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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-06

| ban from Des Moines via Bussey and
Buxton to Ottumwa, and from Oska-
loosa via Buxton to Abba. Are the
readers OF this paper interested? Can
you talk? Do you care? What will
you do? oae man offers right-of-way
and others money. Another says he
will give right.o.-way and vote for a
tax. The people of Attica, Columbia
and Dallas would love to see this
grand Improvement come Long Lane
and over the rich coal field of the
southwest, thence on to Des Moiles.
| If Des Moines is interested why not
say so, and say 1t this year. If OF
tumwa and Oskaloosa and Abba want
to touch glad hands with the Bussey-
Buxton region where toll 1000 miners
daily, why not get busy! The wealth
is here, the people are here. we want
road, we're ready to help build it,
there's idle money to do these things
| IL there were not cross purposes at
work. Can anybody on earth or un-
der the earth tell why the Oskaloosa
enterprise stands as still and dumb
as a post? They have bushel of
money collected and more coming.
they have a rich community and con-
ditions apparently right, yet not a
wheel turns. If this Is a fair sample,
then interurbans in southeast Iowa
are dream, "a habitation without q
name" an idle tale, a loud noise with.
out either cyclone or earthquake.
q |. q
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Oskaloosa Is
looking forward to the time when a
celebrated case is. to be tried, where
IN the plaintiff demands $4,000 from
defendant for alternating his ywifefs al
fections. Both parties are prominent
in social and business circles. Some
time, when the lawyers Union gets
together, they might with propriety
discuss whether or not sucn cases
ought to be permitted. But as there
must be very handsome fees both in
prosecuting and in defending eases of
this kind, and as the attorneys on
both sides get, thousands of dollars
worth Of free aaSeyisipg out of such
trials, it is not likely that the union
will declare against litigation of this
kind. Perhaps, the judges might form
an organization of some kind, and re-
fuse to try such cases.
y q Y
Pella Chronicle: The P. e. O.'s and
the members of the Pella Reading
Club who went to Oskaloosa were en-
thusiastic over the enjoyment and
profit of the convention. Many more
would have gone had they realized now
rare treat came so near their door.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-06

According to the Keokuk Gate
City one Of the real needs Of the day
is a species of bacteria that will prey
on the strike germ.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-06

"A daylight ride across Iowa now
will cure any case of blues.-Sioux
City Tribune.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-06

AROUND THE CIRCUIT.
Bussey Press: We need an Interur.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
THEFTs OF THE sEAGULLs.
Appropriating Fishermen's Catches.
Maraudins Expeditions on Land.

The gull is in paradise in Cornish
fishing villages, and takes possession
Of the boats and quays and roofs of
houses, and pays great attention to all
that is going on with a keen eye to
the main chance of appropriating
something tasty when no one is look
Ing, says the London Daily Mail. Only
turn your head a moment and your
fish is gone, the bird flying with it in
it's powerful bill across the harbor. A
greater thief does not live and escape
punish ment-it has conscientious OBJ
jections to the eighth commandment,
and whatever trusts to its honor will
be deceived.
There is a soft place in our deep sea
fishers hearts for the bird which fol-
lows them in and out all the year
round, and shows them in seasons the
most likely places to cast their nets.
The fisherman keeps his eye lifting as
he sails. and notes where the gulls
fly Or swoop down and strike at some
thing in the water invisible to human
sight at a distance.
Often this is the only guide they
have for shooting their nets; so they
are friendly with the birds and love
them in a fashion, and do not be-
grudge them share of the spoil.
Then, when the nets are all aboard,
the jseagull fies homeWard before the
boats, announcing with shrill cries
of ho To 10
who awake and make ready.
Fishermen say that gulls sometimes
attach themselves to certain boats and
bring them luck" following them at
sea and resting always on the same
spars when in harbor. The men feed
them casually with broken fish and
offal as they strut between their legs
ashore, and they are SO tame that
those who know them may catch
them by the wings. During the CEN
turtles, in fair weather and in foul,
good seasons and bad, our fishers and
birds have linked fortunes, until there
has grown up a feeling of comrade-
ship and superstition for the silver
gray bird with the half human cry.
But on land this beautiful bird,
with round, black, lustrous eyes, is
another self-a marauder, a fighter,
a poacher. a committer of sins which
no tears of repentance can wash
away. Following the plough for
worms, what more innocent and
beautiful against the dark burrows?
But, alas, cantact with the soil rapid
ly develops all latent vices and sets
the birds quarrelling with the rocks
and crows and robbing hen roosts,
carrying Off young chickens and I'M
fedged birds and killing trapped rab-
bits just for the luxury of feeding on
heir eyes.
One can hardly believe that the
brave seagull, riding on the pillows
and 2thing undaunted in tempests,
could ever be guilty of the immorali-
ties ID to it's charge on land-even
to the petty meanness Of fighting with
London sparrows in st. Jamess Park.
But. alas! the bill is true one-a
case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde in
the feathered world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
BRATTLEBORO.

