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THE INCORPORATED CONSCIENCE.

THAT subtle alchemy of debases incorporated
ENI Consider the great wealthy
corporation of New York City respectable board
of directors. They charged with evading payments
falling surplus of nearly $100OOOO
these grave charges They be
public incorporated rascay
the burden prove by popular assumption with
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Townsend's CAL glace fruits and can
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness.
and 1903 and 1920 Valencia street.
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CONGRESSES

The Presidents who occupied the
Presidential chair during the terms of
each Of the above Congresses We're:
15-James Buchanan .-....-....-.-...-.....ls 1857
16-Abraham Lincoln ..--.-.-..--.......... 1861
17-Andrew johnson ..e,....-........... 1865
1s-Ulysses s. Grant. Observation-Disclosures. 1859
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n rISS JANET WATKINS and
IL Harry Dimond, whose engage
~ ment was recently announced,
have chosen "Wednesday de-
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A CCoRDING to Consul Carl Bailey
~ Hurst of PIauen praiseworthy
"A care has been devoted for some
- +ha insoec+ton of food
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-30

Mrs Eleanor Martin spent Thanks
giving day at Burlingame as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs Walter Martin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
THE DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE
PLATFORM.

The indications that the tariff is to
be the issue between the parties in
the next national campaign are in.
creasing. In a number of states demo.
cratic platforms already adopted free
trade is declared for In unequivocal
terms. 1t Is given more prominence
than any other feature in democratic
platforms and by democratic speakers
There was a time when the democrats
thought free trade was a dead issue
but years of prosperity have given
them the courage to resurrect it along
with the free silver candidate. Re.
garding the platform of the democrats
of Missouri the st. Louis Globe-Demo.
crat has the following:
Among the glittering flourishes and
resounding generalities that mean no
little, some points requiring the vigi-
liant attention Of the people appear In
the democratic state platform just
adopted at Jefferson City The princj
pie Of any protection in a tariff is di-
rectly assailed. To this extent the dem
ocrats of Missouri have positive is
sue, and courage enough to say what it
is. They assume that American wages.
the highest in the world, can be main
tanned at this standard without protec-
ton, or that the question, in any case,
is inferior to the claims of free trade
as a fixed policy. AS for American In
dustries, this boldly reactionary plank
holds that they should shift for them
selves. and go down if unable to COM
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH.

A safe and sane Fourth" is not an
idea that appeals to the small boy who
regards it as an agitation for less noise
and to restrict his enjoyment. In this
belief he has the support Of great
many Of the older ones. In one re-
spect, however, everyone should be of
one opinion, to promote in every way
possible the exercising of proper care
in the use OF firearms and fireworks
Most of the injuries resulting from the
celebration of our national holiday are
due to carelessness, too often it Is not
the careless one that suffers but in
nocent bystanders. Wounds caused
from the explosion of fireworks, toy
pistols, ETC., are of dangerous nature
and should have the prompt attention
of a physician. The deaths from teta-
nus or lockjaw, following close upon
the Fourth of July, are too common
and in many cases are all the more de.
plorable because they could have been
avoided if proper care had been taken.
A Fourth without plenty of fireworks
nowadays would not. seem like a
Fourth, but they need not be used
where they are almost sure to brighten
teams or injure pedestrians. OF course
there are bound to be some accidents
Of more or less serious nature but if
a wound inflicted by fireworks is CIV
en- prompt attention there will be slight
danger Of tetanus
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

