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The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
BIBLE is BEST SELLER.

The annual report Of the American
Bible Society shows that the Bible is
still the most sought for book that is
printed. Other books appear, chal
lenge the approval Of the masses for
one brief hour and are then forgotten
In all languages and dialects and
tongues the demand Tor the Book Of
Books continues from one years end
to another and still the demand is
not supplied.
Commenting upon the report of the
above named society, the Louisville
Courier-Journal says:
oddly enough this, the greatest
classic, is often neglected by persons
who assume the virtue of good taste
in literature, and not few smart
persons, young and old, are quite a!
proud of their lack of knowledge O
the scriptures as a city girl is of hel
profound ignorance of the things tina
country folks know. Without thu
great classics of the uninspired writ
ers such persons admit that the pre-
tender to a love of literature hal
nothing upon which to prop claim
but with them the Bible is a volume
to be read as religious duty, or lef
unread, and not a book to be read ant
reread because it contains far NOR
of the pictures, robes and gems o
thought than the works of william
Shakespeare, the contents of whicl
we're so described by the late Colone
Ingersoll, whose agnosticism renderS
him unable to appreciate the literar.
value of holy writ"
The New York Times, commentini
upon Professor Phelps contention
that every candidate for entrance t,
a university should be required to b.
familiar with the English classics
says of the Bible:
"Its influence is, of course, direc
and dominant over all literature; it
style, whether narrative, descriptive
poetical, dramatic, argumentative o
oratorical, has been the supreme mod
ell for the Lincolns, the PurKes. tn
Cokes, for the Carlyles, the Addisons
the Swifts, the Defoss, and 1t over
shadowed Milton and Shakespeare
The products of the entire range o
English literature and history ma,
be considered only as corollaries I,
its mighty argument. How profoun,
must be the ultimate ignorance o
these to students who have not an
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
That two hundred children of tn

That two hundred children of the
school age in Oskaloosa are truants
either VIA or without the consent OF
the parents, is a startling fact brought
out by the board of education. That
such conditions cannot longer exist
was the determination of the school
board, and that every boy and girl in
the city must avail themselves of the
advantages of an education provided
at the expense of the public purse is
the righteous edict that has gone
forth.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
RETURNS TO CHICAGO.
Former Manager Eokard of Vaudette
Theater Gives Bonds.

VIM. Enkard.. the former owner Of
the Yaudette Theater on West First
avenue, and who made heels from
the city short time ago and was
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses and embezzlement,
was brought back from Chicago yes
terday morning. He was arraigned
before Justice Prtchett and waived
examination to the grand jury. He
furnished bonds and was released, re-
turning to Chicago last evening.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

MAILING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Indications are that because of the
Astounding prosperity the number OF
holiday gifts this year will break
all records. Many of these remind
ers of love and good will, 1t is rea-
sonable to suppose, will find their
way into the mails. In order to en-.
sure safety in transmission and
prompt delivery certain rules and
precautions should be observed.
There is always tremendous crush
of mail matter during the days just
before Christmas. 1t would be well,
therefore, to select presents early and
mail them at once. In preparing
packages for transmission through
the mails, strong, fbrous paper and
stout Irvine should be used, the pack
ages securely tied and the packages
registered. Unless this is done the
package may go to pieces and the
contents be lost. The address
should be written plainly with black
ink and should specify town, county
and state. If the package is direct
ed to a city the street and number
should be given. If the addressee is
transient, it is good idea to send
the package in care of some perma-
nent resident
Full postage must be prepaid in all
cases. If this is not done the pack
age is held until either the sender, if
known or the addressee is notified
and the deficiency in postage is made
good. Letters are forwarded when
not fully prepaid but packages are
not. The sender should take the pre-
caution to have the package weighed
at the postoffice. The rate of post
age on fourth class matter, to which
packages belong, is one cent an
ounce. All packages should be regis
tered. This costs eight cents and
ensures safe delivery. The sender
gets a receipt for it from the post
office and also from the person re-
ceiving it. In this way the sender
has positive evidence that the mail
was delivered whether the person adj
dressed makes acknowledgement or
not.
Money should never be sent in the
ordinary mail, either in the form of
silver or currency. Either register
the letter or buy money order. For
small amounts the money order is
cheaper, but each plan has its ad-
vantages. For money orders not
exceeding $3.50, the fee is three
cents; for orders exceeding 50. so and
not exceeding $500, five cents; for
orders exceeding $500 and not ex-
ceeding $1,000, eight cents; for or
ders exceeding $1,000 and not ex-
ceeding $4,000, ten cents, and so on
up to thirty cents for orders exceed
ing $500 and not exceeding $4,000.
To avoid exasperating waits at
the stamp window when the holiday
rush is on it is a good idea to stock
up with postage stamps in advance.
A liberal supply Of ones and twos, in
particular, should be secured. Atten-
ton to these details will do much to
relieve the holiday season of its I'M
certainties and strenuousness, as far
as the sending of gifts through the
mails is concerned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
LEr EREsh AIR NM.

The late fall and winter month:
are fraught with greater danger t
health in our northern climate be
cause of the cold weather and the
disposition to shut out the fresh air
because it is COLI air." says Iowa
Health Bulletin for December. "Ev
cry dwelling, school room and place
where people gather frequently or
only occasionally should be frequently
thrown wide open and thoroughly
ventilated. All shut-up air-eshecipl
ly re-breathed airs impure+p0ie
onous. Bed rooms especially should
be well ventilated. One or mon
windows should be open all night ~
the coolest weather. OF course the
bed should be so situated if possible
that its occupant should not be sub
jected to drafts of cold air, and yet
such drafts If there was a proper
amount of clothing could hardly be
as dangerous to health as shut-up
room. The windows might be closed
when dressing and undressing.
CAS- a general thing churches are
poorly ventilated. For an hour be-
fore lue service in the morning every
door and window should De thrown
wide open so as to thoroughly change
the air by driving out the weeks pent
up air and substituting for it Gods
pure, oxygeniZed air. Such a bap-
tism of fresh air will help the preach.
err and those in the pews as well.
Then after the morning service is
over before another service the
church should be similarly disinfect.
ed. We say disinfected because all
impure air is more or less infected.
These suggestions apply not only to
churches, but to all halls and places
where peop.s congregate.
Many store rooms are miserably,
if at all, ventilated. 1t is cruel, it is
extremely demoralizing and murder
Gus the way foul air Is tolerated In
many large store rooms-especially
the department stores. One has but
to go into one of these stores, espe-
cially in the latter part of the day, to
experience how sitting the air is, and
to see how jaded and thoroughly ex
hausted the employees are.
ut was a humane act for the leg
islature to require proprietors of such
establishments to have seats for the
accommodation of their help and
yet how few though ready to drop
with fatigue are allowed to have an
opportunity to sit down. The use of
electric fans, which keep in motion
the imprisoned impure air, though
perhaps grateful, Is poor substitute
for what should be fresh, pure air.
"Invalids get an idea, too often
from the family physician. that a
foreign air is much healthier than the
home air. 1t is a great mistake to
send a person with pulmonary disease
to health resorts, however noted, I'M
less they have friends and the con.
veniences of home. Fresh air and
proper living at home are infinitely
better than summer climes or colder
climes away from friends and home
environments, with the added de-
pressing effect of association with in
valids and inconsistencies"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
:aHaving Ieasad INV farr

Having leased my farm" is a
familiar announcement in the newspa-
pers now, followed by a long list OF
stock and grain and machinery "for
sale" The Marion Register thus com
ments: "The aggregate money they
will bring would have enabled a man
to buy one Of Iowa's best farms few
years ago. Farming in Iowa has
made more men rich than the mines
o. the gold producing states ever
have or will.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Oskaloosa bank record for
this year is without a parallel in
Iowa, or any other state. One new
bank with paid up capital of $780,.
900 has beeen organized, and two OF
the other banks have increased their
capital stock $4,000 each. Another
has increased its stock $4,000. Three
larged and elegantly furnished, and
four large steel burglar proof safes
constructed The total capital in.
vested in improvements and enlarge.
ments amounts to about $250,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
president ]. ]. Hill has explained

President ]. ]. Hill has explained
in few words and quite graphically
why the Mississippi river in its pres.
emit condition does not suffice for pur
poses of water transportation. He
says the trouble with the river is that
the bottom is too near the top. Mr.
Hill favors a channel fifteen feet
deep all the way from st. Louis to the
gulf. Such channel would accom-
modate wide, deep draught boats
that would handle traffic with an
enormous saving.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The de,

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The dem
ocrats of the Sixth congressional dis
trict are to celebrate Jackson day al
ottumwa on January s. While it is
acknowledged on all hands that there
is nothing else quite so tiresome as
the stiff, formal banquet, with its
toasts and set speeches, yet no doubt,
that is the form which this celebra.
ton will assume, for it has been ever
so long since anybody has suggested
an innovation, and whether it is a
simplicity blowout at so cents or 81
per plate or whether the cost range
toward SIS or more, there Is no dicer.
ence as far as the absolute dullness
of these affairs is concerned. But
they will have them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

In the matter of property values
the leading states come in the follow
ing order: New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio. Massachusetts, Califor-
mia, Iowa, missouri, Minnesota, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Texas, Kansas and Nebraska. 1t will
be noticed that Iowa ranks high.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Scientists say that there is coal
enough in this country to supply its
needs for the next 5000 years, not.
withstanding the per capita consump.
ton during the past fifty years has in
creased by leaps and bounds ahead OF
the increase in population. The cen.
sus figures show that while the popu'
lation from 1850 to 1900 increased
23O per cent, the production Of coal
increased 4,0S4 per cent. The idea is
abroad in the land that the tremend.
Gus consumption of coal in the last
twenty-five years threatens to exhaust
the supply, and that in a very few
years a new fuel will have to be in
vented or discovered to take the place
of this product, but those who should
know declare that all fears or ex.
haustion are groundless and that no
one need worry on that account.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

learn whether printer or a layman
is editing paper. A printer win in
variably send out good looking pa
per- while the educated editor lets
several big blotches bury the mes
sages he is trying to send TO his read
ers. The school OF experience beats
theory all to pieces.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The celebrated Nine Theirs pearl
necklace, which was part of the leg
acy left to the French republic by
President Theirs, is said to be"dying'
in the museum at the Louvre. 1t is
well known that pearls will die
that is, turn black-if not often worn
next to the skin. The necklace has
las pearls and is valued at 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
WIN Pack River les.

The local packing of ice for com,
mercial use is not SO extensive an IN
dustry in the city as formerly. but
quite a harvest will be taken out this
season for local cold storage plants.
Many Of the farmers OF the county
are also preparing to put up supply
for the seasons use.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The New Sharon Star breaks
forth in this psalm: IF the first three
days Of winter control the winter we
ought to have one that nobody can
complain about" Consult your al
manac, Br'er Vail, and you win notice
that winter does not begin until Dec.
20.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

