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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21
CHARLTON.

DR.. and Mrs. F. A. Saum have gone
to Stausberg, w. Va, for few weeks
visit with his aged father and other re-
lati7es. They also expect to visit
Washington, d. c., and other points in
tn, east while absent
J. w. Mauk, Of Whitebreast town
ship, has departed on an extended
trip to Texas and Louisiana.
Mrs. N. L. Stone of Des Moines, re-
turned home last evening after few
weeks visit with relatives and old
friends in this county where she form
erly resided.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. A. Brown return
ed last evening from an extended trip
to Boise, Idaho. and other points In the
west.
Mrs. J. H. Jamison of Osceola, came
last evening for visit with Miss
Mollie Freel.
Mrs Frank Holmes went to Lucas
yesterday to spend few days with her
mother, Mrs. Hunter.
Mrs Ed Wright of Russell, has re-
turned home after a few days visit
with her es1.t. Mrs. Georgia King.
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skEPTIcIsM

Chicago Evening Post: There
seems to be nothing effective as a
stop against the wave Of rationalism
which is sweeping over the country.
First one cherished belief gives way
before it, and then another. The
other day. we notice, one Of the pet
superstitlons of the Kentucky hills
went to pieces. It was at the trial
of fifteen men down in Breathitt
county who were accused of completely
In the murder Of ex-Sheriff Gala
ham,. One Of the witnesses testified
that he had talked to a man who
said:
You have often heard that gun
which has killed man will bleed II
it Is shot afterward. Well, there Is
nothing in this, as this is the gun
thai killed Callahan, and l have shot
it since and 1t did not bleed"
1t sort Of looks as though nobody
believes in nothing no more.
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cANTRiL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Boyd, Sr., oliver
Langford and Dora Ruddle were called
to Numa, Ia, by the death of Till
Langford, brother Of Mrs. Boyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hodge Of Murdoch.
Kansas visited at the home OF Lee
Teter and other relatives.
Miss Abbie Hoskin attended teach
ers' meeting in Des Moines recently
Herbert Vandyke returned to his
home in Des Moines after a visit with
Cantril friends.
Mrs. E. Fl. Rider. Mrs. Josie Gretchen
and Mrs. Chas. Stonebraker were In
Ottumwa visiting the first of the week.
Mrs. Frances Silver and children Of
Galesburg. H., are visiting. at the II.
Steinberg home.
D. Norris and family have moved to
Canton. Mo.
Mrs. C. E. Ponttus and Mrs. Frank
Cassidy were shopping in Ottunwa on
Friday.
Dale stemple has returned from -
visit at TT Madison. a
Mrs. Carl Theme is visiting in
Keokuk.
Mrs. Dallis Landes visited at ths
home Of her father-in-law Chas.
Landes. 5
Miss Axle Petit visited in Cantril
Monday.
Marsh Mcdonald and family return
ed TO their nome at Ft. MadlSOn after
q few days visit with his mother near
town.
Mrs. w. G.. Edmondson and children
Of Milton visited in Cantnl Saturday.
Ray Lee was home from Iowa Wea-
leyan over Sunday.
DR.. Paul. DR.. Saar and John Saar.
Jr.. and families were in Keokuk on
Sunday.
Mr.. Conrad has purchased the John
Work property in the southwest part
Of town and will move into 1t SOON
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Powell were passen.
gers to Milton Tuesday.
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Stories About People.
That Familiar Picture.

