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The Christmas F irelight CLOVIS

nUT few short hours and then Christmas
ID Eve-when children's fingers, stiff and trem-
bly, with excitement and anticipation, will
hang the little stockings-dear little thin little stock
ngs that lose their identity, and glorhed by the
part they to play in bringing joy to childrens
hearts.
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N,O RENT.-Desirable tenements, offices and
j stores. Possession giycr immediately,
w. u. Hawks. 205 North ST.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-23

rIyO RENT.--ils South ST., rooms, Furnished
or unfurnished. All modern conveniences
Board II desired. j. Il. Remington.
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I OST-A package on Dec. l9containing mar
| 4 row black pasSelnentarie and two brooch
es. Please ieiuIn 10 I l. Nichols store.
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NOR sALE-Pair OF cattle, four years old
h well broken and matched in color; alSo
some young cattle. Inquire of Ell Archer
Carpenter Hill sso "
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WANTED-By an experi' need nurse. at her
w home, the care Of a baby or young child.
Enquire 1T this once. Beim
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CheaO AdvertiSino
WANTED

yUANTED-A competent girl TO do general
w bousework. Mrs. A. Bnei sibley. i2'
Union Street
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TO r TENT

ITO RENT,-A good tenement for small
L family Apply at Miss Keyes' millinery
tore tfZl
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FOR SALE

TOR SALE-F Fourteen horses and cots;
pan's barn. East Main st. G. e, Snow 209-6t
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niANO PUPILs-Miss Ethyl Gertrude Tay-
Tor, Supervisor OF Music in the bennington
Public Schools, II ready for pupils IN piano
forte and harmony. Any one wtshing 10 see
her on business will mud her after sen. OF at
III South Street. 2WH
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XYyANTED.-To rent for n term OF years. q
w large modern residence with steam heat
and all the latest improvements; must be In
desirable location; for q small family with no
children. John Nash, Agt, Bennington, W
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
a JuNorIov cnossnoADs.

The cosmopolitan character Of our
present improved railway service was
well Illustrated by large number Of
freight cars which we lately noticed
at junction point of two roads way
out on western prairie. Among the
medley of cars were some from Flor
ida and from Maine, from the great
Pacific systems, from the coal regions
of Pennsylvania and the oil regions Of
Ohio; there were lumber from Wash
ington, wheat from Dakota, iron from
Pittsburg, oranges from California.
steers from Montana, butter from To-
wa, car Of poultry from Minnesota, q!
rowing Uncle Toms outfit, seed corn
special spreading the gospel Of new
and improved corn culture. Time was
and not SO very many years ago, when
a man going to New York would have
to change cars and buy twenty differ
ent tickets and when a car Of western
freight would have to be unloaded and
rebilled several times going the same
distance, this owing to the large num-
Der of railway companies and the vary
ing gauge Of their tracks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
PLAN SECOND STORY.

House Fronts on Marlboro Street.
A-Hall Bedroom used by Mr.. North since
wife's death. B-Mr North's library. c.
Back bedroom opening into hall opposite
head Of front stairs, (F+, and conn Getting
with library through wash room (D), and
with toilet room (k). E-Hall connecting
front and back stairs. Front stairs
G-Back stairs. H-Closet. Windows.
J-spot where Sody Of Mr.. North was
found. X-Writing desk d-Point In wall
where the bullet was found.
Thomas sat cross-legged on one of
the chairs in the unoccupied chamber
through which the officers had origi-
nally entered, making rough sketch
on the back of an envelope with a
stubby pencil, when he was slightly
startled by the unexpected presence OF
man at his elbow.
well, Thomas?"
"Ah, inspector"
"How does it look to your"
Queer"
What are you going to say about
it,"
THAT it's dead mystery-unlesa
we make some unexpected discovery
in the next half hour
well, may be you're right May
be-"
Its no suicide" said Thomas, af-
fably; that's plain CROUCH. And as
there has been no robbery, it doesn't
appear as yet why he should have been
killed"
mo-"
But Of course you have your theory
already"
When it comes to the matter OF
theories" returned Applebee, mis-
chievously, "a plain policeman like
myself can't hold al candle to you
newspaper fellows"
II see, you don't intend to answer
questions" said Thomas. 81 suppose
may state that the police are already
on the track Of the murderer, and that
important arrests are momentarily ex.
pected?"
State what you please. You wilt
anyway" the inspector returned with
a slight frown. mo, didn't come tc
answer questions, as you say. came
to ask them.
Better than nothing. What are
they?"
I'm. the first place. did you know
Morth7"
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WRITTEN in RED
ct1As. HOWARD MONTAGUE AND c. w. DYAR
lcopyrigh., By The cassell Publishing COY

