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A LTHOUGH Speaker Cannon may
~ not realize his ambition to sue,
coed Mr.. Roosevelt In the White
House, he will soon have an oppor-
tunity TO appreciate how It feels to
walk up to the desk OF the paving
teller at the end Of the month and re.
ceiye a salary nearly as large as that
paid the president. Mr.. Roosevclts
compensation for running things is
S.i6G.GG a month. In December Mr..
Cannons check for services" will be
only $i6G.6G less than that of Mr..
Roosevelt
1t comes about in this way: For
several months it has not been en-
tirely accurate to refer to Mr.. Cannon
as speaker" Of the house OF repre.
scntatives. As a matter Of cold statute
law he has been plain Representative
Cannon of the Eighteenth Illinois dis.
trict since March 1. and the house has
been without a speaker since that
date. Alexander Mcdowell OF Penn.
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One Of MhnY.

An Atchison woman started out to
buy her fall hat. First she visited
the openings and looked and looked.
Then she took n friend and went
around to the millinery stores and
tried on" again. saying. OF course.
that her hair looked perfectly ter
rible." Then she went home and
thought and thought. and. finally.
went back to the stores and tried
on once more: and thought. and
thought. and then bought a hat which
is so grotesque and hidcous that her
relatives and friends blush with
shame every time they see her wear
1t. and strangers stare at her. wonder.
ing what kind Of courage 1t takes to
wear such a looking hat. But she
did the best she could.-Atchison
(kan) Globe.
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BIG CHECK FOR CANNON
WHEN CONGRESS CONVENES

sylyanIa. clerk Of the house. will 10
tho acting speaker when the Sixtlc'.
congress meets. and will WELD the
Gavel until dc facto speaker has
been chosen.
The salary.incrcase law enacted last
winter raised the compensation of the
speaker to $4,000 year. Since the
adjournment of congress Mr.. Cannon
has been receiving the salary paid
every other member of the house
SG25 a month. The difference between
this and $1,000 month-the speak.
er's stipend-has gone into an account
which is placed to the credit OF the
spcnkerto-be.
When congress meets there will be
approximately $4,000 in this fund. For
the month of December Mr.. Cannon's
compensation will be 81 900. SO that.
in round figures. with the $4,000
added. he will receive $4,000 as salary
at a season when most mems ex.
penditures exceed their incomes.
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nNE of the sad features of depart
" mental life here is the number of
old people who are dismissed because
of inefiiciency due to old age. The
other day 1t was necessary to drop
from the government pay roll a clerk
who had attained the respectable age
Of n years. AS long as possible the
secretaries take care Of those who
have had long government service,
shifting them to easier work, bu. Of
course. reducing their salaries.
An old woman came out Of one Of
the departments one day not long
ago. There was despair printed upon
her countenance. Il went in and rsked
that my husband be restored ~ his
positiop." she said. HE Il only n
end he II Just ~ eficient as any Of
l1Ennm xa1nmnt - nrn69r;1 49, Z Y1THrv
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In South Africa. where the thunder.
storms are terrific. lightning often
strikes ironstone beds. and blue flames
sometimes firing buildinEs-arc al.
legged 10 play about such outcrops two
or three hours after storm.
The practical limit OF deep.sRa div
fnG. under the best conditions. Is
placed by Hill and Greenwood OF the
London hospital. at thirty-five to forty
fathoms. a special study of eight
years has shown these PSYCHOLOGISTS
that the chief danger to the diver
arises from the nitrogen absorbed by
the blood and other body fluids. and
that II is the absorbed nitrogen that
produces the III effects Of rising too
quickly. The breathlessncss and op.
preston felt by the working diver are
results Of poisoning by carbOnic acid
instead OF direct effects OF the great
pressure. with special air pumps and
extra precautions the experimsnters
descended thirty-ive fath9ms In n
scotch loch. aud. rising very slowly.
were none the worse for the expert.
ence, but the oxygen required for regu-
lar working at such n depth Is so great
In amount that pneumonia and conyul.
sions are commonly produced.
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No Ned Eor Alarm.

