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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
"sEcRErARY OF WHAT" SHAW.

Chicago Dispatch.-Leslie M. Shaw,
secretary of the United States treas
ury, was unable to realize $25 on a
sight draft at the Auditorium Annex
until the chief clerk had 20. KID" the
paper. For more than half an hour,
the secretary was penniless, awaiting
the arrival Of J. G. jackson, the clerk
whose signature was necessary to
make the draft GOOD In the eyes of the
cashier. Mr.. Shaw arrived in the no.
tel lobby early In the morning. He
wanted a Sunday paper, and had Sc
cured one from the news stand. He
found that he did not have the money
to pay for 1t.
Just wait minute" he said to the
attendant, II must go over to the desk
to get some money.
"Will you please cash this 2" he said
tc Miss Minnie Cobough, the cashier,
as he handed a. sight draft through the
grated window. Miss Cobough looked
at the signature The name was I'M
ever having seen the man before.
1T is not o. KID by Mr.. Jackson =
Miss Cobough answered.
20, that is. all right" said the secre-
tary. II don't think Mr.. Jackson's sig
nature is necessary"
YES it is" replied the cashier.
"But I'm Secretary Shaw" said the
cabinet member.
Secretary of what?" asked the girl
why. I'm the man who makes all
the money" he, smilingly explained. IT
am secretary OF the United States
treasury. and it's my signature that
makes money good"
II cannot cash that check until Mr..
Jackson says it's all right to do so,''
she said, and turned to her entry book.
So Secretary Shaw waited until the
clerk came in.
THAT young woman will never do
anything RASH" was the secretary's
only comment as he paid for his pa
ner-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
LEssoN-BuT DEARLY BOUGHT

Two railroad wrecks have occurred
in southern Iowa, within forty miles
of Ottumwa, in fact, within the past
two weeks. which should teach rail-
road men, employees and officials, a
lesson that ought never to be forgot
ten. These wrecks have cost five
lives and have resulted in the injury
of several other men-surely heavy
price to pay for information but the
price should make the lesson the more
impressive.
On the Iowa Central railway short
time ago a freight train was wreck.
ed and four men were killed when the
cars burned The fire was started
and fastened by the explosion Of a
tank of oil coupled close behind the
engine. When the fire and steam from
the engine ignited the Oil the train
caught fire almost Immediately and
men were burned to death, roasted
alive, before the eyes of their fellow
workmen. who were powerless to lend
them aid to escape.
On Sunday similar wreck took
place on the Rock Island. Fortunate
ly only one life was lost. but two 9th
er men were seriously injured. A tank
of oil near the engine exploded and
set fire to the whole twelve cars that
were derailed. Brakeman Murphy
was roasted to death in the wreck
If the tanks of oil had been in the
rear of the trains the loss of life
might have been reduced to nothing
and it would surely have lessened, &C
cording to the dispatches. Had one
! life only been saved by the change
there would have been ample excuse
for few minutes time lost in making
up the train in such manner that the
tank Of oil should have been near the
rear.
| On some railroads trainmen are
strictly forbidden putting tank of OF
within eight or ten cars of the en-
CINE. The danger is very great in an.
case, but it is lessened as the dis
! lance between the tank of oil and the
engine is increased. This rule SHOULD
obtain on all railroads and should b'
strictly enforced. The loss of live
as the result of railway wrecks il
large enough even with the creates
precautions, and no provision for tn,
safety of the employees should be over
looked, either by the company or b.
I the trainmen themselves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"There is talk Of establishing DEM
ccratic daily in Des Moines," remarks
the clinton Herald "Just wait awhile.
The whirligie of time NAV furnish one
already established"
o
.Did Won ever hear of any disorderly
with the Chautauoua ?" asks the JEFF
ferson Rec "Cuess not" 1t continues.
"SIch enternris,es create an ntmosphere
in which there is no ancoura cement to
"rom Lawson declared the people of
Iowa We're tho salt Of the earth and
greatest soil In the world When men
from Boston to Los Angeles are prais-
ing MS like that. there is some license
for having a big head isn't there?" asks
the Boone Republican.
o
Ranids Ranub,ican viii he aeraed
that no good could possibly come out
of exploiting the elder Rockefeller no
matter what his Youthful esca pades
effectlallv ont of the world as though
he we're dead Therefore why not per-
NIT him to rest in. pea &c ?"
o
THE bow who loafs around town
tIesa DAVIS &c doinp II withopt license I,
declares the Chelsea Independent
Farmers are needing helm IN the hay
fields badly and are offering s175 ami
board ner day 90 to work hoys n
won't hurt you.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
DAN LAMONT.