Philadelphia Eedger:-Justice has
not been done the gossip. The wise
acres indulge in sententious rebuke OF
Mrs. Skinner, yet a large portion Of the
conversation one hears in all informal
assemblies when there is no restraint
upon the flow of talk is largely gossip.
The habit is commonly supposed to be
affected chiefly by women. The In
junction Let your women keep silence
in the churches" would seem to give
them license to speak freely elsewhere;
but the male gossip is much in evil
dence on all occasions. Gossip is nee
essarily SANDER. The light and airy
persihage which gives SO much grace
and interest to social intercourse is a
form of ~ossip which makes life worth
living.
The painfully silent person does not
get on very well in any circle, SO that
it is better to talk a little innocent chaff
than not to talk at ALL The sgravest
persons, when introduced begin their
conversation with meaningless plati-
tudes about the weather, or indulge In
inane gossip until they find some com
mon ground for sane intercourse. The
intelligent reading world pays an un-
conscious tribute to gossip in assign
ing to such writers as Pepys and Bos-
well a place among the English class
les The charm Of certain modern
histories is due to the fact that thew
record gossipy trifles which were once
regarded as much beneath the dignity
of historical narrative.
1t Ia important that distinction
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s ID e Gil 8 ]

OF that kind. There are schools Of
law, medicine, typewriting, dancing,
dramat1cs, cooking, china painting,
wood carving, and in the corresponds
ence schools one is taught everything
by mail, from running traction
engine to swimming. But no benevolent
and tender hearted millionaire has yet
endowed a preparatory school for
matrimony.
| Yet, judging from the testimony that
one hears up at the court house once
in while this matrimony is a seri-l
GUS affair, and needs considerable pre-.
paration.
The family prescriptions that have
passed down through generations have
not been hit with the reform move-
ment-tthey are about the same as,
grandfather's grandmother used. The,
mustard plaster, the goose grease and
flannel rag, piece of fat bacon for
the baby to chew on, and sassafras tea
are in universal favor, but there is
some division of opinion over turpen-8
tine and arnfca--some say one and
some want the other, but all agree
that one or the other is a genuines
household necessity. n
| But these remedies are old timers---t
| 1t is now up to some .reformer to gett
busy and get up something scientific
something with long name that wilt
strain your jaw and make your falseI
teeth rattle to say it.
OF course, Teddy butts in OCCASION
ally and semi-of1cially issues a few
we'll directed remarks, but 1t isn't
really necessary for him to do that
to hold his job. The constitutions
doesn't say he has to. He just volun.s
tarily does that along with other
| things.
In France, a paternal government
presents the couple, after the ceres
mony, with a little book on family
affairs. It is said that the Federation
| Of Women's clubs have begun tor
realize the need, and have established
a system of instruction, graduates OF
which are guaranteed to stand thal
test Of matrimony, even on an income.
Of SO week.
| Now, we have got long alright So,
far with this scheme, but here is tho,
hill in this road:
Who's going to do the teaching? i
| Those who have had the highest
success in marriage hold the fewest
theories about it.
| Those who fluently express decided
opinions on the subject are the un.
married.
And those who have been most mar.
ried encounter distinct prejudice,
and are not encouraged to parade their
experiences G. P. G.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
FRIsco's REAL TEST.

San Francisco Bulletin:-All the
world is admiring the fortitude with
which the people Of San Francisco en-
countered adversely, and we are plum
ing ourselves on the possession of
amazing heroic virtues. Doubtless the
people of San Francisco did exhibit In
a marvellous degree courage, resolute-
ness and intelligence in meeting the
emergency and setting to reorganizing
the community and reconstructing the
city.
To be strong in adversely, however,
Is easy. People had their interests
here, and every man was compelled to
work hard and cheerfullv in order to
save what he could out of the wreck
and re-establish his fortune. There
was no alternative. People could not
run away and leave their money here
and they stayed, therefore, to fight it
out. Thew were sustained, it Is true
by an inspiritine pride which forbade
them to surrender. A thrill ran through
the community when the fire died out
and we were glad that the disaster
was so great for 1t was challenge to
us. We rejoice at the opportunity. to
do great things before the world. For
this feeling, perhaps, the community
deserves admiration.
The real test of fortitude, however
comes not in adversely but in prospect
ty. Ten men can bear adversely to one
that can bear prosperity well. We
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pete with the, labor conditions of Eur
ope Similarly, the question Of album
dant work for all Americans is viewed
as secondary to the righteousness of
the free trade principle. This plank in
the platform is direct and tangible. 1t
touches the pockets, opportunities and
prospects Of every inhabitant of the
state. The effect of such a change as
is recommended would be instantly
felt in every home and workshop. 1t Is
for the people Of Missouri, the busy
workers on the soil and in the factor
les and mines. to say II they want to
bring about the Industrial upheaval
urged by this free trade platform"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30

