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SATURDAY, March 23, I90T
TRADES
[raffi 1 COUNCIL
Tri-Weekly Courier.
•BY I'HE COURIER PRINTING CO.
Founded August 8, 1848.
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J. K.
DOUGHERTY. Managing Editor
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Address the Courier Printing Com
pany, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Entered «as second class matter
.October 17, 1903, at the postofflce, Ot
turqwa, Iowa, under the Act of Congress
of March 3, *1879.
AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS.
It is only necessary for the voters of
Ottumwa to think back to previous ad
ministrations which this city has had
and then, by the exorcise of a calm
and dispassionate judgment to make up
their minds as to whether or not they
want such an administration for the
next two years- The facts are well
i^nowa. Indeed, it was the' boast of
*aose In charge that under their direc
tion the city received a money compen
sation from the vicious elements.
In defiance of state law, prostitution
was protected by a system of monthly
fines, and thereupon became so bold
and open on the main streets.of this
city-that .it was a public disgrace.
In defiance of state law, the open
gambling house was protected by a
system oE monthly fines find the week
ly wage3 of hundreds of men went into
,-these establishments, wages that since
-they have been abolished have gone in
payment for living expenses" and house,
hold supplies. The family of the wage
.earner receives the benefit instead of
tha gambler.
The money slot machines, which are
the kindergarten of the gambling hell,
were prominently in evidence, with
somebody making onormou3 profits
from their operation.
t, Contemplation of the dark picture
brought to the mind by thinking back
over the civic period referred to,
•cannot but prove a powerful incentive
to the voter to see to it next Monday
•that a city administration is put in
power that will continue the straight
forward, broad-minded, clean business
direction of the city's affairs, that
has prevailed during the past two
years. During this time the city of Ot
tumwa has resolutely refused to be
come particeps cMminis in accepting
financial returns from the vicious and
the law-breaking element.
M. C. Gilmoro, candidate for city so
licitor on ,the republican ticket, pre
sented an unanswerable argument in
an address at a recent banquet cf the
Retail Merchants' association, when he
Said:
"I don't believe in the doctrine that
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Many Haves'Been Cured.
MA wSIl rnj
Many in or 3 will be cured if
they do not delay too long.
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 tne and said there was no
other v.-ay 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 get 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.
Albia, fa., April 1, 1906.
I desire-to say that Dr. Bonham
jf Ottumwa-cured me of a rupture
long standing.' I was cured some
Bight, years ago and would not
ce any amount of money and be
as-1 was before. I can recommend
his treatment to all sufferers.
i!'j-Ti^Pys",'?**v mmmmmmmmmmm ^}"\''&,rW\* .-^i*.'zi,,?« ,r\vv*-i
it is:the duty of a city administration
to regulate the morals of people as in
dividuals, but still more strong1? do I
disbelieve the doctvino that any officer
of any city in Iowa has the right, mor
ally or legally, sr to order the affairs
of the municipality that there may be
an open and flagrant violation of any
enactment on the statute books of the
state and I don't believe thnt any of
you stand for a violation of law, either.
To suggest that you do, would be an
impertinence."
Let the voters of Ottumwa only
think back and then think of conditions
as they row exist, and there is no ques
tion of the verdict which they will re
turn at the polls next Monday.
HI:
WOMEN AND DRESS.®-®®^
"If women should at the behest of
economy, or for any other,reason, re
fuse to wea. new clothes for a period
of six consecutive months, a remark
able state of affairs would unavoidably
ensue. There would be 'the greatest
financial crisis in the history of the
world. Marriage certificates would be
obsolete throughout the country, with
the possible exception ,of Utah di
vorces would be all the age alimony
a necessity and matrimony a luxury."
v- Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney of
New York, publisher of a monthly per
iodical devoted to the creation and
promulgation of feminine fashions,
makes these remarkable predictions.
The financial crisis would arise, she
says, because of the slump they would
strike the textile industry and the
dry goods interests the country over
when goods would hold over on the
shelf for six months without a buyer.
Her views, on the part clothes play in
the marriage and divorce question' are
based on the belief that if woman
could not come out in a periodical new
gown she could not win the affections
of a man if she had none, and could
not hold his affection if she had one.
And Mrs. Whitney goes further. She
says that men are the cause for the
changes in style.
