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?HALL THE IOWA DELEGATION
BE DISCREDITED?
The signed article by Major Samuel
Mahon published in yesterday's Cou
rier, is one of the best oresentations
-that has yet been made with reference
1 to the factional controversy now go
ing on in the republican party in the
state of Iowa. It is a timely question
that the Major asks when he says:
"Are we dissatisfied with the course
of our representatives in congress on
the railroad rate question? Men could
do- no more than they have done arid
tare doing, to support the President in
[this, great measure. What ground
Ithen, is there for 'our governor to an
tagonize these men and wherein does
•..( he differ with them?
On the part of' thinking men. there
Will be hearty approval of Major Ma
hon's clear cut statement, that this
whole deplorable, factional movement
on the part of some, is antagonistic to
.the Iowa delegation in congress, who
S^iare fighting the battle of the people
for the rate bill.
The'railroad rate question, so far as
It. applies to Iowa, or so far as the
governor of Iowa has anything to do
with it as governor, was fought out
and settled in this state twenty years
ago. And the men who stood the
brunt of the fight are today, almost: to
a man, favoring, the nomination of
Geo. D. Perkins, always the friend of
the people and the advocate of their
interests, for the office of governor.
It is said that Senator LaFollette is
coming to Iowa on the adjournment
of congresB to assist Governor Cum
mins in his campaign for a renomina
tion for a third term. Could anything
be more absurd than this? The state
of Wisconsin has only within the past
THE IMMIGRANT'S OCCUPATION.
The tastes and inclination? of the
sliinmigrant of today are different by
many degrees from those of a few
years ago. The Western Passenger
association has been comparing its re
ports for 1904 and 1905, and announces
however, and the youth of Brooklyn
will continue to read of the wicked
ness of Tom and Huck and apply it at
home and in school in the usual
fashion.
It is hard to understand just why
the critics in Brooklyn should dis
cover so much objectionable matter
'•Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry
Finn" and not disapprove of "Rough
ing It" and "Innocents Abroad." Those
books have worked ruin in families
they have led confiding people to In
vest money in travel that might have
been safely conserved In tidies, plush
albums, lamps with pantalettes and
phonographs which would have made
home brighter then Europe, and have
caused youth to declare an adventur
ous spirit and go to Nevada and other
dreadful places, where they have
learned to play cards and swear.' What
do people read books like these for,
anyway? They are not instrubtive,
like statistics, nor moral, like tracts.
Its conclusion that of the more than
1,000,000 immigrants who arrived last
year but a very small percentage
reached the agricultural districts. This
Is so contrary to the popular imrres- owned cash in large amounts
sion based upon the immigration of
earlier years as to be surprising. Yet
there are many reasons why it may be
true.
There is no possible question but
that the agricultural immigrant is the
that are Induced and aided to take up
Jpls line of work the better it will be
br them and for the natipn. The
rowded ghetto districts are distinct
dangerous to the people who live
faerf and to the country as a whole,
rhey can easily be made socialistic
hojt beds and at best they are .unsani
tary and hard to govern. If the immi
grants can be located on the farms
tHere will be no "immigration prob
tleir,:" ^3:
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VJ* THE BAN ON TWAIN.?.
When it was proposed in Brooklyn
to put "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckle
berry Finh" on the restricted list,
with "The Decameron," "The Lynch-
iiig of the Ship" and Shaw's play, the
jndp^an brought forth some literature
fVlfrom Mark Twain that was worth
iWj least two cents a word, but that may
"Tk' h^ve been as good as wasted on those
to, whom he sent it. Because "they
probably thought it was immoral, and
maybe it sounded like it. A debased
nubile sentiment defeated the scheme,
After all, if the critics are right,
what the public libraries need is to
stock up with a lot of good statistics
and tracts. A lift from the census
bureau and the patent office will put
these institutions on a safe footing,
and undo the mischiet that has been
wrought by people who make up what
they write—jugglers with language
like Scott, Dumas, Balzac, Dickens,,
Hawthorne, Barrie and Tarkington,
"who pave the way for such writers as
Mark Twain himself. The mission of
the public library is to make people
wiser- and more truthful. It is easy
to find things in even "A Yankee at
King Arthur's Court" that confirm
habits of ignorance and prevarication
such as it would require years of fa
miliarity with insurance -reports and
other improving literature to over
come. Surely, Mr. Clemens' books
should never have been allowed in
any library. »',
THEN AND NOW.
