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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-20

where the more aristocratic do their
buying, j would have paid S. or $3.50
for it. The man / got the shoes from
does not maintain delivery wagon,
has no expensive Office force to main
tain, and has no help except one
young man who acts as general assist
ant, sweeper-out and the boss's under
study.
The cost of milk has climbed
steadily during the last few years be-
cause the people insist on more style
in the manner in which it is brought
to them. ! am practical dairyman
and know what | am talking about.
In the old days there were no bot
ties, no pretty wagons, no tubercufin
tests to be paid for. The milk was
delivered from door to door by the
man or woman carrying the product
in large cans or buckets. Now the
milkman has a 5000 horse, a $3.50 or
$500 wagon, a SIS set of harness on
the horse, and stables and aseptic
cans, steriized bottles, Pasteurizing
apparatus in his storage house, and
goodness knows what else to make
the cost mount skyward. Every bot
tie that is broken. every germ'proof
lparaffin-coated bottle cover that is
used, costs money and the customer
must pay the bill. .,.
The same wild race after style is
found all over the country. The far
mer has got to have the latest and
prettiest labor-saving devices. Their
rubber-tired runabouts must be equip
ped with the last up-to-the-minute
trimmings, and pretty soon the $500
runabout goes into the loft of the barn
in order to make room for the $1,000
automobile roadster or the $4,000 tour
ing car. As a result of all this style.
the farmer must charge more for his
meat, his vegetables and his grain il
he is going to keep his head above
water. One of these days I'm going
to get up on the floor of the House
and express a few of my views along
these lines. l may not he able to in
crease the visible supply of oratory
by the effort. but III bet can give
them few ideas on the real reason
for the increased cost of living"
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charge of runs 3 and on the Burling
ton between Burlington and Oskaloosa
as baggage and express agent fol-
over two years. He is still in the
employ of the Adams Express Co
and was in the city yesterday to take
charge OF runs and on the Iowa
Central during the absence of II. f
Lewis. All of Mr.. Carlsons friends
were delighted to see him. as he has
been absent from Oskaloosa for some
tines ... -. &a&a. g. s>e' =
(From Wednesdays Daily.l
DIR. l.. A. Rodgers was a business
passenger for Des Moines this morn
ing. - .<. ..... .
]. Cross, Rock island agent at Ev,
ans, was q business caller in the city
yesterday. -.....s % -
C, D.Gordon went to Davenport this
morning for a visit with friends and
relatives. .-.''
J. H. Anderson went to Ottumwa
this morning to look after business
interests.
Lee Harmon, of Cedar Rapids, is
spending a few days with friends in
Oskaloosa.
T. E. Frank, of Davenport, was
transacting business in the city yes
terday.
A. c. Benson was a passenger yes
terday via the Iowa Central for st.
Paul on a business trip.
M. A. Ward was business passen-
ger yesterday via the Iowa Central
for Sank Center, MINI.
Trainmaster " III. Hagelberger, OF
the Rock Island, was in the city for
a short time this morning.
r.. w. Signer was an Iowa Central
passenger yesterday for Tyler, Mimi,
to look after business interests.
j. B. Pearson and daughter, Miss
Vivian, went to Ottumwa this morn.
ing to spend the day with friends.
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]. p Stephenson, travelling freight
agent of the Rock Island, was bust.
ness caller in the city yesterday.
Hon. w. S. Kenworthy leaves this
evening via the Rock Island for New
York City for an extended business
trip. -
Miss Lena Hammes was guest
yesterday at the home of her brother
j. C. Hammes, enroute from Keokuk
TO Des Moipes. II 80
Travelling Passenger Agent McNa
mara of the Rock Island was in the
city yesterday on business connected
with the road.
II. NJ. Grove was passenger yes
terday via the Iowa Central for ST
Louis where he goes to look after
business interests.
J. Fl. Malcolm was passenger last
evening via the Burlington for Chi
cago where he goes to look after bus
mess interests.
NJ. 8. Giles travelling passenger
agent for the New York Central lines.
was in the city yesterday. He left
some beautiful calendars in the city.
J. X. Henderson, travelling sales
man for Kinks Soap, went TO Mar
shalltown yesterday to start on his
winter tour OF northwestern Iowa
towns. l..+i. -.t'.
~ 49,
Ottumwa CouHer: Mrs, c. s
Masters, of oskalQ9sa, passed through
the city to-day enroute to Mystic
where she will visit friends and rela
tives. j.
Mrs. Dennis Robinson in business
note dated at Auburn, California
states that she is enjoying the season
in the west. She goes to Los Angeles
in few days. A4zs. w. 90.
Mrs. ]. w. Whitehead and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Whitehead were passen'
gers today via the Rock Island for al
extended visit with relatives ant
friends at Pittsburg. Pa.
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Teach Children to Be Fearless.

