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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
A Lemonade Scrap.

ION the last Fourth OF July Of the
Civil War" said the old vet and Grand
Army man, my regiment was hotly
engaged at point in Tennessee. We
were guarding stores, and our friends
the Johnnies were trying to capture
them. They outnumbered US, and we
had a lot of recruits who had never
seen a scrap. We held our own for
awhile, and then things began to look
dubious. had about made up my
mind that we would be gobbled up
when . private soldier came rushing
I'D to me and called out:
"say, now, Colonel. this 70 the
Fourth Of July"
II know it."
".Then where in - Is the lemon
ade to go with It'll That's what tho
boys over on tho left are asking
about"
go back. sir-go back and light
like devils!"
But, the lemonade, Colonel?"
100 back and tell the boys that II
we win this night, they shall have q
barrel apiece!' .&.
I'VE won the fight" smiled the
Colonel, ''and as soon as could get
tho lemons the boys had all they could
swiR down. i've often wondered II
We. should have won without the
PROMISE"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
Something Forgotten.

IT was in An Iowa town last year"
said tho drummer. II was held
there over the Fourth. and OK
pected to SEQ doings. AZ not even
arecracker had been exploded up to
noon began to wonder about things
and asked Of an alderman:
Doesn't this town know that this Is
Fourth OF July7'"
oh. OF course no replied. but
we determined. to have what they call
q sane Fourth this year,
No parades - no shooting no
oration7'"
Nothing Of tho kind. We passed
ordinances proh-- ting all such things.
No ono can even cheer for Bunker
Hill. We are patriots, but We are go
Ing to leave out the fuss and feathers
this time"
"Just then" said tho drummer, "a
small boy came running up ana
gasped out TO tho alderman: oh, Mr..
Brown. Johnny Glenn has got drowned
in tho riverl"
I" The devil ne has!' was tho reply:
and after moment tho official turned
to me with:
"'well, We clean forgot in passing
ordinances to pass one that mono OF
the boys should get drowned today
and suppose it will be called very
careless on our partI'"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04

my dear teacher has asked me to
write q composition on the Fourth OF
July, and SO will say that our fore
fathers shed their blood that we
might be happy and free. If 1t hadn't
been for the sacrifices made by those
Sons Of Liberty we shouldn't today
have
A Beef Trust. L.0
A Tobacco Trust.
A Steel Trust.
A Milk and Butter Trust.
A Food Trust.
A Coffin Trust.
A Coal Trust and 226 more besides.
Our aldermen wouldn't be bribed.
Our Legislatures wouldn't be bribed.
Our Senators wouldn't be stealing
land.
Our merchants wouldn't be cheat
ing.
We wouldn't be known as the Land
Of Liberty and the most corrupt poll
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
Johnny on Liberty.

ticians and of1lceholders on the face
Of the earth. I am only q red-headed
boy, but when think that this was
what our forefathers fought and bled
and died for. want to get right up
and kiss our glorious flag and yell for
freedom. I'd do It too. only that tho
Flag Trust has got all tho fiags COOP
cred, and II I yell enough to get .
sore throat shall have to patronize
the Drug Trust"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
INVITED TO ADDRESS.

tell me where the Delaware River Is"
No one answered.
1.-THE battle Of Lexington was the be-
ginning Of the dawn Of liberty. HOW
many were killed there?"
No one answered.
''Then Bunker Fiji followed. What
was the loss there?"
No one answered.
1.-THE battle Of Yorktown decided
the fate Of the young nation. Where
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04

Is Yorktown" "
No ono answered.
1.-THE darkest time In American his
tory was the winter at Valley Forge.
Where Is Valley Forge situated?"
No one answered. but as the
stranger put on his hat and turned
away, q rush was made for him by the
indignant patriots and he was run
three miles beyond the town.
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04

He was q mean-faced man, but as
the town Yaphank was celebrating the
glorious Fourth in the old-fashioned
way and felt good towards all men, he
was invited to address the crowd from
the tavern veranda. He consented
and began:
Fellow Citizens: George Washing
ton crossed the Delaware and licked
the British. How many Of you can
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
BOARDING RATES.

Miss Prim Occurring to Porch
Class)-"You see. my dears. the world
Is round"
Mrs. Wise (interrupting)-"Th
why Is the seashore higher than the
mountains"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
GOOD PLAN.

