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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-15
BATAVIA.

Batavia-The two year old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell died at the
home of it's parents Monday evening,
from the effects of whooping cough.
Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Woolums are
are parents of son born May 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tinsley and son
of Hedrick visited over Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Robinson and fam
lily Of this city.
Clifford Cole will leave Friday for
Des Moines where he will take the
civil service examination for railway
mail clerk.
church will give a rally at that place
On Sunday evening.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Chan
mel Tuesday May a son.
Geo. Morrison has returned home
after several weeks at Earlville, N. Y.
on business.
C. P. Lowther of Hillsboro visited
Sunday and Monday with relatives in
the city.
Several from here attended the
opening of the ball season in Ottumwa
Monday of the Central association.
Miss Verna Houche who is teaching
school at Christian Corner spent Sat
urday and Sunday with relatives in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Clarence Mahoney has returned
home after short visit with relatives
at Kewanee, Ill.
Luther Shelton made a business trip
to Chicago the first Of the week with
car load of fine hogs.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. BircheI
on Friday May Z, daughter.
Mrs. John Murray was shopping in
the city Tuesday.
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BY Oscar Newman, In the Chicago
Tribune.
tried to get job the other day
from a man who thinks he can judge
character from ones face. If the con-
illusions he arrived at are correct l
ought to be a good subject for
student of the criminal face. Of course
never thought before that was such
BAD actor-except when l tried TO
play Hamlet at our last amateur play
and my mother thinks that there Is
one anywhere who Is as near perfec-
ton as I am but that was before the
great judge of character was turnea
loose on me.
Personally, I believe that the man
was mistaken in his conclusions, for
never have l done any of the things he
accused me of. He declared that !
would rob the poor box, and although
1 take up the collections every Sunday
at our church 1 never have had the
slightest inclination to do such a
thing. He gathered that fact from the e
condition of my eyes, but l couldn
explain to him that the condition OF
my eyes was due to the fact that !
had tried to take Red Harrigan's girl
home from prayer meeting without
first making absolutely certain that
Red was out of town.
Then he said that If temptation ever
hefell me to set fire to an orphan asy-
lum 1 couldn't resist it. This he knew
from the droop of my mouth. But
said droop was caused by eating my
pie the other morning with a too SHARP
knife, and as my mother always crit
icised eating pie with knife CID
not think that l would stand we'll with
M future-or hoped to be future--em-
ployer If I told him how happened to
make that cash in my mouth.
he IfI In favor
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ukMocku THAT FAILED.

The congress of the American Play
ground association in Pittsburg is re-
norted in the news dispatches as hav'
ing had an unhappy half hour at yes
terday's session when some delegate
favored abolishing the game OF base
ball on the public Fairgrounds and
substitute shiny, hide and seek and
s'prisoners base" The delegate op-
posing baseball declared that ION ev-
ery playground we see boys of the
tender age of 6 or Z years pick up a
heavy bat and insist on being pitched
a curved ball" He continued: They
talk with knowledge of Hans Wagner
and ~hristy Mathewson before they
can lisp their evening prayers" vi
course it was broken gently to this
delegate that the Fairgrounds are for
children and the children would have
something to say as to the games
they played. 1t was made plain to
him that If the boys on the public
playground we're compelled to play
Skinny, hide and seek and prisoners
e''-whateyer that is-they would
steer clear of the public playground
and seek out vacant lot where they
could indulge in the national pastime
The congress very properly went on
record as standing by baseball so long
as the youth of the land demanded It,
1t happened that there were great
many delegates at the congress VINO
remembered the BASEBALL of their kid
days and who still enjoyed game
They were living testimonials to the
fact that a boy of tender years is en-
gagged in very healthful pastime
when he is swinging heavy bat and
insisting on being pitched curve
hall
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CAPTAIN MEIGs' WATER TRIP.
mi, oSDoe N5o;pac REGISTER and Lead

The Dies Moines Register and Lead.
or calls the attention of critics OF
the governments river improvement
plans and Captain Meigs' canoe jour
new down the Des Moines to the fact
that In Europe much less pretentlous
rivers than the Des Moines have beea
utilized for traffic, and bear daily on
their bosoms a growing burden OF the
nountry,s commerce. The Des Moines
paper insists that Captain Me1gs must
not be dismissed as a dreamer and an
enthusiast. He is in earnest, and MS
report will have much to do with de-
terrnining the future action OF the
government as to the exploitation OF
its waterways.
