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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
-osIEoPArHY.

All c. B. 6 @. and c. r. l. & p. trains
depart from Washington street
Union depot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
TYRONE.

TpronA- Dec MRS stephen Carr.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
What a Protocol Is.

The exact nature of a protocol,
which is a necessary preliminary to
the signing of treaty OF peace, Is
described in the Law Times. To the
end that an enduring memorial may
oe preserved Of the results Of each
discussion as the negotiation proceeds
the several resolutions arrived at are
recorded in a document called a pro-
tocol-a word better derived from
sprotokollon," the first leaf glued to
the rolls Of paprus and the notarial
accounts on which the date was writ
zen. The protocol Of the subject un-
der discussion, IL specially import
ant, Is generally signed by the nego-
dators themselves. The record thus
made of the effort to arrive at an
agreement has, Of course. no bind
ing effect in the negotiation as whole.
London Standard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Curious Epitaphs.

Close to the principal entrance tt
old Kirk Braddan (Eng.) churchyard
is a stone which probably not one In
a thousand of the thousands of visi
tors who assemble there Sunday by
Sunday ever notice. It has engraved
upon it the following curious intima
ton: Here unlerlyeth the body Of
the Rev. Mr.. Patrick Thompson, min
lister Of Gods Word forty years, al
present vicar Of Kirk Braddan, agec
sixty-seven, Ammo 1878, deceased An
$685." The reverend gentleman had
his tombstone erected eleven years
before he died. The incident, how
ever, is not so uncommon as would al
first appear. There is erected stone
in Onchan q. o. NJ churchyard to
day, sacred to the memory of mar
who is still alive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
CATS consult THE cAAGsanAR
At Least There Is Proof They Know
the Days of the Week.

the Days of the Week.
Down along the wharves in New
York the cat is not a pet, but bust
ness investment, an insurance policy
against the river rats. Yet, wild as
some OF these animals are, there Is
one man whom they regard with ap.
prevail. That Is the cats meat man
Il don't know all of Them" he says
NO man could; and besides there are
changes all the time. But if I don't
know them. they all know me, every
cat OF them. And they're wise; cats
are as wise as any beast that lives
every cat on the block runs to meet
me, but they are always on their
good behavior. Now, here's a place
where leave meat for six cats. They
follow me when | give it to the por'
ter. They are the cats that belong
here, and all the rest of the cats
are waiting peaceably for me to come
out. Now, see those four cats run
ahead and. into the next place; they're
the cats that belong there, and they
line up to meet me.
But that is small part of the
wisdom Of these cats. Five mornings
in the week get around my beat be
tween z and s o'clock, but on Satur
days am always late, and never
reach the block before 9. Well, or
Saturday morning the cats know thai
I'm late and they don't put their heads
outside the doors until it lacks only 6
little Of 8. You see there are calendar.
hanging up in every Office to tell the
day of the week, and clocks, too, ant
there's nothing to hinder the cat!
from consulting them. If they dom
find out that way, how do they know
when it's 8 o'clock Saturday morn
ing?"-Golden Days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Cures Cancer. Blood Poison and scrofu1.

Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and scrofuIa.
II you have blood poison producing
srupttons, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands,
dumps and risings, burning, itching skin,
copper colored spots or rash on the skin,
mucous patches In mouth or throat, fall
Ing hair. bone pains, old rheumatism or
foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B.
b. 3D. It kills the poison in the blood;
soon ak sores, eruptions heal, hard SWELL
ings subside, aches and pains stop and q
perfect cure is made OF the worst cases Of
Blood Poison.
For cancers, tumors, swellings, eating
sores, ugly ulcers. persistent pimples of all
kinds, take B. B B. It destroys the sau-
Ger poison In the blood. heals cancer Of all
kinds. cures the worst humors or sup
purating swellings. Thousands cured by
B. B. B. after oil else fails. B, B 3.
composed of pure botanic ingredients. I'm
roves the digestion, makes the blood pure
md rich, stops the awful itching and all
sharp, shooting pains. Thoroughly tested
for thirty years. Druggists, OIL per bottle,
with complete directions for home cure.
sample free and prepaid by writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical advice also sent In sealed
letter
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Take Care of Your Dog.

