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The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
ANOTHER GRAVEL TRAIN.
Iowa Central Increases Its construs-
ton Force.

The Iowa Central gravel service
was increased one train to-day max
ing three crews who are now on the
work, unloading gravel at points be-
tween this city and Marshalltown.
AS soon as those at the Clifford pit
are able to load more cars, additional
crews win be placed into service.
The pit crew is loading on an aver
age of about sixty cars day. The
usual average is about 100, and the
steam shovel is Of sufficient capac-
ity to keep five crews busy unload.
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
pootors Could Net Hello Her.

Il had kidney trouble for years.
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner. of
Shelton. Wash. "and the doctors
could not help me. tried Foley's
Kidney Cure. and the very first dose
gave me relief and l am now cured.
I cannot say zoo much for Foley's
Kidney Cure" It makes the diseased
kidneys sound so they win eliminate
the poisons from the blood and I'M
less they do this, good helath is i'm
possible
Green q Bentley Drug Go.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
TOOK FIRST MONEY.
Bodesa Girl Takes the Honors at the
creston Races.

Chas. McCulloch arrived home last
evening after a campaign Of severas
weeks duration with his horses. Bo-
dega Girl at Creston this week won
the first money in her class in six
heat race, taking the first and second
and the last heat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
PLAYING CIRCUS.
Fred Darling Shows U. s. Express
People How II 10 Done.

Fred Darling received severe
shaking up and a number of bruises
by falling from ladder Friday morn
ing in the United States Express com
pany's Office. He was climbing on
the ladder and doing some acrobatic
stunts" in the back room for the
benefit Of the employees Of the com
pany and dropped off in a little too
big a. hurry.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
LABOR Excursions.
Many oskaIoosa People Go to ottum-
wa and centerylIIe.

Labor Day in Oskaloosa opened
with general exodus OF people from
the city. The Iowa Brigade Band
headed large delegation to Center
vile that left the city at S:15 o'clock.
Five coaches, baggage car and two
way cars were given over to the use
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
Harrlson seIIs aLlttIe Mlke.D

Jack Harrison has disposed Of his
pet road traveller and fancy stopper.
Little Nike" for a consideration, to
Hawkins Bros. The horse will be
placed on the market after number
OF weeks treatment in the Hawkins
preparatory stables.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
DISCRETION CHARGED.
NJ. L. johnson, Of Buxton, in the
Tolls for Serious offense.

M. L. Johnson was arrested by Con-
stable Andrews Friday at Buxton on
a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Helena
Sikstrom. who charges him with de-
sertion Of her daughter after seduc-
ton and marriage He was arraign-
ed before Squire Stanley this morn
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
Cures Chronic Throat Trouble.

Cures Chronic Throat Trouble.
Foley's Honey and Tar Is peculiar
ly adapted for chronic throat trou-
bles and win positively cure bronchl-
It's, hoarseness and all bronchial dis
eases. Contains no opiates and will
not constipate. Refuse substitutes.
Green G Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10

Nov good digestion waits on appe-
lite, and health waits on both"
If 1t doesn't, try Burdock Bitters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
To ROmeSGekerS and Investors.
Monroe CountY viz:

308 Farm Of 1873 eight miles Abba
ion the O. b. O. double track the
Good and barn.
third balance
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
Real Estate Office Of ]. |. Doody

3O2. Abba,
Goal mines
culvaton Good buildings and orchard
acres this farm Of $500 az three
Price S37 SO acre IL sold inside of 80 days
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10

3o4 Farm 240 10 miles southwest OF Abba miles
Moravia Good improvements Orchard of three acres pc
per acre circumference $500 three years We Will dsp
this property for equity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Lynch Law.

