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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-31
FACTS ABOUT FIREWORKS.
What the Stars Really Are and Where
Celebration Fire. Gets Its
Varied Colors.

The art of making and using these ar
ticles is known as pyrotechny, an art
which is so old that its origin is obscure,
but which China and Japan developed
ages ago. 1t was not, however, until the
fourteenth century, says the Chicago
Daily News, that fireworks became
known to western nations, although
green fire had been used in European
warfare for long time before that date.
Fireworks were used in public pa
geantry in Europe, according to the
records, in 1888. The early development
of fireworks in Europe was due to the
Florentines and for long time the
Italians maintained their supremacy in
this field.
In roman candles the stars or balls
Of fire are made up of gunpowder ingre-
dents, mixed with light-giving materi-
ais, compacted into hard masses by the
aid Of gum or shellac. These rest on
loosely confined layers Of granulated
gunpowder, interspersed between we'll
compacted masses of slow burning COM
position, all inclosed In the usual card
board case. The stars are hollow and
provided with piece of quick match.
with which they are fired When the
candle is lighted the printing powder is
inlamed and this sets fire to the COM
position, or dark fire." which slowly
burns with the production of flame and
sparks until thesta is reached Then the
grained gunpowder upon which 1t rests
is ignited, burns rapidly and expels the
star with a loud report.
To produce the colored fire, metal fl
ings are added to the gunpowder compo-
sition; steel filings for brilliant fire or
cast iron filings for Chinese fire. Cop
per filings give greenish tint to the
fame; zinc filings give a fine blue color;
powdered magnesium, a dazzling. white
light, amber, colophony or common salt
afford yellow fire. Lampblack pro-
duces very red color, with gunpowder,
and a pink with inter in excess, and ia
used for making golden showers. Verdi
girls impartsa pale green; sal ammoniac,
a palm tree green; barium salts, grass
green; potassium picrate, a whistling
sound; camphor, very white fame and
aromatic fumes.
Torpedoes or 'throw-downs" are gem
orally compositions of CELEBRATES or
CELEBRATES and sulphur, with gravel to
give the device weight, all wrapped in
tissue paper. Some genius has invent
ed a firecrackeS of compressed air to
take the place of the present giant
crackers which contain dynamite.
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BY JAMES RITcH1E.

BY JAMES RITCHIE.
Instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
making, Armour Institute of Tech
nology, Chicago)
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph 3. Bowles.)
This simple article of furniture-the
tabourette-is made in a great variety
OF forms, and is used as footstool, a
plant stand, or seat. The design
shown in Fig. II will be found very at
tractive and the mechanical construo-
ton is not at all difficult.
The size of the top is 20 by IL inches,
and the height 16 inches. 1t should
be made of quartered oak, and the most
difficult part of the work for the be-
ginner will be to properly smooth the
large surface of the top and ends. To
do this first plane out all planing-ma-
chine markings (made by the rotary
cutter of the planer) and then with the
wood scraper remove all roughness and
torn places which remain after plan
ing.
That this style of construction may
be better understood, we give in Fig.
u an end view at A and also a direct
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! 4re7
few days returned to their home in
Eldon Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs d. A. Criswell Of Bur-
lington stopped off between train yes
ferday for visit at the parental S. A.
Newell home.
l.. B. Edwards was in Moravia on
business yesterday.
Mayor W. G.. Woods was in Ottum-
wa on business yesterday.
Nelson Gillaspie who lives four
miles north of town was an Abba visit
or yesterday.
A number Of persons in and about
Abba are attending the state fair this
week.
Last night team belonging
to Edward Foster became frightened
st the breaking of a single tree and
ian about block when they stopped
by tree. None Of the occupants Of
the buggy were injured and very lit
tie damage was sustained by the ve-
hicle.
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MYSTIC.

