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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
THE HARDY "RiyER RATS"

Clouds may burst and rivers run
rampant, but the spirits Of the oars
men remain undampened. If the river
goes up and leaps over its banks
where the regular course Is laid out,
they seek another course where the
banks are too high for the water to
reach. II the rain breaks loose in tor
rents they pull their oars unconcern-
ed, calmly advising the less venture
some brothers to get under an UNI
brella.
For the true river rat" and no dis
respect is intended in this, Is hardy
Eoul. Bad weather does not disheart-
en him. High water does not feaze
him. May his number multiply and
may we all imbibe enough of his cour-
Rge during his two days stay in our
midst to make it easier sailing for us
rs we proceed down life's stream.
There Is no need to tell the oars
men they are as welcome in Ottumwa
rs the flowers in May. They had
more conclusive proof of this yester-
day when their practice trials on the
river were witnessed by crowds that
lined the bank the fun length Of the
course. This afternoon the crowds
are there to cheer the racers as they
battle with the strong river current.
Tomorrow they will be out in even
greater numbers.
Ottumwa likes the oarsmen and
would be pleased to entertain them
more frequently. Ottumwa. would
like to have it's regatta made an an
nual event.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
Japan conditions are not much diff

Japan conditions are not much diff
ferent. In India they are worse
In Germany the scale of wages is
low; the hours of labor long, the re-
wards of labor meager. This may al
so be said of France and Italy
We may brag as we please. We may
long for cheapness in this country and
we may reach after the same But
when tariffs are lowered; when the
walls are battered down and importa-
tons increase by the hundreds of
millions of dollars, there will be hun
dreds of thousands Of Americans out
of employment. There will be idle
ness. There will be want. The mer-
chant will feel his losses; the prices
of farm products will go down. These
are facts and should be remembered
We are seized with the impulse to join
the millions who are clamoring for
lower prices.
Probably the strongest protectionist
in Iowa and the man who makes the
strongest appeal for protection on the
stump is Hon. George L. Dobson, treas
urer of Polk county, Iowa. Mr. Dob
son spent several months in China and
he has often told the working men Of
Des Moines in relation to the condi-
tons in that country. Mr.. Dobson is
so indignant when he reads the pro-
ceedings in congress that he has diff
flculty in keeping still, but he has
kept still.
The American people, says the
Capital. can go to the free trade basis
whenever they desire to do so, but, it
believes, they ought to make the
journey with their eyes open.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
Mike" Begzey is
One Big Optimist

The one unalloyed, stamped in the
cork, died In the wool, yard wide. ct
cetera optimist among the young army
of scullers who inhabit South Ottum-
wa today is Martain Begley, captain of
the Central Rowing club of st. Louis,
director of the Central States Amateur
Rowing association and ensign of the
present regatta. Mike" as he Is
familiarly known, Is sculler who is
devoted to the sport for the sports
sake, and he has number of medals
to back up this assertion. In st.
Louis town, he has been and is yet
one of the prominent water rats, and
his five feet three inches of stature is
welcome figure at every regatta the
Central men compete In Mike" Is
pocket edition of muscles, but they
were not all developed through manip-
ulat1on of racing shells. When not
with his crew of water birds, Begley
follows the peaceful, though some
times strenuous occupation of horse
sheer, and sometimes does heavier
work with the sledge and tongs. He
rowed his first race in 1891 and mod
estly stated that he had lost more
races than he had won, although he
had few medals to substantiate his
claim to being an oarsman. He was
member of the Mound City Rowing
club record breaking barge fours and
double crews when that St. Louis club
was the hot stuff in water events, and
since leaving the yellow and black
club and becoming connected with the
Central men, he has confined himself
to the coaching of the healthy young
athletes of the Central.
1t was Begley who developed the
CentraTs winning junior and senior
crews In the three mile barge event
at the Southwestern regatta when
those crews took home the Faust cup
Begley likes Ottumwa fine and dandy
says the course is great, but frowns
upon the swift current that Is rushing
down stream at rate of something
like five miles an hour. Watch the
navy blue 'oarsmen In these two days
races, and you will have better de.
scription of me and my humble abil-
tiles than any words l can UTTER says
Begley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
SUN AND SHADE.

