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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
Sidewalk Sketches
Ey Howard L.Rann
SIISPENDERS.

Suspenders are providential ar
rangement which permit men to 60
about in public with a feeling Of per-
feet security. Whenever you attend a
social function and observe a panied
look come over the face of male
guest, you may be sure that he has
either imbibed too much Of the menu
or parted with suspender button.
Suspenders never came into general
use until the invention of pants. They
sprang into immediate popularity and
have been worn off and on ever since.
Men who used to be obliged to hold up
their pants with safety pin or wire
nail took up with the new idea at
once, and came to the supper table
In their shirt sleeves, wearing a proud
self-satisfied look and new pair of
striped suspenders.
SUspenders are made Of cloth
stretched over rubber bands. which
become exhausted after Icing worn
for a few weeks and allow q pair Of
shapely pants to droop dangerously
toward the sou-sou-west. This is
what causes so many men to go about
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
CURIOUS ARITHMETIC.

Noting the recent statement OF
Chairman Underwood of the house
ways and means committee that the
people at the last election had rem.
dered verdict for tariff for revenue
instead of for protection" the Bur.
lington Hawk-Eye accuses the chair.
man of using curious arithmetic. 1.-THE
chairman ought to give the public a
key to the mental processes by which
he makes minority Of the votes at
the late election greater sum than
the majority" the .Hawk-Eye asserts.
Both the republican and progressive
parties declared unqualifiedly for the
protective tariff policy and polled over
a million votes more than were cast
for Wilson. The protective tariff peo-
pie are largely in the majority in the
United States, but lost the presidency
and congress because their forces
were divided
The Hawk-Eye adds that eff the
democratic leaders wish to construe
the minority vote for Wilson as ma
jority approval Of the democratic
tariff policy, let them do so. in vel.
come; they are laying deep and
broad the foundation for the return of
the republican party to power"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

In pants which fit like 36X4 tire on
go cart.
| Suspenders are fitted over buttons
which have the habit of letting go In
the middle OF round dance. Nobody
ever heard of suspender button COM
ing off within four miles of needle
and thread. This kind of button
always falls on hardwood floor and
rolls around in circle at the precise
moment when the wearer Is trying to
appear wholly at ease.
OF late years fashion has prescribed
a very neat substitute for suspenders,
in the form of the leather belt, which
causes lean men to look like an hour
glass. 1t is a hazardous proceeding for
thin man to rely upon belt, and any
attempt to force this innovation upon
attenuated citizens should be rebuked
by act Of congress. The belt Is all
right for stout parties who have one
hip on each side, but it is a positive
insult to people with waist line like
a wasp. On this account, suspenders
will be worn long after the leather
belt has become pensive memory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

and more coming in every night.
have brought back lot of them who
had been brought up in religious
homes, perhaps. none to Sunday
school, but who he'd drifted away. You
ought to hear some Of their stories
and read some of the letters they
write"
Here is a man who is doing a good
work. He Is dealing with lot of poor
unfortunates from whose ranks the
criminals are recruited, No doubt
many of the men he has given food
and lodgings this winter have been
started on road that will lead them
away from the haunts of crime and
poverty
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
THIS MAN DOES GOOD.

