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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04

ments told of letters and papers
burned in haste. A bottle that had
once held brandy and grimy goblet
stood on the desk, and in metal ash
tray on the reading-stand lay half
smoked cigar that crumbled to dust
in the intruder's fingers.
j. One by one Valiant forced open the
tall French windows, till the fading
light lay softly over the austere
dignity Of the apartment. In that SOM
Der room, he knew, had had place
whatever was most worthy in the lives
of his forebears The thought of gen.
Grafton upon generation had STEPPED
It in human association
Suddenly he lifted his eyes. Above
the desk hung lfe.size portrait Of a
man. in the high soft stock and velvet
collar of half century before. The
right eye, strangely, had been cut from
the canvas. He stood straight and
tall, one hand holding an eager hound
in leash, his face proud and ford, his
single, cold, steel-blue eye staring
down through its dusty curtain with
certain malicious arrogance, and his
lips set in q sardonic curve that
seemed about to sheer It was for an
instant as If the pictured figure con-
fronted the young man who stood
there, mutely challenging his entrance
into that tomb-like and secret-keeping
quiet; and he gazed back as fixedly.
repealed by the craft Of the face, yet
subtly attracted. II wonder who@you
were" he said. "You we're cruel.
Perhaps you were wicked. But you
were strong, too
He returned to the outer hall to find
that the negro had carried In his trunk
and he babe him place 1t, with the
portmanteau, In the room he had just
left. Dusk was falling. The air was
full of faint far chirr Of night in
sects, like an elfin serenade, and here
and there among the trees pulsed the
greenish-yellow spark OF a freely.
"Uncle Jefferson" said Valiant
abruptly, "have you a family?"
mo, sub. Jes' me en- nah Of
| 'ooman." ....a
Can she COOKE"
"Cook!" The genial litter again cap.
! tured his dusky escsort. When she
got de fxens, All reck'n she de
beaten'es cook in dis heah county"
(To be Continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04


MEAS little boy
N ~ passed by a visiting today Is
andEv listened eagerly, they loved to
little and girls
bed nearest
table his bed
asked
especially wanted bird She
He much IN
scarcely
he would beg her
the hospital One night his fever be-
rambling
kind hearted told the nurse send Tor the @
he
happiness they might be able break rule IN bis case
the little
entertained
bird the little boy
quilt
afraid the
while the sick people were
i'm
had
orphans home him
he
Mumps thought his
and pulls OF
Ne them
wish could have canay!
; WE'LL ayb morrow" replied daddy.
nd feed him. said Jack
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04

sticks and a gold-mounted hunting
crop, and on a great carved chest be-
low it had been flung an open book
bound in fooled leather. John Valiant
picked this up .curiously. It was
Lucille. He noted that here and there
passages were marked with penciled
lines-some light and femininely deli
cate, some heavier, rs enough two had
been reading it together noting their
individual preferences.
He laid 1t back musingly, and OPEN
ing a door, entered the large room it
disclosed. This had been the dining
room. The walls were white, in alter
nate panels with small oval mirrors
whose dust-covered surfaces looked
like ground steel. AZ one end stood II
crystal-knobbed mahogany sidehoard,
holding glass candlesticks in the
shane of Ionic columns-abcve 1t 4
quaint portrait Of lady in hoops and
lova.curls-and at the other end was a
huge fireplace with rust-red firedogs
and furnished brass fender. All these,
with the round centipede table and the
Chl3pendale chairs set in order against
the walls. were dimme1 and grayed
with a thick powdering OF dust.
The next room tina: he entered was
big and wide, a place Of dark colors,
nobly smutched Of time. 1t had been
lat once library and livingroom. Glass
faced book shelves ran along one side
-well-stocked, as the dusty panes
|showed-and huge pigeonholed desk
glowered in the big bow-window that
opened On to what had been the gar
don On the wall hung an old map Of
Virginia. At one side the dark wains-
coating yawned to a cavernous fire.
place and inglenook with seats in
black leather BY it stood great
square tapestry screen, showing a
hunting scene, set In q heavy frame.
Ia great leather settee was drawn
near the desk and beside this stood a
reading-stand with small china dog
and a squat bronze lamp upon 1t. In
.ontrast to the orderly dining-room
there was about this chamber sense
Of untouched disorder--a desk-drawer
| jerked half-open, yellowed news
paper torn across and flung into a cor
ner, books tossed on desk and lounge,
and in the fireplace little heap Of
,whitened ashes In which charred frag.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04
LOOK BEFORE THE LEAP.

