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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-03-13

where they had been visiting Mrs.
Bradley's parents, II. c. Zeigler.
Judge Griffin, who is on the sick list
is some better.
Mrs. p. F. Thomure is in very poor
health. She has been ailing for some
time.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08

The capital OF the United states has
been located at different times at the
logowing places. Al Philadelphia
from September o.. 1874, TO December
l57s. at baltimore from December 60
i576. to March. l777, at philadelphia
from March 4, i77L to September
i777. at Lancaster. Pa from Sepiem'
Der "a. l777. to September 30, ll,l
at York. Pa. from September 20, l1'h
to July. 1878; at Philadelphia from
July g. i77S. to June 80 1855 at
princeton. n. j.. June 30. 1883. 10 No
vember co. 1888. Annapolis. Nd, No
vember &c. 1858. TO November 3d.
i7si. Trenton. from November 1885,
to January. 1855. New York. from jan
uary u. 1885. to 1885, then the seat
Of government was removed to Phil'
ndelphia. where 10 remained lhll
1900. since which time % has been in
Washington.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08

Ira Allen. younger brother OF
Ethan Allen and one OF the founders
OF Vermont. died 100 years ago in Phil
adelphia. Born In Connecticut in 1851,
Ira Allen accompanied his brothers to
Vermont at the age Of twenty, and IN
one year became an extensive lana
proprietor lie was lieutenant iu COL
onel Warmers regiment In the Canada
campaign. and conndant Of General
Montgomery He was first treasurer
of Vermont and % member OF the BOARD
Of war during the Revolution lie was
prominent In the laldlman nogotia'
lions. and while his conduct gave some
color to the charge that he was ready
to surrender the territory OF Vermont
TO the crown. the fact remains that his
rctlon delayed the contamination OF
ga agreement and saved the territory
10 the United States In the latter
wears OF his life Allen met with Imam
cial reverses aud at the time OF Dis
death he was harassed by creditors
and lawsuits
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08
PROVES MAN OF STANDING


Fo- ,be t,ye,,ie,h time dave. tho
wa,,er nusbed a mcneil lps,puatiprly
toward tho reg,lnr customer as he nre.
son,od Tho cbock for tho meal For
,ho twon,i.,h limo the regular Gus.
,on,or horoioai,y ros,s,i,y temnta,ion.
aya,r,d No, mo- had oiwavs n,id casb
ard ,,yovs me,nt IN nav casb
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=, 49,, ,,a, non,, 90, ,h,nL a
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08

In lecture recently on some Alpine
adventures Julian Grande. b. r. @. s.
said that % per cent OF Alpine acci'
dents were due to climbing without a
guide. The Alpine guide vas won
derful fellow. he had 10 undergo three
years' apprenticeship before receiving
his license and had 20 pass an oAami-
nation 10 Topography and geography az
well as In ambulance work hc knew
also how 10 sew and hos 10 cook. ana
his charge was 50 a day and all found.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08
DANCED IN sURlNAM JUNGLE
Explorer Tells Part He Took In Fee
tivltles with the Daughter OF
Native Chief.

In Harper's Magazine Charles W.
Furlong told Of attending a dance OF
the native tribes In Surlnam, South
Africa. and datclng with the daugh'
ter OF a chief.
THE commandant and Mr.. Smit
were with me opposite the drummers.
where a Djoeka presented his daugh'
ter. a superb black creature, who, with
two other girls. advanced into the
ring, with coy step and posture to-
ward three men, with whom they
danced in pairs; the girls, with a shy
lit Of the head and constant NOV
Ing OF hands. passed and repassed,
turning closely about their partners,
but never touching, A girl would fol-
low a man Of her fancy as he walk
cd from the ring center then. as no
turned at the edge, whisk away to a
hum Of laughing approval.
Suddenly the dusky form OF the
girl previously presented emerged
from the throng with the same coy
mcsmeric motions OF the hands, al
most touched me, turned like q fash,
and was gone. A loud murmur rose.
Smit nudged my arm. She likes you
You have got to dance" he whispered
Every explorer knows II IL sometimes
al unwise to accept such challenge
as II ia sometimes lndiscreet to re'
fuse. She advanced again with an
other girl; reaesured by safety in
numbers, my strong susceptlbilities
to the rhythm OF music enabled me
to adapt some slight proficiency in
'buck-and.wing' dancing and to be-
come a moment later an integral part
OF that throbbing throng"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-05-08
Ell Paso, April a. 1914.

