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Talked Shop.


Willy-We've got new Sunday
school teacher. and l don't like him.
Father-Why SO. my son?
Willy-He's Mr.. Carver, the butcher,
and he talked shop all afternoon
Father tsurprised)-Talked shop!
What do YOU mean?
Willy-Why, he talked all about
killing the fatted calf and led like a
lamb to slaughter.
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Fiction.

Eesrh. X. F. Pardners
Renratt. Arnold. These Twain.
Cahell. ]. Il. The Hivet in Grandfather Neck
tanitld. D. r. The Rent Twig.
Gather. W. $. The Song Of the Lark.
thekhov A. r. Russian Silhouettes.
thekhov. A. i. The Steppe and Other Stories.
Couperns. Louis The Later Life.
Crockett. S. II. Hal % the Ironsdes
Dostoerskii. F. NJ. The Ins,lltrd and Injured.
Farnol. Jeffery. Reltare the Smith
Johnston. Mary. The Fortunes Of Gsrip
Mackenzie COMPTON Phshers Mead
Mason. A. +. W. Lawrence Claveriny
Meynell. Wilfrid. Aunt-Sarah aud the War.
Montague. N. L. Closed Doors
or'zy. Frnmuska, Baroness The Bronze Eagle.
Pryrr. Richard David Tenstcphen.
Quick. Herbert. The Brown Mouse
Sabatinf. Rafael. The Sea-hawk
Solognb. Fedor. pseud. The Old House and
Other Tales.
Sciogub. Fedor. pseud The Sweet-sccnied
Name.
Waiting. A. s. Violette of Pere Laehaise
Wells, II. q. Boon
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Special Correspondence or The Star.
LONDON. January is. 1916.
~ NE Of the endless results of the
III II world war has been a gentle boom
in the trade in white kid gloves in
England. White kids' are presented to
police court and other magistrates over
here when there are no cases to be tried
by the tribunals over which they preside,
and since the fighting started the OBJ
servance of this custom has been so fire.
quent an occurrence throughout the whole
country that the newspapers have ceased
to chronicle il.
. Crime in Britain, as matter of fact.
has diminished in quite an extraordinary
way since Arnageddon burst forth, the
explanation being that most of the erst-
while crooks and criminals have joined
the army. In some quarters it is evident
,iy not thought quite patriotic to admit
this. The editor Of a certain penny
weekly. for example. on being questioned
bluntIy by correspondent as to whether
the diminution In crime was due. to a
large number of criminals having ,donned
khaki. replied that this was certainly not
the ease; adding the astonishing expana =
ton that the falling of in wrongdoing
was owing to the fact that most Of the
rogues were Germans. who are now safely
interned
Detectives and other representatives of
the law, however. tell a different story
and are constantly relating tales OF
1 how they met this or that renowned
7 porch climber ar crib cracker
! wearing his majesty's uniform, and
heard from him stories of war adveh-
turo that. in his own words. beat the
old game hollow"
! In consequence of all this. the cen
! trail criminal court. the "Old Bailey
/ of other days. has just finished it.
shortest session on record. The
| st(,hrjSfmaa aleudaro almost lnvari,
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE-
GENTLY ADDED.

