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MANCHESTER,
Let us hope Mr. Rockefeller may not
bnve a chance to pay that $1,000,000
for a new stomach. Oil Is high enough
now.
Eastern society women have the tat
tooing erase. And still there are some
^who look upon a painted Indian as a
savage.
Yale students are to collect the voices
of all remaining Indian tribes In a
^phonograph. Presumably Yale is plan
ning a new yell.
•1' That man who puinmeled his wife
tbecause
she declined to join him at
-Sprayers probably regards himself as a
first-class Christian.
A. member of the Reichstag has made
the same remark about the Kaiser that
-the parrot applied to Itself after the
dog got through with it.
The occasional death of a Filipino
v^aulten doesn't make much difference in
^/the revolution over there. The sul
tanic understudies are always ready.
We can't all be captains of Industry,
and we don't expect to be. There are
a number of lis who would be
very glad to be first lieutenants rc
Ured on half,pay.
Aguinaldo wants the United States
to make the Filipinos a loan of $80,
000*000. We have no doubt that Ag.
.'knows of a- man who would be perfect*
ly willing to handle the money for the
Filipinos.
The proposition to limit the amouut
£'\vt wealth which any man may law
iv fully hold to $10,000,000 Is not meeting
with the enthusiastic support from
General Coxey that the country has a
V*Vright to expect from him. *,
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What a pity It is that our learned an
qky thropologlsts never discover that a man
has Criminal eyes, mouth, cars and nose
until after he has committed a murder!
•vvj Oh, Science! how many frauds are per
petrated in thy helpless name!
More money Is belug turned into the
"conscience fund" at Washington every
year. Either the American conscience
Is becoming better or more people with
troublesome consciences arc stealing
each year. At present the morals of the
esse seem a little dubious.
A young man in one of the North
western States committed suicide be
cause he was reputed to be the home
liest man in the county. There was a
young man in this country once who
rose above that kind of handicap and
became President of the United States.
But "Old Abe" was made of firmer
stuff.
1,088
than
oue
huudred certificates of
naturalization were granted to aliens
by the British Home Secretary during
month of November. The percent
^V 'age of applications from subjects of
if#* the czar shows that the Itusslflcatlon
of England Is more probable than the
^—AUlOl'il'fluIzarion^Since onlyjme'appli
cant was a citizen dfvthoJfaitcd States,
whereas sixty-four werOTtussfans. One
l- '^.petitioner is set down as being the sub
ject of no foreign state, but there is
no evidence that he was the famous
¥^"Man Without a Country."
i—Etlor to,188Q,not a single record for
events on standard athletic champion
ship programs was held by an Anicri
can. They were all credited to Eug
llshmen, Scotchmen nnd Irishmen. To
day, twenty-two years later, Ameri
cans hold nearly all the records. That
Is one result of the "athletic awaken
ing"—the Increased Interest lu out
door sports in the United States but
It Is by no means the most valuable.
Better bealtb, sounder, stronger bodies,
it* /. calmer minds, less tendency to dyspep-
S-
1 8la and
nervousness—these are worth
more than records tliey seeiu lu this
?,c*se
to go together.
Ax
In thoughts of the figures of the
United States it Is easy to overlook the
Test of the world. There is Russia.
JWhen you think of the land of the
iCiar, In fancy you see snow-covered
a
plains, hear the howling of wolves and
g^^' ^^the cries of persecuted peasants. And
-T^'l^you wonder how such a Godforsaken,
Ice-bound wilderness can^support so
^j^many tens of millions of people. It
^Isn't Ice-bound, the wolves do not howl
A
*any more strenuously than they do in
sbme parts of the United States, and
the peasant's condition is improving
—1 right along. The country Is piosper-
Ing. The estimated revenue for
itl 1
l*
$048,516,000, nearly $3,000,000 a day
A country that can stand that amount
of taxation, direct or indirect, Is groat,
for the Income exceeds that of any oth
er nation on the globe. This year the
government will put more than $80.
000,000 Into new railroads. The affairs
of the nation are being so run that the
Income exceeds the expenses, while in
1002 the value of exports exceeded the
vfllue of Imports by more than .$150,
000,000. As far as industrial progress
Is concerned, Russia is becoming the
United States of Europe.
There can be no denying the fact
that at the present time the German
sphere of influence lu South America
greater than that of the United
States or any other power. For many
years German colonists have been
pouring into Brazil and the other re
publics of eastern South America. Iu
Brazil and the Argentine Republic
there are at the present time no less
than 4,060,000 inhabitants either of
German nationality or German desceut,
sufficient In numbers and influence to
seize upon the governments of these
countries any time they shall elect.
Nor is this a contingently far removed,
the German colonist is not assimilat
ive, his sturdy Chauvinism uud Teu
tonicism is not obliterated or altered
... by contact with alien conditions and
peoples. It is this complexion of the
German Aaraeter, If we give to it the
respect which it deserves, which must
needs provide serious caijse for reflec
tion in considering the continuance of
our moral and economic dominance in
the Western Hemisphere. It is certain
that, having the necessary physical
power, these Germans in South Ameri
ca will not long permit a continuance
ot the disturbing and anarchical condi
tlons characterizing the present condi
tion of the countries -4n which they
HT9 domiciled, which prevents any real
Mbtl
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IOWA.
They are bringing in the train rob
licrs one by olio.
If the earth were equally divided
among Its Inhabitants each persohvs
•hare would be a1out 23nvres.
progress iiiui arrests legitimate Pco
mimic nnd Industrial ndvAilcetnetat.
