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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-18
LOCAL MARKETs.
- q
WHOLESALE PRICES.

Furnished by John Morrell 4 ca.
Its, at IL a. M, Dec. 17.)
There is slight advance in the local
hog market this morning.
Live Sroek
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FOR sALE-THREsHING OUTFIT,
10 horse power, Nichols & Sheppard
traction engine, separator. tank, belts
all complete, good order. Very cheap
for cash. John Ethell Bloomfield,
Iowa.
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FOR SALE--PARTRIDGE COCHIN
chickens. j. r. Owsley, Bloomfield.
Iowa.
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NEW YoRR STOCKS.

This market is furnished by the
Cassidy Commission company. Local
office. Rooms % aud 80 Holman
Rlnnl1 I,rnrnl 49,,
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FOR SALE-TEN Mixers AND
springers. tested" cows. all have
records of butter fat. Grant Enlow
Farmer Phone. Birmingham, Iowa,
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FOR SALE--PURE WHITE HoL-
land turkey gobblers. $3.50 each.
Mrs. w. III. Robertson, r. f. D. No. 8,
Ottumwa Iowa.
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DECORATED SHAVING MUGS
You must leave your order by Dec. 90
II you want them for Xmas. Call and
see our designs at 121 West Second
street or phone 897. G. G. Thomas Co.
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Chicago Poultry Market

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Poultry-Sa tedy.
Turkeys IL; chickens, S1b; spring
chickens, Sh.
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1907 are as follows:
President--Mrs. Appleton.
s. V.-Mrs. Will Eichelberger.
J. V,-Mrs. Batlin.

Treasurer-Mrs. Jas. Stevens.
Secretary-Mrs. John Lain.
Chaplin-Mrs. John Dodge.
Commander--Mrs. j. A. Torney.
Guard-Mrs. A. Rankin.
Musician-Mrs Geo. Proctor.
Press correspondent-Miss Jennie
Burgess.
On Friday evening the corps held a
business meeting and social at the
home of the retiring president, Mrs. r.
q. Duckworth, the affair being COM
plimentary surprise to the hostess. A
pleasant evening was spent and re-
freshments were served.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-15O ACRES PASTURE
land, l mile west of Chillicothe. ]. j.
O'Malley, lis East Sitxh street, Dav-
export, Iowa.
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WANTED.

TO TRADE FOR oTTUMwA RESI-
dence propertyT-50 acres OF land 61s
miles west of Ottumwa; 40 acres Of
land. Keokuk county, liz miles north
and west of Hayesville. II you can
use this land, see me at once. H. q.
Sewer.
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GOOD HORSE TRADE.
Earl Winter Demand for All CONNER
cial Glasses of Steady Volume.

Earl Winter Demand for All CONNER
cial Glasses of Steady Volume.
Chicago. Dec. 1.-THE general tone
from all quarters exceeds anticipations
of dealers and the weeks receipts clear
freely at steady to firmer prices for
heavy business offerings. Estimated
receipts for the week total 1920.
against 1893 last week and 2,256 the cor
responding week last year. Eastern OPP
orators were in attendance in unusual
numbers and pre- holiday orders were
urgent for offerings of good weight and
quality Heavy drafters We're in good
evidence and cleared steady to uneven
ly higher values New York operators
in particular We're keen competitors for
the best consignments and a few ton
lots Of extra finish We're run UP to $500
D340 by the Empire city dealers.
Northern dealers filled liberal orders
for heavy logers at $170@21O and up
to 1925 for select 1,6O0-lb drafters. Bulk
of the draft offerings cleared at $170@
$50, but the better grades changed
hands at S200@210 and upward. North
Dakota buyers are in the market filling
early orders for farm mares and chunks
and early indications prognosticate a
broad demand from the northwestern
states for horses for agricultural use
after the New Year. Early winter de-
mand is broader and more urgent than
featured the trade year ago, especially
for heavy business classes.
Movement of Horses and Mules.
Movement of horses and mules at
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Chicago Butter, and Ed Market. !

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Butter- Steady
Creameries. 22@31; dairies, 2O@27.
Fggs-Steady at 2O@23
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A. J. Gardner,
Frank Whitcomb.