jects includes some Of the latest adj
ditions to the Public Library,
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted ut the end
OF the month in the librarys monthly
bulletin Copies of this may he OH
tanned free at the library or will be
sent by mail for II cents a year.
European War.
Adams. Jane Women at The Hague F3oTs-
Ada.w
AicSnsky. Grcsor. Russia and the Great War.
Atkins. O. O. The Maze OF the Nations and tho
Benn"ti Arnold over There: War Scenes,
Cainr. Hal. The Drama Of Three Hundred and
Si,t five DAYS. F3019 Clc6d.
Dauzct. Pierre. he Liegc Ia Marne. F3oie-
1ayla. Virginia. Modern Austria. It56 G:s.
Gibbs. Philip. The Soul Of the War. F307a-
G335s
Green Horace The Log Of a NONCOMPLIANCE.
Harrison. Frederick. The German Peril. Fso7a-
H2i1c.
IIoblouse l.. T. The World in Conflict. Fso7a-
HG5lw
IIucter; -. F. " Between s. Dennis aud 81.
! Huia"kcp"r T I: The MiIiiary Saprcparcd-
| J7l5.
khiminE. Rudyard, France at War. FsoTa-
Iaurlat. G. L. The Lusitania's last Voyage.
! Iipnmann. Waiter The stakes Of Diplomacy
| ". L6s6s
Iloyd.;eorSc. David. Through Terror to Ti-
Lodge. Sir %. j. The War and After F3o7a-
10y. $ !. NJ. The Spirit Of the Allied Nations
Nj. M.,ahc, Joseph. The War and the Churches.
, Ms,cicr p +. EI CARDINAL Pastoral Letter
Edwin Grov. iaos-l.. F3o7a Ma4sf. ''''' VI ~
Oliver. r. : Ordeal by Battle. f3o19-ol 40.
, naiiner Frederick My Year Of the Great War.
Prime Morton American Versus the German
v Prussia Gros-@r G"nsralstab The German
Rinehart, Mrs, ~. H. Kings Queens snl
S''ng"r. c, p. and Norton. H. T. J. Englarh,s
Gnaraut"e {" Belgium and Luxcmbnrg JZ-SaSi
History. Io-So4sw.
Souza. Charles de- count and Macfau Hal
dane. Germany in Defeat. F3o19-soSo
Spra.ne +. NJ. Made in Germany F307a-
slcnsen-. wnifred cd Tie Book of France.
stilweil \: =. To All the World Except Ger.
Thonnson Y ]. England and Germany in the
Column. 1915 FaoI9 r4aIf-
Ncriaeren. Emile. Beiyium's Agony. F3oIa-
Wanweilcr; Emile. Belgium Neutral and Loyal
T:,079- W36S.E
Vile. T. W. The German American Fit
F3013- W6i5g.
Domestic Science.
Austin. Mrs. Il. J. II. Domestic Scien-e ~.
EZ-Au71d.
Farmer. f. NJ. A New Book of Cookery ~
F.oGn
Hill. Mrs. ]. VI. Canning. Preserving AID Jelly
Making. RE- H5.,e
Pii'ir. E. f. Tie Science of Home Making.
RZ-f'6C1s.
Home Furnishing.
Burgess. L. W. Antique Furniture WV
Ba1Sa.
Dyer. w A. Early American Craft -meu.. wSs8-
Herfs. r. II The Decoration and Furnishing Of
Apartments. WISH H44Sd
Parsons. f. A. Interior Decoration WISH
P256i.
Sell. NJ. A. and II. p. Good Taste in Home
Furnishing. WISH Se45g.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE AUTOMOBILE BOOK: Practi-
cnl Treatise on the Construction.
Operation and Care of Motor Cars
Propelled by Gasoline Engines;
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SOY BEAN GAINS FAVOR
i'm THE UNITED STATES

