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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-02
Marjor;e's Feast

oh. won't you have piece OF nice
mince pie?
And here's bit Of lobster salad,
dear;
hese oysters, fried, you'll surely like
to try:
And do you take your coffe strong
and clear?
uch more I heard behind the maple
tree
About ice cream and caramels and
cake.
thought, What careless mothers
there must be,
When children these forbidden
courses take!"
passed the open gate and entered
there
The Land Of Make believe-enchant-
ed land!
i'd Marjorie, with hospitable air,
Gave me generous dish of clean
white sand!
e. e. NJ, in the American Kitchen
Agazine.
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Kristena Johnson Writes a
Letter to Her Mother
Dear Mother.

Dear Mother:
How are you? We are all right.
Florence and go to school and have
not missed d day since you went away.
/ hope you will be home soon. Is Karl
having good time with Pauline and
Margaret? 1 would like OF see them.
Have you been down on Manhattan
Island yet? want you to write me aft
er you come back from the Island.
My COW Bess has the cutest calf and
one old zen has some little chickens.
I think we will go to town Saturday
night and stay at Grandma's.
| don't think we will go to Sunday
school Sunday.
Kristina Johnson,
Fairfield, Ia, r. No. 8. II
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Vera Walkers First Letter
to the Junior

One day I went to Des Moines. My
cousin and I went to town one after
noon. We had a very good time and
were coming home when we saw a lit
tie white dog with a bob tail lying on
the walk. picked it up and took it
home. I found that it had been run over
by an automobile. 1t had it's leg badly
broken. took care Of it for two weeks
and then turned it lose. 1t ran away as
if nothing had happened to it. I
thought that I had done very well in
taking care of dog.
P. S.-This is story I made up
Vera Walker, age IS.
OttumWa, Iowa.
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottumwa, Iowa
MATILDA DEVEREAUx
EDITOR
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Dear Juniors: We wish all the Jun
iors happy new year The courier
Junior is truly expecting a very happy
new wear. And the cause OF this great
happiness is the 1914 Christmas stock
Ing club. Through the kindness OF the
membership 1,155 pairs of stockings
were distributed to as many needy
little children. The number OF SPLEEN
didly filed stockings brought in was
s75 pairs. With the money donated
we bought $50 pairs, also some candy
and dolls. thereby bringing the total
number to 1,155. One kind lady and
gentleman gave us twenty-four dolls;
two Young bachelors brought in a
.hncket of candy while other friends
rave assistance Of various kinds. A
nnmber Of clubs of Ottumwa and one in
E,ldon sent both stockings and money.
One young lady sent in eight palrs'
which were not only filled, but were
running over" All the contributions
were generous.
To show how the club has grown we
viii publish below this years NUMBER
3 nd the figures of the last eight years,
ken from our files, showing the num-
.Aer Of pairs of stockings distributed
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them her sad story which touched
Eyangeline very deeply. Our hero
inc then related her disappointment.
The next morning they continued
their journey together. In crossing
the mountains they came to mis-
sion. Here the priest was delighted
to hear them speak his own language
and he welcomed them gladly. In the
course Of conversation he told them
that Gabriel had been there a short
time before. This disappointment was
keen so Evangeline decided to remain
until Gabriel should return home.
A year passed by but he did not
come SO Evangeline started out on
another Journey She searched
through the cities, over the western
prairies, about the lakes, over the
mountains and even went to the battle
fields. Finally she gave up in this
fair and went to Philadelphia where
she became Sister of Mercy.
Here she nursed the sick and cared
for the poor Of the city. A pestilence
fell upon the city and many people
died. One morning when she went to
the almshouse to care for the sick
she noticed the form of an old man
who seemed to he dying. Going near
him she noticed it was Gabriel.
All was ended now, the hope and the
fear and the sorrow All the aching
of heart. the restless, unsatisfied long
ing, and as she pressed once more
the lifeless head to her bosom, meek
ly she bowed her own and murmured
Father, I thank thee
Sta11a Marie Dale Age Ia
264 South Davis ST. Ottumwa, Ia
P. S. This is one of my school com.
positions,
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School Composition Evan
geline" - By Stella
Marie Dale

The English and French began their
war in 1913 and Nova Scotia was ced-
ed to England At first that country
treated them kindly but later they
began to think that the Arcadians
were getting the Indians to fight
against them. AS the Arcadians re-
fused to take the oath of allegiance
to England because they knew they
would have to take up arms against
France, the English decided to exile
them.
The home of these Arcadians was
in and around the Basin of Minas
in Nova Scotia, which is now called
Newfoundland.
The Arcadans were of French ma
tionality. They were kind, loving, in
dustrious and prosperous. Above all
they were honest. They lived simple,
quiet lives. The men were mostly
farmers but lived in the village of
Grand Pre-. The women spun and
wove the clothing All the people
were Catholics and very devoted to
the church. These people often en-
loved dinners and dances.
The most prominent young lady was
Evangeline, who was very beautiful
and kind. She kept house for her
father, Benedict. The priest and
teacher of the village was Father Fee
lician. The blacksmith of the village
was Basil whose son, Gabriel, was
the lover of Evangeline A friend of
theirs was Rene Leblanc, the notary.
The gay old man OF the village was
Michael the fiddler, who played for
the dances
Since the .Arcadians refused to
fight against France, the English took
them prisoners and scattered them
among the colonies. AS they were be-
| ing placed on board the ship many
families were separated. Some OF
these never met again. It so happen
ed at the time of embarking that the
English also destroyed the homes OF
these Arcadians. Upon seeing the
fire Benedict was overcome and died
upon the sea shore To add to Evan
geline's sorrow she was placed upon
a different ship from Gabriel or Basil
After their separation they began i'm
mediately to search for each other
We find them wandering north and
south. east and west. At one time
thew passed each other in the night
on the Mississippi river. 1t happened
that Evangelines party moored their
boat under the shadow of overhang'
ing trees so it was passed unnoticed
Eyangeline continued down the Mis-
sissippi until she found Basil. His
home was better in many respects
than he had in Arcadia. He insisted
on keeping the wanderers and made
them very welcome. However, Evan
geljne was disappointed because Ga
briel had gone So Basil and Evange
line started the next morning tc
search for Gabriel. who had gone on
trapping expedition
Day after day they searched through
the forest, over the deserts and along
the river banks but all in vain. AT
times they found the ashes of these
camp fires, but Gabriel had always
| gone on and disappeared before them
One evening as they sat by their
evening fire an Indian woman entered
their camp. She was returning to hel
people. During the evening she told
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Eskimos Live in Snow House
By Ora Steele

Dear Courier Junior:
| thought I would write you a little
letter. about Eskimo children. they
live in little houses made OF snow ana
ice. They have little to eat in these
houses. Their clothes are made OF fur.
Their father works very hard to keep
their children from starving They
have their Sunday school in ship. Ihe
good man brings the story of Jesus
Christ He teaches them hymns and
songs These children travel in a sled
with a long string of dogs hitched to
the sled. They are wrapped in fur to
keep warm. .rhey have fine sled rides
up in the cold, cold north. Well l guess
will close Tor this time.
Ora Steele, age IL,
Farson, la.
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New Junior, Roland Fitz
gerald, Tells of a
Brave Dog

Dear Editor:
AS have never written to the Cour-
Ter Junior before I will try and write
a story about a brave boy. Once upon
a time there was little boy and his
sister who were playing on wharf
with their big dog Nero. They were
playing with their boats which had
long strings tied to the ends. The little
boy was playing He was putting peo-
pie in his boat when he heard a scream
from where his sister was playing. A
big wave came at the same time and
CARED the girl, boat and all into the
ocean where they water was very deep.
Nero saw her and plunged into the wa
ter and got her by the dress sleeve and
brought her to shore. AS my story is
getting long | will close.
Roland Fitzgerald,
Floris. Ia, r. No. 3.
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Veda Akey Tells Of Her
School and Her Pets
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
thought / would write about my
school and my pets. go to the keosau-
qua school. My teachers name IS MISS
Harris 7 have reading and writing and
spelling and numbers and drawing.
have been going all term and have not
missed a day.
| have a horse. 1t was pet colt. ana
il is a net vet. His name is Fred and
the cutest little white dog. us Name Is
Chansey We have lots of fun with her.
I have two cats. They look very mucH
alike and are very pretty. l nave oiie
doll. Her name is Gretchen.
Veda Akey, age I,
Keosauqua, Iowa.
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ABOUT PRIZES.

