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March 8. 1S79.
FOUR YEARS OF TEDDY.
Next Saturday will begin the four
years' term of Theodore Roosevelt as
President of the United States.
Though Mr. Roosevelt has been presi
dent for more than three years, he has
been filling out the term of office for
which William McKinley was elected.
When the assassin's bullet laid low
the beloved Ohioan tire work of direct
ing the republic's affairs was taken up
by the vice president with the purpose
of carrying It on according to the
views and ideas of the lamented Mc
Kinley. He has performed the task
well—so well In fact that the people
gave htm a vote of confidence and en
dorsement of which he is and should
be proud. Now he will begin his own
term as president and for the next four
years he will continue to guide the
ship of state along the same channels
that have been found the best In the
past.
In his lecture here last night, Rev.
Frank Dixon voiced a nation-wide sen
timent when he said that since last
last November there had been but one
party— the Roosevelt party. Men
who were admirers and supporters of
McKinley are for Roosevelt men who
were of the more liberal republican
view are for Roosevelt democrats are
for Roosevelt even Bryan has en
dorsed him and his views upon some
subjects. The secret of Roosevelt's
splendid success and popularity is the
S fact that he Is for the people. He is
too broad to be simply a member or a
leader of a party. Ho is too broad to
be simply a politician. He is a na
tional character. He is the head of the
national administration and is there
fore the head of the nation. To him
the nation contains many varied in
terests, as he has declared, a "square
deal." In those two words—Roosevelt's
platform, as they might be called—are
expressed the basis of all his acts.
Though he may assume the aggres
sive against some Interests It Is be
cause be 'would secure a "square deal"
for other interests. His "live and let
live" policy is one which has stood the
test of time and has demonstrated the
fact that it is right and just.
"Four more-years of Teddy"-is just
what the country wants and, needs.
Though he is criticised-now and then
by men who do not like his impetuous
way of doing things, there still re
mains the fact that he does "do things"
and that what he does generally turns
out to be the right thing. Though he
is just now in a tangle with the senate
as his opposition, the fact that the
country is with the President in the
fight is evident that he is in the right
and must sooner or later win out,
SEED CORN TRAINS.
Lecturers who know all about the
best way to raise corn, prepare soils
for good crops and till It scientifically,
are traveling along the lines of the
Burlington Route this wfeek, talking to
the farmers and advising them as to
the best way to make this year's crops
in Iowa the best the state has ever
produced. The Burlington last year
conducted a seed corn train with Pro
fessor Holden as the principal lecturer,
and the results were noticeably good.
This year the plan is being followed
again and the success of last year has
decided the officials of the road to
make the scheme a permanent one.
Today the Burlington's train is In
the western part of the state. Tomor
row night a lecture will be given at
Creston and Friday morning the train
will start south from Chariton, stop
ping at Leon, Corydon, Garden Grove,
Centerville, Moulton, Bloomfleld, Farm
ington and arriving at Fort Madison
for an evening lecture. Saturday
morning the train will be run from
Fort Madison to Batavia over the Fort
Madison branch and east from Batavia
to Burlington where an evening lecture
will be given.
All farmers living within driving dis
tarice of the stations where the train
will stop should not fail to hear the
lectures. Though the tiller of the soli
is, as a matter of course, well ac
quainted with the work in which he
Is engaged, a scientific study of the
care of grains Intended for seeding,
and the best plans of preparing the
soil for the best production has proven
that the farmer who links scientific
knowledge with practical knowledge of
the farm is the onu who produces the
best results.
STOESSEL'S RETURN HOME.
Stoessel, the defeated, arrived at St.
Petersburg yesterday. At the station
he was met, as he had been at every
stop along the route home from the
scene of his defeat, by crowds of peo
ple, citizens in private life, who be
lieve in him and sympathize with him
In this, his hour of greatest trouble.
