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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

homo In Chinese city. He had re.
fused to leave the little company Of
his impertled yellow friends. Now a
mob Of natives, yelling, gesticulating.
frenzied, blood thirsty. has surround
cd the house. They cry for his life.
They bring brands and amid roars of
execration set fire to the building. The
man is q good shot, and he has q
rife. He raises it, takes aim, then
shakes his head and puts II down. He
cannot kill those for whom he had
come to give his life. If they want
his life they can have It, He throws
down the rifle, and waits with folded
arms. Thus chariot eof fire bore to
a martyrs crown one OF the recent
missionaries in China.
A great deal of foolishness Is talk.
ed about the danger and heroism Of
missionary life 1t Is assumed that
every missionary Is in deadly peril,
and ever undergoing deprivations.
This conception does not square with
the facts. Most missionaries are safe
and comfortable. Yet when this has
been said 1t must be admitted that
many live constantly as near neigh
bors to danger. When / was sitting
out few years ago. on a somewhat
risky trip UP into the interior OF China
my missionary hosts making the part
ing inquiries concerning bedding, fuel,
cooking utensils, etc, added quite as
q matter of fact. and in the same
tone Of voice, Now remember that
the Chinese cannot swim; and that If
you can thrash, or make ridiculous,
the leader Of mob, you will have
STAYED off the immediate danger" 1t
would require a book to narrate the
matter of fact stories of narrow
through which missionaries l have
met on their fields have passed
through. In some countries there is
still the spice of possible trouble to
flavor all mission work.
Stirring events are not always the
ones that make the most stir. The
quiet humdrum constructive service
counts for most in missions, as in
everything else.
The queit matter Of fact and con-
ventional manner in which the young
newspaper man, Henry M. Stanley,
stepped up to lonely old man in the
heart of Africa and said, raising his
cap, CDR. Livingstone, l believer" is
supremely dramatic episode in the
annals of missions. Stanley's feat in
penetrating into the dark continent
is now history; and Livingstone's
body now reposes in Westminster
Abbey. Missionary and scientific zeal
and heroism on the part of Living
stone were matched by journalistic
enterprise and daring and resourceful-
ness on the part of Stanley firm be-
lever in missions, and caused him to
carry to civilization the plea for mis-
sionaries to Uganda which quickly
opened that land to the gospel.
Amos r. Wells has grouped sew
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27
THE ROMANCE or MlssIoNe.

Terse Comments Upon the Christian
Endeavor Topic for Jan. 80, 1.-THE
Most Stirring Events Of Foreign
Missionary History" Acts 1892.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

"A terrible event in Burman mis-,
sions was the Imprisonment Of Judson
during a war between England and
Burma. He spent seventeen months
in horrible confinement, his heroic
wife ministering to him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

SEVEN SEN ENCE SERMONS.
Real character Is not outward con-
duct. but quality of thinking.-He
Wood
A hedge between keeps friendship
green.-German Proverb.
BY him the deepest rest is won
Who tolls beneath the monday sun,
Faithful unto his work is done.
Phoebe Cary.
Let thy discontents by they secrets.
Benjamin Franklin.
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
yet they grind exceeding SMALL
Though with patience he stands wait.
ing with exactness grinds he all.
-Longfellow
All my theology is reduced to this
narrow compass-Jesus Christ came
into the world to save sinners.
Archibald Alexand r.
He who never works Is untitled for
worship; he who never pauses to
worship is rendered incapable OF
work.-G. Campbell-Morgan.
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A young American man stood in tb
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

Real character Is not outward cor
duct, but quality of thinking.-Henr,
Wood
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

Amos r. Wells has grouped sew
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

Stirring events are not always the
ones that make the most stir. The
quiet humdrum constructive service
counts for most in missions, as in
everything else.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

A hedge between keeps friendship
green.-German Proverb.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

'EThe Armenian massacres furnish
the most striking scenes in the mis-
sionary history of Turkey. Beginning
in August, 1894. they ragged for two
years More than 100000 Armenian
Christians were killed in the most
cruel manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-27

