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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
NOTICE, A. 0. =.

All members OF the Ancient Order
Of Hlberians are requested 90 hlee'
ana attend the funeral & their late
brother Con Linehan, at O'Clock TINS
/ Nonday) morning. BY order Of
JAS. MEEHAN, Pres
IT. r. CARAHER. secy
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
Eeznul Camden.

What do you think of my new
book7~ asked the woman who writes.
4 haven't read It." said the WON
an who reads. And since there seems
to be nothing in T. that prevents yoHi
discussing T.. don't suppose | shall
tsxs the tTo2bIs TO get L."
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
PUBLIC MAN DIES.

New YORK. Feb. 23-George Helm
yeaman- LAWYER. ex-cOngressman and
minister to Denmark. under President
Johnson. died today in Jersey CITY ID
his seth year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

The average length Of life OF a
tradesmsn is tWo-thirds that Of a
farmer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

cbedisnee.
Obedience il better than sacrifice
Shakespeare
60
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
WEST POINT.

West Point.-Chas. Byers made a
business trip to Chicago this week.
Mrs. W. +. Abel arrived Wednesday
morning to visit relatives and to at
tend the wedding Of her brother, J.
Lies.
West Point and vicinity was visited
by a heavy rain Saturday and Sunday.
Al Burns and John Summers were
visitors at Fl. Madison Sunday even
ing.
Misses Rose and Mary Jacobe, who
made an extended visit at the home of
Joseph Shredder, returned to their
home at Neaola Saturday.
The canning factory is running day
and night now canning tomatoes.
Al Koet was a visitor at this city
Saturday and Sunday
The train was an hour and a half
late Friday evening on account of Taft
speaking at Ottumwa for which it was
held.
Etelz Cortet gave a concert at Jerets
opera house Friday evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Maccanon We're
visitors at Greenbay last Sunday.
Miss Emma Lampe returned to
Dakota where she will teach perish
school.
George Quicker was a visitor at Fl
Madison Friday and Saturday.
The Hamier Bros, have began max
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Obituary


Kirkville.-Miss Sarah Forsythe,
daughter of James and Sarah Forsythe,
died September 27, 1908, while she was
visiting friends at Griswold, Iowa She
arose Saturday (the 25th) apparently
in good health and was in the best Of
spirits all day. About 10 p. M. Sat
urday she experienced a slight stroke
Of paralysis, which gradually grew
worse until the end came about 5
o'clock Sabbath evening.
She was born on the Forsythe home
stead just southwest Of Kirkville, Iowa,
April 81, 1852. She was the fifth child
in family of ten children. Father,
mother and two sisters and two broth
ers passed away before her. Those
remaining to mourn her departure are
John T. Forsythe, Ottumwa Iowa; R.
G. W. Forsythe. Kirkville, Iowa; Mrs.
S. j. Warren, Des Moines: Mrs Mary
Olney, Dudley, Iowa; Nell Forsythe,
Tacoma, Wash.
She united with the Presbyterian
church of Kirkville. Iowa, in early
childhood. Later in life taking up her
home in Chillicothe Iowa. she united
with the M. e. church of that place,
and was an honore1 member of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
MIR. Thomas ]. Faulds
1O7 Madison Avenue,
OttslIRvya, Iowa.

Says; Gentlemen: Il want to thank
you very much for the free soc box
of SWANS Backache and Kidney Pills
given me at f. B. Clark's drug store
They certainly will do all that you
claim for them, or at least that is my
experience from using them. They did
me more good then any thing I have
every before taken; yes. than hun
dreds of dollars of medicine paid for
before getting them, and want to say
personally to you. that l cheerfully
recommend them to my one suffer-
ing as I have; also will write my ex-
perience to any one wishing it. They
are certainly boom to suffering
humanity. I have no objection TO you
using this as a testimonial.
Very gratefully yours,
Thos. J. Faulds."
Thousands have been cured of Back
ache, Rheumatism, Govt Lumbago
and various other diseases caused by
the kidneys. Don't delay. but beglc
their use today. Sold by F. B. Clark
and ]. H. L. Swenson. Ottumwa.
Swain Medicine Co, Inc, sole own
ers, Kansas City, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
JACK FROST
SCORED TWICE

