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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
! PERSONALS

(From Saturdays Dailyl


Warren c. Johnson, OF Independ-
ence. Mo, is in the city for a short
visit with friends.
Mrs. f. N. Cowan goes to Chicago
this evening to be away several days
in the interests Of the OFT millinery
house.
Master Howard Cox went to Leigh
son this morning to spend few days
Visiting with his friend. Master Joe
Redman. Is H.. O.. 2
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mintonye and son
George went to Palmer City. Iowa,
This morning to spend several weeks
Visiting with friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. p. Engstrom, of Lockport,
b., is in the city. the guest of friends.
AIrs. Engstrom will speak at the First
! Presbyterian church tomorrow morn
ing.
w. s. Kenworthy departed this al
ternoon upon business trip to Hot
Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas. OK
pecting to be absent from the city
sWbpuh q VIVA p Eps.- H. a. #.- r.
John Gibson returned to his home
at Sherrard, H., this morning after
spending a few days visiting with his
brother. VIM Gibson, Of the Rock ISL
and ticket Office
Mrs. c. A. Cook and Mrs. Ella Nc
Claim we're passengers this morning
S via the Rock island for Lewiston,
Maine. for an extended visit with rel
4 atlves and friends.
Mrs. Lena Stringfel7ow and grand.
\ soD. Robert Stringfellow. returned TO
their home at Rose Hill this morning
after spending week visiting at the
John StarIin and l.. A. Bacon homes
Of South Market street
Misses Incz wilkes. Genevieve Bal.
iagh, Bessie Waggaman and PearIe
story. Of Prairie City, arrived In the
city this morning 10 attend the Saun.
ders school OF Music. Mrs. E. e.
Wilson, OF Prairie City, accompanied
the young ladies as chsperon.
Oliver Madison, OF Blue Island. mi
nois. 10 visiting at the parental James
Mattison home on North Market street
after an absence of five years. Miss
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
"That,s a Terrible counh

you have" remarked one man on the
street the other day to another. You
bet IL is" was the reply, and | have
taken so much cough syrup that my
stomach is all knocked out and the
cough still hangs on That's the way
valuable time is wasted Cough syr.
ups are only palliatives. II you want
to stop that cough, cure the cause by
taking Vinol.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
MARK TWAIN IS NEAR DEATH
TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE
THIS AFTERNOON. -
Doctors Are Administering Oxygen
AS a Final Effort To Save y
His Life.

Redding, Conn. April 20.-Specisl
The condition of Samuel l.. Clemens
Mark Twain"-took decided turn
for the worse this afternoon and the
doctors are now administering oxygen
in a final effort to prolong life. They
cannot leave him long enough to Is
sue bulletin.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
Started Work,

The plant OF the Oskaloosa Paving
Brick Company was started Monday
and will be IN full operation within
short time, Men viii be added to the
force as rapidly as the work can be
reached. A sufficient supply Of fuel
is on hand TO run the plant until the
resumption Of operation in the mines.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
EnIarae orounds.

The country club Of Creston has
found its grounds too small and has
leased four more acres In which to lay
out tennis court and other field
games.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21
o.mandf FIR, coal..

R The recent cold snap Increased tie
,Jemand Fpr goal tq y tafgecext epta ON
account Of the shortage. the coal Iheri
Chants of the city find 1t hard TO
ill their orders.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21

The annual warning has been sent
70 farmers that the seventeen-ycar
iocnsts sre expected IN Iowa again
this year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-04-21

want the working mans trade
and we are entitled to get it.
both on the strength of econ
omy and satisfaction Re
member we buy and sell
for cash only that means
a saving of from 20 per cent
to 80 per cent i'm cost of hand
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
DAILY BOOK REVIEW.
"A VICTORIOUS LIFE"

There is nothing in a Victorious Life. -
by Leonora B. Halsted. 10 interest the
average reader Of fiction. The narrative
Is neither entertaining nor convincing.
II is a somewhat dun and moraIizinr dis
sertation on the life Of a woman who
rises from obscurity to the position of a
female preacher. The process ts not
traught with any extraordinary incidents
ana the individuals are COMMONPLACE
Even the authors style is uninspiring
ana lneXpressibly tedious. There is some
thing of a mixture of the old-fashioned
romance Of the Dora Thornen ssehool
with the thrills and heart-throbs left out
ana some OF the books we used to get
from the sunday school library back
nome, wherein a moral was always I'M
errngiy pointed and the characters drift
ed easily and uneventfully 10 sanctifed
end There is a deal Of preaching in this
book. but scarcely anything new is said
ana the texts which give rise 10 these
sermons are as old as time In the effort
10 create characters, atmosphere and ac-
ton, the author has failed to rise even
to the level of mediocrity. (New York.
The Metropolitan Press
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Notes of the Books.

