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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-21

along the sidewalk, the feet of men,
women and little children, and If it
had been light enough in the basement
Papa Hornitz might have seen his
wifes face wet with tears.
Suddenly pair Of large, masculine
feet, shod in well worn goloshes, hest
tated at the top of the fight of stone
steps and then passed on.
Rosa turned toward her husband.
"Copsin Lensky just went by; l could
to tell his goloshes."
"The feet of meddler," snarled
Jacob Hornitz. HE dare not show his
face to me- ........
Papa, papa soothed Rosa, laying
her hand on her husbands trembling
arm.
did he not steal my boy - my
Joey?"
'Ah, papa!' walled Rosa, lit was not
Lensky who stole our son. 1t was his
niece, that good for nothing Ray Ne
muss, with her fancy ways
1T was Lensky who told Joey If he
broke his engagement to Ray her heart
would break. And even though our
hearts break from his disobedience
our son marries her, and we never see
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SCALE OF SHADES
------7
90 6 ~
Oto70 inches Oto Oinches to Oinche
100 to 1870 inches
40 to 10 inches
10 to 100 inches

were too wet to permit any kind Of
work being done. The month was not
only cool and wet but 1t was charac-
terized by severe local storms, many
of which were accompanied by de-
structive wind, hail and rain. The
mean temperature for the state was
69.5 degrees, or 4.6 degrees below
the normal, and only 10 degree high
or than the mean for July, 1891, which
Is the lowest of record for the month
in question. The highest tempera-
ture reported was 90 degrees at nine
stations, on the 18th or 18th. This
is seven degrees lower than the alb
solute maximum for the month in
1891 and 1902, which were the lowest
ever before recorded. The lowest
temperature reported was 40 degrees
at Washta, on the 5th. The warmest
days were the 18th to the 18th, in
elusive, and the coolest were from
the 3rd to, the 5th. inclusive. The
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Thursday at the Ira M. Swinney home.
J. E. Rough was called last week to
Pennsylvania by the illness of his
mother. Announcement Of her death
was received here soon after his de-
parture.
Mrs. Mary Crist Of Sherman Chapel
visited here the latter part Of the week
at the home Of her. daughter Mrs. E. w.
Hawkins. leaving here Friday evening
for Ottumwa where she will visit other
children. She was accompanied to OF
tumwa by the Misses Allie and Opal
Hawkins.
]. E. Bell and wife spent two days
last week at the Eldon fair.
The Little Misses Erma, Isal and
Vida Louderback left Saturday for
Red Oak, where they will visit their
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. G w.
Shuu. Mr.. and Mrs. Louderback ex-
pect to make a trip with their team
and bring the children home with them.
Mrs. Emma Garretson and daughter
Avis Of Ottumwa spent Saturday night
here with the formers brother j. B.
Mccormick and wife.
Master Gibson Anderson of Bloom.
field visited here the latter part Of the
week with his grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Hart,
Miss Xeia Swinney has returned
home from an extended visit with her
sister Mrs. Chas. Harvard of Floris.
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Evvry time grandpop comes to our
house he gives pop segar and wunts
him to smoak it rite away, witch pop
ANYWAYS duz avn akkount of ma tell
ing him he has to be moar pullite to
grandpop, avn akkount of grandpop
beeing her farthir, and last mite grand
pop calm and gave pop segar and
sed, Smoak up, Willyum, smoak up.
bleeve Ill put it in my pockit and
smoak it aftir luntsh tomorro wen |
can enjoy it most sed pop.
You smoak 1t rite now, wunt to
see you injoying it, if my docktor
dident forbid me to smoak Id smoak
wun with you, sed grandpop.
And pop lit the segar and startid to
smoak it, and pritty soon ma calm in
and aftir vile she startid to sniff
with her noze, saying, | deklare,
bleeve | smell gas
Nonsents, imaginayshin, sed pop.
And he kepp avn smoaking the
segar and looking as if he wished he
wasent. and aftir vile ma shifted
agen, saying, I'm sure of it, I smell gas.
Pawleen, you imagine things, sed
pop,
I don't smell enything, sed grandpop.
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Less than 40 inch

In comparing the conditions that
prevailed during the month just pass
ed with those Of July, 1914, it is
found that nearly every feature
shows an opposite extreme. July,
1914, was, with one exception, the
warmest July Of record; while the
month now under discussion was,
with one exception, the coolest July
of record. July, 1914, was very
drouthy month, while this year the
month was. with one exception, the
wettest July during the Chronological
history of the state. Last year there
was an excess of sunshine. This
year there was an excess Of cloudi-
ness. Last year at the close Of the
month haying and harvesting of small
grain were practically completed.
This year that work was not half
finished Last year blowing could
not be done after harvest on account
Of dry, hard soil. This year the fields
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3 ELkNAP.

