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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
CHAPTER XII,
ON THE ROOF OF TEE WORLD.

ON THE ROOF OF TEE WORLD.
TT was ten o'clock in the morn4
ing. Every available English
n soldier had been landed onl
the Quebec side and had scram-l
bled up the cliffs to the Plains Oh
Abraham. The hours Intervening
since the first attack had not beenl
idle ones. French batteries erect4
ed at samos and Sillery, not far dis4
tant, and on either side Of the coveI
had been calamity taken by ASSAULT
and scouting parties had cleared the
adjacent country of stragglers. The.
sailors under Grafton by herculean enJ
deavor had drawn two six-pounders toi
the crest Of the plateau. Since eight
o'clock in the morning these two guns,t
excellently served by the seamen, had
been replying to a heavy fire from the
three larger guns Of the French, who
had begun assembling as early as six
o'clock on the hill beyond the EnglishI
position.
From the covert afforded by the
trees and underbrush on the side OF
the st. Charles river valley. as we'll
as on the st. Lawrence edge, Indiani
and backwoods sharp-shooters had
been pouring a gallant rife fire upon
the English, to which no effective re-
ply could be made. The thin red line
Of soldiers that had SO often stood be-
tween humanity's progress and the.
armed world in opposition, keeping
open the pathway of the future, was
drawn up in three ranks. The lines
were not long enough to reach aross
the plateau, and the left flank, where
Townshend commanded, was refused
drawn back at a right angle from the
battle front. s
Col Burton, with the light in-
fantry, was held in reserve to antici-
pate possible attack from Bougain-
vile. That worthy officer, however,.
knew nothing of the landing and re-
manned quietly in camp at Cap-Rouge,,
expecting the return of the British
ships with the changing tide. The sky,
was overcast, and fitful showers, light
in character and brief in duration, be-
sprinkled the sod, soon to be wettedl
by liquid substance of greater cons
sistence and more ominous color.
Ito be continued tomorrow.) {.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
ONE WAY OUT OF A DILEMMA.

With only two more days until the
democratic congressional convention
at Oskaioosa, it is, really and truly
getting to be serious question, this
question as to who will be that con-
vention's nominee. Name after name
has been suggested but those thus hon
ored have either refused the nomination
point blank, pleaded other business, or
maintained an eloquent silence. 1t be-
gins to look as if all the eligibles will
have to stand up in a row and let an
umpire, as in the knickerbocker days,
tell off the unlucky one, destined to
be ''it," by means of verse some
thing like this:
Bee, bee, bumble-bee,
Stung man upon the knee,
Stung pig upon the snout,
I'll be darned if you amt out"
Everyone who was a boy when he
was young remembers the thrills of al
ternate hope and fear that made the
cold shlvers run up and down his back
during the recital Of the mystic words
and how happy he felt when he was
the lucky one to whom the finger point
ed when the word "out" was reached.
And he remembers, too, the feeling
when he was left alone to be ut" after
all the others were out. OF course,
should the democrats at Oskaloosa
adopt this plan the chosen one may. as
in the old days, brave the cries of
'fraidie cat" and declare he won't
play" but if he remembers the dire re-
suits such a policy brought in the
knickerbocker days he will face ode
gang" and do his best.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Judge Martin ]. Wade, who two
years ago stole a march upon the re.
publicans of the second district and
carried the election for congressman,
was yesterday nominated. Mr.. Wade
will find this year, however, that he is
against strong man, an able cam
paigner and vote getter, and candi-
date who will draw every bit of his
party vote and some more. If the
second district is ever to be reclaimed
by the republicans, this year is the
time and Dawson is the man.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Dubuque. with her dearth Of mar
riages, might follow the example Of
Bergen, N. J. At Soheutzen park q
resort near Bergen,a young couple con.
suited an automatic fortune telling ma
chine which prophesied that they were
to be married soon. At once they hunt
ed up a clergyman and had the knot
tied. Dubuque would do well to set one
of these machines on every street cor
ner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

of the proposition Is being given more
and more attention. that sight is
lost Of the original object; however, but
rather is it magnifed: The influence
gained as business power aids the
influence of a journal as a mouIder of
public opinion and dissemination of
news. 1t Is only In the past few years,
comparatively, that advertising IN
Journals has been thought of import
ance. Gladstone, another Englishman
and a man of wide and profound know1-
edge, was pronounced in his views up.
on advertising. A story often told in
gatherings of newspaper men illus
trates this fact well. 1t is this:
Some years ago, when the American
magazine field was first being recog-
nized by publishers, one of the pioneers
to venture into 1t was surprised most
Iagreeably to receive notification to
put upon his subscription list the name
of William Gladstone. He SO appre-
ciated the notice from the grand old
man that the first magazine sent across
the Water to him was purged of all adj
vertising matter. the publisher think
Ing the reader would appreciate it the
more in that way. But another sur
prise awaited him and came in the
form of an autograph letter from Mr..
Gladstone noting the absence of the
advertising pages and saying among
other things, that the omission was en-
tirely unnecessary-was in fact not
desired. Mr.. Gladstone said, In ex-
PLANTATION, that he valued the adver-
tisements in a journal as highly as he
did the reading matter, regarding ad-
vertising as an indication of good
business judgment and good business.
An advertisement. he said is the pro.
duct of brain given to the study Of
the cultivation, increase and satisfac-
ton of trade The efforts of trained
man are valuable to all, he asserted in
his letter, and therefore advertising in
journals is acceptable and beneficial
reading. 1t Is needless to say that aft
er the reception of that letter the adj
vertising pages in Mr.. Gladstone's
magazines were never again missing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Up in the fifth congressional dis
trict the democrats are having as
much trouble getting a candidate as
their brothers in the sixth are under
going in their efforts, thus far un.
successful. to find someone who will
cruelty himself on the political cross.
1t must be admitted that though gar
rulous republican, in the heat of a
campaign, sometimes calls the opposi.
ton a pack of fools, the democracy of
the fifth and sixth districts can claim
immunity from the charge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Henry Cabot Lodge says victory is
sure for the republican party. And that
from Massachusetts. If some Of those
fasteners should come west they
could see what real republican senti-
ment is.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Richard elney; who pretended that the
law was unconstitutional; and who
would do nothing toward prosecuting
violators of it:
'sThe first effort to enforce the law
was made by Theodore Roosevelt, a
republican president. The first at
torney general to vigorously prosecute
offenders and to test the law was a
republican attorney general, Philander
C. Knox"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Even Frank James, the Missouri out
law has come over to the republican
party. He says he has been foolish for
a long time and long enough. Pretty
soon there will not be any democratic
party except Dave Hill. Tom Taggart
Murphy and McCarren, and they are
always fighting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Anyway. if the democrats can't find
someone to run for congress against
Major Lacey. they will save the party
from berg beaten at one more place
on tb /, Lickct 80
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WABASH.
Depart.

Arrive. Depart.
No. Is Kansas City & ST.
Louis 49,. .....a7 p. m. a9:20 D. m.
No. IA Kansas City & st.
Louis .a6:15 a. m. aS:25 a. m.
Freight trains carrying passengers
between Ottun1wa and Moulton:
Local freight .bS:00 p. IN. b 300 a. m.
Fast freight .a11:10 a. m. a 2:30p. m.
daily. b except Sunday.
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RAILROAD Time Tables
TRAINS LEAVING UNlcA DEPOT.
w. s. Parker, Ticket Agent.
BURLINGTON ROUTE, C., 3. & 6

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., 3. & Q.
No. Going East. Depart
12a-chicago Dubuque & Quincy o:10 a. m.
g2S-Local Freight ............. Gas a. m.
1Gb-Bur,.neton & st. I.onls. 80. TBS 4. m.
1nb-Peoria. Dubuque 4 Quincy II 80 a. m.
6a-Chicago Limited 1:15 .. m.
Sa-Ghicago. st. Louis & Quincy 7:1o D. m.
Ra-Fast mall ............... S:37 D. m.
2a-Chicigo. Peoria & Rockford II AS p. m.
TT. Madison accommodation. daily except
gunday. depart 7.tn a. n: arrive 500 D. m.
Going Wes1.
6a-nmana, Council Bluffs &
Nebraska 49,. ....... ....12:ss a. m.
l5a-Fnst mail .............,... 2:40 a. m.
s1h-Local freight .............. $50 q. M
sa-0manA, Kansas City. Denver
Hot Springs. Deadwood Og-
Gen. Portland & California. 7:45 n. M
fa-East mail ............... 8:52 a. m.
nb-Peoria to Creston ........ 1:50 p. m.
18a-T:!mited $3.50. ............. 1928 p. m.
alb-Chicago to Ottumwa. arrive 1910 D. m
ia-Denyer 4 Omaha ......... Has o. m
u. daily; b. except Sunday. Nos. 7, 8 and
Is dc not carry passengers.
The #. Madison.
Going East.
FIT. Madison and st LOWS. a. m.
Going West.
st. Louis to FIT. Madison 1850 p. m.
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According to the Cedar RapldS Ga
zette, Under the base ball rules the
Japanese should have been able to get
into Port Arthur by picking up foul
tips that went over the fence"
A. F. Dawson, the republican con-
gressional nominee in the second dis
trict, is sneeringly referred to by DEM
ocratic papers as mere clerk" to
Senator Allison, and the Cedar Rapids
Republican asserts that it is fine
training school for any young man
who aspires to take place in politics
to be secretary to the senior Iowa SEN
Republican, that such apprentice
ships are the most valuable of all, and
the people of the second district will
not overlook it in Mr.. Dawson.
1.-THE political campaign will soon be
over" says the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can, land there is every reason to be-
lieve that the party that Is now in
power will be successful at the polls
and that conditions governmental will
remain unchanged. But even better
than republican success at the polls is
the success of the American farmer,
with his crops this year. The good
crops at good prices will alone consti
tute substantial prosperity
-n-
"Uncle Henry Gassaway's expectan-
CIV runs eighteen days short of the end
of the next presidential term says
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Ills
nomination was based on the expecta-
ton that he would live until the cam
paign committee called on him. After
that those instrumental in his resur
rection are not interested"
o.
Bishop Potter married one of the
richest women in the country a few
years ago and he is building the most
costly cathedral on this continent in
New York.-The Sioux City Tribune
says: "If that subway saloon don't
consolation in other activities"
Judge Parker should have uttered a
ringing note in his first Speech" says
the Des Moines Register and Leader
Then he would have escaped this adj
vice which his timidity has invited.
He should have profited by Longfel-
lows advice, be bold, be bold, and ev-
ermore be bold"
There is no reason why domestic
employment should be placed beyond
the pale of the self respecting Ameri-
can girl who must work for her living
declares the Sioux City Journal.
There is every reason why we should
not be looking abroad for domestic
servants while there Is such keen COM
petition among our home girls for 9TH
er and less attractive forms Of employ
ment."
thine Is depicting the ranks of the
Boys in Blue" says the Des Moines
Register and Leader. "a mere scat
tering remnant will be alive to cele-
brate the semi-centennial of the fall
of Richmond. Twenty years hence, the
few survivors will be as lonely as the
veterans of the Mexican war are now.
While they remain they should be hon
ored, as Boston has just honored them.
as the whole country honors them
through Boston. They have been call
ed the one armed generation. The
arm they sacrificed, they gave for all
that is great and ~ood and promising
In American life today"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
New Germ DESTROYER.

DR.. Kings New Discovery kills con. 7
sumption and grip germs. Cures
coughs. colds and lung troubles or nd
pay. soc. $1.Q0. +. B. Clark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
-Side1ights
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Tuesdays Chicago Tribune advertis-
ed for a horse. which it says was stol-
en-: A description of the horse, ac-
cording to the Tribune is
gray horse about seven hands
high, with heavy delivery wagon and
red running gear"
1t Is to be hoped that the Tribune
will have no trouble in finding this
horse, which is seven hands high, with
a heavy delivery wagon and red run
ming gear" A gray horse with red
running gear-now, that's kind of a
pretty combine tion-isn't 1t?
From this point of view, 1t is rath-
er hard to figure out just what a horse
seven hands high with red running
gear would be able to do with heavy
delivery wagon. or whether horse
with red running gear would act any
different. or eat any more than horse
with running gear Of some other hue.
Seven hands high is not quite up to
the standard required by the gentle
men with spike tail coats and white
neckties, who pass upon the physical
makeup of the favorites at the Horse
Show" but of course If the Chicago
Tribune says that the horse with red
running gear is only seven hands high,
then that is just exactly how tall he
is. 1t does not seem that it would be
necessary in order to have you know
this horse, when you saw him, to give
any more Of a description than his
height, because horse only twenty
eight inches tall Is pretty certain to
attract attention, but 1t Is also men
toned that the Tribune horse Is pos
sessed of color effect seldom seen
in horses. He must be all lit up.
The Linotype man in the Tribune Of
flee Is considerably more than seven
hands high. He Is a fierce looking fell
low and he stalks around among the
exchanges from tho rural districts with
a flashing eye and fierce expression
pair of scissors about a foot and a
half long grasped in the middle with
his teeth. big pencil in one hand and
a paste brush in the other.He just tries
to find fault with other peoples work
but If he really wants to reform some
thing or somebody. and is on the dead
square about picking up things that
are wrong and making them better, he
ought to get out an injunction against
that man who hitched up that red run
ming geared horse, seven hands high
to heavy delivery wagon, because
that is not right, and horse that is
only twenty-eight inches tall and is al
so unfortunate enough to have rec
running gear, should not be compelled
to haul heavy delivery wagon over
the streets of Chicago.
But the, strongest part of it all, is
that they should raise any fuss be
cause somebody got stuck on this
| freak Of an outfit and swiped horse
wagon, running gear and all. Who the
d. wouldn't. I'll bet the price of 6
good dinner that if the Linotype mar
on the Tribune was walking down the
street and met such a combination al
that. he'd think he had EN- again
and take something's he didn't TAX,
the horse, he'd take something else.
c. P. C.
Daniel Sully, the actor, tells al
amusing story of the time he rar
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Judge Parker should have uttered a
ringing note in his first speech" says
the Des Moines Register and Leader
Then he would have escaped this adj
vice which his timidity has invited.
He should have profited by Longfel-
lows advice, be bold, be bold, and ev-
ermore be bold"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25


Daniel Sully, the actor, tells an
amusing story of the time he ran
away from home to be SHOW actor"
There was an old Irish lady, named
Mrs. Donovan, who lived next door,
and was very religious" said Mr..
Sully. "She used to try to console
my mother by telling her that now
was in the hands of the divil.' and it
would only be short time before l
was hanged or sent to prison for life.
On my first visit home as the star of
The Corner Grocery my townspeople
met. me at the depot with band and
a carriage, and my mother and rode
proudly up the street. following the
band. AS we neared the corner Of the
main street, there stood Mrs. Dono-
van. My mothers heart swelled with
pride, and she called out to her at
the top Of her voice, Does this look
like my son Dams gone to help"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND e.PAclFlc

No. Going East. Depart
eO8, Keokuk. Kansas City, Cal
'tornla and southwest $1,000. 9:45 a. m.
so2. Keokuk ...... ............ s:s2 p. M
2O4. Fldon. Davenport and Chi
cago 1923 p. m.
Going West.
2n3, Des Moines, Ruthven, west
POT. Des MnInes and Omaha .121o D. m.
2O5. Des Mnines md Omaha. 7:O5 p. m.
Unless otherwise specified all trains are
daily except Sunday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

According to the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette, Under the base ball rules the
japanese should have been able to get
into Port Arthur by picking up foul
tips that went over the fence"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

THE COURIER is a member Of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION. which includes the leading
newspapers of the country, and re-
ceives the Associated Press report and
special news service Of the Iowa Ev-
ening Press Association.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Bishop Potter. married one of the
richest women in the country a few
years ago and he is building the most
costly cathedral on this continent in
New York.-The Sioux City Tribune
says: eff that subway saloon don't
pay he will probably be able to find
consolation in other activities"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

"Uncle Henry Gassaway's expectan
cy runs eighteen days short of the end
of the next presidential term says
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Ills
nomination was based on the expecta-
ton that he would live until the cam
paign committee called on him. After
that those instrumental in his resur-
rection are not interested"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

ACCOMPLISHMENT agents, Lacoste &
Maxwell. 14o Nassau street, New York
Western Agents, Payne & Young. 94S
Marquette building. Chicago.
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Ef1e daily Guurier.

Entered at the postoffice Ottumwa
Iowa, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier by carrier t2c per week.
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Office: 117-11s East Second Street
Telephone No. A.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
SHOT INTO NEGRO CHURCH.
Pastor and Member Of Congregation
Fatally Wounded.

H~anceville, Ala, Dec. 26.-While ne
groes we're holding a Christmas cele-
bration in a church at Stout's Noun
tain, a mining camp, a volley of shots
was fired into the congregation from
the outside.
Reverend Clay, the pastor, and one
of the negroes, were fatally and an
other seriously wounded.
The shooting came unexpectedly.
Later the dead body of Henry Jett, a
white miner, was found near the
church.
It is supposed he was a member OF
the shooting party and vas accident
ally killed by one of his companions
John Jett and Ted Blackwell, both
white miners, have been arrested in
| connection with the affair.
For Rent.
Houses, furnished or unfinished;
barns and chicken yards in connection
Enquire Mrs. Gittelson, 316 South 26tl
street. 81.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
HALIFAX SHAKEN uP.
Dry House in Powder Plant in a Sub.
urb Goes Up.

urb Goes Up.
Halifax, N. S., Dec. ga terrific
explosion shook the city of Halifax
today, the buildings rocking as if at
fected by an earthquake. A telephone
message has been received from View
erly, 10 miles away, that the concus-
sion was caused by the blowing up OF
the plant of the Acadia powder house
at that place. The explosion occurred
in the dry house of the plant, which
contained 700 cases of pellet powder.
A number of workmen were about She
premises before the explosion took
place. The magazines were not at.
,fected.
In this city many windows were
shattered by the force of the explo'
sion. Many doors Of the stores and
shops, locked for the day, were blown
open, while much damage was done
in other ways by the shaking of build
ings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
GAINED AND PENNED.
Mayor and Chief Of Police Given
Christmas Surprise.

NnFIStmdS 0OVpTIoVs
Sunday evening Mayor Foster and
Chief of Police Morse were summoned
to the Office of the latter by a mes
sage which stated that their presence
was urgently needed. When they ar
rived there they found the entire po-
lice force and others Of the city en-
ployes and officials awaiting them.
City Clerk Carwile arose to explain
the nature of the business that he
said required their attention. In a
happy vein he then presented Mr..
Morse with a gold-headed cane, a pres
ent from the police force and police
magistrate. Without waiting he next
addressed himself to Mr.. Foster and
III behalf of the same parties handed
that astonished gentleman a hand.
some, fountain pen.
The recipients of the tokens OF es-
teen and friendship said but little in
return. They took another way OF
showing the appreciation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
WILL SUCCEED GALLOWAY.
Judge Henry N. Blake Appointed Su
preme Court Commissioner.

Helena, Dec. 26.-The supreme
court Saturday announced the ap-
pointment of Judge Henry N. Blake
as commissioner to succeed Commits
sioner Lew L. Galloway, who has been
elected a district Judge.
Judge Blake is one of the hes.
known lawyers in the state and one
of the pioneers of the Helena bar. He
served as chief justice during the ter
ritorial days and after the state was
admitted and has held other positions
of honor. At the last election he was
a candidate for the Office of county at
torney on the republican ticket, his
successful opponent being Leon La
Croix. The position to which Judge
Blake has been appointed pays $4,000
q year.