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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

far to win. Possessor Of that secret
and able IN moment to open the
door, and go out into the night, and
make use of it-and yet the most un-
happy of all men. The sweat stood on
my brow, my eyes wandered round
the room; even turned towards the
door, with some mad thought of fight
flight from her, from the house, from
everything. And God knows If I might
not have chosen that course; for
still stood doubling. when on the door,
that door, there came sudden hur-
ried knocking which Jared every
nerve in my body. started. stood in
the middle of the floor, gazing at the
door, as at a ghost Then glad Of ac-
ton, glad of anything that might re-
lieve the tension Of my feelings, I
STROBE to it and pulled 1t sharply
open.
On the threshold, his flushed face
lit up by the light. behind me. stood
one of the knaves had brought with
me to Auch. He had been running and
painted heavily, but he had kept his
wits. He grasped my sleeve instantly.
"Ah! Monsieur, the very mani" he
cried, Juggling at me. Quick! come
this instant and you may yet be first
They. have the secret. They have found
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
THE SOFT MAPLE.

The soft maple tree for prairie plant.
ing possesses two distinct merits-onle
is it will grow and do well more close-N
" planted than any other tree, the
trees seldom dying out by overcrowd-
Ing; then it seems proof against the
tramping Of stock, something which in
sures the death Of most other varieties
Of forest trees. We know Of large
feed yard where 100 cattle or more are
fed each season, and in this yard is
grove Of soft naples planted about ten
feet apart. The tramping and the
shade prevent the growth of any grass
or vegetation under the trees, and
these trees are perfectly healthy and
from thirty to forty feet in height.
Had these trees been of any other va
riety three-fourths of them would have
been dead long ago. Besides this, the
maple is very rapid grower, affords
fuel Of the best quality of any Of ouHl
soft woods, and If one has enough trees;
they may be very successfully anda
probably tapped for sugar in the
spring Of the year, and no nicer flavor
ed sugar was ever made than that
made from the sap Of the soft maple
tree. The more that we see Of this
tree the more we are convinced that
for northwestern, conditions it is oneIs
OF the best trees to plant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
A Down EAST FARMER.

Here is the story Of a down eall
farmer. When he married he took y
fathers old farm, which had been
the family for q hundred years.
did his best to make it pay, but tn
sins Of the fathers were visited In az
agricultural way upon the children 81
the third and fourth generations, AM
work and plan as best he could, Il
could wrest from the poor, exhausted
soil nothing but bare living. At fortY
years Of age he concluded that he hss
had enough and moved to tho wei
securing homestead four years ags
in, one Of the newly opened India
reservations. In four short years BIZ
has made himself the owner; free q
debt Of $40 acres Of as fertile an
productive land ~ can anywhere b
found. He has good home, Emo bmy
inss and his income from his farm,
sides his living, Of over $1,000 per VI
The funny thing about this Is Z
when he goes down east to his
home and tells his cid 1eighbors h1
well hs h doing they think he Is lyiA
ana. o. for coming west and lisl
wise benedting themselves, no arg..
ment will bulge them an inch, SO wed
ded are they to their old enyironmel
and traditions,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
rHn nIsn oF n nErrEn.

he WIS Just starting for himself
twelve years ngo and was very poor
had only an old plug team Of horses
and a little secondhand farm machin-
cry. He had bright little woman
for his wife, and both had the ambition
to better their condition II hard work
would do 1t. He was wise enough to
see that it would be bettSr for him to
secure good farm for afterm Of years
than it would be to shift from farm to
farm year by year, SO lie found an old
man whose boys had all left him, the
owner Of good farm, and got the old
man to rent him the farm for Ave
years, with the privilege OF ten, and,
further, got him to put on the farm
twelve good cows, six well bred sows
and twenty ewes, landlord and tenant
to share equally in the profits and in
crease. The little woman said she was
going to make the grocery and cloth
Ing bills out Of her poultry, and did.
Both worked early and late. At the
end Of the tenth year this was the re-
suit: The landlord had his farm in
fine productive shape. better than it
ever was under his system Of mnnag-
ing 1t; the tenant after his sale found
himself with $1,000 in bankable notes
and cash, three teams Of good horses
and lot of good farm machinery, be-
sides lot Of poultry, pigs and other
things; he had had q good home to
live In, had not had to worry ever a
big debt and was in good shape to buy
a small farm Of his own. This is no
exaggerated picture, but has been
duplicated over and over again. Had
he become one year renter, raising
grain to sell, he would have been at
the end of the ten years just about
where he was when he started, while
the landlords farm would have de-,
preciated in value several dollars peri
acre.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
CHAPTER x.
THE ARREST.

So it had come! And come in such a
fashion that saw no way Of escape.
The sergeant was between us and
could not strike him. And found no
words A score of times had thought
with shrinking how I should reveal
my secret to mademoiselle, what I
should say and how she would take it.
But in my mind it had always been a
voluntary act, this disclosure. 1t had
been always who had unmasked my
self, and she who listened-alone; and
in this voluntariness and this privacy
there had been something which
seemed to take from the shame of an
@ticipation. But here-here was no vol
untary act on my own part. no privacy,
nothing but shame. I stood mute,
convicted, speechless- the thing /
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
Not few farmers have invested in
typewriters and find them a very use
full adjunct to their business.

We once knew man who could nell
ther read nor write, yet there was not
man who could beat him figuring inter-
est on a note.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A corn grower in Iowa last year had
1900 acres in practically one corn
field, which averaged him fifty BUSH
els an acre, making it really notable
crOn u
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The genuine Swiss cheese is to be
made in this country. a colony of Swiss
farmers In Missouri having taken up
the manufacture Of this popular brand
Of the cheese.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

One funny, phase Of western agricul.
ture consists in the leasing Of musk
rat marshes by the owners and the
mortgaging Of the frog crop, things
which are actually done in some Of the
wet sections Of the northwest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Hungarian bronze grass is al
most as hard to get rid of as Quack
grass and should not be sown as a ro-
tation crop where clover and timothy
will grow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

II corn Is planted too thick, there will
be few If any ears, and in this case it
is not defective seed or seed which
lacks in vitality which is the cause Of
the barren stalks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Better relations are being established
between the horse and the automobile.
The horse no longer wants to run away
and tear everything to pieces when he
sees one
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A 1000 pound horse sold in Chicago
recently for $500. There is pointer
here for horse raisers. The market
always wants the large horse at good
figure. There were lot Of 1000 pound
horses sold the same day for $75 or
less.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Where man has dairy Of ten cows
1t will pay him well to buy a separator.
The machine will pay for itself with
that number Of cows in a little over a
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

+. Some of the SO called most highly civ.
ilized people Of Europe might well learn
something from the Japanese in the
matter Of personal cleanliness. The
Jap bathes often and keeps clean, while
some Of the people who rate him as a
heather do not battle once a year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Even in Ohio the farmers hardly dare
try to raise a crop Of wheat unless they
use about 200 pounds Of bone dust to
the acre, and the farther east one tray
els the more they have to use.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The American people have eaten
more mutton the past year than ever
before and are eating up their sheep
faster than they can breed them. This
is good thing in way, for there is
no more profitable animal to keep on
the farm than the sheep when present
prices for wool and mutton prevail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

It is estimated that country green
horns and suckers have dropped $780,
100000 in Chicago the past year in
connection with the various games Of
graft which thrive in that city, the
board OF trade chief among them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The demand for Christmas trees IL
becoming serious menace to the re-
foresting Of much territory where it is
a shame to destroy the young trees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The colored man has simply got to
work out his own salvation, and he will
never do it save through good hard
work and economy. The easiest way
out for him is through bank account,
for the possession Of money will secure
him respect and consideration from
the white race which he can obtain in
no other way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
California is noted for it's hospitality,
and this is all right for the state large.
ly lives off Its visitors.

Any education is lamentably defec.
tive which makes the young man or wo.
man look with contempt on good, hon
est hard work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

We have two or three inquiries as to
the changing Of seed grain. 1t will al
ways pay to change once in three or
four years, getting the seed from the
north Of you and from sandy land If
yours Is clay, and vice versa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

II never done before, at least next
spring try the experiment of SO clean.
ing all seed grain that none but the
best and most perfect kernels shall be
used for seed. No matter If you can
get only twenty bushels out Of hun
dred bushels of this sort Of seed, it will
prove to be the biggest paying job
which you will do during tho whole
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Better butter than is now made will
probably never be made, but there are
lots Of chances to make more of it.
With modern facilities and knowledge
1t seems strange that there is SO much
poor butter still made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The farmer Of fifty years ago was
not supposed to be an educated man.
In fact, it was commonly thought that
the less education he had the better
farmer he would be. Today the sue
cessful farmer is almost Of necessity
an educated man. The MORE he reads
and thinks and the more he knows the
greater his success
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A dog is not the best Judge Of the Mt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A German a bit illiterate and not
rated as very smart still knew enough
to buy ten years ago tract Of seventy
acres Of cut of timber land In the
Hood river valley in Washington,
which he planted out when cleared to
spitzenberg and Newtown Pippin ap-
pies. The land cost him $40 per acre,
and lately he has been offered $4,000
for his little farm. These choice APP
pies, which find their very highest de-
velopment on the soil and in the eli
mate of this valley, represent about the
most profitable branch Of horticulture
to be found in the whole country. This
fruit is all taken for export at fancy
prices, some Of the ffteen-year-old
trees bringing In an income Of $50
ach
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A friend tells us that he rid large
field Of cookie burs which had COM
plete possession of the land by repeat
ed moving during the late summer and
fall. Another tells us that he got rid OF
them by pasturing the land closely with
sheep. Another says that a summer
fallow with two or three plowings and
plenty Of disking and dragging will
finish them up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

A field Of corn which gave last year
an authenticated yield Of lat bushels
per acre was grown thus: An old blue
grass pasture was turned over in Sep
TENDER, 1904. The field was thoroughly
disked and narrowed to get the seed
bed in the very best condition. The
corn was then planted In rows two
feet apart, the kernels six inches apart
In, the row. The cultivation was done
with single horse culttvator.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The department Of agriculture could
do no more practical and useful thing
right now than to issue bulletin de-
scribing all the new tracts of land
which the government will throw open
to settlement within a few years as In
dian reservations or as tracts which are
included within the various irrigation
schemes now under way. Such bull
letn should give the locality, the terms
Of settlement, the names OF the proper
parties to apply to for detailed informa-
ton. Such bulletin would be worth
to the public at large hundred times
more than some treatise on bugs. Bet
ter get at this, Mr.. Secretary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13


A reader wishes to know why he
cannot raise as good crops now as he
did forty years ago, when his section
was first settled. That's easy to an
swer. He would not expect to get as
much work out Of an old and broken
down horse as he would from young
and vigorous one, and it is that way
with the land. The soil has been work
ed out is deficient in plant food and,
like the old horse, will soon lie down
in the harness and refuse to work any
more. 1t need not have come to this
had ordinary sense been used in the
cultivation Of the soil, but as it stands
today the biggest problem which con-
fronts the largest number Of American
farmers is how best to restore fertility
to wornout land.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING
Senator bailey Makes . re.r He.rs'
speeck-House Ceasiders Post
once Appropriation.

Washington, April i1--For more
than four hours. Mr.. Bailey held
the undivided attention Of p,s sen
ate with a speech In reply to Mr.. Spoo-
ner and Mr.. Knox. and Just before It's
conclusion there was q slenihcant sag-
sestion from Mr.. Hale Indicating the
possibility Of an understanding and an
ariy vote on the railroad rate bin
For seven hours the house had under
confederation the post once appropria-
ton bin, but In only few instances
were the provisions corsidsrsd.
A humorous speech wss made by J.
Adam Bede (Minnesots}. and Charles
A. Towne tNew York) spoks IN behalf
of tbs jamestown sxposltien.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13
THE ILLINOIS COAL
OPERATORS MEET
ExPEL 1KaEE COMPANIES FOE
sIGEING SCALE DEMANDED
By THE MINERS.
UNITED NINE WORKERS
WERE REPRESENTED
rhs commissioasr Of the Mine
workers Association Declares
che Operators Are sticking 40
gsthsr sad that the Strike May
Last six Months.

6t. Louis, April n.-Three coal COM
psnaes we're expelled from membership
In the Illinois Coal Operators associa-
tiou ut the meeting In the Planters ho-
ted Wednesday for signing the scale
demanded By the miners. The De-
catur Coal Co., the Middleton Coal Co.
End the Talula Coal Co. were the ones
expelled, Their aggregate output Of
coal daily 10 estimated at 400 tons.
Wednesdays meeting was the largest
In the history of tho association. The
organization comprises 235 companies
controlling the output Of $50 mines In
Illinois. These $50 mines produc 81
per cent Of the coal that is shipped In
Illinois. There was q full meeting Of
representatives, all but 8 per cent. Of
the companies being present
Both sides Anxious.
Prior to the meeting there was .
meeting OF q committee from the OPP
orators association and committee
from United Mine Workers of America
for the Twelfth district. representing
the state Of Illinois At this meeting
II was expected that scale would be
presented by the miners for the wages
Of engineers, fremen, bumpers and ex-
tension workers. This scale was In
tended TO prevail only during the pres
ent strike Both sides realize the ne
cessity for this work. and both sides are
anxious that the properties are not
ruined for lack of attention
The miners committee could not
agree oai scale at the Joint meeting.
and they requested that committee
from the operators organization be ap-
pointed TO meet with the committee
nom the miners organization at In
dlanapolis next Tuesday.
! H. C. Perry. president. and w. J.
Ryan, secretary of the Mine Workers
union. were present at the Joint meet
ing. No other meeting Of the miners
was held Wednesday. tho miners pre-
terring to await the action Of the en-
ployers.
| 3. Justi's Opinion.
Herman Justi, commis ioner Of the
Illinois Coal Operators association. and
who took a leading part in the delibera-
tons Of the body, said to reporter:
"The operators are sticking to-
gether now closer than they ever did.
Practically every extensive operator IN
Illinois 10 member of the associa-
"a a.. a.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13

~ - 4A4 tetAAENA l-1E1AbaG W t1e4Ah tAAN
points which have suffered most se-
yereIy. Even the soldiers detailed to
guard the ruins at ottajano have been
recalled. and the town has been left
TO Its fate.
Require 100000 aescue Workers.
So widespread is the catastrophe
caused by the eruption Of vesuvius that
Il Is estimated 1t win require an or
ganizsd body Of 10000 man and the
expenditure Of many milhons Of dollars
10 raze houses made unsafe for habita-
ton by the accumulation Of ashes and
cinders on the roofs; erect temporary
huts Of refuge Tor the thousands who
have been obliged 10 fee from their
homes; clear the roofs Of buildings that
may yet be saved, and extricate ara
bury the dead from the ruins Of the
fallen structures
The papers unite in urging the gov
ernment TO send Cen Baldissera, who
saved the situation after the crushing
defeat OF the Italians by the Aby.
ians, at Adowa, Abyssinia, In the spring
Of 1896, and instruct him to organize
and control the work Of relief.
From Crawford, the Novelist.
r. Marion Crawford, the novelist, 10
In Naples. Following are taken from
his oabled description:
An enormous volume Of black smoke
rises to a height Of two miles above
the crater. Incandescent masses Of
stone are thrJwn up 5000 feet.
A continuous southerly wind carried
the ashes over Naples, which 10 80
completely envsloped in darkness that
for three days our communications by
sea have been cut on.
Steamers and sailboats trying to
reach Naples find themselves In total
darkness several miles from shore and
turn back. numbers Of persons having
tainted from the sulphurous fumes
The lava carried vast masses OF burnt
stone and sulphur on It's surface. like
druss on melted lead.
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across the bay, not caused by cleo
trlcity. but by the discharges Of masses
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San,as :, ~. r,1.rna -oroats .h,t soo
,o-s-r. haya nar,shna ~ tha d,str,ot
so.,naa. nt,o,onn sns saa nn,.snra
rr..,a.n. % Raa..x.s,,s CondoIcnc..
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13

wichita, Kas., April fz.The busi-
|nzee portim Of Bell>p'atns. 70 miles
south a here, VS. practically de-
|stro5cd ~ nre. causing lou n )1so.-
|ooo. Th> nrs slsl(s6 q - 1hsster
|buildfne. "a les<zpyt6 a. etZ|19 q
Dodson, 5cHcler: EfpuUcII = W4t16n.
har1uaf1, X1dk 9 R<fko 11aror ma-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13
TERRIBLE
VESUVIUS
Sarno. . City Of 10000 People
Covered With Molten
Sand.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE FEARED,
Az PLACE HAS BEEN Ut
rERLY DEsTRoYED.
FEAR FOR NAPLES.
THE CITY IN A PANIC

'ewns ana villages That Sheltered
Thousaaas Of People Have Been
Covered with Ashes and Sand
aad Are Abandoned-so Wide-
spread IL the Catastrophe That II
Will Require 100000 Men and
Many Millions OF Dollars to Make
the Places Again Habitable>
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-13
MOTHER AND SON ARE DEAD
victims of Asphyxiatfon at Holly
wood, cai.-Did Mother
DO Decds

Los Angeles, Cal. April 1.-THE pc
lee Of Hollywood, suburb. were mo-
tihed that q 14-year-old boy named
Raymond had been murdered and his
mother. Mrs. Frank X Raymond. wife
of a government employe at Washing
ton. D. c.. fatally injured at the FAM
lily rcsIdenos at s57 Selma street.
The poliee hurried to the house and
found the body q the boy lytns IN the
bed, dead from Gas asphyxiation- The
mother ives also lying 10 the room IN
conscious from TIE sarne cause.
Highland Hears the News.
Washington. April fi--Frsnk Ksh
loxg Raymond. the husband Of Mrs.
Raymond who with her child. wa
ssphyristed IN her home At Hollywood.
cal, has received Z dispatch from thai
Plies anncuncing the death Of both
mother ana chilli. Ths dispatch vas
akned by p. c, Cr1mblst, and said;
'1frl Raymond killed kezss,c and
NTH boy III slsAt wIrs instructions
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