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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08

basketball with a team at Macon next
SATURDAY.
Thompson & HOllie prOprietors of
the new cold storage room, have their
floor very nearly ready for concrete.
Mrs. Isaac Manning of Pear and
Wallace streets is i'll and confined to
her bed
George Finlle was in Ottawa yes
teTday. attending a meeting of the
highway commissioners of the county.
Howard Bosw0rth, who has been
visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Bos-
worth of the north prairie, left this
morning to return to Schenectady. y,
Y. where he is employed in a large
electrical works.
Mrs. W. T. Spencer went TO CHICAGO
Yesterday.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08
farnrahIn inn revision.

a favorable inn reasion.
The 1921 California polo season Off
c,ally opens here Jan. % with an in
y.tation tournament that will continue
until Feb. g. The annual tournament
will be held here from March Is to
April 3.
The Hawaiian players probably will
compete against teams from eastern
Canada and American cities and Mex
leo.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08

Mass at II o'clock in st, Joseph's
church on Bluff street. and at 10
o'clock in ST, Mary's church in Grand
Rapids.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08
Today's Markets
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Chicago market report furnished by
q " hlrbF, manager Simons, Day
K Co, Room BIZ Moloney Building.
Phone IS.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08
IniVersatist Church.

sunday school at 10 a. III. Preach
ing service at II a. m. A special bus
mess meeting is called for 2:3e p, M
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08

Vernon Carlson attended the baske'.
ball game in Ottawa last evening.
The All Stars play a return game OF
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-08

asEetball with team at Macon next
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Tiniest Bible on Earth.
Woman Obtains II in Sweden !
Printed 110 Years Ago.
Frof9 ths Karsd3 CttD Star.

From ths Kansas CttD Star.
What Is said to be tho smallest Bible
on earth is owned by Mrs. John Irwin,
Ninth street and Arlington avenue.
Mount washington. II Is 7-io inch long.
clio Inch wide, about IL inch thick.
Mrs. Irwin has Just returned from .
visit 30 Sweden and got the Biblc from
her brother-ln-law. HJalnar Hanson. IA
Stockholm. II was printed In 1903, and
has come down through the family sinoe
then, It contains the whole New Tea
lament. every line OF every book. per-
son must use n magnifying glass OF con-
adorable power 70 read it.
MIRA Irwin was offered a handsorrs
price for the Bible, both on shipboard
on the way home and since she has been
IN this country. but she intends 70 keep
IL as an heirloom. A widely advertised
.smailest Bible IN the world" which
Mrs. Irwin bought to compare with n~
own, 10 1 6-ls by 1915 inohes In siEe.
and contains only four books OF the
New Testament Mrs. Twins Bibls "
printed In En&lish.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Hughes for Secretary of State.

CHAELEs Evans HUGHEs, selected
by President-elect HANDING TO be his
Secretary Of State, win take office
with an ability, experience and fame
measuring up TO the highest stand
ards and the most distinguished ira
ditiens OF that honorable and lofty
post brilliantly administered In the
past and richly endowed for the fu-
ture by such giants as jar, MAE
SHALL, ADAMS, CLAY, WEBSTER, MARCY,
SEWARD, BLAINE, OLNEY and RooT.
Twice elected Governor OF New
York, then q Justice Of tho United
States Supreme Court, candidate Of
the Republican party for President in
1916, leading counsel in many OF the
law cases OF recent years,
best of all, his whole fibre impreg-
mated with rugged Americanism, Mr..
HUaHEs's name Is luminous through
out the country. IN the world field as
we'll his power OF intellect, knowledge
OF international law and unimpeach-
able character WIN carry far.
Long called the first officer OF the
American Cabinet, the Secretary Of
State IN the person OF Mr.. HUGHEs
win be tower OF strength TO Mr..
FaRDING's Administration.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

