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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
CHRISTIANITY IN JAP ARMY.

Philadelphia Press.-The Hospitality
minded Japanese have adopted another
recent American notion, even though
their action seems to carry a greater
sanction of Christianity than would or
dinarily be expected Of a nation which
has but recently emerged from what
the missionaries comprehensiyely term
"heathendom." The recent reports
from the Japanese army in Manchuria
show that the Young Mems Christian
Associations Of Japan, prof1ting by the
example of the American associations
in the recent war with spain, have
equipped a number of army ~headquar-
ters with Y. M. c.. A. outfits, for the
entertainment and convenience Of the
men.
The method is simple. At every
military base a tent or building Is OPP
ened as a free rendezvous for the sol.
diers. Here they find books, newspa-
pers, games, stationery and facilities
for writing, together with frequent
photograph entertainments, exhibit
lions by volunteer talent and other d.
versions. Tea is served without cost
and the innumerable c~onveniences
which are valued far beyond their in
trtnsic worth, such as buttons, needles,
thread, hair clippers and bathtubs, are
freely supplied. The Japanese them
selves apply the term "mothering,' to
this association work, and the army
officers, from the highest to the lowest,
have been warm In commentator of
the plan. Every courtesy and convent
ence have been extended to the work.
ers and official prestige has not beer
lacking, the commissioned officers
themselves freely ~patronizing the
tents.
AS to the men themselves, their ap-
probation of h association rooms is
shown by such reports as that of one
secretary, who says: During the
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charged are lawful and that intent
can make no difference. But they are
bound together as the parts of a single
plan. The plan may make the parts
unlawful. Intent is almost essential
to such a convention and is essential
to such an attempt. Where acts are
not sufficient in themselves to produce
a result which the law seeks to pre-
vent-for instance, the m~onopoly-hut
require further acts in addition to the
mere forces of nature to bring that re-
suit to pass, an intent to bring it to
pass is necessary in order to produce
a dangerous probability that it will
happen"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

At the sight Of the red flag in a
meeting a Kansas City anarchist ex-
claimed: THAT flag stands for our
warm, red blood" The Council Bluffs
Nonpareil. however, thinks that. as a
matter Of fact. it generally means some
one else's warm, red blood.
&c.
Mr.. Bryan says the President Is
terribly In earnest" This is no new
discovery" says the Keokuk Gate City,
Judge Parker found 1t out some time
ago and now the beef, paper and other
trusts are learning 1t to their sorrow."
%
Machen, Lorenz and Croft Of post
office scandal fame, will now have to
go to the penitentiary for two years,
says the Davenport Times, adding,
There they can have plenty of time
to reflect OF the folly Of trying to beat
the government with a fastener
scheme"
Whats the , matter with Iowa?'
asks the Des Moines Capital. well
one thing is the. eternal endeavor to
treat her as a patient when her every
indication points to the most robust
health"
Fortunately for the little czare-
WITCH" say the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can, "he Is still too young to realize
what is going on in the country over
which he must rule some time in the
future, unless, in the meantime, they
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04

The subject Of the cremation of gar
bage is being widely discussed. in Iowa
as spring approaches, and the coming
summer will, nc doubt, see some def
mite action taken by more than one
Iowa city along these lines. Des
Moines. Davenport and Ottumwa have
had the subject up for discussion be-
fore their respective city councils on
numerous occasions and 1t Is gener-
ally agreed that 1t L. very practicable
but that It is costly However. cities
generally, all v 9 the country, are
awakening to the realization Of the
Importance Of the Improvement Of san
itary conditions. The coming year will
no doubt see the establishment of
some system in Ottumwa for doing
away with the garbage. The plan of
dumping 1t into the river is a danger
GUS one for the health Of the public,
and the crematory seems to be about
the best and most feasible plan known.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
SID IS

It is the custom of manufacturers Of
certain lines of goods to warrant their
goods to stand a reasonable amount Of
strain, friction, weight and wear.
These points are important to dis
tinguish the goods made by these man
ufacturers and sold through local
dealers, from goods made by other
manufacturers and sold by other deal
ers.
Among these articles, there are sew
eral lines of boys clothing that are
warranted to be mighty good In gen.
eral and there Is n manufacturer
who makes a line of boys pants which
are particularly slow to show the eff
fects of wear. He assures everyone
that these trousers will stand most any
kind of an ordinary strain this side of
a bolt of lightning and that when wear
ing them a boy is safe in trying any
kind Of a stunt, from going through
a barb-wire fence with a watermelon
on his arm, to hanging on a splinter
Of a scantling from a third story win
dow.
However. one of our local dealers is
now considerably worried regarding
the extent to which this guarantee can
be construed and the different kinds of
warrants 1t can be made to cover.
A few days ago, a small lad came
into his store with his mother and the
clothing merchant sold him a pair of
pants, which he was glad to guaran-
tee in several languages and with
great confidence. He assured the boys
mother that these pants would not rip,
wear, tear, ravel, or get whiskers on
the bottom. The purchase was made
and the mother escorted her young
hopeful out and the instance was for
gotten. About four days after that, the
mother brought the boy back into the
store. He was wearing another pair
Of pants and carried in his arms the
pair he had recently purchased.
The lady proceeded to call to mind
with very minute and marked detail
the high words of praise that the mer
chant had spoken about the wearing
qualities of the trousers. and she par
ticularly dwelt upon tho merchants
statement that they were all good
goods and hard to wea out, that they
would last a long time and finally she
wound up by %unwrapping the pants
and showed him how they looked after
four days wear by this little boy who
seldom went away from the house.
There was hardly enough Of these
pants left to recognize the piece Of
goods it originally had been intended
for. They were worn and torn and rip
ped and looked as If they had beer
caught by the dogs or come through 9
threshing machine with a reverse mo
ton. The merchant took one glance al
the trousers, then at the mother enc
then he asked the boy IL he had peen
caught in an automobile wreck OF
blown up in a roc-. quarry.
The kid looked him straight in the
eye and told him that he hadn't beer
anywhere except straight from home
to school and back again and that al
school the big boys imposed upon him
so that he didn't get out Of doors ever
at recess, that he just stayed in the
school house all the time and studied,
that he was the particular pet of the
teacher and that she just dotted on him
he was such a good quiet little boy
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Y ON

William j. Bryan is talking pretty
nearly as often now as he did when he
was'a candidate for president In 1896
and 1900. There has always been q
noticeable characteristic about Mr..
Bryan-his ability to talk whether he
had a talking point or not. But this
time ne has had plenty to talk about
and has rather run over. When in Chi
cago recently he gave a reporter an
interview to the effect that he had
been wrongly reported in the south
and had been made to say that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the best president
the United States ever had. Mr.. Bryan
there expressed his hope in the sue
cess Of the re~organized democracy
four years from now, giving as his rea-
son that a great many republicans
will, at that time, vote against Presi-
dent R%oosevelt's successor as the re-
publican standard bearer If the repub.
lican party commends R~oosevelt's
course of action against the corpora
lions and dominates a nan who holds
the same ideas.
Mr.. Bryan is looking to the fore with
wide open eyes and If he believes
what he says he is saying to the world
that he can see a great deal farther
ahead than can most men. However,
his ability as a prophet has never been
held in very high esteem by the coun-
try in general and this Is probably only
another Of his unreliable, unlikely and
altogether useless forecasts.
But the silver orator goes farther.
When the reporter in Chicago asked
him If he is a socialist he made the
following reply:
THE democratic party believes in
some measures the socialists believe
in. That does not make it socialistic.
1t believes with the populists on some
points, but it is not therefore popu.
listie. We are: said to be now in ac-
cord with the republicans in a few
matters, but we can't be accused OF
being republicans.
1.-THE principles of himetalism re.
main true but owing to the immense
increase IN the production of gold the
need of 1t now Is not as crying as It
was.""
Mr.. Bryan has acknowledged in this
littIes speech the disorganized situation
of 1he democratic party as 1t exists al
present. With a conglomeration Of
several ideas and ideals it would be
hard to- strike an average and declare
a policy Of the party. On the other
hand the republican party is organized
and in accord with the President and
the President is likewise In accord
with his party.
The silver orator told his inter
viewer that he would not yet say
whether he would, in 1908, be willing
to accent the nomination for the Dresi.
dency. William Jennings has not. evi.
IDENTIFY, given up his ambition to be-
corae president in spite Of his two de-
feats at the hands of the country's
voters and his third defeat at the
hands of the men who, four and eight
years ago, followed him implicitly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
Rates to Pacific Coast Cut $500

Hate3 70 Pacif1c Coast Cut $500,
Commencing March 1 the Iowa Cen.
trail will have on sale daily one way
tickets to San Francisco. Los Angeles,
Portland and other points In the west
and northwest. Rates cut SIS. Through
Tourist cars to California without
change. Call on agents for full par.
ticulars or address,
A. B. Cults, G. p. & T. A.,
Minneapolis. Minu.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04

just at the time when there is talk
OF doing away with the grand jury,
and more talk among the lawyers Of
the decrease in criminal work, some
Iowa cities are talking of establishing
superior courts. Among these is Wa
terloo, a town which. suddenly, is re-
garding itself as very much of a city.
If there is any place in Iowa outside Of
Des Moines and Sioux City where a SUI
perior court is needed, 1t is Ottumwa,
but this city has been able to worry
along without it and still transact con-
siderable court business and send sew
eral undesirable citizens to the peni-
tertiary. The average city has no
more need of more courts that of two
city halls.
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The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
Gen Mistchkenko is conducting his
retreat according to the strategy of
the birds In the nursery rhyme, when
"one flew east and one flew west and
one flew owe the cuckoo's nest"
Observing that the beet trust a y
that the margin of profit is very small
In the packing business, the Boone
News sarcastically remarks that the
time Is not believed to be propitious,
however, for asking a subsidy from
congress for this business"
THE lobbyist at best is an enemy OF
the people, being inevitably a disciple
Of special legislation and a seeker at
ter favors, and he should be shut off
from welding any undue influence
over the minds of the credulous legis-
lators." says the Dubuque Telegraph.
The Sioux City Tribune has dug up
another scandal with Gas Addicks
as the center and says: Nobody
seemed to know Gas Addick's name
until Lawson turned owe the leaf. He
was either always spoken of as Gas
Addicks or J.. Edward Addicks. But
.O'Sullfvan Addicks. Why was O'SulIi-
van dropped?'
"The primary system Of making
nominations Is a beautiful one in the
DRY, but a rotten, degrading system In
practice" says the Alta Adviser. "In
this county 1T is breeding a set of petty
bosses who neve regard a mans
qualifications for Office but look out
for the candidate who can pay them
best"
It is the Burlington Hawk Eyes
view hat Wisconsin simply unloaded
on the United States senate.
The Cedar. Rapids Republican be-
.lieves that the United States senate
will ON nearer sizing up Governor
LaFollette than the governorship OF
Wisconsin.
Atlanta, Ga, comes to the front with
the sad story Of a woman whose mouth
was frozen wide open during the re-
cent cold snap. The Sioux City Jour
nal says: "It goes without saying
that he woman was alone at the time
the unhappy affliction came upon her
There is no question but motoring
has come to stay" say the Clinton
Herald. ut is an excellent sport, ex-
tiiiardtlLB ana Iull OF pleasure ana VIII
be an important factor In promoting
good roads. Nevertheless, 1t seems
that some regulation is necessary to
check the reckless drivers. Motorists
themselves, for self-protection, should
take the initiative in this matter"
%
IT Mr.. Lawson will restore his i'll
gotten millions and begin life over, live
the elemental life, as Tolstoi is doing
In Russia, and If then he will publish
the elemental life, as Tolstoi is doing
he will become truly a hero with the
American public" says the Cedar
Rapids Republican. Until he does that
he Is so much bosh and mush."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
A Card.

We. the undersigned, do hershS
agree to refund the money on a 90 -
bottle Of Greene's Warranted Syrun
Of Tar II it falls to cure your cough OF
cold. We also guarantee a 25 cent
bottle to o satisfactory or money
refunded.
F. B. Clark, w. w. Ennis,
w. D. Elliott, East End Drug ore
8. v. Sampson. Agency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04

The plan about to be tried in Mus
'catine for an association Of charities
will no doubt prove a success and
charitably inclined people all over the
state will watch the outcome Of the
experiment with interest. The care of
the worthy poor is a task which no
good citizen shirks, but which is q
hard one to discharge well, thor
oughly and without distributing bene-
fits to the unworthy poor. The idea
in Muscatine is to get all the chart
table organizations and people to-
gether, and to appoint competent and
honest officials. who will distribute
charity where it will do the most good.
The idea is a good one and If Muscatine
proves it to be practicable it would no
doubt be the same in Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
THE FARM VS.. THE MINE.

Secretary Wilson'S annual report
upon the value Of the crops for 1904
gives some valuable and interesting
figures. Though the gold mine Is re.
garded generally as the best source of
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The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
Gen Mistchkenko is conducting his
retreat according to the strategy Of
the birds in the nursery rhyme, when
"one flew east and one flew west and
one flew over the cuckoo's nest"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04

can upset the autocratic and bureau
cratic concert that still passes by the
nalne of a government"
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Observing that the beet trust says
that the margin of profit is very small
In the packing business, the Boone
News sarcastically remarks that the
time Is not believed to be propitious,
however, for asking a subsidy from
congress for this business"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04

"The lobbyist at best is an enemy OF
the people, being inevitably a disciple
of special legislation and a seeker at
ter favors, and ne should be shut off
from welding any undue influence
over the minds of the credulous legis-
lators," says the Dubuque Telegraph.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given BY Or. j. C. Bonham.

Mr.. Zeb Smith, of Ottumwa, says.
Il was cured of a very bad case Of
Piles after suffering twenty years"
J Mr.. D. o. Ross, Abba, says: Il
had a suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. DR.. Bonham removed
it by use of X-Ray."
I Mr.. VIM. Gibson, Abba, Iowa,
says: Il was cured of a double
rupture and am well pleased"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
LOUISIANA HOSPITALITY.
-srangers Were Treated Just tne
Game as Members Of the
Family.

A group of drummers were trading yarns
on the subject OF hospitality, relates Lipp-
incott's Magazine, wnen one, a little y ir.
cinian. with humorous eye and delightful
urawl took up his parable thus:
II was down in Louisiana last month trav-
elm cross country with s. j. Cary (the
same being Stonewall jackson g., at your
servicel, when we kinder got lost in mighty
lonesome sort o. road just about dark. We
rode along a right good piece after sundown,
and when we saw light ahead tell you
it looked first rate. We drove up to the
light, fndin' twas a house, and when ]
hollered like lost calf the man came out
and we asked him to take us in for the night.
He looked at us mighty hard, and then said
wal reckon kin stand it if you kin. So
we unhitched, went in and found twas only
. two-room shanty and just swarmin' with
children He had six, four to ii years old,
and as there didn't seem to be but one bed,
me an Stoney was wonderln what in thun-
der would become Of US.
'.They gave us supper, good hog and hom-
sny, the best they had. and then the old
woman put the two youngest kids to bed
They went straight to sleep. Then she took
those out, laid them over in the corner, put
the next two to bed-and so on. After all
the children were asleep on the floor the
old folks went in the other room and told
us we could go to bed if we wanted to, and,
bein' powerful tired out, we did.
"Well, sir, the next morning when we
woke up we were lying over in the corner
with the kids and the old man and the old
woman had the bed"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
VERY EFFECTIVE SAMPLE.
Minister'S Pickles Were Strongly
Suggestive Of the Ever
lasting Fire.

A clergyman was very fond of par
ticular hot brand of pickles, and find
ing great difficulty in procuring the same
sort at hotels when travelling, always car-
ried bottle with him, relates the Tatler.
One day wnen dining at restaurant with
his pickles in front of him stranger sat
down at the same table, and, with an Amer
ican accent. presently asked the minister to
pass the pickles. The minister, who en-
joyed the joke, politely. passed the bottle.
and in few minutes had the satisfaction Of
seeing the Yankee watering at the eyes and
II guess said the latter, ''that you are
a parson!"
'"Yes, my friend, am" replied the minis
ter.
81 suppose you preach?" asked the Yam
kee.
Eyes, sir; preach twice week, usually, -
said the minister.
DO you ever preach about hell fire." in
qured the Yankee.
YES: | sometimes consider it my duty
20 remind my congregation of eternal pun
ishment," returned the minister.
II thought So, reioined the Yankee. "but
you are the first of your class ever met
who carried samples"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
On the Way
to Bethel
OUR BIBLE STORY by the
Highway and Byway" Preacher
"a Vision Between the Lines Of Gods
Inspired Word)


Scripture Authority. God said unto
Jacob. Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell
there; and make there an altar unto God,
that appeared unto thee when thou fieddest
from the face of Esau thy brother. Then
Jacob said unto his household. and to all
that were with him, Put away the strange
gods that are among you, and be clean,
and change your garments; and let us arise
and go up to Bethel; and will make there
an altar unto God, who answered me In the
day of my distress, and was with me in the
way which l went. And they gave unto
Jacob all the strange gods which were In
their hand, and all their earrings which
were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem
And they journeyed; and the terror of GOO
was upon the cities that were round about
them, and they did not pursue after the
sons of Jacob."-Gen 35:1-6
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
Best in the World.

Cream, Ark, Oct. 9th (Specal) After
eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy,
Backacne and Kidney Complaint, Mr.. w.
H. Smith, of this place, is a well man
again, and those who have watched his
return to health unhesitatingly give all
the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pulls. In an
interview regarding his cure, Mr.. Smith
says:
Il had been low for eighteen months
with my back and kidneys, and also
of, and nothing seemed to do me any
good till friend of mine got me. to send
for Dodd's Kidney Pills. find that they
are the greatest medicine in the world,
for now l am able to work and am in fact
as stout and strong as before | took sick. .
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys.
Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all
impurities. Pure blood means good health.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
POINTED AND PITHY.

It takes a man of wisdom to utilize
half he knows.
The criterion by which we judge 9TH
ers is the one by which we admire our
selves.
There is seldom much modesty from
the material from which self-made men
are constructed.
Remember, it is safe betting that no
man is much interested in your troubles
unless he is a lawyer.
There are good many "blarney
stones in this country, too. They are
set in engagement rings.
Girls may not convert young men, but
they are a grea. success in the service
of drawing them to church.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
Advancing the Farmers Interests.

Advancing the Farmers Interests.
Travelling agents and statesmen are
now sent from the home offices OF the
Chicago packers into all South Amer
ican and .Asiatic countries. They are
going into every land, no matter what
language may be spoken or what
money be used. They will exchange
their goods for cowries or elephant
tusks-anything to sell the product
and get something in return converti-
BILE into money. 1t may seem odd to
some folks, but travelling men, carry
ing cases with samples of American
meat products, can be seen in the des-
ert of Sahara, the sands of Zanzibar
or in Brazil, where the nuts come
from" Great is the enterprise OF the
Yankee merchant. The greater the
market, the greater the price and sta
bility of the price of the product and
all that goes to make it in its various
stages.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
SCREAMED AT NIGHT.
Baby Scratched Until Face Was Raw
and Bleeding-Eczema Cured
by Cuticura.

s'For over two years my little baby girl
suffered with raw, itching and painful
eczema on her bead and face, the pain
causing her to scream day and night, and
eral doctors, but without success. Unless
we kept her hands tied she would scratch
until her face was like raw beef. One cake
Of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti-
cura Ointment completely cured her,
healing her face without mark or blems
ish. (Signed) w. j. Morgan, Orchard
Town, New Lambton, New South Wales,
Australia"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
Sentimental.

"She was woman" said the poetical
boarder, whose beauty turned mems hearts
to fire. >,
And their necks to rubber, l suppose,
added the prosy old bachelor.-Chicago
Daily News
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-13
FADELESS DYES
"S
None Too Tainted for Him.

"Would YOU refuse tip from me if you
knew it was tainted money! asked the
customer in the restaurant as he finished his
meal
"No, SIR" replied the waiter; I'D not
refuse it.sir, even if you had run it through
that piece of Camembert cheese, SRI
Workers Statesman.