Mystic, Aug. ga little daughter
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. james Helms
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Boland, of Gales
burg, ILL.,, are visiting with the latter's
parents, s.r. and Mrs. john Owens.
Mrs. Earry Stowe and Miss Hazel
Calvert are visiting in Darlington,
Wis
The second AMI. lal district picric of
tie K. of P. and r. thbone orders will
be held at Numa next Thursday, Aug.
81. The Mystic cornet band viii, fur
nish the music.
Line Lee was injured while working
in the mines last Thursday, having
his leg broken just above the ankle
by far Of slate
VIM. zigler was called to Forbush
ness of his father.
Ext >naive preparations are being
made to celebrate Labor day at his
place. Three bands will furnish the
music aid all kinds of amusemcnts and
good speaking will fill up the day.
Mrs j. N. Donaho VISITED Tuesday
with her brother, VIM zigler.
number from this place expect to
attend the state fai. this week.
]. D. Stark arrived last Thursday
with fifteen head Of horses from Mis-
souri, ~
Leo Barnes. formerly of this place,
but later of Quincy, has returned to
Mystic.
The Myrtle vinton Co. played at
the opera hous the first three nights
of this week
Miss Lillian Hughes, Of Centervillc
has been elected to fill the vacancy on
the list of teachers, and H. c. Smith
has been elected to take the place of
w. G. Raymond as secretary of the
school board
]. w. Fuller, ]. j. Stone, E. Stearns
and George McCloud intend to attend
the G. A. R. encampment at Denver,
Colo
B. E. Brown and wife are In Kansas
City. where Mr.. Brown is taking medi-
cal treatment.
Mrs Ed brighton is very ILL.,
Born to Mr.. md Mrs Robert Wilson
last wee, daughter
Mrs Cors. Halves, of Pittsford, Mich.
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Cate
and other relatives.
Misses Emma Cate. Hannah Martin
ana Nellie Mack left Friday evening
for Des Moines to attend the fsir.
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How Owls Catch Chickens.

When was chunk OF boy / shot
a horned owl, the spread of whose wings
was four and one-half feet, and to the
surprise of the boy who had carried It
for several miles the weight was only
four pounds. They were rather numer-
GUS at that time in that section of the
country and were troublesome about
carrying off chickens, which mostly
roasted in apple trees about the farm
buildings. The belief that they could
carry away full grown hens was a COM
mon one. 1t was also commonly believed
that an owl never picked chicken off
the roost, but alighting on the limb
crowded the chicken off and as 1t flew
toward the ground caught it on the
wing.-Forest and Stream.
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with the center bit, do not bore through
point of the bit can be felt coming
! through turn the piece over and finish
the hole from the opposite side. In
this way all tearing and splintering of
the surface by the outgoing cutters of
the bit will be avoided.
The working plan by which the
| stretcher can be laid out Is shown at
B Gig. 73), and great care must be
taken to fit the lemons closely to the
i mortises in the ends.
In Fig. IA, at G, the manner of
fastening the cleat to the upper part
of the end is illustrated.
1t must first be fitted with three
screws IN inch, No. II, as shown. 1t is
then removed and glued, after which
the screws are driven down firmly into
place. Four A-inch holes are bored in
each cleat to receive the screws, which
will connect the ends with the top.
These screws must also be 1A-inch,
No. II, and all screw heads must be
countersunk even with the surface OF
the cleat. The positions for both sets
of screws are shown at G. The details
for the wedges are shown at E and at
F. Care must be taken in fitting these
wedges to their mortises, for if driven
too hard the lemons will be split, or
the end Of the tenon beyond the wedge
will be driven out. For this reason it
is claimed that the construction shown
at D is very much stronger than the
former. In this no lemons are made
on the stretcher, but instead four long.
heavy wood screws are used (2-inch,
No. 12), and the wedge blocks and
wedges are made separately and put
on as ornaments only, in the manner
described for the magazine rack, Figs.
| 6S and 70.
Glue Joints.
When making the tabourette de-
scribed above, no difficulty will be
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upper side only, but the two end pieces
must be finished up equally we'll on
both sides. In Fig. 70, at A, we have
given the working plan for the ends, to-
gether with all dimensions and radii,
which will make it easy to lay out a
pattern to full size. This pattern need
be only half pattern-that is, 15A
inches long and 51a inches wide, which
is used first to mark out one-half Of
the end, and then turned over to mark
the remaining half. The small open
ing near the upper end should be made
by first boring two 1A-inch holes, as
indicated by the center marks. For
all large holes Of this kind center
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use screw clamps, because of their easy

use screw clamps, because of their easy
adjustment.
When wedge clamps are used, if
there is extra space, fill in by using
an extra block or strip Of wood at the
edge opposite to the wedges.
When there is room, two or more
clamps should always be used, and if
the board has tendency to spring up
and out of the clamps, put clamp on
each side of the board, in which posi-
tiGn it will be held straight or fat both
ways by the clamp bars.
Cold glue Gle Page's) may be used
to advantage by the beginner for the
cieats which are used on the tabourette
ends above mentioned, for mortise and
tenon connections, and, indeed, wher-
ever nails, screws or other means are
used to reinforce and strengthen the
connected pieces, but it is not strong
enough for making glue joints.
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CHARLTON.

