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in Sacramento the other day and they did some vigorous resolving" They declared that the hop growers oppose prohibition because 1t means absolute ruin to hop growing and the allied in- dustries: because in the hop fields 1t would deprive tens of thousands of women, children and physically weak men from earning the wages they are accustomed to and which are neces- sary to enable them to live" Beer was defended as "hygienic beverage
 prohibition was further arraignei for
 striving to make the mass of the pop ulation responsible for the shorteom- ings and vicious habits of the intem-
 perate few" and finally it was resolved that "hop growers and brewers should Eunite in opposing the further spread of prohibition to the end that the brewing l interest may be conserved and the hop growing industry benefited"
 This is an indication of the compli- cated situation that has already been
 created and which seems likely to be-
 come yet more complicated It involves
 some very perplexing problems.
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 NOT VERY GREEDY.

Automobilsts have about as great an interest in good roads as anybody has, so it is not at all surprising to find that In New York they are willing to be taxed for the improvement of CTS in that state have been privileged, as compared with those of most states. in that the registration fee of s2 was virtually perpetual. as, having been paid once, it was not demanded again from the same owner for the same car. Each car, under new owner. was registered. the purchaser of a sec ond hand car being obliged to take out new registry number and pay an additional fee. but as long as the same person used a car the original fee sufficed Now there is tlisposit- ion 10 fall into line with other states and adopt an annual license fee. and the readiness of automobilists to pay larger share for the maintenance of good roads is indicated by the fact that a bill looking to this object has been drafted by the legislative com- fnittee of the New York Automobile association. The fees will not only be collected annually but they will be higher than formerly, if the proposed law is enacted. Cars will pay on a classification basis of weight. g being the fee for 1000 pounds or less. s4, or possibly B. for cars between 1000 and 2.o0o pounds. and s2 additional for every 500 pounds over 2.o00.
 If this bill becomes law whatever is collected under it will go directly to the improvement of the roads. and 1t is figured that the amount will he bs20o.eo0 or s3o0.00o. which will help
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NEW HAvEN's SUMS.

Those of tho city officials who fail to hear the lecture announced by Pro- lessor William B. Bailey for Thursday of this week upon the subject New Haven's Sums" will be losing a gold en opportunity. The lecture is to be given under the auspices of the As sociated Civic societies, than which no organization in the city has done more for the amalgamation of town and gown" in the last two years.
 Professor Bailey is a thorough stud ent and an authoritative speaker. espe- cially upon the subject he will have in hand. He has made careful studies of the conditions of the poor in a score of cities fy personal observation. There is not a phase of the life of the poor in New York that he is not thoroughly conversant with and there is every reason to believe that he will show as much familiarity with this city's dis tricts of squalor, which in comparison are no less in size and no worse in kind than those of the big city.
 Professor Bailey announces that he will take LID the Oak street district, the Polish settlement. the gas-house set clement, the Prindle alley district and others. All of thnse he has gone over in detail. It cannot but be expected that he will unearth some deplorable conditions. The professor says that New Haven has some quarters So bad that they fival anything to he found in New York, and he will have H. lustrations to prove 1t, too. If that is so, then the city officials and the philanthropists of the city owe it as a duty to themselves, as well as to the public generally. to be present and hear what is said,
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APPLIED CHRISTIANITY.

We read about applied Christianity. and occasionally we read about some body who tries to apply Christianity to his own walk and conversation. Just now it is the Rev. F. D. Fisher, who has told the First Methodist Church of Boston that he cant cohscientiously take the $2,s0o a year it has been pay ing its pastors, but has not yet made up his mind whether to take s1,2O0 and the use of the parish house rent free or s2,100 and house himself. He feels entitled to "a living wage" and no more. T do not intend" he says, ito be the only person to help the poor in the section where my church is located; whatever I may ask to have taken from my salary and placed in a fund for the relief of the poor. I shall ex- pect the church to make ah equal con tribution'
 Brother Fisher seems to have very definite Ideas of his duty, and with such ideas his expectation that his church will give as much as he does to the poor seems to be a moderate one.
 There are, we suppose, many ministers who give away as large part of their
 salary as Brother Fisher intends to. even though they do not put it in just
 the way he does.
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CANDIDATES.