Let thy discontents by they secrets
Benjamin Franklin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
COMING SPORT EVENTS

The Duke of Westminster will be
represented at the British information
al cup races at Larchmont Aug. 20
with a 391 foot craft
Portland, Ore, expects to hold the
greatest motorboat regatta ever held
on the Pacific coast on July 4. The
coast championship will be decided at
the races.
The Paramount park commission Of
Philadelphia has granted permission
to the Quaker City Motor club to hold
the third annual contest in the West
park on Oct 8.
Celtic park, New York, July 2 will
be the scene Of a big professional ath-
letic meet. Harry Hillman, Lawson
Robertson and Nat Gratmell are ex-
pected to take part.
The Thousand Island Yacht club.
holder Of the American Power Boat
association gold challenge cup, won
two years ago by the Dixie II. and
last year successfully defended by her.
has just set the dates for this years
races, which viii take place on the
club course Off Alexandria bay. Thou.
sand islands. Aug. A, 8 and 6. This
contest Is one Of the most important
motorhoat events of the year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14

DIVINE BUSH. DETRo1T's STAR sHoRrsrop.
there you are. Bush darts about the
field like light. He covers q world Of
ground, does it easily, almost poetical-
~, n might say; is not subject in
the least to V disorders COM
monty known as rattles. can throw
with Wallace and is the most valua-
BILE shortstop in the American league
today. Last year, while his percentage
in the field was not remarkable, he
covered a world more chances than
any Of his rivals. he batted .273,
stole So bases and scored III runs.
Jennings was certainly fortunate to
pick up this lad in the hour of his need
two years ago.. It was when his in
field had gone to pieces and O'Leary,
Coughlin and company had cracked
sadly that Indianapolis surrendered
this lad in midseason. From the jump
he made good. so good that the rickety
Tiger club was bolstered up and stag
gered on through the season to another
championship.
Without little Bush that Tiger in
field today would crack, for it is made
up of just serviceable men, not bril-
liant ones. Bush is very young, and
the Tigers are assured Of a grand man
for the keystone job-at least for as
long as Jennings is likely to be man
ager of the club.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14

gins and ends in the leader himself. a
pilot who cannot control himself can
not control others. A sharp, sarcastic
tongue kills the enthusiasm in a ball
tosser quicker than cyanide of potas-
SUM kills q kitten. Ball players are
sensitive young men who are suscepti-
BILE to the soft. soothing talk. but whine
and sulk when the sour stuff is handed
out. Praise your players for their
good work. but refrain carefully from
publicly rebuking them for their bad
ones. The manager must be a past
master in handing out the salve so as
to give his players confidence in them
selves. A little sarcasm adds spice to
the leaders, vocabulary. but a little
goes a long way.
You can get more out Of a ball tosser
by jollying him along than you can by
treating him like a dog. If a player
makes a mistake he is the first to
realize it himself. If his attention is
called to the blunder in a kindly way
he will accept the correction in the
proper spirit, but If a manager makes
him the butt for his he will
retaliate by playing Indifferent ball.
Harsh, sarcastic criticisms tend to
weaken the nerve Of the player and
make him falter on the firing line. Pat
your players on the back and arouse
in them enthusiasm and fighting spirit.
Praise them for their good work. No
can gainsay that a manager must
be a strict disciplinarian, but he must
treat his players rather like a kind
father than like an acid tongued ty-
rant. It's the "Come on!' spirit that
wins ball games.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
The United States government has
scored one more victory for peace. 1t
was assuredly Secretary Knox's plan

for mediation between Peru and Ecua-
dor that prevented war. The Knox
plan is one Of arbitration and provides
that the United States, Brazil and Ar
gentina shall act as mediators in set
ting the disputed boundary that caus-
ed the trouble.
The senate tried meeting once or
twice at II o'clock in the morning and
then gave 1t up and went back to high
noon. When President Frye called the
body to order one morning at the I'M
earthly II o'clock hour there was only
one other senator present in the room.
He moved that the hour of meeting
should be changed to 12, and the mo-
ton prevailed. Never again should U
overworked senators be required to
meet at the inhumanly early hour Of II
o'clock.
President Taft has commended the
Bartholdt bill for universal peace and
expressed approval Of the idea that a
delegation of leading citizens should
travel around the world in advocacy
Of a peace movement. 1t can be imag-
ined that such a delegation would re-
ceive a most enthusiastic welcome in
oil lands. especially If headed by Theo-
dore Roosevelt. who has been men
toned as the right man to lead such a
crusade.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
What Is DoinQ
In Washington

