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The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
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De grave is whar Times clock stops
and eternity's wound UP
De Lord digrifed labor by laborin'
his self while on de earf.
Pore folks air in de happy stratto as
Dat is oEe Christ moved in.
De universe is de Lords an de sun
Is diamond on his shirt front.
| haint kerrin' about social equal
ity down here, as de Lord will fix it up
yander.
When l see caterpillar merge into
a butterfly I think NV a pore niger
mergin' into an angel.
De Lord ken transplant me frum be-
Lind my ole mule in de korn field to
a front seat in heben.
Talk about baseball. sets in my ole
cabin at night an watch de angels
play wild shootin' stars.
De woods is a great city whose citi-
zens is birds, reptiles. insects and an
imals, an de Lord is mayor.
When a little baby dies and the ole
dog howls under an apple tree, dar
is drove Nv angels hoverin' about
de place.
l can't help but have a little tech NV
the big head when | think l is a joint
feir wild Christ in that rich garden
epot, heben.
When the sun drops to sleep at the
end of daylight, while de whippoor-
will sings l feel like goin' wild in hur-
rahs fur the Lord.
"De angels NV de Lord encampeth
about him dat feareth de Lord"-dar
fore don't dodge when he soft wind
blows. Hits the swish of an angels
wicg.
Folks that calls me small pertakers
Down here, will take of de hat to me
when dey see me helpin' myself to de
best things dat grow on de tree Nv life
up yander.
De Lord endowed us wild fun, dar-
fore l ventures to hope dat dar will
he possoms an watermillions in Beula
Land. T. Green in Rams Horn.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Anything looks pretty nice when q
boy says of it that it looks good
enough to eat.
It costs more to get tan on a
girls face in summer, by the vacation
route, than 1t costs to get off in winter
with cosmetics.
Women anxious to marry should
know that a widow and an invalid
make combination that the men can
not get away from.
When a daughter-in-law makes
visit to her husbands old home, she
goes away with collection Of baby
pictures of her husband.
An Atchison girl has father, two
uncles, two grandfathers and five
brothers to engage horses and give
hot pursuit il she ever elopes.
We have found that before we get
around to accept an invitation to .'eat
cherries off the tree" the tree has
been stripped and the cherries are in
cans.
What is worrying us now is that
when we die we may fall into the
hands of an undertaken who hasn't
a framed diploma showing that he is
a graduate.
The man who goes away from home
Nd nrf,, fn do
thing more than send Christmas gifts
to his kin at home, or his old friends
will not believe it.-Atchison Globe.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
It takes women to be too busy to
darn a pair of stockings because she
is making some underclothes to go
with new pair when she gets them.
When a man sits down to a meal
having all his favorite dishes. 1t is
time, for him to get suspicious that
pocketbook.
A woman will not believe saint
if he tells her what she does Eot want
to believe; she will believe the black
est william If he tells her NJ at she
wants to believe.
Just when a woman thinks her hus-
band is being impressed with SER
mon is generally the time he is think
ing what a difference it would have
poda ~ he had filled that f1IIsh the
Eight before.-New York Press.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
PENCIL POINTS.

Personality is the blossom end of
nationality.
The man who has blind faith can see
through any adversely.
A nation cannot exist and thrive
without certain magnifcences.
Do not grumble. for millions of sum
me.s are yet stored away in the sun.
Make the best OF every day, for
when passed it Is folded forever in
the eternities.
Heart-thrcbbirg and heart-breaking
are, after all, congenial and kindred
SPIRITS, like the clouds and the sun-
shine-,Iey must travel along togeth-
er.
The Fates have surely set the mark
G. future renown upon the brow Of the
politician who now plays the early
bird act. Unfortunately for the worm,
It was an early riser, too.
It seems that there's a fresh out
break Of quoting that Biblical proverb
Tat rich man has no more show OF
Eoing to heaven than a camel has OF
going through the eye of needle
All of which may be true: but most OF
us are willing to try smaller place
than this tst squeeze through.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
GLOBE SIGHTS,

Anything looks pretty nice when a
boy says of it that it looks good
enough to eat.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Do not grumble. for millions of sum
me-s are yet stored away In the sun.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

It costs more to get a tan on a
girls face in summer, by the vacation
route, than 1t costs to get off in winter
with cosmetics.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Women anxious to marry should
know that a widow and an invalid
make a combination that the men can
not get away from.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

A nation cannot exist and thrive
without certain magnificences.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

De grave is whar Times clock stops
and eternity's wound UP
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

