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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04
to which Ne intends moving tho fifsI

to which ne intends moving the fifst
of March,
Since the last storm school at Yves,
Center has been so small that the
directors thought at one time tina.
they would have to discontinue.
The last report from Mrs. Tom Doug.
las was that she was improving and
they still had hopes that she would
soon be able to visit ner parents in
Ohio.
Feb. q Center.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

are In CornG g. u: naoned By
A. UIsyteu got . shot At vol fast
week. He followed IL for several
miles and finally got away from him.
Mrs. u. A. Reynolds visited the
school last Friday afternoon and
treated the children to popcorn balls.
VIM. Lourey has gone to Missouri
to take another look nt the country
to be SIRE whether he wants to locate
there.
Dillon Stalker has the brick on the
ground for the foundation OF his new
house on the land he recently pur-
chased Of George Terrell.
II the ground hog comes out to-day
In this blubtery weather he Will be
glad enough TO 20 back for o ak
weeks stay. He can see his shadow
part oE.the day. %&
Il has been suggested that THE
fund. This can be done in any way
that suits best Some can begin this
winter by giving oyster suppers,
while AZ would suit others better to
wait till warm weather and have lawn
D0CADAoSf n 8ARk0O0 We OSS~AN 800 -
some way that we could contribute
to this worthy cause.
There will be quite moving about
in this neighborhood the first OF
March. w. K. Sopher win 60 to In.
dianola and the farm where he is viii
be occupied by Mr.Jones from Pleas
ant Plaine. Charlie Voss will 60 ia
Missouri and that place win be oc-
cupied by smother Mr.. Voss. Mr.,
Vannest to his place north Of the city
and Mr.. Butler, of Leighton, will take
possession of his place. Dillon Stalk
er viii 60 to the city and A.. Caldwell
win take possession of the Stalker
farm. Guy Pomeroy to his farm neal
Wright and A. Kirk to the Nash farm
Richard Masteller to his property
west of the Yearly meeting house.
Feb. 2. AzALEA.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

u
ed by Mr.. Newt. ff''@
The ice is still on tine trees and tel
ephone and telegraph wires. We are
having some pretty cold weather, On
| Friday the thermometer registered
26 below, on Monday 16 below and to-
day the wind is blowing furiously
from tine northwest. Roads are in
fine condition. The ground hog saw
his shadow very plainly.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Burgess were al
the parental Shipley home at Wright
ON Sunday. Mr.. Shipley is not any
better. His relatives and friends
have little hope of his recovery. His
son, J. T. SIMPLIFY, is with MIN most
of the time. Mrs. w. L. Dunbar, Of
Rose Hill, has been there also until
Saturday, when she returned to heI
home. .., =, .-. "
/ 1t is now in order and it is every
republicans duty to stand up and be
counted for republican principles, and
one of them is for protection as
against free trade and reciprocity
with Canada, as the governor has TAX
en- the position on the side of the
democrats. claim the right to 9
voice as republican and my vots
will count as much as the governors
will. want to see every republican
in Iowa get in line and work for re
publican principles until the night Of
election. We know that Iowa is FOL
Roosevelt and protection and We
want it generally known.
Feb. 2. Shrmisher.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04
BUTLER.
Volunteer

Mrs. Funk is staying with her so,
| Frank
j. w. Argenbright was in ottumw.
on Monday.
Mr.. Bollin, of Highland, was takins
in nogs on Thursday.
A. J. Burgess and daughter were in
ottumwa on Saturday. .
Chas. Crawford was in Hedrick ON
Friday and in 0ttumwa on Saturday,
Chas. Davis will move on the Jas
Young farm six miles north of OF
tumwa. ,aa 2
Frank Lindsey and family. visited
on Friday at the parental Shoemaker
home near Highland. NM
chas. Newt will soon move eight
miles south of ottumwa. Jesse;
will -roavs on, the farm yscat.
me Iowa Gem that haated at G
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04
WAS FATALLY BURNED.
Prominent Citizen of Marenec Meets
With Terrible Accident.

