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gTRADES COUNCIL
Tri-Weekly Courier.
BY HE COURIER PRINTING CO.
Founded August 8, 1848.
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tumwa, Iowa, under the Act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
wg STREET LAUGHS AT PANIC.
"The losses were chiefly on paper
Mid fell with greatest heaviness upon
rich holders. The speculative public
Buffered comparatively little."
This statement from Henry Clews,
an authority on market conditions
may be taken as Wall street's view
of the recent financial flurry. It is an
added proof that no matter what
causes may be assigned for the two
days' panic the result has been bene
ficial. Discussing this phase of the
paarket situation Mr. Clews says:
"The stock market situation has
been unquestionably Improved by re
sent liquidation, estimated at between
11,700,000,000 to $2,000,Oou,000 in val
ues. That such an enormous shrink
age could take place within the com
paratively short period of six months
without causing a single failure of
consequence is emphatic proof of gen
eral soundness in the situation. These
losses were often chiefly on paper,
and fell with greatest heaviness upon
rich holders or large operators, who
were abundantly able to meet them.
Fortunately the speculative public suf
fered comparatively little. It is per
haps premature to say that liquida
tion has entirely exhausted itself. Yet
many of the influences depressing the
market have been amply discounted,
and some of them should soon begin
to moderate, If not disappear altogeth
er. In all probillty the worst of the
strain upon the money market will
soon be over.**
Mr. Clews insists that the railroad
legislation enacted or contemplated
was not brought about without good
cause. If there had not been abuses,
he argues, there would not have been
the need for such stringent legisla
tion. He expresses the belief that the
situation will result in bringing the
government and the railroad into
closer relations and will mark a new
and better era In American railroad
attain. Concerning this, Mr. Clews
says:
"A great deal of uneasiness now
exists regarding prospective railroad
legislation! The bullc -of the decline
in securities since last summer has
been solely due to natural and econo
mic causes, which have been repeat
edly explained in these advices. Mr.
Roosevelt, however, is receiving a
great deal more blame for present
conditions In the market than he is
really entitled to. Of course the
mere proposal from such a source of
legislation vitally affecting railroad
management is unsettling. Yet these
proposed reforms would have been
neither' possible nor probable had it
not been for past misdeeds. The re
sponsibility should, therefore, be plac
ed upon^he authors of the latter and
not upon those who are taking the
initiative: in placing American rail
roads and corporations upon a higher
plajie and beyond criticism. Very like
ly Mr. Roosevelt is not so radical as
he seems and by discussions with
our representative railroad managers
it seems certain that he will suggest
legislation fair to the railroads and
satisfactory to public opinion. Some
thing must be done to conciliate the
latter some larger government con
trol of these powerful corporations is
inevitable aiid it seems far wiser to
assist the President in devising sane
general measures than to face the
radicalism and confusion that would
be inevitable if the question were
left to the hostile attacks of all our
state legislatures, no two of which
would agree. It is a welcome sign,
therefore, to see that a number of
our ablest practical railroad men are
going to confer with the President.
The result, it Is to be hoped, will mark
&• new and better era in American rail
road affairs failure in this wlshed-for
result will certainly give a tremen
dous impetus to government owner
ship, and would involve us in a train
of evils vastly worse than those we
peek to escape.
uy* DOWIE DIED A MOUNTEBANK
I
When the announcement came that
Jphn Alexander Dowie, the self-styled
"prophet," was dead, and that when
the end came it was to find him de
serted by his family and followers,
the people generally were inclined to
pity. But when, before the funeral a
vitriolic sermon was published which
had been written by Dowie just a few
*^eeks before his death, it was realiz
ed that, "In death Dowie was the same
mountebank as in his life time. The
sermon makes it plainly evident that
Dowie did not forgive his enemies be
fore he died, as he lashes those who
You'll Be Glad
after taking the first few doses of the
Bitters that you resolved to give it a
trial. Its beneficial results will be so
clearly demonstrated that you'll won
der why vou didn't start sooner. But
start today.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
is-the only medicine to strengthen and
build up rundown systems and to cure
Spring Fever, Colds, Grippe, Dyspep
sia, indigestion, Costiveness, or Mala
ria, Fever and Ague. It Is absolutely
pure.
ousted him from control as "dogs of
hell." The sermon concludes:
"I shall return,, and with ruthless
hand shall I exterminate the vipers
and the dogs of hell that now hold the
high places in the city of Zlon.