Who, therefore, ooulil measure tlitt drill
ger if licse self-sable GKrm&ri bol
oulsts, In order to RiUegUnni jjroilerly
the divorslHed ahd valuable Interests
hich they have at stake, should deem
It advisable to take the1 relhs of gov
•imicnt Into tlicir owU baiids?
OVftr In a corner of Europe hundreds
of dark-skinned men are digging up
buried cities, and the wise ones have
found beneath one sot of ruins another,
and below that still another, and no
mail can say how many cities and cen
turies lie still further beneath the
ground. Above, the sands shift with
the wind, the sun shines, children are
born, grow up nnd die, and the works
of man crumble nnd decay. Nothing
funned by niiin's haiulK endures. It Is a
far cry from the burled cities to a bed
ilde in Cincinnati, where a man lay
dying and gnsiing into the dear fate of
a slek woman who had been carried to
his bedside to take flnrtl look nt the
man she nnd ardently loved through
the long years. "Mrtmnin," said the
dying mail, "you hnve been
gocd wife 'and mother. You have
never failed me, and I have always
loved you. You are a good woman."
I'lillip," she smid, and there were tears
In her voice, "all that you can possibly
say of me 1 can say of you. You were
always good to nie and to the children.
You have made your wife happy."
Nothing formed by man's hnuds en
dures. But love lasts for the ages. Tha
kindness and sympathy and tenderness
that makes a man aiul a woman ctittg
together, fills their lives with hope nnd
happiness, is a lire that warms human
ity. It is pure gold. Time and adver
sity do not destroy it. It Is more beauti
ful than a Held of flowers, and It blos
soms and spreads nnd blossoms again
in other hearts, until who shall tell the
limits or tile life of one good deed?
When tills man lay dying lie didn't
think of Ills medals, his fame, his posi
tion, the material things that had conte
Into Ills life. They were as are tho
burled cities, buiUiod by man, enduring
for while, to lie lost In the future.
But the flame of love burned strotig ami
clear in those last days, and those win)
study mankind and realize the short
ness of life and the vastness of eter
nity must know that the true greatness
of the man lay in that treasure that
cannot die—love for his family and for
humanity.
HEAT 1NTHEOVEN.
Mow 1 lie Bakers Determine It by the
Merc Touch of the llund.
"Bakers have a curious way of tell
ing just what the temperature of the
oven is," said a down-town baker, who
has been in tho business for more than
a quarter of a century, "and they can
tell, too, with almost marvelous accur
racy. You take a man who Is an expert
In the business, and he can tell what
the temperature of the oven is by sim
ply touching the handle of the oven
door. In nine cases out of ten he will
nut miss it to the fraction of a degree.
Makers have oilier ways, of course, of
testing the heat of tlie%oven. Tor in
stance. when baking bread they some
times throw a ph?ce of white paper in
to the oven, and if it turns brown tho
oven is at the proper temperature oi\
when baking other things they will
throw a little cornnieal flour into the
oven In order to test the heat. But the
baker's fingers are the best gauge, and
when you come to think of the differ
ent temperatures required In baking
different things, it is no small achieve
ment to even approxltaate the heat of
the oven by touching the handle of the
oven door.
Bakers figure that during the rising
time of a loaf of bread before it hits
been placed in the oven, it ought to be
In a temperature of 75 degrees Fahren
heit. During the baking process, in
order to cook the starch, expand the
carbonic acid gas. air and steam, and
drive off the alcohol, the Inside of tlni
loaf must register at least 220 degrees.
In baking rolls, buns, scones* tea bis
cuits, drop cakes, fancy eakes, New
York cakes, muffins, puff cakes and
things of that sort, the oven must
show a heat of 450 degrees or higher.
When the oven Is at 400 degrees It is lit
for cream puffs, sugrir cakes, queeii
cakes, rock cakes, jumbles, lady flng1
ers, rough and ready and Jelly rolls.
At 3.T0 degrees wine cakes, cup cakes,
ginger nuts and snaps, pies, ginger
bread, spice cakes, such as raisin, cur
rent,- citron, pound, bride and so on,
may be baked. It requires a still lower
temperature to bake wedding cakes,
kisses, anise drops and things In this
class. But whatever temperature the
old baker wants, he can tell when lie
has It by simply touching the handle
of the oven door.—New Orleans Times*
Democrat.
GAVE LUCK THE GO-BY.
Senator Teller M!b3cs Chance to Make
Fortune.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, will
never forget Christmas day, 1880. It
was on that Christmas morning he al»
lowed to slip through his bauds a
chaucc to make a million dollars with
out putting up a single dollar. Two of
Senator Teller's friends proposed to
purchase the Robert E. Lee mine at
Leadville. They were able to buy it
for $100,000. On Christmas morning
they called around to see Mr. Teller,
told him what they proposed to do ami
urged him to take a one-third Interest
in the property.
"Bui I haven't any money," protested
Mr. Teller.
"It makes no difference," he was
told. "You can give your notes, and
before they come due we'll take from
the mine more gold than will bo uec
essnry to pay theiu."
"But suppose we dou't realize our
expectations?" suggested the Senator,
with caution.
"Then we will put up the money to
meet the notes, and ybu need not trou
ble about them."
Senator Teller was assured that his
friends knew exactly what they had In
hand, but he didn't go in. He thought
as he had not the money to put into
the undertaking he had no right to
reap the reward, if there was to be
one. He was assured that they want
ed him in the deal, but no pcrsuasiou
could get him to accept the offer. One
mouth later the Robert K. Lee mine
had yielded $200,001) of gold, and in
a/year a total of $1,500,000 was taken
out. It proved to be one of the richest
pockets of gold that has ever been
found.—Washington Star.
No schoolboy ever hud to write a
good moral copy book text so often
that he wrote it on th? feuce ou the
way home.