But the faces he wished to see, the
faceB the sight of which would have
brought a look of joy to his own coun
tenance and gladness to his heart,
were not among those which welcomed
him. Two representatives of the ad
miralty. in a forma.1 way, received him
when he left the train at the Russian
capital, but his brother officers were
not .there. In no more pronounced
way oould he be made to feel the dis
grace that' "his defeat and surrender
have caused him.
The stories of the Stoessel surren
der are many and varied. His own
has not yet been told except partially.
Others, however, men who held in
ferior positions In the defending force
at Port Arthur, have been ready, with
their* criticisms of the general. Their
duties did not include the responsibil
ity for the troops which manned the
fortress. Their authority was not such
that they knew all the facts connected
with the case. They did not have the
innumerable worries and conflicting
emotions that racked the brain of the
commander. It is not strange that
they should, now that they no longer
feel the strain of the siege, pour forth
criticisms and charges of cowardice
upon the head of their general. In al
lowing themselves to do it they are
proclaiming themselves less of men
than they should be to be officers in
the army of a mighty nation, even If
tl\eir stories are true.
But it will be well for the world to
withhold judgment of General Stoes
sel until he shall have an opportunity
to make a statement for himself. The
world knows that the defense of the
fortress, through months when each
day was expected by war experts to be
the last, was one of the most wonder
ful and bravest Incidents of modern
warfare.The world knows that the gen
eral makeup of the Russian army is
not of such high standard that had
not the defending army been com
manded by an able general there is
every. reason to believe that the de
rerters would have been many. Some
one is entitled to the credit for the
wonderful defense that was made and
until it is proven that he is not
worthy of that credit the world will
accord it to Stoessel.
A NOBLE WOMAN GONE.
The death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop
Stanford, news of which reached the
United States yesterday comes like a
blow to every one in America. Mrs.
Stanford, than whom no more worthy
woman ever lived, was famous for her
philanthropy, amounting almost to lav
ishness. The Leland Stanford univer
sity at Palo Alto, Cal., has been
brought to a high standard of ex
cellence by means of the wise expen
diture of vast sums from her fortune
and many young men who have re
ceived their education there bless her
memory.
"What could have moved anyone to
poison Mrs. Stanford" was the ques
tion that arose to every lip when the
news was flashed across the country,
telling of the death of the good wo.
man at Honolulu as the result of tak
ing strychnine in a dose of bicarbon
ate of soda purchased at San Fran
cisco. That is the question no one
can answer satisfactorily. Mrs. Stan
ford's kindness In her home life, ac
cording to her friends and acquaint
ances, was equal to her great-hearted
kindness as exemplified in the mainten
ance of the university, and that she
could have enemies bitter enough to
make two attempts to end her life is
almost beyond belief.
It is the earnest wish of the whole
country that the murderer of Mrs.
Stanford may be found and that the
punishment he so richly deserves shall
be meted out to him. No more inex
cusable crime has ever been known.
Kuropatkin, it is said in an ex
change, is -"striking back" at the Jap
anese. It is a noticeable fact that
the Russians seem to prefer to "strike
back" rather than to "strike front."
And this may explain their inability to
win. It is easy to see that no one,
running and striking backward, can
make as successful a fight as he could
if he were to stop, turn around and
fight to the front.
Ottumwa has lost her reputation as
a wicked city and the palm must be
surrendered to Philadelphia. Pa. When
hundreds of people get together and
pray for their "sinful mayor" it is time
for all other places which might have
had a claim to notoriety for wicked
ness to take a back seat.
After Senator Kearns' -arraignment
of the Mormons and the "system" in
Utah, it is very probable that mem
bers of the senate's committee on
privileges and elections will stop and
wonder just how much of that testi
mony upholding Smoot they should
have believed, after all.
Mrs. Cody says she still loves Buf
falo Bill and would be glad to have
him come back to her. If half the
stories of her musband are true her
constancy is worthy of a better cause.
