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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-01

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RTLY before
Thanksgiving Mr..
SIawson won a tur-
key at a rattle and
~ brought IL home 20
fatten for the coming
- festival. Tie entire
household followed him 10 the back
yard, where he tied the bird By one leg
to clothes post and proceeded TO build
a small coop in the fence corner. While
the rest of the family stood around
hndering Mr.. Slawson's work by max
ing suggestions and by laughing Mt him
when he struck his thumb with the
hammer, the two boys. Fred and Rob
bic, were engaged in making the ac-
quaintance of the turkey. Robbie. the
younger, was for naming him Dan. aft
er the grocers boy who took him for
rides, but Fred stoutly maintained that
the honor would better beft Uncle
George. who had red whiskers. MIR.
Slawson settled the matter by saying.
with wink at his wife. that the tur-
keys name was Dennis.
During the soft, summary days which
foIlowed-for In Savannah the Novem-
Der sun shines warmly-Fred and Rob-
bic spent most of their time at the
coop. feeding Dennis with whatever
came to their hands, and soon the ac-
quaintance rlpened into comradeship.
The turkey became as one of them-a
playfellow Then the next door neigh
boris boy climbed upon the fence and
asked:
when you going to kill him ?"
xii whoY
1.-THE turkey"
"Wbatd we kill him for?"
"For Thanksgiving. Amt you going
to eat him?"
The ideal Eat Dennis!
But after Fred and Robbie had gone
to bed the night before Thanksgiving
they heard their mother call out softly
over the banister:
"Sam. are you going to kill the tur-
key tonight%
NO" Mr.. Slawson's answer came
from below. "I'll do it In the morn
ing"
Then there was lot OF tremulous
whispering under the bedclothes in
the up stairs back room. and when all
the lights had been put out two little
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-01

London. Nov. 29.-The government OF
New Zealand, according TO a dispatch 10
The Times from Wellington. Is importing
go modern railway carriages from the
United States.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-01

wANTED-ACTIvE MAN OF GOOD CHAR
deliver and collect in West Virginia for old
established manufacturing wholes ale house. 5000
ear, pay. Honesty than experience
quIred. Our reference any bank in any city. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope Manufacturers,
Third Floor 334 Dearborn Street, Chcsgo-oI5-l6t
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-01
AUcTIONEERlNG.

Having procured licence for auctioneer
ing | respectfully solicit a share of the
public patronage in that line. ! will cry
sales on per centage or lump the Job
My charges shall be IT asonable and salts
faction guaranteed
E. X. HENSON,
7-I-9oI ny Bunker Hill, w. Va
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
IOWA'S CORN CROP.
Estimated That Yield Will be
900, 900, 900 Bushels.

Des Moines, Nov IL 1.-THE corn
crop in Iowa will exceed the SOC, COO, :
900 mark" said Director John R..
Sage, of the weather and crop ser
vice. "Recent reports from some of
oar reporters throughout the state
indicate that the crop is going to be
even larger than was at first esti-
mated. The quality, however, will
probably be somewhat impaired by
the wet weather of the fall, and the
value of the crop will be lessened
considerably, This will have COM
parativey little effect, however, as
the great bulk of the corn crop is fed
right here in the state, and the
merchantable value does not effect
materially the value of the corn for
home feeding purposes. Practically
all the corn raised in Iowa is sold in
live stock, and the profits are always
good. Probably twot thirds of the
crop is in the crib by this time A
small percentage of the corn will be
reduced in value by moulding to the
extent of or 4 cents per bushel,
perhaps. The fall has been too wet
for the highest success of the grain
crops in the state, though the yield
will be enormous. believe the yield
will be as high as 40 or Al bushels to
the acre. Last year it was So and 9
fraction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15

