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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

coed. The family was in straighten-
ed circumstances while here and very
likely the desperation Of their cir
cumstances led them to extremes in
obtaining funds.
One Of the ten dollar bills passed in
the city was taken in at the Augustine
drug store. 1t is understood that a
number of the bills were passed here
and the climate growing too warm, the
Millers thought to get out from under
and moved .son a ways.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

First it was wood, then iron, now
cement. Within recent years the ce-
ment bridge is rapidly encroaching
upon field that was being monopo-
liked by the steel or iron bridge. A
number of cement bridges have been
erected in Iowa, and the experiment
has in the main proven satisfactory.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

THE car is the richest ruler in
the world, the one with the most auto
cratic power" declares the Davenport
Democrat. HE rs also the most mis-
cradle. His future has little of prom
Use in 1t. He has hardly more liberty
than prisoner; and very much less
protection
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The children of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
o. Guthrie, of this city, are abundant
ly blessed with grandparents and can
boast of more than perhaps can any
other children of the city. They have
six grandparents living. Two grand.
mothers, three great grandmothers
and one great great grandmother.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

-Oskaloosa has sent it's portion of
patrons to the Des MONIES State Fair,
II oskaloosa. as whole, always sup,
ported home attractions, fairs, race
meetings and other enterprises in the
same ratio that it lends aid and sup
port to the entertainments of other
towns, what an immense success we
would make of everything that hap
pens here!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

"A chatting dish of Japanese coin
silver, representing the continuous
work for nine months of Masuyuki,
one of Japan's most noted silver
smiths, is exhibited in the San Fran
cisco building on the Model Street
at the Worlds Fair. 1t is valued at
$500.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

thing worked just as anticipated, and
came out all right When tried it
again l fell. ! was not hurt much
and was soon on to the knack Of it.
There is moment, just as 1t looks,
when practically stand still In the
air. That is when the force of grav-
fly overcomes the upward tendency.
and begin to come down. The ten
dency allSof the time that am in the
air is to fall on my back, and / have
to throw my weight forward. 1t is,
of course, more difficult to control
a bicycle in the air than on the
ground"
The trick of riding down a ladder
on unicycle is most difficult as
well as dangerous one, and its peril
Gus character is enhanced by the fact
that the rider carries another mem
Der of the circus company on his
shoulders. 1t is difficult to ride
single wheel on level space, but to
fly down an incline on unicycle is
feat that few would dare to attempt.
Solo, however, does it at every per-
Torrance and wins generous amount
of applause for his creverness and
daring
Looping the Gap.
Scientifically, however, the most
daring as well as the most danger
Gus, of these "thrillers," is the"gap."
Those VINO have seen the loop the
loop" apparatus will readily under
stand the arrangement of the para
phernalia used in this feat 1t is, in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The Grand Army of the Republic
still has membership of 246,261, but
it's numbers declined 10,249 last year
and the number of posts fell from g..
426 to 6,149. Ten years ago the
membership was 403,024.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The Flemish word for automobile
Us ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
rijtuig." The Council Bluffs Nonpa-
reil says that when an American auto
begins to sound like that the owner
hustles it along to the repair shop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The Oskaloosa Paving Brick Com
pany is doing its share toward adver-
Using the town. They are stamping
each brick turned out with the name
of the town, "Oskaloosa." Every
little helps.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The lightning bug is brilliant but
he hasn't any mind; he meanders
through the darkness with his head
light on behind. Likewise the foolish
merchant, whom no one can advise;
he declares there's "nothin' doin','
when asked to advertise.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

TO the prognosticator of the Keo-
kuk Gate-City it looks as though the
Solid South would be for Parker and
the Solid North, West, East, North
west, Northeast and Southwest for
Roosevelt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

Girls at Cedar Falls will boycott
the young men who keep company
with the girls who attend normal
school. The home girls claim the in
terlopers have gobbled up all the mar
riageable young men of that city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The Sioux City Journal regards
the satisfactory closing of the Turkish
affair as an addition to the long list
of Secretary Hays notable diplomatic
achievements.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01
-"While the world has made wo,

while the world has made won
derful advancement there are some
things" observes the Forest City
Summit, "that have not kept the pace
and the settlement of labor difficulties
is one of them. A cost of millions to
adjust matter of cents is the pres
eHt difficulty in nutshell. The
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

1t requires high grade of nerve
to the voters to support a man who
admits that he voted in two elections
for a money plank which he was con-
WINGED was wrong.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

Henry G. Davis is no fool" as
serts the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and
proves it's contention by the proVerb,
The fool and his money are soon
parted" ..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The Burlington Hawk-Eye asserts
that Iowa land at $500 or more is as
good an investment as government
bonds, with the one difference that
the Iowa land pays better returns.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

oskaloosa's prospects for next sea
son include an interurban. a public
park. city hall. new armory for
Company F, and innumerable railway
possibilities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

The democratic plan to make the
campaign on the personality of Pres
ident Roosevelt has resulted only in
emphasizing his red-blooded Ameri-
canism and his honesty of purpose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

Mayor Phillips. of Davenport, in
a communication to the city council
suggests that fortune tellers, boot
blacks and bill distributors be licens-
ed. There will probably be little diff
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

1t is asserted that one of the stuc-
CO mills at Fort Dodge will be dis
mantled and the machinery moved to
the gypsum fields of Kansas. The
stucco business at Fort Dodge is ov-
erdOnn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01
ARE WANTED HERE ALSO.
The MiIIers Of Counterfeit Fame
Worked Game in oskaloosa.

Maggie Miller, who is in trouble at
Marshalltown, charged with passing
worthless bills, and who has been
bound over to the investigation of the
grand jury, was resident of oska-
loosa a number Of weeks prior to re-
moval to Marshalltown 1t is bsliev-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

combination of Butcher Knife" Clark
and "Pitchfork" Tillman as chautau-
qua attraction for next year should
not fail to bring the crowds and the
mOney r.. -......
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

Those people who love Canada so
much might find that delightful eli
mate in which to live There is lots
Of territory in Canada.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

According to Ed Howe, a party
can not properly be referred to as an
event" unless the hostess had to
borrow from the neighbors.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

er rate in proportion to value OF SER
vice than he charges for his own land
this is what an adequate tariff justly
prevents him from doing
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01
make oskaloosa a factory cente

The Ottumwa Courier thinks the
minister Of public instruction in Rus
STA has lazy mans job.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

I'm the face of public debt of
100000, Waterloo has sold $4,000 4
per cent bonds at premium of s455.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

1T is said that Tom watson is en-
tirely without whiskers. And yet he
pretends to be populist!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

Keep tho Oskaloosa and Buxton
interurban always In sight. 1t may
be in reach s7me of these days.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

means employed is entirely too high.
Some less expensive method could be
discovered. surely"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-01

ference Of opinion as to the Justice
and wisdom OF these Recommended
tions.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
enterprising Holland Reporter.

An amusing story comes from Hol-
lsrd of Queen Wilhelmina, who was
visiting the peoples eating houses in
Amsterdam shortly before her illness.
A court lady conducted the Queen
through all the rooms and also into
the kitchen. where her majesty tasted
the food, which she found excellent.
much to the delight of the old cook.
And where do you keep your provis-
ions?' asked the young Queen. Here,
your majesty" said the lady, throw
ing open the door of huge cupboard.
Then the three women screamed, for
inside the cupboard stood a man. The
cook, on being accused of hiding low
er. angrily declared she had never
seen him before. and he was forced to
confess that he was the reporter of an
Amsterdam paper, who had crept in
there in order to give full account Of
the queens visit. Her majesty, after
hearty laugh, shook hands with the
reporter on leaving. and told him to
send her a copy of the paper.-Lon-
don Modern Society.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
SAVED CHILD'S LIFE.
Remarkable Cure of Oropsy by Dodd's
Kidney Pills

'Sedgwick, Ark, July 1.-THE case
of w. S. Taylor's little son is looked
upon by those interested in medical
matters as one of the most wonderful
on record. In this connection his
father makes the following statements:
Last September, my little boy had
Dropsy; his feet and limbs were
swollen to such an extent that he
could not walk nor put his shoes on.
The treatment that the doctors were
giving him seemed to do him no good
and two or three people said his days
were short, even the doctors, two of
the best in the country told me he
would not get better. | stopped their
medicine and at once sent for Dodds
Kidney Pills. | gave him three Pills
day, one morning, noon and night
for eight days; at the end of the
eighth day the swelling was all gone,
but to give the medicine justice, I
gave him eleven more Pills. | used
thirty-iye Pills in all and he was en-
tirely cured. l consider your medicine
saved my child's life. When the thir-
ty-five Pills were given him, he could
run, dance and sing. whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Rays From Sounding Bodies.

