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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
CHARLTON.

Charlton, Dec. DIR. and Mrs. Chit
tenden and daughter Fern expect to
leave today for Hawarden, Iowa, where
Rev. Chittenden has accepted a
cali from the Presbyterian church.
DR.. Chittenden and family have
resided in the city for about
four years, during which time
they have made. host Of friends who
regret to see them leave, but wish
them success in their new fielG OF
labor.
w. e. Lewis is expected home this
evening from Chicago, where he has
been on business for a few days.
The new brick business blocks on
the west side are all now occupied
again by their owners and tenants.
with the exception of one which Is not
completed as yet. The Odd, Fellows
building on the north side is being i'm
closed today, so they can go ahead II
the weather gets bad The merchants
that have been Inconvenience by the
building are glad to resume their old
locations again and Charlton seems to
be herself once again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carson, of Be-
linda, were in the city yesterday on
business.
1.-THE Man with the Hoe" will be the
subject Of Thos. McClary's lecture to-
morrow evening, he being one of the
members of the Epworth league lee
ture course.
Mrs. j. T. Barron and daughter Of
Derby, were in the city yesterday on
business.
w. Hatfield, Of Macomb, ILL.,, was in
the city yesterday on business.
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RIcHLAND.

Richland, Nov. 30.-Ross and Harry
Pendergraft, of Clarinda, spent
Thanksgiving with relatives here.
George Holmes and wife, of Deep
River, visited their daughter, Mrs.
Lena Reed, last week.
w. A. Shaffer and wife visited rela-
tiyes In Fairfield last week
Arch Reed Is visiting relatives In
Oskaloosa this week.
Neil Smith and wife spent Thanks.
giving at the parental Smith home In
Sigourney
Olive Fox, Of Brighton, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Clark Trafton.
Carrie Pringle is visiting relatives
in !. asington.
DIR. l.. l. .Foote is visiting his fam.
fly in Chicago this week.
Ode Ramsey, of Portland, Oregon, ID
visiting L. parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Ramsey
John Greenlee is in Chicago at
tending the live stock show
Mrs. G. W. Dunbar spent Sunday
with Mr.. Dunbar at Peoria, Ill.
John Carmichael and j. H. Wade
are in st. Louis this week.
Mrs. Jane Rafferty, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Cox, at Win
field.
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THE PRESIDENT AND "THE SIM.
PIE LIFE"

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
President Roosevelt's admiration for
the simple life itself as we'll as for the
book called The Simple Life" cannot
be questioned. No one has ever ac-
cused him of a personal love for os-
tentation and display or of the vanity
OF pedigree and wealth. His adnira-
ton for Rev. Charles Wagner's Simple
Life" evidently is in no degree an af-
tectation, and his praise of 1t is with
put qualification.
But after one has considered the
title and read the book, if he be not
carried away by the Presidents en-
endorsement, he may, upon reflection,
begin to wonder that such an old
fashioned gospel should create such a
furore In our day. For the doctrines
of The Simple Life" are as familiar to
every enlightened reader as "The Ser
mon on the Mount" or THE Lords
Prayer The teachings Of Jesus and
of scores of great souls since, includ-
ing our own Emerson and hundreds Of
American diNines and scholars, have
been along the same lines as those Of
Mr. Wagner. The simple life is sim
ply the true manly and the true wo-
manly life, the earnest, unaffected. un-
ostentatious, unself1sh, serviceable life
which, in quiet and unobstrusive
way, as becomes such, thousands are
living today in all Christian lands.
True it is that Mr.. Wagner's thought
and literary style are charmingly luIn-
nous, direct and attractive. It is true
also that he has voiced in an admir-
| able way the thought and tastes of
many In this and other lands who have
discovered the hollowness of the arti-
| flcial life: but these facts could hardly
have assured such profound interest in
his work If there had not been some
further ground for 1t.
The secret, probably, why this re-
statement of the old, familiar truths
has commended such wide attention,
lies in the contrast 1t presents with
the prevailing sentiment and fashion
or the time. 1t comes with the same
refreshing suggestiveness that the
simple elegance of costume in white
often presents when surrounded by a
mass of silks and feathers and other
decorations. The spirit of the age is
fects the simple life. 1t is garish, fond
OF display, mercenary in many Of It's
phases, deferential to wealth and
power, and morbidly averse to soil
tude and self companionship. But
there is a great body Of men and wo-
men who refuse to Join In the process
sion. They are content with living
their own lives and setting their own
pace. Yet they have not recently had
anyone who could command wide at
tention to voice their thought and feel
Ing. To all these Mr.. Wagner's book
comes with almost the force of a reve-
lation. 1t is like the singing of II
heart ballad after a florid, artificial
complicated and massive operate tenn
pest. 1t seems to say to the wind ant
the waves, Peace, be still"
1 President Roosova1t'c oarpoaf ooy,,
| mendation of Pastor Wagner's work
cannot fail to have good influence upor
the lives Of many since 1t will direct
1 attention to a book whose teachings
are as timely as they are pure and at
| tractive.
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RETREATS IN MODERN WARS.

New York Globe.--The savage coun-
ter attacks the Russians have made
on the advancing Japanese may be
deemed defensive--as born Of the me-
cessity of SO occupying Japanese left
and center that achievements could
not be dispatched to assist in rounding
UP the imperiled Russian left. st.
Petersburg acknowledges as much as
this when it says that the Russian ag-
gression has been vital" Kuropat-
kins army, like a wildcat In a corner.
has been compelled to claw recklessly.
not so much In the hope of victory az
of salvation
The outlook is that of the Russian
army although battered and demoral-
lied, its losses such as to make hui
mainly shudder, will be able to effect
a withdrawal Kuropatkin will again
be entitled to the negative credit Of
having escaped destruction.
For his second failure completely to
crush his foe doubtless sapient critics
will gravely hold Oyanna to blame. It
will be owlishlv declared that, although
he knows how to gain a,victory, he
does not know how to improve one.
Yet, despite such solemn head wagging
1t may be assumed that the Japanese
general has done all within the power
Of any commander to turn defeat into q
rout, and that the Japanese regiments,
fierce in attack and stubborn In de-
Tense, have not been laggards in pur-
suit IS.
The area Of conflict in modern bat.
tie Is SO vast that even the nimblt
footed Japanese cannot be transferred
from one part of 1t to another in 8
twinkling. The range is long, and
except In exceptional circumstances
the combatants are not In close cons
tact. Moreover, the carrying of de-
Tended places by direct assault Is
enormously difficult. Before an attack
is made artillerv must be brought UP
and placed process necessarily slow.
These conditions all make for success
full getting away, and to them, rather
than to lack of Japanese ardor, quail
we may ascribe the success Of the
Russian retirement.
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Earnestly recommend that this change

earnestly recommend that this change
be adopted.
'The law which was enacted Janu-
airy 80 1903 to promote the efficiency
of the Philippine constabulary pro-
vided that companies of Philippine
scouts ordered to assist the Philippine
constabulary in the maintenance
Of order in the Philippine islands,
might be placed under the COM
mand of United States army officers,
serving as chiefs or assistant chiefs of
the constabulary. This provision has
led, of course. to dual control of the
scouts and some complaint is made in
the report of one department COM
mander in the Philippines against the
system
THE reason for the provision in the
act of congress was twofold First, its
was thought wiser, from political
standpoint in the islands. that order
should be maintained by native police
or troops rather than by American
troops, so that where the constabu-
larry equipped and paid by the Philip
pine government was inadequate for
that purpose. the native soldiers paid
by the United States should be used
to supplement the constabulary forces
and should be put under civil control.
Secondly the cost of the native con-
stabulary is heavy item in the civil
expenses of the government of the
Philippine islands, and where the force
proved not to be sufficiently large in
an emergency it was thought wiser to
increase it temporarily by the use OF
native Filipino troops of the United
States than by casting the burden
upon the Philippine government OF
| temporarily enlisting additional mem
bers of the constabulary.
"The political advantage of sup.
pressing disorder by the use of native
rather than American troops should
be manifest to everyone familiar with
the conditions in the islands; and
while 1t may be admitted that the ar
rangement is somewhat anomalous.
General Wade. the commanding gen
eral of the division, expresses the
opinion that it is the only one prac.
ticable. fully concur with General
Wade in this view and am confident
that the army officers charged with
command in the islands appreciate the
grounds upon which this arrange.
Ement has been authorized by congress
and will not allow either natural de.
sire for uniformity and theoretical ef'
ficiency Of command on the one hand
or a small jealousy of the exercise OF
civil control over a part of the native
contingent Of the army on the other
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HIS OWN REVIEWER.

