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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-19
GOOD SCHEME.

go GOOD SCHEME.
"Out at my uncle's the people go to
bed with the chickens"
''Well at the price chickens sell at
now they are certainly worth watch
ing" a5 2 II 9%
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-08
RAT CATCHER IS
HONORED PLACE
Danger OF Bubonic Plasile
Makes Rodent Exterminaf- !
ing A Great Profession

With the plague at the nations
doors the ancient if not specially
honored profession of therat-catcher,
may come again into vogue; At least
until science and invention have
solved the problem of eliminating
the rat altogether. y.
In the congested and insanitarYi
cities of centuries ago It is easy to
imagine the utility of such a fnnc-i
tionary. The profession still exists
in most ofthe larger cities its rep,
resentative "a sort of non criminal
member of the underworld claim
ing special skill or mysterious pro,
fessional secrets IN his way of work
ing.
1t is not to be doubted that such
individuals are better acquainted
than the rest of the community with
the ways of the pestilent rodents,
and the success of some has passed
intotradition as little short of mar
lyelous. The usefulness Of the pro-
| fession should make 1t more respect
able at this time than it has been in
the past.
Boards of health and sanitary
authorities might well utilize this
class of workers as a temporary
means of warding off threatening
crisis ike the impending epidemic of
plague.
Catching the rat, to be. sure like
swatting the fly, is lame and auri-
satisfactory expedient. says The
Journal Of the American Medical AS
sociation, compared with, themethod
of building and starving both out of
existence; but SO long as such, an
anachronism as the rat exists, there
is no inconsistency in fighting it with
a medieval institution like the rat
catcher.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-08
Three conditions, if well followed


Three conditions. If weIlfoIlowed.
will make one reasonably sure that
IS per centsor more Of his corn will
terminate if it was mature when
selected: 1st. Good circulation of
air to carry away surplus moisture.
End. A temperature above freezing
until the corn is thoroughly dry.
3rd! Corn selected early enough so
that it will dry before cold weather.
Different places and methods are
utilized for storing the corn. Among
the best places are attics above the
kitchen, second story rooms and eel
lars in which there are furnaces, al
ways remembering to keep up. the
air circulation. 'a8ta
perhaps one of the best methods
of hanging the corn is the double
string method which prevents the
ears from touching each other.
8; The point is that the1ears should
be exposed to good circulation of
air and protected from hardb freez-
ing. Think about this now! Do it
now!"s "a sa sgaf sssas
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-08
DESTROYS
!. D'a!.n!ldI:iruf

Ayers Hair Vigor keeps the
scalp clean and healthy,
destroys all dandruff, and
greatly promotes the growth
of the hair. You will GER
tainly be pleased with it as
a dressing for your hair. It
keeps the hair soft and
smooth and promptly checks
any falling of the hair. 1t
does not color the, hair, and
cannot injure the hair or
scalp. Consult your doctor
about these hair problems.
Ask him what he thinks of
Ayers Hair Vigor.
g Made by thesg o. AVER co.. Le~eii. Mass.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-08
Raymond HoOfs It AIS Miles

To the Editor of the Gazette:
.Es l returned Thursday from Detroit
by way of Alexandria and Willmar
walking 200 milessthus bringing my
total mileage up to 425 miles every
inch of whichrwas covered by foot.
RAYMOND. l3AGNoN.
Full Blood R.C. r. |. Red Cocker.
els for sale. Inquire Of Clara z.
Wilson miles east of Redwood, on
Morton road. - 1876
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
RAPID AMEniUANS.
An English Critic on Our Barber Shops
and Rocking Chairs.

