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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
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Kansas, arrived at Rose Hill Monday
and is the guest of his cousin, w. A.
Waddell.
Miss Iowa Ellis and Miss Desta San
ders were guests of the county super
intendent at Oskaloosa Tuesday LOT
examination.
Tom Beatty shipped a car load of
hogs from Rose Hill Sunday to Chi
cago and was lucky to strike a good
market on MONDAY.
Miss Nellie Hollingsworth is teach
ing her first term of school at the
Center school house in Monroe town'
ship, which commenced April l.
Rev. Van Slack, . o. ,Des Moine's
stopped off at Rose Hill Saturday
evening on his way to indianapolis to
preach at the Christian cnurch on
Sunday.
1. r. Gatewood las a vat for oiline
harness in, that has made many far
mers' harness look like new. /. X
Informed me that he mad oileu !oVel
ninety sets of harness.
Mrs. Velma Slocum Lemon, of Oma
ha, Nebr. visited recently at Rose
Hill with her mother, Mrs. Jennie $40
cum, and sisters, Miss Mayme Slocun
and Mrs. DR.. w. N. Wright.
Master Cecil Smith and sisters
Misses Ruth and Helen, of oskaloosa
spent a few days recently in Rose
Hi with their sister, Mrs. DR.. H. ID
Jarvis, and with Mrs. Howard Wilcox
OF Blyth.
The men working for Tracy Riggt
are at work putting a new floor on ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

-Ex-Secretary Shaw said in a
speech last week that the crop of
1906 was enormous and the price
thereof was unprecedentedly high. 1t
has not yet been consumed, and not
all of it has been marketed. The peo-
pie are interested in assets of this
kind far more than in Wall street
speculation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
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of a roster of Iowa Soldiers.

The senate committee on appro-
priation voted to report for passage
the Military bill appropriating $780,
900 for the ]. N. G.. The bill is re-
ported as it came from the house,
without the original senate provision
increasing the salary of the Adjutant
General. The appropriation commit
tee considered the bill increasing ths
salaries of the deputies of the state
officers, but referred it to a sub-com-
mittee to make certain corrections.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
nHas a man a rlght to gplt7" ask

Has man right to spit?" asks
an exchange, and then proceeds TO
answer the question thusly: you bet
ne mas. and rigit to breathe, right
to express his opinion; right to kick
and right to work, also right to
vote and pay taxes and to find fault
with everybody and everything he
don't like. Man has whole lot of
rights. but he should exercise them
like a gentleman"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
-Keosauqua RepublIean: The ogE

--Keosauqua Republican: The Oska'
loosa Herald that comes to our desk
was never as good a paper as it Is
now, ami we have been receiving it
regularly for the past % years, back
when the Leighton boys were at its
helm. 1t always has been good pa
per. A recent issue contained fine
picture of its new Duplex perfecting
press that has capacity of 5000 COM
plete Heralds an hour.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
In Full Bloom.

Oskaloosa breaks all previous To-
cal records for early blossoms. A
plum tree is to be seen at the George
Barnhart place on South First street
that is a geritable bank Of bloom.
The tree has been developing in the
warm sunshine and today is a thing
OF beauty. Inc early blossoms at,
tract considerable attention from
passers by.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

In Milan, Italy, high-grade tool
maker, working ten hours, gets 81 TO
$l.2O day and skilled machinist
receives from so to so ce1ts a day. IL
this country should ever drop protec-
ton its workmen will make a pain
full discovery on the subject of Amer
lean WAGES.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

The Register and Leader specu;
lates as follows: Speaker Kendall Is
probably serving his last term in the
Iowa house of representatives. II
is said that mis- next appearance in a
Legislative body will be in the nation
a hnnsen
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

"A few days ago the record-break-
ing total of 1900 immigrants landed
in New York. On Wednesday last
the arrivals went up to 16,O5S. AT
this rate the million and a half mark
IS likely to be reached in the present
vaar
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

Attention. farmers and all stock
men. / have been elected to supply
you with the necessary articles to
clean up your stock and poultry. DR..
Ress and Clark and J. J. Fleck's REM
edies kept in stock and fully guaran-
teed. II. L. Waite. 324 High avenue
west. 1S0eod2-wl
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

