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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
80 PER CENT SAFE
Corn In Southern Section Of Contra,
Counties Is Well Ma
tui'ed

Des Moines, Oct. Following Il
the crop bulletin for the week ending
September 80:
The closing week in September was
abnormally cold, with an excess Of
cloudiness. The average daily temper
allure was six to eight degrees below
the normal. Tho latter part of the
fall was reported In all districts ex.
cept portion of the north central.
The moisture was generally beneficial.
The most unfavorable event Of tho
week was the untimely frost which
visited all parts of the state on
Wednesday morning causing material
damage to the immature portion of the
corn crop. All reports from the three
districts in the northern section call
It a killing frost, and deadly in its eff
rect on belated corn, which is varia-
BILE quantity ranging from 20 to 40
per cent. In the three central districts.
/ east to west, 1t was heavy frost, and
killing III exposed localities. In that
belt 1t was less destructive in the west
than In the central and eastern coun-
ties, and the percentage of unripe corn
ranges from 20 to 80 per cent. In the
southern section the central counties
reported the lowest temperatures, and
fully 80 per cent of the corn crop was
fairly well matured
Those who took warning and COM
menced cutting early, saved their corn
and fodder in the best condition. It
was the climax of an erratlc season.
which will be noted in climatic records
as strikingly exceptional in this favor-
ed region.
John r. Sage,
Section Director.
Geo. M. Chapel.
Assistant Director.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

walking down street with thousands
of his fellow citizens. But the mo-
ment you step into the office where he
is employed, the factory in which he
works. the church in which he
breaches, or the bedside by which he
practices, you recognize him at once.
He may be a little, insignificant
looking fellow. but there is breezy
manner about him that compels at
tention. He may weigh like Taft,
but you forget his obesity in his ab,l-
ity to make the wheels go round. He
has a swing and a step born only of
accomplishment. He is neither gay,
gaudy nor gurrulous. He Is neither
Sleepy, SLOPPY nor Shiny. He is mail
II, mannerly and methodical. He
knows when, where and why. He has
the happy faculty of arriving at ex-
actly the right time and place. When
he lands he lands squarely with both
feet pointing forward.
The man who makes good is master
of the situation. He Is not compelled
to ask privileges or make apologies In.
order to hold his position. He is not
treated as an inferior by those who
hold more responsible positions. pay
ing larger salaries, for these men
know that he is using the usual tai
ents of mankind for the accomplish
ment of usual work. Unusual mental
power unused does not equal usual
mental power used. The man who
makes good never whines! He Is
never compelled to do the baby act
or work the sympathetic racket.
His work speaks for itself. 1t Is
the testimony of the faithful fidelity
of a conscientious worker.
The man who makes good Is not
content to rest on past accomplish.
ments. Every act of making good is
an incentive to further attempts In
the same direction. The past there
fore, gives impetus in the present and
strength for the days that are to
come.
The man who makes good is always
In demand. He need not worry about
positions. If. through necessity, he
must make a change, other men in
tho same line are only too glad to
give him employment. There Is only
one class of people who should be
compelled to hunt for work-those
young mon who have not yet had
opportunity to make good and show
their worth to employers who will ap-
preciate their ability in the work that
Is congenial to their tastes.
The majority of men who knock
from pillar to post are men who have
failed to make good in tie day when
the currents Of life flowed swiftly in
their veins.
Every once in awhile you hear q
man Of sixty and upward, called to
the superintendency of some business
establishment, or rendered position
where brains are required rather than
muscle. Such call is a living wit
ness to the truth, in the days of youth
he made good.
When you hear Of men complaining
that they have no chance, explaining
they are life's unfortunates, sitting
down and letting children support
them, you may hang it on your walls
as a truth that they have wasted life,
been querulous, insubordinate, imprac-
tfcal, or have not used their brains for
the men for whom they worked in the
days Of opportunity. There is no
necromancy about life, it proceeds Oh
definite and prescribed rules, obeys
laws and accomplishes practical re.
suits.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
BRIGHTON.