He tlearning to waltz)-Is 1t very hard 10 reverse?
 she-Oh. no. just take your foot off one of mine and put it on the other Life.
 The Best Friend-I hear her old bus hand shows her a dog-like devotion
 The Casual Gossip~Yes. they say he is always growing at her-Baltimore Amei ican.
 Little Elvira-Msmma when the fire goes Dut. where does it go2
 Mrs. Gaylord|T don't know, dear You might just as well ask me where your father goes when he goes out Chicago News.
 You made a mistake in your pa per. said an indignant man entering the editorial sanctum of a daily iourna !. T was one of the competitors at an athletic entertainment last night. and you referred 10 me ss the 'well-knovn lightweight champion. :"
 well. are you not7" inquired the sporting editor.
 ''No. m nothing of the kindt7 was the angry response. and It's coz foundedly awkward. because I'm a coal dealer. Philadelphia Ledger.
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some. The New York automobilists are certainly not very greedy.
Cactus Center's Candidate.

We are thinkin here in Cactus. and we're thinkin pretty plain, That it's time we cut some figger in the national campaign; We hear of many fav rites. but jest take it. stranger. straight. When it comes to winnin' horses we have got THE candidate. He'll be nameless jest at present. till we're ready fer to spring A name that, sure as shootin', will Jesl make the country ring: Fer he sums up all the virtues that the fnicky can wish. Though his fav'rite term in cussin' +
 some stronger than "Oh. Pish!' He kin ride a twistin' bronco that ain
 ever had a brand, And kin snuff a burnin' candle with
 gun in either hand: He kin throw the rope some fancy, anf
 kin hogtie any steer, And at standin' pat i'll gunplays he ain
 ever had a peer. So we're goin' to keep him quiet. as ths
 COW country's dark hoss, And we'll stampede the convention
 fore they brand us Double-Cross Our platform skips the tariff. but iti strong on wild west shows, And our candidates a winner when h'
 speaks in cowboy clothes.
 Denver Republican.
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FOR X LESS NOISY ONE.

When the invention of the noiseless gun was announced it was sadly men, toned that nobody had invented a noiseless Fourth of July. That this Is sadly true is indicated by the fact that in the cargo of a British steamer which has just reached Boston there are over 400.OOo,OO0 Chinese fire crackers intended for the Fourth of July trade. Just about enough for New Haven.
 Of course there will he millions or billions more firecrackers sent to this country from China or New Jersey There will also be millions or billions of other noise- making devices design ed to help the intelligent and highly civilized people of the United States express their deepest patriotic emo- tions. But it is cheering that for the last few years there has been a growing suspicion that noise, bad smells. fires, terror, wounds and death are not just the things for a peaceful celebration of Independence and general glory. It is to be hoped that this year that suspicion will be strengthened and that it will show it. self in action intended to decrease the noise, the bad smells the fires, the terror and the wounds and death, which have become a part of our l Glorious Fourth. Though the great day is still in the distance it is not too early to begin to think about mak- ing 1t safer and more peaceful than | it has been. Let us in New Haven be- gin to think about our part in it.
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CONCRETE SHIPS IN SIGHT

There seems to be no end to the possibilities of concrete. Things have been arranged so that we can live in a concrete house if we want to and have the very reasonable price, and now the definite talk is that we shall soon be able to go to sea in concrete ship. Moreover, the navies of the world may yet be made of concrete. Already compressed concrete has been used in the. construction of battle ships. while concrete barges have been used by the Italian admiralty for some time. Five of these vessels. each of 120 tons or more, are in com mission, and are said to give every sat- isfaction in the work which they have to do. The first of these boats was built in 1906, on the plans of Mir. Gabellini, an Italian, who has devoted all his energies to the subject of rein forced concrete, and who for many years has been conducting expert ments with it. His boat, built with double bottom and of the cellular type, was submitted to severe tests in the Spezia arsenal. where a much 1 larger vessel built of iron and with an i iron ram was directed against 1t with out doing it any considerable amount Of damage. After some time, In con sequence of the satisfactory results obtained from this experimental yes sel, four more were ordered on ac- count of the Italian navy. It Is said that. owing to the unfavorable condi- tons of producing iron in Italy the capacities of reinforced concrete fir shipbuilding are attracting good deal of attention in that country. and that experiments and trials on a much larger and more important scale Nwil soon be made.
 It looks as if a well-tlrected cannon ball of fair size would make some bif cracks in concrete ship. but perhap they would be as safe in war as an, ship, and that isn't saying much.
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shown in the Presidents interest in a postal savings bank scheme. That would be a genuine lift for the wage earner
 Those who remember the special commission appointed by President Arthur to inquire into the tariff sched- ules and the fate of their excellent re- port will not feel especially inspired by President Roosevelt's recommends ton that a similar course be followed now with reference to the existing schedules. It may serve useful pur- pose in fottifying the Republican spellbinders in the approaching cam paign as against the Democrats, who will demand immediate revision, but it is very doubtful if the tariff will ever be revised in that way. A re- port made by experts would add i'm mensely to the public's stock of infor- 
 nation and might in that way stimu- late the agitation for tariff reform, but until the producers themselves
 learn the wisdom of yielding point
 here, and there in the interest of a
 more scientific commercial system one less dependent for its life upon the commonest human selfshness, we suspect that the pressure which would be brought upon the ways and means | committee would knock that report into a cooked hat. President Roose-
 welt has, however, played a clever stroke in touching the subject at all a
 this time.
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 OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
What "aim. Think. About It.
(The New York Press.)

\
 Bimberg the Button Man known to politicians hn every State as plain "Bim,' has gone out of the button business to take care of his real estate Investments He has not lost his ln- terest in politics, and said yesterday that. having named in advance every Presidential candidate since Garfield s time, he wanted to go on record this year for Roosevelt on the one side an1 against Bryan on the other. He said he would give this as tip to his old rivals in the button field. He regards the certainty of MT Roosevelt's nomin- ation as settling Bryans chances.
 Tt matters not" said Bim, that Mr. Roosevelt has twice declared positively that he will not be candidate This further proves the President is 2 great and far-seeing politician. Ulysses s. Grant permitted hmself to he a candl- date. and he was talked to his political death on the 'no-third- term proposi- tion.
 Roosevelt has forestalled all this He has placed the lid over all this kind of talk and spiked 1t down. When the roll call Of the States begins at Chicago there will ba the greatest con flagration ever seen in a political con vention when the first State for Roose- welt announces his name. Leading can didates, favorite sons and dark hors es' will be swept out at single stroke Roosevelt will unanimously nonina ted and Taft will be named for vice pres ident.
 ''The next convention will in reality he as much of 2 'cut-and- dried affair as was the last Republican convention in Chicago. After Roosevelt is nomin- ated nearly everybody in the party will climb on the band wagon
 Who will be the Democratic noml- nee?" Bim was asked
 William J. Bryan is betting hi: whole political fortune that Roosevelt is sincere in his declaration that he is not candidate. Bryan has become Roosevelts political friend, and has praised his policies to the skies. Fol l ihsi reason Roosevelts nomination ir June will surely kill Bryan off for any serious consideration before the Denve: | convention in July said Bin.
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ty and that is that before long the Boston dailies and the Harvard press generally will be accusing Yale of try ing to advertise itself and increase its enrolment by it's athletic policies, which will be said to be "so detriment- al to the youth of the land"
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Perhaps the villains who broke into the jail al Marion, Kansas, the other night and stole the liquor that the jail keepers kept for their private use didn't think anything about being fun ny. and the jail keepers didn't see any thing funny in them, but all the same they were funny
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AN INTERESTING SITUATION

Business is always business in this country. and so It is not surprising that it has been discovered that prohibition
 is interfering with business. In the Sacramento Valley. in other parts of California and in Washington and Ore gon a great many hops are grown and sold. The great and steady customers of the hop growers are the brewers 4 meeting of the hop growers was held
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If the sea serpent 150 feet long which seems to be on his way up from the South is the advance agent of prosper ity for the sea Summer resorts he will be most heartily welcome wherever he shows his head. He is hereby invited to make a call at Savn Rock
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The Kansas minister who says he would rather drink a bottle of red ink than a bottle of beer Isn't going to drink either. If he were he wouldn't talk that way.
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All may not he gold that glitters, but 1t is a glittering fact that in some parts of Tennessee fresh country eggs are selling at l2 1-2 cents a dozen.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-26

They say there's "a diamond war" on. but those actively engaged in the bread and butter war wont have to take part in it
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-26

Laurence Irving, the actor. has writ ten letter to the London papers, in which he suggests a novel tribute tc Count Leo Tolstoi in the shape of a pilgrimage of Englishmen of higl standing, if possible, by travelling third class or partly afoot. Mir. Irving fur ther suggests that thes pilgrims live plainly and mix with the people. The pilgrimage should be So arranged he adds. so as to reach Tolstois home 1T time to present him a birthday greet. | ing, August aS
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SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

A law suit which has been in prog ress since the year 14S0 between the To- cal authority of Frienar, suburb of Gotha, and certain mill owners, has been amicably settled at Berlin after 47S years of litigation The original cause of the suit, which has. swallowed up enormous sums in law costs, was the action of the mill owners in rais' ing without authorization the height o' a dam in the river Nesse, in order to increase the supply of water to their mills.
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old man (whose thoughts have been turned by whiskey to controversiai top- jcsl-eCan e tell me, sauoire, the diff ference between contracts out and non provided schoolsf
 squre-"Go away home, me man. and cometo me again when you're sober,
 old man" Sober! Nobody cares for them sort O things when 'e's sober!-- Punch
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Straw Hats

YES. Pardon us for speaking of then now, but we were just filling 8 straw hat order for Texas and it made us feel more cheerful and less chilly. and renewed our faith that Spring would arrive after all. and the grass get green and base ball thrive sand trout bite. You don't want a straw hat now. al- though we could show you eight or nine hundred of them if you were interested. We shall have 8 lot more later when you want them. It's the soft felt and Spring derby business that's hum. ming now. A good many dis criminating people think we have what they want. Perhaps we have what you want.
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The famous bells of Shandon, near Cork the largest of which was cracked last year. have been taken down and shipped to the foundry of Taylor X Co.,, Loughbofough, Leicestershire, for res toration. These bells. eight in number, and unexcelled for sweetness of tone, were cast In the middle eighteenth cen tury by Rudhall of Gloucester, who cast also at about the same date the bells of Christ Church, Boston. There Is Q close resemblance in the sound of these two peals, though Shandon bells are of heavier metal
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actors now in London, at a luncheon given in his honor recently. made d speech to his hosts, part, of which has been translated as follows; Would that were a dove, its wings laden with diamonds, that I might scatteg' them over you. Fain would I he your dawn. hcrald of golden memory. would be your sun, to hold all in my embrace. to melt the snows of your winter with the fire of my art into lim- pid streams. chming as they flow. I would be the springtime, bringing to you fresh happiness and tenderness of love. would be the spring, the twi- light, the dawn, the sun, the dove. all together--your Giovanni!'
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Portable kitchens which can be taken down and transported on army wagons dier's equipment. The work Is being done by the auartermaster's depart ment of the army at Fort Leaven- worth. The entire outfit has been ar ranged so that all its pieces will come within a width of thirty Inches; even the flooring IS put up in such length pieces. The dimensions of this new cookhouse for field soldiers are 12x15 feet, with storehouse Sxl5 feet. The pieces are to be fastened together with screws so that if can quickly be taken down in case of rush moving order
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-01
EDDYVILLE.

