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but his brain was so benumbed by the
cold that he could not think clearly.
and could not respond to boys ques-
ton: Say, old Teller, who are you
anyway? And what are you doing
in this fort?"
There were two boys. frankie
could make that much out and they
were half dragging him from the
cave. Come, kid, stand up one OF
them said. you see, 1 LEFT my over.
coat here this afternoon when went
home, and now I've come back for T..
Gee, but it's cold. Come, get up and
tell us where you live. Well help
you home 1t was Bert speaking, and
Scotty was with him.
frankie tried to tell them about him.
self, but his tongue could not frame
the words. The boys knew from his
manner that he was all but frozen. and
hurriedly held consultation regard
ing him. 1t was decided to carry him
between them TO ccotty's home. a dis
lance OF three blocks. s szsasss
After Scotty's lnutilcr and father had
minlstered to frankie the poor little
fellow began to remember things clear
ly and told his new found friends about
his old grandmother, who must be al
most beside herself with anxiety over
his continued absence But the old
grandmother was notified Of Frankie'B
whereabouts that same hour, ana
brought warm and song in a cab to the
comfortable home where he awaited
her.
And when a few days later, frankie
and his grandmother departed from
Scottys home it was to move into cozy
quarters, where the sting of poverty
would not be felt Scotty's mother hal
seen their need and had come to their
relief And frankie was allowed time
to go to school, working Saturdays
and evenings for Scotty's rather in re
turn for the many kindnesses he AMI
his grandmother we're enjoying.
And frankie was made member OF
the Fort Burton army, doing excellent
service.
THE old fort saved my life lie
said, s'and l shall be one OF her most
loyal defenders"
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PETS

For pets | have a pig. a COW, two
kittens and farty-two chickens. My pig
is white and will spueal when he is
hungry My COW is red. She is. very
gentle and will let me milk her, Ny
kittens are very nice. Their names
are Dotty and Teddy. Dotty is blue
with white spots on her. Teddy is
blue all over. They both are very
playful.
My chickens are very nice. They
are different colors. Some are yellow,
some are white and some are Ply
mouth Rocks.
go to Lucas school. We had q
program the day before Thanksgiving.
My speech was, '-The :, Little Bird
Tells had q good time. My teachers
name is Mrs Swanson. like her very
much.
have only one sister and no
brothers. go to school with her. We
are in the sixth grade. Our studies
are language. history. spelling, geog-
raphy, reading. physiology, writing
and music. walk nearly two miles to
school.
This is my first letter and | will
close hoping to see it in print.
Yours truly,
Eva Hall, age r.
+. r. No. 2.
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Chicago White Stockings saw in him
| the making of a great base ball play
| err. Arson took him to Chicago in
1883. Sunday was the right fielder OF
the White Stockings for five years 1t
was u, the last year that he became
converted at the Pacific Avenue Mis-
sion The Chicago newspapers of
course made a great to-do about his
joining the church.
He hardly knew what the bows
would say but Capt. Arson was the
first of the fourteen Arson shook
hands with him and said: Good for
you Billy Another one said: stick
to it, I'll do all can to help YOU.
another said (and it was the one
sunday was most afraid of Billy. it
Is the best thing you ever did in
your life"
lney all seemed to respect him
more for having the manhood to leave
sih IMAM to stay with them and con-
tinue IN the old way. Men no matter
gov low. seldom want others to fol-
low them They are generally like the
team Mr.. Sunday belonged to. Ola
70 know of their being one among
tnen That refused to sin any longer.
Mr. Sunday has done much good in
ms evangelistic work. He is an or
canned Presbyterian minister He has
aadea thousands, not only to the roll
OF ms own church, but to every other
denomination and they stick( so to
!speak) Mr.. Sundays ENGAGEMENTS
are completed for three years ahead,
ana he is continually receiving visits
from organizations begging him to
put their community on his future
list
Mr.. Sunday says the brightest pic
ture that hangs on the walls Of his
memory is the recollections of the
days when little boy, he knelt be-
side his mothers knee and said his
eevning prayers.
If all the boys that knelt by the
side OF their mothers knee and said
tnat little prayer would do as Mr..
sunday does. how much good they
could do and think Of how many
souls they could save. But they don't.
iheN stretch the elastic bonds of their
mothers love when they grow older
they see what they have done and
spadually little by little, yield to the
tender memories of their mothers
love and kindness. They then accept
thelr Savior as Sunday did, but their
pest days have been spent in sin and
lhey can't work for their master an
they would love to get one beautiful
picture hung on the walls Of the mem
DRY Gas does Mr.. Sunday The picture
OF mother and her little boy kneeIing
by her side. Few forget it.
From your friends,
Mabel and Katie CAN'T.
Batavia, Ia, r. No. z.
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Aged IL.
JULlETTE TELLS OF A PARTY.

