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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
scoTTY.

Philadelphia Press.-After all Is
said, Scotty, Of Death Valley, is only
an imitator. This desert Croesus has
come east with wallet of gold which
he presumably dug himself. To paint
things vivid hue and show the money
kings of this and other towns how
to spend their dough seems to be
his ambition And he has done fairly
we'll.
But, picturesque as Scotty is, how
mild in comparison with that jolly
spendthrift, Coal Oil Johnnie Steele!
There was a sport that was sport
No tin about him. He rang clear all
the time, or at least for the few
months his monev held out. He in
vited all Philadelphia to sup with him
at the best hotel. To avoid cab fares
he bought the cabs and then gave
them to the drivers. Playing angel to
theatrical companies was one OF his
cheapest diversions, and how much OF
a luxury 1T Is to be an angel several
we'll known Philadelphians can tes-
tify.
In little while Coal Oil Johnnie
who is a product of the petroleum
fields of Pennsylvania, dispensed with
a million or two. No one least of all
Johnnie himself, ever kept an exact
count Of just how much he did spend.
Old and i'll, he is at the present time
back on the farm, If he has read OF
the recent lurid doings Of Scotty, this
venerable Big Heart, who made a for
tune over night in oil and threw 1t
away almost as quickly, must smile
sadly at the westerner's folly and at
the recollections they bring.
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A SENSIBLE REVIVAL.

The Des Moines Capital: There are
revivals and REVEALS. There was
one few days ago at Waverly, Ia,
which was unfortunate in its outcome.
and there was anothe. at Sioux City
a GIL ~. of weeas since which started
out with large number of profess
sinps. But the most sensible revival
PROJECTED in Iowa. in some time Is the
attempt to teach people how to spell
the ORD lnary words in the English
langus &c correctly The effort is GO
ing to be made. it is said, to get back
to the old-fashioned notions Of In
structing the young idea how to spell,
to devote more time and attention to
that branch Of learning and to raise
portant department all along the line
This is downright sensible and prac-
teal.
No class of citizens is more pain
gully aware of the need Of this re-
form than newspaper men. The poor
spnller. be he reporter, college gradu-
ate. clergyman or superintendent of
schools, finds d Iatient and perspiring
victim in the proof reader. This in
digidual knows what vice of fright
flu. mien poor srelling is, because he
meets 1t at every turn Of the road
The editor, the correspondent, the
contributor, the advertising mar-all
take a fall out OF him. There is a
half Nelson III Separate" a strange
hold in embarrassing an upper cut
in 'dissention," ard solar plexus III
Judgement" The man or woman,
be he or she of high or low degree
VINO can write a rwo-page letter with
out lnisspeilIng a word, is rara avis
Ask professional mer. who are obliged
to lean upon the strong arm Of an So
a-Week stenographer for assistance
over the slippery shoals Of orthog-
raphy. They will tell you. with more
or less profane emphasis, that SPELL
Ing is a lost art, and that the average
latter-day high school graduate would
have about as much show In an ola
fashioned spelling down contest as a
one-legged man In hurdle race. This
is sad, but true. How true may be
learned by cursory review Of the
copy hook of any newspaper in tbs
land, If not in the printed pages them
selves.
We hope there will be no diminu-
ton In the zeal with which this re-
motors are about 1t they might with
advantage include qualification In the
list. The division Of words, correct
division, has apparently been lost sigh
Ct In the mad rush, for Cicero and
Goethe and xenophon. By all means
let the schools and colleges and uni
ysrsities, IL you please, place reas.
enable degree of emphasis upon Eng
l'sil photography. There is no dan.
ger that the art Of composition vii
Wane. Anybody can write book, blu,
mighty few and far between are they
who can spell correctly words Of more
than two syllables. The newspaper
boys ought to help the thing along
They are up against 1t every day ii
the year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
AS 70 HAzINe.

