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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-11

the collapse of the ancient protecting
canopy of water surrounding the earth
first permitted the cold Of space to
reach Its surface.
1t must have been nice in Iowa be-
fore the year 2S4S B. G. There was
never any apprehension felt for the
safety OF the fruit crop; never bit
OF worry about paying last winters
coal bill, and no one cared. a rap to be
the Ice man. because there was no ice.
But the Chicago man, not content
with knocking Iowa's pet discovery,
bids fair to start an argument when
he asserts that the glacial era theory
is delusion and dream. He says !:
Beneath the clay, sand and carbo-
naceous mud, which our biologists
take to be drift from the glaciers which
never existed except in the magma
ton, there lies all over the world alike
the remains OF the lost climate Of the
golden age. when, in common with
other creatures, human beings attain
ed an enormous age.
But just wait for the an
swer of the biologists who
operate under the theory that
North America, with other parts of the
frigid and temperate zones. was once
covered with ice, and that by the
agency of this ice the drift Of the
earth's surface was transported and
accumulated. a pet theory the Chicago
man rudely pooh-poohs. There is q
chance for an argument anyway.
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DR.. w. E. Shallenberger,
1916 lakewood Blvd, Chicago.
Reference: Drexel state Bank.

son. is very rich. Only a few days
before the news developed that Mad
anne Eames had begun proceedings
against her artist husband she sailed
for Europe with he mother. It was
announced then thet she would be
gone perhaps for three years or
longer.
Mr.. Story, 1t Is said, will sell for
Europe on June and the wedding
VIII take place In some LILLIAN village.
According to friends, this arrange
ment was completed even before the
public knew that divorce between the
two famous principals was conten-
plated. There is curious phase Of
the artists attachment to both
Madame Eames and Miss Thompson.
Were 1t not for the difference in
the features of the two women, the
artists portraits of Nine. Eames and
Miss Thompson might easily be cons
fused. In pose, in dress, In outline IT
| figure, they are very much alike. And
this resemblance does not stop there.
The tonal qualities of the faces, the
| juxtapostion of light and shade, the
arrangement of couture and the spirit
| of faces are startlingly similar
So much is this so that when tho
| portrait of Miss Thompson was shown
at private view in Philadelphia upon
its completion, many persons passed 1t
| by as new portrait of Nine. Games
| by her husband 1t was not until they
had inquired of the artist as to the
| whereabouts of the Thompson portrait
| that they recognized the error.
Yet both portraits are tremendous
likeness Of their subjects. 1t was this
portrait of Miss Thompson. too, that
brought Storey fame and fortune In
Philadelphia and made him the pain
ter Of society.
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Pleasant Homo.

Pleasant Home.--The regular month
~ business meeting of the Pleasant
Home Y. p. s. G. E. was held Saturday
evening. The society decided to pur-
chase some new song books and also
some interior Improvement of the
church is contemplated.
The little child of Ralph Bachman,
which has been seriously i'll the past
few weeks, Is slowly improving and
hopes are entertained for its ultimate
recovery
Glenn Miller planted corn for Mrs. S.
| W. Ross Thursday.
Fl. T. Lathrop of Bidwell spent Sun
| day at the parsonage.
The third quarterly meeting of the
Methodist Protestant Mount Zion cir
cult will be held at Bethel May Is and
rs. The business session will be held
on Saturday afternoon. There will be
services on Sunday, conducted by the
pastor.
The Pleasant Home Telephone COM
pany held it's regular semi -annua.
business meeting last Saturday even.
ing.
Miss Glennie Ross led tho Endeavo
service Sunday evening.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schoech spen
! Sunday at the parental Harlan home
4 Mr. and Mrs. William Suite visited
at the parsonage Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Amsbaugh of Agency and Miss
Mick OF Ottunwa visited at the home
! of William Suttle over Sunday.
DIR. L. Terrence Of Blakesburg ha.
been on the streets here quite fire.
1 quently the past three weeks.
A j. Ross Bachman Of Blakesburg Wis.
4 tied at the parental Bachman home
over Sunday. Mr.. Bachman is in thu
mercantile business
4 Rev. Randolph has returned from
4 Milton. where he conducted quarter
ly meeting for the pastor of the Meth,
odist Protestant church. Rev. Huff.
II Several Of the farmers were plantin,
corn the past week.
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GalIexs Mixed.

