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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
A GEM coNNoIssEUR.
Mrs Cleveland With Children at Allan
tic City Collecting Unique
Rare Jewels
Rare Jewels

Atlantic City, N. j., April 6.-There
is one figure On the board walk,
which is of never ending interest to
those who come from far and wide for
rest and recreation. 1t is that of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who is spending the
Lenten season there with her two
daughters, Marion and Esther, and her
younger son, Grover Cleveland Jr.
Interesting but pathetic is the for
mer bride and beauty of the White
House who wanders about the shore
on the board walk, making no ac-
quaintances and rarely speaking to
any one but her children. Jewel col
lecting is fad with Mrs Cleveland !;
not those rare and costly jewels with
which society women bedeck them.
selves for fashionable functions, but
the unique and curious little unset
semi-precious gems, which have re.
Gently come into popularity and OF
which she has an interesting coliec.
tion.
Every morning Mrs. Cleveland may
be seen strolling into the shops which
line the board walk, and when she en-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
THE LEGISLATURES

The critics of the legislature speaA
of tho thirty-third general asselllpls 90
one that will be remembered as liiusat
nv what it failed to do as by us AZ
comnlishments, but 1t will be eener III ~
1y conceded that this IS unjust. ~
criticism is made that the reloil,
measures adopted were too fe" any
that the radical measures were turii.1
down. This may be answered by can.
mo attention to the fact that .ne 10
nreceding legislature went to the iiiiii'
n reforming everything that had es'
caped reform, and to the 1ac1 .na. LOO. 90
state did not endorse the raolcai iof'
islation proposed. 4ho+ wes
The legislature did much tnat W. tts
commendable. The law placing lns
4hren state educational msututioliss
under a single board of control shouiu
result in more efficient management
This is no reflection on the nisn
who comprised the three boards nov !,
1egislated out Of existence. lhey un'
their work efficiently. But tne ploo
lam that faces one school Is the prop
lem that faces another, and one poaLo
is better equipped to deal with Tue
whole subject with saving TO Tue
state and with advantage 10 the III
stitutions. o+ With
The law enforcement bills meet WIN
General approval The Moon plil
,.eonlatine the number of saloons, the
Rennett bill prohibiting brewers IRON
owning saloons and the bills requlrllls
the sheriffs and county attorneys =
take the initiative in enforcing tne
laws and giving power OF removal !
case of non-enforcement, are all os
signed to aid in the prosecution OF oi
fenders and in securing better opsefV
ance of the laws.
Adyices from Des Moines are TO tne
effect that the temperance forces ano
the Suffrage leaders have decreed tne
defeat of every member OF the legls
lature who opposed the prohlbltoT!
amendment to the constitution ane
the woman's suffrage amendment. Bu
inasmuch as the legislators were voc
ing as their constituencies demallueo
on these proposed reforms, thelr con
stituents may be relied upon 10 haVe
something to say as to the plans Aoi
wholesale slaughter.
The legislature is to be congratuiat
ed warmly for not succumplng 10 the
reform fever. for recognizing the line
between reform and mysteries. Ihe
world is yet young. There VIII oe
future legislatures and when the tlme
is ripe for Iowa to go to okiahomfs AZ
for its bank guaranty, to Maine lo1
it's prohibition to Colorado for ,t'
woman's suffrage, to New YORK To-
it's public service commission and U
paradise for anything the other state.
cannot provide, Iowa may be depeno
ed upon to go after it and get II.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

