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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
THE WIFE pEsERTIoN BILL.

No measure passed by the Iowa leg
islature this session fills such a long
felt want as the wife desertion bill,
which has gone through the house aft
er previously having passed the SEN
ate, and now awaits the governors
signature to become a law Hereto
up with any treatment an inhuman
husband cared to give her. He could
desert his family with impunity. know
ing that no law could reach him, even
il he maintained his residence in the
same town in which he left his wife
and family starving. With the new
law operative. however, a hus-
band is held to have de-
serted his family when he with
draws his support even though he
maintains his residence under the
same. roof. and he is liable to Jail
sentence upon proof being shown that
he has not provided sufficiently for his
family. The courts where such bills
are In operation usually sentence the
offender and then suspend sentence
upon the prisoner executing bond
conditioned upon the payment of stat
ed weekly sum held by the court to be
sufficient to support his family. The
Iowa bill provides what practically
Is the same thing. that before sentence
the judge may in his discretion. ac-
cept bond from the defendant condi-
toned upon his performing the duties
imposed by law.
The salient features of the bill as it
passed both houses are contained in
Section 1. which provides that:
Every person who shall, without
good cause, wilfully neglect or refuse
to maintain or provide for his wife, she
being in a destitute condition. or who
shall. without good cause, abandon his
or her child or children under the age
OF sixteen years, leaving such child
or children In destitute condition,
or shall, without good cause
wilfnlly neglect or refuse to
provide for such child or children, they
being in a destitute condition, shall be
deemed guilty of desertion and. upon
conviction, shall be punished by i'm.
prisonment in the penitentiary for not
more than one year. or by imprison.
ment in the county Jail for not more
than six months"
AHe Ulll ds II pasSed is largely the
work Of Senator B. G. Moon of Ottum
wa. The measure was originally pre-
sented in the senate by Senator
Smith of Mitchell county, and was re
ferred by the senate to the Judiciary
committee and by that committee to
three of it's members, Senators Moon
Durham and Whipple.
Very few features of the original
bill remained when the measure was
reported out. Senator Moon practical
~ drew up new bill, submitted 1t tc
the other members of the sub commit
tee, and 1t was then gone over again
until the provisions were satisfactory
to the committee. No amendments
were made to the bill Utter it was re
ported for passage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
THE SOCIAL HOUR.
The TaIkina Tree.

An alumnus of st. Stephens college
said of the late Bishop George F.
Seymour:
Bishop Seymour founded st.
Stephens, and we treasure here many
anecdotes about his wardenship. The
bishop was very fond of trees, and
one day, walking with young lady.
he pointed out to her some OF the fine
trees in the neighborhood She pro.
fessed great interest and delight. She
cried:
How the noble aspect of beautiful
trees stir up the keenest emotions
of the SOUL Then, patting a great
rough trunk she went on: You gu.
perb oak, what would you say to me II
you could talk?'
The bishop smiled
I believe can be his interpreter,
he murmured He would probably
say: Il beg your pardon, miss; j
am beech"
The Silver Grasshopper.
+ George Vaux, jr., OF PHILADELPHIA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
HOW 70 TELL A ROOSEVELT.

Washington correspondence OF the
New York World-Five or six young
sters were playing shiny on the roof
Of the low building connecting the
Presidents Office with the White
House.
Which one is young Roosevelt?" a
visitor asked policeman.
See that one bossing the others?'.
the policeman said, pointing, That's
him."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
THE CONFUSION OVER WAGNER

