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Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

wealthy and during the time Jim was going to school he was forced to help his father, who was postmaster of the village. During this period the future Senator acted as newsboy of the town. At that time there were very few newspapers published, but his trade demanded some Sunday read ing. Through the week a train brought his papers to town, but on Sunday he was forced to ride on horseback to Evansville, a distance of eighteen miles, and bring the Sunday papers to Boonville to supply his trade. He also shlned shoes for people, earning extra money. During this time "Jim's" routine was to arise at 1 o'clock, do up the chores about home and sweep and open the postottice before other business houses opened their doors, Occasionally he sold a few stamps and handed out the malls to the coun- try folk of Warrick County.
 After the death of his father, to whom Jim" was very closely attach ed. he decided to go West He landed at Mason City, Iowa, from where he went to Ottumwa. Iowa. and became ''cow puncher.' Returning to lndi- ana, his mother mortgaged her proper ty, and gave Jim" $50, upon which he and his brother Will returned to the West, this time going to Kansas They located at Harper and each filed a claim for 1G0 acres of land. 'Jim's" land was taken away from him. as he was under age. On WilPs land corn was grown, and the crop was prosper ous and promising, when a slrocco of the prairie touched and withered it, and the labors of the season were brought to naught.
 In those days Harper County was far from grain mills, and 1t was nee essary thing to haul the meal from Wichita to supply the settlers of the frontier. The crop of the Hemenway boys had been blasted, and they hitch ed their team to a wagon and buying meal at Wichita transported it to Har per County, where they sold 1t.
 Soon, however, their occupation was changed again, and that was to gather buffalo bones on the plains and haul them to Wichita, distance of fifty miles. Wichita was at that time the
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
A MOTHERS LOVE.

When a boy is far away from home,
 What pleases him the most? Why, it's when letter comes to him
 From mother thro' the post. No matter if the silver hairs
 Appear upon his head, He's still his mothers boy as when
 His hair was carrot red! Tho thirty years have set their marks
 And scared his careworn face, In mothers eyes he's yet a lad
 Without Times telltale trace. Her letter thus begins: Dear boy;
 It sets his heart athrill To think that mother knows him as
 A little shaver still, A mothers love is as charm
 The sesame of youth. One feels that age has naught to do
 With Love or Life or Truth. Whene'er he gets letter from
 His mother far away. Who sees naught but the guileless child
 Behind the man grown gray. Boston Journal.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Of course. it is wise to follow the blood for half-mile on a chance that the deer has gone down. but if it goes beyond that distance it is pretty much of certainty that it will continue for some time longer, and in that case the best place for another shot is at the old stand. Why the deer does this is not positively known, but it is prob ably because it Is best acquainted with that runway and in its hurt condition likes to be near its haunts.
 Some men in the woods will not shoot a doe at any time of year, no matter how tempting the shot, and they earn. credit as self-restrained sportsmen. Others are not so con scienceful and take deer of either sex as they come.
 few of these men are wise enough to know that In case a buck and doe are together and 1t it wished to bag both the one to shoot first is the doe. If the buck be shot, the doe will flash away, never to return; if the doe is shot, the buck will probably make half a dozen jumps going out of sight, but if no noise be made will always return to sniff at the body of his companion.
 This may be because the male has more affection than the female. or merely because his courage Is higher and he has less caution.-New York Sun,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The country boy has been extolled as the boy par excellence. He is said to have the rugged frame, the steady habits and the earnestness and gravity essential to the making of the man who will take a position in the world. Cases innumerable have been given of the statesman, the capitalist, the successful business man who owed his attainment 10 the cha aracter and hab- its he formed as cour " boy. The city boy has been alm 'gnored In tracing greatness to It's rec. Now comes Professor Finley, of the City College, of New York. who believes the city boy Is better off morally, phy- sically and Intellectually than the country boy. Just think, says Pro- lessor Finley. what a boy has in the city which he calls his home. He has the whole history of humanity and the best men in the country within ear shot" He further added that so far as health was concerned most of the prairie boys he used to know are now under the sod. There is reason for believing Professor Finley to be right, says the Chicago Chronicle, In spite of the fact that many Of our great men were country boys. Recent sta tistcs go to show that people In large towns live three and half years long CT than people in the country and the health of Chicago couldi hardly be matched by any rural retreat how ever promising the location. AS to moral health the city boy having a good home and accustomed to the glare of footlights and knowing some what the meaning of dazzling scenes has an advantage over the rustic youth, who Is lured to temptation by his very innocence and curiosity. He is more liable to step in anywhere and far more liable to be taken in" when he is led astray. The country boy may know more of nature, but the city boy understands human nature, which is more important and more interesting. His intellect Is constantly whetted by friction with other minds and he is not allowed to get rusty. Perhaps the best situation for boy Is where he can have the advantages of city and coun- try combined. Emerson delighted in Concord. but thanked God 1t was To- cated so near Boston, and the youth who has all the privileges afforded by the large city and yet has his home in the quiet retreat of the country may count himself the most favored in the land. The time may come when easy transportation will grant this fla vor to the large maority. The promise is already in sight.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

than overbalance whatever economy, 1T any, might be expected in overtime work. It must not be forgotten that the mileage system of paying operating railway employees is in itself power ful incentive to the men to work over time and in many instances only posi- tive orders and rigidly enforced regu- lations will prevent It. It must not De forgotten. either, that railway mana gers cannot, of course. see to It that the time afforded employees for rest Is employed for that purpose. The strict limitation of hours of labor would be one of those reforms in which there IS true economy for the railways. The public is not the only sufferer from railway disasters. The damage to the railway companies themselves Is enor- nous. There must be some point at which all interests can meet in com mon.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The boundary between Alaska and Canada has at last been definitely fixed. The Alaska Boundary Tribunal agreed upon the whole line, with the exception of gap, one hundred and forty miles long which had never been surveyed. A special commissios of engineers has recently completed the survey, and set up monuments to mark the line. For the first time since the American colonies separated from the mother country, the northern boundary of the country Is fully de- fined, along its entire length.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The Presidents recommends ton of the passage of national law limiting the working hours of railway opera tiyes derives its significance from the fact that in the year 1904 all previous records of railway disa sters were bro- ken and that many of the worst wrecks were due to the wornout con- dition of the men running the trains. A study of the question with respect to foreign countries shows that legal or at least official regulat tons control the conditions of work of certain classes of railway employees in France, Germany. Austria, Italy, Russia, India and Australia. The English law upon the subject does not specify anything as to the duration of hours of work and hours of rest, but 1t gives the Board of Trade power to control the conditions of work for those employees upon whom the safety of the public depends. This body may reduce the hours of labor and call the railroads to speedy account if they disregard their duties in this respect. Many of our own States have laws limiting the hours of railroad employees, but little attempt appears to have been made anywhere to strictly enforce them. Railway managers contend with good plausibility that they do not desire to have their men overtaxed, as a single wreck resulting therefrom would more
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
No Trust in Horses

l have spent much of long life in the observation of horses. have reared them, broken them, trained them, ridden them, driven them in every form from the blow to four-in- hand. The result of these years of study is summed up In one sentence l believe the horse to be part maniac and part idiot. Every horse at some time in his life develops into a homi- cidal maniac. l believe any man who trusts himself or his family to the power of a horse stronger than him self to be lacking in common sense and wholly devoid of ordinary pru- per's Weekly. I have driven one com monplace horse every other day for six years over the same road, and then had him go crazy and try to kill him. self and me because a leaf fluttered down in front of him. l have known scores of horses, apparently trust worthy, apparently creatures of rou- tine, go wild and insane over equally regular and recurring phenomena. No amount of observation can tell when the brute will break out. One mare took two generations of children to school over the same quiet road, and then in her nineteenth year went crazy because rooster crowed alongside the road. She killed two of the children. If anyone can tell me of one good req son why man should trust a horse should be glad to know.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

A couple of years ago 137 million aire who are citizens of New York City were unofficially named and the approximate accuracy of the list was never questioned. Many of these were multimillionaires. The property which makes some of them millionaires Is largely taxed in real estate, but 1t would be an absurdly small estimate to say that the whole number given had an average of S1,OOO,OOO each in personal property, Yet the assessor this year Is able to call the roll of but eight New Workers who confess to as much as S1.OO0,OOO of personality, and these eight are taxed for only S15,5O0,- 600 altogether.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
Good Enough Reason.

Lillian Is not sure that she loves Walter. Sometimes she thinks she does and at other times she's con yinced she doesn't"
 And yet she is going to marry fim?"
 "Oh, yes-that's all settled"
 But if she isn't sure sine loves him why doesn't she break the engage ment?
 Because she's 27."-Kansas City Journal.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
Mixing His Metaphors.

A warrior. who Is also politician. has recently been welcomed home with effusion. In one of the speeches the case was put in a nutshell. We re- joice," said the chairman. ito see the old war horse back again in the sad dle, ready once more to help us guide the ship of stater
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

All of the literary men who have re- gently been appointed United States consuls expect to have new DOCKS ready for the Christmas trade next fall. They will probably stay up at night to do their writing.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Immigrants from sunny Italy, who "congest" themselves in northern cities during the winter season, do so In total disregard of the advice of their sin cere friend and well wisher, lmmigra- tion Commissioner Sargent.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Since the retirement of Poet Ware as Pension Commissioner the words .-God hates liar" have disappeared from where they were painted on the wall above the Commissioners desk. This, however. does not alter the fact.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

A comedian in one of the new the stricaI productions broke his arm while endeavoring to make his part mirth- provoking. Stage humor is no longer subtle
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Dr. Chadwick proposes to resume the practice of his profession. We are glad to report that his wife will not resume the practice of hers-at least not now.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
Also Mentioned.

"You say you were once mentioned as presidential possibility"
 Yes" answered the melancholy wag. When was little boy l was told that If was good might grow up to be President. Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

If music as curative agent comes into general use, will the effects of an overdose of classical strains be mool' fled by the careful exhibition of rag time?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Astronomers are uncertain whether the planet Mercury rotates in 24 hours or Ss days. Apparently there continue to be some things that are more exact than astronomy.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The excavation In the fund appro. priated to pay the salaries of the Pan anna Canal Commissioners is said to be going on industriously.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
Expected.

Landlady-The coffee. I am sorry to say. is exhausted, Mir. Smith.
 MT. Smith-Ah, yes, poor thing, was expecting that. I've noticed that for some time it hasn't been strong.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

Rev. Dr. Heber Newton insists that some men possess halos. We fear the doctor has failed to distinguish be- tween balos and hallucina tions.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

California's prune crop this year will amount to 15OOO0,000 pounds. The probabilities are that this Is going to be bad year for people who board.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

On the whole 1t would seem the Japs are getting on pretty well, con, sidering Richard Harding Davis Is mad at them.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The suggestion that the growth of New York's 400 to 800 is due to nat ural increase will be secuted as ab. surd
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
Her Schooling.

Slim-I wonder how Miss Songster learned to reach such high notes.
 Jim-From talking through her hat, Free Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

IL Is better to do one thing well than a lot of things badly.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

When man makes one mistake, he usually follows 1t up with three or four before he recovers his balance.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

There is one thing we have remark ed about very swell young man: he wears his overcoat very long or very short.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

It Is perfectly natural that there should be a general kick about the rise in the price of shoes.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

The older man gets the more con- tent he is to let the world wag as ii has to.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16
A WOnan'S Way

0 ACK WETMORE ruefully check all ed the long line of figures before
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-16

PUBLISHED WEEKLY
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
DIES MONIES ALARMED
JUDGE CLEMENTS SALVATION
ARMY BARRACKS DEcle.
ION THE CAUSE.

