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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-26
best way will be to tell him the whole

best way will be to tell him the whole
story. Mary"
oh she shrank from the trial.
Couldn't you?"
"No--it's your punishment" His
words were stern. but his smile re-
deemed them. you go right back home
tonight and tell him that you've chang
ed your mind"
But fate interviewed. The next day
the minister came hurriedly into Mary's
presence. II am called to preach In
Chicago big church, big salary. I
must ask you 20 defer our wedding.
Mary shall have to get adjusted to
In the meantime, you can study and At
yourself for the position OF tho wife
Of city clergyman
"Oh, please begged little Mary. Il
shall never be At. Don't you think IL
you went to that girl you couldn't get
to come up here that she'd take you
now? And she knows all about the city
and city ways---I belong to my noun
tain; you can't transplant me-
Yes" said the minister softly. you
belong here. Do YOU mean, it Mary?"
II really mean It," she confessed.
and there's somebody here that I
love-we's both made mistake. dear
you. l could not be content amid the
crowds and noise OF a big town-let us
both be happy-pIease"
He took her hands in his. You're a
wild flower, little girl" he said, land
you are sending me to find blossom
which shall At into my cultivated gar
den. / wonder"
Don't WONDER" Mary advised; "go
and get her. and put a hedge around
her. She'll like that, but should die"
In the spring Jim and Mary, six
months married. received cards from
the minister. He has married the rose''
said Mary. "and they will live In q nice
garden with hedges all around it--but
You and l."
Jim bent and picked daisy and pull
ed Its petals. one by one" Loves me-
loves me not" he said softly. ut Is such
dangerous game, girl; but the flow
ers OF the field can't be judged by the
standards Of formal gardens. can they?
And you had to learn that the shelter
ed rose and the field daisy must seek
Its own kind. You wanted to feel the
buffetting Of the winds, the beat OF the
storm. the glory Of the sunshine. The
woman he has married will be content
to live In dollhouse. Each to his own.
Each Jack to his Jill. each lover to his
maid; the minister's Rose for him and
my Mary for me, dear heart
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With the announcement that Rudolph
Spreckles, the San Francisco million.
aire, has organized the Wilson Pro.
gressive Republican league, there 10
likely to come into existence, at least
on paper, the Taft Conservative Demo
cratic league and the Roosevelt Pro-
gressive Democratic league, remarks
the Davenport Times. There is no law
that will prevent any other millionaire
making himself famous by organizing
a league Of some kind 50 as to get i1-
to the political spot light. Perhaps
that famous Hearst league will be
revived for the occasion.
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STOCKPORT.

VIM. Parnitzkie dislocated his shout
der Saturday. 4.
Andrew Clark of Birmingham and
wife and Mrs. Dock Calhoun visited on
Saturday at the home of Mrs. Mary
Newman
S.. A. Harlan left Saturday for Little
Rock, Ark. He goes as delegate to
the deep waterway convention. He re-
ceived his appointment from the gov
ernor.
A. r. HATS father and mother arc
visiting here this week.
Jess Shelman and wife Of Wisconsin
came in Tuesday to visit his father and
mother.
J. H. McCarty and family were pas
sengers to Ottumwa Monday. 49, I'M,
a. II. Morris went to Keokuk We'd
nesdax-
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CHARLTON.

