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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
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nation from secret service headouar-
tiers that $500 note had been passed at
Louisiana, Mo.
Here was an unexpected shower.
The bills were apparently all off the
same plate. which had been a skeleto,
plate, the names of the Revere national
bank of Boston, Second national of
Wllkesbarre, Pa. and the Merchants
national of New Bedford, Mass. having
been filled in by the skeleton process.
AT the United States subtreasury Fred
M. Blount, the cashier, insisted the bills
were genuine. The cashiers of five out
of eight banks to which they were sub
mitted also held them to be good.
Thomas P. Tallman, cashier of the Trad
ers' national, and l insisted they were
counterfeit
| found at the post Office that the bill
offered there had been sent by the post
master at Cambridge, ILL.,, to whom |
Immediately sent a telegram in the
name of ]. w. Palmer, the Chicago post.
master. The Cambridge postmaster an
swered that he had received the bill in
question from the Cambridge bank and
that no accurate description of the man
who had passed it could be obtained.
The cashier of the bank at Portage
wrote that he had received the bill from
man about rs years old, nearly sig feet
tall and with dark, full beard. He
looked like a well-to-do farmer, the
cashier wrote but further than this the
description was hazy. A somewhat sim
liar general description. except as to the
color Of the beard and altogether more
definite, came from Parsons. l sent
Operative Kennoch to st. Louis and
Louisiana to pursue the investigation
there.
While these things were happening
l received word through the United
States marshal at Springfield, ILL.,, to the
effect that deputy sheriff at Vandalia,
ILL.,, had arrested a. man for trying to
pass $100 counterfeit bill at the Farm
ers' and Merchants national bank in
the latter city. This, bit of news, con-
sidered in connection with the rapidly
occurring events of the days previous,
was decidedly important and 1 lost no
time in getting to Vandalia. 1 found
that at all, bearded, farmer looking
man of about so had rendered $100
bill to David Palmer, of the local bank.
and that Palmer had declined to accept
1t, reporting the matter to Deputy Sher-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

was unexcelled. The treasury officials
and money experts generally believed
the fiber" paper to be complete
guard against counterfeiting, and they
were amazed at the product of Thomas;
Ballard long before such man was
known to the secret service. The
presses of Human, Miner and Ballard
turned out bogus money in such
amounts that the lawful currency be-
came disparaged, and the capture Of
the makers of the clever counterfeits
became matter of imperative impor-
lance. He was caught in 1871, broke
Jail soon afterward, and his subsequent
history would fill good-sized volume.
Arrested in Buffalo for engraving
plate of $500 treasury note, which
was pronounced superior to the gen
uine, Ballard was sent to Auburn peni-
tertiary, from which institution he es-
capped. While in Buffalo he had also
worked on plate with which he said
he was going "to bankrupt Canada"
and from the perfection of the work he
seemed in fair way to make good his
intention.
In 1875 he was sentenced to serve 80
years in the penitentiary, after having
been at large about three years with
a standing reward of SIS, 900 for his cap
ture. In 1878 he ripped open his own
abdomen and several an intestine in
trying to take his life, but recovered.
A year later he drew a sharp knife
across his throat, severing the wind
pipe and muscles Of the neck, and again
recovered.
tContiaued in Next Issue.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

We stood as near to the track MS we
dared the other day and watched the
passing Of a fast mail train-four mail
cars trailing behind one Of these mod
ern fast engines, eating up mile Of
track every minute and leaving a trail
of black smoke and newspapers be-
hind it. 1t is probable that nothing
which the inventive genius Of man has
evolved so we'll represents the triumph
of modern civilization as this fast mail
train. A few tons Of cheap soft coal,
water which Is as plentiful as air,
mechanism Of marvellous sort in
steel, Vulcan to feed the greedy
demon and a man with nerve of still
finer steel to guide it. Up and down
the grades, Indifferent to tho winds
and the storms, never hating on Its
wild chase, it makes the west a mere
suburb of the great city of the lakes.
Hats off to the fast MALL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Not all countries are so favored, but
it is a fact that there are parts Of ILL
nois and Iowa where sixty bushels of
corn may be found growing to the acre
and down hundred feet miners are
taking out coal which nets the owner
of the farm $500 per acre royalty.
This comes as near to eating the cake
and having it, too, as any agricultural
proposition we have ever come across.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

1t is corn cutting time The wise
man will cut up the corn and sell his
hay; the other fellow will feed his hay
and let 30 per cent of the value of his
corn crop go to waste in the field.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

That man who has his small grain
we'll stacked and all his fail blowing
done by the middle Of September has
settled one important factor in good
farming in very happy and practical
way. 1t is pity that so few follow
this plan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Down in a woodland dell by the side
of little creek we came across large
bunch of cardinal flowers the other
day-those rare carmine floral beauties
which are TO vegetation what the car
dinal bird is to bird life. The cardinal
flower in red, the gentian In blue and
the goldenrod in yellow represent ma
lures best work in these colors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

