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W%.&:K [y 5' Si IB •'ft'" '--r" W Hri'' "fi W :. •li •jll? hL&iivtf & !i(Y t* I? ^A, fc 1$^ tr A i\ r-', All letters for this department muet be addressed* "Courier Junior," "Ottumwa, Iowa." VOX,. 5 The Courier Junior Published by THE COURIEr. PRINTING CC, OTTUMWA, IOWA. 1 MATILDA DEVEREAUX. EDITOR. PRETTY VALENTINES. Dear Juniors.-We will not ^an counoe another big contest until next week. In the meantime Juniors to write some short stories, choosing their own subjects, and'n™ turn revive a beautiful valentine. This contest closes Saturday, Feb. Wo will announce the prize winner la the-big contest next week. MORE PAPER DOLLS. ~'jai Juniors writing either letters or short stories will receive a set of pa per dolls. We want the Juniors to y|nkir I- M•• If h- II .Js.-| 11 l? a sharp lead pencil. a. Always sign joar name in S'.'^ ^wairtate.yppr age.. $7 or poetry v" and'tend us as your own work. always state choice of a prize on ft separate piece of paper, with name and address in full. Btakawasa very fine dog. |s .That. fv 1 Be- fleet their own subjects for the short glades. eSVEN-RULES FOR THE JUNIORS ••r. I-Use one aide of the paper only SL Write neatly and legibly, using full A AHdress the envelope to Editor, Cooler. Junior. Ottumwa, Iowa, Bmko And THe Beggar He had t»m home in a very fine city. oome parts of the city were fei A Hiiei tirit other portions of it held S* overty and misery. Binko had never mb in the slums and knew, only the happy side of life—the side of plenty. Binhofe mistress was a wealthy lady, whose knowledge of much of the world (the "under world," so to speak) was is ts limited as was Binko'a. And that why She learned some things throoghBinko, her dog. In the same city that gave Binko a home there Jived a little beggar boy. But his place of residence was a long way off from the almost palatial home /in which. Binko lived. In fact, the tittle beggar boy, whose name was Mug Blept about in cellarwaya, deep door ways, old outhouses and in packing (boxes, so that he had no fixed place 'of abode. And during the day he beg ged In the streets for enough money to keep him from Btarvlng. In that part of the town where Mug lived (and by the way, his name had Vbeen bestowed upon him by a queer old heggarman) he was called the '"waif* and' the "tramp-kid," for none tWt\|»ad ever,known him to have a parent, I plater at brother,nor had he a living ^TelattVe that anyone knew of. And Iftajr himself could not remember a InatW or a father. All that he knew waa that niMB he was very very yotmg •«i tx^n«rman had him in his •iintir t«wr»i1rg him how to beg. (It waa A nercy that the old.fellow had not tmtgbt Wm how to steal.) Mag was nine years old at the time of (his story. For a year his aged comrade—the beggar man—bad been dead. And from that event Mug be gan Bfe "on: big own hook," as the peo pl»of his world said. His "own hook," however, consisted of living- pretty jttieoli as the old man had taught him to UT»- by. begging from generous |/v*tng persona on the street. And tfc» phanty that the old beggerman had a small rent for, and which stood on the-very verge of the river embank iB«i, ftim near the docks, was no longeT hls, for he found it iinioesible ^poor child—to get sufficient money, In the Shape of pennies, to pay the price of living In it So he had shifted about from one hidden corner to an other where he might steal a night's Sleep. One morning Mug awoke in his eel lar-bedroonMo find himself numb from the coM. A blizzard had blown dur 'Ing the night, and the cellar Mug had found at nightfall was beneath an un occupied building therefore, had no artificial warmth of any kind. And to pmitA matters worse, the door to the cellar waa so broken that it would not close, and was hanging by one hinge. -Into the cellar the storm had poured at its own will, and Mug had shivered In the corner best protected from the wind. But when he awoke In the morn ing he found' his limbs stiff, and his hands and feet numb. 