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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12
A DMINIsTRAToRls NOTICE.

Ia NOUlce is hereby given TO all
persons interested, that on the 9th day
of January, A. D., 1905, the under
signed was appointed by the district
court of Mahaska county, Iowa, ad-
ministrator of the estate of Isaac
Whitney, deceased, late of said
Mahaska county, Iowa. All per-
sons indebted to said estate will
make payment to the undersigned,
and those having claims against the
same win present them legally
authenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated January, 9, 1905.
HENRY ID. LANE, Administrator.
CLIFF b. WEST, Clerk. PAWS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12
TWO MEN KILLED.
And Another Injured BY the Explos.
ion of An Erie Locomotive.

Creston, Ohio, Jan. 11.-Engineer
Fred Keller and Fireman Charles
Shelrick killed and another fire.
man seriously injured by the explos-
ion Of the boiler of a big Erie locomo-
tive early this morning.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12
DRS BARNES & WILLIAMS
Physicians and Surgeons.

Office Hours-11 to IL a. m. and 1
to 4 and z to s p. m. Office phone,
451. Barnes residence, 1856. Williams
residence, 2 on 451.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12

,te time and money in the
ID of treating this annoying
i a. practical and scientific
9 Noises is demonstrated
are almost always found
Idle ear. The eustachean
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12

Parties wishing hay pressed, call OF
N. M. Pratt, phone 903 Black. 21wi
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-12

Tuesday was the coolest day o
the a
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but, nothing daunted, they have conquered
the severity Of their surrounding conditions
and have become clever In splicing the
bones OF Arctic animals to form the frame
work of their canoes their summer houses.
and for other purposes. They have like
wise attained great skill in sewing together
skins Of animals to cover this framework.
The small boats, or kaiaks, which they
use for hunting are very cleverly made
and handled by these people. They are
decked over all except small hole in which
the hunter sits and where the boat covering
can be made to At tightly to his body. 1t
is said that in consequence Of this an Eskimo
can turn his kaiak completely over in the
water and right 1t again.
For travelling and moving from village
to village large boat made OF the same
materials Is used. This IA not decked over,
and Is called an oomIak. Boats Of this
general style, but differing somewhat in
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Strange Disease Of the Eyes.
From the London Daily Mail

A somewhat remarkable eye disease is at
present prevalent In several parts Of British
Central Africa, northeastern Rhodesa and in
Portuguese Zambesia. AT first 1t was notice.
able In cattle. sheep and goats, and only re-
Gently was it found to have attacked the
natives.
The disease Is at present raging from Port
Herald, q British station on the Zambesi.
right on toward Tete. distance Of over two
hundred miles. and at this latter place 1t Is
reported to be quite an epidemic.
MIR. William Arnott. q traveller. who re-
Gently returned from Tete. states that he
observed hundreds who were suffering from
the disease. and large number were totally
blind. One OF the sights OF Tete on Sun
day morning IL tho long lines OF blind people
who enter the town to beg. each string being
led by a little boy or girl.
At first a white spot Is observed on the
eyebaii. and this in short space OF time
becomes highly Infamed; The eye then dis
charges a white, milky fluid. and the whole
OF the eye becomes covered with white
Aim. This is the critical stage of the malady,
and II the disease Is very severe the eball
bursts. thus destroying the sight entirely.
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fortified against the attacks Of such germs.
and that consequently, on their arrival IN
this city, where the air is full Of microbes,
they were not able to resist the attack OF
the bacillus, and so soon succumbed. The
bodies were examined by physicians, and II
was found that many Of their vital organs
were affected 10 an extent much greater than
Is usually found among residents OF this
region suffering from consumption.
When the explorers ship reaches the
Eskimo village the inhabitants will come
padding out among the Ice foes to greet
him. They will come in frail little ksiaks,
made by stretching the skins Of Arctic
animals over light framework made OF
bones dashed together.
In this northern country there are no
trees nor plants, and SO the people cannot
be vegetarians, but must depend solely
on meat. So it is also, that they have 10
wood out of which to make their boats,
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DEDHAMs FOURTH OF JULY BEA r. HUNT

