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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

1t seems strange, but it is none the
less true, that many growers of corn
have the idea that the largest ears are
the best ears, and 30 when they at
tempt to make an exhibit of their corn
at corn show. they select the largest
ears they can find regardless Of sym
metry, relation of corn to cob, uniform
ity of type-in fact disregard every
thing that goes to make up a perfect
ear of corn. The many corn shows held
all through the corn belt have done
much to educate corn growers along
this line.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23


Not bad way to dispose of field
of shocked corn is to watch for dry
time in early winter and run the shocks
through an ordinary thrashing ma
chine. This process will pulverize the
stalks and make them equal in value
to shredded fodder. It will also both
husk and shell the corn, and, while 1t
will split up some Of the kernels, this
will not injure the corn for feeding
purposes. We have friend who thus
handles his corn crop. with the addi-
ton that he thrashes his oats at the
same time, running the oats and corn
through the machine half and half,
which plan he has found very success
full, both the fodder and the thrashed
grain keeping well when thus mixed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

It is good thing to make definite
plans for the farm work of the year,
decide how the crop shall be distrib-
uted and rotated, how much stock shall
be kept and of what kind; see II a little
tile draining will not reclaim an acre
or two of waste land. plan to seed
some of the wet spots down which can
not be drained and get them into alsike
clover and timothy instead Of weeds;
look up the seed corn question and de.
eide for sure to thoroughly clean all
seed grain so that no poor seed shall be
sown. There is never time to properly
do, this work just when the seed is
wanted, and SO it is not done at oil.
There is plenty of opportunity to en-
ploy the leisure days Of the winter sea-
son profitably.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

There is a general determination
among the farmers of the west who
have to hire men for the season to do
away with keeping the hired mans
horse. This is a graft which has be-
come nuisance, as it is claimed that,
having horse, the man lis too much
given to night buggy riding, and in
many cases the mans horse is fed and
cared for at the expense Of the farm
er's own teams. We know Of a num-
Der Of men who the coming season
will hire no man with horse unless he
will put the animal in and work it
every day on the farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

"Sweep the room, Monsieur? And
remove this medley? But, M. lie Cap
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

One Of the worst tales of land greed
we ever came across is that of man
who had seven daughters and con-
Stunning desire to own all the land
which joined him. In order to add acre
to acre he turned the girls into hired
men and required Of them a mental,
laborious and slavish service which
despoiled their womanhood. There
would seem to be an element of retrib-
utive Justice in the fact that there
came time when he was unable to
meet the mortgages given to acquire
this land and lost it all, but one can't
help plying those poor girls.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

similes so near as to look like replieas- facsimiles which l must sign with my name to prevent their being sold for real vignettes.'
 In another ease a well-known firm of West End dealers bought for $20000 a can- vas which they were quite satisfied was n Constable and sold it to peer for $30,0O0 more than they paid for il. Great was their amazement when the picture was pronounced a forgery by an expert. Legal proceedings followed. and it was ultimate ly discovered that the Constable" was the work of a living artist in the north of England, who had been glad to dispose of il for $l500
 More remarkable still is the story told of Landseer. One day the famous animal painter was present at an auction sale at which two "Landseers one genuine, tho other admittedly q copy-were offered The two eanvases were submitted to Sir Edwin who after a careful examination pronounced both of them his own work When artists. critics and dealers are thus imposed on by forgeries, Il Is little won der that private collectors or even the ex- perts of our public galleries are victim- izpd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Chinese Coats for Opera Wraps.

From the London Daily Express.
 There is an extraordinary demand q. present for Oriental garments. especially the national costumes of China and Ja- pan.
 "The Chinese coats which were the pop. ular opera wraps of last season have beer replaced this winter by real mandarin coats, imported direct from China. which vary in price from five to a hundred guin- cas- said a West End customer.
 "A few years ago Chinese coats and Japanese kimonos were used as dressing jackets and gowns. Now they take the place of the theatre or ball wrap and the tea gown. The most elaborate wraps are heavily ornamented In gold and silver. We recently imported one lovely model in sunflower yellow. with touches of bronze and glittering with gold and gems.
 "One of the prettiest designs which a lady brought back from Japan herself is of Nankin blue, embroidered in silver thistledown and trails of mauve wistarIa The kimono is lined with scarlet and opens over a scarlet petticoat while shoes and stockings repeat the same vivid colorng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
STORIES OF ART FoRoERIEs.
Discovery of SkilfuIly Executed Copies
 of Works of Great Masters.

