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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
automatic apparatus invented and pat

automatic apparatus invented and pat
ented by Texas man. The construc-
ton and operation of this apparatus is
shown in the accompanying illustration.
1t is connected to small clock the lat-
ter being set to the hour when it is de-
sired to bring up the fire. At the pre-
arranged moment a spring releases a bal
ance weight. pulling a chain attached to
the lever controlling the draft. The lat
ter is thus opened, causing the fire to
come up and be ready for cooking when
the housewife reaches the kitchen. The
apparatus Is also arranged to kindle a
new fire should such be wanted. A
number of matches are secured to a plate
in front of the open crate. When the
lever is released the matches are caused
to ignite. the flame readily reaching the
paper in position in the range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
Cigars and Pure Food.
the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.

From the PittsburR Chronicle Telegraph
A contemporary, discussing the pure
food law, undertakes to predict what
would come to pass If the rules applying
to whisky were to be applied also to
cigars and tobacco. No living human
being. we are informed. can tell exactly
what whisky is. Yet to define Havana
cigars is more difficult undertaking and
one for avoiding which the average deal
er. whose HayanaS are SuSpiciOuSly Sug-
gestive of Connecticut and Pennsylvania
stock. may be pardoned. Most of the
Havana cigars sold.' our contemporary
observes with some bitterness, ARE an
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Exhilarating Ice Valsing.

remarkable phase in the evolution of
skating, as seen in the London Kinks, has
been the devotion to WHIT is called walls
ing on the ice" A popular and exhi,a rat
ing form of exercise. it is suitable for the
display of frocks, figures and faces, or
for flirting: anything, in fact, but the best
skating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
AUTOMATIC FIRE KINDER.
Opens Draft on the Kitchen Range
at a Prearranped Moment.

Who shall be first out of bed in the
morning to shut up the kitchen fire? This
knotty problem has caused innumerable
family squabbles between wife and hus-
band. Each insists that the other shall
do it, while both desire to take another
wink before arising, especially If the
thermometer hovers around the zero
mark Both can now be relieved of this
disagreeable but nevertheless essential
task by equipping the range with an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
HANDY CHANGE RECEIVER.
Affords an Easy Means Of Receiving
Small Coins on Counter.

An exceedingly handy and novel con-
trivance patented by New York man.
is the change receiver shown In the il
lustration below. Everybody has ex-
perienced the difficulty of picking up
small coins from the top of a glass
counter. This is practically impossible II
the owner is wearing gloves The change
receiver shown here eliminates this null
sance. 1t consists of a tray mounted on
suitable supports, one end of the tray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05

awful mystery" All which is true
enough, but what boots it to repine? In
less it can be shown that the cigar vend-
er is poisoning his customers with weeds
soaked In formaldehyde or benzoate OF
soda. what hope is there of persuading
the powers that be to lift the veil? AS
yet no man has had the hardihood to adj
vance the theory that tobacco is a food
and to use this as a pretext for invoking
the same paternal supervision that is now
extended to the beef OF Chicago and the
breakfast foods of everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05

were then written on the blackboard and
adopted unanimously by a show Of hands.
still without a single word being spoken
The public prosecutor took action
against the conveners Of the meeting for
violating paragraph 10 of the new law.
but the district court acquitted them. The
public prosecutor lodged an appeal. but
the higher court at Cologne upheld the
judgment of the district court and con-
firmed the acquittal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
Happier as They Are.
From the Spectator.

Whether the various races and peoples
of India will ever be in position to gov
ern themselves better than We can gov
ern them remains to be seen. At present
there can be no doubt that it would not be
for their own happiness to be emancipated
from the control of their trustee.
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was given-an ounce of milk within an
hour. There was no convalescence An
hour before the operation the child was.
to all intents and purposes, dead; an hour
after IL was alive The cure was in
stantaneous 1t was miracle Of life
and death.
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A Hint for the Talkative.