Brighton.-Al Diers is serving on
the grand jury at Fairfield this week
H. c. Cooper shipped two loads OF
cattle to Peoria this week.
Cyril Henry, who has been danger
ously Ill. is convalescing slowly.
Glen Gowery of Chicago is visiting
his parents.
Irene Heacock has returned from az
extended visit in New Jersey.
H. L. Gordon and wife are in Chica
go.
Ellen Risk is having her residence
romodeled and painted.
Florence Humble of Washington is
visiting relatives here.
Geo. Paul and wife have returned
from their western VISIT.
Mrs. Balm Is waiting In Waylaud
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
THE POOR RICH.

all street mas grievance. 1t has
discovered that the hard times it
been harping about for so long
OF general, but is only felt by those
thy individuals who have the
aus and the disposition to take all
assional turn on the stock market.
en- the tide of liquidation set In
left these philanthropic gentle
n considerably poorer than they
'e before, while the farmer and
orer went on in the even tenor of
If ways, banking their surplus, they
sed an objection to what they term
the unequal distribution of prosper
Henry Clews voices the dissatisfac-
OF Wall street in his financial re-
of the week in this wise:
Should not be forgotten, however,
we are in a state of class prosper
not general prosperity. Our farmers
our laborers at present are the
st prosperous classes in the coun-
but.%it cannot be said that their
osperyty is universal. The wealthy
iasseSThave suffered enormous losses
nd professional classes are suffering
ron high cost of living, with no
1ssnces whatever now of securing
jmpensation through better returns
or their labor. Our prosperity, there
pre-, is not well distributed, and this
cling the fact, further readjustmenr
must be inevitably faced; more likely
~ levelling down than by dwelling up.
Genuine prosperity consists of abun-
dance and not in scarcity, and In advan-
tages which can be shared by all
rather than by yielding exceptional
profits to favored classes.
Mr. Clews should know that there
Is q remedy the remedy adopted by
The farmers and laboring classes when
IN the past times were hard" This
IS no less than when the funds are
lot Esufflcient to pay the cost at the
thigh cost of living" to
iN moro modestly and within the
'Aeans until REIMBURSEMENT takes
place.
Throw ont your chests. farmers and
laboTing men, Wall street in Its
poverty is envying your prosperous
state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
kEosAUQUA.

Keosauqua.-Mrs VIM. Black left
Saturday for the st. Joseph hospital at
Keokuk to be treated for tumor
Miss Florence st. John left Saturday
for visit with relatives at Sedalia
Mo, and Portland, Ark.
Mrs. James Hickey and Mrs. Clint
Rowley are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Hickey at Mason City.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. e. Irish spent Sum
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

Christian Endeavor will be held Satur-
day night.
A large number of people from this
vicinity attended the Ollepaw festival
in Ottumwa last week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
THE MAN WHO MAKES GOOD.

"A John Alexander Jayne. an author
'ho has an eye for seeing things the
ray they happen, has the following
lteresting story well worth reading
y everyone:
You may not be able to distinguish
the man who makes good when he is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

esting story on "Ottumwa as seen
from an airship."
Needless to say the kind invitation
was respectfully declined by the re-
porter who told the daring captain
that he was satisfied to write from
q less lofty viewpoint, as the effort
to keep proper poise was sufficiently
hard on the terra flrma without invad-
ing the territory Of the feathered
songsters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From FIleuende BIatter.


