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The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

"That is what happened this sum
mer, and the immediate agency that
has flung open the furnace doors and
sent forth the destroying blast is the
mysterious power whose visible mani
fesf alton Is the presence of the black
sun spots. But it is mistake to
suppose that the sun spots themselves
exercise any direct influence upon
the weather, or that there must be
spots on the sun whenever there is
extraordinary heat on the earth.
The spots are simply indicators of
the SUMS condition, resembling in
that respect the eruptions on the
face of smallpox patient. They
tell the story of the SUMS internal
convulsions, and indicate some of the
places on it's surface where the pent-
mp forces are bursting out.
The next four years these gigan-
tic bursts will increase in fury, and a
corresponding series of terrestrial
seasons marked by great excesses OF
temperature, sudden contrasts and
extraordinary cyclonic disturbances,
will follow"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

%. N. Young, formerly of this
county, is a candidate for member of
the Board of Supervisors on the re-
publican ticket in Emmett county
where Mr.. Young has made his home
for several years past, and where he
is largely interested in farming and
stock raising. The republicans of
Emmett county will make no mistake
in nominating Mr.. Young for they
will find in him true-blue republican
fighting qualities, and the people will
make no mistake in electing him for
they can rest assured that their every
interest will have the same careful
attention that Newt has ever and al
ways given his own affairs. Mahaska
republicans send greeting to Mr..
Young and wish for his success.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
: PRAYING FOR RAIN.


When all was fair and all was good,
Man viewed his waving fields with
pride,
And boasted how he understood,
And how his way should be his guide.
His systems he declared were wise,
And worked in union and accord.
He never, while he held the prize,
Took time to say: II thank Thee,
Lord y
SThe mill, the mart, the countryside,
The fruits of toll from sea to line,
He gazed upon with swelling pride,
And cried aloud: This work is
minel"
He thought not of the Primal Cause,
All higher helpings he eschewed,
And never thought it we'll to pause
And bow his head in gratitude.
But now he swelters in the heat,
And sees the changes of the scene,
And oft will gaspingly repeat:
81 wonder what theLord can mean"
He shudders at his shrinking purse,
Bewails his dying fields of grain,
Chokes back the ever rising curse
And prays the Lord to send him rain.
''God, send us rain!' he supplicates,
THE thirsting of the land to slake.
The crop for moisture waits and waits,
And rain is something can't
makel"
And God must smile at such time,
And pity, too, the feeble folk.
In every land and every cline
Vain man is such sorry Joke.
Baltimore American.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
ANOTHER VIEW.

Director Sage of the Iowa Weather
and Crop Service is an optimist as
we'll as philosopher anF astronomer.
He says the dry weather, while it has
hurt the corn crop some, has made
straw more valuable, and has killed
acres of noxious weeds, and has
driven out many parasites that are
more harmful than the drought, BE
also hoots at the idea advanced by
Serviss that the sun spotsI and the
planets have anything to do with the
hot weather, or that their manuver.
ings will bring us four more seasons
worse than this one has been. He
takes logical and simple view of
affairs. There is nothing mysteri-
GUS about the drought" he says.
Natures ways are as simple as it is
possible to be. We do not have to
look to the unknown and unknow-
able for answer to the question. The
drought is responsible for the excess
of heat we have had. There is moth
ing to prevent this great valley from
becoming desert every year but the
moisture and the clouds which pro-
tect US from the SUMS rays. The sun
has not shone any hotter this year
than usual. We have not been pro-
tected from the heat, because ad-
verse currents of air have combined
to drive the moisture to otner por-
tions Of the earth's surface. Similar
conditions are found every year mt
some point. If we were up on a
mountain the suns rays would not
show any hotter this year than other
years. But it is here where the
ground. becomes heated, where the
heat is added day after day, until the
temperature is great. 1t is the ac-
emulation of heat that has caused
the high temperatures. l see a good
deal in the papers about explanations
of the heat Much of this is nom
sense. Some one has sput forth the
theory that the sunspots cause the
heat. Nothing, could be farther from
the truth. 1t is the belief of astron-
omers, and proved by experience,
that sunspots, if they have any effect
at all on our clim ate, lessen the
temperature. The theory that the
planets Jupiter and Saturn have
something to do with it is also absurd.
They would have about as much in
fiuence as two tallow candles up in
the sky a mile high, We do not have
to resort to the mysterious or the
supernatural to understand the
simple phenomena of Ia hot season
under cloudless. sky"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
ONE Lice.

So Norris Hurley is dead. The child
of sixty-one years has gone to his re-
ward. The county home, which has
known him so long, is in its way be-
reaved. The pennies, the toy watch,
the strings and the marbles that have
been his constant companions have
been laid away. The grave has been
closed and the Scriptural dictates
fulfilled, "earth to earth, ashes to
ashes"
Norris Hurley, though powerful
man in statue, with brawny arms,
full beard and body that knew no
pain, remained child all his life. A
new cent piece, an additional marble
or bit of sweetmeats made him
happy, and made him fast friend OF
the donor until the newness or the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

st, Louis Globe-Democrat: The
general public have not the slightest
interest in the controversy as to
whether the honor for the defeat of
Cervera at Santiago belongs to Samp-
son or to Schley. A few newspapers
have been condecting controversy
over that point for three years with
a vulgarity which is disgusting to all
persons who have read any part of it.
The public are decidedly interested,
though, in rebuking the manifest
falsehoods which have been uttered
against Schley by some Of the makers
OF books and by one or two of his
fellow. officers in communications to
the newspapers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
THE NEW COUNTRY.

By the end of this week the big
wheel of fortune at Ell Reno shall
have ceased to turn, and the $4,000
lucky claimants out of the 165, ,S65
registered will be preparing to claim
their homes in the Kiowa- -Comanche
reservation. While the deal has
smacked of lottery, it has been the
fairest way the government could
adopt to parcel out the land and
avoid the trouble and bloodshed that
have accompanied the other open
ings, made with a rush. Though
more than 80 per cent are doomed to
disappointment, this does not rep
resent the proportion of new citizens
that Oklahoma will gain from the
great influx of visitors. Thousands
went into the territory to stay, ac-
ceptipg this time to run their chance
of getting farm for little or moth
ing. 1t is safe to say that so, 600
people will have been added to the
population before fall. This will add
great strength to the fight Oklahoma
and Indian Territory will make for
admittance into the sisterhood of
states. The two territories should be
admitted as one state. The majority
of the people desire the consolida-
tion and their wish should govern.
Oklahoma is. rich in resources and is
destined to play an important part
in the nation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

As the Burlington Hawkeye sug-
gests, If Prof. Trigg would 60 to
church oftener and read fewer novels
he would not make such statements.
Has Prof. Triggs never read or heard
-he certainly hasn't sung-"Abide
With Me?" Does he not know of
such hymn as "Jesus Lover of My
Soul?" Has his troubled soul never
felt the calming sweetness OF
softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free.
Lord would commune with Thee!'
Has Prof. Triggs never stood with
in vast auditorium while thous-
and voices filled the edifjce with the
senorous melody of "There is Foun-
tain Filled with Blood" and felt his
heart swell with emotion. Probably
not, or he could not have said what
he did the other day.
Away with all such reformers, They
are only stumbling blocks on the way
of Christian Progress, which is al.
ready beset with enough obstacles,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
IOWA CROP REPORT.
Weekly Bulletin Issued by the
Weather Bureau.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, July %.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 30.
The period Of unprecedented heat
terminated on the 27th, ,aDdIthe drouth
was broken BY copious and well dis
tributed rains on the night of the 9th
and during the day and night of the
2sth. The high temperatures tegist-
cred on the 22d and 23d broke all
previous records over so large por-
tions of the state. 1t seems marvel
ous that any kind of vegetation sur
vived that protracted period of in
tense heat. TheI relief twas brought
by showers and much lower tempera-
ture, with but little violence of wind
or storm. Following are some of the
! heavier amounts Of rainfall for the.
week: Forest City, s.54 inches,
Osceola, 2.54; Waterloo, 1.59; Charles
City, 1856; Cedar Rapids, 1.46; Ma
quokets, 100; Marshslltown, 1.21;
Ogden, 80; Dubuque, 2 .O6; Ft. Dodge,
400; Britt, 3.43.
The extent of damage to the corn
crop cannot be determined until the
effects of moisture and moderate
temperature are made apparent. The
reports were generallyImailed on the
27th, before the drouth was broken,
and the estimates as to the amount of
damage are exceedingly variable, as
viewed from different standpofnts.N
Generally it may be.said the condi-
tions have been more favorable in
the northern than in the southern
districts. E-
Early threshing returns show better
yield and quality of small grain than
had been anticipated. Conditions
are now more favorable for saving a
portion of the late potato crop; and
the pastures are likely to revive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
James R. Wood, of Oklahoma