DR.. George f. Gale, 70, emiren
as a surgeon in New England in his
early life, died at his home on Green
street Sunday afternoon after crit
ical illness of one week. Dr. Gale
had practiced in Brattleboro longer
than any other doctor who ever
lived there, going to Brattleboro in
1858. He was first surgeon of the
8th Vermont regiment in 1861 and
1862, and after the battle of Gettys-
burg he responded to the call for
additional surgeons. He was on the
first board of bailiffs elected in Brat
tleboro, a charter member of Beau
seant commandery, Knights Tenn
piar, and the Vermont wheel club.
He married Vesta Richards in Cum
mington in 1849. Two daughters
survive.
Rufus W. Rawson, rs, died Sat-
urday evening at his home on Elliot
street, after an illness of three days
with pneumonia and heart disease.
For several years he and his broth
erin law, Henry c. Nash, ran the
American house, and afterward Mr.
Rawson ran it five years alone. He
married Mary E Nash of Brattle-
boro, November 3, 1852. She sur
wives him with one son, Edward A.
Raws %, of Brattleboro.
Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor, of
Proctor, has been invited to deliver
the principal address at the anniver-
sary exercises Of the Brattleboro
Young Mems Christian Association
the first Sunday in May.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Feminine Taste in Books.

Women in the last fifteen years
have taken to reading a much better
class of books" said a veterdn n
dealer. q think | may safely asset
TIA the average woman has to-day
finer literary taste than tie
average man.
ut used to be different. Wome o
used to to read nothing but the
Duchess, Mrs. Southworth. Ber-
tina NJ. Clay, and writer's of tat
class. Now they read Howr'ls,
Joseph Conrad, Kipling, Wells, Mrs.
Wharton, Hardy, w. w. Jacobs,
George Meredith, and so on.
$50 much for my average woman
patron. My average man patron
reads Conan Doyle, Hall Game,
Rider Haggard, Winston Churchill
writer's of the popular class.
II suppose 1t is the higher educa-
ton and the greater freedom now
allowed women that have improved
their literary taste so tremendously"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Flat Dweller's Lament.

II entertained for years." she was
saying; then l got SO tired of it l
quit. 1t was all a hollow mockery.
People came to my house, drank ny
punch, ate my cake, and went away
and roasted me. Those who roasted
me most came and told me what
the others were saying. Well, MS l
told you. | quit for several years, but
now l have begun again. Why?
It's the terror of loneliness. New
York people, except the butcher, the
baker and the gas man, won't come
to your house without a special in
vitation, without the promise of
some amusement You may sit ut
your home in New York year in and
year out, with never knock at your
door that you care about There
are too many others ready and
willing to furnish them amusement.
was getting mossgrown, sitting by
my radiator forever with only my
cat. Better ingratitude, better sys-
temetic criticism of yourself aad
your methods of entertaining--you
cant please everybody-than this
insufferable, deadly, Siberian loneii-
ness of the New York fat
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
WARDSBORO.