POLITICS® bob
Republicano Up Against Trust Facts.
The Republicans have never ceased
to worry about the facts In regard to
prices, wages aud the cost of living'
under Dlngley bill trust rule, as pre
sented in the last Democratic campaign
book. Notwithstanding that with each
attempt to get away from or disprove
these facts they work themselves
deeper into tho trust Wire, fret they
are foolish enough to continue their
spasmodic struggle. Mr. Hill, of Con
necticut, made a desperate effort last
Saturday to prove, by the tiibic of
prices iii tiie Democratic campaign
book, that the prices of tho articles
on the free list had advanced more
from 1800 to 1902 than did tho prices
of the articles on the dutiable list, lie
took all of the eleven articles on the
free list ahd showed that the prices
of these had advanced 20 per cent.
Then he selected twenty-one articles
from the 174 on the dutiable list, and,
amid Republican applause, showed that
the prices of these rose ouly 15H per
cent from 1890 to 1002.
•Tudge Griggs, of Georgia, chairman
of the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, got after Mr. Hill on Wednes
day and simply pulverized him. Not
only did he select another list of twen
ty-one important articles from the cam
paign book list, the prices of each and
all of which are controlled by tariff
protected trusts nnd which advanced
an average of 71 per cfeut from 1890 to
1902, but he showed that all but 4 of
The Republicans are more at home
Irt suppressing discussion of these trust
facts than when attempting to dis
prove them by butting their heads up
against them. "Addition, division nnd
feileuce" should be their motto, as "Let
well enough nlone" is their slogan.
Raisin? a Campaign Fmul.
The only anti-trust legislation that
the present Congress will pass, if the
statehood fight continues, Is an amend
ment to the bill creating the Depart-'
ment of Commerce and Labor, which
amendment authorizes the investiga
tion of trust transactions as the bureau
may bo able to gather theui and these
are only .to be made public at the dis
cretion of the President. The trusts
evidently do not object to this law,
for those Republican Senators, who are
known to be friends of the trusts, fa*
vor the amendment. The only danger
to the trusts is that in the event of the
election of a Democratic President he
might order all trust transact ions to
be made public ami the people would
know the enormous profits the trusts
are making on what they sell in this
country, and the fact that many of
the trusts are selling cheaper to the
foreigner than they are here. There
Is ilo likelihood of a Republican .Presi
dent exposing such transactions of the
trusts because ll would prove the con
tention of the Democrats that the tar
iff fosters the trusts. The fact ts that
this so-called anti-trust amendment is
of no actual service to the people as
far as results are concerned It Is mere
ly enacted to point to as some effort
to curb the trusts. Again the people
have been fooled. It is evident that
such a measure will make it more in
cumbent than ever upon the trusts to
put up boodle to elect a President who
will serve thein faithfully and who
will not expose their secrets to their
Injury. Thus this measure guarantees
an ample Republican campaign fund.
A Disgraceful ICxhihition,
The great State of Illinois is appar
ently in the hands of petty political
tricksters utterly without regard for
the dignity and fair repute of the
American commonwealth whose inter
ests they are supposed to serve. The
factional fights of the Republican or
ganization present the State in a most
unfavorable light to the country at
large. Less "gavel rule," less sellish
striving for factional advantage, a
more effective performance of sworn
1
High Art Marked Down.
Speaking of the government iu busi
ness, perhaps It is not generally known
that this government is selling fine en
gravlngs cheap. The subject Is Martha
Washington on the new S-eent stamp.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
duty arc in order if Illinois Republi
cans hope to justify their dominance
in State affairs.—St. Louis Republic.
(secretary Shaw unl the Burptue.
Mr. Slmw, as Secretary of the Treas
ury, knows what au abnormal national
surplus means. He knows that it is
dangerous. Although it may represent
a high state of prosperity it involves
possibilities that cannot be contem
plated without an effort to avert them.
If a great surplus in the uatluua!
treasury, which is capable of admlnis
tratlv* manipulation, creates a dan-
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it iB, several [friends of tbe contracting patties. The wal£_£or a few^dayS'
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gerous condition is it not even more
dangerous to foster a system that ac
celerates the accumulation of the na
tion's wealth in a comparatively few
private hands, where it cannot be
manipulated by governmental agen
cies? Yet the system that Mr. Shaw
upholds, and which he would not mod
ify "merely because it is imperfect,"
is constantly aud rapidly centering a
vast portion of the money of the coun
try in the hands of the great trusts.
—Kansas City Star.
MormditN anil Republicans.
The whole Mormon question was in
jected into the debate in the Senate
oil the statehood bill last week, when
It was developed that there is a large
Monnon constituency in Arizona and
New Mexico, and the startling state
ment was made that "no Mormon could
run for a high political office without
the consent of the first presidency of
the Mormon Church." This debate was
significant in view of the advent of
the Mormon issue when Apostle Smoot
shall present himself for admission to
tho Senate. The Jtepublican leaders
iu the last presidential campaign made
a political bargain with some of the
Mormon apostles that if the Mormon
vote was cast in Utah and other States
for the Republican candidates, there
should be no further legislation against
polygamy. Senator MeComas charac
terized the prohibition of polygamy as
contained in the Utah enabling act as
THE OCTOPUS ELEPHANT.
cram
the 20 per cent advance 111 price
showed by the eleven free list articles
was due to the enormous advance In
the prices of sisal and binder twine,
and that the very high prices of these
two articles was due to tho cruel war
in the Philippines.