The Register and Leader calls aS-
tention to two things about water
Transportation that should rouse
Iowans to feel the interest In the
plans for improving the Des Nome
that should be felt. The first Is that
water transportation is open to every
body. There can be no monopoly on
a waterway Any man or company OF
men who can get together enough
money to buy or build a fat boat can
engage in transportation either TO:
themselves or others. The second
point is that water transportation Is
relatively speedy, as railroad freights
are slow excepting for high class ana
perishable goods that are sent through
on passenger time at fancy rates.
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Mahaska county Is more thoughtful
of the old Indian chief who gave 1t
its name than Wapello county was for
it's Chief Wapello. In Oskaloosa to.
day a magnificent statue. of Chief
Mahaska is being dedicated with elab.
crate ceremonies. The old chief then
becomes sort of permanent fixture,
one to be pointed out to proudly by Os.
kaloosans. Chief Wapello managed to
get street named after him, Ottum.
wa once had a Wapello Chief band
and there is likeness of the old gen.
tleman perched upon the court house
But people don't look that way much
now. You see they can't see the old
chief without viewing also the clock.
less tower, SO they turn their eyes
sorrowfully away.
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highest mettle and indomitable fear
lessness no one who has encountered
him in mortal fray will deny.
Sir Robert Harvey, Bart, has travel.
ed three times from his vast English
country seat at Langley Park, Slough,
to hunt African big game and relates
particularly sensational adventures
with lions and Cape buffaloes, the lat
ter considered by him as among the
most dangerous combatants he has
ever confronted
"If rhinoceros charges you and
MISSES" declares Sir Robert Harvey
"he will probably continue on madly
in the direction he is headed without
turning to attack you again, whereas
the African buffalo will actually hunt
you, and hunt you tirelessly and most
persistently."
Sir Robert encountered the largest
buffalo he has ever killed in grassy
country, and his first shot (at thirty
yards broke its ribs. The brute i'm
mediately charged and received the
contents Of another barrel. After this
the buffalo, mad with pain, chased
Sir Robert around and around, getting
SO close at last that the baronet gave
himself up for lost and instinctively
clutched at the beasts huge horns.
He also smote his enemy on the
nose with the butt end of his rifle.
The great animal tossed it's head, how
ever, and jerked Sir Robert some
yards away. His rifle flew out of his
hands, leaving him utterly defense
less.
II crawled away In the long grass"
said Sir Robert, "and when / thought
was at respectful distance / rose
up and ran to the camp for another
rifle"
|. In the meantime the buffalo had
turned it's attention to Sir Roberts
gun bearer, whom 1t gored horribly
through the stomach and then tram
pied savagely underfoot. The unfor.
tunate man was quite dead when bis
master returned to finish off the dying
animal, which already had enough
lead in it to settle two or three or
binary buffaloes.
While these buffaloes are usually
found in reedy swamps by huntsmen,
it is not infrequently that they are
met in forests. They habitually travel
In herds Of from so to 200 or 300,
those found alone usually proving to
be old bulls. When small herds, from
eight to fifteen members, are discov-
cred they must be approached very
warily indeed, as the lesser groups for
some reason are invariably more
scary than large bodies. The buffa,
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suit OF lions. elephants, rhinos, hippos
and panthers, they can at will turn to
the chase of the magnificent Cape buf.
