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The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Finger Cut Off by a Falling
Brick.

Warren Shoemake, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Shoemake, PIP East
Third avenue, received quite serious
injury Tuesday morning. The bricks
for the Third avenue paving have
been piled along the parking on each
side of the street, and for the last few
days the children have been having
a great deal of fun building furnaces,
houses, etc. Warren, with several
other children of the neighborhood
was playing near the big pile in front
of the house when in some way one
of the bricks from the top fell down
upon him striking his right hand
The little finger was severed little
below the first joint and the others
were considerably bruised. Dr.Hugg
was called and dressed the wound.
The end of the finger was replaced
and there are some hopes of it again
uniting, but if it should not amputa-
ton may be necessary.
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What s.. S. S. Does
for Children

Children constantly exposed to all sorts OF dis
cases. The air they breathe is filled with germs sewer
gas and dust from the filthy streets inhaled into the
lungs and taken into the blood At the crowded school
rooms and other public places they in contact
almost daily with others recovering from in the hrst
stages OF contagious diseases. You can't quarantine
against the balance of the world and the best you
do is to keep their blood in good condition and thus
prevent at least mitigate the disease. You have
perhaps learned from observation experience that
healthy, robust children and this means, of course
children whose blood is pur not nearly liable to
contract diseases peculiar to Them and when they do it
is generally in mild form. On the other hand, weak,
emaciated and sicky to catch every disease
that comes along. This is because their blood Is lack
ing In all the elements necessary to sustain and build
up the body Poisons of every description accumulate
in the system because the polluted and sluggish blood
Is unable to perform its proper functions.
Such children need blood purifier and tonic to give
strength and vitality to their blood and S. S. S. being
purely vegetable remedy makes it the safest and best for
the delicate constitutions of children S. S. S. is only
perfect blood medicine but is eeminenty the tonic
for children it increases their appetes and strengthens
the digestion and assimilation of food. your child
have any hereditary acquired faint in their blood
give them S. S. S. and write to physicians for any
information advice wanted this will cost you moth
Ing, and will start the little weakngs the road to
recovery. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
A new PARTY.
Kansas City Meeting Decides to
Launch New Political Barque.

Kansas City, June 19.--After an
acrimonious discussion the leaders of
the seven reform parties in session
here decided today to formally launch
third party which will embody as
many of the elements of the opposi-
ton to the old parties as possible.
The meeting decided to hold the
state convention In Missouri and to
launch the party which win look
upon Bryan as it's leader. The Mis-
souri, convention 10 to adopt . plat
form and principles on which the
extention Of the party throughout
the United States - 70 DO fought A
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
CHANGES ABOUT TOWN.
Several Business Houses Change Loea-
lion for Better Accommodation
OfTheIr business

Several important business changes
are about to be made in the city,
which will help both the looks Of the
town and the merchants who are
putting in the improvements.
The p. II .Brinker tailor firm which
at present has its quarters next to
the opera house, win kmove to the
AdIon building on High Ave. west
now occupied by the d. & w. Tea
Store. The place viii be newly pa
pered and painted and VIII be one
of the best and most up-to-date tail
oring houses IN the city. The change
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CHANGES ANNOUNCED.
United States Representatives In VA
rIous Countries Transferred 10
New Posts.