TN place of fastening to the fairy
tales of the land agent. why not keep
Iowa moaey at home and invest 1t in
Iowa factories?" asks the GAINESVILLE
Star. Build up your home first"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

The past winter seems to have
been mighty hard upon the board
walks about town. what few OF them
are left. and the CHARGE for their re-
tirement this season is promising.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

The Keokuk Gate City gives this
prescription for happiness: Buy
home made goods and vote the repub-
lican ticket
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

Warm weather came so quickly
this year that the spring poets were
caught mapping. Thanks!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

Sixty girls have been quarantinej
in the dormitory of Simpson college
or account of scarlet fever.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

caoe, Des Moines. Lieutenant Downes
will be glad to forward them to the
Navy Department.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

OUR COTTON CROP.
The exports OF raw cotton, cotton
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04
Entertainment Committee.

Miss Adalyn Sewers, chairman;
Mrs. Jas. ,Loughridge, vice chairman;
Mrs. H. "A. Hoover, Mrs. l. N. Gibbs.
Mrs. H. L. Spencer, Mrs. A. P. Spen-
Ger, Mrs. H. II. Sheriff, Mrs. A. Ros,
enblatt, Mrs. H. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Frank
Nash, Mrs. Tolbert, Miss Mae Millar,
Mrs. Della Kyle, Mrs. J. H. Helm,
Mrs. VIM. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Steddom,
Mrs. Geo. Fraker, Mrs. Horace Glea'
son, Mrs. L. V. Carter, Mrs. Frank
Smith, Mrs Will Gochee.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

Mrs. r. Burke. chairman; Mrs. J..
H. Mckinley, Mrs. Rhoda Woodruff,
Mrs. W. J. Thomas. Mrs. Morris
Hirsch, Mrs. Fred Hirsch, Miss Kate
Palmer. Mrs. C. w. Ames. Mrs. Geo.
Harris. Miss Eda Gum, Mrs. w. p.
Castle.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-04-04

Chairman, Mrs. 9F.ED. REID; MIS-.
Rhea Oppenheimer, Mrs. L. C. Blan-
chard, Mrs. VIM. Pearson, Mrs. Byron
Sewers, Mrs. Cora Martenstein, Mrs.
F. l.. Christie, Mrs. Fred Brackney,
Mrs. F. w. Glaze, Miss Anna Phelps,
Miss Jessie Duboc, Miss Rosa Lewis,
Miss Eva Mattison, Mrs. Cecilia
Sherman
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

certain kind Of business just as his
prototypes of the present day are credited
with doing Not until old George Bur
roughs died. after having been crowded
out OF his little store by Harney S bust
ness ways. and people who lost through
the manipulation of the stock OF the new
railroad began 20 say ugly things ABOUT
the capitalist because of his connection
with the deal, did the latter commence
to realize that the world contained some
thing more valuable than money. Ihen
his daughter eloped, being determined not
10 marry the man Of her fathers choice
Mrs Harney showed signs Of turning
against him and. finally. The Prophet de-
nounced him and his methods Then II
was that the light shOne fun and clear on
Joel Harney's soul, and he saw the way
that he should go
II was az Prophets Landing that the
Harneys lived. with the others who figure
In their story, and Prophets Landing
is the name given to that story by Edwin
Asa Dix. who wrote IT, The book is
worth while from more than one stand
point Il is charming in its delineation
Of life IN rural Connecticut, its love ele-
ment Is natural and attractive, and the
lesson IL teaches. while deeply impressing
the reader. is not thrust upon him in a
way that makes ii tires0me, or offensive
i'm the slightest degree. II is a pity that
we do not have more Prophets Land
| lnRs' IN the fiction OF the day. New
York. Charles Scribner's sons.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
New Literary Reviews
Fiction and Essay
Fiction and Essay.