Don't run to baby and pick him up
the minute he falls. The child whose
Slother runs to him and means over
him the minute he falls is a much-to.
be-pitied little man. Her terrified
face and cry OF Are you hurt, darling?
Tell mamma where. Poor little pet!"
ETC., will make him cry at once.
whether he vs. hurt OF not,
Very soon he will umhgipe that the
slightest untoward event Ghurts him.
and will grow peevish and fretful.5
A child who Is not fused by a
nervous and adoring mother is very
different He may have many falls:
he probably will But very soon. with
his mothers CHEEKY mo damage done,
deariei" in his ears, he will learn,
unless things are really rather bad, to
pick himself up and go on quite hap.
PLY with his interrupted game,
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SURE We PAY FOR THE STYLE
AND NOBODY CARES TO GO BACK
TO THE OLD MODE OF LIVING.
Representative Cocks of New York
Says Too Much Style Is What Is
Making High Price of Living.

Washington, d. c., Jan. l9.-"Too
much style is responsible for the in
creased cost of living" said Repre-
sentative w. w. Cocks, of New York,
friend and neighbOr of eXPresident
Roosevelt.
Thirty or forty years ago we did
not eat less than we do now, as some
people are trying to prove, hut we
put on less style. Style is all right
for those that want it. ! have no
fault to find with it at all, but | wish
to remark that it comes high and
must be paid for. This increase in
style, show, display, or whatever you
want to call it, extends from the top
to the bottom of the scale of life.
Now as an illustration, | have a
Pole working for me on my place
down on Long Island. He has sew
eral children. The other day | met
the crowd of youngsters down on the
place-on a week day, too, mind you
and every last one OF them was
wearing patent leather shoes. That
workman OF mine has a new $50 steel
range in his kitchen and piano that
ne got on time payments. or course
| am glad that he feels that he can
afford all these things, but in the old
days they were not purchased by the
people of limited means. The chill.
dren, instead of wearing patent leath-
ers, went barefoot in the summer and
in the winter wore heavy, serviceable
cowhide shoes that would last them
years. Only the very well to do
thought they could have pianos, and
la SIS or $50 stove was good enough
for almost anyone's kitchen.
when | was younger and had to
have things from the grocery store,
went after my purchases. Now the
customer of the grocer or the butcher
or the baker insists on having his
mound of butter, his mutton chops, or
his loaf of bread delivered at his
door: The dealer must charge for
his horse his wagon, his harness and
his ydeliyeryman. Some one must pay
lLhs bill, and of course IL comes out OF
/ me goods-tAe customer that gets the
benefit of the extra service is the one
hat should stand for 1t, and he does
/ whether he likes 1t or not.
IF people would patronize the little
storekeepers in the out of the way
orners of the cities they would find
nat they could reduce their cost Of
wing a good dit. For instance,
thought this pair OF shoes am wear
g for 81 in store down by the
'lvy Yard where the rents are low
~ had got the same shoe up on
Pennsylvania Avenue. or F street
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-20

Des Moines Capital; Dir. Muir. Of
Oskaloosa, was an ovcr-Sunday guest
in the B. E. Clark home on Thirty
sixth street. He came up for visit
with his new granddaughter, Jeanne
Muir.
Muscatine Journal: Mr.. and Mrs
A. E. Slaughter, of Clinton, who has
been visiting at the home of the
formers brother, Charles Slaughter
of Cedar street, left this morning for
oskaloosa. = nsa
Mrs. S. NJ. Chrisman was a passen-
ger yesterday via the Iowa Central
for NARROW, Oklahoma. Mrs. Chris
man goes to MARROW where she visits
with her son. Art Chrisman, former
Oskaloosa young man.
George Rounds, of Waterloo, was in
Oskaloosa Monday looking after Ma
haska county interests. This was the
first trip to the county in number OF
years and countless changes and i'm.
provements were noted.
Yesterday was homeseekers' day,
but the ticket agents say there were
very few that took advantage of the
special transportation offer. The rail.
road officials say that poor train con.
nections is what made the traffic poor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-20

Iowa State Board OF
Optometry Examin-
ers. Certificate No.
262, Mahaska Coun-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-20
so,.ch Res,ored After Eleven Years

soeeeh Restored After Eleven Years.
A remarkable case OF dumb WON.
an recovering her speech is reported
from Leeds, Eng. For IL years MRS.
Ada Col,ingwood, the wife OF .Ar-
nenter. had not been able to utter Q
single word. A fortnight after her
marriage she had paralytic seizure
which left her speechless. Doctors
and specialists were consulted, out
from none OF them did she derive
any benefit.
A few mornings ago. however. MIRA
Collingwood after fortnight's Illness
In bed suddenly uttered the word
the" and slowly but surely she -
rscoyering her voice.
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ty License to practice Optometry. No
262. Mayne Arnold. 215 West High
Ave, Oskaloosa. Scientific glass fit
ting guaranteed OF money back.
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unaratefuII

Lady Barrister-T have got $50 men
acquitted and not one OF them has OF.
fered to marry me!
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06

ders covered with a red blanket
Through a narrow slit in in the cover
ing her black eyes shot arrows at her
dissatisfied husband.
Graybear began his testimony, tell
ing of his squaw's cruelty to him.
when the woman arose and denounced
the statement as false. The sheriff
interfered and Mrs. Graybear pulled
butcher knife from beneath her
blanket and started after the officer.
In two minutes she was in possession
of the courtroom, her husband having
led the exodus. Then she sailed
forth and chased court officials all
around the block
After an hours fight the woman
wearied and finally was arrested. The
court resumed it's session and Gray
bear got his divorce without further
testimony. Mrs. Graybear was gradu-
ated from Hampton institution, in Vir-
GINA, and while at that school was
one Of it's brightest lights After her
return to the reservation she returned
to the blanket.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06
CHAPTER xxx.
In Which We Fiqht Death.

/ remember distinctly enough the
first six days of that boat voyage; it
seems as if every detail was burned
upon my brain with fire. / see the
faces of the men constantly becoming
more haggard and hopeless as they
stared. dull-eyed and aimlessly, out
over the endless waste of water to the
dun sky. We were so tired of it; it
had grown $50 hateful in its pitiless
vacancy, its dull, dreary void. 1t
seemed to me that with every re-
curing dawn those within the boat
appeared older, grayer. more deeply
lined; their exposed flesh caked more
heavily with the salt spray; their
limbs cramped from confinement and
cold their eyes lusterless and heavy
with despair. They conversed with
some effort at cheerfulness at first,
figuring on the speed with which we
sailed, dividing up the treasure, count
Ing the gold pieces, and specializing
upon their probable value. But de-
preston followed swiftly as day
merged into day. with only that same
desert of tumbling waters stretching
about us, that same wild sky over
head. Finally the growing voices
ceased entirely, the fellows becoming
moody and sullen, scarcely answering
even when addressed.
(TO BE CONTINJED)
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06
NEW SPORT ON PRAlRlES
Motor Car Is Used in Chasing Fleet
Jack Rabbits and the Willy
Coyote.

Topeka, Kan.-'rhe faithful horse Is
going into the discard in Kansas as a
necessary adjunct of hunting party
or the chase Of horse thief Motor
cars are becoming so plentiful in the
state and they have been found SO
much better In chasing the feet jack
rabbit or driving the common coyote
to its lair or catching those who take
horses and mules from stables with.
out the owners permission that the
horses are being relegated TO the rear.
Rabbit and wolf hunts have long
been common sport in Kansas. Men
would go out with horses and dogs
and have a rabbit or wolf drive. Now
party of a dozen men in three or
four motor cars goes out and makes
more successful drives than a hundred
men with horses.
A wolf hunt with a motor car Is
about as exciting sport as any one
would care to indulge In. In middle
and western Kansas are thousands Of
acres of wheat and corn lands with
out fence. Often one can drive FIVE
or ten miles across the country and
encounter few fences except those
around a small pasture on each farm.
Motorists can drive miles and miles
across the prairie lands of the west
ern half Of this state without running
into fence or creek or gully.
1t Is not much trouble to stir I'D
coyote OF prairie wolf in western Kan
sas. and when the motor party sees
one the race begins. The coyote runs
In large circle. He does not dodge
back and forth or zigzag much, so It
Is comparatively easy matter for the
driver to keep right behind Mr.
Coyote. But that motor car must be
moving along at lively gait. The
coyote can hump along across the
prairie at about 30 miles an hour, and
be can also do some tall squirting
when necessity demands.
In the days Of coyote hunting with
horses and dogs the wolves we're never
driven to their dens. But about an
hours driving with motor car gives
Me coyote about all the running he
cares for and he makes for his den
But his rest is not long. because the
hunters pour some gasoline into the
hole, the animal pops out, and the
chase Is resumed across the country
until good shot ends the life of the
pest of the prairie.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06
CHAPTER xxvIlI.-Continued.

The negro Cole acted as though he
had lost his mind. entirely, and after
studying him awhile l concluded to
let him do as he pleased. He ate
breakfast with the rest of us, but with
out speaking. and afterward, when we
left the table, picked up the cleaver
and made directly for the lazarette.
called to him, but he merely rolled his
eyes up at me from the blackness be-
low and disappeared, the icy water
slushing underfoot. We soon heard
him vigorously slashing away at the
ice .Smuttering constantly to himself.
I Went part way down the ladder, with
a candle in my hand, whence | could
see him toiling away at the end of the
hole the men had excavated in the
ice, though he paid no attention to my
call. The water was fully six inches
deep over the lazarette deck, splash
ing back and forth as the vessel
rolled. and / could see drops Of sea-
water squeezing in through the sides
of her and dripping steadily down.
There was nothing to do but leave the
fellow alone, so after telling Dade to
look down the ladder once in while
and keep an eye on him l joined the
others on deck.
Gone clear nutty," commented Nc
knight, tapping his head. "The very
sidht o. Them yellow boys was too
much for him."
II only hope 1t wasn't my blow" l
said soberly.
"Blow-helli Why, that crack never
hurt his skull, Mr.. Stephens. The
fellow was plumb crazy as soon as the
box was open. He never thought there
was SO much money in the world.
WHY, you ought to "a heard him tell
of the junk he was goin' to buy when
he got his share back to the States.
Oh. he'll come out Of his dream all
right If we only let him alone for a
day or So"
So we left him down there alonN
pegging away in the dark. He cams
up, however, at the call for dinner,
eating away heartily without uttering
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06

a mailman, every instant an agony;
and breathed in the welcome air, my
stiffened limbs moving mechanically,
my brain throbbing with pain. l could
see nothing until a huge roller flung
me upward, buffeting my face with icy
spray, and there, below in the hollow,
tossed the long-boat, every pallid face
staring up at me. l saw them fran
tically back water, as the great surge
hurled me down headlong l was be-
side them; they clutched at me and
missed. The stern, swung suddenly
about by the blow of the sea- loomed
over me, and then my fingers gripped
a dripping oarblade. God knows how
| ever chung to it, wrenched by that
sea-how the strength remained in
my nurnbed hands; but some one
twisted a boathook in the collar of my
jacket, and so they hauled me, drip
ping and half-conscious, over the gun
vale. / saw Doris. looked into her
eyes. / felt her bare hands on my
wet cheek. l think it was the simple
touch of her that gave me back life
and comprehension of my condition.
endeavored weakly to lift my head,
fighting against the awful numbness
that held me PROSTATE. Everything
seemed dream, yet in that dream !
heard De Novas voice:
Take him for'ard zare, dam quick.
Strip re wet clothes off, or he freeze
dead. BY gar. jump you, Kelly, an
get blanket roun' him."
hardly know what they did, for
scarcely retained sufficient life to re-
alize that was still alive; but, when
I was fairly warm beneath pile of
blankets, l saw Doris sitting where
she could look down into my face,
and the men busy stepping the mast
and getting up sail / pushed my
hand out from under the covers and
found hers.
Don't cry, little girl" whispered
tenderly; 'it is all right now"
She bent down, her cheek pressed
against mine, unable to speak.
"Did-did the Donna Isabel go
DOWN." l asked, after a moments 81
lence.
Eyes, and-and il nearly caught u.s."
her voice sobbing, as the memory of
ii all came back. Il saw you Jump,
and then there was nothing-nothing
but the sea. Oh! how did God ever
save you-ever bring you back to
me?"
l could only press her hand under
the warmth of the blankets, still feel
ing it difficult to breathe.
'Did-did you see Cole?" she quss-
toned at last, more calmly.
mo, but heard him; he was down
in the lazarette, chopping at the ice,
poor devil"
l felt her SILVER; then she lifted her
head, looking forth over the sea.
ITO the very end the dead are
doomed to guard that gold" she said
soberly. 81 wish we had none OF 1t
aboard" lay watching the delicate
profile of her face, happy, yet with
little of foreboding.
Lift me up a little, dear, until I
can look about"
She did so with much gentleness,
and / leaned against the gunwale. It
was raw, cloudy morning, sea and
sky the same dull, dreary expanse of
gray, with nothing anywhere to re-
lieve the awful loneliness of water on
which we tossed Our eyes met and
our handclasp frightened.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06
BOY TORTURED BY ECZEMA

