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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
contends that the democratic par.
ty today is owned body and breeches
by the monopolistic interests and that
Parker is no political heir of Cleve-
land. cleveland is honest and the
possessor of stiff backbone"
continues the Times-Republican. "The
faction which is in control of the dem
ocratic party of the present is as dis.
hone1. as the devil can make it and
it's candidates as spineless as liz
ard"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

If the corn wants any better wealth
er than it is getting just now it is in
deed particular.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Washington Post-It is recorded
that Judge Parker, when less than ten
years of age, ran away from home and
carried water and feed to the elephant
Now they are going to try to feed him
to the elephant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

The success Of the Iowa State Base
bail league tins faz this year is very
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

The republican convention was Ger
tainly love feast all right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

The Dubuque Times explains that
Judge Wade's struggle in behalf OF
Parker, consisted of an effort to ride
two horses going in opposite direc
TONS"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

New York Mail.-Bryan's attitude
makes Nebraska's vote doubtful. Il
was counted on for 10000 Roosevelt
plurality. 1t may go 10000 now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

at appears that Judge Wade was
headed for the Parker band wagon all
the time" says the Dies Moines Capt.
tai. eff Parker did not realize the
fact eff Parker did not realize the
because the Hearst gang were kicking
up such dust as to prevent an un.
INSTRUCTED vision"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

There is not one chance in ten
thousand for Judge Parker's election"
says the Marion Register, land all the
excitement and all the bitter things
said at ST. Louis were entirely uncall.
ed for"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23
NEWSPAPERS ON POLITICS.

New York Tribune.-After all, Bryan
and Parker cannot be called strange
bedfellows. They bunked together in
1896 and in 1900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

''5'he man who goes to church on
Sunday when the mercury stands near
100 Is the man who is entitled to the
front seats of heaven" is the way the
Cedar Rapids Republican has figured
it out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

1.-THE trains on the Wabash worlds
fair suburban line in ST. Louis, are
operated on what is called the shuttle
system. This probably means that the
company is in and the patrons are
out says the, Council Bluffs Nonpar-
ell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Chicago Inter Ocean. - Cincinnatus
was at the pillow when the news came.
Mr.. Roosevelt was on the back porch.
Judge Parker was swimming. And it
is not of record that any of these gen
tlemen replied: you surprise me-"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

"Just as meat went up potatoes
went down." notes the Cedar Rapids
Republican. "The hungry man. Vol
see is never wholly forsaken.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

IOWA passed" Probably this" saws
the Des AIojnes Mail and Timee." was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

the most ridiculous of all the many RI
diculous things done at st. Louis by
the Iowa delegation in the democratic
national convention"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Kansas City Star.-It is intimated
that both eX-President Cleveland and
w. j. Bryan will make few speeches
at least for Parker and Davis.
Wouldn't the sight of the two speaking
from the same platform for the same
ticket be an interesting one?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

After spending a time in wonder
ment. the Des Moines Capital breaks
out thus: Senator Steve Elkins an
nounces that he 'cherishes feelings of
the highest affection and regard for
Candidate Davis. This is queer. One
would think that being son-in-law to
a $20,000,000 estate would tend to de-
velop feelings Of the most bitter re-
sentiment"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

zone thing is certain = this will not
be one of the old time campaigns of
vituperation," says the Manchester
Press.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Credit to whom credit is due" says
the Keokuk Gate City, 1.-The Iowa
delegation at ST. Louis was at least
consistent in voting wrong on every
proposition that came before the con-
vention."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

",rhe peril of Roosevelt is that he
is not tool" asserts the Sioux City
Journal. His honor is that he be-
lieves in government of the people
and for the people,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

The Sioux City Tribune demands
that the democracy of the state be re-
organized. The suggestion seems to
the Cedar Rapids Gazette "just as
timely as though it had been urged to
abolish a receivership so that proceed
ings might be commenced in involun-
tary bankruptcy
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Baltimore. MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween the lines, the telegram Of thai
consummate old sport Grover Cleve-
land to Judge Parker means: "The
way that you handed it to Bryan wher
1t seemed that he was about to be ac-
corded the decision was something
worth living for"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Chicago Chronicle.-Colonel Bryan.
somewhat grudging support of tn,
mysterious one indicates that the pre-
liminary essential of Bryanistic or.
thodoxy has not yet been complied
with. The candidate should hasten tt
forward his subscription to the Com
moner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23

Every county has politicians who
always hit at every fellow member of
their party who attains prominence
enough to gain attention." soliloquizes
the Iowa City Republican, Especially
if he aspires to position of honor or
trust. But they are a cheap lot"
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Praise Of Homely Women.

P,nte not of pretty girls to me.
or ruby lips and dreamy eyes,
That beauty cannot cease to be
An ever fresh and sweet surprise:
caro- not tho her face be fair.
And framed as in wreath of curls-
For pretty maids 1 do not care;
sing the praise of homely girls.
sing OF her whose nose is pug.
Though even to the side tits tipped
Whose figures like old Omar's Jug
Which mourned the Potter's hand had
slipped:
And say you that she squints n bit?
What odds? And in her speaking halts :?
Nay. girls who squInt possess the wit
To sQulnt u mans most glaring faults
A DAINTY. slender foot no doubt.
IL pleasing, when alrs said and DONE
But husbands later find Il out
That larger feet are best to run
Their little errands. fetch their shoes
when home they come at days demise
For dainty feet possess p wings
Blg-footed girls are for the WISE
The pcariy. peach-blow cheek has fears
Lest cooking spoil Its lovely tint
Cerulenn eyes dare shed no tears,
Or show OF sympathy n hint:
The hand OF Venus smooths no brow,
Unless II be n Dukes or Earls-
And 10 when you would choose frau
DO not neglect the homely girls
William Walince Whltelock In Phila.
delphia Press.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Photographs on Cotton.

A man in Maine has recently com.
pieted a process for photography in
indelible ink on cotton cloth. The pro
cess is said to be exceedingly simple,
the sensitizing. toning and sizing be.
ing done at the same time with one
solution. The sensitizing medium will
keep for long time unless exposed to
the light. When the sensitized cloth
liz exposed to the light in printing
frame only few seconds of sunlight
are required to print the outlines OF
the image. which develops fully to a
vigorous print in clear water. The
color is solid engraving black but by
a simple toning process before the
prints are dried can be changed TO a
warm brown, black or sepia. These
colors are fast and will stand washing
with soap.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Treatment of Leprosy.

Captain E. r. Rost of the Indian
medical service has succeeded in cul-
tivating the bacillus of leprosy, &C.
cording to dispatches from Rangoon,
Burmah, says a Times special from
London. He has made substance
from the culture which he calls lepro.
ain. and which, injected into lepers,
has marked beneficial action, alleviat-
ing the symptoms of the disease.
The method Of growing the bacillus
is to extract the salts from the nutri
ent media and Captain Rost has dis
covered that the bacillus will not grow
in the presence of the salt. In order
to make such nutrient media he dis
tills beef extract soaked in pumice
stone in a current Of superheated
steam and obtains a medium in which
the bacillus of leprosy, and, also, that
of tuberculosis, grows with the great
est ease.
Over 100 cases of leprosy are being
treated in Burmah by injections of
this substance, and the treatment is
also being tried in thirty places in In
dia. Already four cases have been re-
ported cured, and in the great major.
ity of those under treatment the i'm
provement is said to be marked.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
The Homesiek Consul. Fourth.

One of the big city department
stores recently received an order from
Central America that held sugges-
tion Of pathos. Its sender was a
United States consul and he took the
mail order department of the big store
into his confidence. He and his wife
we're homesick. and they had decided
to give an "At home" on the Fourth
of July that would show the native
aristocracy and other foreign consuls
just how such things are dom in the
States.
Among other things ordered we're
paper napkins with United States
flags on them, paper cases in red,
white and blue for holding bonbons,
ETC., plenty of fire crackers, candles
galore. boxes of fancy crackers. The
order ended with this injunction:
my wife says to be sure and send
us some of the newest favors for deco
r;iting the table-some of the same
scrt that women up north are using
this year. like candy fire crackers tied
with ribbons. etc."
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21

tinuous pain in the small of the back.
My ankles, feet. hands and almost my
whole body were bloated. l was lam
guid and the kidney secretions were
profuse. Physicians told me I had
diabetes in its worst form, and fear
ed would never recover. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me in 1896. and have
been well ever since.'
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Dau-
scher will be mailed to any part of the
United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, ~. Y. Sold by all
dealers. price so cents per box.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
BACK LICK
settled the Case With Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found in
this way, for example when even the
accidental discovery that coffee is the
real cause Of ones sickness proves of
most tremendous value because 1t To-
Gates the cause and the person has
then a chance to get well.
For over 25 years." says Missouri
woman. II suffered untold agonies in
my stomach and even the best ply
:sicians disagreed as to the cause with
ont giving me any permanent help.
different ones saying it was gastritis,
Indigestion, neuralgia, etc, so
dragged along from year to year, al
ways half sick, until finally gave up
all hopes of ever being well again.
when taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had new drink
which turned out to be Postum and
] liked it so well told her l thought
would stop coffee for awhile and use
It, which | did
80 for three months we had Pos.
tum In place of coffee without ever
having one of my old spells but was
always healthy and vigorous.
Husband kept saying he was con-
vinced 1t was coffee that caused those
spells. but even then | wouldn't be-
lieve 1t until one day we got out OF
Postum and as we lived two miles
from town thought to use the coffee
we had in the house.
The result Of weeks use Of cof.
fee again was that | had another ter
rible spell OF agony and distress, PROV
ing that 1t was the coffee and nothing
else. That settled 1t and | said good
bye TO Coffee forever and since then
Postum alone has been our hot meal
time drink.
MY friends all say am looking
worlds better and my complexion Ia
much improved. All the other mem.
bers of our family have been benefit
ed. too. by Postum in place of the old
drink. coffee" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Ten days trial Of Postum In place OF
coffee or tea is tho wise thing for
every coffee drinker. Such trial
tells the exact truth often where cof-
fee Is not suspected.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
uttle book. "The Road to wellvills."
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Marriages In United st.t...

OF the marriages in general in the
United States it is discovered that out
of the 1000 considered 139 men will
have been married at least once be.
fore the celebration under considera-
tion, while the S61 will have made
VOWS for the first time. OF the 1000
women in the case only ninety-eight
will have worn widows weeds before
the wedding. Thus. out Of the 1000
individuals. parties to the 1000 mar
riage, 237 will have bought or have
worn wedding rings before.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
GIRL WAS UP TO DATE.
Her Engagement Symbol There, but
Not Visible.


$50 you're really engaged, Minnie, :"
said the two dear friends who had
just been announced by the butler.
I'VE would have come over to con-
gratulate you last night, but we un-
derstood, of course, that Jim would
be here. Let's see the ring"
There isn't any ring" answered
Minnie. Engagement rings are as
much out of date as congress gait
ers. But wait minute and I'll show
you"
After temporary seclusion she
came forth with fine solitaire set in
a gold garter buckle. Her friends ex-
amined it.
Magnificent" was their comment
"but I can't imagine a man having
the-er-nerve-"
well, you know Jim. He detests
the commonplace. He told me he
would give me the usual solitaire ring
get-up If l wished, but advised me to
make few inquiries at the jewelers.
first. I did. Engagement rings are
still worn. of course, by girls who
like to make show of their senti-
ment, but they are no longer in vogue.
They have been supplanted with heart
pendants with the chain welded
around the neck and never to come
off; also by armlets, which the be-
loved locks and carries the key on
his watch chain. Oh. there are any
number of ideas, but the garter
buckle pleased me best. Besides, I'm
going to get the mate to it when
we're-well, you know"
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Ostrich PiuckIno.
Ostrich piucking is really l

Ostrich p1uckIng Is really not a
"plucking" but cutting says a
writer in Country Life in America.
The ostrich is coaxed into a wedge
shaped inclosure and small bag
drawn over his head, which renders
him unresisting. The large plumes
are carefully cut. leaving an inch of
the quill. which in time drops out. A
few of the small feathers, when ready
to fall out, are really pluckod. An
ostrich yields about fifty feathers at
a plucking.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
7-.--.. m. n
AN ALPHAsETicAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
One Woman's Eloquent Word Painting
of Her hushansl -

One Woman's Eloquent Word Painting
Of Her Husband
This woman composed the follow.
Ing vocabulary to express the charac-
ter OF a husband, from her own expe-
rience. and which proves how copious
our language is on that article: He is,
said she, an abnorred, abominable,
acrimonious, angry. arrogant, austere,
awkward. barbarous, bitter, clustering,
boisterous, boorish, brawling, brutal,
bullying, capricious, captious, careless,
cnoleric, churlish, clamorous, contu-
melious, grabbed, cross, currish, de-
testable, disagreeable, discontented,
disgusting, dismal. dreadful, drowsy,
dry, dull, envious, execrable, fastidi-
GUS, fierce, fretful. froward, frumpish,
furious, grating. gross, growing, gruff,
grumbling. hard-hearted, hasty, hate
fui, hectoring, horrid, huffish, humor-
some, 1lliberal, ill-natured, implacable,
inattentive, incorrigle, inflexible, inju.
rlous, insolvent, intractable, irascible,
1reful, jealous, keen, loathsome, magot-
ty, malevolent, malicious. malignant,
Numbering. mischievous, morose,
murmuring, nauseous, nefarious, negli-
gent noisy. obstinate, obstreperous,
odious, offensive, opinionated, oppres-
sive, outrageous. overbearing, passion.
ate, peevish. pervicacious, perverse,
perplexing, pettish, petulant, plaguy,
quarrelsome, queasy, queer, raging,
restless, rigid. rigorous, roaring, rough,
rude, rugged, saucy. savage, severe,
sharp. shocking, sluggish. snappish.
snarling, sneaking, sour, spiteful, sple-
netic. squeamish, stern, stubborn,
stupid, sulky, sullen, surly, suspicious,
tantalizing, tart, teasing, terrible,
testy, tiresome. tormenting, touchy,
treacherous, troublesome, turbulent,
tyrannical, uncomfortable, unpleasant,
unsuitable, uppish, vexatious, violent,
virulent, waspish, worrying, wrangling,
wrathful. yelping dog in a manger,
who neither eats himself nor will let
others eat.-From the leaf of a book
published in 1910.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Sea Robins Peeuliarltie..

The sea robin. so called because II
has magnificent crimson fins ss big as
a birds wings just behind his head
is a fish with voice. He utters a
deep, loud "quawk" when he is caught
and repeats it every time he Is
touched.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Smiths Found Everywhere.

Some of the Smiths have got as
far away from home as China. They
have been there long enough to inn
bibe Oriental ideas and to become es-
tablished in trade. There is Shang-
hal Smith and Canton Smith. Smith
of Shanghai runs to art, apparently;
at any rate he is described as max
er of fine cabinets" Smith of Can
ton is probably an artist, too, in his
way; he is an auctioneer.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Propagation Of Tomatoes,

In the great majority of cases, new
varieties of tomatoes. as of other
fruits, are not produced; they are
rather discovered. says a writer in
Country Life in America. One finds
a new form in his garden and propa-
gates it. Some of the new forms will
not propagate<themselves readily from
seed, whereas others will come true"
to greater or less extent.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Paper COOKING Utensils.

In the Japanese army every soldier
carries with him kettles which are
made of paper, the invention of one
Daiju. The kettle is made of ordinary
thin. Japanese paper. 1t Is filed with
water, and then water is poured over
it. 1t is hung over the fire, and in ten
minutes the water is boiling. The
kettle can be used eight or ten times.
and the cost of it is about cents.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Plans Trolley PARTIES.

A central office for the supplying
OF information about all the possible
trips by trolley in the vicinity of Bos-
ton, has been opened up in that city
by man who also undertakes per-
sonally to conduct parties around the
country near Boston. These trips
cover from one to three days and take
in all the interesting points within
easy reach. The travelling is done ex.
clusively by trolley.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Rexenoe of 1ihetan.

