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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-12

VIM US i
Charles s. peneen was for sons
time the prosecxito iln Cook countJ
He II, unll la xepl1bli rafas
His nomination was thea esiit ~ q
long and bitter fight between several
factions In Illinois repubifcanism, but
the party reunited after the nominal
Ing convention and all the factions
Joined to elect Deneen His majority
was large and, judging from the char
acter Of his inaugural address and
the improvements suggested, his ad.
mtntstration will be marked by pro-
gress In Illinois system of govern
ment. One Of the strongest recon-
mendations, and one which everyone
who is acquainted with conditions in
Illinois will call wise and timely. is
his advice to the legislature on the
subject of civil service. After calling
attention to the several abuses Of
power on the part of the employees
in state institutions Mr.. Deneen said:
Civil service laws are no longer
looked upon as experiments. They are
In successful operation in most of the
European governments and in many
of our states. Our national civil service
law has the approval of the people
throughout the country. Both the
great political parties in this state ia.
vored civil service law in their last
platforms. The time, therefore, for
discussion has passed; the time for
action has come, and the people will
expect you to carry out their will in
this regard"
In Missouri the principal subject is
graft" All others pale into insignifi-
canoe when that one comes to the fore
ground. There was fear that when
Folk was elected with certain mem
bers of the ring" on the same ticket
he had made compromise, but his in
augural address would not indicate
anything of the kind. Yesterday in
Jefferson City he proposed reforms,
which, If carried out, would make Mis-
souri, almost a model state instead of
one Of the greatest hotbeds of graft
and ring politics in the west.
Governor Folk said plainly that the
people Of Missouri expected the legis-
lature at the present session to purge
itself Of the suspicion Of corruption
and to enact stringent laws against
bribery.
He insisted that professional lobby
ing should be made crime.
He asked for local self-goyernment
for the city of st. Louis.
He called upon the legislature to
enact laws to guard the purity Of the
ballot. He favored compulsory vot-
ing, state primary law, and the cleo
ton Of United States senators by d.
rect. vote Of the people.
He declared the state should not
license gambling in any form, and
asked for laws to prohibit pool selling
on horseracing.
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bria, were in the city yesterday on
business.
Mrs. j. F. Ekfelt went to ottumwa
yesterday for few days. VISIT with
her son, Chas. Ekfelt.
Mrs. VIM. Dawson will entertain the
ladies' OF the Baptist Benevolent So
ciety next Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Dora Marchland, Of Sac City
is visiting in the city with her brother
Chas. Fluke.
Court convened again this morning
having been adjourned since last Fri
day.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette takes an
optimistic view of the future Of that
city and says: There is every indi-
cation that spring will see an un-
precedented movement Of real estate
in Cedar Rapids. Prospective buyers
prefer to wait in most cases, when
dealing in vacant property and new
additions, to wait until the snow is
gone, so they are able to, Judge of
grades and other matters. But the
grass will not be a week old in 1905
until the movement Is under way"
The newspaper represents the pub
lie thought and feeling ana action. 1t
is mirror that reflects mankind as 1t
Is. The world may look in 1t and see
itself. The bad Is there as well as the
good, and more bad than good because
truth requires 1t. If moral sentiment
Is there 1t Is because moral sentiment
Of the public demands it.-Des Moines
News.
The reign of the masculine shirt
waist was brief. It is SO completely at
an end now that a prominent club man
of New York has lust been suspended
for dining without his coat in the pres
ence Of his own wife on a hot night
last summer.-Council Bluffs Nom
pareil.
The Dubuque Telegraph protests
against the proposed pardoning Of the
murderer Novak. "If ever man was
Justly convicted Novak was" declares
the Telegraph. ITO swing open the
prison doors to him would be to per-
petrate another crime against society
and its institutions"
The Davenport Times draws a moral
from the progress Of the Russio-Ja-
panese war. IA people that are kind
and humane from principle and cour-
aEeous in the face of great disadvan-
tages," says the Times, "at least de-
serve to become powerful in the affairs
tempts to coerce them reaps the con-
domination Of humanity"
zone cannot well imagine a worse
investment for business firm than a
travelling representative who grumbles
at his home town and at anything
else" says the Burlington Hawk Eye.
He would be circulating medium for
disaster. Such man Is not wanted in
any business, and managers avoid him
as they would pestilence."
The Sioux City Journal hopes that
the leaders in either house of congress
will apply themselves reso-
lutely to the task of economizing. eff
they shall be somewhat arbitrary they
will have excuse" declares the journal.
There are many doors, and some of
them, equipped with a spring lock,
they will have to bang In the faces of
anxious men walking the floor"
-
The Dubuque Times insists that ev-
cry man, democrat or republican who
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\, IA ~ best the 6sedAf5 kt as 4Azetta
|eazt IX& I'M Isl this: tn at David
IA tired, win someone nleaAe
sof value he saccoEi,s
or nation? Such ret remAAts hardly
cripple the servit y "a ]
There are people" remarks the fjgS
Moines News, who say that good
resolutions are bad because failure in
them reveals to one his own weak
nesses and slavery to habit; having
once failed he is less likely ever to try
again with the hope of confidence SO
ter to know your weaknesses than to
be blind to them? Diagnosis precedes
cure
Abba Union.-Joseph Trigg and
Prof. Holden are Iowa's two most pop
ular leaders and advisers in agricul-
ture: and they are both establishing
for themselves and the state enviable
regulations built on solid, honest
foundation.
Cascade Pioneer.-A Wisconsin man
proposes to Introduce bill in the leg
islature Of that state to prevent farm
ers from getting chewed up in corn
shredders The measures that come
before state legislatures are Wonder-
fully and fearfully constructed things.
30
The Des Moines Capital, like Mr.,
Dooley, wants the penalty for wife
beating increased. IF the brute who
committed an outrage Of this character
knew that he was liable to not less
than six months or a year or more in
the penitentiary, instead of three days
in Jail or a $40 fine, courts would not
be burdened SO frequently with this
class Of cases." declares the Capital.
iowa will raise two more bumper
crops of corn before it will elect an
other governor" says the Iowa city
Republican. $50 let's raise the corn
and elect the governor afterwards"
There Is no menace but hope In the
Japanese nation" declares the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican. ut is
the daybreak of the yellow races. II
Japan can reorganize China, Undue her
with modern thought, and teach her
modern methods, she should have the
opportunity without European inter-
ference"
Des Moipes Capital.-An Iowa man
has. been elected president ,ssof the
American Plymouth Rock association
and now the state has something else
to crow over.
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Mason City-state Dairy association,
February 1-3.
Washington United Presbyte.
rian church general assembly. May "a.
Davenport-K. of P. grand lodge Ii
August.
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{ { Ct T N A

