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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
CHARLTON.

Mrs. Clint Noble went to Lacona to
spend few days with her mother
Mrs. Fog;e.
Mrs. Lois Norman Of Des Moines
came last evening for visit with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Penick.
Mrs. Frank Aberrathy of Columbus
Junction came Friday for few days
visit with her husbands parents Mr..
and Mrs. F. NJ. Alternately.
Mr.. and Mrs. frank Baldwin OF
Webster City are here for visit with
the formers father VIM. Baldwin and
sister Mrs. Verne James and old
friends.
Mr.. and MES. j. Y. Berry left Friday
for Everist where they expect 20
spend some time with their daughter
Mrs. Ed Vickroy.
Mrs. G. F. Nelson and two children
of Abba returned home last Friday
after a few days visit with her sis
ter Mrs. Larry Sandahl.
Miss Alice Moody left yesterday for
a few days visit at her home In Mel.
rose. ID
Mrs. Will Collinson has gone 10
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
made ATTEMPT
TO END CAREER
ToMA coMARA TRIES TO HANG
SELF WITH HIS BELT in
ELDoN DEPOT.

Eldon, Sept. 28.-With moose i'm
p1ovised from his belt and the end of
the strap fastened to the door knob,
stranger here whose name is said
to be Toma Comara was found In the
Rock Island depot last night and plac-
ed under arrest and brought to Ottum-
wa by Officer w. R. Hanshaw Of this
city. The man is thought to be de-
mented and was taken by officer Hen
shaw to Ottumwa in order that the
commissioners of the insane might in
vestigate his case. w. S Hanshaw
discovered the man attempting to end
his life by having placed his leather
belt about his neck and attaching the
end Of the belt to the door knob. He
was placed In Jail over night for safe
keeping.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

to do the chores while he straddles
over pool table and eats up the last
months milk check is lower IN the
scale of humanity than the carp. Il
we were in our sisters place we would
let the COWS go unmilched, unhonored
and unsung until their output shrunk
like a wool shirt in a freshet. before
we would encourage in this inhuman
practice the lump of pipe clay to
which she is attached by a marriage
certificate in three colors.
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country that the Canadians could not
accept it. while our people have been
claiming that the agreement was Sc
beneficial to the Canadians that our
country could not accept it. think
this question will act beneficially to
Taft in both ways First that he got
the best of the bargain, second our
people who have been opposed to reel
procity will be satisfied and fall into
Inc
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
Still retains its high place as the best
household remedy for all coughs and
colds, either for children or grown per
sons. Prevents serious results from a
cold. Take only the genuine Foley.s
Honey and Tar Compound. and refuse
substitutes. Clark Drug Store: Owl
Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
PIONEER ANSWERS CALL.
Albert Majors, Age 80 Years, Sue
!, cunnbs at Home Near

Blakesburg, Sept. 28.-Death claimed
Albert Majors pioneer resident OF this
vicinity, at o'clock last night. The
deceased was in his eightieth year, and
had resided in this community for a
long time, being one of the early set
tiers. His death is keenly regretted
by his wide circle of friends Arrange
ments for the funeral have not yet
been made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
AuroIsT GETS LIFETERM.

Toronto, Ont, Sept. ,2S.-The Court
of General Sessions here has found
Alexander Tracey Of Port Huron,
Mich, guilty OF criminal negligence
in operating an automobile. The pen
atty is imprisonment for life. Tracey
ran into a crowd of people, injuring
four or five. He pleaded that the
brake on his car would not work, but
witnesses thought he was intoxicated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
Pullman Car
Excursion
To
Michigan

