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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-27
R. R. No. 8.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
COASTlNG.
Dear Juniors

Dear Juniors
One day in January when there
was snow on the ground, Elsie, Lena
and Alice asked their papa and NAM
ma if they could go coasting.
They put on their wraps and got
their sleds and went to hunt a hill.
They just had two sleds. So Elsie
and Alice got on one sled and Lena on
the other. 1t was o'clock when they
started and it was o'clock when they
returned. 1t was dark When they got
home
There was lots of snow on the
ground and it was hard for them to
pull the sleds up hill. They were cold
when they reached home, but their
mamma had supper ready :Cr then.
Yours truly,
Iva Lindsey, age 8.
r. r. No. 5.
Hedrick, Iowa.
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sToRiEs-LETTERs.
. . . .
TURKEYS.


There are several kinds Of turkeys.
Some Of them are wild and others are
tame.
Turkeys are hard fowls to raise. The
little ones are so tender that If you
make a success raising them you have
to take great pains.
They are lots Of trouble to keep at
home. They run away and you know
not where to look for them.
The turlSeG hides her nest out and
then 1t is sometimes robbed Of her
eggs Or gets killed.
They are costly bird when you
buy them. We most generally have
turkey for Thanksgiving dinners, and
also at Christmas.
Ferne Epperly, age II.
r. R. No 5.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Aged s.
A TURKEY STORY.

I am one Of a nice flock of Turkeys.
l was raised in the barn lot until
was very large, till one day we thought
we would roam around in the fields.
We had plenty to eat there, so we
thought we would stay there. I have
many brothers and sisters. They are
awful wild but I am not. The farmer
that has me has little girl and she
thinks lot of me. She feeds me each
day. I wonder what it means? Does
it mean that she wants to get me fat
for Thanksgiving? Well 1 guess not.
I don't want my head cut off and put
In roast pot. I guess I will go to
the woods and stay there and then
they wont get me for Thanksgiving
Helen Thorma, age 10,
Batavia, Iowa.
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SOUVENIR posTALs.

We will send out postals to all the
juniors the week following the day on
which their letters, stories Or receipts
appear. We do not want the Juniors
TO acknowledge them by simply thank
ing US or writing a receipt, but we do
want them to write nice little letter
telling us Of their pets, their home or
else write on one of the following sub
3ects:
BASKETS.
HOOPS.
MARBLES.
MARCH. BIRDS.
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EIGHT RULES FOR tn JUNIORS.

I. Use one side of the paper only.
3. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or q sharp lead pencil.
3. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom Of the last page
write your name. age and address.
5. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send US as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are a
Daily Junior or Tri-Weekly Junior.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
8. Your stories must not contain
more than 300 words.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-27
GLADDEN. GOES TO SCHOOL.

Dear Junior:
AS I have never written before l
thought would write you few lines.
I go to school every day. I like to
go to school. My teachers name is
Lew Chaplain. I go to school in the
second room. There is 81 scholars in
the Troy school. I study. arithmetic,
geography, spelling, grammer, history,
reading and writing.
1 have three brothers and swo sis
tiers.
I am Tri-Weekly Junior. AS my
letter is getting long will close,
remain your friend,
GLADDEN. Archer, age IL,
Troy, Iowa.
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RoY's PETS.

Dear Juniors:
I thought would write for the first
time.
For pets I have two little colts, one
little shepherd pup. His name is
Rover. l have ten pet chickens. l
go to Agency school. I like to go to
school My teachers name is Miss
Nye.
We have farm out two miles and a
half from town. l go out and work in
the summer. I ride the horse to pull
up hay.
Well I will close for this time.
Your new Junior,
Roy Miller, age 10,
Agency, Iowa.
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margaret BreeSe, age II,
North Fifth ST., Abba, Ia.
BEATRICE GOES TO THE IRVING
SCHOOL.

My name is Beatrice Stoessel. I'm
in the seventh room, and fifth grade
There are forty-four children in my
room. My teachers name is Miss
Erbacher. use to go to the Garfield
school, but we moved and now l go to
the Irving school, My teachers name
was Miss DAILY. My birthday is the
18th Of October. I will be ten years
old my next birthday.
I am a Daily Junior
Beatrice Stoessel, age 9,
226 Madison, Ave-, s. Ottumwa, la.
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A coASTING ADVENTURE.

