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Cats and Man.

No subject that Dr.. Weir Mitchell
studied, either scientific or social, is
more curious than the one he describ-
ed in little known paper entitled
"Of A1lurophobia and the Power to Be
Conscious of the Cat as Near, When
Unseen and Unheard." In this pa
per DR.. Mitchell declares that there
are persons who have been able to dis
tinguish the presence Of cat by its
smell, but cannot any longer do so
and yet who retain ability to detect
unseen cats.
1T is likely" he says, 'that the cat
emanations may affect the nervous
system through the nasal membrane.
although unrecognized as odOrs. Why
these emanations should, If plainly
perceived as due to cats, cause GER
tain symptoms in those who dread cats
is readily understood.
"The ultimate cause Of unreasonable
terror Of cats | cannot explain. Cen
tury,
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An interesting personality is Mrs.
Charles Douville Coburn, who is proud
of belonging to what happily is an
increasing type; the young actress
who takes her work seriously. Every
where, Mrs. Coburn makes it clear
that she is a laborious artist, hard at
work and not a pretty woman exhibit
ing herself. Her ideas of what is due
to the great poet of the drama are
unqualified by any reverence for the
names of the managerial potentates
who patronizingly present" them, and
her expressions of opinion are as can
did as her ideas are unqualified.
Interviewed on productions of classic
phys she visualized unhesitatingly her
own point of view. 1T is," she pre-
faced, "one Of my eccentricities to be
old fashioned in my artistic tastes.
For insance, am fond-unaffect-
edly fond-of Shakespeare's plays.
do not mean the cut-to-order editions.
l mean the plays as Shakespeare
wrote them, played straight through
line by line and sceen as nearly as
possible under the conditions of repre-
sentation for which they were design
ed. Therefore, cannot but feel harsh.
ly towards those producers who de.
monstrate their love of the bard by
letting him have his way only so far
as they thing it good for him and
who in preparing the text of an acting
ersion proceed to alter, transpose,
omit, improve, correct, and to trans
fer speeches from one character to
to another. Doubtless these gentlemen
will consider me as great a fool as
manifestly they consider Shakespeare,
but without disputing their judgment,
l submit that after all they are only
men with a theory of dramatic com.
position, going with a blue pencil over
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Orioin Of MYTHS.

The human mind, whether that OF
the savage or the civilized man. Is
naturally thinking machine. In ear
~ times, before science was born. the
phenomena Of nature required an ex-
planation. and the savage beholder
shaped the myth. which satisfied his
untutored mind. 1t is out of mans
natural craving to know the treason
why" that all myths are born. AS
the distinguished anthropologist. Ty-
lor. puts it. when the attention OF a
man in the myth making stage Of in
tellect is drawn to any phenomenon
which has to him IN obvious reason
be invents and tells story to &C.
count for it." In such way all mytho''
ogy MISUNDERSTANDING.
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Amateur HeadsmaE.


Most If us are wont to think of the
beheadment as relic Of the dark ages.
but the last decapitation which took
place in the British isles was no later
than 1920. The victims were two un.
fortunates who had taken part In the
Bonnymuir rising and were convicted
Of high treuson. The sentence was car
ried out in Stirling, Scotland. The
headslnan. who wos masked and wore
a serge gown. was q small. nervous
man who did his work SO badly that 1t
was not until the third stroke that he
decapitated one Of the unfortunates.
The assembled crowd yelled "Murder!'
and the miserable headsman was heard
to remark, II wish to heaven had not
it to do" For long time his 1den'
tity was 4 mystery, but it later devel
oped that he was young medical STU
dent Of Glasgow. The ak and the
mask which he used on the occasion
NAV still be seen.-New York Sun.
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British Ship Catches Fire
And Explodes ~ Crew
I Leaves in Two
J Boats.
UNDERGO GREAT SUFFERING

