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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
CARNEGIE HAS SWITCHED.

Kansas City Journal. - Andrew
Carnegie, with that keen business fore
sight for which he Is noted. has fore
stalled the slump in the library supply
business and has announced that he
has switched to small colleges. In his
liked determination to die poor this
canny Scot Is not to be caught nap
ping. The public has been led to pic
ture his life as one long bagpipe sym
phony in tweed knickerbockers at
Sklbo or Lakewood, but the truth is
that his harassed soul is engaged day
and night in Titanic struggle with
his unearned increment. While most
OF humanity Is contesting with GRIM
visaged destiny for the accumulation
of dollars to provide for comfortable
material accessories at the entrance to
the Dark Valley, with Mr.. Carnegie it
Is the other way about. He is battling
with prosperity and the task Of get
ting rid of his money seems to be in
f1nitely greater than was the accumu-
lation of it. He is pursued by the
Nemesis of riches and he yearns to
enjoy before his death just one delici-
Gus breath of freedom from the en-
trammeling meshes of superabundant
wealth.
At a college dinner the other even
ing In New York, Mr.. Carnegie, after
nonchalantly anteing 100000 in the
educational Jackpot, said:
Il have been looking largely into
small colleges Of late, and have en-
tered into the college business as I
not long ago entered into the library
business. did riproaring business
at the library stand, but could look
ahead and see the demand for libraries
slackening. My secretary says that
the demand is down to one library a
day." adding hopefully "Since I have
gone into the new business there has
been great boom. Within the past
few days have received more than a
hundred applications for the material
am sending to small colleges. Bust
ness, gentlemen, is promising"
1t Is pleasant, indeed, to feel that
Mr.. Carnegie is making such marked
progress in his fight with his income
In this new arena of endeavor there
should be much encouragement to the
steel king. While 1t has been worked
in desultory way by few pauper
second-rate millionaires, the pasture
is verdant with latent possibilities to
man Of Mr.. Carnegie's business
acumen. 1t seems strange that he
never thought of it before. AS he says
he did riproaring business at the
library stand, but the demand was not
equal to the supply, the call dropping
to paltry $4,000 or SO day. After
he had plastered the country over with
Libraries he saw that his income was
gaining on him in spite of his most ar
duous efforts. 1t was a happy thought
when he turned to small colleges. II
there Is any branch of industry that
can consume money faster than the
humber institutions of learning which
dot our fair land, 1T is not generally
known. The small colleges are as
hungry for funds as the little birdlings
for worms If Mr.. Carnegie cannot FIND
satisfactory outlet for his gallopine
| income in this field, the great ambition
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cHEoUEsT.

Chequest, March ao-Mr. Hall, Of
Milton, was In Chequest Monday buy
ing horses.
w. H. Harryman and sons, r. w. G,
and S. s. Harryman, We're at Milton on
business Saturday.
L. P. Plowman and family visited
last Sunday with F. S. Plowman and
family.
Messrs. Mccullough and Robinson,
OF Stockport, We're in Chequest Tues-
day buying cattle.
The Union Sabbath school elected
new officers for the ensuing quarter.
and the hour of Sabbath school was
changed from 2 p. m. to 1920 a. m,
The school decided to give an Easter
program on Easter Sunday.
John Chapman was in Keosauoua
one day last week on business
Messrs. Harve Stout and r. w. G.
Harryman left the first Of the week
to visit friends at Ottumwa, Chilli
Gothic and Bloomfield. The latter was
also present at the K. of P. convention
which took place at Ottumwa, We'd
nesday, March 20.
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shakespeare's Club Women.

Ben Greet. the Englishman who has
come all the way from London to tell
the people of America about his fell
low-countryman. William Shakespeare
and Williams literary efforts. hurled
bolt into an audience of Chicago
club women yesterday and In mild
way he gave them something to think
about and to ponder upon. He told
them that the first club women
maybe he said the ideal club woman
was created by Shakespeare in his
Comedy of Errors" and was Aemelia,
the abbess. "Aemelia," Mr. Greet said,
undoubtedly was intended as the type
of the first president of woman's
club. You will remember she was an
abbess of an order ofSwomen formed
for the purpose of reforming man. She
really is sort of president of wom-
ans club, you know, for that is your
work-to reform man. Not the man
who chops up the chickens, or cuts the
roast beef, or pays your bills. but man
as representing mankind"
All this sounded pretty good to the
Chicago club women, but after Mr..
Greet had finished his lecture and had
gone into an adjoining room to drink
tea one of the WON en-, who was curious
and not ashamed Of her lack of knowl-
edge regarding Shakespeare, got a
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s D ELI Q II i s

copy of the Comedy Of Errors and
read up on Aemelia. This is what she
found:
That she had no patience with a :
jealous wife, nor with one given to
railing at or upbraiding her hus-
band.
That she at one time had taken
the husband away from a certain
Mrs. Antipholus and kept him I'M
der her roof until he had regained
the use of his wits. which the wife
had scared from him by her jeal-
GUS fits. 81
That the abbess, who really was
Mrs. Aegeon, wife of a merchant,
had been separated so long from
her children that 1t was some time
before she recognized Mr.. Anti
pholus. whom she sheltered, to be
her son.
Il don't think that was one bit COM
plimentary,' was the opinion of one of
the Chicago women as expressed by
her when she had investigated Acme.
liza. There is no telling what some Of
the others said and thought when they
had hunted up at home or at the next
club copy Of the book and had figured
it out that Mr.. Greet had come all the
way across the Atlantic to tell them
just what the funny men in the papers
are telling them about themselves
every day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
THE RIGHTS OF a cITIzEN

bill Is now before the Illinois leg
islature providing for the disfranchise.
ment of man who wilfully absents
himself from the polls on election day
and fails to cast his vote. The meas.
ure has been reported out by the com.
mittee on elections with the recon.
mendation that it be passed and the
legislature will soon vote upon It.
This bill is probably considered an
extreme one and no doubt it would
have looked better to most people had
it been introduced in Kansas rather
than Illinois, but there is the right
spirit behind it. Anyone who has
been at all active in a political way
knows how hard it is to "get out the
vote" Men who should take much in.
terest in the affairs of city, county
state or nation. remain away from the
polls possibly all day, and the number
whom it is necessary to remind of
their duty to vote Is a surprise to one
who does not know the real facts from
actual experience.
The right to vote is the cardinal
principle of American citizenship. A
republican form of government Is
based upon the theory that every man
has voice in the administration OF
public affairs. If he takes no voice in
the election of the men who, as the
servants of the people, conduct the
details Of the government, then he
has no right to criticise the actions OF
those men, If he has not enough in.
terest to vote he is entitled to no
voice in the government.
Whether the Illinois legislature will
pass the bill remains to be seen. 1t
is indeed rather extreme, though 1t
gives the olsfranchised man an oppor.
tunity after five years to renew his
citizenship and to make good" at the
polls Whether this bill passes or
not, however, the time is coming when
it, or one like it, will be passed in Hi.
nois and in many other states. 1t is
along the right lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

fare is to anticipate with so much fore
sight that to hold that theory without
the possibility of modification Is to be
a crank.
But when the light of practicability
is turned uD on the idea it's wisdom
or at least the wisdom of the princi.
pie on which it is based, is not hard
to recognize. Comparisons of the fig.
ures showing the loss of life in recent
wars and those of former times reveals
startling increase in the fatality. The
cause Is not that the soldiers are more
foolhardy but that the machinery of
war is being improved so much that
the chance to escape from battle alive
and uninjured is becoming smaller and
smaller as time goes on.
The joy of battle" is no combina.
ton of words. There is a feeling of
recklessness, rather than bravery, that
makes a mans blood Jingle when he
smells powder and blood. In action
he forgets the danger of death. He
forgets death itself and rushes into it's
very jaws with the cry of battle on
his lips and the joy of battle in his
heart. But If he escapes and goes
iii oQSn Vic WdI Will d WQOl0 skin ClG
time of reflection comes 1t Is then
that he compares the figures and sees
how narrow was the way he trod in
safety. 1t is then that he sees how
great is the cost of war in human
lives. 1t is then he reflects. And ii
is then that he sees new and serious
meaning to the lines he had formerly
sung in jest:
Oh, if l were the king Of France,
Or, still better, the pope of Rome,
I'd have no fighting men abroad,
No weeping maids at home
All the world should be at peace,
And If kings would show their might
Let those who make the quarrels
Be the only ones to fight.
The Russo-Japanese war is having
this effect upon the people of all ma
lions, excepting possibly the two
which are engaged in the struggle
Their time will come afterward with
the heat of battle past. This war is
teaching the improvement in methods
and weapons of warfare. 1t is hasten
ing the time, as are the inventors with
the death dealing appliances, when the
warrior will beat his sword into a
plowshare and his spear into pruning
fork and when there will be mo weep
ing maids at home"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
LEARNING AND TEAcHINe.

The agitation which is noticeable
just at this time in some cities, though
not in Ottumwa, and which has for its
aim the restricting of positions as
high school teachers to graduates OF
universities, had best be taken slowly
and with great carefulness: In fact
it had best stop altogether for 1t is
along entirely the wrong direction
While of course there is, on the sur.
face, an argument in favor of the plan
in that the holder of diploma from a
university has the knowledge-the
learning more than sufficient to pass
a high school graduation test, that is
not the only, nor even the principal
essential needed in the successful high
school teacher.
There is an indefinable something
best designated by the name tact
which makes it's possessor a good
teacher. Without tact degree is
nothing. With tact a degree is an aid
But with tact and without the degree
one with simply high school educa.
ton can become the most successful
teacher among a group whose mem.
bers are drawn from the best univer.
sites in the land.
Ask student who is the best
teacher in the faculty Of the high
school he attends and he will immedi.
ately tell you. Ask him why and he
will not be able to answer satisfactor-
lily, either to himself or you He will
tell you, though, that the "best''
teacher has tact. The "best" teacher
can conduct a class in chemistry. for
instance, without once performing an
experiment because he can tell the
student how to perform it so that the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
THE ADVANCE OF JOURNALISM,

The editor of Harper's Weekly. in
a recent issue, expressed the opinion
that the newspaper Of today is not up
to the standard set twenty years or
more ago, or rather, that there has
been no improvement since that time
How anyone can hold such an opin.
Ion is hard to understand, in view of the
fact that the newspapers of today
with their splendid facilities for gath.
ering news, for illustrating it and pub.
fishing 1t, have in the opinion of most
people, reached almost to the height
OF success in the case of the largest
Journals in the metropolitan cities.
All that one needs to do is to realize
the strides that have been taken by the
newspapers during twenty years is to
glance back over the files of some i'm
portant journal for that length of time.
In fact, five years is enough to see a
big difference. And the advance has
been made not only by metropolitan
papers but by those Of the smaller
cities as well. The linotype machine,
the perfecting press, the stereotyping
machinery, the increase in engraving
plants, all have entered into the i'm.
provement of the newspapers in the
smaller places within the past few
years.
AS for the big city journals, their
enormous Sunday issues seem to leave
almost no room for more Improvement.
They have every kind of department
one could wish and the value of the
paper which they sell for few pen.
MES is several times the amount re.
ceived for it.
How anyone, and especially anyone
who is connected with the journalistic
profession, can say and think that
there has been no improvement made
by the newspapers within twenty
years, is almost beyond human under.
standing Surely the editor of Har.
per's Weekly was "only fooling," like
DR.. Osler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

1t seems that that 100000 man is
bound to be some one from Iowa. II
1t isn't Horace G. Burt. formerly an
engineer on the Northwestern with
headquarters in this state, 1t is prob.
ably T.. p. Shonts, son-in-law Of the
late Governor F. M. Drake of Center.
vile and for several years railroad
man in Iowa. What is the use of re-
peating, "of all that is good, Iowa af'
fords the BEST
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
THE POSSIBILITY OF PEAcE.

