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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
New York Money Close.

-1 Now YORK MONEY 7CtoSe.
New York, Sept 1S.-Prime mercan-
tile paper-4N %.
Sterling exchange Steady with ac-
tual business In bankers bills at
$4.83.25 for sixty day bills and at
$4S6.20 for demand.
(, Commercial bills-s482k.
Bar silver--b2hc.
Mexican dollars-45c.
! Government enthusiastically.
Railroad bonds-Irregular.
Money on Call, 2h@2&%; ruling
rate. Nv %; closing bid, 2A% %; offered
at $3.50.
Time loans Easier; sixty days 80
3A%; ninety days, 3A@3k% six
months. 37s @49o.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
Laughs Were Numerous.

The fifth inning resulted in white
wash for both sides but the sixth gave
the legless gents three more tallies.
The seventh found two more cOrked
gentlemen across the home plank. The
eighth frame resulted disastrously for
the one legged gents, their opponents
seven runs and sending the fans into
spasms because of the actions Of
scoring the monolegs. The one armed
men started the fun when Wayfield
walked. Wright sent the pill through
sfortstop and sent Wayfleld to third,
he himself making second In the
scramble OF crutches, cork legs and
real ones, for the ball. Rogers tapped
the ball and reached first, but Way
field endeavored to get fresh with the
one legged fraternity. thinking that
he could steal home. but he was tag
ged.f Stevens then biffed the pill for
two sacks and scored Wright and
Fisher. who had gained second on a
bunt and tumble. Harter also hit
for two bags and Stevens came home.
Then series OF hits and errors sent
tally after tally over the plate, MAX
ing seven runs in all. The last frame
resulted in two runs for the armless
m en- and one for the legless.
The pitchers in the mix were hit
almost at will, but for short distances,
with one or two exceptions only. There
were threats to kill Umpire Scrap
Iron, and once or twice heated
alterations arose between the play
ers In the fifth Hickman was hit
on his cork foot by the pill and he set
up an awful howl of pain. There
were many other laughable incidents
of ~ ,Ame, in fact they seemed to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
LIBERTYVlLLE.

Mrs. Sam huffman and children,
who have been visiting relatives and
friends for the last month. left Friday
NIGHT for their home In New Richland.
MINI. They were accompanied by Joe
Huffman.
Lloyd Frye, who has been seriously
Ill in the hospital at Cedar Rapids IS
Mr. aud Mrs. Oscar Swanson were
shopping In Ottumwa Friday.
Mr. iTroxel Of Burlington is a guest
Of ]. e. Rankin
Mr., and Mrs. Neal Cuminge 81 near
Des Moines are here visiting at the
Taylor Nc ore home and other relatives
Mrs. j. r. Laughlin went to Ottum-
Mrs. G. &. Phillips and daughter Of
Centerviie. and George Gladfelder 81
Moravia, Ia, are visiting Mr.. and MIS-
Joe Fulton
Mrs Carrie Evans and children CT
Garden Grove, Ia, and Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Smith OF Leon. visited last week
at G. A. Eeston's.
Miss Edna Warren left Tuesday for
Mount Pleasant to attend school.
Alex Moss of. Abba visited with old
friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Hawkins OF
Mystic were over Sunday visitors with
friends here.
Mrs. Lizzie Morley OF Table Grove
ILL.,, was guest OF her sons last week.
Miss Goldie Anderson visited over
Sunday with her sister, at Mount
Pleasant
Elmer Anderson of Nevada, Ia, IS
visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Leedv left Mon
day for st. Joseph, H.. called there by
the illness Of Mr.. Leedy's uncle.
Mrs .Lorenz and daughter OF Mis-
souri,. are guests at the Frank Shinn
home.
Born-To Mr., and Mrs. Earl Howard
a boy.
Mrs Ralph Anderson left for heI
home in Davenport Sunday, after d
two weeks visit with Mrs. oliver Clan
idge, and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Fell are visiting
relatives In Illinois.
Mrs. Henry Brebe and son, Rex, Wis
tied last week In Stockport.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-19
st. Louis Produce.

st. Lo:1is Mo-, Sept. 1s.-The pro-
duce market follows:
Poultry---Market firm; chickens, 1sc;
springs 1oc: turkeys, i1hc; ducks, lie:
geese &c - u -t-..-
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happen every moment. but 1t would
be too much to chronicle them all.
Announce Challenge.
The victors desire to announce that
they challenge any, team of one armed
or one legged men in the state. Any
teams desiring to accept this defy
should communicate with Manager
Ed Shuckrow or Manager Whitfield.
The Lineup.
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Butter-Market steady; creamery, II
Galueston Cotton Market.