The man who has blind faith can see
through any adversely.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Personality is the blossom end of
nationality.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Make the best OF every day. for
when passed it Is folded forever in
the eternities.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

When a daughter-in-law makes a
visit to her husbands old home, she
goes away with a collection Of baby
pictures of her husband.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

A woman will not believe saint
if he tells her what she does Iot want
to believe; she will believe the black
est william If he tells her Wat shs
wants to believe.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

De Lord digrified labor by laborin'
his self while on de earf
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

II people would only make their
own children behave as well as they
think they could make other peoples
children behave, what a delightful
world this would bel
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

De Lord endowed us wild fun, dar-
fore l ventures to hope dat dar will
he possoms an watermillions in Beula
Land.-J. T. Green in Rams Horn.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Pore folks air in de happy stratto as
DAT is oEe Christ moved in.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
The Tourists Favorite Route
THE POPULAR LINE TO-

TO ALL MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
The Only Line Passing through Salt Lake City ront
Coast.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

II you want to guess what your
friends say of you when you are abb
sent. listen to what they say Of others
in your presence.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Just when a woman thinks her hus-
band is being impressed with SER
mon is generally the time he is think
ing what difference it would have
made if he had Glled that flush the
Iight before-New York Press.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

We are none Of us perfect in this
world, but good many of us look
complacently at ourselves in the glass
sometimes. and cheerfully think thai
We are pretty near it
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

De universe is de Lords an de sun
Is a diamond on his shirt front.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

The objection to most reformers is
that they waste their time and energy
trying to reform somebody else.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

# you are in doubt about It. don't
DO it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
for the United States. The,

trouble for the United States. There
We're many incidents in connection
with the recent negotiations that might
have given opportunity for a breach,
had less experienced hand guided
and controlled the acts of the United
States
Deplore as we may individually
such atrocities as those perpetrated at
hlshenev, calm consideration of the
matter will cause us to recognize the
fact that insistent interference on the
part OF the United States is out of the
question. The aggression of Russia in
Manchuria is an entirely different ques-
ton. Had Russia been allowed to car
ry out its plans the northern gateway
TO the east would now have been
closed and the commerce of that sec
ton of the world would have been
under complete control Of the Mus
covlte government, the United States
being probably the greatest sufferer.
But Secretary Hay showed the willing
ness of the United States to actively
interfere in presenting such an ar
rangement. His protests have been
listened to and his propositions, in
measure at least, adopted. Two of the
principal ports of the east have been
thrown open for use of the entire
world. The United States has ac-
complished It's purpose and has re-
tanned the friendship of the Russian
government.
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THE ISSUE.

Council Bluffs Noppareil: There is
no longer any question what the demo-
cratic campaign cry will be in this
years gubernatorial fight in Iowa. 1t
is to be an out.and-out fight against the
time-honored protective tariff policy of
the republican party, under which pros
perity has again and again been re-
stored to the trade and industry of the
United States. Free silver imperial
ism, financial reform and all other
vagaries are to be put aside and every
effort centered on tearing down the
tariff wall which protects the Ameri-
can workingman from the cheap labor
competition of the old world.
The course was indicated in the re-
cent democratic state convention, but
Jeremiah B. Sullivan, nominee for gov.
ernor made it clear beyond all doubt
in his address at the picnic OF Chicago
democracy last Saturday. He merely
touched upon other questions and is
sues and devoted practically all of his
speech to an assault upon protection.
He declared 1t to be a tax upon one
half of the people for the benefit of the
other half; he insisted that it fosters
and encourages trusts; he questioned
the prosperity that has come to the
country under It's beneficial influence.
His speech furnishes the key note of
his campaign this year, and he may be
expected to harp again and again upon
1T.
If the voters Of the state have mem.
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THE DEMOCRACY AND BRYAN.