The old admiral shed tears at the kind
ness showered upon him, and never
afterward ceased to refer to the Amer
leans as his friends. Not so generous
was the reception he got at home.
The Spaniards took his defeat with
intense bitterness, and there were
many clamors for his disgrace. With
that proud race, living on a peninsula
which by tradition belongs more to
Africa than to Europe, 1t is not far
cry to the days when the defeated
general came home to find his es-
tates conflscated, his family exiled and
his name despised. A captured enemy
of distinction, If not actually borne in
chains through the streets, was treat
ed to contumely and dungeon. With
these things in mind it must have been
brought home to Cervera, when he
reached Madrid, why his country went
down so easily before the splendid
young people out in the west. The
Spaniard was trying to carry on a
modern state based upon the dust of
civilization that was dead three
centuries ago.
If the people Of the United States
nave SHOWu themselves STedL III tlly
thing it is in that magnanimity of
spirit which they have invariably dis,
played in the hour of victory. 1t was
in evidence after Yorktown. 1t was
frequently to be seen after the con-
clusion of bloody struggles with those
merciless enemies the Indians -
during the earlier part of the nine.
teenth century. If it be pointed out
that the magnanimity displayed at Ap'
pomattox was that of a single man,
and that other men at the head Of the
government would have repudiated II
had Ne not stoutly maintained his po
sition, it may be said that the whole
country substantially ratified Gen
Grants terms of surrender and ap
proved them. in spite of the outcries
of few vengeance seekers. 1t was
the spirit Of the nation behind him
which supported Grant rather than his
own indomitable personality, after all
and magnanimity, whether in a ma
ton or a man, is one of the signs Of
true greatness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
A NATIONS MAGNANIMITY.

Washington Post. The death of
Admiral Cervera serves to recall
the lesson in magnanimity toward a
fallen foe which the people of the
United States taught the people OF
Spain in the war of 1898. When Ger
vera's feet was destroyed at Santiago
de Cuba and himself captured, along
with number of officers, they were
taken to Portsmouth, more as though
they had been distinguished guests
than as prisoners of war. Though the
nations Joy in its triumph was un-
bounded, Cervera was neve,. allowed
to taste the sting Of it. His feelings
were spared, and every mark Of re-
spect for a brave man who had fought
his best for his country was shown
him.
Such conduct on the part of con-
querors was new to the Spaniards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
THE POLITICS OF PREJUDICE.

Chicago Tribune. Mr.. William
Jennings Bryan's weekly, commenting
on the fact that spiritualistic medium
has announced communication from
cold Hickory predicting great ac-
complishment for the Taft admins
tration. ironically declares:
cold Hickory must be greatly i'm
pressed with the promise, as far as
concerns popular government, of an
administration that begins with the
selection as cabinet officers of num-
ber of gentlemen whose activities in
recent years have been closely identi-
fed with great corporations"
Taken by itself this paragraph
would not be worthy Of comment. But,
typical as it is Of Mr.. Bryan's politics
and of a good deal Of what has gone
side by side with intelligent protest
against existing conditions, 1t is sig
niflcant. Crediting Mr.. Bryan with
moral sincerity, as we do, we dis
miss the implication Of demagogy IN
his remark and call attention to the
mere faulty of the policy it expresses.
Gentlemen whose activities. in re
cent years have been closely identified
with great corporations" it appears
would have been sternly shut out of
| the councils of President Bryan. The
general appreciation of the American
people of Mr.. Bryan's Judgment in
such matters is undoubtedly one of the
most prominent reasons why he is not
and never will be President Bryan.
The common sense of the average
American teaches him that the most
! comnetent and effective men to fignt
the wrongful activities of corporations
are the men who are most thoroughly
acquainted with corporation law and
corporate activities. Making reason
able allowance for the effect of asso-
citation, the average American is not
willing and has no reason from exper-
ience of public men to believe that
men employed by corporations are
necessarily warped morally and men.
tally so that they become unfit to
serve their country in the enforcement
Of the law against corporate malefac.
ton.
| Mr.. Bryan's attitude is an exact ana
logue in the twentieth century of the
| "Republican" fanaticism which during
the Terror denounced men on suspic
ion and class prejudice. The Tribune
is as radically opposed to corporate
wrongdoing as Mr.. Bryan, and has
proved it. But the Tribune believes
that President Taft's administration
will patriotically and effectively work
| for their correction-far more effect
lively than Mr.. Bryan and any execu
tive lieutenants he was likely on his
theory to choose could have worked.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