The soCalled N-rays, the new form
of invisible light, discovered by Blond
lot, in France, is found to be given off
by bodies under strain, as in compress
sion of bending. Hence a vibratory
body, such as a tuning fork or a bell,
which is undergoing rapid alternating
strains, is a source of the rays, which
also emanate from the vibrating air
surrounding a sonorous body. The
rays are detected by their property of
increasing the brilliancy of a phosphor
escent substance. When the revolving
disk of a siren is made slightly phos-
Dhorescent, it is seen to shine out
more strongly every time the instru-
ment is sounded.-Success.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
OIL LAKE BURNED.
Immense Fourth Of July Blaze at Lam
der, Wyoming.

On July 4th the owners of the Muir
ply oil wells near Lander. caused
large lake of oil to be fired. the oil
having increased in quantity until
there was danger OF it over1owing val
Uable meadow land and running the
hay crop. July 4th was selected as the
time for firing the oil. because it was
thought the blaze would form an ap-
propriate part of the independence
Day celebration.
The oil burned rapidly and soon the
fire reached the proportions of CON
fiagration. The flames shot into the
air a distance of over 100 feet and
great clouds of dense black smoke
raised and ioated away. The fire at
tracted widespread attention, being
seen by ranchmen and others from
great distances.
Before the deposit of oil on the lake
had been destroyed by the flames a
high wind sprung up and the fire was
communicated to another lake short
distance away. This oil was burned
also
No other property was destroyed.
and the loss is absolutely nothing. for
the oil was valueless as there is no
refinery on the ground nor means of
transporting the product to the Casper
refinery.
The burning Of the lakes of oil gave
rise to all sorts of sensational reports
which We're sent throughout the coun-
try. One report had it that represent
atives OF the Standard Oil interests,
fearing competition. had fired the res
ervoirs of OIL and other absurd stories
were circulated.
The lakes will fill with oil again, as
there is no way of taking care of the
natural flow from the springs, and it is
expected that the product will be
burned again, as it was on July 4th.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
PHILIPPINE HOMES.
Many Interesting Facts Disclosed by
the Census Report

The revised figures of the Philip
pine Census Bureau have been given
out, and a population of 7,635,426 is
given to the archipelago. OF this num-
ber b,9S7 ,6S6 are civilized, or partly so,
while 647,74O are wild and uncivilized,
although not without some knowledge
of the domestic arts
In regard to the public land of the
Philippine archipelago. the report
says:
Setting, aside the intermediate
water space, amounting to 717,s42
square miles, and considering the land
alone, the area Is estimated to be u.s.
O26 square miles, or 73 6l6,6 $40 acres.
OF this about 100000 are private
lands and over $1,000 900 public land.
OF the latter. 4000O.O 900 or more are
forest lands, leaving about 81 900 600
available for agriculture
Much of the land covered by for
ests is of great richness, and il
cleared would be capable of very
high degree of cultivation. This may
be said of nearly all parts Of the Phil
ippines in which the soil Is especially
adapted to tropical agriculture, pro-
ducing all kinds of tropical fruits and
vegetables and many of those equal to
the temperate zone.
Under existing laws a homestead
of 1884 acres may be acquired by any
citizen of the Philippine islands, while
corporation can acquire $3.50
acres. The grant or sale of land is
conditioned on actual and continued
occupancy, improvement and cultiva-
tion of the premises for period of not
less than five years, during which time
the purchaser or grantor cannot alien
ate or cucumber the land or the title
thereto.
The Philippine islands offer many
Inducements to the immigrant and
for the investment of capital, in either
large or small amounts. Although
within the tropics, the climate is not
detrimental to those who are in good
health when they arrive and who take
reasonable care of themselves after
wards"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
japanese Actors.

