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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-04-09

chance to blossom On Our LAdy's days
(such q the visitation. the assump.
ton. her birth. baptism. purincation).
There are lady's slipper. lady's mantle.
lady's fingers. lady's smock, lady's
tresses. Virgins bower. or clematis.
begins to bloom in July, the feast oe
visitation. and 10 1t full blooo ct a.
sumption In August.
The lily was first found in conneo-
ton with the Virgin in the story Of
her ASCENSION to heaven. and II orig.
mated probably in the second century.
According to this legend, It was thrss
days after the burial Of our Lords
mother that the apostles visited and
opened her grave and found 1t filed
with fragrant, spotless lilies. Since
then these matchless flowers have been
called Madonna lilies," or flowers
Of the Virgin" The common white
lily Of our gardens. that blooms in
July. and il the sweetest and most
graceful Of all flowers, might we'll be
called holy" No one seems to know
its origin. It is never found wild in
Palestine, nor can we ind just where
it grows without culture. But We SEQ
it in the faded pictures Of old Italian
masters and Netherland painters,
made long before the discovery Of this
New World.
Nearly all Of our great poets have
prsised this flower. Chaucer and
Spenser speak of it as . mystical bios
som in their far-away gardens and
lady's bowers. Shakespeare it was
who first said: ITO gid refined gold
and paint the lily" and these lines
from one of his sonnets tell . truth
that can never be forgotten:
For sweetest things turn sourest BY their
deeds;
Lilies that tester smell far wors. than
weeds
Milton loved the lily and always spoke
Of it in connection with the rose-as
did also swinburne when he talks Of
Tho lilies and languors Of virtue:
The roses and rapturss OF vice.
And Tennyson says of Maud's garden
that 1t was
Fairer than ausht in the world beside,
All made UP of the lily and the rose.
Dear old Herrick, that sweet singer Of
spring. has one lily thought that IL like
= sigh:
But vanished man.
Like to . lily lost, never can bloom aAsW
Or bring his days to sec . second spring.
Shelley has the lily In his wonder.
full garden along with his sensitive
plant Wordsworth often praises It
Burns mentions it frequently. Tenny.
son has lovely lily thoughts; but our
own Longfellow draws the prettiest
picture of maidenhood-
Bears a lily in thy hand
Gates Of. brass can not Withstand
One touch of that magic wand.
James Russell Lowell always comea
near to the heart Of things and left 10
more than one sweet lily poem and a.
fusion. and our minor poets all tell
their love for this perfect specimen OF
natures handiwork.
Our Sweet Will Shakespeare" was
born in April, and it was of Aprils
flowers that he sang most frequently
and most sweetly.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-04-09

telling of new growth and broader
horizon.
Out on the old arbor, the rough and
scraEgy grapevine Is sending forth
little gray tendrils, reaching farther
toward heaven and away from the
earth that hides its foothold. How
blithely does nature echo forth her
yearly message to every waiting heart
her message Of resurrection, joyous
activity, high-mounting aspiration!
Her myriad voices cry through every
sense. to touch and penetrate the spir-
It with gladness and good cheer. New
readings from the Gospel Of eternal
hope are seen on every side. in the
growth of plant, the unfolding Of leaf
the blossoming of flower. The woods
are full Of these shy spring darling
violets, dandelions. adder's tongues,
spring beauties. bluebells and many
d Ameless wildling. all hurrying gayly
TO deck the earth and celebrate the
Eastertide.
ways been set apart as sacred things,
and from the very dawn Of history we
hear OF dower-decked affairs and
wreaths Of sacrifice. The heather
temples were adorned with earths
fairest blossoms. scattered ON the a.
tars, and twined around the brow of
priest and acolyte. The amaxanth
hloomed in deathless beauty upon the
Olympian heights, the myrtle was be-
loved Of Apollo, the rose, the lily, the
mistletoe were favorites Of legend and
myth. The flowers once sacred to
Freya, the spring goddess Of northern
mythology. were chosen for their spot
less purity, in form and color. And
when heather myth gave place to
Christian truth. these sacred treasures
we're transferred to the Virgin. and be-
came symbols Of the queen Of heaven.
So it is that In every story of saint
or madonna we ind either the lily or
the rose-the lily with its fragrance.
its bending. bowling, waving bells,
seems to whisper Of purity and wor-
ship: the rose. with its faint and far
away odor. which seems to hint Of
eternal hope. One might almost NIL =
garden with flowers all named for the
Virgin Mary. generally because they
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-04-09
Madonna Lilies
and Other Flowers
~ That Are Sacred

