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YANKEES IN LONDON.

AltnOuSH we are Aos PC w
know their identity, their destination
nor the details of their arrival IN
England. Americans are able to draw
a wealth OF patriotic inspiration from
the cabled accounts Of yesterday s
march OF American troops through
London's streets.
1t means that another considerable
force of Yankee soldiers is on the way
to the front. Whether they have been
training in England for weeks or had
lust arrived on British soil on their
way from America to France is a mat
ter for conjecture. However, 1t seems
evident that the troops that paraded
before King George yesterday were
new arrivals in Europe. and it indi'
Gates that regulars are being dispatch.
ed to the front in large numbers and
with as much rapidity as secretive-
ness.
Americans do not resent the censor
ship rules which prevent them from
knowing at once the news OF the
movement of their troops. Military
necessity is OF first consideration. 1t
is vastly pleasing to know that below
the troubled surface in Washington
real work is being accomplished, and
that on various ships more American
soldiers are sailing to Europe even
now TO join the troops under Persn-
ing.
In the same way the division under
Brigadier General Mann. which Will
include Ottumwas first organized con
tribution to the army on foreign ser
vice, will slip away from some At
lantic port before long. We will know
nothing of their going. and only when
they reach Europe will We be able to
get even fragmentary bits OF news
from them.
Meanwhile there is comfort IN the
fact that Americas fighters are ind
ing 1t not too difficult task to cross
the submarine zone and reach the
front. This Is enough for America to
know just now.
Dispatches from London say that
the American soldiers won praise
from civilians and allied soldiers alike
by their youthfulness. soldiery bear
ing and evidence of careful training.
The London Standard. under caption
in big type. Sons of the Pilgrims
Back In London" said:
Lean, 1.-the. straight backed.
sallow. thin Tipped, set jawed.
they impressed everybody as do
ers rather than dreamers. men OF
few words who look you straight
in the eye, take your measure at
glance. give you their opinion
in rough epigram. and then get
to business. They are distinct
set of men of definite type. Not
Canadian, not Australian, not New
Zealander. but in the snap OF the
eye and the expression OF the
mouth something distinctly
United States.
Other London papers commented on
London's enthusiastic welcome TO the
Americans as new evidence OF the In
dissoluble union Of British and Ameri.
can peoples, fact which permits
thoughts OF the advancement Of In
ternational sympathies which will be
lasting result of the present struggle
and which will 90 far to guarantee
world peace once the German autoc'
racy with its baleful influence on civil
lization, is removed,
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CITY TO SELL HOUSE.

Davenport. Aug ls.-The city OF
Davenport will. on Sept. l. stage
public auction Of one dwelling house.
The high bidder will purchase the
place and agree to remove It com
pletely from its present location IN
ten days
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-21

1t might be interesting and some
what enlightening also if canvass
should be made of those Of the suf'
frage pickets who enjoy the ballot
privilege. with view to learning
whether they are pacifists, and wheth-
err, in casting their votes last fall. they
were trapped by the kept us out OF
xyar" slogan
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WILL BUILD NEW SCHOOL.

Columbus Junction, Aug. 1S.-Work
has been started on the new consoli-
dated school building. for which bonds
were voted recently. II will cost
500 900. ard will be located between
Columbus Junction and Columbus
City.
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days of votes for women and white
house banner riots. to repeat that old
adage about the woman's place being
in the home, but it is significant that
in this instance its advocate Is wo-
man.
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WILHELM NEXT.

