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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14
enbaugh were the first to be inscribed
in its virgin pages.

enbaugh were the first to be inscribed
in its virgin pages.
Mrs. James Harker, of 1241 Castle
street, returned home last evening on
the Milwaukee from Ottawa, Kan, af-
ter three weeks visit with her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, who have
lived in Ottumwa for the past thirteen
years, left last night for Sweden,
where they will make their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Reynolds, of Og-
den, Utah, and Misses Mary and Anna
Reynolds, of New Sharon, who Have
been visiting at the. home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James HammondS swentl to New
Sharon, today.
Mayor T. J. Phillips has returned
from Mystic where he attended meet
ing of the mine operators of Appa-
moose district at which it was decided
to hold convention of the coal ope-
rators of the state of iowa at Oska-
loosa, Dec. IS. Central district, which
includes Wapello county, wills be- or
ganlzed at the convention,
In the list of creditors in the Mt.
Ayr business failure, as published by
the News of that place, appears the
names of the following Ottumwa firms,
together with the several amounts
owed by A. o. Ingram, proprietor of
the Cash store: II. j. Ostdiek, S25;
Wapello Cigar Co., $3.50, and f. j.
Graves & Son, Ss.75. Migrants liabil-
tiles are said to be 100000 and his as
sets only $4,000. The list of creditors
embraces half a column in the News
The wedding of Mr.. Lewis Neidhart,
OF Cooks Falls, N. Y, and Miss Anna
Quirk, of this city, occurred yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, at the ST
Mary's Catholic church. Only few
relatives and friends of the family wit
messed the ceremony, which was per.
formed by Rev. Father Kelly. The
groom is well known in his home city,
and the bride has lived in Ottumwa
since childhood and has many friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Niedhart leave this even
ing for Cooks Falls, where they will
make their future home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14

Read the Courier for news.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14

Read the Courier Tor news.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
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RISE OF AGNOsTICISM.

A passing phase Of recent thought, that
need not be long dwelt on, is Agnostl-
cism. 1t may be called the elimination
or advanced stage of the sceptfcism of
the thirties and forties. The relation Of
Hamilton and Mansel to It has been
pointed out. They prepare the ground for
Huxley, who had much of the clalleng-S
ing temper then rife in England, but
mingled with scientific caution and res
serve. A new attitude of mind was the
result, the outcome of these two tenden-i
cies. With much of the ic0noclastic mood,
he did not countenance sweeping criticism.
He would not deny the possibility Of Axe
after death or the existence Of Supreme
Being. He assumed the position Of one
who is non-committal Intellectual hon
esty compelled him to take some such
position. In the absence of positive proof
respecting certain theological and met
aphysical conceptions, he preferred not to-
affirm dogmatically whether they are true
or not. Recognizing that the boundaries
of the movable and unknowable (so-i
called are forever shifting, he maintained
a suspense Of judgment. To expre4s his
mental attitude toward matters that he
regarded as uncertain and unverifable, he
COINED the new term agnostic from lAe.
Greek word agnosco-"I do not know.
1t was merely one of the details Of POSI-
tivism brought into clearer relief, Hux-
ley's position being substantially that of
Mill and Spencer. The dotrine was at
first misconstrued, denounced, and laugh-
ed at Later, its distinctive features were
seen to be not so very Objectionable after
all, aside from the weakness of negation.s
In time, it received the qualified approval
Of philosophers and theologians. For a
while Agnostlcism gave rise to heated
polemics, but its discussion soon ceased.
Self Culture. 5Et
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
n He air Of the car was blue with

