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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-03
LOST AND FOuNn-

I CsT-lt :ae wedding a. ST Ato.sius Chu-gH
u ihG.-d ~, is- ms al+, = EEe.'s bsfr 50 AWI,
th rcd center. Th4 fuder vii be suitably Is
warttt % letyiTG if ~ 1872 street ort3 81
] Os1-9n The p Instant, on Perm -ylvanis ave-
y TCe, between 18th Buf IQ-h streets, S20-t~o
S 10 notes and I've no Is. A sai.6be re ward
will be paid II left st This office. It.
LLEW AWAY.-Yestert4y moruirg a G q ~ I,
4 NABI. Ih- finder viii be hb-~.liy re- ~
Wasged ty returning The snna 70 3x9 Peuusyl- = ~
vsria aveIUer tCClomNIa Hytel) 1t
CST--ln going from q end Ig,h street, 10 AuaEos-
a tan Boat House, COLO MOH09gAM Pts,
"a Is q .lthe hu'er will be rewarded By returning
It 20 1914 street. 0c-2 -
s'AME TO MY PEENlsEs OS THs 9Th Of
- september, a WHITE STEER, Ths-As
owner VIII please call aud prove property & %
Pas dEmagts, ana take him away IAlA-
oci2 Ct BIcge Bosd, near Drovers' Rest.
's'ABEN CP AsTRAY Ga tue 80 h ul'. a
y WHITE and RED COW, with horns, gn<ra1
IICCr out tf che ear AID split In tts EtzSy~
ether. The owner will c-m. forward, Ja.zNz
ETO'e property, Pay charges and axe her away.
PATRICK HOWLIN,
Cct2 81 hoo New Jersey avenCe >. q.
/ CkT-YestrTdsy afternoon, lst inst, etther in
"a the "a ON Navy Yard TO lst street west; or,
from LIST ttfeet TO st Alloy sins Church. one GUILD
BRACGl EFT With mali safe ty chain attac he'd, bro
hen. The fl der " i'll be ibsrally rewarded by re-
turning the TO MES. FORBES, 10 Penn
>. u auta EVeIue rOrtf wet. Cct2-2tT
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
No Baby IN the ttouse,

Among misfortunes NAV be named.
prominently, that of having no baby
IN the house. There are very good
people, we suppose, not blessed
with parental interest in any child,
who really deceive themselves into
the belief that they are happy. The
morning newspaper is never torn be-
tore 1t is read the sitting room,
when an unexpected caller arrives,
Is never cluttered with paper dolls.
and baby carts and blocks that are
forever building into house and
forever tumbling into ruin. There is
never tired head to hold, or little
feet that had grown weary with the
day to rsb. There is no danger M
the parlor carpe;, and it isn't neces.
sary to put the house plants tn at have
bloomed out of the reach of childish
hands. There is no fear that ,hs
slop bucket will be Invaded by one
who has just got the last clean apron
on and there is no staying home
from the church sociable because
the nurse wants TO go out, or be.
cause baby is sick, or cross, aud will
have no ones care but mothers.
And still there is more than enough
on the side of the baby TO make his
absence misfortune. We will
leave it to the word of any one who
has ever tried it.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09

The p. o. is connected with the
hrm of 5. K. q S. X. Morlan. We
receive the mail twice week, from
two points, East and West. Next
month there will be three mails.
The last house mentioned, is the
large, stone school house, which at
present serves two purposes, school
and church. We have Sunday
School and preaching every Sabbath.
The day schools are generally well
conducted, and good order prevails.
Miss Dell G. Huntington has sue
ceeded your humble servant in the
school room, who left the field of
usefulness to take pity on one of
the rich old bach's that swarm the
country, buying and holding claims.
Although many quarter sections are
taken and being put under oultiva-
ton, yet there are many acres of
beautiful prairie waiting for the in
dustrious farmer to locate and i'm
prove, then trains of emigrants are
coming in everyday, looking for
claims, and mostly all from Iowa.
We need no longer to enquire the
State they hail from, for the invaris-
bic answer is, "Iowa." | would add,
they are very sensible people. The
country here is healthy, and the eli
mate, with the exception of hard
winds, delightful. The people are
alive to their interests generally.
] lust now they are making grand
to celebrate the 4th ap-
propriately, the programme will
if carried out, be sue
coss, and Judging from the interest
N Manifested, il certainly will not be a
failure. Many forest and fruit trees
have been planted by the farmers.
Large orchards, many of them peach,
are bearing now. So you see, we
will have plenty of fruit in the course
of few years. Then friends, if any
of you stand in quest of homes, and
health, come TO this part Of Kansas,
and see for yourselves, what pen
fails to describe.
A. M. M.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
LICENSE. oIScORo.

Col. Eibeck, the delegate in the
State Antl-monop. convention who
was jeered and insulted for Offering q
license resolution, has rousing ar.
ticle in the Des Moines Stoats
Anzeiger, in which be handles that
convention with severity. He char
acterizes the treatment he received
at the hands of that body as "intol-
erance, gaging, mob spirited" etc.
He takes the hide off the hypoerites
In this style:
"The great majority were policy
men. Every motion, every sugges-
ton, every resolution was submitted
to the critical eye of policy. Policy
for the sake Of the party predomin-
ated in every thing, and party rose
above principles. The ingeniously
worded platform is indicative of the
whole aims and purposes Of the con-
vention. A beautiful collection Of
words and phrases, which, like the
Arabian Nights, please the Juvenile
ear, but can be construed by willy
politicians, like the one who wrote
it, into anything and everYthing-to
catch votes. 1t was policy that let
loose those gIittering generalities on
finance, and it was policy which
passed the lodging resolution No.
l0l. But it was not policy. Z
The great majority of the convention
claimed to be in favor Of license. We
necer saD so many license men as.
se1nbLed at one time. If all were
honest in their professions they could
have carried resolution endorsing
it by an overwhelming D10i0rfty." !"
: *MThey said "they 'oo'tbd
this gear catch the temperance Uote
and nezeyear they eot<td decetoe and
go back upon them. "Can
a party be trusted which ia its infan-
cy seeks to delude and deceive any
Of it's sdherents 2"
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
KANSAS LETTER.

WHITE Rock, June 22d, 1874.
EDS. HEBALD Being a reader of
your valuable paper, which comes
every week freighted with home
news, which we go dearly love to
read, and.also resident of the West,
l thought that perhaps few lines
would probably.be of interest to your
many readers. We will try and give
you brief description Of our SIN all
town in which we live and now call
home. II is situated in Northern
Kansas, Republic county, and bears
the name Of White Rock, it derived
it's name from the immense amount
of white lime stone around it. This
stone is quite superior for building
purposes, az it is soft when first taken
out of the quarry, and can be cut or
sawed into any shape or size, and as
it stands it becomes hard and solid
Many fine residences are built of this
stone in this section of the country.
The town was established in 1870 by
Messrs. Lowell, and Babcock, at
the time when it tried the very souls
of men, as the Indians would come
to their doors, drive away their stock
and take their wives and children to
the miserable wigwams. In the last
years it has improved rapidly, and
is settled by class of people, who
are endeavoring to make the town
what it may, and should be, one of
the best points of the West. Every
facility that could be desired for any
branch of trade is ours. Plenty of
water, timber, stone and coal, large
country for grazing and stock rails
ing, over two thousand head of cattle
and hogs, were wintered in our i'm
mediate vicinity, Living as We do,
about forty miles from the nearest
railroad station is drawback we
have to contend with at present, but
we confidently trust that in the
course of few years at most, to
have the steam engine whizzing
through our now little town, which,
if so, viii make large place. At
present, there are two large, well
filed stores, in which any thing can
found that is of practical use, we
havn't the variety of dress goods
that you have in the east, nor is it in
demand, for the ladies here, do not,
or can not spend the greatest part of
their time in making fine dresses,
and those who came from the East,
bringing a supply Of good clothes
with them, wear them few times
then lay them aside, and provide
themselves with some prints for
dresses, and sun-bonnets for conye-
nience, and thus be like their neigh
bors, instead of trying to cutshine
them, hence the good social feeling
that exists with as. We have also
in our town one drug store, one jew
elry store, one hardware store and
an agricultural depot, two black
smith shops, one cabinet shop, and
one saw mill, besides many neat
residences.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
The Worm at the Core OF The Iowa
Apple.
A. M. M.


