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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Dillon and Berger sign.

New York, Jan. 31.-Jack Dillon, the
indianapolis middle-weight, who soon
will sail for Paris, was matched yes
terday to meet Billy Berger, the Pitts.
burgh middle-weight, in a twelve
round bout before the Youngstown A.
C. on Thursday night. Berger has
fought some interesting battles In
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, but it
looks as If Dillon has too much ex-
perience and cleverness for him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
St. Louis Cash Grain.

St. Louis, Mo-. Jan. 31.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-Firm; track, No. 2, red, $40
101A: No. hard, $103@1.13.
Corn-Steady: track, No. 3, 65c; No.
white, 65@67c.
Oats-Steady; track No. 2, SIC; No.
2 white, 54hc.
Rye-Unchanged, 95Ac.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
81. Joseph Live Stocks,

South ST Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 31.-Cat-
tle-Market strong: receipts, 1000;
steers s450@S; cows and heifers, $3@
$50: calves S3@T75.
Hogs = Market steady: receipts,
1000; top, s6.35; bulk of sales, s6@6.25.
Sheep-Market strong; receipts,
500: lambs, S5@6.60.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
STEERS CAIN
IS TO Is CENTS
ONE LOAD BRINGS $9.75 AT CHI.
cAGo: HOGS OFF ABOUT
FIVE CENTS.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Prime steers
showed gains Of Is to 25c. one load
selling at $S.75. Butcher grades ad-
vanced. 10 to 15c
Hogs were weak and sold off about
sc with the top at $6.40.
Sheep and lambs marked for 10 to ID
cents decline.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria, ILL.,, jan s1.-The cash grain
market follows:
Corn-Higher; No. 8 white. 6sA @,
631ac; No. 8 yellow, 64@64kc; No. a
yellow, CSC; No. 8 mixed, SAC; No. 4
mixed, 63c; sample, $4,000.
Oats-Higher: No. white, SIC;
standard, 81 Nc; No. 3 white, 51Hc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
St. Louis Grain Futures.

st. Louis, Mo-. Jan. 31.-The closing
grain futures follow:
wheat-Lower; May, s1.00A; July,
94Ac.
@6S5sc.. 4
Oats-Weak: May, 52asc; July, 46Ac.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
TweIye Rounds At Akron.

Akron. O., Jan. 31-Monte Attell
was forced to go the limit to win in
twelve round bout with Johnny Griffith
iof Akron, here yesterday The men
fought at 120 pounds. Both were bad
ily battered at the end Of the fight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Kansas CITY Butter and Eaas.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 31.-Butter-
Creamery, sc; firsts 34c; seconds
SIC; packing stock, 24c.
Eggs Extras, SEC: firsts. 33c; sec
onds, 23c
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
~ Louis Produ uce.

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 31.-Poultry-
Firm: chickens. lie; springs. i2c; tut
keys. 15c; ducks, 131ac; geese, SC.
Butter-Lower: creamery, 27@31c.
Eggs-Lower, Soc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
New York Poultry

New York. Jan. 31.-Poultry, alive,
steady; western chickens. 12@12hc;
fowls, 12@13c: turkeys. $50 Ice; dress
ed, quiet; western chickens, 127a @15c;
fowls. 12h@161zc; turkeys. 12@21c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Nav York SUGAR.

New York, Jan. 31.-Raw sugar
Steady: Muscova do 80 test, 3S9c; CEN
trifugal 96 test. 1890; molasses SO test
3.64c
Refined-Quiet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
81 louis Wool.

ST. Louis, Mo, Jan. --Wool-Mar-
ket steady: territory and western me-
diums, 16@1Sc; fine mediums, 15@l7c;
fine, 10@15c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
News
NOTES OF THE WORK OR
OF CITY BOWLERS

In an exciting mix Monday night
Shorty Bowen's ten pin manipulators
defeated Anderson's men by 167 pins
on the "Y" alleys. Harley Reece
bowled high score with 100, and Dinge-
man high average with 167. The
scores:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Hiphland

Summary Referee, Hackett, of the
Y. M. C. A.; field goals, Goodman 4,
Rice 8, FiQdley 2, Impson s, Hink-
house 4, De Boise 1: time of halves
Is minutes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
PARSONS SWAMPED
BY HIGHLAND PARK

