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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
SPELLING AND WRITING.

Recently the Women's Press club of
Des Moines held an old fashioned
spelling bee and the result displayed
an alarming lack of information as to
photography. The Des Moines Capt.
tai, partly as defense of the poor
spoilers and partly in discussion of
the question whether the old spelling
bee is not, after all, the best way of
teaching spelling, has the following to
say:
1T is all very we'll to say that what
people need is to know how to spell
at the end of pen or on the keys of
a typewriter and not by naming the
letters orally. 1t is of course true that
many persons who get along very well
under one test are often nonplussed
and put out by the other. Many of
the men and women f1oored Monday
evening would have handled the rebel
lious words well enough seated at a
desk and aiming simply to put them
on paper. To stand up in row as a
target for hundreds Of eyes and name
the letters orally with derisive ap-
plause certain to follow any failure,
was quite another matter. Really the
CSol WdS one Ol TGdulu6SS anu S6lI-pOS-
session quite as much as of spelling.
eff spelling orally and in competi-
tive, matches is more trying both to
the memory and nerv's than when
done on paper it may follow neverthe-
less that the information SO acquired
is more thoroughly rubbed in and
sticks better. 1t is sound doctrine
sometimes to make the training more
difficult than the actual practice is ex-
pected to be. Foot racers often exer-
else in shoes so heavy-weighted that
the sandals for actual running seem
in comparison light as air. Drilling in
extra heavy armor was common
thing among the knights of old. Oars
men often pull longer distances in
training than they will row on the day
of the contest. So it would seem that
the lad or lassie who has been trained
to spell on his feet before an audience
under penalty of derisive applause in
case OF miss is apt to acquire ortho-
grarhy that will stick"
Too little attention is given to spell
ing nowadays in many of the public
schools, and the result is that many a
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THE PANAMA TOY.

James j. Hill declares that the
Panama canal will be toy, and a
costly one, for the United States. He
holds, in other words, that the con-
struction of the waterway across the
isthmus will not affect trans-continen-
tai shipping and moreover that the
canal itself will have no place in the
commerce and travel of the world. Mr..
Hill really can see no need of the ca
nal, according to an interview recent
ly given out by him.
But this matter was studied out be-
fore the United States government de-
cided to build the Panama canal. 1t
was decided a wise move because it
will at least furnish practicable
route for the competitors OF the trans
continental railways. At the present
time shipping from New York to San
Francisco or from San francisco to
New York is nearly all done by rail.
Shipments from New York for the
Philippines or Asiatic ports go by rail
to the Pacific coast and are trans
ferred there to ships. 1t is no more
than natural that a man who controls
two of these rans-continental lines
and a Pacific steamship line should
view with alarm" the construction Of
a canal that will make it practicable
to load goods in New York, transport
them on ships to their destination and
unload them there, instead of loading,
unloading, re-loading and unloading
again, with the consequent high
charges and wear and tear on the
goods.
But Mr.. Hill says the canal will be
only toy. If it does nothing more
for America and Americans than make
it impossible for railroads to boost
their freight rates to exorbitant
heights it will settle question that
ranks among the most perplexing of
all that have befronted the American
nation in a generation. The fact Of
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A SHORT ANSWER.