Committee
Probably no other address has been
delivered in the city which was attend.
ed with as much interest as was the
one on corn, delivered by Prof. M. l..
Bowman of Ames. Professor Bowman
is corn expert and his lecture was
a most helpful one for the large num-
Der of agriculturalists present. He
easily demonstrated that the manner
of farming and growing corn has de-
veloped into a scientific study and that
it is done on a scientific basis In or
der to be successful.
After ne judged the corr exhibit III
the contest and it had been auctioned
off. Professor Bowman took the Plat
form and said in part as foliows.
Corn is Retter This Year.
after judging the corn at the ex-
hibit last year and at the one Of this
year, will say that the cnra on exhi-
bition this year is of better auaIity.
But in this country we nave rot ia
get our heads down to business AMI
Ma5E 0 good way to select good seed
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Movement Of Horses and Mules.
Receiyed Skinned,

Movement Of horses and mules at
Chicago Stock Yards for dates men,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
UNDER A tiAY5TACk.
The scene of n Famous aud Eventfur
Prayer Meeting.

The most famous prayer meeting ever
convened in this country was held in
the summer of 1906 on the grounds OF
n farmer adjacent 10 Williams college,
WiIliamstown, Mass., says Leslie's
Weekly It was held by five students
They were qweryine what they could
do for The benefit Of mankind A thuu-
defstorm occurred, ard they took ref
u@e under haystack and continued
the meeting Seemingly the students
alone for the time hehg knew Of the
meeting. For years the place was I'M
marked aud The event announcement
cd But those students originated the
foreign missionary movement in this
country for the benefit Of an lands and
peoples Subsequently Williams college
acquired the property, named Il Mis-
sion park and erected a monument
commemorative Of tire great result Ii
consists Of shaft of granite twelve
feet in height bearing globe three
feet IN diameter. representing the
world. The legend 'on the shaft is,
The Birthplace of American Foreign
Missions" Underneath are the names
OF five students who had u part ln the
meeting Samuel J Mills. James Rich
ards. Francis J. Robbins Harvey Loo
mis- ana Bvram Green. This memorial
Is IN object Of interest 10 every visitor
TO Williamstown, and NJ every com
mencement religious service is held
beside IL.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

mp and with your collar loose. Move
along. letting the muscles of your neck
and throat work as you walk
81 know A dowager whose chin be.
slmo double. In fact she had three.
You must walk, said her English
beauty doctor.
allow far asked the old lady,
grooming and think of her muscles.
Gas far as you can. at least seven
miles a day said the beauty culturist
"The old lady-she -asnt really
old. but she was so fat that she looked
old---buckled up her neck in tight
stock fastening a jet dog collar over
it. aud then she set ont to walk. She
came back at the end Of half mile
looking as though she had apoplexy.
Your collar was too tight. said he
beauty culturist. Mortified You don't
expect to reduce your neck. when your
muscles are bound up like that. do
you?'
"The lesson is one for all walkers 70
learn. Loosen your clothing II Won
wan: to get thin. The tighter you
lace the more you strap UP your waist
the closer you bind your neck
and the more you compress your arms
and wrists just so much the fatter
viii YOU get. Your muscles must
work or YOU will never lose an ounce.
"The double chin is the greatest foe
20 beauty Of modern daya a woman
can get along with a figure that Is
too plump. But her chin must he we'll
curved. 1t must be clear cut and
youthful. II must never on any ac-
count be baggy. The baggy. saggy.
lumpy. double chin is terrible thing
10 contemplate.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
DOUBLE CHIN MUST co.
For Doing Away with Baggy Chin
Use Vigorous Massage and
Daily Exercise.

IF your chin is thin and pointed,
giving your face a peaked look, then
you should massage it gently. Give it
soft strokes with cold cream until the
cream sinks in, 1t will soon plump
out, writes Nine Julie Darcy. You
see. thin women everywhere dealing
soft. easy strokes to the chin, striv-
Ing to make the cream enter the pores.
That is the way to make thin chin
fat.
But my case is that of a chin that
is already fat And when your chin
is fat you must stroke it roughly to
take the fat off.
Never forget this Soft. easy mas
sage develops. Swift, hard strokes re-
duce. This is law that is good the
world over. Don't forget how it
works.
81 perform the heavy strokes night
and morning and the flesh will melt
off your chin. 1t actually takes off
fraction OF an ounce a day and. where
the chin is concerned an ounce is
great deal
The next move is the lifting one.
I lift my chin as high as / can and
I lower II as low as ! can. This is
ne finest thing ever for taking the
tat off your clin. Lift and lower. lift
1',d l1Ycr Keep on until the fat IN
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEpERs.

