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I It A: SATURDAY, December 22, 1908, G.TRADESI.TpcV !COUNCILfr rTri-Weekly F"pp1ed Courier. BY THE COURIER PRINTING CO. 8th Aiicr' et, 1B48. •A- W. LB1B Publisher yA»- F. POWELL Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATE8. ^[Jatly Courier, 1 year by m&l) *?-22 iTri-Weekly Courier, 1 year 1-80 ?Offlne: J17-119 East Second street. •Telephone (editorial or ViriHlness offlee) No. 44. Address the Conrler Printing Co., Ottnm .. i-i.u*re«k US KeoonU rlnsw matter October 17, 1903, at the postofflce, Ottumwa, Iowa, under the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879. SERVICE BRINGS REWARD. In Georgia there is a sheriff who did •his duty when a mob demanded a col ored prisoner for the purpose of put ting him to death without trial. In doing so he and his deputies killed sev .eral men and wounded others. For this •he failed1 of re-election. The best the .governor of the state could do for him jfor the efficient service was to give him a position -that paid him about $50 a month. President Roosevelt heard of the case through a congressman and 'promptly gave him a position as cus todian of the grounds at the federal prison in Atlanta, a place carrying -with it double that salary. The Pres ident has watched his movements and now writes to Attorney General Bona parte that the man has done his work well and asks if there is not a better place for him. In a case of this kind a sheriff is ex pected to do his full duty without hope of reward, and doubtless Sheriff Mer rill did. Not only was he not reward led by the people of his county, but punishment was inflicted upon him. It was probably this more than the mere doing of duty that spurred the President to the action he took and proposes now to take. Fear of not be ving re-elected is what holds back many a public officer. It is true that the ma jority rules at election, and.people are likely to be slow in criticism when an officer follows out the will of the majority. But the officer is not sworn to enforce the law according to the die. tates of the majority of the county that elects him, but to be diligent in th! execution of all law under which •he has authority. He is elected not to serve the majority of the people, but to serve all the people, rich and poor, black and white, weak and ^strong. This case comes to public notice just at a time when the President is .'being criticised by the colored people. The immediate cause of their criticism is the discharge of the colored troops. The two instances show tnat the res ident is determined to protect both the black and the white. It is his desire that offenders in neither race shall es cape punishment. In his last message on- the Browns ir ir f" S ffi ville affair the President tells again in forceful language what his position is relative to this and other matters deal ing with the colored people. He says he has appointed colored men of high character to office, utterly disregarding the protests of those who would keep them out that so far as was in his power he has sought to give them all of their rights under the law. He says further that he would feel himself un fit to be president if he did not feel the same revolt against wrong done a colored man as against a white man, and that he would take instant advan tage of the opportunity whereby he could bring to justice a mob of lynch ers. In this, he says, he does not claim it a favor, but challenges as a right, the support of every citizen of this country, whatever his color, provided he has in him the spirit of genuine and far-sighted patriotism. BISHOP M'CABE. In the death of Bishop Charles C. McCabe the Methodist church loses one of its most faithful as well as most able leaders, and tlie cause of re ligion, not only in the United States, but in the world, sees the passing of one of its most tireless and effective workers. The good doiie through the direct efforts of this great church man through the agencies of missions abroad will never and can never be estimated. He had the peculiar faculty of raising funds, was a business man as well as a pulpit man, and having been for years placed in position where tie could exercise this ability to the interest of the church at home and abroad, the result was that the mission boards were given the necessary funds with which to work and their great march of progress to the.present ti,me may be attributed in a large degree to his attention. But the bishop was not a n:an of the church alone. He saw the great world as it is and as it has been. He knew mankind, and perhaps this faculty is one :kat has made him lead and -stand abovo the hundreds of others in his church who in other ways may seem to be his equal. He was a true patriot. His country came next to his God in fact, not merely in words. He took pride in the fact that hp had served his country in the war of the rebellion and probably the horrors of Libby prison were never told in a more scholarly, more interesting and more eloquent way than he has told them from coast to coast in that lecture he opened by sitting at the organ and playing his own accompaniment and singing, "We're coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more." Nearly all the people who suffer from Chronic Diseases neglect treatment until they are compelled to do something then they expect to be cured in a very short time. Why delay until your disease is so Chronic., Albia, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1905. I live six miles east of Albia and was afflicted with rupture for 40 years. I had it strangulated sev eral times so I could not get It back. The doctors wanted to oper ate on me and said there was no other way to be cured, but I would not be operated on, and finally the rupture went back. I suffered se vere pain from the rupture and did not set any relief until I went to Dr. Bonham, who said he could cure me. I was treated over a year ago and was soon cured, and have not worn a truss for some time and feel very well, and have no trouble whatever. -'/i 5 H. M. Chidester. "Albia, la".,.-April 1, 1906. I desire to say that Dr. Bonham of Ottumwa cured me of a rupture of long standing. I was cured some eight years ago. and would not take any amount' of money and be as I was before. I call recommend his treatment to all sufferers. W. B. Campbell.*"1:'' Stomach diseases are very com mon diseases. We are curing many by the use of Electricity and Vibra tion, which stimulates the circula tion of the parts and brings about normal action. He was but one of a board of bish ops who guide the great Methodist church and the work will go on from the point that he left it. And while his successor will be named his ab sence will be keenly felt by all branches of the church, for he was laboring until a few days ago when the fatal stroke took him. Perhaps there is some connection be tween the facts that the congressmen did not laise their own salaries and that ihey subsequently refused to pass Congi tissman Dawson's resolution com pelling all representatives to list the persons to whom money was paid for Many Have Been Cmed. Many more will be cured if they do not delay too long. I have restored many to health, many who say to me: "Doctor, I am" glad you advertised, for if you had not used the medium of the newspaper I would not have known you had the ability to cure my disease." I do an office business, medical and surgical practice. I have been located in Ottumwa for fifteen years. I treat? C'ttronle Diseases, Rupture, Piles, Diseases of Women, Private ihood and Skin Diseases, Catarrh of the Nose, Throat and Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, Liver and Kidney diseases.Rheumatism and Blood Diseases, treated by Electro-Thermal Baths. A FEW TESTIMONIALS. The reason I run testimonials is because it is information for the people, who want to know some of the people whom we have cured. Varicocele (False Rupture) cured within ten days. I have cured over 100 cases and cure every case I have undertaken. Cures for Varico cele and Hydrocele made In ten days' time. Dr. J. C. Bonham, COR GREEN AND SECOND STS." -p* mm* J'*?"OTTUMWA IOWA •jf WM' IUWA* All Nervous Diseases, Private and Sexual troubles resulting in drain upon the system caused from excesses are promptly cured when advice is followed. Cases cured twelve years ago are good testimonials. Mr. Nevil Glue, Ottumwa, la., says: "I was cured of Rupture twelve years ago and am sound and well today." Mr. James Wall, Ottumwa, la., says: "I was cured when I was sixty years of age and I am now seventy-two. The cure of my rup ture was a great blessing to me." Mrs. E. Sigel of Main street, says: "Dr..Bonham cured two of our little boys of three ruptures about four years ago and we are mighty thankful they are cured." Mr. Jacob Donavor of West Point, Iowa, says: "I was cured of a bad case of Piles in one week to my surprise and satisfaction. Dr. Bonham also cured my neighbor John Leaveling of a bad case of Piles. He is as well pleased as I am." If out of city write me your symptoms and I will tell you what I think of(your case. Enclose stamp for reply. St* ELKS' BLOCK. 