"Men admire and appreciate frills,
puffs, ruffles, etc., on a woman, and
unless the designs of these frills and
puffs and ruffles are constantly chang
ing, women would lose their charm
and attractiveness in'the eyes of men.
As a result, they would tire of- the
sex. Women strive to dress beauti
fully and artistically, not so mfach to
satisfy their own artistic tempera
merit as they do to please the men."
But no alarm need "be felt. Mrs.'
Whitney says there is not the slight
est possibility that such a condition of
affairs will ever exist. She is merely
pointing out what would happen if
women' should declare a strike on
dress.
A WOMAN DID IT. Vi
Poor woman. She has.been blamed
with all the sins in the social calendar
since the transgression of Eve. The
latest charge against her is that she
caused the trouble San Francisco had
with the Japanese, which raised an
international question and
A FEW TESTIMONIALS.
The reasop I run testimonials is because it is information .for the
people, who want to know some of the people whom we have cured.
H. M, Chidester.
W. B. Campbell.
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.
1
I have restored many to health,...
many who say to me: "Doctor, I am|-5
glad you advertised, for if you had nofc?§!^
used the medium of the newspaper Ipggi
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
Chronic Diseases, Rupture, Files, Diseases of Women, Private Blood
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.
kept con­
gress and the President on the anxious
seat for a few days. Here is the part
a woman played in the affair accord
ing to a statement made by Superin
tendent Moore of the Los Angeles
Varicocele (False Rupture) cured
within ten days. I have cured over
100 cases and cure every case I
have undertaken. Cujes for Varico
cele and Hydrocele .made in ten
days' time.
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 th$y 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 thinV
of your' case. 'Enclose stamp for 'reply. "4
Dr. J. C. Bonhatii,
COR GREEN AND SECOND 3TS.
OTTUMWA. IOWA.
Ifiil
ELKS' BLOCK
to him. In a little while there was a
turmoil: The friends of the teacher,
with her, decided that the "older Japan
ese should not be put with the white
tant agitation.
haps the woman in this
titled to more praise than blame.
their legislative powers in attempting
to enact an ordinance aimed at de
priving any citizen or any class of cit
izens of their constitutional freedom.
Oh! reform. vOint c-imes arc com
mitted in thy name. f1]'
THE BIG STICK IN RELIGION.
New York Evening: Post*—It ap
pears that President Roosevelt, in ad
dition to the duty of keeping the din
ner pail full, is now to be asked to
fill the churches. A delegation from
the New York' Federation of Churches
called at the White house yesterday
to lay before the President the deplor
able facts about the waning religious
zeal, or, at least, of church extension,
in this city. They desired Mr. Roose
velt's "aid toward arousing a greater
interest in religion in New York."
This shows how times change, and wa
all cbarjge with them. In former years
the clergy lifted up their eyes to the
•hills, whence came, their hejp ^today
they naturally' lift1 them to Washing
ton. ''They frankly told the President
that they did not know what he could
do and he admitted that he did not
see how he could go out into the high
ways and hedges of New York city
and, with the big stick, Compel people
to go to church yet it was the genera]
conviction that he must "do some
thing." He might imitate the mon
arch who issued a decree that there
should be complete religious liberty
in his domain, but that every one in
the exercise of free Choice, must select
the same religion as the king, on pain
not only of royal displeasure, but of
banishment from the kingdom
ARAB STOICISM.
London Globe—Arab fatalism, which
is at the root of his stoic impussive
ness, though much talked of. is but
little understood in its almost super
human invincibility. This' is brought
into strong relief by the history at
taching to a recent addition io the'
treasures of the Louvre Museum. It
ip a .huirnn skeleton with a nistory.
it. Is the disembodied framework of a
man. Aral and a-R agsas'sln. 'n (IK
flfsh hp wae Suleiman el Aleby, laid
his haiul it --'/as that murdered Kleber,
the commander of the French revolu
tionary army in Egypt. For this crime
ho was '.on.!emned by a French ro.u
•narvul tc kf-ve his right hand bu-.ied
eft to be in.paled and exposed to bivds
of prey, and to have his .body reduced
.o a f-lioJcjton. The turning off of his
h:ind Puiennan borp without a roan
or even nee, but toward the end of
the cir ordeal the executor Happened
io touch 'he end of artotbei pa-t
Mis arm wit.'i the '•edhot ire a "This
punishment," he shouted wi'h aug
•is not in .'be sentence." Thai he
underwent the rest of the execution
without giving any opressii.*: or even
sign of feeling.