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same strict professional privacy which
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needs and requirements of the body.
All its effort was to guide the heart and
mind. The body might stumble along
anyhow, and it generally did.
Many a sweet-faced, modest-minded
young girl has had her first doubts of
the goodness of Providence come in
through the door of physical suffering.
uWhy must suffer in this way Z" she
asks, UWhy does my back ache, my head
throb and my side pain, so that / am
fain to creep away into a darkened
room and forego the pleasures which
belong to my season of ife?"
NO ANSWER COMES
as rule to these questions. The young
woman looks around and sees scores of
similar sufferers. She is told it is part
of the burden laid upon women, and she
shapes her shoulders to her heavy load.
This is all mistake. Proper train
ing, proper physical care would many
times prevent these miserable condi-
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by medicine.
81 write few lines to thank you for
your advice and grand remedies, to
which / owe my health, and perhaps
my life" says Miss Flora 1. Greer, OF
Io7 Howe Street, Akron, Ohio. Why
trouble started during my childhood,
but did not prove serious until 1893,
when met with an accident caused by
horse running away. From that time
did not see well day. / suffered at
every monthly period with terrible
headache, irritation Of the spine and
pains in my heels so could not bear
them resting on the softest pillow.
What suffered pen could never de-
scribe. / had soreness through my
hips and ovaries all the time and con-
slant backache. Was afraid to be alone,
imagined that every one hated me, and
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One doctor would tell me one thing
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because SO decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to adj
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness of the blood-the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis
covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. 1t has cured thousands
OF apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail, also a book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Or. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, and
mention this paper.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
Notice of Administrators Sale.

To Whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned w. S. Martin, admins
traitor of the estate of Calvin J. Jack
son, deceased, will sell at public auc-
ton, under and by virtue of the au-
thority and order of the district court
of Mahaska County, Iowa, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated
and lying in Mahaska County, Iowa,
to-wit:
The north twenty-five acres of the
northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of Section Three, Township
Seventy north of Range Four
teen, west of the 9th p. M;
Also the south sixty acres OF the
east half of the southeast quarter of
Section Four in said Township and
Range;
Also the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section Thirty
three in Township Seventy-six, north
of Range Fourteen, west of the 9Th
P. M.
Said sale will take place at the door
of the court house in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
at O'Clock P. M, on Saturday the
1st day of December, 1900.
Terms of sale will be cash down
and the property will be sold to the
highest bidder. The sale will be made
subject to the approval of the court.
Witness my hand this 31st day OF
October, 1900.
w. s. MARTIN, Administrator
of the Estate of Calvin ] Jack.
son, Deceased.
LLsToE MCMILLEN, Attorney for Ad'
Iainistrator. lava
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15

In ali doubtful matters of politics or war
men are never pearer right than when GO.
ing with their own hth and kin, regardless
OF consequences"
This condition. he says. has raised diff
culties and Instructions in pacification.
Gen. Macarthur quotes captured CORE
spondence to show the efforts OF the .nsur-
gent leaders TO intimidate and control the
people. He declares that the guerrilla bands
could not exist except for the support they
receive from the towns. He says that the
education OF the Filiplnos will tend to Sc
cure their submission, but indicates that
this will take a great deal of time and
patience end an adequate force.
Regarding Government of Islands.
In closing his report, Gen. Macarthur,
after speaking of the establishment of
republican form of government in the
Islands, says:
"In the light of existing conditions 1t is
difficult to realize that there is any possi-
bility of such future for the islands, es-
pecially so as at present, and for many
years to come, the necessity of a large
American military and naval force is too
apparent to admit of discussion. On the
other hand, however, there are many en-
couraging conditions to sustain such a con-
viction. For example, In the Philippines
there is no dynasty to destroy; no organ
ized system Of feudal laws to eradicate; no
principles inconsistent with republicanism,
which had solidly insinuated themselves
into the national life, to displace no adj
verse aspects of nature to overcome. on
the contrary, nature, which is exuberant,
balmy and generous, has nourished into ex-
istence several millions of sensitive and
credulous people, without allegiance to any
existing Institutions, but animated by GER
tain inchoate ideas and aspirations, which
by some unfortunate peryersion of thought
they conceive to be threatened by America.
These people, fortunately, are intelligent,
generous and flexible and probably will
yield quickly and with absolute confidence
to tuition and advice when thoroughly in
formed of American institutions and pur-
poses.
'As a future thought in the same direc-
ton, it may be suggested that the Aryan
races are making their way back into the
old continent, which as a consequence Is
likely, within a generation more, to become
the theater of gigantic political activities.
Up to this time the practical effect of re-
publican institutions has not been con-
sidered in this connection; but the rapid
extension of republican civilization in these
Islands, which is not only possible, but
probable, of necessity must exert an active
and potential influence upon the affairs of
Asia, which, under the inspiration of
American ideas, transmitted through Fill
pinos, may yet exhibit the greatest of po-
litical wonders. A rather broad concep-
ton, perhaps, but one well calculated to fix
the attention of the most casual observer
and warm the fancy Of the most indiffer-
ent." .-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
A NOTE FROM OHIO.
Old Time Citizen of OslKaIOOsa Tells of
HIS New Surroundings.
o. lumbus, O., Nov. 9, 1900.

o. lumbus, O., Nov. 9, 1900.
EDITORS HERALD: 1t seems that
we are compelled to put up with the
Full Dinner Pail for four years more.
Mac and Teddy must be all right, so
say the people.
In this congressional district we
have bad as exciting a time as we
did in the 9Th district of Iowa when
Major Lacey ran against Gen. Wea-
yer the first time. II it could be
possible, here is more rejoicing over
Tompkins' victory for congress than
over the presidency. The democrats
here thought that there was no man
that could down Lentz. He is now
serving his second term and was
elected two years ago by majority
of 100.
We were nicely fixed here for re-
ceiving the news. Had wire put in
hotel and gave flash returns on can
vas. l am anxious to get my paper
from home TO get the minor details
of home election in Iowa usually
get it on Friday mornings but 1t is
not vet here. l send you copy of
Ohio State Journal, this mornings
issue. Since knowing anything about
Iowa l have ever thought of her as a
grand state, and since coming here,
l have from hearing people here talk
or express themselves about Iowa,
come to the conclusion that she is
not only grand, but wonderfully
grand in almost all ways and second
to none. Everybody has a good
word for Iowa.
We have had delightful weather
all fall. Yesterday we had a snow
squall but no snow in sight this
morning. did not expect to write
a letter when / commenced this but
thought would advise you of send
ing the Journal. My health is about
as usual. Ollie is threatened with
the grip but some better this morn
ing. Would like to see you all and
expect to by next spring II all is
well. lost my vote; first time in
3s years. With best wishes to all,
am, Yours truly,
II p. WEAVER.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
A Domestic Tragedy.

Bucyrus, o., Nov. 12.-Mrs. Amos
Dice filed suit for divorce in court
here Saturday and at an early hour
Sunday morning her husband beat down
her door with an ak and demanded
that she withdraw the suit. She re-
fused to do so, and he opened fire on
her with a revolver, one of three shots
taking effect in her breast. Dice then
shot himself and also cut his throat
with razor, but the wife fought him
off until he dropped dead from loss OF
blood. Mrs. Dice is now in critical
condition,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
DROBATE NOTICE.

l. In matters of the last will and
testament of James Souter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that there is
now on file in the Office of the clerk
of the district court of Mahaska coun-
ty, Iowa, an instrument of writing
purporting to be the last will and tes-
lament of James Souter, deceased,
and the same is set for hearing on
the 4th day of December of the
next term of the district court, to be
begun and held in Oskaloosa on the
4th day of December, 1900, at which
time objections can be made to the
approving of said will and it's admis-
sion to probate.
Dated this 9th day of October, 1900.
r. K. DAVIS, Clerk.
By j. @. HENDRIX, Deputy. 14wJ
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
special services

There were special musical services
at the Y. M. @. A. rooms Sunday
afternoon. Miss Della Jackson ap-
peared in special solo work that was
greatly appreciated.
There was very meritorious
special musical program at the Con
gregational church in the evening at
which viii Lacy, Miss Garretson Mr..
and Mrs. Hare and Mrs. Ray APP
peared. The solos of Miss Garretson
and Mr.. Hare and the organ solos by
Mrs. Ray were the musical features
of the program and they were listen
ed to with the closest attention. The
program was repeated by request
from the service of October 20.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
)MINIsTRATRTX,s NOTICE.

IA Notice is hereby given to all
persons interested, that on the 9th
day of October, A. d. 1900, the under
signed was appointed by the district
court of Mahaska County, Iowa, adj
ministratrix of the estate of Geo. j.
Turner, deceased, late of said county.
All persons indebted to said estate
will make payment to the under
signed, and those having claims
against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court
for allowance.
Dated Oskaloosa, Iowa, October 81,
1900.
HATTIE E.TURNER, Administrative
R. K. DAVIS, Clerk.
By j. @. HENDRIX, Deputy. 14w3
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
ASPHYXIATED.
Mother and Son Found Dead in Their
Home in IndianapOIis-ES-
Gaping Gas the Cnube.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. ~. - Eliza.
beth and John Gum, mother and son.
aged sc and SO, respectively, were
found dead Sunday evening at their
home, No. 1851 Linden street, by vii.
liam Gum, son and brother, who re.
sides in another part of the city. The
house was broken open and was filled
with natural gas, which was escaping
from the kitchen stove. On touches
were found the two dead bodies. They
had been asphyxiated Thursday night
by the gas diminishing till the flame
went out and then coming on strong
in the night. They had retired.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
IRELAND SHOCKED.
Country - Press Claims Reptiles
Were Imported by Englishmen.

