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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-22

proved and ordered made part Of the
supervisors record:
The board then proceeded to adjust
the assessment Of the several town
ships, cities and towns OF the county
for the year Of 1907, and after careful
comparison the values on real estate
In the following townships were In.
creased: Agency per cent; Compe-
tine, 5 per cent; Green, per cent,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-22

Highland, 8 per cent: Pleasant. s pm
cent; Polk, 5 per cent and washlngton,
is per cent, They then approved the
various assessors books and adjourn.
ed to meet Monday. July i. 1907. at I
O'Clock.
Attest.
A. ]. Gardner, Chairman.
Q. w, MoCarty, County Auditor.
BY N. L. Arrison. Deputy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-22

A. j. Gardner, Chairman.
@. w. McCarty, County Auditor.
BY N. L. Arrison, Deputy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

as nearly can be done the history of
Mr.. Bunyan Is followed
The freshman or candidate for So
ciety honors is In q room with the
COMMITTEE" It Is a solemn occa-
sion. for one of the requirements Of
the new way is that the COMMITTEE"
shall be absolutely serious. A smile is
frowned upon, a laugh Is cause for dis
barment from ever serving again.
Did you ever wrestle with tenpta-
tion?" asks the chairman. The candi-
date answers dubiously that he has so
wrestled. but he does not remember.
We'll. SIR" comes the return. against
yonder wall is temptation waiting and
willing for a fight. You must go to IL,
grasp it and proceed to wrestle with it
until you have conquered it," The lead
er points to the blank wall and the
young man goes over to it. He looks
perplexed for a minute, but then, as
the Idea strikes him, he throws out his
arms, takes hold on his imaginary
opponent and proceeds to go through
the pantomime OF a desperate bout. He
Is conjured to work harder all the time.
He is informed he is yielding to temp
tation." who has strong hold. BY
the time he has broken into a profuse
perspiration and is short of breath
he is relieved for the time being.
II is called "horsfng' at Princeton
and it is conducted entirely by the
sophomores.,
II is the Same way at Yale and the
other big Institutions Freshmen for
the first two or three days of this coll
lege year were hard put to obey all the
commands.
Scramble like scrambled egg" was
one order.
Make a noise like . cobblestone''
was another.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

Except that he IS likely to cause
crowd to collect he does no harm, either
TO the public peace or to public policy.
He is serious, his directors are serious
and they do not pay heed to the COM
ments Of the popuiace-
Occasionally there are variations One
young man wearing his coat reversed
was found last spring solennly ad-
dressing the cornerstone OF a huge
office building. He called upon the
heavy granite to fly with him to the
shade of the greenwood tree A Mile
sian policeman strolling in his direc-
tion listened for moment with wonder
in his eyes. and then when he heard
the youth plead with a block OF stone
90 Come. my love. and fy with me-"
he frightened his belt. took an extra
wrap Of his nightstick and grabbed
the youth. Under the rule the youth
could make no answer to the natural
question. Say. what's the matter with
your" and he was hauled incontinentiy
over to the police station.
This is tn wirrst bug ever saw"
asserted the policeman as they ap-
peared before the sergeant
The sergeant was an old-timer, and
his eye quickly noted the presence OF
several young men. clothed and in
their right minds, who had entered be-
hind the policeman and his prisoner.
.Coilege?" Queried the sergeant
One of the young men nodded.
Let him go!' was the command. and
IL took the entire reserve during the
next tour OF duty TO explain to the
new policeman what IL was all about.
The new form of hazing Is all of the
ridiculous type. as has been said. One
OF the fayoritc forms in Princeton Is
called the Pilgrims Progress" 1t
has slight variations. OF course. but
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