Praying For the Speaker-Root May See
Roosevelt That Plat PInCh-Taft a
Friend Of Dan CupId-The Fighting
PugIlIst and the Scrappy Speaker.
The Wearing of the Red.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14

Many have taken advantage Of cur
suit sale. Hadn't yen better invest.
gate the matter. Simon Schefter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON,
four Washington CORRESPONDENCE

HEV. Il. N. COUDEN, the blind
chaplain OF the house, who re-
M Gently made the body gasp
by praying that the muck
rakers should rake in front Of
their W doors, later on gave the
house another shock by Offering up
thanks for the courage which enables
one to face the lannon's mouth or re-
sist the bayonet charge before he
went on to pray for "the higher moral
courage which enables one to stand
for his convictions though the whole
world may oppose him. for a clear
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
STORIES Of
The DIAMOND.
Hugh Jennings Talks Of Play
ing Strength Of Big Leagues.
AMERICAN BETTER BALANCED
Tail End Teams Make as Much Trouble
For Leaders as ~stronsss ones-Why
He Has Succeeded as Leader of the
Tigers.

No. TX.
By HUGH JENNINGS. Manaaer of the
Detroit Americans.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Do the National league teams play
faster ball than the Americans? Well,
nc. l think that both big leagues dish
up about the same quality Of ball. If
there is any difference it strikes me
the junior organization is a better bal
anced circuit. In the American we
have no soft spots like they have in
the National. Take, for instance.
Brooklyn, st. Louis and Boston. These
teams generally prove to be very easy
for the big three. Pittsburg, Chicago
and New York. We don't get
breaks like that. For instance, look
at the falls the Washington and st.
Louis teams have taken out of us this
season. These cases bear out my argu-
ment that the weaker teams of the
American league are stronger than the
tail enders in the older organization.
There is no perceptible difference in
S"S pAoJ AhS olASAStA VI LuS AlSL ufS
teams in the two major organizations.
Fans on the National circuit can
shout all they like about the Tigers
losing three worlds championships,
but facts are facts, and the baseball
records prove that in five battles for
the blue ribbon honors Of baseball the
count is three to two in favor of the
other fellows. That makes it a pretty
close proposition and backs up my con-
tention that there is no great differ
ence in the playing strength of the two
big leagues.
What is the most important thing in
handling a major league club? The
answer to that question is, Control the
players and control yourself.
In fact, this is what 1 have instilled
into my players. But self control be-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
Funny Stories to Soothe Jeff's
Nerves.

To prevent that big boy jim
my .Jeffries from getting fretty
and fussy after mis- days of
hard play his manager recently
took Walter Kelly. 1.-The Vir-
ginia judge" into the training
camp to put Jimmy to sleep
nights with funny stories ring
ing in his ears. With music. lit
erature, art and story telling. it
seems that nothing is being neg
lected in his preparation for his
mill with Johnson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14

johnson Terrific Hitter, Says ketchei.
"Can Johnson hit? Like the kick of
a mule" says Stanley Ketchel. IN
putting me away with that right hand
er he knocked out three of my front
teeth. And he has an eye like a hawk
too"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14
ArelIanes Has New Twister.