Pfttsburg Gazette.
 About the year 1900 one James Fitzstephens Lynch was Mayor of the town of Galway. in Ireland. He had sent his son on a trading expedition to Spain with a good cargo and a large sum of money. The young man returned with a shipload of valuable comomdities, which he reported as having been purchased with the money and with the proceeds of the outgoing cargo. After some time a Spaniard came along. demanding payment from the Mayor for the goods he alleged had been bought on credit by his son. The Mayor de- clined payment as his son averred he had paid in cash for the goods Unfortunately for the latter a sailor who had been one of the crew, on examination by Mayor Lynch, declared that his unworthy son had spent in reckless debauchery not only the money en- trusted to him, but the proceeds of the cargo as well that he then bought goods from a large firm on credit. and that when one of the partners of the firm came down to the ship before sailing. to receive the money young Lynch murdered the man and had him thrown overheard to conceal the facts from his father.
 The young man was immediately arrested and brought before his father, who, notwith- standing the fearful entreaties of his wife and Daughters. sentenced him to leath He took him upstairs. in his warehouse adjusted a rope around his neck having first secured 1t inside. and then pushed the young man out the window. where his dying struggles were wit messed by the inhabitants of the town of Gal way. In the town records this entry is yet to be seen:
 James Lynch, Mayor of Galway, hanged his son out of the window for defrauding and killing strangers. without martial or common law. to show a good example to posterity."
 IL may be from that Incident that Lynch law took its name. It is not a peculiar Ameri- can institution is commonly supposed. but has been practiced in other countries.
 The English had a walled town in Devon- shire. of the name of Lydford. which be- came noted for the summary punishments in- iicted on notorious offenders. They became proverbal in England LydforS law. and 1t Is not impossible that Lynch may bo a corruption of Lydford. In Scotland 1t was known as "Jedburgh justice"
 James Lynch. a Justice of the Peace in one of the Piedmont Counties in Virginia. whose methods were both summary and severe. Is also credited with having given his name to this offhand and expeditions mode of dealing with criminals now generally known as lynch law.
 The practice of lynching has been attributed to a deep-seated want of confidence in the judicial tribunals throughout the country. to defects that exist in the judiciary system of nearly all the States of the Union, and to the frequency with which indicators in rapid succession escape from the meshes of the law and are ultimately allowed to go free, to re- sume their deadly work with more circumspec- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

the chance that by. this means its cleo toral vote might be prevented from go- ing to the Republicans. MT. Bryan. like thousands of other Democrats, obeyed tne tne ,hsraS ihsssSetions or nis party chairman but nevertheless the instance Is ;;ill urg- ed against him-by men who boited the party in Ire last two elcctione.--Sorio ioik Virginiar-Pilo.
 Wh-whats that? Haven't we been told more than 'leven hundred times, that a good Democrat will vot. his Party ticket under all circumstances and that If he doesn't, he's b3lter? If tn. chairman can absolve any voter from his duty to his party in one State, why may he not release thousands of them in any other State? Who gave .he chairman the right of dissolution from Party duty? And does that absolution prevent the voter from being a bolter? Really the argument is as weak as Bryan's Democracy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Some Facts About Lynching.

Washington Post
 A MT. Cutler, of Yale University has been looking into the statistics of lynch ing in this country. his inquiry covering period of twenty-one years, ending Janury 1. 1903. It is a rather ghastly field of investigation, to be sure but one must admit that the results are highly inter- esting. MT. Cutler finds that the popu- lar ideas on this point are all fallacious. especially the idea that lynching Is a strictly Southern institution Indeed. he has convinced himself, even if it should go no further, that the practice is not characteristic of any section or illustra- tive of any particular civilization, but is a mere expression of human nature as 1t is to be found North, South. East and West in practically identical forms. Un- der similar provocation. the New Eng lander employs the same methods that are resorted to by the Georgian or the Texan. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, displays passions which cannot be distin- guished from those displayed in Missis- sippi or South Carolina. Upon the whole. as Mir. Cutler makes it out lynching is as much at home in one part of the coun- try as in any other
 The figures. according to an exchange. show that during the twenty -one years included in MT. Cutters investigation there were in the United States exactly 3.2S3 lynchings, or about 154 per annum. Of these 1872 were negroes and 1.2S6 whites, leaving 105 unclasslfied. There
 