Rev. H. Jones is in St. Johns
bury attending Conference this
week.
Mrs. John Underwood from S.
Londonderry is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sadie Bills.
Gates Estabrook has moved into
the house vacated by Mr.. Lyman.
A. L. Wheeler has gone to Bos-
ton on business.
Leonard Wheeler has returned
from pleasant visit in Bondville.
George w. Sargent from Gran.
vile visited over Sunday with Mrs.
A. L. Wiley.
c. A. White and family are NOV
ing back to their old home here.
They are sure of warm welcome.
Carl Woodward has been quite
sick at Charles Towards.
Mrs. Mary Dorset is in Jamaica
caring for Mrs. Wales Willard.
F, w. Farnum is in town.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
AN ILLUSTRATED LESSON.
That Called For a Satisfactory AMI
Amusing Explanation.

A teacher in one of the primary
schools of New York recently read
to her pupils THE old Oaken
Bucket"
After explaining the song to th@r
very carefully she asked the class
to copy the first stanza from the
black board, where she had written
1t, and to try to illustrate the vel e
by drawings in the same way a
story is illustrated.
In a short while one little girl
handed up her slate with several
little dots between two lines, a
circle, half a dozen dots, and three
buckets.
81 do not quite understand this,
NANNY" said the teacher. kindly.
what is that circle?"
"Oh, that's a WE'LL" NANNY re-
piled.
and why do you have three
buckets?" again asked the teacher.
"One," answered the child. rs
the oaken bucket, one is the IRON
bound bucket, and The other
is the moss-covered bucket that hung
in the we'll"
but NANNY. what are ell these
little dots for?"
"Why, those are the s3ots which
my infancy knew" earnestly replied
Mei.nv -TIor-s Gre " 49,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Astral "Teleqraphy."

For any gentleman possessing q
patent system to open up communica-
ton with the moon or other planets,
says the London Globe. the French
Academy of Science offers a prize OF
$4,000. The amount seems trifing,
considering the sums that are being
offered for mere flying machines. but
learned bodies do not possess the
wealth of some newspaper proprie-
tors. The prize, it is gravely an
nouncel by the Academy, will be
awarded in 1910 in the event of it's
being won. 1t should be added that
the planet Mars is barred. on the
ground that communication with
Mars is already established.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Calendar of the Romans.

To the modern world calendar"
is merely a harmless necessary re-
minte. of weeks and days, to be hung
T.. IN New YefS Day and consulted
il eating iettels Throughout the Year.
1t has no such mOurnful sound IS
"calendarium' had for the ancient
Romans The original calendar" CT
their times, was the money lenders
account book, so-called because il
tevest was due from the debtor on the
ca4el4s, or nrst day of each month.
Seuc3a speaks Of calendar" as a
word invented outside the course Ct
nature On account of human greed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Fer an Evening Scarf.

New evening silks are very sheer
ana fine. The stiff. heavy sorts have
little showing. These gossa mer veil
ings are printed with colored flow
ers. the design in many of them oIt-
lined in gold thread, making them
almost gorgeous. yet delicately
lovely.
One of the new chiffons seems es-
pecially designed for lovely evening
scarfs. 1t has border of satin
stripes, and above that wide stripe
design in beautiful soft colorings.
The width is ilst right for a scarf,
and one needs to buy only a yard
and a half, or two yards at most.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
ILL FROM OvERWORK
NERVOUS PRoSTRATIoN CURED
BY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.
BY Tonins up the Blood and Nerves Pa
tient Recovered Weight, Strength
and Good Spirits.