Senior Arellanes. the Boston Ameri-
can league pitcher. has q new ball he
has named the Salome. The senior
says he calls 1t the Salome because he
hasn't anything on II.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08

! almost insignificant item. Up to the
time of the fpanic, =, the railroads,
through their marvellous operating
achievements, had so constantly been
reducing} railroad rates at time
when the price of everything else
was rising that sort of belief has
grown up among shippers that there
ie no end to the process. But as SEN
sible men these shippers ought, on
reflection, to be able to see that there
must necessarily be an end. When
the limit of economy has been reach
3D. as is the case at present, add.
lions to expenses must find compen-
sation in an increased charge for the
service. No doubt wages should
have been reduced at the time of the
depression in 1907, in which event
the employees would feel satisfied now
to get an advance equal to the pre-
vious loss, leaving the roads with no
added burden on that account. But
it is not the fault of railroad mana
gers that this policy was not pursued
and could not be pursued. They were
told by high political power that If
they cut wages, even under the dire
necessities of those times, political
retribution would be visited upon
them. Nor are they responsible for
the recent advances in wages. Rail-
road managers had no choice. To
refuse was to invite general and wide"
spread strikes, under which the last
stage of the roads would have been
worse than the first stage.
1t is important, therefore, that we
should not let ourselves get away
from the main issue. To mislead the
public the usual talk of watered
stock and other similar allegations
are being INDUCED in. But such mat
ters, it should be recognized, even
though they may originally have had
some basis of truth, have absolutely
no bearing on the situation as it now
presents itself. Nor should fustian
about the railroads having been
granted the right of eminent domain
be allowed to influence anyone's
judgment. The simple, indisputable,
incontrovertible fact is that the ad-
vances in wages already granted and
those still to come as result of the
arbitration of differences between the
companies and their employees will
mean an added annual outlay to the
railroads of the United States in a
sum running somewhere between
$1OO,OOO,OO0 and $2O0,O00,00 per year.
The whole matter is important
more so, we think, than any ques-
ton to be settled by the people to-
day, for it affects the largest single
line of industry we have. 1t should
be considered as a business PROPOSE
ton, irrespective Of politics or pre-
JUDGE. It should be settled on a
basis of economic justice. The rail-
roads should be treated as any other
big business institution. The sub
ject needs to be looked at from both
Sides
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
RAILROADS AND RAILROAD
RATES.

The public view of the railroad
companies of this country is peculiar
While all other commodities in this
country have been largely increased
in price, the cost of railroad trans
portation has been reduced rather
than increased through the period Of
high prices. Other things being equal
the cost of railroad service should
decrease, for there is larger patron
age, heavier trains, and the other i'm
provements that make for economical
operation and reduction of expenses
But other things in this country are
hardly equal. There is a distinct in
crease in the cost of everything the
railroad has to buy. There has been
a general increase in wages and a
greater increase is proposed. So as
an economic proposition, it would
seem that there is justice in the ar
gument of the railroad managers that
if they are to make necessary i'm
provements and additions and pay
dividends, there must be an increase
in rates, otherwise we shall have in
efficient service, lack of investment
in railroad stocks, and consequent in
ability to serve the country with the
lines that are necessary to the trans
action Of it's business.
Railroads, however, are in way
natural monopolies, and their rate
making powers are agreed to be
properly subject to regulation by the
people, through their Legislative
bodies and courts. But this regula.
ton does not necessarily mean that
it must always be employed to re-
duce rates. 1t should be employed
to keep rates reasonable, and to pre-
vent discrimination and insure the
treatment of all classes of people
alike. The consumer finally pays
the cost of carrying freight. The
jobber, the wholesaler, the middle
men generally, passes the freight
charge along to the ultimate con-
sumer." He pays the freight, liter
ally as we'll as figuratively.
The action brought by the govern
ment to prevent an arbitrary increase
OF rates will bring the matter to the
courts, where the trouble may be
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08
YOUNG LYMAN STILL
Fighting FOR LIFE
Different STORY OF TROUBLE
LEADING UP TO ENCOUNTER
is TOLD
IS TOLD
No More Arrests Have Been Made
Victims Condition is Said to be
Slightly Improved.