The Preacher-We should do some
thing to improve the present method
of dancing. Why today dancing 10
merely hugging set to. music. What
can we do?
The Up-to-Date Youth-Might cut
out the music.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28

used in making the breed. The Ply
mouth Rock is more like the Asiatic
than the European chicken.
The greatest recommendation for
the Plymouth Rock is the excellent
growth made by the young chickens.
In this quality they have no superior.
The Plymouth Rock pullets are good
layers, but as yearling hens are prone
to turn the feed into fat rather than
eggs
One objection to the barred variety
is the difficulty in keeping the breed
true to the standard type. The pure
breds are required to have even and
distinct bars of the same shade in
male and female. These are difficult
points to maintain and resort Is often
made to double matings or the keep
ing of two breeding pens, one to pro-
duce cockerels and the other pullets.
White and buff Plymouth Rocks are
later products than the barred variety.
Much Of what has been said will apply
to these also. The white variety is
free from the color objection of the
barred type, but the objection to the
fattening tendency applies to hens OF
this variety perhaps more forcibly
than to the barred. Buff Plymouth
Rocks will average smaller than the
other varieties of the breed. Although
a solid color bird, they, like all buff
breeds except the buzz cochin, will be
found difficult to breed of one color,
owing to the tendency 10 possess
black or white In the wings and tail.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
FRENCH METHOD d FEEDING
Food Is Forced bowl Throats OF
Geese by Use Of Stick End Tube
Kept In CagJs.

In France the geese which are In
tended to supply the main Ingredient
of the delicacy pate de fois gras aux
truffes" (goose-liver paste with truf-
fies), are kept confined in narrow
cages. The slightest movement is
thus prevented, and food is forced
down their throats. often with moth
ing more than tube and stick, in or,
der to produce an extraordinary de-
velopment Of the liver, says the Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The drawing illustrates newly de-
vised instrument for this mechanical
treatment, which in measure allie.
viates the inhumanity Of the forced
feeding. in that 1t does not injure the
throat or prevent breathing. It con-
sists of a funnel OF galvanized iron,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Have an Aim In Life.

Go into factory where they make
mariners compasses, and you may
see the needles before they have been
magnetized. They will then point in
any direction, but from the moment
they are applied to the magnet they
point to the north, and are true to
the pole ever afterward. In this they
are like the young man before and
after he, has a purpose In life.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28

II we can say with Seneca, "Thii
life Is only prelude to eternity. "
then we need not worry SO much ovei
the fittings and furnishings Of this
ante-room, and more than that. 1t will
give dignity and purpose to the fleet
ing days to know that they are linked
with the eternal things as prelude
and preparation.-Minot j. Savage.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Famous Book Agents.

Napoleon Bonaparte was once O
book agent; Jay Gould was a can.
vasser; George Washington in his
youth sold over 200 copies of a sub.
scription book; General Grant for a
time earned his living as a subscrip.
tion agent; Webster and Bismarck
paid part Of their college expenses
through book agency.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE HARDY
Cross Between Black Java and AmerI.
can Dominique With Probably
Other Asiatic Blood.

Plymouth Rocks, all things consid.
cred, are perhaps the most popular va
rlety bred In this country at the pres.
ent time. The barred, which is most
raised, is commonly given as cross
between the Black Java and the Amer
lean Dominique. Besides the Java
other Asiatic blood has probably been
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
TeIllna the Aue Of Eels.

The scales Of the eel tell It's age
On each may be observed at inter,
walls several more or less clearly
marked lines parallel TO the margin
These mark lines OF growth. one tor
each year OF the lie oil the fish Three
years. however, must be allowed ior
the innermost ring as the eel has nj
scales until the third year The
scales do not oyerlay to any extent
and are arranged in series OF small
groups at right angles to each other,
so as to resemble what is known as
herring bone brickwork Conger cells,
however. are said to have no scales
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28

Nurse Girl-"Oh, ma'am what shall
do? The twins have fallen down
the welll" Fond Parent-"Dear me;
how annoying! Just go into the
library-very gently, SO as not to
disturb Fido-and get the last number
Of the Modern Mothers Magazine; II
contains an, article of How to Bring
Up Children '"-Town Topics.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
EASr-DoUND.
WEST pD1iNn

The following connections are made
daily except Sunday.
rrain No. 1 will make connection at Lexing.
ton with l.. " y. for Louisville, Ky. No. 5
will make connection with the l.. & n. at
Lexington for Cincinnati, o.
Nos. 1, q 3 and 4will connect with the Noun
,ain Central nv for passengers TO and from
tampton. Ky.
Trains No. 1, and 3 will make connection
with L. a A. Railway for Beauyvlle.
Trains No. 3S connect at o. ~ X. Junction
ior points on o. * X. Ry.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
ENCOURAGING Horss BREEDING,

