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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
EVENING STORY.
BEHIND THE STAMP
BY Catherine coope.
copyright, 1912, by the Associated
Literary Press.)

Tom Lynn peered cautiously down
through the vines that clustered up
from tho window box on the floor
below.
Would that feminine, chestnut
crowned head, with its myriad Of
stolen sunbeams, be in it's accustomed
place on the balcony below Lynn
leaned forward, careful not to break
one OF the tender green shoots that
so generously scrambled up and over
his bachelor windowframe. Lynn
felt grateful for the fragrant link that
seemed to join his studio to that OF
the girl with the coppery hair. In
his romantic mind he likened the
vine to the invisible tendrils that had
escaped from the girls personality
and bound him In q tight mesh.
Yes; she was there. Lynn felt
strangely at peace with the world
now that he could feast his eyes on
the riot Of hair that lay in two great
braids around her shapely head. He
chafed at his bird 's-eye view OF the
girl. From his position she seemed
to- have cheeks like a rose petal.
Once in a fortunate moment, when
she was measuring the skyline with
her eyes, Lynn had glorious glimpse
OF dimpled chin and lips.
From that moment Lynn had
scarcely left his studio, 80 fearful
was he that the girl would vanish
from his sight. He spent many hours
watching her slim fingers WELD the
paint brush, for she was making an
interesting sketch of the housetops
that formed her outlook
Only once had Lynn been In the
elevator with the girl, and 1t had
seemed so entirely wrong that she
should flash her smile at thr -
black man who ran the elevator
rather than at him. Blu. wi.s.i ~,
stepped out Lynn received swift,
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A TARlEE LESSON.

Cincinnati Commercial-Trtbune "A
and B are manufacturers OF the same
article. but in different countries. A
nava his workmen double the wages OF
q. he maintains a modern factory
nlant we'll ventilated, we'll lighted and
wAII heated and works his men but
eipht hours q day. B pays his men
hit half the wages Of A, operates MS
factory in the cheapest plant ne can
And and works them from twelve 10
sixteen hours a day. Thus IL Is ap-
narent that B. can produce his goods at
( much lower cost than A, and thus
crowd him out of the market. But the
rountry in which "A lives says: we
believe It national necessity to main
tain AS standard Of wages and conol-
tinns OF labor, and will enact law
nlacinp a. tariff upon BIS goods equal
to the difference in the cost OF pIouuc
ton. As consequence, b CANNOT ssnu
his goods into AS country and uluet.
sell him and force him to either close
down his factory or to cut down 'ne
pay envelope. ,..,.. .nd
This is the tariff issue, plainly ana
simply stated. The republican parry
believes In the protective tariff prin-
cinle. It has sought to secure the m i.
form alton upon which to base tarin
d,1ty that will fully protect the Amer
team standard of wages and living:
The platform upon which Mr.. W.
son ia q candidate declares that tue
protective tariff is unconstitutional
and therefore illegal. Mr.. Wilson MN
self has declared that protectivs
tariff is a restrictive tar1n ana
afTirmed his belief that the amount OF
wages should be determined IN inc
"competive market Of the world"
The wage earners of Hamilton coun-
iva great Industrial and manufactur-
ing center, are asked to deterh,lle
which of these two policies they pc
1ieye ir-whether they want the pres
ann American standard OF wages, q
whather they want them to be tixed IN
competition with the underpaid WORK,
inrmen of England and Germany ana
the coolte of Japan and China. !,
.Cuttlefish methods" to obscure mat
,ssre are being made, an attempt TO
nislead the wage Garner through emo
tionlism and hysteria, but the one
fact that must remain paramount IN
the mind of the wage Garner on elec-
Hon day is whether he wants to keep
the word ..pay" in "pay envelope"
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TuE STATES FIRE LOSS.

