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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
Copyraht 1901, The Christian Herald, New YORK

that are stimulating, of sweets that
are clogging to the system, and often
stimulants in the form of tea, coffee,
and unfortunately beer and wines are
added to the list, while in a social
way the city lad is allowed to smoke,
and sees the example set him by hun
dreds, of other lads who contract the
same habit Thus, taking him all in
all, the country lad has better start
in life that the city lad, altho on first
think that the city lad had more op-
portunitles to develop his intellect.
Even if this is the case, he has not
such fine preparation from ply
steal standpoint as his brother in the
country. BY using the brain too ear.
ly in life we simply unfit it for it's
grand performance of mental duties in
after life. There must, therefore, be a
proper preparation for the years of
intense mental labor that are to fol
low, hence the physical constitution
calls for and demands healthy sur
roundings to start with.-.Jessie A.
Fowler, Scientist, New York.
There are prerequisites essential Ia
a useful and successful life Promi
nent among these is early training to
habits of industry frugality; economy
and temperance. Coupled with these
and of no less Importance. are the
! environments that develop individual
ity, independence of thought and az
ton, self reliance, courage, originality
will power, and a strong body. 1t has
been we'll said, "The man without
self-confidence and an iron will, is the
plaything of chance, the puppet of his
environments, the slave of circum
stances. With these he is king, ever
master of the situation" The country
prominently offers the best oppor-
tunities for this needful training. Re
mote from the associations of evil and
to dissipation and prodigality, the
country boy is less liable to be e tic.
ed to sin.
While General Grant, poor coun.
try lad, was breaking wild colts, and
when, below his teens, he was sent to
the woods with wagon and team and
chain to load heavy timbers, task
requiring all the tact and genius of a
man, he was forced to rely upon him
self. Necessity was the mother of re.
sourcefulness developed in young
Grant that enabled him to accomplish
this marvellous feat. 1t was by such
conditions in country life, and not at
West Point. that forces were put in
motion that made General Grant the
hero OF Donaldson and Vicksburg,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02

The village of Martinsburg, near
Hedrick, had an unique experience
Monday. The candidates for council
men, it seems, We're equally popular
with the voters. When the ballots
we're counted it was found that both
men had as many votes as the other.
To call another election would be ex-
pensive and to decide the matter it
was agreed that one be selected by lot
which was done. The information
does not say whether the contestants
1ipped pennies or drew straws,. but
whatever the method used it was evil
IDENTIFY satisfactory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
REMAIN in 0TTUMWA
Deputy Revenue Office Will Not be
Discontinued.
WELCOME NEWS RECEIVED TODAY
Effort of ottumwa Business Men Has
Its Effect at Washineton-Deputy
Collector Vest Has Resigned and is
Succeeded by E. L. kiIby.

From Saturdays Daily.l
The United States revenue Office
Will be kept in Ottumwa. This infor-
nation was received today in an Off
clal letter, received from Collector
Kemble. Of Burlington The letter al
so contains the information that there
will be a change in deputies in this
city, S. L. Vest, the present deputy,
having resigned, and Edwin L. Kilby
taking his place. This change will be
made Monday, April /. The office will
remain in the First National bank
building.
The news that the department had
decided to retain the office in Ottum-
wa is received with great deal of
satisfaction by nearly the entire bust
ness circle of the city. While the dis
continuance of the Office would not
work a hardship on great many peo-
pie, what it did affect, affected them
greatly. 1t meant not only the loss of
time, but it meant the loss of business.
The committee of cigar men who pre-
pared the petition and telegram to the
department, which was sent
Thursday afternoon, deserve the
thanks of the community for their
splendid efforts. The committee was
composed of Emil Fecht, DR.. E. T. Ed
gerly and Herman Ostdiek Mr. Ost-
dick was the prime mover in the mat
ter and by his untiring efforts immed-
late action was taken.
Mr.. Vests Resignation.
The news of the resignation of S. L..
Vest, who for the past three years has
given such excellent satisfaction as
the deputy in this city, comes with as
great surprise as the order to dis
continue the Office, which was receiv-
ed Wednesday. Mr. Vest rendered his
resignation when in Burlington March
TX, but 1T was necessary under the ex-
listing conditions not to let the matter
be known. His resignation was made
necessary by recent promotion
which he has received-that of teller
in the First National bank. The dut-
les of this Office are so exasting and
the responsibilities so great that he
found it utterly impossible to continue
as the deputy.
The New Deputy.
E. L. Kilby, who is to assume the po-
sition of stamp deputy Monday morn
| ing, needs no introduction to the bust
ness circles Of Ottumwa He has
been connected with the First Nation
| tt bank for a great number of years,
and is competent man. 1t can be
safely said Mr. Vest puts the Office in
| capable hands.
Business Transacted.
Probably there is but few people
in Ottumwa who have an idea of the
amount of business transacted in the
Ottumwa office each year. Mr.. Vest
has kindly furnished the Courier with
statement Of the amount of business
done each year during his term of of
fee, and the figures are indeed aston
fishing. They are as follows:
1898 $50. -. .......$ 31,239.67
1899 -. ..... ......... 4S,178.49
1900. $50. -. ........... 44,595.52
1901 to close of business
March 20 ...... 80. 1s,7ss.1a
|
Totals -. 80. 1892, 1861
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
She pidn,t Wear a Mask.

