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THURSDAY,"1'April-11, 1907.
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YOU WILL FIND THAT NO ONE ELSE
THE SPRING STYLES IN
i3ssmenta life associations may be re
fi/hcorporfited as legal reserve, com
plies.
[Permitting the operation of frater
nal accident companies in the state.
Restricting tho removal of goods
and merchandise covered by insur
nce without
r.he
consent of the in-
urance company.
Prescribes from of investments of
lecurities of fraternal beneficiary
(ccieties, orders or associations, but
associations organized sole
ily for benevolent purposes and whose
^embers are of one occupation.
Exempting Iowa companies from tax
ation on business done outside the
jiaie.
Requiring the level premium com
panies to submit their articles of in
corporation to the auditor of state for
hisr approval.
Prohibiting misrepresentations by
ife insurance companies, their officers
or agents.
Establishing a uniform policy of fire
nsurance.
Revising the law as to the valuation
)f policies in the, matter of filing se
irities.
Revising and rewriting the law as to
lunty- and state mutual associations.
Providing for taxation on the net
amount of business done instead of
gross amount.
Permitting fraternal beneficiaries
associations to~ purchase real estate for
their own use.
Prohibits the organization of stock
surance companies with capital of
ss than. $100,000 and regulates the
"ving of notes in payments of stock
these companies.
Inlarging the powers of street rail
ways and public service corporations
in the matter of making contracts for
equipment and buildings.
t,. Appropriations
The exact amount of the appropria
fm8 pf the general assembly for all
vrposes has not yet been figured out
sv4t is not known exactly what some
of the expenditures -will cost, but the
following are the leading appropria
tlpns made.
ojirt.een &tate insitutions $801,550
State university 164,000
§t«te college of agriculture .. 147,000
^tate.normal school 20,000
Agricultural, extension work .. 54,000
Historical building .. ,.. .. 40,000
'Tuberculosis sanatorium 70,000
Swine pavilion .... ........ 75,000
ijaldiers Home support increase 21,000
Reformatory and indeterminate
Behtencfe
Warehouse extension and
bpllers.
Increase In mi'.it?Tv allowance
CTapitol-walks and steps
Increase of salaries, etc
^feoratioii o£state capital ....
"ire food law enforcement ..
For soldier's roster.
iehlves investigation S
Gdify school laws .. ..
Normal f.chool increase ...
Mine inspectors increase ... .
Animal breeding at Ames ...
Registration births and- deaths
State home finding agents ..
S.tateh historlcal society
bacteriological laboratory ....
ftatue. of Senator Harlan ... .'-i
attlefifeld monument dedica
tioh.. ..
-1 Additional employes
Mileage of members
K' iState fair additional land .....
ii^wa maps
ijibbey claim at Mt. Pleasant
Jjowle, claim at Iowa City ...
.tjairy commission increase .j*
legislative references
augural ceremonies
fund to ijtate superintendent
umberfc supervision of monu
jiienffi
•Tjnifonn county accounts
Spanish American flag case ..,
Conf.rlbition to family of Cliff,,
intribution to Jones
15,000
22,000
18,000
10,000
20,000
12,000
10,000
7.500
8,000
3,000
-3,000
,1,800
7,000
4 000
7,000
9,000
5,000
5,000
1,000
,°,,000
1^15
5,875
3,400
1,050
4,500
600
150
230
750
Bills Not Passed
V: There Ss quite as much of interest in
jpe list of bills not passed by the legis
lature as the work actually done:
T?be puniber of strictly "freak bills"
ltroduced was not large, but there
'tare many bills that had doubtful
alu£ and were either disposed of in
ommsttee or met their death on the
raor. Here are some of these:
The' bulk sales bill defeated In the
fluse alter passing the senate, a
yi to prevent sales of stocks of
siods in bulk without making proviso
ra for the payment of current debtB
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WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY THE COLLEGIAN STORE OF THIS TOWN,
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT THOSE FAMOUS GARMENTS ARE THE BEST
FITTlNG AND ALTOGETHER THE BEST LOOKING CLOTHES YOU'VE
EVER SEEN. AT. $15, $18 or $20. „*,
WE'LL SELL* YOU THE HANDSOMEST APPAREL IN THIS LAND-r
CLOTHES YOU'LL FEEL PROUD TO WEAR AND CONFIDENT TOO OF
THE FACT "THAT THEY ARE RIGHT
Doty Clothing
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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TOWN CAN SHOW YOU
Co
BBSs&BssaBBOssais
to jobbers and manufacturers in rela
tion to the business.