To relate the details of this investi-
cation would consume more time and
space than have at my disposal, and
| shall, therefore, state that the Wat
sons" We're found q have been the Bal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

The great advantage which the town
boy has over the city boy lies In the
fact that he Is taught to work just as
soon as he is able, and this is kind Of
education which has much to do with
making a man of him. The city boy
learns to loaf instead Of learning how
ton which SO often proves the undoing
Of him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

For oil Of the country north of the
fortieth degree of latitude Oct. Is
should be adopted as ''seed corn day."
the day especially set apart to go into
the fields and secure the supply Of
seed corn needed for planting for the
next year. On this day the corn
should be gathered and hung, up to
dry and when dry be placed in either
attic or cellar, where frost will never
reach it during the winter. This day
could well be made farm holiday
and all hands, father, mother, children
and hired men, all contribute to the
doing Of this one Of the most important
things connected with farming in the
great corn belt. Remember the date,
Oct. 10, and see that this job is at
tended to. This done there need be no
worry about poor seed corn next May,
or any fields to be seen with only half
a stand Of corn or worse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

If one can find the right kind of
hired man for the farm-a careful,
thoughtful, Industrious fellow who will
take proper care OF stock and tools
a matter OF 50 or So a month in the
wages should not be considered Such
men, especially where much stock Is
kept, are simply invaluable, for the
careless man can by careless practices
easily cost the man who employs him
twice the amount Of his monthly wage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03


A Montana stockman related to us
recently some Of the troubles which be-
set his business. He said that four
years ago he made shipment of 100
horses intended for an eastern market,
that the road which accepted the con-
signn mt kept these horses for 1O7
hours ..ithout water during the heat of
August weather and that when they
were unloaded and watered Se5 of
them died inside Of thirty minutes,
while the rest were utterly ruined. A
suit is pending to recover the value of
the horses, which were simply slaugh-
tered by the company in direct viola
ton Of the law which requires stock to
be unloaded, fed and watered every
twenty-eight hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Many q man can find very inter
esting object lesson in the unproductive
acres on his farm. Nearly every man
will find that he has more or less acres
which produce little or nothing year
after year and that the burden of crop
production on his farm is confined to
only part of his land. These unproft-
able acres may be marsh and should be
tile drained, or they may be brush
acres, when the brush should be re-
moved and chance given for the
grass to grow and make pasture, or
they may be hillsides too steep for cul-
tivation and should be set to growing
trees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

We noted an old lady the other day
busily engaged in gathering wild
grapes from vines which she had train
ed along barbed wire fence on the
side Of a grainfeld. She had largo
basket full Of this delicious jelly fruit
and was gathering it with the great
est ease. 1t suggested a very useful
purpose to which wire fences might be
put, for if they do not form a support
for grapes they are sure to carry creep
ers and bindweed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

We want to say word about buying
seed corn away from home. None
OF our cereal grains is as respon-
siye to the question of latitude
rs corn. Differently from wheat or
oats, 1t adapts itself to different de-
grees Of latitude by charging or con
tracing its growth and development.
The farther south it is grown the longer
the season will it take to mature and
the taller will the stalk grow, while
the farther north it is grown the small
q and shorter will be the stalk and
ear until we reach a point of north lat
itude where, If planted, it will only
produce little scrubby fodder and no
ear at all. Now, there is a constant
temptation for tie corn grower of
the north country to be trying to grow
the corn of the south country, and we
have never yet known anything but
failure to result from the experiment;
therefore 1t is all right to get seed
corn from the country north Of you and
hardly ever right to get it from that
south of you, and right here we will
say that even 80 small a distance as
100 miles of latitude will often make
the difference between well matured
crop and one Of soft ears Usually a
type Of corn which has done well in
any locality is the best type to select
seed from, for it is sure that more
improvement can be made in this crop
by selection from corn well adapted to
its environment than by the importa-
tlon of any new varieties from other
sections Of the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