Apple.
The great trouble with Iowa and
Western States generally is that we
ship too much Of our produce in
bulk, and but too largely of import.
ed articles. Until we build up and
sustain manufacturing and mechsni-
cal industry to such an extent as to
cause very large per cent. of our
products to be consumed and manu-
featured at home, we will not have
permanent relief. Railroad charges
are exorbitant, middlemen are too
numerous, and too many men are
trying to live on their wits but re-
duce railroad charges so per cent.
eradicate middlemen and obliterate
the drones, and something yet re-
mains to be done. The Grange as
sociation may have helped a portion
OF our people, but the general public
cannot appreciate it. 1t may keep
Mr.. Dodge in an easy position, bat
it has not revented him from telling
the truth. Free trade sounds well in
theory, but cannot be put into prac-
tice, in view Of the heavy revenues
that must be raised and when each
individual is demanding protection
in his particular business or profes-
sion, it is fallacious to demand free
trade. which at this time is as
great a humbug as is the
cry for prohibitory tariff. If every
railroad track was doubled, every
man granger, and free trade the
rule, we would still grumble and be
unhappy. The true road to eontin-
ued prosperity is to spend less and
manufacture more. We are all too
extravagant in our ideas Of living,
and we spend, in consequence, m ore
money than we earn. We do not
manufacture enough within our own
State borders. If we manufacture
extensively we could sell our pro-
ducts at better price at home right
now, and could buy manufactured
articles at less figures. Middlemen
would not be so plenty, and railroad
charges would not be so high. If
manufacturing establishments were
scattered all over our State, the peo-
pie engaged in them would buy right
at home. Railroads would then
study the question, Chow can we
carry at the least price 2" and not
the question, "How can We charge
the greatest price and still do the
carrying 2" And then while we
might not all be happy, we would be
in better frame of mind, and not
disposed to grumble every time
somebody pricked as with a thorn.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
For the Benefit of Takers.

This man was talked to DEATH
Keep thou the door Of thy lips
Billie.
Silence never has betrayed any
one,-Rivnrok
Speech is Of time. Silence is Of
eternity - Cartyts.
Even fool when he hslaeth his
peace is counted wiss.--BibIs.
We speak little if not egg.d On by
vanity.-Rochefoucaukd.
None breaches better than the
ant, and she says nothiDg.--Frosak-
lin.
If thou desire to be wise, be 80
wise as to hold thy tongue.-Quarkes.
prefer the wisdom of the un-
learned to the folly of the loquacious.
Cicero.
Not everyone who has the gift Of
speech understands the value of 81
lence.-LoUeter.
Learn to bold your tongue. Five
words cost Zacharias forty weeks
silence.-Fullsr.
Those who have few affairs to at
tend to are great speakers. The
less men think the more they talk.
-Momtesguieu.
A person that would secure to
himself great Difference, will, per-
haps, gain his point by silence as eff
fectually as BY anything he can say.
-,S}senstone.
There are many who talk on from
ignorance rather than from knowl-
edge, and who find the former an in
exhaGstible fund of Conversation
HdzLitt.
Takers and futile persons are coma
monty vain and creduIous withal /:
for he that talketh what he knoweth
will also talk what he knoweth not.
-B0con.
Brisk takers are usually slew
thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild
beast more to be dreaded than
communicative man having nothing
10 communieste.-Ses1t.
The talkative listen to no one. for
they are ever talking. And the first
evil that attends those who know
not how to be silent is, that they
hear nothing.-PJ1torch.
Sheridan, at a public dinner, was
unexpectedly called upon to say
grace, when he acquitted himself as
follows: "What No clergyman
present. Thank God for al
thingsp
a Prince of Italy, whose donin-
ion was Of small extent, ordesea q
person out Of il in twentyfour hours:
1.-THE prince has been liberal, for |
can Quit il in half sn hess, ensvered
the banished man.
No ian can take less pains than
to hold his tongue. Hear mus = ana
speak little for the toague 10 the in-
strument Of the greatest good ana
greatest evil that is done m ene
vorld.-Siy Water Raleigh.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
BOTH SIDES.

A man in his carriage was riding along,
A gaily dressed wife by his side;
In satin and lsces she looked like queen,
And he like king in his pride.
A wood sawyer stood on the street as they
passed
The carriage and couple he eyed
And said, as he worked with his saw on
log,
81 wish was rich and could ride"
The man in the carriage remarked to his
wife,
zone thing would give if could
I'd give my wealth for the strength and
the health
Of the man who sawed the wood"
A pretty young maid, with bundle of
work,
Whose face, as the morning. was fair.
Went tripping along, with a smile of de-
light,
While humming a love breathing air.
She looked on the carriage the lady she
saw,
Arrayed in apparel so fine,
And asid in whisper, II wish from my
heart
Those satins and laces were mine."
The lady looked out on the maid with her
work,
So fair in her calico dress,
And said, "I'd relinquish position and
wealth,
Her beauty and youth to possess"
Tbuu n Ia IN the world whateyer our
lot
Our minds and our time we employ
In longing and signing for what we have
not,
Uugrateful for what we enjoy.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09

The Fairfield Leager says horse
reared and struck w. ID. Clapp On
the head, inficting ugly wounds.
A side show attached to Grady's
circus victimized Josiah Vertrses, an
old man of 10 and q. a.minister in the
Christian church. He didn's go into
the circus, but a young fellow invi-
ted him into a side show, and his
cupidity was so aroused, after he
was once in that he tried to get 800
by investing $40. He failed, and it
cost him S23 more in trying to reeoy-
er his lost 40. He spent sea and
then didn't see the show.....M. +.
Greene was caught by knuckle On
power-shel eller and had bis clothes
torn almost off him, bat he saved his
life by clinging to q awagoR-wheel un-
til the clothes gave way.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHUEE EH.-Rev. j. T. Childs, Pas
tor Services at IJ,, a. m, and 7h.p. m. Sun
dag school "a. n. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
ingr. -
Services az IOh a. m, and p. m. Sunday
School, p. m. Prayer meetings, Thursday eve
SIMPSON CHARGE-(M. E.) Rev c. L. Stat
ford. Pastor. Services at l0H q. m. and D.
sunday School at 2 D. m. Prayer Meetings Thurs
dav evenings.
n. sunday School at l2h p. m. Prayer
atings. Fhrrsday evening".
FRS + PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Corner
OF llarr sOu and Monroe streets. ii. ,. Snod.
grass. Pastor. Regular services at II a. m ana
o. p. m. Sunday School ~ a. m.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
No pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Service on sundays
at 1880 a. m, and 1880 =. m. Ihur'aays al .9op'
sunday school at l2;l5 ,. m. janice AIeh'
Rector.
UNIyERSALIST TSOClETY.-No regular seryi-
ccg. sabbath school At y. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. - Elder b. w;
Johnson. Pastor. Services at lOI q. m and
10. m. sunday School 2I2p. m. Prayer meeting,
Thursday evening.
L. p. CHURCH.-Rev. r. A. McAyael,
Pastor. Services lOh a. and Z p. m. Sunday
school 91i a IN. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
{ugr At p. IN.
SECOND NJ. E. CHURCH (Colored).-
- Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10Y
A. m Sunday School at az p. m.
FRIENDS MEETING-Corner OF Monroe and
High streets. On lst and 4th days of the week, at
10 a. m: on Let day at p. Sabbath School i'm
mrdAtelY after services on lst daY morning.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09

Conrad Herbest and hls son Henry
were drowned OF Darlington, last
Saturday, while bathing. TIE faith
or undressed and went into the water
first and stepped off "piseh off"
Being unable to swim, he called to
his son for help. Henry rushed into
the water to assist him, when his
father olutched him by the leg and
pulled him beneath the surface, and
they both perished.
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A small child of Mr. Ed mundson,

A small child of Mr. Ed mundson,
Of Concord township, Louisa county,
came running into the house exclaim.
ing: Look, mamma, pretty, prettyp
Her parent on looking beheld sight
not often Witnessed The child bad
caught rattlesnake around the neck.
Its body and tail were wrapped
around her arm, and the child
thought she had the prettiest thing
imaginable. The mother, thorough
ly frightened, tainted, but the father,
with grea: presence Of mind, caught
the ohilds hand and held his shake.
ship so tightly thet it could not bite,
until with the other hand he had un-
wound the snake from the child's
arm, when, with sudden jerk, he
threw it out of doors, and then killed
IL
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09
IOWA NEWS.

The Fairfield Ledger says George
Aoheson had his leg broken by
jumping from an omnibus as the team
was running away Zach Bakers
house was burned with most of con-
tents, last week.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-09

Lord Stowell was much pressed
by an anxious divine (who expected
. certain living) to Inform him what
it worth. "My dear friend" said he"
ssit is soorth having"
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A Liverpool woman, to shield her
husband, who was charged with re-
moving the end of her nose, swere
that she bit it off herself.
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MASONIC.

