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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

WANTED--A trustworthy gentleman
or lady in each county to manage bust
for an old established house of solid f.
nancial standing A straight bona tide
weekly salary of $500 paid by check
each Monday with all expenses direct
from headquarters. Money advanced
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
WANTED.

A man thoroughly competent to run
iirst-class corn meal mill. Regular en-
ployment. Enquire g. Sherman, Sc
quatchie Tenn,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

FOR sALE-Farm of 2s acres; %
acres enclosed and Is acres cleared; we'll
watered; ~ miles from the station at
Whitweil; 8 acres tn cbard; all good
orchard land; we'll improved. Price,
5000; half cash, balance in one and two
years. Apply to John L. Raulston,
Whitwell, Tenn. tt
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

FOR SALE-Farm Of $50 acres, most
all upland, good for farm purposes and
fruit growing; we'll watered; "a, 900 worth
OF improvements, including a nice 3
story residence; 1875 acres in cultivation
and remainder in woods; railroad runs
through farm; situated one mile from
the station, Price, $4,000, half cash,
balance in one and two years. Apply to
John T. Raulston, Whitwell, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
Proverbs

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a mix OF pure Goa liver OIL
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it.naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is SO perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
READ THIS.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 10, 1902.
To DR.. Z. w. Hall, st. Louis, Mo-
Dear Sir: We have been selling your
Texas Wonder, Halls Great Discovery,
for years, and recommend IL 10 anyone
suffering with any kidney, bladder and
rheumatic trouble as being the best
remedy we have ever sold.
Yours truly,
-. u II nnMnN
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

WANTED-Fa person to call on
retail trade and agents for manutactnr-
ing house having we'll established bust
ness; local territory; straight salary $50
paid weekly and expense money advan-
cod; previous experience unnecessary;
position permanent; business successful.
Enclose self-addressed envelop. Super
intendent Travellers, COS Monon Bldgr
Chicago.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14

Read the News. Only SOC year.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

Hail 8 Great discovery.
One small bottle of the Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregulari-
ties of the kidneys and bladder in both
men and women, regulates bladder
trouble in children. II not sold by your
druggist, will be sent by mail on re-
ceipt OF 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment and will cure any
case above mentioned. DIR. Z. w. Hall,
sole manufacturer, p. o. Box 500, st.
Louis, Mo. Send for testimonial. Sold
by all druggists.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tables.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature
is on each box 25o.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
FOR SALE, ETC.

TO FARMERS.-Yo name and ad-
dress on $50 envelopes for Zoe; 100 Tor
40c. Have undeliyered letters returned
to you. The price is cheaper than you
can buy the imprinted envelopes
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
NJ. T. Upton, Of Whitwell, re-
members the Old Reliable with
subscription this week.
WATCH US GROW.
Mrs. A. L. Morgan, Gober, Tex.
kindly sends remittance.
WATCH US GROW.

H. G. Simpson, of Jasper, is ad,
ded to our list
WATCH US GROW.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
MR.. SAGE AND VACATIONS.

Cedar Rapids northumberland
Sage has never taken vacation in his
life, and believes everybody else should
do just as he has done. He has con-
tributed an article to the Independent
on "The Injustice of Vacations He
is against the vacation habit 1t is,
according to Sage, the outgrowth Of
abnormal or distorted business meth
DDS. Suppose" he says, that in
stead of the clerks demanding two
weeks pay gratis, that the employers
should demand two weeks work with
out pay; what tremendous howl
would go up" A man who has made
as conspicuous a success as Mr.. Sage
has in finance, can readily find some
place in which to air his views. But
only the old curmudgeons of the world
will agree with Mr.. Sage on the vaca-
ton matter. 1t is true, of course, as
he says later on In his article, that it
Is absurd to suppose that man can
in two weeks recuperate from the
wear and tear of years work; but
on the contrary, men on their vaca-
lions often make inroads on their vi
tality and their purses that cannot be
repaired in the following eleven
months and two weeks. But simply
because an opportunity is. abused by
some people, is no reason why every
body should be deprived of it. Mr.
Sage himself,is an exception : to all
rules. The average man in business
needs more recreation than he usually
takes or can take.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
BOLT SEEMS ASSURED