Again, in the list of 174 articles on
the dutiable list Mr. Hill found oue
the price of which was higher, at one
time iii 1890, than it was in 1902. This
one was wire nails. Judge Griggs
showed that the high price of wire
hails in 1896 was due to a temporary
pool of the wire nail makers, which
collapsed before the end of the year,
and that the average price during the
four years of the Wilson bill law was
only $1.70 per keg, while tho average]
price during the last four years of
Dlngley bill, bllllon-dollar trust domi
nation was $2.93 per keg.
an impotent pretense of restriction
without any legal efficiency. Tho part
nership with the Mormons entered into
by the Republican national committee
Is about to lead.them into an endless
sea of trouble. It Is a great satisfac
tion to Democrats that they are not
entangled with It In nny way.
Growing Tired of Trust Rule
Many manufacturers who hove sold
out to trusts have grown weary of in
action or a salaried place or submission
to board of directors and have gone
back into their old business with the
capital which the trust paid them for
the works—almost invariably more
than the works are worth. Thus the
combination to suppress competition
lios resulted In more competition. One
of the chief members of the typewriter
trust has withdrawn and incorporated
a company with $r»,000.000 of capital to
manufacture writing machines. It Is
explained that the profits of his com
pany were larger In proportion than
those of other members of the trust
aud he has made up his mind to use
his own business ability for himself
instead of for other people.—Philadel
phia Record. V:
The Saero-ionct Turiff.
AVe perceive also In current rcvela**
tlous of the protectionist spirit, the
tendency of superstition or a false
doctrine to grow more intolerant nnd
extravagant with time. Von Hoist
has shown beautifully how this work
ed in the ease of slavery in the South.
Krom being thought a temporary evil
it cnine to be held as, first, tin eco
nomic necessity, then a social advan
tage, nnd finally a divine Institution,
big with blessing to black and white
and against which It was sacrilege and
treason combined to lisp a syllable.
So we have seen protectionism grow
from the ••iiifnni-iudustry" stage, a
policy to bo apologized for as a pass
ing necessity, until it has become the
sacrosanct thing we now see It to be
regarded.-New York Evening Post.
True JefTcrHcnino Doctrine.
Jefferson's wlude theory of govern
ment was based upon the Impropriety
of the government doing anything for
the citizen that the eillzen could do
for himself, or to its assuming any du
ties which could be performed diy in
dividuals. either alone or In associa
tion. It was a root-hog-or-dle republic
that Jefferson believed in. founded up
on the everlasting equality of oppor
tunity. It is not equality*of opportuni
ty that the Populists believe in so
much as in the equality of achieve
ment. which Is at variance with ev
erything that Jefforseu conceived as
freedom ami liberty aiul Ufc.--Detro.it
Free Press.
May Teach a Useful Lesson.
The eoaM'aniine has proved that to
draw national lines across the coal
trade is to work a grievous wrong to
the people of both countries. It will
probably give us reciprocity in coal
and It may serve as a reminder that
reciprocity in other articles is as rea
sonable and desirable as reciprocity in
coat.—Minneapolis Journal.
The Ouly Cure for the Kvil,
if C*ngress would wisely regulate
the combinations let Congress repeal
the laws of its own creation out of
which the evils have grown. That is
not a difficult thing :o do if the parly
In power is really eager to rid the coun
try of the evils that have come of these
law-made monopolies.—Dallas News.
Senator Aldrlch nnide an unhappy
remark about "the greed, if you please,
of the agricultural interests of the
West." The West c»nje pretty near
running t'uig*
hi
this country, and jf
it should decide to Mii :sh the high
tariff not even Mr Mdrich could save
it.—Springfield. Mass.. Republican
Bulletin
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PPHRHP
THE HAWKEYE STAtff!
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISEtV
CONDENSED.
Mother Secures Chltd After I^oub Con
test—Thieves Take Valuable Cloak
Roy Kills Father iti Cold Mood—Com
mits Suicide on Wife's Grave,
The famous Ventura divorce ease, in
volviugSa kidnaping, was derided finally
by Judge MeYey iu the District Court at
Des Moines. Mr.«. Ventura-Conrad boinjr
Riven the euslinly of her child, Lillian.
Kive years ago Mrs. Ventm'a seem'cd a
divorce from Prof. Look D. Ventura,
but he was given the ehlld and took iter
to California. Mrs. Ventura later mar
ried E. A. Conrad of Minneapolis and
kidnaped the child. Then she sought a
modification of the divorce decree, the
court now deriding iu her favor. The di
vorce ease attracted wide attenthU.
Among the depositions taken were those
of Gov. Cuuuuins, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
and William Deau Ho wells, the author.
Old Game Worked in Anaittosa.
About 0 oVloek the other evening a
Couple of sneak thieves entered the New
York More operated by Mrs. Conway Mc
Uuire iu Anainosa. Due of tho men ask
ed a clerk to see some eotton llannel.
When the clerk stepjied .back to another
part of the store, which is a large double
one. to wait on him.- the other stayed Ihj
hind. It was the same old game. After
ihey were gone the clerk wiio waiu*d on
them mistrusted that all was not right,
and began to look around to see what
was missing, and it was found thnt a tine
heaver clonk belonging to the daughter
of Mrs. Metiuire was gone Tie.' cloak
is talned at $17o.
Farmer RohbcJ of 93,753.
Charles Carpenter, a fanner residing
three miles east of Oskaloosa, was rob
bed on a recent night of $3,7r»0 that was
secreted in the cellar of his house. The
money was buried in an iron kettle eight
een inches below the surface, and the
thieves knew the exact *pot. although
Carpenter asserts that no one but him
self knew of the hiding place. Carpen
ter had an encounter with the robbers,
who fired several shots lit hint. The
thieves escaped, leaving no clew.
Sufc'de on Ills Wife's Grave.