symptoms are the resulrof overretne-
ment of food materials in the pol
lshing Of rice. The cure may be Ell
fected By dosing the patient with the
refuse that has been cleansed away.
The amount OF vitamines OF any
class In any food Is exceedingly
minute. Yeast IS very rich in them,
yet after chemistry had reduced 200
pounds OF yeast 10 one-twelfth OF an
ounce by processes OF isolation 1t Is
now believed it had not attained pure
vitamine substance Yet, minute as
the quantity may be, all three classes
of vitamines are necessary to health.
Herein lies the practical value Of all
the research that has been bestowed
on the subject in this country, Eng
land and Germany. Not by giving
more food but by attending TO the
vitamlne content of what Is given, the
malnutrition OF children. now known
10 be common among poor and rich
alike, may be overcome.
For ordinary dietary guidance 1t
Is established that great variety Is
the secret Of nourishment. Meat, eggs
and milk are necessary to furnish the
fat soluble element, vegetables the
water soluble d and fruit and green
stuff the vitamine @. Heat to q GER
tain extent destroys all three types,
so II IS wise to use as many uncooked
substances, butter, salad and fruits,
as may be possible.
The study of the subject IS really
only in It's infancy. Theories OF nu-
TRITON are likely to be much affected
and many new ways Of curing and
warding of disease may be found.
Apparently no one has az yet made
any attempt to couple vitamine ac-
tivity with the origin or etiology OF
cancer. But since this is also dis
ease due to error Of metabolism, It IS
not impossible that continued inquiry
into vatimine functions may throw
some new light on this most obscure
Of all physical Affections. q
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
CIinkers.

4 lady who lives In Gladstone, New
Jersey. has sent TO THE New YORK
HERALD shoe box full OF the hand
soonest clinkers we have seen In a
long time.
This is a sample" she writes, ''of
what we are paying s13.S5 ton for
here. 1t IS called chestnut COAL. but
we have to sit by the fire and watch
1t or it will 90 out twovOr three times
in the twenty-four hours
The coal once may have been chest
nut size, but the clinkers are as large
as summer squash and much harder.
They are of rich brown with white
and raisin color trimmings. One Of
them weighs nearly pound. 1t could
be used TO stop door or chase cats.
But 1t would never pass through q
furnace CRATE.
We have no doubt that thousands
Of householders in this part of the
world could produce clinkers larger,
and even harder than the samples
submitted by the Gladstone lady. Al
most every tender of furnaces and
stoves knows the clinker intimately.
It is one OF the things the furnace
manufacturers tell him TO avoid buy
ing. "See that your coal contains
neither slate nor Stag" says the card
of Instructions, which adds the num-
Der Of b. {. u. that should be In every
pound of coal.
But when the householder eonfers
with the local coal dealer he learns
that he will be lucky if he can get, In
two weeks, two tons Of coal "as is"
So far as the measurement of British
thermal units Is concerned, the buyer
might as well demand that the spirit
OF Lord KELVIN deliver the coal.
Clinkers are annoying. They defy
the slice bar and the poker. They
often mean tho dumping Of CRATES and
the rebuilding Of fires. But they are
an evil like the high price Of coal. A
lot Of talk has been uttered about put
ting an end to them, but nobody In
authority has done anything.
To the lady IN Gladstone and other
haters OF the cllnker we can only
say that calendar spring begins in a
month.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Sleeps Marvel

From the Athendcur1.
A marvel I looked upon,
From waking hid. ..
Born OF sleep. and gone
With the lifting lid.
Was Il the iovellness
OF one white flower
That mourns q dead Princess
On a rock by a tower?
Or 1t my sleeping eye
On that far countrfe
Where fierce red parrots ny
On a bright green sea,
And. touching with ruby wings
That emerald main,
Their passage round them fiingS
A jewelled rain7
Or vague was the delight
As tho summer air
That shakes IN and out OF sight,
Yet Is ever there?
An, Just as I'd win 10 clear,
Straight was II hid.
Dimmed in the mist Of tear
on the lifting lid.
IoLo A. WILLIAMS.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

IL could not have been better" The
fox circled the bill. and though he
swept around at distance Of a mile
or more tbs crowd had repeated
glimpses OF him looking like a red
streak" with the dogs close behind
filing the air with the music OF their
cries Behind them came the riders,
jumping fences, leaping over gullies,
slashlng through the river, creeks and
bayouS lighting their way through the
woods and tearing through the high
grass and underbrush.
The fox crossed ana recrossed his
trail TO fool the dogs; then he went of
south, reappearinil as a red spot on
another hillside and making great
long loops. 1T was a killing pace and
Reynard began 20 tire. The dogs got
closer and closer and In an open wood
he turned TO face his pursuers." The
prettiest woman got his brush. Tie
chase began at in the morning and
lasted until 8:15 In the afternoon.
nine happy, bowling hours; nine
teen OF the dogs that started stayed
in to the finish and every one of the
riders.
Let the British rider wearied by
the monotony OF and lack OF excite
ment In the sport OF his own land
and also the disgruntled hunters Of
other nations once try this revival OF
an. old American sport and they will
not say there Is no romance and Joy
In the fox hunt.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Vitamines.

Tie yitamine as an essential 10 life
is slowly but surely making its way
into prominence. When the average
man learns that he has been eating
vltamines--both is pronounced Ike
the / in coal mine-all his life and
could not have grown up or thriven
without them he is almost as much
astonished as Lord DnberIy was in
GEoBGE CoLMAS's amusing play when
Dr. Pdn0ioss told him be had been
talking in vowels and consonants for
fifty years without knowing 1T. But
the doctors have found them out and
boiled them down TO a basis Of scien-
tifc certainty. They have not yet be-
come fad llke counting calories; but
they seem tI De headed that way In
the popular form Of the yeast cure.
Prior to 1910 they we're as totally
unknown and unsuspected as the Elm
stein theory Or the prodlgious volume
Of Alpha in Orion To-day enough Is
known about them to fill out more
than two hundred pages OF mono
graph BY BENJAMIN HARnow, Ph. D.,
a physiological chemist of the New
York College or Physicians and Sur
geons There IL a large and vital
fund Of information as to their Inn
portance IN food and as respects the
deadly diseases--befiberi, tickets,
scuFvy and perhaps pellagra-which
invariably appear when they are left
out Of the bill Of fare.
Nobody has ever seen a vitamine.
perhaps nobody ever Will. Mo- =
Il certain how the vitamines aer-
ate In nutrition. Whether the sup
ply certain chemical units 70 the
body or are mere stImuiators OF as
similation Of the true foods is quite
uncertain. They are like the atoms
and electrons Of physical science in
one respect, at least, that, though they
have never been Isolated and their
nature is mere matter for conjecture,
reasoning can be based on their oper-
atoms and beneficial practical results
dcduced.
All the ascertained fncts are the
result Of animal research with birds,
rats and guinea pigs. Three types
Of yitpmnes have been definitely dis.
tinauished, the Fat soluble 4 aud 'the
water solubes II and g. These are
also labelled rs anti-rachltic, anti
neuritlc and antl-scorbutic. There may
be others but these arc linked up be-
tond peradventure with one or other
Of the diseases recited above, The
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
The Billhoarda

The timber line fades far in purple haze,
AS swings the train across tho sum-
mer hills;
But billboards lift 20 mar our travel
ling days
"Try Curem's PiIls.-
Enhancing vistas open 90 our eyse
AS we gaze fondly from the swfrling
cars;
Until the flaming posters advertise
"Nonesuch Cigars"
we skirt lush meadows topped with
swaying reeds,
And stretching fields where clover
blossoms toss
In summer gales, but now a billboard
pleads
TRY Hotstufr Sauce
What scenic sweeps the billboard rem
ders vain,
That screams In printing fink 20 rure
our scads;
II We must read We much prefer the
sane
Newspaper ada
THoMAs J. murray.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

To THn NEW YORK HrzAID: Ms,
Weeks Is as unfortunate In subposnainx
Thomas Fuller as witness for Shake
speare as he was in calling Milton TO
the witness chair.
For It happens that Thomas Fuller,
as well az Milton. was born in that
same year. 1908, and so each Of them
was but eight years old whom Shake
speare died And. II sir Sidney Leo n
correct In maintaining that shakespeare
left London forever in 1911 for his
estate and tithes at Stratford on Avon.
then little Thomas Fuller must have
been Of the tender age OF three years
when he beheid those '.rnany wit COM
bats between Shakespeare and Ben JON
son at the Mermaid Tavern"
JOHN r. REYNOLDS.
NEW York, February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
A Violet Memory.

(John Keats. died February 20. fs2l.)
Soon comes the season when the chill
dren sell
Their violets all round ths Spanish
Square.
And once / bought them. half way up
the Stair
on which your window looks. ana felt
the spell.
And, later. whore you've slept 30 long
and well
Meath violets that are an azure air
To veil your grave--through vrrrer's
careless care
some Few, most precious, blooms 60 mo
bcfelli
But what Of these, when 90 much moro
caught the flower OF song from you
and set
II in my wreath--ay, glcried In the
theft
Beside my trivial own, your violeti
wherefore. this tribute up 70 you be
borne
'Tis clouded evenings 70 immortal morn !
Eprrr ". THOMAS.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