Some years ago at Darjiling, on the
border of India, Tibetan was ducked
in fountain for insolence to an Eng
lishwoman. He was afterward prime
minister of Tibet and did much to
shape the Tibetan policy Of exclusion
for all white foreigners.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Bacteria Grow on Meat.

The gamey flavor Of meat is gained
by the bacteria feeding upon it.
food is exposed on pantry shelves,
and long before the flavor Is appre
ciable to the senses the bacteria that
produce them are abundant.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Waiting Rooms for Passengers

The Montreal Street Railway Com
pany has recently erected number
of pretentious waiting rooms in differ
ent parts Of the city. One Of them is
a two-story brick structure, where
thape is ticket Office and convent
ences for passengers.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Where Allspice Grows.

Practically all of the allspice or
pimento. that enters into the COM
merce of the world is grown on the
island Of Jamaica. The exports of
this product from Jamaica in 1902
amounted to 8,O72,96 pounds, against
II ,261 ,264 pounds in 1901 and 1884
St4 pounds in 1900.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21

thrObS in change.
q b 0 weather.
Urinary troubles
add to your mis-
cry. No rest. no
comfort, until the
k | d n eys are
well. Cure them
with Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Mrs. w. NJ. Dau-
scher, of rs Wa
ter ST.. Bradford.
Pa. says: Il had
an almost COn.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
American Fish for Argentine.

The streams of the Argentine Re-
public, South America, are to be stock
ed with rainbow trout from the hatch
cries of Colorado. The deal is being
arr anged through the United States
Fish Bureau at Leadville, which has
obtained 10000 eyed eggs from the
Colorado fish and game commissioner.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
italians Find PapyrI.

A further find of papyri has re-
warded the excavations undertaken
by the Italians at Hermopolis. in
Egypt, under the direction of Breccia.
In addition to a number OF official
documents. it includes a portion of
an unknown epic, and one or two
other literary fragments of interest.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Divininu Rod,

A divining rod is a rod with forked
branches. usually made of witch
hazel, but sometimes of iron or even
of brass and copper, and used by
those that pretend to tell where wa
ter. minerals and metals are under
ground. According to the supersti-
tion, the rod is said to dip when held
over the desired spot. =
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
American "Partridqes."

In the North. where the ruffed
g.ouse is known as the partridge. the
bob-white is called the quail; in the
South, where the ruffed grouse is
known as the pheasant, the quail is
called the partiidge.-Country Life in
America.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Simplifying Japanese.

The learning of Japanese will be
greatly facilitated by the abandon
ment of their peculiar way of writing
and printing their language. Ten
years ago the universities inaugural
ed the reform; next year the use of
English letters will be begun in the
public schools, and this will soon lead
TO their general use.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Most Active Volcano.

Mount Sangay is the most active
volcano in the world. 1t is situated
in Ecuador, is 1920 feet in height.
and has been in constant activity
since 1928. The sounds of its erup-
tions are sometimes heard in Quito.
$50 miles distant. and 267 reports
we're once counted in one hour.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
India's Plants,

India has, perhaps. greater va
riety of plants than any other coun-
try in the world, having $1,000 native
species, while the flora Of the entire
continent of Europe only embraces
about ten thousand.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
HospjtaI Flowers.

All the hospitals and almshouses in
Berlin are regularly supplied with
fresh flowers from the public gardens.
while twice week each of the ma.
tional schools receives from 100 to
$50 specimens of four different kincs
of plants for use at botany lessons.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Sleepjno Disease,

1t has been noticed by the Congo
expedition dispatched by the Liver
pool School Of Tropical Medicine to
study sleeping sickness, that in a
large percentage of cases actual sleer
is not marked feature Of the dis
ease.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Municipality in Miniature.

The smallest commune in all
France. and one which in point of
smallness would be difficult to beat
in Westevn Europe, is tiny spot
named Morteau, in the Upper Marne.
not far from Andelot. 1t has thirteen
inhabitants, and there are just four
voters on the register.