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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
OWNERSHIP UP AND DOWN.

The contention remains undfsputed
that when man owns the land he
owns all that lies underneath it. A
Nike contention is to the effect that he
owns all the air and the blue sky above
his terrestrial domain. At Chingford,
England, recently retired tradesman
who amuses himself with bow and ar
row. was fined for shooting homing
pigeon. He contended that all the air
between his land and the sky be-
longed to him and that all passing
birds and aeroplanes were trespassers.
"A London newspaper considers this
contention valid and that when the
art of flying is more fully developed
the air will have to be divided up into
public highways liable to prosecution.
A French clockmaker has construc-
ted a clock in which a photograph is
substituted for the gong. Instead Of
striking the hours, It repeats them in
q loud voice. The inventor got the
idea during e. journey in Spain, where
he heard the serene or night watch
man calling the hours in the street.
It is proposed to extend the idea by
fitting public clocks with large phono-
graphs which, after announcing the
hour. would repeat In stentorian tones
some appropriate proverb or wise say
ing. For example. early in the morn
Ing the clock would announce, six
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
A PLAYGROUND IDEA.

Ladies' of Ottumwa have banded
together in an effort to provide and
maintain one or more public play.
grounds for the youngsters Of the city
Their organization has been working
steadily on the project for some
months now and they hope for final
success though they hardly expect to
fit out any grounds before next spring
They are met with the objection that
Ottumwa has plenty Of open places for
play and that the public playground is
only advisable in congested cities.
They answer that their aim Is to pro.
vide organized and supervised play
with the aim Of developing the chill
dren mentally and morally as well as
physically. They point to the success
that is attending the move in other
cities and declare they will at least
give Ottumwa a chance to tryout the
playground idea.
In this connection it will be inter.
esting to read an article on play.
grounds which was written by Grant
M. Hyde for Popular Mechanics. This
writeup appears on another page OF
this issue of The Courier
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
THE TRUE TEST,


You can laugh at the world---it's fun
ny old world
You can laugh at the people you
meet,
You can laugh at the antics you see
on the stage.
You can laugh at the folks on the
street.
You can laugh at the one who Is fuss
ing about
Or the one who Is taking rest
But with all OF the topic that merri
ment make
Can you laugh at your self? That's
the test.
Imagine yourself about twenty feet
or
Just taking quizzical look
And seeing yourself -,as the others
would see,
As you would appear in q book
Observe how you sit, how you stand,
how you smile,
And how at the table you eat,
You'll seem quite as queer to yourself,
I am sure.
As half of the people you meet.
And why are you not, may I ask, II you
Legitimate subject for mirth?
You may be as funny In manner or
speech
As anyone else on the earth.
Give others rest. for some people
object
If over their failings you smile,
! And here Is subject you need not
offend,
So laugh at yourself for awhile
Mobile Register.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
oFnvE SEEKERS HUNGRY.

when President Wilson WAS fhau-
gurated. there we're over 10000 ONCE
seekers in Washington according to
conservative estimates. Besides this
practically every democratic congress-
man and senator had extra help at
work in his ONCE sorting applications
for ONCE and fling them for ready
reference, Some state chairmen, some
national committeeman, and some
local chairmen came to Washington
to hand out the patronage.
Representative Pepper, the senior
member Of the Iowa delegation,-there
are but three democrats and two OF
them are serving their first term,-had
to turn his entire Office over to the
'4patriots." He had to get in new
filing cases for their accommodation
and he had an offlc full of help. All
Iowa seemed willing to serve the presi-
dent.
But as day after day passed and no
Offices we're forthcoming, Peppers mail
began to grow smaller and smaller,
until some weeks ago 1t got down to
normal again, the extra help was dis
posed Of, the state chairman quit COM
ing to Washington every once In q
while to look over the situation, and
the state chairman's stenographer
went back home. Now Pepper hears
no more about Offices and govern
ment jobs. Iowa's democracy has
given up the fight for place. The price
has evidently been too great, or the
walt too long.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Icasionally they would stop to stare
curiously at the few foreigners present.
The slightest incident served to
agitate this vast concourse and send
1t rushing down the field the wooden
shoes making the clatter of force of
cavalry Hundreds climbed trees and,
hanging their wooden shoes across
the boughs, took in the show from
their points Of vantage. A pioneer
suffragette dragged herself to the band
stand and urged the help Of Japanese
women to the cause Of the meeting.
Even sheets of rain failed to shake
the spirit Of the mob, and all afternoon
and night students and workmen con-
tinued to haranque the crowd, which
refused to be called of despite hunger
and thirst until daybreak.
The demonstration indicates the
tendency of the masses to have a
greater voice in the doings of the en-
pire. 1t was an illustration Of the
growth Of democracy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
GARDEN THRIFT.