nv NN'N' NNN"s 49, - "PfN"iN ""' o"
over as to Mexico. Wednesday and
rh,rsday % and oab ,hor.h nro,-
.,., Mt, H. a.. a.
newspapers pesih W issue eAtras anu
by night they mad reached as high
as the twelfth edition. Each news
ltem be,ween Mexico and II { was
...,...., ...ou u,,u. a.. .,,..-,.,u
"e'o p"o'i'o' '"o "'"S r'po''era
were red.
villa pronounced veyal came in
Thursday night and Immediately
poured oil on the troubled waters
with an interview to the effect that
he would not fight his good friends
the United States. The majority ac-
cepted his statement as being his
real feelings and confidence was es-
tabllshed and III Paso dropped into
It's business channels.
While the war excitement ran
high / saw much that was interest
Ing to me. / saw Uncle Sans river
patrol. the machine guns. the Sig
nal corps. the cavalry and the artil-
lery and | saw them all get ready
to act il necessary You can hardly
get out Of sight Of the patrol on the
river. No one Is allowed to cross ex-
cent on the two National bridges.
Ian persons entering Mexico that are
not known are searched for arms or
ammunition.
Il makes ones nerves Jingle to see
the boys mounted or foot march
Ing to position. but what Interested
me most was the artilery,l hadthe
good fortune to see them break
camp at the Fort. and then train
their guns on Jaurez. They surprised
me in one way. The cannoneers
themselves do not see the object shot
at AS a rule. For instance the bat
terry was with set down behind
some of the finest residences Of El
paso,n a position that the cannon
,o,tl ma, d, anon from morez nor
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

been attending the G. A. r. state en-
campment at Burlington, have re-
turned homo.
Frank Bristow Of Brighton IL visit
ing hero with his mother.
Jesse Anderson, who spent several
months at the w. H. Smith home, de-
parted for his homo In Missouri Mon
day.
Ed Chacey. who has been away for
medical treatment. came home Tues.
day.
Frank Chscsy and family left Wed
nesday for trip through Nebraska,
Kansas, Wyoming, Washington and
Oregon for visit with relatives.
!, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuber Of Eddyville
are visiting relatives here.
ed Mohland, who was operated on
for appendicitis week ago and who
II WAS thought was recovering, died
Tuesday. Funeral services we're held
q tho M. e. church Friday morning,
conducted by Rev. e. NJ. Vance. A
wife and ono child survive him.
Tho Sunday school and members OF
the Friends church enjoyed picnic
out on the creek north Of town Wed
nesday.
Mrs. George Goodrich fell out Of q
cherry tree Monday while picking
cherries and was seriously injured but
IL slowly recovering.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
Di n n e T.
s tor / g 8

The man with the hoe had just fin.
ished planting his radishes.
There said he, Strengthening up.
Eve spoiled S. pair of shoes and
$50 suit planting that garden, but
il we have good luck, we'll get mess
of radishes for which the vegetable
man would charge US about Ave
cents"
"Um, yes! All! UNI" remarked
the doctor in his best bedside man
ner. to his patient, as they stood in
the consulting room. "I'll give you
the following prescription And he
handed him the small packages.
The patient opened them and read
the directions.
"A powder for my headache" he
said aloud, "a pellet for my liver" he
continued, "and capsule for my
equity foot" Then he stopped and
pondered deeply for a moment. II
say, DOCTOR" he quieried, how'll the
little beggars know the right place
to 60 when they get inside?"
what are they moving the church
for?"
well, stranger, I'm the mayor Of
these diggin's, an I'm fer law en-.
forcement. We've got an ordinance
what says no saloon shall be nearer
than 800 feet from a church. | gave
'em three days to move the church.
During the preparation for battle
Pat emerged from his tent wearing his
uniform hind side before. This soon
attracted the attention Of his superior
officer, who demanded an explanation.
Pat scratched his head and seemed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
SALE NJ.

