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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04
He Saw Himself.

Such incidents have been the turning
point in the fortunes of more than one
family. You must excuse me, gentle
men, for cannot drink anything" said
a man who was known to the entire
town as a dTunkard.
That is the first time you ever re-
fused drink" said an acquaintance
The other day you were hustling
around after a cocktail, and, in fact,
you even asked me to set hem up"
"Thats very true, but am a very
different man now"
Preachers had a hold of yOu?"
mo, sir; no one has said anything to
me-"
well, what has caused the change ?
all tell you. After leaving YOU
the other day kept hustling after a
cocktail, as you term it, until | met a
party of friends. When left them |
was about half drunk. To man of
my temperament a half-drunk is a
miserable condition, for the desire for
more is so strong that he forgets his
self-respect in his effort to get more
drunk. l remembered that there was
half-pint of whisky at home which
had been purchased for medical pur-
poses.
just before reaching the gate /
heard voices in the garden, and look
ing over the fence | saw my little son
and daughter playing.
No; you he ma said the boy, and
III be pa. Now, you sit here, and I'll
come in drunk. Wait, now, till l fill
my bottle
"He took bottle, ran away, and filed
it with water. Pretty soon he returned,
and, entering the playhouse, nodded
idiotically at the girl, and sat down
without saying anything. The girl
looked up from her work and said:
James, why viii you do this wayY
'Whizzer way 2 he replied.
"Gettin' drunk
Who's drunkY
You are; am you promised when
the baby died that you wouldn't drink
any more. The children are almost
ragged, an we haven't anything to eat,
hardly, but you still throw your money
away. Don't you know you are break
ing my heartY
81 hurried away. The acting was
too life like. could think of nothing
during the day but those little chill
dren playing in the garden. "--drkan-
Sds Traveller.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04
Contractors Diseases.

DR.. E. E. Salmon. chief of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, submitted 70
the Commissioner of Agriculture a re-
port on contagious diseases among an
finals. Considerable space is given to
the detailed history of the recent out
break among cattle in Kansas, and TO
the description of its symptoms. He
reaches the conclusion that the disease
was ergotism, due to eating fungus
known as ergot. Upon the treatment
and prevention of the disorder, he says:
"When the first signs of disorder APP
pear the most important point TO be at
tended TO is to make a complete change
of food and it to be of good quality,
nutritious and free from ergot. Il
would also be proper to give dose OF
physic, from one to two pounds of ep-
som salts in order TO remove as much
as possible the poison still contained
in the digestive organs and to follow
this with soft food, such as mashes and
roots. In most severe cases in which
part of the limb is almost lifeless the
treatment viii avail little. The great
er number of cases, however, had not
advanced to this stage when lameness
was first noticed, and this will be great
IL benefited by removing the cause
and placing the animal under favorable
circumstances for resisting poison, a
very important condition is warmth,
even when animals are fed large guam
titles of ergot. They seldom suffer,
except In cold weather, and consequent
ly i'm attempting to check an advance
of the disease, advantage should be
taken of this fact by placing cattle in
warm sheds. Another condition is be-
lieved by some TO have much influence
on the development of ergotism In the
water supply. With plenty Of water
always at hand, the animal can resist
ergutism for longer time, than when
there is deficiency of water Ergot-
ism can probably he prevented by cut
ting hay before the seed forms. In IL
Iinois and Missouri I saw the clearest
examples of this hay, composed Of the
same kind of grass, cut on the same
land, that was free from erg0t or large
IL infested with IL, according as it had
been cut green or ripe. Hay cut green
Is more digestible and In every way
more valuable than that which is al
lowed 10 become woody and ripe, and
the latter is much r'ore tablet 0prodnce
severe diseases snea ~ indigestion and
ergotism. This disease may therefore
be avoided by proper and careful man
agen1enI.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