They dreamed, and in the grossness'
of their dreams they thought that they
had prevailed over the first apostle.'
And now, priests and elders of Zlon,'
I shall return to strike ye down. I'
shall returi^ in another form, brighter
and more beautiful and a thousand
times more terrible, to cut ye off In the,
midst of your sins, and to win back
Zion for the truth and for them that,
held to the word and did no evil."
All of which is rot, pure and sim
ple, yet to many of the weak souls
who gave of their means to pile up the
Dowie millions and who meekly fol
lowed his banner until another "pro
phet" gained the ascendancy, it Willi
be accepted as the divine word.
RYAN WITH PRESIDENT.
The critics of Thomas Fortune Ryan,
whom the Hearst cartoonists delight to
picture in satanic robes, have been giv
en a body blow by & few brief sen
tences given out by Mr. Ryan for publi
cation. It was breaking a silence
maintained for years, but Mr. Ryan
will be the gainer as it shows him in a
better light than he has been most oft
en viewed in. The interview was giv
en out by Mr. Ryan after the recent
flurry in Wall street, which he, by
heavy buying, did more to break up
than any other man. He said:
"I believe that if Mr. Morgan's visit
to the President is followed, as it
should be, by representatives of all our
great business interests, it will do
much good. I also believe that the
President's attitude toward corpora
tions Is much misunderstood by the
general public. It is unfair to assume
that it is his desire to hamper the busi
ness interests of the country.
"I am, however, convinced that he
proposes to enforce the laws as he
finds them on the statute books. And
I think that the sooner the business
men of the country conclude to go to
work to aid the President. In solving
the difficult problems confronting him
every day the sooner will confidence
be restored and the business of the
country move on without interruption.
So far as general business is concern
ed, the only fault to be found with it
Is that it its too active."
Mr. Ryan does not defend the ac
tions of tho corporation heads whose
own misdeeds brought upon them ex
ecutive and legislative interference.
His words are an admission that the
laws have been violated and he, for
one, would see the corporations and
the government in closer touch, each
demanding Its due from the other and
each laying aside the suspicion of the
other so long nurtured.
The Oskaloosa Herald has installed
a new Duplex perfecting press with a
capacity of 6,000 papers an hour. This
was made necessary by the Herald's
growth.
'Just to think, on my return from a
spin through Yourup, after advertising
the town on every vaudeville billboard
from Liverpool, to my birthplace. Co
penhagen, to find that dear old Hege
wisch is down and almost taking the
count."
This was the lament of Battling
Nelson when he found that the town
he had made famous had been wiped
from the map. A cruel railroad corpo
ration had changed the name to Burn
ham. It will now be up to Bat to
make his home as famous under its
new name as it was under the old.
A Clinton traveling man says there
is not a horse car line In operation in
Iowa. This may be taken as an indi
cation that progressiveness has been
keeping pace with prosperity in the
corn belt.
THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BUY.
Des Moines News.—We hear a lot of
talk and we see a lot written about
the man who has something to sell.
Whether it be ability, energy, brains,
the successful man, we are reminded,
is the man who has something to sell
and makes people hear him.
But what about the man who wants
to buy?
Did it ever occur to you that you
must buy before you can sell DM
you—you with the small-salaried job
and the poor prospects—did you ever
look square into the face of the fact
that you can command a mere pit
tance for what you have to sell be
cause you have never had the energy
and perservence to do a little buy
ing?
