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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
HARTMAN.

First. buy control of railroad.
Second. look over the books and dis
cover the sums paid out Of income for
improvements, but which are charged
to operation.
Third. capitalize these sums.
Fourth, pay yourself a dividend from
the proceeds In v1u.ation Of law.
Fifth, sell the road to rival com,
pany after the cream has been skim.
med-Wall Street Journal.
Kansas City Times.-No this Is moi
from platform adopted at populist
convention. 1t is not from an Issue
of some radical and "anarchisticn
sheet. Neither is 1t quotation from
the speech of denagogue trying to
incite a mob to pull down the New
York Stock Exchange. It is the edit.
orial utterance of newspaper that
makes specially of financial news
and that circulates chiefly in the heart
of the district of high finance-the
Wall Street Journal 6
1t is based, moreover, on recent ties
timony given at public hearing by
one of the most noted railroad organ
izers OF the present day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
"cRoP OF 1907" SLANG.

Hello, 30, whittier art thou beating
ME? I'm slipping up to Rector's
to cut into the grape"
oh. can that stuff! Since when 10
you daily with sassy suds?"
Hear them rattle? They're iron
men; yep, iron men,"
Put me nep, pallie. Give me the
Office. Are you a lag?"
mo. No lag, only lob. as ever.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
DR.. ShdIIenberQer

The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist. who has visited ottumwa
since 1903. will be at
Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Thursday, March %
Zone day only and return every %
days.
Fairfield, Leggett House. Tuesday.
March 26.
Abba, Monroe Hotel, Wednesday,
March ~.
sigourney, Merchants Hotel, Friday
March 20.
Office Hour. 8 a. m. to s p. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16

Sometimes even boob is there with
the goods It's me salary"
We'll, wouldn't that peeye you!
You must be stew to lavish 1t on The
wealthy water"
"Aw, don't talk that way. For an
anvil artist, you've got 'em all put
away. Bye, bye; must roll me hoop.
Great White Way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16

remain precisely what they were forty
years ago.
Most state treasurers and state au-
ditors get much more, and hundreds
of county officers get many times
more than the salary of United
States senator.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
WILL THEY BE WORTH MoRE7

Atlanta Journal 1T will be up to the
members of the next congress to
prove whether they are worth more
to their country by $500 year than
were their predecessors in office.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16

Cures permanently the cases he un-
dertakes and sends the incurable home
without taking fee from them. This
Is why he continues his visits year
after year, while other doctors have
n,ade a few visits and stopped. DR.
Shallenberger is an eminently success
fu. specialist In all chronic diseases
proven by the many cures effecte IN
chronic cases which have baffled the
skill Of all other physicians. His hos
pltai experience and extensive prac-
tice have made him so proficient that
he can name and locate disease in
few minutes.
Throat and Lung diseases. Eye and
E;,i, Stomach. Liver and Kidneys
Gravel, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu.
ralgia. Nervous and Heart Diseases
Blood and Skin diseases, Epilepsy
Brigats Disease and Consumption In
early stage, diseases of the Bla oder
and Female Organs. Liquor and To.
sure n1crnods to prevent its recurrence
given. A never failing remedy for Big
Neck.
PILES FTSTULAE and RUPTURE
guaranteed cured without detention
from business Special attention given
to all Surgical cases and all diseases
: Oh SlIle rye. EAT, Nose ana throat ana
Granulated Lids.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are ycl nervous and desponden;
weak ard debt .ed; tired mornings
no ambitioil--life less: memory poor;
easily fatigled: aycitable and irritable
eyes s'lBken: red and bllIrred: p!mples
on face: dreams: restless, haggara
looking. weak hack: deposit In urine
and drains at stool; aistrustful: want
Of confidence. lack of energy ans
strength?
DISEASES OF MEN AND PRIVATE
DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Blood Poison, Spermatorrhea, vari.
cocele Hvdrocele. Debility. Nervous
ness, dizziness, Defective Memory
etc, which ruins mind and body, poai-
lively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES.
Perfected in old cases which have
been neglected or unskillfully treated
No experiments or failures He un-
dertakes M incurable cases but cures
thousands given up to die
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Address
DR.. w. E. Shallenberger,
145 lakewood Blvd, Chicago.
Reference: Drexel State Bank
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
THE SOCIAL HOUR.

