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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08
THREE VIEWS. ON PREPAREDNESS
Admiral Watcher:

4gs
@. Are we strong enough to oner
decided resistance against any natlon
ct this time?
A. Not at all. We would have to
defend ourselves as best we could.
We probably would be unable to keep
on the sea or protect our commerce.
Secretary Garrison:
After putting the total of immediate
" available military strength under
the most favorable possible conditions
at 9,S1s officers and 14S,492 men, Sec
rotary Garrison says:
'And this would be absolutely all.
The only other recourse would then
be volunteers; and to equip, organ
lie, train and make them ready would
take. at the smallest possible estimate,
six months.
Anyone who takes the slightest
trouble to investigate will find that
in modern warfare prepared enemy
would progress SO far on the way to
success in six months II his antagon-
list had to wait six months to meet
him, that such unprepared antagonist
might as well concede defeat without
contest"
President Wilson:
"The country has been misinformed.
We have not been negligent OF ma
tional defense"
The average citizen in contrasting
the presidents declaration with the
reports of members of his cabinet ana
with the testimony of the chief Officers
of the army and navy will be inclined
to fall into slang for moment and
inquire:
"WhaddaYe mean. Negligent?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

It is much easier to solve some ones
else problems than it is your own.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

A daily headline British boat hit
by torpedo"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

"but you can come out on the platform
if you want to, lady"
One evening during the summer,
as Pauline's mother was putting her
to bed she said:
Nov go right to sleep. dear Don't
be afraid, for Gods angels are watch
ing over you"
Shortly after, while the mother and
father were reading in the library, the
child called to her mother
Eyes, DEAR" replied the mother,
"what is it,"
Gods angels are buzzing around
just awful, mother cried the little
girl. land one of ems bitten mel"
Little Elsie, aged five, was quietly
playing on the porch one afternoon,
while her father and one of his friends
were enjoying smoke and having
chat on political matters. They paid
no attention to the little girls pre-
sence and Elsie seemed wholly abb
sorted in her dolls.
That evening Elsie appeared to be
unusually silent and thoughtful. When
bedtime came and she knelt down to
say her prayers there came the usual
petitions, and then, with slight pause,
she resumed in very earnest manner:
"And now, God, please take good
care of Yourself, for if anything should
happen to You, we should only have
Mr.. Wilson - and he hasn't come up
to fathers expectations"
his boots, said to the merchant:
"What was them ERE that Teller
bot?"
'.Nightshirts. Can l sell you one or
two?"
"Naup, 1 reckon not" said the Mis-
sourjan. Il don't set around much O.
nights"
In a backwoods district a case de-
veloped in the justice court which at
tracted practically every person In the
village, and as the day was warm and
the courtroom box-like place, the
state of affairs soon raised the temper
allure Of the room to an unbearable de-
gree Looking around him, the justice
of the peace observed that every win
dow in the place was closed and turn
ing to an old and ignorant constable
who was keeping order amongst the
crowd. he desired him to "ventilate the
ROOM That official, however, had
very little idea of the meaning of the
tern used, but he put his own interpre-
tation upon It, Opening the door, he.
to the intense amusement of the court,
proceeded to clear the room, exclaim-
ing as he did SO: Here, out you go!
Ventilate. dye hear! Ventilate!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

The fussy lady had noticed that the
rude man sitting beside her on the
street car had expectorated on the
floor. The fussy lady Immediately sig
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08
Dr.D.E.Craha1n
Hours-e 70 Il q. M: 4 - Q = -
Ennis once Bldg, ottumwa. Is,sA
4 CHRONIC
DISEASE

ptl8S AND r9dI
Tu1A are twa'
chroaic dissasss list.
anlst many pseJ1e
ana falss modesto
has prsvsntsl MANI
from being cured
Piles cause many ~,
nex troubles and n
IL Impossible to cure
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

"Naup, 1 reckon not" said the Mis-
ourjan. II don't set around much o
lights"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08

his boots, said to the merchant:
what was them ere that Teller
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
STORY RITEN'
BY the Messenger Boy

Doc Eager found the first hepaticka
flower last week-provin that Spring
is here-same as he has been doing
for 80 or 40 years. Dock is a famus
perdestrien and has trails wore
through all the swamps, and woods,
mounten tops and valleys round about
Harrisburg for 20 miles, and he has
names for every spring and little run
in the county, and knows lots of caves
and places where he could hide if he
wanted to turn crook, which aint
likely.
The doctor has habit of getting up
at 3 o'clock in the mornin, eatin
biskit and a glass of milk, and wall<in
up to LySens over the back road that
goes up and down the five ranges of
mountens; then eatin a ginjer-snap
and a banana for dinner and turnin
right round and comm back, whislin
all the way. He makes trends at
every fence corner without stoppin,
and is on Speakin terms with the rab-
bits and the baars in the forests, and
can ketsh fish with his hands by talllin
to em.
Mister Eager is one of them fellos
that says he is about 60 but acks 20.
and proves it by being chummy with
the boys and girls, and crackin jokes
instead of llickin about the wether.
He don't need to read storeis of adj
venshur because he lives EN-: and is
like the fello in Shackspeer that seen
tongues in trees, books in the runnin
streams, cobblestones in sermons, and
good things everywhere.
Love of natchure is wondirful and
should be developed more and more. by
Harrisburglers, who should learn to
wander out on the highways and the
byways. the rivers, lakes and noun
tens. the picknic- grounds, swamps,
mudholes, potato patches and orchards
round about our charmin city. Let
EN- get away from the smoke and
cinders, brick-walls and aspalt streets,
and stick in the mud and pick cherries,
pawpaws, huckleberries and persim-
mons and tumbel in the creek a
kuppel times. which will wake EN- up.
Speakin of stories and story riten,
there is a perfesser goin to tell how
to do it tomorrow mite at the Tech
high. which L guess might give some
pointers how to rite more artistick, if
the editer only give me a ticket COM
Elementary. The story-tellin club
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
WASHINGTON AT TwENTY-oNE

Tie the moccasin, bind the pack,
Sling your rifle across your back,
Up! and follow the mountain track
Tread the Indian Trail
See. the light of the Westward Star
Shows the way to the streams afar!
Ours are tidings of Peace and War
Life and Death in the scale.
The leaves of October are dry on the
ground
The sheaves of Virginia are gathered
and bound,
Her fallows are glad with the cry OF
the hound,
The partridges whirr in the fern:
But deep are the forests and crafty
the foes
Where troubled Ohio in wilderness
flows;
We've perils to conquer and torrents
and SHOWS
To traverse before we return.
Hall and council-room, farm and
chase,
Coat of scarlet with frill of lace
All are excellent things. in place;
JOY in these If ye can.
Ours be hunting-shirt, knife and gun.
Camp aglow in the sheltered run.
Friend and foe in the checkered sun
That's the life for a man.
Guiterman, in New York
Times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. -
"HARDsCRABBLE" PROGRESS

"ITY COUNCIL. City Solicitor
Daniel S. Seitz and the Dauphin
- County Court have co-operated
admirably in the promotion of
the "Hardscra bible" Improvement. The
appointment of viewers last Saturday
whose duty it will be to fix a value
upon the properties to be taken over
by the city is another long step
toward the removal of the last OBJ
struction TO a continuance of a river
side park from one end of the city to
the other.
Fortunately. the law is such that
the city need not await the outcome
OF possible long-drawn-out legal COM
plications over the amount to be paid
any of these property owners. As
soon as the viewers have completed
the report it will be possible for the
municipal government to assume title
to the land and houses involved. while
at the same time the interests of both
the city and the property owners will
be conserved.
There are several reasons why no
time should he lost in the requirement
Of the properties in question. In the
first place, since it is a settled fact
that the city is to assume title to them.
it is only just that the owners be held
in suspense no longer than is abso-
lutely necessary. In the second place.
the people who now occupy houses in
the "Hardscrabble" district, which will
he removed following the transfer of
title. must Of necessity find new resi-
dences. The houses to be torn down
must be supplanted by others else
where. and the demolition of the old
dwellings, and the erection of new ones
to take their places will not only give
work to Il large number of men for a
considerable period of time. but will
help to stimulate new buildings at a
time when the building trade is badly
in need of Il tonic.
1t is. therefore. to be hoped that
the viewers will lose no more time
with their part of the work than
Council and the Court have in getting
the matter under way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
HARRIsRuRG IS GROWING