The death of Daniel Lamont
brought to a close the career of one
of the hardest, most consistent po-
litical workers the country ever
knew. From early manhood until
age and the changes of politics
brought about his retirement, Dan
Lamont was a familiar figure near
the head of the democratic procession.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Three towns which have always
considered themselves in Vermont
have been found to be part of
Canada and under the sway Of King
Edward VII. Those Vermonters will
have to undergo a swift change of
heart.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

John Fulton, of Pittsburg, Pa. has
been looking for work for twenty
eight years, and at last accounts was
still out Of job: Here's chance
for want ad artist
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

healthy SO that
as it circu1ates
to the diseased
parts the tissues
ar e strength
ened and the
sore can heal
uaf,,ra11v a - 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Sa1ves, powders, plasters, ETC., do no
good, and the sufferer gets disguised and
often despairs of curing an old sore. The
troubleisin the blood and until the poison
Gus matter that is keeping up the ulcer is
driven out the place cannot heal. S. S. S.
reaches these old sores through the blood
by removing every particle Of poison or
impurity from the circulation and build
ing up the system. It makes the blood
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

permanently. If you have an old sore
or ulcer do not waste time with salves,
powders, plasters, ETC., but write for our
book and ask for any medical advice you
wish. We make no charge for either.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

There is talk Of establishing a DEM
ccratic daily in Des Moines," remarks
the Clinton Herald. Just wait awhile
The whirligig of time may furnish one
already established"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Mason City Globe Gazette is
convinced that 1t is the duty of every
good citizen, be he democrat, republi-
can or populist, to neglect no oppor-
tunity to participate In politics, from
township convention to general cleo
ton
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

1919 yedILs asU wniIe ~ WoIK, IeiI
ofmy shins. My blood became poisoned
as a result, and the doctor told me
would have running sores for life, and
that if they were closed UP the result
would be fatal. Under this discourage
ing report left or their treatment and
resorted to the use Of s.. s. 8. It's effects
were prompt and gratifying. It took
only a short while for the medicine to
entirely cure up the sores, and am not
dead as the doctors intimated would
be, neither have the sores ever broken
out again, and some twelve years have
elapsed since what have described oc-
CURED. Having been SO signal1y bene-
fted by its use can heartily recon-.
mend it as the one great blood purifier.
Wheeling, w. Va. j. w. FUNDS.
Care Schmulback Brewing Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

BY way of the Denver Times the
Des Moines Capital obtains the in
formation that the adoption Of the
biennial elections amendment means
an annual saving to the taxpayers Of
100000. "As a forecaster Of improb-
abilities the Denver newspapers shine
Capital.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
OLD SORES
ROOTED IN THE BLOOD

Old Sores are the result of deeply
polluted, foul blood supply. The blood
is filled with poisons, aud as it finds an
outlet through the ulcer, the surround
ing parts become diseased and the sore
eats deeper into the tissues and flesh and
becomes permanent trouble.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

will the Des Moines Register and
Leader and Marion Register please ex-
plain just where q candidate for gov
ernor must stand to be acceptable to
them?" asks the Clinton Herald. BE
explicit" it adds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Manson journal says that Col
Henderson will die rich in patriotism
and the good will of his fellow men,
and will leave a heritage that money
could not purchase name that will
go down in history to the end OF
time
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

"The present Iowa weather is hard
on the natives. but it is growing a
king" says the Marion Register.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Webster City Freeman Tribune
takes little stock in Tom Lawson, but
1t does not doubt that the system he is
fighting is in need of renova ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Iowa City Republican says it is
amusing how anxious some people are
to have laws to prevent somebody from
bribing them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

IF all of Iowa were as harmonious
as the second district says the Clin-
ton Herald, there would be no need
less discussion Of national issues. The
press of this district is unit for har-i
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

ut may be true that there is plenty
Of room at the top, but that is no rea-
son for the fellow who gets there act
ing as if it all belongs to him." says
tie Centerville Citizen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Rockford Register says that
Tom Lawson is entitled to just about
as much credit for the exposure he is
making as the scalawag who deserts
his pals and turns states evidence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Let the mercury and the cornstalks
climb" says the Marshalltown Times
Republican. 1T will be cold next win
ter and we'll need the money
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

working all night to dispose of his
accumulated correspondence, the Jap
anese envoy must have thought some
thing concerning peace singularly like
what Sherman said Of war" the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil thinks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Altoona Upper Des Moines- Re-
publican says it would be a fortunate
thing If during the next few years all
OF Iowa's surplus money could be in
vested in industrial enterprises in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

why not break bottle of cham
payne on the bow of the battleship
Kansas" inquiries the Sioux City
Journal. That is nearly the Carrie
Nation way of disposing of cham
pagne.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The boy who loafs around town
these days is doing it without license .
declares the Chelsea Independent.
Farmers are needing help in the hay
fields badly and are offering s1.75 and
board per day. Go to work boys. 1t
won't hurt you"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Don't worry" says the Arlington
News. "If Shaw wants the Iowa dele
cation for the presidential nominal
ton he can get it without the. least bit
of trobule.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

mony in the republican party and is
willing to let the national convention
in 1908 settle the great national ques-
tons"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Did you ever hear of any disorderly
conduct or carousing In connection
with the Chautauqua? asks the JEFF
ferson Bee. Guess not 1t continues.
Such enterprises create an atmosphere
in which there is no encouragement to
disorder"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