4* iMi clerk hire out of the $100 per month they are allowed. CHANCELLOR DAY ON WEALTH. In t-n article in Leslie's' Weekly Chancellor Day again espouses the cause of accumulated wealth and as sails the position taken by President Roosevelt with reference to the "swol len fortunes." There is ground for some of the things the chancellor says, but the trouble with his article is that it deals in general with mat ters where wealth is the offender, go ing into more particulars where he stands on saier ground. On certain measures wnfere he sounds a note of warning he echoes what has been said by Roosevelt himself on demagoguery in dealing with public affairs. He says: "For some time wo have beep in the grip of this mighty spasm over corpor ate wealth and swollen fortunes. All of our nutional ills are being stated in this formula. Down with the rich. Puncture the swollen fortunes. Make the rich poor and all the pooi will be rich. Destroy the corporations, ham per them, obstruct them. Sue them in the court3 Assail them in the press. Tie the f-.t rings of the Liliputians to them in congress and bind them, and the individual can have a chance. "Make the returns of great business sufficiently small and uncertain by petty legislative restrictions and con trol and we shall not be troubled by the genius of a Rockefeller, a Hill, a Morgan, a Carnegie, an Armour or a Swift. The little men will be big enough for the little things remaining to be done. It is a crime for several men to have developed the power of giving employment to 50,000 or 150,000 men." It will be observed that he says "Sue them In the courts" in a critical man ner, but he does not tell of the numer ous corporations that have been con victed in the courts and have paid their fines. In the same manner he says, "Assail them in the press," but he does not say the reputable press has confined its criticisms practically to the violators of the law, in which criticism is just. The fault with Chancellor Day's arti cle is that is not temperate and im partial, the elements most needed at a time such as this. He is as virulent against the men who have chosen to enforce the law as he criticises others for being against the corporate wealth. President Roosevelt, chief of the ac cused, when he deals with the subject of corporations and corporate wealth, always sounds a warning against dema goguery and urges that the man of wealth be given equal justice with the man of poverty, no more, no less. There Is a notable contrast between the writings of these two men, who stand opposed to each other the Presi dent urging justice to all, the univer sity man decrying all efforts to, render justice. JAPANESE IN SCHOOLS. In the report of his investigation of the situation in California relative to the Japanese attending the. schools with the white children Secretary Met calf throws a clearer light upon the subject than the public had before ob served. In submitting the detailed re port of the investigation President Roosevelt puts forth his conclusions in concise language and In a brief message. He had dealt with the sub ject at considerable length, however in his regular annual message to con gress. It appears that In the graded schools of San Francisco there are ninety three Japanese. This number is scattered among twenty-three schools. The most notable fact'is the variance In ages between the foreign born Japa nese and the American children and the native born Japanese in the same grades. This, too, is the most objec tionable feature. It may be observed that the native born Japanese are of about the same age as the white chil dren In the same grade. The President suggests that the ob jectionable point may be overcome by fixing the age limits at which pupils may enter grades, instead of making race discriminations. The result would be that the older Japanese chil dren would be excluded from attend ing classes with the younger white children. Of the ninety-three Japanese pupils the greatest number in any one school is the twenty-three in the Redding primary. These range in ages from 6 to 13 years. The Pacific Height gram mar school is next with nineteen pu pils and the remainder of the ninety three are scattered throughout the schools of San Francisco. The President points out to con gress the impracticability of the neces sity of compelling these pupils to all come to one school when they reside in all parts of the city. The position taken seems to be a reasonable one, Inasmuch as with the exception of the two schools mentioned there is not to exceed half a dozen Japanese in any of the graded schools. While this government has directed that action be taken to test the valid ity of the law in California, the Pres ident expresses it as his earnest hope that extreme measures will not be ne cessary that the authorities In Cali fornia will permit the Japanese chil dren to take advantage of the oppor tunities of education that this country has to offer. BURRELL'S NEW EXPERIENCE. Howard A. Burrell in the Washing ton, la. .Press.