An actor who Is known as Lew IL
of German descent, and hfs father
speaks broken English. Lew says: the
old gentleman went to big art gal
lery recently and came home greatly
enthused.
"Saw fine painting, Louis" he said.
you did?'
Eyes, it was fine one-hundtrets Of
people looking at it, It must hat been
word hundred dollars. sure!"
what was it's manner" asked Lew.
dot can tell you not, but! 1t vas .
fine. picture" 81
Describe 1t to me"
WELL" said the old gentleman,
there vas three fellers. Won was play.
ing the fife, Won vas playing the drum
and the other hat a headache. New
York Telegraph.
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The Power Of Water,

A sure-thing wager sprung on
curious visitors by the engineers of
some Of the big water power projects
of the far west is that a 200-pound
man. swinging four-pound ak with all
his might. cannot make dent in the
water as it energies from the nozzle at
the power house. Burying an ak In q
stream Of water looks like child's play
and the average 200-pound visitor is
likely to bite. He invariably loses. So
great is the velocity of the water
emerging from the nozzle In these up
to-date power plants that an ak, no
matter how keen an edge 1t may have,
is whirled from the hands of the
strenuous axman at the instant of con-
tact with the water. The water travels
under pressure Of upward Of 500
pounds to the square inch in many in
stances, and no power on earth can
turn 1t off at the nozzle, once It gains
momentum. It has the same effect on
ones fingers as rough emery wheel,
and will shave a plank with the nicely
Of razor-edged plane. When, as fire.
quently happens, 1t Is necessary to
shut down a power plant operated by
one OF these streams. the nozzle Is de-
Elected by means Of powerful set u,
gears.-Exchange.
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told the members of Chicago club in
an address that the powers of Europe
are just as much to blame for the
massacres in Turkey as is Turkey her
self. The commercial interests of
Europe, he says, were so great that
the powers refused to interfere. The
Servian editor said:
"Why was the war started, you ask.
The reasons are that for centuries
the Turks have perpetrated indescrib-
able crimes and atrocities. Massacres
of Christians have followed one after
another. The cross was trampled under
foot.
"Civilized Europe looked down for
centuries while the Balkans sacri-
feed their vital blood in the name of
Christianity. Europe could have stop
ped 1t by raising Its hand, but the COM
mercial interests of the powers we're
too great for them to interfere.
'The Balkan states have exerted
every means to bring about peaceful
reforms in Turkey. They appealed to
the powers of Europe, but in vain. The
King of Montenegro, who was the first
to declare war and fired the first shot,
stated in his proclamation to his peo-
pie that he despised a war, but that it
could not be prevented, because every
peaceful channel had been tried and
every resource exhausted i1f trying to
bring about better conditions for the
Servian people under the Turkish
rule; but now, when the united Balkan
states have overwhelmingly defeated
the Turks, when the Turks are beg
ging for mercy for the first time in
history, the European powers stepped
in, laying claims on Constantinople. "
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pr Woods Hutchinson,
former

DR.. WOODS dutcHlusou, III "ioA
1owan who has become noted as
medical authority and as a writer on
health topics, says there isn't any bet
ter all round climate in the world than
W. have right here in Iowa. But, ne
added, no climate is good unless you
get enough Of it. I'VE are getting away
from the old idea Of shutting our.
selves ND in an equable temperature"
Dr. Hutchinson observed. Nov we try
to vary the air in our homes and hos
pitals and sanitariums and introduce
as many changes as are practicable.
THE modern idea isn't to protect our
solves from the climate 30 much as to
acquire the ability to resist tempera-
ture changes. Barring too great ex-
tremes. the average northern climate
is better than any tropical one: with
the possible exception of California.
And I know a good deal about these
southern countries. I've spent some
time In most of them myself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21
TAFT FOR SINGLE TERM.

