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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Sir Thomas Upton declares that
America might just as well lock the
yachting cup In museum and label
it relic as to consider it sporting
chance under present conditions" Sir
Thomas, who is in America to try to
secure change Of the rules governing
an International contest, declares that
nearly every yacht club in America
now governs Its races by what Is call
ed the universal rule, yet they have
a special rule for me-"
Why shouldn't the American yacht
ing authorities go into this matter
with Upton? If the rules need chang
ing they should be changed. Upton
has taken his defeats of the past as
true sportsman. Why not give him
a chance at the cup at his own game:
To beat him then would be added
glory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
DON'T COUGH, BUT LIVE LONG.

II every cough were cured before it
got a strong hold, human life would
be heightened by many years. If every
coughing sufferer knew that Kemp's
Balsam would stop the cough in few
minutes, he would be glad to escape
the serious consequences. If any med
icine will cure cough, Kemp's Bal
sam will do it. At druggists and
Dealers 25c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

President Taft was down in Ala
bama yesterday. He looked around at
the beautiful southern girls, and said
If they wanted suffrage he was unan-
imously in favor of 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Speaker Cannon is said to be con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY Of purchasing
the South Bend club of the Central
league and then transferring it to his
home town, Danville. Uncle Joe"
has managed to control pretty
frisky bunch of colts in the house. He
ought to be able to show Muggsy Nc
Graw and Charlie Comiskey some new
tricks in handling ball team.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Foley's Kidney Remedy viii cure any
case of kidney or bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine.
Cures backache and Irregularities that
if neglected might result in Bright's
disease or diabetes. Clarks Drug Store;
Swenson's Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
Topeka, Kas., voted to adopt the
commission plan Of government.

Next to William Jennings Bryan,
William Randolph Hearst is the most
consistent performer in the also ran
class.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Foleys Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs and ex-
pels colds. Get the genuine in yellow
package. Clark's Drug Store: Sven
sons Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
Take Warning.

Don't let stomach. liver or kidney
trouble down you when you can
quickly down them with Electric Bit.
tiers. soc.
F, B. Clark, ]. H. L Swenson & Co,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Mr.. Peary now has gold medal to
prove that he discovered the north
pole. That medal removes all further
question.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Tom Johnson, like Bryan, will try
1t again. 1t is very probable, however,
that Cleveland politics Is about done
with Mr.. Johnson
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
scaidad NV ssaann.

or scorched by a fire: andy Bucklen's
Arnica Salve Cures Piles too, and
the worst sores GuaraI teed, Csc
F. B. Clark ]. II. L. Swenson & Co
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Hedrick's ''black hand society
didn't use any bombs, anyway.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

Jacksonville, H., is still dry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
DR.. StlaIIenberQer


The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist, who has visited Ottumwa
since 1903, will be at
Ortumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Tuesday, Nov. is, 1909
Zone day only and return every 2s
days.
Fairfield, Court Hotel, Wednesday,
Nov. 10.
Bloomfield, Hotel Sax, Thursday,
Nov. II.
Abba, Fridal, Nov. IL.
sigourney, Merchants Hotel. Wed.
nesday, Nov. II.
Office Hours, 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
unofficiaIIy Fired.

A western magazine editor narrat
ed, at a Tolstoi birthday dinner in
Chicago, an interesting story about
the great Russian.
'Tolstoi, he said, ..abominates
sneaks, spies. He intensely abom-
mated Melikoff, whose treachery and
cruelty to the young radical party was
a scandal even in Russia.
fMelikoff one day. suspecting that
q good deal of revolutionary work
was going on at Tolstoi's estate, Wis
tied Yasnaya Polyana Unexpectedly.
Do you come. said ToIstoi to him
stern1y, officially or as a private per-
son? II you come officially, here are
my keys. Search. Examine every
thing. You are quite free to do So
But, count said Melikoff. believe
me, I come to you as a private per
son.
"Tolstoi looked at him in silence.
Then. calling two stalwart mujhtks.
he said:
Here, pitch this man out Of the
housed"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

are not demanded nearer to the
shelves where dishes are kept If you
watch a woman doing up the work
after meal time you win notice that
she Is constantly walking back and
forth between the dining-room table,
the sink and the pantry shelves and
the china cupboard. This combina-
ton pantry is a sort Of cross between
the modern store room pantry and an
oldfashioned buffers pantry.
There are other interesting features
about this house indicated by the
plans. such as the combination stair
way going up from the kitchen and
from the front room, the hall coat
closet and the convenient cellarway
with shelves for jelly glasses and
other storage, all Of which require a
house about this size II you expect to
work them all in. You can have some
of the modern improvements in a
small house # you want them all you
must build larger
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

