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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-04-02

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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-04-02
Monday Morning, April 9Th,

after which time the win object become
surrounding complicated
catarrh in all FORMS Deafness rheumatism Blood Skin Dis
Kidney aud Bladder Troubles Diseases Throat Lungs
Heart Stomach and Liver Piles Varccee Nervous Debility
and all its attending ailments Weaknesses Men and Diseases
peculiar to Women
the
cases taken Consultation
q renneys Office Hours9 Sunday 10 to II M
NoTIoEDr Mackey a
exclusively speciality
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-04-02
THE RESULTS IN IOWA
Eonpartisan Tickets Elected in Most
Of the Cities.

Elections were held in the cities and
towns Of Iowa not under special char
tiers yesterday. The returns indicate
that III the majority OF cases political
lines were not drawn in the contests.
Where the fight was made on straight
party issues the republicans have gen
orally won.
Probably the most exciting contest
in the state was held in Waterloo,
where the labor men nominated a full
ticket and attempted to gain control OF
the city government. There were two
other tickets in the field, the republi-
can, headed by J. n. Groat, and the
peoples, held by the present mayor,
p. ]. Martin. Martin carried the cleo
ton by fair majority over beth his
opponents. He is democrat, but was
supported by many republicans, who
objected to the bringing Of partisan
ship into city affairs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-04-02

A ACCELERATED sPECIALIsTIN CHRONIC DISEASES,
has permanently located in Oskaoosa and has decide
give his services FREE to all chronic invads (charg-
ing for nothidg bat the actual of the medicine used
for the cure) for two weeks, commencing
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
MOSQUITOES HARD TO KILL.
POnds That Dry Up Live for
Many MOnths.

DR.. 7. W. Dupree, who has been max
ing investigation Of mosquitoes in
Louisiana, has reported to the Louis
lana Society of Naturalists that he has
found that the eggs Of mosquitoes
often hatch months after they are laid,
especially if they are deposited in
ponds which subsequently dry up, re-
ports the New York Sun.
The conclusion reached by DR.. Du-
Pree is that the methods which have
been used in getting rid Of the mOsqui-
toes by Oiling or otherwise treating
the ponds during March and April,
when the eggs are supposed to be
Matching, are productive Of little ben
EFT, as the Matching is going on all
the time.
DR.. DuPree found "a varieties of
mosquitoes in Louisiana ponds, most
Of them in the same ponds. The spe-
cies vary from year to year, some va
rieties being abundant one year and
others the next.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
ICoNOCLASTS IN HAVANA.
The CIty'H Old Landmarks Are Civ
ing Way to Many Modern I'm
prOVementH.

The city of Havana is rapidly being
made a modern city in such a way that
il will soon be so that the many sights
which draw tourists from the United
States to Cuba will be removed, says a
correspondent of the Baltimore
American. The old landmarks, such as
the old city walls, which are always a
sight of great interest to all tourists
as showing cid Spanish architecture,
and are almost worth their weight in
gold to the city as drawing cards to
tourists, are fast being removed, and
the stone sold for a mere pittance to
contractors. At the present time the
old city wall at the Punta and its sur
rOundingS known as Lon FOsOs, where
the recOncentradOs of Gen. Weyler
were herded together, are being re-
moved. This always used to command
the attention of tourists, and none ever
left the city without insisting on see
ing the FOsos. Now nothing remains
of the place but a modern driveway,
a thing that can be seen in every mod
ern city in the United States. The
old city walls between Zulueta and
MOnserrate street are also being rap
idly removed and being sold for build
ing stone.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
MARRIAGE MAKES DIFFERENCE
the TImId Old Maid Il
Laughed Az.

Marriage, indeed. does make a diff
ference TO women, and we who are
the old maids might just as weH learn,
writes Miss Lille Hamilton French,
in my Old Maids Corner" in
Century. My own first awakening
came when 1 saw my married
sisters calling to their stalwart
young husbands to help them over
some puddles in the road. And what
a fuss they made! When they had
been helped over, they went on and
left me, the youngest, behind. 1
called for assistance, too, il seemed
so agreeable to command it. One of
my sisters, her hand stin in that Of
her husbands, looked back and said:
"It's easy. Step on a stone and jump"
Then cuddling closer to her husband,
she walked on, not turning again.
can remember, too, the wife Of
some college professor who had been
asked TO meet me when I was perhaps
2s. "Why, thought you were mar
RED" she said to me as we shook
hands. eff had known you were
single, never would have worn a long
dress" 1t was her only long dress, I
learned aftsrward-that was why she
said "a" and not ''my''-a black silk
dress, by the way, which she had worn
for years, and which she made slow
neck" for dinner parties by unfasten-
ing the few top buttons. These early
experiences, and my having married
sisters, taught me much. Probably
every other old maid has learned, too,
that timidity and helplessness, for in
stance, so engaging in wives, are con-
sidered ridiculous in spinsters. Is not
a timid old maid laughed at the world
over, and is not a timid wife cher
ished?
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
ANTIPATHIEs OF PEOPLE.
Strange Effects Of Certain Sensations
and Sights Upon NeFvOUa
Persons.

"Unaccountable," said a physician,
according to the Philadelphia Record,
"are the antipathies of some people.
Do you know that have had for pa
tents a dozen men who would faint
on being shut up in a room with any
sort of large bird?
'sThere is a certain odd nervous dis
ease which creates an aversion to eggs
so strong an aversion that an egg
placed on the skin of one of the af-
hicted persons brings on commissions.
"On some highly-organized cOnsti-
tutions nose-bleed is produced in the
strangest way. The medical books
tell of Chesne, secretary to Francis l.,
who bled at the nose on sight Of an
apple, and Of Diego Rodriguez, a Cuban
recently deceased. who would bleed at
the nose whenever he smelt the flower
of the heliotFope.
''The sight Of raw fish gives some
people a fever. The proximity Of cat
gives some a headache. The sight Of
bloOd-but this is commOn-makes
some swoOn. The touch Of velvet
gives some a violent chill.
These cases I have cited are wen
authenticated. They are interesting.
We doctors are always very glad TO
come upon them"
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
FOUL AIR IN RAILROAD CARS.
Something which ARords ExDerts On
Ventilation an Opportunity 20
DlstInEulHh ThemaelVes.

A great many people have . way Of
talking of how sleepy travelling makes
them. They say that they cannot be
long in a railway train and remain
awake. This phenomenon is attrib-
uted somehow to the act of travel
ing, but the plain fact is that it is due
to more OF less asphyxiation, says the
Hartford Courant. The car needs not
to be in motion. 1t is enough to enter
it and begin upon the experience.
Whoever does travel much has to be
struck with the shocking condition Of
the atmosphere in whatever car he
may enter. It is the first thing one
thinks of when he passes the door.
Then he looks about and sees how
many of the passengers are dropping
in their seats, more or less doped, and
all of them used up.
Now the whole trouble is with the
ventilation Of che car. There is no
other human habitatiOn, not even the
theaters and the churches, that begins
to be so in or so little ventilated as
the railroad car. This is not right.
For much of the time the car is in mo-
tiOn, and there must be some easy
way to change the air in q moving
chamber.
The clOseness and discomfort of the
Pullman are attributable to the indi-
rect influence of the warm climate of
Africa. That country is put in con-
troll Of the car, and proceeds TO estab-
lish the African climate there. But
other cars fare little better. They
are all of them devoid of ventilation,
al of them stuffy and unhealthy, and
all of them a discredit to the makers
and managers. There ought to be some
sensible crank on ventilation (most of
the ventilation cranks are so ultra as
to escape the charge of being sensible)
to open a reasonable agitation on the
subject that shall compel attention
to the present pernicious conditions
and secure Improvement.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
LEFT-HANDED BARRIERS.
when Under the Edge Of
Their RaEOrH.

81 have struck all kinds of BARRIERS
in my trips about the country" said
the man who travels, relates the New
York Times, but the one kind that
always makes me feel as if l was
balanced on the very brink Of eterni-
ty is the left-handed barber. / have
been shaved by several of their class
in the past year. They have been
good BARRIERS, too, every one Of them,
but no matter how well they knew
their business they always gave me
a bad turn, and every time they drew
the razor across my face l felt as if
life and l were about ready to part
company. OF course it is foolish,
but nowadays when 1 find myself
assigned to a left-handed barber !
leave the shop on some pretext or
other and go elsewhere to be beauti-
fed. Other men whom have sound
ed on the subject have confessed
to the same weakness, and women
have told me that they have a like
unexplained dread of left-handed
hairdressers. In the dressmaking
business, too. am told, a left
handed cutter and filter is pretty
sure to give the customer a crop of
goose flesh. while even a harmless
occupation like manicuring can al
ways be relied on to produce real
shivers if pursued by a person whose
cIeverness lies in her left hand"
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
VIGOROUS APPLE TREES.
-. IN Conneetieuf that were
pIoWn Down, But Survived fer
Three Score Teana After.
IN the year 1727 an apple tree was