/ In these sunny
&sbepd.y' life grows re-
x orient from the
~. dust. . latent con-
sciousness of wings stirs
in the buried seed. and ~
II from very gladness of
heart the sap in the naked
trees mounts upward. ever
upward. into the golden light.
The tiny leaves, close -claspsd
together in the bud, nutter
timidly apart. to grow brave
ly green, and haunt their COL
or ON the passing breeze. The
maple tree In the yard now
hears . voice out of tho un.
seen, calling from the blue
skies. bidding 1t come up
higher. and gladly does 1t
make answer in the green
tasso1a and ah{ntn1 loavaa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

lion dollars per annum collected as
tariff duties by the government OF
the United States. The duties col
lected under the existing tariff law
have averaged 300 million dollars per
annnm during the past three years,
the largest sum being in the fiscal
year 1907, when tie total collections
amounted to 329 million dollars. In
that year, 1907, sugar paid so mil
lion dollars duty; cotton manufac-
lures, 80 millions; leaf tobacco, "
millions: manufactures of fibers, ~
millions; raw wool, l6h millions,
spirits, wines and malt liquors, III
millions; manufactures of iron and
steel, IL millions; earthen and china
ware. S4'millions; chemicals. drugs
and dyes. ~ millions, and fruits and
nuts Z millions--the total for these
twelve articles or groups of articles
being $50 millions, or just three
fourths of the 1923 million dollars of
tariff duties collected in that year.
The share which the customs duties
have borne in producing the reyen-
ues of the country has also varied
with conditions. From 1871 on down
to 1S4S small sums were collected as
internal revenue, seldom, however,
reaching as much as l million dollars.
In 1853, however, the present system
of internal revenue was established,
the receipts therefrom in that year
being in round terms 80 million dol
lars, while the customs receipts were
Ga millions. In the period from 1864
to 1868 the internal revenue receipts
averaged PIT million dollars per an
mum, and the customs receipts 137
millions per annum. With the modi-
fication of fthe interpal-reveHue taxes
following the close of the Spanish
American war the receipts .therefrom
again feli>helow those of the customs,
and the anntal average of, the intern
al-revenue receipts in the period be-
tween 1908 and 1903 was 245 millions,
while those from customs was 2S4
millions. al.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
THE SMALL FARM.

Fifteen acres OF land in southeast
ern Pennsylvania, cultivated accord;
ing to the best known methods and
yielding, principally in dairy products,
an income of more than 50, 400, a year,
have been selected and described by
1.-THE Department of Agriculture as a
model for the farmers of the United
States.
The Department has thoroughly in
Investigated the methods used, and finds
lit possible to point out that upon a
comparatively small area good in
come may be produced merely by the
exercise of intelligence and knowl-
the possession of it's owner, was mort
gagged for $1,000. Six years later the
mortgage was paid off and the profits
Ihad begun to accumulate But thir7
teen acres of the land are under culti-
Iation, the remaining two acres being
occupied by buildings 44t i@
g. The Government is greatly interest
ed in bringing attention to farms of
this character. 1t has become a Gov
|ernment doctrine that smaller farms
and better methods of cultivation will
greatly add to the production and
wealth aof@the nation and to the COM
fort Of the farmers, besides multiply
ing by many times the number of
persons who may obtain livings from
the SOIL
In the newly irrigated lands of the
Far West, the policy of selling not
more than forty acres to any one per-
son has been adopted, and the Depart
ment Of Agriculture is endeavoring
to demonstrate that upon even much
smaller areas than this profits exceed
ing those made upon many of the
larger farms can be obtained.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
DRY FARMING.

