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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
COMPOSITIONS WANTED.

Wa invite all the Juniors to SEM ~
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the following articles Rolie a:ss SN All
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
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The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
OBJECT OF OUR FIRST FAIR
Exhibition of Columbian Agricultural Society Devoted Mainly to Anl
 mals and Manufactures.

The first full fedged agricultural fair. primarily for competitive exhib- it's instead of for marketing. was held at the Columbian Agricultural society, which was organized in 1909 by a number of gentlemen interested in agriculture. residing in Maryland, Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia. Its first exhibition was held in George town, May 10. 1909, and the National Intelligencer of that day reported that 1t was attended by numerous as semblage of members of the society, among whom we noticed the president and his lady, the secretary of state. the secretary of the treasury. the sec rotary of war, the comptroller regis ter. etc, and many other ladies and gentlemen of responsibility"
 This fair was mainly devoted to do mestic animals and manufactures. Semiannual fairs were held until the spring of 1872, when the war with England and the expiration of the time for which the society was organ ized caused it's discontinuance.
 The oldest existing agricultural so- ciety that holds fairs is the Berkshire Agricultural society, Pittsfield, Mass, which held it's first fair in the autumn of 1910, or only one and one-half years after the first fair of the Columbian Agricultural society.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
CALOMEL IS MERCURY. T SICKENsI
 STOP USING SALIvAT|NG DRUG
Don't Lose Days Work Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels
 ConStpated Take "DodSon's Liver e"-It's Fine

You're bilious! Your liver is slug gish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all knocked out. Your head is dull, your tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach sour and bowels constipated But don't take salivating calomel 1t makes you sick, you may lose a days work
 Calomel IS mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and eramp- ing
 If you want to enjoy the incest, gen. tiest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone under my personal money-back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
FOUND HEALTH
 IN CARDUI
Oklahoma Lady Says She Visited Four States Seeking Health, But Did Not Find It Until She
 Took Cardui.

Henryetta, Okla.-Mrs. Anna lille man, of this place. says that she sui fered for years with headache, back ache, and other complaints caused from womanly troubles. and that she had been to Colorado, Dakota, Mis- souri, and Kansas seeking health and never found it until she took Cardui She says she was given up and was told that she had cancer and was con. fined to her bed for three months.
 She further says: We then moved here and after moving here, the drug gist here in Henryetta, Okla, told my husband about Cardui and gave him a Birthday Almanac, and I read the tes- timonials and began taking it, and could see after l had taken the second bottle it was doing me good, and so have kept it up. l would not do with out it in the house. When 1 feel tired and nervous after doing Q hard day s work it seems to rest me and make me feel fresh
 Today l am a well woman and I know that Cardui has cured me
 1 can do all my own work and washing and house cleaning now with out ever giving out. 1 have several friends right here in town who have been unable to do their work for years but are now up, since taking a couple of bottles of Cardui I weigh 146 pounds, and am always well .. When 1 commenced taking it one year ago. I only weighed 100 pounds"
 All druggists sell Cardui the wom- ans tonic Try it if you need a rem edy of this kind. Get bottle today.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
NEED OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
WeII-Working BusinessIike Oreani- ration Necessary to Guarantee
 Products of the Farm.

By PROF. CHARLES W. HOLMAN3
 There is one thing which goes to the very heart of the business side of distributing farm products and is com- mon to all crops That is the neces- sity of standardizing the pack and the package, Just as the manufaetur- CT guarantees his product so the farmer must guarantee his. Just as the trade-marked, advertised factory article is familiar to the buying pub lie. so the trade-marked advertised farm product is no dream of a dis tant future. It is the next step. The keen, wide-awake associations of the West have taken advantage of it. The live. energetic individual farmers are putting it into practice It is the first thing necessary to establish confi- dence on the part of the buying pub lie. To secure this final. finished prod uet, we must have well-working businesslike organization.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

What is easiest had is least appre ciated
 Flattery is the key to every mans heart.
 Has wife installed that power wash CT yet?
 The store bills last name is de ficiency.
 It's easier to omit the fly than tc swat him.
 Sometimes "hunch" is quite as val uable as punch
 Leaky grain tanks soon leak the cost of their fixing.
 The farm name adds to the desir- ability of your goods.
 poor light is neither evidence of sense nor of economy.
 Why select a mud hole as the spot on which to place gate?
 There is nothing which so attracts confidence as perseverance.
 Ones worst enemy is the friend who eggs him on to quarrel
 Neighborhood butchering helps solve the fresh meat problem.
 Confidence is the means through which secrets become common prop. erty
 By overlooking the faults of others you may discover some of their vir- tues.
 The biggest crops some men have ever raised have been in their imag- nations.
 Most people who pass a fresh paint sign touch the paint to see if it is still fresh-and leave a mark
 The surest way to be happy in this world is always to buy little less in- stead of a little more than you can afford
 Mother knows it is bad for them, but somehow or other the children al- ways manage to get the last piece of candy in the box.
 You may think you know what you would have done in the other fellow s place. but you don't. No man is as strong as he lets on.
 The hardest person in the world to get along with is the man who can be, as they say, "so fine and friendly when he wants to be.
 Floating with the tide requires no effort, but the fellow who goes con trary to the current must roll up his sleeves and lay to the oars.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
MARK GRAVES WITH NAPLES
Plan Proposed to Honor canada's Dead Who Have Fallen in
 Flanders.

How to mark permanently the rest ing places of the thousands of Cana dian soldiers who have fallen in Elan ders and in France is a matter to which the people of the dominion have given considerable thought
 From a member of the Overseas club comes the happy suggestion that since the maple leaf is the emblem of Canada. maple trees be planted over the isolated graves and along the roads leading to the cemeteries He has already sent millions of seeds to France, and is to send more
 The species chosen is the sugar maple, and so France in time will have a beautiful memorial of the aliens who gave their lives for her. Youths Companion.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
HAD PELLAGRA;
 IS NOW WELL

Ringgold, La.-Mrs. S. A. Cotter, of this place, writes Will say that am perfectly well and the happiest soul on earth. Wish every pellagra sufferer could know of your great remedy. I know how to appreciate health and sympathize with those that are not so blest as l. Am grow ing stronger, gaining in weight and can do anything 1 ever could Oh. know am well of that horrible disease, and my heart is full of rejoicing I feel that I have come out of a dense cloud into the blessed sunshine. God be praised He has spared my life for some good, and I feel that have just begun to live"
 There is no longer any doubt that pei lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it is too late. It is your duty to consult the resourceful Baughn.
 The symptoms-hands red like sunburn; skin peeling of. sore mouth. the lips. throat and tongue flaming red with much mucus and choking; indigestion and nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
 There is hope; get Baughn's big Free remedy for Pelagra that has at last been found. Address American Componnding Co, box POST, Jasper. Ala. remembering book on Pellagra and learn about the money is refunded in any case where the remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
What Did She Mean ?

The two yonus ladies had gushed and cleared" each other unnl the other passengers i'll the tram were heartily sick of it; especially as they never lost a chance of getting in a nasty cut at each other
 Just before they parted. Angeline obliged Emmeline with a stamp for a letter.
 "Oh, I must give you penny for this!" exclaimed Emmie, as she pre- pared to leave the car
 Don't bother, dear" cooed Angie; "give it to me next time see you
 But you mayn't see me for a long time," protested Emmie
 'Oh, well. the loss wouldn't be great" cooed Angie, more sweetly than ever.-Pearsons Weekly.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
NEED OF YEARLY INVENTORY
Young Farmer Should Keep Detailed Record of Farm Investments to
 Show Profit and Loss.

The young farmer who is endeavor- ing to build up a more efficient and profitable business seldom retains much cash. When money is received he buys a new implement, another animal, improves a building, or makes payments on bills for things bought on credit. During the course of the year he may receive and pay out large sums of money, leaving almost no cash at the end of the year. The annual re- turns may seem to have been only a I fair living for himself and family, whereas the farm business may have turned good profit, which was in vested from month to month. Hence 1t is important for the farmers guild ance and encouragement that he make an annual inventory of his farm in- vestments. This inventory should be | detailed list, with values, of every thing used in the farm business, in | cluding land, buildings, live stock, ma chinery and tools, produce for feed or sale, supplies, bills receivable, and cash; also a list of all accounts and DiiiS OolhSs l AC ulnC lCuSC bClWStll the total assets and debts shows the net farm worth.
 A study of two successive inven- tories of farm in New York state il- lustrates how one young farmer on 100 acres prospered regardless of the fact that he had almost no cash at the end of the year. The total assets at the beginning of the year amounted to S13,090 and to $13, 400 at the end of the same year, an increase of $310. The increased investment in live stock, machinery and tools, and more produce held for sale amounted to 1,073, but this was partially offset by the cash decrease of $763. The farm indebtedness was also reduced by $253, thus making total increase in net worth to the farm business of $563. The inventory values covered all depreeiations and increases in value so that this $563 was net in crease in the value of the farm invest ment. It means that this sum was saved from the years business after all farm expenses had been paid, in cluding interest on borrowed money and all living expenses. The amount of cash at the end of the year $133, proved to be no indication Of the sue cess of the years business
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
SOUTH SUFFERS LARGE LOSS
Up $3oo,ooo.ooo Lost on Last Years Cotton Crop.
Ry A. L. MILLS. Chicot Ark,

CBy A. L. MILLS. Chicot Ark)
 The loss on cotton alone will amount to more than the profits on all the war orders the United States can fill in two years. It is not possible for this loss to be made up later, as is the case with the loss on lumber and tim Der. The cotton which has not been used up last year will not be used next year. The houses which have not been built out of wood tkis year may be built next year or the next.
 The loss on cotton last year was about s300,000,000 and it bids fair to amount to another s300.000,0 ,000 this year. How many war orders will have to be filled to earn this?
 What is loss to the South is even- tually a loss to the East and North.
 So far no portion of the country has suffered as the South has suffered.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
EFkahsdS UTsTFIbutpfS eluakETT-jhRRElt GRO. CO.,. Little Rock. Arkansss-Ad,
Submarine Position.Finder.

A new device, which will enable a submarine to find her own position un- der water, and will dc away with the dangerous necessity of coming to the surface for that purpose, is announced by Mir Hudson Maxim, the inventor MT. Maxim says that the implement permits the commander of submd- rine to find his position on a map at any time, within a hundred feet or so. A position indicator, of cruiser de- sign, MT. Maxim claims, is now in use in practically all the navies of the world. Its installation on a submarine costs about 1000, whereas, MT. Max inns device could be installed for only $1,000.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

sluggish liver better than a dose of nasty ealomel and that it won't make you sick
 Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know 1t next morn ing because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working, your headache and dizziness gone. your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular You will feel like working; you'll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition.
 Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and can. not salivate Give it to your children? Millions of people are using Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dangerous cal omeI now. Your druggist will tell you that the sale of calomel is almost stopped entirely here.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
A Useful Head.

A Washington man has in his em- ploy a faithful but, at times, stupid servant in the person of an old darky named Zeke.
 Recently, when the employer had vainly endeavored to get something done in certain way, he gave up in despair, exclaiming:
 .Zeke. Zeke, Whatever dc you think your head is for? ?'
 Zeke, who evidently thought that this was another of the troublesome questions that his employer was al ways asking, pondered it deeply Fi- nally he replied:
 Well, boss, l guess it's U keep my collar on"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
FARMERS IN GOOD POSITION
Sure of Comfortable Living Higher Prices Predicted.

The farmers of this country should take courage, no matter how general the effect of the great war The posi- ton of the American farmer is the most secure of all the classes. He is at least sure of living, with shelter and plenty to eat. says American Gull tivator. No other large class can be sure of that much, but there is more than merely security for the farmers.
 While the rest of the worlds pro- ducers are fighting and consuming food products, somebody must raise more food, and nowhere else in the world is there such a great area of the best of producing land, under intelligent management and worked with modern machinery. Under the spur of high prices the soil of our farms could be made to produce far more than at present. The crop of most farms could be doubled if the price of the product looked attractive.
 It seems quite certain that the necessities of life will go higher in price. not only for this year. but for lllt HGAI lC ldI lli6i Ol EuIOpt WHO are now in the armies will hardly be able to do much with this years crop nor probably with the crop for next year. There will surely be a great difficulty in maintaining the food sup ply of the populous nations of Europe There may be difficulty in securing means of shipment. and it may be hard for the buyers to find the cash, but these needs will have to be met by the people of Europe. Both those at war and those at peace must be fed. Our exporters are not very like ly to sell anything unless paid for in advance. Several of the nations that are usually the chief customers in food products will be likely to control the sea early in the war. and thus allow free shipment of food, at least to their own ports. It will be time when the demand will be for the necessities rather than the luxuries. There will be. perhaps. less money. both at home and abroad to spend for fruit and garden truck, but the demand will be enormous for such staples as grain, flour, meats and potatoes. and even for the less needful food articles like butter, cheese and eggs.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Choppine Him Off.

While Sandstorm Smith. the promi. nent Oklahoma cattle baron, who was recently in Kansas City. was sumter ing through the lobby of his hotel, he was accosted by suave and gim- leteyed stranger.
 Pardon me, sir, said the latter, but you look very much like a man l used to know"
 T do. har2. returned Sandstorm Well, you look heck of a sight more like man I don't know and never want to!"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

that one Has 10 De very careful. There is one method, how ever, that you need not hesitate to use.
 even on a baby's ten- der skin-that is, the resinol treatment.
 Resinol is the pre- scription of a Balti- more doctor, put up in the form of resin-
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

ol ointment and resinol soap. This proved so remarkably successful, that thousands of other physicians have prescribed it constantly for 20 years.
 Resinol stops itching instantly, and almost always heals the eruption quickly and at little cost. Resinol ointment and resinol soap can be bought at any druggists, and are not at all expensive.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Magic Washing Stick