Davenport has expended a consider
able amount Of money for the pur'
chase of automobile fire apparatus
which is falling far short OF giving
satisfaction. On a number OF occa'
sions when called upon for run TO a
IRE, the principal motor or the chle1
lighter car, has failed to reach the
scene because Of engine troubles. rms
happened so many times that pubic
clamor forced official explanation.
The police and fire commission
which is in charge of the firemen and
The apparatus blamed it on the equip
ment, saying that it is inferior ana
not what it was represented to be. The
city council which purchased the ap-
paratus, passed the buck back to the
commission by saying that it was the
result of improper handling by In
efficient men. The citizens have TAX
en- sides according to their own be-
lefs and there is constant pickering
which is working up a great deal OF
feeling.
All of which is very interesting to
Ottumwans just now, inasmuch as this
city Is considering the purchase OF ad-
iit'onal fire equipment. The CONNER
cial association and the Retail Mer-
chants took the project up OF their
own initiative and named committees
to discuss the advisability Of augment
Ing the present equipment. THESE
committees met and invited the water
works trustees and the city council to
the conference. The city council an
nounced that it was already at work on
the matter and Investigating appara-
tus of various kinds. At this meeting
1t was understood the commission
would call the committees together at
a later date and advise them OF the
progress made.
One of the heralded advantages OF
the commission form of government is
the ease with which the commission
can confer and consult with the people
and make any proposition open Tor
discussion. Here is an opportunity to
avoid the predicament In which the
city of Davenport finds itself. Let the
Ottumwa commission make the matter
of purchasing fire equipment, an open
one and let there be general discus
sion of 1t and general investigation.
Then the citizens will have reason to
their money.
be satisfied with what they get for
The calling together Of tho various
committees to discuss the prices and
equipment offered is very important to
the city and such meeting should pc
held before any purchase Is made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04

The Railway Age Gazette remarks
correctly that when the radical change
in design from wood to steel passen-
ger train cars Is considered the rapid
ity with which steel cars have been
introduced on American railways Is
truly remarkable. Five years ago there
were only about 400 such cars in use
on steam roads, and most Of these
were in the nature Of experiments,
necessitated largely by the electrified
ton of the steam roads in and about
New York city. Today there are
about 5000 such cars in use, or be-
tween one-seventh and one-sixth Of
the total number Of passenger train
cars In GarsiGa-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04

The failure of the senate to take up
the currency measure until the last
week of the special session marks
definitely lessening of the hold that
President Wilson has had over his
party. He was committed very strong
" to final action upon this bill during
the special session. He began to urge
the measure as early as last May. If
President Wilson Is to lose the domi-
nance with which he drove congress so
masterfully in the tariff matter, it will
be, in it's effect upon the future Of po'
litical parties in this country, an event
Of high importance. Many persons
believe that the democratic party is no
more homogeneous today than the re-
publican party was two years ago, and
that the time is bound to come when
President Wilson will take one path
and large section Of his party will
take the other
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04
CHAPTER X.
What Happened Thirty Years A