In the great sweep of feeling that
has been engendered all over the coun-
try
as'tators'
two years done that with reference to daily business, but it is easy to com
railroad rate legislation which Iowa
accomplished nearly twenty years ago.
Governpr LaFollette is hardly the
man to come to Iowa and attempt to
tell the people of this state what they
should do with reference to railroad
rate legislation.
The immigrant of the last deca do hands of the few, and the orators'
differed in "other particulars than statements were correct. Since 1898
•ace from those who preceded' him. the process which produced the flnan
The earlier arrivals coming from the
as a rule have made little richer, but millions of poor men have
or no provision for pioneering. They become independent and thousands of
men formerly struggling have become
need work when they land and they
find it in the cities. Then the fascina
tion of city life is as strong upon the
immigrant as the native born. Be
sides, the immigrant speaking but his
otyn language naturally stays where
he can hear it spoken in the city set
tlement rather than take chances on
e. farm, where his isolation would bo
jubled by that reason. He finds, too,
Iter wages in the miils. and the rail
camps and sees nothing to be
ed by going out into the country,
course, there are exceptions. The
Scandinavians are still thronging to
of the pioneers. The others who toil
ed their way across the west are now
coming in fast diminishing stream.
But there may be hope for the agricul
tural regions in the second genera
tion. The Italians, for instance, have
been nqtably successful in cultivating
abandoned New England farms, mak
ing them pay where it was thought to
be impossible.
desirable one, and the more of them the concentration of money in the
to whom President Roose-
velt refers so aptly as "the men with
the muck rakes," all sight of propor
tion has been lost, tt is so easy and
such a popular act to swing onto the
"reform" parade and take up the cry
that the "world is all wrong, that the
ranks are being increased
speedily and the radicals are forging
.their way into every walk of life.
But a sane view of the real facts as
to how the world stands would change
a great many minds. It is hard, how
ever, to stem the tide of a flood of pub
lic opinion when its' watchword, no
matter how senseless .may be the
theory, is "Justice for all." It Is hard
to analyze every phase of life and
pare figures. And if the army of agi
tators could be induced to calmly sur
vey the ground, keeping' their mouths
tightly closed the while, they would be
surprised to learn that they are crying
calamity when there is no calamity.
The Washington Post, in a recent
well written article, treats the import
ant subject as follows:
"During the political campaigns of
1896 and 1900 radical orators dwelt
much upon the concentration of wealth
in the hands of the fe\^.
"It was evident in the bad times
succeeding the memorable panic in
1893 that the per capita of currency
was at a minimum and that the pur
chasing power of money'had greatly
increased.
In the sense, therefore, that those
were few in number, and that the cur
rency they held possessed greater pur
chasing power, there was actual con
centration of increased value in the
ciai
sturdier races, usually with some to 1898 have been steadily reversed,
knowledge of farming and. intent upon
conditions of the period from 1892
and
making homes for themselves, joined of the world and that of this country
the westward rush and helped to build!has steadily increased in amount. The
those states. They were of pioneering products of the mines, the fields and
spirit. The Atlantic voyage in those the forests, of the furnaces, the mills
da^p was'more of a venture. There and the factories, the laborer's work,
was greater preparation for the be- the artisan's skill, the farmer's crops
ginning of life in the new land. ISu- and the stockman's cattle, have all
rope is nearer today and the journey brought greater prices, while the pur
ls undertaken more lightly and with chasing power of money has steadily
less preparation. The immigrants fallen. The few rich may have grown
'now
in the last six years the currency
wealthy. Hard times do concentrate
values in the hands of the owners of
money, but general prosperity destroys
that undesirable and dangerous condi
tion.
