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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

RANSOM.
G zoe sesse xA q

Dr. W. F. Kistinger and family of
Cornell. spent Xmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo kistinger.
+ Mrs. Stella Tierney and son Clarence
spent the holidays here with relatives.
Miss Margaret Casey accompanied
her to her home in Aurora Tuesday.
The Allen Township Improvement
club will hold its regular session in
the village hall Thursday, January II,
i from 2 to D m. Mrs Judith W. Lor.
wonthal. who IS vice president of the
Illinois Equal Suffrage association,
VIII address the club and explain in
detail the legislative policy Of the as
sociation. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the women of the vicinity to
come and hear this topic discussed.
Rev Puffer returned from Dwight
on Monday where he had gone to I'll
the pulpit for Rev McClung while the
latter presented the interests of Grand
Prairie 70 the people here.
Word was received here OF the sud
den death of G. f. 5hacketon, OF Por-
It's Kansas, which was due to apo
plexy. E2rl Mccain accompanied by
j. +. Shackelton. of Cornell left at
once for that place The remains ar
rived here Sunday morning. They
were taken to the III h. church where
a sermon Was delivered by Rev. Well
ner. He is survived by his two daugh-
Mrs. Earl Mccain, and Mrs. J.
Sherman, Of Massachusetts.
Prof Murdoch, the efficient prime.
pal OF our public school, returned on
The early morning train Tuesday from
q visit to his home in Havana during
the holidays
/ Miss Elsie Read, of Grand Ridge
and Miss Laura Connors, of West Vir
! GINA, visited the fore part Of the weet
with Miss Helen Hagi.
/ Louis West. OF Evanston, spent tbs
week here with friends.
There vii! be a benefit dance here
Wednesday evening Jan. 18th. to de
fray the funeral expenses Of James
Wright.
Mrs. George Baker of Chicago,
spent the week here with VIM. Baker
and family
jesse Rowe returned home from
Scottown, Ohio, after a two weeks
visit with his parents.
Florence McColm was Saturday
Streator passenger.
Mrs. James Foster is visiting her
DAUGHTER, Mrs Allen Dwyer, at Spring
Valley.
Mrs. Charles Pellno, OF Marsellles,
is guest of her sister, Mrs. Alvin
Wright.
A variety shower was given in hon.
or Of Emma kitz at her home Satur.
day afternoon About one hundred
were present. The afternoon was
spent in a social way, "A dainty lunch.
eod' consisting OF sandwiches, olives,
pickles, coffee, fruit salad, ice cream
and cake was served. The hos ess
was the recipient of many pretty gifts.
Miss kitz Is to become the bride of
Lester Weber on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Rumor has it that l.. c. Swisshelm.
our popular barber his bought out The
bowling alley of Frank Harry.
Misses lrma and Bertha Wilkinson
returned to Roanoke to attend to their
school duties, after having a two
weeks vacation.
j. b. Fisher and Walter Tremper. of
SIreator, spent Friday in our village.
Barney Twait went to Chicago Fri
day where he will work during the
winter.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
CREAM FOR CATARR!i
OPENS UP N0STRlLS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head-Colds. KS Splendid!

In one minute your cloggcd nostrils
will open, the mir passages OF your head
will clear and you can breathe freely
No more hawking, snufing blowing
headache, dryness No struggling for
breath at night your cold or catarrh
viii be gone,
Get n small bottle Of Elys Cream
Balm from your druggist now Apply
little OF this fragrant, antiscptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrntes through every air passage Of the
head, soothes the inhamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly,
lt's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up
with q cold or nasty catarrh- Relief
comes so quickly.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Bolivian Tin

Boiviaa is the only locality Of the
new world whence tin in large CONNER
cial Quantities is exported The de-
posts are large, and the use Of tin
as IN alloy appeared to be very old.
Before the coming " the Spanish con-
quistadores the natives Of Peru and
Bolivia, In the vicinity Of Lake III
tlcaca, made use of tin as an alloy
with copper to make bronze.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
RETIRING CONGRESSMAN
TO GET FEDERAL PLUMS

