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The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
THE MEAN MAN.

T believe" his wife angrily de- clared, that if I were dead you would be married again inside of a year."
 "Oh mo-" the mean man replied, you are mistaken. Try me and I'll prove it.'
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
"De Gustibus-"

Some men think that good din- her is the only thing to be desired"
 "Yes, and there are some other men who think of dinner as merely some thing to have a good smoke after"
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
Fixing Easter Day.

Easter day is the first Sunday after the fourteenth day (not the full moon) of the calendar moon which happens on or next after March 21.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
THAT OFFICE YARN.

Mrs. Al think offices are horrid. My husband is out all day and says he is looking for an office.
 Mrs. Z.-How funny! Mine is out late nights and says be is detained at the office.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17

last Spring and as I did not know what was the matter I kept going down and down until I was a physical wreck. l h ad smothering spells, flashes of heat over the kid ney5 and pain in pass inc fba kidpcv caero
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
Hint to the Fastidious.

Since milk bottles are invariably handled by the top fastidious women will wash off the bottle before remov- ing the paper cap.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
At the Council of Nice.

The arrangement for determining the date upon which Easter shall be celebrated was inaugurated at the council of Nice in 325.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-04-17
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE.
Vividly Described by One Who Has
 Suffered from 1t.

Mrs. H. Mutzabaugh, of Duncannon, Pa, says: T was sick and miserable all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01

for 3S.9 per cent of all divorces (period
1887 to 1906) 49.4 per cent or almost
one-half Of those granted to the hus
band, and 33.5 per cent, or one-third,
of those granted to the wife.
THE next most important ground t.f
divorce is, for husbands, adultery, anil
for wives. cruelty. or the. divorces
granted to husbands Q8S7 to 1906) 2S.S
per cent We're for adultery, and OF
those granted to wives 27.5 per cent
were for cruelty. Only 10 per cent of
the divorces granted to wives were for
adultery of the husband and 10.5 per
cent Of divorces granted to husbands
were for cruelty on the part OF the
wife.
Drunkenness was the ground for di-
vorce in 5.5 per cent of the cases in
which the wife brought suit, and in IL
per cent of the cases in which the suit
was brought by the husband.
There is a little food for reflection
in these statistics, if we are altogether
right when we try to make ourselves
believe that the world is constantly
growing better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01

The National Com Exposition is sending out beau
u comprehensive premium list $4,000 worth of roph
cash money special prizes These will be distributed at
the National Corn Exposition at Omaha December to 49,
The premium list is prodga in awarding growers of
eals The of the sweepstakes grand champion
of will about $4,000 nearly $3.50 for each in
dvdual The sweepstakes wheat and oats will draw
$500 and $500 respectively The club exhibit of so of
any color will award of $685. and there three
classes in this division that divide $115 The lady receiving
the decision for having the best ten dent exhibit
ton draws $500 Grend piano The first prize for the best
loaf of bread steel range valued at $40 while half dozen
mullins will bring the housewife prizes at the of $15 per
dozen
The choicest products Of the farm are sought the ex
hibtors will be amrly rewarded.
The number of the premiums large and the classified
ton thorough that every who grows all good will
something matter where he lives All that needed is
the sending OF oil merit Every grain grower should send
his best exhibit
woud be better still if every farmer go to this grand
display of agricultural products where national and
perts agriculture will be present daily lend their know
edge all subjects pertaining to the splendid
opportunity fer comparison of products and is OF
fered The mission Of the National Corn Exposition to slim
uate more and better cereals and grass growing
There why the farmer should get from one
half to wotlds profit out of the crops every wear and
when he does not he Icing cheated Fifty years ago some of
the corn belt land valued at 25 acre was bought v
settlers for $40 1t easy that productive
grain crops must be grown this land than formerly in
order to make reasonable profit the investment The ey
pense OF the weld If thirty bushels hardly leaves
profit When the crop tped the same acreage the cost
does not increase prcportonate Hence the more corn raised
the greater is the income Seed selection an,
breeding have in many doubled and even trino tho ..
erage yield OF thirty bushels tc the acre and the arntao r
cost is more to lie grower
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
THE SMITH FAMILY.