Golfers: Seasonable warnings of
the solar peril are now in order. How
to Avoid Sunstroke' will presently be
predicated, explicated and syndicated
in the wiseacre corner Of several thor
sand newspapers. Time was when
we ourselves oozed well-meant advice
upon the subject. But that Is over.
Henceforth we
Fear no more the heat o. the SUM-"
and exhort all others to like redemp-
ton from the recurrent bugaboo. Not
that sunstroke is wholly myth. In
dubitably there have been unfortunate
folk who, overcome by the heat, have
passed, from bodily Temperature
which was the wonder and admiration
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

Count not the cost of honor to the
dead!
The tribute that a mighty nation
To those who loved her well in
former days
Means more than gratitude for glories
fled;
For every noble man that she hath
bred,
Immortalized by arts immortal
praise.
Lives in the bronze and marble that
we raise,
To lead our sons as he our fathers
led,
These monuments OF manhood, brave
and high,
Do more than forts or battleships to
keep
Our dear-bought liberty. They fortify
The heart of youth with valor wise
and deep;
They build eternal bulwarl1s, and COM
mand
Eternal strength to guard our native
land.
Henry van Dyke, in the Century.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

Jacob Angst expect to leave next week
for Seattle, Wash, and other points OF
interest in the west.
Mrs. Martin Scranton of washings
ton, Iowa. is the guest of relatives IN
thu city.
Mrs. Effie Fortune entertained the
Friday Afternoon club July 8 In honor
of Mrs. Matte Saunders of FIT. Madi4
son, former member of the club.
Mr.. and Mrs Will EaIsins returned
Thursday morning from Lincoln, Nebt
Mr.. and RMS. Eakins have been absent
about two months
The Twentieth Century club met on
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Alma
Young. The club will have vacation
until Sept. LIST.
Mrs. Mary Mccormick, who has been
ill some time is very much worse.
Miss Anna Goode of Ottumwa has
arrived in the city to spend vacation
at the home of her mother Mrs. Eliza
Goode.
Prof H. o. Roland Of Pulaski spent
Friday in the city.
Miss Nettie Helsel a S. /. NJ pupil
went to Milton to attend the funeral
of her sister Mrs. A. j. Campbell, who
was buried Thursday.
Miss Edith Allen of southeast of tha
city returned Friday morning from
visit in Ottumwa.
Will Naffziger left the first Of thu
week for Los Angeles. Calf, to lo-
cate.
The w. r. C. win hold business
meeting at the G. A. r. hall next Frs
day afternoon July 16 at 2:30.
A. c. Lester. agent, sent two men In
person and ten by proxy to the draw
inF July 15 of the Ute Indian Reserva-
ton Pine River valley. Southwestern
Colorado.
Chas. Dunbar of Ell Paso. Texas. vis-
tied in Bloomfield this week. guest
at the Burr Burcheet home and otheS
relatives.
Mrs. Helen Carter of Kansas, who ID
VISITING at the Messer home. and Misc
Kate Messer spent Sunday In Ottum-
wa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
BLOOMFIELD.

Miss Helen Wray gave an afternoon
whist Wednesday in honor Of Mrs.
Wendell Mitchell Of Columbia, Mo- and
to Misses Iowa Saunders and Clemen-
tine Shaffer Of TT. Madison. A dainty
two-course luncheon was served.
Mrs. Andy Noah and. daughter. Miss
Hazel left Friday morning for their
home in FIT. Dodge, Ia, after VISIT at
the j. Howard Newell home.
w. FL. McAchran and Thomas Nc
Intire left Thursday evening for Colo,
to be gone about ten days.
Miss jennie Burgess. Miss Clara
Horn and Miss Ruth Horn and Mrs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
UNATTENDED HUSBANDS.