"Savoyard" in the Washington Post:
The future is full of political uncertain
ties, but there is one certainty, and
that is that William J. Bryan is going
to oppose the democratic ticket in
1904. The sooner the democrats of the
south and of that part of the north that
is east of the Mississippi river come to
realize that fact the better. Mr.. Bryan
is not going to support any ticket that
is not the product of a convention that
indorses the Kansas City platform. If
the democratic party were to do that
in 1904 it would be indicted as COM
mon nuisance before it could get out
of the town where it held its conven-
ton. For seven long and doleful years
it has been vagabond tramping over
the country and feeding on the OLA
podrida of dozen absurd and inn
possible isms. For seven years Mr..
Bryan has been not only its leader, but
it's boss. Well, it is tired Of that, and
it is not going to submit to it any
longer.
The fortunes of the democratic party
are in keeping of the leadership Of the
two houses OF the Fifty-eighth con-
gress. If that leadership is wise the
next president Of the Unitsa States is
very likely to be democrat. II that
leadership is wise it will eliminate Mr..
gryap fs2m the democratic equation,
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ores, they may readily recall another
campaign in which this cry for tariff
reform was the great slogan of democ-
racy. 1t was in 1892 at a time when tho
country was enjoying a prosperity all
most as magnificent as that which has
blessed it during the last half dozen
years. Ignoring these conditions which
are made possible chiefly through the
benefcent influence of a republican
protective tariff, democracy insiduous-
ly preached a reduction of tariff rates,
the people foolishly listened and Groy.
er Cleveland and democratic con-
gress were later elected. What fol.
lowed no man who lived through the
years of Cleveland's last administra.
ton will ever forget. One after anoth-
er the mills and factories of the coun-
try closed down, business was suspend,
ed, failures were the order of the day
and idle millions were confronted with
hardship and poverty. Such were the
conditions when President Mckinley
was elected in 1896. In 1897 republican
policies were inaugurated and the in
dustry and the commerce Of the coun-
try were revived; since then they have
advanced in way that is nothing
short of marvellous and the country
never was more prosperous than it has
been under the operation of sound re-
publican measures.
The logic of these events cannot be
destroyed; they lead to but one conclu-
sion-the wisdom and need of such tar
if legislation as will equalize the DIFF
ferences between foreign and home Ia
Dor. Democracy may explain and ex-
plain, but that conclusion stands there
unmoved and mistaken.
While Iowa voters are listening to
democracy's plea for tariff reform, let
them remember the years of tariff re-
form experimenting.
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coLUM BUS.

Behind him lay the gray Azores,
Behind the gates of Hercules;
Before him not the ghost of shores, isa
Before him only shoreiess seas. ri
The good mate said, NOW must we pray.
For 10! the very stars are gone.
Brave Admr'l, speak, what shall ! say?'
why, say, Sail on, sail on, apd on ("
The men grew mutinous by day.
The men grew CHASTITY pale and weak.
The stout mate thought of home. A spray
OF salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.
"What shall say, brave Admirl, say,
If we sight naught but seas at dawn?s
why, You shall say at break of day,
Sail on, sail on, sail on, and on +"
They sailed, they sailed, as winds might
Glow, go
Until at last the blanched mate said.
why, now, even God, would know
Should / and all my men fall dead.
These very winds forget their way,
For God from these dread seas has gone.
Now, speak, brave Admir'l, speak and say
He said, sail on, sail on, and on
They sailed, they sailed. Then spoke the
mate,
This mad sea shows it's teeth tonight,
He curls his lip, he lies in wait
With lifted teeth as il to bite
Brave Admir-, say but one good word.
What shall we do when hope is gomez, |
The words leaped as d flaming sword,
Sail on, sail on, sail on, and on.
Joaquin Miller.
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DIPLOMATIC VICTORIES.

1t will not be amiss at this time
when the causes that have threatened
to disrupt the friendly relations be-
tween the United States and Russia
have been removed, to reflect for a
short time upon those incidents. 1t is
to be expected that the cordial re-
lations that have long existed will con-
tinue and will grow to the advantage
of both. This gratifying state of affairs
is unquestionably due in large meas
ure to the careful and wise manage.
ment of affairs by our experienced
secretary of state, John Hay.
During all the negotiations that
have been carried on in connection
with the Manchurian question and
the Kishenev matter, Secretary Hay
did not lose sight of the fact that the
friendship of the Muscovite govern,
ment was of Importance to the Ameri
can republic. While this friendship
has always been recognized as valu.
able it may now be considered more
so since We have entered upon a
career for the commercial control oil
the Pacific. 1t is well known that some
of the European nations have sought
in every conceivable way to foment
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE
WEEK.