TNla aLUATNAR LODGE, No. Is, A. f. II A. NJ.
Stated communication Friday evening on or
before each full moon. &. ii. PHELPS, W. NJ.
+. IL. GREEN, Sccy.
HIRAM CHAPTER, No. 6.-Stated communi-
III cations Wednesday evenings before full
moon. IL. X. KENDIG, ii. p.
r. BAKER, Sec'y.
TUSCALOOSA COUNCIL, X. Il s. NJ, No. z,
~ meets at Masonic Hall on first Monday even
ing In each month.
II. HOWARD. T. l.. M.
r. =. BACON, Recorder.
nEPAYEN'S COMMANDERY, X. T., No. g.
IL Stated communications second Tuesday
evening I'm each month. II. G. LEIGHTON, Z. c.
JouN II. PERRY, Recorder.
Transient brethren OF any degree invited to
meet with
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1. o. o. +.
l. o. G. T

h-KALOOSA LODGE. No. G60.-The 81 bordin-
u ate Lodge OF this order, meets every Mon
uar evening IN old Masonic Hall, over Fret Nat
i8u.I State Bank. .'egrse Lodge meets every
OF each monGh. Mem
her- og the order visiting IN the city cordially
iuv:-eG 80 meet with u.
wN r. LACEY, W. c. T.
wv. 2. HELLINGs. W. Sec'y.
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HOTELS
LIVERY.

II IVERY AND Bus LINE.-For the best liv-
i cry iu tow call 81 TIE BAshaw or City Liv-
s-y Of Downing, NcMIlItn 6 Co OmnloGses 20
arE f-oE Al. Iralns on Central and D v r. Re-. y
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

TOHN A HOFFMAN.
j ATrURNE NET-AT-LAW, and NOT AIRY
PUBLIC, North =.ts public square, OzkAl oosa,
T-.gs Il
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-17
DoDaEv1ILr, WIS, April I6, 1874.
Candidate for Congress.
HIGHLAND, April

HIGHLAND, April IA, 1874.
Mr.. EDIToR.-The time approaches when
we must select some man to send to Con-
gress in the place of j. Allen Barber.
Who shall it be? Shall we of Iowa county
vote in the convention for some man who
is more than anxious to "bleed and die"
for the dear people. in Congress, and who
is leaving nothing undone to secure the
nomination, or shall we select some good
man to serve US who is not seeking the
office, but who, if nominated and elected
would serve US we'll and faithfully? I
think there can be no choice in the mat
ter. We must pursue the latter course
if there are any such men in the county
or district.
We have in Iowa county two such men
at least. refer to L. W. Joiner and
Francis Little. Strong, able, upright men;
men who have grown gray among us;
men who have been weighed as public
servants and never have been found want
ing. Neither of these men would "rattle
about" much even in the position from
which J. Allen Barber is about to retire,
and neither of these men seek the office.
Again these men are not professional
politicians, nor yet lawyers. If man is
selected from among politicians or lawyers,
after the election he Will hear ringing in
his ears the curse "Woe unto you lawyers
and politicians" [ don't think a man
from either of these classes can be elected.
The farmers at present are demanding to
be heard, and some attention must be CIV
en- to their demands. Still do not think
they are entitled to the control of the
government nor do they think so.
Which of the men l have mentioned
shall we support? Or if there is better
or stronger man in the county or district
than either, let US support him. But here
at home let US unite upon one man if we
are to haye candidate before the conven-
ton, and we may then reasonably expect
to see that man nominated and elected
Let the matter lie agtated and decided at
our convention to elect delegates to the
general convention.
Yours, &C., P.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-17
Car Robber Arr ested.

Martin Lohre, an engine wiper on the
NJ. & St. P. R. R., who lives at Mazoma-
ME, was arrested last Saturday on charge
of stealing goods from freight trains. The
company had been missing goods for years
but had never bsen able to detect the
gully party, till recently suspicion was
fastened upon Lohre. 1t seems that he
had key which fit the freight car locks
and while the trains would be standing
at Mezomanie he would watch his oppor-
tunity. open car, take out such goods as
pleased his fancy, lock up the car, and no
one would be the wiser At one time he
captured" case o" slippers and at an
other bale of buff 10 robes, and it was
his lberality with those articles, we un-
derstand, that first led to his being sus-
picioned. On searching his house, last sat-
urdav, the officers found four barrels of
sugar and enough miscellaneous goods to
start pretty respectable country store,
which indicates that even the position
of an engine-wiper may be made 10 pay
we'll financially, for season. Lohre will
doubtless get situation in the State chair
factory at Waupon.