The Fourth Dry Farming Congress
win meet at Billings, Mont, October
26. 81 and %. 1909. Seventeen states
and ten foreign countries viii have
delegates at this Congress. H..
In the west 100000, goo acres of ara
BILE land awaits development by Dry
Farming methods. Texas has 25,'
100000; Montana, Colorado and Wyo
ming, 50,O00,000; New Mexico. Okla
homa, Idaho and Arizona, over co..
100000.
Experts estimate that in ten years
every drop OF water available for ir.
rigation will be utilized. or every
acre irrigated here Will be So acres
of dry farm land when irrigation pos.
sibilities are exhausted. Experience
, shows that non-irrigable land yields
crops averaging 50 per cent the guam
tity reaped under irrigation. To
this land the future homeseeker must
come. q" @a te
The Dry Farming Congress teaches
farmers how TO conserve moisture by
intelligent cultivation, educates them
in soil culture and seed selection and
guides inexperienced settlers in
methods that bring them their share
of the harvest profit. 1t extends the
limit of producing area to the limit
of acreage in arid and semi-arid re-
gions and. therefore. is the keynote
upon which the future prosperity OF
the great west is established.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
NOT THE coLpEsT APRIL

Mr.. Chapel, who superintends the
Des Moines weather bureau, informs
The Register and Leader that April
averaged lower in temperature two
years ago than during the present sea
SON Two years ago there was warm.
er weather in March. The impression
that April has been an unusually cold
month is due to the continued chilly
weather throughout both March and
April.
But taking March and April together
there have been colder springs. Ex-
actly ten years ago, in 1899. the mean
temperature for the two months was
1858 as against 1914 for the present
year. In 1881 the temperature for the
two months was 36.6, an average of
nearly three degrees lower than for
the past two months.
Mi. Chapel has prepared table
giving the mean temperature for
March and April of every year since
1879. a period or thirty years. 1t is
worthy, of preservation as basis of
comparison for other cold spring
months:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE.

Saturday Globe: A few years ago
business firm from another town
came to- Oskaloosa, bOugh. out a
small store in a standard line, ap.
piled strictly modern methods, and
the next thing that happened, this
old business under a new manage.
ment, was about the biggest and most
prosperous of IT'S kind in the city. 70
Probably theia most STRIKING thing
that the ne%edmeis did was to adyer-
tise - nberaiyth- and continuously.
There was always something doing.
The weather was never too bad or
the season too dull for this concern
to use space in the newspapers. They
did not pursue a ,Ireakish or spas
modic policy, but Just advertised, reg
ularly, intelligently, consistently--and
of course, they got resultsAanybody
could isee that they were getting re,
suits. ''I'%.A -''
Among the first to notice this re-
suit was the, three or four competi-
tors--the other stores in the same
nothing left for them to do but the
same thing the other fellows, the new
corners, were doing, and that was ad.
vertise, Wisely enough they did this
All were advertisers before in a small
way, but now every competitor of the
new firm took to advertising good
and strong. Well, they all got re-
suits, largely in proportion to the
merits of the respective stores, the
stock carried, the treatment of the
management and the like factors that
always apply in any business.
This same condition has now been
maintained for quite a period-three
or four years. Every merchant in
that particular line in Oskaloosa dur
ing that period has prospered, and
there is reason to believe to a greater
degree than ever before. The cause
is already before you They have all
prospered because they all hustled,
and they all had to hustle because the
new corners set the pace, and set 1t
right.
The above is not simply STORY"
colored to suit the desired conclu-
'sions. We, could give you the names,
and If at all observing you would at
once recognize these statements as
simply review of facts and condi
lions that have actually worked them
selves out in Oskaloosa.
The benefits, If you will permit a
little further PHILOSOPHY upon the
situation, in case like this are gen.
eral; they are city and county wide.
The more goou stores, If the people
are properly advised about them week
by week the more business there will
be done in any line; this is history;
and the more business done, the bet
ter will be the service rendered the
buying public-this is also history
SO the upshot of the whole matter is
what seemed smisfortunate to com
petitors, in this that we haye related,
VIZ: the Quitting in" OF new, firm.
proved decidedly fortunate happen
ing, to competitors, to buyers, to the
general public, and incidentally to the
advertising department Of the local
newspapers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
THE MILLS OF JUSTICE
Troubles of People iSifted Through
Court Hoppers.