Washington. z. c.. Jan IA meth
cd by which two retiring Democratic
members OF The Illinois dcle2at1r
may be takea care OF has been pr0yio-
ed by Senator Lewis.
Representative C!audius l.. Stone
has been appointed postmaster Al
Peoria 10 take the place made v~can-
by the death of l.. f. Hees. Tins
nomination was sent 10 the senate t1-
day.
Senator Lewis is also preparing To-
present to the president the name OF
Representative William Eliza Williams
as 4 member of the federal trade co.l,
mission 10 take the Place made vacant
by the recent resignation Of Edward
\. Hurley.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
TWO-cENT FARE FIGHT is
AIRED BEFORE JUDGE LANDS

Chicago, Ill.,, Jan. 1l.-4Judge Lands
who is sitting on the "2 cent rate
case yesterday allowed Assistant
Attorney General James Fl. Wilker.
son, representing the state public util-
tiles commission, to reiile part OF
his answer to the railroads which was
stricken out In the recent hearing be.
fore the three federal judges.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
+ !. !. !. i. j. !. !. !. !. ]. j. !. !. J. !. J. J.
President Wilson Tells Why
Christianity Is the Hope of
Our Country.

+ Doubtless other presidents Of
+ the United States hare takea
!. part Ia Christian Endearor pray.
+ or meetings. but President VII
4 son Is the first to do 50 on
T. tcorldwide scale. Upon request
i he rece9tiB sent q message for
+ prayer meeting considering the .
+ topic, "EhB Is Christi1aitv the .
i Hope Of Our Couni,V'"
+ This is achat President Wilson .
Il said: Il take pleasure ia an .
II Swe,fng Vour question, WHY IL .
i Christianity the hope Of oar ,
r coMfrD" 1t is the hope Of this .
+ country az Of erery other, be- z.
u cause il rectifcs the miH and .
: Nfts the iadiridual soul out Of 4.
+ the mirc of selfshncSs on to the .
= firm footing Of serricc and prin- .
1. ciple" .
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

James was having dinner at home.
AS soon rs ilt' WINS St;-trti III bcEHn nib
bling at his pie. When asked his rea-
son for doing this, he replied: "Oh, /
want to eat some pie first and some
pie last so my stomach viii thin. II
had all pie for dinner
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
REPORT RAIDER IS
sunk IN ATLANTIC
GERMAN CRAFT WAS DISPOSED
or BY BRITISH CRUlSEP-MEs-
SAGE TELLS or DESTRUCTION
OF VESSEL.

New York. Jan. 1t.-Persi. tent re-
ports that a German raider was sunk
in the Atlantic by a British cruiser
yesterday were current today n steam
ship circles.
Coupled with these reports was a
statement today by the Lamport 4
Holt line, owners of the overdue
steamship Voltaire, that rumors had
come to them that their vessel was
IN one of the ports OF Bermuda. The
officers OF the line said they had heard
that the Voltaire. after capture by a
German raider had been recaptured
and taken to Bermuda but that their
Information was unofficial.
The Voltaire was last reported to
have left Liverpool on Nov Is for
New York.
Escaped British Gordon.
Gable advices from London under
date OF Dee. o told of reports that a
German raider had succeeded in get
ing thru the British Gordon around the
North sea. Soon after wireless warn
ings from naval stations AT Halifax
and The Bermudas were heard at fire.
Quent intervals cautionins allied ship
pinp ~ 1oAlg gut I'm. a
One of the warnings intercepted by
a neutral vessel and made public here
described the raider rs 4 vessel of
about 1900 tons, 325 feet long, and
with 45 foot beam, well armed and
fitted with torpedo tubes Allied ships
were instructed to take all precau.
tons when approaching any ether ship
at sea"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
LEGISLATORS PLAN
MANY NEW BILLS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ARE EX.
PEcTED FROM STATE LAW
MAKERS-MAY AMEND FACTORY
INSPECTION ACT.

