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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05
FARM LANDS.

FARM EANDSs
The San Luis Valley, the Mecca for home
seekers, the garden spot of America; the
finest irrigated land on the market is now
sold from $40 to $50. per acre, in Southern
Colorado, cheap homeseekers' excursion the
first and third Tuesday of each month.
Write for our new pamphlet
JOHN p. APPLEQUiST.
12S East Main St 0ttumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05
FOR. SALE OR TRADE

FOR. SALE OR TRADE
A number of improved and unimproved
tracts of farm land in Sanborn county.
S. D.. to trade for mercantile stocks or
town property. For information write.
Haer 6 Brewster, Woonsocket, s. D.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05

FOR sALE-16o ACRE FIRST CLASS
prairie farm, Joins Monroe City, fine loca-
ton, can give possession in March. Cor
respond with Lewis Lundburg, or rather
call and see. Monroe City, Mo-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05
FOR SALE.

EGGS FOR MATCHING FROM S. c. B.
Minorcas, R. c.. B. Leghorn and Pekin
ducks. Our stock Is the best that money
could buy. Address w. A. Fuln1er. oil.
vet, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05

WRITE FOR BARGAIN LIST-RIPLEY
county, Missouri, improved and timber
bottom and upland; SIS to SIS per acre.
Good schools and churches, fine climate.
All kinds of crops and fruits. Frank
Landers, Domphan, Mo-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05

FOR SALE HOUSE OF FIFTEEN
rooms, both hard and soft water, desira.
BILE for boarding house. Enquire 500 East
Main.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE so ACRE STOCK AND
frult farm, ~ miles to railroad town,
farm watered by springs and well, up
land and bottom, owner going away,
price $40 per acre. Address Sylvester
Hawkins, Hancock, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05

FOR sALE-GoLD KING SEED CORN
and Short Horn bulls. VIM. James, Bata-
via, Iowa Phone 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05

FOR SALE-OR WILL TRADE FOR
good stock, good black Spanish jack,
sure foal getter, six years old. E. D.
somers, liz miles west Ottumwa, on
Blakesburg road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
MT. Grover Cleveland.

SeIma Times.
 A few days ago The Times had little edi. torial sQuib. to the effect that Grover Cleve- land was perhaps. the only man that the Democrats could have elected President In saving that. we took occasion to say that i've did not have 0 great deal of for old Grover" The Montgomery Advertiser took the squib as a text and worte a strong edito- rial on Grover. We do not object to that pa, per being a partisan of Cleveland. That Is its privilege The only thing tha: We ob- ject to was that such a remark was mot creditable" to that large class of Democrats in the South who believe with us.
 The Times takes this occasion to differ with our Montgomery contemporary. There was a time when he was the idol of the Southern Democracy. but he has forfeited that position in their affections. He had been elevated to the Presidency with the help of Southern Democrats and he ought not to have turned his back on Bryan and the platform because his ideas were not adopted. There are some expressions in the decalogue that we do nor understand thoroughly. but believe It all with the faith of little child.
 Cleveland should have done Bryan did when Parker was nominated. Bryan was not for Parker and did not get all he wanted In the platform, but he accepted both and took of his coat and did what he could to elect the ticket. He did yeoman service, but was able to stem the tide.
 If Cleveland had done for Bryan what Bryan did for Parker, today he would tower above the rest and be the noblest Roman of them aIl.' The fact that Mir, Cleveland failed 10 do his duty to Bryan ana the ticket IS what prompted our remark. We believe that be- cause Cleveland was close to the kickers and mugwumps of the East he might have been elected Sulker he was, the South would have swallowed him readily as it did Par ker.
 There are a good many things in Mir. Cleve- lands makeup that we do not like. still we regard him as a great man. and would have infinitely preferred him to Roosevelt for Pres ident But we do not expect to see this edi- torial reproduced in the columns of The AdveT-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
A PTTIFUL CASE.

There is a woman in a poor house in Dunning. near Chicago who is 70 years old. and the only name that she is known by is The Old Woman" So far as can be ascertained no other name is known, nothing about her family. her former life or anything about her. All that is known is that she is old. without friends or relatives. without a name and without hope or prospects for the future. She is just The Old Woman"
 This is another of those pitiable and pitiful incidents of life which occas- ionally are revealed by a line or short paragraph in a newspaper, and that is all. There is none to tell the tragedy of a life that seems destined to end in the poor house. In the long past she perhaps had a happy home. with other children and fond parents. Later she may have had another happy home of her own. with loving hus- band to sustain and protect her and bright children of her own around her knees to make life worth living. Per haps then she looked forward to an old age of ease and comfort, loved ones to soothe the pains and sorrows of de- clining years, and to ease her steps along the downward path of life's last journey. And in all probability she had friends whom she loved and trust ed. and who. she believed, would not let her want when she was old or let her gray hairs go down in sorrow and Humiliation to an unknown grave.
 Now she is only The Old Woman :" If she has relatives they have lost sight of her and think she has long since gone to her final resting place If she had a husband he may have given his life for his country and left her to tread the rugged pathway of life alone. If she had children they have grown up, married and forgotten the mother who loved them and nursed them, who guided their tottering feet over the rough places, who soothed them in their sorrows and rejoiced, with them in their pleasures. If she had friends they have gone along other roads and contracted other friendships.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
A WARM TRIBUTE
To a Most Deserving Gentlema,