Joints, newly soldered, the water would
sweat out, as 1t is called. at regular
Intervals in small bubbles. That
was his idea. He rushed to
the fresh young man was seized, con-
veyed to the trench and a pin was
given to him. He was ordered to prick
the bubbles as rapidly as they formed.
and he was kept at 1t for five mortal
hours. while relays OF upper classmen
kept watch over him.
Although there is some OF the old
fashioned hazing still at West Point,
the young soldiers have fallen in with
the new idea more oheerfully than the
"middies.' At q recent court-martial
there it was sworn that a second year
man, name unknown. had been guilty
OF an atrocious form of hazing. An
officer going through a company street
during camp one evening noticed COM
bearing on Its back lighted candle.
This was only laughter provoking and
would have ended there II he had not
noticed the new fourth class men
standing at attention before their
tents As the tortoise laboriously
passed them they were required to
salute It In strict military form.
During the same inquiry II developed
that another fourth-class man had been
men and with due solemnity inform
them, II am a ring-tailed buzuzza,"
whatever that was. Another bit OF
testimony was Of fourth-elass man
who during the mess was compelled
to slip down under the table and play
dog" eating scraps OF food thrown TO
him. and varying this by pulling at the
trousers leg OF his fellow classmen
and setting up mournfui but SUBJ
dued howl.
In the colleges and universities that
have gone over to the new hazing Ii
has been said that student sentiment
entirely is responsible for the change.
The men themselves realized that the
old form of blanket tossing" duck
ing" setting" up. tying and the like
were relies Of day that had best be
forgotten.
The new student has found other
means Of showing that he was sound"
and "plucky." The football and base
ball delds and other forms OF athletics
are found to be better tests Of strength
and endurance than the dangerous, old
fashioned way.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
JN1OR AND LESS CRUELTY IN THE NEW

Walk through the Slough OF De-
spond," was still another. Then as the
victim proceeded: Look more de-
spondent--you are feeling worse than
h--l, you know"
Row a mile and q turn with tooth
picks" was a Yale order.
Hit her up TO hirty-eight--now
down to thirty flve-you are tagging
you are spurting-you are exhausted
and so on, and for twenty minutes the
young man was compelled to sit on a
floor to go through the motions Of
rowing. to the secret. but silent. de-
light of his committee.
Can you sing, freshie7" was an
other question.
The answer was a doubtful afirm-
ative.
Sing. thenr was the command. The
young man cleared his throat and tried
hoarsely to comply. He was asked TO
sing tenor, basso, soprano and alto.
and finally ordered TO make noise
like quartet" Others were hidden
TO dance. and still others to make
woman.
One of the characteristic examples or
the new hazing occurred at Harvard
last year. There was freshman who
was fresh" In few weeks he was
most unpopular. College traditions and
customs were as nothing to him. He
violated them all both In college and
outside. It was resolved to find some
special form for this young man, and
for a week or more some upper class
men thought in vain. Nothing seemed
to be adequate.
One OF the upper classmen came
across a trench in which lay some new
water mains in Cambridge one day. and
observing the pipes noticed that at the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

~ N the authority of educators
and observers Of college life It
may be asserted that the old
method OF hazing has disap-
peared almost entirely from the big
colleges. except, perhaps, at the United
States Naval Academy.
only In what George Ade has de-
scribed as the little "freshwater col
leges OF the land" high schools and
boarding schools nowadays does the an
cient practice survive OF compelling
newcomers or unpopular old men to
submit 70 brutal treatment or physical
indignity There were said TO have
been eight deaths throughout the coun-
try within the year due TO hazing, but,
with the exception OF the two deaths
at Annapolis. all the others came from
small, little known, Isolated institu-
tions and high schools. where the age
Of the boys engaged was distinctly be-
low the years OF discretion even in
school life.
In the big institutions OF the East
and North nowadays there is stiii haz-
ing under whatever title it may be
styled. but IL is, as a rule, ridiculous,
fun loving and grOtcsQuc Recent dis
patches from Cambridge told OF the
exhibitions young Theodore Roosevelt
was compelled TO make Of himself I'm
public, and this was in accordance with
the ritual of a secret society. Initiation
in which has taken the place OF the
old college practice.
Young Roosevelt was compelled to
dress IN outlandish clothes. show HIM
self in public and with weird words
accost the casual stranger or the long,
suffering policeman He did nothing
except excite the laughter OF the adults
and experienced no more pain than
that which his self-consciousness suf-
fered- Neither he nor his hazers broke
any rule Of the university, and the In
cioent closed with the young man be-
ing IN q position to haze or initiate the
sophomore OF next year.
II is not an unfamiliar sight In
Broadway during the fall or the spring
10 see a young man grotesquely attired
promenading the thoroughfare followed
by the men who have him in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

