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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-14

20 all in Township II, Range ID was
approved. The bond furnished by the
First National bank of Eldon for Sc
curity Of county deposits was approx
ed. The second quarterly report OF W.
T, Wilson, clerk of the district court
was approved. The second quarterly
report of J. F. Stevens. county audi
tor was approved. The report of E.
s. Lowenberg, steward of the county
home for quarter beginning March l.
1914, and ending May 81, 1914 was ap'
proved. The quarterly report OF w.
P. VanFossan, overseer OF the poor for
Ottumwa city was approved. The or
fetal bond Of Henry E. Cook as county
engineer was approved. The petition
of Mrs. Virginia Kirch for exemption
of tax on her homestead In Eldon,
Iowa. on account of being soldiers
wife, was approved! The balance of the
day was spent In allowing claims. on
motion the board adjourned to meet on
Wednesday, July 8, at 9 o'clock a. m.
Attest. F.. Stevens, auditor. ]. r..
Stodghill, chairman.
Proceedings of the board of supervi-
sors Wednesday, July 8, 1914, being the
9Th day of the June session. The board
met pursuant to adjournment. Mem
bers all present President J. R. Stod-
Chill in the chair. The minutes of last
meeting read and approved. The pc.
tition of H. ]. Carp for reduction OF
assessment was approved upon recon-
mendation of the city assessor. The
balance of the day was spent in allow.
ing claims. On motion the board ad-
ioIrned tn meet on Friday, July the
10th, at 9 O'Clock a. m.
Attest. F. Stevens, auditor. J. r.
Stodshill, chairman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-14

All interested in the Old Soldiers
and Old Settlers picnic are asked to
meet at the Commercial association
rooms Wednesday, July Is, at 2 p. M.
to make arrangements for the same.
BY Order Of the Committee.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-14

Miss Emma Leahy, and to Charles
Sauers and Mrs. Lizzie Rifle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Helm and daugh-
ter Lorene, COS West Main street,
have returned home from Olewein
where they visited with relatives.
A book containing the opinions Of
the attorney general on matters per-
tanning to the duties Of the various
county officials has been received by
County Auditor Stevens and dis
tributed by him among the county
officials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-14
DRAIN TILE
! Ter PRICES and informatiorvri
Morey Clay Products 60
OTTUMVA. IOWA
Tri- Weekly Courier

CHANGING ADDRESSED
Eubocribers Wishing their aoore..
changed wilt please give the name OF
the postoffics to which the paper ~
been sent ~ well - the postonlcs
whare :hey desire 1t 10 he changso TO-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Even sneeze Alike.

The machine-like character of the
German army, of which so much has
been heard, did not escape the sar-
casm of Bismarck when the relative
merits of soldiers and politicians were
under discussion. Soldiers, he said,
"haYe a much easier task than diplo-
matists; they receive their instruc-
tons, and know exactly how far they
have to command and obey" The
conditions of their life, he added,
showed itself in their outward de-
meanor. For instance, in the first
guards this 10 nothing less than mar
velous. In society you never hear one
OF them sneezing differently from the
other!"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
WHAT THEY WRITE ON
WAR CORRESPONDENTS SEEM TO
USE ANYTHING HANDY.
Magnificent Work Being Done in the
Field on Seemingly an Endless
Variety of Strange Ma
teriaIs.

ABOUT these war correspondents"
said the patient investigator. What
/ want to know about them is this:
Can they never, by any chance, find
q table of any sort to write on?'
"A tablet" echoed the listener.
"Why, / suppose they can. If they
don't write on tables, what do they
write on?"
"Ah," said the investigator, that is
just the point. What do they? It
strikes me that one Of the curious de-
velopments OF this war Is the variety
of articles that these correspondents
use for writing desks.
"The record Is obtained from cur
rent journals. You will observe that I
have here a pile of French, English,
and American newspapers. After
studying them for half day am in
a position to supply some interesting
facts about war correspondents.
II find" the investigator continued,
that Correspondent No. began his
story this way: 7 am writing this on
the bottom of an upturned coal scut-
tie which belonged to the train dis
patcher at Senlis.'
Correspondent No. starts out this
way I am writing this story on the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