Deputy Sheriff Perry Black return
ed Monday noon, from What Cheer in
charge of Louis. Small, who was ar.
Iraigned in Justice g. WoodruffSs court
upon the charge, Of breaking and en-.
tering. The young man is accused OF
Having entered the 4hoihe of Chas.
Sanders, farmersresiding in Monroe
county, last Sunday, and taking away
with him a watch He was placed in
custody in the county jail in default
|oi $1,000 bond, his trial having been
set for May IL. Small claims he has
been working at the Sanders place
and has been allowed the privilege of
going inland out soEsthe house at will.
He does not understand how he hap
pened to get the wa[ch in his posses.
sion, where ittwas found when'he was
placed under arrest by the officers
at What Cheer He has telepHoped to
his mother who, 1t is expected, viii
come to oskaleosasand go on her sons
bond
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
ANCESTRY IS ESTABLISHED.

They say a farmer near town sent
his boy on horseback with bag OF
apples tied behind the saddle, and
told him to so to town and sell the
apples At night John came home
with the apples still in the sack.
The farmer asked him why he did not
sell the apples, and John said: Il rode
all over town and no one saiG any
thing to me about apples"
What, Didn't any one speak to
you all day.. 3 ~ IS a,3r
Why, yes, several men hollered and
asked me what had in my sack, and
| told them 1t was none of their darn
business. III
Thai boy is the father to the. man
who does not believe in advertising.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
viii Quit the supreme Lodoe

Lincoln, Neb.. May 11.-Wheh the
delegates to the Grand lodge. A. o. u
W., began their annual session here
to-day there was virtually unani
nous sentiment that the state body
should cut loose altogether from the
Supreme lodge Jurisdiction. This
action, which is certain to be taken
is in line with that of the Kansas
Grand lodge, and results from recent
legal controversy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Kansas G. A. r. Encampment.

Ottawa. Kan, May 1.-THE twenty
eighth annual encampment of the De
partment of Kansas, Grand Army Of
the Republic, opened here to-day in
Rohrbaugh's opera house, and win con
tinue three days. w. A. Morgan, de
partment commander, is presiding
The allied organizations, Woman's Re
lief Corps, Ladies OF the G. A. R., Elk
Prisoners of War and Sons of Vet
Grams, also are in session. The PEG
pie of Ottawa have made extensive
preparations for the entertainment o,
the visitors. IN d ta B IN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
The most costly bird in the world

The most costly bird in the world
is the dove of peace, according to fig.
ures compiled for the Peace Congress,
held in Chicago this week, which value
the time-honored emblem at one hun
dred billion dollars This is the total
annual expense capitalized of main
tanning the armies and navies of the
globe. which have been increasing at
an astonishing rate during the past
few years. 1t is this enormous drain
on the resources OF the nations which
the peace advocates hope to put a
stop to BY International agreement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

In the middle of the tariff fight the
bureau of statistics OF the department
OF Commerce and Labor has issued an
elaborate statement of tariff duties
| and the chief articles on which they
are collected. etc. that is timely and
will be read with interest by those
who are attempting to follow intelli-
gently the discussion and acts of con.
gress on this vital issue While the
statement is a very elaborate one,
covering in outline the tariff history
OF So years and showing the. duty col
lected in recent years on thousands
OF different articles. its chief facts
may be summed up. in few words.
The amount OF customs or tariff duty
collected in 1921 was ~ million dol
lars, in 1880 rs millions. in 1850 40
millions, in 1860 SO millions, in 1870
1872 millions, in 1880 1873 millions, in
1890 221 millions, in 1900 229 millions
in 1907-the largest sum ever. collect
ed from tariff-329 millions. and in
1908 2S3 millions; the annual average
in the past three years being in round
terms SOC millions per annum. The
duties collected amounted in 1921 to
IS per cent OF the value OF the total
merchandise imported, in 1880 to as
per cent. in 1850 to 20. per cent. in
1860 to 16 per cent, in 1870 to AZ per
cent. in 1880 to 29 per cent, in 1890
to 20 per cent.;in 1900 to 2S per cent,
and in 1907 to 2S per cent of the to-
tai value of the merchandise brought
into the country.
Twelve articles or classes OF arti-
cles pay three.fourths Of the 300 mir
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
v r y
Is No Relation.