Kansas City Journal-A few weeks
ago Andrew Lang wrote piece for
the Independent magazine in which he
claimed that authors were the best re-
viewers Of their own works. 1t was
palpably a Joke on the part of Mr..
Lang, but 1t gave the editors Of the
Independent an idea, and the result is
zine written by the authors them
selves.
These reviews are not of much worth
as criticism, though none Of the writers
spares himself-some tearing their
pets to pieces with almost malevolent
hand. But they are strongly interest
ing as showing the state Of mind in
which the books were written, the
secret impulse which caused the writ
ing, and the sources of material
OF number of these author reviews
in the last number of the mag azine we
are attracted by Thomas Dixon's cri-
ticism of his story, "The One Woman.
He says he took the characters from
life. That has never been doubted In
the west where his hero, or william, was
personally known to good many peo-
pie. The preacher socialist with whom
the story deals held professorship in
Kansas college during the populist-
socialist period. Mr.. Dixon has drawn
him true to life, and has departed not
at all from the facts in his shameless
abandonment of good family. He
says of the novel:
:" The One Woman was written in
thirty days at white heat under a
single overpowering impulse. hence its
strength and weakness. Had I laid 1t
aside for six months would have cor
rected many of its faults. 1t is over
crowded with incident It's emotional
L. fan TIT
The contrast between the flesh and the
spirit as embodied in Kate and Ruth
Is too strong for the very young.
would have cut the closing chapters
and ended the book with Gordon
knocking at Ruth's door the night he
fled from his new wife's home. All
this and more l would surely have done
had held the book out six months ant
carefully revised 1t. and in doing SO
would just as surely have made 1t ir
every way weaker and more ineffective
for every purpose / had in view. Az
it stands, the book is an authentic
record Of human life in America today
1 wish 1T had been better written. i
was the best / could do at the time.
hope to do better In the next
The supreme thought which pos.
sessed Mr.. Dixon was to show tina
socialism is sapping the moral fiber O
the American people and destroyine
the family. TN reply to the brilIian
and spacious pleas for free love mad,
| by our modern socialistic reformers,
says Mr.. Dixon, II presented in Thu
parable the fact that monogamic mar
riage is not merely dogma of tn,
church, or a convention of society, blu
that it Is eternally fixed in nature, an,
| that he who departs from it will com
back at last by the way OF blood ant
| tears"
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RUPTURE
Gu r ED I!

Thousands of people are afflicted
with Rupture Many children are al
lowed to wear truss in hopes that
they will be cured by such means.
There are but few cases cured by
wearing truss. So you are wasting
time by allowing your child to 80
through life ruptured. "A young man
or lady who is ruptured 10 handicap.
ped for life. | cure such cases easily
and readily. l have not failed to cure
a single case among children or young
people
l have cured Mr.. B. F. Harmon OF
Bladensburg, who is rs years old, who
tried all kinds of cures and trusses
cured Mr.. G. O. Bartlett of Ash Grove
who was ruptured from infancy (56
years). Mr.. John Yeomans of Free
mont, who was ruptured all his life
I have lately cured a nephew Of Mr.
B. F. Harmon and his brother-in-law
who is rs years old.
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THAT "usoNAy IDEA.