the daily newspapers are read aloud for
the benefit Of those who cannot read for
themselves. Then, too. there is marked
reform In writing, Up 10 within a few
years the Chinese depended on those char
aeters which were a development OF hero
glyphics, in which each pictorial form
must be made separately familiar TO the
eye. Now an alphabet Of fifty letters has
been invented. and a society has been
formed TO push this reform. so that the
common people. including the women and
the children. may soon be able TO read for
themselves
one Of the minor, but most significant
reforms. is the crusade against foot-bind~
ing. a reform which the Dowager En-
press has supported with an laboratory
edict Add 10 this the fact that the larger
cities already have an able and efficient
police force. that foreign buildings are
finding favor. and that the adoption Of a
modified form of foreign dress is already
being agitated. and if will be seen that
China is rapidly awakening from the
lethargy in which the centuries have held
her
In an appended paper DR.. Martin tells
what has been accomplished for China
most missionaries. he is not modest i'm
his claims. and, OF course, his paper is a
special plea. That there is anything that
might be said on the other side, he gives
no hint He condemns utterly the Chi
nese costume, but he says nothing about
the foreign missionaries who not only
adopt the Chinese dress. but even 60 TO
the length of allowing their hair 70 grow
some OF them red-headed. tOo-to en-
able them 10 wear a cue Nor does he
find IL necessary % mention that in the
interior villages where the Chinese peas
ants are poor and live from hand TO
mouth. the mission station is a palace
often, compared 10 the huts OF the peas
ants. and that the Chinese. who are
nothing II not shrewd observers. have
always found il difficult to bring into
accord the Christian doctrine promul-
gated by the missionaries. Sell that thou
has and give 10 the poor with 'he-tc
them-enormous luxury in which some
missionaries live. These and other side
lights on the mission field in China must
be left for some other observer 10 write.
For the rest. it must he said that DIT
Martin has written an Informative and
instructive book and one that, in view OF
the great agitation now going on IN
China has a fine air Of timeliness. The
volume Is handsomely and artistically
illustrated from numerous photographs
well reproduced. (New York. Doubleday
Page & Coz
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
NnNirnfinr The Air

a scientific statement Of the progress
of aeronauticaI science up 20 the present
time is Navigating the Air" by the
AreO Club Of America. with an intrOduc-
tion by Carl Dienstbach The preface.
by Cortlandt Field Bishop, tells OF the
founding Of the Aero Club In 1905. and
gives a history of its scope and progress.
The essay by Carl Dienstbsch deals with
practical aircraft from the oldest in
stance Of a motOr-driven balloon, the Ia
France" which in 1884 was the first air
ship that had ever returned % its start
ing point. 1t deals then, briefly. with
MaximS acropane. the Langley models
the Wright gliders, and the other de
vices that have been invented for tra-
yersing the air
Thereafter the articles are contributed
by the men who have proven themselves
the most expert in their respective fields
O. Chanutc writes about "The Wright
Brothers Motor Flyer" Wilber and or
vile Wright discuss The Relations of
Weight. Speed. and Power of FLYERS.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell makes a
Few Notes Of Progress i'm the ConStruC.
tion Of an AeTOdrOme.' Lieut. Frank T.
Laham tells Of The First Annual Aero
nautic Cup Race Israel Ludlow writes
about Experimental Flights with a Man
carrying Aeroplane' And so through
some twenty or more essays the whole
subject Of navigating the air Is thorough
ly discussed. Among other contributor,
are Capt Homer ". Hedge Prof. VII
liam II. Pickering, 4. Lawrence Rotch
Prof. Thaddeus 5. c. Lowe, William J
Hammer, August Post. A. Leo Stevens
Charles NJ Manly. Prof David Todd
William A Eddy. Oliver +. Fassig. VIII
liam r. Kimball, Charles Flesse, A. NJ
Herring, Dr. A. +. Zahm, and J. c. Ne
Coy.
Here every conceivable form Of machin.
for navigating the air is discussed, anC
the latest discoveries are set down. Her,
the aeronagt will find the necessary math.
ematical tables dealing with wind veIoci
ties. lifting surfaces. and so on. IN short
all there Is to be known about ariel navi
cation. II is most interesting volume
and one that should be OF vast benefit {,
those who are interested in the solution
Of one Of the most fascinating Of scien
tihc problems That il viii be solve,
some day the record Of progress here Sc
down shows. The volume is fully Illus
trated. New York: Doubleday, Page q
Coz
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