Dentist.-You know that more than
three months ago supplied Baron Won
Halestein with a new set OF teeth.
Well. went the other day to collect
the money which he owed NE Ior
them, and only did he refuse to gay
me, but he had the effrontery 70 gnash
at me-with my teeth.
From Lustig Batter.
Witness Ito judge)-I shall not be
able to attend tomorrow, as it is my
wedding day.
Judge-Wedding day! That is no
excuse You would have to attend here
If 1t were your execution day.
From the London Express.
A man who was charged at the Will
desden police court with intoxication
and using bad language pleaded guilty
to the first part of the charge, adding.
"As to the language, know nothing
about that. because am deaf
Solicitor (to clerk)-Do you play the
piano, Muller
Muller.-Yes, sir. Wagner is my
favorite composer.
Solicitor-Ah. thought so. That is
the reason why my best typewriter is
out of order since you have been U.S.
ing it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

buckler romances, I presume. Do you
recall where the scene was laid?"
Farmer Pasterlot. We'll, took it t
be Jersey story from TIL name CT 1t.
Twas called Three Muskeeters.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

The Chinese laundrymen in Chicago
have organized trust and this week
sees the prices of washing go higher.
The celestial is catching on fast.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From Punch,

Shopman Ito undecided customer
come to purchase a dog-trough) -
Would you like one with dog" paint
ed on it, madam?
Customer.-N-no. You see, the dog
can't read, and my husband doesn't
drink water
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
THE SOCIAL HOUR.
From Judue

From Judge.
New Artist.-If you like that draw
ing, Mr.. Editor, have a lot more
there in my portfolio.
Editor Overwhelmingly That's the
only defect in this drawing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From the PHILADELPHIA Press

well. If there is one thing l hate
more than another" said Gassaway,
'it's a long winded bore
yes remarked Miss Knox. at
seems I've misjudged you then"
why, how dou you mean?"
II always had an idea you were
stuck on yourself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
The Bitters,

-. The Bitters,
by its direct
action on the
digestive sys-
tenn, prevents
and cures
Poor Appetite,
Sour Risinss,
Heartburn,
indigestion,
Dyspepsia and
Liver Troubles
Try a bottle.
We guarantee
it nure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From the Washington star.

"Are those people who drove up to
day your relatives?" asked the in
quisitive neighbor.
yep" answered the small boy.
con which side-your fathers or
mother's?"
Mary side. When father and mother
gets into an argument everybody
knows better than TO take sides"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From Puck,

Farmer Pasterlot discussing iitera-
ture with the new boarderl-Ther'
wuz one book that my son Bill thought
heap of, when he WIZ t'huri-all
about swattin' and biffin' an blood.
New Boarder.-One of tlose sWash-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

pad Dlood responsible Tor most OF the ailments
any ti,s vital aud becomes infected with impurities huo
Bo Pnpes etc. whleey underlying cause
Mnn IS lar impure blood supply and
corrected and the blood purified distressing itching BURNING
symptoms will remain Rheumatism, catarrh Ulcers scroua
ua Circulation and will continue poison
the Dooo L! all blood and skin diseases
w PERFECT remedy goes down into the circulation
nng Nothing reaches Inherited chronic troubles like
II cures because pufes the blood properties
the circulation. Not
highest order but tonic and appetizer equal Book on tho
D1ooo auo any medical advice desired free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From the BrookIvn rimc,

From the Brooklyn Times.
Watch.-Eight bells, and alrs well.
Mrs. Pohunk (feebly)-I guess, 10.
siah. he hasn't looked on this side Of
the boat lately, or he'd know better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From the Chicago News.

Wedderly Ito hotel clerk -Kindly
see that we are called in time to catch
the 8 o'clock train in the morning.
Hotel Clerk.-Tll put down a call
for 1880 That will give you time for
breakfast.
Wedderly.-No, make it 4 o'clock
That will give my wife time to dress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Bilkins tells me he is getting awful.
ly tired Of living alone
II would think he'd n,Glry and settle
down"
81 was talking with him about it
the other day, and he says he doesn't
know whether to get mar: led or buy
photograph"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Joax.-Wise's wife always selects
his stenograprers.
Hoax.-Why does she select 'em?
Joax.-She used to be his typewriter
before Wise married her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-03
From the Cornell Wido,