 21 white--2 not accounted for. The aver age yearly lynching of negroes, therefore, is 80, and of whites 59. The South is credited with 1884 and the North, speak ing generally, with the rest of the 3.233 Finally. it is shown that lynching has steadily decreased at the South of late years though nothing is said on this point as regards the North. It seems quite safe to conclude. however, that the GUS tom is not peculiar to any geographical subdivision of the country, and not representative of any particular class of society. As for the provocation, it ap- pears that only 35 per cent. of The negroes were lynched for the especial crime with which We associate lynching, while a still smaller percentage of whites-only l6 per cent, in fact-were put to death for that cause. It appears therefore, that a very large proportion of whites were sacrificed to mob violence for miscellaneous crimes, eighty-four out of every hundred, while only sixty-fve negroes out of every hun dred were killed in the same way.
 Of course, we do not expect that any amount of conscientious investigation followed by authentic figures will ever change pdbi. opinion at the North. It is SO much easier 10 condemn ocfhand than to acquire information for the purpose of reaching an impartial verdict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap is truly . blessing to those who are losing their hair and becoming bald. This soap is food and Vitalizer 1; it stimulates and acts as . gentle tonic to the weak and sick roots, and gives them new life and vigor. It promptly removes dandruf, scales, humors and all sores of the scalp. Give this soap fair trial, and if there is a particle of life in the roots, this soap will stimulate and invigorate them into new life and healthy growth. Of course, you know that Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap for the complexion and for the toilet is superior to any high-priced French soap made. It makes the skin soft as velvet and keeps one free from pimples, blotches and most skin eruptions.
 If your blood is out of order, take Mum yon's Blood Cure. It will drive all inp- purities from the system and make good, rich, red blood.
 If your liver is sluggish and you have a sallow complexion, use Munyon's Liver Cure. These two remedies, taken in al- formation, will soon rid the blood and system of all impurities, and give life and vigOr to the whole body, and when used in conjunction with the soap, makes the akin glow with youthful freshness.
 SOLD EVERYWHERE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
When Edward Climbed Flagstaff.

Boonville CMo) Advertiser.
 O. D. Edwards a Boonville photogra- pher. tells a story of King Edward VII. MT. Edwards was born and reared in England, where his father was a large contractor. In 1855 he was engaged with his father in repairing the moat and drawbridge of Hever Castle. when a car riage and eight. containing Edward Cat thai time Prince of Wales) and his royal grandmother, the aged Duchess of Kent, mother of Victoria. drove up. Contractor Edwards passed the royal visitors to the interior of the castle. where they, were left to roam at will shortly atterward the workmen were startled by screams from the women. Hurrying to the scene to ascertain the cause. they saw young Edward "shinning' the flagstaff with the agility of a monkey. 15O fet sheer above inc naved court below. Unmindful of the consternation and anxiety of those below he gained the top, and then came as deliberately down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1903.
LOCKING THE STABLE DOOR.

We are all more or less familiar with the old adage about locking the stable door after the steed is stolen. but if there is more than one steed in the stable, it is well enough to save as many as pos in reading the following item from The Vernon Courier:
 The day of girdling good forests of oak, pine ana popIar has passed in Lamar. frees worth, rom 5U cents to 70 have ceased to go that way. A few are yet neeiiesSly wasted in rails; but that time Is swiftly passing by. II the virgin forests were standing in Lamar it would pc the lum- herman paradise.
 Although little late, We heartily ap- prove the action of our friends in Lamar in locking the door, even after much of the most valuable timber in the county has been destroyed-alld wasted, in many cases In the pioneer days of all sections of our State standing timber was re- garded as a nuisance. It was simply an obstruction to the farmer and when the cumr aratively liplteo quantity needed for building fencing and firewood was saved the remainder was made into heaps and burned on the ground. Those early settlers had little conception of the value of timber It was nuisance to be gotten rid of as speedily as possible
 Now, the case IS vs6y different. The great timber regions ,f the Northern half Of the United States are fast becoming exhausted and the Southern woods are coming into act! fe demand. Even now, sash, doors, blinos, etc, go from Mont gomery mills and shops in carload lots to regions which formerly found their best market in Alaba ma. That time has pass ed and the pendulum swings back to the South. The yellow pine and the hard woods, as well as the ornamental wo ods, of Alabama, are Com:ng into the market. away in smoke an1 ashes, but there Is yet vast wealth in our forests. Great areas of yellow pine are practically th- touched in some sections Millions of feet of hard and ornamental woods are yet standing. The man who owns sec ton or two of timber land in any part of Alabama has small fortune, if he but knows how to make use of 1t.
 Cleting down inc timber for fencing when wire fencing IS so cheap is a blum der. Burning valuable woods in the fields to get rid of 1t is almost a crime. The problem of finding timoer for building and other domestic uses i5 fast becoming serious. The supply of woods for furni- ture and ornamental purposes is disap- bearing like mists before the rising sun. Tho man who owns tract of yellow pine, or hard woods or timber suitable for fur niture has a small fortune in embyro. It is not yet too late to lock the door against waste. Not only in Lamar, but in other sections, there are fortunes in timber, and it will be well for land owners if they realize it before 1t is 100 late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Vegetable Famine Threatens East.