In the year 1727 an apple tree was
.loDted in Connecticut, near Ston-
acton. Three years afterward 1t
- grated, as is supposed, with
LIONS from q Roxbury russell tree.
n the great September gale Of 1915
tbe tree was blown over, but lived
Cor threescore years longer before
tbs body suecumbed to decay. At
tbe same time one Of the branches
hat touched the ground took root
and q vigorous sprout grew up. Grad
nsIly the old trunk decayed and ten
vsars later was entirely rotted away,
1hile, like the mantle Of Elijah fall
mo on Elisha, the whole treetop was
left resting upon the young sprout.
with its new, strong roots. The tree,
,fter its prolonged life of a century
and three-quarters, is, or was re-
Gently, hourishing with renewed Wig
or and bearing fruit.
The orchard of the writer's father
contained an apple tree which was
Uprooted in the same memorable
gale of 1915, says a Hartford CORE
Spondent of the Farmer, but a mass
Of earth which was torn up adhered
70 the roots. This kept them from
driving up to some extent and soon
new roots were thrown downward
and the tree tenaciously retained its
hold on life. The writer well remem-
bers of eating, when a boy, the large
red-cheeked apples which it bore, of
unknown name. The tree survived
the falI'' and for many years yielded
as much fruit as any in the orchard.
Il had one merit, at least-nO ladder
was required from which to gather
the fruit.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
CONDUCTORS HONEST RAKEOFF
Takes In Many Coins with Premiums
On Then and Turns Them to
Good Account.

A conductor Of a Sixth avenue car,
during a lull in the ringing of fares,
stood passing coins from one hand
to the other. turning up the date
of each coin as he did so, relates the
New York Times. There are more
ways of making money than by
knocking down fares" he remarked,
noting the inquiring look on a pas
senger's face. ANY greenhorn can
pocket a dozen nickels in collecting
12O fares in a car built for 4s pas
sengers. but a man has got TO know
something to spot a coin that has
a premium value. It's surprising how
many more or less rare coins pass
current without falling into the
hands Of some one who knows their
value This was suggested to me
one day, and I took to studying the
catalogues Of dealers in rare coins
and memOrizing the dates of those
that are worth more than the prices
stamped on them. Since then have
picked ont Of the money have taken
in fares several hundred coins with
premium value ranging from a few
cents 20 Eve dollars, and have re-
deemed them with my own money
and sold them TO dealers ia eoins.S
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
THE SMELLING EXPERT.
A valuable Man in the Perfumery
Line Earns His Living by Fol-
lowing His Nose.

One of the curious trades Of New
York is that of the smelling expert.
a man who earns his living literally
by following his nose. He is en-
ployed by manufacturers of perfum-
ery. It is his business to judge of the
character, quality and value of the
materials that go to the making of
perfumes, says the New York Sun.
Much of the Perfumery made in this
country is imported from France in
the form of pomatUms, and extracted
with alcohol. The smelling expert
judges the quality of pOmatums. AM
other and even more remarkable part
of his business is to examine popular
imported perfume, determine from
the smell of what it is made, and en-
able his employer to produce it here.
Like the experts of the distillers,
who will take any given wine or spir-
its, and after examination produce a
counterfeit which only a connOisseur
could detect as such, the smelling ex-
pert by means of his unerring nose
makes possible the production here of
any perfume that il is desired to imi
tate.
Possessed of so valuable a nose, he
takes the utmost care of it. He does
his best to avoid taking cold, and
guards himself with special care when
the influenza comes round. A single
bad cold may disable his nose for
weeks and throw him out of employ
ment. He avoids also. as far as posi-
bic, all strong Odors, good or bad, to
preserve the delicacy of his OlfactOries.
The profession on the whole is less
Injurious to health than that of the
tea faster or the wine faster.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
BREEDING ARMY HORSES.
England to Establish Immense stock
Farms In Australia and
Pretoria

