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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
DARING STAGE ROBBERY
 BY LONE STOCK TENDER

From the Anaconda CMont.) Standard.
 One of the successful robberies during the days when the stage coach and the freight train were the only means of communication between Montana points and the east and south, occurred in this county, close to where the little railroad town of Dell is now located. The time was in the late fall of 1873, and the amount of money cleaned up by the robbery amount ed to over $12,O00 in the purest of gold dust which was being sent from the United States assay office in Helena to the east
 At that time the location of Dell was known as the Sheep Creek county. and on the opposite side of the river from the present site of the prosperous little town was the changing point known as Sheep Creek Station. A half-breed named Rugg had charge of the horses. Settled close to the station were two men who are now well known and respected residents of the Deer Lodge valleys, and as their names are not material to this story, they will not be given. At that time they longed for a chance for making a raid, and, with the stock tender, they frequently dis cussed the possibilities of robbing the treasure box of some of the golden treas ure that was almost daily shipped out of the country. for then the placers of Mon tana were yielding thousands of dollars of gold dust annually.
 At this time the last clean-ups of the season were being made, and it was no unusual thing for the treasure box to contain from $15,000 to $2O,000 in gold dust. a1rx do stern-faced men, noted for their bravery and fearlessness. Always armed to the teeth were they, Short-barreled shotgun, loaded heavily with buckshot and slugs, being their principal weapon of defense. Messengers" these men were called, and usually their names were synonyms of fear with every highwayman in this sec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

 The violets are planted in rows, so that they can be gathered without treading upon them.
 But the growth and gathering of the flowers Is but the first step in the mak- ing of perfumes After the flowers have been grown and gathered a pomade Is made by allowing the flowers to lie in contact with thin layer of pure fat, made by mixing suitable proportions of lard and suet after they have been care fully purified. In some cases the fat Is melted and the flowers dipped into It.. But tuberoses and jessamine are too delicate for this treatment, and it is nec- essary to use the cold fat in oredr to get the best results.
 The pomades made in this way are then melted carefully and run Into tins holding from ten to eleven pounds. and in this form they are sent all over the world. When received by the manufac- turing perfumers they are removed from the tins and washed" with deodorized alcohol, which takes up the odoriferous substances of the flowers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
PERFUMES COME
 FROM MANY PLACES
INGREDIENTS AND OILS ARE PRO- DUCED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND ARE THEN BLEND. ED TooETHRER.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Most of our perfumes we naturally think come from India and Bulgaria, but the various oils and ingredients are ob- tained from all parts of the world. From the mountain ranges of Thibet Russia and India come musk, which is such an important component part of most per- fumes. Ambergris Is found floating in the water off the coast of China and Japan. Southern France and Bulgaria furnish us with the rose oil and from southern Europe come such products as are derived from the orange and lemon. England produces lavender In the great est perfection. and North America gives castor fibre which is substitute for musk and is used in the cheaper per- fumes.
 The flower garden of the world. which is that part of France situated south of fhe maritime range of the Alps, produces a large portion of that oil which is so es- sential to the making of perfumes-attar of rose. As no rain falls here from March till September the climate is admirably adapted to the industry. For miles and miles nothing can be seen except a vista of flower gardens. That the flower indus try Is an old one Is proved by the fact that in the village of Grasse one firm has had factory for the manufacture of perfumes since 17eS. Women, as well as men, work on the flower farms, which are not owned by the big manufacturers.
 About 1000 plants are required to each acre in the rose gardens and these yield about 10000 pounds of roses. The gardens require a sunny slope and much irriga- tion The bushes are cut down to the ground each year and the plants attain an enormous age. The flowers are picked each morning while the dew Is on them, because it is then that they retain their perfume They are taken to the facto- ries in great baskets, where they are dumped into big copper stills which hold half a barrel of water each. Then comes the distilling process which results in rose water The rose water is itself dis tiled, and on top of the fluid which arises from this process float oily drops. These are very precious, for they are the essential oil of the rose which is known as altar of rose.
 The violet farms also require constant irrigation. The plants are grown in the fields where the orange and lemon trees are planted as the shade of the tree is bneficial to the growth of the flowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
AUTHOR OF 1.-THE WINGS"
Louis Tracy Has Had Pretty Varied
 Career Himself.

