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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-01-14

It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The FIRST thing you
know it,. will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be-
gin early with Ayers
| Cherry Pectoral and stop
the cough.
Ttns slsss ije. see., 81. An druggists.
Consult your doctor. II he says take It,
then do as be says. II he tells you not
to take It, then don't take II. He known.
Leave it with him. We are willing
80. AVER co.. Lowell. Mass.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
WHY THE sLEET VANISHED.

Observing people throughout the
recent great sleet-covered district OF
Iowa noticed and pondered long and
earnestly over remarkable pnenom-
enon which followed in the wake OF
the storm. We refer to the almost
total disappearance of the ice several
days before the warm wave" of Fri
day and Saturday, Feb. and 6, set
in. True there was still a thin We
neering or icy coat on all exposed sur.
faces when the thaw came, but it was
nothing to be compared with the
heavy, glittering armor worn by
wires and limbs, weeds and fences,
while the ice king was at the height
of mis- reign. On January 20 tele-
phone wire scarcely larger than a
knitting needle had the appearance
of a saw-toothed cable of ice, and
was anywhere from an inch to an
inch and a half in diameter accord.
ing to the degree of exposure. The
days of intense cold followed the
coming of the sleet During that
week and half the mercury seldom
rose above the zero mark and more
frequently fell from to 18 below
that mark on the thermometer scale.
This Notwithstanding, the ice grad
ually and surely disappeared, and
equally as rapidly on the north sides
of Buildings as it did in "the frozen
rays of the suns white wintry glare" +"
There was reason for every
seeming contradiction of nature no
ticed and the one paramount and
above all others lies in the fact that
ice evaporates almost as readily as
water when exposed to air, no odds
what the temperature of the latter.
The specific gravity of ice is less
than that of water in the ratio of go
to 100. The degree or expansion of
water in the state of ice is one-tenth
of its volume. On that account wat
er evaporates almost as fast in its
frozen as when in its liquid state.
The rain which formed the sleet had
small particles Of air Incorporated in
its constituent parts. The intense
cold ruptured the air cells of the sleet
mass, giving it the appearance of
honey comb when viewed under the
microscope. These minute pits with
their jagged sides exposed additionai
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
CORBETT WINS AGAIN.
Featherweight Champion Disposes
of Dave Sullivan,

San Francisco, March Cham
pion Featherweight Young Corbett''
had no difficulty in retaining his lau-
rels last night, defeating Dave Sulll-
van, of New York, in the eleventh
round of a scheduled twenty round
contest. Corbett leftsthe ring with
out mark, wFile, on the other ilaId
Sullivan received terrific beating
only the meroi--l / action of Referee
Graney in stopping the contest say
ing the New Yorker from having his
face beaten into pulp. Sullivan
put up game fight and, while out
boxed and out-fought and out-general-
ed, he gave the champion cause for
worry in one round. Taking another
feature out of the fight, which was
Sullivan's excessive gameness, the
contest was never in doubt. Corbett
held his man safe during all stages
of the contest and it was but ques-
ton of time when Sullivan would
have to quit.
The fourth round nearly saw the
end Of the contest and only by TAX
ing the full count on four different
occasions did Sullivan manage to pull
through. The mair feature of the
fight was the great amount of in
fighting. They hung together for a
minute at time, using either hand
that they could get free. Corbett
proved himself very much superior
in that style of fighting and he
seemed to punch harder from a short
er distance. - j.
After the disastrous fourth round
Sullivan's ability to come up in the
succeeding round was a surprise. He
seemed to have taken new lease OF
life but it was only a flash in the
pan and did not prove of any benefit
to him, as he received more punish
ment without any chance of success.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
JAPAN JUSTIFIED.