From the Cornell Widow.
Hops.-The country is in very un-
settled condition.
Scuttle.7-Yes, and hear that they
are brewing more trouble in Milwau-
kea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

[From the Atchison GlobeJ
We confess to being tired of the
chicken joke as applied to preachers.
If woman cries in Sugar creek, a
flood will result. Sugar creek was up
six feet last night.
When a man gets into trouble,
nearly all the other men say: 20,
well, he wouldn't take my advice"
On the stage, when a man opens a
door for a woman, he says: ALLOW
me-" But men never say it in private
life.
Rum is good deal like a wolf:
every mans hand is against it, but
wolves are increasing, and so are
drunkards.
When a home is broken up and
there is a division of the spoils, the
enlarged photographs always go to
the poorer kin.
When a man hears a band play
waltz, he thinks he can waltz, as he
thinks he can play poker when he
hears poker joke on the stage.
There seems to have been no one in
the world ever wise enough to explain
why one girl makes such a poor mar
riage, and her sister will make such
good one.
Liberty is always pictured as a wo-
man, but every tired housewife is con-
WINGED. as she scorches up the steak
for supper. that the lady on the dollar
doesn't represent a married woman.
All is not joy in the life of a Prin-
cess: After landing a Prince she is
terribly afraid that he may see her
mother in her Kitchen dress, and
wriggle off the hook in fright.
When a girl puts on her prettiest
dress in the evening in readiness for
a Prince that may come along, that
is her Interpretation of the Bible COM
mand to keep ones lamp trimmed
and burning.
The women do not seem to be en-
joying themselves sas much as might
be expected, considering that a year
ago this time they were working
themselves blue in the face making
preserves, and this year there is no
fruit to put up.
It is no uncommon thing to find a
woman whose most important guest
was a mayor, or the chief of police,
who would conduct herself If King
Edward called in a way that would
impress him with the fact that she
entertains kings every day.
When a man puts out the Fool sign.
walk off and leave him. Don't argue
with him. When a man tells you he
can do more work than any other five
men in town. and does do 1t, don't
argue with him. He has put out the
Fool sign. and is not worthy of con-
sideration.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton wants
to know If there is anyone in Atch-
ison who is a better housekeeper. She
keeps her hardwood floors polished so
highly that within the past six months
Ave persons have fallen on them and
hrol< en- a limb. We believe this is the
record for neatness in Atchison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
Negro PAYS Taxes in Advance.

Among the patriotic citizens who
have been coming forward with pay
ment of taxes in advance the one who
SO far has attracted the most atten-
ton has been John Brown, who was
"a free rigger'' back in the days of
early Memphis, and was living in his
own home on fernando, now South
Third, street in 1874, when James K.
Polk was elected president.
John Brown is nearly ninety years
of age, but is still as spry as many a
score or more of years younger. He
was owned by a man of the same
name, and in 1914 had earned enough
money working at odd jobs not only to
purchase his freedom, but to buy a
little home on fernando street.
John continued to work at his trade
as a barber, taking pleasure in the
thought that Andrew Jackson was
often shaved by him, as we'll as the
first John Overton, with other notable
men down to the present mayor of
Memphis, over whose faces the old ne
gro welded a razor when the chief
executive came to Memphis to practice
law
John now lives in his own home in
Chelsea, but has accumulated enough
to keep from work. He came forward
Wednesday with his advance taxes and
proudly came to the office of Mayor
Malone to show him a receipt for
$15.75.-Memphis News-Scimitar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
AYHAWKER JOTS