Miss Jennie Ingrim arrived home
Tuesday for a weeks visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. 1ngrim. She
left Monday evening for Chicago With
a party of twenty ladies and gentle
men she will visit Niagara Falls, sail
up the st. Lawrence river, view the
Thousand islands, spend day In Tor
onto. short time in Montreal and
then the party will sail Friday, June
26, on the Ascania, Cunard line, for
Europe. They will spend six days in
London and then leave for Germany.
After a sail on the Rhine the party will
cross the Alps into Switzerland, then
south through sunny Italy. Neither
lands will be visited and journey
made through France. after which a
return trip to England will be made
and then to Scotland: As many places
of interest in each country will be Wis
tied as possible, the trip to last three
months. From Glasgow the party will
take passage to New York. Miss In
grim will resume her work as primary
teacher in the Keystone schools in
september.
Gladys and Verne Friend of Wapel-
10 spent few days with their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Friend.
ThmasO Randolph, Jr., and family
of st. Joseph, Mo-. are visiting the for
mer's father, Thomas Randolph. ST.,
and other relatives.
Ruth and Mildred Eighme Of Grin
nell are visiting at the home of their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Eighme.
Misses Bertha Weeks and Miriam
Hill are among those attending sum.
mer school at Mt. Pleasant.
Azur Barton and s. Bonnell were
in Burlington last week attending the
fourth annual reunion of the G. r..
Miss Ruby Bush of Ottumwa is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Goldie Doan, north
of town.
The date for the Whittier home
coming is August %. The old soldiers
reunion will be held August 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. John King have moved
from Mt. Hamill to this place and are
now living in the Cramer property on
West Main street.
Mrs. A. J. McDade returned to New
York City after visit here with her
sister, Mrs. Charles LOOMS.
Frank Randolph attended the re-
union of the Spanish-American war
veterans in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Maude Nealy and Miss Jennie
Hubert returned to Danville Thrus-
day after visit with Miss Cora KEEL
ley.
Mrs. Hampton spent few days last
week with her son, Glen, at the hos
pital in KeOkuk.
T Mrs. Eva Field enjoyed visit with
her sister, Mrs. Laura Douglas, from
Mt Pleasant.
Miss Emma Eighme has accepted a
position in the Waterloo schools.
The w. F. M. s. of the M. E. church
met with Mrs. Roswell Friday after
noon.
The Congregational Foreign Mission
society met with Mrs. Frank Randolph
Friday afternoon.
Miss Laura Melton OF Mt. Pleasant
was guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Rhoda
Wilmeth.
Mrs. Allen Barney has gone to Filler,
Utah, called there by the illness OF
her son.
Miss Alice Savage Is home from
Council Bluffs to spend the summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

as good as his feet. Babies should go
barefocted until they begin to walk,
and should walk barefooted as much
as possible, Of course, under suitable
conditions. Sandals are always better
than shoes, and shoes should always
be laced, never buttoned, says The
Mothers Magazine. The toe-out walk
is bad because it puts the weight on
the heel, and tends to produce bad
pastures and fatfoot. so the baby
should be taught to walk straight
footed.
Deformities Of the foot include all
possible positions in which foot can
be placed. Some exist from birth;
others are due to infantile paralysis.
palsy, high heels, improper shoes. over
weight, general weakness, and the in
herited diseases that cause other &C.
CURED deformities already described.
The most frequent error concerning
them is in flatfoot, which women COM
monty attribute to rheumatism. Some
foot deformities require surgery. Many
yield to manipulation, or special ap-
paratus
It is the duty Of every mother to
give her child the benefit Of a physi-
clans advice and treatment which In
almost all cases of deformity, will
make life happier for the child and in
some measure remove the handicap,
under which It must otherwise struggle
as cripple for life.
OF one hundred and twenty-five high
school boys recently entered in an ath-
letic meet thirty-two were found to
have spinal curvature OF one hun
dred and sixty high-school girls. thirty.
one were similarly afflicted, and seven
teen out Of the thirty-one suffered from
severe chronic headache as conse-
quence.
Out Of two hundred college students,
sixteen were seriously deformed and
thirty-two slightly, by crooked spines.
You see the danger is great. and the
need Of careful watching to correct
the tendency at the first sign is
urgent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
Press Comment