—I ran against a certain college while there (Chicago). Wish ing to get shaved, I went into a shop nearly opposite the Kaiserhof hotel, where I stopped, and found to my sur prise that the big,concern was. owned by an old man, and his barbers were "13" girls. It doubled me in a heap for a second, but nothing short of "23 Skidoo" barber girls would bluff me out at that stage of the game. A comely, short, plump damsel invited me to her chair. She was a brunette, wearing a vast mass of jet black hair done In voluminous pompadour over an enormous "rat," and I thought she ought to cover it with muslin, as sur geons do at clinics, for hair is an awful lair for microbes and germs and small deer, and a regiment or so of them might drop into the wound if she should chance to cut my countenance. But she was an artist, and give me a shave thai was a poem in abort BMtw, THEOTTUIIWA COUTtfJTCH and for a fonder, considering she was a woman, she talked even more than the average man barber. She Is a college graduate—there are two bar ber colleges In Chicago—and the course is two months long, and the tuition is $25, and for practice they shave the populace, free, while at school, and the holpollol think it a snap, and as soon as she got a diploma or-sheepskin she at once began to earn on percentage in a shop 55 cents on the dollar, and she never takes in less than $18 a week, and in summer about$25. For there's more shampoo ing and such like dalliance in summer, she explained. She says it is dainty work and pays first rate, and girl bar bers attract lots of patrons, who seem to think that soft pats under the chin by velvet hands, and twistings of mus taches, and doping the cheeks with cosmetics, and stimulating rubbing of scalps, and wooings of the chin and taps thereunder, etc., are favors of the very gods. I was tickled, later in the day, to see five or six granger visitors to the fat stock show,- in cow fur coats, pile into that shop in a bunch like a drove of steers! Oh, it's fetchy, a pretty girl barber shop, and to think that I merely blundered into it! One of our townsmen says he went in on purpose, out of curiosity, to see if he could get a good shave in such a bow er, and he was disappointed, for he was not served by an artist, but our most excitable barber just went into ecstacles over the shave he got. My shave was delightful, I will In justice say she used two wet hot towels on me, and asked if she should not give me an electric face mas3&ge and a scalp exhilarator, and, a neck shave, etc., etc., and she did not slop over with the brush and fill my ears and nostrils with lather, and she was lady like, and said sweetly^ goodby," when the darkey tugged at my overcoat. But think what a practical college that must be. A girl gets out in eight weeks and can make nearly 25 week. Why, she need not marry a 50 cent man to support her. I *all that a college worth going to. My! How refreshed a fellow feels after he has been thus artistically manipulated by a comely girl, and if he does not sweet en the atmosphere by his dopes when he gets out, and impress all beholders by the personal beauty she has brought out in him, as an illuminated missal, why should the spirit of mor tal be proud? The girls were all sorts of styles, blondes and brunettes and mongrels. It Is just the business for girls, for they can stand all day be fore a tall mirror and glimpse at their shapes and curves as they work over young and old bloods. And have com pany all the while. DOES IT PAY? Chicago Inter Ocean.—Not many years ago a young man began life in one of the larger towns of Illinois. He had been well educated for his profes sion. He was admitted to be talented professionally and acceptable socially. He luu. tne prestige of being the son of a man who had been a power in public affairs and held offices of na tional importance. In due time he mar ried a wife who brought'him a dowry which, If managed with any sort of prudence, would have put them per manently above material anxiety. Certainly no young man ever enter ed upon life with fairer propects. With his talents and his resources and! the influence of his family and friends he had but to run straight to make nis course through life prosperous and successful. Yet he is today a self-con fessed forger under bonds for appear ance in the criminal courts. With forg ed deeds and mortgages he admits