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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
HoYs AND THE MAN.

1t is a time worn. but always true
saying that Boys will he boys" There
is no more sure indication of boyish-
ness than that Of trying to take on the
airs Of a man before the time comes.
The effort always meets with failure.
But there comes a time in every boys
life when, he should, for his own good,
throw off the habits of boyhood and be,
come o man. with mans responsible
ity and y mans brains. With naval
cadet, q future commander of men
that time is when ne enters the acad.
envy at Annapolis. Mldshipmen are
given authority enough at best, and ii
Is their duty to become men in the
best sense Immediately upon becom.
Ing students at Annapolis.
The code of ethics which exists
at Annapolis, and which has been
brought 10 public notice during the
trial Of Midshipmen Meriwether, indi
Gates ANYTHING but a manly spirit. II
may be called, by it's opponents, "gen.
tiemanly" but between the meaning OF
there is vast difference. The method
s.of settling dispute by personal com
That is generally a pretty accurate one
flor the lad in knicAerbockers, but
samong men. and among gentlemen, ii
has been tabooed since dueling fell
] into disrepute. The fist fights which the
Annapolis cadets seem to think are
necessary to the preservation of their
honor, and which certain officers seem
to think are necessary to the compile
ton of a cadets education, are not one
step above dueling and as such should
be done away with. This custom is out
of date, behind the times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

John Colliver, of West Grove. He has
sold his medical practice and leaves
next week for Vienna, Austria, to take
as post graduate course and will re.
main there eight months or year.
Mrs. e. L.. Leonard, Of Cantril, spent
Monday shopping In this city.
William Bassett and son, Guy spent
Sunday with friends in Cantril.
DIR. J. w. Young of West Grove. was
business visitor at this place Mon
day.
Miss Emma stansberry OF west
Grove, has returned from the north
ern part Of the state, where she has
been visiting her sister. Mrs Lola
Savage.
John Ron1inger and family, Of Floris
and Wade McIntire and family of TIM
ionville, spent Sunday with the lat
ter's mother In this city. 1t was MIR.
McIntire's parting visit before going
to Oklahoma, where he intends locat-
ing.
Rev. Nichols, OF Mt. Pleasant who
has been assisting Rev, J.. c. Wilson,
pastor of the Presbyterian church In
the revival Services of the past few
weeks, was called home on Saturday
and will not return. The vacancy. was
supplied by Rev w. III. HORNED, pastor
| oe the East End Presbyterian church OF
| Ottumwa. who will assist Rev. Wilson
this week.
Rev. Bell pastor of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. of Charlton, oc-
cupied the pulpit In West Grove on
| Sunday.
Harvey Leon left Monday for Mt
Pleasant to spend several days on bus
] iness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
Mark Twain on Thanksgiving

to his satisfaction during the year?
Do you believe he is as sweepingly
thankful as our nation is going to be,
as indicated by the enthusiasm which
will appear in the papers on the both
of this month from the pens of the dis
tinguished persons appointed to phrase
its thankfulness on that day?
A Few Unpleasant Things.
We may be unstintedly thankful
but can that be really the case with
him? If he had voice how would he
regard the years results in Russia?
What would he be thankful for there?
The servants of that government, in
patriotic obedience to it's commands,
have lately killed and wounded $4,000
Jews by unusual and unpleasant meth
DDS, butchering the men and the wo-
men with knife and bayonet, fiinging
them out of the windows, saturating
them with kerosene and setting fire
to them, shutting them up in cellars
and smothering them with smoke,
drenching children with boiling water,
tearing other children asunder by the
methods of the middle ages.
Doubtless the most that he can be
thankful for is that the carnage and
the suffering are not as bad as they
might have been.
He will have noticed that life in
surance in New York has grown toll
erably rotten, and that the widow and
orphan have had a sorrowful time of
| OF it at the hands Of their chosen pro-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