Mrs. j. F. Stewart and little son
James are spending the week with rel
atives and friends In ST. Joe where
they formerly resided.
Mrs. Lewis Curtis and two children
OF Keokuk who had been visiting rela-
tiyes and old friends here and attend
Ing the funeral of her cousin Clement
G.. McCollough returned home Friday.
Mrs. Nv. kinkead Of Mt. Pleasant
is here for visit with her sisters In
law Mrs. w. e. Dobson and Miss Katie
kinkead and brother in law Robt.
Kinkead 8Ga
Miss Lura James who is employed in
C!arinda as stenographer. has return
ed to her duties after visit her with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. James
and old friends @ 81
Mrs. r. Wood of Spring H4ll has re-
turned home after visit near this
city with her uncle and aunt Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Hopper.
Mrs. J. q. Merrill has returned from
. lew days visit with relatives and
friends IA Humeston where she form
erly resided. $3.50 i,F5Ii X i
Miss Josie Swift has gone to Omaha
where she has accepted a position a.
stenographer 8
Miss Anna Porter Of Gladstone. H..
has returned home after few DAYS
visit with her sister Mrs. j. w, Nc
DOugall and family. s8
Miss Bee Jolley OF Fairnlont., Nebr,.
who had been visiting her aunt Mrs.
J. M Hanlin and cousins, Mrs. Hattie
Culbertson and Mrs. q. p. Bobo return
ed home yesterday. NIX.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Clawson OF
North Platte. Nebr., who had been vis-
iting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. e. s.
Clawson, have returned home.
Ell Bailey has returned from q trip
to Livonia. Mo. e
Mrs. J. s. Clark of Whitebreast
township has returned from few
In Creston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Despair OF Bur-
lington have returned home after
few weeks visit with the latter's moth
er Mrs. Jane Copeland who accom-
panied them home and will probably
reside in Burlington in the future. ~
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SEED CORN WEEK NOW ON.

Iowa seed corn week, period dur
ing which the farmers of the state are
urged to select the corn which they
shall preserve and which they will
plant next year, began yesterday. It
will continue throughout the week.
Corn crop possibilities for Iowa to a
large degree depend upon the selec-
ton of seed corn. Upon her corn crop the
wealth OF the state largely depends.
and wise selection of corn this fall
will do wonders toward bumper crops
next year.
The present week has been named
by corn specialists as being the best
of the year for the selection Of seed
corn. For this reason the week has
been proclaimed officially as seed corn
week.
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FACTS ABOUT IOWA.

Des Moines Capital: The farm
lands of forty-three counties in Iowa
have increased more in value In the
last ten years than the farms OF any
other state in the union, with the
exception OF the state of Illinois.
This Is one of the discoveries made
recently by Ralph Bolton, secretary
Of the Greater Des Moines commit.
tee. Mr.. Bolton has embodied this
fact with several others on a card
which he has printed for distribution.
The following are facts that are not
generally known:
The farms Of Pottawattamie county
are worth as much as the farms OF
either Arizona, Delaware, Rhode
Island or Nevada.
The farms of four Iowa counties
(Woodbury, Linn, Plymouth and Jas.
peri are worth more than the farms
of either New Hampshire, Vermont
Connecticut, Florida, Wyoming, New
Mexico or Utah.
The farms Of seven Iowa counties
(Mahaska, Polk, Shelby. Cedar, Gin.
ton. Crawford and Sioux exceed in
value the farms Of either Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, Louisiana, mississippi,
Alabama. New Jersey, West Virginia,
Massachusetts or Maryland.
The farms Of eight Iowa counties
exceed in value the farms Of either
Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina or Virginia.
The farm lands Of forty-three coun-
ties in Iowa have increased more in
value in the ten years ending in 1909,
than the farms Of any state in the
union, except the state Of Illinois.
The hay and forage crops Of Iowa
are equal to half the combined value
OF the alfalfa, hay and forage crops
Of the eleven states west of Iowa.
The corn, oats, wheat and barley
crops of ten Iowa counties (Pottawat-
TAME. Plymouth, Benton, Jasper,
Crawford, Linn, Sioux, Shelby, lama
and Woodbury. are worth more than
the cereal and potato crops of thirty.
two states, including every state west
OF Iowa except Washington.
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e We MUST RUIN SOMETHING.

III the democratic tariff program is
adopted, It will ruin every man en-
gagged in raising sugar beets," Mr.
Roosevelt declared in a speech at La
Junta, Colo.
II. the Chicago Inter Ocean OBJ
serves, the Roosevelt political pro
gram ~ adopted. it will ruin lot OF
men who are engaged In raising
money to support their families.
II the Taft, or regular republican
program is adopted, it will ruin, at
least for q time. every demagogue en-
gagged In raising cain for living.
Such being the case, we see nothing
for q sensible man to do but vote for
Mr.. Taft and ruin where ruin will do
the country real service.
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Humorous Comment
Dangerous Talk.

g.
Mother, wish you wouldn't men
tion dishwashing when George is
calling on me-
'Why not, indeed?"
. II don't like 1t. It sounds COM
mon."
Common, oh. We have to eat,
don't we.'
"Of course"
"And George knows we eat and
use dishes?"
That's very true.'
"And George also knows that
dishes have to be washed, therefore
somebody has to wash them ?"
But mother"
What now?" a.
III you keep on talking about 1t
George may discover that you make
father wipe them, and he may think
the same thing is coming to him II
he should propose to me-" II
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Under Surveillance.

Harry Clotworthy, who Is an expert
en- military affairs, entered the dining
room of the National Press club one
morning and carried with him a raven
GUS appetite. Having eaten one break
fast, which consisted Of eggs, he or
dered another breakfast, which con-
sisted even more largely Of eggs.
After his repast he went to the writ
ing room to get off some letters.
Half an hour later the steward Of
the club found the colored waiter loaf
ing about the entrance of the writing
room and asked him what he meant
by being absent from his post.
II got a good excuse, exclaimed
the waiter, exhibiting the check for
the egg breakfast Mr.. Clotworthy
done eat two dollars worth of eggs,
and | amt goin' to let him git away
from here without payin' for them,
high as eggs is nov. Popular Maya
Zine
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Why He Declined II.

A south side young man who has q
reputation for wearing the sportlest
clothes to be obtained recently de-
cided to give one Of his very light
suits to the colored houseman. The
young man took the suit from his
room and went down into the yard
where the servant, who Is especially
black, was working.
"Look here" he said. 1--WE got a
fine suit here which would like to see
you wear"
The colored fellow took one look at
the suit and exclaimed:
"Lawsee, boss, couldn't wear that
suit. I would look like fly in a Dot
tie Of milk, and you knows that's q
terrible disgusting sight. - Kansas
City Star.
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orruMwA is NOT A DRY TOWN

It is notorious fact that Intoxicating
liquors, from beer up to champagne.
hre being sold all hours of the day and
1t least good portion of the night in
Dttumwa. This Is condition that
leeds a remedy. Somebody or some
ersons should show some concern
bout this illicit sale of liquor. An
ffort. at least, should be made to
top this unlawful traffic. The citizens
Ottumwa are responsible for rid
eg Ottumwa of lawfully controlled
Dons and they are equally respons-
Is for she fragrant law violations by
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The Offending Egg.

''Waiter!"
The voice Of the elderly man rose
IN accents of anger and wrath from
his table by the window.
Yes, sir" replied the waiter, bus.
Ting forward.
The customer swallowed several
times quickly before he could COM
mand his voice.
"Here, take take this egg away
he reared, with an effort.
Eyes, sir said the waiter oblig.
ingly as he approached the offending
article. "And-and what shall do
with it, sir"
The elderly gentleman rose men.
acingly in his chair
do with it?' he beloved. do with
it? wiring it's neck!"
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BEST NEWSPAPER FEATURE.

Davenport Times: 1t happened that
a group of newspaper men were to-
gether on an outing the other day and
when they came to place where they
could buy copies Of daily paper each
turned to the thing that interested
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to 104 degrees in the shade and allow him crawl
between the cold without throwing relay Of chis
Tea is made in Japan by barefooted hired men, who
beat into state of insensbity with their feet after
which is shipped this country and served to the
compartment of high handshake. .s#
Tea growers used horrible examples of foreign
labor and become very effective In bolstering high
protective tariff they seldom Is cents
day gross.
Owing to the scarcity of and women in this coun
try 60 about bareooed the tea industry haS
secured much hold here
Tea is tavorte drink of the bird Of prey known as
he social butterfly and has taken the place of rappe as
incentive to small talk Some of the smallest talk we
ever heard in our life came from garrulous guest who
was flooded with native eloquence and Oolong tea.
The best to tea for the table Is to catch
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A farmer who SHE'D at reciprocity,
which was conditional free trade with
one little country, can not with entire
equanimity swallow free trade with
the entire world, comments the Cedar
Rapids Republican. The farmers are
mot going to vote for free trade this
year and they are not going to vote
for any other kind of an experiment.
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"The combined deposits Of the three
Keota banks, as shown by their state
ments this week, are about $850,000
Had the automobile business not figur-
ed in the matter this year." says the
Keota Eagle, there is no question
about the deposits being over mil.
lion dollars"
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a COMPARISON.

On September 90, 1896, the follow
ing prices we're paid In the Chicago
markets:
Wheat, 81; corn, 221k; hogs, light
s3.1O@$3.5O; choice beeves, $3.50
IS. 10.
The factories were not running.
On September %, 1912, the follow
ing prices were paid:
Wheat, 901s; corn, u; hogs, light
$S.25@$S.S5; choice beeves, I'll.
The factories are running
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A Current Mystery

Lincoln Journal: Vice President
Sherman is reported slowly recover
little later, perhaps. he will be able
to explain to a wondering land how
in blazes vice president managed
to get In that condition.
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sion Of congress- 90 he may oct with
proper authority.
One may go over far in praising
Mr.. Taft for the course he has pur>
sued under conditions inviting inter.
vention. for he has done precisely
what any president who entertains a
proper respect for the constitution of
his country would do. But when one
considers what In all human prob
ability Mr.. Roosevelt would do under
like conditions, the wholesome sense
OF Mr.. Taft becomes apparent.
When Mr.. Roosevelt wanted per.
mission to organise q company Of
rough riders and invade Mexico, he
gave proof Of what would have taken
place had he been president.
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TAFT AND MEXICO.

Marion Sentinel: Mr.. Taft has
handled the Mexican situation with
rare good sense. There is little like.
lihood that it will be necessary to
send troops to Mexican soil, but the
president has said that If 1t becomes
necessary he will call q special SEES.
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that people tell from plain hot at the first glance While
they will be the olive DISH thus efectns quite
saving. &
times and then
American mutton chop the English would have live
lstewed Of Lord Nelson Trafalgar
Women drink than and prefer black tea
i
seldom
never wit cross
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the numerous places wherein liquors
can be purchased by man, woman or
child.
An early riser, il he uses the alleys
as a thoroughfare, cam see loaded
wagons emptying their cargo OF liquors
in the rear entrances of numerous
down town buildings almost every
morning,
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The Passlna of summer.

Omaha Bee: No use to beat
around the bush and call it depart
Ing summer; the thing Is gone, good
and gone. Only a few days more and
Mr.. Common People will be trotting
up and down his basement steps, keep
ing his furnace full of coal, or gold,
which ever term Is preferable.
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Disraeli said:
The critics are those who have
failed in the very line they are now
criticising others in.
1t isn't calling your neighbor names
that settles a question.
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Isn't 1t queer how little some people
know and yet make quite a success?
Maybe that very person thinks you
do not know enough to give the con-
ductor your ticket. Don't get chesty.
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Sober Second Thought.

Fremont Tribune: Well may Presi-
dent Taft feel encouraged. After all
the noise and fuss, 1t will be near cleo
ton time that the sober, thoughtful
American voter will conclude that 1t
will be Just little too much to risk
the prosperous, sound conditions for
the proposed experiments of other
taking the medicine when he is not
sick.
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Treason.