"The FIRST million would take 30 years
to die in, the second million 10 years,
and the third substantially 20. The
percentage of decrease Is very slow in
the first few years, or up to this time
not over per cent each FIVE years OF
those living In heprevious semi-decade.
From 1886 to 1890 the death rate be-
comes 8 per cent; 1890 TO 1895 10 per
cent; 1926 10 1900, IA per cent; 1900 TO
1905. 19 per cent; 1905 to 1910, 80 per
cent; 1910 TO 1916, 80 per cent; 1915 TO
1870 S. per cent: 1920 TO 1925, 81 per
cent; 1926 to 1890. So per cent; and 1880
to 1885, SO per cent. The greatest num-
Der of absolute deaths will occur be-
tween 1910 and 1915, when more than
800 veterans will be buried each day, or
3S0.934 in all. These figures are not
strictly accurate, for they are based on
the assumption that those who sur
viyed the war were each Is years old,
bat this is not true. This Is the aver
age, and while stating 1t In this way
viii make no material difference in the
first 50 years, there will be decided
increase in life expectations In the
later years. The youngest OF those
who served on either side are now
about So while the Oldest are S.. There
are many who have not yet attained
the age Of 80, and their expectation Of
life Is far beyond what have given
the average now being ~. / believe
that enough of the younger men are
living TO maintain q respectable role
up into the thirties and f0rties. To
give the numbers more closely would
reuuire q calculation Of all the ages In
the army for each Of the four years.
which would be long and tedious
task.
~The pension list, however, win not
be ended when the last veteran dies.
The revolutionary war closed l0I years
400. yet many pensions ON that account
are stiIl drawn from the Treasury hy
soldiers widows. Last year they ntfn-
bered about forty, and may be expected
10 expire in about three years from
nov. presume the Survivors ef tha
civil war and their widows viii De
pensienAl in the next century. sEid lE
the same rnls Is followed we shall have
paid cut our last money directly oEl aes
count Of services Isl the year 1853. We
have N immense number uI wluosF
uenssoners oE the wax Of 1879 pea
kate il life na8rry Young wusaen, Ehsrs
free g1aisksg I,saa s q EezlfS of 81 yEAfs
q ass De Neen tlaeu1s
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

Chicago Journal, NoU S.
Il is not yet to be conceded that Cleve-
land is elected to the Presidency. If
the face of the returns shall show that
he is elected, it is because the actual,
honest vote was not honestly
counted. Terrorism, violence and
fraud, not votes, have done the bad and
unpropitious work, if it has been done.
Observe the pOrtentOus mOnotony of
the returns from the solid SOUTH
Alabama will give 10000 Democratic
majority" say the dispatches. The yOt-
ing population of Alabama is as fol-
lows:
COlOred voters. 1898
There are enough white Republicans
added to the cOlored vote, which would
be Republican If it was cast and
counted to have carried the State for
Blaine by a decided majority. The Re
publican vote was suppressed and dis
franehised, and the State goes for
Cleveland.
In Georgia, say the dispatches, "the
majority for Cleveland will not be less
than 10000" The number of voters in
Geo. "a is as follows:
w mite NObSlS. 15l tS0f
Col0red voters l43,4n
If the vote of Georgia had been di-
vided on the color line, it could not
have given over half of 10000 white
majority. Therei is large white Re-
publican vote in Georgia. The State
has been carried for Cleveland by in
| timidatiOn, force and fraud.
Florida is claimed for Cleveland.
| Its vote is as follows:
WnlDe voters. .................54 ,ZlU
Colored voters. EI,4Ss
There are doubtless 10000 or 1900
white Republican voters in Florida,
and the State should have given large
majority for Blaine. IL il has given a
majority for Cleveland the result was
gained by DISTINGUISHING a large proper
ton of the Republican voters.
Louisiana is claimed for Cleveland
| by 10000 majority, Mississippi by So
! 600, and from South Carolina, while no
| figures are given, the report comes that
@the Democrats have carried every
| thing" The vote of these States, re-
spectively, Is as follows:
Colored. White.
Louisiana. ..... .lO9,eTI lOSySl0
Mississippi .i30,278 I08257
South Carolina. 1889 $500
In none of these States were the Re
publican voters permitted TO vote In
sufficient numbers 20 imperil the sue
cess of the Kuklux Democracy. Shot
| guns, pistols, bludgeons ana the terror
/ of the Kuklux name carried the States;
they were not carried by q majority Of
the voters. That they should be
counted for Cleveland is q crime against
| the elective franchise, and a crime
against the country.
These six States, which Blaine should
have carried, and which he would have
carried If the votes had been fairly
cast and honestly counted, cast the fol-
lC wing electoral votes:
tbama. ..... 10 South Carolina. @
Izeorgia- IL -
Flori u .......... 4 Total Kuklnxed
Louisiana $500. 8 electoral vote Sc
Mississippi. ....
The voting franchise is Q sham il
| this fraud Is permitted 60 enjoy its
triumph. The country was not worth
saving If the rebels were TO rule IL
afterwards by system Of atrocious
terrorism over the majority OF the vot-
/ eTs. IL the Solid South is 20 rule the
country through an open fraud upon
| tha baliot-box, the results OF the wa
have been forfeited and lost, and It was
fought In vain.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04
4 LIFEs HYMI


As roam . sunny sabbath In country garden
Mid the b. wers and vined arbOrs, meath the
green elms waving there;
Above the songsters' happy warblings, from be-
hind q grassy knoll,
Comes young girls sweet voice singing, Jesus
lover OF my s0ul;"
Gayiy, Idly. lightly humming,
Jesus, lover Of my soul"
After years see this maiden In the village
Stand beside allowing husband. yet unburdened
Both their hearts in union beating; both their
voices also roll
In the grand and glorious anthem, Jesus, lover
OF my souls"
List their humble suppiieaff0n-
Jesus, lover Of my soul"
Then see her sad and weeping-left alone upon
Broken are the chains that love forged. All her
visions faded, sere;
Bleeding. crushed, the wounded spirit mOurns,
its only hope death stols:
But she nnds her refuge now In Jesus, lover Of
my souli"
Broken hearted. lone, she's praying,
Jesus. lover Of my soul.'
Now beneath the old church altar. decked with
flowers caSket lies;
In 1t rests the weary pilgrim; gently on the still
ness rse
The low notes OF the choir chanting, TO the SOL
emn bells toll-tOll-
The requiem OF the unclaimed captive, Jesus
lover Of my soul"
Ger the soul released from thraIldOm,
Jesus, lover Of my soul"
-AdcdRcC.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

Everybody knows in general way
that Cleveland owes his election to the
solidity of the late rebeIlious States,
but it takes the actual figures to show
how emphatieally and conelusively the
loyal states still repudiate Democracy
and all its works and cling 20 the party
of the Union. Here are the figures ac-
cording TO the latest returns:
pIuRALrrfFs FoR BLAME
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

LII EEaEE E7z5F7els AEJWL0N WEsl1V1s
stint over Cleveiand's election. They
think they see free trade and depressed
Industries fer America in tho near fu-
.ure. but q Republiean senate inter-
Yenes.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04


PLuRALITIEs ron eLByKLANn.
Connecticut. .Sa9 New York. .0Ts
New 5srsey ASH ndiaaa. sue
Total ..,........ 19eoa
Blalne'a N0rthlrn majority SIS -
II is the old story, which has been
familiar Tor thirty years past.
Wherever intelligence, education.
thrift, good order temperance. and
progress rule there the Republican
party Is strong and triumphant Where
Iliteracy, drunkenness, laziness. VOL
ence, and hsall0t-box stnflne most 10
flourish there are the Democratic
maiOrities.
The contrast is full az Significance
II means that the Republican party.
though temporarily beaten. still has the
alle0laaee ct the heart and brain OF the
country, II means that the party OF
liberty and law is not dead. bat az fuIl
Of vitality as ever. &c fneans that the
raacti0nary Democratic elemesifa which
are sh0Ftl~ coming Into CONTROL az the
0overnn viii do 80 under strict
snFyel llah.s from TIE loyal people az
the country. II means thar il viii take
only 4 slsght yielding 81 Democratic
q aEaIkistra.inn - the nainrsl desires
asa 1sltaeneies 81 IS paKkg Is rear0use
lha old nisln eniFit ii the Ntlxth aud
So sg tbs Democracy ont again IL Eea
Politicians all STRIPES n II IHna THAR
2ee0sia1 il studying she aaEniaeant
and 81 re AHaEee Bic. q .s;ssrasS
k~~-a~
he Louisiana sgsF aran has hesu
much g an0 ~ aaNeeA HrasEaht
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg,
Illinois, says: Having received so
much benefit from Electric Bitters I
feel Il my duty to LEI suffering humane
~ knoy Il. Have had q running sore
on nv 4 for eight years; my doctors
told q would have 70 havB the bone
scrap@ on leg amputated ] used, IN
stead hree bottles ef Electric Bitters
and sven boxes Bucslen's Armies
Salv and nag leg h now sound and
vel
Electric Ritters areeoId ct Atty cents
80. per box b Green 4 Bentley. nz0
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04

New York 0rehardsgs wh0se trees
we're infested with aphlflea. have
found t0harco water ihe baat remedy.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13
A CURIOSITY.

