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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
SUNDAY LAWS.

Des Moines Capitalize agitation
for statewide anti-Sunday amuse-
ment law is ill-advised. Iowa's exper-
fence with statewide laws designed to
enforce moral precepts has not been
of the most fattering character. The
lesson of it all is that the average
community is going to do as it pleases
SO far as all issues are concerned
which revolve around the question of
personal liberty"
Sunday observance, SO far as laws
are involved. belongs to the domain
of police regulation. If the legislature
in it's wisdom, believes that commune
ties need more extensive legal facili-
ties in order to protect themselves
against the annoyance of Sabbath des-
ecration, let 1t pass local option law.
This will appeal to the sense of fair
ness in the public. Anything else will
arouse feeling of resentment in half
the state which will tend to defeat the
very object at which the promoters of
the reform are aiming.
Lawmakers. of all men. ought to I'M
derstand by this time that without a
public sentiment back of it a law is a
dead letter. 1t is more than a mere
useless encumbrance of the statute
book. In its inert and Intellectual char
acter it tends to breed disrespect for
all law
Let the legislature pass laws which
are demanded and which can be en-
forced. Any other policy is a waste of
time and effort.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
TIE RACE FOR MONEY.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-The
Iowa farmer who paid $4,000 to his
wife to stop a divorce proceedings last
week has story to which attention
may be called proftably. This man
and his wife came to Iowa about thirty
years ago, poor. They started to save
money out of farming He finally got
together 800 acres of land. well stock
concealed about the premises. This
looks like remarkable example of
thrift. But these riches were pur-
chased at the cost of everything else
that men and women ought to hold
dear. The money saved was at the
expense of comforts and decencies.
For years that particular farmer did
not permit any other chairs in his
house than drygoods boxes, which
he got for the hauling of them home.
He is reported to have refused to buy
household necessities, so eager was
he to pile up a fortune.
He got the fortune, but it was an
expensive one. The wife who had
lived with him for nearly thirty years
was compelled to file charges of cruel
and inhuman treatment against him
He probably did not intend to be
either cruel or inhuman. He was just
stingy and stinginess made him mean.
He had a hundred thousand dollars
but hardly a friend. Not one sincere
friend, for such man was incapable
of friendship, and one who is incapable
of friendship cannot have friends. He
is not an isolated case, either. There
are others who are pursuing the same
course. Saving money and laying Up
something for a rainy day is all we'll
enough in its way, but there is some
thing even better. and that is living
comfortably and winning the good will
and the love of ones fellowmen. OF
what benefit are all those acres of
land, all those steers that are stall
fed, and that $4,000 hidden in tin
can? After the poor devil is dead
what will it benefit him?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
KING AT THE PHONE.

Kansas City Journal-Not many
days ago the cables throbbed with the
announcement that, while in Paris,
King Edward called up Sarah Bern
hardt on the telephone and had quite
chat with her. Certainly this news
argues not only an intimacy highly
fattering to the French tragedienne
but notable innovation in sovereign
demeanor Unfortunately the reports
did not go into details concerning this
remarkable conversation through that
most dramatic institution, the tele.
phone instrument, yet it is not difficult
to construct in general way and from
everyday experience about the way it
all happened. Let us speculate:
Madame Bernhard is in her apart-
ments at 10 o'clock in the morning.
With her hair still in curl papers she
is doing up the breakfast dishes
when the telephone bell rings. Hastily
wiping her hands on her apron she
goes into the sitting room, takes the
receiver from the hook, and composes
her features sweetly.
"Jarrive," says Bernhardt, after the
manner of the country.
Hello" comes gruff, hard British
voice.
Que s. est-il done passe?' inquiries
the tragedienne. anxiously.
This is King Edward, of England"
"Edward-you don't mean-?''
Sure, just came over from Lun-
non. How's everything?"
"Tres-I mean. sire. fine and dandy.
Whot train did you come on?''
Il came by royal yacht. Her high
ness is with me-"
Amt you coming over to see me
before you leave town.
Il may-What's that?-get off the
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THE COUNTRY EDITORS GRAFT.