The John Smiths and the other
members OF the Smith family who do
not answer to the name Of John, will
be Interested in the discovery made
by a Kansas man. He has gone to the
trouble of finding out just how his
name would sound in the other Ian
guages, and he learned that no mat
ter how the tongue would twist it. 1t
still retained enough Of its original
form to be easily identified. The Kan
sas City journal tells of the vara-
tions with which John may appear, in
the following article:
plain John Smith is a good, honest
name. Transferred to other languages,
it is significant. Thus, in Latin, it is
Johanneus Sminhus: the italian
smoothes II off into Giovanna Smith;
the Spaniards render it Juan Smithus !;
the Dutchnan adopts it as Hans
Schmidt: the French fatten it out
into Jean Smeet: and the Russian
sneezes and barks of Jenloff Smittow,
ski. When John Smith gets into the
tea trade IN Canton he becames Jo
Mount Hecla, the Icelanders say he is
Jonne omllHSou, IL he trades among
the Tuscaroras he becomes Ton Ga
Smiths; in Poland he is known as
Ivan Schmittiweiski: should he wan
der among the Welch mountains they
talk of Jihon Schmidt; when he goet
to Mexico lie is booked as Jontl
F'Su'itti; il of classic turn, he fingers
among Greek ruins, he turns TO Ior
Smikton; and in Turkey he is utterly
extinguished as Yoe Sect"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
SEYMOUR.

Seymour--Mrs. A. o. Browning had
q stroke of paralysis one evening last
week. She had been spending the day
at the home of Ora East and the stroke
came as she was putting on her coat.
preparatory to returning home. A
l,hysician was called and her husband
sent for She was taken home Satur-
day.
Mrs. ]. C. Varney was called to Ind
ianola last Saturday by the serious i'll
ness of her brother, John Powers.
The first volume of the Roster OF
Iowa Soldiers was received at the lib
rary Saturday The set consists OF
which will be placed in the library as
soon as published,
James Harper OF Fairfield, came
Sunday morning to visit at the home
of his uncle Wesley Shikey. south or
town.
The ladies of the Q. e. S. met at the
Masonic hall Friday afternoon to sew
the new carpet for the hall. They will
meet again as one afternoon was not
sufficient time for the work.
The Baptist missionary society met
at the home of Mrs. TRUE Tuesday af-
ternoon. Refreshments We're served, ).
At q meeting of the senior class OF
the high school Monday evening. the
subject and date for the debating con-
test We're changed. 1t viii be held on
February %, instead of December 20,
and the subject is. Resolved--"That
the Government Should Guarantee Ma :
tional Bank Deposits.
DR. and Mrs Banning received the
announcement of the marriage OF thelr
niece Carrie A. Banning. to John Burcl'
both of Brookfeld, Mo. The marriage
occurred at the, home of the brides
sister, Mrs. w. A. Cloud at Canton, )
4, 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
THE DIVORCE EVIL.

The statistics just issued by the dc
partment Of commerce and labor give
proof that divorce has well been styled
an evil The statistics, gathered
from an exhaustive review of the
court records Of the country, show that
divorces are increasing three times as
fast as population At the beginning
of the forty year period covered IN
the Investigations there were 10000
divorces year. Twenty years later
they had increased to $4,000. In 1897
at the beginning of the second twenty
year period the divorce rate per
100000 of population was 49, In 1905
It had increased to 80. The govern
ments bulletin says "the available
data indicates that not less than one
marriage in twelve is ultimately ter
minated by divorce
Commenting on the causes Of di-
vorce the bulletin says:
"Two-thirds of the total number Of
divorces granted in the twenty-year
period covered by this investigation
were granted to the wife.
The most common single ground
for divorce is desertion This accounts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
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DRAkEVlLLE.

Drakeville-Mr. and Mrs. william
Nswlsrk were called to Illinois last
week by the death of Mrs. Newkirk's S
father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Henshaw at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Henshaw's
sister. near Moulton last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Wilcox spent Mon
day night and Tuesday at the parental
Smock home.
Mrs. George Sloan left last Tuesday
for Illinois, having been notified that
la little daughter had come to make her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Schank.
I Mr. and Mrs. III. n. Truit and child
rem spent Sunday at the Bert Dodge
home. ~
Mrs. Ann Smith visited last Wednes-
day with Mrs Ann F'outs.
Mrs. Harriet Truitt came home last
Friday from Kasse, Texas. having been
tcalled there by the death of her
daughter Mrs. r. j. McIntire
/ George Good and family from near
! Bloomfield, spent Sunday at the Bert
! Dodge home.
! John Fouts and family were Bloonl-
| field visitors last Saturday.
1 Mrs. Minnie. Slaslew as an Ottumwa
! visitor last week.
| Miss Maud Corrick Of Ottumwa, Wis
| tied over Sunday with her brother
! Robert and family near Bunch.
| Joe Proctor spent Saturday might
! and Sunday in Ottumwa attending the
| Sunday meetings.
| Gladys and Lora Taylor came home
| last. week having spent almost yea,
! with their aunt in the north part OF
1! the state. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
CONSISTENCY,