To change the subject. the Des
Moine5 Capital would like to know how
the buffalo ever survived a season of
Iowa corn weather.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

"As for a primary law purifying
politics, 1t is all bosh," says the En-
metsburg Reporter. 1.-THE dirtiest poll
tics that have ever been resorted to IN
Iowa have been in counties which
had the primary system"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

The Keokuk Gate City finds reason
to suspect that old man Funston Is
chip off of the young block
New-York tribune., 1905-01-29
CHERISHED DELUSIONS.
Those Women Hold on Domestic
Question Shattered by Facts.

I'VE have held many cherished delusions. and
among those we have cherished most is the delu-
sion that in asking to work under roofs
we have given them the protection of our homes
have been unable TO get the latest statistics for
NewYork. but in London rs per cent of the illegiti
mate children born In the hospitals in 1902 were
born Of mothers who were maids in private homes"
This was among the startling things told the do
nestic science department of Brooklyn Institute
last week by Miss Margaret Dreer president of the
NewYork Association for Household Research
ana herself Brooklyn woman. mot for
ment," she continued. do / wish to say that the
girl who enters the factory is better girl. but the
woman who enters domestic service is peculiarly
to build the purity Of homes upon a basis of
able to afford protection to employees because
Of lack of knowledge of the life surrounding and
entering very doors.
Another cherished delusion is that household en-
poyment offers the most healthfuI occupation for
women. From statistics gathered by Miss Lillian
Brandt for the committee on the prevention of tu-
berculosis find that the highest mortality from
consumption among women is found among house
hold employees. Three out of every thousand of
them die of consumption, while of women mill and
factory operatives only in a thousand dies of
the white plague
mot only has this occupation the highest con-
sumption mortality, but the highest general death
rate, seventeen women out of every thousand dying
to four out Of a thousand textile operatives The
fatigue and monotony OF machine labor and the
lint laden air of textile factories, both combined do
not contain the health destroying qualities of house
hold labor. The destructive nature of this occupa-
ton is shown most glaringly in the difference in
New-York tribune., 1905-01-29

The bodice As cut TO make the fashionable point IN
front and Is worn without belt, its soft folds
confined by encircling rows OF narrow ribbon
that finish IN a Series OF bows down the front
There Is a bertha Of white lace lying ruff
he Of the broad ribbon and the sleeves made OF
alternate ruf1es OF ribbon and lace As simple as
this gown IS It has two modish features-the point
ed bodice and the OF wide Liberty ribbon in the
form Of rlf7es
A much more elaborate gown is made of white
broad entredeux Of the ribbon, which is decorated
with the embroidery done IN silver thread and white
ribbon. The decoIletage has a row OF this en-
broidery heading a lace rufhe and below this is a
second rufie. which makes the sleeves with head
ing OF embroidery and continues about the back
and onto the front Of the pretty feature
OF this bertha IS that the lace rules do
the front Of the for the embroidered band
about the neck crosses and finishes a little on one
side. This allows for becoming drapery OF the
satin that forms the corsage There are no seams
visible in most evening gowns. and IN many cases
IL is difficult 10 know where is the line OF closing
The bodices not often closed under the linz Of
shirring In front they might very well ybe for
the dressmakers seem, rule 10 prefer TO at
tach the drapery under the arm However in the
case Of q corsage draped crosswise but with only
two lines OF shirring, down the middle OF The
front and in the back the corsage is generaIIv
closed in front. This IS a favorite model for an
evening gown OF mousseIine velvet or panne and
such gown demands trimming beyond n
drapery Of lace about the decolletage
For ceremonious evening gowns there IS a new
feature the use Of fun panniers attached TO the
New-York tribune., 1905-01-29