zone Of the greatest curses OF
American civilization today is the fact
that it Is unfashionable to save ana
that the people are ashamed to save;
while extravaganza. waste and careless.
ness are looked upon as smart ana
signs of prosperity. Now probaDly
this can in no other way be more dis
tinctly shown than by the fact that
our wives are not doing the preserv-
Ing and picking that our mothers used
to do."-Roger w. Babson.
The truth of the statement made by
The well.known economist quoted above
Ia borne out by the fact that great
manufacturing firms producing pickles,
canned goods, soups, ETC., have thrived
enormously during the past ten years.
They could not have existed IN the
days Of our mothers, who insisted on
doing their own preserving and making
their pickles Therefore, in attempting
to solve this increased cost of living
problem by means of the family gar
den. we not only must produce more,
but we must save more; not only raise
more vegetables, but save more vege-
tables for winter use.
It is doubtful If an average sized
KlCCQCu K6IU0u CoA OS AAesNC w PsSS
unless the householder himself does
most of the work in It. II you are I'M
der constant expense for labor the
chances are that your garden will not
show q profit.
But II you are living where you can
have q garden and are SO situated that
members OF your own family can do
most Of the work in 1t, you will find 1t
q genuine means Of economy for you,
even as thousands and thousands OF
others have found by experience.
Plan your garden SO that you Will
not only have plenty Of fresh vege-
tables during the summer, but also 80
that you will have an ample supply OF
winter vegetables and plenty OF
STUFF for preserving-sucha as tomatoes,
which are easy to cultivate and very
valuable as food.
Entirely aside from ,the actual
profits OF saving from q garden, you
must reckon as an important asset tho
health and satisfaction that it gives
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

The difference between a. Japanese
and other mobs was demonstrated
during the popular manifestations to
demand the sending Of armed forces
to China to punish the Chinese for at.
lacking Japanese in Marking.
The gathering was certainly more
picturesque than a western mob and 1t
balanced at times between the tragic
and the farcical. At one end of the
vast Hibiya park the huge band-stand
was jammed with frenzied orators,
with in front undulating masses of
Japanese in flowing, artistic robes,
almost all wearing wooden sandals
over bare feet and the great majority
iauntiy swinging walking sticks as
they sauntered back and forth to hear
the hoarsed-voiced agitators and to
gossip over the events of the day. DC.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

SSOPJAAo ~. ehAS A'ASSANAS
Newspaper SynHcate.)
He stood on the high seat of a
gaudily decorated wagon In each
hand he held an enormous bottle. He
shouted loudly and waved his bottles
above the cheering crowd.
1.-The one and only cure for every
disease that can afflict the human
race One treatment removes every
ache and every sorrow. Step up,
ladies and gentlemen. and buy this
marvellous remedy"
4 It was q laughing, merry crowd
that surged around the wagon. Eager
ly they passed UP money to the
medicine seller and received huge bot
ties which they held conspicuously
in the air.
In the road, at the outskirts of the
crowd, an automobile stopped. The
girl at the steering wheel sat watch
ing the medicine vender.
The man on the wagon. having
dispensed bottles to nearly every one
in the crowd, took UP the reins and
drove his four deliberately capari-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