What Happened Thirty Years Ago.
When Sharley came across the lawn
at Rosewood Major Montague Bristow
sat under the arbor talking to her
mother.
The major was massive-framed,
with strong jaw and rubi-
cund complexion-the sort that might
be supposed to have attained the ut
most benefit to be conferred by a con-
sistent indulgence in mfnt-juleps. His
blue eyes were piercing and arched
with brows like sable rainbows, at
variance with his heavy iron-gray
hair and imperial. His head was
leonine and he looked like king who
has humbled his enemy. 1t may be
added that his linen was fine and inn
maculate. his black string-tie precisely
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04
Daddy: sBedtirne
The Pet
Nf0TV- Bird of
The Ward

ready story an
MEAH l little boy saw as
by q IN a T.
Jackan sat- they loved to
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CHAPTER XII.
H~or N@,,rt

Oars Danny Coot smackdab
ahaid, subj" John Valiant looked up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
Good Results In Matter Of Laying Can
not Be Obtained II Pullets' Quar-
tiers Are Dirty.

No use to expect the best results in
tho matter of laying II you allow your
pullets to stay In dirty quarters, says
Coleman's Rural. Get busy with the
whitewash brush and the kerosene
spray and clean, clean, clean. Not
only inside the house, but the premises
all around 1t.
II you have fifty pullets for your
laying bunch 1t will take about two
hours to dust them, and time cannot
be better spent. Let n person hold
the pullets by the legs while the other
fires insect powder into the feathers
with a powder gun. Get it under the
wings. around the head. neck and ev-
cry place where the feathers are soft
and fine, for there is where the mites
and lice love to cuddle and feast.
Referring to the use Of kerosene
spray, Ali the roosts and all the cracks
around the nests and roofing with 1t,
for It Is there the pestiferous mites
hide. You know body lice remain on
the fowls all the time, but the mites
seek the roosts and cracks for mo-
ments Of seclusion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
State News Notes
TIMBER CASE
IS COMPROMISED
PIKE COUNTY TIMBER CoNTROvER.
SY IS SETTLED.
Some of the Defendants Retain Their
Lands, Status of Growing Crops
Is Fixed and Boundary Lines
Defined.

Jackson.-A compromise was reached
in the federal court this morning in the
celebrated injunction proceedings of the
Southern Mississippi Pine Company vs..
John Garner ct al, the defendants being
thirty-ive or more farmers of Pike
county, whom, it was alleged, commit
ted timber depredations on lands belong
ing to the plaintiff corporation.
The alleged depredations have been a
prolific source of trouble in Pike county
for several months, numerous arrests
were made by the federal authorities,
some of the defendants received still
fines and Jail sentences, and on one oc-
casion an effort was made to rescue d
prisoner who had been taken into GUS
tody by deputies from the United States
marshaPs office.
The compromise decree is a lengthy
and complicated document. In brief, !t
stipulates that the South Mississippi
Pine Company retains title to all Of
the timber and practically all of the
lands. A few of the defendants are
awarded title to the lands they claim.
The decree also fixes boundary lines,
and stiplates ownership of growing
crops.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

fiat, and not cooked up on edge. We
must also use a roller coulter large
and sharp enough to cut the quack
roots of clean to the the bottom of
the sod, as explained by an expert IN
the Farm and Home. Quack roots
are usually all In the first four or
five inches OF the top soil. We do
not want to pull any Of these roots
out with a dull pillow or coulter so Us
to have them stick up and grow.
During the winter top dress the
ground with manure, and in the
spring seed either to oats and grass
again, or to any quick, r~ank-growing
crop that will come up before stray
spears Of quack gets a start. Follow
the M system again, this time put
ting the plow down twelve inches, and
go right on owe again until you
have the pillow down fourteen or six.
teen inches If necessary. In this way
we not only get rid Of the quack
grass, but we also get a good deep
soil and mulch, and at the same time
we get the benefits of s%ub-soiling.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
NO MORE FREE DIVORCES.
Chancellor Jones Requires the Cash in
Advance.