In small country newspaper offices.
where the copy goes from the editor
to the conpositor, then, after printing.
directly to the subscribers, the need of
proofreader is often felt In this con-
nection, William Allen White, the
Kansas newspaper man, tells of an
amusing break made by boy in the
Office Of such newspaper in that
state. In making up the forms the
boy got the galleys mixed, with the
following result:
The first part of the obituary of an
|impecunious citizen had been dumped
in the forms. and the next handful of
type came from q galley in which was
a description of fire. The subscrib.
ers were greatly startled when they
came to paragraph which read
thus:
s'The pallbearers lowered the body in
the grave. 1t was consigned
TO the flames. There were few, If any
regrets, for the old wreck had been an
eye sore to the town for years. OF
course, there was individual loss, but
that was fully covered by insurance.
Cleveland Leader.
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RIDING ON ONE RAIL.

How would you like to cross q
river, the Mississippi for instance, on
a railroad car running on a single
rail and that rail nothing more than a
swaying wire hawser? 1t would seem
rather risky, wouldn't it, but an Eng
lish inventor has turned out the model
Of new style railway car and motor
which is, designed to do just such
stunts. A working model of the in
vention was exhibited at the London
Royal society, displaying a miniature
railway car or locomotive standing
entirely above single rail, with ap-
parently nothing to balance 1t, which
ran about the hall, turned sharp cor
ners at high speed, crossed a single
strand Of wire cable in lieu OF a
bridge, climbed heavy inclines-all
with perfect stability.
Sometimes the. car was loaded,
sometimes empty. No attempt was
made to balance the load. The vehi-
Gle itself did that instantly and auto
madcally. Every attempt to unbalance
1t resulted in paradox. If the load
was piled up all on one side, it seem
ed inevitable that the vehicle would
sag, If, indeed, 1t did not topple over.
But the overloaded side automatically
rose in proportion to the burden as
the empty side was depressed
In explaining the invention to the
scientific gentlemen Of the Royal so
ciety, Louis Brennan the inventor Of
the vehicle, who is also known to fame
as the inventor of the Brennan torpe.
do, said:
tSThe characteristic features Of this
system Of TRANSPORTATION is that each
vehicle Is capable Discriminating Its
balance upon an ordinary rail laid
upon ties on the ground, whether il
be standing or moving in either direc
ton at any rate of speed.
"The wheels are placed in single
row beneath the center of the car and
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Talk Of the Day.

. r..
Mr.. Binks Mrs. Binks.
Mr. links. Mrs links.
Mrs. Binks Isn't the weather just
too awful?
Mrs Jinks-My new hats ruined
ruined!
Mr. Binks-It, spoiled ali the game.
Mr. Jinks-The Giants have 1t all
over the Phillies.
Mrs. Jinks-W no do you think will
win, Mr.. Binks?
Mr. Binks- Philadelphia it's pipe.
Mrs. Jinks-What has Philadelphia
to co with 1t?
Mr.. Binks-They're playing. that's
all they've got to dc WITH it.
Mrs. Binks-John, you ought to he
ashamed of yourself. Frhe"s you are
talking base ball again. and Mrs. links
asked you about the new trial
Mrs. Jinks-Never mini, my dear
Men are SO stupid. DID you see what a
perfect fright Mrs Cogg looked in her
ew hat?
Weather See unexpurgated edition
Mrs Bi.Aks-Wasn it to- perfectly
hideous?
Mr.. Binks-It's mutt, / tell you;
a mutt
Mr.. Jinks-The best first basemar
that ever stepped on a field
Mrs. Binks-How these men dc
talk.
Mrs. Jinks- William, you may have
one highball with Mr. Binks-a small
one, mind.
Mr.. Jinks-Come along, Jack.
(They slide for the dining roOm.)
Mrs. Binks Those two men talk sc
much.
Mrs. links Now we can settle dowr
for quiet chat. Did you hear about
Mrs. Fogg, ETC., etc.
Sounds from the dining room oogle
google-oog. Gee, that's good! Well, as
was saying, the Giants have a cinch---
efc etc
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IN THE YEAR 2s4s 3. c.

