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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
THE AMERICAN RAAD.
An Organization In New York to Raise
Funds TOR Boer Widows and Orphans
and Other Purposes,

Albany, N. Y, March 3.--The Amer.
lean Rad, for the assistance of the
South African republics, was incor-
porated yesterday by the secretary of
state. Its principal office will be To-.
Gated in New York City. 1t is organ
lned to raise funds for the relief Of
the widows and orphans OF those
killed in the South American war and
TO assist the South African republics
and their citizens by all lawful meth.
obs consistent with neutrality laws
of the United States. The directors
are George W, Van Siclcn and William
j. FrIer of New York; p. Souler Wes-
sells, Of Rloemlonlein, Orange Free
State and Andrew Devine and Albert
II, King, of Brooklyn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

Hon. Theodore Schoch, the veteran
OF veteran editors in Pennsylvania, is
now confined to his room suffering
from stomach and kidney troubles.
lie is quite the Oldest editor in active
service in the fraternity of Pennsyl-
vania and he has never been connect
ed with any other journal than the
Shroudsburg Jeifersonian that he
founded nearly fifty-nine years ago.
He was then whig and started whip
organ in the overwhelmingly demo.
cratic county of Monroe when there
were hardly 300 wing voters in the
county, but he has maintained his pa
per BY commanding the respect of
the more intelligent people of all par.
ties.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

The Youths Companion makes this
reference to the late Mr.. Ford "The
readers Of the Companion have lost
an Old and true friend in the death of
the great and good man whose name
heads this article. Although most Of
them never before saw the name-for
1t is now printed in the Companion
Tor the first time--he has been for
forty-two years its editor-in-chef and
publisher. Gifted with broad mind.
quick intuition. a conscience as pure
as chld's, a sympathy that embrace
ed every living creature and an un.
wearled industry, he has left behind
nm monument which all the world
can see and admire, but in the hea Is
OF his associates he has left void
which nothing can fill.'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

--~~J. ."ousnC mat GU MANDARIN
looked as though he had secret"
what do you mean?" said Sue
jumping up pale as a ghost.
Nov don't you wish you knew be.
gan her friend, but when she looked
at Sues white, imploring face she
realized that this was no time for
teasing and handed her the letter
without farther parley.
She ran to the window and by the
fading light she saw rough page
from a note book on which was
scrawled in pencil the following
words:
my Own Deer Sue: Your little
note has filled me with such sweet
hope that I'm filled with disappoint-
ment at not finding you in, but got a
telegram telling me to come to Bos.
ton this Afternoon. That means the an.
pointment and that in It's turn means
you, and one cozy little home if your
note meant what | hope II did hon.
ed to find you at homethis morning.
but your stupid housemaid doesn't
know where you are To make sure
that you get this I'm going to con.
hde it to the safe keeping of the man
DARN, for | know you will open him
to get your tea. Write to me at once,
darling, care Blank & Co., Boston and
tell me in plain English what my an.
swer is. 1t may be two weeks before
! could hear it from your lips.
Yours ever, TOM"
"Oh, you wretched little mandarin"
cried Sue, ITO think that you had
known about this all these DAYS and
never SO much as winked!' and then
OF course, the girls had to be told all
about it, and this Sue did, with many
bushes. Then they all insisted that
she sit right down and write her an
swer to the letter that very minute.
IN the meantime there was an anx.
ious ana unhappy young man in Bos-
ton. lie watched the mails and pes-
tered the postman till that worthy
crossed the street whenever he saw
Toms form approaching.
Az last his anxitey reached such
point that at the very moment Sue
was writing her answer a telegram
was brought in saying: Have you
opened the mandarin lately. Please
answer TOM"
How the girls all laughed. The tel
eefan which answered Toms anx.
Iolls query has never been made known
to the public, but its general tenor
may be guessed by the fact that it was
accompanied by five other kilograms
u congratulation, each perfect mas
'erplece of yelled alluson
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fielding have
'een living for some months in pref
y little apartment in the Back Bay
'eglon OF Boston-and if you look in
llttle cabinet in which they keep
helr dearest treasures you will see,
proudly on a carved teak
wood stand, with a most nscrutable
mile on his face, their household fet.
sh, the mandarin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

Havana, March THE frequent RI
mors cabled from the United States
regarding possible uprisings in Cuba
in the early future are causing thu
press Of the island to ask who is re.
sponsible for these wonderful stories
The newspapers, without exception
declare that the people Of Cuba never
felt less like arising than they do at
present. The Cubano says the re-
ports are the tricks Of certain Amer
lean politician in order to get more
United States troops into Cuba.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
clearing Up the Debris NJ Train Wrecn.