'TU have to get Bome coffee this morning,"'he mused as he rubbed his thin hands together, coaxing the blood to them." "I'll go down to the corner of the fashionable avenue and maybe some rich person will give me a nickel. It takes so long to get together five pennies—for when the weather is cold people won't stop to give a begar any thing." Ten minutes later Mug was standing at the crossing of a very fashionable avenue and a fine street of shops and offices. The throng of vehicles passed him by, their fur-wrapped occupants never giving a second thought to the little begar who stood in the snow, holding out his shivering hand. The blizzard had subsided and now only in tense, quiet, sunshiny cold prevailed, But it bit to the bone. And while Mug stood there waiting for qome rich person to hand him the price of a cup of restaurant coffee, which might warm his little body a bit, another scene was being enacted 1 nearby park. So his impatience grew as the lady preparations for going out were being completed •But once outside the great door, Binko's heart dropped, so to speak. There in front of his mistres^'B house stood the' great heated automobile, a thing he hated above all things that had been a part of his life. He wanted to ruii about ifi all sorts of weather, just as nature had' made him to do, for his coat was fine and heavy, and rid ing in heated automobiles and living in a pampered way was not to his taste. When Binko saw the automobile he frisked off down the street as fast as his four leg! could carry him. At the moment his mistress did not see him, for she had turned to give some part ing order to one of her servants in the hall. The chauffeur did not see Binko running away, for he was too intently watching another chauffeur up the street. So Binko had gone a block before his absence was dis covered by his mistress. Then she be gan to look about for him, calling his name. The chauffeur got down from his seat and gave his assistance in looking for Binko.. Up and down the pavement he stumped, calling out: "Huh, Binko! Huh, Binko! Where's you, old dawg?" And at the same time the pretty lady was becoming anxious. Just a minute had passed but Binko had Beemed to be swallowed up, for nowhere, could they find him. Bteps .',•••,•!•• •9« a fey doors from where Mug stood. Inside a magnificent house, curtained, carpeted*, warmed, a pretty lady was preparing to go out. She was" putting on her rich futs. And about her frisked and barked a dog—none other than that same Binko of whom you read in the first of this story. Binko knew his mistress was abo'ut to leave the house and he knew that she would take him also. He did love the out-of doors, and was never so happy as when (The Country Boy running along the street or through a up the street. Hardly had she gone a dozen steps till she reached a corner of the block. And there she beheld her dog, stand ing close to a little figure in the snow and licking a cold little hand. Mug had become so benumbed from cold that he pould no longer stand, and, had dropped down close beside a high iron paling that ran about the Bmall yard to a church. Binko had come Just at the moment Mug fell and as a dog knows a boy better than he knows any other being, the little fellow at once understood the child's distress. So he went straight to Mug and began lick ing with his warm tongue the cold lit tle band that had failed to receive any alms on that winter morning. When the pretty lady saw Binko and then saw the boy ha was trying to warm with his little tongue, she hur ried to the spot and bent tenderly over Mng, questioning him. Then she hastily beckoned to her chauffeur, and within a few seconds Mug was safely stored away inside the great, warm automobile. He smiled faintly, whis pered something about heaven, then. Bwcomed away. It was a long time before Mug was again himself. Weeks passed over him while he lay very ill in a beautiful room with the attentions of a doctor and a trained nurse. And every hour during the day the pretty lady came to inquire about her charge, and once she let Binko enter the room and stand beside the sick child's bed, his little paws resting on the pillow. But Binko seemed to understand' and turned softly away, going quietly out of the room. He knew the little boy could not speak to him now, but he had the dog's instinct and knew that before many days his new found friend would be about placing as a boy should play. The time passed by very slowly for boy and dog, for both wanted to be out in the open. The boy hated sickness and the dog hated confinement. One day after Mug had been sitting up for several hours the pretty lady came to talk with him. She told him how Binko had found him, and how she had taken him in hef car and brought him home. "It was an act of providence," she said, firmly. "A supreme power Bent my dog to find a child for me—a child who needed a home, a mother. And since I have been unable to locate any one who claims relationship with you or anyone who. wants to take you as their former charge, I shall call you my boy and give you, a home and the love of a childless wtman." Mug felt happinet* swell up in his heart. Then tears rolled down his pale face. "A home," he said, cares sing the word. "I never had one in my life. It will seem very nice to have a warm bed and things to eat— like other folks. Oh, begging was so hard—in the winter. It was not so bad in the summer, for I slept in the park. And one don't mind being hungry in the summer—it don't hurt so bad. But in the winter—oh!"