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they certainly would come mp when we
called them. and just certainly would
go back when we commanded. | believed
in them thoroughly in those days, and
want to go back 10 them with my faith
mistaken. Well. once more. goodbye"
He turned abruptly and passed cut into
the street Then he paused lrresolutely, as
II about to hail a carriage; then. buoyed
by his novel sense of freedom, determined
to walk to his residence, three or four
blocks away.
At the corner he was obliged to wait for
the passing OF some drays, and as he stood
there he became conscious of the presence
of a boy at his side. begging for coppe7s
The ordinary Mr.. Wharton never laughed
and in like manner il may be affirmed that
the ordinary Mr. Wharton never showed
consideration for heggars. But with the
passing of his business seemed to &c the
passing of certain traits OF his character
Or perhaps II was the influence of his
prospective sand hole and the doodle-bug
tenants that was descending upon him At
any rate he looked the boy over attentively.
''Is this the only work you can find 10
do? the banker at last asked graVely.
The boy trembled and seemed TO shrink
into a smaller compass than before. II pos
sible
TITS the very first time, sir! Indeed, In
deed. II isr' he cried inlploringly. Il was
awful hungry" There was a ring of truth
fulness In the voice. and the banker was
willing TO prolong the conversation. He was
no longer the business martinez. TO pre-
scribe by set rules, but had time TO look
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their dear-bought fame as models of indus
try and hilariously devote to sport or idle
ness all of their time except just enough in
each day to satisfy that days hunger. No
doubt this tale will shock and grieve a
large number of estimable people, but for
our own part II very considerably increases
such little affection as we previously had
therefore will we do our best to believe it.
There are some difficulties in the way Of
doing that Bees, despite their reputation
for intelligence, are evidently about the
stupidest things with wingS-merely AMI
mated acquisitiveness, indeed working as
hard as an American millionaire to pile up
wealth far beyond any possible needs, with
out single talent except to get get, get.
AS fighters, while brave enough, they are
unable to strike more than a single blow
against any of their more dangerous foes,
dying themselves as a result of 1t, while the
foes. after bowling with pain for q bit.
calm down and hunt more honey. 1t Is al
most incredible, therefore. that a creature
incapable of seeing the futility of work car
ried to an absurd extreme only for the
profit of human robbers should be able so
ure of winter to appear when expected.
Almost" is not quite" however, and we,
too. can believe what we want to believe.
So we will not question this story from
Australia-where everything Is possible,
anyhow-and we hope that somebody will
take few of our ants down there and
prove that they. also, are industrious only
because they have to be-that they are not
a bit fonder of industry than are the but
always had the sense to see that between
toll today and hunger tomorrow there Is
SO little to choose that differences Of opin-
ion on the subject are entirely permissible.
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CANADA's STEADY EXPANSION.
Extension of British Influence in the
Northwest.

-hOi Ill " C9t'
Consul Ravndal of Dawson writes as fol-
lows regarding Canada's expansion in the
northwest:
Last year a royal northwest mounted
police expedition starting from Dawson,
proceeded as far as Herschel Island and
hoisted the British flag over a new police
(semi-military) post there thus extending
the operation OF Canadian law and author
ity to the Arctic ocean. Canadian expan-
sion is no dream, but, on the contrary, a
highly significant feature of the worlds
work of the present time. Having some
thrty-fve years ago acquired from the
Hudson Bay Company four-dfths of the
latters tremendous grants in the north, the
Canadians have ever since and particularly
under Sir Wilfrld Lauriers leadership, de-
voted themselves TO the development of this
vast territory with view to doubling or
trebling the width of the dominion. A
mighty instrument to this end is being
forged, in the shape of the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway. Two new provinces have
been, during 1905, carved out OF the wilder
ness of the north not long ago the virgin
hunting grounds of Indians and fur
traders Yukon territory has been organ
lied and even the Mackenzie district feels
the inspiration from Ottawa. Government
agents are exploring the Saskatchewan,
Athabasca Peace, Slave, Mackenzie and
other mighty rivers of the north,and for
the purpose of turning them into arteries Of
commerce. Once more the Hudson Bay
railroad project is on the tapis.
THE Hudson Bay Company is still in ac-
tive business IN the northwest. Port Simp-
son remains an important post. Fort Nc
Pherson, in the Mackenzie river basin, still
enjoys large trade. But the royal north
west mounted police cover all the outlying
districts from Labrador to Alaska, and the
dominion government is constantly extend
ing it's sway. Last year the mounted police
party which took possession OF Herschel
Island awaited themselves of the advan-
tages offered by American outposts along
the Yukon, obtaining supplies at Fort
Yukon, Rampant House and other stations
on American soil. In December another
northwest mounted police expedition is
scheduled to leave Dawson for HerscheI
Island but 1t will travel wholly in Canadian
territory and thus develop an all-Canadian
route. Herschel Island is the rendezvous
of American whalers from San Francisco.
They seldom return in one year, owing to
the shortness of the whaling season, which
lasts only two months Consequently these
whalers make their abode on Herschel Is
land and anchor their feet of steamers in
its little harbor'
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On the Red Rive

Winnipeg lies on a plain at the eastern
edge of the wheat belt. The country sabout
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biggest market north of your western
boundary. If you had a pair Of long-ds-
lance glasses, which would enable you to
look from the Atlantic to the Pacific, you
could see that there is nothing in the
west that can approach Winnipeg and
your eye would travel eastward as far
as Toronto before any city of this
class could be seen. If you could look up
and down the great west with an X-ray at
tachment which would enable you to pierce
through the snow down into the soil you
would know that you are at the eastern
end of the greatest wheat country on earth
Away out there are $50. 600, coo acres OF
land which will grow bread with little more
than scratching the ground. We have cul-
tivated as yet but a few garden patches
here and there over il, and our crop last
year was about 100 100000 bushels When
1t is all under cultivation ii will yield nigh
on to a billion. We shall then feed John
Bull. Yea, we shall even fill Uncle Sans
stomach and the crop will all go through
Winnipeg"
Don't you think it is getting little
cold?' at this point I timidly said
We'll, perhaps so, was the reply. "but
when / begin talking about Winnipeg
grow so warm that / could stand stark
naked on the north pole and not feel I'M
comfortable"
Thereupon we turned again to look at the
city.
On the Red River.
Winnipeg lies on a plain at the eastern
edge of the wheat belt. The country sabout
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''Weu, goodbye, Dobson. l hope you nave
as much pleasure in entering as l do In
leaving
IT am glad to hear you say that Mr..
Wharton" said the young man addressed
as he grasped the extended hand OF the
white-haired old banker and pressed 1t
warmly. Il was afraid that-that--
IL would feel blue at the prospect OF
leaving Well. so 1 do-in a measure he
adjusted his gold-rimmed spectacies ana
glanced about the spacious apartment ana
at the clerks behind their little WINDOWS
busy with the days finances; and then ms
ewes went wistfully across TO the niue
door marked private beyond Wnich Idu
been his own private office ana TO the dooi ;
of the great vaults, in which were sloieu
the wealth OF the house and ITS che",s'
Yves e. is leaving much of my life ne
hind " with something like sigh. i nave
hen here forty years. Dobson, from clerk
TO senior partner. and from thirty u0ilara d
month 10 an income OF a huhdLeu 1rlhi
or more a year. / came in as an aInD i
tIous bow and am going out as a oecreplt
old man under peremptory orders from
his physician" Here he noticed the coin-
miseratiug expression on his junior race
and hurst into a low, pleased laugh when
strangely heIied his words. Mr.. Dobson'
look Of svDpathy changed TO one OF sur
prise and even of incredulous inquiry: Inc
not noted IOG IduG IL
to
!.i2,,+ that &c only one view to take, the
old hanlar went on. cheerfuliy the other
fe where am going. on the whole, think
m, 70 +Jer r,Ieoeed 10 leave. The life has
5,aon sTIcressful hut it has ben full of toll
ana win little recreation Now I am going
bel 70 my. boyhood-tu nv doodle bugs"
Won I.fst9''
..Dood1e hugs. lust doodle bugs. Dobson.
No yoII NEEDN'T look at me like that; 1 am
MOI c,-,zv Did Won never have any doodle
Luoe I'm yorIr, hoyhood?'
Ne t.ard Of such 2 thing"
An, am ,-ar,- sorry: YOU don't know
what yo1I,,.c missed. You see. it's just this
Wv When tne doctor ordered me to quit
LuSin.ss | hardly knew where to turn.
hove no relatives TO nv knowledge and no
home hut this. Then | thought of the old
rarn, where l suent my bOyhoOd and felt
mai Fl vas the nloaeartest part of all my
inurrcv / would go back there l do not
know who owns the place. or Il any of my
old ron1pauiaDs are there Sill. one is in
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Industrial Martyrs.
From the Technical World.

HTOm tue lecDDICdl WOfiu.
Year by year grows the death roll of In
dustriai martyrs. In the matter of gaining
a livelihood, the impression is forced upon
us that peace is more dangerous than war.
The question arises: Why do men and wo-
men engage in such occupations of hazard ?
All, why? The question formuIates its own
answer. They are necessary to the life of
the civilized world, and necessity knows
no law of safety, of health or of anything
else. Life to exist must destroy life: and
the fittest survive. Man may not choose
his occupations; at least the majority of
mankind may not Fate, environment
what not?-puts these industrial martyrs
where they are; and only from age. Illness
or accident may they turn to some less
strenuous, less dangerous and always less
gainful occupation. Many descend to that
sad lot of those who are described as hav-
ing no settled employment. 1t is from such
ranks that street sweepers, cab drivers and
the like are recruited.
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Damage BY Wolves and Rabbits.

Miller Cor. st. Paul Dispatch.
The large wolves are appearing again
from the west since the Missouri river
froZe over.
The wolves do the farmers favor by
catching the cottGntail rabbits that infest
the young orchards and groves and gnaw
the trees, but they Offset this by stealing
poultry, killing sheep and larger stock, so
that they will be vigorously hunted this
winter. Rabbits are reported so numerous
at the Highmore experiment station that
the young trees are likely TO be destroyed
by spring.
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1t is dead fiat. The Red River of the North
winds its way through the city and here
flows In and joins the Assnihoine. The
houses of the city are spread out like those
of ST. Petersburg, and. like Washington,
it has magnificent distances. The main
streets are 132 feet wide, and they stretch
on and on out into the country. Every
residence has yard about it. and nearly
all have gardens and trees. Even the
dwellings of the laborers stand alone. They
have windows on all sides. and in most
cases the windows are double, to with
stand the cold. The business blocks, as in
all new cities, are ragged. The sky line
goes up and down like the teeth of bat
tered saw, now and then building
Scrapers are just beginning to come. The
Union Bank, from which l make this de-
scription, is the first. but there VIII be
others next year. and in time the place
will look much like an American metrop-
oils.
large part Of the new city has. I am
told, been built by Americans. The
town was stagnant until Yankee capital
and Yankees turned their faces this way.
1t then began to boom. Men from Mime
sofa and other parts of the west came
here to deal in grain and the cheap lands.
They opened business establishments of
various kinds, and today some of the best
Of the city blood has come from across the
border There are now eight of our
threshing machines and farm implement
establishments represented here. There are
half a dozen land companies backed by big
American capital, and there are Americans
who have sold their millions OF acres or
Canadian lands. Others are going into
business and others are here ready TO take
hold of the best things that come up. The
chief building firm is American. 1t takes
contracts running high into the millions,
and Is concerned in the new railways. The
biggest land companies were started with
United States capital, and some Of the
railroad land grants are handled by them.
In the meantime there has been large in
fuX of population from eastern Canada,
together with some from Great Britain.
The most of the life blood of the city. how
ever is American and Canadian: and the
two flow along together in one harmonious
stream Both seem to have implicit faith
in the future of the city and. indeed,
the indications are that their faith is well
founded
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Bees Are Not So Bad, After All.

From the New York Times
We reprinted yesterday from a Montreal
paper-which doubtless lifted 1t from one
in London-a most amiable story TO the ef-
feet that when bees are taken to Australia
they learn In a single year the uselessness
of storing honey for a winter that never
comes and that they thereafter abandon
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BY Automobile Through Winnipeg.