Judge John d. Lawson, dean of the
law department Of the University OF
Missouri, and a recognized authority
on the subject docs not believe Japan
violated the code of international law
in beginning hostilities with Russia
before a formal declaration of war
Judge Lawson said:
I'm the middle ages heralds were
sent to give an enemy warning of the
approach of hostilities. The practice
decayed with the decay Of feudal
ideas, but heralds were used as her
aids CT war long after chivalry was
dead. Sweden sent a herald to Cop
enhagen to declare war against Den
mark in the seventeenth century
Later, declarations handed in by
diplomatic agents took the place oi
heralds, but their use was by nc
means universal. Philip II of Spain
sent the Armada against England
without any declaration of war and
Gustavus Adolphus did not issue 6
declaration when he attacked the
1Sl llelIl SlhpllS III IlG LullIy col .
war. The nearer we approach II
modern times the rarer do forma
declarations become. The nine
teenth century saw more than sixty
wars begin without formal notice tt
the power attacked.
Nevertheless, France formally de
clared war on Germany in 1870, bu
in 1912 the United States began wal
with England by seizing British VEG
sells, and in 1854 England began TIE
Crimean war without formal declar
ations of war. All modern writers
on international law hold that forma
declaration of war is not necessary
1t should be remembered, however
that state of war imposes serious
duties upon neutral states and tha,
their liabilities in this respect car
only arise after due notice /. at 6
state of war exists. Hence it is in
cumbent upon belligerents to give
due notice to the world upon the out
break of hostilities."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Several Iowa People Tire Of Life
and XIII Themselves.

Waterloo, Ia, March MARTIN
Blake, aged %, cashier of the First
National bank at Dunkerton, commit
ted suicide last night with carbolic
acid. There is no known cause for
the deed. He was cheerful all even.
ing and took the drug at eleven
/ o'clock. The bank Is solvent, and *
far as known Blake's accounts are
all right.
Jumped From Bridge.
Omaha, Nebr., March 1-Charles
Braton, of Red Oak, Iowa, sprang
this afternoon, while intoxicated,
from the Douglas street bridge into
the Missouri river and was drowned.
Bert Redding, also of Red Oak, who
was a companion Of Braton, but who
was himself sober, leaped into the
water after him in vain attempt to
save him. Redding doubtless would
have perished also had not switch
man near the bridge rescued him, ,anG
he was brought to the police station
and given warm blankets and drinks.
The Strychnine Route.
Reinbeck, Ia, March Henry My
ers, a German about As years old took
strychnine about noon today and fif-
teen minutes later was dead. He
was an old settler here. He worked
on the section for years and lately
has been doing odd jobs about town.
Yesterday he was drunk and threat
ened Peter Clauson with a butcher
knife, saying that he would kill him.
He had beaten his wife about year
ago and would have done the same
Saturday night if neighbors had NOT
interfered.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
FAILURES IN 1908.

The business world may find much
of interest in the table of failures for
the past year that has recently been
issued by Bradstreet's. Aside from
the statistical table giving fnS mum
Der of failures, the amount OF liabili'
les and assets, the report contains
h.any deductions that are of value to
those interested in commercial and
industrial activities. In 1908 there
were fewer failures by 2 per cent
than in 1902, but the aggregate OF
liabilities was larger. Small dealers
have Jared quite we'll as regards fl
nancial securities, it being the large
corporations that were the principal
sufferers. The number of traders in
the United States is given at 1879,
909, an increase Of 13 per cent since
1899, while the increase in failures
has been only 1.3 per cent.
AS to the cause of the failures in
1903 Bradstreet's shows that lack OF
capital was the cause of 32.5 per cent
of all the failures; incompetence
20.5 per cent; inexperience, GA pei
cent; unwise credits, "a per cent;
speculation, / per cent; neglect, rs
per cent; extravaganza, 09 per cent;
fraudulent disposition, 104 per cent
The fat years had tendency to en-
tice into business ventures men who
were not competent to manage them
Thus, while incompetence caused
one-fifth of all the failures last year
it caused only about IL per cent OF
the failures in 1896 and 1897. One
Of the good signs of last years fail
ures is that specific conditions, (which
include happenings out of the ordi
nary, such as financial stress, cror
failures, fires, etc." accounted fol
only 1913 per cent of all failures
which is a slight decrease as com
pared with 1902. The failure of 9th
ers caused the same percentage D,
failures in 1903 as in 1902, but undue
competition did not cause so large q
percentage of failures as in 1902
The conclusion drawn from this las,
fact is that 1903, while a year OF
stress for many who were speculat
lively involved, was after all fairly
favorable season for the average
trader, over whose head the financial
strain seems to have passed without
much if any effect"
The statistics show that 70 percen,
of the failures in Canada were due
to lack of sufficient capital to oper
ate, while from that cause in the
United States there were but hall
that number. The failures in eacn
country due to fraud was 1.04 per
cent, while there was s per cent less
from incompetence in Canada than
in the United States. The Canadian
is yenturesome but it appears that
he is not SO apt to engage in business
about which he knows nothing as is
the American.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
EveIand Coal Co.

Bussey Press: Eveland is mining
camp owned by Elizabeth Price 1t
is one mile east and one mile north
OF Buxton. They have postoffice
and about forty miners. o. l.. John.
son operates the company store. He
has been in that locality the past sew
EN- years with the Eveland store ana
postofiice. The Prices hoist from
seventy-five to one hundred tons of
coal day. They have a Northwest
ern switch, and are doing good
business. Johnson. the store man.
ager, was on the train Tuesday en-
route to oskaloosa on business for
this company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

"A mercantile company pasted a
large advertisement on bridge, says
the Britt Tribune The wind caused
it to fiutter and scare team. The
team tipped the wagon over, broke
two dozen eggs, hame strap, the
drivers leg and the wagon axle. They
then ran away and ran through a
garden, tipped bee hive over, and
the bees stung the young lady of the
house until her lips swelled to such
proportions that her best fellow left
her and went to the Philippines. The
driver sued the firm for damages, and
one hundred and eighty witnesses
were called, and when they were ask
ed what was advertised on the pos.
ter, not one of them could tell.
Moral: Paste your advertisement
on the pages of your home paper, ,and
keep it alive-not the paper, but the
ad!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
SOME OLD EAPERS.
Promissory Note Given in .1766 Part
ly Paid in MoIasses.-

w. S. Tredick, Of this city, has in
his possession some very old papers
and books. Among the papers is a
promissory note given by his great
uncle in 1866. 1t was all written out
on a piece of legal cap paper. The
payments indorsed on the back show
that part of the sum was liquidated
with molasses. Another valuable
relic is his great grandmother's bible,
published in England in 1853 and
brought to America shortly thereaf-
ter. 1t is published in old English
type and is dedicated ITO the most
high and mighty Prince James, by
the Grace Of God, King of Great Brit
ain, France and Ireland, Defender OF
the Faith"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
AN EXCITING TIME.
Live Wires Cause commotion on
South D Street.

A telephone wire crossing an cleo,
trio light wire caused quite a disturb
ance in front Of the U. G.. Deck resi-.
dence, 915 South d street. Three
horses came in contact with the live
wire which had dropped down into
the street, and went down, one to
his knees and S~e other two fiat.
They belonged to Ross Mccormick,
of this city, Dave MorI and Walter
Williams, of Beacon. The display of
fire works was quite spectacular, fire
flashing up and down the street
through a distance of several hun
dred feet. The light company was
telephoned but before assistance
could arrive, Mr.. Deck cut the wire
with an axe. Quite a bit of excite
ment prevailed among the crowd
which had congregated, and as he
struck the blow which disconnected
the dangerous circuit, he jumped
back out Of the way only to see the
wire curl and wrap itself in a large
circle. about his wife. Fortunately
the wire did not touch her and all
escaped without injury, except for
broken shafts on all the buggies In
volved
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

ice surface to the air and evaporation
went ON day and night A similar
phenomenon is familiar to every
house wife, who will tell you that
CLOTHES freeze dry" even in time OF
most excessive cold. Through a sim
liar process, ice which has been much
cut up by skating will become smooth
if allowed a few days rest, even in
the most frigid weather.-"N Nature
Snap Shots" in Knoxville Journal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
DE NOTES LOSS.
Well Known Lecturer Victim of Dis
astrous Fire.

