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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

spending the week with his uncle,
Mayor Carroll
Mrs. r. t. Hardy returned Monday
to her home in Parker's Prairie, Mimi,
after a few weeks visit with her sis
ter. Mrs. s. r. Mcconnell.
Mrs. w. Thorp and daughter Of
Moulton, spent Tuesday at the s. s.
Stanley home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 3. Patterson and
baby spent Sunday at the 8. S. STAN
ley home.
Dr.. and Mrs. Taylor arrived from
California Tuesday evening to spend
a couple of months with their nephew,
w. II. Taylor and family.
Mrs. Frank Fry and son Herbert cf
Mullenville. Kan, is visiting at the
home Of Mrs. Fry's father-i n-law, C.
e. Fry, and that of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Finley Evans.
Guy Petit and John Sherber of Mt,
Sterling, are visiting friends in the
city
Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Colman and r. N.
Parks of Milton, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Hutton and family on
Monday.
Good left Monday for Kansas City to
visit his brother, James Good, who
lis in i'll health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gray and
daughter Maud OF Milton. visited at
the Ed. Cox home on Monday
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Craven OF Mil
ton are attending Chautauqua this
week
Miss Martha Clayton has returned
from Phoenix, Ariz.. to spend the sum
mer vacation with her mother, Mrs. ].
w. Clayton.
| Harry Young made business trip
to Moulton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Garrett Of Selma,
are spending the week with Mrs W. r.
Gibson
A pleasure party from Moulton, at,
tending Chautauqua Monday were
Mesdames Holbert, Downing, Edwards
Stickney Moore and Miss Wells.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

MONEY GROWS IN SOUTH TEX
rs. Corn pays, s5s per acre. Al
falfa pays $40 per acre. Cotton pays
$40 per acre. Watermelons pay $12S
per acre. Beans pay $3.50 per acre.
Potatoes pay $525 per acre. Onions
pay $3.50 per acre. Other crops in
proportion. Splendid fruit and vege-
table country Splendid climate. No
billiards.. Healthful. Splendid
farming land in the rainbelt near
railroad s12 to s25 per acre. Land
out of rainbelt. So to $40 per acre.
Send for list Hiland p Lockwood,
412 San Antonio Texas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
SLIM HORSE MARKET.
Trade Dullest Of Season for All Com
nnorciaI Glasses of Animals.

iTdos OutieSt OF season TOR All Com-
nnereiaI Glasses Of Animals.
Chicago. Aug 1.-THE general
movement of trade is nearly of pro-
portions of last week. Estimated four
days receipts the current week total
1;4O5, against 1884 for the same period
last week, 1925 the same dates last
year and 1,017 for the corresponding
period In 1904. The general supply is.
more than ample to meet all COM
mercial demand and dealers find it diff
f1cult to clear the receipts without
losses to country shippers. Bulk of the
offerings are moving slow at a decline
OF Sl0@20 from average prices current
the first of the present month The
unusual stability Of the trade during
June and July encouraged dealers to
hope that trade would be relieved from
the dull spot which features normal
midsummer demand, but the dullness
was only procrastinated, to be felt all
the more keenly/ when it materialized
Only few classes sell freely, but as a
whole there Is no vitality to the mar
ket and the bulk of country shippers
are clearing their consignments at u
loss. The intermediate classes are the
dullest and show the greatest decline
the bulk of the receipts moving at the
following prices:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Thursdays Live Stock Markets i
Brief,

Small supply of steers meets narrow
demand. Trade uneven, bulk steady to
weaker, some firm. Competition for
limited offerings is small. Good gain
for fat lots over week ago. Butcher
stock fairly active, sale at seady prices.
Gamers shade easier. bulls little
changed. Scarcity of vealers forces 25
to Doc advance. Only small supply Of
feeders, market strong. Supply Of hogs
reduced, market active. Sales largely
at loo gain, top $685.. Some lots only
&c higher, others 15c up. Fewer offer
fngs unsold later than usual. Holders
of sheep try hard to boost prices. Buy
ers balk. however only steady range
Best lambs 10 to 15c up, others steady
Prime natives bring 49, Idahos, $7.s5.
Receipts.
Receipts thus far this week COM
pared with the same period last week.
In round numbers increased 700 cattle,
decreased 49,20o hogs and increased
1900 sheep. Compared with same
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. Specialist WM
DR.. .. II. LEWIS
Successor to Or. Mummert.
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT =
masses Fitted. Ottumwa, la.
ENNIS OFFICE BUILDING.
DRAkE viLLE.

