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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
FIRE AT BALDp(jF'S.
A Close Call for the Dry Goods
House.

The Baldauf drylFgoods house had
a very narrow escape from destruc-
ion by fire Saturday morning, and
the only thing that saved the place
was the prompt and heroic action of
some of the employees and several
people who were called in off the
the street.
The fire was discovered about 7,3O
in the drapery of large holiday
booth in the southeast part Of the
store. The flames probably caught
from an electric light wire and in a
moment the entire top was in blaze
which reached to the ceiling. w. @.
Coleman, Geo. Heillmann and Ross
Myers were inIthe store engaged in
the early morning work, and they by
prompt and decisive action, assisted
by the help called in from the street,
cofined the flames to the booth and
prevented a conflagration.
The fire department was called but
services were not needed. 1t was a
narrow escape for one of the finest
stores in the city, and everybody is
thankful the damage is not more SER
ious. The loss will be about $500 90.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
A Christmas Note.

The bards were not all at the Els
teddfod on Christmas day, as is evil
denced by the following bit of verse
that was written by person well
known in the city, in reply to grace
full Christmas compliment and re-
membrance:
81 wish you happy New-year land
many returns of the day.
The Christmas morn was rife with
joy
We thank you for your cheer.
We know your good hearts prompted
much,
For our heads were very clear.
We filed the glasses to the brim,
And drank both deep and long, hic |!
The wine was good and sweet and
pure,
Our heads, they meier went wrong,
hic, hic!
We builded castles tall and fair,
Wealth came too fast to state, hic !!
Youth hope and love returned to US,
For you see our heads kept straight,
hic, hic!
We sang gay songs, and stories told;
We danced to music's time, hic!
The fire of youth raced through our
veins,
And our heads were still in line,
hic, hic, hic!
But
The morn broke gray; a dream?
what's that3
Castle, wealth hope delusive flies;-
The mirror, quickl good Lordl!
Our heads looked twice their size!
hic, hic, hic, hici" "**
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject. is narrated by him as follows
II was in most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite-gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi,
clans had given me up. Fortunately a
friend advised trying Electric Bitters !;
and to my great JOY and surprise, the
first bottle made decided improvement
I continued their use for three weeks
and am now a we'll man. I know they
saved my life and robbed the grave Of
another victim" No one should fail to
try them. Only Soc, guaranteed al
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Skunk River.