"Elmwood Place" the handsome
colonial style residence of Prof. J. B.
Denote, the lecturer, who has de-
lighted Oskaloosa audiences, was
burned to the ground recently, to-
gether with all its contents. The
home was located six blocks from De
Pauw university, in Greencastle, In
diana. and the professors 5000 vol
ume library and all his valuable pic
lures and treasures, picked up on his
travels, went up in smoke. The
blaze started in the top of the build.
ing; cause unknown. Lack of water
pressure made the loss total.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
WINSPRIMARIES
IN DES MONIES.
Secures 161 Delegates to Proutty's
53 in Polk County.

lDes Moines, March 1-Captain j.
A. T. Hull will be Polk county's can
didate for congress to succeed him.
selh at the Seventh district congress
sional convention. The result Of the
primaries yesterday was a sweeping
victorS for the present congressman
over his opponent, Judge S. r. Prou-
ty, and incidentally hard jolt to the
Cummins element which was backing
Judge Pkouty.
The results showed gains for Con-
gressman Hull in the country pre-
cincts as well as sweeping gains in
the city, which almost approach the
nature Of landslide.
When these results were known,
there was a great whirlwind of JOY
at Hull headquarters, while cores
ponding gloom encircled the Prouty
headquarters.
The result came after one Of the
most exciting contests in the history
of Polk county politics. 1t marked
the continuation and elimination Of
the struggle which was commenced
| DOlNG0llH Ndpldill dlu
Prouty two years ago.
From the time the polls opened in
the early morning untiA they were
finally closed at night, the day was
marred by an endless number OF dis
graceful scenes. There was more
dirty politics and fraud turhed loose
than was ever known in the, city OF
Des Moines, AS maintained by Capt.
Hull and his friends from thA start,
a fair contest would give him the vic
tory. 1t required the services of Ave
hundred policemen and hundreds Of
volunteer friends to see that this
was done
One Of the first precincts to ae
heard from was the Fourth of the
Fourth, Judge Proutys own district
Two years ago this precinct went for(
Judge Prouty by 1856 to 85. This year
it went for Captain Hull by a vote OF
149 to IA. The Second of the First
Captain Hull's( precinct, was another
precinct heard from early. This.
showed a vote of 202 to 306 in ravor,
Of Captain Hull as compared witt \
2S4 against 900 in favor Of Captain
Hyn, two years ago. This began to
sssse-s-p-~-y----.<t-I
4 look enc0ufag1ng. The coTned, ae1
cincts also began to be heard from
and they showed encouraging returns
for the Hull forces.
By midnight all the returns were
in and Capt. Hull had won the VIC
tory securing Isl delegates as
against SO for Prouty.
Prominent Citizens Involved.
! Des Moines, March 1ZChief of Po-
lice Bracket with four officers forci-
bly, ejectetd Police Judge Silvara and
other prominent citizens from a vot-
ing place under the city hall last
night. The chief and his men were
arrested today, charged with assault
and battery, and unlawful assembly,
and arraigned before Judge Silvara
The judge and three other prominent
citizens were arrested this afternoon
on information filed before Judge
Duncan by Chief Bracket, charging
them with exciting disturbances.
Thus the open war is on as result
of the Prouty-Hull campaign.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
-Burrell, of the Washington Pre-

---Burrell, of the Washington Press
reports that in sixteen months, since
he eschewed tobacco and adopted a
Battle Creek diet, he has gained for.
ty-eight pounds in weight and that il
has become serious business tying
his shoe strings and slipping on arc.
tics or rubbers. He now weighs 16s
pounds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
weddlno At PeIIa.

j. o. Grant and wife and grand
daughter, Miss Sarah Grant, went to
Pella Saturday to attend the we'd
ding Of Miss Jennie Carson and Hen
ry Van Arkel, which occurred Sun
day evening at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Carson. The home Is prepared and
furnished for the young people, and
they will go to housekeeping at once.
The young man is an engineer at the
Pella foundry.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
IOWA MAN SLAIN BY WOMAN.
Patrick King, Jr, Of sigourney, Kill
ed at La Junta, Colorado.

