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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
DIR. MIser's office, iO2 First Ave
BIG CATTLE SALE.
Twenty Head Raised in Mahaska
County Bring $1,000.
IOWA.

One of the notable sales of stock
by Mahaska county raiser made
this season was that Of f. F. Coffin,
Saturday. He disposed Of twenty
head of fine cattle to Miller and Cald-
well, of New Sharon. The average
weight of the animals was 1850, and
price received for the bunch was FIVE
dollars per hundred, netting the sell
er something like fourteen hundred
dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
Herald Picnic.

Al meeting of the Herald cores
pondents, held Saturday afternoon, it
was decided to hold the annual picnic
this year at the home of ]. H. Will
holt, two miles northeast of Oska-
loosa, on Saturday, June 25.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
| DEMONSTRATORS NorICE.

IA Notice is hereby given to all
persons Interested, that on the 21st
day of May, A. D., 1904, the un-
dersigned was appointed by the dis
trfct court of Mahaska county, Iowa,
administrative of the estate of ~.
ID. lFleck, deceased, late OF said
Mahaska county, Iowa. Allpersons In
debted to said estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned, and those
having claims against the same will
present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance.
Dated MAY 81, 1904.
MRS. ROSE j.. FLICK,
ADMINISTRATIVE.
II. K. DAVIS, Clerk. 43w3 pd
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

again when it is repaired. They have
drilled through fifty feet of solid
rock. Mr.. Rodgers, of Oskaloosa, is
doing the work. r..
June 7. Amateur.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

THERE is no exaggeration in the statement that
the majority CT sickness is caused by some de-
rangement OF the stomach, liver kidneys or bowels.
Where there is good digestion, an active liver,
sound kidneys and prompt bowels, disease cannot
long exist. he wonderful results obtained by my
gyatem OF Successful Treatment, is from the fact
OF Its acting directly on these organs There is
pain Distress no waiting until discouraged for
results, aB Improvement begins at once.
If you suffer from indigestion, bloating after
eating constipation, any form OF kidney trouble
you should consult The Master Specialist, DIR. Geo.
w. Miser. Consultation and Examination free.
DR. MIRERs OFFICE IS io2 FIRST
Over Royer's clotong store
oskaioosa,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
FOR SALE.--House of 9 rooms on
North Third street

FOR SALE.--House of 9 rooms on
North Third street.
House of 2 rooms on North G street
within 8 blocks of High avenue.
House OF rooms, cellar, furnace
and gas, 2 blocks from court house.
paved street.
House Of 10 rooms on East Second
avenue, all modern. good location,
cheap.
House OF rooms, furnace, barn.
large lot, central location, cheap.
Fiveroom cottage on North B
street, must be sold soon.
House nearly new. rooms, cement
walks, barn, city water. near Third ,
ward school.
Lyman Land q Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
DR.. MiSGr Cures Catarrh.

He Cures Diseases of the Eyes, Ears,
Nose, Throat, Lungs, Kidneys, Stomach,
Blood, Nerves, Heart, Skin; Diseases of
Women, Sexual Weakness and other lin
gering ailments. Glasses fitted and Guar
anteed. Consultation and Examination
Free. r..-a..
DIR. MISer's Office, IO2 First Avenue,
Over Boyer's Clothing Store.
Office hours, 8 a. m. TO p. M; evening,
7 to 8; Sunday, 8 to IL a. m.
OSKALOOSA IOWA.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

FOR SALE.-40-acre farm, 80 acres
level, balance rolling, well watered,
convenient to best market in the
country; house of one story,
rooms, summer kitchen, cave, barn
for four head, Aft. vein Of coal I'M
der land.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

FOR SALE.-Farm of 14O acres, 3
miles from Oskaloosa, 5-roon
house, barn and other outbuildingse
120 acres fenced hog tight. Price
and terms right.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

FOR SALE OR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF rooms, modern improvements,
paved street, cement walks, two
blocks from public square. Would
exchange for rental properties
worth $1,000 or $1,000 each, or will
sell at a bargain.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

FOR sALE.--House of 6 rooms, city
water, sewer connection, east front,
convenient to Iowa Central. Price,
$1.40O. $500 cash, balance monthly
payments SIS per month.
Lyman Land G Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09

FOR sALE.-Farm of so acres, north
and east Of New Sharon; land gem
tly rolling, good young orchard in
bearing, house of Z rooms, cellar,
all in good condition; stable, sheds
and other outbuildings, q mile
from school. $65 per acre. Easy
terms.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-09
FOB SALE.