n the Courier Juniors have ever
Allied to receive prizes when the win
er's names were published we want 10
g told about it right away. we also
want all of our prizes acknowledged
We send out prizes within two weeks
IL any Junior has ever failed to re
eeiye a prize after his or her name
tnpears In this paper, 1t is because the
wrong address has been given us
When we say wrong addresses we
refer to incomplete ad
dresses. All city Juniors should put
their street number and all Juniors Nv
ing IN the country should put their box
lnumbeS, or falling to have box SEND
IN their parents names.
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each year:
rHE BIG LETTER CONTEST.

we will continue the big ietter COLI
test for some time. The rules follow:
We want the Juniors to write some
very interesting letters, "newsy let
ters. Some OF the Juniors can write
Is their parents, as if they (the par
ents) are away from home. other
Juniors might write as though they
were visiting some big city.
The writer's can select their prizes
from the following articles: Box OF let
ter paper; box of school supplies; roi
Ter skates, football, knife, doll, BOOK
box OF candy, souvenir spoon.
Daphene Wilson of Clay Center, Nep
II awarded the letter prize this week
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COMPOSITIONS WELCOME.

We are SO pleased to receive SCHOOL
compositions. -
We invite all the Juniors to send IN
sachool compositions each week. the
s,writers can select prizes from among
the following articles: Ice skates
hook. souvenir spoon, beautiful doll,
sknife work basket, box of candy, let
ter paper, or string of beads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-02
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

- &. Use one side OF the paper Only.
q. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Always sign your name In full
and state your age.
Do not copy stories or poetry ana
saend us as your own work.
s. Number your pages.
s. Always state choice of prize on
i y separate piece of paper, with name
land address In full.
&. Address envelope to The Courier
Junior.
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NOTlcEI
All letters for this department :nusl
e addressed:
Courier Junior,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd Of neShbors invade
ne mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
,eunty Judge and eccentric recluee. fol-
owing veiled woman who proves to -
ths widow Of q man tried before the judge
aud electrOcuted for murder years before.
tier daught 10 engaged to the judges
con. from whom he Is estranged. but the
aurder % between the lovers- She plans
20 clear her husbands memory and asks
~ Judges aid. Deborah Scoville reads
ise newspaper eiippinGs telling the story
sohn scoville In Dark Hollow. twslve
Sears before. The Judge and Mrs. sco-
viiis meet at Spencer's Folly and she
shoGs him how. or the day Of the muir
ser. she saw the shadow Of q man. whit
tiinS stick and wearing 4 long peaked
cap The Judge engages her and her
sans hter Reuther to live with him In his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
yer. Black, 60 to the police station and
hhe discovers broken knife blade point
embedded In Il. Deborah and Reuther go
TO live with the Judge. Deborah sees a
rnrtrait Of Oliver, the Judges son. with a
JACK band painted across the eyes That
night she finds. in divers room, q cap
slth peak like the shadowed one, and
knife with broken blade-p point. Anon
Enous letters and a talk with Miss
Weeks increase her suspicious and fears
She finds that Oliver was in the ravine
on the murder night. Black warns her
hinting at oliver's guilt. In the court
COON the Judge is handed an anonymous
note. The note 10 picked up and read
aloud. A mob follows the Judge to his
home Deborah tells him why suspicion
hAs been aroused against Oliver.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
proe.rsy LAND o Cakes"

Scotland came to be known centu
fies ago as the Land O Cakes" and
rs such has been celebrated in prose
and poetry. One may Jet. in travelling
through that northern land. come up
on country inns and herders' huts, see
women who never attended "cookins
school" and wh'. over peat fire In the
great chimney place, sriddle swune
by a crane over the slow Goals. baking
a cake more than foot In diameter,
savory and promising Of a meal for
the gods. and who when the big cake
Is ready for the turning will seize the
griddle by thu handle, give it a toss
in the air, and turn that cake with an
art motion not to be seen in any othe,
place on earth, the big round slab turn.
ing loop-ths-loop and alighting with
the other side down in the same place
as before to the breadth Of q slsndsy
stem Of the hsatAas.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
GERMANS DRINKING TEA.

Encouraging testimony as.to the de.
creased consumption Of alcohol in, Ger.
many was given Miss Mary E. Brown.
director OF the National W. C. T. U.
exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposi.
ton. by an engineer who showed great
interest in the literature exhibit. He
said that with 46 other engineers. he
visited Germany two years ago. While
there the group investigated eight
manufacturing plants and they found
the men taking a pint bottle of weak
tea with their one O'Clock lunch in.
stead Of using beer with or per
cent alcohol as formerly The tea. is
prepared in the building and sent up
in bottles at about one-half the. cost
of beer. Since substituting tea for
beer the efficiency of the workmen has
increased from Is to, 20 per cent.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
CAUSE or WAR.

DIR. Charles Gilbert Davis, eminent
physician. psychologist and scientist
Of Chicago, says the great world war
is but the logical outcome Of 'gener-
ations of alcoholic saturation. with
the resultant deterioration of the hu-
man race and degeneration Of the hu-
man mind"
Il have taken a kennel Of Great
Danes." says the doctor, magnificent
animals. and given them Just a tea
spoonful of alcoholic beverage daily.
mixed with their foods. and then bred
them, and carried on the experiment
for five or six generations, until the
Great Danes had dwindled' physically
to small size, and their even disposi-
tions had changed until the product
has been snarling. whining, fighting
ours. How much more SO this must
be with humans extended over thirty
or forty generations. The parallel
may not be pleasant. but it Is a nice
one. and that is what has occurred in
Europe"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
BEFORE HIS HOUR OF GLORY
That Memorable June Day
In French History.

While we were spending our time 10
= rather vagabond manner the twen.
tieth of June arrived. We met by ap
pointment at restaurateurs in the
Rue St Honore. near the Palaia
Royal. to take one OF our daily ran
bles. On going out We saw q mob ap
preaching in the direction. Of the mar.
ket. which Bonaparte estimated, at Ave
or six thousand men. They were .
rabble of blackguards ludicrously
armed with weapons of every, descrip
ton, and shouted while they proceed
ed rapidly toward the Tuileries. voeif
Grating all kinds Of gross, abuse. II
was a collection of all that, was vitest
IN the purlieus of Paris.
Let us follow the mob said Bona,
pare.
We got the start of them and toos
up'our station on the terrace along the
river. 1t was there that he witnessed
the scandalous scenen which tooh
place, and it would be difficult to de
scribe the surprise a.,d indignattou
which they excited in him. When ths
overlooking the garden with the rcd
cap which one of the I.,oh, had put on
his head he could no longer represt
his indignation. What stupidity." he
loudly exclaimed! why have they
let In all that rabhle? They sAoult
knock of 400' or 500 of them with tht
cannon: the rest would take them
selves of fast enough"
When we sat down to dinner. which
lpaid for as l. generally did. tor wal
the richer of the two, he spoke of moth
ing but the scene We Lad Witnessed
He discussed with great good sense the
causes and consequences Of this unre
pressed insurrection He foresaw and
developed with sagSaiey an that would
follow. Ike was not mistaken.-
| Memoirs OF Napoleon Bonaparte.'
Iaouis Antoine Fauvelet de- Bourrienno
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09

pa.ns vnseA hss1 sseA horros sse ~
Bst % abaIeoaot eana. snA fesa1aG
The bridge shskiAg aaAsr ~ slnase =
cracking. ] beGaa - efavl. i.eA ~
inch. aloas its saSins boards IN !
reached its middle.
There God st0pDed ~.
For. With . changer n q rso1laG
worlds. . holt hot fron the seaith.
sped down HDos the blu1 beAis1 os.
throwing me dovs again upoa ~ faes
and ensulnng sense and un6erstand
ing for one wild moment Thea
sprang SpriEht and With . yell e
terror sped across the rocking boards
beneath me to the road. no loaSer
battling with ny desire to look hack:
no longer asking myself when and how
that dead man would Be found: no
longer even asking my own duty IN
the case: for spenesr's Folly vas a
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
JOHN sARLEvcoan UNPOPULAR

JOHN DARLgYcoRN UNPOPULAR.
Insurance people have como to the
definite conclusion that booze and In.
susance mix about rs well AZ oil and
water" remarked Edward A. Woods.
president Of the National Life Under
writer's association. In other words"
said Mr.. Woods, n drinking man il o
mighty poor risk. Cold figures have
proved to us positively that the drink
ing man-even the moderate drinker-
has less than half as much chance to
live out the life of his policy as the
teetotaler. The mortality of the
teetotalers between the ages of thir-
ty-ave and fifty years. when men are
Of the most use to society. is only IS
per cent Of the average mortality.
Not even the war has been the sub.
tect Of as much consideration among
insurance men as has the liquor ques-
tion."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
DarktlOlOW
RAyva kathaiwGem
Mstiaions 81 @CD1pdes
COPYRIGHT 1915 - pOo0 r<En0 q cOr1R41seS

had . fev hours of freedom, I =
cided to bsgin the remodeling In clay
OF an exquisite statue which had great
ly aroused my admiration.
This statue stood In q forbidden
plLee. II was one OF the art treasures
OF the great house on the blu6 com
monty called Spencer's Folly. I had
seen this marble once. when dining
there with father. and vas 20 in
pressed By its beauty that it haunted
me night and day. The boy Of fifteen
would attempt the impossible. l pro.
cured my clay and then awaited my
opportunity. 1t came. as l have said
on my birthday.
There was no one living In the house
At this time. Mr.. Spencer had gone
West for the winter, The servants
had been dismissed. and the place
closed
What to every other person in town
would have seemed an insuperable OBJ
stacle to this undertaking. was no OBJ
One day in my restless wanderings
about place which had something of
the nature OF a shrine to me, | had
noticed that one OF the windows Ia
swinging one) overlooking the ravine
moved as the wind took it. Either the
lock had given way or it had not been
properly fastened II could only
bring myself to disregard the narrow
ness OF the ledge separating the house
from the pre"ipice beneath | felt that
I could reach this window and sever
the vines sufficiently for my body to
press in; and this did that night.
let myself go-I had to-and imme-
diately found myself standing upright
in space SO narrow could touch the
walls on either side. 1t was a closet
had entered, opening into the huge
dining hall, where l had once sat be-
side my father at the one formal meal
OF my life.
remembered that room; It had
made q great impression upon me,
and some light finding its way through
the panes OF uncurtained glass which
topped each Of the three windows over.
looking the ravine, soon was able to
find the door leading into the drawing
room.
had brought small lantern in the
bag slung to my shoulders. but had
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09

not hitherto dared to use it on &C
count Of the transparency of the panes
l have mentioned: but once in the per
fectly dark recesses Of the room be.
,pnd. l drew it out. and without the
least fear of detection boldly turned
1t upon the small alcove where stood
the object of my adoration. knelt
before the glimmering marble and ID
rolled my bundle Of wet clay
l began my work. then } began to
realize little the nature Q; the task
] had undertaken and to ask myself
whether il ! stayed all night ! could
finish it to my mind 1t WAS during
one of these moments Of hesitation
that l heard the FIRST growi of distant
thunder.
But the thunder growled again and
my head rose. this time in real alarm
A man-two men were entering by
the great front door. | heard q loud
laugh. and the tipsy exclamation a q
voice ! knew:
There: shut the door, can't YOU
before it's blown from its hinges
You'll find ,:er, thing jolly ere. Wine
lights, solitude in which to finish oul
gume and roaring good opportunit,
| to sleep afterwards"
The answer | failed to catch wa.
simply paralyzed by terror. As tn,
door of the room opened to admi
them. succeeded in shutting that o
the closet into which had flung my
self-or almost SO. did not dare t,
latch it. for they were already in tn
room and might hear me-
This is the spot for u.s." cam
in Spencer's most jovial tones. hi
table. whisky handy. cards tight her