improvements with private
bath.
Orchestra.
Terms: sl5 to s25 week. $50 TO 800 month.
Write for booklet Address
GEO. A. MILLS. JR., Mgr.
Greenbrier. White Sulphur Springs, West
irglnia. 5-2l-39t-sr.- tu-th
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No 1.-The place for sick children.
Blount Springs Hotel Co.
No 2-If you are sick Blount Springs
water will cure you. Rate sl0.5O per week
to July 1st. Blount Springs Hotel Co,
No. 3-Blount Springs water and baths
save doctor bills for grown folks and chill
dren. Rates $l0.50 per week. Blount
Springs Hotel Co.
No 4-Dont experiment, Blount
Springs water and baths have been
famous for their cure one hundred years:
Blount Springs Hotel Co.
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SHELBY SPRINGS, ALABAMA.
Under New Management.

NOW OPEN FOX HE TEAH.
Elegant Accommodation in New Ho'
tel end Cottages.
Transient rates 81 to SO per day
and up. Special rates to families.
Weekly rates $3.50 and up.
The only resort with no flies in the
dining room.
June Is a glorious month at the
springs.
Fine band, billiards and pool, ten
mis-, bowling etc.
Wr.s today for terms ard booklet.
6-2-eod-3m.
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WaynesViIIG, North Carolina.

Altitude $3.50 feet
For over fifteen years the most popu-
lar health and pleasure resort of the
mountain section of North Carolina, in the
celebrated Land of the Sky
"BEAUTIFUL HAYWOOD"
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL
b. ]. Sloan, Owner and Prop.
Season opens June G. under the same
management as last year.
Accommodation limited to 250 guests.
Cuisine and service unexcelled. Rates
moderate.
For Illustrated printed matter ETC.. ad-
dress
MRS. T.. j. RING, Manager.
veG-fri-su WaynesVille' N. Z.
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DEPARTMENT
A ,; -: Vests '! s: ;':::
Monday Bargains for Men

We will soon be in the midst of Summer. One can
scarcely escape the heat-he most trying ordeal OF the
season. There two ways to meet the OCCASION II you
are prepared you bear the approach bravey-gee it
smlingly We are ready, anxious to prepare you Come
with US; look down the way.
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HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
ASHEVILLE>, II. G.
THE LAND OF THE say

NESTLED in the heart of the Alleghanies,
Graded by the Blue Ridge and Great
Smokes, Asheville lies in a most desirable and
beautiful section of country, in close touch
with the South It enjoys climate represent
ing the golden mean of altitude and latitude
and the meteorological conditions which go to
make up healthful and fascinating resort.
Nowhere else east of the Rockies is there any
thing approaching it to be found for an ideal
summer visit; it has all the comforts of a mod
ern city with the delights of the country.
Purest water of any resort.
Fine livery.
More and better drives than any other
Southern resort.
Amusements in greater variety than any
other Southern resort
For detailed information apply Southern
Railway agents, or write any of the hotels or
Secretary. Board Of Trade.
Room % Auditorium Bldg. Asheville, N. G.
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Belts

4 good fitting Belt is a summertime
necessity. Don't punish your back
longer with susrenders.
Black and tans, grays and russets,
with buckles of nickel and gold, brown
ana black and variegated.
$1.5O Belts in these for...,..S1.oo
SLIGO Belts in these for....... z5c
75c Belts in these for...... SOC
Soc Belts in these for. ......... 35c
Ties
Something very pretty in four-in-
hands, solid colors and small, neat
figures; were SOC to 75c; QHa
now. .,.....
Black, solid blues and pearls in
diagonal effects, QSo
for. =. ............
Summer Wash Ties, per dozen, 1oc
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Ties
Hose

A neat dropstitch half hose, 00o
all white, for. =. :. .......... -OO
A gray gauze BIC hose for. -. Csc
Black and tan gauze for. ... 25c
Black Baibriggan, in Csc R0o
Sox, pairs for. wv
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Regarding English Style.

have gained her the approval also of older
heads.
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Night Shirts

Lonsdale cambria Night Shirts,
well made and V collar and good but
tons; the price of soc has pleased
every purchaser in the past; 9Ha
now they are only. -. 1870.
A dollar value in something diff
ferent, something better, en- 76a
broidered fronts, for. ..........' "
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Next week we have something unusual to offer IN our
Shoe department Read our ad.
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Underwear

ith us; look down the way.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-21
4A.,x a Fish Breathes.

