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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-09
STRlKERS
WANT WORK
NEW YORK STREET CAR OFF
GALS SAY MoToRMEN HAVE
RETURNED.

New York, March s.-Forty strlk-
Ing motormen today applied for
their old positions and have been
put to work, according to an an
nouncement made by the INTERIOR
ough company today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-09
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mayor - T. ]. Phillips.
Police judge LC. Hendershott
City solicitor ~ w. H. G. Jaques.
City engineer John Brady.
Treasurer J. v.SCurran.
Auditor N. p. Lund.
Assessor Henry Arnold.
Alderman at large Thos. Gibbons.
Alderman at larga Hugh Byrne.
Park commissioners Peter Ander-
son..
Park commissioners D. 3. CHS
man.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-09
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
Joseph skvor, Watchman, Jumped %
Death From the sixth story Of this
Building, Which Was the Largest Q,
tho Kind In the World, and r. j.
Lawrence PerIshed.

Cedar Rapids, March 8. -(By Asso
ciated Press 1.-The killing of Joseph
Skvor, watchman, who was thrown
from the sixth story Of the building
and #. ]. Lawrence were the
only fatalities in the $1,000, 900
fire which practically destroyed the
American Cereal plant here last night.
Skvor only went to work for the plant
last evening. The fire was still burn
ing this morning but was under con-
troll.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-09
NO POISON IN HOME.

Police at San Francisco Deny sensa.
tlonal Run1ors.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
A Minister'S Chart.

The Rev. DIR. Herrick Johnson was
president of the Mccormick Theologi-
cal Seminary in Chicago. A chart
hung in his library, showing by pyra-
mids the amount Of money spent in
various countries of the world for al
cohol. Corresponding pyramids on the
same chart showed the sums spent by
all denominations for missionary work
in the world. At the bottom of the
chart in large type were the words:
How God Is Robbed"
One evening while DR.. Johnson was
walking in the business portion Of his
city he was stopped by a a who
asked him for ten cents. DR.. John
o told the man that he would give
him the money If he would tell him
honestly what he wanted it for.
The mar replied: 81 want to rob
God"
He formerly had been employed
about the seminary and hau seen the
chart referred to, and of course he
knew DR.. johnson. He got the ten
cents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Marketing Potato Crops,

In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley of Yale university in his book
on Railroad transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers brought
by President futile of the Boston q
Maine railroad before the senate COM
mittee on interstate commerce. Moth
ing could better show how a railorad
works for the interest of the localities
which it serves.
A main dependence of the farmers of
the Aroostook region is the potato crop,
aggregating annually eight to ten mil
lion bushels which find a market large
ly in Boston and the adjacent thickly
settled regions of New England. The
competition of cheap water transporta-
tionNfrom Maine to all points along the
New England coast keeps railroad
feright rates on these potatoes always
at a very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable out
put of the truck farms of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago favoring u and
rains brought a tremendous yield of
potatoes from the Michiagn fields. At
normal rates and prices there would
have been a glut of the customary
markets and the potatoes would have
rotted on the farms. To help the pota-
to growers the railroads from Michigan
made u~nprecentedly low rates or pota-
toes to every readable market, even
carrying them in large quantities to a
place so remote as Boston. The Aroos-
took growers had to reduce the price OIL
their potatoes and even then could not
dispose of them unless the Boston &
Maine railroad reduced its already low
rate, which it did. By NEAR of these
low rates, making possible low prices,
the potato crops Of both Michigan and
Maine were finally marketed. Every
body eats potatoes, and that year every
body had all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been r%uinous to
the railroads, had they been applied to
the movement of all potatoes at all
times, to all places, they helped their
patrons to find markets then. The
Boston & Maine railroad suffered a de-
crease in its revenue from potatoes, but
it enabled the Aroostook farmers to
market their crop and thereby to obtain
money which they spent for-the varied
supplies which the railroads brought to
them. If the making of rates were
subject to governmental adjustment
such radical and prompt action could
never have been taken, because it is
well established that if a rate be nee
reduced by a railroad company it can
not be restored through the red tape OF
governmental procedure. II the Mich.
igan railroads and the Boston & Maine
railroad had been subjected to govern.
mental limitation they would have felt
obliged to keep up their rates az do the
railroads OF France and England and
Germany under governmental limita-
ton and let the potatoes rot.-Ex.
change.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
turkeys sturred by Machine.