James R. Wood, of Oklahoma land
Matte H. Beals, of Wichita, drew
claims No. aud No. 2 in the Kiowa-
Camanche land rattle. They will
choose quarter sections adjoining the
town OF Lawton, and either claim
will be worth 4O,00O. Claim No. 1S
was drawn by Miss Minerva Nc
Clintock, but as she was married on
Sunday she forfeits her right to file
the papers. The claim would have
been worth $40, 900. That is a pretty
big price to pay for a man.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Gradually the government is
doing away with the distribution of
rations to Indians, In tive years the
system will be practically abolished.
There are now in the United States
269, 900 Indians. OF this number AZ ,250
draw rations regularly, while 12,6O0
more are provided for at various
times when they are unable to work
or do not feel like it. In the latter
class are included most of the Indians
who have grown old and have been
deserted by their young relatives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The fire at Davenport rendered
100 families homeless and caused
much suffering. The city which has
always been liberal in giving to 9th
ers in distress proved at once that
her generosity was of the genuine
type by raising 1000 in an hour for
the poor within her own gates. Dav-
export has reversed the rule about
charity beginning at home, but no.
body has suffered as a consequence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

j. R. Norman advertises the Com
panion of Forestry published at Abba,
for sale at a bargain. He also wishes
to dispose of a house and lot, three
barber shop outfits and other articles
too numerous to mention. Here is a
good chance for any one in need of
one or all of the properties offered,
for Mr.. Norman says he is bound to
sell.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
KILLED BY BEAR.
Rather SwInss To Close TO Animal
and Meets Sudden Death.

Iowa Falls, July 3O.-In the presence
of fifty people last evening William
Lepley, blacksmith of this city, was
killed by bear that is keptson ex-
hibition at the Palisade boat landing.
Lepley was in bathing and swan near
the shore, where the bear is chained.
Before Lepley could make an outcry
the bear reached for him, and drag
ging him out fastened hislteeth in his
neck. After struggle the body was
recovered, but the man died a few
moments later.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
Iowa was the most favored of an,

Iowa was the most favored of any
of the states in the corn belt, in the
rain that fell on Sunday, an average
of one inch falling in the state. The
corn, having endured a shorter hot
spell than in other states and being
later, has been revived 80 far that
crop experts say the farmers will
harvest fully rs per cent of an aver
age crop. The rain, by close es-
innate, was worth at least 5000, 900
to the producers of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

that she is so thrifty that she borrows
silver ware for state occasions, thus
saving the expense of owning it.
They have also discovered that her
husband, the Prince Consort, is s4OO,-
600 in debt and that she win not give
him one cent. She says he must pay
it out of the allowance q $4,000 a
year which she has settled on him.
A yellow journal is worse than the
hives in hot weather.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
YOUNG ANSWERS
He Holds the Legislature Responsible
For Amy over Charges.

Des Moines, Ia, July 30.--Lafe
Young, former state binder, files
an answer to the executive conucil's
alleged sI7OO over charge. He says
the work was ordered by the state
officials and that the legislature and
not himself is blamable for the fall
ure to specify the exact price for
special work, not contemplated by
the legislature.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The rains of the last few days
have been a great disappointment to
the political calamity howIers, who
had hoped that failure of crops
might be disastrous to the party in
power. But their long faces are more
than Offset by the bright smiles that
light up the countenances of the
farmera
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
DROWNED IN SKUNK.
Farm LaboFer Takes Fatal Swim In
skunk River Near Sully.

GrinnelI, July 31.-A bachelor about
40 years old, named Kelsam, was
found dead in the Skunk river near
Sully, in Jasper county, yesterday.
He had gone in swimming a short
ways north Of the town and was
found about mile below where he
went in. Kelsam was q farm laborer
well and favorably known in Bis
neighboEhood.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The democrats are now engaged
In their biennial tribulation of trying
to find some one to accept the empty
honor of nomination for governor.
The situation is complicated this
time because of the divisions over
the Kansas City and Ohio platforms,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Contractor LIGHTER is offering so
cents an hour for brick layers to
work on the new post office building
in Oskaloosa and cannot get them
for that. Resident brick layers have
all they can do on other jobs. This
gives good idea of business condi-
tions in Osk aloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
-It has haen admitted by some ,

1T has been admitted by some one,
and the Council Bluffs Nonpareil took
it upon itself to say that the permis-
sion to wear shirt waists to church
doesn't afford much relief after all,
as it makes it necessary to think up
some new excuse for not going.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The expulsion of George Kennan
from Russia, because he dared to
tell of the things he saw there, EN-
phasizes the fact that Russian offic-
ials are afraid of the truth. While
Russia is located in Europe, it is
ruled by despotism equal to that in
any oriental monarchy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Buffalo exposition has paid
expenses SO far and is accommodating
a surplus. Though it opened late on
account of unreasonable weather and
lack of preparation in some depart
ments, it is now on the high road to
success.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
Reiiet Am six Rour.,

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re.
heved in ak hours by'.New Great South Amer.
ican Kidney ure." 1t Is great surprise on
account OF lts exceeding promptness la reliev
o. female keliovee retention or water almost
immediately II YOU want quick RELIEF and
cure this i the remedy. Sold BY Green q 3anf
ley. drnRRista, Oekaloosa, la, f3Y
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Every year some horse takes a
shaving off of the worlds trotting
record. Cresceus is now the worlds
champion with record OF 2:02M as
against 2:O34 made by The Abbott
last year. That first figure 2 will be
replaced by figure before very
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

What price the yellow journals
make one pay for being distinguished.
The same reporters who only q few
weeks ago-during the honey moon
made Queen Wilhelmina the angel of
Europe, have already found out
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The jigjs up The fad of building
tall ancestral trees has lost its
charm, A Chicago man has sue
.ceeded in racing his progenitors
back to Adam. Now for something
voarv
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Platform building is now favor
ite occupation among Iowa demo-
cratic politicians. The following sug-
gestion is rendered gratutiously:
@'The republicans are in and ought to
be out; the democrats are out and
ought to be in.u
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Phoenix, Ariz., once a sagebush
desert, has % 900 inhabitants and an
assessed valuation of $40, O,0OO,OOO all
due to irrigation canals brought from
distant streams.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Gibson Bowles, member of the
house of Commons, has notified
Great Britain that she must secure
peace in Africa before spring or face
an European alliance arrayed against
her. Bowles must hail from the same
place that Pettigrew.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Davenport Times regrets
that Iowa has no building at the Pan
American exposition, and says "it
makes an Iowan on the grounds feel
like a two spot"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

-Ex- Governor Larrabee has made
a donation of $50, 200 to the Upper
Iowa college at Fayette. Penn Col
lege should induce some Ex-Govern-
or to come to Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Lynnville Star has found a
woman who has had 53 birthdays.
The Star is more enterprising than
most papers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Rev. Stuff has inaugurated a
series of Sunday afternoon sermons
in the public square at Knoxville, and
the Express says they are "hot stuff, {"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Governor Shaw has appointed
Mrs. Louis Weinstein, of Burlington,
state oil inspector 10 succeed her
husband, who died recently, She is
the first woman to hold the position.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

A Hartwick Iowa minister caused
the following to be inserted in local
paper:
"Next Sabbath at IL a. M, the
pastor will preach sermon espe-
cially to young men. All are invited
to come comfortably clad, gentlemen
without coats and collars and ladies
without hats"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

1.-THE Irishman is right" says the
Clinton Herald. "It's the 'wither'
report.''
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Ottumwa Democrat, dem., is
supporting Mr.. Cummins for gov
ernor as "the least Objectionable of
the republican candidates"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Faith is very far from being dead
A man up in Sioux City has COM
menced saving money for the purpose
of buying a winter overcoat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Ottumwa Courier suggests
that this is not Indian summer; it is
Just Hottentot summer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Sioux City Journal observes
that one can bear up better if he does
not beer up too heavily.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