Des MOines, Jan. 31.-The Highland
Park and PARSONS basket ball teams
met on the Highland Park moor last
night in q fast but one sided game
which went to the home team by ~
to\12l score. The Highlanders put up
az pretty an exhibition Of team work
as has been seen on their floor in
long time and had the visitors COM
pletely outclassed from the f1rst
whistle.
Goodman of the Highlanders started
the game off with field goal in the
first half minute of play and moment
later Captain Impson duplicated his
performance The Parsons men had
several good open shots at the basket
in the first half but missed every try.
They did not have much time to waste
with any OF their shots for Findley
and Woods played fast close guard
ing game and one of them could be
found under the Parsons basket at any
time when they were needed there.
The first half ended with the count
10 to 2 in favor Of the Highlanders.
In the second half the Purple and
White team started out with a rush
again and got ten more points before
the visitors scored. After this Rice's
men seemed to tire for time and
allowed the Parsons men to run up
four baskets in short time and also
gave them two points from the foul
line. After this slump the home team
braced up and took all the rest of the
points made in the game which count
ed up to three baskets and one foul
which Captain Impson bagged easily.
The lineup:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
Kansas CITY Grain Futures.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 31.-The clos
ing grain futures follow:
Wheat--Msy, s1.o1 q @L02. bid;
July, 941ac., sellers.
Corn-A.. 69@69hc, bid; July,
47Ao
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01

uSCh.
Immediately after the expiration OF
the present league, new league Will
be organized, to bowl until the end OF
the season. Everybody wishing to
join, please hand their names to either
e. ]. Eigenmann or to the alley man.
The North Side bowling team de-
feated the squad from South Ottumwa
by a good margin in a match on the
Mission alleys last night.
The Courier team and the ten pin
men from J. w. Edgerly & Co., mix
tonight in the contest brought about
by the challenge of the former.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
RANGE OF HOG PRICES.

Range OF hog prices at Chicago lor
the past two weeks with comparisons:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01

Field goals--Epps 8, Schafer 4,
Nevin 8, J. Mier 2, Leisenring 2, John.
son 1. M. Mier l., Wormhoudt /, LODI
wick /. Free throw 5,
Nevin @. Score by halves-Y. M. G.
A. 1880; High school, 1925. Referee
- Law, Ottumwa Umpfre-Reece,
Ottumwa. Time of halves-20 minutes.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
Natives Eat Earth in West Africa.

Natives of West Africa, in French Sudan. practice "gsophagy." Although the practice is common in many parts of the world, this particular case Is re- markable for the systematic way in which the dirt is collected. and for the fact that it occurs in well cultivated region, where food is abundant The earth consumed is a clay. which is found intercalated among the grits of the region in teds of various thick. ness. The deepnr layers are preferred, and for this ''eason the natives dig galleries, whieh are so crudely con- structed that falls of earth frequently occur. sometimes with fatal results When an unlucky miner is thus buried no attempt is made to rescue him, as 1t is believed that the divinities of the mines require an annual victim. It is stated that individuals not infre- quently consume seven and a half pounds of clay daily.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
The "Fruitsr of Amnltion.

'If you are ambitious and want to get on in life. don't wait for your op- portunity-make it."
 So oounselled Mir. Kalestick to young Kabbage, whom he had just appointed to the management of a grcen-grocery stall.
 All that day the youth pondered the advice. and he still remembered it when his eye suddenly caught an item in the sporting columns of his favor ite paper: "Clodville Football club requires dates for December"
 Two minutes later Kabbage was busy with pen. ink and paper, and in ten more minutes he was proudly con ming the following note to the Clod- vile secretary:
 Dear Sir-I beg to inform you that we have a choice lot of dates in stock. Inclose one as a sample, and will be pleased to supply any quantity at two pence a pound, or four pounds for seyenpence ha-pennyi"- Ideas.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
cHlNAMAN WAS TOO CUTE
Suspicious of Wedding Cake Sent HIr by EngIishman Who Owed
 Him Money.

