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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
MAKING ONES OPPORTUNITIES.

New York Mail.-Mr. Rockefeller is
conservative in advising young men to
take legitimate and vigiiant advantage
OF their commercial opportunities. lie
is modest enough to think that that
was all he Gid himself To most peo-
pie it looks as if he made most of the
opportunities When George W. Per-
llins, before the Armstrong committee
recently hsd the letter read which in
1879 appointed him II clerk at a salary
of SIS month, there was told, in sug-
gestion only. q story similar to that
of Mr.. Rcckefollo.'s--a story OF one
who was not content to accept his
advantages as they came along, but
irteligently prepared them for his
hard.
Other young mon entered the ser
vice Of the New York Life Insurance
company at the same time that Mr..
Perkins did. Doubtless some of them
dropped out, unfit even for clerical
duties. Perhaps some of them made
better clerks than he did, but none
of them attained a position that
eq1aled his. They did their best, full
filing the scriotnral Injunction: WHAT
soever thy hand fadeth t. do, do it
with thy might" Verilv they have had
their reward in a steady job
They did not, however. cultivate the
faculty of initiative, and look out for
things that we're to happen in advance.
and connect themselves sagaciously
with these things. we say cultivate
the faculty of Initiative" advisedly, for
il is thing that can be cultivated
Men are not born nowadays with the
gift of prophecy There is nothing
occult about conspicuous business sue
cess. Perhaps some people drift into
it, but they are not many. In ninety
nine cases out of a hundred it is the
result of intelligent application, slow
ly developed into a kind of science not
only by hard work and tireless energy
but by much thought and the careful
exercise of the faculty of selection.
1T Is well to strike when the iron is
hot, but better to make the iron hot
by striking" said oliver Cromwell.
There is suggestion for the budding
business men in this aphorism. If sue
cess is to be achieved it must be pre-
pared in advance. To hammer away
at project, at scheme for extending
business that one is in, for economic
ing expenditures and increasing re-
turns-this is the mark of the true
business man. once in while he
surprises the business world with
something that is new to it, but the
thing is not new to him. Perhaps he
has been hammering at it until it has
become a bore to his associates.
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Strickland W. Gillian. the humor-
list of the Baltimore American, has
never appeared publicly in Ottumwa,
though he has been here several
times and is well known to number
of citizens who met him in semi
public gathering. With all who know
him Mr.. Gillian is popular, not only
in Ottumwa but everywhere. He was
last year president of the American
Press Humorists' association and act
ed as spokesman for the members of
that organization when they were re-
Gently entertained by John D. Rookie
Teller at his country home near Cleve-
land, Ohio. Mr.. Gillilans best comic
work is done in his poetry. His lines
are finished and bear the stamp Of
real wit and real ability. One Of his
neatest hits of recent date is one writ
ten after the close of the peace CON
ference at Portsmouth, and one that
works in well with the cartoon by
McCutcheon published at the same
time. The Baltimore mans piece fol.
lows:
There is silence down at Portsmouth
there is quiet in New Hamp.
Like the stiffness of the farmhouse as
they light the evening lamp.
There is deafness in the village as
reigned before the start
OF the recent peace convention that
enlisted every heart.
There is noiselessness in plenty, there
is lassitude to burn,
There is just the sort OF placidness for
which the Quakers yearn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
BAskING IN PRospERITYs
SMILES.

When Providence smiles and pros
perity is abroad in the land it is good
to be alive. Such time is that which
is now upon us. Financial men and
observers of current events in the
United States are not in the least
backward about prophesying that the
good conditions will continue and that
there are no clouds upon the horizon
to augur i'll for the country. Henry
Clews in his weekly review closes with
the following paragraph, full of en-
enlargement and optimism.
There has been no indication of any
reaction In the general business stu
alton throughout the country. The iron
and steel industry is fully maintaining
its previous activity and in all the
larger departm ents the capacity of the
mills is we'll taken care of for the first
half of 1906, while the steel rail mills
have orders extending as far ahead as
October. The weather is continuing
particularly favorable for the finish of
the corn crop, and any. damage by
frosts in this direction can now at best
be trifling. Bank clearings continue to
reflect general business activity, and
railroad earnings are also highly in
dicative of a liberal distinction of
merchandise. In other words, pros
perity is at flood tide; but it should
not be forgotten that the stock market
discounts conditions and that current
prices may be considered to
have been advanced not alone upon
the favorable conditions that now exist
but those that are in prospect"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
MACHINERY.

MINNEAPOLIS Jonraal.-This is the
age of machinery. Besides creating
the political machines which relieve
the citizen of any anxiety as to his
public duties machine, the age has
made immense strides in other labor
saving devices. The adding sub
tracing and multiplying machine bids
fair to drive arithmetic oUt q BUSH
ness. The machine which skins the
cream from milk does not lose a drop,
While the old skimming process was
crude and wasteful. Washing ma
chimes which would rel..ve woman of
the drudgery of cleaning clothes have
not proved an encouraging success UP
to date, but German firm has put on
the market, a crockery washing ma
chine which will wash and dry 5000
dishes an hour America has produced
an electric shoe black which will shine
six pairs of shoes at once and take
only two minutes to do it. The news
paper business has today the advant-
age of machinery which will set type
three Or four times as fast as it could
be done by hand. Trade in small ar
ticles which has been hampered by the
large problem of preparing them for
the market has now the use of a
wrapping machine which will revolu-
tionize the manufacturing drug trade.
Ii VIII 1old ana wrap all the poWdefs
which are consumed in this country
and do it one hundred times as fast AS
fingers could do it.
Labor saving machinery, contrary tic
the idea that prevailed a generation
or two ago, does not relieve anyone
from the necessity of laboring. More
men are employed than ever before
and they are working harder than ever
before. There has been a change il
the direction of their effort, and new
avenues of work have been opened
up. The spade and pick might die
the Panama canal in a generation, but
by means of great steam shovels
which scoop out eight cubic feet OF
earth at time, it is expected that the
big Culebra cut will be completed II
three or four years.
1t may be said that every labor saw
inp machine has created more demand
for labor than it has supplied. Tho
field for machinery is constantly wild
ening. Every want that is supplied
by the creation of machine only
opens other avenues of progress. The
development would seem to be limite3
only by the wants of man and they are
bounded by only his boundless imagin-
alton.
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HIS WELCOME HOME.

washington welcomed President
roosevelt Saturday on his return from
MS summers stay at Oyster Bay. The
people OF the capital city are so ac-
customed to seeing the President and
DIS family that 1t is seldom that any
demonstration takes place in their
honor except on formal occasions, such
as inauguration and the like, but the
welcome accorded them Saturday was
lWnole-souled as it was informal. There
was no program, no reception commit
tee, no one was higher than the 9TH
ers, but 1T was a truly neighborhood
welcome of a fellow citizen made
great through his own worth. Wash
1ngton welcomed Roosevelt the peace
maker rather than Roosevelt the Pres
ident. Presidents have come and gone
II Washington since it became a cap
1tal. Their movements have been
chronicled In newspaper paragraphs
ana few who were directly connect
ed with their doings gave heed In
a. perfunctory manner but no one
seemed to care. But the Homecoming
OF President Roosevelt, than whom
no one in the world is more generally
and favorably known today, was the
occasion that called for something ont
OF the ordinary.
And Washington's welcome was lust
OF the right sort Informality ruled.
No speech-making marred the event.
The people, to the number of thous-
ands, gathered at the railroad station
and along Pennsylvania avenue. When
the special train reached the depot at
6:l6 p. m. and the President Mrs
Roosevelt, Ethel, Archie and Quentin
stepped off the train, cheers ane ont
and cries of Welcome home, Mr.,
President" "Glad to have you here
again" were heard Mr.. Roosevelt
raised his hat and spoke pleasantly to
those nearest him, got into the wait
Ing carriage and drove to the White
House. All along the route he was
greeted with cheers and was kept busy
responding to the hearty welcome. At
the White House he greeted the SER
wants cheerily and showed, as did
they. pleasure at his return to Wash
ington.
The real work Of the year will be-
gin now, with Mr.. Roosevelt again at
the seat of government. There is
much to be done. The railroad rate
question, the Panama canal work the
tariff question, the matter of Santo no.
m1ngo, countless minor questions. and
last but not least, the many little diff.
nculties to be settled in the various
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SOUTH IS For PROTECTION.

1t sounds like a paradox, but the
word of Senator Donaldson Caffery of
Louisiana Is behind the assertion that
the voters of the south are in favor of
a protective tariff Senator Caffery,
during his six years of service in the
United States senate, marked himself
as man of independent but strong
thought and action, and his views on
the political tendencies of the south
ern states are valuable for that rea-
son. In a recent interview given to a
Washington reporter Mr.. Gallery said:
Il see no prospects ahead for the
democratic party At present it is
agreed upon no issue. There is too
much protection sentiment in the
south to permit southern democrats to
actively champion revision measure.
The south already has extensive man
ufactures and products for which it
wants high protection. And should
the democrats be intrusted with re-
vision of the tariff there would be an
other German or Smith to make it a
protective measure If anyone hest
tates about the sentiment of southern
senators let him recall Senator Ba-
cons tariff speeches and Senator Till
mans declarations"
Mr.. Caffery predicts that the present
democratic party will decline steadily
to the point of oblivion and that new
party, champion.ng revision OF the
tariff, will arise N its stead. He says
Bryan would like to become the leader
of the new party, but that he will not
be able to achieve that aim, for che
has accomplished nothing but talk"
The line between the north and south
Jas dividing the republican and demo-
cratic parties, will be obliterated and
the republicans, favoring protection,
will be able to draw from the south
erl states as well as from the north,
according to Mr.. Caffery's views.
Whether he is right or wrong in his
prophecy, it is interesting and not i'm
practicable.
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And the do-lessness pervading every
corner of the place
Ought to bring smile of gladness to
each mild peace lovers face.
Silence? Why, if you will listen you
can hear the fennel grow
'TwiXt the cobbles in the pavement of
that village staid and slow;
Silence? Should a maiden's kerchiet
fall upon her chamber floor,
All the town would be excited at the
sudden, deafening roar;
Silence? If 70 uneven heard it in it's
purity. It's now
You should visit quiet Portsmouth
since the ending of the row.
For the deafness of the duck pond
when the ducks are not about
Seems Compared with Portsmouth's
stillness) like the widest, loudest
Another piece of poetry that is
worthy of special mention appears in
the current number of paper weight
ed down with the religious and solemn
sounding name, "the Congregational
list" Evidently the author Of the piece
desired to be as truthful as possible
and he certainly chose good subject
Here is the composition:
A woman there was, and she wrote for
the press
CAS- you or would do).
She told how to cut and fit dress,
And how to stew many a savory mess
But she never had done it herself,
guess
(Which none of her readers knew.
oh the hour we spent and the flour
we spent
And the sugar we wasted like sand
At behest of a woman who new had
cooked
(And now we know that she never
could cook)
And did not understand
A woman there was, and she wrote
right fair,
CAS- you or / might do),
How out of a barrel to make chair,
To be covered with chintz and stuffed
with hair
'Twould adorn any parlor and give II
an air.
(And we thought the tale was true)
Oh, the days we worked and the ways
we worked
To hammer and saw and hack
Ir making chair in which no one
could sit
Without crick in his back.
A woman there was, and she had hei
fun
Dieter than you and ~
She wrote out recipes. and she never
tried one,
She wrote about children-of course
she had none
She told us to do what she never haC
done
(And never intended to try).
And 1t isn't to toll and it isn't to spoi
That brims the cup Of disgrace
It's to follow woman who didn
know bears
CA woman WHO never had cooked any
beans)
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DEATH OF RICHARD GARRISON.

The news Of the death of Hon. Rich
ard Clarkson of Des Moines will be
received with regret throughout the
state. Twenty-Five years ago. the
.Clarkson brothers who then owned
and published the Des Moines Regis
ter, were among the most widely
known and influential newspaper men
In the country They made great
success of the Register and it is said
that at one time they refused a quar-
ter Of a million dollars for the prop
erty. Rhet Clarkson went to Washing.
ton as first assistant postmaster gen
eral and for short time occupied a
place in the cabinet as postmaster
general. He never returned to news
paper work in Iowa, and is today COL
lector Of the port of New York City.
Richard Clarkson took entire charge
OF the Register after his brother left
1t and for number of years maintain
ed its high standing and character.
: But he was man of peculiar temper
ament and had physical impeachment
that very seriously handicapped him
as successful publisher. His hearing
was affected and being exceedingly
sensitive with reference to this mat
ter, he seldom, If ever, left his desk,
and never mingled in social gather.
ings or public meetings. 1t is stated
that though living in the city of Des
Moines all the time, there was a pc.
Rod of over ten years, during which
he never visited the state capitol. The
result was inevitable. He lost his
grasp on public questions and his
newspaper at that time lost
the leadership among Iowa pa
pers that it had won and main
tanned for so many years under the
Clarkson brothers Richard Clarkson
was a veteran of the civil war and
will be remembered as a sincere and
honest man who fought many hard
battles for the republican party and
the public at large. He has held the
position of United States pension
agent for number of years and has
passed the last six years Of his life in
comparative quiet and retirement. He
Will be sincerely mourned by a wide
circle of friends who, knowing him in.
timately, were cognizant of his sterl.
Ing qualities Of mind and heart.
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HarIan-wise Wedding Near stockport

Stockport, Oct. 3.-On Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. at the home of
George Harlan, near town, occurred
the marriage of his youngest daughter,
Ethel, to Harry Wise, eldest son of
C. e. Wise, Of the same township.
Only the immediate families were
present to witness the nuptial. The
ceremony was pronounced by a mu-
tual friend of the couple, Rev. Lloyd
Tenant. of Charlottesville. A we'd
ding supper of three courses was sery.
ed Immediately after the ceremony.
Congratulations followed On Thurs.
day dinner at p. m. at the Wise
home was enjoyed by over sixty
friends and relatives. The young cou.
pie will make their home in Van Bur
en- county for the present Many
handsome gifts were left as wedding
presents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

during the regular working hours, ana
on counterfeit plates during the tima
he was not working for the government.
AT the same time Doyle was arrested mi
Chicago, Brockway and Smith were ar
rested in the east. If my memory serves
me right Smith never turned informer.
but Brockway, seeing that the eastern
secret service officers had unearthed
much accurate information concerning
his operations, told the government
where the $100 bill plates and the plates
from which the bonds were printed
could be found.
He claimed he had thrown the $1,000
plate which was much wanted, into East
river some time before when he became
convinced he was being crowded to the
wall by the secret service. This seizure
was most important, as it put stop to
the issue OF currency and bonds which
were SO cleverly done that they would
have proved a source of endless trouble.
The sentences of Brockway and Smith
were suspended in reward for their dis
closure Of the location OF the plates,
this being, believe the first case under
that administration in which such len.
iency was shown, but being justified by
the great value of the plates to the gov
eminent.
Before closing this narrative wish
to say that when the Billiards. left Clear
Lake, Ia, to return east they buried ten
sets of plates near the farmhouse they
had occupied. This burial was accord
ing to the ironclad rule of good" coun-
terfeiters never to carry such evidence
with them. Other counterfeiters, how
ever, knew where they were hid, and
five sets found their way into the pos
session Of George Woolsey and Samuel
Pizer, of the particular ''koniacking,s
outfit known as the St. Paul crowd, and,
In August, 1875, had the satisfaction
of arresting these shifty gentlemen and
of confscating these plates, So, 900 In repI
resentative currency and counterfeitine,
press, inks and paper. do not know,
what became Of the other five sets OF
plates after the Billiards. buried them. [
THE END.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
Badly Hurt in Fall from Building.

Fairfield, Oct. 3. A carpente,
named Williams, residing at Vinton,
Ia, while at work upon the school
building in the second story, accident.
ally fell to the ground, distance OF
twenty feet. He was badly cut about
the head and face, and also broke
small bone in his left wrist. Prof. S..
A. Powers, who was near by at the
time of the accident, came to his as.
sistance, and took him to physician
in his carriage, where proper treat.
ment was given him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

The Vinton Eagle answers a ques.
ton the Courier propounded recently
in the following paragraph:
finished. What will We do for polit-
ical excitement all winter?"
To this the Eagle says:
You forget that the farmers al
lance meetings are due in winter and
it is necessary that he be told what a
naughty thing a railroad is"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

government departments. Then there
is the annual message, which must be
written and placed in the hands of the
printer before long. All together, Mr.
Roosevelt has busy program before
him for the present fall and winter,
but no one is more able to dispose of
the work than is he.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

Anybody know what Charley Towne
is doing?" asks the Washington Post,
and the Sioux. City Journal. with a
head full Of base ball averages and
speculation, says: He isn't the chap
who has been catching srcl a fine
game for Milwaukee, is hep"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
TO EAT

is very often a hard question for the
person to solve who is afflicted with
q weak stomach. Experience has
taught him to select his food with
great caution or else suffer from at.
tacks OF Heartburn, BIoatina, Head.
ache, Cramps, Indigestion, Dyspepsia.
Vomiting, Costiveness and BiIiousness
Strengthen the digestive organs bv
taking dose of Hostetter's Stomach
6itters before meals and be made well
again. Insist on having
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

M. WHITE is Russian count now
and Emperor William has honored him
with the order of the Black Eagle,
Germany's greatest distinction. Bar
on Komura is returning to Japan to
face the angered population of Nippon
In one case, at any rate, it is, just at
this minute, deal better to be Rus.
sian than a jap
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
SIOUX CITY LAD is KILLED.
Leon Follis, Aged 9, Falls From Bk
cycle While Coastinq Down Hill. 4

Sioux City, Oct. 3. Leon Follis,
the 8 year old son of Detective Mike
Follis of the Sioux City police depart
.ment was killed by being thrown from
his bicycle while coasting down a
steep hill. His skull was fractured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
PROVIDENCE SMILES.

Yankton, S. D., Enthusiastically
1905 will go down as the most prosper
Gus fair and carnival year in the
decade. Never has there been better
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1STORIES Of THE
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noch, at the order Of Chief Operative
Drummond
When Doyle left the eastern metropo-
lis for Chicago, Kennoch was on the
same train, and Doyle was arrested as
he stepped from the train in Chicago.
He was tried and convicted. At the time
of his arrest he had in his possession
counterfeit United States bonds repre-
senting 100000. These also were from
plates made by Smith. They were abb
solutely perfect with the exception of q
slight inaccuracy in the margin on one
corner, and would have made the gov
eminent lot of trouble If they had not
been conflscated
Smith worked in the treasury depart
ment engraving room on genuine plates
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Noting that John L. Sullivan is talk
ing fight again, the Clinton Herald
says: He must mean a scrap with
BOOZE"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

The Marshalltown Hc-ald says the
life insurance companies that invest
ed some of their money in the election
of Roosevelt have the satisfaction of
knowing it was well invested.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

1t is hard to get what you want
when you don't know what you want.