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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
FARMERS INSTITUTE
D~eclamatory Contest Should
Have Special Attention.

AS the time for the declamatory
contest at the Farmers Institute is
not far of, January s and 9, 1901, the
vice presidents and teachers would
do well to discuss frequently and en-
Enthusiastically the benefits to be de-
rived from taking part in the contest,
even though n is not fortunate
enough to win a prize
1t would be a good plan were the
townships to give a prize to all those
who took part in the home contest.
And to procure a fund for the pur-
chase of those prizes, a small admit
tauee fee might be charged to this
contest.
And, as has been mentioned above,
there is a benefit to allthose who take
part other than that of the prizes.
The individual who enters the con-
test, giving his subject careful prepar-
atio1 and study, will have better ideas
OF defamation, and the standard of
excellence by which he measures
other speakers will have been very
considerably raised. And this may
not only be said of the individual, but
it may be said also of the community
and the whole township.
Speaking is an art worthy of more
attention and cultivation than it re-
ceives. This is an age when the great
mass of the people are influenced and
moved to action through the efforts
of tie forum and the press. Then
why not commence the cultivation of
this art with the young?
The Farmers Institute, in order to
induce the young people to make the
trial, has offered several prizes, and
Mr.. E. s. Knowlton, to further slim
ulate the young people, has offered a
special premium of $500 for best de-
claimer, to be distributed, 81 90 for
best in A class and 81 10 for best in
b class.
Then there is the Penn college
scholarship prize of one years. tuition
for the best d~eclamatory effort, dis.
tributed, two terms tuition, $24. OO, for
first place, one terms tuition, S12. 90,
for second place. This is a prize well
worth the effort of any young man or
young woman. In fact, Penn college
feels that they cannot afford to offer
such a prize unless there are at least
four or more persons %contesting for
the prize.
We would urge upon teachers and
vice presidents to interest themselves
in this matter to such a degree that
all classes may be full. We would be
pleased if teachers or the vice presi-
dents would report to us as soon as
they have made their choice of speak
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
HOSPITAL
Clinton Has a Fine New. EdIace for
the Sick.

Clinton, Dec 1S.-Agatha hospital.
the fine new building which has Just
been completed here at a cost of $780,
600, was appropriately dedicated yes
terday afternoon, hundreds of the
residents of the city. witnessing the
ceremonies. Rev. Frank K. Fowler,
pastor of the First Pre- sbyterian
church, delivered the dedicatory adj
dress, while Mayor George d. Nc.
Daid spoke in behalf of the citizens.
Agatha Hospital Association is a
charitable organization, composed OF
a number of the philanthropic ladies
and men of the city. The funds for
the erection of the new building were
raised by subscription, many of the
business men of the city giving liber-
ally. At the close of the services all
were served with refreshments.
No expense has been spared in the
furnishing of the hospital and it is
one of the most ~up-to-date institutions
of its kind in the United States. 1t
is 57xS4 feet, is three stories high,
with basement, The building is of
brick finished in hard wood. The
building is situated on a high emil
nence in the western part of the city
and oycrlooks a large portion of the
town, as we'll as the Mississippi river.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
'POssum supper.

The colored Masonic lodges of the
city held a coon and 'possum dinner
and supper in their rooms over the
Hub clothing store Monday and there
was a good patronage which Melted
quite a little sum of money. Eight
~'possums two coons and quite a num-
Der of chickens and turkeys were
served at the two meals, along with
sweet potatoes and other things that
go to make up the genuine 'possnm
meal. The feast was generally well
patronized by the business people of
the city. Even Charlie Schlenker
was moved to go against the new disk
to see what 'possum and coon really
did taste like.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
PERSONALS.
tuesday.

Horace Birdsall, of Los Angeles was
in town to-day looking after business
matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. r j. Baker will go to
ST. Louis this evening and VIII spend
the holidays in that city,
Harry Myers is lying critically i'll
at the home Of his brother, Toby
Myers, on First avenue west.
Mrs. DR.. Yerrick, of Cedar Rapids,
Is visiting at the Win Woodruff home.
She leaves for home tomorrow.
Mrs. George Westman, of Belle
PLANE, is here for a few weeks' visit
with her sister, Mrs. 7. G Janney.
Mrs. Geo. Andrews of Des Moines,
is in the city visiting at the homes OF
relatives and friends for a few days.
Mrs. W. E. Todd and baby Edith, OF
Mason City, are here for a Christmas
visit at the parental Edward Matthews
home.
Mrs. Fred Hartman and children of
Peoria, H., r in the city for a holt
day visit at the Hoffman home, 500
Fourth avenue east.
Carl Holcomb, of Cedar Rapids, ar
rived in the city last evening to be a
guest Of his sister, Mrs. Mary Jack
son, during the holidays,
Mrs. Hettie Howe and Miss Mary
Adlon, Of st. Paul, entertained with
hr.and Mrs. James Matter at dinner
to-day in honor of their fathers 74th
birthday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Ketchum, of Mankato,
Kansas, who was called to the city BY
the death of her mother, Mrs. A. ].
Baughman, departed yesterday fol-
her home.
Mrs.Dora Crooks, of Marshantown
spent Saturday in the city visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hal
of West O Mr.. and Mrs
Crooks leave Saturday for North Da
kota where they expect to make theil
home.
CenterviIle Citizen: Frank Nc
Creary was a passenger this after
noon over the Central for Oskalooss
where he will begin work in the of
fee of the Adams Express Company
Frank formerly was in the employ o
the same company at Oskaloosa al
driver.
Art Tenant, who has been in thii
city and travelling out of here for the
Armour Packing company, has beer
transferred to Des Moines and will
go there tomorrow. John Fitzger,
aid, who was in charge of the oska.
Ioosa business during the absence oil
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
P. E. o. MUSICAL.
Regular Chapter Meeting and Christ
mas Social.

P, E. O., Chapter X, met with Miss
Berta Lacey at her pleasant home on
First avenue east Monday evening.
The occasion was the regularly meet
ing of the society, enlivened with a
Christmas musical program and a
progressive lunch served by the en-
tertainment committee. The pro-
gram was an excellent one, well
rendered as follows:
Duet-2 pianos Gondoleria-Re-
niecke-Mrs. Ray and Berta Lacey.
Musical Current Events.
Paper-The Messiah-Mrs. Ray.
Soio-''O Thou That Tellest Good
Tidings to Zion"-Mrs. Cowgirl.
Paper. Richard Wagner--Mrs Pick
EFT.
Paper-Opera "Tannhauser"--Miss
Mae Millar.
Duet pianos-Tannhauser March
Mrs. Ray and Berta Lacey.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
R KUHN les.
Denies Having Poisoned Her NUS
band.

Sigourney, Dec, IS The trial Of
Sarah Kuhn, charged with MURDER,
was resumad today. The defendant
was on the stand the entire day. She
stated that the cause of trouble be-
tween herself'and husband was his
impotency. She denied ever having
~strychnine or poison of any descrip-
ton in her possession at any time
and ~emphatically denied having adj
ministered strychnipe to her husband.
she was cool and wonderfully self
possessed during the long, tedious
cross-examination. She answered
the questions freely and emphatically.
The case will probably occupy the
rest of the week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20


Manager Hal McQuiston, viii take
the territory vacated by Mr.. Tenant.
Wednesday.
A. C.Randolph departed this morn
ing via the Iowa Central for Jennings,
Louisiana.
Mrs. Jennie Moorman departed for
Denver last night via 40 Iowa Cen
trail route.
o. A. Johnson, of Jefferson City,
Mo-, is here caring for matters in the
district court.
hiss Ruth Phillips came down from
near Union Mills to make an extend
ed visit at the VIII Laffollett home.
Peter Endoty, of Dubuque, was in
the city to-day calling among friends
and looking after real estate interests
in the county.
Miss Mollie Carroll, who has been
in the city visiting with friends and
relatives, returned to her home in
Des Moines this morning.
Miss Georgia Alvey departed last
evening for st. Louis where she goes
for q Christmas visit with her sister,
Mrs. Freeman Drake, near that city.
Miss Annie Bowser departed this
morning via the north bound Iowa
Central to visit with friends and rel
atives in New Salem, North Dakota.
Mrs. Ed L. Roach departed last
evening over the Iowa Central for
Yates Center, Kansas, where she
will be a holiday visitor at the home
of relatives,
Dave Evans, of Montana, who has
been in the city visiting with friends
ADD relatives, went to New Sharon
yesterday afternoon to visit with his
brother, William Evans, near that
place. During his stay in this city he
was a guest at the Thos. Davis home.
Mrs. Lou Abraham and Mrs. Fred
Green, who have been at Excelsior
Springs during the past seven weeks,
returned to their home in this city
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Green re.
turns to the city bettered in health to
quite an extent, the visit to the south
having been very beneficial
Henry Volmer, of Davenport, is in
the city with Horace Birdsall in con
nection with the trial of the case Of
the Ideal Heating Company VS. Bird.
sail & Ferrall. Mr.. Volmeri 8 one oil
the brightest attorneys in the state.
and his conduct of the trial is being
watched with much interest by the
bar
Claims Agent Marquis Barr, of the
Iowa Central, is home from Anamosa
where he was called to care for bust,
ness matters in the interests of the
road. While in that city he visited
the state institutions over which il
was his fortune to preside for a num-
Der of years al warden, He states
that he found things in very excel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
Pearls Found in VERMONT.

Everyo@ is talking aboA> the
"GreM Mountain Pearls" DidNgou
kR6w that they cure liver troublA,
constipation, bad digestion, nausea,
dull headache, dizziness and foul
breath ? There never was a pill sold
which acted so quickly and gently,
AID they don't grippe one bit. A%fial
is an we ask-we know what Me re.
suit wv be.
GREEN & BENTLY DRUG co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

Use Aliens FoOt-Ease In Your Gloves
A lady writes: Il shake Aliens Foot
ease into my gloves and rub a little on
my hands. 1t saves my gloves by alb
sorbing perspiration. 1t is a most dainty
toilet powder" We invite the attention
of physicians and nurses to the absolute
purity of Aliens Foot-Ease. DR.. w. c.
Abbott. of, the Chicago Clinic says: at
is a grand preparation; l am using it
constantly in my practice" All drug
and shoe stores sell it, CSC. Sample
sent FREE. Address Allen S. Ohm
stead, lie Roy. N. Y.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
"A R
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
# &MZAIZm
A False Alarm

Considerable excitement was eaus-
ed last evening about 10 o'clock by a
report that a guest of the Arnold
Hotel had attempted suicide by the
morphine route and was dying, all
efforts to rouse the man being of no
avail, Doctors Coveny and Miller
were called and the patient then
showed fight and was going to clear
out the room of the people who had
crowded in. a police officer was
called and on his arrival it was found
that the fellow had again lapsed into
semi'consciousness. Some one in
the room then recognized the fellow
and it was said that he was subject
to such spells and would soon be all
right. He was then left to his peace.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
GosHEN. TTI.
Gensssee Pure Food Co.. TS Row, n. y

GeHeSsee Pare Food Co., lie Roy N. Y.
Dear Sirs Some days since a pack
age of your GRAIN-O preparation was
left at my office. / took it home and
gave it a trial, and l have to say | was
very much pleased with it, as a substi-
tute for coffee. We have always used
the best Java and Mocha in our fam
lily, but l am free to say l like GRAIN
o as well as the best coffee l ever
drank. Respectfully yours,
A. c. JACKSON, NJ. D.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST.

ers for the home contests, the names
of the speakers, title of selection, di.
vision and township. Also after the
home contest Immediately report the
winner, the title of defamation, di.
vision, and the township.
Yours truly,
j. P. DoDDs,
County Superintendent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
Collecting Back Taxes!

Mt. Pleasant Daily News: Some
time last winter the board Of super
visors made a contract with Judge
Mccoy of Oskaloosa, to collect taxes
on personal property which had been
withheld from assessment, and he has
been here several days, meeting a
large number of parties to whom
notices had been sent. There. have
been several thousand dollars paid
into the county treasury as a result
of the investigation SO far made, and
he will continue the matter for some
time, as not nearly all the records
have been searched as yet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
RELIED IN sIx Haul.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re-
lieved in six hours by''New Great south Amer
lean Kidney ture." Ii is a great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness ia reliev
ing pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or emale Relieves retention OF water almost
Immediately If YOU want Quick relief and
cure this Il the remedy. Sold by Green & Bent
ley, druggists, Oskaloosa, la, E8yi
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

WE have been in business a good
many years and our good trade is
due to our honest business methods.
20w4 ED 8. HOWARD.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
500.
Dr. e. Detchon,s Anti Diureuc

My be worth to you more than 800 If you
have a child who soils bedding from i~ncOnten-
ence of water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. II arrests the trouble at once. 81.
Sold by Green Il Bentley, druggists. 43y1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
Closing Notice,