Scientists, are cold blooded crea-
lures. Whenever a discovery is made
that we take pride in believing brand
5hew, some long browed individual
comes forth with the announcement
that we are a few centuries behind
the times; that the thing we think we
have discovered was known to science
In the year 234S B. C.
Just the other day there was the an
nouncement from Iowa City concerning
The finding Of the fossil tooth of hip
popotamus. And it was given out by
Professors Of the State University that
The finding of the tooth. coupled with
the former finding Of skeletons of ele-
plants in the state. gives the first evil
dence of the existence of a tropical
climate in North America in the period
Immediately preceding the present
geological age of the world. But the
ink on the article was not permitted
TO dry before Chicago scientist came
out with a denial which seeks to take
away from Iowa the credit for discov-
ering that in state where the SHOWS
Of winter occasionally nip the goose
berry bushes Of early spring, there
was once tropical forest with ma.
tiyes attired in fig leaves throwing os-
trich eggs at the festive rhino and the
bulky hippo. Here is what the Chicago
man says:
Allow me to suggest as modestty as
as possible, that the professors are
again, as usual, wrong. The evidence
is unyarying that the climate of the
Garth in the period Immediately prior
TO the present one was universally
mild and that in every zone of lati.
tude there were no .frosts, no rain
storms, no winter and no torridity OF
heat. At the mouth of the Mackenzie
river in Alaska, where now the tenn
perature falls to 100 degrees below
zero CD there was found the trunk OF
cinnamon palm, a tree which can
endure no frost This trunk was rooted
in the soil out of which itsg grew; it was
killed by the change Of climate which
suddenly swept over the earth in the
month of November 28848aB. G., when
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. . 4 ~
A committee of the Chicago board
of education has recommended the
adoption of plan to give the teachers
a voice in the management of the
schools. and 1t is expected that the
board will adopt the recommendation.
The plan makes the government OF
the Chicago schools pure democ-
racy. The teachers In the twenty-five
school districts into which the city is
divided, will form twenty-five councils
for the discussion of all school ques-
tions.
The council will act in an advisory
capacity to the board of education
Thus the school board will be brought
in direct contact with the teachers and
will get advice. not through the super
intendent, but from the teachers
themselves.
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are carried on bogies or compound
bogies, which are not only pivoted to
provide for horizontal curves in the
track but for vertical ones ALSO BY
this means the cars can run upon
curves even of less radius than the
length of the vehicle itself. or on
crooked rails, or on rails laid cover
uneven ground without danger of de-
railment The motive power may be
either steam. petrol, oil, gas, or cleo
tricity, as conside Tered most suitable for
local conditions.
'sThe bridges would be of the sim
plest possible construction, a single
wire hawser stretched across a ravine
OF river being all that is necessary for
temporary work Strange to say, the
lateral swaying of the hawser does
not disturb the balance of the cars,
and the strongest winds will fail to
blow them OFF. In other cases for
bridge building single row Of piles
with the rail on top suffices, or sin
gle girder carrying the rail may be
conveniently used"
Mr.. Brennan's invention. if found
practical, would reduce a large guam
tity of American rolling stock to junk
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
Drinking Habits of Tennessee states

men.
The fierce prohibition campaign in
Tennessee has noticeably affected the
drinking habits of Tennessee states
men, not only at home, but also when
they fare forth abroad. When Senator
Carmack's successor, former Cover
nor Taylor idling Bob took pos
session Of his committee room he found
on obsequious colored servitor attach
ed to the room. The new senator
was thirsty and SO informed the SER
vitor.
What will you have sir?" inquired
that eager to serve functionary.
go fetch me a gourd Of water
pure water-and be in hurry about
1t, too," ordered the senator.
The messenger compromised on a
tin cup. but in the vacation of the SEN
ate he is trying to acquire a gourd for
the accommodation of "Fiddling Bob
at the next session. Washington Her
aid.
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keosauqua.

'NSS~sSSSNsAs
Keosauqua.-Mrs Lee Cox of
Douds- Leando We're in town Monday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Haney Of Selma
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Jonah Brady visited friends in
Bonaparte Tuesday evening and part
Of Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Overman of
Ottumwa visited relatives here Mon
day.
Mrs. Emery Plowman went TO
Douds-Leando Monday evening to
visit relatives.
Frank jackson of Douds- Leando
wa sa visitor here Monday.
Mrs. John Pilot of Pittsburg return
ed home Monday evening from Ben
tonsport. where she visited several
days.
Mrs. Ed Kincade left Tuesday after
noon for Keoukk, where Mr.. Kincade
has employment.
Miss Bertha Bot of Douds-Leando
was shopping here Tuesday.
Mrs. S. A. Hutton of Bloomfield was
business visitor here Tuesday
8. w. Manning made a business trip
into Ringgold county Tuesday.
Attorney w. M. Walker went to Mt,
Pleasant Tuesday on legal business.
Misses Hattie and Hazel Wiley of
Mt. Zion We're the guests Of Miss Ma
bel Sanderson Monday and Tuesday
Mrs. S. w. Manning and son, Brown
are visiting friends in Ottumwa
Mrs. Carrie Walker and Mrs. Charles
Eich accompanied Mrs House. Mrs
Eich's mother, who leaves for Denver
today, to Ottumwa.
Mrs. F. M. Bateman was a Keo-
kuk visitor Tuesday.
MrS Carob Gordpay of no,,5~ r 40 =.
do are visiting friends here and at
Pitsburg.
Mrs. Ross Beggs returned to Liber-
tyville Tuesday evening. where she
visited her parents
John Lowe and family left for Okla
homa Tuesday and expect to be gone
about two weeks. :.
Mrs. J.! r. Snare visited Keosauqus
| friends Tuesday.
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ONE WOMAN HAS Her RIGHTS.