From the Kansas City Star
 Since the publication of "The Wings of the Morning." one of the few stories which jerk even a blase reader out of apathy into something like the fine rap ture with which the messenger boy reads his detective story people have been ask ing who Louis Tracy is.
 As a matter of fact, MT. Tracy is well known in the sphere of journalism though his plunge into fiction is a matter of this seasons history. He was educated in France, went into journalism, spent six years in the east, and owned and edited newspapers in India and in England. In 1894 he bought, in conjunction with the Harmsworths, the Evening News of Lon don.
 The thing of which MT. Tracy is proud est is not his newspaper work nor his book, but the fact that In the winter of 1894 he, unaided ran twenty-six soup kitchens for six weeks, spent $45.000 and fed 100000 of hungry London folk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

ton of the west, so often had they gotten the better of even the boldest of road agents and other outlaws.
 Only One Passenger.
 On the day selected for the robbery there was only one passenger on the stage, and as Sheep Geek was also occa- sonally >ised as an eating station, the stock tender bided his time until the pas- ser ger the messengers and the driver were all inside 'ne cabin eating. Then he took the treasure box from the coach, pried outithe staple which held the lock- took out the s12,000 in gold dust which was being carried, placed a few rocks in the box to give it weight, and fastened the staple to it's place again so carefully that 1t would require the closest scrutiny to detect the evidence of its having been tempered with.
 Then he put the treasure box back into the box and resumed his work hitching up the horses, just as If nothing had hap pened and he was not the richer by sev- eral thousand dollars than he was a few minutes before. With a glance at the treasure box to see that it was at it's ae- customed place, the messengers and driver nodded at the stage tender to release his hold on the leaders and the coach was off again As soon as the coach was fair ly out of sight the stock tender turned the money over to his fellow conspirators and they in turn cached it in the river some distance from the station.
 The coach went on, the messengers ig- norant of the fact that they were guard ing an empty treasure box. When the home station at Eagle Rock was reached the messenger turned the treasure box over to the next relay. According to the usual custom the box was opened in the presence of all four of the messengers, and. to the consternation of the entire bunch the treasure was gone. Four heavy bolders represented the $l2,0O0 which the messengers had thought they had guarded.
 Consternation Seizes Crowd.
 Consternation seized the crowd and the few wires were kept red hot by the mes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

picture of an American eagle. The consul late sign all the world over is a fine repro duction of the king of birds, in full color, and with outspread wings. A new sign had just been received and was sitting on a chair inside the room. A big boa constructor chased the house monkey across the yard and through the open win- dow. Jooko was making a good race, but a losing one. He was In the corner quak- ing with fear. and very near deaths door, when his pursurer confronted the picture of the eagle in it's menacing att titude. A snake fears eagles even more than it craves monkeys, and that parti- cular reptile turned tail and went out of the window as quickly as If the devil waa after 1t. That monkey was a smart mon- key, and now whenever it wants to take a nap 1t goes to roost over the picture of the eagle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
PICTURE OF EAGLE.
Scared Boa Constructor Away and
 Saved Monkeys Life.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 A. l.. M. Gottschalk, the American con- sul at Guayaquil, Ecuador, tells a good story about the difficulties he has had to keep a monkey on the consulate premises because of the depredations of the boa constructors. The big reptiles have fail- ing for monkeqs, and these agile little pets must keep a constant lookout for them. If Jocko drops into doze he is likely to wake up dead"
 On the occasion with which the story deals a monkeys life was saved by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
--------sss------- MINSTREL DixEY DEAD.
He Was Famous "5ones" of carncross
 and Dixey Show.

From the New York Sun.
 Philadelphia.-E Freeman Dixey. one of Americas most famous minstrels. died of pneumonia. As the 'bones' of the old Carncross and Dixey minstrels he was known all over the country His ant ics made hundreds of thousands laugh and built him up fortune. Dixey was 6s years old.
 He started in black face in 1854 with Julian's Serenaders. In 1862 he and Carn- cross formed the Carneross and Dixey show. They were the source of most of the popular songs of their day.
 Dixey had not been behind the footlights since 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Has One Merit.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 How is our experiment of sleeping in the open air for the cure of your asthma succeeding?'
 Well, it has had one good result. I've frozen my nose and part of one ear and they have made me forget my asthma"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

Mr.. and Mrs. III. T. Matthews and
baby Mary, Of Murray. Utah, who have
been visiting with Mrs Mary Matthews
went to Monroe, Wis, this morning
for a visit.
William LaffolIett, the veteran gro.
Ger of the city, Is to be found again
in mis- old place at the Davis grocery,
formerly the Madison place, on North
Market street.
Master Burdette and Miss Elsie
Humphrey returned to their home in
Ottumwa this morning after visit
with their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. N. Harmon.
Pella Banner: Miss Cornelia De
Kock, who was so seriously injured
by fall down stairs while attending
Normal in Oskaloosa, is now so far
recovered as to be able to be about.
Mrs. Kate Moore, of Ottumwa, who
has been visiting Iner son, Geo. Moore,
returned to her home this morning.
She was accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Bessie Moore, for a
short visit.
Miss Jennie Jones is to be married
on wednesday to w. f. Beard, OF
Burlington. The Misses Everett,
north of town gave very pleasant
linen shower social in honor Of the
coming event last week.
Joe Davis, formerly an Oskaloosa
boy, now in business at Clarion for
himself in the manufacture Of cigars,
has our thanks for base ball news
from mis- town. Joe reports success
in his venture in the place. He has
promising trade and now employs
three men at the bench. Here's sue.
cess to Joe. ... a.
West LATER correspondence in Sig
Quincy News: Your reporter and bet
ter half drove to Oskaloosa Friday
and visited couple of days at John
Ratledge's. They have nice home
three miles east of Oskaloosa. We
took in the sights Saturday. The
Foresters lodges had a street parade
at 2:30 and the Oskaloosa team cross.
ed bats with Boone. Oskaloosa came
out victorious. The street car ran in.
to couple of rigs and left them in a
state of dilapidation with groceries
strewn promiscuously. We saw quite
a number of people who used to live
in Sigourney. Henry Kadle is doing
a good business in meat market but
Henry was not feeling the best. He
had cut his finger and was having a
time with blood poison. Uncle Ben
Morgan looks as natural as life. He
lives on farm about four miles
southeast of oskaloosa and is doing
fine. Uncle Jake Baker and wife live
near South Spring Mills. Mrs. Baker
is quite an invalid.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
A WooDMAN DRAMA.
oskaloosa comapny Will F,ay IN Sew
eral Places.

Guy Duncan, at the solicitation OF
number of the Modern Woodmen
camps of the vicinity, has been busy
during the past several weeks prepar-
ing a company of amateur artists
who will present the play, "a Modern
Woodman," very pretty and meritor-
ious little melodrama. Five dates
nave been arranged for and the play
will be staged in several towns under
the management and direction of Mr..
Duncan. The company leaves Tues
day and will make its initial appear
ance at Fremont on the evening of
that date. The company will appear
at Eddyville on the 25th; Oskaloosa,
Tuesday evening, Aug.30; Lakonta on
the 31st and New Sharon Sept. 2. All
| of the entertainments are under the
auspices of Woodmen camps. The
cast presenting the play is capable
and clever and the show that they
will give is entertaining in every way.
They deserve good patronage wher-
ever they appear.
The cast is as follows:
Jack Smith, contractor ......
..... ... .....J. r. Armstrong
Jas. Jones, realty agent ........
............... .Chas. Schafer
Joe Green, merchant :. Robt. Mccoy
Harry Wilkinson, former lover of
Jack Smiths wife Guy M. Duncan
Pat Mccarthy, Irish boss Mr. VOORHEES,
Sambo, negro servant. Carl Finley
McEldain, lawyer. j. M. McLane
Brown, woodman deputy. .J.R. Parker
Barnes, lawyer ....... Frank Harper
Old Miller, miser H. Sharp
Judge Longnecker. John Lichtenheld
Bailiff ............. Herman King
Court clerk .......... Harry Without
Carry Smith, wife of Jack Smith,
.......... Miss Irene Kissick
Nellie Dodson. Margaret Lichtenheld
Musical Director. Lindon Buchanan
The play was seen at some Of the
places last season and met with a
pronounced success. A full rehearsal
Of, the piece was had Sunday after
noon in the Masonic opera house and
all parts have been satisfactorily TAX
EN- and worked out. The experience
that a number of the cast have had
in walking the boards gives the play
decidedly professional swing that
will make it better than ever before
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
PREACHER ACCUSED.
Wife Asks Divorce on Charges Of
lnfeIicity.