without securing any game.
church, was allied With birdshot, which fact
led to the discovery that q tall ladder was
leaning sxainst the caves. where It had been
left BY the carpenters, who bad shingied
the roof A minute later the bell was sound.
ing q fro alarm and farmers from milee
around were coming in, all anxious to help
In putting out the fire.
By the time explanations had been made
and dawn had arrived the surviving do4s
we're barking In the East Bucksport woods
BY the sae f Long Pond Msxng nothing
Joined the chase. which was leading over
Blacks Mountain and toward Bucksport
Centre.
The next scene opens In the church at
1880 o'clock n the forenoon OF July I, when
met to listen to the reading Of the Declare
tion Of Independence and eat pink ice cream
from some rare old china saucers which
had been heirlooms In the Gilmore family
for moro than century.
and the clerk had read Jenerson's master.
piece the sexton reached for the rope to
ring The bell forty-fve umes-once for
every State in the Union; It was then
found that to facilitate ringing the fire alarm
on tho roof had pulled the rope ont of the
belfry, recurring the sexton to take trip
UP the stairs to set things right.
As soon as the key had been turned IN
the lock the door few out and black ball
Of fur that growled and scratched rolled
down the stairs, hit the floor, extended
Jour stubby black legs and fed across tho
road to the woods. The rest o the Gay
was spent in untane ling the mystery
parted when they reached tho churth,
one climbing the ladder for safety and
entering the belfry, while the other kept
on down the stream, followed by the dog.
Later, when the men climbed to the roof
and started to ring the fire alarm. the bear
grew scared and retreated Gown the stairs
until 1t was stopped by the locked door,
remaining In stupor from fright until
released by the sexton.
aThe wnst of it all H." said Withee, the
stag driver, -there want gun or an ounce
Of powder In the hull villag " EN- that bar
and skedaddlec through the hg doors.
'S.long q live III never 60 to church ag In
without . gun"
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And spokeley looks like he's scared

And Spokeley looks like he's scared
with so much prosperity coming to him.
That. a big job he has, to turn out hun
dred bottles apiece for US. He makes a
break for biz labbytory and locks himself
In and amt seen till next morning, when
we're hammering on the door for him to
bring on them bottles
.'Just waitl amt ready yeti says
Spokeley,
AN day he il in his labbytory. and the
meals Is sent up to him,
Just watt be says the next day.
But tho landlady shows signs she won't
wait for us. making US take two to a room
so shell have three rooms to rent, and
then three to the room, because we're not
paying. II Spokeley don't hurry up with
the goods. it'll be seven to one ballroom
and then the stoop for the lot of us.
.'Just watt walls Spokeey. and he's
climbing away at glasses and jilnmyjohns
all day long.
And by every mail letters ia coming
in from people who've heard Of the wonder
full formula, because the address was on the
labels, and from them orders alone we
could place hundred bottles.
Just waltz implores Spokeley. But
him, saying II he amt got o hundred apiece
for US. give us what he has got and hire q
boy to help him
-Spokeley amt got even one bottle!
-'Ara you flying in the face OF Provvy-
denceT we dem 1nds of him.
-'N you'll only wait Spokeley cries,
piteous. It was all along Of hearing them
graft stories of easy money Of yourn. There
was some chemicals in my formula was
too expensive, 30 tried others. mixing up
cheaper
-'Then mix it up again. we cries, aud
the postman is whistling outside, passing
letters with orders in them through the
bars Of the dining room window. like he
was feeding monkeys.
"'Spokeley,' we say, you have taught US
big moral truths, which IL honesty pays, so
come up with them marvellous goods OF
tourn.'
mixed something cheaper, walls Spoke
lev. and didn't care did the mixture spoil
everything it touches, 50 long as you might
sell few bottles Of it.
s'Oh, my, and shame on you,' We say.
very much borrifed at him. Don't you
know that big moral truths pays besti'
.Spokeley groans: And what the for
mu,s was didn't notice at the time, except
that 1t was cheap, and amt got the slight
est recollection Of It,
.That night the seven Of US was scattered
to the parks Of the city. We're still waiting
for spoksley and trying to make out in the
meantime, and he's give up work to be shut
up In his labbytory. but It's come year now
and ne amt yet come across bis lost pre-
aeription.s
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DEpHAM, Me-. July lS.-In order to under
stand what took place In Dedham on July
1 and the preceding night one must DO
40 1uainted With the geography OF the
town.
Tho village is strung out on either side
of Aamoosuo stream for half mile, begin
ming In scattering houses UP toward Phillips
Lake and growing thicker and wider until
the dam across the stream IL reached.
There the stores. tannery, mills and resi-
dences are clustered In pocket among
the hills.
Two miles up stream Is large woodlot
whore men have been at work for several
weeks peeling hemlook bark for the tan
merry. Having received their pay on the
Saturday before the Fourth, tho bark
peelers cent an agent to Bangor to buy
material for tho celebration.
The crew worked hard al day Monday,
and after dark about twenty Of tho men and
boys loaded four bateaux with the needful
Foods and hoated down stream with the
current, intending to arrive In tho village
about midnight and wake up the town.
In addition to guns and hreora ,kers. tho
boats held skyrookets and other fireworks,
a. we'll a. lanterns for showing toe way
along the tortuous stream.
When they were passing Linus Ponds
sheep pasture mile out from the village
the lantern light revealed two bears near
the shore, eating an early Fourth Of July
luncheon from q lamb, which they had
killed. The real story begins at this spot.
After wading and swimming ashore
and carrying guns and revolvers In their
teeth or on their backs to avoid wetting
the powder, a dozen men and boys chased
the bears through the woods with lanterns
and much noise. As they drew near the
village the sleeping residents were aroused
and forced TO join the chase.
Boys were sent all along the roads to
collect dogs and put them on the tracka OF
the fleeing bears, which we're following
down the stream and swimming from bank
to bank az those who followed drew dan
gerously near, Before reaching the tan
merry two Of the dogs had boon shot for
bears. and half the powder bid been burned
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DOG SzEDGE ON THE MARcH5

dstaN. arc found along tho eptire Arctic
ooast Of America, and oven on tho Siberian
aide. where the Eskimos have colonized
w,thin comparatively recent times.
These boats will not interest Lieut.. Peary,
for In his dash for the Pole he will travel
IN the ice cap and northward over the Ice
from northern Greenland. For TINS pur'
pose he will organize among these VII.
lagos a party which will travel by means OF
dogs and slsdges.
This means Of travel II employed by the
natives OF all that part Of North America
whore the snow lasts long time. In ths
south the Indian uses the toboggan. but
the Eskimo usually uses a sledge. ~nion
! Is practically the same. whether found IN
Greenland, Labrador, Alaska or Siberia.
The dogs are great husky follows and
require a largo amount Of food. This II
one OF the difficulties which Peary has to
enco,nter because he will be obliged to
transport with him meat for the dogs.
as we'll as food for himself and his Eskimo
assistants
To DO sure the Eskimo requires prao-
tically the Same kind OF meat as Is ca ten
by the dogs. Peary. Of course Is accustomed
10 such food as is found In the temperate
climates and must take some OF 1t with him.
but the Eskimos, having no plants IN thelr
country, are in the habit Of eating the nesh
Of the Arctic animals, many times the Same
animals which furnish material for their
boat covers. their summer houses and
even their garments.
1t seems especially fortunate that these
people, living In cold country, should
have so many sea mammals and oirds
that are fat, since, as 70 well known, oily
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foods help to keep mon warm. 30 oetore
leaving the village largo quantities OF seAl
and walr,is meat must b prepared Tor tne
Journey.
Dogs will be hitohed TO the sledges used
70 carry this food nd the outfit Of tho party,
which OF course, will include instruments
Tor scientific observations. The harnesses
for these dogs are made Of thongs out from
tho skins Of the animals previously Mon
toned.
In the making Of these harnesses tho
Esdmos Of this most northern village In
the world have become, perhaps. quite ~
expert as they are clever IN the making and
managing Of their boats. They make
toggles OF ivory and these serve a. DO the
buckles on our horse harnesses.
These Eshmos are Of an exceedingly
happy disposition. and when thoroughly
Interested may be prevailed upon to work
faithfully for their friends. Lieut.. Peary.
being an old acquaintance. having visited
their village many times and having lived
In It many months at q time, undoubtedly
has their confidence and has received their
assurance that they will assist him In bis
present attempt to reach the pole.
Mrs. Peary spent q season at this settle
ment, and here 1t was that her baby was
born.
These Eskimos are not at all inexperienced
In Arctic travel and 1t is this experience
Of which Peary takes advant age. Several
of their number have come from the main
land Of America, travelling across to Green
land along the shores by means OF dog
aledges, and crossing the open water
by means OF their small, skin covered
boats. but little stronger than canvas
canoes.
They do not travel much on the water at
this particular village. because 1t is easier
to go with gs and sledges than to push
In among tn, dangerous foes and chunks
Of Ice with frail kaiaks.
II the expedition is successful and the
Eskimos return home, their exploits with
the great white explorer will undoubtedly
add to the stock Of stories with which they
amuse themselves during the long winter
night Of their northlani home.
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Attic Eskimo village on tho western shore
sf Greenland, tho most northern human
settlement In the world, holds tho key to
Lieut.. Robert E. Peary's confidence that he
VIII sooner or later succeed In placing the
Stars and Stripes at the North Pole.
Like all experienced explorers, Mr.. Peary
Knows that 1t is dangerous to undertake
such q trip az that which led to the death
OF Ieonidas Hubbard in Labrador; that
the difficulties Of travel are greater for the
enderfoot than for the native. So he
~ always depended on the natives living
nearest to the Pole for assistance In his
endeavo to reach It.
In his present attempt he will make this
Eskimo village his starting point. Its in-
babitants, who will be his mainstay In his
NIP, are therefore Of particular interest.
The Eskimos OF this village are not
strangers to Lieut.. Peary, for they have as
sisted him on his former expeditions In
fact, when he returned from ono Of these
trips he brought with him to New York .
number OF them.
They were all photographed and studied
by scientists Of New York city. Plaster
life masks were made Of them by young
New York sculptor, and busts were made
from these masks for exhibition in the
scientific museums Of the world.
One Of these Eskimos still lives in
suburb OF New York. He is the little boy
Meme and has attended the public schools
with considerable success. When dressed
like New York boy, and this is his habitual
attire, he might pass almost unotserved
In a crowd Of school children.
All but one Of the five other Eskimos
who were brought from the extreme North
died in New York city. Within few days
after their arrival here they began to suffer
from influenza, which gradually developed
into consumption.
It Is not believed that the simple change
In climate from tho cold northland to tenn
perate New York would necessarily develop
tuberculosis. 1t Is supposed that the
microbe Of consumption does not infest
their village in the Arctic regions, that the
systems Of the Eskimos have not been
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The biggest willow In the State Is a. Norridgewock.
II measures twenty three feet In circumference
al the base and has a ponderous spreading top.
Its largest diameter Is little more than eight feet
The age OF the tree Is about 100 years. The tradi
tion Is that . man travelling from New Hampshire
on horseback stopped to give the horse water there
and stuck his whip. which was small willow twiG.
N the GROUND and forgot " take "
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-17
A Policy of Helplessness.