1t now seems certain that Mr.. BRYAN
will bolt If the convention at st. Louis
on July 6, nominates Parker, Cleve-
land, German or any other man who
mas been In anyway connected with
these leaders. Mr.. Bryan will go to
the st. Louis meeting at the head of
the Nebraska delegation. This is evil
dence sufficient that his state stands
enthusiastically with him. While
most OF the Nebraska delegates have
refused to say what they would do in
case an anti-Bryan man was chosen
they are generally of the opinion that
no such choice will be made.
Bryan comes to the convention as
the leader of his section of the party.
That there will be considerable num-
Der of delegates outside his state fav-
orable to his cause there can be little
doubt. Though all of them might not
follow him out of the convention yet
the claims Of regularity are strong
with party men and this Is unques-
tionably the position they would take
against the reorganizers. 1t seems
certain that Bryan himself will never
surrender to the men who opposed
him and his free silver plank in 1896
and 1900. A bolt, it now seems, is the
only thing left for the Nebraskan and
his followers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
IowA's BEAUTIFUL ASPECT.

Carroll Herald.-There isn't a more
beautiful spot on earth than western
Iowa this time Of year. Richer color
Ing the eye never rested upon than the
green sward that stretches in all di-
rections toward the horizon. The diff
ferent tints Of green to be observed in
the leaves of different kinds of trees
that now about in groves set out by
our pioneers, with the white and pink
of fruit tree blossoms, all give life and
tone to the green setting. The brown
of plowed fields and the streaks of
corn rows, with here and there patches
of garden truck, prevent monotony
and suggest good crop returns. And
the wild flowers are beginning to peep
through the sward in profusion. What
delicacy of color and fineness Of fiber,
what a medley of beauty they present,
and what an inspiration they are to
one who will open his soul to nature
One ought to be glad he is alive as
he looks out on the beautiful earth
with all It's promise and possibilities.
Nothing nicer than May unless it is
June and its roses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11

cognized that the most useful develop
ment OF the telephone has been in the
direction of establishment of rural
lines. Either by the organizations of
mutual companies or by commercial
companies organized especially for
this purpose hundreds of rural commu-
mites have been given the benefit of
telephone communication. The pres
ent report of the census bureau gives
it out that there are in the United
States no less than 1880 such sys-
tens, embracing i13S,0OO miles of wire,
121,000 telephones in service and
25s,000 party lines.
The part which our present tele-
phone system is taking in the devel-
opment of the country, the extension
of our business and agricultural inter-
ests and the we'll being of the inhabi-
tants of the land, cannot be overesti-
mated. The above figures serve as a
basis for good deal of reflection upon
the benefits which have accrued to
mankind as the result of the work of
the inventors Of the telephone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
INTER-URBAN LINES.

In agricultural communities no
agency has been of greater benefit to
the business interests of it's inhabi-
tants than have the inter-urban lines.
From time to time examples of this
practical benefit are given prominence
in the papers of the various commune
ties from which these lines radiate.
In recent issue the Macomb Qll)
Journal recites an instance of how the
inter-urban road going out of that city
was of special benefit to farmer.
This farmer lived between twelve and
fourteen miles south of Macomb,
which is his market town. He had 500
bushels of wheat to ship. Under ordi-
nary circumstances and before the
new railroad was built from Macomb
to Littleton this would require twelve
days with good team over the best
of roads to get to Macomb. One day
last week, however, he wished to dis
pose of it. The morning train took a
car down to within a half mile of his
home. Between 10 a. m. and D. m.
the wheat was loaded, it was in Ma
comb soon after o'clock and on its
way to the big city markets very soon
after arriving. The Macomb paper
adds: This is benefit that hundreds
of farmers receive with the building
of the new road.
This is but one of the many in
stances in which the construction OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11


has recklessly struck down both, and
both must be re-established. Protec-
ton for what we produce, free admis-
sion for the necessities of life which
we do not produce; reciprocal agree
ments of mutual interests which gain
open markets for us In return for our
open markets to Others"
The platform of 1900, after declaring
for protection again, said as to reel
proeity
"W'e favor the associated policy of
reciprocity SO directed as to open our
markets on favorable terms for what
We do not ourselves produce, in return
fer free foreign markets"
The last Iowa platform sayst eve
are In favor of reciprocity In nom
competitive products only
Perhaps some advocate of free trade
in competitive products, under the
name of reciprocity, will enlighten us
as to where the Iowa platform differs
from the national platforms of 1896
and 1900. Perhaps some one will tell
us what the real republican position
upon reciprocity Is If it is not found
In the utterances of the national plat
forms. The platforms of 1896 and 1900
declare for reciprocity in non-com-
peting products only. No national re-
publican platform has ever declared
differently. II these utterances do not
express the republican position. will
some one tell us what 1t is?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
THE RATION OF THE JAP ARMY

THE RATION OF THE JAP ARMY.
American observers with the Japan
csc army now operating in the far east
have reached the conclusion that the
mobility of the mikado's forces is due
to the lightness Of their army rations.
They have fish seven inches long
and an inch and half thick, in the
middle which has enough meat in it to
sustain soldier seven days, while
marching and fighting. This fish
weighs only IL ounces and the japan
ese soldier can with ease carry enough
OF them to sustain not only life. but
strength for vigorous campaigning for
a whole month. The fish as carried,
represents the bulk of fish, original
ly two feet long. BY alternate steam
ing and drying this fish is reduced to
the portable size found in the hayer-
sack of the Japanese soldier. Often
it is eaten on the march, the soldiers
being quite satisfied with few nib
bles which he masticates thorough
.ly. When campaign conditions permit
it is shaved off and cooked with rice,
making an ideal meal for the soldiers.
In ordinary times the Japanese sol
der has a ration consisting of one and
a half pounds of rice day and about
a half pound of canned meat. The
American army ration corresponding
to this weighs not less than four
pounds. 1t is, however, the little dried
fish which gives the Japanese soldier
his superiority on the march, as he
can live and march for a month with.
out depending in the least on the com.
missary department,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY.

When Ottumwans daily step to their
phones to call up friend in some 9TH
err part of the city or in some other
city many miles distant it is consider
ed a most ordinary thing. We do not
remember that only generation ago
at the Centennial exposition in 1876
the telephone was exhibited as a kind
of scientific curiosity. Out of this
then new and somewhat mysterious in
yention has been developed an indus
try of immense proportions and a pub
lie utility Of unreasonable benefit and
peculiarly adaptable to the require
ments of our modern life. Not only
as means of communication for those
conducting the various large enter
prises is it important, but as an enter
prise involving millions of capital and
furnishing employment to thousands
of people does it come to take an inn
portant part in our business and social
life.
In preliminary report made by the
director of the census is contained
much important information regarding
the telephone industry:
Miles of telephone wire ;. 4,S5O,48
Telephones in use 1900. 2,3l5,297
Subscribers ..... 2,137,256
Total assets of companiess452,176,546
Total revenue. -. sS6,s25, 536
Total expenses. -. ISL, l52,823
Dividends paid =. -. ..$l4,982,7l9
Interest on bonds J. ;. J. $3,511 ,94a
Surplus earnings .S7,17s,046
Messages in 1903. !. ..5,070,555, 345
This tabulation does not present the
full situation in regard to the tele-
phone industry in the United States.
1t will be followed by more compre-
hensive statement that will doubtless
be one of the useful publications of the
census department. 1t is generally re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
NEW ERA IN THE SOUTH.

Undoubtedly an era of remarkable
development is opening in the southern
states. This conclusion is forced by
reason of the large demand in that sec
ton for trained men to manage the
AGRICULTURAL interests. Plantation own
ers in the southland have awakened to
the great possibilities of the situation
and are taking steps to meet it that
they may reap the full benefits.
A few years ago the planter believed
that any sort of man, if he was but
familiar with the ways of the south,
could oversee and manage his planta-
ton and conserve his interests.
This viewpoint of the southern land
owner is being rapidly changed for
reasons given by a Knoxville, (Tenn.)
paper as follows: "The higher price Of
cotton and other products of the farm
and the keener competition due to
the scarcity of farm labor and the con-
seuuent rise in the cost of production
have led him to investigate the matter
more closely than in what he is pleas
ed to term the 'palmy days that are
past"
AS the result of this investigation he
is coming to realize the value of scien-
tific knowledge as applied to the grow
ing of crops and the feeding Of stock.
He has witnessed the practical bene-
fits of the adoption OF scientific meth
DDS in the development of agricultural
pursuits in the northern states. He is,
therefore turning from old methods
and seeking scientific knowledge OF ag-
riculture are consequently in great de-
mand throughout the south. 1t is a
movement that bespeaks for the cot
ton states most remarkable develop
ment during the next few years and in
the end rich and profitable harvest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11

inter-urban lines has been of special
benefit to the farmers. What has been
found to be practical in the vicinity of
this Illinois town will be found to be of
equal value in other communities
where similar lines will eventually be
constructed
Here In Wapello county the con-
struction of an inter-urban railway
would unquestionably be of great ma
terial benefit to many interests and es.
pecially to those farmers remote from
market facilities. With such line or
lines in operation they could bring
their produce to Ottumwa with little
delay and at minimum expense. 1t
is a proposition that should be vigor-
ously agttated by the residents of the
rural districts as well as the people
of Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
is 1T A REVERSAL?

Dallas County News.-Some Of those
papers that are disgruntled over the
victory of the stand patters in this
state and who think the only real is
sue before the people Is reciprocity
with Canada, insist that our present
platform upon the subject Of reciproc-
ity is a reversal Of the republican posi-
ton upon the subject. Let us see If
this is true. The first distinct national
utterance regarding reciprocity was
made in the platform of 1896, William
Mckinley being the presidential can
didate. The platform, in defining reci-
procity, as understood by the republi.
can party, said:
projection and reciprocity are the
twin measures of the republican party,
and go hand In / nd Democratic rule
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
PROTECTION AS CREATOR OF OPP.
PORTUNITY.

A writer in discussing economic
questions recently declared "it Is i'm
possible to study the tariff system Of
the United States inductively, giving
due heed to the influences Of our sys-
tenn upon the industry of the country
without noting the important part
played by protection in making oppor-
tunities.''
Amid all the prosperity and adves-
sity, the rise and fall in prices, the
betterment of the conditions surround
ing capital and labor on the one hand
or the inauguration of policies inimical
to both, one striking fact stands out
that through all of these the influence
of the protective system has always
been conducive to the best interests
of all classes of American citizens.
Prosperity and plenty have come to
the people of the United States under
its benign announcement. When 1t
has been replaced in power by free
trade OF tariff for revenue only poll
cies the fruits of its wisdom have been
speedily dissipated and restitution,
Jack of employment and stagnation of
all business followed.
Protection in force as national
economic policy has furnished oppor-
tunities for capital and labor, has
widely and wisely diversified our in
dustries and made the United States
the chief manufacturing and produc-
ing country in the world and the
wealthiest, individually and collective
ly, of any nation on the globe. Critics
of this policy there are in large num-
bers, but even while they are finding
fault, they are taking advantage of
and profiting by the opportunities that
are daily being offered them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-11
THE WARNING.

Burlington Hawk Eye.-When Com
mander Stoessel, of the beleaguered
Russian fortress of Port Arthur, issu-
ed his ringing manifesto to his troops
Just before the Japanese forces closed
In on him, everybody knew that heavy
fighting WAS ahead. The results have
more than justified this opinion.
There was something logged and
determined even In the pictures of the
man which We're issued in the papers
at the time he issued his memorable
note. The determination was that of
q man who loves the profession of a
soldier second only to his country. The
words of his address to his troops were
meant, down to the last syllable. The
task set before him was desperate
one and the whole Russian govern
ment looked upon his position as a
pivotal one. For the name Port Ar
thur" has hummed and echoed
throughout this campaign as the key
note to the whole terrible symphony of
the war. The Japanese were well
known to be fighting with reckless
valor. They have determined to re-
gain what Russia compelled them to
give UP after their war with China.
And they have insistently dragged
their cannon across the disputed ter
ritory, although every step was task
in itself. The miracles of bravery
common in every war since the days
of lance or club even, have been re-
peated nthis present controversy. But
when the mikado's troops came before
the walls of Port Arthur, and their
shells struck against the walls, he was
given to defend, there came those bril-.
liant sorties which showed that they
had struck harder gun metal than be-
fore. The man who told his soldiers
to stand firm in such ringing true
tones, was not the man to give uI
easily. The fighting exhibited is of the
heavy order. The warning has beer
fulfilled