The gllls Of u fish are situated at the
back part OF the sides of the head and
consist OF number Of vascular men,
branes, which are generally arranged
in double, fringelike rows, attached to-
the ps.rts by the base only. In some
cases these membranes are feather
shaped, in others mere folds attached
to the sides of the gill cavities. The
fish is cold blooded animal-that is to
say, its temperature is seldom more
than degree or two higher than the
water in which it lives. This being
true, the creature needs but very
small amount of oxygen to keep the
blood at temperature sufficiently high
to sustain life. This oxygen is sup
Piled to the blood of the fish by respir-
ing large quantities of water, or, rath-
er, drinking large quantities of water,
and respiring the air separated from
it by the gills. This explains why q
fish cannot live in tank of water
which has been sifted through the gills
time and time again any better than q
human being or other animal can in
air that has been deprived of all it's OK
ygen by being taken into lungs and eX.
PEELED without being aerated. Fish
| that die in the stale water of aqua
RUINS may be properly said to drown,
because they perish for want of air,
the same thing which occasions death
by drowning in man and other lung
breathing animals.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-21
Rain Cont For a Bear.

There is one big brown bear in New
York that gets coddled beyond belief.
He belongs to Sixth avenue furrier.
He is not a live bear. Even the mem
DRY Of the oldest passenger on the ele-
waited road goeth not back to the time
Of that bears demise; yet, in spite of
his long period as dead one he Is
the sleekest, best groomed bear in New
York. That is because the furrier
takes such good care of him.
Storms are never allowed to beat
upon his glossy coat. He cannot be
humored to the extent Of being brought
indoors during downpour, because it
is his business to stand on pedestal
outside and drum up trade, but the
next best thing is done for him. He is
provided with rain coat. 1t covers
him from snout to tail; so, no matter
how hard the rain may beat OF the
wind may blow, he is insured from
damage thereby.-New York Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-21
The Fate of Flies.

Some light OH the fate of flies was
thrown by FL. Hill in lecture at the
Royal Victoria hall, London, on "Flies
and How They Disappear" In Eng
laud alone there are 5000 different
kinds Of flies, and Mr.. Hill mentioned
the following principal ways in which
flies perish: They are drowned in milk
at the breakfast table; they get sur
rounded by white fungus, which saps
their strength; they are eaten by spi-
ders, wasps, frogs, chameleons, lizards.
field mice or fish. h
With so many enemies it might be
wondered how flies have continued to
exist. but Mr.. Hill said that he had
himself witnessed a daddy ,longlegs
whose front half was being. devonred
by spider continuing calmly to lay
eggs with the other half, as. though
nothing We're happening.
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why Men Wear s1ustache..

The Gaulois of Paris has been inves,
tigating that grave question. ''Why do
men wear mustaches?' About 100
men answered the question. Six re-
piled that it was too much trouble to
shave, one declared that it was to hide
his teeth, another that his long nose,
without it, gave him bad appearance
and three that it avoided colds: Three
others maintained that it improved the
air they breathed, and seven were of
the opinion that mustache was neces
sary to health. Seventeen men were
content to state that they did it tc
please themselves, while only two said
it was to please their wives. About
sixty gave the reason that women de
not like clean shaven men.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-21

Miss Franc Hart is making Christ
mas visit to Sioux City.
Miss Allie Sewell is expected home
Oh Friday from Chiagco.
Mr.. D. L. Boynton has returned
from business trip to North Dakota.
Miss Marion SERVER has returned
from Mt. Vernon, for the Christmas
vacation.
Chicken pox has made it's appear
ance in Vail and as a result number
are out of school.
Mr.. Will Gilbreath is in Minnesota
looking after his land interests. He
has half section for which he paid
81. 90 an acre a few years ago, and he
is now hesitating as to accepting an
offer of $500 per acre. Pretty GOOD
margin, but it may be better to hole
on.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-12-21
The once DiEnined.

A Greek named Epaminondas was
condemned by his enemies to fill an Of
fee much beneath him, which consist.
ed in cleaning the streets and clearing
away refuse. He declared that he
would make them see that not only
does the task show what the man is,
but also the man shows what the task
is, and he raised the Office to a great
dignity, teaching that no honest work
need degrade the worker, but an hon.
est worker can dignity the work.
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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NOTES.

Sunday next is the Fourth Sunday in
Advent.
Holy Eucharist ga. m.
Sunday School. $3.50 a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon 1880 a.
m
Christmas Day, HJly Day of Ob)iga-
ton.
Choral Eucharist, Carols and Ser
mon at II a. m.
Vesper Service and Sermon 7;45 p. m.
All church, members should be pres
ent. The public have glad invita-
ton.
The choir Of Trinity Church win be
vested.
ARTHUR PRATT, Rect pr.