: but her beauty was completely MD
den by sores, blotches and pimples
till she used Bucklin's Arpica Salve.
Then they vanished as will all erup-
lions, Fever Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Car
.buncles and Felons from its use. In
fallible for Cuts. Corns, Burns, Scalds
and Piles, Cure guaranteed. 25c. at
Clark & MoIlison's.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
Bench Show at Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, March 29.-The third
annual bench show of the Cedar Rap.
ids Kennel club is being held in the
auditorium this week and is proving a
great success. over 200 dogs have
been entered. and while majority OF
them are local dogs, at the same time
there are many of the finest dogs in
the west on exhibition. The show is
being well attended and will prove a
financial success.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Just at. present there is noticeable
calm in Iowa politics, particularly
with reference to the nomination Of
the goyernorshiD. To use the Lam
guage of the weather bureau, however,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
The Advantages of Being a Country Boy.

1t is an undeniable fact that the
boy in the country possesses advant-
ages not open to the youth growing
up in our great cities. The lad whose
Introduction to the busy world about
him occurs amid rural surroundings,
finds his horizon not limited by the
countless structures OF Gods goodness
to man as eXemplified in his works
thru bounteous nature. The country
boy has abundant evidence that among
the honored men of the nation, many
have had the advantages of youth
spent amid the green fields and pleas
ant surroundings of a country life.
The many benefits of health-glving
atmosphere and Wholesome food are
advantages the country boy possesses
IN excess of the boy in the city Com
blned with these, regular hours of
sleep and rest serve to perpetuate the
sound mind in sound body" so ne
cessary for those who would attain
the highest measure of usefulness in
this busy world:
Free from temptations which h,set
the city youth on every side, Turing
him on to dissipation and ruin, the
country boy finds his joy and recrea-
ton in rational amusements, which
leave no aftermath of vain regret.
Thus he prepares the foundation of a
vigorous constitution and good health
on which to build his life.-Hon. John
Wanamaker.
The country boy has much better
chance to make his way in the world
II he is brought up surrounded by the
country fields, the woody glens and
the riverside He has a chance. and
a better chance, than the city boy to
develop the lung powers, and his cir
culatlon is increased, his sleep is
sounder, his opportunities to live a
natural life are greater, and he is not
surrounded by the same temptations
that multiply about the city lad.
He is brought up largely upon eggs,
milk, grains, fruit and vegetables, and
consequently has a much better phy-
slque and more enduring constittl-
ton and more robust health to start
the battle of life than the city lad.
The latter is surrounded by evening
excitement, late hours, social entice-
ments, evening studies and irregular
and unsound sleep. The atmosphere
is often too hot or too cold for health.
and generally less pure than that en-
joyed by the country lad. The diet
of the city boy is largely made up of
highly seasoned and rich food ofmeats
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02

The alleged agent of the Filipinos
who sent out the report yesterday that
Funston has captured not Aguinaldo,
but his cousin, is evidently making a
desperate effort to hang onto his job.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
PRESS COMM EMIT.
What Some Iowa Newspapers Are
Telling Their Readers.