falo that roams from Cape Colony as
Tar north as Abyssinia, or chevrotains
sometimes called mouse DEER, OF seek
various kinds Of antelopes, or hunt wild
hogs and the bright red wild pigs,
the African wild dogs, or kill. the cruel
awed crocodile or colob' (fur monkeys)
or any other animals which the hunt.
er's license allows him to seek, II, like
Mr.. Roosevelt, he ventures into British
East Africa. AS for birds of high and
low degree there is no end, and for
jungle crackers Of especially strong
nerves the poisonous African snakes,
hooded adders. puffed cobras, ring
halls, black cambas eight feet long,
pythons over twenty feet long, ETC.,
can be found with less trouble than is
absolutely comfortable. These latter
are another menace against which the
Roosevelt party must exercise pro-
nounced caution.
In the northern and southern reaches
OF his territory the Cape buffalo Bos
caffer), big Of body, strong of leg,
curved horned and shaggy cared, is
facing rapid extermination, but In
British East Africa he is found in
large numbers. Largest and fiercest
of all African members of his family
the Cape buffalo is blackish in color
and characterized by the massiveness
of his horns. That he is foe of the
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los f1eetness of foot is shown by the
manner in which he frequently outdis-
tances horses on the open plains.
Cape buffaloes sleep during the day,
especially when the sun is hot, so
early, at sunrise, they travel to body
Of water to drink enough to last until
evening. They then seek their sleep
ing places, in summer high, breezy
spots, In winter thick, secluded por-
tons Of the jungle. At shutdown they
go for bath and drink and Craze
during the first part of the night, then
take rest and chew the cud
While the buffaloes have but two
enemies, man and the lion, the irrita-
BILE bulls frequently fight among them
selves. Off In some remote thicket
two enraged bulls will stand and face
each other few yards apart, swing
Ing their heads threateningly, and
then, lowering them, will charge and
crash their skulls and horns together
with the noise of lightning bolt split
ting wide some great tree. Their
horns cash their necks, blood drips
from their withers, and, suddenly in
terlocking horns, one tries to force the
other backward. Finally one will be.
gin to weaken, probably the older OF
the two. He yields, going slowly back
ward, then with final effort to con,
quer or die makes sudden tunge for
ward, straining every nerve and mus.
Gle. But it is Of no use. Spent and
weak, he falls to his knees, and the
other with a wrench disengages his
horns. Stepping backward a few
yards, the conqueror makes an ire
sistible rush forward, turning his head
dexterously SO that his horn does no,
strike the losers head, but instead
cuts into his neck, inf1icting deeI
wound, from which the blood gushef
forth in fatal stream.
For an animal of his bulk the Cape
buffalo exercises a degree of cunning
usually found In smaller and more
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versatile animals, and thus It is par
dcularly hazardous matter to stalk
him persistently when he Is wounded
FOR 1T Is then that he exercises his
generalship most effectively. For in
stance, he will seem to flee from the
hunter and disappear in dense
thicket. The hunter follows, only to be
met and perhaps killed by an unex-
pected rush from the beast, which on
entering the thicket has turned, hidden
craftily and awaited the oncoming Of
his assailant to catch him unawares
or In such cramped quarters that he
cannot handle his gun with any rapid
ty or aim with certainty.
Very little is required to arouse the
ire of buffalo cow when with her
young. but she can be more readily
killed than bull owing to the com
parative thinness Of her head bones,
but the bulls skull is practically bullet
proof, though lucky shot that hits
the narrow crease in the forehead be-
tween the horns and above the eyes
will kill
Crocodiles are found In many Of the
waters of Uganda, but Mr.. Roosevelt
will find them in especially large num-
bers when he reaches the upper courses
of the Nile and down which they are
found as far as Benz Hassan. The
Nile crocodile makes sand banks his
favorite haunts, where the current Is
not too strong to put the lazy monster
to hard work in swimming about.
The boldness of crocodiles is proven
bial among hunters of them, and they
attack men, horses and cattle with
deadly vigor. Another characteristic is
their remarkable tenacity of life-such,
In fact, that there are only two shots
that prove instantly fatal to them, one
that penetrates the brain and one that
sewers the spinal cord in the neck.