The condition of Arthur Lymans,
the young man who was injured In
fist fight following trouble at dance
in the city Saturday night is said to
be about the same as for the last
twenty.four hours. He is very low
at the present time, and while he is
still holding his own, there are very
slight hopes of his ultimate recovery.
His mother arrived from Minneapolis
and is at the bedside of her son.
There has been different story
of the trouble leading up to the fight
and the fight itself than was current
yesterday. 1t apears that Lyman and
Preston were in charge of the dance
and that young Albertson came to
the door and had not enough money
to pay his admission fee and the
trouble started when Preston wanted
to admit him and Lymans bucked
the proposition. Preston afterwards
admitted Albertson and this angered
Lynans and further words were had,
which resulted in an agreement to
fight the matter out later in the
night.
The story of the fight is rather hard
to get at, but it is understood that
Preston states that during the fight
Lymans was knocked or fell on his
back and Preston fell over on him
and struck Lymans in the stomach
with his knees when falling, and it
is thought that it was in this way
the serious injuries were inflicted. 1t
would certainly seem almost impos-
sible that blow could be delivered
with the fist that would have inflicted
such a wound as Lymans is suffering
with. Preston has been released I'M
der bonds, and there will be no more
steps taken until the outcome of the
injuries is assured.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08
GRAND

There seems to be an epidemic OF
scarlet fever going the rounds in Bis
marck,. and through suggestion OF
the health officer Mr.. Temple had his
theatre fumigated last night, so his
patrons need not fear contracting any
contagious diseases in the popular
place of amusement.
The Grand played to capacity for
two shows last night and that Mr..
Temple made a ten strike when he
arranged a novelty program for the
firemen's tournament, was demonstrat
ed last night by the hearty applause
accorded every number. Tonight is
the last of the present program, and
there will undoubtedly be large crowds
in attendance again.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08
TIE CUSTER STATUE

North, Dakotans, and particularly
residents of Bismarck of the pioneer
class, will be interested in the recent
dedication of an equestrian statue of
General George A. Custer at Monroe,
Mich, the native state of General
Custer, for which the state made an
appropriation of $4,000. General
Custer was a familiar figure on the
streets of the pioneer city of Bis
marck thirty-five years ago. He was
then stationed at old Fort Lincoln,
on the west side of the Missouri river,
and there is clump of trees on the
bluff southeast of the city, visible
from Bismarck, which marks the site
of the old Fort Lincoln, on the hill.
II was from Fort Lincoln that Gen
eral Custer and his gallant cavalry
men of the Seventh marched on that
fateful trip to the Little Big Horn,
where was wrought one of the sad
dest tragedies in all of the battles
between the Indians and the whites.
The story of that massacre has been
told and retold until there is nothing
left to tell that has not been repeat
ed over and over again. Few battles
in the history of the country have
been the subject of so much and so
frequent controversy. 1t was from
Bismarck that the first news of it
went out to the civilized world, sad
dening the hearts of the whole ma
ton that so many gallent men should
have persisted in battle with the
Sioux.
The government has reserved the
battle ground upon which this strug-
gle took place, and thousands of WIS.,
itors have seen the monument erect
ed there and viewed the hills and
valleys by the Little Big Horn, where
the tragedy was enacted. 1t is fit
ting that the native state of General
Custer should commemorate his gal
|
memorial. The tragedy occurred a
long time ago, when the time is cal
culated comparatively with the devel'
ment of the west. But the memory
Of General Custer and the shock of
the news that he had been massa'
cred with his entire command is still
fresh in the minds of old timers who
were in Bismarck when the news
was received. Many of the Indian
figures in the tragedy have passed
away. Gall, the warrior, Sitting Bull,
the medicine man, and others of the
Indian leaders have gone to the
happy hunting grounds" They
fought against the advance of CIV
ilizatiol they did not understand and
in defense of their right to possession
of q. country in which they had roam
ed and hunted for generations.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-08

No boosting needed. Just the best
show. Three big acts and the best
pictures ever shown in Bismarck.
Packed houses without hot air. That's
all. The Gem. Our patrons do the
rest. All professional performers: