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CHARLTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Travis of Corydon
came for visit in Whitebreast town
ship at the home Of her grandfather
J. W. Mauk. ..'
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Peck of Abba re-
turned home last evening after a few
days visit in Benton township with his
brother Joy Peck who recently under
whose condition is now greatly improv-
3D.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.. Mace and Mrs.
VIM. Keller and little son returned
from a few days visit in Russell at the
home of Mrs. E. c. Lewis who is a
sister of the ladies.
Mrs. S. Spicer of Ridgeway, Mo-, Wis
tied in this city. guest Of Mrs. Anna
Wright.
Mrs. H. w. Gittinger visited in Abba
with her daughter Grace who is teach
in school there.
Mrs. W. H. Snedaker and daughter
Mrs. Fred H. Larimer and baby, and
Miss Oma Snedaker went to Lucas last
evening to spend few days at the
home Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Lemuel Finley of Cedar township
has returned from a trip to South Da-
kota
Miss Lizzie Tickle of whitebreast
township has returned home after a
two months visit in Centerville with
her sister. #
A. G. Sutherland and family have
moved to Charlton from Lincoln town
ship and their son Herman, who was
married recently to Miss Mabel An
derson Of Ottumwa, will occupy the old
home place
Mrs. John Smith and children of Ok
lahoma who had been visiting at the
home of her brother in-law Frank
Savacool and other relatives, left for
Humeston. where her husband has 10
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BLOOMFIELD.

John Caswell and wife have return
ed from wyoming where they spent the
summer, both greatly improved by
their sojourn In the west.
Mrs. E. c. Berry, Miss Lucy Mills
and Mrs. Sam Coy spent Monday shop
ping in Ottumwa.
Morrison Mccormick il very sick at
his home near Belknap.
stiles Putnam Is very i'll at the home
of his son Pete at Belknap with
Brtght's disease.
Mrs. C. D. Fortune entertained the
Twentieth Century club Saturday
eveng. A program was given and
luncheon was served.
Mrs. Jennie Saunders has taken
possession of the Commercial hotel and
B. F. Campbell and wife, late owners
and managers, have returned to their
old home in Kearney Nebr. Il
L. w. Dodds, district deputy grand
master Of the Odd Fellows was in the
City Saturday on official business.
Mrs. Alice Phillips Of Milton was "a
the city on her way to Drakesville.
Judge 10 Hall Of Moberly was In the
city Monday on his way to KeosauQua
to attend court.
At the meeting Monday Of the Mu-
tual Telephone Co. directors OF Davis
county S. s. Stanley was elected ptesi-
dent, Evan Evans vice president. Will
Wiseman secretary and G. .. Fortune
treasurer. Evan Evans and r. D. Sulli-
van wereschosen as the executive COM
mittee.
The revival at the Christian church
Is progressing nicely. Five additions
to the church were made SUNDAY night
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walk by his side, he spoke Of these
things, as il it had been visible.
Strange actions, strange thoughts for
the president Of the Kosmos Chemi-
cal Company, the great antagonist Of
Loree OF the Solar Selling Company,
the David to Loree's Goliath, the
swordfish to the colonel's whale!
Think, however, Of David, with all the
stones spent against the giants buck
Ter, and covering within the lethal
reach of that spear like weaver's
BEAM; or of the swordfsh, with
broken weapon. hunted to the utter
most black depths by the oncoming
silent yawning destruction. And in
Van Dorn's case, the enemy was an
avenger as we'll as a natural foe.
Poor little Kosmos Chemical Com.
pany with it's big name, it's great de-
posts of "a prime commercial neces-
sity"--see prospectus-its dependence
on railways with which Loree was on
terms, of which Van Dorm never
dreamed, it's old and willy foe, skilled
to snatch victory from the jaws Of de-
feat, raging for the loss of his eve
lamb, whom, notwithstanding his gi-
antship, he had loved for twenty years
to Dorn's two. and had dreamed
dreams and committed crimes for!
Not very strange, after all, perhaps,
that the man went on muttering SOM
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enthusiastically. They say that one
gripped in the lions mouth is numb
and filled with delusions.
Suddenly, putting life into the dead
scene, bounding form came into
view past thicket-a noble buck
with many pointed antlers, moving
with great deliberate leaps among the
giants spillikns. The delicate glossy
hoofs, the slender brattle limbs and
horns, fragile as china, seemed court
ing destruction in these terrible en-
tanglements. Yet the beautiful ami
NAL, as if by some magic deviation,
rose lightly from perlous crevice
between two logs, turned smoothly in
mid-leap. struck the four pipe-stem
limbs into the only safe landing-place
shot thence with arrowy spring be-
tween bayonet-like branches to anoth
er foothold, and so on and on, every
rod of progress miracle.
He stepped, snuff1ng the air. In
stinctively the hunter leveled his
orifle; and then came into view the
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kEOSAUQUA.