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A London
Arm OF seed growers is sending broad
cast circular letter asserting that the
United States government was Its best
customer this year, having purchased
flower and vegetable seeds totaling III
weight about forty-four TONS what
better evidence Of laughable states.
manship could be asked? How Johnny
Bull must be chuckling!
Kansas City Journal: Colonel Roose-
Welt reports that he Is sorely afflicted
with boils. The American people can
sympathize with him. For some years
they have been afflicted with Roose-
Welt and know what the feeling is.
Clinton Herald: The Roosevelt
punch ia in the Roosevelt presence.
Consequently his throat trouble must
fall like lead upon the faithful few who
are keeping up the party organization,
expecting him to put life into 1t.
Monticello Express: Judge Lee lis
tened to the siren pleadings of the
Fort Dodge bunch, and he Is now out
of a $500 Job and the sum of $2.15s.22
cold cash, primary expenses. 1t may
be cheap II it cures him of politics and
the society of politicians who make de-
coys of their friends.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: A painful
operation is in progress in Dubuque.
It consists in an effort to get the num-
Der of saloons in the city within the
limits of the Moon law. The process
is somewhat akin to that of getting a
camel through the eye Of needle.
Washington County Press: We shah
be greatly delighted to have Wilson
and Tumulty come to Iowa to help
Connolly. They had better come after
election with snow shovels to dig him
out.
Keokuk Constitution-Dem II
am surprised that policemen are allow
ed to carry revolvers loaded with ball
cartridges instead of blanks"
This was the statement OF Count
Won Bernstroff. ambassador from Ger
many. in answer to the apology of the
MAYOR of CHAMPAIGN, H. necessitated
hv policeman firing at the automobile
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
RorrIlhG MURDERS.

The 125th murder in Little Sicily
in the last three and one-half years
took place Wednesday, Frank De
Maria, a stool pigeon for the police
being the victim.
The police admit themselves help
less to apprehend the murderers. The
stories of the assassinations are so
much alike that in most essentials
they might be written with a rubber
stamp. There have been hundreds OF
arrests and no convictions.
De Maria was engaged to help in.
vestigate the murder of Isaac Levin
in the suburb of Chicago Heights eight
months ago. He knew he was marked
for death.
Shortly after midnight with two
other Sicilians he was walking along
the street One hundred yards from
Death Corner" where dozens of SINH
lar murders have taken place, his two
companions dropped back and opened
fire. Three bullets entered De Maria s
head and one found enlargement in
his body.
In a moment the streets were
crowded with Sicilians, but when the
police arrived none could be found who
saw the murder and most of them did
not hear the shots. 1t was the same
old story, according to the police. 1t
is against the code of vendetta to bear
evidence against fellow countryman.
While the police are chagrined at
their helplessness in the face of these
repeated crimes Haunted in their faces,
they have the satisfaction of believ-
ing that most of the victims were
themselves murderers and today's as
sassin will be next weeks victim.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

For many years past the nations
old battleships costing millions of dol
lars and wearing out in the opinion
of the experts in very few years,
have been sent to the junk pile. When
congress this week authorized the sale
of two of the castoffs to Greece for
enough money to build fine new SUI
perdreadnaught, a step toward a new
kind of conservations was taken.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
SUMS EFFECT on WEATHER.

The department of agriculture has
blasted the theory accepted by many
amateur observers" that weather
conditions are affected by the posi-
lions of the planets. In a bulletin
issued by the department, the follow
ing facts are established:
"All weather changes depend ulti-
mately upon temperature differences.
weather factor is rainfall But to OBJ
tain rain it is necessary first to evap-
crate water from the surface Of the
earth, and this, as every one knows,
requires heat. Still another import
ant weather factor is the direction and
force of the wind, and this, too, re-
quires heat, for the winds will not
blow unless the temperature is differ
ent at one place than it is at another.
"Since, then, the heating of different
parts of the earth and its atmosphere
to different temperatures is the real
cause of the winds and of all weather
changes, it follows that the moon and
planets can affect the weather only
SO far as they supply heat.
"Now, according to accurate mea-
surements, made with the most deli
cate instruments, the amount of heat
sent to the earth by all the planets
and also by the moon is Insignificant
in comparison to the amount that
comes from the sun, hence we could
not expect either the planets or the
moon appreciably to affect the wealth
er. They do not supply enough heat,
the one thing that causes all our
weather changes.
"To most people the above reason
ing may seem quite sufficient and con.
elusive, but there is still another and
an entirely different method of test
ing the whole question. We can OBJ
serve the positions of the planets and
the kind Of weather during each po-
sition and see whether the same sort
of weather always comes when the
planets are in the same position.
This kind of examination has often
been made, both for the planets and
for the moon, but not the slightest In
fluence of either upon our weather has
ever been found.
ITO sum up: We have every rea-
son to believe that neither the plan
cts nor the moon can have any appre-
ciable effect on the weather, because
they furnish so little heat upon which
ultimately all weather changes de-
pend and this belief is fully supported
by weather records.
"The belief, still to be found IN all
countries, that the planets and the
moon do affect the weather never had
any scientific basis whatever; 1t Is on
ly remnant of the many supersti-
lions generated and fostered by that
other and greater superstition, as
trOlogy"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

