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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

In 1913 more than 100000 tons Of
freight went through the 500 canal.
That is equal to $4,000 trains Of fifty
cars, each car carrying forty tons. In
other words it would take to transport
that amount of tonnage, 1OS trains OF
fifty forty-ton cars each day during the
wear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

The taxpayers are still waiting for
some one to tell them why they did
not get to vote on the capitol grounds
extension tax. What was the object
of the legislature in barring the people
from a. vote on that measure?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

1t has been formally decided by the
interstate commerce commission that
ice cream is food But how about
pickles and fudge and popcorn?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
His First Patient.

His First Patient.
"My dear, have patient at last
"Goody!" exclaimed the young doc
tors wife whats his ailment?'
Dyspepsia. He has to live on weak
broth"
"Too bad I should like to invite
him to an elaborate dinner
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
By Degrees.

BY Degrees. ..-
"T see you have supper little later
every night, my dear ~
eyes; I'm working up gradually so
as to get the cook ready for those
twelve inning games"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

The high cost of living has been
solved. In Persia you can buy tur-
key for five cents and beef steer for
So. Go to Persia and live cheaply.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
Cubist Art.

ITS the cubist fad doing you any
good?"
well, | don't have to hire model
any more. The clothes horse answers
very we'll"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
All or.

All or.
"My dear burglar fired a revolver
at Boston man and the bullet struck
a button. thus saving his life" f..
well, what Of it?'
"Only this. A man could shoot at me
with a shotgun and never hit a but.
ton" H..>
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

La Crosse. Tribune: Somewhere,
whore there are pens and ink, there
dwells a pessimist with low forehead
and undershot jaw who announces that
che who laughs is a vulgarian.' Let
us all be vul garians.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

In one year 100000 volumes are
called for and supplied by the British
museum.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
Press Comment

Iowa City Republican: Reports show
that tuberculosis is decreasing. 1t will
still further decrease when people
learn the value of fresh air.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

Rock Island Argus: Music as cure
for insanity is to be given a test at
the eastern hospital for the insane at
Karkakee. Some Of the modern music
if it gets by the censor, might have the
opposite effect and make the durable
cases more hopeless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

Last Day Of Winter.
This Is winters final day;
Here we quit.
Are we sorry, by the way?
Not a bit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

An UnWarranted Liberty.
You are taking a liberty when yon
pat a strange horse on the nose. Sup
pose horses went around patting men
on the nose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26


cases more hopeless.
Rapids City Journal: 1t will be in
teresting to those who are boastfui or
present day efficiency in mechanical
achievement to learn that light Dug
gy Quilt in Vermont ninety years ago
Is still in use at Lancaster, Kan, and
promises to continue in use for years
to come.
Burlington Gazette: They are max
ing a heroine Of Madame Caillaux,
the woman who murdered an editor in
Paris. She shot down a defenseless
man, but will undoubtedly be freed.
Her place is in the insane asylum.
Keokuk constitutional Democrat: Ar
gentina has tried out her new $11,O0O,-
600 warship, the Rivardavia. and the
great drea drought has been declared
satisfactory. Now will someone please
kick I'D little war, SO the eleven mil
lions will not have been wasted.
TT. Dodge Chronicle: No sooner
does the lament subside to so low a
note that the Des Moines papers may
remark that the kick against capitol
extension has subsidized to a few chron-
ic erumblers than it breaks out in a
new place with more noise than aver.
This is a cruel world.
Waterloo Courier: We cannot under
stand this reported loss Of population
in Iowa. when at the same time reports
come from nearly every community
that school houses are too small, build
ings are being enlarged and at other
places structures for public education.
al purposes must be erected to accom-.
modate the increasing throng Of chill
dren. Where do all the children go?
Do they just vanish like pins and pen
MES?
Burlington Gazette: It will be viva
la" everything under the sun for the
next few days in Paris.
Burlington Hawkeye: There is only
one way for city to control its vices
and that is to be continuously on the
Job. Spasmodic reforms do little good
Logan Observer: We are not going
to write anything more about the tax
question The tax receipts will do the
talking for us from now on. People
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

Time to paint up and clean up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

are paying up now, and will have their
receipts so they can tell whether we
have been fooling them on the tax pusi-
ness or not.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