Plalnvillc, Conn, March s.-Tht
work OF cleaning away the debris Of
The railroad wreck ON the New York
New Haven 4 Hartford Railroad com
pany near here Thursday night, was
begun yesterday morning. TIP to noon
no bodies had been found and those
IN charge of he wreck believe that
the casually list is complete. OF the
1870 mail pouches on board the train
AZ HE time of the accident about 100
have been recovered, practically in
tact. The Others are scattered about
in small pieces.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
A Safe blown Open.

Pawtncket, H. l., March 1.-The
safe in the office Of The Hand Brewing
company at Darlington, a suburb of
this city was blown open at an early
hour yesterday morning, and upwards
Of $1,000 in cash, more than $1,000
worth Of revenue stamps and checks
aggregaing upwards of $1,000 were
stolen The damage by the explosion
will add $500 to the loss.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
MRS. KRUGER VERY PLAIN,
Wife Of the BOer President WOrries
Little About Prevailing Fashions,

Mrs Paul Kruger is said TO have &C.
cepted her husbands offer of marriage
with the words 81 can bake, can
cook, | can sew, | can clean, can
scrub" Whether or not that is the
customary Boer formula is not ex-
planned but ii is true that the wife of
the president of the Transyaal has liv.
ed up to her words. "Oom Paul. is
said to be worth several millions,
Much OF this accumulation Is attrib-
uted to the thrift and economy of his
wife, who was not only able to do the
things that could help to make man
rich, but was not ashamed to, She is
still gentle hammered blue eyed wo-
man, who has not changed her meth.
Cd of life because the husband she
married as "A poor man has come to
have riches and power. Her DAYS are
passed between the intervals of heay.
Ter labor, in sewing and darning. The
wife of "Oom Paul" never had dress
that she did not make herself, and at
no time ever had more than three
dresses. These she made herself. lust
as she does her hats, which were never
more than two at one time. The best
OF these is likely to become very famil-
lar to church goers in Pretoria before
IL gives place to a new one and be-
comes second best. She has always
refused to put any kind of feather
IN any of her bonnets and has used
her influence to interest the women
Of her country in the same renuncia.
tlon OF feather ornaments. Her task
mas not been as severe in the Trans.
Vaal as II might have been in other
places, where modes are more exact.
no
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
Havana an Orderly CIV.

Havana, March 3.-Ihe mcagerncss
Of crime and disorder among he 200.
600 people of Havana surprises nor1h h.
ern visitors. The arrests for the last
month averaged only about i5 per
day. nearly all being for petty Of.
lenses, Drunkenness is very rare
among the people of the island, aud
is peculiarly pre- judicial to health in
this climate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08
--'=aHH47-
The Industrial COmmjs.ion,

Washington March THE indus.
trial commission yesterday heard wit.
nesses in regard 10 the alleged dis.
charge of employees by the philadel-
phia n Reading Railroad company be-
cause such employees were affiliated
with the brotherhood Of Railway
Tralumen II was stated that the
purpose of the commission Is simply
to gain information in regard TO in
du3irial conditions and If does not in
tend TO take up the question of arbi-
tration in this connection
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

Providence, r. l., March o. The
Rhode Island prohibition state com
venilon was held here yesterday. The
platform contained n strong condem.
nation of the administration and Pres.
ldent Mckinley for the support Of
the army canteen, II also condemned
trusts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

neat wnlen enters AZ eitner enu. IL
IS also applicable to churches, halls,
school buildings, etc.-Health Cul.
ture.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

All things are less dreadful than
they seem.-Wordsworth.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-08

All men that are ruined, are ruined
on the side of their natural propensi.
ties.-Burke.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17
IN OLD IRELAND.
Interesting Letter From the En-
erald Isle by1Thompson
Hanna.
Sharvogues, Ireland,
April %, 1900.