There Is much to be said for silence. If
the majority of people could be made to
exercise themselves regularly in restraint
Of the tongue the general business of this
planet would be considerably expedited.
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being lower than the other. Small change
is placed On the tray, the recipient grasp
ing the front end with the finger, and by
fitting it slightly the coins will slide down
into the palm of the hand. The tray is
pivoted to the supports, so that 1t can
be rotated in any direction. It would be
difficult to conceive of a device better
suited for the purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05

Only One sBROMO QUININhY'
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature Of r.. w. GROVE. Used he
World over to Cue . Cold In One Dag. &c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
DOES MEDICINE PAY?

The British Medical Journal in it's
current issue has an editorial in which
1t expresses a doubt that the medical
career should be adopted by the
young man unless he has private
means which make him independent
of his profession. 1t is pointed out
that the work of medical students
throws serious strain on their men
tal and physical powers; that between
and per cent of them die, and near
" 33 per cent conclude that the work
Is too laborious, and take to other ca
reers. The proportion of medical men
to the population is held to be in
Greasing, while the amount of remun-
erative work is diminishing in spite
of the fact that it requires from six
to seven years and an outlay of not
less than $500 for the student to OBJ
lain the necessary legal qualification.
The British Journal in concluding it's
pessimistic article, says:
Hence medical men find it nova
lays more difficult than formerly to
make an adequate living. Much the
Bame state of affairs now exists in all
civilized countries and there does not
seem much prospect of things i'm
proving. Indeed, the vast changes like
~ to be brought about by recent leg
lslation and that which is impending
In this country seem likely to make
The profession of medicine less and
less remunerative.
In view of these circumstances it
4oes not seem right to advise young
men to adopt medicine as career il
they are likely to be entirely depend
ent upon it for livelihood; in other
words, those who enter medicine
should have private means as well as
mental ability, good physique and a
love of science.
It has been frequently asserted of
late that the professions are being
Dyercrowded, yet the colleges continue
10 turn out young men for practice in
these professions. In a great many
cases it may be assumed that the stu,
aent has figured his chances of max
Ing livelihood and is willing to make
the venture, spurred on by his love
Tor the profession he has adopted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge.-Miss Lottie Runyon
and brother, Earl returned to their
home at Stansberry, Mo-, after visit
ing for a few days at the Charles Har-
ter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Swope spent Sun
day with Mrs. Gossage of South OF
tumwa.
Miss Hattie Smith of Oskaloosa re-
turned home Tuesday, after spending
a few days with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kirkpatrick.
Mrs. Rachel Poole of Primrose and
Miss Ef1e Holland of Fort Madison
are visiting at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Pool.
Dan Rollison and family spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Baker.
Henry Kirkpatrick, George Hills
and Charles Blitz attended the fair at
Des MOines last week
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
SALEM.

Salem-At the annual foreign
thanks offering meeting of the Congre-
gational Woman's Missionary society
to be held at the church Friday after
noon, Sept. II, Mrs. e. r. Towle Of
Grinnell will give an address. Mrs.
Towle has recently returned from a
trip around the world and will tell of
her travels on the evening of the same
day.
Salem public schools opened Monday.
Principal, Prof. Krenmeyer; assistant
principal, Miss Amy Bliss; grammar,
Miss Dora Trueblood second primary,
Miss Mabel Wimeth; First primary,
Miss Mary Maris.
C. w. Siveter viii have public
sale Of stock, farm implements, house.
hold goods. ETC., at his home just south
of Salem Sept. 10. Mr.. and Mrs.
Siveter expect soon to locate in Los
Angeles. Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Pidgeon are
Mrs. A. c. Van Vleet from Lawrence
Kansas.
Geore Hobson Of Independence. Kas
recently visited his cousins, Mrs
Cough and Mrs. J. t. Ingrim, of this
place.
Rev. w r. Butcher. pastor Of the
Congregational church, is spending
two weeks with relatives at Gales
burg. Ill.
Miss Mary Garretson came from
Chicago Friday morning and return
ed Sunday.
Harry Johnson is home for a few
days before resuming his studies a;
the State University at Iowa City.
Mrs. e. J. Keller entertained the
Misses Katheryn and Esther Nichols OF
Mt. Pleasant. several days Of last
week
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
slippery Frenchman's Scheme.

A Slippery Frenchman's Scheme.
The story is told of Captain Mark
Of the French army, who is now
charged with series Of frauds of all
kinds, and who either sold or pretend
ed to sell pardons and verdicts in mil
itary cases.
Captain Mark was recently on an
excursion with two other officers and
their wives, and succeeding in avoid
ing payment of his share Of the ex-
penses. The three men and the three
women had taken a motor car for the
day on the understanding that the
car, luncheon and dinner were to be
paid for by the three men. During the
stoppage for luncheon, Captain Mark
took Lieutenant A aside, and,
telling him confldentially that he knew
Major A to be rather short Of
ready money, suggested that it would
be friendly act for A and Mark
to divide expenses.
you pay for the meals and I'll pay
for the car" said Lieutenant A.
at once.
A little later in the day Mark took
Major b aside.
CT is rather hard up" he told
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are now 100000 club women enrolled
and from many of these clubs come
reports that show the practical and
beneficent work in which they are
engaged. The Chicago Tribune re-
views some of this work in an edi-
torlal from which we quote as fol-
lows:
The Woman's club of Dallas, Tex,
for instance, has taken on the work
Of municipal sanitation, has made 1t
study in the schools, and protects tho
city against disease by removing
garbage and oiling all stagnant pools.
The San Francisco club has started
a flower market, an arts and crafts
movement, and an outdoor league. 1t
is also working to protect the
Calaveras big tree grove, to improve
the city's water front, and to mako
recreation piers and Fairgrounds The
Pittsburg club has given that city
over a dozen Fairgrounds and recrea-
ton centers, and the clubs of Detroit
and Philadelphia have done similar
work for their cities. The Harris
burg, Pa. club has secured for that
city street cleaning, pure water sup
ply, healthier sewerage system, and
Fairgrounds. The club of Carlisle,
Pa, has removed Objectionable bill
boards and public dumps. Several
other clubs have instituted regular
city or town cleaning. In addition to
all this, the women's clubs have found
ed more Libraries than Mr.. Carnegie,
and are supplying reading matter to
camps and ranches all over the west.
All this indicates a radical change
since the time when the womans
club was mainly engaged in reading
Browning, discussing Ibsen, and pre-
pairing papers upon encyclopedia
topics. Evidently they have discover
ed more interesting subjects. and It
must be acknowledged they have been
wonderfully successful. They have
appropriated human conditions, civil
service reform, pure food, public
health, education, civics, arts and
crafts, and household economies.
Once they were private associations
for private entertainments, now they
are public institutions for the public
good
Woman, the Tribune concludes, has
found her sphere. She is not down
trodden, but uplifting. She may not
vote for long time, but she works
She is not coming, she has arrived
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
a NEW ROAD PLAN.

! The Council Bluffs .Nonpareil tells
of a discovery made in the FOND mar
kets of the country by William Brooks
Reed of the Council Bluffs school
board, which it believes should re-
ceiye legislative attention in Iowa.
Mr.. Reed went to the market with
some per cent school bonds which
he was unable TO dispose Of because
he found the market to be we'll sup
piled with new class of and per
cent bonds, known as interurban, lrrl-
cation. drainage ditch and highway
Improvement bonds. The last named
class of bonds he found to be the lat
est in the market. They are issued
by highway districts in accordance
with a plan adopted by number OF
eastern states and are lien on the
land improved. Mr.. Reed found these
new bonds were actually croWding
school district bonds out of the mar
ket because their interest rate is
higher and their security just as good.
The Nonpareil in bringing this mat
ter to the attention of the legislators
says:
The Iowa legislature has been made
to see the practicability OF special
drainage districts and their bond is
sues for ditch construction. Undoubt-
edly some of Iowa's drainage bonds
were found in Mr. Reeds way when he
offered his school bonds. At any rate
bitches aggregating million or more
In cost are not uncommon in Iowa I'M
der the special drainage district law,
but as yet we have not learned to ap-
ply the special district and long time
bond issue to road improvements.
When we do we can have paved high
ways throughout Iowa on twenty year
bond issues at a cost of about SO
cents per acre annual tax for the quar-
ter sections adjacent to the roads and
rs cents to 10 cents per acre for the
farms one and two miles back from
the Improved highway. These bonds
are now in the markets, pushing our
school bonds aside, so Mr.. Reed finds,
but they have been issued for roads
built, in the eastern states. Why not
In Iowa?
We are getting down to business
In this road matter. Here is plan sug-
gested of financing the road improve
ment work It may not be the best
plan and it may meet with much oppo-
sition. But it shows one way the work
can be done 1t is an indication that
the highway improvement question in
Iowa has got to the point where plans
Tor best getting the work done are be-
Ing discussed instead of plans for
showing the state the need of better
roads,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
F AIR BEGINS
AT BLOOMFIELD D
THIS is PREPARATION DAY; RACE
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY,, THURS
DAY AND FRIDAY.