Aboard steamer Franconia, via Sa.
ble Inland. N. s.. May 6.-Thdrteen
Ausvtvors Of the British steamer Co.
3umbtan, bound from Antwerp to New
York. which caught fire at sea Sun.
day night were picked up today by
tho CunaN liner Francoina from Llv.
erpeol for Boston. In the boat with
the survivors was the body Of the
chief steward, Matthews.
Another boat, containing the chief
and second officers and II men, is
still adrift. The Franconia cruised in
search for them.
Terrible Suffering.
The survivors suffered terribly dur
Ing the 40 hours Of exposure in the
open boat. Their exhaustion was so
great that 1t was impossible to obtain
q coherent story from them for sew
eral hours after they were picked up.
The Columbia caught fire Sunday
night 800 miles sout hot Cape Rice.
A series Of violent explosions followed.
putting the wireless out of commits.
SION.
4 Other Boat Missing.
With the vessel belching flames and
torn BY explosions, the men left in
two boats: the first in charge of Chief
Steward Matthews, which lay to for
= while, but the dense smoke about
the burning vessel made it impossible
Is zee the other boat. The stewards 3
boaa finally drifted from the scene.
OF the suffering druing the 40 hours
they we're tossed about and the death
a Matthew'S. the men couldn't tell
xbout.
The Franconia continues to search
tor the other boat, containing 10 men
proAGbly including Captain Mcdonald.
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ROUND THE WORLD

There are II 100000 chickens in Min.
aasota.
IN Burma women smoke cigars the
0ane % men.
Valencia, Spain, yearly produces 200,
so tons Of rice.
For Z thousand unhusked cocoanuts
IL 30 considered in the Philippines a
very high price.
a plant to extract nitrogen from the
1ir Tor fertilization purposes is being
built in Iceland.
TWenty-six hundred Guernsey cows
tested show an average milk yield OF
64G pounds year.
In Great Britain the percentage o:
insanity is increasing faster than the
growth Of population.
New York state consumes SO, $50, 900
Neet Of lumber annually in making
packing boxes und crates.
Dwellers on the seacoast of one part
O& France claim to prevent seasickness
By filling their ears with vaseline.
Women are employed in road build
ing In Singapore, breaking up much OF
the material with small hammers.
Eggs shipped to the United States
rom Hamburg are not German eggs
hut come from Galicia and Hungary.
In the course of one year more thar
1000 persons were identified by theil
0nger prints In the London police court
The United States bill for diamond:
the last dec,lde Las been just abou,
enough to buy and build the Panama
capal. ....
The washing Of the towels and dust
.srs used in the London public school:
requires an annual expenditure Q.
10000.
San Pedro harbor. California. is to b.
improved by dynamiting out Of exist
ence the obstruction known as "Deat
Mans island
There is said to be one rat to ever!
sacre Of ground in England and Wales
causing a loss to farmers estimated a
S53. .OOO. .OOO annually.
There Is an Indian tribe in Bolivi'
which shuns the whites and lives as ii
the stone age. making tools and weap
sUns out of stone. bone or wood.
Chinese jade is so successfully 1m1
tated by German manufacturers tha
experts Of the far east frequently mis-
take the artificial for the genuine.
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PRODUCTIONS OF POETIC PLAYS

the worA Of great dramltist, and
striking out everything that does not
fit their peculiar theories 49, it hap
pens nobody cares about tbei- tlleo
res while everybody who goes to see
what are, after all, advertised as per-
formances o. Shakespeares plays and
not demonstrations of other peoples
theories, does care more or less about
the art Of Shakespeare.
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II The prices are never high, even
for the features" .....
II The orchestra is one to be proud
of, every member an artist. gss
13 The pipe organ is an expensive
and exclusive feature.
IA The singers vary the program
with classical as we'll as popular music,
so that taste is satisfied.
MARION E. COLE.
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All other sizes in stock. Non-skid
tires Is per cent additional, red tubes
ten per cent above gray. All new
clean, fresh guaranteed tires. Best
standard and independent makes. Buy
direct from us and save money. per
cent discount if payment in full ac-
companies each order. C. O. D. on 10
per cent deposit. Allowing examina-
ton.
TIRE FACTORIES SALES co.
Dept. A Dayton, Ohio
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Financial jealousy.

'"rhe duke is fearfully Jealous" re-
marked the heiress
worries him to see you look at an
other man, eh?"
"No. But It gives him the shudders
every time spend any Of my money"
Louisville Courier-J0urnal.
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One Way to Live.