should be drawn between the vicious
soandalmonger and the purveyor Of
more or less frivolous but innocuous
information which gratifles the laud-
able desire to be up with the news of
the neighborhood. In England there
remain relics Of strange Instruments
known as "gossips' bridles,'' with
which persons who We're too free in the
malicious use Of their tongues were
punished In the market place. It is
unfortunate that the device has fallen
into desuetude, with the ducking stool
for common scolds, but the amiable,
chatty people who carry the news like
the wandering troubadours Of old, 50
far from being common nuisances, are
public benefactors and not to be scoffed
or rallied at. Modern journalism, par
ticularly that Of the countryside, owes
much Of its piquancy to the gossip COL
neighborly curiosity.
Gossip Is the pillar of the social
fabric, its prop and stay. Everybody
on good terms with his neighbor must
gossip, with him, land it is more i'm
portant," says keen student of hui
man nature, that a person should be
a good gossip and talk pleasantly and
smartly of common friends and tho
thousand and one nothings of the day
and hour than that he should speak
with the tongue Of men and angels"
The famous conversers are accom-
plished gossips Of the higher rank
Many of the finest sayings Of Samuel
Johnson, as worded by Boswell were
brilliant bits Of gossip about men and
things. 1t Is impossible to be a really
good talker without indulging in al
lusions which Dryasdust would taboo
as Idle nonsense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
A DOMESTIC DEsPoT.

Britt Tribune: There's baby in
the house. You can see that by watch
ing the "indications" Flags of anity
and good will wave on clothes line and
tree and bush; red flannel signals of
felicity and harmony adorn the walls,
the chairs and everything else that
will hold garment; cribs, cradle and
perambulators f1ll the remaining space.
and Ssh, sh." every time you move is
notice, with penalty attachment made
and provided to keep stiller than a
mouse, that there is baby in the
house. 1t may be redder than a Turks
fez, homely as boot owl, and have
disposition like gila monster; no
matter, 1t Is the autocrat the arbiter
and the despot, the absolute monarch
OF that household, and its sway is un-
disputed In every house that contains
one, from Passamaquoddy bay to the
Golden Gate, and from the gulf Of
Mexico, to the north pole. 1t will bring
smiles to the face Of the sourest old
pessimist that ever walked when 1t
wants to, and when it takes the other
tack it can make a whole congregation
scowl. There is nothing that a baby
can't do If 1t wants to-. and it almost
always does. Schools, churches, min
listers, orators and every class and
grade of humanity bow to the baby's
scepter Trains are held for it, meet
ings adjourn for it, people who have
them are proud of them, those who
have none yearn for them and get them
from the founding homes, but once in
a while you see one who says he does
not like babies. Don't trust him, he is
cold blooded and stingy, and when you
see woman who says she doesn't like
babies don't believe her, she is only
"fooling." You can't trust anyone that
don't like babies as far as you can
throw a COW by the tail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
AN IOWA lNTERuRBAN.

The farmers Of Iowa and Johnson
counties recognize the value of an in
terurban line and are doing everything
possible to encourage the building of
the electric railway from Iowa City to
Montezuma. A company to build the
line was organized few days ago and
yesterday, the news dispatches state,
number of farmers called at the Of
fee of the company and offered the
right of way for stretch OF six miles,
free, and besides subscribed generous
sum of money. Evidently they believe
in common with people where lines are
in operation, that money spent to in
sure the building Of an interurban is a
good investment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
A Matrimonial School.