uation that has arisen in several places
throughout Russia Mobs organized
primarily for the express purpose of
making demonstration, more or less
violent, against the cars autocratic
government, have suddenly. and ap-
parently without reason, deserted the
first idea to turn upon the inoffensive
Jews and torture them to death.
The mobs in Russia. bands of
people that have been spreading death
and desolation over the broad empire,
have been made up largely of unedu-
Gated. really Ignorant peasants and
agrarians. Their leaders have been
students and socialists, too weak to con-
troll group Of such men Organized
for one mission of death and outrage,
1t was easy to swing them to another If
the effort was made in the right way,
and the autocratic mobiles were not too
dense to realize the fact. BY turning
the frenzied gangs upon the Jews they
gave them occupation and vent for
their rage and at the same time saved
their own property and in some cases,
their own lives.
1t is anything but pleasant to believe
this of the men whose names are dig.
nified by Russian titles, and 1t would
be hard to believe it of any but those
Russian mobiles. But with the record
these men have for iuhumanity, a rec
ord that has come down through gen
erations, it is hard to believe anything
else. During the recent war tales came
across the seas to the effect that these
same mobiles were appropriating tc
their own uses the money and the
goods intended by the government and
by private donors for the army in Man
churia. Such plots are but step re
moved, If removed at all, from those
which are aimed at the lives of the in
offensive, luckless Jews.
The. recent Geographic dispatches tc
the effect that the Jews are to be com
PEELED to pay the fines assessed upor
them for evading army service. with
/ the alternative of being imprisoned
/ serve to strengthen belief in the stor,
| of the origin of the massacres.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
[BY MARK TWAIN.l

a
A few days ago one of the inter-
viewers offered to let me do a Thanks
giving sentiment. was not able to
take advantage of the opportunity, for
I had already declined two chances,
and it would not be fair to be incon-
sistent and unreliable unless could
do good by it or there was graft in it
somewhere, for the family.
Besides there is another aspect to
this matter. Every year every person
in America concentrates all his
thought upon one thing, the catalogu-
ing OF his reasons for being thankful
to the Diety for the blessings con-
ferred upon his and upon the human
race during the expiring twelve
months. This is we'll and as 1t should
be; but it is too one-sided.
The Diety's Thanksgiving Day.
No one ever seems TO think Of the
Diety's side of it; apparently no one
concerns himself to inquire how much
or how little he has had to be thank
full for during the same period; ap-
parently no one has had good feeling
enough to wish he might have a
Thanksgiving day, too. There is moth
ing right about tnis.
| Do you SUPPOSE everything has gone
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

lawyers of the two countries alone are
to be compared, it would seem to a
casual observer that England rests
rather too much, rather than America
rest too little.
Mr.. Choate isn't all criticism, for he
concludes his article with the follow
ing:
Il have found that we are now citi-
zens of a country grander by far than
it was before. a country that has been
gaining in admiration. wholesome re-
spect and the affection of every other
nation in the world"
America, then, may be strenuous,
but she is great nation nevertheless.
And cts great to be great"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.

One of the things that impresses
Hon. William Choate most, upon his
return to America after having served
his country as am bassador to Great
Britain for seven years, is that the life
in America is growing more and more
strenuous and the consequent strain
on the mind and the body of American
men is greater than it ever was before.
That the increase is very great is evil
denced by the comment Mr.. Choate
makes. Either that is what his obser
vations mean or they mean that Eng
land moves SO slowly that America,
in comparison, seems to be going at a
dangerously speedy gait. Mr.. Choate
inclines to the former view. He says:
THE rush of life seems to have
grown much more intense than it was
when I left America seven years ago
as ambassador to Great Britain. The
strain of nerve, mind, brain and body
seems to have been growing stronger
and stronger every year. We were
going at. a tremendous pace when
went away. Now we have set upon a
pace that kills. How mind and body
and nerve and brain can stand it re-
mains to be seen.
.It seems to me that we, as people,
could do we'll to initiate little of the
repose and relaxation that prevail in
certain other countries. Let me tell
you what is the difference between the
life of lawyer in New York and one
in London.
when was hard at work practic-
ing law here the judges and the law
yers were busy from the first week in
October to the last Friday in June.
VITA no interval but few days around
christmas. On the other side they
have learned to mix business with
pleasure a great deal more than here.
"The courts in London open on Oc-
tober "a, and the lawyers and judges
work for period of eight weeks. Then
comes Christmas holiday of two
weeks. Then they go back for eight
weeks more. and work until
Easter, when another rest comes !;
then eight weeks more of labor until
another period Of rest. Eight weeks
more brings them to the summer vaca'
ton Of ten weeks and that completes
the round of legal service"
In spite of the fact that Mr.. Choate
shrould know what he is talking about
1t looks like rather waste Of time to
worry about the health and spirits of
a group of men who have three months
Of the twelve in every annual round
with a few days around Christmas
thrown in, for rest period. If the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
is THE AuTocRAcY TO sLAME9