t1f the saloons can put up free
lunch. why can't church," This ques-
ton was debated by Rev. Albert A.
Mohney, pastor Of a Methodist Episco-
pal church in one Of the poorer Chi
cago districts. The pastor saw no rea-
son WHY the church couldn't compete
with the saloon in this respect. Ills
church was In the center Of the FLOP
house" district, where the human dere-
licts congregate on cold winter nights
seeking shelter from the wintry
blasts. He decided to hold nightly
meetings and try the free lunch fea-
ture to attract the men he wanted to
reach. 'eYou can't expect men to get
religion on an empty stomach he
reasoned. you must feed their bodies
first before you try to put the grace
Of God in their hearts"
Since the nightly meetings there
have been crowds of homeless men at
tending every night. There is lunch.
a prayer and singing service and a
sermon. After the meeting those who
have no place to 60 are made well
come in warm corners of the room.
THUS far this winter" said DR..
Mohney to a reporter who attended
one of his meetings. I'VE have taken
care of nearly 1000 homeless men.
We have on an average 200 men a
night. Nobody is barred. There is al
ways something to eat and place to
sleep for everybody.
"No, we are not bothered much by
drunks and bums-though we wouldn' +
turn even one Of them away. But they
have too much respect for church to
come in when they are under the in
fluence of liquor. Most Of our boys are
fellows who have been working at
starvation wages or who have lost
their Jobs.
AT first I used to give them Is cents
for a nights lodging. couldn't refuse
them. They would touch anybody's
heart. But I couldn't afford it. So I
thought of this idea.
"Since then have been able to give
them not only encouragement and a
little hope, but bread and butter and
a place to sleep. Look at them tonight.
Every face tells story. There are
big. strong fellows, able to make their
own way in the world, who have gone
down because of booze. Others are old
timers have-beens, never-weres or
never-will-bes.
Conversions? Yes, plenty of them.
We've had 400 conversions already.
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Press Comment.
THE "BRusH BOY" NuIsANf

THE "BRUSA BOY" NUISANCE.
Chicago Record-Herald: Governor
Dunno resents being seized and forci.
bly, brushed by the boy or man with
the wh1sk broom whose operations are
familiar to patrons of hotels and res.
taurants. Any citizen who is thus at
tackled, he says, may bring charge of
assault and battery on his tormentor
since the laying on of hands is enough
to justify the charge. Good for the
governor! ..srrn ..-. ess tn rr#
Many men have longed to escape
this nuisance but have not known how
to do so. 1t is hardly possible to step
into the cloakroom Of a restaurant or
hotel OF any pretensions without being
made the prey Of the brush wielder.
The victims hat is seized from his
head, he is turned about, slapped and
busted vigorously until he longs to
punch rather than to reward his as
sailant. In meek accordance with GUS
tom, however, most of us submit and
pay for being mistreated.
Why cannot hotel and restaurant
keepers understand that such treat
ment of patron is impudent and an
noying? The brush boy should be made
to withhold his services until they are
desired; his tips might be greater if
he were restrained. If nothing else
will check this nuisance, many will in
dorse the proceeding for assault and
battery. with the proprietor code
PENDANT as an accessory before the
act.
General SickIes' Case.
Springfield, Mass, Republican: Saw
ing the country did not end at Gettys-
burg The tragedy of General Sickles'
career reminds one that there Is a
patriotism in keeping sacred a fidu-
ciary trust as we'll as in losing leg
in battle. Attorney General Carmody
of New York state, has pursued ex-
actly the right course in insisting that
the Sickles shortage, for which there
is no possible excuse, be made up.
The general has been treated with ex-
IRENE consideration and leniency, but
there is limit to the patience Of the
responsible authorities. If General
Sickles has personal friends, they now
have an opportunity to save him from
further disgrace, but no one is justi-
fled in berating the state officers for
their course.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

Colonel LATE Young told the good
roads committee of the legislature the
other day that he was in favor of a
state highway commission and OF a
one-mill levy for permanent roa'
building. but that he was opposed tc
levying one penny additional tax for
roads and bridges unless there is an
Improvement in the manner of ex-
pending the same. He would remove
the useless and expensive political
machinery and make road building a
business proposition. He would hire
the townships dragged by men en-
ployed by the year and would not ask
farmer to leave his work at busy
season to drag road. So far as prac-
tical he would have every particle of
work let out to contract and take 1t
out of county expenditures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
HOSPITAL CARE FOR TUBERCU.
lOSlS