THE RAILROAD SITUATION
From the Hannibal Courier-Post.—
As the legislatures are getting to the
time of adjournment in some states
and'near that time in others, the rail
road situation is cleaning up consider
ably, and the railroad managers,
though they talk of the ihjury the laws
will do to them, nevertheless are glad
down in their hearts that no more has
been done. Thte recent agitation about
railroads has been the fault of. the roads
themselves. In some quarters the re
form movement, like all reform move
ments, has gohe too far, but the net re
sult will be beneficial to the country
and, in the end, beneficial to the rail
roads.
The question of freight rates and re
bates to large shippers is the basis of
all the railroad agitation. If the rail
roads had seen the handwriting on the
wall wheu the Hepburn bill was first
broached, and had taken the step to
ward co-operation, with the govern
ment that they want to take now, the
situation puld have cleared quickly.
But success, as measured in dividends,
had blinded some of the magnates to
THE O'XTTUMWA COUBIKR
schools, while in Kansas City recent-1 money, the power of the people is su
ly: preme.
"A teacher in one of the oriental! President Ripley of the Santa Fe
schools who was paid according to the system an interview given out yes-,they want to. However,
came envious. This school teacher
happened to be a friend of Mayor
Schmitz and she carried her grievance ing railroad magnates in the country.,
a little school teacher's grievant'
there grew a national question."
But the agitation has resulted in
settling the school question move sat- brush fires but went at the
,isfactorily for the Californians, so pei-' IT' J*
A CHANCE FOR THE FOOL KILLER
olutionary,
hariR nrnman +hic. case is en- way. That he has done his work
fnl LraJ^ A 7 Roosevelt and his cabinet have their
ago would have0 nil
Fort Dodge and' passed by the Fort
Dodge council. It provides:
"That all able-bodied
mar, noti« *?ere is a limit t9 hu- stand. They also know men like Mr.
™'al2 ,and endurance, :Rlpley and how to bring them to tiitfe.
and that limit is leached,by the ordin-. The threat that the railroads wili
ance drawn up by Mayor Bennett of
The Fort Dodge mayor should be
called on the carpet at once. He should
be told that if he meant his ordinance
as a joke it is a decidedly poor spec
imen of humor, and that if he and the
members of the council supporting
him were in earnest in passing such
an absurd measure they should be ad
vised that they have greatly exceeded
not
1
persons be-
tween the ages of 25 and 45 years, but the delay will be but iittle longer
whose mental and physical propensi- than the natural delay incident to their
ties and capabilities are normal and inability to find idle men to do their
who are not now married, shall be re- work would be at any rate. Soon they
quired to marry wit''in sixty days. Any will have to make the improvements in
person or person^ failing to comply order to keep un with competition and
with the provisions of this ordinance to handle the rapidly growing traffic,
ehall be fined not less than $10 nor In the meantime they have learned that
more than ?100, according to the crim- the people are greater than even the
inal negligence of the person or per- railroads.
sons unmarried."
would
the fact that, in spite of the power of pay more money than can others. That
number of pupils in her school became terday, laid the blame for the railroad township school idea is coming into by the tin of the nose
s"cl
AH*0^n,n
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children. San Francisco had never done in the circumstances. When the
thought strongly on the subject be- railroads persisted in their efforts to
fore.but the city was made to think situation through in spite of
by constant agitation. And so, out of'™16 Hepburn bill and similar measures
1QJ" tn 01T* trnl htr tlm o'nTTQi'M
th.e
their control by the government,' ...
there was nothing left but for the Wanted An author who takes pains
j-®. And thinks about his book.
f'¥*M
ligh"?rward-
well. is evidenced by the conciliatory
action of the biggest men in the rail
road world, and by the fact that the re
cent panic or semi-panic, in Wall
fl.nSer3
n. J!een ,cons1i1deFe(*
°n..the Pub!ic Pulse-
r,ev"
They kn'ow
the conditions and how much they will
make improvements that had been
planned is only a last attempt to carry
a bluff through to success. The rail
roads may delay some improvements,
v*
MR. JEROMEi,fc::-gi|i|
SESSpiS
Chicago Evening Post.—It would,
perhaps, be an excellent thing for Mr.
