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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Saturdays Live Stock Market in 3

Weeks total: Cattle, $4,000; hogs
125,5OO; sheep, 65,100; good weak in
fat steer trade-demand brisk; prices
for good to choice lots up Is to Csc:
common and medium, however. are
only steady; COW trade in bad shape
bulk off Is to 25c; bulls at decidedly
low point-calves show gain; good
feeders firm sale-others are lower;
good to best hogs open about steady;
later weak and fully sc lower-5, 5000
unsold; heavy packers 5 to 1Oc off
most of the day; sheep make a 25 to
35c gain from week ago; yearlings go
readily It 40 to soc advance; lamb
values rule 75c to s1.O0 higher.
Receipts.
Last weeks receipts compared with
the previous week, increased 1000 cat
tie and $4,000 hogs and decreased 49,
500 sheep. Compared with the cor
responding week year ago there was
an increase of $500 cattle and 43,200
hogs and a decrease of $500 sheep.
Receipts and Shipments.
Chicago stock yards movement Of
live stock, Saturdays figures esti-
ma a6
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-A FINE FARM OF 200
acres; good s room house; new
barn; bearing orchard; 20 acres In
clover and grass; located miles
west of city of Paragould; a snap al
$28 per acre. Address or call on
owner at farm. J. w. Jones, Para
gould, Ark, r. F. D., No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-GRA1N AND STOCK
farm. 1880 acres; right in the Gar
den Of Eden; Ramsey county, North
Dakota; under good state Of culti-
walton; fair buildings; pastures
fenced. It's a money maker. Good
reasons for selling. Write for par
ticulars, etc. Could not give all the
merits of this farm unless bought
this paper to publish them in. Might
consider part trade. A. r. Walker,
Devils Lake, N. D., r. F. D. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
WANTED-FARMERs

Who are looking for cheap homes or
good investments on easy terms, $50
per acre and up. in northwest Missou-
RI, to send for our state map and land
list. We grow corn, clover. wheat,
day. G. T. KINSEY LAND CO., Chi.
licothe, Mo-, so miles east Of Kansad
City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

The following dealers arrived with
consignments of horses: Harry Gill,
Indianola, Iowa; F. S. Sweet, st. JOS
eph, Mo-. G. W. Wilson, Alpha, ILL.,;
Ellsworth & McNair, A. o. Elder, w.
G. Hatley, j. O'Eern, j. McPhillips,
Kruse Bros, j. Meyers, o. H Nor.
gan, Loeb & Co.. S. Simpson and B.
Edwards, Chicago; I. Trask, Aledo, ILL.,;
]. McNellis and Ellsworth & McNair,
Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
A BARGAIN.

For sale, good farm Of 100 acres,
all fenced, good house Of seven rooms,
pantry and wardrobe; good barn, SO
by 4s feet, everlasting water; in Will
son county, Kans., in center of oil and
gas belt; free mail delivery and tele-
phone. For further particulars in
quire of A. ]. Davis, Benedict, Kans.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
Eldon, Iowa.
WE WANT TO BUY
A house and lot on North Side. A

A house and lot on North Side. A
vacant lot on North Side.
TO SELL
Having a customer for a hotel, wa
advertised Cor one last week and have
our client fitted out and Still have 8
hotels left N the list as a result Do
you want one Of them? If so write at
once. We have a bakery in good .ity;l
meat market in good railroad town;j
will sell either at bargain. Good
money makers.
A snap in an Oklahoma Y sections
only $4,000, and one half trade: store
and postoffice on farm Stock Of goods
included in this price. Large farms ia
trade for smaller. See US now. :
LoWENBERG & CO.
Court Street, Ottumwa.
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Specimens of HandwritInu.

