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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
HOW YOU CAN PUT OFF OLD AGE.

The Baltimore Sun says that as old
age is a fatal disease, it is reassur-
ing to learn that Dr. Townecek has
compounded a solution of Inorganic
salts which is said to be of use in
cases of arteriosclerosis. The theory
of the solution is a laboratory theory.
Calcium phosphate is soluble in the
presence of several other inorganic
salts, such as sodium phosphate, mag
nesium phosphate, and sodium chlor-
ide. AS calcium phosphate is the chief
mineral salt found in the scierosed
blood vessel of old people, the salts
just named are expected to dissolve
and remove it. 1t looks simple. But
it remains to prove that the scheme
will work. Results so far are said to
be encouraging. One may regard the
remedy with hopefulness without rush
ing to the conclusion that it is a sure
cure for old age.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
THE PRESIDENT AND MR.. HEP
BURN.

, ) i =
Creston Gazette: In his address at
Oskaloosa, President Roosevelt made
a few personal remarks relative to
Colonel Hepburn. The strenuous Presi
dent dwelt on the strenuous congress.
man as follows:
1t is great pleasure to come
here today and be introduced by Col
'onel Hepburn, who has been travelling
with me through his district. I wish
to state my sense of obligation to him
and to all the Iowa delegation for
aid in bringing about valuable legisia-
ton, nonpartisan in character, which
deemed of the usmost Importance; ;
those like a wise supervision and re-
gulation of certain great corporations
of the type populary known as trusts,
notably of those engaged in doing an
interstate business Legislation which
i deemed invaluable, not only because
of it's courage, but because of its sanity
and because it does not pretend to
do anything that it does not do. A
promise should be kept on the stump
just as much as off the stump. The
work of any promise lies in its full
fillment by action, and it was, thanks
to Colonel Hepburn, thanks to the con
gress, to the members of both the
senate and house from Iowa and their
fellows, that | am able to come be.
fore you feeling that all had been
made good in fact The improvements
upon the law have been made. better
legislation upon the statute books has
been enforced with honesty and with
fearlessness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
PROMOTING GOOD ROADS.

Atlanta Constitutional is crafty
ing 10 know that the national move
ment for improving the condition of
country roads is gathering momentum
right along and results were never
more tangible. 1t is stated by those
who assume to know that at least 90
per cent more improvement is now
under way or about to begin on the
highways of the country than ever
known before The legislature of
Penn ylvania, recently adjourned, ap-
propriated the enormous sum of Sc.
100000 for road improvement through
out the state for the next six years
1t matters not whether the bicyclists
and Automobiles or farmers are urg.
ing This legislation, it is in the general
public interest. and the appropriation,
honestly and judiciously expended, will
do wonders for the development of
Pennsylvania. Good roads may be said
to be the basis of agricultural pros,
perity.
This week the international good
roads convention will be held at St.
Louis, and it is confidently predicted
that the gathering will be impressive
enough to convince the country that
the good roads movement represents
a majority sentiment much in earnest.
A number OF prominent men are on
the program as speakers, among them
President Roosevelt This convention
should, and doubtless will, exert a
strong influence in behalf of the salu--
tary reform it seeks to further. The
federal government is evincing good
deal of interest in this question, and
its literature and practical demonstra-
tions of the subject have borne fruit.
There is already strong sentiment in
congress for national good roads
law something on the line OF Senator
Brownlow's bill.
The success of the great information
al good roads convention at ST. Louis
is much to be desired.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
THE PATRON SAINT OF ALL PAR.
TIES.

