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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

Ten smiles for a nickel Always buy Red
Cross Ball Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
The First Stem.

What Is the first step to take in
studying criminal law"
TO prosecute your studies, SON."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
Peanuts Enrich Soil

Peanuts greatly enrich the soil In
nitrogen.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
Fortunate Dairvman

The dairyman who has silage to feed
in the summer when pastures fail is
fortunate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

Duty comes before pleasure. II you
don't believe it, look In the dictionary.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

II you want woman to forgive your
past, give her presents.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

Intuition is merely a remarkable
faculty possessed by a person who is
q good guesser.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
''S'mlnaries CompIeted-

- are getting married,
we're prayed fer the third
smday."-London Taller.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

,.,n.rdino, Cal, refuses to pay
snaster s26 in fees for killing
.,cats. He will sue.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

...Iled better half of the mat
.ombine never ceases trying
=, how the other half lives.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

,.,es municipal employment
the last year have found
4 w54s persons.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GIRL
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daugh-
ters Health.

Plover, Iowa. From a small child
my l3 year old daughter had female
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

Hand Wedding for OnIons.
Hand wedding for onions La the best
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
Hone SPRINGS Eternal.

When does Maud expect to get
married."
"Oh, every season"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

Use Red Cross Ball Blue;
|@, than liquid blue. Delights
- All grocers. Adv.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
Little Benny's Note Book
By LEE PAPE

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his windo tho osn
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round eeh uhrs necks and then put wtndo down,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
TAKING A BIG CHANGE.

Fear exists in live stock circles that
,foot-and-mouth disease, which is RAM
pant in Argentina, will be introduced
by importation of grain from that
country. Announcement that car
load of Argentine corn was due at Chi.
cago caused CONSERVATION. This
disease is of insidious nature and its
prevalence in Great Britain is due to
imports Of foreign food stuffs. Less
than ten years ago the United States
government spent $5,000,000 in sup
pressing an outbreak that was direct
ly traced to consignment of South
American hides. Argentine corn and
oats are being used in large quantities
in the southern states and the trade
would not be surprised to hear of an
outbreak of disease at any moment.
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth dis
ease would imperil the milk supply,
and expense incidental to repression
would nullify in a few days any bene-
fit resulting from cheaper feed II
Washington is anxious for the task Of
checking the ravages of such a
scourge as menaced New England dur
ing the Roosevelt administration, it
has merely to sanction distribution OF
Argentine grain over the United
States, as in expert opinion such re-
suit is inevitable.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19

crops I wanted to spend in preparing
the ground for each, and In planting
and cultivating it. planned to have
the very best seed I could get on
hand in plenty of time. didn't leave
anything to chance II could help it..
And finally, scheduled, as nearly rs
I possibly could, the time to begin and
to finish each job. OF course rain?
day would keep me out Of the folds
sometimes, but had allowed for that.
| spent them in repairing fences or in
getting machinery ready to hitch onto
the minute 7 needed it. Then didn't
have to waste precious time in the
busy season chasing stock, or in max.
ing repairs on my corn planter before
could use 1t.
CAS- a result, my work has gone on
without hitch. Everything has been
done on time, and done right.
"I could point out any number Of
cases where you've lost hundreds Of
dollars by neglecting the one principle
of despatching.
Last spring you put off fixing one
Of your tile drains that had got clog
ged up, and when we had that heavy
rain early in June. five acres of your
corn was drowned out. The day or
two it would have taken you to re-
pair it earlier in the season would
have been worth at least hundred and
fifty dollars to you.
Moreover, you are wasting time
and energy in hundred little ways
that you don't notice. but they count
up in the long run. just the same.
"For years, you've been driving
your stock to that spring down the
lane. when for fifty dollars you cou1l
put in hydraulic ram and pipe the
water right into your barnyard.
1--WE seen you run all your ma.
chinery out-of-doors to get out gang
pillow. Then when you wanted your
corn planter a couple of weeks later,
YOU did the same thing over again.
If you had used a. little foresight in
storing your machinery, you could get
any implement when you need it
without losing a minute.
"Take it from me. Jim, it ISM
now hard but how intelligently you
work, that counts"
He paused, while Jim walked over
and adjusted Princes flynet thought.
fully. ...
"say, Bill he finally asked,
"where can I learn something about
efficiency--and learn it, quick?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
NOT VICIOUS. JUST cARELEss

