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Colorado, arrived Wednesday for a
visit with Mrs. D. s. Keller and other
relatives.
Mrs. John Joss and Daughter, Miss
Ethel Foss, were Mt. Pleasant callers
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linton Packer and
two children arrived from Fort Madi-
son Thursday and visited until Satur-
day at the parental homes Of Mahlon
Mrs limo Dawson and daughter
Miss Helen Of Mt Pleasant spent sew
eral days Of last week at the William
Dawson home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Davidson expect to
depart Tuesday to spend the winter
with relatives in Utah and California
c. K. Hayes, principal of the Bir-
days of last week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hayes.
r. S. Caller Of Mt Pleasant will de-
liver lecture at the Academy chapel
on the evening Of December 4, subject
Investments
Mrs. Shoemaker has returned to her
home at Merrimac. after spending sew
eral days at the Ed Scarf home.
After an extended stay at Everdell
Mimi, Schuyler Stanley is at home.
Mrs. Will Moore entertained her sis
ter, Mrs. Knight of West Burlington
Sunday of last week.
Mrs. Ann Kerr recently enjoyed q
visit with her sister. Mrs Young, and
her husband Of New London.
Mrs. Henry Rocks sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ca
lusha of Burlington. are visiting with
her.
Miss Elsie Long has returned from
visiting re latives in Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Corsbie have
gone to Joliet. Ill, to spend the winter
with their son, Hadley. and family
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Garretson o,
Keokuk are spending week Will
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Gar
retson and DR.. and Mrs. Evans.
Mrs. Snider arrived from Donnel1-
son and spent Tuesday with relatives
here.
Thirteen dollars were netted from
the auction sale by the Christian En-
deavor society Of the Congregational
church Monday evening OF last week
H. L. Johnson, principal Of the
Primrose schools. spent last week with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Davidson and Mr.
funeral Of Mrs. Job Wheatley at Hills
boro Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles johnson Of Green.
castle. Mo. arrived Wednesday for a
visit with her mother. Mrs. Harrde,
Lester and other relatives
I. N. Keller and Mrs. Mcclure OF
Columbus Cttv Indiana. are guests a,
the home of their brother. d. s. KEEL
ler
Mrs. Laird Of Mt Pleasant has boon
spending some time with her mother
Mrs. S. A. Johnson
Mrs. PAXTON OF Burlington was In
town Monday.
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Some Stories Being
Told in WASHINGTON

The man looked for moment and
then said: No. your Lordship, have
nothing to say, but / would like to
ask one question:
What is that. my man." asked
his Lordship.
would like to ask what the divii
a man with head like that was do
ing in Tipperary?"
Training Table Talk.
Regis Henry Post is Governor q
Porto Rico for the time being, but
his continuance in that Office depends
upon what the words training table
talk" stand for in the lexicon. Porto
Rico papers have charged the COVER
nor with making a blasphemous and
profane attack upon the teachers and
missionaries of the island In the
course of a speech which he deliver
ed to an assembly of school superin-
tendents last September. Mr. Post con-
tends that he merely gave them
training table talk He has come to
Washington to. tell the President
what one of the talks" Is like and
the fate of his official future depends
upon the Presidents verdict The gov
ernor has the reputation of being .
bright. we'll meaning man, whose the
DRY of life is rather stronger than
his body. One Of his closest friends
describes him as zone" of those men
who defies the Carlyle Kipling strong
Certain it is that unless he has been
wholly misquoted, Post training
table talk contains language seldom
seen In print.
Barrett Posed as a Preacher,
When Johr parratt tho nresan+ AZ
rector of the Bureau of American
Republics arrived in New York from
Siam, where he had been serving this
country as minister. he found a tele-
gram asking him to come to town
in Maine and deliver an address. AS
he had never declined an Invitation
to speak. and did not wish to break
his record, he accepted. Arriving in
the little town the next day he was
met by a delegation of citizens who
escorted ham to the hall, where he
met the man who was to Introduce
him, one of the ministers of the town,
who stepped forward and said: my
fellow citizens, 1t gives me great
pleasure to introduce, to you the Rev.
John Barrett, ex-1ninister from Siam,
who comes to us with message from
that far off land"
| did you correct him." asked one
of Barrett's Washington friends.
Il did not. / regarded 1t as one Of
the finest tributes that had ever been
! J. C.. welliver
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Bill Nye,s Cow.