Mrs. Carl Barr, of Fort Madison, is
here for the holidays.
A 10-pound son came to the James
Critchlow home as Christmas pres
ent.
Byron Cruzen and sister Clyde took
Xmas dinner at the Farmer home in
Spring Greek township.
George Kirk, wife and son, land Mr..
and Mrs. Grace spent Christmas time
with relatives at Rose Hill.
Erastus Coffin and wife entertained
at Xmas dinner his sister, Mrs. Barr,
and his children and their families!
Otto Meyer and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. JAS Padgett spent Christmas
day with their brother, Elwood Kent
and family.
For some strange reason our last
communication to the HERALD found
it's way to the Globe, and it is mys-
terry we will never be able to solve
Laban Johnson spent Christmas at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Pomeroy, near Fremont, who with
her little son are reported quite sick.
Grandfather White and daughter,
Miss Martha, Riley johnson, wife and
son, and @. w. Bailey and family
dined with father Abraham Bailey
and family on Christmas.
Ralph Cruzen and wife attended
the marriage of the lady's sister, Miss
Elma Stalker, to Frank Crispin, at
the BRIDES home in the vicinity of
Oskaloosa, December 27, 1899. On the
same day Will Cruzen and wife were
called to Spring Greek to witness the
nuptials of brother of Mrs. Cruzen,
but as to the name of the bride we
are not informed.
But of the holiday weddings that
we have most to do is that of Carl
Cruzen and Miss Swanetta Tysseling,
which event transpired at the home
of the bride Christmas eve at o 'clock,
Rev Longnecher, of Lacey, perform
ing the ceremony. At the appointed
hour, as the last notes of the wedding
march, played by Miss Clyde Cruzen,
f1oated away, the young couple ap
peared and in the presence of some
twenty-five relatives and friends took
the solemn VOWS that made them one.
The bride in a gown Of white cassi-
mere trimmed with pearl, and the
groom arrayed in faultless apparel of
conventional black, made q pretty
picture as they stood to receive the
hearty congratulations of the COM
pany present. After this came the
wedding superb banquet that will
not be ,outdone at the marriage of the
young Queen of Holland herself; es-
pecially in regard to first-class cakes.
These were various and many and the
work of Mrs. Tysseling and daugh-
tiers, and Mrs Nellie Cruzen and
Mrs. Mary Cruzen, the latter lady
making the "bride's cake, in which
she is an adept. The newly married
were the recipients of some very ele-
CANT presents, among them being a
set of dishes and fine ingram carpet
from the parents on both sides, and
a fine rocker from the boys of the
Golden Eagle. The bride is the eld-
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Tysseling and the groom the third son
of Ben CruZen, at whose home a re-
ception was given on Christmas day.
Among those present on this day were
Lewis Cfuzen and wife, of Oskaloosa;
Marion Cruzen and family, of the
same place, and DIR. John Cruzen, of
Illinois, brother of the groom. The
young couple are true children of
most worthy parents and are in all
ways we'll equipped for the battle of
life, and they have many friends who
wish them every possible happiness.
December 20. WOOD VIOLET.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of
Annie E. Springer, of II2s Howard ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa. when she found that
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton had completely cured her of hack
ing cough that for many years had made
life burden. All other remedies and
doctors could give her no help, but she
says of this royal cure-"it soon remoy-
ed the pain in my chest and I can now
sleep soundly, something I can scarcely
remember doing before. I feel like
sounding its praises throughout the Uni
verse" So will every one who tries DIR.
Kings New Discovery for any trouble
of the Throat. Chest or Lungs. Price
soc. and $Ioo. Trial bottles free at
Green & Bentley Drug Co.; every bottle
guaranteed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04

nection Herewith and will hereafter
be on the road in the interests of the
Green Candy Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Sheppard were
pleasantly surprised by company of
friends and neighbors Friday even
ing. The company stepped in for a
birthday anniversary celebration and
there followed very pleasant even
ing.
Mrs. II. A. Sessions, who has been
in the city for a number of days, de-
parted Saturday for MERGED, near
Atwater, California, where she will
join her husband. Mr.. Sessions, since
returning from the Philippines, has
been in California, and now has a
small fruit farm near MERGED and is
prospecting.
Concerning former Oskaloosa boy
the Keota Eagle says: "Rev.and Mrs.
F. b. Palmer were made the happy
recipients of a costly and elegant
rosewood rocking chair at the Christ
mas entertainment in the West Ches-
ter Baptist church Monday evening.
The chair was the gift of sixty-five of
their friends"
Fremont Gazette: Mother Cannon
passed her Oath birthday Friday. She
is in full possession of her faculties
and is enjoying hearty old age. She
had birthday dinner with her daugh-
ter, Jennie Caves, at the hotel, to
which she walked without assistance.
She is the oldest person in the local
ity and probably the county, and has
been a resident of Fremont for years.
James Mansfield is home from Rock
Island where he spent the holiday
week as the guest of his brother Jer-
ry. Mr. Mansfield was so unfortunate
as to be in a street car accident in the
city of Rock Island and was pretty
badly used up. He received black
eye,a disfigured face, and had several
square feet of the cuticle scraped from
his anatomy He was laid up for a
time, but is now able to be out.
DR.. Windle has returned from his
sad mission to Cincinnati and has re-
sumed his practice at Beacon Upon
his way home he stopped to see DR..
Abbott, at Chicago, and found him
enjoying his work at the post gradu-
ate school of medicine where he is a
resident physician. While there it
was arranged for Dr.Abbott to return
to Beacon in the early summer, at
which time DIR. Windle will take his
leave for years schooling in ad-
vanced work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Convicts to b Pardoned.

Des Moines, Jan.1 Governor Shaw
will submit to the legislature the
cases of four life convicts for pardon
Thomas Kelley, sentenced in Cass
county in 1886 John Bellew, sentenced
in Webster county in 1894; Cornelius
Moelthen, sentenced in Dubuque
county in 1878, and Jasper Mason
sentenced in Dallas county in 1876.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Situation Is Serious.

London, Dec. 30.-The situation at
Ladysmith is beginning to look dark
er. White continues to send cheerful
messages, but the increased bonn
bardment of the city must have bad
effect on the morale of his men, and
the enteric fever, which is nearly as
deadly as cholera, is serious.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
PlaStering Fell.

A chunk of cement plastering about
3x7 feet fell from the ceiling of the
assembly room in the High school
building on Friday. 1t is a lucky
thing there was no school, or some
one might have been seriously hurt,
as the plastering is as hard as brick
and the ceiling is 26 feet high.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Committed Suicide.

Ottumwa, Dec. 3O.-Fred Scott COM
mitted suicide at Bunch to-day, on
account of domestic troubles. He
went to the home of his wife's father
for reconciliation, she refused, and
running into another room he shot
himself.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
WHAT Is SHILOH2

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half century, has cured in
Vulnerable cases of incipient consump--
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages. If you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money. Price
IS cts, so cts. and SI.oo.
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Blizzard In The East.

New York, Dec. 30.-The worst
blizzard in years is raging in north
west Pennsylvania, and about Is
inches of snow has fallen. The Their
mometer in this city registered 8 be-
low TODAY.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
MANY A LOVER.

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karls Clover Root Tea purihes
the breath by its action on the bowels,
ETC., as nothing else will. Sold for years
on absolute guarantee. Price rs cts. and
so cts. GREEN & BENTLEY DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
TRIED FIVE DOCTORS

Mrs. Frances L. Sales, of Missouri
Valley, Ia, writes she had severe kid
ney trouble for years. had tried FIVE doc
tors without benefit, but three bottles OF
Foley's Kidney Cure effected perfect
cure.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Boutelle Is Better.

Boston, Dec. 30.-Congressman
Boutelle passed comfortable night,
and his physicians stated this morn
ing that he is steadily improving.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04

Stop that Cough right away with
Mulls Lightning Cough Cure. 25c.
BLAKEsLEE & HEINzMAN.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-01-04
Tuesday.

Miss Emma Nelson was passenger
for Ottumwa this morning.
j. NJ. Price went to Keosauqua this
morning on a business trip.
John Fitzgerald was passenger
for Des Moines this morning.
Howard Johnson was in DesMoines
to-day looking after business matters.
r. N. Bennett went to Cass county
on Saturday to make visit with rel
atives.
Ollie Brown, of Fonda, is visiting
with Thos. Terrell aid other relatives
in the city.
Miss frankie Harrington is home
from a visit at the w. S. Bell home
in Burlington.
Art Little is out of quarantine and
is up from Caalfield shaking hands
with his friends.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

The Figaro Of Paris publishes al
interview with M. Lockroy, former
French m~inisterNpof marine, in the
course of which ~ says: "The Brit.
ish navy is twioepsapg as urs.
1t is ablee to oppose simultan ously
the navies Of France and the Triple
Alliance. Everywhere French fleets
are stationed they are confronted by
twice or thrice their strength. France
must have cables. Great Britain's
bases of support are all connected, an
the British are ready for war tomor-
row, if necessary, with every nation
on the globe"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

Another cherished theme of the
college orator and essay writer-the
swift extinction of the American In
aian-receives q shock when studied
in the light Of statistics, the figures
in the case coming from the annual
report OF the secretary of the interior.
According to that document, there are
now 267, 418 Indians in the United
States, while the census of 1890
showed q total aboriginal population
Of 249, Ala. "Poor Lo'' has evident
" taken q fresh grip on life and calm
" and with exceeding stubbornneas
refuses to t..pass away with the buffa-
la ~
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

