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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-29
Toyland

his veal we nave on dis
play on our four floors
Three Carloads of useful
presents for man. woman
and child. When we make
the statement that we have
Three Carloads you can i'm
agine the space it takes to
fill, and you will be convinc-
ed of truthfulness of QUA
statement when you visit
our store. This we want you
to do, and be convinced that
in Alexandria you have a
store that has. in stock
Something Of Almost Ey-.
erything.' Won't you Gomez.
You do not have to buy. We.
only want YOU to.look lis :
over and see for yourself.
Come and bring your
friends. Those who have
been here are especially loud
in their praise of Us. SO
come, and if you want : to
= make a purchase. we will
lay it aside for YOU.
~sers-.assE
R. E. KNIGHT & SONS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-29

Miss Alice Wilton who has beer
quite sick is improving.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-29

Little Miss Mary Walker daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Walker, Gel
ebrated her sixth birthday last We
nesday evening at the residence OF
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
.Joscrh Moore. in Duke street Miss
Mary received many useful presents.
Among the little ones present were
Katie Schoeni. Mary Schoeni, Albert
Schoni, Jr., Annie Moore. Arbury
Grimm and Katherine Dugan.
The little folks left AT Il late hour
wishing her many more happy birth
days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-29

Miss Anne Lawson Tebbs'is visiting
hit the home of Judge and Mrs. K. H
Te16s, in feesburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-29

Invitations have been received In
this city from Mrs. William Steven
son to the marriage of her daughter,
Bertha Murtland. TO Mr.. John Lloyd
Uh!er. on Tuesday evening the sin
tecnlh of December. at half-after
seven o'clock in Calvary Church.
Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. Mr.. Uh!er
is the son Of Mr. and Mrs. George
.UhlcrE,of this City.T - -,~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
Daddy's Bedtime
a.. Catching
Litde Birds
With Salt.

ACK and Evelyn were telling daddy about the pretty birds they had sssn
in the garden that morning. - H
. I'VE tried to catch one that kept hopping quite close to the door
- when Evelyn threw down crumbs" said Jack. but the bird always new
away from u.s." u..
that way. - 49,.
when was a very small hoy l was just = IS much interested IN % little
birds IS you ae. m-
lone spring there we're lot Of pretty buebrds oou ~ nouse ~
sang very prettEy. and my sister Mary and made up ~ mm@ tnas 70
would like to have one to put II a cage and keep IN tn mouse.
II spoke to grandfather about it, He laughed and said: All right 10
ach a bird you must first put salt o II its tall N IS
s. I'VE were lutte uret that he new everything. 5 % wnen 70 got nome -"
his bouse we went to the kitchen and asked mother . give us some saN
ut wa Just before supper time, and some of our tile ohu frAnos were
,opning about o the trees in the garden.
.Nary carried handful Of crumbs. We thought with these % ould coax
te birds 70 come close enough to have the salt put on their tails.
The bu.bMds were shyer. but after awhile some Of them came down 20
THAT was NV chance. and l. stole toward them - quety q ! oulo Sc
fore could get close enough % throw the salt Q = bird 1t wsui ny y mt
the nearest tree aI# .E -. 80
lyon must have scared him. Mary l complained, but I knew little Mary
had been as still is u mouse.
"They we're dreadfnly' hard to salt weret those BIRDS No matter
uuietly / cept III to them they would nuher away Just when I felt I would
certainly have n Of them.
soon all or crumbs were gone. and the birds dew away and left Il.
"Nary as ready to cry. We went in and told mother about It She
laughed AM said: #%#Maw@ =.
".pears I'm afraid grandfather was Joking. II you could get ear enough
to a little bird to put salt N it's tail it would be easy enough to eaten It. me
saltw oudnt in the least keep the bird from dying away. Besides. ! don't at
all care for birds in cages. l think they arem much nser
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
LOVE LETTERS.

Love letters are a delirious display
of temporary insanity which rise up
to haunt a man long after he has re-
gained his composure and lost his
hair. They contain a great many e
pressions of endearment which a
woman never forgets, and in some
cases it is the first and last time she
hears them.
When a man sits down to write a
love letter for the first time, he is un-
der such deep stress of emotion that
he manages to misspell about every
third or fourth word. If he writes on
unruleds paper, he will leave tracings
on the page like the restless footprints
of the setting hen. The woman who
can receive a batch Of these missfves
without firing back the engagement
ring collect deserves a better fate
than having to support a bald widower
with a relay Of indisposed sons.
The feminine love letter Is a hectic
proposition which starts off In a cool
and contained manner and winds up
with Cupid sitting on the safety valve.
A woman can write four love letters a
day and never repeat the same en-
dearing phrase twice. This is because,
as a rule, she has had forty love let
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
CHEAPER SUGAR, SAME TARIFF

CHEAPER SUGAR, SA"E Hn''I.
The Cedar Rapids Republican sin.
cerely hopes that the tar1n revlsers
will not claim the credit for the lower
price of sugar Sugar has been sell
ing around Ave cents a pound for some
time" says the Republican, instead OF
between six and seven. The reduc'
ton makes a lot of difference to the
consumers. Eighteen months ago,
when sugar went up to v cents
the pound every one laid 1t to the
tariff, and they wanted the tarin re
yised Immediately. But now we have
five cent sugar again and we are sui
operating under the same tar1ff.
.If the tariff was responsible Tor the
high prices, then why not for the low
prices now, since it is one and the
same tariff law.
"A cursory view Of the matter must
make reasonable man come to
the conclusion that there are other
causes for sugar going up and down.
"The beet sugar men are claiming
that their product is the real factor
in the present low prices. When
sugar went up there was a scarcity
Of domestic beet sugar, but as soon
as that falls crop came into the
markets, sugar went down. Last fall
there was an unprecedented yield 81
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tiers to a mans one and is therefore
literally stocked up with c%aressing
synonyms.
The most dangerous and harassing
form Of love letter is the kind which
hobs up in a breach OF promise suit
and then appears in the evening paper,
which is careful not to omit any of its
honeyed terms. This is a revolving
practice, and every man should guard
against it by calling in his old love
letters and cremating them in the
furnace. Many. a man has had to cur.
tail his honeymoon and take back q
new full dress suit because Of a few
thoughtless, cayenne pepper remarks
on scented note paper which were
never intended to be read out loud
to the jury. The only safe way to
write a love letter is to begin with
Dear Madam" and end up with
yours truly"
Women preserve their husbands
love letters with Jealous a after
first destroying several bushels of
bubbling Establishment from other
suitcrs. Men seldom keep any but
the last installment, and then tuck
these away where nobody can find
them but the children and the hired
girl.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
. MODEL CITY GOVERNMENT.

The bureau Of municipal research OF
New York has suggested to President
Wilson q plan for establishing a model
government in the city of Washington.
Il is pointed. out that there is no city
in the United. States whose organtza'
ton, program and methods may be
pointed to as a model Of administra-
ton. for others to copy For many OF
the activities Of government no model
practices have anywhere been worked
out In the United States. That there
IL a demand for practical examples OF
methods and results, the bureau says,
is shown by the fact that In three
years. q score Of cities have copied, in
part+or in its entirety, New York's re
Gently modernized accounting system.
As a first step in the execution OF
the program it is suggested that there
be made 8 survey, under the super.
vision OF the president, of the city and
the government of Washington in
every detail, to ascertain exact facts
regarding present social conditions,
present organization, methods. and
results obtained by the district gov
eminent. On the basis Of these facts
T. is declared that constructive sug-
gestions may be formulated first, for
bringing the district government UP to
best practices now followed in any
other American city, and second. for
specific experiments and tests looking
to the development of new admins
trative standards.
The plan of organization and
methods Of operation covers such
civic activities as the following: city
planning, public works, supervision OF
housing and buildings, financial meth
ods. health activities. administration
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

In connection with the revival of the
simplified spelling discussion follow.
ing the latest recommendations Of the
board on simplified spelling, the Bos-
ton Transcript recalls the words OF
the late Dean Shaler Of Harvard when
Esperanto began to ~jostle the classics
a few years age. Can You pray in
it," asked Dean Shaler. Can you
make love in it? Can you swear in
it No? HIN! Then waste no time
on it." Can any one picture an i'm.
passioned youth penning love letters
in simplif1ed spelling? the Transcript
adds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

An Investigator who made q study
of the health conditions Of the pupils
of the Minnesota country schools found
that the commonest principles OF
hygiene are frequently neglected. In
one school an old-fashioned unjacketed
stove had sent the thermometer to the
sizzling height of 80 degrees, while II
was 10 below zero out-of-doors. He
found that the people in the part OF
the country he visited do not breath
pure air, because, with abundance OF
1t all about them, they carefully ex.
clude it from their houses by keeping
the windows tightly closed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
PENNINGTON.

Carl Miller and wife have returned TO
their home In TT. Madison after . visit
at the w. D. Beatty home.
]. s. Foregrave was q recent Cnicaso
visitor.
VIM. Haines Of Wyconda. Mo-, who
was called here by the death OF his
brother N. j. Haines returned home
Tuesday.
Frank Greenlee Of Kahoka. Mo, Wis
tied Tuesday with his sister Mrs. At.
s. Owen.
Noah jenkins left Tuesday for kan
sas City where he has employment.
Mrs. Kate Hickey OF Milton visited
tuesday with her sister MrssEW.gM.
Mcintosh while enroute to Keosauquh-
Elmer Reisner who has been ~.
sistant engineer at b local electric
lirht plant for the past two years. lefe
Friday for Forest City. where he has
accepted the position Of engineer N
charge Of the electric light plant IN thss
city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

of public charities, systems OF correc'
ton. school administration, admins
tration of police, fire department ad-
m~inistration, supervision OF welgnts
and measures, organization OF 100
supplies, including q market system
civil service and public libraries.
For each of these divisions It Is sug'
gested that there be worked out
through experimentation best prac'
tices. and that there be formulated q
series of manuals describing practices
evolved. Through continuous pubic.
ity. bulletins, press stories and
through conferences with officials, the
federal government, with the city OF
washington as a laboratory, Will DC
able, It is believed, to give momentum
to the development Of efficient city
government in the United states
which can be provided in no other
way. ,s
a CRYING need for some sort OF = cleai
ing house Of information pertaining 70
city government. The problems or CITY
government are the same In every
citv vet there are endless experiments
and changes, with every new ADMIN
igtration adding to them, and the only
thing that is certain is that there WIZ
he more or less wastefulness In the
expenditure of public funds. II the
president and congress can give WASH.
inaton a real model city government
the effect in influencing local govern
ment throughout the country should be
haneficial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

DR.. George M. Chapel, director of
the Iowa weather bureau, advises
Iowans not to worry owe the exces-
sive rainfall and the attendant cool
weather this spring. Answering a
question as to whether any damage
has been done to the fruit crop of Iowa
Mr.. Chapel said: The only damage
this storm is doing is to the people
1t makes them put on a face a mile
long. This has no effect on the fruit
crop. Why, the sap has hardly started
to flow. 1t is doing good If anything.
Making lots OF moisture for the
farmers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

1t now develops that the Iowa legis.
lature might have saved itself the
trouble of passing the Oregon plan law
governing the manner Of electing
United States senator's. The ratif1ca.
ton of the amendment providing for
the direct election of senators fixes the
method by which Iowa must elect a
senator next year and the Oregon
law will be a dead letter. Candi.
dates for the senate will be nominated
at the primaries next year, and the
people will vote on the candidates for
senator, just as they nov vote for the
governor and other state officers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
~counEerSai+ Dollars

Counterfeit Dollars
buy trouble, but . genuine quarter buys
Dr.. Kings New Life Pills: for cnnotf
patton. I, alaria, headache and 1aundicA
frank B. Clark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
"Where can


and cheerful voice. Where can I
get some tobAcco?"
"Sterrett's grocery keeps the best"
said some informant back Of him.
END OF the square to the right"
much obliged" said Kent, and
strolled leisurely to his car, followed
BY Sedgwick. As they took their seats
and started slowly through the crowd.
Sedgwick inquired earnestly:
DO you crave tobacco at this partio.
ular moment wors than you do the
peace and loneliness Of the green
fields?"
policy, my young friend" retorted
Kent. ~ wish I could think up . dozen
more errands to do. The more casN-
ally We get out OF town, the less likely
we are to be followed by Q flight Of
rocks. I don't want . perfectly good
runabout spoiled by . mob"
Both OF them went into Sterretts
store, where Kent earned the reputA-
ton from Sterrett Of being "awful
dang choosy about what he GETS" and
came out into q considerable part OF
1.-The populace, which had followed. Al
they reembarked, the sheriff put his
foot on the running-board.
Better take my tip" he said sign
lincan:ly.
"very we'll" returned Kent. There
will be no arrest. then?"
mot just now"
A peculiar smile slid sidewise on :
l~corner Of the scientists long Jaw.
l"Nor at any other time" he concluded.
He threw In the clutch, leaving
Schlager with his hand In his hair
and the crowd, which might 90 easily
have become a mob. to disperse. slowly
and ~hesitantly, having lacked the in
~centive Of suggested fight on the part
OF the suspects to be spark to It's
powder. When the car had won the
open road beyond the village Sedgwick
remarked:
Queer line the sheriff is taking"
poor Schlager!" said Kent, chuck
ling. mo other line is open toshim.
He's in a tight place. But 1t isn't tho
sheriff that's worrying me"
who, them" sol
"Gansett jim"
What did the sheriff lei by asking
Gansett Jim where he was the night OF
the murder?"
MURDER said Kent quizzically.
What murder?"
| lie muTuST VI Iu6 uAAtAOW WSuu-
an, of course"
Il don't know that there was any
murder"
"Oh, well, the death OF the unknown
woman. then"
II ont know that there was any
unknown woman"
Quit It! From what you do know,
what do you think the sheriff meant"
What do you Think" a.ss
II think that Gansett Jim killed her
and is trying to turn suspicion on me-
"Humph!"
But II the sheriff knows where Can
sett Jim was at the time OF the killing,
he can't suppose me guilty. Fwonder
|if he really does believe me guilty."
III he does. he doesn't care. His
concern is quite apart from your guilt"
cts too much for me-" confessed
the artist.
And for me. That Is why l am 50.
ing back to the village"
"But I thought you were f~rightened.'
III i stayed away from everything
that alarms me" said Kent. I'D never
have q tooth filled or speak to Z wom-
an under seventy. I'm . timid soul.
Sedgwick; but don't think shall
be in any danger in Annalaka SO Sloag
as I'm alone. Here we are. Out
with you! I'll be back by evening"
L .Fa 80 ~ ya.14!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

President Wilson holds all the
worlds records for boiling down his
messages.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12

sugar, from beets, last year being q
good crop year and prices have been
falling ever SINCE"
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CHAPTER VI.

The Retreat In Order.
No one moved in the court room for
appreciate seconds after that pro-
nouncement. AS a fash-light photo
graph fixes an assemblage poised.
with eyes staring in one direction,
thus the half-breed's words had cast q
spell Of immobility over all. It was .
stiffness fraught with danger. 10
man could say in what violent form It
might break.
First to recover from the surprise
was the sheriff. you, Jim, set down."
he shouted. IF there's to be any
accusin' done hero, I'll do It."
81 do It," persisted the h~alf-breed.
Blood is on his han. l . It."
1nvoluntarily sedgwick looked at
his right hand. There was q low growl
from the crowd.
STEADY" came Kent's voice at his
elbow. Mistakes like that are Judge
Lynch's evidence"
"Whah was he the night Of the
.killin'?" cried Gansett Jim. Asst him.
Whah was he?"
Where was you, II 1t comes to
'that?" retorted the sheriff, and bit his
lip with q scowl.
At that betrayal Chester kents eye.
lids flashed up, and instantly dropped
again into somberness.
''This hearing is adjourned" tvit-
tered the medical oflcer. Burial OF
the unknown will take place at once.
All are invited" -.
"Invitation. respectfully declined"
murmured Sedgwick to Kent. Il don't
know that I'm exactly frightened; but
I think I'd breathe easier in the open
country"
well, I'm exactly frightened" re-
piled Kent in the same tone. II want
to rhn-which would probably be the
end of us. Curious things about those
handouts, isn't I'll" he went on in q
louder and easily conversational voice.
During their slow progress to the
door he kept up a running comment,
which sedgwick supported with equal
GOODNESS. The crowd, darkling and
undecided, pressed around them. As
they went through the doorway. they
were jostled by q sudden pressure,
following which Kent felt q touch on
his shoulder. He turned to face the
sheriff.
"Hetter get out OF town quick" nd.
yised Schlager In a half whisper.
Thank you." said Kent in = clear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
SIMON p. GROOT
SIMON PURE GOODS

A stout projection rested on one ~
the rear wheels. Here stood the
proprietor OF the vehicle, while behind
him in a window we're displayed his
wares. 1t wal evident that Simons.sP.
Groot followed the romantic career Of
an itinerant havker, dealing In that
wide range Of commodities roughly
comprised in the quaint term, YANKEES
notions" Before the merchandising
voice came to the new. arrivals ears
as anything more than q confused
tumble, Kent was struck with theeox-
pansive. splendor Of the mans ges-
lures, the dignity Of his robust hgure.
and the beauty Of q broad whitening
beard that spread sidewise like the
|ripples from a BOATS stem. Two blem-
ishes unhappily marred the majesty
Of Simon p. Groot's %presence; paif
Of pin-head eyes, mutually attfactedsto
each other, and a mean and stringent
little voice. Freed OF these draw.
backs, his oratory might we'll. one
could not but feel, have rolled In any
of our legislative chambers more ~.
perbly and just as Intellectually q
much OF the other oratory theretn
practised. That the Annalakans we're
truly spellbound by 1t was obvious.
Indeed. Kent wa at . loss to- under
stand the depth OF their ABSORPTION
until he had come within the scope OF
the high.piping words.
ITO be C~ontinusd.)
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CHAPTER VII.

Simon p. oroot Does Duslnsss.
To his surprise, Kent, turned Into
the village square, found the crowd
sti,l lingering. A new focus OF inter-
est had drawn It to q spot opposite
s~terrett,s store, where . wagon. deco
rated in the most advanced style aof
circus art. shonis brilliant In yellow
and green. Bright red letters across
the front presented to public admira-
ton the legend:
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-16
MANY BIRDS KILLED
IN RECENT STORM
Game Commissioner Tells Of e.
forts to Save Quail and
PheaSants.
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Denver, Dec. 16-State Game War
den James Shinn today shipped
three cases (3OO,00O) eyed brook
trout eggs to the hatchery at Buena
vista. where they will be Matched and
distributed in the Arkansas river
In early spring. The trout will be
planted In this stream beginning at
Buena Vista and extending as far
east as Canon City. The distribution
would be extended further down the
river. but the warm and muddy con-
dition OF the water in the spring
will preclude such action on the part
OF the commissioner.
Under instructions of Commission
er Shinn every game warden was in
structed to scatter wheat along all
railroads running out of Denver from
the rear of trains since the recent
snowstorms. The grain was thrown
on all places where the snow had
been removed. and the results were
quite satisfactory, said Commissioner
Shinn. This action was taken to
feed both pheasants and quail. The
severe weather of the past ten days
has caused many of these birds to
die from starvation, but this humane
act of the state game commissioner
Will be the means of keeping many
of them from dying.
Reports received here indicate
that hundreds of pheasants and quail
have persisted.
Many interesting incidents. as af-
termath of the recent snow storm,
are coming TO light. Buried under
four feet of snow two lambs we're
found alive by Mike Vessel near
Windsor. They showed no i'll eff
fects of their four-days' burial in the
drifts.
Snowshoes and skis were used by
farmers to carry provisions from
Gilerest to their homes. Many fam
lilies were caught with limited sup
plies. Skis also are being used by
farmers around Platteville and Fort |
Lupton as the only means of travei
since the snow came.
A drove of antelope, driven from
the plains by the deep snow, and al |
most famished. wandered within half |
4 mile of Greeley in search of some
thing to eat. They are still around |
the feed pens of farmers.