There is a growing conviction
among the people of Iowa that the
ultimate eradication of tuberculosis
will require adequate hospital pro-
vision for the care and treatment OF
consumptives, especially in the ad
vanced stages of the disease" says
DR.. A. E. Kepford, head of the depart.
ment of tuberculosis of the board OF
control. 1T is the observation of per-
sons who have given study to the
problems of prevention that institu.
tional control of tuberculosis is the
only effective method by which to
stamp out the disease.
From Investigations extending over
a period of two years which have been
made recently by committee OF
prominent physicians in Minneapolis,
this observation is confirmed in a
most positive manner. While not
minimizing the importance of proper
supervision in home treatment of
tuberculosis, this committee on the
other hand found that there were
families generally not well protected
against the spread of the infection,
and the conclusions reached were
LudI Tic OIlly cllSCLAFc ulCJAOu VI PIC
venting the spread of infection would
be by the proper isolation in institu-
lions Of the advanced cases of tuber-
culosis.
Given the fact that the average
consumptive is difficult to control and
add to it the lack of adequate super
vision prevailing In the average home
and there is little doubt that an ad-
vanced case particularly will spread
his disease to the other members Of
the household.
THE people Of Iowa have sufficient
information to give them a very gen.
eral view of this whole question. and
there. is no doubt that the present
legislature will find incumbent upon
it the necessity for making some pro-
vision for the proper care and treat
ment of its citizens suffering from
this disease 1t is a family disease.
transmitted from one to another by
the intimate social contact Of the
home. We must recognize this and
act accordingly"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
THE PRESS Is DOING ITS PART.

The members of the lower house OF
the Iowa legislature seem to have an
exaggerated notion of the exalted
dignity of their station. YESTERDAY .he
house by q unanimous vote passed d
resolution "condemning the news
papers of the state which nave crltl'
cised the attitude of Chairman James
Brockway Of the roads and highways
committee on his stand on ROAD leSis'
lation." Mr.. Brockway in an lnterVle"
had said that with all the money de-
rived from the automobile tax and the
proposed one mill levy there would
not be sufficient funds to make even
q respectable showing on permanent
road work in each county. One OF the
newspapers had the temerity to sug-
eest that the one mill tax would bring
in nearly 5000, 900 and the automoplie
tar about $4,000 which would give
a total of $1,40O,000, quite respect,
able sum. It was further suggested
that Iowa could anticipate its one MIL
levy for ten years, making $9,O00,Ooo
available for immediate use In the
state.
Evidently the chairman of the roads
and highways committee holds the
view "a view which the house by It's
unanimous vote would seem to snare
that q newspaper is in contempt, or
something OF the kind. when it calls
attention to the results accomplished
in other states In the way Of road legls-
lation and ventures to suggest that
Iowa take its proper place In the
nermanent roads procession. These
statesmen of the house seem to feel
that It il the sole province OF the
press to print the words OF wisdom
that fall from the lips Of the dign1-
fled legislators, printing his photo
graph occasionally and not emitting
the .sHon." as q prefix to his name. 1t
would not be strange if the legtsla-
ture. taking It's cue from those judges
whose exaggerated notion OF 1uolclai
dignity, moves them to try to jail
every editor who criticfses their acts.
should consider the advisabllity OF
passing some sort of act providlng
that editors criticising members OF the
general assembly be Jailed, hanged,
drawn and quartered, boiled in oil and
otherwise punished for their presump-
ton. Such legislation would not be any
more foolish than some OF the other
matters with which the time OF the
lexislature has been taken up, while
real constructive legislation has re.
ceived but scant consideration.
The press Of Iowa is doing it's part
Ia further road legislation In Iowa. II
needed legislation for the improve
ment of the roads Is not passed. 1t
VIII not be the fault of the press, but
Of tho legislature. The best way the
legislature can show as good 1nten-
tions as the press shows Is by giving
lows the road laws it needs.
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hands that they now have. Every two
years the people elect new house Of
representatives and this provides a
check on the executive. If the presi-
dent or his acts are unpopular the
people can elect a congress unfriendly
to him and his measures. There is lit
tie reason to fear dictator in the
white house unless the majority of the
people wish to have a dictator there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

IF you have not yet begun to save
money for the opportunities and EN-.
ergencies which will surely arise, -
some writer suggests, you should lose
no time in beginning"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

Whether the constitutional amend
ment limiting the president to one
term of six years goes through or. not
the people will still maintain the
same power Of tieing the executives
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
He Built His Own.