Bill to give liquor dealers right to
sell and ship into any county of the
state regardless of the operations of
the prohibition law and to place Iowa
dealers on a par with those of other
states.
Bills to require annual accounting on
insurance policies and dividends, also
to limit the expense of insurance com
panies, and the bill to establish a
separate insurance department.
Bill to relieve mortgages of taxation
and a resolution looking to a commis
sion to investigate and report on the
laws as to assessment and taxation.
Bill to place the state educational
institutions under one board of re
gents.
State marshal bill, and the biir-to
give governor power to remove county
attorneys whQ do not perform their
duty.
Bill to appropriate for publication of
a complete roster of the soldiers^ and
sailors living in Iowa with their war
records apd other data.
Bill to reduce,, the exemption of
wages of laboring men so that only 80
per cent would be, exempt for,, a shorjt
period.
Bill tp establish four, state high
schools for agriculture and manual
training and to equip the same with a
millage tax.
Establishment of binding twine plant
at penitentiary.
Redistricting state as to congress
men.
Abolish office of state printer and
state binder and let out state printing
by. contract to lowest bidders.
Providing for a four-year term for
county officers.
Demurrage bill, train speed bill and
sleeping car reduction.
Woman suffrage.
Transfer of bank department to
treasurer of state.
Providing for district sanitary con
ventions.
.Abqlish office of school treasurer.
Build mansion for future governors
of Iqwa.
General district court for state to
sit at Des Moines and try cases from
any part of state.
Pensions for firemen and pensions
for school teachers.
Anti-lobby bill.
Bill to recognize state'poultry asso
ciation,
Sunday theater and Sunday amuse
ment bill.
Referendum and initiative and postal
voting bill.
Laboratory on criminology.
Giving banks authority to act as
trust companies.
Woman's reformatory at Waverly.
Optometry and osteopathy bills.
Building for adjutant general and
national guard.
Bill to require that city funds be put
out at_interest.
Bills changing court rules as to ap
peals and new trials.
Bills affecting" the C. O. D. liquor
business.
Anti-treating bill.'
TODAY'S MARKETS
Thtfi niarkft is furnlslied by th» Ct»
e!dy Commission Co, Local otflc*
rooms 28 and
SO.
Hofmnnn Block. Tol
ephone, 933. E.
Wheat—Opened.
May ....
July ....
Sept. ...
Corn—
Oats—•
Mav ....
July
Srpt. ...
E. Volgt, manager,
High. Low. Closed.
.78 •/$. .76
.80%
.81%
11
79%
.79- ..'79%
••80%
80%
May ....
July
Sept. ...
46%'
48 Ti
47%
511
&00
400
500
250
42%
38%
34%
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.47%
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-.46% 47%
.46%-'\47%
.47% 47%
.43%
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•34%,.
Pork—
May ...16.07
July ...16.12
Lard—
May .. R.80
Julv .. 8.90
.42%
-38%
.34%
-'.43%
•39^
.34%
16.22
16.07
16.12
16.22
16.27
Ribs—
May .. 8.60
July .8.77
Wheat
row, 22.
Corn today
row, 193.
16.27
8.85
8.97
8.SO
8.90
8.85
8.95
8.67 8.66
8.67
8.87
77 8.87 8.72
Car Lot3.
today, 12 estiated
tomor-
153 estimated tomor-
Oats today, 141
row, 187.
Northwest Receipts.
estimated tomor-
Minneapolis today, 184 last
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year.
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Morris --Williams
IOWA FARMS—TEXAS LANDS.
AND
HORSE SALES.
ALL SORTS OF EXCHANGED
WE SURPRISE EVEN OURSELVES.
We advertised that the sale for last
Friday would be a small one, and. we
expected it would be, but we had 250
horses, and sold $31,000 worth. Com
parriig with last year, I find we sold
ir March last year $32,700 worth in
March this year, $72,000 wo'rth, a gain
fo rthe month of $39,300. Our first
April sale last year amounted to $8,
700. Our first April sale this year,
$31,000, a gain for the one sale of
$22,300. Already we have sold sinde
January 1st, $191,000 worth, which Is
$26,000 worth more than we sold dur
ing the. entire year of 1905, and nearly
half the amount we sold all last year.