This seems to be the age Of ideas"
of one kind and another, and the
"Usona" idea of Sir Edward Clarke's
is in line with some of the other sug-
gestions that have been cropping out
from time to time during the past few
years. But Sir Edward, who Is a
prominent subject of King Edward
and. no doubt possessed of all the
usual high respect for England and
England's that prevails among the
Britons, has gone little beyond the
limit with his "Usona" scheme.
Some few weeks ago Secretary Hay
instructed the foreign representatives
Of the United States to use the title
America" in referring officially to
their native land The name was
chosen for several reasons, one being
that there are several governments Of
which part of the name Is United
States,'' another being that the title
United States Of America" is rather
unweildy, and another being that this
nation has every right to use the title
America officially and otherwise.
But at the Thanksgiving dinner in
London, given by the American So
ciety, Sir Edward, who was on the
program for toast to the American
ambassador, took exceptions to Mr.,
Hays views and entered a protest
against the use of the name, Amer
Iea" because as he claimed, it is TAX
ing in too much territory Sir Edward
wants it remembered, evidently, that
Canada, Mexico and other govern
ments have some claim upon territory
on the continent and that citizens of
the United States are not entitled to
claim all of 1t.
Sir Edward must be credited with
having studied out good name by
means of the time honored acrostic
scheme, Usona being combination of
the initial letters of the old title,
United States of America" with the
qualifying North" thrown in. But
aside from this little can be said In
support of his stand and it is not
likely that his protest will be given
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to prevent their full cooperation in
carrying out the congressional pro-
visions or their appreciation of the ne
cessity for such a peculiar arrange
ment under the circumstances.
'sIt is quite reasonable to suppose
that as conditions grow better, in the
Philippines, after the disastrous eff
feet of the cholera and the rinderpest
and the war shall be mitigated, the
force of the constabulary will be am
pie to maintain order without the use
of the scouts. In the meantime the
present arrangement should be con.
tinued."
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A WORTHY EXAMPLE,

Mayor Macrae of Council Bluffs has
won for himself a reputation as a man
who does things when they should be
done and does them we'll Not long
since he took active charge of the po-
lice force for long enough time to
close up several lawless dives in Coun-
ell Bluffs and though he had to use
pistol as an argument in some few
cases he came out of the adventure
without scratch and without caus-
ing anyone bodily injury. Mayor Mao
rae is determined to make Council
Bluffs clean city in every sense Of
the word, and his latest move along
that line is one of his best and one
which is worthy Of emulation by the
mayors of other cities. He has caused
to be set apart a day for a general
cleaning-up of the city, streets, yards
and alleys. A few days ago the peo-
pie Of the city turned to with a WILL
gathered up all the, dirt and refuse
matter about their premises and the
streets before their homes and busi-
ness houses, and helped to cart 1t
away Their services were donated
because there was no fund available
to hire the work done, but no one COM
planned because of that Mayor Macrae
put his request in such language that
1t was easy for everyone to see its
wisdom and to act, upon the sugges-
ton. The result is that Council Bluffs
Is spick and span and ready for winter.
Ottumwa could profit by such pro-
cedure One of the most common
criticisms of this city is that it is a
dirty place." The remark Is often
heard all over the state. Though it is
always coupled with the statement
that this Is one of the busiest and best
cities in Iowa, that fact, however true,
does not justify the condition Of the
city. A clean city is as necessary as
clean house and both are marks Of
progressive spirit.
In this connection 1t Is not amiss to
mention another subject of Importance
to Ottumwa This is the matter Of a
crematory for destroying garbage and
refuse. Years ago when the system
of collecting and disposing of garbage
was first put into practice, the plan of
dumping 1t into the river was not. q
bad one because the quantity Of ref
use and waste was not large. Now,
however, it is growing every year as
the size of the city increases, and the
Spublic safety and health depends upon
ia better plan. Reputable physicians
assert and declare that they can prove
that several cases of dangerous illness
in Ottumwa in recent years have been
caused by the impurities arising from
the river and being distributed
\ throughout the city. Some plan
should be adopted as soon as practic-
able to do away with this condition of
affairs.
Grand Rapids. Mich, recently COM
pleted garbage ,crematory which
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000
and reports on its use say it has
proven very successful. ottumwa
could no doubt build one that would be
large enough for this city's uses for
. smaller amount The question has
been raised at various times before the
board of health and it Is we'll for the
people to consider it with a view to Of
fering suggestions of some kind for
disposing of this question which is
growing to be more and more i'm
portant one as the city continues to
Increase in size.
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You people ask your family physi-
clans about my treatment and many
of them have not had the experience
of treating by my m ethod and they OBJ
ject to it and say "The knife is the
only method" Yes there is more
money in curing a patient with the
knife method.
Hospital bills, chloroform and big
parade over a surgical operation; but
let me tell you 1t is no more successful
than my method and there is no dan
ger or loss Of time. l have many
cases call on me who are ruptured and
have had the knife operation. / have
lately cured VIM Carr of Hilton, Mr..
S. D. Thompson, Mr.. G. v. Nichol and
son of Abba, Mr.. VIM. Gibson Of Abba,
little boy with three ruptures for
E. Seigel, East Main street, and dozens
of others.
Hydrocele and Variocele are cured
with very short time.
Piles, Fistula, Fissures, Rectal Dis
eases cured. have cured hundreds
of case of Catarrh of the Nose and
Throat and such diseases as Rheuma-
tism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Kidney and
Bladder Troubles, Dropsy Private
Blood and skin diseases.
In fact / do an office business in
treating all Chronic Diseases.
have a bath department of four
teen rooms, where you can get any
kind Of bath. Turkish and Steam
baths help your circulation and cures
many diseases medicine alone will not
cure
have the finest x-Ray machine in
iowa aud cure many diseases by the
use of p2 same
Write -se- my book on Chronic Dis.
eases Address.
DR.. 2. c. BONHAM.
Corner Green and Second Ste,
ottumwa. 10 ~
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FRANCIS DAY.