\
/ cannot find that quickness is an
American characteristic. What Is mis-
taken for quickness is kind of nerv-
GUS fidgets. for the American is in
6nitely restless and nervous. 1t is
shown in bis passion for doing many
things at once. The barber shop, a
thing enthusiastically American, af-
fords a wonderful example OF this sub
stitntion Of restlessness and circum-
stance for real rapidity and economy
of time. The business man, still In
his dramatic character of locomotive
pressed for time. hurries into the bar
Der shop and extends himself In 4
chair, feet and hands outspread,
bootback engaged on each boot. a
manicurist on each hand and the bar
Der himself operating on his head.
But such are the seduetions Of the
barber shop that he probably spends
twenty minutes or half an hour there,
as against the Englishman's four or
FIVE minutes.
1t is time simply wasted. from
business point of view: that is to say,
1t is spent in sheer luxury. For the
Americans, being among the cleanest
people In the world. have Roman
sense Of luxury In everything that APP
pertains TO washing and care of the
body; and their layatories and barber
shops are like temples raised to some
goddess of health and cleanliness, And,
finally, 1t was America that invented
that triumph in the achievement of
two opposite things at the rock
Ing chair. So restless Is the Ameri-
can that even -he~ he is resting he
wants TO be moving. and consequently
he has achieved this Internal engine.
the rocking chair. In which when he
Is obliged to remain in one place for
time, he can indulge in continuous
movement which yet does not advance
him an inch. He can - be busy
even while be Is mt rest. Young
in English Review.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
GoMpERs CHALLENGES HEPBURN.
Writes in American Federationist Defy
ing Senator.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Hey
burn of Idaho is challenged by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, in an editorial in the
February issue of the American Fedora
ZIONIST, to produce in court OF law
any evidence which he may have Of any
illegal acts performed by Gompers. The
editorial is based upon the occurrences
in the Senate last Thursday, when SEN
ator Hepburn said that no communica-
ton should be received from Mr. Com
pers "because of the facts disclosed in
the Mcnamara trial and subsequent
thereto" President Gompers, address
ing Mr.. Hepburn, says:
81 now and here defy you and ehal-
lenge you to produce in a court of law
any such evidence You viii observe
that I specifically state lin court of
law rather than under the constitution
al protection which surrounds your priv
ilege to wag your unbridled tongue in
indirection and insinuation."
After declaring that he had been a
citizen of the United States since 1872,
President Gompers says:
81 am willing that the American peo-
pie shall Judge between you and me as
to which of us stands for the dollar and
which for the manhood, the woman
hood and the childhood Of our coun-
try.n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23

wholesome for women and children than
town lifeg The rich of course can do
What they will, even duplicate their city
establishments in the country; and the
really poor ,will have much discomfort
wherever they are. But need the women
and children Of fairly well to do fam
lily fare worse in the country than in
the town?
Yes, as farm life has been; but not
n it may easily be made. And this is
the point the possibility now Of bring
ing about this change. There are conn
try regions perhaps not many yet
where the schools are as good as in
the cities. where roads are good enough
to make ones neighbors accessible, where
telephones and trolley lines prevent iso-
Iotion, and especially where, by gas en-
gines or in other ways, running water
NAV be put into residences. With these
conveniences. no woman of reasonable
intellectual and social resources need
suffer BY going from the town to the
country if she GO to a fairly prosperous
rel ion. Most of the strong women who
reared most Of the strong men in our
history were country women who did
not have these advantages and convent
ebces. Running water, good road and
a good school, however, come rs near as
any other three things to making the
difference between civilization and the
state Of the pioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
Sleep in a Cold Room.

No one can sleep in a hot, poorly ven
tilated room, and be in condition to re-
sist cold contagion. You're safer in a
room with the mercury at 30 than in
one with the mercury at so. In the
sleeping room ii should not be allowed 10
60 above go. Forty or 80 is better than
so
In bedroom with but one window
raise the window slightly at the bottom,
and lower it cores ondingly at the top
If there is more than one window, raise
one and lower another at the top
When windows are on but one side Of
the room, transom should be opened
or a door left ajar to help the circulation
Of air when the wind is not blowing
directly on the windows.
Remember that even in the coolest
weather, TO secure perfect ventilation.
there must be a constant movement of
air through the ROOM There should
at least be draught enough to make
marked impression on one side of wet
ted finger In hot weather the wind
should be allowed to blow through the
room freely.
II the bed is so placed that the air
coming in at the window blows on the
sleeper too strongly, defeetor may
be placed on the window sill to throw
the stream of air up over the bed.-Ex-
change.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23