"The prosperity since 1898 has made
numerous classes of men Independent
financially—merchants, manufacturers,
brokers, planters, farmers, all of them
energetic in affairs readers, thinkers
—men who have real, live Interests in
the country's progress—men who know
their rights and are ready to maintain
them. Again, the workingmen of the
country are fully aware that there is
ample' demand foTlab^r, at good
wages, all over the country, and do not
feel dependent upon one or a dozen
corporations, bankers or employers for
the means to buy their -daily bread.
Prosperity has lessened the power of
the rich-and vastly increased the pow
er of the middle and poorer classes.
Instead of concentration of wealth, It
is now diffusion of wealth, and In the
years to come, for decades of the near
future, the purchasing power of money
will be rid of the danger resulting from
hands of the few.
"General prosperity lessens the pow
er of money. It reduces the influence
of the few and increases the independ
ence of the many."
Who can deny the truth of these
statements? Go into the factories,
stores, shops—go any place where lar
CELEBRATE
you are
down or
f* run
If debl 111 a t,
it
|||will build up
strength
en the entire
system. It
also cures
Poor Appetite,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
a
Costivenees
or Malaria.
8T0MJ&CH
bor is employed and notice the men at
work. They are happy and an air of
prosperity is about them. Their clothes
are neat and trim. Moneyt jingles in
their pockets. Follow them home aft
er their work day of eight or nine
hours is finished. Some of them will
go to a feed stable and wait while
their hbrses are hitched to buggies
and will drive to the homes they own.
Some of them modestly take the street
car, while others walk blithely along
to get the benefit of the spring air.
At their homes you may find them
making some improvements or plant
ing garden. In the evening they gather
their families about them to read
newspapers and magazines. Their sons
and daughters are in school and col
lege, not at work or hunting employ
ment. They are of the "masses
they help to make up that great body
of people called "common folk," but
they are happy and prosperous. They
are not of those who cry for a revo
lution and reformation. Those you
will find among the professional politi
cians, office seekers and chronic mal
contents.
See if this isn't true.
EvenHhough the fight for the guber
natorial nomination is a hot one,
there's room for a little humor, as Is
shown by the folloWlng:
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er has discovered that the Perkins
headquarters in the Observatory build
ing at Des Moines are right over the
Rock Island offices. Do we need any
further proof that Mr. Perkins is tied
up with the corporations?—Dubuque
Times.
Since this exposure was made the
Perkins headquarters have been moved
across the street to the Savery hotel.
Like as not, however, it will be said
the change was made to get closer to
the hotel registers, made notorious by
the reply of Governor Cummins to the
Gilliland resolution.—Sioux City Jour
nal.
It will be hard to make the people of
Buxton believe hereafter that the com
bination of Friday and the fatal 13 is
not a bad one, now that the shooting
scrape of last week has gone upon the
history of that town. And when thir
teen buckshot were picked out of the
dead man's body, too. Ugh!
Vesuvius is aulet, Dowie is (tempor
arily at ieast) aceably inclined, and
the Des Moines river isn't showing any
flood signs. But the political scrap
doesn't seem to be letting down one
iota, i-
Where' are the money, the miracle
and the parchments that Dowie was
said tcbe bringing home from Mexico?
Have they been absolutely lost in the
shuffle? ________
"The man with the muck rake" got
his, all right. If'you doubt it, read
President Roosevelt's address of Sat
urday."?!/'
Now that the Spirit Lake debate has
passed into history we can settle
down to consideration of the coal
strike possibilities without continual
interruption. One thing" at a time.
John Burroughs, the naturalist,
should never lack for good feeling. He
says he would much rather be cheated
than to cheat. Such a man should
get along well with everybody.
Biennial elections may be all O. K.,
but if you'd just as lief, we'd rather
take them a little oftener and not
quite so severe and long-drawn.
"When the frost is on the punkln"—
that's when this cruel war will be over.
Whew. Looks like this would be a
long summer, too.
If John Bunyan had known what a
stir he would be mixed in, does it
seem probable that he would have
written "Pilgrim's Progress?"
Those Georgia women who kissed
Carnegia ought to start out on a lec
turing tour. They could become as
famous as Hobson.