weapon from which II had been fred,
"Hallol" exclaimed Thomas, sud-
denly, as he pointed to tho wall.
what's that up there above that pic
ture7"
Thomas was pointing to slight
| protuberance in the surface of the
wall, directly. opposite the bay-window,
near the ceiling.
What. that?" exclaimed the in
spector. Impossible! It is quite ten
feet away from the floor"
But it's bullet, none the less,'
said Thomas, who had already mount
ed on chair and began to ascertain
the distance of the puncture above the
carpet.
you are right, inspector" he said.
''It is nine feet eleven inches from
the floor, and Is driven in diagonally,
as II it had been fred from the corner
Of the bay-window over there near the
writing-desk."
II can't understand that at ALL" said
the inspector. ut must have been de-
fected in its course somehow to have
got there. The man was evidently
shot in the breast. His clothes in
front are simply one mass of blood.
All! see there YVES more than one
shot fired. This is stray ball.
The house was searched from top to
bottom. Nowhere was any trace of in
trusion.
III Mr.. North slept here at all last
night" said the inspector, at must
have been in his chair In his library
DIR. Jarrett assented. Sergt. Parr,
who had been notified from the fourth
division that he need no longer re-
main on duty in the place, willingly
volunteered to take, as he went out,
message to the captain in charge OF
the division.
II have sent for an ambulance" DR..
Jarrett explained to the group that
surrounded him In Paul North's cham
Der. "The body will be taken to the
morgue, and will hold an autopsy
at once. AS Mr.. Norths partner is
here, will waive the usual formalities
and state beforehand that there is lit
tie doubt that an inquest will take
place, though would ask reporters
not to make any such direct announce
ment."
Mr.. Stackhouse bowed.
81 quite understand, SIR" he said,
"and whatever testimony l can give l
shall offer most willingly. But now
l feel that l should take the terrible
news to the fauily-my wife, you
know, was Mr.. North's daughter"
AS Mr.. Stackhouse went his way ur
the shady side of Marlboro street an
initiated observer would hardly nave
failed to note that another man fol
lowed in his wake upon the opposite
pavement.
The quiet reporter meanwhile had
busted himself in making diagram OF
the second story Of the North house
which appeared the next morning in
his paper in substantially the follow
| ing form:
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clainhiIavusssua.. .

CAAIEh kaVmEs0ul .<110UUIR ~.
There Is Observation-Disclosures
Of wild life. an4maas.snd aarda. witch
is never associate titsoura dcmest1dl
animals, certain ale1tnasa. adapta-E
ton to condttiona.4n habit and oolora-
ton. each with it's armor Of self pro-
lection developed to the highest degree.
being hunted from birth TO death. A
Partridge Cochin rooster is every way
a more magnificent bird than a male
ruffed grouse-more brilliant In plum
ago, moro lordly and artistocratic in
bearing-but should we meet one Ii
some glen Of the woods among the
alders and bushes be would seem to be
a bird wholly out Of place. while the
rufred grouse poised like statue on
some rotten log would be the ideal Of
woodland grace and beauty, appealing
alike to the sportsman and the lover Of
nature. All tame geese are the coars-
est of plebeians when compared with
the superb contour, coloring and grace
Of carriage noted in the Canada geese,
those aerial cavalry which traverse the
continent semiannually with trumpet
call and in closely aligned rank. a
male wood duck perched on log by
the side Of some leaf hecked pool In
the woods makes bit Of coloring and
beauty nowhere else to be found on
earth. Man can breed bulldogs, T r
cheron horses, mules, Shanghai rooste rs
and that sort, but he cannot duplicate
natures grace and elegance with
which she invests the wild deer, the
rattlesnake, the wild fowl. 1t is an in
finite pity that the inherited love of
what we call sport-the desire to kill
on sight all forms Of wild life-could
not in some manner be abated before
all such forms Of life are wholly wiped
out. If men would only hunt with q
camera instead of breechloader, how.
much more real satisfaction would re-
suit! Our woods, fields and streams
would be filled with all these attrac-
tive types Of wild life, just as they are
in Japan and in many parts Of China.
In no way can an American civilizat. on
be better promoted than by exchanging
the shotgun for the camera.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
Homeseekers to the Northwest.

On every Tuesday until December
the Iowa Central railway will sell
homeseekcrs' round trip tickets to
points in Iowa, Minnesota, South and
North Dakota, and tie Canadian
northwest at one fare plus two dollars,
Tickets limited twenty-one days and
stop-overs allowed. For rates and par
ticulars call on agents, or address A.
B. Cults, G. P. & T. A., Minneapolis,
MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
To Land AGENTS!

