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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21
PosslRLE EXPLANATION.

The Ex- Widow (angrily)-I don't SEQ
what ever married you for, anyway!
The Widower (calmly) lin sure
don't know, unless it was to get even
with the late lamented for quitting the
game.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21
Failed to Win.

Serb tells mo
that he once wrote
a 100000 prize
story"
And did he get
the $4,000 r.
q mo. The girl
wrote 81 s3a.Ntold
him she has S.
cepted his rival.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21

A QUICK CONCLUSION.
What makes you think she loves
fattery?"
"The fact that she's a woman"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21
Jones with great of nind)
talking about wrestling and
m ant the xxath
PARTIAL BELIEVER.

She-I suppose you would not believe
that am a grandmother at thirty-sev-
en-.
He-oh, can believe the grandmoth-
er part of it all right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21

THOSE "REGRET" FORMS.
How is it, my poor man, that your
life Is SO full of regrets?"
Il used to be an editor, num-"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21

Expensive En-
gagement.
How do you
know her love for
him was strong ?"
well, because 1t
broke him."
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No Water Fer
Him.

Mr.. Naggsby
What's the use of
arguing the mat
ter? You know
you are wrong.
MIR. Jaggsby - l
may be wrong,
but you can t
make me take
water.
enc May Wish.
Tommy, didn't
I tell you not to
ask for any cake 2"
Il amt askin'.
I'm Just wishin'."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-21
HIS SLEEPING TIME.

"Idow late do you usually sleep on
Sunday morning."
well, it all depends"
Depends on WHAT"
ION the length of the Sermon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

maneuvers on the continent. Later
he sailed for Africa, and was pres
ent at many of the early battles of
the Boer war, &including Farquhr's
Farm and Lombards Kop. He en-
tered Ladysmith, but left almost i'm
medlately, saying it was not defens-
ible.
From Ladysmith, Burleigh went in
quest of Lord Roberts. He Joined
him after Paardebero, being too late
for Cronie's surrender When Pre-
toria fell he went over to Delagoa
Bay and back. After the battle of
Belfast, in Eastern Transvaal, he re-
turned to England only to go back
again to South Africa, where he re-
manned until after peace was declared.
1t was in connection with the declara-
ton of peace that he made his scoop.
The scoop was not without an ele-
nent of luck, nor was it quite in &C
cordance with the strictest possible
reading of the Military Regulations
for the Press. Lord Kitchener had is
sued pre-emptory orders that news
relative to peace should not be trans
mitted. 1t occurred to Burleigh, how
ever, that the censor might not object
were he to send Easter greetings to
his paper, and forthwith he wired the
two words, Easter Greetings"
When the London office received
this message the men thought that the
correspondent in Africa had been face
tious and were for putting it in the
waste basket, but some one suggested
looking up Easter Greetings" in the
prayer book to see what the Easter
text or verse might be. 1t proved to
be peace l bring unto you" On the
strength of this the paper pub
lished statement that peace had beer
arranged for, and two days later this
guess received official confirmation.
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and small pox germs being thus lib
Grated. The water supply of both
towns is exceedingly bad, and the
streets are only cleaned by the scav-
enger crows and the territorial storms
of the rainy season.
In hundred other ways the ma
tives of the Isthmus have only them
selves to thank for the pesti1ential
conditions under which they live. 1t
will thus be seen that, although the
American sanitary experts are con-
fronted with great task, it is not
an impossible one.
They will provide proper water
supply, drain and sewer the towns,
clean the streets, burn heaps of poi
sonous refuse, reclaim malarial
swanps, and close ancient cemeteries
and hospitals which have become fruit
full sources of disease. By such means,
the health of Panama and Colon will
improve thousand per cent, and it
must be remembered that at present
Panama and Colon spread disease
right across the Isthmus
1t will be necessary to establish la
Dor camps at numerous points
through the canal zone. The san
itary experts will have to select sites
for these camps on lofty ground
where possible. we'll above the MAS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Bennett Burleigh,
U'dr Correspondent
BY c. L. BROWNELL.
Author of "The Heart of Japan"

~ EMMETT BURLEIGH'S name
* is familiar to those who have
- followed war news either in
England or America during
the past quarter of a century. He is
with the Japanese. He is now sixty
four years old, but looks as though he
might not yet be fifty.
Tradition says of Burleigh that
after being graduated from Glasgow
University he volunteered for service
in the Confederate army and went to
the Southern States, where he enlist
ed. He fought at Chattanooga and
Gettysburg and fell into Northern
hands at the second battle of Bull
Run. The Yankees took him to
Washington as sample of Scotch
sentiment. Here he enjoyed himself
so little that he devised means of es-
cape and, getting away successfully,
joined Longstreet Soon after he was
with Stuart and fought under him I'M
til he went to Texas to take up a
ranch. firing of ranch life, he went
to England and obtained a position
with a news agency.
The agency sent him to Egypt, where
opportunity served him we'll He
happened upon a British officer who
was in a tight place and, rescuing
!, +ha 1o++ar'e 40 II,
expressed itself practically in recon-
mendation to one of the London pa
pers to make Burleigh its war cores
pondent in the place of one who had
fallen under the displeasure of the
War Office, and so been incapacitated
through loss of privileges.
Burleigh represented his paper from
then on through all the Egyptian
campaign. as we'll as at other military
operations in various parts of the
world. He was in the battle of ON.
durham, and has the medal with clasp
incidentally, British officer got the
V. c. for saving Burleigh's life il
Egypt, the officer being recommended
by Kitchener 'for saving the life of (
camp follower"
During the early days of the troubl,
in Madagascar, Burleigh was will
Queen Ranavolo's soldiers and helped
to organize them to. resist the French
invaders. Sir Edwin Arnold was ii
Paris at the time, and learning tina
the French were advancing on Antan
anarivo, the capital, and were particu
larly keen on getting Burleigh, h
wired to the London office of hi
newspaper, which Immediately or
dered its correspondent to com
home
Burleigh, however, had takel
French leave" already, and on boar
a British vessel had reached the coas
of Africa Here for several month
it is doubtful if even he himself kne,
exactly where he was. Certainly tn
London Office counted him among tn
lost. But he came out all RICH
eventually, and again went to Egyp
He represented his paper during tn
war in Greece and also at variou
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matte odors and malaria1 mosquitoes
of the swamps. The rivers near the
camps must be cleaned of their tan
gled underground, and the dense trop-
ical jungle, full of rotting vegetation,
must be burned down for miles
around. Substantial and sanitary
buildings must be erected for the
laborers, as tent life is unhealthy on
the Isthmus, especially in the rainy
season. AS the camps will be real
towns, or at the least villages, the ma
chinery of an up-to-date municipal ad
rninistration must be devised for them
and enforced by semi military disci-
pine
All these tasks, and many others of
the same character, will have to be
done before the real work of digging
the canal is commenced.
Getting the laborers together is
likely to prove no small undertaking
In previous big jobs on the Isthmus
they have mostly come from Jamaica
and other British West Indian islands,
but the governments of those islands
are now placing restrictions on the
emigration of laborers, with the object
of preventing the depletion of their
local labor supply when the canal
work starts. Central and South Amer
ican peasants are practically useless
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
A Hog That Travelled in State.

When George K. Vanderbilt, crea-
tor of Biltmore, gets a hobby he
spends money so freely that even his
fellow millionaires are astonished.
Not long ago he became an ardent
hog fancier, built model pens at Bit
more at the cost of several thousands
of dollars, and then imported the
English Lord Berkshire hog, at a
cost of $4,000. This particular Lord
the moment he reached America, was
placed in a special car, and every
hour or two, while he was on his way
to Biltmore, his owner was kept in
formed by telegraph of his lord
ships" progress. These kilograms
alone cost Mr.. Vanderbilt pretty
penny.
Another of Mr.. Vanderbilt's Bit
more hobbies is a herbarium, the Ii
brary of which alone cost over ST 5,ooo
While Mr.. Vanderbilt rarely puts foot
inside the herbarium, he spends thou
sands of dollars year on its mainte-
nance, and considers that he gets the
worth of his money by occasionally
inspecting the specimens brought to
him by his curator These appeal to
Mr.. Vanderbilt by reason of their ar
tistic mountings, and he refers to them
as my Japanese prints.
It is in his New York City home
that Mr.. Vanderbilt displays his
hobby for famous paintings, potteries
and objets dart. He searched year
in Europe to obtain certain shade OF
pink which drapes the salon.
In this house are also kept many
exquisite bits of furniture made from
Mr.. Vanderbilt's own designs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
A Sarcastic Epitaph.

