The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

enough acquainted with printers to
know that their opinion of it is any
thing but complimentary. just tell
the people that he lived the best he
could, died the same way-and omit
the obituary poetry, for if he is not
saved without it he is lost anyway.
~.
Roustabout even to this day shud-
ders when he thinks Of the visions he
had in boyhood days after reading
terrible tales of the hardships of the
galley slaves chained to the benches
on the early craft that navigated the
Mediterranean. He also recalls with
dread a play whose hero was galley
slave, which he saw enacted in old
City Hall before the opera house
was built, or the Sewers Hall fitted
with drop curtains and improvised
pit. Yet with all the sad misfortune,
the injustice and the suffering he at
tributed to the impressed oarsman,-
the chains, the abuse and the dark
ness,-he can see today their co-part-
ners in misery, and he does not have
to go outside of Oskaloosa to lay eyes
upon them. The average business
man, who keeps up with the pro-
cession and does not suffer his heels
to be trampeled upon by his compet-
itor is chained to his store or his
Office with links that are more drastic
than those which held the slave of
olden times. The demands which
society and the public make upon
him are equal to the pricks that the
keeper gave the slave in order to
make him layto his work that they
might outstrip the speed of a rival
galley. The little failures and dis
appointments weigh upon him like
the stinging words that came down
from the captain in the prov, and
the rays of sunshine that creep
through the crevices into his dungeon
are like sweet morsels that magnify
his misery rather than relieve his
distress. And at last if he gain
competence and retire or is forced to
give up his business on account of
falling health, the words which Byron
put on the lips of the prisoner of
Chillon" paints his condition exactly:
very chains and grew friends
So much long communion tends
TO maze us what we are-evenI
ReRained my freedom with sigh"
The modern business man is
creature of American push and enter
prise. 1t takes a Hercules to carry
the load to the goal. Those who fail
on the race track are p7tied but soon
forgotten. Roustabout is assured
that the business man is in process
of evolution and he hopes this is true;
with the ultimate result of broader
horizon, less exacting demands and
more leisure in store for him. There
is nothing too good for the fellow
who risks the products of his toll and
his savings, his health and even his
life in serving this busy world.
Roustabout has at last come face to
face with the real football hero, and
he doffs his cap to the distinguished
chief of the gridiron His name is
Vernon White, and he halls from At
tleboro, Mass. Here is a record of
his achievements:
IS95-Left leg broken above knee
joint.
1885, Left collar bone broken.
1S95-Rigbt ankle sprained.
1896 Nose broken twice.
lS96-Back severely wrenched.
1S97-Three fingers on left hand
broken.
| 1S97-Ankle broken.
lS9S-Rlb broken.
1S98-Arm broken.
1S98-Wrist sprained.
lS99-Left leg fractured and splint-
erod.
l9OO-Head severely injured.
19O0-Fwo ribs broken.
190O-Legs temporarily paralyzed,
resulting from kick.
190O-The ribs previously fractured
were rebroken.
Since Roustabout expressed his
private opinion of football in public
he has been taken to task by several
"rooters " He has been told that he
exaggerated the number of killed and
wounded. Well, let's see. Rousta'
bout has not all the data at hand but
here is enough for the season just
closed.
Lawrence M. Pierson, Galesburg
Ill. student at Lake Forest Univer
sity. Injured Sept. 26, died Sept. %
William Dougal Price, Palestine
Tex, student in Bingham School al
Asheville N. o. Injured Oct. 20 and
died the next day.
Edward Gillett, $50 ParneIl avenue
Chicago. Injured Nov. s, died Nov 9
Joseph Kerr, Chicago. Fatally in
jured Nov 10.
James Williams, student of Wabasl
High School Fatally injured Nov. 10
Lee Calhoun Duff, student in the
University of California. Injured
Oct. 2, died Nov 16.
John McQuade, cl rx in the war de
/. partment, Washington. Neck broker
in game Nov. 4.
Quarter back Tenney, of the Penn
) Oh 4rles team. Fatally kicked in tn,
abdomen Nov. 8.
J. Sloan Kuykendall, Potomac Ac
ademy, Romney, w. Va. Fatally in
, ljured Nov. %.
Morris Shofnoskey, Creensburg
, Pa Killed In scrimmage Nov. "a.
, Charles Henabry, Andover, Mass
Ininrad Nov IN died Nov 1R