This is to call your notice to the fact
that the Iowa Central railway will sell
daily during the summer months round
trip tickets at one fare plus 50 to GER
tain northern Minnesota and Dakota
points, limit for return October 31st
Low round trip tickets also on sale
daily to st. Paul and Minneapolis after
June list. For particulars call on
agents or address A. B. Cults, G. p &
T A. MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

man never. This was The thought that
flashed through the inspectors mind,
to give place instantly to another.
That subtle, delicate perfume! In
all his long experience Inspector APP
plebee had never inhaled its like.
"Ah!" he thought as he held up the
fllmly lace and looked at it more close
ly. But might have known it from
the first. A woman in the easel"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
Homes eekers, Rates.

Via the Iowa Central railway on first
and third Tuesdays of each month to
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas,
New Mexico Colorado and other
states. Stop-overs allowed and tickets
limited twenty-one days. For rates,
time of trains, etc, call on agents, or
address A. B. Cults, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

When fourteen ears Of corn will plant
one acre of ground 1t seems foolish not
to absolutely know that each ear Of
that corn is sound and reliable and Of
high terminating power.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

It is always hard to make us believe
that farm carries big mortgage
which has neat and we'll painted build
ings and carries well bred domestic
animals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

One Of the worst things about the
average American is that he will sell
anything he owns If he can only get
his price. This disposition on his part
tends to make him always unsettled.
When man has good farm, good
home, good neighbors and good in
come, where can he possibly go to bet
ter his condition? In fact, where could
he go where he would not be worse
off? Lots Of men find this truth out
at an expense Of lot Of money and
peace Of mind The sensible thing for
men to do in nine cases out Of ten is
to settle down contented, so far as
ever expecting to find home where
everything is all right, and carefully
study how they may make the old
farm more productive, their home
more pleasant and beir lives of more
use to their families and to the world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The south is trying melons, peaches,
Bermuda onions and several other
crops in place Of cotton, to the benefit
of the soil and the growers as well.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

It takes about fourteen ears Of corn
to plant one acre Of ground. If one
ear of the lot is poor there will be
from 800 to TOO defective seeds plant
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

Occasionally one travelling through
the west will see big pile Of corn ~
ing out on the ground entirely unpro-
tected. Itmeans that the owner raises
too much corn or that he is dead shift
less, usually the latter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
CHAPTER III,
MR.. LANIM ASSUMES COMPLICATED
RELATIONS

RELATlUNS.
About two o'clock in the afternoon
of the day Paul North was found dead
Detective Lamm, pursuing the even
contemplative tenor of his way by
the old Granary burying ground, found
himself suddenly arm in arm with an
excited gentleman whose face Is did
not recall
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

A failure at practicing is often con-
gazG9 as a call to s. gssosching.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

1t may be season when the question
Of conserving moisture in the soil will
be one Of vital Importance to the crops.
The value of a dust mulch produced
by constant surface cultivation is in
valuable for all cultivated crops. The
garden may really be watered with a
hand rake intelligently used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
CREAMERY WISDOM.

A creamery plant costing the Farmers
Of western community $500 four
years ago was sold the past winter for
$500. This Is an old story and COM
mon experience. This creamery was
built before the dairying habit had
been developed among the farmers.
built before the cows to support 1T were.
in sight. The town lien took hold and
helped, and some grafters from Chica-
go helped boom the enterprise and I'M
loaded on the stockholders an outfit
at $4,000 which u, the outside shoald
not have cost over $1,000. Poor julg-
ment was used in the selection Of COWS
and poorer etill in the matter Of feed
ing and caring for them. The patrons
could not make it pay to sell cream,
soon got tired Of milking and went
back to selling corn and oats as they
had done for forty years. The next
step was forced sale and the dissolu-
ton Of cooperative enterprise which,
had 1T been properly managed, could
have been Of almost incalculable good
to that community. This kind Of agri-
cultural tragedies can be found all
over the country. The moral Is that
men should get cows and learn how to
properly select, feed and care for them,
and there should be at least 1000 cows
in sight before dollar Is put into q
creamery, and practical creamery
man should be consulted as to the
plant.
A SHORT AND GOOD ROTATION.
If any man owning a prairie farm
within the limits of the corn belt will
just put into operation the following
system of crop rotation-viz, first year
corn, second year some cereal crop,
wheat, rye, oats or barley, seeding this
crop down with clover; third year take
off crop of clover hay in July and
pillow under the second crop the last
of September, planting again to corn
the fourth year-he will do that which
will insure him at least sixty bushels
of corn to the acre, fifty Of oats and
soil which will under such system grow
constantly richer and more productive
This plan may very well be varied q
little to suit farm needs by keeping the
field year in pasture in addition and
by using on the field, preferably in con-
nection with the corn crop, all the avail
able fertilizer on the farm. Doing this
and keeping enough stock 10 consume
all the products Of the land on the
farm will enable the probate court to
turn over to the heirs a more fertile
and valuable farm than when It was
first reclaimed from the wild
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