Springfield, H., Thursday Jan. IL
Among the first bills offered in the
general assembly next week will be
the civil service reform measures ap
proved by the Illinois Civil Service Re
form Association. r. Z. Blackwood, OF
Chicago, Secretary Of the organization
has the bills and will see that they
are introduced and pushed.
Some of these bills were up IN the
last session, but did not fare very weil
The Cook county civil service ac, was
knocked out by the supreme court a
year ago and one of the measures is u
new Cook county act il which an Of
fort has been made to avoid the er'
rors which resulted in the annuling OF
tie other act.
The state civil service reform bin
proposes a sweeping extension Of the
present act. 1t would include state
house Waterman, bank examiners
and a large number of other employees
who are not now included in the act
This bill was presented in the las,
session but was defeated 1t is OF
fered again in practically the same
form.
Another bill proposes to place all
employees in the public tuberculosis
sanitariums under civil service. A;
present they are not merit employees.
1t Is proposed in another act to
amend the factory inspection act so as
to make it more workable under civil
service.
district is proposed in q bill amend
ing the sanitary district act 1t is I'M
Oerstood the present sanitary distric,
administration will not oppose this
bill.
A municipal court civil service bill
also is included in the reform asso-
cations program. 1t would apply
cnly to the municipal court in Chica
60.
Ii Governor Lowdens department.
consolidation plan goes thru the state
vide reform hill may be cast into the
discard, altho Mr. Blackwood claims
i Is in harmony with the general con,
soldation plan.
o
Springfield, H., Thursday, Jan. IL
!heatenant L.. r. Dougherty Of the
United States Army, has been az.
ronteid Colonel Of the artillery regi
ment OF the Illinois National Guard
under the terms OF the new feeders,
army act. This is the first time M.
rois has ever appointed a regular
army officer as commander of a na.
.ional guard regiment. Under The law
Cci. Dougherty does not lose his stand.
irg in the army.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

Chanberlan's Cough Remedy Most
Effectual.

E-TfINNWuT,
! have taken great many bottles
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
evory time it has cured me. | have
found 1t most elfectual for hacking
cough and for colds. After taking
1t cough always disappears writes
j. Il Moore, Lost Valley, Ga Oh.
tainable everywhere.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

"Nice little power boat you've got
there. Does it take much gas to run
II" Not very much, but 1t takes Il
lot Of profanity"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
DOG LET THE RAT GET AWAY
Rodent Was About to BE Slaughtered
With Club, When Man Interfered
and Asked Chance With Fido.

man came out Of furniture store
carrying a rat he had caught I'm trap.
says the indianapolis News. In his
other hand he held club. He raised
his arm and just as the club was about
TO descend on the unfortunate rat a
man stepped up and said.
Why don't you give the rat a
chance? He's got as good a right to
live as we have"
''Tll give him chance, all right,
with this club" replied the rats cap
tor, squaring himself for the fatal
blow.
"HOld on" said the rats champion,
"Pve got dog. Turn the rat loose
and let IT take a chance with him."
That's the DOPE" said a number of
persons attracted to the scene.
The man hurried into his place OF
business and few moments later re-
turned with the dog Juggling at the
leash. Finally all was In readiness
and the rat and the dog were released
at the same time. Then something
entirely unexpected happened. In
stead OF selling the rat and tearing II
to pieces the dog grovelled In the dirt
ut his owners feet, whining piteous-
ly, while the rat escaped in neigh
boring cellar.
"Some dog" remarked bystander.
Everybody laughed. and the dog
owner retired in a great confusion
draggina his ferociOus animal after
him.
81 ought TO had more sense" said
the m with the trap. "The next rat
catch will stand fat chance"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
Not for Little Jimmy.

Speaking at dinner, Senator Will
liam S. Kenyon of Iowa referred to
the proper administration Of justice,
and Smilingly recalled this little story:
One afternoon Mrs. Brown, the
mother Of little Willie Brown, saw
something that looked like n mix
mp in the middle of the street, and
FASTENED 10 investigate. Her worst
fears were realized, for her own dear
boy was next the asphalt, with Jimmy
Jones sitting on his head and punch
ing his ribs.
"What do you mean by doing that?"
exclaimed the angry mother, as she
separated the combatants. What did
you hit my little Willie for?"
"Your little Willie TANNED me with
a brick :" defensively declared Jimmy.
swell, don't you ever strike him
again." exclaimed the irate mother.
"Tf Willie hits you, you come and tell
me-"
eyes" was the scornful rejOinder OF
Jimmy, IAN what would you do?"
"Why, l would whip him for 1t, OF
course" declared Willie's mother.
"What" loudly exclaimed Jimmy.
"Him fam me with brick an you
have the fun of lickin' him fer lit
Well, I guess not !"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
Freshman at Cornell University
Falls in Love With Girl
of Tender Age.
SUIT LASTS IL YEARS
Naturally the Lassle Grew Up and
When Persistent Lover Returns
From Foreign Visit He
Marries Her.

