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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13

WANTED-A POSITION ON FARM
by experienced married man. A. M,
Mcfarland, Madison Ave, 2 blocks
south of Wabash Ave.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE CHOICE DUROC JER-
sey bred sows, SIS. James Jay, Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13

| FOR SALE NATIVE LUMBER
sawed to order inquire, Chas. Harris,
| Batavia, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13

FOR RENT-FIFTY-THR ACRES
adjoining city on north. l.. A. An
drew, Citizens Savings Bank
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13

FOR RENT-FARM FOUR MILES
north Inquire 1877 North Washing
ton street Trissle &c. Schartz.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--2So ACRES. As ACRES
good for farming the balance tim
Der pasture, located half mile from
Munterville, three miles from
Blakesburg. Keefe Bros.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13
8 LOCAL. Markets q

There is an increase of sc per cwt
in the price of hogs on the local mar
ket today.
I'll a. M. Feb. 12.)
LIVE STOCK.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Thackeray and the cabman.

Thackeray loved to relate jokes on
himself, and one he especially enjoyed
was about a Reading hackman. The
author was unacquainted with the
town. and the. moment he emerged
from the railway station he told
hackney coachman 10 drive him to the
nearest hotel. The driver closed the
door tremendously mounted his box,
and they started. In half a minute the
cab was at a standstill, and Thackeray
saw the cabman at the door, bowling
to him to come out. He did so without
a word and found that he was at the
portico of the station hotel, which he
had failed TO see was not dozen yards
OF.
But he handed the man a shilling
and was entering the hotel, rather
pleased with his own sang froid, when
he was amazed to see the cabman TAX
ing of his coat and Offering to fight
him for the other sixpence." 1t APP
pears that on that day a resolution OF
the Reading town council had come
into operation empowering hackney
coachmen TO charge 18 pence for any
distance within the township. This
was its first fruits! 1t is unnecessary
to add that the cabman got his money
and Thackeray q coed story TO tell al
the clubs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19

where the little dancer of the glaring
programme had appeared. Now, Nell
in Rome had seen the same act and
had remembered their last night to-
gether. Was she homesick?
1t was several moments before Eliza
beth opened the newspaper, the old
home paper and 'as good as a letter"
so Jack Hardy had often declared
Not an item of news worth the telling
escaped publication in the Blairsville
Beacon. for even with detailed infOr-
nation as to newly painted fences the
editor found it difficult to fill his yawn-
ing columns.
The Beacon was Hardy's compro-
mise with his conscience. for he had
declared when Elizabeth had deter
mined to leave Blairsville for the
greater opportunities of the city that
he would not write. He had not writ
ten, but after the first week the Bea-
con came regularly. addressed in his
strong, masculine handwriting, and
Elizabeth always smiled a softly tri-
umphant smile whenever the copy ar
rived
There had been an understanding"
with Jack Hardy until the stories she
loved to write had so frequently found
publication as to awaken in Elizabeth
an ambition to get in personal touch
with the editors
Hardy had frowned upon the sug-
gestion of removal to New York He
optt1H D1ofpovrf11a hanoF1Cp
his own and his mothers incomes
were derived from the lumber BUSH
ness which his father had left, and
Hardy knew that to go to the city
meant beginning all over again the
fight for competence.
There had been heated words over
Elizabeth's determination to leave, and
she had been given her choice Of ca
reer or marriage. She had elected in
favor of the career She had prosper
ed In the great city. She had told her
self over and over again that she had
done the only sensible thing. and yet
Today there was an Enclosure with
the Beacon. a playful announcing in
famboyant language a weeks engage
ment at the opera house of the Rice &
Bennett Empire stock company.
Elizabeth smiled as she read the ia
miliar repertoire The Rice & Bennett
company was almost an institution in
Bairsville, Twice year they played
for n week in the town hall and every
one who could afford it attended all
their performances. II was the one
real dramatic treat Of the season. for
the few other attractions that made
Blairsville were travelling magicians,
Uncle Toms Cabin" companies and
e.l.s,.a oicnaI ,t,..odfot,,. ehox.,.t nrho
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
PIaybillS and
Sentiment.
By Carl Williams.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.
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The janitor's little girl murmured a
word of thanks for the penny bestowed
upon her and scampered back down
stairs while Elizabeth returned to the
parlor with the mail which the child
had just brought
1t was a comfortable little city apart
ment. and only the typewriter table In
one corner betrayed the fact that it
was work as well as a play room.
Through an arch an absurdly small
dining room with the table laid for
one proclaimed it to be the home of a
bachelor girl, though Elizabeth Bel
knap's dainty femininity gave no sug-
gestion Of spinsterhood either from
choice or circumstance.
The coffee percolator steamed on the
table unheeded while she ran through
her letters-a check for story, two
manuscripts, a paper and a thin, fat
package bearing a foreign stamp.
Elizabeth frowned over one letter,
smiled over another, patted the check
lovingly as she thrust it into the draw
er of her tiny desk and ripped the COW
ering from the package. Out fell
Playful, a glazing thing Of red and
blue letters on yellow paper, bearing
the list of artists appearing at Ro-
man music hall.
One of the names was marked with
an inky cross, and in defiance Of postal
regulations Nell Stanwood had written
on the margin: do you remember we
saw her at the theater the night be-
fore sailed? It's a small world, after
ALL"
Elizabeth smiled at the remem-
brance. -Four other girls and herself
had given Nell a going away party
the night before the latter sailed to
study in Italy. They had wound up
the evening at a vaudeville theater,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
NIGHTS OF UNREST.
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace
for the Sufferer From
Kidney Troubles.

No peace for the kidney sufferer
Pain and distress from morn to
night.
Get up with a lame back,
Twinge of backache bother you all
day,
Dull aching breaks your rest at
night.
Urinary disorders add to your
misery.
Get at the cause-cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills will work the
cure.
they're for the kidneys only
w, G. Dodd, Farmer, Cadiz, KY,
saws: MY kidney trouble was
brought on by fall and | suffered
from the complaint for over eight
wears. There were severe pains in
the small of my back and if ! at
tempted to stoop or lift, sharp twin
ges would dart through my body.
| could not sleep well at night on
account of the aching in my back
and during the day was easily tired.
nv eyesight was blurred, | suffered
from dizzy spells and also had head
aches. Occasionally my kidneys
would become disordered and at such
times the secretions would be free in
action. For three or four weeks
prior to using Doan's Kidney Pills,
I had been unable to do any work.
After taking a few doses of this
remedy / was able to go to work
and am happy to state that have
not lost any time account of kidney
troubles since"
Plenty more proof like this from
Hopkinsville people. Call at L. A.
johnson & Co.'S drug store and ask
what their customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19

An Unorthodox View.
French heels and a Merry Widow
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
TexassNegro Lynched,

Brookshire, Texas, Sept. 13.-Dave
Newton, a negro. charged with be-
ing implicated in the murder OF
John Buchtrin, a white man, who
was shot and killed at his home near
here yesterday, was taken from jail
last night by a mob and hanged
Intense excitement prevails here and
all idle negroes have received in
structions to leave the country.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19

Trees Have Fast Growth.
A eucalyptus tree sometimes grows
"a feet in three months, while BAN
sco grows two feet in day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Mo Mistakino Him.

IF the office ever goes to seek the
man it'll know him when it meets
him." says the Billville Banner, for
he's generally sweeping the landscape
with a spyglass, and he locates it ten
miles down the road, and saves it the
trouble of asking where he lives att"
Atlanta Constitution.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19

Never can tell when you'll mash
a finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
work and Happiness.

God intends no man to live in this
world without working; but He in
tends every man to be happy in his
work. Now in order that peo-
pie may be happy in their work, these
three things are needed: They must
be fit for it, they must not do too much
of it, and they must have a sense Of
success in it.-John Ruskin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Quest Of the Ace.

We have lost our power to become
satisfied with the essentials Of life.
Rich and poor alike, we seek wealth
as the greatest promoter to human
happiness the greatest blessing OBJ
tainable.-The Queen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
All kinds of jewelry repairing
and engraving done at Forbes Man
ufacturing Co., incorporated.
Recipe for Plum Duff.

Plum duff is a sailors delicacy.
Rub together one quart Of flour, one
half pound of kidney suet chopped
fine, one-half pound of raisins and one
teaspoonful of salt; add one pint OF
water. Put in g or pudding mold
and boil three hours.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19

Don't let the baby suffer from &C.
zema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe,
for children. All druggists sell it..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Her Mean Amusement.

Il love to make visits in the morn.
Ing"
do youT'
Eyes. All the other women are busy
cleaning house, and 1t is so funny to
see them try to act glad to see me-
Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Prices on fine watch repairing the
lowest at Forbes Manufacturing Co
incorporated.


Let us be content to do little, if
God sets us at little tasks 1t is but
pride and self-will which says: Give
me something huge to fight and
should enjoy that; but why make me
sweep the dust ?"-Charles Kinsley.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
neath and sneed.

High-speed electric reading, as well
as high.speed automobiling, often has
Death at the lever
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-19
Church Rullt Of Paner.

Bergen, in Norway, boasts paper
church capable of seating 1000 per.
sons.
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
WEEKS PROGRAM At
ST. JOHNS CHURCH

Tho Sunday school OF ST. Johns
Episcopal Church win give an enter
talnment IN the parish house Thursday
night. A musical and literary program
will be given.
on Wednesday the young mems
Bible class viii give social In the
parish house. to which all the men Of
the parish have been invited. Mem
bers Of the vested choir win provide
music OF a high class.
The calendar at st. Johns for the
week Is as follows; Services this morn
ing at 1890 o'clock est Matthias Day);
Friday, the regular weekly celebration
at 1890 a m; junior chapter Of boys
guild on Wednesday evening; senior
chapter OF boys guild on Thursday
evening; altar guild meets Friday ar
ternoon at 3 o'clock az the residence
of Mrs. Andrew Wilson. No. 1913 Gil
pin avenue, ST. Johns guild win hold
an all-day session Thursday in the
parish house. to continue the sewing
Of garments for the Babies Hospital
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
HONOR FOR CITY
ODD FELLOWS

The degree staff Of Eden Lodge. /.
o. o. F., with many other members
Of the lodge, will participate in a
special session Of the Grand Lodge
of Maryland at Elkton on Wednes-
day when the wilmington degree team
will confer the Past Grand's Degree
on a class and the usual third degree Of
the order on another class. The event
is being looked forward to with great
interest by the odd Fellows OF this
vicinity. The local degree staff is
regarded as one Of the most efficient
in odd Fellowship. Samuel II. Robin
son Is the leader other members Of
the staff are: Fred l.. Green, NJ M.
Wells. Louis slnes. Asa A. Taylor,
Ernest c. Parks. Norris W. Smith.
A. S. Cathcart, S. Jackson, Hender-
son Smith, David A. Hay, William B.
Remly. j. A. oliver. A. V. Hughes, G..
r. Almendorf, William p. Haines'
Harry p. Potter. Ellis Preston, George
Garrett. Luther A. Saltzgiver, David
L. Ott Archibald Lummis, n. c. Wiley,
Charles @. Collins, William d. Nc
Elwee, A. Bachrach, Harry Murdock,
Ellwood A. Davis, George Harrington,
Charles r. Searles. B. F.. Shakespeare,
NJ. H. Reinhart, Charles B. Murphy,
Frank Hopes, o. T. Mousely, Harry
d. Webster and Joseph B. Hughes.
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
Taft and Huahes.
Sussex Republican.

Sussex Republican.
We admire Taft and believe he
would make as good a President as we
have ever had. He has poiso and judg-
ment. acquired by his experience on
the bench. that Is foreign to the nature
and disposition of Roosevelt. We be-
lieve he would be consideratc and fair
TO ali interests, and that neither labor
nor CAPITAL. individual or corporate,
need fear that exact justice would be-
meted out 10 them while he admins
tered the affairs of this government.
Personally, we could vote for him with
as much pleasure as any man nomi-
mated. but we take 1t that the Repub-
lican party wants to nominate q win
ming candidate. Everybody knows that
Roosevelt has arrayed the money inter-
est, right or wrong, against himHeh
and what a powerful influence II is'
few realize. This combined and power
ful influence can defeat any candidate
This influence has made Republican
victory possible In national AFFAIRS
more than once. and It Is our opinion
that IL It Is arrayed against Tart It
means defeat for the Republican party
II he is nominated. This opposition 70
Taft grows out Of the fact that he Is
known as the choice OF Roosevelt, and
most men I'm politics are opposed to the
man their enemies want.
If this opposition IS a fact, II would
be the height of folly for the Republic
can party TO nominate Taft, ana we
believe Delaware Republicans viii
agree to this. II II Is possible for the
partv TO nominate a candidate for
president, who win not only receive the
support Of the people generally, but
win be acceptable to the money and
business interests OF the party and the
country certainly he would be a
.Aronger candidate, and we believe the
Republican party wants and viii nomi-
nate the man they believe to be the
strongest candidate. Many believe
Hughes comes nearer filling these
qualifications than any other and we
must admit that a more careful con-
sideration leads us 70 lean that way
He is from a large State that Is need
ed to assure Republican victory. His
administration Of the affairs Of that
great State has proved his executive
ability. His prosecution and uncover
ing the rottenness I'm the big insurance
companies has done more than all Of
Roosevelt's preaching 70 open the eyes
OF the people. He Is a man OF action
rather than words, and we want a man
who does things He has no weaken
ing political alliances and grows larger
when people know more about the fibre
Of the man.
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
new SYSTEM
ISA SUCCESS
FiIterSat Sixteenth and French
Prove Their Efficiency
by Tests