The body of A. R. Turner, traveling
salesman for D. W. Messinger A: Co. of
Chicago, was found oil the grave of his
wife at Grinnclt. \lc had killed himself
by shooting. Mr. Turner had made Urin
nell his home much of the time. He went
out of the Chapiu House remarking that
he intended to get something to quiet his
nerves. The next day a search was
made for the missiug man and his body
was found.
Killintg at Jewell Murder.
The killing of Daniel Flygstad, aged
02 years, by his 10-yenf-old son Dankie,
near Jewell, appears now to have been
eold-bloodcd murder and not self-defense
as was at first supposed. The evidence
taken by the coroner's jury shows no
provocation. The jury whieli rendered
the exonerating verdict was prejudiced,
says the county attorney, and the boy
wili be tried.
Held for Slaying Husband.
Mrs. Krimk Lavelleur has been ar
rested at Newton, charged with the mur
der of her hu-biind. It is alleged in the
indictment tiiat she kilted him with an
ax and placed the remains iu a barn,
which she subsequently set on tire. The
alleged crime occurred last summer. La
velleur was the woman's thityl husband.
State News in Briefi
Ames is to have a new savings bank.
Capitalized at $50,000.
The nesidenee of F. A. Shuman nt Un
derwood was destroyed by fire.
Laurens Methodists are contemplating
the erection of a new house of worship.
The attempt to establish a co-operative
store at CcntervilJe has proven a fail
ure.
Mrs. Kfther Armstrong, for fifty years
a resident of Rurlington, is dead, at the
age of $0.
I. Van Metre, the veteran editor of the
Times-Tribune, is a candidate for Mayor
of Waterloo.
Jatnes Narey of Mnrshalltown is dead,
aged 09. lie came to this country from
Ireland in
The operators of the LUtrlingtou sys
tem have been given an increase in wage?
vf per month.
Fire badly damaged the Newell fur
niture store iu Des Moines. The lors is
$10,000 fully insured.
John (ioedert. a Dubuque butcher, has
tiled a petition in bankruptcy liabilities
f-J,7S0, assets nothing.
A plant for the manufacture of hol
low cement building blocks is contem
plated at Marshalltown.
Cora Stewart of Muscatine has sued
Margaret Hinterheister for $3,000 for al
leged defamation of character.
The collections of collateral inherit
ance tax for the month of January net
ted the State treasury $13,577.
The Dewar Co-operative Creamery has
becu sold to a stock company consisting
of ten business men of tlufe city.
Mongol Bros.' meat market at Dav
pnport was looted of about $100 worth
of meat, butter and eggs. No clue.
All the Cherokee County stockuicn in
jured in the recent wreck near Chicago
on the Illinois Central will recover.
Slate Auditor Carroll has issued a
charter for the Citizens-' State Rank of
Promise City, with a capital of $-'5,000.
The small daughter of Frank Harr ef
Crestoli was seriously burned by her
clothes catching tire from an open grate.
Nicholas Miller, foreman of the Mar
shall vinegar works in Marshalltown, has
disappeared and his friends fear he has
met with foul play. He is known to have
had about $10 ou his person.
Tom Howard, a hridgemon on the
(5reat Western, fell from the Lime creek
bridge at Mason City and was fatally
Injured.
Emil lloffmcistcr, aged 10, was in
stantly killed by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun at Davenport. He and a
number of companions were out hunting.
Polk County will try the experiment
of gravel roads. During the coming sea
son a large amount of moucy will le
spent iu the construction of gravel roads
leading from the pavement ends of Des
Moines streets to points beyond the. city
limits.
The plans have been adopted for the
new C. (J. W. freight depot at Council
RlulTs. The building will he 340 by 00
feet.
After thirty years' residence in Appa
noose County, James W. Campbell of
Centerville lins just taken out naturaliza
tion papers. During his residence iu Cen
terville Campbell has filled many public
offices.
A. M. («raves, the rich Mason City
farmer who mysteriously disappeared a
couple of weeks ago, has been located
in Cuba, lie wrote local parties to see
that his family were provided with nec
essities till he returned, having forgotten
the item before he left.
The several hundred graduates of the
State University of Iowa who lire .n
Des Moines are planning an ahuniii as
sociation.
Miss Olive Conger of Seymour, who
for several years has held positions in
connection with the Iowa Legislature,
has been appointed to a $1,000 clerkship
in the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, D. C.
Fire broke out in the postoffiee budd
ing at Humboldt. AH mail and fixtures
were completely destroyed and the build
ing was materially damaged. Tho tip
settiug of a lamp caused thu blaze, which
spread rapidly through the mail boxes
and interior of the buildmg.
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A iiig religious refital hns just closed
nt Kcosauqnn.
Fire destroyed the residence of Cii.irle#
Robinson at Afton.
Burlington school children have forui'
ed an anti-cigaret league.
Fifty widows are numbered with tho
inhabitants-of Nora Springs.
The socialists of Muscatine have plac
ed full ticket in the field for jthe city
election.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Abraham
Wilkin. Keopanqua Geo. ILmlenbrook,
axwel).
Pension payments to Soldiers' Homa
hiinatcH for the last quarter of 1JK):1
aggregate $17,024.
Over 100 teachers attended the insti
tute of Iowa and Poweshiek County ped
agogues at Victor.
.tacob Sogers, a pioneer Polk County
citizen, is dead. He had lived ou on*
farm for fifty years.
Davenport l'estauranteurs propose to
compel the saloonkeepers of that city
to abolish the free lunch.
movement is reported to be on foot
to consolidate all the independent tele
phone lines of the State.
The First National Bank of Grafton
has tx-eii authorized to begin business
with a capital of-$23,000.
