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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09

FOR sALE-16o ACRE FARM, 81
miles from Bloomfield; good house.
earns, cattle shed, hog house, hen
houses, 80 acres tight fence, wind
mill, big orchard. Ideal home. Price,
$50 per acre. Write or call on HUI
bert King, Bloomfield, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09

BARGAINS IN AN IOWA FARM,
2S0 acres, with a 10 room Q story
brick house with barn 60x70 good
orchard and plenty OF water. Price,
$40 per acre. Write Beamer
Bros, Eddyville, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09

WANTED-TO TRADE FOR MILcH
COW, good square piano. Address
Harry Pearson, Kirkville, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-EIGHTY ACRE FARM,
six miles north Of city. Cash rent
Inquire 1928 Castle street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-4o ACRE FARM; WELL
improved at a bargain If taken at
once Address J. N. Bonnet, BUS
sey, Iowa, r. F. D. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE - POLAND CHINA,
choice collection from which to
make selections. August Post
Moulton, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09

FOR SALE-MUGT SELL AT ONCE,
fine new piano used three months,
cash. Address Piano. care Courier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09
MlscEL.- ANEous.

BRING YOUR HIDES AND FURs
to e. S. Fist, 220 South Market.
Highest cash price paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
Croquet Sets, 69c

Six ball croquet sets. nicely finished,
complete with balls, mallets, stakes
and wire wickets, all packed in a
strong wood box; our marked price
has been 79c; for G0n
tomorrow, set VJV
CROQUET SETS, handsomely var
nished and finished, Shall size, COM
plete with mallets, stakes, balls and
wickets, a set that will last several
seasons, packed in a wood box; regu-
larly $1.15; for Saturday, fhOn
per set OOU
CROQUET SETS. they're the best
we have and equal to other stores
$3.50 and S2.75 sets; s balls, mall
let's, full set of wickets and stakes.
The wickets have wooden plugs that
make them solid in the ground; var
nished and finished; On Ok
per set WHaUV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07

has been appealed to dur
ing these many years of
advertising. During all
this time, the one thing
we found will win and re-
tain the confidence of all
the people all the time, is
truthfulness.
Truthful Advertising is
one Of the corner stones
of the foundation upon
which this store is build
ing it's business.
JOgEs Cops g
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
An Aggressive
Cigar Store
per suit

Read over this list of Saturday cigar
bargains. You'll probably find your
favorite cigar mentioned at a special
price. There's no reason why you
shouldn't buy your cigars here.
OWL CIGARS, regular SC kind, s
for Csc; 8 for 1Oc.
HENRY GEORGE CIGARS, regu-
larly sc, for Csc; 8 for 10c.
CREMO CIGARS, regularly sc, spe-
cial tomorrow. for Ice.
OSCAR EAGLE, union made cigars,
special, for 10c.
only S5c.
Ell CAPTAIN GENERAL CIGARS.
regularly sc, special, 3 for 1Oc.
ADVISOR 1Oc CIGARS, a clubhouse
shape, each SC.
LEADING COUNSEL Cigars, Toe
quality, banded, each sc.
LA BELLE CREOLE, regular 10c
cigars. each &c.
TOM MOORE CIGARS, the loo
kind, for each &c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
Candies

Saturday is always a great day at
the candy counter. Tomorrow we
shall sell Runaway Chocolates, similar
to the chocolate chips and bet fOn
ter, tomorrow 10 OH
they are crisp and fresh, just like
you would prepare at home, Inc
pound tEE
YANKEE PEANUT. good old fash
toned kind that everyone likes, will
be on special sale tomorrow at fnn
pound HUI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
Housewares Sc.

On a table in this houseware
department are articles at sc
each. A big variety, you'll be
surprised at the things that can
be bought off this table for DC.
Among them will be Dover egg
heaters, tack hammers, mouse
traps, tea strainers, buggy wash
ers, scythe stones, dish mops,
potato Washers, etc. Your T.
choice ....ON
TABLE SPOONS. Wallace Bros.
make; they look and wear like silver
win be sold Saturday at 1kn|
TABLE KNIVES to match the table
spoons, medium size, for each 1Oc.
GRASS HOOKS, the Little Giant.
steel frame and handle; will wear
forever, each 35c.
GAS STOVES, 2-burner size; these
stand four inches high and are hand
somely nickel plated, can be attached
TO any gas jet; you can do any cook
ing on them; just the stove O. 4 no
for hot weather use; each 4sOO
RUBBER TUBING for use with
gas stoves, per foot Zoe.
KITCHEN SETS, consisting of one
cake knife one pairing knife and one
bread knife; worth 25c; 100
for per set Az
WIRE HAT AND COAT HOOKS;
special Saturday, per dozen Toe.
HOLDING HOOKS, either steel or
brass finish; regularly 10c per dozen;
for Saturday, per dozen &c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
Truthful Advertising