Do not know whether, we can keep up
this proportionate gain for the bal
ance of the year or not, but will make
a good try ai it.
Our next sale Is a Two Days' Sale,
Friday and Saturday, April
°jr
Thlr(^
19-20..
This
Annual Sale of Speed,
Road and Family Horses. It Is the sale
we hold bui once a year, and I am giv
ing It a £-ood advertising. We will
ft\ery 1 orje we can possibly get
for it. I l.'iive advertised it widely by
'circular in almost every horse buying
market in America. I am confident
you will see on those two days as many
buyers as you ever saw at a sale in
the west. Good buyers. Buyers for
good horses in all classes. Don't be
afraid to ship them to us. If you
have something to sell at private sale
send' me word at once
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
Ottmuwa, Iowa.
P. S.—Horses on hand for retail
trade.
145.
Duluth today. 168 last year, 32.
Primaries.
"^Receipts—Wheat today, 588,000
lagt year, 260,979.
Corn today, 556,000 last year, 448,
466. -v,
Shipments.
Wheat today, 193,260
221,563.
Corn today, 948,545
633,093.
last ylar,
last year,
Clearances. j,
Wheat—128,000.
Corn—125,000.
Oats—11,000.
Liverpool Cables.
Opening—Wheat, unchanged corn,
unchanged.
Hog Market.
Receipts. 21.000 left over, 3,548 es
timated tomorrow, 18,000.
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Livo Stock Market.
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Chicago. April 10.—Cattle—Receipts,
16,000 steady. Beeves, $4.15®6.65
cows and heifers. $1.80@5.35: stockers
and feeders. $2.80@5.00 good to prime
steers, $5.35g?6.65.
Hogs—Receipts, 21,000 5c to 10c
hierher. Llsrht. $6.50@6.77: mixed,
$6.505?6.77 heavy, $6.35.®6.75 rough,
$6.35®i6.50: good to choice heavv,
$G.65®6.75: bulk sales, $6.65#6.72.«
Sheep—Receipts. 15,000—steadv at
$4.50(?®6.10 yearlings, $[e-mail]0
lambs, $6.50@8.40.
Lovilia News.
Lovilia, April 10.—Mrs. Juliette Van
Skiver spent Saturday and Sunday at
Tracy, the guest of her son, Lilburn
Hill, and family.
Mrs. T. E. Horner was a business
caller at Albia Thursday.
N. J. Hibbs attended the Southeast
ern Iowa Teachers' association at Cen
te-rville Friday and Saturday.
Miss Fern Cobb spent Sunday with
her sister at Pleasantville.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Andrew Swanson is very sick with
pneumonia with little hopes of her
recovery.
Mrs. S. P. Parker of Chicago, who
has been at the bedside of her mother
for some time, returned to her home
last week.
Messrs. Stafford and Wing and
Misses Katherine and Louise Castner
spent Sunday in Des Moines.
Amon Conwell, who has been work
ing at Knoxville, is spending a few
weeks with relatives here.
Mrs. A. G. Beagley is on tho sick list
this week.
Mrs. M. J. Miser and Mrs. L.
Devereaux visited, with relatives at
Hamilton last Tuesday.
Wellington. Spencer returned Satur
da yafter a business trip to Ft. Mor-*
eap. Colorado.
The Edge of Hazard
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By
3& & 2? 'sir
Romanoff was very tired. He had
called on the reserves of his youth
perfect health and great strength—
and well-nigh exhausted them. He was
strongly tempted to lie there in the
warm sand, fanned by the sweet lull
ing breeze, and sleep till morning. He
yarned and nearly dozed off,— but
awoke himself by sheet-force of will.
"It would never do," he thought
"they, know I starteu to swim ashore
and they are not sure that the boat
foundvane. They may come hej-e io
look for me and I shall surely be
caught. I am in Japan, but here at
my feet is the sea, everybody's terrl
tory. A mile out may, come on a
a Russian ship and be in Russia."