Ever since the. Homestead strike,
some of the papers of the country
have never missed chance to call
Andrew Carnegie the robber baron
high king of tariff, and every name
that they considered bad. They claim
cd he got every cent Of his money by
taking it away from the people. and
some even went so far. as to be against
taking his tainted money TO build
libraries.
Now, the editors Of these same pa
pers nearly break their pencils in
their hurry and enthusiasm to write
big headlines and labored articles
about what grand adviser he is on
the tariff.
Possibly Uncle Andy has some iron
and steel interests in Great Britain.
Shortly after Mr.. Carnegie sold
his iron and steel interests in this
country to j. P. Morgan ct al, the two
met and Carnegie remarked, Morgan,
| made good sale of that property. .
Morgan looked him in the eye and
said, I'm glad you think so, Andy
because We had agreed to give YOU
hundred million of dollars more for
| it, if you asked it,
Is Carnegie taking the free trade
route as way to get even with Nor.
gan?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
RlRMlN CHAM.

Birminghan1-Mr. Dorothy spent
Thursday in Stocport
Mrs. Allen Winslow was horn In
Wayne county, Indiana, March 10, 1855
and died at her home IN Birmingham,
November 23, 1908. The greater part
of her life was spent in Birmingham.
She was member OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. being a consistent
worker until death. Mrs. Winslow's Ill
ness dates from September, although
she has been In declining health for a
year She leaves to mourn her death.
her husband. step daughter Carrie,
three brothers and two sisters, besides
a host Of other relatives and friends.
The funeral was held from the Metho-
dist chuch November "a, Rev. Cum
minis conducting the services. Inter-
ment was made in Birmingham cem-
etery.
Thanksgiving was observed by Union
services in the Methodist church. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. Nash of
the Presbyterian church. Music was
furnished by the Methodist choir. A
good crowd was present. An offering
was taken for the Ottumwa orphans
home.
Hon. w. S. Allen went to Des Moines
the first Of the week to attend the adj
journed session of the legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt Huffman are in
Fort Dodge, where they win spend the
winter with their daughter, Mrs. r. D.
Healy.
J. w. Farrell is visiting with mis-
daughter Mrs. Anna Rankin Of Valley
| Junction.
| Mrs. J. Wesley Runyon of HiilsborC
! visited recently with Mrs f. II. Alton
]. w. Farrell. ]. f. Lawson and Edo
Yalnell attended a large conclave Of
the Knights of Pytfias in Omaha last
| Saturday evening.
Ralph Stout left Thursday evening
for Harvey where he will have charge
of the C. B. and O. office.
Mrs. Lena Norcross and daughter
spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Nor
cross mother, Mrs. Barton.
School was out "Wednesday for
two days vacation. The teachers de
/ parted in the. evening for their espec
tive homes. TO spend Thanksgiving
4 Mr. and Mrs. J. +. Calhoun an,
i children of Eldon MFR. and Mrs. "A. v
4 Buck and daughter of Bonaparte. Mis-
Marjorie Norris and George Miller 0
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
HITCHCOCK IN THE CABINET.

Ihere Will be general approval over
the choice Of Frank H. Hitchcock for
the Taft cabinet. Mr.. Hitchcock earn
ed the position by his successful
management Of the campaign. 1t is
gratifying to think that he is so well
fitted to occupy the cabinet seat ne
has earned Some OF the older poll
ticians We're inclined to poke fun at
Hitchcock's "card index system.
There was a little more respect for
Hitchcock when he SO positively fore
casted Taft's nomination. and when
his card index prophecy as to the
number of votes his candidate would
receive in the convention proved SO
accurate. In the heat of the campaign
another cry was set up against the
card index methods. but the election
returns vindicated Hitchcock's judg-
ment Not only did he pull through
the campaign with flying coIors, but
just few days before the election he
looked over his card indexes and fore
told Taft's electoral total almost to a
vote.
There is need of such worker as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
new EpWORTH
OFFICERS NAMED
Il. [. HouGHToN OF SIOUX CITY
LEADS LIST; MERGER PLANS
MAY FAIL.
dowa Eyeninp Pressl

Des Moines, Nov. %. - Especial. y
The plan to merge the state Epworth
League assembly and !. the state con.
vention's biennial session is, likely to
fail because Fred G. Gill, sent to the
pen for eighteen months for writing
obscene letters to school girl, is
president of the Colfax assembly. The
question is up before the Epworth
league convention this afternoon.
New officers were elected as fol.
lows:
President H. L. Houghton, Sioux
City.
Vice presidents Jay Wilson OF
Grinnell; Rev. Peter Jacobs, Silver
City; Rev. w. H. Spencer. Clarion and
Rev. w. II. Sampson of Hampton.
Secretary Herbert Jaques of Mi
Pleasant.
Treasurer ]. R. Dier of Pleasant
Vile.
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EpDYViLLE.