rhages which would last for weeks and /
was not able to sit up in bed. | suffered
a great deal with my back and was SO
nervous could scarcely sleep at night,
and / did not do any homework for three
years.
"Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit / have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more than 80
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman's ills.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia II. Pinkham's Negeta"
BILE Compound viii help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinlxham Medicine Co.
(confidential) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
DISCOVERY OF NEW GRASSES.
Many Varieties Found in the Panama
Canal Zone

Prof. a. s. Hitchcock. systematic
agrostologist of the bureau of plant in.
| dustry, department of agriculture, WIN
Represented the Smithsonian institution
in the biological survey of the canal zone
as a collector of grasses. has Just re-
turned to Washington. With him is his
son, Frank II. Hitchcock also special
ist on grasses, who assisted his father
in the field Prof Hitchcock reports that
he had a most successful trip and brings
with him an excellent collection of sp sci-
mems. He states that the knowledge of
the grasses of Panama has been greatly
increased by his work. While his official
report and statistical statement are not
vet completed, he estimates that he has
secured about $50 species of grasses
from the canal zone alone, and that,
including the collections of Messrs. Pit
.tier and Maxon, the national herbariunl
will have MS many as 200 species from
Panama. This greatly increases the
known species, and Prof. Hitchcock be-
lieyes that he has from four to five
times as many from this region as We're
previously known. Many OF the species
found in Panama were known previous
IL only from Brazil and other regions
Oh south ATlpIlcN. IN one genus. tue
North American species Of which have
only recently been monographed, there
are many additions and some new spe-
cies, and this is probably true in the
case of other genera.
While in the field, Prof. Hitchcock
made a trip to Central America, wher1
he spent two months collecting the
grasses of that region. The collections
made by Prof. Hitchcock in Panama and
Central America, together with that
made during the previous year in Mex
leo, will supplement to such an extent
the already large series of grasses in the
herbarium at Washington that the lat
ter will comprise more material of this
nature than is to be found anywhere
else in the world. This remarkably. con-
plete collection win prove of incstin'a-
BILE worth to specialists who may have
occasion in the future to study tropical
grasses, the economic importance or
which win doubtless increase as the
years 90 by.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
Try This HomesM0de
Cough Remedy
Costs Little, But Does the Work
Quickly, or Money Refunded.

Mix one pint of graduated sugar with
minutes. Put 21a ounces of Pinex fifty
cents WORTH in pint bottle; then add
the Sugar Syrup. Take teaspoonful
every one, two or three hours.
You will find that this simple REM
edy takes hold of cough more quickly
than anything else you ever used. Usu-
ally ends q deep seated cough inside
of "a hours. Splendid, too, for whoop-
ing cough, Group, chest pains, bronchi-
It's and other throat troubles. 1t slim
ulates the appetite and is slightly lax
alive, which helps end a cough.
This recipe makes more and better
cough syrup than you could buy ready
made for $3.50. 1t keeps perfectly and
tastes pleasantly.
Pinex is the most valuable concen-
trated compound of Norway white pine
extract, and is rich in guaiacol and all
the natural pine elements which are so
healing to the membranes. Other prep
arations will not work in this formula.
This plan of making cough syrup with
Pinex and sugar syrup Tor strained
honey has proven so popular through
out the United States and Canada that
it is often initiated. But the old. sue
cessful formula has never been eaualed.
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction,
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex or
viii get it for You. IF not, send to The
Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
DAUGHTERS
in DANGER
Lack Of Blood Now May Result in
a Lifetime of iii Health.