. will write about a coasting ad-
venture.
Some young school students went
coasting. They went to a hill where
the railroad track crossed the hill
Before the train reached the hill it
had to round curve In the track. The
boys had started down the hill before
the train wsisteled. One sled load
was ahead of the other and did not
have time to turn out of the road. The
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to school until he was sixteen years of
age and then quit school and went to
sea,
earned from 81 to $50 day. The food
that he and the other men ate in the
woods were wild turkey and deer and
other game.
/, Every man was his own cook and
they put their meat on a stick and
roasted it over the fire. They slept on
hay and straw.
Later he married Mrs. Martha Cur
tbs, wealthy widow. Afterwards he
fought in the French and Revolution
airy wars.
Pauline Graham.
Ottumwa, Iowa
A
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MARGARET TALKS OF EASTER.

Dear Junior:
have never written before, SD l
thought I would write
1t is very near Easter Sunday. We
have a good many eggs for Easter
Sunday.
I have little white kitten. I also
have little yellow hen. I wish it
was Easter now, but it will soon come
The robin and meadow lark and the
blue bird and the quail and other birds
have come back to us. l have four
brothers and no sisters.
Well as my letter is getting long |
will close. My papa takes the Tri-
Weekly.
Margaret Breese, age II,
North Fifth St., Abba, Ia.
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A LETTER FROM A WYOMING
JUNIOR.

Dear Editor
am a girl ten years old I go to
country school My tearcher's name is
Miss Agnes Johnson. like her very
much.
I have three brothers and three sis.
tiers. For pets l have kitty and a
calf. The calf will eat crackers from
my hand. I like it very much out here.
AS my letter is getting long will
close.
Elvira Shields, age 10.
Torrington, Wyo.
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WHITE LAYER CAKE.

IL cups sugar.
" cup butter, stir to a cream,
1 cup milk,
az cups flour. When beaten well
add teaspoonsful Of baking powdeS
II teaspoonful vanilla. The whites Of
TOUR eggs beaten. When cold put whip.
ped cream between layers
Leila Cole,
Agency, Ia,
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Aged -.
CRANBERRY STORY.

Cranberries grow in the swamps of
Tennessee and are picked by the
southern people and shipped to this
part of the country. My grandfather
was born in the state of Tennessee,
where the cranberries grow. There
are different kinds of berries grow
there but my grandfather liked the
cranberries the best.
Dora Adcock,
Chillicothe, Iowa.
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CALIFORNIA CAKE.

2 cups sugar,
1 cup butter,
1 cup milk,
2 eggs,
teaspoonfuls baking powder,
8 cups sifted flour,
Flavor and add fruit. This recipe
makes two cakes.
Beatrice Stoessel,
Ottumwa, Ia.
Aged 9.
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VENICE AND HER PLAYMATEs.

Dear Junior:
l have never written to the Courier
Junior before. I am a little girl ten
years old
go to the North ward school.
The girls that play with in my
class are Martina Barlow, Vera Moore,
and Irene Tscheinz. My teachers
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name is Miss Warner. have one lit
tie brother. His name Is Teddy.
Well. as my letter is getting long l
will close.
Venice Downey, age 9,
Sigourney, Iowa.
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The Courier Junior /.
Published by f"
THE coURiEE. PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEVEREAUT.
EDITOR.
THE FOURTH WEEK, OF THE
CONTEST.

Dear Juniors. - The subjects for
the last week Of the March contest,
How the World is Clothed" are:
LEATHER AND ITS USES.
A SHOE FACTORY.
GLOVES.
FuRS.
HATS.
RUBBER.
BUTTONS.
PINS.
NEEDLES.
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We would like the Juniors to work
in all Of the above subjects, If pos
sible, for the last weeks story.
The prizes will be a sweater, roller
skates or book
These stories need not contain
more than 100 words. However, do
not exceed 300
This contest will close Wednesday,
March 81. The names Of the prize
winners and their stories will appear
in the Junior Of the following week.
We will announce new contest
next week.
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Miss Marie Spencer, age IA.
Abba, Ia, R. R. No. 5.
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MARTHA LIKES TO SKATE.

r. r. No. 3.
Ottumwa, Iowa,
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Bertha Ruark, age 8,
R. F. d. No. 3. Pennington, Ia.
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Aged 9.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19
No Nature Fake.