There is more than theory on the
side of the students of men and of war
fare who declare that, when the
machine of warfare is perfected to
that stage where escape from battle
with a whole skin is practically or en-
tirely impossible, war will end because
man will bark back to the first law of
nature, that instinct of self-presenya-
ton To be sure, to look for the time
when it shall be absolutely impossible
to escape from the weapons of war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

student will understand not only the
manner but the theory. Just so In
any other branch of study. A teacher
is good or poor as he is able to make
his students understand what he him
self understands This takes tact and
tact is not in the curriculum of even
the greatest of universities. 1t cannot
be taught, but it is the principal and
most important part of the learning re-
quired in a successful teacher
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

know, say that If the head Of the DEM
ocratic ticket shouldn't get one vote,
the baseball veteran will pull through
because of his popularity with all
classes Moral-Before entering pol
itics, assure yourself of being sue
cess by playing baseball in the top
notch class until you are close to DR..
Osler's limit, then start bowling and
learn the game well enough to lead all
others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

county. The editor of the Republican
confesses that in years gone by he
complacently shared in that feeling
what was outside of Des Moines was
merely subsidiary. But" adds the
Republican, "he has since lived long
enough to realize that the state of
Iowa is bigger than it's capital city"
Secretary Shaw may not be the
next president of the United States
but he will make some one know that
there was a contest for the place, that
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c. M. & ST. p.

No. Going East Via Cut of Tjma
Decentralization. Muscatine, Dav.
90. s en- sst, and a1 Chicago 700 o. 70.
EXPORT ard Chicago .......1o.e4.
Going West. : 'n'
aa- Hans City and Inferno.
sa-seYmonir:. Ghiiiiicothe. Excel o;1s q, m
sior Springs and Kansas City 2:25 m
Going East Via Marion, ~
.Ob-Marion, Cedac Rapids and
intermediate $50. ... 2.fy;,
l0sb-Marlon Cedar Rapids and . :"
lntermediate 7:2o D. m.
coming west Via Marion.
Bc-Marion. Cedar Rapids and
n,, lRMte e rIae e, 1925 c. m.
o,, Intermediate 9:55 a. m.
~ SSS.@tthvsnporL lleisnt ........ 9:1O q. m.
n ns;,-M t,ri,nn IrelgnG :.......... $40 a. M
ssi-Sh,,iIi'ii cothe eeiont ......... 700 a. m
Sdda-SSthiiii cthe irsignt .12:30 p. m
..a.-daily: b-o1cept Sunday: cEex r. m
Monday. IN Acept
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Russia wants peace, but she is not
willing, according to her present talk
to admit that she is whipped If
some Of those peace with honor Of
ficials in st. Petersburg were sent out
to Manchuria and compelled to pose as
targets for those Japanese snarpshoot-
ers, they would probably change their
song to peace with pleasure"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

Apparently the only man in Chicago
who isn't worrying about the result of
the election is Cap Arson one Of the
democratic nominees about half way
down the ticket. Those who should
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R. B. Time Tables
Ail C. b. & @. and c. r. !. & P. trains
depart from Washington Street I'm.
ion deoot.
w. s. Parker, Ticket Agent.

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c. 3. 4 q.
No. Goinq East. Depart.
;2a-Chicngo. Dubuque & Quincy 2:1O a. NJ
1sb-Buriington 4 ST. Louis. -. 7:a5 I. m. m.
S0b-PeoriR.F Dubuque & Quincy Ii 80 a. m.
aa-Ghicago. ,st. Louis 4 Quincy TO p. m.
2a-ChiGa. 80. Peoria 4 Rock
Going West.
ba-omaha. Council Bluffs &
Nebraska -. ......12:4B g. N.
Joa-Fast mall ............... 2:40 a. m.
ea-0mch,.. Kansas City. Denver,
Hot Springs. Deadwood. Og-
den. Portland & California 7:4h A. hi.
, ssn-Psnrta to crerton 1:so .. m.
',s-Ghissso t. iottumws, arrive ,o oSs p p M M
a.daiiv: h-eHcept Sunday. Nos. Z. and
10 DO not carry Messengers.
The Fl. Madison-Going East.
Ft. Madison end st. Louis... a. m
Going West.
st Louis to FIT. Madison !. $50 .. m,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

That federal grand jury at Chicago,
that is investigating the meat trust
is evidently not made up of men who
are yegetarians.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

For goodness sake don't kick the
hat that may have a brick inside o.
it tomorrow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

If you don't believe what Genera
Sherman said about war, ask Kuropat
kin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

of his life will remain unfulflled and.
sad though the thought, he must die
pitifully. abjectly. miserably rich--it Isl
fate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
TO Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
let's. All druggists refund the money II
1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

This is "cleaning-up time" Have you
frightened up your lawn?
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!, WABASH TIME TABLE.