Cen Basil ". Duke, Of the Confederate
Army. whose brother-in-law was the ia
nous cavalry leader. Gen. John H. Nor
gan, Is now in New York. completing
his "reminiscences. These he will
shortly deliver TO Doubleday. PAGE &
Co for publication.
Argentina. by ". II. Hirst. is the
next volume on the South American
countries in the successful series which
Is edited by Martin Hume. and in which
volumes dealing with Mexico" Peru -
and Chile have already been published
Inc book gives vivid, clear. and ac-
curate idea OF not only the past history
and development Of Argentina. but al
the political social, ana commercial con-
dition Of the country to-day of its re-
sources and possibilities The iIlustra-
IONS are numerous and most excellent.
The Putnams are about to publish the
lectures delivered By ex-President Eliot
Of Harvard. under the Larwiu FOunda-
Tin at Kenyon College The volume.
which bears the title, The Future of
Trade Unionism and Capitalism in a
Democracy, contains an accurate anaIv-
SIS OF the paramount industrial question
OF the present, q question which is com
plicated as well as momentous, and re-
garding the solution Of which there is.
necessarily, great diversity of opinion
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A Word for Sidney Rieber.

The ups and downs of our friend Sid
ney Bieber-the n-again~off-again-F Fin
negan characteristics OF his nomination
for collector of the port of Georgetown
remind us of an episode back in Cleve-
lands second administration.
a sporting individual out in Ohio. who
praeticed Democratic politics on the
side. finding his luck running contrari-
wise, conceived the idea that the time
had come to reform. and he developed an
ambition to settle down in a government
position In Washington. His record as a
regular was in his favor. the civil serv-
ice regulations did not offer the obstruo-
tons Of the present day. and. moreover.
he had an influential friend at court
Coming to the Capital. he was taken 10
the Interior Department and formally
presented to the Secretary. Hoke Smith.
His reception was cordial The Georgian
gave him the glad hand. appIauded his
ambition. and promised to keep him IN
mind. That was all
This was wholly unsatisfactory to the
reformed sport from Ohio. he did not
want TO be kept In mind. He wanted a
job. And he proceeded to let the Hon.
Hoke Smith know how he -elt about ii.
Now, look here, Mr.. Secretary" he
said in thunderous voice and with John
l. Sullivan swagger about the mahog-
any desk-'now look here; if I'm goln' to
git it I'd Ike to know it. and if 1 amt
soin' to git It I'd like to know it. don't
care to be dublin aroun' on a dead
card"
That is precisely the way We feel about
our friend Sidney Bieber. If he is going
to get that Georgetown coIlectorship, he
ought to know II; II he isn't going 10 get
II. he ought TO know IT, We do not like
10 think of Sidney dublin aroun' on
dead card"
The Ohio man did not set IT,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
The Prize Fight.