Take the short trip to the center of
Michigan's Famous Fruit Belt to see
the SWIGERT TRACE of over thou
sand 40-acre and .1any larger and
smaller farms. Why rent when you
can buy land in this tract for the price
Of two or three years rent of farm in
Illinois or Iowa? The terms are so
liberal that most any man earning
wages who wants land can buy.
The excursion party leaves Swig-
ert's Chicago office at 1870 a. m, on
the first and third Tuesdays of every
month. Sc round trip from Chicago;
fare related on purchase; back in one
or two days as you prefer. Stay
longer If you wish Teams and guides
free. Michigans largest and best
tract of lands for fruit grains, grasses,
vegetables, stock, poultry, dairying
and general farming. Go and get first
choice from some fine tracts recently
added. Prices $40 to s25 per acre,
quality and location considered are
lower than on any other land in Michi-
gan or elsewhere.
It's far better investment than
lands In Iowa or Illinois because lands
in the Swigert Tract will produce as
many dollars, acre for acre, as Iowa
or Illinois land and costing only one
tenth as much, they therefore, produce
that much more interest on the in
vestment. Terms as low as $40 to
$50 down and S. and $40 monthly on
40 acres. BY Swigert's contract your
life is insured so that If you should
die the farm will be decided to your
family free from any further pay
ments.
Neighborhood of farms. schools,
good roads, new towns, pretty resort
lakes and trout streams; plentiful
rainfall, big markets and fine trans
portation; 10 and 20 acre tracts near
towns; business and residence lots in
new towns; resort lots on Crystal
lake.
Send or call for a 38 page illustrated
booklet, large map and improved farm
list, all free.
Those going will please advise us
in advance so we can provide COM
fortably for all.
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Farm Notes
Not Written for Farmers
BY n. l.. RAM.

A woman reader
wants to know If
there is any
thins in our mar
rage laws which
makes it incum.
bent upon q
farmers wife to
m I | k sixteen
COWS at deWy
eve while her
spouse stays in
town and plays
pool at 80 cents
a throw. We
should say not.
A man who will
comna1 his wife
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Gen. DODGE on Reciprocity.

Il have been strongly In favor Of
reciprocity" says General Grenville NJ.
Dodge Of Council Bluffs. The action
Of Canada seems to indicate that Taft's
agreement was SO beneficial to our
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OF Humboldt is visiting Mrs. Spayde's
parents Mr.. and Ms T. J. Hooking Of
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS Crowner Of Of
tumwa were Batavia callers Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

Conclus:vely showing the gambling
character of the stock exchange trans-
actions upon which less than score os
big men have within three days made
more than s3o,000.000 at the expense of
the S72,392 real stockholders of the big
American corporations stands the total
of sales Of United States Steel stock
since Aug. I.
The tota! number of shares out
standing. INCLUDING all of the stock
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

Miss Berta Mcmillan. Of Knoxville.
Tenn, arrived here today for short
visit with her sister, Mrs. I. N. Mast,
100 East Maple avenue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
FoIey,s Kidney Remedy (Liouid,.

FoIey's Kidney Remedy (Liquid).
Is great medicine Of proven value for
both acute and chronic kidney and
bladder ailments. It is especially
recommended to elderly people for it's
wonderful tonic and reconstruct: e
qualities. and the permanent relief
and comfort it gives them. Clark Drug
Store. Owl Drug Store.
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Gates Saw Slump Coming.

Others who are reported to have won
well in the falling market are Otto
Kahn. the banker; Eugene Scales. the
cotton plunger: Joe Gaitens of Atlanta,
Ca; Bernard Baruch. the broker; Geo.
w. Perkins, the former partner Of j.
Pierpont Morgan; George Blumenthal,
associated with Lazard Freres: George
F. Baker, the Morgan banker: James
Stillman. the Rockefeller banker and
score of others.
Even the late John w. Gates saw the
slump coming. for he died leaving his
estate short %, 900 shares Of Steel COM
mon at 81
The range in prices Of the leading
stocks since the bear campaign began
now represents market losses reaching
into the billions of dollars.
All Show Heavy Losses.
Here are the high, low and loss in
points Of ten of the NEST prominent Sc
- c;, "a oF< -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-20
AIMLESS LIFE.

Every one ought consciously to
have an aim in life. Whether he is
conscious of it or not, every one has
a. ruling tendency, but every one
could have a controlling and persist
ent purpose in life. No one has right
to abandon reason and self-control,
and consent to be mere wait, drift
ing hither and thither like some play
thing of the winds. We are endowed
with powers that make us capable of
good and often great achievement. We
are gifted with reason and con-
science and will, in order that we may
both become and do that which is
noble and benef1cient.
He is not worthy to live who only
vegetables, he does not truly live who
drifts aimlessly through the years
from youth to age. Indeed, he whose
aim is even lower that the highest,
less than the greatest, is nobler than
he who has no conscious purpose in
life.
Be decided as to what course you
will pursue throughout life. Do not,
without sufficient reason, deviate from
it; and, though you should not become
a distinguished man, yet rest assured
your life will not be fruitless.
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WHAT MOTHER NEEDS.

Dear girls, if your mother could
count on your steady, sensible, help
full, practical interest in the home
making and the management of the
house, she would be the happiest
mother in the world. She would be
glad to give over a little or a great
deal of her authority to an earnest
and systematic little daughter. She
has had the care of the home on her
mind for a long time-morning after
noon and evening meals, house-fur-
nishing, home-cleaning, sewing, guests,
everything. Think of it! Do you
wonder that her first fine enthusiasm
is a little dulled and that it does not
seem so tremendous a matter to her
if her soft cushions are old-fashioned,
or her window curtains are looped
primly back as they were twenty years
ago, or her waitress doesn't wear the
very newest kind of aprons?
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
A GRATEFUL BOY.

A gift always opens the door of an
Eskimo heart, declares Knud Sasmus-
sen in "The People of the Polar
North" and then tells the story of a
little orphan boy whom he ran across
in his travels.
I had a little pocket knife in my
pocket, and l presented it to him in
order to establishing our acquain-
lance.
1t was assuredly the first time in
his life that the boy had ever had such
an experience as to receive a present.
assured him that I really meant it.
Then, without change of express
sion, he snatched the knife out of my
hand and ran off.
1 did not think that should see any
more of him, and was just going into
our tent when he came running up
with piece of walrus meat, which he
pressed into my hand.
Thou gavest; see, I give, too"
said he, and his face shone with grease
and with pride.
But from that day forth we were
friends
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BUDDED ROSES.

In purchasing rose plants this spring
it is usually wise for the amateur to
purchase roses on their own roots
rather than budded stock. Roses on
their own roots are grown from cut
tings and are of the same stock
throughout, whereas the budded plants
have a desirable variety worked upon
roots of manetti, dog rose or other
hardy briar. Unless these budded
plants are properly set in the begin
ming and suckers are prevented from
developing from below the bud no end
of trouble will result from their use.
The stock being of harder nature
than the top, the suckers that develop
soon crowd out the less hardy top and
take possession of the situation. There
are many varieties, however, that do
not grow we'll on their own roots, nor
are they so we'll adapted to certain
soils and situations, so that budded
stock must be used to some extent to
procure the best results.
When budded plants are used the
union between the stock and the top
should be placed three or four inches
below the surface soil to reduce to a
minimum the chance of suckers grow
ing from the root stock. If this is done
and the plants are carefully watched
for the development of these suckers,
better success will be had by planting
budded plants.
Roses are rank feeders and should
be planted in soil that has been well
enriched with rotted stable manure.
At planting time the plants should be
cut back to three or four strong spurs
of three or four buds each.
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MAY 20, 1911

money men lose what money can not
buy. Not necessarily, for the toll OF
the days work, the conduct of busi-
ness, the promotion of an enterprise
all these, which have for their antici-
pated result the making of money, may
be most excellent moral discipline,
and in the pursuit of wealth men may
gain in character as well as in purse.
That common pursuit to which they
are so powerfully impelled may be a
good use of time, splendid exercise
for muscle and nerve and brain; it
may develop self-control, and patience,
and courage, and the sympathy OF
comradeship; in short, may be good
for the soul. This is why the poverty
which compels the making of money
often is wholesome, and tends to
riches of character as well as to the
possession of means.
But when in the pursuit of wealth
men sacrifice conscience, and honor,
and the joy and freedom of home, and
the comradeship of their brothers, and
the interest of the community and of
the commonwealth, what impoverished
souls look out of the keen eyes even
of those who have achieved the largest
success in gaining dollars, and who
command the largest subservience, but
have lost the genuine respect of their
fellows! If we could see how poor
they really are as clearly as we see
how rich they seem to be, we should
certainly cease to envy them; we
might forget to be indignant over the
wrongs they have done, and perhaps
ought sincerely to pity them.
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A IL Z.

There is no weapon that can balk it's
thrust,
No steel of proof can cast it harm
less by;
No stainless honor or unsullied trust
Can foil the fiendish malice of lie.
The poison sinks insidious from its
sting;
The faint corrodes, the black alb
serbs the light;
And contradiction spreads a useless
wing
To check the hateful triumph of its
flight.
We speak of times correction, and of
Truth
Whose great tribunal waits to test
and try;
We look for swift oblivion-yet in
sooth
There are few things more deathless
than a lie
London Epenin0 Standard
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WHOSE DOLLY ARE YOU!

Whose Dolly are you?
Dearie me! I declare
Your eyes are tipped up and they's
pulled out your hair;
And your snub little nose, and your
fingers and toes
And your curious clo'es
Kind of frighten me, too!
Whose dolly are you?
Did they sent you to me
Cause thew know I'm as lonesome as
lonesome can be?
I'd like to have Gollies like me, for a
while.
But I've gone out of style
I'm nobody's, too!
Whose dollie are you?
Whose dolly are you?
Dearie me! Can it be
They are tired of dollies way over the
sea?
Does nobody care for baby out there,
But cuddles a bear
Or doggie or two?
Whose dollie are you?
-BWoeSS Johnson.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-20
DON'T GIGGLE, GIRLS.

If half the girls knew how silly
they looked and sounded when they
constantly giggle they would stop it.
Learn to smile, not giggle.
Nothing is more infectious and
charming than good laugh, but very
few people know how to laugh. 1t
is rare in life as it is on the stage.
A giggle usually comes from nerv-
BUSINESS. A girl will giggle when she
cannot think of anything to say or
when she is trying to be at ease in
company.
She will giggle when boy meets
her and says Good morning" She
will giggle when he says "Good-by."
She is only nervous, but she appears
silly.
1t is no wonder that young men
speak with utter scorn of the giggling
girl. They seem to think her the
least attractive maiden on earth. 1t
is no use trying to attempt to hold
any kind of conversation with girl
who will punctuate her every remark
with giggle.
1t is not always possible to know
at first thought whether or not you
are one of the girls who giggle. Stop
and think about it. Watch yourself
the next time you are with any one.
See whether this senseless trick is a
part of your social equipment If it
is, take any heroic means to strangle
that giggle until it is dead.
Far better be silent, you may then
get the credit for wisdom that you
have not got Better than all, If you
don't know how to give CHEEKY, mu-
steal, spontaneous laugh, then try
your best to learn how to smile.
Do not let yourself give a weary
smile, for that is the result of effort
and self-consciousness, but anything is
better than a silly giggle.
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came in the first thing they saw was
the great yellow lion.
How remarkable" they cried.
None but great artist could carve
such figure Bring him forth"
My friends" said the count, this
is surprise to me as well as to
you"
Then he called the head servant and
asked him the name of the unknown
artist.
1T was little boy in the Kitchen =
said the servant, "who carved the
lion"
Then the count babe the servant
bring in the little boy.
"My lad" he cried, "you have done
a piece of work of which the greatest
artists would be proud. Who are you
and who has been your teacher?"
IT am Antonio Canova," said the boy,
"and T have had no teacher, save my
grandfather, the stonecutter."
All the guests crowded around An
tonic. They were, many of them, "a
nous artists, and they knew the little
lad for a genius. When they seated
themselves at the table they insisted
that little Antonio have a seat with
them, and the dinner was made feast
in his honor.
The next day the count sent for An
tonic to come and live with him. The
most noted artists in the country were
sent for to teach the little lad, and in
stead of carving butter he cut and
shaped marble and became one of the
greatest sculptors in the world.
What to Do
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GIRLS, BE VOLUNTEERS.

Eyes, I suppose should get more
help from the girls than do" said the
wearyfaced mother of a large family.
But sometimes l get so tired of ask
ing them I would rather do the things
myself" Girls, is that the reason that
mother takes on her own shoulders so
many small burdens from which you
might relieve her? Is that the reason
why the lines of WEAKNESS are deepen
ing on her face, day by day? Save her
the trouble of making special re-
quest for every little duty that needs
doing. Be on the lookout for your
opportunity. In a word, be volunteers.
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WEALTH THAT iMPovERlsHEs.

There is poverty that enriches men,
and there is wealth that impoverishes
them. Of course, poverty by itself en-
riches no one, and is not thing to be
desired or sought; nevertheless, it
often becomes cooperative factor in
the enrichment of men. II becomes
the occasion, the spur, the channel
through which the things which are
most worth while come to them.
Equally, Of course, wealth i'm itself is
not an evil; it is desirable Yet it be-
comes the occasion Of loss to men, a
temptation to sin, means Of degra-
dalton. Men are impoverished i'm the
pursuit Of wealth, in the possession Of
wealth, and in the use of IL.
In the strenuous endeavor to make
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DIDN'T MEAN TO.

John came home very angry.
Someone left the bars down." he
said, land the cows are gone. I can.
not find them
ooh, dear!" cried Jenny, when !
went across lots I forgot to put them
up after me. I didn't mean to-"
So her father had long hunt, and
came home very tired.
Next day Jenny was late at school,
and had a black mark.
Why were you not on timer asked
the teacher.
Il stopped minute to play with
Katie Brown, and I did not think it
was so long. I didn't mean to be
tardy"
That same week she was playing
with the kitten one day, when the
baby was sitting on the floor. Jenny
did not look where she went, and ran
against him, so that he fell over, and
hurt his head very badly. He cried
so loud that his mamma came.
How did he get this bruise?"
i hurt him." said Jenny. II did
not mean to-"
Then her mother told her that this
didn't mean to, If she let it live, would
grow into a great, ugly, giant habit,
and make a slave of her.
So Jenny said she would try very
hard to kill it while 1t was little; and
she has grown so careful since then
that you might play with her for a
year, and not find out that she was
the very little girl + have told you
about.
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GROWING OLD.

Why do some women grow old and
others keep the secret of perpetual
youth? Here is one answer:
One reason why the average woman
wears out, grows plain before her hus-
band, is that, through a mistaken idea
of duty, she lays out for herself at the
beginning of her married life scheme
or plan of duty and employment for
her time, every hour filled with work
with rare and short periods of relaxa-
ton.
This she follows religiously for
years, feeling that she has done her
duty, because every household event
occurs regularly and on time, while
she soon becomes merely a machine,
a thing without life of itself or Volt
ton. She settles into rut, and goes
round and round on the same track
eyerlastingly.
Can any woman keep brightness
originality of thought or speech, or
even mere prettiness with such life?
And without those things how can she
keep her husband and growing chill
dren full of loving admiration, which
is the strong chain by which she can
bind them to her? How bright and
jolly the neighbours wife seems to be
when she calls.
Cultivate broad attitude towards
the world and it's people. Let your in
terests be far-reaching, and there will
be renewed vigor when it comes to
solve the problems of the home.