A thriving western man. who lives
in a thriving western town, says he
is going to get rid of his little western
wife-because she is too clubable
When l go home at night" says
the thriving western man, in the pa.
pers which he has prepared in his d.
vorce suit, Il never know who is go
ing to meet me-the cook, the house.
maid Or my wife.
Generally it Is not my wife,
She's always at the club, reading
papers on Browning or Tolstoi
I'm sick Of 1t. | want home, 80
l have told her she can go and live
with her club If she wants to, and I'll
hunt for some woman who will think
more of me than she does Of Dante OF
Ibsen''
Why, the idea! Did you ever hear
OF such thing, girls? Who could
think more of man like that than
she could Of Dante or Ibsen?
suppose we women ought all to be
very indignant at the story Of this
thriving western man-especially we
women who believe in the Broader
Selfhood" and the Higher Lifen-but
am afraid have a good deal of sym.
pathy for 1t.
He's all wrong about the club
though. 1t isn't the club that tc
blame, or Dante or Ibsen either-its
the woman.
If she wasn't reading Dante, she'd
be reading "The Duchess" or EN-
broidering doilies, or doing anything
else that happened to please her, with
out any regard to what she ought tc
be doing at all Seven out ofe ten
married women in America pay just
about as much attention to what their
husbands want as they do to the new
ing of stray cat under the window
So long as they themselves are
housed and fed and dressed-that's
the most important part, the dress
they don't seem to care what becomes
of poor, patient pa, who works all da,
at things he hates, just to give then
the things they like.
Every married man has right tt
a home-and home that Is home
when he provides the money to sus
tain it.
When his wife refuses to make /;
home for him. don't blame him fol-
leaving her with plenty of time for hel
own particular fads.
A woman can leave man for fail
ure to provide. Why isn't 1t just as
bad a crime for a woman to fail &c
make use of what the man does pro
vide, because she Is too selfish t.
bother her head about the kind Of
home he wants?
Greetings to you, brother Of the
west, heartfelt, hearty greetings.
sympathize with you.-Winnifrel
Black in the Chicago Examiner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

James J. Hill, who seldom speaks
unless he knows what he is talking
about, expresses the opinion that the
time of low prices for grain has pass
ed. Mr. Hill, who makes practice
of securing his own crop information
by personal observation, declares that
we are going to have good, big aver
age crop. Not bumper crops, he adds,
but good round yield comparing well
with the average. A great deal Of
wealth will be added to the farmers
store by the sale of crops this year az
high prices, and in anticipation Of
the impetus good crops bringing high
prices will give to the manufacturing
industry he believes there should be
a steady expansion along manufactur-
ing lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
c. M. a ST. P. TRAINS.

No. Going Southwest. Depart.
EA--Sonthwest Limited. -. 1:45 a. m.
3A-Kansas City Local. 1910 a. m.
Going East Via Cut-ofY.
12A-Chic. Limited 1905 a. m,
tA-Davenport. Chicago. 1850 o. IN.
S2B-Local freight ........ $40 a. IN.
Marion Line. Going North.
10SB-Cedar Rapids. Marion. 4:45 y. m,
10R-Cedar Rapids st. Paul 1865 a. m,
S8E--Local freight ........ $40 a. IN
Marion Line, Coming South
1c3B-Arrive from Marion 10.15 a. m.
9C-Arrive from Marion. i.25 a. m
97B--Locai freight. arrive. 5:55 D. M
Freight trains arrive and depart
from Milwaukee Junction.
r. w. Zimmerman, Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
Two Million Bottles.

of Perry Davis Painkiller sold every
year. Think Of It! And every bottle
is lessening suffering and helping
some human being to health and hap
piness This wonderful household
remedy stops the pain of sprains,
burns or bruises. It relieves rheuma-
tirm or neuralgia, 1t cures colds,
cramps. collie, diarrhoea- There ought
to be bottle on your shevles Just now
re -dy for the first sign of trouble. The
new size bottle is 35 cents and there
is also the so cent size. Be sure your
druggist gives you Perry Davis,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
"Go-AHEAD" TALK. /
SLUMP or P-L-U-M-s !! Which Way
VIII You Spell it?-
Either Way.

Either Way.
SLUMP or
P-L-U-M-S.
Which way will you spell it?
The summer time means much to
you, Mr.. Merchant.
You are altogether too prone to &C.
nothing much doing in the summer
time and let things slide, with the
promise of a vigorous campaign along
all lines in the fall
But that is where you make mis-
take. That's your first step toward
failure
Why let it be SLUMP.
Better make 1t crop Of PLUMS.
Let this mark the difference between
you and the other fellow who al
ways lets things SLUMP in the sum.
mer time.
1t doesn't take much Of change to
turn SLUMP into P-LU-M-S.
Same letters, only you work a diff
ferent combination.
Same way with running your bust
ness in the summer time.
Ten to one you don't need any new
materials to work with
You just need to change the combi-
nation to make the dull season live
ly, to fill the empty till and place a
safe balance where heretofore deficit
has stared you in the face.
The letters are like your opportuni-
ties.
1t depends upon how you use them
as to what kind Of word you spell.
Why spell SLUMP when you can
spell P-LU-M-S?
Did you ever stop to consider that 1t
Is IN the summer time that the purse
strings loosen up and more money Is
in circulation than at any other time
of the year?
That's fact.
Why not work the combination and
get hold Of some Of that coin?
True as you say.
The hotel resort keeper, the amuse-
ment parks and companies, the re-
freshment parlors, and the railroad
and steamship lines are out for the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

Mr.. Castro is much like the bad boy
at school who is blamed for every
depreciation committed whether he
had a part in 1t or not. Castro Is now
accused of being the hacker of the
revolution in Colombia, although he ia
being buffeted about from pillar to
post miles from the scene of the revo-
lutionary outbreak
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

A Chicago pastor declares that eff
the old brindle cow breaks loose at
midnight you hurriedly dress yourself
and search diligently until you find it.
but let your 16-year-old daughter fail
to return home at that time and you
quietly retire for the night" The
worst of it is that in many cases this
is absolutely true.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

The reporters who got the story
about the rescue of the South Side
woman from the river current during
the regatta events yesterday missed a
glorious opportunity. 1t would have
been much more thrilling if they had
pictured an oarsman lengths in the
lead of the race giving up his chances
to win by jumping into the water to
make a heroic rescue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

If the misguided crocodile that
escaped from the travelling menagerie
at Eddyville and ambled off into the
current of the Des Moines happens 10
appear on the scene about the time
one of those racing shells cut loose
there will be enough sliced crocodile
left floating on the stream to serve
a nice barbecue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

Congratulations to Judge Connolly
of Detroit. At the beginning of muir
der trial he interrupted an affecting
scene between the man on trial and
his 7-year-old daughter by stating that
this case will be tried according to
the evidence and not according to any
sympathetic four flushing that may
be done here" There has been too
much Of court dramatics in recent
trials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
The park commissioners have made a
beauty spot of this tract

Evelyn, the angel child. is booked
to return to the scene and testify that
Harrys brain storms have blown over.
Ella Gingles will now please get off
the first page and let some one shock
us who knows how.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

A Columbus, Ohio, man got his name
in the papers by climbing up Pixies
peak and back in eight hours There
are certain Ottumwans accustomed to
doing a noon hour Marathon up Cass,
Washington, Market and Court hills
who will insist that an eight hour
jaunt on Pixies peak is downright
loafing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

If Mr.. Rockefeller continues to give
out those copy book interviews on
chow to be happy though good" he will
succeed some day in convincing him,
self, at least, that he is something OF
q saint
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

Many expressions of surprise were
heard at the Regatta yesterday from
Ottumwans who We're making their
first visit to the beautiful little park
lin which the grand stand is located.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

Perhaps Citizen Roosevelt is desir-
Gus of securing specimen of that
rare Dig Dig to turn loose on the SEN
ate II he ever returns to the White
House again
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15

The Chicago Tribune feels that ut
the present temperature we cannot be
expected to sympathize with the TWEEN
ty Russians who are trying to escape
from Siberia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
BURLINGTON ROUTE. c. 3. q Q.

No. Going East Depart
12A-Chic., Dubuque. Quincy 1916 {. m
s2-Local freight. B:25 a. IN
10-A-Chicago Limited -. s:5S a. m
178B-Peoria, Dub, Quincy 1885 a.. M
8A-Chicago Limited. ..... 2:01 D. m
1nR-Ft Madison. st. Louis a:a0 p. m.
4..-Chic.. st. L.. Quincy. 7:15 p. m.
'A--Chic. Peoria, Rockford 1895 D. m.
Going West.
5A-Omaha and Nebraska LOS a. m.
8A--Omaha, Oregon, Calf TAO O. m.
9B--Arrive from TT Mad. 11:45 a. m.
1T9A-Peoria to Creston :. :S5 D. m.
11B-From Burlington -. 10000 p. m.
1A-Chicago to Denver. 11:40 D. m.
9A-Denver Limited ..... 4:40 p. m.
w. s. Parker. Ticket Agent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
C. r. !. g p. TRAINS.