An Englishman who was appointed to an important post in China got mar ried soon after. Among the recipients of the usual little card boxes contain ing a piece of wedding cake was . Chinese merchant with whom the bridegroom had an outstanding ac count for goods supplied.
 After the honeymoon, one of tn, first persons the newly welded hus band met was his Celestial creditor.
 And how did you like the cake 9 said the Englishman. laughing, afte. the usual congratulations.
 "Ah, ah." returned the Chinaman with a cunning leer. me no such bis fool to eat him. sah. Me put cakee ir fire. Burn him up. He, he!"
 "Oh. that's too bad" said the Eng hshmsn, very much hurt. You nigh have tasted 1t, at least. out of com pliment to my wife and myself. Wh, didn't you?"
 Me too clute, sah." said the Celes tial, with the same winning smile You owe me monee. sah; sendee poi son cakee; eat him; die: you nc payee up. Houp-lal He, he, hei kEow you Insleesh"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
EeIics of Past Grace.

Nothing is too queer to happen in some corner of New York, says the press of that city. The other day a business women took a room at what appeared to be an ordinary. small, quiet family hotel on West Forty fourth street. The morning after her arrival she notived little old man sit ting in the long hall which ran by the double parlors. Another man came downstairs and the little old chap jumped up and joined him. and togeth- CT they went into the back parlor
 Strolling down the hall, she happen cd to glance through the open door of the back parlor There she saw the two men on their knees at a couch, fervently praying aloud. The business woman passed her hand across her brow. Have I got 'em?" she mur- mured, cor have got into the foolish house?"
 Later she discovered that the hotel had in former years been a home" connected with a church. and that al though it long since passed under sec. ular management some of the old-tins brethren still haunt 1t.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
Feeding Convareseent Child.

When my small son was convales- cing from recent illness the doctor ordered hot gruels. broths. etc. and l realized that it would require some finesse to get him to take them.
 So after l had prepared the little dishes for the tray I rolled paper into cones and stood one up over each lit- tie cup. Then ! pinned a penny flag onto one cone and, To, l had Com pany ID" in camp and sonny and went visiting.
 We stopped first at the captains tent twhere the flag was) and he partook of the treat offered Then he went gsyly rom tent to tent. eagerly lifting up the rape- cones 10 see what was beneath.
 The next day I made a log cabin out Of toasted bread strips piled log cabin fashion. It iaclosed cup of beef tea. which he drank because it waS presented in way that appealed to his imagination.
 We played soda fountain and he Daid for his hot drinks with toy money. and thus I accomplished my purpose without friction.-Harper's Bazar.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
aNIS AXE SMRKI GAKUENtHS
They Are Known to Grow Grain, Sowing and Harvesting Like
 Real Farmers.

Man is not the only animal who has discovered the division of the vege- table world into weeds on the one hand and garden plants on the other. Our ingenious little six-legged work CTS, the ants, have anticipated us in this, as in so many other useful in- ventions and discoveries. There are ants in Texas which grow grain. and each nest owns a small claim in the vicinity of it's mound on which it cul- tivates a kind of grass, commonly known as ant rice.
 The claim is circular, about ten or twelve feet in diameter, and the ants allow no plant but the ant rice to en- croach upon the cleared space any where.
 The produce of the crop they care fully harvest. though authorities are still disagreed upon the final question whether they plant the grain or mere ly allow it to SOW its own seed on the protected area.
 One thing. however. is certain that no other plant is permitted to sprout on the tabooed patch. The ants wage war on weeds far more vigorously and effectively than our own agriculturists.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
SWALLOWS ARE VERY BOLD
One Builds Nest in House and An other Establishes Home on
 Electric Light Lamp.

A very curious instance of boliness in swallows was recorded in 1886 from CeylOn. In this case the birds built over a lamp in the dining room; i; what made their choice of site more remarkable was the fact that the lamp could be raised or lowered by counter weights and the connecting chains auctually passed through the mud walls of the nest.
 Occasionally the bird selects a nest ing site which invites comparison with the bo!dness Of the robin. In July last a pair of swallows took advantage of the open window of an unoccupied bedroom in a house at Felmersham in Bedfor5shire to begin building their nest on the curtain rod of the bed.
 The return of the owner of the house and his occupation of the bed did not in the least disturb or alarm the birds, which completed the nest and brought off three nestlings within seven weeks of the house owners re- turn. They took no notice of the oc- cupant of the bed when flying in and out of the window feeding their young: but the hen bird would fly of the nest # any one entered the room during the daytime.
 Three years ago a pair of swallows built their nest on top of the shade of an electric lamp which hangs outside the asylum at Marlborough, near Leicester.-Baily's Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
FIGHT OF DUCK AND OYSTER
5ivaIve Conquered by cIinging to the Fowls Bill Until the Bird Was
 Drowned.