Paris, january ~
Evening gowns this season do not seem TO have
distinctive style, but much on the same lines
daytime toilets-thet IS. the principal feature
IS the bodice draped about the figure and separated
with lines Of shrring and with pointed front It is
possible 10 ring many changes on this idea, but 1t
remains always the present development Of the
pompadour corsage. The fichu is another important
stem IN evening gowns and one also possible Of con-
siderable variety.
Here is a group OF gowns that show hchu arrange
ments One is a girlish gown Of pale blue silk mus
lin. with a skirt trimmed 10 the knees with ruff
fes that end on each side OF the front breadth
Every ruf7e has hemstitched edge Of blue satin.
The hchu IS shirred. and is really more in-the form
Of bretelles, for il rises from the high belt in the
back. crosses and IS crossed again in front. The
average hchu is cut show very low decolletage,
and I'm this case there is little shirred gumpe of
the muslin that softens the shoulders under the
fchu. The edges OF the fchu are decorated with
entredeux and finished with a hemstitched band
OF the blue silk
Another debutante gown Of pale pink mousseline
de sole has a volant on the skirt made of ruff
fed Liberty ribbon. about six inches deep and head
ed and finished with ruchings Of inch-wide ribbon.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-29

the death rate between the men and women immi-
grants Of certain
For instance. among the scandinavians. noted
for sturdness of physique and constitution, the
stand three points lower in mortality than the
average for men; while Scandinavian women, who
go into domestic service almost entirely. show six
points higher than the average for women.
EXPECT THIS SACRIFICE.
There can be no question that the preservation
in civilization. The sanctity of family life is in
vioable: but through the curious ethical isolation
of woman's life in the past, the individual woman
has learned to look upon her own home as the one
which is sacred. Others do not concern her. Wom-
en- Of class taught that the duties OF family
life come first and consider IL a virtue among us
that we love our parents, our brothers and sisters
and let that love bear fruit in our homes in self
sacrificing devotion and ready response to every
need.
but the very virtue which prize so highly IN
our own homes is the virtue which we ask others
to sacrifice for benefit. insisting that the women
who enter our homes employees must give up
their own home life, must leave their parents.
brothers and sisters must be curtailed in showing
their affection in their family life. We permit
them to share their wages with their family. not
themselves We buy the sanctity Of our own homo
at the expense of that of another"
Miss Dreier characterized the code of ethics OF
household employment as "one which isolates itself
and refuses to become part OF the great social
awakening" She continued
Young women who enter homes are absolutely at
the mercy OF the individual employer at the head of
it. This is not the case with any other industry
whatsoever. for in every other organized effort
can and does public opinion. No public
opinion reach the mistress within the four walls
OF her own home. She is sheltered behind those
walls and what happens there is considered her
own affair.
'It is more than fifty years sirce Frances Power
cobbe gave us the story OF the children work
houses entering domestic service. None who have
read the book forget the picture of the girl OF
sixteen standing at washtub in area. clad in
cotton gown. head neck and arms all bare and the
snow falling on them. with the bitter wind eddyng
through tho area This abuse is not a thing of the
past and charity workers can repeat this story al
most word for word In our minds there has been
the deluson that the home is fine per Sc whereas II
is the men and women within the home who make
IL fine mean. as the case may be.
"It cannot be denied that household labor is to-
day deserted industry. and 1t is a question well
worth studying TO learn why 1t is that educated
American women utterly refuse to work In egx
New-York tribune., 1905-01-29

homes. Even the immigrants coming to our SHORES
to-day are beginning to refuse to enter household
work The unfortunate and miserable conditions
of the sweatshop are preferred to work in our
homes. and to me This rebuke is a stinging one.
THE SOCIAL STIGMA.
THE social stigma is one of the strongest objec-
tons. Owing to prejudice great among their
class as prejUdices apt to be among ours. the
girl who enters domestic service is debarred from
membership in social clubs and many other organl-
cations and amusements, including the better dance
halls. Do condemn this as senseless and undem-
ocratic? In both church and philanthropy we In
dorse it. Factory and shop girls made pres-
dents of Christian Endeavor societies. have yet
to find Christian Endeavor Society that will place
a cook or a waitress amcng its officers. Some of
our philanthrOpc organizations have homes and
boarding houses for self-suDportng girls with this
proviso. This home is open to every working
woman except those in domestic service. 1t is not
people but the opinion deliberately expressed in the
make the social distinctions have permitted social
stigma to attach itself to this particular occupa-
that women will enter it. l. for one. feel CRATE
fui to women in this day and age who will stand
out ana say there is something besides money to
But even from the strictly financial point OF
monty supposed to be? We often hear it said
an inducement to honest, intelligent young women
to enter that work OF course. what we mean is
chance Of saving IS 50 great; But We must :;
teIaoGr % efat b , @nie dhe factory glrI oeglns ar S
at $50 a month. Nor is the free lodging so great
advantage it is commonly supposed. The
factory girl usually lives at home, and the rent
is neither increased by her presence nor decreased
by her absence
agency that Miss Dreer painted most picturesquely
the attractions that await the girl seeking do
mestic service. .,
The mask of the employment agent is the
favorite disguise of the sharper. and the pro-
curer," said she. SDishOnorable men and women,
while appearing to secure work for honest and
ignorant girls. degrade, debase and ruin them.
Not only are they subject to indgnities by So
called employment office keepers. but they