refused, and she was led from the
court room crying.
Specimens of Handwriting.
No testimony was introduced to
show whether the note found in the
shirt pocket of Mr.. Harris was written
by him or his wife. Specimens of the
handwriting of both Mr.. Harris and
Mrs. Harris, however, were introduced
as exhibits for comparison with the
handwriting of the note.
Joseph Park, whose farm adjoins the
Harris farm, was on the witness stand
yesterday. He said that he did not
remember whether he was at home all
day Saturday, August s. A receipt
which he said was written by MT
Harris was introduced as an exhibit.
Said Home Was Broken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Lewis, the aged
couple whom Mrs Harris is alleged to
have defrauded Of some property and
bank account were both on the wit
ness stand yesterday.
Mr.. Lewis said that Mr. Harris came
to his place on Wednesday evening
before his death regarding the settle.
ment of their difficulties over the. prop
erty. He said that Mr.. Harris said that
he wanted them to get what belonged
to them and that he was going to
come and live with them, that his
home was broken up. "He went home
and brough Mrs. Harris over to the
house and we agreed to go to Ottumwa
the next morning and complete set
Element, which We did. After Mr.. and
Mrs Harris came to our house he said
that lis home was broken up. Mrs.
Harris didn't say anything. I knew of
our guardian telling Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ris not to come to our house any more.
Mrs. Harris told me once that she had
hit Jim on the head with milk crock
and was going to come and live with
us. do not know of them having any
other trouble"
The testimony of Mrs. Lewis was
substantially the same as that of her
husband. She said that after they set
tied the propert yaffair in
Ottumwa, they went home together
and all ate supper at the Lewis home.
A note which Mrs. Lewis had, which
she said was written by Mrs. Harris
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

was Introduced as an exhibit OF the
handwriting of the defendant.
S. j. Myers, father of William A.
Myers, guardian of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis, who filed the information
against Mrs. Harris was on the wit
ness stand yesterday afternoon, but
his testimony brought out nothing
new.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE = FORTY ACRES OF
fine timbered land; ten acres, clear
ed; fine location, within one mile Of
town. Price, $500; a bargain. ADJ
dress Mrs. Ida Reed, Franks, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-1s4 ACRES; WELL I'M
proved; so acres bottom, so acres
timothy and clover; fine stock and
grain farm; corn will make Is
bushels per acre; at sacrifice price.
w. E. Dillingham;, route 2, Aurora,
Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE-FREsH MICH COW.
G. Warner, Agency, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

G. R. RATHBUN, DE sofa, MO-.
near St. Louis; has several bargains
in small farms; good market; also
a 400-acre stock farm; easy terms;
pasture for 200 head of cattle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
HEARING OF EVIDENCE IN
MURDER CASE COMPLETED

near her attorneys, "A. G. steck and W
II. G. Jaques. stood up and said, 81 was
there"
After the adjournm ent of the court
in the afternoon, Mrs. Harris made
some request of her son, which was
refused, and she was led from the
court room crying.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-MICHIGAN LAND, $50
acres suitable for mixed farming.
Includes good location for sawmill
and gristrnill. On navigable water.
Good fishing. Write w. Sims, SUI
perior, Wis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
WANTED.

WANTED-CORN, OATS, WHEAT
and rye in car lots, track any sta
ton. Harlte Yost, Libertyville, Ia.
WANTED - COUNTRY GIRL TO
work morning and evenings, and 60
to school. Mrs. Manion, 227 East
Fourth.
WANTED-THREE EXPERIENCED
saleswomen for work in an Ottum>
wa store. None but experienced
need apply. Address Sales" care
Courier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-GooD IMPROVED 100
acre farm for $40 per acre, IA
miles Of Rock Island railway; about
sixty acres second bottom land; for
good stock farm call on Charles E..
Doggett, owner, Unionville, Iowa, R
F. D. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22
TEXAS LANDS.