Dcs Molnes, Aug. 12.--A decision
rendered by Judge Clements in the
district court at OskalooBa. holding
that Salvation Army barrack IS a
church and that saloons cannot be op.
Grated within three hundred feet or
II legally has created q stir among
saloon men In Des MOines, and II
held by the supreme court 10 BIO good
law, will result In the closing OF at
least geyen saloons in Des Molnes.
Dix Of these are on the west side
and one on the east side.
There are two Salvation Army bar
racks In Deg Moines, one In the Red.
head building at Fourth and Locust
and one on East Fifth street, just
south OF Grand.
Within 300 feet OF the West side
barracks are six saloons. These are
the Dennls Rally bar in the Slavery
mouse; the James Hood bar in the
Observatory building; an Anheuser-
Busch bar at third and Locust, the
Castle on the Nile on West Third,
the Virgil Foster brr at 800 Walnut
street and the y. w. Parker bar ad.
joining II at the corner OF West Third
and Walnut. On the east side there
~ but one saloon, SeiDp Brewing
Co. bar al Fifth ana Grand that 10
certainly within 800 feet Of the bar
racle ON that side.
The Rally and nood Dars are rated
with the first half dozen bars in the
city In richness Of furnishings, bust.
ness done, etc.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
PECULIAR WRECK.
Collision Causes Much Damage at Nc.
Greaor.

McGregor, Ia, Aug. ia south
bound freight on the Milwaukee
crashed into another freight here,
wrecking three cabooses and two cars
loaded with timbers. no one was in
the cabooses, as the train was on a
srandstlll for loading, which was for.
tunate. The rear caboose was smash
ed to kindling wood, engine $40 hay
ing gone half way through it, com
pleteIy Kidding it's smokestack. The
wreckage was hurled against Free
mans saloon building, doing, consider.
able damage to the same, as cars
were thrown from their trucks and
heaped in a pile against the rear OF
the building. An outsned was com.
pletely demolished by heavy timbers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
SERIOUS CHARGE.
Phillip Wren, Of Jefferson TownshIp
81, Held For Assault.

Phillip Wren, OF Jefferson township,
was arrested yesterday by Constable
Andrews on a warrant charging MIN
with assault with intent to kill p. A.
Westron on the 7th OF August. The
man was held for preliminary hear
ing.
Westron charges that ne attempted
to reopen an old difficulty in a settle
ment with Mr.Wren on that day while
the latter was working in hay field,
and that the man seized a pitchforlS
and attempted TO use II on him, jab.
bfng at him. He asserts that Wren
also broke the pitchfork over bis
shoulder.
Mr.. Wren is an old gentleman and
a successful farmer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
o. n. Hare, Dentist, room 10,
Evans block, home Phone 400.
OPPOSED TO PARDON.
Attorney Woodson Pleads to Give
Murderer Smith His Dues.

Des Moineg, Aug. 12.-George II.
Woodson, Of oskaloosa, presented the
Joseph q. Smith case to Governor
Cummins yesterday, opposing the ap-
pllcation for Communication OF sentence
from death to life imprisonment. He
suggested to the governor that ne se-
cure the testimony Of two colored
ministers at Buxton with respect to
the crime which Smith committed. tne
murder Of his .benefactress, MrE. Rob.
ert Kennedy. This viii be done
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17