St. Louis Globe7D Democrat. The last
day of the Worlds fair, Thursday next,
December /, Is to be Francis day. in
honor of the president Of the latest
and best Of International expositions.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"Now's the time for Gear Nicholas
to demonstrate whether he was named
after st. Nick or Old Nick" says the
Sioux City Journal.
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books are never taken from the
shelves now-thousands of them ut
terly neglected and forgotten. The
immortal ones are the few. A great
library is like cemetery--it is a
cemetery. And no man can walk
through 1t without feeling sad"
Discussing the omission of the words
"State of Iowa" on the amendment
ballots the Sioux City Journal says:
terial. The omission on the part of the
house of representatives in the
legislative assembly of 1900 to enter
the amendment in full on it's journal
left no evidence of record that the
house had agreed to the same amend
ment that the senate had agreed to
In the present instance no question Of
such magnitude is presented"
What our girls need is more prac-
tical training" declares the MARSHALL
town es-Republican Their minds
should be disabused of the idea that a
demigod is waiting for them some
where along life's highway They
should be given a common sense view
of marriage and its duties and bur-
dens."
The Iowa man who wants to marry
Nan Patterson better get to the scene
OF the trial and swear he saw Caesar
Young use the gum" advises the Sioux
City Tribune.
Garter Harrison thinks the mayor
al oh q a Lon CT
years." remarks the Des Moines Capt.
tai, but 1t inquiries, would not four
year term with some mayors seem at
least like eighth"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil ad-
vises that Tom Lawson be let alone,
and the Sioux City Journal says that
the advice is as sound as that which
is printed upon the placard posted near
the buzzsaw.
"Des Moines should see to it that the
census to be taken in January includes
every human being in the city and no
more" says the Des Moines News, but
does not add, land no less
Or
"Partisanship, undoubtedly, has beer
guilty Of not little injustice and
wrong doing, but partisanship of the
most virulent and unreasoning type is
infinitely to be preferred to the bush
called independent newspapers" de-
clares the Cedar Rapids Republican.
I'm Colorado 1t seems to be ques-
ton Of who can get there first and
oftenest when 1t comes to the violation
Of the law" says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
The Hampton Chronicle asserts that
Secretary Shaw is the right man ir
the right place and is doing just the
same as any other man who amounts
to whoop-remembering his friends
and trying to do up his enemies.
while looking about for presiden.
tial timebr for 1908 don't go out OF the
old slough grass Tenth" suggests the
Britt Tribune.
The Knoxville Journal does not doubt
that investigation Of the subject o.
bates would disclose that the trus
question and the freight rate question
4 are closely allied.
The Audubon Republican says tina
/ Governor Cummins will win NOR
| popularity in urging regulation O
freight rates than he ever did In advo.
4 eating Canadian reciprocity.
The Ackley World. DEM. confesse.
to being distressed but not disheart.
ened over the result of the election
THE country Is not going to the dem
milton bowwows as long as the Rough
Rider is in the saddle" 1t says.
%
1.-THE half baked and the over refined
republican who has not volunteered
advice to President Roosevelt Is /;