The annual convention of the State
Photographers' Association will be held
in lies Moities May 1^-21
The Perry City Council has formally
accepted Andrew Carnegie's offer to do
nate $10,000 for a public library.
Dr. Charles Bradley, oue of the well
known ifiiysiciaus of northwestern Iowa,
is dead at ftock ftapirfs, aged 84.
Jos. Tesser, who pleaded guilty at
Grinncll to allowing minors in his bdvrl
ing alley, was fined $25 and costs.
L. W. Brand, who pleaded guilty fit
WntefribK ih utterlhg a forged note, was
sent to prisoit for eighteen months.-
The old court house at Centerville' Is
to be converted iuto a farm house. A
farmer paid $375 for the material.
The City Council Of Clarion is ar
ranging to put id a complete system of
water works during, the coming Suuuner.-
The Davenport Y. M. C. A. is iu a
had way financially, and a special effort
will be made to place it on its feet
again.
Rev. W. R. Sawhill of Stanhope has
accepted a call to the jtafttoratc of the
Second Presbyterian Church at Wash
ington.
Fort Dodge painters and paperhaug
ers wont shorter hours and more pay,
and may atrike if their demands are not
acceded to.
Tho Des Moines, Iowa Falls and
Northern announces that it will dou.ito
sites for church edifices in all the towns
along its line.
Iowa labor unions have designated the
first Sunday in June as a memorial day
on which to honor the memory of deceas
ed members.
Gov. Cummins has issued a requisi
tion for W. E. Strog, who is wanted at
leu wood for forgery and has been ar
rested iu Denver.
The Methodist, Baptist aud Christian
churches at Arion have merged and the
combined organisation will be a Congre
gational Church.
Waterloo is looking forward to a ban
ner year lu bulldiug operations, hi spite
of the advance in the price of labor rnd
building material.
Because she alleges her hUshaud com
pelled her to sit on a red hot stove, lrJliS
aheth Elloil Abbott of Des Moines wants
decree of divorce'
Harrison County farmers are raising,
by subscription, a fund to assist iu the
building of the proposed drainage ditch
through their lands.
Mrs. Patrick Kolley, who resides near
Kinross, has given birth io twO girls
aud one boy. The family is reported to
be getting along nicely.
Clifford Vonstein ami Frank tfhberts.
12-year old Fort Dbdge bbys, suffered
painful injuries by the explosion of lh£
boiler of a toy Meriiil engine
The Great Western ffas asked foY bids
for its new $20,000 passenger depot to
Ite built in Council Bluffs. The Struc
ture will be of brick and 111) feet loiig,.
The little tbwii of Pioneer, with only
100 population, is proud because durni^
the past year over 575,carloads of grain
and stock were sliipped from til at point.
Augustus Ross committed sdicide at
Washington by shooting himself through
the head. He was a veteran of the
Civil War and a schoolmate of Gen. Law
ton.
It is announced that the Ryan Pack
ing plant at Dubuque will lie agaiii op
erated, Chicago capitalists having or
ganized a stock company for that pur
pose.
The J. C. Beecher residence at Oskii
loosa was gutted by tire. It was occu
pied by a number of families, who lost
all their belongings. There was little
insurance.
Daniel Flygstad, living near Jewel,
was beaten to death by his son Dankie.
Flygstad came home in a quarrelsome
mood and was probably killed by his son
iu self-defense.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
approved the application of the State
Bank of Klemmorc to convert into the
First National Bank of Klemmorc with
a capita) of $25,000.
Fire batfly damaged the public school
building at Hudson. .The blaze was
caused by a defective flue. "School was
In session, but the students were march
ed out lu good order.
II. P. and Paul Grahill of Des Moines,
and John Shambaugh of Madison Coun
ty have been commissioned by the Gov
ernor to investigate the agricultural aud
mineral resources of Mexico.
Word has been received of the death
at Salt Lake City, Utah, of the widow
of Bishop Henry Washington Lee, the
first bishop of the Episcopal Church in
Iowa. The remains were returned to
Davenport and interred in tho cemetery
there, by the side of Mrs. Lee's husband.
The Iowa State Dairy Association, iu
session at Cedar Rapids, adopted a reso
lution asking Secretary Wilson to dis
charge Henry E. Alvord, chief of they
dairy division of the bureau of animal in
dustry,. for alleged incompetency.
At 4 o'clock the other morning a lone
bandit, supposedly a tramp, entered the
C. & N. W. depot at Stanwood, compell
ed the young man employed as night op
erator to hand over the keys to the
moucy drawer, from which he secured
about $24, and made his escape. The
safe, which also coutaiued some money,
was not disjurlcd.
Leon Shipley, chief dispatcher for the
Chicago Great Western in Des Moines,
has been appointed trainmaster for the
northern division, embracing that portion
of the liue from Des Moines to Oel.vein.
Mrs. Emma Fryer of Davenport ob
tained divorce from her hsuband, Jo
seph Fryer, ou the grounds of cruel and
Inhuman treatmeut. The court held that
pulling hair was an act constitutiug the
charge.
The hoard of control has issued uotices
for sealed proposals on the new build
ings that will be erected at the State in
stitutions this year. The total that y\i\\
be put in new buildings this year will be
$100,000.
The six rural routes running ui of
Waterloo handled 33.140 letters, newspa
pers, circulars aud packages duriug the
month of January. The carriers also
gathered up 3,630 pieces.
Fred White of- Waverly was serious
ly injured by tbe explosion of a dyna
mite cartridge. It was found necessary
to amputate a portion of oue hand, nnd
tbe other hand was also badly lacerated.
