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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29
LONGEVITY AND BOOZE.

An insurance SoCleIy VI 4>o"
York which makes a speciality OF
insuring men who don't drink
whenever it can find them, has IS
sued a booklet which gives facts
and figures calculated to make
those who do drink think.
This booklet takes up the ques-
ton of moderate drinking. 1t
does not deal with drunkards at
all. 1t refers only to those who
drink at all and those who drink
moderately, but more or less regu-
larly. The conclusion drawn is
that the total abstainers live
longer than those who drink mod
erately, and according to the fig
ures given, there appears to be
truth in the assertion.
These figures are based upon an
investigation covering 81 years
time and $4,000 individual cases.
It was found that among men be-
tween 20 and 80 years OF age,
there were 11%o more deaths
among moderate drinkers than
among total abstainers. Between
the ages of 80 and 40 the list OF
deaths among the moderate drink
ers was $50 larger than among
the total abstainers. Between the
ages of 40 and so the drinkers
deaths numbered 1870 more than
the non-drinkerS. The excess Of
deaths dropped between the ages
of so and 60 to 1870 and between
the ages of 60 and 70 to 1870.
From these figures it is evident
that the men who don't drink
have the best heft on life. Most
significant, however, are the fig
ures which show the heavy inroads
alcohol makes on men between the
ages of 80 and so. Between 20
and 80 the drinker being young
and hopeful, manages to hold his
own pretty well, but when he gets
to the age when a man ceases to
develop physically and requires
all his faculties to hold his own
the pace begins to tell on him.
Then during the very prime of life
between the ages of 40 and 30
the Booze King gets in his effec-
tive work. Four of his vOtaries
die to one who does not drink.
The man who thinks he can drink
and let it alone should study
these figures.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29
To Keep Ribbons Fresh.

An excellent way of caring for
ribbons is to wind them upon spools
large enough to hold them without
folding in the interval of wearing
them. For the broad sash ribbons
a bit of old broomstick answers very
well.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29
To Clean Mattresses.

If the mattress is stained, put in
the sun and cover the spots with a
thick paste made by wetting laun-
dry starch with cold water. Leave
for an hour or two, and then rub
off. If not perfectly clean, repeat.
Fancy denim or cretonne sofa pill
low covers can be cleansed in the
same way.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29
WEST VIRGINIA EXPOSITION

and.
WHEELING STATE FAIR,
SEPTEMBER 5. 6, Z, s AND 9.
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
Will Sell Excursion Tickets at
ONE FARE FOR
THE ROUND TRIP.
with additional charge Of fifty
cents children % cents) for adj
mission to fair, from Parkersburg,
Grafton, Clarksburg, Fairmont
and intermediate stations.
Tickets good returning until
September 10th, inclusive.
Call on ticket agent for time of
trains and full information.
S,23-15t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29

1t is difficult for the Republi-
can managers to forgive Judge
Parker for refusing to do his
thinking with his lungs.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29

Judge Parker was on the bench
for many years and was compell-
ed to listen to lawyers. His OPP
position to a spellbinding tour is
easily understood.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29

Chicago packers are still fgur-
ing on the cost Of the strike. We
would place it at about six cents
a pound.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29

may expect some statistics now
showing that the Democrats are
RESPONSIBLE for the beef strike.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29
Local News.

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Tuesday fair.
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Sunday was an ideal day.
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County fair opens tomorrow.
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Fine show at the Auditorium to-
night.
Boost the booster and knock the
knocker.
Geo. White of Marietta, was in
the city Sunday.
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B. D. Northrup of Washington,
Pa, is in the city.
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H. A. Wright spent Sunday
here with his family.
Hugh Rogers has returned from
the Kentucky oil field.
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S. G. Pyle of Middlebourne, was
in the city this morning.
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w. F. Kaiser of Marietta,
spent Sunday in the city.
P. H. Anderson of Friendly,
went to NIiddlebourne this morn
ing.
w. H. Gorrell of Wheeling, was
a business caller in the city to-
day.
Ladies' Home Journal for Sep
TENDER on sale at McCoy's Book
store.
Harve Holland left this morning
for the Soldiers home at Day
ton, 0.
Have YOU read the notice issued
August l about water taxes?
S,29-2t
Contractor John j. Rea of Clar-
ington, O.. was a business caller
in the city today.
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Contractor J. w. Cushing re-
turned this morning from a short
visit with his family at Washing
ton, Pa.
Miss Josephine Riggs has re-
turned from an extended soJourn
at Atlantic City and other seaside
resorts.
William Ward, the engineer dI
the City Water works, held No.
1869, which drew the prize
steel range at F. E. Appel's gro
Gerry.
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By order of the City Council
all water rents due and not paid
by September l, 1904, water will
be shut off. G. o. CUTLER. Wa
ter Commissioner. S,29-2t
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Mrs. Charles Groves and little
daughter Erma Of Marietta, are
the guests Of the formers sister,
Mrs. Frank Dunlap, of Rexford
street.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-29

Cattle raisers of the West as
sert that they are losing millions
by. reason of the beef strike. We
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
The CRAZE For SPEED.

