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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-29
COOL AND CORRECT.


Detroit Free Press.-Prof. Robert
Herrick Of the University of Chicago.
desired to point out to a young SON
neteer the difference between the
words .astonish" and surprise"
Noah Webster" Prof Herrick said,
was once caught by his wife in the
act of pressing the hand of the pretty
cook.
'The cook, blushing like rose, fed
at once to her kitchen. Mrs. Webster
said in sad, tremulous voice:
Why Noah, I'm surprised!
But the philologist, frowning over
his glasses at his wife, answered re
provingly:
Madam, you have not studied oul
glorious language as you should. It's
who am surprised. You are aston
ished'"
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United States.

washington, D. c., Jan. 26.-High
prices continue to be the subject OF
general interest and the public Is fast
learning that the reason cannot pc at
tributed to new tariff. In this connec-
ton it may not be amiss to chronlcie
an incident which is one of many oc-
curing daily. A few days ago q mer.
chant from falr-sized CITY o. oiio ~
the middle western states came TO
Wahsington and called on his CON
gressman The merchant was an active
Republican, and at once warned ms
congressman that there was DANGER OIL
losing his district. "How's that" ask.
ed the Interested representative. wen
it's all due to the high prices, re-
sponded the merchant.
"Rut how do you connect me with
that?" the congressman asked
well" said the merchant, you
voted for the tariff, and of course the
tariff is the cause of all the higher
prices
Lets see about that" responded the
oonaressnan, II have here the new
law. and can compare the rate on
every article with the I te in the Ding
}ley law. Now tell me some of the
articles on which you have raised the
price"
So the merchant, who owns a pretty
ibio department store, mentioned ar
ticle after article. and the congressman
in each and every case showed hin
that the duty had either been reduced
or left unchanged.
| Now" said the congressman, "gt
| hack home and make all the none.
YOU can. but hen you charge NOR
for an article don't lay it to the tar
if.
Later in the day tie merchant wen
Into store to get a pair of gloves. II
found just what he was looking TO
and asked the price.
4 "s2.75,'' answered tie clerk.
nRut caid the visitor. II iught
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PROTECTION and The FARMER

Sheep, year old or over each. l5O
Sheep, less than / year old, each 10
All other live animals, ad valorem
Products of Farm Animals.
Wool, per pound ........... 10 ~
Butter, per pound ..........,... oc'
Cheese per pound ............... &C.
Milk, per gallon ................. &C
Cream, per gallon ............... DC
Eggs, per do IN ................ DC.
Honey. per gallon ............... 2Vc.
Bacon and hams, per pound $3.50. &C.
Fresh beef, veal, mutton, lamb,
pork, per pound ..............,l12 &c.
Lard, per pound .................1Ea c
Meats of all kinds, prepared or
preserved, ad valorem, per cent. 70
Poultry, live, per pound ......... &C..
Poultry, dead, per pound ........ &c:
| Tallow, per pound ............,.l Zee.
| 1t is thus that the Payne law gives
the American farmer the full measure
of protection both coming and going.
There is no article of provisions which
springs from the ground through the
magic of the seed and is brought to
maturity by the skillful tillage of the
lagriculturist, and none of the products
thereof. but are protected by the Payne
tariff. Neither are there any animals
which thrive and develop and become
| fit subjects for. market on the broad
L
products therefrom, but enjoy for the
farmer owner the benefits accruine
from the protective policy of the Unit
ed States. In other words, the foreigner
cannot come in with single agricul'
tural product and undersell the Amer
can farmer, because he must first pay
a duty upon the imported product. L
wheat Is worth a dollar bushel, the
foreigner cannot realize but 10 cents
because he must pay duty Of 20 cent!
lper bushel on his foreign grown wheat
Or if the foreigner grinds his whea
into flour he cannot affect the price
which the American farmer has beef
paid for his wheat by the America
miller. because the foreigner must pa.
as duty a sum equal to 25 per cent. o
the value of his -four. In the same wa.
, lif the foreigner brings in a horse val
ued at $50 to put up for sale agains
the American farmers $3.50 horse tn
! foreigner must pay duty of $50 in or
, der to get his horse into this country
4 otherwise he can and will undersel] tn
: American farmer
: The American farmer ought not t
4 think he does not need this full meas
I lure of protection which the payne LAY
1 affords him. During the ear endin
n June 30, 1909, there were imported in
to the United States products in whic
the farmer are interested. and dut
0 paid upon them, to the value of 500
161 1859 distributed as follows.
5 Live animals >. =. Us 1871, 016.4
Breadstuffs " ...... 35,081, S63.:
z Dairy, farm and field pro-
U ducts 49,. ;. I.343, 4ol.i
Meat products -. ..... 1,363,813.'
0 Wool, manufactured. 40501, 591.
81 Total ................. $50, f61,736.'
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lettering this sign: "The 8, and 10
Cent Store"
How did you come to select those
flgures?" he was asked.
81 dunno" he replied 81 had to
have some figgers, didn't I? Well, why
not them as well as any others? l
Jest happened to think of 'em lynn in
bed one night, and they sounded
pretty good--so put 'em up. Besides
they amt even change, and people
think you must 'er flggered close on
cost an profit"
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EDUcATloN.

