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the PROPERTY of any IndIrIdnnI.

the property Of any Individual.
This deciding Of the cup, at the time.
was OF little significance. ms II was not
for a moment thought that the trophy
would lead up TO such lengthy series,
but II has proven that Il was a most wise
step for the development Of that most
beautiful aud grandest product Of man
the racing Yacht
The varlc1s foreign yacht clubs were
notified OF the putting up Of the Amert'
cas- Cup as an international trophy. but
IL was not until 1858 that any notice OF
II was taken. In that year Hon. James
AshhuTy. ~ the Royal Yacht Squadron.
notified the New York Yacht cub OF his
intention TO sail match with his
schooner Cambria This yacht had been
built to take pnr, IN English regattas.
and she was so successful that her owner
was convinced that he bad a craft that
could beat anything that carried canvas.
This Idea was rtly gained by reason
OF not only defeating everything IN her
own waters. but the Cambria had signal
~ defeated the American schooner Sap
pho. which had been sent abroad to be
sold and which had been put 10 a race
against her.
Mr.. Ashhury. however. saw III TO ignore
the terms OF the deed OF gift Of the cup
and sought 10 make terms OF his own.
This led up to correspondence which
lasted TWO years before eliminating 10
both sides agreeing on the subject
10 the meantime the Sappho had re-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-09-09

turned to American waters and. after
extensive alterations was sent with a
picked crew TO English waters, where
she again met the Cambria In q hne
race the American schooner evened
scores with her rival Mr. Ashhury was a
racing man through and through, and
when his vessel was ready TO sail to the
States he made side match with Mr..
James Gordon X, EFT to race acros the
ocean with the Schooner Dauntless. his
race the Cambria won and she passed by
Sandy Hook regarded as O sure winner
Of the coveted trophy.
Defeat of Cambria.
On August s. 1870. the Cambria started
with a feet of % American yachts. In.
Guiding the America, which nad been
lifted up for the nccstSiou 10y The GGyeru-
ment. The British yacht finished tenth,
even the America beating her. finishing
fourth.
Still MIR. Ashhury was not satisfied. lie
felt that English yacht designers were
superior 10 the Yankees aud Immediately
gave orders for a yacht to be especially
built. The LivoBia was the result
There was more wranglng over the de
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-09-09

ton, ;nte8cibg to aid its serum to the
small store then "a STOCK which homeo-
baths throughout the world had lof mHny
years pres ribed $40 their treatment Of
tHmher - uot'l u~ diseases AH"natha
ert. ltrpHv TO- e. f-E' 60 rll nie fhn curative
qualities 81 yiHrf -efum. hut TINT IS =
question for be haeGlcss: Iet them gghi
ol-t tbet- oWn battles II may l5e said iu
',assipg boweger that tie honeOpsths
have beeu nslug this serum IN the treat
nie0i Of epilepsy aud other nervous dis
ehses including violent insanity aS well
as paresls. for nearly eighty years Just
fos rscore years ego Dr.. Constantine Her.
ring, an eminent alienlst. who had been
sent 10 2razl b. the German government,
claitneS 20 IN ve 81 discovered curs tive quail
ties IN this vlpeTs venom and from one
serpent aloae cbsa.Het the serum which
las been used by homaopsthists ever
since To give some idea Of the remark
able strength Of the serum 3 solution Of
serum and sugar u milk to the proper
ton OF one-triliioBth part serum is that
prescribed By physicians
The solution made ~ DF. Bsrring found
its way iHto the homeopathic iaboratOr-
les Of the world and Professor Ruayon
found nat while his stock was not com
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-09-09