Alton Star Enterprise--The editors
of the big city dailies make great
sport of the editor Of the country
weekly, but we look in vain through
their columns for the announcement
that one of their good subscribers
had left at their home a basket filled
with nice fat, tender Iowa chicken,
and good, juicy ham, and other delca-
cies of like nature. Not even every
county editor can boast of such good
luck but lightning is likely to strike
anywhere, and this week it is the
editor of this paper who is living like
king at home. in fact off the fat of
the land, the result Of one of our good
friends near Talmage leaving basket
of fine eatments to replenish our erst-
while frugal table We would mention
the name of this good Samaritan, but
we promised we wouldn't lest she
would quit writing for the paper, so
we will leave you to guess to whom
We owe these special thanks
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
ASSORTED VALENTINES.

(By Wex Jones in The Chicago Exam
iner.)
John d. to Education:
o education how love you,
Dollars only are above you;
So first | cornered all the chink
And now, I'll corner you, I think.
August Belmont to straphanger:
| love to see you, little man,
Packing the Subway all you can;
Paying your nickel for strap,
You're gold mine, little chap
7. r. to the American citizen:
I've regulated your spelling and the
size of your familee,
I've held UP score of liars for do
cile world to see,
I've waged peace on several nations
and war on a sovereign state;
I've told what the daddy may do in the
house and when he may stay out
late.
I've discovered the ten command
ments and busted million trusts
OF course they're still in business but
We're scoring continual busts-
| have guarded and lectured and mas
saged and sermoned and rated you,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
THE sHIRkER.

Des Moines News. Not prettM
name, is it?
Are you one?
DO you daily refuse to give your
best efforts? Do you pay your taxes
do you do anything day by day
which will help our neighbors and fell.
low citizens?
BY even smile or kind word? Do
you?
II not, you are Shirker!
1t means the man who can and will
not pay his debts-the man who buys
cocktails with the money needed to
support his wife ant family; the man
who follows the races, and then tells
MS creditors to call again. It means
the man who beats the butcher and
the baker, and can still find change
enough to treat.
The definition is not broad enough
for the name of SHIRKER.
He Is found In any quantity in garbs
from the cloth down to the card
sharpe. He belongs to an ignoble fra
ternity.
Are you member?
Ii you are doing the best that Won
can-giying an honest days work for
an honest days pay, an honest thought
Tor the morrow, helping hand for the
needy, without fear and a clean con.
science--if you do ycdr best, you ara
A SHIRKER.
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wire. central!-eh What the blank,
blank b'aZes-r-r-r-''
Bernhard removes the receiver
from her ear until the storm blows
over and then resumes:
Where y stopping?"
"At Earl de Grey's. What's y 60
ing to do this afternoon?"
"Nothin' much Was going down to
the Louvre to get shirtwaist.'
Come on over. Fallieres and are
going to be busy while fixing up the
Anglo-French entente, but we won" be
long at 1t. We are going to see you
play tonight. Can't you send a couple
of tickets?"
Sure. I'll bring them over this aft
ernoon.''
Zine. Goodby."
so long"
OF course that isn't just the way it
all happened, but it is about the way
it would happen in the United States
If king should call queen over the
telephone The main point of interest
is the fact that Edward VII. King of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and of all the British Do
minions beyond the seas. Emperor of
India, Defender of the faith, etc, etc.
should have dropped his French nickel
in the box and used the telephone just
as any other mortal would have done
under similar circumstances. Thus do
we see the final barrier of royal caste
dissolved before the onslaught of util.
ity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
AS viewed in MARsHALLTowN.


Ottumwa wants one of the proposed
new agricultural colleges and the
Courier points out that its geographi-
cal location makes it thus available,
concluding by the undisputed asser-
ton that "Ottumwa needs an educa-
tional institution" However, if new
schools for farm boys are to be locat-
ed, Ottumwa's reputation will be con-
sidered along with her geographical
position and her needs. Hades needs
churches but no one is contributing
to building fund because of the need
or ocation.-Marshallt Times Re.
publican.
Years ago when~it was the practice
of editors to keep up a running fire of
raillery in their columns. occasionally
soaking some contemporary with a be-
laying pin, such paragraphs as the
above were considered side-splitters
and the editorial writer who could
daily grind out omething of the kind
was known all over the country as a
funny cuss. But the newspaper bust
ness in advancing to keep pace with
the march of progress universally
placed the ban on the near humorous
and not quite funny paragraphs in the
editorial columns. What was consid.
cred scream in the spring of 80
would not be recognized as humor in
1907. Perhaps that is why it is hard
to determine just wherein lies the
humor in the paragraph quoted. And
then. perhaps it was intended as sar-
casm and not humor. You guess.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
TIMES CHANGE.

indianapolis News.-'"rhe times are
changing" said Bailiff William Phipps.
You know they used to say that you
could always look around and see a
white horse whenever you spled red.
headed woman. Generally, too it was
true It's different now
II was walking the Circle yesterday
and saw a girl SO red-headed that I'd
be willing to take out fire insurance
on her. looked around for the pro
verbal white horse and discovered
nothing but six automobiles. Verify
the times are changing"
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FOR A PURER SAUSAGE,

Those literary persons that perused
Upton Sinclair's classic masterpiece,
"The Jungle" with its thrills in every
sentence and it's heart throbs in every
paragraph, and then decided to eschew
the use of the sausage and weiner-
wurst, perhaps with regret, will APP
plaud the action of the Kansas City
packer who has hired a woman mani
curist to keep clean the hands of the
girls who pack the ground products of
the porker.
The foreman of the room excuses
one girl at a time and she goes to
have every part of her hands scrupu-
lously cleaned SO that no sanitary
measure might be lacking in the pack
ing of table delicacies.
Which shows that even the packing
industry is not without it's esthetic
ideals
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
cLoTHEsPiNs.

Chicago Journal.-Few persons ever
wonder where clothes pins come from
few ever heard of Bryant's Point Me-,
and yet man there has been quietly
turning trees into clothespins for
years and supplying the world with
them, amassing in the process as COM
Portable a fortune as many man
makes in more pretentious business
in some money centers. His name Is
Lewis Mann aud he began with cap
ital of $400, with which he purchased
an old disused mill and began the man
ufacture of clothespins. Today he Is
the largest Individual maker of this
very necessary article in the world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
CURIOSITY AND INSANITY.