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Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
a Luscious MorseI.

A speaker at a literary dinner in New York said:
 'He who writes for posterity can only expect the approval of posterity. To his own generation his work will be as unpalatable as German carp and you know the recipe for cooking German carp?
 NO? We'll, then, this is it:
 Catch a German carp in stagnant and muddy stream. Clean 1t imme- diately and hang |; in the sun three days to dry. After 1t is thoroughly dried nail 1t to a spruce board and cover it with a paste of salt and mud. Let it stand two days longer. Now bake 1t forty-eight hours. Remove the nails. scrape off the salt and mud paste carefully and then eat the board never eat the carp"
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Responsive Flowers.

Karlstrom says flowers have under standing and know when persons care for them. He says they respond to a loving touch and to a caress. The Swedish collector touches flowers af- fectionately as he walks through his greenhouse and insists they have a language for those who understand. He points to flower with dropping head and says it is calling for water. In different ways, he explains, flowers ask for light, warmth, sunshine, and when satisfied the flowers lift up their heads buoyantly and express the pure joy of being. Karlstrom advises the study of flowers through magnify ing glasses, saying their beauty is not half appreciated otherwise. A flower under the glass. he asserts, re- veals remarkable beauty and if taken to pieces discloses wonders never ap- preciated.--New York Press.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
q Sansitiva Horaa.

Harsh treatment. though ir stop short of infiicting physical pain, keeps a nervous horse in a state of misery. A single blow may be enough to spoil a racer. Daniel Lambert, founder of the Lambert branch of the Morgan family, was thought as a three-year- old to be the fastest trotting stallion of his day. He was very handsome, stylish, intelligent horse and also ex- tremely sensitive. His driver. Dan Mace, though one of the best reins- men in America, once made the mis- take, through i'll temper or bad Judg- ment, of giving Daniel Lambert a se- we're cut with the whip, and that sin gle blow put an end to his usefulness as a trotter. He became wild and un- governable in harness and remained so for the rest of his life.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Odd Marriaue Notices.

Here are some quaint old time mar riage notices that have been dug up by the Springfield Union:
 Tn Bozrah. August. 1919, Mir. John Bate of Williamsburg, Mass, to Miss Mary Ann Bass of the former place, after a courtship or one hour.
 Is not this angling we'll. ask.
 Such tender bait to take?
 He caught in one small hour Bass.
 The Bass. though, caught the Bate. Married, at Bridgewater, Dec. 16, 17sS, Captain Thomas Baxter of Quincy, aged sixty six, to Miss Whit man of the former place, aged fifty eight years, after a long and tedious courtship of forty-eight years, which they both sustained with uncommon fortitude.
 Tn Boston, April, 1921, by the Rev. William Sabine, Joseph Willicut to Miss Susan Whitmarsh, after tedious courtship of thirteen days, and but thirty-hve days after the death of his former wife.
 The best way. 1t seems, a deep sorrow to
 smother,
 For the loss of wife is-to marry an-
 other.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Hsatstroks and sunstroke,

Heatstroke and sunstroke are terms usually applied indifferently to either of two quite distinct conditions, to each of which only one of the. names properly applies. Heatstroke, as its name implies, is a condition caused by the action of excessive heat, either the torrid heat of summer or the artificial heat of a foundry, a furnace, the stoke hole of a steamship, etc. It occurs with almost as great frequency at night as in the day. and its victims may be overcome on a cloudy day or without having ventured from their homes. The other form, properly call ed sunstroke, is due to the direct ac- ton of the sun-probably of Its ultra violet or chemical rays rather than of its heat rays. Only those who have been long exposed to the direct rays of the sun, such as soldiers on the march, harvesters, ball players, etc, are the subjects of true sunstroke.-Dr. T. l.. Stedman In Good Housekeeping.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
HUMORS OF WAR
Continued from First Page.)