Another reason why Iowa is better
than Russia to live in—the seed corn
train.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Keokuk Gate City admits that
the hog is the mortgage lifter, but in
sists that the cow and the hen are
mighty good about looking j.fter the
interest.
The Cedar Falls Gazette firmly be
lieves that when Senator Allison's
term expires he will positively decline
the honors of re-election so that he
may spend his last days in peace, free
from the arduous duties which younger
men should assume.
—o—
In the sarcastic words of the Sioux
City Journal, "an anxious world will
be glad to hear that the opening of
the upper Missouri to navigation will
be a matter of only a few days now."
"Growing older is better than grow
ing old," says the Burlington Hawk
Eye. "Growing older is only adding
tomorrow to today, and as tomorrow
is the guardian of hope, there is a
continuous joy in living. And death
should be merely the portal to a larger
hope, a greater tomorrow."
"There seems to be no one sorry
that the biennial election amendment
has been sustained," says the Cedar
Rapids Republican. "There is no one
lamenting that we will have a little
rest from politics."
Noting that Professor Gilford of De
corah, who killed a neighbor with a
potato fork has been declared insane
by the jury, the Rockford Register
says: "It's strange that lunatics of
this stripe are seldom discovered until
they add murder to their insanity. In
spite of the decision, most people will
look upon the disposition of the case as
simply a thinly veiled attempt to de
feat the ends of justice."
—o
The Spooner-Quarles combination
is cleaning up the political platter
before LaFollette has a chance to -In
terfere," remarks the Mason City
Times-Herald. "Being forewarned was
sufficient for them to act, and all the
places the insurgent finds for his
friends in federal officialdom when he
gets to the senate will be disclosed
only after the vigorous employment of
a search-warrant."
"Necessarily the senate will be
scolded a g-ood deal," says the Sioux
City Journal, comfortably, "but the
country on the whole has got along
very well with it, and maybe it might
be expedient for the country, so far as
the senate is concerned, to 'leave well
enough alone.' At least It may be
said with some confidence that our
legislative appliances are now suffi
ciently ample for tearing things up by
the roots on a moment's notice with
out the need of anxiety for an en
largement of facilities."
—o—
Burlington Hawk-Eye. Toledo Is
to have a factory that will turn out
cement shingles. Sounds odd. And
yet it is nothing so very unusual
either. Slate and roofing tile have
been In use for many years. The ce
ment shingle will be cheaper than tile
or slate and it will be practically in
destructible. It will also afford addi
tional protection against fire. No
doubt, the cement shingle will be the
most common roofing material in this
section of the country ere many years
have passed.
—o—
Des Moines Capital.—The Chicago
Tribune thinks there is a possibility
that Senator Shelby M. Cullom will
not be re-elected. It is quite the
fashion for certain people to indulge
In things of that character a year or
two before Uncle Shelby's term ex
pires. Their next contribution to the
subject is usually when they arise to
move that Uncle Shelby's nomination
be made unanimous.
—o—
Marion Register.—The assessor at
Ida Grove has returned a valuation in
the city of only $250,000 and the Pio
neer is exceedingly wroth, saying that
it Is nothing short of ridiculous. De
mand is made that those who are con
cealing property should be unmasked,
even if it be necessary to hire a tax
ferret to do it. Every community
seems to be afflicted with the ta:f
dodger.
O
Keokuk .Gate-City.—The Scofleld
Thomas murder trial is in progress in
Des Moines. If the trend of events of
the past few days continues the prose
cution may consider itself mighty
lucky if it escapes conviction.
FOR A SEA LEVEL CANAL.
Council fluffs Nonpareil.—The en
gineering committee of the Panama
canal commission has reported in fa
vor of a sea level canal. A sea level
canal is one without locks, dug down
to the level of the open sea, so that
vessels "may pass through unimpeded.
The estimate is that such a canal will
cost $280,000,000, aside from certain
contingent items that do not properly
enter into the enterprise and which
are recoverable from the canal zone.