Telling Their Readers.
Major Samuel Mahon, of Ottumwa,
has accepted an Invitation, rendered
by a committee of the G. A. R. post of
this city, to deliver the Memorial Day
address here this year. Major Ma
hon was grand soldier in the war of
the rebellion, and had long expert
ence. His heart beats in unison with
all the loyal comrades. He is bust
ness man, does not profess to be an
orator, but his address will be full of
patriotic sense and patriotic ardor,
and there will be none better deliver
ed on memorial day. A large num-
Der of old soldiers in Iowa who would
do honor to the nations defenders
have turned toward Major Mahon as
an available candidate for governor,
and stranger things have happened
than his nomination for that high Of
fice.--Albia Union.
In an article prepared for the New
England Free Trade league, Horace
.Boies reminds his fellow advocates of
tariff reform that there never was a
time when economic conditions in this
country offered greater incentive
to activity in the furtherance of that
reform. The trust movement has
brought the question home to every
merchant, every small manufacturer,
every mechanic, clerk, travelling sales
man and laborer. For many years the
opponents of high tariff fought it on
the ground that it was class legisla-
ton, taking the substance of the many
for the enrichment of the few. The
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
other Ottumwa papers combined.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
| ally Courier, / year, by mail $500
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Semi-Weekly Courier, year -. 1.50
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eliminating in the browning honor of
Appomattox.
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Read the Courier For news.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
LIME !!

II you want pure white lime leave
YOUR orders at my ONCE on Main street.
All 0gders promptly attended to.
JACOB SCHWARTZ
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22

For abowt i've rninut.f nothing
more was said. Then Goddard broke
the stiffness.
81 have thought of suicide" he said.
THAT could not possibly help you
or her." declare. the priest.
Il am withheld even from that cow
ardly act because the shock would kill
her. Don't you see how 1 am buffeted
about by the consequences of my
crime?"
81 see l see. And for the same rea-
son you cannot tell her that she is not
your wife"
No, that would kill her. DIR. Flem-
ing said she would not be able to bear
the slightest shock or excitement"
when did you see him?"
81 have not seen him since he exam
ined Blanche"
"How did you find out that Blanche
has this-this terrible disease?"
Il have just told you that Jeanne
told me that DR.. Fleming had con-
fided it to her. he enjoined it on her
to keep it even from me, and by as
means from Blanche"
ITO Be Continued n
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
HE WAS CONSIDERABLE.
Didn't Mention Any Names when
Reading the Regulations to
His Interiors.

In every up-to-date and well-regulat-
ed hotel the force of walters is rigidiy
Disciplined and each one is intrusted
with special duties aside from those Of
the dining-room. The disciplinary sys-
tenn at one of Detroit's prominent
hotels is as severely exact almost as
that controlling body of soldiers, says
the Free Press. The head waiter is an
Irishman with a thick brogue and
every morning before the duties of the
day begin he lines his men up in the
dining-room and impresses upon them
the rules of the establishment and lee
lures them as to their behavior. He
looked unusually serious the other
morning as he stood before the sober
addressed walters and nervously
tapped the ends of his swallow-tail
coat.
"Gintlemin," he began, "Oim OBJ
Logged teh make few remarks this
mornin' an a subject that is very pain
ful teh me. an wan that consarns all
iv yez voitally. 1t has bin reported
an good atority that wan iv yez (Oi
won't say which wan) has bin so da-
Oh name indiscrate-as teh be maxim
aiprecatory remarks about tn prop.
nrovter iv this hotel an tn way tbs
conducted. Now. this koind iv ting
hav got teh be stopped. Oh don't want
teh be personal be minshinin' ony
names, but tn man that has cha-arge
iv tn silver better kape his DYE peeled
an put paddock an his tongue"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
EIectrIc Ligbts Tor Train..

