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sixteen pounds and the other eleven.
the angler was quite proud Of himself.
or rather he was-until the other fel.
low gave the snap away.
A Clover nse,,v

The all absorbing thought Of money!
getting which is SO characteristic Oh
the American people during the siren
uous hours of business does not al
ways fascinate men with so deep ana
interest that they are forgetful Of the
humorous side of things which come
up most every hour of human exist
ence This was plainly demonstrated
the other day at the horse marked
while the horse sale was in progress.
During the course of the sale, sur.
rey containing several prominent wo1
men OF the city arrived on the scene|
and took position close to the rined
In order that the fair occupants could
watch the proceedings of genuinel
morse sale "A hundred I'm offered. al
hundred I'm offered, who'll make { al
Quarter" was ringing in the ears Cd
the rair ones who sat with eyes widet
open and wondering how any mortal
could talk intelligently as fast as ths
auctioneer, crying the sale. PresentAl
ly the words, "sold, Sold" rang OUT
over the crowd of uplifted faces, down
came the hammer and the horse. RAM
out of the ring.
For moment the auctioneer wiped
the sweat from his brow and thenK
looking around, as he waited for the
next horse to be brought In, his eyesi
rested upon the surrey containing the
women. Auctioneers, as a rule. hayel
faculty for humor and this one wasd
no exception to the rule, for, suddenIN
catching an idea he announced tha|
horse and surrey for sale and cried for
bid. The women, not used to q real
horse sale for moment were In ed
quandary thinking that perhaps thew
had placed themselves too close to the
ring and that the auctioneer was MAXI
ing some fearful mistake and were
frantically trying to make the auction3
eer understand that the outfit was not
for sale. But the crying went on and
bids were coming thick and fast from
the horrid men who understood thu
situation. 800 I'm offered, 500 I'm OF.
fered, who'll make it 6, and presentlH
the women realized that it was In fun
and calmly waited results. After much
hard talking from the auctioneer and
parleying on the part Of the buyers
the outfit was knocked down to Colon.
el Ed Grant Of Chicago, for $4,000.
1t was then that the fair occupants
OF the surrey announced that they
would have to be taken with the horse
and surrey in the sale.
At this declaration, Colonel Grant
who liz every inch good fellow al
well as a shrewd horse buyer. declared
that while the outfit was bargain
for the price he bid. he would have tn
forego the pleasure Of cinching tho
deal for various reasons and would la1
aside all claims to the outfit and allow
the real owners their freedom" But
the boys around the horse markell
claimed their commission for handling
the sale.
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WHAT TO DO WITH THE INDIAN

Philadelphia Press:-At least one
Indian has answered satisfactorily the
old question Of what shall be done
with the red man. He Is going to West
Point and will become an officer in
the army which for hundred years
has been more or less busy keeping
his forefathers under restraint. But
igine into the great military academy
only calls attention again to the diff
f1culty Of finding a place for the edu-
Gated Indian.
Col. Pratt, Of the Carlisle Training
school. said long ago that 1t was easy
to educate the Sioux or the Apache.
The real problem was what to do with
defined prejudice even in the East
against taking young Indians on the
same footing with white youths. In
the West this dislike is far greater.
One Of the pathetic things which
happens every year Is to see young
Indian ~ir.s go out from Carlisle
equipped in scholarship for all the du-
ties of civilized life and find no niche
in which to stand. Many girl OF this
kind has gone back to the blanket
1t seemed to be the only place left.
The return to savage surroundings
after being for half a dozen or more
years under the best white instruction
| is lamentable situation.
| From the woods and semi barbarisna
| to electric lights and enlightenment is
q step taken by many of the western
Indians One young warrior who was
educated at Harvard gave to the
world not long ago an admirable pic
ture of his impressions when emerging
into civilization. The faces Of the
white men in the great cities at first
struck him more forcibly than almost
anything else. They all seemed to
him to have worried and hunted
look. To US the Indians face Is stolid
and 1t tells no tales. To the Indian
the white mans facs reveals the story
of thousand conflicts In civilized ex-
istence.
At some future time one of the IN
dams who has returned to the wigwam
after being educated may give his
ideas about going back to savagery.
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THE RAILROAD INQUIRY.