Dear Old Herald There are good
many of your family of readers that
would like to hear something about
our trip to this country, andias they
are so numerous to write to person
ally l thought l could reach them
better through THE HERALD.
MY wife and | left Oskaloosa, March
81, at E:2O in the morning on the
Narrow Gauge, and arrived in Burling-
ton at just in time for the Denver"
then to Chicago which we reached at
2:l5, and transferred to the Michigan
Central in time to leave at 3:05 for
Niagara Falls and Buffalo. We ar,
rived at the Falls Sabbath morning,
and were in the right frame of mind
to view Gods wonderful handiwork,
and it looked glorious When we
were satisfied we were put aboard
and on we went for Clifton. There
the inspector came through ana
marked the baggage with pencil
and then we were ready for Uncle
Sans side of the river. Crossed the
Suspension bridge and away for
Buffalo which we reached in good
time to take the New York Central
Hudson r. r. at $40 for Albany at
30 and lett at 500. We had fine
view of the Hudson from Albany to
Poughkeepsie but from there 1t was
dark, and we missed what to US, was
the most interesting part of it. We
saw the lights of Newburg and West
Point and arrived early in New York.
Took a cab for the International
Hotel where we spent the night. In
the morning we went to view the
Germanic which we found very salts
factory; then on the street cars for
Brooklyn Bridge which is wonderful
structure with its elevated and sur
face tracks, wagon way and the
center for the public. From there to
the Brooklyn Navy Yard where we
got a pass to any part of it, we saw
| the Buffalo and Indiana, which we
went through; it is no wonder they
bowed the Spanish feet all to pieces
for those engines of death look
terrible. The Massachusetts and the
Cincinnati are away. Yet there are
great many things that are very in
teresting, the Torpedo boats, the
cannon taken from the Spanish, and
-, but we were tired and the hour
having arrived we left with regret, to
hunt up something to satisfy the
inner man, after which we returned
to the New York side where we spent
the afternoon at the battery and
along the foot of the North river.
We spent the night at.the. hotel and
in the morning took Broadway car
and went through broadway to Gem
! trail Park down the famous Fifth
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17

place Of the E. H. Gibbs home as was
stated yesterday.
Sol Brown, of Rose Hill, formerly
deputy sheriff of Mahaska county was
in town yesterday shaking hands with
many friends here.
Louis Smith, of the t. X. Smith
iewelry house lis out after two weeks
confinement in his room with severe
case of the humps.
Mrs. Mary Dodson, of the Baldauf
emporium, is in Chicago attending
the large millinery openings being
held there at present.
Fred W. Browne, of the Belle PLANE
Every Other-Daily- Union. was in the
city yesterday looking around the
town. Mr.. b. was en- route to Abba
on business.
F. L. Goldner, of Sigourney, one of
the best known attorneys of Keokuk
county, was in the city yesterday
looking after legal business and call
ing on friends.
Mrs. A. Wilson, of Washington, who
has been in the city visiting at the
home of her son, S. W. Wilson, has
departed for Atlantic where she will
visit relatives.
L. r. Fleener. of Hedrick, was in
the city yesterday visiting with his
brother, j. E. Fleener. He departed
last evening for Omaha where he will
make deal in horse flesh.
J. @. Cliff departed last evening on
a western trip and will be absent for
about three weeks. In the time he will
visit the cities of Helena and Butte,
Montana, Pocatello, Idaho, and Og-
den, Utah.
Mrs. Ed Howard was made the vic
tim of a very pleasant surprise Mon
day evening by a number of her
friends of the Eastern Star. The lady
was taken to the city while the guests
gathered and when she entered her
home the house was occupied by the
company. Refreshments were served
and a very pleasant evening passed.
DIR. ard Mrs. ]. 7. Coveney went to
Des Moines this morning and will be
in attendance at the 49th annual meet
ing of the Iowa State Medical Society
which opened in the capital city this
morning and continues through Fri
day. This will be one of the largest
meetings that the society has held in
years and the social side of it will be
especially attractive. Special atten-
ton is given to the entertainment of
the wives of visiting members. This
evening the doctors will be enter
tanned at an elaborate social session
given by the B. P. o. Elks, and on
Thursday evening will occur the an
nual banquet at the Savery Hotel. DR..
Coveney has been an attendant at the
meetings of the society for the past
twelve years, having missed but two
sessions of the society in that time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17