on the stage. was at this period 81 years
Of age and her salary 500 a week.
Madeleine Henriquez, very handsome
young lady, who had made her debut
the year previous when 10 years Of age.
was paid SIS. Three years later she
succeeded Mrs. Hoey as leading woman,
a position she retained until her mar
rlage in 1867. when she retired from
the stage. Her salary In her new posi-
ton was 800, which amount she de-
clared at the time did not pay for her
boots and gloves"
Mrs Vernon. one OF tho most noted
and popular actresses the stage has ever
known. was at this time 65 years old
and received $50 salary. She occupied
an honored place In the history OF the
theatre, not alone for her dramatic abil-
ity but also for her graciousness, breed
ing and education. Her biographers speak
OF her as "a lady OF extraordinary intel
lectual endowments, OF the purest moral
ity and Of the greatest refinement"
Another beloved woman member OF
the company was Mary Cannon. who
was described as beauty, fresh and
plump. with foot that Titania might
have envied, eyes that sparkled like
dewdrops in the early sun. sweet
and ever ready laugh. and a vivacious
nature" At the time OF the opening
OF tho new house she was % years OF
age and received $40 salary. Miss Gan
non was frequently toasted in those
days as "the favorite OF the town"
The new play did not prove n sue
cess and after some seventeen perform
ances. during which timo Il drew s7.552.
Il was withdrawn. Other members OF
the company at that time who did not
appear at The new house until Novem-
Der, when tho new comedy OF Magic
Marriage" was produced. were Fanny
Morant. who at the age OF 81 was draw
ing $780, George Holland. 20 years old,
$40: W. r. Blake. Sc years old. and
receiving $50 week.
In the following January Mr. Wallack
presented Tho School for Scandal" The
late sir Charles wyndham tells how
on his arrival in New York In those
early days he secured a seat IN tho gal
lery Of wailach's and witnessed Lester
wallack play Charles Surface, with all
tho dazzling abandon OF a white court
wig, heavy black mustache and mutton
chop whiskera Lester wallack IN New
York could do no wrong"
Were not those the palny DAYS in
deed2 CHARLES BURNuAM.
NEW York, February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Poems Worth Reading.
The Violet Parasol


Against the harsh foil
or the February storm IN tho city.
with lts slanting. steel gray lines Of
sleet
And faccld slush
Like a watery sherbert on window iedges
and sidewalks
Flaunts and riots the sudden splendor
or a violet parasol.
It's opulent splurge or aggressive axurc
Canorous az the blare OF orchestral wood
wind
Across shrilling violinA
Audacious In challenge OF thc streets
bedraggled neutrality
Az the mosque Of the Blue Dome
Above the rubble OF Bagdad roofs
superbiy blatant as tho bylglng cap of
a heliotore mushroom
Over a cluiap ot blanched Indian pipe
IN q damp woodland covert
Gorgeously exotic as some giant orchid
Deluging a drab waste OF sage and
spiny cactus
With glory OF it's spurred lips purple
flame.
And underneath the silken shelter
The comely face and throat OF a girl.
Tinged delicate hyacinth
BY the altered radiance
Lustrous as sculptured Psyche
or FURNISHED Bardiglio marble
In the glamour Of sicilian moonlight
ELIOT WHITE.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Two Statues in Need Of Care.

To TIE NEW YORK HERALD: Doen
New York SO little appreciate the artis-
tic Importance OF Saint Gaudens's edues-
trian statue OF Sherman and MacMon"
Mess statue OF Nathan Halo that sha
is going to permit them 70 be injured
from neglect7
General Sherman Is at present almost
hidden under rubbish. Nathan Hsla
stands on the walk near the stsps OF
the City Hall. entirely unprotected Al,
ready a portion OF the bronze letteransa
has been stolen from the pediment
A n GAILATrsa,
NEW YorE. February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Pulling the Railroad Trains
Economic Obstacles Be Overcome Before the Steam
Locomotive Can Be Generally Displaced

locomotive, per Sc? The overall effi-
cheney Of power house, transmission
system and motors, which together
constitute the equivalent Of the steam
locomotive. is not as high as We are
accustomed to assume II to be.
The article offers regenerative brale-
ing as another valuable asset that
makes for efficiency and economy.
Obviously unless the grades both as
to gradient and length have the
proper requirements this method OF
bralSing is not applicable. On the
Chicago, Milwaukee and 81. Paul and
on the Norfolk and Western. where
the grades are relatively long and
heavy, regenerative bra5ing Is an adj
vantage. Furthermore. the type Of
electrihcation employed determines 10
great extent whether the added cleo
trical and mechanical complications
attending regenerative control are
worth while from an economic view
point There are plenty Of examples
among existing electrified systems
where regenerative braking finds no
application.
Reference is made TO the tremendous
possibilities that lie with the use of
water power as q source or electricity
for railrcading. There are SO many
factors attending such hydroelectric
developments that make the cost or
power higher than the requirements
of economic railroad electrihcation der
nland that progress IN this direction
must OF necessity be very slow.
Water seems cheap enough as we
watch It flow to waste. but In many
cases electricity generated By this
means cannot compete with electricity
generated by steam plants. Railroads
often find It cheaper 70 purchase their
power than to attempt TO generate
their own. This results from the very
nature Of the railway load with its
low load factor and In many cases
low power factor. the latter depending
largely upon the system Of eiectr1hca-
ton employed Central stations arc
realizing that they can sell power TO
railroads at favorable rates when GER
tain conditions are fulfilled.
In mentioning the linking UP OF all
generating stations between Boston,
New York and Washington Mr.. Keary
has disclosed one Of the important
factors which viii aid In solving the
electrifcation problem. Such intercon-
nected systems established through
out the United States viii permit the
interchange Of energy IN large blocks
and at rates that will alleviate the
financial side Of the question.
While the railroads may be cx-
pected to adopt electrification in spe-
cial cases IN the future as in the past,
the method cannot be expected gen.
orally to supersede steam locomotive
service until such time as the develop
ment of the art makes It practicable
to electrify at low first cost-low
enough SO that no added burden will
be placed upon the railroads. Either
the direct savings must produce
sum sufficient to meet the annual
fixed charges upon the capital invested
or the collateral advantages must In
effect do so before electrifcation can
become a sound business proposition
admitting Of general application to all
cases. Z. w. REYNOLDS.
MOUNT VERNON, February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Bacon's Obscure Years.
Perhaps He Wrote Shakespeare's
Plays to Beguile His Leisure.

To THE NEW YoRx HERALD: Colonel
Henry Watterson's letter takes q stroks
at old straw from which the golden
threshed. Creduious indeed must ons
be to believe Shakespeare the autnar
OF the works which bear his mama
But Just how and why is the BacunS
ian theory so preposterous7 yranoa
Bacon by his own contemporaries,
sorno most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS haiies
as the greatest man OF his time. Bacvs.
finishing his course at Cambridge IN fpss
teens, Epent some five years followinE
on the Continent: there literature. sci
ence and travel filled his time The full
field Of human knowledge became tho
scope of his capacious understanding
ard SO remained after his return to Eng
land in 1850. Until Queen Elizabeth's
death in 1903. a mere lawyer. out cf
court favor, his transcendent abilfSsS
surprising wit and wisdom had general
IL at times reluctant recognition.
The stage was then held In wovsS
than light esteem. even In disrepute.
which attached to producer, performer
and writer alike. Connection there-
with as a playwright could but afford
Bacon's Jealous kinsnen. tho Ceclls, his
detractors ana traducers at court, well
come evidence OF his levity and general
unworthiness. Where but in Bacon can
we find among Shakespeare's conten-
poraries In ono and the same person at
once tho power. the genius 70 create
and the obvious incentive, the urgent
reason to conceal the authorship OF his
creations? For eminencs as play
wright would but dash his hopes Of pre-
ferment at court. or the attainment OF
place. rank and pelf. the real ambition
Of his life. For this reason would such
authorship be denied by Bacon, ''ths
wisest, brightest, meanest OF mankind"
Isn't It therefore probable that Bacon
thus beguiled bis ample leisure during
his twenty-four years OF poverty and
obscurity as barrister? Doesn't the
period OF 1880 to 1904, when ho became
the Kings counsellor. or until 1912,
when he became Attorney-General.c covcr
tho time OF the production Of his Shake
spearian works? Arc there not constantly
recurring alleged discoveries Of acrostics
in the original manuscripts Indicating
Baconian authorship? Tho Baconian
theory outdoes Banauos ghost
CHARLES r. EAsrofS
PROVIDENCE, r. T.. February -.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
A Plea for tho Fairies.

Don't photograph the fairies
For It would break their spell,
The wee folk, tho tree folk
Who live IN blossom bell
Don't photograph the fairiea
Their loss 1t would be found,
The home folk. tho gnome folk.
who live beneath the ground.
Donr photograph tho fairieS
This boon for them we crave.
Tho gay folk. the fay folk.
Who dance upon the wave.
Don't photograph the fairies.
Lest faith have cause for griefi
The known fact, the shown fact.
Is hardest OF belief.
McLANpBUEGH WILSON