This store has been adj
vertising to the people
for nearly a quarter of a
century. The territory
covered in this lengthy
campaign is wide. The
start was made out on the
plains of western Kansas,
when the country was
sparsely settled. At pres
ent this store is advertis-
ing to the thickly populat-
ed sections of Kansas City
Mo-, and Topeka, Kan.
Practically every class
and nationality Of people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07

Drugs
Tomorrow will be a great
day for the drug depart
ment. At no other time has
this section presented such
IA fascinating display of big
bargains. Read over this
list. ~.
SAILORS EMULSION, the
81 bottles, 60c.
LIQUOZONE, the ST bottles,
for 6oc.
MUNYON'S BEAUTY MAX
Frs, a combination of five of
Munyon's Toilet Preparations, 1
bottle Hair Invigorator worth SOC,
1 tube Face Cream worth 25c, 1
can Talcum Powder worth 25c, /
Cake Soap worth 15c and 1 Pack
age Pills worth 1Oc. Total ENo
worth S1.25, all for 4TC
MUNYON'S P AW P A w,
worth ST, and Munyon's Inhaler
worth ST, both for Csc.
VIOLETINE, Tooth Paste, 25c
tubes 15c.
ROBUR, blood and liver and
kidney cure, 81 bottles, SOC.
MOTH BALLS, per Id. &c.
INSECT POWDER, 35c kind,
for h., 10c.
GRAY's DYSPEPSIA CURE,
Doc size, soc.
PIERCE'S FAVORITE Pre-
scription, 81 bottles, 60c.
Kinks PERFUMES, exquis-
tie odors, SOC value, OF. 15c.
KIDNEOIDS, the SOC pkgs.,
500.
WILD CHERRY PHO s.
PLATE, on demonstration, 4-oz.
bottle 1Oc; 1907. bottle Csc.
CREME JOSEPHINE, better
for the hands and face than soap,
25c jars 1Oc.
ROSALINE, cosmetic for
tinting the finger nails, 25c jars
19c.
KINGS RAT AND ROACH
PASTE, the kind that smokes
when the lid is removed, 25c size
Use.
TALCUM POWDER, Col :
Igate's, Williams or Royal, 25c
cans 15C.
| GENUINE "Antonio Burti''
White CASTLE Soap, 2L ID. bar
for 25c.
LA SUPRENANTE, Lesour-
Pivert, we will sell this imported
face powder Saturday for 10c.
LA BLACHE FACE POW
DER, SOC size, soc.
CALDWELL'S SYRUP OF
IPEPSIN, 81 bottles, 60c.
NEW LIFE SY RUP OF
figs, SOC bottles, z0C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
ChemiSet1eS

We just received four special
lines that were bought cheap
enough SO they can be sold
under price. The first line con-
tains chemisettes of allover en-
broidery with val. lace edge and
insertion trimming, very dainty
styles; regular SOC values r.
for this sale tomorrow, OOC
THE OTHER LINE contains
styles that are daintily trimmed
with lace and embroidery, they're
worth 35c regularly; for 0Eo
this Saturday kOC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
Children'S Hose Csc

Strong, serviceable ribbed hose for
children. Warranted fast black They
are the 'sNo-Mend'' kind, have double
serviceab leness double heel and toe,
have Irish linen spliced knee. Abso-
lutely the best wearing stock 0EA
ings for children. Pair GVV
WOMEN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE,
wide hem at top, spliced heel and toe,
regular IL Il c stockings for to- M
morrow, pair xVV
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19