Reproof Came Home to Roost.
From the Argonaut.-Prof. Starr
was accusing young woman of bar
barism "And she Is not only barbar-
ous-she is Illogical and inconsistent"
he exclaimed.
Il was walking In the country one
day with a young woman. In grove
we came upon a boy about to shin up
a tree. There was nest in the tree,
and from certain angle 1t was posi-
BILE to see in 1t three eggs.
You wicked little boy said my
companion, are you going up there to
rob that nest?'
"'I am, the boy replied.
How can your she exclaimed;
think how the mother will grieve
over the loss of her eggs
"'Oh, she won't care said the boy.
She's up there in your hat"
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sentImentaI.

Sentimental.
A maiden who. infrequently VIII
Would murmur: Just pass me a
plVIII.
I'm much too celestial
For viands TERRESTRIAL;
I'll have but kiss and a dVIII."
Lippincott's.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
FATHER TO HIS SON At HARvARn

Rise early, my son. and get up with
speed,
And before you partake Of your earliest
feed
Pick up your dumbbells, that weigh
but a ton,
And afterward go out for a forty-mila
run;
And when you return, make sure OF
your plunge
And rub yourself down with an icicled
sponge.
Don't be mollycoddle!
New York Bun
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
sHAws GREAT SERVICE,

Cedar Rapids Republican-The New
York Press pays deserved tribute TO
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
THE SOCIAL HOUR.
Fails on SPONGE cake

dItS UT oPVHgS OdKe.
From the Indianapolis Star.-Mrs
Tom L. Johnson in discussing the 9TH
or day the school of household science
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NOT roo LATE FOR RELIEF HERE

Sioux Falls Argus-L - Three
hundred thousand pianos were manu-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16
SAGE MILLIONS in GOOD HANDS.

SAGE, MILLIONS IN GOOD HANDS.
After all, the world is to derive
some benefit from the riches piled up
during the life time of Russell Sage.
His widow has set aside the sum of
$10,o00,oo0 to be know as the Sage
foundation, and to be devoted to the
improvement of social and living con-
ditions in the United States. In ex-
planning the objects in view of setting
aside such an enormous fund to char
ity, Mrs. Sage stated that the fund will
be devoted to the establishment and
maintenance of charitable and bene-
fetal activities, agencies and institu-
tons, and the aid of any such activi-
ties, agencies and institutions already
established. Explaining further her
plan she said:
It will be within the scope Of the
foundation to investigate and study
the causes of adverse social condi-
tions, including ignorance, poverty,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-16

Blood
Stomach
Bowels Diseases
treate hernl &s,& 4
TESTIMONIALS.
people Of the whom have cured
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
Art nf
5ranhal- Mnttgrry
BY MRS. HARRY S, ABBOT.

the charge least repudate possibility of the
fitting equitable selves nevertheless the fact
ing the willy % that the real cohesive principle of society
society restricted vernacuar meanings to-day has always
been, scandal
that scandal does rife in ou best society but idle
talk And is likewise idle for society people discam compile
scandal mongery 1t is all well to mpute the manufacture
circulation of scandal solely the rapac the bamang pub
locations the individual niqutes of their propetors
The fact that scandal and the making thereof
to-day the feorce of socaed social fe whether the
gyron life be performed the servants hall the draw
ing-rooms of the elect
But wrese
concrete garden variety, such grows like bad
uee1 where people whom know person.
ally friend of friend knows conggate together
SET clique contingent society-cal what you will It
clergyman upon who models gowns
short blows upon within social orbit how
indifferent that have heretofore appeared must
needs bend the to hear and hearing the evil word along
And right here this of passing along does the fine art
scandamongery consist It not too much that of the
hall marks OF social to-day the ability to listen
scandal with enough but not too evident display
add contribution the much and
little the artistic principle of then
along lightly and gracefully and might almost
hanessy tennis ball. For such indeed does
it has been reduced to the principles of fine arharmes
And for that perhaps because it light and
harmless the fine the dead
will doubt who has followed
great victm Lily Bart late 1.-The
Mirth."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
IDENTIFYING AZ. s." ANIMALS
System of Branding Authorized by
the Army Regulations.