London, Nov. 12.-St. Patrick's de-
cree and the experience of nearly 1900
years to the contrary, snakes have
been found in Ireland. Two specimens
of the ring reptile have been discov-
cred at Bray. The entire country is
Mortified. The serpents Immediately
paid the penalty of death and their
skins, it is said, will be kept in ma
tional museum as curiosities. The
Irish press maintains that the reptiles
were imported by Englishmen. The
announcement has caused great stir
among the people, and especially
among those who are admirers of the
saint who, the legend says, struck his
crozier in the ground and banished all
serpents from his isle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
10 he n Notable Exhibition.

Chicago, Nov. 12.-The international
live stock exposition, to be held in Chi
cago from December to s, promises to
be the most notable event of its kind
ever held. There will be 10000 head of
animals on exhibition, including 1900
head of royalty pedigreed cattle, 1900
sheep, 1000 hogs and 400 horses. The
remainder of the exhibit win be ami
mails of the fat classes. There will be
700 classes represented and about 5000
premiums, amounting in all to $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
Old-iaShiOned Training
Its Strong and Weak Points.

The strong point of the old.fashioned
training was the stress laid upon moral
ity and virtue. uBe good and you'll
be happy" was the common precept set
before the growing child. But as the
girl grew up to maidenhood she was
often sorely puzzled to reconcile those
past teachings with her present eondi-
ton. She was good. Her soul was
pure as the lilies of her garden. Her
heart was unde61ed. And yet she was
desperately unhappy by reason of physi-
cal ailments common to women.
This was the weak side Of old
fashioned training: 1t ignored the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
DUPLICATION NOTICE OF APP
PIINATION EOR PERMIT

Il PLICATION FOR PERMIT.
In the district court of the State of
Iowa, Mabaska county, December
term, 1900.
In the matter of the application of
j. O. Thomas, registered pharma-
cist, for permit to buy, keep and
sell Intoxicating liquor:
NOTICE.
To whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given, that the ap-
plication of the undersigned j. @.
Thomas, registered pharmacist No.
1858, doing business under the firm
name of j. O. Thomas & Co., of Bax-
ter Town, in County of Mahaska,
State of Iowa, praying for permit to
buy keep and sell Intoxicating liquors
on north part of lot No. %, Baxter
Town, in County of Mahaska, State
of Iowa, will be on file in the office of
the clerk of the district court of said
county, on or before the Sth day of
November, 1900, and that said cause
will come on for hearing in said court
at the December term of said court, to
be begun and held at Osk aloosa, Iowa,
on the 4th day of December, 1900.
j. @. THOMAS, Applicant.
By BOLTON & BOLTON,
15w3 His Attorneys.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
Police News.

There were couple OF cases of in
ebriety from Saturday night before
Mayor Wray Monday morning and
the usual fine was arranged for.
VIM. .Kinkade before Justice Ross
on preliminary hearing for seduction
was held to the district court.
VIM. Carney charged with carrying
concealed weapons had hearing be
fore Squire Ross Monday morning
The case of Finley Resm for threat
ening to commit public ofense ha'
been indefinitely continued.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15

IN every hundred nave
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From the first change OF
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vYour letter Just re-
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swords fail to express
how thankful / am to you
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15

1899, through the advice Of neiehbor.
and followed your advice from April 10
July. took FIVE bottles Of Doctor
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spanixh-American Congress.

Madrid, Nov, 1.-THE secret session:
of the Spanish-American congress will
begin to-day. They will be devoted &c
a study of various propositions for the
development of the commercial rela
lions between Spain and Latin Amer
lea, The press warmly welcomes the
delegates in language which is circum
spect, showing no hostility toward the
United States. but upholding the ne
cessity Of the unity of the Latin fam
lily in America.