A Fort Dldge merchant recently re
ceived a letter containing two $1 bills
from a woman in a Wisconsiu town.
Site stated that she owed him tbe mon-^y,
but be didn't know it. It is supposed she
stole somethiug from the stove uud now
seeks to ni&ke the deal right.
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Home-Made Snow IMow.
One of tlie troubles of tlie farmoi' lo
cated in Pert In us whore tho snow fall
ts heavy is getting to IiIh stock after a
heavy fall of snow. All of us arc fa
miliar with the' scene of farmer shov
eling snow ail day when the barn con
tains several horses actually suffering
for exercise. The use of plow like
that illustrated, which may be readily
fashioned at home, would overcome all
tills trouble. The plow should be made
of heavy planks of any desired siie,
and slioi^d lie higher in front than at
the back eighteen Inches Is a good
helglit for the front. The top Is shown
ill the lower Illustration, Indicating
how throe hoards are placed for the
liPpt support. Tho sides should be
lrlieed with two long Iron bolts with
Wilts. The handle should lie fashioned
As sllowti arid Inarte with a ferule and
ii crooked piece of hoop Iron. Ar
ranged as Indicated the plow may be
HOME-MA11E SNOW-PLOW.
easily guided wltli one hand, the other
belflg tised ill driving. The expense
of such a plow will bo small and most
of the work may be easily done at
home.—Indianapolis .News.
A Horse** Sense of fiitiel!
A horse will leave musty hay un
touched Iii his bin. however hungry.
He will hot drink of witter objection
able to bis questioning shift of ffoni
a bucket which some odor makes of
fensive, however thirsty, flls Intelli
gent nostril will widen, quiver and
query over the daintiest bit offered by
the fairest of hnnds with coaxings
thnt would make a mortal shut his
eyes and swallow a mouthful at a
gulp. A mare is never satislied by
either sight or whinny that her colt Is
really her own until she hns certl
fled nasal proof of the fact. A blind
horse now living will not allow the
approach of any stranger without
showing signs of nnger not wifely to
be disregarded. The distinction Is evi
dently made by his sense of smell,
and rtt ii considerable distance. Hllud
horses as a rule will gallop wildly
Jifiotft ft pasture without striking the
surrounding fenee*. The sense of smell
informs them of its proximity. Others
will when loosened from the stable go
direct to the gate or bars opeued to
their accustomed feeding grounds, and
wlieti desiring to return after hours of
careless wandering will distinguish
one otitlet flint patiently await its
opeiiiug.—Detroit. Free Press.
Cooking J^ond for Stock.
Oiily rt few years ago quite a num
ber of /ippliflnces for cooking food for
stock were advertised, but few are
offered fit this time, and the Assump
tion Is tiiat there Is no demand for
tiiehl. Jit some sections cooking nt
least ti portion of the food for the
stock Is still done, but tbe Inajorlty of
feeders claim that the results do not
warrant the expense. This is proba
bly true where a number of animals
are kept,(bnt where there are but few
animals It undoubtedly pays to at
least warm a portion of the food given
to them during the winter. It Is
kuoxvn that with poultry this cooking
of the food pftys, for the majority of
successful poultry men consider the
warm tuash as ah essential part of
their feeding plans. Undoubtedly, too,
if oue has largo quantity of pota
toes that are to be stock fed, It will
pay1 to cook thein, provided tbe appara
tus used is not too expensive. Not
withstanding the fact thnt the con
census oQjpinlon seeing to be Against
tip? cooking of food for stock. It Is a
question that must be determined by
each feeder for himself by actual ex
periment.—Exchnnge. v/f- W
The Icc Supply," 'y
The ire supply put up during the
winter performs a merciful mission
during the heated season. Not ouly
does It add to the comfort.of living,
but prevents much waste that would
otherwise take place lu the foods used
during the summer. Where one Is lo
cated near towus where large Ice sup
plies arc stored it may be cheaper to
purchase It at intervals during the
summer thau put up a supply ju win
ter. For the ordinary farm home an
ice house 10x12 and 10 feet high is
considered to be of sutliclent size. A
dead air space around the walls will
prevent melting, while ventilation Is
exceedingly important and should be
arranged for when houses are con
structed. Uralnage is also esseutial.
The cost of building an ice house va
ries from $10 to $50.—Iowa Home
stead.
Work to lln In Winter.
Any intelligent, progressive farmer
will tlnd pjenty to do during the win
ter, even though he may not have
inauy animals to care for. A moment's
thought will bring to mind the things
that will be needed during the busy
days of spring, and that many of these
things can be prepared now. The care
ful farmer has long ago put his farm
machinery In perfect repair—painting
the woodT'h portloiu. putting In bolts
where needed, oiling the ueccssary
parts, and. In short. Is ready for busi
ness. There Is still time to do some
winter plowing during tlie open days,
If the ground is not too wet, and thus
per cent In tho value of the principal!
staple crops—wheat, corn, oats, pota-*
toes and hay. An Idea of the tremen~
dous' improvement inay be gained by
the figures which show that for the
last live years these staple crop# bnve
yielded to the farmer $2,000,000,009
more than for the preceding flv* yearn.
ntflldlng Potato Land.
in many sections of the country po
tatoes jilwnys bring good price, but
the soil Is too light to grow heavy,
(•rops. A successful method of bring:/
iiig tijy such soil to the point where
will brlttg good results is the follow
ing: Select A soil thnt Is In ^klrlj
good condition, and If If* sod drerts irltb
acid phosphate and muriate of potash,
turn under nnd prepare thoroughly
corn. Follow the corn with rye, whlc
should be plowed under In the
Sow cow pens nfter dressing soli «gf
with acid phosphate and^jnurlate o£
potash and harvest for forage. In tbe
fall go over the ground with a disk
harrow and break up thoroughly, sqjr
rye and turn under the following
spring then prepare thoroughly for th®
potatoes, nnd the crop, under proper
conditions of culture, will be all that
Is desired. Other methods quite a»
good will bring the same results with
out doubt, but this one has been repeat
edly tested nnd found to be all that
is claimed for It.