In July, 1883, began to break out with
Eczema on my head, legs and arms, and
began treatment with local doctors, but
did not get much relief: They said the dis
ease had become chronic. I then quit them
and tried various ointments and soaps for
another two years, but as soon as cold
weather camel was as bad off as ever, so I
finally decided toilet medicine alone, and
for twelve or thirteen years did nothing
towards curing the Eczema, except bath
ing. This seemed to do about as much
good as anything I had tried.
During the time lost about one half of
my hair. began S. S. S. doubtful Of a
cure, because the disease had run SO long,
but soon discovered your medicine was
doing me good, and continued to take It.
I used seven bottles, when was COM
pletely cured. not having single spot on
my body, which before was almost COM
p1etely covered. r. c. NORFOLK.
1917 blackberry ST., Ottumwa, Ia.
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The head, feet and hands are usually
the parts affected, though the disease APP
pears on other parts of the body. While ex-
ternal applications allay the itching and
burning Temporarily, it is the acids thrown
off by the blood that cause the irritation
and eruptions upon the skin. The acids
must be neutralized and the system cleans.
ed of all humors and poisons before the
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'i'ftE "a \ "a Z Y ots 4 An ORA s9.
gDefsnse Now Introddelns TsstiiNSny
s.s.s y Court at Marengo.
Marengo Jan. TO- At O'Clock
AtuIdAy AfteEnoon the state rested ia
the Galiaugher perjury case and the
defense began the intro duction Of tes-
timony 1t Is presumed almost the en-
tire week will be consumed In the
case. Relatives Of Mrs. Gallagher will
testify to the previous good character
of the defendant prior to the murder of
her husband.
The evidence of the state was sim
ply a repetition Of that introduced at
the former trial. Charles Holoda, now
serving sentence for the murder OF
James Gallagher, was the principal
witness, telling OF the story of his al.
legged intimacy with the defendant.
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DENEEN AND FOLK.