10 Most Deserving UentlemaMs
 Some days ago The Advertiser noted the fact that Mir. G. W. Craik of this city had recently returned from Wash ington, and at the same time published an interesting interview with hm. The Washington Post copied the interview entire and in speaking of 1t editorially said:
 What lends peculiar interest to this utterance is the fact that MT Craik, while he is a Republican by conviction and has voted the national ticket for many years, has never held or sought an office, nor taken the smallest part in Southern politics as they are illus trated by the professional Republicans in his State. He Is simply well-born, well-bred gentleman. highly connected and highly placed, enjoying the con- fidence and esteem of the best people in Alabama, Kentucky, and other Southern States-people with whom he Is connected by ties of blood and life long association. He has been Re publican because he believes in the principles that party has inherited from Alexander Hamilton and the federalist organization which he found- ed-not because he wanted to trade in delegations and receive the usual re- wards for successful traffic in that mart. MT. Craik is a type, moreover, for there are many thousands of such men in every Southern State, albeit Republi- can Presidents have not often chosen them for offices of honor and responsi- bility.
 Such then Is the impression made by MT. Roosevelt upon a Southern gentle man of high social position and culti- vated tastes. It may be worth while to consider this estimate in comparison with certain others now flying about on wings of easy f1uency and authority of more or less importance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Despoti.m of CAOdrs fin England.

EXcnanBe.
 In his charge of the clergy of wor- cester Cathedral recently, the Bishop of Worcester said the cathedral type of service for reverence and beauty was unsurpassed, but he was convicted 1t ought not to be initiated in parish churches, where they had fallen under the despotism of choirs. They had come to regard monotony on high tone as the proper method of reciting as If there was something about the note e." He urged the restoration of the wholesome exercise of the natural speaking voice. They should take pains to prevent services being pro- tracted by elaborate music. He had been present at many services when the music outran the capacity of the sustaining spirit of praise. People went to church not to enjoy them selves, but to learn to worship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
(. W. Stegall X Co.

In the place of wordy almost meaningless introductory iGT our adver,semsnt this week. the sLEDGE HAM I argument of low prices tor good merchsntable goods
 NEW COTTON GOODS.
 3Oin. White Pique ...... .... .. Toe soin Black coored striped or figured Duck 1oc 8oin Mercerzed printed Foulard de Paris " . .. .10c Cream Flanneee with red, green black polka dots 100 Light Coored Stripes and solid colored Teazle Down Out ngs ..'... .... ............. .. .1Oc 97n Light colored striped Outings worth &c., this week 5c yd White heeced back Pique with light coored stripes 25c Ao' - .'...... ..-..... ........... loo
 BROWN AND GREEN RIBBONS. No 40 Silk Taea Ribbons in black, whte blue, navy, brown and green; worth 15c for .... 100
 LADIES' FANCY GOODS.
 Indian Bsad iaa Bsg. oi hoo'e' 7se sl and White Hemsttched Buster Brown Collars 15c or for 25c Ladies' narrow white hemsitched Collars 1a to 1S- II yard long silk chiffon Wells with hemstitched ribbon border IA yard % long chenille dotted oeio.,d Veil: sSe r. Centmen Co., Capitol Kid Gloves, guaranteed .. $1OO
 GENTS NIGHT SHIRTS
 20 dog. full cut, good outing Nghtshirs all sizes " 30c doz bleached muslin Nightshirts, extra we'll made soc
 LADIES' GOWNS AND UNDERWEAR Ladies Outing Gowns ...... ..... .5Oc Ladies Beached 1 Muslin Gowns . .50c Ladies' Beached Muslin Drawers, hemstched embroidered
 LADIES RIBBED UNDERWEAR
 White ribbed, extra heavy fleeoed Vests and Pants
 .......... ...... ...... soc each $1 suit Wghs heavy eeed back beached Cover bought to sell for 5Oc, to close ........ .25c Oneha and all wool Ladies' Drawers the Vests have
 UNDERSKIRTINGS 97-in. heavy grey twilled Flannel 2Oc 5oin. wool Flannel in grey, black, blue and red 5Oc
 FUR NECK PIECES. Black sable Scarfs ..... .. .. .... ..... . $1 OO Black sable Scarfs, long tabs $15O Long black sable Boas .... ..... 9S Extra long black sable fur Boas ..... $29S Single Scarf made of genuine Alaskan Fox . $5O co Double Boa made of genuine Canadian fox easily worth $15OO, our price .... .... 50
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

