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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
Burning q Fort

Quite an original method of taking
a fort 10 desci ibed in BLack,cood's 8
MGnazine.- In 1896 large Russian
army beseiged the Turkish fort of
Azof, which was situated on q plain,
strongly fortified, and had q small
but well disciplined garrison. No
common approaches could be made
to il, and the Turkish cannon swept
the level with iron hail. In this case
the engineering skill Of the Russian
was bafiled, but General Patrick Cor
don, the right-hand man of Peter the
Great, and the only one for whose
death 1t il said he never shed q tear,
being determined to take the place at
any cost, proposed to bury it with
Garth by. gradual approaches. He had
large army; the soil of the plain
was light and deep, and he set l2,OOO
men to work with spades throwing
up q high circumvallation of earth
wall before them in advance. The
men were kept in gangs, working
day and night, the earth being thrown
from one to another like the steps of
a stair, the top gang taking the low
est place every half hour in succes-
sion. In five weeks the huge earth
wall was carried forward nearly one
mile, until it rose to and above the
highest ramparts, and the earth be-
gan to roll over them. This caused
the Turkish Governor to hang out the
white flag, and give in. Had he not
done SO, Gen. Gordon would have
buried the fortress.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
Ferlauthropv.

"Does eny OBJ desc gem'lcn UNDER
stan what Philanthropy means ?" ask
ed Brother Gardner, as he rose up
and folded his arms across his breast.
1t was q long time before Fenix
Smead lifted his body and replied !:
II 'spect dat ferlanthropist am q
pusson dat feels 8 heap sorry for de
poor, and is alters wantin' to better
the condition Of his ia burs." "YOu
10 mo- dan sixth ii fths keroct," con-
tinued the president "De ferlan-
therpist sits down befo' a rousin'
good fire on . cold day an wishes
dat every body else had such = fire.
d0an' take money out'n his pocket to
buy wood an coal for de poor, but
he figures up some scheme by which
all dc money an all de po' folks is to
be divided up somehow, SO dat ebery
dollar will hab man an ebery man
. dollar. If he h'ars hat any cne
starved to death, he figures up de
amount OBJ de grain crop, divides de
bushels by de number o poperlashuu
an makes it plain dat ebery pusson is
titled to ober thirty bushels oh " heat
dis var. DE ferlantherpist wishes
dat de pO' chilren had clothes, but he
doan' buy 'em eny. Hs wishes dat
all de bad folks would reform, but he
doan' walk 'roun' among dem, tor
fear oh gittin' de shine off n his boots.
He adverkates homes for crippled an
aiged an unfortunate, an mex day
signs petishun to frow one-armed
soldier out'n posishun payin' dol
lar . day. Gem'len, de Gull d race
am graded down even below de Turk,
but l is oh de solum opinyun dat
good square Niger am forty rods
ahead of ferlan ,herpist, an gainin'
at ebe-y jump.-Detro,t Free Press.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
Little by Little.

II you are gaining little bv little,
every day, be content. Are your ex-
penses less than your income, 20 that,
though be II little, you are yet con-
stantiy accumulating and growing
richer every day? Be content; 20
far % concerns money, you are doing
well.
Are you gaining knowledge every
day2 Though Il be little by little,
the aggregate Of the accumulation,
whore no day u permitted to pass
without adding something something
to the stock, will be surprising 10
yourself.
Solomon did not become the wisesi
man in the world In Q minute. Lit
tie by little--never omitting to learn
something, even for . single day-Al-
ways reading, always studying lit
tie between che time of rising up In
the morning and lying down At night
this 10 the way to accumulate full
store-house Of knowledge.
Finally, are you daily improving In
character2 Be not discouraged be.
cause 1t IL little. The best men fall
short OF what they themselves wish
to be. It 10 something, it is much, II
yon keep good resolutions better to.
day than you did yesterday, thia
week than you did last, better this
year than you did last year. Strive
to be perfect, but do not be down,
heartsd 80 long - you are approach
ing near and nearer to the high stand
ard ct which you aim.
Little by little, fortunes are accu
mulated little by little, knowledge Il
gained little by little, character and
reputation are achieved,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

