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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-16

ATTENTION BREEDERS - HAVE
two Shire horses. one bay and one
brown, one Belgian Black; one bay
road horse; one Tennessee Jack, for
service. at j. S. Layne's Barn, Chill
licothe, Iowa. $3.50 to insure liv-
ing colt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-16

WANTED TO TRADE-FARM OF a6
acres in Madison county for Ottun-
wa property G. N. Christy, South
Ottumwa, Gen. Del.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-16

FOR SALE-A 3A IN. Balm WAGON;
good as new; can be bought right.
Phone 3282-Y.
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FOR sALE-NEw 8 HORSE POWER
International gasoline engine. H. g..
Sewer. No. 216 South Ward street.
Ottumwa Iowa,
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FOR RENT-GooD BLACKSMITH
shop; we'll located. Safer & Scott,
Middletown, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-16

WANTED CLEAN MACHINE
scrap iron; highest cash price paid.
Ottumwa Iron Works, Ottumwa,
Iowa.
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FoR RENT.

FOR RENT.
FOR RENT--320 ACRE FARM IN
Polk township 80 acres OF bottom
land for corn; balance pasture; no
house; will rent cheap. Thos. f..
Keefe.
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Many people fall over themselves
by clinging to an idea.
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FOR sALE-sHoRT HORN BULL
One year old. James Shields, ottum-
wa.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A sA IN. Balm WAGON,
good as new can be bought right,
Phone 32B2-Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-15

to the bureau and after systematically
looking under everything-as her hus-
band himself might have done-feund
the missing article firmly stuck in the
cover under the pincushion.
q y
Mother! Oh, mother, I can't get this
string untiedI" broke from her young
est boy. With a few deft touches she
unknotted it for him. 1t might have
taken him three times as long, but he
could have done it for himself if there
had been no one around.
Wishing to paint the baby's chair,
she asked Bridget, the cook, to open
the can of paint in order to save time
while she put on an old cotton gown.
She put on the old gown and still
waited. The can was of the alright
pressed in cover kind. In the kitchen
Bridget stood looking out of the win
dow making Intellectual dabs at it with
can opener.
Here, give it to mel" commanded
Nan, the energetic, and she took it
from the all too willing hands. A dex-
ferrous insertion under the overlapping
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lacks method and puts off things I'M
til tomorrow and counts on her fingers
Unfortunately she has let him dis
cover these weaknesses. instead of try
ing to rid herself of them, so now he
has no confidence in her.
His mother happens to have been
the same kind of woman. and she was
looked after in every detail by his
father. So he has come to the con-
clusion all women are made that way.
If she had been a girl of strength of
character of pride and of decision she
would have acted differently from the
first week she was married.
She would have pointed out to him
that she wished everything to be put
on a businesslike basis; that she did
not wish to cost him any more than he
was willing to give her, but she wanted
that much. whatever it was, at regu-
larly stated intervals so that she could
depend on it and be absolutely sure
of getting it just the same as if she
were working for a salary. She would
have pointed out to him the degrade
tion-to them both-of her continual
begging for money. She would have
made him feel that no proper self re-
speeding love could exist under these
conditions, and she would
have urged him to trust her and to
instruct her ignorance as regarded
business matters in order to make her
a fit guardian for her children in the
event of his death-if for no other rea-
son.
y -
Last and not least. she would have
given her word to stay within her al
lowance and to fulfill her part of the
contract by keeping all bills paid up
to date.
There does not exist a man of ordi-
nary good qualities who could resist
such an appeal. He would take
strong interest in fostering his wife's
shrewdness and business instinct. He
She counts on her fingers.
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It's a great pity more women don't
try it. Coaxing and cajoling may be
all well for time. bur honesty and
mutual trust endure forever.
Like a copy book motto. isn't it?
But it's mighty true all the same.
q .
Did you ever stop to notice how
many helpless people there are in the
world?'' inquired a friend of mine the
other day. Not cripples and shut-ins.
oh. dear. no! They are the most
CHEEKY and helpful of all when you
consider their disabilities, but just
naturally helpless critters"
y y
The other day I had an example of
it at my sister-in-law's house. 1 am
spending a week with her, and she is
just naturally one of those handy
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IN MllTnnl LI0NARE AMERICAS CHIEF MONEY LENDER A.