No. Going North. Depart
475-Des Moines, Omeha.. GAO a. m.
473-Keokuk. Ottumwa. 11:55 a. m.
471-Des Moines. Omaha ..6:.1 D. M
Going South.
47o--Keokuis. Kansas City. 1902 a. m.
742-Des Moines. Keokuk. -. /. AIS INK
474-Des Moines to Eldon ..10:05 D. m.
W. j. Porker. Ticket Agent. >.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
Warming.

When you go into the country
Upon a picnic merry,
Don't sit on poison ivy,
Be very careful, very,
For poison ivy's dreadful,
There's nothing quite can match it
1t irritates so fercely
You're simply mad to scratch 1t.
Boston Herald.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
WABASH RAILWAY.

No. Going South. Depart,
2A--Moberly. ST. L.. X. C...s:1O a. mi
50B-Moberly and East -. 1905 p. M
IA MIXED, daily ....... 7:3o p. M
Coming North. Arrive.
51B--Moberly local 11:40 o. nj
3A-From Kansas City :. $40 .. me
Mixed. daily ........ TOO a. M
b. w. Zimmerman. Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
FREckLEs.

Sing we the freclles Golden of.
hue. various Of form, scattered with
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
Professional Cards.

Artificial teeth scientifically con.
structed.
crown and bridge-wor.s expert.
Office over Cullen's dry goods store
Main street. Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
RAILROAD TIME TABLES,

A. daily; b. daily except Sunday: G,
daily except Monday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-07
WORLDS DEBT TO 'NsEcrs.

They. Spread the Finest Dissoemse
Whence Come the oaysst Flswsre.
Professor. Darwin said that II It ha1
not been for insects the world nsvet
would have had any more imposing G.
attractive flowers than those Of The
elm, the hop snd the nsttle. Lord
Avebury compares the work Of the In
sect to that OF the florist. He eonsid-
ers that Just IS the florist has by -
lection produced the elegant blossoms
Of the gar::an SO the insects, by select
ing the largest and brightest blossoms
for fertilization. have produced the
ray flowers of the field. j.
Professor Plateau Of Client has car
ried out a series Of remarkable exp6-
riments on the ways Of insects visiting
flowers. He considers that they are
guided by scent rather than by color,
and in this connection, he is at vari-
anee with certain British naturalists.
Whatever may be the attraction "a
flowers to- insscts-as yet 1t appears
underlined is certain that the latter
visit freely all blossoms alike; making
no distinction between the large,
brightcolored and the less. conspicu-
Gus blooms like thcse Of the currants.
the lime. the planet,ee, the nettle and
the willow. =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-07
3 :. r,,r{ ~, = 81
!. SILT s. WALKING j,

In Some Parts Of France Il u, an Al.
seIuts Necessity! 80.
In some parts Of tbe world. partic-
ularly in the low districts Of France,
silt walking IS a necessity. In. Gas
cony there are great level plains COW
cred with stunted bushes Of dry
heath. These waste lands have a soil
that Is so permeable,, so soft and yield
ing. that the slightest. fall, of rain
makes them practically impossible by
ordinary methods of pedestrianism.
But these wastes must be traversed
at all seasons by the poor people Of
Gascony. and necessity has according
IL m1d4 tn Ga.cons 1 4 stilt walking
people, and men, women and children
may be seen at all seasons Of the year
stuck upon high stills, 1trudging
through the waste lands, carrying bas-;
kets, bundles and the like. The stills
used are about i've feet long and often
longer. ;..., aa,..=
2 The shepherds of Landes all 60 on
stills. The shepherd Is provided with:
Z stout star that answers for many
purposes. At the proper place in tho
star Is 4 dap, which makes 1 COM
Portable seat when turned down. On
this the shepherd quietly sits and
watches his dock, and while he sits
mp there he knits or spins with dis,
tan thrust in his girdle. .*<fF ~ j.. :
L The Landes silt walker can do mar
velous things with these i've foot leg
extensions. he can run with speed
that will tax a horse. pick up pebble
or pluck a flower as the cowboy
reaches to the earth from his pony, and
he can drop to the ground level and
regain the perpendicular as quickly 40
I boy can turn handspring.-Chicago
News. ~ =