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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-22
HELPING PAPA CLEAN THE YARD
Lyuld nOIu,
West Mechanic st.
OttumWa, Ia.

1t was early in Ahe morning. Moth
er had gone to town and would not be
back until evening" There were four
children. Their names were Kate, Rob,
Susie and Pete. The girls were doing
the work and the boys were helping
father. After the work was done faith
er came to the door and said Children,
let's clean the back yard and surprise
mother" All agreed and soon rakes
and wagons were ready. At first the
wood pile must be put In order. So
you can take the trash which was loose
and not dirty 1t again. 1t looks quite
neat in a few minutes. Next was to
pick up the sticks and stones so as
not to catch them In the rakes. The
brush was soon cleared away and next
was to rake it clean. Father said you
must rake everything as neat and as
clean as a pin. OF course the older
ones took the rakes. They raked every
thing every nice and father went to
examine it and it was all right. Lunch
was now ready and all ateYwith relish.
After lunch they must go back to
work.
They planted some shrubbery and
rose bushes II will tell YOU" said
father things look fine" And they did.
Mother stepped out just at that time.
How her eyes did sparkle.
My dear friend, your back yard is
surprise our kind mothers and see how
it goes.
Ruth Miller,
Clarinda, Ia.
r. R. No. 4.
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Grandma's Way

Quaker grandma. small and sweet,
Capped and kerchiefed, staid and neat,
Has a gentle way Of limiting,
Soft and quiet, as the tinting
OF her clinging gown Of gray.
Little Quaker grandma's way!
! When boy his cap forgets.
/ Grandma never scolds or frets.
But peering DER her gold-bowed
glasses,
At the laddie as he passes,
Grandma asks in accents mild,
J HAS thee lost thy cap, my child?"
mo ma'am, it is on my" head
, Is the word he would have said!
But ere he the word can utter,
Some thought makes him stop and
stutter
Off comes cap without delay!
This Is Quaker grandma's way.
Pauline Frances Camp.
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Age IL.
DOGS.

There are several species Of dogs
Wild dogs are found in Southern Asia,
Australia and the islands of the Pa
cific. All domestic dogs have several
habits Of the wolf, such as digging
with their fore feet and throwing the
earth away with their hind feet. They
always turn around two or three times
before laying down. The first use for
the dog was for hunting They were
found to be teachable. affectionate and
faithful and soon grew to be mans
chief friend among the lower animals.
The greyhound has long, slender
legs, soft short hair and Is very
fleet runner. The hound has short
hair long nose and a very keen scent.
TERROR. All are vigorous, intelligent
and have very keen senses. The terrier
is a small dog, and weighs from about
fourteen to twenty pounds. 1t Is res
markable for it's eagerness and cour-
age with which it goes into the earth
and attacks all such animals as foxes,
badgers; cats, rats and the like.
The Scotch terrier is a small dog,
with thick set, rough coated body. a
long. narrow head with dark eyes.
The setter is hunting dog. so NAM
ed from the habit of crouching or set
ting, on observing the game it Is train
ed to hunt. In appearance the setter
resembles the spaniel somewhat, hav-
inn long, silky hair and dropping ears,
but In habit resembles the pointer.
Myrtle Mcveigh,
Keosauqua, Ia
Route NO /.
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Well one more week Of growth
makes a great difference in the leaves
of the trees and flowers, and the
cherry trees have lost their pretty
dress of white for one of green: the
apple tree is more fortunate. 1t still
contains it's pretty pink dress and
fragrant smell Last evening we were
out driving down by Clifton and I was
just observing the different kinds of
trees and the different shape Of their
leaves. The plum had little fine long
leaves and white flowers. / brought
home some blossoms from the crab
apple and haw trees. The crab is a
pretty pink and the haw blossoms are
something like the cherry blossoms,
but the leaves are much different but
the blossoms are white. I forgot to tell
YOU our walnut trees are named for
Lawrence. that is my brother and the
other is Forest for myself.
There is tree that grows in Aus
tralia that is called the bottle tree on
account of its shape and partly be-
cause its stems contain a great deal Of
water, which is often used by the
natives and travellers. Its shape is
something like a turnip, only it is
longer and the few branches grow out
of the top of 1t and the natives ant
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duced Mr.. Rockefeller to give US $780,
900 and he raised 100000 more be-
sides, so that now we have a fund of
$250,000 to be used to build new hos
pital, which will be able to care for all
the children who are i'll with this dis
ease. 1t is estimated that there are
over 1000 cases of the malady on tho
east side, yet we have room for OMIT
forty children. The hospital is alway
full and there is a long waiting list
but there's no place else as yet for the
other poor children to go.
when Joe came he had tubercular
glands in his be TX and could scarcely
crawl He was in danger Of being bent
almost double. Now he is healthy
child. This disease can always be
cured If taken in hand in time.
"In 1905 President Roosevelt visited
our hospital and became particularly
interester in Joe. He said he always
wanted to follow his career. There are
many who have this feeling, and al
though Joe is leaving us he has just as
many friends as If he was staying
We can only be very grateful to him
for helping us so much with our work
when the new and larger hospita,
is built, which it will be as soon as
suitable ground i procured. the larg-
est picture in the building is to be thai
| of Smiling joe"
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Glenn Laughlin.
Batavia, Ia.
BIRDS.