In England turkeys are generally
sold according to the rule Of weight
per pound, price per pound. That is
to say, If a bird weighs IL pounds, it
is sold at "a cents per pound; if its
weight is IA pounds, at % cents per
pound, and so on.
Naturally, all breeders endeavor to
make their turkeys as plump and
heavy as possible before sending them
to market. Systems of fattening are
extensively carried on among poultry
farmers, turkeys being put into pens
and fattened for a period varying from
three to ten weeks, either by hand OF
with machine.
The machine mostly used for this
purpose consists of a brass nozzle
which is inserted in the mouth of the
bird-attached to a piece Of India rub
Der tubing, and connected with a cylin
der.
In this cylinder is a supply Of liquid
food, made of buckwheat or some 9th.
er meal, milk, and a little fat, and il
Is so arranged that when a pedal is
pressed by the foot a portion of the
food, varying according to the stage OF
fattening-for it is increased in guam.
tity each day until the process is com,
pleted-is injected through the tube
and nozzle into the birds crop.-Stray
Stories.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Yellow Art.

Tommy Figjam-Paw, whose picture
is that Teller there where you're read.
imp
Paw Figjam-Why, that's a half.
tone Of a second cousin of the step.
brother of an aunt by second marriage
Of the foster sister of the chap who
is suspected OF being in possession OF
information as to who was an accom-
plice of the mysterious unknown who
assisted in kidnapping Sloppy Sadie the
Sad-Eyed Shop Girl Baltimore
American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
A Cutting RejOinder.

The late Baron de Hirsch, the Jew
ish financier, was dining at a German
nobleman's house in company with a
certain prince, who made no secret of
his venomous antipathy to the Jews.
Courtesy proved no barrier to the out.
flow of his spleen.
Remarking upon a tour he had made
in Turkey, he said he had been favor.
ably impressed with two of its Gus.
toms:
"All Jews and dogs that are caught
are Immediately killed"
The baron, with smiling sang frold
Immediately relieved the scandalized
CONSERVATION of the other guests with
a bland rejoinder:
How fortunate you and l don't live
there!"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Feathered Mason and Potter.

Among the birds of the Western
Hemisphere the best mason is a pot
ter as well. This is the oven bird of
the pampas in South America. 1t is
called the '%'casara," a householder, by
the Spaniards. The nest is made of
mud and bits of straw, practically the
same as the material used for most
buildings in Mexico. The walls are
very thick and there is a partition wall
inside, reaching so high as to form an
ante-chamber.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Tridncna Shells.

Tridacna shells are very commonly
used in churches in Europe for holy
water basins and even fonts. Thu
largest, perhaps, are those in use nj
st. Peters, Rome. These shells at.
tain a weight of 800 pounds (the two
valves together), the animal itself
sometimes being twenty pounds in
weight. The word "Trldacna" Is from
the Greek "%tridaknos,' eaten at three
bites; but who could eat a twenty.
pound animal at three bites!-St. Mich.
Olas.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
His Hard Luck.

Brown-Jigsmith is anything but
grateful to Dame Fortune.
Green-How's that?
Brownie found a two-carat dia-
mond in the gutter the other day, and
what do you suppose he said?
Green-Give 1t up. What did he say ?
Brown-"This is hard luck"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Lucky, Indeed.

This is what l get for marrying a
poet" pouted the tall brunette. 1--WE
are too poor to hire a girl, so l have
to cook the beefsteak and onions"
my dear girl" said the matron,
whose husband is an editor, you
should be very proud"
PROUD of whatT'
THAT you should have found a poet
who can really afford beefsteak and
onions"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Natural Ded notion.

You should stable your cows In wet
weather." remarked the customer who
never overlooked an opportunity to regis
ter a kick.
How do you know but what / do? ~
queried the owner of the village dairy.
Because YOU milk has q rain flavor"
explained the party Of the first part.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
The Last Perry Expedition Survive

The newspapers chronicle the death,
June 22d, of two members of the Perry
expedition to Japan, 1S53-54. The
July Century contains the personal re-
collections of this expedition of John
S. Sewsll, who was a member OF Com
modore Perry's party, and who is prob
ably the last survivor Of the famous
expedition.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
The Proner Word.

Clara-I was tempted to give her a
piece Of my mind, only didn't want to
make a scene
Minnie-You mean, dear, you didn't
want to make a production. That's the
proper word neutrality-suspicious. Tran
script.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Retort Courteous.

He-Girls are queer creatures-they
marry the first fool who asks them, as a
rule. | suppose you would do the same,
wouldn't you?
She-Suppose you ask me and find
out.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Now They Don't Speak.

Helen-Jack declared last night that
one little word of mine had made him the
happiest of men.
Mildred-Indeed! Then you must have
said mo" to his proposal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
To Break In New Shoes.

Always shake in Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder.
IT cures hot, sweating, aching. swollen feet.
Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. Al
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

For forty years Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption has cured coughs and colds. At
druggists. Price rs cents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Answered tho Purnose.

The woman whistled at a car,
1t stopped with sudden jerk;
Her whistle was a failure-but
Her face got in its work.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11
Metapbor,cal Murder.

81 wonder why time is said to fly? p
probably 1t is because SO many peo-
re- are trying to kill it"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

TITO Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
TITO after first davis use ofDr. Rline's Great Nerve
Restorer. Send for Free So trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. H.. II. Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

When you think yourself over in the
middle of the night, you give mighty
poor satisfaction.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

destroys all the
flies and affords
comfort toevery
home-in dining
room, sleeping
room and all
places where
flies are trouble
some. Clean,
neat and will
not soil or injure
anything. Try
them once and
If not kept by
.rOld SOmers,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-11

Never expose the eyes needlessly ia
dust or flying p%articls of any kind.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16

something on the editorial page from
his pen.
Mr.. Cramer was a lawyer by pro-
fession, but his leaning toward news
paper work led him to become a writer
on the Albany Argus, where he was on
intimate terms with Martin Van Bu-
rem, Horatio Seymour and other Dem
ocratic leaders, State and national. In
1847 he went to Milwaukee on the in
vitation Of prominent Democrats and
purchased the Courier, the name of
which was soon after changed to the
Evening Wisconsin. The paper was
Democratic, but when the Civil War
broke out Mr.. Cramer became a war
Democrat and enthusiastically support
ed the Union cause. Since then the pa
per has been Republican in politics.
In 1869 Mr.. Cramer married Miss
Harriet L. Barker, who survives him.
While visiting Europe Mr.. and Mrs.
Cramer were beleaguered in Paris at
the time of the siege during the
Franco-Prussion war, and went
through the scenes of the commune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
VETERAN MIL wAukEE EDITOR DEAD.

William E. Cramer. aged sS, editor
in chief of the Evening Wisconsin of
Milwaukee, died recently of pneumo-
mia. Mr.. Cramer had been for over
half a century one of the leading fig
ures in the affairs of Wisconsin. He
had been in the editorial harness con-
stantly from 1S47, when he went to
Milwaukee, until his death, although
for over forty years he was almost
blind.
Mr.. Cramer was the last of the old
line editors. For ffty-seven years he
directed the policy of the Wisconsin,
going to the Office every day. Though
sadly handicapped by blindness and
defective hearing, he kept closely in
touch with the events Of the day, and
up to the last not only took an active
part in the publication of his paper,
but few issues went to press without
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
Best Of All PLAYS.

I do not care for problem plays; give me
the kind of play
In which the girl is just as pure as are
the flowers in May;
The play in which in time of need the
hero's right on deck,
And where the scheming villain gets it
always in the neck.
I love to hear the girl refuse the villains
gold to take,
And say that rags are royal duds
when worn for virtues sake;
love to see her beaux decline to heed
the rich mans beck,
And swat the villain with club athwart
his ugly neck.
o not for me the Gallo farce, the Ibsen
fol-de-rol,
Where man is but jackanapes and
woman is a doll;
I'll take the sturdy plot in which the
villain tries to wreck
The hero's life, and in the end just gets
it in the neck.
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16


able that he has exceeded this by
many thousands of miles, for in his
fifty years on the Atlantic the steam
ers on which he sailed were not con
fined to any particular route The
greater part of the time he sailed be-
tween New York and Liverpool, and
the routes between these points Vary
from $500 to 5000 miles or more. The
distance between Boston and Liverpool
is not as great, but there are times
when these steamers take routes long
er than those sailing from New York.
So that in the case of man who has
sailed the Atlantic for more than fifty
years, and crossed it S35 times, a few
thousand miles does not cut SO much
of a figure
Making the most conservative esti-
mate, DR.. Brice has sailed enough
miles to take him around the earth
about ninety-seven times. The longest
distance around is at the equator, the
circumference of the earth at this
point being about 24,S99 miles. AS
suming that on each of his trips across
the Atlantic Dr. Brice Travelled $500
miles, he could have gone around the
earth 97A times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
Not the Kind.

"I had an uncle ole up in Vermont
last week." said the Boston man, "and,
though there is nothing so very queer
about an uncle dying, this relative Of
mine didn't have fair show"
"As how?" was asked
"Well, when he was 20 years old
tin peddler advised him to always car
ry snuff around in his pocket to throw
into mad dogs eyes, in case he met
one. He carried that snuff for forty
years and never used it."
"well?"
Zone day, after he had carried it for
thirty years, he was crossing a field
and an old bull got after him and
gave him toss. When he came limp
Ing into the house and told US about it
said:
why didn't you throw SNUFF in his
eyes, Uncle Jerry?
Why, that peddler told me to use
the snuff on dogs, and that if ever
bull got after me was to use ground
cinnamon. 1 hadn't any Of the blamed
stuff with mep"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16