! A very effective table square was
made at small cost from unbleached
linen towelng. 20 inches wide Two
lengths Of linen We're used and line
of heavy linen lace insertion was used
to join the pieces Narrow linen lace
to match edged the square. and small,
round medallions of lace were let In
at eight corners of the cloth
It is a good thing to know that II
nuts grow dry and tasteiess from be.
ing kept for some time they may be
wonderfully freshened by soaking
them in lukewarm water.
TO have ones kitchen free from
smoke or odor when frying griddle
cakes try adding one teaspoonful Of
melted lard 10 the batter. aud do not
grease the griddle.
The use of nuts as every day food
Is increasing. One Of the newest Ways
Of baking apples is to core them and
fill the centers with sugar and chopped
almonds. They are really very much
better than ordinary baked apples, and
possess higher food value
For polishing windows and mirrors
there Il nothing that does the work
quite so well as newspaper owing. II
is said, to some quality Of the print.
ers ink
Excellent dish cloths are made Of
knitted cotton, for they arc very
strong and can be washed and boiled
again and again. and will come out
like new, Every time a dish cloth
Is used it should be washed with soap
and soda and hung out 10 dry. a
dirty dish cloth Is disgrace to its
user says Home Notes Children who
are beginning to learn to knit are
generally very willing to make dish
cloths, but when there is no little
knitter and the housewife is very
busy, neatly hemmed squares Of coarse
crash will answer the purpose very
well, and these are made "in no time"
Most fastidious housewives follow
the old custom Of carefully folding
the Counterpart at night. leaving the
blanket exposed to the air. This is
mistake, A blanket having a rough
surface, catches and retains dust more
easily than the counterpane which is
generally Of some material more close.
ly woven and more easily washed
An oldfashioned housewife recon.
mends The following method of remov.
ing fruit, ink and mildew stains: Mix
one pint Of rainwaier, one tablespoon.
ful Of oxalic acid and one tablespoon.
FIJI Of lemon juice After using the
solution wire off with clear water any
article that cannot be washed thor.
oughly To remove varnish stains she
recommended alcohol Boston Budget
and Beacon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
MONEY PILES UP RAPIDLY.
Bequest of Benjamin Franklin the
Nucleus of an Immense
Fund.

A great popular Industrial school.
the Franklin Union, has been estab-
lished in Boston. and New York man,
Mr.. Bouillon, called upon to take
charge of it--on the foundation OF
$1,000 bequeathed by Benjamin more
than 100 years ago. Franklin. as is
we'll known, had the amount put out
at interest tor century for the bcne-
fl of the working youth of his native
city. states the New York Mail.
What IS the result2 The managers
of the Franklin Union now have on
hand, for actual use. a round million
dollars in cash, and. in addition to that
s200.o00 in good securities. which will
accumulate interest for another nun
dred years. when it is expected to have
produced a new capital OF sS.000,0j9 or
s9.0GD. 900.
To he sure. not all the millions now
on hand Is line increment OF Frankliu's
original git. for Mr. Carnegie made
q generous addition 10 that; but the
bulk Of IL is from that source. and all
the SEQ. 100 now set aside n securities
is eeriyed from Frankiin's original
gift. In 200 years (which is the length
of tine that has now elapsed since
Franklin was born his silt Of $4,000
xiii have rolled Up TO about S1D.-
00o. geo,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

Where will all this have come from?
1t is a puzzing old problem. the an
sWer to which may seem simple
enough to those who put money out
at interest, but which is something
Of mystery. Money is the measure
of value Value, in the last ANALYSIS,
consists OF things to eat and wear
and use. Had $4,000 worth of these
things. existing when Franklin died
in $780, actually increased to 81 900 600
worth of them in 1890 or 1906? Had
all the rest of the good things that
we're III existence in 1890 fructiiied in
the same proportion? And it $780,
000 of Franklin's money in 1906 will
be 50 100000 Of things to eat and wear
in zoos, what will MIR. Rockefellers
$500 100000 pile up to in that YEAR, To
Sl00, 900, 900 900. which is whattEe whole
wealth. Of the United States nov
amounts To. But at the same rate OF
increment the present entire wealth of
the United States will have piled up,
by zoos, to $4,000, 600, 900, o00--an inn
possible figure
The world itself would not hold that
amount OF wealth. Money earns money,
but it cannot earn more than there is
the equivalent of value for.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
STUDY or THEATER FIRES.
Experiments in Vienna Indicate That
"Fireproof" Curtains Arc No
Protection.

