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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

the first seven months the movement
at Rio ande Santosc aggregated $780,.
600 bags in excess of the same period
in the previous year, though as par
tial offset domestic stocks of Brazil
are some 10000 bags less than at the
same time last year, and there are
some factors in the trade who evince
strong bullish tendancy, arguing that
the decreasing movement is an indica-
ton that stocks are more largely out
of first hands than normally, and that
the movement from t:1is time forth
must rapidly decline. The market for
Central Americans is gradually soften
ing under the influence of enlarged re-
ceipts at primary points and the res
toration Of stocks
Teas-Trade is holding steady and
prices are exchanged generally, with
good healthy undertone. The lar
gest amount of interest in the situa-
ton arises from the probable action
of the treasury department as regards
the government standards for the
present season. There is growing
feeling in the trade that the elimina
ton of coloring matter in teas, in con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

position of the sugar market still main
tains. The enormous marketings of
CubanS continues to exert a depress-
ing effect on the situation for raws at
New York, and further concessions
nave been recently made in quotation
on refined owing to the slow move
ment to the retail trade and the gradu-
al accumulation of stocks. On the
coast the position of the market Is
exciting very little present interest.
though the approach of the season for
fresh fruits in California is gradually
charging the movement there. The
usual uncertainty as regards the pos
sible trend of values prevails, though
prospective fluctuations are regarded
as depending very largely upon arbi-
trary conditions prevailing in the fight
between rival interests in the trade.
Coffee-There are no special devel-
opments in the coffee situation, though
a rather steadier undertone has been
IN evidence during the past week or
TWO, based largely upon the fact that
Brazils have eaesd off in the enor
NOUS receipts which characterized the
hrst half of the fiscal year. During
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
Twain Becomes a Critic.

A successful young novelist was
praising the critical powers of Mark
Twain, says the Indianapolis Star.
Il once had the homer of reading a
tale of mine to Mr.. Clemens he said.
land. thanks to his criticism the tale
was greatly improved. Originally it
was too high flown; he brought it
down to earth and made it homelier
and truer.
For instance. the tale concluded
with these words:
Mabers lovely eyes dropped for
answer. faint flush tinted her cheek.
and she gave him both her hands, and
there, in the old orchard, in the shade
of the heavy fruited trees he drew her
to his breast and raising her long
ringlets to his lips, kissed them rev.
erently.
Mr. Clemens. at this ending, blew a
cloud of smoke thOughtfully into the
air, and. as he watched the smoke dis
solve he drawled:
What do you think now, honest
ly, of a young man who would go nib
bling at a girls back hair when she
had her face with her?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
WeeklyMarket Report ofNeW West Trade

SPOKANE, Wash. Feb. 2O.-Traffic
conditions have continued a dominant
feature in the northwest commercial
situation. There has been a continu-
ance of the difficulties which have de-
layed shipments between here and the
east. while the latter part of the week
and the first half of this week all traf-
nc between here and the coast was
practically at a standstill as a result
OF Hoods and washouts The blockade
seems TO have been broken Wednesday,
however, and conditions are now i'm
proving and railroads, are getting into
position where they can promise better
attention to business offered them. In
all line of distributive trade business
is beginning to visit the market and
spring business is gradually getting
under way.
Groceries.
Dlstributive demands show gradual
though business in all
branches is transacted under con-
tlnued difficulties because of the traf-
nc situation. Price changes have been
few and of minor Importance.
Sugar-The quiet and unchanged
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
Trout, Frozen in Ice, Alive.
Kennebec Journal.


! That trout remain alive for a con-
siderable time after being frozen i'll
the ice is declared by some choppers at
Caribou, who say that they have
| proved the fact to their own salts
/ faction. The men were encamped
eight miles south of Caribou on the
shore of a small pond Astounding in
trout. when they ran out of provis-
ions. 1t being illegal to take trout at
this time of the year, they hesitated
| before fishing for them through the
ice. but hunger Overcame their scruples
They bit well. and as they did not wish
to keep an Oversupply on hand where
game wardens might discover them.
the men put all they could not eat into
nearby spring alive. They would
then scoop them out as they were
needed. One night the. temperature
dropped suddenly, and in the morn
ing the spring, as we'll as the trout
was frozen solid. Provisions had ar
rived the night before, and no atten
ton was paid to the spring until the
following day. when one of the men
went there with an axe and chopped
out enough for dinner. The trout. stiff
and hard were placed in a pan OF
cold water to thaw out, and a little
later the cook was startled to see them
open their mouth, wriggle their tails
and move about.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
TONSOR|AL SUPERSTITION

'SuperstitiOus? l should say yes.
They won't admit it to anyone except
members of the craft, but BARRIERS are
the most superstitious people in the
world
The man in charge of the second
chair at one of the large hotel shops
stropped his razor and loquaciously
continued, says the Chicago Record
Herald.
You see that new man down at the
end of the chair? He just came to
work here this morning, and he'll have
nice large can tied to his coat to-
night. Why? Because he's left-handed
If he remained here every barber in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
DESERTS FOR A BRIDE.

Soldier Who Wed Is Taken From
Wife-She Is Nearly Frantic.
COLUMBUS, O., Eeb. 2O.-Torn from
his bride, with whom he had just begun
housekeeping in Bloomingvilie, Fred
Coody. a deserter from the Twelfth
company Of recruits at the barracks,
was returned to his post this morning
by Constable William Starkey and
Postmaster James c. Stone of Bloom
ingville. The constable and postmas-
ter will divide the $50 reward.
Coody deserted one week ago and
went to Lancaster, where he married
Lucy Mattocks. The couple then NOV
ed to Bliimingville.
The young wife was nearly frantic
with grief.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons to not let my son. Ben Kennedy.
have liquors of any kind He is a mi
nor, and l will not be responsible for
any debts contracted by him.
ROBERT KENNEDY. 4S
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

Does your back ache? Do you get
UP lame in the morning? Do you feel
dull and tired? Does it hurt you &c
bend over, to lift anything, to get ur
from chair? Do you have sudden
catches" or stitches Of pain in the
back3 Does a dull, throbbing ache
settle In the small of your back and
bother you day and night? Do you
sometimes feel that you simply can
not straighten up?
If you do have backache, be careful
not to make the very common mistake
OF treating 1t as a muscular trouble
Do not rub the sore place with lini-
ment, nor put on plasters, for the seat
OF the trouble is inside-in the kid
neys, which lie just beneath the small
of the back, on either side of the
spine.
A cold, chill, fever, overwork
overeating or overdrinking may start
a slight congestion or inflammation
in the Kidneys that VIII at once inter-
rupt the kidneys work Of filterinp the
blood. 1t is this condition that sets ur
the aching and makes your back SO
bad
You can not make any mistake by
treating the kidneys at once. for II is
these small troubles that lead to
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease
II there is any doubt in your mind that
the kidneys are affected, notice the
urine for few days. If passages are
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
TIE TWO MARYs AT THE TONI
Masterpiece by Matthias Alien is On
d play at DoneIan's

For two weeks beginning yesterday
Matias Alien, the Bavarian artists
masterpiece. THE Two Marys at the
Tomb" will be on display at Done
lan's store. The picture Of which
some OF Europe's most able art crl-
ties have said you find in it an in
spiration equaled only by the Sistine
Madonna, has been exhibited in most
OF the largest stores in the United
States, attracting and entertaining
thousands of people. The painting is
valued at $4,000.
The scene Of the picture is laid at
the tomb Of Christ in the early morn
Ing. Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother Of James have come to the
tomb and find the stone rolled away
and the body gone. The expression II
the face Of Mary the motAer of James.
would indicate despair at seeing the
empty tomb. The peaceful, beautiful,
hopeful expression OF the face Of
Mary Magdalene could only be inspir-
ed by the angel whom she sees sit
ting at the place where laid the head
of the Lord.
In the distance in the dim light Of
the early morning is the hill of Col
gotha and the three crosses. Oft to
the left is the city Of Jerusalem.
The artist, Matthias Alien was born
in Munich, Bavaria, in 1871, studied
under Benjamin Constant, Jerome and
Jean Paul Laurenz. He has taken two
medals in the Grand Salon, Paris His
paintings hang in Luxembourg, in the
Carnegie Institution, the Metropolitan
| Museum in New 4ork and in the best
collections in both Europe and Amer.
lea. While you are studying this pic
ture, the first thing worthy of note is
the beautiful soft, yet transparent,
moist depletion Of twilight, and notice
the cool, reflective lights in the shad.
ows on every figure and object in the
1 picture. One glance at this will con
vince any art student, artist or critic
| that Alien does not draw from imagin
alton, for the attention paid, not only
to anatomy and drawing, but as well
to coloring and lighting is one of the
properties that has lifted Alien to the
exalted position he occupies in the ar,
owrld and will ultimately place hin
upon the pedestal of fame.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
Ottumwa Testimony

Mrs. M. B. Keller. 4o7 Washington
street, North. ottumwa, Ia. says: %
was victim OF kidney complaint for
some time. and have dootored for thu
cure Of same faithfully. I never exper-
fenced any relief until used Doan,a
Kidney Pills, procured at sargent'V
Drug Store, but can surely say that
this remedy gave me relief and ben-
eft that has been lasting. My spe-
ctel trouble was bloating and swell.
ing of my feet and ankles, an annoy-
ing kidney weakness which got my
system into a sort Of a dropsical condi-
ton. Since used Doans Kidney Pills
so successfully. have often endorsed
their use and will continue to do so, fos
just know them to be fine"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
FORMER OTTUNlWAN is
IN SUNDAYS QUARTETTE
Will Muse, Once City Editor Of the
Courier, and Others Will Sing at
Fairfield.

Fairfield. April 25.-Will Muse, now
city editor of the Mason City Globe
Gazette, but formerly city editor of the
Courier is one of the members Of the
Empyrean Male quartet. which Sun
day Is bringing to the city to sing on
Sunday. Muse was on the Courier
twelve years ago when Sunday was ir
Ottumwa. The other members Of the
quartet are Capt. Rankin, prominent in
the state militia, Charles Higgin. CHIEF
train dispatcher on the Milwaukee,. ana
Mr.. Ensign, dry goods MERCHANT.
Mr.. Sunday is also bringing Miss
Poxon OF Chicago here for Sundays
services. She will speak to the chill.
dren on Saturday afternoon End OF,
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News Items From chequ est.

Chequest.-A large number from
here attended the funeral Of Mrs. Ear
Matthias, which occurred near Pitts
burg Saturday at 10 a. m.
Mrs. ella Gardner and little daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. w. H. Harryman.
J. e. Shaffer and family visited Sun
day with the family of John Smith.
Lessie Parson of White Elm was a
caller in Chequest Sunday.
Messrs. Elmo and Harold Seaberg
Of Selma were guests Sunday Of Wal
do Harryman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27

Sunday afternoon will address two
women's meetings. one at 1:45 o'clock
In the Presbyterian church and one at
3 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal
church. Two meetings will be neces-
sary to accommodate the number Of
women who will be in attendance. Last
Sunday when Miss Helen Miller. Sun
days Bible teacher, spoke to women
In the Methodist Episcopal church
there we're enough waiting when the
doors were opened to fill the church,
and those who were unable to find
seats sat on the floor In the aisles.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
BIOL TON MINER
MEETS DEATH
MARK HOLLAND, ONE OF THE
VETERAN MINE WORKERS.,
KILLED BY FALL OF SLATE

Bolton, April 25.- Especial Mary
Holland. aged So years, met Instant
death In the mines here yesterday byf
fall OF slate. He had previously fireda
shot and this loosened the slate over.y
head to the extent that it fell when hsa
returned later and ran loaded carr
through the room. ~
Holland had worked in the Iowa
mines for nearly thirty-seven years.
He worked at Keb when the mines
were in operation there and later works.
ed at Hilton. Last fall he came to
Bolton and made his home with HIS;
sister. Mrs. Pritchard. 553ie
This is the first death that ever oc-.
Cured in the Bolton mines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
Norton Discusses Need.

This article of Professor Norton,s by
the way, cannot be fair to interest peo-
pie who like cold-blooded, scientific
discussion Of things. Professor Nor
ton explains that the chief reason why
the country doesn't get rich any fas.
ter Is That folks thoughtlessly insist on
dying before they have much more
than worked their passage through the
world If they we're patriotic about it
they would stay longer. work LONGER.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27

irregular, painful, or too scanty. dis
colored, or full Of sediment, the kid.
neys need help right away, and Tiers
- no other medicine more helpful than
Doan's Kidney Pills. a simple remedy
for the kidneys, yet SO powerful that
all the painful and annoying symp-
tom. Home testimony proves the
unfailing merit OF Doan's Kidney
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27

Fairfield April 25.-"People ask me
If i expect to die before Mrs. Sunday
and the children" said Billy Sunday.
last night. II don't know which of US
will go first, but 1 do know that Will
probably not live to be an old man; !
do know that my doctors tell me that
I'll have to quit preaching as do or
die. and TIL never quit preaching. ]
don't expect to live to be an old man,
but whether God takes me tonight
when I'VE finished my sermon, or
whether He waits until I, with gray
hairs and bent back, have to hold on
to the pulpit as I preach, I'm ready
for him. But If die before my fam
fly I'll walk up to Jesus and shake
him by the hand and say, Thank you,
Jesus; / know I was crude and ignor-
ant and stamnaering; know shocked
delicate sensibilities with my idiosyn-
preached with all the mediocre abil-
ity had; Jesus, did my best And
then the Lord will. say, That's all
right. Bill, that's IN right. / know
you're square And then I'd say,
Jesus, my wife and babies are down
there on earth. Can't I just hang
around the gate. so as to be the first to
greet them when they come? And
know Jesus would say yes.
'And If my wife and children would
die first, know they would do the
same thing. I'd find my wife waiting
for me and after our greetings I'd say
'Where're the children, wife,? And
can almost hear her say, The chill
dren? oh, they're down by the river
playing with Jesus'-you know the
Bible says that river flows from the
throne Of God. And then I'll start to-
ward them and make a big mega
phone of my hands and cry Hello
Helen!' Hey, George" Hey William!
Mo Brighton Editors There.
"And then I can see them rushing
up and leaping into my arms, just as
now | get home for day or two from
preaching; / can always be sure II
see four faces framed by the window
sash when come near, and as l gel
in the children all struggle to Sc,
who'll throw themselves into my arms
first. Helen's nearly as big as am
but she's as quick to do it as the 9th
ers. And the childrenll say, Hello
papa, when'je come? And then they'll
tell me about the mansion that Jesu
had prepared for us. It's just splen
did papa And Fred (Fischer) live
right beside us and Honeywells RICH
there and Pinch ond Osborn and Jones
Fairfield people and Ottumwa an
Burlington and Murphysboro and Kan
kakee and kewanee and Keokuk, jus
lots OF tiem'--but there's none fror
Brighton, at least no editors, lots o
good people live there.
And then I'll say to the children
Ran away now and play. Your moth
err and haven't seen each other TO
quite a while And then we'd wal
and talk, and I'd lie down and put m
head in her lap like / do now whe
I'm tired and want her to smootl
away the wrinkles from my forehead
Wife I'd say, lots OF people have die
since you came. Are they here? Their
was Mrs. M. who lived on Ashlan
Boulevard. She lived in that fin
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for the bagatelle of 500, o0o, 900 year
invested in the new department, pro.
poses thus to make the nation richer
and richer. He urges that everybody
boost for his pain, and meantime try to
live as long as possible SO as to be
richer at death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
: Footing 1t To Heapen
Beats 'Aut0ing' To HeU'
Sunday Says Fairfield Would be Good
Place If Some People Would Either
Get Converted or Die.
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SUNDAYS sPITBALLs.

les better hot foot 1t heaven than
an
be the
himse Godwa to him
live morality my Christianity,
hell
mother
pionshp belt long distance recitna
. : .
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News From Highland Center.
Highland Center.-Mr and Mrs. Leo
Stevens and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ste
yens were visiting with friends here
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Holcomb Of
Hedrick spent Sunday at the home of
j. G. Mccormick.
Mr.. Campbell is building an addi-
ton to his house on the farm.
VIM. Denny and family of Dahlon-
ego spent Sunday with L. B. Denny.
DR.. and Mrs. Lawson had dinner at
the John Lawson home Sunday.
Mrs. G. Dennis is improving slowly.
Miss Blanche Garner is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. w. H. Grain
&c H; Payton is building an addition
to his barn.
Miss Crete Brown came home this
morning from Harper, where she was
called as nurse.
There will be preaching in the
Methodist Episcopal church next Sun
day evening at 1880 O'Clock.
George Reams continues to improy.
SLOWLY.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
and leave a surplus to posterity. H

and leave a surplus to posterity. He
says:
IF we estimate the average life at
40 years and 20 of it unproductiye. I
have calculated the economic gain if
the average span were 45 so and SIS
years. Placing the burden of an nm
productive year at s1OO to $500, and as.
Stunning the average span increased to
As years, the burden of the unproduc.
tive years of childhood, lightened by
the increase in the average span.
would give an economic gain per year
to the nation of $S000O0,0OO; and if
the life span could be increased to so
years it would be twice this, or ST $780,
100000.
If the burden of death and illness is
$500, and the average age at death 40
years, death expenses average a tax
OF SIS per year on the period Of produc-
ftivity Could the age be raised to so,
the burden falls to $40. For 100000
people the saving thus would be $780,
000,0 00.'
Gives Cost Of Sickness.
Then Professor Norton takes up the
economic cost of sickness Taking an
average of nine days per year lost by
sickness, the total for the nation is
100000 years of life lost per annum
Placing wages at only 81 per day, the
loss is thus s1,444, 100000 per annum in
this way. Cut down the illness one
third and the annual saving would be
1 $500, 100000
1 Professor Norton doesn't see how
ANYBODY can oppose proposition this
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
Organize Sunday School.

Ash Grove.-Sunday school was re-
organized at the Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller West spent Sun
day with their daughter, Mrs. Austin
McCarty.
Orren Cassill and family and Jesse
Hunt and family spent Sunday at the
home of Thomas Cassill.
Miss We've Selman is staying at the
Ahee home this week.
Miss Alice Leonard was the guest OF
Miss We've Selman Sunday.
Fenton Cassill and wife visited re-
Gently at the Fletcher home in Ottum-
wa
Miss Gertrude Ellis spent Sunday a;
the home Of John Morrison
Mrs. Jennie Elder, who has been
very i'll with heart trouble, is better
at this time.
Bud Albright and family spent Sun
day with relatives at Blakesburg.
Cora Selman spent Sunday with
Nella Wheeler.
Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Simmons were
recent callers at the home of their
son, Marion.
H. T. Ahee and wife and Jacob Ar
mold and wife spent Sunday at the DR.
Stlman home
Miss Belle Hannah spent few days
last week with her sister, Mrs. Rey-
nolds.
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Conversions.
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, 1907-05-04
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

No dust anyhow.
Cloudy all the afternoon.
A little more snow about noon.
Another snow storm this morning.
The bank barometer today recorded
23.O2.
Annual school meeting next Monday
night.
Big photograph concert tonight at
the Lovejoy Novelty works.
Outdoor building operations suspend
ed for a brief time again.
For novelties In jewelry go to Green
woods. He has the latest.
No. 4, the east-bound train. Is due
here at 1850 this afternoon.
There will be no services at the Ger
man Lutheran church tomorrow.
The funeral of Mrs. Graham, men
ton of whose death vas made in The
Republican yesterday afternoon, oc
CURED at Jelm.
A civil service examination will be
held here May 20 for engineer and
sawyer in the Indian service, at a sal
airy Of $500 a year.
The official car Of D. o. Clark, vice
president and general manager OF the
Union Pacific Coal company. was at
tached to the west-bound train today.
Hon. ". H. Holiday greatly favors
the erection of a monument to Bill
Nye in this city, and believes the peo-
pie should not be slow in putting
themselves on record In that direction.
, 1907-05-04

Ralph Mccullough went to Denver
today.
Ora Haley came home from Chey-
enne today.
Tim Keliher. the Union Pacific detec-
tive, wen west today.
Miss Bessie Ankrom went to Rock
River today to visit her sister.
Hon. w. H. Frazee is home from
Salt Lake, intending to remain for a
few days.
Mrs. J. Sherlock, who has been sick
for several weeks, is up and on the
road to recovery.
Miss Annie O'Keefe returned to her
place in the Office Of the w. H. Holli-
day company this morning.
Colonel D. Higley, the agent at Bos-
Ter, and son returned to that place this
afternoon, after a visit with the family
here.
Mrs. F. c. Let's aud Miss Let's re.
turned from North Platte today, being
accompanied from Cheyenen by Mr.
Let's.
Mrs. Eugene Gray and son returned
today from a visit to Bagley, Mimi,
Miss Gray being called there by the i'll
ness and death of her brother.
Mr.. Gramm is expected home from
Rawlins tomorrow night. After the
annual school meeting he is planning q
trip for his health to the Pacific coas,
and to attend the meeting Of the Mys
tic Shrines at Lost Angeles.