DraKeville, Aug. Slider Kendrick
held quarterly conferences here last
MONDAY afternoon;
-, MISSES Loil, NeiIie lruitl ana Hat-
Ne aiio c,el.iuoe saves returned last
Isi1 qg from trip 10 COLORADO.
Poiillie 9ayies Oh ottuiilWa, spent iaSt
week mere at tne nome Oh her grand
parents, Mr. aEa Mrs. wan saves.
MI. and Mrs. Courtney of Mt. Pleas
INT .lsltea mere last week with theli
son Ar.ii,'T ana y ia1nilS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
| Have Three Million Acres of and
For Sale.
For Sale.


the south or West Ny
rock Railways
az cda ns TO me at do have
private car o W per day fed and bed
ooo acres OF timber lands will
lot The farm
above, Iowa = AAoih'auoh on Enc
HEalEMHER AUGUST 18th and 2t wilm
orchards Howell
banana y ua the d FLAG don't
ana gun bs flowers
Write to goMith $500 ny nen 90
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS EXTRA
ordinary. Ny South Texas PROPOSE
ton of one town lot and one farm
for only s120. has gone like wildfire.
Half have been sold in go days. /
sold seven in one day and they went
to Eldon to see me. Just think Of
fresh oysters the year round as well
as all fruits and vegetables. No sun
strokes, always cool from gulf
breezes. I have nice colony now
to go from Iowa. Who will go with
US? Come and see me or write at
once. j. E. Houghland, Eldon, Iowa.
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w. LoWENBERG q SON

w IVWEVbEnG q SON
Are the Hust'ins ReaI Estate Men
over Bremhorst's grocery. Now is the
time to list your property for sale
with them. We are looking for some
nice cottages on the hill. If you have
anything to sell come and see us. II
you want to buy farm or any kind
Of city property, call on US and see II
we haven't listed just what you want.
New phone, 442; old phone. 127-G.
Come in and see us. Write us or
call us over the phone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, Aug. 17.--Cattle receipts
$500; slow to steady; beeves, $4,000
CTS; COWS and heifers. s1.35@5.25;
stockers and feeders, s2.40@45O; Tex
ans, $3.75@4.80.
Hog receipts, 10000; &c higher; mix
ed butchers. $5.SO@6.4O; good heavy
s5.so@6.3o; rough, s5.6o@5.s0; light
s5.S5@6.4o; bulk sales, $6.00@630.
; Sheep receipts, 5000; steady; s3.25M
5.35; lambs, s4.65@8.00.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Furnished by Lowenberg & Co., 1o7
South Court Street.
Curran John b. and wife to Samuel
Kitterman, lot z, blk 8, Janney add,
Ottumwa, $500.
United States to George Godfrey,
NE. u, NV. sec 2S-T3-13.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
ROTH BROS. & BL AIR
Real Estate Co.
Ground Floor. e. Second St. Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottufnwa, Iowa.
nd Floor. e. Second St.

an deparn
in In
Price
: 800
we have
at
cash
in
in
MOTEL this will bear investigation s *.
We in
trade
stock
Of
change for
1876
ban xSS we'll fenced
slder IN exchange income in Oumwa. &
the Citizens Savings Second
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j u > = 3 r 9 s,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
OFFICE 118 EAST MAIN STREET.
H. D. judd Residence Judd Bros Office A. c..
Old Bell Phone ss1-x Old Bell phone saex
n. D. Judd Residence
Old Bell Phone ss1-x.
Judd Bros. Office
Old Bell phone $685. x.

Phone y.
21Is 1872
Price $50 It'll
No s a well improved so acres Of prairie
las new4
- $500
49,
all indso
mostly nice prairie Price, s725O 80 ''
good orchard Price s55 -
No 2- acres of just as nice land is
Price town.
hardware - fpN'N
mile
rolling acre. oN'iA
contains 1 miles
pa 81 -
102240 lmits
of
priced
in ivatiop
tun1wa plce $50 per acre Owner would take
prairie land Price SIS
Joins this sannet ~ ''a.
7mile south
Would N - - - aes.
aA see us or write for
it - o' ~ "iiee LOT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

LANDS! ARE YOU IN
terest in Missouri lands? If SO, write
B. H. Rucker Rolla, Phelps Co., Mo.
and he will send you something OF
value, free.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FARMS FOR SALE-4o ACRES, UN-
improved at $3.50 so acres, new
improvements at s25. 40 acres, i'm
proved, two miles from Macon, $50
per acre. We have one hundred
farms from 40 acres up, good land,
good improvements in a fine country,
at from SIS to $50 per acre. VIII
sell or exchange Address White &
Son, box 1854, Macon, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
ropAY,s MARKETS.