The Selma Times is not so savage in its remarks about Mir. Cleveland as 1t once was. Its latest utterances on the subject are published in full on this page of The Advertiser and no doubt to The Times's great surprise. What might or might not have hap pened in certain contingencies belongs to the domain of the past and life is too short to wrangle over it. The Ad- vertiser still believes in the ability and the patriotism of MT. Cleveland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

There is to be a boil weevil conven- tion in Shreveport in December-not a convention of weevils but of men who want to put them out of business. Whenever any one thing gets trouble some these days there is a convention to consider 1t and it Is a good idea. Many heads can do much more when working in harmony than when trying to go 1t alone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

There are some things that a decent Republican will not stand for. The Hartford Courant is loyal to it's party and its principles. but 1t draws the line at Keller, saying: The purpose of Providence in permitting the politi- cal resuscitation of J. Warren Keller is, as yet. a mystery" It is, but. speaking with due reverence. 1t may be that Providence was determined to give the South and the country a full dose, so Keller was rung in with the other bitter pills that were adminis- tered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Didn't Do It.
MnhilA Item

MODile Item.
 MT. Lawson said in a stage whisper intended to be heard In every voting precinct in the land. that the wicked Standard oil crowd was going to elect Parker and defeat Roosevelt They didn't do 1t. Right here and right now we renounce the writings of Thomas W. Lawson, and we burn them in the market place. The man deceived us. We had a kind of half way hope that MT. Rockefeller might really elect our man. That hope was frostbitten and is dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

The new Governor-elect of Massa- chusetts declares his intention to ap- point commission to investigate the tariff from a purely business point of view. That will be a good plan but 1t will hardly be popular with the powers in Washington who control things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Wisdnm in Silence.

Huntsville Tribune.
 An insane girl has gotten herself into print by saying she is queen. There are many girls who are too prudent 10 say 1t, but who think Is. There IS wis- dom In silence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Some Consolation.
Mobile Register.

There Is some consolation in the thought that if anything happens to the country in the next four years the people will hold a Republican Presi- dent and a Republican Congress re- sponsible: and a good deal can happen in four years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Caned For Hanging Himself.


 Chided severely by his mother for excessive drinking. Anthony Povilitis of Mahoney, Pa, looped a rope about his neck and hanged himself to a door. Before kicking a supporting box from under his feet he called goodbye to the family in the next room. As he dan eled in the air his mother belabored him with a cane until he begged for mercy. He was finally cut down, as docile as a lamb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

Tom Watson. as we look at it. has embarked in the book-writing business and expects to remain in it for the rest of his life. He gets out at least one shallow volume each year. These sell fairly well. Certainly there Is more money in one of his books than in tho profit to be derived from 800 acres Of sandy lands in Georgia. And to a garrulous spouter with pen and mouth. like Watson 1t is far easier to put forth the book than to cultivate the soil. His ambition is to be success full author. so we look on his politics as merely an advertisement for his books already printed and those now in process of incubation. He would join any political combination now and say and do anything that would prom ise him an increased sale for his books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

The talk of Folk and Douglas for 1908 is all right as d subject for dis cussion. but they must show what is in them as executives before they go higher
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
RGHaoS.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Pincher-I believe in that old saying about taking care of the pennies. You know 1t, don't you?
 Spenders-Oh. yes. Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of your heirs"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

Birmingham Age Herald.
 Grandpa Davis will not nave waik- over for Vice-Presidential nomination in 1908. There is Uncle Russell sage who may conclude to butt into politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
wilI Not stand Much

Birmingham News.
 It is announced that the younger society women of New York are go- ing in for a greater simplicity of cos tune. They might tone down the qual- ity some, but the quantity will not stand very much reduction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

It is now claimed that Noah built one of the pyramids, and the n0kt we know he will be charged with the authorship of some of Depewis jokes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

It is altogether appropriate that J. Warren Keller is to lead the fight against Southern representation. sucb a job is just about his size.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Too Much Strain.