He rose and started for the fisher
village, the inhabitants of which were
sleeping peaceiully. As he approach
ed he noticed, to his extreme satisfac
tion, that numerous bo* ts were pulled
up on the beach and that here and
there a small sailing craft was an
chored. He waded out to qne of these.
It was about what he desired, but
he found* a Japanese lad of -twelve or
fourteen sleeping in the bottom, cov
ered wlth .a tarpfltolin. He bent over
the lad for^ a moment, reflecting. He
must kill him, of course. It would
be impossible to raise the sail and get
away without waking him. Even
shg'uld this "be accomplished, the lafl
wot
anoff cautiously worked the slid
door open and entered. He found
some raw millet, a lar of cooked rice,
sotne preserved lily root, some dried
fish and a water bucket, about half
full. He dumped the food all together
into a crock and tiptoed from the hut
wltli the bucket and the provisions
without waking the old woman.
Five minutes later he was in nH
boat, putting Out to sea with the aid
of a rising wind bowing off shore. Ho
had not gone far, however, before lie
became fearful that a storm was rising
which his clumsy boat would not be
able to weather. He was not much of
a sailor, and the storm at last broker
on hhn so suddenly that he had no
time to get down his patched canvas,
which was ripped from top to bottom
and whipped to tatters. This, qf cour3e
served the boat from being overturned
and he was ijow scudding along under
bare poles. As the storm increased
in fury, Romanoff intrusted himself r.o
the care of the Virgin and all :h
saints, crossing himself again and
again. It was their aid, he firmly be
lieved to the end of his days, that pre
vented the little boat from foundering!
Certain it is that the sin all eat craft
will sometimes outride the severest
storm.
The Russian was pitched about for
hours, heaved one moment to the top
of a watery crest, swooped the next
to the bottom of the abyss, with the
waves towering above him. But the
storm subsided as suddenly as it had
come up, and at seven o'clock he wa3
riding over a wild but falling sea,
which gleamed red as. blood in the
rays of the early sun. He ate some
of the rice and a couple of the salt
fish. Then, lifting the bucket to his
lips, he threw back his head and- took
a copious swallow.
"In th^ name of tfc.^ Evil One!" he
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GEORGE HORTON
Copyrighted, 1906, by'
We BobbS'Merrill Companyv
Id be a nuisance. Romanoff drew
his knife and pulled back the tar
paulin gently. He held the point
about an inch above the boy's heart
and hardened his muscles to shove
the blade home.. At that moment the
lad smiled, stirred in his sleep and
muttered something. Out of pure
curiosity Romanoff listened. The bw
muttered again, repeating a girrs
name. The Russian stood for a mo
ment longer, with his knife at the
sleeper's heart and then he stole
away.
"After all," he reflected, 'T might
just-a^ well take a boat with nobody
in it. I have no objection to killing
another Jap, but why break up a love
affoir?"
'He waded over to another boat, a
short distance away, and found it un
occupied. He commenced hasty pre
parations for sailing, when it occurred
to him that he ought, at least, to give
some thought to the matter of provi
si'ons and water. He looked about and
observed an isolated hut a short did
tance. from him. He determined to
raid it. There sureiv must be some
cooked rice end q. jug of wrter in. ft.
He ran to the hut and peeped in at
the ..square hofte that did duty as a
\Vindo.w. Again Saint Nicholas was
with him, for there was no one at home
st^ve One old woman, asleep on a mat
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^n'- CHAPTER IX
RniiS&hoff's first thought was a steal
down to the village under cover of
darkness, appropriate the first avail
ble boat he could &et hold of, and put
to,sea. If he could obtain any sort of
small craft carrying sail—and thir,
would not be difficult— he had lit'tlo
doubt that he -would be able fo make
the distance across to Vladivostok
about three hundred miles. A favor
ing wind would be provided by his
patron saint, to whom he would erect
a shrine and before whose icon ho
would keep a light burning perpetual
ly. He ought to have a little food and
some water, for it is not pleasant to be
becalmed in the ocean without water
but perhaps even these would be pos
sible. Things go very smoothly when
one's saint is propitious. His greatest
danger lay/in the likelihood that the
Teijo Maru was hovering in the off
ing.