Jeff Davis and Vardaman are bound
for the senate. When they get there
Tillman will look like a conservative.
The Caney oil well was stopped
away ahead of (Vesuvius. Kansas
ahead, as usual.
"The man with the muck rake"
keeps right on raking. His contract
hasn't expired, so'can you blame him?
_—
IOWA PRE8S COMMENT
"And the state campaign is only
fairly started," remarks the Marshall
town Herald.
The Creston American, dem., be
lieves that General Weaver would be
a strong candidate for governor on the
democratic ticket. "He represents the
progressive element of the party," it
says.
The Sioux'' City Journal thinks "'it
probable that Senator Bailey would
object to having himself described as
a constitutional democrat,
A United States district judge out
in Utah has decided that there is no
law governing the character of print
ed matter which a congressman may
authorize to be sent through the malls
under his frank. "After years of ex
perience, many members of congress
will doubtless agree with the learned
Judge," remarks the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
"There may be something tti the doc
tripe of reincarnation, after all," says
the Keokuk Gate City. "Dowie ap
pears to have. been transformed from
a bull of Bashan into a cooing dove."
"It appears that there is going to be
plenty of opportunity for the people
of this section of the state to dem
onstrate the effectiveness of .the King
road drag," remarks the Ft. Dodge
Chronicle. _o_
The Milwaukee -Insurance investiga
tion begins to grow serious also, and
the Mason City Globe-Gazette, noting
a woman's part in the affair, says:
"Eight thousand dollars for pin money
ought to furnish all kinds from the
black headed ones to a sunburst."
"Folk was about the only man in
Missouri who held democracy together
at the last-presidential election," says
democrats are trying to dump him.
If they do the mysterious stranger is
apt to become a familiar friend of the
republican family."
Noting that an alarmed contempor
ary says our fighting ships are obso
lete, the Clinton Herald says: "Some
experts said that the Olympla and
Oregon were obsolete in 1898."
"It is said that when Longworth de
nounced the "muck rake" men at
Chicago he was steal!
rr the Presi
dent's thunder. It will be well for the
Clnolnnatl congressman not to forget
that he has a strenuous father-in-law
and it will be safer not to anticipate
his speeches," says the Davenport
Times.
"This seems to be the time of year
for the farmer to test his seed corn
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
"The season is equally ripe for test
ing the political doctrine? that are be
ing scattered broadcast over the state
with the expectation of a bountiful
fruitage in the form of political supV
port."
The Atlantic Telegraph does not be
lieve that the governor or any other
man can make the farmers in Cass
county believe that the producers of
butter and eggs are today securing a
rate that they are not entitled to.
"There, never was. a more just bill,"
declares the Manson Journal, referring
to the Chassell family mileage bill
which failed of passage.
The Webster City Freeman-Tribune
says that the anti-pass and pure food
laws are both good laws and are
worth more to the people of the state
than the entire session of the legisla
ture cost.
The Marlon Register says that when
the legislature meets next January
among the first bills Introduced -will
doubtless be one to repeal the anti
pass law.
The Centervllle Ioweglan says that
about the worst that can be said
against John Herrlott, "ls that five
years ago his support in the conven
tion was turned pretty generally to
Cummins, making the latter*s, nomin
ation possible, but perhaps Mr. Her
rlott was not responsible for this."
"It is not too much for Senator Dol
liver's friends to insist," says the Car
roll Herald, "that tiie candidates they
support for nomination for the legis
lature pledge their votes for the sen
ator's re-election. If there ls no.oppo
sition' to Dolliver the pledge will do
no harm. If there is opposition it will
save l)lm from defeat. In any. case,
we believe In taking' no chances." j,
——O—
The Algona Upper Des Molnes-Re
publtcin says that Mr. Holmes, the
nominee for representative
tln
Kossuth
county, is for Senator Dolliver and "Is
In favor of the measures that Senator
Dolliver Is laboring for, and his sup
port of Dolliver for re-election will be
consistent with his attitude on these
questions."