OF modern economic and social condi-
tions. 70 think it right to limit the
number OF children. The Hebrews are
too keen and too thoughtful a race not
10 grasp the fact that ''the small fami-
~ Is the 1ttest 10 survive" A Hebrew
rabbi in Chicago talks privately to the
members Of his congregation and urges
them TO restrict the size OF their fami-
lies.
But st IS not only physicians and
teachers who voice ''the American idea
Mrs. Commander has collected opinions
from hundreds OF plain. simple people.
"a German woman who has been in
this country over twenty years and has
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

a living for everybody. But now we
are an industrial nation in which there
is much less demand for unskilled
labor. The average American knows
that competition crowds out all who
are not well prepared and that the
secret OF success in this country Is edu-
cation and years OF training"
To the thoughtful, ambitious Amert-
can citizen ii Is not enough to provide
food for his children. TT takes a good
deal more than eating to make even
decent life for a child" He must have
good clothes. toys, books, amusements,
schooling, and finally a special training
for some trade or profession.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

raised two children. said: Tt makes me
mad TO see people making fools OF
themselves getting a lot OF children
they can't do right by. Raising pau
pers for the rest OF us to feed-that's
what they're doing. They ought to be
ashamed or themselves I don't mind
one or two. Most folks can feed and
clothe that many. But when It comes
to five and six and eight it's a disgrace
and a shame. There's lots here that
have no right to be born.'"
"A fireman, who is earning $3.50
month. an Irish Roman Catholic. the
father OF three children, told me neither
he nor his wife wanted more. He said:
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

How bitterly sad 1t Is that often In
the homes of the poor the little chill
dren themselves realize that the new
baby ought not to have comei
"A teacher in one OF the public
school kindergartens told me that a
child announced to her the birth OF a
baby brother and she politely re-
marked: How nice that Is! Your
mamma must be pleasedr The child.
who was only six years old. replied.
soberly: No. she amt. There's so many
OF US she can't be glad any more. There
amt enough money"
In the old days. when we were an
agricultural nation. there was room and
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
The History of Greet Britalns Famous Union Jack

THE British Union Jack. the Kings
| colors. combines three crosses-the
cross OF st. George. the Cross of st.
Andrew and the cross OF ST. Patrick
all on a blue field. The union of these
three crosses occurred In an interest
ing fashion Primarily Engiands flag
displayed a red cross on white
ground The white cross OF St An
drew made Its appearance side by side
with that OF st. George during the
reign OF James /. the Scottish King,
who sscended the throne OF England.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

Tt costs lot TO raise young ones
right. and intend to do everything for
mine that can be done. II have a big
family have to spend all my money
in rent. and then where do any OF us
youngsters are going to have a good
time and lots of schooling. You've got
to hayo book learning to get up in the
world and ! want them to beat their
daddy
'I asked him II the priest approved
OF his sentiments. His reply was: The
priests all think we can't have too
many children. but notice I'm the
one has to pay the bills"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

1t was not until later, however. in 1907.
that the two crosses were combined
on the one banner and the white en-
blem of st. Andrew ran from corner to
corner of the blue field and crossed
the red emblem OF st. George.
Nearly a century later the red d.
agonaI cross of St Patrick found a
place on the same flag. 1t was after
the Irish Parliament was united to the
British that this change took place.
In England II is stipulated that all
colors. as flags are termed, shall be
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

hand made. At first they we're the
work of women members OF regimentai
families. but later the privilege was
given to contractors. who number less
than half a dozen. II Is said. IT, how
ever. the wives and daughters of Of
icers want to make colors for their
regiments they are permitted 20 do
so, but as rule these regimental
colors are submitted to the Carter
King alarms for his approval before
they are presented to the regiments for
which they have been made.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
The SAL Francisco Sunday
lS!3Ze)