Here is story which is vouched for
by the man who says he saw the in
scription.
There are a lot of curious cpl
taphs," he said, "but have never seen
but one which exhibited all the ele-
ments of perfect sarcasm. Out in
Western New York there was family
Of the name of Kent. There were two
children, a son and a daughter. Both
were married. There was a falling
out between the three families, and
the husband of the daughter was most
cordially hated by the others. The
aged mother went upon one occasion
to visit this daughter, who had mar
ried a David Hennessy, and while
there she became i'll and died. Shortly
afterward the father was translated te
other worlds. They were laid away
in the little cemetery, and the sor
erected tombstone on which ht
caused to be carved this legend:
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wide open" as any Western mining
camp in the old days. Both towns
are veritable sinks of iniquity. Tables
are placed on the sidewalks, and men
gamble in full view of the passers-
by. Drunkenness is common, and
murders are by no means infrequent
The principal public officials think
more about selling lottery tickets than
doing their work, and under the old
Colombian regime the policemen were
more dangerous to the honest citizen
than the criminals they were set to
catch.
1t will not pay the American resi-
dentl to join in this giddy whirl of
dissipation. If he does, he will prob
ably soon be laid away in one of the
new cemeteries. In order to keep his
health, he must live a quiet, regular
life, eschew liquor-which is little bet
ten than poison on the Isthmus-a and
take plenty of vigorous exercise every
day.
Various estimates have been made
of the time it will take to dig the
canal and of the total cost of the
undertaking, but they are little better
than guesswork. The only thing that
seems certain at the present time is
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for hard manual labor. Many agents
of the United States Government are
now travelling around the Caribbean
to find out where large numbers of
suitable laborers can best be obtained,
but tip to the present they do not ap-
pear to have met with much success.
1t will be a tremendous task to col
lect anywhere from ten to twenty
thousand laborers, transport them to
the Isthn1us, house them in well-ap-
pointed, healthy camps, provision
them for months and years. with the
food to which they have been &C
customed, restrain their natural law
lessness, force them to abandon the
unsanitary habits to whic- they are
accustomed. and cope with their con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

TOHN is the source of number
of names. It's immediate deri-
vation is Johnson Fitz- ohm of
- Normandy is generally consid-
cred tc be the founder of the family,
although one branch traces back to
Fargallus, the I56th monarch of all
Ireland in the eighth century, and an
other branch to Marchertus O'Brien,
also an Irish king.
The name. with a varied orthog-
raphy, is found among all European
nations; the simple form, John, in
Italian is Giovanni; in Spanish, Juan;
in French, Jean; in Russian, Jouloff;
and in Chinese, Jahon Jean is also
the form in Scotland.
The Scotch Johnsons have left a
modest opinion of their own tenacity
of life and purpose in the following
stanza Of an old Scotch ballad:
within the bounds of Annandale,
The gentle Johnsons ride;
They have been here thousand years,
And thousand more they'll bide."
Jonson and Johnston are the only
variations of the name now used, but
don't offend Mr.. Johnson by putting a
It" in his name My ancestor" he
will tell you, from whom l get my
name, was Johns son, and the ct
is an absurd piece of affectation"
Many distinguished men have borne
this name and have held high posi-
tons in fields of literature, science,
craftsmanship and theology. Robert
Johnson was famous musical com
poser, and some of his compositions
are included in the manuscript col
lection known as Queen Elizabeth
Virginia. Book"
Two picturesque members of the
family were Commodore George
tombstone, 'the duellist," as he was
called, and Sir John Johnson, who
assisted his friend, Captain James
| Campbell, to elope with Mary Whar-
ton, an heiress. Campbell and John
son were apprehended, but the chief
culprit escaped and poor Johnson was
tried, convicted and executed.
Sir Henry Johnson had the PENN
sular War medal, with FIVE clasps, for
Cludad Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca
| EitloIla, ana the .GyreneeS. L ne
Johnson mightiest with the pen was
the famous photographer We mus
not forget that other Johnson whe
was President of the United States
Many of the first settlers of New
England were Johnsons John John
son was a Pilgrim, and William John
son another founder of the family il
this country. He settled in Charles
town, Mass, in 1854, and was assigned
a house lot of two acres and an allot
nent of ten acres in the great corr
field" and had three rights in til,
COW common"
The Johnsons figured in Co1onia
wars and in the Revolution jaime
and Ephraim Johnson were at Burke
Hill; Isaac Johnson, of Andover
Mass, and his four sons were in tn
Revolutionary army. Joshua johnson
of Maryland rendered valuable servic
to the cause of independence, an,
was the first United States Consul a
Nantes, France.
William Johnson of Trenton wa
5 also a staunch patriot His wife wit
messed the Battle of Trenton. Stand
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that the actual digging will not be
commenced for at least two years.
u t will be necessary to undo great
deal of the work of the French Ca
nal Company" said an engineer who
is thoroughly familiar with the 18th
mus. $50 much graft was permitted
in the old days that the company did
not get anything like a quarter of the
value of its vast expenditure. Most
of the work done was of shoddy
character. The engineers knew that
the enterprise would never be carried
through, and they had not even suf-
flclent interest in it to take care of
their costly plant.
Locomotives, river steamers, dredg-
ers, and expensive machinery of all
kinds are Uttered along the route of
the completed portion of the canal at
this day, and will only be worth their
weight as scrap iron to Uncle Sans
engineers. They were just dumped
down anywhere and left to rust The
history of engineering does not re-
cord another such appalling waste of
valuable material. Very little of the
canal company's plant will be avail
able for use when the work is re-
Sumed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
What to Eat in Chop
Juey" Restaurants
-HE Chinese "chop suey'' res
taurant is increasing in popu-
1arity in most American

i larity in most / American
cities, especially in New
York, San Francisco and Chicago. 1t
is estimated that in New York alone
there are now over a thousand of
these restaurants, and most of them
derive the bulk of their support from
Americans
But when the average American goes
into one of them he is at loss what
to order. He is confronted with menu
composed of meaningless Chinese
names and, choosing at random, he
often gets dish he dislikes. If he
could only understand the menu, he
would find variety of dishes to suit
all tastes.
Despite the common idea Chinese
chef does not use various kinds of
vermin in the production of his chow y
or food He has at his disposal long
list of choice meats, poultry, vege-
tables, fruits and wines. His principal
materials are ''ho," '.u," 'chu yok''
and 'kai'-oysters, fish, pork and
chicken. The kitchen in Chinese
restaurant is generally open to the
inspection of customers, and it is quite
as clean as the same department in
the best American hotels and cafes
The Chinese are clean people, despite
the. prevalent idea to the contrary, and
nowhere do they show their cleanll-
ness more than in the preparation Of
their food.
Here is an explanation of some Of
the principal dishes which are served
in almost any "chop suey" restaurant
"Chop suey,'' "chop sui" or "chol
sooy" is the piece de resistance Il
lis to the Chinaman what the beefsteak
| is to the Englishrnan. 1t costs from
Il to Is cents, and is kind of stew
made of duck and chicken giblets
young bean shoots and celery. In its
best form mushrooms are added
"Ho tung" is soup made of dried
oysters, and costs rs cents; it is the
best of all the Chinese soups. "Yu'
| is fsh-a favorite Celestial dish, which
is served in many ways, fresh, dried
sailed, fried, stewed, baked or boiled
Two of the greatest delicacies are
| lllO NJ pun OP, PiSSOii Win .iiH0ii
rooms, and s'chu koek no Chez" pigs
feet with oyster sauce. "Tahu ping
is delicious egg omelette, and 'che
yok su men," generally Americanizec
| to 'Yorkerman, is meat and yer
micelli soup that costs only 10 cent:
plate.
s'Fahu," or boiled rice, should b.
obtained as side dish with all orders
and also SOY sauce which is uset
by the Chinese in place of salt
Dessert should never be omitted
1t consists of Chinese cakes and can
dies and such fruits as lychees, yum;
to- chung kno To- "sha &c" AM
"lung nyau yok." The choicest brand
| of Chinese tea are "sui sin cha,
chung muey" and 'loong SUI" Tn
last mentioned, which means drag
i on's beard" is the best.
/ A good sample dinner for Ameri
can visitors to Chinese restauran
consists of "chop suey," "tahu ping
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slant desire to desert the work as
soon as they have earned few dol
lars. The engineers are likely to
have as much trouble with their labor
ers as with any of the physical diff
culties of the undertaking.
Of course, everything on the 18th
mus will boom" tremendously while
the canal work is going on and Uncle
Sans millions are being poured into
the ditch Hundreds, if not thou
sands, of Americans will go down
there to serve as officers of the great
army of laborers, or to promote pri-
vate enterprises made possible by the
sudden wealth of the country.
These Americans will be surprised
to find that Panama and Colon are as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Convicts Who Play Ball.