Why, the man who drives his old
raw-boned nag through the streets of
fering to purchase "any rags" is in a
class superior to you on your little
long-legged stool.
The ragman has his eyes open. He's
laying up a stock of goods to sell at a
future time. The more rags he can
buy. the more he can sell.
What are you doing—you on the
long-legged stool? You are selling a
very ordinary ability to add and sub
stract, multiply and divide, for a puny
number of dollars. You are making
no effort to increase your stock of
marketable goods. Aren't you now?
Quit it. Go into the buying busi
ness. Take a smaller salary and buy
all the valuable experience you can
with all the hard work and vigorous
thought you are capable of. If there
Is nothing ahead of your present job,
find a place that has everything ahead
of it. Set yourself down, no matter
how low, where you can see a bee
line for the top. "Freeze onto" this
place and buy experience with t"ie
only currency you command—WORK.
Don't be a quitter. When you get
ready to sell your experience for a
better salary in a better position, sell
quick and then buy again hard anl
fast.
Keep your eye on that bee line and
you'll be surprised some day, when
people are pointing you out as a "self
made man" how much solid enjoyment
there is in telling your son how you
did it.
Start buying now.
PASSING OF THE PACIFICATOR
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: What will,
the senate do for a loosener of Gordlan
knots now that Wisconsin's senior!
I
The senate has many hard fighters
left. It lias Foraker. Hale, Beveridge,
Lodg-a and a few others on the repub
lican side who can be relied on to give
and take hard knocks for their party.
Tillman and Morgan, on the democratic
side, are of the same order. Foraker
and Tillman have something of the old
Donnybrook disregard for cnuses and
consequences in their scraps, but they
are useful men In their chamber in
emergencies. Knox i3 probably the
best lawyer in the senate, now that
Spooner has passed out, but Knox lack.''
the dexterity of the Wisconsin man
in establishing armistices and in recon
ciling the irreconcilable. In the fra
cases of the future in the senate the
Wisconsin peacemaker will be missed
by his old colleagues and by the coun
try.
I
memfier of that body has stepped
down? Spooner has patched up as'
many compromises as Clay ever did.
Whenever there has been a* tangle In
Spooner has been called in to straight
en it out. In the tumultuous politics
of the past few years the Wisconsin
stateman was a handy man to have in
the national lawmaking body. No
body else could fix up the truces which
abled the Porto Rico and several of the
Philippine bills to get on the statute
book. On the Panama canal question
congress was tied in a harder knot
than it was tied on the Missouri admis
sion issue three quarters of a cen
tury ago. Spooner stepped in the later
case just as Clay did in the earlier one,
and the problem was solved.
Seldom does a distinguished senator
in the prime of life voluntarily step out
of the chamber. The latest man of na
tional note previous to Spooner to do
this was Edmunds, of Vermount, who
is still alive, and who could have been
in the senate yet if he had wanted to
remain. Edmunds too, was something
of a compromiser. He reconciled the
various partisans on the polygamy
issue of long ago, and got his measures
on the statute book. Like the Wiscon
sin man. he was a great lawyer, and
was something of an orator. Like
him, also, he was pei'sonally popular
on both sides of the chamber, and al
so popular with the presidents of his
own party.
THE FAITHFUL REPORTER—A
TRIBUTE
Baltimore News: The othe- day in
Philadelphia there passed away Hie
oldest reporter. He was 81 v^ars ol
age, and h? had seeii s'xty-five years
of active service. He died and was
buried without ado, after the manner
and true to the traditions of his craft.
But may not we of the editorial de
partment make the passing of this
veteran •worker in the ranks the text for
a remark or two on the sterling worth
of the reporter and the all too little
recognized service that is rendered by
him to the profession of journalism
and to the interests of humanity?