Whoever imagines that the famous
iron curtains In thea(ers which are
lowered and raisea with such solem-
nity II stated times and are made
the subject ar All kjnds pf municipal
regulations Arr any real re.otection
against fire van}d en well SAYS the
Grand Maya ire, ID study the ac-
count OF certain experiments recent
ly carried orr il Vienna.
# jue ttr was Constructed in tho
must ap9iated modem faShiou the au-
ditoTittl ii crashed with The usual gal
lefies nj pit and tho stage with
scenery Lamps af every system-elec-
trlc, gas and oil-- were placed in great
numbers and iii the walls certain spy
toics were pu1Yiaod through which he
commission Of engineers and architects
VINO were conducting the experiments
might see what went on within the
building.
In the first experiment a ire was
lighted ON tho stage ami the ordinary
curtain dropped, the yentilatora il the
auditorium being open and tho5e on
the stage closed After the larse Ct a
minute or Two the observers saw The
curtain bulge out toward the audito-
sfiuIn allowing the flames and smoke
10 rush forth at the bottom with such
volume that the entire theater Was en-
velored in an instant.
The gas lamps were extinguisned
Immediately and We're soon followed by
the disappearance Of the oil lights. AS
for the electric lamps, though they did
not go ont at once, they became quite
invisible by reason of the dense smoke,
In quarter of an hour temperature
Of 720 degrees Fahrenheit was regis
tered in the theater.
Next time the same experiment was
repeated ander identical conditions ex-
cept that on this occasion the iron
curtain was lowered. Its protective
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
|. C. R. R. BULLETIN

Ono way Colouist rates to Mexico
City. $1,000 TO Mexico City. Tickets
sold daily February Is 10 April I. aud
September IS to Octobe 10. 600
$3l.65 one-way 10 San Francisco, Los
Angeles, San Diego and other points
In California; also TO Prescott and
Phoenix, Ariz. Dates Of sale, daily.
February IS to April and September
IS to October 10.
$25.65 to Billings, Montana.
s30.55 to Helena, Butte. Garrison.
Chinook, Anaconda, Mlssoula, XII
spell, Grantsdale Mont, Ogden AMI
Salt Lake City, Utah. and Pocatello,
Idaho.
1925 to Spokane. Walla wails.
Wallula Junction, Ellensburg Wen
atchee, Wash. Umatilla, and Hunting
ton. Oregon.
s3465 to Portland. Tacoma, aud
Seattle, Wash, Victoria and Van
couver, p. c., Astoria and Ashland.
Ore, Calgary. Alb.
Tickets 70 points named sold daily.
February Is TO April z, and September
10 to October 81
For further particulars and any In
formation regarding the above rates
call 90 or address the undersigned.
D. W GROSS,
s. g. HATCH, Ticket Agent
General Passenger Agent
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

come back to her, an he hain't nebber
come Don't t'ink he WORT frettin'
bout
Cook stood looking at her stupidly
for awhile, then he asked:
as your mistress al hone2"
Vas, but II won't do no good to try
to buy dat tree. She won't sell 1t to
nobody"
Cook gained an entrance to the
house. where he was received by a
woman Of thirty-three or thirtyfour
who had not yet parted with all the
freshness Of youth,
II would like 70 buy that tree IN
your yard with some letters cut on it. !"
he said. Your maid has Informed me
that you prize IL though the man who
made 1t a treasure TO you has proved
unworthy, He promised you III the
summer house Of hi# fathers place
that when he had made his fortune he
would come back aud claim You Well
he has been absent a long whiie hut
ne has come at last. Lucy. do you
know NEE
She stood with her eyes fixed on him
in a stare for some moments after be
bad spoken the last words, then turned
with bent head. Cook went 10 her and
took her hand and put an arm about
her waist
The Cook homestead was sold for n
fortune i'll Itself. Indeed, though Hay.
ward Cook had struggled hard he hHG
not amassed a fortune. Tho increased
value Of the homestead land. however,
gave him a sufficiently. and he built L
home near the city of his adoption. and
after its completion he brought Lucy
Dean as his wife 10 occupy tt, In Il
summer house on the place II a section
Of beach tree which serves for
bench. ALICE CHEFHER.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
The LATEST Mon.

THE LATEST man ! ever saw" sFid
travelling nan to a group of fellow
drummers at a Chestnut streeT ca e.
recently. was not q tramp nor a cop.
but a station agent in a little ore
horse village in Idaho.
after I had finished what lit.ia
business I could do IN the town. I
went down 10 the railroad station -
buy a ticket for my next sion. TIE
lazy stationmaster sat on broken
down Office chair. his feet son the de x
and a pipe in his mouth. unlit. Whel
{ asked for the ticket he slowly
reached up TO the rack. drew IL o4t.
h nded it to me and took my money
without bestowiHg a glance upou me
OF moving from his chair
That's The LATEST thing ever
saw. I said to him. II you can do
anything lazi,f n that. III give you
{ IS dollar Without the slightest
.uTiosity or even interest the loafer
1rswied. Put f. IN my pocket and
I did Philadelphia Record.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
WOMAN OUSTED BY
A CHURCH IS
DEFIANT
MRS. GRANNiS, ACCUSED or CON
TEMPT, LAUGHS AT ACTION
or ELDERS.
WILL NOT USE FORCE
But Institution May Withdraw From
Her-TriaI Stirs Up Big Fuss
Among Members of New
York Parish.

