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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-12

by contributing her share to the pro-
cess of evolution Her life is spent
baslsing in the affection of her hus-
band and the chubby smiles of her
dimpled babies, and when in the
course of time she finds herself in the
twilight of her life, she has at her
feet new generation of her own
flesh and blood. Isn't that better
tnan a literary reputation
He spoke so earnestly that Shirley
looked at him in surprise. She knew
he was serious but she had not sus.
pected that he thought so deeply on
these matters. Her heart told her that
he was uttering the true philosophy
Of the ages. She said:
why, Jefferson, you talk like a
book. Perhaps you are right, have
no wish to be blue stocking and de-
serted in my old age, far from it. But
give me time to think Let us first
ascertain the extent of this disaster
which has overtaken father Then II
you still care for me and if l have
not changed my mind" here she
glanced slyly at him, Eve will resume
our discussion"
Again she held out her hand which
he had released.
'Is it bargain?" sac asked.
cts bargain" he murmured, rails
ing the white hand to his lips. A
fierce longing rose within him to take
her in his arms and kiss passionately
the mouth that lay temptnigly near
his own. but his courage failed him
After all, he reasoned, he had not YET
the right
A few minutes later they left the
deck and went downstairs to dress
for dinner. That same evening they
stood again at the rail watching the
mysterious phosphorescence as il
sparkled in the moonlight. Hel
thoughts travelling faster than the
ship, Shirley suddenly esked:
do you really think Mr. Ryder vii
use his Influence to nelp father?'
jefferson set his jaw fast and the
familiar Ryder CLEAN came into his
eyes as he responded:
"Why not? My father is all powerful
He has made and unmade judges anG
legislators and even presidents Why
should he not be able to put stoI
to these preposterous proceedings?
will go to him directly we land AM
we'll see what can be done"
So the time on shipboard had pass
| ed, Shirley alternately buoyed up witt
hope and again depressed by thu
g1oomiest forebodings. The following
night they passed Fire Island and the
next. day the huge steamer dropped
anchor at Quaratine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-12
ELpoN.

Eldon. Feb. s.--Clyde Nelson is home
from Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mrs. William Noviock entertained the
AM club Wednesday with two course
luncheon.
Mrs. F. Harlan and Edith Harlan are
confined to their home with sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. O. Hunnell will start
Saturday for an extended visit in Los
Angeles, California.
Round House Foreman G. Hollis has
resigned and will go to Nebraska. His
family will remain here for time.
The city council has ordered fire es-
capes on the hotels and public build
ings.
Arthur Jackson will leave Sunday
for Delhat, Texas. where he will again
take charge Of an engine for the Rock
Island.
Mrs. Kibler has sold her residence On
K D. avenue to Mrs. Mary Blanchard
who will occupy is.
| DIR. S. A. Spilman of Ottumwa was
called In consultation with DR.. Saw
yers on the case of F. w Kimble re-
Gently.
Ira Pohland, Frank Koht. Burgess
Farnsworth are all Ottumwa visitors
today.
.FUNk-REEvEs WEDDING.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-12
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Highland Center, Feb. s.-The La
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Five Cents.

my little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom Of his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and light dress is all he could wear.
l called one of our best doctors TO
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. I had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. l used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely well.
The treatment only cost 75c, and l
would have gladly paid 500 If I could
not have got it cheaper. l feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life. He is now boy of five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City,
r. F. D. No. 1, Branch Co., Mich. May
II, 1906"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Railroads in Spain,

The doors of the third-class cars are
narrow, writes Thornton Oakley in
Harper's Weekly. 1 remember at
one of the mountain towns how
a fat man kept the train waiting
with his efforts to get out. He was
huge and round, with red face full
of wrinkles and shining shaven head
A Maltese cross shone white upon his
brown eXpanse of cassock. He got
wedged tightly in the door and could
move neither in nor out. His face grew
apoplectic. Precipitation streamed
down his forehead. His hat rolled be-
meath the train. He dropped his bag
upon the platform, and as it fell, it
burst open. Glass crashed; cigars
were scattered all about AS the bell
sounded he began to shout The guard
came running. The station idlers
crowded up. They tugged at him, pull
Ing at his hands, his robe, his fat
striped legs. Over his shoulder within
the car, you could see men pushing
from behind. Suddenly he came
through with rush, his cassock torn
and flying, his little eyes wide with
fright.
l looked back as the train moved
off. He was lying back painting on q
bench, his feet spread wide, while q
woman was pouring something down
his throat
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
GETTING A RAILROAD JOB.
Unfortunately, Novice Made Bad Bum
gle of His Application.