Washington, June 1s.--The follow
ing changes in diplomatic posts were
announced Monday:
Francis B. Loomis, minister to Vene-
zuela. has been transferred to be minister
to Portugal, vice John ~ Irwin, OF Iowa,
resigned.
Herbert W. owen, of New York, present
minister to Persia has been transferred to
Caracas. succeeding Mr.. LOOMS as min
lister TO Venezuela.
Lloyd Grlscom, Of Pennsylvania, present
first secretary OF legation at Constants
nople, has been made minister to Persia.
Spencer +. Eddy, OF Illinois, present sec
ond secretary at Paris, has been made. first
secretary at Constantinople, to succeed
Mr.. Griscom
Arthur Bailiy Blanchard, OF Louisiana.
has been promoted from third 70 second
secretary at Paris.
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man is about thirty-five years of age
and is business man of the north
of the county. He has been quite
prominent in the political doings of
the county for the past several years
and has always been the right man
In the right place. He seeks the NOM
nation in response to the advice of
many friends, and he has the support
of large number following in his
candidacy. He would make an ex-
cellent oHac;al.
Chas. s. Walling, life long repub-
lican also seeks the nomination. He
was born in Oskaloosa. A High
school graduate. Two years chair
man of the County Republican Central
Committee and four years at head of
city organization. He has been fifteen
years in the HERALD job rooms and
for a number of years has been fore
man. He has been at the head of the
Iowa Brigade band for several years
and is widely and popularity known.
The nomination for the Office of
sheriff is also sought for by MIA. R.
Hellings, of Lincoln township, and
man we'll known in all parts of the
county. He is a son of T. P. Hell
lings and is Mahaska county born
and bred. He has always been found
in the front ranks of the party work
ers and was always to be depended
upon. He is a general favorite wher-
ever known and would make q
strong member of the ticket that will
be placed before the people next
Saturday.
COUNTY BOARD.
One of the hardest places in the
list of county officers to be filed is
that of member of the board of sup
ervisors. 1t requires a man of ripe
business Judgment and practical
knowledge of the workings of the
county affairs. There are but two
candidates for this office. w. H.
Springer, the senior member of the
board, seeks reelection to the place.
He has been a careful and conserva-
tive guardian of the interests of the
county and has made popular men,
Der in every way. Mr.. Springer is
resident of Jefferson township and
has thorough knowledge of county
necessities, as we'll as town,wants.
The gentleman is we'll liked and his
nomination to succeed himself will
be generally approved.
The other candidate for theTplace
and duties of member of thesboard
of supervisors is Dennis White, whose
name has long been Familiarity spok-
en- in many homes in the county.
Mr.. White is a resident of East Gar
field and he is known from one side
of the county to the other. Tie has
always been loyal to the party and
has been leader in the campaigns.
He is a man of experience.Iin the
business world and he would make a
good custodian of the county's in
terests if placed in the Office by the
people of the county this fall.
And this completes the list of can
didates for nomination. 1t is seldom
that a convention is called upon to
choose from so splendid a lot of can
didates and the ticket thatHwill be
placed in the field cannotlbe.other-
wise than strong before the. people
of the county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
Base Hall.

What Cheer and Beacon had base
ball battle Friday and Saturday. In
the first game Beacon whipped What
Cheer 10 1; batteries Cowan and
Grimes for What Cheer and Evans
and Moody for Beacon. In the Sec
ond game What Cheer won 10 to IL.
Both were good games.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

Now that the board of education
has been instructed by the people
what to do in the matter they will
proceed with all possibleI dispatch
toward getting the work started so
that it will be possible to have the
building completed and ready for
occupancy by the opening of the
term in September.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
List of Letters.

Remaining uncalled for in the post
Office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the
week ending June Is, 1901:
GENTLEMEN's LIST.
Anthony, John Joseph, John B
Barker, Ed D Jones, John
Baker, Jimie Myers, Lewis
Carney, T PARCEL, w A
Fuller, Ora Wheeler. A F
LADIES' LIsN.
Abbott, Amey Funk, Susie
Burns, Rosa Jacobs, Mrs Vain
Barnard, Blanch Johnson, Maud
Conrey, Erna Payton. Mary
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to ad-
vertised list of this date. The above
letters will be held two weeks from
date and then sent to the dead letter
office.
CHAs. V. HOFFMAN,, P. M.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

Good whIskey is both doctor and
tonic. Better looking than many
doctors, better tasting than all med
icines. Fer general family use, moth
ing equals whiskey and Harper
whiskey Is pre-eminently the family
whlskey. Sold by
M. & NJ. Star Bottling o., oska-
loosa, Iowa.
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CA - II K "A.
s.s,, Ii. The Kind You Haze kWays Bought
s's1 4 G,HazzZw
REAL ESTATE DEALS.
Transfers Of MahaslEa County Lots and
Lands Filed For Record.