Can a revolver plainly visible
through slit in hip pocket be clas-
'sified as concealed deadly weapon?"
This is question that stumped Police
Judge Keffer when Ernest Snead was
arraigned before him on this charge.
Snead said in court he discovered
the revolver on table. He knew it
belonged to Constable Ernest Jones
and stuck it in his pocket to keep I'M
til Jones should appear, he said. Sent
out on an GRAND, Snead forgot the
weapon was IN his possession until
near the city hall
He slit his pocket so that the re-
volyer was exposed. He believed this
would excuse him. 1t enabled a po-
iiceman to see the firearm and caused
his arrest. A conviction means
prison sentence and fine.-Atlantic
City Dispatch to New York World.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Self.Control-

One valuable way of practicfng self.
control is in checking grumbling, and
an unnecessary display of Yexation at
petty inconvenience. A workman
has fulfilled his task imperfectly, some
order is wrongly executed, some one
keeps you waiting unreasonably; peo-
pie are careless or forgetful, or do
what they have in hand badly. Try
not to be disturbed, be just, and show
the persons to blame where they are
wrong, even (if it be needfuD make
them do the thing over again proper
ly; but refrain from diffuse or vehe-
ment expressions of displeasure A
naturally quick, impetuous person will
find that to cultivate a calm external
habit is a great help towards gaining
the inward even spirit he needs.-A
L. Sidney Lear.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Napoleon a Good Reader.

Napoleon not only read a great deal
but read with profit. His memory was
extraordinary. Take, for instance, his
knowledge of Roman civil law, long
passages Of which he once reeled off
by heart to the establishment of the
state council engaged with him in the
production of the Code Napoleon To
one of the councillors he explained how
he gained his legal learning When a
young lieutenant he found in the cup
board of prison room in which he
was confined a ponderous tome of Ro-
man law. ''You can easily imagine"
he said, what valuable prize that
book was. When, at the end of
ten days recovered my freedom,
was saturated with Justinian and the
Roman legal decisions" Napoleon
added that the old book was covered
with marginal notes-so much so that
he could not have been idle if his inn
prisonment had lasted century"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
impractical instrument,

1t happened that Dean Swift, having
been dining at some little distance
from Laracor, his residence, was re.
turning home On horseback in the eve
ming, which was very dark. Just be-
fore he reached a neighboring village
his horse lost shoe. Unwilling to run
the risk of tanning the animal by con.
tinuing his ride in that direction, he
stopped at one Kelly's, the blacksmith
of the village, where, having called the
man, he asked him if he could shoe a.
horse with a candle
NO." replied the son of Vulcan. but
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
WAR TERMS NOT UNDERSTOOD
"Forlorn Hope" for instance, Has Not
the Meaning With Which 1t
Is Credited.

In the course of every war one
hears a great deal about "forlorn
hopes" The term is one of the most
misused in the vocabulary of war. 1t
is commonly misunderstood to mean
''lost troop"--that is detached
troop" The word hope" in the
phrase is not an English but Dutch
word, hoop" meaning literally
heap" and secondarily body of
troops The word "forlorn" represents
the Dutch ''yerloren lost. A "ver-
loren hoop" was a detached body Of
troops thrown out in front of the main
line of battle to find the enemy
and engage them first This was the
regular sixteenth and seventeenth
century practice, and though it was
one of the more dangerous kinds of
service it was not desperate or, in
the English sense, forlorn. Nowadays
much the same work is done by the
detached bouies of cavalry which are
thrown out before the main line to find
the enemy.
"Capitulation" is another term of
war, which is very loosely used. 1t
does not mean surrender, but sur
render on terms; in fact, it means the
terms, not the surrender. 1t is from
the Latin 'capitulum' or heading
(from which is derived our word
'chapter'), and a capitulation is a
formal treaty of surrender drawn up
under a series of headings or chap
tiers. embodying the terms on each
point.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