Birds are observed as the most live
~ and pretty thing on this old earth.
1t looks as though they know when
winter is coming on. For they go south
when they feel winter Is coming.
think birds have very pretty feathers,
they also sing pretty songs. Birds are
wiselike for one never sees a nest
in a tree with no leaves. They build
their nest in tree with leaves so it
will keep the rain out of the nest. 1
think canary birds are pretty. They are
all nice. I will now name and describe
the birds know of. There are blue
Jays. robins, sparrows, wrens, acanaries,
hsebirds an d erdbirds. Blujays have
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MY Observation-Disclosures
ALLEN.

ofareetrab 'ontldatgo.. allrth SIR MN
My observation is watching the
birds. Along in the spring about the
last of March and the first Of April
the birds began to come back from
the south and in April and May they
began to make their nests. 1t is nice
to watch them. They go in pairs, two
makes one nest, the mother and faith
er. When they get it about half made
the mother will get on to see If it
will fit her if it does they finish it and
if it doesn't they make another. When
they get it done the mother gets on
and lays an egg a day until she lays
about five, then she begins to set and
sets for three weeks.
If there is one or two eggs which
do not hatch it will disappear, they
roll them out of the nests some way
or other.
The feathers will soon come on the
little ones. The mother and father
has hard work keeping the little ones
from being hungry.
Hattie Allen, age II.
Belknap, Iowa, r. r. No. 1.
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to catch us by calling in voice that
sounds like someone we know. It's
what people call deception, you
know
Eyes," whispered Peter. Then both
lay as quiet as they could, for they
feared their trembling would shake
the log and attract attention to their
hiding place.
well, where do you suppose those
terrible twins could have gone to?"
asked a familiar voice, coming from
some one within few feet of the
tree trunk. Mrs. Jones said she saw
them coming toward Old Witch this
morning, riding their stickhorses. And
we've found their stickhorses tied to
a tree half mile down the hillside.
It's like the little scamps to get lost
in this woods"
Eyes, they're already lost, I'll be
Dound," said another voice, also IA
miliar.
"The other one talks like Uncle
Toms chum, Fred Smith," whispered
Peter. wonder if it really could
be-
But he didn't finish his question, for
at the moment hand caught hold #
his foot and voice cried out: "Why,
here's one of the rascals. I've got
his foot. Well, pom my word-crawl-
ed into tree like rabbit" And
the next instant Peter was pulled by
main force into daylight and there
laughing at him till the tears trickled
down his cheeks, stood his, Uncle Tom
and beside him in open mouthed. won.
der was Fred Smith.
Where's Pau1?" asked Uncle Tom
as soon as he could find his voice, for
Peters aspect had been so comical.
"In there. too And Peter pointed
into the hollow of the tree. But DIS
he spoke Paul began to make his exit,
coming out feet foremost and In a
most ungraceful manner. his coat
turned up over his ears and his face
red from exertion and embarrassment.
AS soon as Uncle Tom could get him
right end up and could control his
laughter he asked: Now, youngsters
why did you come mere without first
asking your mothers consent? And,
coming, why did you hide?"
Peter and Paul stammered their ex-
cuses as best they could, ending by
saying they had hoped to find bear
to carry home. But that they would
be very glad to go home with Uncle
Tom and Mr.. Fred, though they hadn't
shot anything.
"Well, my little runaways, your
mother is very much frightened about
you. But the minute you get home
you'll be put to bed without dinner or
supper for you'll have to pay the pen
| alty OF our naughtiness. Your mother
was planning to take you to the woods
for picnic today; but now you'll
have your picnic in bed-in a darl
room, without the usual picnic spread
Come; one, two march, And Peter
and Paul, declaring unCer their breath
that they'd never run away again
followed their jolly uncle, who lee
them out Of the wilderness.
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sToRlEs-LETTERs ::
TARDY JUNIORS SPLENDID
OBSERVATIONS.