A New York Graphic reporter had
an interview with Secretary Sherman
while he was in that city few days
ago making his new $50, 900, 900 sale OF
Al per cent. bonds. The gist of the
interview is as follows. Answering
the question as to how much gold he
had on hand available for resumption,
he said:
''Seventy-two millions clear net of
our own. l have nearly $40, 900, 600
present due or coming, not counting
any liabilities on it. The $4,000, 900
/ have secured to-day will give me
clear of everything, $l2O, 1000, 900 of
gold, and that is plenty"
"Have you read the views of Mr..
Musgrave and other bankers in the
Graphic on the the theory that you
have enough gold now and would not
have to redeem much with your gold?
/ heard merchant say this afternoon
that you might not have 5000, 900
put at your"
'That is more likely to be the case
nOw," said Mr.. Sherman, "when
am SO well protected. There might
be dash made at my 81, ,OOO, ,OOO-not
at my 4l2O, ,OOO, ,OOO."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
A Kansas Tornado.

Cottonwood, a station on the At.
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail.
road, in Kansaa, was terribly strick-
en- by tornado last Saturday after
noon. A hotel and several other
buildings were prostrated by the
storm. The casualties in that local
ity are thus summed up:
Mrs. Miller was killed, and h,r
husband and four children DANGER
ously hurt Mrs. Watt and two chill
dren; Fred Smith, wife; and three
children, John Merritt, Lizzie Mer-
ritt aud Mrs. Matthew'S were badly
hurt. At Jacobs Creek Mrs. Boge
had her leg broken. At Phenis
Creek. Ed ward Davis youngest child
was dangerously hurt. Mrs. Osburn,
living ou the prairie, had two chill
dren killed. Mrs Kate Ross, living
on Dry Creek, WAS seriously, perhsps
fatally hurt. Ten loaded cars were
blown from the track.
About half an hour later the cy.
clone reached EmporiA, Kan, badly
damaging Soden's mills and iujur.
ing the root Of tho Normal School.
In the adjacent country the destruc-
ton of property was great, houses,
oarns and trees being shattered and
torn up.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

Senator Allison voted against Thur
mans Pacific Railroad bill and Sena-
tor Kirkwood lodged it.-keoAuk
Constitution.
A gentleman who desires to have
any reputation for truth don't GER
tainly want to misrepresent another
gentleman. Gov. Kirkwood did not
dodge vote upon this bill, and DEM
ocratic journals who hope to be be-
lieved by their readers, should not SO
state. The Congressional Record OF
April 10th shows the facts and they
were these: Senator Teller, of Colora-
do, stated that he was paired with
Senator Kirkwood and that if SEN
ator X. was present he would vote for
the bill, while he, (Teller), were it not
that he was paired, should vote
against it. Senator Edmunds, as APP
pears by the same Record, states that
Senator kirkwood, as he understood,
was absent upon public business.
Very many Senators favored some
amendments to the bill, which failed,
and therefor they voted against the
bill finally. We believe Senator Kirk
wood was right in his vote, and Sem
ator Allison wrong, and yet we have
not had the means at hand nor the
time to examine the matter, that
would lead us to an unqualified judg-
ment, and we presume Senator Alli-
son Is able to give strong reasons for
his vote. Certain it is that it will
not pay journals who pretend to de-
cency to falsify about Senator Kirk
wood.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

The following Is the full text of the
resumption bill agreed upon by the
Senate Finance Committee on Mon
day, and reported to the Senate with
favorable recommendation, as sub
stitute for the House bill repeating
the resumption act:
An act to amend an act to provide for
the resumption of specie payments
and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. That from and after the
passage of this act, United States notes
shall be receivable in payment for
United States bonds now authorized
by law to be issued; and on and after
Oct. l, 1873, said notes shall be receiv-
able for duties and imports; and said
notes in volume in existence Oct. 1.
1878, shall not be Cancelled or perma-
nently boarded, but shall be reissued,
and they may be used for funding and
all other lawful purposes whatsoever,
to an amount not exceeding in the
whole the amount then in circulation
and in the treasury; and the said notes
whether then in the treasury or there
after received under any act of Con-
gress, and from whateversource,s shall
be again paid out, and when again re-
turned to the treasury, they shall not
be cancelled or destroyed, but shall be
issued from time to time with like
qualities; and all that part of the act
of Jan. IA, 1875, entitled "An act to
provide for the resumption of specie
payments" authorizing the retire.
ment of so per cent. of United States
notes shall cease and become inopera-
tive and void on and after Oct. l, 1873.
SEC. All laws and parts of laws in
consistent with this act shall be and
are hereby repealed.
Now that resumption is practically
accomplished, Of course there is no
objection to the use of greenbacks as
specie. This is what the bill means
and it is the last plank that completes
the chasm to the haven of resumption.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