This is about $100,000,000 more than
the estimate for a lock canal and it
would take more time to construct at
sea level than otherwise, although the
estimate now is that it could be done
in ten or twelve years from this data.
Earlier estimates were that it would
take fifteen years to get a deep canal
in shape for use and twenty years to
finish it.
There is no question of the super
iority of the deep canal. The larger
expenditure of money and the additional
delay until its completion are the only
considerations, and these are neutral
ized when it is remembered that the
canal is a thing for all time and that
the cost of maintenance and operation
of a lock canal would, within a com
paratively short time, more than off
set the additional Initial outlay for a
deep way, while the latter would be
much more serviceable. Indeed, this
latter consideration alone, if the fu
ture could be foreseen, might justify
the greater expenditure. It is pre
sumed that the traffic through the
canal will be heavy, and no one can
say that it will not be so large as to
suffer greatly if impeded by locks. It
is not improbable that merely the de
lays to traffic would in the course of
a century entail a greater loss than
the extra $100,000,000 needed for the
deep canal. As to the longer time re
quired for construction, it seems that
since it has been several centuries
since the idea was first conceived and
half a century since- we as a nation
became interested in it. there should be
no impatience over a few years more
of delay now, especially since so many
worthy considerations array them
selves on the side of patience.
Compared with the result to be ob
tained, a few years more or less in
realizing the canal, and the expendi
ture of extra $100,000,000—these really
seem unconsenuential items.
KEOKUK WANTS MACHINES.
Keokuk Gate City.—Ottumwa has
invested in seven voting machines and
will give them the first official test
at the municipal election in March.
A sample machine was used at the last
general election in one precinct, and
one minute after the polls were closed
the result was compiled and an
nounced. That experience seems to
have been so satisfactory that machine
made votes will be recorded in all the
precincts at the city election. It has
been arranged that the voters will
have an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the use of the ma
chines several days before the elec
tion.
It is .learned from the Courier that
the seven machines will cost the city
$4,200 or $600 each. The first pay
ment is due April 1 and the time of
payment is extended over seven Years
making annual payments of $600. It
is estimated that the savings to the
city from the use of the machines will
approximately pay for them. This
saving will come in shorter hours for
clerks, judges and policemen to man
the polls, reduced expense in printing
and other incidentals. Isn't it about
time Keokuk was availing itself of the
advantages voting machines afford?
A GOLD MINE IN IOWA.
Des Moines Register and Leader.—
It was an Iowa lawyer who estimated
that if the entire 1904 corn crop of
this state were to be transported
across the continent the head engine
of the first train would be whistling
for the San Francisco ferry as the
lights of the rear caboose of the last
train flashed by the station at Bangor,
Maine. The estimate has caused con
siderable discussion, but a little fig
uring will prove that it is not exag
gerated.
Taking his tip from the Iowa law
yer, Frank G. Carpenter has figured
that if the entire corn crop of the
United States were to be loaded in
wagon and start eastward from the
Mississippi valley the first wagon
would have gone around the world
twelve times before the last had quit
the banks of the Mississippi. The
procession of corn-bearing wagons
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The late Senator Vest, whose death
a few months ago, caused a wave of
regret, is remembered by his old
friends and acquaintances as a man
of splendid characteristics. He was a
good lawyer, a good law maker and a
good fellow. Those who knew him
best in the last named role have many
stories to illustrate his good nature,
one of which is told in the Kansas
City Star as follows:
The last few years before the civil
war Senator Vest lived at Boonville.
Across the Missouri river, about four
teen, miles away from Boonville, is the
classic little city of Fayette, the home
of General John B. Clark. At the
time of which I speak, Vest was not
Senator Vest, nor was Clark General
Clark but both were young lawyers
just beginning their careers. Living so
close together, both being lawyers,
both being hearty good fellows of con
genial tastes in more ways than one,
it was but natural that a warm and
lasting friendship should spring up be
tween them. Many are the times so
the old citizens say, that Vest and
Clark sat around the festal board of
an evening with a few chosen friends,
drinking sour wine, eating cheese—
these great men were poor then—
and telling stories till the small hours
of the morning—"extemporaneous
symposiums," as General Clark was
wont to call them.