via is devoted to her mother and to oc-
equations of her own. Says the
mother:
"They report that want to break
into society for my daughters sake.
but every word of it is a lie. 1 am not
anxious for any CT their company.
neither is Sylvia Some of the sets in
New York are living in a worse man
ner than the people of Sodom and
Gomorrah did,
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
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lid, firm exertion of all her strength
and the can cover left its socket. Mar
began painting.
NOh. mother. how should / cut this
skirt PATTERN" a voice walled. and the
busy woman turned to see her pretty
sixteen year-old daughter holding
tissue paper pattern with a helpless
air.
in paint, and she could not actually
take the pattern and do the work
Read the directions. DEAR she ad-
vised calmly, and her daughter wakes
away slowly, looking rather asgrieved.
y -
When she was through painting
feeling rather tired, she lay down
Mary she called to the other maid
Il wish you would do the marketing
today, don't feel very we'll"
very well, ma'am.'' returned the
girl. What shall we have?"
Nan passed her hand over her ach
ing forehead. "Oh. never mind. II
do it myself she murmured feebly
DO you mind going upstairs and get
ting me a clean handkerchief and the
cologne bother"
The woman departed and was gone
about three minutes when we hearc
her call over the banister, Which
drawer is it in. maam?"
Never mind, Mary. 1 believe I'll gel
up" groaned poor Nan, and get UP she
did.
I was dressing to go out myself
Nan, 1 called from my bedroom.
would you mind fastening this waist
for me?" l heard her tired steps near
ing the stairs. and then my conscience
smote me. What would / have done
had 1 been alone?
ooh, never mind,' 1 called out. TN
do it myself
And do it I did. although it took me
ten minutes.
How we do impose on the energetic
ones in this world?
Some day Nan is going to fall i'll of
nervous prostration. And what do you
think will happen to her household
then? Will it fall to pieces? Yes, per-
haps, for a couple of days. Then it
will readjust itself-every one doing his
and her own work, because Nan is not
there to do it. and it will be the grand
est blessing in disguise that ever hap
pened to that house.
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ever put more
than a dollar
into it. He was
extremely un-
willing to give
her five at a
time, and on the
few occasions
when he had in
trusted her with
so large a sum
he had expect
ed it to last for
ever and had eX-
acted a rigor-
Gus account of
it's expenditure.
/ have known
her to fake"
household ac-
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women you lean
on without real
izing it.
The day began
with my broth
er losing his
sc rfpin. H e
fused around
aimIessly for
awhile, turning
things over in a
way that never
found thin e S
yet, and then he
sang out: Man,
Oh, 1 say, Nan,
have you seen
my scarfpin ?''
Which meant
that Nan (my
sister = in = law
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She counts on her fingers.

would gradually place more and more
confidence in her and even discuss his
own work with her occasionally. She
certainly would never have to COM
plain of being treated like a child or
an incompetent person if she showed
this sort of fair. businesslike spirit at
the very beginning of her married life.
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NE of the most pathetic sights
i have ever seen was pre-
sented by a wealthy mans
wife. She literally didn't have
a quarter in her pocketb0ok half the
time. but had to beg. borrow or almost
steal spending money for everyday
purposes True she had charge ac-
counts in the different stores her hus-
band approved of. where she could buy
things he approved of. True she did
not have to go hungry, and the butcher.
the baker and the grocer received her
orders and sent the bills to her hus
band. but of actual spending money
she was half the time in want.
When she went to her husband and
held out her hand to him he hardly
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Matthew Arnold never had any faith
in the novelistic powers of his niece.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Poor Mary, she
never can write a novel," he was in
the habit of saying. "Why doesn't She
stick to the essay?'
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Hetty Green's fortune is not so large
as that of several of the great OIL
railroad and embalmed beef magnates.
but Hetty Green never looted a bank,
never bribed a legislature, never drove
to bankruptcy and suicide a weaker ri
val or ran down by methods that
should have put her in the penitentiary
the stock of properties of which she
wished to obtain control. as certain
shiningly pious American millionaires
have done. Therefore she is not so
rich as they. However, the famous
woman fnancier who looks much
younger than her seventy years. GER
tainly is not more than forty in the
vigor and keenness of the wonderful
mind that has devoted itself solely to
moneymaking. 1t may be that by en-
tirely honest. even though avaricious
and skimping. means she will yet pile
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AN AUTUMN COSTUME.