It quite frequently happens that a
man finds himself when working for
other people in a position where there
is little too much work for one man
to do and not enough for two, and 1t
is right here that he will largely settle
the question of whether he will be all
his life toiler for others or rise to an
independent position and be boss
himself. If, finding that his work is
more than should be properly required
Of him, he hangs back and does just as
much as he is paid for and no more, he
is quite likely to be worker for 9th
ers as long as he lives, while If he
bravely tackles the extra work he GER
tainly lays the foundation for future
promotion. An employee in large
concern was asked to do small job.
He refused on the ground that 1t was
not a part of his work, that another
hand was paid for doing it. In looking
for man to fill q better position this
man was passed over, and justly, too.
A mans reward for cheerfully doing
extra work very often comes in bet
ter place and higher salary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Poorly built haystacks appeal on
nearly every farm for a better knowl-
edge of how to build good haystack
This seems to be almost lost art
A case is this where man had fifteen
acres Of as fine clover hay as we ever
saw cut. There was none too much
hay to make one good stack. but he
put the crop in seven stacks scattered
all over the field. Moreover, he built
them broad and low and topped them
off Eat. OF course we can all guess
just what happened-the rains came
and wet the stacks from top to bottom
and just about spoiled the crop. This
crop should have been all put into one
stack. should have been built high and
wei! topped out with wild hay. Then
this man would have had stack of
fine hay next winter. With the mod
ern hay derrick and hayfork there is
absolutely no excuse whatever for this
sort Of work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

We are asked how to make certain
quarter section more productive. It is
Of naturally good soil, has been skinned
by tenant farmers for several years,
does not know what a dairy COW or a
clover plant looks like, has some wet
spots which, while cropped, usually
grow nothing but weeds. If we owned
the farm we would do this: Would look
for good tenant who would take the
farm LOT five or ten years; would put
on it a dairy Of twenty-five cows;
would tile drain all the wet spots, get
forty acres into clover just US soon as
possible and would SOW twenty acres
of clover each year thereafter; would
sell no grain or hay from the farm, but
instead feed it all out and buy some be-
sides, and just give the COW, the steer,
the hog and the hen entire charge or
the place. Will guarantee this plan to
double the present income.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

A pretty good and up to date farmer
made this complaint to us the last Of
August: He said that. he had Joined
thrashing circuit with lot of his
neighbors; that he was we'll down on
the list; that his grain was getting
badly bleached with the rains which
greatly hindered the work of the ma
chine; that his two three-horse teams
were standing idle In the barn when
they ought to be at work doing the fall
blowing; that the weeds were making
q great growth in his stubble fields and
needed turning under the worst way;
that the little he saved in labor in the
matter of thrashing from the shock, in
stead Of stacking the grain, was mere
bagatelle compared with the loss which
he sustained in other ways. He has
got his eyes open and won't get caught
this way any more. There Is only just
one man who can afford to thrash from
the shock, and that is the renter who
must get his grain on the market as
quickly as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
BEFORE THE WASH.

Before sending clothes to the wash it is we'll to
examine them carefully to see if there are any
small rents for stitch in time is mos. valuable
in this case. few temporary stitches are often
all that need be taken until after the washing.
Table linen, however. and anything that has a
dency to ravel ought to be thoroughly darned be-
fore washing. Rents also in cotton dresses and
shirtwaists should be mended before the garments
washed, because no freshly starched material
be properly mended. Many other pieces, like
stockings need only basting UP.
All table linen and other articles should also De
carefully examined before being sent to the laull-
dry to If there are any stains that will become
set in washing. Fruit stains should be dipped
in boiling water Coffee stains difficult to
age after they set with soap. will come
very easily, if comparatively fresh. with boil
ing water and borax. Rub the borax the
spot and pour boiling water on the powder. letting
II drip through the linen into basin. Tea stains
come out in the same way. Iron rust stains come
out with salt and lemon juice. Let the article lie
in the strong sunshine.
Chloride of lime is rather too powerful a chemi-
cal in taking out stains and 1t is best to
avoid Il when simpler means will suffice The
recipe given below however, is excellent for taking
out obstinate stains of backing. mildew and many
others that are set and will not come out by
simpler means. II is especially good for backing.
Take one pound of washing soda one pound of
chloride of lime and one gallon of boiling water;
Strain the mixture through a cloth into an old
lar and let IT stand hour, stirring once in a
while. Place it in dark corner OF the stone
closet as light takes away its strength. For this
reason il is better keep it in glass bottle.
1t should be used with caution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
cA1r1IFLowER AND CABBAGE.

Caulfower is like cabbage. By proper treatment
It can be rendered most delicate vegetable. but
If carelessly cooked it may become one OF the
coarsest imaginable. The simple process of
blanching makes great deal of difference. Soak
ing caulihower in pan of sailed cold water for
about an hour freshens 1t and also helps to draw
out any snails or insects that might have escaped
scrutiny. Use about tablespoonful of salt to
every two quarts Of water. After it has soaked
in this way freshen 1t by plunging 1t into fresh
cold water and letting it remain for fifteen
minutes.
However the caulifower is used it should first
be boiled If it is to be served with cream sauce,
tear it apart plunge it top down in plenty of
cold sailed water: Place it on the stove. and
after it has boiled for half hour. until quite
and when 1t is chilled drain and cover with a good
cream sauce. seasoning well with salt ard pepper.
Then serve it piping not
Cabbage should always be blanched-that is,
plunged into cold water Immediately upon being
boiled, before it is stirred in q cream sauce.
A good way Is to turn til eabba ge after ii has
cooked ten minutes in the water into a sieve or
coander and hold It under the cold water faucet
allowing all parts of the vegetable be well
chilled. This will take out the Odorless rank flavor
Drain it carefully and then chop into coarse
pieces, or, better yet. tear it into pieces Place
it again the stove in deep stewing pan and
cover it thoroughly with cream sauce. Let it
cook in the sauce, which should. Of course be well
cabbage is cooked in this way it will be very diff
cult to recognize the humble and despised vege-
table so delicate and appetizng will 1t have be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
A , VIOLET EXHIBIT.
CONTROVERSY Deer Ne5c Species
Forty-fCe Varieties Described.