New York Telegram to Chicago Chronicle. Unless there is a good rain within two or three days there will he almost a vegetable famine in New York. says the big dealers. Practically no rain has fal- len about here since May | The weather bureau record of rainfall for May Is three inches below the normal The bureau does not hold. out any hope of rain.
 Prices of fruits and vegetables have been going up steadily. This is partly due to the fact that in the early part of May and the latter part of April the nights were cold.
 From sympathetic sources the price of meat has also advanced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
A Remarkable Sea Monster.

remarkable sea monster was recently caught at Port Fairy bay by some fish ermen It measured nine feet six inches Tn length, had a tail like that of a screw tail-shaft, no teeth, nose like rhinoe- eros, head like an elephant, two dorsal fins four side fins and two steering fins. The skin was black and very soft. The most experienced fishermen say the spec imen is altogether new to them. They cannot hazard a guess as to the species. The fish has been sent to the Melbourne museum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

cal treatment he has ca5turel the first prizes for size and quality of veg tables and fruits In Richmond HiH He has discovered a method, he says that will produce them several times a year.
 MT. Breckenridge said today: We raise two crops in the time of one on this place simply from knowing how to do it. We have learned that. d mild electrical current passing near the roots of plant will so greatly invigorate it as to hasten its growth 100 per cent. or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
A Respectable Minority.
Birmingham News.

INEWS.
 A respectable minority has the same wholesome effect upon a political party and it's conduct and methods as has com petition in business It stimulate tcs higher standards ard better motives But the sooner the negro is entirely eliminated from politics In the South. the better for both races. fai~ contest between white men develops hellthier condir )ns, while the negro always has and always will have a demoralizing effect upon both parties unti! he Is wholly debarred from any participation in ele e,tlons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
The "4oo"-with the Whip.

A red brake speeds around the corner, four horses champing, the whip a popping and the horn a-tOotlng, There goes knew his father now worth $20000. 900. when he was picked, up as a waif in the street Ills mother used to wash bathing self Today the old man is one of the biggest corporation men in New York. and his wife Is a leader of society. much sought after" All right! That's the way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

Up to the 1st of May. 57,046 'invalidsf had applied for pensions and S,39O "wid- allowed 9,sS1 invalid pensions and 316O Widow and dependent pensions; 1S1s5 claims have been rejected and 34210 are still pending. Commissioner Ware says that applications are coming in daily by the hundreds, and he expects before the end of the year that 50 per cent of the men whose names were on the army rolls during the brief little war with Spain will ask to have them transferred to the pen sion lists although eleven years after the civil war Cnly per cent of the sol diers who served in the Union army had applied for pensions. It will be much more difficult to obtain a pension on &C., count of service in the Spanish war be- cause the muster rolls are very conn., plete and surgeons of the regular army who were detailed to examine the men as they were mustered out were ex- tremely careful with their records.
 Commissioner Ware has prepared a statement showing the total amount of money that has beeh paid up to date in pensions to soldiers, their widows. minor children and dependent relatives on ac- count of military and naval service dur ing the wars in which the United States has been engaged:
 Revolutionary war (estlmated)s 10000. 900 War of 1872 ..................... 1000 900 Indian wars, 1S32-1S42 ......., $500. GOO war With Mexico ............. 31 800 coo war or the rebellion ....".... 2,744, ,000, 900 War with Spain ............... 3,275, 900
 One of the chief duties of the Secretary or the Treasury is to sign his name, not only to the correspondence of the depart ment, but to warrants, checks drafts. and other paper representing money in the transactions of the Government, and it is a very arduous task. The department is short-handed just now The vacancy caused by the resignation of MT. Allies has not been filled, Assistant Secretary Iaylor has been i'll for several months and is down at the seashore recuperatinr. and MT. Armstrong has gone out to Chi. cago to assist his predecessor, MT. Van derlip. to get married. So that Secretary Shaw has to run the great machine all by himself and has to sign mail for all of his three assistants. He is getting to be quite an expert penman. He signed T. J. Shaw 1000 times an hour this morn- ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Rattlesnake Rattle Decoys Birds.