Mr. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufae-
turer. he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago. I'll, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply
Most people like large rooms, but
large rooms call for large house.
This plan is 81 feet inches by SO
feet in size, and is built on the square
order, severely plain in design and
general treatment. Instead of crowd
ing in as many rooms as possible they
are made larger than is customary at
the present time, but it gives to the
house an air of old-fashioned comfort
that is quite luxurious.
Luxury means in many cases some
thing that is difficult to secure Since
the advance in prices of labor, wages
of skilled mechanics, prices of hard
ware and most building materials, the
tendency has been to build smaller
houses and smaller rooms Probably
the after maintenance has as much to
do with the general trend toward
smaller houses as any other consid-
GRAFTON, because it is almost impos-
sible to obtain help of the right kind
to keep a large house in order after
you get it. Then the extra cost of
heating a large house is a serious OBJ
lection to some people, but the i'm
provement in hot air furnaces and in
hot water and steam heaters has gone
a long way to reduce cost in this re-
spect
The shape of the house also has
a great deal to do with the cost of
heating. A house built after this de
sign is very. compact. There are no
side rooms to carry the heat to at a
disadvantage, SO that with a modern
heater in the basement this house
may be kept comfortable for less
money than the heating of a much
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Imprisoned with the Dead.

Prof. Palermo of the University Of
Messina lost two sons
4 was sleeping in my bed, he said,
when / was thrown out of bed, which
fell on top of me. The ceiling col
lapsed, the floor opened and I was
thrown into the first floor apartment
of Nine. Pernici. She was reaching
for her sister and son, whom we
found dead We remained all day
and night alone without help, keeping
the rain off with planks.
Thus we were without food or
drink among the screams of the bur-
led. The latter ceased somewhat at
night. No one came with assistance
and we were as if in a tomb alongside
the bodies. Children, wounded, were
around US, but invisible under the
ruins and weeping in despair or burst
ing into piercing cries at every sound
heard without. When we finally es-
capped from the ruins we were taken
by sailors to the Cristoforo Colombo,
which brought US to Naples.
We passed through streets that
felt as if they were the bottoms of
valleys or climbed heights which were
ali that remained of the finest palaces
of Messina. l will never forget it as
long as I live"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
LONG TRIP MADE BY MAILBAG.
Sack of Letters Went $1,000 Miles to
overtake Cruiser.

After four-months' chase and trav-
cling $4,000 miles, a sack of mail has
been delivered to the United States
armored cruiser Milwaukee at Bre-
merton, Wash.
Before it finally caught up with the
big cruiser, this sack of mail had gone
to San Francisco, Honolulu, back to
San Francisco, Panama, then to Hon
duras, back to San Francisco again,
and finally Bremerton, in all more
than 10000 miles.
One day last July the sack of mail
was placed aboard a fast mail train
and hurried TO Chicago, where it was
transhipped to one of the transconti-
mental expresses for San Francisco.
where the Milwaukee was in port But
before the mail arrived Commander
Rogers of the Milwaukee received a
hurry up order from Washington to
sail for Honolulu
On the day before the Milwaukee
was due in Honolulu the sack of mail
was started on the same journey in a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
BURY TREES BY ERROR.
Mourners Sing and Pray All Night
Over Box of Pear stripIinss.

Macon, GA crowd of grief-strick
en- colored people consigned an assign.
ment of fine pear trees to a grave at
Bowlingbroke, thinking they were the
remains of Tooger Adams, a negro
woman, who was stabbed by another
negro woman in Tybee.
The police, finding the dead woman
formerly lived in Bowlingbroke, mott.
fed the mourners that the remains
would be sent on an afternoon train.
When the box arrived containing the
pear trees it had SO much the appear,
ance of coffin case that the party
took charge. The negroes carried the
box to the home of relatives and sat
up. sang and prayed all night
The word was out that the body was
terribly s1ashed by the woman's as.
sailant and for that reason the box
was not opened. At the hour for the
funeral the colored pastor had his
text: by their fruits We shall know
them" Pallbearers, mourners and at.
tendants, after the usual custom,
buried the pear trees.
When the next passenger train came
bearing the corpse and the funeral at.
tendants. were notified there was
amazement and surprise. Winship
Cabaniss, a farmer, found the mistake
when he made search for the pear
trees.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
BIG TEH-FOoT PYTHON
IS GIRL QUEER PET.
BILLY" GETS A MILK BATH DAILY
AND is HOUSED IN Lux
URlous QUARTERS.

Bangor, Me.-Miss Myrtle Lembert
of Strong has a strange pet in ten.
foot python, brought from Asia and
presented by friend. Miss Lambert
has developed a passion for snakes
and the python is her household pet.
It belongs to the boa constructor va
riety and eventually is expected to
reach length of % to 80 feet.
The python, which its owner has
named Billy, is very fastidious as to
its food, and it insists on having nice
fat chickens for its meals. Miss Lam
bert has another snake of the "corar'
variety that she prizes highly. It was
given her by the same person who
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

heaped, their desperate attitude and
contorted features showing the horror
OF the death struggles.
The ruins of the buildings formed
hillocks 80 feet high, under which
thousands of persons were buried. The
vessel was soon loaded down to Its
utmost capacity with survivors and
then steamed to this city.
All along the way it was seen that
the smiling villages on the Calabrian
coast had disappeared. Both scyIla
and Charybdis had vanished with
them.
In Naples public buildings and pri-
waite houses were thrown open to the
refugees and everything possible was
done for their comfort The duchess
Of Aosta was interchangeable in her min
istrations, going from steamship to
steamship and bringing to the suffer
ers a word of comfort The wounded
were carried to the ambulances be-
tween two files of soldiers to protect
them from the too expressive mani
festations of sympathy from the crowd
that had gathered at the piers. The
means of transportation was aug.
mented by strong arms of sympa-
thizers, in which some of the more
seriously wounded were carried in lieu
c. filters.
The commander of the Russian bat
tleship Makharoff, who brought word
of American Consul Cheney's death,
described the fearful scenes at Mes
sina. He declared that many of the
residents of that place had been bur
led alive, as groans were heard COM
ing from far down in the assures OF
the earth, which could only be ap-
preached with the greatest precau-
ton. At these points the lettering
walls threatened further collapse. The
5anguished cries of the victims caused
half frenzy among the sailors, who
in several cases excaVated under dan
gerous places and rescued wounded
people. In other cases they reached
bodies that separated in parts when
efforts were made to drag them from
the Wreckage
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

gave her the big fellow. The little
snake is about three feet in length
and one of its favorite positions is
coiled in its mistress hair. Here it
will remain perfectly quiet for hours
at time, observing all that is going
on, however. The two snakes are
great friends. Billy receives as much
care as a child.
Every morning the snake gets a
bath of new milk, the body afterward
being wiped quite dry. The box eceu
pied by the snake, which was made for
his especial occupancy, is constructed
Of polished woods and is lined with
soft cloths. There are perehes in the
box and a long shelf that his snake
ship may stretch upon.
Z have always had a great liking
for snakes said Miss Lambert. Afraid
of snakes? Well | should say not
For my part | can't see what there is
about a snake that a girl should be
afraid of. Now, some might say that
Billy is dangerous, but am not BIT
afraid of the big fellow, It's true that
he has the power now to kill hu.
man being by crushing, but I know
that he won't hurt me, for | think he
loves me. He is so nice and Affection
ate, running his head up on my face
and in way almost kissing my cheek.
Why, I'd hate to part with Billy, and
don't intend to as long as l can keep
him"
One day, not long ago, the snake es.
capped from its box and invaded the
family pantry. Then there was a great
commotion, for III his progress about
the place he tipped over many pieces
of china, and the resulting wreck was
something that the family may remem.
Der for some time.
It was on the same day when the big
fellow was making his way through
the parlor of the house in his course
of investigation that the family cat
espied the serpent. There was fran
tic meow" and the cat made her es-
cape through window Since that
day she has not returned, and it is
thought that the fright which the
feline experienced was SO great that
she has gone to live with people who
have no snakes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

lures, the furnishings of which will re-
quire great deal of studying and
planning to bring out all the splendid
possibilities. Such rooms nowadays
are seldom or never carpeted. The
floor is hard wood with a finish that
shows the grain to advantage. The
floor is nice enough to leave without
any covering whatever, but no ore
likes a bare floor because of the noise,
and from the further fact that no
room has properly furnished appear
ance unless the floor has been care
fully provided with rugs that har-
monte with the wall and ceiling dec
orations.
There is a good deal in proportion
ing rugs to the size of the rooms. This
large living room should have two
rugs large enough to reduce the out
side margin to about ten inches. The
space between the rugs in the center
should be about the same, but this
space directly in the center of the
archway should be filled in with an
other rug to avoid stepping on the
polished floor. It needs this little
rug for looks, and it needs it to pre-
vent bad spot by wearing away the
floor polish.
The rugs. wall paper and curtains
must, of course, harmonic in colors.
Turkish rugs are quite fashionable,
and the genuine Turkish rug is prize,
but they have their disadvantages.
Most of them are too soft to keep
their place on the floor. and if the floor
is highly polished they are so slippery
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Too Swift.