passengers gladder to see land than
we were. We ran up to Liverpool at
! 10 O'Clock, the baggage was all on
deck and that was all landed before
we got off. We were ushered in
where we had to open our trunks for
the inspector. He asked me if had
any fine tobacco, cigars or anything
contraband, told him had not, he
gave look through my trunk and
passed it. l wanted to open the grip
but he said it was all right. There
was a man whose wife had put two
rolls of tobacco in his shoes, the in
spector found it, took him out and
searched him. If they had found
any more it would have cost him ten
dollars.
We started on April 4, and arrived
in Liverpool on the 18th. The aver
age of the Germanic is eight days.
We had on board 100 cabin passengers,
23O third class and $50 crew. Coal
per day 100 to 1910 tons, owing to
weather. Now we are ready for Bel
fast. We started from Liverpool at
| 1920 .. m. and arrived at Belfast at
$3.50 a. m. We had very nice pas
sage across the channel TIL we came
to the Lough and then had a very
strong head wind, you could scarce
| ly stand on deck; but we persisted in
seeing the shores which are grand,
! the green fields, white houses and the
general picturesque of the country.
County Down is very handsome. We
took breakfast in Belfast and at 12:1E
we're in Randalstown, where we took
jaunting car and arrived at Samuel
/ Hanna's at about 300 o'clock, and
surprised them completely. Find the
country fine, and think it would be
hard to find a more picturesque
country. We find the people con-
tented and prosperous. 1t is not the
Ireland of fifty years ago at all. The
country has improved wonderfully,
and there has been as much improve
ment in the people as in anything
else. We are having a great time
We were in Ballymena on Easter
Monday, it being a legal holiday
There were drums, cars everywhere,
besides sport of all kinds. Saturday
wife and attended market in Bally-
mena and we just had bushel Of
fun. We intend going down to the
sea shore later. We are enjoying the
best of health and all our folks are
well and doing well. We have great
prospects for a good time for the
next few months. The rivers are
strewn with factories, and you car
see their tall chimneys smoking ev'
erywhere. But ! must close now fol
/ am afraid / have wearied all.
Your old friend,
T. HANNA.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17
Bear, the r7h' Kind v! Have Always B'pgh
Signature os &>NHztzx
Mauch Chunk.

James Denney and wife visited at
Fred Allgood's last Sunday.
Mrs. Marks was quite sick last week
but is better at this writing.
There will be Sabbath school at
Spring Valley church next Sunday.
The farmers are all busy planting
corn except few who have finished.
Fred Reed and wife and Ben Cliff
ford spent Sunday at D. Zumwalt's.
Mrs. Frank Shafer and daughter
were visitors at w. @. Reeds last
Sunday.
Horace Bodenhamer has been very
sick with congestion of the lungs, but
is now some better DR.. Ellsworth has
charge of the case.
Rev. A. G. Van Haaften will occupy
the pulpit at Spring Valley at 3p.m.,
May 81. This meeting will be of spe-
cial interest, as the speaker is a ma
tive of India, his home being in the
famine district. His wife is an Iowa
girl who was sent to India as mis-
sionary. Rev. Van Haaften will also
deliver lecture at the church some
time during the last week of May.
Died at his home nearMauchCh Chunk,
May 10, 1900, Francis Miller Wymore,
aged 20 years, 8 months ami 2 days.
He was born in Indiana, September
II, 1929, and came to Iowa in 1916.
He leaves a wife and four children to
mourn his departure. Three children,
a daughter and two sons, preceded
him into the great beyond. Dr.Noah
Wymore, a graduate of the medical
department of the Iowa State Uni
versity, and promising young man,
is one of his sons. Alarge cohcourse
of friends followed him to his last
resting place in Wymore cemetery.
May 16. ECHO.
The very finest. The ne plus ultra.
The creme de la creme. That's HAIR
PER Whiskey in three languages.
SOLD BY
NJ. & NJ. Star Bottling Co., Oskaloosa,
Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17
Givin.

