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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-13

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do you think you can manage,
Mr,-?"
Jim, ma'am; just plain Jim. Can
manage! Pm gorger, .ma'am,
when I'm hungry, but that royal lay
out stumps me-"
IF you'll stay here and see that
no one carries off the trunk, Mr.
James, I'll feel greatly obliged to
yoU," said Priscilla Davis, "a, but as
sprightly as a girl of 16 and just as
pretty. you see, Pm an old maid. "
'Then I'm blindw declared Jim
ChiValrously.
And this is my sisters former
home. I'm moving her over to Som
erset, and she has notified Mr..
Sprague, who-roomed here, that the
trunk will be left here for him. He
will call for it tonight or early tomor-
row morning"
Eyes, ma'am, understand" nod
ded the accommodating Jim. Going
to ride on the load? Hope you have
a smooth journey. Fifty cents,
nights lodging and milk and honey
and Dig LOAF OF homemade DreaQ,
all for tOting a few pieces of 'furni-
tUre to that wagon-ma' am, you're
q princess and you wouldn't be an old
maid, or a young one, either, down
where I come from and where they
appreciate such qualities and such
beauty
But Miss Davis, blushing, laugh
ing, full of spirit, waved the speaker
adieu, and the wagon moved over the
hill.
A harmless, ambitionless, nature
loving tramp" the vulgar public
cIassed it, Jim had happened along
on his wanderings Just in time to get
a job. He was jolly, without being
familiar; he was chatty, without be-
ing a bore. He was clean-minded and !
wideawake and, old as he was, and !
shiftIess as he was, had the fine sense !
70 6icooT-O most nCfiTT1 b1n 011oIifioC il, |
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-17
CHARLTON.

Mrs. Gerald NJ. Brown spent Satur-
day in Abba with her husband. She
has been spending some time with hel
parents Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Stephens.
Mrs. r. Polish and Mrs. Cecil Polish
spent Saturday with friends in Abba
where they formerly resided.
Mrs. w. Fl. Doane of near Winterset
returned home Saturday after visit
of several days with her daughter Mrs
p. r. Knowles.
Mrs. Edith Graves Of Indianola visit
ed in this city Saturday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G.. w. Ensley.
Mrs. II. Leech and children departed
Saturday for visit in Herman, Nebr
with her parents.
Mrs Frank Alternately Of Columbus
Junction who had been spending a
few weeks in Charlton with her hus-
bands parents Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Abb
ernathy left Saturday for visit with
relatives in Hiteman. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Aten spent Sat
urday with friends in Creston.
Mrs. c. f. Jennings of Ottumwa WIS.,
tied in this city Saturday. guest OF
Mrs. #. E. Lyman.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller Of Will
hanson went to Russell Saturday to
spend a few days with relatives.
Mrs. w. w. Beardsley went to Abba
Saturday evening to spend few days
with her daughter Mrs. 0. F.. Mcbride
The county clerk has issued marriage
licenses to Geo. B. Kinsey, rs Of Perry
and Nora Schilling, 26 of Oakley, Fred
&c. Hildenbrand. 26 of Acton, West
Ontario. Canada, and Clara S. Gardner
80 Of Russell.
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FARM LOAN BILL
WINS APPROVAL
SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
FAvoRABLY ON THE ADMIN. :
ISTRATION MEASURE.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 15.-The al.
ministration's bill to establish sys
tenn of land banks drafted by JOINT
congressional committee was favor
ably reported today to the senate, but
with radical alterations by the bank.
ing and currency committee.
The joint proposal for a board Of
FIVE commissioners to control the sys'
tenn was discarded by the committee
in favor of control by treasury dc.
partment bureau, to be known as the
federal farm loan bureau, under the
general supervision Of federal farm
loan board, the latter consisting of the
secretary of the treasury and four
presidential appointees.
New provisions would authorize the
Investment of postal savings funds in
farm loan bonds and would permit
the treasury department to keep up TIC
sc, 600, 900 on deposit with the lans1
banks The committee struck out q
clause giving the land banks authority
10 establish savings departments. The
general outlines of the joint proposals,
which would authorize the establish
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LlBERTYVlLlE.

Miss O'Lena Sellers entertained at
her home near here in honor of her
fourteenth birthday. Light refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Richard Swanson or AIDA is
here visiting relatives and friends.
Little Eugene Swanson and sumner
shores are on the sick list. "
The Misses Maude and Bess warren
left Tuesday morning for Ames after
ten days stay with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Moore OF Daven-
port arrived here Monday where they
will make their home on farm west OF
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hoffman of Fair
field spent Wednesday at the c. Vaught
home. =,
The Rebekah Embroidery club will
entertain their husbands and friends
in the Odd Fellow hall this evening at
a Valentine party. A program will be
rendered and refreshments served.
Dwight Warren has bought a farm
in the central part Of Missouri and will
move his family there the last Of this
month.
William Riggs died at his home near
Irdell Friday morning after an illness
Of several months Mr.. Riggs formerly
lived on farm near here.
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HIGHER DUTY PAYS.

When Venezuela raised the import
duty on American made cotton goods,
the country's revenue was materially
Increased and instead of monopoly
being developed, as is sometimes
charged results from high tariffs, the
American manufacturers increased
their trade in cotton goods with the
Venezuelans. The American consul
at the capital of Venezuela sums up
the situation as follows:
Investigation of complaints as to
the effect of the Venezuelan customs
tariff on imports Of American cotton
goods, especially as to advantages
that may have been enjoyed by manu-
facturers of other countries, reveals
the fact that no new legislation on this
subject has been enacted for more
than seven years and that, instead OF
having been reduced almost to negl-
gible proportions, the American share
in this trade has increased materially
during the past five years. In 1910
the United States furnished ~ per
cent of Venezuela's total imports OF
cotton goods; in 1911, per cent; In
1912, 1913 per cent; in 1913, 22.6 per
cent; in 1914, 14.9 per cent; and Tor
the first six months of 1915 (the latest
figures available) 21.7 per cent.
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The state of Michigan has appropri
ated 100000 to be used in two
years sentative and educational cam
paign against tuberculosis. The work
is to be carried out on new plan
with great thoroughness.
The state board of health will send
two or three representatives to visit
each county. These representatives
will confer with local physicians over
all details of the situation, and so faI
as is possible they will visit each in
dividual case of tuberculosis In the
county, to give the sufferer instruc
lions how best to care for himself
They will also make tuberculosis
map of the county, showing in which
sections the disease occurs most fire.
quently. BY combining these county
maps q state map will be secured
which should show the salient points
of the situation at a glance. Careful
study of the state map will doubtless
suggest not only the danger sections
but also the probable causes of the
disease and the things to be looked for
in combating it.
At the end of the two years cam
paign it is expected that a permanent
organization to carry on the work will
have been built up.
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WIZZIE AND MRS CHICK.

! NiAAlE AMI MINIS. SI1lSN.
"Oh. mammal" cried Wizzie, the
little fox girl, as she came running in
the stone house one day after school.
please say l may go?"
! Go where?" asked Mrs. Fuzzytail,
the fox lady. First, | must know
where you want to go, or might give
you permission to go away up to the
,, moon, and then l wouldn't have any
little girl and she smiled at Wizzie.
who was all out of breath from run
ming home.
ooh. mamma! don't want to go
off to such a far-away place as the
NOON" cried Wizzie. II just want to
go over and stay all night with Ara
bella, the little chicken girl. May 10"
! "Oh. no, don't let the child go!"
begged WizZie. 'Arabella is outside
waiting for me- We came home from
school together Mrs. Chick told her
to ask me. and l can take my night
gown and sleep with Arabella, and
and"
Well, Wizzie talked so fas. that she
! just had to stop and get her breath,
which nearly jumped out of her
mouth.
well, you have been pretty go,d
little fox girl" said Mrs Fuzzytail, as
she tied WHITES hair ribbon in new
bow. 81 think you may 60"
well. you mark my words. some
thing will happen!" said Grandma
! Sharpnose.
And something did Just be patient
now.
"Oh. JOY" cried Wizzie. 81 can 80
and stay all night with you, Arabella!"
she called out of the window to the
little chicken girl, and then fairly
danced her way downstairs.
| Soon the two girl friends were go
ing toward the hen coop, where Ara-
bella lived with her mamma and
Grandma Cluck- Chuck, and her brother
Charlie Wizzie had her little night
gown with her.
81 am glad to see you, my dear. "
said Mrs. Chick, when she met Wizzie.
81 hope you will have a good time. Do
you like corn cakes? We are going to
have them for supper
"Oh, I love them!" said Wizzie.
J The little fox girl and the. chicken
girl played around in the hen yard
until it was nearly supper time. Then
Mrs. Chick came out with basket on
her wing.
Are you going to the store?' asked
Wizzie. IF you are, Arabela and l will
go for you. often 60 for my mamma"
No, l am not going to the store
now" said Mrs. Chick. II am going TO
gather the eggs from the nests. You
see we hen ladies have to lay eggs,
and il we do not want to hatch little
chickens out Of them we gather them
from the nests and eat them
What, eat the nests?" cried Wizzie.
100, no." said Mrs. Chick, smiling.
"Then surely you don't mean the lit
tie chickens" said the fox girl.
mo, I mean we eat the eggs, before
there are any little chickens in them,
said Mrs. Chick. 1--WE boil them, or
fry them, or make omelets Of them.
Now I am going to gather eggs.
Arabella. wish you would go over to
Mrs. Wibblewobble's house, and Dor
row a CUP Of sugar from the duck
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Dr.D.E.Grahan,|
Hours-e to IL q. M: I to q D. ~
ennis Office BLDG. ottumwa. losa
ment of twelve sectional federal Land
banks were retained.
PROGRESSIVES TO
GET INTO THE RACE

Des Moines Feb. 15!--ToWa progress.
sives may place a complete list Of
candidates for state Offices in the field
at the meeting Of the state central
committee of that party, to be held
in Des Moines Friday. The call for
meeting at which progressive leaders
from all sections of the state are ex-a
pected to attend has been issued by
J. G. Wylie Of Sigourney state chair
man.
One Of the purposes of the meet
ing will be to consider the endorses
ment of candidates for delegates to-
the national convention to be held Ia;
Chicago
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GRAIN DEALERS
in ANNUAL MEET
PROMINENT MEN ON PROGRAM
or BIG CONVENTION IN CITY
or pES MONIES.

Des Moines, Feb. 15.-C. H. Candy
of the Chicago board Of trade, Prof.
Cyril G.. Hopkins of the department
OF agronomy of the University of I'LL
nois; Lafayette Young, Sr.. Des
Moines newspaper publisher; Clifford
Thorne. chairman Of the Iowa Railroad
commission. and other widely known
men were on the program of tho
Farmers Grain Dealers association OF
Iowa which began three days con-
vention here today.
Mr.. Candy was the principal speak
err on today's program. His subject
was Terminal and Primary Market
Conditions" William G. Eckhard, of
the DeKalb County (Illinois) Soil I'm
trovement association, was to speak
late today on bridging the gap be-
tween farm practice and the work that
has been done by the experiment sta
ton and the federal government. y
This morning Judge w. B. Quartlon
of Algona, president of the Iowa State
Dairy association, spoke on "Co-opera-
ton in Iowa.
President I. D. MacVicar called the
convention to order and George. P.
Magill of Des Moines delivered an adj.
dress of welcome. cooperative
Movements as Have Seen Them
was the subject OF the first address
delivered by Henry Wallace editor OF
farm paper.
The election Of officers will be held
tomorrow. On that program are
Prof. Hopkins, Prof. c. s. Dorchester
Iowa State college; Prof. F. Fl. Newell
of the University Of Illinois, Alfred
owen Crozier of Cincinnati, O., and Fl
II. Gross of Chicago, president Of the
Tariff Commission league.
The program for Thursday includes
addresses by Lafayette Young, r. T.
Meredith, director of the Chicago fed
eral reserve bank; Attorney General
George Cosson, Clifford Thorne, Sen
ator j. H. Allen, and J. c. Lockin OF
Aurelia.
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CHILDREN EVENING STORY

| lady. ] want it for the corn cakes"
Obi" exclaimed Wizzie, 81 wcs
hoping Arabella and could help you
gather the eggs. But if she has to
go on an Grand"
Wibblewobble's." said Arabella kind
ly. IF you want to stay here and
| help my mamma gather the eggs You
may"
Il should love to-" cried Wizzie.
Come along then; you may help
me-" the hen lady said. So Wizzie,
taking little basket on her paw, set
out with Mrs. Chick after the eggs.
! The hen lady showed the little fox
girl the nests in the soft hay and
straw, where the eggs were laid.
BE careful not to drop any eggs"
said Mrs. Chick to Wizzie. For eggs
break very easily"
"I'll be careful" promised Wizzie.
Then she looked in one nest in little
, hen coop, and she cried:
ooh, here are five eggs!"
! Good" cried Mrs. Chick. THAT
hen lady must have been laying we'll
today. Pick them up and put them in
your basket"
| Wizzie gathered those. and also
more. Mrs. Chick also picked up a
number of the new, fresh eggs, and
soon both baskets were full.
Now we will take them in tho
house." said Mrs. Chick. You were =
good little girl to help me, Wizzie!"
"Oh, that was fun" cried Wizzie,
with laugh.
Now, this is where something hap.
pens.
All of a sudden, as Wizzie was walk
ing along with the basket of eggs. she
stumbled and fell, and crack" went
half dozen eggs, all smashed.
"Oh. dear!" cried Wizzie, as she gt
up and saw the whites and yellows OF
the eggs running out through the holes
in the basket. "Oh, dear! I'm so
sorry"
Never mind, my dear. You could
not help it, said Mrs. Chick kindly.
"Wait. I'll get pan and we'll pick
out the broken eggs and save them.
can make an omelet for supper, so
they will not be wasted
Quickly she got pan, and into this
the broken eggs were lifted. Not all
those in the basket were smashed, and
only part of the broken ones were lost
on the ground. Then Mrs. Chick beat
up the whites and yellows in dish,
nut in little water, and fried a fluffy
omelet for supper, SO, though some
thing did happen, it came out nearly
right after all.
In the evening, after supper, Charlie
and Arabella Chick played games with
Wizzie, and they sailed empty egg
shells for boats in the drinking
fountain. And Wizzie stayed all night
and had lots of fun
But the next time gather eggs I'm
going to be careful and not stumble
said the little fox girl, as she started
for school in the morning with Ara
bella.
And tomorrow night, if the orange
doesn't hide In the oatmeal dish
when it plays hide-and-go-seek with
the egg heater, I'll tell you about
Woozie and the lost goose.
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The PRICE OF SUCCESS.

~ would rather be a nobody and
have peace and rest than be famous
as the worlds greatest tenor" is the
burden Of Enrico Caruso's plant IN
recent interview.
The great singer is reported as say
ing that his glorious voice, the envy
of all singers, is an intolerable burden
and that he has often wished he could
get some surgeon to operate upon MS
vocal chords, running his voice so that
he would never again be asked to sing
While people will smile at this as
the petulant utterance OF spoiled
child Of fortune, there is no doubt that
the pain Of success, on which Caruso
dilates so pathetically, is often almost
intolerable.
Those who appear before the public,
singers, actors, actresses. orators.
noted clergymen, are often haunted
by the fear Of possible failure to MAKE
good. The feeling that they must ever
fulfil the expectations of the public
are burdensome. Some of the great
est orators and clergymen have said
that they never appear on any special
occasion without much previous suffer-
ing in anticipation of failure to meas
ure up to their regulations. -..
Then, too, the man who, because OF
eminence in some calling, in certain
sense belongs to the public is constant
" called upon to make sacrifices 70
his position. Many people who have
achieved such eminence hardly know
what it is to have leisure like other
people, to take vacation or to enjoy
the comforts of home life, the social
Measures which others enjoy. Some
of them have gone SO far as to say
that they almost never have known
what real happiness means. They
have literally ground their lives into
their achievement, ground their years
into material for the furtherance OF
their career. ....
The pain Of success! Yes success
Is full of pain, but after all, isn't IT
worth It? The trouble with most OF
us is that we want to achieve success
In any laudable undertaking without
constant labor and it's contingent PEN
alties. We want the roses without
the thorns.-United Mine Workers
Journal.
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RlET

The Pennsylvania railroad doesn't
throw away anything that has any
value to man or beast. 1t gives us one
of the very best examples of thrift
IN 1914 the scrap material sold brought
the company $2,157,241.24 and this was
100000 less than in 1913. Waste
paper alone sold for 1921, oil barrels
for $22,439 and old rubber for $15,222.
Locomotives and wooden passenger
cars sold for $114326. Other odds
and ends brought $121,997. Old
wheels, metals and wrought iron
Welded more than $3.50. 900. What the
corporate -.,tn do on large scale.
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When man thinks of his work as
God-given, when he wishes he had
more strength to work with, and more
hours in the day than twenty-four,
when he dreams of heaven as a place
where man can work all the time at
his best and never get tired, work
drops it's frown and begins to smile and
he and his work, good friends, will
trudge on to the end and be sorry
when the second mile is done. Harry
q. FOsdick. ...
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COLD IN THE EAST,

Boston, Feb. 15.-Unusually low
temperatures prevailed early today
over the greater part Of New England,
with Mortified, VT, reporting the low
est, lis below zero, while at Nantucket
the officiel record was 18 above.
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PURCHASES MORE LAND.