Electric train nghting has now
passed the experimental stage and
bids fair to displace other systems for
the illumination of passenger trains,
on account of it's cheapness and safety.
1t is the only absolutely safe method,
since, in case of wreck, there is no in
fiammable material, such as gas or
oil, to cause fire in the wreckage. At
the same time, electric lighting from
batteries fed by dynamos driven by
the car axle has proved itself so
cheap that in Austria, where the sys-
tom has been worked out very fully,
it is found that electric lighting is
cheaper than Gil, gas or candles
n. Y. Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In 1890 there were in India only 797
ordained Indian ministers of the Cos
pei, but last year there were 1,O1O.
A Christian Endeavor society at
Cape Nome, Alaska, has resulted in
the organization of a Presbyterian
church by Rev. Lyman Scroggs. Rev.
Sheldon jackson, ID. D., assisted in the
Organization and Gov Brady w@s pres
ent.
1t is said in Boston that one is al
most sure to see Rev. Z. Z. Hale on
the street in the vicinity of the Uni
tartan building some time every Mon
day morning. He does not seem to
have grown day older IN the last
Is years.
The "Old First" Presbyterian church
of New York city, of which DR.. How
ard Dufield is pastor, is now open
daily for prayer and meditation, dis
tinction which it shares with few
All kinds of Dry Goods
This is not a clearance sale,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
A M1scH1EvoUs MILDLY.
Feats and Tricks of Rear Admire
Francis Gregory When
Midshipman.


Mr.. Park Benjamin's recent hlstons
of the United States Naval academylin.
full of the kind of information vel
which readers delight, and which d re-
as-dust historians scorn. Solid fadng
are vivified by accompanying anecdc6c
and tradition, giving glimpses of tPel
life of the American midshipman as
his successor, the naval cadet, from t ~
revolution to the Spanish war. The
show him to have been always gallan
always lively, and always very much
boy even under serious circumstancepn
says Youths Companion. ~
One characteristic tale is told 20
Rear Admiral Francis Gregory when
midshipman, during the war of 1912. =
He attempted single-handed to bio
up British frigate in the ST. Lawrence
by means of a torpedo. Clad only
his underclothes, with a cord LOT
enough to reach across the rivl
fastened by one end round his neck az
attached at the other to the torpedo
swan to the vessel.
Although belated by being swept fl ~
out of his course, he at length teacht
her, scrambled up on her rufder, dreOl
up his torpedo and had begun to attaC
it, when he heard the boatswsdu s pipee,
"All hands up anchor!" I'll
That meant failure, for she would bi1l
under weigh before he could fin16h, an'e
then his undertaking would be impos'l
sible; so he slipped back into RE winn
ter unperceived, and still towing hir~,-
dangerous companion, swan besk t..
the American shore.
''That was the heroic part of the un-
dertaking," says Mr.. Benjamin; ''the
boy part followed. He was obliged to
remain in concealment until night
fall, and during the interval he
ruminated in disgust upon the failure
of his expedition until he made up his
mind he would get some personal graft
fcation, if nothing else, out of It.
$50, having discovered an abandoned
lime-kiln near by, he lugged his tor
pedo there, packed in stones and brick
over it, and in the silence OF night fired
it! The CONSERVATION which the ter
rife explosion created throughout the
surrounding country was immense, and
the keen enjoyment thereof by Mid
shipman Gregory went far to console
him for his earlier disappointment"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
You Do, or You
Need Glasses. I

en- ana society ana, though. v,A.- 9ld
forcible, is, in effect, an acknowledge
ment that the question which the great
poets of the past have at least stated
in novel form are to be avoided as per-
picking, if not insoluble, says the Hart
ford Courant. Much of it is description
of natural objects, scenery, aspects Of
nature and the like, correct in form.
but not suffused with feeling, which
alone prevents descriptive poetry from
being tame and prosaic. The whole
seems devoid of energy. as if written to
order and after a model. There is moth
ing that a reader cares to memorize
or even cut out and paste in his scrap
book. The fatal lack of poetic energy,
both of thought and expression, is
everywhere apparent, evinced not only
by the fact that the quatrains or SON.
nets to which writer's confine them
selves, though neat, antithetical and
polished, are not striking. They lack
the power to make us think, in most
cases they lack the power tofhold our
attention. They seem to be written
from habit, not from the outburst of
slow-gathered impulse. They are usu.
ally glanced at and skipped by read.
ers. AS rule they are good evidence
in the affirmative of the question:
"Has the age of poetical expression in
the English language passed."
All the verse in our modern periodic
ais has, however, one quality; it is cor
rect. On reading SO poems-or "bits
of verse7-iR the magazines of the
month we find no straining of poetic
license;" only two instances of imper-
feet rhymes and only three or four in.
stances of redundant syllables. The
meter formula is carefully observed,
misplaced accents are rare as strong,
vigorous lines are. All is ''splendidly
regular, Jelly dull" The gayety and
the seriousness are alike machine
made" and the lines in which they are
embodied are sandpapered and var
nished to perfection. The poet does
not hum tune carelessly like Burns
or fervidly like Shelly; he plays his
scales on piano in perfect tune. May
not this perfection be one of the rea-
sons for the deplorable ineffectiveness
of modern verse?
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
lie PooR MANS SHEAR.

He saw the wheat-nelds waiting
All golden In the sun,
And strong ana stalwart reapers
Went by hini one by one.
''Oh. could reap in harvestr'
His heart made bitter cry;
Il can do nothing! nothing!
So weak, alas! am l.
At eve fainting traveller
Sank down beside the door;
A cup of crystal waer
To quench his thirst he bore.
And when, refreshed and strengthened,
The traveller went his way,
Upon the poor mans threshold
golden wheat-sheaf lay.
When came the Lord of harvest,
He cried: "Oh Master kind,
One sheaf have to offer,
But that / did not bind.
I gave cup of water
To one athirSt, and he
Left at my door in going,
This sheaf offer Thee
Then said the Master, softly:
well pleased with this am 1:
One of my angels left it
With thee, as he passed by
Thou mayst not join the reapers
Upon the harvest plain,
But he who helps brother
Binds sheaves of richest grain"
-Eben f. Rexford, in Chicago Advance.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
Marriage in HindOostan.

Marriages in Hindoostan are very
simple and are usually arranged by
the parents of the principals. When
an alliance is agreed upon the bride
and groom are brought together and
perhaps see each other for the first
time. The bride playfully sl1ips to-
ward him and seats herself beside
him The priest ties a corner of the
brides veil to the groom's shawl and
this simple proceeding makes them
man aud wife.--ChicagO Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
CHAPTER XVI.

Major Goddard's most intimate
friend in New York was Father Sur
tees, a priest, who lived in comfort
able home in Madison avenue. God
dard liked him for his liberal views on
all religious subjects, and for his. ex-
emplary life. They had been chums
at Harvard, belonged to the same regi-
ment, in which Father Surtees was
chaplain, and frequently met in their
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
Naturally.

Dashaway-Here comes Cawkerly.
He says that you and he were thrown
together quite good deal last sum-
mer.
Cleverton-Yes. We were both en-
gagged to the same girl.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
The Old story.

Kitty-Jack told me last night he
was going to kiss me, and l said if he
dared to do such thing 1 would
scream.
Jane-What did he say to that?
"He got up and shut the parlor door. I"
SIS that ALP"
"Well-I screamed. "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-01-22
Ambition.

Ambition may be virtue, but it is
the parent of many Chicago
Daily News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-09
WOODEN DRESS GOODS,

Through the hot summer jack frost has been busv
weaving dress goods tor autumn He has forgotten neither
the maids, matrons, children. The result of his o
may be seen here at any time you to call Drop in and
wander about Get acquainted with the many beautiful
styles Prices are very economical too very little money
will buy great deal of styles and beauty
Broadcloths IN large variety of coors and Qualities
5O-nches wide, 75c ST. 81 So s175, 81 per yard Com
pare them with any in America, not alone Americas
Venetian Cloths-4O inches wide, Atwood soc; 90
inches wide, 75c, 81 and 81 Is yard
Merose Cloths and Prunera Cloths new fabrics satin
hnish dressy materials 20 colorngs Csc and 81 per yard
Chevot Serges, all wood 40 inches wide 5Oc As inches
wide CSC and 75c; so inches wide CSC.
Flannels in plain and figured for waists, nearly every
imaginable shade, 45c, &c., Csc, 75c yard.
We just call your attention to the few items above as
they forming the chief attractions just now IN this de-
partment. Thousands of Others however-all prices.