to the exclusion Of every other case
if you wanted to put the thing through
quickly"
The swindling schatchen has two
possible methods of procedure. 1t de-
ponds upon his nerve as to which he
adopts. If he be a brazen specimen,
he will advertise himself frankly as
a schatchen, and bring as many men
and girls together as possible, ask
ing a commission for his services. The
men are always picked from his own
band, and the same man will marry
and rob half a dozen girls before he
decides to leave town and try a new
field of activity.
The other method is more subtle,
and infinitely more dangerous. Here,
again, we find the band, the swindiing
broker, the trusting girl and the black
leg prepared to marry as many wom-
en- a he can conveniently pauperize in
a limited space of time. But in this
case the marriage broker is less our
ageous, and hides his nefarious trade
behind the screen of some legitimate
and blatently advertised business.
Employment Agencies.
The favorite cloak of these schat-
chens is ar employment agency"
They have large signs, front offices,
desks, ledgers, and all the costliest
paraphernalia.
To them come girls in search of
work-most of them foreigners just
from the other side. The girls names
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
FRUIT TREE NoURIsHMENT.
What Is Taken Out Of the Ground in
Growing and Maturing
the Fruit.

The Cornell experiment station bull
Ietin No. 10S on Soil Depletion In Re
spect to the Care of Fruit Trees. shows
that the plant food contained In 20
crops of apples of IL bushels per tree,
and 35 trees per acre, when the leaves
that are formed are also taken into the
calculation, amounts to 1887 pounds of
nitrogen, $40 pounds of phosphoric acid
and 1885 pounds of potash. Prof. Voor-
ices shows that 20 years continuous
cropping with wheat, assuming an aver
age crop of Is bushels per acre, and
seven pounds of straw to three bushels
of wheat, would remove $50 pounds OF
nitrogen, 211 pounds of p~hosphoric acid
and 324 pounds of potash. We can thus
compare the results of 20 years cropping
of apples, after the production of trees,
capable of bearing such crops, has taken
large amounts of plant food from the
soil, for the 20 years cropping of apples
has removed more than twice as much
nitrogen, half as much again of phos-
phoric acid, and three times as much
potash as the wheat crops during the
same period. 1t is evident, then, that
an orchard will far more rapidly deplete
the fertility of the soil than the con-
tinuous cropping in wheat. Any farmer
will understand that 20 years continu-
GUS cropping in wheat would be bad
,arming and would result in soil deple-
ton. How much more then does the
continuous cropping in apples deplete
the soil. Burn the hardwood of an apple
tree and you will fully understand the
amount of potash removed from the
soil in the wood alone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
desire to please, but with strangers he

desire to please, but with strangers he
is cautious and slow of tongue.
He has no regular Office as a rule,
but is apt to use upon his card the
address and telephone number of some
influential friend-the alderman Of
his district, or, If all else fail, the big
gest saloon keeper Of the neighbor-
hood. He slides in and out Of his
adopted headquarters by day and
night. insinuating himself into CONVEX.
sational groups or listening sharply to
the talk Of others about him.
Types of His Clients.
His clients are practically all Yid-
dish. A Jewish schatchen would never
trust a Gentle sufficiently to have
with him or her business dealings Of
so delicate and intimate a nature. The
type? Come with me to Riverton
street, and stand IN the corner where
Norfolk crosses it. Watch the girls
60 by. They are pretty in a gentle
foreign way. They rel their hair
low on their necks and very loosely ar
ranged. One and all have white worst
ed shawls wrapped about their slightly
bent shoulders. Their figures are full,
their steps heavy. They have the hall.
marks OF the working woman, the
beast OF burden writ large upon their
patient faces and STOPPING backs.
! One In seven has a bright ribbon In
her hair or a string Of colorsd beads
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
FOSTERING THE WOOD LOT
Some Suggestions for the Manage
ment of This Valuable Ad-
junct of the Farm.

Many of our farms have wood lots
on them that are being rapidly cut over,
but which would, if rightly handled, give
firewood for the farm for generations
to come. There is one mistake being
made in the h"ndling of these wood lots
to which attention should be called.
That is permitting the trees to grow too
far apart. The result is that the trees
branch largely and branches are very
difficult to work into stove wood. II
they are to be sold they must generally
be sold at a discount because they do not
pack closely into the wagons. The
amount of labor to work up such trees
Is SO very great that there is little profit
in the operation. What the farmer
wants in his wood lot, says the Farmers
Review, is a straight tree with numerous
small branches. Such a tree works up
easily into stove wood of any length. 1t
packs closely on the wagon and the large
trunks may be easily split by beetle and
wedges. The farmer that has a wood lot
that is growing too sparsely will do we'll
to either plant seeds of the best kinds OF
fuel wood, or encourage the seedlings
that have already started. The small
trees should be encouraged to grow three
or four feet apart rather than a rod
apart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19