Jerome to retire to some secluded
spot, far from the excitement of the
court room, and there formulate for
himself a hypothetical question. It
need not be Ions indeed, five words
suffice: "Have I lost my head?"
c'»nS
q"aS'tldicla!'
Possibly brain storms are conta
geous .certainly the New York dis
trict attorney seems to be suffering
with a recurrent mental cyclone the
effects of which are distressing to
witness even at this distance. We
had Mr. Jerome's own word for it a.
few weeks or was It ages ago, "that Down in the southeastern part.
•It ap-
to the old fashioned belief, Father's folks were pioneers, feAt
that the office of district attorney Settled there in early years
the Thaw trial it greatly is to be fear
ed that Mr. Jerome has lost his grip.
Somehow or other the impression
once prevailed, out here at least, that
Mr. Jerome was a great lawyer, but
his recent actions and the manner in
which Mr. Delmas has handled him
have torn great rents in this belief
and left us only the tattered rem
nants which flutter pathetically in the
bleak winds of March. By his treat
ment of Evelyn Thaw during her cross
examination and by his subsequent
more or less futile although tricky ac
tions the-state's lawyer has won,' not
the admiration, but the contempt, of
a large majority of her people. Wheth
er or not he is fighting a losing bat
tle is aside from the main issue, for
defeat can he as honorable if not as
much acclaimed as victory. Mr. Jer
ome, however, has discarded honor as
a hampering garment and has staked
everything upon the final outcome of
guilty or not guilty. His friends will
regret the methods to which he has
seen fit to resort. They reflect credit
upon neither the man nor his office,
and whatever may be the verdict in
the Thaw trial i.Ar. Jerome has lost
the respect of thousands who once ad
mired even if they did not know him.
:WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Coon Rapids Enterprise.—The wom
an suffragists have been favorably
considered by a senate committee, the
committee recommending that the pro
position for equal suffrage be submit
ted to the electors of the state. There
is no good reason why thfs recom
mendation should not be complied
with The question is bound to como
before every legislature until the mat
ter is submitted. If the voters of
Iowa oppose such franchise a vote
upon the question would settle it for a
time, and if they favor it it 1b due to
the women that they enjo^ the rights
which the voters of the state are will
ing to accord them. The legislative
body would be autocratic to stand be
tween the will of the people and the
rights of the women. Equal suffrage
appears quite satisfactory where tried.
It is probable that Iowa voters would
and many men do not exercise except
when hauled to the polls and paid for
the loss of time they incur in voting.
The Enterprise would like to see 'the
question submitted to the people.
TEACHERS' WAGES REGULATED
BY LAW.
The Des Moines Capital makes ,a
suggestion which on first thought may
seem startling. The Capital's sugges
tion that the pay of school teachers
bo reflated tv state law Such a
law vould itul-iM bo an Innovation at
least in lew a. It said to work well
ir. soinrt ntlier "»t-.t's where it has
tr'prl Why slioulii not teachers'
\va»*,p3 be 'wi'latf-d hy slate law? The
teachir and her occupation are under
the control of the state The money
paid for salaries comes ofit of the
taxes Would not the stat-) reccivc
better service from teachers, and
wouid not there be more of an induce
ment for young men and women to
take up teaching as a iirofesslon if
they were assured better wages, for
if the state regulated wapes, the wages
would undoubtedly be higher. Wages
would not be governed by the generos
ity or lack of generosity of school di-t
rectors, and there would net be such
a difference in the wages paid in var
ious countries and in the various dis
tricts of each county. It "may be ar
gued that, some districts can afford to
may &e true. But a minimum wage
can at least be provided, anu districts
can pay more than the minimum if
dissatisfied, with her salary. She had agitation and legislation all at the door favor, and with c'entral school] there is old or young A woman is young
only eighteen or twenty pupils and she of the President, and said that toe] ought to be no question as ta the abil-| when- she retains mental activity
wanted more. She saw the Japanese whole thing has resulted from the ity of school boards to pay a decent terest in realities while it is clear 'that
crowding into the schools which the }rus!\ Mr. Roosevelt had wage. But whether the state assumes her BOUI is still alive.
white children attended and she be.
,s
weJ'
Mnrorori Mavrfmnn on/) fVn ...
Morgan, Harriman and the others, and
admit that Mr. Roosevelt has done
right and the only thing that could be
and are yet
line
UP
the
if™0!J?supervision over the- wages of teach- "There are thousands of little green
with 'ridiculously small.—Cedar Rapids Re-
publican.
Wanted—A pretty girl with brains.
i#I Who knows just how to cook.
Wanted—A surgeon who says, "No
I dare not operate."
,ers or not, one thing is sure n.nd that apple girls,. 15 or 16 er 17 years old,
A FEW WANT8.
Wanted—A chauffeur who goes slow
And never plays with fate.
Wanted—A wife who never buys
HH One thing she doesn't need.
Wanted—A gift to know what lies
Each day we have to read. .,,«w
"'t- is®
Wanted—A tradesman who is si
tiare
No need to be found out.
Wanted—A thing that will grow hair
Kp? Certain, beyond a doubt.
Is®
Wanted—A trust that lowers the price
Just for the public good.
nt
Wanted—Protection from that vice
Adulterated food.
Wanted—Health systems that will cure
Before we pay a cent.
Wanted—More cash to make the poor
Enjoy their sentiment." t-'
C?
Wanted—A suburb where the rate
Of living's not a shame.
Wanted—To match, we beg to state
A city just the same.
—Tom Massou In Munsey's.
V^RR.THE IOWA PICNIC.*'•
[Poem awarded prize In competi
tion at the Iowa society picnic 'at
Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 1907.]
What's that neighbor? Did you say
That you, came from Iowa?
Well that's where I got my start,
*n lurid light of Down near Fairfield I was born,
Went to school and hoed the corn,
Plowed and harrowed, planted, sowed,
Fished and hunted, swam and rowed.
Iowa, old Iowa!
T'd like to go back and stay.
Over river, mountain, plain,"
Memory goes back again
lto
favor according the women a right
to vote if given an opportunity. Many give "me aYrasinTday'
women do not care for the privilege
5-,
Fishin' there along some stream,
Watchin' till I get a bite,
Cork goes dov, clean out of sight.
Cat flsh bitin' I should guess,
Svallpwed hoob». an} ^11„ O, jfcs!
Beats a-flshin' in1 the Bay,
Down the streams In Iowa,
Berry plckin' in the wood,
Plums, too, in the neighborhood.
Through the tangled bushes tall.
Hazel-nutting in the fall,
Hickory nuts and walnuts, too
Yes, sir! I'll allow it's true,
English walnuts good—but thej^c
Ain't like nuts from Iowa!
Vegetables don't taste the same
Fruits are not as good, I claim,
And if I the truth must tell,
Folks here aren't so sociable.
Then those big corn palaces,
Finest show that ever was!
Ever see them building one?
Well, I'll tell you how it's done.
Corn and cob and shucks and stem,
Palace all made out of them.
Red and yellow, brown and white.
Any color that you might
Wish to mention, lookin' all
But like paint upon the wall
Hear the band and see the crowd
It's enough
make you proud,
'Tis for me, at any rate,
That I'm from the Hawkeye state.
Climate! Did I hear you say,
And the sunshine every day!
Well, sir, I prefer the rains, -1
I'm not scared of hurricanes
Like them better than the shakes!
I'm no friend of these earthquakes.
Lightning I don't mind at all,
But to feel the floor and wall
A-shakin'—well, that's "goin* some
Then I'd rather be back home.
California climate is
Maybe, good for rheumatiz,
Back ln good old Iowa
c»i*^
y,
V-! VP
Now, this is a picnic day,
Let your troubles blow away,
Makes no difference where you're
from,
Council Bluffs or Burlington,^
Chickasaw or Cherokee,
Polk or Pottawattamie,
Any place that you can name,
You are welcome just the same.
Take your baskets, hunt the shade,
Cut the pies "like' mother made,"
Eat and drink and shake the hand
Of the proudest in the land.
Eat and drink and some fine day
We'll go back to Iowa!
—Allan Parkinson.
Los Angeles, 625 St. Julian St.
mm
WHEN WOMEN MAY BE CLASSED
AS OLD.
Mi mmmm
r£
Des Moines News.—Some French
man has said that the age of a wom
an may be judged by the temp ed and
the tip of the nope. He warns men
that if there are specks in the :ioae
or the temples ara withered, the1
woman is more than 30.
To which Arthur Brisbane replies:
To speak of a woman as being old
her nose or the blue veins on her fore
head is worthy of a Chimpanzee.
What is the real thing in a human
centralibeing? It is the soul You cannot tell
that the school teachers have been just as old as they will ever be be-1
cause their minds have reached their
limit and the souls are stagnant.
"When is a woman young? j
"When a woman looks with affection
and Interest on all children, whether
they are her own or not. she is still
young.
"When a woman looks with
being paid wages that are
whether
the aoul
love
and
pity at a sorrowful child, or an over
worked woman, or a shivering, poor
old man, she is stliryoung, and beauti
ful,- too.
"When a woman takes unselfish in
terest in the beauty, the dressing, the
dreaming and happiness of sonu gill
just beginning hei- life the1 woman is
as young as that girl.
"The woma'n who takes a deap in
terest in a book, or Ah eclipse of the
sun, or in a new thought is much
younger than the lady whose violent
interest is aroused hy a aw bustle,
or a new scheme for squeazin^ in the
waist—no matter what the tips oi
their respective noses may leveai us
regards 'specks.'
m§'
mm
BY WAY OF SUGGESTION.
Lincoln Journal.—Mrs. Patience
Takethought's husband came home at
dinner time to find the kitchen range
cold and the good wife sitting on the
floor shaking with sobs. "You know,"
she explained, "our daughter Amy and
that young man who has been calling
here? Well, I got to thinking what if
they should get married and build a
house and dig a well and the baby
should fall in the well. It's too dread
ful to think auout and I can't bear it.:'
This story in one or another of its
rorms used to be a favorite one with
lyceum lecturers. Somebody ought to
convel it to our panicky railroad preSl
dents.
Leading Up Gradually.'
Chicago Tribune.—"Beg pardon sir."
said the man in the faded suit of black,
"but are you carrying all the life in
surance you want?"
"Yes, sir," said the man at the desk,
"I am."
"Could I interest you in a morocco
bound edition of the works of William
Makepeace Thackeray?" K"* ij
"You could not."
"Don't you need a germproof filter
at your house?"
"I do not."
"Would you Invest ln a good^ sec
ond hand typewriter if you could get
it cheap?"
"I have no use for a typewriter."
"Just so. Would an offer to supply
you with first class imported Havana
cigars at $10 a hundred appeal to
you?"
"Not a cent's worth."
"How would a proposition to sell
you a Century dictionary, slightly
shelf worn, for only $40 strike you?"
"It wouldn't come within 40 miles of
hittiqg me."
"That being tlje case," said the
caller, "would you be willing to buy a
10 cent box of shoe polish just- to get
rid of me?"
"Greftt Scott! Yes."
"Thanks. Good day."
is-
II
PEOPLE'S PULPIT.
Other Reasons Why An Interurban Is
Needed Between Ottumwa and
Abingdon.
Editor of Courier:
There is a radius of from six to eight
miles along the line that would unite
these points, wherein the citizens must
spend an entire day going to and re
turning from either Fairfield or Ottum
wa, including a short time for trading.
We have village stores but to reach
these some of the farmers must drive
six or eight miles each way. ThiB time
during the busy season is gold to the
farmer. Often the plow must stop to
furnish a team to go to town for some
article that it is absolutely necessary
to have.
Our village stores are all right they
carry a fairly good assortment of
goods, but do not keep in stock the ar
ticle so much needed. Then the time
taken for the trip Is a dead loss. These
conditions aid in solving the problem,
"Why patronize the department stores
of Chicago and other large cities?"
When one has an up-to-date catalogue
with prices affixed he may select the
article needed, fill out Ills order blank,
drop it, with a postofflce order inclosed
in the mail box at his door, go on with
his work losing no time from the field.
In a reasonable time his goods have
arrived and often brought to his door
by the rural carrier. There are hun
dreds of dollars leave the county annu
ally simply to save time We admit it
would b9 more satisfactory to see the
article desired, but time is money to
the farmer. -Again the citizens on the
line could be benefited by attending
good lectures or entertainments in the
city also enjoy tne privilege of the
library. In many ways we would bo
benefited as well as the merchants
and other business branches of the
city. There are- many farmers whose
children have arrived at that point in
their education where they need a
higher grade of instruction than can
be had in our country schools. Many
of those are sent away to different
places to Echool, while others have to
drop out of school work entirely for
different reasons. If an interurban
was built these pupils could be at home
and have the advantages of higher
grades in the Ottumwa schools.