Chicago Inter Ocean.-Even in Chi
cago, where we keep closely in touch
with such matters, 1t would be diff
cult for all of us at all times to avoid
becoming confused with regard to the
identity of Wagner, in case Wagner's
name should be mentioned as frequent
ly in the newspapers here as it is in
New York.
7 What with "Parsifal" at one or the
other of the rival grand opera houses
thor of "The Simple Life" running over
from Paris every now and then, what
with the springtime revival of interest
In the national game and the resulting
references to the famous shortstop of
the Pittsburgs, and what with the APP
pearance of DR.. Wagner as an expert
ON insanity in the Thaw case, would it
be anything to wonder at, we ask. If
one should overhear conversation on
Broadway running something like
this:
"Have you heard Wagner?'
mo, bur I have read him.
What do you think of MS book"
You mean his evidence"
"No, his book
Didn't know he ever wrote book"
Wagner"
What Wagner"
Wagner, the insanity expert"
ooh, I'm talking about the author OF
The Simple Life :
We'll, why didn't you say so?"
Or like this:
do you like Wagner?'
"Do like him--I adore him.
Gle certainly is the goods.''
"a perfect marvel of harmonic &C.
tion.''
There is poetry in his every move
ment."
"And he has way of communicate
ing his soul thoughts to the multi
tude."
Rather should say he is gifted
with the faculty of drawing us all into
his atmosphere
Even his pauses are made rapturous
with anticipation"
That's because the fans know
when he is getting humpy.'
I'm speaking of the Great Wag
ner."
$50 am L."
| 'The German composer?"
mo, the Pittsburg shortstop.'
Or like this:
What are you going to do this sum
mer "
Going to study Wagner
"Richard?"
/ mo, Hans
He Of the Simple Life?"
No, he. couldn't"
Couldn't what?p
BE of The Simple Life"
why?
Hes from Pittsburg."
'Oh, the expert on bats? 2"
mo, the expert on batters."
4 We should not be too quick to crit
else New Workers II they are inclined
to go laundering along in this fashion
We might not do any better if we were
in their shoes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
LEGERDEMAIN.

Lincoln Journal.-It used to be said
that you can't make silk purse out
of a sow's ear, but that feat is no
more wonderful than Harriman's fav-
orite method Of making a $50,000,O00
railroad worth twice that much by
simply doubling the stock issue
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14

Hascall Of Omaha, aged rs, the lover
of her girlhood days.
Did the judge tear up the valentine
and laugh at it as reminder Of the
days Of silly. sentimental childhood?
Not he. He responded in like terms
and the childhood sweetnearts, both
of whom had marrieu after the quarrel
that separated them and both di-
vorced, were Economically married.
Which proves that Cupid's messen-
ger, the valentine. knows no age limit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
KNOCKERS.

Fremont Tribune-Senator Philan-
der G. Knox, he now knocks at the
door of presidential opportunity; and
the other knockers will proceed to
show how they love knocks, by swat
ting Philander good and hard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, "a.

ington that 1t wasn't such an ordeal
as they had been led to believe. Well.
possibly not. But from the daily re-
ports of the things Mr.. Bailey said and
did at Austin 1t was inferred that some
thing was going on at Austin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
WHO SHOULD BE THE Boss7
When the Rev. Mr.. Hopkins of the


When the Rev. Mr.. Hopkins of the
Pilgrim Congregational church in Chi
cago announced that ne would preach
a sermon on who Should be the
Boss in the Home" his congregation
was there in body and all the con-
gregation's friends. But the Rev. Mr..
Hopkins did not make good. Perhaps
the resolution he carried into the pull
pit to tell just who should be the boss
failed him when he looked down m
to the faces Of the women members
Of his flock expectantly awaiting
verdict which would be in their favor.
While the men sat equally confident
that they would be selected for the
mantle OF government. At any rate
he returned an open verdict, which
was that:
after the test mas been applied
and the merits of each have been
determined, it will then be possible
to select the one whose business sense
makes him best fitted to be the direc-
tor Of affairs"
But the minister did not lose the
opportunity to drive in few sound
truths. the home where a boss would
be impossible and where happiness
must be stranger was pictured in
these terms:
when man is going to have just
so many coats year, no matter If his
wife looks like fright in her faded
buds, and when he is going to spend
just so much on cigars, no matter
whether his wife has any luxuries.
and when in every other way he is
going to consider what he likes, re-
CARELESS Of all others, and when he
ignores all the little graces and cour-
tesies which women so much esteem,
then he is crushing under his foot
every seed which might bear the flow
er Of family happiness"
And then just to show that he bore
no Ill will to masculinity he pictured
some Of the faults Of womankind in
this language:
eff a woman considers herself
greatly her husbands superior m
every way and If she thinks her talent
is being destroyed by the dull mono
tony of domestic life, and If she would
rather shine in the club than in the
home, and on the platform than in
the family circle, and If she is every
Were and always dreaming of what
q great woman she might have been
had she not fastened herself to. her
husband, then some may call it an
error, others might call it hades, but
It is an old-fashioned case Of the devil
himself on earth"
Perhaps. 1T is better that the Rev.
Mr.. Hopkins did not attempt to say
just who should De the boss, leaving
it for the family to decide. AS it was
all members of the family circle re-
tired with the conviction that the YER
dict was in their favor and they went
home also with a few thoughts to pom
der over.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
COMPROMISE.