All the lumber yards in Oskaloosa,
also the Oskaloosa planning mill, will
be closed all day on Christmas.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

lent condition in all the departments
and the prison is one of the best in
the Uniled States.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

It's a gentleman's whiskey, a pure
delicious beverage and a grand appe-
tier. Don't forget the name. 81 w.
HARPER" whiskey. The kind your
grandfather used.
SOLD BY
M. & M. Star Bottling Co, Oskaloosa,
Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

Ellis Prime has decided to remove
to Oskaloosa and will retire from the
active work of the farm. He has
rented his fine farm of 100 acres in
Lincoln township to an Illinois man,
who will take possession soon, and he
has purchased the Atwater property
at No. 1912 High avenue west, and
will remove to that location in the
near future. The Primes are very de-
sirable people and we are glad to
have them cast their lot with the bal
ance of Oskaloosa folks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

HONEST weights, full measure,
courteous treatment to all. Try us.
2Ow4 ED S. HOWARD.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

prepared him for the great career he
was later to have in that region Of
Africa.
Every war hero must have his story.
and it is said that Kitchener actually
swallowed bullet which gave him an
ugly wound in the face. The bullet dis.
appeared and resisted the efforts Of the
surgeons to find it. One day the patient
was given prepared beefsteak, and
after munching some time at 1t he
gulped down some bulky morsel and ex-
claimed to his attendant, "If there was
no bone in that steak, as you declare,
then l have swallowed that bullet"
And so he had.
Kitchener's special military training
has been that of an engineer, and he
relies upon others for tactics. When
he was sent into the Sudanese desert
to cope with the Mahdists, he didn't at
tempt to fight the sand, but overcame
it by carrying the railway to the front.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

the breeze. 1t was almost instantly
shot away, but he replaced it, and the
signal was answered from the Brit
ish garrison. So much for the boy
soldier. Roberts went to Abyssinia in
1868 and won promotion after promo
ton until the year 1878 found him
commanding an army in Afghanlstan
with the rank of general. There in a
period Of less than year he sustained
terrible siege himself and capped
the climax of glory by raising the siege
of Kandahar
After the Kabul massacre Roberts
was surrounded in Kabul by hordes Of
Afghans and compelled to take refuge
in the fortress Of Sherpur. The garrl-
son sustained long siege and literally
wore the Afghans out by their GOODNESS
and valor. Finally, on the last day Of
the year 1879, the troops made sor-
tie and turned the flank Of the enemy,
raising the siege. Meanwhile another
army, under General Burrows, was
sorely beset near Kandahar and aftcr
month of skirmishing Roberts set
out for the relief of Burrows column,
which suffered loss Of half its num-
bers at Maiwand July q, 1880. Rob-
erts at once disappeared from the
world with his 10000 troops, and Brit
ain awaited anxiously the tidings Of
his fate, for disasters had accumulat-
ed as in South Africa the first three
months of the Boer war.
When heard from, the news was that
Roberts had reached Kandahar on Aug.
81 and the next day thrashed the AZ
CHAN tribes into submission. Since
then he has been Lord Roberts Of Kan
dahar.
The chief points Of similarity be-
tween Roberts and his right hand man
In South Africa, General Horatlo Her
bert Kitchener, are that both are Irish
men, and both have habit of succeed
ing in all they undertake. There the
parallel ends. Kitchener is not idol
ized, but is feared and respected. He
does not lead his men; he drives them,
although he works as hard as the hum
blest. Something of daredevil, he
has always managed to light on his
feet when a failure to do so would
have been a calamity. A key to Kitch-
ener's character may be found in an
incident Of his young days. He had
lust received commission In the army
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

EIliiEalf=l=EnIEEi=@
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

foundation principle of our govern
ment. The Declaration of Independ-
ence, the flag and the Constitution
must everywhere stand together as
emblems of human liberty and equal
rights for all, and where one goes, all
go. We therefore denounce imperial
ism under any pretense as necessarily
leading to militarism and as wholly
foreign to our system of government,
and declare that neither Congress nor
the President can exercise any power
whatever not derived from the Consti-
tuition, and that all powers of govern
ment in our system not specially given
them by the Constitution are express
ly reserved In that instrument to the
people or to the states. We therefore
denounce the Porto Rican tariff bill as
palpablc violation of the doctrines
OF the fathers and Of the foundation
principles of our government, which
is based upon equal rights to all.
Great standing armies ever have
been and are now dangerous and
constant menace to human liberty and
we demand the reduction of our stand
Ing army back to the former relative
standing.
AS Democrats, we express our deep
est sympathies for the Beers of South
Africa, who, against such fearful odds,
are heroically struggling for that same
liberty for which our fathers fought a
century and quarter ago, and which
at so much sacrifice they gained and
handed down to us.
We demand also that the unrighteous
costly and protitless war now being
waged for conquest against the Fill
pinos, who ask only for the right of
government, be brought to a
speedy close by a peace honorable to
us and just to them.
We favor an unfaltering adherence
to Monroe doctrine and oppose entang-
ling alliances, secret or open, with any
foreign powers.
We favor the construction and pro-
lection by the United States alone, of
the Nicaragua canal as Il commercial
highway for all nations.
We affirm anew our undimlnlshed
faith in the acknowledged leader of our
party, William J.. Bryan, and demand
that united delegation be sent from
Ohio to the national convention to be
held at Kansas City, instructed and
pledged to his denomination for the Of.
! flee of President Of the United States
and to that end we advise an early
state convention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13
Murderer Escaped.

Altoona. Pa, April 18.-(Spl. j. Milton
Sheets under sentence of death for the
murder of Augusta Glessner, sawed
the bars OF the cell window in Somer-
set jail and escaped with Buck Walker,
who was serving a sentence for cattle
stealing The men crawled down a
rain spout Mt D. M. last night and
escaped to the woods.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

HOBENlps hiiOhh.'iIh
and, having furlough, visited France
ON the eve of the outbreak of the Fran
co-Prussian war in 1870. At the risk
of losing his commission he volunteer
ed to fight for France, whose cause
was dear to every Irishman, not TO say
to many liberal Englishmen.
While still young, Kitchener was
sent to the Sudan to investigate tho sit
uation among the Arabs, who were re-
ported to be rising In rebellion. Dress
ed as one Of them and being a master
Of their tongue, he played the spy at
Omdurman for two years. Well know
ing that II detected he would be tor
tured to death, Kitchener provided
himself with subtle poison so as to
anticipate his would be eXecutioners.
But he avoided discovery and had no
md of adventures In the Sudan which
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13
Seriously Injured.

Wheeling, Va, April 13.--(Spl.)--
Those seriously injured by the boiler
explosion today are: r. X. Salter.
field, VIM. He'll, Thomas Burke, Geo.
Spindler and Geo. Drossich, machin-
lists and laborers. They were fright
fully scalded. Drossich, who is 4
Pole, was blown 90 feet across large
building.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13
Anything hat Tint.

'Yon wicked boyP' exclaimed the
elderly woman. horror struck. "What
are you pounding that poor dumb brute
for?"
"Dumb brute, ma'amY' said the boy,
turning upon her in anger and astonish.
ment. "Dumb? This Is donkey.
ma'amF-Chicago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

type of the sirdar. man of iron meth
od and persistence. So If there is
chance to succeed in South Africa
with military methods Engl6nd's lords
now on the spot are the right men in
the right place. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

Mr.. Growells-What, You want n
new bonnet? Why, think the one you
have is very becoming.
Mrs. Growells-Yes, and so do the
neighbors. They think 1t is becoming
very ancient and decrepit.-Chicago
News.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13
Her Best Time,

Mrs. Kute--You're not really going
to ask him for your new hat before
he's had his dinner?
Mrs. Phoxy--I am indeed.
Mrs. Kute-I should think you'd find
your husband In better humor after his
dinner. Mine always is.
Mrs. Phoxy-Yes. but I'd have TO
contend with my husbands Indigestion
then.-Philadelph Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13
1'WO OFlGHTITGLORDS
THE ENGLISH LEADERS WHO ARE
cRoWplNo THE BoERs.
Roberts q Man with q Lucky star.
Kitchener Works by System, and
his Ideal Army Is a Mnchinc-striix-
ing Personal Traits.
tCopyright, 1900, by @. L. Kiimerl

RITISH soldiers
have n saying z
that South Afri-
ca Is the grave
Of brilliant mill
tary regulations.
England has no
generals to send
to that field to-
day with bright
er laurels than
those won in
other lands by
II o b erts and
Kitchener. Rob-
erts' past sue
| cesses have been
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-13

"When Butler is doing nothing else,
he can work mp little financial amuse-
ment."
How
"By cashing his checks ON the banks
of the Tugcia. - Cleveland Plain Deal.
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