The information given out at the
police station yesterday to the ef-
feet that the Dix men, implicated In
the stealing chickens of Mrs. Ida
Sloan were relatives of the victim.
Mrs. Sloan states that she is neither
"kith nor kin" She befriended the
men last winter when they were in
needy circumstances. She gave them
work about her property and paid
bills for them in town. Her kind
ness was rewarded by the theft OF
property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
karl Litton, a former student o

Karl Litton, a former student oil
Drake university, now in India, has
discovered cure for the fatal sleep
ing sickness. He resorted to desper
ate methods; removing one OF the
friends front teeth ne administered
a prepared liquid through tube that
led TO the stomach; for days the young
man slept on-but one day he awaken.
ed with start and since has been
rapidly improving. Every year thous.
ands of people are carried away by
this malady, and the discovery is be.
ing hailed with delight by the English
physicians as well as the natives
there.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

can retain all the best things intro
|duced by his predecessor and in adj
|dition he can put into practice the new
wrinkles that he has evolved. And in
other ways, an occasional change may
be benecial. Sometimes it is good
thing to he able to begin all over
again, with no friends in the town and
no enemies.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Out of the $50 white children from
the United States in the public schools
OF the Panama canal zone q are from
the state OF Iowa, which ranks sixth
IN the total number of these Panama
pupils. Nine children from Nebraska
attend the canal zone schools, and two
from South Dakota. There is one
pupil from Iowa in the school for col.
ored children, which numbers 1.215.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

"A rule proposed requiring all
Methodist ministers to bend the knee
when engaged in public prayer was
laid on the table at the regular Mon
day meeting of the ministers of that
denomination in Cincinnati. Several
of the ministers expressed the view
that it was unwise to adopt it as the
attitude OF prayer was matter that
should be left to the discretion of the
individual.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The young Scotchman never liked
his mother-in-law, and this weighed
heavily on the mind OF his wife, who
was Ill.
Calling her husband to her bedside
she saidAto him, Sandy, lad, I'm vera
i'll and think I'm gang TO dee, and
before ! dee ] want you to gle me
a promise"
IN promise" replied Sandy. What
is it?"
We'll. I ken that when / dee III
have a fine funeral, and want you TO
ride up In front wi my mother"
"Weel.' sadly responded Sandy,
i've gIed We my word. an it's nae
me that's gang back on that. but III
tell ye one thing, we've spoIlt the day
for me- 49,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

"A Texas editor expresses the oDin-
ion that there is an indescribable fas-
cination about work The Des Moines
Register suggests that he bases his,
conclusion on the way crowd gath
ers to watch a man doing some.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The government will in time have
reclaimed 100000 acres of wholly
or partly waste lands in the state OF
Washington at an estimated cost OF
$5O,0OO,OO0, which is pro rated among
the owners of the land where water is
used. .,., ..J.,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Dennis Ricard, an inmate of the
county home in Palo Alto county. is
Ill years of age. He says that ne
was once an employee of Abraham
Lincoln and that they had disagree.
ment over the amount of wood Ricard
had cut. He never married. - I'll.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The notable feature of this table Is
the comparatively small variation in
mean temperature between what we
call a genial mild spring and a cold
and disagreeable spring. A very few
degrees in mean temperature makes a
very noticeable change.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

THE boys dad and a leather strap
about four feet long with buckle on
the end can accomplish more reform
in this direction than seventeen laws"
says the. Ida Grove Pioneer, referring
tot he law prohibiting cigarette smok.
ing by minors.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The Brotherhood or Railroad
Trainmen will meet in annual conven.
ton in Columbus. Ohio May IL. An
effort will be made to increase the
number of vice grand masters from
four to seven.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

-"One way to reduce the cost of liv-
ing is to cut off the luxuries," sug-
gests the Burlington Hawk-Eye. But
if you insist on the Injuries do not
yell about the\cost of living"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

"A gain of 100000 in four months
Is reported in foreign immigration
with the corresponding per-
od in 1908. immigration is always a
good barometer of prosperity.