There must be no guesswork about
the treatment OF pale, an@mic girls. IL
your daughter is languid, has a pale,
sallow complexion, is short OF breath,
especially on going up stairs, has pal
pitation OF the heart, a tendency to
faint and a poor appetite, she has
anaemia or lack of blood. Mistakes or
delay In the treatment may result in
in such serious Impairment OF her health
that she will be weak and sickly during
the rest OF her life.
Armenia is loss of richness in the
blood which cannot be made good with
out careful, intelligent treatment. The
disease occurs in oyer-worked girls and
In those who overstudy or are under
some strain. 1t may also be inherited
from the mother.
Words fail to express the benefit I
have received from Or. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People," says Miss Mar
garet l.. r. Shade, of No 1856 Franks
town avenue, Pitteburg, Pa. 81 was
afflicted with anamia for eight years
and became SO weak and short OF breath
that | could hardly walk. My COM
plexion was white and you could almost
see through my ears, they were so
transparent. L was go changed in APP
pearance that oftentimes my acquaint-
ances did not know me. / had no APP
petite and food distressed me so that
often had to vomit. There were short
jabbing pains through my heart and /
was sore across my chest and back. |
was constipated and had severe head
aches. There were sharp pains in my
temples and back of the neck which
were followed by nausea and dizziness.
These dizzy spells came on mesuddenly
and caused me to sit or lie down.
was treated by three doctors. Two call
ed my trouble anamia, while the other
said it might be green sickness. They
did not help me, however, and began
to take DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, Igave the pills thorough
trial and was entirely cured.
The most satisfactory way to give the
blood the elements which it lacks is
through DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. A thorough, persistent
trial will make the blood pure and red.
Two booklets, "Plain Talks to Wo-
men, and Diseases OF the Blood"
will be sent free upon request.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt OF price, DOC, per box; six
boxes, SO so, by the DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
Priests Advice led TO
Their Recovery

Thin, weak. or frail people-those who
take cold easily and sufferers of BrOn-
clitis and Asthma, should be prepared
with Eckmnns Alternative in the house.
remarkable cures Of even Tuberculous
tConSunptiyel persons are often accom-
plished. Here are two cases:
Gentlemen: On June 5, 1907, WIS
operated upon for Tubercular Peritonitis
at st. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, N y
After the operation my physicians gave
me up. ] was then urged by a priest
to take Eckmaus Alternative, which |
did NV weight at the time was II lbs.
| began to improve and steadily gained
in health and strength. / now weigh 125
lbs, and am absolutely cured"
(Signed Afiidavit EDNA FINER.
80 Savannah St, Rochester. n. Y.
Gentlemen: | was troubled with Asth-
ma and Bronchitis for seventeen years.
After trying many remedies Eckman's Al
teratve was recommended to me by our
parish priest. | am now feeling fine. /
cannot praise it enough :"
(Signed ANNA NAE McENTEE,
AffidnviD Lacon. Ill.
Eckman's Alternative is effective in Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Hay Fever: Throat and
Lung Troubles. and i'm upbuilding the
system. Does not contain poisons opiatcs
OF habit-forming drugs. Ask for booklet
of cured cases ana write to Eckman
Philadelphia, Pa. for more evil
dence For sale by all leading druggists and
Burt H. Wells, Barre, Vt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
Government to End Case in
Three Weeks
FAULTY MEMORIES SCORED
Action Against Them May Be Taken
The Federal Attorney Sums Up
the Prosecution to
Date.

Chicago, Jan. 23.United States Dis
trict Attorney James II. Wilkerson pre-
diets that the governments side Of the
case against the indicted Chicago pack
ers would be concluded within three
weeks. Investigators for the govern
mcnt have submitted to Mr.. Wilkerson
comparisons between testimony given
at this trial by certain witnesses and
that given before the federal grand
jurics which have invest gated the pack
ers' case. This action, ii is said, was
by the apparent faulty mem
cries of witnesses on matters considered
important by the government. Mr. VIII
kcrson declined to discuss this phase of
the matter. 1t was intimated, however,
that action against these witnesses was
under. consideration
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
Lancashire Cotton Truce is
Regulated
THE RlLEYS CEASE WORKING
Miss Bury, However, Is Permitted to
Stay--The Operatives Went Back
Only Yesterday to Their
Work.