Marengo, Feb. by the explosion
of kerosene lamp DR.. w. l.. Hutson,
of this place, was fatally burned. Dr.
Hutson lived alone and the details Of
the accident are not known. He was
terribly burned and lived only about
twenty minutes after the accident
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

The Western Union Telegraph com
pany are making excellent progress
with the work Of the repairs in the
city. They are placing several thous-
and feet OF new cable through the
streets.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

; A number of street mail boxes at
Council Bluffs have recently been
broken open and robbed and tne au-
thorities are Investigating.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04
LINCOLN.

John Dice has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. A. j. Lytle.
II you haven't q cold or la grippe
you are not in style ut al.
Mrs. a.. @. Steddom recently spent
several days with her brother and
family ut What Cheer
O. Z. Steddom aud family and A..
=. Helltngs and family visited at the
Sarah 6teddom home Sunday.
Mrs. w. L. johnson has been very
sick and was under the care Of DR..
Terrell SheEie reported better.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04
IS ENDORSED 81 (,
Democratic State Committeeman
Would Welcome Him. H..

Des Moines, Feb. Hon A. E,
Jackson, the chairman of the demo,
cratic state central committee of
Iowa, gives the following authorized
/ statement of his thorough agreement
with Governor Cummins upon the
reciprocity and tariff questions. -.
Years of fighting for principles,
oftentimes without hope of reward,
should have demonstrated by this
time that the Iowa democratJis un-
selfish in his patriotism. Having adj
| Vocated tariff reform and universal
reciprocity since the beginning of my
political life, naturally l am pleased
that Governor Cummins. should have
joined the ranks of the hosts who I'M
der democratic banner have .waged
unceasing war against the MONOPOLY
sheltering tariff schedules that now
exist. do not see howtan democrat
in Iowa can be other tnan pleased at
the frank and courageous stand taken
by the governor. True, he has come
over onto democratic gT0nnd-7ground
pre-empted years beforeg4 began, to be |
interested in nationalTauestions-but
TINS IS only a source of greater sat
isfaction. y4qH a.. -,
!, I d :s. AaeSstftarANslcome Gtsnninsl
! !. IF we cannot accon1pfHSIrr'
which we have unselfishly advocate
v, through our own unaiden efforts the
: we should only be too glad to We
come the championship; ofUsuch a
: T. ally ais Governor Cummins3 Let u
: encourage any aid and comfort tina
? serves to supply for the people c
Iowa the greatest political need tina
: exists; that is, healthy revision &c
y the tariff law that will forever TAX
: from the great monopolies at leas
the shelter of government tariff pre-
J lection. Universal reciprocity is t
all intents. and purposes the. demo
: cratic doctrine, Naturally .:weg shout
9 retain a revenue tariff, = and tnis al
;. pears to be the governors position
The governor cites Canada the. Sout
n American republics, go etc, but thi
only indicates the trend Of q, hi
u thought. Such an advocate as tn
u governor may aid us as much AS
7 host of our own orators and writer
II What we want to do is to get result
. For myself welcome all converts I
u the great democratic doctrine ths
! legislation should not be in the inte
. est of any class. The governor is, &c
, ting closer to us all the time and HI
J courage in standing pat against tn
II stand patters' should be applauded
p -. 49, 49,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

Old-fashioned winter in February.
sixtseDbelow this Tuesday morn
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-04

The ground hog was so chilled by
Tuesdays weather as to be hardly
able to turn tail and hide himself
again,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
Christmas SuperstitiOns.

There are many Christmas supersti-
tons long held as articles of faith that
are to be recalled-how that oxen kneel
in their stalls at midnight on Christ
mas eve in alteration of the Nativity
and for one hour have the power Of
speech; for that n hour, too, the lost
spirits have rest. Judas sleeps, Herod
ceases to clank his chains, the daugh-
ter of Herodias may pause in the dance
in which she is condemned to spin for
ever, and Pilates ghost ceases it's wan
derings on Mount Pilatus. 1t was be-
lieved, too, that the sound of church
bells could be heard wherever a church
had stood, though no trace remain, and
that on that pregnant night one sleep
ing in a manger would see his future
in a vision.-Country Life In America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
Christmas Hints.

