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be pardoned for sharing his pessimistic view of
things. For, whatever the reason, whatever
the source there denying that spirit of cynical
hardness of heart has been abroad in the world
during the last two decades, a spirit manifestly,
and explicitly, unChristian; and this spirit has
not on been reflected in the literature of the time,
but perhaps even it has emanated from two writers
who certainly have welded a marked influence:
the German philosopher Nietzsche on one side, and
Omar Khayyam on another-one sCornfuly rending
the Christian doctrine of pity, in the gOrtCatiOn
of irnperious physical force and the other sapping
a serious interest in life by atheistic gospel of
passing pleasure. Nietzsche's scourge, and Onars
roses! They may seem very different things; yet
both have been doing the same work of moral and
spiritual disintegration, both have hardened the
heart of man. One stanza of Omar khayyam has
done more to shake mans belief in his spiritual
destiny than all Ingersolls lectures put together
Robbed, or apparently robbed, of that, the world
for a time seems to have lost the sense of moral
obligation IT, after all, there is final account
ing for the deeds done in the body" such
the conscience of man has mysteriously limited
from the beginning, if we really the beasts
that perish, and actions of more lasting
signifcance-what matter how we live so that we
do live wildly and VoraciOusly as possible the
brief span allotted to us? Such spirit has GER
tainly been abroad in the world of late a spirit
of qui Peut in universal defeat of the dreams
of man, spirit of panic selishly bent clutching
what personal safety and satisfaction are to be
had in the general debacle, heartessly Indifferent
to the needs of Others
x
This is the explanation of the feverish desire for
wealth which seems to be the only motive ambition
in the hearts of the younger generation. The one
thought of the time seems how soonest to attain
physical luxury, and of course the one way is
money. Never has the philosophy of gather We
roses while We may" taken strong hold upon
the world. Not SO many years ago youth in
splred with many generous auroral dream; but
nowadays its one dream seems to be: How soon
can | afford smart automobile? And indeed the
automobile is no little symbolic of that hard and
cynical spirit of the times of which am speaking.
Compare the faces of coachmen and the faces of
Chautfeurs, and you will understand what | mean.
Notice the kindly human look of the man who deals
with horses There is, to say, something human
iZing about horses) and notice the hard, cold,
cruel face of the man who drives the machine.
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tifully Walter Pater, in his spiritual romance,
"Marius the Epicurean," illustrates this awakening
that was thus coming upon humanity! The young
Marius, as one of the secretaries to the Emperor
Marcus Aurelius, had sat in the theater with his
master during the progress of the games, phil
osopher and disciple alike reluctantly present;
and Pater says: Those cruel amusements were
certainly the sin of blindness of deafness and stu
pidity, in the age of Marius and his light had
failed him regarding it. Yes! what was wanting
the heart that would make it impossible to
witness all this; and the future would be with the
forces that could beget heart like that"
Those forces, as we know, were already at work.
and that future has been with them; nor need We
perhaps take too seriously the recent reaction or
the literature founded upon it After all, man is
emotional, even sentimental, animal, and his
cynical moods are of no long duration. At heart
he is dreamer, and a lover and something of a
poet; and literature that fails to respond to his
emotional and imaginative needs long survive.
Cynicism may produce narrow masterpieces for the
appreciation of the cynical connoisseur of such things;
but no really vital work can be done in literature
or any other art without deep feeling. Emotion is
the basis of all great art, and pity is the sign
of the masters.
By thine own tears thy songs must tears beget,
and the writers, great small who have made the
deepest impression, and longest kept living place
upon the book-shelves of the world are those most
things" that wistfu pathos which strangely
haunts all the actions of men and women and is no
less present in their joy than in their sorrowthe
pathos of being alive at all, alive in world where
every experience is mysterious seemingly charged
with some unknown immortal meaning
Balzac and Charles Lamb are alike immortal by
their deep sense of this poignant quality in all that
pertains to human beings. To them nothing is
insignificant which has once felt the warm touch
of a human hand, set beating human heart.
Bazac's canvas is vast, Lambs mbnail;
vet Lambs collectors bric-a- brac and CoCkney
recollectons become no less universalized than
Balzac's imposing material, by virtue of that
mmortalizing humanity which animated the work
of both as it has animated the work of all lasting
writers whatsoever.
Humanity! We have come to use the word with
an implicit understanding that the inner meaning
of it is pity. To have humanity is to have that
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theme, Books that have made me cry
l am ignorant of the results of the symposium
what books were most generally selected
the tear-compellers but l think may safely
hazard guess that among them there would
be few written in the last fifteen or twenty years.
for the tear has been out of fashion in literature
for quite that long, and blood has taken its place
Emotion and sentiment have been banished by
cynicsm and brutality and for the most part
writer's have been ashamed of showing
their feelings-granted they have any-as some
young English officer of Dragons In fact lack of
feeling has been the smart note in literature and
such qualities pity and tenderness, when they
have occurred, have seemed pathetically old
fashioned.
The rough-rider has had his literary counterpart
in the rough-writer. Now the rough-rider is all
very well; but the rough-writer is-not we'll
The rough-rider is a spirited picturesque reality
The rough writer however is mainly affectation
His bloodthirstiness is pose and his hardness of
heart artificial his courage The blood in
which he makes believe to dip his pen is merely
red ink, after all. Left to themselves writers as
a class are peaceabe beings, of kindly instincts
and with strain of poetry in the humblest of them
that makes for the gentler ideals of humanity
Yet of course while some of them pursue the course
of their tenperaments uninfuenced by the
passing moods of the time, occupied only with the
lasting verites of human life others are sensitive
to the nomentary fashion of thought and feeling
and write less what they think feel themselves
than, to say, in a barometric capacity. From
them we learn nothing of permanent Importance
But they tell us how the wind blows, and keep us
advised to the human weather
Now, for some twenty years the human weather
has been inClement for anything in the nature of
a lofty gentle ideal 1t has been impossible to
obtain a hearing for any causes except those with
force or expediency to back them. Causes involving
moral spiritual issues such as would have set
fathers hearts fire have found us cynically
Indifferent. The world has coldly looked on at
the tortures of Armenia at the suppression of
Finland, at the destruction of the Boer republics,
at the rnassacres of Jews and worIing-men in
Russia When such as Lincoln and Gladstone
in the world such happenings would have
created irresistible of universal indignation.
But now
The dreams that fathers to-day are laughter
and dust
And nothing all in the world left for a trust
Let us hope more, or dream, prophesy, pray;
For the iron world less will crash its iron wav;
And nothing is left but to watch with helpless ptying
The kind old for world kind old fashions
die.
So wrote certain poet in a mood of disillusion
and looking back the last few years one might
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The spirit of the machine seems to have
passed into him, relentless and arrogant, the
pride of power and speed.
1t really is not too fanciful to say that there
is something distinctively pagan about the auto
mobile, something that suggests Roman en-
perors and gadiatorial shows, and all that marble,
unfeeling world which was to dissolve so mir
aculously beneath no more violent influence
than the tears of the Nazarene 1t was because
Jesus wept" that the stern Empire of the
Caesars passed away. Pity had been born into
the world, and before its vernal breath the ice
melted from the hearts of men. How beau
tifully Walter Pater, in his spiritual romance,
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lgs to the ages now

lovingly, a the face of his beloved
chief:
He belongs to the ages now
There came to me only recently.
while out in Indiana, a most unexpect-
ed postscript, and a strange reminder
of the scenes of that night. Tt was
early in the evening of the Saturday
previous to election, and I was closing
eight weeks of participation in the
campaign. I was on the Fairbanks
Special which had been touring In
diana and we were to wind up the
At Rushville, where mighty mass
had assembled. Fairbanks made a ten
minutes speech. and we passed on.
There came aboard our train there
a young lawyer from Chicago of the
name of Rathbone. He had been speak
ing at Rushville and was to leave the
train at Muncie to make another
speech there that night. On the way
from Rushville to Muncie l sat in
the same section with him and the
committee from Muncie, which had
gone to Rushville to meet US. was tell
ing him about the arrangements for
his meeting at Muncie. Something was
said about Abraham Lincoln. and he
casually made the. to me, most inter-
esting statement that he was the son
Of the Major Rathbone and the young
lady the niece of Senator Ira Harris
of New York. who were in the box
with the President and Mrs. Lincoln
a the time the foul shot was fired.
"A little later, when the committee
had drifted to another part of the car
and he and I We're in a measure alone
and could have a little private CONVEX
sation, I told him that his statement
of his parentage was intensely inter-
esting to me. and then 1 told him why
I told him of seeing his mother then
a girl. as she twice supported Mrs.
Lincoln down the hallway to the bed
of her dying husband"
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Miss Nellie Gaunt: At the zoo 1 liked
the monkey-house best.
Mrs Ellie Gaunt: Don't say mon
key-house." child; it sounds SO COM
mon. Please call it the tapiary''-
Cleveland Leader
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The children will be grieved to learn
that the wild man of Borneo," who
has been in the circus business for
so many years, is dead. He will be
buried in Missouri. near the old farm
on which he was Washington
Post.
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INCu are Thin and
Run Down, Have
Poor Appetite,
Sleep Poorly,
YOU NEED ROYAL MALT EXTRACT

This is an ideal liquid food and tonic.
1t is the life of the barley grain blend
ed with the juice of the hop blossom;
nutritive and restorative in its effect.
1t creates new blood, replaces the
waste tissues and Gains excited nerves.
One of the best of tonics for the
tropics. A few bottles viii convince.
1t possess the true ring Of merit. Just
try it
25 CENTS THE BOTTLE; $3.50 THE
DOZEN.
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lovingly. at the face of his beloved
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
MADE FINE RECORD.
Mr.. Mccord Had the Work of His Of
flee Up in Excellent Shape.

County Recorder McCord this morn,
Ing had his office in record shape to
deliver over to the oficer-elect. Ev'
cry instrument that had been filed for
record was down on the books and the
work of the Office could not have been
closer. The Office generally has ten
days to two weeks work behind at
this time, but not so this year. Mr..
McCord and his excellent deputy, Miss
Mabel Morris. have the work up to
the minute"
Several instruments were made OF
record today. They were filed for rec.
ord and the work was taken up imme-
diately and completed 10 that the Of
fee was "up clean" and ready for the
new officers.
Mr.. McCord has made another rec
ord in this Office that vii. be hard to
equal. During the rerm Of his ser.
vice he made the rule that all fees for
recording must be paid in advance,
and this rule has been lived up to al
most to the letter. Mr.. McCord has
lost only fifty cents on account OF
nonpayment of fees during the entire
time that he has served in the office.
This record is regarded as somewhat
unusual. il not remarkable.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
NOTED CROOKS CAUGHT
Men Wanted In Several Cities Ar
rested in Oskaloosa.

Oskaloosa police yesterday arrested
j. #. Clark and Eugene Sellers, two
men wanted at Waterloo for larceny
and forgery, and who, it is alleged,
have police records In other cities.
The men arrived in this city yester-
day and we're arrested by Ofhcer DON
nelly within an hour Of the time the
police were notified that they were
wanted in Waterloo. 1t was a clever
capture and quickly done.
The men were taken to Waterloo
this morning by the marshal Of that
city, who arrived here early this morn
ing after his prisoners.
Clark is said to be a notorious
crook and is badly wanted for for
gerry in Washington, d. c., where he is
known as Prescott, Preston. and other
names. 1t was under one Of these
aliases that the man registered at the
Hotel Arnold yesterday.
With the men was a woman who
claimed to be Clark's wife. She was
also held on suspicion, but was re-
leased as there was no charge against
her.
The local officers Immediately noti-
fed the detective department at
Washington of the capture of Clark,
or Preston.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
new INTERPRETATIONS.
Articles for IS Filed in Oskaloosa
During Past Year.

The corporation records Of the Of
fee of County Recorder L. i. McCord
shows the following business for the
past twelve months:
acknowledgements Company, Incor-
porated. Capital stock, $50.000.00.
Frankel State Bank. Amendment
to articles of incorporation, increasing
capital stock to $60,000.00.
Ideal Heating Company relncorpo-
rates, for a term of twenty years. Cap
ital, s25,000.O0.
Bethlehem Reformed church OF
Granville Incorporates.
P~entecostal Mission amends articles
Of incorporation.
Phelps Mortgage Company amends
articles.
oskaloosa Base Ball club incorpo-
rates.
Oskaloosa Glove and Mitten Compa.
ny Incorporates, with e. ]. Morris, S.
y. Hopes, f. A. Baughman and J,
H. Anderson as incorporators. CAPT,
tai stock, $12,000.00.
0lCNClohd INOOOb4lIhd 1NOlDOA uJbS0
Jednoto of Evans incorporate. The
corporation is a Slavish society de,
signed for the mental, moral and SO,
cial improvement Of its members.
Eclipse Mining and Milling Compa'
ny amends articles.
M. D. Gilchrist Company incorpoD
rates to do a hardware business. Cap
ital stock, 100000.
G. N. Dack Company incorporates tc
do a hardware business. Capital, $40,
10000.
Hanna Manufacturing Company
amends articles.
National Union Coal Company in
co~rporates. Capital, $25,000.00.
Mahaska County Construction Com
pany incorporates. Capital, $4,000.
American Coal Company renewE
corporation and amends articles.
w. H. Strause Manufacturing Com
pany Incorporates. Capital, $40, 900
Rosebrook Coal Company Incorpo
rates. Capital, $40, 000.vO.
Oskaloosa Land and Loan Company
Incorporates.
Cedar Township Cemetery Associa
ton incorporates.
Cricket Coal Company Incorporates
Capital, SIS, 100000.
Oskaloosa Manufacturing Company
incorporates. Capital, $50,000.00.
Oskaloosa Suspender Company in
corporates. Capital, 100000.
Wymore Cemetery Association in
~corporates.
e. D.Brewer Shoe Company amends
articles and changes name to Hawk
|eye Investment Company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
CO. F ARMORY
Soldier Boys viii Soon Have Ele-
gantly Improved Home.

Company F, Iowa National Guard,
will soon have one or the finest and
cosiest homes of any company in the
state. The Kalbach or "Armory hall
is being practically made over and a
suite of fine rooms built on the east
that add greatly to the comfort and
convenience Of the place. The armo-
ry is to be fitted up in fine shape. A
new billiard table will be purchased
and placed in the large of the
new suite. The other rooms will be
utilized as parlor and reading rooms
The orchestra, which plays an import
ant part in Armory affairs, has been
given a new station in a sort of a re-
cess that was made possible with the
building of the new parts of the hall.
And considerable space is acquired
by the removal of the old stage or
platform.
Company F, some months ago, as,
pired to an armory building, but a
careful survey of the existing condl,
lions and the presence Of a number OF
other enterprises in the city that
would require attention before the
armory project could hope to be made
a success, made the plans impossible
at the present time. The company
therefore contracted for the improv
ing of the old armory and entered in
to a lease Of the place for a stated
period. The boys have made the
place a pleasant home which will fur
nish the company members something
other than continual work. The Os
kaloosa company has now the reputa
ton of being one of the best in tht
entire state and the boys intend Il
maintain this reputation. They ar
accomplishing much with the com
pany when they make their armory
home for the company members In
stead of having merely a place to dril
and keep the company equipment
The possession of a home like this,
place where the boys may meet da!
and night, puts new life and interes
into the company work.
The hall itself has now become cas-
lily the best place for large entertain
ments afforded in the city and it will
continue to be so until the building
of a large auditorium or the perma
nent armory which the company still
hopes to possess some time in the N
ture.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR.
Whistles Give Vent to Pleasure Over
Arrival of the Stranger.

The new year, 1905, arrived at mid
night, Saturday, just as expected. He
was Johnny on the spot" and kept
no one waiting with delays. The
stroke of twelve had Just started from
the town clock when TIE arrival or
the youngster was announced by the
blowing of the whistle of the power
house of the Oskaloosa Traction and
Light company. The announcement
was taken up by other whistles aad
the news was carried rar and wide.
The one thing generally missed by
Oskaloosa was the ringing of the an
nouncement by the Episcopal chime
bells. This is a pretty way Of an
nouncing' the new years arrival, and
many about town looked for it.
Sunday, the first day of the year,
was unusually quiet. The day was
exceedingly unpleasant on account Of
the softness of the weather. Roads
were impossible almost, crossings
were slushy and the melting snow ran
off in rivers through cutters and
street sides. A cold wave was an
nounced on the way in the Afternoon
and the news was we.comed generally.
Monday has been treated largely as
a holiday by numerous places Of the
city, but there is activity in other d.
rections. The banks were closed for
the day. The city schools opened
and went to work with renewed en-
ergy for the winter term. The day
marked the inauguration of the new
county officials and business gener-
ally started off on the right foot for
the race of the new year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Former Oskaloosa Man Meets Death
in the South.