A. Barton Hepburn. at the conven
tion of the American Bankers Asso
citation at Atlantic City. said OF Il GER
tain argument:
But that argument fails 10 cheer
On the contrary. IL fills MS with gloom
and forebodins 1t is like the cry,
intended to be reassuring. that came
to the farmer across the tmrnip field.
"A farmer. on a frosty autumn af-
ternoon. went out INTO his turnip field
and began to gather turnips. The
early sun sank in the west. and as the
blush dusk came on. the farmer per
ceived. at the other end of the field
two men who. laying down bag, be-
San to dig with frantic haste.
'.The farmer watched the pair in
some perpleXity. What could they be
doingG And he was just putting his
hand to his cheek TO shout and ask
them their business. when one OF them
rose up and yelled. loudly and re-
nssuringly:
:. Don't let us disturb you: we are
only prigging n few ourselves
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representative persons from all over
the country TO unite at BenninGs to
witness the stecplechases and hurdle
races. The hotels are Overlooking
with the racing crowd. especially from
New York. and dinners and suppcrs
follow fast.
Many members OF the official family
are back-Mrs. Root. Mrs. Metcalt,
Mrs. Straus and Mrs. COrtelyou. Mrs.
BOuaparte runs over when necessary
from her country place near Baltimore
to be present at the meetings that
Mrs. Roosevelt holds to discuss lh"
arrangements and dates of the win
ter's official entertainments, as these
are made long In advance.
Several more dcbutantes have been
added to the list-Miss Eleanor Ridge
Is, daughter of the controller Of the
currency. who appeared first rs maid
of honor at her sisters wedding re-
Gently: Miss Constance Hoyt. dauCh.
ter Of the solicitor general; Miss Jane
Sands and Miss Yulec Noble. Mrs.
Mcmillan hopes TO present her dauEh-
er. Miss Grace Jarvis. who came home
from Europe in time TO attend the
of her aunt To Sir John HIr-
ringt. minister to AbyssInia. but a fan
from her horse was followed by such
serious illness that It is feared she
will have to wait to make her debut
until after Christmas.
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CAPITAL IS WAKING UP
FOR THE WINTER SEASON
IN AsHINGToN.-Thc tide OF trunks

lIT ASHINGTON.-Th tide OF trunks
W is still coming in and the city is
waking up in consequence. The influx
OF residents has brought show OF
white curtains in the windows that Is
most encouraging. \ week ago even
the houses that We're occupied pre-
sented n disheveled appearance. with
withered flower boxes. curtainless
windows and only clean shades to
protect the privacy of home. Now
lace. muslin and ribbons predOminatc
and Indicate that many have returned.
Many streets are gay with carriages.
although there is little done in social
way. The dropping in at five o'clock.
with gossip over the tea table, has al
ready begun and every day brings an
addition to the circle OF those who
York and Boston. there are no nearby
suburbs 10 Washington, so that visits
over Sunday to the country are almost
unknown.
Sunday amusements are almost en-
.irely confined to the country clubs.
which are always gay at luncheon
line. and the house OF Mrs. John X.
who continues her midday
neal for so or theTeab0uts. and is only
lappy when she has large numbers to
'njoy her wallies and hot sausages.
Then the races in the autumn bring |
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One Of tie
Essentials

oi the happy homes of to-day is n vast
fund OF information rs to the best methods
OF promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well-lnformcd Of the World; not of indi-
vid'ials only. but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products of that class. of
known component parts, nm Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the wcll-known Syrup of FIGS
and Elixir of Scnna. To get its beneficial
elects always buy the genuine, manu.
fnetured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only and for sale by all leading druggists.
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WOMAN KNEW HUMAN NATURE.
Personal Experience Counted IN "sr
Endorsement OF New Pastor.

A Philadelphia congregation was
called upon not long ago TO choose
nnstor. The last three ministers hau
been persona non grata with most o'
the parishioners: and before selecting
another the congregation did some
pretty hard thinking. There was one
woman of experience whose voice car
ried narticular weight. Preacher after
preacher was invited to the pulpit lot
n trial sermon. and all, In the maj
analysis, were rejected by the iemaie
arbiter. At last there came along
uossible incumbent who met with her
"The reason | am sure he will give
she said, rs because ne
has the right kind of wife for
minister. She allows him 10 rant
around all he wants at home and
doesn't sass back. found out long
while ago-shortly after ! was mar
ried myself. in fact-that n man VINO
hasn't that privilege nt home works
of his spleen elsewhere. a minister
vents It on his congregation. That
was why we couldn't stand the last
preacher. This one will be all right.
We won't hear a peep out of him
And upon that unique recommends
tion the congregation really did give
the man n call. According TO last ac-
counts both he and the congregation
were doing well. The wife has not
been heard from.
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A Delicate Task.