A simple and tasteful homemade
picture frame may be constructed from
common gas pipe cut into suitable
length and tied together at the cor
ners with shoe strings. A neat paper
weight may be made by wrapping half
a brick in paper such as butchers use
and tying it with red tape. A dainty
towel rack may be fabricated from a
baseball bat and two cigar boxes.
Shellac the boxes and sandpaper the
bat. An ordinary cobblestone hand
painted with lampblack and household
ammonia makes an excellent door
weight. A novel pipe rack for fas-
tidious smokers may be made from a
small strip of one inch plank. Bore
holes in it for the stems Of the pipes
to pass through. A dried muskmelon
shell makes an attractive tobacco jar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

who he was, for he died centuries ago?
| know that some little girls and boys
are longing to say now:
"Oh, we're too old for that sort of
thing. We know there is no such
person as Santa Claus. Our presents
are given us by our fathers and moth
erS. We know all about it."
So far as the presents are concerned,
perhaps they are right, but when they
push dear old Santa Claus out of the
way as a myth they are quite wrong,
for Santa Claus was once as mucn
alive as any little girl or boy who
reads this.
st. Nicholas lived about the year 300
A. D., and he IA a bishop of the early
Christian church in Asia Minor. The
name Santa Claus is merely a different
form of his real name, just as Carl and
Carlos are varying forms Of the name
Charles, and Maria and Marie are of
Mary.
During his holy and useful life st.
Nicholas was very good to all the little
children he met, giving them presents
and making them happy in every pos
sible way. He is, therefore, to be re-
membered at this season because it is
especially the children's feast day, and
his memory should be kept more green
in our hearts than the g~reenest leaves
of the mistletoe that decorate our
homes. I
One story told of st. Nicholas re-
lates how he found three lovely maid
n who were very unhappy because
there was no one to take care of them.
and they were SO poor they feared they
might starve to death. The good old
saint, hearing of their grief, went and
tapped softly on the window of their
home. When it was opened he threw
three purses filed with gold into the
window and hid before the girls could
see who it was that sent this unexpect-
ed gift.
The next night he did not go, but the
night following he tapped softly again
and threw three more purses into the
window. He waited a like time and
then threw them a third present, but
did not hide quickly enough, for they
saw who it was-the kind old bishop
who loved children so tenderly. OF
course, they were very grateful for
helping them out of their trouble this
way. Some people think that the GUS
tom of giving presents originated from
this old legend.
In Germany they keep the feast Of
st. Nicholas on Dec. g.. At this time
some one dresses in the traditional
costume worn by Santa Claus, gives
presents to the children who have been
good and sorrowfully says 81 have
nothing for you" to the naughty n
Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

you say to a collection for him for
Christmas?"
BY way of reply l dropped a silver
dollar in my hat and gave it to the
speaker, who duplicated the coin and
sent the hat through the car, the pas
sengers passing it from hand to hand.
When it came back it contained $3.50.
l let the child handle it. then took care
of it for him till his arrival at his des-
tination. When we stopped at a sta
ton on the outskirts of st. Louis a
man boarded the car and, coming up
to the boy, took him in his arms and
kissed him. But the one who can be-
come familiar on short acquaintance is
not likely to permit familiarities in
others. The. child planted his fist right
between the eyes of his captor.
The man explained to us that he was
the boys fathersan his child had been
away long enough to forget him.
/ took the fathers address and dur
ing the day (Christmas) went to the
house. 1 found very nice people in i'm
poverished circumstances. Their boy
had taken home with him the where
withal to buy a Christmas dinner.
WALDON WELDRON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
QUEER CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Small Particles of Radium Presented
by London Women.

Small Particles of Radium Presented
by London Women.
There is this to be said of the latest
fad of London society women-the CIV
ing of small particles of radium as
Christmas presents-that non of the
recipients can complain of having re-
ceived a cheap gift. To give radium in
this way costs from $40 to $50, the out
fit necessary therefor consisting of a
''spinthariscope" and a speck Of the
new metal hardly big enough to be
seen with the naked eye.
Sir William Crookes, the English sci
enlist, invented the spinthariscope,
which is a kind Of microscope through
which small quantities Of the precious
stuff al be examined to better adj
vantage. The spinthariscope sold by
a London chemist who has the radium
monopoly is about the size of a finger
ring case and has an opening for the
eye something like that in a child's
kaleidoscope. By taking the apparatus
into a darkened room and squirting
through the eyehole one can see flashes
of constantly varying light shooting in
all directions, like miniature fireworks.
The idea of making Christmas gifts
of radium has proved uncommonly in
fictitious, and the run on the chemists
stock necessitated hasty communica-
ton with the firms in Bavaria and Aus
tria who supply most of the radium
that reaches England. - Washington
Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
Wise and Otherwise.