A Elatterine Resemblance.
"Miss Wombat seems to have taken
a sudden fancy to YOU
Eyes; she thinks I look something
like her little dog that was stolen"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

els your father as fond of puzzles as
ever?"
Eyes; he spends his evenings now
trying to figure out his income tax and
gets different answer every time
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12

fiTst in the provision for adequate
contag icua4disease hospitals where
AL the measures for the isolation Of
scarlet fever can be properly carried
out: hecond. the prompt reporting
by physicians Of scarlet fever cases;
third, II providing sufiicient nuns
Der Of inspectors and visiting nurses
In health departments for the Dtir-
pose Of visiting the homes where
scarlet fever cases occur and seding
that proper sanitary precautions In
regard to isolation are observed;
and Fourth, adequate SYSTEMS Of
medical supervision Of school chill
ldren; the abolition Of the common
drinking cup, the common towel, the
common slate and lead pencil in all
our SCHOOLS. While the habit Of put
ting things in the mouth is instinct-
I've In children, parents should teach
their children that the only things
that properly belong in the month
are food ana drink. The danger OF
such practices as Of putting pencils,
coins and the like IN the mouth, ex-
changing bites OF candy and apples
among children and similar prac-
tees should be one Of the first tea-
lures Of the chifd's education.
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Queer Figuring.

The Democrats have taken out their
pencils and pads and figured a "glor-
fous Wilson victory" In another way
from last weeks election returns.
but their latest figures are SO ridicu-
lous as to be amusing. They have
been stirred up to this latest effort by
the claims the Republicans have made
that Woodrow Wilson would have lost
the electoral college on the basis Of
last weeks returns and would
therefore have been defeated IL he
had been running for reelection.
The Republicans reached their re-
suit on the basis OF the returns from
the Congress elections the country
over The Republicans figured that
those states which elected majority
OF Republican congressman last Tues
day would have gone Republican, and
that on this basis of computation the
electoral college would easily have
been controlled by the Republican
party.
Now come the Democrats with 4
table which Shows" that woodrow
Wilson would have had 300 In the
electoral coieige, as compared with
only 220 for the Republicans. One
state having four votes In the college
is set down as doubtful by the Demo-
Gratis.
The Democrats in their statement
conveniently disregard the Republf-
can method OF calculating the result
on the basis Of the congressman elect
ed and classify the states as safely
Democratic which elected Demo-
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on AND GAs


In the Weir sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district, Kanawha
county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company
has an agreeable surprise in Its No. 8
on the g. 3. Young heirs farm.
When first drilled into the sand the
well did not show for better than a
100-barrel. producer, but It was
drilled a little deeper and the subse-
quent twenty-four hours produced
1920 barrels, and is the nearest to a
gushers OF any late completion in that
district.
on Sugar creek. Union district,
Peasants county, Schlagel and Fried
have drilled their No. SO on the j. s.
Wells farm into the Maxon SAM and
have show for a very light pun
per. on Rock Run, Walton district,
Roane county. the Carter OIL Com
.pany has now completed and shot its
No. on the w. II. Sheath farm and
has a fve-barrel pumper.
On Price Fork, Grant district.
Wetzel county, the South Penn OIL
Company's No. ~ ON the /. D. Nor
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cratic governors or Democratic mem
bers Of the Senate. In cases where
the Democrats elected governors and
United States senators .ths Demo
cratic etatisticians appropriate the
electoral vote Of that state. The Re-
pubiicaR table, therefore, has che mer-
1t OF being based on q common ground
OF computation, while the Democrats
has not *.
In the Democratic table. for In
stance, California Is included with ten
electoral votes, although a Progress
sive governor was elected and The
Democrats got only three OF the
eleven representatives from that state.
New Mexico Is also In the list, al
though the Republican congressman
at-large was elected.
Massachusetts, which elected two
Republican Representatives, as com-
pared with four Democrats, is classed
as safely Democratic because. a Dem
ocratic governor was elected. Mich
igan, normally Republican strong
hold, in which the Democrats elected
only two out Of thirteen representa-
tiyes, aiso Is claimed by the Demo
Gratis because the Democratic COVER
nor was elected. Even Minnesota,
with its eight Republican representa-
lives and its single Democratic mem
Der Of Congress, is added to the, VIII
son list. ~,
Wisconsin and Oregon also are giy-
.en among the Democratic states be-
cause Of the election OF United States
senators, although IN the former state
the Democrats elected only three
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12
A Derelict at Sea.