nothing by way of a gown is prettieT
than the costume illustrated. 1t is OF
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Now that woman's case is pitiful, but
it is her own fault and she has herself
only to blame. Her husband is not
mean; he only believes it is not safe
to trust women with money His wife
has unconsciously fostered that belief
in him She has no head for business
and never takes the slightest intelligent
interest in it. She is undoubtedly a
poor manager in many things. She is
a truly feminine woman in that she
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has more than once come to the rescue
with a loan of millions at a lower rate
than the brokers demanded and thus
discounted and routed the street"
Mrs. Green owns banks, bonds, rail-
roads and real estate. Her business
Office is in one of the leading banks of
New York city, an institution whose
name carries with it the impression of
solidity and safety. Hetty Green owns
that bank and is it's chief manager and
director. She dresses more plainly and
inexpensively than any stenographer in
her employ, yet again-if one may be
permitted-whose business is it? Prob
ably she buys a new coat or gown
when she needs one and just wears it
till it is worn out fashion or no fash
ion. What a lot of heartache and
bother would be saved if more women
did that The lady who owns and
manages banks and railroads has more
important business on her mind than
keeping up with the fashion in wo-
mans dress. Hetty Green would not
be the second richest woman in the
world if she spent her time keeping up
with the fashion. Yet in costly and
fashionable attire she would be no.
ticed for strikingly fine looking wo-
man. She is tall and spare, with white
hair a kindly, yet keen blue eye, a
musical voice and a gentle, courteous
manner except to those she thinks are
trying to get the best of her in soma
way.
One of Hetty Green's greatest sue
cesses is her children.
If those who call the famous woman
financier hard names prove themselves
as able as she has been to rear their
chi 10 II 10
will do well. Her son Ned, as she
fondly calls him, Edward Rowland
Robinson Green, president of a railroad
and Republican candidate for governor
of Texas and all round first class bust
ness man, is liked and respected by all
who know him, and these are many.
He is as generous in expenditure as his
mother is economical, but no crazy ex-
travagance, no dissipation or scandal
has ever attached to his name.
81 raised him right, and that is what
all mothers do not do nowadays" says
Mrs. Green. "If my boy had lived
life of crime I would give him hypo-
dermic myself
When the life of clean, industrious.
capable Edward Green is compared
with that of the dissolute, disgraced
sons of numerous other American null
timillionaires it will be seen what Het-
ty Green's way of bringing up a son
right means. When a little boy Ned
more than once wore patched clothes.
He had little spending money. but
enough, and active occupation of some
kind from the time he was old enough
to do anything.
Mrs. Green's daughter Sylvia, a fine
young woman, lives with her mother
in boarding house in New York. Syl-
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~ 1F11 years ago II must nave
81 been-anyway, it was about
"a the time when people first be-
!. - gan to make fun of woman's
rights in this country-Wendell Phil
lips remarked that the woman who
could amass a fortune of a million dol
lars would do more to advance the
cause of her sex than all the speech
making of the ages could achieve.
There are in the United States today
numerous women who by their own
financial ability have either accumu
lated fortunes of a million dollars or
have added many millions to fortunes
inherited by them. Women enough
have proved themselves shrewd as the
shrewdest financially. yet even now the
feminine sex has citizens rights in on
" four states of the Union. Womans
ability has manifested itself faster
than it has obtained recognition.
The chief individual money lender in
the world was Russell Sage. Since his
death the worlds chief individual
money lender is a woman. Hetty How
land Robinson Green. From a father
and an aunt she inherited fortunes
amounting together to S1O,OOO.OO0. She
has been in business for herself now
forty-one years. Her present possess
sions are variously estimated at from
$50 0O0. 900 to $4,000. 900. She took up
the trade of moneymaking when she
was thirty years old In November
she will be seventy-One. Her health is
excellent, and she takes the best care
of it. though she works more hours a
day than any clerk or stenographer in
her employ. She increases her wealth.
it is said by persons who think they
know, at the rate of $4,000 900 or
$4,000 600 a year. Russell Sage was
within three weeks of ninety years old
when he died. Mrs. Green's excellent
health. alert intellect and powerful
grasp on financial affairs bid fair to
keep her alive and engaged in her
chosen work of laying up wealth for
twenty years to come. Should she be
able to do this her fortune will by
that time have long passed the hun
dred million mark.
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enter into private deals with the butch
er and grocer in order that she might
have money for ice cream sodas and
car fares to go around with her friends.
The children have come to her to get
change for pencils or penholders which
they needed to purchase on their way
to school. and she has been obliged to
send them to their father to beg him
for five or ten pennies.
have heard her remark in a laugh
ing way (but you could see how it
hurt herr that her own maid in the
kitchen was richer than she was. And
once she came to me in tears and beg
ged me to tell her how she could earn
a little money on the sly for her own
use-money her husband would know
nothing about
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IFTY years ago it must have
been-anyway, it was about
the time when people first be-
gan to make fun of woman's
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fee1nS toward Mrs. Green. We nat
urally want to take the side of one
whom few have good word for, some
times apparently just because he or
she is rich.
Besides-put it fair and square to
yourself-is it any of your business or
another's what person does with his
own money that he has got honestly
even though stingily, so long as that
person does not interfere with other
peoples rights? Is it crime against
the community, pray for a woman to
mind her own business and devote her
self to laying up money? True. she
might be in nobler employment but is
even that anybody's business but her
own? Never in all the years of her life
has there been recorded a word of
scandal or gossip from Mrs. Green's
lips. She has never once meddIed with
another persons affairs. Many deed
of kindness has she done quietly and
privately. She is one woman who
knows enough to keep her mouth shut
absolutely. Can any higher praise
than that be bestowed on a member of
the talking. suffering sex? One of
Mrs. Green's oft quoted wise sayings is,
eff there were less talk in the world
there would be fewer fools.''
AS was the case with Russell Sage,
Mrs. Green's tastes are extremely sim
pie, and her plain, quiet life gives her
remarkably good health. She has said
more than once that Russell Sage was
the only sensible man living Is it a
crime to live plainly and simply even
though one is millionaire?
Once more-put it to yourself fair
and square-if a rich person wishes to
eat simple food, go to bed early, dress
comfortably and keep away from the
fuss and feathers of fashionable life
why should not he or she be permitted
to do so? Is not this world large
enough for even a rich person to live
his or her own life?
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Hetty Rowland Robinson was born
in New Bedford. Mass, Nov. FL 1885
She is of Quaker ancestry and learned
from her father to take care of money
when she was a little girl. She was a
handsome young woman and could
have shone as one of society's most
brilliant leaders, but she tasted it's de-
lights, made face at them, turned her
back on them all and went in for the
delights of money getting. And now
Hetty Green could undoubtedly at any
moment make a loan in ready cash of
$30.000.000 to anybody who gave gilt
edged security and a stiff interest. Yet
on the other hand. when the city of
New York has been in urgent need of
funds and Wall street lenders prepared
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up wealth as high as any of the noted
American financiers.
1 used to hear Russell Sage abused
and sneered at so much just because
he chose to live a simple life and lay
up money that 1 at length came to
have a sort of sympathy with him. I
have come to have the same kind of
feeling toward Mrs. Green. We nat
urally want to take the side of one
whom few have a good word for, some
times apparently just because he or
she is rich.
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to squeeze it mercilessly, Hetty Green
has more than once come to the rescue
with a loan of millions at a lower rate
than the brokers demanded and thus
discounted and routed the street
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-08-21