Bill Nye, the humorist once had
cow to sell and advertised her AZ
follows:
Owing to my i'll health will sell
at my residence. in township 10, range
IL, according to the governments sur
vey, one plush raspberry COW aged 8
years. She Is of undoubted courage
and gives milk frequently. To man
who does not fear death in any form
she would be IA great boon. She is
very much attached 70 her present
home with stay chain, but she will
be sold to anyone Who will agree to
treat her right. She IL one.fourth
Shorthorn and tl,rre.quarters byena.
will throw in double barrel shot
gun, which goes with her. In May
she usually goes away for a week or
two and returns with a tall red calf
with wabbly legs. Her name is Rose.
/ would rather sell to nonresiden
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merce of American petroleum upon
the industrial battle grounds Of the

MERGE of American petroleum upon
the industrial battle grounds of the
world.
Through the construction and con
troll Of great fleet it has very ma
terially economical the delivery of IT'S
products to even the most distant
markets.
Hundreds of millions of foreign
gold have been required to pay for it's
exports Gall manufactured in the
United States), and not only yielding
great and legitimate advantage to the
company and to the American laborer
and to the American producer, but
also constituting a highly-important
factor in the favorable adjustment of
the trade balances of the nation with
other countries.
1t has been source of pride and
satisfaction that the company has
brought this great American product
within the reach OF the scantiesr
purse; that 1T has forced it into nearly
every niche and corner of the civil
ICED and uncivilized world, promoting
among the poorest classes Of many
tions-industrial. educational and
lOSi SdLlNO lSaniUBS pilOl W lS'2
Introduction
The company has aimed to secure
the contentlnent of its employees by
liberal and considerate treatment al.
lied with a pension system, assuring
competency for waning years.
About $4,000 employees are or may be-
come eligible for this pension. an
no less than 100000 men, women AMI
children are directly or indirectly in
terested in the preservation of the
company.
AS to the charges of rebatins Mr.
Archhold asserts that before the
passage Of the Interstate commerce.
act all wholesale concerns bargained
ior .leir transporia'ic1 as they bar
gail4ad for their merchandise. Since
the passage of that acf. lie says. the
Standard las no. received railroad
rebates on It's interstate, oil ship
ments.
Mr.. Archbold's reply on behalf Of
the company to the attacks made up
on 1t Is an interesting document, no
matter in what light it Is viewed It
shows that after all the group IF men
who control the Standard Oil ccm.
pany are human like the rest of us. as
susceptible to praise and as vulner-
able to the shafts of criticism.
And the company's new position
will add zest to the merry thrusts Of
the followers Of Ida TarbcIl. as they
will expect in future to find a foe
worthy Of their pens, inviting attack
and fighting back, rather than mere
target, absorbing the shafts fired at it
without murmur, or a timid victim
scampering to cover like scared
jack rabbit whenever a hunter. arm.
ed with a muck rake, appears on the
scene.
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FUNERAL OF MRS. lMUNsoN.
Rmains Of Salem Woman Inferred
Services at Methodist Epis-
r, conal Hhureh

fIFJsi SVPdt SVuFCn. IL
Salem,-The funeral of Mrs. ]. L
Munson. whose death occurred at he,
late residence on West Main street
was held from the Methodist Episcopal
church at 10 O'Clock Rev. w. S. Hight
conducted the services. The husband
and four small children survive her
The mother and sister Of the deceas ed
arrived from Oklahoma Saturday
morning and attended the funeral.
Thanksgiving day was observed by
union services at. the Methodist Epis-
coiap church. = An excellent sermon
delivered by Rev Butcher, pastor OF
the Conversational church, was highly
appreciated. A, large number enjoyed
society Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Family reunions and Thanks
giving dinners In a number of homes
were pleasant features OF the day
troup Of colored jubilee singers
gave a fine entertainment at the opera
house Wednesday evening.
D. e. Reeves OF Keokuk spent
THURSDAY 9TH relatives here.
Aaron Packer and wife came in from
Fort Madison Thursday for a short
visit with relatives.
Mrs. Marian Parker and Miss Mabel
Smith Of .Ottumwa were recent guests
at the G. Scott home.
Miss Gertrude Brown and Miss Mae
Long arrived from Mt. Pleasant and
visited relatives here Thanksgiving
day.
Mrs Pearl Fem and two children
went to Keoknk Tuesdav and returned
Saturday. While there they were
guests OF the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. j. Brown.
Miss Minnie Lusk Decker Of Denver.
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That there are few things the
law cannot do is pointed out in the
Presidents message when he says:
No legislation can by any possible.
lty guarantee the busin ess community
against the results of speculative
folly any more than it can guarantee
an individual against the results of
his extravaganza. When an individual
mortgages mis- house to buy an auto
mobile he invites disaster; and when
wealthy men, or men who pose as
such. or are unscrupulously or fool
ishly eager to become such indulge
In reckless culation-especially If
1t Is accompanied by dishonesty
they jeopardize not only their own
future but the future of all their in
nocent fellow-citizens. for they ex-
pose the whole business community
to panic and distress
It is not more laws. but a more
general observance Of the golden rule
that Is needed.
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Washington Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier


Washington D. c.. Dec. s.
Rough Riders" love of federal of
fee holding is standing joke in Off
cial circles here. The President sci
dom passes up an opportunity OF TAX.
ing care of man who served in his
regiment during the war with Spain
by giving him a federal appointment
At a recent White House dinner
where Henry Cabot Lodge. senior
senator from Massachusetts and close
the President was telling OF some OF
his war time experiences IN the course
of which he alluded to a New Eng.
lander who was an otficer In the
Rough Riders"
What is that fellow doing now
Cabot?" said the President, turning
to Mr. Lodge.
"One of two things" replied the
senator without a smile. THE only
Rough Riders who are not holding
public Office today are those who are
in JAIL
Taft Story Teller.
1t is an infrequent meeting when
Secretary Taft does not contribute a
good story for the President and his
Official family as sort of appetizer
to the more serious work Of the SEES
sion. One day last spring the sc--"'
tary OF war came into the room a few
minutes late and to the surprise OF
all his genial good morning" came In
whisper. He was suffering with a
severe cold.
What are you doing here with a
cold like that?" asked the President
reproachfully.
That reminds me-" said Mr.. Taft
and the President and his cabinet for
got about his Affections and settled
themselves back in their chairs fol
the cabinet appetizer
when ! was at Murray Bay sew
eral summers ago met Lord Justice
Fitzgibbon, who was one of the JUS
tees Of appeal of Ireland. He told me
this story: He said he was holding
the assizes in Tipperary county In
Ireland when a man was brought be
fore him on an indictment for man
slaughter. The case was proven thai
the deceased came to his death BY
being hit with stick in the hands o.
the defendant, but the doctor testified
that he had what in medical parlance
was called paper skull When the
Jury returned the verdict of guilty
and When the man was brought be
fore the court for sentence, his Lord
ship asked him whether he had any
thing to say why sentence Of the court
should not be pronounced upon him
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STANDARD OIL STRIKES BACK.

Standard Oil has broken it's long
silence The sphinx-like organization
of capital, whose heads have been the
butt of constant attacks since Ida
Tarbell, the first to enter the virgin
field of muck-rakedom, pointed out a
way for new generation Of reform
ers, has spoken. And not only this,
but its vice president, John D. Arch
bold, expresses the belief that the
policy of silence, SO long maintained,
was mistaken one. which, IL earlier
abandoned, would have saved the
company from the Injurious effect of
much of what he terms that misrepre-
sentation
In the current number Of the Satur-
day Evening Post, Vice President
Archbold takes up the charges, one
by one, and states the company's pc.
sition in answering them. First taxi
ing up the charges that the company
has used unfair methods in sitting
competition he says:
The company contends that it's
fighting has been fair fighting, and
that 1t has Invariably kept its agree.
ments and manifested good faith to
friend and foe; that. while admitting
that 1t is a business organization and
not a benevolent institution, its pol
Icy toward its rivals would compare
most favorably-alike from the stand
point Of equity and liberaIty- with
the usages of the business world or
the records of human history.
Those whose lives have been spent
in the Industrial arena have learned
the impressive lesson that commerce
10 q x,fr al
that its commercial efforts have been
fairly made and its commercial vic
tories fairly won; that Its profits have
been the legitimate reward of its In
dustry and enterprise and realized In
the face of continuous competitive
conditions the world over 1t con
fesses itself unable to anticipate the
altruistic trade policies and relation
ramified operations always find It pos
suggested by others for its guidance.
The charge Of an uncharitable atti-
tude toward business rivals is no nov
city In commercial history--and has
been as persistently urged against the
the largest wholesaler.
- "oo LIZ u6uOl dHLSu CLuulllOu Cl
the business, Mr. Archbold asserts.
that not only originally invited but
almost necessitated the union If
brains and capital which rescued the
industry from disaster and gradually
evolved the Standard OIL company.
This has been the sequel, says Mr..
Archbold, gagged from the standpoint
of the greatest good to the greatest
number:
Seventy-five thousand miles Of pipe
line penetrates the various producing
territories of the country, giving the
army of producers regular cash out
let for their crude oil whenever and
wherever produced, and almost invari-
ably at remunerative figures. Many
fortune and many a competency in
the oil regions has been traceable
thereto
Through great foreign companies
which it has created, and through
many foreign branches which 1t has
established. the company has admin
isteTed and sustained the export com
.
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J. G. welliver.