Boston Transcript: Gov. Johnson
says that the progressive cause is
greater than any Individual. How
long will this bold heresy go unre-
buked?
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PROSPERITY OR DISASTER

There is no disputing the fact that
there never has been time In the
history OF this nation when all Sec
tions of the country and all classes
OF the people were In so prosperous
a condition as they are at the present
time, says an Iowa exchange.
This condition of affairs could not
reasonably exist II the administra-
ton Of the affairs of the national
government had been in bad and
wicked hands. There is a reason for
it. And It Is not difficult to reach
the conclusion that President Taft's
actions have been wise, moderate
and just. He has stood like q stone
wall and saved the country from
suffering the evil effects of tariff
ripping program inaugurated by the
democrats aided by insurgent re-
publicans. Ready at all times for =
revision Of any or all schedules on
the principle Of levying a duty to
cover the difference in the@cost at
home and abroad, he has stood
adament against revision on any
other basis. That is why this coun-
try today Is enjoying the greatest
prosperity 1t ever has known The
basis upon which all business has
been built has not been disturbed.
And say what you will. the race
for the presidency Is between MT.
Taft and Governor Wilson. The lat.
ter has indicated that he believed
congress was justified In attempting
to pass tariff bills over the veto Of
the president, intimating thereby
that he would have given these
measures the force of law had he
been IN the executive chair. Fine
gentleman that he may be, a man
whom we must all honor and re-
spect, is he safe man for the presi-
dency. when we know his views on
the tariff? Dare we take a chance
on destroying the prosperity OF to-
day2 Do we seek a period when
many of our homes will be converted
from places of happiness and JOY
and comfort to abodes Of suffering
and want?
Say what you may about Presi-
dent Taft, but you never can say
that he is not true to the principles
Of the republican party; you never
can say that he has not set up his
duty first OF all and performed it
without regard to what effect It
might have on his political fortunes.
Say what you may about President
Taft but you never will be able to
say that he did not stand like stone
wall against the assaults of the demo-
Gratis and insurgent republicans and
prevented the enactment Of harem-
scarem tariff legislation; you never
will be able to say that he has not
contributed in large measure to con-
ditions which have brought prosper
ity and continued It.
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ROOSEVELT A
FREE TRADER

II firmly believe in free
trade with Canada for both
economic and political rea-
sons. From a letter written
by Theodore Roosevelt to
President Taft, dated New
York, January II, 1911.
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w.tch Yovr children.

Tama County Democrat: Listen to
the conversation of our children!
Harsh voices and often harsh words.
The habit OF lawlessness in the use OF
language may but bespeak the envir.
onment. If so It shows that strong
constitution is not necessarily Gull
tured one. Disrespect of authority
and even impudence may come Of this
self-reliant harshness where the child
may run and romp at will, but the
gates of respect are not opened there
by. A little attention to incubation
and to pitch will work wonders, not
alone in voice but also In conduct.
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Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
TEA.

placid unrufed which people wish
swallowed molten will bring temperature
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Not Smooth SAILING.

Coon Rapids Enterprises; The
democratic party is not having the
smoothest kind of sailing The ma
tional committee is handicapped in
many ways. Some of the party
leaders are dissatisfied with Wilson
because he Is not aggressive enough
and some because he speaks at all.
But Wilson has decided to take the
bit in his teeth and speak as he
pleases and when and where he
pleases. The national committee
lacks funds and organization.
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him most Then followed a debate IN
regard to which was the best feature
OF the paper, and as one would expect
no two OF them agreed. One said 1t
was the political news, another that
It was the race at the end of the base.
ball season, and still another held that
the want ads were the best feature.
He argued that the want ads are OF
particular interest In the home, that
they are read with interest. for
the wants they offer to MI are
largely personal in their nature. Does
a woman want . maid? The want ads
bring her. Does family seek another
house? The want ads tell where to
find 1t. Thus. without limitation, the
wants OF the home are covered by the
want ads in the newspaper. To many
these small advertisements are the
most interesting feature of the daily
MISUNDERSTANDING because they
save the reader money. time and Of
fort.
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ENeRossEp in BUSINESS.

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