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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
JAPAN AND ASIA.

The Toronto world.-Japans ex-
PLOTS in the fsr east are not going to
have the awakening effect upon the
Asiatic nations which some critics an
ticipated. In Afghanistan, for ex-
ample the Ameer is said to be quite
satisfied his people can do what the
Japanese did, and is convinced IL the
Russians ever ventured upon invasion
they would be driven back with ease.
Hence he is disinclined to accept any
assistance from Britain or to permit
any railroad through this territory.
At the stage in which the Asiatic
peoples are this or some similar belief
is not unnatural But it shows at q
glance the vast interval which lies be-
tween them and the Japanese. The
Afghans evidently have not the slight
est conception of the true ground of
the Japanese success-their receptive
ity and careful and laborous prepara
ton. The Afghan argument is simple
THE Japanese are Asiatics and can
defeat the Russians, therefore we can
do the same" While this impenetra-
bility to western influences prevails,
there can be no yellow peril.
VIII the Chinese inertia be overcome
or will thew be docile enough to fol-
low Japanese instruction without thor
oughly compromising its motive and
object? That apparently will depend
for any Immediate result upon the dis
position Of the court and the ruling
mandarins. There are signs that the
old exclusiveness has to some extent
given away, and that the lessons of
their recent history have been, in part
at least, learned Even greater dan
ger than the awakening Of the masses
would be their becoming docile in
strument in the hands of the bigoted
literati. Japan is not without a pub
lie opinion, which can influence the
government. But armies of trained
Cinnamon, imbued with the Extremity
of passive obedience, would be tre-
mendous weapon in the hands Of a
fanatical government. Japan may thus
have to pass through an infinitely
greater test Of the sincerity of her
attachment to the cause Of advanced
[ civilization
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CHARLTON.

Charlton, Oct. 7.-Prof. Carlyle. Of
Nevada, a former principal Of the
school here, is in the city this week.
Will Fair, who has been employed In
the railroad offices here, has been
transferred to Ottumwa, where he will
have a place In the superintendent
office.
Irwin Waynick returned home from
Des Moines Thursday evening.
Mrs. Carlyle Stout, of Newburn, re-
turned home last evening from visit
at Lovilia.
Mrs. J. G. Seward and daughter.
Minnie, returned home last evening
from Des Moines.
John Young and family expect to
leave soon overland for Nebraska,
where they will ltake up their resi-
dence again.
o. E. Palmer went to Mt Pleasant
yesterday on business.
The band gave their last regular
concert last evening, although they
will play a request program on next
Friday evening and anyone having any
special piece that they desire played
will report the same to them.
D. L. Murrow, Of Corydon, was in
the city Friday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
WAR ON The PLAGUE.

Missouri has selected site in the
heart of the Ozark mountains for her
state tuberculosis hospital and the
last legislature of the state appropri-
ated $4,000 for the purpose of erect
ing the building. A tract of 100 acres
has been chosen in what should be a
good location for the work in view
Iowa will, at the next session of the
legislature, decide upon the plan to
adopt for fighting the dread disease,
the white plague. Doctors of the
Hawkeye state who have given the
subject deep consideration have two
plans for waging war upon the dis
ease. One has to do with the sanitar-
ium and the other plans an elaborate
system of public education Some doc
tors, probably large majority, fav-
or the sanitarilm plan, while others
think more good can be done with the
campaign of education than with the
sanitarium. These latter go on the
theory that little preventative is
worth great quantity of cure. They
are undoubtedly right too, but the
practicability of their plan is called in
question. The doctors who favor the
sanitarium for the discussion of the
matter has not yet reached. far be-
You'd the limits Of the medical profes.
sion in this state, purpose including in
their plan, an educational campaign,
also, though not so elaborate one as
is planned by the opponents of the
sanitarium plan.
The doctors of the state must work
together and unselfshly if the war on
the white plague is ever to be carried
on with any appreciable degree Of sue.
cess in this state. They must bear in
mind all the time that their patients
depend upon their physician to guard
consumption and they must remember
too, that the first law of health is
cleanliness. If every physician in the
state will bear in mind and insist up
on the enforcement in every home he
visits Of the laws of sanitary house
keeping it is no idle prophecy to say
that inside of two years the effect OF
this work will be noticeable in the de-
crease in the number of cases Of tub
erculosis The campaign Of educa
ton must be kept up, too, in the SAM
tarium if one is built. The patients
must learn and have it impressed upon
them continually and repeatedly, that
even if they are once cured of the
disease and return to the same con
ditions and environments where they
contracted it at first, they lay them
selves liable to return of the plague
No one, even though he is cured Of
tuberculosis, is immune The people
must be educated and without educa
ton the sanitarium is well nigh use
less. With education of the people &
sanitarium will be of great aid in the
war against the white plague.
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take out his spite upon someone whom
he knew he could strike without dan
ger Of having the blow returned. If
Mr.. Michael allowed the leak of such
important information as is sent to
Washington in cipher form there is
no doubt that he should have been
discharged, but there is small evidence
to prove that he did allow such leak
or is in any way responsible for it.
And yet he was summarily removed
from his office and will always be I'M
der a cloud because Mr.. Loomis is no
longer an official and will not be in a
position to clear Col. Michael even
if the latter should prove his limo
cence of the grave charge made
against him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
AGENCY.

Agency, Oct. IL. o. Cremer has
bought the Jacobson farm, paying
about $50 per acre for it.
R. G. Hixson and his son Charles
have gone to Memphis, Mo-, for few
ways visit.
L. Luippoid has bought the Burbage
place.
Fred Miller has bought the Wilcoxen
property on West Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Tullis of Liberty
Vile visited at B. e. Copland's We'd
nesday and Thursday.
B. r. COPELAND has sold his restaurant
to Mr.. Wilson.
John Reno shipped a carload OF
sheep to s. A. and G. W. Nye at
Dudley today.
e. T. Allen Is at Davenport, a Juror
in the United States court.
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. Jacobson went td
Mossouri today for short visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
AGE OF THE YOUNG MAN.

In these days of frenzied finance
and billion dollar deals the pessimist
and superficial observer is wont to say
that the day when the young man
could go the whole length of the path
!" from rags to riches" has passed, new
er to return. But men who know bet
ter because they have had experience
with the world do not agree with this
view. Among such men is Charles M.
Schwab, formerly president of the
United States Steel corporation Mr..
Schwab is distinctly self-made man.
from the very foot. He has expert
enced almost everything but absolute
failure, and he declares that the pres
ent time is the very best age for
young men with ambition, ability and
honesty. In recent interview Mr..
Schwab said:
Never before have the corporations
of this country been SO on the alert
for good men as they are today. The
era c. the self-nade man is not past
its only begun. The corporations
everywhere are on the alert for men
to manage their affalrs-men Of abil-
ity and right qualities, whether those
men come from Harvard or Yale and
are the sens of millionaires, or wheth-
er they come from the tenements
Never yet have companies and big
business enterprises been so willing
to pay large sums to able men, and
never yet have the opportunities been
as great for the individual man. 1t is
an utter mistake to suppose that huge
aggregations of capital mean in any
way the doom of the individual. Good
men are wanted, and wanted badly
l only wish were young man start.
ing all over again.
The views of man like Mr. Schwab
on matter of this kind are worthy
of consideration and they should sure.
ly act as an incentive and an encour.
agement to every young man of abil
ity, honesty and good judgment.
Mr.. Schwab touched upon another
important matter in the same inter
view. "A high tariff is always to be
desired in America he said, "for it is
a protection to our labor Prices OF
commodities mean labor that creates
them in manufactured or improved
form which gives them their cost. A
high tariff means a high wage This
is boiled down phase of one of the
strongest arguments in favor of pro
tective tariff-an argument that is
hard to combat, because it is right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
the JAP,s STRENGTH.

One of the wonders of the present
time is furnished by the physical
strength and ability to Withstand hard
work and privations that have been
displayed by the Japanese soldiers
during the war recently closed. Learn
ed men have tried in various ways to
explain and to give some solution of
the real problem that is found in many
of the achievements of the little vel
low men. Unused to war, they match
ed their strength against that of the
burly soldier-born Russians and won
at every turn.
A writer in Maxwell's Talisman
gives reasons for the strong showing
in an article which is really collec.
ton of several reasons that have been
advanced by people who are well &C.
quainted with Japan and the Japs, and
the whole furnishes interesting food
for thought. 1t follows:
'"The Japanese people are strong
because they live as the human ami
NAL must live to be mentally and
physically strong next to Nature.
"They breathe fresh air.
"They eat plain food.
"They neither starve nor gorge.
t'They are mentally and physically
active.
"They are an "out Of door" people
"They understand the laws of health
and obey them.
"Their children draw their strength
from the bosom of Mother Earth.
"An above and beyond all, they are
nation of homes and home-oWners
Each family is in home and each
home is in garden, where health ant
strength are gained by the labor o.
cultiyating that for a living-for fooc
for the family
"And in these homes the people o.
Japan have far more of real pleasure
and happiness and the genuine enjoy
ments of life than the average wage
worker in our country 50 The Jap
anese man. the unit Of her nationa
strength is the product Of a. mode O
loaf and environment which combine:
the physical strength which come:
only from the rural life-from living
next to nature-with the mental &C
tivity and keenness which come:
from constant contact with his fellow
men-the community life.
'The Japanese are not a nation o
farmers as we understand the word
They are nation of gardeners. There
is neither isolation nor congestion IL
their life. They dwell, the great ma
jority of them. not in great cities, bu
in closely settled rural communities
The ranch and the tenement are alike
foreign to the life of the Japanese"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

President Roosevelt, according to
usually well informed correspondents
in Washington has decided to sup
port the modified Esch-Townsend bill
for railroad rate legislation which will
be prepared and made ready for pre-
sentation t. congress when that body
meets this winter. The President and
Representative Townsend have had
two long conferences this week on the
subject of rate legislation and it is
stated on good authority that Mr..
Roosevelt has decided to allow Mr..
Townsend to be his mouthpiece in the
matter
According to Mr. Townsend the bill
as it will be presented to congress and
as he confidently expects to see 1t
adopted, will include the following
main provisions:
1. That the interstate comm cree
commission shall be given power to
decide, upon complaint, after full hear
ing, whether rate is unjust or unlaw-
full, and shall have authority to substi-
tute rate, which shall become i'm
mediately effective, and remain until
reversed by the courts.
2. The commission shall have au-
thority to decide the rate to be
charged for shipments of private cars,
and if aejudged unjust or unreason-
able, the common carrier shall be held
responsible for such charges.
3. The commission shall have juris.
diction over terminal railroads.
4. The long and short haul provision
of the original interstate commerce
a cbol1 ba ran prtad
5. Shipment of merchandise by wa
ter or rail shall be so arranged as to
prevent the alleged. manipulation OF
rates, made possible under such cir
cumstances under the present law.
6. The commission shall have full
authority t. examine the books and
records of railroad, and prescribe q
general form and manner by which
such records shall be kept.
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"Refore Long,

"Before Long,"
The Minneapolis News has the fol-
lowing under the above heading:
II guess I'll swear off before long.
I haven't felt very we'll lately"
So said William G. Werner Of New
ark. N. j., who averaged fifty cigar
cites day.
And the next day he died.
1t was that Before Long" which
killed him.
Heart failure" said the doctor. But
the doctor only saw result, not cause.
Fifty cigarettes a day would kill a
horse.
He who could smoke fifty cigarettes
a day without knowing they hurt him
would be pitiably deficient in his think
tank.
He who does /. with full knowledge
of the deadly effect is a deliberate sui
eide.
Knowing that disease and death lie
long alone the road, he is fool to &c
any further.
But a fool Is not without lots Of
company. Not all Of them suck cigar
cites, or pickle themselves in booze
or troop down any Of the main Travelled
highways to ruin. 1t is rare man In
deed who hasn't some vice or habit
which he has promised his health and
conscience to quit Before long"
Yes, there's no lack of fools.
There's the fool who doesn't know
There's the worse fool who knows
but doesn't care.
There's the still worse fool who both
knows and cares, but dopes his con
science and binds his reason with the
dying promise OF before long"
Before long" is lying cheat that
tricks us Of the force of our we'll
meaning.
There's nothing SO indefinite as "be
fore long," nothing else that means sc
little; nothing else that extends so fal
and so blindly into the remote future
He who can't fix his resolve today
needn't make any promises of before
| long" He may deceive himself, but
he can't deceive old nature His reso
luton will be weaker tomorrow than II
is today and weaker the day after thar
tomorrow.
Before long" keeps ever just ahead
Of us, ever just out of reach-like the
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THE PLEA FROM CUBA.

General Jose Miguel Gomez liberal
party candidate for president of Cuba
is in the United States endeavoring to
secure the support of this government
in his fight upon President Palma and
the present method of administering
affairs in Cuba. He declares that the
Palma government is despotism, gull
ty Of the use of fraud and force in
elections, dishonest to the core
says that it is the duty of the United
States government to take hand in
the affairs of the island government,
and to save Cuba from itself
This is warning to the United
States government against too hasty
action in the case of the Philippines.
Cuba is farther advanced in civiliza-
ton than is the Oriental archipelago
where the people, many of them, are
even now demanding separate rule.
But Cuba cannot take care of herself
According to General Gomez civil war
is threatened on the island to the
feres. But with conditions thus, the
opponents Of the republican party and
policies were, in the campaign of 1904,
radically in favor of granting self-gov.
eminent to the Philippines. Their cry
was that the Filipinos are being treat.
ed as bad as were the slaves in the
south before the war of the rebellion.
They had many sympathizers in thei.
fight against Roosevelt and the ticket
which he headed. but had they won
and given the Philippines independ.
ence. how soon would 1t have been
that the islanders would have been
pealing for aid as are the Cuban liber.
ais now?
The government Of the United
States is in close touch with affairs in
the Philippines. Able men from this
country have just finished thorough
visit to the archipelago and they are
unanimous in the opinion that the is.
lands are not yet ready for, nor cap
able of self-government. If any bet
ter assurance were needed, there is
the example Of Cuba.
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will-o'-the-wisp that lures the foolish
deep and deeper into the morass of de-
spair and death
There's but one moment in all time
and eternity when the flint OF resolu-
ton struck upon the steel of manhood
produces the divine spark of fixed pur-
pose
And that moment is now.
Do you know what your birthstone
is? I'll bet you, you don't. Well, it
don't make any difference whether
you do or not, for am going to tell
you. Another thing want to say lie
that 1t wasn't me that wrote this
poetry, maybe I couldn't do as well
as this, but then I didn't try. am
not ashamed of stealing it, either, and
/ don't think will give 1t back.
are the stones and you can see for
yourself.
If you can find outwhen your girls
member her with little present,
which bears her birthstone as set,
that is, unless she was born In April.
If she was, and you do, then that's
sure sign that it's all up with you.
January.
BY those who in this month are born
No gems save Garnets should be worn;
They will ensure you constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
February.
The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they the Amethyst will wear.
March.
Who on this world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise,
In days Of peril firm and brave
And wear Bloodstone to their grave.
April.
| Those who in April date their years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter
tears
For vain repentance flow. This stone
| Emblem Of innocence is known.
May.
Who first heholds the light Of day
In Springs sweet flowery month Of
May,
And wears an Emerald all her life
! Shall be loved and happy wife.
| June.
Who comes with Summer to this earth
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring Of Agate on her hand
Can health, wealth and peace com
mand.
July.
The glowing Ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born;
Thus will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
i August.
i Wear a Sardonyx, or for thee
No conjugal felicity;
The August born without this stone
IT'S said Must live unloved alone
September.
A maiden born when Autumn's leavea
Are rustling in September's breeze,
]. A Sapphire on her brow should bind;i
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
I October.
October's child is born for woe,
And lifes vicissitudes must know;
But lay an opal on her breast
i And hope will lull the woes to rest.
ii November.
Who first comes to this world below
With dull November's fog and snow.
], Should prize the Topaz amber hue;
Emblem of friends and lovers true.
December.
J. If cold December gave you birth,
The month of snow, and Ice, and mirth,
Place on your hand Turquoise blue,
Success will bless you il you do
A n
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Waterloo Reporter says the
notifications Of the mulct law which
the Iowa liquor dealers propose seem
reasonable, but it doubts whether any
OF the relief sought will be granted.
Undertaking" the Reporter recalls, ito
obtain any modification Of saloon
regulation after radical legislation has
been in force, and every attempt to lib
eralize the law has met with the most
persistent and obstructive opposition.
1t will undoubtedly be SO in this case"
o.
The Des Moines Register and Leader
observes that nowadays millionaires
have to explain how they get their
money before they can give 1t away.
It makes the Iowa City Republican
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

"The Titus discovery that the bien.
NAL amendment had four years tern
of office concealed In it's big abdomen
is not at all pleasant revelation,
for the Ringgold Record.
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the Mississippi absolutely necessary.
says the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

The Des Moines Register and Leader
predicts that Senator Elkins will
soon issue a report in which he will
warn the people of the great danger
they incur by interfering with railway
management, 1t will be eloquent with
warnings and pathetic in it's appeal &c
will boil over with public spirit and
will melt with solicitude for the peo-
ple."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
Or. AND I MRS.
r. PARKER.
Chiropractors.

Baker Bldg. Office
\ hours. l:30 TO 5 p. ru,
I 300 Lillian street. s to IL
q. M, and Z to 9 p. nj.
Chiropractic is the only
curative science whose
foundation Is auatomic-
ally correct. The CHR
opractor removes the
cause of all disease while
others can but benefit, as
they treat affects.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

president Roosevelt has a habit of
being little ahead of anybody else
on matters of public reform and when
a new graft shows up it is usually
anticipated it," says the Sibley Ga
zette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

The Keokuk Gate City notices that
the work of retiring Congressman HUI
to private life is going on in the sew
enth district with great enthusiasm
but no appreciable progress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

feel lazy to look out on the grandeur Of
the Iowa October as seen in the yellow
leaf, the fading vine and the we'll
Drowned fields at rest after supplying
their abundance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

The Muscatine Journal thinks 1t Is
time for the old line life insurance
companies Of this country to cater to
the wishes of the people.
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woMEN in ELEcTIoNs.

Whether the women of the country
ever get the ballot or are forever kept
away from the polls except at school
elections there will never be time
when they will not have more or less
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! WABASH TIME TABLE

No. Arrive. Time.
last Louis & Kansas City !. G:15 :. IN.
13a-Moberly & Des Moines 11:oO n m
3a-St. Louis & Kansas City. 100 .. nj.
No. Depart. Time.
past Louis & Kansas City. 1925 a. m.
6a-Moberly & Des Moines. 4:1O D. M.
4a-st. Louis & Kansas City. 9:2O p. M
a-daiIy.
1a-- reformation cell new telenhnnn 1904.
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How natural" says the Vinto
Eagle, commenting on the announce
ment that Governor Cummins will ad
dress the Boston ReformNclu
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil OBJ
serves that the glory of holding
government job quickly furnished II
the case of Mr.. Dobson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

"FIow would it do to shorten the
terms in order to save having all off,
GERS elected the same year," asks the
Iowa City Republican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10

The Mason City Globe Gazette pre-
sumes that some of the boys who wer,
shouting loudly against the appoint,
ment of Dobson will now no doubt In.
sist that he be sentenced to return t.
Hangchow.