Bloomfield, Sept. Ia Especially =
This Is preparation day at the Bloom
field fair, and there was good crowd
out in spite Of the rain. Tomorrow
the race program begins and the fair
will be on in earnest for three days.
There are many entries in the harness
events and many exhibits for. those
who do not like the races. The race
program follows:
Wednesday Sept. is.
2:25 pace, purse $250-McM, Ira
Miller, Kahoka, Mo-; Online Second,
S. F. Hills, Mt. Pleasant; Miller Boy,
James McGowen, Bloomfield; May
Dillon, ]. J.. Stricken, Centerville;
Eagle Wing, e. w. Battin, Bloomfield
Thursday, Sept. is.
1900 trot, purse $2O0-Ten First, G.
A. Kriese, Eldon; Great Dole, Chas.
Hoffman, Bloomfield; three year old
filly, Chas. Hoffman, Bloomfield;
Blanche Mock, Roy Murphy, Bloom.
field Chas. Warrington, ]. Fl. Cremer,
Ottumwa; Savron Chief, Mart Swift
Washington, Ia.
Free for all pace, purse S300-Geo
Strawberry, G. H. Shefflett, Milton;
Paddy R., w. L. Rinke, Unionville
Mo-; Chas. Simmons, ]. r. Wray, Mil
ton; Josie L., Harry Clark, Memphis
Mo-; Miller Boy, Jas. McGowen
Bloomfield.
Friday, Sept. II.
Free for all trot, purse $300-Chaa
Warrington, ]. H. Cremer, Ottumwa;
Blanche Mack, Roy Murphy, Bloom
field; Bobby Gould, J. 9. voudolah
Kahosa; Baron Dillon, Jr., j. ]
Strickler, Centervllie.
2:35 pace, purse s200-Eagle Wing
E. w. Battin, Bloomfield; Harper Boy
w. L. Rinke, Unionville; Cap Onward
D. Tolbert, Milton; Online Second, S
G. Hills, Mt. Pleasant; Nc M, Ira Nil
Ter, Kahoka, Mo-; May Dillon, J. }
Stricken, Centerville.
Notables at Bloomfield.
Des Moines, Sept. 14.-Tomorroa
morning at $3.50 o'clock party o.
fifty former Davis county people who
now reside in Polk county will leave
in a special Wabash car for Bloom
field to attend q home coming being
held there this week. Governor Car
roll, who has become one Of the Davis
county's most distinguished citizens
will be present and deliver the princi
pal address on tomorrow, although hi
cannot go on the special train. Capt
]. A. ST. HUI is another Davis count.
product who has gained distinction
but his hay fever will keep him ava.
from the home coming. Other promi
nent Davis county exiles who ar,
counted on to be present are Gen ]
B. Weaver, Gen. Cyrus Bussey and !,
j. Hamilton. Labor Commissioner E
W. Van Duyn has charge of the ar
rangements for tho home coming o
the Des Moines contingent.
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TWO MUFFs IN ONE.

She sat between her two lovers in
the trap. George was driving and
Edward was pressed CLOSELY against
the rail. The night was dark. but the
horse was old and knew his way. This
gave George an opportunity to hold
the reins in one hand Also to slip
the other into the 1ady's unoccupied
muff. Presently-we,l. two hands
were teDderly pressing each other.
The end of the drive came at last, and
sweet, small voice whispered,
when YOU two gentlemen have quite
done with my muff, perhaps you VIII
be kind enough to let me have it."
Then did two sworn enemies alight
from the trap. with thoughts that
could scarcely be expressed coherent.
lv in presentable language Judges
library.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
What His Line Was.