A writer in the Washington Post
relates that when Mr.. Rounds was
first appointed government printer,
his good nature made him an especial
object for torment by people who had
friends to be cared for. For some
months he knew no rest from this
kind Of worry. One day a cores
pendent ask ed him for some special
information. He at first declined to
give it. Then, when Che correspond
ent said he was going to the COM
mittee on printing. Mr.. Rounds said:
wait until tomorrow and perhaps
l can accommodate you without that
trouble. The next night Mr..
Rounds assVas seated in an arm. chair
On the Ehhitt House corner gas ping
for breath Of the kreeze from the
Potomac. The correspondent. who
was going home, cav him, aud, 60
ing up to him, said: "How about
that Ettle matter of which [ spoke to
you yesterday" Mr.. Rounds stared
feebly- at the questioper, and eaii:
"'n try and get your lady friend
appointed as soon as l can" "But
l have no lady friend. don't want
sx9 appointment Mr.. Rounds at
this jumped from his chair, seized the
correspondent by the hand. and
walked him cut into the full light Of
the gas lamp on the corner, as he
said: II want to take a good look at
a man who lives in Washington and
who hasn't young lady friend whom
he wants appointed in the govern.
meut printing office.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13
SEA.SICKNRSs.
"Most cases OF sea ,iekness .a;, Al,

Most cases OF sea sickness" sais
. steamship stewart to a San re
porter, the other day, are pathetic
though smile sometimes when tn,
braggart keels over. On every trip We
have at least one man who boasts O,
his ability to Withstand sea-sickuess.
He always says that the trouble is as
largely mental as physical, and that
a man OF invincibIe determination
Can ward it of BY an effort of will.
the fall of this man to q condition of
pltiable wretchedness has it's humor-
Gus features for us-not for man.
Women are more subject to sea.
sickness than mon. But, on the
other hand, they stand il better. A /
woman struggles right up to the
point despair against tbe-what II
might call the improperly of the
thing. She isn't so much tortured
oy the psngs as she is worried by the
prospect of becoming disheveled.
hsggard snd drsggled. She fights
against it to the last. and keeps up
appearances as long as she can hold
up her head. Then she becomes
naudlin and pathetic She takes to
her roolI and invariably asks three
questions. First. whether people die
frequently of sea sickness, then how
many miles We are from shore, snd.
astly, when We will get there. She
'lso often asks me how deep the
water Is, and if I think it possible for
my one to go seven days without,
God. The doctor is always talked,
yer. / am asked time and again i'll
think he is capable and efficient,
nd il l have confidence in him.
When tie patient gets so i'll that she
osss Interest in the doctor, she. usu.
lily lies on Der back and cries by the
our. Luckily the. most violent
ttacks last but short time. Men
i've In at once. They below like
ulls and make great rumpus until
hey are compelled to take to their
erths. Then they grumble and
wear until they are we'll enough to
0 on deck again. A great many
assengers come aboard loaded with
Medicines and useless schemes fer
he prevention Of sea-aickness."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13

SHILOH'S CURE WILL imme-
diately relieve Group, Whooping
Cough and Bronchitis. Sold by Z.
C. Il l. Drug Store. 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13

For Lame Back, Side or Chest
use ShilOh's Porous Plaster. Price
2Ss. Sold By 2. O. N. L Drug Store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13
For the closing Winter months.

Ou Stock well known the city, all ne
goods of purchase which will offer further an
nouncement
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-31

The demand for colored gems is as
great as ever.
Linen collars stand higher than eve
about the neck.
The skirt trimmings of walking suits
are usually very narrow, consisting of a
little plating or rufiie at the very edge,
aud suggesting protection rather than
ornamentation.
The latest method OF wearing the
watch is with ribbon bow in place of
chain. The watch is tucked into the
bosom of the dress and the bow is ar
ranged gracefully outside.
Sapphires are plentiful this season,
hence lower in price than heretofore.
Fine diamonds, rubies and emeralds
are exceedingly scarce, and therefore the
more to be priced by all who possess
them.
A pretty redingote is of dark green
violet, made long enough to hide the
whole Of the dress, except where it
orens little liz front. All round the
edges it has deep trimming of chin
chilla.
Green is the prevailing color IN i'm
ported bonnets for the autumn and
winter. and is seen in the usual dark
myrtle and foule greens. but is prettier
IN the new and lighter ericsson
shades.
A new autumn skirt, which seems to
answer the purpose Of sustaining. the
upper skirt and dress very well, is made
OF 4 very stiff corded mohair, with small
box pleated fiounces, which at the back
ascend to the waist
Armholes Of children's dresses are
trimmed IN new manner. A piece Of
medium width velvet ribbon goes en-.
tirely around, and the two ends, winch
meet On the shoulder, are tied In q
graceful looped bow.
Little girls of all ages wear felt and
beaver hats. with high aloping crown.
and vide brims. The fav0rike c0l0rs are
Brown. beige. fawn and some shades 81
ed. trimmed with fancy feathers and
yeluek The quaint little bonnets o.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-31
RernIlardf,s Ending.

Once she was rehearsing Frou-Frou, !"
and everybody awaited her entry, when
suddenly she broke out with: "Oh
how tiresome all this is What life
What a beasily life she said something
stronger than beastly. for Mile. Bern
hardt in vituperation and coarseness
could give lessons to Biilingsgate fish
wife ~ am sowearied of it." What
do you wantsn some one asked; "no
woman save Catherine of Russia has ever
been so glorifed and admired and loved
as you. OF what can you complaint y
She was pensive for moment, and with
an explosion of unrepeatable epithets:
81 suppose am exacting, but / cannot
foresee how it will all end, and want 3
startling end. just think what a SPLEEN
did end it would have been for Henri
Rochefort had some one shot him as he
was escaping from Noumeal That death
wauld. have been admirable. There's a
denouementI There's fifth act That's
the way should like to end. Gambetta
ended thus-drama, mystery, and all
that sort of thing. / say, tell me frankly,
some of you what think you will my
ending be2 - Chicago Tribune
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-31
Senatorial Chlrogranhx.

Describing pages life in the United
States Senate chamber, Edmund Alton
says in SO. Nicholas: Some of the Sena-
tors were rather reckless in their CHICO
graphy, and frequently one Of them
would simply hand to me scrap of
paper with some writing on it, without
saying anything at all, expecting me TO
understand what he wished. | would
turn these notes upside down, sideways.
and cornerways, and could hardly tell
from the hieroglyphics whether tho
words we're good old Anglo Saxon or
Hebrew. But / studied these various &c
centrcities or styles--I was about to say
s'sysfemsv -of legislative handwriting
with such ardor, that finally became
able to read them all. So well known
did this accomplishment of mine become,
thar was frequently appealed 10 by per-
sons about the capitol to decipher writ
ings of other people, and, strange as it
may seem, Senators have actually asked
me to read their own marks which they
themselves have been unable to recog-
nize after making. / joked a Senator
about this one day, and told him |
thought it was curious he could not read
his own handwriting He did not like
to acknowledge this fact, and declared
that he coulds
Well, said ], picking up letter
which he had just written and which
lay upon his desk, sspll wager, sir, you
can't tell what word that is" and put
my two hands upon the sheet of paper so
as to cover all of the writing except that
particular word.
"Oh, " he exclaimed, asif were doing
an unreasonable thing in covering up
the other words, take your hands
awayl'
But then he could not make out the
word, even by the help of the others or
the context Of tho letter, and laughingly
admitted that he had forgotten what the
scratches were intended for. Atanother
time saw on a desk q piece Of paper
that had on it comical likeness or
image of a human skeleton in miniature
IA profile view of the skull, the ribs,
and the other bones, even to the foot.
| wondered who the senatorial artist was,
aud IN handling the paper I chanced to
turn il another way. And what do YOU
think It wasa It wasn't meant for q
skeleton, after all. It was nothing else
than very hasty autograph of senator
George F. Edmunds.