The highest point in. Nevada is
Wheeler peak, which, according to a
chart published by the United States
geological survey, Is 1908 feet above
sea level. The average elevation of
the state of Nevada is $500 feet Only
four states, Utah, Colorado. Wyoming,
and New Mexico, are higher.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

o'clock. Fortune belongs to the early
riser" At noon, Eat to live, not live
to eat. Remember that alcohol Is a
slow poison which leads to sickness,
madness and an early grave" The
clock-phonograph could also be used
for making important official an
nOnncements
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

The Oldest account of a chimney
places 1t in Venice In 1347.
An ostrich feather which cost $50
a few years ago is now worth SIS.
A S3,000,0O0, telephone cable is to
be laid between England and Holland.
The educational buildings in the
United States are valued at 1925, 000,-
OOox
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

An extremely useful boat in use in
Bagdad on both rivers ia the ''gooffa,"
which Is circular in FORM Ave to twelve
feet In diameter, and covered on the
outside with bitumen. The gooffa
never capsizes, even in the strongest
wind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

When 500 girls between II and 16
years of age in Chicago factories were
asked: IF your father had good job,
SO that he could have afforded to keep
you in school, would you prefer to stay
in school or go to work in a factory?"
Four hundred and twelve replied that
they would still prefer to be in the
factory
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

hood days when had to peddle
papers, tend furnaces, rake yards.
Now have l explained everything
The light in the theater was dim.
Louise slipped her hand into Clay
tons. "You did notsneed to explain"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

The largest apple tree in New York
state is said to be one standing near
the town of Wilson. 1t was planted
In the year 1916 and it Ia on record
that 1t once yielded thirty-three full
barrels of apples In q single season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

The re-establshment OF direct COM
munication between San Francisco
and Bristol. through the arrangements
for the Maple Leaf line of steamers
to call at Avonmouth, has rendered
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havlne Fun.
This cooking on 2 chatting dish
Is what the girlies love.
1t all ends there: they never care
For cooking on q stove,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Hls Monsy's Worth.

His Moneys Worth.
Don't you advertise music with
meslsl~
"A ham sandwich is rather a small
order, SIR"
~Sdn. think the orchestra ought to
render 4 few barn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Personal abuse originated when one
man found himself unable to answer
some other mans arguments. Bat.
tens Wedge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

valuable aid to the development Of the
trade in canned fruits and salmon.
Upon completion Of the Panama canal
there should be an enormous increase,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Alienated Alterations.

Altenatod AHectattons.
What caused the GOODNESS between
you and the Wombats?"
They asked us to take care of their
dog while they were away last sum.
mer."
"WeN?"
I'VE did 30, and now the dog doesn't
want to go back to them"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Lunch and Laundry.
~ had to let my girl 20. She was
too Ingenious about saving labor!'
'How so?"
II asked her to wash few socks,
land she boiled them with the pota-
toes"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Ex-Governor Sulzer II probably
booked clear full on the chautauQua
circuit for next season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Busting Loose

Busting Loose.
Il love to go into a 10-cent store"
"Why so?"
Even q man with dollar bill can
bust into one Of those places and buy
recklessly."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

propossd holidays.
It is proposed that We have another
holiday to be entitled Monroe Doctrine
day.
Additional holidays are always vel
come. We might add Gadsden Pur-
chase day, $40 or Fight day, and a
Resumption Of Specie Payments day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Treatment For Kickers.

Treatment For kickers.
ibid your husband take the medi-
cine I ordered?"
"No doctor. He's kicking at your
treatment"
Kicking. Ell? In that case advise
you to call IN q veterinarian"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Several Sphynxes.
What can you tell me about the
rsphynxr' asked the teacher.
"SphynxT" echoed the small boy who
reads the newspapers. do you mean
Boss Murphy or Connie Mack?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Out Of The Question 4.

Out OF The Question. n
How can girl who Is deeply inter-
ested in improving our prison system
be expected to help her mother with
the homework?
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Some Now Fad,

"You must keep an unbroken egg
diet"
Great snakes, doctor! Do you
want me to swallow them whole?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Money Does Anything.

what Is that man doing on Mrs.
an Millions lawn with step lad
der?"
Seems her trees didn't color to suit
her, so she's hired an artist to touch
them up here and there"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

You may have seen spoiled child
rave.
The wise men say
1t makes one sour to let him have
His own sweet way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
A Few Laughs.
Cause and effect

Cause and Effect. s
lie had his own sweet way too much
In childhood's hour.
He went the way of many such;
1t made him sour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Pure Food 8urea,

Whate is whiskey? What Is beer?
Experts may think these things clear.
But affairs will 60 to smash
When they ask them: What is hash I?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
A Little Lay.

A Little Lay.
An Oregon hen has been known to
lay 2S3 eggs In one year.-News Item.
This hen has had q great career
And earned crown Of bay.
Almost three hundred eggs per year
Now that's the way to lay.
I have lay to offer such
A hen SO superfine,
BUT I'll admit her lay is much
More valuable than mine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

One Good Point.
What do you do when the baseball
season is over?" .ss q. ..s,. - I
Il can read baseball stories
''Kind of slow aren't they, after the
real thing?"
ooh. don't know They have one
advantage"
What Is that?"
"The home team never loses
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Mnscatine Journal: It is fortunate
for some salaried men that the income
tax collector only considers what they
actually draw and not what they be-
lieve their efforts are worth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Pearls Preferred,

Man wants raincoat and an UNI
bIella to protect him from the rain !;
but woman needs no addition to her
ordinary attire other than a good,
serviceable necklace.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
Evening Story.
THE oUAck BILL

BY Annie Hlnrichsen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Des Moines Register and Leaders A
rainless November Is no help to the
street railway company.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Sioux City Tribune: 1t is now up
to the appendices clubs throughout
the world to start collecting funds for
q fitting memorial to the late DR.. Nc
Burney, the father of appendicitis"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Copyright, 1912, by 1.-The Mcclure
Newspaper SynS1cate.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13
NO MORPHINE
OR CHLOROFORM

SAMPLE SENT FREE
Write for II today. Mention this paper. AAdse
x.c. MEYER 4 CO.., BALTIMORE. II
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Entered - second class matter
October II, 1908. at the postontcs. On
tamwa, Iowa. under the Act OF Con
Gis0s Of March 4 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

Fnrelgn representatives: Cone, Loe'
ens~n & Woodman. Mallers Building.
Chicago: 225 Fifth Ave-. New Yo1s
City: Cumhel Bldg, Kansas City. Mo-
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Des Moines Register and Leader:
en- are being driven to violence. And
all this time we thought the police
were trying to keep them from it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

La Crosse Tribune: It is complained
that football players are given strych-
nine to stimulate the heart, but prob
ably this was only where their oppon-
ents in previous games escaped I'M
hurt.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
ITALIAN AND MONEY GONE
Police Seek Man Accused Of
Fraud-May Have Sailed.