Some husbands neve know how
much they are beloved until their
wives want a new hat.
The man who said the pen was
mightier than the sword must have
witnessed a French duel.
Look after the pennies-your wife
will see that the dollars don't get away
from you.
Some women are born bargain hunt.
ers, others contract the habit at the
age of 3 or 4.
The man who is always giving
pointers on how to manage a wife car
usually be found in he woodshed after
supper smoking his evening cigar.
When a mans hat won't fit him in
the morning it is not always a sign
that he's been out with the boys the
night before. He may have got the
best of an argument with his wife
Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
Rcisin6
CbriSfmQ as
Funds

\ WAS going home to spend Christ
mas. AS l had no c~hildren-in-
deed, vas not married-holidays,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

The Yule log is a remnant of the
JUL, when the Scandinavians used to
kindle huge fires in honor of their
god Thor. In some parts of old Eng
land bringing in the Yule log was the
principal ceremony of Christmas eve.
Part of the log was carefully preserv-
ed to light the Yule log of the succeed
ing year. 1t was believed that a piece
of the log in the house was a security
against fire, and if a squirting person
entered the room while it was burning
all sorts of i'll luck would come to
the family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

W WAS going home to spend Christ
mas. AS l had no children-in-
deed, was not Observation-Disclosures,
especially Christmas, bored me.
I wished the season were over and the
new year begun. The train pulled out
of the station, and l took up a news
paper.
Suddenly my paper was crushed back
on my face, a pair of small arms were
k-own around my neck and the round
seeAs,f a boy about four years old was
tlrust within an inch of my nose. BY
what right he assumed to treat q per-
feet stranger in this demonstrative
fashion l could not conceive.
"You little scamp, what do you
mean?"
"Tm goin' home to spend Christmas"
At that moment the conductor came
along for tickets and told me that the
boy had been put in his charge. He
was to meet his father at st. Louis.
The little imp unclasped his hands as
suddenly as he had clasped them and
made a dash for the door. l dashed
after him, reviling the parent who
would put a child his age in the care
of a conductor, and dragged him back.
This / did a dozen times during the
day. When not trying to get on the
platform he was trying to sell an old
knife (no blades) to the passengers to
raise Christmas money. At first they
put him away, some of them impa-
tiently, others gently, but he was so
persistent and got up such remarkable
financial schemes that at last every
n in the car was laughing at him.
There was something in this ire
sponsible naturalness that won my
heart. At nightfall, since there was no
n to pay any attention to him, l
called the porter, fed him and told
him to make up the child's berth,
which happened to be directly opposite
my own. Then the boy got sleepy, and
/ told. him the sandman was COM
ing around to weight his lids, and if
he didn't keep awake till he was un
dressed he wouldn't see the old fellow.
/ wished to keep him awake till the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

porter could undress him. Neverthe-
less he fell asleep in my arms. and as
the porter was busy l concluded to un-
dress him myself.
Wake up" l said, shaking him.
He opened his eyes. "Has the sand.
man been around?' was his first ques-
ton.
Il should think so; long ago. It's bed
time"
1t was a hard hunt I had all over
his little body for buttons, but / found
them. His shoe laces were in a knot,
but | united them and put him to bed
in his undergarments. Giving me a
hug like a bear cub he fell back on the
pillow and was asleep before | could
cover him up.
Before turning in myself l took a
look at him to assure myself he was
all right. Drawing the curtains, the
lamplight fell on his face. What a
picture, of ihnocence! Where was he
going? He didn't know. Who took
care of him? He didn't care. Perhaps
the parent who had sent for him was
at that moment anxious about him
and regretted letting him come in such
a way. l had a dread that he would
wake up in the middle of the night
with collie. But if his parent worried,
if 1 worried, there was n who was
not in the least troubled about him. 1t
was himself.
In the night l dreamed thatI was be-
ing garroted. l awoke and found my
self tightly clasped around the neck.
l put my hand up to discover what
was choking me and felt a tiny arm
with a hand on it no bigger than my
watch and five soft little fingers. A
stream of lamplight came in where
the curtains hung loose. 1t revealed
the boy sound asleep. How he got
there l didn't know, and I doubt if he
knew himself.
The next morning he resumed his
negotiations with the passengers to
raise Christmas money, but the most
impudent thing he did was to ask me
If he had not lent me 3 cents the night
before. This to me, who had spent
money for him and had taken such care
Of him!
l felt a touch on my shoulder and
turned my head. A gentleman in the
seat behind me, with a benevolent face
and a twinkle in his eye, was looking
at me.
"One can admire even impudence,"
he said, 'ff 1t amounts to genius. This
boy is certainly a genius of effrontery.
He ought to be encouraged. What do
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