FOR SALE.-Farm of 80 acres, 11s
miles from R. R. station, large s.
room house, stone cellar, fine
spring, good barn and outbuildngs,
chicken house, machinery sheds.
will sell on easy terms.
Lyman Land & Loan CO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

them is as seldom seen as dead dom
key.
But there is another class of shopping
which she has to GO besides; her frugal
housekeeping, which consists principal
ly OF rice and tea and plckles-and there
is the present buying. Japan is land OF
present-giving. The money spent by a
housekeeper in Japan on presents must
be as much as the money spent on food.
At the Boys Festival, or the Feast OF
Flags. as it is called, the women flock in
hundreds to the temple fairs to buy flags
for the decoration of their houses, and
toys of every description suitable for
boys. Every boy in every household ia
the recipient of at least half a dozen
presents from his friends and relatives
on that day. Even the poorest can af-
ford to buy flags and toys for their boys;
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04
Militia win Elect Generals.

Columbus. o.. Nov. 2.-Adit. Gen.
Critchfield has issued an order for an
election to choose successors to Maj.
Gen. Dick and Brig Gems. McMaken
and Sparks, whose terms are about tn
expire. The nominating conventions
are to be held in Columbus on Novem-
Der IA and each of the full regimentai
organizations are entitled to three
delegates, while the Ninth battalion
and the other regular organizations OF
the guard are entitled to one delegate
each. Gen. Crltchtield also issued or
ders for important elections Ia thS
Third and Eighth gesimepts,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

to break his associations with the
boys" He could not see it that way,
and among his old associates he is
still Bob" Wynne, and just as genial
and accessible as when he was one OF
the leading spirits on newspaper row.
1t seemed to do him good to- throw
Off the dignity of his position and
mingle with the A0wd in dairy
lunch room, eating his sandwich or
piece of pie where his elbows were
joggled by the humble department
clerk, the business man, the contractor
and others of the busy common
everyday hustlers. Now that he is
postmaster general he has been COM
peiled to yield little to the official
amenities, and takes his lunch in his
Office. He cannot keep away from the
old haunts on newspaper row. how
ever, and this habit of mingling with
the people he likes, and who like him,
is not at all Objectionable TO his chief,
President Roosevelt, who himself
would be glad to patronize a dairy
lunch room if the proprieties would
permit. The day Wynne was appoint
ed he drove around town until he
found his old mentor, Gen. Henry v.
Boynton, the dean of the corps of
Washington correspondents, and car
ried him with him to the department,
in order that his old friend might wit
ness him taking the oath. 1t was
hard to tell who was the more pleased,
Gen. Boynton or his boy"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

ornaments The mousmee's hair is ele-
eantly, and, to our minds, elaborately
dressed, but it has no valuable combs or
pins in it. But wait till you see her as
young wife! her hair will then take two
hours to dress, and in 1t she will wear
one of the io,ely combs she is now on
her way to purchase. Hair combs and
hair ornaments generally are Japanese
woman's equivalents to jewelry and so
beautiful are the designs. and so eX-
quisite the lacquer, that they often cost
fabulous prices The best artists are en-
gagged to execute the designs, and the
most skilled workmen carry them out,
so that they are really works of art. Her
ornaments, pocket dressing cases, to-
bacco cases, and fans are the objects OF
feminine vanity which japanese lover
or husband may bestow upon the woman
he adores.
These are the principal articles of a
woman's personal shopping, but, OF
course, there are the tabi, or foot gloves,
and the geta, or high clogs "a clog shop
is one of the most typical sights in
Japan, and an occasional paper UNI
brella to purchase; and in the very cold
weather she will require more padded
kimono jacket but, as one of these will
lest her her lifetime, the purchasing OK
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04
A HEADLIGHT BLINDED 4lM.