I'm the last four years at least 81
100000 adult workers have been add.
ed by immigration to the population
of the United States. At the same
time there has been an advance in
wages. But as such growth can not
always last the suggestion that this
is time to cultivate the saving habit
Is good.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Centerville Iowegian has
reached the conclusion that he alone
is happy who has learned to extract
happiness, not from ideal conditions,
but from the actual ones about him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Swiss Alpine Club has just
issued statistics of accidents which
took place in the Alps last year. One
hundred and seventy-two climbers
persisted, but considering that the
tourists numbered 10000 the death
roll is regarded as low.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Register and Leader com.
plains because President Roosevelt's
to congress is silent on the
tariff question. Why should 1t be any
other way? The tariff question has
long since been settled all over the
country, except in the offices of the
Register and Leader and the Boston
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The advance in silver has seri-
ously unsettled the coinage in coun-
tries where the metal is extensively
used for currency and not kept up to
the gold level. A double standard
works poorly when silver is declining
or advancing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Noting the market report that
storage eggs are stronger" the Keo-
kuk Gate City says. "The announce
ment is unnecessary. There are some
things that can be taken for granted
as matters of course"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Harvey Eller, who died at Far
son a few days ago, was a man after
President Roosevelt's own heart. He
lived to thu ripe age of SO, was never
afraid of work and remained active
to the end. He is mourned by IL
children, 81 grandchildren and 81
great-grandchildren.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Muscatine Journal says that
removing the circle from the ballot
accomplished one thing which its al
vocates never dreamed of, and that is
1t added to the cost of elections in
every county of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Il. Burnett, of Clayton county,
realized $500 from one and a quarter
acres of land planted in tobacco. He
is SO well satisfied with the result,
that he intends to put in FIVE acres the
coming season.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

This is the notice posted in the
rooms of Partisan milliner: ITO Wis.
it, to enter, to choose and to buy
this is the duty Of the woman. To
pay the bill-that is the privilege Of
the man."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

THE quarrel among Iowa repub-
licans has got to the point where the
combatants begin to readjust their
collars and reach for their coats, .
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

1t has leaked out that the Presi-
dent saved almost enough on the
Panama hat which he bought on the
ground, to pay the expenses Of his
trip to the canal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

One grocery firm in Oskaloosa is
credited with having sold $500 bars
Of soap in two days. Cleanliness Le-
ing always next to Goodness. the cir
cumstance would tend to prove that
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
george Fitch tells of an indivl,

George Fitch tells of an individual
who once on time entered Hades
and sat around without showing any
signs of discomfort for eleven years,
Satan finally asked him how he liked
the place. tits fine,' said the spirit.
II was a travelling man and spent
most of my life waiting for trains at
small town stations"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

big asbestos discoveries are re-
ported in the Klondike. But if it is
all the same to Santa Claus the Arc
tic jewellers would like something that
will burn.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

1t Is gratifying to the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil that Mr.. Rockefeller
still has time to attend church be-
tween indictments.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

1t don't take the fellow who
scans the exchanges very long to
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Besides, the earlier you select
your Christmas presents the more
time you will have before the bills
come in. 49,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Buy your Christmas presents
early, and buy them in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

the lamp still holds out to burn Tor
Oskaloosa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-03

1--WE get no good
By being ungenerous even to book,
And calculating protfts-so much help
By so much reading. 1t is rather
when
We gloriously forget ourselves and
plunge
Soul-forward, headlong into books
profound.
Imprisoned for its beauty and salt of
IT'S then we get the right truth from
book"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Some of our friends may recognize
the following lines as being oft quot
ed at present, but the editors can
give themselves no credit for their
classic form.
Omnes, agunt, sed pater
Totandiem ssdet;
Pedes ante ignem
Tuban terrae fumet.
Mater lavendum premet
Aun soror atque
In nostro Omnes agunt
Sed seu6x me-
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Educatio nal Notes.

Our faculties are the material;
their training, the workshop; their
union, the factory; their output,
deeds. Look to the workshops
ITO destroy the Hebrews, said q
heather philosopher, I'VE must de-
stroy their Schools nation to
which this statement can be truth
fully applied is well founded nation.
Had we thirty years to live, twenty
were best spent in preparation, ten
in action.
A life well founded, what is the re-
suit.
'"The stone from shepherds sling
let slip
To sink in giants brain
Meier took It's form in the shepherds
scrip;
In the torrents unrelaXing grip
For ages il had lain
Ages OF time and Il torrents grip
were necessary 10 prepare single
pebble for d moments action yet how
wonderfully it paid; an army was
saved. ii nation preserved, God
sglorified.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-03
School Notes.