'You certainly run up against funny
things in the country" said the young
man who had just returned from down
State, where his uncle has large
farm. con the way up to my uncle's
house 1 had to pass the stock yards
where he kept lot of pigs. AS
passed those hundreds of pigs seemed
to b. having regular stampede OF
pal.ic Of some kind-they were rushing
padly about, apparently looking fol
s.Hmething. l watched them for quite
a while, but could see nothing but a
small woodpecker sitting on the fence
When / got to the house l asked Uncle
Jim what on earth was the matter
with his hogs. they seemed so excited
"'That so? Well, it was this way
there was a spell back some weeks
when I had a bad cold, lost my voice
and couldn't call those critters to their
feed, so l got the idea of bringin
them to the troughs by tappin' my
stick on the wooden fence, and ever
since them pesky woodpeckers came
rolnd the hogs just go crazy, thinkin
In calm them to give them some
thin to eat Chicago Inter Ocean
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19
Blessed Living.

Blessed are We that SOW beside all
waters" Any one who has really and
heartily tried to serve his fellow men
knows the reality and quality of this
blessedness. 1t comes as a quiet JOY
In the heart, which nothing can take
away. It comes in the consciousness
Of life's meaning, for we only learn
what it is to live when we toll. 1t
comes as a message from God to as
sure us that our labor is not in vain !:
and in the peace Of knowing that the
dear Lord is ever working with us. In
a fine and broad way, it ever comes to
us, this blessedness Of service, when we
feel that we are bringing the world a
little nearer to God and Righteousness
by our efforts and by our unconscious
influence. All our prayers, all our
struggles with self and with humanity.
all our humblest service, all our kind
words and generous deeds-these form
a part of the joy which cannot be de-
scribed, but which can be experienced
by all.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19
TIE
Exceptional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and 1ne
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production OF Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all OF l'S
excellence, by obtaining the pure meo''
inal principles Of plants known to act moS'
bene6cially and combining them mos'
shllfully, in the right proportions wiz.
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup u
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup "
Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an or1gln''
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy ~
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enaD'''
one to decline limitations or to return tne''
4, upon viewing the package, the full nau
ofthe California Fig Syrup Co. Is not iouD'
printed on the front thereof
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19

Millionaires are Of three kluds-
those born so, those who become ~
and those who imagine themselves 10
! OF them all, the lot of the imaginary
! millionaire is the best, for he can spend
j or save as he pleases, and no one can
! be either damaged or reformed by the
i disposal of his money. "What Would
i Do if l Had a Million Dollars is the
| title of book containing about hun.
dred and forty short essays written BY
the boys and girls in a Massachusetts
academy. Each student became, for
the nonce, an imaginary millionaire.
Practically all these millionaires agreed
on four points. They wished to give
something to their school; to 60 to col.
lege; they wanted to travel-in the
j United States as well as abroad; and
to devote some of their money to char.
iity. One was an exception to this rule
in proclaiming that she would first &C.
quire wealthy name" and then zen.
joy life in high society" Some of the
essays were very definite. A boy made
ian extensive list of the implements
which he would buy and the improve
ments he would make before settling
idown on the farm to work. Another,
after announcing his general purposes
declared that when he got married his
iwife must buy hats twice year and
mo more" and must not be ashamed
ito work before the people," A girl
proposed to spend some of her money
i'm keeping the boys out of the saloons
?These hundred and forty imaginary
millionaires were a happy lot They
knew how to spend money as it should
be spent, and found no obstacles in the
way of so getting rid of it. Moreover,
and this is the great point about imag.
mary millionaires, whether even they
ever have any money makes absolutely
mo difference to them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19
HASHIMURA TOGO'S VIEWS.