that he robbed frleids who trusted him with their money. His wife's for tune has disappeared. From being worth about $100,000 he is believed to owe $100,000. The explanation of this situation is that it was brought about by "unfor tunate speculations" and "the ex penses of keeping up his social posi tion." In other words, ne was- not content to live creditably In sober comfort. He must, needs.vie in lux ury and extravagaftce with others. For the Dead Sea fruit, of "social promi nence"—for the distinction of appear ing to have so much money that it did not matter how much he wasted— he has brought his wife into poverty and himself to an end whose only es cape from t-e penitentiary may be an insane asylum. Were uiis an isolated case it would be possible to sympathize in silence with the unfortunate man. But there are many men and their wives living such lives. Every thoughtful man who looks about him among his neigh bors, sees with regret men and women who are spoiling tueir -es that they may be numbered "among those pres ent" at a. millionaire's entertainment. They go to a charity bazar patron ized by "society" and spend a month's income In an evening. For what? Out of benevolence No merely that they may seem to be able to spend as much for mere amusement as is spent by persons of great wealth—that they may "maintain their soc.al position" on the fringe to which they cling, and thus be sweetly tolerated and really despised. Does it pay? That is the question that every prosperous man and his wife should ask themselves when, In order to "maintain their social posi tion," they are required to live be yond their means or even up to them. Does it pay? MR. ROOT ON TENDENCIES. New York Sun.—Possibly the elo quent utterances ,of Secretary Root on federal centralization wfculd not have sounded so radi cal to the attentive ears around him if he had begun his speech with this passage whioh occurred somewhere well along toward the peroration: "It is useless for the advocates of state rights to inveigh against the su premacy of the CONSTITUTIONAL laws of the United States or against the extension of national authority in the fields of necessary control where the states themselves fall in the per formance of their duty." We have capitalized the word which is the heart of this sentence and the key to its true meaning just as the sentence itself is the heart and core of secretary's remarks in their en- mm** tlrety "The supremacy of the consti tutional laws of the United States." The passage above could have been improved only in one way) and that is by introdubing a second time the word that explained the thought, thus: "It is useless for the advocates of state rights to inveigh against the supremacy of the constitutional laws of the United States or against the constitutional extension of national authority in the fields of necessary control where the states themselves fail In the performance of their duty." Secretary Root is a great lawyer and a profound student of constitutional philosophy. Here, as almost always, he is right. The advocates of state rights will never inveigh against the supremacy of the constitutional laws of the United States. They will never Inveigh against the constitutional ex tension of national authority in the fields of necessary control. All that they demand is that the laws in which the federal government asserts its su premacy shall be constitutional laws, and that the methods of extending na tional authority in the fields of neces sary control shall be "the method pre scribed by the constitution itself. If Mr. Root holds to that doctrine the advocates of state rights have no quarrel with him'. That he did mean In his speech of night before last to provide that the assertion of federal supremacy must be by laws which are constitutional, and that the extension of federal authority must be by con stitutional amendment only, we have not a shadow of a doubt. Any other form of assertion, and other method of extension, would be revolutionary. In this view%of his meaning the sec retary's position is so clear that we venture to go further' and express the opinion that the remarks of Justice Brown of Pennsylvania on the politi cal importance of the judiciary as the safeguard of constitutional institu tions, instead of constituting a "reply" to Mr. Root's radicalism, as they seem to have been regarded at the time, were, in fact, only the enunciation of ideas concerning which the secretary of state Would yield to nobody In the celerity and enthusiasm of his approv al and acceptance. These authoritative dissertations on national tendency are of the highest order of