Keep a dish of fresh water where
your dog can get at it at night or
by day. Dogs need to drink often,
says Our Four-Footed Friends, and
many of the diseases of dogs are
caused by the need of fresh water.
II you keep your dog in kennel see
that it is raised at least six inches
from the ground. A damp kennel
causes rheumatism.
When a dog is getting old and in
firm do not allow him out on the
streets alone. An old dog, lost and
bewildered, is pitiful sight.
Do not keep dog chained; it will
make him stupid, sullen and vicious,
and is cruelty to such an active
animal. House dogs should be ex-
ercised twice a day.
Do not let your dog follow your BIZ
cycle or automobile unless you wish
him to have fits or drop with exhaust
ton and heat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
The Kew to Power.

Success in life is delicate and diff
ficult thing to define. To many-right-
ly or wrongful is synonymous with
the accumulation of wealth, the stand
ard of achievement and the end of all
ambition worthy of human endeavor
But whatever may be our delineation
of this subtle and somewhat tickle
goddess, the possession of substan,
tial bank account is, for most persons
for all, in fact, who are not degen-
erates-a most laudable object of am
bition. It has psychological value
all apart from it's conventional, COM
mercial value. 1t is veritably the key
to power-not alone through what it
buys, but through what it does-un-
locking those secret sources of
strength that transform the delinquent
into the alert, the vacillating into the
confident, kindling the embers of
hope, and giving the race to the slow,
the battle to the weak.-Business
Mems Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11

wounded, bring them water and help
to draw them on little hand carts to
the field hospital, says Golden Days.
They perform all these services with
intelligence and SKILL They are at
tached to- some af the regiments as
regular four footed soldiers.
The first lesson which they have to
learn is silence. They are taught to
repress the outbreak of barking and
to replace this mode of signaling by
a low growl, audible only to their
friends. 1t is difficult lesson; but
more tedious one has to follow. This
is to teach the dog that men are
friends and enemies, and that the way
to distinguish them is by the color Of
their trousers. Soldiers are dressed up
in French and Russian uniforms and
made to whip the dogs, while soldiers
in German uniforms are told off to
pet the canine recruits and regale
them on sausage.
The dogs render good service at the
outposts, on account of their quick
sense Of hearing; and they are also
trained muscular strength, their
quickness in learning and their un-
obtrusive color. For ambulance serv-
ice, however, Scotch collies are con-
sidered the best.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
HERE IS SLANG AT IT'S BEST
What the vernacular Is Coming re
In Colorado

ssssSs s'S sSsu0S0idI - 0OIIslU9 g
In Colorado.
Judge BENJAMIN B. Lindsey. who
has made national reputation fol
himself by his work at the Denver
juvenile court, tells in the American
Magazine the story of Eel Martin, a
typical bad boy, whom the judge has
since succeeded in reforming. The
following Is one of the boys exploits:
One Of the boys methods Of beat
Ing his way about the country was to
board a train and after it had started
to creep into an empty berth in a
sleeping car.
On one occasion Martin was awak.
ened by the porter's startled exclam-
alton: Good Lawd, thes kid in
heah!" Then, as the boy phrased it,
Il flew the coop while the coon guy
went to tell the conductor. was
ditched at town they call Reno, in
Nevada. Course was dead broke.
| touched a guy for half and bought
me cane and some chewing gum.
walked into bank and right up to
the guy in de monkey cage. said
wanted work, and he said. he hadn't
none. told him I'd clean up de back
yard and while he went to ask de
head guy about it rammed de gum on
de end OF my cane, showed it trough
de cage and swiped a twenty that
stuck to de gum. Then l took a
hike mighty sudden. I lay low and
went out on the express that night"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11

| life; that it drinks with it's two
mouths, and that the water is trans
ferred to the clouds through an open
ing in the upper side of the center OF
the arch.
In the province Of Charkov, Russia
the rainbow is said to drain the wells
and to prevent this many are provided
with heavy. tight-fitting stone pat.
FORMS
In the province of Saratov the bow
is said to be under the control of three
angels, one of whom pumps the water
the second feeds" the clouds, and the
third sends the rain. Many improbable
and impossible things would happen
If you could only get in reach Of 1.-THE
bow"
The little Turk is told that if he
would have a silver head, with gold
teeth and ruby eyes, he has but to
touch the orange stripe.
In Greece they say that the person
SO unfortunate as to stumble over the
end of the bow will have his or her
sex Immediately changed. - Golden
days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
He was playing tune on these bits of iron.

the time, picking out by ear new
opera airs on his violin when he
should have been hard at work on
history or algebra. At last George
Frederick f1unked in his examinations
at school and then there was an
awful time. His parents forbade his
using the piano and took away his
violin, saying that he should touch
neither one. again till he had made
up his back school work and passed
those examinations.
One day as George Frederick's
mother was entertaining some friends
she was astonished to hear the strains
of popular air coming from the
porch outside the library in which
she and her guests were sitting 1t
certainly was music, but very odd
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
The Sentimental Cook.

I must be fond of scenery or Of poetry or
Cause I love to set upon the wharf and
watch the fishes jumpin,
The sky 1t really spreads SO nice and the
water looks so fine,
And the air it makes you feel as good as
drinkin' sherry wine,
Yes, there must be pot cry In me cause
it sets my head to thumpin'
To set upon the wharf and watch the
little fishes jumpin'.
There is nothin' more delightful than at
tendin' to your coOkin'
But I sometimes wipe a tear away when
no one amt lookin',
I wipes it off because 1t comes from
lookin' at the lake,
Which stretches off so lovely while I'm
fryin' Of the steak.
But at mornin' and at evenin' when the
little skiffs are bumpin
The thing that moves me deepest Is to
watch the fishes jumpin'.
o when I die and go before the throne to
get my due.
hopes as how they'll recognize the good
ness OF my stew;
hopes they'll give me credit for the
charity I done,
And also my creation Of the sugar coated
And when I gets my robe on and my
heart with joy Is thumpin',
I'll just sit there with folded wings and
watch the fishes jumpin'.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
John B. Knox Home.

John B. Knox Of Admission, Ala, who
has frequently of late been spoken OF
as a candidate for the United States
senatorship, was in Birmingham yes
terday on his way home from Europe.
where he has been for two months.
Mr.. Knox is looking we'll and says
he had most enjoyable trip. On the
subject Of politics, he had nothing to
say, or, at least, he said nothing.
When the subject was mentioned,
he looked at his watch and said:
'It is now $3.50 o'clock. The base.
ball game at West End park begins
at 4. Gentlemen, I'll bid you good
afternoon"
And with that, Mr.. Knox left thu
lobby Of the Hillman and made for the
ball game.-Birmingham Age-Herald
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
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The Little WlIdfiowers.

The Little WiIdfiowers.
The little Wildflowers to sleep have gone,
Way down in their cozy beds;
A thick. brown blanket of leaves they've
Right over their little heads.
For well they know cold weather's about
The time when Jack Frost appears,
And that some night, If they don't watch
out,
He'll come and bite Off their ears.
they know that his partner, Mr.. Snow.
VIII also in time be due,
For old Mother Nature told them so,
And they know, that it must be true.
so, tightly tucked in their beds they lie,
:, And laugh in their dreams so fair,
10 think that neither, in passing by.
VIII be able to find them there!
The little Wildfiowers are tired Of play.
And weary of field and sun;
Inc birds and the bees have gone away,
. The song of the rain is done;
80 now they nod on their beds of sod,
j.. While winter winds Ger them sing.
ana sleep so deep, knowing well that God
WIN awaken them in the spring.
Outlook.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
INcIPisNT CONSUMPTION.
How Food Headed eff the Insl-
diouS Diseases.

