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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
$ instruction, fellowship, protection

is instruction, fellowship, protection
and guidance
Nobody minds walking a difficult
path in order to reach great desu-
nation. And the narrow way is the
only way which leads to life-full,
free, joyous and abundant life.
The narrow way affords scope for
the enlargement Of all ones best
powers.
Earth's real good society" is to be
found pursuing the narrow way.
-
The way Is worth while, because OF
it's companionships, because of it's
goal, and because of its Guide
.
The wicket gate swings inward to
whatsoever knocks.
In one Of the mosques in Cairo are
two marble pillars, close together, ana
the tradition is, that the person who
cannot pass between these will not be
able to enter Paradise-which is sure
| ~ LIE lllSolOSy VI q iSeAii ~ oPiAS's -
guide was interested to have us pass
through, as we were easily able to do
so, but the driver, a large man, could
not make it at first. He grew quite
excited after time, and would not
depart until he had removed several
layers of clothing Then, while the
dragoman pulled l pushed, and we
managed to force the poor fellow
| through. He thought nothing of his
suffering, however, he was so elated
over having met this test. There arc
innumerable tests and feats OF this
sort throughout the non-Christiar
world, whereby one wins to paradise
In contrast, how simple Is the Chris
tain program. ASK, and it shall be
given you; seek and We shall find
knock, and it shall be opened unto
| yOu"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
Colored Couple Welded.

The marriage of Frank Alexander
and Mrs. Leona Moss was solemnizcd
last evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Lee on Graves street by
Rev. H. Lackey, pastor of the African
Methodist Episcopal church, in tho
presence of only a few relatives. Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander are both well
known Ottumwa colored people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
Tea Spoons Free.

with our Baking Powder and coffss;
3 cans tomatoes 25c; 2 cans corn,
peas, or kraut 15c; navy beans SC fb;
oat meal &c ID; Malta Vita or Milk
Rice sc pkg. Funk Bros. Cash grocery
Main and Mclean SITS. Both phones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

After sixty years of public life
hold more strongly than ever to the
conviction, deepened and strengthened
by long experience, Of the reality, the
nearness, and the personality of God
Gladstone.
The more we live, more brief appear
Our lives succeeding stages;
A day to childhood seems year,
And years like passing ages.
Campbell.
When the fight begins within him
self mans worth mething-Brown-
ing.
Bear we another's burdens, and so
fulfill the law of Christ.-Paul.
There are loyal hearts, there are
spirits brave.
There are souls that are pure and
true; s
Then give to the world the best you
have,
And the best will come back to you.
r. w. Urine.
Moral changes are slow: Gods foot
steps are sometimes centuries apart
Edwin Taylor.
The eternal stars shine out as soon
as it is light enough.-Anon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

Rome, March 1.-THE pope today
ratified the appointment of Father Far
ELY as bishop of Cleveland.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
HOW RELIGION GROWS.

ne international Sunday School Les
son for March Fl Is a Quarterly
Review.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

The narrow way affords scope for
the enlargement Of all ones best
powers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

Earth's real good society" is to be
found pursuing the narrow way
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AND
YOUNG PEOPLES MEETINGS
News of Interest to Church Goers By a
Writer Who is An Authority on Religious
Subjects The International Lesson for
Next Sunday.

will be the first of the Oriental nations
| to be wholly Christanized, and that it
will, in turn, be the evangelist Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

When the fight begins within him
self mans worth something-Brown
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

Bear ye another's burdens, and sc
fulfill the law of Christ.-Paul.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18

The way is worth while, because OF
it's companionships because of its
goal, and because of it's Guide.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-18
Persecution and PROGRESS
Some Wonders Of Missions.

TSTScCuHIOII anu TIOgT COS.
Easy times make soft characters.
The sturdiest Christians are those who
are called upon to stand and with
stand most for the sake Of the name.
The deepest prosperity and steadiest
development of the Christian church
have been in the face Of adverse con
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
AUTOMOBILES IN MAINE.