Baltimore Sun: In his Washington
speech at the Jefferson banquet in
Washington on Monday Senator Hoar
said that every party in this country
today reckons Jefferson as its patron
saint. Every political sect finds its
political doctrine in Jefferson, almost
as every religious sect finds its doc
trines in the sayings of the Saviour of
Mankind" This shows what a many
sided man the sage OF Monticello was.
When Mir. Hoar was opposing imperial
ism he derived inspiration from the
writings of Jefferson and fortified his
argument with citations from the po-
litical creed of the great Virginian BY
an interesting coincidence one of the
speakers at the Jefferson banquet was
Honorable Charles Emory Smith, a
republican statesman and champion of
the imperialistic policy which the Mas
sachusetts senator holds in adherence.
Mr.. Smith cited the Louisiana Pur--
chase as proof that Jefferson was an
earnest and aggressive expansonist
Honorable William j. Bryan referred
to the declaration of Independence as
1.-THE creed of inalienable rights and
natural equality" Protectionists hold
that Jefferson was an advocate OF a
high tariff. Democrats maintain that
the spirit of everything he said and
did teaches the doctrine of freedom
in trade as well as in religion and poll
tics.
1t is possible that if the sage of Mon
ticello could revisit TINS planet he
would be startled at the interpretations
OF his political teachings. Men whose
views on different subjects are as far
apart as the poles quote Jefferson as
authority for their doctrines. Such is
the versatility of the human intellect
that all parties find in his writings and
sayings warrant for political dogmas
OF which the sage never dreamed
With doctrinaries of all schools citing
Jefferson as their patron saint the H.
lustrious Virginian might we'll wonder
whether men think as straight in the
twentieth century as they did in the
latter half of the eighteenth century
and the early part of the nineteenth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

1 world entanglements. Today howav
er there is hardly patriotic American
who does not feel that our adminsitra
ton is strictly within our information
az rights IN protesting against any ster
by Russia that will interfere with oul
commerce In Manchuria.
TO the unprejudiced eye it will moi
appear strange that Russia should be
| astonished at our attitude. It is onl,
/! half decade since our nation went
to the other side Of the globe and an
nexed an enormous extent of Territory
In the Philippines where Russia had
unquestionably enjoyed a large trade
ana where we placed restrictions upon
the trade of other powers as we i'm.
pose restrictions in our own country
we do not recall that Russia uttered
single word of protest against our
absorbing that archipelago and there.
by imposing restraints. on the com
merce OF Russia as well as of other
foreign countries.
indeed the strange feature of the
situation is that Russia does not take
exception to our action, as in this in
stance as inconsistent Indeed. il
adVlces from Washington are to be ac-
copied, Russia assures our govern
ment that while she desires to accom-
pilsh certain objects in Manchuria, she
VIII give us the same advantages of
trade in that province that she will en-
JOY over other nations.
SO long as other nations raise no
serious objections to our aggressive.
ness IN matters of this sort we shall
naturally feel that we are ENJOYING
smooth sailing, and it will follow as a
matter OF course that we shall be en-
couraged to grow more self-assertiye.
But the student of affairs who is in
cllned to look into the future will ma
turally inquire where all this is to
end. We occasionally hear of projects
for a coalition of European powers to
combat Americas growing influence
IN the world OF commerce. But now
tnat we nave become a world power
and must protect our holdings in the
Old world as well as maintain the Mon
roe doctrine in all its integrity, where
can we stop, even il other nations do
protest! Must we not constantly in
crease our naval strength in the far
east In order to make our position in
the philippines tenable under the
most unfayorable conditions, and can
we hope to retain, if not increase our
fair share of the commerce of Asia
without making constant struggle.
And II we are called upon to interfere
IN the. arrangements of far Off China,
feat which would unquestionably
have caused open-eyed establishment
on the part of the fathers of our coun-
try, can we refrain from taking sim
liar attitude under similar circum-
stances with reference to territory in
other parts of the globe nearer our
own fair land?
These are questions which we are
not compelled to answer at the pres
ent time, but it will not be strange, if
at some time in the future coalition
of powers not unlike that which test
ed us recently in connection with the
peaceable blockade of Venezuela
makes it necessary for us to confront
this problem face to face.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
IOWA AND GEORGIA.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: 1t is not Of
ten that Southern writer compares
a southern state with northern state
to the disadvantage of the former.
John Temple Graves, however, does
this in the Alkahest magazine for
April.
There are 500 regular lecture
courses in the state of Iowa, each
course having an average attendance
of 400 people. Mr.. Graves calls the
attention OF Georglans to the fact
that this means that 100000 people of
Iowa, nearly one-tenth of the states
population, listen every season to from
four to ten entertainments, in which
they come in contact with the thought
and the accomplishment Of the coun.
try.
Iowa has 2,251 500 inhabitants and
Georgia 2,216.S29. With almost the
same population, with the same gem
eral character as to manufacturing
and agriculture, the western state is
far in advance of the southern. In
Iowa there has been for years what
may be called a state enthusiasm on
the subject of the education and de-
velopment of her people.
me appropriations OF Iowa for edu-
cation are proportionately equal to
those of any other state in the Union.
With two exceptions, the percentage
of illiteracy is the smallest in the
Union. In the language of Mr..
Graves, There is not farmhouse in
Iowa that does not look into the open
door of school-house" The appro.
priations for colleges, literary, scien-
tific, and agricultural, are ample.
Georgia, compared with Iowa, has
not done well in her schools, and is
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
BRYAN's SORT OF HARMONY.