President Taft in a speech Satur-
day night before the Lotus club in
New York came out in favor of a
single term Of six years for presidents.
He said it is difficult to prevent the
whole administration from losing a
part of it's effectiveness for public
good by the political effort injected in
to the last year of administrations as
at present. If the presidents were
ineligible after serving single term,
he said, the energy of the president
and all his subordtnates would be di.
rected solely to making great record
of efficiency in. the first and only term.
The president also suggested that
members of the cabinet be given a
seat in the senate and house with the
right to enter into discussion Of pro-
posed legislation. He believed the
presence of cabinet officers in both
houses would secure greater harmony
of plans for the conduct OF public
business in both houses and secure
more valuable legislation In accord
ance with platform pledges than under
present conditions.
President Taft assured his hearers
that he cherished only the deepest
gratitude to the American people for
having given him the honor OF the
presidency. 81 sincerely hope" he
said, Gin looking back over what has
been done, that there Is enough pro-
gress made to warrant me in the be-
lief that real good has been accom-
plished, even though I regret that it
has not been greater
The failure of the ratification of the
arbitration treaties with France and
Great Britain he mentioned with re-
greet, holding that they would have
been great steps toward general world
peace. The president closed his
speech with a toast to his successor,
in which he wished health and sue
cess to the distinguished and patriotic
gentleman who Is to be the next presl-
dent of the United States"
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HUMAN LIVES

st. Louis Times: A correspondent
to the st. Louis Times remarked the
other day, apropos Of a bit OF history
he was reciting, 1T is a serious thing
to kill man in England, even II your
own life is in danger
Yes, it is; 1t is also serious thing
to kill a man in any country, save me
United States. The uncivilized coun-
tries seriously discourage murder by
methods which are swift and eff1ca-
cious. and the civilized countries ex-
pect their courts to deliver the goods.
Only in the United is it the custom to
find loopholes for murderers on politi-
cal grounds, or class grounds, or on
the grounds OF unwritten law-or writ
ten law.
Still, it Is only just to remember
that in the case Of England there Is
warrant for discouraging murder. IN
order that the average OF the past two
hundred years may be brought down
1t has not been SO long
ago that the British officials hanged
their thousands on great variety OF
petty pretexts. England and the
United States represent extremes IN
the matter Of official valuations OF
human life; and as between the two,
perhaps the United States has the
preferable end OF 1t.
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Good Things For Everybody.

A wisely conducted newspaper Is
like banquet. Everything Is served
with view to variety. Help yourself
to what you want and do not condemn
the entire spread because pickles and
onions may be included. II you do not
relish them some one else may find
them palatable. Be generous and broad
enough to select gracefully such read
ing matter from the newspapers as
will be agreeable to your mental taste.
You, as an individual, are not COM
PEELED to swallow everything. We do
not all think. alike on every subject,
and 1t Is a good thing, as 1t makes
more variety, and variety Is the spice
of existence.-Exchange.
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SPLIT THE PRECINCTS.

The death of an esteemed citizen OF
Marshalltown is attributed to over
strain caused by long and arduous
labor as a member of the election
board in his ward, according to the
Times-Republican Of that city. The
Times-Republican says it is a wonder
that more men do not succumb to
overstrain after serving on election
boards. 1t joins in the demand for a
better system Of handling election re-
turns. Under the present rate of pay,
the Marshalltown paper says, the
boards will be made up of elderly and
practically retired men to whom the
long sessions are dangerous. Aside
from this phase the delay in returns,
the innumerable mistakes caused by
WEAKNESS or incompetency Of one kind
and another are to be avoided. There
is no good reason why Iowa should
wait several days to learn the results
of an election
The Times-Republican says the first
duty is to split the precincts and take
off the strain from the election boards
and from the voters who await the re-
turns.
Since the election in Ottumwa there
has been renewed agitation for reform
in the vote counting machinery. The
fact that it took the election board in
five of the wards until Thursday morn
ing and in one of the wards until Fri
day afternoon to complete the count
has so strikingly shown the need Of
reform that prompt action is now
promised
sr1 ~SH@ ~ 6n rsno fo ~ k1H
biennial election law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21
MANY INTERESTED IN BASEBALL

Cedar Rapids Gazette: That Cedar
Rapids will have the support OF many
fans in surrounding towns Is evident
from the following from the 1T.
Vernon Record:
Cedar Rapids has at last broken
into league ball They get place
In the Central association along with
Waterloo. The Central association Is
an old Iowa league, at, which Cedar
Rapids fans were wont to smile
few years ago. But time do change:
However, the Cedar Rapids fans Will
find that In many ways 1t is ahead
OF the old Three-Eye aathe latter
wa, when Cedar Rapids was mem
Der. They will find the class Of ball
equally good, and the rivalry much
stronger, owing to the fact That
there is more natural rivalry among
tho cities. With the interurban IN
operation Mt. Vernon fans will be in a
position to help swell the gate re-
ceipts, and will enjoy doing So"
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For Real Highways.