Whenever you see the letters u.
s." branded on the left fore shoulder
of an animal make up your mind at
once that that beast is or was at one
time the property of our rich old
Uncle SAM" says the Washington
Post
Then, again, if you know the key
to the system of branding utilized
by the quartermaster's department,
u. s. A., you would in moment be
able to tell the organization OF the
army to which that animal was as
signed Immediately after purchase by
the government.
Last October, when the army of
Cuban pacification was being en-
parked from N IMPORT News, Va, many
of the army horses and mules await
ing shipment became mixed with
those of other organizations, but it
only needed the knowledge OF Sergt.
Casey to decipher the hoof brandstand
dispatch the animals to their proper
organizations. In other words, these
brands serve as identification tags"
Branding public animals is not a
matter of choice, but is provided for
by the army regulations, which directs
that public animals shall, upon the
day received, be branded with the let
tiers u. S. on the left fore shoulder.
Horses assigned to organizations will
also be branded on the hoof of one
forefoot, one and one-half inches be-
| low the cronet, with the designation
| of the company. Branding irons Of
uniform size and design will be sup
| piled by the quartermaster's depart
| ment. Letters u. s. to be two inches
| in height. Letters and numbers of
hoof brands on the same line to be
three-fourths of an inch high, the let
ter to precede the number, and blocked
so as to penetrate the hoof one-six-
teenth of an inch. For example, the
hoof brands on horses assigned to
band, Ninth cavalry, would be Chs;
to troop A, Fifth cavalry. would be
AS; to Company A, battalion of en-
gineers, would be BEA.''
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
NO Quarrel with Tlme.

According to the poet we are speed
fng forever down the ringing grooves
of change, and this is nowhere mc@e
apparent than in the alterations in the
popular taste for the better, every
thing considered. A writer in the
New York Evening Post, in abiding
to this matter, says that those who
occupy the benches in the public
parks on a summer afternoon to listen
to the band are no longer satisfied
with the Star Spangled Banner" and
a medley from the comic operas, but
must have selections from Wagner
and Gounod, though he indicates that
they may not be averse to little OF
Richard Straus thrown in. we sup
pose, by way of dessert in the musical
feast. There Is a like fastidiousness
in regard to painting, due to the In
huence of the museum of fine arts and
picture exhibitions. Chromos, even
when they are copies of celebrated
paintings, have lost their vogue, and
the fashion for fruit and flower pieces
is going out, while marines" repre-
senting heart-rending shipwrecks,
have been superseded, it is somewhat
satirically observed, by Waves with
cotton wool crests and splash of
moonlight which discloses nothing be-
cause it is so suggestive" A change
in the taste of literature Is also ap-
parent in the demand for short stories
in dialect to replace the old-fashioned
serial novels. Continued works of fic-
ton in the monthly magazines still
have their admirers, though the ma
jority OF readers no longer like bloody
tales of the frontier type or long
drawn out sensational narratives of
unhappy brides and ghostly visitants.
Instead they prefer a story concern
ing the fair settlement worker who
lives among the poor and perhaps
makes a romantic marriage, or &C
counts of automobile adventures in
which the heroine has many lucky es
capes from perils of various kinds
In sermons, too, the ministers keeI
abreast of the times in short dis
courses, treating the topics Of the
hour as they bear on moral and reli
gious life, and do not model their ser
mons after the fathers. who too otter
had sleepy congregations. What wal
fine enough in the departed days, tina
we hear so much praise about, say
Boston Budget, is not adapted to thu
present. With Tennyson, we hold
well good things should pass, AM
with the changes of time we need no
quarrel They are usually in the direC
ton OF progress.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
Hydraulic Lifeboats.