The practice of holding clinics in
the Illinois state hospitals for the in
sane in which patients in those insti-
tutions are used as subjects for the
benefit of all physicians who care to
attend, has raised storm of protests
and resolution has been introduced
in the legislature condemning and pro-
testing against the practice.
The argument against the clinics is
that the families and friends of the in
sane patients have rights in the prem
ises; that they have every reason
tesobject to their suffering and afflict-
"a loved ones being shown before au-
4ences Of strangers, exhibited, lee
Tired upon, commented on and the pc
cnliar ailments of the patients made
the subject of public discussion in
their presence and hearing. Opposed
Up this is the argument of the physi-
Clans that if it is wrong for medical
men to study mental cases at public
institutions it is far worse for inquisi-
TIVE people, purely curiosity seekers,
! te have access to hospitals for the in
SINE two days week.
d, DR.. Podstata, superintendent of the
Elgin hospital, who inaugurated the
4
II Much more Objectionable than
these clinics are the public visiting
days, when the state institutions are
often crowded with morbid crowd,
the only object of which is curiosity.
AT Dunning as many as 1000 persons
Visited the institution in one day.
These people are not satisfied with
the harmless patients. They wish to
see the raving maniacs, and are disap.
pointed if they are unable to see in
mates in chains or locked in cells.
! myself have been obliged to drive
crowds away from Dunning who were
amusing themselves by poking sticks
at the patients as they might at so
many wild beasts
But this advances no argument in
favor of clinics. Dr. Podstata will
have support in his position that the
doors OF the hospital should be closed
to morbid curiosity seekers. No
healthy minded person would seek
amusement in the insane ward in
hospital and the morbid might we'll
be denied admittance
But If DR.. Podstata holds the visits
Of lay curiosity seekers Objectionable
he must also hold the visits of pro-
fessional men, though impelled by
desire for instruction and not curios.
ity, Objectionable
Physicians agree that quiet, restful
surroundings, freedom from unneces-
sary excitement, and calm of the dis
eased mind are powerful factors in the
proper treatment for insanity. 1t need
scarcely be stateu that patient ex-
posed before an audience of doctors
and used as an exhibit in a public
clinic must of necessity be excited to
az degree that would at least tend to
aggravate the affection.
"A private examination of insane pa
tlents would serve the purpose of
clinic. without exposing the patient
to public exhibition and to hearing
public discussion of his case. 1t would
seem that this much consideration is
Que the bereaved relatives if not to
the patients themselves
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Editorials By The People
On What Ottumwa Needs
no the Editor of the Courier:
Abba. Iowa, Nov L, 1905.

To the Editor of the Courier:
Dear sir.-Following the example
of one of my classmates, would say,
in answer to your request-to adver-
tise, not only in words, but in deeds
as well. Let our city have the honor
of being one of the cleanest and pref
tiest in the state, and let home enter
prising citizen or citizens take up the
park subject. and assure us of getting
one or more beautiful spots where our
people can spend day of recreation
occasionally during the hot summer
months, without having to go to some
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Cures permanently the cases he un.
dertakes and sends the incurable home
without taking a fee from them. This
Is why he continues his visits year
after year, while other doctors have
made few visits and stopped DIR
Shallenberger is an eminently success
fu! specialist in all chronic diseases
proven by the many cures effectel In
chronic cases which have baffled the
skill Ut all other physicians His hos
pltat experience and extensive prac-
tice have made him SO proficient that
ne can name and locate disease in a
few minutes
Treats al cases of Catarrh Nose
Throat and Lung diseases. Eye and
Ear, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
Gravel. rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu-
ralgia, Nervous and Heart Diseases
Blood and Skin diseases, Epilepsy
Bright's Disease and Consumption ir
early stage, diseases Of the Bladder
and Female Organs. Liquor and To-
bacco habit. Stammering cured and
sure methods 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
Of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
GRADUATED Lids.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
CONCERNING TIPS.

Just now while the legislatures in
several states are considering anti
tipping bills and the people, or the
great majority are nursing hope
that some good will come Of the aa!-
tatfon, the Chicago Examiner has
launched forth as the champion of the
tip-swollen waiter and the opponent
Of the tip-burdened public.
Why should citizen be prevent
Cd from giving a present, or rather
from giving honest payment, to
waiter or porter in return for honest
seryice?" the Examiner asks. And
continuing 1t states the case stronger:
f"Our opinion is that when man
gpes into a restaurant there is no more
reason for cheating the waiter than
for cheating the proprietor
IF you are willing to pay the proprie-
tor his customary price for food you
should be willing to pay the waiter
his customary price for service.
- Tips are not presents They are
payment for services rendered.
1sIf you want to cheat anybody in a
restaurant cheat your own stomach. )"
Secretary Shaw, after reading the
Examiner editorial presumably in
SPSCSA III SHiSdSO SApISSSSu QlmSsiI
thus,
There is no trend so regrettable to
me as that toward caste l do not
like the tipping habit for several rea-
sons, but, primarily, because it is
based upon the assumption of social
distinction. Standing the other day
on the steps of the subtreasury in
New York | saw a man of wealth step
from his carriage and hand the driver
gratuity, and said to myself Is
the distinction between these two men
not sufficient without giving it en-
phasis'"
But the secretary placed the wrong
construction on the tip he saw given.
It perhaps was not given as a gra-
tnity to emphasize the distinction be-
tween tbs. giver and the receiver, but
with the conviction that if it were
not Forthcoming it might be hard to
avoid a fight with the cabby.
AS for the argument of the Exam
inar that the tips to. the waiter are
not presents but the payment of SER
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23