If a COW will give an average Of
twenty pounds Of milk day for 300
days she is worth $500 Of any mans
money. This would make her milk
product worth $50, which would repre-
sent net profit on the COW Of at least
$25.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The adult apple tree is always CRATE
full for and responsive to good culture
and fertilization. Many people are
careful to cultivate and fertlize their
young orchards, but entirely neglect
the old one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

sllvs are being successfully con-
structed of cement, and cheaply at
that. We question if better material
for this purpose can be found.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

It is poor policy to let the stock
tramp over the cornstalk fields when
the frost is coming out in the spring
Such tramping either on field or mead
ow at that time Is always Injurious to
the soil, yet most men do it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

II you are getting an annual poultry
product from the farm worth, say, $50,
you can double 1t Just as easy as roll
ing OF a log. Every farm should sell
poultry products worth $500 each year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

Beef men have had to work out the
problem the past winter of feeding
forty cent corn to three and one-half cent
feeders to sell on $475 or SIS market
Some have made tri1e and many
have lost money in doing it. Only the
best type Of feeders will show a profit
under such conditions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

We never could understand why any
man should consider it a thing to brag
over that he had been able to raise
corn on the same field for twenty years
in succession. Supposing he has, he
still has not raised two-thirds as good
a crop as he might have done by using
a sensible system Of rotation in work
ing his land. This sort Of Dragging is
like that of the man who boosted that
he had swallowed two dozen raw eggs
at one time on bet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The agricultural college of one Of our
western states has had no less than
5000 samples Of seed corn sent to it
during the past winter for the purpose
Of having it tested as to its germinat-
ing power. This was all unnecessary,
for every man could have just as well
have tested his corn right at his own
home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

As the result Of long series Of ex-
pcrimentation Ii. hybridizing the frost
proof but worthless oranges Of Japan
and China with the valuable fruits Of
Florida type of hardy orange, seed
less and Of excellent quality, has been
developed by the experts Of the agri-
cultural department which is entirely
hardy under temperature of 8 de-
grees and which will when propagat-
ed extend the orange growing belt at
least 400 miles to the north of the pres
ent belt-in other words, will permit
the growing Of oranges in Texas, Ala
bama, Georgia, Oregon, Washington
and many other localities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The demand for iron and steel may
always be accepted as reliable evidence
Of the business prosperity of the coun-
try. The demandffor steel means con-
structive work, tbs means employment
for labor and this means a good de-
mand for all farm products. The de-
mand for steel has seldom been more
pressing than now; hence another pros
porous period Is in sight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The general health Of the American
people would be better If they would
eat twice as much corn bread, corn
cakes and other products Of corn as
they now do. Their stomachs would
keep In better trim and their teeth
would last longer. A steady fine -four
diet makes lots Of work for the doc
tors,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

At this spring season everybody is
busy raking up and burning the leaves.
This is all wrong, for leaves are too
valuable fertilizer to be thus wasted.
Rake them up and put In a compost
pile, where they will later decay and
afford a leaf mold which is just what
the flowers and garden vegetables de-
light in, or else rake them up and use
them as mulching for the rosebushes,
grapevines and currant and raspberry
bushes. Don't burn them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30


There is one fact which needs empha-
sizing all through the corn belt, and, for
that matter. all through the wheat and
cotton growing sections as well, and
that is that continuous growing of the
same crop year after year on the same
land is absolutely ruinous to the land,
the crop and the man who does It.
There must be rotation of crops and
a part Of such crops Of that character
which will rest and renovate the soil,
such as grasses to be pastured and
clover. The most common and utterly
inexcusable form of grand larceny to
be found in the country today is that
so generally practiced by the average
farmer with regard to the soil which he
works.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

Not less than $4,000 corn growers
in the state of Iowa will have listened
to the improved method Of testing seed
corn by the time the last of the trips
of the corn specials" over FIVE trunk
lines is complete 1t Is confidently and
reasonably expected that this good
work will result in better stand and
better crop Of corn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

Today the we'll bred sheep is the
most profitable animal kept on the
farm. Mutton leads both beef and pork
in price per pound, while wool is being
contracted for at excellent prices. The
right sort of sheep will this year re-
turn 50 in wool product and lamb
which will sell for Sc when nine
months old. Eight such sheep can be
kept on the food required by one COW,
and there is no milking to be done.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30

The cow alone Of all the domestic an
imals is able to utilize proftably farm
land worth $3.50 an acre and up. The
raiser and seller of grain or hay can
not use such land; it is too costly for
the production of beef or mutton or
pork, save as the hog is byproduct of
the dairy. The silo is Indispensable on
such land, as is well kept poultry. Cows
make the reclaimed high priced lands
of Holland profitable, while the farms
of the island of Jersey are mostly given
up to dairying.