Parliamentary discussions and study
were the order during the closing
period last Friday.
Would you be happy, do something
for some one, say a pleasant word to
some one; be light not shadow.
Which is best; to say good things,
to do good deeds or TO say good things
the prompting Of good deeds done?
We have pleasant rooms and would
be pleased to entertain visitors. You
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-03

are welcome any hour of any school
day. No ceremony.
The Philomathean society win fur
nish the next program. Friday, No
venber 9, 1906. You are all welcome
No ceremony and no apologies.
Students who live in the country
had very hard time last Monday
and Tuesday Did it rain?' Ask them.
Our monthly report shows the effect
of the drenching.
The Adelphian society rendered a
very interesting program Friday
October 10Th. REGULATIONS, essays,
mat talks and music. Subject, Cuba.
Past, present and future.
In the gloomy days of the week
just past we caught glimse into the
gloom of some lives which had lost
the beauty of living by failing to get
the little good at hand. every cloud
has a silver lining"
Sixty-eight Young people, students
of this school, invite your investiga-
tion invite your investigation into
their conduct and works. Were you
ever a youth?; what did you do to
better your community?
Yes, we have a piano. The students
literary societies of the high school
paid the freight on Mr.. Purcell's
piano from Grainffeld and we have
the use of the piano for the school
year. Thanks to Mr.. Purcell.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-03

Preparation is the forerunner of all
that has value. 1t is the period that
is filed unlimited expectations. The
matured crop has It's bounds set. 1t
can go no farther. The blOomed
flower has nothing left but to fade
1t is in youth in the unmatured state
that all hope lies and yet we struggle
to release ourselves from It, We
ehafe under a task whose result is
not Immediate. Long, careful prepa-
ration is avoided, it is considered
tedious, the sacrifices are too great.
The short business course is rushed
toward because it's end IS near at
hand, but it's possessor finds his limit
set with little chance to advance
Long preparation has many dis
couraging features yet great satisfac
tion can be had in the completion of
parts of our work and still more in
the hope of noble result. Years
placed in true, careful preparation
will bear proportiDnate results.
The joy of achIeyed power in what
ever line. the satisfaction in doing
thing when it should be done in the
way it should be done is abundant re-
ward for earnest, sacrificing prepara-
ton.
Never desplse anything, the least
thing has its use. An i'll taught
language lesson may produce years
diseouragement.
Visitors are very welcome, especial
ly when1thsy bring words of encour-
agement.
We were wen advised by recent
make each step count. This is adj
wise that cannot be repeated too
often nor in too many places.
Was du lernst, das lerne recht.
The best in life is only to be gained
by this careful attention to perfee-
son who is willing to pay the price of
earnest persistent effort which will
be satisfied with nothing short of
perfection. This element of charac-
ter above all others is present in all
great men. This unconquerable per-
sistancy has produced civilization
and should be eargerly sought for by
4 young and old. Whatever tasks fall
to our lot, let us determine to dc
them in the very best way and be
satisfied with nothing else. What is
poorly done today is poorly done for.
I ever.
No man is exempt from the duty Of
living truly and nobly, especially in
blessed America where from the
kindergarten to the University edu
cation is free to all. where each mar
is master of his own strength an(
time. There is a germ of truth in
the socialists statements that M
father should have the right tt
amass wealth to hand down to hi
sons, that at death each man should
turn his wealth over to the state
How much better it would be TO
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-03
Consumption

q There is no specific for
consumption. Fresh air, ex-
ercise, nourishing food and
SCOTS Emulsion will come
pretty near curing it, if there
is anything to build on. Mil
lions of people throughout the
world are living and in good
health on one lung.
G From time immemorial the
doctors prescribed cod liver
oil for consumption. Of
course the patient could not
take it in its old form, hence
it did very little good. They
can take