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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25

low AS MAP
IOWA WORLDS FAIR commission
GIVES BACK $4,000 OF APP
PREPARATION

Des Moines, Jan. 24.-(special).
Senator Ericsson offered reso-
luton today closing up the affairs
Of the st. Louis fair commission
and converting the $4,000 balance
back into the state treasury. This
is the first time any commission
ever did anything of the kind.
The sensational stories about a
proposed fight by standpatters
upon Editor Wheeler Of the Rock
we'll Photograph who Is an officer
of the house, were all fakes. No
resolution has been offered to ask
his resignation.
The Lund resolution to prohibit
lobbyists from remaining in Des
Moines more than thirty hours
was today referred by the house
to the federal relations commit
tee Of the house of the thirty-sec-
ond assembly.
The Weeks resolution request
ing the Iowa delegation to vote
for railroad rate regulation in con-
gress was adopted in the house
this morning. Representative
Temple did not vote.
representative McClurkin OF
Louisa county offered a bill to APP
portion the assessment for river
levees to the benefited property.
according to the benefits as is
done in the case Of drainage dis
tricts and other similar improve
ments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25

The easiest way to get a "scoop'I
a contemporary is to do him 81
turn, 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25
THE FELT
BOOT :.

is the only thing for high snow IN the
country. But for city wear, the Alas
kaArctic or Storm Rubber-or else
High Top Rubber Boots.
We are prepared for all trade mi
this line. Come In and see our line.i
Our prices are low and goods ara
worth what we ask.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25
New ORLEANS is FRIGID
The South shivers and Traces Of
Snow Are Reported From Points In
Louisiana-Local Conditions Show
Some Improvement Though Heavy
Snow lmpedes Travel.

WASHINGTON, 2 &, Jan. 22==-
Temp ratures continue about nor
mally high in the Atlantic coast
districts, including western New
York and southwark to western
Georgia. Throughout this area
and westward to the Mississippi
valley the precipitation is general.
Snow continues in the upper lake
region and locally in the middle
Mississippi valleys; elsewhere
fair weather prevails except in
the North Pacific coast states,
where rain continues.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25
He is Doing Good Work

EVERY CITIZEN OF oTTuMwA
AND VICINITY SHOULD NOTE
CAREFULLY THE FoLLoWiNed
FOR IT Is ONLY A MATTER on
TIME UNTIL YOU MAY BEcoMEa
INTERESTED.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25

Mississippi valleys; elsewhere
fair weather prevails except in
the North Pacific coast states,
where rain continues.
Boston, Mass, Jan. %. The
/ steamer Trojan of the Boston and
IS Philadelphia line had a collision
with the steamer Nacoochee Of the
IS Savannah line at Vineyard Sound
Sunday. 1t was reported here to-
day by the Nacoochee, which ar
rived, having on board the captain
and crew Of the Trojan. The ac-
ctdent was due to fog. The Ma
coochee struck the Trojan amid
ships and the latter went to the
bottom within three quarters of
an hour. There were no passen-
gers on the Trojan.
A heavy wind and snow storm yes
terday afternoon and last evening fol-
q time threatened a suspension Of
street car and railroad traffic but the
storm abated to a large degree and
although there were many delays traf
dc was not stopped on either the rail
road or street car lines. Today con
ditions were again normal and the
railroad trains are running almost on
time and the street cars running ac
cording to the usual schedule
| A few of the passenger trains last
night and early this morning were
from thirty minutes to two hours late
There YVES a considerable drop in the
temperature. The thermometer at the
government weather observatory regis
tered seven degrees above zero last
night and zero this morning at Z
o'clock. Ottumwa was isolated from
the rest of the world yesterday as far
as telegraph communication was con
cerned, but today the wires are again
In working order.
Ideal winter weather prevails today
the thermometer at 20 above zero at
2 o'clock this afternoon and the sky
bright and clear.
i Killed in snoWsIIde.
I Silverton, Colo, Jan. 23.-Five Ital
ian miners at the Sunnyside mine lost
their lives in snowslide yesterday
The mine blacksmith shop was swept
away. No trains from Durango OF
Denver have arrived here since Wed
nesday due to the slides and drifts.
Railroad Traffic Stopped.
There are eleven slides between Sill
,verton and Elk Park. 1t will be two
weeks before traffic is resumed be
tween Silverton and Durango.
Worst Storm Ever Known.
The Iowa mill at Arastra Gulch was
crushed by snow slides. The, storm is
the worst one ever known in this sec
ton.
Freezing In the South.
New Orleans, Jan. 2S!FA drop Of
,orty degrees since Sunday has con
yerted spring like weather here into
winter. Today the thermometers
and at one degree below the freez
g noint. Elsewhere in the state mu6l
IL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-25
The WHOLE COUNTRY IS in
THE ICY GRIP OF WINTER
lower temperatures with traces {
snow are reported.
Trains Are Late.

