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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
IRISH FESTIVAL
 HELD IN DUBLIN Once a Year "Alien Culture" of Seven Centuries
 Vanishes
From America.

From America.
 There is Q time every year when Dublin returns to her old traditions. For one short space the Irish capital is given over to Irish Ireland, and the alien culture of In the streets the tongue of the Gael is heard continuously, the Irish kilt is worn by many Gaelic men, and a yearly in- creasing number of Gaelic women clothe themselves in the beautiful costume evolved from that once worn by the Ban na-h- -Eireann and so much praised long ago by foreign writers.
 The transformation of the Anglo-Irish city is a very tangible object lesson, showing the result achieved by nearly two decades of strenuous effort. The chief part of this annual gathering is un- doubtedly the Ard Theis, or Gaelic par
 iament-delegates of the Gaelic league branches from all corners of the country, from England and Scotland and wherever a branch exists are summoned together to discuss the questions that have been brought forward.
 The decisions of one Ard -Thes bind the Gaelic league until the meeting of the next. All the business is carried on in Irish. and this part Is very forcible an swer to those who believe that Irish is out OI Qate diiu lflducludtc lOi tfiC Ic- quirements of modern life Next to the Ard-Theis in importance come the <om- petitions. Prizes are given for Irish dancing, for traditional singing. for piping and for fiddling
 There is a prize for the best Irish play. for the best novel, for the best story. Ex- aminations in the language are gone through and competitions between fam flies and groups of classes in conversa- ton. History. too, occupies large part on the programme. Thus every section of Gaelic culture is encouraged. But the material side is not neglected. and an ex- hibition of home manufactured goods is arranged. Sometimes there is also an art exhibition for painting. statuary, book binding.
 The festival began this year with the marathon race at Jones's Road, and in the afternoon there was a gathering of piper bands. They came In procession, the brilliant colors of their dress making a great contrast to the gloom of rather damp day. No two bands wore the same costume. The brath of the tunic of each was of q different hue A dis ttnctive badge separated the sections. After the competitions conference was held and it was suggested that an asso- citation of Irish pipers should be made. as the numbers of bands throughout tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
A Port in the Ocean
'om the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 "When the harbor at Cape Lookout, off the North Carolina coast. is completed, the means for which were provided by the last session of Congress. Beaufort and that part of the Carolina coast will be the most important point on the South At lantic coast" said F.. J. Rogers, rail road man of Beaufort. at the Raleigh.
 ''The work has already begun. surveys now being under way. This harbor when completed will give vessels safe port practically in the ocean. Cape Lookout being about 10 miles from the mainland. It will unquestionably' be the most avail able harbor on the Atlantic coast.
 Beaufort has harbor that will ac- commodate vessels of any draught but the bar at the entrance to the harbor keeps away ships drawing more than, 20 feet. Before the war Beaufort harbor was the largest port on the south At iantic coast. but it has done comparative ly little since the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

country was rapidly increasing. Within the past year l2 new ones have been started, and others were in process of formation.
 During the week the competitions were carried through in the Rotunda, and it was interesting to watch the motley gath ering. There were old men from the south or west who perhaps had never be- fore ventured 20 miles beyond their homes. There were troops of children from the Dublin schools and girls and lads from country Gaelic classes. There were whole families of Irish speakers trans ported in one body from the Gaedhealacht to win prize in their native diom
 Many of the competitions were inter- spersed with jokes and apt remarks, for the Gael has not yet lost his quick wit and mental subtlety. In an upper room of the Rotunda the Ard-Theis discussed the question of Irish in the Gaedhealacht, of the adequate teaching of Irish in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
How Apes and Monkeys Differ

From the Reason Why.
 What is the difference between apes balloons and monkeys?
 Apes are such as are destitute of tails; baboons have muscular bodies, elongated muzzies and their tails arc usually short; monkeys are those whose tails are in general long. some of them, the sapagos, having prehen- sile tails, which can at pleasure be twisted around any object and there by, in many instances. answer the pur- poses of an additional hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Dog Earned His License

From the Carlisle Advocate.
 The little fox terrier of I. N. Hanley won for his master license tag for the killing of 100 rats. The prize was offered, when the canine had killed so in two weeks. by member of the council
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Beard Victim of Accident

From the Miami (Mo) News.
 man vino lives near Perry was drag eing a mower down hiIl the other day, when he stumbled and fell The mower rolled over and the only damage done was a clipped beard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

schools throughout the country, of the necessity of having Irish speaking off, clals and other questions of policy, and firm decision was arrived at that at all costs the language must be saved in those districts where it is still spoken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

Tn connection with the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to the German posses sions in the far east, attempts are being made to boom manufacturing in the German protectorate of Kiaochow. The establishment of an iron and steel works, for which the rich ore fields in the Ger man sphere of influence would furnish abundant raw material. is considered of first importance since these metals are scarce in East Asia and there is strong demand for them throughout China. An energetic promotion of the cotton and silk spinning industries is also urged. In both fields of industry German establish ments located on the ground would fur nish strong competition for the Amer ican export trade in steel products and cotton goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

Thoughtful Germans look upon the present situation in Great Britain with unconcealed anxiety, not on account of the growth of the British navy or the hostility and suspicion displayed so wide lv in England, but on account of the pos sibility of the fall of the present min istry and the installation of a conserva- tive government Since the last by-elec- tions with their steady conservative gains a number of prominent publicists are pointing out that a change of gov- ernment, will probably bring in it's train In Great Britain tariff reform-a measure which will hit German industry far hard CT than the English patent legislation which forced so many German factories to establish branch establishments in England. That the fall of the liberal government is imminent is prophesied as certainty.
 Hermann von Rath a prominent mem- Der of the Prussian diet points out in an article in the Tag that for this menace the Germans and their navy development are in part to blame, since one of the factors behind the movement to aban- don free trade is the need for more rev enue to bear the cost of Engand's big naval programme which has been i'm posed upon the already enormous bur dens for old age pensions. national in- surance and other social legislation. If England adopts a customs tariff, Ger many. which has with Great Britain the largest trade relations, will find herself paying not only for her own big navy, but for the British as well.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
PRETTY SCHOOL HOUSE GROUNDS

The name Of my school 10 the Elm
Grove and 1t certainly is an elm RSc.--
All the trees are elms and our play
ground Is very large ana all grass. A
few OF us school girls have set out a
nice garden and flower garden In the
school ground. Some Of the flowers that
we have planted are violets, lilies.
sweet peas and some others. We also
have radishes. peas, lettuce. onions and
all kinds of little flower bushes. We
have lots Of fun tending to our garden.
The names Of the girls that have plant
ed garden are Christina and Jeanette
Wagner, Grace Neaterour, Jeanette
and Imogene Coyne, Ethel Huffman,
Agnes Larkin. Mary Coyne. Loretta
Larkin, two boys Francis Scannell,
Freddie Edwards and myself.
We have lots of fun playing games.
Some are rescue, dare base. blackman,
hide and go seek, last couple out and q
lot Of others. Our favorite game is res
cue. We play it and dare base mostly.
In the summer at noon we all eat our
dinner together in the shade on the
grass and have a regular picnic. BE-
hind our school grounds there is q
creek. We have fun wading in it, and
along the creek are lot of wild flow
ers. The teacher let's us go after them
They are so pretty. think our school
grounds are very nice.
Goldie Cecilia Huffman, ago TO-,
Chillicothe, Iowa, r. No. /.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
WHERE THE WILD FLOWERS
GROW.

One day in spring your teacher
thought it would be nice to go flower
hunting. So we decided to go and fake
woods.
My papa owns about 40 acres Of
ground about 1 mile from the School
house and about Is acres so thick with
timber and makes a nice PLACE for a
picnic and lots Of wild flowers grow
there.
When we got there we were very
tired and hot so we sat down and ate
our dinner and by that time we were
ready to 80 to work.
There were many kinds Of flowers.
There were Johnny jump ups, dan
niger heads, honeysuckles, blue bells,
lilacs and several other kinds. We got
as many as we could carry and then
sat dow INTO rest.
1t was $3.50, when we started home
and several Of the children were bare
footed and were wading the creek and
one of them saw snake and thought
he was he picked 1t up and 1t threw
its head around and bit him.
He dropped 1t and began crying and
the teacher ran to see what was the
matter and he said that he picked up
a snake and thought it was a skin and
it bit him on the cheek. His brother
Frank took him home to his mother
and she sent for the doctor.
The doctor came and he told what he
had done and the doctor told him to
be careful Of it might turn into blood
poisoning or lock jaw.
So little Willie did not go to school
any more that term. think it taught
him lesson.
Florence Latta,
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
WHERE THE WILD FLOWERS
GROW.

One day my cousin and I went after
wild flowers. They were along Fox
river.
We gathered Johnnie jump-ups, COW
slips and butter cups and all kinds
that we found.
Then we heard some girls on the
other side of the river. We crossed 1t
and played games.
Finally we started for home. We
went through the woods and found
lots more pretty flowers.
Flowers grow among the trees and
in damp places When we got home
our flowers were all wilted. We
brought some plants up with us and
planted them at school. When they
came up the boys pulled them up.
Arbor day we went after flowers
and got some wild sweet Williams.
They have such a pretty fragrance.
Wishing to see my letter In print
I would like to change cards with
some Of the Juniors.
From Junior,
Alice Davidson, aged 13.
Belknap, Iowa, R. F. D. No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
BEAUTIFYlNG THE BACK YARD.

Dear Editor:
Did you ever go along the alley and
look at the back yards so full of tin
cans, garbage, etc., that 1t is g. wonder
that everybody in the neighborhood
does not have some contagious disease?
To begin to beautify the back yard,
be clean. Clean up all trash and do not
stop with it In the alley but put it
where you can get it destroyed. Then
If ground is fertile enough for garden
make 1t profitable as we'll as beautiful,
by planting such vegetables as the
family relish. &y
If gardening is not permissible you
can beautify with flowers. For no
ground Is too poor for flowers. And
even the poorest family can afford
small amount at least. /
Spade the ground. You can get
enough manure at any stable to fer
tilize. In the early spring watch the
magazines for flower seed bargains and
buy as many perennials as desirable.
Train vines such as madeira and
morning glories, clematis. to clothes
posts, windows, fences, porches and
out buildings and make walks If no
more than Of ashes and along walks in
the sunshine plant hardy flowers that
grow low. Rose moss, Johnny jumpups.
and foliages. In shady places plant ILL
lies Of the valley. wild ferns, put up
swings.
If there are no trees go to the woods
them in convenient places. Then get in
the alley and clean it up and by that
time you will have a back yard that
You are not ashamed Of.
Marie Chaplin, age 10,
316 Mcpherson St. Ottumwa Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
where THE WILD FLOWERS
GROW

Dear Editor and Juniors:
In the early spring when the frost
is gone from the ground and the warm
sun shines the spring flowers begin
to appear.
Some of the first flowers are spring
beauties, violets, or Johnny jump-ups,
Easter lilies, Jack in the pulpit. Later
on the blue bells, sweet Williams, put-
ter cups, and others.
Wild flowers like to grow IN the
woods along creeks, on the hill SIDES
or around old dead logs and tree roots:
The spring beauties are white ana
pink, the violets are blue, the Easter
lilies, or dog tooth violets, are white,
Jack in the pulpit Is green ana
brown, very queer looking flower
Blue bells are blue and resemble a
bell very much. Sweet Williams are
light purple. Butter cups are pretty
little yellow flower.
think all flowers are pretty.
MY Sunday school class and Went
to the woods Easter but spring being
so late there weren't any flowers to
be found, but now there must be
many kinds out in bloom, as we have
had so many nice rains.
AS my letter Is getting lengthy l
will stop for this time, hoping to re-
ceive prize.
Olena Bell Sellers, aged 10.
;horfy1yi11o TOwQ
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
WHERE THE WILD FLOWERS
GROW"

There are many kinds of flowers.
smelling. Early in the spring when
the leaves are not yet on the trees you
can see the wild flowers peeping
through the old grass and leaves.
They look upward in every place.
They are dear as smile on an old
friends face. They seem to tell us of
wanderings by woods and streams.
The flowers names are violets, but
tercups, daisies, sweet Williams, blue
bells, May flowers, lady slippers, tulips
wild roses, lilies. asters, honeysuckles
and the famous golden rod which is
common.
There are two kinds of violets, the
yellow violets and blue v1olets. The
violets grow along creeks and fields.
The sweet Williams, blue bells and
May flowers and tulips grow in the
woods but mostly on the hill sides.
The lady slippers grow on the north
hillside. The wild roses grow along
the roads and in the open woods where
the sun shines brightly. The lilies,
asters and honeysuckles also grow in
the woods on the hills The golden
rod grows on the roads and in the
fields and in the woods.
The wild roses, lilies, asters. honey
suckles and the golden rod never bloom
III late in the summer or early in the
fall. q: =
Many children of the cities love to
visit their friends in the country in the
spring time so that they may gather
flowers.
Rose Haiss, age IA.
Ottumwa, Ia, r. R. No. 6.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25

now. just according to when your
mother has your travelling clothes
ready" answered her father.
The three weeks soon passed by ana
Mrs. Miller had all of Virg1n1a's
clothes ready. On the day for them to
leave there was much excitement.
They at last got to the train. Just
think, the train was twenty-five min
utes late, which seemer awful for
Virginia but little for her father, BE-
cause trains are some times five hours
late.
Angeline was very quiet TIL the
train arrived. When the train arrived
her voice struck up. She did not
want Virginia to know 1t, but sne
thought It was not bit fair. Mr..
Miller and Virginia were now on the
train waving their hands and throwing
kisses to sister and mother.
AS Mr.. Miller and Virginia are nav
ing such a good time in Germany
must tell you Mrs, Miller and Ange
line are also having a good time IN
Chicago.
Eva Alice Wood, age IL.
400 Chester avenue. Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
WILD FLOW Frs.

How many Of you Juniors have been
flower hunting? have for one. There
are lots of pretty wild flowers around
here. Such as violets and bluebells,
deer tongues and sweet Williams.
There are lots of ferns too I think
they are pretty also. The other night
I stayed all night with my friend Leta
Minear. We had to go through the
woods to get to her house so we
gathered wild flowers. We got six
big bouquets OF sweet Williams and
ferns. We got some maiden hair ferns
and some other kinds. I went flower
hunting today too. My little nephew
and I went. got all l could carry.
They were sweet Williams, cox spur
and hare bellies. Most of the wild
flowers grow around bitches except
blue bells and daisies. The incest ones
grow in the shade. Our teacher goes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
PRETTY SCHOOL HOUSE
GROUNDS

Our school house yard was very
dirty and so the teacher and schoi.
ars made up our minds that we would
clean it, so we set to work and picked
every little stick up off the yard and
raked it. We have several flowers
planted around in It. Some Of them are
in bloom We just brought them from
our own homes just to make our
school house yard look nice. 1t took
us quite while to clean 1t FOR IL
takes up an acre of ground.
We have trees clear around the
yard and they are all maple. But the
trees are all covered with leaves and
it makes our yard look real nice. Our
flower that is out is the flowery am
mon. The reason we cleaned the yard
SO nice was because we are going 10
have convention at the church the
twelfth Of May and we always eat our
dinner in the yard for the church IS
just across the road. We hauled our
trash out in wheel barrow which
we borrowed from a neighbor. School
is out in May. Everything looks nice
around in the yard and everybody who
passes thinks we have nice school
and school yard We play ball at
school and have nice green grass TO
play on. 1t is good height and we keep
changing our play ground SO we won't
kill the grass out. We have red roses,
yellow roses, double red roses, violets,
holly hooks, flags and pink roses.
think we have nice supply. l ne
elected some Of our flowers. We have
blue bells and flowery ammon. The
blue bells, violets and flowery am
mons are all in bloom. We planted the
flowers on arbor day for the superin-
tendent told US to try and celebrate
Arbor day and we did.
Floy E. Young aged IL.
Charlton, Iowa, r. F. D. No. Z.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25

der leaves and little white blossoms
with pink in the center. These are the
spring beauties. There are some now
ers whose leaves are like grass ana
they get their name, grass flowers De-
cause of the leaves. About the next
ones are white ones. They are caileo
Dutchmans breaches.
Then comes the violets or Johnny
jump-ups. Most Of them are blue OF
purple, but some are white or ye4o"'
They grow anywhere, but mostly along
the railroad. The sweet Williams are
Of a blue color and get their name
from their sweet fragrance. tnlnK
the blue bells are about the prettlest
flowers there is. They are light blue,
but two or three weeks ago MABEL
found some that were pink.
Their buds are pink, but when they
are in bloom their color Is blue. Inc
daisies are white and pink. There IS
one kind of flowers that when dos
som Is picked a substance like blooo
drops from it and from this 1t gets its
name, blood root. The blossoms OF the
blood roots are white. There IS
kind of a tree that in the spring 1t IS
full of buds and these are called red
buds. Then there is the pansy.
These are costly blue. Some WHO
ones have two or three velvet leaves
on them.
A Daily Junior,
Maude Skirvin, age IA.
Agency Iowa R. R. No. !,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
A MAY POLE PARTY.

Once upon time It was the 10th Of
May, some boys and girls had May
Pole party. There was IL that came.
The May Pole was very large pole
at the top there were all kinds OF
flowers and a lot of ribbon twisted
around the pole and what ever kind
the ribbons were the girl or boy had to
be dressed In the some colors, blue, red
green. brown, white, black and yellow.
Then a woman dressed all in white was
playing the banjo. They looked very
pretty dancing around the May pole.
They had taken their dinner with them.
They did not get home till 5 o'clock
and just as they got home it began to
rain very hard. Some Of them did
not get home tn time and 50 they
spoiled their suites and dresses.
From q Junior friend,
Anna Palfreyman.
Lucas, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
SPRING FLOWERS.

The name Of the spring flowers are
mostly violets, daisies. buttercups,
sweet Williams and boy breaches and
the greatest of all are lady slippers.
The violets are the first flowers to
bloom. It is very nice to 90 flower
hunting in the spring and gather wild
flowers especially just before the
month of May. When you can make
May baskets and hang at peoples
doors. On the night before May one of
my friends and I made May baskets
and took them and gave to our friend
Lora Graham who is very sick She
invited us in and We had very nice
time. Wild crab apple blossoms are
very nice to gather and put in vase,
They make the room smell so sweet.
Lucille Leazenby, age 10.
Ridgeway, Mo-, R. R. No. 8. Box 30
P. S. I would like to exchange cards
with any of the Juniors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
THE ROBIN AND THE CHICKEN.

A plump little robin flew from tree,
70 hunt for a worm, which he hap
pened to see;
4 frisKy young chicken came scramp-
ertng by,
md sa1ed at the robin with wonder
ing eye.
aid the chick, what queer looking
chicken Is that!
ks wings 20 long and its body so fat"
Mite the robin remarked loud
enough to be heard,
Dear mel an exceedingly strange
looking bird"
Can you sfng7'" robin asked, and the
t6acken said, NO"
ami. ashed In hts turn If the robin
could Cow.
30 tho bird sought the tree, and the
chicken q wall,
md each thought the other knew
nothing at all
i Grace F. Coolidge.