HERON j M and wife to Min
ME johnson, lot 8, block 3,
Daily * Searle's addition
to Oskaloosa. ....,........
Brown, w J and wife to H L
Spencer, quit claim to east
half, lot 4, block 2, west os-
kalOOBn .....s.......-...
Marmon ,Elva M and husband
10 F o Stewart, quit claim
TO 81 neL, 6-75-14; SO NV,
le-76-14; sw ne, 1854; ne
sW 1904 NV se, 1874;
part % ne, is-76-l4 part ne
se, 1854; part e me ne,
2l.75-I4; % sw, 7-76il4i ~
ses 7-7ti4.....,.-...s,....S 2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

For variety in seeds and implements
examine the stock of Lewis Bros. &
Montgomery. They are up to date
in everything. 3Stf
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
MRS. w. A. SEWERS,
Graduate OF Iowa Conservatory
of Music.
TeschsT Of Voice, Artistic Plano and
Organ Playing and Theory of Music
Studio, 3O1 First Avenue West.
237d & 46w mi

committee of seven, each party being
represented, was chosen to perform
the duties of executive committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

You can be pleased in all your
wishes for good ctrictly up-to-date
buggy ct Lewis Bros. Montgomery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20
Wednesdays Markets
Reports Furnished by Wire from
Chicago.

Chicago, June 10 Following is a
summary of the markets for to-day:
Wheat closed ~; corn, 431S; oats,
2s%.
LIVE STOCK.
Hoss-To-day's estimated receipts,
81, 900. Closing weak; early advance
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-20

To cure obscure diseases, renovate
the system with DR.. Kay Renovator.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20

Gus enough when one considers 1t in
connection with the modern undergradu-
ate, enforcing a uniformity of clothing.
This costume, We are told in a letter of
classmate of Sumner, consisted of an
Oxford cap, coat, and pantaloons, with
vest of a color known as Oxford mixed.
In warm weather it was permissible to
substitute white vest, but no other col
Or was allowable. Sumner, continues the
letter, objected to the white vest and APP
peared accordingly in very light buff
garment which he declared to be whites.
although admitting that laundress
could make it whittier. He was called
before the parietal committee. lower
board of discipline standing between the
and on three successive occasions argued
cessfully that the board finally voted that
lin future Summers vest be regarded by
this board as white" and the victory re-
NAMED with the undergraduate reformer
The man himself left upon his classmates
an impression of careful dressing and of
earnest study and Wendell Phillips
speaks of seeing light in Summers win
dow night after night when Phillips and
other undergraduates were returning
from pleasure trips to Boston.
Wendell Phillips is another name in
timately associated with Hollis. AS a
student he mixed more with the social
life of the college than either Thoreau or
Emerson. His contemporaries remember
him as singularly handsome youth-so
much so, indeed that on one occasion in
his room they measured him to find out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20

Helena, amused the old hero and his
wife with a graphophone. Although the
instrument is common enough in johann
nesberg. the general knew of it only by
report. I heard you had a box that
talked like man. he said to Capt. Web
ster through an interpreter. Webster,
telling the story, goes on: Yes, gen
eral,' l replied, and if you and Mrs.
Cronje will come into my stateroom 1
will give you an exhibition They sat
down soberly in front of the talking box,
and l slipped in a cylinder, containing
Moody and Sankey's hymn, THE Ninety
and Nine, Which 1 had been told they
sang in their own language. The effect
was startling. They recognized the tune
into tears. Her husband turned away
the spasmodic clasping and unclasping of
his hands that Gen. Cronje himself was
deeply affected. To relieve the tension
solo, and in moment the old gentleman
began to smile and beat time with his
feet and head, his gray beard Wagging
When the music had ceased black Kaffir
boy, d boy servant who had followed the
party in, said awesomely that there was
a devil in the box. Cronje frowned down
the suggestion, but asked whether it
wasn't done by some trick, like ventrilo-
quism, making an expressive gesture with
his lips. To satisfy him, I took the ma
chine apart and explained the principle
and he seemed deeply interested. 1 left
the instrument at st. Helena"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20