A number of drummers were sitting
in a hotel lobby, when one of them he
gan to boast that his firm had the
most people pushing its line of goods.
There was a little argument, and
then drummer who had not had
much to say before suddenly rose and
said, I'll bet any man in the house
that my firm has the most people
pushing its line of goods
"Done!" exclaimed the boastful one.
The money was accordingly put up
with a stakeholder, and then the
Boosting drummer asked: what is
your firms line, of goods?"
Baby carriages" murmured the
quiet man as he took the money and
made for the side door, Judges
Library
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16

1t will certainly be fortunate
selection if one or two of the men
whom the president has appointed on
the tariff board are business men
practical business men, who have had
to hustle week after week to make
the income from business meet and
cover the Saturday night pay roll
The theory of how to do certain
things is often easy and so smooth
that it is actually slick. But theory
must be applied in practical way or
1t Will break any business it hits. The
tariff question is a business PROPOSE
ton and it will require practical bust
ness men to successfully solve many
OF the problems that must necessarily
arise.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
WHO'S AFRAID OF PANTS?

Little Robert and jim the grocer 5
delivery men, were great friends. and
on the momentous day Of Roberts
promotion from dresses to knicker-
bocers, he waited eagerly in, front of
the house for Jims coming. But the
delivery man. when he came, busted
himself about his wagon without
seeming to see anything unusual
about his small chum's appearance.
Robert stood around hopefully, in var
ious conscious positions until he could
stand it no longer. "Jim," he burst
out at last, sis your horses 'fraid of
pants ?'-Everybody's Magazine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
WoMEN,s CLUBS.

A change has been noted in the
activities of the Women's clubs. This
change has been noted here at home
where the City Federation of Wom-
ems clubs has secured a rest room
and opened playground for the chill
Hren. both of which have proved
eminently successful. The visiting
Nurse association has secured the
services of nurse whose daily visits
among the sick and needy has allevi-
lted much pain and suffering. In the
clubs affiliated with the General
Federation of Women's clubs there
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
UNCLE REMus AND HIS RIVAL.

"Joel Chandler Harris" said an At
lantan. used to write comic .newspa-
per editorials. Sometimes he made
fun of rival editors in them, too"
Simon Simpson, a rival editor in
Mobile, having been made fun CT,
wrote angrily in his rag:
Joel Harris has beer getting off
some cheap wit at our expense
Joel on reading this, grabbed his
pen and dashed off, quick as a ash
for the next days issue:
st must have been cheap, Simon,
to be at your expense. Pittsburg
Telegraph
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16
Vagaries of a Cold.

lou can never be quite sure where
a cold Is going to hit you. In the fall
and winter it may settle in the bowels.
producing severe pain. In the summer
it may give you collie with diarrhoea
or summer complaint. Do not be
alarmed nor torment yourself with
fears of appendicitis or inflammation OF
the bowels. At the first sign Of the
pan or crarnp take Perry Davis Pain
killer in warm, sweetened water and
relief will come at once. There Is but
ono Painkiller, Perry Davis 1t is now
put up In a large 35c. size as well an
the regular SOC. siza-
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Mrs. Rhoda wilmetb and Mrs. Re-

Mrs. Rhoda Wilmeth and Mrs. Re-
becca Mathews have for their guee.
their sister, Mrs. Almeida y.roe from
Earlam.
Alva Campbell and sister Myrtle,
are visiting relatives at Lincoln, Neb.
Fall term of Whittier academy
opened Tuesday Of last week with
good enrolment.
Azur Barton Of Birmingham was
greeting Salem relatives and friends
Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16

We suggest Good Roads as one
of the topics for discussion at the
next meeting of the Farmers insti-
tute. Iowa raises the biggest crops
OF any state, but it does not have good
roads to haul them over to market.
Good roads bring the farm along them
a great deal closer to market than
poor roads do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16

"There has not been failure among
the 918 state and savings banks and
trust companies of Iowa for almost
two years, says State Superin-
tendent of Banks Roberts in recent
statement. Iowa is prouu of her
banks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-16

The Argentine Republic in placing
a 10 per cent expert duty on hides is,
IN effect, making a 10 per cent raise
on hides produced in this country.
The difference is, however, that the
duty goes. into the treasury Of the
Argentine Republic instead of the
treasury of the United States.