ottmwa, Aug. 22.-Rev. M. L. Ever
EFT. pastor of the Christian church at
Keosauqua, was today made defend
ant in a divorce suit, which has Great
ed a sensation in that little town. In
her petition his wife makes a statu-
tory charge against her husband and
names a Mrs. Bennett, Of st. Louis.
Under the courts order all Of tho de-
PENDANTS property has been seized.
1t is stated that after getting all the
property Mrs, Everett gave her hus-
band SIS to leave town. but he refuses
to do so. The Reverend Everett went
to Keosauqua with his wife and chill
dren from Knoxville about eight
months ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
new PASTOR CHARGE
Rev. Dugan Comes to the U. p.
Church. Other News Notes.

Rev. T. v. Dugan, the new pastor
Of the United Presbyterian church,
appeared in the city Sunday, occupy
ing the pulpit of his new charge for
the first time in the capacity of pas
tor. The gentleman was well receiv-
ed. The morning congregation was
very large The evening service was
interfered with by the inclement
weather and the attendance was not
so great as 1t otherwise would have
been 1t was a union service meet
ing and a fair sized audience heard
the effort of the gentleman Rev.
Dugan is a pleasing talker and gives
evidence of thought and study. He
has a strong individuality and will
be popular in the city. The gentle
man comes from one of the Chicago
congregations and has the highest of
recommendations The gentleman is
of middle age, is married and will be
at nome in the parsonage just west of
the church.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
Y. M. c. A. Boys Camp.

The Boys Department Of the AS
ISOLATION is enjoying the first of their
annual camps, which is situated in a
beautiful elm grove, on the Des
Moines river, just one-half mile above
the Eveland bridge on the other side
of the stream.
The crowd who are the pioneers in
this, the first year of the local camp,
are Lester Wooster, Earl Roberts, Wal
ter Edris, Clarence Rakow, Walter
Hughes, Clyde Mereness, Lyle Vena-
BILE, Herbert Smith, Joshua Price, Har-
ry Schmitt, Byron Barnhart and Paul
Black. Wilbur Hoy is in charge of
the camp for the Association. Ply
steal Director Pearson and Secretary
Lacy make daily visits, as do also
some of the parents and friends.
The camp is finely located on a lev
eel about half way between the river
and the hills, but we'll drained and
shaded. From the arch enemy of the
camper, the mosquito, the bays have
been perfectly free, yet the river is
only about half block away for good
fishing and swimming. In the latter
art Mr. Pearson has been fine attrac-
ton and the Association is very for
tunate in having an expert swimmer
for their new director. He was for
some time in charge of the big natato-
rum in Chicago.
Herbert Smith, Joshua Price and
Byron Barnhart are the cooks, and
good ones, too, and the rest Of the
boys are divided into groups for dish
washing, wood shopping, getting the
water, ETC., and the work of the
camp is quickly and neatly done. The
rising bell is at 6 o'clock and break
fast at $780, After the work, fishing,
swimming, boating and base ball take
the time till dinner at ~.
(, After dinner the game committee
have plans that are worked out be-
forehand without the knowledge of
the rest Of the boys, and mud battfe
or tramp to the big bluffs, or perhaps
an Indian war dance fill the time, un-
til the schedule calls for the swim and
cleaning up for supper. The evening
demands again the program of the
game committee. after which the big
camp fire is lighted. around which
stories are told. games are played,
and then come the songs. patriotic.
sentimental and popular, till some
boy suggests Onward. Christian Sol
diers," ETC.. but nearly always ending
with Nearer, MY God. to Thee
Soon one by one the camp fire is de-
serted and the camp quiet
With the prayers at each meal. and
the Bible lesson in the morning. the
highest ideals are not forgotten, any
more than the rollicking fun Of the
day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
MUST HIRE A HALL.
or Socialists Must Keep Out Of coun-
ell Bluffs.