6HHE soy bean is unfamiliar to the
great mass of Americans. SO
q little is known of it in the
United States that it is probably fact
that only smalls percentage OF
Americans have heard the name, and
that only a fraction of the number of
persons who have heard of the soy
bean know anything about the plant
or would recognize one II they should
see it, Yet there Is a likelihood that
the SOW bean may become common, and
therefore familiar in this country. 1t
is grown In the United States, though
not extensively. but there has been "a
wide extension of Its cultivation
within a few years.
The soy bean has recently been given
much publicity because of the demand
for it in Germany, and the announce
ment has been given out that from 1t
stitute for cows milk that has yet been
produced.
A writer on the subject of the multi
plicity of uses to which the soy bean
may be put says that flour. cheese and
fertilizer are only few of the varia-
tions of which it is capable. and the
oil which the bean contains can be
used for a multiplicity of purposes
from dynamite to face lotion. The
SOW bean has been extensively culti-
waited in China, where many products
are derived from it. and it is said to be
nearly as useful as the cocoanut.
which in it's native state may be. and
often is. employed to supply food.
drink, light and clothing.
The growing of the ssoy bean is under
stood in some of the agricultural regions.
ESPECIALLY in the south. and it is believed
that North Carolina raises a larger crop
of this bean than any other state in the
Union. 1t appears from statements in
the Extension Farm News of Raleigh
and the Manufacturers Record that last
year the production of soy beans in North
Carolina reached the point where all de-
mands for the seed were filed
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the best taste and most expert judg-
ment of our time.
Mr.. Parmelee is not an art collector
in the sense of one who fills galleries
and buys merely in order to possess
that which is rich and rare. but he has
a love of art and discriminating judg-
ment in selection, and thus has ac-
CURED from time to time beautiful eX-
amples not merely of painting and
sculpture but in pottery, carvings, fur
niture, tapestries and prints. With
other things, he owns painting by
Sargent. THE Simplon Pass" superb
work which. by the way. it will be re
membered. he lent to the Corcoran Cal
lery's most recent biennial exhibition.
1t is good to know that there are in
this day and generation such lovers OF
art who do not restrict their field of
vision, and it is. indeed, fortunate when
such consent to serve on the govern
ing boards of our public galleries or
museums of art.
NHISS MARION HOWARD. who is not
Avn a portrait painter. as was err
roneously stated, but painter of land
scapes. has in her studio. 1917 H street.
quite number of pictures painted dur
ing. recent summers in Europe and
America The former were chiefly done
in Bruges. where Miss Howard spent a
whole season working with William NJ.
Chase. The latter were for the most
part painted in the White mountains.
The BRUCE pictures are colorful and
sunny. well composed and well drawn
pictures of the quaint canal running
through the town. with its arched
beautiful belfry tower which so far
has escaped the ravages of war. The
mountain pictures comprise views of
the peaks, cloud-swept, wood interiors
tor hut
pine -bordered. The cloud pictures are
of all perhaps most unusual. suggest
ing the themes Mr.. Moser once rendered
so well in water colors. but treated on
a much larger scale Miss Howard has
made one study at Great Falls of the
torrent rushing between rocks. and has
done some sketching in town. Her
work is vigorous and distinctly indi-
vidual.
THE ART and Archaeology League
u held a melting yesterday afternoon
in the auditorium of the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art Prof. Alfred NJ. Brooks of
the University of Indiana. author of
Architecture and the Allied Arts"
gave an illustrated lecture on 'Thir-
teenth Century Gothic Relief Sculp-
ture Compared With Fifth Century
Creek"
The Art and Archaeology League is
composed chiefly of teachers and stu
dents who are interested not merely in
the esthetic side of art, but the history
OF its development-in other words in
the story of art as it relates to man
and his development. This story can
be as dull as dry bones but it can also
be made full of interest and romance;
there is much to learn from it which is
applicable to the present, but the APP
piication is often not made Prof.
Brooks is one who knows how to re-
late the past to the present and to give
any subject he treats interest.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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In 1874 the number of tons Of cotton
seed produced was. 1857, coo, and tn
number of tons. crushed was 81. 000. III
1914 the number of tons produced wa
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This year, due to the fact that there
was a great reduction in the acreage de-
voted to cotton. and that the value of soy
beans as a forage crop has been amply
demonstrated. the supply of soy beans
was even greater than that of one year
ago. Something had to be done to. pre-
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BARNAVAUx. BY Pierre Mile, author
of Under the Tricolor." etc. Trans
| lated by Berengere Drillien. Illus
| trated by Helen McKie.
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CIBt: Old sad New. BY Albert q.
Robinson. author OF Cuba and the
Intervention" etc. Illustrated from
photographs. New York Long
mans. Green & Co.
Intended for every day readers. wno
need to know more about their next
door neiehbors than mostAmericans
do know t,is story of Cuba is told with
an easy informality that Ats il exactly
TO the purpose for which II is designed
History, description and narrative
move along together here. or make
way for one another as occasion re-
auires An initial chapter gathers up
the stagnant affairs of the island. from
its discovery by Col6m bus, on october
-. 1892. to the beginning Of the nine
teepth century when new Cuba may
he said to have made its appearance.
From this point on the writer deals
with the general affairs of the island.
contrasting when circumstances permit
the new spirit Of Cuba. the aroused
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
BIG SUBMARINE
SINKS STEAMER
CAPTAIN OF DESTROYED ITAL-
IAN VESSEL TELLS HOW SHIP
MET FATE.

Genoa. March 7.-Silvio Potenzani,
commander of the Italian steamship
Giava, which was sunk by subma-
rine on March 1 in the Mediterranean
while on her way from Leghorn to
Greek ports with passengers and a
cargo Of cement, gives further de-
tails of the destruction of his ship.
The commanding officer of the subma-
rine refused to tow the boats with the
crew and passengers to the neighbor-
hood CT the coast Of Milo, the nearest
land. On account Of the nature Of
the cargo, no attempt was made to
torpedo the vessel the big submarine
employing for the destruction of the
Italian vessel the two three inch guns
which the war craft carried. 1t re-
CURED forty-five shots to send the
freighter to the bottom. The captain
atfirms that he stopped his vessel, at
the first warning shot from the sub
marine but that the latter continued
to fire.
The sea was calm and the transfer
Of crew and passengers to the boats
was accomplished without difficulty.
They were soon discovered by Brit
ish steamship and taken to the island
of Milo, where they found six hundred
survivors from the French auxiliary
cruiser La Provence IL. The British
vessel before reaching Milo sighted
a submarine which began prepara-
tons to attack her but was frightened
of when British destroyer showed
up in the distance. ~.
The Giava was owned in Palermo.
Reports from Athens stated that the
Giava was sunk by large submarine
flying the Austrian flag at point
about 100 miles from Cape Mattapan
The passengers and crew in three
boats were rescued by the British
$Treyelyan. 81; .a$ 6g,Un&1
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NAVY Of BRITAIN
MUCH INCREASED
DURING THE WAR
FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY
TELLS PARLIAMENT OF
4& "." II = 'e".. ~: = -. !" 80
49,. BUILDING RECORD.

London, March IA. ]. Balfour,
first lord of the admiralty, stated in
the house of commons this afternoon
that the tonnage Of the British navy
had been increased by 100000 since
the outbreak of the war, while the
strength Of the air division of the
navy had grown tenfold.
Mr.. Balfour told the house that new.
er before in Great Britain's history
had there been so much naval con.
struction as in the last nineteen
months. He asserted the fleet was
far stronger than at the outbreak of
the war, except in regard to armored
cruisers. Many Of the cruisers which
had been lost had not, been replaced
At the outbreak Of the war the
number of warships In the British
navy of 1900 or more tons and of tor.
pedo craft of more than fifty tons
totaled 545 vessels with tonnage of
2,714,106. These figures we're pre-
pared by the officers OF navy intelli.
gence, United States navy depart
ment, July 1, 1914.
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.PETEY DINK

The fellos was setting on my frunt
steps this AFTERNOON and Sid Hunt yell.
ed, Runaway horse, runaway horse.
And a'horse attached to huckstir
Vaughn came running up the street
like the dickins and man was run
ming in back of it, yelling, Stop him,
stop him.
Runaway, runaway, all of us fellos
1 yelled. And we jumped up off of the
steps and the horse ran past with the
Vaughn still in back of it and the man
running in back of the Vaughn.
G maybe it amt going sum, sed Sam
Krawss.
G maybe it amt. sed Pubs Simkins.
Thare eezy enuff to stop, all you half
!. to do is run out and wave your arms
in front of them, sed.
wy dident you do 1t, then, sed Skin.
ny Martin.
Yes wy dident you do it, sed all the
fellos. ,........ ~.
dident think of it in time, l sed.
WITCH jest then wat started to come
down the street but the runaway horse
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killed her instead Of seeking her and
asking forgiveness for his temper? She
looked very little and white beside the
gorgeous yellow of what he had called
her damned weeds"
He carried her inside, laid her upon
couch and hunted for water. Man.
like, he had no idea of what to do, but
he had vague idea that water outside
right. And he also tried to feel her
pulse on the little finger side of her
wrist which was wrong. But, anyway
she started to breathe, which was all
that was necessary to start his own
heart to pumping again. He turned to
set down the glass of water on table,
and his eye caught the open page Of a
sketch book "a cartoon of himself
playing golf! And Eldred opened her
eyes to see her enemy gazing blankly
at 1t. How petty her revenge was!
What mean thing she had done to
this big, wholesome man! ,.....
She sat up instantly. I'm sorry"
she said simply.
He turned and smiled. "You needn't
be. I'm glad you did It, feel better
some way. I ought to be shot for say
ing, what l did that day and then try.
ing to murder YOU now. I'll never for.
give myself even If you can find 1t in
your own heart to do so. Can't do
something for your
"You might get my goldenrod II you
don't mind"
He came in with his arms full.
Thank you. 1t seems funny to see
you carrying 'weeds!'"
, He redeemed. wont you try to for
get what said? If you only knew how
l adore it now-since I saw you lying
with your arms full of it" He STOP
ped suddenly.
Eldred turned away, but he caught a
glimpse Of her face and saw that his
case was far from hopeless.
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5000 AN ACRE FOR I'LL
VIRGIN PRAIRIE LAND