Davenport Times.--The President
has written a letter explaining his
reasons for pardoning a midshipman
convicted of hazing, and adds that
often the punishment, as now provid-
ed by law, is entirely too severe for
the offenses Of which the midshipmen
are sometimes convicted. The Presi-
dent believes that the law in regard to
hazing ought to be changed. He does
not advocate the change because he
has any sympathy with the practice Of
haziEg, but because he believes that
Iii most cases hazing Is but the ex-
preston of an exuberance Of boyish
and animal spirit and no particular
harm or evil Is. intended by those who
are guilty Of such practices.
The President believes it will be
better to have the authority to pun
ish infractions of the rules of the ma
val academy lodged In some executive
authority who will have discretionary
power to fit the punishment to the ma
ture of the offense.
The President points out that as the
law now stands midshipman must be
tried by court martial for any offense,
however trivial it may be, If that Of
Tense falls within the definition of the
term hazing. The verdict of the court
martial Is subject to review neither by
the secretary OF the navy nor by the
President himself. There remains
only the pardoning power to prevent
gross injustices, not that the courts
martial err. but because OF the lack
Of discretionary power given to such
courts martial. The President believes
the punishment should At the crime.
He also points out that as the fu-
ture officers Of the navy must know
how to obey rules and laws in order
that they may be Of service and that
they may exact obedience from those
who may be committed to their COM
mand in the future. It would be bet
ter to allow the authorities Of the
academy or some other authority to fix
the punishment Of the midshipmen 80
that they will learn the lessons they
are presumed to learn. AS 1t Is now,
for some comparatively trivial offense
the whole future career Of nidship-
man may be blighted.
II In AiaA ~AaArtAd In tha 1Arrs aal.
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And, instead of vulgar bitter,
Claret (name unknown) is seen.
Lizzie then, the porter's daughter.
Brings the puree-Mabels taught her
Sc, to call the cabbage water
Ladled from the soup tureen.
After this, In silver dishes,
Enter bits Of skin and bone,
Mixed with heads and tails OF fishes
With a flavor all their own,
Patent jelltes, round and hollow,
Filled with Scustard powder, follow
Jellies which are hard to swallow
Though they lend the feast a tone
Finger bowls then Lizzie places
On their doylies fringed with dirt,
Manufactured out of laces
Which were once an evening skirt.
Coffee essence-so the label Z
Calls the mixture-decks the table;
Thus does providential Mabel
Strive to give us our dessert.
When the pinch of hunger wakes me
Just as ! begin to snore,
When a longing overtakes me.
For the vulgar meals, of yore;
When l lie there, faint and dizzy,
Still hear the luclSless Lizzie
Telling in the kitchen, busy
Washing up for evernore.
Punch.
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WEATHER AID TO TRADE.

The condition of the weather is an
aid to trade conditions according to
the weekly reviews of both Dun and
Bradstreet. These reviews for this
week are encouraging and highly sat-
isfactory. Dun's says:
Distribution of heavyweight wear
Ing apparel, fuel, and other seasonable
merchandise expanded rapidly in re-
Spouse to the more normal tempera-
ture, but retail stocks of these goods
are still burdensome. An impetus has
been given in wholesale trade in
spring dry goods. Jobbing returns
and manufacturing statements indi-
cate little idle capacity. Mercantile
collections are prompt as rule. Com
modify prices are fairly steady Rail
way earnings for January show an in
crease Of 1876 per cent over last years
figures
AS to the western. situation, the re-
port of Dun's Chicago district agency
says:
More seasonable weather aids the
progress Of trade. Developments are
conspicuous in the building lines, the
heavy work on hand being expedited
owing to the rapid accumulation of
new undertakings for this year, the
latter including various large struc-
lures for mercantile purposes.
Manufacturing conditions exhibit
remarkable smoothness in current
operations. The outputs heavier, de-
liveries have improved, and the rail
roads are furnished enormous ton
mage in iron and steel products
Commodity movements, as indi-
Gated by earnings of Chicago railroads
show no diminution in the tonnage
volume, all classes of freight contrib
uting.
Wheat values made slight recov-
cry under manipulation but other
breadstuffs weakened on the increased
pressure of offerings. Recent heavy
Withdrawals have lessened local
stocks Of grain, but the absence of
export buying adversely affects the
general position.
Bank clearings, $213,5O7S43, ex-
coed those Of corresponding week in
1905 by SO per cent"
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LAWSON IN IOWA