Dear Editor
| am going to Write about a party l
went to on Halloween. 1t was Mil
dred Thrones birthday. There were
strings fastened about the house and
each person got one. We followed them
up and there was a stick OF gum on
the end of each. Mrs. Wilson gave us
each a card and We made little men
out of the gum and put it on our
cards We wrote our names on them
ana Mrs. Thorne gathered them UP.
The best one was to get a prize. got
the prize and it was a Japanese plate.
We then put a wooden bowl in the
middle of the room and we held an
apple in our hands. We were blind
folded and led around and then we
threw the apple to see who could get
1nejrs in the bowl. l got mine in. We
played house then while Mrs. Thorne
and Mrs. Wilson fixed the supper We
hat. ice cream and cake and candy.
Mildred had a birthday cake with can
dies in it. We then told riddles and
stories and played games. There We're
pumpkins lit With candles about the
house. A big pumpkin was brought in
and strings hanging out. Each pulled
the string they had and there was a
present on the end. / got a red cat
head with green eyes and a place to
put the candle in. We had a very nice
time.
Juliette Eisenbers.
Ottumwa, Ia, 401 w. Park Ave.
Aged H.
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FERNS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Dear Juniors:
expect al Of you Juniors are glad
Christmas is over. | am real glad it
is over. ! will tell YOU what | got. y [
got scarf, sack Of candy. twelve post
cards. Eve handkcrchiefs. pin cushion.
ia little doll calendar book call Of
the Wid,' u glass and stone vase and
Santa Claus. | got the Santa Claus
from tho Courier Junior, and ] thank
the editor very much for it. I think it
IS very cute.
spent my Christmas at my grand
pa Russells D. Fremont, Ia. We had
lots of good things for dinner. My
Brother got sled for Christmas aud
he is wanting it to snow awful bad.
Our school commenced Monday and |
was glad for I like to go to school.
have nine cares from the Courier Jun
ior / think they are all pretty and
thank you very much for all Of them.
| have 50 cards all together.
| will close. hoping to receive post
al. Your friend.
Edna Ferne Epperly
Ottumwa. Ia. &. ).
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CRANsERRlES AND WHERE THEY
GROW.

Cranberries grow wild in some
places and in others upon cultivated
vines. More than half of our crop
is now raised in Massachusetts and
about one-fourth of it in New Jersey
Indeed, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and Wisconsin grow more than ninety
per cent of these berries, compare
lively small area being devoted to the
industry.
The reason is the peculiar conditions
necessary to cranberry culture
| venture to say that none of us has
ever seen any other farm so odd as
a cranberry farm. The land must be
low and Doggy and so situated that the
vines may be flooded at certain times
Of the year The land must first be
cleaned of bushes and other vegeta-
ton and then covered with layer OF
sand TO keep the earth beneath damp
and cool and to- prevent other things
from growing
The plants are raised both from seed
and from cuttings, the sprouts being
set out in rows, about fourteen inches
apart After planting the grass and
weeds must be kept down and the
beds flooded from time to time. AS
the vines grow they spread and run
over the ground somewhat like the
strawberry vines. When the are about
three years OF age they begin to pro-
duce fruit.
The cranberry blossoms appear in
the early summer and the berries are
ripe in the fall The are gathered by
hand or by little rake scoOpS and are
cleaned and sorted and then packed
, in barrels and crates for the market.
The chief distributing points are
New York. Philadelphia. Boston. Bal
timore and Chicago. The berries will
keep for some weeks and in the late
fall they may be found OH sale in al
most every grocery store
Retta Ruarz, age il,
r T D No. 5 Pennington, la.
am Tri-Weekly Junior.
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called eagles, half eagles, double
eagles. There are also gold dollars
but they are quite small. Gold Is used
in making cases for watches and for
chains, jewelry. pencil cases, picture
frames are often gilded with gold
I Gold leaf is gold beaten out very thin
much thinner than leaves of paper
Silver is white and shining. Spoons
are made of silver and there are silver
dollars and half dollars and silver
dimes and half-dimes. Gold and silver
| are called the precious metals.
Quicksilver is very bright, like sill
YER and it is very heavy. 1t is not
solid like the other metals, but liquid
like water. II you spill il it will rum
about and you can not pick it up.
Tin is white and bright like silver,
but it is softer The milk pan, the
saucepan, the pail are made of sheets
OF iron covered with tin. Tin does not
rust like iron
| Lead is soft and very heavy. The
water pipes are made Of lead, and the
cistern Is lined with sheets of lead.
| Bullets and shot are also made of this
metal. Lead will melt very easily in
| the fire.
! copper Is OIL 4 TeuulSH Colol. IDs
boiler is made of copper. The bottom
of ships are sometimes covered with
sheets of copper
| Brass is made OF copper and zinc. IT,
| is bright and yellow like gold, but
soon becomes dull when exposed to the
air.
Zinc has blush color, like lead.
! but it is not SO soft. 1t is used TO put
under the stove to keep the floor from
being burned and for many other pul-
| poses.
| Iron is quite hard and although it is
! not bright and beautiful like gold and
! silver it is the most useful of all met
| ais. Without it we could not have
railroads or steam engines. We could
not build houses and ships as we do
at present Ships of war are often
covered with thick plates of IRON
! These metals are found in places cali
ed mines. They are mixed with dirt
and stones when they are taken out
of the mines and this state are called
ores.
| Metals are sometimes obtained in .
pure state and are then called native
metals.
From new Junior friend.
Ruth Powers, age u.
Cor. Nav and Mabel StS OttumWa
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SUGAR MAKING.