George F. Baer Of divine rights"
fame, and president of the Reading
railroad, has again jumped into the
limelight, this time with the startling
declaration that all railroads are rot
ten out the Reading" His declara-
ton Is unusually interesting at this
time because, of the sensational disclo-
sures regarding the practices of some
railroad brought out by the interstate
commerce commission inquiry at Phil
adelphia, and the fact that the Read
ing is to be- the next road investigated.
IF every road was on honest as the
Reading" he is said to have almost
shouted during the course Of his
speech, there would not now be an
investigation sweeping over the coun-
try arousing the people"
The people are aroused. The testi-
mony before the commission of the
assistant to the president of the great
Pennsylvania road to the effect that
one Of the officials owned hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth Of stock in
coal companies for which he did not
pay a cent, has caused people to be-
lieve that at least one part of one road
is just what Mr.. Baer pronounces 1t to
be. Once before Mr. Baer was promin-
emily before the nation and the deci-
sion of the public in the anthracite
controversy was not flattering to that
gentleman. The people are glad to
know that there is one road that is
honest, from top to bottom and in and
out. He isays that all roads but one
ara ROTTEN. He certainly. is In posi-
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ton to know something Of what he Is
talking about. But in view of the fact
that this declaration was made on the
eve OF an inquiry which has resulted
most disastrously for the Pennsylvania,
supposed to be the overload of the
Reading. his utterances will be taken
with a large grain Of salt and most
people will probably suspend judgment
until he appears before the commits
sion as a witness. He will then have
splendid opportunity to make good"
and enlighten the public as to the
methods of some railroads whose off,
GERS seem reluctant to talk
The Pennsylvania possibly outlined
the attitude that number of the roads
will take. That they are overwhelm-
ingly surprised at the revelations re-
garding the practices Of their officers.
This protested ignorance Is a new de-
velopment OF the controversy. The
railroads do business with a system.
1t has for many years been the popular
opinion and frequently the boast OF the
railroads themselves that to remain in
their employ, a man must toe the
mark, and not violate the standard
which must be required of men who
have hundreds of lives and thousands
of dollars worth of property in their
care in the handling of trains. And so
for many years it has been popularity
supposed, and with excellent reasons,
that the officers of the road knew the
conduct Of their employees, generally
speaking, from superintendent to Sec
ton hand. Whether it was the losses
in speculation of trusted agent or
the spree of a trainman, in some way
they generally became known to their
superiors and were followed by repri-
mand or dismissal. The statement that
the assistant to the president could
acquire nearly a half million in coal
stocks for special favors granted to
the coal companies, seems incredible,
and while it may be true, the investi-
cation inaugurated by the Pennsyl-
vania into the conduct of its employees
seems farcial.
Mr.. Baer has at least drawn special
attention to the Reading and empha-
sized the opinion that some railroads
could furnish good material for the
iailS
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SENATOR HuRToN's FATE.

It is with a good deal of regret that
a majority of the people have heard
the result Of the case against Senator
Burton. Many who know the outcome
Of the long, hard fight feel genuinely
sorry for the Kansas man, who now
stands convicted of a crime, and the
judgment of the lower court has been
upheld In the highest tribunal In the
land. He has employed every artifice
and has grasped at every legal straw
that offered even remote possibility of
immunity. He must now enter the
Iron county Jail to serve six months
sentence and must pay fine of $4,000,
representing his salary of $500 a
month for five months received from
the Rialto Grain and Securities com
pany of st. Louis. With the processes
Of law practically completed and with
no probability that the supreme court
will reverse itself. Burton has reached
the end of his rope.
Senator Burton was convicted in the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Missouri At the
time of his first appeal to the supreme
court 1t was evident that he was only
fighting for time and that his guilt
had been plainly established. He had
acted as attorney for the Rialto Grain
and Securities company to try to in.
duce the postofice department to re.
scind an order prohibiting the use of
the mails by the company. When the
verdict was rendered many of Burton S
friends urged him to resign from the
senate and serve his sentence. They
reasoned truthfully that he could have
had it all over with soon, with the min
imum Of publicity, and his retirement
would have saved him a great deal OF
money and also have seemed to be q
voluntary acceptance of his fate. His
battling hopelessly to the last ditch
stands against him. for he is less like.
ly to enlist the interference OF the
President now than If he had yielded
months ago.
The Kansas City Journal, a paper
that is close to Kansas politics, re-
CARDS Senator Burton as victim of
fate. The Journal soys:
Senator Burton entered upon his Of.
flee under the handicap of the fatal
succession and 1t appears to be fore.
ordained that those who follow In the
path of Jim Lane must come to grief
sooner or later. Not one man of all
those who have taken the senatorial
seat In this succession, not even Pres
ton B. Plumb, has escaped misfortune.
But this does not appear to decrease
the number of candidates for the place
to be left vacant by Burton Half a
dozen or more Kansans are anxious to
take chances with the historic 'hoodoo,
but it is not at all likely that any of
the avowed candidates will disregard
the mournful lesson Of the unfortunate
Burton"
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without saying that the district will
again this fall return round majority
for Major Lacey for congress-.
The Endorsement which the conven.
ton gave to the leadership Of Hon,
Leslie M. Shaw. was fitting and de,
served tribute to that splendid repre-
sentative Of Iowa republicanism. The
suggestion Of his name as candidate
for the presidency is something for
Iowa republicans to keep carefully in
mind and watch developments.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL coNvEh
TON.

In his speech before the sixth dis
trict republican convention yesterday,
Major Lacey made sincere and
graceful acknowledgement OF the high
honor rendered him by the republicans
Of this district in according him the
tenth consecutive nomination for con-
'gress. It Is not necessary for the Cou.
rier to say that the republicans of the
district have had good reason for
their action in this respect. Major
Lacey does now and always has stood
for the vital principles of republican
ism. His stand on the tariff is well
known and is recognized not only in
this district, but from one end of the
nation to the other. He believes not
only in the protective principle, but in
practical protection laws that will fos-
ter, develop and build up the manufac-
turing, commercial and agricultural in
terests OF his constituents. Major La
cey stands not only as man of great
influence in the house, but as one If
the hardest workers in that body. No
resident Of the sixth district ever adj
dressed request to Major Lacey with
reference to a matter of public bust
ness of which congressman can pro-
perly take cognizance without receiv.
ing careful, considerate and full atten-
ton. The people OF, the sixth district
realize and appreciate this and it goes
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with a note stating the case, and soon
returns with the necessary written in