Gov. Gillett was a little tardy in NOV
ing in the matter Of the prize fight to b,
held IN San Francisco. but he has moved
in time enough to prevent the injury tha
would have been done to his State By
countenancing the contest. Il would
certainly, have spoken better for Cali
fornia had the governor made his de.
cision earlier. for then the suspicion that
he was largely Influenced in the matter
BY hopes Of securing the Panama Expo.
sition for his State would not have been
present.
But whatever the motive that urged the
governor 10 immediate action he viii
undoubtedly receive the thanks and com
mendation of a large proportion of the
law-abidins people Of the country. Never
in the history Of sports has a prize fght
been so widely advertised. and only il
few instances has there been am
pretense that the proposed encounter be-
tween the white man and the negro was
be a boxing match and not a prize
-h-
To question as to whether boxing con-
tests are desirable things TO foster or
encourage is a question. after all. of
ethics. Many good men and true believe
that boxing should be encouraged, and
there is lot of force and truth in the
argument often brought forth that
there is more brutality and real danger
in q college football match than in a
fight between professionals. But these
questions are not involved at this time.
The question that Gov. Ginett had 10 de-
eide was whether the law of his state
forbidding prize fights was about 10 be
violated. Every one viii realize that he
took the common-sense view when he
decided to stop it,
And there is another view of the matter
that will aid many people in commencing
Gov. GiIett's stand. and that is the fnan-
cial phase. Never before in a prize fight
has the question of money entered so
largely. Constantly we have heard of
the vast sums that are to be won by one
or the other of these fighters. So many
thousands for lighting; so many thou
sands for the picture privilege; so much
admission charged for watching them
train; so much an article for telling how
they are going to do it. The boxing con-
test, or the prize fight, has almost been
Host sight Of in ali this talk about cash.
Undoubtedly the prize fight would have
drawn lot Of sports" TO San Francisco.
and these would have left a lot Of money
behind. but we doubt much whether this
sort of money would have done San
Francisco any permanent good.
Certainly it would have been a sum
insufficient to Offset the injury done TO
the good name of the State.
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way and In his calling. a tremendous
success. We think he must have be-
lleved that, in fact The possession Of
ordinary common sense surely told him
but, an. the saving grace Of that other
rare, sweet. common sense that kept his
head absolutely level and his heart fresh
and responsive. even amid all the rest!
Our idea is that o. Henry never felt
bis work was to be so good that 1t might
not have been better. We do not imagine
he ever turned in a story to his pub
fishers believing it TO be perfect and be-
yond criticism. To that extent-and no
more. if that spells any fraction of fail
ure-O. Henry probably held his opinion
of himself IN check.
And if that be the truth about o.
Henry. what a magnificent success he
was, indeed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
The Mule in Kansas City.

From the Kansas City Star
The dog. mans faithful friend has
been the subject of quantities of Htera-
ture. II has remained for a negro team
ster TO proclaim the qualities Of the Mis-
souri, mule, and for Kansas City Jury
TO back Up the eulogy. The animal that
evoked all this sentiment was twenty
hve years old, blind and lame He had
been damaged by a collision with a Rock
Island train. Sing, Muse. the wrath Of
Achilles. II was mere childish out
burst compared TO the indignation of the
owner Of Gin'ral Stonewau Jackson.
The powerful corporation was hailed
into court and Gin'ral Jackson's owner
made a speech, reciting that while dogs
may come and go in a quarter of a cen
tury. mule remains unchanged and
Interchangeable, the center of the house
holds affections.
Senator Vest may have his dog" ex-
claimed the orator in conclusion, but
as FOR me, give me a faithful mule-or
pay me the damages
Such an appeal who could resist? Ger
tainly not a Missouri jury Were any
or its members from the kingdom OF
Galloway? The report is silent on this
point But damages to the extent of Sl25
were returned. Hereafter let no man
speak siightingly of the mule
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
The Battle of Waterloo-June Is.

When William " of England was lying
on his deathbed at Windsor Castle the
firing for the anniversary of Waterloo
took place, and on his inquiring and
learning the cause he breathed out faint
": 1T was great day for England"
When Napoleon recovered his throne at
Paris. on March Is. he could only rally
under his banner about 10000 men to op-
pose nearly million Of troops which the
allied ,sovereigns were ready 10 muster
against him. His first business was TO
sustain the united attack OF the British
and Prussians, posted in the Netherlands
ana II was his obvious policy 10 make an
attack on these himself before any others
could come up to their assistance.
His rapid advance at the beginning of
June, before the English and Prussian
commanders were aware Of MS having
LETT Paris; his quick and brilliant as
saults on the separate bodies of Prus-
SLAMS and British at Ligny and Quatre
Bras on the 18th. were movements mark
ed by all his brilliant military genius
And even when on June I8. 1875 he COM
menced the great battle Of Waterloo with
both. the advantage still remained to him
IN the divided positions Of his double
enemy, giving him the power Of bringing
MS whole host concentratedly upon one
or theirs, thus neutralizing to some ex-
tent their largely superior forces. And
beyond a doubt, through the superior
skin which he showed in this. as we'll as
the wonderful gallantry of the soldiery.
the victory at Waterloo ought TO have
been his
Inere was just one obstacle, and it was
decisiye-the British infantry stood in
their squares immovable upon the plains
unul the afternoon. when the arrival Of
The Prussians gave their side the superb
orlty. II is unnecessary to repeat de-
tails which have been told in a hundred
chronicles. Enough that that evening
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
RETURN OF EX-PRESIDENTS.
homecoming Receptions of Grant
and Roosevelt Compared.