Several of these craft are now in
service in the United States. The
propelling agents are jets of water
driven out by powerful steam pump
through nozzles under water.
The MOBILES can be made to drive
the boat forward or backward. or turn
it, the boat, of course, being driven
by the reaction in the direction oppo-
site to that of the escaping water.
speed of 100 miles an hour was re-
Gently maintained in New York har-
Dor in a trial trip.
Hydraulic lifeboats are not econon,-
ical; their strong point is the alb
senee of any external paddle wheels or
propellers, which are SO liable to be-
come fouled by wreckage. The boat
has projecting guards, which protect
the MOBILES from striking against slips
or docks.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
A GOOD TRICK.
Swinging a Glass Of Water Held by
Flat Piece of Cardboard.

We all know that when we cover
drinking glass quite full of water with
a sheet of stout paper in such man
ner that not single bubble of air re-
mains between the liquid and the
sheet, the paper will cling to the rim
Of the tumbler, ON account of the pres
sure of the atmosphere, closely enough
to enable us to turn the glass upside
down without the water being able to
escape. The following is one applica-
tion Of this principle:
Attach a string to the center OF a
square of cardboard covering glass
by means of simple knot on the In
side, and securely seal the aperture
with wax so that no air may gain an
entrance.
Now suspend the glass by means of
this string to hook fixed to the cell
ing, and you will have pendulum that
you may safely swing without the dan
ger of the glass falling, the whole day
If desired.
The experimental will do we'll to
grease the rim of the glass. SO that nc
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
John Knox. Prophet.

John Knox, the reformer. would
seem to have possessed in no ordinary
degree the spirit of prediction and to
have foretold with accuracy not only
certain remarkable events of public
importance, but also the ultimate fate
of certain individuals Thus when con-
demned to the galleys at Mochelle he
took his sentence with the greatest
composure, merely remarking that in
spite of it he would within two or
three years, preach the Gospel in ST.
Giles, Edinburgh" This prediction,
most improbable of accomplishment
at the time it was uttered, was after
wards literally fulfilled Knox predict,
ed with accuracy the deaths of
Thomas Maitland and Kirkealdy OF
Grange. and solemnly warned the re-
gent, Murray. not to go on to Linlith.
cow, as if he did so he would there
meet his death. The regent disregard.
ed the warning and did meet with the
fate of which Knox had forewarned
him-Exchange.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
A wholesome Change.

Slavery in its best aspect implied
moral obligation. The author of "un-
Gle Toms Cabin" softened the terrible
arraignment by the chapters on the
old-style southern slave-owner, with
his ingrained sense of responsibility
to his living chattels. With the de-
struction of slavery this standard
passed. Underlying the upward, eco
nomic struggle of the south is a story
of savage exploitation of the negro
through his fatal selfindulgence.
Drink, drugs and debt-these three
were made the chains of a new and
subtle enslavement. Narcotics sold
by the very employers of labor
served, on the one hand. to return to
the Golfers of the employer all that
he had paid out in wages; on the
other to keep his black workman in
subservience. Within a few years Co
came had been distributed as a regu-
lar ration to the emergency workers
on threatened levees, TO keep them
up to the work" That system has,
happily, passed The boss" who de.
bauches his men with liquor or drugs
is to-day despised; in many sections
he Is not tolerated. The negro may
keep his wage If he will but work hon
estly and. not less important, consist
emily for 1t. With the dawning of eco
nomic wisdom has come a recrudes
cence of the nobler spirit of slavery
days, the responsibility of the master
TO the servant The negro who
chooses to be self-supporting and self
respecting has a better chance, says
Golfers, than ever before under the
wise guardianship of the new south.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
CIR Antrrtratt
Girl q Tra1tttttIt
By viscountess Maitland.

ooh, dislike playing paintings
people who do those things WELL why hear people sing play
professionals and who make worth while
heard your girls express themselves that doubt the pro-
fesona artists who the American
tons are better to hear than the guests.
On the other hand contend that have better system of bring
ing up girls for girl only plays paints ndifeenty well
has better understanding of these things and better able judge
than the girl who only hears professionals and who has technical
knowledge of these things
Another advantage that in the financial misfortune
put those accomplishments practical
with miniature painting for instance Why
should have done when found myself practically wohout any money
all had not had music my painting? girls
stead must into Office work. BECOME pewriters clerks which
much harder and mnch less pleasant ofearnng living
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

their toes before bright wood tire.
Who would have thought Of sucn
a thing?" said mamma. The SKY
was perfectly clear when l went 10
bed"
st is the worst thunderstorm we
have had for years" said papa.
hadn't doubt that the tent was
safe on that southeast slope.
What did you think was happen
ing to you, Billy?" asked Don.
Il don't know" answered biiiy'
"Towser pulled me before ! had tune
to catch my think.
Il don't care, | like camping out
said Don.
$50 do l." said Billy. But, ne
added, nesting back against mis-
mothers breast, Il like to be rescued
too. Elizabeth Hill.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
Jewel for Child Heroine.