Eddyville.-Two severe accidents
have lately occurred as the result of
people being thrown from buggies. MIR.
and Mrs. Ben Thomas, Of near Lakon-
ia, were returning home from a visit
on Gray Creek and while on hill near
the DeTar place, the horses became
frightened and ran down the hill, and
the family were thrown from the
buggy. Mr.. Thomas escaped without
injury, but the child was painfully in
jured about the head and Mrs. Thomas
sustained badly sprained ankle and
numerous bruises. A. Mccain, while
at Pekay Saturday evening, was
thrown from his buggy and in addi
ton to having his collar bone cracked,
also had a portion of one eyelid torn
away and also received severe bruises
about the face and head.
The baby of VIM. Nall. which has
been quite sick at Coalheld, is worse
and at last account was not expected
to recover.
Chas. Odem and Guy Nair took a
party Of eight persons to the state fair
leaving here Sunday afternoon. Those
in the party We're, Fred Fair, James
Berry Chester Smith, Frank and John
Waugaman. Ivan Albaugh, Arthur Ep-
person and Sam Lennon.
Mrs. W. r. Nelson, Of 0skaloosa, has
been visiting relatives and friends
hereabouts.
Mrs. Ada Harding has been visiting
relatives at Abba.
Mrs Rachel Williams and Mrs. H.
e. Dixie was over Sunday guests Of
relatives In Ottumwa
W. B. wager and family. east of town
returned Monday night from an over
Sunday visit with his brother, George
jaeger at Batavia
Mrs. David Mahaffey has returned
from visit with her parents at FREE
mont.
Mrs. c. Plough, of Ferry, has been
visiting at the L. Cecil home.
c. f. Minor and family. of near
Cedar, were Sunday guests of relatives
at Lakonta.
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ANADOR.

Anador-Dr. and Mrs. Lot Haningi
were called from their home in Mis-
souri, last week by the serious illness
of Mrs. Haning's father, G. W. Bach
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green SPENT
Wednesday with their daughter, Mrs.
J. A. Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, Of Blakes-
burg. spent one day last week with
their son Fred and wife.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs, Carl Schwartz.
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Q. Wellman, Of OF
t1nawa. spent Sunday with the for
mer's parents.
MRS. Haning was guest at the
Ralston home Monday afternoon.
c. w. Bacflman Is dangerously Ill at
the home Of his brother fn-law, Clay
ton Smith, having suffered stroke Of
paralysis last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bachman came here
about two months ago from their home
In Los Angeles for visit with rela-
tives
E. Haning went to the county seat
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop, Of South OF
tumwa, spent Saturday night with
their daughter, Mrs. N. Shields.
Mrs. Smith has been very Ill the past
two weeks.
Mrs. Emily Myers is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ella Baker
John Schwartz and family visited at
Netherlands Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Haning called to
see G, w. Bachman Sunday.
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FARMINGTON.

- Pennington. - Mrs. Gertie Gwin-
nup, and little daughter, who have
ebeen visiting Mrs. r. E. Coulter, have
ereturned ito their. home in Mt. ster-
Fling.
d Mr., and Mrs. r. l.. Zane and family
Ely of Pulaski, who have been visit
ling Mrs. -Zane's father, NJ L. Bargar,
Ereturned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Woodwork and
daughter Florence are guests Of c..
H. Cares and family in Des Moines
this week.
Miss Jennie Franks pleasantly en-
tertafned the Kensington club on
Monday evening. Miss Daisy Benja-
min of Donaldson was the guest of
honor. Ice, cream and peaches were
served
Earl Wells Of Keoiuk visited over
Sunday with Pennington friends.
. Rev. John Longson and daughter,
Miss Alison Longson returned to their
home In Swaledale after pleasant
visit at the home OF E. S. Kelly and
family.
q. e. ManhaFd Is visiting his son
Edward Manhard and family in Des
Moines.
DR.. O.. L, Paisley and family and
g. W. SherTick and family visited rel
atives in Burlington Sunday.
Merritt Barton of Fairfield, who has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs H. f. Barton, returned home on
Tuesday.