The pink eye is raging among the
horses in this neighborhood.
A needed addition has been built
to the Givin hall. W. w. Brown did
the work.
John Griffiths has beautified his
home by erecting fancy fence around
his front yard.
The county surveyor has been in
the neighborhood strengthening some
of our crooked lines.
F. L. Eek, of Pleasant Plain, made
a short visit recently among his rela-
tives on Sand Ridge.
Corn planting is now the order of
the day. The small grain and mead
ows are looking fine.
Jack Baxter, of Muchakinock, can
be seen daily going to and from his
large ice house on the Des Moines
bottoms.
j. D. Thomas delivered two loads of
S-months-old hogs to A. G. Palmer, of
Eddyville, > last week; average weight,
249 pounds.
Louis Parry, brother of DR.. Parry of
OskalOosa, has bought him fine team
and intends to drive to the home of
his brother in Missouri and will prove
to the people there that we don't
handle plugs in Proud Mahaska.
May 16. NIvIG.
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES G. CHAM
| BERLIN died May Il, 1900,a his home,
! 4 IN,
cemetery, Oskaloosa, Tuesday, May
! Is.
Calvin Clinton Chamberlin was born
March l, 1888, at Lisbon, Clark coun-
| ty, Ohio. He graduated from Antioch
college, Yellowsprings, Ohio, in 1853,
at which time Horace Mann was pres
| ident of the college. Having been in
timately associated with Horace Mann
he was chosen by Mrs. Mann as one
of the pall-bearers for President Mann
After graduating from Antioch col
| lege he entered upon his chosen field
of work, the teaching of the young.
For several years he was connected
with various schools in Ohio and In
diana. Removing to Iowa, he contin-
ued in the school work, being princi-
pal and superintendent of the schools
in Des Moines, Boone, Winterset, Ed
dyville and other places in Iowa. In
1898 he went to Chicago, ILL.,, and was
associated with the Jones Business
College till the time of his death. Be-
ing the eldest of nine children who
were orphaned by the death of their
father, he early realized the response
bilities in life, and having put his
hand to the pillow, never turned back.
Fully appreciating the value and
pleasure of thorough education, he
encouraged and assisted many to
press forward to the goal. An aged
mother, three brothers and three sis
tiers survive him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-05-17

avenue. We saw all the animals in
the park including two hippopotamus.
Then in for the night and ready for
to sail at noon on the 4th of April.
Got money changed and trunk ready
for hold. Among the things that were
of great interest was the receiving of
the United States mail. At the last
moment a large wagon drove up and
suddenly stopped opposite the gang
way, and had scarcely stopped when
the wagon was surrounded. When
the gang plank was let go there was
a man came running up with the
purser's strong box on his shoulders.
The gangway was pulled in and we
backed out. There was a great
crowd to see us off, they started us
with a great cheer, but there were
no familiar faces to bid us Gods
speed, however, the screw began to
work, and away we began to go down
past the Temple of Liberty, and on
down through the narrows, and out
to sea. That afternoon we were very
Jolly and thought we were all very
good sailors, had our supper, went
to bed saw them fasten everything
down in the evening, but in the
morning | had changed my mind a
bit, my wife spoke to me, | was in an
upper berth, but knew by her voice
that she had some extra business on
hand 80 | got up in hurry and called
for a vessel but they gave me very
peculiar look and told US that there
was not a vessel to be had, when the
stewardess put in her appearance l
demanded a vessel, she said they
were all sick, SO we both went it to-
gether on the floor. Such place |
never want to see again. Adjoining
US there was a family, the mother
thought she was dying she was so
sick, she was charging her husband
with a great many things. | told
my wife she could go for me if
she got very sick, if she was
ready Just to go ahead and that there
was no back door and we would have
to make the best of it. We had
a very rough a passage all the way,
my wife only eat twice at the table
after she got sick.
We passed the city of New York
westward bound three days out from
Liverpool. The ship was heaving
and seething and working against a
very strong head-wind, the water
was breaking over her fore and aft.
The stewardess remarked there was
a sick lot on board of her. Later on
we steamed along, the wind being
m ost favorable, she had to slow up
when it got rough, one night only,
kept motion enough to keep ahead
that night. The matches were down
and all were snug and comfortable,
yet it was grand to see those large
vessels plough through those great
waves.
We arrived at Queenstown April
eth at 8 O'Clock in the morning, sent
up some rockets when the lighters
came out and took of the mails and
passengers and we steamed of to
Liverpool, it was SO nice to see land
and don't think there was lot OF