HUNDRED years ago the ave-
age American family consisted
OF eight children: now the aver
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07

though a battleship or two had to be left out of the navy This force could be maintained without great expense. and could be secured without much difficulty, through proper congression- al action.
 'The regular army will furnish no more than a vanguard for our wars of the future. for which today it is serv- ing mainly as school for officers. As President Roosevelt lately said, in a speech at Memphis: Tn any great war on land. we shall have to rely in the future, as We have relied in the past, chiefly upon volunteer soldiers But it will take money and brains to work out the problem of how to train these volunteers. so that they may be available as soldiers at the start of a war when the blows struck are doubly effective. If something of preparation is not made for the establishment of this main battle line of the nation, then there may be known another Bull Run of slaughter and of national disgrace In a sentence, I believe that the nation should have at least half a million men ready for military uses. at the call of an hour. and I see no economic way of securing such a force without proper national consideration of the national guard"
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07

by the princes as entertainments In honor of distinguished guests, also fights between tigers and elephants.
 At an elephant fight. which is rare ly to the death. two mahouts or drivers sit upon the heads of the monsters, who approach each other until separ- ated by only low stone wall. Then they begin wrestling with head and trunk and feinting this way and that to get d chance to make a furious thrust with the tusks.
 In the elephant and tiger fights the latter comes off second best. He springs. of course, and as he does so the elephant curls up his tender trunk and permits himself to be mauled by his adversary. while his keen little eye is watching for an opportunity to kneel and crush the life out of the tiger with his five tons of weight.
 The largest of all the elephants ana the most intelligent are chosen by the government and the native princes for the state studs. Elephants "Fs state have a very easy life of it. They do little or no work and only come forth on state occasions bearing lofty towers pl Si4NtE UT SAlncN Nboh iApii depend superb brocades and great draperies of cloth of gold blazing with precious stones
 In many cases, too. the ends of the animals tusks are fitted with great bosses of pure gold. and his massive forehead is armOred with golden plates stuck full of steel spikes.
 Aloft in the silver tower will sit a prince such as the NiZam of Hydera- bad. whose family pedigree may be
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07
lUCkIEST OF ALL ELEPHANTS.
They Arc Those That Share the Glory
 or Indian Princes.

The elephant in India must work when caught. That does not neces- sarily mean an unpleasant time for him. He may haul cannon over Him. alayan passes or he may take part in tiger hunts in the jungle He may haul logs in the teak forests of Burma, or best of all he may be dressed in glad rags and share the glory and sports of some native prince.
 Whatever they do. all the elephants come from the same source-the jun gles Of central and southern India. where thousands of them roam wild under protection of the gog crnment. Periodically. when a shortage of ele- plants is felt, the forest service de- partment organizes q roundup of wild elephants.
 For weeks shikaris, or huntsnen. go scouting through the forest to discover where elephants are most plentiful. Here is built a stockade of rough hewn tree trunks, buttressed on the outside with walls of earth. Its entrance which is narrow. has kind of funnel built away from it. also of tree trunks.
 The roundup itself is often done at night. You can imagine no more weird spectacle than the Indian forest lit up by the torches of the hunters who, shouting and yelling, drive the scream ing and trumpeting elepIlants into the stockade through the funnel. Very of ten there are a thousand elephants in the bunch, and perhaps four or five times that number of beaters and shi- karis.
 The elephants are left alone in the stockade for a day or so until they calm down. Then green food by the ton is thrown in for the elephants, and gradually a few expert trainers mount eU on tame tuSkerS venture in to make friends with the captives. OnH by one the wild elephants are roped to two tame colleagues and then taken out. should the wild elephant show fight he is promptly rebuked by his guardians in a way that admits of no further dis pute. They take him for walks, lead him down to the river to drink and bathe. and gradually he reconciles himself to his fate.
 If he is a very wild fellow he is eagerly bought up by one of the ruling Maharajahs of India, as fighting ele- plant. For in the native states not wholly belonging to Great Britain fierce combats between elephants are given
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07

traced back for five thousand years Pefore him on either side of the ele- phant walk great nobles proclaiminG his might and majesty. while behind come picturesque cavalry and spear men. more ornamental than useful And last of all may come batterles or gold and silver cannons drawn bN teams of elephants. six or eight |" each battery.-New York Sun
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07
FIRST OF ORANGE CROP
 Al THE PACKING HOUSE
Arizona Orange Boxes Will be Appro-
 priately Labeled for Shipment.