Waterloo, March 7,-Virgin prairie.
never torn by plowshare until last
spring, has just sold for 5000 an acre.
The tract lies near the northwestern
limits Of the city. 1t contains seven
ty-five acres and was sold by F. H.
Wilcox to J. F. Nafus.
Deeds filed the first days Of March
show that the price Of farm land still
retgns high. A portion Of the former
Ponsford farm, one mile north Of the
city limits, sold for $500 an acre. An
eighty-acre farm in Orange township
was sold by Ohio, Thomas to Ira Fike
for $233.33 an acre. E. E. Kistncr
sold eighty acres in Eagle township to
Peter Trainor for $24O an acre.
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ELDON

Mrs. Harvey L. Miller of Fairfield
spent Sunday at the WILDER Miller
home. 81. =
Mrs. Geo. Whistler and daughter
Mary Jane of Kansas City, are spend
ing a few days with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Hawk of Tren-
ton, Mo-, arrived Sunday to spend a
few days at the w. A. Flowers home.
5Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Roberts enter
tanned at dinner Sunday, H. O. Crow
of Fairfield, G. w. Weber, Clara I.
Heinz, Sylvia. I. Crow and M. H.
Heinz. M. ~
Mrs. Lininger who has spent the
winter in Iowa City arrived home a
few days ago.
Miss Wanda Lutz of Des Moines is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Welda Lutz.
The members of Eldons Woman's
Relief corps will hold kettle drum
supper in their rooms on Wednesday,
March 8, Immediately following the
regular business meeting. An inter-
esting program of short speeches,
readings and musical numbers Is be-
ing planned. The, four resident min
listers of Eldon and their wives are
invited. Let all old soldiers and fam
lilies and corps members families be
present. Supper will be served not
later than p. m. ..--4 ......
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Finney enter
tanned at dinner Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Barger. &c.,.
J. W. Brown went to New Orleans,
La, to visit relatives and take In the
flower carnival.
Ruben r. Lutz has beer On the sick
list for the past week. 49,.
Mrs. Geo. Whistler and daughter
Miss Mary Jane went to Brighton to
spend the day with relatives.
Quite a few of the members OF the
White Shrine attended the monthly
meeting in Ottumwa Monday evening.
VIM. Willard left Sunday night on
No. ~ for a few days business trip to
Wisconsin.
Z Mrs. w. A. Flowers is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs, o. @. Hawk of Trenton, Mo-,
who visiting over Sunday at the W.
A. Flower home went to Cedar Rapids
to see her brother.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Fred Isbell went to Of
tumwa today. -
Jno Grinstead is quite sick this
week. e..
Mrs. Jno Lanman went to Billings,
Mont, today to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Vaughn.
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LITTLE BENNY,s NOTE BOOK
PAPE

agen proberly being tired Of running
one way and wunting to run the othir,
Now run out and wave your arms,
dare you ! dare you, sed Skinny Mar
tin ..".# d..
Yeh, we dare you, we double dare
you, sed the rest of the fellos.
All rite, sed And startid to wawk
out into the street and the runaway
horse kepp on coming, making afearse
noise with his feet and looking about 8
times as big as when he ran up and he
ran rite past me and wen he got to the
cornir a man jumped out and waved
his arms rite in frunt Of him and he
stopped.
See wat did I tell you, l sed.
Well you dident do it, did you, sed
Skinny Martin a. ~. s
Wat was the use of me doing it wen
l saw the man wunted to do it. I sed
And we all ran down to the cornir and
the huckstir came up all out of breth
and got in the Vaughn and drove it
away, and us fellos all went back up
the street to see if eny froot had fell
out, wich nun had. ~