is THE AUTocRAcY TO BLAME?
There is reason to believe, though
the idea is distasteful one for fair
minded men to consider, that the old,
autocratic government of Russia is be-
hind the persecution of the Jews which
have turned world sick with horror
during the last few months. Indica.
tions are, if letters from Jews in Rus.
STA are to be believed, that the mobiles
of the old regime that is fast crum.
bling In Russia, have played upon the
old prejudice of the people and have
turned the fury of the mobs against
the Jews. This is the most plausible
and reasonable EXPLANATION of the sit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

1t Is time to begin thinking of that
Christmas shopping. Come early and
avoid the rush." is good advice for
stores to give just now and for the
next two weeks, for the Christmas
buying should he very heavy this
year, If indications and past ex-
perience count for anything.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

If Governor Folk settles the question
as to where the mutinous prisoners in
the Missouri penitentiary secured their
weapons, be will have cracked as hard
as nut as the one with which he sue
ceeded so well while district attorney
in St. Louis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Andrew Carnegie is GO years old and
he has given away s139,OOO,OOO. This
would make a big hole in the bank ac.
count Of most men of 6S, but the Scot
says he can still keep giving until he
dies and that he will then, in all prob
ability, have to forego shutting off as
a poor man. It's hard lines to be rich,
maybe,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
SENDS MONEY ORDER.

Resident Of jackson, Miss, Renews
Subscription to ottumwa Courier.
A money order renewing the SUBJ
scription to the Ottumwa Courier of
Dr. Della B. Randel in jackson, Miss,
has been received by the office. DR..
Randel until recently was resident
of this city, having resided here prac.
tically her entire life. She is now To-
Gated in the southern city, practicing
her profession Of osteopathy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

The metropolitan newspapers are
publishing, for brand new, a story
about Speaker Cannon's overcoat deal
that has been going the rounds for at
least five years. But may be Mr. Can
non has bought another overcoat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

trophies of the war whose association
with Togo has rendered 1t almost sa-
cred in Japanese eyes. Another in
stance of that much criticised Ameri-
can display of money. But perhaps Mr.
Bryan didn't explain to the Jappies
that he became rich during the prac-
teal demonstration that his theories
about money were not the right ones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
BEEF TRUST CASE is SET.

The Trial Of the First Issues In the
Indictments is Fixed.
Chicago, Nov. 90. The trial OF the
first issues in the indictments found
against the beef packers for operat-
ing In restraint of trade has been set
for December IL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Maybe when Mr.. Bryan returns from
his trip around the world he will have
story like that of Ambassador
Choate But the Am erican nation al
ways was little fast for W. J. B.
when it came to counting the votes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

This is the modern and most sue.
cessful way of curing such ailments as
Heartburn, Poor Appetite,
Cramps, indigestion, Dyspepsia, Fe.
male Ills or General Debility. We
nraa avAry sick person to start tndau.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
GOOD NEWS

To those who are sickly and run
down. or whose stomachs have gone
"back on them,' we bring the good
news that they can be cured, but they
must give UP old methods and COM
mence taking
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Washington, d. G., Nov. 3D.
Mark Twain took luncheon yester-
day with President Roosevelt. In
the evening he wrote the following
Thanksgiving sentiment:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

1t is time for the sick man of the
east to sit UP and take notice. The
goblins'll git him if he don't watch
out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