Manchester, Eng, Jan. 23-Work has
been resumed everywhere in the cotton
trade with the exception Of few spin
ming mills, which will be run on short
time for week or so. The woman,
Margaret Bury, who, owing to her re-
fusal to join the trades union, caused
the dispute between the employers and
the workers, is doing her customary
work at the York mills. The operatives
and employers are to observe truce
for year, during which the question Of
the employment of non-unionist labor is
to remain in allegiance. In Aecrington,
however, the trade unionists repudiated
the truce and made matters so unpleas-
ant for Mr.. and Mrs. Riley, the non
unionists, whose employment by the mill
owners occasoned the strike in that
city, that they were obliged TO cease
their work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
BRINGS BOOKS OF STEEL
TRUST TO COMMITTEE
Attorney Reid Requests That the Trade
Secrets Revealed Be Not
Disclosed.

Washington, Jan %. President ]. ].
Farrell and Attorney J. A. Reid of the
United States Steel corporation, APP
pearing yesterday before the House
Steel trust" investigating committee,
produced books and records ordered by
the committee. Mr.. Reid said the cor
poration had not abandoned hope that
the committee would avoid unnecessary
publicity of the operating costs of the
corporations business.
Chairman Stanley told the steel Off
cials that It was not the committees
purpose unnecessarily to make public
trade secrets. but that all the facts es-
sential to show the corporations stand
ing under the Sherman antitrust law
would be made public.
"There will he no unnecessary or
spiteful use of these records he added.
THAT is all | can ask" replied Attor-
ney Reid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-23
SUMMARY OF TRIAL TO DATE.
Federal District Attorney Tells What the
Government Has Shown.

United States District Attorney VIII
kerson says that the government in the
first six weeks of the trial has made
substantial progress in offering evidence
in support Of its charges that the Chi
eago packers maintained combination
in restraint of trade, When court adj
journed Saturday the government had
examined seventeen witnesses and Of
fered in evidence numerous documents Of
various kinds bearing on the business
methods of the men under Indictment.
The records in the case promise TO be
the most voluminous in the history of.
criminal proceedings in the federal
courts. The stenographie report already
amounts to more than million words.
A summary of the governments evil
dence thus far presented, according to
Mr. Wilkerson, shows:
That the packers between 1894 and
1902 had pool which met every Tues
day and divided territory. fixed percent
ages Of shipments, agreed upon margins
and followed uniform system in figur-
ing the cost of beef.
That these weekly meetings stopped
for few months after the issuance Of
Judge Grosseups injunction against the
packers in 1902.
That these meetings were resumed at
the homes of the members in the sum
mer Of 1902
That the Armour, Swift and Morris
interests acquired by purchase on Joint
account. the plants of eight competitors
and attempted to form a giant merger
of the packing interests of the country,
with a capital of nearly l.0000O0.000.
That the plan was abandoned because
of the inability of the promoters to
france IT,
That the National Packing company
was formed in March. 1903, to operate
the plants of the eight competitors, and
that it's stock was divided between the
Armour Swift and Morris interests.
That since then the hackers as di- |
rectors and officers of the National Pack |
ing company have held weekly meet |
ings at which the practice of dividing 1
territory, fixing percentage shipments |
and agreeing on margins was continued !
the period covered by the |
Indictment.
That the system of figuring the test
cost of beef used in one form or an
other by the members of the alleged |
was the basis used in fix
ing margins
That the representatives of Armour.
Swift, Morris and the National Pack
ing company ir New York and Boston
met in 1905 and 1906 daily and ex-
changed figures on shipments, margins
and selling prices.
That the hackers sent weekly instrue
lions to their branch-house managers in
sverv territory irving shipments to be
made and margins.
The counsel for the defense laws spe-
'ial stress on the circumstances that
all the evidence thus far adj
luced refers to ncriods outside Of the
hree years included in the Indictment.