ry-nve one man IN four is a bachelor.
Between thirty-f1ve and forty one man
in five is a bachelor, between forty
and forty-five one in seven, and be-
tween forty-five and fifty one in eight.
One may consider that men who are
still unmarried between thirty-f1ve and
forty are pretty confirmed bachelors,
so one may take it that one-f1fth OF
the total male population has no in
tention or expectation of marrying.
This gives us over eight hundred thou
sand bachelors. Assuming half of
them to be physically fit, that gives
US 100000 men. The remaining 1O0,-
900. could be thrown in bv Scotland
and Ireland, representing the proper
ton of their population to that of
England and Wales. - Manchester
Guardian.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Most Ancient of cuatoma.

The mind of man does not run back
to the time when there was no dane
ing. Ever since the morning stars
danced together for Joy there have
been dances grave and gay in celebra-
ton of all the happenings in the life
of man. So interviewer with love, war
and religion are the movements of the
body that the dance has been an in
tegral part Of the history, art and lit
erature in which are preserved the
records of all generations
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
MANY BACHELORS IN BRITAIN
Newspaper Points Out That There Is
Plenty of Material for the
"NeW Army"

England is the land of bachelors, so
there is plenty of material for our
new army" without any of the mar
ried men. Indeed, we could safely
exempt not only the married but the
betrothed and still raise an army of
100000 men, assuming, as we surely
may, that only one man in two be-
tween the ages of twenty and thirty
five is physically fit. One works 1t
out in this way: In England and
Wales alone there are 4,250,000 men
between the ages of twenty and thir-
ty-fVe, and over $3.50, 900 of them are
bachelors. To give the round figures,
between the ages of twenty and TWEEN
ty-ive there are 1,275,000 bachelors to
275,000 married men; from twenty-five
to thirty there are 100000 bachelors
to 100000 married men (half and
half, and from thirty to thirfy--fve
there are $4,000 bachelors to 1,O00,-
900 married men. This gives us our
total Of 2,250,000 bachelors of all re-
cruitable ages in England and Wales
alone.
It remains to show that there are a
million bachelors who are not en-
gagged to be married Cor rather Who
are certain not to marry, for the num-
Der not engaged to be married must
be larger). Between twenty and TWEEN
ty-fve, naturally, most men are bach
elors; to be exact, five out of six are
unmarried. Between the ages of TWEEN
ty-five and thirty one man in two is
bachelor. Between thirty and thir-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

top OF a battered tea canister Core
spondent No. had found a tin wash
basin somewhere, and was using that
for a writing desk. Correspondent No.
4 had been lucky enough to find a ref
uge in the cellar of a house and was
writing on champagne case. No. 5
was less fortunate. He had to make
shift with a fat-bottomed beef tin.
No. 6 was heroically scribbling with
the flap Of soldiers knapsack for a
desk!"
ut is discouraging to the rest of
u.s." said the listener, ito think what
splendid stuff those fellows turn out
under such adverse conditions. 1t is
certain that the writing desk does not
make the writer"
Conversely, it is equally certain
that the writer is everywhere capable
of making his own desk. Listen to
this chap: have been in a trench
all day, and am writing this on the
saddle still buckled to the back of a
dead horse belonging to wounded
officer Something thrilling about
that, eh?'
"Thri1ling?" said the listener. tits
magnificent"
"And what about this? 4 am writ
ing these dispatches on heap of
saints and angels dislodged from the
cornice of a bombarded cathedral"
II don't approve of that" said the
listener. eff had written on the re-
mains of those saints and angels I
shouldn't tell it.
ooh, I don't know" said the inves-
tigator. mot many people get a
chance to write war correspondence
on thirteenth-century angels. It is
only natural that those who do should
like to talk about it."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Deadly Shrapnel.

The murderous effect of shrapnei IS
enhanced by the fact that not only are
the bullets contained in the shell
driven with terrific force in the desired
direction, but the steel case itself is
broken into small pieces by the burst
ing charge. While the bullets inflict
clean, circular injuries, the Jagged
pieces of metal of the pulverized case
tear gaping wounds. AT the same
time it is capable of wreaking wide-I
spread destruction on buildings, be-
cause the shell explodes with great
fUry
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Ceremony and Cannon Balls.