A Wisconsin man, standing at the
altar waiting to be married, dropped
dead few days ago. That's one way
of getting out of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Mr. Bryan made the Japanese mad
when ha attemDted to buy one Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

"A man ought to feel thankful to
live in a city where he can get a meal
at a hotel or restaurant without tip
ping the waiter for half as much as
his Check calls for" says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30
that Champ has decided to try to
keep within sight of the procession.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette recon-
mends that, if you want to find out
whether you have grown old in the
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

The Burlington Hawk Eye recalls
that Billy Sunday says What the
church needs today are dignitaries who
will dig" and the SIOUX City Tribune
suggests that when the church gets
through with them. Uncle Sam might
with profit send them down to Pan
anna.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Noting that Mayor Mcclellan has
employed twelve attorneys to look after
his interests. the Clinton Herald sus-
poets that this will lead some people
to think he feels guilty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Champ Clark says that Jerome Is a
coming man, which is taken by the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil to indicate
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

Russia may have to wade through
a sea of blood to learn what liberty is, y
says the Des Moines News, but the
gain will be worth the cost. LiNarsy
never yet failed in the end to make q
people better and happier"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-30

AS the Rockford Register sees 1t the
weak spot in football as an athletic is
that it is entirely too strenuous for
the undeveloped student and breaks
the necks of altogether too many who
would be husky without 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
EASTERN STAR ENJOYED IT.
Grand Associate Matron Visited Abb
lenN Chapter.


The Eastern Star chapter was Wis
tied last evening BY Mrs. Carrie
Yates, grand associate matron Of the
grand chapter Of KanSas. She gave q
short talk at the session and assisted
ip the initiation OF two new members,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. W. Woodward. Re-
freshments were served after the Cere-
monies.
Mrs. R. H. Seeds gave q dinner
party in honor Of Mrs.. Yates at her
home on West Third last evening, in
viting ten ladies who are officers or
past officers o. the Abilene orgsniza-
ton as guests. An enjoyable visit
with tho grand associate matron and
q six.course dinner made the occAS-
sion very pleasant for all.
The guests were: MesdameS Yates,
Moore, Hlner, Burton, J. Johntz,
Keel. Woods, Seelye, spangler and
Crawford.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
ABOUT PEOPLE

IA, Young 4 a Topeka.
4 Judgs Moore returned from Marion.
n. W. KIsisr Of Topeka d in .hs
city.
r. a. MONAmse was up from To
Pska,
+. u. Henry Of DeuveriS In Ihs city
visiting bis mother.
h. w. Jacobs returned at noon
from Salt Lake CITY.
B. Waring and family went 70 Solo
mon to attend the King. Hobbs we'd
ding.
Rev. A. L. Young Of Chapman was
q guest Of Rev. and Mrs. Maloney
last night.
r. c. Alexander came In last even
ing from New York. He has been to
India since he left here and knows
q lot about the world.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
nad Propolition.

! The Legislature seems likely to
make into lava bill providing that
all buildings owned by lodges and
occupied 10 part BY thsm shah DO
exempt from taxation. II 10 . bad
Law. The average KanSss town has
too much untsxsd property now. II
IL difficult with the iegh levy and the
abonlnable methods Of taxation TO
GET money enough 10 run schools
or towns. II lodge can own three
story block and use part Of the third
floor for lodge and escape taxation
on the whole building II will mean
that every lodge will 60 to buying
buildings and with the advantage
given In lower rents because Of lack
OF taxes there will DO loss to indi-
viduals as well as to the municipality.
There ought to be ways to get more
property ON the tax roll--not less
While lodges are good things most Of
them are largely business Investments
for insurance purposes. These %
well as the others are supported vol
unfairly By the members. There Is
no more reason for exempting their
real estate from taxation than exempt
Ing that OF "a. athletic club or q card
club, provided these should purchase
any.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
Colorado's Horrible Hxnmpls.


Il would BE- mighty interesting 70
know what kind Of an election lev
they have in tho state Of Colorado.
II does not seem to intsrPoss the
slightest obstacle to any form Of fraud
that anybody happens to think nsces.
sary TO elect bis candidate.
There 10 no primary Law. II there
10 90 Australian ballot lsw II docs not
prevent the most bareisCsd frauds 10
voting and counting. Votes are
bought 10 open market aud the goods
ere delivered. The count Il ialSiHed
In the most shameless manner. II
there IL registry law. II does not
prevent repeating that would have
made Tammany Hall blush in Its
pAlmiest days.
In previous exposures Of Colorado
election frauds nearly every form Of
offsnse against suffrage was revealed.
The discoveries that made . member
Of congress resign bis seat in pure
shsme involved every kind Of ballot
box stufiug and false counting. But
we do not remember In connection
with those any such revelations Of
repeating % are feature of the evi.
dence In Governor PeabOdy's contest.
For instance, two or three witnesses
testified to spending the Whole day
in marching from one polling place to
another, casting several votes al each.
They were followed around by their
employers and given slips to vote OF
each polling place; so that II there is
On Australian ballot 10 Colorado, 1t
must be curiously modified form.
The market for votes was 90 glutted
that these wretcheS got only dollar
o piece In the morning and 80 cents 8
piece In the afternoon for each repeti-
ton. Still, 1t was q pretty good days
work for them, because they swore to
voting from forty to one hundred
times each. What safeguard Is there
for the ballot when these things cap
be doneP
In the matter Of election frauds,
the fault cannot be confined to either
party. Most Of the exposed frauds
have been Democratic, because the
Republicans are in control Of the
means Of exposure. But the Repub-
licAns have mot used their power to
prevent frauds BY enacting and en-
forcing proper laws. The only pos
Sible remedy seems to prevent frauds
BY enacting and enforcing proper
laws. The only possible remedy
seems to be through the shock Of re-
peated exposures on q public mind
even so drlled BY the practice Of cor.
ruption as that Of Colorado.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09
Islt Good pu1ine.,1

The State Journal says the REFLEo.
ToR opposes the states investment In
business enterprises because the Idea
10 populistic. Nothing is wrong DO.
cause II 10 populistic or sOcialistlc but
the Populists and Socialists have I'D.
vocated certain movements which We
do not think good business PROPOSE
tions for the state 20 undertake.
Government ownership OF railroads.
loaning money on warehouse receipts,
ete., are not good things for state
% DO. So with going Into business
IL order to correct n corporations
grsed--thers are better ways 10 do II.
The Standard OH company 10 one Of
she most infamous aud outrageous
trusts the world has ever khoWn and
Kansas ought TO smite Il 90 1t will be-
have but It IL doubtlui IL the state
refinery Will do 1t. sim Il may do so
and u Il AocOmPliIhss what is intend.
Cd, 1t will be . great benefit. But viii
II be worth the $500. o0e Kansas pro-
poses TO spend 70 tiad outP
Hon. John SsaiOn q AIchlson who
conceived the idea and pushed the
measure through the Legislature Gre
atIng tWins plant At the stats peni-
tertiary, says It will not work. II
an opposed 10 . l,ass oil reansry, "
said Captain ssatoa. "Whsn l con-
coIved the plan for The binding twine
plant In the prisOa > BIN had Just
been passed throwing OUT Of en-
ploynent IN the penltsntlAry 1870
coal mine consicls, I Believed they
would add 10 the btrdens Of the tax.
payers snd asked mysoli Why net
employ oonviots % tWinef While
~ hnocess q The tvine plant hss
ben dloe11IIal,d. lho nrnnosil -
f1t Ibo safS 81 ~ buIltI1r q !
rl.sflno1 h1nst l5r dilb6llng d oil
ol'elatiing ID ne state. & BOT, IN NJ
Isdental analofsls % u "a ths
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-09

The rock throwing at General Fun
ston don't seem to have hurt him
much. We notice that the lieutenant
general Of the army, General Chaffse,
and Mrs. Chafise gave reception In
bic honor the other dsy at which all
Washington high society was present
aud the next afternoon Mrs. Uhafise
entertained for Mrs. Funston. Kan
sas 10 mighty proud Of Fred Funston
land ought to be.