—and a look of pain came over Mug's face. "You'll beg no more, my child," said the pretty lady. "And from this day you are my son, and as soon as you are strong enough you shall go to school. And—there comes Binko. He loves you. He is yours—your little playfellow." "Mine!" And Mug laughed with happiness. "He's such a bee-u-tiful dog, and It waB him 'at found me in the snow. I'll always look out for him, I will." And from that day Mug—who be came Snown as Martin Thomas, Bon of the rick Mrs. Thomas—and Binko were theV^best of friends, and now, Qh wlll tell you MI know he came out ahead of me," declared the lady. "He was so anxious to get out this morning. He has ran up or down the street. I'll call to Jenkins to come out and go in search of him down the street, while I walk up'the street. You please follow me with the automobile. "All right, ma'am," acquiesced the chauffeur. And he started the great machine slowly, while his mistress called to a man-servant to go down the street in quest of runaway Binko. Then she turned her •z-mW'Wr ....-- while Martin is in school he Keeps Binko near him at a little boarding house where they allow dogs, for Mrs. Thomas said when sending Martin to a boys' school, "He must have his very best friend with him, Binko.'' v.^-1 v/ishi-' Brown CrIed llttle Bobby "I wish I was a city boy, An' lived in some big town, "I wish I had a marble house, :. Three stories high yon know I wish 'at every other night I might go to a show. "I wish I always dressed up fine, An' had a carriage, too— Tha£ everything about me was Mos' elegant and new." (The City Boy.) I wish I owned a fine big farm," Said litle Jimmy Grey, 7. "1 sure would leave this city dull, And on my farm I'd stay. And qigs a id colts and sheep. /•I'd fsh in summer every day, In winter, skating go. I'd hunt for rabbits o're the hills- Would track them in the snow." (Moral.) And so they kept on wishing thus For things so far away But had their wishes granted been They'd have wished the other way. 8TORI&8 AND LETTEB& BIRTHDAY8 OF GREAT MEN. The great men's names „are Mc Kinley, Lincoln, Washington and Long fellow. Washington's birthday is celebrated more than McKinley's and Lincoln's. McKinley's birthday is the 29th of January, Lincoln's birthday is the 12th of. February and Washington's birth day is the 22nd of February. Long fellow's birthday is the 27th of Feb- Longfellow was the greatest poet in America. His birthday is hardly ever celebrated. I am writing this on McKinley's birthday. Yours a Junior, Lou Nally, age 12. R. F. D. No. 2, Pulaski, Iowa. A GREEDY MONKEY. A gentleman in New York once owned a pet monkey that was very fond of apple*, and the gentleman's little boy, Willie, was very fond of feeding them to him. One day, after .Willie had given the monkey her morn ing allowance of apples and was amus ing himself by bouncing anew leather covered ball which his father had bought for him, the monkey grabbed np the ball and commenced tearing and ripping off the oover with her teeth. Willie was afraid to make any attempt at getting the ball away from the monkey and so stood at a safe dis tance and watched the monkey tear his ball to pieces. Willie thoufeht 'at first that it was only monkey curios ity that prompted the act,, for as the monkey pulled out each'bit of- stuf fing she would hold it up and examine It as though she were trying to learn how it was made. But Willie,was soon convinced that it was simply greedi-. ness, for as soon as she saw tie .ball contained nothing to eat, she threw It away in disgust. The monkey's greediness served her a sorry turn, for Willie wis so offended at her conduct that It was several days before he would consent to feed her any more apples. Lena Yeager. It. R. No. 2, Agenc^V Iowa. "HENRY WAD8WIRTH LONG FELLOW." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born March 27, 1807. He was the son of Honorable Steven Longfellow an eniment lawyer. When Mr. Long fellow was ir. college he once spent a great many days over a single lesson, a Latin poem, which he changed into English. When it was read one of the trustees of the college said, "There is a man we need for a professor, some day we must have him." When Mr. Longfellow was only 19 years old he became a professor in his own college. He graduated from Bowdoin college in 1825. After spending four years in Europe he was professor of modern language and literature at Bowdoin. He He signed his professorship in 1854, after which time he resided at Cambridge, Longfellow wrote many original works both in verse and prose, and made several translations, the most famous of which is that of the works of Dante. His poetry is always chaste and ele gant, showing traces of careful scholar ship in every line. Of all the poets of America Long fellow is the most widely known and loved. Here are a few pomes of which he is the author: Hiawatha, Evangeline, The Wreck of the^lesperus, The Rainy Day, The Village Blacksmith, The Builders and The Day is Done. Longfellow is my favorite author. Wilda Conger, Fairfield, Iowa, R. R. No. 1. lilMiP- v4.t? T&J^ v. OTTUMWA IOWA Dear schooldays of youth. We will remember them when we are grown. Working each day for aft education, but always enjoying our merry school days. Falling out with one another al ways to make up and be as good friends aj ever. We do not realize that these are some of the happiest days, of our life. We all remember our school days as Days." 'V «*•"•./ "I'd own a horse, yes, two or three, I'd plow, I'd sow, I'd reap I'd have a pasture full of cows Abraham Lincoln was born in Ken tucky, February 12, lSOJh He:was the sixteenth president of the United States and the second child of the family. He was the^ child of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He lived in a log cabin with three sides to it. When the Black Hawk ^rar broke out he was. ready :to ruary. in 1863. The reason that Washington is president. He was shot by John Wilkes grander is because' he was the first president of the United States. He was called the father of our country. 0 "•/rX'- FEBRUARY STELLA'8 PET DOG. I once had a little white puppy. H« was two or three weeks old when him. Papa brought him home one evening In a hand bag. Papa surprised me. He put the little fellow on the floor. He»waa no larger than a rat anu just as white as snow. He didn even have, his eyes open yet. I tried to raise him on a bottle, but I soon saw tna* that Would not do. So I taught him to lap it up. He grew to be a fine little dog and I named' him Buster. I taught him several little tricks. He would sit up for.something to eat. He was about si* months old and one day he was taken 411. I tried to cure him but could not. -He died that night. I felt flo sorry about it Stella Dale,' age 9, 229 S. Davis St., Ottumwa. 8CHOOL DAY8. The Dear Old Golden Rule Helen Melvin, age 10, 318 N. Marlon, Ottumw%, JOHN'S GUN^ Once upon a time there lived a boy named John, and he had a gun. One day he asked his-mother if lie could go hunting. And she told him that Vie could go. He went hunting and when he got into the woods he shot two squirrels and a quail. He went home well pleased with what he had killed, and he put his gun away .a\£ took sood care of his gun so when he wanted to go hunting h,e had a gun to hunt with. Eliza Hull, /.ever, Mo. DEEDS OF MARTYRED PRESI DENTS. There were three martyred presi dents—Abraham Lincoln, James Gar field and William McKinley. flieht. Hie set the slaves free He was the first martyred Booth and died a few" hours later. Jaihes Abraham Garfield was the second martyred president. The first" Garfield who came to this land was Edward Garfield, who" made a home near Watertown,Mass. When the war for independence broke out, James stood with gun in hand at Concord Bridge, at sunrise on the morning of April 19, 1775. He was born in 1831. In 1858 Garfield was wedded to Miss Rudolph w'hom he had" known for' a long time. One day four months after belng.elected'president he and his friend Mr. Blaine were ready to go on a short trip and went into the depot at Washington, when a shot rang out. Another followed and the president sank to the fioOr. He was taken to Elberon, N. J„ where he drew his last breath, Sept. 19, 1881. William McKinley was the third •martyred president. He was born January 29, 1843, at Niles, Ohio. He was the son of William and Nancy Mc Kinley. He was the twenty-fifth presi dent of the United States. When the war broke, out in 1861 young McKinley gave up his work and went with the trops to the seat of war. When peace came Major McKinley went' to Canton and took up -law. In 1869 he was mar ried to Miss Ida Saxton of the same town. In 1887 this bright young man was sent to congress. Ip 1891 he was the governor of Ohio. On March 4, 1898 President Mc Kinley took his seat at the head of the land. The trust in William Mo: Kinley. was such that the whole north, east, south and west said,. "He knows what to do. "W6 will do what he CISltS U8 tO." On Sept. 5, 1901, President and Mrs. McKinley were at the exposition at Buffalo. While he stood with a smile on Ms face with kind words on his lips for both rich and poor, a bad man shot him. At first it was thought that the president would live, but in a week he knew his end waa near,,so he said farewell to, his wife and Mends and then in a faint voice gave a few words of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee." Before the next, morninfe, Sept. .14, came,, the pure, great sonl. of William McKinley had gone to the "Home of the Blest." News of the death brought a deep grief to ^he, whole land. Wishing the Junior page much suc cess, I will close, fva Ltndsey, age 10, R. F. D. No i, Ottumwa la. AN IMAGINARY TRIP IN AN Alft SHIP. One day'a linn asked me to take a ride with him in his airship. I told him I would go and ask. my papa. When I came back where the man was I told him I could. The man said that he would be ready in a half an hour. So .Went' and got ready. I dressed warm for I thought it would be cold riding. When got down to where the man wan he was all ready to go. We started from Los Angeles .at seven o'clock for Ban Francisco. W® went about thirty miles an hour. It was fine to ride away up ta the "air, the honses looked so small, ybu could not see small things like chickens and turkeys. It took us about sixteen hours to go. We had a'flne ride. On the way we-saW many nice things. The W?i that I went with bad an* uncle that lived in flan Francisco, so we there and stayed two days. We went around over the city, and went out to the bay. We saw mapy things there The next day we styed at his uncle's. !ilr -.1 *t iK 'C wr?*ri.t.-'? 1911. I told the man I had a fine time and would like to go again." -He said that I could go some other time too. This war broke out betwen Our country and England. George In his boyhood :*&i yw It was on Wednesday when we started home at seven o'clock.\ We had a fine journey home. It rained, but we were air shut up tight. It was like being In a litle house It had ttapped in# letter to ajnother that lost five raining when we got to Los Angeles.'- MIS name .was Smith. When I.got home I t°M my P^Pa and mamma all about my trip. be thirteen years the 21 of Itebruaix I will close hoping to see my story in print. Wl Roy W. Copeland, age Libertyville, Iowa, Box 60. GEORGE WASHINGTON. George Washington was bom Febru ary 22. 1732. He was the first presi dent of the United States and a great general in the revolutionary war. wf1^fdnnt® become a sailor but his his older brother Laurence him not to go. Then he studied hard "and7 became a surveyor. We celebrate his birthday as a great day. He uover told a lie. From a Junior. Myron Van Fossan, age 10 Ottumwa, Iowa, R. R. No 4. CHARLE8- DICKENS. Charles Dickens was born on the 7th day of February in the year of 181^. After he grew to be a man he was called a great novelist. At the time of his birth his father, whose name was John Dickens, was clerk in the navy pay office. Charles Dickens first published tne "Sketches by Boz" in the year 1836. "David Copperfleld" was one of tne greatest novels that he ever wrote. Charles Dickens died in 1870 at the age of 58 years. He was burled at Westminster Abbey. Maude SkirVin, age 12, R. R. No. 2, Florls, Iowa. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE ERAY. THACK- William Makepeace Thackeray was born July 18, 1811, at Calcutta. His father and grandfather were both in the Indian civil serv.lce. Thackeray was educated at Charter House and Trinity, college, Cam bridge, but left the latter after two years," without taking his degree. He was a novelist. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote for the Times, The New Month ly, Fraser's Magarine and many other publications. His first book was "The Paris S He also wrote "Vanity Fair," which was isued in monthly numbers in 1847, to be followed by "Pendennis" and "Esmond." while "The Newcomes be gan in 1853, concluding in 1856. William Makepeace Thackeray died on Christmas eve, 1863, and was buried at Kensai Green, London. Mabel Skirvin, age 12. R. R. No. 2, Florls, Iowa. AN IMAGINARY RIDE IN AN AIR SHIP. It waB the month'of Atigust and my uncle had come to visit us. He cams from Nebraska in -his airship one night. He said "Everett, be ready in the morning and I will take you a ride in my airship." The next morning I wm the first one up. After breakfast we all decided to take a trip to Des. Moines to tM fair. When we first started I felt a little diazy, but soon .got over it When we went over the city of Chariton everybody looked so small.. We arrived at Des Moines about noon. We began to descend and alight ed a little way from the ampitheater. We ate our lunch on the way and were BoOn ready to .look around a little. We started home about 4 o'clock. We had an adventure when we got about half way home. The engine stopped and we began ta fall to the ground very slow* ly. When we struck, none of us "were hurt, but we were a HttBs/scared. My uncle fixed the engine and we started again. We got home about 9 o'clock. I had enjoyed my ride very much but would rather ride in an automo bile. -y Your Junior friend, Everett Goltry, age 12. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The great martyred president of the war of the union: was born and raised in the backwoods, self educated and doomed to labor. He carved out a career that is unique to the .history of this country and one of wnldn every American is proud. "Abraham Lincoln's fame," said General U. 8. Grant, "will ever frow brighter as time passes and his great work is better understood.". Lincoln's birthday is February IB. It is legal holiday In soma states of the union. On his way to his inaugura tion on Washington's birthday, 1861, he waa asked to raise the flag of the -union over independence hall. Abraham Lincoln was a hard wort ing boy. He loved to read books. He was only 10 years old when he went to school. Hit school bouse waa not like ours it was made of logs. Abraham Uakoln wore buckskin clothes'and a coon cap. Abraham Lincoln became president of the' United1 States. .The noblest, best man, next to Washington, that ever sat in the white house, and that la our well beloved Abraham Lincoln. Floy Hughea, age 12, Albia, Iowa. J. -e/f DEEDS OF MARTYRED PRESI DENT8. Ahr&hani Lincoln was... the first martyred president. He was bora Feb. 12, 1809:: He was poor, but he *«VIW!FC!TO6 ?3$ 'P *4 was honest and honesty is the best policy. He was a great debater and he set the slaves free which was a lot to his credit. He wrotesar.._.— A*-- sons in the struggle for liberty. James A. Garfield was born in 1831. His administration was simple but he honored his father and mother. At Garfield's inauguration he first kissed the bible and he kissed his mother. William McKinley was born inl843. He was a true man to his country. He let Spain know that he would not stand for the sneaking trick that she played on us. He was a good man to his aged mother but he too good man was shot by an anarchist and when he heard that the people were after the anarchist he said "Do not hurt Mm" and when he was on his death bed he said, "Not my will but thine be done." FOB sympathiz- Alden Doud, age 13', Doud's-Leando, Iowa, Box 98. LINCOLN'S KIND AND HUMANE DEED8. Dear Editor: I know many Juniors will write about the brave and heroic deeds of the martyred President Abraham Lincoln so I thought I would write about= some of hlB kind and humane deeds. Once while riding along with other lawyers Abraham Lincoln saw a pig fast in a mud hole. As he had on his best suit 'of clothes, he did not want to touch the muddy pig, he rode on, leav ing the pig to get put of the mud hole as best it could. But he could not get the thought^ of the pig out of his mind so after riding about two miles he turneid his horse around, rode back and helped the pig out. He said he did this to "take pain out of his own mind." Another time while he was riding along on his horse ,he saw a litle bird that had fallen out of its nest. He rode two or three mjles, then turned his horse back, picked the poor bird up and put it in its nest. Thomas Hess, age 11. Otumwa, R. R. No. 9. GEORGE WASHINGTON. George Washington was one of our first presidents. He was born on the 22 of February 1732 and died in 1799. He was made president in 1798 and served till 1797. He lived to be 67 years of age. It has been 112 years ago, since he died. John Adams was our next president. He was our first president, and one of our greatest men and that is why we celebrate his birthday. ... Florls, la. R. R. No. 2. JX D. Ault.' DEEDS OF MARTYRED DENTS. PRESI- In a lowly log cabin in the state of Kentucky was born the most notable man in history. It was on the morning of the 12th of February, 1810 that this man was born. Who was he?