NOT VICIOUS, JUST CARELESS
OF the scores of people in Ottumwa
who own and use automobiles and
motorcycles, possibly not one would
viciously make use of his roaring en-
CINE or grinding brakes to annoy or in
jure people who are sick abed at their
homes or in the hospitals. Yet there
are hundreds of instances day in and
day out where thoughtless autoists will
go roaring past hospital in which
scores of people are greatly annoyed
if not actually injured by the noise.
Ottumwa is one of the few cities OF
any consequence which has not seen
fit to establish quiet zones" in the
vicinity of the hospitals. Quiet zones
are merely sections of the street along
which autoists and drivers Of motor
cycles and horse-drawn vehicles-and
pedestrians as welfare expected to
exercise care in avoiding noise. The
establishment of these zones and the
posting of signs defining them, usually
have the desired effect. 1t is not the
fear of fine so much as the desire to
acQuiesce in anything that will tend
to make sickness less terrible, that
ends the reign of the roaring motor or
sounding hoofbeats. A little thought
and consideration for others is all that
is needed in this matter. pr .. =.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
Daddy sBedtilne
@. Little Cary's
:DIOIV- Ninth Birthday
Celebration.

birthday, and
family events First Of all at the break
wreath Of flowers
simple but Cary loved them
birthday and
day!
little
it ncosed in glass; but
birthday
in Of and
The whispered
II o'clock left
quite
ringing
Of day!
the family Joined procession.
table covered
rocking chair the head
The table full presents and the
lighted Many
all cried together
She had lovely knitted
mother beautiful doll from her daddy workbag
which he'd bought with his saved money Cary
things
surprise from uncle who lived way way on
band
right asked ask her the time She
which
all the
birthday
felt bewdered
birthday had
had" se.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
THE WAR ON THE RAT.

The number of those who are
preaching the crusade against the rats
Ia growing. 1t seems strange that
man who is so fond Of killing should
have permitted this animal to almost
rim him out of some parts Of towns
and cities. and to invade the rural
districts. while he was eXterminating
useful species But that seems to be
one of the unwritten laws of sport, by
no means ever to do anything that
might possibly be of some use, and
confer some benefit upon any one. but
to wage unceasing war upon animal
species which are Of great value and
which ought to be watched over,
guarded and protected, instead OF be-
ing ruthlessly slaughtered.
If man goes out and knocks over a
lot of rabbits, he Is sportsman. II
the rabbits were pest in our lana
as they are in Australia, in all prob
ability sportsmen would scorn to draw
a bead on rabbit.
The rat is a great carrier OF some
of the most terrible disease germs
There are still few people left who DC
not believe in the germ theory. But
that ought not to keep them from dis
covering that the rat is one of the
most destructive of animals and one OF
the most expensive luxuries with
which modern man has surrounded
himself.
And so, if you do not believe in the
disease germs, then slay the rat on
general principles, because he does
untold damage and has no redeemlne
qualities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19

Many prize winning babies have a
record of mixed feeding. breast milk
exclusively for two or three months,
then an intelligent combination OF
breast and bottle diet.
And this brings us to the problems
CT the mother who must bring UP her
baby en- the bottle exclusively.
The scientific and successful rails
ing Of a baby on the bottle depends
upon two distinct lines OF care and
be supplied and the care of the bottles,
The best Of food in an unsanitary bot,
tie or drawn through an unclean nipple
becomes dangerous to Baby's health.
In choosing artificial food for your
baby, remember that even physicians
differ on this question. Many eminent
American specialists for children In
sist that fresh cows milk, properly
modified, is the only substitute for
mothers milk. Foreign authorities
recommend goats milk. And there
are other recognized authorities on
baby health who have found it advis
able to prescribe for delicate bottle fed
babies a combination Of milk and pat
ent food. Not only must the mother
consult her family physician on this
question but with the physician she
must watch the effect of the food chos
Ell on the baby.
Vomiting, restlessness, sleeplessness
and the condition of the bowels all tel
the tale of food that is not being as
simulated. In this connection the in
experienced mother must understand
that there are two forms of vomiting
in the young baby, or more properly
speaking there is a difference between
vomiting and reorganization, slight tc
be sure, but worth watching. Regur
citation is merely the overflow of mill
when the baby has taken too much
It follows almost Immediately upor
having the breast or bottle taken away
and the milk is in practically the same
condition as when it entered the stom
ach. But when the baby vomits hab
itually after feeding and the milk il
curdled or tough or sour, there II
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19