He is the backbone of modern jour
nalism, is the same quiet, self effacing,
gallant fellow, the reporter. By some
tradition as old as printing the man
who writes must have other than a
pecuniary motive. Perhaps the idea
and the practice rest on the theory that
it would spoil the man who lives by
his pen to be fat and sleek. Big pay
would exterminate the breed. All the
same, the modern reporter is an am
bassador to all the powers that be, if
without the purple of his office. He is
the confident of the great, but must
keep his trust as a matter of course,
and with no special gratefulness from
anybody. He is the daily companion
of the mighty, but must put on no
"lugs." He is patronized by his intel
lectual inferiors, but must give no
sign of his martyrdom to the superior
ity of ignorance. The glory that he
makes for others is not for him. He
must rest fameless, nameless and con
tent.
BRYAN, BEANS AND DESTINY.
Kansas City Journal.—We are im
pelled to reprint herewith a tele
graphic item of unusual interest from
the news columns. If justification
were needed we only plead our desire
to give renewed assurance of our poli
tical fairness in calling attention to
the important auguries of an opposi
tion candidate:
"Petersburg, Ind.. March 13.—On
the day that William J. Bryan was
nominated for the presidency Mrs.
William Loveless, one of his admir
ers, plucked a long bean from its stem
in her garden and hung it in her bed
room, naming it the Bryan bean. Se".
eral days ago she noticed that the
bean was taking on a greenish appear
ance. When she looked at it again
she noticed that the pod had swollen
to its original size and the beans with
in apparently had swollen, while the
pod was as green as the day on which
she had plucked it from the stem. Mrs.
Loveless regards the circumstances as
the certain forerunner of the nomina
tion or election of Bryan next year."
The miracle of resurrection and re
juvenescence of this remarkable In
diana bean is a startling vaticination
ot the Great Commoner's future. We
can trace the allegorical parallel of
Bryan and the bean to the final end
of each—the soup. Bryan was himself
plucked in the green of his youth
when he hung as pendant fruitage
from the vine of a political party
doomed to succumb to an early frost
The political bean was suspended in
a place that was shielded from the
storms of partisan warfa-But now
there are signs of resuscitation. Indi
cations of original green have made
their appearance and the man has
swollen to first proportions. We ail
know that Bryan is a "has been," so
to speak, but like Mrs. Loveless' cher
ished vegetable the Nebraskan has
the ability to flourish without support
or attachment.
Indiana, incubator of genuis, a poe
tic realm smiling beneath the' gentle
regency of sceptered Muse, to you and
Mrs. Loveless we bow our thanks for
the allegory of the virescent bean. As
the meek and humble seed "rlseth up
from the soil and groweth for its
time," so riseth the politician. Bryan
is our good green statesman of the
Platte .forever young and forever
swelling with ambition's c,p. He may
be plucked before he is ripe and hung
up in the nation's bedroom to parch
and wither, but when the season of
political influence comes arounr] how
well he reflects nature's blush of
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green and swells in radiant recepti
vity!
THE HOTEL CLERK
Who is the most evled and bedia
mon.ied smong men? The hotel clerk.
Who runs away with our heiresses?
The hotel clerk. Who gets the straight
est tips on the stock market? The ho
tel clerk. Whose pride goeth not be
fore destruction, and whose glory is
never dimmed? The hotel clerk's. So
runs the accepted catechism. Now, a
truth-seeker in Chicago rises to say
that the average hotel clerk's chance
in life is a trifle less than nothing. He
can't marry, for he Is compelled to live
in the hotel, and his wages won't pay
his wife's board. Even as a bachelor
he finds it hard to save money. When
he reaches the age limit— not a high
one—he Is displaced by a younger man.
There are then three things for him.
He may become night clerk in a coun
try hotel, a job that he rose from
years before he may be put In charge
of a check room, and look to
tlp3
for
most of his pay or he may try to get
other work, using up his savings mean
while, and end his life in the alms
house. Not a cheering concept! and
practically useless to the humorist.—
Collier's Weekly.
TESTING THE 2-CENT FARE LAW.