The sensational discovery that out of 259 pictures in the Holburne Art Museum, Bath attributed to the greatest painters the world has known nearly POO are for geries raises a grave doubt, says the Lon- don Tit-Bits, as to the genuineness of the treasures of art in our gal.arl and mu- seums.
 It is not long since the Corot landscape presented by the Prince of Wales to the Dublin Art Gallery was pronounced | fraud by some of our leading critics, the gold tiara of Saftapharnes. i'll the Louvre museum, was discovered to be forgery; the Nelson statuette in the museum of the United Service Institution said to have been presented by George Ill. to the great admiral was similarly condemned or since Mr. MaeWhirter, R. A, exposed a large number of sham Corots, Turner's and Constables.
 AIr. Firth, K. A, told us recently of a collection of Landseers and other modern i, lavshed a fortune and every one of which was a forgery, while many of the cher ished pictures in Continental galleries arc declared to be just as fraudulent. "There are,' says MT. MaeWhrter mot enough old masters to go around. There are more of their reputed works than could possibly have been painted. Hundreds of limitations sold as genuine"
 So skilfully, too, are these forgeries pro- duced that even clever artists are de- eeived by them. Some years ago Mr. MacWhirter himself purchased a disrepu- table old canvas from an Italian sailor, of which the vender gave q very plausible history. The painting, "A Holy Family" had, he said. been stolen from a church by Greek sailor and as it had all the appearances of a genuine old master the R. A. gladly paid $2oO for it. IL turned out to be "blend' of seven old masters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

done few years back by hack painter who knocked them off by the dozen. Mr Rudolph Lehman tells an amusing story of similar imposition practiced on
 himself Returning to Rome after some years absence, he was attracted by pie ture which he saw in the shop of an art dealer. It was an "old master,' and the dealer. after mentioning a tall figure for it. gave a most impressive and detailed history of the canvas. Fortunately for
 Mr. Lehman, he knew something of it's history, for years before he hae painted fl himself and had thought so little of 1t
 that when he shut mp his studio in Rome
 he left it behind as lumber.
 Corot not long before his death, chaneed To pay a visit to the studio of q yonng artist and was amazed to find no fewer
 than thirty canvases. all splendid imita- tions of his own work and all bearing his l signature. Sidney Cooper too, once
 stated in q court of law that Of l9o Coop ers' that had been submitted to him only
 eleven were genuine. And Mr Dudley Hardy said. referring to forgeros of his
 fathers pictures
 "It is quite true that there are literally
 thousands of spurious r. F. Hardvs in dealers shops and private collections, and if is time that the fraud should be eX- posed I have often been consulted by in-
 tending purchasers of my fathers work, and should only be too glad to place my advice at the disposal of any one who is in doubt about the genuineness of sup
 posed T. B. Hardys. I think l owe it to my fathers reputation 10 help in sup , pressing the nefarious practice which has been going on for years
 An interesting story which shows With what fidelity the work of even such Il dli- lac told in connection with Ruskn. In lSi5
 he sent q number of facsimiles of Tur-
 ner's pictures to London exhibition with this note. T have given my best atteh-
 ton during upward of ten years to train
 a copyist to perfect fidelity in rendering
 the works of Turner, and have now sue
 ceeded in enabling him to produce lac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Latest Fish Story.

Ansonia fConn.1 Dispatch to the New
 York Herald.
 While Young Corbett,' who Is training at his quarters in stratford, was taking exercise along the Sound yesterday he noticed a peculiar animal climbing one of the rocks With an oar he struck 1t over the head
 With the assistance of Augustus Wood, one of his trainers, he tied the denlzen of the deep to the rear of an automobile and brought It to this city.
 It weighs thirty pounds, and besides having two wings like fins, has two small feet which it uses to climb rocks. It has a mouth ten inches wide and a pair or horns It is three feet long and eighteen inebes aeross tbe back. Those who have seen fl say it is q baby sea serpent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Old-time GaIlantry Gone.
ess in Smart Set.

Gelett Burgess in Smart Set.
 The old school of manners has passed with It's minuet. it's palfrey. and it's love locks and ribbons and 1aces For these the new mode brings the two-step. tho automobile, and the khaki. Etiquette has been replaced by "form'-its rules smdcS more of the stable and the field than of the ballroom. The fundamental rules of good breeding survive, but they arc year by year, more laXly interpreted fni the benefit of haste. We pay calls bS telephone. We content ourselves with following the spirit. rather than the let ter of the social law. What was charac- teristic of the old was it's peace it's grace it's harmony. The newer styles makes for the contest and contrast and force We have in short, exchanged beauty for strength.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Pittsburq Suggestion.

From the Pittsburg Gazette.
 Inasmuch as there is a law against car rving concealed weapons, il is up to the gents furnishing stores, while the burglar panic is on, to stock up with something neat in the way of gun and "razzah' belts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

vention, the people atoned somewhat for it's great debt to the university, and fixed the institutions income at s30,o00. This income is supplemented somewhat by royalties from the university's coal lands, and by certain fees obtained from stu dents. In fact, the annual income is prac- tically $4S,000. and when this amount is compared, the University of Alabama is making a greater record according to actual statistics, than any other uniVer sity in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Government University.