The following is a story General
Clark used to love to tell as to what
took place at one of these "symposi
ums:"
"We were having a good time, as we
always had. Vest, a few intimate, mu
tual friends and myself," the general
was always wont to say upon the be
ginning of this story, "all seated
around an old table in a back room
of Vest's office in Boonville one even
ing. Of course we were telling stories
for that was always a part of our pro
gram, and for some reason, I cannot
now explain, we got to discussing the
merits of pointer dogs. Vest would
tell a story about the prowess of some
dog he knew and then we would all
take a drink, then I would tell a story
about some dog I knew and we would
all take another drink.
"Now. everyone who knows Vest
and I, know that neither of us cared
much for dogs nor sylvan sports of any
kind. I doubt if either of us ever
owned a pointer dog in our lives. But
in some mysterious way, I suppose
that it was on account of good fellow
ship of the occasion, the rivalry at
story telling between us and the ex
hilarating effects of the freely flowing
wine, the dogs we were talking about
soon became our dogs—living, mov
ing creatures of supernatural powers
"Vest would tell one about his dog
and we would take a drink I would
tell, one about my dog and we would
take another drink. So we kept on
swapping yarns about our dogs and
taking drinks until our rivalry devel
oped into a disposition upon, the part
of each of us to relate llj£. .most Jin
reasonable stories possible,
"Vest had just finished a. very ex
travagant one, when I happened to
think of one that I was sure would put
him out of business.
'I'll tell you, Vest,' I said, leaning
back in my chair and hooking my
thumbs up in the armholes of my vest,
'it is all in the breeding and breeding
will show every time. Now, anyone
can tell that this dog of min'e is a well
bred dog by watching him work in the
field just five minutes. Oh, I tell you
he has the finest nose I ever saw on
a dog. And it makes no difference
where he is when he scents a bird,and
if there is a bird about he is certain
to scent him right there he will drop
and right there he will stay till dooms
day unless I go in and rout the bird.
'Just to show you what he will do
along these lines, I will relate a lit
tle incident that took place the other
day while we were hunting. We found
a covey of birds right close to a low
hedgerow. I had killed a few of them
and my dog was working fine, making
no mistakes at all—he never does.
Presently I noticed him take a running
start towards that hedgerow—and, I
never saw a dog in my life that can
would be 300,000 miles in length. Mr.
Carpenter has figured the matter out
still more closely and made some in
teresting discoveries.
"One year's corn crop at 40 bushels
of shelled corn to the wagon would
make 88 continuous lines of wagon
loads from Boston to San Francisco.
If you could bridge the skies and start
it toward the moon it would reach to
that dead planet and go on for 60,000
miles beyond.
"If you could load it on cars in 500
bushel lots at 40 feet to the car, in
cluding platform, and start them on a
double track, the two first cars would
have gone from the Mississippi to New
York, across the Atlantic, across Eu
rope and almost across Asia before the
last two cars were loaded."
That is the corn crop as it was pro
duced in 1904, yet "the discoveries of
the last four years have shown that
this great crop can be doubled, with
out adding one acre to the land culti
vated or one cent to the cost of culti
vation." It is on this work that Pro
fessor Holden of Iowa and his assist
ants and co-workers are now engaged.
In preaching his annual Harvest
Home sermon last fall a Des Moines
clergyman declared that the corn
fields of Iowa are far richer than the
gold fields of the Klondyke. There was
nothing exaggerated in his statement,
America's corn crop is now worth an
nually In the neighborhood of $1,000,
000,000. All the gold and silver mined
in America amounts to but little more
than $100,000,000, so that the corn
crop Is worth ten times as much. Mr.