"The newspapers" said the orator
solemnly. do not tell the TRUTH
Perhaps not" answered the editor.
regretfully. We do our best. But you
know there is nothing more difficult
than to tell the truth In n way that
won't put II up to some one to chal-
lenge your veracity."
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Slow Growth Of Oyster.

When an oyster is n fortnight old
II is not much larger than the head
of pin. At the end of four years
growth 1t is fit for the table.
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FITS. st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. Klne's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free 500
trial bottle and treatise. DIR. II. ii. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa.
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A new directory by the Royal oh
servatory of Belgium shows that there
are 1856 astronomers and somewhat
over $50 observatories in the world.
or the observatories. more than 100
are in the British Isles. with nearly
rs mnny in the United States. the
number In other countries being much
aualler
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Asthmatics, Read This.

n you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn OF some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. J. II. RAIDER.
S22 Broadway, Denver. Colo.
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Two deaf nutes We're conversing.
well. said the first mute, philoso-
phicaily. I'VE all have our troubles"
"How true that is. said the second.
II have to tie my wifes hands every
night so she won't talk in her sleep"
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Every man has his appointed day
and way; life is brief and irrcvoca.
BILE. but it is the work OF virtue to ex.
tend your fame by your deeds
Virgil.
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He has no real riches who does not
put the treasures OF friendship first Of
all
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They who work as II the Master was
ever near find Him always by them.
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S22 C. O.

IyerywhcTe for f27.00. send for our free cat
,loEuS OF saddles and harness Lowest prices
N tn. Y. The Fred Mueller saddle 4 liar
sess Co.. 1t13-lD Iprimrr st. Denver. Colo.
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Denver Directory

You take no
chance whom
buying a hur
Ness from uu
every sCt u ar
FHUErd to tls
a. repre- rUf
81 This tluu
bile team hur-
us Hs complete
alfh collar
and lTssFil
IugE Concord
style In n
ttAUrr 10 G
fgg 90 Sold
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
DOGS FOR PRESIDENT
5RUTus JACKSON TAKES FRESH
SUPPLY TO THE CAMP.
Mr.. Roosevelt Astonlshes Companions
by His Notwithstanding
Swim In Cold Lake.

Stamboul, La, Oct. 16.--No news Of
the presidents days hunt on Tuesday
has been. received here yet Brutus
Jackson, the negro hunter who went
to Newellton to locate a camp there
last week, when 1t was decided to go
there, returned Tuesday and brought
a fresh supply Of begf dogs with him,
and an effort is being made to secure
more from the same source to take
the place of the animals on hand,
which are becoming jaded.
Arrivals from the Bear lake encamp-
ment tell stories of the presidents
hardihood and capacity for roughing
1t. When he carried his blankets with
him from the upper camp last Friday,
and that night and next morning ate
only the cold bread and meat he had
taken In his saddle pockets, they
marveled that a president could be so
easily satisfied, but when he jumped
into Bear lake for swim upon rising
at daybreak their astonishment was
almost without bounds. The ther-
mometer registered at the time less
than 40 degrees and most of the others
present were sedulously hugging the
camp fire. The president plunged
into the water as soon as he arose. AS
he approached the edge of the lake he
bantered some of the other members
of his immediate party to join him,
but none did so. He swan a hundred
yards to an island and then returned
declaring upon landing that the exer-
else had been most exhilarating and
that the water was warmer than the
air.
1t is now the presidents purpose to
close his hunt Saturday and to come
into Stamboul early Sunday. He will
spend Sunday afternoon and Sunday
night at the residence of Leo Shields,
plantation manager for ]. NJ Parker,
one of the presidents party, and on
Monday morning leave for Vicksburg,
where he is to speak Monday after
noon. Pressing invitations to speak at
many other places have been received,
but all have been declined. and there
will be no more addresses on the
southern trip except those to be made
at Vicksburg and Nashville, with the
possible exception Of q few words at
Tallulah.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
MOUNT HILL OF CORN
EXPERIMENT UNDERTAKEN AT
AMES TO MOUNT HILL,
ROOTS AND ALL.