Whether anyone else does or not,
Tom Lawson takes himself seriously,
and his visit to Des Moines and st.
Paul this week is evidence of the
TACT Just why he should choose a
committee, to be headed by governors,
to carry out the work OF voting the
proxies he has secured from policy
holders in the two big New York life
insurance companies is something OF
question, but that it was because he
feared the effect of his own activity
along the same line might be bad is
probably the real reason for his de-
cision.
The Boston iconoclast seems to be
very DESTROYS of obtaining Governor
Cummins' consent to act upon his
proxy committee. This week he visit
ed the governor at Des Moines and
had a long talk over the matter, and
next Tuesday he is to return to the
capital city and get the governors an.
swer to his request.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota has
agreed to serve on the committee,
though he will not accept the chair
manship as Mr.. Lawson desired. Gov
u hOA WOulu III QOuUL NC d
good addition to the body because of
his interest in insurance matters in
general and the experience he has had
in dealing with Iowa insurance COM
panies and the larger ones, as we'll, by
reason of the work Of the Iowa in
surance department, the work Of which
forms part of the duties of Auditor
Carroll's Office.
According to both Governor Cum
minis and Governor Johnson, Mr.. Law
son will be able to make big show
ing at the annual meetings Of the New
York Life and the Mutual Life. He
has secured the proxies of great
many policy holders and the promises
of a great many more to be present
and vote as he desires There will no
doubt be a warm session and if Iowa's
governor sees At to become one of
the committee there is no doubt that
he will make himself felt.
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KNOXVILLE.

Knoxville, Feb. 9.--Mrs. Crude Jefs
fers was a visitor at the home of Mrs.
d. J. Neal Tuesday.
Marion Myers has gone to Ottumwa
for visit for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Fl. Phillips have
gone to Charlton to visit with their.
daughter, Mrs. c. L. Goering, and Will
probably spend the balance of the
winter there.
The Knoxville pastors are to take.
turns IN conducting the services at
the inebriate home.
The Rock Island depot was burglars
lied again Saturday night and six gall.
Ions Of whiskey taken from the u. s..
Express room. HI
Prof. j. ]. Roberts left yesterday for
Chtckasa, Okla, where he goes to look
after the renting of his farm for 1906
Mr.. Roberts was one of the lucky SOL
diers who drew a quarter section Of.
Indian land down there about four
years ago. On his way there he VIII
visit for few days with his son Roy
In Kansas City.
Earl. the Il year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. p. b. Warner died ait the
home OF his grandparents. MI. and
OF town Tuesday night. Ha5 had NOT
been sick but a few days. with ston-
och trouble. The funeral was held at
the residence of My. Osborn Thursday
at ~ p. m. lnternaent at Graceland.
Inere was fire at the home Of
Jonn tucker In the north part OF town
Wednesday Tlae fire started upstaira
ana was caused by some bed clothing
being placed against the stove pipe,
lnere was nof much damage done.
i F.
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umns of the newspapers that If the
present law Is enforced to the letter
there is possibility that many more
men will be dismissed from the aca-
denny and that the navy department
will be handicapped because of the
Wholesale disnissals. The navy at
the present time does not have too
ihany officers. The graduates of the
academy are needed. Before making
wholesale dismissals therefrom some
OF the effects Of the present law upon
The strength and efficiency OF the navy
ought to be considered. What con-
gress will do is problematical.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
What He'll Is.

A patient man was farmer Brown:
Though 1T cost him sore when tho
rain came down,
For n dozen days in a dismal line,
Yet he grieved in silence and made nd
sign.
But farmer Jones was a man Of wrath
And D ns when 1ths flood cut a half-mlls
Through the bottonnt-l Ian his
--ySsporn had been, -
I, SiRcussed In manner chuck full 81
sin. 715 i
He cussed the flood and he cussed ti1@
skies,
He cussed the creeks for their Wild
spring rise,
He looked each day at the drizzly rain
And cussed the weather with might
and main.
Who lived on the soul-saving Metfoi
dist plan;
And 1t wrung his heart when hi1
neighbor Jones
Reviled the weather with shrieks and
groans.
Good neighbor," he said with a sigh
one day
AS Jones went on in his swearful way
II shrink with dread at the rapid ratd
You are rushing on to q fearful fate.<
You'll find some day In your last lona
sleep
That the third commandment waa
made to keep;
Though you shiver now In this rainl
soaked spot,
Pray let me remind you that hell ii
hot"
At the warning words neighbor Jonea
stopped short
And glared at Brown with wrathfu1
snort.
Then he slapped his thigh, with q
shout of glee,
And said in a Joyful voice. says he:
that's dry,
As a place Of punishment when dien
II that's what hell is, good neighbour
Brown,
Just give me ticket and send ri
down." i
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ANDY" Hamilton spent lot Of
money, the investigators have learned
but the superstition is that 1T was used
for charitable purposes There is moth
ing whatever to show that he employ
ed it in any illegal manner.
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sIDELIGHTs.
An Extraordinary Man and an Ordinary
- waH,ap

