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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09
OLD TIME "PLue" TOBACCO.

Kansas City Star.-In the jury room
at the court house few days ago q
farmer said, as he took a chew OF to-
bacco:
"All the difference in the world in
tobacco. I've tried some twenty differ
ent kinds and none is as good as that
we used to make ourselves down on
the farm. We would take maple log
while twas green and bore dozen
holes in it with two-inch auger. They
we're our molds. We selected our
choicest tobacco and soaked it for a
week or more in wild honey. Then
we'd take the leaf to the log, get a
good hickory .tamping' stick, and go
to work
"a little ball of the honey soaked to-
bacco would be put in an auger hole
and tamped in with the stick and a
hammer. We'd pound it in solid. Ball
after ball would be rammed in and
pounded until the whole became a
solid plug. When the hole was nearly
full we would pound in plug, and
then the log would be put away to
season. AS the wood dried the mois-
ture would be drawn from the tobac-
co. And when it was split the sweet
est tobacco ever made was taken from
it. We called 1t plug tobacco, and
that's where the name originated"
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in A BROAD VIEW.

Kansas City Journal-The letter Of
w. G. Brown, vice president Of
the New Yorw Central lines, and for
number of years general manager
of the Burlington system, Is an able
and far-seeing statement of the very
probable effects of the anti-railroad
campaign now being waged through
out the, country 1t represents the
view of a man who has had the widest
possible experience in the active and
practical management of railways and
is not the dictated interview of All
office magnate. 1t is neither an un-
dignified complaint against what has
been done nor a sensational appeal
for leniency in the guise of sounding
an alarm regarding what may be done
in the future 1t is dispassionate
and almost statesmanlike exposition
of what will happen, according to the
unacceptable laws of business, If the
rabid antipathy to corporations be-
cause they are corporations shall be
reflected in legislation that goes be.
yond what has already been enacted
1t is not the province of this sort
of legislation to be merely punitive
Whether the railroads have brought
about this hostility or not does not
affect their rights to demand equal
and exact Justice as we'll as their duty
to give it to themselves. The proper
limit of anti corporation legislation is
in common fairness the correction IF
existing evils. not the wreaking of
vengence for possible injustice in the
past. More strictly speaking, there
should be no anti-corporation legisla-
ton any more than there should be
pro-corporation legislation There
should be simply legislation that ex-
tends and guarantees right and justice
to corporation and individual alike.
1t is this broad view of the situation
which Mr.. Brown expresses in his let
ter He comedies the justice of the
to this point, but warns against the
exhibition of malice in future laws.
for vital injustice is only malice in
legal guise. The increased cost Of
supplies, the tremendous demand for
enlargement, the voluntary increase
of SIS, 100000 per year in the wages
of employees, the material curtailment
of revenues in many ways, the in
creasing difficulty OF raising money
for improvements-all these are facts
to be taken into consideration and
any legislation which does not do SO
cannot escape the charge of being to
that extent ex parte and retaliative.
The whole situation is too impressive
and too important for any feeling Of
satisfaction at the mere GRIPPING of
corporation because it is such. There
is often more danger in momentum
than in impact and it is against the
danger in the momentum which anti
corporation sentiment has acquired
that Mr.. Brown directs his warning.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS.
chilIcothe Church Names Leaders for
Coming Year.