NO. arrive. Time.
last. Louis q Kansas City,. 6:1Y : m
i8b-Moberly & Des Moines liz. N
Ba-St. Louis & Kansas City. 80. TOO n. m
No. Depart. Tine
2a-St. Louis & Kansas City. s.25 -,
Gb-MODerly Il Des Moines " 4:1S n N
<a-St:, Louis & Kansas City -. 9:2O o. m
,a--dsilJ: b-except Sunday. - ~
For information call new telephone
1894.
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ONCE: 117-11s East Second street.
Telephone editorial or business Of
f1ce) No. a.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF
tumwa. Iowa.
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CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND
& PACIFIC.

No. Going East. .Depar
200. Keokuk. Kansas City, Call.
fornta and southwest 10:45 a m
202, Keokuk $50 a a. III
2c4. Eidon. Davenport 4 Chicago 1873 p m.
Going West.
2O3, Des Mofnt'. Ruthven west
Nebraska and Washing
ton. Muscatine. Davenport
and Chicago .7.15 -,
S So1. Des Moines & Omaha. -. .12:1o D. M
2on i,, pes n M1ines 4 omaha 7os B. n.
daily except Sunday. aro
All G. M. & st. p. and Wabash train,
depart from Jefferson Street Union
depot. w. L. Richards, AGENT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

Entered as second class matter Oc-
tober II. 1908, at the postoffice Ottum-
wa, Iowa. under the Ac. of Congress of
March 8. 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
Tri-Weekly Courier.
~ THE COURIER PRINTING CO.
Founded 9th August. 1e4e.

A. W. LEE. Publisher
JAS. F. POWELL. Business Manager
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The Cedar Rapids Republican com
ments on the readiness with which
Des Moines politicians look upon the
rest of the state as their own political
asset, and on the Des Moines view
that one of the duties of the state is
to take care Of Des Moines and. Polk
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

The Keokuk Gate City is inclined to
think that really meritorious paper
does not find it necessary to boast con-
tinually of its excellence.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier, 1 year, by mali. :. $500
Tri-Weekly Courier, 1 year $500. 1.50
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

The Atlantic Telegraph likens Rus
STA to a big overgrown boy who has
been whipped by a little fellow and
VINO wants the latter to apologize for
doing such a good job
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

The Fairfield Ledger is mean enough
to observe that widow does not feel
so sorry for the death of her first hus-
band as her second husband does.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

"At any rate Ottumwa Republicans
know how to take off their coats and
win in a democratic wide-open town.
says the Davenport Times. "They did
not produce a landslide but they did
secure few more than enough votes
to elect their candidate for mayor, and
that is all that Is necessary. And
their victory is a good thing for Of
tumwa."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

Whether Iowa should be abbreviated
10" or ia" depends, the Mason City
Globe Gazette suggests, on how the
abbreviator pronounces the word. III
it is I-OH-wa, the abbreviation is 10
If Io-WAY, he would write it Ia. Down
In Boston they call it I-o-er, and con-
sequently abbreviate it IT."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

Cap'n Arson, who is running 70,
city clerk on the democratic ticket in
Chicago, threatens to come out to
Iowa and go to farming If he isn't
elected The cap'n always was
pretty good at using the big stick, and
1t wouldn't be surprising if he should
make hit with 1t this time" says the
Sioux City Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

The turban steamers which are
now coming in use are said to do
away with sea sickness, and the Cedar
Rapids Rapids Republican says, IF
that Is true they will get nine-tenths
of the ocean travel for not more than
one-tenth are fond Of seasickness.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04

The Oskaloosa Herald notices that
there was q flaw in Russia's 999-year
lease of Port Arthur which has already
cost the empire several hundred mil
lion rubles in addition to the land