Upon the Green mountains they
make sugar. The Vermont boys think
the merry season is when they gathet
sugar. Sometimes they go far from
home and the men make tent or a
house large enough to cook or sleeu
and make sugar in it. They sleep in
hemlock boughs or bunch of hay and
that is their pillow.
They take the trees by boring a
hole three or four inches, then fasten
a trough to it and some buckets at
the bottom and the sap drops in the
buckets.
They make thousands of tons OF
maple sugar. After they gather it
they put it in deep kettles that they
have. Some is cooked to suea" an,l
some cooked longer and made to
brown sugar.
Your loving Junior,
Dorothy Scannell.
42l Mary St, Ottumwa.
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MY PETS.
Dear Juniors:
Aged ] |.

Dear Junlors
AS | have not written for some time
will write story of my pets. | have
one cow and three dogs and my cows
name is Daisy. Ono dogs naTe is Spot
ono Prince and the other Friday. l
am going to the Adams school
Monday. My playEates names are
tina Redman and Bessie Conn. I thank
You very much for the two post cards.
have received from the Courier Jun
ior and l think they arc very pretty.
One of them is 4 picture of Il noun
tain forest. the other is a picture Of Il
cool resting place I will close for
this time. | am Il Tri-weekly Junior.
lilly Teichman,
Ottumwa. Ia
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What Happened
at the Snow Fort

During the evening after school. and
on Saturday afternoons Bert, Sandy
Scotty and Benny were busily engaged
In building snow fort. A beautiful
snow had fallen, covering the ground
TO a thickness of ten inches, and ma
terial for building fine fort was to
be had in plenty. And the snow was SC
fine and solid that it was nodded in
TO shape easily, hardening very rapid
ly after being formed into walls and
towers.
Il tell you fellers,'' said Scotty, not
overparticular regarding his pronun.
citation when out CT the hearing of
mother and teacher, well have fort
here that'I stand the winters siege as
we'll as that Of our enemy. Look into
this officers apartment, il you can,
and then say a man couldn't sleep in
here without freezing. Pretty snug,
sh?''
Say, we've got dandy fort all the
way round!" exclaimed Bert. And
It's good solid one. too. as you say.
Pretty soon we'll invite the Smith
field school to engage us in a battle.
Bet they'll find us stronghoId-to
their surprise
It's the most complete fort ever
built in this town. declared Sandy,
enthusiastically blowing upon his
fingers to get the cold out OF them.
Yes, the most complete and the big.
gest." said Benny. Gee, won't the
other boys wish they'd gone In with
us? They said we were building too
far away from town, that it took us
too long to get here after school for
half an hours sport. But ! was talk.
ing with a lot of the fellers yesterday,
and they said they'd come and join
ns-now that the fort is about done.
like their nerve, don't your
We'll. that's the way with a lot of
kids dryly remarked Scotty. "They
stay out of thing till the work S
done. Then in they come Willingly
enough after that. They like this
play, but not the labor
Yes, but we'll have 10 let EN-
come in explained Bert. What sort
OF a fight could we-four strong-put
UP against the Smithfeld boys? We've
got to have the soldiers as well az
the foat. But there's one compensa-
ton for having done all the work our.
selves--we'll be the officers
"Sure!" echoed three vigorous
voices.
And SO the evening wore away and
the fort was completed before the four
builders stopped work. After survey
ing it and pronouncing it "a cracker
jack they named it Fort Burton. Then
the four hanpy lads hurried to their
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WHAT I DID CHRISTMAS.
Dear Courier Junior:

Dear Courier Junior:
thought / would write a few lines
to the Junior Courier. We had a
Christmas tree at home and got a
sack of popcorn and a little picture a
watch and pocketbook. handker-
chief My brother Ernest got sack
of popcorn and lead pencil and a
mug and five or six post cards, and q
game of Man in the Moon.' All OF my
cousins but two We're here Christmas
day. Well as my letter is getting long
will close for this time.
Earl Mullen,
OttllmWa, Ia, r. No. 3.
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Dear Editor:
I enjoy reading the junior letter %
much that + thought would write too
This is my first letter. I go to the
Jefferson school every day. am in
the fourth room and fourth grade
My teachers name is Miss Kline Ny
principals name is Miss Empie. They
are both good. have two sisters AMI
no brothers. I have a pet cat. She
is white. have fine times in sum
mer and go skating in the winter. I
received many postal cards and sent
many away for New Years.
Olive Mclaughlin. age H.
SOC S. Davis St, Ottumwa.
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

/. Use one side Of the paper only
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or sharp lead pencil.
3. Number your pages.
A. At the bottom of the last page
write your name. age and address.
s. Do not copy stories or poetry,
and send us rs your own work.
g. Alwavs tell whether you are a
Daily Junior br Tri-Weekiy Junior
Z. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
s. Your stories must not contain
more than 800 words.
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SOUVENIR PosrALs AGAIN.

We will still send out postals to all
she 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 thanking us or writing re-
ceipt, but We do want them TO write
nice little letter telling us of their
pets, their home, or something else of
interest.
We will still give soucenir albums
to the Juniors when they have % pos
tails from the Courier Juniors
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ANNA WRITES OF A PARTY.

Dear Editor:
on October &c, 1907, a party was
held at the home of Miss Vera Kendall
for her tenth birthday. There We're
sixteen children there We had "A
verv pleasant time. We played many
games and after we were through we
went into the house and we guessed a
puzzle and We're to get a prize, if we
could put the tail on the donkey. There
was strings of peanuts and some that
was not IN strings. They hid them
and we We're to find them. What we
could find we could have for ourselves.
We had candy and bananas.
Anna O'Connor.
Agency. Ia r. No
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The national temple of Westminis
ter Abbey was built during Edward
the Confessor's reign. Here kings ard
queens are crowned and buried.
He had just completed il when be
died. so he was buried there. his tomt
is in the basement above the center
and around it is the royal graves, The
Abbey was rebuilt by King Henry VII
He built the largest part OF Westminis
ter. Successive kings rebuilt it since
it is left as we see it today.
Lena Davis, age II,
Hedrick, Iowa.
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JUNIOR RECEIPTS.
DELICATE CAKE.

cup Of cornstarch,
cup butter, @
cups of sugar.
! cup sweet milk,
?, cups -four
Whites of I eggs.
Rub butter and sugar to cream,
mix one teaspoonful cream of tarter
WIN hour and cornstarch, one half
teaspoonful soda, with the sweet milk.
add the milk and soda to the sugar
and butter. then add flour, then the
whites of eggs. Flavor to taste.
Anna O'Conner.
Agency. Ia, r. No l.
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CHOCOLATE cARMELs.

/ cup OF molasses,
teaspoonful of pure cream,
spoonfuls of melted chocolate,
| teaspoonful OF vanilla.
Boil until it is like taffy then dip in
chocolate and next cut in squares and
You have excellent chocolate carmels.
Edna Ozella Morgan,
South Ottumwa Iowa.
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CORN PUDDING.