"But oven so." he reflected, "I se9in
to have made -a very mysterious diS'
appearance. If I am not seen here on
shore, the captain will( take for grant
ed that" something happened to the
dory that we werd all three drowned
If I steal a sail-boat, that will cause
suspicion ajnd they will take after me
Btit, with this breeze, I should be far
away before daylight^'
it was beginning to blow. The
storm was springing up which had
nearly swajnped Courtland Hardy in
his cabin and had driven the Shilcoku
upon a rock.
exclaimed, setting the -bucket down
again, and spitting from his mouth as
much of the liquid as remained. "What
vile brew Is this?"
The after-taste and a glance* at the
contents fit ''the pall were enough to
convince him that he had brought
away with him several quarts of shiro
sake, or white sake, the Intoxicating
liquor of Japan, made from rice. Th-)
.beverage was a trifle sour, and for
the moment refreshed him, but he well
knew that if he were not resued be
fore very long, he would be burned
alive, driven mad, by consuming thrlst.
He was very tired now, so he stretch
ed himself out in the bottom of th«j
boat and fell asleep. When he awoke,
the sun was directly overhead. He
felt refreshed and strong again, but
was ravenously hungry and very thir
sty. He ha4 no idea wherq he was,
but realized that he had been blown
steadily out to sea, from the fact that
the hills of Japan were no longer visi
ble. He scanned the entire horizon,
but not a sail was In sight. He ate
a little, and took a sip of sake. The
sun was blistering hot and there was
not a particle of wind. The boat crad
led idly on a gently-swelling sea, the
boom creaking against the mast.
His thirst was now so great that he
felt seriously alarmed, and for the first
time since dropping over the side of
the Teijo Maru, began to lose faith
in his destiny. With a jug of wate
and a little food he would have had
several days in which to wait recuse.
But with sake it was a different mat
ter. A man in Romanoff's case reali
zes, if never before, how truly alcohol
ts the enemy, water the friend, of the
human race.
Curse the besotted old beast!" he
growled, thinking of the old woman
whose sake he had stolen. "I might
have known that all Japanese are
drunkards., Why did I not taste the
stuff beforfe bringing it away with me?
All the saints in Heaven can't -help
a fool!"
It .,was the nature of the man that
now, as he began to "suffer, he longed
for revenge on any one on whom he
could fix the blame for his present pre
dicament. The more he thought of
the matter the stronger became nl#
belief that Courtland Hardy was a spj
in the employ of the Japanses. His
Russian training rendered it easy for
him io entertain this theory.
"The Americans are ndtorious Jap
anese sympathizers," he reflected,
"and they will do anything for money.
He stayed there with them, and I wns
sent away for imprisonment, possibly
death."
It occurred to him that if he shqujd
lose his reason through thirst' and be
picked up by a Russian ship, it would,
be well to have the plans, which he
had brought away, where they could
be found. He therefore split open ttto
shoe sole with his knife.
"They are gone," he cried, "I am
right! It was Hardy who insisted that
I take off my shoes. Had he not
been a spy, they would surely have
detained him when they fojmd him
photographing the fortifications, whea
they took from his pockets the papers
I put there. We may meet again, Mr.
Hardy. God. how thirsty I am!"
He gazed long at the cool, salt,
bitter waters of the "sea he trailed
his hands in them over the sides of the
boat. Then he picked up the bucket
of white sake, looked into its lying
contents, raised it to his lips, but set
it down again.
I must not," he said, "it only m,ak33
the thirst greater."
CHAPTER
As the sun began to decline in the
sky Romanoff was able to get his bear
ings and to determine in which direc
tion was Russia. He reckoned that
Vladivostok must be about two hun
dred and fifty miles distant, and he
wondered if a man could row that dis
tance. At any rate, the nearer he got
to Siberia the greater would be his
chances of running into a Russian
ship— There was a pair of oars in the
bottom of the boat. He picked them
up, headed for the setting sun, and pul
led for a couple of hours. During this
time his.thirst grew, increased by the
exertion.
"I could pull to Vladivostok easily,
if I hal plenty of water," he mussd.
"Six miles an hour, two hundred and
forty miles, that's only-forty hours. If
I had a drink of water I could swim to
Vladivostok. A man can do anything
if he only has water."