New York, May Give advise that
Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis resign from the
membership Of the church within four
teen days, and upon her failure SO to
do within the specified time that the
church withdraw from her
This verdict by the out-of-town cid
ers appointed by the First Church of
Disciples of Christ, in West Fifty
sixth street, was arrived at after an
almost uninterrupted sessions Of IL
hours. Testimony was taken in four
teen specifications of alleged conduct
| showing contempt of the church and
alleged efforts TO injure it. One OF the
charges was that Mrs. Grannis sided
with and gave moral support TO per
sons who accused former pastor, the
Rov B. @. Denham, in a police court.
Woman Defiss Church.
Mrs. Grannis, who is president OF
the National Christian League for the
Promotion OF Purity, was not cast
down by the verdict, which was read
10 her at the office of Elder Joab Ban
t0n 90 Nassau street.
viii Not Use Force.
1T is just what | expected" she
said, Resign? Indeed | shall not,
/ have not been on trial, but he
church, or rather those who have mis-
managed the church by supporting
Denham are If they want to they con
withdraw from me"
The church by withdrawing from
Mrs. Grannis, so Elder Banton. who
is lawyer, explained can only refuse
to recognize her as member of the
congregation.
mo one will use any physical force
to prevent her from attending worship
there. he said
Woman Out of Temper
Mrs Grannis, who always sits in a
front pew with little negro girl
whom she is bringing up, was not i'll
the temper of one who would listen
meekly to verdict like that One OF
the charges--they were all brought by
f, M. Apologize was that she did
not contribute to the church. She re-
piled to that that she bad put money |
on the plate every Sunday except |
while the criminal charges were pend |
ing against the Rev, Mr. Denham be |
fore Magistrate Mayo. That was sew |
eral months.
Il don't want any of my money to |
30 for the support of Denham she |
said, emphatically.
Brother Hoke Her Ally
"The verdict against Sisteh Eliza
beth b, Grannis is similar in many
respects to the verdict Mr. Denham Sc
cured against Frank Lane in North
Tonawanda some years ago he said
Mr. Denham selected elders TO try
Lane, and the judgment was in favor
OF the man selecting them.
In this case Elder Banton, a stanch
of Mr. Denham, selected
Judges to try Sister Grannis for failure
he verdict they rendered speaks for
10 indorse Denham in every way, and
Itself
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

The best Is always the chespssL
Advertisers use the BuIlettn
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

ali gons or until u feels as though
it we're ali gone. ! do it for five min
utes night and morning and some
times ] work in an extra five in the
middle Of the day.
Don't leave your exercising until
evening. The chances are that you
will forget H. Exercise in the early
morning. Get it of your mind while
you feel fresh. Al q GIT you are too
tired. Those who lesye the chinlift-
ing exercise until ten o'clock al night
viii usually end by not doing 1t at
all Morning is The time for these
things.
sMy third douhie-chin stunt Is the
enc advocated bv the English II Is
that Il walking Rut vou must know
how 70 Tslk. walk With your head
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07

Z don't approve Of slang. protested
Mt Stiffly.
Neither do I. aiwa-s,' said the
Youngest member Of the firm. but
there are times when il r the only proper
language TO ase2"
When. may ask"
WHY. for instance. fWouifn't this
vssther freeze vsg Detroit Free
Press
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-07
Plenty of Languap e.

Did You have much trouble speak
ing English when you were in Eng
land?"
No. The trouble had was in max
ing people understand me. "--Hetroit
Free Press
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-12
MURDERED WOMAN
Found In Pittsbure Presented Such a
Sight as to Drive Policeman
Insane.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 8.-Burned al
most to crisp. with her jugular vein
severed and Eea,-y score OF STAB
wounds, the dead body OF Mrs. Lena
Able, 20 years old, was found lying
at the foot OF the cellar stars at her
home, early this morning. The police
alter investigating the case arrested
Andrew Able, the dead womans hus-
band and locked him up, charged with
his wiie's murder. Mrs. Able's body
presented such terrible sight when
found that a policeman who was sent
to assist In removing the body went
insane on looking at II. and dashed
shrieking from the house. He was
captured, raving maniac, hours latei
nearly IL miles from the house whert
the murder occurred and is now con-
fined In the insane ward Of hospital.