Some sportsmen recommend shoulder
shots; but, while these will ultimately
cause the reptiles death, it is able to
escape into the water where it imme-
diately sinks. Regarding the brain
shot, it should be made by hitting the
crocodile behind the aperture Of the
ear.
The crocodile's holiness is well
shown By story told by correspond
ent Of the London Times. A man
named Williams was fording branch
Of the upper Nile on horseback. An
enormous crocodile about twenty-five
feet In length (the record length is
about thirty-three feet reached up
ward with its cavernous Jaws and
dragged Mr.. Williams from bis horses
back, chewing his leg dreadfully AS
the reptile let go Its hold the man
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was convinced from his study of tho
Bible, the book of Mormon, profane
history, and his own reasoning, that
the Garden of Eden was on the site
of the present city of independence,
Mo-, and that Eve was the original
Missouri girl. Joseph Smith, founder
of MormoEism, had similar idea,
and it was because of his famous
revelation that he chose independence
as the central point" and final place
of Mormon concentration.
If, therefore, the Journal reasons, In
dependence was the original Garden
of Eden and Eve was Missouri WON
an, it follows. that Adam was the first
Missourian, and that it was a Mis-
souri, apple with which he was sue
cessfully tempted. In the light of this
intelligence it is not hard to believe
that Adam fell promptly. Even to this
day Missourian cannot look upon a
big. red Missouri apple without an
irresistible longing for it.
OF course, the Journal admits, no
one can be cock-sure that the Gar
den of Eden once stretched fair and
inviting from the city limits Of Kansas
City to the eastward along the beauti.
full shore of the Missouri river. But
the theory finds it's greatest substan
tiation in the fact that nowhere on
the face of this gray old earth Is
there spot that fulfflls the ideal OF
the Garden of Eden better. And at
this time of year the landscape is in.
comparably lovely. No wonder the
migrating Mor1mons stopped spell.
bound by the overpowering enchant
ment of the scene, and decided on
the spot that here was the central
point" where future generations OF
the faithful should gather to await
the final summons.
1t requires no great stretch of the
imagination to believe that the re
Gently acquired land now a part OF
the eastern district Of Kansas City
the Kansas City paper concludes, was
once within the enchanted limits OF
Adams domain. eff one is inclined to
be skeptical on the subject" it goes
on, "a visit to the valley Of the Blue
at this season of the year will be con
vincing Where, we ask in perfect
confidence, is there more delightful
spot? Here nature smiles in tender
est caresses. And it was eminently ap
propriate that Kansas City should sci
aside part Of the original Garden ol
Eden as a great public park. 1t is
we'll to preserve these historical land
marks and, as a sort of reminder d
the domestic difficulties of our orig
inal parents, it might be we'll to cal
the new park the Garden of Eden
Certainly, in the light Of the scholarly
and veracious authorities of the Nor
mon church, Kansas City has as good
right to the Gardens as anybody. Let
Kansas City pre-empt the Garden OF
Eden and add it to its already re
nowned park and boulevard system"
The only fact that upsets the his
torical conclusions of the Missouri
pastor and the Kansas City paper
is that the apple famed in Missouri IL
the Ben Davis. And it would require
more faith than the most ardent be
| lever boasts to convince anyone thai
Adam ever could have been tempted
by Ben Davis.
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Cures permanently the cases he un.
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This is whJ he continues his visits
year after year, while other doctors
have made few visits and stopped.
