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The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
TITUS GETS FARM.
Our Court House Janitor Draws.
a Claim.

Ell Reno, July 3D. w. d. Titus, of
Oskaloosa, was one of the lucky
claimants yesterday, e oming in among
the first two thousand farms drawn.
from the big wheel. Other success
full Iowans we're:
Walter e. Otis, Perry, Ia, No. II,
Lawton district. He will get claim
worth $4,000.
Reuben e. Rodgers, East Peru, Ia,
No, %, FL Reno district; win get a
claim worth from So, 600 to $4,000.
L. j. Pennington, Quimby, No. 271,
Ell Reno district.
Virgil Bard, Tama City, Ia, No.
271, Ell Reno district. ,
Martha Laird, Bedford, Ia, No.
$50, Ell RenoIdistrict.
Joseph w. Curl, Bloomfield, Ia,
No. 146, Ell Reno district.
Falcon Wordhous, Nixon, Ia, No.
4, Lawton district; will get a claim
worth $4,000.
Jacob e. Mayer, Audubon, Ia, No.
109, Ell Reno district.
Wilton Rhodes, Mount Pleasant,
Ia, No. 291, Lawton district.
P J. Rowen, Marshalltown, Ia,
No. 80, Lawton district,
Dora Robert, Council Bluffs, Ia. 7,
No. 1923, Lawton district.
Albert j. Harvey, Atlantic, Ia,
No. 392, Lawton district.
Samuel R. Curtis, Audubon, Ia. :,
No. 451, Lawton district.
Frank r. Anderson, Kinorum, No
500 Lawton district.
W. A. Roll, Vinton, No. 535 Lawton
district.
Owen e. Gillian, Anamosa, No. 500
Lawton district.
W. H. Gray, Shambaugh, No. 500
Lawton district.
Charles E. Mobiles, Eagle Grove, No.
655 Lawton district.
William N. Hurst, Blakesburg, No.
665 Lawton district.
A. ". Adams, Salix, No. s14 Lawton
district.
W. Q. Winslow, Newton, No. 54s
Ell Reno district.
j. B. Snyder, Bedford, No. 62s Ell
Reno district.
Ernest Mosburg, Iowa mo address)
No. 643 Ell Reno district.
M. A. Stuhl, Farragut, No. 649 Ell
R ,no district.
Lawrence F. Walsh, Muller, No. 1928
Ell Reno district.
w. L. Taugbrun, Glenwood, No. 1866
Ell Reno district.
Charles Hatcher, Silver City, No. 1888
Ell Reno district.
Warren B. Cronch, Beeman, No.
1901 Ell Reno district.
J. w. Monroe, Grinnell, No. 1898
Ell Reno district.
Thomas j. Miller, Ames, No. 149
Lawton district.
Amos P. McCoras, Fairfield, No.
1893 Lawton district.
| Laura . EluOIJ NollSELOu, NO' lOAu
Lawton district.
Peter Sanstram, Council Bluffs, No.
1888 Lawton district.
Sidney Clark, Jr Ida Grove, 1915
Lawton district.
B. Roserunz, Woodward, No. 1889
Lawton district.
g. H. Jones, Audubon, No. 1913
Lawton district.
A. Lee, Bayard, No, 1861 Lawton
district.
j. B. Sehlem, Fort Madison, No.
1923 Ell Reno district.
Edwin M. Tompkins, Lacelle, No.
iii Ell Reno district.
Henry Steller, Madison, No. 1919
Ell Reno district.
G. A. Mccoy, Lake City, No. 113
Ell Reno district.
John E. Booth, Cedar Rapids, No.
17l7 Ell Reno district.
A. G. Pratcher, Grinnell, No. 1853
Lawton district.
o B. Jacques, Allerton, No. 116s
Lawton district.
W. G. Smith, Garwin, No. 1859 Law
ton district.
F. r. Fisher, Waterloo, No. 1T
Lawton district.
]. W. Kitchner, Colfax, No. 1880
Lawton district.
w. s. Coen, Ottumwa, No. 14O2
Lawton district.
H. A. Nelson, Benton, No. 1893
Lawton district.
O. E. Drew, Salem, No. 1434 Law
ton district.
Eli earlier, Vinton, No. 1477 Law
ton district.
Frank O. Springer, Decatur, No.
1883 Lawton district.
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| 500.
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
p EORIAITE.
July 80.