Council Bluffs. Ia, Aug. 22-Chiei
Richmond and a squad Of police broke
up socialists meeting on the streets
Saturday night, refusing to let the or
ators address the large crowds that
had gathered to hear them. The DO
lice declared that socialists could not
advocate their doctrines on the streets
Of Council BUNS. but announced that
they would not interfere with indoor
meetings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
Mission Festival.

The annual Mission Festival cele
brated Sunday by the German Evan
gelical Lutheran ST. Johns congrega
ton of this city was made quite an
event. Fully twenty-five people
were present from Ottumwa and
about as many from Hedrick and 9th
er places. The little church in the
southeastern part Of the city was
crowded morning, afternoon and even
ing to its utmost capacity.
The morning part of the "Festget
terdienst" was in German. Sermon
by Rev. Wilhelm Jentsch, of New Ro
chelle, New York. The afternoon ser
vice was in English and was conduct
ed by Rev. John Harpner, of Ottum
wa. The evening service was by
both of the above named gentlemen
The musical part of the service was
made exceptionally good by the pres
ence of about fifteen young people o.
the Ottumwa choir. Their presence
was much appreciated. The Ottum
wa delegation returned to their homes
this morning.
The missionary collection amounted
to about $500.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

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valent during the hot summer months
thro' the excessive habit OF over
eating, drinking of impure water, etc.
The system becomes clogged with
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URIC ACID
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Disease of the Kidneys, Facial
Blemishes, Sallow Skin and Pre-
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condition by taking
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
TRAGEDY AT PERRY.
Unknown Man Found With Skull
Crushed.

Perry, Ia, Aug. 22-with ais skull
crushed in, apparently by a terrible
blow from some blunt instrument, the
badly decomposed body of an un.
known man was found lying near the
Milwaukee tracks in this city last
Identification on the body. and thus
far there is no clue to the name OF
the unfortunate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
Friends Temperance Work.

Lynnville Star: Ira d. Kellogg, of
Oskaloosa, representative of Iowa
Yearly Meeting of Friends for the
suppression of the liquor traffic, was
here Friday in attendance at the Sc
lect meeting of Friends, and Friday
evening gave an address in the
Friends church at Searsboro. He at
zen tended aed q Q5ifisartsTry meering Of
Friends Saturday and at the close of
an address in the afternoon $25 were
raised to aid the yearly meetings.
committee in temperance work and in
the evening Miss Millie Alice donated
to Mr.. Kellogg, to aid him in his tenn
perance work, her magic lantern,
which cost her nearly 500.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

This is the week of weeks for Des
Moines in particular. and the state OF
Iowa in general. 1t Is the week of
our worlds fair. Many oskaloosa
people viii attend.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

The Iowa Brigade band will be at
Des Moines all this week. That band
is doing a wholesale lot of advertising
for Oskaloosa these days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

The attendance at the Holiness
camp meeting northeast of the city
Is increasing daily.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
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The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-22
Telling the Sex of Chicks.

After some experience chicks can
be selected before they are two
months old. Leghorn pullets soon
show their sex on the wings. Barred
Plymouth Rock cockerels are lighter
than the pullets, and there is a differ
enc in the shape. Pullets seem to fill
out the wings sooner and lake form
early. Cockerels are straight up
(their heads curl over their feet)
have longer legs and necks and are
bare about the shoulders. The pullets
have rather more of the Dorkihg or
duck shape, not standing up SO
straight. Observation and experience
are the best guides. 1t is claimed that
if the little combs are examined with
a magnifying glass those of the cock
erels will be straight, while those of
the pullets will be inclined to lean
nyor