Coming Year.
Chillicothe, Fob. 5-The newly elect-
ed officers Of the Methodist Episcopal
sunday school are as follows
SUPPLEMENTARY. H. Griest
First assistant Observation-Disclosures
Ed Nye.
Second assistant superintendent.
Mrs. George Clark
Secretary-Miss Edith Pierson.
Assistant secretary-Mi Nettia
Treasurer-Miss Myrtle Jenkins
Librarian--Miss Alma Applequist
Organist-Miss Nellie Warren.
Assistant organist- Grace War;
ren.
Teacher of class No. miss Ger-
trude Pierson.
Teacher of class No. Mrs. Ed Nye.
Teacher of class No. 3-Mrs. George
Clark
Teacher of class No. 4-D. H. Griest.
Filmer.
Teacher Of class No. 6-Mrs George
Filmer.
The Ward Funeral.
The funeral services over the remaina
of the late Milton Grant Ward were
heid Friday morning at 10 o'clock from
the Methodist Episcopal church, Rev.
- Y - Sc tyioiihliidu Oh fella COnQuCulQR
thu services. Interment was made in
the Krkville cemetery.
Other ChlIicothe News.
Mrs. VIII Nash returned Friday from
visit with relatives in Oskaloosa.
Miss Alice Applequist went to Bata-
Via Thursday for visit with relatives.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
evening, February 10. The elder, Rev.
Smith, will conduct the services.
Mrs. Frank Clark of Ottumwa visited
a few days of last week with relatives
here
Miss Mildred Filmer returned home
Saturday from the Ottumwa hospital,
where she underwent an operation for
appendicitis.
Mrs. E. S. Warren went to Mt. Pleas
ant Friday to be the guest OF Miss
Alma Olney for few days.
Vern Burgess is moving to a farm
south of Abba.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wells, who has been very i'll
with lung fever, is reported GONZALES
cent.
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used force in business life, want adj
vertising" has grown into one of the
great utilities of today
Nowadays business men turn to
want advertising as matter of
course for hundred small services.
The householder uses it as naturally
and inevitably as any other conven-
fence of daily life.
Want advertising fills the "jobs" of
the world with workers. It finds ten
ants for houses, apartments, lodgings.
1t SELLS things" 1t brings loser and
finder together. 1t introduces people
whose interests are mutual---even if
their quests are diverse.
Want advertising FORCES links Of Gin
terest'' between all classes in com
munity. 1t is. indeed, the great utili.
tartan force in the small affairs and
incidents of ldaily life.
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THAT REMINDS ME-.

An Irishman boarded the train at
Woonsocket, S. q and said to the
conductor: Conductor, an how far is
1t from Woonsocket to Mitchell7
ut is twenty-nine miles from Woon-
socket to Mitchell"
"Thankee sir; an now, how far 80
1t from Mitchell to Woonsocket?"
Why, you darn TOOL, didn't l tell
you 1t was twenty-nine miles from
Woonsocket to Mitchell? Do you sup
pose 1t Is any farther from Mitchell
to Woonsocket than from Woonsocket
to Mitchell?"
Sure, an don't know, know 1t is
deal farther from New Years to
Christmas, than from Christmas 10
New Years. Cedar Rapids Republi-
can.
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RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

In the next few days there will be a
vast amount of information supplied
the legislative commirrees on the sub
ject of freight rates in Iowa and else
where. The work started today with
a hearing by the railroad commission
in the matter of the proposed reduction
of rates on creai ( and milk and the
reduction contemplated in live stock
rates. The ablest lawyers and repre-
sentatives of the freight departments
of the railroads appeared to present
the matter to the commission, and
much the same arguments and facts
will go to the legislature.
Ottumwa's interests will be repre-
sented by S. H. Harper and Paul Ar
benz, who go as a committee from the
Commercial association.
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STOCKPORT.

Stockport, Feb. 5.--The horse sale at
D. Ashley's barn Saturday was well at
tended and all horses put on the block
were sold.
The protracted meeting at the Meth
odist Episcopal church came to a close
Sunday evening.
L. j. Douglas left for the Panhandle,
in Texas, Saturday. His family will
follow in few days. They will make
their future home in the Lone Star
state.
Benton Day has gone to Oklahoma
to look for a location and If satisfied
he will move his family there this
spring
B. F. Oldt is suffering with the grip.
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DR.. ShaIIenberQer