English SPAWN Eminent removes all Hard
Soft or CallOused Jumps and Hlemishes from
Ring iOne. STILES, sprains, ali swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle
War anted the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known Sold by Green Il Bentley, drug
gists OskalOOsA Ia 43yl
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

You can be pleased in all your
wishes Tor a good strictly up-to- date
buggy at Lewis Bros. Montgomery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
500.
Dr. n, Det.abon,. AntI Diuretic

May be worth to you more than 800 IL you
have a child who soils bedding from inconten-
euce of water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. 1t arrests the trouble at once. 81
Sold by Green & Bentley, druggists. 43yl
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
Wednesday.

A. Ribbe went to Pella to-day to be
in attendance at the Red Men picnic
Sister Francis, OF Ottumwa, spent
yesterday at the s. w. Rowen home.
Robert Hardness is spending few
daysin ssarsboro visiting old friends.
Roy seaton, OF Savanna, Illinois, is
pending : few days at the Capt .JDo.
lrtin home
d Sloan has been quite i'll for sew
days and is still laid up with
trouble.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
List of Letters.

Remaining uncalled for in the post
Office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the
week ending July 81, 1901:
GENTLEMEN'S LIST.
Black, Alex Kester, Geo (2)
Foy, Hugh McKerrnan, Fred
Gossage, J j Roberts, F d Jr
Harlough, Emerson Richards, A R
Hovey, A M Vavasour. II G
LADIES' LIsr.
Booth. Jennie Migginton, Thena
Brooks, Helen L Rouse, Mrs O O
Brown, Alice Rhodes, Sarah
Ellsworth, Essie Sawsen, Kate
Tibbs. Mrs John
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to adj
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 Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
THE BRITISH SOLDIER.
Not So Well Paid as the American
Pensions Granted.

The British soldier receives shil-
ling day; the United States soldier
one shilling nine pence. The Amcri-
can soldier has better rations, but
Tommy Atkins has more liberal al
Iowance for clothing. In other re-
.pects, says w. +. Curtis, in the.Chi-
cago Record-Herald, the conditions
are about the same, except that the
British government pays pensions
only to those who are entirely disabled
by wounds or sickness. With all her
wars the pension list Of Great Britain
is not one-fourth as large as that OF
the United States. The annual APP
preparation of our congress for PEN
sions would support the whole Brit
ish army.
You see retired soldiers employed in
various capacities. They are given
preference in business houses. They
are used ihe district messenger
companies and receive certain priv
ilcEes and considerations from the
police and the municipal authorities
that are not granted to ordinary peo-
pie. 1t is common for bank messen-
gers, janitors of buildings, private
watchmen and other men engaged in
light employment to wear military
medals Of honor which are always ac-
cepted as good recommendation.
You see news stands and fruit stands
at The street corners and in the parks
attended by men with similar decora-
tions, or with empty coatsleeves, and
such privileges are esteemed of great
value.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
THE DEADLY MAUYACA SNAKE
Its Bite Renders the Victim SPECIFICS
and Ends Fatally.

A tragic story comes from Iron
cones, Misantis, in the state of Vera
Cruz, Of horseback excursion, in
which one Of the party was fatally bit
ten by snake known as mauyaea,
says the Mexican Herald.
The victim, ID. Gregorio Flores y
Eoglia, accompanied by party OF
friends, had been passing the day in
the country, and was returning te
Troncones. In riding through some
underground which reached well up
on the horses sides the beast ridden by
Mr.. Flores y Foglia sprang suddenly
into the air and then stood still,
trembling violently. His compan-
ions, seeing from the riders face that
something was wrong, started to 90
to him, but their horses refused to APP
proach, showing absolute terror.
Meanwhile Mr.. Flores y Foglia, who
seemed unable TO speak, fell from his
horse, making signs to his friends in
the direction of something in the uh-
dsrbrush, where, to their horror, they
saw an enormous snake making off
through the bushes. The injured
man, who had lost his speech, com
municsted TO his companions that at
the moment their horses refused to
approach the snake was still wound
about his leg, having just bitten him.
lie was removed TO his home, hut in
spite of everything that could bedone
for his relief, he died few hours
later.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
WILL COMPLY.

There has been report on the
go about Mt. Sterling that the Mt
Sterling Water, Ice, Gas and Elec-
tric plant Co. would not complete
the stand pipe in accord with their
contract. That our people may be
at rest on this matter, we would say
it would be very foolish in corpo-
ration TO agree and then to violate
agreement. First, they know be-
fore they enter into an agreement
and second to ask for n change
would weaken confidence, both as
to financiering capacity and compe-
tcncy as to making an agreement.
The Water Company have a con-
tract and we may rest sure it will
be complied with TO the letter Yet
all men bear watching, and if they
are in good faith they Will invite it..
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
NICHOLAS COUNTY ITEMS.
(Democratl

Born, on the 18th inst, to the
wife of j. Sam Kennedy, son.
Died, infant son of Carl Gillis-
pie on the llth.
After four long weary months
smallpox has taken iis departure
and shaken the dust off it's feet as
a testimony against US, but the
fuX, disease even more terrible
has invaded our town and already
has claimed its victims with a
good prospect of soon gathering
Others into their eternal home.
We know a location within {SN
miles of Carlisle where fer years.
oil has been pouring over ledge
of rock several hundred feet in ex
tent; and we know of Springs II
Bourbon county that yield quanti
ties of pnre oil.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
no WORK.

A few busin ess mCn who artn
terested in the welfare of Mt,
Sterling should organize them
selves into a Commercial Club. a
Mems Club or something of the
kind, whose business it shall be to
promote the interest of Mt Ster-
ling, this and nothing more.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
japanese Dentists.

The japanese dentists perform all
their operations in tooth-drawing
with the thumb and foreGnger of one
hand. The skill necessary to do this
is acquired only after long practice,
but when once it is obtained the op-
orator is able to extract half dozen
teeth in about 30 seconds, without
once removing bis fingers from the
patients mouth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
Omar rratman Killed.

Omar Fratman went out from
White Sulphur Springs, Bath
county, with a young 0iiio man by
the name of Oldham. Somehow,
when the gun was in range with
Fratman it went off, striking Frat
man just over the heart and he ex-
pired almost instantly. He was
well known here, where for years
he held a position in the Monarch
Milling Company.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
DON'T REPEAT.

We have the June number Of
the Georgctonian. The matter is
good enough, but that's all.
Georgetown College deserves bet
ter. Cheap fabrics, poor work
manship and amateur artists make
a cheap appearance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
For Representative.

We are authorized to announce l. N.
GREENE, of the county of Montgomery
candidate for Representative IN this the
po,h District, composed of the counties
of Montgomery and Menefee, subject TO
ihe action Of the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce d. >.
GODSEY. of the county of Montgomery,
rs A candidate for the Legislature in the
Goth Legislative District, composed OF tne
counties of Montgomery and Menefee'
subiect to the action of the Democratic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
Sin no More.

1t would seem from what "
have been able to gather that scVa
fellows took occasion of the !
initiatory ceremonies at whicl
banquet was had to show tn
selves off and by their cond
bring into bad repute those v
would be Elks for the betterm6
Of mankind. Better in the futur
have no intoxicants provided, 70
where the mud is there the hog
wallow.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
Poisoned.

During the past week Owings
Lane lost two 3oo-lb. steers. He
had 20 steers grazing on Coley
Graves farm, near Springfield.
On Friday before a tenant had for
gotten package Of Paris green,
leaving it where the cattle found
if. Only two died. Another was
seriously effected.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
PREACH THE GOSPEL.

1t is the business of the minis
try to preach the Gospel and woe
IS he who declares not the entire
gospel. If the people go astray
they should be told about it,
whether they in person violate the
law or by their contribution. they
caused the weak to fall or start
the young in wrong paths.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
LET HER GO.

1t is in the wind that ten new
houses, residences, will 60 up on
Holt Avenue at a cost of 81, ,ooc
each, and that this is only begin
ing or what is to follow in Mt.
Sterling. A gentlemen was here
last week for the purpose Of or
ganizing a company for the pur-
pose of putting in another ice
plant.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
AUTOMATIC FLAGMEN.
New Device for Avoiding Accids Mt
Near Railway Stations.

With view to preventing acci-
dents at level crossings in the neigh
borhood of railway stations, very
ingenious mechanism has recently
been tried in France. 1t consists es-
sentally of a huge hook or catch,
made of iron, which is connected with
lever at the station by means of a
wire, through which a current Of elec-
tricity passes When il is lying in its
place the train passes over it quite
easily, but as soon as it is raised it
catches a lever which is attached to
the engine The lever thus caught
causes an air valve on the engine to
open at once, so that the whole train is
brought to a standstll within very
short distance. In foggy weather the
use of such an apparatus cannot be
over estimated, as it is calculated to
prevent train running into another
which happens to he delayed at sts-
ton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Senator.