nAine ~ The glaAhloutA fisDes
saturday oluhe
NNxi % the Herald, The paper
which has unlllsed on ulhtf rentsm
poFaflen. IA the saturday tlluba, pnh.
llahed aud well edited by shochiey
ilrw a cook The pappf wee estAlD.
llshcd ~ AlonEe sherman, N 1881.
and calMd The Telephone. II was
lirtt lesued ne a four column folio ANA
shortly afterwards enlarged 70 double
that slse. In 1889 II was sold 90 q
w. jarnnHln who continued ila pub.
lleation for two years and won fair
degree " prosperity and recognitlon.
In May. 1854, .. w johnson bought
The Tolephone ONCE and formed a
partnership with a. w and n. "A.
shockley. Tho firm was known We
Johnson and shockiey Bros. The
paper &c CIV rapidly In public favor.
July /, 1894, Mr.. Johnson sold hIs IN.
terests, 60 |. w. Cook, changing the
name az the firm TO shockley Bros. n
Cook. The Globe ONCE IN we'll equip.
ped with modern machinery and its
management Is along the lines OF ad.
yanced thought and methods. In ad-
dItlon TO the representative weekly
there Is issued from the office each
month The Iowa Sunday School Help.
err The Christian Endeayor News,
The Congregational Iowa and Penn
Chronicle.
New Sharon star.
The FIRST issue OF the Star appeared
Jan. %, 1873. Its office was on tho
second floor OF the II. T. Wright build
ing at the northwest corner Of Main
and Market streets. The building is
now owned by George w. Way. II. J..
Vail was It's editor and publisher. The
paper was a success from the first.
In 1876 Mr.. Vail erected a half block
north of the first office the comfort
able twostory building 20xs0 feet,
which has since been the home OF the
Star. April j, 1885, Mr.. Vail sold the
paper and its belongings TO his broth
er, David Vail, who was It's editor un-
I'll Jan. /, 1897, when Ross A. Nichol-
son became the owner of the proper
ty. On Aug. ], 1900, II. J. vail again
came into possession Of the paper and
IL still at the helm. The Star has al
ways been good property and its value
has increased with the growth and
prosperity OF the territory which 1t
covers. Mr.. Vail has always been n
clear and vigorous writer. a paper Is
what the editor makes 1t, and the
New Sharon Star has won credit
able place in the journalistic field.
The Fremont Gazette.
The Fremont Gazette Is now in its
fifteenht year OF publication. After
the usual years OF battling for an ex-
istence 1t is now under the manage
ment OF A. p. Norton, who purchased
the paper in July, 1902, and has put
the plant on a paying basis. 1t is
much appreciated by the community
which he serves. The paper was
founded by Sam Sherman, who has a
record of establishing twelve different
papers in Iowa. In its existence II
mas had as editor Horace Greeley, a
namesake Of the great Journalist, and
Charles Pearson, who is now the edi-
tor of The Sucker state, at Moham'
met, Illinois.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
is A GOOD SHOT.
The oovsinor Makes Record IN
Opening Rife Range.

Des Moines. Aug. l2r-uovernor
cummins opened the new rife range
aefe and made a record, qualifying
as a sharpshooter. His record was
twenty out OF a possible twenty-five.
His frat round cf Ave shots was per.
feet score His full record was 5. 4, .,
A.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17

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hnh NYeBluH HrtclhFlet
M0at snecessfui III Iowa lseFe 10
stay. 81 ypAfa' experience Ktea vn
great Wholesale building Kye med.
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the poor Friday fufenoona nflnN
lettpr from doctor or pastor ~
church
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17

Attorney atlsw

over pixies drug store,
once phone sac. res. i7Ss black.
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17

t'tHO tell the story that the world of today
viii be the better for lts reoltal,rD
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
J. r. Il W. K. LACEY,
Attorneys.at-Law

ONCE over l07 High Avenue West,
OskalOoeh, Iowa. Prompt attention
given TO collections. Probate bust.
ness will receive careful attention.
Business attended to In the u. n and
State Courts. 23
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17

Saturday was a busy day In the
city again in spite Of the fact that the
country folks are all busy with their
farm work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-17
r L BARNES
physician and surgeon.
LEROY Z. coRLETT
L.awyer--Notary Public.

once northwest corner sauare.
over oskaioosa Dry Goods Co. Homo
phone 90. oskaloosa, Iowa. 31y1