There ID reason hack of the craze
forthe dramatization of popular novels.
A novel acquires popularity either
for its dramatic interest or the sympa-
thy of its Characterization. These
are just as much elements of success
in playwrighting as in novel making.
All the old dramatists would have
made use of the popular novel if they
had had it to make use OF. Shakes
peare, Ben Jonson ct al. delved
hugely and advantageously into dusty
chronicle and epic. Our modern play
wright. at least in suggestive material,
has o great advantage over them.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

a noticeable portion Of the repori
for 1898 of the Massachusetts board
Of health il hat in relation to con.
sumption. A steady and uniform de.
crease ID the mortality from this dis
ease in tEs state is pointed ont. Ii
1853 the Neaths from consumption
were 4272 per one million people.
III 1895 tho number was only 2i94,
and the reHsrt for 1898 shows further
d~ecreaaa, sfhe causes Of this remark.
able chang tho report says. aare
undoubtedly Of d similar character
with those which have affected nearly
the entire class Of infectious or pre-
yentable diseases; namely, d better
knowledge on the part OF the people
Of the art Of prolonging lifo, i grow.
ing appreciation Of the value Of sani-
tafy measures. as shown In the better
organization and equipment OF local
health authorities, and the more vig.
orous enforcement Of those measures
vhich are essential 10 success III ths
campaign against infectious diseases.
Another means which has recently
been adopted i The establishment 81
Especial atate hospital fol- tiie ISOLATION
and treatment oipersous afflicted with
tuberculosis.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

The Illinois house of correction is
about to try an interesting experiment
in thereformatidn of women criminals.
Superintendent Sloan has built three
large greenhouses. covering q space
Of four thousand square feet, in which
Il is intended to grow roses, carnations
and chrysanthemums for the Chicago
market. The women prisoners will
have the entire worry of the greon-
houses, under directlsn Of m export
horticulturist, and ita expected that
contact with the grdwing plants will
have . softcning s- regenerating Of
feet on the hafdshed natures Of the
unhappy women.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
THE WIND AT THE DOOR.

And the fiuttering Aspen knows
Whose step by her doorway goesI
"Honor, lord, thy silver tree
And the chamber laid for the"
"Nay, I must be faring on,
For tonight I seek my own.
"Breath of the red dust is he
And a wayfarer like me j;
'Here q moment, and then lost
On a trail confused and crossed.
Sand I gently would surprise
Recognition In his eyes
"Touch his hand and talk with him
When the forest light is dim,
s'Taking counsel with the lord
OF the utterable word"
Hsrk, did you hear some one try
The west window furtively,
And then move among the leaves
In the shadow of the caves?
The reed curtain at the door
HUSTLED /; there's my visitor
Who comes searching for his kin:
Center, brother I'm within"
Bliss Carman, in Seribner's.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
Often to my door
Gomez q twilight visitor.

Often to my door
Comes a twilight visitor.
When the mountain summer day
From our valley takes his way,
And the i%ourneying shadows stride
Over the green mountain-side,
Down the Glove among the trees
Moves the ghostly wandering breeze.
With the first stars on the crest
And the pale light In the west,
He up the dark ravine
Where no traveller is seen.
Yet his coming makes a stir
In the house OF Ash and Fir:
"Master, is't in our abode
You will tarry on the road?"
"Nay, I like your roof-tree we'll,
But with you I may not dwell"
Birches whisper at their sill,
As he passes up the hill /:
STRANGER. underneath our boughs
There Is ample room to house"
'Friends, / have another quest
Than your cool abiding rest"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

Wheh General Gatacre lectured his
ficerssh short time ago on the dan
,er Of falling into q trap there could
ave been nothing further from his
mind than the possibility Of his falling
INTO the pit himself. All of which
goes to show that it is dangerous to
,e patronizing and superior.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

The greatness of former ages was
manifested by the oxidation of a few
individuals. The greatness of q ma
hon in our time is marked by the
growth of a multitude to a height
that in former times would have made
each of them famous.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

Official reports show that the Amer
lean ~life-saving service last year saved
1000 persons and property worth &c.
300, 000. The record of this work is
3 modest story ofheroic deeds and per-
ilous duty manfully performed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

General Buffers reproof to those
who accused the Beers of treachery is
worthy Of a good soldier and a brave
man. 1T is not contrary to civilized
warfare to shoot horses" he says,
''but it is contrary to honorable con-
duct to abuse a brave enemy" 1t is
worth while having o fine enemy to
live mn to.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

June B. Harris, a well-known citi-
zen of Nacogdoches county, Texas.
while in the Angelina river bottom a
few days ago, found on alligator's nest.
He procured help and dug up the
mother alligator and so young ones,
each about M foot long. He left So
young ones in the nest and took the
mother, which is 8 feet long, and
II of the young ones to Austin and
placed them on exhibition.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
THE ~SA/N7-GABELLE INN.
AN ODD WAGER.