From the records on file at the office it
is learned that the total number of auto
mobiles registered in Maine since the
law went into effect in June, 1905, was
at the close of business on Saturday,
July 81, 1895, and that the number regis
tered in July was 277. The number
registered in June was 344, an increase
of 81 over last months business since
the law became effective, with the ex-
ception Of that of June, 1905 when there
were number of machines waiting to
be registered.
The growth of the business is shown
by the fact that during the first seven
months of the current year the total regis
tration of automobiles was 1858, which
is 269 more than the total registration
for the year 1908, which years business
was the largest on record up to that time.
The number of licenses issued to opera
tors since the law went into effect is
$3.50, and of that number 306 were issu-
ed in July. The total registration of
motor cycles since the law went into eff
feet is AS and the registration for July
was 20. The business in dealers licenses
is light, but three having been issued,
with total of II since the law went in
to effect.
The amount received in fees since the
law went into effect is as follows: From
the registration of automobiles, $1,000;
from licenses issued to operators, $780,
300; from registration of motor cycles
$500; from licenses issued to dealers,
$11lO, making grand total of $2l, 290.
The fee required for the registration of
automobiles and motor cycles and licenses
to operators is So, while that Of deal
ers' license is $40.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
Uncle" Abner Dunton.

Born in the first frame dwelling in the
town Of Hope, Me-, Abner Dunton, who
celebrated the 1O2nd anniver sary of his
birth, Aug. LIST, has lived all his life on the
same farm, although the changing of the
boundaries have placed the farm in two
States, three counties, one town and one
plantation. Not only does Mr.. Dunton
enjoy this rare distinction, but he also
believes he is the Oldest person in New
England, and is anxious to learn if there
is another venerable person his senior.
Despite his extreme age Mr.. Dunton en-
joys the best of health, has full possess
ion Of all his mental faculties, and takes
the keenest interest in men and things of
the present. Abner Dunton was born in
Hope, then known as the plantation of
Barrettson, August l, 1907, and during
his boyhood was apprenticed to the trade
OF shoemaker. He worked at that trade
until he was 60 years old, and while so
engaged he also found time to teach four
teen terms Of school. In 1880 he was
elected town clerk and served in that
capacity for twenty years. For twelve
years he was also a selectman. In 1841
and 1874 he represented the town in the
Legislature. Before Hope was transfer
red from Waldo to Knox county, Mr..
Dunton served as county commissioner
six years and had complete supervision
of the erection of the county court house
at Belfast
In 1869 Mr.. Dunton was elected coun-
ty commissioner for Knox county, serv-
ing three years. Since he was % years
old he has never required the attendance
of physician. On his Tooth birthday he
joined the Grange, and is undoubtedly
the oldest member in the point of age in
the world.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
Literary News and Notes.