Carpenter agtly adds that if a gold
field would be discovered which in one
year would turn out ten times the
value of the gold and silver annually
mined in the United States It would
set the nation crazy and excite the
world. Such a mine actually exists
in the corn belt of the United States.
Iowa's share in the riches of this
great gold mine is well known. It
produces annually more corn than any
other state In the nation or country in
the world. The average yield for the
nation last year was 25.6 bushels pel
acre. The average yield in Iowa for
the past fifteen years has been over
32 bushels. Corn is America's great
est crop and Iowa is America's great
est corn producer. It Is a gold mine
without parallel,
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run as fast as he he made a won
derful leap as he neared the fence, ris
ing in the clear some eight or ten
feet above the fence. Just as he was
immediately over the fence, he scented
a bird down in the hedgerow. In
stantly his tail straightened out, his
nose was pointed to one side and right
there, up in midair, he hung till
scared that bird up and Bhot It. And
I tell you, Vest, that dog would have
been there till now if I had not routed
the bird he was pointing in the
hedge.'
"Well of course, the boys all gave
Vest the 'laugh,' and I was certain
had him vanquished. But, there was
no use talking. Vest has the most won
derful resources in close places like
this of any man I ever knew.
"We had hardly set the glasses
down from drinking to the health of
my aerial dog, till Vest came back at
me.
'I'll tell you, Clark,' said Vest,
know that dog of yours Is a very fine
dog, a well-bred dog, a good smelling
dog, a flying dog and all that, but he is
not the equal of my dog in any respect.
Just to show you, I'll relate a little in
cident. My dog followed me down the
street the other day, playing along as
dogs usually do, I paying no especial
attention to him.
'Presently I noticed a gentleman
about a half block ahead of us, leaning
up against a post, but I noticed noth
ing remarkable about the man, and I'm
certain no ordinary man would ob
serve anything peculiar about that
man, but my dog did. Well, sir, when
my dog came up within about ten feet
of that man, he dropped down in as
perfect a point as I ever saw—tail
straight out, left fore foot lifted, nose
at the regulation angle.
'I laughed and slapped him on the
back and told him to come on, but he
paid no attention to me. I walked on
a little piece and looked back, and the
dog was still standing like a statue.
I called him, but he paid no attention
to me. I walked back and called him
again the dog would not move. I
walked up to him and took him by the
collar, but he stuck his feet out and
refused to budge.
'Well, sir, I was nonplussed I
didn't know what to do. Finally a
thought occurred to me, and I'walked
up to the man standing against the
post/ and politely asked him his name.
His answer explains the whole situa
tion:
'My name is Partridge, sir."
Coasting Note.
Down
Court
street
3 hill
young
Garfield
sped,
ahead
up
loomed
car
trolley
He safely passed beneath the car—
ItwasanarrowsqueezeforGar.
—Newark News.
The Python.
The python is an angle worm
Of an outrageous size,
Don't ever twist a python's tall!
These red and tear-dimmed eyes
Don't look good on a fellow's ma,
And come next Christmas-tide
There'd be a lot of fearful talk
About the boy that died.
The python leaves a funny trail,
It twists and turns about
Until 'tis very hard to tell
If it winds in or out
He wiggles on his tummy so,
And bends and twists and swerves,
Why, he is like a chorus giril
He travels on his curves.
I wouldn't care to meet a py
Thon for a stack of pelf
If I am to be hugged at all
I'd rather hug myself?
I wish to go to heaven, yes
Each night I'm on my knees
But I don't care to pass the gates
Of pearl by such a squeeze.
—Houston Post.
BLOOMFIELD.
Bloomfleld, March 1.—The regular
meeting of the Chautauqua association
was held Monday evening and the
committee on incorporation and by
laws of the Chautauqua association
submitted a report and the same was
adopted by the association. The name
of the association Is "The Davis Coun
ty Chautauqua Association." Ofllcers
and directors for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: Jas. A. Dunn,
president Mrs. Belle Steckel, secre
tary directors, E. K. Herr, T. P.