Vno way 70 6TV0s
"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives," quoted the
wise guy.
"Yes," agreed the simple mug. "some
people spend half their time wonder
ing how they are going to spend the
other balf."-Philadelphia Record.
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THE London Lancet, the leading

THE London Lancet, the leading
medical journal of the world,
says that the best and simplest
fly killer is weak solution Of formal
dehyde in water 1.-TWO teaspoonfuls to
the pint. Place in plates or saucers
throughout the house. Ten cents
worth Of this liquid will last an ordi-
nary family oil summer. 1t has no Of
fensive odor, is fatal to disease or
ganisms and is practically nonpoison-
GUS except to insects.
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House Fly Engine Of
Destruction.

THE house fly costs tho United
States $350,000,000 a year.
In other words, he deprives
tho American people annually
Of 170,0o0,000 years Of human
life, or 100000 lives Of the
present average length.
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Following is the list of prize win

FU11UW1ng IS tHe 11st u1 prize VIII
ners: ..
$500-Marion Cole.
. 2 $2.50-Ella May Boyd.
3 81 in tickets-Frank Wyttenbach
81 in tickets-Dell Rogers.
5 81 in tickets-Martha Davidson
6 81 in tickets-A Anderson. .
Z 81 in tickets-Grace Taylor.
8 81 in tickets-E. Eckert.
9 81 in tickets-Ed Tierney.
10 81 in tickets-MayEdison.
ii 81 in tickets-T. Edwards.
IL 81 in tickets-J. Jackson.
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Home RUE. t*a
Father, what is home rule?" ''Youf
mothers word. Don't annoy me any
mOre''- Buffalo Express.
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A Cup Of Coffee.

As matter Of fact, the secret OF
coed after dinner coffee is merely
strength-say tablespoonful to each
cup. The true test Of coffee making
is not after dinrer coffee but the ma
tutinul pot. Tho French, as a rnle,
make execrable cafe au la1t, not to
mention their perv erted taste for the
bitterness impaired by chicory. The
best coffee I've found (and l make 1t
every morning myself is in Germany.
Austria. the United States and the
South American republics. The secret
of it lies neither in boiling nor per-
collation. (which is the better method
never can he settled). but in using lots
Of coffee. The average English cook
expects tablespoonful Of ground cof-
fee to produce as much liquid as the
same quantity Of tea.-Brazilian IN
London Opinion.
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Wicked kina John.

WICKED NIn4 OUUns
"Wasn't King John a wicked man,
said the professors little daughter the
other evening. He used to run over
people with his mOtOrcurs.'
The professor was puzzled. Haven't
you made a mistaken" he inquired
doubtfully. "Surely your teacher didn't
tell you that?'
"Oh, yes, she did! She told us that
King John ground down the people
with his taxis."-London Chronicle.
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AUTOMOBILE TIRES
AT FACTORY PRICES

SAVE FROM 50 70 90 PER CENT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
POSSES HUNTING
FOR BOLD BANDITS
TWO OR THREE MEN HOLD UP
TRAIN AND SECURE $4,000
FROM PASSENGERS.

Los Angeles, CAL, July 24.-Deputy
sheri1fs were searching the hills north
of Los Angeles early today for two or
possibly three robbers who held up
train No. % of the Southern Pacific
company last night near Chatsworth
park and robbed passengers Of more
than $4,000.
The bandits dropped from the train
as 1t slowed up at Hewitt, small
station about ten miles north of Los
Angeles.
Brakeman c. T. Gundry was stand.
ing on the rear platform when the
train robbers swung aboard. One Of
the masked men, armed with shot
gun, ordered the trainman to hold up
his hands. The second robber drew
a revolver and Gundry, still holding up
his hands above his head was forced
to walk ahead of the men as they rob-
bed the passengers.
Men in the cars were forced to
stand by their seats and drop their
money into the pockets of the bandits
as they passed Women passengers
were allowed to remain seated, but
commanded to deliver their purses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
SOUVENIR HUNTER
HELD FOR Theft
WEALTHY AMERICAN TOURIST IN
SCOTLAND TAKEN INTO GUS
TODY BY OFFICIALS.

Dumfries, Scotland, July 24-What
the defendants friends describe as be-
ing merely a case of souvenir hunting
led to charge of theft being brought
today at the police court here against
David Graham Carmichael, described
as a wealthy American tourist
According to the prosecution Mr..
Carmichael and his friends who have
made Dumfries their headquarters
while touring Scotland in an automo
bile, visited the Robert Burns cottage
in Ayr on Thursday When they had
left the caretaker noticed that the
brass handle of an antique bureau vas
missing. A hue and cry was sent up
and Mr.. Carmichael's motor car was
stopped by the police on a Dumfries
street. The police declared that one
of the occupants Of the car threw the
missing handle into the street. The
bailie or police magistrate of Dumfries
RENTED Mr. Carmichael to the sheriff
Of Ayr for trial.
Carmichael pleaded guilty before the
county court judge at Ayr to the theft
of a brass handle from an antique bu-
reau in Robert Burns cnttaaa and WAS
fined s125-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
MOOSE LODGE MEN
RESORT TO BULLETS

st. Louis, Mo-, July 24.-One man
was shot, several were bruised and q
riot call was turned in as the result Of
an attempt by 200 members last night
to regain possession Of the quarters
of Lodge No. Of the Loyal Order Of
Moose, whose charter had been revok-
ed by the national organization ac-7
cording to detectives now In posses
sion of the building.
Walter J. Stage, trustee of the
lodge was shot in the left foot. John
Kiely, son of former chief of police
of St. Louis was arrested and charged
with the shooting. He denies having
used revolver during the affray.
Matthew Kiely, the former police chief
with several aides successfully resist
ed the charge of ousted members. The
controversy between the national or
der and the local lodge was precipitat-
ed by removal of Henry ]. Straublnger
as dictator" against the wishes Of tho
local members, came to climax last
Monday when the Moose building was
forcibly seized by private detectives
said to have been authorized by the
national body. A wagonload Of police
men brought an end to last nights
melee. ssN
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
ORGANIZATION OF
LABORERS LAUDED

Chicago. July 24.-In the opinion Of
Charles w. Gindele, president Of the
building construction employers asso-
citation who testified today before the
federal commission on Industrial Rela-
tions, both labor and employers
should be organized.
~ know Of no better arrangement
for Industrial peace" said Mr. Gindele
"than to have both labor and employers
organized and then have agreements
made and abided by on both sides. II
gives the rank and file assurance OF
their days work. The conscientious
parties on both sides have been anxi-
Gus for this"
Discussing the recent brick makers
strike the witness said 10000 men
were thrown out of employment,
that are kept would
remedy the situation. The business
agents had altogether too much power.
A referendum vote would help in Civ
ing a democratic expression to the
will Of the men in the unions and curb
the arbitrary rule Of the business
agent"
"f5ational agreements" said Mr..
Gindele could adjust jurisdictional
differences"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
Factions in Mexico Getting
Together to Promote Peace

Washington, D. c., July 24.-Direct
advices to the United States today
from Provisional President Carbajal.
General Carranza, General Villa and
Emiliano Zapata-the four chief ele-
ments in the Mexican problem-renew-
ed hopes of officials here for peace.
Carbajal, through the Brazilian min
lister in Mexico City, officially declared
that he was willing to transfer the ex-
ecutive power to Carranza and had
sent delegate, Reginaldo Cepeda, to
arrange with the constitutionalist chief
Carbajal reiterated that he merely
wanted an amnesty for political Of
tenders and guarantees for the safety
of the property of people who had sup
ported Huerta.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
STAYS YOUTH WHO
Wanted BLESSING
FATHER OF GIRL WHO FIGURED
IN SECRET MARRIAGE KILLS
THE BRIDEGROOM.