rather proud of it at that, was mar
ried through a schatchen. So, also,
was that pathetic-looking woman over
there, who was recently deserted by
her husband, and is now begging pen.
MES on the sidewalk.
Her case brings us to the other
class of charlottesville men whose
praitice Of their trade makes them q
menace to the community, and whose
ill-gotten gains come to about quad
ripple what the honest schatchen makes
by his legitimate business.
The Crooked Schatchens.
These crooked sc%hatchens have been
little talked about until lately. Their
trade has been SO secret, their pre-
cautions s % complete, and their team
work" so remarkable that they have
operated almost entirely unobserved
Now and then the complaint of some
deserted wife has started the police
upon a scent which seemed bound to
lead to new and important discoveries,
but 1t was usually found to lend in
squirrel tracks or run up a tree"
Even now It is next to impossible
to arrest or convict a ''swindling
s%chatchen," as the police call them.
The police have been at work on the
overthrow Of several for years, but the
game is a long and arduous one, and,
as n young detective declared, lit
would take the entire time Of the force
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19

walk Of life is the glass-house les
son more forcibly illustrated.
The men who belong to the bands
and lend themselves to the vile
schemes for betraying and robbing
young girls are all Of a peculiar type.
Shifty eyes, weak chins, evil mouths
they look and are ready for any job
that may offer itself-the lower the
better.
Escape Comparatively Easy.
But no crook has ever been so care
less as to prepare a job without first
arranging to "get away" Many OF
the employment agents" have maps of
the city with the "get Always" all duly
marked. The city is so large, and the
districts are so distinct and separate,
that whenever he finds it too warm
in one locality, he simply moves on
to another, and all traces of him Is
lost. The aforementioned map has
estimates of population in various dis
tricts, and all sorts of valuable in
formation. Its usefulness in an en-
ployment agency seemed rather OBJ
scure, but perhaps the agents are per-
sons who like 10 be well informed on
all subjects.
One Happy Marriage.
But all weddings brought about by
the old schatchens are not unhappy.
One occurred recently in the Yiddish
quarter which was arranged by an old
patriarch, and the bride and BRIDE
groom looked as happy as any young
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
Methods of Schatchens, Straight and
Crooked. Among Girls of the
Yiddish Quarter.
ARE A MIGHTY POWER FOR GOOD AND EVIL
How They Ply Their Trade Among the limo
cent Young Jewish Maidens of the East
Side-Swindlers and Their Subtle
Methods Described.

about her throat. Only n in 80
wears a hat. They move quickly,
casting swift glances, half shy, half
bold, at the men they pass. Their
lives are spent in shops and factories,
gaining a meager living. They never
come in contact with men; they have
no time. Romance has no place in
their cramped, crushed destinies. Love
is not known in their hearts, any
more than joy is known to their lives.
They are the plodders, the workers,
the women whom the gods have for
gotten. And these are the natural
prey of the schatchen.
Advantages of the System.
Perhaps prey is the wrong word,
after all, for when the schatchen is
"on the level" and plays a straight
game" his Office may be a most useful,
valuable and beneficial one and often
he carries away from a Yiddish we'd
ding the good wishes of the two con-
tented young persons whom he has
united. The legitimate schatchen is a
necessary factor in Yiddish. life of the
lower strata. Without him these
girls would find no husbands, and the
men of the vicinity would go to other
districts for their wives. Also, there
would be much more immortality. The
schatchen foreStallS the natural mat
ing proclivities of young people and
ties up his clients in pairs, firm and
fast with knots that hold the couples
in comfortable bondage for good and
all.
One and all of these girls, whom we
see passing and repassing on all sides,
wish husbands. They a " their earn
ings for the purpose of massing a dot
adequate to make a good showing
with the schatchen and win a satisfac-
them who will not go to the schatchen
in time, If she has not already been
there.
There is a young couple. She is
dressed in her best, and he looks in
tensely sheepish. They have just met
each other through the schatchen. In
a week they will be man and wife. 1t
sounds risky, Toes it not? Yet they
will tell you down here that there is
about the same percentage of happi-
ness in these queer broker manufac-
tured marriages as in unions where
choice, romance, and other considera.
tons have a part. That man over
there carrying a baby, and looking
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
couple entering the holy bonds Of wed