Dothan Siftings.
 We may have to vote for a man the next time for President. that we have not as yet heard or. but we hope not. The strain would be too much.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

The Virginian- Pilot is not a convert to the anti-kissing. "craw -craw" dog ma of one Dr. Whittles, and thus ex- presses itself:
 We are rigidly opposed to promiscu- ous osculation as being against not only only good good health and good morals, but fess, however, that we are unable to follow the learned doctor to the point of saying you shall not sip the honey ca dew from the ruby lips of the rare. -ipe maid. lest you contract "craw- craw" and suffer the consequent de- etruction of white corpuscles of the blood by the parasitic nematoidea.
 There is doubtless a difference of opinion as to what is "promiscuous os- culation." There are those who op- pose all forms of lp-tickllng exercise. while others never get enough of it.. and don't care much what shape 1t comes in. It was Dean Swift, if we remember alright. who exclaimed: Lord! I wonder what fool 1t was that first invented kissing" but we suspect he had just tried to kiss a pretty wo- man and failed to land. or maybe he got one that left a bad taste in his mouth. Whatever may have been the cause of his apparent disgust he will lind more who will bless the inventor than will rail on him. There are more who would rather kiss till the cows come home" as Beaumont expresses 1t. than not to kiss at all. Tennyson makes one of his female characters say:
 Once he drew
 With one long kiss my whole soul My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
 That was good one, and we'll wag- CT something handsome that while the operation was going on no thought of microbes or other small cattle troubled her mind or darkened her soul. The Che" in her case was a stalwart per- former and warranted to give satis- faction. All the Dr. whittles in the world would have been powerless to cause a couple to break away who were as much in earnest as these were. nor do we believe that this mod ern objector is going to make any ex- tensive inroads among those who still believe that kissing is not only harm less but very good. in moderation. We may admit that there are some dis eases that can be communicated by the lip route, just as some are by hand shaking. but that isn't going to set the human family. especially the younger members, to wearing muzzles.
 The fact is that the learned men and scientists are continually searching out ways and means to lessen human en- 3oyment of life. They find so many objections to what we eat and drink that one lives in constant apprehen- sion that he is likely to get something in him that will put him out of busi- ness entirely. and 1t is the same way with our exercises and recreations. We are getting too much of it and this last dogma is the limit.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
Rough on Them.

MobiIe Item.
 Of course if the Republican Congress wants to disfranchise all the negroes of the South, the Democratic Party has nothing to say, but it's rather rough on the negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
. -
 OCT0RER. 1904.

Daiiy average TOT OcI00er, lty4. 'nsSoa Sunday Average for October, 1904. .15 ,Se3 F. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Advertisers daily circulation for the month of October, 1904, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 F. J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager.
 THE ADV ERTISER COMPANY. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of November. 1904.
 F. w JACKSON,
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

As Tom Watson sees 1t he is about the only live one left, except his friend Teddy. Tom is hunky-dory, or some- thing of the kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

It Is getting time for the Norfolk and Charlotte papers to be putting Into that story about Noah building Q. pyramid It would be contrary to their habits and dispositions to let .. good thinG ui<A that escape
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

forgetting her who may have been one of the best and truest friends they had. She is nothing now but The Old Woman"
 Is it not all pitiful? We have sym pathy for the young man who goes wrong. We pity the old man who. broken down by disease. held fast ip the clutch of poverty. weary and worn with life's struggle, Is at last forced to give up and take his place among the failures and unfortunates of life. but this Is not the worst of life's evils. The worst comes when a good woman Is neglected. abandoned and forgotten and left to round her worn life as a dependent on the charity of others. A stranger In the earth, forgotten waif on Life's troubled sea, she merely awaits the time when. let us hope, she will go to meet the friends and loved ones of brighter days. Thinking of her and of the mystery surrounding her. we can only ask, in the words of Tom Hood:
 Who was her father?
 Who was her mother?
 Had she a sister?
 Had she a brother?
 Or was there q dearer one
 Still. and a nearer one
 Yet than all other?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
AN INTERESTING COLUMN OF F1SUEEs EsOI.

as a senersi rule harder to hold The Ad- vsrtiser, however, Is not sufferer from this peculiar newspaper aiiment We are ef them. There are many reasons why we should continue to increase and noio ~. The Advertiser Is the vehicle in wnicn ths daily into every part of Alabama and the adjoining States. and thespeopie who depend upon 1t for the full account of what they can not personally see or hear ike anu cated by the reading public. is attested oy the following statement compiled ana sworn to by our Circulation Manager. or our ac tuai net circulation for each day in the month of October. 1s04.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1904.
DOESN'T AGREE WITH HIM.

The Virginian- Pilot is not a convert to the anti-kissing. 'craw- -craw" dog ma of one Dr. Whittles, and thus ex- presses itself:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
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