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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
ELEVATOR BURNED.
Building at Tracy Containing 10000
Bushels Destroyed.

The elevator at Tracy belonging to
J.. S. Bellamy, was destroyed by fire
Monday about IL o'clock. The build
ing contained about 10000 bushels Il
grain, mostly oats. Although the
building was ruined the greater part
of the grain was left untouched by
the flames. 1t is supposed that the
fire was caused by spontaneous com
bustion. Herbert Bellamy and eight
men from Knoxville are at work get
ting the grain under cover. The
building was not insured. Loss, ST..
900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
Parties wishing hay pressed, call on
N. N. Pratt, phone 903 Black. 21w7
Baptist Church,

The annual business meeting of the
Baptist church will occur on Satur-
day, Dec. 81, 1904. Dinner will be
served in the church from IL to- 1870
o'clock, and after an hours social
gathering the meeting will be called
to order and the regular business of
the church and election Of officers for
the ensuing year will take place. A
good attendance is desired.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
SAILORS HOME r N

New York, Dec. 26.-The Chapel OF
the Sailors Snag Harbor home in
New Brighton, State Island, was de-
stroyed by fire early this morning.
Eight hundred old sailors TURNED out
TO fight the fire which burned the
chapel and caused a loss of three
hundred thousand dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

train had arrived and outside of a lit.
tie local mail there was no mail to
handle. The carriers made the morn
ing business trip and there their work
ended.
The rural carriers made an effort
to get over their routes yesterday and
succeede for the greater part. The
boys started out again this morning
with the mail that came in yesterday,
but it was no sure thing that they
would be able to make the trip.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

guest Of her daughters, Mrs. Minor
Money and Mrs. VIM. Kitchener, re-
turned to her home yesterday.
Miss L. e. Knight went to Creston
yesterday to spend the holidays.
She was accompanied by Mrs. E. N.
Rowland of Walla, Walla, Washing
ton, who is visiting at the j. F.
Knight home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
List of Letters.

Hr
Remaining uncalled for in the post
Office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the
week ending Dec. "a, 1904:
Gents List.
Alberson ,Emmitt Agt for Fleisch-
Bunnell, Frank [mann's Yeast Co
Barnes, DR. @ E Flynn, Daniel
G~rossman, Chas Hayes, o
Marehart, Ben Matthews, Geo
McCarty, E N Olin, Fred (2)
Osborne, @ Louise White, F
Ladies' List.
Anderson, MrsJB Boots, Mrs w R
Ducamps, MrsWC Hutson, Mrs @ M H
McNalley, Clara Moran, Mrs E G
Powers, Lottie Stuart, Bessie
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to adj
vertised list of this date. TIE above
letters will be held two weeks from
date and then sent to the dead letter
office.
CHAs. v. HOFFMAN,, p. M,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

"a generous mar is kind to his an
imals." Buy a blanket for your
horse at the oskaloosa Mfg. Co., ZIG
High avenue west, and save the dis
count. d1-w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
FURY OF STORM
At LAST ABATED
Continued from Page ID

sidewalks in great drifts, six to twelve
feet deep in places.
The dry goods houses of Pfeifer-
Belmont and Baldaur-Rosenblatt Com.
pany closed up at 8 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. The clerks were sent to
their homes in closed carriages, a
kindness that was greatly appreciated
by the clerks.
wednesday morning round many of
the streets and Of the city i'm
passible. Teams could not get
through some Of the huge drifts, ano
pedestrians had to pick their way
through the streets.
Then the work of cutting the drifts
commenced and a small sized army
of men and boys found employment
clearing away the packed snow. The
street car management had a noun
tain of a task confronting them in the
clearing of their tracks, but they
started in with the task in the effort
to get service installed as soon as
possible. Cars were out by ten
o'clock on parts Of the line.
The storm was the worst that Oska-
loosa has experienced and not before
within the memory of the oldest in
habitant" has the snow peen so drift
ed over and around everything and to
so great depth on walks and streets
as it was this morning. The storm
will hn n rlra1 1nUD &c n rnnOrH-
breaker.
Carriers Hfndered.
The twelve Herald carriers had a
Herculean task last evening in the
attempt to deliver the evening paper
and three of the smaller boys did not
attempt to make their route. The
routes abandoned last evening were
served as early this morning as pos
sible. The boys who started on their
routes report a very hard struggle to
get through. All were tempted at
times to give up and declare the work
impossible, but they finally worked
their way through the task.
Situation This Afternoon.
At one o'clock today the situation
was about as follows: The train on
the Rock Island due here at 9:15 last
night arrived from Leighton about
one o'clock and started south.
The Burlington train that left Bur-
lington this morning with a snow
pillow ahead Of them wal at Fremont
and was expected to reach this city
about two o'clock.
No trains had moved on the Iowa
Central up to two o'clock and little
prospect existed Of getting any start
ed until late this evening.
No Mail to Deliver.
The mail carriers mad an enforced
holiday this morning. Nothing was
in the Office to be worked. No mali
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