"The fact that a new bird law has
been adopted in Iowa will not be
without compensation to the 'voman
who has just purchased an Easter hat
with a bird on it," says the Sioux City
Journal. "She will have a first class
excuse for making renuisltion for a
new hat before July 4 next"U
1 1
THE DRIFT TO BRYAN.
New York Commercial! William
Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, is
xten
years older than he was when the
cross of gold and the crown of thorns
incident, Impaled his personality on
the attention of an all at sea national
political convention and resulted in his
twice "running" for president of the
United States on the democratic
ticket Those were the green-and
salad days of his political carrer. He
was simply sowing. his wild free sil
ver oats, so to speak. He has no doubt
sobered down considerably during, the
decade. Things look a little different
to him in 1906 from what they did in
1896. He has made the very best of
his opportunities meantime, has
"broadened out," Intellectually as well
as physically, has perforce shifted his
point of view not a little, and is on
the whole a vastly better American
than he was when going up and down
the country screeching for 50-cent
dollars, assailing plutocracy and en
gaged In a mad effort to raze our best
established Institutions to the earth
and to raise up a frenzied radicalism
on the ruins along with himself and
his own political' fortunes. But will
he ever do & "a "safe and sane" gen
eral to lead the rehabilitated "national
democracy" against the hosts of
Hearstlsm? The old "Dick" Croker
club up in Fifth avenue Is preparing
to nationalize Itself and yearns, it is
said, to put the peerless Bryan at the
front to assist in combating "the wave
of socialism and radicalism that now
ls sweeping over the country with
Hearst on its crest." A reorganiza
tion, a change of name, and "appeal"
to the party and a Jefferson day din
ner are some of the instruments to he
employed In launching him early as
the candidate of the purified demo
cracy for president of the United
States in 1908. At this program Hearst
will laugh so hard and long as to al
most shake himself off the "crest."
And what of the conservative, patri
otic democrats who "flew the coop"
and practically elected McKinley in
1896? Is this the sort of bait with
which to lead them back? Will they
fall down and worship the Old hoodoO?
Never!
You may stuff, you may paint! Peer
less Bill as you will.
But the scent of free silver will hang
around him still.
80METHING THAT'S WRONG.
Burlington Hawk-Eye. —t Dubuque
has a Jack the Peeper, who is annoy
ing and frightening many people. How
strange it ls that the idiot with the
gun that is not loaded, never turns up
where he might do some good. Now
if the Peeper were only filled to over
flowing with shot, it might do him,a
world of good, and what- a benefit it
would be to the rest of the people.
But, of course, nothing ever happens
to the Peeper, and the idiot with the
gun that is not loaded ls out some
where blowing the lives out of abso
lutely harmless and innocent persons.
Of course, If he were not forever do
ing just such trickB and were ever do
ing something. useful and commend
able the fellow with the gun, which is
not loaded would not be an idiot, who
ought not to be permitted to roam at
tor»*
tha Soux Cltv Xcibu&ft.. "and now tbeLhow Uuv oon .maka thalr lass
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From the Paragraphers
CUPPED BV BURRELLE.
The Japs are said to be stuydlng
What's the matter with beginning to
chase some more Russians?—Atlanta
Journal. .,?
The summary removal of Ambassa
dress Mrs.' Bellamv Storer calls at
tention to the fact that ahe had never
been confirmed by the senate anyhow.
—Detroit News. STN
1
It is said that the American Indians
are killing themselves bv overrating.
They might save their lives l~y enter
ing the newspaper field. Galveston
Tribune.
Three plumbers held up and robbed
a Kansas City man on a street car.
They could not wait for his pipes to
freeze and rob on the plumbing.
Marietta (O.) Times. si?
"7
According to Bourke Cbchfan, the
railroads own both political parties.
Bourke should show—he has advocat
ed each party.—Portland (Ore.) Even
ing Telegram.
Miss Dizer, of New'? Tork, has
brought suit for breach of promise1
against a watch manufacturer who,
she alleges broke the mainspring of
her happiness by allowing his affec
tions to run down.—Washingtdn Post.