trifling that the wonder is we do not
compel every mile Of highway to be
dragged regularly at public expense.
In many a small town and village
an admirable substitute for paving
has been discovered in the common
road drag. One man and four horses
can smooth over four miles of city
street per day at a cost of 6, or fifty
blocks at twelve cents per block, aud
when done it is better roadway for
light driving than pavement. No
city or town in Iowa should fail 10
drag every street once each week from
March Is to April Is every year.
The tax for the whole Summers
road work would average about 81 TO
each half block of street frontage. The
result would be worth ten times the
investment for advertising purposes
alone and the convenience would be
additional profit. Even on the coun.
try highways the same weekly drag.
ging could De done at cost Of $13
per half mile of highway for the entire
season, tax, his proportion of which
any farmer could afford to stand es.
pecially since he can sell the time of
his teams and men at fair profit 70
do the work. In Marshall county the
towns would pay about half the tax
and if the farmers were allowed sc
per day for two teams and driver
their profit would very nearly equa
their portion of the road working ex
pense. There is absolutely no excuse
except indifference in the way Of hav
ing every foot of highway, rural and
city, dragged every week from first
to first. Let's get busy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

ters the proprietor takes from the
cases his choicest stones for her in
spection, not because, she is Mrs.
Cleveland, for not one out Of twenty
who speak to her is aware that the
modest, black-robed woman who dis
plays such rare knowledge Of these
matters, is the wife of the dead Gro
yer Cleveland, but because Of her In
terest and appreciation Of the Jewels
themselves.
Her daughters accompany her on
many Of her walks, but she is more
often seen alone
Esther Cleveland, who is now a
young lady of some eighteen years, is
q tall, slim girl, who while of type
which is distinctly pretty, shows no
traces of the beauty for which her
mother was famous some twenty years
ago. Marion Is shorter than her sister
and much like her. Both girls are in
mourning for their father and are not
included in any Of the gayety which is
going on about them.
Grover Cleveland Jr., Is a sturdy boy
Of ten, who looks after the welfare of
his mother and sisters as well as a
man. The elder son is still at school.
but will join the Cleveland party at
Easter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
INDICTMENT FOR DEMIMoNDE.

The grand jury this morning return
ed an Indictment against Sadie Canler-
bury Waites and Mary Judson, two no
torious Ottumwa characters, on the
charge of prostitution. The two wom-
en-. who have been persistent offend-
ers and repeatedly arrested and fined,
found new experience awaiting tneli
when Police Judge Morrissey, instead
of pronouncing the usual jail sentence
turned the evidence in the case over
to the grand jury and brought about
their Indictment Conviction in the
district court will bring with it a
much more severe penalty than has
been inflicted on this class OF OF
tenders in the past
The police and the police judge
should be given every encouragement
In their efforts to rid Ottumwa OF
these habitual criminals. If the keep
ers of the bawdy houses are given to
understand that they are guilty of in
dictable offenses and that the law will
be enforced against them by bringing
each before the grand jury Smoky
Row and the red light district in OF
tumwa will be cleaned out. This
scourge can be wiped out if the law is
enforced.
1t is to be hoped that the police de,
partment and Police Judge Morrissey
prosecute all future cases of this
character as they have prosecuted the
case against the Waites and Judson
women. They are certainly entitled
to all the help they can be given in
this work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
WOULD STEAL STORED BOOZE.
Three Thirsty Albians Implicated in
an Attempt to Pilfer Con-
traband Liquor.

Abba, April 10-A penchant for
stolen sweets was the means of caus-
ing the arrest of two persons and i'm
plicating another when the arrest of
Ben Brewer brought out the confess
sion from him that he had broken into
the Hardshuck building on Clinton
street in search of booze. The confess
sion of Brewer duplicates George Rob-
erts, former night watchman, and Chip
Hines, former constable, of break
ing into the Hartsuck building, where
over half carload of beer has been
stored that had been seized during the
recent liquor seizures. Hines was ar
rested to Moberly, Mo-, and will be
brought back. Roberts has not yet been
arrested All will have to answer TO
the charge of breaking and entering.
Considerable excitement was created
by the confession because Of the
standing and the interest that has
been manifest in the liquor seizures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
THE. USES OF CEMENT.