To Have Winter Sag*
Those, who hope to have a full sup-*
ply of fresh-laid eggs during the win
ter months must do their part or be*
disappointed, says Country Gentleman.
That all who follow these columns
may be fully Informed of methods
needed for a successful winter egg
yield, we shall treat the whole roth
ject ns If Instructing a beginner In
selecting and caring for bens. These
cannot (ne nnytbiug more simple and
easy to follow, but the trouble Is it
is so very simple and easy that the
very little things nccessary for success
are neglected. And there Is no use to
hope for succecss unless these most
necessary details are followed. You
must have the hens properly selected,
housed and cared for, then you will
have the eggs otherwise yon will not.
The'Horseradish Crop.
All our best horseradish comes from
the middle West. Perhaps its soli I®
especially adapted to horseradish per*
lmpe the ceutral State farmers are
more skillful in culture but this young
merchant, though blindfolded, can In
stantly toll If a piece comes from
New Fngland or the West. The New
Khglnnd root does not bold Its strength
ns long. Horseradish raising has be
come a very profitable business In eer
tafu sections of the middle West,
whose f/tnflers realize as high as $300
an acre from this crop. The Western
horseradish root is well developed,
with few pits, while the wild horse
radish must be scraped by baud with
the right sort of a knife.—K«w York
Commercial.
Filling Bass Made Eatj.
I have a bag holder of which I In
close a drawiug. Any man can make
and put It up ready for use iu about
the same time It would take to get Ills
wife out to hold the bags! It is made
of piece of inch board. 2 feet long
11ANUV nAC-liOLDEK.
nnd 4 Inches wide. Two-thirds In wlr«
units are driven through from one sldi."
and crooked with a hammer to make
a hook. Tlio nails, a. nre 12 Inches
apart. It can be fastened anywhere
by simply driving two nails through it.
-.Tames llunlap. In Farm and Home.
Poullry nnd Fruit.
Poultry and fruit trees certainly go
together, says Twentieth Century
Farmer, We lmve seen this verified In
one place close by last summer. The
upple crop being a complete failure—
as much from reason of Insect enemies
as anything else. Hut ill this orchard
the chicken house is built In one cor
ner: the coops are scattered through
It. The chickens get the summer slind#
and in 11 turn eat up the larvae of the
fruit destroyers. They certainly did
in tills orchard, as it shows some line
and perfect fruit this fall, and nil
neighboring orchards are destitute of
anything but 11 few wormy, knotty
apple".
A Furrow 1 ,u()0 Mile. Lnuit.
The longest, piece of plowing ever
undertaken Is to be done by the
French government lu the near future.
A furrow 1,500 miles In length Is to
be plowed across the North African
desert from Tunis to Lake Tchad. In
it will he laid a telegraph cable to con
nect the points named, steam plow
will open a furrow thirty inches deep,
nnd move at the rate of a mile an
hour.
Farm Note..
The Intensive farmer keeps bis soli
busy all the time and tbe extensive
farmer grows a single crop and leti,
Ills soil rest the remainder of the time.
There Is such a thing as letting land
exhaust Itself In the growth of weeds.
All kinds of stock are subject to loss
of appetite wlieu the food does not
consist of a variety. A mess of cooked
turnips may improve au animal more
than medicine. Always resort to a
change of food when the animals seem
to lose appetite.
It is stated that if turnips are fed
after instead of liefore milking the
odor is not Imparted to the next milk
ing. A teaspoouful of saltpeter added
to a pail of lukewarm wnter as a drink
for the cow Is claimed as a remedy
for the difficulty wheu turnips are fed.
When plowing or clearing llelds for
spi-lng operations a most important
enable one to work the ground sopue
iu the spring. Then there Is the gar- matter Is to clear out the fence cor
don to be looked after, the hotbeds to lK-rs, This should he done, even If It
be put in shape and the strawberry eutalls an extra job after the plowing
plantation to be mulchcd, If the work I is performed, us it Is such sources from
has not been already done. All this w'hence come most of the cropB of
Is work that Is necessary to success weeds aud seeds, which spread over
with the uext crops, aud will keep the ,|,e tie|ls aud cause endleBS labor
farmer busy aud enable him to~ keep 'throughout the entire growing season,
ahead of his work. ew varieties are often sold because
Tremendous Crops. they are "novelties" rather than be
In commenting ou the increase by cause they nre better than tbe old,
"water" of some Industrial stocks, the tried and standard kinds. It is better
American Agriculturist in the curreut to use varieties of trees aDd vegetables
number calls attention to the real ap- that are known to be the best for the
precitttlon of farm products and the section where they have been tested
substantial Improvement lu American lu prefc-rcncc to using others until ex
agriculture. The values lust year were perleuce gives nil opportunity to know
the highest ou record, but this year sta- more of tl'e newer varieties. Novel*
I ti»tlcs sljow an Increase of aboqt 35 I ties should be tested in a limited wayi
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A drain thai is stopped up is one that
is not only not •.•rvicenble, but a men
ace to health. When foul there Is al
ways a disagreeable stench therefrom,
and, being always damp, substance*
decompose quickly. Nothing Is more
iinportaut thau to frequently examine
tlie outlets of drain pipes and ditcbei
In order to have a free flow of water
In them.
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