am Tri-Weekly Junior, and am
also 'tardy" junior in the observa.
ton contest, but hope the editor and
juniors will be glad for me to write
anyway If l am tardy this time, but
will try and not be the next lime.
1 will tell something about col
servation.' The most interesting
thing to study, to look at and to hear
about are the trees and the timid
little birds.
At first l VIII tell something about
trees. At first l saw the trees bare,
This was about the first of April.
Then in about week were
small buds with little green
speers showing among the brownish
bud and in about week later were
half left out leaves. And now there
are most of the leaves entirely out
The trees are very pretty in our yard
They are such pretty green. 1t Is
very queer that the trees shed their
clothing, and we put more on in the
winter time, and in summer time we
use smaller amount of clothing and
the trees wear a greater amount OF
clothing. There are very many kinds
of trees. Some of the kind of trees
in our yard are box-elder, Maple, sill
yer maple, cedar, cherry trees, walnut
trees, pear trees and catalpa.
Some of the flowers in our yard are
red roses, red rambler, white rambler
white blush roses, pink blush roses
lilacs, snowballs. white roses, fou,
o'clocks, touch-me-not, bleeding
hearts, canas, hollyhocks, wild bleed
ing hearts, orange lilies, daisies, blus
bells, pinks, live-for-ever, goldenglow
pink rambler and white seven sisters
The next will write about are the
timid little birds.
There are many kinds Of birds
Some are blue-birds. red birds, par
rots, jaybirds, blackbirds, meadow
lark, larks, brown thrushes, wood
pecker, sparrows, English sparrows
robins, owls, hawks, crows anr
orioles and many other kinds. The.
build in many kinds Of places anC
have many different ways to make
their nests. I love to see them make
their nests and feed their small ones
1t takes the egg three weeks to hatcn
| The mother bird sits on the eggs anc
the father birds brings her food
| When the little ones are Matched the,
take turns about and some times boil
go together to get them something t.
eat
Leona Vest, age 13.
Ottumwa, R. R. No. 6, Box 45.
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Why Peter and
Paul Climbed Into
a Tree Trunk

Peter and Paul were twin brothers,
8 years old. There home was in a
small town that lay in a pretty val
ley between long ranges of hills. And
over these hills grew an abundant
forest. And through the forest men
and boys loved to go hunting for wild
animals, though only few OF such
now remained, and they were of the
small and harmless variety. SPUR.
rels, a few deer, badgers, coons and
the like were the victims of the
huntsmen. Larger game had been
killed off many, many years ago.
One fine May morning little Peter
and Paul were playing in the yard Of
their home when Paul's eyes turned
on the deep blue, forest covered hills
mile distant. Say, Pete. he said.
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THIRD Observation-Disclosures
EISENREIS.