Lincoln Journal.—If the railroads In
tend to contest the new passenger fare
law, as has been reported, they will
probably be too cautious in protecting
their own rights to take off trains and
in other ways to discourage travel. A
company that reduces its facilities and
attractiveness to travelers immediately
after the law is passed will be in a poor
position to show later that the returns
under a 2-cent rate are unremunera
tive. The court may decide that until
a trial is made with the same facilities
as were offered before the test the ex
perience cannot be regarded as conclu
sive.
CONSTITUTION CONSTRUCTION.
Chicago Chronicle.—What. it. has be
come the iasliion to call "construction
of th» constitution" is getting uncom
fortably near to living up to its name.
In the old days it would have been bet
ter to have callefl it interpretation.
When it comes to proposing to give
congress power to prohibit common
carriers from taking for interstate com
merce anything made under the so call
ed "unsatisfactory local labor condi
tions" it may well be called construc
tion, for it Is nothing short of constru
ing a new constitution in that particu
lar.
THE CARDS OF LIFE.
Life's but a game of cards we all must
Play,
With Fate the dealer in a puzzling
way
The deck Is stacked upon us, and the
hand
We sometimes hold we cannot under
stand.
For one a full house always, and for
one
A busted straight or flush, so luck
will run
A queen for an unworthy knave's
abuse.
And for a king a woman who's the
deuce
Diamonds for some, but better one
true heart
For others clubs and spades when all
depart.
Through life we plunge or pike we
practice guile
Bluff maybe try to win each other's
pile
Until Death calls us, whereupon we
leave
The table, with a few behind to
grieve,
Then gather in our chips, while out
ward goes
The soul upon that journey no one
knows,
Grant when at last we stand at heav
en's gate,
Where Peter, from Missouri lies in
wait,
That we can show him grant up
there that we
Can tell the good saint with a con
science free,
"Master, I know not whether I made
good
But still I played my hand the best I
could.
And on the square then even with
our sin,
Perhaps we'll hear those blessed
words, "Come in"'
'Tis not the cards that count beyond
the skies,
It is the way they're played wins Par
adise!
—Malcolm Douglas in Puck.
Infuriated.
From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger.'—Scottish folks are proverbially
canny and prudent in money matters,
and the following shows that the
younger generation is no exception to
the rule
A teacher in a lowland school was
taking mental arithmetic with a class
of boys. She asked one urchin:
"How much would your mother give
you to buy four pounds of tea at one
and six a pound?"
"We ne'er get sae much at once as
that' mum."
"Never mind that. Four pounds at
one and six?"
"But we canna afford the one and
six, mum. We always hae the one
and twa."
"Answer the question. What would
she give you to pay for four pounds
of tea at—"
"Nawthin', mum."
What do you mean by 'nothing?'
"She'd na' gie me only bawbees.
She'd tell me tae ask the mon tae pit
it doon."
"Oh dear! Oh dear! But .suppos
ing she did?"
With a pitying smile came the re
ply:
"A can see ye're ne'er met ma
mither, mum."
He Sacrificed Himself.
From London Penny Magazine.—Ar
thur Rock wrote out a confession
branding himself a forger and a per
jurer. Robert Sheem, escaped con
vict in a scarecrow's costume, seized
the paper which he had forced his
enemy to sign and ran out of the of
fice.
He took a turn in the direction in
which the .Wippinghams had lived be
fore the hideous brand was put upon
his name, when he had looked upon
the girl as his sweetheart and was
waiting only for the opportunity to
ask her to become his bride. Turning
a sharp corner he almost ran into the
arms of a young woman.
"Minnie," he gasped.
VY"^-'"
"Not Robert!" she cried half in fear
and half in astonishment. "Oh, dear!
oh. dear'! how awfully 111 you look!
But how—how are you here? Where
were you going? Why are you dressed
in those rags? Are you disguised?"
"I was coming to see you, Miss
Wippingham," he replied, speaking
rapidly. Coming to show you the proof
of my innocence. I have escaped."