Colonel J. j. Stuart, the owner On
Bonnie Brae farm, containing 900
acres near Humboldt. has sold it to
Minneapolis parties for $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

Special discount sale of sleighs,
robes and blankets at the Oskaloosa
Mfg. Co.'s all this week. d1-wl
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

Foot warmers, one of the most use
full novelties, an appropriate New
Years present, at the Oskaloosa Mfg.
Co.'S, ZIG High avenue west. d1-w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

Attachable sleigh for al
sized vehicles at the oskaloosa Mfg
Co.'s at lowest prices. d1-w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

We are selling sleighs, robes ana
blankets at a great discount. The Os-
kaloosa Mfg. Co., ZIG High avenue
west. d1-w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
WANTS & FOR SALE:

WANTED.-To trade for OskalooEa
property, a 40-acre farm located in
Keokuk county just outside city
limits Of good town. Address x.
rare of herald. 94d12-22w2-pd
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

LEGAL BLANKS Of all kinds kept in
stock and for sale at the Herald
Office. DIFF
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN.
II you want a loan of any amount on
real estate security, at the lowest
rates, and best terms, see
Oskaloosa Land e Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
FOR ~SALE-FARMs,

FOR SRLE-FARMS.
Farm Of go acres, close to Oskaloosa.
Farm of 40 acres 2a miles from
O~skaloosa.
Farm of so acres 1h miles from os-
kaloosa.
Farm Of 200 acres east of Lacey.
Farm Of 120 acres, near railway sta
ton.
Farms of all sizes and various
prices, in this county and in all parts
OF Iowa. Call and see our list.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

FOR SALE.-Fine 7o-acre farm as
miles from Leighton, S miles Encan
Pella. Fine. gently rolling land.
Fair improvements. G. Yer Plrsg.
119 High avenu west. 2wtk
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
For sale or Rent.

For Sale or Rent.
The Nicholas Holt farm Of zoo
acres, lin Jefferson township. In
quire OF r. w. or w. A. Holt, Beacon.
Iowa. Phone 26K. 11tf
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29

FOR SALE.-House of 5 rooms, lot
72x120, convenient to school. $500.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-29
FOR RENT.


House Of 4 rooms on North G st.
convenient to college. $1,000.
House of 9 rooms, furnace heat, on
Second venue east. $500 per month.
House of 6 rooms, six blocks south
east of square, corner lot, city water.
Sill per month.
House Of z rooms, in fine condition,
large cellar, barn, good location, 8
blocks from the square.
House of z rooms, heated by fur.
mace, electric light, cistern and well;
$1,000 per month.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
FOR SALE.-House of 6 rooms, near
ly new, barn, good well, 3 blocks
from court house, $1,000.
osKaloosa Land & Loan Co.
o. -
FOR SALE.-House of 6 rooms, cellar,
small barn, good well, 2H blocks
from court house. $1,000.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
THE WORLD AND MIR. CLEVELAND.