We are authorized to announce CAS-
WELL PREWITT, of the county OF
Montgomery, a candidate for State Sena,
tor of this the 7Sth district, composed OF
the counties of Clark, Bourbon and Mont
gomery, subject to the adtion OF the
Democratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

1 III &
can be gotten up and carried out
successfully with out big supply of
Bug JUICE. that is why wee people
up here in Lickskillett are so stuck
on that CRATE sole savor. l hope he
will soon get all of our other good
preachers in line with his way of
thinking in regard to sole saving.
his vews on putting the world on a
religious base has bin mine all the
time i never did beleave the
churches of the world would be able
to capture all the soles of men and
wimen until things wer fixed and
adopted to suite all classes of think
ing and believing people. / hay
bin reading one of those Summer
Bibles and / cant finde no place
where it condems a man or woman
for having little plesure in this
life, sutch as dancing and drinking
if you like it. the Summer bible
says wo be unto HIM or her that
forces themselves to do things that
tha don't want to do. j motto in
one place in perticuler in my Sum-
mer Bible where Olde Taylor says
eat drink and be merry while you
are down there for | will make you
think you had struck hornets
nest when get you in my clutches.
the onley and shure way to reform
men and wimen is to let them hav
there one way bout this dancing
and. Bug JUICE business. how much
sweeter young cople looks in a
bal room shaking there mud hooks
il there rs no holes in there sox
then tha would look in a church
pue lisning to a good olde time
broad gage preacher. my, my. jest
think of it. what in the world is
the people going to do if tina set
round and let the worms eat up
all the long green tobaker in the
kintry. ii you want to see indus
trust set of people take trip to
frankfort and let george Evrett and
John Punch sho you thrue the State
coon box.W mine ant patchen.
seen the honorable Henry watt
son take the train for Morehead
this morning. be had small grip,
tho don't no what it contanedI it
might of bin lightning.
Ben franklin us to,Bottle up lite
ming, | am told tha are barrieling
it now. well reders don't get exsi-
ted the papers say there is warm
wave coming, so prepare your
selves with plenty of ice and calaty
water. mr. editer how is poiiticks
going TO be down there this fall is
there going 90 be eny thing in it if
so let NEE n". all ways take "a
hand in pnii cks when there's eny
thing in it Il don't requair no big
a mount TO make moe interested in
the wei far nf nee 'aw trainers. we
haven't mu'ch m ney up here, but
wee have The Il am tn handle eny
amount of religion Il heir is plenty
of bug luce niX..a .s..h IT. eyrY
thing gose mower dsv> II we'll
backed with calamaty wanr and as
squar as pistol.
SUMMER ConN.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
0ste0paths.

Drs. O. L. Buckmaster and {
W. Tanner, Lexington, have ID
Gated here. These gentlemen ar
of the Osteopathy School and WI
have their offices in the Tyler-A< 4
person Building. y
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
A Word for the Boy.

If a boy holds the screen door open
only long enough to get out, all the
women in the house yell to him about
flies, but a woman caller can hold it
open an hour, and her hostess will
look pleasant.-Atchison Globe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
For Representative

I. is our pleasure to announce JOHN
d. MCINTYRE, of the county OF Bath,
candidate for the Legislature, OF the
district composed of the counties OF
Rowan and Bath, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Most love stories end with wedding
bells but the one out at Eldorado ends
up with the figures, 1851, by which
the girl who loved will he knownhere-
after, in the penitentiary Atchison
Cloba
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
The Middle West and Kentucky

The Middle West and kentucky
suffered severely from the heat
yesterday. fiio temperature rose
above the 100 mark in several cities
and heat records were broken in
many places. There were many
deaths and prostrations. There
are no prospects of relief.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
BIRTHS.

On Saturday afternoon, July 20,
1901, to Emmett Ledford and wife.
of Spencer, at Becknerville, Ky, a
daughter-Dessie Blaydes
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

T. f. Rogers, real estsee agt.,
has sold lot of IS6 feet on Van
Antwerp Avenue to T, Nj. Leach
who will erect a nice residence on
:.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

T. F. Rogers, agent for Judge
w. H: Holt, has sold to the Inter
national Investment Company 10
resident lots on Holt Avenue;
Amount paid about 50, 100,
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
SUMNER COON.
,LickskiIlett. Jamyille, Ky.