Jackson.-If you want a divorce in
the Kinds County Chancery Court, you
must come across with the real cash.
This is the edict of Chancellor P. z.
Jones, and there will be no deviation
from the rule.
Furthermore, it is cash in advance, in
all cases, with no discounts.
As a result, more than a score of d.
vorce suits row pending on the calen-
dar wherein compliments have not fur
nished bond for costs will be summarily
dismissed unless the coin of the realm
is Immediately forthcoming.
The new rule, it is believed, will have
a tendency to check the heavy increase
OF cases on the divorce docket, especially
those cases wherein compliments are
negroes.
At each court term anywhere from
rs to 100 cases of this character are
slated for hearing, and attorneys for
compliments have dropped into the
habit of neglecting to pay costs. Much
OF the time of the court has been oc-
cupied with litigation of this sort, and
Chancellor Jones has reached the conclu-
sion that if a divorce is worth having it
ought to be worth paying for in ad-
vance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
The Town Cow.

1t Is a surprising fact to many to
learn that there are a very consider.
able number Of cows kept within
the limits OF every great city. Cows
are a familiar sight on the streets of
many small towns, but in our vast
congested urban centers the sight of
II is very unusual. Or course the
number OF cows here is much small.
er In proprtion to the population, and
1t is very unfortunate in many ways
that there are not more cows dwelling
On our midst, so to speak.
The city cow, when owned and man.
aged by a professional milkman, has
proved to be a considerable menace
to health in the past, entirely due to
the way in which such animals have
been handled. We do not wish to be
understood as advocating the opera
ton Of commercial dairy herds under
urban conditions, but we do believe
firmly that 1t would be a great agent
for the better health OF city children
II there were city COWS owned
by their parents.
Census figures show that the infant
mortality rate in large cities is much
higher than among children of the
same class, age, and mode of life In
smaller towns or In the country.
While a number of factors combine
to bring about the early passing away
of a comparatively large proportion OF
che little children who are unfortunate
enough to be born in a large city, the
, scientists who give their time and
thought to these serious problems are
almost unanimously agreed that the
greatest single factor behind these
atrociously high infant death rates is
chat Of impure milk.
Impure milk has, and still does, reap
o terrible harvest. and among those
vwho are least able to help themselves.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
BULLETS BETTER THAN HENS?
Enthusiasts Take Opposite Sides on
the Egg Laying Argument-Few
Good Points Given.

A question that Ia being debated
much at present among poultrymen is
whether hens or pullets r capable
Of greater egg production. Some claim
that, while hens lay fewer eggs than
pullets, they lay larger and heavier
eggs, and because Of this fact the eggs
command a better price than those
laid by pullets. It Is true that most
hens do lay a slightly heavier egg
than pullets, but in many sections Of
the United States eggs are sold with.
out grading, and consequently the
smaller egg commands as good a price
as the larger one.
Others are In favor OF pullets be-
cause they lay 30 many eggs which,
they claim, possess a better flavor
than those laid by hens. No one dis.
putes the fact that pullets are better
layers than hens.
The eggs laid by pullets do not
hatch as we'll as those Of hens. The
chicks from pullet eggs and not, as
a rule, nearly so strong and lively as
those from hen eggs. For this reason
1t seems to be advisable to use pullets
for layers and hens for breeders.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Hogs on Alfalfa.

A Kansas farmer. who raises be-
tween 500 and GOO hogs ever year.
says that his hogs have turned into
pork by running on alfalfa pasture
with an average Of about one ear Of
corn per day until the last six weeks
when they are given all the cor they
will eat in addition to the alfalfa. This
farmer, who seems to know his bust.
ness, says he does not pasture so
closely but that he Is able to get two
and sometimes three cuttings per
annum from them and these will
average from three-Quarters to q little
over a ton per cutting. Some brains
In this plan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
SUMMER NORMAL SESSIONS.
Large Enrolment for Mississippi Insti.
tions Expected.