The uses OF cement are like electric
lty - there are great many
things being done with it, but
there are a great many more that
can be done While Europe is expert
menting to test the feasibility of con-
crete boats, Baltimore actually has
demonstrated it. A concrete sailing
vessel has been in commission for
eleven years, says Cement Age of New
York.
The boat is the Gretchen, built and
owned by Daniel B. Banks, consulting
engineer Of the fire board. 1t is two
masted schooner yacht 65 feet long
and 16 feet beam and draws Ia feet
of water. 1t Is now down near Cape
Hatteras, but when in Baltimore it is
one of the fleet of the Baltimore Yacht
club. 1t has accommodations easily
for dozen persons, and will carry all
that can be loaded into it. 1t is easy
riding by reason of it's weight, and
while it is Of only moderate speed in
light wind, it outstrips everything
in sight in stiff breeze or a heavy
sea.
II knew that concrete would be just
as buoyant as STEEL" said Mr.. Banks
the owner, $50 had framework built
with hundreds Of light steel rods fo1
enforcement, exactly as such buildings
are constructed. My stone boat has
been as far north as the Hudson Bay
country, and it goes out to sea in win
ter without apprehension"
Six years ago the Gretchen was driv
en- on the rocks off Cape Charles. A
steel boat would have had hole stove
in its side, but the concrete boat did
not show even scratch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
A PSALM OF KNIFE (AND FORK
Tell me not in mournful numbers

Tell me not In mournful numbers
There Is nothing fit to eat;
While there's cabbage and cucumbers
We can we'll dispense with meat.
Life Is real; meals are earnest
Better start them all with fruit;
Meat thou need st, to meat returnest,
Was but spoken of the brute.
Not in stuffing, not in starving,
In our destined end or way;
But the gentle art of carving
Grows to seem somewhat passe.
Art is long and time is fleeting.
And our hearts, though stout anG
bold,
Quaver when it comes to eating
Many timed things that are sold.
In the worlds broad field of battle,
In life scrimmage, long and tough
Well not eat embalmed cattle
Nor adulterated stuff.
Trust no butcher, howe'er pleasant;
Of his sausage be afraid;
Do not take 1t as present
Only he knows how it's made.
Let us then be UP and chewing,
With a taste for any dish;
Not with anxious vision viewing
Ptomaine poison in our dish.
Julia Boyton Green in Judge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
PUSH.

That is the word on the door lead
ing into the hall Of achievement The
door opens to the man who is going
forward, the man who is advancing
with force, the man who is pressing
on.
1t is closed to the man who waits
for the door to open itself, the man
who waits for some one to open it for
him-the man who waits for any one,
or anything to do his work for him.
On the other side of the door is the
word, Pull. 1t is used only by the
man who IS coming back.
Apply the pressure, go forward
(AnOn1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

ethical standard as private life and
that every failure to keep itup to that
standard is an ignoble declension. He
has made bitter enemies as well as
countless friends. Part Of the criti-
cism Of his methods may be true 1t
matters little. What we do know be-
yond fear of dispute is that he has
shown consistent. wholesome and
absolute fearless character; that he
has done much to purify and elevate
his country, and that every one who
speaks the English tongue will wish
that he may live long to render the
world new services.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
THE COST OF SMOOTH ROADS,

Marshalltown Times-Republican =
Convincing and most striking object
lessons as to the efficiency of the
road drag can be had in spots all over
Aowa now. AS the traveller tops a
hill on a country highway he can cas-
lily distinguish the smooth road left
by the drag even though 1t lie a full
mile away. When the bumps labor
iously over the ruts of the undragged
road to the smooth roads he finds that
the road drag once over has left a
smooth, perfect highway at cost SO
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