TUSCALOOSA, Jan. 20. - All trains are
moving, but from one to FIVE hours
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19

planned to Noah Whereupon the patri-
arch passed his hand down the back
of the lion, who sneezed. and the cat
leaped out Of it's nose And the cat ate
the rats
According to the TaImud, Noah and
his family and one pair of each kind Of
beast were to be saved In the ark, but
Of every clean beast seven We're to en-
ter in. The rhinoceros. however, had
to be left out for the simple but suf1i-
cient reason that its neck alone was
three miles long Nevertheless all the
rabbinic writer's agree that the rhi-
noceros survived the food hence it is
reasonable to suppose that the huge
beast was taken in tow by a rope at
tached to its horn. Some authorities
likewise declare that Noah extended
his hospitality to another outsider in
the shape OF Og, the giant, who climb
ed on the roof of the ark and received
his daily food through a hole bored in
the side of the vessel.
Ararat has been known under this
name for 5000 years. and an Armenian
writer declares that an entire country
was so called after Arai the Fair. an
ancient Armenian king, who lived
about 1850 B. c. He fell in a bloody
battle with the Rabylonians. and the
Scene OF his death was thenceforth
known as Arai-Arat. or the Fall of
Arai Josephus refers to the mountain
as Nazuana and declares that the re-
mains of the ark were there to be seen
carefully preserved.
Almost all the Asiatic traditions
closely resemble the Biblical account.
Berosus in his Chaidee history (B. G.
260} speaks of ten kings. who appear
to correspond to the ten patriarchs in
Genesis before the flood. The last Of
these kings was called Xisuthrus Be
rosus relates that "Kronos appeared to
Xisuthrus In a dream and warned him
that all men would be destroyed by
/ deluge on the 18th OF the month Dae-
sios and commanded him to write
down all the learning and science Of
men and to hide it In the sun city
Siparis and then to build a ship and
enter it along with his family and rela-
lives and nearest friends and to take
into ii with him food and drink and
beasts and winged fowl When he was
asked whittier he was about to sail, he
was hidden to reply. To the gods to
pray them that men may prosper.
Xisuthrus did as he was commanded.
and when the Hood showed signs Of
abating he sent out three birds In sue
cessiou- The nrst and second came
back. the latter with mud on it, fest,
but the third returned not Soon after
this the ship was stranded on noun
tain, and Xisuthrus disembarked with
Ais family, offered thanks to the go1s
and vanished. subsequently tho TO
malnin9 survivors heard his voice IN
the heavens. bidding them fear 0od
and to take his writings out Of 0ipaEl0
and from them instruct men,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19
STORY OF THE FLOOD
THERE ARE MANY AND VARIED YER
SiONS OF THE DELUGE.