Charlton, Aug. 20. - Mrs. F. G.
Stanley has returned from two
weeks trip to Denver, Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Naugh are visit
ing in Des Moines this week with their
daughter, Mrs Cammie Miller
Mrs. d. F. Sydetotham went to Av.
her cousin.
Mrs. Frank Barr is Des Moines
visitor this week.
Mrs. John May of Mt. Ayr returned
home Monday after visit with Mr..
and Mrs. John Crandall who accom-.
panied her home
Mr.. and Mrs. =. B. Hodgkinson of
Goodland, Kas., who have been visiting
Mrs. Hodgkinson's sister, Mrs. Ida
Curtis, returned home yesterday.
Miss Lille Broman of Chicago left
yesterday for Princeton, Mo-, after a
visit with Miss Anna Ekfelt and other
old friends.
District court convened yesterday
Judge Eichelberger presiding. The
docket is a large one and court will
probably last three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Griffin left last
evening for visit with relatives in
Des Mones and Altoona.
Mrs. H. c. Watson returned yester-
day from visit in Valley Junction
with her son Fred
| Mrs. Geo. Hadden of Ottumwa is
visiting relatives and friends in this
city.
Mrs. Fred Allen and children of Dav-
export, Neb., who have been making
an extended visit with her sister, Mrs.
H. B. Sutton, returned home yester-
day.
Smoke Noxal Club ciga.s S. Sc
Farm loans, 5A per cent net See
Kelley.
Miss Martha Kaiser of Ottumwa re-
turned home last evening after pleas
ant visit with her sister, Mrs. Homer
| Caughlan
Mrs. Susie Hasselquist has resigned
her position with the Charlton Patri-
OF as reporter, and has been succeeded
| by Miss Lillian Wood
j. w. Culbertson, Walter Goolin,
G. E. Flulle. S. Bailey. w. c. Sisco
are among the State Fair visitors this
week.
Rev. ]. NJ Bell has returned from
business trip to Sidney.
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COUDS.

Douds, Aug. 29.-Mrs. John T. Nor
row and mother, Mrs. Martha E. Call
vim, were visitors at Keosauqua last
week.
Jacob sedore, CT near Lebanon, was
"a business visitor in town last Wed
nesday.
Mrs. A. L. Doud attended the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Gardner near Bentonspo- last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Miller, of thiI
place attended the funeral of their
grandmother, Mrs. Nancy B. Mingus
at Old Ashland Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Loring, of Ottum-
wa, We're over Sunday visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Doud.
Quite a number from this place went
to Des Moines yesterday to attend the
state fair.
]. NJ. Morrow and George Rambo
We're in Ottumwa on business yester-
day. Mr.. Morrow went to Des Moines
today to attend the state fair and tc
meet his daughter and son. Nellie and
Roscoe, who have been visiting in the
west for the past few months.
Miss Edna Garrett is visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. George g. Bowers anc
family.
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James B. Weaver of Colfax will deliv-
er the chief address on the part of the
soldiers. Governor Cummins will ac-
cept the flags on behalf Of the state.
Between the addresses Mrs. Jesse w.
Cheek will sing the "Star Spangled
Banner" and this, aside from the Sc
lection by the band will be the only
music 1t is thought that the cere-
mony will take not exceed one hour.
hour.
At 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning
the interested veterans will meet at
the senate chamber at the capitol to
arrange the details of color bearers.
These will meet in the library imme-
diately afterward and the removal of
the flags from their present cases will
be fixed upon. Precisely at 10 o'clock
the color bearers will leave the library
preceded by the regimental command
ers who are present, and proceed to
the cases, take up their colors and
move down the main stairway be-
tween the lines of National Guards
men, Companies A and F of Des
Moines, to the center of the rotunda,
where the speakers stand will be To-
Gated.
The program was arranged by Adjt.
Gen. George A. Newman of the depart
ment G. A. R. Governor Cummins put
him in charge of the arrangements.
He was assisted by Gen. NJ H. Byers
and Custodian McCurdy.
Exercises Eleven Years Ago.
Eleven years ago when the flags
were removed from the arsenal to the
state house, ]. R. Prime was adjutant
general and master of ceremonies.
Frank d. Jackson was governor and it
was under his proclamation that the
flags were removed. Lieut.. Gov. War
rem S. DUNCAN the author of the law
authorizing the location of the flags in
the capitol, addressed the color bear
ers at the arsenal when they took the
ooiors in charge to convey them to
the state house. The day was the an
niversary OF Wilson Creek battle. The
weather was intensely sultry but like
the soldiers they were the veterans
endured the wait without complaint.
Gen. ]. W. Noble had been selected to
preside at the exercises at the state
house. Rev. A. V. Kendrick delivered
the invocation as national chaplain of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Maj
S. H. M. Byers read an original poem
on "The Battle Flags of Iowa" Major
]. F. Lacey delivered the chief adj
dress on the returning of the flags to
the state. Governor Jackson accepted
on behalf of the state. Mrs. Cheek
then sang and she will Wednesday
sing the Star Spangled Banner" and
the music was furnished by Major Car
per's drum corps and the Union band
IOWA 6
The Iowa Flag.
The following is the list of flags car
ried by the Iowa regiments during the
war of the rebellion, deposited in CAPT.
toll building:
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ALEiA.

Abba, Aug 20. Workmen pass
ing the Office of the coal company
at Hiteman Saturday night saw a
team standing there and dand :. ;.
team standing there and heard voices
inside, but made no investigation
About quarter Of mile on the road
leading south from the town two OF
the boxes belonging to the safe were
found and the team was tracked to
there turned toward the west There
was one hundred and fifty dollars Sc
cured by the burglars
The funeral of H. H. Howard was
largely attended today by friends and
relatives. Miss Petty of the Friends
church conducted the services and
the remains were inferred in Oak
View cemetery at this place.
The clerk of the district court is
sued marriage license yesterday to
Matthew E. Carmody, aged % to Miss
Florence Conway aged 20, both OF
Melrose.
M. f. Rizer and wife who have spent
the summer at the exposition at Port.
land, Ore, and other western points
returned to Abba Sunday. They re
port the exposition a success and
were well pleased with their western
trip.
The Misses Edna Wood and Mabel
West of Eldon who have been visiting
at the w. G. Wood home for the past
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SIDE 1,ew.

glue pot, made for this purpose, and
sold in all large hardware stores, must
be used, and, as each successive reheat-
ing and boiling lessons it's adhesive
qualities, greater quantity than Is
likely to be used in two or three days
should not be cooked at one time. For
gluing the glue joints spoken of above,
fresh glue should always be used when
possible A glue pot of small size, say
one pint, or even less, will be found
large enough for all small jobs of work.
No rule can be given for the relative
quantities of glue and water to be used,
some grades of glue requiring less wa.
ter than others. AS a general rule
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side view at B, from which 1t will be
seen that the stretcher passes through
and through the ends, and is keyed fast
on the outside by means of two wedges
in each end.
The top is fastened on by screws
passing through the cleats shown, on
the inside of the ends, just under the
top.
The stock list for this tabourette is
as follows:
1 piece 2ox12x7s or A.....................T Top
2 pieces 1514x101kxA Observation-Disclosures. Ends
/ piece 19x5xA .Stretcher
2 pieces 10xsxH .....................C leats
i piece 1ax21axa ..................We Wedges
The top and also the stretcher will
need scraping and sandpapering on the
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F.. I. < .7l
cold water must always be used when
starting to cook the glue, but after it
is cooked use hot water only for tain
ming.
When preparing the wood do not fall
to have the two edges fit to each other
with perfect accuracy, then place them
in the clamps and adjust the screws, or
wedges, using sufficient pressure to see
that the joint will fit closely Now re-
move the clamps and brush on the glue,
losing no time in replacing the clamps,
because from the moment the glue
touches the surface Of the wood it will
begin to chill and thicken, and If
chilled before the two edges are
brought into close contact the joint will
not be strong or good. When possible
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found in obtaining common sawed oak
of sufficient width for the top and ends.
If, however, the wish Is to use H.
sawed oak, it will seldom be found
wide enough for such purposes, many
of the most beautiful boards being only
from to 10 inches in width In such
cases it becomes necessary to joint and
glue up the larger pieces out of mar
rover strips, and for this purpose the
best grades of cabinet glue only must
be used. A glue of the grade Of the
"Peter Cooper's No. g." costing from
Is to % cents pound, will always
when properly prepared, give satisfac-
tory results.
When preparing the glue the regular
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Bit must be USED. These bits can be
bought at the large hardware stores In
sizes up to two inches, and often even
larger. They must be kept very sharp
(being sharpened with fle), and
they bore smoother and cleaner than
any other kind of boring implement.
After boring the holes the lower part
of the opening is cut out with com.
pass saw.
The double mortises for the stretch
er must also be bored out-two A-inch
holes for each-and then squared out
and finished with chisel
When boring through and through,
not only with the auger bit. but also
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r pack the gIue nrmIy IN the glue pot,
say half full, and add sufficient cold
water to cover it. Fill the outside ket-
tie with cold water and boil until the
glue is thoroughly cooked, so that it
will run smooth and clear from the
brush or paddle. 1t should run freely
without returning and gathering in
clots or lunches at the end of the pad
die, but must not be so thin as to be
watery and weak. If the glue is too
thick, no amount of pressure with the
clamps will bring the two glued sur
faces, or edges, into close contact. and
If too thin there is danger that the
joint will not hold. Remember that
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His Constitutional Right,

Mrs. Ferguson George, how do YOU
like my strawberry shortcake?
Mr.. Ferguson-T refuse to answer
Laura. on the ground that my answer
might incriminate me.-Chicago Trih-
une.
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A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.

Directions for Making a Tabourette,
for Use as Footstool, Plant Stand
or seat-List Of Stock Needed
Working Plans in Detail--Glue
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Prepar-
ing Glue,
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Total ...... -. -. -. 6S SO IL
The flags carried by the F'irty ninth.
Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty second
regiments in the Spanish American
war are also deposited in the present
cases.
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Glue Joints,

When making the tabourette de-
scribed above, no difficulty will be
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JUNO %
Hoy 4 las 8 de Ia taFde ha falIe-
cidO en- ste poblaao Ia apreciabl4
sefora dUfla Conception ca Gelab bert,
q consecuencia de una p1Imonfa de
caracter gFavfsimo, siendo ineHca-
ces los asfduos cuidados de la cien-
cia m6aica.
GOzaba de tantas simpatfas en-
Ia localiaad dofia Conchita que ell
pueblo enteFO est8 de p6same con
la desapaTici0n de un ser tan que
rido y simpaticO.
Ha bajado tambi3n Ia tumba
el respectable ancianO don CUTLER
mo Cameron persona ae Influenza
y muy estimado por toaos estos
campOs.
Don Francisco Menendez, sas-
tire De Manatf tiene una gran ellen
tela en- este poblado.
Don Miguel Arzuaga y don
Esteban Demlra y se1ora Sc han
embarcado para Espafla.
-Hemos dido deciP que Sc cele-
brar&n esplenafsimas las festas del
OSsAA mon " OO BO4O1@0 OUS sUEQ uQS@
tas de pueb os imftFOfes
Ell respectable senoF don Manuel
Diaz Fonseca ha fiado So resiaen-
cia en- este poblado ocupando Ia
casa de don Miguel Arzuaga que
es una de las mas bonitas y espa-
ci0sas del pueblito.
-NuestrO buen amigo don To-
mas Martinez pasa por la pena de-
yer 1e gFavedad q So sonora ma
dre dofla DelfiDa D6vila.
Don Nicolas Iglesias acaba de
recibir infinidad de muebles y prom
to ocupara los altos de una casa
magnitica y yentilaaa.
-Hemos Fecibido la vista del
senior don jose V. Cardona, escritor
pueFtorriquef1o quien contamos
en- 81 ndmero de nUestros amigos.
So ha alberto va al publico Ia
faPmacia xLa ProtectoraD, situada
en- uno de los puntos mas c6ntFi-
cos del poblado y la cual cuenta
con un complete surtfdo de Gr0gas
y patentizados que vende & pFecios
Iimitadfsimos