The British authorities have decided
to have immense stud farms here, be-
ginning with horses and afterward eI-
tending the breeding establishments
to cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and
mules. The first order for broOdmares
viii be given in this country to the
military authorities, who viii sell
them to the civil authorities. 1t Il
ascertained that 1000 mares are thus
to be acquired with, Of course, stall
lions. After a time these will be i'm
ported from good stock, but there Is
plenty of blood in the country TO make
a beginning, writes a Pretoria CORE
spondent Of the Pail Mall Gazette.
The mares to be handed over by the
military authorities are mostly &C
cHmatized now. Many Of them viii
be of the Boer mare breed, a hardy
light little animal which breeds well
and is very useful in the long grass
and stony veldt and kopje-just the
animals, in fact, to carry a man
around his farm and bring his produce
to market in quick time over long
distances.
One of the largest breeding estab-
Hshments will be at StandertOn. Brit
ish and Australian men versed In
horses are to be appointed, and sew
eral of these breeding depOts, and sew
eral well-known men who have made
the horse a study have already been
Amounted to select the mare and stab
lion grounds for the commencement.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
STREET CAR BROKERS.
tory, But Dealing in second
Hand Cars Right Along.

New lines of industry are constant
ly sPringing up suggested by all
sorts of modern improvements, and it
is hard to keep track of them. There
is the street car broker, for instance,
says the Philadelphia Record. You
probably won't find him classified
under a separate heading in the
business directory, but he exists. In
the current issue of a trade journal
devoted to transportation are the ad-
refreshments of men who deal in sec
ond-hand street cars. One dealer an.
nounces "a special bargain lot of
six 40 feet long over all, seating 40
passengers on cross rattan walk-Over
seats, with electric motors in good
shape, and practically new" An
other says he has six varieties to
choose from. and from - TO 20 in a
lot. Still others advertise that they
will either buy or sell secondhand
street cars. This business, accord
ing to one of the officials Of the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company, is
assuming quite large proportions.
Improvements in the rolling stock Of
the trolley lines, particularly in the
larger cities, have become so rapid
that within a short time a car is out
of date. These cars, which are gen
orally still good for general use,
come in handy for the companies op-
Grating in the small towns, and that's
where the car broker comes in.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
PARROT AT THE TELEPHONE.
The Sound OF Loved One's Voice Sets
the MoekInE Bird to Talking
He Best.

Not all parrot stories are pretty,
but here is the Prettiest that ever
was told-and fact, too, says the
Boston Transcript. Caddie is the one
of all the family with whom the
parrot really cares to talk, and to
her his condolences and his criticisms
of the various members Of the house
hold are ever ready and Voluminous.
Silence, long unbrOken, had fallen
for days on his corner, and, to tell
the truth, was not unWelcOme, alto
gether, considering the satirical
rOgue's sneering laughter when out
Of sorts as he was during Caddie's
absence, or when for any reason a
prey to gloomy views Of life and its
mysteries. At last one day Caddie
got back to within telephone range
Of home. and called up the bird after
talking with the rest Of the family.
The moment he heard her gay and
familiar hail the parrot was almost
beside himself. auttering about and
rapidly retailing his whole stock Of
observations, calls, shrieks, whistles
and nielnames; all the while he eyed
the telephone with that cold air Of
suspicion and contempt mixed with
curiosity peculiar to the oblique
glance Of the creature, and then pro
ceeded, followed by the family at
a careful distance on the sly, to
rubber" through the various rooms,
up stairs and down, in search Of the
real presence Of Caddie.
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
WHAT REAL PROPERTY IS.
Pieces Of Paper in a Bank Vault or
Deposit Book Are EQnal TO
Land in Holding,

What a wonderful change has
passed over our entire conception Of
the WOnd property" The writer is
old enough to remember when moth
ing except land and houses was re-
gardedi as true property; but now q
man may be q millionaire and own
nothing that he can see, says the Lon
don Spectator. A few pieces of paper
In a box at his bankers, or better still 4,
an inscription in a book of which he
knows nothing except that 1t exists,
constitute him a man rich beyond the
dreams of avarice, and, moreover, a
man who has not to guard his prop
erty, and who can realize it-whieh
the rich men of old could not do-in
half an hour. It is a very curious
change, and one the full results Of
which We have yet to perceive; but We
suspect that among them viii be an
immense increase in the amount Of
wealth at the disposal Of industry and
enterprise, and an astonishing de-
crease in the permanence of the
wealthy families. II is so easy to
spend shares or bonds, and there are
30 few to notice whether you spend
them or not. It took years to spend
a great landed estate; but a fortune
IN bonds may disappear, as many Ger
nan families have recently learned, in
year of unlucly speculation, or in
the early lifetime Of one spendthrift
heir
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
ONE MANS HOBBY.
He Thinks That Nc Chud Should BE
Given More Than One Name and
Gives Reasons.