The September engagement of Jack
Frost was somewhat delayed by a,
snowslide up north, which made it
impossible for him to open his fall
starring season in Ottumwa until
Monday night. So satisfied was he
with the reception accorded him that
he repeated the performance Tuesday,
delving somewhat deeper N artic
lingo. His debut in "A September
Cold, or Why the Weather Seems so
| Chilly, when the rising young TRACE
dian did arrive, was great success
| Everyone felt the snap of his arctic
temperament, but few could warm up
| to the thrills of the evening. His To-
cal engagement will be limited, in
fact Local Observer Alvin Tomlin
doubts whether he will appear at all
the balance of the week. Of course
he will return later and play long
engagement of many weeks. He has
done record breaking business for so
early in the season. His press agent
gives out the following figures to
prove it: Eddyville 80 degrees above
zero; Hedrick, 81; Batavia. 80;
Agency, IS; Fairfield, 80; Blakesburg,
"a; Chilicothe, IS.
The hottest day last month was
September II, when Sc degrees was
the mark reached The coolest day
was September 90 at which time the
thermometer dropped to 80 above
zero. September 2S showed "a de-
grees. while The day previous the
temperature was ten degrees warmer
The total precipitation for the month
was Al, the greater part of which was
On September 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03

same at the time of her decease. The
remains were brought to the beautifui
cemetery Of Kirlzvile and tenderly
laid to rest. after appropriate services
in the Presbyterian church, conducted
by Rev. w. Lee Vincent, by the side
of the ones who had gone before.
(COntributed)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03

Milo Roberts was visitor at FIT.
Madison Saturday and Sunday.
The band gave an open air concert
Friday evening. It was well attended.
ing molasses and have installed a new
boiler in their plarge plant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Je.diM Erichf

Je-div Fright
posses ses "ferars from lung troubla
till they learn DR.. Kings New Dis
covery will help them. soc end s1oO.
F. B. Clark. J. H. L. Swenson & co.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
TYPICAL

DAYS Republican contemporary,
Delegates with votes looked
~ upon the Hammond procession
with amazed curiosity. They know
this man once tried to take the reins
of the Transvaal government away
from old Dom Paul Kruger, and they
know that Kruger caught Hammond at
it and sentenced him to DEATH" Thus
we are indebted to a Republican con-
temporary for the statement that Mr..
Hammond is a reprieved pirate, while
Republican contemporaries have been
diligent in reporting and requoting
Secretary Taft's remarks about the
character and habits and military ca
reer of General Grant. We admit that
Republicans might have selected men
about whom less might be said, but
we insist that the choice is a most I'M
expected tribute to the sterling honesty
of the Republican party. Republicans
recognize in burly, God knows" Taft,
with his record in the Philippines, and
in audacious, reckless, brainy Ham
mond, with his tremendous ability and
salary to match, and his record in
South Africa, the men who truly typify
and exemplify Republicanism. and they
do. Innocent, pedagogic Cortelyou,
with his fine head for figures; Uncle
Joe Cannon, with his robust old-fash-
toned American nations and his
habit of calling a spade spade, and
honest Fairbanks, who guilelessly adj
ministers cocktails to his guests, do
NOT represent the modern Republican
party, with its coils, its tolls, its sin
uosities, its tremendous wealth, its
deep plans of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, its long
vistas of spendthrift and prodigal pow
er, it's billion dollar congresses, its i'm
perial visions, its toiling children, its
starving mothers its unemployed Ia
borers, its half empty schoolhouses.
it's factories and mines crowded with
cheap and juvenile labor, its greatest
good for the smallest number, its
Jameson raids" on the resources of
the vast and naturally teeming land,
where starvation for even the least of
the "little ones" should be impossible.
All, yes! Taft of the Philippines and
Hammond of the Transvaal are typical
Republicans. Thank heaven, the peo-
pie of the United States will have the
opportunity of voting for a typical
AMERICAN. But he will be nomi-
mated by the Democratic party.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
PRIVATE PARTIES