Woman.
A man in Wilkesbarre, Pa, SO dis
patch says, by q threat of divorce. Sc
cured from his wife signed pledge
to keep quiet, not disturb him In his
sleep, or when he is awake, nor annoy
him by mourning or starting lawsuits
while she is in an angry mood, "and
further, swear that I will love and
obey my husband for a period of 80
years."
disposed to be fair minded will admit
that that is "goin' some"
That husband has certainly accom-
plish remarkable piece OF work He
is the best that ever happened-now
Panama canal
Before they are married any felt :.
can get almost any kind Of vow froL
O. girl, but the man who can get a
signed and sworn statement from his
wife IS most emphatically there"
Naturally, after reading the dispatch,
one kind of founders around wonder
ing how he did 1t. However, 1t is easy
to see IL you read the dispatch sec
ond time.
The dispatch says 1t was the threat
Of divorce that scared her. That's a
mistake. It wasn't, and no one who
knows human nature, and particularly
| woma nature, will pay any attention
to the statement that the divorce fea-
ture had anything to do with 1t.
There are lots of smart men In the
country and some of them are very
distinguished diplomats, but they are
not one, two, three with this Pennsyl-
vania mamie Is in a class by himself
He is the real article. He Is success
full because he has studied his subject,
but want to say right here, that men
who can accomplish what he has are
exceedingly rare.
But the secret Of this whole PROPOSE
ton is easy when you see 1t.
You will note that 1t ends with the
magic figures &c., and no woman has
ever yet been known to resist propo-
sition that ended with 80.
Had this man demanded pledge for
twenty years, he would have been told
| to Ego to-" II he had made 1t 100 years
she would have had him before the
insane commission. In either case, the
look Of disgust she would have sprung
on him would have made him feel like
a week old street car transfer.
But the 80 did the work These two
figures are the only hieroglyphtcs
known that will make a woman let
comm ercialism trample sentiment in
the dust.
This husband was wise In his day.
He knew all about bargain counters
and bargain sales and prices. He put
the figures at 80 and her bargain coun-
%or m a pio did tho raSt She started to
read the pledge all through, but signed
up as soon as she came to the 80.
The artfulness Of this man gives him
the rank Of the highest order.
While woman might of her own
accord, be just as angelic as one could
hope for, and not raise any particular
household cyclone at all, 1t is only on
bargain counter basis that she could
be induced to sign a pledge to be
paragon for nearly a century. She
might be one, but under no other con-
ditions would she promise to-.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Chamerre. the language Of the ma
tives Of Guam, is to have it's literature
enriched by the addition of a transla-
ton Of the Book Of Acts from the Eng
fish. Though this admirable work is
done under the supervision of the
American board Of missions, with Bos-
ton headquarters, the actual work Of
printing will be done in Japan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Among the seven congressman who
voted against the Hepburn rate bill
yesterday were Mccall and Perkins.
Thomas Lawson ought to find mate
rial for column or two right there
The insurance crowd, sure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

No. Arrive. Time.
last. Louis & Kansas City s:25 q. m
13b-Moberly & Des
3a-St. Louis & Kansas
-. City 800. :o5,p. m.
NO. Depart. 5lns.
2a-St Louis & Kansas
6b-Moberly 6 Des Moines 4: Os o. m m
ta-st. Louis & kan-as CITY. e:20 3. %.
a-daiiy.
Tor inft aatioR enn nA~ fAlanhnnA la1,A
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The world is growing better all
right enough, Miss Tarbell has quit
writing about John D. Rockefeller and
Tom Lawson says his present install
ment of "Frenzied Finance" is posi-
lively the last.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