New York Evening Post The house
of representatives wanted to abolish
the pension agencies. The senate
wanted to keep them. AS fair corn
promise 1T was decided to keep them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
MADE HIM GO SOME.

Kansas City Times. Now that it's
all over Senator Bailey laughs about
his contest before the Texas legisla.
ture and tells his colleagues in Wash.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
SAFELY IN NUMBERS.

Lincoln Journal larger the
number of bills introduced the fewer
become laws. There is some consolAes
tion In that X + rs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
WHO is MoLLlE coDDLE?

Pray. who is Mollie Coddle,
Whom the President dislilsss?
And ct whose harmless weakness
He so vigorously strikes?
Is she kin to Mamie Taylor,
That maiden of rencwn
Who is known and somewhat courte
At every bar in town?
Is she kin to Helen Blazes,
Another lassie who
Has got reputation
That is warm enough for two?
Is she any kin to Kitty
Kitty What's her-other-name,
Who always gets the rake-off
In the great American game?
Is she kin to Sarah Toga,
Who's an angel without wings,
A most attractive spinster
OF fifty-seven springs?
Is she any kin to Sallie,
Sweet Sallie Lun, you know,
Who always takes the bakery
At every cake walk show?
Is she any kin to Charlotte,
Charlotte Russ, the fluffy maid,
VINO is in desert places
Appetizingly displayed?
Is she any kin to Hittie,
The maid who knocks to win,
The belle of the solar plexus,
The lovely Hittie Maginn?
No?
So?
Then who is Mollie Coddle.
OF so much college fame?
Is she Miss Nancy Harvard
Hinder another name2
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14

THE VALENTINE INDICATED.
Bid me to live, and l will live, my
faithful one, for tnee.
Thus on a valentine, wrote Portia
Hawkins, a demure widow Of ~ from
Silver Creek, N. Y, to Judge Isaac s..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

has been making people well and
keeping them so by curing Liver and
Kidney Troubles, Dyspepsia, indaes-
zion, Female Ills or Colds. We guar
anbea it pure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
mi Advised.

"That speech was i'll advised said
Senator Cullom, referring to collea-
gue's too outspoken address
ut. reminds me of speech that a
widow made to her new husband on
the honeymoon
oh, she signed, throwing herself
in the mans arms, how happy poor
dear James would be il he could only
know by what an agreeable gentle
man he has been replaced"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
Trading on Honesty.

cat a journalists dinner in New
York." said the editor. 4 once heard
the late William L. Brown, publisher
of the New York News, tell an inter-
esting story about an upright Ohio
judge.
Colonel Brown said that when he
was running the youngstown Vindica-
tor, a civil case involving a large sum
Of money was tried before this judge.
It was the Smith-Jones case, and
Smith won. A friend, meeting Smith
later, said:
81 was surprised to hear that you
won that case. thought the evidence
was rather in Jones favor
Maybe 1t was, said Smith, with a
cunning smile. But you know, the
Judge Is such an honest old boy. The
day before the case ended | sent him
a letter begging him to accept an In
closure Of $500
Why said the other. 4 should
think that would have made you lose
your case
"'To be sure 1t would said Smith,
with another cunning smile; only !
signed Jones name
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No?
SOP

Then who is Mollie Coddle.
OF so much college fame?
Is she Miss Nancy Harvard
Under another name?
w. j. Hampton in New York Worlt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
TRY THE BITTERs
PROMPTLY

a. soon as you notice the first sign of
any Stomach, Liver, Kidney or Bowel
disorder. This plan will save you a lot
of unnecessary suffering and perhaps
a long sick spell. For over SO years
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
s SIS
PURELY VEGETABLE