Cedar Falls Record: It Is con-
tended that this country would regain
the principal inside OF Ave years in
case billion dollars were spent in
permanent highways. Statisticians
have estimated that the average cost
per ton mile Of hauling our farm pro-
ducts Is three times what It would
be II we had suitable highways Why
then would it not be good policy to
set up real clamor for real high
ways? We are living IN an era of
progress on everything but our local
TRANSFORMATION,
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OF labor. He Is not protesting that
labor ought to be paid less but merely
calls attention to what he believes is
large factor in the higher cost Of
things. II thing costs more to make
because the labor required to produce
1t costs more, people ought not to
object. II It were proved that this is
the fact, and that unnecessarily large
profits were not absorbed by middle
men and retailers, 1t Is probable there
would be little heard about the high
cost of living. But until people get the
facts, II they ever do. 1t is human to
object to paying more this year than
was paid for the same thing last
year. N
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A Strike Tribunal.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The Iowa legislature can provide
Iowa with tribunal whose jurisdic-
ton will cover just such situation
as now confronts the city. What
such tribunal might accomplish was
demonstrated by Judge DeGaff's or
der in the threatened street railway
troubles. There is some dispute over
the legal warrant Of the DeGraff or
der. Perhaps the DeGraff order is not
the proper remedy. But there Is some
way Of doing what ought to be done.
It should be the chief legislative con-
Germ to discover the way.
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He Believes In Tobacco

Tom Reilly In Register and Leader:
read the interview In The Register
and Leader the other day against
smoking" said Tom Reilly. Tho sub
ject of the interview advanced tho
idea that the world could get along
without tobacco and that man could
get along without his cigar. have
sold cigars great many years, and
agree in some things with the gentle
man who, by the way, came in and
bought box. OF cigars after the In.
terview. / do not agree that tobacco
impairs mans faculties, nor do /
agree with the intimation that tobac-
co has reduced the worlds supply OF
commanding intellects or physiques.
Grant was an inveterate smoker.
Every general inNthe civil war that
commanded the union forces had to
step aside In turn for Grant. Grant
would not be downed by politicians
nor would he be whipped by opposing
armies. Napoleon used snuff. Roose-
welt, one OF the most forceful charac-
ters in the worlds history, is another
smoker. The Indians used tobacco and
they we're the finest specimens Of ath-
letic or physical manhood the world
has known, It Is true that we could
get along without tobacco. We could
also get along without chewing gum,
chocolate drops, telescopes, micro
scopes, automobiles, music. silver
tableware, carpets, wall paper. knives,
forks and s,theaters We could be just
a bunch Of ginks and get, up in the
morning, chew our hay do
the chores and go back to bed at
night like the rest Of the livestock.
We could live in tent without the
commodities, comforts and conyen-
fences of civilization. In fact, there Ia
nothing to prevent. us from living like
an Indian. But there is also nothing
to prevent us from living like good
Indian, and all good Indians used to-
bacco."
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Courier readers should not fail to
read the new continued story, "The
Marriage of Captain Kettle" the open.
ing chapters Of which will be pub.
lished this week. Captain Kettle Is
an interesting character who will hold
your interest to the end of the book.
You will look for more of Cutcliffe
Hynes Captain Kettle stories when
you read this serial
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21