When my boy was six years old, he
suffered terribly with eczema. He
could neither sit still nor lie quietly In
bed. for the itching was dreadful. He
would irritate spots by scratching
with his nails and that only made
them worse. A doctor treated him
and We tried almost everything. but
the eczema seemed to spread. 1t
started In small place on the lower
extremities and spread for two years
until 1t very nearly covered the back
part OF his leg to the knee.
Finally got Cuticura Soap, Cuti-
cura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and
gave them according to directions.
used them In the morning and that
evening, before l put my boy to bed.
l used them again and the improves
ment even in those few hours was sur
prising, the Inflammation seemed to
be so much less. used two boxes OF
Cuticura Ointment, the same of the
Pills and the Soap and my boy was
cured. My son is now in his sew
enteenth year and he has never had
a return Of the eczema.
Il took care Of friends child that
had eczema on its face and limbs and
| used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
They acted on the child just as they
did on my son and It has never re-
turned. l would recommend the Cuti-
cura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. J..
Cochran, 1928 Columbia Ave., Phila-
delphia, Pa. Oct. 20, 1909"
A rich mans children seem to think
1t is up to them to make a noise In
ba
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06
SQUAW CLEARS A COURT
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE
ATTACKS SHERIFF AND cHAsEs
OTHER OFFICIALS AROUND
A BLOCK.

Gam Valley. s. lD.-With a butcher
knife Mrs. Stone Graybear. Sioux
Indian squaw. cleaned out the district
court and for an hour held the room
against the sheriff. the Judge and all
corners. Eventually the sheriff got
possession OF her scalping knife and
took the woman in custody.
Mrs. Graybear had trouble with her
husband. Jim Graybear, who appealed
to the court for a divorce. The case
came up for trial. Graybear making q
charge of cruelty against the woman.
The squaw was on hand dressed in full
Indian costume. her head and shout
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-08-06

time to waste. The sea ran somewhat
heavier, yet with regular swell the
Donna Isabel Keeling and staggering
like drunken man. The vessel had
sunk so deeply that her main-chains
dipped, while her list permitted the wa
ter free entrance through the gap in
the port bulwarks, and flooded the
deck. There was desperation to her
mad wallowing which made me think
each plunge would prove her last. /
swung Doris into the stern of the long
boat, bidding her hold tight.
Now jump, men-lively, or she'll
go down under us! De Nova, John
son, tumble in and handle the ropes;
Sanchez, fend off, and have an oar
you, and let her go-easy, there, easy!
Slide down the line everybody, and
cast off-oars, men, oars, or she'll
swamp us"
The dip of the chains missed us by
the barest inch; then we swung clear,
tossed high on the creamy crest of a
huge roller, which enabled us to look
straight down on the sloping deck.
rs every one here?" l asked.
"All but Jem Cole, sir"
Cole, where is hep
1t was Johnson who answered.
well, all l know about it is,
hauled him out O. the bunk, and shook
him wide awake. Then l left him to
go out and rout out Kelly. That's the
last l saw of him, sir, but it's a sure
thing he amt here"
De Nova had hold of the tiller and
sprang forward, pushing past San
chez who was in the bow.
Lay her nose close in where I can
jump for the chains" l ordered sharp
ly. 1--WE can't leave Cole behind to
drown"
1t was bit of q ticklish job the way
the sea was running, and that Jumping
wreck sagging under, but the mate
knew his trade, and, as the boat rose
high on the swell, l leaped and hung
on, my feet dangling in the froth. AS
the sodden hull swung Keeling over
clambered up, and dropped to the
deck. The missing negro was nowhere
In sight leaned over, staring down
at the bobbing boat being hurled back
by the rebound of the surge, yet see
ing only the white face of Doris up
turned appealingly toward me.
Pull out, boys; strong, now! Give
her plenty of room so she won't suck
you down when she drops. I've got
TO try the cabin"
got aft that far. | even got fair
ly within the door, and my ears caught
the dull, muffied sounds Of blows be-
tween decks. My God! the fellow had
actually gone back into that icy hold
to dig for gold! AS stood there, trem-
bling, wondering IL l could dare the
passage. felt sudden CULVER of the
deck, heard a sharp, ripping sound
forward, yell OF mingled voices, and
turned and ran for the rail. With all
my strength / flung myself forth
straight out into the gray sea. vent
down, down, down, feeling as II the
very life was being sucked out of me,
every muscle paralyzed by the icy
GOODNESS of the water. AS I came up.
gasping, STRUGGLING, scarce able to
move cramped limb, the suction
caught me, dragging me back and
down again. l battled against 1t like