THE democrats set smelling com.
mittee to work to hunt up supposed
republican rascality in the Treasury
department. Glover, of Mo-, headed
the committee and after due prepara.
tion and the gun was charged, it did
execution ut the breech and crooked
ness among the democracy was un-
earthed. Here is part of the story:
The Morrison committee of the
House took about $32, 600 of the Con-
tingent Fund when it started out for
fair count tOdetect republican frauds
in Louisiana in 1876. About $4,000
of this turns out to be unaccounted
for, and thus Glover's evidence fixes
the responsibility for its misappropri-
alton upon some of the democratic
officers of the last House. The dis
cOvery was made altogether by acci-
dent. Glover was not looking for ii
(Of course net) and his experts declare
It was not their fault, and they seem
to be in great fear of losing their
places. The matter is certain to make
q sensation in the House, as the mat
ter, as it nov stands, is a very clear
case Of stealing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

THE wife Of Theodore Tilton, after
the lapse of years and after having,
under oath, denied in the most en-
phatic manner, any improperly with
Henry Ward Beecher, has now made
q public av0wal that she was guilty.
Mr.. Beecher as publicly and emphat-
ically as language can, meets this new
form of the case and asserts her inno-
cence and his own. 1t would bless
ing-the choicest blessing she can re-
ceive from the world, if it can be-
lieve that this woman is not of sound
mind, or at least possessed Of such i'd
iosyncracy Of mind as hardly to be
responsible for her acts. If after this
last debut Of this lady before the pub
ltc, Theodore Tilton shall take her to
his bosom again, 1t can only intensity
whatever opinions have been enter
tanned of his depravity and serve to
justify and strengthen the good opin-
ions heretofore held of Mr.. Beechel
touching this matter. This paradine
In the public prints voluntarily, an
intensely filthy, poisonous scandal,
four years after It had been judicially
settled, evinces Q disposition that L
exceedingly fond of making public
IT. dirty linen, or else q COmanche's
never-dyink hatred for the victim ol
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

An effort is making to have the af-
fairs Of the United States Land Office
reformed, for the purpose of cutting
of some of its cun,brous and costly
machinery. The commissioner of the
general land Office thinks there is too
much surveying done and that the
government should allow emigration
to catch up with the surveys. About
Ito, 0,O00,O 900 acres of the public lands
have been surveyed, and there still
remain l,O00, 100000 acres unsurvey-
ed. The commissioner has prepared
. bill which the House committee on
public lands has ordered printed.
1t provides for the! creation Of o sur
veyor general and the abolition of the
contract system. The surveyor gen.
eral 10 to be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice of the
Senate; 10 TO have his Office in Wash
ington, and shall make reports of all
work done and returns of plats and
dimensions to the land Office. The
surveyor generals of the States of
California, Colorado, Florida, Louis
lana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Ne
vada, and Oregon, aud of the terrific
ries of Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Mon
tana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming, are to be abolished,
and tho archives, such rs are not re-
quired by the surveyor general in
Washington, are to be turned over to
the Governors of the States and Ter
ritOries aforesaid.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
Good and Deserved Words fcY
Clerk Holmes.
DayenpOrt Ga.ette.