Although Mr. Archbold declares
John,D. Rockefeller has taken no ac
tive part in the Standard OU manage
ment for ten years, it ls tolerably cer
tain he is not too languid to gather
in his quarterly div'dends. ,rr- Kansas
City Stah
It is said that General Linevltch
got,a cold reception on his arrival at
St. Petersburg. And why not? It was
still- tyinter. Anyway, he. was not de
siring a repetition of the hot recep
tions the Japanese were once giving
him on the plains and In the passes of
Manchuria.—Seattle Intelligencer.
The late Colonel Shackleford, his
secretary says, would dictate a detec
tive story of 10,000 words at a single
sitting, only stopping occasionally to
take a cup of strong coffee. What
thrillers he could have written on
something stronger than coffee?—Buf
falo IJxpress. -i,
Burglars must be educated men In
Revere. Vne of that class entered the
library of the town In the dead of
night. It is not known Just how much
studying he did, but he accidentally
took away $3. Of course he will re
turn It before the two weeks- time is
up and get his library card stamped.—
Boston Journal.
OBITUARY.
At the meeting of the Epworth
League of the First Methodist Episco
pal church Sunday evening the follow
ing in honor of the late Miss Frances
Peters was read by Mrs. Dora Key
hoe
"Frances Devln Peters was horn In
Ottumwa, krv,a, Nov. 2, 1868, and died
April 11, 1906. All her life with the
exception of a few years spent in Keo
kuk, was passed in Ottumwa, and her
many friends krtew' h$r as a devoted,
earnest Christian girl. She was con
Verted and joined the Methodist
fhurch at Keokuk at the age of 13
years. Being blessed with a sweet,
sunny disposition, and a remarkable
originality, she could say and do
things without giving a particle of of
fence, that others could not. She was
singularly bright and cheerful In her
home life, alwayB optimistic, and a
general favorite among her friends in
the church, the Epworth League, and
the Young Woman's Christian asso
ciation.' Those who came under her
influence were Inspired by her exam
pie to a nobler, better life. She was a
devoted daughter and sister, and a
true, sympathetic neighbor and friend.
"She gave her thought, her time and
strength to the thingB that were pure
and noble and of good report. Always
loyal to her pastor, she thoroughly en
joyed the various services of the
church, cheerfully taking part by pray
er and testimony, whenever opportu
nity offered, not from a sense of duty,
but with a joyousness that always im
pressed one. At the meetings of the
League and the Y. W. C. A. she would
often call for the song, 'I'll Go Where
You Want Me to Go,' and the senti
ment therein expressed seemed to be
the keynote to her life. She was al
ways anxious to go, to say, to be, what
Jesus wanted her to. Nothing was too
hard for her and her friends never,
heard" her utter a complaining word or
refuse any call that came to her.. She
worked among the children as super
intendent of the Junior league until
falling health compelled her to give it
up. She attended Sabbath school'and
church services and as a member of
the Mercy and Help department of the
Epworth League, visited and carried
delicacies to the sick and needy, and
the inmates of the county hospital
often with others, gave her Sabbath
afternoons to the prisoners at the jail,
and was an untiring worker to the last
in the Young Woman's Christian asso
ciation.
"Her work in the fipworth League
began at its organization and her love
and Interest in the work never flagged
as long as she was able to work.
Chapter 491, Epworth League, was or
ganized Feb. 1, 1890, with fourteen
teenth person to' enroll Miv 8
./ i-H
1890
ters, third vice president. She was al-
league as delegate to conventions, medicine on the marW
anything that she was unwilling to do,
Or try to do. Was there a May break
fast or social, she would solicit, cook,
serve—do anything, often working far
beyond her strength. Another trait in
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'The Ki:
Somebody has called attention to
the tact that Dowie, Colonel Mann and
WHIS: .QRO*I5R IT* "WI
prove anything. Count Boni and Bal
four have bare chins.—Bowling Green
Journal.
worth League has a ^eautiful custom
of devoting one Siindky in the fall to
old people, and Fannie was one, of the
most tireless in her efforts to seek out
the feeble ones, see that thoy were
sent for, given good seats and made
happy as far as it lay in hfer power.