During the past week heavy and
rather mysterious liquidation has con-
tinued. RumorS of embarrassment
have been current, but have proven
groundless inasmuch as the injuries
have fallen on the strong instead of
the weak. 1t is noticeable that when
ever symptoms seemed paniclly the de-
cline was stopped and in high financial
circles little attention was paid to the
markets gyrations. High class securi-
ties have suffered equally with the
weak and new element was discover
ed influencing the market in the money
situation.
In summing up the situation for the
week Henry Clews suggests that the
railroads have been borrowers in pa
per securities to an unprecedented de-
gree. He says:
Pennsylvanias heavy borrowings
will soon cease to be factor in the
money market, the corporation having
been more successful than others in
changing it's loans into fixed capital;
but Lake Shore, New York Central,
Hooking Valley, Burlington and final
ly Union Pacific have all been, or will
be, heavy borrowers within a short
period of time. TO what extent other
roads are increasing their floating debt
is not known but it is considerable
These funds are, usually, imperatively
needed for improvements to meet the
urgent demands of growing traffic. AS
rule. these proposed expenditures are
necessary and justifiable; they are the
natural demands of growth. But in the
present congested state of the security
market it is impossible 10 market any
such amounts of new stocks and bonds
as would cover these OUTLAWS except at
unnecessary sacrifices. 1t is better fl
nanciering to borrow money for such
improvements on notes, even at 6 per
cent, for one or two years, and issue
bonds or stocks at a later and more
convenient opportunity. If issued now,
such securities would either have to
be offered below par or pay more near
ly the ordinary rate of interest.
Good rates for money are anticipated
for some time to come. A year ago
| stocks were selling on per cent ba-
sis and bonds on 8 and 80 per cent
basis. Money at per cent, however,
means a considerable fall in these Sc
curities. and it is believed that this has
been prominent factor in the last de-
cline. 1t is believed that many wealthy
interests have sold their stocks in or
der to take new offerings in railroad
paper with view to safer investment
and larger returns. This has been
some of the forced liquidation about
| which SO much has been said. 1t would
seem that the worst of the decline is
over but 1T is not VET clear that the
readjustment is complete.
More encouragem ent is found in the
lcrop situation at present than elser
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28

where. Wheat, corn and cotton have
all made great progress during the last
two weeks, and the chances are good
for a liberal yield of all three of these
important staples. There is nothing in
the agricultural outlook thus far but
what is hopeful. Business and indus
trial conditions in the interior contin-
ue satisfactory. A much more careful
spirit is observable than existed a year
ago among those who control and take
the initiative, the financial reaction
and the prevalence of high prices and
diminishing profits being the cause of
this change of attitude. On the other
hand, the volume of business shows
no signs of diminution; traffic contin-
ues upon an increasing scale and there
are few signs, if any, of production
having overtaken consumption. Were
it not that prices of manufactured pro-
ducts are usually on such high level,
consumption would probably be on a
larger scale, this being particularly
true of iron and textile products.
A favorable feature of much signifi-
canoe is the foreign buying of our Sc
curities, as well as the disposition OF
Europe to renew our credits abroad
after the prompt payments made last
spring. It is probable that considera-
BILE Of the railroad borrowings referred
to above will be placed abroad, and
these two influences have already in
duced heavy breaking in sterling,
which puts an end to all gold exports
for the present. Evidently we shall be
obliged to look to Europe for relief in
case OF monetary stringency, and for
it seems likely to be available.
AS said above, the worst decline seems
to be over. and the best stocks should
be purchased on the scale downward.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
TIE CUBAN TREATIES.

All the treaties of vital Importance
to the relations of the United States
and Cuba have been ratified by the Gu
ban senate. The Isle of Pines treaty
and that regarding the granting of
United States naval stations, though
they met with some opposition,ye they
We're passed with only four dissenting
votes when the test came. The first is
of distinct benefit to Cuba and the lat
ter is of equal Importance to the Unit
ed States. The reciprocity treaty
which was passed ly the United States
senate last sp.ing subject TO the en-
dorsement OF congress was ratified by
the Cuban senate in March.
But one measure that has been ne
gotiated between the two countries vet
remains unsettled, that of the pefman-
ent treaty embCdying The provisions Of
the Platt amendment in full 'i.,s IS
in fact has already been accepted by
the Cubans in their constitution and
by it's terms are compelled TO embody
its provisions in permanent treaty.
1t appears however, that this is only
OF nominal consequence to the inter-
ests of the United States inasmuch
as its provisions are well projected by
the constitution OF Cuba and the sep
arate agreements made between the
two countries.
Much praise is due the Cuban con-
gress for the manner in which it has
handled the republics affairs in these
negotiations Numerous difficulties
might have been put in the way of a
satisfactory adjustment. but none of
these have been employed, Her leeis-
lators have done themselves proud and
have dealt with the business in ques-
ton in manner that would have been
a credit to even more pretentious
members OF the family Of nations. The
signs are at present altogether encour-
aging as to her capacity for self gov
eminent which is matter of gratitica-
ton to the people of the United States
who took such prominent part in her
liberation.