Jones read a five-foot bookshelf held
An ample store of learning,
SO started in to carpenter
With thirst for knowledge burning
He purchased hammer, saw and plane,
Of paint made a selection,
And then began to make the shelf
By magazine direction.
He smashed eight fingers and two
thumbs
And nearly planed his nose off.
He scattered fourteen quarts of paint
And almost sawed his toes off.
He now is in the hospital
Receiving ministration;
The doctors say he may get we'll
He has an education.
-McLandburgh Wilson.
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The American Merchants Associa-
ton, a body of business men, whose
homes are in all parts of the Unlteu
States, presents herewith some hgures
that are plain and easily understood.
The American people are firmly COM
mitted to the doctrine of protection,
and therefore the Payne tariff law is
framed with the idea of protecting
American interests against the poorly
paid labor of foreign countries.
The great majority of the people OF
the United States are believers In the
doctrine of protectlon 1or us iiiuuS
tries.
1t may not be generally known, but
lit is a fact that the Payne law does
not afford a greater measure of pro
lection against foreign competition 10
| any class of manufacturers than 1t ar
| fords to the American farmers.
Take the great cereal products OF
| the soil which are annually harvested
| in central and northwestern states ana
they are protected as follows:
Barley, per bushe of 4s pounds. $O.3o
Broomcorn, per ton .......... 3.oO
Bucbwheat. per bushel of 4S lbs. 10
Corn. per bushel of Sc lbs 49,. 10
Cane sugar in its native state, ad
valorem tax per cent ~
lOats, per bushel .. -. ....... -
Rye, per bushel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
| Wheat per bushel $50. ........ 20
| Beans, per bushel, As lbs ........ 40
Beets, ad valorem tax per cent. 20
| Cabbages, each .......... ......' ~. ~
Hay, per ton ....... .......... 4.oo
Hops, per pounds ...........t,... .io
Onions, per bushel, 81 lbs 1850. 40
Peas, per bushel, 60 lbs !.,.,.... 20
Potatoes per bushel, so lbs "a
Vegetables, not mentioned above =
ad yalorem tax, per cent "a
Apples, peaches, ounces, cherries
plums, pears, per bushel 1888. ia
Berries edible in their natural
condition, per quart .,..,. .oi
Grapes in barrels or packages, per
cubic foot of capacity :. Ia
Products of Agricultural Products.
Barley malt, per bushel, 81 IDS. .4'
. Barley, peeled, patent or hulled, :.
2 per d.. ...'. 'V-
Buckwheat -four, ad valorem tax, !.
l per cent ...... $500. ......... 2,
: Corn meal, per 100 lbs ......... ~
e Dat meal and rolled oats. ID -. ~
v Dat hulls. per 100 lbs ............ ~
i Wheat flour, ad valorem, per cent q
2 Starch made from potatoes, lb. III
Pickles. ad valorem, per cent 4
Cider. per gallon ...... "
Vinegar per gallon ...Oi
Straw, per ton .,......... ....-.... ID
l Farm Animals.
t Cattle, less than ! year, each. -. 20
! Cattle other than above. not val
ued more than S14 each 81
Cattle valued more than $14 each,
!, ad valorem tax, per cent .... y J
: Swine per head ...,. 10
Horses and mules at $3.50 or less
l per head. -. 800
Horses If valued at $3.50 and over,
ad valorem, per cent ...........
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We'll Known Farminstonlan Dead.

Pennington, Jan. 27.--Miss Josie
Christie, formerly of this city and
whose marriage here few months
ago was the elimination of a pretty
little romance of her meeting Amos
Harley, their brief courtship of few
days and sudden marriage, died this
week at her Michigan farm homo,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-29

"If you would interest Des Moines
man. saws the Keokuk Gate City,
talk politics to him. An Ottumwa
man will be all attention at once if
you mention Improvement OF the Des
Moines river with view to making 1t
navigable. At Burlington thought is
centered on additions to railway
facilities, and everyone is ready to
discuss the subject at moments
notice. Here in Keolluk, in order to
enlist general attention and hold it,
one only has to say dam"
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,ing to the alta every night.

going to the alta every night
Mrs. John Connolly is quite sick.
Mrs. S. j. Jones who has been sick
for some time is better.
C. C. Cremer has returned from
wyoming where he was looking at the
country He thinks it great country
but not as good as Iowa.
Alden Nc Dowell lost valuable horse
this week 1t was one of team that he
had been offered five hundred dollars
for
The school board granted Miss Fannie
Nye one of the teachers In the school
hire a leave of absence for few
weeks and she left for Decatur Ill.
Wednesday. Miss Pearl Fair takes hel
place while she is gone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-29

When the editor of Golfers Weekly
gets to trying to write about politics.
he gets so badly tangled with his big
words that he smothers the point he is
attempting to .make-that is if, he is
trying to make any. His effort is
really pitiful The Saturday Evening
Post makes itself clearly understood.
1t breaches free trade pure and simple
and does not deny 1T.
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\ Chicago man with healthy thirst

A Chicago man with healthy thirst
was marooned in Jacksonville, ILL.,. and
carried his thirst away with him when
he left Writing of his experience TO
the Chicago Tribune's Line o'Iype col
umn he said that time is reckoned IN
Jacksonville from the advent OF Billy
Sunday, B. S. meaning before Sunday,
and A. S. means after Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-29

Foleys Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach of medi-
cine. 1t invigorates the entire system
and strengthens the Kidneys so they
eliminate the impurities from the
blood. Backache, rheumatism. kidney
and Bladder troubles are all cured by
this great medicine. Swenson's Drug
Store corner Main aid Court
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THE IMPORTANT PART.

Chicago News.-Mrs. Blinks-Did
you see a LAWYER today about that
boundary line dispute between us and
our neighbor?
Blinks-Yes.
Mrs. Blinks- What did he say when
you explained the matter to him?
Blinks-H He asked me how much l
was worth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-29
MARK TWAIN AND MRS. BROWN
ING.

Harper's-An impressive discrep-
ancy is revealed by a comparison OF
prices paid for valuable books at the
recent sale of the library of Louis j.
Haber. One hundred and fifty dollars
was paid for Mark Twain's original
manuscript, signed, Of THE Invalid's
Story while the original manuscript
also signed, of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning's fourteen-stanza poem,
"Only a Curl wa ssold for 500.
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SAME TO YOU.

Sioux City Journal.-"We don't have
the winters we used to; the seasons
are changing" ETC., quotes the Ottum-
wa Courier, In chuckling mood.
Well, here's wishing you an early
spring, and many of them.
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This ought to be good time to be-
gin a2"dry" campaign in Paris.

Before the cold snap comes that is
now promised by the weather bureau,
it would be an excellent idea to clear
the ice and water off the sidewalks.
If the two inches or more of water
covering the walks since the thaw be
gan is allowed to freeze the doctors
will be- the busiest men in town for
the next few days A broom will do
the work. Get busy!
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UNIQUE STORE.

New York Globe-Away over on
Tenth avenue, in congested tene.
ment district there is mercantile
genius. His place of business is mod
est, but unique. Having noted, in his
walks abroad, the growth of the 8
and 10 cent" stores, he determined TO
go these one better. Across the front
of his building is displayed in huge
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The busiest and mightiest little

The busiest and mightiest little
things that ever was made is Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
do the work whenever you require
their aid. These tablets change weak
ness into strength, listlessness into
energy, gloominess into joyousness.
Their action is SO gentle one don't
realize they have taken purgative,
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Pension Increases Granted.

Des Moines, Jan. 27.-Pension In
creases have been granted to B. H.
veach, Grinnell, $40; Marion Brown
Rose Hill. SIS, and original pensions
to Harriet ] Love, Newton, s12, and
Arabella Jarvis, Rose Hill, $12
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Mrs, Hetty Green was one OF the
first to Join the meat strike when
the price went up. That's the way
Mrs. Green got hers.
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Little Miss Muffet
Thought she would bluff it
BY living on curds and whey;
But the Beef Trust espied her,
And sent a big spider
To frighten Miss Muffet away
The Queen of Hearts she made some
tarts
All on summers day;
Because the King could not afford
The price Of beef to pay.
Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Stole pig and away he run;
But Tom was pinched and loud did
bawl-
Grand larceny-ten years, that's ALL
To market, to market, to buy a fat
loin;
Home again, home again, not enough
coin
To market to market to buy fat hen;
Home again, home again, busted again
To market, to market, to purchase
wiener;
Home again, home again, pocketbooh
leaner.
To market, to market, to buy some dos
meat;
Home again, home again. Gee! what
treat. y@
l. G. Davis in the st. Lonis. Times.
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for
People
TO Read

i. Don't hope to be cured in one day.
A disease only becomes chronic
by many days Of neglect.
2. Don't be afraid to investigate our
modern methods. Many have
been cured by so doing.
8. Don't be afraid to place complete
confidence in your physician.
His interests becomes yours.
4. Don't rely on your chance to wear
out the disease. Efforts are
what count.
s. Don't get discouraged by one treat
ment Success in anything is
only accomplished by continued
effort
6. Don't forget that thirty-fve years
of practice and successful ex-
perience In treating all kinds Of
chronic troubles is worth some
thing to you.
7. Don't be satisfied with fairly good
$ work but get the BEST.
8. We emphasize this one above all
others.
DON'T FORGET TO CONSULT WITH
DIR. STRICKLER AT ONCE.
NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION
OR EXAMINATION.
Dr.. Benz. I. StiglIa < CO.
1O5 S. Market st. Up stairs
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uP-To-DATE NURSERY RHYMES.

Mary had little lamb
They led it to the slaughter;
But Mary didn't care a -,
For this (S3,0O0) was what it brought
her
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se es%>> <-~-ee>eea> >>~>> ~ =
AGENCY.
q, 1870 &-1-a>-%1< <-A-9~$-%-1- - y 90 \
There is still quite an interest mani
tested in the revival meetings. people
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CAN IT..

Kansas City Journal.-Out at Hutch
inson the old fashioned autograph
album is again the rage, and this is
the most popular effusion which the
lassies are sending to backward
SWANS:
Our eyes have met,
Our lips not yet.
But, oh you kid!
I'll get you yet!
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28

the story on the best terms possible.
Thirdly, If neither of these things
were the case, then he could find a
market for his wares with Wilfrid
Stennis, who might be expected to
pay handsomely for the suppression
of the secret. thus insuring to himself
a clear title to the property.
1t was clear case of Heads win,
tails you lose!" So far as he could
see. only one contingency could de-
feat the major plot-the daughter Of
Minna and Andrew Meleen might be
dead
Meantime, he had no objection
whatever to letting wrongful heir
enter into possession. The informa-
ton he possessed would have a sure
and certain market value in any case.
1t took Roger Hews three or four
months to trace the migrations of
John Trevecca. covering, as they did,
period of ten or twelve years. But
run him to earth at last he did, and
found to his joy that Eunice was very
much alive. and well worth winning
for her own sake. But one other
thing was not so much to his liking
the discovery that Eunice and the
man in possession had been friends
for years, and were even then sup
posed to be engaged lovers. This
was an adverse conjunction which the
astutest mind could not have imag-
ined or foreseen-indeed, it was of a
piece with all the other strange fac
tors in the case.
However, Roger Hews was content
to play a waiting game. He was very
careful to keep out of Wilfrid's way,
but he lost no time in making the ac-
| quaintance of Eunice and her step.
father, and at the time of Wilfrid s
departure for Europe Roger had been
| for some months on terms of easy
acquaintance with both of them He
attended the same church as Eunice
he Joined the ward club and the lodge
to which Trevecca belonged, and
| among the decent denizens of Mac
| dougal street passed as a writer, a
character which was not belied by
appearances. owing to his quiet
steady demeanor and his careful
acting and dressing of the part
Nor did it take Hews long to dis
/ cover that there was a little rift in
the lutte between Eunice and Wilfrid
This exactly suited his book Per
haps less observant person could
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28
After the Rats.

AS country Germany has fewer
rats than any other in the world. This
is due to the interest taken by the
government in their destruction. II a
boy applies to the mayor OF his town
he is furnished with traps and paid
half cent for every skin he brings
In large towns there are 100 boys at
work nil the time. The cost OF traps
and bait makes each skin cost the
government about penny. but as
every rat destroys flve dollars worth a
year. this makes a tremendous saving.
The mice. though destructive. are
not looked after by the government.
1t is expected that every household
will protect itself However. a reward
OF penny is paid for every three
skins
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28
Wyominq.

The Shoshone Oil Company, Cody
country, is planning for an extension
of their operations with increased cap
ital
Another new oil we'll has been
brought in on the Powers leases near
n''"e. " T. flowing about seventy
barrels per day.
The Commercial property. Centen-
nial district, has eight feeC o: ore.
from which assays of 5000 in gold
values have been obtained.
Alex Wagstaff OF Upton has sent
some specimens of rich galena ore to
Denver for assay He says indications
point to the development of a gigan-
'tic vein. and that the ore also carries
silver and gold values
The Elkhorn mine on Elk mountain,
Encampment district, has vein on
which drifts have been run 100 feet
north and 20 feet south, which shows
average values OF to per cent
copper. The vein is four to fourteen
feet wide and is at the bottom of the
2O0-foot shaft. Twelve to fifteen tons
of smelling ore are added to the
dump daily.
Cody papers report an extremely
rich strike in the property of the Wi
mona GoldCopper Company in Sun.
light basin. which is described as "the
greatest deposit of copper ever found
in the state outside of the Grand En-.
campment district"
The Grand Encampment Herald re.
ports that A. +. Waterbury has proven
up a vein twenty-five feet in width on
his Twin Rocks claims eight miles
above the town of Encampment, on
the north fork of the Encampment
river. OF this vein twelve feet aver.
ages $22.50 in gold and silver. princi.
pally the former. and the remaining
ten feet runs about $40 ton.
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28
Arizona.

The Shattuck Arizona Company is
contemplating the construction of its
own smelter with a 350.ton capacity.
The Phelps-Dodge properties are
credited with production for the
first six months of the present year OF
100000 pounds of copper.
Work is going forward on the new
mill for the Lewis mine In Bridal Veil
basin, Telluride district. 1t is expect.
ed to be ready for commission by
September.
BY exploration the Live Oak Com.
pany has proven up fifteen acres Of
its estate in the Miami division OF
the Globe district, with an estimate
OF 7,214.409 tons. probably half OF 1t
2.5 per cent. ore; the Miami has 15,.
100000 tons OF 2.75 per cent; the In.
spiration is expected to develop 2O,.
100000 tons OF 2.25 per cent; the
Keystone has 100000 tons Of 2.36
per cent. These are all neighboring
properties.
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28

suit-he never made love to her as
Wifi had done-she was ready with
her answer.
1T cannot be. Mr.. Hews." she said,
as they stood in the dim old parlor.
Il esteem and admire you as friend,
butt shall never marry"
Perhaps have been too hasty.
said Roger suavely. I'm time, pos.
sibly. you will like me better. Let
me still be your friend and comrade.
l will not recur to this without your
permission. but some day l shall ask
you again."
She shook her head in token that
his was forlorn hope, but she was
too kind-hearted to inflict hurt
where she could avoid it.
"On those conditions, then" she
said, I'VE may still be friends; but
shall never change my mind"
Cursed upstart!" Hews muttered
when he found himself on the wrong
side of the door, "She loves him
still! l wish he would get married
himself; then, my lady, perhaps you'd
sing another song!"
Gilpin observer., 1910-07-28
Ar, Easv Ell.

A number of years ago there lived
in northern New Hampshire a notori-
GUS woman-hater. 1t was before the
day of ready-made clothing. and want
ing new suit, he was obliged to take
the material to the village tailoress.
She took his measurements. and when
she cut the coat, made liberal al
lowance on each seam.
F.. The mans dislike Of women in gen.
eral prevented his having a fitting.
He took the finished garment without
trying 1t on. It was much too large,
and his disgust was apparent in the
answer he made to the friendly loafer
on his first visit to the post office,
when he wore the despised article
Got a new coat, Obed?" said the
loafer.
mo, hain't!" said Obed I've got
seven yards. Of cloth wrapped round
me" e."--Youth's Companion.