The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist Treats Chronic Diseases
only. Will be at
ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel, Thurs
day, Feb. %. Zone day only and re-
turn every % DAYS.
Fairfield, Leggett House, Tuesday,
Feb. 2e.
Abba, Monroe Hotel, Wednesday,
Feb. ~.
sigourney, Merchants Hotel, Friday
March 1.
Office Hours a. m. 10 p. m.
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A GOOD INVESTMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye.-The Morrell
Packing company in Ottumwa Is set
ting other big establishments good
example. 1t proposes to erect FIVE
story building, which will be a place
of study and recreation for It's EN-.
ployes. No doubt, the innovation will
become popular and in the end it will
prove profitable for the employers.
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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 DR.
Shallenberger is an eminently success
fpi specialist in all chronic diseases
chronic cases which have baffled the
skill of ali other physicians. His hos
pita! experience ana extensive prac-
tlce have made him so proficient that
he can name and locate disease in a
few minutes
Treats al cases of Catarrh Nose
Throat and Lung diseases. Eye and
Gravel, rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu.
ralgia, Nervous and Heart Diseases
Blood and Skin diseases, Epilepsy
Bright's Disease and Consumption II
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. FIsTULAE 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
Granulated Lids.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are you nervous and Respondent
weak ard debilitated; tired mornings:
no ambition-lifeless memory poor;
easily fatigued: excitable and irritable
eyes sunken: red and blurred; p!mp1es
on face: dreams; restless, haggard
looking, weak back; deposit in urine
and drains at stool; distrustful; want
of confidence, lack Of energy ana
strength?
DISEASES OF MEN AND PRtvATs
DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Blood Poison spermatorrhea, var,.
cocele Hvdrocele, Debility. Nervous.
ness, Dizziness, Defective Memory
etc, which ruins mind and body. posi-.
lively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES.
Perfected in old cases which have
been neglected or unskillfully treated
No experiments or failures He UNI
dertakes no incurRble cases but cures
thousands given up to die
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Address
DR.. w. E. ShalIenberger,
145 oakwooe Blvd, Chicago.
Reference: Drexel State Bank.
Z Il
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IN HOLLOW.

Parson Graham called meetin'--sent
lot Of postals out
To debate the canteen question which
we hear so much about;
Everybody in the Hollow's had opin-
ions to express,
And the subject has been argued with
hard feelin's. more or less,
So the parson thought that mebby if
we got together here,
In the school house at the corners, it
would clear the atmosphere.
The argument was opened by Sim
Watson, who allowed
That he hadn't any patience with the
anti-liquor crowd.
They're a lot of headstrong bigots,"
he emphatically said:
"Ain't no sense in any of EN-, any
more than in the dead.
Let's acknowledge that the army isn't
no Y. M G. A.;
Better sell the soldiers whisky, for
they'll Lave it any way"
i hSh OOS L llISllCiu lOoC, uCSldl III IudJ
Sim ought to be ashamed,
And he named lot of trouble for
which liquor could be blamed.
Abner Page took some exceptions 10
the statements made by Joe,
And they called. each other liars, and
then -1oner he let go,
Landin' just little under Joe's left
eye and goin' down
When his jaw got in connection with
the fist of Homer Brown.
The parsons gavel busted, nearly kill
in Ira Parks,
And then Pickering Doolittle rose to
make few remarks.
why, these chaps who want our SOL
diers to be like old maids" said
Are a lot of hen-pecked mortals who
have only one idee;
Can't see things beyond their noses,
and they wouldn't if they could;
You can bury 'em in logic, but it won't
do any good"
Orville Henderson was boilin' by that
time, so he jumpted UP.
Sayin' Pickering Doolittle was pig
headed and a pup;
Then they clinched, and Orville hol-
lored; Help, he's chawin off
my nose!"
And about that time Will Eaton and
Tow Lewis came to blows.
After which the fight kept spreadin'
and becomin worse and worse
Till the parson blew the lights out,
and we had to all dispense.
So the questions still unsettled, and
the people hereabouts
Are, to state the matter plainly, purity
largely on the outs.
Abner Pages wife has left him for the
stand he took that night
And Joe Pritchard's closed his mort
gage on the farm of Chester
White;
There are other troubles brewin', and
from all that / can hear
I'm inclined to doubt that talkin' helps
to clear the atmosphere.
IS. e. Kiser. Chicago Record Herald.
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Delegates.

The ward primaries will be held nc
the usual places in each of the wards
of the city on Friday, March 8, at 8
p. M. for the election Of delegates, the
nomination of ward aldermen and the
election of members of the city central
committee. l. H. Hammond,
Chairman City Central Committee.
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so, THERE!