have been watching the robins
and they are getting along nicely. No
one has bothered them yet. While
these robins are waiting for the little
birds to hatch, I will write something
about the pigeons. The pigeons new
er have more than two eggs, which
are little smaller than a banty's
egg. and is of very light blue, al
most white. The father pigeon sits on
the eggs from 10 o'clock in the morn
Ing until 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and let's the mother pigeon fly about.
The mother pigeon sits on the eggs
from o'clock till IL o'clock, and let's
the father bird hunt for food. Some
times one of the small pigeons is Il
little stronger than the other, and
when food is brought the strong one
pushes the weaker one away, and
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Age IL.
LYDIA's OBSERVATIONS.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
I. wart to be In the contest I am
late, but it was unavoidable. Thursday
morning as mamma and 1 were wash.
ing dishes our cat was playing with
something. At first didn't know what
1t was. Then I watched her for a
while and saw she had a shoe blacking.
box. She would spring upon it and
then lie down and get ready to jump
at it. Finally she took it In her two
front paws and sat on her hind legs.
I said to mamma Look how she
sits now" Then she dropped it again
and went under a chair and waited a
short time and then sprang at it and
ran away again under the sidboard.
and did the same thing over again un-
til she got tired. Then wanted her to
play some more so I could tell the
Juniors more than I did.
Lydia Hold,
West Mechanic St.
Ottl1nwa Ia
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MAY OBSERVES MUCH IN TRIP
TO THE WOODS.

am going % rite this time about
my trip to the woods. Our teacher
took the whole tchool and we rode il
the hack that carries us to school
every morning. We first visited Vic
tory school and listened to their last
days program which was very nice.
From there our hack driver took rs
up to Mr.. Browns woods. On the
way we saw the men busy at work in
the fields getting ready to plant their
corn, and the fruit trees in bloom
made the air very fragrant.
We drove through the big gate and
past the house where Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown were at work in their potato
patch. When we got to the woods we
found some pretty flowers The white
spring beauties and pink wind flow
ers and blue and yellow violets and
some others we did not know. But
the teacher took them home to ana,
lyze them.
Mary Randel, age s.
Ottumwa Ia R. R No 8,
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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 re-
ceipts appear. We do not want the
Juniors to acknowledge them by sim
ply thanking 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 subjects:
A}FiREMAN'S LIFE.
KINDNESS.
NOT&A VERY CAREFUL BOY.
NOT A VERY CAREFUL GIRL.
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THE NEW CONTEST.

We have some splendid stories on
King Edward and Queen Wilhelmina.
We announced last week that we
would show you all another queen
this week, but we decided to let you
look at the picture of little boy who
is called Smiling ice" We
want the Juniors to write what they
think of this little boy and his trou-
bles.
Next week we will let you see an
other queen The prizes for this con
test are boxes of note paper.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE CoURiEr. PRINTING CO.,
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAU4.
EDITOR,
CONTEST CLOSES MAY 81.

Gear Junior: Only two more weeks
remain for the Observation contest
which as previously announced Will
close Tuesday, May 81. One Of the
"tardy" Juniors has an observation
this week also. We hope to hear from
more of the ttardies" before the con-
test closes. For the benefit of the
tardy Juniors we will print the rules
for the last time:
1--WE hear you all ask, What is an
Conservation Contest?" Well, obser-
walton means taking notice; the act OF
eeeing or of fixing the mind upon any
thing. Therefore the Juniors work.
ing in the Conservation contest" must
write on some interesting thing or per-
son each week. For instance, in going
4 to and from school you will observe
many things. II may be a person,
either child or grown-up, an auto
mobile, flower, an animal, horse,
COW, dog or cat. J 1t does not matter
what it is. Each of the writer's must
select his or her own subjects.
The prizes will be ring containing
the birthstone Of the winner or a
souvenir. spoon, or a beautiful brooch.
which can be worn also for belt
buckle, or book, or fountain pen or
roller skates. The names of the OBJ
servers follow:
JULIETTE ElsENBEls.
MARY RANDEL.
FOREST WEBER.
MYRTLE M'VEtGH.
LEILA sSAUM.
JOSEPHINE NORTON.
LAURA NAMES.
WILLIAM NAMES.
MABEL SkIRVlN.
MAUDE SkIRVlN.
LYDIA HOED.
LEONA VEST.
HATTIE ALLEN.
TERESA ENGLE.
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TEREsA's OBSERVATION.

/ observed when l was out playing
the other day. Many kinds of birds,
the robin, the black bird, the blue
bird, jay bird and the meadow lark.
There are two robins that come close
to our window every evening. We
put crumbs out for them. think they
will build their nests near by.
think like them and the little wrens
the best. The fruit trees are in bloom
the grass is green and I think this
spring is very beautiful.
R. r. No. s, Ottumwa.
Teresa Engle, age 10.
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OBSERVATION ABOUT FLOWERS.

