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has not this warping and stunning eft.
feet upon human character. A man
may attain to the specialists rank
in it, and still be fitted for other tasks
and be able to exercise ordinary com,
mon sense in his dealings with his fell
low men.
He may become successful manu-.
facturer and merchant, as A. G.. Spal-
ding did. He may become successful
and effective preacher OF the gospel as
did Billy" now the Rev. William A,
Sunday. He may leave the players
bench for the bankers desk and sue.
coed there, and also in public life, as
John X. Tener has. Illustrations might
be multiplied, but let these suffice.
Unquestionably our national game Is
the best sport ever invented. It is the
most interesting for the spectators. It
is the most popular and fairest 1t has
rewards exactly graduated to the
merits of those who receive them. II
lis wholesome and clean and honest
And it does not warp and stunt In
body and mind those who engage In
/ it, and so make them unfit for the
other and serious tasks of life.
Great Is our national game!
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THE EVENING STORY.
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IN THE LABORATORY.
BY June Osborn.

Copyright 1910 by Associated Literary
Press.
Romance in chemistry laboratory
seems, on the face Of 1t, absured, but
then Burke Langton was most un-
usual professor-young good looking
self-possessed, good natured and not
bit conceited. And Madge Walton
at least SO Burke thought from the
first, was quite unlike the usual run
of chemistery students.
She was always letting acids burn
her pretty fingers, accidentally blow.
ing IT test tubes and beaKers and
keeping the chemistry class in gen.
eral, and Prof. Burke Langton In par
ticular, in state of perpetual ex
element.
The task of wooing Madge had been
anything but easy; not because
Madge herself was unwilling to be
wooed, but because Is wasn't wise to
arouse college gossip and never
would be until there was an actual
engagement To call on her at the
domitory was much too obvious, tc
chance to encounter her in the campus
was we'll enough, but hard to arrange
Once or twice when Madge had "let
things happen" in the laboratory
Burke had had chance to help her
and show her how great was his con
Germ. On several occasions he had
requested an interview with her after
hours, apparently to help her with
her work, but really with quite diff
ferent intentions.
Finally, when the school year was
almost over, he took the final step
he asked her to 60 to town with him
to the theater Il have something
want to talk over with you," he told
her, trying to make his purpose clear
"and Of course it Is impossible any
where around tho old college. Wei
just make the theter sort of al
excuse"
Apparently Madge was delighted
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Some of these days a delegation o

Some of these days a delegation OF
West Second street people may De
expected to wait upon the city council
to inquire why some steps should not
be taken to clean this street, or, al
least, to lay the dust. Second street
with its long strip of asphalt paving
is the ideal drive for motorist and IN
the evenings there is continual
stream Of cars passing up and down
the street.
A cloud Of dust is stirred up that
covers the houses and drives the resi-
dents in from the front pofches: II
is not the fault of the motorists. It IS
the fault Of the city. The same Is
true as to other streets, but In lesser
degree, for Second street attracts the
most automobiles. Second stree1
should be flushed every day.
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+ DIR. Bonham has been located in OF
tumwa eighteen years; Has an in
creased business each year. because
he has maintained that no doctor can
advertise his business year after year
unless he has for his motto: Honesty
is the Best Policy"
SPECIAL ATTENTION. GIVEN
to Chronic and Surgical Diseases,
Mental and Nervous Diseases, Catarrh
Of Nose, Throat and Lungs: Catarrh
Of the Stomach and Bowels.
RUPTURE CURED.
He cures Rupture that seems incur
able. He cured II. M. Chidester OF
near Abba OF rupture he had for
forty years. He has been cured for
seven years and is In perfect condi-
ton. Cured Chas. Steele, black
smith Of Rfchland. Ia, and eight or
ten other people from Richland.
PILED. FIsTULA, RECTAL
DISEASES
cured iY very short time No use to
suffer from Piles when you can be
cured In few days. He cured Mr..
Jacob and John Danover and JOIN.
Leaveling Of. West Point, Ia, In Il
weeks time and many here at home.
No question about the cure II he takes
your case.
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Medical and Surgical Diseases OF
Women, DISBURSEMENTS, liberation
and all diseases peculiar to women
treated with uniform success. Surgical
operation when necessary.
Electro Thermal Baths for Rhsuma.
tism and Chronic Troubles.
WEAK AND NERVOUS MEN.
Men who suffer from Bladde~ and
Kidney Troubles, Nervous Esbility
Wasting Troubles, Variocels. Stric-
ture, should call and receive the best
treatment offered for such private
troubles.
SKIN AND BLOOD DisEAcEs
CURED.
Eczema and Lufus Cancer, all
Chronic Skin Diseases cured by the
x-ray and Violet rays.
PATIENTS FROM A DISTANCE
furnished with pleass t city accom-
modations. Write your symptoms il
you cannot call at once.
Address
ar. ]. G. Bcf AN,
Eiks Building. ..s, oTTUMWAs IOWA.
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Chicago Inter Ocean. - The Hon.
John K. Tener, representative in con-
gress Of the Twenty-fourth Pennsyl-
vania district, has been nominated for
governor by the Republicans Of that
state.
Owing to well.known conditions Of
Pennsylvania politics it is not an i'm
propriety-it is not letting enthusiasm
outrun discretion-to speak Of Mr..
Tener as they are already speaking Of
him in Pennsylvania-and in the most
matter Of fact way-to speak of him
as Governor Tener."
This case of political promotion In
Pennsylvania has more than a Penn
sylvania interest because Of its illus.
tration in way to which we. do not
remember to have seen attention
out national game of baseball, OF It's
value as a former of character fit for
all tasks and of the fact that 1t does
not warp or stunt men as do other
highly specialized occupations, espec-
tally on the side Of public entertain
ment.
The Hon John K. Tener, now rep.
resentative in congress and soon to be
governor of PENNSYLVANIA, virtually
started in life as a professional base.
ball player.
Born in Ireland in 1868, but coming
to America as child, as schoolboy
he took to the national game and de-
veloped such skill at it that soon after
leaving high school he was invited
into the professional ranks. In the sea-
son of 1889 he was one of the pitch
ers for the ole Chicago White Stock
ings and accompanied the team on it's
tour around the world.
We do not state these facts for the
purpose of excusing the usual jokes
about how former Pitcher Tener may
be able to put policies over the plate"
with such skill that his opponents will
Fan the air" In vain criticism, or that
his success in running for Office is a
natural result Of his proved aptitude in
running bases, or that he may appro-
priately publish his personal memoirs
under the title From the Diamond to
the Statehouse." We decline to intrude
upon the province Of the Pink Sheet.
We call attention to Mr.. Tener's
baseball career merely because it Illus
trates the difference of our national
game from other games, in that man
may become a specialist Of high rank
in it without crippling his powers as
an all round man.
we are beginning to learn the curse
Of the specialist, and how he pays,
and often the community pays-when
it is so Ill advised as to let him rule
and governor his eminence is his
speciality. And that men who special
ize along lines Of public entertainment
with success usually become unfit for
any other task in life has been a tru-
ism for generations.
The man who becomes a success as
an actor can rarely Afterwards sue
coed at anything else. There are ex-
ceptions, but that is the rule. With
public singers it is the same. Most
public entertainers, it is notorious, are
children, and spoiled children in the
practical affairs of everyday life.
But our eational game. it is evident,
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REAL BUSINESS.

The real business man is one who
furnishes some commodity that the
community needs. Dollar-making Is
not necessarily business. The man
who stands in a brokers' office, for
instance, and watches the tape, is not
a business man, but gambler What
lis speculation anyway, but a parasite
fastened upon the labor of all real
business men? It creates nothing. II
lis the counterfeit Of true business. -
ANDREW Carnegie
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are, but. as usual. 1t revealed in sew
eral particulars the inability Of the
outsider to understand the combina-
ton of business trade and profession
which to those inside of 1t seems to
have no mysteries at all.
The President repeated, for instance.
the long-familiar statement that the
newspaper Of today differs from those
OF twenty or thirty or fifty years ago
in that while now the news receives
most attention, then it was the editor
ial utterances that made value and
reputation.
That is right enough as a mere mat
ter of uninterrupted observation. but
as basis for the conclusion drawn by
the President and so often reached by
other people-that the editors Of today
are different from, inferior and less
influential than ~ir predecessors In
the Golden Age of Journalism-is
without any foundation in fact.
Newspapers always printed all the
news their resources and their fac1ll-
ties enabled them to get. The better
! 1t nowadays, because they can, and
that is all there is to the much la
mented change.
The supposed superiority of the old
time editorial articles is pure illusion
with no foundation in fact, or none
except the one fact that when tne
news supply was scanty the comment
on it attained a comparative import
ance which it now lacks. The best way
to gain freedom from this Illusion is to
| look through the old files Of represent
tative papers printed in the era when
editorial giants are supposed to have
abounded.
Whoever does SO will find some good
editorial writing and some that is
strong, but he will also find that its
average merit is below rather than
above the editorial writing of the pres
ent, and that not little of it would
now excite only derisive laughter.
| The modern editor addresses a pub
| lie larger, better educated, and vastly
less prejudiced, especially in matters
political, than did his professional
forbears. az
He cannot as safely speak to his
readers from high to low as the
French say, and he must keep in mind
their habit Of reading more than one
newspaper and their consequent pos
session of the means for convictins
him Of Misrepresentation if he be in
clined to indulge in it.
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THE "ElGHTlNe EDGE"

The La Crosse Tribune confesses to
Z profound interest in an eastern com
ment on the speech made by Senator
Depew when the bill relative to rails
ing the Maine was up for considera-
ton in the senate. Senator Depew ex-
pressed the opinion that all that was
gained by fighting could have been
gained by diplomacy. The eastern
paper thought the senator's state
ment timely in the light OF Roose-
yelt's renewed reference to the "nec-
essity of preserving the sterner vir-
tues and the fighting edge. : The
La Crosse paper quotes it's eastern
contemporary as follows:
Before Senator Depew spoke, very
respectable authority had declared
that the war with Spain was needless,
for we might have obtained by nego-
tiation all that we got by fighting.
That the Spanish government, with
gentle handling. would have arrang-
ed for peaceful evacuation of Cuba
and Porto Rico seems probable. But
an excited public opinion swept
President Mckinley into war whereby
we gained not only the surrender 'of
Cubs and Porto Rico, but that delec-
table possession, the Philippine Is
lands, to say nothing of many tomb
stones in the national cemetery at
Arlington and elsewhere.
~This has been declared before,
but the senator's statement comes
opportunity, because we have been
hearing again about the necessity OF
preserving the sterner virtues and
the fighting edge, It may be true
that nation which is unwilling to
fight under any circumstances is lost;
but against that set the staggering
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the near future.
Quite number from Eddyville att
home near Hayden Chapel The pro-
ceeds, $14, will be used for church pur-
poses.
Dr. Bradfeld and VIM. Hankins
took their Sunday school classes to
the Sherm Oldham farm yesterday for
a picnic.
Mrs. Addie Caldwell who has been
taking treatments for her eyes In
Iowa City returned home yesterday,
much improved.
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WHAT FATHER SAID.

A young lady who taught class OF
small boys in the Sunday school de-
sired to impress on them the meaning
Of returning thanks before meal.
Turning to one Of the class, whose
father was a deacon in the church,
she asked him.
William, what is the first thing
your father says when he sits down
to the table?'
4 "He says: Go slow with the but
ter, kids; it's 40 cents pound" re-
piled the youngster.- Everybody's
Magazine.
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break their engagements. I thought
you would understand when ! told
YOU"
The professor was sitting on his
desk looking curiously at the girl who
had been taken from him and now had
been strangely brought back again.
"See here, Madge," he said. looking at
his watch. Well only miss the first
act If you go with me now. Do you
want to or would you rather go back
to and join that fool society?"
II think" said Madge, II would
rather 60 with you"
This time the professor under
stood.
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losses. in the last fifteen hundred
wears. that have arisen through ma
tionai willingness to fight. II the
United States, additionally peacetui.
rushed into a needless war as re-
Gently as 1898 it does not seem tnat
the western world has reached a
point where anybody need worry
about a decay Of national belliger-
ency. The danger is still on the other
side. What we really need 70 cultl-
vate and be instructed ABOUT IS tne
milder virtues and natonal Wiiiihs
ness to reason"
And adds the following comment;
The lighting edge" stood this ma,
ton. when it was in the making.
In good stead. Indeed, and to its
keenness we owe that great inst1tu-
ton. the Republican form OF govern
ment In the Civil war the "fghtlng
edge may have been overwhetted IN
the south. but the interests OF I'D
erty would have suffered had not the
north drawn and welded It's "nsnt-
ing edge" We are prepared to &C
cept without hesitation the assertion
that if not actually mistake, the
"fghting edge was too hastily I'M
sheathed in the case of the Spanish
war. an attempt to avert which Would
not have reflected upon the natlonal
honor and might have attained the
humane and finally achieved, ana we
subscribe without reserve 10 the tne'
ory that we have reached that stage
Of civilization that should anora
a means Of settling international uls,
putes quite as efficacious as war anu
less costly and tragic. But that IS q
condition that can only come by agree
ment among the powers, and the 1oliy
of such a pact leaving out single
nation strong enough IN modern
armament to whip a self-d1sarmed
world-and, it would not take the Dig,
gest of them-is apparent. SO long as
war is possible, we must be prepared
IA nrotect the citizen whose allegiance
is based upon the theory that govern
ment is a source of protection for IN
diyidual rights within the domain ana
against hostile invasion from without.
Doubtless we were in error in the
Spanish war, and it is possible that
our attitude in the Mexican war was
not above criticism, but had we iacheu
the lighting edge In '76 anu 1917
and '65, the fate of two great contl-
nents aggregating seventy-f1ve mil
lions of people would no doubt have
been less happy and there might not
to this day have been Instituted tna1
government of the people, by the
people and for the people" established
by washington and preserved by LIN
coin.
If the Spanish-American war was
mistake, as the writer's quoted above
seem to view it, it can be set down
as one instance where popular clamor
was not a safe guide to follow. Ine
statement has been made that when
the demand was first made upon
President Mckinley to declare war
there was not enough powder In the
navy to have fired all the guns on the
American batt1eships once. The PEG
Die did not know this. They We're NOT
in a position to know it. In the IN
teryal before President Mckinley was
forced to respond to the popular VIII
the powder mills were at work nlsn'
and day preparing to supply the de
mand. The .'milder virtues and the
national willingness to reason are
things to be encouraged. The .hght.
ing edge is always on tap W1tnout
needing encouragement.
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TIE SECRET OUT.

do not like to tell, for it was medi-
cine. but the incest woman over took
Ii was Lanes Family Mediline that did
H." This is pleasant herb tea which
acts favorably on the stomach and
bowels, purifying the blood and
cleansing the skin like magic. It cures
headache and hackache. Druggists and
dealers 81 y. CSC.
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poLLlvER,s PLIGHT.

Washington correspondence Of the
New York Tribune-There is one man
in the senate who enjoys the sincere
sympathy of most Of his colleagues.
That Is Senator Dolliver. Only a few
years ago the heir apparent to the
leadership of the regular Republicans
Of his state, he led and won the cam
paign for the reelection to the senate
OF Iowa's grand old man." thereby
winning the unqualified loyalty OF
every friend Of Senator Allison. Then
came the death Of Mr. Allison, and,
fearing that the Cummins forces
would be in majority, Mr.. Dolliver
FASTENED to align himself with Mr..
Cummins and become q me, too, :
senator, only to find himself today q
lieutenant in losing cause, whereas
he might have been first on the win
ming side had not his courage failed
him at the crucial moment. A brilliant
orator. the possessor of great person
al magnetism, the debtor Of President
Taft for the proffered nomination for
the vice presidency, although he did
not accept it, the senior senator from
Iowa finds himself today with his back
against the wall, fighting battle OF
life and death under leader who he
knows would sacrifice him In an in
slant to gain the slightest advantage,
and compelled to attempt the destruc-
ton OF an administration with which
he is in far greater sympathy than the
cause in which he Is enlisted. A ma
jority Of his colleagues regard him
with the deepest pity.
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AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

There Is clearly a demand IN al
cities for a full investigation OF the
pawn brokerage houses in order tnaI
II may be determined how many OF
these places are nothing more nor
less than clearing houses for the as
posal OF stolen goods. The Junkln
case brings up this subject tor con.
sideration. Junlxin sold the dlalnolu
ring he stole from the murdered glri,
maintaining at the time ne olsposeu
az the stone that he had found IL III
the street. Subsequently ne col-
fessed and evidence was secured sun
stantiating his confession, that ne had
stolen the ring from the dead body OF
his victim. .,.a.
The question raised then is thls'
Are there people who make a regular
practice Of buying goods stolen py
murderers and thieves?
Are there places that are IN Inc
habit of buying jewelry ana otnel
articles Of value from men VINO nave
lust been paroled from the penitentlary
accepting their explanation that tney
"found, such articles? If they are III
the habit OF doing these things is !.
reasonable to believe that they Woulu
notify the police, as was done IN tne
Junkin case, If there was no reward
to be gained by such notification, as
there was in this case?
AS long as people are permitted IL
discriminatory to purchase the oooty
Of thieves, although they may not
know to a certainty that the goods
thus purchased were stolen, just SO
1nn1 will there be premium offered
for such crimes as Junkin's.
Brutes Of the Junkin type would not
commit murder with robbery as the
motive unless they were assured there
would be no trouble In dlsposlng %
their stolen goods. The craze LOT
cocaine and liquor moves such beasts
n murder and robbery. This was JUL
kin.a motive as was evidenced oy MS
haste in disposing Of the diamond lot
: few paltry dollars In order that ne
might satisfy his appetite for tEe
drugs. ror
.varv crime committed and 1T IS
morally certain that the police are not
notified in every case of the purcnase
Of stolen goods as they were IN tnls
case. There Is need, therefore Iol
the strictest enforcement OF the laws
prohibiting persons from receiVlns
stolen property and the police OF every
CITY should not hesitate to close up
every place where there Is evidence
that such a place is operated as
..fence" for stolen goods.
The Burlington chief of police mas
cautioned the people in the business
section. to clean up all rubbish ana re-
move all paper from boxes and bar
rels before Monlay. Underneath many
Of the sidewalk gratings, he says, may
be noticed accommodations OF rubbish
and fire may be easily started in
these places by the dropping OF a
cigar or fire cracker. There Is neeo
for the exercise Of this caution the
year round, but there is more need for
care on the Fourth Of July. A heavy
fire loss may be avoided by taking pre-
!. caution to remove all combustible ma
terial from the danger zone.
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clifford Pinchot is being doomed Tor
governor Of Pennsylvania as an m
dependent candidate against Jonn n:
Tener. the former baseball star ana
former national officer OF the Elks.
Pinchot had better not try to beat that
ooY,, hi alton
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The Cumberland Telephone anc
Telegraph company has been fned
SITS 900 in Mississippi me MISSES
ippi people ought to get few pointers
from President Taft. He doesn't nne
law violators in money, but puts tnen
in the penitentiary
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A public bath house on the Des
Moines river has been opened at DIS
Moines. When we get around to II
Ottumwa would do well to start an
agitation for public bathing beach,
properly safe-guarded against. ac-
~
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The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
the commission plan Of government IS
not failure, but it needs good demon
.strators. From which it may be under
stood that Burlingtons experiment IS
not entirely satisfactory.
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at rained in Iowa yesterday" says
the Chicago Evening Post, and To-Day
the regulars and insurgents are prop ;,
ably fighting over the credit Tor II.
It might be mentioned In this regard
that there wasn't enough rain in these
parts to fight over.
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Train Load Valued at $50. 900

Burlington, June 30--A train con-
sisting Of tWenty-six cars loaded with
cattle and hogs was shipped from Ros.
coe, Des Moines county, for Chicago.
The cargo Is worth $4,000.
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JOURNALISM AND THE GOLDEN
ACE

From the Fourth Estate:-Presi
dents Taft's little disquisition on
Journalism in Ada, Ohio, the other
day with its incidental references to
newspapers and newspaper men was
rather better, says the New York
Times, than such things commonly