here the greater part of her life, but
for the last few years she had been
living in Chicago.
Acting President Piersel of the coll.
lege. has gone to Des Moines to BIS
present at a meeting of college presi-
dents held the last of this week.
couple applied here for a marriage
license Yesterday. giving their names
as r. II. Bryant OF North Dakota and
Mrs. Blanche Wainscott of Indiana. It
was impossible for them to find any
witnesses, SO they had to go on their
way still enjoying single blessedness.
Presiding Elders McClelland Of
Oskaloosa, Smith Of Hedrick, Ken
drick of Keokuk and Myers of this city
were in conference yesterday With
Acting President A. c. Piersel and
Auditor Lymer of the college. The
object of the meeting was in regards
to plans already on foot for the In
creasing Of the college library 1900
volumes before next June
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DIDN'T WANT MUCH.

Here is an advertisema MT from an
old copy of an English provincial
journal:
Wanted, for :, sober family, a
man of light weight, who fears the
Lord and can drive a pair of horses.
He must occasionally wait at table,
join the household prayer, look after
the horses and real IL chapter of The
Bible. He must. Tod wil!;n-. arise at
z O'Clock In the morning and obey his
master and mistress III all lawful
commands: if he can dress hair sing
psalms and play a. cribbage. the
more agreeable. Wages, 15 guineas
a year.
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Mr.. LAWSON TO REFORM NO
MORE

Thomas w Lawson. whose spec
tacular and clownish reform stunts
have amused that portion of the pub.
lie which ely have not bled. is out
with a statement in which he says
he is through with reforming. He
has perfected arrangements. he says,
by which he Will have control Of the
next election of Amalgamated and
Will elect new board of directors
with himself as president He shall
then, he as5erts, resign from control
In favor Of certain internationally
known Boston men OF corporation af-
fairs. But that is not in the inte--
esting position of Mr. -Lawson's
statement. That is found in the clos
ing paragraph of his statement with
the postscript added:
Also ! ndvc devoted three and a
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kEoSAUouA.

Keosauqua.-Protra meeting Is
being held at the Christian church.
conducted by Elder Davis of Illinois
Mrs. Mary Pilot Of Pitsburg left on
Iowa City.
Miss Villa Perkins spent Tuesday
In Ottumwa.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will have a bazaar at. the opera
house December IL. 3SS,
Mrs. Walter Beer and daughter, LII
Gle and Miss Carrie Bell were guests
Of Keokuk friends over Sunday.
Mrs. Lester Anderson left Wednes-
day evening for a visit with relatives
at Pennington.
Mrs Ellen Bailey and children Of
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PULASKI.

T.
Pulaski. Miss Audie Wright of
Moulton spent Thanksgiving with her
aunt, Mrs. A., A. Knight
Misses Lille Blough. Florence and
Helen Milligan were Bloomfield visi-
tors Friday and Saturday
Howard Thayer came home from
Des Moines for an extended visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Thayer. d
The ladies Of the Christian church
held a bazaar and served dinner and
supper in the Taylor building Thanks
giving day. A pleasant time was had
and the proceeds amounted to about
$4,000
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Lightfoot Of
Fairfield visited at the homes of Jas
per Milliken and A. FMeredith Sun
day and Monday.
Mrs. Spencer Of Moravia visited her
mother, Mrs. Andrew here last week.
Miss Truitt and Miss ROUGH spent
Thanksgiving with their parents at
Drakevtlle and Floris.
The protracted meetings still CON
tinue, at the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Mrs. James Milligan of Bloomfield
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Brunk.
Rev. Dunkelburger filled his regu-
lar appointment at Stiles Sunday
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A Chicago woman in listing mans
activities and virtues. says:
He is the one who is not afraid of
the dark.
He is the one who does not shiver
about going to the door at night.
He Is the one who holds the umhrel-
la over us when 1t rains.
He is the one who takes us by tn.
elbow at crowded street crossing.
And. incidentally, he is also the
bread-winner.
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TWO ODD ADVERTISEMENTS.