How Food Healed cff the InsI-
dious Diseases.
The happy wife of good old-fash-
toned Mich. farmer says:
s'In the spring of 1902, I was taken
sick-a general breaking down, as it
were. I was excessively nervous, could
not sleep well at night, my food SEEM
ed to do me no good, and was so weak
could scarcely walk across the room.
''The doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confinement
and that he very much feared that
consumption would set in. For several
months I took one kind of medicine
after another, but with no good effect
in fact, I seemed to grow worse.
s'Then / determined to quit all medi-
sines, give up coffee and see what
Grape Nuts food would do for me. 7
began to eat Grape Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread and butter three
times day.
1.-The effect was surprising began
to gain flesh and strength forthwith,
my nerves quieted down and grew
normally steady and sound, sweet
sleep came back to me. In s. K weeks
time discharged the hired RI and
commenced to do my own homework
for family of six. This was two
years ago, and am doing it still, and
enjoy it. - Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
Thara,a a reason Read The littla
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Peculiar Ice Caves of Maine.

New England has no greater natural
curiosities than the ice caves of
Maine. They are on the famous trail
or the pioneer stage coach, or rather,
the bride path that was first the route
OF the horseback mailman from Port
land inland to the New Hampshire
line.
The entrance is by a hole Just large
enough to permit the passage of a
mans body.
There are thirteen caves in all,
large and small, and of these, perhaps
the Cave of the Winds is best known.
Here's SNOWFALL for YOU" ex-
claimed Joshua Young, who is one of
the Oldest of the guides, as he scraped
handful of snow from an immense
bank.
There is ice in the caves all the
year round, and the cold springs ris-
ing from the floors contain water that
is only kept from freezing by it's mo-
ton.
The ice caves are in wild noun
tain region. The road up the pass is
walled in by lodges on either side.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Baby Beavers Dam.


! II know of naturalist down in east
ern Maine," said a well-known Maine
college profession, "who wouldn't be
convinced that beavers could build
dams until he saw it done with his
own eyes. One day I bought a baby
beaver of a hunter who traps them,
and sent him to my skeptical friend.
He grew greatly attached to the little
fellow, and kept him in the house,
but he often wrote to me that his
beaver didn't show any propensity at
all for dam-building.
"On Monday, washing day, his wife
set leaky pail full of water on the
kitchen floor. The beaver was in the
Htchen-he was only baby then, too
and he saw the water oozing out
OF a crack in the pail. He scampered
out into the yard, brought in a chip
and began building his dam.
"The naturalist was summoned. He
watched the little fellow, thunder
struck. Said he:
leave that pail there, wife, till
doomsday, If need be, and let's see
what the little fellow will do.
"The beaver kept it up for four
weeks, until he had built a solid dam
clear around the pail.
my naturalist friend is quite a
beaver man to-day. They say, you
know, that way down east there is a
beaver dam that 100000 couldn't buy
the like of. Oh, men don't know every
thing! The wasp knew how to make
paper before we did,"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Anvil Chorus Harp

This is the tale of how an ingenious
boy overcame obstacles and had lot
of fun doing it, too, and we tell it here
for you because you can do exactly
the same thing with very little trou-
BILE.
George Frederick was very fond of
music, and if left to himself would
spend all his time stunning on the
piano or playing on his violin. His
parents did not at all mind his becom-
ing an accomplished musicinan, but
they did mind his neglecting his
school work, which he did most Of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
A Rainy Day Game.

When you are shut up in the house
the next rainy day, and don't know
what to do, instead of fussing and fret
ting why not play the game of horses
tails?
Go to the window and keep a sharp
lookout for every horse you see ap
preaching, then guess the color Of its
TAIL The one who guesses correctly
scores five, while those making mis-
take must pay forfeit. The player
first scoring twenty-five wins the
game.
You must vary this game by trying
to guess the length of the tail as well
as the color.
For forfeits you can have the chill
dren play horse, letting others drive
them, or ride rocking horse, or gel
down on their hands and knees anG
pretend to be horse drinking water
at a trough, or neigh as much like 8
horse as possible.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Trick With Matches.

Who will lift fourteen matches by
one match? The figure will show you
the way. Have fifteen matches. Put
one on table in front Of you, with
the head pointing away. Beginning
on the left side, put match across
this first match, leaving about half
inch stick out; place the second
match in the same way from the right
side, and SO on alternately till thir-
teen are used. Then put the four
teenth match exactly above the under
one on the crossed heads of the thir-
teen.
By little care this trick can be
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11

about any house in the toolbox or in
the woodshed He had slender iron
bar with which he struck these
scraps, and as each one was tapped
it gave out note, sort of harsh,
bell-like note, but different from the
notes of any Of the others. He had
two octaves of these notes, and on
them he managed to play tunes that
any one would at once recognize, al
though there were no sharps or flats.
1t was not at all bad music, and he
became SO expert performer that
the other members of the family often
tried duets with him on it, The Illus
tfation will show you how simple 1t
was to make. Suppose you gather
some bits of old iron and try it? The
result will surprise you.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
PitifuI Plight Of Aged Man.