Sigourney, March 1.-Word has
just been received from Colorado that
Patrick King, Jr., aged %, son OF
Patrick King, who, with Andrew
Stranahan, constructed the Milwau-
kee railroad bed through this county
twenty years ago, has been shot and
killed by woman. 1t appears that
King had accepted some attention
from the housekeeper on his fathers
ranch, and that woman, Louise 1.d-
ans, who was in love with him, mur-
dered him in fit of jealousy. The
Kings have become wealthy in Colo
RADIO.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

A Chicago bank is trying to en-.
force a rule that its employees shall
not marry until drawing a salary OF
at least $1,000 a year. me Sioux
City Journal presumes that the re.
striction would not apply to a fasci,
mating $500 clerk who happened to be
proposed to this year by beautiful
blond millionairess.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

What sort of 'nese' are you, any
way? A Chinese or a Japanese ?"
The little Jap was not caught nap
ping. Quick as wink he replied:
What sort of a key are you, any
way? A monkey, donl1e, or Yam
kee %
The fresh young man had no more
to say, and left the train quickly
when City Hall station was reached.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

The Iowa Worlds Fair commits
sion is to be given $4,000 in addition
to the oroginal appropriation of $685.
600. That will make a grand total of
$145,000 chargeable to Iowa's adver-
tising account at st. Louis, and it
ought to produce fairly satisfactory
results.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

The Chinese authorities in Man.
ehuria, if that is the proper name for
them, are unable to see why they
should feel any responsibility FOR
guarding the Russian railway in time
of war, so long as Russia would not
trust them with the task in time of
peace. The logic Of the present sit
uation is wholly with John China
man.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

"A man arrested for vagrancy in
Waterloo tried to tell the city author,
tiles that Fort Dodge was much the
better town of the two, and the com
plant against him was promptly
changed to insanity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

"A Boston man who had been
stealing for years and juggling the
books was discovered in his wrong
doing purely by accident. One of
the wonders of the age is the ease
with which books can be made by an
expert to cover up shortages.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
a young Japanege compos

"A young Japanese compositor,
employed on Japanese paper in
New York, was riding down town in
City Hall train the other morning.
He was engrosssd in his morning
paper, and paid little attention to
the ather passengers.
But a fresh-looking young man, who
sat next to him, and who had been
eyeing him all along,suddenly asked;
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

That writer in Success telling
why people are poor" might have
added: "They are willing to live on
what belongs to them rather than
sport around on the fruits of other
peoples labor"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

The Sigourney News announces
that "all churches of the town have
gone together and are going to wage
a war on the devil and his imps."
We are obliged to the News for Civ
ing us the residence of the parties
named.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

George A. Wells, secretary of the
Iowa Grain Dealers, has announced
that the Iowa convention will be held
in April and the national convention
will be held in Milwaukee in June OF
July instead of October as first an.
nounced.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Mrs. Dave Trickler recently sold
GA turkeys to a merchant of Bloom
field for which she received tne snug
sum of $187. Three dollars per bird
is not bad.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

"A non-partisan convention viii
be held at Ottumwa Thursday, March
10, to select candidates for members
of the school board. This might not
be a. bad idea to adopt in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

The Hull-Prouty contest in Des
Moines yesterday was so hot that the
Daily Capital shifted all its war news
from the front page.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Life in Harvey is getting siren
nous. The News reports that the
work of building sidewalks has ac,
tually begun and that the next work
to be taken up by the city authorities
. is the destruction of all uncollared
dogs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Iowa City Republican: A repub-
Iican who sows seed that brings forth
democratic should make complaint to
the national seed department.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Let us be thankful for the lamb,
even though, according to tradition,
it does presage the lion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

Tom Van der Linden is manager
of the Van Spanckeren lumber yard
at Olivet
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

A Davis county farmer sold a
Bloomfield merchant s267.74 worth Of
eggs during the past year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
THE HERALD

81 Only two weeks more of ground
hog weather. Hurrah!