He picked up the bucket of sake
again an'd gazed into its depths long
ingly. If it were only red or blatek,
like wine, it would be easier to resist
it but it so resembled water! He set
it down firmly, and, cutting a bit of
leather from the shoe sole, chewed it.
Thi3Nexcited the salivary glands and
slightly moistened his tongue, afford
ing him a sort, of relief. The sun was
blistering hot now and not the slight
est breath of air was stirring. On his
estate' near Moscow, he remembered
there was a watering trough by the
roadside. It was covered with moss
and a shady oak spread its'branches
above it. The water where it entered
bubbled up for an inch or so above the
surface, and overflowed at the side
where the horses had bitten a deep
indentation. He did not dare to row
any more, for he knew now that his
only chance was to resist the awful
fever that was consuming his vitals
and parching his threat. It seemed
to him that he could endure it better*
if he were in a great desert but to be
surrounded thus by -.ter enough to
float the nnvies of the world, all of it
salt and bitter, was maddening mock
ery.
If he- nad only taked^j drink before
leaving the Teijo M^ru: His last drink
qf water had been there at the Aomori
restaurant, at two tho day beftre, and
it was now about three in the after
noon. If a rarn could get so thirsty
in twent -Ilve hours, what would his
rfjrj
No. 6.
Other People Do,
Why Don't You
Advertise your wants in Courier Want Cotmns
and seeure the things you, want? Want Ads
are sure bargains for the money they cost you.
IlfflljlIf you try one you will be convinced.
Only One-half Cent Per Word.
ESTRAYED.
ESTRAYED FROM MY FARM APRIL
1st—On® large male Jersey Red hog.
Finder notify J. W. Arnold, Route
WANTED.
WANTED—CATTLE TO PASTURE.
Have 178 acres extra good pasturn
Rates reasonable. For Sale—Span
of mares, 8 and 11 years old, weight,
1,500, bred to Jack. 1 mile west,
mile south of Bladensburg, Iowa.
Address Agency Route 2. Charles E
Carter.
WANTED—CIGAR
McKee & Potter's.
WANTED—STOCK Tt PASTURE
on the old Joel Cramblit farm one
mile north of Munterville. C. Tway
POR RENT.
FOR RENT—A GOOD STORE ROOM
.suitable for general stock flour
room attached. Apply H. L. Roda
baugh, Llbertyville, Iowa.
FOR RENT—GOOD 12 ROOM ROOM
ing and, business house fine loca
tion. R. M. Bowen, Eldon, Iowa.
FOR SALE.
ROTH BROS. & BLAIR SELL REAL
estate.
FOR SALE—360 ACRES, 160 IN CUL
tlvatlon, balance timber new 6 room
house, cribs, granary, sheds, barn
and outbuildings 3 Wvplls, living wa
ter in pasture some fruit on state
road telephone in house dally
mail good soil, lays fine healthy lo
cation. Also 557 tract, 200 in cultl
vation bottom, second bottom and
upland lots of wood and timber
•near county seat. Address C. K.
Diinkerley, Safe, Mo.
FOR SALE—THE JACK FORMERLY
owned by D. C. Bradley of Center
ville and Wm. Fritz of Blakesburg
Call or address J. W. Anderson
Blakesburg, Iowa.
FOR SALE—NATIVE GROWN NUR
sery stock, roses, etc. Grape vines, 5
cents. Hinds Bros., 118 West Sec
ond street.,
condition be after two ?r three days
without water?
If he went mad and was rf-scued,
would he recover his reason?
He sat still in the stern, scanning
the horizon every few minutes for a
sail. Bvon a Japr.nese bo:i.t, he re
flected, would have water on hoard
and his only hope of being saved lay
in the possibility of being pickqd^up
by a parsing ship. He now resolved,
if he came alive to Russian land, to
erect a church to Saint Nicholas in
stead of a etrine, and, after making
thin promise he followed the entire
circle of the horizon around with hjs
eye, expecting that the white of a
sail coming toward him would take
shape out of the. blue, or that some
low-lying clooud would resolve Itself
into a trailing feather of smoke. But
his lopes were not realized and he
remembered now, with fear and cha
grin that he had once made a promise
to a minor saint that he had Hot ful
filled. For houos he rc'.t without see
ing the cign of (a
.11,
He slept some during the night, but
every time ho awoke his first thought
was of that watering-trough on his
estate, of the green frogs that floated
on it, wi.h their bulging eyes ubove
th surface and their logs trailing be
hind. He remembered, t«o, the snails,
some of them over two in -ine? in length
and how cculd tl:ey were to the touch.