The University of Alabama could be properly termed government university for the government has done nearly all, and the state very little, for the institu- ton. The two appropriations of the state. s30.000 in 1865. and $G0,00o in 1SS3 are very insignificant when the paltry interest that the state has paid on it's just debt is con- sidered. As stated at the beginning, Mr. Fitts of Tuscaloosa, the University treas urer, and a banker of wide reputation. figures the debt of the state to the Uni versity of Alabama up to this date at moro than $2.500000.
 The state has not been a wise mother. It has lavished on tbo daughter none of the comforts and joys ee the world. It has put the daughter in a garrett, it were, ana passed in food through a door latch. It has clothed the daughter in sack cloth, and on it's head placed ashes.
 And while the daughter was thus con- fined. what was the proflgate mother doing? Flying around on the daughter s heritaee. expending a snlendid patrimony in butterfly schemes and ficl<le specula- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
The University Formed.

The university was established in ls5l
 The first definite statement made by the state comptroller showed that Sl7S.1s5 had been spent up to January 1. 1884, In erect ing the original university buildings and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
KILLED BY FATHER
ON HER WEDDING DAY

Everett, Mass, March 27.-Less than
three hours before the time set for her
wedding, Pansy E. Townsend was shot
and morally wounded by her father,
Joseph P. Townsend, in their home in
this city. Townsend then ended his
life with a bullet.
Miss Townsend was to have been
married to Francis E. Perry Of Fort
Meyers, Fla, at o'clock last night at
the Peoples Temple, Boston. The
bodies were discovered by Townsend g
15-year-old son, Joseph, Jr., upon his
return from an GRAND upon which he
had been sent by the father. The only
clue to the cause of the tragedy was
this note written by Townsend:
cat $40 have taken my daughter g
life and my own. I do this rather than
see her the wife Of Francis Perry"
So far rs is known, Townsend had
nothing against Perry and the SUPPOSE
ton is that Townsend g mind was I'M
balanced by reason Of his brooding over
the prospect of separation from his
daughter. -. s.. j
| y. Word of the tragedy was at once sent
| to Mr.. Perry at his hotel in Boston and
he hurried to the house. He was, he
said, utterly at q: lass to account for the
| action of Townsend. - He had been en-
gagged to Miss Townsend for about six
| months and had received the explicit
consent of herVf asheplto the match.":
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
MARK TWAIN BOOKS
"UNFIT FOR YOUTH

Journal Special Service.
New York, March 27.--Literary cir
cles were greatly surprised today to
learn that the Brooklyn public libraries
had placed Mark Twain's "Huckle-
berry Finn and "Tom SAWYER on
the restricted list. The order had been
in effect for two weeks, but was not
generally known.
The order out at headquarters of the
Brooklyn public libraries is to the eff
feet that these two books shall not
be given out to children under the age
of discretion. -..-@
Simultaneous with the order, a letter
was received at headquarters from
Mark Twain himself. 1t is on file at the
offices, but has not been given out and
will not be made public unless MI.
Twain gives permission for the authori-
ties to do so. -,
1t is a letter Of mingled wit, clever
ness and sarcasm, and it is said to be a
classic in itself. In this letter, written
anthor of VTom Sawyer'' and
Glue leberry Finn has replied to the
action of the library authorities in
placing the ban of restriction upon
these two books.
Altho they refused to discuss the mat
ter at the headquarters Of the circula-
ton department, it was admitted that
the books in question were considered
harmful to children under Is years old
and that the order. of restriction was
in effect. r.T r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
DEATH FOR, SIX in H..
CAPRICE OF FATE

New York, March PA strange ca
price Of fate cost the lives Of four
firemen and two worl1men yesterday at
a fire which destroyed half a block of
factory buildings and tenements in Old
Greenwich village. .,........ @.:-
That Captain John Walsh of engine
No. Il and three of his men were killed
was due to a recordbreaking run which
they made from the engine house. To
command the best possible fighting adj
vantage, they climbed to a roof, which
was crushed in as the wall of the build
ing on which they were playing their
stream toppled over. In the crash that
carried the firemen with it, two work
men, living in the tenement on which
the men worked, were crushed to death.
In addition, there were many accidents
to firemen and men who aided in the
work of rescue. ~
The fire was followed by a tremen-
dous explosion on the third floor Of
the factory building in room used by
the Metal Stamping company for the
storage of huge tanks Of gasoline. What
caused the explosion is not known.
The three firms occupying the build
ing employed about 800 girls. By the
time the fire apparatus arrived, half
the girls had made their way from the
building. Long ladders were run up
and the rest were gotten down, but
not before several had been injured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Heart and Lung Trouble