y Il ! il
st. Louis Globe-Democrat AT the
Kansas City banquet William J.
Bryan paid his respects to the Cleve
land section of the Democracy, al
though he did it in a milder sort of a
way than he uses generally. Il am
glad" he said, that you have the
harmonizing kind of democrats in Mis-
souri,. ] believe in harmony myself
and | think you have given the nation
the pest idea of harmony" Then he
said that the way to get harmony was
for the other section of the party IA
come over to the Bryan faction and
ask 40 questions and issue no orders,
He is willing to let any Clevelandite
into his party who comes in as pen.
itent and makes no attempt to con.
troll things.
y This is all right from the BRYAN
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
BABY CORN.

A happy mother stalk of corn
Held close a baby ear,
An whispered: "Cuddle UP to me,
I'll keep you warm, my dear,
I'll give you petticoats of green,
With many tuck and fold,
To let out daily as you grow;
For you will soon be old.
A funny little baby that,
For though it had no eye.
1t. had hundred mouths; twas we'll
1t did not want to cry.
The mother put in each small mouth
A hollow thread of silk.
Through which the sun, and rain, and
Provided baby's milk.
The petticoats were gathered close,
Where all the threadlets hung.
And still as summer days went on
OF mother stalk it chung;
And all the time it grew and grew
Each kernel drank the milk,
By day by night, in shade, in sun,
From its own thread of silk.
And each grew strong and full and
round,
And each was shining white,
The cores and seams were all let out,
The green skirts fitted tight,
The ear stood straight and large and
TALL
An when it saw the sun,
Held up its emerald satin gown
To say, your work is DONE"
you're large enough said Mother
Stalk,
And now there's no more room
For you to grow" She tied tie threads
Into a soft brown plume
1t fioated out upon the breeze
To greet the dewey morn,
And then the baby said Now I'm
A full grown ear of corn"
The independent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Should Be Careful.

The Cedar Rapids Republican does
not doubt that Mr.. Baer, the head OF
the coal trust, is man of honesty
and ability, but it points out that
he has an offensive way of putting
things. man in his position the Re.
pubncan says, ought to be more suave,
not only in his manner, but in
his readiness to make concessions.
No man can insist that he is wholly
right and that he alone is right the
Cedar Rapids paper continues. "Mr.
Baer ought to learn few lessons how
not to ruffie the public, unnecessarily.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
sEToN's "HALL. OF FAME

Pittsburs Post: When Ernest
Thompson Seton, the naturalist, re-.
Gently suggested the adopted idea for a
hall of fame at the st. Louis exposi--
ton for fifty worthless connected with
the western development he named in
his list Mr. Des Moines. presuming that
the founder of Iowa's well known city
was pioneer. Now fun is raging fur
iously over that proposal to put in bust
form Des Moines, and the suggestion
10 sairaa as nnnfrniuo the charge
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
A Judicial Departure,

Oskaloosa Herald: When Judge
Byron Preston was called upon to mar
y a young couple the other day he
departed from the usual custom with
dignity and good taste and gave a lit
tie dissertation upon the divorce prob
lem. He placed his foot down fairly
and with force upon the tendency of
the day toward hasty marriage and fly
ing to the court for almost immediate
relief. The young couple promised
solemnly that the judge would never
have occasion or chance to divorce
them. They were then made one and
went upon their way rejoicing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
THE PENALTY OF WORLD POLL
TICS.