Several new governors took their
Offices as the chief executives of mid
die western states yesterday, and
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The Dubuque Times insists that ev-
cry man, democrat or republican. who
can be shown to have participated in
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cure is permanent.
S. S. S. is guaran.
teed entirely free
of Potash, Arsenic
and other miner.
ais. Book on the
skin and its dis
eases sent free.
Medical advice
furnished free.
mpany, Atlanta, Ga
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Des .Moipes Capital.-An Iowa man
has. been elected president tssof the
American Plymouth Rock association
and now the state has something else
to crow over.
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Tri- W eekly Courier.
s. THE COURIER PRINTING co

Founded 9Th August, 1e4e.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-08

what believe be the general attitude of the college
graduate The case itself doesn't prove anything
except that there the right stuff in the young
man.
So far l think l have but brought support to the
thesis that the college has distinguishing
external marks. He NAV if his rank in class was
high, carry Phi Beta Kappa key; but the average
college graduate does not advertise his learning He
chevrons of scholarship upon his sleeve in the
daily struggle. He is likely to be exposing his
ignorance by asking questions-a characteristic by
which Mr.. Lewis after all does seem to be able to
distinguish him from the "other men"
But Mr.. Lewis claims that there is this difference.
even if there be visible distnction-that where
industry and intellect equal the college man to
the end four years behind the Others the At
he says that this of the bars of four cities and
of the race for their emoluments and honors. What
understand TO be his broad generalization, illustrated
by his intimate acquaintance with the lawyers OF these
four cities and preaced by of
graduate ignorance. by the observation of street
railway manager about the ease of getting college
graduates for men, by the remark OF publisher
concerning the college graduate who tossing
fapacks and by certain not wholly relevant quota
tions from Montaigne, Franklin and John Quincy
Adams, is that man is no better, no worse, Tor
having been to college"-that he IS simply out his
time
l. we were to ask the college himself, whatever
his success in life or want of success NAV have been
whether he felt that he had lost these four years his
answer would be emphatically that he had not. l
have never happened to know college graduate who
regretted the years he spent in college. have met
some who regretted that they did not make better use
of their opportunities when in colege-whatever they
were. Nv belief IS that though college experience
may seem neither impressive nor important to
who has enjoyed it. it IS possession which
he who has it would not exchange, II he could, Tor
things that have rating in Dun's. Perhaps l am not
warranted in making any generalization from my
own observations but l venture the opinion that the
testimony of the subjective experience OF college
graduates would be almost unanimously against Mr.
Levis's proposition that they Just four years
behind Even the hoarse Yale fellow who in the envl-
ronment of Delmonicos could not locate his memory
of Thoreau. may have got something in those years
which was valuable to him. in his own development
The news & observer., 1905-12-03
w. j. BRYAN'S JAP GODSON
NOW REPAYING HIS KINDNESS
The Japanese Student Who COnsid-
cred Bryan the Greatest Man in
America, and His Story.

Yamachita Yaschichuro, widely
known as "Bryan's Jap is now act
ing as official guide for w. ]. Bryan
on his journey through Japan. and
is enjoying an opportunity of repaylnS
in part the hospitality he received for
several years at Mr.. Bryan's home.
Miss Grace BRYAN and William j. Bry-
an, Jr, have been guests at the home
of Yamachita. in Toxic. while Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan have been entertained
by Field Marshal Ito.
Yamacnita has been married since
his return to Japan last year. and has
a home iE Toxic which Miss Bryan
characterizes as too cunning for any
thing" he has become prominent as
a speaker. and is achieving his amDi-
tion of becoming identified with the
politics of Japan.
lie young Japanese came to
America about seven years ago to OBJ
tain an education. He had little
money, but vast amount of perse-
verance. For a time he was a student
in the University of California in Ber-
kelley He came to the conSclusion
that w. J. Bryan was the great man
of the country and left Berkeley to
make the Nebraskian his godfather.
In Japan it is the custom for every
youth who desires a higher learning
and is without the means of educat-
ing himself to go to the dwelling Of
the greatest man of his neighborhood
and there PROSTATE himself with his
forehead on the Threshold until
found and taken within the house.
Then if the youth proved to be worthy
it is the duty of the great man to
adopt him as a godson, make him a
member of his own household and aid
him in every way to obtain a good
education.
Yamchita reached Lincoln one
afternoon IN the summer of 1900. and
gave his last coin to a messenger boy
to guide him to the home of the great
man." There the young Japanese pros
trated himself on the Threshold and
waited.
Nobody was at home. Mrs. Bryan
and the children were out of town ana
| MIR Bryan was on a campaigning
| tour The afternoon deepened into
night but the Japanese boy knelt on
/ fhe Threshold until. at last. overcome
by fatigue, he fell asleep.
Mr.. Bryan reached Lincoln about
two o'clock next morning, was driven
to his residence. and hurried up the
steps. At the doorway Re stumbled
over the Japanese. collared him. drag
ged him into the house and turned or
the Fight.
Ou 1INdii. GU SIcdl IileiIls
said Yamachita. II come to stay
'"To stayi" echoed Mr.. BMryan, anl
in his amazement he relaxed his gril
on the youths collar
Yamachita knelt at his feet. still
smiling. Yes, | come to stay. Yor
greatest man in America. You be my
godfather and help me grow wise
most worshipful and illustrious one.
"All right. Let's go to bed" said
| Mr. Bryan. He showed the youth 8
room. and for more than four years
Yamachita was an inmate of the Bry-
an household.
In the University of Nebraska Yam
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Eczema, scald head hives. itchiness
of the skin of any sort instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Dona' S
Ointment. At any drug store.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

yelling and killing, and more than
500 Indian dogs barking.
Well, pa was the foolishest man in
the lot, cause he had tied the lariat
rope that ne held his elk by, around
his belt, and when the elk went over
the hill pa was only hitting the high
places, and he was yelling for me to
head off his elk But | was busk try
ing to keep up with my antelope,
which was scared worse than any ami
NAL in the race. When the antelope
a big cactus and the boss canvassman
who was digging his heels into the
ground trying to hold his zebra, /
thought it was a good time to say
something pleasant, SO / said: This
is a lovely country we are passing
through but i never heard his repey,
cause just then the zebra jumped over
a big catcus and the boss canvassman
went into it, and he stayed there, yell
ing for piece of ice, while the zebras
that were dragging the treasurer and
the ticket taker passed us. l yelled to
the treasurer and told him | should
have to have my salary raised if | was
expected to keep up with my antelope.
but he told me whore to go and get an
increase of salary. some place in Ar
kanSas-may be Hot Springs.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

when | lit again | let go of the rope,
and the antelope got ahead of every
thing, and [ wished 1 had bet on him.
When the cowboys and Indians got
up to me / delivered the message from
pa, and they divided and went around
the TANKS of the stampeders, and in
another mile they headed them off in
a nice pasture, and kept riding around
the animals SO they couldn't get away.
They soon had the whole bunch under
control, and we all got together to see
if anybody was hurt.
Well pa was the worst sight of all.
If his belt had broke he never would
have lost his pants, cause more than
a million cactus thornS had gone
through and pinned them on. We had
to cut them off, and pull out the
thornS with pincers, one at time, and
pa yelling murder for every thorn.
The boss canvassman was in the same
fix. and everybody that tried to hold
an animal was spinned together with
thorns and they had gravel up their
trousers from sticking their heels into
the soil
Everybody was mad, and they
threatened to lynch pa when they got
back to the ten for suggesting letting
the animals out to Craze. We started
back to town, the cowboys and Indians
driving the animals, and the zebras
and gratfes kicking up and acting
as though they had got out of school
on account of the death of a dear
teacher, like schoolboys.
Before we got to town wind came
UP so strong that we had to walk
edgcwise to go against it, and finally
we met the tent coming out to meet
us, cause a cyclone had taken it bod
lily and was blowing it all over the
prairie. And when we got to town the
animals in the cages, that can't eat
grass, were having an indignation
meeting, and bowling awful.
Pa was the first man to get back
to the lot, and he asked me what
thought he better do, and told hin1
he better get in the porcupine cage,
cause he looked with the cactns
thorns sticking out of him like the
father of all porcupines. He said
thought ] was smart, and he asked
me if / was hurt any, and | told him
all | could find was a stone bruise
on my spine, where | struck a prairie
dog house.
Well. we got the animals into a liv-
cry barn, and it took us almost the
whole week to have the tent hauled
back and sewed together. and we had
to pay the cowboys and Indians more
than the animals were worth to bring
them back, and let them into the show
free. The managers had a meeting
The news & observer., 1905-12-03
Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep
1t Holy.
(Newcl1 Dwight HilIis.) }