Mr.. and Mrs. I. Ware spent last week
at Eldon and attended the fair.
Mrs. J. r. Krusor of Muscatine who
is the guest Of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ, Ebelrine reports that Mr..
Krusor has Joined the army and is IN
camp for couple Of weeks at Sparta,
Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mayhue and little
daughter Of Oklahoma are guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Martin.
Miss Marrow Combs of Bloomfield
spent last week here with her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Combs.
Mrs. H. r. Barnes and daughters
Myrtle and Mabel left Wednesday for
their home at Newton after weeks
visit with friends at this place.
J. A. Prather and family expect to
move to the w. L. Woolwine residence
in the east end Of town the first OF
September. Frank Petit and family
expect to move to the house recently
vacated by them and then the Rock
Island section foreman will move to
the section house when vacated by
Mr. Petit. 10
Mrs. Viola Huxhes Of Ottunars..s -ra Asi;
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More than 1870 ineAsA

range for the state was 50 degrees.
The average precipitation was $50
inches, or 4.36 inches more than the
normal. The greatest amount, 1883
inches, occurred at Corning, and the
least, 1856 inches, at Spencer. The
greatest amount in any "a consecu-
tive hours, 4.16 inches, occurred at
Clarinda, on the 18th. Measurable
precipitation occurred on an average
of IA days.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was from the northwest, which is
very unusual for July 1T is usually
from the south or southwest.
The average number Of clear days
was 10; partly cloudy, IL; cloudy, 8.
occurred at some
place in the state on every day OF
the month except the 9TH. sth and
22nd.
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LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK

BY C. A. VOIGH1

Well l do, do distincktly, sed ma.
And she kepp avn smiling, saying,
Thares no dowt of 1t, thares gas ex-
Gaping sumware.
Well, the leest we can do is have a
look, sed pop. And he went to the
back of the setting room and felt the
gas thing back thare and then he quick
throo the segar out the window and
CAIN back, saying, You were rite, my
deer, rite as uzuil.
SertenyI was, don't smell eny now,
sed ma.
Say. wares yure segaI. sed grandpop.
l smoaked it, sed pop, | jest throo
the butt out the window.
The wat, my you o2y snoaked a
quartir of it, that's si,fiil waist.
wont give you auuthir segar in a
hurry, sed grandpop. And he wawked
back and looked out the window to see
if ne Good see it in TIE yard, and pop
sed to ma, Sih. that wasent S IS, that
was that terribil segar.
My goodniss, sed ma. And just then
grandpop cain back, saying, No sir
Ill be darned if I give you anuthir
segar.
Amen, mean how reedickilis, sed
pOD.
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cHILDREN's EvEN1NG STORY
Q Q O Q Q . o o . 4

| Once in a while, just for q
change he would fall on his tall silk
That, or, his ears. Again his red, white
i and blue striped barber pole rheuma-
tism crutch (gnawed for. him out Of a
cornstalk by Nurse Jane) would get
/ tangled up in the skates and then :
WELL you can easily imagine what
would happen.
81 guess Nurse Jane was right,
Uncle Wfggily said. II can never learn
to roller skate I am too old. I have
too much rheumatism and 1t Is not as
easy as dancing. I will give these
skates to some poor little animal chap
and I'll keep to my automobile or my
| airship.'
The rabbit gentleman was hopping
along, looking for some one to whom
he might give the skates he could not
use, when, all of sudden, he saw
fuzzy fox running toward him.
ooh ho!" thought the rabbit gentle
man. 81 am afraid there is going to be
trouble
He started to hop, to get away from
The fox, but carrying his rheumatism
crutch and the roller skates. Uncle
Wiggily could not 60 very fast and the
bad fuzzy fox soon caught the rabbit
gentleman. @
''Ah, ha! Now have you!" snarled
the fox being. indeed one of the most
impolite foxes you would care to meet.
Eyes you have me-" sadly said Uncle
/ Wisgiy. Put what are you going to
do with me?"
,, Garry you off TO my den, of course.
the fox said. That's what foxes al
ways do when they catch rabbit"
We'll" spoke Uncle Wiggily with
sigh, eff you will - you will. I suppose
But. Mr. Fox, before you carry me on,
where l will never see any OF my
| friends again, will you do me one
| favor?"
What is it?' asked the fox.
Let me see you roller skate went
on Uncle Wiggily. Il just bought new
pair, but I can't seem to make them
work Perhaps you can.
"Of course" said the fox. That's
easy. I'll show you how to skate, and
then I'll carry you off to my den.
They were at the top Of steep hill
just then. The fox put on Uncle Wig
gily's roller skates and then the rab-
bit gentleman suddenly gave the fox a
push down the hill.
There you go!" Uncle Wiggily cried
Nov let's see how fast you can skate!
And you needn't come back for me,
| either"
! Down the hill on the skates went the
fox, faster and faster.
ooh, stop! Stop" cried the fox, try
ing to turn around. IT don't want to go
so fast l don't want to skate! l want
you, Uncle Wiggily."
well, you can't have me = not this
! time!" the rabbit gentleman cried
With that the fox skated so fast that
he turned a complete somersault head
| over paws, and came down ker-bunko
/ 81 guess l can 60 now" said Uncle
; Wiggily, and home he hoped, and the
fox couldn't get him. So, everything
came out right after all, and this
| teaches us that roller skates are some
times better than peanut taffy for scar.
ing foxes. -
And in the next story, if the work
basket scissors don't try to dance on
the cream puff and make all the jelly
run out, I'll tell you about Uncle Wig
gily and his hoop.
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FARMINGTON.