One way in which the New Bruins
wick government has encouraged
farming progress lies in the import
ing of cattle and horses Of approved
breeds and selling them to farmers
at cost price, in some instance time
being given on part of the purchase
price.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
lndu.trx At orehid coll.etlnn

Industry Of Orchid Collecting.
In the Brazilian state Of Pernambu.
co orchid collecting has developed into
large industry which affords en-
ployment to many foreigners as well
s.s natives. From there orchids are
either shipped direct to foreign ports
or are sent to coast firms which act
as agents for business houses all over
the world.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
s,ralaht currsnt Moat Deadly

Volt for volt, the direct or straight
current is more deadly than the al
ternating current. There is always
tiny bleeding in the brain in bad cleo
trio shock, SO 1t is a mistake to lay
the shocked ones with the head low
for this increases the many little
deadly bleedings In the brain.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
L. Subscribe for your home paper.
rhOuuh. Ae covered .he Ground.
W. w. Rigley, G. P. A.

A man who was dunned by a book
seller for book delivered some time
before returned the bill with this
written on e: II never ordered this
book. II did. you did not send II
II |, got II, paid for It. II ! didn't,
| won't"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Cultivate Ideals.

Ideals are like stars; you will NOT
succeed in touching them with your
hands. but like the seafarlng man on
the desert Of waters. you choose them
as your guides, and, following them
you reach your destiny.-Carl Schurz
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Indictment Of Mankind.

Few things are needed to make a
wise man happy; nothing can make
a fool content; that is why most men
are miserable.-La Rouchefoucauld.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Evan IL Ha Is Erennh

Nearly all the glass eyes are made
In Germany, SO you may be almost
sire when you meet man with q
g.ass eyes that he is partly Ger
man.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Few Birds In indian Seas.

The absence Of sea.birds forms
singular trait In the character OF tho
Indian seas; scarcely a single living
thing appears in the sky above. or
the sea below. betwlxt Bombay and
the Indus.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28

Some opportunity will come al
some time to every man. Then 1t de
Ponds upon himself and upon what
he shall have made of himself what
he makes Of It and what It will make
Of him.-James ]. Hill.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Brother Dleksy's Opinion.

Politics." said Brother Dickey, ~
sz uncertain ez a woman who says
one minute dat she'll marry you an
de very next minute tells you dat you
sho' must a. di canned It'll"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Unheard or,

Jorkins--How did you ever come in.
to possession of such cheap-looking
umbrella as that? Dorliins-Why, ]
got this umbrella in a very peculiar
way-I bought 1.-THE Pathfinder.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Washing Dirty Eoos.

It's annoying, perhaps, just about
supper time TO have to stop to wash
dirty eggs when the hens breaks one,
but this is task that must not be
put off until tomorrow.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
The Sweet Thlnu.

Clara--He says he thinks ! am tho
incest girl In town Shall ! ask him
to call? Sarah-No. dear: let him
keep on thinking co.-Town Topics.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
W. B. Townsend, Jr., Supt.
Cause Of Rust spots.

Many rust spots on clothes are
caused by bits OF soap adherlng to
thr latter when they come In con.
b with the blulng water Avoid
J. ng these unsIghtiy marks by cut.
I ~ the soap into small pieces and
ss them in salt bag kept for the
Jrpose.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28

When a man is referred to as being
good hearted It means that he has
some weakness his friends try to over
look.-Atchison Globe.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Easy Thlnn 10 Do.

People who are extravagant on
Themselves are often wonderfully in.
genious in devising plans of economy
for others.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
Beware Of Talking Too Much.

II is seldom that a great talker
wants enemies; the man of sense
Speaks little and hears much.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-28
French Method ., Feeding.

provided with piston which cannot
protrude beyond the end of the tube.
At the lower end of the galvanized
iron tubing is a section OF rubber
tubing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23
FREE INFORMATION COUPON
WILL CURE YOUR COLD
How to Break Bad Cold and End
Grippe Misery in a few Hours

You will distinctly feel your cold
breaking and all the Grippe symptoms
leaving after taking the very first
dose.
1t is positive fact that Pape'L Cold
Compound, taken every two hours, IN
til three consecutive doses are taken.
will end the Grippe and break up the
most severe cold. either in the head,
chest. back. stomach or limbs.
1t promptly relieves the most mis-
cradle headache, du1lness, head and
nose stuffed up, feverishness. sneez-
Ing, sore throat running of the nose.
mucous catarrhal discharge soreness,
stiffness and rheumatic twinges.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result
of three years research at a cost of
more than fifty thousand dollars and
contains no quinine, which we have
rcnclusively demonstrated is not effec-
tive in the treatment of colds or grippe
Take this harmless compound as di-
rected, with the knowledge that there
Is no other medicine. made anywhere
else IN the world. which will cure your
cold or end grippe misery as promptly
and without any other assistance or
bad after effects as a 25-cent package
OF Pape's Cold Compound, which any
druggist in the world can supply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23
OLD CLOTHES IN DEMAND
Provident Association Finds Cold
Weather Increases Demand.