A few decades ago doctors were
held in universal contempt in Japan.
their status gradually improved, ard
when Danjiuro died, a few months
ago, no less a parsonage than the Mar
quis Ito wrote the funeral address,.
Danjiuro was also noted as poet,
and for his beautiful penmanship. Not
only the japanese, but some Europeans
and, Americans. who heard him. con-
sidered him the greatest actor of his
time.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Versatile Woman.

Few head walters know as many Ian
guages as woman named Scheid-
reiter, who died at Salzburg, aged 73.
AS a girl of twelve she had taken a
position as maid with a wealthy fam
lily, and tad in the course of years
visited all parts of the world, graGu-
ally acquired the faculty of speaking,
besides her native German, six Ian
suages-English, French, Italian. Ara
bic, modern Greek and Turkish.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Imitation Chocolate.

Testimony in an English court
showed that there is no chocolate in
cheap chocolate" candy A substi-
tute consisting of an extract of cocoa
nut oil is used for the cream and
the outside is made from the ground
hrsks of the cocoa bean, sugar and
Sr~,D.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Send Millions to Greece.

The amount of money annually re-
ceived in Greece from Greek emf
grants to the United States is assum-
ing proportions that have attracted
the attention of the Greek govern
ment, bankers and public Greek of
ficials estimate that over S1,93O,5O1 SO
thus reached Greece during 1903.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Doubles Its Population.

Few persons have any idea of tho
extraordinary manner in which the
population of Europe has increased
during the last century. According to
statisticians, this population has more
than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900.
To this increase the Latin nations of
the west and southwest contributed
the least, and the greatest growth was
In the east, where the people have not
yet become thoroughly saturated with
the ideas of modern civilization.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
To Remove Warts.

To remove a wart pour on it drop
of vinegar and then cover it with as
much carbonate of soda as the vine
ear will absorb Keep it on ten min
utes and repeat the application twice
or three times daily. In a few days
the wart generally drops off, leaving
only a tiny white mark.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Capt. Marryat's Opinion.

At comparatively recent period
Capt. Marryat of the British navy, the
celebrated nautical author, wrote in
one of his novels; What a mine of
wealth must lie entangled among its
rocks or remain suspended in the un-
fathomable gulf, where the compress
ed fluid is equal in gravity to that
which it encircles,"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Seek to Retain Mater.

Citizens of Montana residing in the
valley of Milk river are gravely con-
cerned over the proposed extensive
diversion of the waters of that stream
in Canada, and are importuning G.e
government to intervene in order mat
their prior rights to the water may
be protected.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Her Whipping Position.

young woman applicant for a
school in q Kansas town was asked to
answer the question: What is your
position upon whipping children?"
And her reply was: My usual posi-
tion is on a chair, with the child held
firmly across my knee. face down
ward" She got the school.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16

Don't be deluded. Don't go a thous-
and miles, far from railroads and mar
kets to tind a location. Go where you
can take your tools and stock to start
with. Colorado is and always will be
better than Idaho or Wyoming. We
have good land, absolutely no alkali
right on the railway line. with splen
did markets, a good potato country.
water rights dating back to 1853,
which we sell cheap and on easy terms
to good farmers. Conejos County Land
and Investment Company Zeph. Chas.
Felt. president, GIG Majestic Building,
DenNer. Colorado.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
BroWning's Wonderful Sioht.

At dinner at the Royal Academy,
Alma Tadema gave curious account
of Robert Brownings sight, maintain
ing that with one eye he could read
the number of a picture at the end of
long gallery; while with the other,
without artificial assistance, he could
write an ode of Horace on piece of
paper of the size of three-penny
bit.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Petersburq to Port Arthur.

The total distance from st. Peters.
burg to Port Arthur by the Russian
Trans-Siberian railway and the Rus.
sian lines in Manchuria is 5.913 miles,
or practically twice the distance from
New York to San Francisco.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Wife for Six ShilIinqs.