" He air of the car was blue with
smoke. Above the hum of con-
u versation voice in the rear end
of the car was raised in protest. Con-
vcrsation ceased and everyone turned
expectant faces to the rear of the car.
Cant do anything for you. You'll
have to get off at the next station
The grey eyes looked off across he
Dakota prairie, and the lines about the
mouth frightened. The conductor
passed into the next car. The passen-
gers looked curiously at the man sill
ting so quietly in his seat. Had mis-
clothes been all there was to speak for
him the verdict would certainly been
adj, erse. But there was look of de-
termination about the mouth, and of
defiance in the eyes that looked out
into the bitter December twilight, that
spoke in his favor. He was young and
locked strong. His face and hands
had that shiny CRIME that is a combi-
nation of carroll and coal-dust. His out
er coat had no buttons, and was pinned
at the throat and tied around the mid
die with a rope.
The train whistles for a station.
mere was LllC usual lclltlelCN ilnOIS
the passengers to fall over the forward
seats as the brakes ground and the
train stopped.
Seine watched the man whom the
conductor had said was to get off
there. Others looked for the station.
There it was. A water tank and tool
boN. Not another house. in sight.
Miles and miles in every direction was
the Dakota prairie and the gray De-
cember twilight over it.
The conductor came in followed by
his two assistants, leaving the door
open.
''Come, you'll have to get off here,
young feller."
Then Brass-buttons and the Blue.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
Vote for Any Old Thing.

The cat came back to Topeka, Kan
sas, the other day. Topeka is one OF
those places selected for Republican
dinners because Republicans are in
great swarms in Topeka, says the APP
cal to Reason. And now that we have
Republican administration from the
humble to the high, and now that Re-
publican policies meet us Z, on every
hand at home and are shot into the
untutored savage Of nalarial lands
because they h4ye not learned as we
have submission tha t+is the price OF an
uneasy peace. Now, why this howl
from Topekaward? just this. The
starch factory in that Republican vii
lage has been absorbed by the trust
and closed down, "throwing many men
out of work." the papers complaining
state. Veryi sad, indeed. And now
the 'business men" enraged at being
deprived of the paltry profits from the
scanty earnings of the s=arch factory
employees, have held an Indignation
meeting and denounced the trusts.
They still vote the Republican ticket,
however. All of which goes to show
that the brainy Republicans cannot
| trace effect back to cause-that
they don't know boomerang even
when it smites them. Better denounce
the trusts again, business men, and il
that don't help get Mckinley to send
another regiment to the Philippines
| &c that don't do it, raise the tariff on
! starch. If that has no effect try re-
tiring the greenbacks and issuing bank
notes only, based on government bonds
IT still your starch factory don't open
form an alliance with England and
subsidize a cable to the Sandwich Is
lands. After that build a canal across
Panama. Vote for expansion, the gold
standard and Mckinley first, last anil
all the time. Don't read or think. It
went pay. Let others do your read
ing and thinking. Always damn the
Socialists every chance you get. This
last advice is certain to open the
starch factory in case all other meth
eds should fail.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
Victory for Prosperity
RAGS RODE AFTER ALL WITHOUT
PASSES AND FREE OF CHARGE.
From The Prison Mirror.

coats approached Rags gingerly, and
laid hand upon his shoulder. This
was the signal for a general assault
One grabbed an arm, another a leg,
ard the third his coat collar. Directly
they were struggling on the fioor,f with
aims and legs and hands and feet.
Now Rags was under and then Brass
bottoms was under, then both went un-|
d,.r together.
Eager faces crowded about. Passen-
gers from the other car gazed. over:
each others shoulder through the open
door. But the scene is closing now.
TREY had him at the door. He seemed
to have given up the struggle. Down
the steps they drag him, off. onto the
frozen ground. There you are, Rags.
May the Dakota winds speak gently
to you and the winters night close
softly down upon you. The thrice
frozen ground at your feet you will
not find harder than mems hearts.
The conductors watch chain is in
four, one cuff link is gone, and blood
is OH his under lip. One of the 5assist-f
ants walks lame and the sleeve is torn
entirely out of the coat Of the other;
but ''the country is saved.'' The man
is put off. ss5 3..i
The next day the following appeared
in the Minot Courier: 7g 9E!t3
TRAMP FROZEN. ,s& ,s
a. Last night, just before midnight, as
Nc. "A, east, bound, was pulling into
s., six miles west of here, the engiil-
eer discovered the form of a man lying
in the middle of the track: He i'm.
mediately reversed all steam and put
Oh brakes, but was unable to stop be.
fore he had struck the body. The re-
mains were badly frozen, and it is inl-4
possible to say whether he was alive
when the engine struck him. The res
mains will be taken to Grand Forks for
irterment. 20 ttfss
And SO Rags got his ride after all.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

E...-t - j p
engaged to James g. Blain, Jr.. q report
which neither will affirm or deny. BY
strange irony Of fate the young mani y
the same who was reported at one time
engaged to be married to Kaiulani;; and
Sc the Princess, deprived Of love and
life, is literally given over into the hands
Of her living rival. Ii zs s
Miss Beveridge's future is unknown and
unconjectured even by the closest friends.
Endowed with sufficient riches for
enough" she need not work except when
her hands itch for the clay; and only
when she finds a subject that attracts
her. She travels in Europe long seasons
at time and her dear.st friends say
that they know not when nor where to
find her. s3z. 45J s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

cold nowadays. After my conversa-
ton with DR.. Penrose, I began an all
over-the-body wash every morning, us
ing my bare hands and the quart Of
water in my room. This grew from q
habit into luxury which would not
willingly forge, a single morning.
Use the wat,ft that has stood in the
room over might. Use the bare hands;
they warm the water sufficiently. It
is better to Use the water cool enough
to create a reaction. Follow up with
very vigorous rubbing. Keep it up
summer and winter, until the habit is
firmly fixed.
I never dreamed that habit could
be so thoroughly fastened upon me as
this is. Why, if am upon a sleeping
car, in the morning in the wash room,
after washing face, I wet a towel, and
taking this with dry towel, I retire
to a toilet room, and dropping off all
| nv ClOClllllS luo1otCu %'SAS PoA y VI
the body with the wet towel and fol
low by wiping and active rubbing.
+ then, after dressing, so out upon
the platform and inhale and exhale
! the ozone of the fresh air. Of the morn
ing. This done; and I am feeling as
fresh and as much invigorated us
though T had the most refreshing sleep
in my bed at home.
Summer and winter, warm room OF
cold room, it makes no difference,
wherever I may be [ have that morn
ing wash. I am so thoroughly imbued
with the idea that it is the one great
secret of perfect health and long life,
that I would have the regular daily
wash in the coolest weather of Alas
lza, in the hottest season of Africa.
| whether on a railroad train, in the
army, whether; travelling by caravan
Or prospecting for gold--a daily morn
ing wash and hard rubbing anyway.
and then afterwards something to eat
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

pinches and hurts, but because it is I'M
just.
"The city for the people" has been
the rallying call in most of the large
European cities, and in some great
gains have been made. Here in our
own country, San Francisco, Boston,
New York, Chicago, and many another
city is rousing to the call.
Let us awaken for the call-"A cry
for the people!' ''Our homes for our
children!" It is indeed worth striy.
ing for.
And when in after years we shall he
able to look back on the gains we
helped to win, the satisfaction we fee
will more than repay the labor. Rail,
friends, let us win "a City for thu
Pecple!''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

''When woman defies the world for
her love. . t s
With unthinking courage she throws
down her glove.
Hel sword-blade dazzles her enemies
eyes
The scabbard?-Behind her, forgotten
it les
''But a man-when challenged in loves
court to tilt
May loosen the sword-blade, may grasp
at the hilt,
And though Wiling to shield whatever
he loves,
In encountering the world, does his
& fghting-witt Gloves d.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
BUST OF KAIULANI.
A Committee of Native Havvaiians to
Visit .1--e.

The Hawaiian club Of Honolulu con-
sisting of the wealthier class of natives
has about determined to ask the services
of Miss kuehne Beveridge, the sculp-
tress, to mould bust Of their dead young
ruler-for to the last they persisted in
thinking that some day Kaiulani would
lead them either as Queen or as a
Directress-General appointed by the
United States.
When they first proposed a monument
to Kaiulani to be placed in the old place
it was suggested that they apply to some
English sculptor, as Kaiulani was edu-
Gated principally in England. But upon
consideration, and when her love for
America was taken into the argument
it was decided that no one could do
justice to the Americanized Hawiian
Princess as well as an American; and they
could think of none other who could en-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
Puerto Ric,ln Bank.

SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO, April
2S.-Mr. Edwin NJ. Arnold, who has ar
rived by the steamer Philadelphia, an
nounces the immediate establishment here
of the American Colonial bank, which has
been organized by Mueller, schall & Co.
of New York, in conjunction with Puerto
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

n decided novelty in the way Of
newspaper enterprise is announced
from Lapland. The first paper in that
country has appeared. 1t is written
upon Il single sheet of paper, and is
published every Sunday at Il town with
an unpronounceable name. Up to the
present the journal has only half q
dozen subscribers, and every issue is
welcomed with loud applause.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

More men have died and are buried
in the Isthmus of Panama, along the
line of the proposed canal, than on
eny equal amount of territory in the
world.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
NIuj. Brown Dead.

TOLEDO, O., April 2s.-Maj. Brown,
prominent on the staff of Gen. Hartsuff
during the late war, died here today, aged
64. He was one of the most prominent
men in G. A. r. circles In Ohio. :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

The cost of the worlds wars SINCE
tile Crimean war has been $12,263, 3,O00,-
O0o, Or enough to give couple of SOY
ereigns to every man, woman and child
on the globe.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.
Elizabeth Barret Browning.

Do YOU hear the children weeping, 0
my brothers,
Ere the sorrow comes with years?
They are leaning their young heads
against their mothers
And that cannot stop their tears.
The Young lambs are bleating in the
meadows;
The young birds are chirping in the
nest:
The young fawns are playing with the
shadows:
The young flowers are blowing TO-
ward the west;
But the young, young children, 0 my
brothers.!
They are weeping bitterly.
They are weeping in the playtime of
the others,
In the country of the free.
Do you question the young children IN
their sorrow
Why their tears are falling so?
The old man may weep for his tomor-
Which is lost in long ago:
The old tree is leafless in the forest;
The old year is ending in the frost;
Tie old wound, if stricken, is the sorest
The old hope is hardest to be lost;
But the young, young children, o my
brothers.!
Do you ask them why they stand
Weeping sore before the bosoms of
their mothers,
I'm. our happy Fatherland?
.For all day the wheels are droning,
+. turning:
Their wind comes in our faces,
Till our hearts turn, our head with
pulses burning,
And the walls turn in their places.
Turns the sky in the high window
blank and reeliny,
Turns the long light that drops
adown the wall,
Turn the black flies that crawl along
the ceiling
All are turning all the day, and we
with all,
And all day the iron wheels are dron-
ing; E
And sometimes we could pray,
%, We wheels (breaking out in a mad
moaning),
Stop! be silent for today!''
Aye, be silent! Let them hear each
other breathing
Tor moment, mouth to mouth;
Let them touch each others hands, in
fresh wreathing
OF their tender human youth;
Let them feel that this cold metallic
motion
Is not all the life God fashions or
reveals;
Let them prove their living souls
against the notion
That they live in you or under you,
o wheels!
Sill all day the iron wheels go on
ward,
Grinding life down from it's mark;
And the children's souls. which God is
calling sunward,
Spin on blindly in the dark.
They look up with their pale and sunk
en- faces,
And their look is dread to see,
For they mind you Of the angels in
high places,
With eyes turned on Deity.
'ITow long, they say, show long, Q
cruel nation,
Will you stand to move the world on
child's heart
Stne down with mailed heel its palpi.
t. Ation.
And tread onward to your throne
amid the mart?
Our blood splashes upward, o gold
heaper,
And purple shows your path;
But the child's sob in the silence ours.
es.deeper
Than the strong man in his wrath.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

The British government, as a starter,
has appropriated $1O.0OO,00O for acquir-
ing the telephone system of the coun-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

In all the time since then il [ by ac-
cident caught a cold, I could obsolute-
ly throw it off i'll three days by abstl'-
ence in eating, by freely drinking and
daily rubbing.
Butzth facts are that [ seldom take
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-07-20
42. q 4abiteI.

Die giIenbabnfdbrt atpiIden Sborns
tiff unb OerbD mar in Der talten
Sriiblingsnabt teinespegs augsnebm.
Die SiniterniB breitete ii1 pie elm
ihpar5es 2ei1entu9 iiber bic 5elber,
unb Der Wiub umbeulte fdpermiitbis
ben portpGrtseilenbsn 3ug. gtn Be
Idiperlicbteiten iebsr 9lrt gspDbnt,
iuuBte Garter es ii9 aud in bieIsr Gage
bequsm gu MAIDEN, uno balb I9narhts
er iebr beba9li9 in ieiner 8ugenede.
bis ibn Der Ruf: rWueenipe9iel!" aufs
ihredte.
@s pur nod buntle Na9t, als Cars
ter in 9erbp untam. Sier penbete sr
iif Ipfort an ben Statipnsppriteber,
Der ibm Elm Billet ppn Sribbs iibers
rei1te.
piles ri9tis bis 0erbp. Mann i'm
pelS nubm Sabrtdrte bis Sua. Sd
bssleite ibn natiirIi9. ST."
auf feline Grtunbisunsen BEL bem
Gtutionsporitebsr erfubr .r, bdb er
mod mebrsrs StuRbeH auf ben 3us
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-07-20
AZ. q dpttel.

Che Der Setectip an bieIe @ufgube
ging, bate er nod auf bem 8abnbofe
ben nG6Hen, 2onbon abpdrts abfabz
rsnben 3ug gu iiberpo9en. unb mar
frob, ii9 iiber5eugt gu baben, baB teine
DerbG9tise peri0nli9teit eingeitiesen
mar. @enise Minuten ipdter riatete
er feline S9ritte ienem Sbeile bes Sas
fens gu, no er bic nSrGbe" por anter
Iiesen seieben bate.
gu ieinem @ritaunen bemertte er Elm
frsmbes S9iff an SteIIe Der n&rGbe"
unb ouf feline dn9itli6en Hu9frugen
erbielt er ben 9eI9eib, buB iie Dor elmer
balbsn Stunbe abseIe9elt mar. Wian
bsutete auf einen buntlen Sled in tpeis
ter 6erne, Der, ipie bic 2eute ibm perz
iidsrten, bds na9 aopenbagen be-
itimmte S9iff mar.
Garter ertunOiste ii9, pb man ers
ipartet babe, baB bas S9iff 10 balo
ubseben tperoe.
yRein," eripibsrte man inn, .es
iplIte erIt am nd9iten Mprsen bic gns
Ter li9ten; bas S9iff bate iosar nod
niht einmal Spsi Srittel ieiner Gas
buns an 8orb genommen.
Der 9eiectip fraste, oh bus ni4t
iebr auffallenb isi.
ga, bas isi auffaIlsnb ssnug; absr
Der Gapitdn Der n&rdbe" iei elm ionz
bsrbursr 8aua, ber i9on mun4em
5fii9tlins forts,bolfen bate. Giner
Der llmitebenben bsbauptet., 5ebn Miz
nuten por benz MbTegsln bes S9iffes
sinen rs9t unbsimliden @eIelIen an
8Orb Der p&rGbe" ssieben Su baben.
n@sr pOn Sud, Shr 2.ute, bolt iis
ein9" rief Garter. sd gable Dem, Der
fie einbplt, einise Sopereign."
Die rSrGbe" bate einen gu groben
@Oripruns uno iegelte bel 5u siiniti9em
@inbs, meinten bic S9iffer.
y9er Winb tdnn aber bel einbre9sns
Der 0untelbeit umi9las.n," ertpioerts
Der 9etectip. ~aommt, Sreunbe, feib
ni9t Sdebaft. D.r unt.rnimmt es, bic
r&rdbe" fir eine SiinfpfunOnOte einau>
bolen9"
3d." rief Elm iunssr 8urI9e in
I9arla6rptber Sdde, lid unb mein
&amsrab, nibt pabr, Sbomds9"
Sbomas, sleidfalIs elm junser 5is
fdsr, elite nit benz Sreunbe bapoh, bas
ibnen gemeiniam seb0renbs Boot fsrtig
gu MAIDEN.
.Dir tbGten gut, ettuas gu efen unb
5u trinfen mitSunebmen," iagte Sbos
mas. .Gs lit mDslih, baB mir bic
sanSe Ra9t ausbleiben miifen, tuenn
mir bas S9iff einbplen iponen."
Garter CAB ibm Gelb, gu beiorgen,
mas er fir nOtbis bieIt,
Der 0eteetiD itiee nud ben bsibsn
Siibern in bas Boot un6 bas tlsine
SobrSsus i9oB binaus in bas pffsn.
Neer. Gs mar belIer Monbf6ein. unb
has Boot sps lanst iilbersIibsrnbs