Ethel Johnson, a child heroine OF
the Columbia disaster, has received
magnificent butterfly of gold and dia-
monds from an unknown admirer, &C.
cord to a Portland correspondent of
the Seattle Times.
1t was taken to the home of r. r.
Dingle, where the little girl is stop
ping, on Saturday by jewelry store
employee. There was no note of ex-
PLANTATION, no signature, telling who
was the sender of so magnificent a
gift, merely the words, From Port
land admirer."
Little Ethel Johnson saved two lives
in the Columbia disaster. She rescued
her child companion, Effie Gordon, and
held her above water until taken
aboard life boat
While struggling with her compan-
ion man who could scarcely swim
was also saved by her. He seized hold
upon her and was also held above the
water by her childish efforts. Perhaps
this man sent the present.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

think it ought not to CO. The point is
broad one way and not the other;
put the broad way across the grair
of the wood like Fig. 2, otherwise the
nail forms wedge and splits your
lath.
You may generally observe faint
line running across the head of nail
even in tacks; these lines run with
the grain of the wood when the nail
has been properly driven.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
Didn't. Want II.

INVENTOR have just patented a
new nickel-in-the-slot machine, which
| would like you TO take hold of. 1t is
an entirely new design and will never
get out of order.
Nickel-in-the-slot apitalist-NeveI
get out of order? Huh! No money in
a machine like that--N. Y. Weekly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
A Delicate Distinction

Manager thought you wrote me
you had full house at Fad Dog In
Arizona.
Business Manager-So we did.
Manager-Why. our star tells me
there were only about % people In the
place and every man Jack was drunk
Business Manager (gently)-WelI?
l didn't say we had the house full: I
said we had a full house.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
THIS FOR YOUR FISHING TRIP.
You Can Make Your Bait Box Out
of Lath.

To make this useful bait box for
your fishing excursion select two
pieces of lumber about eight inches
square. Saw 16 pieces of lath about Q
foot long, and nail them around your
eight-ineh piece of board, leaving one
quarter inch space, between the laths
Make the door of two of the laths, the
hinges being India rubber, and but
ton of piece of lath and a screw
like Fig. 1.
But in making this box be careful
how you hammer the nails, caution
Philadelphia Ledger. Look at the
point and place it just the way yor
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

William Warner of Great Barring
ton, Mass; Albert G. Herpin of Tren-
ton. N. j.. and Joseph Root of Erie.
Pa. are to engage in a struggle for
the nonsoporific championship of the
United States. Warner has not slept
a wink, so he says. for the past 80
years; the Trenton man says he has
not closed his eyes for the Ia years
Immediately preceding. Mr.. Root has
a 25-year record as an anti-Rip Van
Wrinkle.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

The English girl Ii
brought up to play and
to sing and to paint,
while the American girls
in society, the daughters
of the affluenl, are
brought up to observe
rather than to do those
things. An American
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20
Nelnhhors.

Il beg your pardon. sir, but I'm go
ing to ask you if your daughter would
mind not playing on the piano for the
next two weeks?"
May | ask, sir. the reason for this
extraordinary request?"
We'll, you see, my son wishes tn
get good start with the flute. life
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

The awful prophecy is made that
Chicago in the future will be city OF
women, as the strenuous life is killing
on the men. This fact may somewhat
dampen the ardor of the young men
Of the east to follow the historic ad.
vice of going west.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-09-20

A word of scandal
makes the whole draw
ing-room kin.
However disagreeable
the implication of that
paraphrase, and notwith-
standing the SNUG as
sumption of Indignation
with which we must
needs one and all rush to