r. HE Americas Cup, aptiy termed tbs
q Blue Ribbon Of the Sea-" has proven
~ veritsbe wllloth wisp for yachts
men on the other side OF the Pond" No
less than 10 craft. representing English.
Scotch. Irish and Canadian yacht clubs,
have made unsuccessful efforts to capture
It, but there seems TO be determination
on the part Of Sir Thomas Upton to stay
IN the game indefinitely
Already this Irish yaehtsman has sent
three craft. each bearing the name OF
Shamrock. to endeavor to wrest the
coveted trophy from US, and. having
failed. be is now building q fourth Sham
rock to do what the other three could not
There is no trophy in the world Of
sport on which there has been expended
so much money for its defense or capture.
Around II has been thrown a sort OF a
halo, but Il is commonplace sort OF
'mug" and not particularly handsome.
1t is not what 1t is, bnt what IT repre-
sents that makes 1t SO worthy prize.
Although often called the Queens
Cup" and The One Hundred Guinea
Cup" the cup retains the name OF tae
famous schooner that won II on August
~, 1851, defeating the dover of the
British Yacht Squadron.
The America was not built especially
for this race, as many think. but was
built merely to encourage International
yacht racing, and TO represent this couu-
cry at the British World Fair at the
time. Built on lines OF New York pilot
boat she was sent to England to attain
In sport the same position the Yankee
clipper had attained 10 commerce. She
was the drst yacht to cross the Atlantic,
and she was given a cordial reception.
In an impTomptu brush she defeated the
crack British cutter Laverock, and the
news Of the Yankee yachts speed re-
suited In British yachtsmeD declining TO
race with her.
Despite every effort OF the owners OF
the America 10 obtain a match. It seemed
as though the American schooner must go
home without one, when the Royal Yacht
Squadron determined to hold an open re-
gatta, putting up trophy, which was
paid for By general subscriptions con-
tributed at a meeting held at COwes on
May 8, 1851.
The Famous Race.
The race was sailed on August %. and
there were IS entries, including the
America. six OF which were two masted
schooners. eight cutters ard one three
masted schooner. The America seemed
70 be undercanvased and was the sixth
TO cross the starting line, but she soon
forged ahead and took the lead She fn-
ished is minutes ahead OF the second
boat, the cutter Aurora the smallest
yacht n the acct
The cup became the property OF the
owners of the America. but In 1857 the
gentlemen determined that It would serve
a more useful purpose as a perpetual chat
lenge cup. and so decided IL TO the New
York Yacht Club. Under the deed the
cup is merely to be held by the club
winning it, so that 1t will meyer become
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AN fury 8 serpent struggled to free
wv itself from the forked stick that
named It's head down to the soft earth
"a a Brazilian forest. ne rhe mouth al
the Amazon River. 5, antily clad ma
tive, aa ipecac picker. WAS holding the
stlrk with both hands. while another
catlye, quite as scantily dressed as the
irst. stood near the head OF the serpent
with an open gunny sack 10 his hands,
tatentls watching the furious reptile be
fore hlm. AT q given signal the negro
slowly worked the bag beneath the snake
until Its body VS. safely within the folds
OF the sack 10 tina: point where the
forked stick pinned II to earth. a sharp
terk Of the stick left the ssSsc :-ee. but
before It could leap foFSsard tie native
with dexterons move clipped the bag
over the serpaats head When the knot
~as tied and the bag dropped to the
grouBd the aatices gave Sigh Of relief,
for It wss 8 hEEardoG- undertaking they
bad iast acconpushed. a task In which
one fs,se move mis0t have resulted in
sure aad sa4lea death for one or both OF
them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06

have. the systems viii become block
ed and the shippers and consumers
will suffer
There is but one way of relieving
this condition. and that is the imme-
date dredging and deepening of the
waterways that thread the entire cen
trail valley from the Rockies TO the
eastern range. Every river that lies
within the limits of possibility should
be made part of the deep waterways
system. A farmer should he able to
send his grain from the Dakotas TO
the head waters of the Ohio and the
Allegheny and receive his supplies
and necessities from the east in TO
same manner Minneapolis should be-
come important in the cotton market
and New Orleans should be consider
ed by the grain men and millers.
River traffic for nonperishable
goods is far cheaper and gives just as
much satisfaction. 1t takes longer,
but the difference in cost more than
makes up for this. Besides, in time,
the railroads would have to lower their
rates in order 10 compete with the
nayigators. They would also have to
put on better seryieeand treat shippers
with greater fairness. The Des Moines
river should be one of those which
would cause the least work and at less
expenditure. The canalization of the
river would throw Iowa open as the
greatest state in the union. The pro-
ducts of the state, grain and minerals,
are essentially those which would
build up a great system of river nayl-
CATION
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06