Or. Shallenoerger Is an eminently sue
cessful specialist In all chronic dis
eases, proven by the many cures Of
fected In chronic cases which have
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disease in few minutes.
treats all cases of Catarrh, Nose,
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Blood and Skin diseases, Epilepsy,
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early stage, diseases of the Bladder
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PILES, FIsTULAS and RUPTURE
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Mrs. Elinor Glyn has written a book
in which she declares that mo other
nation can compare to the American
women in their exquisitely soigne ap-
pearance" AS soon as there is time
to go through the dictionary for that
word 'soigne" we shall definitely as
certain whether Mrs. Glyn has thrown
a bouquet or brick
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A California woman who was In
jured in alighting from street car
brought suit against the company and
lost her case, says the Chicago Trib-
une. 1t was proved that she wore
high heeled shoes. The lesson in
obvious.
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REBEkAHS OF WAPELLO
CO. MEET AT EDDYVlLLE

Eddyville, May 13.-The fourth an
nual convention of the Rebekahs of
Wapello county, district No. 80, was
in session at this place Wednesday,
and it is estimated that $50 members
of the order were present from the
following and other points: Eddyyilla,
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Just remember, you ball fans when
bemoaning the fates, that it might
have been worse. Ottumwa might not
have won that game from Quincy, for
instance, and then 1t might have been
a straight string of ciphers.
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The audience at the minstrel last
night was unanimous in the decision
that our fellow townsman, T. Stodg-
hill, chose the wrong vocation when
he was called upon to make the choice
early in life. Tom should never have
gone in for farming and politics. The
stage should be his chosen life's work.
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DR.. W. E. shallenberger,
145 lakewood Blvd, Chicago.
References: Drexel State Bank.

Kirkville, Ottumwa, Agency, Highland
Center, Eldon and Chillicothe. The
forenoon session opened at about 20
o'clock with singing, "Blest be the
Tie That Binds" The address Of wei.
come was given by Mrs. Ella Wauga.
man of Eddyville, and was followed by
a response by Mrs. Myrtle Courtney
of Agency. "Unwritten work" was
the subject dealt with by the state
president. Dinner was served at
noon, many delicacies being disposed
Of. The afternoon session opened
about 1870 o'clock. After supper the
evening session was called to order
at about 1880 o'clock, and the session
closed in time that the visitors could
depart on the east bound evening pas.
senger on the Rock Island.
Other EddyvIIIe News.
Mrs. T. A. OFT is at Cedar Falls at
tending the state convention Of the
P. e. o. as delegate of the Eddy.
Vile chapter.
Mrs. D. P. Guy and Miss Jessie Har
per departed for st. Louis Tuesday
night on a short business trip.
Miss Mary Turner of Lock Springs
Mo-, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Parberry on North Fifth street.
Quite number went from Eddyville
and vicinity to Oskaloosa Wednesday
and attended the unwilling ceremon
les of the statue Of Chief Mahaska.
The U. S. Carnival Co., which has
appeared here twice previous, is to
show here again next week. They will
come here from Abba where they are
now exhibiting.
Some from this place attended the
ball game in Ottumwa Monday.
Mrs. Suits of Chillicothe, who was
attending the Rebekah convention in
town Wednesday, called at the N. A.
Thayer home.
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OUR GARDEN OF EDEN.

The Rev. ]. W. Quinly, pastor Of
the Church of the Latter Day Saints,
told congregation of his faith in
Springfield, Mo-, recently, according
to the Kansas City Journal, that he
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With the Mitchellville inmates TAX
ing such a lively interest in Manager
Belts behalf it's no wonder we lost
the game.
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If you want to fell well, look well
and be we'll, take Foleys Kidney Rem
edy. 1t tones up the kidneys and
bladder, purifies the blood and re-
stores health and strength. Pleasant
to take and contains no harmful
drugs. Why not commence today?
Clark's Drug Store; Swenson's Drug
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Law Gets Waterloo Place

Washington, D. c., May 13.-Repre-
sentative Pickett has decided to select
William r. Law as postmaster at Wa
terloo. Mr.. Law Is young attorney
and graduate of the state university.
His appointment was recommended to
the president yesterday The selec-
ton is made after hard fight In
which there have been a number of
.cand idates,
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Inmates Of Mitcheliville Institution
Defy Women.