The love of swift motion, which is
growing almost to a mania, is respon.
sible for many deaths. In the auto
mobile it has splendid ally, not be.
cause the auto is not safe if properly
managed but simply because great
speed can be reached by means of the
machine without great physical effort
Almost every method for acquiring
great speed that has preceded the auto.
mobile. with the exception of the rail
way rrain, has included test of physi.
cal endurance of the rider. Now, how.
ever. the automobile that costs the
most money, is the most powerful or
the best built machine. is the one that
reaches the highest speed.
Automobiling for pleasure is no
more dangerous than is driving, horse.
back-riding, or the bicycle, but when
on speedway the love of speed often
brings dire results On Sunday three
automobile accidents in Chicago caused
the death of man and his wife and
the injury of three other persons. Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Dixon, residents
of La Grange, were speeding their ma
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

wagon to a STAR is as timely now as
ever. The boy who would succeed
must aim high. Success is no harder
now than 1t was generation or two
ago. Though there are more men in
the race there are more prizes for the
winners. Every new channel of trade
opens up more new possibilities. The
boy who graduates from high school
or college and starts at the foot of
the mercantile ladder may think it is
a long road to the private Office of the
president of the firm but If he makes
up his mind, sets his head in the right
direction and then works with will
and with his eyes always on the goal
the obstacles that at first seemed i'm
possible to overcome dwindle as they
are approached. The ascents that at
first looked SO marked become easy
stretches at closer view. "The distant
hills alone seem Steep"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
TRADE WITH CANADA,

Official figures show that Canada.
within the past eight years, has import
ed constantly more and more from the
United States, not only in raw mater.
ials but also in manufactured articles,
1t is said that the statistics for the
fiscal year just closed will show new
record in this trade. This is in spite
of the British preference.
The government reports show that
the imports of United States products
into Canada are about double the ex.
ports from Canada to this country.
Judging from these figures little would
be gained by general reciprocity with
Canada. The cardinal principle of reci-
procity is that the exchange shall be
equal. Otherwise it ceases to be reci-
procity. AS long as Canada annually
increases the amount of her importa-
tons from this country and continues
to send less of her produce here to be
sold in competition with that of the
United States farmer, the latter's wis
est course is to leave the matters as
they are.
Reciprocity that does not "recipross''
is not wanted in America.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
MISSOURI DERATARLE GROUND.

Kansas City Times-It seems that
the republicans of other states will not
yet accept the proposition that their
! party has chance to carry Missouri
In presidential election. And if Mis-
souri, continues for 400 years to vote
for Andrew Jackson it will be because
of that very indifference and timidity
of the republican national organiza-
ton.
A dispatch from Chicago states that
delegates from other states laugh
when Missourians talk about the pos
sibility of carrying the state. If they
knew the strength Of Mr.. Roosevelt
among the democrats and independent
voters of Missouri they would realize
that there was no absurdity or extra
vagance IN the representation. Roose-
velts popularity, combined with the
distracted condition of the Democratic
organization, makes Missouri debatable
ground. 1t presents by the far the
best opportunity for republican sue
| cess 1T has ever offered and if the ma
tional leaders overlook It and refuse to
waste efforts to secure the states
| vote they will make a political blunder.
OF course IL it should chance that
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, would
| be the democratic nominee it would
| be useless to contest for the state:
but IL the eastern "reorganizers" should
| control the convention, where would
the detection of the Bryan followers
strike harder than in Missouri? Fur
| thermore, the whole population of Mis-
| souri, has been aroused, by the sue
cessful Folk canvass, to the necessity
| OF candidates whose personality in
itself represents a great moral issue,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

chine along Austin avenue and through
some oversight collided with an cleo.
trio car. The force of the collision
caused the explosion of the automo.
bile's gasoline tank and the man and
woman, injured SO escape was impos.
sible, burned to death before the eyes
of the passengers on the car.
This is not given as an argument
against the use Of automobiles. The
automobile is as much in the line of
civilized advancement as was the adop.
ton of the horse as substitute for
the slow-moving OK team. Because
these people lost their lives through
unwise management or accident is no
reason why automobiles should be dis
carded. 1t is a reason, however, why
laws regulating the speed of the ma.
chimes should be made and enforced,
The state legislature of Iowa has made
rules for the government Of automobil.
lists and the new law will go into effect
on July 4. Authorities Nd see that
this statute is enforced 20 the letter.
Accidents that are unavoidable are
common enough and those which may
be prevented should be cut down to
the lowest possible minimum.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
THE CROP OUTLOOK.

Board train on any railroad run
ming west from Chicago" says George
B. Harris, president of the Burling-
ton system; travel west from the
starting point to the terminus of the
line, view the farms on either side of
the railroad. and venture to say that
if you had time to interview the farm
ers you would find that there are no
mortgages troubling them, that they
own their farms absolutely, that they
have good lot of live stock and that
they have money in the bank"
This is the statement of hard-head-
ed man of business, railroad presi-
dent whose business it is to know the
conditions of the country through
which his lines run, and man who
never speaks upon subjects like this
unless he has it well in hand and
knows what he is talking about. Mr.
Harris has just returned to Chicago
after trip over the entire Burling-
ton system. He Is in fine spirits re-
garding the prospect of the farms for
the coming year. The road of which he
is president runs through Iowa and
the other rich farming states of the
middle west He does not specify,
however, that alone on the Burlington
has the goddess of the crops smiled
but says that all the western roads will
have their hands full when it comes to
hauling the products of the middle
western farms to market.
Corn conditions especially are good
and the prospect for a good year for
the farmer is unusually bright, accord
ing to Mr.. Harris. While there is yet
much time before the garnering Of the
crops and some unforeseen freak of
nature may set at naught all the we'll
laid plans there is no reason for hunt
ing trouble of this kind and it is better
and much more pleasing to all to view
the present signs as indicative of en-
tire success throughout the season.
Southern Iowa can bear out the
statement of President Harris. A trip
through the country will convince even
the most Impractical that crop condi-
tons thus far are good. The farmer
is happy, he is already figuring on the
purchase of new machinery for har-
vesting and will soon be talking with
his wife and sons about a new surrey
or an addition to the house or farm
after the crops are Sold Truly, the
prosperity of the nation depends upon
the prosperity of the farmer. The ag-
ricultural interests are the fountain
head of American well being, and the
prayers of everyone, city man as we'll
as farmer, are that the indications for
heavy crops are not to be contradict
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

since Mckinley was first. elected is
liking reading a roster of the sound
men of the nation. 1t includes John
Sherman. William R. Day, John Hay,
Leslie M. Shaw, Lyman ]. Gage, Elihu
Root. William H. Taft. John d. Long
William H. Moody, Charles Emory
Smith, Philander @. Knox and Paul
Morton. Wit1 such men as these at
the council bcards in Washington the
man who takes the view that the
standard for American public men is
on the descent and that political life
does not secure the strong men of the
nation is either ignorant of his coun.
try's history or poor judge of his
contemporaries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

The welcome news comes to Ameri-
ca that Russia, after all, will have an
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position. When the war first opened
it was feared that this would be i'm
possible but now it is announced with
authority that the vacant places left
for the cars nation to fill will not re-
main vacant long. Japan already has
an exhibit and it is one of the finest
at the fair. Even an international
war cannot keep the ST. Louis fair
from being what it was intended for
a worldwide exposition and the great
est of all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
THE coREAN BONE.

The Yellow Man stands In his poppy
sweet lands
And sips of his fragrant bohea,
OF guile in his face there Is never q
trace,
He Is placid as placid can be;
on shore,
And earth with the fallen be
Strewn, T.
Be 1t Cossack or Jap he cares not q
rap,
But he watches the Corean bone.
Mikado or Car, both his enemies are,
Unwinking he sips of his tea,
Let them mangle and kill, as they GER
tainly WILL
Unmoved and immovable he
Now here and now there with preoc~
cupied air
He kowtows to idol or throne;
He is ancient and slow, as all other
men know,
But he watches the Corean bone.
Where cold rivers run from the hills
of the sun,
Ger deserts volcanic and. dry,
The little men hurry TO puzzle ana
The giant Alexefvosl1i.
But the Yellow Man stands with is
interlocked hands \,
HCldspeu PeiSeLuuy oNei HIS AoHe,
Or he whispers his pipe till the time
shall be ripe
To go forth for the Corean bone.
1t may be wise are the ones who
arise
To strike for the thing that would
win,
The White Man we know has for ages,
done so, l.
But that's not the way of All Sin.
o Panther and Bear, in your struggle
beware,
Lest you both in the end be o'er-
thrown
For your armies grow thin from long
fighting All Sin
May walk off with Corean bone.
May walk off with the Corean
bone.
Charles Eugene Banks in Ten Story
Book.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
oTTUMWA's CHURCHES.