Boston Traveller: The decision to
build Greek temple" in Washington
as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln is
preferable. all things considered, to
the alternative proposition 20 devote
100000 to highway construction,
even for memorial purposes, but think
of the stones that will be thrown at
the temple by the art critics before
and after it's completion. The grand
est memorial of Lincoln was construct
ed by himself. It is his Gettysburg ad-
dress, than which there is nothing
finer in the language. And that will
live as long as the world endures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

One of the features Of the Wilson
will be a parade of rough
riders. Will the colonel lead them?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
A Cruel Mistake

A Cruel Mistake
is to neglect a cold or cough. DR..
Kings New Discovery cures them and
may prevent consumption. soc and 81.
Frank B. Clark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

The coal man may yet recoup his
losses of the year if February keeps
up its present lick.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
pisuraceful Conduct

Of liver and bowels. in refusing to act.
is quickly remedied with DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Easy, safe, sure. Csc.
Frank B. Clark.
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Didn't Want Maqnified Lunches.

Didn't Want Magnified Lunches.
The power to see quickly and to
seize every opportunity and advantage
large and small alike, is the quality
that above all others insures success.
Mr.. Carnegie tells about little
Scotch boy who had this quality Of
astuteness highly developed. The boys
grandmother was packing lunch COR
him to take to school one morning.
Suddenly, looking up in the old ladv's
face, he said: Grandmother, does yer
specs magnify"
"a little, my child" she answered.
"Aweel. then" said the boy, Fl wad
lust like it If We wad tax them off
when yer r1ckin' my lunch."-Week-
" Telegraph.
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in pants which fit like 36x4 tire on
go cart.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
A Great Moral Victory

From The Kansas City Star,
The big thing achieved by the tariff
revision now almost completed is the
moral victory. 1t ought to work to
the consumers advantage in the I'M
proved quality Of goods, and perhaps in
some instances in a reduction in price.
The man of small means, for instance,
should be able to buy wooden clothing
for his family where he has been buy
ing shoddy.
But the great gain has been in the
field of morals. Up to this time the
tariff has been revised in the interest
of a few men with a pull. This time
it has been revised in the interest of
The whole people. The difference is
the difference between a~nti-social leg
lslation aud social legislation, between
immoral action and righteous action.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
South Jersey Siftlngs

At a public meeting the citizens at
Hammenton voted 4 to l to buy four
acres for a public play ground for S 1900.
The State Bureau of Statistics has just
issued a report covering the canning in
dustry in New jersey for 1912. The
number Of %canneries in operation was A,
"a of which handle vegetables alone, and
10 treated fruit. The vegetable pack
alone amounts to II, 507, O52 pounds, an
increase of more than 13, 1000, 900 pounds
over 1911. The fruit pack was 6,578, 1872
pounds. The ~canneries paid $3.50, 800 in
wages and the product was worth
3d. 2S, 220.
Convict work on the State roads of New
Jersey may have to be abandoned, as
Headkeeper Madden has notified the
Board of Prison Inspectors that he will
refuse to comply with its resolution call.
ing upon him to reduce the number Of
penitentiary guards in proportion to the
number of men on road work. The
powers who are favorable to the use o.
convicts on road work say that 30 many
guards make too much expense. Keeper
Madden holds that as he is responsible
personally for every convict employed
away from the prison, there must be
sufficient number Of guards to fully pro
tect him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
Tariff History Slow in the Making

The country will be astonished when
it finds that it has provided itself with
a 70 per cent. tariff in place of a AZ per
cent. tariff. Ever since the war be-
tween the States we have accustomed
ourselves to think of tariff duties as a
device for adding practically one half
TO the cost of imported merchandise.
Our tariff history is another example
OF the great deliberatiom with which
nations change their policy in respect to
duties Oh imports. For nearly seven
ty years Great Britain has steadfastIy
adhered to the policy of free trade;
Germany gets along with Bismarck's
protective tariff; and in France there
has been no marked change of policy
for many years. But tariff duties have
not meant the same thing for Germans
and Frenchmen that they have long
meant for Americans.-New York
Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
148th Year of Rutgers