yova's Are loss for the first SIX
months OF 1912 was $2,360,0SS, accord
Inc to the report Of State Fire Marshal
nle q. Roe. There were 1856 fires
ana 132 Of this number were wholly
uninsured this loss totalling $6OO,0OO.
Ranortine on the description OF build
ines burned and the causes the state
Ara marshaIs report says: Dwellings
ia the number Of 748 were burned.
T,res IN stores numbered 138, In barns
1f5 IN restaurants %, In SCHOOL houses
81 IN hotels II, in meat markets -,
IN churches II, in grain elevators and
garaooa 10 each. Three hundred and
seyenty-one fires were OF unknown
origin. 214 caught from sparks IRON
fues. 176 came from defective hues, 80
caught from adjoining buildings, ~
from carelessness with gasonne, 81
from lightning, 20 incendiary' "a spon,
taneous combustion, and "a overneated
One feature Of the report Is that
dealing with incendiarism. Since the
adnntion Of the state fire marshal law
a, suspicious fires have been prompt
~ investigated, whereas In former
years this duty was assigned to no
nart,cular individual and many fires
occurred where incendiarism was sus-
nerted without steps being taken to
pnnish the guilty persons. During the
Year four persons have been sentenced
~ the penitentiary for incend1arism,
Two sentenced to county jails and one
fned and a boy sent to the Industrial
school. Three others were sent TO the
inehriate asylum and fourth to the
stata insane asylum for having crim1-
nal narts in fires. Other indictments
occurred by the fire marshaPs depart
rnent are still pending.
The Chicago Tribune this morning
81 peef steers at Chicago yesterday
sold m to $11 a hundred pounds,
Armour & co. paying $2,77552 for a
drove Of sixteen head, averaging
: ~ ,hs each. The cost per animal
was s172.77. These were by far the
most expensive beeves ever SOLO on
the Chicago market previous to this
wear hut they stood just shade
higher than some others sold yester-
day at $10.sO@10.95 per cwt. The gen
eral market for stock OF that class
was the highest ever known.
On sept. Is, 1896, the highest prices
Maid for steers on the Chicago market
ranged from SO to $4.s5, and there was
little demand because the people
couldn't afford to eat much meat our
ing those lean years when the demo-
Gratis were trying out their tarln ex'
periments.
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Too Coarse a Speaker.

Harper's Weekly: Painful to say,
Governor Johnson has shown himself
a more abusive speaker than eastern
voters care to hear. He demonstrated
his capacity to talk effectively In
California about the Southern Pacific
railroad, but he does not talk effect
lively in the east about Mr.. Taft. It is
profitable, no doubt, to have the east
see him and take his measure, but it
is not profitable in the way he would
like.
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Short But Busy Life.

Marshalltown Tmes-Republican: A
dollar bill wears out with about four.
teen months of usage. But see what 1t
does during its active career. 1t pays
the butcher and the baker, buys? gro.
ceries and gasoline, everybody greets
It with pleasure and parts from 1t
with regret. The life of dollar bill
may be short but it is most happily
busy. It's to the dollar bill, thou slug.
gard: Consider it's ways and be wise.
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Elohtinu the Plaque.

Keokuk Gate City: Any rat that
tries to carry the bubonic plague
from a ship to shore by running in
on the hawser now finds polished
disc Of steel about half way along
the lane of , rope. He slips every
time he tries to get over 1t. Science
has called into play the farmers
idea, shown In turning a pan over
the foundation posts of a corn crib
and the Chinaman's scheme by plac-
ing the legs OF his bed In bowls OF
kerosene.
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Tho Creed Of "ME."

Sioux City Journal: A condensa-
ton: Grab the republican organiza-
ton IL you can; use the republican
party name IL needed to get the Of.
Aces; forage on your neighbors and
appropriate all the plumber possible.
AS a last resort offer q complete
third term ticket and smite the re.
publicans hip and thigh and below
the belt. Stand at Armageddon and
battle for the Lord'--which is Me-
Thou shalt not steal
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bitter experience when the tariff
operations of another Professor VII.
son almost a generation back, were
|pauperizing the American wage
Garner, consumer of farm products
and devastating the American farm,
supplier Of nations food"
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Either Quick or Dead.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: An auto
driver who ran over and killed q
man in Chicago was hailed before
magistrate and censured. Now there
Is talk among chauffeurs Of using
the recall on the magistrate for I'M
warranted butting in. When ma
jority of the people get to owning
autos in this country, which is not a
matter of more than half decade
in the future, those who do not own
them will be either quick or dead.
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Lost by a Root.