From the Washington Star.
 The New York World today reluctantly withdraws it's nomination of MT. Cleveland for president. and is on hunt for good man. It leans to United States Judge Thayer, who has a satisfactory record on the trust question: It will. if necessary. support Judge Parker, al- though it thinks that the party could do much better. There is touch of pathos in this shake-up. Things were running very smoothly for the World until the Su- preme court decided the Northern merger case. Then it was apparent to all that the World could not longer hold on to MT. Cleveland The decision was a triumph for it's principles and longtime conten- tions. and a sockdolager for it's candi- date. The World could not consistently continue to boom for president the same man that James J. Hll was booming. and that all the trusts were pining for. still the Worlds new position will not prevent it from supporting Mir. Cleveland if Mr. Hill and the trusts finally land him at St Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Anybody Rut rheodore RooseveIt.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Eighty millions of free people, occupy ing such country as this is, should have man to rule over them possessing a clear brain and clean heart. He should look from the high standard of right. of which his course should be the exemplar. I hope that the democratic party may be able to find such a man. nominate him and elect him. The talent for gov erning men, without humllating them. cannot be aequired-it is a gift Of nature. and carries with it a sense of justice. MT. Roosevelt has not impressed me as man possessing that consideration and personal dignity so essential to such an exalted position as that of President. l fear that he Is too resentful and lacking in self-denial and sympathy In war he would be terror to those against whom his sword was drawn. and if not early slain, would rise to high rank. It should not be forgotten that the calling of q warrior and that of statesman is very different-the purpose of one being the taking of life; that of the other should be the preserving of 1t. The President is the trusted servant standing at the head of the American people.
 T. I,AVT,ER DARRX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
Is Crime increasing?

'Few social questions are asked more frequently than, what is the increase of crime" said a gentleman yesterday. "The national census bureau is seeking an answer to this inquiry. It is undertaking to secure a record of all the persons who are sentenced to the various jails, peni- tentaries and other prisons in the United States during the year 1904.
 "The wardens of the state prisons and the sheriffs of the counties are being re- quested to act as special agents to report certain facts concerning every person de- livered into their custody. Some coun- ties have not been heard from In some perhaps there are no jails, in other per haps the local jails are no longer used. in still others the sheriffs have possibly neglected the matter. But the records of the census bureau and the resulting statistics will not be complete until all are heard from, and it is hoped that the pressure of other business will not cause the sheriff of any county to block this most important inquiry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
Plays That Are Popular.

George A. Edes, manager of The Pride of Jennico," which is at the Bijou theatre next week, was talking last night about the theatrical business in all parts of the country. He said:
 Tn all the cities outside of New York and Chicago. since the fire, theatrical business has been good, and especially throughout the south and the extreme west. Through the north and east busi- ness has not been as good as it should have been on account of over production. Melodramas and popular price plays of the better class are getting all the money this year. This has been the best season in the history of this class of plays, and some of them have been produced on what is really an immense scale. Musi- cal comedies have also proved very suc- cessful in popular priced houses, and sev- eral circuits of the better class are being opened up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01

accept new and valid bonds in the place of bonds issued in the terms of Governor Smith and Governor Lewis,. the states two reconstruction gov ernors. Under the Houston settlement a debt of more than 32,000000 was reduced to about s12,OO0,0O0, saving to the people of over $20,000,000, made with the consent of the holders of re- construction bonds, which were of course were destroyed when the ex- change of bonds was made.
 The vast reconstruction indebted ness was partly due to general extrav- agance, but chiefly to the endorsement of the bonds of railroads, without much regard as to when the railroads aided were to be built. Some were never built. The railroads were aided from $lj,000 a mile, which was the mini mum of that wild period, to $38,000 mile, which was ,ne maximum, at least on the surface It is not easy to follow out the rascalities of the legislatures that met in the Smith and Lewis ad- ministrations.
 There were, however, large issues of fraudulent bonds by counties, cities and towns during the Spencerian era of this state, and possibly some of those issues may be covered by the South Dakota decision. but Alabama herself should not be listed among the states that have repudiated bonds out standing. Governor Houston took Ala bama's honored name out of that list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
Hlqh School Bond Issue.

'In my opinion, by an overwhelming majority, the voters of Birmingham will authorize the mayor and aldermen to Is sue bonds to the amount of s20,ooO for the purpose of securing funds with which to build a new high school and two gram mar schools at the special election which will be held on April 1l'' said Mayor Drennen yesterday afternoon.
 "1 have made somewhat of canvass of the city and have found but little op- position to the bond issue. in fact l do not know of but two citizens who oppose the measure. All appear to realize the great need of an adequate high school building, as we'll as two more grammar schools and will so express themselves at the polls Monday week.
 sThe repairs to the Powell school, which was damaged by fire and water Monday after are being pushed rapidly under the direction of City Engineer Kendrick, and 1t Is believed the school building will again be ready for occupancy Monday morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It's very easy for a girl to marry man if she doesn't want to.
 A woman makes an agreement so as to be able to break 1t if 1t does not suit her.
 1t is better for the average girl to i'm Q agine even that she can think than that she can sing.
 Maybe the woman who brags to others about her husband thinks if she could make them believe it she could make herself believe it.
 It's curious, but a girl is sent to school to be educated to be supported as wife and a boy to college to be educated to support her.
 It's curious how a girl never will worry at all over being knock-kneed, when she will grieve herself almost to death be- cause her hair won't curl.
 It's a great comfort to woman to feel that if she were any prettier than she Is 1t would be almost impossible to keep from breaking up the happy families of her friends.
 An old maid ought to be thankful that she doesn't have to sit up in the bed just before daylight and listen to man ex- plain why he tried to unlace his shoe with button hook.
 It Is very unreasonable of a woman to refuse to understand that when man has been working late in his office and comes home at daylight it isn't queer for him to ask If dinner is ready yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
VALUABLE SEATS.
In Paris Bourse Cost $6oo,ooo Each,
 But Bring in Fortune.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 A seat among the seventy of the Paris Bourse (they call 1t a charge) costs about 100000 francs (6Oo,oo0, or sometimes D. 300 900. and charge earns from 3 to 15 per cent meD year. so that the annual profits are from s30.0O0 to s9o000, or more In exceptional years. But these are usu- ally divided among several associates, for it rarely happens that an agent is the sole owner of his seat. More often he has paid for one-half of 1t or third of 1t and has three or four silent partners who own the rest and who may again have subpartners, so that you will hear of a sixteenth of a seat or even a thirty-sec- ond these being simply investments that carry no rights or privileges the Bourse.
 As to procuring a charge, the thing has none of the stock exchange simplicity, where the main requirement for getting a seat Is to be able to pay for it. Here a candidate must be a Frenchman and at least 21 years old. He must have served four years in certain forms of business He must be personally acceptable to the agent from whom he would purchase the seat and often to his family, including the ladies. He must be passed upon by the seventy with formal voting, as if he
 s vgkqetabgkqje etaovbgkqjetao taoivbgkqjet were joining some select club. which he is
 There must be no stain on his business record and no slur on his personal char actcr. A candidate was rejected recently for his bad habits and another for no fault of his own. but because his brother had been concerned in questionable trans actions With all this favoraby settled. there is still needed the approval of the minister of finances and the sanction of the president. This makes 1t clear enough why many of the ablest dealers on the Bourse have not been members of the parauet. but of the coulisse. They c6uld not get into the parquet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
MoccAslKs. FOR SOLDIERS.
Selling Them May Prove Very Profit
 able Business.

From the New York Commercial.
 man from Bangor, Me, up at the Hotel Marlborough the other night said that numerous inquiries have recently been received in that city from persons supposed to represent either the Russian or the Japanese government, concerning prices for moccasins in large quantities and the earliest date of delivery at At lantic or Pacific ports. It is supposed that the moccasins are wanted for soldiers campaigning in Manchuria. For that pur- pose they would be eminently suitable, the Bangor man said.
 He read from Bangor newspaper clip ping to show that the moccasin is the favorite footwear of the umbermen in the Pine Tree state and was first made in Bangor in 1851. At first only one or two styles were made. but now moccasins are manufactured in great variety ranging from slippers for women and children soft as kid and embroidered with beads to the stout boots and larirgans of the Penobscot lumbermen.
 Much of the sewing Is still done by hand, being let out by the piece to French-Canadian families in the neigh borhood of Bangor. All moccasins are made of @ specially prepared leather. rem dered a golden yellow by a peculiar pro- cess of tanning.
 The common moccasin is not proof against water, but it has room for several pairs of stockings and that Is a strong point in It's favor. For keeping the feet warm and dry in cold weather the mocca- sin has no equal.
 The greater part of the moccasin leath- CT still comes from it's place of origin, Pawtucket, R. l., although considerabl quantity is tanned in Bangor. Some years ago Bangor men established factories at Red Wing. Minn, and Racine, Wis.
 The dainty bath slippers which are not really moccasins, but are made from soft elk skin, are In great demand at home and abroad, and are especially favored by the ladies of Japan. to which country Bangor sends large quantities. It now seems likely that "Bangors golden slip pers as moccasins are called. may be worn by the contending armies in Man churia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.

In most of the states there are many applicants for the scholarships pro- vided for in the will of the great South African developer One scholar is to be selected from each state and ter rtory in this country, and a corre- spending number is to be drawn from the English colonies, and even from German, for we are all, nationally speaking Teutons.
 MT. Rhodes idea was to bring to- gether the English-speaking peoples, hoping in that way to induce in the long run the solidarity of those peo- ples. Men educated at Oxford are apt to think as Oxford does. If the Rhodes idea should be supplemented by MT. Carnegie or some other philanthropist, whereby an equal number of young Eng1ishmen could be sent to American colleges to be educated, then indeed some progress might be made towards bringing the English-speaking peoples together. England knows less of America .Aan America knows of Eng land.
 But the Rhodes bequest is starter, and it will do no harm. At present it does not seem probable that many yorng Alabamians will compete for a Rhodes scholarship, although the suc- cessful applicant will receive $500 for a period of three years. It is a prize well worth working for, and at least dozen bright athletic fellows who have passed at least two years in a degree-giving college should appear on the examination day, April 13, at Mont gomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
THE ROSARY OF MY YEARS.

By Father Ryan. Some reckon their age by years. Some reckon their life by art But some tell their days by the How of
 their tears And their life by the moans of their
 heart The dials of earth may show The length. not the depth of years Few many they come-few or many
 they go. But our time is best measured by tears An! not by the silvery gray That creeps through the sunny hair, And not by the scenes that we pass on
 our way.
 care On the forehead and face have made, Not SO do we count our years; Not by the sun of the earth-bNt ths
 shade Of our souls, and the fall of our tears. For the young are ofttimes old Though their brow be bright and fair; While their blood beats warm, their
 heart lies cold Ger them the springtime but winter h
 thers. And the old are ofttimes young. When their hair is thin and white, And they sing in age as in youth they And they laugh, for their cross was
 light. But bead by bead I tell The rosary of my years, From a cross to a cross they lead-it is
 well
 And they are blessed with a blessing of
 tears.
 Better a day of strife. Than a century of sleep, Give me. instead of long stream of life, The tempest and tears of the deep. A thousand joys may foam On the pillows of all the years: But never the foam brings the bark back
 home,
 It reaches the haven through tss--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
PETTUs FORGOT cRAvAT.

From the Washington Post.
 MT. Pettus sat disconsolate in the sem ate cloakroom yesterday for season. Being a great stickler for the proprieties in that dignifed body. he dared not enter the chamber.
 This all came about from the senator's glancing into a mirror. Soon after he reached the capitol a small page, looking at him. sheltered Then another page did likewise. which aroused the sedate Alabamian's suspicious.
 As he viewed his own ponderous figure in the cloakroom mirror Senator Pettus uttered words not in the dictionary He had left his cravat at home. The page who snickered athim was dispatched to the senator's residence for that necessary article of apparel. While the boy was on the errand Mir. Pettus sat in the demo- cratic cloakroom as a target for the jokes of his colleagues