Frank C. Brown, a former resident
of Oskaloosa, was accidentally shot
and killed near his home at Tecum-
sch, Nebr., Tuesday Of last week. The
remains were brought to this city and
inferred Sunday in the Old cemetery.
The unfortunate man was out hunt
ing and had been successful in his
sport. He was about TO { home
and stood his gun against the buggy
while ne unhitched. The horses
started suddenly and the gun was
thrown to the ground and both bar
rels discharged. The contents of
both struck the nan full in the face.
The mouth and his right cheek were
carried away. Death was instantane-
Gus.
Frank Brown was the son OF john
H. Brown, of COL Eighth avenue west.
He will be remembered by many for
mer friends and acquaintance in Os-
kaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
nine PEOPLE ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
FATHER, MOTHER AND SEVEN
CHILDREN DIE IN HOME.
THE KATY EIIER WRECKED
Big Boulder Rolls Down From Bluff
Across the Track and Causes
Accident-The Naphtha
Barge Disaster.

Elmira, N. Y, Jan. b. Frank N
Noweski, his wife and seven children
were burned to death this morning in
a fire which destroyed their home al
Morris Run, Pa. The Oldest son, aged
is. escaped. The Noweskis lived in
a log house on the outskirts of Morris
Run. There were no immediate
neighbors. Last night the family re
tired as usual. Early today the Oldest
son was awakened by the smell Of
smoke. The room in which he was
sleeping was on fire and it was with
the greatest difficulty that ne made
his escape from the house.
Katy Flyer Wrecked.
Sedalia, Mo-, jar. 3.-The south
bound Missouri. Kansas G. Texas flyer
was wrecked near Franklin, Howard
county, early this morning. The en-
CINE. baggage car and three coaches
were ditched. A huge boulder from
the bluff which had rolled down or
the track caused the wreck. Five
were injured.
The wrecked train is No. 5, which
left st. Louis at 1882 last night fol
Galveston and San Antonio. 1t con
tanned several ~sleepers.
Naphtha Barge Disaster.
Hamilton. Bermuda, Jan. 3.-The Dan
ish steamer Callia, from Hamburg De-
cember s for Savannah, has arrived here
with the survivors of the crew of the
Norwegian bark Marpesia, Capt. Jen-
sen, from New York, December 9, for
Cette. The Marpesia was blown up at
sea by the explosion of her cargo OF
naptha, and II of her crew were killed.
Seven of the crew, who were saved,
laRded here. The Marpesia carried out
OF the port of New York AIS. 1000 gallons
OF naphtha, valued at S44,650. Her
agents In New York were Benham &c
Boysen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-05
JERUSALEM, MY HAPPY HOME"
Old Song Comes With Peculiar EN-
phasis to an OskaIoosa Patriarch.

Joseph Handler and wife, who have
been prominent among the Jews OF
Oskaloosa for the last eight years,
left last evening for Jaffa, a Je-
rusalem, where they are to spend the
closing days of their lives. A COM
pany of fully fifty friends and rela-
tives assembled at the 20" station
to say farewell.
The old gentleman ana his wife
came to Oskaloosa eight years ago
from Russia, which country had
been their home. They have been
happy among their children in this
city, but a longing for the home OF
their forefathers was strong. Lille
in the sunny climate of Palestine
was preferable in their old age to a
home amid their children in this
country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handler have eight
sons and two daughters in Oskaloo.
sa and forty grandchildren make
their homes in this city. The chill.
dren are prosperous peddlers and
the family is one Of the most re
spected among the Jews of Oskaloo.
sa.
~The-
city are John, j. e., S., Max j., Geo.
Barney and Rev. W. Handler. The
daughters are Mrs. B. Wetsman and
Mrs. Max Rothschild.
Mr.. Handler is quite patriarchial
in bearing and looks but is still far
from decline, although his years
number ~sixty-seven. The family
has no fears for his health during
the exhausting trip. The mother o.
the family and his companion is
ffty-seven years Of age and has ne
| fears for the journey to the home o.
her fathers. @~ia~