Mr.. E. j. Holmes, the efficient Clerk
Of the Supreme Court Of the State.
Seems to be destined, as he should, to
an uncontested nomination for re-
election. The fact of his candidxture
is every where favorably noticed in
Ronnhiican circles. and only with ex-
prcssions Of hearty approv:a.Z TA;a Is
deserved tribute to very faithful
and efficient officer. As Clerk of the
District Court for Jackson county,
Mr.. Holmes was always sure of con-
tinuOus re election, although his
county was largely Democratic his
recognized ability always securing
active support from tho opposition.
In the more important duties connect
cd with the Supreme Court, Mr..
Holmes has equally we'll demonstra-
ted his eminent fitness for the posi-
tion he holds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
lSasby Begins to Cheer Up.


I feel rejoiced for now things air
ez they shood be. The Northern
Democrisy hev taken their proper
place. They hev repentid in sac-cloth
and ashes for their deviasion from
dooty dooring the fore years NV the
war, and hev got down to WHARF they
belong. We nv the South are rum
ming the Gu7ernment. The gray
yoouiform is now badge nv honor,
and We walk the streets NV Washing
ton with he'd creek, and with scorn
for them ez wus wunst our oppress-
ers. Wat We lost at Appomatox we
hev regained at Washington. We
control the House, necks yeer we will
hev tho SENT, and in 1880 we will
have wat is left Nv the Presidency
wich is tu say we will hev . Dime.
cratic President, one in name ez well
ez in fact. We NV the south will hev
all the offiisis, instid Nv little over
half, and we shell then hev things, oul
own way, ez nv yore. Thank Hevin
the prospect 10 encouragin', l am MOI
without hope thet may be Postmas
ter Nv the Corners miself before
smother munth glidcs into the fucher
In politix, now, almost ennything ii
possible.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

The following is the full text of
the bill which passed the United
States Senate on the 18th inst, re-
pealing the present Bankrupt law:
BE u enacted Iy tie Senate and House
Of Representatives Of The United States
Of America IN Congress assembled
That the Bankrupt law, approved
March 2, 1867, and all acts in amend
ment or supplementary thereto, or in
explanation thereof, be and the same
are hereby repealed; provided, how
ever that such repeal shall in no man.
ner invalidate or affect any case in
bankruptcy instituted and pending In
any court prior to the day when this
act shall take effect, but as to all such
pending cases and all future proceed
ings therein, the acts hereby repealed
shall be In full force and effect until
the same shall be fully disposed Of in
the same manner as If said acts had
mot been repealed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

The republican papers have great
deal to say about Southern claims, but
not a word about the Cummings pen
sion bill which proposes to lift $780,
OOO, 600 out of the popular pocket. Any
steal finds favor in republican eyes
providing it bears the stamp of ''loy-
alty."-Missouri Republican.
Suppose we admit that the Repub-
Hcan's facts are correct, though one
fourth the amount named proposed
by the Cummings bill would be a large
estimate, is that the kind of argu-
ment that the Republican has to make
in behalf of the Southern claims? In
other words does that journal claim
that because a republican asks that
the time of payment of pensions
should begin with the date of the
cause thereof, that therefore we should
not oppose rebel claims?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
THIS from the Chicago Times.

"J0hn M. Palmer says that the
democratic party is now and always
has been the same; that it is sun
chaageable in its fundamentals. I"
How was In l86l-2134-5? How was
It when General" Palmer was off,
ciating as military governor of Ken
tucly? How was It when he was OPP
posing the democratic party as a
northern auxiliary of the southern
rebellion? Was it the same party in
its fundamentally then that it is now,
or now that It was then? If nay, how
does Mr.. Palmer account for it, seeing
that 1t is Interchangeable in its funda-
mentals?'"
1t Is useless to choke off the aver
age democrat from extolling the glo-
rious old democratic party; the party
Of reform; the patriotic party; the
only party fit to run this government.
Treason and four years of most en-
sanguined internecine war inaugural.
ed by this party don't abate the glory
of this grand old party a whit in the
eyes Of democracy. If the veriest,
basest and most notorious harlot that
ever disgraced humanity, personified,
las she might not inappropriately the
democratic party, they would shout
constantly In praise of her virtues.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