Col. Henry watterson in an address
to a convention of journalists tod the
story Of very odd advertisement
that was printed in the London Times.
The ad ran something like this: "a
young gentleman who is. on the point
of getting married is most DESTROYS
Of meeting man of experience, VINO
will take the responsibility of dis.
suading him from the dangerous
STEP"
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FORECAST FOR DECEMBER.

Bhkesburg Excelsior - December
was the last month of the year. When
julius Caesar became big stick of the
Roman empire, the month contained
but 20 days. He added two more =
one to make ready for Christmas and
another to recover from it. Christmas
gifts originated with the Greeks and
Santa Claus was originated by the toy
manufacturers Of Germany, where the
Teddy Bears came from. The motto
for the month will be Shut the
Door" Roosevelt and Bryan will be
the leading presidential candidates
and prohibition will continue the
burning Issue. The 21st will be the
shortest day in the year This will be
on Saturday, and If you are at church
the next day and stay for the sermon
You will notice that the 22d is much
longer. The moon will be full on the
18th and some Of the boys will be full
until after the holidays; the sign Of
the zodiac for the month will be Cap
ricornus. the Goat This will make
butter go up Ito John Folands de-
light and all the kids will go to Sun
day school In order; to get mosquito
bar sock full of candy.
The old mill pond will freeze again,
And every one will skate.
And mollycoddle. modest swain,
Will go forth with his mate
Shed slip In such way that she
Will see brilliant star,
And he will deeply blush to see
How long her stockings are.
The money scare will quiet down
unhappy circumstance - and money
will frequent again the pockets Of our
pants. The new gold coins they're
making now without I'm God We
Trust" will turn UP in the hat at
church as priced as any dust The
scrip we have will be retired and real
dough will look good, and no subscrib-
ers will insist on paying us with
wood.
The sleigh will Jingle up the road
the lines around the whip and George
and Nellie, in the robes. will loves
own honey sip. The sleigh will hit a
ten-foot bank. and they'll go rolling
down, with Nellie's feet in Georges
face - and walk six miles to town.
The new rules for farmers. promul-
gated by the Farmhands' Union, will
60 into effect on the LIST, viz: Farmers
will provide automobiles for all help,
and will serve as chauffeurs; they will
eat at the second table and sleep in
the hayloft; they will rise at 4, do the
chores and serve breakfast to the
hands in bed at 8: they will provide
a photograph and the current maya
zines; hands will supervise the farm
work from II to IL and from 2 to 8
the earnings of the farm will be placed
in bucket every Saturday and pour
ed through ladder placed horizon
tally, with the ends in two chairs;
what goes through, the hands get -
and what sticks on the rungs goes to
the farmer. Santa Claus will make the
usual rounds on the night Of the oath.
Men will get cigars, neckwear and
mustache cups. Ladies will get the
money - which they would much
rather have. Children will get the
stomach ache and its complications.
2 And then comes January i'll, to
plague us with some ancient bill. as
only January can, Disturb the happi-
ness of man.
Then leap year dread shall come
again with nineteen hundred eight;
when wonankind of growing years
and single uD-to-date. viii hit tAa
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MT. PLEASANT.

Mt. Pleasant.-The ladies Of the
Methodist Episcopal are having SPLEEN
did success with their bazaar, which
they held yesterday and today.
= The funeral Of Mrs. George McAdam
was held yesterday afternoon at the
Presbyterian church and was in
charge of the pastor. Rev. w. P.
Nicholas. The deceased was well
known in Mt Pleasant. having lived
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AN ODD ADVERTISEMENT.

This advertisement appeared re-
Gently in Glasgow paper: Found
wandering In Castle street, on Satur-
day evening, 18th ulto,, child, about
3 years, healthy looking, dark hair,
gray eyes and ruddy cheeks, able to
talk little ard swear"