and other places in invaded saloons
and introduced himself as Deputy
Marshal Riggs. and informed the
saloon keepers that certain license
money on slot machines and other
appurtenancss was required. He
made a personal settlement and
left.
OF course he was soon detected
and arrested. When taken at the
home by real United States off
GERS, his wife, who knew nothing
of bis offense, Wept bitterly and pro.
tested his innocence. When con
vinoed of his guilt, she became
reoonciled to his srrest and incsr.
oeration, though nearly heart
broken.
She states that she does not
know where be now is, or whether
he is still imprisoned and brings
the suit merely on the ground of
two years desertion and abandon.
nent.
John Rowsn is we'll known in
this city, having been employed as
barber by Mr.. Henry Wolf.
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Hon. Fred j. MoCombs, M. D.
formerly of Pliny. W. Va. who
with DR.. Longstreth delivered a
most interesting and enthusiastic
address before the teachers of Ma
son county, Thursday evening,
August 18th, was himself formerly
one of Mason oounty's most sue.
oessful and beloved teachers,
While we regret that We have
lost him from our great corps of
teachers, we rejoice that he has
enlisted in the better work of saw
ing lives rather than training
them. DR.. McOomb about five
years ago began the study of medi.
oine, and while his means were
very limited he succeeded in gain.
ing place of honor upon the role
by his graduating from the Uni
versity of illinois, at Chicago. and
now We rejoice that he has been
employed recently, by the Tuber-
oulosis Lesge, knowing that from
his ability to do 80, and from the
interest he takes he will do much
for our state, in arresting the des.
semination of this terrible disease,
The teachers who were present
and heard his interesting address
Thursday evening, expressed by
their manifested interest and sp.
plause, that they all join in wish
ing him the greatest of success
We know that he will do honor
and be inestimably valuable to
any calling that he may receive
Success to the boy who has &C.
complished much with little means
which is a sure sign of greatness
is the sincere wish of
The TEACHERS.
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Sequel to a Felony.
Wife of Man Who Impersona-
ted Marshal Sues for Di-

Parkersburg News: Suit was
brought Saturday in the circuit
Court by Mary E. Rowan against
j. j. Rowan, the grounds assigned
being desertion and abandonment,
Back of the dessrtion and the di-
vorce proceedings is another Etory
which may explain defendants alb
senoe.
Some four years ago Rowan,
whose bride was the daughter of
the Rev, John Miller, was popu-
lar young man, with proclivities
for spending more money than ne
made. he rssorte to dishonest
methods to keep up the extrava-
canoe it is alleged and finally i'm
personated Deputy United States
Marshal, andaextorted money from
saloon keepers and others on the
the threat Of closing up their places
of business.
At Charleston, Point Pleasant