Because Oliver Powe, a builder OF
Ansonia, Conn.,. put all his property il
his wife's name and she died childless
he lost it all, according to the probate
courts ruling, and is left penniless al
the age of u, too infirm to work. Be
lieving that at his wife's death he
would be her heir. Mr.. Powe had his
home and savings, $4,000 in all
transferred to her, so she would have
no trouble in getting his estate should
he die first. Mrs. Powe died year
ago, her estate was promptly claimed
by her relatives and the probate court
sustained their claim. Mr.. Powe has
brought suit for equitable relief.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11

tied in it's range Of notes and she
could not possibly imagine what sort
of instrument was producing the mel
ody. She looked out of the window
and saw George Frederick playing
away on an odd contrivance which
he had rugged out on the porch.
The boy had strung a long wire
along the low beam which supported
the piazza's roof, and from this he had
suspended by shorter wires fourteen
bits of old iron, iron rings, bolts,
pipes, bars, large nails and all sorts
Of iron scraps which one may find
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
A scientist in the United States

A scientist in the United States
Agricultural Department, DIR. Cusn-
man, relates the Philadelphia Record,
announces that by an electrical pro-
cess he can extract per cent. OF pot
ash from the millions of tons OF
gneiss rock to be found in the coun-
try. At the same time a chemist IN
Denver has made another discovery
that the residuum from the refining
of sugar belts can be converted into
potash to such a degree that the
sugar will be the by-product. Large
quantities of potash are now I'M
ported chiefly from Germany.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Ideas About the Rainbow

In many countries the rainbow is
spoken OF as being great bent pump
or siphon tube, drawing water from
the earth by mechanical means. In
parts of Russia, in the Don country,
and also in Moscow and vicinity, it
is known by name which is equiv
alent to "the bent water pipe" In
nearly all Slavcnic dialects it is known
by terms signifying "the cloud ST.
phon," and in Hungary it is "the
pump" "Noah's pump" and Gods
pump"
The Malayan natives call it by the
same name that they do their banded
water cobra, only that tney add
"boba" (meaning doubleheaded), the
equivalent in our language being "the
double-headed water snake" They tell
you that the bow is a real thing OF
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11

upon the strap. One of the hooks
which fastened the strap to the build
ing gave way, and in moment the
man was dangling in midair.
AS his entire weight was held by
the strap and the one remaining hook
in the side of the building he realized
that this uncertain support might give
way at any moment The man yelled
Justify for help, for he had swung
clear of the window and could moi
reach the sill again. His cries were
heard by the men in the Office as vel
as by the people ON the street below
The men in the Office rescued him
from his perilous position.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
The Joy of 1t.

"Here, my good man" she said one
day last week to man who had
begged aims of her, there is a nickel,
and please to understand that I do
not give this because / hope to be
rewarded for my charity some day.
but because it gives me pleasure I'd
do so.''
The burly beggar looked obviously
at the coin.
Look ERE, num-" he said. 'In
this ERE wicked world we don't orften
get the chance to enjoy ourselves.
Why not make it dime and ave q
real good timer"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-11
Broke Chain Drawing Him. to Death

Broke Chain Drawing Him to Death.
BY desperate burst of strength,
which was as that of three or four
men, seventeen-year-old Francis Riley
of Sugar Notch, Pa, managed to save
his life. He was caught in the shaker
chain at the Hadleigh colliery while
cleaning the machinery and drawn
toward a big cog wheel. Fellow work
ers tried in vain to pull him loose or
to bar off the chain in the few brief
seconds.
Just as Riley was about to be
ground to death on the cog wheel he
braced himself, seized the big chain
with both hands and tore at it with
superhuman strength. A link snapped,
the chain broke and he was freed.