The esteemed cause of woman's
a Chicago judge when he appointed a
wife the legal guardian for her husz
band because the latter was unfor-
tunate enough to have inherited for
tune before he reached his majority.
Domestic troubles are now looming
large in the household because the
wife, given free rein by the court to
treat hubby as If he were merely a
child. has laid down rather stiff set
of domestic laws for her husband to
follow. Here. are few of them:
Her husband may smoke as many
cigars or pipes of tobacco as he wishes
away from home, but not one in his
own domicile.
He may have three glasses Of beer
day.
He must be at home at o'clock in
the evening and stay there.
He must be prepared to walk the
baby at all hours of the night without
a murmur.
He must be willing to wheel the
go-cart in the parks on Sunday.
He must take his wife to theater
at least once a week.
Prices of new gowns and new bon.
nets must not be too closely censored
and the bills must be met promptly.
The woman in this case is not only
the legal wifes but she is conservatoI
Of all her husbands worldly goods
and dictator of his habits and general
mode of living. This is a little better
than equal suffrage.
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EddWiile,

Eddyville.-J. H. Scott and family
moved this week to the tenant prop
erty Of Mrs. Maggie Brunt, next door
to their old home. They are tearing
down the old residence preparatory tr
building an up to date residence.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cor
don. at the Mcmillan mines, Monday
May 6, son.
Mrs. John Morris has been suffer-
ing from a severely sprained foot this
week. Mr.. Morris has also been sick
Mr.. and Mrs e. G.. Kussart, who
spent the winter in California, have
gone back to housekeeping in the DR.
Jacob Kussart property on North
Fourth street.
Mrs. Howard Hedrick, who has beer
visiting relatives here. returned to Des
Motnes Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs
o. H. Seifert and Miss Eppie Wylie
who will be Der guests and will at
tend the p. e. O. state convention
Miss Wylie is the delegate Of the Ed
dyville chapter.
Miss Alice Meeker and Mrs. George
Strange are visiting at Coalield and
Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs. ed Shields visited IN
Oskaloosa Monday with Mrs. A. Trot.
ter, sister Of Mrs. Shields.
Mis- Viola Donegan visited over Sun
day with her aunt. Mrs. p. L. Hays, II
Ottumwa.
Misses Erma and Tessie Johnson o,
Agency returned home Monday, after {
short visit with Misses Emma and Jen'
ME Anderson.
Mrs. Eikenberry. who has been Wis.
iting her sister, Mrs. Hannah Robe
son, for some time. returned to hel
home at Ottumwa Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. w. belong and
daughter. Marjory, who have spent thu
past, three months at points Of inter.
est in the east and south, visiting ant
sight seeing, arrived home Sunday
morning.
Miss Roxie Saunders Of Abba was
Sunday guest of Miss Rena Ryan
Eva, the daughter OF Bert Emanuel
south OF town, is suffering from whoop
Ing cough and pneumonia.
Eddyville and Oska1oosa played bal
here Sunday. The score was q to 20 ii
favor of Eddyville.
S. o.. Hays of Bosworth, Mo-, was
Berry, and transacted business here
Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Gillies O
Ottumwa spent Saturday and Sunda.
with Mrs. Gillies' mother, Mrs. Dash
iell
John Jones Of oskaloosa spent Mon
day with his grandparents, Mr.. an,
Mrs. B. H. Surbaugh and with friends
Elmer Maitland OF Oskaloosa visite,
friends here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davy Mahaffey spen
Sunday with Mr.. Mahaffey's parent
at Fremont. His mother, Mrs. Georg,
Mahaffey, came home with them
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl True Of Ottumwa
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FRUIT CROP LIKE 1908
That Is The Estimate Made BY Yves.
ley Greeneof horticultural