Haverstraw, N. Y, July 24.-In his
cell in the county Jail at New City,
where he was taken after he had shot
and killed Eugene B. Newman, his
10 year old son-in-law, William v.
Clearly, prominent in county politics
and for fourteen years town clerk, re-
fused today to discuss the murder or
tell why he shot the young man.
Younk Newman, son of one of the
owners of the Rockland County Mes
senger. secretly married Cleary's IL
year old daughter. Anna Cleary on last
Saturday in Weehawken, N. J. Yes
terday the couple confided in their
respective mothers and Newman was
advised to tell Cleary and ask his for
giveness.
1t was while on this mission that
Newman was shot. He entered the
town clerks office where Cleary was
talking to three friends-Bernard
Fox, brewery agent; Patroiman
Sheridan, and Josiah Felter, county
supervisor. Newman extended his
hand. and asked for Cleary's blessing,
Cleary with hardly a word and before
his friends could interfere fired four
bullets into the young mans body.
Newman died instantly and Cleary
shortly afterwards surrendered himself
to the authorities.
Newman and Anna Cleary had been
sweethearts from their first meeting
six years ago. 1t was an established
thing in the village that Newman was
to marry Anna. His parents did not
object and Cleary himself never show
ed any bitter opposition to the match,
although, it Is said, he did not look
upon it with favor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
s|DEs7EP PLANKS
THAT EMbARRASS
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
SEEKS TO AVOID AN EN-
TANGLlNG ISSUE.

Council Bluffs, July 24-After put.
ting the democratic party on record
with strong Endorsement Of the ma
tional administration and it's works
and after carefully sidestepping WON.
an suffrage, the liquor problem, cap.
.itol extension and some other .ques,
.tions OF embarrassing character to
democracy, the democratic state con.
vention adjourned at 4:3O o'clock yes.
terday afternoon.
The convention came to an end
without trouble of serious character
developing at any point. The only
fight in the convention came when
Charlie Miller of Waverly. made de-
termined effort to have stricken from
the platform the plank favoring pen
sions for teachers.
"You are declaring for economy" "
Miller told the delegates, "and in this
plank you propose one of the most
extravagant propositions that could be
conceived; it would cost the state of
Iowa an unlimited amount of money
to carry it through
M. F. Healy of Ft. Dodge, took the
floor and made an impassioned plea
for school children and those who are
devoting their lives to those children.
He was backed up by members of the
resolutions committee and Miller's OBJ
lection was voted down.
No other objection to the platform
as presented by the committee was
made and it went through unanimous
ly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
DEAL SEVERELY
WITH STRIKERS
Russian Authorities Throw
off Cloak Of Leniency
and Become Stern
SIX REGIMENTS
RUSHED TO CITY
Rioters Are Dispersed With
Bullets; Retaliate By
Hurting Missiles

| st. Petersburg, Russia, July "a. -
Stern measures were taken by the au'
thorities today to suppress the strike
riots which have been in progress for
several days in the streets of the CAPT.
tai, during which q large number OF
casualties have occurred in the con-
flict between the police and Cossacks
on one side and the striking workmen
on the other.
Considerable leniency was shown
during the presence here of Raymond
Poincare, president Of the French re-
public, but Immediately after his de-
parture four regiments of cavalry of
the guard and two regiments of Cuiras-
siers under the command of General
Kasnakoff arrived from Krasnoye-Hj-
Selo, to assist in suppressing the dis
orders. They brought with them a
number of quick firing guns.
A company of the newly arrived
cavalry at once came in contact with
the strikers, charging and dispensing
crowd of them.
The authorities estimate the num-
Der Of strikers at $4,000 but it is be-
lieved the total is greater.
The street car service which. has
been interrupted for forty-eight hours
was resumed today. This fact melted
the strikers, who hurled voteys Of
stones at the cars and their drivers as
they proceeded through the streets.
Several demonstrations we're at
tempted but the manifestants were
quickly dispersed by Cossacks.
The police fired a few shots at the
windows of several houses from which
stones had been thrown down. at them.
One significant feature of the strike
is that the movement has been joined
by many government employees.
The military pressure brought to
bear by the government today caused
the strike movement to subside and
work was resumed in some factories in
St. Petersburg, Riga and other cities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
HUNGER STRIKE A BLUFF
Woman Aeitator Serving Sentence Re-
ceives Food in Secret From
Other Prisoners.

New York, July 24-Beckey Edelson,
the Industrial Workers of the World
orator, serving sentence on Black
well Island is not on hunger strike.
Miss Katherine B. Davis, commissioner
of corrections, declared today that it
had been found that the young woman
anarchist had eaten food smuggled to
her by other women patients in the
workhouse.
Miss Edelson, the commissioner
declared, was in better condition ply
sically than when she entered the in
stitution She is serving three
months sentence for melting to riot
during the recent demonstrations here
against John D. Rockefeller, Jr.