how his proportions compared with those
of the Grecian statute Of Apoi1o-and it Is
interesting to remember that here also
he helped to defeat the first effort to form
a temperance society in the college. In
later life he accounted this fact as IAN
infamy." In Hollis and elsewhere, it is
also interesting to know, his room was
much lrequented by Southerners. then
the most ::elegant' Of all Harvord un-
dergraduates, and the one thing t4at
connects the Hollis student with the
great reformer is the impression which
he left upon his classmates of deep SYM
pathy with all victims of oppression.
1t was in Hollis, Also that Prescott,
the historian, after the accident that de-
prived him of the sight Of one eye, awoke
to the serious attitude toward life that
gave him eventually his important place
among American men of letters. The ac
cident occurred In college where at the
time of his entrance he had found it nec-
essary to make rules for himself gov
erning the hours and minutes to be de-
voted to each particular study; rules,
adds his biographer, which he took care
never to break by working overtime, for
like many another famous man In later
life he was more given to general read
ing than to work in his prescribed
courses. Here also the future historian
cultivated that remarkable memory that
made it possible for him to learn by
heart entire demonstrations in the de-
tested science of geometry, and to reci.e
them in class without any attempt to un-
derstand their mathematical meaning. it
may be added, however, that he later
confessed to his instructor his inability
actually to grasp the mathematics and
was allowed to dispense finally with that
part of his education, an arrangement
that points directly toward the elective
system now so much in vogue In all the
large institutions of learning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20

the house and there finds himself above
the water line in snug nest lined with
the softest grass that the swamp affords
On streams the muskrat has different
sort of residence. There he is a cave
dweller. He digs holes in the bank with
an entrance underneath the water. This
entrance is generally invisible from above
and the rat is not so easily discovered as
IN his house. His den in the bank is gem
orally roomy and well lined with grass.
The legitimate method of taking the
animals is with the steel trap. The trap
must be set where there is water deem
enough to drown the rat. 1t is generally
surrounded on three sides with a pen.
made by driving sticks in the ground.
The trap is set at the open side of the
pen, and behind it are placed sticking IN
above the trap on short sticks one or two
slices of one of the vegetables the rats
IKE. THESE are preferably carrots or
parsnips or sweet apples
The rat steps into the trap in his at
tempt to get the bait; then plunging to
the end of the chain and diving into the
deep water he finds himself so hamperad
by the weight of the trap that he drowns.
Every trapper learns early in his ca
reer that the matter of having deep wa
ter to drown the rat is one of the es-
sent1als If there is not water enough
the captured animal will, nine times out
of ten, twist and gnaw at his foot until
the latter is left in the trap, and the
rat goes away on three legs On a creek
where the professional trapper does not
go and where the small boy is the only
one VINO does any trapping there will
be more three-legged rats than there arc
crippled army veterans in the usual viii
lage.
1t would not be at all inexact to saw
that the muskrat has played an impor
tant part in American civilization, for its
presence in the unsettled regions of the
Middle W est was a decided help to the
pioneers, many of whom spent the au
tumns in trapping and thus made money
to help themselves along in the struggle
with the forest and the seasons of crop
failure. It's fur is not so valuable as
that of mink, coon or skunk In fact.
10 cents pelt is a very good average
price, though from midwinter until early
spring, when the cold weather has
brought the fur to prime condition, it
OFTEN brings as much as Is or even 20
cents. The animals were in early days
so numerous that there was money In
their trapping, and the expert would
often take two dozen or more in a single
night
While found on almost all streams
throughout the country, the great home
OF the musk rat is in the marshes that
border the great lakes Along the south
western shores of Lake Erie are almost
endles5 swamps. They extend from San
dusky bay to Monroe, on the western
end of the lake, and from Monroe follow
northward along the Detroit river to the
famous ST. Clair Flats.
On Lake Michigan likewise the marshes
are extensive. Most important of all are
these on the west shore of that lake.
They surround Green Bay and exte1Hi
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20
ARE GETTING SCARCE
NIUskRATs IN DANGER OF BEING
DIFFERENTIATED IN A FEW
YEARS
ARE VALUABLE FOR THEIR FUR
UnscrupuIOus Swamp Hunters Re-
sort to Illegal ana UnspOrtsman-
like Methods to Secure the
Little Animals.

