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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-01-31
THE COUNTY NEWS.


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re. T. Hanna bought a good horse
last week.
Miss Winnie Andrews is visiting in
this vicinity.
G. w. France and son Charles sold
a good horse at $225.0O.
e. T. Hanna was chosen president
Of the Farmers Institute.
VIM. Harvey is gaining slowly af-
ter hard siege of pneumonia.
There is lots of sickness caused
from la grippe in this township.
Mrs. u. ]. Allgood is able to sit up
again after three weeks illness.
Jerry McMullia's public sale was
well attended and prices were good.
Miss Lois Reed, of Taylor county,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. T Hanna.
J.. F, Ruby of Kansas, is here, call,
ed by the death of Mrs. Wesley Ruby.
Chas. Bass sold a car load of good
cattle to Johnnie McMailes Saturday.
Mrs. James Smith is slowly recoy-
ering. Miss Nettie was called home
from Illinois on account OF Mrs
Smiths illness.
Joseph Hanna sold 46 head of 231-
ID. hogs. Others selling were Willis
Krizer, Johnnie Mckinney, Chas,
France and ]. H. without.
Adam Victor and wife were surpris-
ed in good shape at their homo on
Mr. Victor's birthday. About sixty
NJ dibors were invited by Mrs. Chas.
tor and all responded, coming
y, h well filled baskets. Those pres
ent report splendid time.
lDied, at her home in Adams town.
ship, Tuesday, Jan. %, 1907, at 1883
a. mt, of apoplexy, after an Illness OF
one weeks duration, Sarah e. Ruby,
wife of Wesley l.. Ruby,aged 81 years,
L month and IL days. Deceased was
the mother of six children, four OF
whom survive her. One daughter,
Mrs. Rose Young. died three years
ago, and Nellie died in infancy. She
leaves to mourn the loss of a good
WIFE and mother, the husband and
four children. three sons and one
daughter, her father, and seven grand
children, brothers ana sisters. She
united with the church at Centenary
early in life aad remained a faithful
member until death. Always ready
to do her part. She will be missed al
Centenary. And thus it is that the
old members are slipping away to oui
home beyond, to our mansion above
In our Fathers house there will be
room for all. For Jesus hath said:
whatsoever believeth in Me shall
have eternal life" Rev. Kaye spoke
words of hope, full of plain truths
that all might understand After the
service at the Centenary church thu
casket, covered with beautiful flow
ers and carried by six young men
was followed by loving friends ant
neighbors to Forest cemetery for in
terment. The pail bearers were Chas
France, Mortie Smith, Ralph Allgood
John De Booth, Harry and Elmer
Cameron. The family have the sym
patty of the entire community. II
behalf. of the family l would thank al
those who in so many ways assisted
the choir for their beautiful songs anC
the beautiful flowers.
ian. 20, s >, Pansy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-01-31
Haze You Eczema? If so, Read:

Oskalosa, Iowa, Oct. TO- 06
Have been troubled with chronic eczema for many
years Had taken treatment of several physicons and
obtained permanent relief benefit Seeing the adj
vertisement of Dr. Miser in the Herald decided to call
on him. Did so and began course of his treatment.
The results satisfactory to No itching burning
smarting, and SKINS smooth and healthy. can
commend his treatment-P. Gould.
Dr store,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-01-31
Mr.. Smith, who passed away that

Mr.. Smith, who passed away that
morning.
The little six-year-old son Of Mr..
Allison, near the Davis coal mine, had
portion of his left thumb and fore.
finger blown away Friday by the ex-
plosiol of a dynamite cap which Ia
playfully strucA with hammer, .
Mike Gallagher returned Saturday
from a weeks visit with relatives at
Oskaloosa
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
SCIATIC TORTURE
A Locomotive Engineer Tells How
He Was Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

Pain that seems almost unbearable
is a characteristic OF sciatic rheuma.
tism. In some cases the pain is
knife-like. slarp or shooting; in 9th.
ers it is dull and aching. Sciatica
is stubborn in resisting treatment and
the patient frequently suffers for
years. This was the case with Mr..
Herbert E. Spaulding, a locomotive
engineer on the Cincinnati. New Or
leans & Texas Pacific Railway, wnose
home is at Longview, Texas.
While running an engine some
years ago." he says, Il fell on and
hurt my knee and spine and | have
always considered this to be the cause
Of my illness. Tle sciatica took hold
OF me from my heel to the back OF
my head. The pain was the worst
| ever suffered in my life and my leg
and back were twisted out OF shape.
was under a physicians care for
several months and for six months
could not get out of bed. l also went
to Hot Springs but came back in a
worse condition than when l went
1T was when l was down in bed
that | heard OF the case of a Mr..
Allison much older man than my
self. who mad been cured OF sciatica
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills. began
taking the pills and soon was able to
get out OF bed. When l had taken
six boxes l was able to work about
the house and yard. l kept right
on with the pills until I was cured
and | have never had any return OF
the trouble. I have been running an
engine ever since"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists. or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt OF price. so cents per box. six
boxes for $3.50. by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
The Benefits Of Travel.

Travel br0adens man. Some
times, when the engineer goes by the
red target or the operator is taking
40 winks. he finds himself boardeneI
out over half an acre of landscape
Tltyel shows man the resource s
of his country. He may look from II e
car window and estimate the mil
lions of feet OF lumber required fer
pickle ads. and corset billboards
Tt ivel teaches a man to respect
his fellow citizens-in fact, at the en-
of his trip he will have learned II
raise his hat to any man in uniform.
Travel develops the brain-eyel
one week of solving timetables fiji S
man to tackle Is puzzles and how.
oldis-Ann? propositions with a COZ.
tident smile.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
At the Conversations.

The Literary Lady-Do YOU think
Hamlet was insane or merely assum-
ing II be?
The Victim-I beg your pardon
didn't catch the name.
The Lady-Hamlet
The Nictim-O, yes. odd name, isn't
It? Friend of yours
r." Lady am talking of Hamlet,
pr re- of Denmark.
1;rs Nictim-To be sure. Hamlet
Prince of Denmark. | know a lot of
those Denmark Princes, but | don t
seem to place Ham. BY the way, Den
mark getting to be quite town.
They tell me they have two regular
trains running there now--one OF
them a freight. And | heard just the
othe- day that Eastern capital had Sc
cured an option on the building lot
across the street from the livery sta.
BILE far a clothes pin factory. Den.
mark is certainly looking up
The literary lady glares at the vic.
tim c,ldly and removes herself to an
other part of the room.
Wasreat the victim smiles.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
THE ARTISTIC WALL
One Of SOLID Color viii Alwsv. Civ.
Best Effect

The dearest. daintiest, most artistic
wall is a solid coiored wall. L, fur
nishes perfect background for all
kinds of pictures II throws them out
in their correct proportions. and does
not detract from their artistic value
The solid colored wall is also much
| better as a background for furniture
| and harmonizes much more artistical-
ly with carpets and rugs than anv
other method of wall treatment. The
less breaking up of color on a wall
the more artistic il is.
The most successful form of the
solid colored wall is an alabassiped
wall. There is as much difference be
tween u2:ed walls. as there is be-
tween shoddy and all-wool gowns. The
shoddy gown holds its color for a few
days. while the allwool keeps its color
TO the very last thread. so also in solid
colored walls, there are shoddy walls
and permanently colored walls which
retain their color down to the very
last particle The ideal wall coating
never rubs off. never flakes nor chips
on and is always ready for a fresh
wall, soak it off with warm water.
then go over the plaster after you
have removed the paper with warm
water to remove every trace OF paste
Have the wall thoroughly clean for a
clean wall cannot be built on an un-
clean foundation II there are anv
particles of foreign matter adhering
to the wall scrape them of with a
putty knife. Then If there are any
discolorations on the wall, size it with
a material made from cheap yarnish.
thinned down with benzine and japan
added for drier. then cover your
wall with your tinting material.
Be sure your man uses a tinting ma.
terial mixed with cold water. II he
comes to you and asks for warm wa
ter. you can make up your mind that
there is glue in the material which he
proposes to put on your wall. and you
can be certain that you are going TO
have a shoddy wall, for glue means
shoddy. Glue means that it will hold
collect his bin and not much longer
Insist on your tinting material being
mixed with clear, cold water. Be sure
that your wall is made from pure ma
nent, artistic, sanitary wall. A wall
that will be thing of beauty and a
JOY forever
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
FOOLED THE PREACHER.
A Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee.

A wise doctor found out coffee was
hulting him, so he quit drinking it.
He was so busy with his practice,
however, that his wife had to write
how he fooled his brother. a clergy
man, one day at dinner. She says:
Doctor found coffee was injuring
him and decided to give Postum a
trial, and We have used it now for
four years, with continued benefit. In
fact, he is now free from the long
train of ills that follow coffee drink
ing.
ITO show how successful we are
in making Postum properly l will re
late an incident. At dinner we
gave. Doctor suggested We serve
Postum instead of ordinary coffee
Doctors brother, Clergyman, sup
posed it was old fashioned coffee and
remarked, as he called for his Sec
ond cup: II you do preach against
coffee, see You haven't forgotten how
to make it"
This goes to show that well-made-
fully boiled-Postum has much the
favor and richness Of good coffee al.
though it has an individuality all its
own. A ten days trial will prove that
1t has none of the poisonous effect OF
ordinary coffee. but viii correct the
troubles caused by coffee There's q
reason" Name furnished by Postum
Co.. Ltd, Battle Greek. Mich.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
CLEARED HIMSELF OF BLAME.
Explanation Of Politician That Sure.
" Was Convincing.