But let US go down and have cup OF
beef tea" said the Winnipegger. land We
shall then take ride through the city In an
AUTOMOBILE
Beef tea Is more common than whisky as
a winter drink here. It Is served at all the
saloons and hotels and one can have it on
tap. Indeed. 1t takes the place of soda water
from December till May.
Having finished our tea, we rode through
the main street of the city. This was one
of the old Indian trails which ran north
and south, following the course OF the Red
river. past the Hudson Bay fort which was
once stationed here. Portage avenue, which
we saw from the roof cuts il almost a.
right angles. It is also part of an old IN
dian trail which extended from here
town now reached by three great railroad
systems.
Main street has many old buildings. 1t
was the first business part of Winnipeg,
being kings highway, and it still contains
the best business properties. Real estate
along it has gone up like a shot within the
past five years. and it is said to now be fully
as high as in Minneapolis or Toronto. Store
rooms rent for from 81 SEQ to 5000 a year,
and you can buy a business front for less
money in Montreal than right here.
Notice the banks! Winnipeg is one Of the
financial centers Of Canada. 1t has thirteen
bank buildings the most of them branches
of the great banks of Canada. They do
big business and they will compare in their
appointments with almost any banks Of our
country. The clearings last week were
about ten million dollars. This is just double
what they were in the same week one year
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Fielding Belts and his unknown
heirs at law; Mark Rutherford and
Sparlotta Rutherford and their up-
known heirs at law; and the unknown
owners and claimants of the n% BeL
in section 8, and the e% neM the neL
seL In section II, and 8 rods of the
west end OF the swM Of swM OF nwL
nwN In section 18; and s rods of the
west end of nwL nwL swA nwL In
section 10, all In township 70, range
II, west Of 9th p. M. Mahaska County,
Iowa.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that their will be on file In
the ONCE OF the clerk OF the district
court of Iowa In and for Mahaska
county, the petition In equity OF Evert
Tysseiing, plaintiff, claiming that he
Is the unqualified owner OF the above
described property, that he and his
0rantors have had peaceable and un-
Interrupted possession OF said prop
erty for more than 10 years last past.
That a mortgage dated October 3,
1855, on the property first above de-
scrIbed, given by Nicholas ten Bosch
and EIbartj his wife, TO Fielding
Belts has not been released o frecord.
That by warranty decd dated April
30, 1866, Mark and sparlotta Ruther-
ford, conveyed the eh OF the neM and
the neN of the seM, In section III,
township 76, range IL, Mahaska Ooun-
ty, Iowa, to James McCrea, that said
deed does not In any way gtipulate
| what relationship the grantorg there
IN bear to one another. That plain
tiff believes that the defendants or
some OF them, make some claim TO
all or part of the property, hereinbe-
fore described, adverse to plaintiff,
that the residence Of defendants and
their unknown heirs, and that of the
unknown owners and claimants OF
said property 10 unknown to plaintiff,
although he has diligently sought to
learn same. That whatever interest
you or any Of you may have 70 said
property, 10 by reason OF the ever
sight or negligence In not releasing
the mortgage above referred to, and
by falling TO stipulate the relationship
OF said Mark and Bparlotta Ruther-
ford, and by other minor errors.
Plaintiff therefore asks that Q decree
may be entered against you, and all
OF YOU, confirming his title In and TO
said land, quietinR title az against all
OF you, and ordering the Subtraction
of same upontbe records OF this coun-
ty, but asking no personal judgment
against any OF you for costs, unles1
you appear and defend thereto. And
unless You appear and defend there
to, before noon Uf the second day Of
the February term, 1908, Of the dis
trict court TO be begun and held on
the eth day Of February, 1905, At o.
kalooga, Mahaska County, Iowa. your
default win be entered, and decree
rendered against You - prayed for
GEo. a. 9AAss,
2Owe Attorney for Plaintiff,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
THE COUNTY NEWS


Mlsn eshul and trea Waite visited
frcenuy Vt WI d willholl's.
Mlss eehei narrowman has been
visiting this week ~ the MAI Nelson
homo,
Rclha cumss0ck and Nina Colyiile
spent New Years win Mra. A. A.
c~ofnstock.
Misses clara and Nell wllhoit
spent Xmas with Misses Mat and
Sarah Nelson. \
ME-. and Mrs. @. a. starlln spent
New Years az the parental Gay
home In oskaloosa.
Miss Lulu MCGEE has returned 70
her home IA oskaioosa after a few
days visit with her sister, Will
Olson.
Miss Flora Dixon, OF Kansas City.
after a pleasant visit during the hol.
idays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dixon, has returned to her
home.
Fred White and Walter Roe left
Tuesday morning for Ames to attend
the short course at the Agricultural
college.
Joe Minor and family and Mr.. VIII
son, wife and daughter Nellie, OF
Beacon, visited Sunday at the Jed
Minor home.
Misses trace Hull, Clara and Nell
Willhoit are attending Penn college
this winter and Harry without and
Wilbur Browneller are attending os-
kaloosa college.
Will Robertson and family and
Ross Colville and family OF Adams
township were entertained at din
ner Sunday at the parental Robert
son home In Oskaloosa.
Mr.. oliverson, who has been living
on the w. ]. Billick farm in Adams
township, is moving this week on
DR.. Halls farm and Carey McKanna
will take charge Of the Billick farm.
Last Monday evening was the an
nual telephone meeting OF line No. 2
and President A. Browneller called
the meeting to be held at the Mat
Nelson home, and In tho meantime
the Misses Nelson extended invita-
tions to each member and his wife
to be present at a six o'clock din
ner. An elegant twocourse dinner
was served by Misses Mat and Ll-
liam Nelson. During the evening a
~hand-paiated china dish was present
ed to the hostesses. Those present
we're Ecssrs. and Mesdames J. II.
Colville, John Nelson, w. J. Billick,
A. Roe, ID. Il. Billlck, A. Browneller,
]. II. williams, t. b. White, w. j.
Without, Grandma Billick, Miss Lii
liam and Roy Nelson.
Jan. 8. Pond Lily.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Executive Board Arranges for Big
Meeting Next Week.

Corn exhibitors and the general
public will not be permitted to enter
the corn show room during the Far.
mers' Institute this year until after
the decision Of the judge has been
pronounced.
The directors of the Farmers Instl.
tute at q meeting held in the court
house Saturday afternoon decided to
enforce again this year the rule
which was fraught with good results
at the last years exhibit. Visitors
from a distance, upon receiving per-
mission from the authorities, will be
allowed in the corn room TO see the
show, provided they will have no OPP
portunity to view the samples OF Ma.
haska county's great corn after the
decision Of the Judge is reached.
A special door-keeper to the corn
room will be in charge and the corn
for exhibition will be turned ver TO
him. Again the directors ask that
the exhibitor send In only the ten
ears Of corn which he desires to enter,
and no more.
The directors have named MILFORD
Hull and A. Roe as ticket sellers for
the Institute contests; A. n. Hellings,
w. J. Willhoit and Paul Synhorst as
d~oorkeepers, and Charles Roe as head
usher, giving him the power 70 name
his assistants.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
IS PARDONED
onkALooaA MAN 0KrA LlnEHrN
sur Muef LFAvE NICARAGUA
A. ONCE,

Special 10 pAily Herald
Deh Mulnps, can. ELL A. Albers
u east ncn Molnss. last week i pris
oner IL The musty dungeon o. a Nicar
nguan prison end a possible cause os
intentional complications, II today as
free MS air.
Ills wife, who has been staying with
her sister on the slsticr farm east OF
the fair grounds, yesterday received
a message from her husbands attor.
ney assuring her OF his unconditional
pardon. The oyer-joyed woman today
showed the letter TO Judge Brennan,
who mas taken a great interest IN the
case.
Albers' brother william, also well.
known In Des Moines, and more espe-
cially In oskaioosa, did not escape SO
easily. President Celaya has pardon.
ed him, but on condition that he leave
Nicaragua at once. He Is forced to
abandon his immense property inter
ests In that country, which -~lll in
doubtedly be- taken over by Henry,w who
is allowed to remain. The Des Moines
woman believes that William will
come directly to Des Moines and that
her husband will not visit her until he
has had time to get mis- property IN
shape after the incarceration Of the
two brothers.
The Albers brothers were arrested
| several months ago for alleged 'les
majestic" in ~objecting to their house
being searched for c~ontraband goods,
and speaking harshly of the president
Of Nicaragua. They were thrown into
a dungeon, where they remained for
months.
The government at washington
took up the case, while Germany
showed Indications along that line,
for both men are Germans and 1t is
not known that william was ever nat.
uralized.
With the issuance of the pardons,
It Is surmised that all difficulties are
ended, although there may be a claim
for damages.