Crack eggs in a baking pan or
pudding pan, then add 8 tablespoon
fuls of sugar with the egg. Put in a
piece of butter about the size Of a
hen egg. then beat that little, not
too much. Add then a can of corn. a
little salt to suit taste. Mix the corn
eggs. sugar and salt all we'll together.
Pour in Z pints of milk. Then put In
a medium oven not too hot. Bake 20
minutes. This is fine.
Vasila Sears.
Buxton Ia.
Aged TO-
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sToRlEs-LETTEEs.
LEILA TELLS OF HER
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Dear Editor:
AS have not written TO the Courier
for quite while I thought would
write. | have been going to school
and have been pretty busy | will tell
yo,i a few Of the things ] rot for
Christmas. | got a box of stationery.
two handkerchiefs, a pin tray, a look
in, glass and other things. We had a
Christmas tree at our house, and We
had a very nice time l would like 10
exchange postal cards with some of
the Juniors My papa takes the TIL
weekly Courier.
LEILA Shaffer
Douds Lcando la.
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Dear Junior
thought that | would write to Vol
nave written once before. | like tt
read the letters in the Junior
! go 20 the Copperhead school. NJ,
teachers name is Miss Nola Oden
baugh. am in eight different studies
have four brothers.
AS my letter is getting long will
close hoping to receive postal card
Alice Phillips. age II.
R. F. D. No .
Ottumwa. Iowa.
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= -NJi1 VlIIIF- I VUI.
425 Ottumwa ST.. Ottumwa.
A MELROSE GIRL WRITES A NICE
LITTLE LETTER.

Dear Junior:
AS | have not written to the Junior
for a long time will write this week
] go TO the Melrose school. My stud
les, are reading. writing, arithmetic
language, spelling. geography and ply
siology. My playmates are Dorae
Thompson, Pearl and Olive Lem.y
Blanch and Marcella McDonal. Helen
Parschel, Helen Clark, Viola O'CoM
nors. Lucy Morrison. Florence an.
Frances Curran and Lizzie Shaffer.
AS my letter is getting long | vii
close for this time.
Yours truly.
Abigail Muliin
SielrOSp Iowa
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RICE PUDDING.

Pick over and wash / cup of rice,
put it in 8 baking dish with cup of
sugar. piece Of butter half as large
as all egg, half-teaspoonfu of salt
and grated nutmeg to flavor. Place in
medium oven and bake two hours.
stirring frequently until the rics
swells Many think a few raisins an
improvement, and these may be added
II liked. No sauce is REQUIRED AL
though a little butter adds to flavor.
Mabel Skirvin.
agency, Ia, r. /.
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USEFUL METALS OF THE EARTH

Dear Editor:
! will write story about the many
useful metals of the earth which I
think good subject. The most use
full metals are gold, silver, copper,
zinc, iron, lead, tin and quicksilver,
but there are many others besides
these.
Gold is OF a bright yellow color, and
it is very heavy There are gold coins,
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THE SMITH TWINS.

Once upon a time there We're two
bows and their names We're Harry and
Jack Smith People called them the
Smith twins. Last Christmas they
got rife, so they decided to go tur-
key hunting. They started early the
Gay before Christmas with their rifle
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Dear Juniors:
For Christmas ! got n carpet sweep
'er. picture. gold ring. two new dresses.
lace. handbag, four pretty decorations
Tor my Christmas tree, tiddeldy Winks.
post card album. oranges. candy, nuts
and bananas.
We'll that is all for this time. so
will close and write some other time.
lnez Stevens
Dudley, Iowa, Il. l.
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ESSAY ON MR.. SUNDAY.

Mr.. Sunday was born in Storey
Ames county, Iowa, in 1858. His
father was a Union soldier. and was
killed in battle before he was born
He was brought up in the Davenport
Soldiers Orphans home. and was APP
II enticed olit to Co, John Scott, a
state senator.
He learned the furniture business at
Iowa, and was there
when the famous Capt Arson oil the
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Ada p. Kirk.
EldOn. La 2 No q
CHEESE sTRAWs.

y tablespoonfuls sifted -four,
tablespoonful each of melted but-3
ter and sweet cream.
A dash Of Cayenne pepper and 3
ounces of grated cheese.
Work with the hands until it can br
rolled out in strips and bake in a
quick oven.
Maude Sllirvin.
Agency, Ia, r. No. /.
Aged 10