&4i
'Lickskillett, Jamville, Ky.
A big time with the Elks in our
city few nights go. Halls and
hotels made grand display long
the decoration line. There wer five
thousand bolts OF diferant collord
paper raped and twisted round
and about the hotels. OIde Taylor
cut big iigur. Onley for Olde
Taylor the big Elk meating in our
city would OF bin total failure to
outsiders. its no use in kicking on
Ode Taylor; there ant nothing that
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Prayer services for rain We're
held in nearly every city and town
in Missouri Sunday in accordance
with the Governors proclamation,
fixing the day as one Of prayer
and fasting for divine deliverance
from the drouth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
FREE TRADE,

The President, has issued a
proclamation declaring free trade
between the United States and
Porto Rico. Republicans are
coming to their medicine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Judge John w. Barr, a jurist of
distinction, whose residence is in
Louisville, while attending t0some
legal business Saturday, received
a stroke of paralysis, but his ply
sicians think he will recover per-
fectly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Articles of incorporation were
filed with the Secretary of State by
the Georgetown Water, Gas 4
Electric Power Co., with a capital
stock of 100000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
Mistakes.

A man should not be blamed for the
mistakes he makes; he should be cred
ited-as he profits by them.-Atchison
Globe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Go to J. W. Jones, the optician,
and have your eyes tested. 40 1y
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Grand lodge of Ell<s meet at
Milwaukee to-day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23

Disgruntled Louisville Republi-
cans want another primary.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-07-23
Constipation Cured.
Lyons Laxative Syrup

cures constipation Of the very worst type and
permanentiy,too. 1t has mild action, is pleasing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-08

bore success.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-08

years.
Another company has done con-
siderable work on a large field ad-
joining Taylor park, expending
probably 100000 in development
and equipment. This company
has taken out fume about one
mile in length and nearly three
miles of ditch. What the results
of these two companies have been
are known only to themselves.
They have pegged away, kept their
own counsel and paid their bills
Colorado Miner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-08

The House has started in with a
red-hot fight on the Reapportion-
ment bill. 1t is not political
fight, however, as the bill reported
by the Census committee is not
considered a party measure, and
members of the delegations from
the states that will each lose one
member of the House if it goes
through are opposing it without
regard to politics, and they are
claiming strength enough to sup
plant it with substitute bill that
will increase the representation of
a few states and decrease that OF
none,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-08

One feature of the year just
closed has been the increased ten
dency of capital to invest in min
ing enterprises. The abundance
of surplus money and the difficulty
of finding remunerative invest
ments, which has been imposed by
the gradual fall of the interest
rate, have led many to look to the
mining and metallurgical indus
tries as sources Of profit. That
mines can be conducted on safe
business basis is an established
fact, which is every year supported
by additional instances. The
amount of money invested in this
wsy in 1899 and 1900 has been
very large and promises to be still
,greater in 1901. The dividends
paid by mining companies last
year are the largest in the history
kof the industry.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-08
THE REIGN OF CRIME.

The large number of post Office
and bank robberies, hold-ups, muir
ders and fynchings that have oc-
CURED in this country during the
last few months of the old century
have set people to wondering what
can be the cause of this reign of
crime.
Last, but not least in import
ance, is the Cudahy kidnapping
case, SO well known to everybody.
In Italy, where such brigandage
has been known for generations, it
is practiced in the mountains and
at distance from the cities. But
in our country we have reached
the stage where plunder seems
safest in the very centers of popu-
lation.
The prompt payment of the ran
som has the effect of a premium
on crime. Much allowance can be
made for the parental feelings in
such a case. But the RESPONSE
bility of the community for the
profusion of crime is undoubted.
Coupled with the incompetence of
governmental agencies which ex-
tract large taxes from the people,
but do not protect them, it reduces
our civilization to an aspect that
beggars comment.
Certainly the status of criminal
impunity which blows up post
office daily and reaches its full
flower in kidnapping young men
and holding them for ransom puts
the strongest onus on the authori-
ties everywhere to show that they
are able to fulfill the first function
of government in the prevention of
crime.