has been appointed a member of the
board of Indian commissioners. Mr..
Vaux told a reporter the other day,
an Indian story.
There was a certain commissions,
err ne said, who treated the Indians
with rude scorn. One day a chief en-
tertained this man in his tepee. tell
ing him over the tobacco many quaint
legends
"One legend concerned a plague Of
grasshoppers. The chief told eloquent
ly how grasshoppers overran the land.
eating the grain, and how the medi-
cine men averted a famine by offer
Ing silver grasshopper to the Great
Spirit, wnereupon all that deluge Of
grasshoppers disappeared
But the commissioner scoffed at
the tale
Are you Indians such FOOLS, he
said. as to believe such rubbish?'
"'Oh, no. said the chief, gravely
or we'd long ago have offered the
Great Spirit silver pale face"
The Penalty Of Deception.
Deception rarely pays" said John
W. Gates. apropos of the deception
that had been discovered when a
man gets into trouble ne had best face
the music and have it over with. De-
ception only prolongs and increases,
ten to one, his trouble
ut is like the case of old Jonathan
Sparhawk of Turner Junction. iona
than promised his wife the first Of
the year that from then on, If he was
out of bed single night after the
clock struck IL, he would abandon
drinking forever.
For month or SO all went well.
Then, one bitter evening, Jonathan
sat before the tavern fire with his
boon companions and his glass, and
all of a sudden 1t was 11:45. He had
! forgotten himself
4 I'll make 1t yet, though he NUT
tered, and hurried home through the
snow at breakneck speed.
He tiptoed into the bedroom few
minutes before ~. He undressed ns
fast as ne could-he could not go so
very fast lest he awaken his wife
and just as he was slipping off his
shirt the clock began to strike.
Jonathan leaped silently to it. He
let 1t ring out ten. Then he took hold
of the weight.
His wife stirred drowsily.
"He stood there in the cold, hold
ing the weight, half frozen, till ne
thought she had fallen asleep again,
and he could safely let it go. Finally
he heard deep, regular breathing from
the bed, and he dropped the weight
and slipped into bed.
1.-TWO strokes rang out, and his
wife, wide awake, received him.
Two o'clock, eh?' she cried
shrilly. Very well, sir. Remember
your pledge"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14

The Silver Grasshopper.
George Vaux, jr, OF Philadelphia
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
officers.

Oireetors-
g. A. Buder. J. II. Gsllissn
Thos. Boyd, C. o. Pstier
VIM. Kluge, c. v. Neft
Chas. Feuchter, Jr., ~ y. Thistlevood
d. s. Lansden. George Parsons
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
SCANIY DEALINGS
In the Stock Market Showed Slight
Improvement in the Tone--lnter-
est in a Few Stocks.

New York, April 2I-There We're no
discernible operations Of Importance
in the stock market today although
the tone was somewhat improved
The scanty dealings were largely con
oentrated in half a dozen stocks. Even
In these The action was sluggish and
without notable significance The
bank statema nj proved more favorable
than had been anticipated and this
had some helpful effect on stocks,
although the prevailing case Of the
money market detraced from the i'm,
portance attached to the showing OF
tn banks Loans We're reduced to a
small extent, marking a subsistence
apparently, Of q heavy transfer of
loans from the interior 10 New York
institutions, which has been
forcing an expansion of the New
York bank loans for several weeks
past. The cash itm also showed
a small gain in place of the expected
decrease. Considerable speculative
activity is being diverted to the wheat
market, and the strength was con
tinued today in that cereal
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
Alexander County
Savings Bank
STRICTLY A SAVINGS BANK.
CAIRO. ILLINOIS.

Capital ......... 49,. $4,000
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $1,000
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
GUARANTEED LIQUOR CURE.
Mo Detention From Work or Loss o.
Time-Desire for Drink De-
stroyed by Orrine.

When one of our most reliable
druggists makes a positive statement
that he will guarantee to cure the
LIQUOR habit if Orrine is used in ac-
coraance with directions or refund
the money il shows his great faith iii
the treatment. II IS in this way that
Orrine is sold by the leading druggist
Pin nearly every city and town. In
every box Is q registered guarantee
which entities Won to refund Of
.gpur money if Oir'ne fails to effect a
cure.
No other cure for the liquor habit
has been sold in this way and The re-
markable guarantee I'D wa how far
.supefor Orrine is b The ordinary
sanatorirm or home aee9t acnt. There
Is no detention from aofE 81 loss Of
tine when Orrine 81 uacL II dc
siroys the desire for liquor, SO that
The drink Is not missed also cures the
deraagcd stomach. weakened nerves
and other i'll effects of excessive
restoring The patient to per-
feet health.
Cmdne h prepared III two forms,
No. /, the secret remedy which can
be usel IN food or drink without the
of the patient; No. 2 for
those who take the remedy of their
own free will Both forms are guar
antced A registered guarantee in
every box
Treatise on how TO cure drunken.
ness froee on request Orrlne Co,
on, d c. The price of
either for,n is 81 box making the
cost of The complete cure less than
one-tenth what it is usually charged
al sagatoriums, with guarantee
that the expense will be. nothing mn
less cure IS gained Mail orders
1lled
Orrine is for sale by Paul G. schuh
& Sons
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28

TAKING OF PROFITS
Forced Wheat Prices to a Lower
Close, Although Market Was Not
Weakened---corn Higher.