"But I don't live there now,"
Bhe
answered, "and my name's not Wip
pingham any longer. "Don't let us
stand here," she added hastily "we
shaJl be seen.
"You are married?" he asked.
"I've been married three years. I
have a 2-year-old daughter," she said
smiling." I married Arthur Rock—
You must remember him. He did not
mean to do you the harm he did, but
you know the counsel would force
him to speak."
"And are you happy?"
It is one of the mysteries of Ameri
can municipal government that few
cities are kept in a proper condition
of cleanliness. That cities as well as
individuals can be kept decently clean
has been demonstrated many times.
European cities as a rule find little
difficulty In this direction. The gov
ernment within the space of a few
months transformed Havana from a
squalid, unsanitary, sewerless city In
to a wholesome and beautiful object
for sightseers. Some American cities
—only a few. however—are kept clean
and attractive. There is no secret in
the process. Kansas City has abund
ant ordinances under which the
streets and sidewalks may be made
and kept decent. It only requires an
enforcement of these ordinances. All
winter long the streets have been in
a miserable condition. If it wasn't
snow and ice it was dust or mud, and
the efforts of the superintendent of
streets were largely nullified because
of lack of co-operation from other
departments.
Mayor Beardsley should begin on
program that will insure a city beau
tiful during the coming spring and
summer. We are proud of our splen
did parks and boulevards and of our
fine residences and metropolitan show
places. But the downtown streets
should be clean, not only for a few
hours every morning, but during all
the hours of the day and night. This
is a problem in practical municipal
government that cannot be met by
addresses before women's clubs. There
should be no need of asking the house
wives of the' city to shoulder the re
sponsibility for enforcement of the or
dinances. Street cleaning is an affair
of the street department and of police
regulation. The appeal has been made
so often and disregarded so regularly
that there is no certainty of reform.
But it is worth trying for and all good
citizens who want to see Kansas City
well presented to strangers and a
place of health, comfort and beauty
should aid the cause with all their In
fluence.
THE LOT OF THE COUNTRY EDI
TOR.
Lincoln Star.—-The country editors,
who used barrels of ink in printing
the praises of "prominent citizens'
who wanted to be elected to the legis
lature, have expected little In return
and have got just what they expected.
The customary dose was measured
out to them by the senate today when
the members of that body refused
to recommend a bill which would
have made it easier for the country
printing office to handle the ballots
just before! election time. The pre
sent ballot Is so long that the ordin
ary press can not print it. By placing
the names in two columns the country
printers could have taken care of the
work at much less expense. But the
country editor need expect no favors.
His mission in life is to help elect to
the senate and house men who forget
him as soon as they arrive there.
A BLOW TO THE DIVORCE PRAC
TICE.
Lincoln Evening News.—The Iowa
house has passed a bill which, if it
becomes a law, will result in crippling
one of the leading industries in that
state, which is the marrying of di
vorced persons from this and sur
rounding states. The Nebraska law
holds a marriage invalid which is con
tracted within six months of the sign
ing of a decree of aivorce for either
of the parties, but the courts have
decided that if the contract is good
in the state where made, it is also
good in this state. Up to this time
there has ben nothing in the Iowa
law to prevent marriages immediat':
after divorce, and the consequences
S.
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Everybody Reads But Father.
Kansas City Journal.—A country cor
respondent of the Aline Chronoscope
says:
"Father says he will be smiling
when the Thaw case-comes to an end.
Every table, chair, in fact, every part
of the house, is strewn with newspa
pers ,and he has such a hard time to
find his cap and mittens."
Little Willie, tired of play,
Pushed sister in the weM one day
Said mother, as she drew the water,
'Tis difficult to raise a daughter."
—Harper's Weekly.
TIME TO CLEAN UP.