Eddyville-The infant son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred B. White of Coalfield. died
Tuesday morning, aged two days. Bur
ial was made Wednesday at Pleasant
Corners.
AS the result of getting hold Of some
concentrated lye. the two year old
child OF Mr.. Garland. the station agent
at Lakonta. was quite painfully burned
about the mouth and face.
Misses Ida Roberts and Lucine Moss,
Rev. w. S. Moore, and Mrs. Eve Rec
tor went to Ottumwa Tuesday to hear
Rev w. A. Sunday.
DR.. F. NJ. McCrea, and also Thomas
Ritchie, J. A. Lawrence and Mr.. Perry.
of the Cedar district. arrived home
Tuesday morning from weeks pleas
ure trip to Texas.
Mrs. VIM. oldham. who has been
visiting relatives here since being call
ed here by the death of her mother,
Mrs NJ. J. Mercer, about month ago,
departed Tuesday evening for her
home at Nelson, Neb.
Hon. f. NJ. Epperson went to Des
Moines Tuesday and was present at
the inauguration of Warren Garst as
senator.
Mrs Emma Linderman has returned
from a short visit with relatives in OF
tumwa
Fred Ruggles, Of Buxton. was call
er at the Eph Watkins home this week
Mrs. Harry Miller and children re-
turned Tuesday from few days visit
with relatives in Ottumwa. Mr.. Miller
also visited in Ottumwa over Sunday
returning home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster of Guthrie
Center. left Monday after short visi
with Mrs. Fosters father. II. G.. True
Mr.. and Mrs. Wn Daugherty o
Kansas. who have been visiting herr
for some time, went to Abba this week
Mrs. Florence ppnkle is spending th'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
PAckWoOp.

Packwood-Mr and Mrs George
Hook Of Grundy Center are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. f. c. Woohums. The par
ties were schoolmates in Ohio and had
not met for over forty years.
]. A. Bogren has sold his farm to
Chas. Dahl and will move back to Illi-
nois. Mr.. Dahl has sold his farm to
parties in Fairfield.
Miss Florence Anderson is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Carlson at Ottumwa
and attending the Sunday meetings.
DR.. Grimes. of Wapello was a recent
visitor with his daughter, Mrs. Oscar
Steigleder.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Anderson are
rejoicing over the birth of daughter
Mrs. Mime Adams returned this
week from visit with relatives at
Washington.
Miss Margaret Sinclair left this week
for Des Moines. where she will spenc
the winter with her sister. Mrs. l. E
Sargent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
THE TROUBLES OF THE RICH.

10 hear John ID. Rockefeller tell OF
the trials that come to a man of great
wealth in his efforts TO get rid of his
money is almost enough to make one
satisfied to worry along with what
comes in the weekly pay envelope.
John DIS remarks appear under the
title "The Art Of Giving in a series
of articles he is contributing to the
Worlds Works. He outlines the
troubles q rich man has in keeping
his money in circulation after he has
taken care OF his family wants, yet
he would not have this burden taken
from him. Up to the present time no
scheme has yet presented itself which
seems to afford better method of
handling capital than that of indi,
vidual ownership, Rockerfeller as
serts. He does not find any promise
in the national or state legislature
that the funds would be expended for
the general veal more effectively
if the money were put into the
treasury of the nation and the various
states. Neither does he find in any
of the schemes of socialism promise
that wealth would be more wisely
distributed for the general good.
There is interest in the paragraph
in his, article which relates to tho
troubles of the wealthy in spending
their money, for this is trouble
which few of us have encountered: ::
Mere expenditure of money for
things, SO I am told by those who
profess to know, soon pals upon one.
The novelty of being able to purchase
anything one wants soon passes, be-
cause what people most seek cannot
be bought with money. These ricn
men we read about in the news
papers cannot get personal return be.
yond well-defined limit for their
expenditures. They cannot crafty
the pleasures of the palate beyond
very moderate bounds. since they can
not purchase good digestions; they
cannot lavish very much money in
fine raiment for themselves or their
families without suffering from public
ridicule, and in their homes they can
not go much beyond the comforts of
the less wealthy without involving
themselves in more pains than
pleasure
Mr.. Rockefeller sums up his article
| by saying that all benefactions should
be made with the idea Of helping y
man to help himself. He says:
The only thing which is of lasting
benefit to man is that which he
does for himself. Money whic!
comes to him without effort on his
part is seldom a benefit and often Z
curse. That is the principal objection
to speculation-it is not because more
lose than gain, though that is true
but It is because those who gaii
are apt to receive more
! injury from their success than they
would have received from failure. Ant
SO with regard to money or othel
things which are given by one person
to another. 1t is only in the excep
tional case that the receiver is reall!
benefited. but if we can help people
to help themselves, than there is
permanent blessing conferred
The business man and the employe
does his share when he gives to hi
employees good working conditions
new opportunities and strorI
stimulus to good work. He holds tha
the obligation Of the wealthy MAJ
does not end here, but they shcul.
give where the money may produc
lasting effects. This, he says, viii
give them their only equivalent 70
money spent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
Fosters Weather Bulletin
Copyrighted. 1908, by Z. 7. Foster

