Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-11
TO THE PEOPLE OF OTTUMWA.
Open Letter From Kind Hearted
Ohioan.

OPen Letter FROM Nina nedrleu
Ohioan.
The following letter will be of great
interest to our readers. It breathes
the true spirit of charity, of helping
others. May it do the good that Mr..
FCarpenter hopes for. ITO the People
of Ottumwa, Iowa:
Although I may be unknown to you
yet / hope my experience will carry
the weight that earnestness always
should. I believe in doing good to my
fellow men, and in no way can l help
them better than in pointing out the
road to health.
"Hyomei. the treatment that cures
catarrh without stomach dosing has
done me SO much good that I want ev-
erybody to know Of it's merits: I had
a very bad case of catarrh and Hyo-
mel completely cured me. | have rec
commended it to my neighbors, and
they, too, have been cured. Now l
want everybody in all parts of the
country to know what Hyomei has
done for me. Geo. w. Carpenter,
Vincent, Ohio"
Hyomei contains the healing bal
sans that are found in the air upon
the mountains, where catarrh is, I'M
known. It destroys all catarrhal
germs in the air passages of the head,
throat and lungs and makes complete
cures.
A complete outfit costs but ST., while
extra bottle can be obtained for so
cents, Ask w. l.. Sargent The True
Druggist to show you the strong guar
antee under which he sells the treat
ment.
warmer than during the winter season.
The official weather report for the
month of February just closed shows
that the highest temperature for the
month was SIS degrees on the 18th and
the lowest was So degrees on the gath.
The mean temperature for the month
was II 6-10 degrees, which is a frac-
ton of a degree colder than the mean
temperature of the month of February
during the last seven years. The cold
est temperature ever recorded in Feb
ruary was So degrees. February is a
month of sunshine. during the past
month there having been only two
days when there was any rainfall
whatever. People do not say here
This is a pleasant day." That fact is
taken for granted, because at this sea-
son of the year it is always pleasant.
The lack of variation In temperature,
and the salubriousness of the climate
will We believe render Cuba the great
est winter resort in the Western Hem
isphere. The necessity now is for
American capital to come in and put
up American hotels hat are modern
end complete, and which will furnish
accommodations at a reasonable
price for the average tourist as well
as at an exclusive price for people
who are very rich and have more
money than they know what to do
with.
The Cuban government has estab.
lished a splendid public school sys
tenn with an excellent corps of teach,
ers throughout the entire island
There is school during nine months
OF the year which is free for the chill
dren of all classes and conditions, in
Guiding those of the poorest peasant
farmers in the country districts. The
splendid results of this public schoo
system must in a few years make
themselves very manifest.
In a previous letter l stated that
there seemed to be no social distinc
ton between the Cubans and negroes
because of the matter of race. This
statement was not exactly in accord,
ance with the facts, as they become
manifest after a closer investigation
Between the full blooded negroes and
the Cubans proper there is a marked
social separation, each keeping to
themselves in their social functions
There is a very large mixture Of blood
however, and the position of the mu
latto is determined very largely by ed
%ucation, wealth and refinement. 1t is
a pleasure to note that the negro in
Cuba enjoys every right and privilege
Of the white man, and politically he is
in fact as well as in law in the full en-
joyment of every privilege. Though
3 slavery was not abolished in Cuba I'm
) til 1873, nearly ten years after it was
in the United States, the effect upor
the black man OF. possessing and ac
tually enjoying the rights of citizen
: ship is very marked. Without question
: the average negro in Cuba is better
! educated, and in every way a higher
} grade Of citizen than the negro in the
| United States. From casual observa
ton it would seem that educated col
ored men in the states could not fine
l a better place to go to or to raise theil
families than in the Republic of Cuba
!, The Maine to Be Raised.
I Contrary to the general %suppositior
on the part of the American visitor
8 the government of the United States
$ has ~relinquished all claims to the
wreck Of the battleship Maine, which
$ lies in the mud Of Havana harbor, {
menace to navigation. / am Informed
2 by the United States Consul Stein
c hardt, that the Cuban government has
: entered into a contract with a wreck
ing firm to raise and remove this I'm
e slightly obstruction. 1t is estimated
that it will cost $780, 900 to accomplish
this task.
L In conversation with an intelligen
8 young Spaniard who was in the Span
r ish army on the Island of Cuba at thu
time Of American Intervention,
learned that the general opinion
r among the Spanish soldiers was tina
the Maine was blown up, not by thu
Spanish but by the Cubans, for tn