LOST ny rOOts
In Kansas City there dwells a man
whose boast Is that he has "the nerve"
and at least one dental surgeon will
support him in his claim.
The man with "the nerve" suffered
from the pangs Of an aching molar
and at last sought out his friend the
dentist and announced that the tooth
must come out. The man with the
forceps made hasty examination and
suggested that a filling would relieve
the agony, but to no avail.
"That tooth must be pulled" said
the nerve man." but l want to warn
you right now, Doc, that you won't get
it the first yank. have had seven
teeth drawn and no dentist lives who
can pull one Of my teeth the first
trial"
The dentist prides himself with the
numerous compliments paid him for
dexterity in extraction and "the nerve
mans words were challenge.
"1'll get that tooth the very first
time l pull It,"
"Bet you the drinks you don't" was
the patients retort.
Done" said the doctor.
The professional man motioned his
patron to the operating chair and Sc
lected the proper forceps. The cold
steel clamped firmly on the tooth, and
with a slightly rocking motion the
dentist began to pull. The tooth held
firm and it looked as If the dentists
reputation as an extractor must suffer.
At last, just as little beads Of sweat
were forming on the operators brow
he smiled and in another second the
three-pronged cause Of the trouble lay
on the swinging bracket by the dental
chair.
No word or sign had been given by
the sufferer, who then raised from the
chair, grasped the removed tooth in
his fingers and gazed at it's three
roots in contemplation.
There was a tone of real sadness
in his voice as he regretfully said:
"If that thing had only had another
root, I'd have won the drinks. Kan.
sas City Journal.
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be as many political parties In this
country as there are religions.
CRUELTY TO THE BULL MOOSE.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: Will you. II
elected, dismiss the suit brought by
the Taft administration to break ur
the harvester trust?
Will you, II elected, dismiss the
suit brought by the Taft administers
ton to break up the steel trust?
These are questions which the
speakers In the little Pacific coast
sample of real campaign which the
Taft managers are now conducting
are asking Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
They are embarrassing questions
They demand from Mr.. Roosevelt,
specific answers to concrete questions
instead of glittering generalities and
millennial promises.
II Mr.. Roosevelt answers Yes
he admits that his fervor against
trusts Is all humbug. If he answers
mo" he admits that he is not sincere
in his platform plan for dealing with
big business
Furthermore, the questions are an
swered by Mr. Roosevelt's record as
president. After hearing from his
friend Perkins he stopped the prose.
cution of the harvester trust, gave the
steels plan for absorbing Its CHIEF
competitor the presidential benedlc
ton and directed his attorney general
to ignore this visible and fragrant VIC.
lation of the law.
These well known facts are what
give to the iteration and reiteration
OF these questions the character OF
cruelty to animals. BY insisting that
the bull moose declare whether he
would do. If president again, what he
did when president before, they pre-
vent people from forgetting what he
did when president before.
They cruelty punch holes in Mr.
Roosevelt's rainbow pictures Of how
happy we shall all be with Mr.. Roose,
welt again in the white house, doing
all our thinking for us about every.
thing, showing US how to cook oul
dinners, rear our babies, prevent the
dog from barking at the moon and pro.
vide three square meals day without
anybody working hard for them.
We call the attention Of the soc1e
ties for the prevention of cruelty to
animals to the unkind treatment the
bull moose Is now receiving.
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credltable to Taft.

Fremont Tribune: It is being repeat
eddy pointed out that Mr.. Taft Is no
politician. It is difficult to understand
how that discredits him. It is impos.
sible to recall politician who was
not promising the people all the re
liefs of the patent medicine quack
and a good many more. In these en-.
lightened days a majority of the PEG.
pie cannot be duped.
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Consistency.

Des Moines Capital: The Iowa bull
moosers have nominated state ticket
by the back-room-caucus-con
method which they have condemned
for years for the purpose of defeating
the candidates who were nominated
under the provisions Of statewide
primary election law, which for years
they have loudly championed.
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they meet Urge wave, while three waves IN
succession are sufacient to denude the dining room
Seasickness has very insidous form OF attack IN
some instances lights people the first day OUT ana
spos their appetite equilibrium for the remalnaea
of the voyage. Then again, 1t will lie IN wait unti 'ie
boat is half way over and catch man in the act OF
making love the hurricane deck. Seasickness mas
rupng the conversation and driving fond lovers to the
Sickness all wop. There several cures FOR sea.
lee rail gahich highly effective when the noat
is tied up Some people refuse to eat anything ana 60
around in empty and depressed state while othels
tackle the whole bill Of fare and repent later IN nur
ried and impatient The only sure cure Is 10
take the land trip Some people have seas1ckness
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On the surface of things Wilson and
Marshall will have united support from
their party, but individuals IN 1T Will
decide for themselves whether the
country Is prepared for another great
tariff war and both democratic capltal
and democratic labor will pass 1udg'
ment on their party's proposals.
Brooklyn IN. W Times.
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The Chicago aviation meet has al
least demonstrated that 1t Is UNSAFE
for more than one airsnip to be fly.
ing in the dark.
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How John D, Was Trimmed.

Waterloo Reporter: Even the most
astute financier gets taken in at times.
John D. Rockefeller has been trimmed
not by Wall street, but by his labor.
ers. When he bought the Pocantico
Hills estate there were many snakes
on 1t. He offered Is cents for every
snake killed. The place last spring ap.
peared to be free from reptiles, but
recently Italians have been making
money selling snakes to Rockefeller
Burns detectives, watching for ex.
pected black hand agents, found the
laborers running snake hatchery.
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This Years Crop.

Central City Newsletter: The
best thing that has happened to this
country in many year Is to have
just such crop as is being harvested
during this presidential campaign.
Do or say what they please they can
not shake the peoples faith nor
stagnate business.
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The American workman who votes
for Wilson in November will vote to
alice off the opportunity for employ
ment which republican policies have
sustained Norwich (Conn) Bulletin.
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HIS ACID, TEST OF PRoeREs
SIVEISM.

Lacrosse (Wis) Tribune: It Is
stated that the progressive organiza-
ton in this state has given Governor
McGovern until September II 70
come out for Roosevelt; It he does
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poop ADVICE TO FARMERS.

with his cost of living talks to farm
ers, Gov. Wilson is in fair way 70
get himself grave1y mistrusted by Dotn
them and by the wage earners IN
manufacturing Industries. accordlng 70
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If some people have any good In
them they evidently keep it bottled
up pretty tight.
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Do not waste the other mans time
say "yes" or no"
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Did Patten make reasonable OF
an unreasonable corner in cotton!
That's the question.
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high is to see
portfolio with
generated hammock and the snuous lawn
will furnish
discourage anybody gamons on the
hrinvd oen
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Again woman was the cause Of it
Sidna Allen says.
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Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
SEASICKNESS.

Seasckness contact
which
usually
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9 rhe pax or EactIons.

Topeka State Journal: Before many
years have passed, there are likely to
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A COMPARISON.

On September II, 1896, the follow
ing prices were paid for corn on the
Ottumwa and Chicago markets:
Chicago 2lB
The factories were not running
On September II, 1912, the follow
ing prices were paid for corn:
Ottumwa /. "
Chicago :. .................. 6S TO II
The factories are running.
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were in sand castle days But sup-
pose that Is what has made You q
successful writer" She tripped away
| off to make the tea, and Peggy looked
up at Lynn. There was mischtev.
GUS expression in her eyes, and she
said, with lowered eyelids:
"The vine from my window box
makes very nice frame for a face"
7 She glanced up swiftly and watched
the color mount to Tom Lynn's tenn
pies. Then she laughed outright and
came confidingly nearer him. do
you know the reason why / keep my
paint box 50 shiny? It is because
wanted it for mirror. have seen
you up in your window looking at
me-"
"You are a fraud" laughed Lynn.
recovering from his embarrassment.
Then that is why the roses came into
your cheeks one day in the elevator,
! isn't 1t"
Perhaps" Peggy said, but all I
could get was a worm's-eye view"
"And mine was a birds eye-view.
! much prefer this" he told her.
"If my little brother did not have a
craze for stamps" put In Enid, you
two would not have met. And judy
ling from expression, would say that
such possibility Is too dreadful TO
talk about" She turned appealing
eyes upon Lynn. "And I have tried a
dozen times to find the right man for
Peggy"
/ "You should not forget sand castle
days, when you are looking for men. :"
laughed Lynn. After this am going
to write my name on the back Of
levery stamp buy"
Holbrook argus., 1912-01-30
B.P.O.E. TO HAVE
 NEW QUARTERS

The bids for the excavating of the lots where the home of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Winslow Lodge will be, were onened last night and it was found that the bid of w. E. Floyd for the price of 33 1s cents per cubic yard was the lowest bidder and the same was accept. ed by the building committee in charge. A bond must be furnish ed by the man who will do the work and the same is to be con- pleted within the next 30 days It is estimated that the work of excavating the same will cost about $500.
 Immediately after the work of excavating is done, bids will be received for building the founda tion, and a few months after, bids will be let for a two-story building, which will be modern in every respect. As planned, there will be stores of various kinds on the first floor, about five. On the second floor there will be offices and two lodge rooms, one to be used exclusive I ly by the Elks an the other t. be let to other lodges. There will be a small library and bil Hard room and lobby for the ac. commodation of the members.
 When this new building i: completed, 1t is predicted that il will be one of the best ofits kinc in Winslow, and will be th' pride of every member of Wins low Lodge No. 536, B. P. O Elks.
Holbrook argus., 1912-01-30
PASSENGER CRASHES
 INTO FREIGHT TRAIN

Last Saturday evening about 6. P. M., the first section of the No. 8, the Santa Fe California Limited, was wrecked at Manue ito station, about IS miles west of Gallup, the engine going down the bank and turning over. The mall car, composite car and diner were also thrown from the track, the mail car landing close to the engine upside down. Engineer C. C. McCauley had both ankles broken and firemanF. C McMart- in had one leg fractured Both injured men were brought to Winslow. Mir McCauly being taken to his home where he IS now confined, and fireman McMartin being taken through to the Santa Fe Hospital at Los Angeles.
 The cause of the accident was freight train, engine 963, on the siding at Manuelito and not being m toclear. The westbound freight had just pulled in the siding but after the caboose was in to clear from the main line 1t was found that the engine dic not clear. Before the crew could get the engine cut of the freight train and over on another track the Limited came sailing along the engine of No. 3, striking the cylinder head of the 963 result ing in the passenger engine being thrown from the track anc turned over the embankment.
 With the exception of the en gineer and the fireman on th' Limited, there was no one els' injured, the train crew, mai clerks and passengers all escap ing with nothing more than severe shaking up.
Holbrook argus., 1912-01-30
PASTIME THEATRE
 DOING BUSINESS

The pew motion picture show house, The Pastime, opened its doors to the Winslow public last Tuesday evening The house was taxed to it's full capacity, the first evenings receipts being very good.
 The new house, of which Jud C Lathrop is the proprietor and manager, has seating capacity of about 800 people, but owing to the rush of opening and a shortage of chairs, many of the spectators had to stand up and witness the performance.
 Four thousand feet of pictures have been shown every night since the opening, with many good vaudeville stunts thrown in. the principals taking part being MT. and Mrs. Joe Lulg1o' who were here with the Airdome people last summer.
 The Winslow Boys Band as sisted greatly on the opening night by playing a few selections in front of the place and inside which greatly assisted in get ting out the crowd.
 | A string of electric lights ha: been put in front of the house which adds greatly to it's ap pearance.
 Prof. w. A. Rantz who recently visited the Holy Land will giv' a grand sublime lecture on tht Passon play Sunday evening.