Tests made' OF the water coming
through the preliminary sand filters
at Sixteenth and French streets during
the past month have proved to the
Water Commissioners that the system
IS q success. The tests showed that
75 per cent Of the turbidity Is removed
from the water and the coarser mater
ials taken out. This. In itself. IS q
big saving on the machinery at the
pumping station. as heretofore the
pumps frequently became clogged with
mud and other coarse impurities and
Il was necessary to clean them at fire.
ouent intervals. at great expense and
loss Of much valuable time.
While the preliminary filters were
not intended 20 wholly purify the
water. It has been found by the bacter-
iological tests made Of the. samples
taken that It is purified about 65 TO IS
per cent by the process. This gives
the city drinking watcr much purer
than that formerly supplied.
Beginning this week. tests will he
made every day OF the water coming
from the preliminary niter. also Of the
water in the now William T. Porter
reservoir and Of the water in the Tenth
street basin. These tests win be made
TO determine how pure the water is
when II leaves the preliminary Alter,
how pure it Is when II reaches the new
reservoir. and what bacteria Il has coli
lected in transit and how much impuri-
ties It has taken up while going to thu
Tenth street basin. to which reservoir
Il flows from the Porter reservoir in
Brandywine hundred. Reports OF these
tests viii be made every week to the
Board OF Water Commissioners.
The commissioners win then know
iust what work each basin and the III
ter is doing.
The Water Department has about
100000 with which TO erect the lna
filters at the Weldin farm. and nov
that the preliminary filter has showr
such good results. It is likely that th'
board viii shortly take steps 70 hav,
/ them constructed.
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
Or. A. S. MOWBRAY
BACK FROM WEST

The Rev. Or. A. s. Mowbray, presid-
Ing elder Of the NJ 70. Church, has re-
turned from Cincinnati. after having
attended the annual meeting Of the
hook committee Of the M. 70. Church.
The committee has charge Of Methodist
publications and comprises twenty
eight members from all over the coun
try.
Il was reported at the annual meet
ing that s4.0OO,O00 had been spent in
this country during the year on Meth
odist publications. The dividend for the
year showed a gain Of $4,000 over all
over years. being 100000.
Presiding Elder Mowhray, while IN
Cincinnati. also attended the meeting
OF the Commission Of Entertainment OF
the General Conference, to be held In
Baltimore in May, Of which he is sec
retary.
At the close Of the meeting in Cincin-
natl. Presiding Elder Mowbray visited
Chicago and was the guest OF DR.
Harris. president Of the Northwestern
University.
Teams to represent Wilmington In
the big tournament 10 be held IN
Rochester. N. y. by the National
Bowling Association from March 70 IA
have been made up as follows:
Academy-Black. Zebley, Johnson.
Pennington and Mcfarland.
Good Times and All-Wilmington
COMMUNICATIONS. Hillegas, Kirk, IRON
field and Simpson.
Warren-Day, Booker, lawson AL
sover. Huxley, McKenna. Jones and
Green. Several other bowlers may 80
with the latter team.
The Academy and the team composed
Of bowlers from both the Good Times
and Wilmington teams will leave
here on March and viii bowl on
March Q and 10. The Warren team
win leave on March 12 and win bowl
on March 13 and IA. All the teams
will go by way of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad from PHILADELPHIA.
Evening journal., 1908-02-24
SAVED TWO
FROM WATERY GRAVE

It was through the heroic efforts OF
Mansfield Armstrong, night BRIDGE
tender at Market street bridge across
the Christiana river. that Joseph Pat
ton and his wife were saved from
drowning about o'clock last night at
King street wharf.
Patton is steward Of the tugboat
Taurus, and Mrs Patton, with her hus-
band, had boarded the craft in order
to get some clothing. Having secured
the articles, Mrs. Patton left the cabin
and walked to the deck She was try
ing to climb up on the dock without
the assistance Of her husband when
she tumbled into the water.
Her cries for help attracted her hus-
band who got on deck just in time 10
see his wife disappearing under the
water, she having fallen between the
wharf and the tug. Patton leaned oxer
the side of the boat and grasped the
feathers on her hat. which were the
only things visible above the surface.
He managed to hold her until he
grasped her arms, but when trying to
haul her aboard he, too, fell into the
stream. He held on to his wife, how
ever, and grasped the gunwale of the
tug but could get no further
Patton then called for help. and his
cries were heard by Armstrong, who at
once hurried TO the rescue.
He was none too soon, for Patton
was about exhausted, and could not
have held on much longer. Armstrong
enranrr down a small 1addar "A tba and
Of the dock and caught Patton He
pulled him to the deck OF the tug and
then the two men managed TO get Mrs.
Patton from the river. She was hur-
ried TO Armstrong; home, on the north
approach to the bridge, where she dis
carded her wet clothing and was
wrapped in warm blankets and given
hot stimulants Later they were sent
10 their home. at ha-Saatb1est corner
Of Seventh and Pine streets.