Ames, Ia, Oct. 16.-The Iowa State
college has hill of corn on its exper-
iment farm at Ames that bids fair to
cost as much as small farm. Its ex-
pense when mounted, will be in the
neighborhood of $3.50, and it is only
an average hill of corn at that
About three weeks ago the farm
hill of corn in such a manner as to
show the complete root construction.
Any one who has plowed in an old
stubble field has some idea what net
work of roots is attached to stalk
of corn and what a task it would be
to dig these up without breaking
them.
First a circular trench, having a
radius of about twelve feet, about three
feet wide and five feet deep was dug
around the hill, The stalk Of corn
was now tied to frame work to keep
1t upright. A stream of water from
big fire hose was then turned against
the earth at the roots. As fast as the
trench was filled with water it was
pumped out by centrifugal pump at
tached to small gasoline engine.
The work has been going on inter.
mittently for three weeks and there
is still weeks work before the speci-
men will be out of the ground.
When secured, this specimen with
its entire root system is to be mount
ed and placed in the farm crops labor
atory.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
BIG LEASES FILED
TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND
FOR MINING BY INTERuR-
BAN COMPANY.

Fairfield, Ia, Oct. 1.-two thous-
and acres of land for mining purposes
have been leased in the last few days
by Mace Chickenbeard, of Fairfield,
and Donald Fitzgerald, of New York,
who represent the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Memphis interurban railway.
Eleven leases were filed with thescoun-
ty recorder Saturday, and others are
to follow. The leases are for term
of thirty years and give the privilege
of sinking mining shafts, erecting
buildings and other equipments neces-
sary to operate coal mines, Permis-
sion is also given to lay steel rails
and for the running of cars.
The lands leased are in Center. Lib
erty and Cedar townships. Similar
leases are to be recorded in Keosau.
qua and Memphis, Mo,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
SP|PP|NG INTERESTS
ARGUE AGAINST PROPOSED UNI.
FORM BILL OF LADING.
Interstate Commerce Commission ls
Told Two Distinct Bills Should
Be Adopted.

Washington, Oct 16.-That the uni
form bill of lading which it is pro-
posed to put into effect on all the rail-
roads of the country on January l
next by the interstate commerce COM
mission Is not satisfactory to the
commercial interests and that two sep.
arate bills of lading should be adopted
instead, was pointed out at hearing
Of these Interests before the interstate
commerce commission Tuesday.
The hearing was one of the most
important ever held by the commits
sion from the standpoint of the inter-
ests affected, as the adoption of uni
form bill of lading in the transporta-
tion of freight by common carriers
by railroads will involve radical de-
parture from the methods now in
use. At the present time the rail
roads of the United States use sepa-
rate bills of lading, and it is the desire
of the commission, the shipping and
the railroad interests to secure uni
formity in the matter, the only ques-
tion at issue.
1t was the consensus of opinion of
the representatives of the interests
heard that a recommendation should
be made for the adoption by the COM
mission, instead of the one which it
was proposed to put into effect, of two
distinct bills of lading which should
be uniform in character, one to be
known as a straight" bill of lading,
and the other an "order" bill of lad
ing. An "order" bill of lading, 1t was
explained, is negotiable instrument
upon which money can be loaned, and
straight bill of lading is an ordinary
receipt which the railroad company
gives for a consignment of goods. 1t
was argued that should the commits
sion adopt the two proposed bills of
lading, substantial justice to all In
terests concerned would be afforded.
One of the most important interests
heard was the banking concerns of the
country, which were represented by
r. E. l.. Marshall and Samuel Willis
ton, who pointed out that the crops
of the country are moved upon loans
to the producers made on bills of lad
ing which are not negotiable, the
courts having so held, although the
banks still recognize them. The in
Jury to the banking interests that
would result from the proposed bill
Of ladlng was dwelt upon and the ne
cessity for protection was urged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
ARE LUCKY.
MANY NUMBERED AMONG FIRST
FIFTY WINNERS AT
PIERRE, S. D.