THERE is no more certain gauge
of the growth of any community
= than the yearly increase of its
school enrolment. That Har-
risburg has been going forward even
in these dull times is evidenced by
the fact that with one new school
house only partly completed the Board
of Control finds it necessary to begin
the construction of still another.
1t is a peculiar thing that while
there is never any objection raised
to the erection of new grade buildings
as rapidly as the growth of population
requires. it is next to impossible to
educate public sentiment to the point
of approving loan for the construc-
ton of Il new high school. No city in
the State cares for it's primary pupils
and those of other grades below the
high school more admirably than does
Harrisburg and our Technical High
School is a model of its kind. but the
taxpayers appear to think that hav-
ing gone thus far they have done their
entire duty and that the boys and
girls of the Central High School may
be permitted to shift as best they can.
This is discrimination of a very un-
fortunate and unfair character.
To provide first-rate grade schools
and at the same time permit a hap
hazard. hit-or-miss high school course
is like building Il handsome and we'll
furnished house and leaving the up
per stories rootiess and open to the
wind and rain.
The time is fast approaching when
this high school problem must be
solved. The need is becoming impera-
tive and a solution must be found.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

railroads and other employers in OBJ
tanning labor in prosperous times.
Take, for instance. the boom times Of
1900 and the busy years chat followed.
Europe was combed COR labor and em-
ployers had to spend considerable
money to obtain hands.
Hardly n farmer in Pennsylvania
gets through year without needing
help and with the present campaign
in behalf of greater crops under way
there will be still greater demand for
muscle next summer.
PENNSYLVANIA. leading industrial
State and one of the big agricultural
commonwealths, is going along in re-
gard to the supply of labor the way
she was before the Spanish war and
probably there has been little I'M
provement regarding the certainty of
a supply than there was in the seven
ties. Here is department whose men
have studied the labor situation and
who believe that the State can help
employers and employees overcome a
condition that has made both losers
The best part about it is that the aid
is offered at time when there is
opportunity to try it out and to pre-
pare the way for the days when labor
will be at a premium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

r
ticed on American farms. would
i flood the markets with farm
products in such quantities that
the grower would get practically no
returns" said John \. MCSparren, of
Lancaster county, master of the State
Grange. while addressing the students
OF the agricultural school of State Col
lege yesterday.
Reduced to its final conclusions, Mr..
McSparren's argument seems to be
that the. less a farmer grows per acre
the greater his profits will be. That
is ridiculous. The opposite Is true.
The more intensive farming is prac-
ticed in this country the greater will he
the returns TO the grower. Too many
Of our farmers are wasting their time
and their energy trying TO cultivate
two hundred acres when one hundred
acres would be about the limit of their
capacity if their farming were con-
Quoted along scientific and economical
lines.
There is more wasted effort on the
large farm manned by the small work
ing force than in almost any other line
of industry.
Every factory owner knows that the
more he is able to produce on a given
amount of capital the greater his
profits will be. If in plant that cost
him 100000, for illustration. by in
tensive efforts he is able to produce as
much as he was formerly able to turn
out in a factory costing 100000. the
manufacturer can sell his products at
a lower price and still find himself at
the end of the year richer than he was
under the old plan. His invested capi-
tai is less. the interest charge on it
correspondingly smaller. his overhead
is no greater and his working force
costs less. His wear and tear is not so
great and the only increased cost is
the marketing of his product, in most
instances an item that takes care of
itself.
The same thing applies to the farm.
For instance. near Harrisburg is a
man who failed utterly to make ends
meet on farm of one hundred acres.
lie is now earning COmtortab ble liV-
ing on ten acres of ground and getting
better prices for his fruits and vege-
tables than he ever hoped to receive
while cultivating the larger area. In
tensive farming is bound to come. If
Mr. McSparren's opinions are to pre-
vail. we might just as we'll close up the
agricultural department of State Col
lege and let the boys at study there
return to the farms. for the whole
effort of State College and other in
stitutiOns Of the kind has been to make
two blades Of grass grow where one
blade grew before. In short, 10 make
our farms. acre per acre, more and
more productive. which in the final
analysis amounts to little less than in
tensive f-rming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
ONE ADvAN-
TAGE.
BAD BEEsENESs
by Wing DInEer

tella my kids about Georgia. da
Wash.
How he chop da tree to da ground.
and by gosh
Their eyes open beeg. they say "betcha
hees dad
Was likc-s one great beega bull dog
so mad"
l tella ia kids dat hees pa very sore.
To give George lickin' he solemnly
swore.
But Georgia, he say: Pop. chop down
da tree
With my little hatch. tell no lie,
you see"
And den I explain how hees pop give
no lick
To hees little Georgia for playing
such trick.
Because da boy tella da trute, and ]
say:
BE honest, like Georgia. you'll find il
will pay"
go out, but when come back thru ds
door
I find my beeg chair all chopped ur
on da floor.
Da kids. they come yelhn: I'VE both
did it.. dad.
We're good boys and tella da truth
amt you glade
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

w day of George Washington,
w first President of the United
States and in all truth the
father of his country.
Washington was a general of the
first rank. He was a statesman of
rare ability. But above these two
foundation stones upon which so many
men have been content to rest their
fame Washington built a structure of
magnificent manhood. \ man of high
ambitions and facing tremendous diff
culties in nearly every one of the great
undertakings that marked his mar
vclous career. Washington neverthe-
less placed truth, honesty and upright
ness of character before everything
else. Even for the furtherance of
those objects which lay next his heart
ne consistently declined to employ sub
terfuge or even the semblance of
falsehood
Tho lesser characters OF his dav.
who did not scruple to employ the
weapons which Washington rejected
in an effort to overthrow his popu-
larity and influence in the affairs of the
nation then in the making, have passed
either into oblivion or have been pic
tured by historians in so unfavorabIe
n light that no doubt had they a voice
in the matter they would prefer that
their names would have been lost en-
tirely to the memory Of man.
Washington's life teaches the great
lesson that good citizenship pays: that
in the long run the reward goes to the
brave, the true hearted and the self
sacrificing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
The Manufacturers
Message

Manufacturers have learned
that the way TO the dealers
shelves is through consumer de-
maud.
Let their customers want n
product and retailers will be
quick to stock 1t.
II is because of this fact that
newspaper advertising is the
national manufactdrer's most ef-
ficient agent.
When the manufacturers ad-
vertisement appears in the news
paper definite demand is instant
ly felt by the stores.
The retailers are themselves
newspaper readers and frequent
ly advertisers.
They sense the demand at once
and prepare to cooperate with IL
by showing the goods in their
windows and bringing the sales
to their stores.
Manufacturers interested in
creating consumer and dealer
demand are invited to address the
Bureau of Advertising. American
Newspaper Publishers Associ-
alton. World Building, New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
Hot Tea Breaks
a COld-Try This

Get a small package of Hambur
Breast Tea, or as the German folk
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" a
any pharmacy. Take tablespoonful
of the tea, put a cup of boiling waite
upon 1t, pour through a sieve an
drink a teacup full at any time. 1t
the most effective way to break
cold and cure grip, as it opens tn
pores, relieving congestion. Also loos
ems the bowels, thus breaking a col
at once.
1t is inexpensive and entirely vege
table, therefore harmless.-Advertise
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
We'll KNOWN PEOPLE

President f. f. Sparks. of State
College, is returning from Florida.
james NJ. Beck, former assistant
attorney general. will speak on neu-
trality in Philadelphia tonight.
T. j. Patton. head of the State
reformatory at Huntingdon. is one of
the vice-presidents of the State Y. NJ.
G. 4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
THE sTATE AND ITs IAnop

w THILE there may be some oppo-
M sition to the carrying out of
" Nthe suggestion contained in
the report of the Bureau of
Statistics of the State Department Of
Labor and Industry in favor of state
supervision Of employment agencies.
labor camps. immigrant lodging houses
and the like. there is no question hut
that it is bound to come and the
proposition should he considered now.
Everyone is familiar with the dill
euitisS experienced by manufacturers
AaAA apszatara. Anperintendsnts of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
Night Coughing
Stran0leS

Those who enffer from an exhausting
night cough will be interested in the
remedy recoulme nded by a reader VIII
says For night coughing. I find Cor
Cough Syrup far better than anythir
else. II removes the irritation e.
tickling. and gives me great relief.
edvise any night cougher' to try u
II you have any cough or cold, or y0t
throat is "nlled up" in the mornin
COTS is uaranteed 70 give relief.
money b7r'i - ana soc at Grocer's
Dru"~' 'Hfss.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
Fort Anderson Cantnred

Baltimore, Feb. 22-Fort Anderson
has been captured by General Schof-
field and Admiral Porter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

We don't like to appear pessimistic,
but in the light Of what happened on
certain March within our memory,
we would pause In our contemplation
OF the new Spring styles to drop -his
word OF advicc--don't don those Ian
ncls until the shadflics and the bull
frogs set the example They usually
have advance Information On these
subjects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

Without New York City what would
become of up-State?" asks the New
York sun. And. it might be asked.
without upstate what would become
of New York City?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
Celebrate Victories

Salutes have been fired, business
suspended and flags raised in rejoic-
ing throughout the North over the
recent victories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

Mexico IS to have a national divorce
law. Il would seem the proper thing
To first provide a Congress to pass it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
WASHNGTON.s BIRTHDAY

Washington never told a lie But
then he never owned an automobile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

Unlike most actresses. Sarah Bern
hsrdt believes that she can get along
on the stage with only one leg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
NW6SF s R4IRESFES1R

tF'rom the Telegraph. Feb. 22, 1861
National Salutes
Washington, Feb. PA national
salute has been ordered to be fired in
every arsenal or army headquarters
in the United States in honor of the
recapture of Fort Sumpter and Wash
ington's birthday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
SaIutes Fired

Early this morning a salute was
fred from Capitol Hill in honor of
Washington's birthday. At noon a
national salute was fired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
PRAYERS For Ynnths

The last Sunday of this month has
been set aside by the Presbyterians,
to pray for the youth of the church,
particularly those in colleges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
WHITMAN BROS.

school-marms, and other ambishu|
ladies who are bringing the leckte
here is mostly interested in fairy tales
and perhaps l shuld lern how to ritz
EN-, as they must be a lot different
from the stories a messenger boy hear|
on street corners and loatin places.
If exports keep up we shall SCOT
have to get our meals in Europe.-NeY
York American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
MahkAss Eso ESsso9RfSo RfSo!I1M

From the Telegraph, Feb. %, 1861
General Hooker in City
General Jos. Hooker was in the city
Yesterday enroute to Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

The intercollegiate debates are now
coming on and if they don't pay ex-
penses the deficit can be made up out
of the football receipts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg capital is hcav-
lily invested in western trolley
lines and that they are paying
propositions?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

erTNTENSINE agriculture. if prac-
ticed on American farms. would
i flood the markets with farm
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22

w TE celebrate to-day the birth
M day Of George Washington.
w first President of the United