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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
ENTHUSIASM

Enthusiasm tramples over prejudice and opposition
spurns naction storms the citadel Of it's object and
like avalanche overwhems and engulfs all obstacles
1t is nothing less than faith in action Faith
and initiative rightly combined removed mountainous
barriers and achieved the unheard of and miraculous
Set the germ of enthusiasm afoat in your plant in your
office your farm; carry it in your attitude and
manner it spreads like contagon and influences every
fiber of your industry before you realize it, it begets
and inspires effects you did not dream Of; it means
increase in production and decrease in COSTS it means
joy and pleasure and satisfaction to your workers. it
life real and virile it spontaneous bed
rock resuts-the vital things that pay dividends
Henry Chester.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
Ponderous Personages
By GEORGE FITCH
Author of AT Good Old Siwash"
BY GEORGE FITCH
X A L A M A z @ O

& Kalamazoo Ia like New York and
London and Chicago and Shanghai and
St. Petersburg in one important re-
spect. There is only one OF It.
The man who invented Kalamazoos
name didn't patent it but he was safe
enough. No one has stolen it. For
seventy-fve years Kalamazoo has
struggled along and never has any
ambitious young city annoyed 1t by
calling itself New Kalamazoo or
"Kalamazooville'' or Kalamazoo Cen
ter"
Thousands of people who don't know
whether Kalamazoo is breakfast food
or new kind of disease have muir
INJURED its name lovingly and have TAX
eli it home to try it on their pianolas.
Everybody is familiar with Kalamazoo
but few know whether it is an insti-
tuition or is played like piccolo.
AS matter Of fact, Kalamazoo is
one of Michigan's best known cities
and is not otherwise peculiar. 1t be-
gan life as Bronson" in the early
thirties and in a few years had become
large and strong enough to bear Its
present name. At once the city be-
came famous. Today travellers who
pass through Jackson, Grand Rapids
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

and other Michigan metropoli without
coming up out Of their magazines to
breathe, poke their heads eagerly out
Of the car window when kalamazoo"
is called and exclaim eagerly: Dear
me. Here's Kalamazoo. Let us see II
it looks like it,
Kalamazoo has $4,000 people, most
of whom manufacture for living and
the rest of whom sell celery Raising
celery is the favorite diversion of the
farmers around Kalamazoo. II it were
not for Kalamazoo the banqueters Of
the land would have to 60 hungry un-
til the first course is served.
Kalamazoo has an insane asylum
/; habited chiefly by actors who have
tried to get up new Jokes on 1t and
also large variety of colleges drawn
hither by the exceptional facilities for
a college yell which the city's name
affords It Is situated in Kalamazoo
county on the banks of the Kalamazoo
river and its principal paper Is the
famous kalamazoo, gazoo, gazoo,
Gazette"
|, Quiet and unnoticed towns should
consider Kalamazoo and get little
rag time in their names. 1t is the
cheapest known form of advertise.
ing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
WHAT WOMEN DRESS FOR.

A Kansas City Judge, deciding that
there is nothing immoral in the slit
skirt" says: "The women Of today
have only one idea in view-to dress
in a manner that appeals to men,"
and he adds, "Well, hasn't it always
been SOP"
The judge may be learned in the.
law but he knows little about feminine
human nature. Womens least consid-
Grafton about her clothes is whether
they will please husband or brother
or even lover. Women dress primar-
lily to excite the envy Of their own sex.
It is true that when Jezebel painted
her face and tied up her head and look
ed out at window" it was to lure
man, and certain women have always
at times dressed with that object. But
that is the Interior motive. The direct
purpose. the all-compelling animus Of
women's clothes, is to spite other wom-
en- They treat as negible mans
opinion of what they wear, well know
ing that in his Grass ignorance Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

Commenting on the effect of the
drought on the country's crops the
Des Moines Capital says:
To Iowa people there will be cause
for special rejoicing upon the splendid
showing that is made in their own
state. Missouri on the south shows a
loss Of 20 per cent with crop being
Al per cent of normal. Kansas will
gather only 10 per cent of normal
crop. Illinois has condition of 81
per cent which is loss Of 10 per cent
while Iowa stands rs per cent Of nor
NAL with loss OF per cent.
In the northern half of Iowa the corn
crop is reported in splendid condition
and it is expected that the hnaI har-
vest will still further emphasize the
fact that Iowa is vindicating all OF her
familiar traditions as greatly favor
ed state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
NEED OF GOOD PACKING.

A prolific cause of complaint In Cen.
trail America, and one of the main ar
guments advanced against buying from
houses in the United States, Is the
lack OF care for detail manifested by
many firms in packing goods destined
for that region.
There Is not country, from British
Honduras to Colombia, where, COM
plants can not be heard; nor, are they
confined to any particular variety OF
goods. Only the proximity of the
United States, combined with the fact
that houses there can considerably
undersell European dealers, holds the
business. Dealers frankly state that
they give preference to European
goods whenever possible solely on &C
count Of the manner in which they are
packed.
A business man of one Of the Gulf
ports who is preparing to enter the
Central American export trade was ad-
vised OF the general complaint about
packing. His answer Is typical of the
view of many.
THAT is all fad and foolishness."
he declared. Those folks down there
have Just been spoiled by the fancy
frills the English and Germans put on.
Labor Is cheap in those countries, and
exporters can spend their time tinker
ing up their shipments. We can't"
With which conclusion he dismissed
the subject as of no great Importance.
Can It be said that his view is the av-
erage one, and his attitude about that
Of the generality Of business men who
wish to 60 into the export trade, or
who are in it and are not satisfied with
the results attained?
That business man did not know
whereof he spoke. He assumed If the
goods could be got aboard ship and
tho packing held together until they
were unloaded at the destined port
without any great amount of smashing
or breakage that ought to satisfy any
ordinary man, even if he did happen
to be a Central American and some
what particular on small points.
Packing is most intimately associat-
ed with the business of Central Ameri-
ca, and q firsthand study will convince
the most opinionated OF the necessity
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
rHE CURRENCY Blu.

Commenting on the currency bill
fostered by the Wilson administration
and apparently following in the trail
of the tariff bill which the democrats
have forced through congress, the Phil
adelphia Public Ledger says:
at IL high time the people should
realize ne perils of hasty action BY
congress- on the bank bill. When SEN
ator Owen himself, one Of It's authors,
confessed ignorance as to the prov1-
sions Of certain sections, who shall de-
fend the follies of such dog-day legls-
lation?
Every discussion of the question
before the committees of congress en-
phasizes the lack of thorough know
ledge. Yets this most vital piece OF
legislation in many years is labeled
for swift passage, before the country
has even had time to comprehend it's
revolutionary character.
IF enacted in its present shape the
new law would surely drive out OF
business great IA any Sf the more
than 1000 national banks. This In It,
SET is sufficient reason for weighing
thoroughly some Of the more obnox-
ious features OF the measure as 1t
stands today.
1T Is a mistake to assume that the
bankers are antagonistic to currency
legislation. On the contrary. they ap-
prove a very large part of the Owen
Glass bin just as it is, but there are
features of 1t which they combat and
about which there should be the full
lest discussion.
whether or not Secretary Bryan
had any hand in drafting the bill we
shall not pretend to intimate. but it
is certain that in clinging ft,tenacious-
" to. the plan of goveHlment-made
money, Mr.. ,Bryan:s wellknown theo-
ries are preserved in the Owens-Glass
bill.
There can be no possible gain from
a too-hasty passage of the bill, but a
possible heavy loss. Reasonable de-
lay, SO that not only the bankers, but
all other classes may become acquain-
ed with It's details, can bring no
harm!
"It is better, as Thomas B. Reed,
said, to be safe than sorry.p
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

for better methods Of preparing goods
destined for its ports. First class pack
ing makes satisfied customer who is
really willing to pay more for goods
that he knows will arrive as he wants
them; it will increase the business OF
the Arm devoting care to this feature,
eliminate complaints and damage
claims, and tend in every way toward
satisfactory dealings. u. S. Daily
Consular Reports.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

In accordance with The Courier pol
icy Of giving It's readers the best, we
have secured the exclusive use of the
uproariously funny, daily comic entitl-
ed and the Worst Is Yet to Come"
This comic is the work of Mr.. G. H.,
Wellington of New York, one Of the
ablest comic artists in America and a
contributor to such humorous publica-
lions as, Life. Judge, Puck, ETC., etc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

Things don't turn up In this
world until somebody turns them
up. Experience teaches that It 10
tho men and women who pay at
tentIon to small savings that be-
come wealthy. BY saving niek'es
and dimes, a thrifty person lays
the foundation for fortune
James A. Garfield.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

dressmaker's art he often thinks wo-
men dressed at their best when they
have nothing on at ala mere duck
skirt and shirt waist.-New York
World.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

Without frugaIity few can be-
come rich and with 1t few would
become poor-Samuel johnson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

TIE COURIER is member OF tho
American Newspaper Publishers As
soc:ation, which includes the leadlns
newspapers Of the country and receives
The full leased wire report OF the A.
eociated Press. and the feature pnoto.
eraph service Of the North Americas
Press Syndicate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16

lCOAA66 SCI away Will yOOs Vubtl ~
cause you've liking for that widow
in the case"
"Nor" inquired Rosalie.
But that sarcastic word whipped
some raw nerve lin Inspector MCGEE.
"All right" he grumbled. "But -
ing on the outside looking in 10 .
queer place for chief OF detectives"
| Resale only laughed.
I'D like to have you inside, Martin
McGee. but I've got only myself to
blame II this fizzies!"
They walked while In silence:
then Resale stopped
That's all arranged then. We'd
better be gettingk back. I'll take q
cross-town car. We shouldn't be seen
together in the middle Of the city
Say" said MCGEE as they turned,
why don't you ever let me see you be
tween times? Course you must keep
away from me now, but after this thing
is settled, want you to come out to
lunch and dinner. We might as well
be friendly"
After this thing is settled oh,
you're cop after ALL" said Resale.
before MCGEE could unravel thes cryp-
! tic, she resumed
I Haven't you ever thought what
we're doin'-we two, gadding about
talkin' of lunch and dinners? You've
been cop too long, guess. had q
sittin' with myself last night. II We
succeed-if you make a good case OF
1t, an IL l git what I'm after-some-
body goes to the chair. That's what
were dom. You don't think Of 1T
You're man an cop. But do.
Not enough to make you stop ~ In.
Iquired MCGEE, regarding her mar
lrowly.
ITO be Continued.l
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03
| SAW THE FORM OF A

| might see the man on the seat! Just
for a-the machine started slowly. I
Eaw the driver was my man. rushed
forward. l raised a hand and stopped
the machine. I leaped to the door,
opened it, beckoned over my shoulder
and hurried in, to plump forgetfully
into the lap of my old friend Tom, the
patrolman.
"The man in the roadway seemed to
hesitate. leaned forward and called
to him in an excited whisper:
"'For Gods sake, come on! They're
after us!'
"He hurried forward and fingered at
the door of the machine.
"'Did you get it?' he asked.
"'The cash? Yes, get in
"'Drive to the Englewood station!
came the terse order. Then, as he
climbed in, he whispered: Well have
to make a change in here. I've got
wig in my pocket. I'm going to put it
on, and I want your clothes to go with
it. I think l can get past in the sta
ton that way and get the 1920 out.
You go back home then and get into
some other clothes and come on the
ext train. You'll have to be real
man for awhile tonight, Marie he
joked. l smiled in the darkness.
"'Now for the change I said.
II drew hurriedly back as Tom Nal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03

to tell" Tommy reminded him, stll
holding behind his back the basket
the Hollyhock Woman had given hims
1T is this: Here are a dozen Of
wild grape vines with good roots.
in this bundle. This is a list Of
places where l think they will dc
we'll and become ornamental along
the street fences. This first gentle
man on the list will be pleased when
he sees wild grape vines running
along his fence, SO plant his with
care, but do not let him see you do it.
Then you will be a real Travellers
Joy and a missionary of flowers"
This admonition was too much for
the boys sense of humOr The
fatherly manner of the Primrose Man
held him mannerly until the speaker
came to his period Then boy conduct
would have it's way. He grasped the
bundle of wild grape vines and went
shouting down the street, running and
laughing wildly.
The Hollyhock Woman pretended
that it was by accident that the Prim-
rose Man had stopped to talk to Tom
my at her gate, and so she turned and
went up the steps toward the house
door. Doing good deeds by way OF
planting flowers was a fancy of her
own, and she did not care to discuss
it with anyone.
"Are you going to leave me out in
the dark and the cold? A November
evening, if clear, is still frosty" said
he, shivering as he spoke. II must
talk over our window gardens with
you, and have two or three fine cata-'
logues here"
Fear the Greeks bearing gifts"
she said. How would meat pie and
cup of coffee do with flower TALK"
1T is the way of a woman, but you
shall have it," he replied, coming in.
you know we must have flower cheer
for dark days"
LENA MAY McAUlEY.
Copyright, 1912. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03
Shipyards Kept Busy.

The shipyards of the leading com
mercial nations of the world are still
very busy, notwithstanding the large
additions recently made to the avail.
able tonnage of the merchant marine
of Europe and America. Last years
losses were uncommonly heavy, head
ed, of course, by the Titanic disaster
and there is a record-breaking volume,
of traffic by sea in all parts of the civ
ilized world. The approaching open
ing of the Panama canal has an i'm
portant effect upon the demand To-
new vessels of large tonnage and hlgf
power.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03
FINDING REAL JOY
IN YOUR GARDEN

"Who dares' be downcast when he is
spring? Little boy, don't wrinkle up
your face as you sit on the fence and
watch me. Be cheerful; what if you
did misspell word! If you study it
tonight, you will get it correctly to-
morrow. The reason l plant young
primroses in a row and cover them
with leaves, and why l spend all my
pocket money for daffodils in the fall,
is because l want flowers as soon as
the snow melts in the new year. All
winter leng, whenever l look out Of
this window ON the brown earth, I
think of the flowers sleeping under
it,
The Hollyhock Woman pulled off
her gardening gloves as she finished
talking and nodded brightly to the
scowling boy on the fence post. He
had jeered at her for working in the
earth when the dull November days
had come. Now he watched her go
into the house and come out with a
plate of cookies. That in itself was
a bait to draw good humor to the
face of any boy.
Sure, I'll rake the grass for you.
I'll haul a lot O. dried leaves from
the woods to scatter over everything.
I'll get some brush to prop over the
rose bushes and the hardy hydrangea.
My, but that's pretty bush with the
dry flowers still hanging on"
The Hollyhock Woman agreed that
his intentions were good.
Let me tell you a secret, Tommy.
The folks around here do not get half
the delights out of their gardens that
they ought to. Just think of it-you
are helping creation along. Nobody
can make a flower, but we can help
one grow; we can lend hand to it"
"You talk about flowers as if they
were real persons" commented Tom
my as he began to help by sorting
the bulbs she took from basket full
on the porch Nov, when l begin
to look at them l say to myself,
Hello, Mr. Tulip, you're waiting for
q chance to put your red head out
These are the red Darwins that look
like soldiers in a row, amt they? l
remember them. They come later
than the others. Hello, Lady Mar
cissus, you want to nod to the rob
ms Yes, l read Narcissus was
boy, but the Narcissus in the grass
always make me think OF girls. BE
patient, Snowdrop; your turn is COM
ing in April Don't you wonder where.
the hyacinths keep their sweet.
smells?"
The Hollyhock Woman smiled, for.
she knew she had won faithful
helper. The fair days of November
were always busy ones. She had to-
Danish the faded plants and ragged
vines of summer and fall from her
garden, and besides going over the
bulb beds of last year, to set fresh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03

crashing blow or two and the old door
yielded. | lighted match as | went
inside. Far in one corner, almost GOV
cred with dust shav:ngs and debris
was the old meter box. l sprang for
1t, dug away the coverings with my
hands. and excitedly reached inside. A
roll of something touched my hand.
gave a cry and brought it forward,
Money. I reached again and found
flat package of bills. And then, re
sardless of the man with me who stood
Cren eyed, lighting matches, sat or
the dirty floor and began counting
money. And it was not long before
the choking sensation in my throat
had resolved itself into tears that
filed my eyes. Every one of those
bills was silver certificate. There
was not yellowback in the bunch
Out of the $4,000 he had stolen
there was less than 5000 left And that
Is all that was ever recovered, for that
Is all that existed"
But them" | said as Miss Clement
finished her story, 'it was something
to catch the embeZzler."
yes" she added a bit sadly, yes
it was something it wasn't the
thirty thousand dollars. I wish that
orchestra would start pretty soon
Have you heard that new song from
The Modern Ever"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03
Oldest Ancestor of Horse.

The American Museum of Natura
History reports that it has found tn
skeleton of the oldest ancestor of !
horse in a bank of earth in Wyoming
The skeleton shows the original mus
have been about the size of fox ten
rier dog and mad four toes,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
WOMEN DO NOT REST ENOUGH
The Busy Housewife Needs Few Minutes Of Relax
alton During Even Her Busiest Day - To Rest
Completely for Only Sixty Seconds Is Gain.

spend five or ten minutes in the middle of
each day would enable many worn and
weary houseworker 10 accomplish more.
with less fatigue than Is otherwise pos
sibie. The foregoing suggestion is so re-
mote from what many an industrious
woman considers her DUTY to her fam
ily' as 10 seem 10 her like theoretical
nonsense. Nevertheless. IL is body and
brain saving. good. common sense. Duty
10 ones self should lead women 10 take
measures for saving health and strength
while there is still fund to draw upon
Rest periods OF fifteen minutes at in
tervals during the day are much TO be
desired in the housekeeper's programme
and they should be taken before she has
become so weary that fifteen minutes do
not seem 10 count. hard working pro-
fessional man was asked how often he
rested. He replied. as often as he had ff-
teen minutes to spare. Women do not
st often enough before they are utterly
exhausted Sometimes IL seems easier to
continue working than 10 stop. because
the first experiences in resting are most
uncomfortable; one breads the let-down
after utter exhaustion. Moreover, young
housekeepers full of life and energy are
tempted to work beyond their strength
without planning for the reserve neces-
sary for later years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
CALL WOMEN SMUGGLERS
Don't Think 1t Wrong, Say Gem
Dealers. OppOsing High Tariff.

The tariff committee OF the ASSOCIATION
Of dealers in diamonds and precious stones
sent on, a statement yesterday protesting
against the proposed Increase OF the duty
on precious stones. The dealers maintain
that a higher duty does not increase the
revenue. but simply encourages Snug
Cling.
The committee quotes figures to show
that the duties collected fell of in 1895
when the rate was increased. Women
fare badly at the hands Of the importers
committee. for its statement says Of them.
They are naturally free traders and
bargain hunters. and experience shows
that the average woman. having no re-
spect for a statute that intcrferes with
what to her is an inalienable right 10 buy
where she will, has no conscientious scru-
pies whatever against the practice Of
smuggling. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
LANDRITH HEADS Y. M. c. A.
Elected President of Organiza-
ton at Convention.

Cincinnati MAY 1.-THE two thousand
or more delegates 10 the thirty-eighth
annual convention Of the Y NJ. &. \.
elected these officers:
President. Dr. Ira Landrith. Tennessee
vice presidents. D. T.. Meacham, Cincin-
nati: Gerald Birke. Canada: s. W. Aver.
New Jersey. Burke Baker, Texas: James
f.. Brown. Alabama; \. u. Driscoll. Min
nesota: f.. y. Moster. Iowa; Fred Fuller
Rhode Island: r. NJ Haas, Indiana
william f. Sweet. Colorado. and w.
Woods White. Georgia; secretary. J. w.
Parker, Illinois; assistant secretaries. c.
*. Brown, Ohio; 4. r. Squiers, Missouri
and H. L. Haddock. Canada.
The value Of the associations property
mas grown from sos, 800. 900 to ISL 500 900
I'm the last ten years: the membership
from 223224 10 900 000: the number OF
employed officers from LA 10 $500, and
the tuition receipts from $4,000 TO
SG2S 600