This is something to housewives something they have wanted all their lives, but never could get before. It makes it pos sibe t- do the heaviest, hardest washing .n less than oue.half the time it took by old methods, and it eliminates ali rubbing and mus eular effort. No washing machine is needed Nothing but thi simple little preparation, which is absolutely harmless to the finest tsbHes- white, colOred woolen. It makes the hardest task Of the week pleasant pastime- a delightful occupation, You will be de lighted at the clean, spotless, snow white clothes that come out of the rinsing water; and all without any effort on your part The Magic Washing Stick does il ai-and rememb Der. without injury to the most delicate goods, colored or white, woolens, blankets, lace cur tains, etc. Contains DO acids, no alkalies, no poisonous ingredients to make it's use dan geroas. IS Sashngs 25 cents
 Sold by all Druggists and Grocers every where. If yours doesn't handle it, show him this ad-he'H get il for you. Or send Poe in stamps to A. B. RICHARDS e0.. Sherman TsIas
 Arkansas Distributors
 HUskeTT-jARRelt GRO. CO. tttls Rock hkansss-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
He Was Pretty Hunory.

Little Willie's mother sent him to bed without any supper.
 At eight o'clock, as Willie lay dis mally in his little bed in the dark, his father appeared at the door and whis- pered:
 Son, could you eat some honey in the comb"
 "Jiminy, dad" Willie answered. T could eat it in the brush -
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
A Natural Conseauence.

"I sec that Cleveland has one of those perfect babies now" said Mrs Blight. Perhaps if I had not been a perfect baby would not always be casting gloom upon my enemies q have no friends1, my surroundings and myself today. But when I was child, my parents, in their hYgienic craze. fed He only sweet milk etc. And now that I have grown up, my disposition erayes the sour"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Home and Factory.

The farm is both home and a fac. tory. Where it is treated only as a factory, as it often is, life is hardly worth the living; but where the home sentiment is emphasized as well as the production sentiment, content ment is usually found in abundance.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Rare Case.

There are exceptions to all rules. !" .4t had striking illustration of that fact offered me only yesterday"
 How so2"
 T travelled with an actor two hours before he told me what his profession was"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

table Compound, and now I feel like a different person. 1 believe there is nothing like Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound for weak women and young girls, and I would be glad if I could influence anyone to try the medi- cine, for know it will do all and much more than it is claimed to do. .''-M Mrs. CLARA FRANKS, R. F. D. No. 1, Maple- crest Farm, Kasota, Minn.
 Women who suffer from those dis dressing ills peculiar to their sex should be convinced of the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re- store their health by the many genuine and truthful testimonials we are con stantly publishing in the newspapers.
 If you have the slightest dOubt that Lydia l.. .Pinlxham's Vegeta- bic COmpoundwill help you, write to Lydia E.Pink ham Medicine Co. tconfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad- vice. Your letter will be opened. read and answered by a woman. and held in strict confidence.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
 Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves TasteIess chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen eral Tonic because it contains the we'll known tonic properties of QUININE and
 IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Great Aim of Farmer.

The great aim of every farmer should be to grow such crops as food for stock as impoverish the soil the least and make the richest manure Haphazard feeding never increases the bank roll
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
YeIllno for Co-Operation.

It frequently happens that the man who yells loudest for cooperation wants somebody to take his place at the wheel so that he can sit down on the stool and take chaw ter packer and spit.-Houston Post.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Experiment With New Thinos

Don't be afraid of what the neigh. bors may say If you do something new or different. Try new things. Try them intelligently. cautiously and keep trying them. Thousands of farmers laughed at the disk harrow. the silo. alfalfa and the telephone.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Worrying Won't tIeIp.

Worrying over mistakes has caused a man to lose a crop many a time. After a mistake is made worryine 2 won't help it, but little healthy eff. fort in the right direction often will
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

Compound has done more for me than anything else, and I had the best physi- clan here. I was so weak and nervous that l could not do my work and sui fered with pains low down in my right side for a year or more. l took Lydia E pinJba,a VI
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
 Encouraging Them.

Why didn't you buy an automo- bile?"
 I've heard a rumor that there may be a subsidy granted pedestrians by the next congress-"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

The Norwegian government has es- tablished at Stavanger g. domestic sci ence school to afford a complete course in housekeeping to young girls.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

Millions of particular women now use and recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All groeers. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Had Had the Experience.

Yes, we pay spot cash for every thing"
 .Ah, I often speak to my husband about the time when he had tc. - Puck
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
What 10 Do for
 Itching Skins

ing, burning skin eruptiens are so cas- fly made worse by improper treatment,
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23

Even busy man occasionally makes idle remarks.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-23
Natural Process.

What will they do with the fence the police caught"
 T guess they'll whitewash him ;