At this season of the year every
body thinks of baseball. Even the
prisoners in the Massachusetts State
Prison at Charlestown, Mass, have
arranged championship contest,
which is now being played out be-
tween eighteen teams drawn from the
various departments of the prison.
Games will be played regularly by
the convicts until the contest ends in
October
The offers" have team of their
own, and so have the choir and band
The colored prisoners boast of what
they call an "all-star aggregation. ;"
Iailors, carpenters, shoemakers.
cooks, weavers, harness makers and
other workers in the several depart
ments of the prison have each their
own special team
There are several men in the prison
who were well-known baseball play
ers before they went behind the bars.
They coach the others, with the re-
suit that the convicts play ball game
much above the average.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

and ''kai tong" or roast chicken This
will cost about Is cents, including a
pot of tea, and will be ample for three
persons. Very large portions are al
ways served in Chinese restaurants.
One plate of Chop suey," for exam
pie, is generally enough for two or
three diners.
Most Chinese dishes are cheap, but
if the American visitor wants to taste
the delicacies most beloved by the
Celestial palate he must be ready to
pay the price "Yen w.t." or birds
nest soup, costs $I.5o plate, and is
decidedly an acquired taste; while
''gai see ye Chez" soup made of
chicken and sharks fins, costs 81 a
head, and sometimes more.
These dishes, and others even more
expensive, are always served at the
elaborate banquets of the wealthy
merchants of Chinatown" which are
given at ..'Hoi Miss" (the Chinese New
Year, and the Feast of Lanterns. !"
At these banquets ''no my tzou," or
rice wine, is drunk, but it is seldom
seen in the ordinary Chop suey" res
| taurant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
The Record of the .I0hns0xs

ing at her door, after the conflict
was over, an old man said to her, in
passing, "Mrs. Johnson, if war is
right, there is no wrong"
The original electrical machine
made by Franklin, now one of the
curiosities of the museum at Prince
ton University, was presented by
William Johnson.
The best friend the Indians ever
had, William Penn not excepted, was
Sir William johnson, who had grant
Of 100000 acres in the Mohawk Val
ley, and founded Johnstown, N. Y
Fle was adopted by the Indians and
chosen sachem of the Six Nations
His home was one of the famous
Colonial mansions, baronial in size
and appearance. He built cabins on
his estates, where he entertained his
friends the Indians. When he re
ceived them, to listen to their vari-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
give then.

Gus tales of woe and to give them
sympathy and advice, he always wrap
ped himself in a gorgeous scarlet
blanket, trimmed with gold. He
never deceived us" were the words
of a sachem, spoken over Johnson
grave. After the Christian burial
service, the Indians performed their
own funeral rites.
The Johnson arms reproduced are
argent, a chevron azure. between three
pheons, or arrow heads, gules. Or
chief of the second, an open book
edged and sealed or, thereon IN
scribed s'Prov. xxii.-6," between two
crosses hory. Crest, a pheon, sur
mounted by star of eight points
or. "Semper Paratus," or its Scot
fish equivalent, Ready, Aye, Ready
is the motto of some branches O
the family.