The Boone Republican recalls that
three years ago the standpatters were
against revision of the tariff at that
time. Two years ago they were
against revision then; a year ago they
were willing to have 1T some time in
the future. but not then; now they
are opposed to 1t at this time. will
some of them kindly state some flu
ture time at which they think it
might be reasonably considered?''
pleads the Republican. 1--WE would
like to set down the date and see
what they have to say when the set
time arrives"
If it isn't giving too short an answer
maybe the desired information might
be contained in the few words, when
there is need for revision When con-
ditions are better than ever before,
when everyone is prosperous, when
there is no prospect for reverse, when
American Goods are being snapped up
in foreign markets and are recognized
at home as the best and bought also
as the best, when the per capita cir
culation is greater than at any previ-
GUS time in the nations history and
when affairs are better than anyone
dare hope for a few years ago, what's
the use Of changing?
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with the significance of my classical
utterances / will continue the exuda-
ton of wisdom by promulgating the
statement that Pleasure and Pathos
always run a dead heat on the return
trips from the wave-kissed sands.And
right here let me inject the informa-
ton that Pleasure wears the colors of
the father while Pathos does as much
for the mother.
"You see, it's this way; according
to an unwritten law, 1t is always up
to the mother to secure by any means
she may have at her command, at
least one husband for each and every
one of her daughters; the father only
has to foot the bill 1t Is further I'M
derstood and agreed that the quality
of said husband needn't be, but usual
IL is, in direct ratio to the comeliness
of the individual daughter, the david
harumness Of the mother and the
Bradstreet standing Of the father.
''In order to carry out her end of
the contract, every mother finds it
incumbent upon her to symmetry re-
move her brood to some resort where
the air is filled with salt and the ho-
tells are filled with matrimonial posi-
bilities of the masculine gender. This
custom of the mothers puts us in close
communication with the basting
thread Of our story.
For reasons leavable to your imag-
nation, the mother and each daughter
must throw out several-the more the
Neutrality-suspicious. Of aff1uence; that
costs the father lot OF money. Each
one must have just exactly the kind
of toggery-outfit that is recommended
for the occasion by the Delineator and
the Ladies' Home Journal; that costs
when the trunks are unpacked, 1t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
8 / y t. / CHIT s

the father some more money. They
must put up at the very SWEETEST ho-
tel; that costs the father some more
money.
ITO make themselves popular they
must momently tip, with or without
cause, every servant; that costs the
father some more money. To show
that money is no object they must
learn to say keep the change; that
costs father some more money. To
make sure of meeting the most desir.
able young men, they must give lit.
tie impromptu luncheon; that costs
father some more money To keep
from being forgotten, they must give
a card party and dispense expensive
souvenirs; that costs the father some
more money. Then they must get
back home; that costs the father some
more money, but that's where his
Pleasure begins to make a showing.
is found that there isn't a single gar.
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HAS AIDES FIRE BURNED ouT7

Sioux City Tribune.-Play critics
and devotees of the theater everywhere
in this countrv are just now asl.ing If
George AIDE has attained the pinnacle
of his achievement as playwright. They
are answering this for themselves,
feeling the while, varied emotions. But
few exhibit the elation born Of profess
sional envy and in the main the pub
lie. is inclined to regret the possibility
of this young genius having SO soon
PASSED the zenith of his career.
1t must be confessed that his flight
from 1.-THE Street and the Town up
through the smoky way of fables to
the pure, bright, atmosphere occupied
by The Sultan Of Sulu" and sparkling
armament made radiant by 1.-THE Col
lege Widow has been not unlike the
ascent Of the sizzling sky-rocket. Have
the globes of fire burst forth and the
stick begun it's unmatched descent?
This question has been propounded
by the visible unpopularity of 1.-THE
Bad Samaritan" as compared with
the open-armed enthusiasm with
which the former plays of this writer
have been welcomed. New York, that
center Of theatrical interest and the
supreme court of dramatic criticism
will shortly inform US whether Mr.
AIDE has quit climbing or whether he
was just resting. Tonight Gotham will
see the latest production of Mr. AIDE
when Just Out of College" will have
Its premier at the Lyceum. If this
piece should not touch the spot, should
leave the critics doubling the SUI
Iremacy Of it over former effects by
the same author, it will be proclaimed
that George AIDE has used up his fire
and his genius is fading.
Out this way where AIDES plays and
Sf0rtnc ne R,re,f
water productions, the impression will
prevail for a time that Mr. AIDE has
not exhausted his ability to produce
the very best American plays which
have yet been offered, even if the
hypercritical New York critic declare
that the climax has been reached. The
Photographer who said that no man
could be expected to produce chain
Of unbroken successes without stom-
ach may have told whv THE Bad Sa-
marian" isn't good. AIDES friends
lionized him in rapid Gotham until he
finally had to runaway in order to live
with his stomach. 1t was during this
sojourn that 1.-THE Bad Samaritan was
put on paper, but the stomach talk is
no sufficient excuse for its failure.
This young Indiana farmer boy has
kept us intensely amused for a long
time. May he continue to be success
full in this most laudable enterprise.
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FARMINeToN.

Pennington, Sept. 3O.-Misses sallie
and Lizzie Neu went to Fort Madison
Thursday to visit friends for two
weeks.
G. ]. Wendt sold his residence last
Wednesday to ]. H. Stricken. Consid-
GRAFTON about $4,000. Mr.. Wendt will
give possession about November /.
Miss Edith There went to Kansas
City today to attend the carnival.
Fred Bradham has gone to lola, Kas..
where he expects to work for his
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
Mr.. NEXT ON
SHE SHOWS AT
THE SEA SHORE

81 see,' said Mrs. Next, that Mrs.
Multimother and her seven daugh.
tiers have returned from the seashore.'
IF you project your observatory or
gans little further" replied Mr.. Next
you will see a stable sigh Of relief
escaping from the emaciated bankroll
of the father Of those seven daughters.
Also, you will perceive that the lead
ing lady of the tragedy has several
sprouts of dependency distributed ov-
er the site of her departed pulchri-
tude. Did you get that?
Seeing that you have connected
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NO MWHJTEWAsH.v

The action of Federal Judge Hum
phrey of Chicago in overruling the mo
ton of the Chicago packers for the
quashing of the indictments against
them is a good sign, an Indication that
there is to be no "whitewash" in this
case, no bowling to technalities
no half-hearted prosecution, but a
truly Roosveltian investigation that
will go to the bottom Of affairs and
settle the much mooted questions that
have been raised by the returning OF
the indictments.
The packers are charged with com.
bining in restraint of trade. The inves.
tigation of the charges in court will
require great deal of hard work on
the part of the governments attor-
neys, for the packers must, of course,
be considered innocent until they are
proved guilty. 1t will be necessary for
the prosecutors to employ harsh meas
ures and no doubt to make themselves
unpopular, but they have their work
cut out for them. It would seem, too
that they intend to do that work and
do it to the very best of their ability
The most important event thus far
connected with the case was Judge
Humphreys announcement made yes
terday that he is regarding the case
in the light of broad common sense and
does not propose to let any legal tech.
nicalities defeat justice nor be in any
way an aid to such a defeat.
This means that the case will be
tried on it's merits and that while there
will be no partially shown by the court
to the government side, neither will
there be any favoritism for the pack
ers. In brief, the hearing will be ION
the square"
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tie whole matter is that the railroad
men, Mr.. Hill no more than any 9th
ers, see that the canal, once in oper-
alton, will be a powerful rival No
one, and the railroad man least of all,
believes that 6the Panama waterway
will be at all in the nature of toy. 1t
will not and it should not drive the
railroads out of the field. but it will
have place in commerce and in trans
portation, anu it will fill its place well.
Its building will be one OF the monu-
mental achievements OF the twentieth
century
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Muscatine Journal defends Mr..
Titus against the charge that he is
pushing the four-year term PROPOSE
ton in the hope that 1t will be of as
sistance to him in landing the COVER
norship. The Journal says it has
knowledge that Mr.. Titus has no such
motive. "He has never announced
himself as a candidate for governor"
the Journal continues "he has never in
any interview or conversation said
that he would be a candidate, nor has
he been working for the nomination.
While an honest opinion may be held
that the four-year term for county
officers would be a detriment to the
state, it is no more than justice to MIR.
Titus that he should not be accused
of fathering the bill to serve his own
political ends and ambitions"
ut is pretty quiet just now along
Iowa's political Potomac river" OBJ
serves the Marion Register. But the
flood is coming. There'll be something
doing when it comes"
HAS our President got courage?
Think of the return Of those sixty
bottles of beer" says the Marshalltown
Times Republican
The Davenport Times observes that
Major Lacey consistently adheres to
his previous declaration Of citizenship
in "Standpatville."
"The politician who throws away a
pocketful Of free railway passes and
then poses as martyr in the interests
of the common people," says the Cedar
Falls Record, ais on par with the
fellow who stops drinking and then
parades himself before the public as
the embodiment Of sobriety and vir-
tue. In either case the enthusiasm is
intensified by the size Of the gate re-
ceipts.'
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that such days as we are having now
go far to prove that Iowa is the great
est autumn resort on earth.
1T has been thoroughly demonstrate
ed says the Ft. Dodge Chronicle,
that fines are not efficient punish
ment in cases where trusts and corpor-
atoms break the laws of the country.
The fines are paid without hesitancy,
and the people are made to reimburse
them, with great premium besides,
IT u all great farce. Fines are en-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
A. CHANGE i'm CONDITIONS.