now off for Petersburgh, which we ar rived ln sight of about noon and relieved tw colored regiments. When we halted we were slightly sheltered from the rebel shot and shell. The afternoon was somewhat cloudy and we were in place, rest" and had chance to talk with the oolored boys that had been relieved and came from the front where the "Johnnies" had made it hot for them.
 Less than four days before the people son in the Art of War They were not easy lessons but opened up with lesson {, on both sides. Our colored comrades thought that they had tasted of bitt r doses. They had lost quite heavily and expressed themselves to some of our boys of what they called unfairness in being paid only eight dollars per month. We did not dispute them. We lay quite. waiting for darkness to come, that wo might be moved into position nearer the city, which was i'll plain sight. Your position was close by a small creek that we learned afterwards was Harrison Greek. and just over the ridge where it sIoped towards Petersburgh was an old house called the Harrison House." the occupants Of which had made a nasty exitupon the approach of the Yankee" :" This house was one and one-haf story house set with the gable towards the city and upon four foot brick base ment or underpinning. situated in very pleasant yard sloping to the west, and with all, making a very pleasant home. of which I will write more fully in my next.
 ITO be continuedl
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
WEST CORNWALL
ITO be continued.

Housatonio Valley Pomona Grange Mo- 10 will meet with North Cornwall grange at their grange hall Sept. 20th. 1911. Dinner as usual on the basket plan. The usual routine will be carried out. Business and initiation in the morning, with an open Lecturers hour in the afternoon, to which the public is invited.
 Harry Preston accompanied his grand mother, Mrs; V.C. Sanford to Newark, N. J.. where he remained for two weeks, leaving her there for a longer visit with her sister. I. c. L. Listman and family have re- turned to their home at Montclair. t O. P. Butler. of Cortland, N. Y., is combining business with pleasure and painting the residence of Mrs. L. A Cartwright, during his vacation. s' G. W. Read and daughter returned to Bantam, Saturday.
 A. W. Bailey is substituting at the station work in New Milford and L. A. Davis is still in Mir. Bailey's place here at the station.
 The dance given by the Girls Club at Masonic Hall last Friday evening drew large crowd from surrounding towns, despite the rainy evening. The com- mittee was disappointed in getting the music planned, so were kept busy at the last minute searching for same. At ol 6 time it was thought the project would have to be abandoned, but the whole matter worked out successfully finally.
 The young men of the Estee Company are now planning for another of their successful and enjoyable dances in about two weeks.
 Miss Katherine N. Sidewalk visited her sister in Sharon, Sunday.
 Miss Abbie Smith, of Sharon, is at the home of her brother, Judge Smith, during the illness of Mrs. Smith.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Hintn For kdostnnn.

When the luncheon guests are ladies exclusively the hostess leads the way to the dining room, where places are chosen at will or are fixed by dainty plate favors with the names inscribed , on one side. .A.
 Many hostesses prepare for an infor- nal musical and literary program fol- Towing luncheon.
 Black borders of equal width on sta tionery and cards are used by tho wfd- ow as long as she wears mourning.
 Postal cards are only proper for an- nouncing meetings or the most imper- sonal messages.
 The hostess driving with another woman in a closed carriage allows her guest to take the choice of seats by giving her precedence in entering the carriage.
 Only the most delicate scent is allow ed on lady's stationery, and 1t is bet ter to dispense with perfumery in this line altogether. If used q sachet is in- troduced into the box in which the stu tionery is kept. the scent being the same as that affected by the owner.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Concernind Letters.

Women. as a rule, are notoriously lax in their correspondence. In this they follow the revised version of m old adage. "Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until day after to- morrow" When necessity finally steps in and demands an immediate reply, duty and courtesy having failed of their purpose, it is the habit of woman to begin her belated letter with a pro- posed apology and ramhle on for pages, telling the chain of circumstances re- sponsible for the delay. A simple apol- ogy for the negligence Is all good taste demands. More satisfactory in every particular is the plan of answering each letter immediately following its arrival. In this way mall does not ac- cumulate in formidable heaps and there is no need for apologies
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
rhlnua One Should Know.

When escorting a young lady and her mother a man cares for the moth CT first and, if possible. divides the at tention so that both ladies are made comfortable.
 When a young woman is entertain ing a girl friend any invitation ex- tended to her includes her guest. If it involves q card party, dinner or any affair requiring special prepara- ton the entertainer informs her host ess that she will bring her guest.
 When a woman accepts q seat vacat. ed for her in train or car her escort lifts his hat in acknowledgment of the courtesy.
 It is very bad form to insist upon n guest drinking wine or liquors at table. He probably has some very good and sufficient reason for such re- fusal
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Good 
Advios to Girls.

Many girls have asked how they may become well bred. That is a hard question to answer in so many words. The term itself implies that 1t must come with training. Perhaps the most helpful beginning would be to find some one who can serve you as n sort of model. Women of charm and dis tinction are unfortunately few, but 1t must be a poor society indeed where at least one woman of grace and re- hnement cannot be found.
 Having decided upon one woman there may be more if you are lucky study her. Try to discover what con stitutes her charm and what are her blemishes Be sure to let your charm ing woman serve as. ''sort" Of model. Do not slavishly copy tones, gestures, dress. 1t Is only something of her spirit that you are to try to catch, for there are two rules which, if you will follow them, will do more for you than even your model can. You will find that she is your model because she followed these rules her self ..
 The first is, Think about others, not about yourself" and the second is the same.
 The first one means to think about others in the sense of being consid- crate of them. The second one means just think about them. If you want q magic key to unlock for you the door to popularity, to happiness, to being interested and interesting, seize upon those six simple words and pin your faith to them: Think about others, not about yourselves" Just watch yourself for awhile and see how con stantly one subject absorbs your thoughts. And that subject is your self-your clothes. your appearance, your feelings. your likes, your tight shoes. your invitation to the football game or your failure to receive one.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
How kanaaroos Fiaht.

Kangaroos are distributed over all parts of Queensland. The "old man." or fully grown male, is mostly found on downs and in open forest country. An "old man" sometimes grows to the into rocky gorge or corner will turn and face its pursuer. It is a formi- dable adversary at close quarters. It's mode of fighting Is to clasp its enemy in its arms, hug him to its breast and then with its powerful hind claws rip him open.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Why the Head of a Lion,

A custom there is in most parts of Europe to adorn aqueducts, spouts and eisterns with lions heads. which. though no illaudable ornament, Is of an Egyptian genealogy, who practiced the same under a symbolical illation. For because the sun being in Leo. the flood of Nilus was at the full and water became conveyed into every part. they made the spouts of their aqueducts through the head of lion. Sir Thomas Browne. Vulgar "Er- rors"
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
RathHr EmhnrraRaina.

"When friend asks me to accom- Pany him to n concert fin the evening who is to make the first move after his arrlvalT' inquired girl recently "l come down with hat and gloves on ready to start. but he seems Inclined to finger and converse. Should l or should he call attention to the clock?"
 As you do not wish to be late at the concert and your escort seems to have no idea of time, 1t Is in order for you to take the initiative and say, Had we moi better startp
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
A Dubious compIiment.

Dolby was showing off his baby.
 Think he looks like me. Slithers?" he asked.
 "Well-no," said Slithers. looking at the youngster critically. He's q queer looking little cuss all right, but shouldn't go as far as to say that he looks like you."-Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Eskimo Beliefs.

Eskimos believe that earth and air are filled with spirits. The one drags men into the earth by the feet, from which they never emerge, the other strikes men dead, leaving no mark. They often stop and listen and say that Tuna of the wind is passing by, imagining that the air is full of voices.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Turn About.

Papa says if I give up my singing lessons he will present me with a pair of diamond earrings"
 You have never worn earrings, have you2
 No; I should have to have my ears pierced"
 "Ah. yesl I see his idea. He wants to pay you back in your own coinw
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
WnnanIa Mnna-

As soon as a married woman gets S60 saved up she becomes oppressed by the thought that she is merely ac. cumulating a fortune for the second wife to spend.-Louisville Courier Journal
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Did. His Best,

The Clergyman-Do you mean to say that your wife goes to church every Sunday without you? Illus band-Well. it isn't my fault. l can't persuade her to stay at home.-Stray Stories.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
Our Nnar Nninhhnrs

Mother - Don't you know, darling. hat we are commanded to love our leighbors? Little One Yes. an [ ''nose that's cause we can get along with most everybody -Exchungc
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14

It is far better to be innocent than oenitpnt. to prevent the malady than Invent tue remedy.-Secker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-26

!. Areport by the census bureau gives
some interesting figures bearing on
the collapse Of the bicycle craze IN
this country. The high water mark
in the bicycle industry, the report
says, was reached about 1899, when
the annual product amounted to more
than $31,0O0,OOO. By 1904 the product
had decreased to s5,153,000. About
1904 the motorcycle came into promi-
hence and it's manufacture has in
creased rapidly.
The capital invested, as reported in
1909, was $9,7SO,OO0, a gain of $3,S97,.
900, or &C per cent, over $5,SS3,0OO IN
1904. The average capital per estab-
lishment was approximately 100000
in 1909 and $5S,O00 in 1904. .&
The value of products was $10,699,-
900 in 1909 and $5,153.000 in 1904, an
increase Of $5,546,000, or 108 per cent.
The average per establishment was
approximately $4,000 in 1909 and
$4,000 in 1904. H..
The number of bicycles manufac-
tured decreased from 250,628 in 1904
to 233,7O7 in 1909, or seven per cent.
In 1909 there were 1923 motorcycles
manufactured and in 1904 only 2.32S.
In 1909 there We're 1872 motorcycles,
and in 1904 only five were reported.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-26

table, and to give the consumer q
chance to buy butter at price he can
AFFORD to pay. And when this propos.
al Is made, you will find the tariff re-
formers Of South Dakota fighting it.
Why? Simply because this is q dairy.
state. and because the men who own
cows and have butter to sell have the
votes. The tax on cleo Is q tax on
the consumer for the benefit OF the
dairyn1an. It has not even the poor
V1rture OF revenue producer. We
profess In South Dakota to be In IA
vor Of tariff reduction. but every vote
IN South Dakota on the proposal to re-
reduce the tax on oelo, 30 as to bring
relief on the price OF butter, will be
against 1t. We favor reducing the
tariff on the other mans products;
not on ours Hence we were very
angry when the proposed Canadian
treaty put some of our products on
the free list. What we want is.to
have the tariff taken from the things
that We buy and not from the things
we sell. It so happens that every
body else feels the same way about ii.
But are We really and honestly ia IA
vor Of downward revision OF the tariff
when we howl 30 INCREASINGLY when
our own productssDr asked to share
In the trimmingi " s8.it
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-26
PROFITS IN WOOL.

one interesting item in the report
az the tariff board on the wool tariff
schedule was that relating to the cost
If suit Of clothes from the back
Of a sheep to the back of q man, and
The tracing of the profits to their
sources. The report said that in a
anti selling at retail for $23 and whole
sailing at $3.50, the farmer receives
for the wool in such suit 1928 and
Mis- profit is sixty-eight cents; the
manufacturer Of cloth receives for his
product S4.78 and his profit is 70 cents,
the wholesale clothing dealer receives
for his product $3.50 and his profit
IL s2.1S; the retail clothing dealer re-
ceiyes s23 and his profit is $3.50.
These figures go to show that most
NJ the cost of suit of clothes is the
labor cost, the labor Of the tailor in
Ynaking the suit and of the retailer in
selling 1t to the consumer. The
farmer certainly is entitled to pro
A. A. Of sixty-eight cents for the wool
.that goes into such suit and the
manufacturer is not making much
from suit when his profit is but
twenty-three cents. And 1t is appar-
ant maj whatever reduction is made
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-26
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FARMING
80

Mr.: and Mrs. Grant Beer and Mrs.
MATILDA Van zant have returned from,
an extended stay In Louisville. XIV. 1
Mrs. Fred Schultz OF Moline, Iii. IL
me guest Of her parents c. w. Sher-
rick and wife. ''. $50
MRS. Mary Scott has gone to Chicago
Barnett. - n 4 To- 'soi = a.
Miss Blanche Wells Of Croton ana
VIII wilson Of st. John, K:tns., we9a
married Saturday afternoon at tlie
nome of the bride. The bride is we'll
ana 1ayorably known In Farninrton.
havlng graduated in the class 81 1S11
ana since then has been s,,ccessf.,I
teacher. The happy couple left tha
same afternoon Tor St. John. Kans.
"nere the groom owns a ranch.
Miss Bonnie Jeffries returned sat ~
urday TO her home in Keokuk after 4
visit with her grandparents Mr.. and
MRS VIM. Sprouse. 81 '
Mrs. Bessie Bridge and little daurh-
Ter OF heokuk who have been VISITING
Mrs. Bridges sister Mrs. WIN. Van
1ant. returned home Saturday. ~ '
Mrs. c. r. Franks was a R,,est ~ fha
wedding Of Miss Blanche wells Il,
VIII Wilson at Croton Saturday after q