WY HEN we read about the numerous
w billionaires and millionaires
w who are attending the Repub-
Hearst's independence league. Any
one of the Republican billionaires could
start a new party of his own, as
Hearst has done. What will be the re-
suit IL every rich man in the United
States suddenly makes up his mind
that he should follow Hearst's exam
pie, and if we have not only pri-
waite yachts, private cars, private
trains and automobiles, but private
newspapers, private political parties,
private nominations and private cleo
tons? We realize that apparently
we have landed the reader and our
selves in a paradox, but our mean
ing is not paradoxical, although we
reduction to paradoxical absurdity of
the system which has taken the place
of Americanism. By private nominal
lions and elections, however, we mean
nominations procured for individuals
directly or indirectly by reason Of their
riches, and by private elections we
mean elections conducted for the bene-
fit of parties which have been created,
financed and put into the field to repre-
sent private interests and not public
needs. Since we have an Independence
or Yellow Journalism party why would
it not be equally sensible to have a
Standard Oil party ("for president of
the U. S. A., Jawn ID, Steel party,
a Pork and Pickles party, Beef par
ty and, in fact, a party for every trust!
Any trust may be the nucleus of par
ty. The boss of the Yellow Journal
trust has shown how a party may be
built on any lone interest which is
willing to pay the pipers."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
MONEY AND JUSTICE

MFR. wOOLWINES address to the
N City club on the necessity for.
A'A- obedience to law took the case of
local clubs and liquor licenses as a spe-
cific instance. and of course 1t is i'm
possible to gainsay his charge that so
called social clubs engaging in the sale
of liquor without license are doing so In
violation of the letter and spirit OF the
city ordinances" Mr.. Woolwine says If
this contention is not sustained in the
courts "the people of Los Angeles may
as we'll build a roof over this fair city
and call it a gigantic saloon"
But Mr.. Woolwine's statement with
regard to the clubs was completely
overshadowed in Importance by some
remarks he made before he took up the
subject of club liquor selling. In
most direct and unequivocal manner he
attacked the money power for its con-
slant interference with the administra-
ton of even-handed justice in the Unit
ed States. He contends that there is
"plutocracy," although he did not use
that word and he stated positively
that the law, which is said to be no
respecter of persons, is a respector of
purses. Although this allegation has
been made over and over again. we
question whether it has ever Wefore
been made with forceful directness by
citizen occupying a responsible Off
cial position. Mr.. Woolwine says there
are certain conditions which always
conspire to defeat exact impartiality in
the administration of the laws; that 1t
is a MANIFEST IMPOSSIBILITY for
a man who is without means with
which to procure trained legal talent to
intercede for him and take advantage or
any weakness that may appear In the
prosecution to have melted out to him
at all times and on all occasions the
same kind of Justice as the more
fortunate malefactor" who is wealthy.
Mr.. Woolwne says that in the United
States money and its handmaiden
prominence go hand in hand EVER TO
DEFEAT THE ENDS OF JUSTICE;
that not only is the power of promi-,
nence and aff1uence demonstrated with
regard to efforts to convict offenders
aIIer N1OldllODS VI law ii"NC
the courts. but it is ever present ana
potent with regard to the detection or
the offender and in his arrest after de-
lection There are men by the score
in this city today who are violating the
laws WITH IMMUNITY" said Mr..
Woolwine. Justice has her eyes WIDE
open and focused upon MANY NO
TORIOUS VIOLATORS of the law, and
yet SHE WILL NOT SEE"
And 1t is not a noisy Socialist or
professional agitator, but an officer OF
the law, engaged in the administration
of justice. who makes the ADMISSION
that under present conditions, in their
endeavors to be just, conscientious, ca
pable officials are thwarted by the mis-
use of wealth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
TIE CRAZE EoR SOUVENIRS

Tn these enlightened days anything
from the limb of tree to a table nap
kin is liable to be carried away as q
souvenir. ~, aoenad
case of the aforesaid habit, soJournlns
in New York, was dining at IasnioI u
able cafe. and, being prepossessed III
favor Of the cunning pewter cream
pots with which the tables were sup
pIied calmly carried one away IN her
nouff' Can you imagine her self-valua-
tion when upon examining her prize
later on she discovered carved across
tbe bottom: "Stolen from Ms.
A Pittsburg bachelor, wandering INTO
a restaurant. came upon friend Just
seating himself with two ladles' Inc
bachelor was invited to join the party
did so. and at the end OF the luncneon
insisted upon paying the costs the Dill
bainp syvrong. he went to the cashiers
desk to personally adjust the discrep-
ancy. where he was informed that the
extra charges were for spoons which
the women had put In their handbags.
And that was the first time he had ever
met them!
TTnon the occasion of the presentation
of a handsome, silver service by one OF
the United States to battleship which
was being christened in her honor, an
elaborate banquet was served ABOARD
shin. at which the service was used.
Society came en- masse from the town
near which they were anchored and
after the function was over there were
not enough forks and spoons with
which to lay the tables. And yet these
souvenir fanatics would draw their
moral skirts aside for fear of contam-
nation with q eaal thief-The Bohe-
rpiajp-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
GOOD ROADS

TN consequence of necessity for
great change or revolution In
l. methods of road building, an inter-
national road congress will be held at
Paris in October. The United states
will be represented by Logan Waller
Page, director of the office of public
roads: Col. Charles S. Cromwell, U. S.
corps of engineers. and Clifford Rich
ardson of New York, an eminent chem
list and one of the worlds &C
knowledged authorities on bituminous
road building materials. A complete
change in road building methods has
been made necessary by automobiles.
No innovation has ever created sucn
great economic changes as the auto
mobile. Its use is world wide, and the
necessity for adapting conditions to
automobile needs Is equally great in
every country. Therefore the coming
international congress on good roads
is regarded by highway engineers and
experts as the most important ever
summoned for the discussion of an
economic question. The soft tires Of
the modern motor car are highly In
furious to hard surface thoroughfares.
The highway in common use is COM
paratively modern invention. The first
man to build a crushed stone road was
MacAdam of Ayr, Scotland who rea-
soned, then believed, then demon
strated that a road composed of
crushed stone would not only endure
the constant traffic of iron-tired We
hicles, but would be improved, because
the metal bound wheels would be con-
stantly crushing the stones and form
ing rock dust. That dust, it was ar
gued, would not merely sift itself into
all cracks and interstices, but would
fill all surface inequalities, and when
wet would be rolled into smooth, i'm
pervious water shedding, shell like sur
face. For over a century and a quar-
ter the macadam scientific road has
done everything the old Scotch high
way engineer claimed 1t would do. Not
less than the railroad it has helped
civilization. But 1t has been found
that the automobile is a dust-mill. 1t
is not because the big machine raises
dust that cloud is in Its wake. Even
on the hardest macadamized road the
fine dust cloud attends the heavy au-
tomobile. The explanation is that the
great rubber tired wheels of the We
hicles grind the macadam roadbed into
dust. Over the good road of the flu
ture automobiles will travel swiftly.
and will not raise dust clouds, because
the road surface will not be ground
into powder by the speeding wheels.
Good roads associations everywhere
are interested in the coming congress,
and the results of it's deliberations will
be awaited eagerly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

tanning employment or earning money,
is at last forced to stand in the bread
line in order to keep the babies at home
from starving to death. Imagine, If
you can, the sufferings of babies who
were not only starved but lost their
homes on account of the financial de-
preston, and were forced to take
refuge in the police stations or perish
on the streets! 1t is an extraordinary
characteristic of human nature that in
a great physical disaster, like the San
Francisco fire. it will yield to the
brotherly instinct and provide food ana
shelter for homeless wanderers. But
for those who have suffered from a
great MORAL disaster, like the Repub-
lican panics, there is no shelter but
that of the poorhouse. no food but the
stale loaves of the bread line.
Many of the men who could have
prevented the hardship and horror or
the panic are delegates to the Republic
can convention. The man they nomin-
ate will be dollar marked. The voters
will not be awed by Republican wealth
They know, by experience. that the
wealth of the millionaires does not
mean the prosperity of the United
States, although the prosperity of the
United States makes the wealth of the
millionaires. 1t is a most unfair ana
one-sided arrangement, and no stranger
would ever guess that the country winch
encouraged it had among its first ana
fundamental principles one which af-
firmed a belief in life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness for everybody! A
mere commonplace human being with
the ordinary supply of brains would be
apt to think the phrase pursuit OF
happiness" indicated that at one time
1t was believed happiness was worth
striving for, and the obvious inference
is that people should not be prevented
from striving for 1t. There is no surer
way of depriving a man of his oppor-
tunity for the pursuit of happiness than
to deprive him of occupation, take
away means of livelihood, decline TO
give him employment, reduce his family
TO penury, and rob his children or edu-
cation. OF all these injustices. not IN
one instance but in hundreds of thou-
sands. the Republican party has been
guilty. And 1t asks for continuance
of power in order that 1t may continue
tn he unjust at the expense of the
weaker classes!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
LABOR BUREAUS

rOR the protection not only of the
n unemployed but of decent, re-
II spectacle, useful employment
be taken to restrain or suppress al
legged employment agencies or bureaus,
which are either downright frauds or
fakes, or so thoroughly irresponsible
that they are a menace to that large
section of the community which eX-
changes it's labor for its daily bread.
Decent agencies and bureaus of en-
ployment hold a responsible position In
our economy. They fill place which
should be a part of the social system,
lust as the postoffice in the United
States is a part of the system, and as
postoffice, telegraph service and ex-
press service are parts of the social
governmental system in the United
Kingdom. While the necessity for gov
ernmental registration bureaus and Ia
Dor bureaus has not been recognized
in the United States, although 1t GER
tainly does eXist-the proof that 1t ex-
ISIS is COIlSldHl anu ID COllolohlAS SlScbI
then it Is only right and proper that
employment bureaus should be estab-
lished by private capital and con-
Quoted by honest, discriminating and
intelligent managers. But managers of
employment bureaus of this descrip-
ton are foremost to resent the odium
brought upon an honorable and useful
calling by the sharks that prey on hui
man necessities. 1t is not pleasant to
think that in this enlightened age re-
spectacle men and women or boys and
girls may be kidnaped-for that word
is the equivalent of The transaction
and taken to distant parts of the state,
only to find that representations made
to them have been false, that there is
no work they can do or that there is
absolutely no employment of any kind.
In such a case the victims are stranded
or marooned. Frequently their return
to the city is out of the question I'M
less they can communicate with friends
who can send them funds. Honest en-
pIoyment agencies are prepared to take
united action to drive the dishonest
pirates out Of busines
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

When one thinks of the numerous
possibilities for adding beautiful deco
rative pieces of pottery to the home in
the way OF lamp bowls, candlesticks,
dishes for flowers or fruit, and all
kinds of decorative jardinieres it seems
we'll worth while to learn how tn mako
them at home.
Now that plasta, composite clay or
plasterine can be obtained already
prepared, requiring only the ADDITION
of water. the making of pottery comes
within the scope OF the most unen-
lightened worker. These compositions
can be obtained in cream color, terra
Gotta or in olive green, says the De-
lineator A few simple potters' Tools
board, rolling pin, and water-are
the only requisites. The materlai is
moistened with water and is kneaded
on board to give it Elasticity. lt' IS
then rolled with rolling pin.
In order to make a small BOWL take
lump of clay and work the knuckies
into it until 1t assumes the form OF
birds nest This will save a good deal
of shaping when building up the sides.
Do not attempt to add too large
piece at first, or it will break off, es-
pecially If the sides are high. Work
the small bits of clay very carefully
into the sides.
When the pottery made from plasta
is perfectly dry it Is sent to Kiln to
fire. If the green, white or terra Gotta
are not lust the colors desired, the ves-
sells can be colored with ordinary tube
oil colors moistened with turpentine,
and a wax finish given to them after
ward This Is really a very practical
and tasty method of getting what is
known as mat glaze.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
REPUBLICANISM

NJ O MAN with heart can fail to be
v struck by the fact that the Repub-
l. lican national convention typifies
cold blooded heartlessness. 1t brings
before us with vivid force many start
ling facts when we learn that billions"
We're represented in one train load of
politicians chosen to be delegates from
New York. The Republican party, with
all these immensely rich men in it's
ranks, with billions of dollars in its roll
call, FAILED to save the country from
the most colossal financial disaster of
modern times. Never before in the
history of the nation in a time of peace,
with food products in abundance, has
there been such a sudden. thorough and
far-reaching interruption of national
prosperity. The innocent and the finan-
cially weaker members of the great
American community suffered fright
fully. Imagine, if you can, the feelings
of the father or mother who, having
exhausted every possible means of OBJ