Society.
The Iowa fruit crop Of 1907 Is likely
to be about what It was in 1903.
That Is. the Judgement OF Wesley
Greene, secretary of the state horti-
cultural society. He sent letter to
the members Of the society embodying
this 1903 estimate:
1T will be two weeks yet" says
Mr.. Greene, before the line of bloom
on fruit trees will have passed north
ward out of the state and frosts may
occur again within that time. The
probabilities are that the fruit crop
this year will be similar to that of 1903
should the same conditions prevail
during the remainder of the season.
Secretary Greene says that the
condition of Iowa fruit on May was
as follows:
Apples d66. pears As, American plums
81, Japanese Pluns 10, Domestic
plums is. cherries 20, peaches 90,
grapes 80, red raspberries, 60, black
raspbcrriss 60, blackberries II, cur.
rants 70. gooseberries 6S and straw.
berries II per cent
The conditions Of May 4 through
a little colder (26 degrees)," says Mr.
Greene, 4are not unlike those on April
80, 1903, when the mercury went
down to % at Des Moines and II al
hardwood. The line of bloom at that
time was little in advance Of where
1t is now, yet the fruit was not all
killed that year, as the records show
The following crop was gathered tina,
year:
Apples AZ, pears 8, American
plums ID, Japanese plums 10. Domes
tica plums IL, cherries %, peaches 20
grapes g., red raspberries 81. sblach
raspberries 78 and strawberries -9s
per cent
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Because resid5nts in the vicinity Of
the Charlton ball park object to the
lusty voices of the fans, an appeal has
been made to the supreme court to re-
open a case recently passed upon by
that body, when an injunction was re-
fused to prevent holding games in the
ball park there. The yells of the Char
iton fans, when their favorite lines out
a homer, are obnoxious to the resi-
dents. 1t will strike the normal citi-
zen that what Charlton needs is a red
hot league team and an initiation into
the joys of fandom which cannot be
expressed without more or less vocal
demonstration.
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damages to the amount

company damages to the amount OF
$500.
'.It made the woman mad. She has
tened at once to the Office of the rail.
ways claim adjuster. She said bit
terly:
{" How is this? Here you give a
man $500 for the loss of his leg
while you only give me $4,000 for the
loss of my husband?'
"The claim adjuster smiled amiably
and said in a smoothing voice.
Madame, the reason is quite plain
The $500 won't provide the poor man
with a new leg, whereas with your
$4,000 you can easily get new hus
band, and perhaps better one.--Kan
sas City Star.
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Jesse James Son.

Jesse James, the noted outlaws son
is. at the age of 80, one of the most
talented and respected lawyers of Kan
sas City.
In claims case that he recently won
Mr.. James told an amusing story.
There was woman" he said.
whose husband wass killed In rail-
road accident. The railroad. to avoid
suit, gave her $4,000 damages.
The sum satisfied the woman, but a
month or two afterwards, taking up a
newspaper, she read about man who
had lost his leg In the same accident,
and behold. this man was given BIZ the
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TO WE'D DOUBLE OF EAMEs

Miss Thompson, Brde-to.be Of Julian
Story, Philadelphia Belle; Her
Picture Taken for Prlma Donna,s
Philadelphia, Pa, May - Society
here expects soon to receive formal
announcement of the engagement OF
the beautiful Anne Thompson Of Phil
adelphia to Artist Storey, from whom
Madame Emma Eames. the great
grand opera singer, so recently OBJ
tanned divorce.
This announcement has already
been made semiauthoritntively and in
fact ever since the divorce proceed
ing5 were begun by the singer society
he's been diligently asking the ques-
ton, when will they marry?.'
Miss Thompson who is the daughter
Lof Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee Thomp.
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A "Swettenhamism."

AS another instance of what is calls
"swettenhamism the London Chron-
icle says: "a charming young woman
from Virginia, who had prematurely
white hair-for she was only 26-at-
tracted great attention wherever she
went. One day some one remarked
on the color and she laughingly replied
ooh, / don't like ii. l am going to turn
1t black as soon as 1 hear OF a reliable
dye Don't, don't,I beg Of you said
a titled English woman present; keep
1t as it is White hair often gives re-
fnement to a face that otherwise
would possess none.'-Kansas City
Star.