Japanese Schoolboy Becomes Sar-
castle in Letter.
But 4th Of them are a Girly Person
to which 1 must own up. She are by
initials Miss Evelyn Suki & have be-
come a dear schoolfrend to Miss Fura-
oki and very oftenly they meet together
to do some cumming & other giggles.
And very oftenly 1 make drop-in to
home Of Cousin Nogi for borrow opera
glass or cigarette or what he got. And
oftenly Miss Suki make door-knock for
see Miss Furaokf & Japanese Boy are
accidentally there. 1 make eye-wink of
soul to think how sly 1 are
By last Wednesday P. NJ. get nerv-
GUS about Cousin Nogi & go see him
offhandedly. Miss Furaoki come to
door and make very humbel signals to
her with derby hat.
II am delicious to ask it, please,
Mrs. Madam, thank you so much, 20
sorry I come. Are Cousin Nogi inside,
thank yOu?"
mo he are entirely outv' dib Miss
Furaoki who despises me earnestly.
Then 1 shall remain, thank you,"
say for cheerful smiles & take setdown
to parlor where 1 see Miss Suki doing
fancy task in companlonship with
Miss Furaoki. On comfortable was a
large objeck to resemble clothes bas-
ket & them Ladies was fondly trimming
1t with smilax, ribbons and other laces.
Occasionally they stand off-side. mouths
confused by pins; sometimes they make
critick faces and speek in milinary lam
guage.
What you call That what you are
doing?' l wander.
Intelligent persons call it a Hat"
snip Miss Furaoki.
by Bible you could not wore such
Hat" are NOPE from me-
"What-say Bible about it?" require
Miss Suki, who are studying to be a
missionary.
Hon. Bible say, DO not hide your
light under a bushel basket" are all
sound 1 make.
1T look like a famous Play to me-"
commune for pious regard.
what famous Play you meant ~
queery Miss Alice "You meant the
jolly Widow"
Maybe 'Payed In Full are Play
them Hat look like" beseech Miss Suki.
"Ah, no." 1 revolve, another from
them!'
''Then which play it look like, If so
smart?" rasp wife Of Nogi.
1T look like The Devil to me-" I
assassinate, and go out by door. Sound
OF crashy furniture inside, and other
symptoms Of an American Girl Also
some delicious snickkers from Miss
Suki. Thank her SO Golfers
Weekly.
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all done now, past recall still, as far as
it lay within her power. the wife was
willing to bear her share of the burden
Harold Denison's folly had entailed on
his family.
Ind pray, Maude, did Mr.. Pearman
honor minister with his presence last
night 2" inquired her father, sarcastically
young Mr.. Pearman was there, but
not the old man. He seemed to know
good many people there. Mr.. Brisden-
"Yes. it's the old story. The old
county families are swept away by these
spinners, brewers, solicitors, and such
like. Another hundred years, and there
won't be one of the old names left IN
the neighbOrhood."
Breakfast is over Maude fits away
to her own little sanctum, with its piano.
books, and budding camellias; Mrs. Den
ison goes off for a conference with the
old housekeeper; while the squire betakes
himself to his study, to struggle with hg-
ures and hold gloomy converse with
Thompson, his farm bailiff. The mother
and daughter do not feel much mental
perturbation about the difficulties that
threaten them. For the last five years
have they not heard Mr.. Denison dis
course in the same melancholy strain
Constant jeremads lose their effect; they
thought little of the growing OF the
storm. But Harold Denison, as he sat
puzzling his head in his room over that
complication of figures, knew that things
had pretty we'll reached their climax, and
that it would be hard to predicate even
how many months lie should still remain
Denison of Glinn.
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BOmbarded.

"Ah, my man." said the good old par
son, you should always be LOOKING
up"
Not me, parson," responded the
farmer with much emphasis. mot with
all these here chaps in airships and bal.
looms throwing over sand and cigar
STUBS"
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to Our Father.