The Wall Street Journal of New
York chronicles the passing of the
day when great newspaper scoops"
like Blowwitz's story the treaty of
Berlin were possible The Journal lik-
ems the gathering of newspaper men
at Portsmouth to masked ball in So
ciety circles. declaring that in these
days, when diplomats court publicity
and know it's values. the special cor
respondent of former period would
have too easy a time. Public men
have grown to know the advantages
of publicity. They realize that their
ends are best served when the public
knows just what is being done, has
been done, and will be done.
The fact that these things are true
is evidence of the splendid and last
ing work done by newspaper men In
America. This country has done one
great thing for the diplomacy of the
world in teaching the advantage of
publicity of facts. This has been
taught by the American newspaper
men in their painstaking care of the
truth, their fair treatment of cont1-
dences and the strength Of character
denoted by their work as whole.
Nothing more truly businesslike nor
less theatrical coulf. be imagined than
the conference between the Russian
and Japanese ENJOYS at Portsmouth.
News was given out after each session
of the meeting and the whole world
was able to follow step by step the
work of the plenipotentiaries And the
journalistic work was done so we'll
that M. White took special pains to
express his appreciation after the end
of the conference.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
MRS. PEARSON DIES.
Well Known keosauaua Woman Pass
ed Away TODAY.

Keosauqua, Sept. sO.-( Especially,
Mrs. Addie Pearson died at her homo
in this place at o'clock this morning.
after lingering illness of Bright'a
disease. She leaves one son, Leon
Pearson, and three daughters. MrsN'
Florence Craig, Mrs. Nellie Dooiey and
Miss Grace Pearson to mourn her loss
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral. Mr.. Pearsonl
was killed by. lightning several years
ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
young man and young woman is
thrown out upon the world to make g

young man and young woman Is
thrown out upon the world to make a
living. but without the ability to spell
common words correctly. And this,
too,with a diploma signifying the COM
pletion of at least common school
course. This is not as it should be
and the result alone is evidence that
the system is wrong somewhere. It
is noticeable that the students who
come from country schools to city
schools are better spoilers than their
fellow scholars in the cities. Spelling
bees are employed to great extent in
the country schools and this may or
may not be the reason for the differ
ence, but it has significant look to
an outsider.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

bath. In the morning his subject will
be, What We as a Religious Move-I
ment Plead For" In the evening an
other talk on THE Step by Step STUDY
Of the Plan Of Salvation"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Bryan has sailed for the orient.
Nows the time for the democrats to
hold their convention and make the
1908 nomination.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03
DR.. AND ME3.
r. PARKER,
Chiropractors.

Baker Bldg. Office
hours, 1880 to % p. M.
1923 Lillian street. s to 10
a. M, and Z to 9 p. nj.
Chiropractic is the only
curative science whose
foundation is auatomic-
ally correct. The CHR
opractor removes the
cause of ali disease while
others can but benefit, as
they treat affects.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Why not run Cleveland for president
on the democratic ticket in 1903 and
let the women vote? Anyone could be
elected against him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Wouldn't the prohibition law have
received a blow if Kansas, instead of
Iowa, had lost 10000 people in five
years?
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WABASH TIME TABLE.