Not long ago there occurred a lively contest in Maryland waters between a duck and an oyster. The oyster was victorious, but it was Q fatal vic tory. for when the bivalve had killed the duck there appeared a man who killed the oyster and ate them both.
 The combat between the duck and the oyster was of the rough and tum- ble kind The duck was large and full grown. IL was of the diving spe- cies frequently seen in those waters.
 Now when the oyster feeds it opens it's shell so wide that the full oyster itself Is plainly visible The sight Of such a morsel was too great a tempta- tion for the duck. He made a head long plunge. inserting his bill between the otster's open shell.
 Like a flash the shell closed on the ducks beak. Then came a struggle for life. The oyster. which was quite a large one, was dragged from its bed, with three smaller bivalves clinging to it. the cluster being heavy enough to keep the ducks head under water.
 Tn this way the bird drowned. Its buoyancy was sufficient to float 1t with the oysters. and thus it drifted near the dock. where 1t was captured. When taken from the water the oys- ter was clinging to the birds beak with such force that considerable diff nculty was had in breaking it's hold.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
Testinq Coins.

There goes another man sufferin, from degeneration of public manners said the clerk in an aggrieved tone. ". gave him five pieces of silver in mak ing change, and he tested every on, of them to see If it was counterfeit right before my eyes. It is only late ly that people who buy have got rude enough 10 do that. Clerks always dit IL with coin that customers gave them but that was a prerogative of tn. trade. For the customer 10 assume tht same privilege Is usurpation of an cient rights. The worst of it is mos, people nowadays are pretty gooS Judges of bad money. and every little while a coin is refused because it is counterfeit. The only way tradesmer can teach customers the respect due them is 10 turn their own backs wher testing money. That has always beer the custom in England No tradesmar over there would dare fillip coin un der a customers nose, and as a con sequence no customed has ever taker that liberty with him"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
TESTING HIS STRONG WILL
conceited Club Man Caught in At tempt to Prove Superiority of His
 Mental Powers.

At one of the clubs the other day two members were arguing about will power The conceited man, who was in the habit of boring all present with his pOintless tales. said that his will was stronger than his friends.
 You are wrong there" said the quiet man, "and I will prove 1t in this way. You go and stand in that cor her, and I will will you to come out of it. You will against me, and bet you that I will have you from that cor ner before l have commanded you a second time"
 The smart one took the bet, and put himself in the corner The quiet man said, in a commanding voice.
 Come out of that corner,"
 The other grinned and shook his head. The quiet man sat down and looked at him steadily. Five minutes passed, and then the man of will said, with a sneer:-
 Hadn't you better give 1t up? ] don't feel any influence at all, and ] can't stand here all the evening"
 There is no hurry" said the quiet man, "and I have a very comfortable seat. There is no time limit except that you are 10 come out before ask you twice. and as I don't intend to ask you again until this day week. think you will feel the influence be fore then"
 The smart one came out.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
LlncuIstlc uonnyprook.

'T observe dat the natives of Terre Haute are indulging in a con- troversy over the proper pronunciation of the name of their fair city," said the commercial traveller. Some insist upon the good cid home favored Terry Hut. while the more cultured, affecting Aorror at such provincialism, declare it should be 'Tear-ah-Hote, and still others prefer Tear -Hautay.'
 T see oportuniies for extensive trouble in this discussion. What if other places which have suffered by rank Anglicizing in their names should follow the example of the Indiana town? The result would be a lingu- istic Donnybrook. Consider the pos abilities Of these common methods of pronunciation.
 Baton Rouge, Batten Ruge; Belle fOuntaine, Belfountain; Boise, Boys; Charleroi. Charley Roy; Des Moines, Dee-moyne: Detroit. Dee-troite: Du- bois. Duboys; Fond du Lac, Fondelak; Gallipolis, Gal-police; Montpelier, Montpelier and Prairie du Chien, Prairie doo-Sheen."
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
ThinlY Covered Rehuke-

Reginald de Koven told at a musi- cale in Chicago a story in praise c; modesty. "A group of tourists" he said, 'in Bonn visited Beethoven s house. One of the tourists, a girl of twenty or so, sat down at Beethoven's piano and played the Moonlight Sonata none too we'll BeethOven's own work, in his own room, on his own piano! When the girl had fin- ished she rose and said to the old caretaker: I suppose lots of famous musicians have been here and played on this instrument?' Well, miss, the caretaker answered, gravely, Pa derewsh was here last year and his friends urged him to play, but he shook his head and said: No, l am not worthy"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
WAS HER EYESIGHT FAILING?
Woman Who Could Not See the Tail of the Comma Went to
 OcUlist.

