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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25

Half the people you meet coInplaIH
~ weary muscles. stagnant brain, jan
Flea nerves. and a wonderful desire 70
isv down and Just quit. Most OF tnese
neonle have been using nervlnes ma ma.
snasmodically fare up the nerves 0als
10 die down again, as dls ne LTD
Avoid nerve stimulants. Bear IN mino
t,o{ this wornout feeling is due 70
ma Hood. TO bacteria in the water
P oUi drink. 10 the multiplying OF oe-
sstr,ctiye germs in the blood raster
ST. +bev can be overcome by the
man MAJ nornuscIes; and to what Is
,M WIZ as auto toxemia, that condl.
IN! kIo here the venous or impure blood
.loII,,,,,,,,iates faster than II can be re-
sliocad nv the red arterfal blood.
70 Won feel played out go TO any
5r1ia store and ask for ootue o.
Swift's sure specific. Here Is
q rsr,adv that gets at work IN tWi ila-
ling: II Just naturally rushes iht anS
vour blood, scatters germs a,a ash'
ia mn and down and Sideways:
IelS, tfesj better at once, not rom
z.,,,S,,Iant not from the action OF dross'
s.it Fror1 the rational efect OF nat.
vi ~, Medicine Just as active and JUS
ura. ~ az TO a man who has been
as IilIi ~ mountains. is about starved
lost IA , S,t across a settler just cook
anu oavory meal Of good, honest peer;
I rps ,ot neglect to get a botte OF
q today. II Will make you Ieei
SS.tar in inst a few minutes IL ~ rrIe
49, oniv in the laboratory OF tno
S-fyt Snecitic Co. III swift blus A.
isnta Ga Send for lheIF ITee :io,,s
teiins Of the many slra iss, Soi b,. rea7
that anlict the hui nun hio lSi'''''
snD Of Impoverished nioop
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25
SUMMERS STOPS PlcAro.

Johnny Summers, of England, knocked
out Frank Picato, of Los Angeles, here
Yesterday in the nineteenth round of a
scheduled twenty round bout.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25

AS CULEHTUGE MIGHT SAY.
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things, both great and small,
And yet the man they payeth best
Is one who slams the ball
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
Daddy Bedtime
Alas S.anp;e
Is Candy
Loving Dog!
Story

AcK and fond somsd their mother thought
i
q stories said
goomily
n
wouldn't like that daddy exclaimed.
STUMBLE
.@fa<@aag,%@
HAYES nicely table eating Of his little
Pudding alike
days JOY to him.
snmpe in friend
She always something nice
both Walter stumpe
Walter that It visit the candy
he the
When the candy bought the little boy dves it into two equal
stupte and gbbes his
whining
gives a Of what he has
Walters forget whether
little stretched
Stumpis
doctor. ss[z
medicine
naughty doctor know he
pigr
q making with hrn"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
MODERN WARFARE.

An excellent idea Of what, a modern
nd battle is like was obtained dur
y. the French army maneuvres.
WI d General Nicholas Chomer. COM
man tug the $4,000 men Of the south
ern af-ly did not see regiment dur
ing the five days nor on the final day
OF the battle did he hear gun.
The generals headquarters on the
last day were in pleasant wayside
tavern, twenty-five miles behind the
firing lines, which extended about the
same length. A large scale map Of
the region was spread upon a table,
a row Of telephones like that in a
New York brokers' Office was on a
wall in the dining room, the tables Of
the field telegraphers were on the 9th.
er side of the room. and wireless in.
struments cracked in an out building.
On the meadow adjoining military
aeroplanes arrived and departed, ad-
jutants taking the reports of the avia-
tors
Three colonies of the staff collated
the telephone, Geographic, and wire
less reports and the airmen's observa-
lions, moving colored broadheaded
pins or the sslp, thus indicating from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
PRISONER UNNAMED
DURING WHOLE DAY

Kiev. Russia, Oct. 23.-When4 the
trial Of Mendal Beiliss for the murder
of the Christian boy Yushinskyin, In
March. 1911, reopened this morning.
the prisoners counsel called the atten-
ton Of the presiding Judge to the fact
that although the court sat yesterday
from early In the morning until mid
night, the prisoners name was not
once mentioned. Counsel asked the
president to put this on record and he
consented to do so.
The newspaper, Kiev Kianining, re-
turned to its attack on the trial Of
Beiliss today, calling 1t "a blind and
gross blunder." At the conclusion Of
the article 1t said:
when the duma passes law en-
abling Bolubeff, the leader Of the
Black Hundred. arbitrarily to send
Jews to hard labor, then perhaps 1t
will be unnecessary to seek to prove
the existence OF ritualists among
them"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
TEACHER-MOTHERS
TO BE DISMISSED

New York. Oct. %. The status Of
the teacher-mother in New York public
schools Is still under consideration BY
the board Of education with the board
concurrent that dismissal of all teach.
ers OF this class is the aim Of the
board members. From list Of If
teen teachers who had absented them
selves from school to become mothers
since January last 1t was found that
nine had already presented resigna-
lions and only two Of those named are
now in schools.
The list made up by the various dis
trict superintendent when the board
dismissed Mrs. Bridget Peixette be-
cause she became mother, names
Mrs. Helen l. Becker. wife of Charles
Becker the convicted police lieutenant
as one who absented herself from
school for maternal reasons. Her
child did not live and Mrs. Becker 10
one OF the two teachers reinstated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
GIVE THE CALF A CHANCE.

GIVE he tVAIe - VrANOE.
A packer says that II people would
refuse to. eat veal for couple Of
years, thus compelling the farmers
and others to raise the calves until
they are Of some value as beef, there
would be no shortage Of beef. II the
veal loaf and the veal outlets could be
banished forever the people would be
better OF, and It is quite possible that
II the physicians would give their ad-
vice free everyone would be told to
beware Of veal. There never has
seemed to be any good reason why the
trusting calf should be so prosecuted
as he is. In the struggle for the sur,
vival Of the fittest the calf loses sim
ply because having committed his fate
to the protection Of men he doesn't
even have the chance to run away or
to kick that he might have, as mat
ter OF self defense, in wild state.
Give the calf a square deal and let
him grow to beef size.-Davenport
Times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

instance yesterday when the trafhc
across the bridge was heavier than us
.ual and when only a strict observance
Of the law would enable both the pub
lie and the railroads to fare equally.
the people simply had no rights at all.
From 2:02 till $3.50, period Of Is
minutes by actual counted time.
switching blocked the approach to the
bridge while hundreds Of impatient
people awaited on each side Of the
tracks. A spectator who had used the
bridge an hour or 30 earlier claimed
that he had been blocked along with
scores Of others, for q full hour.
This is one Of the matters in which
It 10 up to the mayor to protect the
rights of the people,.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
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SWAT4THE FLY,

Throughout the summer months fly
swatting campaigns are organized in
various cities in the country and quarts
and quarts Of the dangerous little
pests are killed. At this time of the
year there are no such campaigns be-
cause there are very few flies left to
swat. And yet if the few that are left
were swatted, there would be no need
of the extensive campaigns next sum-
mer. Every one killed now means a
quart or more that won't have to be
killed next August.
It would be good plan for every
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

moment to moment the relative posi-
tons OF their own and the enemy's
troops.
General Chomer studied the map at
tentively Now and then he gave an
order concerning the movement of his
troops or discussed with his chief-of-
staff the significance of the informa-
ton just received.
General Paul Pau, the commander
in-chief of the rival northern army, un-
der much the same circumstances, sat
some fifty miles away, sending his
brigades and divisions into action,
with no more Of the tumult Of war
than Is heard during a cable chess
match,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Considerable increase in wages COM
bined with a decrease IN working
hours has como to the almost one mil
lion men employed in the lumber mill
work and furniture manufacturing in
dustries Of the country during the last
twenty-three years, as shown by fig.
ures prepared by the department. OF
labor. In lumber manufacturing since
1890 there has been an, increase Of 20
per cent in wages, while working
hours have been shortened almost four
per cent: in mill work the wage gain
has been 1874 per cent. the working
hours decreased i've per cent and in
furniture manufacturing 34.4 wage In
crease and 7.3 work hour decrease.
The departments information on
which it's statistics were based cover
ed more than three-flfths of employees
in the various occupation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

The traffic on the various railroads
that run into Ottumwa is very heavy
but SO Is the traffic that goes across
the Market street bridge. The traf-
fic Of the railroads should not be allow
ed to seriously impede that Of the
people and the mayor should awaken
to the fact that the rights of the pub
lie are being trampled upon. An or
dinance fixes the time that a switching
crew may block the approach to- the
bridge, but apparently the railroads
have no fear OF its being enforced
for they violate It shamefully and the
city's traffic suffers accordingly. For
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Kansas has found that teaching
girls domestic science is an effective
remedy for the much talked Of divorce
evil. Out of 400 who have taken
courses in the science Of housekeep-
ng and later married, not one has yet
applied for divorce or been divorced by
her husband. 1t would seem from that,
that girl who knows how to cook,
Sew, and keep a house in shape has q
better chance for happiness In life than
has the girl who neglects housekeep-
ing in favor Of some other accomplish
ment
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
ANOTHER WADE MAN.

Washington, D. c., Oct 23.-Presl.
dent Wilson has sent to the senate the
nomination of John J. Dunlevy to be
postmaster at Lansing, Iowa, which
makes the Iowa postmastership score
stand as follows: For the so-called
Judge Wade organization, 1873; for the
opponents of the organization, o.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Strickland Gillian says: II news
papers could get the truth they would
publish 1t. But they have no way to
get their news except from people, and
human beings cannot tell the real
truth. a
The most asthmatic, crippled lie TO-
tally out of training can give Truth
two hours start and beat her to the
wire In . walk
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
EARTH Is SHAKEN.

Colon, Oct. 23.-An earthquake shock
lasting about Is seconds occurred here
at 8 minutes past 9 o'clock this morn
ing. Houses rocked and clocks stopped
but no serious damage was reported
iii this city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

member of the family to swat every fly
that appears in the house. They are
easy to get now for. they are fat and
heavy and not as quick on the wing
as their numerous offsprings will be
next summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Cases have been known OF voluntary
hook eating. Ogier de Busbecq states
that the Tartars used to eat books In
order to acquire knowledge, this being
the only way in which they were CAP
able OF assimilating printed matter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

One Of the largest forest nurseries In
the United States Is conducted by the
forest service near Hangen, Montana.
It Is known as the Savenac nursery
and has a capacity Of 100000 young
trees n wear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

An instrument resembling q watch
has been invented in Hungary whereby
1t is possible instantly to compute
the interest at any rate on any given
sum Of money for any length OF time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

The people call the politicians cor
rupt-what should the people who
elect the corrupt politicians be called
why condemn the one elected and
let those 70 who elect him?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
His Team Lost.
Neighboring Nations.
Hands across the sea
Used to be in order.
Now 1t seems to be
Shots across the border
How the .1roubIe start..

Constipation Is the cause of many
aim ents and disorders that make life
miserable Take Chamberlain's Tab
lets, keep your bowels regular and
you will avoid these diseases. For
sale by all dealers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
A Few Laughs.
Our Apartment House.

Our Apartment houss.
Cabbage on the second floor
Liver on the f1rst L
What is being cooked next door!
Must be weinerwurst.
Onion? You can bet two hats.
What cook prepares.
Anywhere around our flats
Everybody shares.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

The flrst watch was q small clock.
In 1477 Peter Hale, a clockmaker Of
Nuremberg, made clock in the form
of an egg. which could be carried in
the pocket. The production Of this
cost a years labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

To be pure In heart 70 the
youths greatest commandment.
Do not listen to men who tell you
that "vice is a necessity" Moth
Ing 10 necessity that 10 WRONG.
All Wickedness Is weakness. Vice
and vigor have nothing whatever :
In common. Purity 10 strength
health, power, character.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
An American klna

An American King
Is the great king OF cures, DR.. Kings
New Discovery, the quick, safe, sure
cough and cold remedy. soc and $1.O0.
For sale by your druggist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

There are 247 newspapers published
in South Africa, in which $7,500,000 Is
invested. They give employment to
1000 Europeans and $50 colored
people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

In proportion to the number Of men
employed there are more fatal acct.
dents In the metal mines Of the United
States than In the coal mines, accord
ing to government statistics.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
nonA catch

Good Catch.
''The doctor doesn't like my symp.
toms
"Then why don't you have some
symptoms that will please him, Grace?
He Is rich and very handsome"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
"A Serious Breakdown

results from chronic constipation. DR..
Kings New Life Pills relieve headache,
vtomach, liver and bowel trouble. 26c.
For sale by your druggist
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

numericals are hereafter to be used
on all United States buildings, in spite
Of the fact that the people can read
them easily.
Muscatine Journal: A movement to
pension injured football players ought
30 receive a considerable popular sup
port at about this season Of the year
Marshalltown Times Republican:
The bunny hug has failed utterly in
China. The Chinese say 1t is ''to
strong for them. Didn't we tell you
that those Chinks were not ready for
the freedom Of a republic?
Des Moines Register and Leader. A
st. Louis genius has invented coutri-
Vance which enables him to walk on
water. Now he will doubtless put in
much Of mis- time hoping for floods so
that demand for the article will be
created.
Sioux City Journal: The depart
ment of agriculture is disposed to do
something for our farm women, and
advice Is being pronered. II the de-
Eartment will put its ear to the ground
IT may satisfy itself that our farm
women take kindly to automobiles.
Iowa City Republican: When man
sees his family consume Is cents
worth Of beef at one sitting, it is only
human nature for him to smile at the
prospects Of cheaper cattle from Can
ada and Argentina. But will the cattle
producer smile?
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Some people
ure impatient at the slow growth of
the good roads movement. - It does
seem to grow slowly. But when we
look lack a few years and compare
roads then with present highways we
will all have to concede that consider
able progress has been made.
Hannibal Cou1er-Post: The British
admiralty Is contemplating the con-
|srructions Of a huge floating self-con-
tanned factory, capable Of carrying out
almost any kind Of repairs to war ves-
sells that can be done without dry
decking.
Hedr1ck journal: A boy VINO mas
dog and no money, regards a dog tax
as the greatest injustice.
Des Moines Register and Leader:
Mrs. Pankhurst was booked for sever
al lectures in this country, but she
started with an impromptu one for
the immigration authorities.
Sioux City Journal: There's no par
ticular hurry about 1t Of course, but
do you happen to remember just where
you stored the snow shovel after the
last big precipitation In May?
Cedar Rapids Republican,: Ireland,
we are told, has pig shortage and
prices. of bacon are very high. But we
will have some surplus pork in Iowa
which the Irish can buy in Ireland.
Waterloo Courier: II Huerta will
come over on this side of the border
line, leaving his presidential honors
at home, and enter upon the lecture
platform we all will 60 to hear him.
Davenport Times: The reason the
average Hnglishman trembles when
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Mason City Globe Gazette: House
wives at Pullman. Wash. town IS
miles south Of Spokane, have no ser.
want problem. Many Of the young men
attending the Washington State col.
lege at that place have hired out as
domestics and during their spare hours
each day they wash dishes, clothes
and floors In the homes. Some Of the
more versatile are cooking also. U.s.
ually they get their board and room
In return for their labor. The demo
cratic spirit prevailing among the stu
dents at the college afford these boys
equal opportunities with their more
opulent classmates for taking prom.
inent parts in the various student 40
uvities. @
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selbls

impossible.
'And did you enjoy the view from
the Matterh0rn?"
How could I enjoy 1t when my wife
had left the guide book ut the hotel?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
Cali az the wild,

eve boy scouts, uncle, are trained
in woodcraft. Now that shrill noise
you hear Is the call Of the LOOM"
lis that sof" responded uncle. well
there 1t goes again, and here comes
the locomotive that's making It,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

No boy ever became great 40
man who, did not In his youth learn
to save money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
When Doctors Disagree.

Whom Doctors Disagree.
"My doctors are not agreed about
my case" Y.
Whats the disagreement"
'Dr. TrepAn wants to charge me $500
and Doctor Wombat thinks 1t ought
to be about $780,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
Poat SeaaoN,

Post Season.
The pitcher with the fragile nm.
The wing they used to guard,
Puts in the winter working In
A marble yard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
cause there are 100000 moro women
than men on the little island.

La Crosse Tribune: Tho college
professors are arguing in Now Jersey
whether highway signs should read.
go slow" or Go slowly"
Probably the motorists pass the
signs too rapidly to tell which form
IL used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

"
these fiat, pancake-shaped shoes.
No Rest This Side The Grave.
From Stray Stories.
Ascum-"Do you remember that
night 1 had to take you home from the
club in cab and
Nagget-"Ye indeed"
Ascum7"I don't suppose you have
heard thet last of IT."
b Nagget mo, my wife Is still living
The Main Thing.
From Judge.
Ted-"Cheer up, old man! Absence
you, know, makes the heart grow fond
err"
Ned-"what's worrying me is tina,
I'm not just sure that It's having the
same effect on the girl"
Familiar Fall Flowers.
Now clerodendron grows apace where
there are open fields:
The solidago memorials offers wond
rous yields. i
Now Indicum qompositae is IN full
bloom, 1t seems.
And In the parks callistephus chinen
sis proudly CLEANS.
The phaseofus multiforus makes the
meadows gay;
The gorgeous gentiana tribe grows tall
and has its day.
The ampelopsis is aflame along the
garden wall;
And all these nice plants. as you know
are heralds of the fall.
A Young Housewife.
Grace finds much to marvel at since
she began to cook"
How, so?"
"She thought potatoes came peeled
ard apples pared"
The Wandering Boys. e
This is old home week in PUNK
Vile. but l don't think the district at
torney is entering into the spirit Of
the thing
What makes you think that?'
II just found him overhauling his
old indictments. ~ %
His Team Lost.
What made your husband sick?"@
THE doctor says it was the worlds
.eries.'
Neighboring Nations.
Hands across the sea 81
VA, Used to be in order.
Now 1t seems to be
Shots across the border.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

A Game o. Talk.
What are you discussing with that
chess expert?"
~ opened with some weather OBJ
servation. The baseball gambit he de-
clined."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

We Wonder.
We wonder IL Cinderella wore one Of
these fiat, pancake-shaped shoes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Davenport Times; The reason the
average Nnglishman trembles when
woman suffrage Is mentioned is be-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Waterloo Courier: If Huerta will
come over on this side of the border
line, leaving his presidential honors
at home, and enter upon the lecture
platform we all will 60 to hear him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Entered a. second class matter
OetobsF ~. 1908. at the postontce. Ot-
tumwa. Iowa, under the Act OF Con-
s. ess Of March q, 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25
Press Comment.

Mason City Globe Gazette: With
aeroplane and dirigible the German
navy and army are having severer
losses In peace than In war.
la Crosse Tribune: Plain Arabic
numericals are hereafter to be used
on all United States buildings, In spite
OF the fact that the people can read
them easily.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-25

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Some people
ure impatient at the slow growth Of
the good roads movement. : It does
seem to grow slowly. But when we
look lack few years and compare
roads then with present highways we
will all have to concede that consider.
able progress has been made.