This market is furnished by the Cas-
sidy Commission Company, members
Chicago Board of Trade. Local office,
rooms % and 20, HOFFMAN, block e.
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RoNAPARTE.

Bonaparte, Aug. 1s.- Misses Flor
ence Cresap, Gertrude Mcdonald.
Ethel and Refa Packer visited in
Pennington Saturday.
AiAs EthAl McMullen of ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

period last year cattle decreased 1900,
hogs $4,000 and sheep increased 45,700.
Yesterdays estimated receipts at Chi
cago Stock Yards, with actual arrivals
for a, week, a year and two years ago
Yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
Chicago Produce Market,

SnIoaGo Troouce Market.
Chicago, Aug. 17.-Wheat. No. 2 red.
70A @72: No 8 red, 70A or; No. 2
hard. 7o1a@7oA; No: 8 hard, $500
76A; September opened, 7O5s @70M;
highest, 7o7s; lowest, 7oA: closing,
corn-No. ?. 4sA@5o; No. 3, 400
49h; No. 2 white, 52A@52A: No. 3
white, 51A; No. 8 yellow, 5oA @50A;
September opened, 4sA @48ss; highest,
1885; lowest, A.; closing. 47A OATS.
Oats--No. 2. 29k @30; No. 8. 900
2sA; No. 2 white 32@34; No. white,
2sM OBJ. August. 29I; September
opened, 3oR @30s; highest, 30ss; low
est. 29&; closing, 29A.
Pork-september, $500; January,
1892.
Lard-september., 1857; January,
Ribs-september, $500; January,
$7.12.
Rye-Cash. 81.
Barley-3s@52.
Glover and fax-Not quoted
Timothy-September s410@425.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

CAN BE MADE BY IN
vesting now in South Texas land. I
have made others money and can do
SO for you. Write for particulars.
II. p. Lockwood. 502k East Houston
street. San Antonio, Texas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE CHEAP-HAY BALER,
Southwick press, 16x20, on account
Of health. w. A. Swift, r. No. 8,
Highland, Iowa, Robinson farm.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
WHOLESALE PRICES.

An increase of ten cents for choice
hogs today.
Live Stock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FARMS FOR SALE-IF YOU CON-
template buying a farm, write for
our list, We have a number of small
farms for sale at very reasonable
prices. Long & Raymond, Blakes-
burg, Iowa.
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RETAIL PIECES.
! Flour and Feed.

Flour, per sack -. ......s1. 0o@1. so p
Corn meal 20 lib. sack. ..... 5000
Graham -four, per sack -. 80
Corn chops, per cwt. ...... 1925 p
Shorts, per cwt. ..........- 1870 III
Dat chop, per cwt. .......... 100 d,
Bran, per cwt. ........... 100 L
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR sAI.E-4Oo ACRES, KNOWN
as the Frank Miller farm (deceased)
can be sold in separate tracts. This
Is one of the best farms in Davis
county. Price. $3.50 per acre. 200
acres of bottom land, all in cultiva-
tlon, fine timber. Inquire Of ]. A..
Wlnsler, referee, Moravia, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
Peoria Corn M.rks+

Peoria Corn Market.
Peoria, Aug. 17.-Corn, No. 3, so.
st. Louis Produce Market
st. Louis, Aug. 17.-Wheat, Septem-
Der, 671s.
Corn-46.
Oats-30.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago. Aug. 17.-Poultry, steady;
turkeys, II; chickens, IL; springs IS.
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New York Poultry Market.
New York. Aug. 17.-Poultry, alive
steady: springs, lay; fowls, 10; tur-
keys, 10; dressed, firm: springs 14a
Is; fowls, 1o@131a; turkeys, 1id1s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

New York Produce Market,
New York, Aug. 17.-Wheat Seps
tember, Is.
Gnrn--54A.
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Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago. Aug. 17.-Butter, firm;
creameries, 1Sk@ dairies, 1920.
Eggs steady; 14@16.
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FARMS TO ExCHANGE-675 ACRE
stock and grain farm, fine improve
ments. price. s55 500 acre grain
FARM fine prairie. six miles from
town. 500 acres at $3.50 per acre,
VII take property. White & Son,
Macon. Mo.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-90 Acre farm. and 10
acre farm, also other small farms at
bargain. Austin Jay, Moravia, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-32O ACRE FARM IN
the grain belt of Touner county.
GOOD buildings, fine location. For
full particulars. write to the owner,
Box 217, Cando. North Dakota.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