Armed with warrant charging the
obtaining of money under false pre-
tences. the police are looking for Vim
cenzo Latterulo. who left his office. at
No So Beaver street. last Friday and
is supposed 10 have sailed after cashing
a check for $1,000. which he changed
into Italian money
In Just what way Latterulo obtained
the money that provokes the charge Is
not admitted by the persons interested
in capturing him He conducted bust
ness under the name Of the Algonquin
Leather Company and lived on Staten
office Of II. Ama2aga & Co, importers.
The police have learned that a few
days before he disappeared ne can
cclled a reservation he had made for
Havrc on a French Line steamer, book =
ing under the name a. Cruze, which
was not an inappropriate cognomen
for an intended voyager to assume.
T. Seton Jevons. of No 40 Wall
street. lawyer said yesterday he was
not willing to discuss the case until
some trace Of the fugitive had been
gained.
II cannot even give YOU now the
amount involved" he said. for we are
not certain ourselves. We are devot-
ing all of our time To the chase, but
have not received any encouraging
news so far"
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
TREE HITS AUTO;
DEATH GRAZES TWO
Forest Giant Crushes Machine,
While Man and Wife, on
Front Seat, Escape.

Dr. J. II. Beattie and Mrs. Beattie
left Hastings in their touring car
shortly before ) o'clock yesterday
afternoon for their home in Dobbs
Ferry. Or. Beaftie was at the wheel
and Mrs. Beattie sat beside him in a
front seat.
Their route was along Broadway.
As they came 10 the estate of Carl
Trube, which faces Broadway and lies
midway between Hastings and Dobbs
Ferry, a locust tree probably sixty
FIVE feet high snapped at the roots
and swung down upon the machine.
Dr. Beattie must have had a rabbit s
foot in his pocket, for the tree landed
across the rear seats, almost cutting
the car in halves. Only the lighter
branches struck DR.. and Mrs. Beattie.
slightly scratching their faces
The weight Of the tree held the car
roadway.
The shock was so severe that the
Beatties we're unable 10 speak for sew
eral minutes They were seated in the
car, overcome by fright, when Edward
S. Perot, president Of the National
Conduit and Gable Company. whose car
had been blocked by the long tree,
climbed over it and came TO them.
An automobile was called from Dobbs
Ferry and il brought the Beatties
home. Their trifing cuts were quickly
dressed.
It being impossible for traffic to
move while the tree remained where it
was, policemen spent an hour chopping
clear way.
Undoubtedly the wind and rain Of
Tuesday weakened the tree at the
roots.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
ASCH FIRE VICTIMS
VALUED AT SIS EACH
Owner of Triangle Waist Factory
Settles Nine Suits on
That Basis.

BY paying SI5 for each. Joseph j.
Asch, who owned the building bearing
his name when it was destroyed by fire
on March -, 1911, in which about 40
lives were lost has been relieved Of
further liability for nine OF those
deaths for which the administrators Of
the victims have brought suit Per-
mission TO compromise for this amount
was granted by Surrogate Fowler yes
tcrday on the application of the admin
istrators.
The girls killed in the fire were en-
ployes Of the Triangle Waist Company.
Suits were filed also against Max
Blanck and Isaac Harris, constituting
the Triangle Company. These suits
are pending.
The offer Of $40 compromise was
made by the Amsterdam Casualty
company, in which Asch held policy.
Asch denied all liability, but consented
10 the settlement that the casualty
company might be relieved of the ne
ccssity. as required under the state in
surance laws, of maintaining a reserve
against the claims made against Asch.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
COUGHS FRIEND A SUICIDE
Quits Work on Christmas Tree
10 Shoot Himself.

Monticello y. y. Dec. 2l-Stanley
p. Smith shot and killed himself to-
night with an old-fashioned pistol
about two feet long He was for sew
eral years the leading jeweller Of this
Village. but had not been in business
for five wears.
Friends think that the tragic death
Of Melvin II. Couch may have influ-
enced his act He was close friend Of
Couch. and the surmise is that the
disclosure Of the lawyers double life
had preyed upon his mind, as he talked
continually about Il.
Smith left the members Of his fam
ily preparing the Christmas tree, a
task in which he had been assisting,
and went upstairs and shot himself.
The gun with which Smith killed
himself was presented to him some
wears ago by Couch and was a relic OF
the trial OF Jack" Allen. the last man
hanged in Sullivan County and whom
Couch was instrumental in convicting
while he was District Attorney.