The violet most modest of all the flowers that
grow is the centre of of the hottest fights that
ever ragged In the botanical world and with view
30 throwing some light on the yexed questions to
which the unassuming blossom has given rise the
Torrey Botanical Club gave an exhibition OF vioets
yesterday afternoon at the New-York Botanical
Gardens.
never before II is safe to say, there many
different kinds OF volets in one place There were
eighty growing and blossominr pIants in all in
cluuinS' besides local specimens many from other
parts of the country. Eight varieties came from
Bltmore. George Vanderbilt's place in North Caro-
INA seh' oy I. D. BeadIe. the manager of his
estates. Professor Ezra Brainard of MiddIeburg
Conn. who is studying violets under cuItivotion
sent large number Of plants and among other ex-
motors We're George E. Osterhaut. of New Wind
soi, Coi- a Nuthbert' of Augusta, Ga. T. NJ. Rolf
o. Lake tlty' Fla; Miss Della Marble of Bedford
and Miss Fanny Milford, of Hampstead
The trouble with the vioatis is that there are so
many OF them, and people are always discovering
new species which other people, particularly older
oo'ahists' won't admit to be species, and it was
fhought that ny bringing actual flowers together
instead o. dried specimens and descriptions some
thing might 30 done to clear up these difficulties
II was the first exhibition of the kind ever given
and viii be followed next fall by similar display
Al a meeting of the Torrey Botanical GLIB held
after me members had examined the flowers. two
problem Or. y. /. Brtton director of the Botan-
ical Garden, asserting that there had been too
dent Of the club maintaining the contrary.
DR.. Rusty said that the men who knew most
about alleged species We're most anxious to split
hairs, and If species named for them and
they took a special interest in it, they more
likely 10 know more about it than other people.
To this DR.. 7. A Rydberg replied that though
the VIOLA canadensls rydbergio was named for him,
he didn't stand for it. Miss Lily Angel; of Orange,
shake her faith in the Viola Angelic, named for
her by the Smithsonian Institution
About forty-fve varieties of vioets have now been
discovered in the northeastern part of the United
States, region 10 which Grey in 1873 gave only
EeVenteen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
WIDOWS THANKS.

oo- ,r,ooyv in, Manhattan. whose husband died
MT, consumption, is struggling hard TO keep
home for her three children, all of whom have IN
berited weak lungs. Money sent to this FANNY as
an Easter greeting served to provide some deii-
cacies for the children which o'"ei iSe 'ODi' ''
have been obtained.
Mrs Mary E. Norton. of Wethersfeid' Conn
who will be seventy-fve years old on June l. ana
who has been almost helpless for years writes
Many thanks for the ray of sunshine so KINDLY
given IN me l am just up after a severe ilIhess
and need cheer, and loving acts ike thIS DIish'eH
the road God bless the Sunshine HleilDets'
Mrs. c. H Williams of Manhattan. will pass
on. several years numbers Of THE Century TO
those who would appreciate them she also mas
religious reading for nvalids.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
WHEN SHEETS WEAR OFT

Sheets often get badly worn in the centre before
they show any signs of wear at the sides. Careful
housekeepers often turn such sheets when they
are made of double width goods simply them
down the centre. hem the edges with narrow
handkerchief hem and the outer selvages to-
gether A carefully turned" sheet lasts more
than twice as long a sheet that is left to wear
itself out as 1t first made. II seems like
folly, however, to turn towels and other SINH
lar articles, as overparticular housewives otter
suggest. Except for the woman who has little else
to do it is a waste of time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
mTHE ROSE MAIDEN"

At Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church. l29th-st.
and 7th-aveS Thursday the Harlem Oratorio
Society will present Sir Frederick Governs cantata
THE Rose Maiden under the auspices of the
music committee of that church. The sooists are
Miss Grace Davis. soprano; Miss Emma s. Brett.
contralto; Reed Miller, tenor; Charles y. Gran
Vile baritone
torios enjoys much popularity; The tickets. en-
ttling the holder 20 n reserved seat 30 cents
each. and sale at E. c. Keys No. 2lT4
7th-aVe.