That the rattlesnake uses his tail to de- GOV birds has been observed a number of times by a correspondent of The Scien- tihc American. who says: The snake hides himself in the tall grass and mi tates the buzzing of a bee. The insectiv- orous birds. such as the phoebe and king bird, are attracted by the sound, and be- come an easy prey for his snakeship. I have seen rattlesnakes concealed in the dense foliage of trees twenty feet froEl the ground, practicing the same decep- tion on the birds and getting the bird ev- cry time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Painting the Dome of the Capitol.

-NtW lOTh IIIUUNt,
 The dome of the capitol at Washington Is being painted Every five years its coat IS renewed and 15.C00 gallons of white lead are used In the process. The work is being done by eighteen men, under the direction of Billy" Lewis and AT Ports. The latter has been employed for such work about the capitol for thirty-nine years. Ports is the only man who ever climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty surmounting the dome He did this on Labor Day, 1894, and fasteAtd a garland of electric light bulbs around the neck of her majesty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
MIR. CLEVELAND IS RIGHT.

! II IS really lmpertlnent, 10 say the ieas' of it, for newspapers and reporters to be continually nagging at Mir. Cleveland and | insisting that he shall come out in plain words and say that he will or will not be candidate for the Presidential nom- ination. When. in the early part of 1880, efforts were made to get General Grant to express himself on the question of a l third term, he said: "I will neither ac- cept nor decline an imaginary thing. shall not gratify my enemies by declin- ing what has not been offered me-
 That was the correct view and he more than once expressed himself in the same way. It is evidently the view MT. Cleveland takes of 1t, and he is to be commended for it. Suppose he should come out in direct words-"I will not &C., cept the nomination" Would not 1t be nat ural for some one to say, as Maud Muller said to the Judge: Nobody asked you. sir" Or If he should declare in posi- tive language that he would accept a nomination. would not his enemies de- clare that he was fishing for 1t?
 Of course they would, and with good cause. MT. Cleveland is occupying the attitude of dignifed private gentleman He is saying very little, and that little when he cannot refrain from speaking. If he were permitted to go his own way, he would rarely mention politics. or ex- press himself on the question that Is worrying some of his countrymen so grievously. But they will not let him maintain silence. Wherever he is, there Is a reporter ready to ask him if he is a candidate for another term. That he avoids all such questions and refuses to commit himself is but another evidence of his unfailing good sense. It would be un- dignihed in him to answer them other- wise than in the way he has done.
 The newspapers. singly or collectively, are not the Democratic Party, nor do they constitute a Democratic Convention. MT. Cleveland may or may not be a can- didate. He may or may not desire the nomination. When the time comes that definite and unequivocal reply will be proper, he will make it. At present 1t would be premature and in bad taste. If he uSIiuSS to StdiAu TUT dhOthcI ioHtHd- tion, he is sure to say so in words not to be misunderstood. The time is not yet. There may be such a change in sentiment during the next few months that his nomination would be suicidal. There may be such continuation and ad- vance in sentiment that he cannot and will not resist It. That is for the fu- ture to decide. At present 1t would be improper for him to say that he would decline or accept a nomination that is a year off. He is right in his position.