full fairs, while others note the fact
that interest is waning.
While it is to be regretted that the
fair is waning the cause is not diff
cult to find, says the Burlington Hawk
Eye The county fair would again
become the most popular event OF the
year If the county fair were made a
real county fair. Too frequently the
fair has been so overloaded with cheap
and nasty shows, and gambling devil
ces; poor races have been given so
much prominence that the county
and city exhibits, the real exhibition
of the result of the intel gence and in
dustry of the people of the county,
has been lost sight of. If the county
fair is again to win favor it must be-
come a strictly county affair. With
the marvellous progress that is max
ing in all branches of agriculture.
with the ever increasing progress
Of the dties and towns. with new in
ventions and new discoveries crowd
ing in upon each other so rapidly and
in such number that il is impossible
to keep track of them, it ought 20 be
possible to make the county fair at
tractive to practically all the people
of county and to very many of their
neighbors.
The man on the farm grows weary
of cheap and dirty shows and the man
in the city has long since grown tired
of travelling fakirs and the wiles OF
the tin-horn interest him not. Jut
show the farmer what the best of his
class are, doing, what progress his
neighbors are making; show the busy
man from the city the thousand new
things that the year has brought In
machinery and methods, and the fair
will be visited again and again and
those exhibits will be studied by many
thousands. And when the gates are
closed for the season and the books
are closed. it will be found that there
is a handsome balance on the right
side. The degenerate fair can not De
galvanized into the semblance of life.
1t is dead And it speaks well for the
intelligence of the people of Iowa that
this fair had to go to the wall. But
the fair that really shows the work
and the progress of Iowa communities
will never cease to interest the people
of Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06

lis rapidly diminishing Four of the
big chop suey restaurants, which bore
the oriental names of king Yen Lo,'
Joy Yet Lo,' King Joy Lo," and
Wee Ying," have closed their doors
within a few weeks and others are
ion the verge of it. According to COM
mon report, the ''suey' sauce is eth
Ter imported or made from imported
Chinese sea-beans, but an essayist dis
|cussing the lack of national taste
in food in America declared that the
.'oriental' sauce. like many other curl
|ous specialties, is made at the stock
yards in Chicago. The sudden change
|of tickle fancy has left the queued chop
|suey men puzzled and with some high
lily decorated and expensive furniture
and. furnishings on their hands. some
being deliberately inlaid with mother
|of-pearl Concerning the matter of
food the essayist said: american taste
in food has been depraved because of
the cosmopolitan population. The
chop suey habit, so-called, is the most
recent manifestation of American de-
generacy in food. Chinese food is not
bad, it is scientifically better cooked
than the American sausage, but it
forms one more link in the chain of the
degenerate American appetite"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
lie COMPLETED Returns.

The receipt of the final returns from
Dallas county, which have been held
up subject to the Hull-Prouty congress
sional scrap has enabled the execu
tive council to give out the official fig
ures OF the vote at the primary. These
figures give the following majorities:
For United States Senator-William
b. Allison, 1885.
For Governor-B. +. Carroll, 35,097.
For Lieutenant Goyernos George
W. Clarke, $3.50.
For AUDITOR. L. Bleakly, 81 ,019.
For State Superintendent = ]. F.
Riggs, 1921.
For Railroad Commissioner = J. F.
Ketchum. 1876.
The total republican vote of the
state for senator was 200,347. OF this
Senator Allison received 1O5,S91 and
Governor Cummins 1926.
Carroll for governor received about
1000 votes less than was given Sena-
tor Allison. but Garst's vote fell on
about $4,000 from the Cummins vote.
John j. Hamilton, OF Des Moines, who
ran for governor on resubmission
platform, received 29,292 votes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06