Kansas City Journal.—Now ap
proaching is the season of
the regular spring cleanup, when pro
perty holders are admonished to re
novate their premises and thus contri
bute to the health and beauty of the
city. No doubt in due time the police
board and -the mayor will Issue the
customary warning that mean noth
ing at all, and after a great deal of
righteous clamor the whole thing, un
less a new policy is pursued, will be
forgotten and the community will set
tle down to the familiar condition of
filthy streets, disreputable sidewalks,
unsightly vacant lots and other evi
dences of a negligent municipality.
PURELY VEGETABLE
RHEUMATISM
has been that many Nebraska divor
cees have hastened
Mrs. Jones fell and broke her hip
last fall ond suffered greatly with it for
some weeks, but had recovered so she
could walk with the aid of a cane. She
was 73 years of age. She was twice
married and was the mother of six chil
dren: Fi'ank Wolf of Hedrick Mrs.
Will Convad of Salem, by the first
marriage: George, Charlie and Silas
Jones and Mrs. Otto Davidson, by the
second marriage. Mrs. Jones was a
woman much respected by every on
and will be greatly missed by her rolar
tives and friends. The funeral services
will lie held at the M. E. church this
afternoon at 1:20 o'clock.
AN ACID BLOOD POISON
Rheumatism. Is an acid blood poison, and the causes that produce it an'
often silently accumulating in the system for years. Poor digestion,
stomach troubles, weak kidneys, torpid liver, and a general inactive condi
tion^ of the system leaves the refuse and waste matter, which should be
carried off, to sour and fonn uric acid, which is absorbed into the blood.
When the blood is in this acid-charged condition, it deposits the poisons
and irritating particles with which it is loaded in the muscles, nerves,
joints and bones. Then Rheumatism gets possession of the system, and
life is made miserable by its pains, aches and discomforts. The changing
of the weather, exposure to cold and dampness, etc., always increase tliQ
trouble, and so severe does the pain become that quick -relief must be
had. A good liniment or plaster is often helpful, but it should be r+
membered that relief from such treatment is only temporary, because ths
trouble is in the blood and cannot be re»
moved by external applications. S. S. S.
cures Rheumatism by ridding the blood ol
the cause. It goes down into the circular
tion and by invigorating and purifying tht
blood of the acid-poison and sending a
Other Salem News
Saturday evening at thj opera house
the Ladles' Aid society of the Metho
dist Episcopal church had a sale of
Easter Novelties and served an excel
lent supper from which they realized
a nice sum which will be used for the
benefit of the church.
On Saturday, March 9, Mrs. Ann^
Ratliff celebrated her ninetieth birth
day anniversary.
Robert Ratliff of Enterprise, Kansas,
and Mrs. Susan Dysart of New Shar
on are guests at the home of their
mother, Mrs. Anna Ratliff.
J. C. Marls was a business caller at
Ottumwa recently.
Rev. W. S. Kight and Chrles Schu
bort spent severl days of last week In
Chicago.
Ha) Huxley went to Keokuk Mon
day, where he has employment with
the Huiskamp shoe factory. Fred
Huxley has gone to Mooar to serve at
the powder works.
Prof. Clark was called to conduct
the funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Nelson at Summitvllle, Thurs
day.
Rev. G. B. Hanklns, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Lovllia
was called to conduct the funeral ser
vices of Mrs. Munsey Graham, which
were held from the Bethany chapel at
11 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. K. Weimer, after
spending a few days with relatives at
this place returned to her home at
Fairfield Tuesday. The M. D. K. Wei
mer family will soon move to western
Nebraska, where they have purchased
a large tract of land.
O. H. Cook, who has been suffering
from a dislocated shoulder, is some
what better.
C. O. Johnson of Rhodes was greet
ine Salem friends last week.
Ira Kerr has gone for an extended
stay In Oregon.