IN IuIuI0 lu0 dOuAC ~
Romanoff and his wife, Alexandra
will be at Tobolsk, Siberia. unless the
ofncials In the new Russian govern
ment who are charged with respons-
ibility for these unhappy prisoners as
cover some more remote and inaccess-
ible location for their charges.
The involuntary comment. on reao-
ing yesterdays dispatches regarding
the removal of the former car ana
his family from their palatial prison at
Petrugrad to the exile town on the
frtysh river, was that justice was pc
ing done at last in Russia. There Is
something peculiarly gratifying tc the
student Of Russian history IN the
thought that the last of the cars IS
consigned to the very same desolate,
frost-bitten prison settlement to which
he and his predecessors sent so many
Offenders whose guilt lay In their very
natural desire for progress and free
dom.
There remains in Europe now but
one government which Is a survivor OF
the days when cars, emperors ana
kings ruled with iron hand: Az lts
head is the kaiser, who, with his chan.
cellqr and his ministers, maintain an
autocracy independent of parliament
and people. There is only one master
in this country; am he and | Will
tolerate no other" is a declaration ne
made only recently.
When the present kaiser's grand
father became emperor he set the
crown on his head with his own hands
and said, II receive the crown from
Gods hand and from none other" Will
helm. referring to this in later years.
said:
MY grandfather. by his own
hand, set the crown upon his head.
distinctly emphasizing the fact
that II was accorded him by the
will of God alone, and not by par
lament or the people or by popu-
lar vote, and that he looked upon
hspsslf az ia chose instrument
~ 1f heaven.
Continuing, the present emperor
said
j7f look upon the people and the
nation handed on to me as re-
sponsibility conferred upon me by
God. and that it is. as written in
the bible, my duty to increase this
: heritage; those who try to inter
fere with my task shall crush. !
regard my whole position as given
to me direct from heaven, and that
have been called by the Highest
to do His work.
This Is the sacrilegious buffoon who
for three years has been carrying on a
murderous warfare In an effort to "in-
savage campaign OF conscienceless.
crease his heritage and to bring the
whole civilized world under his heel
with Germany.
II is to prevent such catastrophe
that millions of men have rushed to
arms from every quarter Of the world.
It il to protect America from this
scourge Of autocracy that vast army
gathering in this country to defeat
e legions Of the kaiser In Europe so
they may not surge through America
after having conquered the eastern
continent.
In the face Of incontrovertible evi.
dence that this is the kaiser's aim.
there are numerous men in America
today who argue that it would be time
enough for military activity here
should invasion actually occur. They
deplore the fact that the United States
government and the vast majority Of
<his nations citizens prefer to prevent
stack rather than await it. Their at
tituje IL as barren OF logic as that OF
the kaiser himself.
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The manager of the big department
store stood stock still outside the little
boxlike chamber which held the tele-
phone of the tablishment. for he
was very startled manager. indeed,
Within the chamber he could hear
Miss Jones, the stenographer. speak
ing. and this is scrap Of the CONVEX.
sation he heard: IT love you dear
and only you I'm weeping my heart
away. Yes. my darling. speak to me
once more. love. you dear. love
you So"
The young woman rang Off and
stepped outside OF the cabinet, to con-
front the angry manager.
Miss Jones'" he said. that tele'
phone has been fixed where II is for
the purpose OF convenience in conduct
ing business and not for lovemakins
In office hours am surprised at you
Don't let II occur again.
The young woman froae him with
glance.
~ was ordering some new songs fol
No. department" she explained Jelly
Dad" said the little maid of twelve
summers, every morning when am
going to school the boys catch hold OF
ME and kiss me-"
well, Ethel" replied dad. looking
over his newspaper. why don't you
run away from them?''
Ethel fidgeted and cast her eyes
down on the carpet.
II did one morning." she said hest
tatingly, land they-they didn't chase
met
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-21

bed, which was-and on this the land
lady laid great stress-a feather bed.
They turned in. and one Of the pair
was soon fast asleep. The other was
not He could not manage to dodge the
Jumps and heard hour after hour strike
on the church clock until 3. Then he
violently shook his snoring friend.
whats the natter" growled the
sleeper 1T can't be time to get up
yet
NO, il isn't" retorted his friend.
"but it's my turn to sleep on the
feather"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
Warning Before Command.