Engineer Of Passenger Train Could
Not See Train Ahead Of Him
Three People Killed and 12 Injured
in a Collision.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct, 31.-Three
persons were killed and IL injured in
rear end collision between section
No. and section No. 1 of train No, g.
Missouri Pacific worlds fair special
ut Upton, Mo-, early Sunday.
Train No. 8, on account OF the
heavy worlds fair travel, was made
up in two sections, the first leaving
st. Louis for Kansas City Saturday
night at 1910 The second section
left a few minutes later and when it
reached Upton section No. l was TAX
ing on passengers.
According to Engineer Ramsey, OF
section No. 2, headlight In the yards
blinded him and he was unable to see
section No. l. He also says that his
orders were "clear ahead" Tie sec
ond section was running about SC
miles an hour when the collision oc.
Cured. The end sleeper OF sectior
No. was entirely demolished and the
second sleeper was overturned.
The engine Of the second section
struck the Pullman car Topaz square
ly, splitting 1t for two-thirds of It's
length, and all Of the Ia passengers in
the car were either killed or injured
There were % passengers in the next
car ahead and although all were
badly shaken up by the collision only
few were injured seriously.
The blame, according to Superin-
tendent W. ]. Mckee, who went al
once to the scene of the wreck, rests
with the engineer and conductor OF
the second section.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04
A MURDER IN A STREET CAR.
italians Attack the Conductor with
Knives, Killing Him.

Latrobe, Pa. Oct. 31.-Following a
fight in a street car, growing out OF an
Italians tnsistence upon opening a
window, Floyd Anthem, the conductor,
is dead and armed men are securing
the hills in search of his assailants.
Five Italians boarded Latrobe street
car at Baggaley, mining town four
miles from Latrobe, last evening and
one Of the men lowered a window,
Conductor Anthony ordered him tc
close it, The man refused. Anthony
then shut the window himself. While
his back was turned the Italian
plunged a stilleto into the conductor q
neck and then drew 1t downward to
the small OF the back, making a
wound more than foot long,
AS the conductor turned to defend
himself. two other Italians attacked
him with knives. One stabbed him on
the shoulder, cutting an ugly cash
The other thrust his knife into the
conductors abdomen. almost disem.
boweling him. AS Anthony fell bleed.
ing to the floor OF the car, one OF the
Italians pulled the bell rope and al
e9caDed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

under the table
at which President Roosevelt and
Booker T. Washington sat no great
harm would have been done. Col.
sMosby called his fellow southerner to
account In the most emphatic manner,
protesting against such indecent refer
.snce to the assassination of President
Mckinley and the melting of anarchis-
tic passions.
Col. Mosby is now In the employ Of
the department OF justice, and is one
of the very interesting characters in
Washington. He is 72 years of age,
but looks the part OF the character he
played in the terrible war of the SOS.
gIis sharp, high-bred features suggest
the eagle, and are those of an ideal
cavalry leader. He Is about medium
height, with hair little scanty, but
yoristling and pure white. His grim
mouth and set jaw reveal a determina-
tion seldom equaled.
Recently he has received his old cav
airy hat, which he lost when shot
down and seriously wounded in the
last year of the war. 1t was sent to
him by lady in New York. who eX-
planned that it had been given her by
her father, Lieut.. Con. Cole, who COM
manded the Thirteenth New York
cavalry when it came SO near captur-
ing the famous guerrilla,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

for the tenth part of halfpenny will
purchase some ingenious paper toy in
Japan.
On the Feast of the Girls there are
presents OF dolls to be bought for every
little girl The O-Hina-Matsuri. or
Honorable Feast of Dolls. is one of the
prettiest sights in Japan. In the temple
grounds, where the fair takes place,
there are hundreds of stalls decked out
with every sort and condition of Jap
anese dolls, and there are thousands OF
little human dolls decked in the gayest
of brocades and the most elaborate oois
toddling about with their gentle grey
clad doll-mammas, whose sleeves are
heavy with the parcels of dolls that are
slowed away in them. The o-Hlna-
Matsur is a world Of dolls, smiling.
bowing, black-eyed dolls who are never
too grave aGd Eever too gay.
A woman's shopping in Japan knows
no such fierce excitement as after-season
sales.
DOUGLAS sLADEN.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04