dropped none of the follies which
rolled up the big votes against him in
each of the two canvasses in which
the people passed upon him and his
policies, and he has invented one oil
two mischievous fads since then. The
country knows that his views on sill
yer have not changed since he cham
pioned the 50-cent dollar in 1896 and
1900. At banquet in London in
1906, in response to a remark oil
Whitelaw Reid regarding the pros
perity of the United States, Bryan re
torted, How much more prosperous
would the United States be II Its
finances stood upon two legs instead
of one?' and the 16 to ] hallucina
ton which chung to him as recently
as two years ago he has not shaken
off since, and he shows no desire to
ever shake it off. Under the mask Of
a pretended defense Bryan's platform
of 1908, which he wrote himself, re
peats the attacks on the United States
courts which he made in 1896 and
1900. AS a reinforcement to all his
old crankeries he has recently invent
ed the monarchial folly of govern
ment ownership and operation of the
railways. To the reasons for oppos
ing Bryan which existed in 1896 and
1900 he has added some new reasons
within the past two or three years
All these things will be brought tc
the attention of every one of the
country's 100000 of voters by his
democratic and republican enemies
during the present campaign. What
assurance has Bryan that he will be
able in 1908 to diminish that majority
of 1877 in the electoral college which
was rolled up against him in 1900?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
UNCLE SAM INVOICES
GOVERNMENT is TAKING STOCK
OF ITS PROPERTY THROUGH
OUT COUNTRY.

Washington, Aug. 4.-"Three rivers
at ten millions apiece. Got it?"
esteem forest reserves at couple
of millions EACH"
"Forty-leven thousand acres of min
eral lands at
But no matter about the details.
Uncle Sam is taking stock of his nat
ural resources and in a few months,
for the first time in history, he will be
able to estimate closely just about how
much he is worth.
The National Conservation Commit
tee, appointed by President Roosevent
less than two months ago, has been
mighty busy and the work is being
pushed with such rapidity that it is
expected that President Roosevelt will
have a complete invoice of Uncle
Sans resources by the first of next
year.
A large amount of material embrac-
ing the subject of conservation
waters, forests, lands and minerals
already is available in the various ex-
ecutive departments, the heads of
which have offered hearty cooperation
in the great task the commission has
undertaken. Other important data will
be collected through special channels,
including State, conservation commits
sions now being formed, and some of
the great national organizations repre-
scented at the White House conference
recently.
By early Fall the commission ex-
poets to have in hand sufficient ma
terial to begin the study of the inyen-
tory of the country's resources, ana
by the middle of October, it hopes to
have the greater part of this material
in hand, so that the full commission
which will hold its first melting de-
cember l, may at once take up the
study of the facts the summer'sNwor
has brought together.
One week later the commission w.i
hold joint meeting in Washington
with the Governors of the States, or
their representatives, with the view of
securing further and closer co-opera
ton with the various state commits
sions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
BLAMING CLEVELAND