His name doesn't matter. but he re-
sides near Forest Park. He was 20
when this happened (Which is only a
few short weeks ago., and just out of
school. He wanted a iob-something
good, of course, for he had conquered
in his struggle with the class valedic-
tory, and everybody, including his rel
atives, had said that he was destined
to become great man. He thought
he'd like the railroad business, and he
told his desire to a friend.
THE main thing" advised the
friend, lis to convey the impression
that you know something about the
business when you ask for a job. And
the more they think you know the bet
ter the job you'll get. When you
tackle the big noise who sits at the
mahogany desk try and talk like a rail
road man."
The future great man spent two or
three days practicing what he thought
was railroad lingo, and then went
down to the Office of one of the big
railroads.
Entering the employment depart
ment, he repeated to himself the little
speech he had prepared, and he
handed his card to the secretary with
the assurance of time-tried business
man. But when he was escorted into
the presence of the superintendent he
lost his nerve and his memory de-
serted him. However, he chung to his
hat bravely, and blurted out: rs there
any danger of getting a job around
here?"
There wasnt.-St. Louis Globe Dem.
| ocrat.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Didn't Mind Showing Her Ankle.

Conductor John Gaudam was very
insisted that friends addressing him
hastily should call him JOHN" says
a correspondent. He was one of the
best fellows ever worked with, but
he was continually getting into hot
water.
''On one of our trips Gaudam was
passing through a coach when he no.
ticed woman asleep in seat. Her
head was on the window-sill, and her
feet extended to the aisle. Her dress
was SO badly disarranged that her
ankle, and good portion of an ex-
quisitely fashioned calf were plainly
visible. A number of men a few
seats farther down were contemplate
ing the scene with keen enjoyment
Nov, Gaudam was always very
strict, and kept things straight on his
train, and he noticed this. He touched
the woman on the shoulder and woke
her up.
Madam he said, politely; excuse
me for disturbing you, but your dress
is so disarranged that your ankle is
exposed
"'Oh. that makes no difference re-
piled the woman, smiling sweetly It's
nothing but cork
In three seconds Gaudam was in
the baggage car, where he promptly
lost his religion
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
WORK OF "SPESHES"
DETECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT
PART OF RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Organized for the Protection of Ship
pers and the Travelling Public
Have Put a Stop to Dis
honest Practices.

81 don't know what the railroads
would do without the speshes nova
days. said railroad Official, using
that cryptic contraction "spesres' as
if everybody ought to understand what
it meant.
He was referring to the members OF
the Association of Railway Special
Agents. Compactly, they're the rail-
road detectives, the railroad secret
police; and railroad special agent
has been contracted by railroad folk
to ''spesh.'
There were railroad detectives of
a. sort; men with no particular train
ing and summoned for special pur-
poses, before we organized said one
of the speshes. But speaking general
ly, before we got together and began
to branch out in our work the rail-
roads, the shippers and the travelling
public were virtually at the mercy of
all sorts of thieves and swindlers.
For one thing, the railroads had no
reliable method of discovering and
stopping populations or outright rob-
berries on the part of their own en-
ployes. The tracing system, so-called,
in the course of which the railroads
sent supposedly honest employees on
the trail of suspected employees, never
worked out in practice. The men
chosen to do the tracing work general
ly showed themselves to be incompe-
tent, or they were easily led into be-
lieving anything they were told by
the employees under suspicion, or for
rakeoff of the swag they swung
along with the crooks, so that the rail
roads were all but helpless in running
down plunderers.
But it took the railroads, all the
same, good many years to acknowl-
edge their helplessness in this respect
A group of powerful railroad men
finally came to the front with the sug
gestion that the railroads would have
to be secret policed. The railroad
secret service was regularly organized
not long after that. The fine work &C
complished by the secret service of the
American Bankers association and
the American jewelers. association
was an argument in favor of the or
ganiZation of a railroad service.
"At first it was intended that the
work of the railroad corps should be
confined exclusively to the protection
Of the railroads from dishonesty on
the part of their own employees and tc
RUNNING down robbers of freight in
transit. Fact is. the service did op
crate exclusively along those lines fo1
a while, and with whooping success. II
| is now pretty generally understood by
| railroad employees tempted to engage
in dishonest practices that they have
about the same eventual chance of be
| ing grabbed with the goods as counter
feiters have of being corralled with
the merchandise by the United States
secret service, and I needn't enlarge
upon the dimensions of that chance.
Our work for the railroads, in g
way, is comparable with that of the
postoffice inspectors. When it is un
derstood how inevitably the postoffice
inspectors get the postoffice employees
who yield to temptation, this compari
son will be the better understood"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Elephant and Enoine Meet