81 have a friend, a most amiable
and accomplished man. who has a
hobby that he seems never to tire
Of" said Mr.. w. A. Villiers, of New
York, to a Washington Post re-
porter. "His hobby is that no child
should be given a double name. He
says that two given names are not
only unnecessary, but a positive
handicap in the battle of life. He
will talk all day long on this head If
he can only get an auditor, and will
reinforce his argument by instancing
departed great ones who only bore
one name.
George Washington, Thomas Jeffer-
son, James Madison, Alexander Hamil-
ton, Benjamin Franklin, and scores of
others, are cited to prove that the
single name suffices, and that in fact
it is vastly to be preferred. A man
who is very much in earnest and
who can make a good presentation
of his cause never lacks disciples,
and so my friend has created an i'm
preston in his circle of acquaint-
ances by reiteration of his theory.
In fact, not long ago quite a worthy
citizen, who fell under his spell, be
came convinced of the danger of the
double name and concluded to elimi-
nate one. Those of us who are in
doubt are waiting to see if any good
luck will follow the amputatiOn, and
should it, we may conclude to do
Iikayyisa -
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
OLD MAIDS AS LISTENERS.
Patient sOuIs late whose Ears the
Countless Condolences Of Oth-
erH Are Poured

The good listeners, on the other
hand, are the old maids to whose
speech nobody pays any attention,
yet to whom everybody talks, writes
Miss Lille Hamilton French, in Cen
tury. And 1 wonder. considering
how many condolences men have
poured into their ears, and how many
other things men have found to say
about them. that not a gentleman
has yet been found good and gener-
GUS enough to pay tribute to this
surprising excellence in spinsters-
an excellence so dear to the mascu-
line mind. How many old-maid
aunts, indeed. have nephews not be-
guiled? How many old-maid sisters
have not opened their ears to the
self-praise of their unsuccessful
brothers who have missed a hearing
at the bar, or in the pulpit, or wher-
ever there was competition among
men?
Patient souls, these old maids, lis
tening to each of us as a mother
only listens to her own, and who
have listened so long that at last
they have the air of never expecting
anyone to pay attention ts them.
They venture into speech on their
own account, as timid mice into par
lors, ready on the instant to whisk
about and seek cover again. These,
though, are the old maids for whom
corners are never lacking, so eager
are the very least among men to
assure themselves Of a hearing some
The broad ax., 1903-01-03
JAPANESE FORESIGHT.
Three Thousaad Yea Invested fer =
Period OF $50 Year, to Pro-
duee I,9Os, A11,17S.

The Dai-ichi Cingo in 1900 re-
ceived a deposit of 5000 yen which
vail remain fixed for $50 years, from
Mr.. Goichi Abe, dealer in coal and
coke, at 4 Minami Shimboricho Nj
ehome, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo. The
bank has contracted to pay the sum
of 1,2Os, All, 179 yen at the end Of $50
years, dating from 1900 inclusive, re-
ports the Toxic (Japan) Times The
father Of the dePOsitOr was . 'rlisha-
man, and he himself was an ieeboy
some 20 years ago. Then his mother
was seriously i'll, and three days be-
fore her death she said that she
would like to eat SODA, which is q
cheap dish, but luxury for the poor.
He, then only eight years old, Pur-
chased some from the sale Of ice,
and was carrying it home when he
was encountered by his father. He
and his mother were then scolded
for their luxuriousness. His mother
died and he was employed as an err
rand boy for the next six years BY
u different masters. Meanwhile the
father and son did not know Of each
Others whereabouts. It was only
by accident that the son read in q
newspaper that his father, who was
named Ki-ichi Abe, was employed by
Mr.. SOichiro AsanO. The son
searched for his father, and was
able to find him out again. After
this the son was given a place in Mr..
Asano's establishment Lately the
father lost a ship Che had become
rich enough TO own a ship in 9
storm. The ship had been insured
for 5000 yen. The fact of the insur-
ance was unknown to him, for the
policy-holder was the son. But the
father and son settled between them
selves that the money should be de-
posted on behalf of their pOsteritys
and hence the long term contract.