"The democrats have been licked
for fifty years" says Fred White, dem
ocratic candidate for governor OF
Iowa again while Cleveland sery-
ed two terms in Office" Mr.. White
says, 'it was impossible for him to
follow out any other than the chosen
policies of his predecessors in office. =
This is mont encouraging for Mr.. Bry-
an. If Mr.. Bryan should be elected,
the senate would be against him, and
Mr.. Bryan is pledged to one term. Mr..
Cleveland had better chance. Dur
gress We're under remocratic control.
How did it happen that the demo
cratic party was licked when 1t had
everything in its own hands? Mr.
Cleveland did not veto any important
party measures. Mr.. White says lit
was in his power to revise the tariH,
however, but he failed to do So" Mr..
Cleveland simply permitted the act
of 1894 to become law without his
signature. If he had vetoed the bill
ludl "Oulu nave UGSH the tuu VI II.
The loWin-Gorman act was called a
revision. What does Mr.. White mean?
He means it was not his kind of a re-
vision; and he should remember, in
justice to Mr.. Cleveland, that it was
not Mr.. Cleveland's kind of a revis.
ion. He said it represented party
perfidy and party dishonor," and Mr.,
Mhite cannot have forgotten that. Why
should the blame be put on Mr.. .Cleve.
land He was not a member of con-
gress and Mr.. Bryan was. Mr.. White
had served in the preceding con,
gres when there wa only the chance
TO talk of what ought to be done. Mr..
Cleveland was consistent. The party
licked itself. 1t does not have to be
in power to do that, but being in pow
err in 1894 the licking administered
was the more noticeable. The fact
was, as the record proves, the country
did not want the tariff revised in Mr.
Cleveland's way or in Mr.. Whites
more extreme way. Coming to the
sticking point, the democrats with
protected industries on their hands
would not stand for it. Nor will they
now. The talk is buncombe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
CROP BULLETIN
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AS NOTED BY THE
WEATHER BUREAU.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 4.-The wealth
er during the past week was excel
lent for field work and the growth of
corn. Haying and harvesting are
nearing completion, and threshing
Operations are becoming general The
during the week was uni
formly high, except during the nights
of Thursday and Friday, which were
moderately COOL The daily average
NAL in the northwest to three and four
degrees above normal in the eastern
counties. The rainfall was below
normal in all districts, and the sun
shine was excessive. Light and wide
ly scattered local showers occurred on
some relief from drouthy conditions
over the eastern part of the state. The
heavy rains referred to in the bulletin
of last week covered the whole of the
Missouri river divide, and were espe-
cially heavy in the valleys of the Rae
Corn has made phenomenal growth
during the past two weeks, and that
which was planted in Van Buren, coun.
lty, between June 10th and 25th, is now
three feet high and growing rapidly.
In many of the early planted fields
ears are forming and will soon be in
the roasting ear stage. In a few
localities, corn is beginning to show
the effect of dry weather, but there
has been no damage done yet; rain
would, however, be beneficial in all
sections.
Threshing returns from central and
northern districts show better yields
of small grain than was indicated by
the, early reports from southern dis
tricts. The yield of oats is better
than anticipated during harvest, but
will be below the average Wheat,
rye and barley are giving fair to good
yields, and the quality of all grain is
generally good. Pastures and ppta-
toes remain in good condition, but
would be benefited by rain.
Geo. M. Chapel,
Section Director.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
TUBERCULINE TESTS.

The following item has been going
the rounds of the daily papers in
Iowa:
THE report comes from the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station thai
the tuberculine test has utterly far
ed in recent experiments there. Cows
with tiny scratches on their anaato
mics were found to respond to the tn
had no tuberculosis germs whatever
in their systems. One COW which
showed scarcely any response, was
found full of tubercular germs. An
other which developed a fever of los
was found when killed to be healthy
Investigations will follow as to why
the tests failed, but inn the meantime
scientists are nonplussed. , -..
In order to find out if the statement
were true, theHerald cut the clipping
out of the Keokuk Gate-City and sem
it to the Experiment Station at Ames
In reply he Herald is in receipt of the
following letter:
division of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State College. Ofiffice of the
Dean, John H. Mcneil.
Ames, Iowa, July 30, 1908
Oskaloosa Herald,
Gentlemen:-I have your letter o.
the 21st addresser to the Experiment
Station at hand. / do not know where
you got the clipping you enclosed, noi
who the author of the statement is
but in reply | will say, as Veterinarian
to the Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Station, that the report is not true
Tuberculin in my hands has proven 9
very valuable diagnosic agent. All the
animals in the dairy herd that gave q
positive tuberculin reaction, and were
examined post-mortem, presented un
mistakable evidence OF tubercular in
lection. / have no hesitancy in using
the test, and it is my experience that
it will not effect healthy animals In
any way, and the small scratch REFER
ed to would not influence the test In
the least. In conclusion ! will say
that think II this matter was inves
tigated further. that we would find
that a mistake has been made in refer
ing to the Iowa Agriculture Expert
ment Station. win mail you a list Of
the bulletins whic.. may be obtained
by writing to the Secretary of Agri
culture. the Director of the Experiment
Station, Madison. Wisconsin, or any
OF the other addresses furnished or
the second sheet Also copy OF the
Farmers Tribune which gives the opir
ion Of several who have had some ex
perience with the tuberculin test
III can be Of any further service