Bence, Jas. A. Dunn, N. S. Johnson,
Jno. F. Scarborough, W. M. Hotchkiss,
S. A. Lorenz, J. H. Ford, E. Romlnger.
The program has not yet been' com
pleted by the committee.
Misses Edith and Mildred Steckel
leave Thursday for Los Angeles, Cal.,
to make an extended visit with their
aunt, Mrs. John Morton. While on the
way short visits will be made with
friends at Kansas City,Mo., and Hutch
inson, Kas.
Mrs. Reininghaus, who has been
spending the winter at the Sax hotel,
returned Tuesday to her home in Can
tril.
Robert Denney, of Nebraska, who
has been visiting E. Rominger and
other relatives in the city and county
during the past winter, left Monday
for Ottumwa to visit his daughter,Mrs.
Ida Wheeler, while enroute home.
On Friday, while climbing a tree in
pursuit of a coon Arthur KornEtruck
the sharp edge of an axe which his
brother had stuck into the tree to
assist his ascension, and inflicted a
deep flesh wound above the knee.
Dr. Herbert L. Willett, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, will deliver the
dedicatory address at the opening of
the new Christian church next Sunday
morning. The compliment to the
Christian pastor and congregation is
sincerely appreciated and the oppor
tunity to hear Dr. Willett on such an
Important occasion would not have
been possible but for the fact that he
.will lecture at the Methodist Episco-
Account of.
^PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by Dr. J. Bonham-
Mr. Zeb Smith, of Ottumwa, says'
"I was cured of a very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years.**
Mr. D. O. Ross, Albia, says "I
had a suspicious cancerous growth
Ion my lip. Dr. Bonham removed
it by use of X-Ray."
Mr. Wm. Gibson, Albia, Iowa,
says: "I was cured of a double
rupture and am well pleased."
CATARRH. Is your, breath badT
Is your voice husky? Do you spit
up slime? Does your nose dis
charge and do you hawk and clear
your throat. Do you have a cough
each winter? If
BO,
you have ca­
tarrh and need treatment.
LUNG AND BRONCHIAL CA
TARRH—This form is simply an
extension of Catarrh of nose and
throat. You have to cough a little
harder to raise. It becomes a lit
tle more yellow. You may lose
flesh and get feverish at times. Do
not neglect such symptoms. They
need attention.
RUPTURE AND PILES—Absolute
ly cured. Piles cured in 10 days'
time. No severe pain. You are
cured forever. I guarantee to cure
you in 10 days.
Rupture cured without the knife.
No severe pain, no danger. Hun
dreds all over this country are
cured.
WARTS, MOLE8, Superfluous
Hairs, Pimples on the Face cured.
We cure all cases of pimples and
black heads. Make your face soft
and smooth.
ADDRESS
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R. R. CHURCHILL,
Mr. B. J. Harman, Bladensburg,
Iowa, says: "I was cured of a rup
ture which was large. Alter suffer
ing thirty years I was a bad case."
A. J. Allen, Blakesburg, Iowa,
says "I was cured of rupture over
a year ago and can recommend Dr.
Bonham's treatment"
Mr. Lambert Funk, Agency, says:
"Several years ago Dr. Bonham
treated me for oatarrh. I was cured
and have had no trouble since.'
We are constantly curing people of Chronic Diseases, Rheuma
tism, Kidney and Bladder Diseases, Catarrh of the Nose, Throat and
Lung Troubles, Diseases of Women, Variocele, Hydrocele, Nervous
Diseases, Sexual Diseases, Blood and Skin Diseases.
VERY LOW RATES
pal church on Friday evening which
will be the last entertainment in the
season's lecture course. The program
for the service on Sunday follows:
10:30—Dedicatory address, Dr. Her
bert E. Willett.
2:30—Union services.
3:30—Communion services.