drop an increasing sense of oppres-
sion Is felt as the atmosphere be-.
comes denser, more humid and less
absorbent Neither seems able to un-
derstand the sensation of the other.
The average person has an expert
ence much like this twice year, in.
spring and fall AS the year advances
and the temperature rises he feels the
heat more Or less oppressively and as
sumes as quickly as possible his sum
mer wardrobe and habits; as it grad
ually nears the point of frost he
crosses the temperature line which,
in the spring, he thought unbearably
hot, but it carries a sense Of chill and
suggests that heavier fannels and an
overcoat are consistent with comfort
and prudence.
If 10 degrees in April feels like 90
degrees In August, 1t Is because the
person who has this experience is not
in condition to bear 90 degrees when
it is due. The warm days Of spring are
very useful in preparing one for what
f, is to follow. Free PRECIPITATION is ma
tural and wholesome, and is about the
only way we have of lowering the
bodily temperature Through the win.
ter it Is likely the pores have become
more or less clogged and the sweat
glands inactive. One should welcome
any evidence Of their return to normal
activity and ne extremely careful not
to "cool off" to quickly When you get
home in the evening, do not whip off
coat and vest and shoes and look for
refreshing breeze. Nothing is more
dangerous or more uncomfortable than
to sit around In damp garments wait
! ing for them to dry. Remove them as
quickly as possible, either take a bath
or sponge off with tepid water, put on
dry undergarments and clean linen,
and change your shoes if you have an
extra pair.
If you feel the spring heat more
than you should accept the fact as a
sign that you need to modify your
diet and cut down on meat and rich
heat-producing foods. Substitute fish
and seafood, salads, green vegetables
and egg preparations Take no alcohol
Any preparation into which it enters
if called Cooler" is misnamed. Be
very temperate with ice water. If you
must drink something with your meals
give tea, neither too strong nor toe
hot. the preference. Have your over.
coat handy, even when sure you will
not need it, and never go away from
home without it.
| DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes once
said: "People in comfortable circum
stances suffer more from cold in sum
mer than in winter" The observation
and experience Of lifetime have
taught me that this is strictly and lit
orally true.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
SPRING WEATHER WARNING.
By DR.. ]. C. Bayles in the Chicago
Examiner

By DR.. ]. C. Bayles in the Chicago
Examiner
No time Of the year Is more critical
for the thoughtless and imprudent
than that which includes the first OF
the warm days which are harbingers
Of summer. We recognize the fact that
1t has suddenly become uncomfortably
warm, and are apt to make haste to
get into gauZe or muslin underwear,
to hunt up and assume the most pre-
sentable of last summers suits, and
to dc other things which would be in
discreet, though perhaps less danger
Gus, in the dog days. AS matter of
fact, these warm days Of the early
spring are not as warm as they seem
to be- If tested by the Unconditional
thermometer it will be found that they
fall far below the normal average of
July and August.
Warm and cool are relative terms.
Those who have crossed the Swiss
Alps will remember an experience
which they are likely to recall with a
smile. Parties going up are frequently
meet parties coming down. Those as
cending are shivering in their thick
est clothing and wishing it was thick
er; those descending have divested
themselves of every garment which
can be spared, and are tanning vigor-
olsly and piaspiring freely. The actual
temperature at the point of meeting is,
of course, the same for both parties,
but the reason it affects differently
the ascending and descending parties
is obvious. One is coming from the
humid and overheated valleys, and
| with each hundred feet of elevation a
sense of chill is experienced from the
fact that the drier air absorbs the
moisture more rapidly from the sur
face of the body; the other Is coming
down, and with each hundred feet OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13
A NEW WORD SLINGER.

Kansas City Journal.-JOhn j. In
gals long held the palm In Kansas
for artistic word juggling Now comes
new lance in the arena, an .un-
known lawyer from Pittsburg, who
wrote the following in a brief in &
real estate case:
1T may not be good form and taste
to overleap the gross and scope of
the record with a recrudescent allus-
ion to the tragedies that closed the
daring duplicities of the defendant
He was real estate agent and dealt
in that silent and insensate commod.
ity which has always opened a fertile
field for the insidious Vaccinations OF
the predal ravens who prey upon the
plastic susceptibiliMes of trusting and
confiding innocence Fortified with
an almost irresistible magnetism, he
ranged the limit of his trade with
gyveless liberty in search of easy
marks for his potent graft.
"But long before the soothing hand
of equity scrolled the recusant de.
cree in this case he was under SEN
tence Of 10 years for forgery, and be.
fore the grim sentence Of the law laid
its cold and repulsive clutch upon his
recreant bulk he was assassinated by
another victim Of his subtle calling.
"This reluctant reference to his sun
that went down behind a cloud of
crime is only made to show that it
was no wonder, when he went to the
house the second time and told the
tenants to move out, that they told
him in language garnished with tonic
accents to go to hell
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-13

There is an ordinance in this city
against the sidewalks being used as
spittoons. The enforcing of such a
measure as this should not wholly de-
volve upon the police. The people
should help the officers to enforce this
ordinance.
This measure is entirely in the in
terests of decency, cleanliness and
health. The man who is so dirty in
his every day life that he is contin-
uously splitting on the walks where
other people have to go, isn't entitled
to the respect of any one.
The police will find that efforts TO
enforce this ordinance will have the
support of the people.