We are a pitifully weak people, IL
President Schurman of Cornell uni
versity is to be believed. Not that
we really want to annex San Domingo
and Venezuela, but 1--WE are approach
ing crisis that would seem to indi-
cate expansion to the south, whether
We wish 1t or not"
There was a time in the days of our
innocence and self-confidence when
the Monroe Doctrine was thought to
be bulwark of strength to the Unit
ed States. But today, as President
Schurman sees it, it needs buttressing
from the North to the South pole. The
Dominicans owe some money to Bel
gians and Germans. We must seize
the island to fill a parenthesis In
Monroe's message. The asphalt trust
holds claims against Castro's govern.
ment. Take over Venezuela and the
trust may be saved from a second
bankruptcy. Panama we have al
ready made out own, revolution ant
an.
1--WE have taken the first step,
President Schurman says, and HI
fears that we may yet land up IL
Canada-maybe in Patagonia. But !
is not for him to protest and urg'
caution. He is convinced that we ar
the victims of our own helplessness
But it aids his policy wonderfully tina
so many of the neighboring republic
are less able to resist our destiny
than we are ourselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-17
BAKER COUNTY IN swEATBox.
Federal Officials Are Looking Into
Possible Land Frauds.

That there is reason to believe that
Baker county entries under the timber
and stone act are passing through a
microscopic investigation at the hands
of certain federal officials has been
made manifest to a number of people
in these parts, but they are not shout
ing their knowledge from the house
tops or mixing 1t with beverages, says
the Baker City Herald.
Two months ago County Clerk
Combs was requested by officials at
Washington to furnish them with a
verified and certified list of all the
entries made and filed In this county
during the year 1903. The list was
furnished as requested and was found
to contain 167 names.
Beyond this request he was asked
to do nothing but since then several
men known to be connected with the
several departments involved in land
fraud Investigations have put In ap.
pearances here gone up to sumpteI
and out into the John Day country
thence to La Grande and then 4
Portland. Precaution to avoid pub
hcity Of their movements Is some
thing in which these specials ar
adept and there is little in their wax
to tell of their work.
Much of the business involved !
the formal acquisition of the grea
majority OF the claims located In Ba
ker county during the year 1908 wa
done before United States commits
sioners chiefly in Sumpter. II
said that a number of these con
sioners in the timber districts In Orr
gon have been called to Portland
hold converse with that man Heney
as he seems to be desirous OF asce
! tanning from them information
which they would naturally be po
sessed.
! Several well known cruisers WI
: have done an extensive business
the past in this part of the state ha'
recently made trips to Portland al
those who have returned are not Il
'' clined to talk of the matters whit
took them there, in fact, one of the
II was decidedly brusque to an old friel
d yesterday when asked to tell VIII
l. he had learned in Portland in rega
Ie to the land frauds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-17
IN A BAD WAY.

Many q Pendleton Reader VIII Feel
Grateful for This Information.
When your back gives out;
Becomes lame weak or aching;
When urinary troubles set In.
Your kidneys are "in bad way"
Here's local evidence to prove IL:
Mrs. q. W. Brown. who lives at the
corner of Turner and d. Streets.
says: 'T was unable to stoop without
suffering the most intense pain
across the small of my back and
through my kidneys. I got my first
boz Of Doan's Kidney Pills at the
Brock q McComas drug store. was
30 sore and lame that could not
stoop at the sink 10 wash. Doan's
Kidney Pills did away with the trou-
BILE. II ! did not honestly think that
Doan's Kidney Pills acted up to the
representations made by them
would not set my name TO an en-
dorsement ! know others who have
used Doan's Kidney Pills with the
same satisfaction"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
N. Y. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-17

A worthy Glasgow doctor while en-
joying a holiday In Arran took the op-
portunity along with friend to go
whiting fishing. During operations the
doctors sinker came off and was lost.
Here was a dilemma. No sinker, no
more fishing that day. Ha! Happy
thought! His flask. No sooner said
than done. The bottle was filed with
salt water, carefully corked and sent
down on its mission.
After a few minutes interval, "Ha,
quoth the doctor. "a bite" And up he
pulls at racing speed fine pair OF
whiting, one on each hook.
"Ha, doctor, twins this time" ex
claimed his companion.
"Yes," quoth the doctor, land
brought up on the bottle too."-Londor
| Globe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-17

To accommodate those who are
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for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors
prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm
Price including spraying tube is 75
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ties of the solid preparation. Cream
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membrane and does not dry up the
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