New York Butter and Ee-, Market.
New York, Aug. 17.-Butter, steady;
unchanged.
Eggs. firm; hrsts, 1sM@19; seconds
1871 61s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

Cook. Mrs. John H. Morrell. 1888
North Market street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-24O ACRE FINELY I'M
proved farm. 2 miles from town, AL
IN cultivation; s0acre finely improved
farm. one mile from town, all in Gull
tlVat1on; SO acre fairly we'll improv-
ca farm. two miles from town. All
Oh the above farms are in the best Of
condition. Hill & Donahue, Lafon-
tame, Kansas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
WANTED.

WANTED-PRINTE TO GET
their paper knives ground at our
shop. G. G.. Thomas Company, OF
tumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-F'ARM ADJOINING
Bloomfield. Iowa 80 acres improved.
Terms to suit buyer. L. H. Bates,
K. f. d. 3, Bloomfield, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-32O ACRES NEAR
Dodge City, Kansas, all creek bot
tom, at decided bargain .if Kansas
has any" This will return a profit
In weeks, SIS. Duke Land Co., Of
tumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-16O ACRES 8 MILES
south of Mt. Vernon and miles east
or Stickney. AS good land as in 8.
Dakota. Terms, $24 cash or SIS half
cash, balance left in farm at per
cent. Address owner, w. H. Nc
CHM, Delmar. Iowa.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-FARM OF 100 ACRES,
six miles northeast Of Ottumwa. Adj
dress Samuel Dimmitt, Hedrick, Ia,
Route 5.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-A $50 POUND SIMPLE
Davis Cream Separator, almost new
at a very low price. See it here
Make offer. New Shepherds
Rancho Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-12 ACRES OF LAND,
with two houses, 3 miles from street
car line. Inquire + Bowen, R. No.
8, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18

FOR SALE-FINE STOCK AND
grain farm. 173 acres, ~ miles
south of Batavia Iowa. Two houses
one barn. other buildings. Fine
spring, never failing water. Mostly
under hog fence, 40 acres timber.
some fruit, Jay Burns, County Line,
Iowa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
NJ. W. H.
AD,sslnla Through Mr. skinner. Eye.

We ave had Of late several books about
the realm OF the Ethiopian King OF Kings.
but there is something strikingly fresh and
vivid in the narrative entitled Abyssinia
Of To-day, 10y ROBERT p. SKINNER GonR-
mans. This is IN account by the Com
missioner himself Of the first mission sent
by our Federal Government TO the cour Of
the Ethiopian sovereign. A. the author
reminds us in a preface, the Abyssinia OF
our time il but a fragment Of the ancient
empire Of Ethiopia, whose ancient language
the Ethiopic, was a brother OF the Arabic
and which stretched AZ one time as far "a
the First Cataract Of the Nile. and, indeed.
absorbed the whole OF Egypt for some GEN.
turtles. The origin OF the name Abyssinia
Ia uncertain. Some have derived il from
Habesch. son OF the founder OF the people.
others would trace it 10 the old Egyptian
word "Abiszi,- '~siguifying desert sur
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

the conviction Of a woman innocent Of the
crime for which she was indicted. At thu
same time. Mr.. Irving considers 1t a cruel
severity that selected Lady Isle as q fitting
object for exemplary punishment; a blind
severity also. for such a punishment must
have aroused horror and disgust rather
than wholesome fear. II there was a reason
for such an act the reason lay In the fact
that at the beginning Of J~effreys's cam
psign, " as the King called it. James III. de-
sired to give signal and alarming proof OF
his determination to visit the sin OF rebellion
not only upon the poor and Ignorant but
upon the gentry OF the west. who had aided
and encouraged the rebels.
The report OF the trial OF Lady Lisle at
Winchester is the only Trustworthy account
extant Of any OF the trials at which Jeffreys
presided on this western circuit. AS
regards the others, we have 10 depend
almost entirely on the stories OF the various
prisoners and their uifering, given in The
Bloody Assizes" and the western Martyr
ology.' IL is manifest that little or no
reliance a be placed upon works OF this
kind. except 80 far as they are corroborated
by external evidence, of which very little
has como down TO us. At Dorchester.
WHSTS bOLlo buEec uuuuItu pIlsOuSts WcIo
awaiting trial, measures were taken by
Pollexfen. one OF %Jefrreys's colleagues on
the bench, to let it be known in the prison
that those who pleaded guilty might
expect mercy. The promises OF mercy
were not delusive, as has been alleged, for
Of 2e2 persons tried and convicted only
u actually suffered At Taunton out
of 500 prisoners some 1H were executed
and 2s4 transported. In Wells, where.
also, some 500 had been held for trial, 90
were executed and 2s3 transported. From
Wells Jefreys returned TO London, and
on October .. 1885, kissed the Kings hand
and publicly received the sovereign's
thanks for his services. In the meantime.
namely. on September 2s, his Majesty.
taking into consideration the many emf
nent and faithful services which the Right
Hon. George Lord Jeffreys OF Wem, ord
Chief Justice OF England. had rendered
the Crown, as well in the reign of the late
King OF ever blessed memory as since
his Majesty's accession 20 the throne"
was pleased TO commit TO him the custody
OF the Great Seal OF England, with ths title
OF lord Chancellor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Old Testament Longevities.
Sanitary Science.

How are We to account for the ages
and Methuselah? We cannot disregard
the teachings Of science, nor need we
doubt the statements in Holy Writ
Each mas divine authority. By what
theory can we reconcile the two?
Simply that the year, or unit of time,
among the early patriarchs differed
from that adopted since the Deluge
which mas been twelve calendar
months. Hensier, a high authority
shows the strong probability that the
year, till the time of Abraham, con-
sisted of three months only, and that
not until the time of Joseph was it ex-
tended to twelve months. This as
sertion," says Hufeland, a still higher
authority, lis to a certain degree con-
firmed by some Of the eastern nations
who still reckon only three months to
together inexplicable why the life OF
man should have been shortened three
fourths Immediately after the flood
Moreover, the recorded ages when the
early patriarchs married was about
four times the usual ages. Again, with
the period of Abraham, we find men
ton of a duration of life which can
still be attained, and which no longer
appears extraordinary, especially when
we consider the temperate manner in
which the patriarchs lived. We think,
at a correct conclusion When he says
that IMAM can still attain to the same
age as ever
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Popping the Question

Shortly after her graduation from high
school she got the bicycle fever and
was wild to learn to ride the wheel.
Well" said the young man. I'll
teach We if yen treat me good"
She promised. Next day he came
around with a bicycle built for two
The girl was delighted.
''Tll give you this machine if you will
promise me one thing" he said.
And what is that?"
ITO go tandem through life with
me-"
This story is told of an actor now do
ing heroic" work in the blood-and-
sweetheart in a small New Hampshire
town. She was an earnest little girl
and just dotted on Emerson, giving to
her boy friend some of Emerson's
books when he went to the great met
ropolitan center.
Il don't care much for actors as a
rule" she had said, in bidding MIN
ood-bye, but if you have anything
serious in you, you may sometimes
have a part that is worth talking
about"
These words stuck in his memory
and he correspondent regularly with mis-
little New Hampshire girl, who en-
couraged him to work for artistic sue
cess in the best way that was in him
| At last, after six years work, he man.
aged to get the leading role in play
| put on by prominent stock company
| Unable to stand being away from he1
longer. ne wrote her the following
] unique proposal:
! You believe in Emerson. Their
hitch your wagon to a star and become
! a star actors wife. l am now the stal
| actor in the company and l neeG
you in my business"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

while the artist began shipping his
shears and combing out the tangles,
those ears caused me a great deal of
anxiety at one time when I was still a
young man. In a moment Of needless
ness 1 had my hair cut very short. My
ears were left so naked they looked
like sails, and almost tapped as
walked. Some Of my fellow students
in not wholly a friendly spirit, fear
said they resembled ears which are
not given to men.
But that was not the worst of It.
I might have borne with the raillery
of the young men, but my sweetheart
you've had a sweetheart, 1 suppose
turned her back on me, and for a long
time 1 thought had lost her. Not un-
til my hair had grown out again to Its
usual length, and my wings had beer
partly hidden, was 1 again received
with favor. Then I promised that
thereafter 1 should regulate the trim
ming of my hair, and not leave it tc
the well-disposed barber"
Il guess you are right after all,
said the barber, and mis- shears went
snip, snip, snip, as they cut a careful
circle about the distinguished head
But he evidently was still far from
satisfied. He finished his work, anc
then as his customer started to get ou
of the chair, he said:
''Say, tell me something more"
well, what is it?" answered Mr.
Bryan.
why don't you raise a mustache tt
shield your nose ?"-ChicagO Record
Herald.