In bringing up my children found
that at night when they were tired
they were spared many tears by being
warned before 1 gave them a strict
command. Instead Of saying "Now it
Is time to go to bed. Put away your
blocks at once," I would say: "It is
nearly time to go to bed. Finish your
house first and then put away your
blocks" In this way the children were
fully prepared to go, and there was
consequently no begging and no temp
Mtion for me to show my lack of firm
ness by being persuaded to allow them
to build ''just one more house."
Imagine mother in the midst Of an
absorbing chapter being told by one in
higher authority to put down her book
at once and go to bed. Would it not
save frown of impatience to be told
to finish the chapter f1rst?- ?-Harper's
Bazar.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
A Mummy's Doll,

Among the ancient objects exhibited
in the British museum is a doll more
than 5000 years old. When some ar
chaeOlogists were exploring an ancient
Egyptian royal tomb they came upon
a sarcophagus containing the mummy
Of a little princess seven years old
She was dressed and inferred in q
manner befitting her rank, and in her
arms was found little wooden doll.
The inscription gave the name, rank
and age Of the little girl and the date
Of her death, but it said nothing about
the quaint little wooden Egyptian doll.
This, however, told its own story. 1t
was so tightly clasped in the arms of
the mummy that it was evident that
the child had died with her beloved
doll In her arms.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01

states to get uniform laws Al dealing
with the dope" problem. 1T would"
he says, establish legislative, medi-
cal and sociological precedent that
would give this country for the first
time the primacy it ought to have in
asking other countries to join with us
once and for all in terminating this
evil"
"My findings have shown" said Mr..
Towns, "that not more than 10 per
cent Of those afflicted with the drug
habit are entitled to use drugs contin-
uously because of physical disability.
We are sacrificing 80 per cent of those
who could be well and normal without
the drug to alleviate the suffering of
those few incurable persons"
= In his pamphlet to congress Mr..
Towns points out that one of the great
est weaknesses of the present federal
law Is that drug taker or any person
purporting to be drug taker can have
just as many physicians prescribing
for him as he may see fit. Further
more he may demand as much of the
drugs as he desires.
"The doctor does not have to find out
whether the person is confirmed drug
taker," says Mr.. Towns. HE can take
the mans word for it and prescribe
just what the patient asks for. A few
such patients could virtually corner
the habit forming drug market and If
they wanted to do so could establish
themselves in the habit forming drug
business"
Restriction in the sale of hypodermic
syringes to purchase on physicians
prescription only and the restriction Of
the manufacture and sale Of opiates to
the crude opium, to laudanum and
paregoric are suggested as means of
meeting the habit forming drug prob
lem. Mr.. Towns calls attention to the
manner in which the habit of using
drugs is frequently brought ON by the
consumption of patent medicines and
''proprietaries. In suggesting that the
use of opiates be restricted to crude
opium. laudanum and paregoric he
said physician should be held to a
strict accounting of all these he pre-
scribes or administers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
Teeth MENDING IN CHILE.
Not an Easy Matter For Foreign Dem
lists to Practice There,


Not every foreigner who comes along
with the claim Of being a dentist can
practice that profession in Chile. The
government sees to it that any one
who Is to look after the health and
preservation of the teeth of its people
must first demonstrate his qualifica-
tiOns.
The law provides that before a IL
cense may be granted a foreigner to
practice dentistry in the country the
applicant must secure permission from
the rector of the University Of Chile to
take the examination. His foreign di-
ploma, duly certified and authenticat-
ed, must be attached to the permit, and
fee of 500 pesos (about $75 In United
States money! must be deposited for
the license in the office Of the secre-
tary of the university. If the applicant
passes the examination successfully the
license is issued, and he is authorized
to open his Office for business.
Any applicant who holds a dental
diploma from a school not known or
recognized by the Chilean authorities
is required to complete the third years
work of the dental department Of the
University Of Chile and must also pass
a satisfactory examination before he
can obtain license to practice-Pan-
American Bulletin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
A FAMILY ORCHESTRA.
Has Your Home One, and, if II Has,
Does This Just Fit II?

Has Your Home One, and, il II Has,
Does This Just Fit II?
When two people conduct an orches-
ira there is plot material If the two
are knit by marriage ties the plot thick
ems. Endicott and 1 conduct family
orchestra, he at the piano, l playing
second violin. 1 know more about mu-
sic than does Endicott; he is more mu-
sical than l. l keep the time; he has
the temperament. Temperament is
more noble than time, but time, l shall
always insist, has its place, perhaps
nowhere more appropriately than in an
orchestra. He at the piano can domi-
nate the situation more neatly than 1.
In my position among the strings, how
ever, | can smore readily organize a
strike
The rest of the pieces are presided
over by our children, young people of
inflexible spirit and chromatic moods.
Sometimes We doubt whether we have
our troupe under the rigid control which
as parents we might expect to COM
mand. The conductivity Of an orches-
ira, says our son Godfrey, varies with
the distance of the blood relationship
between artists and conductor. When
the children were little we held the
pleasant theory that family orchestra
would draw us all close together, stand
ing always as symbol Of our perfect
harmony. That would be all right If
the harmony would only go to suit us
all equally at the same time. AS it is
our little band, in which observers find
so touching picture of hearthside uni
ty, suggests sometimes all the elements
of guerrilla warfare-Atlantic Monthly.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
PREDICTS SEA BEEFSTEAKS-
Why Not Eat Choice Joints Cut FroD
the Ocean Mammals?

An ever resourceful commoneE, sesb;
ed with realization that three f0uEttzx
of the surface of the earth is wgxey
and practically waste as far as pxz-
ductiOn of varieties of diet is concern
ed, believes that the mammals OF sas.
sea are worthy of cultivation as fosx5
says the Popular Science Mmthly-
1t is estimated that the meat of cuss
sixty foot whale, for instance. is: euBzEA
to that of seventy head of cattle axdS
tastes like choicest beefsteak III dsvgn;
when properly prepared
Other marine mammals which arg
good for food as well as for conlmga-
cial purposes are the seal, the wairwks,
the dugong and the sea cow The GGs-
gong has always been priced foE h0oaK
by Asiatics, Africans and Australians.
and the sea cow formerly found In the
waters of the Bering sea was so noted
for the palatableness of its flesh, IFS
size and for its gentle fearlessness SsE
man that it has been almost entirely
exterminated through mans greed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
A Statue That Never Was Built.

Mount Athos, in Turkey, was the spot
contemplated by sculptor for the most
imposing monument that man had ever
had. The sculptor Dinocrates offered
to cut the huge mountain mass into
the form Of a statue Of Alexander
which should hold a city in the left
hand and in the right basin to re-
.ceive all the waters that flowed from
the mountain.
Alexander was much taken by the
plan, but rejected it for the practical
reason that there was not food enough
in the district to feed the inhabitants
Of the proposed town. So the canal cut
by Xerxes to enable the ships to es-
cape sailing round the mountain re-
mained the greatest enterprise ever
achieved there.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
CANDY FOR POLAR EXPEDITION
Amundsen Buys Six Hundred Poun&a
to Last Six Years.

When Roald Amundsen. the expIm-
er, left Chicago the other day 6ar
Washington it was apparent that f&a
food supply on the expedition tor tns
north pole upon which he is prepxs.
ing to embark will consist of sOmO.
thing more than whale hluhber anE
soup tablets. I
Preparatory for the six years abb,
sence in the arctic he purchased 600
pounds of candy and quantities of 9th
er delicacies, including ripe olives
sweet pickles, picked pigsfeet drieB
fruits, nuts and apple butter. 4 tom al
meat has been purchased for each sd
the ten men who will set out Oh the
expedition. This includes roast NUT
ton, roast beef, OK tails. pork. stewelT
kidneys, OK tongue, lamb tongue, hang
loaf, veal loaf, OK marrow and summeK
sausage.
Captain Amundsen said that he hxxs
also purchased tea, coffee. cigarettes
baking powder. dried eggs, dried milk,
cheese and canned vegetables. In azI
$4,000 cans of food will be carried osD
the voyage. During the trip each of
the ten explorers will consume 4H
pounds of coffee. if he drinks his sharss
The ship will carry two tons of it ana
two tons of sugar.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
BLACK FRIDAYS.
First Of Those Financial Terrors Came
In London In 1745


In London In 1745.
Several of the great financial panics
OF the past have commenced on a Fri
day, and this has given rise to one of
the pet superstitions of the stock ex-
changes and bourses of the world
that the sixth day Of the week is
fraught with i'll omen for those en-
gagged in financial operations.
The original "Black Friday" occurred
Dec. Q, 1745, in London. On that date
tidings reached the metropolis that the
pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie. had
reached Derby with his forces. Lon
doners Immediately made preparations
to fly from the city, and panic pre-
vailed. 1t was on that occasion that
the Bank of England had its clAsest
call In its long history. The citizens
were anxious to take their money with
them, and the Bank Of England was
besieged by an army of depositors.
The bank escaped bankruptcy only by
the expedient of placing dummies In
the line to impede genuine depositors
and by paying bona fide depositors I'm
small coins, thus consuming much
time.
The first BLACK Friday" of latter
day financial history Gas in 1866 and
was due to the failure of one Of Lon
don's largest banking houses. Three
years later Wall street had "Black
Friday" due to an attempt to engineer
q corner in gold. The worst of all
"Black Fridays was that Of 1873,
when on Friday, Sept. 18, 1t seemed
that the whole financial structure of
the new world had crumbled into ruins
Exchange.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
THREE SESSIONS URGED
FOR EACH CONGRESS-,
Representative McArthur's Bit
Fixes Specific Dates on Which
They Shall Meet.

A bill designed to designate fixed
dates upon which the congresses of
the future shall meet in regular ses-
sion has been introduced in the house
by Representative c.. N Macarthur OF
Oregon. The measure, which provides
that there shall be three instead of two,
sessions each congress, stipulates that
they shall begin on the following dates
First.-The first Monday after tsR.
fourth day of March in the year folleE-
ing the election of members of taas
house Of representatives.
Second.-The first Monday in October
of the same year.
Third.-The first Monday in Decemr
ber of the following year.
1t is pointed out by Representative.
Macarthur that the volume of congrp.s-
sional business has attained such pro-
portions that it has become a physical
impossibility to do justice to all i'm
portant measures in the short time no~
allowed for the two regular sessions
He believes that if his proposed meas-
ure Is adopted that the time of MEM
bers will be much more advantageous
ly spent, and instead of being cons-
PEELED to take vacation for the first
nine months of their term members
would be at work in the transaction OF
public business except during brief
period in midsummer and that the
present congestion of business in both
houses would be avoided by the early
consideration of much important legfs-
lation.
1t Is pointed out that during the sun3-
mer months many members absent
themselves from Washington, and Il
frequently happens that a quorum ~
not in the city. If congress would I'd
journ during the hot weather periods
and put In the balance of its time I'm
the consideration of legislative bui6-
ness the country would be the gafnet
In the matter of efficiency.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
HIS CHEERFUL RECEPTION.
The Compliment Came After He Made
His Little Talk

his Little ak.
A Washington newspaper man was
once member of congress from an
Ohio district. He is not an orator and
rarely makes a speech. When he was
running for congress he got word that
he must come to a small town on the
edge of his district to attend a meeting.
A famous 'spellbinder" had been Sc
cured, and the candidate was expected
to be there, to shake hands and show
himself.
When he arrived at the village he
was horror stricken to find that the
speaker of the occasion had missed his
train and would not be there.
'Come right up to the hail." said the
chairman of the delegation that met
him. There's a big crowd there, and
they are anxious to hear some talking"
The candidate went in fear and trem-
bling. He was introduced and talked
for fifteen minutes. He started to sit
down, but the chairman motioned him
to continue. He went on for another
quarter Of an hour and by that time
had told all he knew or ever expected
to know that was of interest to his au-
dience.
Then he dropped into his chair. The
man who was presiding came cheerful
ly forward and said: 1--WE have heard
our candidate. Now, if there is any
one present who can make a speech we
shall be glad to hear him."-Youth's
Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-02-01
Equity and Economy.

Two men, strangers to each other,
were seated together on the outside Of
a tramcar, and both filed their pipes
simultaneously. One, however, struck
his match first, and the other request
ed that he might share the light. Hav-
ing done so, he took from his pocket
a box Of matches and handed one to
his obliging neighbor. ut is foolish"
he said, ''to strike two when one will
do, but l can't very well expect you to
provide that one when 1 have some
also. Let me pay" A mind Of nice
balance in equity as well as economy
London Chronicle.