Homecoming Receptions of Grant
and Roosevelt Compared.
From the New York Tribune.
Thirty years. three months. and five
days ago San Francisco, decorated with
flags, flowers. and lanterns, awaited in
excitement and impotence TIE arrival
OF an ex-President of the United States
returning from the grand tour. To-day,
on the opposite side Of the continent,
New York stands ready to give a similar
greeting TO our only other touring ex-
President San Franciscans knew an
anxiety. however, which we Of to-day
need not feel They had no idea on
which one of four or FIVE days 10 expect
the vessel which bore the great man
home. Therefore. they got everything
ready for the first possible day. and then
repaired 10 the bluffs 70 sit down and
watch the horizon. We of the wireless
age know TO an hour, without watching.
when the mastheads Of the big Kaiserin
viii break the sky and water line of
Fire Island
Gen. Grant was away from his home
shores for two years and four months
Col Roosevelt has given himself only
fifteen months rest q" Grant visited
nearly thirty different nations: Roose-
welt only dozen. The same motto an
swers for both of them-'Let US have
peace"-although both were warriors.
Grant was received throughout the world
rather as a soldier than as an ex-Presi-
dent. In fact. an interesting editorial
published at that time in one Of the
leading newspapers of America contained
this sentence: No mere ex-President Of
the United States. regarded in his ca
pacity as civil ruler. could have called
forth the receptions rendered TO Grant
abroad. II was his brilliant military re-
nown." Yet il has been In his capacity
as a former civil ruler that Theodore
Roosevelt has been received-which per-
hsps shows the advance OF the United
States in world esteem.
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From the Springfield Republican,
There was a certain paragraph in Mr..
Roosevelt's oxford lecture which he
probably enjoyed writing more than sny
other in the entire production. There is
a swing to II. somewhat too uneven. Ia
be sure, 10 warrant its serious presenta-
ton as verse. yet the concluding portion
OF the paragraph we venture TO present
in that form by means Of the simple
device Of dividing the two sentences into
nearly equal lines. each of which NAV
be begun with a capital The result is two
stapzas, one OF seven and the other of
four lines:
Il was the distance and the desert
Rather than the Psr1hisn horse bowman
That set bounds 10 Rome in the East
And on the North her advance was curbed
By the vast reaches Of maTshy woodland
Rather than b. the tan barbarians
Who dwelt therein.
Daring the long generations Of her greatness.
And until the sword dropped from her withered
hand.
The PaFthian was never menace of aggression
And the German threatened her but to die.
The subject was one to fire Mr.. Roose-
velt's imagination, for it dealt with i'm
perial Rome's martial supremacy. her de-
cline and fall. In our school DAYS. some
boy would soon have been declaiming that
passage-and making hit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
Conservation.

Congress has done a good stroke of
business for the country in passing the
bill authorizing the President TO with
draw from entry any public lands of the
United States which he thinks should
not be open to settlement until Congress
has had a chance to decide what shall
be done with them President Roose-
Welt and Secretary OF the Interior Gar
field believed that the power to do this
was already vested in the President.
President Taft and his Attorney General
believed that the President had no such
power. Lands had been withdrawn dur
ing the previous administration under
the belief that the Chief Executive had
acted legally. and these Withdrawals
President Taft allowed 70 stand, though.
in letter TO former Secretary Garfield.
he expressed the belief that a consider
able stretch of the Secretary's power
was involved
With these doubts. it was well that the
whole matter should go before Congress
for settlement; and in securing the pas
sage Of this bill the President has NOT
only been able to legalize the withdraw
ais already made by President Roose-
Welt, but has firmly put the government
seal Of approval upon the whole policy
of conservation
How these lands thus reserved by the
United States are ultimately 10 be used.
how they are 10 be settled or disposed of
for the greatest benefit to the country
and the people is a question that has yet
10 be taken up by the friends Of conser-
vation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
GOLDSMITH.

Fresh from his triumphs. all the
worlds his school;
He has some back at last 10 show
us h0@ 70 rule.
be smiles and shows his teeth. That
pensive frOWn
Is but to match With grace his
doctors gown.
The crowds 50 proudly hail their
long-lost chief;
Fresh from Egyptian stews and
English beef;
And still they gazed, and Still their
W0nder grew
That one small head should carry
al nc knew.
n. L. STEVENSON.
And this be The verse ye sing for
me.
! have come back hons. where /
ought 10 be.
Home is the stoker. home from the
sea
And the hunter home from s,s
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0. Henry's Opinion of 0. Henry.
Says the Topeka Capital:

says the Topeka Capital:
20. Henry thought himself a failure"
Somehow, we doubt the absolute ac.
euracy Of that statement. It NAV be
true. but it does not seem reasonable
in view Of all the circumstances war.
ranting contrary opinion.
We suspect the thing that gave rise 10
this impression is that success never
turned o. Henry's head-not ever SO
slightly. Publishers clamored for his
work for several years before he died
he was permitted to fix his own price
in marketing his literary wares. He got
about all there was 10 be had in the
pursuit of his profession-money. repu-
tation, and the other indefinite and elu-
sive things supposedly attaching thereto.
He might have staggered and thrown
out his chest; he might have elected nor
10 be like humber mortals; he might
have affected a patronizing attitude to-
ward others seeking diligently, earnestly.
quietly. and unostentatiously to approxi-
mate his accomplishments. But he did
none Of those things. He was modest,
shrinking: he hid himself away from the
public as much as possible; he was shy
and reserved. save, perhaps. to the few
who were so fortunate as to win and
hold his intimate friendship and regard.
And yet. in all Of that there is nothing
hpon which one may nationally rest a
suspicion that 20. Henry thought him
self failure" On the contrary. he stlH
plight hare realized that he was. In his
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-18
T. R. PROGRAMME TO-DAY.

80 Mfr Roosevelt will arise and take an icewater
bath '
a. m-wiil bank the fires CT the KaiSsrn Auguste VIC
tora and lecture the stokers.
7'aS a. m.-wiI deliver the passengers
a. m--Wll swim ashore
$50 a. m--Died of at the aquarium
a. m-Revews the water fleet
a. m-Re'isws the evidence the BalngerPneot case
a. mistakes hands with Mayor Gaypo who gees At
once 70 the hospital
noon-Lunehes of elephant steak and buckheat cakes He
VIII pronounce them bully
p In--oons khaki uniform. slightly soiled; puts On
Spanish war medals and eets his Rough Riders Issues the
order o. the day TO his that he called coone
no longer. but doctor Of laws.
to m.-Correspondence
TO $50 p m-Reads extracts from pisskin library
p m--Iakes flying machine for Oyster Bay,
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saw the noble, and in large part vet
eran. army OF Napoleon retreating and
dispensing. never 10 reassembIe, and that
within month his sovereignty in France
had definitely closed
Il must seem 20 his discredit that Vel
lingtOn was unaware on the evening OF
the 18th that action was so near. for he
was attending a ball at Brussels. This
snow OF carelessness was amply redeem
ed by the marvellous. GOODNESS and sa-
gacity with which he made all HIS subse-
quent arrangements and the patience
with which he sustained the shock of the
enemy, both at Quatre Bras on the 18th
and on the 18th in the more terrible fight
at Waterloo. From the day of Waterloo
the name Of Wellington was venerated
above that OF any living Englishman al
home
According 10 Alison, the battle OF Wa
terioo was fought by 5000 French and
go guns. against $1,000 English. Han
overians. Belgians, &c, with i56 guns 10
Which were subsequently added certain
large bodies Of Prussians, who came in
tine TO assist IN gaining the day. There
were strictly but 1900 British troops on
the field. Of whom the total number
Killed was l.4l7 and wounded 1923. The
total loss Of the allied forces on that
bloody day was 22.37S. of whom there
were killed 4I72
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