with note stating the case, and soon
returns with the necessary written in
structions.
D. G. O'Malley is the best known.
the best loved end the most hated man
in New Orleans. BY this 1t is meant
that his friends love him truly, his
enemies hate him cordially and every
one knows him, from the newsboys in
the street to the banker IN his private
office. He has no lukewarm friends
and no lukewarm enemies.
Supports Candidate.
During the last municipal campaign
O'Malley's paper was the only one in
the city that supported the candidacy
or the present mayor, Martin Behrman.
OMalley had in the meantime lost
much OF his influence over the police
department. and 1t was asserted that
the candidate for mayor had promised
that in the event Of his election. he
would permit O'Malley to select the in
spector of police. Behrman was elect
ed, but II he ever made such promise
he broke 1t and O'MalIey's bitterest
enemy, p. 8. Whitaker, was appointed
Then OMalley turned on the mayor,
and the war was on in earnest O'Mal-
ley published in his paper that he had
at the time saved the mayor from in
dictment by the grand jury and a pos
sible sentence to the penitentiary. For
this he was promptly arrested,
charged with criminal libel, convicted,
and It is on this conviction that he is
serving his present term of eight
months and made to pay fine of $500.
Today the man who TWENTY-FIVE
years ago worked on the levee for 50
day Is worth more than $500. 600.
Besides his large holdings in the news
paper property, he owns one of the fin
est plantations in the state, valuable
real estate in New Orleans, and one of
the best strings of race horses in the
country, among them being the ia
nous mare, Gold Rose. on which he
won $4,000 in one race at Jamacia
New York, last fall.
The fishing season has opened at the
Milwaukee junction. The largest fish
and the largest stories for years have
been seen and heard around that
throbbing, busting railway center.
Some Of the stories are good, some of
them are "whoppers" and some of
them-well, they are the limit. that is
all. For a railroad man to 70 fishing
out there is to court trouble. If he
doesn't get any, and comes home and
merely explains why, he is called a
liar. II he comes home with fish. then
he bought EN-; so It's pretty hard to
go fishing without damaging your repu.
tation.
But one man did. A switchman.
known to Milwaukee men as polar
Bear" went fishing the other morning.
After about two hours of vain waiting
and longing, but no bites, he fell In
with fisherman, who for the consid-
GRAFTON Of fifty cents, tied two German
carp to the bank, where they might
easily be caught. The Polar" then
called in witnesses and casting his line
in the right place, soon had the two
fish hooked. Then having cut the other
line while the aforesaid witnesses
were not looking, he marched proudly
back to the yards to show his catch.
AS one Of the fnny creatures weighed
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I'm future years this Iowa cam
paign will be spoken Of in Whispers =
says the Davenport Times.
The DEBORAH Republican thinks that
Rathbun has better show than Per-
inee.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
predicts that >Rathbun will be the nom
inee, il Cummins fails "If the COVER
nor does not have a majority the gov
ernor's strength will surely go to Mr..
Rathbun," says the Freeman Tribune.
At this time there does not seem to
be even a remote possibility OF the
nomination Of Mr.. Perkins. If the gov
ernor does not get winning hand the
cards are cut SO Mr.. Rathbun will.
And Mr. Rathbun would make a
mighty good governor too"
The Nevada Representative consid-
ers that the governor is losing ground.
what Iowa needs most of all" saws
the Cedar Rapids Republican, 'is an
other business governor such as the
state had in Gear and later in LARA
bee, a governor who will enter into
all the details Of the business Of the
state, look after It, and see that it is
economically and we'll transacted. We
have had political governors enough
for few years."
The Mason City Globe Gazette says
that the result in Des Moines county
shows where the farmers Of that coun-
ty stand.
The Marion Register, Capt. Rath-
buns paper thinks that. some Of the
newspaper editors are taking the CUB
ernatorial contest too seriously. "a
number Of them" the Register notes,
Say the life is being crushed out Of
the big state by the railroads. Others
Say "a political revolution is sweeping
over the country. The former should
buy an OK team. and the latter take to
the woods, Nothing so serious In the
situation, boys, as you imagine. 1t is
mostly a midsummer nights dream
Iowa will keep right on forging to the
front. no difference who may be nom
mated for governor"
The Knoxville Journal says the fact
that Senators Dolliver and Aldrich are
not on speaking terms will not hurt
Me-. Dolliver any in Iowa.
1.-The editor Of the Record" says the
Cedar Falls Record, has been a cam
didate for Office for nearly three
months and up to the hour of going to
press he has not been accused of ever
having been a horse thief, an embez-
-zlAr ar g. dAfandart in q hsAaah of
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o'MaIiey a Merry Editor.