George Hahn brought in the first oranges os the season to the central packing plant of the Orange Associa- ton yesterday, about 20 boxes in all. They were for this time, very fair. though not as fine a quality as will be on the market in about two weeks. These are bus:' days at the packing house. and preparations are being made for the handling of the coming crop in an uo-to-date manner.
 In about t-o weeks the crop will be maturing nicely. and it is hoped to have a car for Thanksgiving market in the east. There is a promise of a very good production of oranges this year. Charles Munger manager of the hacking house now has three men at work making boxes to receive the fruit. The boxes will be stamped with each growers name whose oranges are packed therein.
 A fine label was being placed on some of the boxes already made yester- day. The engraving is variously color ed, and a nice design for its purpose. In the center in a circle, is panorama of an orange grove such as may be seen iE this valley. The Comeback is shown in the distance. Up in the cor ner is an orange branch.
 over two hundred boxes are already finished. It is expected that men will be kept there good part of the win ter. cutting up lumber and making boxes for the association. The packing with the equipment at the Central house will this year be carried on much more satisfactorily and with better system than any year previous.
Arizona republican., 1907-11-07

We owe it to ourselves to train some one to continue~the work we begin. After all. we are to last no longer than the time We have lived in the hearts of the generation of childhood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-27
Both Were Collectors.

A local newspaper artist got letter
one day from man over In Indiana
who said lie was making q collection
of sketches. II have drawings from
well known newspaper artists in near
ly every state In the Union" the In
diana man wrote, "but have none
from Ohio. l have seen some Of your
work, and think 1t IS good. If you
will send me some little sketch for my
collection shall have it framed"
The artist noticed from the letter.
head that the Indiana man was con-
nected with bank in one of the small
towns over in the state of literature.
That gave him bunch, and he wrote
back as follows:
II am making collection of ten
dollar bills. I haven't secured speci.
mems from every state in the Union.
but have several tens and few
twenties, and am particularly anx.
ious to have ten dollar bill from In
diana. l notice that you are employed
In a place where ten dollar bills are
kept, and If you send me one for my
collection l shall be glad to have 1t
framed. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-27
Judged BY Their Cats.

"No, ma'an," said an Irish maid Of
much experience as she returned to q
New York intelligence office the other
day Il didn't engage with that fam.
lily. didn't like the looks of their
cat"
"Of their cat!' repeated the owner
Of the Office In amaZement. "Why, IA
tie, I'm sure they wouldn't keep a cat
that was In any way dangerous"
"Not dangerous, no, ma'am, but a
restless, unhappy looking creature that
didn't speak we'll for the family" re-
piled the girl. II always judge fam
lily by their cat-if they have one. A
sleek, comfortable pussy who comes
up and rubs against you means a
quiet, good natured family and one
that's not worrying about ways and
meansi but a nervous, unfriendly look
ing cat reflects household which is
on the verge of nervous prostration or
financial ruin or some other horrible
trouble.
i've been living with families and
studying their cats for twenty five
years, and I've never known the sign
to fail. A family that can't make its
cat happy is one to make any servant
miserable. New York Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-27
Presence Of Mind.

Although it is not given to every
body to know exactly what to do at
the right moment, one woman at least
can lay claim to presence of mind
which may, without undue exaggera-
ton, be considered phenomenal. This
woman's little boy was ailing with
some trivial childish complaint, and
the doctor ordered him some medicine,
He had just taken his daily dose
when his mother said, with some ex-
element:
II quite forgot to shake that bottle
afore giein yet, Johnnie. Come here
Johnnie obeyed, and, much to his as
tonishment and disgust, was subject.
ed to a vigorous shaking from the
strong arms Of the parent, at the
conclusion of which he was laid down
with the remark:
There, my laddie, that'll dae. II
should be gey weel mixed up moo, I'm
thinkin', but don't let me forget
again."
Johnnie promised.-Pearson's Week