Nature lovers and fur dealers are
alarmed at what looks like the probable
determination within the next score of
years of the muskrats and movement
is under way to secure the passage of
laws for their protection, says an Omro,
Wis, correspondent of the New York
Sun.
The muSkrat resembles the beaver
more nearly than any other animal, but
the resemblance IS only a very general
one. 1t is three or four times as large
as large as its nameSake, the common
house rat. Its fur is brown and it's tail
fat bare of fur and pointed, something
more than half an inch in width In hab-
its it resembles the beaver, living in
streams and lakes and swamps. 1t does
rot cut down large trees nor make dams
Ike the beaver, yet it is a great builder.
Its dwellings may be seen on any marsh
which it inhabits, looking much like hay
cocks rising out of the water. 1t Is in
teresting to watch the building of these
houses. One may do so if he will take
his station on the edge of such marsh
at twilight or in the early dawn or on
moonlight night. Let him keep perfectly
still and he will see the animals at work,
His first glimpses will be of rats swim
ming.
One of the animals in the water looks
like short and narrow black stick.
Then there appears a waving something
on the surface of the water just behind
the stick This is the animals tail.
Swimming to the shore or to some bunch
o. grass that rises from the water, the
rat will bite off a few rushes or flags
and taking them in his mouth will swim
away to the place where his house is
being built There they are worked into
the pile that makes the home OF the
muskrat family.
If the watcher makes a noise or in any
way reveals himself he will see the rear
part of the swimming stick arise while
the front disappears underneath the
water. Then there is splash, a chug,
and the rat is gone. He will not appear
again for some time at least, not that
he can remain indefinitely under water,
for such is not the case, but he will come
up in one of his houses or in a hole in
the bank.
These houses are masses of reeds and
grass, resting on the bottom and rising
two feet or more above the water When
the animal enters a house he dives and
approaches the entrance, which is always
under water. By this he rises to the CEN
ter of the pile Of reeds which makes up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20
FINE OYSTER CROP.

An announcement that will be received
with joy all over the country is that
oysters will be exceptionally fine and
plentiful this season." While the West
has been suffering from drought, the At
lantic seaboard has been deluged with
rain This generous downpour is re-
sponsible for the large and luscious oys-
ter crop, for, according to an old oys-
ter man: "Oysters need rain just as
much as vegetables do. 1t is necessary
for the oysters to be fed by the vegeta-
ton and growths carried down to the
salt water bays by the fresh water
streams and in seasons of drought this
supply of food is cut off. Because of
the large amount of vegetation avail.
able for the oysters this year they are
fat, luscious and of fine flavor"
This same authority on the cultiva-
ton of oysters says:
1.-THE planters who raise the finest oys-
tiers take them to drink just as farmer
waters his cattle. One big firm of
wholesalers in New York recently con-
structed a mill pond on Jamaica bay ex--
pressly for this purpose. The firm brings,
its oysters from it's various beds, some
of them as far away as New Jersey
and drops them overheard in the bay at
the mouth of the outlet to the pond.
''The oysters are dropped in when the
tide is half flood. and they are taken
up at low tide. The water at the mouth.
of the creek is almost fresh at low tide.
The oysters are left in this comparative
ly fresh water from two to two and q
half hours. If they are left too long
they drink back the salt water, and this
detracts from their flavor. Immediate
~ after their fresh water draught lhe
oysters are shipped to market.
eff you crack the bill of an oyster
it will die This is why dredging them
with tongs is preferable to raising them
with drag rake while the vessel is in
motion.
"There are from 200 to 500 oysters in
bushel, and the usual cargo of the oys-
ter boats of this port is from 600 to LOCO
bushels. The average number of oys-
tiers brought to the port of New York
for distribution throughout the country
is 35,0O0,00O. day during the season"