At 8 o'clock this morning so poor
people were lined up at the Provident
Association awaiting an opportunity to
purchase winter garments. The crisp
ness of the atmosphere brought them
there BY noon between 10 and so per-
sons had gore away with bundles under
their arsls.
We have had the greatest demand
for clothing since the first of the
month said Secretary Guy T Justis
that we have had in the history of
the association, S240 having been taken
in through the sales in the rummage
room on the third floor of the building
It isn't that conditions are worse than
they have been in previous years, but
the people who belong to the laboring
classes are beginning to realize that
they can cut down the cost of living
by buying clothes at 4 nominal price.
Inc department not only is a benefit
TO these people in this way. but it gives
employment to women who need hnan-
elaI aid. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays
hNe or six women come to the build
ing and make over old garments into
new dresses for girls and trousers for
boys, and make garments out of new
materials which we buy at wholesale
prices We pay them for their work
To the cost of the labor we add the
cost of the materials and cost of hand
ling, and sell the finished product for
a mere song, so to speak. We have a
man who repairs shoes
In this way the clothes that used
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23
ooh, HOW ITCHED''

What long nerve-racking days Of
constant torture - what sleepless
nights of terrible y-itch-itch-
itch. constant itch. until it seemed that
1 must tear off my very skin-then-
Instant relief - my skin cooled,
soothed and healed
The very first drops of D. d. y.
topped that awful itch instantly; yes,
he very moment d. d. d. touched the
kin the torture ceased
D. d. d. has been known for years
IS the only absolutely reliable Eczema
sure Just a mild, soothing, pleasant
xash made of OIL of Wintergreen,
Ehymol and other ingredients.
We know what D. d. D. has done
we vouch for it, and if the very first
ocular size bottle of D. d. d. fails to
10 exactly as is claimed. the remedy
vilI not cost you one cent
Geo. w. Stansheld, 632 Kansas Ave-,
topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23

to be thrown on the junk pile or given
to the rag man are used to help the
poor solve the problem of living more
comfortably.
Vests sell at 5 cents; coats at from
20 cents to 81. We tie 10 bundles Of
rags for quilt-naaking and sell them
at 5 cents each. Three years ago we
realized 1865 from the sales; two years
90 $500 and last year 81 .30G. The mon
ey all goes for other forms of charity
work.
Miss Bell Lidzy gives her entire time
to the work of this department. The
neonle of Topeka are donating their old
garments to the association as they
have never done before About ore-third
of the pc pie who come here for clothes
are foreigners. cne-thtrd colored' and
one-third Americans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23
To Dispense Wrinkles
In a Half Minute
(From Feminine World

Many women in making their toilet
for the theatre, dance or any social
affair, battle the face and hands in an
astringent lotion having an immedi-
powdered saxolite dissolved in a half
pint of witch-hazel, makes an ideal
preparation for this purpose. It is
wonderfully effective in promptly dis
persing wrinkles and creases. as well
as bagginess of cheeks or chin En-
larged pores are reduced, the skin ap-
pears softer and finer textured, and
one seems to have suddenly lost sew
eral years from her age.
The results being SO remarkable and
coming so quickly, and the ingredi-
ents being obtainable at any drug
store. this is a good formula to re
member. The solution is entirely
harmless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-23

sores extended down to my feet Then I SUI
feTed agony with the burning, itching sores.
I could hardly walk and for long time I
could not put on socks
All this time I was trying everything
could hear of. and had the skill of three
doctors. They said it was eczema. got no
benefit from all this I was nearly worn
out, and had given up in despair of ever
being cured when I was advised by friend
10 try Cuticura Remedies. I purchased
Cuticura Soap, Ointment. and Resolvent. and
used exactly as directed. I used the Cuticura
Remedies constantly for four months, and
nothing else, and was perfectly cured 1t is
now year. and have not had the least
bit since am ready to praise the Cuticura
Remedies at any time" (Signed) E. L. Cate.
Exc. Ky, Nov. 10, 1910
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
throughout the world. Send to Potter Drug
& Chem. Corp, Dept ola, Boston, for free
sample of each with sep. book on the skin