This is week of rejoicing for the
members of the First Baptist church
of Ottumwa and well it may be. The
organization has just completed the
erection of one of the finest church
properties in the city and has raised
enough money by subscription to dis
charge all the debts incurred in the
building and furnishing of the new
house of worship, The latter is To-
Gated in most convenient part of the
city for church-goers, is beautiful archi-
tecturally. and is. in short, an ideal
church home for the First Baptist con-
gregation.
The whole city should be glad of
this Improvement. Whether church
goer or not, every citizen is directly
or indirectly affected by the church
life of the community in which he lives.
The more churches there are the
more churchmen there will be, and
the more the opportunity for spiritual
up-building. The church enters so
thoroughly into the business life that
it cannot be overlooked but must be
reckoned with.
In this day the man of business, the
en- to superlative degree but they are
Americans are proud of America ev-
man whose opinion and voice count for
much in business way, is either a
member of or a contributor to some
one Of the many churches. Seven in
ten, possibly eight, arc affiliated with
some church and il the curtain be held
back from the lives of the other two
or three it will no doubt be found that
they give their time and money for the
sake of charity enough to balance &C
counts.
Every new church edifice has it's add
ed influence for good. 1t is o notice
able fact that in city where the
churches are well kept and prosper
BaptiStS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

Arrangements are going forward in
business-like way for the construc.
ton of an inter-urban railway north.
west from Ottumwa. Iowa and east.
ern capitalists are interested in the
project and if the people in the terri.
tory through which the proposed line
is to run give the right kind Of en-
couragement to the promoters Wapel.
10 county and others in the vicinity
will have a much-needed line of rail-
road that will do much for every town
and every farm it touches. The Chi
cago. Ottumwa & Western is striv.
ing to become more than a paper rail-
road and the progressive people along
it's route will aid it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
"THE WHOLE DARN SHOW"

They tell us in Chicago
That some who got inside
Objected to the circus
And felt dissatisfied.
The harmony was perfect,
The spirit apropos.
But they thought that Mr.. Roosevelt
1.-THE whole darn show"
But wait until ST. Louis
Blows gailv to the front
With twenty leading actorss
And each his novel stunt.
There'l be no dearth of acting,
No lack Of touch and go,
With no one particular
THE whole darn show"
The barker" will be Bryan,
Who'll spiel for everything;
And Hill, the great rlngmaster,
Will occupy the ring.
The fearless rider, German,
Will make his dark horse co.
Though none may take the credit Of
THE whole darn show"
The silent strong man." Parker.
Will multitudes attract,
And Hearst, the yellow 3uggler,"
Will do his "barrel-act."
Mcclellan with his Tiger
And Cleveland with his mol"
Though drawing cards. are none Of
them
"The whole darn show
But in that lively circus
It's wonderfully queer
The leading mans problem
This presidential year.
They'd trade their star performers,
And tightrope stunts forego,
If they could find a man to be
Wallace Irwin In the New YorN
1.-THE whole darn show"
Globe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

won the northwest for the United
States. Considering the diminutive-
ness of Clark's force and the general
paucity of his resources, his campaign
of 177S-79 was one of the most re-
markable, not only In the history of
the war of American independence,
but of the wars of any country or age.
There was the highest sort of pro-
priety in setting apart day of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to the
observance Of the anniversary on which
George Rogers Clark started out on
his conquest Of the northwest. The
beginning of the year 177S saw the
darkest period of the American revo-
luton. Washington's little army was
shut up at Valley Forge, New York
and Philadelphia We're held by the
British armies. and the campaign ia
the spring of that year, as George III.
and most Of his advisers supposed,
would end the rebellion in England's
American colonies and restore the
royal authority. But the turn of the
tide was close at hand. The French
alliance, which was consummated early
In February, ITS, brought the Ameri-
cans aid from across the Atlantic but
long before this could reach America
Washington evacuated Valley Forge
and advanced on the British, who
was given to Americas patriots.
But the greatest Of the military
achievements of the year 1878, al
though 1t gets comparatively small
space in the histories. was Clark's
campaign north Of the Ohio. BY the
capture of Kaskaskia, on July of that
year, the whole of the present Illinois
was freed from British domination,
and his march against Vincennes
early in 1879, which brought that
post into the control of the Americans.
completed the conquest of the British
territory west of the Alleghanies.
Clark's achievement made the Missis-
sippi the western boundary of the
United States in the treaty of peace
with Great Britain, instead of leaving
that boundary at the crest of the
Alleghanies, as it would have been if
Clark had failed. The territory west
of the Mississippi belonged to France,
and would have remained either
French or British if the result of
Clarks campaign had been different
Friday, June "a, 1904, is a big anniver-
sary In American history.