A few men have directed the policy
of great newspapers by means Of the
telegraph or cable, says the Mobile
Herald, but there is only one man In
this country, SO far as is known, who
has kept in touch with every depart
ment Of a big afternoon newspaper
and edited 1t from cell in a prison.
This unique feat in modern Journal
ism is now daily being performed by
Dominick O'Malley, editor and pro
prietor of the New Orleans Daily Item
Though he is closely confined within
the walls Of the historic Parish pris
on, serving an eight months sentence
for criminal libel, no detail Of the man
agement of his paper escapes his OBJ
servation and direction
A corps OF messenger boys is con
stantly fitting between the Item Office
on Camp street and the Parish prison
on Saratoga street, seven blocks away
During the day the heads Of the sever
al departments of the paper are in fire.
quent consultation with the chief.
In the early morning the heads OF
the several departments call at the
prison, where conference is held and
the work of the day is mapped out
After that il any contingency arises In
which the judgment of the editor is
desired. messenger is dispatched
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The Rockwell City Advocate says
the developments Of the campaign
have not changed its opinion that the
prospect is still slightly in favor OF
Cummins, with strong chance that
Perkins may yet win.
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The Centerville Citizen suggests t
the editor Of the Des Moines Registe
and Leader that it is time to com
mence telling the truth,
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SID ELICIT 8.
NEED MORE ROOM.

The Man With the Bored Look Is In
Evidence.
Poets may chirp of the beauties Of
the gladstone, sweet days Of the May
time, birds may sing, flowers may
grow, but there is sorrow in the heart
Of man-and he has a reason. Home
Is anything but pleasure, for the
dear masculine thing can not find his
hat four seconds after he lays 1t down;
his carefully guarded papers are
swept to the four winds and the cob
webs adorn his lavendar necktie as he
sallies forth each day to meet fate
hard as 1t may be, yet relief to that
experienced at home. s
"Ill not be home to dinner today.
Will be back early tonight to help lay
that carpet" is the familiar call over
the telephone wires nowadays. And
dutiful "wifey" proceeds to fly around
the house with a vengeance in order
to have some place for hubby" to sit
and read his paper when he comes to
"lay the carpet"
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People who, use: Courier Want ADJ
say they pay.
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CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION.
To the Republican Electors of the State Of

Iowa:
There win be a delegate convention of
lne republicans Of Iowa. held In the city
Of Des Moines Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug
nst !. 1905, at 1920 o'clock a. m. for the
purpose Of placing In nomination candi-
dates for the following Offices:
For governor.
For lieutenant governor.
For secretary Of state.
For auditor Of state.
For treasurer Of state.
For attorney general
For Judge Of the supreme court 1.-TWO
:andidatesl.
For clerk of supreme court.
For superintendent of public Instruction
For reporter of supreme court.
Fer railroad commissioner two candi-
cates.)
Aud for the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come before said
convention.
All voters Of the state who believe In
republican principles and who endorse the
policy Of the republican party. are cor
hially invited to unite under this call In
tile election Of delegates to said conven-
tion.' The ratio Of representation will be
as sollows:
ant one additional delegate for each two
hundred votes or fraction Of one hundred
or over. cast for Theodore Roosevelt, re-
publican candidate for president at the
general election held November g. 1904.
The representation to which the several
counties will be entitled under this call is
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1.-THE editor of the Record" says the
Cedar Falls Record, has been a can
didate for Office for nearly three
months and up to the hour of going to
press he has not been accused of ever
having been horse thief, an embez-
-zlar an a dafandant in a braaeh Of
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By order Of the republican state central
Committee. n. II. Spence,
Chairman.
George R. Eastabrook. Secretary.
Des Moines. Iowa. April IT. 1905
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The Mason City Globe Gazette says
that If the Iowa corn crop can have as
much heat this summer as the Iowa
political crop there ought to be q
bumper yield of the Indian maize.
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The Knoxville Journal says the fact
that Senators Dolliver and Aldrich are
not on speaking terms will not hurt
Mr. Dolliver any in Iowa.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

I'm future years this Iowa cam.
paign will be spoken of in whispers
says the Davenport Times.
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Don't pay your bets yet. The ract
is young" suggests the Charter Gal
Times.