The world is better nowadays,
Than fifty years ago,
I know-and there are many ways
That give me cause to know.
ALTHOUGH you pick score of flaws
Since two score years and ten
l say It's better now-because
You were not in 1t then.
Cleveland Leader,
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TAYLOR CASE MONDAY.
Woman Found Guilty of Manslaushter
Last Term to Have New Hearinu,

Abba, Feb. 5.-The grand jury for the
February term of court met today. The
trial jury will meet next Monday, which
is the time set for the re-hearing Of the
Mamie Taylor case. Mrs. Taylor was
tried at the November term of court
and found guilty of manslaughter, but
was granted a new trial by the presid-
ing judge. Rufus Ross (colored) Of
Buxton charged with intent to commit
murder was brought before Che judge
and plead guilty to assault and battery.
He was given 80 days in jail by Judge
Vermilion.
Other Interesting News.
A marriage license was issued Mon
day to Humphrey Ellis, 81, and Sarah
Johnson, 10, both of Hiteman.
Ed Lowe returned to his home at
Itasca, Texas, yesterday evening Mrs.
Lowe and children will remain for a
longer visit.
William Gibson of Mantua township
left Monday for Oklahoma, where he
will make his future home.
George L. Kissick. who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at Iowa
City two weeks ago, is expected home
hits week.
j. H. Mccauley of Moravia was a
business visitor at Abba yesterday.
A. @. Watson of Bluff Creek town
ship was In town on business Monday.
A. e. Holcomb of Ottumwa transact
ed business at Abba yesterday
W. S. Fall was at Dudley on business
Monday
George Kirkland was in town an bus
mess Monday afternoon
Sam Latham was In town yesterday.
7. w. Thompson has had the Tran
sient hotel thoroughly renovated and
expects to move therein this week
Miss Elizabeth Hammond does not
recover very rapidly from her recent
attack Of the grip.
y. 2. Hammond transacted business
at Ottumwa today.
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this was experienced by George
Christich, son of the late King Milan
of Servia. when dagger meant for
his heart did no more than cut slit
in a roll of bills in the pocket book he
carried in the breast pocket of his
coat Great is the power of money.
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ABSENT MINDED MAN.

Denver Post.-"I guess I had the
most absent minded man in the world
in my chair this morning, said a Seven
teenth street barber yesterday. "He
came in and sat down near the door to
wait his turn, I yelled next at him
two Or three times when my chair was
vacant, put he was dreaming and didn't
here me. Finally touched him on
the shoulder and told him was ready
for him.
What do you want me to do?" he
asked.
Why. get in the chair If you want
anything replied. This is barber
shop
"3Oh, yes he said, and then he got
into the chair. He leaned bask, SO l
let the chair down and shaved him.
He didn't have word to say. When
/ finished him up he got out of the
chair and took the check over to the
cashier He paid and started out.
when half way through the door he
stopped.
Say he said to me, what did you
do to me?'
81 shaved you,' l said.
Darn the luck, he replied, Z
wanted hair cut Then he went out
scowling."
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Call for Republican Convention.

Call for Republican Convention.
The republicans of the city of Ottum-
wa will meet in delegate convention
at the court house. Tuesday, March 10,
1907, at 8 o'clock p. M, for the purpose
of placing In nomination candidates
for the following offices:
Mayor.
Police Judge.
Solicitor.
Auditor.
Treas 1rer.
Assessor.
Engineer.
Two aldermen at la rye.
Park commissioner
The ratio of representation will he
as follows:
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Cleveland Leader.-It is reported
that the increase in the number. of
cigarettes smoked ). In this country is
enormous. And yet we persist in
blaming most of our troubles on the
downtrodden trusts.
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3 JOYS OF CLARIFYING a ROLL.
Luck is often on the side Of the man
with a well filed purse. A proof Of
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AS THEY LIKE II.