Washington. ID. c.. Nov. 28-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbances
to cross continent % to 2S, warm
wave % to 27, cool wave
26 to 80. This was expected to
be a cold storm with some snow and
drizzly weather but Of no great i'm
portance.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about %, cross Pacific slope by
close Of 20, great central valleys 80 tn
Dec 2, eastern states 8. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about 28, great
central valleys 80. eastern states Dec
O. Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about Dec. /, great central valleys !,
eastern states 5.
The most important feature of this
disturbance will be its cold wave tbs
center Of which will get into the cen-
trail valleys and far from Dec. 4. This
will bring severe cold which, In north,
ern states, will cause snow storms and
billiards. Principally rain and snowS
will fall between the Mississippi rivers
and the Alleghanies. :
Second disturbance OF December,
will reach Pacific coast about s, crosse
Pacific slope by close Of 8, great cenri
trail valleys 7 to 8, eastern states 10.t
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about 8, great central valleys Z, east.i
ern states g. Cool wave will croeK
great central valleys 7, eastern stataEl
l9. Cool wave will GROSS Pacific s1ops'
about 8, great central valleys 10, east
ern states IL.
| This will be a notable winter storm
during it's crossing OF the continssia.,
A cold wave will precede 1t and an,
other follow its warm wave. Shows
north and rains south, the SHOWS
reaching unusually far south. Thess
cold waves will be moro severe In ths.
middle west than in the eastern states
December will be remarkably
cold month with many severe winter
storms. First third OF the month will
be colder in the southern than In the
northern states. Coolest weather In
the north central states about middle
OF the month and In the eastern states
not far from Dec. "a.
I While expect very cold weather
Immediately before Christmas great
i high temperature wave will cross the
continent during the holidays and VIII
cause a general thuw The month will
not average so cold east of the Alls-
ghanies as between the latter and th..
Rockies where the temperatures will
average much more below normal than
in the country west Of the Rocky
ridge
1909 Crop Weather.
Farmers who follow my crop wealth
er forecasts next year will not regret
it. have expended vast amount of
! work in determined effort to make
my 1909 forecasts the best ever pub
t lished All should plant and SOW in ac-
cord with my calculations. The In.
portant feature Is TO know for eaci,
locality at what part OF the season tbs
rains and cool weather and drouth
and hot winds will occur. Then yoH
can plant and SOW to the best advant
a age.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
Moutton

ottumwa spent Thanksgiving at the
DR.. Pitt Norris home. /.
Miss Carrie Winslow visited the last
of the week with relatives in Ottum-
wa
Mrs. Hettie Thompson Of this pIare
died at the hospital in Ottumwa from
the effects Of an operation for cancer.
Miss Flora Simmons spent Thursday
with her brother Frank and family in
Fairfield.
Miss Grace Smith visited over Sun
dav with her sister Mrs. Alvin Mend
enhall in Stockport.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-01
MOULTON HIGH
.BESTS LANCASTER
SCORE IL TO o AT THANKSGIVING
GAME-Mo SCORE AT END
OF FIRST INNING.

Moulton Nov. 81. Moulton high
school defeated the Lancaster. Mos
high school in football here yesterday
by score of 12 to 0. The game was
fairly good but no dashing and spec
tacular plays could be made on ac-
count of the very high wind that blew
directly across the field The first half
ended with no score, but the locals
tightened up in the second half and
made two touchdowns The lineup: