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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-22
HOW THE GROVE WAS BORN.

Iowa State Register: Here is the
way in which nature builds up grove
Of trees on the prairie: There was a
piece OF old fence rail left by the side
Of an abandoned homestead. The drift
ing winds bore cottonseed. a tangle
OF lint floating like snowflake and
dropped 1t in corner of the old fence.
The little seed grew, and migratory
robin. stopping to rest in the top of the
little tree. dropped seed of q black
cherry. Then some hunters seeing
the little trees. stopped under their
shade to eat their dinner, and hav.
ing some wild plums for dessert. they
threw the pits down and one Of these
grew and soon multiplied into a plum
thicket. The shelter thus afforded
drew the birds from far away and the
birds and the winds cooperating kept
adding new varieties of shrub and
tree and woodland vine and flower,
while the drifting SHOWS of the winter
added their mite. But just as nature
in her curious way had planted the
little grove the prairie fire Is loosed on
the front Of a great south wind and in
a moment the patient work of years is
blotted out. 1t is more than probable
that, had it not been for the ever-recur
ring fires, what Is now, or rather, was
the prairie region of the northwest
would, wherever the rainfall was suf
f1cient to promote the growth of tree
life. have been covered with a dense
growth Of timber instead of grass.
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SALEM.

Salem, Dec. 20-Rev. Cummins, OF
Hillsboro, assisted Rev. B. G. Hanksins
In the meetings at Cottonwood LAST
week.
Ash Davis, cartoonist will entertain
the people at the opera house on the
evening of December 20.
Mr.. Collins and family and Mr..
James and family are now at home In
their new houses.
Mrs. Anna Kaufman of Los Angeles,
Cal, Is a guest Of Salem friends.
Ansalom Cook arrived from Kan
sas last week and will visit relatives
and friends here.
Mrs. Johnson Bickler and daughter
Florence are visiting husband and
father at Athica, Ind.
Wednesday afternoon the w. c. T..
U. will meet with Mrs. Hankins.
Miss Laura Paul has gone to Mime
sofa to visit her mother. Mrs. Hinshaw
who Is quite Ill.
Mrs. Linton Packer and little daugh-
ter, of Danville, are visiting at the
home of her parents, DR.. and Mrs,
Pittman.
Wednesday Mrs. Amelia Clauson re-
turned from Mt. Pleasant, where she
had spent several days with friends.
On last Monday the relatives and
friends of William Crew gathered to-
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ARE DRIVEN OUT.

Kansas City Journal.-There has
been marked increase in the black
population Of the larger northern cities
during the past decade. The fact is
so important that it aroused inquiry
as to Its causes among many students.
Among these is William Carrot Brown
an Albanian by birth, graduate
from Harvard, where he was lecturer
and a historian, and sociologist Of
recognized ability.
Mr.. Brown has found that this
northern movement is due to
out Of the south by the pressure Of
conditions they are unable to over
come. He notes that foreign emigra-
ton Is going into the south, and that
foreign and native whites are replac-
ing the blacks in practically all the oc-
equations which the latter held, twen7
ty or thirty years ago. In farming, in
the coarser forms Of manual labor and
In the minor industries Italians and
other loW-class Europeans now have
the preference over their dark skinned
brothers, and are taking UP rented land
and ultimately buying 1t, and are even
doing the hardest kind Of PHYSICAL la
Dor in the black belts Of Georgia and
Alabama in the Yazoo valley of Mis-
sissippt and along the Brazos of Texas.
mill in the whole South-one at Dallas,
Tex.-employs colored people, and that
in other industries there is q distinct
falling off in the number of blacks en-
ployed or engaged. Thus, in New Or
leans in 1870, the city directory showed
3,460 colored people working as me-
chanics, clerks and foundry hands;
there are not today ten per cent of that
number in the same trades, some of
which have been wholly lost, though
the colored population has increased
more than so per cent.
The state of affairs augurs a gloomy
future of the black race in America.
All hope Of its being a useful factor in
the agricultural and industrial life OF
the south seems to be disappearing
In the hottest cline In our country
white men are being locked upon as
better laborers than colored men. The
preference may in part be due to the
harsh system Of caste which has been
established as a sequel to slavery, but
there can be little doubt but that some
valid reason for its existence may be
found in the inferiority of many Of the
colored people, as workers.
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SID ELIG n T s.

New York Press:-Andrew Carne-
gle. is the best advertised Of all the
worlds big bugs lust now and physi-
cally he is about the smallest of them.
He is SO short that a man of five feet
seven inches-the average American
stature-looks giantesque beside him
Since he BEGAN trying to give away his
income he has received more than g.
100000 begging letters and his wealth
distribution bureau is an overworked
institution. OF all these communities
tions not more than two or three in a
thousand ever reach his eye. There is
one which he treasures as his prize
letter. 1t Is framed In bog oak and
hangs in the library at Skibo castle.
To a village In Massachusetts the
great ironmaster presented a pipe or
gan which was pronounced very fine.
The first recital stirred the whole
country. Some months later Mr. Car
negie was urged to contribute toward
the Improvement of the waterworks
system. whereupon, feeling himself
imposed unon, he replied wrathfully
through his private secretary that he
thnoght its as little as the community
could do to take care of it's own corpor-
ate necessities: that it was to the
moral and physical welfare of the peo-
pie to improve their waterworks
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MR.. pELANo,s ADDRESS.

In this issue we publish an address
delivered by F. A. Delano, general
manager Of the Burlington Railway,
before the convention of the Iowa De-
partment of Agriculture, which met
in Des Moines last week. What Mr..
Delano says will be read with interest
and cannot fail to. accomplish much
good in the line Of creating dis
tinctly friendly feeling between the
railroad interests and the public. Mr..
Delano presents a number of i'm
portant facts in a calm and dispassion.
dress throughout is admirable. He
does not hesitate to recognize that
railroads are more than a private un-
dertaking Referring to this subject he
says:
Railway managers recognize that
they are in the public eye. The courts
have repeatedly stated that while rail.
ways are capitalized in the United
States as private undertakings they
have public obligations which make
them quasi-public, to use the legal
phrase.
Referring to public criticism of rail
way managers and the methods of
transportation companies, Mr.. Delano
makes the following observation
which will be generally recognized as
entirely just.
Railway managers must expect criti
cism, but the hardest criticism is that
which comes from those who know
the least. We are all of US looking
for criticism and suggestions from
those who have really studied the cues
ton and who know it: The difficulty
is that we have to take it very often
from those who Jump at conclusions
with very insufficient knowledge OF
data.
The admirable spirit of the address
is summed up. in the closing para
graph, in which Mr.. Delano says:
The transportation interests so fa1
as they are represented by the railroad
companies are certainly in fiji. accord
with the efforts Of the farming com
munity. We realize tina when we pro
mote their ultimate interests we ar
promoting our own interests, and
wish for my part that we could gel
together more often t. talk over more
freely and fully matt RS of mutual in
terest.
Certainly such a spirit cannot fail tc
win the confidence and the friendly in
terest of the public. 1t is what has
many corporations with the people.
The Burlington system is fortunate IL
having in high positions officials who
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days by stock gamblers, have little or
no bearing upon the real and: substan
tial business Of the country, is clearly
set forth by the following interesting
statement by Henry Clews, the vet
eran New York banker. Mr.. Clews,
in reviewing the situation in New
York for the past week, and also in
referring to general business condi-
lions throughout the country, says:
In spite of reactions the stock mar
ket shows an improved undertone.
Liquidation during the past two weeks
mas thoroughly tested weak spots, and
the position Of the market has beer
materially strengthened In conse-
quence. Sensational attacks recently
made upon the market appear to be
losing their force, having served the
useful purpose of checking reckless
speculation and creating more
healthy division of opinion. After a
break Of 5 to 0 points in the active
stocks there is naturally more or less
hesitation, but securities have been go
ing back INTO stronger hands again.
and confidence In high quarters has
not been disturbed in any degree b,
market gyrations or the tactics of SEN
sational spectators.
The strongest factors in the situa-
ton are the abundance of money, ar
excellent investment demand for Sc.
curities and the promising business
outlook. Funds are in ample supply.
and there is no fear Of monetary dis
turbance, such as frequently occurs at
the close of the year.
General business is In very promis.
ing condition chiefly as a result Of a
profitable harvest. Railroad managers
see big traffic in sight for probably
the next six months and they are
chiefly anxious about their ability to
handle the freight which is in pros
pect. For the next six months at least
we may expect to see good railroad
earnings. Our export trade is also
good; for. while we will have little
wheat or flour to spare we will have
plenty Of cotton. corn, oats and other
agricultural products This means bet
ter times for transportation interests
on both land and sea. At home trade
is also expanding and there is good
demand for nearly all manufactured
products. The iron and steel trades
are again on one Of their spasmodie
upward movements; and, as the rail
roads are coming in as heavy buyers
of materials, this activity promises tc
last for considerable period All
things considered we seem destined te
enter the new year under very hopeful
conditions and to enjoy further
period Of prosperity. This has beer
discounted to very considerable ex
tent in Wall street and values on the
stock exchange 1t should be remem
bered are, upon a very high level. Sc
long, however, as outside conditions
remain so favorable there is little
chance Of any serious reaction; pro
vided speculation and issue of new
securities are kept with reasonable
/, limits.
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1T is DIFFERENT NOW.

Two years ago, the Russians spoke
OF the Japanese contemptuously, refer
ring to them as monkeys" and declar-
ing that when war came, the Russians
would not only wipe the Japs from off
the seas, but they would Immediately
storm and capture Toxic and dictate
the terms of peace to the trembling
Japs within the walls Of the mikado's
palace. Nothing could exceed the
boasting and bombastic contempt with
which the average Russian army and
naval officer referred to the Japanese
army and navy.
War came, just as those familiar
with the situation knew that 1t must.
1t has now been in progress ten
months and great and bloody battles
have been fought both on sea and
land. In every one OF these battles,
the detested Japs. the monkeys" of
yesterday. have been successful and
the Russians have received such q
drubbing as no other nation of equal
armament and military equipment has
ever received before. The result is
that the Russians have changed their
opinion in regard to the little Japs and
a recent st. Petersburg dispatch
quotes high Russian officer with the
following utterance:
1.-The Japanese army is unique in
military history. and probably the
strongest in the world. combining the
strength of barbarism with civilization
drawing from the former fanatical
bravery and scorn of death and from
the latter the latest knowledge of the
science of war;
Ten months Of actual warfare has
entirely changed the Russian point OF
view.
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THE VARpAMANs.

1t is difficult to read the senseless
utterances of Governor Vardanan of
Mississippi without exclaiming "Oh,
what fool!" In recent speech he
declared that the south should unite
In demanding the repeal of the f1f-
teenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States This amendment
provides that the right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of
race. color or previous condition Of
servitude. Governor Vardaman. after
demanding the repeal of this amend
ment to the constitution, says: 1--WE
can then say to these people of the
north, we have done 1t SO far as we are
able to do it and we are going to con-
tinue to do 1t. If you have the power
and the federal government has the
power. come and drive the governor
from the office in the city Of Jackson
You have the power to put the bayo-
nets at the ballot box. You have the
power to put black heels on the white
necks of the state of Mississippi, but
let me tell you, in order to keep that
heel there, YOU will have to keep those
b1J cAASSo IAiSA oo may uCoIloy IuS
south, you may destroy these fair
fields and these fruitful orchards, ETC.,
ad nauseam."
Fortunately for the south 1t has COM
paratively few fire-eaters of the style
of Governor Vardaman in public posi-
tions. 1t was just such men and their
fool fre-eating utterances that pre-
vented the industrial development Of
the south for period of twenty-five to
thirty years following the war. Let a
few more Vardamans spring up
throughout the south and the present
prosperity, and great industrial devel-
opment Of that region, will receive a
setback, such as 1t will not recover
from for another period Of twenty-five
years.
We believe the south Is. proceeding
along right lines In establishing an ed
ucational qualification for suffrage, but
it is not right and never, will be to dis
criminate between the black man and
the white man In applying this princi-
pie. The illiterate white man has no
more right to vote than the illiterate
black man where an educational test
Is established. If the south will apply
this rule impartially, it will hear Meth.
er complaint nor criticism from the
/ people of the north
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Court Waited for Scrap.

1.-THE practice of law in the country
may not be SO lucrative as In the big
city, but 1t Is vastly more amusing"
said lawyer Of prominence up in
Senator Platts home town, Owego.
lone experience rewarded me for all
scene Of the trial.
THE case was going along smoothly
and was examining an important
witness, when from the rear Of the
crowded court room this remark was
interjected In loud voice:
That mans a liar
II hesitated moment. expecting the
Judge, a bluff country jurist, to take
some action. He said nothing, SO
stand.
Presently came another outburst from
the voice in the crowd. 1t was to the
effect that the witness had no truth In
his makeup and his story was an Of
tense against Justice. Still the court
said not a word
Feeling that 1t was up to me to dc
something, I asked the Judge to have
the person who dared to interrupt the
The Judge leaned over to me and
whispered:
"'I'd do 1t, counsellor, but I don't
know how to draw the papers,
THE court may have been weak or
law, but he was strong on human ma
ture. He pondered moment and Their
turned to the Witness who was big
chap.
do you know who 1t is that called
you liar?" he asked.
81 do, your honor said the witness
".Can you lick him?' the court que
RED
"'rrhat what I can
Then you go and do It, ordered
his honor. The court is adjourned fol
fifteen minutes until this little matter
of court etiquette is adjusted
THE witness left the chair, singled
out a pugnacious looking but under.
! sized man in the crowd, grabbed hin
by the collar and yanked him out int
the sunlight. In five minutes the wit
ness was back, slightly ruff1ed in hi
appearance, but smiling broadly. HI
resumed his place on the stand, thu
judge raped for order, and the tria
/ Of the case went on.
There were no more Interrupt.
| tons 4
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gether and spent the day very delights
fully at the Crew home.
]. T. Ingrim and wife went to Dam
vile Saturday and visited relatives url-
Monday.
Mrs. Fellows, Of Clarion, is visiting
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. j.. e.. Rob-
cts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Turner have gone
to South Dakota to visit their daugh.
ter Mrs. Hubbard
Joseph Stanley left for his home In
Kansas Monday after a two weeks
visit at the home Of his father, Ansa-
lom Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. Washburn came from
Mt. Pleasant Friday and remained un-
til Monday as a guest at the home Of
Alec Schriner and his sister Miss
Coe, will attend school at Quincy. III.
this winter.
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PRESS COMMENT.

"Most of this demand for a redis-
tricting Of the state" says the Carroll
Herald, comes from the seventh dis
trict, where some of the smaller fry
want to get away from Polk county
and try to break into congress- Aside
from the few politicians who are plan
ming to get something out of shakeup
the present arrangement as to dis
tricts is satisfactory to the entire
state"
Sioux City Journal-Wall street is
said to have been grievously disap-
pointed that Col Bill Greene and
Field Marshal Tom Lawson failed to
meet in sanguinary mood, fingers itch
ing and hip pocket bullying. 1t Is not
at all difficult to comprehend Wall
streets disappointment.
There is nothing left for the let
ter carriers to do but deliver mall"
observes the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Zero weather Is good for that tired
feeling" says the Britt Tribune.
Des Moines News--Instead of Gen.
Miles appointment as adjutant gen
eral of Massachusetts being rebuke
to the President, maybe the President
thinks the $3.50 shoe is on the other
foot.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Mrs. Chad
wick succeeded in getting money out
of her lawyer. Now a chemist will
come along and get sugar out of an
old shoe, and new class will be
formed for the couple.
Algona Advance We glory in the
manliness of the members Of the Web.
ster City football team Some time
ago they were at Boone and went into
dinner at q restaurant. Their coacher
a colored boy who is a graduate of the
East Des Moines high school was
along and was denied his dinner on 40.
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w ealx
III g arts

Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine Of ever,
one hundred people who have heart troub! j.
san remember when 1t was simple indlgeS
Ion. II Is a scientific fact that all cases q
heart disease. not organic, are not on,
sraceable to, but are the directr result of inc
sestion. All food taken into the stomaci
which falls Of perfect digestion ferments az.
swellsthe stomach, putting 1t up against tn,
heart. This interferes with the action o
The heart. and In the course of time tn
delicate but vital organ becomes disease
Mr.. D. kaubie. Of Nevada. o. says: ! had storaso
oub'e and was In bad state as had heart trour
nth Il. took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about fop
months and II cured me.
Kodoi Digests What You Eas
nd relieves the stomach Of all nervou
rain end the hear. of all pressure.
cities only. ST LOO Size holding 2M times the tr
size. which s"llsfrr 5oc
.parod : osa,aa
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Jesse Calhoun Is Acquitted.

|. Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 20.--The jury In
the case Of the state vs.. Jesse Calhoun,
retired about 6 o'clock Friday evening,
and held protracted session. Satur.
day they arrived at their verdict, vot.
ing to hold Calhoun not guilty OF the
charge---that of assaulting his uncle,
Littley Calhoun, with intent to commit
murder. The young man had commit.
ted the offense several months ago,
and was confined in the county jail up
to the time of his trial.
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allsINEss CONDITIONS.

Business conditions in the west are
excellent. In Iowa the corn crop is
one.of the largest that has been raised
and, harvested for many years. The
unusually favorable weather enabled
farmers to gather every ear Of corn
The good prices prevailing for corn.
pork and beef are very material fac
tors in the present excellent business
conditions.
During the past week there has been
somesf spectacular trading on the New
York stock exchange under an effort by
certain brokers to reap harvest from
decentralization Of the market. Thar
these semi-panicky conditions, artifi.
cially created and continued for a few
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themselves, etc. The answer to this
letter by the authorities of the village
contained this statement:
Our waterworks was entirely sat
isfactory for all our needs until you
gave us that splendid organ We find
now that the pressure amt sufficient
to pump the organ and thought you'd
like to assist us in purchasing new
boiler"
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Price of Mules.


Price of Mules.
The officer in charge of an exhibit
made by the quartermaster's depart
ment Of the United States army at st.
Louis says that the records of his de-
partment show that the average cost
per head of pack mules to the gov
eminent in 1898 was $s2.93, since which
time 1t has gradually increased. The
average price paid by the government
for that class of animals during the
first six months of 1904 was s118,05.
While. the price paid for the draft mule
in 1888 was $99.74 per head during the
first six. months of 1904 they brought.
on an average, s160,S5. This officer is
Of the opinion that good draft mules
will bring next year 5000. while pack
mules cannot be had for less than $3.50
each. In this connection, the govern
ment buys more mules in, Missouri
than In any other state. What few 1t
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After March 4 next, Senator Allison
will have served for a longer continu-
Gus time than any man now in the SEN
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are animated by this spirit and who
have the broad and comprehensive
grasp of the situation evidenced by Mr..
Delano in the address above referred
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does not secure in this state 1t buys in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas.
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Riceville Recorder:-one of the
queer things of life is that strange
woman can borrow million dollars
while an editor can't borrow ten.
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CHICAGO HORSE MARKET.
Liberal Offerings Of Farm Chunks Sc
at Bargain Prices.

.s at bargain FTlCcSs
Chicago Dec. 2O.-Trade generally is
dulled by the two liberal receipts Of
common and medium offerings. The
consignment Of farm chunks is dis
proportioned to the demand, and this
useful class is moving at bargain
prices. Many OF the plain chunks
weighing 1900 to 400 pounds changed
hands at $65@s0, while the best farm
mares found narrow outlet at $85@110.
There was fair representation Of
buyers operating In the market, but
the bulk Of the orders called for big
draft animals. and this class was fairly
active at steady prices. Several north
ern dealers are In the market executing
commissions for loggers at $150@190
and upward for extra quality. South
ern chunks in sympathy with the trend
OF the cotton market are lower. With
the exception of farm chunks all COM
mercial classes opened steady at the
decline Of last week, with bulk of sales
at the following prices: