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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

maturity and their growth is cores
pondingly more rapid than that of
boys. By about Is years of age, boys
have caught up to and surpass girls
from that time forward.
TO conf1ne these children in mills
and factories in unsanitary surround
ings, with, very frequently, deficient
food and certainly lack of opportunity
for rest and recreation and lack of OPP
portunity for schooling is to prevent
both the physical and mental develop
ment of such children to degree
which is most injurious not only to
them but also to the community that
is to say, the state"
In. my clinics for the past forty
years have seen many hundreds of
such children, under-fed, under-de-
veloped in mind and body, i'll fitted to
enjoy life themselves or to transmit
vigorous minds and healthy bodies to
their children"
The movement against child labor Is
one which finds ready response with
almost everyone. The greatest con-
Germ is to arrive at solution of the
problem which will not deprive needy
and worthy parents Of the sun
port their children and no others
could give them. The truancy meas
ures are along the same line with the
child labor laws and in some states
the question has been met with sue
cess. The object Of those interested
in the movement in Iowa Is to frame
law which will meet the conditions
and can be enforced without bringing
hardship upon deserving people. Dis
cussion of the subject should be wide
spread. It deserves serious considera-
ton in every quarter.
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company, the plaintiff in this case, IL
was found that he had charged In his
accounts payment Of q number Of
these accommodation drafts and that
the Tama company was Indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum of about $4,000.
Boardman also claimed that he had
paid note for $4,000 Of the plaintiff
which claim is disputed by the plain
tiff, and which 1t is alleged that he
wrongfully took credit for in the set.
Element. The bond sued on guaran-
tees the fidelity of Boardman against
acts of frauds and dishonesty The
question Is whether or not the loss
sustained by the plaintiff was occa-
stoned by any fraudulent or dishonest
conduct Of Boardman. At the first
trial held In Keokuk the jury disagreed
and consequently the case had to be-
retired.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
SUCCESSFUL MoroR cAp

Inc burlington railway officials
found that they were unable to man
ufacture motor car which would he
of practical use on the Ottumwa- NJ
Madison line, and after several fruit
less attempts, the plan was given I'm
The Union Pacific. according to a re-
cent announcement, has met with more
success, and w. R. Mexican, superin-
tendent OF motive power and construc-
ton on that road. is credited with
having invented a gasoline motor cana.
Die OF entering into active competition
with the steam engine for branch rail-
roadlng and suburban traffic. It's advo-
Gates confidently expect it to drive the
steam engine out Of this particular
branch of railroading.
The machine is of novel tyne and
has improvements which are said to
represent a great advance in construc-
ton over those heretofore used The
motive power is six-cylinder paso-
line engine. capable of producing 100
morse power and driving the car at a
maximum speed of ninety miles an
hour. The regular running time will
be forty miles an hour. Large air res
eryoirs beneath the car carry COM
pressed air, with which the car is
started, the gasoline engine picking it
up and carrying 1t onward to ton
speed without jar. Acetylene gas is
generated for the headlight and lights
IN the car, and hot water is supplied
for heating. There is room for thirty
passengers and a small amount of bag
gage in each car. The car is designed
for suburban traffic and short runs in
local service
The car requires only crew of two
men and. it is claimed, can be STONED
more quickly than a locomotive. Many
disadvantages connected with former
motor cars have been overcome. These
are noise in the exhaust of the engine
qulckness in starting and stopping and
FACILITY in changing speed. The diff
Guilty OF throwing gears in and out of
mesh when moving has been overcome
by the construction of a delicate speed
synchronizer, which is positive in its
action. The driver has only to glance
at the indicator to know which lever
to move to make change without
danger to the mechanism.
1t is to be hoped that the expecta-
lions of those who are acquainted with
the merits of the new motor will he
realized. There is great field of use
fulness for such machine in lessen
Ing the cost Of transportation and af-
fording increased facilities to commu-
mites on suburban and branch lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
SPLITTING STOPPED.
Ordinance Proves
Most Effective In Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, April 15-Health ON
missioner Schultz says that the anti
spit ordinance recently passed has al
ready shown its benefits in cleaner
sidewalks and street cars.
"The anti-expectoration ordinance is
proving most effective, even though no
arrests have been made thus far" he
said. "No one can fail to mark the Inn
provement over old conditions; side
walks and street cars are much more
Clearly. This alone is vindication
of the ordinance"
Senator Eaton will have to stand an
investigation at the hands of the sem
ate, 1t is said, before he is allowed to
occupy his seat. The investigation
will be thorough.
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SECRET OF $4,000 A YEAR.

New York Financier.-In this coun-
try of $4,000 people the number Of men
under SO years of age who are earning
salaries of $4,000 per annum probably
could be counted on the fingers of two
hands. We use the term earning in its
literal sense, for there exists instances
where youth, favored by fortune and
environment, draws that amount, or
greater. In this country, it may be
said, also, the number of young men
who would refuse an offer of $4,000
a year for honorable occupation might
be counted on the fingers Of one hand
We exclude, of course, the rich oilers
and even the poor ones, who have no
desire to be classed In the ranks Of in
dustry.
Yet over in Boston the other day H.
L. Burrage, the 33 year cid president
of the Eliot National bank, declined an
offer of $4,000 year to come to New
York and assume the presidency of
the National Bank Of North America.
Mr.. Burrage was not holding out for a
large salary; he simply did not care to
come. His reasons for turning down
a magnificent offer are not within The
province Of public discussion, but they
were no doubt satisfactory to himself.
Certainly they were gratifying to the
stockholders and patrons of his bank
He preferred to link his future with
lilI VI hIo Hoiue CITY, ana IL Is nardly
safe to question the wisdom of a man
who so early in life has shown the
stuff that is in him. The question will
be asked: why at 33 years of age is
Mr.. Burrage worth $4,000 salary?
The answer is simple-he works, he
has accomplished results. He began
his career as a IS a week messenger
and from the ground UP he learned the
banking business. In 1889 he had risen
to the position of vice president and
active manager of the Eliot National;
III June, 1902, he was elected its presi-
dent. When he took charge in 1899
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Write a Plain Signature.

For goodness sake, when you sign
your name, write 1t SO that man of
ordinary sight and education can read
It,
II there is anything that makes one
feel like reaching around for club it
Is to get letter and be able to read all
of 1t, but the name of the writer.
got letter yesterday that was
typewriter in the English language,
but the name at the bottom of it was
made with pen and looked like a pic
ture Of an interview between dog and
a cat-a kind of circular blur.
AS near as could figure 1t out, the
man who made the marks had placed
the pen on the paper, turned around
three times and changed chairs while
he tried to hold the pen in the same
place on the sheet. He succeed in
making mark that resembled cross
of Chinese monogram and the honk
of a goose.
am pleased to learn, however, that
other people have this same expert
ence.
Among lot of letters received
in answer to an advertisement, said a
business man, there was one that in
clined me toward it's writer, except
that couldn't read the signature. Ev-
cry word of the letter was clear. but
the signature was illegible. l don't
know how many people there are who
write plainly enough until they come
to write their own name and then
write that blindly; suppose it is
more from force Of habit than any
thing else, for they may be otherwise
the most careful people in the world.
Every man should write his sig
nature with perfect distinctness. so
that it can be read easily and without
mistake by those unfamiliar with 1t.
and also as mark Of his own care and
exactness." C, P. G.
The telegraphic dispatches of the
last few days have announced that
Chinese and Japanese coolies will be
brought to Panama and put to work
digging the Panama canal. The
coolies have long had the reputation
OF doing the greatest amount Of work
for the smallest amount of money but
little by little the facts are leaking
out from the bulk of fiction. It Is by
experience that the real conditions
are learned as evidenced by the fol-
lowing story which is told by the Kan
sas City Journal:
A Missouri minister. who formerly
lived in Macon is now in northern
China. During the Boxer insurrection
Of some years ago he was driven out
Of his home which was burned, and
when peace was restored he was in
Identified by the government for the
loss of his property and Immediately
employed large number of natives
to build him another house. That was
Mr.. Sears first experience as an en-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

1.-THE influence of this American civ
ilization is far reaching" says the
Muscatine Journal, noting that the
Turks have taken to lynching bandits
"Oyama is intensely selfish when he
declares that all his victories are due
to the magnificent virtues of his en-
peror" says the Cedar Rapids Gazette
Where does the Russian emperor
come in for his proper share of the
recognition in connection with these
victories ?"
Garter Harrisons plurality de-
til 1t would have reached the van
gushing point this spring II he had
been candidate" declares the Daven-
port Times, adding He knew when to
quit"
What pair DR.. GLADDEN. and Tom
Lawson would make on the lecture
PLATFORM" exclaims the Sioux City
Journal, but as an after thought: But
then,there is the bothersome question
whether the money would be clean"
The Gate City says that the New
York explorer who says a pigmy
maiden saved him from torture by the
tribe in Africa has apparently for
gotten that Captain John Smith of
Virginia has copyright on that story.
Judge Dunno" says the Des Moines
News, will doubtless discover that 1t
is much easier to tell New York
friends how he will reform Chicago
than it is to do the reforming"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil sug-
gests that If you don't think you can
control your temper go have an argu-
ment with man twice your size.
o.
The Mason City Globe-Gazette says
that since the amendment decision
people can turn their attention to the
crops without fear Of interruption.
Marie Bayroot, a dervish dancer
from Syria. recentlv gave New Workers.
an exhibition of whirling dancing In
hundred revolutions in thirty two min
utes. The Des Moines News says,
This almost breaks the revolution
record among the South American re-
publics.'
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes
that, Fearing criticism and further
disorders in the labor world, the car
has concluded that he will not kill
himself and thus take the job that
common labor feels is its own
O.
There Is considerable difference be-
tween Emperor William and a book"
says the Des Moines Register and
Leader, but when the emperor left
Germany for an 8 mo. cruise he car
ried number of pages with him and
was Morocco bound"
In one day, SO to speak Kansas
made more legislative history, adopted
more effective antitrust measures and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
cARNEGIE's OPTIMISM.

"The alliance of birth and wealth Is
being displaced in our day by what a
man knows" So spoke Andrew Car
negie in defeating the new building
at Northampton, Mass, to be known as
Carnegie house and to be part of the
group of buildings occupied ~ the
Home Culture club of NORTHAMPTON
an organization to whose support Mr.,
Carnegie has given many thousands
OF dollars. Mr.. Carnegie, to Judge
from his words, is optimistic and re-
CARDS the future of America through
rose hued glasses instead of with the
dark view taken by those who declare
with tiresome monotony, that "The
rich are getting richer and the poor
are getting poorer" But he says that
conditions are not yet what may be
expected and that improvement is even
now on the way. To the Northampton
people he said, "The future question
will be, not, as now, what man
knows, but how he serves his fellow
men"
Mr.. Carnegie may be right as to his
diagnosis Of the present situation and
it is to be hoped that he is. However,
to be strictly truthful, it doesn't ap-
pear. out here in Iowa, that the supe-
riority of mind over lucre is SO marked
that everyone admits it, 1t is notice
able, just as it has always been that
the man who has money has the op-
portunity to get more and the one who
has none doesn't get the opportunity.
This is not mentioned as an antidote to
Mr.. Carnegie's optimism. Far from
it. 1t is noted simply to illustrate the
fact that what Ian knows" may be
measured in dollars and cents. Mr..
Carnegie is right in his meaning,
though he could have used more words
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SID E GIL 8

ployer of Chinese labor. His men
would come early, stay late, and work
ridiculously cheap, but the thorn about
the rose was that they would knock
off work some dozen or SO times q
day to smoke. There was no regular
period for this indulgence. Whenever
man had a yearning to "hit the pipe"
he would just light up, and all his
companions would follow suit. The
practice strung out to year piece
of work that should have been com.
pleted in a month or. two at least
Recently the missionary had occa-
sion to build chapel in the Pingtu
district and he resolved to profit by
his former experience. In q letter to
the editor of the Macon Republican he
says:
This certainly has been a very busy
day. Yesterday over 100 workmen be-
gan work on the chapel Thanks to
my Missouri friends for the money to
memorial girls school building which
money was also contributed by the
Baptist ladies of Missouri Az the
number will be Increased to 200 in a
few days invited the head carpenters
made out daily schedule for work.
A bell is always rung before each
change. and this change comes so
often that one of the missionaries said
nothing was done but smoke and ring
the bell. Here is copy of the SEIZED.
ule:
Come at sunup (now 6:45).
Smoke GAS to z.
Work Z to 1850.
breakfast 1850 to 500.
Smoke 500 to S:35.
Work S:35 to 1920
Smoke 800 to 9:35.
Work 9:35 to 1926.
Smoke 1925 to 1926,
Work 1885 to IL.
Dinner IL to 12:45.
Smoke 12:45 to /.
Work ! to 2:40
''Smoke 2:40 to 1855.
work 1855 to 4:15.
Smoke 4:15 to 4:35.
work 4:35 to shutdown.
Smoke and go home.
"You see they smoke eight times, or
over two hours. Although they work,
or, l should say, are on the place from
sunup till shutdown, they work less
than six hours.
when the days get long they will
not work any more, for will have to
give them longer time to smoke and
they will sleep till : o'clock after din
ner. pay my worl;men about cents
a. day and they board themselves.
Some pay 10 cents and some about
6 cents.
"They are, like death and an IRON
clad mortgage, slow but sure, and by
this little ruse am sure of regular
number of working hours which was
not when I replaced the building the
Boxers destroyed few years ago."
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&N>N NNNoA ~ oPoii
this as follows:
"The contrast presented by the col
umn Of figures representing the non
laboring class. from the age of 12 to
II, shows the marked effect Of social
surroundings on the development of
the body; the one class being retarded
and depressed by laborious occupa-
lions and unsanitary influences, the
other expanded and probably exagger-
ated by the prevalence of circum-
stances favorable to growth
DR.. w. w. Keen of Philadelphia,
s.ys:
Constant standing and superintend-
ing loom or other similar work re-
quiring constant standing, itself
stunts the growth Of children at these
plastic ages. The ages in question,
(13 to 16 years) are precisely the ages
Wien, under favorable circumstances,
these children develop physically with
great rapidity. This is especially true
of girls. Boys are somewhat taller
than girls up to 10 years of age, but
at that time girls begin to develop into
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

the bank had surplus and profits of
s536,00O; now that item, the real index
of a banks business life, Is over
$1,000,000. What more need be said?
Every young man can't be a H. l.
Burrage, but nothing will be lost in an
honest effort to be one. When we an
alyze the secret of success the answer
is amazingly simple. 1t is simply work
coupled with good sense--and then
more work and continual moral and
business balance
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

ONCE: Hills East Second street.
Telephone editorial or business Of
fice) No. "A.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF
tumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

Entered as second class matter Oc-
tooer II, 1908, at the postofice. Ottum-
wa, Iowa. under the Ac. of Congress OF
March 8. 1879.
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did more to insure Industrial equality
than have the legislatures Of all the
other, states in the last ten years Of
their Axistence," declares the Dubuque
Telegraph.
Real estate is the first thing to go
down in hard times and the last thing
to come up in prosperous years." says
the Keokuk Gate City ut Is now
coming up in Keokuk, and coming uI
to stay"
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Tri- Weekly Courier.
y THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Founded 9th August, 1e4e.

A. W. LEE. publisher
JAS. F. POWELL. Business Manager
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier, year, by mali. $500
Trt-Weekly Courier, year ...... 1.50
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C. M. G. ST. p.

No. Going East Via Cut Off. Time
sa-Washington, Muscatine, Dav-
export and Chicago J. 5:45 %. m
12a-Washington, Muscatine, Dav-
EXPORT and Chicago ..... 1905 a. N,
Going West.
8a-kansas City and Interme-
5a-seymouir., chillicotihie Excel eI' 10 a. M
sior Springs and Kansas
City -. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. PA a. M
Going East Via Marion.
10b-Marion, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate ....... 1855 a. M
10eb--Marion,- Cedar Rapids and
- intermediate 5:55 p. m.
9c-Marion, Cedar Rapids and
intermediate -. ..... -. 1:25 a. m.
Coming West Via Marion.
1O3b--Marion, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate $3.50. .. 9:55 a. N.
92b-Davenport freight So. -. 9:1O a. m.
94b-Marfon freight . $40 A. m.
91b-Chillicothe freight ........ 700 a. m.
61a-Chillicothe freight -. 1890 o. M.
69a-Chillicothe freight ;. .10:4O a. m.
Monday.
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R. R. Time Tables
All c. B. & @. and C. r. 1. G. p. trains
depart from Washington street I'm
ion depot.
w. S. Parker, Ticket Agent

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c. 3. & q.
No. Goino East, Depart.
I2a-Chicago, Dubuque & Quincy 2:1O o. m
92b-Local Freight ......'.s..... 6:45 a. m.
10b-Peoria, Dubuque & Quincy 1850 a. m.
6a-Chicago Limited ...... 40 o. m,
aaa-Ghicago. St. Louis & Quincy no 3. m.
:2a-chicago Peoria & Rockford 11:z5 ;. N. N.
Going West.
5a-Omaha. Council Bluffs &
Nebraska ........ ....... .12: 80 a, m,
d d5q Fast, mail 2:4o a. m.
3a-omaha. Kansas CITY Denver,
Hot Springs Deadwood. Og-
den, Portland & California 7:45 a. M.
Oh Peoria to creston ........ 1870 p. m.
lib Chicago to ottumwa arrive 1000 ,. m m.
1a-Denver & Omaha .....11:35 p. m.
.a--daily; b-except Sunday. Nos. Z, 8 and
Is do not carry passengers.
The Fort MNadison-Goins Fast.
Going West.
st. Louis to TT. Madison. ....... $50 p. M
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|seR|Y CHICAGO,
AkSYSSY3HSa ROCK ISLAND
~ & PACIFIC.

No No. Going East. Depart.
-. fornia and southwest. ). 10:45 a. m.
202, Keokuk ........... 3:32 m.
2o4, Eldon, Davenport & Chicago 1928 p .. m m
Going West.
HO3, Des Moines, Ruthven. West
Nebraska and Washington,
Muscatine, Davenport and
90, Ghlcago. .: =. .......... 7:15 a. M
POL Des Moines & Omaha .12:1O D, M
2Oo. Des Moines & Omaha ..... 7:O5 D. m
Unless otherwise sneclfied all trains are
daily except Sunday.
All C. M. G. St. p. and Wabash trains
depart from jefferson Street Union
depot. w. L. Richards Agent.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"The influence of this American civ
ilization is far reaching" says the
Muscatine Journal, noting that the
Turks have taken to lynching bandits
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WABASH TIME TABLE.

WABASH Time TABLE.
No. Arrive. Time.
1a-St Louis & Kansas City -. s:15 a. m.
l3b-Moberly & Des Moines 20 a. m.
St Louis & Kansas City 1900 p. M
6b-Moberly & Des Moines ~. Aim. m
No. Depart. Time.
3a--St. Louis & Kansas City .S:25a. m
4a-St. Louis & Kansas City :. $50 n. m.
a-daily; b-except Sunday
For information call new telephone 1924
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Garter Harrison's plurality de-
creased from election to election I'M
til 1t would have reached the van
gushing point this spring If he had
been a candidate declares the Daven-
port Times, adding He knew when to
quit"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

What pair DR.. GLADDEN. and Tom
Lawson would make on the lecture
platform" exclaims the Sioux City
Journal, but as an after thought: "But
then,there is the bothersome question
whether the money would be Clean"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

"Oyama is intensely selfish when he
declares that all his victories are due
to the magnificent virtues of his en-
peror," says the Cedar Rapids Gazette
Where does the Russian emperor
come in for his proper share of the
recognition in connection with these
victories?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

The Gate City says that the New
York explorer who says pigmy
maiden saved him from torture by the
tribe in Africa has apparently for
gotten that Captain John Smith of
Virginia has copyright on that story.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-10
Same Old Story.

Edward Bates 4 Sons, Of Liverpool
write To Meyer, Wilson 4 Co., OF Port.
land under late date, declaring "that IL
Is evident the bar at the Columbia river
mouth needs dredging or it's pilots
need shifting" Now Edward Bates 4
Sons are English agents or own.rs. of
the British steamship "Imaum," which
walked" out over the bar when she
went hence a few weeks ago; and II
Meyr, Wilson & Co., had had the hon.
or, and deccncy, TO forward 10 the Liv.
erpool house, the letter sent In by the
pilot that took her out, showing that
she sruck the bar three several times
on that passage, Messrs. Bates would
have known what all the world now
knows. but them. about the Columbia
river bar, and need not have written
thir silly screcd. But Meyer, Wilson
4 Company, dwell in Portland, and there
fore no truth is to be expected from
them ON any question of this bar or the
service of pilots thereon.