The city nephew was showing the
rural uncle around town.
Where be we going now, Bub?"
asked Uncle Dewberry.
Going up in the Lightning studio
to have your picture taken" respond
ed the young man.
And what them
Why, then well go over to the
Lightning shoe shining parlor and have
your boots shined up"
"Geel And them
why, then you'll get a lightning
shave, have a lightning lunch, catch
the lightning express. and
But Uncle DeWberry held up bis
hand.
# reckon that be a little too swift
for this old man, he said, quietly, as
he took a firmer grip on his yellow
satchel. What do YOU take your old
uncle to bea lightning rod. Bub?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
THE WAY OF A PRIZE BEAUTY.
" Eat What Want When Want IT,
Asserts English Medal Winner.

A young woman with $4,000 prize
6gnre having arrived in New York,
her views on beauty culture have be
come at once important. L eat four
times a day." says this new Venus.
and every day l walk about four
miles. / eat what pleases me, drink
pnlv light wines and champagne and
limit myself to half pack of cigar.
cites a day.
If there is any mistake about this
regimen the lady has time to find it
out. She is only "a years old and
weighs only 145 pounds as yet.
Ten years of physical culture, so it
is advertised, have produced this mod
d in feminine, symmetry. There is
mention of dumbhells. hygienie cor
sets and, perhaps for the warning OF
yassar's reeord-breaking athletic girls,
an avoidance of strenuous outdoor
snorts. Yet the striking feature in
This case of perfect development ap-
pears to be the absence of hard and
fast rules.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

as to be positively unsafe, especially
for old people. A first-class machinery
made American rug is good enough for
any room if it corresponds with the
surroundings,
The dining-room offers another
splendid opportunity for decorative
ability. The room is well calculated
to show furniture to advantage. It is
Il feet 6 inches by Is feet in size.
and there are no projections or cor
ners to interfere with the proper plac-
ing Of handsome dining-room decora-
lions.
Another feature of this house that sa
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Royal Couple Assist Rescuers.


The king and queen of Italy went to
Messina in the battleship Vittorio
Emmanuel, and his majesty grasped
the situation and set to work all the
powers he controlled to alleviate the
horrors OF the situation. He partici-
pated actively in the work Of actual
rescue.
Immediately on his arrival at Mes
sina the king Joined a rescue party
and iabored as unremittingly as the
others. He. personally extricated sew
eraI injured persons pinned under the
ruins
The queen also took active part in
the work. She rescued with her own
hand a boy of three years, who was
bleeding from many cuts, and herself
carried him to the dock where she
handed him over to members Of the
hospital corps. She devoted her at
tention principally to the little chill
dren and Iabored long amid the scenes
of horror
Those who brought news here from
Catania of the visit of the king and
queen said that the horrors of the
ruined city were added to by the
countless number of bodies lying all
about Such a force of laborers as
it would be impossible to gather,
equip and sent to tMessina would have
been needed to bury the dead. The
task was regarded as beyond human
power of accomplishment within the
period which would make such dis
posal of the bodies effective.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

well worth consideration is the pantry.
It is seldom you get such a pantry in
any house. The extension of the back
porch to fnclose one end of the pan
try has been taken advantage Of to
lay out an arrangement that will ap-
peal to most women. 1t is large
enough to hold considerable china,
and the sink SO conveniently situated
is great satisfaction at dish wash
ing time. / often wonder why sinks
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

20 feet deep opened near the Church
Of Santa Maria, and houses fell bod
lily into it.
During the voyage of the Therapie
to Naples a child was born.
Houses Vanished Instantly.
A physician named Condo, a native
of Messina, said he escaped by climb
ing over the fallen roofs. Houses van
ished with the suddenness OF, a dream
and daylight showed nearly two miles
of ruins. Steamships put out to cross
the straits for help after the first
shock of the earthquake, but half way
over they met vessels from the oppo.
site coast which carried the news that
Reggie, too, had persisted.
The wounded refugees that reached
this city presented a sickening sight
some appeared hardly human; others
among the fugitives had no apparent
injuries, but were in such a deplora-
Bile mental condition that they seemed
the worst of all. The horror of that
tragic minute appeared to be tneradi-
cably fixed upon their faces. On the
relief ships the refugees were heaped
everywhere. Some of them appeared
to be stricken with a kind of idiocy,
looking aimlessly before them; others
completely mad, howled wildly. The
commander of the Therapie gave a
thrilling description O. the rescues eff
fected by his men when his ship ar
rived at Messina. AS the vessel drew
up before the city it was surrounded
by fotilla of boats and tugs loaded
to the gunwales with men and women
who piteously cried for food and
drink, for they had nothing for "a
hours. On entering the port a ire
mendous clamor greeted their ears. It
was the survivors screaming for help.
From the water front Messina appear
ed to be intact, as the facades of the
fine buildings along that line of
streets still were standing, but behind
was emptiness and ruin. The princi-
pal square presented an awe-inspiring
aspect. Everywhere were enormous
cracks into which the sea poured,
whence clouds of steam and sulphur
Gus vapors arose.