We have land to show you which
will surprise any Iowa farmers and
business men. Water and climate is
fine, prices are low at present Come
and go with US to Hereford, Texas
Sept. 5. Drop me postal card and ]
will send you full information or call
on you.
JOHN P. APPLEoUIsT, Div. supt.
1923 E. Main ST.. ottunwa. la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE-oNE HUNDRED AND
twenty acres, two miles east OF
Stuart, Ia, all tillable, fair improve
ments. Mail and telephone. For
prices and terms address the owner.
G. M. Cady, Stuart, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE-CoRN LANDS IN THE
best part Of the frand old state of
Missouri, Audrian county, where
corn is king, and we can show you
bumper crop, good wheat, oats and
clover, and blue grass that beats
Kentucky; mild climate and good
schools; free rural delivery; tele-
phones and the lowest taxes of any
state; three railroads. farms at rea-
sonable prices. Write us for land
list and information. Winters &
Tucker Mexico, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE-BARGAIN; 480 ACRES
in Oklahoma. $500. Improvements
cost s1,S00; 60 acres crops, 125 acres
tillable, 40 acres bottom, very pro-
ductive soil, good orchard, plenty of
water and timber, splendid stock
farm; adjoining thousands of acres
of government land. Just the place
for sheep. Near school and railroad.
A widow; must sell. Mrs. c. e.
Hobbs, Mount Scott, Comanche
county, Oklahoma.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-EAsT KANSAS FARM,
100 acres, smooth prairie, black soil,
70 miles from Kansas City, 8 miles
to town, Q railroads; good corn and
tame grass, one-half timothy and
clover; deep well, best of water;
large apple and peach orchard; fair
improvements. A good farm in the
rain belt. Fuel plenty. Address. the
owner, Fred w. Benedict, r. F. D.,
No. 8, Pomona, Kansas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

[ HAVE A FEW IMPROVED AND
unimproved farms in Iowa and the
northwest which I must exchange
for good stocks of goods or income
property at once. Submit full par
ticulars. B. Butler. Northwood.
Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR sALE-sTocK AND GRAIN
farm of 276 acres. Y mile from Kill.
bourn Station, new house and good
land. Address C. B. Crane, Kill
bourn, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

Representative Sales.
Following are some of the represent
tative sales made in Chicago yesterday
showing lowest, medium and highest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-22

FOR SALE-WELL MACHINE, IN
good condition. Address Ross Speer
Abba, Iowa.
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EsTRAYED.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A. ]. BUCKNER FARM.
231 acres. miles north of Ottumwa
Plenty of good water; good house,
barn and outbuildings. Fer infor;na-
ton inquire Benne tt Bros. on farm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

may carry him too far In the present instance
it is almost subject for regret that this amiable
failing does not show itself. He is exceedingly
temperate and in places tame
1t is extremely probable that the time has not
yet come when Montaigne can be summarized,
not to say reconciled to himself or fitted into
some conceivable system of human develop
ment. He fascinated but baf1led Pascal The
eighteenth century made nothing of him sainte
Beuve once thought he had found him out, only
to acknowledge, some twenty years later that
Montaigne eluded him, slipped through his fin
gers. The dweller in the round tower. with his
books and notices and apparatus for comfort
about him. the defantly happy but really unde-
ceived and apprehensive writer OF the Essays,
the extremely scrUpulous man whom his con-
temporaries called a trimmer, whom later gen.
erations deemed a skeptic and voluptuary and
biographers OF to-day regard as half mystic,
half agnostic, still wears pathetic smile which
has never been understood There is good rea-
son to think that Englishman rather than
F'renchman may be expected to break the spell.
an Englishman. de tOuS les prejugeS. 1t
would have been a suitable undertaking for Les
lie Stephen.
In reading Professor Dowden's biography, if
we are tempted to be impatient at his occa-
sional languor and his remuneration of striking
effects we should remind ourselves how prepos-
ferrous it would be to deal shrewdly and decf-
sively with Montaigne. We have but to fancy
Macaulay or Mr.. Birrell showing Montaigne to
his place! All the proprieties were satisfied,
and must indeed think all the conditions
until now obligatory were fulfilled. when Pascal
wrcstled with him in agony and Sainte-Beuve
from afar stood umpire. And still MOntaigne,
this deep, metaphysical Montague utters his
Interrogation. which should be a challenge to a
fresh generation trained in naturalistic phios-
ophy: Il gave you myself honestly and fully:
interpret me- His own experimentation, slight
though it may be- kept him from thinking the
solution easy. He could not accommodate the
mystical top story of his mind to the rational
middle floors where he carried on the practical
business of life, much less to the purely physical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

often steps forth naked to be at ease He lin
its religion to pure mysticism. With him it
has little TO do with conduct or with reason. and
comes upon the scene generally when reason
has been baffled and life has been lived. 1t is
a dea machina, and no legitimate clement OF
the human drama. Montaigne's compound of
moral prudence with religious mysticism, a life
mechanically attached to Catholicism. but in nc
wise penetrated with it, is the more curious if
we are to believe that there was Jewish and
a Spanish strain in his blood and that his
mother mot improbably adhered to the Re
formed Faith
AS Sainte-Beuve recognized, such considera-
tions these are fundamental in discussing
Montaigne; for the psychological basis of the
Essays is uneasy, yet not unhappy, inquisi-
tiveness as to the debt owes respectively
to faith, to reason and to his animal nature.
Ever when the faun is most carelessy at play
some spirit touches his trembling ears" And
the other hand, it is Montaigne's vigorous
joy in life that keeps him from even attempting
to reach philosophic gertrude. He has only
fleeing impulses toward PascaPs high mark.
He oscillates very humanity between natural
ism and supernaturalism, and the question sug-
gests itself as accompany him whether skep-
dcism be not sign of health Professor Dow
den ingeniously sums up the matter in the fol-
lowing paragraph:
While he would keep the body and soul harmoni-
ously together as mutually helpful companions. he
would divide the soul itself into two separate
partments-the compartment of reason and the
compartment of faith. Each a genuine pOr-
ton Of the entire man. and he would have been
different human being if either had been ami
hilated- But a faith which is held. as it were, in
reserve which does not permeate the whole body
of beliefs is Il singularly artificial product. Yet
is anything more common? MOntaisne. the
alist, walks the substantial earth and Plutarch
and Seneca are companions good enough for all
his needs: or he rests his head, like peasant
philosopher. Mother Earth, only nterpOSng as
a soft. and easy pillow the ignorance and in
curiosity which suit well ordered head his faith
aIoft in balloon attached TO the ground by
a sure but slender cord: by and by he enters the
of his balloon. reason suffers for moment
from vertigo; and is presently asphyxilted Mon
taigne, the believer, approaches :he peace of the
divine mysteries or religion. The division OF his
own nature made by the ascetic who sunderS the
the body is less destructive of unity than
division thS-a division OF the soul itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

basement of which he well realized the impor-
tance-
Montaigne like many another great man OF
Latin race was pagan plus Christian he was
bred on pagan literature. Plutarch PROVIDED MN
with models, Seneca with maxims, of right Nv
ing. In his moral constitution there was noun
ing which might not have remained toieraDlS
well satisfied with the ideals of the ancient
world Though accepting Christian doctrine
as something of supreme consequence ne Idlieu
to transmute by Of it his ha@I sen
sral half rational nature. He sJperimposeu re-
ligion upon all the rest, giving 1t thereby Ihe
place of honor, but without granting II Iuil
sway Probably this in part accounts 1or MS
instructive cIinging to Catholicism when many
of his relatives and political associates were
Protestants. and in province of which Mohiuc
declared that "all it's of good birth thought
thew must try taste of that dish"
For Montaigne there was uncertainty and in
congruity enough in the traditional position; II
was not for him to undergo the voluntary strain
involved in a change At times he appears 10
wear his Catholicism very lightly; at other
times he wraps himself in it as in no mere or
namentaI garment. but panoply of proof Yet
the man within is scarcely Christian, and he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