Mrs. S. W. Stanley of Fort Madison
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stream of fresh, rich blood to all parts, re
lieves the pain, reduces the inflammation,
and permanently cures this painful disease. S. S. S. is the only safe treat*
ment for Rheumatism, because it does not contain a particle of mineral in
any form to damage the system. Book on Rheumatism and any medical
advice desired sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAm
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the river
and remarried immediately after be
ing released from irksome bonds. The
bill which is now before the Iowa law
makers prohibits marriage within one
year of divorce, and is therefore more
stringent than the Nebraska law.
There is said to be little doubt of the
measure becoming a law.
MRS. SARAH JONE8 DEAD.
Aged Salem Lady Passes Away After
Short Illness.
Salom, March 19.—Mrs. Sarah Jones
passed away Sunday evening at 7:15
o'clock after a very short illness of
neuralgia of the heart. She was about
the house Sunday and as well as usual,
when she was suddenly stricken.
had a short vslt with her parents, Mfw
and. Mrs. H. S\ Brown, last week.
A little child of Mr and Mrs. Rudd.
living south of town, departed this
life Monday evening of last week.
A. A. Banta has purchased the G. A.
R. hall.
MrB. Frank Llghtner went to Don-|
nellson Saturday to spend a few days.
The Llghtner family will soon mo^t to
Donnellson. Mrs. Foster and tw®
children of Olds are visiting the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Henry James.
E. R. Pulllam has returned to his
home In Illinois, after an extended vis-'
It with relatives.
After a long sickness Thoams Ditto
and H. S. Brown are again on
UMI
streets.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jelllson are Wt
home In G. B. Lester's tenement house1
on the north side of the park. Mr. JeM
llson will clerk In Mr. Lester's store.
Frank Llghtner and family will lo-l
cate at Donnellson, at which plaae Mr.|
Llghtner recently purchased the 11
very1
barn.
J. W. Hawkins visited his parents)
at Basco, 111., from Monday until!
Thursdaj.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Banta returned!
from Chicago Tuesday, where they vis
ited Mrs. Banta's sister, Mrs. WUUam!
Hagan and her husband.
Mrs. C. D. Rawhouser left Thursday.
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Qgle
vee, at Lone Tree.
Mrs. H. H. Masden of Fort Madison
is a guest of Salem relatives.
Mrs. E. G. Tyner spent last week
with relatives at Fairfield.
At the school election A. Davidson
was elected school director for three
years, and oJhn FOBS director for two
years.
The Perfect Food Beverage
The kind of Cocoa Beans that we use contain
six times as much food value as beeL,
We buy only the highest-priced.
Our Cocoa is nothing but Cocoa and that is why
it is the most delicious of Cocoas.
Henry Btcksler and his daughter,
who have been visiting at the John
Blcksler home, left Tuesday for their
home in "Virginia.
R®ve Evi Sharpless passed through
this place Thursday enroute from'
Summitvllle, where he had been called
to conduct a funeral service, to hi*'
home at Springdale.
Othel James closed a long and suc
cessful term of school In Jefferson
township Friday. He and his brother,
Oryal, from Fairfield, returned home
Saturday.
Miss Nettie Carmack is at home aft
er closing a successful term of school
near Fairfield^
Mrs. Ada- McConnaughey of Mt.
Pleasant Is a guest of Salem relatives.
Foster News Items.1'"
Foster, March 18.—Mrs. Charles Sln
cox returned Tuesday from a two
weeks' visit with her parents in Stough
ton, Wis.
Charles Carlson and wife were trans*
acting business in Moravia Monday.
Wm. Stewart moved his family
from Elliott, Mo., to Foster last week
and will work at the mines.
Charles Jones, clerk in the country
store, visited friends in Ottumwa,
Monday.
Mr. Rooi of Rutledge is visiting
his daughter Mrs. H. C. Bain this
week.
John Harr has moved to the Cyrus
Hlckenhopper farm north of town,
Monday.
John Johnson, Bert Seely, Thos
Lewis, and Qron Hughes were in Albil
Monday paying their taxes.
Lowney's Chocolate Boaboa
and Chocolate products*