You would have been very fortu
nate, my children, if you had known
my Uncle Bayle, because he alone
knew more stories than you have
ever read. My uncle did not live il
our little city of Mirepeix-he lived
at Folk; and almost every Saturday
we would see him coming on his horse,
and our joyous cries hailed him at q
distance. The servant, my old Jean.
nette, came Immediately to salute our
Uncle Bayle. who carefully informed
himself as to the supper. Then after
having added or changed something
in the bill of fare. he seated himself
in q large chair of carved wood, which
we dragged up to the fire; and without
delay we all began to cry, "A story!
a storyl" On this evening the cry
was less boisterous, because we had
formed a little conspiracy, and no one
dared to speak first. Finally. my
pretty cousin, Dorothee, the most
talkative little girl of the house, and
now the grave superior of a convent of
The Sisters Of Charity, yentured a cry,
"a ghost story!" and we replied, all
together, "Yes, o ghost sto"y!"
My uncle frowned, and looked tow
ard Jeanette, who was very much
confused and wished to appear alb
sorbed in peppering her chicken pot
pie. It was she, in fact, who had
urged us to make this demand.
'eThere are only fools or rogues who
believe, or pretend to believe. in
ghosts" said my uncle, i'll a severe
tone. We all waited in silence, so
much authority was there in his
words; but a moment of reflection
seemed to calm him. We saw him
smile, as if to himself, and he added,
in a tone full Of sweetness: "You
want a ghost story, my children? Very
we'll; I will relat, one to you which
happened to me. so that it cannot be
doubted"
We gathered around him closer
than usual; the lamp hung by a chain
attached othe mantel piece, and there
our uncle told his story.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

Gunpowder explosions have one re,
markable feature. The bodies of per-
sons killed in such an accident are
always found without clothing, but
frequently one foot will have the shoe
on. This is true of horses also. If
one of the feet ia in the air and an
other ON the ground, the shoe will be
found torn from the foot that was on
the ground, and not from the other.
When men are killed in powder ex-
plosions the foot that happened to be
in the air when the shock came will
be found wearing the shoe, while the
other foot will be bare.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

just when the day became divided
into hours is not known; nor is the
process explained. The Greeks and
Romans measured time by the water
glass and the sun dials. The hour
glass, filed with sand, was the out
growth of these vessels, from which
the water dripped through tiny open
ings-
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

A mystery with which every sailor
is familiar is the formation of dust at
sea. Those who are familiar with
sailing-ships know that, no matter
how earefullythe decks may be washed
down in the morning, and how little
work of any kind may be done during
the day, nevertheless, if the decks are
swept at nightfall, an enormous guam.
tity of dust will be collected.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17

The value Of q newspaper % mn,
Advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it Ia money
saved!
1.-THE st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the Ri NJ
March, 1894, with " The Onalou.
gas Courier" The adyerfisino
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to % O wear.
THE COURIER being 6y odds
the best paper In the empire Par.
lsh Of Bt. Landry Ii therefore the
shaanasG
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
ACADEMY
OF TIKI
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

LA.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters Msrissltst
Of Holy Cross.
Oners to young ladies every facility
o acquiring q thorough christian cd
ucation. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge OF the boys school. The course
OF instruction is two-fold-Pseparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, id.
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-03-17
R~escuedsby a Boy

Madison, ind.-Lulu. the is year old
daughter of Captain NJ. NJ. Ladder,
broke the Ice while skating on North
Madison on Saturday, sank twice and
rose again and "a sinking q third
time when James Yader. is years old,
rescued her at the risk OF his own life.