Dawn came at lad^ and scon the
broad diatt of tLcrsun' was standing
on the edge of the oca and its rays
spread out over tho surface of the
ocean in gaint fan of rosy light. The
h«at began immediately "c nuikt it
self felt. Romanoff arose to'his full
height 'and, turning. slowly about,
scanned the entire horizon. There was
not a sail in sight, not a sign of help
arywhere.
His tongue, an inert, swollen mass
in his parched throat, was choking
him. He laughed wildly and cursed
the Vifgln, Saint Nicholas and all the
saints. Then he lifted the bucket of
sake, thinking to drtyk deep of It, to
drain it to the dregs and to die in
a
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1 th*n, just
at sunBet, two boats passed, going in
opposite directions, one far to the
ncrth, the other r.n equal 6.stance to
the south.
As the cool of the evening came on
he was able to endure his thirst a
trifle better. He chewed another piece
of the leat'ier, and his tongue, which
hp.d felt large and rtiff in his mOuth
became '.imber and most again, and
hope, that elusive and often lying
phantom th.'-.t rarely deserts a mau
till his eyes shut for ever on the senes
of the world, once more smiled «n him.
If wi: broke out between .Tfipnn end
Russia, he would .be suro to get hold
oi Aisomo, he would certainly have
anothe.- meeting with Ha v.y.
It flashed over the row that the
latter was a w. He was shrewd'
and dark, nd t|:e: are millions
Jews in America.
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Only one In Sigourney, Iowa. Good
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Brown Leghorns are the egfe ma
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drunken delirium. He took several
swallows, when, chancing to raise his
eyes, something caught his ottentlon,—
something far away, low down where
the blue of the sea melted into the
blue of the sky. He set the bucket
down and gazed long, straining his
bloodshot eyes. Then the object grew
more and more distinct it took de
finite shape, it left the Sky behind' it
and Btood ojt alone on the waters—
the square sail of Chinese sampan.
For twenty minutes, for half an
hour, the Russian did not mo-j&e. The
uncouth craft was coming on with a
following wind her low flat hull be
came visible. Romanoff sized the
bucket of sake, whirled it and threw
it to a great distance. Then he drop
ped on his kness and thanked the Vir
gin and the saints for his deliverance,
which ho believed to be as good aa
accomplished. The sampan approach
ed neare.' and he observed that he
would pass some distance to the lee
ward of it.' He grabbed the oars and
rowoi madly, strengthened by hla
hope.
His only thought was that there
would be water on the sampan. She
came on slowly, her groat quilted sail
swelling in the gentle breeze. A
giant woman stood at the tiller, and
a little -oW Chinese was busy about
the deck. Romanoff yelled at them
frautlcally, again and again, in Rus
sian in the few words of Chinese
which he knew 'in his perfect Japanese
but they flood looking at him and paid
no heed. He feared he would «jt
reach them, and redoubled his efforts,
till the muscles'of his arms and migh
ty bacit stood 'out in knots. He shout
ed at them in Japanese
"I am a Russian prince. Take me
on board and give me water and I will
make you rich!" But they did not lay
by. They only contined to gaze at
him in wonder rind to chatter with
each other. If they understood him,
his appearance did not corroborate his
words. As the boat came up to the
sampan, near the prow, the Chinese
shrieked in sudden terror.
(Continued in next Issue.)
Chicago Butter and Egg
Chicago, April 10.—Butter—Steady.
Creameries, 22@29% dairies, 20@27,
-Eggs—Firrrt at 15V4.
Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, April 10.—Poultry—Steady,
Turkeys, 12 chickens, 13Mi spring
chickens, 13 ft.
New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, April 10.'—Butter—Firm.
Unchanged.
Eggs—Strong. Firsts, 17V&@18 offi
cial price, 17@17% seconds. 16@17,
N«w York Poultry Market.
New York. April 10.—Poultry—Alive
Arm. Chifckens, 10 @12 turkeys, 13.
Dressed.—'Firm, chickens,
turkeys, 10@14 fowls,