Boston.-After waiting II years,
Harry Gorham Farnum, young bust
ness man of New York city, has
claimed as his bride Miss Viola Evelyn
Trueman of Boston and thereby hangs
a story of a most unusual courtship,
for the bride was but seventeen years
old when she married, being chubby
child of five years when Farnum first
proposed. At that time he was twenty
two years old and a freshman at Cor
nell university.
The romance that persisted to cul-
mination rarely attained outside OF
story books had its inception at Provi-
dence, II. l., where the Trueman ana
Farnum families had homes in close
proximity. The young mans father had
made a fortune In the leather business
and during college vacation periods the
junior Farnum spent the time at home.
There he first noted the little girl
happy with her dolls.
Wrote to Girl Through Mother.
He played with the little girl and
when he returned TO college he wrote
her letters, through her mother, re-
counting his adventures and pranks in
college. According to Farnum's con-
fesSiOn, he was unable TO get the baby
countenance out of his mind for min
ute He attended dances, met the
eligible girls of the college set, but his
mind constantly reverted to the little
tot at home.
Three years after their initial meet
ing, when Viola was nine, her faithful
sutton received his degree at Cornell.
In most college romances that would
have been an opportune time for the
lover to have claimed his bride, but
Viola continued to play with her dolls
and Farnum FASTENED to New York to
pursue postgraduate course at Co
lumbia university.
Took Journey Through South America.
The college man continued his love-
making and the strange persistency of
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
WINTER KILLING OF
HARDY GRAPE VINES
One of important Factors Is
State of Maturity When
Frost Stops Growth.

The state of maturity of the vines
when frost stops growth in the fall is
one of the important factors In the
winter killing of grape vines, says the
author of Bulletin No. 433 of the
New York experiment station, Gene
va, N. Y. If the wood is immature
when frosts come, the vines kill more
easily, while when mature they are
more hardy. This factor seems to have
as much or more influence than the
winter temperatures.
A well drained soil is one factor
that helps the wood to mature. An
other thing is to stop cultivation ear
ly or late, depending upon the amount
of moisture in the ground, the object
too moist in the late summer and
early fall and so maintain vine
growth which cannot mature. If nj
trogen Is used In commercial form,
use only the quickly available forms.
Recent progress In grape culture
proves that the old failures with Eu-
ropean grapes were due to causes
quite easily controlled. Winter kill
ing, probably the most common cause
of failure In the past, can be prevent
ed easily by covering the vines with
few inches of earth when they are
pruned. While the Malagas and To-
kays are not likely ever to be grown
in New York because of climatic con-
ditions, there are many other varie-
ties of the Wits vinifera group that
can be. Among these are Bakator,
Golden Chasselas, Chasselas Rose,
Lignan, Blanc and Blue Portuguese.
The work that has been done at the
New York experiment station, Geneva,
N. Y, in investigating European
grapes, is summarized in Bulletin No.
432, entitled, European Grapes Sue
coed In New York"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13