couple entering the holy bonds Of we'd
lock could look.
The little bride was as pretty as a
colored Autograph, and her veil stood
out like a frost-covered lamp shade
from the white flowers on her small
black head. The bridegroom wore a
black suit and a tall silk hat, and
smiled and ~perspired with equal pro-
fusion all through the evening. There
were pretty girls with curly pompa-
dours and little hooked noses, and an
barrassed youths, and %patriarchs, and
stout, aquiline matrons. And there
was music, with a great deal of drum
effect, and dancing, all quadrilles of a
peculiarly wooden and seemingly JOY
GUS nature, and there were strange
things to eat and drink, and a COM
plete absence of oxygen in the room.
When the ceremony began the bride
and bridegroom and rabbi stood un-
der a gorgeous fringed canopy, with
long poles held over their heads by
some men. The rabbi talked for a
long time in Yiddish-the service took
th%ree-quarters of an hour-and every
one wept, especially the brides mother,
dear soul, who babe fair to dissolve in
tears. Then the pretty bride walked
seven times around her husband-the
| symbolism is obscure and has been
forgotten by most Hebrews. And final
| ly, in a little hush that was rather sol
emn, on the whole, a wine glass was
flung upon the floor for good luck. The
little tinkle of splintered glass sound
| ed like a tiny chime of bells. So they
were married-happily, If one may
trust their faces-and all through the
| old schatchen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19

are entered, their looks and savings
are estimated, and the willy employ
ment agent talks matrimony, the com
forts of home and being settled for
life into the girls ears.
The girls who are amenable to the
agents reasoning find husbands speed
lily for the coming. their small earn
ings are taken away, and Immediately
afterward they are deserted and en-
tirely without funds. They may ap-
peal to the police, but the husbands
have gone, and who can touch the
agent? He knew nothing about the
mans disreputable character, of
course, and had nothing to do with
the matter beyond introducing one
young person to another.
Bands Work in Unison.
AS has been said before, the team
work." or concerted action, of these
matrimonial bands is rather eXtraor-
binary. The interdependence of the
members is of necessity tremendous,
and the men all stand in with n an
other so successfully as to drive the
police and the plain-clothes men iran
tic. The best chance for the force
comes when some n man, to save
and square himself, peaches" on an
other, and so destroys'a little of that
perfect harmony in the organization
of crooks.
Sometimes, of course, a broker cheats
one of his men, or a mar goes back on
the broker and fails to give up the
promised share of the plumber OBJ
tatined from the newest wife, but this
does not help the police. No COM
plant will be made, of course, for, as
may be readily be imagined, in no
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
Picture Post-C Cards,

Picture postcards have become Q
nuisance. The originals were evolved
in Germany. Some are nasty, some
vile, some salacious, some profane-all
vulgar and inane. This country is fol-,
lowing suit rapidly. The post office
authorities are helpless, says the New
York Press, as any particularly objec-
tionable card may be inclosed in an
envelope and mailed. On the continent
of Europe extra stamp charges consti-
tute one of the evils Of the craze. I'm
able, as a majority Of the tourists are,
to read the inscriptions printed on the
cards in the language Of the particu-
lar country in which they may be
travelling, they fail to see that nothing
beyond the address Is allowed If the
card is intended for a foreign destina-
ton unless extra postage is paid. the
result Is that the sender writes: An
other for your collection" Having a
ripping time" Remember me to the
gang Have one on me- etc. When
the card arrives the recipient pays the
extra postage and says things about
the idiocy of picture postcard senders.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-19
THE METHOD OF GRATING

Seeding. Tongue-graft was the style
used. I have tried %top-grafting lager
trees, but without success. l have
been told that top-grarllng proved sue
cessful near Moorestown. N. j. Can
anyone in that vicinity give us a re-
port?
In response to this question Mrs.
J. Kay says: Take a small limb on
J. Kay says: Take a small limb on
it, girdle it around with a bud in it,
then go to Black walnut tree and cir.
die it where you want to insert the
bud. Now remove the bark and fit the
bark from the English walnut neatly
into the stock; tie it up with a string
until you find the APPS have united.
The bud will be dormant till next
spring. The diagram explains the
process.