An elephant was crossing a railway
line when a down ballast train in
motion tried to whistle him off the
line, says the Madras Pioneer. He
obeyed the whistle. but instantly was
on the line again and pushed the en-
CINE back with all the strength he
could muster, causing the derailment
Of the engine and one of the trucks.
The driver fell off and received some
injuries, and the mahout. who had
apparently lost all hold over the ami
NAL, and had perhaps anticipated the
accident, jumped down, but was I'M
hurt. The elephant was only bruised.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages and that L.
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure ia the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires const1tu
tional treatment. Halls Catafrh Cure is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying tine
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature doing its work. The proprietors have
much faith In Its curative powers that they ofel
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t Fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address f. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists &c.
Take Falls Family Pills for constipation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Enaineer.s Heroisno.

The locomotive engineer in Arizona
who ran a burning powder train half
mile to save town and was blown
to bits in the expected and inevitable
explosion, was hero of the most pro-
nounced type. But striking feature
of his heroism was that he did not
think of it in that light, but sacrificed
his life as a matter of course and plain
detail of duty, knowing there was no
reward for him this side of the grave.
That is the sort of heroism which tells
in the lettering of the human race
and in the raising of its standards.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

take care of the freight business for
the present on the Cazadero division.
Passenger trains and individual cars
will continue on the line equipped with
automotors as heretofore, the locomo-
tives being intended for freight SER
vice entirely, having displaced the
steam engines previously used on the
run.
The new electric locomotives are
of 40 tons weight, and are of the
latest model. These engines are in
use on most of the eastern trolley
lines that have suburban freight SER
vice and are found to be adapted for
the purpose better than anything yet
constructed.-Portla Oregonian.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
FLOATING Workshop.

A unique and interesting vessel is
H. M. S. Cyclops-general repair ship
to the fleet. Amongst her machinery
she has plant capable of turning out
castings weighing two tons, and lathes
which will deal with such castings up
to a length of Is feet. The Cyclops
is equipped to repair anything from a
broken bolt to a 60-tsn gun, special
feature of her machinery being that it
is ali electrically driven.-London Tit
Bits.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

"Are you still troubled by your
neighbor's chickens?" asked one man
of another.
mot bit" was the answer. "They
are kept shut up now"
How did you manage it?"
why every night I put lot of
eggs in the grass very carefully, and
every morning, when my neighbor was
looking, went out and brought them
in"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Missouri's First Railroad.

The first railroad in Missouri was a
track five miles in length. laid from
Richmond to a point on the Missouri
river opposite Lexington, some time
between 1S49 and 1851. 1t was made
of timber. the rails being of sawed
oak and the ties of hewed oak, and
was operated by horse power.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
poRT.AND's ELECTRIC ENGINES.
Four Locomotives Run by Electricity
Will Be Devoted to Freight Service.

Two electric locomotives were de-
livered fo7 the o. W. P. company Sat
urday afternoon at the East Side
yards, which when fitted up will be
put on the freight run on the Cazadero
division. These two engines were
made by the General Electric COM
pany of Schenectady. y. Y, and came
west on their own wheels.
The company has under construc-
ton at its shops on the East side two
additional engines of the same type
nearing completion. These four will
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Veteran Baggagemaster Retires.

James NJ. Vibberts, of Wethersfield.
Conn.,, the oldest baggagemaster in
America, has resigned because of rheu-
matisp,. He is 81 years old and has
been baggagemaSter on the Valley
division of the New Haven line since
it started, running the first train in
1871. He gets a pension and a free
pass.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Post Card Petition.

The National Syndicate of Railway
men in France has adopted novel
method of petitioning the president of
the senate in favor of measure
which has been waiting it's turn for
ten years. 1t has had 100000 post
cards printed and distributed to it's
members, with a request that they be
signed and forwarded. Correspondence
addressed to the president of the sen.
ate does not need to be stamped.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

When a woman wants to make
man feel like a dollar minus 70 cents
she asks him to describe the costume
some other woman had on.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

FITS. St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free So. 90
trial bottle and treatise DR.. r. Fl. Kline,
Id. 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
A Mistake.

ut is nothing to your credit to be
buying everything on time"
"You are wrong; it is everything to
my credit. Houston Post
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

1t is sweeter to gain wisdom from
others woes than that others should
learn from us.-Plautus.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Don't Try Uncertain Recipes,

1t is entirely unnecessary to experiment
with this that and the other recipe. Get
from your grocer. for 10 cents, package
of '.OUR-PIE' Preparation-Lemon
Chocolate or Custard-for making pies
that are sure to be good.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
the signature Of T. w Grove. Used the World
over Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

PILES CURED IN TO Ii DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT s guaranteed TO cure any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding Protruding Piles in
to IA days money refunded Soc.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

a good intention will no more make
a truth than a fair mark will make a
good shot.-SpurstOwe.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

A bluff is all right as long as you
can keep the lid on.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

Don't expect to strike any man ia
vorably if you aim at his pocket
book.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

For Over Half a Century
Browns Bronchial Troches have been
unexcelled as cure for hoarseness,
coughs and sore throat
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Hides, Pelts and Wool.
Don't EXPECT t.

To get full value, ship to the old reliat
n. W. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis, Min
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

His Satanic majesty is probably
ashamed of some of his associates.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

Despair is the paralysis of the soul.
Helps.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

Business offices are being put
farther heavenward because ground
costs so much.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27

Hubby-Just look at that idiot, Fitz-
jones, what charming, anliable wife
he has-seems to me all the biggest
fools get hold of the prettiest women.
Wifey-You're right, nobody knows
that better than l Go.
The Press., 1907-05-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the column!
 of The Press, thirty years ago.l
May 24. 1877.

w. G. Ellis will put a stock of groceries into his new store, which is now nearly ready for occupancy. a
 A steam fire engine has been sent by the city authorities of Springfield to this village for exhibition, with a view to selling the same. It's origi- nal cost was $45OO, and the present cost of steamers of it's class is $35OO It is from the Jeffers works, Paw tucket, R. I. It is offered for 5000, which is less than the old Torrent engine cost to put in condition for service, exclusive of expense for hose.
 sTAFFORDVILLE.
 The mill of B. A. Converse will be closed for time as soon as the pres- ent stock is run out, which will be about June 1st.
 The Staffordville fire engine com pany will sell all of it's effects at auction on Saturday, June ?, at 4 p. m., consisting of three hand engines, rubber and leather hose, hose car riage, engine house and furniture and tools.
 J. Basch 6 Son are running their engine night and day, it not having power enough to drive all their ma- chinery at one time. This company will rebuild it's dam this summer, though it is not yet contracted. They propose to make one of solid masonry.
The Press., 1907-05-22
HAMPDEN.

Mrs. Margery s. Hewlett died Tuesday, May 14th. at 6. 80 a. m af- ter an illness of only five days. She was born in Stafford. Ct, September 4, 1885. She came to Hampden with her husband, William Howlett, in 1869. and until recently lived on the farm new owned by Raymond Pease. For the last two years she had been living with her daughter, Eva, in the same house with her son. Ernest, in the upper tenement. She united with the Methodist church 35 years ago, shortly before her husband, and had been 8 faithful member there ever since. Her husband died 33 years ago. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Armenia D. Fletcher of Hamp- den, Mrs. Adeline M. Burpee of Wa terbury, Ct.. and Mrs. Emily J. Slater of Springfield; one brother, Henry Harwood, of Willimantio. Ct. |, and three children, Leroy o. How lett. Ernest W. Hewlett and Eva M. all of Hampden. The fu- neral was held at the home of Ernest Rev. L. P. Oausey ofici- ating, Thursday at 2 o'clock.