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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-31
Daddy sBedtirne
q. Why Bn1tus. the
CIOV - Naughty Lion,
Looked Pleasant.

little had Of the tiny that
And the little had that afternoon taken Jack and
doorstep Great was tho
JOY Of Jack and Evelyn They told daddy all about It.
pleasant snapped
pdcturer' daddy asked.
suggested noddtng Evelyn
Why
picture taken"
who Brutusf" children inquired
daddy lion lives in the Cncn
little vain Of the
Like beauties Bruus ID changeable
Though lions with the moving picture
caxed and him the Of the box where the
light they couldn't Brutus look pleasant
natursd gouchy
asked In despair
"Yss indeed replied little offended Butus really
like be made do
things to-
pleasedT asked the keeper
when getting the keeper replied.
himself when he heard th
Maybe he likes his dinner.
feed him., he cried
Of beef and placing the end OF
a stick, held out to the lion
OF wondered why
being fooled
reached
1t. and
gobbng his Of
people besides Hons look
pleasant they thinking about their dinners"
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lob. In the face OF this. what Is the
use OF talking of driving the saloon out
until the church offers an adequate
substitute?
".You ministers pass too much time
preaching what those fellows-the rel.
lows who populate the saloons-would
call churchianity, to the exclusion OF
Christianity said Paul M. strayer, the
social expert from New York.
II decided that he was right after
ten years as a minister. That IS why
I am advocating billiards IN all the
churches from New England to San
Francisco"
The views of Rev. Mines are printed
here, not with view to endorsement
10Y the Courier, but rather for the
thought which they may generate.
The Courier disagrees with the
preacher in his view that the church
must compete with the saloon to get
the attention Of youth. The church
has it's own function to perform
disseminating religion-and ministers
who stick closely to that thought Will
get the attention Of strong men ana
boys as well.
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FoAMEp WITH RAGE.

II does not seem as If any man
capable Of attaining to the high posi-
ton OF president OF the United States
could place himself in such q ridicul-
GUS position as has President Wilson
by his vigorous attack upon 'insidt-
Gus lobbyists
The lobbyists whom the president
was trying to get" were the Ameri-
can citizens who represented the In
dustries of this country, both In the
labor and capital departments, the
men, who, in a desperate attempt to
save American industries for the
manufacturers and the laborers. ap-
peared in Washington, figuratively, on
their knees, begging of an American
government not to destroy the Hvings
of millions Of American people to en-
rich European capitalists and trans
fer our own employment to the wage
earners across the sea.
These were the men who raised the
ire OF our patriotic president, and
caused him to foam with rage because
Americans wanted America for them
selves first, and made any protest
whatever against his paralyzation Of
our industries.
The president failed to recognise
any ''insidious lobbying" on the part
of those who, for selfish reasons, fav-
ored his free-trade policy. It makes
some difference evidently as to whose
OK is being gored.- (Mass.,)
Searchlight.
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The iceman is a self-possessed in-
dividual who sells river water by the
lump. Some Of these Jumps are short
err than others which come at the
same price, which causes suspicious
housewives to bristle in several diff
ferent directions after the iceman Is
out of hearing.
The nature Of the iceman's bust
ness is such that he remains cool
and collected under the most trying
circumstances You can meet an Ice
man at the back door with an invt-
tation to fight sticking out Of every
pore and tell him that he ought to
have his eyes tested or his scales
adjusted to the A. L. q A. M. rating
and you can tell by the enthusiasm
with which he attacks your Ice book
that he harbors no Ill feeling what
ever. An iceman never feels hurt
when somebody sizes up an alleged
5O-pound chunk Of Ice and remarks
In a polite but Arm tone that 1t cant
be made to weight over IS pounds
unless the iceman and his assistant
stand upon it.
The iceman always makes 1t a
point to get around early in the
morning so as to prevent the patrons
from oversleeping. It is very easy to
tell when the iceman is coming, for
he usually carries along an assistant
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said he would hang as high as Haman,
the flrst manufacturer who attempted
to start panic on account OF the
tariff bill. Governor Foss OF Massa-
chusetts a democrat. says that he is
going to, on account of the Under
wood tariff, move his factory to Can
ada. He says this is because the
Underwood tariff bill will put him out
of business in the United States. It
seems to us that Governor Foss Is
guilty Of absolute defiance Of Presi-
dent Wilson's hanging" edict 1t
looks as If Governor Foss Is perfectly
willing to be the goat in a test case
to ind out whether the president was
in earnest or not. 1t Is up to Wilson
to make his hanging" talk good.
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Under the Minnesota socalled
Elwell law, passed two years ago, the
state contributes one-haR the cost Of
laying out, construction, and main
taininR state rural highways, where
tie county and those primarily bene-
fited vote to defray onequarter Of the
expense each. Under the provisions
OF this law, If fully taken advantage OF.
the sum OF $21 100000 would be i'm
mediately available for road work. In
addition. under law passed last win.
ter, levying an assessment OF one mill
on all property throughout the state.
81, SOC, 900 is set aside annually for road
work. Minnesota is the first state In
the union to enforce the systematic
dragging Of road surfaces. The use
of the splitlog drag Is recognized by
road experts as the most effective and
economical means Of maintaining an
even road surface. For this purpose
Minnesota levies one mill on the dol
lar on the taxable property OF each
town, in addition to the above pro-
visions for road work
In Wisconsin the state also pays a
share OF the expense of highway i'm
provement, namely, onethird Of the
total cost. Work Is now going on I'M,
der the direction OF the Wisconsin
highway commission to improve roads
in about two-thirds Of the towns Of
that state. The chairman Of the
commission estimates that about 81
500 900 will be spent for that purpose
this year, and 100000 in 1914
American Review Of Reviews for
August.
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~ RM lN0AAM.

Jay Deahl and Clifton Anderson Of
Omaha, Neb.. who have bean visiting
here the past week has returned home.
Lloyd and Lena WEIGH Of Fairfield
spent Sunday with Lulu Fisher.
Mrs. Charley Nelson and daughter
Anna visited several days In Glendale
last week.
Camp meeting begins Friday even.
Ing and will close Sunday evening
Aug. 3. There will be preaching every
night with number Of services
each.
Miss Blanche Gilchrist visited sew
eral days with Miss Elsie Gilchrist.
Mr. and Mrs. Manford Johnston
went TO Chicago Tuesday morning to
consult specialist In regard 70 Mrs.
Johnston's health.
Misses Hannah and Dlla Snyder Of
Des Moines are visiting Mrs. Kate
Fitzpatrick.
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Sidewalk Sketches
~ Heward L. Ram
THE ICEMAN.

who is stone deaf in both ears and
has to. be given directions which can
be heard through brick-veneered
residence at distance of nine blocks.
The iceman also manages to carry
on an animated conversation with
his assistant while dragging piece
of ice over the front lawn on Its
stomach, and II the entire family IL
not awake by this time he will attend
to 1t by hammering forty pounds OF
ice into thirty pounds of hole and
whistling of the key on the return
trip.
Some icemen can give one look At
la load of ice and tell to pound
how much it will take to completely
deropulate a $3.50 ice book. others
are less accurate and in order to ut
the ice chest have to shave OF sew
erel pounds and leave It on the
cellar stairs. just where the hired
girl can step on It and turn a double
back somersault with hod Of coal.
The Ice book Is a collapsible de-
vice with vanishing coupons which
are too tired to register anything
below flve pounds. When a brand
new ice book 10 four days old 1t
begins to wear . wan, pinched look
and shed leaves faster than hard
maple tree after the first frost.
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BILLIARDS IN CHURCHES.

Billiards in the church in COMPETE
ton with billiards in the saloon. This
ts what the Rev. F. J. Mines Of Evans
ton advocates In his book, The Church
l and the Young Mans Came just
From the press.
'aThere ID magnetism about bill
nards for the young man, says the
Rev. Mr.. Mines. He cannot resist
the game. There Is total Of 900, 900
carom and pocket billiard tables IN
the public billiard roms In the United
States, with total daily average Of
1,4O0, 900 games played on these tables,
and requiring an army Of 100000
players every day OF the week. Why
abandon all the most highly evolved
and masculine games to the devil
Why. not place billiard tables In the
churches and provide an environmenta1
salvation for the young men instead
of sending them to questionable places
to play.
TO the young man. BY actual count
at twenty-five leading Protestant
churches In Chicago, out of total at.
tendance Of 1880 there were only ZIG
young men. The church soon will be
mother places q billiard table In her
bankrupt of masculinity. Why will
not the church bait her hooks with
things that boys bite at? A boy is a
boiler OF energies. The wise Japanese
home and keeps her boys there. This
Is what the church should do In spite
of the self-righteous Pecksniffs.
Beware of a religion that substi-
utes itself for everything, but have a
religion that appropriates everything.
There should be supervision and not
suppression OF recreations.. Games
are preparation for religious life and
q vital means OF its realization. Too
long has the church busted herself
with the theology Of tears. Now
is the tdme for the theology Of play.
"The competitions of the church with
the saloon for the young men is open
and active. The saloon is eff
facttYa- vary human. and always on the
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CRIMINALS AND PLAY.

That there Is a direct relationship
between play and crime Is the con-
tention OF those who are today en-
listed in the fight for the play grounds
and other recreations for the young
people. In q current Issue OF a
monthly magazine an article appears
IN which the writer explains that
there is found more prevalent Grim
inal atmosphere in the city than in
smaller places, for the reason that
there is little or no place for normal
exercises In the city. 1t calls atten-
ton to ordinances which drive the
boys from the street into the alley
shanty or the pool hall and substi-
tutes craps and other gambling
games for wholesome athletic sports.
It IL this which forms the first pit
fall for the boy. With the fascina-
ton OF playing games for money
comes the desire to gain money by
any means fair or foul and with the
gambling instinct once AWAKENED 9
slow decay OF the moral fibre may be
expected unless q reformation Is -
complisbed.
That the theory advanced is one
which is basically sound must be ad-
mitted. It would therefore appear
that to permit the boy or girl to in
dulge in wholesome amusements Is
to safeguard them against the de-
moralizfng Influences which FOLLOW
when the youngster is forced to play
clandeetinely. In Muscatine no boy
Is forced to refrain from wholesome
recreation because the occasion does
not ofer itself. The Civic society
has been successful in establishing
public Fairgrounds in various parts
Of the city and here organised and
regulated play is provided with q
view of developing the moral as we'll
Is the physical in the boy or girl.
The aim Of the playground move
ment is to make of the boy a future
citizen healthy in mind as well as
in body and of the girl, true woman.
The civic society has accomplished
Z great good in Muscatfne and is
deserving Of the support which has
been extended its undertakings. To
conserve the morals of the boy Is a
patriotic work for when boy goes
wrong a good man dies.-Muscatine
Journal
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(Copyr1ght, 1918, BY the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate-)
Why should there DO ono ear OF
red corn while thousands around II
are yellow?
The chemists gave It up long ago
but the answer Is 10 plain 40 the tail
on a dog.
There is only one ear Of red corn
to every fifty bushels grown. When
farmer heaps fifty bushels together
and holds husking-bee. attended by
thirty or forty young folks, 1t 10 we'll
understood that the young man who
finds the red ear 10 privileged to kiss
any girl present.
Nay, more. II he 10 coy and back
ward, he will be led up to It whether
or no. 1t il called Cupid's rule and
must be obeyed. II the red ear be
found by girl she can't 60 kissing.
but she can conceal the discovery I'M
til she can slip It to the young man
she prefers to be kissed by.
At Farmer Graham's husking-be
the red ear was found by his son
Joe. He turned pale as he saw the
color of It. He tried to hide It, but
It was given away, and the girl he
kissed was Minnie Davis. He did It
blushing harder than she did.
Georges father chewed tobacco In
church. and his mother went bare
foot to camp meeting, but the boy
was almost too shy to buy a wash.
basin from tin peddler That red
ear was the turning point IN his
Young lifs. He WAS told, even by Ms
mother, that he was destined to
marry Minnie Davis. and that he
must set his mind 10 It.
Almost wMh . rope around hia
neck he went accounting and had
reached the stage whore he could
talk OF 'tatea.bugs and whippoor.
wills when along the highway one
day came q party Of 0ypsies. His
mother gave them . custard pie to
tell the young mans fortune.
"The girl you love will be false to
YOU as WIFE," was the solemn In.
formation. your house will burn
down. Your cattle will die. You will
at last commit suicide by jumping
down the Welt"
That fixed George. He stopped
counting and he didn't send excuses.
II wasn't case Of fitting exactly,
but II was case enough to cause lots
OF talk. and wonder. The story got
around that George was consumptive,
and had been told by the doctors not
to marry.
And then came another happening.
A fruit tree agent was taken Ill and
was at Farmer Davis's month. Dur
ing that time Miss Minnie was his
nurse. IN time he learned all about
that red ear of corn and the gypsy
prophecy. He also became aware
that the maid was forlorn. When on
his feet again he determined on q
plan The farmers charges were 80
small that the agent felt heavily in
debt. He went over to Farmer Ora.
hams and got speech with George
and said: =.
Il have come to see you because
your case Is like mine"
did you find q red ear OF corn
when you were young man.
II plumb did, and ! kissed a bonnie
maid"
"And you fell in lover"
"You bet!"
"And you were going to ask the
! girl to have your"
Il was. had the night picked out
and my boots all creased"
But there didn't no gypsies come
along?"
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Nearly $4,000 Indian

Nearly $4,000 Indian children went
to school last year, more than half Of
them being educated. at government
schools. Mission schools cared for
1000, and more than 1900 had 70 Tar
adopted the white mans ways as to
be enrolled in regular public schools,
according to statement on Indian
education furnished by the Indian Of
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The man who will not listen 70
lust criticism, who refuses to see
HE faults, 10 damming UP the
stream that could float him to sue
cess; he 10 checking the brook OF
advancement, and fools himself
into believing that this mud paid
die which HE dam OF e0oAsm
creates 10 4 sacred beautiful
rAanre-Jaoue3.
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The eighteen states In which cotton
Is grown are: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida Georgia. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee. Texas, Arizona.
California, Kansas, Kentucky. Mis-
souri, New Mexico and Virginia. Texas
leads them all.
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il YOU have no friend. to share

IL you have no friends to share
Or rejoice In your success IN life
n YOU cannot look back to those 70
whom you ought to afford pro-
teetaon, still Il 10 no less IneuFi-
bent upon you to move steadily ~
tho path OF duty; for your active
exertpns are due to not only So
clety, but In humble gratitude TO
the Being VINO made you q MEM
Dor Of II, with powers to serve
Yourself and others.-Str Walter
Scott.
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What do you do to benent yourself
or your family between the time you
quit work and the time you go home to
supper! Some people use the short
work day to good advantage while
others get In jail on account at It.
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The long patience OF God. the i'm.
|mense stretches Of his plans, the per-
sistence Of his designs through cen.
turtles and milleniums, Is q lofty
argument for perseverance on the
part OF all who would be sharers in
his work.
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Hot Weather.

Hot Weather.
pick the paper up and see
That matters are acute.
IT'S SO at K2nkakee
And 80 at Butte.
It's torrid UP At Devils Lake;
Hot In Quebec. we learn.
The cities fairly seem to bake
Wherever we may turn.
pick the paper up and see.
From Oshkosh to Fort Worth,
That forty cities claim to be
The hottest upon earth.
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A Few Laughs.
Picking 4 Place.

Picking Place.
Where shall 60? ! do not know
What place to pick.
Yet must make for beach or lake,
And do 1t quick.
The wooded peak at ten week
Looks pretty fne.
But maybe had better try
The sea for mine.
Shall abide on mountain side,
Or seaward got
The more grope through hotel dop>
The less know.
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The Main Point,

The Main Point.
II ought to have taken bigger
trunk son my trip abroad
Wouldn't your trunk hold enough
clothes?''
Yes; but 1t wouldn't accommodate
half the labels might have gotten"
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Remember the Waiter.
Rosemary is for remembrance, isn't
it?'' inquired the man at the summer
hotel.
eyes; some girl give you some rose
mary!"
mo; the head waiter handed me .
sprig."
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question at him at . time"
For Money.

Young fellows abroad may be care
less about writing the home folks; but
they all write home from Monte Carlo.
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A Slight Discrepancy.

A slight Discrepancy.
"Your theory 10 that the firing of
cannon In battle produces rain?"
"Yes; and have long list Of bat
ties to prove It,"
Just word"
''Weu?'
Some Of those battles were fought
before cannons were invented"
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A CHANCE FOR TEST CASE.
President Wilson, sometime ago
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K auh.tltut,

A Substitute.
The hotel had no rooms, forsooth.
+ But we escaped plight.
The phone clerk let US have the booth
For seven plunks q night.
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picking up those who will make good
Those who stand about waiting for
snaps are playing life from the wrong
end. The snaps are usually long way
down the lane. and the scramble that
must be made before they are reached
usually teaches one that after all the
busy life Ia really the only one worth
living
Burlington Gazette: The telephone
Is great convenience and 1t no doubt
saves many steps. but 1t doesnt al.
ways do the work OF personal visit.
For instance the housekeeper depends
upon it too frequently to the detri.
ment OF the household for her market
Ing. In using 1t she orders her
groceries, meats. ETC., without seeing
them, and without knowledge of what
the market best Affords. She may
overlook the fresh things and order
the stale. she may overlook entirely
things she likes simply because she
doesn't know they are on the market,
and she Is sure to pay the top price.
Personal contact between buyer and
seller always produces more satisfac.
tory results. You get better goods,
you turn aside from the stale to the
fresh and in selecting one article In
preference to another one may And an
opportunity to save. Marketing In
person may be one way to cut the high
cost Of living to some extent
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Morn QUE.

Worn Out.
"You certainly look like you need q
vacation, old man. What have you
been doing?"
Packing for one"
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Slightly Mixed.

Slightly Mixed.
"You were at the commencement?
II was"
And how do you like my graduating
essay?"
well, to tell you the truth, Irene, I
didn't like the way 1t AT you over the
hips
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on the Beach

On the Beach.
Anything in that floating bother
Great find. Had girls name in It,"
"Shucks! thought maybe it had .
drink in it."
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Sir Thomas Llpto

Sir Thomas Upton.
He comes across with Shamrock w..
For he Is sporty.
No doubt some day he'll try to score
With Shamrock XII.
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Press Comment.

Sioux City Journal: II the premier
is spending more than $1,000 a month
for his living, many Of his lifelong
friends and supporters would be inter
ested In seeing an itemtxed account Of
the expenditures. Az the premier IL
the original publicity apostle, no doubt
it will be promptly forthcoming.
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Ace to the United States bureau d
education.
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A Possible Reason.

Wonder why the man In the infor-
nation bureau has such a small win
dow
That's 50 they can only 6re one
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Evening Story.
PAYING HIS DEBT

BY Carl Jsnksns.
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Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Report
stys the democrats are split on the
currency question This Is natural
and logical. The democrats have no
reason to expect to escape the oper.
alton of immutable laws.
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Or tNOTudS ItpSOu.
He comes across with Shamrock ~,
For he is sporty.
No doubt some day he'll try to score
With Shamrock XII. !
Passing Il On,
I'm not one Of these fellows who
kisses and tells said the summer
man
"oh. don't mind your mentioning 1t
to any nice friends OF yours who are
coming down to the beach," said the
summer girl.
Quicker Action Needed.
1--WE must have cashier in the book
department"
"Why so?"
"Too many people read books while
waiting for their change. Then, OF
course, they want to exchange the
books"
Just 4 Sprinkle.
How was the brides linen shower?"
well, 1t was no cloudburst."
Looking Backward.
yearn for January gray
When ice adorned the river.
Oh, 1t would be boon today
To shiver.
On the Ocean.
"That old sea dog seems to know all
about ships"
Yep"
what port is he FROM"
"Says he has lived all his life II
Kankakee."
A Possible Reason.
Wonder why the man In the infor-
nation bureau has such a small win
dow,
That's 50 they can only Are one