No. Arrive. Time.
last. Louis & Kansas City ;. s:15 a. M
13a-Moberly & Des Moines. 11:o0 a. m
3a-St. Louis & Kansas City. 700 D. M
No. Depart. Time.
2a-st. Louis & KaEsas City. s:o5 g. M
6a-Moberly. & Des Moines. 4:1O D. M
4a-St. Louis & Kansas City. 9:2O p. M
a-daiiy.
For information call new telephone 1904
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Judge Parker has finally discovered
the humor in last years avalanche.
The Judge should move to England
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

White was warmly welcomed Ko-
mura may wish he had gone to Russia
before he has been in Japan a week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Speaking of poetry, the Mason City
Tines-Herald records it's opinion that
poetry is not dead Neither does it
believe that this is an unpoetic age.
The fact is" the Times Herald con-
cludes. there is more good poe.;'y
written every day of the year now
than was written in a month a few
Years ago. That means that there are
more good poets than formerly. The
trouble is that first class poetry has
become so common that it is not APP
preciated, even by good judges, but the
quality is there just the same"
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tirely inadequate. There is only one
punishment that will be effective. That
punishment is Imprisonment"

The Dubuque Telegraph predicts
that there will be flood of insurance
legislation in every legislature in the
union when these bodies next convene
And there will be no insurance lobby
to block the way" it says, because
the heads of the thieving companies
will not dare to spend the policyhold-
ers' money as they did at Albany and
have done in other capitals"
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Wy c, M. G. ST. P. and Wabash trains
4 depart from Jefferson Street Union
AGENT. j. p JHEIAN A1en+

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agent. J. p. WHELAN, Agent.
c. M. & ST. p.
No. J. Going East Via Cut Off. Time
sa-Washington, Muscatine, Dav-
2a-washington, Mnscatine, Dav-
export and lineage ....... .12:05 a, m.
92b-Davenport freight . 49, 9:1O a. M.
Going West.
sa-Kar-as City and Intermed!,
5a-seymour, Chiilcothie. Excel Excel 40 a. L.
sior SPRINGS and fnd,a KANSAS City
61a-Chillicothe freight ....12:30 D. nj.
Going East Via Marion.
10b-Marion. Cedar Ranids and In
1osb-Marion, Cedar Rapids and 30 a m
no.. iIn oe, ,,. ;.....:..... 5:55 p m.
Coming West Via Marion.
9c-Marlon, Cedar Rapids an In
1osb-Marion Cedar Rapids iti.'' and s . a. M
a eEasa'a bsescept sunday: goo esx &c M
Monday.
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Like the poor we have always with
us one danger-tariff smashing" says
the Des Moines Capital
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Diiice: 117-11s East Second street
Telephone editorial or business Of
( ficeN No. "a.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF.
tunwa. Iowa.
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The Davenport Times finds thai the
Presidents bear hunt is not only inter-
esting because of its subject matter
and treatment, but it serves to show
that however busy a man may think
he Is he still may find lime for mental
recreation if he is observant and plays
as hard as he works.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

Entered az second class matter Gc-
sober II. 1908. at the postcffice 0ttun-
wa. Iowa. under the Ac: of Congress OF
March 3. 1879.
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The Burlington Gazette, DEM, is con-
fident that Mr.. Bryan will not only
be the unanimous choice Of the next
national convention for president, but
that he will also be the choice Of the
American people.
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No. Going East. Depart.
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h202--D Pc; Moines to Keokuk... sos p. m
a2O4-Eldon, Davenport and Chi
cago OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1917 p. M.
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Going West.
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Nebraska and Washington,
Muscatine, Davenport and
: chicago .............. 700 a. m.
b201-keokuk, Des Moines and
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