machine with nickel steel nose guar
anteed to penetrate brick wall with
out damaging the car, and family
touring car which carries eleven peo-
pie, small kitchen, card tables, a
Turkish smoking room and a pianola.
All of these machines are fitted with
the Miller patent pedestrian catcher,
which scoops up the pedestrian, car
ries him through the body of the car
and deposits him in the rear with
ham sandwich and a cigar. unhurt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23

distant village or town. Let us seei
that our streets and alleys are kept.
clear of all rubbish and dirt and that
posters and signboards are not al,
lowed to detract from the beauty OF
our streets and parks May each in1
dividual citizen do his part towardsI
identifying the city by keeping hisI
lawn and walks in good order, and
may we soon be able to say that our
city Is one of the cleanest in the statel
Yours truly,
Another member Of the class of 1909.
Ottumwa High school.
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THE GRIPPE.

An ache in the back, and pain in the
head
That's the grippe!
A choke in the throat, and a yearning
for bed
That's the grippe!
A river of heat, then SILVER of cold,
A feeling of being three hundred years
old,
A willingness even to do as you're
That's the grippe!
An arrow Of pain, now in this place,
now that
That's the grippe!
A feeling of doubt as to where you are
That's the grippe!
A stupid sensation-of course, wholly
newt
A foolish PROFESSIONALLY should you
feel blue7
A doubt as to whether this really is
you
That's the grippe!
Strange visions at night that deprive
you of rest
That's the grippe!
A taste in your mouth, and weight
on your chest
That's the grippe!
A tired sensation that runs through
your veins,
A queer combination of aches and of
pains,
A vapid admission Of absence Of
brains
That's the grippe!
-Somerville Journal.
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q canvass of county in Arkansaa
stopped at certain farmhouse for
drink of water. Said he to the wom-
an who answered his knock:
Il observe that there is great deal
OF ague in this country A great draws
back It must unfit man for work.
entirely?"
"Gener'ly 1t do" said the woman.
Still, when my man Tom has right
hard fit Of the shakes, we fasten the
churn-dasher to him, and he brings
the butter in side of fifteen minutes.s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-23
WHEN BASEBALL is a NUISANCE

George Fitch in Peoria Herald Tran
script.-The supreme court of Iowa
has just decided that baseball is not a
nuisance. That all depends. The kind
of baseball that Swain, Reagan and
Swacina played in Peoria last year
was an awful nuisance. In fact it was
almost uncomfortable. Every time the
Peoria team got a good start towards
the pennant one of these three bulk
ing monsters would SLOUGH up and pro.
coed to beat Hope over the head with
hickory bat. If that isn't nuisance
what is?
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$1,6se 800 1,217,6
| 1t will be observed that in the case

tt VIII be ObSerVed that IN The case
of five of the state institutions the
visiting committee actually recon-
mended more than had been asked for
by the board of control In a number
of them there have been some large
reductions recommended, but in 9TH
ers very little change. The net re-
duction of $4S0,000 represents but a
small part of the cut that will have
to be made in the end.
The appropriations committees are
now at work figuring out what can be
done to make the necessary reduc-
ton
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IN DAYS TO COME.

Peoria Herald Transcript. From the
Herald Transcript of February IA,
1889: Jesse Barker, Jr.. returned yes
terday from the New York Auto show,
highly delighted with this years mod
els. He has ordered three new cars, a
200-horse power runabout fitted with
the Duryet patent side wings for en-
abling the machine to leap fences and
small creeks; 500-horse power racing