The August number of Recreation is
unusually attractive and interesting. The
illustrations, always fine, seem finer than
ever in this issue, and the table of con-
tents is one that must appeal to all Re
creation readers. The leading article is
on Black Bass, and there is paper on
trout fishing; and, of special interest just
now is Refinement in Automobile Driv-
ing" which contains many valuable hints
to owners and drivers of the horseless
carriage. A partial list of the remain
ing titles is as follows: cover the Old
Cooke City TRAIL" by Ralph E. Clark;
"a Trip to the Moon" by John Boyd;
.sOutftting for Tramping Trip, by L.
D. Sherman; General Fresh Water
Tackle" by Samuel G. Camp; 1.-THE
French Bulldog" by,F. Freeman Lloyd.
The delightful sports and pastimes of
a summer outing shown in the front cover
picture of the August American Boy are
in pleasing accord with the contents of
the magazine. The popular serials, Win
ming His Shoulder Straps and The Young
Continentals at Lexington, are continued
with increasing interest. OF the many
fine short stories, there are, The Deans
Diagnosis showing how one mischievous
bow was reformed in the effort of re-
forming another mischievous boy; The
Forward Step tells of the heroism dis
played by boy who thought he was
afraid; The Camp of the Royal Pirates,
a particularly jolly story of the camping
experiences of five boys on their vaca-
ton; An Attractive Cannon tells how an
ingenious boy stirred up whole town.
The articles in this number are particular
ly good, and the departments, as usual,
are interesting and instructive.
A second glance at the brilliant red,
green and yellow symphony of the Au-
gust cover of the National Magazine is a
tempting invitation to purchase at the
news-stands, and another, at the first in
side item, an apostrophe to August,
arouses interest in the following pages.
Over twenty pages of summer stories
will be found interesting and wholesome
reading on hot summer afternoons. Of
course, no one is expected to read at
night during August. The series of arti-
cles on the Doctors Trust, by c. w. Mil
Ter, has commanded widespread attention,
and has received the serious attention of
the American Medical Association at
their last meeting. An appropriate con-
tribution to the series, "The Story of
Great Nation" is the sketch by Elmer
E. Brown, United States Commissioner
of Education; it gives information of
keen interest to every person having
boy or girl at school, as well as to the
boys and girls themselves.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
ORIGIN OF CAPE COD CATBOATs.

In 1880 Andrew Crosby and his two
boys came to Osterville and settled.
About that time all the boats along the
shore were called sharpies. Those boats
were about 20 feet long and sharp at
both ends. Crosby was an old shipbuild-
er, but was so feeble that he went out of
doors very little. He passed most of his
time in the study of spiritualism.
During one spirit manifestation he
claimed that he was going to have his
boys build boat according to dimensions
that would be given from the dining room
table on certain night. On this night
the old man and his sons gathered about
the table, which was soon moved up and
down IL times. This they took to mean
that the boat should be made IL feet long.
Later manifestations revealed the width,
depth, length of waterline, where to put
the mast and how long the mast must be.
The day that the boat was completed,
the spirit named her the Eva. All the
boatmen along the shore laughed at the
craft and said that no boat would sail
with the mast right up in the eyes and
with no keel. All the old sailors were
around when the new boat was launched,
and many were there with their boats to
give the new one trial.
AS soon as she was in the water one of
the boys set the sail and started with the
feet after him. The old sea captain
that related this story and who was there
at the launching said the Eva would sail
three miles while the others were sailing
two.
The men who were Standing on the
wharf were discussing the boat when
one said, ''She comes about as quick as a
cat," and that was the origin of the
name of Cape Cod cat.
J. W. Beal, Cohasset, in the Boston
Globe.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
Authors in Maine.

If there is another State that contains
more literary people this summer than
Maine, that State has not been heard
from. Margaret Deland is at her cottage
at Kennebunkport, William Dean How
ellis at his at Kittery Point. Winston
Churchill is at Seal Harbor, Holman Day
at New Meadows River, Norman Dun
can at Moosehead, and at Bar Harbor
are Mrs. Burton Harrison and Arthur c.
Train. Of four writers who are at North
East Harbor, two are bishops and two
are ex-college presidents-Bishop Doane
and Bishop Greer, and Charles W. Eliot
and Seth Low; while of two other col
lege presidents, who are likewise writer's,
one, Nicholas Murray Butler, of Column
bia, is at Bar Harbor and President
Hyde, of s.Bowdoin, at Hancock Point.
After that there still remain John Ken
drick Bangs at Cape Neddick, and at
York Harbor Thomas Nelson Page
with no one knows how many counties
not heard FROM
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