tient Recovered Weight, Strength
and Good Spirits.
When the nervous system is broken
down from overwOrk, or whatever cause,
life loses its joys. Not only is the ner-
vous victim q sufferer himself but he is
usually a trial to the whole family
Nervous breakdown is often gradual,
appearing at first to be merely an unu-
sual fretfulness. DR.. Williams Pink
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direct way and not only cure minor
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Mr.. w. w. Munroe, of 16 Hazel Park,
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down from overwork and from confine-
ment to work during warm weather.
For two months l grew steadily worse.
l lost i'll weight and strength and had no
appetite. My memory failed me quite
rapidly and I became in very low
state, both physically and mentally. l
took no interest in life, neither in bust
ness nor recreation. In my position, as
foreman in large manufacturing
chemists establishment in Boston,
good memory is absolutely essential to
success because of the immense amount
of detail that must be carried in the head.
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About the middle of December friend
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at the end of two weeks the change for
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These pills actually make new blood
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If you are sufferer from any disor.
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receipt of price, SO cents per box, six
boxes for 81 so, by the DR.. Williams
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Not What He Expected.

The Rev. Rodney Swope. rectos
OF the Vanderbilt church at Ash
vile, said in the course of an adj
dress:
Subtle attacks are the most
wounding. You have heard about
the clergyman and his aged part
shioner?
THE parishioner said that he
thought clergymen should be better
paid.
II am pleased to hear you say
that, Brother Brown exclaimed the
clergyman. beaming with good will
and happiness. 1T re.o.ces my
heart to hear you say that
Yes resumed the parIshioner
thouGhtfully, we'd get batter class
OF men then"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
ALL SORTS.
The New Hampshire league

The New Hampshire league has
voted to take in Burlington and
Montpelier-Barre, making an eight
club circuit. The name of the
league will probably he changed SO
as to read the 'sNew Hampshire and
Vermont" league.
G. W. Fairbanks, vice president
of the United States, is member
of large class recently initiated in
to the mysteries of the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine in Indianapolis
The strongest earthquake shock
recorded on the seismograph at the
state museum in Albany, N. Y,
since the Instrument was installed,
began at liza o'clock Monday morn
ing and continued for over two
hours. The record was much more
pronounced than that of the San
Francisco earthquake. 1t appeared
to record a shock some 900 miles
away, to the southwest or southeast.
It was stated by one of the attor-
neys who acted for Thaw in the re-
cent trial that D.. M. Delmas will
not hereafter have anything to do
with the case but that Messrs. Pea-
body and O'Reilly will act for him
10 the future.
At meeting of the Headmasters'
club of the Connecticut valley held
in Springfield, Mass, it was voted
to begin an organized effort to in
duce colleges to lower the require
ments of entrance examinations.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
10 IieneN linen.
Are we too Particular

The oyerparticular housekeeperS
should not be too severe in keeping
the house in order.
Let 1T be kept clean and orderly,
SO that no one will suffer discom-
fort for lack of these things; but
st has been observed that "a home
is not rightly governed and quite
fails I'm it's true mission when con-
Quoted in a spirit of combat, even
against dirt.
Cleanliness does not stand next
to goodness when gained at a con-
slant expense OF nerves and temper,
at the cost OF every other comfort. Z"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Dangerous Experimenting.

Here is a curious little story ABOUT
Sir James Simpson, the man who in
troduced the use of chloroform into
surgery, and peril which he escaped,
as recorded by Lyon Playfair. Simpson
when busy with his researches into the
subject of anaesthetics. called ole day
of Playfair and asked if he had any
thing new likely to produce anasthesia.
Playfair had just prepared liquid
which seemed worthy of trial Simp-
son, who knew no fear, prepared in
stautly to test it on himself This
Playfair refused to allow until it had
first been tried on rabbits. Two were
procured and placed under the effects
of the aEaeSthetic. Next day Simp-
sen proposed to try it on himself. I'VE
might as well see how the rabbits
have fared," said Playfair. They found
both the animals dead,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Oil Instead of Coal.

have proved successful, but to con-
struct a large stove, equal in sizs
anes usefulness to the coal range, has
beenAa hard problem. The demand
for such a stove is unlimited An
oil range which seems to approach
the ideal is shown here The range
is similar to the usual household
range, but in place of the coal CRATE
an soil burner is employed. The oil
is placed in tank and conveyed by
gravity into. vapor. The latter
then passes into a flame, which is
regulated at will. This oil burner
can also be used in connection with
an open crate or fireplace.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
SPORTING NOTES.