She "was always interested in the -sun
rise prayer meeting, held by the Ep-
weeks before Easter she Bang in our
earthly c!boir, today she ls singing in
the heavenly one. We cannot under
stand why her life was cut short when
It seemed so useful. We do not know
God's plan, we only know that Ho is
good. Some one has said:
'If we could understand what comes
to us each day,
Or see the path we tread along life's
rugged' way
Why our poor lives are compassed so
about
SH We might the music hear
Of another sphere
Or see soip'e Jieavenly vision clear.
And yet, should we that knowledge
gain,
,' Sweet Trust were slain,
fb* Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne tie signa-
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-grood" are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of 1 ''flren—Experience against Experiment*
With fear and doubt |pfi
Why strength & '^-v.
', Forever
ri Is spent in vain endeavor
Why droeps some royal flower
Bent low by wind and storm within its
bower.
1 y"
'If we 6tuld^tttAerstand the Myster
ies of life
Would we then be contented with this
daily strife?
'"If eyes were not so blinded by the
tears that, fall like ralii,
If ears were not so deadened by
earth's -discordant strain,
Our souls would losers be
Through all eternity,
-(V If we could understand.'
"In the recent revival meetings held
at the First M. E. church she hesitat
ed to join the band of seventy who
pledged themselves to try to win one
soul for Christ before Easter, but fin
ally, with the consecration of the
hymn she loved, she said: 'Lord, I'll
try. I'll do whatever you want me to
do.' Who knows but God took her
from her earthly activities that her
death might be the means of winning
for Christ the soul she so much de
sired. It is fitting to pay a loving tri-,
bute to the loyal, open-hearted life she
lived, and while she will be greatly
missed by all, those who loved her
may find comfort in the sentiment ex
pressed In these beautiful lines
"'There is no death! The\stars go
down/
To rise upon some fairer shore
And bright, in heaven's jeweled
crown,
They shine for evermore/ i.
"'There Is no death. An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent
tread,
And bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them "dead."
Adorn Immortal bowers.
Lff ou Have Always Bought
bears the Signature of
,AN'~5
was hir invariable thoughtfulness and
kindness for old people, and they were
among her warmest friends. The Bp-
mi
*He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flow
ers "2*^
Transplanted Into bliss, they now SK*
-c.<p></p>US
&&
'The bird-like voice, whose joyous
tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and
strife,
Sings now an everlasting song,
S.S.S.
Around the tree of life.'"
members enrolled Feb 23 14 more fixe slightest trace of mineral any form, hai been one of the strongest
^%^,bei^vthfle I"** to forty W* of existence. It is *cpgS
?n
lxa
waffheP firsTelecUon of offlLs. with S
Rev. C. L. Stafford, president S. L. ^fan I* taken with absolute safety by the youngest child or the oldest
Vest, first vice president, Fannie Pe- inember of
the
di8ease 13 tlie
so one of the delegates from our treatment. Medicines containing^ mercury, potash or other strong mineral
league to the first convention of the Ingredients often do permanent injury by eating out the delicate lining and
district Epworth League. She was aft- tissues of the stomach, producing chronic dyspepsia, unfavorably aff«*»Knfr
erwards a member of the cabinet at the bowels and so damaging the system that even if the original cause 3
different times, and filled the office of the disease has been removed, it is left in
first vice president, one or two years, such a deranged and weakened condition that DBWAD^
with great profit to the league, and the health is permanently impaired. S. S S.
many times efficiently represented our enjoys the distinction of being the only blood
Thus from, its organization to the S A
close of her life, she has continuously! Being made
worked for the league, bringing to F7 roots, herts and barks it is absolutely
each department,'whether'social ori harmless to any'part of the syste-i, and while curing disease adds
spiritual, her very best efforts. It was1
anj"®alth
to every part of the body. S. S. S. removes all poisons, ff
in the Mercy and Help department' a®" purifies the blood and gives better end more lasting resnlts|jf'u^*w®"v
that I knew her best, a nd I never knew other blood medicine. S. S.. S. is the very best treatment for •Ra^.SS..
ALBIA.
Albla, April 17.—In the district eoort
the case of 0*Bryan vs. Qutn, which
has been before the court for the past
few days, was discontinued until later
in the term and jury cases were taken
up this morning. The case of Steven
vs. Rigdon was taken up thlp morning.
Smoke Havana Blossom 10c cigar, 6c.
The clerk of the district court issued
a marriage license yesterday to August
.j Mild, aged 35, and Miss Helena Hills,
aged 24( both
worth league on Easter morning. She E, Mitchem left today for Mar
was always there and always In the shalltown,' where he will visit the par
right spirit. It is a beautiful thought ental home. He expects later to go to
that although she went down into the Canada to look over thee ountry.
tomb with her Lord, because 'He g, G. West of Chariton, who had
lives' she lives and is,, spending this both feet amputated Saturday night,
Easter in Heaven with Him. Two fB jn
of Hiteman.
a
critical condition todaiy.
T. B. Perry, Jr., is at home from
Ann Arbor, Mich., for the spring re
cess.
David Kilpatrick has sold his Colo
rado property and is back at Albla
again.
J. M. Gass returned from New Mex
ico yesterday. Mrs. Gass will remain
there for a longer visit
The Homesteaders lodge gave a
dance in honor of Miss Cad Cramer
last night ln ltB hall. A delightful ev
ening was spent by the members of the
lodge and their friends. The Grainer
family expeot to leave soon for Cali
fornia.
Roy Ott, a student In the dental de
partment of1 the State university, Is
spending the spring vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ott.
Ben James has so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be able
to resume his work at the Albla Steam*
laundry.
John Heffron and James Brothers,
of near Georgetown, were Albla vial
tors yesterday.
M. F. Rlzer returned Monday from
Keokuk, where he has been serving ,on
the jury in the federal court Mr. and
Mrs. Rlzer will leave for a trip through
Idaho and' Other western state^Nout
May J. —»•—y ...
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. HelsSrmafc
Ottumwa visitors the first of the week.
MJ'ny farmeri ok Monroe county
were at Albla yesterday purchasing
machinery for the coming season.
Owen Gray was In town Monday
looking after business matters.
'AGENCY.
Agency, April 17.—D. D. Connelly
and son went to Mt. -Pleasant Satur
day on a short visit.
John Newell, who has been sick the'
past week, is better.
Miss Maude Shadford ls sick.
The schools will close In three
weeks.
Arthur Forster Is sick suffering with
is a I
Mrs. T. H. Armstrong is 111.
Mrs. Iowa Cox, of Fairfield, ls here
visiting Mrs. J. B. Croy.
The Easter entertainment given by
the Sunday school was well rendered
and well attended.
Mrs. James Houdyshell went to Ba
tavla Monday to attend the funeral of
her aunt, Mrs. Murray.
George Rowland, who has been sick,.
is improving.
Branson Ross, of Spokane Valley,
Idaho, who formerly lived in Wapello
county, visited at the James Enyart
home Friday and Saturday.
The remains of Opal McSpirin, who
died in the hospital at Glenwood, were
brought here Sunday evening and
taken to the residence of her mother
Mrs. Fred Hix, and the funeral ser-.
vlces were held Monday at 2:30 p. in.,
conducted by Rev. J. B. Hill. Inter
ment was made In the Agency ceme
tery. Opal was 11 years old and haa
been an Invalid nearl" all her life.
A Card.
We, the undersigned, do hereby,
agree to refund the money on a CO*
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syr'
up of Tar If it fails to cure your cough
or cold. We alBo guarantee a 25-cent
bottle to prove satisfactory or money
refunded. F. B. Clark. Druggist.
The fact that S. S. S_. is a purely !&j|etat)ie preparation, contaitaing not
^vor auring its forty years of existenfce. It is recognized
family. Next in importance to removing tfce cause of any
condition in which the system is left after a course of medical"
IF NOT PURE:
1 V/ 1
Catarrh, Scrofula, Sores and Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Contagious
a.nd all troubles due to an impure or poisoned blood supply. mj.a
the K|ng of blood purifiers S. S. S. is the best and moat invigg/'that there is
tonics.
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membership
membership
meeting of the
Thursday even
•njr'e office.
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