Mrs. McGrew Of Fairfield is spending
part of the winter with her daughter
Mrs. w. G. Donaho.
Jacob Smith of Nebraska visited his
mother Mrs. Jno Smith and other rela-
tives the last of the week.
Miss Florence St. John returned on
Friday from Sedalia, Mo-, where she
had been visiting her sister Mrs. Hol-
bert and family
Henry Marriott sold his restaurant
to Mr.. Weisgarber who took possession
at once. Mr. Weisgarber was formerly
in the bakery business here.
The I. o. 0. F. lodge No have in
stalled the following officers: A. f.
Jennison, N. G.; NJ. H. DeHart, v. G.. !:
F. A. Pearson, recording secretary;
Chas. Henry, financial secretary; w. A.
Craig, treasurer Joseph Schrecken-
ghost, warden; Jacob Starr conductor;
A. G. Cornell, chaplain.
George Kittle was confined to the
county Jail Saturday for drunkenness
and he was sentenced to Knoxville for
three years His wife asked for parole
which was granted during good be-
havior.
Mrs Anna Linsey who has been i'll
for some time at the home Of her sis
ter w. M. Walker, has been decidedly
worse the past few days.
Mrs. George Seigle of Bonaparte
spent Monday with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Holbert.
Miss Clara Harrison has returned
from Peoria, ILL.,, where she has been
for some time visiting relatives.
Mrs. r. r. McBeth was in Ottumwa
Monday.
) dye Hunter cleared from the
docket many of the less important
cases last week. Monday the Metz Saar
case which was to have come to trial
was returned to the grand jury which
will meet again Monday, having adj
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BELKNAP.

George Clayton has succeeded Roy
II. Cole as signal maintainer east from
Belknap and he and Mrs. Clayton have
taken rooms at the hotel.
Mrs. T. H. Brewster and daughter
Ethel expect to leave this week for
Lake View to spend the rest of the win
ter at the home of the formers brother
John Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Painter of Smith
shire. Ill.,, were guests last week Of Mr.
Painters brother J. B. Painter and
wife, leaving Monday for their home
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Painter were mar
red the day before New Years and
mad this their wedding trip.
Mrs. Elmyra Morris who is spending
the winter at Moulton arrived here on
Monday. ~
I. Ware and daughter Elizabeth OF
Eldon We're guests Friday at the
Walter WoOlwine home.
Calvin Mum Ind family shipped
their household goods to Ashland
Kansas last week, where they expect
to make their future home.
William Dodd is quite i'll with the
grip.
George Bishop of Bloomfield was
called here last week to nurse J. M
Mccormick who was quite i'll.
Mrs. Olivia Toole and son Bernard OF
Ottumwa were called here last week by
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ed; but he did not see him pause
when out of sight of camp, and turn
toward the lake.
81 would rather it Were any one
else" said Van Dorm. as If to some
thing that walked by his side; "but
what difference does it make? Why
not let him finish his work."
The sheer difficulty of the country
br-ught back to Van Dorm something
like the forester's alertness. The lust
for lumber had ravaged the spiry for
est, and left, inextricably tangled. the
wrecks of the noble trees-forest
maidens whose beauty had been their
destruction; only the crooked and
ugly having escaped. So deep and COM
pick was the wreckage that it seemed
like the spilikins of a giants game Of
jack-straws-gnarled logs, limbs like
chevauX-de-frise, saplings and under
brush growing up through chaos.
And spread over AM sifted through all
was the snow, as light as down.
Van Dorm must have told the. truth
as to his former visits; for he went
on like one used to this terrible
maze. Nowhere could he take three
steps straight forward; it was always
climbing up, or leaping down, or going
around, or crawling under. Here thick
leaves upheld the snow, and in the
dry pine straw on the ground he could
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PENNINGTON.

Mrs. M. f. Reynolds and daughters
Beth and Lenore who have been visit
ing Mrs. Reynolds parents G.. w. Sher-
rick and wife, returned Saturday to
their home at Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Belle Brown returned Saturday
to her home at Holly, Colo, after a
visit with her mother Mrs. Abigail Nc
Herman. T .. a
The two year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
o. D. Greenhouse was taken to Iowa
CITY Thursday evening where he will
receive the Pasteur treatment. The
child was bitten by dog Dec 81 and
short time afterward the animal act
ed strangely and was killed. The head
was sent to the state authorities for
examination and was found to have
suffered from hydrophobia.
Miss Helen Corns accompanied her
sister Mrs. II. G. Beeson to her home
in Marshalltown for an extended visit
Born, Jan. 8, to Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Van Zant, daughter.
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Dodd.
w. A. Carnal was a business visitor
at Glenwood, Mo-, Saturday and Sun
day.
Several from here attended the pie
social at the Ham school house Friday
evening. 49,.
w. Fl. Myers and son Hershel of
Heron Lake, Mimi, were guests last
week Of the formers brother G. G.
Myers and family and his mother Mrs
Margaret Myers and daughter Flora.
Mrs. w. Z. Louderback was a bust
ness visitor in Ottumwa Friday
Mrs. Anne Pennock and son Nelson
of LIE Clair are guests of Mrs. Mar
garet Myers and daughter Flora and
G. G. Myers and family. -
Stiles Putnam is still on the sick
list.
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Gated and where they expect to re-
side.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Miller of Cambria
returned home after a brief visit with
her mother Mrs. n. J. Chapman and
sister Mrs. Fannie Steele.
Mrs. Henry Martindale of Leon,
formerly of this city, was greeting her
friends here yesterday while on her
way to Oakley to visit her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Foster
Frank Cannon was business visitor
in Derby Monday.
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journed Saturday. IT,,
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. /
Manning has been very i'll for the
past few days.
w. A.. Work CT Ottumwa, J. P. Starr
Of Fairfield and Floyd Hutton are
among the out Of town attorneys who
are attending court here.
County Superintendent Elizabeth
Merrideth had the misfortune to fall
on the icy walk Monday night and
break her arm. .. ... .@ e.
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his first visit here in sixteen years.
Jack Herstein Of Cass county,
former resident of this vicinity is here
for visit with relatives.
LEM Bros, who have farmed in
Pleasant township for several years
have rented the Kreikenbaum farm
near Sharon and will move about
March l.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Schroed-
err Sunday Jan IL, son.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
The eDkUGHTERof Of
DAVID KERR .,e
5y Harry Kin5 1ootle
Illustrations 1y H1y &l7=es
svNoPoIs.
er A.cr1ecLuRc s. CO.. fsss

Gloria Kerr. motherles girl. who has
spent most of her life in school. arrives
a. her fathers home in Belmont. David
Kerr is the political boss of the town.
ana Is anxious to prevent his daughter
learning of his real character. Kendall,
representing the Chicago packers. Is
gouating with Judge Gilbert. Kerr's chief
ADVISER, for valuable franchise. They
Tear the opposition of Joe Wright, editor
OF the reform paper. Kerr asks the
sstance Of Judge Gilbert in introducing
TO help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft.
Gloria meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts.
1t appears they intimate terms.
having met previously in a touring party
In Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to
stav with them pending the refurnshing
OF the X err home. Wright begins his fight
against the proposed franchise In the col
umns of his paper. the Belmont News.
cry influence to hamper Wright in the
publication OF his paper. Gloria realizes
she is not being received by the best So
ciety and is unhappy. She takes up set
tlemens work. Kerr and his lieutenants
decide TO buy Kerrs paper and ask the
editor to meet them at Gilberts office.
Calling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do
nation Gloria meets Wright He proposes
and is accepted while waiting to be called
into the conference. Wright refus IS to
sell his paper and declares he will fight to
a finish. The Belmont News appears with
n bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
Wright a coward and refuses to listen to
any explanation from him. Broken heart
ed Gloria decides to plunge more deeply
into settlement work. She calls on sick
girl of the underworld. named Ella.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
PASSED THE PLATE.

1t was a street car conductors duties
In the church of which he was a mem
ber to take up the collections one
day; and. as 1t happened. his first ex-
perience of such duties. He was q
little nervous as he started down the
center aisle. but that soon wore of.
and he began to feel almost at home.
There were sevral children in the
first pew. Each put in a penny. The
people in the next pew also contrib
uted something each.
A big. glum fellow sat alone in the
third pew. The new collector passed
him the plate. but the man shook his
head and stuck his hands deep into
his pockets.
Thereupon our friend the conductor
stopped. put up his hand as If to jerk
the bell cord, and said
We'll, you'll have to get ofr."-Na-
tional Monthly.
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But it was not Mrs. Hayes, for Gloria
could hear the heavy tread ascending
to the floor above.
Little Ella was- restless and roll>
and tossed in her sleep. The daughter
OF David Kerr looked with pity upon
her. Her discipline was too new. her
spirit was still too untamed for her to
understand fully the kinship of the
human race. Although she recognized
that she was herself without the caste
she thought was hers. she had not
come to know that on the last great
day there would be only the judgment
of the just and the unjust, not of the
high and the low, of the rich and the
poor, of the wise and the ignorant, of
the master and the servant.
Poor girl" mumured Gloria. you
shall see that i do understand"
There was also much which she
could learn from this bit of flotsam
east up by an unkind sea upon a cheer
less shore. Seeing that Little Ella
was not sleeping soundly, her desire
to kE:'w more got tho better of her
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20

she cried with a contempt that wrung
her heart. David Kerr. the king OF
underhand manipulators! David Kerr,
the man these wretched women look
to for protection-and pay him for It!
This new thought was a poisoned
arrow that sank into her heart. AS
she dwelt upon it her eyes fell upon
her handsome tailored coat and her
beautiful hat she had laid aside.
And with the money these unhappy
creatures pay. he-he-God in Heaven!
Where did the money come from fos
these clothes l wear? What shall
do? All these years. and l never
knew"
Where the money came from to pay
for her handsome clothes wracked her
as poignantly as would a great phys
ical pain. Her thoughts we're incoher-
ent, skipping from one horrid phase
of the situation to another. Though
they were disconnected, they were not
vague. Each was ruthless view OF
her deplorable position.
Why did he let me come home
How can l bear to have anyone look
at me on the street? l can hear them
now saying. That's she. the boss
daughter. See her fine clothes. We
know where the money came from to
buy them And l. like leper. must
ever cry. 'Unclean. unclean. and see
those whom l would love fee ever
on before me-"
This made her think again OF Joe
Wright Surely he had loved her be-
,n k-,, rxrinh nd
marry her. the daughter OF such
man.
Joe, poor old Joe, how he has suf-
fered because of me-" She had chosen
in her blindness not to listen to him
and now he was gone forever. She
had obeyed the dictation of pride and
stifled the prompting Of love. and now
her punishment seemed greater Than
she could bear He did love me. He
knew, and still loved me. And l drove
him away Well. 1t was better SO: but
he did not love me-once. It's better
so-for him.
1t was now a far more grievous pros
pect than that of the long years which
had confronted her when she had real
lied the previous day how solitary was
to be her way. Then she had had po
sition, power, and pride: now these
had been stripped from her. and moth
ing had been given her in their stead
In passionate flood of tears she sank
to the floor and cried as il her heart
would break.
Through it all Little Ella slept, not
knowing that in her room was being
| enacted n tragedy of the heart more
profound than any she with all her
shallowness could live in century OF
| heartaches.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20

There are also certain mental and
spiritual preparations.
To be intensely interested in any
thing is fatal to sleep; SO also are
the memory of ranking failure.
plan-making. problem-solving. appre-
rension, shame and remorse.
The soul must take of its inter-
estedness as the body must remove
its vestments.
Passions OF any kind, Grazing and
all heats are against sleep.
One is very fortunate who has q
habit of prayer, for there is nothing
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
In Public Eye.

Somehow" said the genial station
official as he seated himself beside the
traveller. there are some things which
lead people to appreciate our wonder
full improvements for their conven-
ience and comfort"
oh, don't worry" laughed the jolly
traveller There are some things
about your line that are always in the
public eye
I'm glad to hear that, sir. And
would you mind naming them?"
"Cinders. sir-cinders."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
Perplexinq Prescription.

Mrs. McGuire-Is you ouId man an,
better since he wiut to tn Doctors.
Mrs. Finnegan?
Mrs. Finnegan-Not wan bit. Mrs.
McGuire. Sure, It's worse tn poor
man is wild his head whirlin' aroun'
tryin' to discover how to follow tn
doctors directions
Mrs. McGuire-An' what are tn d.
rections, Mrs. Finnegane
Mrs. Finnegan-Sure. they do be to
take wan powder six tonnes a day.
Mrs. Mcclure.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20

nees," observed Judge C;uer - a
debtor at Whitechapel London) coun-
ty court, who repudiated a business
debt, saying his wife owned the busi-
ness.
IF | had my way" said his honor.
Il would have a bill printed in big
type and placed outside the shop stat
ing, L am dishonest; | won't pay. |
am also an idle dog, and do nothing.
and intend to live on my wife
In Rome it was the custom for a
debtor to be handed over as a slave
to bis creditor and made to work
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
CHAPTER XIX.

Grief made Gloria insensible to the
fight of time, and how long she had
Seen PROSTATE on the floor before
sounds on the stairs aroused her she
did not know Thinking that it must
be Mrs. Hayes returning with ply
sician, she rose hastily and tried to
remove all traces of her tears. She
wished above all to avoid explanations,
and If none was asked she did not
wish to have her grief misconstrued
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
Any Old Grounds. Nowadays.

If you can show sufficient cause.
madam. l am sure you will be able to
obtain the divorce you seek. Upon
what grounds will you sue?" asked the
lawyer.
"Incompatab,lity."
"Ah, very good. What appears to
be the trouble?"
No matter what l do or say, my
husband never fails to reproach me
with tut, tut"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20

Gun still the soul like purging the
conscience before God: and cares.
pricking annoyances, breads and all
mental tensions can be remedied in
no way more satisfactorily than by
letting the consciousness of God WASH
the soul
A sense of friendliness and peace to-
w1.L the Infinite is the surest medi-
cine for sleep.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
CHAPTER xviII-continued.

Little Ella had come to realize soon
after they had met that she was deal
ing with fiedgling. Hence she lore
with her and answered her question
patiently.
Gosh. Little time he spends col
lecting money down here" Her tone
indicated clearly that he spent no
time at all. What's the cops fer?
What's Mike Noonan fer? He's got
other things to do himself l oncet
knowed young lawyer, an he top me
the boss got his from the big gamblin'
houses. an the street car comp'ny, an
the lectric light comp'ny. an big
things like that"
Then you're Just a drop in the
bucket" The magnitude of the "sys-
tenn was just beginning to dawn on
Gloria She now saw that its ranifi-
cations were many, that there must be
much that even this woman, for all
her knowledge. could know little of.
While she could not learn all from Lit
tie Ella, she could learn enough to
make her father investigate.
There's enough of us drops in Bel
mont to fill pretty big bucket" the
girl admitted. Gimme a drink O. wa
ter, will you? never was SO dry at
a Dutch picnic"
Gloria poured a glass of water for
her. Then. feeling that she had not
been considerate in asking the girl to
tax her little strength by the recital of
a story that sadly wasted her vital en-
ergy, she begged her to rest.
You're still a bit feverish Lie
down now and rest. Try to 60 to
sleep, and I'll sit here and read"
Soon her patient seemed to sleep,
and Gloria picked up book and tried
to read. The revelations to which she
had listened made all possibility OF
concentration upon the printed page
out Of the question. Suddenly 1t oc-
CURED to her that she did not know
the boss name. Just as this came in
t her mind. the girl turned restlessly
and opened her eyes. Finding that
she was awake. Gloria asked:
Tell me, what's the name of the
boss?'
"Eh? What" Little Ella was not
thoroughly awake.
What's the name of the boss?
want to tell father"
His name? Oh, it's Kerr He's oil
Dave Kerr. Ever hear of him."
Having reused herself sufficiently to
answer the question, Little Ella sank
again into doze.
As for Gloria, 1t almost seemed that
the words meant nothing to her at all.
So slowly did her mind accept this in
telligence that the fall of the book un-
noticed to the floor did not seem re-
lated in point of time. Yet in fact 1t
one question: Who was the boss of
Belmont?
Kerr! Kerr! Old Dave Kerr"
still rang in her ears. THE boss?
Dave Kerr? 1 wonder what relation"
The very ignominy Of the thought re-
strained her. NO. no. no. It's all
mistake. 1t can't be- l couldn't be-
lieve it. There can't be any relation
Of my father's-my ia It's absurd
1t would be maddening. the suspicion
OF such thing. Why. my fathers the
soul of honor"
Without warning, Joe Wright came
into her mind; Joe Wright. her evil
genius
What did the paper say? The
king of underhand manipulators. Da-
v!d Kerr The king!" she muttered
aloud, and clapped her hand over her
mouth at the word. The thought of
such a thing widened her eyes with
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
A House That Suits.

Has your wife found house that
suits herr"
We'll, yes, it suits her. All but the
kitchen range, the closets, the cellar.
the front parlor. the vestibule. the
lighting arrangements and the dining
room wall paper"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-12-20
Technical Enouah.

Benign Oic Gentleman-Poor little
chap! Where did that cruel boy hit
you?
Tommy-Boo-oo-oo! We we're 'avin'
. naval battle, an e torpedoed mo in
the engino-room!- -Tit.Bits.