The reports of the National Banks
to the Comptroller of the Currency,
March 18th ult., which have just been
compiled, show that the banks held
on that date $54,54S,2 200 of specie,
which is larger amount than ever
before reported by the national banks
since the organization of the system.
Of this amount, $4,3ss,9OO was in
silver coin, $7,3O7, 900 in gold coin,
and "a, ,S92, 300 in gold Treasury otes.
The amount held by national banks in
New York City on the same day was
$37, 49,, 600, Of which $50, ,OO3, 200 were
gold Treasury notes, 81, ,9O7, 400 gold
coin, and $52l, 400 silver coin. The
amount of specie held by the State
banks of New York City on the same
day was $4,724,l52.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

Widow Weaver seems to have
courted the Greenbackers or Nation
als of his own district to good results.
The article which we copy from pa
per In that district to-day shows that
they take him to their arms with rap
ture. Dut the bee in the widows
bonnet is now singing an anxious
tune TO know II the Democrats will
take him, too. He would give Sam
Evans and the other old-line Demo-
Gratis whom he used to pelt with the
pet names Of "Copperheads" aad
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24

Here is sensible paragraph from
the Davenport Democrat, which, on the
resumption question, evinces that
some democratic journals on this mat
ter, are honest. 1t says:
Banks are dropping into specie pay
ments as naturally as ripened fruit
drops from the tree, and yet these an
ti-resumptiOnist continue baWling af-
ter repeal of the resumptionist act.
After the patient isup, andis aswell as
ever, they. want him to go to bed
again, call in the doctor, and take an
other barrel of pills. Let resumption
alone.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
Taxing y. .. sonds.

The State Leader, democratic organ
at the capital, is forced to speak out
candidly about its brethren of Illinois.
1t says:
The taxation of government bonds
which is demanded by the greenback-
ers and by the Illinois democratic
State convention, Is mischievous and
dishonest doctrine for any political
party. There is nothing but harm in
any demand like this. The govern
ment bond is a debt of the taxpayer.
When the taxpayer undertakes to
impose tax upon what he owes he
Is taxing himself. The government
bond bears a low rate of interest, and
this is only possible on account of its
exemption from the local assessors'
levy. If we admit that the bond
should be taxed, then what advantage
will we gain? The result will only be
that the government, or the people
who owe the bonds, will be obliged to
pay a higher rate of interest. This
would make more work for officials,
give brokers chance to speculate on
margins and injure the public credit
of the people and the government.
1t is foolish and very impolitic for any
party convention to try to gain votes
on such doctrines.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
OonsuuPrIoN ouaRn.

An old physician retired from active
practice, having had placed In HE
hands by IN East Indian Missionary,
the formula ofa simple vegetable com.
pound for the speedy and permanent
cure Of Consumption, Bronchitis, @.
tarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and
Lung adections, als0 positive and
radical cure for general debility and
oil nervous complaints, alter having
thoroughly tested its wonderful curs-.
tive powers In thousands OF oases,
feels Il bic duty 70 make it known 10
bis suffering fellows. Tho recipe will
be sent free Of charge, 20 oil who de-
sire Il, With full directions for prepAs-
Ing and suocessfully uaing. Address
With stamp, namise thls paper, Dr.. j.
G. 6TosE, A North ninth b., Philadsl-
lphia Pa. oet256mdAw
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-24
ssOO,OOo,Ooo

SOMEBODY having said that the
Hon. Martin /. Townsend, of New
York, had a crooked record on the
silver bill, that gentleman writes to
the Albany Journal to this effect:
The first act or utterance of my off,
cial life in regard to silver was at the
last falls extra session of Congress
when, in a most earnest speech in IA
vor of resumption, 1 said that would
vote for the coinage of from go, ,OOO,.
600 to $75, ,OO0, 900 Of silver in favor Of
resumption. The second act was my
vote in favor of passing Allison's sill
yer bill, which is now a law over the
Presidents veto. This Is my whole rec
ord on silver, and have no fear but
that the public will consider II
''straight." / am an old man, and
have hitherto been called an honest
man. ! want to die with that reputa.
tisn. If ! have done wrong in aiding
to bring greenbacks within five.
eighths of one per cent. of gold,
must bear my burden, and do sc
meekly.