fortune from it and left the money TO
his son, who was accidentally killed in
France on the very spot where the
Frenchman was born. Comstock's
ranch is today mass of desolate
ruins.
1t is easy TO see why man has from
the first preferred gold as material
for coins. Most important is its high
value. which has made possible coins
of large denominations in convenient
sizes. With gold no such proceeding
as employing cart TO carry the peck
etbOok, as the Chinese do when shop
ping with thea iron money, is neces-
sary.
Sometime or other in the history of
the world almost every material has
been used for coins, but none to the
extent that gold has. Shells have been
in use for a long time In Africa and
the East Indies, also at one time i'm
China. Iron was used In Sparta under
the laws of Lycurgus; also used, ac-
cording to Caesar, among the ancient
Britons in the form of bars. 1t took a
wagonload of Spartan iron money to
buy an OK. The Spartans used iron
because it was so awkward and they
wished TO discourage acquisition of
wealth. The inhabitants of Bysantium
and the japanese used iron. Coins of
tin were struck by Dionysius of SYRIA
cuse. Platinum was tried i'm Russia.
Lead is still used in Burmah; nickel in
Belgium, United States and Germany.
Glass was used at one time for subsi-
diary coinage in Egypt and Sicily.
Copper was and is also widely used
Just now the good old American dol
lar stands pre-eminent I'm the world !
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
The Marriage Was soIemnized.

his suit won over all members of both
families but Papa Trueman, who de-
clared the idea preposterous. Every
other member believed that when the
proper time arrived Viola and Farnum
would be married.
After completing his postgraduate
course, Farnum went to South America
where he spent several years In the
hide and leather business. But he did
not omit the formality of frequent pro-
posals or cease In his ardent love-mak-
ing. The girl confessed that she was
lonesome for him and lUnged for his
return. When he Old get back the Viola
of other days was no longer little. She
was woman of seventeen, and big
and old enough to marry, SO she
thought.
A poll of the family was taken and
all gave their consent but Papa True
man. For time he held out but, worn
down finally by the determined as
saults Of his daughter and her stall
wart lover, he gave his consent. The
parents of the girl accompanied her to
the city hall and obtained the license.
Then the party repaired to the Congre-
gational church where the marriage
was solemnized.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13
COUNTERFEIT PLANT is SEIZED
New York Police Unearth international
Scheme, Involving Over 100000.

New York.-Couterfeitin schemes
said to involve more than $1,000,000
and whose ramifications extended to
Europe, South America, and the Unit
ed States were disclosed here Mon
day when William j. Flynn, chief of
the United States secret service, an
nounced that an elaborate plant for
printing spurious money and French
passports had been seized in this
city.
Several arrests have been made in
connection with the seizure of the
counterfeiting outfit.
The plant contained priting presses.
plates, engraver's tools, and a bundle
of franc notes amounting to $125,000.
Investigation is said to have dis
closed that the entire plant was
brought from Spain, last April and
with it bundle of more than $1,000
600 in spurious franc notes. At least
$4,000 has been put into circulation
in the United States.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-13

Copyright. Is17. Western Newspaper unlonD
Haven't you often wished that you
could have lived for a short while In
some ancient period of history, Observ-
Ing personally the customs of the peo-
pie and the state of civilization exist
Ing, and the numerous other interesting
phases of contemporary life? And
didn't you dismiss the thought as fan
tastic. reconciling yourself to the fact
that your knowledge of ancient people
would have to be gained solely from
books?
If that was the conclusion reached
you really deprived yourself of some
interesting experiences. Although 1t
must sound like fairy tale to con-
template rolling the centuries back and
sojourning for a time in the year lump
tyum" b. G. such is nevertheless quite
possible. 1t is an interesting fact that
many periods of history can be found
reproduced in some part of the world
today. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book,
"The Lost World" describing the adj
ventures of a party of scientists who
discovered section of South America
so isolated from the rest of the world
that it never progressed beyond the
caveman stage, contains not little
truth. There are hundreds of locali-
ties scattered about in the far corners
of the globe today that correspond TO
the most remote period of history. And
these anachronisms, which might be
termed laggard pupils in the class of
civilization, are every bit rs interest
ing as what we can only read about.
A singer from the Theatre Lyrique
once gave a concert in the Society Is
lands At the conclusion of the enter
tainmeDt she was presented as her
share OF the receipts with three pigs.
twenty-Ihree turkeys, fOrty-four chick
ems, five hundred cocOnuts and con-
siderable other fruit. / wonder wbeth-
er she realized she lived for n time in
a locality that was, as far as the life
and progress of its people are concern
ed, so primitive that similar periods in
the history of the world in general are
unrecorded? For, the presentation to
her of fair-siZed barnyard proves the
Society Islands still carried on their