The Great Event Is ChronicIed Not
Only In the Ta1mud and Koran. but
In the Legends of Almost Every
Race That Ever Lived on Earth.
One Of the most powerful and vivid
descriptive portions of the book of
full story Of the deluge. Together with
the accounts of Adams fall, the Stay
ing OF Abel and the turning Of Lots
wife into a pillar Of salt. every one
remembers from childhood how Noah
was warned of the doom impending
over the children of men and how he
constructed huge ark in which he did
live, himself and his family and two
of every beast of the field aud fowl Of
the air, for the space of 100 days, or
until the waters subsidized and the dry
land appeared. But the Biblical recital
Of this terrible visitation OF divine
wrath Is by no means the only one.
In fact, the most skeptically inclined
must believe that something of the sort
actually occurred long ago. for it has
been perpotuated not only in the TAI
mud and Koran, but in the legends OF
almost every nation and race that ever
lived on the face Of the earta. including
the Chinese, the ancient Aztecs of
Mexico, the Indian tribes of North and
South America and even the savages
of Africa.
The story. Of course, varies material
" in the multitudinous traditions. but
the gist of it remains substantially the
hot he ay.fh on
visited by great food in which nearly
every living thing was overwhelmed
and lost. Thus in the Koran we read
that Noah constructed the ark with
divine assistance and was rallied at for
his pains by the wicked. When the
time prescribed for the punishment OF
mankind arrived, water was seen to
dow from the burning oven of Noah's
wife, and Immediately all the veins
and arteries of the earth broke and
spurted out water.
Noah was then admonished IN these
words: ssTake and bring into the ark
two couples Of every kind Of animal.
male and female. with all your family.
except him who has been condemned
by your mouth, and receive the faith
fuI and even the unbelieving, but few
only Win enter The Koran also says
that the ark was built in two years
and that It contained three stories, the
upper one Tor the birds. the middle one
Tor the men and the provisions and the
hold Tor the beasts. Canaan. the son
u Ham. refused to - saved There
fore Noah cursed him. and his posterf
Il Became black and were enshved.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19
COUNTY DIRECTORY


~. Fl. Crouch, Sheriff.
= Tom Hood, Chancery Clerk
= w. K Gildart, Circuit Clerk.
. E. Kellner, Treasurer.
= s. P. Aiken, Assessor
. Ben WATSON, County Attorney.
. S. Archer, Supt. of Education.
. w. A. Stone, Health Officer.
= S R. Dunn, Jail Physician.
. State Senators
= w. w. Stone.
J. l. Hebron, Jr.
State Representatives
E N. Thomas.
Van B. Boddie.
r. w. Garrison.
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19
~ PROFESSIONAL ~
" DIRECTORY W
PHYSICIANS.

PAYNE & SHIVERS. M. D.
a G. Payne. NJ. .. Shivers
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Office over Clark's Drug Store, Vein
berg Building. Telephone 486-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Am.
putaton Of a Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave, Indianapolis, Ind,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
No Sailor in His Eyes.

1t was the bellboy in the Pequot
House, New London, who asked Capt.
De Witt Packard of the Arrow
whether he had ever caught any
whales, to which the man who steers
the flyer replied that he had never
shipped a whaler.
"Was you ever shipwrecked% per-
sisted the reader of "Harpoon Harry,
the Boy Whaler."
NO" replied Packard, as he noticed
the growing look of disgust on his
questioner's face.
Never cast on desert island?
Never caught by cannibals? And
never been bitten by sea serpent?"
These questions came quickly and also
received negative answers. Then the
boy turned sadly away with the re.
mark:
HIN! you amt no real sailor. You
might as well have stayed on land"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
Told by Mrs. Russell.

Mrs. Henrietta Russell, who writes
sensibly on education, says some of
the current notions in regard to it are
strlkingly like those of Aunt Char
lotte, an old negro woman of Alabama.
Whenever a subject was under dis
cussion in the family Charlotte would
be sure to state her own superior
method of proceeding in such matters,
and no doubt ever assalled her that
possibly she might not be right. On
one occasion her mistress was talking
about sending some of the children to
school, and Charlotte, as usual, put in
her oar.
Laws, missis," said she, what MEEK
you pay money for to SEN de chile to
school? got one smart boy name
Jonas, but Farms him myself"
But, Aunt Charlotte" said the lady,
chow can you teach your child when
you don't know one letter from an
other?"
How I teach him? jis' mex him
TEX de book an set down on de flo, an
den l say: Jonas, you TEX yo' eye
FUN dat book, much less leggo him, an
skin you alive!"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
WHAT WE OWE TO INSECTS.
They Are of the Greatest Benefit to
Growing Flowers.

Prof. Darwin said that IL it had not
been for insects we should never have
had any more imposing or attractive
flowers than those of the elm, the hop
and the nettle. Lord Avebury COM
pares the work of the insect to that of
the florist. He considers that just as
the florist has by selection produced
the elegant blossoms of the garden, so
the insects. by selecting the largest
and brightest blossoms for fertiliza-
ton, have produced the gay flowers of
the field. Prof. Plateau, of Client, has
carried out a series of remarkable ex-
periments on the ways of insects visit
ing flowers. He considers that they
are guided by scent rather than by
color, and in the connection he Is at
variance with certain British natural
lists Whatever may be the attraction
in flowers to insects-as yet, It ap-
pears undefned--it is certain that the
latter visit freely all blossoms alike,
making no distinction between the
large bright-colored ones and the less
conspicuous blossoms like those of the
currants, the lime, the planetrse, the
nettle and the willow.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
Important 20 Mothers.
Treasures for the Louvre.

Attention is called by the Travellers
Gazette to recent acquisitions by the
Louvre, notably of life size bust in
chalk, primitively colored, of the her
NIT king of the eighteenth dynasty.
Akhoumalon, or Amenophis W., one of
the strangest figures in the long line
of the Pharaohs. The bust is a re-
markedly fine specimen of the art of
the period, and is well preserved. Be-
sides this, there are four sepulchral
urns in blue porcelain from the tomb
Of Rameses II. In these urns was
found, besides funeral linen, certain
organic matter, which is being chem.
ically examined.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17

Either buy new stock or take passage
to Gods country by raill" he said
kissing her.
Pearl knew that Lang had made up
his mind, and knew that 1t was best
for her to say little, so she kissed him
tenderly goodbye and drove off as
requested
Lang got down from his seat and,
Winchester on his arm, lay alongside
the trail in the grass, hidden from
view. Twenty minutes passed, the
wagon was out of sight. The sound
made by the wheels could hardly be
heard; then Lang heard the sound
made by tramping feet Of horses. The
moon came out from behind a cloud
and made it quite light. Louis Lang
saw the outlaws approaching. They
were totally unaware of danger; they
little thought one man would dare to
ambush twenty. They did not waken
to danger until shot after shot rang
out upon the air, and they saw a single
man standing in the roadway dealing
out destruction right and, left, and
when they did realize, 1t was too late!
There were twenty all told, and they
were riding five abreast. When Louis
cast his Winchester from him as
worthless and drew his revolvers,
King Schiller and Bill Hawks had
cashed in their last account, together
with about ten others. Those that
were left turned and fed like cow
ards, little knowing that but one man
confronted them!
1t did not take Lang long to cap
ture horse and mount him, follow
ing rapidly after his wife. 1t took
hours for him to catch up but at last
he did, because Mrs. Lang had slowed
up her team, rather desiring to run
the risk of herself being caught than
to continue long in suspense as to
Louis fate.
After travelling all night a railroad
crossing was reached, and, as luck
would have it, now that danger was
really over, the fugitiyes learned from
q farmer that a station was only
few miles away, and were also fur
nished with team to drive over.
From here news was telegraphed to
DR.. Huntington about the safety of
his daughter, and from here was
gained the first news that Jim Denver
was safe, but wounded.
The money was placed in the care
of the American Express company for
forwarding, and 1t arrived safe at Chi
cago before Lang did
Thus Lang's ambition was fulfilled.
He had done something little diff
ferent from other men-and the fame
and riches he sought were his. For a
time Lang visited DR.. Huntington at
his home, and before leaving for a
tour of the world. Pearl and Louis
marriage was sanctified and blessed
by the assistance of reputable min
lister for fear that the marriage that
they had contracted in the Convict
City would not be. considered holy.
1.-THE End
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Or. Williams Pink Pills Have Cured
This Form of Debility in
Hundreds of Cases.

Z" Four years ago" says Mrs. F. Nor
rison, of No. 1899 Carson street, South
Side, Pttsburg, Pa, II took cold
which turned into tho grip. This trouble
left me all run down. was thin, had
backache much of the time. had no APP
petite, my stomach was out Of order and
1 felt nervous and unstrung.
"Whilc had the grip had doctor,
but really suffered more from the con.
dition in which the influenza left me
than I did from the disease itself. felt
generally wrctched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
mo worse. L couldn't seem to get any
better until began to take DIR. Williams'
Pink Pills. / very quickly noticed a
benefit after began taking them and
they restored me to good health and
strength. DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
to them [ am now III fine health and
have had noreturn of my former trouble.
L recommend the pills to everyone who
is ailiDg and take every opportunity to
let people know how good they are"
DIR, Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system is such that the pills
have very decided action upon the
nerves and they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and st. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action, on the
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell DIR. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
Latest Fad in nsocIety.v

The latest fad in certain eastern So
-ciety circles is to be glum and cross.
One phase of this more than usually
absurd affectatlon takes the form OF
ignoring letters of Introduction and
this lack or consideration has reused
family feuds in several cases. One
wealthy young Italian, who is a Nom
Der of one of the best Roman families,
won't to Newport this summer with
many letters from prominent persons.
But he has found it impossible to pre-
sent them. ut Is foolish to expect
anything from social leaders these
days and the stranger who asks to be
received by letter has hard time of
it." said young man whose letter to
society matron was ignored.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17
" CtLARL Fs NORRIS BUTLER
copyrIght. loo. By charIes M0rlls nutler.
n or Aavvs" n Ze0emeoI Mae,

over the pair of noble horses he had
bought but an hour before.
Lang had scarcely mounted his seat
when the heads of the foremost of
his pursuers could be seen over the
wall In this skirmish Louis would
have been foolish not to have shot
to kill, and standing up on the seat,
Louis emptied his Winchester into the
ranks before starting his team flying
down the road.
After placing a mile between him
and the fair grounds and seeing no
sign of foe in pursuit, Lang quieted
his team down and allowed them to
jog quietly along. An hour later
mounted horsemen could be seen COM
ing down the road, then for fully three
hours a terrific pace was kept up by
his noble team, until the horses were
ready to drop. But the convicts were
now plainly visible.
At this juncture farmer hove in
sight, driving pair of splendid bays,
spirited and fresh from grass. See
ing Lang -coatless, hatless, his team
foamy and sweaty, the farmer tried
to get out of his way, but to Lang the
sight of fresh team was godsend,
and he meant to have the team at any
cost.
81 am an officer of the law said
Lang, trying to escape from gang
of bandits. Will you sell me your
team?" he asked of the man.
81 will not sell!" said the man.
Lang looked so desperate that the
farmer was afraid of him.
There was no time for banter. Louis
thought he heard the sound of horses
feet. Louis covered the man with his
Winchester. PEARL he cried, take
my revolver and cover this man while
l change stockl | hear sounds of
something somewhere-to be caught
now would mean death!' And in a
jiffy Louis was unhltching the farm;
er's team. The traces of his own
horses he cut, giving the lines to the
farmer, and thus an exchange was
made.
None too soon was Lang furnished
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17

around as IL upon pivot and with a
prick of his bowie forced the mad
dened and startled animal to jump the
railing and speed down the race track.
For a moment the country people
were too surprised to utter sound.
Louis horse was running neck and
neck with the racers. 1t was not un-
til the outlaws under Bill Hawks had
given chase, firing shot after shot at
our hero, that they began to realize
the situation. At first they thought 1t
was some mad freak of a drunken
cowboy, but seeing Louis turn in his
saddle and fire at his pursuers, they
came to the conclusion that the thirty
men following were regulators chas-
ing horsethief.
A dozen times in going the distance
did Louis turn and send shot after
shot into the ranks of his pursuers,
and he managed to widen the distance
between them every second. AS he
neared the opening in the fence, de-
spite the noise of firing and patter of
feet, he could hear the noise of the
rumbling of the wheels on the road
way, and he knew that Pearl with the
Judy wagon was at hand.
He gave hullo OF warning TO
Pearl, and then drove his horse over
the low fence and threw himself over
the high wall. Another instant and
Lang was upon the seat OF his wag-
"a. raaI.. a. fnlsa tho ralna IN hann
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-10-17

less, having run down from 1870 to 1876
pounds. l was having terrible pain in
the kidneys, and the secretlons passed
almost Involuntary. My left leg
swelled until it was "a inches around.
and the doctor tapped it night and
morning until l could no longer stand
it, and then he advised amputation. l
refused, and began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural.
and all my pains and aches disap-
peared. l have been we'll now for nine
years since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.