( There is a tale told about an officer
who was conversing with Marlborough
during a hot engagement, and insist
ed on taking off his hat and bowling
profoundly every time he spoke to the
duke. That great man suggested that
at such a time they might very well
waive all ceremony. But the officer
bowed deeply to his commanders sug-
gestion, and just as he was bending
down a cannon ball cleared him and
took OF the head of comrade. The
officer, on coming up again, and seeing
what had happened, remarked calmly:
Your grace perceives that one loses
nothing by politeness." - London
News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
satisfyinu one,s conscience.

Never pass by or palter with the
clear voice of conscience, with the
plain command of duty; never let it
be doubtful to your own soul whether
you belong to the right side or wrong,
whether you are a true soldier Or a
false traitor. Never deliberate about
what is clearly wrong, and try to per-
suade yourself that it is not.-Fred-
erick Temple.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Read With a Purpose.

Reading without purpose is saunter.
ing, not exercise. More is got from
one book on which the thought settles
for definite end in knowledge than
from Libraries skinned over by a
wandering eye.-Edward Bulwer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
shrapneI a Flying Cannon.

The shrapnel is really flying can
non, which shoots its charge while in
fight or explodes on contact. Its speed
is produced by the pressure of from
thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand
pounds square inch from the powder
that expels it from the gun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
So Low You Can Only Feel II

An organ recently installed in Low
ell, Mass, can produce tone an oc-
tave lower than has ever been known
before. 1t is described as a mighty
atmospheric throb of awesome majes-
ty, and scientists declare that it must
be rather felt than heard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
World Lesson Needed.

When the world learns this lesson
when every child is reverenced as
loyal heir of heaven because it is
brother of the Christ Child-then
great light will tighten the nations
Henry Van Dyke.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Advice From Lord Bacon.

Generally it is good to commit the
beginning of all great actions to Ar
gus with a hundred eyes, and the ends
of them to Briareus with a hundred
hands; first to watch and then to
speed.-Lord Bacon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

The horrors of war, 1t seems, are to
he perpetuated by the naming of ba-
Ges. Among the recent child insur-
nce registrations in London were
Alsace Lorraine Jones' and 'Louyain
Gicholls."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
Annther Try

Recruiting Offcer-What's the good
of coming here and saying you're only
seventeen years old Go and walk
around that yard and come back and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

If we are tempted to make war upon
another nation, we shall remember
that we are seeking to destroy an ele,
ment of our own culture, and possibly
its most important element.-Oscar
Wilde.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

Diet of Ancient Athletes.
The athletes of ancient Greece
trained on new cheese, dried figs,
grain, milk and warm water.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

Bake in the oven of prejudice with
the fire of passion, stirred by the
poker of personal ambition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

Season with nisinformation, ru-
mors, lies, tariff wars, colonial dis
putes, petty aggr6ssions and sensa-
tional newspapers, chopped fine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31

Serve hot-Amos R. Wells in Life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
With the cynic.

1t is a sin to believe evil of others,
but it is seldom a mistake.-Smart
Set.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
RECIPE FOR A WAR
Take a wrong. and keep it till it is
thoroughly rotten, smelling to heaven.

Mix your material in a bowl Oh ma
tional vanity.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-03-26