Atlanta Journal Another man has
arisen who says that neither Shakes
peare nor Bacon wrote the plays. They
will be charging it up to George AIDE
next.
Chicago News.-February will have
to work nights if it expects in it's
twenty-eight days to make UP the av.
erage for the winter.
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Cassidy has just been injured in a
blast.
Poor b'y!" exclaimed o'Hara con-
solingly.
IT'S tough luck to have yer hand
blowed of"
Och! Faith and it might have been
worse" replied Cassidy. Suppose
Old had me weeks wages in 1t at the
tonne ?"-Birmingham Post.
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A GREAT UTILITY.
From little understood and little
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Chronic Diseases Rupture
Bowels Liver Kidney
treated by Electro
FEW TESTIMONIALS.
people, who to the people
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STUDIES IN THE VERNAcuLAR.
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asayjule.' remarked the girl at the
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Kansas City Journal.-With Colt
the revolver man. and Dupont, the
powder man, in the senate 1t will be
hoove President Roosevelt to be a lit
tie careful how he wages war on that
body.
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Toledo Blade.-The announcement is
made that women's hats will be cheap
er In the spring. This, however
should not be taken to mean that
they will be cheap.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-08
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery 12 Years-Eezema Ia Rough Scales, Itching and h.
 famed-cured by cutieura.

"Cuticura has put a stop to twelve years of misery passed with my son. AS an infant l noticed on his body 8 red spot and treated same with differ ent remedies for about five years, but when the spot began to get larger l put him under the care of doctors. Under their treatment the disease spread to four different parts of his body. During the day it would get rough and form like scales. At night it would be cracked, inflamed and bad ly swollen, with terrible burning and itching. One doctor told me that my sons eczema was incurable, and gave 1t up. decided to give Cuticura trial When I had used the first box of Cuti- cura Ointment there was great inn provement, and by the time had used the second set of Cuticura Remedies my child was cured. He is now twelve years old, and his skin is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael Steinman, z Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 16, 1905."
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-08
SPAIN FAR BEHIND NATIONS.
llIiteracy Prevails There to a Most
 Amazing Extent.

Of the 20,000,000 people inhabiting Spain, only about 35 per cent can read and write; another two and one half per cent. of the population can read without being able to write, but the remaining 621a per cent. are ab- solute illterates. In the south of Spain it is impossible to get a serv- ant who can read and write, and many of the postmen are unable to tell to whom the letters they carry are addressed. They bring a bun dle of letters to a house and the owner looks through them and takes those which are Cor which he thinks are) addressed to him. The Spanish postmen are not paid by the state; the recipient of the letters have to remunerate them according to the amount of their correspondence, ana each letter costs the addressee at least one cent It is joke among the easy-going Spaniards that he who treats the postmen best receives the most letters-whether they are aa' tended for him or not
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-08
Queer Idea of Enjoyment.

Dr. Juliet Severance writes in the Vegetarian Magazine:
 q am often reminded of a clinic case brought before the class when I was in medical college in 1858. The man had gout and rheumatism, both the small and large joints being i'm movable, and his suffering was severe. Dr. R. T. Trail, professor of theory and practice, was explaining to us the i'm portance of very strict and abstemi- ous diet. The poor fellow tried vainly to turn his head, and grunted out: I can't go that; I want to enjoy life while 1 do live."
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-08

It is almost impossible for you to es- cape condemnation if your local is not getting on well, if you are a non-at- tendant. Even those who go to the meetings are not always free from condemnation Going is the one pri- nal essential but to go unprepared to offer your brethren something in the way of instruction or admonition or entertainment is next to not going at all. It is dead easv thing to fail in your duty to yourself. to your local and to your fellow man. Don't fail to be Johnny on the spot in everything that will make the Union what it ought to be. It is the only organiza- tion that is even pretending to do any thing for the farmers nowadays in an organized way. Stay by tEe ship!
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-08

When a class of men are taken for fools, it is because the majority of the class act as fools If the sharpers take farmers for "easy marks" for all sorts of skin games, it Is because some of them have proven to be "just the game" It is to educate this sort of thing off the earth that the Union is in existence today. The time Is com ing when the farmer will say to the consumer what the price of the farm product shall be. It is here even now. Watch wheat and cotton for awhile.