recent incident in Australia is re-
lated as showing how watchful a poll
tician must be in this censorious age
Among other accounts of deadheat
nature on the books OF the Westralia
railway was one setting forth that
Miss Peacock had been franked over
the lines to the value OF s35. and iu-
stantly there was wide demands abo 1T
1t. People wanted to know why Sir
Alexander Peacock's daughter was
given these privileges. Sir Alexander
himself. a former premier of Victoria,
was very much hurt when he heard
Of the matter. and fastened to assure
the Westralian government firstly,
that If his daughter had appeared in
Nestralia, it was entirely without his
sanction secondly, II she had made
claims upon the Westralia railways
she had done 1t without his authority;
thirdly, that never during his long po-
litical career had he asked his own
state, let alone any other. to extend
dead-heading privileges to a daughter
OF his and, fourthly and finally. he
had no daughter. and never has had
daughter-Roston Transcript
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Stood the Test,

Allcock's PIasters have successfully
stood the test Of sixty years use by
the public. their virtues have never
been equaled by the INSCRIPTIONS i'm
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them. and claiming them
10 be Just as good as AlIcock's."
Allcock's plasters stand to-day in.
dorsed by not only the highest medical
authorities, but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their eff
cacy as household remedy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
MADE BY PRISONERS
GUTTA PERcHA BUTTONS HAD
SAD HISTORY.
Whitfield by Soutrern Soldiers in Cap
tivity and Worn by Southern Girls
Evidently Had Memories for
Old Lady.

Grandma. just look at those funn,
rings In that window. said young
lady on Sixth street the other dag as
she and lady much Older passed the
window of small store whose nature
was advertised by three large gilt
balls overhead
They are black. never saw black
rings before. And look at that one
It's fiat and set with silver stars. And
there's another with little gold
plate Are they mourning rings?"
No" said the Old lady. they are
not mourning rings They are re-
minders OF that awful war"
Why what did they have TO do
with the war" asked the girl in as
tonishmeut
Rings Ike those were made by
the confederate prisoners right here in
ST. Louis. said the old lady
There We're many prisoners. hun
dreds al a time. locked up in the old
Mcdowell college at Eighth and Ora.
tiot and in the old Lynch prison for
slaves, at Broadway and Clark ave
nue.. Your grandfather was in Nc
the inmates became pretty familiar to
him before he got out Most of the
prisoners were captured in the field
with nothing in the world but the
clothes they had on. and those were
often very ragged The government
supplied clothes for such as needed
them. and benevolent people in the
CITY. both Northern and Southern sym
pathizers. sent great bundles of cloth
ing to the prison, but some Of those
poor fellows were 50 proud that they
wouldn't wear the governments
clothes, and said they'd die in their
rags before they'd wear charity gar
ments. So they made rings.
The guards We're permitted to buy
gutta percha buttons for them. and
they We're allowed, by special permit.
little pocketkniVes that were gathered
up by the guards every night and is
sued again in the morning. and all
day long they would sit and whittle
tough black buttons, making rings like
those, and rounding them and polish
ing them by rubbing them against the
walls and on the floor
1T sometimes took a man two or
three days to make a ring Then the
union soldiers would sell them for
the prisoners. and there was a good
sale for them at dollar apiece Some
of those with silver sets were made
out of dimes that the prisoners ham
mered until they We're as thin as pa
per. suppose that gold set may
have come from bit of watch chain
or something like that
The Southern girls all wore them
for while"
The two went on. A day or two
after the young lady was passing the
store window with a companion and
thought of the rings and the story.
Lets go in and buy one for keep
sake" she said But the rings were
not in the window. The two went into
the shop.
Id like to look at some black rings
You had in your window"
They're gone said the proprietor.
IA old lady came in and bought the
whole lot. st Louis Globe Democrat.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Record Mountain CLIMBING.

The redoubtable enterprise Of
climbing Mont Blanc In midwinter has
recently been successfully carried out.
The climber is an artist-photographer
of Chamouuix-M. Max Willmann.
The climb took two days and nights.
With VI "illmann were two guides
During all three days the weather was
arctic in point OF cold. but otherwise
splendid
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Valuable Rubber Plant,

A German maid with 4 knowledge Of
English just sufficient to get things
mixed was much interested in the
house plants Of her mistress, who pos
sessed. among others, rubber plant.
One day while sweeping the room
she had occasion to move this partic-
ular plant. when she remarked that
she had read in the paper that rub
Der plant worth 100000 burned in
Woonsocket, and she thought it must
have been a beautiful plant to have
cost 30 much money.
All philosophy lies in two words-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Bold Raid by Foxes.

A curious vulpine raid was witness
ed one recent Sunday on the Manor
farm. Corston. near Malmesbury A
number Of unsuspecting fowls were
feeding quietly in one OF the fields
when band OF five foxes appeared.
Heading for the fowls. they each pick
ed out one OF the unfortunate birds
and made OF. carrying their prey
with them.-London Daily Mail
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
What Did He Mean?

Doctor-You must be very careful.
With her throat trouble your wife w.ll
10. be able to speak above whisper
for two or three weeks.
Husband-Oh. doctor, Is there any
ossib!lity of her disease becomi 9
hrcnic Translated for Trensatlar tic
rales from II Motto per RideIe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Missionary's Large District.

The Rev. ". Arthur Noble, OF Ko-
rea has one Of the largest districts
in Methodism. Recently he walked 300
miles. the churches in one section OF
his district being nea- enough for him
10 do this.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
Laundry work at home would b

nucn more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, It is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness OF the fabric Is
hidden behind q paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch. as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because Of its great.
er strength than other makes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23
ONLY ONE .nR0wo oU,NrxE.

That IS LAXATIVE BKoNo Quinne. smilarl
named reued es sometimes deceive The nrst an
or slnal COD Tsblet IS WHITE PACKAGE wit
Diark and red ie ter ng. and bears the s.snAturs
h. W GROVE &c.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

which man cuts out with himself ~
both tool and subject-Sterne
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

Take Garfield Tea. the herb remedy that
hd, tor IT. object Good Health, II puri-
ties the blood. cIeauses the system, MA kes
people well. Guaranteed under the Pure
Food law
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

And some people are so industrious
that when they haven't anything to
do they proceed to do somebody
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup.
or children teethng softens The gums, reduces In
ANN alton, Allays pain. ind coC 25c bottle.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

do they have the block system on
this railrold2" Yes. svery time
train is wrecked it blocks the line"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds Of mistakes
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

All philosophy lies in two words
Sustain" and abstain.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

Defiance Starch-Never sticks to the
lron-no blotches-no blisters, makes
ironing easy and does not injure the
goods.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

Woman was made from the rib or
man. and she makes no bones about H.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-23

onn InnH B"4ler. IN all L nis Of merrlIAn
DUN I. lOUk dt-., Mammoth cat,ip1 mailed
tree Corner sixteenth aud lake. Denver
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
Use artificial gas tor light and heat
io.tf
Kirkman's Bill Passed

Senator kirkman's bill, appropriate
ing $11.600 with which to pay the SOL
diers of the One Hundred and Sixty
first Regiment has been passed
in the Senate by vote of 80 to 2.
These soldiers. IL is said. received no
pay for the time Intervening between
the date they were mustered in and
the time their names were placed on
the pay roll. Other soldiers received
money for this time. Under n con-
tract, A. w. Wishard collected this
money and received c5 per cent. Of
the sum as his fee. The sum named
in the Kfrkman bill is 10 pay the
soldiers this sum which was deducted
for the fee Of the attorney. II provides
also for the payment of money due
widows and orphans OF members OF
the regiment.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06

while DINING these they are polish
ing themselves up in a good, clean.
wholesome way until they are bright
and interesting lot of chaps.
The reading rooms offer the best
of literature daily. weekly and month
ly periodicals of the best are on the
tables for the boys whenever they
feel so disposed to read the con-
tents.
They also have an evening lunch
room which Is run from $3.50 TO any
time in the night for closing. Now
the lecture hall in which there is n
meeting every Sunday afternoon at
5:45. for men, then through the week
they conduct lectures. They have a
course on now which you will note on
the enclosed ticket, so you see we
have advantages from listening to
others. | nearly forgot the school.
There is a night school conducted
here by the instructors who are in
terested I'm the welfare OF the boys,
and you find class of boys, who
have to work all day come at night to
the study rooms to develop his men,
tai faculties, SO We see the boy or
man has an opportunity to develop
every part of him, and the better
part is that everything is done under
good Christian influence, and I tell
you it's grand.
1t is certainly a paradise to me, and
in this building there are sixty more
like me. 1t certainly goes long
way toward making man.
/ shall be pleased TO write you more
of the inner workings later If you so
desire A booklet and some litera-
ture will follow this which will help
you to understand my letter better
Well, Mr.. Hiser, this is most a
book. and if you can reap any benefit
from it | shall be very much pleased.
/ feel that your Y. NJ. c. A. will be a
success, and would give most any
thing to be with you to give helping
hand. for with what / have seen here
amongst 1866 boys and men / GER
tainly feel my time would not be lost.
Yours in the interest of young men,
PARK S. HYDE.