And now there is a movement
among the railroads to lengthen their
train schedules to California. They
will run just as fast as usual, 1t is ex-
pected, but they will be nearer on
time than formerly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Columbia is again asking for pay
from the United States for the seces-
sion of Panama. Just now things are
tangled UP SO completely down on the
isthmus that one would consider 1t
the place Of this government to ask
damages of Colombia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

And now the news is that Count
Boni Is disconsolate. spending his
time weeping and cursing. Doubtless
some Of the Gould family think 1t is
Boni's turn.
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Tho Pinch Of eentiIity.

dedicated to Mrs. Praga, who has
written book showing how to keep
an elegant house on a200 a year,
Once upon a time my Mabel
Cooked me plain and homely fareI
Simple beef adorned my table,
Simple cabbage. too, was there;
Here was salt and here was mustard
Here a glass or two Of custard
Round the roasted apples clustered
Otherwise the board was bare.
But the ancient order ended
When by melancholy chance
On little home descended
Mistress Mabeis eager glance
Straightway dawned another aeon;
Mabel vowed that she would see an
End Of everything plebian-
Now we aim at elegance.
Knives and forks and glasses glitter
( ne,,nd q, canter Of sateen.
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Anyway, Colonel Bryan has Anna
Gould's record beaten. He has secur-
ed foreign title without a divorce.
The countess had to take both.
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sURLIMe ron ROUTE. G. 8. 4 q.

No. aoiny East. Depart
12a-chicago. Dubuque &
e21-Local Freight 1850. $500 a. M
ssb-.Burlington & st. Louis. 2: 10 a m.
i0b-Peoria, Dubuque Quincy II 80 A. m.
ea-Chicago Limited =. =. t1:48 ,. m.
4a-Chieago. st. Louis & Quincy y:10 p. m.
3a-Fast mail ........... VASE a. m.
aa-Chfce -. Peoria & Rock
Going West. = -
ta-omsha, Council Bluffs
Nebr--ka $3.50. 12:4S a. m.
s.-oman.. kan... city, Denver GU a M
DEN. Portland { caiifornta AZ q. m.
7a-Fast mail !. ......... 1927 a. m.
sb-Peorta to Creston ..1:4o'p M.
i i1iI!Sissa 10 ott;,nwa s;2s ?. N.
1a-penver to Omaha =. .iY:a - B. ;. mr. m.
a-daily; Except Sunday. Nos Z. 8
,eEi Is do not carry passengers.
Via Fort Madison-GoinJ East.
Ft. Madison & st. Louis (b) $3.50 a. m.
Going West.
From Fort Madison ana st.
Louis D) .........-....... 5:6c p. n.
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Senator Patterson may yet be forced
to start a little party of his own be-
fore his worth is really appreciated to
the full.
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of the s4,soo,ooo appropriation for har
Dor Notifications Probably she is
worrying about Admiral Togo's propos
ed visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

IF there is any doubt that the bust
ness Of the country is prosperous, it
will be decided by the beginning of
big strikes" says the Fort Dodge
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Professional Cards
DENTISTS.
DIR. AND MRS.
n. PARKS
Chjrnne..%ar.

b i T. 4 .H
Baker Bldg. Office
hours 1880 to S p. m.
329 Lillian Street, 8 to II
a. m. and = to 9 p. m !.
You have fallen and
suffer pain, or haze dis
ease. If so, you have
pressure on nerves which
must be removed BY
Chtropractic adjustment
before you can be we'll.
Dr.. Parker is the only
Chiropractor In Ottum-
va. See him at once.
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Boston is clamoring for her share
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

publican, but the institution ought to
be reasonably self supporting. Iowa
might as well hedge little on appro-
priations.''
LATE Young will be a great attrac-
ton at Chautauquas the coming sea-
soo," says the Carroll Herald. HE has
seen more of the world than most men
and no man ever travelled with keencr
eyes and quicker ears than the editor
OF the Capital. He will give his hear
ers their moneys worth"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

TT may be all right to make some
reasonable appropriations for the
sk-A- sai.-" aAsIa thA Gadas 1---As- -
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Senator Gallinger's careful and lucid
presentation of the subject,with which
he is perfectly familiar, was closely
listened to by those in the senate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Cedar Rapids Gazette foresees
that there is going to be more politics
to the square inch in Iowa in the year
1906 than the Hawkeye state has ever
seen.