On the shore Of Lake Superior STANDS
little cottage, whitewashed TIL IL Is
very white, wherein lies a lumoerhah'
diving of spinal tuberculosis.
His had been life Of labor ana
hardship, of exposure and accident, LOT
life in the North Woods is not without
IFS privations and perils. In one OF
his mishaps he lost all his le1t manu-
except the thumb; and the storms anu
io,ts Of forest life have given disease
it's fatal opportunity.
rough man, but never dissipateo.
he loved his home; and when he couid
no longer work, he came back To Tue
shore Of the great lake and began MS
hopeless fight.
Attended by his wife. and caresseo
nv his two small children, he gre"
thinner and paler, but gentler, also'
and more submissive. although lie
looked inviting and the helplessness
of disease meant defeat and humilia-
ton and uncertainty.
Last summer his wife said to him
that she had heard there was min
lister spending his vacation over on the
island
eff YOU don't mind" she said, "I'd
like to have him come and baptize the
children
The sick man consented, and the
minister was sent for. He came-a
kindly, tactful, sympathetic man. And
first Of all he said to them that such
an act as they proposed, whatever 1t
might come to mean to the children in
future years, could mean little now,
unless the father and mother dedicat-
ed themselves, as we'll as their chill
dren, to the service Of God. To this
they assented: for this was indeed
what it meant to them; and to the
mother 1t meant the formal acceptance
by her husband of a definite act Of
faith.
"Let us pray" said the minister.
"You pray" said the father. II
can't. 1 don't see the need Of it."
"My friend" said the minister, gent
~, would it not be pity If these two
children never came to you Just to tell
you what their joys and sorrows are,
even though you knew them already;
and what their wants are, even though
you have provided for them in ad-
vance?'
The sick man looked bewildered for
moment, and his gaze turned from
The face of the minister to the faces Of
his two children, and he said, MAY
be you're right. I hadn't thought Of
1T just that way"
He covered his eyes with his stump
OF hand, and the tears crept out
while the minister prayed.
Before the pastor left, the sick man
said to him:
do you think that would be prayer
what He knows already-how it hurts,
and all my disappointment, and by anx-
lety for the future Of these children,
and my wife-and everything just to
tell HIM.
II think it would" said the minister.
II think it would be prayer of very
real kind"
The summer was near its end. The
minister called but once more, and then
returned to his work in the city When
he returns to the great lake next sum
mer the sick man will not be there.
But If the closing days Of pain find a
little more Of solace, and the inevitable
ending Of strong life finds new
strength near It's close, it will have
been we'll that the lumberman found
his suggestion of the value Of prayer
through his knowledge of fatherhood.
Youths Companion.
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How tn Crow Peanuts

Peanuts only thrive in warm ell
mate. The plant requires limey,
sandy loan, and yields from two BUSH
els of pods planted an acre to as much
as 40 or so bushels Of pods and two
tons of straw. The seed is planted
about one inch deep in rows from %
to Sc inches apart, and from II to 16
inches in the row.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19
Plausible.

The trouble with this TOOTH" said
the dentist, probing it with long slen-
der instrument, lis that the nerve Is
dying"
1T seems to me, DOCTOR" groaned the
victim, you ought to treat the dyins
with little more respect"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-19

Wedderly-My dear, you have i'm
proved wonderfully in your music since
we were married.
Mrs. Wedderly-Why, John, how can
you say that when l no longer play OF
sing?
Wedderly-That's where the improve.
ment comes in.
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Give.

Give song and beauty to the day;
Shed light and love; live not as they
Who stain the glowing day with night.
And shroud the stars from all mems sight
All man has he needs must give,
That still the more he may receive;
When he has given himself, then God
In the new void makes His abode.
O give, lest on pains twilit road
Your havings seem a heavy load;
O give, lest in the fight with death,
Your burdening gear impede your breath
e. Gibson.
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There should he q Limtt.

Knicker-They are experimenting
with a new kind of prune for the navy,
Bocker-Heavens, isn't it enough to
tight for your country without board.
ing for it?
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Not q Bark.

Then you don't have any dog watcl
on this craft7" inquired the anxiou.
passenger. according to a writer II
Life. NO. This Is a catboat."
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His Work Cut Ont.

Bacon-Don't know what he's going
to do with that boy Of his.
Egbert-Why?
Hes SO slow"
perhaps he'll make a chess PLAYER
OF him" -YOnkers Statesman.