Rutgers College has begun the 148th
year of her history with the largest fresh
man class which has been enrolled. OF
the two hundred and fourteen applicants
for admission, one hundred and ifty-two
have been properly qualified to enter.
The student body now includes over four
hundred members.
The faculty has also been increased
somewhat i'll membership and now num-
bers fi%fty-three professors and instructors
Substantial donations have been Ie-
viewed by the college during the year,
among which is the gift of a new dor
mitory by Mr.. John FL. Ford of New
York City, which is to cost $4,000.
Work OH the construction of the of the
new Agricultural Building for which the
Legislature appropriated 500, 900 has be-
gun. Both of these buildings will be
ready for use in 1914.
Louis frimnell. OF Newfeld, and Fred
SummeIill, of Penns Grove, are among
South Jersey students.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
Prohibition Convention

The Salem County Prohibitionists held
their County Convention ill Armon's
Hall, Elmer, Thursday afternoon, 9th.
Hamlin Woolman acted as chairman and
Lewis Hitchner. secretary. VIM. Z.
Petit, Of Ienns GROVE, received the NOM
1nation for State Senator and Samuel b.
Dennis, OF Alloway, the nomination for
Assemblyman. DR.. James Gilbert Mason.
OF Metuchen, the Prohibition candidate
for Governor, was present, as was also
VIM. f. Varney, of Woodbury., the State
Field Secretary, and both gave spirited
addresses along party lines.
In the evening a public meeting was
held in the hall. Dir. Mason and Mr..
Narney addressed the meeting. Mr.. Var
sley dwelt particularly on the all absorb
yng theme OF the high cost of living, and
set forth in a logical argument facts
showing that the liquor traffic is respons-
5ble for much of the added expense in
state and nation, which taxpayers and
househOlders have to shoulder.
DIR. Mason followed in a ringing speech
i'll which he showed that neither of the
great political parties are making an issue
OF the greatest evils existing within the
borders OF our great nation; they are
side-stepping, he said, when the question
is brought to their notice. Unfortunately.
there was only a slim audience to hear
Mr.. Mason's forcible and eloquent adj
dress. Yet, there has seldom come to
Elmer, his hearers agreed, a more able
advocate of the temperance cause. For
AZ years he has been a minister of the
Gospel in the Presbyterian Church. He
is a man Of fine presence, gentle, refined
and scholarly, and gives a clear, keen-cut
arraignment of the national evils of
Sabbath dissertation and the liquor
traffic. He was and is entitled to a
large hearing wherever ne goes, whether
II holds to his party views or contrary
ise.-Elmer Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-03
Pleased With The West

Maurice L. Sparks while in Penns
Grove interested his friends by telling
OF his Western trip. He had a pleasant
time visiting friends in and near Dem
yer. Having been there several times
he is much interested and takes par
ticular notice of the great Improvements
being made all the time.
The great Moffet railroad which was
begun by the late David Moffet and is
to run directly west to Salt Lake City
will shorten the route to the Pacific coast
about 200 miles. The road will 90 thru
sixteen tunnels and is the greatest scenic
route i'll the West. 1t is now in the
hands Of the receiver. The issue is now
discussed whether Denver shall issue
bonds for So, ZOO, 900 to help finish the
road.
The crops were never better except in
three middle west states where there was
a drought. All crops west of the Mis-
souri, river are above the average as they
have all the water needed from irriga-
ton. The beet and white potato crops
are large.
He was over to Grand Junction near
the Utah State line and saw the peaches,
pears and apples which are beautiful
but not of so luscious flavor as the east
ern fruits. The ROCKFORD .%cantaloupes
were plentiful and he did a lot OF sample
ing.
The'reports in the daily papers as to
the scarcity OF cattle is true. There are
no grazing cattle in comparison to five
years ago. The large grazing tracts
have been cut mp into farms. Alfalfa
grows in abundance because the fertile
soil is six feet deep. 1t is baled in
presses and sold at a price equal to hay
in the East.
He spent some time at Colorado and
Glenwood Springs, Leadville and Cripple
Creek where the output of metal ore is
enormous.
He was in Denver at the meeting of
the Conclave. Such an electrical display
has rarely been witnessed.
Things, all in all, under our present
good Democtrtic administration, as he
has seen them in his travels are in good
shape.