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The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26

avarice, was nee waiting in line for
his cloak at a soiree, when he saw a
millionaire give a tip of ten cents to
the servant who handed out his pale
tot. Dumas, getting his cloak, threw
down a $40 note. Pardon, sir, you
have made a mistake, l think" said
the man, offering to return the note.
mo friend" answered Dumas, casting
a disdainful glance at the millionaire;
1T is the other gentleman who has
made the mistake"
Mark Twain is said to be bordering
on just how far a humorist's duty to
his fellow men extends. This unusual
line of meditation has been suggested
by receipt of the following letter from
Baltimore: Mark Twain, New York:
Some people think you are immortal,
but if you really ever do intend to die
it is certainly your duty to go to h.
Funny men are needed there, but they
are very small potatoes up in heaven.
You have always preached philan-
thropy and now you have a chance of
a life time to demonstrate your con-
~sistency." Mr.. Clemens acknowledges
that this letter is full of suggestion"
but he more than intimates that the
writer must have been full Of some
thing more substantial when he in
dited it.
When President Mckinley was con
sidering the appointment of a success
sor to John Russell Young as librarian
to congress, ex-Representative Bar
rows, of Massachusetts,, was a candi-
date for the place. John D. Long was
his most persistent champion, and Mr..
Reed inquired of a friend the reason
of Mr.. Longs insistence. Il suppose"
was the reply, that it is due to the
secretary's interest in things pertain
ing to the Unitarian church. You
know Mr.. Barrows is a Unitarian min
ister?" you don't say so?" respond
ed Reed. "Why, I thought Barrows
was a religious man." The absurd
humor of this remark is heightened by
the fact that while Mr.. Reed was not
a member Of any church, he and his
family attended the Portland, (Me.)
Unitarian church and helped support
it.
If large ears are indicative OF hon
Eesty, then the possessor of the great
est amount of that noble virtue in
Massachusetts is governor Crane.
When an ambitious politician learned
that there was a vacancy in the capt.
Col he Jaw, in imagination, those ears.
They were a token Of honest dealing
in political reward. He mentioned the
vacancy and the ears to a friend and
received the encouragement that
those ears are too big not to lend
themselves to an appeal from an hon
est man." Some weeks later the ac-
uuaintance elected an explanation from
the disappointed ~oficeseeker. Thought
the governor was an honest man." he
said disgustedly, "but he's too honest
for me. The governor admitted that
he had retired a clerk but there was
no vacancy. He had divided the work
among the other clerks, and thus ex.
acted from them a good days labor"
Major Charles Dick who intends to
be the next republican candidate for
governor of Ohio, says he got a lesson
when trying his first law case which
has kept him humble ever since. He
was a student in a law Office and was
getting nothing for his time except an
opportunity to associate with lawyers.
His first case was in a petty court and
he INDUCED in some skyrocket oratory.
After the trial an old mar who had
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26

Manila is now free from cholera.
The work of cleaning up the native
quarters has been h~erculean, but Yam
kee persistence has done it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26
+. F. & w. r.. LACEY,


Office over 1O7 High Avenue West,
Oskaloosa, Iowa. Prompt attention
given to collections. Probate bush
ness will receive careful attention.
Bpsinoss attended to in the U. 8. and
State Courts. 70
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26

The blacksmiths are striking at
Colorado Springs. And the iron is
not hot, either.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26
Eugene
Fields
Views on Ambition and Dys-
pepsia.

Dyspepsia" wrote Eugene Field,
''often incapacitates q mar for endeavor
and sometimes extinguishes the fire of
ambition. Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indiges-
ton all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. 1t needs
rest. You can only rest IL by the use
Of q preparation like Kodol, which re-
lleves IL Of work by digesting your food.
Rest Don restores 1t to its normal tone.
strengthening,
Satisfying,
EnVigoratlny.
Prepared only by e. Q. DEwITr& Co. Chicago
The 81. bottle contains az times the SOC Size
Green q Bentley Drug Company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-26

In his biography Of Alexander Du'
mas, Harry A. Snurr says that the i'm
provident French author, who hated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15
SCANDALS OF ADMINISTRATION
0evernment Departments Honey.
c0mbed with FRAUD aad
cerruptiOa.