4:30—Children's meeting.
6:30—Young people's meeting.
7:30—Address by Dr. Willett.
All denominations of the city have
been invited to attend the morning
services in which Rev. Mr. Wlckziger
will be assisted by all the resident
ministers.
Mrs. L. L. Pittman, who'has been
confined to the house with a severe
cold ever since Christmas, was able
to be out Tuesday for the first time.
Mrs. W. M. Wray has gone to Klrks
vllle, Mo., to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Jas. Relger.
Mrs. rifaftsizger spent Sunday in
Moulton with her daughter, Delpha.
Rev. Mr. Cunningham, of La Plata,
Mo., state superintendent of the Unl
versalist work in Missouri, occu
pied the pulpit in the Universalist
church Monday night and will preach
again week after next.
S. L. Berry left Tuesday night for
Mexico, Mo., to spend a few days on
business.
C. W. Graham left Tuesday for Des
Moines to spend a few days on busi
ness.
J. W. McDonnell, of Ottumwa,
passed through this place Tuesday, en
route to Boonville, Mo., on a short
business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McGowen leave
Wednesday for Buffalo, New York, to
spend some time in a medical
hospital for the benefit of Mr. Mc
Go^ran's health. .While in the city
Located in Ottumwa
Fourteen Years. My
office is equipped with
Electrical Appliance*,
X-Ray, Massage Ap­
paratus, Inhaling Ap­
paratus for Lung and
Throat Troubles. It
RHEUMATISM—There are aevwral
forms of Rheumatism. If you have
It and want to be cured come here
and take our Hot Springs treat
ment. We give Turkish Vapor and
Massage Baths, which sweats the
disease from your system. Massage
makes the muscles suple and re
moves the pain.
VARICOCELE—This most annoy
ing disease consists of an enlarge-,
ment of the veins in the sack on left
side, causing pain in the back,weak
ness of organs, pain and despond
ency. You will have it always if
not properly treated. I cure every
case on a guarantee. Have cured
over 100 cases Without a failure.
NERVOUS DEBILITY—Decline of
manhood, casting diseases, sedi
ment in lmne, weakness caused
from excesses.
BLOOD AND 8KIN DISEASES
People who have contagious blood
diseases are cured by my special
treatment, known as the Hot
Springs cure. We can give you'
Just as good treatment as you can
Send for symptom blanks. Send for Book on Rupture. Variocele
Etc. Enclose a stamp for reply.
DR. J. C. BONHAM,
Elks Biock, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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they will visit Mrs. Ivy Oppenhelmer^
formerly of this city.
W. W. Rltz, of Chequest, passed
through this place Tuesday en route to
Seattle, Washington, to join his wife
and child who preceded him there
some time ago. Mr. Rltz has rented
his farm to Clyde Cyphert and will
remain In Seattle a year and If the
conditions are favorable will probably
locate there permanently.
Mrs. E. B. Johnson entertained
few friends at a six o'clock
dinner Tuesday as a surprise for Mr.
Johnson, who celebrated his thirty*
sixth birthday anniversary. The gen,
tlemen surprised Mr. Johnson by pre
senting him with a handsome rocking
chair and the ladles' contribution was
a handsome neck tie. The surprise to
Mr. Johnson was complete and the
event was a social success.
Relief In Six Hours. g|§
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Df*
ease relieved In six hours by "New'
Great South American Kidney Cure."
It is a great surprise on account of
Its exceeding promptness In relieving
pain in bladder, kidneys and back. In
male or female. Relieves retention at
water almost immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. Sold by W. W. Ennls, drap
gist, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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8outhwest Colonist Rates. "'A:•
On February 21 and March 21, the
Iowa Central will sell special one way
Settlers' tickets at half fare plus $3
to points -in Nebraska, Colorado, K»n-,
sas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, Texas, etc.
Don't fail to- consult agents, or ad
Cress,
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w.! Ir-- Minneapolis, Mixta,