Chicago ApriT III WHEAT. The
drought in Kansas continued today
which furnished the bulls with ca
enlargement to buy and Influenced
shorts to cover, but the natural week.
end profit taking was insufficient to
prevent advances, July closing with
IA loss for the day Of l$e. The mar
Eet was only slightly Influenced by re-
ports Of cloudy weather in Kansas
and the advance at Liverpool. July
opened ti602Sc to save higher,
S33s TO sac Thereafter the price
showed the attitude of The contending
sides, the one believing in higher
plices on account Of the weather con-
dtons. he other believing that the
maximum profits had been reached
The result Of the combat was that
July was forced down 10 49, The
close, with July 1sc lowker at S3ls0
"A < Indicated prcponderance Of sell
ing. but no weakness In the tone.
CORN Profit taking in wheat was
the primary impulse governing the
corn market although Texas reported
Oklahoma likewise was on
TIC bull side, advising that corn was
being rapidly fed. Despite strenuous
profit taking July closed lsc higher
OATS There was an excellent de-
mand but considerable selling on the
nf rain kept prices station
iry. July closed shade lower
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
KIDNAPs HIS DAUGHTER.

Freoport, H., April eliza Dean
arrived here from Iowa yesterday,
gathered mp his cignt-year-old dsugh-
Ter, who was ON her way to school.
and hurried her in carriage TO a
train. He teleerapacd today that she
was with him The girls mother
died several years ago and she had
been with relatives here The gil
lad refused TO go with her father.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Public notice h hereby given that
the Cairo Electric & Traction com
pany. a corporation organized under
the laws of Tire state OF Illinois, VIII,
on the Goth Gay Of April at O'Clock
p H. or as soon hereafter as 1t can
be hoard, a, he court house In the
city 9f Cairo, Illinois, present 10 The
Board 81 County Commissioners OF
Ale auder county Illinois a pettion
asking tho said Board Of County Com.
mis toners to grant to the said Cairo
Electric & Traction company. IT'S sue
cessor5 Or assigns. the right to locate
construct operate and maintain a
line Of electric street railway with
electricity as a motive power along
the westerly side or The public high.
way or road commonly called The
Mound City Road which begins al
the northerly end Of Sycamore street
OF Cairo Illinois, and extends in a
northerly direction to the boundary
line. between Alexander and Pulaski
counties. Said proposed line of cleo
trio railway 10 begin at the northerly
city limits of The city Of Cairo at
Sycamore street and extend In
northerly direction along said west
erly side Of said public highway 330G
feet
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
OFFICERS.

A. r. Buder.. President
ChaH. Feuchter. ill.,. .ViccPresidcnt
j. Fl. Galligsn. ....-.... Cashier
f. Spencer ....... Assistant Cashier
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
PORK.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, April t2.--CATTLE.-
There was practically no trading to-
day The market closed weak at a
decline Of l0015 cents from last
week, excessive receipts being the
chief cause for the weakness.
HOGS The market opened > cents
higher with active demand but the
close being at about yesterdays final
figures Packers purchased quite
freely but shippers paid the best
prices.
SHEEP Offerings were not very
liberal but fair supply was sold.
Sheep closed % cents lower, while
lambs were q cents off for the week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-28
CAIRO ELECTRIC AND
TRACTION COMPANY,
BY w. P. HALLIDAY.
Its President.
JOHN TIERNAN. IT'S Secretary.
RECEIVERS NOTICE TO FILE
CLAIMS,

State Of Illinois, Alexander County,
SIS I'm the Circuit Court.
Eugene e. Ellis VS.. Clarence M.
Ellis. Bill In Chancery to dissolve
partnership.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons having claims against the firm
Of +. Il. & G. NJ Ellis, proprietors Of
Cairo Daily Telegram, that the said
court, at its February term, 1907, en-
tered an order in the above cause re-
curing all claims against said firm
to be filed In said cause ten days
prior to the next term of said court,
to be holden at the court house in
Cairo, Illinois, on the second Monday
Of May, 1907 JOHN T. BROWN
Receiver.
Cairo. Ill., April s, 1907.