Mr.. Dooley says: "There air tonnes
OF ray-for-rum." Mr.. Dooley is right
these are times of "for-him," "for-
thin, : "for-me' or "for" anything.
1t doesn't make any difference
whether it's right or wrong, good, bad
or Indifferent, black or white, red or
blue. The reformer says: II just
want everybody to understand that
this is the vital issue, viz, to wit:
III 1t is anything that we have now,
I'm dead, square against tit doesn't
make any difference whether it is n
success or not, If we have it in force
now, it's wrong and should be
abolished, blown out, wiped off the
map, and the place where 1t was,
swept, scraped, sterilized and dyed an.
other color.
"But, If it is anything just any.
thing-that we haven't got, we should
have 1t. If we haven't got it, let's
get 1t. Throw out what we have and
go after something we haven't. That's
the stuff-tear 'em up If necessary, but
let's have something new-we don't
know what it will do, but 1t will be
a change, anyway-it will be along the
line Of reform"
There are lots Of reformers now
and lots of them need reforming
some Of them ought to be re-farmed
under the system that is used in the
baseball leagues.
The average American reformer,
however, is harping along on about the
same old lines that have been harped
on and ranted about during the last
thirty years the color changes slight.
ly, but it's the same old horse. The
old nag wasn't any good when he was
first branded, and he's getting no bet
ter fast. He looks reasonably well
when you stand in the road and see
him over in the pasture, but when you
get him hitched up, he won't do any.
thing but back-just backs all the
time till you take him out. He's been
tried over and over, with always the
same results.
Over in England, a man has dis.
covered new fleld--he says it is en-.
tirely unoccupied He says that Eng.
land and the United States are both
very much in need of matrimonial
school-an institution of learning for
engaged couples.
New here is real live chance for
some up-to-date reformer to make a
name for himself. 1t would seem at
first glance, that this sort Of school
could be carried on either under the
correspondence systeL or in an en-
dowed building-either brick or frame.
1t is strange that there is no school
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
END OF A "eAY CAREER

A member of one of the richest and
most prominent families in Pittsburg,,
Harry Kendall Thaw, whose sensa-
tional escapades have been the talk
of two continents, is now in prison
charged with murder as the result Of
the tragedy at the Madison Square
roof garden in New York, Monday
night, and if he escapes trial it will
be because he is proven insane. This
tragic ending of a gay career will
cause little surprise or sympathy, as
the public has come to expect tragedy
in lives like that of young Thaw The
son Of rich parents, he had every op-
portunity to make. the most of his
ability, to At himself for any profess
sion, or finance almost any line Of
business. He graduated from Western
university Of Pennsylvania and 1t is
said that in college he was student
of quiet habits. But after leaving col
lege, like many another, he seemed to
have only one desire, to spend the
money some one else had earned in
winning undesirable notoriety for him
self and in this ambition he succeeded
far above the ordinary. His father,
at one time, vice president of the
Pennsylvania lines west, disappearing
of his sons course cut him off in his
will with $4,000 year but after the
elder Thaw's death the mother ar
ranged the financial affairs SO that
Harry had an income Of $4,000. In
America, London and Paris. Thaw
created sensation after sensation.
Costly dinners to actresses throwing
money at walters until proprietors
closed the doors, were varied by oc-
casional more unusual performances
calculated to win notoriety. These
were his amusements. He finally mar.
ried Evelyn Nesbit, an actress in
Paris, brought her to America, and
continued his gay career. New he has
killed prominent architect who he
claimed paid too much attention to
his wife The life Of Harry Kendall
Thaw is worse than one of wasted op.
portunity Were he and the man he
killed the only sufferers it would not
make much difference, but sorrow, dis
grace and dishonor has been brought
into two homes. Stanford White was
one of the best know architects in
New York and won his wealth by
hard work and study, but his con-
duct does not seem to have been what
it should have been for husband and
father Both men have sowed Of the
wind and reaped the whirldwind
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
WHAT WILL ARIZONA Dor