Yrs. Mary Horn-Lockwood, who
could not lie down on account
of coughing and smothering
spells, is restored to strength
and health by Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey. ''After doc
tors and medicine failed to.
help me, Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey saved my life, and |
never felt stronger or better
than | do today The CRATE
full lady writes:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
WOMAN IN MYSTERY
OF TRUNK MURDER

San Francisco, March 27.-The mys-
terry connected with the finding Of the
body Of Albert N. McVicar in a trunk
at the Southern. Pacific station at
Stockton on Saturday night has prac-
tically been solved, The ident ton
of the body, coupled with the fact that
a woman, known as his wife, but whose
real name is Mrs. Emma Ledoux, who
left Stockton shortly after the tragedy,
has been followed by the arrest of the
woman at Antioch. Mrs. Ledoux made
the following statement:
eve had all been drinking and Nc
Vicar and 1 were drunk. McVicar had
lots of money and Joe Miller gave him
carbolic acid. Then I don It know just
what; happened. Miller and I put the
body in the trunk and sent it to the
depot.
"Miller got all the money! she con-
tinued, "and 1 do not know how much
there was, but he got it,
McVicar' g life is said to have been
insured for $4,000, with the woman as
benefciarv .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
WITH ROOSEVELT,
DECLARES ELKINS
Senator Replies to Cummins and
Says He Stands with
Shippers.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, March Ex-senator FL
kins has given out a statement in reply
to Governor Cummins' letter.
81 don It think Governor Cummins
has made any answer to what l have
said, y declared Senator Elkins, s'but
has admitted many things stated IN
my letter. .-
- ~ want no controversy with Gov
ernor Cummins. / felt it was my duty
to resent in proper way his assault
upon the senate of the United States
and upon the interstate commerce
commission and it's chairman. What
he had to say about me individually is
of no moment; but I don't think a
man as prominent as he should be al
lowed to traduce the senate. making
unfounded statements, without being
called to account. Il ., a<.. --.
Denial as to Faulkner.
"He admits that Senator Faulkner
did not sit at my right side, but was
behind, but he insists that he passed
some questions to me, which is not
true. No one had anything to do with
propounding the questions l asked the
governor. .
"He admits that the examination
was not hostile, as the evidence shows,
and that he was treated with courtesy
and consideration He insists, how
ever, without any foundation for it,
that I am on the side of the railroads.
This is not true. The Elkins bill an
swers, this in effect, because it was
passed without such amendments as the
railroads proposed to it.
The Tillman Resolution.
"The drastic and far-reaching reso'
! luton reported by Mr.. Tillman for the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

Investigation of the Pennsylvania,
Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio
and Norfolk & Western merger, which
originated in the committee of which
I am chairman, passed the committee
and senate unanimously. This is a
further answer to his attack on the
senate and on me.
Further to answer the governor, |
to one on the side of the shipper as
against my interests in railroads, and
this would seem conclusively to show
that am not on the side Of the rail
roads. I stand with the president in
the matter of railway rate regulation
and the position he has taken.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

and physicians summoned. They said
that, while the woman had received
serious injuries, they did not believe
them to be fatal. ...
Since Ivens' conviction Mrs. Evans,
who was called as a witness in his be-
half, has been receiving threatening
letters from an anonymous writer. In
these communications she has been
charged by the writer with having done
Ivens more harm than good in her tes-
timony, and the writer in the letters
stated that it was his intention to
"get event. with her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
EIGHT.H0UR DAY ON
IRRIGATION WORKS
Rr w. w. Jermane.

Washington, March 27.-Secretary
Hitchcock has just promulgated de-
eision by the assistant attorney general
for the interior department, in which it
is held that laborers on irrigation prof.
ects shall not be required or permitted
to work more than eight hours day,
where the government has taken the
construction out of the hands Of con-
tractors and is doing thewurk. The cues
ton was raised by reclamation service
officials, especially with reference to
laborers who We're being paid by the
hour The decision will apply to the
contract held by the Widell- Finley
company of Mankato on the Belle
Fonrche project in South Dakota,
which the government took over when
a receiver was appointed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

choked, kicked and beat her until she
was almost unconscious. The assailant
evidently was bent on inflictin e f tna
approach Of several pedestrians.
woman on the ground, the men made
determined effort to capture the as
sailant. One Of the pursuers came
within twenty feet of the fugitive, who
had run north into an alley, and fred
two shots at him, but his aim was poor
and the fugitive escaped.
Mrs Evans was taken to her home
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
WOMAN WITNESS FOR
IVENS IS BEATEN

Chicago, March 27.-Mrs. A. L. Ev
ans, who testified in behalf Of Richard
G.. Ivens. convicted Of the murder Of
Mrs. Bessie HOLSTER, was dragged into
an alley within seventy-fve feet Of her
home, last night by young man, who
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
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