President John l. Taylor of the
Boston American baseball team has
announced that George Huff, ath-
letic director of the University of
Illinois, has signed a contract for
three years as manager of the club
and that he would report in New
York this week, probably on Satur-
day, to take charge of the team.
The Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
was found guilty Saturday night in
Chicago by jury in the United
States district court, of receiving re-
bates from the Chicago & Alton
Railroad Co.
David Ellington, the professional
swimmer, Sunday swan three quar-
tiers of a mile in II minutes SO 2-5
seconds, thereby creating a new
worlds record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Rules for AerooIane Race.

The Matin published the rules of
the aeroplane race which is to take
place on July IA, 1908. All the ma
chimes which start, without distinc-
ton of name or of form. but of
French make, will be admitted as
competitors. Whatever may be the
meteorological conditions on the date
arranged, they will have to travel
from the Offices of the Matin in Paris
London within a maximum period OF
twenty-four hours, using only their
own means of propulsion. The win
ner of the race will receive a prize OF
100000 francs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
All Kinds.

Singin' bout de sunshine
Singin' bout the snow
Tain no use o. guessin'
How de weather gwine to 60.
Singin' bout de warm wave,
Mex de blizzard come
1t changes every minute,
An guess OATS goin' some.
Singin' bout de shovel
Fob cleanin' off de street;
Singin' bout de shoes to keep
De water from Yoh feet;
Singin' bout de freeze-up,
Singin' bout de rain.
Jes' wait an do yoh choosin',
Tain no reason to complain.
Washington Star
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
Harold the Slow.

Sam Small, the reconverted evan
selist, said in Atlanta one day:
Il believe in religion OF the old
fashioned kind. New-fangled creeds
and bizarre faiths repel me. There
is safety In the old rut after all.
Thus I know a cemetery where
all the inscriptions, being conven-
tional, remain intact. But one,a BIZ
zarre inscription, has been tempered
with and made ridiculous.
THE tomb has on IT at the topi
Helen Vance. wife OF Harold Vance.
1854. / await you Then beneath.
Is carved, Harold Vance, 1889. here
am L
"At the base of the inscription
some one has written:
He took his time"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
The Young Housewife.

In the cooks absence the young
mistress of the house undertook.
with the help OF a green waitress, to
get the Sunday luncheon. The fur
ried maid who had been struggling
in the kitchen with a coffee machine
that refused to work confessed that
she had forgotten to wash the let
tuce.
We'll. never mind. Eliza. Go on
with the coffee, and I'll do IT," said
the considerate mistress. "Wkers
do you keep the soap?"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
J-oanese Copper Mining.

Japan is the largest copper produc-
Ing country of the Far East, but as
yet her output 1905) is only one
,iftieth of tie total production of the
world Tie output rose from 20 $50
tons in 1895 to SIS, 500 tens in 1905.
Cooper MINI IS at present one OF
Japan's weak points, the operations
beirg conducted without method. Her
hone consumption is about 1000 tons
year
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
To Clean White Chamois Gloves.

and warm water, in which you have
put one tablespoonful of ammonia to
each quart.
When the water Is tepid put the
gloves in 1t.
Let them soak for a quarter of an
hour then press them in your
hands; do not wiring them.
Rinse in fresh, cold water with a
little ammonia added.
Press the gloves in a towel. Dry
in the open air, after previously
blowing to puff them out.