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because she is 30, or for that mater millions. If the railroads have charg
40 or 45 or 50. is simply nonsense, ed more than they should the oth»r
And to judge of a woman's looks, her companies have been robbers. You
powers of attraction, the Importance I pay as much for a 2x4 space in a Full
ot her place in the world by the tijJ of] man for six hours between Marion and
A
Subscriber,
RIDING PULLMANS.
Marlon Register.—The Pullman and
the exjiress companies have no money
Invested in Iowa. The railroads have
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Dr.Shallenberger
A.
The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist, who has visited Ottumwa
since 1903, will (be at
Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Thursday, March 28
(one day only) and return every 28
days.
Fairfield, Leggett House, Tuesday,
March 26.
Albia, Monroe Hotel, Wednesday,
March 27. ..
Sigoui-ney, Merchants',tiotal, Friday
March 29.
,,Offioa Hour* 8
Cures permanently the cases be un
dertakes and sends the incurable home
without taking a fee from them. Thle
is why he continues his visits year
after year, while other doctors have
made a few visits and stopped. Dr.
Shallenberger Is an eminently succese*
ful Specialist in all chronic diseases,
proven by the many cures effectel in
chi-onlo* cases which have baffled the
sltlU 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 all cases of Catarrh. Nose,
Throat am) Lung diseases, Bye and
Ear, Stomach, Liver and Kidney*,
Gravel, Rheumatism, Paralysis,. Neu
ralgia, Nervous and Heart Diseases,
Blood and Skin diseases, Bpllepsy,
Brlght's Disease and Consumption In
early staga, diseases of the Bladder
and Femalo Organs, Liquor and To*
bacco habit. Stammering cured and
sure methods to prevent its recurrence
given. A never falling remedy for Big
Neck.
PILES. FISTULAS and RTJPTCRB
guaranteed 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.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
-Are y»u nervous. •. and' -jdespondentf
weak and debilitated tired morning*
no ambition—lifeless memory poor
easily fatigued excitable and irritable
eyes sunken: red and blurred pimple*
on face dreams restless, haggard
looking, weak back deposit in urine
and drains at stool distrustful w'ant
of confidence, lack of energy and
strength?
DISEASES OF MEN AND PRIVAT5
DISEASES A SPECIALTY.
Blood Poison. Spermatorrhea. Vari
cocele, Hydrocele, Debility, Nervous—
ness.l Dizziness, Defective Memory,
etc., which ruins mind and body, posi
tively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES.
Perfected, ln old cases which have
been neglected or unsklllfully treated
No experiments or failures. He un
dertakes no incurable cases, but cure*
thousands given up to die.
Consultation Free and Confidential*
Address
,Dr. W. E. Shallenberger,
145 Oakwood B!vd.r Chioago.
&f|ReforePce: Drexel State Bank.
Chicago as you do for a finely furnish
ed room in the Palmer or the Bre
yoort in Chicago for 24 hourB -md the,
porter on the Pullman expects a tip
of 50 cents more and the Pullman ex
pects him to get it. "There are more
things" many more than seem to
"have been dreamed of" by the men
who are after the roads. The roads
will now sell tickets at the two cont
rate, a reduction of 33 per cent Tbe
other companies should make a cut of
50 per cent.
EVER HAVE TO LISTEN TO 'EM!
Puck.—The conversation (as it
sounds)—And I says £o him I says—•
Oh, he says—well, if you think, I says
—I says—says—then he says—he—I—•
just wait, I says—Sadl« rays she never
—maybe you didn't I says, but—I
know, I says—I don't care what any
body says—If he says so he says I
said—he—he—I—I—says—says —says
WHAT'8 THE MATTER WITH TEM.
PLE?
Carroll Herald.—Col. Temple cannot
be such a' bad sort of a man. He re
presented Clarke county in the legis
lature for five consecutive terms, a,
unique service indeed. It is not pre-'
sumed that the free and Independent
people of Clarke would have kept hi ua
there had he been the kind of a man
his enemies have declared. Then, he
had the endorsement of most of the
prominent men connected with the leg
islature and the state administrations
He pras indorsed by the full congres
sional delegation, house and sena».
Really, what's the matter with Col.
M. L. Temple?
APPLY TO THE RIGHT QUARTER.
New York Commercial.—The way
the railroad managers are lining
at the White house shows that they,
have located the storm center. They'll
get a square deal there, too, if they^
state their cause fairly. There need "b#
jo reason to fear consequences.