Jackson State Superintendent of
Education Powers announce that fol
lowing the round of college closing in
the state, or on June 16, a general
meeting of the board of trustees of the
university and colleges will be held at
the capitol for a general review of the
business and progress for the past
term and an interpretive considera.
ton of matters pertaining to the next
succeeding term.
Supt. Powers states that on Monday,
June 8, the summer normals will open
throughout the state as follows.
University of Mississippi, at Oxford,
for six weeks, Chancellor Kincannon
conducting.
Mississippi Normal College, Hattic..
burg, for six weeks, Joe Cook conduct.
ing.
Blue Mountain College, four weeks,
DR.. w. 7. Lowry conducting; Brook.
haven, at Whitworth College, Prof. h.
7. Schumpert conducting; Clinton, at
Mississippi College, DR.. j.. w. Provine
conducting. The last two also for four
weeks.
On the same day the normals for ne
groes will open for four-week terms at
Jackson, Hattiesburg and Port Gibson.
The leaders to be selected later.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
LIVESTOCK
t@sR0FES-A

The squealing pig sucks the profit.
Oats is a very valuable feed for the
working horse.
Are the pigs making profits out Of
the feeds consumed?
Discard the filthy sweat pads that al
ways make sore necks.
Do not put the colts in q pasture
fenced with barbedwire.
The heavy draft team should v
be driven faster than a walk.
1t Is inexcusable to have lousy colts,
but such things are often seen.
Clean water, fresh air and good feed
is the best horse medicine" yet found.
Get the sucking pigs to eat whole
oats on a clean platform as soon as
possible.
Watch the sheep carefully during
the Landing season, for q dead lamb
is a live loss.
Close attention to the grazing will
insure the most nutritive value from
the pastures.
Sheep like a short bite. Do not let
the pasture grow too high before put.
ting them on 1t.
Fat lambs always bring q good price.
Keep them growing every minute from
their first breath.
A barbed wire cut always leaves q
sea-. A scar always takes the value
of a young horse.
Collars should never be snapped
from one horse to another any more
that men should trade boots or shoes
The mich goat Is having quite q
boom just now, but there Is little dan
ger that the COW will BIO crowded of
the earth.
Rape has been found to be one of
the best forage crops In connection
with q light grai1 ration to make rapid
and economical growth in pigs.
Hog cholera may not be a filth dis.
ease, but human cholera Is. and the hog
owner whose pens are unclean is run
ming q great tick Of l0sin ttock
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
GOVERNOR BREWER
IS NOT WORRIED
WILL NOT LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER
ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.
Doubts Expressed by Parliamenatarians
if Lawmaking Body Can Can
Veto Message From Calendar
for Consideration.

Jackson.-Gov. Brewer is not losing
any sleep over the report that advocates
of the elective judiciary system will try
to put one over on him during the ap-
preaching extra session of the legisla.
ture, to be convened here ON June 10.
Being firmly convinced that the con-
stitutional amendment which the law
makers attempted to insert In the Dr.
ganic law at the session of 1912 is in
valid, he is confident that his veto Of
the bill seeking to put it into effect
will stand the test of the courts, re-
CARELESS Of what the legislature may
think about it.
Some doubts are expressed by parlia-
mentarians as to whether the govern
or's veto message, sent to the legis.
lature Of 1912 during the final hours
OF the session, can be called up at tho
extra session under the head of unin-
ished business. As the advocates Of
an elective judiciary system failed to
make the attempt to pass the bill over
the governors veto after the message
was received, chiefly for the reason that
there was not a quorum in either house,
it is commended that there is no author
ity to attempt to do so at the extra
session, or eve at a regular session;
that the only recourse of the legisla.
ture is to pass a new bill fixing dates
for elections for circuit judges and
chancellors. In fact, nothing could be
gained by passing the bill over tho
governors veto at this late day, since
the time fixed therein for judiciary cleo
tions has long since elapsed, and the
measure, ven if given a majority Of
two-thirds in each house, would not be
worth the paper OIL which it is writ
ten, and, if taken up as unfinished bust.
ness, could not be legally amended. II
a new law should be passed the gov
ernor would of course hold it until the
last hour of the special session and
then send in another veto, or he might
ignore it altogether on the ground that
the lawmakers were without authority
to act on any subject ave that men
toned in the call for the extra session