The Porto Ricans are thoroughly
aroused upon discovering that the ma
tives who struggled are in the peni-
tertiary, and the United States OH
GERS who committed like offense are.
by order of the administration, set
free. The message Of Attorney Gen.
eral Knox to the United States district
attorI ey, sent just after the grand jury
had indicted the government officials,
created a great stir. 1t ordered:
DISMISS pending proceedings in
smuggling cases, and present no new
cases TO grand jury unless otherwise
directed hereafter. Report fully by
mail the nature and status Of all said
cases"
This telegram evidently led the dis
trict attorne.. 70 inquire if he was ex-
pected TO refuse to prosecute Amer
lean offenders against the law, for it
was followed by another from Mr..
Knox which caused even greater aston
ishment and much speculation as to
its exact meaning. 1t said: "Consid-
erations OF moment, not confined TO
Porto Rico or to the individuals in
involved that caused the administra-
tion after full elaboration. investiga-
tion and thought, 10 pursue the course
already outlined"
The Interpretation Of the last dis
patch must be. that cabinet meeting
OF the president and his advisers was
held to consider this Porto Rican scan
dial, and it was decided TO hush the
matter up, for Considerations of mo-
ment not confined to Porto Rico" What
did President Roosevelt and his cabinet
mean by this? What great considera-
tions urged them to order the pending
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15
BENEATH THE CAPTAINS INDUSTRY
GALLEY SLAVES OF LA6OR.-Denver Post

void is to re-establish competition.
and this is impossible. as Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Morgan jointly control the ma.
joriiy of the stock of the railroads
and Of course will not enter into
competition with themselves. Compe-
tition ended when they brought the
control of the competing railroads
under one management, and no law
can prevent one man or two men
owning stock in two competing rail-
roads. and now they own control
ling interest Of both railroads. from
ceasing to compete one against the
other.
II the administration and the attor.
ney general had expended half the
time and money Of some Of the in
dustrial trusts, that are charging the
people so exorbitantly for their
products, the result might have been
Of much greater value to the con-
sumers. The trouble Is that the at
tempt to fight the trusts Is entirely
political play and not intended as .
serious demonstration against them.
IL IL Hdi Dttn lutcnueu 10 punish inc
most obnoxious and oppressive trusts.
the criminal section Of the antitrust
law would long ago have been in
voked.
Now the republican leaders have
determined to throw overheard the
"Iowa idea" and have agreed to let
the trusts continue their robbery I'M
der the protection granted them by
the Dingley bill. there can be no reli-
ance placed in their efforts to pre-
vent railroad consolidation.
II the merger suit would result in
lowering the freight and passenger
rates on the railroads IL would be q
great victory for the people and the
administration would be entitled to
the credit. But no one claims that
one cent Of the exorbitant rates will
be taken off, or that one dollar will
be saved to the people even II the
supreme court confirms the decision
of the lower court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15
THE MACHINERY DOCTOR.
He IL Ready Like the Curer OF HI.
man Ills to he Called at
Any Hour.

On the window of downtown ma.
chine shop appears this sign: Lathe
work. day or night" II means that the
shop is ready for any sort Of work at
any hour-ready to make repairs in
case of emergency. There are now
perhaps half dozen such concerns in
the city that hold themselves in readi-
ness to make machinery repairs at any
hour in the "a. says the New York Sun.
There are in the city many manu-
featuring establishments, great and
small. running night as well as day.
Some OF these esta blishments employ
their own machinists and make their
own repairs, and some do not If ma
chinery breaks down in the latter they
send TO the emergency repair shop.
and in these days they can getthe work
done mt once. The night work costs
double, but it might be greater loss to
let the machines lie idle.
These repair shops have not only
power and equipment, so that they can
do any sort of shop work at any hour,
but they keep on hand all sorts Of
parts that might be required in any Of
the repairs they are likely to be called
|. upon to make. Their homes have their
telephone numbers. and in case Of need.
at any hour. they call up the shop or the
home of the boss. AT either place there
Is kept n roster Of the men belonging
TO the shop who can be ca lied upon and
quickly reached, and in very short or
der the men required for the job are
on their way in answer TO the call.
The physician has, at all times, been
ready 10 answer calls. The drug store
night bell is familiar. and, in these
days, there are many drug stores that
are open day and night. A modern night
bell is that OF the plumber. who keeps
q man in his shopto answer night calls,
or posts his night address there. In
one place w this city. down on the wa
ter front, you will find the night bell Of
wrecking company. whore relieving
outfit can be summoned into prompt
action
Newest among these emergency
workers who may be summoned t any
hour is the machinery Doctor who, like
the curer Of human ills. can be called
up at any hour, day or night, to cure
ailing machinery.
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% Every Life the Tine Mast Gene
Maen the Problem cs Death
u lppe rm0st.

To every man death comeih soon
or late. In every life's day there il
a dumb hour. IL may be in the mo-
ments OF dawn or when the vitalx-
ing energy is at noon, though some
times il comes not till the chill and
dark of midnight has fallen. There Is
no more pathetic and yet irresistibly
attractive subject for the serious stu
dent of medicine than the investiga-
ton Of the mysteries Of that process
OF physical dissolution which men
speak Of as dying, says the Hospital.
And yet there is so personal an in
terest in the quest that only the
bravest minds can grapple unds.
mayed in L research into the prob
lens OF death.
We may learn much by a reference
70 animal instincts in this as in SO
many other matters. Mr.. William J.
Long. in his recently issued and most
charming volume, school Of the
Woods: Some Life Studies of Animal
Instincts and Animal Training" at
tempts TO reveal something of the
mystery and pathos of the dumb
hour as seen in the dumb beast. In
his study on How the Animal Dies"
he shows that life's curtain is usu-
ally rung down quietly. the foot
lights are turned out gradually, the
auditorium is emp;ied silentl., the
darkness deepens peacefully. The
animal feels the oncoming of the
shadow and creeps into the deepest
coverts. The unnumbered multi
tudes choose their own place and
close their eyes for the last time as
peacefully as ever they lay down to
sleep" THE vast majority of ami
mails go away quietly when that time
comes; and their death is not re-
corded because man has eyes only for
exceptions. Something calls the crea
turc from his daily round; age or
natural disease touches him gently
in a way that he has not felt before
He steals away, obeying the old
warning instinct of his kind. and
picks out a spot where they shall not
find him till be is well again"
Man thinks himself little lower
than the angels. and it may be So
but of this we may be sure. there Is
that in the dumb hour which marks
the kinship of man with the uncom-
planning animal submissive to the de-
cree of nature, ana noble in its obedi-
ence TO the call of the voice that
silences all other voices.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15
THE LAWS INCONSISTENCY.
Presented In the Railway
Merger Case.

What we call the law sometimes
vexes US with apparent strange in
consistencies. When the judges OF
the eighth circuit court of the
United States decided the merger
case, il was generally considered that
the railroads involved would have to
abide by that decision. unless 1t was
reversed by the supreme court. The
railroad attorneys, however, applied
- Judge Sanborn. who was one OF
the judges of the circuit court that
rendered the decision. asking q modi-
fication Of the judgment, and he
granted II, Notwithstanding the pro-
test of the attorney general OF the
United States and the district attor-
ney. Thus we see the extraordinary
judicial spectacle Of judge sitting en-
banc and deciding with the other
judges that a corporation, the North
ern Securities company, was created
illegally and Is therefore not in exist
ence, and few days after the same
Judge acting alone modifies that judy
ment and admits the merger COM
pany is legally in existence by issu-
ing a decree allowing the merger
company to pay its dividends. This
defeat of the attorney general and
the administration leaves the matter
in statu quo until the case Is decided
by the supreme court.
If the supreme court should decide
that the merger in effect restraints
trade and confirms the circuit court
decision. there would be no relief for
the people for the merger railroad
stocks will be returned TO their orig
inal owners. The only object Of the
public in wanting the merger declared
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

The coal trust may be able to
show that it is purely eleemosynary
institution, organized under the acts
relating to public charities.--Detroit
Free Press.
The failure Of a shipbuilding con-
Germ Is said to be due to the neglect OF
congress 10 pass Mr.. Hanna's subsidy
bill. No doubt Uncle Sam could keep
good many people from falling il he
would throw the doors Of the treasury
open to them.--Rochester Herald.
Senator Hanna is trying to snug
gle up close to organized labor, and il
giving them lots Of taffy these days,
but then Brother Hanna is up for re-
election for United States senator, ane
Is q prospective candidate for presl
dent, and the laborinR men have Loo
II votes.
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Once upon time a very nervy man
called on his physician and asked him
for medical advice.
take tonic and dismiss from your
mind all that tends 10 worry you," said
the doctor.
Several months afterward the pa.
tent received bill from the physi.
clan asking him to remit SIS and an.
swered il thus:
Dear doctor, / have taken tonic
and your advice. Your bill tends to
worry me, and so i dismiss it from my
mind"
Moral: Advice sometimes defeats Ito
Civer.--Cleveland Leader.
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Don't YOU ever git ter thinkin', when the
days are cold an raw
An the rain beats In yer face, an the
Group Is In yer craw.
Os the dear OIL times an flxins. OF the
big an roomy barn
Where We all skedaidlcd, don't ych. an
we usster set an yarn.
When the weather was like this Is. an
We perched aroun. we did.
On the wagon tongue an feed box, cr we
scuttIed of an hid?
remember. ! remember. all the dear Oh
boyhood ways:
An remember In pertic'lar how we loved
the rainy days.
Tho work we done on rainy days, the
huskin' OF the corn.
The greasin OF the harnesses-ain't never
sence I'm born.
Leastways sencc l have left II, seen the
time ! could forget
The dear Oh farm this time o. year when
days are sorter wet
But. a-speakin OF the huskin' brings me
back ter huskin' bees.
Twas al one O them In our OIL barn at
first I met Looweczc
An when l foun the first red cart
makes me ketch my breath
! got Looweeze around the neck an
kissed her half ter death!
An Looweeze Jest swung on me. she did,
18th all her buxom heft.
An ych bet at had two red ears q right
one an left.
But bless the night met 'er. an bless
the dear oil barn.
An i bless the rainy weather when we
useter set an yarn.
An yehll all find me GRIMM when the
days are cold an raw.
An the rain beats In yer faces. an the
Group Is In yer craw
Yeh can grumble II yeh feel like, an kin
mutter an complain:
But when I'm a-feclin' dreamy I'm q
prayin' God fer rain!
That's me. I Jest want rain. I DO: Jest
good OIL fashion rain
A fiashin' down an slatherin' across the
winder-pane.
An ] want-what's that yeh say. Loo
weeze? Yer NAV says come ter
Ez soons bed the hossss DOWN. swear
I never see
A child so like her mother. like that Oh
time sweet Looweeze.
I like ter set an dream. do. with her
eroun my knees.
o. good oil times an huskin' fights; an
so say again.
! 20 a-grinnin' thanks ter God whenever
He sens rain.
u. NJ. Lewis. In Houston Post.
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n WARD IN
CHANCERY.

by JOHN X. LEYs.

SAL in my bath chair ut the cor
ner Of the square alone, for / had
sent my man to dispatch a telegram
and it was plcasanter for me to wait
in that quiet spot than in the busy
thoroughfare. 1t was warm day
and the sun shone with soft, mellow
radiance on the yellow leaves that
were clinging to the trees in the gar
den of the square or futtering
quietly to rest on their parent earth.
No passengers were to be seen: but
for the duh sound from the far of
streets the silence was profound.
The melancholy of autumn--that
season of spent endeavor, of slow de-
cay. of rest--was in the air.
Mos Of the houses in the square
were shut, their owners not yet re-
turned from the country; but one
very large house was evidently in
habited. 1t filed the center Of the
block facing the square on my right.
] was wondering what it could be,
for the building seemed too large for
a private dwelling house. when my
attention was attracted by young
mana youth, ought rather to say,
for he did not seem to be more than
10 or 20-who was slowly pacing
along the pavement close to the rail
ings that inclosed the square gar
den, looking all the time Mt the large
house | have just mentioned. IL
seemed almost as IL he were expect
ing or hoping to see the face Of
some one he knew appear at one Of
the tall windows. And what particu-
larry struck me was that as he
walked he touched with his fingers
every fourth one Of the iron uprights
that formed the railing.
He came nearer and nearer TO me,
still touching as he went, and then
when he had reached the corner,
without noticing me in the least. he
turned round and rctraccd his steps,
still touching the ratings. But it
seemed to me that he did not lay his
hand on the same uprights that he
had touched before.
This circumstance stimulated my
idle curiosity. Those who have
known as | have what il is To lie for
many hours too weak to read or
talk. prey to wandering fancies,
will understand me when / say that |
became intensely anxious to know
why lie was touching those ratings.
There did not seem to be any way Of
satisfying myself on this point. and
/ strovc--this will explain my state
Of mind as well as anything l can
say strovc TO make sure that he
was really putting his fingers on
different uprights from those he had
touched when he was walking toward
me. There was a ready way of set
Ting this point. Every twelfth up
right terminated in a spike some
inches higher than the others, and l
observed that he had touched the
high ones as he came toward me.
II he touched one Of them now,
was wrong; IL he touched the next
TO one Of the high ones, then ] was
right.
A few seconds told me that was
right. The youth laid his fingers on
the upright beyond the tall one
every time. And so he went on till
he renchcd the further corner Of the
square.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-15

IL see" said the man on the rear
PLATFORM, that French scientists have
at last discovered the secret Of long
life"
"Sh-sh-sh- Missed the otacr fel.
low. "Don't let that old man ON the
back aeat hear you. He's my father-iA.
law. he's rich!"--Baltimore NswA
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proceedings in this scandal to be dis
missed? They say they arrived at this
decision. "after full elaboration, in
vestigation and thought" What were
the momentous reasons. mot confined
to Porto Rico or the individuals in
volved." that caused the administra-
ton 10 punish Porto Ricans for snug
Cling by imprisonment. and TO allow
United States officers and civil en-
ployes to go free for the same offense
against the laws? There is no doubt
that scandals Of similar nature have
perme ated the government Of the Phil
ippines, for some have come to light,
but have been squelched by Secretary
Root. These scandals in the insular
department of the government. added
TO the serious scandal in the post Office,
land office and other departments, COM
ing to light as they have on the eve
Of the presidential campaign, may
wreck the political fortunes Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. which would certainly
be considerations Of moment" to
himself. and the shady politicians.
Root and Payne, who are his principal
political advisers. Acknowledgement
Knox and the other members Of the
cabinet are equally interested in the
denomination Of their chief. and are.
therefore. obliged TO join in the con-
spiracy to prevent scandals from be-
ing exposed to the public gaze. Ifthis
is not the reason for suppressing the
scandals. will any one suggest more
satisfactory explanation.
For an administration that prides IT,
self with having the brand Of civil serv-
ice reform burnt into its hide. the
present one certainly cclipses all its
predecessors. 1t could not be mach
worse IL Hanna and his crew were in
the sn ddle.
Reform is needed in every depart
ment of the government. and nothing
but a clean sweep will bring II about
Turn the rascals out.
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The New Orleans Pcayune re-
marks: ut Is doubtful II Senator
Hanna can afford TO stand as surety
for n man like President Roosevelt,
who is the most uncertain factor pos
sible, as 70 his position in any public
policy. Nobody can assert with any
degree Of confidence what Mr.. Roose-
welt will do under any set of circum-
stances or at any time" But the
louisville Courier-Journal says: mfr.
Roosevelt is n very consistent man, but
as he is consistent in doing invariably
what he thinks will strengthen his po-
litical fortunes. his record Of consists
cncy is made up of picturesque incon-
sistency."-Albany Argus.
Secretary Root is getting worse
and worse. lie says that the tariff
should be revised only by a congress
that's not playing politics. This would
be putting of revision until the ar
rival Of the millennium. and that is a
little farther than anyone else has
gone. Peoria journal
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-03

FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
N. r. Sylvester is in North lakina
today on business.
Mrs. VIM. Dircksen spent last night
with friends in Pasco.
lin Hawkins is the latest victim to
take to his bed with the mumps.
Charley Lum, who has been con-
fined to his bed with the mumps for
the past len days, is much improved.
L, w. Brown has the stone and lum-
Der on the ground for his new building
on the corner of Washington avenue
and Second street.
VIM. Swan has returned from trip
to Twin Fa lis, Idaho, where he in
vested in some property. He says
that is great country, but as one of
his first acts on returning home was to
place an order for enough fruit trees
and vines to plant his entire ten acres
here we don't think he considers that
place better than Kennewick.