- He was the I noble, honest Abraham Lincoln. His father was poor and he had to work hard tor a living. He would deal square with every one. He once bor rowed a book from an old farmer and after getting tired of reading it he laid it on the shelf. On arising the next morning- he found that .the book was ruined by-the rain, but he dried the leaves and told the farmer1 all about it. The kind farmer told him if he would pull fodder for three days he could have the book. Lincoln said that he would and the book was his. He would settle disputes between other boys. He was a great debater. When he grew to be a man he would stand for his de oision and nothing could change it. He was elected president for two terms and he was the means of the freedom for the slaves. But before his second term was ended he was assassinated by a crazy man at the theater in his bo*. All the world prayed for his re oovery, but he died on the 15th of April, 1865. James Garfield was the second martyred president. H)a was a poor boy and his father died when he was young. He worked hard to make a liv ing. He went to school in the winter and worked on the "farm In the sum mer. He read all of the books he could find. He knew the verses of the Bible so well that he could repeat verse after verse without making a mistake. When he grew older he would drive th* team at the tow path. Then, he went to high school and after'he had saved over $800 he went to college. He then was made an officer in the civil war. He fought in the battles of Shiloh and CMokamauga. This made him prominent among the great men of the war. He waa elected senator from Ohio in 1877. He was then-nominated for president by the republican con vention. He was.elected butwas In of fice only a few months. When news of till election reached him, he kissed the Bible and then his mother. As he was standing In the depot on his way to Maseaohusetts he was shot by a mm teamed Glteau, and died three months later. The third martyred president was WiUiam ICoKtaley, He waa born at Niles, OWo, In 1843. He was very stu dious. He was Junior in a class in a oollege in I860. When the civil war broke oat he enlisted as a private in the union army and through his brav ery he arose to the offices of captain and brsvet majon He studied law at \he close of the war. He began to praotlce in Ohio. Hje was soon sent as representative to Washington. In 1891 he was ohoeen far governor of Ohio, and was re-elected by a much larger majority, tie was eleoted in 1896 to the office of president At the Buffalo ex position he was assassinated by Leon Csotgosa. He died Sept. 14. 1801. At the hoar of his funeral all Work was stopped for a few minutes. Even steamboats and railway trains stopped where they were. Alden Doud, age 13, Douds-beando, la. A* IMAGINARY TRIP IN AN AIR SHIP. Dear Editor: It was on April 24, 1910 that a party of Juniors and myself started on a pleasure trip In an alrshtpw Our aviator was Phillip O. Parmalee. We were a merry crowd, but when we began tg ascend we began to feel a llttle bit dlsxy and for a wonder we kept quiet. After we were up a while we got used \x 4 uf'nfywm ,.•* ^V, W All latter* for this department iwwl be addressed, "Courier Junior?* "Ottumwa, low*."* V^ty THE CHILDREN to the air. Then we began'looking to see what things looked like down be low us. We saw steeples, smoke stacki and automobiles but they looked very small. Our airship was sailing west so we soon reached Colorado. We told our aviator to stop on Pike's Peak. When we arrived on Pike's Peak it was cov ered with snow so we had a snow ball battle above the clouds. We descended to stay two .or three days sightseeing near Denver, Colorado. So we took the car on the cog road and rode down tha mountain to Manltou Springs, which a very beautiful place. It. is noted foi its soda springs. We visited Colorado Springs, Mountain park, Garden of the Gods, Balance Rock and many othec—^ places. Then we called on Marie Dible Vj and Invited here"to go with us as our 5.Y!at0JLwas ready to start for Salt Laks City. We arrived at Salt Lake City in the evening and as we neared the Lake it looked so beautiful as the sunset re-* fleeted on It. The aviator lowered the airship, and we all went to the hotel for supper. Then we spent the evening in sightseeing and many other ways in the morning we all went bathing in the lake. We had lots of fun. W# wen not afraid of drowning as we wouldn't sink in salft water. Our next place of interest was Yellowstone Park. We were ready to start at 12:.3fi «'cldck on #5" April 30. We arrived t)fe next day at Yellowstone Park and our aviator and we Juniors put up at the Old Faithful Inn. The next morning