New York Mail:-It is a foregone
conclusion that New Mexico will vote
for Joint statehood, but what will Ariz-
ona do? That the latter would nullify
the proposition to merge itself with the
former has been expected from the
first, but now Senator Beveride, faith
err of Oklahoma, says II believe us
surely as am speaking that New
Mexico and Arizona will vote to accept
Joint statehood" and that he knew 1T
would all the time
Both the senator and the President
are naturally desirious that the work
OF statenaking to which they have put
their hands shall be completed. We
cannot help thinking however, that
the reasons animating Mr.. Roosevelt
are more amiable than convincing. II
want all these territories to get state
hood during my administration" he
says. He "has weakness for. all
four of these territories"-the Rough
Riders being largely recruited from
them. If the two territories do not ac-
cept his advice, 81 believe it will be at
least fifteen years before they get an
other opportunity to enter the Union"
Delegate Andrews, Of New Mexico,
predicts that the vote for joint state
hood In Arizona will be "overwhelm-
ing and Delegate Smith of Arizona,
says ruefully, I'VE are buffaloed, and
they may vote to come in
For the newly discovered expectation
that these two territories will coalesce
and come in together, there is no APP
parent reason except the idea that
Arizona's determined opposition was a
bluff" and except the natural desire
of men in authority to finish the job
which they have begun. The effort to
link up these unwilling partners. the
prediction that they will not get an
other chance in fifteen years, some
how reminds us Of the Russian way of
settling village quarrel, as Gogol has
described 1t. The presence Of the two
estranged men at banquet is secured
by stratagem and then they are sur
rounded and with goodnatured force
brought face to face, and partly ca
joled, partly constrained, to shake
hands.
We advise Arizona to consult its own
permanent interests, and not to accept
anybody's prophecies that it's now or
never.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
THE AUTOMOBILE TRADE

VIII the automobile eventually take
the place of the horse? Some auto en-
thusiasts contend that it will while
lovers of horseflesh say it is impossi-
BILE. The horse is too useful an animal
to ever be entirely displaced by a
piece of machinery but the automobile
Is rapidly coming into more general
use and the increase in the auto trade
OF the United States in the past few
years is remarkable. According to a
report Of the bureau of statistics more
than $4,000,000 worth of automobiles
were brought into the United States
during the fiscal year which ends with
the present week, while during the
same time more than $3,0O0,O0O worth
were exported. The manufacture of au-
tos ia this country during 1905
amounted to more than $26,O0O,O0O.
The rapid increase in the use of auto
mobiles is shown by the figures of the
census bureau which places the value
of automobiles manufactured in 1900
at less than s5,0O0,OOO. OF the auto.
mobiles exported in the past year
about one-half were for Europe, and
most Of the remainder for Canada.
Mexico, the West Indies and Australia.
SThe number of wage earners employed
IN the automobile manufacturing estab-
llshments increased from over 1000 in
1900 to over 10000 in 1905, with a cor
responging increase in wages. The
value of the material used Increased
from over $1,000,000 in 1900 to over
$ll 100000 In 1905. 1t will thus be
seen that the manufacture of automo-
biles in the United States has become
an important INDUSTRY. 1t is expected
that the auto may take the place in the
export trade of the United States of BIZ
cycles, the expectation of which has
fallen from S7,000,000 in 1897 to ST.
100000 in 1905. Regarding the use of
automobiles in countries where there
is lack of transporting power, the re-
port says:
The Importance Of the automatical-
ly propelled vehicle in it's relation to
the commercial and industrial develop
ment OF the undeveloped sections of
the world is suggested by a study of the
figures OF exports of automobiles to the
various countries and continents. Lack
OF transporting power whether in the
form of horses, canals, or railways has
$3.50. wv VI IlC 6iCdLCoL OUSldCl6S Ill
attempts to develop the mountain,
desert, and tropical regions of the
world; and the fact that the automo-
bile, whether built primarily for pas.
senger transportation or transportation
OF freight, is being rapidly adopted in
those regions in which animal power
is scarce suggests great possibilities
in production and commerce through
the use of vehicles of this character
Reports from United States consuls
and others have shown the practical
application of automatically propelled
vehicles in many of the comparatively
undeveloped countries. especially in
the tropics, including Mexico, the West
India Islands, South America. Africa,
India, the Malay peninsula, Java, Chi
ma, Japan, and the Philippine Islands,
all of them sections in which animal
power for transportation is extremely
scarce and development delayed by
reason of that scarcity The proper
tionately large expectation of automo-
biles to sections of this character is a
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