In the confederate service, who lived
in the saddle, and who was one of the
first to seek service in the Spanish
American war, takes more interest in
the science of war and the movements
OF armies than in any other subject,
There was a time when the general
had taste for politics. He represented
an Alabama district in congress for
many years, and on his side of the
house he was always in the forefront
when a scrimmage was on.
The old congressman who were here
in the tifty-first congress, when the
celebrated Reed rules" were adopted,
and the most turbulent scenes that
have been witnessed since the war
were enacted, will never forget Gen.
Wheeler's part in that fight of the mi
nority to prevent the majority from
adopting a new set of rules. His seat
was well down in the front On the dem
ocratic side. but he was seldom to be
found in 1t. His piping little voice
could be heard from any quarter of
the chamber demanding recognition.
When his appeal was disregarded he
was liable to mount on top of the
desks, run TO the row Immediately in
front of the speaker anu cry, "Mr
,Speakah, Mr.. Speakah!" in excited
tones. He was one of the characters
in the house up to the time of the
Spanish war, when his old friend,
President Mckinley, appointed him a
major general of volunteers. He was
SO pleased that he never could thank
the president sufficiently and was one
OF. the very first to get into blue uni
form. delighted to show his loyalty to
the government and eager for fight
Iug.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04
PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATISTICS.
OVER SIXTEEN MILLION PUPILS
ARE ENROLLED.
The Annual Cost of the System 10
$251 ,457, 900 Per Capita Is
$3.15-There Are e6 Re-
form Schools.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The report OF
the commissioner of education for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1904, made
public yesterday by the secretary of
the interior, shows that 16,009,361
pupils. or 20 per cent. of the entire
population of the country, attended
the public schools during that year.
AS compared with the previous six
years, this percentage shows a slight
decrease in the number of pupils as
compared with the total population.
The total cost of the public school
system is given as $251, ,457,625. This
is an increase of S1G,00O,000 over the
previous year. 1t amounts to $3.15
per capita of total population, and
$22.75 per capita per pupil.
Since 1870 the proportion of male
teachers has decreased from 80 per
cent. of the entire number to 26 per
cent. of the entire number the past
year. The average compensation per
month for male teachers last year
was $499S and $40.51 for females.
This is slight increase over the pre-
vious year.
The enrolment in the private
oGliOOtS lOl Ilt Stdl 10 BlNeu l,O"oI-
S76. BY the addition OF pupils in
elementary schools, academies, insti-
tutions for higher education, evening
schools, business schools, private
llindergartens, Indian schools, state
schools and schools for defective or
phans, the grand total of 1887 ,91S
pupils Is reported
The report estimates that the aver
age schooling given to each inhabit-
ant in 1870 was G72 days and in 1908,
1904 days.
The report shows that last year
| 1,57S,632 colored children were en-
rolled in the common schools for that
race in the former 16 slave states and
the District of Columbia. The enroll
| ment in 1877, the first year statistics
were taken of the colored schools
was 1,506.
Since 1873 it is estimated that $780,
100000 has been expended in the edu-
| cation of the colored children in the
former slave states and nearly $780,
100000 for the same purpose for the
white children of the same section.
| Ninety-six reform schools are re.
| corded, with 81, ,46S inmates, 21,60S Of
whom are learning useful trades.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

hand. First comes the Little apron, next
to that the shirt, and over that the inner
and outer kimono, and last of all the
obi, which is both her glory or her
shame. for the law of the land demanos
that japanese woman OF an undesira-
BILE class must tie her obi in front to
distinguish her from her respectable
sisters.
II you follow a party Of women along
some good shopping street in Japan,
their wooden clogs Gathering louder
than their gentle tongues, the soft greys
and browns of their kimonos swaying
with that rhythmic movement peculiar
to the country, you will presently see
them stop in front of a low shop, its open
front screened from the street by blue
cotton curtain hung from bamboo pole.
The curtain is lifted, and in another
moment the symphony OF greys and
browns has disappeared.
On the other side of the blue curtain
the high wooden clogs are kicked off,
and with graceful bows and many rub
birgs OF the knees the little women re-
turn the respectful greetings OF the
focl1 OF boys who spring to their feet
and rush to the front of the shop to vel
come their customers.
On the floor of the shop, nothing more
OF less than 4 raised platform with a
canopy over It. there are numerous fat
cushions for the customers to kneel on.
The master OF the shop invites the iadies
to smoke by pushing towards them a
Ii hnk ri, l. q
patches some of the clerks to fetch arm
fuls of tempting crepes and obi-silks
from the iron safe at the back Of the
platform When the clerks come hurry
! ing back---it is etiquette for an inferior
to hurry towards his master or patron
he deposits the precious bundles on ths
| floor in front of the kneeling mousmees.
| Tea in dlmlnutiye cups on diminutive
! table tray has been dairtlly served in the
interval.
The buying of new obi, or a crepe
kimono--which will not only last the
purchasers lifetime, but her daughters
as well---is an affair Of much moment.
The shopl6eeper does not expect his vis-
itors to spend in few minutes the
money that has probably taken long
years to save; nor does he expect her to
know in the space Of two hours what
design of an obi win satisfy her aesthetic
sense for the next ten years. Hurry and
impatience are unknown quantities in
Japan.
A woman is wanting in ore of her
souls who Is wanting in patience, and
the woman who hurries Is wanting in
self-control. So the contented little
party will spend their whole day squat
ting on their knees before mass oi
silks and crepes, choosing and bargain
ing and exchanging polite compliments
with each other Fresh relays Of tea
are brought in and plenty of local GOSSIP
and news is excharged between the Gus
toners and the shoopkeeper.
You may see just another group o.
. women accompanied by some pretty ant
less eombrely-clad monsmee, Perhaps
che is some bride-eiect going to choose
some article OF her trousseau. This TIM
they are on their way 10 the vendor o
lacquer or coral hair combs and hal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

the White Lot. on the property occu-
pied by the wealthy New York con-
gressman. Van Ness, in the early part
of the last century. 1t Is within a
block of the new Corcoran art gallery,
and adjoining the remainder of the
Van Ness property, on which are to
be located the buildings of the George
Washington university, as the elR
Columbia college is now called.
This magnificent memorial of tn.
revolution will stand at the entrance
to the proposed memorial avenue and
bridge, which are to run from the
white house, span the Potomac and
connect Washington with the old Lee
homestead, on the Virginia shore, now
the Arlington National cemetery. This
grand Improvement is the dream of
the commission that. under President
Mckinley, formulated plans for the
Identification of Washington. The
bridge is to be a great memoria! to
the bravery and patriotism of Amori-
can soldiers, and is to be tie between
the north aud the south. The idea Is
not likely to be carried out immed!-
ate!y, but earnest men and women are
advocating 1t, and will keep appealing
to congress until some day it Will be
accomplished t91 81
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04
Man cremated In a Coke oven.

Masontown. Pa. Oct. Sl.-A second
murder here within "a hours was
made known Sunday when Steve
BoroS, employed at the BessemeI
coke plant, reported that late Satur.
day night he saw man thrown into a
coke oven and cremated. Borok says
he saw three men scuffiing On top OF
an oven and moment later saw tive
OF the men jump to the ground and
disappear In the darkness. Just then
flames issued from the oven as though
fuel had been tossed into 1t. Coroner
Hagan ordered the oven drawn. 'whel
blackened human bones we're found.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

rule maintain a voting residence in the
states they come from, and have the
right of franchise. The bona fide resi-
dents of the district, however, can
only show their political preferences
by little shouting, some red fire and
stump speaking.
Political organizations are main
tanned which get into quadrennial con-
tests over the election of delegates to
national conventions, and then do
their best to show their loyalty to
their respective parties by political
fireworks during the campaign. About
the only thing that inspires their en-
thusiasm is the hope that IL their
party is victorious some cognizance
may be taken OF the miles they
tramped In torchlisht parades and the
number of meetings they attended
during the campaign. They are always
ready for recognition in the way of
Office, and these political demonstra-
lions are supposed to give them some
title to it. Both democrats and re-
pubiicans have organized clubs this
year, and have strung their banners
across the wide streets of the capital
city. 1t is probable that they have
contributed their little mite to the
campaign funds of the two parties,
but their efforts in arousing interest
and ENTHUSIASM in the District of Col
umbia have not been highly success
full. The national managers of both
parties quietly smile at these efforts,
and, while they do nothing to discour-
age them, it cannot be said that they
lend much encouragement.