we started out and saw many grand sightB, and among them was the Old' Faithful geysers, the Kettle geyser and Foun tain geysers. We then went to the other side of the park. We saw Yellow stone falls, Mammoth Hot Springs and other interesting places. We then told our aviator that we wanted to go to San Francisco, California. On our journey we lowered our airship and sailed- over Sacremento valley and saw the pretty vineyards and farms and in teresting view's. We soon came to the bay of San Francisco. It looked so pretty. We lowered our ship and we saw Uncle Sam's battleship fleet. As we passed over the bay. We alighted a San -Francisco where we Juniors and our aviator were met by many friends and .relatives. Among them were some Juniors which we were very glad to see. We had a very pleasant time at San Francisco. We visited the Pacific ocean and the Cliff house. My sister, Aunt Ilene and my little couJflij Lois took all of us to the Golden Gate park. We stayed all day. We rode on the merry-go-round and saw all the animals of which there is nearly every kind. We saw lots of little Japanese girls and boys, and they loked so cute dressed in their little costumes. We also went across the bay to Red Man's canyon and picked calla lilies where they grow wild. We started for Los Angeles on our homeward Jouri' ney. We found Los Angeles a very pretty place and with warm sunshine and beautiful flowers. After we had spent a few hours in Los Angeles we continued our journey and started for Roswell, New Mexico, where we saw some more of those wonderful geysers. We left Roswell, New Mexico for Fort Worth but as we were very tired we did not stop at Fort Wprth or Okla homa, but we stopped at St. Louis, as we had heard so much about the place. We visited many places ef interest and among them the beaut'iful gardens, which are so noted there. Then we .started for home, arriving home safe and feeling very good over our trip. We all thought we had such a fine tim? and we will never forget our'trip in an airship. We all thanked the aviator for his patience and good work for our pleasure trip. AN IMAGINARY TRIP IN AN AIR rv'. SHIP. ... 1 The last week of our spring school in 1908, several of my school friends and I were trying to decide where to go. to spend our summer vacation. Tbe eumm'er before we had taken a trip to tbe mountains and although we enjoyed it very much we would likia something different this time. At last we decided to take a trip in an air ship. We were very busy the next two weeks getting ready to go. It was hard to get any 6ne *Xv a •A i- II I "if. r*t ••fk 4,^ Lois Griffin, age 11, Albia, la., R. No.'". T' •V 5- 4 ,4 fy,' to take us, but at. last we found the right person and we were so anxious to go that we could hardly wait until the time came for us to start. We started from here July 15 at 8:30 a. m. We had not gone very far when something broke and we started down again but not tbe way we would like to haVb gone. At last we found out what was broke, fixed it and started again. It was very exciting and some of us have not gotten over our scare yet. We were not certain where he were going but thought we would stop when we got tired. It seemed very strange to be BIRTHDAYS OF GREAT MEN. Longfellow was born February 27 1807 at Portland, Maine. He was great poet. Some of his poems are: A Psalm of Life, The Reaper and the Flowers, A Midnight Mass For the Dying Year, Evangeline and Hiawatha. Longfellow wrote many beautiful poems.' Washington was a great man. He was born February 22, 1782. We cele brated his birthday to this day. He was the first president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was bora Feb ruary 12, 1809. He was the sixteenth president of the United States. We al so celebrate Lincoln's birthday. It will soon be here. The mall carrier doesn't come on his birthday nor on Washing- 3^^' ton's birthday, either. Will close as I can not think of any thing more to write. Hope good suo cess to the Junior page. Blanche Marie Wheaton, age 13*c R. F. D. No. 1, OituBwra, la, if I i, A *14-' BO high up and flying around with the birds. The things below us looked very funny too. They were so far away. When we got to Des Moines we were so tired that we thought we would stop there. We telegraphed tc our friends at home that we were well and having a good time. We stayed in Des Moines three days. We went up in the capltol in an elevator. We reached home safe and sound July 18 and we were all glad that we had decided to take a trip in an air ship. lona Hancock, age 12, y? I* 11 L-4 I K" liilniilinr