Steel corrosion is said to be the result
of electro chemical action.
Electricity is used to thaw dynamite
in the Roosevelt drainage tunnel in Colo
RADIO.
Stealing electricity in Colorado is pun
ishable by fine of $50 and Imprisonment
for 80 days.
Central Park, New York, is to be light
ed by electricity 1t will take l,400 arc
lamps to light the park.
Electric power is used on 3, 286 miles of
street railways in Great Britain to l48
miles operated by other means.
Electric snow meters are said to have
been used experimentally in the streets
of Berlin, Germany, during the past win
ter.
Only about eight per cent of the heat
energy in pound Of coal is turned into
useful energy at the fiywheel in steam
power plant.
1t is figured that it will take SIP, 000,-
900 to build the subways necessary to
take care of the street traffic in the city
of Chicago.
A new microphone, che invention of
two Swedish engineers, Is reported to
have greatly increased the range OF long
distance telephones.
The longest telephone span in the world
crosses Lake Wallenstadt, in Switzer-
land, the steel towers supporting the
wire being nearly 5000 feet apart.
An electric motor is used in San Fran
cisco to haul sand for grading purposes:
With drag and cable the sand is scraped
from the hills to fill the hollows.
There are now between thirty and forty
electric furnaces for steel refining in
operation in this country. This number
will be increased considerably during the
current year.
Electric engines will. haul the ships
through the Panama canal when the big
ditch is completed. This will prevent
serious accidents and collisions. The
electric engines will run on specially con-
structed tracks on the bank.
Experiments made by the Philadelphia
Railroad Company show that there IS no
danger from electric shock, even from a
high voltage line, to the operator OF
fire stream when the nozzle is held at
distance of upwards of three feet from
the wire.
The Davenport England) Dockyard
authorities have replaced the hydraullc
bollards, which were used for warplng
the ships into position, by electric cap
STAINS. The motors are of sixty-five
horsepower, capable of sustaining a
load of Sixty-fiye long tons.
According to Consul Charles McCul-
Tough of St. Stephen, New Brunswick,
contracts have been awarded for con-
structing an electrical plant at Grand
Falls on the St. Johns River in New
Brunswick, where there is fall of 1875
feet. The plant is expected to cost
SIS, 900, 900 and to develop 12O, 900 horse
power, and power will be furnished to
numerous towns in Maine and New Bruins
wick. 1t is expected that many new man.
ufactories will be established, including
a large pulp and paper mill.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
FOREIGN-BUILT YACHTS.
American Owners of Such Crafts Must
Pay Large Tax.

Sailing the high seas on palatial
foreign-built yachts will come pretty high
to American millionaires who own such
crafts. George j. Gould, the Wander
bilts, Mrs. Robert Goelet, James Gordon
Bennett, Joseph Pulitzer, A. ]. Drexel
and many others must help swell Uncle
Sans Golfers. On the other hand, E.
F. Hartman, j. Pierpont Morgan,
JamesJ. Hill, Howard Gould and others
owning yachts built by American labor
will not be affected.
The new tariff bill provides that
foreign-built yachts owned or chartered
for more than six months by American
citizens shall be taxed annually sum
equivalent to ST per gross ton. AS an al
tentative to the annual tax, however,
the owner of a foreign-built yacht may
pay duty of 35 per cent ad valorem and
secure an American registry, exempting
the vessel from further Federal taxation.
Americans, on their first arrival in the
United States, have been subjected to a
tonnage tax at the rate of 81 a net ton,
amounting in the case of the largest
yachts to about $500, and on subsequent
entries from foreign port to tax Of
only so cents net ton. Assuming that
the provision becomes law, the follow
ing well-known yachts on Sept. l will be
subject to the annual tax at the rates in
dictated: James Gordon Benefits Lusis-
trata, $13, 1874; w. K. Vanderbilt's Vail
ant, S12, 761; A. J. DrexePs Margarita,
$12, 460; Mrs. Robert Goelet's Nalma,
S12, 173; Morton F. Plants Iolan, SILL
529; Joseph Pulitzer's Liberty, $11, 249;
Eugene Higgins Varuna, $11,011; Geo.
]. Gould's ATLANTA, SO, 121; Roy A. Rain
eys Cassandra, SS,5S5; Fred W. Wander
bilt's Warrior, $3.50; c. K. G. Billings
Vandis, 81, 563; G. W. C. DrexePs Alcedo,
Sc, 861 ;Cornelius Vanderbilt S North Star,
SIS, 072; and so on down the scale.
Besides these, Americans own about
fifty smaller foreign built yachts on
which the annual tax will range from $75
to So, 800 amounting in all to about 1926,
900 annual revenue.
People with chronic bronchitis, asthma and
lung trouble, will find great relief and comfort
in Foley's Honey and Tar, and can avoid suffer-
ing by commencing to take it at once. Sold by
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
GEORGIA PEACHES.

The war dealt stunning blow to the
peach as to all the other native industries
OF Georgia, and it was not until 1871
tnat IT'S intelligent reorganization was
attempted. One year later, however,
1here was produced in Augusta, by Mr..
=; T. Berckmans, who has been the pres
ldent OF the Georgia State Horticultural
Society for the last thirty-two consecu-
i've years, and who has done more, per-
maps, than any other one man to develop
the peach industry of the State, peach
that was destined to bring large meas
ure OF recognition to the Georgia or
chards. 1t was the Alexander.
The trees from which this luscious
peach was produced came from Missouri.
They bore after having been planted
only fifteen months, their initial crop of
less than three pecks returning to the
grower the princely sum of thirty-two
dollars.
Ten years later the famous Elbe a
peach, peach that has done more to
promote the industry than all the other
varieties combined, was produced. The
Elberta was the discovery of Mr.. Sam
uel Rumpf of Marshallville. In his search
for an ideal peach tree, Mr.. Rumpf seq
regated over 1000 seedlings, discardinp
them one after the other until but one
fruiting tree remained. This he named
the Elberta in honor of his wife. The
Elberta today is the most extensively
grown peach in Georgia and has returned
more money to the growers. 1t may not
have the sweetness of some of the earlier
varieties, but it grows to a very large
size, is unusually snowy, and remarka-
bly, good shipper.
With an annual crop Of from five to
seven thousand bushels and an aggre-
gate value of from three to five million
dollars, the peach industry of the State
of Georgia easily leads the world. Gar
nault Agassiz, in the National Magazine
for August.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
Strawberries in England.

The English market has been so glut-
ted with Strawberries this year that
farmers have found that it did not pay to
gather the crop, and have plowed the
fields. One Kent farmer who had HOO
acres of berries found better way than
that. He offered the run of his fields.
containing $50 or 300 tons Of fruit, to
any parties of poor London children who
liked to come down and eat them, giving
them the privilege of taking away any
quantities they pleased for the benefit Of
those who were unable to come and pick
them for themselves.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
CARING FOR CATS AND DOCS.
Work of the Animal Rescue League of
Boston.


Work Of the Animal Rescue League Of
Boston.
No less than 1880 cats and 957 dogs re-
ceived and cared for, given shelter and
good food and found kind homes, is the
record made by the animal rescue league
for the months of June and July.
Founded 10 years ago by Mrs. Hunting
ton Smith, who is still its president, the
league has in that time saved hundreds
of horses and dogs and thousands of cats.
Starting with but ITO members and about
$1,000 in its treasury, its membership now
is 1862, while last year its expenditures
ran up into the thousands, not counting
the $500 paid on the debt or other ex-
penses for extensions and improvements.
The league today employs more than 20
men and women in the humanitarian work
of picking up stray, homeless cats and
dogs. Homes are provided for the healthy
ones, with persons pledged not to abandon
them, while those that are suffering are
mercifully killed.
Besides the receiving station for small
animals at 81 Carver street, the league
supports model boarding stable for
horses on Brookline street and country
annex and home of rest for horses at
Pine Ridge, Dedham. The object of this
last is to give vacations to tired or tenn
porarily disabled horses, thus saving them
from the auctioneer and frequently eff
fecting really wonderful cures. Boston
Globe.