Fort Scott has 500 dogs that pay
taxes.
There is more complaint of dog
PRISONERS in Kansas this summer than
ever before.
Frank farrell has grievance. He
says the new postage stamps are too
big-they need too much licking.
An Atchison man has harvested his
peach crop, consisting of six peaches.
There are that many in one Topeka
family.
Governor Riddle: Four of US on the
water wagon now! Maine, North Da-
kota. Kansas and Georgia. Come on
in you other fellows. the waters fine!
when the officers raided the Eagles
nest at Emporia," observes the Garden
city Telegram. "they found several
cases-not egg cases, however"
The Junction City Union ordered
new linotype last January and has just
received notice that it has been shipped.
The factory Is months behind with its
orders.
Petty thieves stole some fruit from
a preach cellar at Havensville.
Stealing from a preacher is bad
enough, but stealing fruit in a year
like this doubles the offense.
F. A Corning man has a corn stalk on
display that is 14A feet high, six
inches in circumference near the base.
and bears three ears of corn. But you
would naturally expect big corn at
Corning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
MIR. GRAIrAN's STATEMENT.


The position advanced by State Rail-
road Attorney Grattan in his public
statement today concerning the two
cent fare proposition. is somewhat diff
ferent from the idea conveyed by his
| opinion given out some time ago. His
present position is in the main salts
factory, and if he pushes this matter
with his accustomed energy, there is
little doubt that Kansas will soon have
fiat two-cent rate in effect-provid-
ed, of course, the railroad board does
it's duty.
Mr.. Grattan. however, places great
| emphasis on the giants in the way. He
points out that the railroads can ltti-
gate almost indefinitely an order of
the railroad board. while a special ses-
sion of the legislature could pass a law
making the two-cent rate effective i'm
mediately.
This is true. but it is also true that
the railroads could litigate any law
passed by a special session, and only
the determination of the states Off
GERS and the force of public opinion
would prevent it. This is evident from
what has transpired in other states.
In North Carolina the legislature
adopted drastic penalties for the fall
ure of the railroad companies to put
in effect Immediately the lower pas
senger rate. The Southern Railway
paid no attention to the law and ap-
pealed to the federal courts when the
state attempted to enforce its laws. A
conflict between the federal court and
the state resulted. Had the state Off
GERS been weak they would have
abandoned their efforts, but the de-
81 n
associates, backed by public sentiment.
brought the railroads to time. and
North Carolina is now enjoying the
lower rate.
In Missouri the railroads likewise ap-
pealed to the federal courts to nullify
the state law, but Judge Mcpherson
suggested that they first give the two
cent rate a fair trial before trying to
show that it was unjust.
Likewise in Kansas, a little determi-
nation on the part of the states Off
Gals, backed as they will be by public
opinion, will probably be sufficient to
bring obedience to an order from the
railroad board the same as If it came
from the legislature. If the railroads
refuse it will take only a few days to
convene the legislature as Mr.. Grattan
suggests, and pass, a two-cent fare law
and other legislation which seems called
for. 60 -r.-s.7.4e
Some of the railroads are undoubted-
ly willing to give the people of Kansas
this two-cent rate now. A prominent
passenger official of one Kansas road
told the State Journal recently that he
had long ago advised putting in the
two-cent rate voluntarily in Kansas.
The State Journal has also been told
that the Rock Islands passenger de-
partment was ready to adopt the two
cent schedule when 1t was requested
some time ago, but other roads object
ed. The Burlington has adopted the
two-cent rate for its entire system.
What is needed is a little determination
to bring these other roads to time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

rFrom the Chicago News.l
Clouds come high, but we must have
them.
A landslide is a significant movement
in real estate
Inst for variety, try to make some
one happy besides yourself
As long as a woman can change her
mind she doesn't seem to mind.
A man may be of the earth earthly,
but his dreams are of the air airy.
There is no good in lies, yet some
men boast of their ability to tell good
ones.
Natrimony makes a man awfully
restless a little while before and for
ever after.
Fathers who think they have the
brightest child in the world should
keep the thought to themselves.
A man is foolish to go round looking
for trouble unless he is strenuous
enough to take fall out of ii.
Conceited people would not be so bad
IL they didn't spend so much time in
trying to monopoliZe all the limelight.