There are many different kinds Of
flowers and they are Of many different
colors. Some are wild and some are
tame. The dandelion is yellow flow
er which no one cares for The chill
dren take in their May baskets VIC
let's pansies. COW slips, lamb tongues
and many different kinds Of blossoms
that are in bloom the first of May.
Sometimes people go to the woods
and dig up flowers to plant in their
yards. Some flowers do not stand
transplanting.
The sunfower grows the highest of
any flower know Of. 1t grows on Il
large tall stalk. Some farmers raise
them for the seed which they feed 10
their stock. ~
Leila saum, age IL.
Blakesburg Ia
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Age s
PEARL GOES FLOWER HUNTING.

Dear Editor
1 thought I would write again as I
have written before have been flow
er hunting four times this sum-
mer and got four kinds Of flowers,
and l haven't seen a snake this sum-
mer. The names of the flowers are
violets, cowslips, dutchman breeches,
works at Mt. Union Ia.
We have got one calf one colt, ten
pigs and thirty lambs. We have been
building a new house and 1t makes
9 rooms with the old house and got it
all plastered and it Is almost ready for
papering. My dearest friend is Bessie
Mccoy.
Pearl Kennedy,
Mt. Zion, Ia.
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A DETROIT JUNIOR WRITES.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
AS I have never written to the
Courier Junior, thought would tell
you something about Detroit. There
are great many beautiful parks here,
one of the incest parks is Bell Isle.
There are the sunset driveways, skat-
ink pavilions. boat clubs, and the hor-
ticultural building, where they have all
sorts of fish and flowers. Detroit Is
larger than Ottumwa. One of the incest
buildings here is the Art Museum,
where there are all kinds of relics,
statutes and pictures which were
painted many years ago.
Ida Platz,
206S Fort st. w.
Detroit Mich.
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

1. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or a sharp lead pencil.
8. 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.
g. Always tell whether you are q
Daily Junior or q Tri-Weekly Junior
Z Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Dear Editor

Dear Editor:
AS 1 have never written to the Jun.
ior before 1 thought 1 would write.
live on farm two miles southeast OF
Drakeville, and four miles nowthwest
of Bloomfield. l go to Ham school. MY
teachers name is Mae Hartwick. l like
her very much. She is so kind to all OF
Us. My studies are reading, arith-
metic, grammar geography, spelling.
music and writing. For pets l have q
little dog. His name Is Max. I also
have six little chickens. My papa takes
the Tri- Weekly Courier. love to read
the letters.
Blanche Jones,
Drakeville, Ia
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New York, May 2O.-"Smiling"
Joe has become famous through
his ever present smile. During the four
years he has been strapped to board
at Sea Breeze hospital, Coney Island,
at times suffering intensely, he has
never lost his cheerful expression. Now
he is well and can play as other boys
do
When the little fellow went to the
hospital with a bad case of tubercular
spinal trouble he was only three years
old. They put him in a plaster cast and
fastened him to a. board to that for
months he could only move his arms
and head.
And yet Joe kept on smiling He had
commenced by smiling, and he intended
finishing that way.
To while away the time this helpless
boy counted the boats as they passed
on the sea and every night could tell
you just how many had been sighted
that day. He is an unusually bright
lad and attracted much attention from
the visitors.
One day photographer came to the
hospital and took Joe's picture, which
was published in several magazines and
papers throughout the country-a pic
ture Of Joe fastened securely in his
cast, but always smiling-and the APP
pealing face in it's pitiful setting began
to draw attention to the work of the
society which had founded the hospital
and to interest people in the work to
the extent Of giving money.
Joe has, in fact, not only been largely
responsible for the support of the thir-
ty-nine other children who are always
being taken care Of, but he is also re-
sponsible for the new s250,o0O hospital
which is to be erected in the near flu
ture.
"Joe has been the success of our
work" explained Mr.. Townsend to a
reporter during the afternoon. "Hospi-
tails to cure tubercular bone troubles
are common in Europe, but there has
never been one here until this expert
mental hospital was founded four years
ago. 1t is well-known fact that chill
dren who suffer from tubercular troub-
les benefit by sea air, and this is main
ly what we give them.
When Joe first came here his smil-
ing picture became famous and money
has come to us from all over the coun-
| try on account of it. 1t was Joe who in