and duly recorded IN Book 80 Of Mort I;
Ward County. North Dakota. will % q.
s sueac'n mortsags described, al the front
Minot q county ens sou u Ward. and state 81
North At the h Ss s & dsS 81
April. 1914, to satisfy the amount eve
upon said mortgage on the day OF sale
and all costs Of foreclosure ana saie;
since December l., lS11. has been paid
and is now past due and payable, ano
according to conditions and stipula alton,
gagee is entitled to foreciose, and the
said mortgage Is hereby foreclosed ac-
cordingly. That subsequent to the ex-
ecution Of the said mortgage . the morn n
the said mortgage. to J. o. johnson, and
that said j. O. johnson was subsequent
thereto adjudicated bankrupt IN ne ne
The pistrict Of North ,,akota. and that
the mortEagee has petttioned John II
Lewis, the referee II bankruptcy, ana
the said referee has thefeupon Issued
an order permitting and autno sn1ins IN ~
tbs state courts either 81 idyeft.stnent
or action to foreclose the said mortgage:
that the premises described IN the sa!o
isfy the amount due thereon. together
with the costs Of foreclosure and the
fees allowed BY law are de-
Block nine as Of the townsite Of
Douglas, Ward County. North Dakota
There will be due on said mortgage
on the day Of sale the sum of nine hum
ired one and $500 Dollars ($901.S3).
and, in addition thereto, the costs OF
f9reclesure and se!e and the attorneys
Dated at Mlnot, North Dakota, this
ON 'aS u Do e1u STATE BANK,
Mortgagee.
49, !. ED. KELLEY, q
Sheriff Of Ward County, North Dakota.
Nestos & Carroll.
Attorneys for Mortgage. 3.l2-ts
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-03-26
p. q. 8Wonson, st6
hii;:Sxel s. N ss,tt b:;s,.

1oHss q 1Iortgsgs x0Feeao9uxo -.
Notice 10 hereby given that that or
tain mortgage executed and deliyer16
sy Peter g es sna .S Mort
to John =. Lasham, mortgage. daSe9
the 10th day of March. a D. 1908. an4
filed for record In the ONCE Of the Raj
lister Of Deeds Of the County Of WAN.
q March. 1908. and recorded e Bob
"a" Of Mortgages, on page 1898. VIA
be foreclosed by a sale OF the premises
In said mortgage and hereinafter a.
scribed, at the front door Of the Court
M9ase and sts Gey e
Of 200 O'clock p. M, on that day. to
satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage on the day of sale, together with
That default has been made in the
terms and conditions OF said mortgage,
in this, that the whole sum secured by
said mortgage IS past due and unpaid.
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows, to-
witt The Southeast quarter (SEal OF
Section six (6), in Township One Hum
bred Fifty-nine So North, q R g, ,s,
Principal Meridian. .@f 85
There will be due on said mortgage on
the date of sale the sum of Sixteen Hun
bred Twenty and 25-100 ($1620.25) Dol
penses Of sale, including attorneys fees
allowed by law. =. ~. 4. /.
Dated peprua5T 1H 2s'h B. La;
i. 7s3 Mort gagee;
Attorney for Mortgage, IN I
HilIsboro, North Dakota. 2-26-t6
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-03-26

state Of North Dakota. County Of Ward.
Frank & Graham Co.. Plaintiff.
Fred Carlson. Defendant.
Notice is hereby given. That by virtue
of an execution to me directed and de-
livered. and now in my hands, issued
out Of the Clerks ONCE Of the Eighth
judicial District Court. State Of North
Dakota, in and for the County Of Ward.
upon Judgment rendered in said Court
In favor OF Frank Z Graham Co.. Plain
till. and against Fred Carlson. Defend
ant, have levied upon the following
described real property Of said Defend-
ant, to-wit: The West Half (WA) Of
the Southwest Quarter (sWa) and
Southeast. Quarter tsE3) Of the South.
west Quarter (SW4) and Southwest
Quarter lSWA) Of the Southeast Quar-
ter (SE3) Of Section Ten (l0). in Town
ship One Hundred Fifty-two t152)
North. Of Range Eighty-three (s3) West
County Of Ward and State Of North Da-
18th day OF April. q. s.. 1914: at the hour
'front.' o door n.o 81 the e Court House in the
City of Minot. in said County and State
proceed to sell the right: title and inter
est of the above named Fred Carlson, in
and to the above described property, to
satisfy said Judgment and costs.
amounting to Thirty-seven Dollars and
Twenty-Five Cents. together with all &C
cruing costs Of sale, and interest on the
same from the Goth day Of January.
1913, at the rate Of seven per cent per
annum, at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash.
E. d. KELLEY,
Sheriff of Ward County. n. D.
George A. MCGEE, ~
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Minot, N. D.. March 18th, 1914.