AssembIynnan Tigke's letter should be
reau ny every Lraia worker .<admg sugI.-
uous life.
Hon. John Tighe, No. 9S Remsen St.,
Cohoes, N. Y, Member of Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albany coun-
ty, N. Y, writes as follows:
stPeruna has my hearty endorsements
as restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when have been completely
broken down from excess of work, 80
that my faculties seemed actually at a
standstill, Peruna has acted as a heal
ing restorer, starting the machinery of
mind and body afresh with new life
and energy.
81 recommend 1t to a man tired IN
mind and body as tonic superior to
anything know of and we'll worthy
serious consideration" "-J. Tighe.
Excess of work SO common in ou1
country causes impaired nerves, lead
ing to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness
"a disease that is responsible for hall
of all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble because il
cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru.
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ.
ing full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President o1
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
Wasted Energy.

Sometimes head and heels work well
together, but it was not so in a case
reported in the Yonkers Statesman.
Cam, a colored man, was an hour late,
and his employer ASKED him to ex-
plain.
"Yes, sab, I'll explain, sah," Sam re-
piled.
"Well, what excuse have your
II was kicked by mule on my way
here, sah."
''That ought not to have detained
you an hour. Sam, If you were able to
come at ALL"
well, it wouldn't have If he'd only
kicked me in dis direction. You see,
boss, he kicked me de other way"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
Cannot Reduce a Rate.

It is stated in Washington. that un-
der the Townsend rate bill, if rate is
fixed by the commission it cannot be
lowered by railroad. Should an emer-
gency arise calling for decreased rate,
the railroads or shippers would have to
appeal again to the commission, there
being no latitude allowed, whatever the
circumstances. Hitherto a maximum
rate has been the rule, but no. such
concession is made under the proposed
legislation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
Wasn't Ashamed.

She was a member of North Side
church, and she was trying to impress
the fact upon the mind of the friend
who rode out with her on a late ele-
waited train the other night.
I'm as good church member as
any one, and don't care who knows
it, she said in the course of her talk.
"Well, it's nothing to be ashamed
Of" said the friend. II was also once
a church member, and 1 never was
ashamed to own up to it."
Ashamed! Who says am asham-
edT' shouted the first woman, until
every one in the car turned to look
ASHAMED Well, now, 1 rather guess
not. I'm good church member, and
who dares say I am ashamed of it?
The person who told you am
ashamed of it is liar. Therew
why, no one told me you were
ashamed Of It." said the friend.
"Well, then, why are you saying it?"
81 didn't say it,
"You didv'
"Well, then, 1 suppose did"
''Well, I'm not ashamed. I'll give you
to understand that, and you can put it
in your last summers bonnet that 1
am not.''
And then as the train stopped she
added: "Good-by, dear. get of
here"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16
HOME OF MACBETH UNCHANGED
Cawdor Castle Still Mocks the Tooth
Of Deyouriug Time.

Cawdor Castle Still Mocks the Tooth
Of Devouring Time.
Hamlet's castle at Elsinore, which
still remains precisely as in his day, is
not the only habitat which still mocks
the tooth Of cormorant devouring time.
The castle of Macbeth, thane of Glamis
and of Cawdor-Cawdor castle-built
in the year 1446, also still stands just
outside of the village still called "Caw-
DOR" at Inverness, in Scotland, says
Shakspeareana, and if it does not hap
pen to rain when the tourist ap-
proaches it land it sometimes does not
rain IN Scotlan0 he will exclaim as
Duncan did, this castle hath a pleas
ant seat, the air nimDly and sweetly
recommends itself to our senses"
During it's many centuries of life,
Cawdor castle has accumulated many
wings, "outer walls and new inte-
riors, and so the great hall where the
deed Of dreadful note was first resolv-
ed may not be at present located land,
for once, tradition has not selected one
Of them). But a chamber where the
on of the oldest parts of the old pile.
For several years this chamber has
been rendered by the present thane Of
Cawdor-on of the Campbell family
the present owners of the property as
bedroom for nights lodging to any
artist who will as quid pro quo paint
upon its walls a picture Of some Incl
dent of the tragedy according to Shak-
speare.
That not many artists have cared
for such nights lodging on any terms
we are led to guess from the fact that
only four pictures are on that cham
ber's walls. Lady Macbeth in her
nightrobe; Macbeth with the fatal dag
ger drawn; the brindle cat that mewed
thrice, and the owl, the fatal belman!
as well as the three secret black and
midnight hags over the caldron!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-16

Malli Makaroff, only daughter Of the
Russian admiral, who was drowned by
the sinking of the warship Petropavlovsk,
has been chosen maid of honor to the
Czarina and to the dowager empress OF
Russia. Her mother, a woman of Polish
origin, is profound linguist and accom-
plished musician. She has dabbled in oc-
cultism and his written books and plays.
At present she is engaged upon biog-
raphy of her husband.