Deacon Johnson glib a dinner
At he cabin Christmas day;
AK de preacher. all de deacons-
Nary deacon stay away!
An hit sholy did look scrumptious
When dey got de table sot-
Chickin, possum meat an turkey,
All SO brown an smokin' hot!
Den de preacher ak de blessin',
An des bar'ly hab got dun
When de sheriff bus de do in,
An Br'er Johnson tuck an run!
Den de sheriff lick he mustache,
An he says ter ole Sis Lou,
"Well, All see Alive missed de deacon
But All think de dinner IL dol"
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

"YOu know, l suppose" observed
Civilians, "what you tied that string
around your finger for?"
IF l didn't" retorted Slant, ut
wouldn't be there. That's to remind
me Of a memorandum in my pocket
book.
II never leave anything of that kind
to chance" he added, land 1 never
trust my memory. | made a memo
randum of the things my wife told me
to bring home this evening, and
Here he opened the pocketbook.
"And-and, by George. l left the
memorandum at homer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
A Confession That Failed.

$50 you concluded to dispel the Santa
Claus myth from the mind of your
youngest SOM"
eyes," said the thoughtful citizen.
you see, l thought that it would be
better to hurt his feelings than to
countenance deception in any FORM"
"And were his feelings hurt?"
"Not at all. He looked at me pity
ingly and said he guessed I had been
one of the bad boys to whom Santa
Claus did not pay any attention.
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
Old Ideas About Christmas.

Even as late as 1853 there was some
doubt as to the exact date of Christ
mas, the old count bringing it to the
9TH Of January, the new count giving
us the 18th of December, which is 1.-THE
day we celebrate" In Devonshire,
England, it is believed that if the sun
shines at moor on Christmas day a
plentiful apple crop may be looked for
In the following year.-National Illus
trated Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14

ca. Today dear old Santa Claus may
be out of sight, but he is undoubtedly
not out of mind. He is probably re-
ceiving hundreds of letters daily-via
the fireplace or through the register
routes-telling of the fond hopes that
are fixed upon some especial toy, and
in the meantime, as if to bring the
thought of this genial old saint ever
freshly to us, on the streets and in
the shops we car see men dressed like
Santa Claus.
In the midst of all this holiday tur-
moil how many children ever stop to
ask who Santa Claus really is, or
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
A Discount For Cash.

Miss Saintly-Now, children, l will
give a silver dollar at Christmas to ev-
cry boy who has a perfect mark in
conduct!
Billy McGinnis-Say, teacher, I'll
take a quarter now n call it square!-
Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-14
SGinf
Nic los
The Good

At this season of the year it Is
"a easy to guess who it is that
"a holds the first place in tie
hearts of tie childrano of Annri.
Alaska forum., 1904-07-02

on the west by the Idaho Bar Discovery placer claim.
 The Margaret placer claim is bounded cn the north by the Rex cla i'm, on tine cast and south by open and vacant grourd, Gil the est-hy Pup claim. Any and all persons claiming adversely the said placer mining premises, or any portion thereof, so described, surveyed, patted, and ap- piled for, are hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed according to law and the regulations hereunder, within the time prescribed by law, with the Register of the United States Land Office at Juneau, i'll the Dis trict of Alaska, that they will be barred by the provisions of the law :n such cases made and provided.
 John w. Dudley, Register It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period the Alaska FOr"1n a weekly newspaper printed at Rampant, Alaska, which hereby designate as the newspaper published nearest to the lands above described.
 John w. Dudley,
 Register.