If California had this spell of ideal
weather we have been enjoying here in
Iowa for months the native sons would
fill the land from coast to coast with
boastful claims. Accustomed to the
best of everything, Iowans take their
climate, as they do their other bust
ness, with quiet satisfaction
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21

illinois has discovered, through the
failure of private bank, that anyone
can open such an institution merely
by renting a room and hanging out a
sign asking deposits. No state super
vision Of any kind has been provided.
The next Illinois legislature will be
asked to provide proper regulation.
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These stockings about two inches thick and open
at end thereby differing from the modern stocking
which opens at both ends after fifteen minutes wear
The first type of stocking spoken Of in history is the
kind worn by such noted Romans as julius Caesar,
Scyla and Charybdis This consisted of link of col
ored bicycle tape wound around the leg in graceful
spiral coil, giving the the striking aspect Of an
energized barber pole This stocking was done away
with by an edic of Tiberius Caesar who was knock
kneed monarch and tried to introduce long pants at the
court of Rome without The silk stocking used
to be considered great luxury, and when woman got
pair Of them it was the sole topic of conversation
from the Main street bridge to the fair grounds Now,
however for 25 cents pair Of silk stockings can be
hal wi no of dav
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reached the highest mark In point oil
membership In it's history, with 49,.
900 men enrolled.
white has refused to become EN-.
broiled in any factionalism between
Mitchell and Tom Lewis, his prede-
cessors. The latter is serving his lasA
term as delegate to these A. F. Of L.
conventions, and will be completely
out Of Office in the miners Organise
ton after next January
1T was noticeable that Gomperu'
annual report to the convention evok-
ed but slight comment and very AttlO
enthusiasm. 1t showed that the
growth Of the federation during the
past year was hardly perceptiblo and
that little progress has been made
along political and legislative lines.
Naturally the radicals arc chat
ing under the present conservation
control, and demand that now blood
be injected into A. r. of L. leader
ship and that more aggressive poll
cies be adopted favoring industrial
unionism and political action"
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try. Whatever its cause, its results are
bad.
It is easy, of course, and danger
GUS. to go to extremes in suppressing
profane and indecent language. But
toward real and sensible suppression
every decent American ought to be
willing to lend helping hand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21
Sufficiently Investigated.

' st. Louis Globe-Democrat: "They
have been investigating the tariff all
my lifetime" says the presidentelect
when told that an effort would he
made to investigate tariff schedules In
advance of an extra session. There Is
common sense in that remark. A man
who does not understand the tariff
question now, never can, or. at least,
never will let himself be made, to I'm.
derstand it. What the free traders are
going to do they ought to do quickly
and give business chance to- adjust
itself. *. a. LBS, =
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To Think Abo,4

Davenport Times: One newspaper
contributor asserts that the high cost
of living is due largely to the higher
wages that are paid TO the higher cost
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Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
STOCKINGS.

shifting
both
Stockings
pairs
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than three silk
which is the
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Use your own discretion, says a
writer in a business journal, that's
what it is for.
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Any man who has made a fortune
some writer reminds us, never wasted
time wishing he was rich.
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GOVERNOR LARRAeEE's DEATH.
The daNkh @ Ex-Governor William
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THE POWERS AND TURKEY.
John r. Palandech, Servian editor
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Retirement Of RAILWAY Veterans.

Retirement Of Railway Veterans.
New York Herald: It is a coincident
that two of the oldest and best known
railway managers in the country
should on the same day give notice Of
their retirement. ~.
James McCrea, president of the
Pennsylvania, after forty-seven years
service, hands In his resignation, to
take effect on the first day of Janu-
airy, and Melville E. ingalls,, chairman
Of the big Four" after forty years
with the company-a part Of the Van
derbilt system.
These men while in active service
have seen the railway mileage Of the
country grow from $4,000 miles to
100000. In their earlier years there
were neither state railroad commits
sioners nor federal regulation.
In those days men in financial con-
troll of transportation lines regarded
them as personal property, and they
raised freight rates or cut them
arbitrarily as the whim seized them or
to assist their individual speculations
for a rise or fall in the stocks Of the
roads.
What a change has been wrought
within the memory and experience OF
men, still living to tell the story!