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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
.HERIFF'S SALE.

hEhlfF . SALE.
- Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of Special Execution to me d.
rected by the Clerk of the District
Court of Mahaska County. Iowa, against
the goods. chattels. lands, tenements.
ETC., of John w. Dickinson, defendant,
in favor of J. E. Thomas, plaintiff,
l will offer at public sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the door
of the court house, in the City of
Oskaloosa, County of Mahaska, Iowa.
on the l4th day OF January, 1911, all of
said defendants right. title and inter-
est in and to the following described
real estate, situated in Mahaska Coun-
ty, to-wit:
Lot No. Nine (9) Block No. Three
81 Crookham's addition to the city of
Oskaloosa. Iowa.
Sale to commence at the hour of
O'Clock p. m. of said day.
Witness my hand this 18th day of
December 1910. ~
e. L.. VALENTINE, ,sel
22w2 Sheriff, Mahaska County, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

OF former Oskaloosa resident the
Newton Record says: A fine audi
ence filled the First NJ. e. church last
Wednesday evening to hear DR.. J. G..
Willis talk on what he saw and ex-
perienced during his visit, to the Holy
Land last summer, and it was GER
tainly one of the most intensely in
teresting talks of the kind ever
heard here. ,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

Knoxville Journal: Jacob Bayless
and daughter Lelah, of Harvey, were
in town Saturday. Mr.. Bayless has
been in serious condition with liver
troubles and other ailments almost a
year but is now gaining in health at
a rapid rate and has every prospect
for permanent recovery. He recently
finished a series of treatments in
Oskaloosa and was much benefited
thereby.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

Its bad time for an editor to
be sick when a holiday issue is on
hand, but the Oskaloosa Times force
arose ably to the occasion and put out
a fine number, while their chief, Hen.
ry Rosecrans, lay at his home severe,
ly i'll. The business men of the city
also took advantage of the good things
offered and extended generous pat
rOuapp
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

Fifty thousand pounds of candy
(think of it, fifteen tons) has been
purchased by the Frick Coal & Coke
Company, a subsidiary of the United
States Steel Corporation, for distribu-
ton among the 10000 children of its
employe s in the Connellsville and
Klondyke regions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
LIQUOR ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Herald has beer, lrepeateqly
asked and was called upon ~ a del
egation the other day TO enquire II
the paper proposed 70 continue gun;
ming "lIQGor advertisements. /" In
the expression liquor advertisements"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

While Maine is generally consid.
cred one of the poorest farming states
in the Union, the present census cried
its it with 59,773 farms, worth $685.
$4,000. However, the total acreage
reported in 1910 was 6,291, 900 acres,
as compared with 100000 in 1900, a
decrease of 5000 acres, or OIL per
cent 8. ...f-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

The two Dakotas keep close to-
gether in population and are grow
ing nicely. North Dakota's total pop
ulation of 577,056 is gain of sos
per cent, and South Dakota's 5S3,SSS
in an increase of asa per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

ton in Is years, 21S days, q hours, %
minutes and As seconds. This mo-
ton was well known to the ancients,
who called it the Saros, and was made
use of by them in roughly predicting
ecliDSeS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

Oskaloosa young people are COM
ing home from their colleges and
schools to spend their vacation days
with parents and friends. The holi-
day spirit is abroad in the land.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
U u - - u
MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED

It Required 26 Years to Perfect Them
The skilled artisan never fashion
ed nor brain of man devised the equal
of Luminant Health Light Lenses.
MAYNE ARNOLD OPTICAL CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Opticians,
Are Sole Agents for Mahaska Co.
The manifold advantages of the
Luminant Health Light Lenses over
all other glasses as comfort to
weak and tired eyes have been SO
quickly and so keenly appreciated by
Mahaska Co. people that the demand
for them is increasing with amazing
rapidity.
The great advantages of these
lenses in comfort and safety for
eyes are so obvious that they in.
stantly appeal with irresistible force
to any wearer of glasses to whom
they are shown and explained and In
addition to this the increased com
fort and the improved vision which
they give to the wearer make him an
enthusiastic advocate of their super
ior merit and a profitable advertise
nent for Mayne Arnold, the only OPP
tician who can supply them in Ma
haska County.
What about the cost? While they
cost considerably more to manufac-
ture than the ordinary lenses, Mayne
Arnold supplies them to his patrons
1t one-half or less than many others
charge for common glass lenses.
Consultation free.
No charge for scientific eye exam
nations where we furnish the
classes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

The Ottumwa Courier observes:
There is always room for man of
force, and he makes room for many
Others"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
G L A S S IF led
ADVERTISING

FOR SALE.-Imported Belgian stall
lion 9 years old. Bargain if taken
soon. "a" Box 519. 22w2-pd
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

FOR RENT-One steam heated room
in my modern home, I'll East
High avenue. Call from to p.
M L. l.. Hull. 22wl
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22

Closing out cheap. Xmas goods.
Trunks, suit cases, grips and hand
bags for ladies; whips, robes, blank
cts, harness, saddles, etc. l.. l..
Hull, ia North Market st. 22wl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Draperies, Screens and Furniture
For Sumner Homes


bungalow conplate furnishing their home
excellent
furnishings collection will find Screens Draperie Chairs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
BY EBERT
HUBBARD
The ChaLaltecEer

he crows and thus destroys the night.
If he didn't crow the sun would not
come UP and blind the owls.
The owls fly away and find beau.
tiful guinea hen-a genuine lalapoosa,
petite. pretty, pug-beaked, dainty and
spangled In a directoire gown, Gu,
princess.
sonality-a thing of which she has
always had her suspicious.
Then they tell her of the old rooster.
of his power and his vanity.
Could she lure him to his doom?
Certainly! One good look at her,
and he would be hypnotized, paralyzed,
mashed and undone. She never saw
anything vet that wore spurs, wattles
and comb that she couldn't chuck
under the beak and walk away with.
She is bird all right, all right
Scene three reveals the meeting.
they flap. they fly UP on the fence. The
| guinea hen knows her business.
| The only way she will be his IS to
| fly with him. She Is no mute Mormon
wite-it's all or none.
| They fly, or course. he can't nv far
| or fast-being short of wind and wing
| hut he flies at It, She encourages
him, and soon. with her help, he ex
poets to beat the eagles. They are
chickens with eagle ambitions
In their eXaltation they scorn and
scoff the farmer. and cackle at thought
OF the barnyard
They take to the woods.
Act four shows them billing and
coolng in the branches.
The old fellow is little out of his
element. but still has his nerve with
him.
Bhe owls are in the background. big
OF eye, anxious. cautious. hut inclined
to think they have him at last.
These are night owls. and night
owl is really the biggest fool that
wears feathers.
Night settles down The lights go
out. The beautiful guinea hen tells
the old rooster to tuck his head under
his wing and go to sleep.
II is Samson and Delilah over again.
The old rooster sleeps, and sleeps
soundly He shores
Act five shows the same scene but
it is daylight
1t is 9:ao before the old rooster
awakens.
Horror upon horrors,
The sun ! 5 up 1t has come up with
out the old rooster growing
The owls are disappointed. because,
wise as they We're they did not know
that the sun would come up, rooster
or no.
Their intentions were good, but their
reason rocky.
The guinea hen now sees that the
rooster was buffer and y has-heen
She flies away with "A little spangled
gamecock.
The old rooster comes off his perch,
and with wilted comb starts for the
BARNARD, suhdued and foolish.
The hens have discovered TINT the
sun comes uo without their old rooster.
one of the hens scratches in the dirt.
fnds q choice morsel, clucks. and when
ne old rooster comes mp. she gobbles
the choice bit before his eyes
He has not enough spirit left to re-
sent the Insult.
An owl in a tan tree boots
The hens cackle
cat on tho fence spits.
diahetic doe harks.
As the curtain slowly falls. tho
farmer Is "nor co~>tnr around the
corner of the barn with an axe,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

saw rehearsal of Rostand's Chan
tecler" in Paris few months ago.
The first acene opens with dark
stage Blackness everywhere. But
soon there is noise like a Plymouth
Rock cockerel of discreet years ring
ing up Phoehus.
The rooster crows and away she
: Light enters-hrst glimmer, then
The pastor of his flock opens up his
cutoff and crows again.
There is more light a few more
good cock-a- doodle-doos, and we be-
hold the dramatis pershnae perched in
There is the old rooster and flock
OF hens
II is the duty of hen,
One more crow, and the sun comes
1t is broad daylight. but not too
The old rooster explains to the hers
that II he hadn't crowed the sun would
not have come up.
This is chicken logic, which is plenty
good enough for chickens.
never doubt it, for hens have no ca
pacity for INDEPENDENT thought.
They believe what they are told
Only ROSTERS think,
II must be remembered that the en-
tire intent of this play is to give things
as they appear to the Brown Leghorn
mind
The rooster regards himself as the
chief work of creation. planned and
plotted from the beginning.
When the old rooster explains to
the old hens how there would have
been no light save for him they all
cackle in slee and gratitude
In the meantime the old rooster finds
particularly fine morsel for break
fast. He calls up all the hens. and
when they gather around he gobbles
up the morsel and crows twice for luck
and to show them that he is on to his
sacred job Of denying the flesh.
This OH faoster declares himself in
fallible. Ha tackles cats that venture
near. and they cut for cover. "A dog
walks In and beats It when Mr.. ,Roos
owl off on bat, bilin' full, not able to /
see in the light. gets the stufins 1
Knocked out of him. TO the great Won I
der err, and admiration of the old hens.
There is much garrulous, Sallinace-
ous speculation as to men, dogs, cats.
owls and hawks, but all agree that the
rooster and the hen are the things to-
ward which creation has labored. !
Also, the old question as to which
was created first, the egg or the hen,
Is preached
The question Is referred to the cock
doo and he decides. Neither;
the rooster was created nrst"
Here come in the villains of the play
two. big, wise owls travelled and
astute. Now, owls are not really wise:
they only look that way The owl is
a sort of college graduate.
The owls doubt the infalliblity of
the rooster and decide to put him to
the test.
A plot is laid, and also Matched.
The owl hates the rooster because
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

We are on the eve of testing our
talk of thirty years or more about the
solidarity of mankind. which has been
preached from pupits and yelled from
platforms. 1t rs great moment. po-
tential OF huge spiritual issues.
Slavery and feudaism have gone into
history Monopoles are being put. TO
bed by a robust democracy When
they die they viii be buried with de-
cency, but there will be no time to
put flowers on their graves. Energy
is needed for the living, not for the
dend. When Ferrer was shot we real.
lied the advance in international
brotherhood by the protest raised all
over the world.
fngs TO the people. we realize that tho
proletariats are het.7~ educated in
modern ethics than their brothers, the
peers The peer has not digested the
rudiments of his protested Christian
ity, which so often Is a mere weekly
habit of church going, and is less vi
tai in his life than having his clothes
brushed or his newspaper opened by
his valet At this crisis he Is forced
10 think and to face personal loss. Be-
cause of ones real belief in the snli-
darity of mankind one Is really sorry
for mini II takes long time to lose
ones belief in hell 1t must take --.ch
longer for noble lord to believe that
his brother. the chimney sweep. ought
10 have some sort OF equality of onnor-
iunity with himself When Kant de-
used as mere means Ia the pleasure or
profit of another. nut must be allowed
TO be an end in himself, he struck the
true note, not or'l'' of democracy, but Of
the equality of the sexes.
To-day the modern woman is a rev.
and because she has real
ICED this she must beware how she |
carries out her campaign. Militant |
tactics may throw back her freedom
for years. What Ferrer wrote to his
friend. Alfred Naquet. before, he died
ought 10 stand as a warning on tho
banner of the militant suffra ~atte
THAT which violence wins for us to-
day. another act of violence may wrest
from us Tomorrow"
The woman who advocates violence
from the platform. or organizes vio-
1ence from her autocratic office in Fleet
Street, is illogical when she resents
fits application in prison 10 save a ia
natic's life. The woman who. believ-
ing in her great and Just cause. at%i
tempts to confuse the issues now at
stake by working against an equally
big social reform because the leaders
of 1t have not as vet gone into her
case, gives the enemy not only lust
cause to hlasphere against women's
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Woman and Patriotism
BY MISS LAURA CLAY,
President Kentucky Equal Rights Association

Inconsistency, but makes her own al
lies wonder whether the hysterical. the
autocratic. the nagrantly ambitious
and vainElorious woman would not dc
more harm than good IL she had her
Just right to vote.
That woman must become an end in
herself and not be any longer mere
tool for the health and comfort of an
she must prove her qualities of self
control, intelligent organization. and.
above All. her aptitude to hold even
her own righteous cause In allowance,
If needs be, in order that the vital
issue of the immediate moment should
give her the supreme opening to insist
later on her own emancipation. De-
mocracy. without the entire enfran
chisement of woman, would be an an
gel with one wing and the face OF
vampire.
Loyalty TO the general cause of wo-
men is Keeping many silent about mil
liant tactics. but it is time protest
was made by those women who M
can never be justified in modern war
fare.
When the first militant raid was
made, | spoke in Hyde Park for the
allowed to express my admiration for
the protest made by the little band OF
women in the columns
of the Daily Chronicle. The first
fnllltant move was excellent. 1t was
the means of eectrifying the older and
more sedate women suffrage societies
into more active work. 1t was a spur
to action and not an attempt to gallon
by the side of precipce.
1t is time now that the militants
studied chapter and Verse of the rules
" cricket and courtesy, of warfare
and of gospel. Because men have won
'eform in the past by physical force it
s time women won theirs by more
civilized methods. The suffrage could be
Won in six months If women Were
not o. to go to prison. but
o imprison their -'tv self-interests
nd ambitions and quietly but stead
actly refuse to do women's work |
hysical or emotional. till men were
filing TO stand shoulder to shoulder |
nth their real helpmates.
Mems need is woman Wonlans |
eed Is mans need of her" is the key |
ote Of sexual equality. Sex hatred is
bsurd and decadens What we wo-
len ought to do is to turn mans need |
f us into the weapon of our eman
ipation and theirs. Clamor will not
o this. Courage, courtesy and com
lining together If all the forces and
lifts of womanhood can alone obtain
he victory
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
inNic,ed for Cruelty to Animals.

l,,,'7V7,O ~ 20 INC TlmeS-DISDat
Eharlottesvillc, Va, April 23.--A
warrant was issued for n negro
Eonth' charged with cruelty to animals
According to the report, the negro was
clipping the hair from the ears OF a
morse belonging to Edwin o. Never,
OF "Ednam'" near the university. The
animal was fractions, and the boy tied
sllpknot about her tongue. Imme-
nlalely the horse reared backward and
youth then rode the mortally woundad
animal into this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Fine Outlook for rru,t,

ISnecial to The Times-D isnatch,
Charlottesville, Va, April 2S.--Fruit
growers from around Covesvile, this
county, in the midst of the Alhemarle
p'ppin belt. report that fruit has not
been damaged thus far by the light
frost and that the prospect for a large
anple crop is as fine as they ever saw
There was light frost in the lowlands
TUESDAY morning and again this morn
ing, put only slight damage was done
10 garden vegetables.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Demonstration
of Kleinert's
Dress Shields

The I. B. Kleinert Co. are
the worlds biggest and best
manufacturers of Dress Shields.
Their products are sold in every
country on the globe, and are
recognized as goods Of the very
best the world produces. The
name Kleinert on Dress
Shields stands as we'll as sterl-
ing on silverware.
Beginning tomorrow an ex-
pert sent here from the Klein
ert factory will be located at the
booth at our Notion Depart
ment, and will take pleasure in
explaining the different fea-
lures of the many styles of
Dress Shields, and introduce
new styles made to meet all
requirements. You are cordial
ly invited to pay her a visit
without feeling that you will
be urged to buy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

Snowflake Portieres, very attractive for
beautifying the homeaf well durable:
can be easily laundered. with stripes running
crosswise; colors green, pink. blue. olive,
red and yellow; As inches long and yards
wide; prices ranging from zoe to $3.50 pair.
Porch Screens
Very attractive line of Screens. a very
necessary protection for the porch. in nat
ural bamboo that VIII be very lasting.
Sxs... 800 s1s....sl.25
1OxS... $3.50 12xS. $1.55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Rich, New, Durable Mattings for Summer

China Mnttings, all colors. the regular 25c
quality; special. zoe gard laid
Extra heavy Chinn Mating, all coiors and
weaves. made OF best quality long straw;
regular SOC grade, c5c yard laid.
Finest quality China MattinRs, all hand
palmed goods; regular 4oc quality: special.
zoe yard laid.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

Seryiceabie green painted Porch Screens,
either wide narrow, all the same length
8 feet, ranging in width from to IL feet;
prices from SI..5 TO $500.
"Di1ie' Hnmmock-This hammock is made
of l4-ounce duck on khaki color; the mat
tress or sea moss and weighs 20 pounds
guaranteed to hold 500 pounds: has rever-
sible wind shield. at $3.50.
Bar Hnrbor Chairs are exceedingly popular.
and nothing helps to decorate the home In
summer more than these at $500.
The Rocker. same as above. at 5000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-09
ALLEGES FALSE ARREST.
Eugene 2. Roy Sues Detroit crsamer,
Co. for Damages.

Alleging that his arrest and prose
cution were merely part OF scheme
on the part Of the Detroit Creamery
Co. to drive him into bottle ex-
change. operated II IL claimed, greatly
10 the disadvantage OF the small milk
dealers, Eugene F. Roy brought suit
against the creamery company In
Judge Hosmer's court, Wednesday.
charging false arrest and q malicious
prosecution. He sues for $4,000.
Roy was arrested on April Is, 1909,
and kept locked up until April Il, on
the charge OF theft He does not deny
that number of Detroit Creamery
Co.'S bottles and several cans were
found In his possession, but he claims
that II has been q custom all over the
city for dealers to exchange one an
others bottles. The charge against
Roy fell fiat when II came to a hear
ing.
Roy brought In a number OF milk
men and grocers as witnesses, and 1t
was testified that the bottles OF. all
dealers we're exchanged freely. One
witness declared that the Detroit
Creamery Co. often gave him milk IN
bottles belonging to other dealers,
and he testified that the creamery
company got four OF his large cans
several months ago and had not re-
turned them. He said he didn't blame
the company for this as 1t was q Gus
tom practiced by all dealers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-09
COP SHOOTS Man
IN FIERCE FIGHT
Patrolman Driskie Draws Revolver
When Gang Attacks Him-victim
Gets Bullet in Cheek.

Patrolman John Briskie. OF the
vinewood police station. aid battle
with q quartet OF men at daybreak,
Tuesday, and shot one OF them
through the cheek before the strug-
gle was ended.
Briskie was patroling his beat at
Beecher-ave. and the Michigan Gen.
trail tracks, when he saw four men
prowling about the rear of the Scully
Manufacturing Co.'S plant. He stopped
them and they jumped on him. There
was . fierce struggle during which
the oficer drew his revolver and fired.
hitting william McGraw In the cheek.
McGraw was arrested and the other
three men ned Later. Briskie re-
turned to the scene of the trouble and
discovered another quartet Of providers
trying to enter q factory close by. He
started for them and they threw some
brass ingots at him. They managed
to escape.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-09
A Woman's Great Idea

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skin eruptions and q wretched com
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bright eyes, pure breath. smooth. vel
vety akin, lovely complexion, good
health. Try them. At e. G. Kinsel.
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