interest. Would that the oc casion might come for the same elO' quent speaker and broad minded po litical philosopher to discuss a subject of equal, if not even superior interest namely, the centralization of federal activity }n the executive department of the federal government, to the de pletion of the legislative department and of the judiciary. TRIP TO SHILOH. To the Editor: The trip to Shiloh battle field on the occasion of the dedication of the mon uments to the Iowa regiments who fought there, was an eventful one and may be of interest to your readers. The trip was made by rail to Padu can, Kentucky, and thence by steam boat up the Tennessee river, some 200 miles or more, to Pittsburg Land ing, which is in the immediate vicin ty of the Slilloh battlefield. In fact, for some years after this notable en gagement, it was named the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the federal re ports, and Shiloh by the confederate. The dates of the dedication were coincident with the severe rain storms which pervaded the south and which" were felt in their severity on the trip down, and some anxiety was experienced by the comrades who were enroute to the dedication cere monies, as to the vicissitudes of the weather on their arrival. The boat reached Pittsburg Land ing about 9 o'clock Wednesday night with the skies cleared and a young moon shining. Thursday morning,the first day of the dedication was ush ered in with a cloudless sky and a bright sun, and immediately after breakfast on the boat, and being here joined by the governor's special,which had already visited Vicksburg, Ander sonville and Chattanooga, the party, numbering some 200, proceeded out over the battlefield to dedicate the regimental monuments. Iowa's contribution to her sons who fought on this field, consisted of one princ'nal state monument, composed of a beautiful granite shaft, some thirty-five feet high, surmounted by a bronze flying eagle, with a kneeling bronze female figure at the base. It Is a beautiful design of art, and splen did workmanship. Eleven regimental monuments mark the principal posi tions occupied by the eleven Iowa reg iments in the battle. These are mas sive granite blocks of the low or cot tage style about eight or nine feet high and about six feet across, all monuments exactly alike, except the inscription on the bronze tablets, giv ing the number of the regiment, the length of time it held the position,the number of men and officers engaged, and the losses. It was a happy in spiration of the commission to have the regimental monuments of identi cal size and shape, aB in driving over the field, one can recognize an Iowa monument, as far as he can see it. The whole work reflects great credit on the commissioners appointed to carry it on. Short dedicatory services were held at each regimental monument, begin ning at the extreme right of the posi tion and going in succession from thence to the extreme left. The ser vices consisted of an appropriate se lection by the band, followed by an Invocation and, an address, closing with the benediction. These services were particularly impressive and ex cited strong emotion in the breasts of tne old soldiers, standing on the iden tical ground on whicu they gave life for life on that fateful day, and real izing that they were indeed in the presence of the dead strong men wept as the simple services proceeded and words coming from the heart were ut tered in dedication by surviving com rades. The Iowa regiments engaged In this battle were the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Other states were conspicuous in their devotion to the memory of their soldiers, by the numerous monuments The afternoon of Thursday was given to excursions over the battle field, singly and in parties this was not a difficult task, as the government has reserved the field in a splendid park consisting of thirty-six hundred acres. A great portion of the battle field is timber, but the undergrowth has been cleared away by the govern ment and supstantlal gravel roads built all over the field, rendering com munication easy. The position of every battery on both sides in the engagement is mark ed by old cannon, now out of date and disused by the government, and a sub stantial metal tablet gives the name of. the battery and describes its ser vice. These metal tablets are alao erected in all the positions held by the infantry forces on cither side in the battle, and also marl: the camps occu pied by the federal troops previous to the engagement. Friday afternoon, Nov. 24, was taken up wlih the dedication of the state monument, on which occ'iB'on the report of the completion of the monument was made by Col. W. B. Bell, chairman of the commission, who, in turn, formally transferred the monuments to the care of Col. Corne lius Cadle of the notional commission, In charge of the park. The principal addresses which fol lowed were made by Gen. James B. Weaver, a survivor of the bataa Gov. Cummins of Towa,.the Hon. Mr. Aber nathy on behalf of the governor of Tennessee, General Basil Duke of the confederate armjr, and ths Hon. N. E. Kendall of Aifcia. At the close of these co-omonies the signal whlacle from the bout announc ed 5ur early departure from the his torlc vicinity thronged with memories of the past to the survivors of the con test, and soon we were steaming home ward down the river from scenes which many of the survivors had not visited from the time of the battle, nearly for ty-five years before, and which will be to, many of them their last visit this side of eternity. Samuel Mahon. v'.' .A: Birmingham, Dec. 20.—C. L. Shew ards was an Ottumwa shopper on Fri day. E. H. Alton and wife went to Hllls boro Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Rockey, Mr. Alton's moth er, who died last Saturday. W. D. Henkle has purchased the res taurant of G. L. Craff and will con tinue to run It at the same place. E. H. Skinner went to Garden City, Kansas, Monday on a business trip and will be absent a week or ten days. Mrs. Joseph Hill returned Friday from a two weeks' visit In Ottumwa. v^w'-cv's Chronic Diseases Permanently Cured DR. SHALLENBERGER The Regular and Reliable Chicago Specialist, Treats Chronic! A V* & Diseases Only. Will be at? I "l I Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel, Thursday, January 3, (one day only) and return every 28 days Fairfield, Legget House, Tuesday, January 1, 1907. Albia, Monroe Hotel, Wednesday, January 2,1907 Sigourney, Merchants' Hotel, Friday,'January 4,1907, Hour*8 Cures permanently the cases he un dertakes and sends the Incurable home without taking a fee from them. This Is why he continues his visits year after year, while other doctors have made a few visits and stopped. Dr. Shallenberger i3 an eminently success ful specialist In all chronic diseases proven by the many cures effectel 111 chronic cases which have baffled the skill of all other physicians. His hos pital experience and extensive prac tice have made him so proficient that he can name and locate a disease in a few minutes. Treats a.'l cases of Catarrh. Nose Throat and Lung diseases, Eye and on the field, notably Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. One monument appealed pathetical ly to the old soldiers roaming over the battlefield it was that of the Second Tennessee infantry, confederate ap parently it opened the battle on the extreme right by the side of the con federates, by attacking Buckland's brigade of Sherman's division of the federal army. The position they as sailed was almost a natural fortifica tion, and this mute witness to the splendid bravery of this regiment, oc cupies the ground over which'they ad vanced to the attack and tells the story of forty-four filled and nearly 200 wounded, ths casualties equalling, as I recollect, about one-half of the force engaged. Owing to the condition of the roads following a great rainfall. It was im possible to get vehicles from Corinth, the nearest town of any consequence on the battle field, twenty-two miles distant,so that the immediate country side was foraged for teams to carry the party over the battlefield, which was some miles In extent. A nonde sorlpt collection of vehicles were soon procured, consisting of lumber wag ons, single buggies, surreys, etc., with harness to match, and drawn by every species of draft animal, except oxen. It was this picturesque outfit that car ried the party from one monument to another. G. W. Countryman spent a couple of teacher and wants to marry her. -W8! •, a. m. to 0 p. m.t t. Ear, Stomach, Liver and Kidney# Gravel, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu ralgia, Nervous and Heart Diseases, Blood and Sktn diseases, Epilepsy, Brlgrht's Disease and Consumption In early stagtt, diseases of the Bladder and Femalo Organs, Liquor and To« bacco habit. Stammering cured and sure methods to prevent its recurrence given. A never failing remedy for Blfl Neck. PILES, FISTULAE and RUPTURH eruarantced cured without detention from business. Special attention given to all Surgical cases and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and Granulated Lids. -i i. NERVOUS DEBILITY, Are you nervous and despondent weak and debllltatnd tired mornings no ambition—lifeless memory poor: easily fatigued: excitable and Irritable eyes sunken: red and blurred pimples oh face dreams restless, haggard looking, weak back deposit in urine and drains at stool distrustful want of confidence, lack of energy aafl strength? DISEASES OF MEN AND PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALTY. Blood Poison, Spermatorrhea, Vari cocele, Hydrocele, pebillt'y, Nervous-' ness, Dizziness, Defective Memory, etc., which ruins mind and body, post-1 lively cured. WONDBRFUL CURE8. t.-, Perfected in eld cases which hav« been neglected or unskillfully treated No experiments or failures. He un dertakes no Incurable cases, but cure4 thousands given up to die. Consultation Free and Confidential^ Address Dr. W. E. Shallenberger' 145 Oakwood Blvd., Chicago. Reference: Drexel State Bank. days this week with his son, George^ at New I-iondan. Mrs. W. G. Skinner and Mrs. J. Wlk Hope were Ottumwa visitors -last FrM day. William Clark has purchased thrf dray line of H. H. Bennett. Miss Gladys Graham has returned from her visit with relatives at VlH Usca. Mrs. J. F. Anderson, Mrs. G. L. Crafl and Miss Rose Hope spent Tuesday li^ Ottumwa. D. K. Bonar and wife leave this weekj for Missouri to visit Mr. Bonar's brothJ, er. Charley Harter of Ottumwa was at business caller In this neighborhood on Tuesday. Stlns.-'n Claik was In Ottumwa Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. L. Drummond and L. O4 Williams were In Klrkvllle Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Glthens spe'it, Tuesday cver- ng with Mr. and Mrs. Cal Humphrey. Harry wrilams and Floyd in 1'rerr.ont Wednesday. B. H. Drummond was a caller at the home of W. E, Wednesday. ,v». MiV 1 Invitations have been received herat by friends to the marriage of Mlsa Mary Potter, daughter of E. F. Potter, formerly general manager of the C. T., M. and D. M., but at present general manager of the Wisconsin Central, to Eugene McConn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McConn of Fort Madison, at All Saints Cathedral, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 2, at 6 p. m., to be followed by a re-« ceptlon at the home of the bride's par-] enta. WALNUT GROVE. Walnut Grove, Dec. 10.—Mr. and M».j John Epperly and daughters, Ammaj ai Fern, ^.nd son, Orion, and uncle, Wash Russell, spent Monday evening? with Mr. and Mrs. L. Drummond and family. They were entertained by MIHSC-S Amma and Fern Epperly and Mrs. Burl Drummond with singing and music on the piano and violin. Gl *na business Duncan Mr .and Mrs. Rov Glthens were In Ottumwa Wednesday. L. Drummond and L. C. Williams were In Klrkvllle Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs, John Armstrongs John Dlckerson, A. F. Harter, Burl Drummond and Miss Frances Harter were in Ottumwa Thursday. L. Drummond attended the telephony/ meeting In Highland Friday evening. L. C. Williams and Harry WllllamSt were In Klrkvllle Friday. Mrs. L. C. Williams returned to hert home after a week's stay In KlrkvlK' wth Mr. and-Mrs. J. W. Glass. Mr. and Mrs. George Robertson, Miy and Mrs. Burl Drummond, Johnnlfl Harter, Mark English, Mat Pickens, Ben Lewis, J. N. English. Misses Cecil. Lewis, Lizzie Robertson, Edith Spur-] geon and Frances Harter were in Ot-I tumwa Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Githens, Mrs. Mat-j tie Glthens and sons, Harold and Glen spent Sunday evening with Mr. Mrs. L. Drummond and family. They were entertained with music on the. piano, violin and the phonograph. Thai music was furnished by Mrs. Roy Glth-! ens and Mr. and l£rs. Burl Drummoni LITTLE BOY DIE3. Edward John, 7 Year Old Son of Mr# and Mrs. Williams Passes Away. Edward John, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, 281 Mc Pherson avenue, died this morning at 5:10 o'clock at the family residence at the age of years, 7 months and 11 days. The funeral services ovfer the re mains will be held from the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. E. Chambers, pastor of the Davla street Christian church, will conduct the services. Interment will be mad« in the Shaul cemetery. Infant Dies. The Infant son of Mr. aijd Mrs. Dan-* lei Shea, 107 North Ward street, died Sunday morning at 1 o'clock. The fun eral was conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon. Interment was made In the Ottumwa cemetery. A boy's desire to grow up and be-f come a man is often prompted by the fact that he is In love with bis scbot 9*4 anf Mrs. ^'attle Githens and Wllbu: Buchanan and Glenn Glthens were Ottumwa Monday. Mrs. Cooper and Miss Sadie Fostecr returned to their homes Monday, aften a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. L4 Drummond and family. wm