-Mahaska County Fair, September
10, IL, IL, and Is.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
(GtiCura
REMEDIES
THE SCI los

Consisting Of CUTICURA SOAP, to cleanse the
skin, CUTICURA OINTMENT, to heal the skin,
and CUTICURA RES0LVENT, to cool the blood, is
often sufficient to cure the most tOrturing, dis
figuring skin, scalp, and blood humOrS, raSheS,
itchngS, and irritatiOnS, with loss Of hair, when
the best physicians, and all other remedies fail.
Millions Of Women Use Cuticura Soan
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

Assisted
sanatve antpdc
cy
IS
No
domestic toilet
toilet
andb the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
POLICE. SEIZE
THE PROPERTY
Porto Rico Controversy
Caused by Steamship
Company.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Nov. 1.-The
property Of the New York and Porto Rico
Steamship Company has been seized by
the police in the name of the people of
Porto Rico under orders from Governor
Hunt
The pier, which was erected under IL
cense from the War Department, was
burned some months ago and the com
pany has been engaged in rebuilding it,,
using the old pile foundation, contending
that it still has rights under the hcense
of the Secretary of War and that it was
simply repairing damage done by the ele-
ments.
The Council ruled that the company has
no right to build without a new fran
chise, and yesterday the Council author
lied a resolution to the effect that mas
much as the company was working in
violation OF the law the Governor was
requested to prevent further trespassing.
The action taken places the matter in a
position where the Governor can pass
upon the rights of the parties concerned
The company has made an application for
an Injunction, will sue to recover damages
and will test the validity CT Secretary
Roots license under the civil regulations.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
BISHOPS PLAN
WORK IN ASIA
Important Measures to
Be Considered by
Methodists.

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. bishop Good
sell presided at to-day's session of the
Methodist Bishops. It was decided to hold
the next seuni-annual conference at Chat
tanooga, at which time closer relations
and the final union Of the churches North
and South will be further considered.
Dr.. James N. King, who was the first
assistant of the late DR.. Spencer of At
lanta- was elected corresponding secretary
for the Church Extension Society, with
headquarters at Philadelphia. Second
Assistant Secretary DR.. Showers of
Evanston, H., is an applicant for promo
ton to DR.. Kings old place, but five
other candidates are in the field and the
contest is so strong that no election result
viii be reached until next week
Bishop McCabe presided at the after
noon session, which was devoted to re-
ports from foreign fields, including nine
different countries. Bishop Thoburn, who
is present, reported from his conferences
in Bengal, India, Burmah and the Philip
pines.
The report of Bishop D. H Moore on
conditions in China, where the doors are
now open, will be presented tomorrow. 1t
is 10 be the most interesting Of the re-
ports It includes Korea and Japan. It
is expected that the Bishops will arrange
for great extension of the work in
Asia The Bishops were given z public
reception tonight
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
Murderer Brought Back.

The whaling bark California arrived
yesterday from Okhotsk Sea, Al days out.
The run was prolonged owing to strong
head winds. William Stewart, the ships
cook, was brought home in irons. For
nearly five months he has been in con-
finement. but he does not show any signs
of his Imprisonment. On June last Stew
art ard a green hand" named Otto
Schroeder got into a quarrel. Schroeder
was getting the better of the fight, when
Stewart drew a knife and stabbed him to
death. The deceased was on his first
cruise, while Stewart had made voyage
on a coaster. Both were young men and
previously had been friends. Schroeder is
said to have wealthy relatives in San
Francisco. while Stewards people are all
in Los Angeles.
Soon after the murder the California
ran into a school of whales and all the
boats were lowered. One of them was
smashed into kindling wood by a levia-
than and William Faulkner was killed.
Only one whale was taken and the cap
tain decided that the murderer aboard
was a hoodoo. so he put into Hakodate
ard tried to turn Stewart over to the
Urited States Consul. The latter would
not take him, however, so the bark had
to sail again with the hoodoo aboard. All
she brought into port was 1850 barrels of
sperm and so barrels of whale oil and 300
pounds of whalebone.