The chief value of biography OF hontaigns
must one would suppose, consist In testing InS
sensation which the essays give tnae theRk
author ,vas a representative man We find our Z
selves in him. We are naturally curious to know
IL his actual life bears out this opinion As II
the rfgor of his self-delineation or real catho-
Iicity of character-is 1t art or nature winch
thus distinguishes him? We are no less posed
for an answer after reading Professor Dow;
denis book than We were before his chaptef
on Writing the Essays is not satisfactory
On the other hand. his clear and eloquent CHAP
ters on Montaigne's friendship for Edenne de
Ia Baetie and his account Of the effect OF the
civil wars on Montaigne's temper and pru-
dence are great helps to understanding on
the essays He scarcely attempts to indicate or
explain the immense advance in what we eau
modernness between Rabelais and Montague
an advance which is shown in nothing more
than in the Iatter's comparative historical estl-
mate and rational application Of classical htera-
ture Very little CRIME Of medieval pedantry
adheres to Montaigne. And he Is amazingly free
too from the new pedantry Of the late Renals-
sance Professor Dowden does not say enough
about the fresh and natural SAVIOR or MOI
tafgne's style. His practice OF indirect citation
gives US an imperfect conception Of its char
acter Only the original or a close rendering can
disclose the audacity Of Montaignes imagery
forever startling US, yet always justhying itseII
or do Justice to his poetic quality consisting part
" in a peculiar rhythm and partly In the power
magicaIly to upIift the particular TO the general
Montaigne says he wishes things. not words 70
leave their imprint the imagination OF his
auditors; he approves "a language simple anu
natural the same on paper as on the hps'
language succulent and vigorous concise ana
compressed. rather obscure than tedious, remote
from affectation and artIfce, laWlesS. loose
and bold, every bit part Of the Whoie' not
nedant-Iike nor friar-Iike, nor laWyer-Ilke' OuL
rather soldier-Iike' Here, to be sure, Is the
formula: but who else has ever filed 1t as 40
did? No other Frenchman, except Pascai or
MoIfare. has written so earnestly as the play
fuIr Moutaigne These three have the same ar
of being lawless loose and bold while IN reaIey
tbo1, see and make US see, things rather than
words
1t is as strange, then. as paradox OF lle
ESSAYS that Professor Dowden has chosen 10
give US a fairly full biography OF Montague
rather than a discussion Of his quality as a niSn
of letters, or his meaning and position IN PM
losophy. The descriptive and narrative parts are
excellent As son, friend. citizen, student mag
istrate traveller and Mayor Of Bordeaux MOI
taigne is made to live again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

The desirability of leaving the great to speak
for themselves is so obvious that one would
think it impossible for any critic pretending TO
high standards to advocate the miniStrat1ons or
the intruder Yet that is what we find Mr.. Ar
thur Symons doing in paper on the new life OF
Charles Lamb by Mr. e. V. Lucas, the latest and
most skilful Of Elias editors. Mr.. Lucas has
done his best to suppress himself in this biOS-
raphy saying "As L have tried as far as pos
sible to keep the story Of Lambs life in his own
and his sisters words, and in those Of their con-
temporaries, my part will be found to be less
that of author than of stage manager" That
nothing could be more admirable in biographer
than this modest attitude adopted by Mr. Lucas
goes without saying, but, remarks MIR. Symons.
II should have liked his book better if there
had been more of himself in it" 1t is difficult
to speak with patience of an idea Of this sort
Are we never to have any rest from the per
sonaI note" or rather, from the self-cOnsciOus-
ness for which that is only another name? When
4 biographer arises who has the good taste
subject and not about himself is he to be repri-
manded and discouraged? All honor to Mr..
Lucas for his rarr discretion. In these days OF
literary self advertising there is something de-
lightful in the conduct of man whose only
ambition is to render good service to literature
and to keep himself in the background But
such q man musr prepare to be misunderstood
In quarters wbs-e the personal note is the
whole thing,