Pierre, S. d., Oct 16.-In the draw
ing of the $4,000 acres of land in the
Lower Brule reservation the follow
ing named Iowans were among the first
fifty winners in the drawing; S. II,
Towgood. 'Correctionville; ]. w. Cut
Ter, Des Moines: w. T. White, Knox
Vile; Nick Weinarty, Fraser; H. ].
Keller, Fort Dodge; A. w, Sage, Mo-
Vile; Neil Dowie, lreton; 7. Lecner,
George City; A. G. Preston, Battle
Greek; II. E. Somers, Ames; F. Nc
Cullough. Manchester; j II. McClaugh-
lin, McGregor; C. b. Hopler. Green
field; ii. A. Bolash, Belle Plaine; w.
Hammer. Des Moines; J. e. Dolan, Sib-
ley; Mrs, NJ. Peters. Washta; H. C.
Collins. Ireton; P. L. Engman. STRAIT
ford; A. A. Harvard. Montour; S. Pet
erson, Waterloo,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
REBATES PAID BY
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
VIOLATION DISCLOSED AT SAN
FRANCISCO INQUIRY.
BOOKS PROVE CHARGES
Nearly All the Refunds, However, Are
on Intrastate Shipments
Commissioner Lanes
Statement.

Washington, Oct. 16.-That rebates
on charges for shipments OF freight
have been paid by at least one great
railroad system since the enactment
of the Hepburn rate act, was ascer-
tanned definitely by Commissioner
Franklin K Lane, of the interstate
commerce commission, on his recent
trip to the Pacific coast. The offend
ing line Is the Southern Pacific, con-
trolled aud practically owned by Ed
ward II. Hartman.
The evidence of this viofation of the
law was adduced at a hearing before
Commissioner Lane, acting for the
commission, in San Francisco. 1t was
developed that some rebates had been
paid on interstate shipments of
freight, but that the bulk of them
were paid on intrastate shipments. 1t
was admitted by officers of the COM
pany on the witness stand that the
Southern Pacific had regularly or
ganized rebating system, covering
state business from one end of Cali
fornia to the other.
Proved by company's Books.
Although the company's counsel re-
sisted Commissioners Lanes demand
for the books showing the character
and extent of the rebating, they finally
were produced. The disclosures from
them settled the matter definitely. The
evidence showed that the refund of
money in rebates during the past year
aggregated about $500.000. Many of
the items on which the rebates were
rald were interstate shipments. 1t was
disclosed, too, that the company had
what is known as inside rates." that
is, rates which are less than the regu-
lar published rates intended for the
use Of the genreal public. These "in-
side rates" were given by the South
ern Pacific to favored shippers.
Commissioner Lane, Just returned
from California, has not yet submitted
his report to the interstate commerce
commission, but Tuesday evening he
authorized the following statement
bearing upon his investigation:
What the Inquiry Disclosed.
I'VE found in the Southern Pacific
Office list of preferred shippers who
paid but a proportion of the published
rate upon state shipments. This list
included many of the largest and most
important manufacturing firms. We
also found 20 books, which had ac-
cumulated since the fire of last year,
showing special rebates. There were
several thousand entries in all, most
of them for very small amounts. These
refunds in all amounted to about half
a million dollars during the past year.
ut must not be understood, how
ever, that the great body of these, or
any considerable percentage of them,
were refunds upon interstate ship
ments. But small per cent. could be
connected in any way with an inter
state shipment.
II do not regard the revelations in
California as indicative of settled
policy by the roads to evade the law
On the contrary, believe that the
western roads. and the roads of the
country generally, are making very
serious effort to comply with the re-
quirements of the law"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-17
Given 1880 DAMAGES.

Mt. Pleasant Ia. Oct 1.-THE jury
in the case Of John A. Turnwail VS..
the Iowa Central Railway company
brought in verdict upon the conyen-
ing of court this morning, giving dam
ages to the plaintiff in the sum of
1890, that being the full amount OF
damages asked in the petition. The
jury retired last night and got yer-
dict before midnight. This is the
same amount which was awarded MIR,
Turnwall by the first jury after which
a new trial was granted on account
of some errors in the hearing. Mr..
Turnwall was injured about two
years ago last summer on a crossing
of the defendant company about two
miles west OF Olds.