Wives in Tanganyika are consid-
cred a luxury, and even in Zululand
they cost from $40 to G16O; but on
the Tanganyika Plateau one can be
had for five or six goats. One goat
equals Sd to Is, therefore one wife
equals Gs at the most.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Mountain Sickness.

D. w. Freshfeld. who ascended Mt
kangeherjunga with party of
friends, states that those persons who
suffered from mountain sickness were
most affected between $1,000 and 16,,
coo feet, and that there was no in
crease of symptoms up to 10000 feet.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Summer Relioious Conferences.

The summer religious conference
idea is spreading rapidly in all direc-
tions. The Episcopal church has
planned a conference patterned on
the Mortified ard Chautauqua lines
to be held at Richtield Springs, N. Y,
in August.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Is IL Not Worth wbiln

II you travel, on business or pleasure,
to get the best service for the lowest
rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Com
pany, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago.
for full information. Booklets free de-
scribing Summer Tours and the Beau
tiful Chautauqua Lake Region; also
Cambridge Springs.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Destructive Modern Bullets.

The modern bullet will pierce the
carcases of three horses in succes3ion
at $50 yards; of four at half the els.
tance; and kill man after passing
through the trunk of a thick tree.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
German Toy Output.

The German toy industry has shown
a steadily rising tendency for some
time. Reliable statistics of exports
were not kept prior to 1896. but since
that date exports have risen from
SO, 9,2S2 900 to $13,566,OOO per annum.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Reflections of Wise THOUGHTS.

Joy in ones work is the consum-
rate tool, without which the work
may be done indeed, but without
which the work will always be done
slowly. clumsily and without it's finest
Phillips Brooks.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Led Cosmopolitan Existence.

plaintiff in the City of London
court, who spoke with a strong Ger,
man accent, explained that he was a
Scotchman, and although he waI born
and educated in France he was still a
British subject.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
BRIDEGROOM Was Determined,

An extraordinary marriage cere,
mony took place recently in England.
The bridegroom was suffering from a
poisoned knee, and had to be carried
to church on an ambulance at the risk
of his life
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
DISPOSE of Infected Milk.

1t has been discovered that milk de.
clared unfit for sale in Manchester
England, and, therefore, disallowed
there, is being sent regularly TO Lon
don.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Recover Parts of Old Wreck.

Parts of the wreck of the Sirius,
the first steam vessel to cross the
Atlantic, which was lost off Ballycot
ton. County Cork, in 1S47, have just
been recovered.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
More Women Than Men,

The population of London includes
about 252, 400 more women than men.
In Hampstead there are 159 females
to every 100 males.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Oil Wells in Cane Colony.

Test wells are to be sunk in Cape
Colony. near Ceres and Mossel bay,
where indications of oil fields have
been found by experts.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
81. Louis and Return, S17.25, via
Union Pacific

Tickets to St. Louis and return at
the low rate of $1725 will be on sale
from Denver. Colorado Springs or Pu-
eblo, July 9th, 10th and 23d, good for
return within fifteen days. The same
or similarly low rate ticket will be
on sale from all points.
Ask your ticket agent for the exact
rate, or write me for full information.
Be sure to ask the agent for ticket
via Union Pacific.
Write me enclosing 2-cent stamp for
Worlds Fair Guide. E. r. GRIFFIN,
General Agent 941 18th St, Denver.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Monument to katfir.

At Calvinia Cape Colony, a statue
is to be erected over the grave OF
Esau, the loyal Katir, who was
fiogged and shot by the Boer invad
ers during the war
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Power of Locomotives,

The average locomotive will draw
three hundred tons of goods a mile
every three minutes. 1t would take
man and his team ten times as long
to haul a single ton for one mile.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Improvement in House Numbers,

A new idea is to have the number
on the front door of houses painted in
luminous paint, so that it is visible in
the dark.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
Improvement in Stockings.

The most popular stockings in Paris
il st now are those made like a glove,
with a separate compartment for each
toe. 1t is said they prevent corns, and
ease them il they already exist.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
The Harp of Tara.

The real harp that once through
Tara's hall the soul of music shed" is
in the museum of the Trinity College.
Dublin.