The American Sunday is one of the
nations most precious possessions. BY
association it has become the souls
nigh day, its day of culture for the
flreSiGe affections and for personal
growth. 1T is the bright flashing gem
on the ring of the week. 1t is a
golden bar of sunshine lying across
the working mans life. But for Sun
day the collier. the w0odsman, the
miner, the factory man would find
his drudgery all but uncomfortable. On
this day our poets have nourished
their dreams. Our boys have brooded
and found their strongest faculties,
our knights of reform have wrought
out their visions of social regeneration
But for some reason, during the past
thirty years the day has been misused.
And for the first time some of our
people are beginning to ask. why all
this waste? Why not convert the
hours of Sunday into gold? Think how
much money we could make by open-
ing the theatres the race tracks. the
circus? Under this motive all the
theatres are now open on Sunday
night in many of the Pacific slope
and the Rocky Mountain states, while
certain theatres were open in New
York. last Sunday night. Ii is as i'm
moral to talk about converting the
Sunday into terms of gold as to raise
the question how much money could
be made by converting virtue into
terms Of vice and selling purity for
purposes of sin.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03
No more horse racing for this cir

Gus.
The managers held a meeting at
Guthrie, Okla, after we had lost our
money horse racing with the Indians,
and pa said the consensus of opinion
was that we better stick to the legit-
innate show business, and not try to
work in any side lines. Pa says he
made a speech at the managers meet
ing, in which he showed that the busi-
ness man who attended strictly to the
business which he knew all about,
would make money, while the man
who knew about dry goods, but work
ed in a millinery store or a stock
of tinware. got it in the neck. He
would either get stuck on the head
mflliner, or buy stock of tinware
that would not hold water.
So a resolution was passed to the
effect that hereafter no temptation
could be great enough to get our show
to go into anything outside of the
business, no matter how good it looked
as a get-rich-quick affair. So We gath
cred up our show and played a whole
week in oklahoma, and had full
houses all the time, and made money
enough to redeem our animals that
had been attached by creditors. We
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Then my antelope heard the Indians
and cowboys coming behind, and he
got his second wind, and L never did
touch the ground no more, and L must
have looked like a buzzard sailing
through the air. When my antelope
got up to where pa was trying to keep
up with his elk, / told pa he better let
go his elk and get the cowboys and In
dians to ride around ahead of the
stampede and head them off.
Pa said he couldn't let go of his elk
cause the rope was tied to his belt,
but for me to hit the ground some
where ahead and let go of that jack
rabbit | was chasing, and tell the cow
boys to head off the stampede. So
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Members of RALEIGH MERCHANTS,
ASSOCIATION. and by buying from
YOU get the advantage Of the
Refund Railroad Fare System
operation.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03
Mail Order Free Delivery Service

e in North Carolina on all cash mail orders
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

and resolved to get out of the Indian
Territory and into Kansas just as
quick as possible.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

achita was one of the most industrious
students. He gained his bachelors
degree in 1904. and that fall sailed
for Japan.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Women love clear. healthy com
plexion. Pure blood makes it. Bur
dock Blood BitterS makes pure blood
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Bodily pain loses its terror if you've
a bottle of DIR. Thomas Electric Oil
in tho house. Instant relief in cases
of burns. cuts, sprains, accidents of
any sort.
The news & observer., 1905-12-03

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women to a
happy, vigorous old age.