Des Moines. Feb. 10. - The state
board of control has closed deal for
the purchase Of eighty acres OF land
adjoining the 1873 acre tract at Rock.
we'll City, which had been purchased
az a site for the women's reformatory
This gives the state 21S acres for the
new institution.
The price paid for the new land Is
$3.50 an acre. The state pays 100000
for the tract. 1t has a good house,
barns and modern Improvements. The
tract is part Of the Earle farm.
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'.Well, if that isn't the limit" mus
ed the postman as he came down the
steps Of private residence in New
Bedford.
What's the trouble?" queried the
mere citizen who had overheard the
postman's noisy thought.
why" explained the man in gray.
"the woman in that house says II !
don't come along earlier she'll get
her letters from some other carrier" "
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GROUND WON BACK.

Paris, Feb. Is. In the Champagne
district French troops have recapturedS
a portion of the advanced trenches oc-sg
cupied by the Germans on the thir-sss
teenth of February, according to the
announcement given out by the French
war office this afternoon.
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GAS SUPPLY IN
" WHEELING SHORT

Wheeling, w. Va, Feb. 15.-Wheel-
ing is experiencing the most serious
gas shortage in the city's history.
Nearly every manufacturing plant in
this district was forced to suspend
operations yesterday and more than
30 900 men are idle. The extreme cold
has caused much suffering.
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ALLIES TO CONFER.

London, Feb. 15.-A general conseNs
ence of the allies in Paris to considers
all political and strategical aspects Of
the war is to be held. The announces
ment to this effect was made in thos
house of commons today by Premier
Asquith.
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HIS FACE IS FROZEN.

Percival, Feb. 15.-Daniel l.. Kel
loeg. a wealthy farmer of Percival.
died at Nebraska City after weeks
Illness. He froze his face while go.
ing overland to attend the funeral
of John G. Watson, the illness turning
into erysipelas A widow and four
children survive. He was pioneer
of Fremont county.
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The heart of an average man makes
about one three-thousandth OF volt
of electricity at every beat, and an in
strument sensitive enough to measure
it has been invented.
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|Di n n g =
S tor / e 8

King George was once enjoying the
of prominent peer at his
country seat near the scene of one
Of Cromwell's historic battles. Stroll
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WOMAN HURTS ARM.

Keswick, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Will Hill
of Keswick fell and hurt her arm quite
badly Sunday morning. At first it was
thought that the member was broken
but such was not the case, as her
friends will be pleased to know. The
injury as it is, is bad enough.
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When we sell to ourselves the things
we eat and feed, we make profit on
every pound of it. If you don't believe
II think it over.
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Are the state, county and city get.
ting regular commercial rates on the
things they buy?
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ing out one day by himself, the king
met the village blacksmith returning
from shoeing expedition.
! Il say, my good fellow said his
majesty. genially, Il understand
,he,c was n Big battle fought some
where about here
! Wei err stammered the black
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Abraham Lincoln could be an en-
thusiast without being fanatic,
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r. Ss
Ell, the potmai, but I didn't know
y,ur majesty had heard Of it,
Jusi as trolley car in Dorchester
started two women rushed from or
pos'.c sides OF the road to meet and
gree: each other right in the middle
of the street.
There they settled down to a long
cha. and, of courss, the car stopped.
They talked AMI talked, while the
car waited their pleasure. Presently
the passengers began to make sar-
castle and uncomplimentary re-
marks.
Then the motorman stepped into
the breach. Leaning out from the
vestibule, he said in the genteelest
.of tones:
Pardon me, ladies': but may the
conductor and l bring you couple
of chairs?"
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the business firm, the farmer or the
housewife can do on small scale.
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smith, recognizing and saluting the
Eng. "I did ave round or two with
Ell, the potmaI. but I didn't know
y,ur majesty had heard Of it,