Mrs. Clayton Bell and children OF
Milton visited over Sunday with Mrs
Bells parents ]. E. Marshall and wife,
Joe Stirling and wife of Canton, ILL.,
are the guests of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gaffney Of Kan
sas City arrived Saturday for visit
with the latter's parents L. B. Jenkins
and wife.
Miss Freda Hoyer Of Cottonwood is
visiting her grandmother Mrs r.
Pfister.
Mrs. H. F. Barton returned Saturday
from three months visit with her
sister Mrs. Maggie Clark at Los An
geles, Calf.
Miss Lena Johnson Of Stockport ar
rived Friday for visit with Miss
Olga Mccormick
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UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE ROLL
Err SKATES.
PETEY DINK


Copyright 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
(By Howard r. Garis.)
Yes, don't see any reason why
can't do it," said Uncle Wiggily Long
ears, the nice rabbit gentleman, one
morning as he was preparing to star
out from his hollow stump bungalow
and take walk in the woods. INC
reason at all why cannot do it,"
"Do it! Do what? May ask what
IN the world you are thinking Of now
Uncle Wiggily?" asked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper. ;,
Certainly you may ask, and I shall
have great pleasure in telling you,
politely replied Uncle Wiggily. What,
ever else he was, the rabbit gentleman
was certainly polite. 81 am going to
get a pair of roller skates, Uncle
Wiggily went on.
What! A pair of roller skates at
your age!" cried the muskrate lady.
"Well, Uncle Wiggily Longears!
don't want to find fault with you, Ger,
tainly not! But the idea of respect
able old rabbit, such as you are, tax
ing up with roller skating! What put
such an idea into your head?'
Look out there!" Uncle Wiggly ex,
claimed. Look out there and see!'
Nurse Jane looked from the window
and saw Sammie and Susie Littletail
the rabbit children; Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrel brothers; Bully
and Bawly No-Tail, the frog boys and
many others of the animal children
IN fr0rf 0f J1nP1c
Wiggily's bungalow.
IF they roller skate l don't see any
reason why I can't" he said. I'm
going to get pair of skates right
away, and practice on them. Soon I'll
be rolling around in fine shape, Nurse
Jane"
'Oh dear!" sighed the muskrat LADY
\ sat your age, and with your rheuma'
tism! It's shame!"
"Ha! Nothing of the sort!' Uncle
wiggily cried. IF could learn to do
the new dances, such as the rabbit
lump. to get away when fox is trot-
inx after you, and if could learn to
do the apple pie shiver and the cheese
cake walk, l certainly think can
learn TO roller skate
IT doubt it," said Nurse Jane. as
with a whisk of her tail, she went OF
to dust the coal bin.
"Well, here's where I get my roller
skates" Uncle Wiggily said to him
self.
The rabbit gentleman went to the
store kept by a monkey doodle gentle
man. where all the animal children
bought their toys, and there Uncle
Wiggily found pair of roller skates
The wheels were made of spools o.
thread, with button ball tree bearings
and long pieces Of ribbon grass FOL
straps. OF course animals don't use
the same kind of roller skates you
children do.
"Can you skater asked the monkey
doodle gentleman.
mo, but am going to learn Uncle
swiagiiy answered. II am going off tc
I smooth, quiet place and practice
Uncle Wiggily went, but 1t was not
40 easy to learn roller skating as ne
had thought. First one foot woulo
suddenly Slide out from under him and
then the other. He would fall down
sometimes landing on one paw, ano
then again on the other.
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'ou know the woman, Rosa?"

you know the woman, Rosa?'
mo. She looked like that Yetta Vo-
gel what keeps boarders down by Hes
ter street." Rosa threw this informa-
ton over her fat shoulder. II go to give
baby some milk, papa" The door into
the living room slammed
Jacob sat and stared at the closed
door. He could hear Rosa's tender
voice as she moved to and fro and
again the baby's cry ending in a gurgle
of satisfaction.
"But for the heavy years - 1t could
be little Joey again." he sighed. HE
was a good son - It was his only dis.
obedience He bowed his head upon
his greasy ledger.
He did not hear Rosa when she came
into the shop and dragged Joeys
cradle from a dusty corner, nor the
heavy vibration of her tireless feet as
thinking of Joey In all his delightful
phases from infancy to upright young
manhood
A week later Jacob Mornitz faced a
shawl-wrapped woman. She pushed
some money and a pawn ticket across
the counter.
II came for it," she said briefly.
Jacob studied the ticket and nodded
He went to the corner and pulled out
the baby carriage. Here it u.s." he
said
The woman hesitated She was old
and wrinkled and her hair was grizzled.
Il want the baby, too" she said sharp
ly.
1.-THE ticket calls for baby carriage
no more" said Jacob sternly
IT wan the baby. I hear him crying
now" She started toward the back of
the shop but Jacob and the carriage
blocked her path.
mo lady would pawn her baby. You
are crazy" he said.
81 tell you I hear it,
What you hear is our own baby -
one shall adopt Will YOU go or must
l call rolice?" he asked politely.
II will go and bring police myself,
old mani" she cried shrilly and clat-
tered up the steps
Rosa came into the shop carrying the
baby in her arms.
Jacob poked crooked forefnger I'm
II.
little rascal babee!" he chnckled.
The shop door flew open and two
people flung inside = girl whose face
was sharpened by illness and privs.
ton. young man eaunt and hollow
eyed, ghost Of dashing joey Hornitz.
II want nv baby" said the girl
tensely. holding ont eager arms.
Give her the baby, mother" said
Joey gently. "She has pinned for it,"
Silently Rosa dropped the baby in
Rays arms. She and Jacob stared at
Joey with unbelieving eyes. They
scarcely listened to his tale of poverty
and illness and how an avaricious and
merciless landladv had caused baby
and carriage to vanish one stormy
night. They had Just gained her con-
fession that she had pawned tho car
rage and relieved her house Of the
nuisance of baby guest.
'I am sorry for the trouble, papa"
said Joey, "hut we will 70 now. Come,
Ray. Goodbye mamma"
Jacob scurried down to the door and
locked it. "You couldn't take away
our baby" he dehed them. TITS got
to stay here and you, Joey and
Ray, your wife - we want you ALL Eth,
mammal
Rosas eyes were full of tears. .Toeys
arm was around her and Jacob was
awkwardly hugging Raw and the baby.
"Of course all our children must stay
here by u.s." she said decidedly. "Joey
you help papa. Ray. baby's milk Is
warm we must feed him now
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Evening Story
TICKET NUMBER 1882.
copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. ..-...
By Vane Merrlman.

Rosa Hornitz moved heavily down
the narrow aisle between the dusty
glass cases of the pawnshop and peer:
ed I'D into the storm-swept streets.
eve got to light the lamps about
now, papa" she said over her shoulder.
The little man huddled over greasy
ledger at desk near the window look
ed up with hawk eyes.
''You shouldn't be cutting off all
what light there is, Rosa" he reproved
his wife when I make a footing of
this here yesterdays page, then, maybe
we shall light lamps"
Il Rosa moved her bulky form so that
1t no longer obscured the window.
From the basement doorway, she could
1ook up and see many feet passing
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.ual convention here today.

nual convention here today.
Zone of the chief aims of the con-
vention will be to formulate plans for
sending information about chronic
dead beats with least delay from city
to CITY," said D. J. Woodlock of st.
Louis, president of the association.
"The extension Of credit and correction
of existing abuses by slow payers ana
closer REORGANIZATION on credit
also will receive attention
at this session."
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dead BEATS" ARE
TO BE IDENTIFIED

Duluth MINI, Aug. IS. "A national
"rogues' gallery" of so-called dead
beats" containing information more de-
tailed, it was said, than Bertillon or
finger print systems, is one of the prin'
cipal aims of the Retail Credit Mems
National association, which met in an
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-08
5 Fddl 4 Nh ann
lrdians and Priests, 40 Result Of Un'
sxrscfsd Meeting, Thought Each
Other "t3aunts."

British Headquarters-An amusing
little incident was told me b. the ON
Ger commanding clearing hospital
which Is now being used a. convales-
cent hospital. writes q correspondent
of the London Times. His hospital II
housed in . Cistercian monastery.
Among the wounded we're . consid-
cradle body Of Pathans. who. after the
manner Of their kind. had no sooner
had their wounds attended to than they
began to wander about the building
and explore what kind Of place It
was to which they had been brought.
They chose for this amusement the
hour-between two o'clock and three
o'clock in the morning-when the
monks were at complins. Some Of
them even went SO far as to get into
the monks beds and settle down there.
In due course the monks returned
and there was . scene Of frantic ex-
element The Pathans, seeing these
white figures walking along the cor
ridors and coming into the rooms,
thought that the building was haunt
ed by ghosts. while the monks sudden
iy confronted by q crowd Of black hui
IAN shapes, became obsessed with the
.usa that their monastery had been
invaded by host of black phantoms.
Each side began to shout with the
fury of fear at the other. Luckily,
they made such noise that the at
teation of my informant was attracted
and he succeeded in putting matters
right.
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HAVE SEEN MUsH vK His toaY
Birds and Animals Still Living Whose
Memories Could Take Them Back
Over Century's PASSAGE.

1t is startling fact that if some ami.
mails could tell their life they would
be able to recall events which hap
pened more than a century ago. A
Russian eagle, for instance, would be
able to remember watching with
greedy eyes as one by one the French
soldiers under Napoleon fell exhaust.
ed out Of the ranks in their awful re-
treat from Moscow in 1912. There are
crocodiles alive in India today which
saw the first English traveller set
foot there, while there are whales in
the sea which may have skirted the
coast of France when the British in
vaded 1t in 1415. A great many ele-
plants could recall historical events
OF hundred years ago, while there are
ravens still living whose memory
could go back twice that period.
Talking of birds, the parrot, the
crow and the swan, often live a hun.
dred years-that is, of course, If they
do not meet with misfortune-while
the heron will live sixty years. Geese
and pelicans will survive half a cen.
fury, and the sparrow forty years.
Pigeons, linnets, canaries, cranes and
peacOcks will live to well over twenty
years, while the goldfnch, partridge,
pheasant, lark and nightingale will
live from fifteen to eighteen years, the
robin twelve years, and the thrush
and hen ten years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-08
Grecian Food For preamers.

Hasheesh. the strange drug which
has given our language its word "as
sassin "a man so frenzied by the drug
that he acromplishes murder-is used
by the Persians, Turks and Egyptians
1t is the product of a plant grown In
large quantities In the Peloponnesus
Southern Greece,. in the district about
Tripolitza. The plant Crews to q
height Of about four feet, and its
branches are thickly covered with
small leaves and studded with tiny
seeds. The entire plant stalk and
branches. is cut within few inches OF
the root and laid out in the sun to dry
The branches are then rubbed to sepa.
rate the setds, and these in turn are
ground into fine powder, which con.
stitutes the drug. The drug has the
power of inducing sleep and producing
pleasant and fantastic dreams Con.
tinued use of hasheesh renders it's dev.
otees reckless and results in wreck
Of their mental and physical constitu
ton.
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WORLDS FAVOR VERY TICKLE
sale OF Treasured Trinket Owned by
Great Actress Shows the Value
Of Sentiment.

The name of Fanny Davenport was
for years household word. Youna
collegians put her photographs on the
mantlepiece or in the edge of a look
ing glass. Born into famous theatri.
cal family, she brilliantly played parts,
and appearing in dramas by Sardou was
popularity known as the American
Sarah Bernhard.
Personal property belonging to Miss
Davenport was sold at auction in
New York short time ago. A locket
containing her portrait and a lock Of
her mothers hair was put up. Miss
Davenport had worn 1t constantly dur.
Ing the last years of her life. The
locket itself was valuable There was
a bid of one dollar and seventy-five
cents. The auctioneer was dumb with
establishment. Finally he gathered
himself together and said that there
must be some misunderstanding.
Miss Davenport loved it better than
her life. She never took 1t from her
neck while she was living and died
with it clasped next to her heart, fol-
1t contained the love token of her
mother. Again think of sentiment and
its value. How much am l offered
now?" Someone bid two dollars and
thus possessed it. Sentiment brought
twenty-five cents.