Burlington, (vt) Free Press.-The
rapidity with which the people OF the
United States are being carried away
from the old time principles which
were regarded as fundamental in our
government, is indicated by certain
phases of our attitude. toward Russi-
an aggression in Manchuria. We
would not be obliged to go many years
back OF. the Spanish-American war to
come to time when a demand made
like that upon the Russian minister
of affairs by Secretary Hay would nave
been generally regarded by the people
of this country as a violation OF the
injunction Of Washington to avoid old
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
For Foul Mouths.

The Red Oak Express thinks there
is need of an asylum for foul mouthed
talkers-a place where the habitual
users of indecent language and the
tellers of smutty stories might go and
live in secluded enjoyment of their
brilliant accomplishments. Should a
retreat like this be provided says
the Express, cit is quite certain that
society would be thinned out, much
of the street corner population would
disappear like "a June frost, and bust
ness might EXHIBIT symptoms of heart
failure, but there are ten chances to
one that civilization would survive the
shock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
The Reason Why.

The Des Moines Capital says it is
the Rooseveltian courage to do, and
the Rooseveltian ability to achieve
that has made him SO strong with the
masses of the people, and which is
causing the newspapers and political
leaders of all parties to predict with
such unwavering confidence. his nomi.
nation for the presidency next year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
A Preiudiced Edito

The Oskaloosa Times-J Journal, dem,
apparently does not want to like Pres.
ident Roosevelt any more than it is
Obliged to, but it is compelled to con-
fess that there is a sort of geniality
and freshness about the President that
wins good will, even if it does not in
Yite confidence
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Grows as You Know Him.

"Some men of high position and
great reputation" says the Keokuk
Gate City, ARE disappointment in
appearance or manner of speech at
short range, but President Roosevelt
is not one of them. He grows on
nearer approach and careful inspec-
ton"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
All Depends.

Keokuk Gate City: An Iowa man
wants to start coffin factory in Mo.
berly, Mo-, and asks the assistance of
the people of the town on the ground
that he can give employment to fifty
people "if the death rate holds
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
In Sympathy.

Sioux City Journal: Statistics go
to show that women are growing tall
er with the passing of the suns. Per-
haps that explains why the dressmak-
ers' bills always seem to be assuming
similar proportions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
RooseveIt's Chance.

Cedar Rapids Republican, Theo-
dore Roosevelt really wants to be
president OF Harvard university before
ne dies, he will probably be accommo.
dated. Harvard would not lose any
thlng by making practical man its
president.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Was Num-.

The Council Blttffs Nonpareil OBJ.
serves that Mr.. Cleveland did not dis
close at st. Louis whether he would
yield to the pressure of his friends and
allow his name to be used a fourth
time as presidential candidate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
They viii Try To.

Des Moines Capital: There will be
one advantage in holding an early re-
publican state convention the pesky
democrats cannot pilfer any of our
progressive ideas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Does Not Honor 1t.

It is the opinion of the Hull Index
that Gen. Miles fills a distinguished
position that was never SO thorough
ly disgraced as it is by having him oc.
cupy it," and it believes his forced re-
tirement would be to the lasting good
of the service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
A Free Field.

Sioux City Journal: I. Van Wage
men stln has everythiI. his own way.
And yet the democrats pirate of the
beauties of competition as opposed to
monopoly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
In pes Moines JunaIes.

Boone News: The cry of the heaven
born ratio of 16 to l is now heard in
only very few of the more remote
western jungles.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

effectiye organizations of their own
me teachers the Nonpareil points
OUT, nave the press. enlisted in their
ngnt ana they have the best people of
y ths ssate everywhere agitating better
pay; results are already apparent and
IN another year the era of low wages
Ior teachers will have passed away
pretty thoroughly in this state"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-16

ufacture of syrup has been studied for
several years by DR.. Wiley and by
DR.. q. l.. Spencer, chief of the sugar
laboratory, who will have immediate
charge of the Waycross factory. The
most approved scientific methods will
be observed throughout from the
planting OF the cane to the bottling of
the product, and exact records will be
kept as to the amount of cane grown
per acre on various kinds of soil and
with various kinds Of fertilizers, and
as to the amount and chemical charac-
ter of syrup produced per ton of cane
from each kind of soil. These rec
ords together with complete informa-
tion as to the methods pursued at
the government factory will be pub
lished by the Agricultural Department
for the benefit of planters throughout
the cane producing region, with view
TO enabling them to reproduce the
results obtained in the Waycross fac
tory.
Even after a uniform grade of syrup
has been established there will remain
a serious obstacle in the way of the
speedy development of a reliable mar
ket for it that it will require federal
legislation to remove. This obstacle
is the fact that the grocery stores of
the country are stocked with artificial
syrups made of mixtures of various
essential ingredients. These are cheap
and can often be sold by grocers at
a higher profit than the genuine cane
syrups. especially when they are sold
under misleading names. These mixed
syrups, as rule, contain no ingre-
dents that are injurious to health, but
their sale as maple. sugar cane, or
sorghum cyrup manifestly works an in
jury to the legitimate trade in the
genuine articles. The Agricultural De-
partment does not advocate legislation
that would prevent or restrict the le-
climate trade in these mixed syrups,
but it does strongly advocate legisla-
ton that will prevent the sale of such
syrups or any other food products un-
der false or misleading names 1t Is
the belief of the experts of the depart
ment that very profitable business in
the manufacture of cane syrup both
for domestic consumption and for ex-
port can be built up in the South if
uniform standard can be established
and if Congress will pass a pure food
law that will prevent the sale of adul-
terated and falsely labeled articles an
der the representation that they are
genuine articles of standard grade.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-16
SLUMP IN STOCKS
CAUSES DECENTRALIZATION IN WALL
STREET.
THE CAY WAS DISASTROUS.
ONE OF WORST SINCE THE PANIC
MAY o, 1901.

There Was Early n Rush to Sell.
Selling Orders Sent the Market
Down, Down, DOwn-Extreme
Break of Over 80 Points in Ger
tain Railway StOclxs-COrpOrate
Borrowings on short Term Notes
Alleged to Have Been Largely RE
sPOnsib1c.
New York. July decentralization
ruled in the stock market to-day. max
ing it up to the time of the closing rally
one of the most disastrous days since
the memorable panic of May g. 1901
made in the trading on a heavy volume
of business. Some of the declines in
high grade investment stocks for the
day ran all the way from 4 to 20 points
In the early dealings there was a
rush to sell. Prices dropped sharply
and in some cases precipitately, with
active stocks down 2 to 3 points each,
and with an extreme break of over SC
points reported in st. Louis and San
Francisco, Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nOlS ceruHcateS. Inc declines were
especially noteworthy, however, in such
stocks as st. Paul, New York Central
Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Mis-
souri, Pacific, United States Steel and
General Electric.
In the last half hour covering OF
shorts and investments by bargain
hunters were responsible for partial re-
coveries in many issues, and complete
recoveries in a few, like st. Paul
days final quotations.
A distinctly unfavorable impression
was created by the announcement of
an issue of short time notes by the
Union Pacific to the amount of 100000
900; also smaller loans by several other
railroad companies Following the
borrowing by the Burlington, the ac-
ton of the Union Pacific and other
roads in going into the market for
money naturally affords ground for
uneasiness in speculative circles 1t is
believed that the Union Pacific an
nouncement was an important factor
in the decentralization, and that the
new demands of various railroads for
money were responsible for the liqui-
dation of many stock market accounts
at serious losses.
To Wall street the unpleasant fea-
ture of the situation is that corporate
borrowings seem to be becoming great
err rather than less. While this fea-
ture persists. it is said, the street can
not hope for easy money.