something wrong with tia bottle diet.
The bowels are a sure indication OF
the way in which the bottle diet agrees
or disagrees with the baby. When the
passage is hard and bulletlike, whom
1t shows curds or white Jumps like
cheese, or when mucus Is present "a
Shiny phlegm), or there is diarrhea,
the mother may be sure that the food
does not agree with her baby and the
doctor should be consulted immediate-
".
No medicine should be given IN such
cases without consulting q doctor.
What the baby needs is not dosing.
but the right sort Of food, the food its
stomach will digest
At one contest in the midwest the
mother of little prize winner told me
that at eleven months, she almost lost
her baby. She had changed diet time
and time again, varying from certified
cows milk to a we'll known patent food
The baby was reduced to skeleton
when the physician decided to try not
milk, but cream diluted with barley
water. The change in the baby's con-
dition was immediate, and it continued
to thrive without further change OF
diet. On the other hand, some babies
fed on this modified cream would not
thrive. Frankly, feeding baby depriv.
ed of breastmilk often resolves itself
into an experiment, but an experiment
which must be conducted in an intelli.
gent manner, with the advice Of q
physician. Do not consult your neigh
bor no matter how many babies she
has raised successfully. The bottle
food which was real food to her babies
may be poison for yours. There are
no hard and fast rules for bottle foods
Each baby is case unto itself and re
quires the most delicate attention, the
utmost vigilance. Even two babies In
one family may require different forms
of artificial nourlshment, or at least
different notifications Of cows milk
Babyology lays special stress on diet
for the bottle fed baby so the next
article will define the much discussed
modified milk and the care Of the bot
! tie in which it is served to the baby
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19

end Of the canal across the state OF
Illinois, then water transportation up
the Des Mones river would be great
thing for the city of Des Mones and
for every city along the river and near
it as well.
The question is: Cannot Iowa afford
to keep on laying out large sums OF
money to force railroad rate reduc'
tons by means of expensive and tire.
some litigation when much better and
more permanent results could be OBJ
tanned by making use of the Des
MnineS river?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

This issue Of The Courier Is apt!y
called the Styles Show edltlon. IL
contains the advertisements OF the
vide awake, up to the minute retailers
Ind wholesalers of OttumWa. Adver-
hsements written by honest mer-
chants and printed in an honest paper
ire nothing more nor less than q
straieht out and out announcement OF
! business proposition. Mr.. Merchant
has something that he knows is GOOD
and on which the price is right and ne
wants his customers and the general
public to know about 1t. Mr.. ana MRS;
Buyer are busy planning their annual
spring purchases and naturally want 10
make their money stretch as Tar as
possible. Mr.. Merchant can't go OUT
personally and tell all the prospective
BUYERS about his stock and special
lies and Mr.. and Mrs. Buyer haven't
time to 60 to every store in town IN
order to find what they want at the
price they want to pay. The news,
paper Is the common meeting GROUND
for the two.
The integrity of a carnival OF sales
such as the Ottumwa merchants Will
put on here this week need not pc
questioned. Ottumwa's retailers are
not the fy-by-night kind who advertise
a sale and then get rid of bunch Oh
inferior goods and skip town. Our
merchants are here to stay and sucn
practice would be detrimental 10
their business-in fact would force
them out OF business. Under ordinary
business conditions, merchant makes
CT, rrof7t At a sale he can afford
to cut his prices to point where the
increased number Of sales Will onset
the difference in profit on the goods
and keep his earnings at the average
point. II his sales are extremely
large. he may even add little to MS
average earning despite having cut
his prices. But his big gain and the
end OF most legitimate sales, Is to IN
crease the number of his regular pa
irons. A carnival of sales such as
will feature this week, should bring
in hundreds, yes thousands OF people
from the nearby towns and villages
and farms and many Of them Will De
induced by their treatment here ana
the savings effected by the sales, and
the quality Of goods they purchase, TO
return again and again whether there
Ia 4 sale on or not. In other Words.
the sale will increase the number OF
purchasers who come to Ottumwa 10
do their trading and that way Will IN
crease the profits of the mercnants
without them having to raise prices.
That ia good business, for the mer'
chants and for the people OF the com
munity as we'll. -.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19

II you have been afraid during the
winter to keep your windows open and
thereby get the fresh air, you should
make up your mind to start the prac-
tice this spring and by winter would
be a regular fresh air crank" and
want to sleep out doors in zero wealth
err. After all fresh air is the best
medicine because it cuts down the
need for other medicines. If everyone
breathed only fresh air, ate plain and
properly balanced rations, kept clean
and exercised little common sense.
the physicians would have to use their
talents in some other profession.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
Press Comment

Golfers Weekly: Crowded together,
haggard and worn by the increasing
strain Of their lives, all too plainly in
want of proper food of sleep and air
and exercise, they sit or lounge in every
posture Of restless WEAKNESS. VINO:
The box holders of the wealthiest opera
house in the wealthiest of our cities.
Perry Chief: president Wilson has
announced his disapproval Of accepting
engagements which necessitate his eat
inc food The president evidently be-
lieves that there is no use digging his
grave with his teeth SO long as he Is
permitted to do It with his tongue.
Des Mones Capital: If Des Moines
wants capable and efficient men on the
CITY council it is time to begin to vote
that way. When once men of that class
are elected to the city council other
men of the same character will be
more willing to become candidates.
From the list Of candidates now in the
field it is possible to select a business
city council.
IIawarden Chronicle: A careful read
ing of exchanges from all parts Of the
state shows that the candidacy Of John
w. RoWley for the republican nomina
ton for governor is steadily gaining
ground. The sentiment is almost unani-
NOUS against Governor Clarke in this
Sc .tion of the state. His recent speak
ing tour seems rather to have been
more hurtful than beneficial. Many
seem to thing that his explanation of
the capitol extension graft and the in
creased tax question did not explain.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The loyal
Iowan who comes home from a trip to
california IAN make some interesting
COMPARISONS Of conditions in the two
states. California has many good oval
tiles, but after all a great deal Of its
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
A PARCEL POST VICTORY"

y, FAnNEI FOol VIZ ] OnH'
Under the above heading the Kansas
City Journal says:
More fruit has fallen to the "re-
form" movement in the decision Of
the United States Express Company
to quit business. This announcement
no doubt will be regarded as parcel
post victory by the enemies of cor
porations, which in truth it is; but
the victory is of a kind that should
bid the thoughtful pause and inquire
what the ultimate result will be if
this disposition toward business is to
continue. The directors of the Unit
ed States Express Company admit
frankly that the extension of the par
Gel post service, and the recent order
of the interstate commerce commits
sion resulting in a 16 per cent reduc-
ton in express charges, have made it
impossible to continue business with
out heavy loss. Logically the only
thing the directors could do was to
quit, and they have SO notified their
stockholders.
The United States Express Company
was a representative carrying COM
pany. It had done business for many
time it netted it's owners an exor-
bitant profit. Indeed, during the past
year it has lost heavily. This loss
might have been sustained had there
been hope of recuperation. But the
interstate commerce commission
seems to desire to increase expenses
of express companies and railroads
and at the same time make it impos-
sible for them to establish rates
that will bring in living profit
to stockholders. All the big rail-
roads and express companies have
had. their lean years, when losses
instead of profits showed on their
books. But such years did not
discourage the stockholders. who
felt that the future held hope for bet
ter times. Under the present system,
however, there is no chance what
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
BL ESBURG.

Mrs. Jetty Citizens Of Charter Oak
arrived here Friday for a visit with
her mother Mrs. Sauna ntha Williams.
Vera Tharp of Ottumwa visited over
Sunday with her grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. J. c. Thompson.
Bert Dorothy and VIM. Tinsley re-
turned Thursday from Des Moines
where they attended the auto show.
Oscar Derby of Moline, H., is visit
ing his grandparents Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson Derby
Charley Derby went to Goldfield on
Tuesday where he has secured work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Pilmer Of Des
Moines visited Saturday and Sunday
with their daughter Mrs. Lester Jay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-19
THE EASIER WAY.

Saturdays Courier told of new rate
adiustm ents decreed by the inter
state commerce commission as the re-
suit of long standing suits against
various railroads operating between
Iowa points and cities east OF the
Mississippi. There were some slight
reductions guaranteed and it cannot
be said that the work Of the state and
those who have fought hard for lower
shipping rates, has been futile.
Nevertheless there is a much easier
vay to get cheap rates-really low
rates and not mere reductions of few
cents-and that is by taking advan'
tage of the waterways that a wise
Providence has furnished for the inter
Tor Of the United States. The Missis.
sippi and its tributaries Is called by
one who knows, the greatest inland
waterway system In the world yet
It might we'll be dubbed the most un.
used waterway system in the world
for when it is compared with the
waterways of Europe, in point OF
service to the people the Mississippi
and its tributaries are the worst idlers
in existence.
For a comparatively small amount
the rivers of the interior of the coun'
try could be made into net work OF
navigable streams upon which large
fiat bottomed barges could move about
hauling the heaviest kind of freight
and lifting a great burden from the
railroads. Furthermore they would
bring about great reduction in
freight rates. This does not mean
that the railroads would lose great
sums of money as result. The rail.
roads could concentrate their efforts
on lighter and perishable freight and
stuff meant for quick delivery and
they would soon find that increased
shipments of goods easier to handle
would more than compensate them for
loss of heavy freight and reduced
rates.
The reductions just accorded Iowa
points by the interstate commerce
commission would seem small in com.
parison to the reduction that would
follow the opening up to navigation of
the Des Moines river from Des Moines
to the Mississippi. And the cost
would not be considerable and futher-
more could be cared for entirely by the
sale of the waterpower that a lock and
dam system would develop.
If water transportation made Chi
cago and is going to make little Chi
eago out Of Davenport which is at the