u In the memorable war OF 1912
there was a gallant feat Of arms.
From the destroyer, Roosevelt, was
sent q torpedo well directed and
with its war head in fine working or
der. It struck the big cruiser. Re-
publican, almost amidship, causing
~ narrowly ito. escape laundering
with all hands. There were those
who doubted whether the Republican
could be kept af1oat long enough to
reach drydock. Since then extern
siye repairs SO well equipped it
TOR further service that 1t gave a
good account of itself in last weeks
engagement, says the Brooklyn
Eagle.
At first 1t was supposed that the
Roosevelt emerged without a scratch
from the encounter. but in the next
night it 1abored heavily. That was
in 1913. Its supply of .torpsdoes
was far from exhausted. but they
seemed to be almost entirely limo
cent OF the power Of execution.
Either they were misdirected or
There was trouble with the war
heads. In this years fight the
Rooseye1t's bombardment was as
furions sas ever, but altogether futile.
Az the Roosevelt appears to be
fudderless. search for it should be
mad Though the chances are that
1T has gone to the bottom. it may
be floating somewhere as a menace
no navigation. There are perils
enough without that contribution to
the list. Moreover. as other than a
Menace to those who go down to
the sea in ships. it is worth. SO to
speak, corralling. and conveying or
hauling into port Obviously, it
has, value as a curiosity, No polit-
deal museum could have more in
wiling attraction.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12
g He DA IEY Il
NOV 8 = e TIE
THE WISDOM OF YEARS.

Nebuchadnezzar on his 207th birth
day, was summing himself on his front
porch. Moses Scratcher, the novelist
and the old gentleman's neighbor,
passed by. tSee Fam Beezy's Ne
tbuchadnezzar's Home Life.'')
Morning, Neb,n he cried familiar
~. 1.-TWO hundred and seven today,
eh? Well, I'm only AZ and I've writ
ten nineteen books and Jerusalem
street guide, and you, with all your
years OF experience, couldn't make a
shekel with your pen II you tried till
doomsday!"
"oh, is that so,- retorted Nebuch-
sadnezzar. Well, Ill bet you. a pair
Of sandals can make 500 shekels out
Of two pages OF writing tomorrow"
"Ha, hal" laughed Scratcher. "All
right. Neb, that's q bet!''
The next day the old gentleman
wrote the two pages, and a few days
later the following half-page adyer-
tisements appeared in different pages
Iof the Ararat Bugle:
Gentlemen: wish to testify that
7 owe my long life to Splizzen,s Old
Malt Remedy. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
II hereby take the opportunity to
publicly thank the manufacturers Of
Skour's Panacea, for prolonging my
well-known long life by means Of
( their invaluable preparation. .Nebuch-
Iadnezzar." 81
Jordan Mixture is fragrant. mild
and Notwithstanding the best to-
bacco y ever smoked. Nebuchad-
InezZar.n
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THE Scar HLIGET
Latest Mows from ths Fields Of
Science, Bducation ana m
vention.
AERIAL MINES AND BOMBS.

A bomb has been devised for the
mining Of the air against hostile APP
proaches, much as mines are placed
in harbors to keep the enemy out.
This defensive air+bomb consists Of a
Handicapped device which is intended
to be suspended from captive balloons,
stringing them in regular mine walls
around camps, fortresses or cities: to
be protected from aerial attack. The
line upon which the bomb Is suspend
ed is attached to the exploding trig-
ger. and the slightest additional
weight OF jerk trips it ana causes the
explosion. In this way, an aeroplane
or airship. speeding through the
night, needs only. to strike one OF
these invisible wires IN order to fire
the powerful air-mine.
A somewhat similar Instrument Is
devised for offensive work. 1t con-
sists Of cylindrical bomb which Is
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preyention Of scarlet Eeyer.


The great increase in the number
sQf cases OF scarlet fever which all
Swaya accompanie the opening OF the
schools in the fall has caused the
United States Public Health Service
to issue at this time a bulletin on
fthis serious disease OF childhood.
While the way in which scarlet
fever is spread and Its prevention
are well known to health officers
and physicians, the general public
usually neglects to take those pre-
cautions which would diminish and
prevent this disease so fatal to young
ehildren.
The contagion OF scarlet fever is
spread principally from the discharge
Of the nose and throat, and the acts
responsible for the Transmission OF
the disease from the sick to the we'll.
are those which are common in our
everyday life, particularly among
children; namely, kissing, the use OF
the common drinking cup and com
mon towel. placing in the mouth arti-
cies such as lead pencils, candy, ap-
pies and the like, which have been
previously placed in the mouth or
Injected with the nose and throat
discharges Of persons suffering from
scarlet fever, or by being sprayed
with such discharges in the act OF
sbeing "coughed att on "sneezed at"
We possess no specific remedies
against scarlet fever. The disease
once contracted must run it's course.
Tho chief efforts for its control,
therefore. must be directed towards
its prevention. The most important
means of preventing scarlet fever
consist first, In the early recognition
Of the cases as they occur, and sec
gond, In a thorough isolation OF those
who are sick. The Important thing
to remember is that a child. sick Of
carlet fever who is is thoroughly
flbolated, does not transmit the dis
ease. The isolation must be carried
out for q minimum period OF six
weeks or longer IL the mucous mem-
kFane of the nose and throat are not
Hhoroughly healed by that time. Safe
md thorough isolation In the home.
however, is rather difficult to accom-
Splish and is usually impossible In
over-crowded city districts.
Our chief reliance, therefore, for
public control OF scarlet fever lies
B.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12
Not SnrI,Y.

We are not a bit sorry for Tom
Hodges. He has no right to COM
plain. We warned him that he
could not do 1t. We told him the
McGraw men would get nina
they did. 1t might not have been
quite so bad if he had not gone
around adoring President Wilson.
but this folly added to his weakness.
He made such a bad race that Ne Is
politically ruined and but few peo-
pie are sorry of It. Where's; the next
birthright up for mess Of pottage?
-Parkersburg- State Journal. !
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12

Leading Lady, !" afternoon and evening,
Robinson Grand theater.
Saturday, November Car
men presented by the New York
Grand Opera Company, evening, Rob
inson Grand theater.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, November 1917 The Deep
Purple presented by the Barrett
Players, Palace theater.
Friday, November 20-F ootball,
West Virginia gntyersity VS.. Marietta.
College Union park:
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sfae Fairmont Times. !,

5F;ae Fairmont Times, which has
Ehea nuch, latdation of Wilson'S
watchful waiting policy and
peace in Mexico, had this headline
lthis morning: "Die is cast and con-
fention Of generals declare war
against Chief Carranza." Where,
OH where is that success of watch
sful watting"3 What has become of
Bill Bryan's peace?
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g B A We LETTE
PENANG.
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PENANG.
Travellers seldom visit Penang
that Malay port where the disguised
German cruiser "EmdenD the other
day sank two hostile ship but It Is
Wen worth while for q days break
IN the Journey when dropping down
the long Burmese-Siamese Malasian
coast from Rangoon to Singapore.
Penang Is a mountain stfckine out
LOT the water across narrow strait
from the fat mainland. This strait
Ifs the roadstead where the ordinary
Ereacefur scene OF d dozen sleeping
boats was SO rudely upset by the
German terror Of the sea.
When ! saw the harbor there was
but one nian-o'-war In sight, a darling
little duck Of gunboat lying the
White Elephant nag OF Siam, ship
OF war that would have been over
Iwhelmed by a Staten Island ferry
boat.
Penang Is a summer resort. When
| the thermometer in Burma gets up
ito 1870 in the shade, the Weather
folk come down to Penang, where It
rarely goes above 119. The seekers:
for the cool disembark in the rag
ged little town and soon bargain for
transportation UP to the top OF the,
mountain, where. swept by ocean
breezes. perches the resort hotel
with Its huge brood Of dependent,
bungalows.
There Is no cog-wheel road, no
funicular traction line. There are
no buses. One must walk, or de-
pend upon somebody else walking
for him. The latter is the easier
way. An armchair Of willow is
fastened to two long poles. Cross
poles are attached front and back.
The traveller seats himself In the
chair and stretches out his legs on
the poles. Six coolies appear, great
|brown-black fellows whose naked
skins are Furnished with melted but
ter. Two Of them take the front
cross pole and four OF them the
back, and so we go up the winding
path for q climb of asheer 1900
feet. The. path winds; through for
ests OF tree ferns and a wonderland
Hof green. and every little while there
lis break through which beckon the
TURQUOISE waters OF the Bay Of BEN
gal
I AT the top your exhausted coolest
are paid and You are invited by your
Armenian host to a dinner that ISL
not to be equaled anywhere to the
eastward of Suez. (Of course he Isl
an Armenian, because in the hotel
business the Armenions are the
Swiss Of the 0rient.)
And 1t is cool on the mountain top
the mercury sometimes stops at 80.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12
Most Attractive.

Although Sunday nights near win
ter put a crimp in sentiment. Indian
summer is still ahead of US. And
that delightful drowsy period, when.
experienced at Its best, makes the
Ohio valley the most attractive spo1
on earth.-Hunt1ngton Herald-D Dis
patch.
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In Good COMPANY,

Col. Jim Weir, OF the Randolph
Review. was elected to the House of
Delegates on the third. We are
pleased to note that he will spend
forty-five days in good Republican
company.-Parkersburg State Jour
nal.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-12

The war has pulliaed the effects
lof the Underwood tariff to a very
large extent and as long as the Eu-
ropean war continues, business
should be good in this country
Fairmonti West Virginian.
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osDoubt.

Richard Harding Davis wants to
bet 800 to a penny that the British
are not using soft-nosed bullets, and
no doubt he is willing to take their
word for it.Parkersburg State
Journal.