Whatever be its practical character. his
best literary work always presents some
idea that is curious, extravagant quaint.
impossible, strange, romantic, or some
thing Of the kind"
Mr. Hale discourses pleasantly Of his
fathers books and Of his failing for the
romantic. the extravagant.
FormaIism DistastefuI.
Speaking of his father as a preacher,
Mr.. Hale says: zone may be curious as
to just why Journalism and machinery and
observance and creed were distasteful to
him. They are not in themselves neces-
sarily uninteresting, certainly not to the
historian. In religious matters where his
feeling was strongest. l do not suppose
that he dislked ritual as such. As | re-
member him, he always preached i'm a
splendid silk gown. in a high magnificent
pulpit He always liked to read the
psalms responsively, either to Mr.. Lang s
fine improvisations on the organ opposite,
or 10 the congregation standing up. lie
had a great love, 1 am sure, for the
beauty Of holiness. Why any hatred Of
Journalism? Perhaps for this reason, that
when any act has become formal, me-
chanical petriled whoever performs tho
act is in great danger of performing it
to himself and not for another human
creature or for the Lord God. And the
personal intrusion into what was meant
to be something else, that he could not
stand. For him, selfshness was sin.
And this sort OF selfshness. or indeed
any sort will never 10 for him, for he
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
The Industrial Republic.

Mr. Upton Sinclair. who has not been
heard from much since he startled the
beef trust with his novel THE Jungle.
now makes his temperance with doc
,rinal volume setting forth his views. He
calls It 'The Industrial Republic Any
synopsis Of such n work must in the n1-
tu-e Of things, be Inadequate, because Mr.
Sinclair promulgates 80 much. lie is an
ardent socialist. and is not afraid Of the
;erm he tries IN this volume 10 give his
readers an idea Of what socialism is
Ordinary citizens. content 10 live their
lives along appointed lines, have always
regarded socialism as some sort Of radi-
cal science. into which It was not neces-
sary to 20 deeply. but a science that
had for IFS basis the uprooting. the over
turning OF the existing order OF society
by some means which should result in a
redistribution of wealth and which is %
result I'm perfect happiness for everybody.
Those or the soclallstic faith who deny
/ this programme are careful 20 make their
statements of what they hope 20 ac-
complish by socialism reasonable but
Mr. Sinclair. disdaiuing % bend % or
ganized public opinion. frankly declares
In his preface. as well as in the body of
coming by process as natural and iG-
evtahle as that hy which a chick breaks
out Of its shell lie saws. Il believe that
! the economic process is whIrling us ou
with terrific momentum toward the crisis
/ and 7 look 20 see the most essential
/ features OF the great transformation ac-
complished in America within one year
after the Presidential election of 1919" a."
| Ie Er-Hrs .af
/ We have not space nor inclination % ga
/ too deeply into hts arguments He bee
I lieves iu the first place. that an economic
regime. founded On competition. Is au
/ wrong Ha tells US that with modern
improvements and modern machinery. ws
/ shall soon have made all tho manufac-
/ tured articles that the world can usa
/ and that manufactures wil' then have tC
! stop. because there viii he nobody "a
/ buy. and he looks to see. within meas
| urable space Of time. an era of noucrm-
petition. Of proft-sharlnE. o. pure social
/ ism-a Utopia in which no one shall b'
I rich. no one hungry.
/ Mr.. Sinclair has given much thought %
/ this subiect-much more than the re-.
4 viewer OF books has. He has consulted
/ Nr H. c. Wells, he cites Naltnus John
} spar E''- Ail N.ffnts Ail fNlfALt.fL-r tl.i
/ many others. an Of whom support more
! or less. his contentious His arguments
/ sound reasonable. the scheme no proposes
/ sounds rs n it would make for happiness
/ His book is well written. and those who
are dissatisfied with the scheme Of thing:
| as they are: those who foil 10 see that
| without competition, without the privileg,
/ Of fighting. and fighting hard. for every
| inch We gain In life. the whole rae,
/ would deteri0rate. may appreciate th,
/ book and become Mr. Sinclairs converts
/ What he has % say Is intensely interest
/ ing even II 70 is not new. and note OF
/ intense pathos is added 20 the book by hi.
/ account Of the sudden ending Of Helicor
! Hall. one more Of the communistic gath.
/ erings 10 be numbered among the list Of
/ failures, CNew York: Doubleday, Page &
! Coz
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

really loves other people too much to
have any sympathy with that temper
which turns from others into self-absorp-
ton. He likes people and so is a great
believer in human nature. I suppose that
is one great reason for his being a Uni
tartan: not because he would deny the
divinity Of the Lord Jesus, but because
he will not countenance the denial of the
divinity Of man. The great thing that
makes people love him is that he loves
them.s Men and women are often interest
ing, but often they are not; they are
often very tedious, very exasperating
very disgusting, terrible bores. terrible
fools, and terrible wrecks. Still. they
have not destroyed his confidence i'm them.
and they never will He believes IN peo-
pie. as in the people.
u suspect that gets to the bottom Of IT,
He likes TO be at Washington now be-
cause he sees all sorts of people from
all parts Of the country and the world,
becaue he touches life at so many sides
or surfaces-a great many. Of course, but
still he does really touch It. and so lives
freshly and genuinely. He likes to have
the interests Of life fresh-fresh and new
and strange and unimagined before. He
likes all those things. But then he is a
realist: he wants things genuine. And
they are genuine.as life always has been
to him. That is perhaps the reason why
at eighty-five he is as young as his sons
or grand-sons or t-grand-sons.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

depths in which this author has seen fit
to conceal them. II is really no reflection
on Mr. Hueffer to declare that the few
and most excellent illustrations of the
volume. made by Mr.. Henry Hyde, really
bear out and illuminate the title Of the
volume better, and much more restully
than does Mr.. Hueffers text (New York:
Mcclure, Phillips & Coz
Salt Glazed StOneware.
The latest art primer Of the Pennsyl-
vanla Museum and School Of Industrial
Art. Philadelphia. is a monograph en-
titled Salt Glazed Stoneware. IL Is
by Mr.. Edwin Atlee Barber. curator ot
the museum. These art primers are de-
signed 10 furnish in a compact form. FOR
the use of collectors, students, and artl-
sans. the most reliable Information, based
or the latest discoveries relating to the
various industrial arts Each monograph,
complete in itself, contains historical
sketch. a review Of processes, descrlp-
tions of characteristic examples Of the
best productions and all available data
that will serve to facilitate the idenunca-
ton Of specimens. In other words, these
booklets are intended 10 serve as author
itative and permanent reference works on
the various subjects treated.
In the present volume Mr.. Barber dis
cusses the characteristics Of salt glazed
stonewarc as found In the various coun-
tries. lie describes the differences that
exist In the stoneware Of Slegburg,
Raerun. Frechen. Kreussen, Greuzhausen.
BoufIioux. Bunzau. Dreyhausen, and
other continental stoneware Centers. He
| tells Of the discovery Of the process Of
glazing by evaporation, which led 10 the
making In North Germany Of salt glazed
stoneware very extensively in the six
/ teenth century. In England the process
was discovered IN 1880 by a servant, who
! boiling salt in a common vessel. was cali
[ ed away, and on her return discovered
| that the brine having oyer1owed. the out
/ side Of the pot was partially glazed. The
/ history Of the growth Of this industry IS
gone into at length by Mr.. Barber, who
/ also describes the sizes, shapes, and
marks By which the genuine antique
stoneware may be identified. The book Is
| very fully illustrated (New York. Double
I day Page q Coz
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
EDWARD EVERETT HALE PICTURED BY HIS SON

In a recent number Of The Out
look, Edward Everett Hale, jr. gives an
interesting account Of his distinguished
father He says:
ITO speak as a literary critic on the
works Of ones father offers a chance for
much that Is unbecoming. That chance
comes to mo sometimes in college classes,
and I generally escape it by leaving the
seat Of judgment and becoming a his
torian. 1t does not seem just the thing
for me to tell a class Of college men that
The Man Without a Country is one
Of the finest Of our American short stories.
CT that II is not but I can usually tell
the fellows something about the way it
came to be what it IS One does not
have to lecture on the story 10 make them
feel It. but they like TO see that behind
the story are a man and a life
Il am modern enough as =, critic TO
believe that the literary work Of a man
who writes sincerely and readily for a
good many years is pretty fair index
to his character Doubtless the study
Of literature as the expression Of personal
character, or national is not the only
thing but It is one Of the elements of a
useful criticism. And l often find in
my studies of literature. things that ex-
hibit my fathers character and interests
and life as I remember then, or rather as
they have left their impression on me
in the many years that we have been
intimate
Tn his short stories the especial quality
is q mixture Of realism and fantasy.