Iowa is the corn state of the world
It Is we'll to remember that. Iowas
grain crops are enhanced rather than
hindered by the birds. When bird Is
killed it may mean saving of the
few grains that 1t would consume but
it also means the sparing Of many in
sects that would do more harm to the
crops than hundred birds. The birds
are worth saving.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27
lo.s5s,5s5 17,6s1,s4b 22,es1,s $40

containing the diplomat and party en-
route to the university of Illinois
where the ambassador was to deliver
q commencement address.
The idea of policeman firing bull.
let's at an automobile, simply because
the chauffeur misunderstood or disre-
garded the policemans order to stop,
was Of course, mystifying to the count.
He doesn't even see why they should
be armed for discriminating or undis-
eliminating killing.
There wouldn't be any use OF 1t,
would there, II we did not also permit
our burglars and holdup men to 60
about similarly armed?
It's so foolish when you think Of 1t,
that It's almost funny-a most CHASTITY
sort of joke.
Waterloo Courier: Sixteen girl
graduates Of Wellesley who announced
their engagements at the senior class
dinner knocked a few spots off the
sociologist theory that college women
are slow to marry.
Hannibal Courier Post: Because the
weather Is ideal for man is no reason
why it is not ideal for flies and mos
Quitoes. Swat EN- and find their
breeding places and destroy them.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Billy Sunday got off pretty good one
at Colorado Springs, where he opened
the other day. Some folks say al
ways rub the fur the wrong way" said
Billy. Let the old cat turn around
then"
Davenport Times: There must be
concentration of voters in support
of the republican candidates for con-
gress this fall If the majority senti-
ment of the country, which Is over
whelmingly anti-democratic, Is to find
practical expression in the election re.
suits of 1914.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In east.
ern Kansas they have had an abund-
ance Of rainfall this month, June being
the sixth wettest month in twenty
eight years. We are all glad of that
We want the people of Kansas to have
a good crop this year They suffered
enough last year to last them for at
least decade.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: The
prettiest spectacle in all the world Is
presented by little children marching
in step with Christianity. They SYM
bolize the promise of redemption.
Theirs is the heaven we would all go
back to If the power was given us.
Theirs is purity, innocence, beauty.
There wouldn't be much to live for
without them or the faith that makes
for perfect peace.
Sioux City Tribune: Although the
Lorimer chain of banks were generally
known to be unsafe and operated along
such lines as to preclude them from
privileges of the Chicago clearing
house association, the city of Chicago
had approximately $1,000,O00 on de-
post in them when they failed. The
city officials who are responsible for
this should be amenable to prosecu-
ton as accessories before the fact.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

The wages of the men in the Brit
1sh postoffice we're lately increased.
while those of the women were re-
duced And John Bull is at a total
loss to understand why the women be-
have in such beastly fashion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

CROP IS OF POOR QUALITY.
The present congress, with the aid
of the president, shows an output OF
legislation that is large In quantity
but extremely poor in quality.
In fact it is now practically assured
that none of 1t should be saved for
seed. and the only use the demonstra-
tors can make of 1t, is to show 1t as
horrible example" to be stunned IN
the future.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

and such weather as we have had the
past few months makes the corn fair
ly leap out of the rich Iowa soil. Just
because crop failures are unknown in
Iowa is no reason why the size and
quality of the coming yield should not
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

The state law says 1t is unlawful
for any owner of motor vehicle to
drive such vehicle on the street with
out muller and furthermore, the
owner is liable If anyone driving his
car. cuts out the muller.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-27

The Muscatine Journal says the
Wilson administration has not done
what it promised 1t would do and has
done what it promised it would not do.