Sometimes a comma makes a good deal of difference to the meaning Of the sentence you happen to be read ing. A woman who has reached the age Of being called Madam" by most shopkeepers. but whose friends al ways tell her how young and girlish she looks. was reading a newspaper paragraph. IL didn't make any sense, SO she read it again. Then she yank- ed the paper up close to her face. leaned toward the window and studied it out in a better light. Then she saw the tail on the comma. What had look like a perfectly good period was after all but a division of a sentence.
 She sat for a rnsment with the pa per in her lap. Then she rose. walk ed to her looking glass, studied herself for a few seconds. put on her hat and bastened to an oculist. "I will not vet" said she to herself, "urtil try 70 thread the point of needle or humiliate myself by stooping 10 pick DO A coin on a car platform and find fl is a nail head worn smooth. Eill turn my old age milepost as gracefully as possible. l wonder" said she with a sigh. If the tail of that comma was perfectly plain, or was it blurred ID the newspaper l was reading?"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
cHEETAH HUNT IN INDIA
Sport Was Once Very Popular With English Resldents-Is Not
 Rare Beast.

The oheetah hunt which the vice. roy witnessed recently at Hyderbad reminds one that cheetah hunting was an extremely popular sport with In. dian princes in former days, although the initiation of European forms of sport has done much in these times to rob 1t of ancient vogue.
 It was practiced both by Hindu and Mohammedan chieftains over the greater part of India, for the cheetah even now is not a rare beast. and a century or so ago must have been common enough.
 Another animal used in the same way by Indian nobles was sort of lynx. spelled vsriOusly as shoe goose" "syahgush" But this was used much more rarely than the chee tah. However. it was not only In. dians who indulged in this form of sport
 It was enjoyed and practiced by Europeans as well in .the days when they were content to abide n India for fifteen years at a stretch and when they lived rIndienne in a way unknown to modern times. More than one of the Company's nabobs kept their own cheetahs, which were ire quently presents from friendly chiefs
 It may easily be imagined that chee tah hunting was very good sport and welcomed by the servants of the Company as an excellent substitute for the coursing which was familiar to them in England and which. like the cheetah hunt. has vanished be fore the spread of games such as ten his and golf.-Madras Mail.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
Man Gets a aounuet

One foggy morning recently a Lacka. wanna ferryboat was in collision with tug. No great damage was done, but for a few moments considerable ex- citement prevailed among the com muters. One woman in particular rush ed to the rail, and in her panic seem ed bent on leaping overheard. An ath- letic young man restrained her, assur- ing her there was no danger. At length she was sufficiently calmed to speak, and then, clinging to her preserver's arm, she gasped: You know, I'm a spinster and a suffragette, but there certainly are times when a man IS a mighty good thing to have around. - New York Press.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
His Connections.

The office boy for one of the largest financial houses in New York recently found a package of valuable papers.
 He promptly returned the property to its owner and was told he would be sent a suitable reward.
 And. by the , ay," saId the grate- ful owner. "shail I send it to you. care of -" mentioning the name of the firm.
 Nav" said the boz; send it care Of the Daring Dozen Social club, No. - East Fourteenth street"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
Improvinu the Time.

These holidays give a great chance for rest and recreation"
 Yes" replied Mir Meekton; eff it weren't for these holidays I don't know when I'd get a chance to straiehten up the basement and help Henrietta hang pictures"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23

This very smart design gives us a 6ouble box plait in front and a single one in the back. In the back there is also a detachable panel which can be omitted if desired. These skirts are made of satin. silk, velveteen. serge and all novelty woolen goods.
 The pattern (5617) is cut in sizes % to 30 inches waist measure Medium size requires 2% yards of 50 iHch ma terial
 To procure this pattern send 10 cents to Pattern Department" Of this paper Write name and address plainly. and be sure to give size and number of pattern.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
,Nhx One sim Livnd.

How many deaths?" asked the hos pital physician. while goiug his rounds Nine" Why. ordered med icine for ten" Yes. but one wouldn't take lt."