Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-22
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
reach celebrity almost without effort,
| You are fond of good living but should
guard against too great Indulgence OF
this kind as it will cause you much i'll.
ness. In love matters you are inclined
to be of a tickle. yet jealous disposi.
ton. Your financial affairs will be
/ greatly improved through the infiu.
ence of devoted friends and you will
receive unexpected gifts through these
sources. You will travel extensively.
but If born between midnight and noon
j caution should be taken when travel.
ing as YOU may meet with some acct.
i dent which may prove fatal You will
i likely rise to great fortune, and
celebrity due to your natural artistic
talents, or your discoveries In the
realm of physics Your physical TEN.
permanent If born in southern latitude
will be bilious-sanguine, and If born
in northern climate, lymphatic-nerv.
Gus. 49,
The flower is the jonquil and agate
the stone. The predominating char
acteristics are, when born on Monday
Intelligence. Tuesday-Disappoint
/ iHSHI' "Wednesday GeHeTOSlLy OE
mind and heart. Thursday - Inde-
urday ~ Credulity. Sunday Lack
4 of self-control.
/ In one of Ottumwa's residences last
evening the family was gathered in the
sitting room, enjoying the hours be-
/ tween supper and bed time in an old
time. domestic manner.
The man of the house was very
much gratifled and little surprised
to notice that his two boys were both
in the house instead of on the street
i playing with the other boys Of tha
neighborhood.
II He mentioned to his wife that the
boys We're taking more and more after
him, and were getting better ever day.
His wife knew that they were the best
boys in the world anyway, and she
meekly conceded.
i He silently swelled up all over, az
he thought about what luck those boys
were in to have such great man for
a father, and then picked UP the even.
ing paper and soon became absorbed
in the possibilities Of naval battle
between the Japs and the Russians
II The two boys moved over to cor
ner by themselves, and the older one
began reading In low tone, and for
some time they did not attract the at.
tention of the "old man."
I Finally, he got through with his pa.
per and was almost doing when he
heard the older boy read the follow.
ing:
4 Just then big gray wolf crossed
!. the trail. From his eyes flashed the
fire of desperation, for he was grow
J, ing weary from his long run, and saw,
beast though he was, that he would
be brought to bay in few minutes
more, that the chase would end In his
, death, and that his pelt would grace
| the gable end of some settlers cabin.
}, 1t would be nailed up where the sun
, could hit it in the day time and the
} dew could soften 1t at night.
"A short distance from where the
wolf crossed and almost directly in the
path of the beast crouched behind q
big boulder, was man clad in a buck
:. skin suit. He waited, almost breath
less, as he heard the animal coming.
: STOPPING low, he peered around the
! rock and saw that the wolf would
soon be near enough, he hastily
| glanced at his rifle to see that 1t was
: the same trusty friend that it always
! had proved itself to him, and then the
beast ran into little open space. The
sharp, clear crack of the rifle rang out
upon the stiffness, and a bullet plowedI
its way through the neck Of the wolf.
: The buckskin clad hunter was not In
} the least excited, he knew his strength,
he knew the beast was in his power.
, He rushed upon the wounded animal
, and 1r1n cad hic 1r,,i y
} See here" cried the indignant
: father, drop that! Haven't I told you
: never to read any moro of those nickel
: libraries? What do you mean by dis.
: obeying me in this open manner?'
"This isn't a nickel library, pa. This
is an account Of President Rooseyelt'a
) hunting trip"
i G. P. q.
, The Tribune of Maryville, Mo-.
threatents an editorial which will
arouse many church people to real
!. ization of the wrongs that are perpe-
' trated on the preachers In many of the
churches. The Tribune in telling Of
its coming article, says, Some day
when everything seems propitious, the
: Tribune is going to publish an editor
: ial calling attention to the general UNI
! becomingness of compelling preacher
: to turn himself into bulletin board
! before he is permitted to deliver his
2 sermon.
!. "In this editorial, which some day is
? to be written, there will be pointed out
= the fact that by the time the poor pas
u tor has prophesied the approaching
ice cream supper, he is not in the best
! form to extol the beauties of the ma
! jor prophecies.
Also, that when he has made the
, necessary announcements for the La
, dies Aid society he is himself in need
OF little aid in getting his mind
firmly fixed on his text.
And that when he has gone entire
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