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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
THE FAIR LOAN REPAID.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: With the
handing Of check for ~$1SI,S51.S1 to the
treasury authorities, the government
loan of $4,000, 900 to the worlds fair
has been fully discharged. The loan
enabled the management of the fair
to conduct it on the largest possible
scale and to give the millions o. Wis
itors the most for their money. In its
repayment the bulk Of the money from
admissions and concessions has been
used. If there had been any failure
in the installments rs agreed on the
government had the right to take f.
nancial control of the fair. But there
has been no delay in any instance.
There will be no after demands on the
government, a has happened with
some large exhibitions in which it
participated and for which it made
large original contributions.
The people Of st. Louis understood
when the government loan was grant
ed that it was a first lien on the cur
rent receipts and that it destroyed the
chance of any material repayment to
the stockholders. But that was held
to be a minor consideration. The
| greatness Of the fair was the main
point. Therefore, the people of St
Louis, after giving $4,000, 900 to the
fair in subscriptions and 5 5000, 00C
more from the municipal treasury
cheerfully saw the prospective fair re
ceipts spent in advance in order that
the nan and woman with the half dol
lar might see the largest and uest in
ternational exposition in history. Cit
liens return their best thanks to the
government for the loan and are high
ly gratified to know that 1t has beer
paid back just as was promised ant
expected. The fair has fulfilled it!
highest mission, and that is glory
enough for st. Louis, without regard
to final cash dividends.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
LIVED TOO HIGH.
WapeIIo Bank Cashier Comes to Grief
and Confesses.

Wapello, Ia, Dec. Nv. H. Cotton,
cashier of the Wepallo State Savings
bank, was arrested last evening on the
charge of embezzlement. According
to estimates the alleged ~defalcations
will aggregate $4,000. The amount
has been made up by the stockholders
of the bank and the business Is being
conducted as usual. Cotton gave bond
for his appearance and was released,
A special session of the grand jury
was called today and the case laid be-
fore them. 1t is said the alleged def
cit has been made during the past ten
years, when it appears sums of money,
large and small, have been taken
Cotton admits that he spent the mon
ey in high living and will throw him
self on the mercies of the court.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
MODERN WOoLMEN.
Local Camp Elects Officers For the
Ensuing Year.

Local Camp Elects Officers For the
Ensuing Year.
The Modern Woodmen have elected
the following officers for the head of
the affairs of the local camp for the
ensuing year:
V. C.-H. w. Gleason.
w. As. B. Sinclair.
Clerk-T. G.. Friend.
Banker-Sam Hendryx.
Escort-Bert Mastin.
) 0enlyy-8r $ 09U2Om2n
Watchman-John Soaper.
Managers-One year, Robert Nc
Cord; two years, T. E. Wheatcraft;
three years, Chas. Off,.
Camp Physicians-Drs. H. G. Homer
and L. A. Rodgers.
The local camp has been without
the assistance of a deputy now for
some time and yet it is prospecting in
a fine way. The local membership
numbers something over three hun
dred. AS many new members have
been secured as have been taken away
| through dismission and otherwise.
The new assessment plan has beer
found satisfactory in all ways anG
four assessments were passed during
the past year. .....
A new district deputy Will be in the
local field in a short time and things
will be on the boom again.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
CAUSE OF APPENDICITIS.

Z National Review: AS regards the
cherry-stone this is pure fiction, and
the sooner it is disposed of the better.
When the reader realizes that the en-
trance of the tube, which has a larger
diameter than any other part, will
hardly admit in the normal state the
top of an uncut cedar pencil, it will
readily be seen that even a moderate
sized cnerry-stoneI would have some
difficulty in passing in. That smaller
foreign bodies may gain acces to the
interior of the tube is undoubtedly
true, but the number Of instances in
which such have actuaIIy been discov-
cred within the diseased appendix is
comparatively small. A single duck
shot, a small fragment of solder from
a canned meat tin, a bristle from a
tooth brush, a spicule from the lining
of an enameled saucepan and an ordi-
nary pin have all been known to find
their way into the interior of the ap-
pendix, and once there such bodies
may undoubtedly induce Inflammation
in the manne subsequently described.
While then admitting that in a few
cases extraneous matters Of the char
acter and size mentioned may play
some part in the incidence Of append
citis, we must seek a more common
cause for the frequency of the effec-
ton. The human body is constantly
~harboring heterogeneous which are
ever ready to attack the tissues, and
are especially capable of doing so
whenever the person is below par, or
the particular tissue with which they
are in contact has suffered some In.
jury. These heterogeneous, styled
bacteria, are constantly taken in with
food, and more particularly SO in
towns. Being thus p~erpetuany rein.
forced, they are continually multiply.
ing and able to attack any undefend.
ed point. There is perhaps nothing
which SO tends to assist their multi,
plication and to increase their yiru,
lence as hurried and irregular meals,
involving the retention Of imperfectIy
digested food. Then it is that these
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
BILLS in

I've got a letter, parson, from my son
away out west,
An my poor OF heart is heavy Is an
anvil in my breast,
To think the boy whose futur' I had
once so proudly planned
Should wander from the path o. right
an come to such an end.
/ toll him when he left US, only three
short years ago,
He'd find himself a plowin' in a
mighty crooked row;
He'd miss his fathers counsel and his
mothers prayers, too;
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
I know thar's big temptation fur a
yourgster in the west.
But / believed our Billy had the cour
age to resist.
An when he left I warned him Of
the ever waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints in life's
pathway everywheres;
But Bill he promised faithful to be
keerful, an allowed
He'd build up a reputation that'G
make US mighty proud,
But it seem as how my counsel sort
O. faded from his mind,
An now he's got in trouble of the
very worstest kind!
His letters come so seldom that
somehow sort o knowed
That Billy was a trampin' on {
mighty rocky road.
But never once imagined he woul(
bow my head in shame
An in the dust'd waller his oil daddy!
honored name.
He writes. from out in Denver, an thu
story's mighty short;
I jess can't tell his mother-it'u crust
her poor OF heart!
An SO l reckoned, parson, you Nigh
break the news to her
BilPs in the legislator, but he doesn
say what fur
The Irrigator.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

method of raising money for churches,
benevolent organizations and other
worthy objects Of public contributions.
Last Tuesday forty-one women Of a
Methodist church at Wabash, Ind,
went to a farm four miles north OF
the city and husked in the field forty
bushels of corn which they will sell
for the benefit Of the building fund OF
the church. A few days previously
the farmer proposed, as a joke, to give
the women all the corn they would
husk in a single day. The women sur
prised him by accepting. Those who
participated included some of the
most prominent women in Wabash. 1t
seems to have been a happy social
event, as it attracted large crowds
who sat on the fences and commented
on the way women did the novel work.
"As Iowa is full of corn" comments
the Burlington Hawk-Eye, land the
farmers are fearful they cannot get
it all husked and gathered, here is an
opportunity for pub~lic-spirited farm
ers to help all sorts of worthy church,
educational and benevolent enter
prises. How the ladies of Burlington
for instance could boom the Young
Women's Christian Association; or
the ladies Of Mt. Pleasant add some
rare treasures to the gem of a public
library now being erected. The Hawk,
Eye in it's new vision can imagine the
fair ladies Of Washington, Wapeilo,
Columbus Junction, Fairfield, Keosau'
qua, Oskaloosa and other inland towns,
and similar places in Illinois, in the
midst of great fields Of magnificent
corn ,flocking to the country in prompt
acceptance Of generous offers by pub
lic-spirited farmers who will be glad
to take hits opportunity to do their
share in the uplifting Of the human
race to higher and nobler living.
ut is no more than poetic justice
that corn, which has contributed sc
much to the still and the bar-room
should be made, by the deft hands and
pure hearts of the women, to contrib
ute now of its golden wealth to these
loftier and better missions of human
| effort.
"Ho! and away to the cornfield!"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
CITY MUST SETTLE.
Plaintiff Awarded $4,000 Damages
Against Grinnell.


Against Grinnell.
Montezuma, Ia, Dec. 3.-The jury
last evening brought in a verdict OF
$4,000 for the plaintiff in the case Of
Voght VS.. the City of Grinnell, which
has had an eventful life in the courts
for the past two years.
Mr.. Voght, who is a farmer living
three miles from Grinnell, claimed that
the sewage from the city drained on
on his place, communicating the water
in his pasture, and caused his cattle
to die. He brought action for heavy
damages.
The case came up Tor trial here two
years ago, and was taken from the
jury by the court and decided in favor
Of the city. This ruling war reversed
by the supreme court at its session
last May, and the case came up for
trial again at the present session OF
court. The trial has occupied the
past FIVE days.
Since the suit was brought the city
Of Grinnell has put in a septic tank
and handles its sewage in this way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

The department. of commerce and
labor has published a very interesting
report of the exports of the United
States for twelve months, ending Oc-
tober 81. 1t shows that in spite of
the unusually small exports of food
products during the period indicated,
the total value of all kinds exceeds by
100000, 900 the exports of any proceed
ing year. While bread stuffs fell off
$50, 100000 below the corresponding
period of 1903, and $15S, 900, 900 below
1901,the exports of manufacturers and
Of raw cotton make up the difference
and account for the great increase.
The export Of cotton alone exceeds by
$22, 900, 900 the corresponding period
of last year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Proof pos
tive of the presence of prosperity has
been given the Iowa Central trainmen
in the welcome form of a five per cent
increase in their wages. The individ-
ual may pore over bulky volumes, and
endless discussions and reports, and
be none the wiser for his research, but
a handsome addition to his pay check
is a convincing argument. And 1t is
easily understood, no foot notes or
long Introductory remarks being need.
ed, no learned explanation and no i'm.
FASHIONED appeal. iuat little five per
cent does its own talking and it speaks
a language that is understood by all
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
-The patrons Of catalogue mouse

Tine patrons Of catalogue houses
are wisely advised by the Atlantic
Telegraph to take their samples to
home merchants before making pur.
chases and compare quality of goods
and price before giving orders. mime
times out of ten" it says, 'the result
wonId be that the goods could be
bought Of the home merchant with ad.
vantage both to the merchant and the
purchaser. Patronize home merchants
and you will be properly treated. Pa.
tronize the catalogue house and you
r taking your own chance and have
absolutely no guarantee that what you
y buying is what it is claimed to
be-"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
eoLDIE is ARRAIeNEo.
Refused to Make a Plea and 10 Held
For Further Trial.

Emanuel Enzer, a colored man bet
ter known about the. mining camps as
James Goldie, wanted for the shoot
ing of a man named Chas. Harris, and
captured at the mining camp Of Enter.
prise by Deputy Sheriff Moore, was
arraigned this morning before Es-
quire Kendig. In the absence Of his
attorney, Geo. Woodson, the man
stated that he did not care to plead,
and the court entered a plea Of not
guilty for him. In c,tault of bono
the man was recommitted to Jail.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
BALL,
Peckham's Poem.

Peckham'a Poem.
In responding to a toast at the foot
ball banquet Thursday night, Enrol
Peckham dipped into poetry, and
made a hit with the following
rhymes:
What's the rules of foot ball duty?
Is there some way I can see?
Well, you ought to hear our trainer! a.
What's his name? It's Zalusky.
"Pemberton, now ginger up therei
You're. the captain, you must be
About the fastest man around here"
That's the tune Of Zalusky.
Here, Jerome, now then you take it.
Alright, men; 1853,
Where's your one, Wood? Don't forget
it,"
Says our trainer, Zalusky.
Heap big Hinshaw, turn your man in,
Hit i'm hard about the knee"
"All right, 10, I get i'm next time,
z. l can do do it, Zalusky."
Right formation, that's you, Viii
Wood;
Now come right through here at me.
ThatH get 'em! That's a good one"
Oh! we're all right, Zalusky.
Left formation s Coffin over,
Biggest man that we can see
On any team we've struck yet this
year.
Is not that right, Zalusky?
Right end back, alright now, Stanley,
Cut in low, Wen have a spree
If we win this next game fairly,
And we done it, Zalusky.
Sopher is that left end hustler,
He must play bout up in G..
Made all Pella stand and wonder
What had come with Zalusky.
Who else is there in this jangle?
Why, big Else from this county,
Turns his man in bout as slick
AS any one with Zalusky.
S%purgeon, you must block that Barton,
Now you've struck a man, you see.
There, you done it, you're a dandy.
Oh! he'll learn it, Zalusky.
Fullback Hinshaw, you're a hitter!
Cut in quick, now, hit 'em. See?
Alright, signal, never mind it.
Eat EN- up" says Zalusky.
"Garvey, you must get off quicker.
Try it over. They'll agree
| That's a rarir,' tearin' wonder
Come to town with Zalusky.
Coffin, you swing round 'gainst Peck
ham"
Got a bum shoulder bothering me.
We'll, no matter, he is easy!"
Let me at you, Zalusky!
Caldwell, he's our overseer:
And he thinks, he thinks, thinks he
IF 1 don't miss my guess greatly,
There's no flies on Zalusky."
We are winners, and our captain
Played such husky foot ball, he
Ought to be a state team half back.
Don't you think so, Zalusky?
Altogether we, PENIS smashers,
Altogether we can see
That we surely can play foot ball
Since orr coach 10 Zaluskv-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
Card az Thanks

Mr.. Clyde Carr takes this means OF
expressing his gratitude to those
whom he cannot reach personally, for
many attentions and kindnesses dur
ing the recent illness Of his wife and
during his bereavement.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Souvenir gold dollars to the mum
Der of 100000 have been issued for the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Creult
is given on the coin to Captains Lewis
and Clark, who explored the Oregon
country a century ago. The coins sell
for two dollars apiece and may be
mounted very tastefully in the form
of jewelry.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

The Fort Dodge commercial club
is an enterprising organization. 1t
has selected Hon. T. s. M~eservey, of
that city, to act as commissioner for
the organization, and devote his whole
time to the work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

-Dredgemen on the Panama canal
will get $3.50 a month, says the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil, but notes that
as this does not include funeral ex-
penses, and as there is enough Pana-
ma fever to go around there has not
been a rush for the positions as yet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

microscopical organisms will crowd
into what may be called the hackwat-
er Of the appendix, here to stagnate
and to develop a powerful poison,
which, acting upon the walls of the
tube, 500 produces inflammation,
which is evidenced by pain mi all the
train Of symptoms incident to appen-
dicitis.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

-Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Whats in a name?" The Pennsyl-
vania is the fastest ship in the navy.
And she would have gone just as fast
if she 023 been called tic r3IAz32E
phia or the Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Now that the foot ball eason is
ended, laments the Keokuk Gate-City,
there doesn't seen to be anything for
college students to do but while away
the time as best they can in study.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Either members of the board are
easy or there must be a pile of the
pests in that neighborhood. At their
last session the supervisors of Jones
county paid $535 for woodchuck scalps
at the rate of 20 cents each, which
would account for the destruction of
2,675 of the animals.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
would want to he witho

WHO would want to be without
electric lights and telephones?" asks
the Belle PLANE Union, and then adds
But the interurban will benefit a
town ten times as much as the tele,
phones and electric lights combined
Where they require the investment Of
800, the interurban will invest $1,000
Where thew employ one man, the in
terurban will employ a dozen men"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

-Marshalltown Times-Republican:
The Iowa Eisteddfod Association met
Thanksgiving day at Abba and recit
ed poems that look in print like a
cross between a cipher telegram and
a. "pi" line.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

"A meeting will be held in Des
Moines early in December to consider
the feasibility of establishing a state
association to institute annual corn
contests in the state. II the proper
amount of interest is shown steps will
be taken to organize 1t.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

1t is reported that r. Fl. Spence,
of MI. Ayr, who has been three times
chairman of the republican state CEN
trail committee, is slated for appoint
ment of United States attorney for the
southern district of Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Corn in the northwestern portion
Of the state is not of as good average
quality as had been supposed before
husking. But this is not surprising.
Those stories of 80 and 100 bushels to
the acre are always taken with salt
down this way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

The fellows who have invested in
a season ticket at the skating rink
are wishing for cold weather, and we
are informed that those who have five
on their hands are actually praying
hat way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Prosperity in the bountiful crops
is a delicate subject to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Carroll, of Curlew. While
they yer husking corn a thief enter
ed the house and stole 5000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

"A veterinary surgeon at Webster
City ripped open a COW, removed two
bushels of corn from her stomach and
saved both the corn and the life of
the animal. N. B.-We do not voucn
for this item.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

George E. Taylor, candidate of the
national liberty party for president in
the past compaign, has announced his
intention to try again. If he is real
good he may get his name on the bal
lot four years hence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Washington Times: An Iowa far
mer claims not to have sat down for
six years. Must have been an awful
spanking he got.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

THE same people who are now
clamoring for tariff revision have al
ways been in favor of tariff revision
says the Des Moines Capital. at is
not a new impulse with them. You
could not make a tariff SO low that
they would not want 1t made lower"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
The next republican state COW

The next republican state conven-
tion will have 1,641 delegates, the
same number as made up the conven-
ton in Cedar Rapids in 1901. Mahas-
ka county will be entitled to 81 votes.
The Sixth district will have 1913 votes,
a gain of four over three years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Civil service examinations will be
held in Des Moines January 4 in the
weather bureau department for mes,
sengers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

ended. The number of people killed
by hunters was rs. 1t only remains
now to count up the number of people
who are to be burned while playing
Santa Claus, observes the Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

The report that FranA James is
about to join the church suggests that
he should make an excellent hand at
taking up the collection. ~ ---
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Ten thousand dollars in cash has
already been pledged for the proposed
Council Bluffs Carson interurban. That
looks good to US.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

1t is claimed that a horse on n OF
the Forest City rural routes has GOV,
cred $4,000 miles in three years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
NEW FIELD FOR CORN.

Here is a pointer for ladies who de-
sire some new or more e~ficacious
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08

Fifteen foot ball players were
killed during the season that has just
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
FAITH.

FAT II.
I know not what the future hath
Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.
| know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know. I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
Whittier.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-12
A Unique House.

A house unique in interest is shown
in the February Delineator in the Sc
ries "House Building and Home Maxi
ing" The long low-hanging roof of
weathered shingles and chimneys Of
terra Gotta bricks at each end give a
quaint appearance that accounts in
large measure for the peculiar charm
of the house. The illustrations give a
good idea of the interior decorations
and furnishings, which are also orig
inal. The interior is redolent of the
Orient, for wherever possible japanese
and Chinese pottery and brass figures
and other curious samples Of Eastern
art have been introduced with telling
effect. The carpeting and furnishings
are also largely Oriental, but not to
the exclusion OF modern convenienceS.
The result is a house that is out of the
ordinary artistic with a plentiful pro-
vision fer the element OF comfort, and
essentially livable, one that is full Of
suggestion to the prospective home
builder
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-12

HOLSTERS cannot be pe!suaded to
grow UP together peaceably. If a
dozen newly hatched specimens are
put into an aquarium within few
days there will be only one-a large,
fat and promising youngster. He has
eaten all the rest
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-12

Savings deposits in Chicago banks
have passed the 500, 100000 mark. In
The past year they have Increased more
Than $50. OOO coo.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-12

Greatest cereal wonder Of the age. IT IL
not corn nor " heat, norrye, l.or barley, nor
oats, but golden combination Of them a Il.
yielding 50 bil. OF grain andA tons Of rich
straw hay per acre. Greatest stock food on
earth. Does well everywhere.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-12
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hay and lots of pasture besides, per acre
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